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.VvJHE DISPATCH Dgllvered In the City by Carrier or. $$$n by Mall at 35 Cents Per' Month." VOLUME SEVERN;?!;' PRICE THREE CENTS 13i r A (T's itXMi top ap. 1 i a ft wmtmmmm. pa vi a it n II fl tvrn'V rinn nn'K r yw - un r i IIUUUU HllUKV UUUULuJL: Ml lo Force Vote on Vital Initial Uorlt ol Hairs tcrian Convention Oyer If Senate Doesn't Act House Will Keep Congress in Session During' Dog Day s Want Senators to .Show Their Colors Democrats Are About Unit ed on the Wool Schedule House on Statehood Today. Washington, May 20. The House of Representatives held its first Sat urday session t in . mgny weeks today, The statehood resolution to admit' Arl zona and New -Mexico 1 Was tne only business on', the calendar., The meas ure will be up , constantly ; before : thq House until Tuesday nlgnt,:;wben It will be called up. ;f or passage. Investi gations into the movements of tbe de partments Instituted at :tbe .beginning of the Democratic, Congress, bega te take shape . when, ? plans, or ' hearings, relative to the , State, Postofilce, ; Inte rior and Treasiiryi Departments were discussed by the party ,leaders.i These with special investigations into the United States Steel Corporation and the; American Sugar Refining -Company, it was declared, will undoubt edly progress throughout' the summer, whether Congress is in session or not. The Senate is not in session today.: ' House On Senate's Trail. An ultimatum has been served on the -Senate by the Democratic House leaders that there must be a vote in the Senate . this session, on the Cana dian reciprocity, farmers'; free, list, bill and revised wool i tariff;. I 1 Provided these terms are met the; House will agree to a recess from. July" 1st to October 1st. Otherwise the Senate will be held in continuous session through out dog days. byv the House :refp.sing to adjourn. The Democrats . do" riot expect the Senate will ratify all their legislation of the special, session, but nhey warit a Record vote. wTieater!; af firmative or negative ( pa th'ii three principal measures J Senator Burton, of Ohio, declared "this ' word bad ' been communicated to the Senate from the House side and in . his ( opinion should the House leaders adhere to this pol icy the prospects of a recess are riot bright. r . , . i-. J-.; '; '; . Democrats Get ' Together. . The Democratic advocates: of j free raw wool had completely surrendered, it was declared, when the House Ways and Means Committee continued re vising the tariff on wool today. Mem bers of the committee, who have been fighting against ChairmanN Underwood and Speaker Clark, to place riw wool on the free" list, were said to , have agreed to the retention of reduced duty. Though the exact rates to be assessed on raw wool and manufac tured articles have not been disclos ed, the tentative biiltol be! subrnitted to the Democratic : caucirobably will be a flat revenue measure,-with jaw wool cut about fifty, 'per i;ent 6r, Tnore and manufactured a?Ude uced irom nity to sixxy per cenvi, vyvmr ent upon thedecisio&)orlpe v tee as t6 hbw1p4ge'nfof without seriOusly;''impaiririglvevenue Discussion th ipm iistpected;. if. the Democtitio: '; jtettcbut tUe' lead ers declare':the i riiajoritM tiifl TJertlo- cratic meiiabers in all but a few State already hat(S grie'loi Vord 4 laor of revenue: meaeVMWl - y II Portland, Me., May. 20. The Meth odist Episcopal Church' will contribute a large fund for use in the approach ing campaign in .Maine,-for" retaining the constitutional provision forbidding the sale of liquor. , , t , 140 Nickel Watches" going at 65c at Uncle Charles' Great Removal Sale; ma4 15t. ' ' . yl SERIOUS FOREST FIRES. ' : . .- Large and Valuable Lumber Territory - Is Threatened. - ; Frederictown, N. B,-' May :20,TThe forest fire situation has 'assumed a se rious aspect. Some of the'' besk'Juoa her territory in the Province is' threat ened. .- - ' 2 , . "Her Humble Ministry." ' Featuring Flo Lawrence, Lubin, Grand Theatre today. ,: , TONIGHT AT LUMINA Dancing , at.; , Lumina Competitive Drill Extra Cars at 8 and 8:30. 1t;- Josh and Mandy's Wedding Trip." Screaming comedy Grand Theatre today. - it. METHODIST CHURCH WILL FIGHT FOR . PROHIBITION Reports From the different Commit tees Being Heard Committee on Divorce and Remarriage Not Ready. Hon., A. Mr Scales, of Greensboro, Made a Member of This Committee. Louisville,' May 20. After disposing of the preliminary work of the Fifty First General Assembly the Presbyte rian Church, in, tfce United, States (South) ; took- np reports today; Dr; W, B ; Bogga, of: Atlanta. Ga chairman of the Committee, -on . Divorce and Re-1 marriage,' announced his committee had mothing ; to t report, owing to , ina-. Dinty ; to meet, : because the last, Gener- the;5purpose. The . committee meets some. , time, this, summer to take ' up thjS dlyotce? problem. He ; suggested S , two .additional ; members of tho committee "Prof.-- Henry Alexander White,- of : Columbia . Seminary, 'South Carolina, and Hon. A. M. Scales, ; of Greensboro, N. C. Fourteen; overtures that have been received on . the 'in fant clause indicate the interest man ifested In that question. ; i- Coolest Place In Towhl ; l, The Grand is positively themost pleasant spot in Wilmington. Becori- vinMl . 1 . : It EXPRESS COMPANY, MERGER. Well-Pargo Gets Business of the Pa-. ... cific: Express' Company." ',;," New York, May 20. The Wells :Far gO Express Company, has' arranged to take over the business of the Pacific express -Company, .operating over the Missouri '-Pacific; aLnd -affiliated lines. , "BEARDS TO HONOR KING EfijJishmen Urgfed to Do As George 'iiW-'r'indi Hi Father Did.; ' London, May 20. Among the many suggestions for commemorating the reign of King Edward VII, the quaint est is that now made by Captain Mac ilwaine: N. R., whose Idea is that, the men of the British Empire," following I theexample of the jlate King, should wear , beards. ' ' : ' ' ' "'- : V "King Edward,": said Captain Mac Ilwain, "not .only grew a beard, but encouraged the growth among . mem bers of his personal staff. His broth er, the Duke of Edinburgh, a naval of ficer, grew a beard Our present King sharing tle views of his father, grows a beard,' and it is incomprehensible that the men of the Empire should show such indifference to the evident inclination of their King." - Interest .On .Stolen Money. 'WI&esBare;'ay O.IieVI Strunk, a farmer; 4ving; pea Northumberland, who Was cobbed; of hls pocketbook i on a.traiaaC years ago 'today had ' retutried ,to him.' Xt'ronrileiaiellwnicli' was in it -when ihe mlidketbooK, his cards ana Som . other papers and raiser the'tttereMa'ithI'lJ' at 6 per f,cent. -'jwieiw - : j;There s was:; alsp (anfflnSlgned note wch readt f!Th!s money,? did me a oiiootofltakftteV care of yopr: Trioneiln-ithe;tttfe.',r ;! The pickag came 5 .Iy mal1 and there is' nothing" in it to indicate who sent It. It is postmarked Canton, O. V - "---".. ' - , -- ' - - WEDS IN HASTE TO SEE GAME. Bride Changes Date -In Order to At tend Princeton-Harvard Contest To- ' Philadelphia,' May 1 20. Hastening the original date, for her, marriage by four days,- that the bridal party might not miss .the Princeton-Harvard baseball1 game that takes, place at Prificetont6day,.MIss 'Phyllis Xluillou Hare, daughter" of 'Mr. 'and Mrs. Rob ert Emott . Hare, was married to W. Kemble Yarrow, at St. Mwj'b church yesterdays ;A , " 4 The "bride, who is a debutante of the year, and one?, of the. most "out-of-door" members of the younger set, has, "never missed a game" .at Prince ton,, and dismay filied her heart when she found the .date fchosen,for her, wed ding was that of he baseball game with' Harvard. f , W t - Will Speak at,the.B!Jou. The missionaries from the House of David, at Benton Harbor, Michigan, who havel been -holding, meetings on tho streets here will speak, tomorrow .ftnnn In the Bijou Theatre at 3:30 nlflo at. . 7:30 o'clock at night All are invited at attend. Ad missibri free. ' i ' 9rtrt MandvV Wedding TrlpJ Screaming comedy-Grand JTheatre today. f" r : - - .vv.T.,; ; ? - - Z - "- . ir . 4 - j.i . , V ' - -X ikcw&Vo l ' T At a recent meeting oi the National Association ox Manufacturers President John Kirby, Jr., made-'a bitter at' tack,on. trades unionists, j.with particular reference to the Lor Angeles Times dynamiting outrage. General Harrison ;GrayiOtis, ownarof that newspaper, declared that' the disaster itself was unimportant beside the great 'cause' at stake tnhiswar. against unionism ' By way ot teCsliation President Samuel ; Gompefs of, the Airiericin f Federa ! - tibn ot Labor, issued sin open Challenge to; the manufacturers', organization to make public Its financial s'temerit-fb? '-, tho, past five years, i GompeS; .declared) that the flgUres would show that Xl.500,000 nad been expended to yrr pa mi; Ion labor and tor Just sncnurposea iu the f ederatipik v Gompersajlo that to thia eaa tne even judges. . :. i-V El - ?: Judge Quashed Indictments for This Heinous' Crime Against "Boss" Cox, ; of Cincinnati Indictments Defected ' In Substance. :; -Cincinnati, May 20. Motions to quash the perjury Indictments against George B. Cox, banker and Republi can leader, were granted by Judge Dickson, of the Common Pleas Court, today.:.. The. Judge found the. indictments- defective in, substance. -"-, NEW THEIR STRIKE New York, May 20. The bank clerks employed in private banks who began a strike four months ago, have won a victory, securing their demand for 52 hours a working week' and fif teen t'per -cent .wage increase. 4. c -v" ' ; ' -Coolest; Place In Town. 'The Grand is positively the ; most pleasant spot in Wilmington. Be con vinced. , . It. i v 4 x. THREE CENTS THE COPY. ' , . The price of The Dispatch is ":but 3 cents per" copy. That is all. the paper . sells for at the - office, and the - only price au thorized - on the streets.1, . Pur chasers, will confer a favor on The Dispatch by not paying but 3 cents for a paper, and at the same ? time will be getting a 4. r WINS - BIG HONOR Florida Collegian Walked ;Off With Championship of Oratorical Contest! Bristol, Tenn., May 20. Frank WIdeman,. of Stetson University, De land,.. Florida, last night won first honor ; against representatives f(from eight States participating, in the 'east ern Interstate oratorical contest. Wide man, will represent the Inter-collegiate Association in the National debate next "year. . , - i . Brother Charley Off- to Europe. ; New York, May' .20. Charles vl P. Taft,' the President's v brother, -with' Mrs, ', Taft and -daughter,' sailed, for England' today to attend the Corona tion, . - ESCffi'PEIIJH YORK BANK-CLERKS '.i mat vi Kuuia uuii maimiactmracamecion tneir tmyron aariye corpg oatietftgti'gg Mwya' mntf " ID 'J. i L?ve Discussion: Up -This Morning in the Presbyterian General Assembly (North) in Atlantic City Stringent Resolutions Adopted, j Atlantic - City, May 20. Reports' of the Committee on Sabbath ; Observ ance, with its stringent recommenda tions, aroused animated . discussion at the morning session of the Presby terian General Assembly today. Many ministers opposed what they called an attempt to "go backward two centuries and impose .the "Blue Law Sabbath" on the 20th century. They 4were " for a - sane Sunday. , Barring of traveling on Sundays, buying unnecessary things, having no hot meals so .the servants . could rest- were declared ab surd. The Assembly was urged to ignore such trivial matters.'! Others spoke ; earnestly in favor of keeping the Sabbath as the commandments ordered.- The report,' with eleven strin gent resolutions, - was adopted.' -v ; E SUMMER WHITE HOUSE Washington, May 20.- The proposi tion to establish a summer White House, " on Lake Minnetonka, Minn., has been received with-favor by Presi dent Taft. A Representative from Min nesota told President Taft he would introduce in Copgress a bill appropri ating money for a summer home there. Corored Minister Had Profitable Trip. It will be of Interest to colored church circles, in-Wilmington to know that Rev. J. -E. Sykeslnd wife have Just returned from a trip to South .Car-; olina in the interest ' of . the ; Work . of the colored Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Sykes is raising a fund for the building of churches at different points in his field. At Dillon; S. C., last SunT day he spoke in the morning at the A. M. E. church, in the afternoon at St." Stephen's M. E. Church and at night at the Baptist church. He preached at all services and quite a substantial donation was given by the congregation of each church for; his work. He was given a cordial invita tion to return. ' : 27 Solid Leather Hand - Bags going at $4.55 during Uncle Charles' Great Removal Sale. ma 4 15t "When the Bloom Is on the Heather." . Beautifully illustrated .i song by Mr. Baldwin, t Grand Theatre - today. It. RAPS BLUE i LflvS 8 St ft its SEfl New Jersey's ..BriUiant - Chief " Execii - tive In the Great , Far West Today . and Given Big ' Reception Speaks . There Tonight. - Seattle, May; 20 Governor Wood row Wilson, arriving- from Portland, was greeted, by Governor : Hay and committees from four - cities. This evening he addresses several hundred prominent . men at the Defnocratic State: Committee dinner.5 The Press Club will also tender him' a reception. - y.-.ev 7 Washington - May O.-President Taft Jias accepted aa4nvitatiQn to iat-.: tend the celebration of the flftiefh an niversary of the ordination to riet hood of Cardinal t , Gibbons ? arid the twenty-fifth anniversary of ; his eleva tion to the Oardinalate, 'in Baltiriiore they first week in June; probably-June 6th. . - . - m it "When the Bloom Is. on the Heather." Beautifully illustrated song by Mr. Baldwin. Grand Theatre today It. " TRAIN ORDERS BY 'PHONE: Atlantic Coast -Line Extends Telephone ' Traih; Dispatching System: Following- the "success .of .-? te v cir cuits placed in? operation Vrithlp the pasty .ear, the Atlantic CoasjS Line has extended its telephone system of (dis patching trains, supplanting' ihe. tele grapl for, this impearitWofk.When the ..equipment just t'. purhitsed eteas been placed inselvce thistelephone train ' dispatching system will extend from Richmond', Va.; . clear through to Savannah, Ga. ' '-', The new equipment,' which- covers train,' inessage'-and block wifecircuits, will extend" from 'FlorenceSQC., to Savannah, 220 miles. The circuits will be controlled by dispatching and message ; operations y located ht Char leston, S.'C- - i , . The equipment, consisting - of tele phones and 'selectors, is being furnish ed by the.--Western' Electric Company , The statement; hays been :made that since .the Installatibn-of-ersttele phone circuits on' this road - a : saving of practically 50 per cent in operat ing efiiciency' haa been effected.' TONIGHT" AT LUMINAL Dancing " i .Lumrria-ompetltive Drill Extra Cars at 8 and 8:30. 1 1t t 1 ; . IHllllllSilE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND iiilii Federals Forcod to Evac suaiCullaiilays Garrison .Made a Plucky Fight- But Had to Abandon ; t Came "4s the C 1 1 max' to Four" Days - of Fighting Federals Lost One Hundred-Killed and Wounded. ? Cuernavaca,; Mexico," May: 20. The Federal garrison, under Mungia, ;h"as been forced to evacuate Cuautia, attest a( four; days'-battle with; the'Rebeli commanded by Colonel Seftpata. . The Federals retreated herej vThjs Rebels, showed great bravery men killed and- wounded; Ei 'iv : j-., . . 'ill iKiifi IS! Amoy, China, May, 20. Forty-three 'deaths from Bubonic,, plague andj six deaths from smallpox were reported during the i two Weeks ending yester day, '''.' - "i ' -' - : " TONIGHT AT LUMINA'"; Dancing -rat Lumina Competitive Drill Extra .Cars at 8 and 8:30., 1t s heavy curtAilment. ; Cotton Cloth- Production' at Fall In Fall; RiyerMassVMay 20.1 Heavy curtailment ,, in the cotton v clothi, prpr ductiori is? again in, progress ;iriv seven mills', of: the 'Fall - River Iron Works Company.4Ci- SEVEN;?, 3-?! ..i! Harrisbng,.;f'Pa w( ;t c jjibbui,,'( iuuy?nuiii jBeYenCiJsT ies 'isfcing: for the-1913 6nvdntfon6f thf',BrUierhd,;6? RaUfoadraiririieri. The cities , reauesting, the convention are Chicago, Rochester, petrpit,' ;San Francisco; Los Angeles, Houston and San ; Antonio. The convention;, today considered reports, on the - legislation pending : inv Congress. N - ? t fif.K Cororiatibn'Po I 1 ( iJ r I li lu I v u ill l I ir itu p ; rnn eBS , MB - -JH A i & . run i i ninr. nrui n. run i win i mtiu v ujbni iiUBi uii PASTTV0 .WEEKS m PflH CUTtfUl liny Luumntiutt its 8 ' !5 '. -:-;.' ; The accompanying picture shbws the 'pinning" of the ermine for the train -, of one of King -George's- coronation, robes, an operation that -call's for, the use o( over- 13,00ft pinsta y For ytte traJn skins and 650 tails were usedV The order to make" the coronation1 robes for the king and queen was given to -Wilkinson & Son, ;who .enlisted the. services of various firms, specialists in their own branches.; Behind the table on which-the "pinning' is behig done may; be seeri the cape of the robe.; The king will wear three robes during the coronation the royal crimson robe of state, which .is worn until just before the 'anointing;' the imperial mantle.of cloth of gold . and the royal robe of pur ple velvet, In which his majesty, leaves iiiiiii not lm n Weather Experts Declare That a Cool . Blast Is Due .to' Arrive' By Tomor row Afternoon Showers and Thun derstqrmss May Comie Along Frost ' Over in the WesftThis MorningV. r - Washington,; Mayp. Relief from the hot; wave is - promised by : the Weather .Bureau throughout? the coun-s try east of the Mississippi, (it will &e cobber nday; afternoon, in the ? Mjd- ? I die t- Atlantic S states, , the" - interior s South Atlanc ''mi: th6 1 : East Gulf i States.; ?Th ex'tremo heat.' will ire djs I ) &tfc&lTi 1 imettied i 1 weather; S J ' With showers 'MMU locaf iSiuriderstorriisV in. ? : the, heist 'thlrty .six' hours: " In 'thenar-; 5 -:s Western i par.t::of ntfie country' : frosts ;;; ; v'N ; were reported ibis -morning in 'iWyom-U -' .tMifStocMrTpilay;' ; ' New YorkrMay 20rWall : Street-' ;1 ; A brisk selling 'movement was under taken - when'; the y stock: market opened today.- Recessions in prices were gen eral. Thes market -leaders - were, at-, tacked severely" by traders. ' The loss- -es l ot these tissues were .confined ' to r small fractions, Some, ' less , . active re stocks suffered' inore severely. Efforts V to vtup?the.!pricies ( were hampered .by,anr6iutDre7p?k liquidation in fer tilizer ; stocks. Reports '.regarding' bus iriefs conditions - coiif renting ;theu com-. , pariies . were not f promising. ' There ; ' Seemed i-sb'moi renewal of coricehtrat-: jA bear efforts against the group. :,The ; market vClosed ; stripng,Y withy increased y activity better prices marked the '.firial trading -iThe 'aetive ;r6upjgained frac- tibnally bverj yesterday's closing. -t , - -: RECORDE'S ' COU RT.'.-' . viSverlWvmttersa were eon'- - i ill sidr atTtpday'i sesslb cer's urt' dyS'eeTecna iriiiscCTly lwuseipliey place In estri ? being -' the resort -.; known as LitUeiina tal. y Judgment was suspended in the e'ase agairis ''.Diidley. Lee was sent t6'ye;rtaids-fdrthtrt h Herbert Johnson, a white man charg ed with: being drunk," was ordered to pay the costs. - ? 1 ? U - ?.; 'i-.-' A ' ... ! ' ! 4-yj " j y f the abbey.. . , 4 '0 -i .' 0 'HI. v-';.;yi! ..vT til v y-r- -f. ,'yt. ii't y; v -'!''" -:Sly v v. .
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