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THE D1CPATCH ; Delivered til th City by Carrier of any wnera oy Mall at ,89 Cents Thunder showers tonight or Thurs Par Month.- day.- Not much change in t tempera ture. Light variable winds. ( VlJ IJ TV' :1 w ' f i i i . i . , m r m " i i i ii r' i i i .r- i - i ; i i Ti i i r - 1 1 m i i i ar- i, i i i i i- i : , - -r volume SF.VTCNTTTTrH ' ' : n.,;;;:. ---r-. - v - f ;.j...fJ.f ; H ' . wlminoton, n. c., Wednesday, july, 12, 1911 . , J , price ymtSE cents 1 SmBpi "Sypaa !S Vmm Bain Today BrooglKBocli ief Showers in New York and Philadel phia Prevent Mercury From Rising Thirteen Deaths Last Night In Gotham and Thirty Two in Quaker City. New York, July 12. The break in the heat wave promised by the weath er bureau made itself felt today. Early showers prevented! the temperature soaring. Death stalked through crowd ed tenements last night, following yes terday's maximum of ninety four de grees, and thirteen deaths were report; ed during the night, making the total deaths since the neat spell began two hundred and seventy, eclipsing all rec ords. - , . Dying in Other Places. Boston, July 12. Two deaths from the heat and 21 in other parts of Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island were re ported within: the" past-24 hours. A temperature drop is predicted. Relief Comes to Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Tuly 12. Showers to day brought relief from the torrid heat. Seventeen deaths from prostra tion were reported this morning. Phy sicians say most of, the deaths were the result of "lost sleep." Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon 32 deaths ' from heat had been reported to the coroner. The thermometer then registered 81. The humidity is high. TELLS OF THE WAYS 4 OF DEADLY CAdlOBRH Vierbo, Italy, July 12. Captain Pab- rioni, One of the star witnesses for the crown in the Caniorra trial, went deep Wed He into the poIiUcal influence" c4he CiiatIforl,e Conservation: of .Vls- -orraj:. -jt aaroni m.guiseoi a etermtvofs the Ministry of Justice, devoted years in learning the alleged connection be tween the Camorra and the; Neapoli tan judiciary. He testified: "The Camorrist has no political ideals.' He exploits elections and elects for gain. The leaders distribute bands through out a town and-they often have re course to violence tq obtain the vote of electors for candidates they have de termined Jto support. Those who refuse to vote as instructed are beaten, lash ed with knives, br kidnapped. All this ' is done with the assurance of impunity, as they will have protection of tbe suc cessful politicians, who realize " they cannot be chosen to office without pay ing toll to the Camorra." BACK FROM EUROPE Jim Jeffjies Given Big Welcome By -Home Folks. Los Angeles, July 12. James J. Jef fries was welcomed home from "his Eu ropean trip yesterday by crowds of admirers. The scene wt the station was like the old days when Jeffries was the world champion. . WHERE, WHERE IS ONE UAH WED CASTRO? Washington, July 12 The Castro mystery deepens. Apparently the earth has opened again and. swallowed up the world's undesirable. Word to the State Department is that notwith standing contrary , reports no ' trace of Castro was found in Venezuela. American Minister Garrett cables from Caracas that he got no information of Castro's "supposed return to liis na tive land. Garrett declares Castro will be unable to regain powereven if he should land . in Venezuela. ; v v- TEN KILLED TODAY In Explosioain German Dynamite Fac tory and Twenty Injured. Frahkfort-oh-Maio, Germany, July 12. Ten were killfed and twenty injured by an explosion today in a dynamite factory. - TOO BIG SPORT . CAUSED HIS DEATH Portland,' Me., July, 12. As the re sult of excitement in catching the big gest fish of the day Nathan Grott, a member of a fishing ; party, died last night. He was aged sixty nine years Married This Afternoon. i.ipptisfl was issued this morning for the marriaee of Mr. Alfred C. Grov r nnri Mica ' 1A& ' R. ' Herriman, both visitins here -from ,. Southern Pines After they" procured the license they immediately -went to the manse; oi pu Andrew's Presbyterian church", where Rev. A. D. Mc Clure performed the cer ics Presented to tainl Dr. Lewis Would Have More Atten tionGiven the AEyes of Pupils and Miss Elsie M. Shawe Discussed Mu sic for the Schools Strong Utter ances on "Municipal Depravity." San Frnncisco, July 12. A Conser vation of Vision Day when the care of the eyes, will form the subject of consideration in the schools and pub lic, assemblies throughout the United States, was proposed by Dr. F. Park Lewis, of Buffalo, in an address today, before the Department of Special Edu cation of the National Education As sociation. This suggestion was made in order that thought may be fixed upon the subject, and the public en lightened as to the necessity. A cer tain day in the fall of 1912 as a Con servation of Visipnj4Day was suggested. in nis address, Dr. Lewis said, in part: . ' The children of the country are its most valuable resource. To the ex tent that their efficiency is developed, and their productiveness increased, will; the standard of civilization ; be raised. The most valuable single as set in their effectiveness is their eye sightand this is in a lhrge propor- x: e . - .1) i ; e t . uuu ui rases ueeuiesBiy sai-iiuveu. One-third of all blindness is prevent able, and a much Jarger proportion of people wjth defective vision need never have suffered this handicap had right protective measures been em ployed. v Atmovement Is under way to co ordinate the efforts of the teachers, the doctors, the social 'workers, the mothers -and the public generally in making more" widely understood and carrying into effect the principles! of the hygiene of vision. This , is- being developed through, the . Americas -As- 1bri7whrc"b. included lii' "Its active h5em bership many of the most distinguish ed scientists in the country. "It is proposed, and this work has already been begun, to issue" publica tions under the authority of special ists, in the various departments. These will include studies in the prop er lighting of schools, the best form of type and paper to be employed, and more especially the lessening of the hours of eye work. It will consider, also methods of protecting the eyes from needless accidents. These causes, contributing so largely to defective eyesight, are largely governable. Discussed "Civic Depravity." Civic Depravity" was denounced by Richard Welling, of New York, one of the speakers at a section meeting of the Association. His subject was Pupil Self Government as a Training for Citizenship " Mr. Welling said, in part: Eight years ago, I addressed this Association on 'Training for Citizen ship in the Schools.' We were then at the beginning of a wave of civic righteousness which passed over the country. I say 'passed over' advised ly because there seems to have been a lapse into the lethargy of the older days as is evidenced by the conditions in many places. "The vote selling in Ohio, Indiana and my own State of New York indi cate not merely a low tone of citizen ship but a civic depravity. The Lori mer case gives a, clue to the lack of intelligent Interest of the citizens of Illinois in the selection of their public servants! The deadlocks in many legislatures bespeak the traffick ing and log-rolling that still obtain where, the servants of the people are supposed to be registering the popular will. In the main, the interest of the people in their public affairs is con fined to.', the weeks preceding the an nual elections. The only other times they are aroused from their civic sloth is when a. -scandal is uncovered or a public official Is under prosecu tlon. :;:" s ::rV - . ', ' " - : "Is not this Condition of things an indication of tie failure of the schools in effective training for citizenship? Myiewpoint is that of a citizen. Sev eral years ago, I looked into tne mat ter of civic training in the schools. I found that the only attempt to pre pare our children for their life in tnis ifemncracV was a ; study of the struc ture and functions of government, ex cept in rare . instances, this dry pur: suit'pf the theory of government was not coupled with any activity whereby the pupils were exercised in the bus iness of being good. citizens "Is it not a reasonable question to ask. 'Has our - public education from the standpoint of citizenship been a navine investment?' "I advocate pupil co-operation In the eovernment of the schools as a metnoq of. exercising our children in demo cratic life. Forty,; principals of iel mentary and high schools in fifteen States report that tney are success f ullv ' employing the plan; five - thou sand children rejoice in . their demo cratic , school life The movement is growing. It should (grow, faster, It4! Vital Top Frisco mow 01 unaoian ; va Cottoii a Bill in Close Place :i, S . Senator Bailey Held the Floor Merely to Give LaFollette Time' to Prepare a Speech Wisconsin Senator Wili Spring It Shortly Promise for Ear ly Adjournment Bright .Today. Washington, July 12. The probabil ity of a mOve for a final vote on Can adian reciprocity is forcing the speech making ;ih rthe Senate. There is no program tqday, except continuance of consideration of the reciprocity bill, with speeches by Bristow, of Kansas, and Bofah, of ldaho, insurgents. The situation that developed yesterday when Bailey held the floor for sev eral hours to fulfill an admitted prom ise to LaFollette, the Republican In surgent, with whose anti-reciprocity views the Texan aligned, to keep talk ing if necessary, to prevent a vote, until LaFollette is ready with his ad dress and amendments, stirred Sena- dress and amendments.istirred the Sen ators to expedite the delivery of their addresses. LaFollette expects to pro ceed In a few days; An early adjourn ment Is more promising; The House met today, but had no regularly sched uled business. V HOT FIGHT FOR Rochester, N. Y., July 12. The elec tion of officers, the selection of the next convention city and transaction of general business, confronted, the im perial Council, Ancient Arabic Order of loobies. Mystic Shrine, at their sec ond .session today. Los Angeles and Baltimore are fighting for the next con- ' lterLrJs Angeles wafe selected as the next convention city. PUBLISHER INDICTED St Louis Promoter Charged With Fraudulent Use of Mails. St. Louis, July 12. E. G. Lewis, until recently a publisher of several maga zines and a promoter of various enter prises, was indicted today by a Federal court grand jury on charges of fraudu lent use of the mails. Ill NEW YORK New York, July 12. Six men were arrested in a Government agents-raid on several moonshine distilleries in New York and Brooklyn today. Two thousand gallons of moonshine brandy a carload of sugar and large quantity of mash were seized. One still was locat ed in a Brooklyn flat and another in a four story loft buildine. The moon shiners had been so successful "Hhat they had about consolidated the vari ous plants and installed a fine copper still, with one hundred and fifty gal lons capacity. high time the National Education As sociation took up this subject for a thorough inquiry." Music In Public .Schools. The keynote sounded in a paper by Miss Elsie M. Shawe, of St. Paul, Minn.y" president of the music depart ment of the National Education Asso ciation, at another section meeting of the ; Association today, on "Public School Music in Relation to the Mu sic of the Community," was that pub lic school music,, is one of the. largest factors in the making of America a musical nation. Music in 'its relation to the home was first considered. "Germany," said the speaker, "is said to owe the pre eminent place it does in the musical world today to music in the home. One of our. foremost musicians in America today a 1 German by; birth has . said that, he owes his musical gift, not to his father, who was noted as a con ductor virtuoso and composer, but rather to the lullabies and other sim ple folk-songs that he heard from his earliest infancy from his" mother's "How can our"public schools assist In . bringing morejnusic and music of a better, quality into the home? By having,, nothing but the best music sung or' played in the school, and sec ond - by including ( in " the course of study 'many; beautiful folk and other simple but good songs, : which through love and familiarity the child will nat urally Scarry to his home. ..With : the advent of the mechanical piano-player and talking machine in. the school, the supervisor has an additional responsi bility, as it becomes the duty of . the supervisor to select: music for ;w the children to hear that will cultivate 'in them', an appreciation of the very best ia the jart of zfiusle,"- jj4 COHVEIITIOll I - , - ; - , f .V? skxt T -V - . i yY !k.j Los Angeles, July 12. The reports that Ethel Barrymore, the actress, is suing for a divorce "have been confirme d here, where she is playing. - Her husband, Russell Griswold Colt, is a milliohaijce. Miss Barrymore has deter mined to cut short her tour and hurry back to New York to her baby son, two years old..;, She willlose her season next Saturday night instead jof proceed ing north to Portland, Seattle and other cities as had been planned. ; ' - II 'V - Grand Lodge: Today Busy With lm- porta nt Matters Discuss - Home for ;;theu'Agedi aud '4WrniAlso - as ',-o etreatfo'r CnlsuhiptiveSrf' " ''A Atlantic City, N. J., July 12. The Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order, of Elks in annual convention today transacted much, im portant business. The matters consid ered included the question- Of the in firm and aged Elks home, the estab lishment of a sanitarium for consump tive members and fixing a per capita tax of fifty cents. YOUNG EIISIGNLEFT ' TO GO DROWII HIMSELF Washington, July 1?. Ensign Rob ert S. Young disappeared from the de stroyer Perkins at the New York Navy Yard last night, leaving a note that he intended to drown himself. Youns Noverstayed his shore leave and was asked to explain. " CONFEDERATE VETERAN DEAD. Col. Edward Harvie Passed Away in Washington. Washington,' July 12. Col. Edward J. Harvie, clerk in the Adjutant Gen eral's office, is dead at his home here of exhaustion.' He was a native of Vir ginia and jf ormerly an officer in the United . States army. He resigned at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlist ing in the Confederacy and serving throughout the war as Inspector Gen eral on General Joseph E. Johnston's staff. After the funeral services to morrow morning the body.wilfbe tak en to 'Richmond for interment in Hol lywood cemetery. LEAVE IRELAND TODAY 4 Kingstown, Ireland, July 12. King George and Queen Mary concluded their visit to Ireland today and sailed on the Royal yacht Victor and Albert. The investure of the Prince of Wales takes place at Carnarvari Castle to morrow. - i ' - Dublin gave their majesties a mem orable seml-off. There were frequent cries from' the crowd of "Come back." LAST SESSION TONIGHT. Christian Endeavor Convention About Ready to End. : : . ., "Atlantic City, "July 12,--The final Session of the twenty fifth annual In ternational Christian Endeavor, con vention will be, held tonight, with praise consecration services. Dr. Fran cis sE. Clark, the society's president, makes the principal address. The1 Grand's new orchestra, leader .will render some new -selections today at the Grand; L. t . ? rL 1IH THE EI KING QUEEN IS AT WORK In Effort to Find Out All About Big Failure in Chicago Insurance Com panies. Also Probing the Drowning f of:Banker-fettiO rra' v-;-- Chicago, July 12. Expert account ants under the Chicago bankers' com mittee's direction hae begun Inspec tion of the books, and accounts of the late James Fettit and he Peavey Grain Coinpany in an effort to de termine the exact, condition of the firm's finances, developments indicate the firm's losses may reach a million and a half dollars .in a series of big losses in speculative plunging in the .wheat and oats market, covering a period of two years. Pettit lost.in near ly every recent speculative deal,' In surance companies representatives are still investigating the circumstances of Petti t's drowning. Pettit carried one hundred thousand dollars of insur ance. . DR. CRIPPEN'S LAWYER FOUNDL GUILTY London, July 12. Arthur Newtori, has been found guilty of professional misconduct in defending wife Murder er; Dr. Hawley; H. Crippen, by the Law Society Committee. He was. suspended for one year from practice and ordered to pay the inquiry costs. Newton, it was alleged, aided a weekly paper to publishufalse statements regarding the Crippen case. ' , Stocks Today. S New - York July '11. Wall Street Stocks sold off directly after the- open ing Important issues fell one half to three-fourths below , yesterday's clos ing. Trading fell to below a point, in sufficient to, preserve the niarket's equilibrium. The market ruled slight ly lower after a firm opening." The opening prices of standard stocks were virtually on a level .with yesterday's closing. " . ..' , : Jfcif Inquiry for Southern group of stocks based on brighter prospects for a rec ord cotton rop advanced Louisville and Nashville, Atlantic Coastline, Illinois Central, and Kansas -City Southern a point. Tobacco securities were bought more f reelylr TIhe fist generally was featureless. Apathy , prevailed in the afternoon. Attempts to infuse life into , specula tion by marking up, special stocks was futile. . . - , .... ' : - ANDREW JOHNSON'S OLD PARTNER PASSES New 'York, . July 11. Charles' S. Southmayd, once Andrew. Johnson's partner, later ' a member of Ihe fa mous firm of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate,- died at his home herer today aged 87 years. He appeared in 'notable cases and 'made argument before the Supreme- Courts regarding the consti tutionality of. the income tax. " EXPER ved Highest Average of GrdvIng Department of Agriculture Today Is sued Its Report Covering Crops for the Month of ine Cotton v First : and Lemons and Oranges Second and Third, Respectively Aggregate ' Condition Below General Average. ' Washington, July 12. !otton show ed the highest average growing condi tion of any crop July 1st, with lemons and oranges: ranging second -and third. In a general review of. the crop con ditions for June, the Bureau of Sta tistics, of the Department of Agricul ture, says the month was decidedly unfavorable for growing crops in most parts of the United States. The ag gregate condition of all crops July 1st was 10.7 per cent below the average condition, whereas on J(une 1st condi tions were only 2.8 per cent under the average. A comparison of the condition of the various crops July 1st, with their average growing condition on July 1st of recent years (past ten years for most crops), is shown as follows i00- representing the average condi tion' and not normal): Cotton .... .... .... .110.2 Lemons v ' 102.2 Oranges .... .... .. 100.5 Rice V... .... .... 99.0 Beans (dry) ..... .... 98.1 Apples 97.6 Pears . . . . .... 96.3 Grapes .. ., 96.1 Peanuts jf. .... 96,0 Raspberries 94.9 Com .... 94.6 Cantaloupes . . . ... t ...... 94.4 Winter Wheat 94.3 Sugar Cane 94.1 Rye .... .... .... .... 93.6 Lima Beans ........ 92.3 Flax,. .... . . . . . . . . -r . .-. .92.L Watermelons .... .... 91.6 -Tomatoes .fv,-w,: 909 Alfalfa, . ... ' ........ ... 90.8 Fall Wheat'. ...... 89.6 Onions .... .. 88.9 Sweet Potatoes 88.3 Sorghum .. 88.8 Blackberries ......... 87.9 Hemp .... . J 86j2 Cabbage .... 85.0 Tobacco .... ........ ...... 84.4 Potatoes v... ,. 84.1 Spring Wheat .... .. 84.1 Broom .Corn ' 82.2 Barley .... ... 4 .... ... . ..... 82.2 Oats ... v , ..' 79.2 Timothy '. .... .. 76.1 Pasture .. . .. 75.9 Peaches 75.6 Hay (all taking) 74.9 Kafir Corn 74.6 Clover Hay .... .. 1 .... .. 72.2 Millet .... ty.i The above figures relate only to relative growing conditions, 'not taking injto account the changes in acreage. Taking into account both acreage and condition indications the wheat crop wll be 1.4 per cent larger than the average ocluction of the past five years, corn 4.9 per cent larger, Oats . 12.3 per cent less, barley 11.6 per cent less,"" potatoes 10.8 per cen less, tobacco 22.7 per cent less, flax 10.5 per cent mofe, and rice 5.8 per cent more than the average produc tion of the past five years. The aver age weight of wool per fleece this year is e.s pounds, comparea witn 6.7 pounds last year, and 6.5 pounds average for the ; past ten years. HOKE SMITH FORMALLY" ELECTED SENATOR TODAY Atlanta, 'Ga., July 12. Governor Hoke Smith was elected United States Senator on the first ballot ; taken to $ay by the House and Senate in joint session. He succeeds Joseph M. Ter rell, appointed by Governor Brown to Ull the unexpired term of the late Senator A. S. Clay. ' Sanitary Closet Ordinance. The city health department will commence early next week the distri bution of the, sanitary closet outfits. The price of the outfits, including two galvanized iron cans, of .12 1-2 gallons capacity, and patent Beat, will be $3. It is desired that all property owners make application immediately .for the number of outfits , needed as the or dinance will be rigidly enforced. , The section of the city between the Cape Fear1 river and 10th street, and Castle street and the Coast Line tracks will be the first in which the sanitary clos ets will be ;. installed. It is necessary to have applications for closets .with out' delay as -allotments will be made in the order in wnicn applications are received. -1 v - CHAS. T. nesbitt; City Superintendent of Health. , "Always a Way." A great Lubin pic-jof ture" at the Grand today. ;) ' It. , .. .. .. . ..- :t: -. , . .,.,v- Tovns In Nort talilictii- wganJViped Out Three Bodies Found So Far in Ruins of Villages Hundreds of Acres of Woodland Swept Away in Northern Ontario and Many Deaths Reported.. Toronto, July 12. Hundred of miles' of woodland in northern Ontario have been swept by the forest fires raging' above North Bay. There are many deaths. , The property loss is enormous. Three towns were wiped ""out. Scores of mining camps -were destroyed. ' Three Bodies in Ruins. , Detroit, July 12.f-Reports this morn ing from the Northern Michigon fire swept district say that several fami lies of lumber camp crews near Wol verine and Gaylord are missing. In the towns of Oscoda and Au Sable only a ' school and two dwellings re main, v , Up to noon three bodies had been found in the ruins of the villages of Au Sable and Oscoda destroyed yesterday by forest fires. The fires are reported near Onaway and Millersburg. There is no indication that any communities are menaced. ' Rain is sadly needed. 1 Thirty Odd Dead. North Bay, Ont., July 12. As the result of the forest fires in Northern Ontario thirty lives were lost at Por- cupine and many injured. A -hospital train, is on the . way to Iroquois Falls. It is believed the casualties will num ber hundreds. . - CONGRESSMAN TRULY ON FIRE TODAY . Washington,' July l.-he j House ! hhad; an exciting scene today whn f.Repf- . resentauve wiins oij ,s unio, rusnea ; ' front iSe8l4-bWi&jBA'BY' -eral members cahle to' his aid "and ex- ' tinguished the flames. He was unin-i jured. " Matches in his coat pocket ' caught fire. ; Arrangements In Progress. Arrangements for the entertainment of the visiting Confederate veterans Jhere early in August are being com-' pleted rapidly, and in a very short time i everything will be in readiness. The camp for the reunion will be lo cated at 17th and Princess streets. The States has loaned Cape V Fear Camp tents , for the occasion! Those veterans who are unable to pay their expenses will. be quartered in camp and they will be escorted there by local v veterans. Committees . will be appointed to escort visiting veterans to tlhelr boarding houses. A number of letters are being received from the old soldiers in every,- section of the State and it is pertain that there will be a large attendance. MANY WRECK VICTIMS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Bridgeport, Conn., July 12. Toiling throughout the night," two hundred laborers, with wrecking cranes, clear ed up the greater part of the wreck which marked the flying leap of the Federal express, Boston bound from Washington, yesterday. The death list still stands at twelve. The injured in the hospitals number forty seven. The condition of many is critical. ' Sunbeam Excursion. Tomorrow night a very, pleasant ex cursion will be conducted down the river on the steamer Wilmington. The excursion will be under the auspices of the Sunbeam Class, of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School. This class is under the direction of Miss Isabel McDougall and is composed of only four young ladies. They have en ergetically gone to work and have sold q uite a number of tickets already. A large crowd is expected to go down with them. The fare - for : the round trip is 25 cents. The boat leaves at 8 p." m. - i : - DIED4N MID-OCEAN - Philadelphia, July 12. The. captain of the .steamship Hanover from Brem en reports that Stephen Lux, a pas senger of Lasalle, 111., , died in' mid ocean, and was buried at sea. . Author of Popular Song. Friends here will be interested to learn thta Mr. Chas. F, Fousse who was connected witn tne lumina orcnestra two years ago has just composed the words and music of a song which is proving immensely popular. .The title of the sing is "I Never ; Know How,, Much T Loved You, Until 'You Went Away."" The song is " being published . by the well known-firm of Remick & -Co.Qirector J9hn Knelsel. of the Lu mlna nrrlipstr!l. and a'tifirsoTial friend the composer, received a copy of 1 the song yesterday from Mr. Fousse, . ; . - .- I -4 ''I : 'V 'I emony. , i- r -
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