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f , r V - , THE weather;'' 'V Delivered In the City fcy Carrier or 1 l"-. 2. I sent anywhere by Mall at Cents t : Pair, and. cooler tonight and Wed nesday, r Modertte westerly, winds. Per Month; v . , , VOLUME, SEVENTEEN WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1911; PRCE . THREE CENTS n HELD LiU I n x . j 1.11 y CI IDHEfiS TourimTs o ifl .1 .... . !.- ' Contests lir Hew Jersey and Itedctetts Those Especially in the Lime Light New York State Election Is Also Vital. Close Run inJKentucky Between Re publicans and Democrats For Gover nor Maryland Electing a Full State Ticket New Mexico Holding Its Fjj-st Election, With Something Like One Thousand Candidates in the Field Contests at Other Places. Boston, Nov. T.-The early voting here is light. The Republicans fearing apathy among their : supporters are will equipped with conveyances. Nothing definite. about the electionTM will be learned before nightfall, but complete returns from Acushnet' the tirst town heard .from in the State election, showed: For. Governor Foss (Democrat) 35; Frothingham, (Repub lican) 88. Last year's vote was "fjjpss (Democrat) 23; Draper (Republican) The vote of Avon is Foss (Democrat) 175; Frothingham (Republican) 135. Last year it was Foss (Democrat) 204; Draper (Republican) 104. '::v. '" Heavy Vote In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Nov". 7. A heavy vote is being cast in the municipal election. The registration is the heaviest ever known here. ThereJs .fine weather. The chief battle is between the may oralty candidates. Mayor Louis Schwab, Republican, and Henry T. Hunt, Democrat. . . Therfiattle jnHfiw York. New York, Nbvj. A million and a halt votes I.. an pouring Into voting maehiii' s toe iy. ..: It will-be demonstrat ed l,y tonight whether the Empire tate remains true to Democratic pref erences, expressed a year ago, or has gone back to Taft's party. The only broad interest attached to the election, is the possible change in political jsen timent. To maintain supremacy in the Assembly, the Democrats must re elect members in eighty, five of one hundred and fifty, districts. A new Board of Aldermen,' and two Supreme Court justices will be elected here. Thirty four up-state cities choose May ors. There was c rain in many parts of the State last night which left the roads mired badly. T The weather is threatening today. Since it is conced ed that New York city Democratic leaders control the political machinery of the State, Jonight's count will indi cate who will rule the New York dele gation in the next Democratic Nation al convention. In new York city Tam many faces a fusion of Republicans and an element controlled by William R. Hearst. Some wagers are reported with odds slightly favoring the Democrats.. For Full State Ticket in Maryland. Baltimore. Nov. 7. A full State ticket, one half of the Senate and 'all members of the legislature's lower house, are being voted for in Maryland There is a constitutional amendment designated to disfranchise" the negro being voted upon. The amendment . spe cifies that only white males shall be entitled, to vote, or, in addition,ucb other males as possess.J?500,realjor personal property:""'' 7 f Almost a Thousand Candidates. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nov. 7 With nearly a thousand candidates of all sorts to be-elcted, the early vote in the state's first full election was heavy The ontrnmp is doubtful because of the multiplicity, of candidates on th state, county and judicial tickets, the injection of the race issue and num erous State and National issues in volved. The State is normally Repub lican. A deflection of Progressive Re- Publicans and Prohibitionists stand against the regular Republican candi dates, and has produced uncertainty. The candidates for Governor are W. C McDonald, Democrat apd H.. O. Bur sum, Republican. Two Congressmen will bo chosen and a legislature elect ed, which will select two United States Senators. One-Sided in Virginia. Richmond, Va.; Nov.. 7. Clear, warm weather prevails for 'Virginia's gen eral election of forty State Senators, no hundred members of the House of Delegates, and numerous county and c'ty offices. Virginia being almost solidly Democratic, the primary nomi flations were equivalent to an election. flie voting is merely perfunctory. Lit- "e change in the party strength is anticipated. President Taft Votes. Cincinnati,- Nov. 7 President Taft cat his. ballot 'at No. 2008 Madison 'wad, Ward 3, Precinct M, two blocks from where he used to live. He came the nollins nlnoo tn nn a'litrmnnhife frm the home of his brother, C. P. lire Taft, accompanied by a detail of police. The President had no trouble in se curing ballots. He was in the booth seven minutes, and supposedly marked all nine ballots. ' After depositing the ballots under the eye of an election judge, President Taft returned to his brother's house- The program mapped out for the President include a lunch; eon with the Cincinnati Manufacurers Club and an address to the American Society ' for 1 Judicial Settlements' of International Disputes. Fusion Ftnhtina ReDublicans. - Philadelphfa; Nov.. 7 Election day opened clear and warm, with indica tion for an unprecedented vote for the mayoralty candidates, George H. Earle, Jr Republican, and Rudolph Blanken- burg, Fusionist. ! " Hard Fight on Whitlock. Toledo, Nov. 7. Chief interest in the election surrounds the fight waged against Mayor . Brand Whitlock, the ndependent candidate for election the fourth time, by State Senator Carl H. Keller, Republican. . Close In Kentucky. Louisville, Nov. 7. Balloting today came after -weeks of hard campaigning by both Gubernatorial candidates. Judge Edward C. O'Rear, Republican, and James B. McCreary, Democrat. The politicians predict a close race. -New Jersey's Vital Election. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 7. The State is voting today foivmembers of the lower loaise of the ' Assembly for 1912 and eight ntw Senators. The Senators elected , today will participate in the electingof a United States Senator in 1913 to succeed Senator Briggs, The House is nowtDemocratic and the Sen ate Republican, "v c i Heavy Socialist Vote Expected.5; Jackson, Miss., Nov.' 7. Because of factional contests in the Democratic party, it is believed the Socialists will poll a heavy vote in the election for State officers. Rain will cut down the total balloting from the registered vote. DECLARES THE CANAL WILL BE OPEN BY 1313 New York, Nov. 7. The Congres sional committee that went to the Isth mus of Panama last month has return ed satisfied that President Taft's pre diction .will be fulfilled and the canal will be open for business by 1913. The party included Senators Brandege, Bristow, Cummins, Page and Over man and Representative Higgins. Sen ator Brandege said: "The progress of the work is remarkable. It looks like the canal will be finished and opened for business in 1913. It will be finish ed within the estimated cost of $375, 000,000." ' . ' . Boston, Nov. 7. Dr. Mary N. Hobart, who was a witness before the, grand jury that indicted the Rev. C. V. T Richeson, will also testify at his trial Dr. Hobart was called to the Y. W. C A. building when Miss Avis Linnell was found, dying in the bathroom, and it was at her suggestion that the min Ister, who was believed by inmates of the Y. W. C. A. home to be the girl's fiance, was notified by telephone. Cut flowers for sale at Rehders flow er exhibit at Polvogt Company's store all this week, . "r. '. 1 - ite. m V . - w u X mam Vsife X A Vf Fight On for National Convention of United Daugh ters of ; the .Confederacy Opens To night in Richmond and Delegates Ar riving Today by the Hundreds Event ' Especially Marked by 1 Four Cornered Contest For President-Gen- '. eral. . - - . . Richmond, Va. N0v. 7. Hundreds of delegates ' to'-theNational'- conventipg, of the United Daughters "of Confeder acy, opening here tonight,; are pouring into Richmond, A vigorous ifight is on between candidates for the President General of the organization and there is spirited campaigning among the del egates for their favorites. As soon as the delegates arrive an effort is made to line them up for one or the other candidates. .Che President-General, Mrs. Virginia Faulkner McSherry, will retire and four candidates are now in the race for the office, Mrs. Alexander B. White, of Paris, Tenn.; Mrs. James Britton, of Gantt, Jefferson City, Mis souri; Mrs. J. C. Halliburton, of Little Rock, Arkansas,' and Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler, of New .York. Dis cord was ' injected into the race be cause Mrs. Schuyler is from New York, a State outside the old Confederacy. Some contend that to elect a woman who makes her 'residence in a section, active in .the war against Confederacy would create an. anomalous cohdftion and at variance with the spirit of the organization. Mrs. Schuyler's friends, present in large numbers, insist 'that this view is narrow and uncharitable, because New York has 575,000 people who hail from the South.twice a slarge a Southern population as that held by New Orleans one of the largest dis tinctly Southern cities. The New York Chepter, Mrs. Schuyler's friends state, is1 one - of the - largest in flie ' organiza tion. . Mrs. Schuyler is a native of Flor ida and it is said, is a woman of much executive and administrative ability. Memorial to Confederate Patriot. The Arkansas- Daughters of the Con federacy today unveiled in the Arkan sas room of the Confederate Museum, a stained glass window commemorat ing the heroism of David Owen Dodd, of Little Rock, hanged as a spy by his Federal captors. "For the Honor of the Name'' And Plenty of Other Films "at Grand Theatre Today. Gov. Osborn Hopes For Woman Suf- frage. Lansing, Mich., Nov. 7. Governor Osborn, in an interview today said Ae hoped the women of the United States would succeed within ten years in ac complishing suffrage in every State. He said the sentiment in this State was increasing. ACCIDENT ABOARD TORPEDO BOAT WAS UNAVOIDABLE Washington, Nov. 7. The report of investigation of the recent action aboard the torpedo boat Tingey, off the Carolina coast, resulting in the killing of two men, has .reached the Navy De partment. It has not been made pub lic, but it is 'understood it was found that the accident was unavoidable. No one is blamed. , READY FOR'f AFT'S VISIT Kentucky City Is In Brilliant Gala Attire. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 7.r-Frankfort is in gala attire for President Taft's visit tomorrow. He attends the unveil ing of Abraham Lincoln's statue, and a large '' section of the balcony part, which will be occupied by the Presi dent party, has been set aside fQr use of formy slaves. FIRE BROKE OUr ON ' COTTON STEAMER Liverpool, Nov. 7. A dangerous fire broke out today on the Norfolk and North American Steamship Company's steamer North Point, which arrived November. 1st with a cargo of cottdn from Savannah. v , Notice ' to' Hunters: Unredeemed Guns, Parker, Remington, Ithica and other makes can be bought at Uncle Charles, 16 South Front street, tf Spirited 'is- t i r,,-, - ? "i: TYPE Peking, Nov. 7.One reason lor tne the rebellion is found in the fact that its methods of transportation are antiquated. While there are a few regiments that have modern arpis'and are kept in efficient condition, most of the army is of little use in atactual campaign. tThis is particularly true .of the artil lery. The soldiers cling to their pigtails, and this makes them look amusing to western eyes. , , BPS III 18 Italians Locate Tgrkish Headquarters By iSeans of Aeroplanes Italian Cruiser Sinks Turkish Gunboat and Bombards Town. ; Washington, NoT. 7.-With aero planes the Italian troops at Tripoli have located the headquarters of the Turkish 'army and ascertained that the forces are considerably diminished, ac cording to official dispatches received by the Italian. Ambassador. - The Ital ian Minister of War' states that the, Turkish Artillery wttf repulsed Novem ber 5th. - , ' Italian Cruiser Shells Town. Constantinople, Nov. 7. An Italian cruiser bombarded the town of Akabah Sunday, sinking the Turkish gunboat ItaMdj lying at the port. The gun boat's second officer was killed. The others aboard escaped. Subsequently the cruiser shelled 'the hilly portion of the town. The extent of the damage is unknown. PLEKTY OF TURKEYS AT OLD TIME PRICES Chicago, Nov. 7. Turkeys in an abundant supply, at old-time prices, is the Thanksgiving forecast. The sup ply is .jhgv greatest in a decade The best qualities are quoted at seventeen and eighteen cents per pound. A shortage is noted in the cranberry market. ENGINEER KILLED And Fireman Injured In Collision In Louisiana. Shreveport, La., Nov. 7. Engineer T. A. Jones was killed and Fireman E. Wood injured, when a Kansas City Southern passenger train collided with a runaway freight car. Several pas sengers were bruised. COURT ORDERS OFFICER TO SEIZE THE RECORDS Indianapolis, Nov. 7. When Judge Anderson, of the United States District Court, was advised that the - Federal grand jury had been denied access to to certain books of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers he ordered the United States Marshal to go' to the trust company, where- the books were depos ited, and take possession of them. "NO VOTE; NO TAX" Is Slogan For Suffragettes Organiza ' tion In Chic ago. ; , Chicago, Nov. 7. "No vote; nor', tax,", is the slogan of a suffrage organiza tion here, urging women property hold ers to ref use to pay taxes unless alloMt ed to vote. The league is pledged -to protect any who lose their property as a result of this action. - ; ?For the Honor "of the Name" N And Plenty of Other Films' at Grand Theatre Today. Snbscribe for The Evening Dispatch. OF CHlHfesEl iauureor tne government to suppress equipment is not modern and the Of Much Interest Before the North Carolina Supreme Court Today Mrs. Arrington Again Tells a Court What She Thinks of It Lumber Company For Kinston. f Dispatch News Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 7, 191L An interesting liquor case will be argued in tbe Supreme Court today when the case of State vs. George Mitchell, an appeal ' from a twelve months' sentence from Forsythis call ed. Mitchell and his witnesses leiatm that he lent a: fellow a pint of liquor, but the judge charged the.' jury that if it was found that Mitchell expected value received for . his stuff a verdict of guilty should be returned. . The de fendant appeals from the sentence. Another case from Forsyth is that of State vs. J. J. Davis, a second-hand furniture dealer who was convicted of usury and sentenced to pay a fine of 150. A Small Fire. Fire Sunday night for. a time threat ened the W. H. King wholesale drug store, but an automatic fire extinguish er got into action and put out the- blaze. The damage amounted, "It was said today, to about $400., Mrs. Arrington Again. Mrs. Pattie D. B. Arrington, a local celebrity, marched into Wake Superior Court and berated Judge R. B. Peebles because he refused to permit her to enter suit against some parties for the recovery of property. He found no cause of action. Mrs. Arring ton expressed herself freely and clearT ly on judges and. lawyers and spared not neither the quick nor the dead.. Governor Kitchin yesterday ordered a special term of court for Scotland county, to begin November 27th and continue a week. Only criminal cases will be tried and Judge Cook will pre side. . ' " Plans for Y. M. C. A. Building. Plans for the Raleigh Y. M, C. A. building were considered yesterday af ternoon at a meeting of the general committee. The building is not to cost more than $60,000 and will be erected on the corner of Edenton and McDow ell streets. Lumber Company For Kinston. A charter was issued yesterday to the Ellington-Bryan Timber Company of Kinston; to deal in timber, lands, to buy and, sell merchandise; to fur nish electric ppwer fpr other concerns, etc. The authorized capital is ? 200,000, but the company may organize and be gin business oil $3,000. The incorpora tors are B. H. Ellington, , Richmond, Va.: R. M. Bryant, Kinston,! and N. B, Bryant, Stoney Creek, Va. POLICE RAID SOCIETY , . WOMEN'S WHIST PARTY Chicago, Nov. 7. Fifty society wom en, members of a whist club, had their bridge party interrupted '; last night, when the police raided and .cleared their club : rooms. The women were not arrested. ;r ' Special ' Violin Solo Grand Today.' .Will Be Rendered by' Prof.r Bar bey, Conductor of the Grand Orchestra. ' UQUOR It Is the Stronghold of v the Kianchus Government Has the Most Faithful Fol lowers of Its Army On Duty There. General Wu Assassinated by En raged Imperial Troops Another Offi cial Preferred Death at His Oown Hands Rather Than Surrender. Peking, Nov.' 7. Reports that Peking has f alien x into the Revolutionists hands, are without foundation. Prince Ohing continues as Premier, pending Yuan Shi Kai's arrival. - The, Imperial Government has 'concentrated, here; ail its army's most faithful . loyal 'troops. The- Emperor's personal "guard is an army division, numbering ten thousand Manchus. -, " . ..'' General Wu Assassinated. . : General Wu, the brilliant young mili tary officer, recently ' - appointed Governor of Shan Si Province, was as sassinated while asleep in his tent at the encampment, by thirty Manchu soldiers, who rushed past the guards and murdered him. Wu was credited as being in sympathy with the reform movement. : X -; : Capital Undisturbed by Rebels. . Garrisoned by loyal, forces; the capi tal has remained undisturbed, by Reb els. The National Assembly has form ally appointed Yuan Shi Kai Premier and it was resolved to assure- Yuan, of the Assembly's continued support. There was a mass meeting at Linan Fu, in Yuh Nan Province, and a series of demands made upon" the. ' Govern ment. These include the establishment of a Republic and complete autonomy for the Provinces. Consular reports state that several officers have been assassinated. ' ' ' Suicide Before Surrender. - f Nanking, China,' Nov. 7. The" Vice roy at Nanking committed" feuicide b Viceroy!s instructions from Peking or dered him not to resist the Revolu tionists by force, but to peacefully sur render. The Tartar General Com manding the Manchu troops refused to obey the orders. A panic prevails. Dr. Fang Joins the Movement. Shanghai, Nov. 7. Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese Minister to the United States in a statement- to the Associated Press, 'announces he has joined the movement to establish a Republic Government in China.. " POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BONDS BRING LITTLE ' -.'' New York, Nov. 7. The first sale of Government 2 1-2 per cent bonds, issu ed through Postal Savings Bank De partment, has been made here, the bonds bringing only 92 1-2. Th bank ers declared it is necessary that the Government adopt a change to main tain a parity of the bonds to protect the Postal Savings depositors desiring to convert their deposits into bonds. "Grandma", fssanay's Latest Will Be Among Feature Films, Grand Theatre Today. NOTED PHILADELPHIA EDITOR DEAD. t Philadelphia, Nov. 7. Dr. Alfred C Lambin. editor of The Public Led ger died today of heart disease, aged sixty five years. . , "Grandma", Essanay's Latest Will Be Among Feature , Films, Grand. Theatre Today. Dr. Elliot Sails For Europe.. New York, Nov. 7. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard, and Mrs. Eliot, sailed this morning for Europe. . y .. ,,; ;;.;'! - .". ' New Building, y .-' . Hon. John D. Bellamy has let the contract for. a ; handsome ; three-story brick building, which he will build on the east side of Front between Dock and Orange streets. The structure will be erected in accordance with plans drawn by Mr; H. E. Bonitz, the architect. : He will superintend the region of the -buildinK. ' The front will be of tapestry feck; and Indiana limestone trimmings. The 'structure will be 80 feet wide and 16 feet deep and will be used for merchantile pur poses. - - ' ' '.'V , "Grandma", Essanay's Latest Will Be Among Feature Film3, Grand Theatre Today. So Post t Stolen foucS Abou Entire Pouch Was Stolen and None of the Contents, Including Letters, Has Been Traced Money Package Was , Insured and Insurance Company Has Already Made It Good. Special to The 'Dispatch. Raleigh, N. C Nov. 7. It was learn ed today thai .the, package containing twenty thousand dollars, which was reported lost in Greensboro last week, was really lost about July 20th; Instead of bemg;tampehed; with the pouch was stolen, 'With its contents,,and has not been recovered. It is believed; the pack age was enroute to New -York. The in surance company has made; good. The package' containing ; the money was fully insured . Neither package, nor parcels nor letters in ) the stolen -pouch have been traced." , T EFiDEmiC OF. DIPHTHERIA ' .CLOSES CITY SCHOOLS ' , . ' ' ' -Wallingford Conn., Nov. 7. The lo cal high school and part of the gram mar gchools are closed on account of an epidemic of ; dyphtheria resulting from- a Hallow'een; party. Every child who succeeded in biting an apple sus pended by a string in a party game was stricken! with the disease. : "' ' - - WOULD PENSION THEM Secretary , f Treasurer Believes Old Employes Should be -Pensioned. . Washington, Nov. ' 7. Secretary of Treasury MacVeigh has declared, in. f avproXJpejasUjnmg, superannuated y Governmetit clerkia. It Is Hinder stood he will ; make ithis i recommendation a feature of his annuaUreport. . New York, Nov.. 7. Mary , Austin, author of "The Arrow Marker," recent ly told members of the Legislative league that a 'heavy load of moral re sponsibility should never be foisted upon a man in the firs flush of youth. If it is he is almost sure to let it slide off when he arrives at years of ma turity, and all sorts tA complications are -liable to follow; . "I have been spending a good deal of time lately at the domestic-relations courts" she said in elucidation of her statement con cerning the overfreighted young man and I haye learned th&t in a great majority of cases the man of forty or thereabouts who has . grown tired of his wife because her beauty has fad ed and refuses to support her any longer, stf that she has to appeal to the courts, was compelled to go to work when he was thirteen or fourteen to help maintain his parents or brothers and sisters.By the time he reaches middle life his moral 'muscles, which were strained and stretched beyond their proper capacity when they were still soft and untrained, have become feeble, if they haven't snapped entire lyand he can't be depended upon for anything." A X Every day this week Will Rehder, the Florist will have '& cut-flower ex hibit at the Polvogt Company's -store. .... . M . . 1 ' , 4 . i. I m 'h-
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