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VOLUME TWENTY. lEiAlbllUIPHSE nnnnnnri miTii SHEET ynited States Supreme Court Uphoids North Carolina Decision. Suit Brought by City of Goldsboro Upheld by the Highest Tribunal In the L.tnd. Wasliiiiuidii. Feb. 24 The rail roads anuin.i which towns have been built may required to lower and ini'.ivovf their grade to conform with ilic .rales throughout the streets on vi.ul' t lit y run, according to decision ,,,,,, (, t;n' Supreme Court, holding , , ;;S:iii:i(ii!ai the ordinance of Golds- ,,, X c . requiring the Atlantic ( ii. si I. i!i' to grade its right of way M, ic c unt'orm with the rest of the tri 1 1 0:1 hich it runs through the city. The Supreme Court found no error die holding of the Caiouii;: ourts. North DINNER A BRILLIANT SUCCESS Xev. Vork, Feb. 24 At the Dixie dinner and Colonial Ball, of South ern NH'ty of New York last night, a colored wig appeared for the first tim at a public- sciety-; fuuet here. Almost all colors framed laces of Southern beauties on the liner of the ball room, when the (laming began. The scene was pleas ing Tho popular colors were blue, rose purple, mauve and green. T PAT AS TO EXPOSITION I.'hMMi, Fob. 24. All efforts to nine fi ,. ,:itish Government to re comiiUi its decision not to partici pate officially in the Panama-Pacific Expesiriou, San Francisco, have fail-H'- f oreign Secretary Gray, when in vi"M in the House of Commons today to tal;.' '-tops "to retrieve the posi t:0!i. .s:i(i definitely the Government " ni'i wu consider the matter or mod 11 ' it- previous decision. COAL MINERS ON STRIKE IN FRANCE Paris, i-vi). 24. Out of two hun ,1;P'l and twenty-five thousand coal niillis in Southern France forty thousa n ;ife on a strike, in response f full or their leaders, as a protest aSl!!lsr. idiininntinn hv tVio Senntp nf some In uses in the underground ' pension bill. Order prevails. 'ushihton, Feb. 24 President ilsoii peeived from Colonel George '' G' Minis today a complete "review 1 tile lii'illc frr nrotatiiiotinn -if thp Form a ' w uiii(.iiivt. v.- " i fiioiit Government in the Pana- '"i i fin; istenci- zone, rhich comes into ex Iril 1st, with Goethals .s the ir.i Covernor. The meetine of lhe ' ' vo oiticials of the White House as ih,. lirst since Goethals. appoint- "ent :ts Governor, and because of L1S 11, 1 ,,n,l the President's keen in- terest '"M "I ail matters pertaining to the anul. iiif. conference was. extended --unsi,,,,..,-,, ly leyond the time allowed for t. verage White House confer- 4 t BECKER GETS NEWTRIAL Ali);niy, x. y., Feb. 24. The ("ir' or Appeals today granted thf""A . ;i'ial t0 Charles Becker, I '' !'o!ic0 lieutenant under sen- t or death for the murder of , "r:''n Rosenthal. BRITAIN STANDS MAS ABOUT ALL AnotheiN-rfigh Priced Expert Today Declared Signatures on the McArthur Note Were Spurious Defense Expects to Rest Case This After- noon. Special to The Dispatch. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 24. Samuel C. Mallone, a Baltimore expert, receiv ing one hundred dollars a day for the first day and fifty for each day there after, testified today that the 125,000 note signatures were spurious. "N. A. Brown, of Red Springs, did not believe the signatures genuine. The defense is practically through and the plaintiff is expected to take the stand this afternoon. Five witnesses testified as to the McArthur signatures yesterday after noon in the Federal Court trial of Citizens' Bank of Norfolk vs. Mrs. M. C. McArthur, Adam McArthur, Mrs. Eliza Newton and others involving the genuineness of signaturesN on the ! $25,000 notes held by the bank. And there are a number of other experts to testify today before the case for the defendant is closed. The first witness yesterday after noon was C. V. Brown, of'Lumberton, former State bank examiner and now a cashier of the Bank of Lumberton, who testified that in his opinion the signatures in question are spurious. All the others testified to the same ef fect. They were W. H. Cooper, of Laurinburg, cashier of the State Bank of Laurinburg; O. A. Lester, engraver for Edwards & Broughton Co.; W. W. Newman, of the State treasury, and C. P. Wright, money order clerk in the Raleigh postoffice. All the wit nesses were sharply cross-examined, but stuck to their opinions that the signatures are forgeries. E AN EXHIBIT Paris, Feb. 24 The Chamber of Deputies today voted four hundred thousand dollars for official French participation in the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Cuba's Independence Day. Havana, Feb. 24. Havana today observed its customary holiday in celebration of the nineteenth anni versary of the declaration of inde pendence and the commencement of the revolution which, with the inter vention of the United States, culmi nated . in the freedom of Cuba from Spanish rule. All public offices and many business houses remained closed for the day, while the popu lace indulged in an elaborate program of festivities. Jewish "Farmers' Week." Woodbine, N. J., Feb. 24. The Fed eration of Jewish Farmers, which has a considerable membership in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Mas sachusetts and several other States, i sholding its annual "farmers' week" fathering here. The program pro vides for lectures on poultry, dairy and feed crop topics, as well as ex tensive laboratory and demonstra tion work. Canadian Mining Man to Meet. Montreal, Feb. 24 The committee in charge of local arrangements is in receipt of advices indicating a large attendance at the annual meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute to be In thio ifir nov WPAk. LeadinS nciu 111 into V'lvj - - mining engineers from Porcupine, Co balt and other mining centres of Can ada and also from the United States will present papers. The sessions will begin next Wednesday and con tinue three days . I Wednesday, Thursday,' Friday and Saturday any overcoat in the house at half price. Shrier & Solomon. Advertisement, v Tomorrow (Wednesday) the same bargains will be offered as adver tised by the C. W. Polvogt Co. for their Tuesday dollar day sale. Ad vertisement. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday any overcoat in the house at half price. Shrier & Solomon.--Advertisement. $2.00 skirts for $1.00, one of the .bargains for Wednesday's dollar day MA y . 1 ' ......I .. - - ' i - : c::;: ' rr' EVIDENCE I Boldly Enter Baltimore Acad emy of Music and Blow Safe. THEY GOT AWAY WITH MUCH SWAG Tied Watchman to Post in Auditorium and Then Robbed the Safe Job a Neat One and the Work of Experts. Baltimore, Feb. 24. Three masked robbers entered the Academy of Mu- sic last night, overpowered the watchman, blew open the safe and got away with between five. and six thousand dollars, leaving the watch man tied to a post in the auditorium. The robbers left no clue and the po lice declare the job was the work of experts and one of the neatest ever performed here. JELKE, OLEO MAKER AT LAST FACES TRIAL Chicago, 111., Feb. 24. After nearly three years of delay, the case of John P. Jelke, millionaire oleomarga rine manufacturer, was called in - the United . States district court here to day and the , prospects are that the trial will pr.oceed without further de- lay. jelke is under indictment with a number of other manufacturers and retail dealers in eleomargarine for conspiracy to defraud the Govern ment out of many thousands of dol lars in revenue by unlawfully color ing oleomargarine. The indictments were returned in July, 1911, by the Federal grand jury, following an exhaustive investigation ordered by Judge Landis. After the indictments were returned strong in fluences were brought to bear upon the administration in Washington, seeking a dismissal of the charges. Jelke, it is asserted, offered to pay a fine which would more than repay the Government for the alleged losses in revenue through the unlawful making of the oleomargarine. Upon the rec ommendation of Attorney General Wickersham, it is understood, Presr dent Taft declined to agree to any compromise or a dismissal of the in dictments. As soon as the trial of Jelke is concluded John Dadie, president of the William J. Moxley Company, is to be placed on trial. Dadie is under indictment on the same charges as Jelke. Centenary of Noted Sculptor. Boston, Mass., Feb. 24 In art cir cles in this city1 today was recalled as the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Henry Kirk Brown, the noted sculptor, who was born in Leyden, Mass., Feb. 24th, 1914. Mr. Brown was the designer of the statue of George Washington, which is a conspicuous figure-in Union Square, New York City. His statue of De Witt Clinton, in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, was the first bronze statue ever cast in the United States. West Virginia Republicans. ' Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 24 Ar rangements have been completed for the meeting of the Republican State Committee to be held here tomorrow, when plans for the coming campaign in West Virginia will be discussed. It is expected that the attitude of the Republicans with reference to a pos sible reconciliation with the progres sives will also be a subject of con sideration at the meeting. Dollar day sale at Polvogt's will continue otmorrow (Wednesday). ! Advertisement. I Wednesday, Thursday, Friday andl Saturday any overcoat in the house at half price. Shrier & Solomon. Advertisement. The Polvogt Co. will offer the dol- lar day uius"111 ,t'11 i-"""" (Wednesday) o'n account of the bad weather- today. Advertisement. beS 1 WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1914. A Mh f Vienna, Feb. 24 The wedding of Crown Prince George of Greece and Princess Elizabeth of Roumania has been set for May 21. The ceremony will be celebrated at Athens. Empe ror Wilhelm of Germany will be among the European crown heads at the wedding. CHERISHED THEORY - NOT OUT X BORE London, eX- 34?r3klBrisli-lw.s?lly ed theory that the world's surplus feminine population could be mar ried off if it could be persuaded to migrate to the Antipodes is not borne out in a report of the Royal Commission upon the demand for women in Australia. Women are wanted bodly in the great island con tinent, but not so much for marriage as for domestic servants. So great is the demand, according to the report, that many of the girls sailing from England have been en gaged by wireless as cooks and ser vants in Australian households be fore their steamer reached port. In some cases men have been so hard up for cocks that they have gone out in tugs to meet incoming vessels to make sure that they have the first pick of girls seeking employment. The first few lays following the land ing of the immigrants resembles an old hiring fair. The employers be siege the labor bureau in hundreds and in a short time every newcomer desiring domestic work is pretty cer tain to have secured a situation at wages more than double the sum which she could command in Eng land. The commission learned of com plaints that the scarcity of servants in Australia involves such a burden on housewives that it was affecting seriously their health and even acti ing as a check upon the much" de sired increase ot tne population. Portland, Maine, Feb. 24 Major General Joshua L. Chamberlain, for- mer Governor of Maine and former president of Bowdom College, died heie today, aged 85. Tomorrow's THE DAY When the Philadelphia Na tional League Baseball Club Commences to Train in the Best City on Earth, WILMINGTON II ft 1 1 1 1 . ... . r. mm ,m t BRITONS of uncii sos m PRIlflRY DAT in Women Getting first Touch of Political Life in Windy City. SOME WOMEN STAY WAY FROM POLLS Don't Want to Affiliate With Any Par- ty in the Alderman.c Primary Oth-U5 ers Hasten to Cast Ballots. Chicago, Feb. 24. The primary day, woman's first real day in Chi cago politics, was marked in many waras by a number of the newly en-1 rranchised voters, who hastened to the polls and voted for candidates for city council. One condition that mitigated against voters by more than half of the hundred and fifty eight thousand women, who had reg istered was the unwillingness of many women to affiliate with any party, by declaring a political prefer ence in the aldermanic primary. INFANTA EULALIA DEFIES CONVENTIONALITY Paris, Feb. 24 The Infanta, Eulalia, aunt of King Alfonso of Spain i3 defying the conventionality which J""1?"-the Presence .oi women of royalty in Parisf 'ThW fanta recently learned ffom a num ber of her suite that a highly spiced Parisian vaudeville entertainment in cluded an operetta, the scene of which was laid in Spain and Bianitz, a resort which she frequented often. She immediately engaged three stage boxes for that evening and with a party of friends enjoyed herself to the utmost, as did the audience, which quickly recognized the royal guest and derived great amusement from the fact that the King's aunt smoked throughout the performance, seated conspicuously in the front of one of the boxes. She lighted cigar ette after cigarette, laughed heartily and commended loudly each phzse of the production. In the last act, one of the most popular Parisian comedians dressed in the familiar captain general's uni form and with features made up to resemble those of King Alfonso ap-1 zen, his liberty at Juarez last Thurs peared in a box directly opposite the day. This contradicts the official in- Infanta. The likeness of her nephew was so excellent that the King's aunt could hardly control her laughter. OF WOMEN STUDENTS INCREASING uThP number nf wo men students at German universities has been nearly quadrupled during the nast six vears according: to fig ures jUSt announced. In the winter 0f 1908, when the doors of German universities were first fully thrown I open to women there were 1,108 wo- men students enrolled; today .mere are 3,696 women taking regular courses and as many more who are attending lectures. More than six per cent, of the total number of students at the German universities are women. More than half of all th6 women are studying medicine, and more than one-fifth natural sciences. Nearly 400 Of the women-students are foreigners. Russia sends the largest number, and America the next. The women have for three years been going more to the non Prussian universities. Leipzing and Munich especially have had large gains in that time; and the smaller instituti6ns like Jena, Wuerzburgand Freiburg have also made relatively large gains. Washington, Feb. 24. The Mary land oyster law of 1910, placing one per cent a bushel tax on all oysters landed from vessels and not for fur ther shipment by water, was antttill- ed as unconstitutional todaf by -the Supreme Court. Position of Great Britain as to Non Intervention in Mexi co Remains Unchanged Body of Benton Demanded. Other Englishmen, Thought Killed, Are Safe. Loudon, Feb. 24. The British For eign Secretary told the House of Commons tgday of the latest develop ments in the Mexican situation. He read a communication from the American State Department to the British Ambassador, in Washington, setting forth the steps taken for a thorough investigation of the Benton t til t m-m-m 1 . KU mg' 1De comprehensiveness of t t . - nectinn with the inTotiraHnn oii " - 'w vQ" W Vf VMAJIVA forth hearty cheers in the House. Grey told of instructing the British consul at Galveston to proceed to Juarez and thoroughly investigate the j killing of Benton Wants Benton's Body. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 23 Efforts of American Counsel Edwards, at Jua rez, to induqe the Constitutionalists to turn over to the widow the body of William S. Benton, the British rancher executed by General Villa, a week ago, continued today. So far the request made last Saturday by the American authorities that the "body be given Benton's widow, has met with no response from Villa and it is reported that Consul Letcher, at Chihuahua, where Villa now is, will renew the plea. The attempt of the Mexican Rebels to establish if William Benton was a Mexican citizen is biased on the report that he held some minor office, while President Porfjrio Diaz was in power. This statement was made at Juarez today by Counsellor Garzo, of the Constitutionalists, who added; "We have heard that Benton he1 Wjteveral small offices under President Diaz and that he was once 'mayor of a small settlement on . his own estate. He could not have held office without being a Mexican citizen. The records at Chihuahua are being searched to establish this fact . Relatives here of Benton say the deeds to his Mexican property refer to him as a British subject and that he always was care ful there should be no doubt on this point. Laurence Safe. The finding in California of Roger Laurence, the Englishman reported missing in Mexico, leads to the belief that his companion, Curtis, also is safe in the United States. No trace, however, of Harry Compton, for whom the American authorities were Jooking, has been revealed. General ViWa was quoted today as saying he gave Gustav Bauch, an American citi- formation given American Consul Ed wards that Bauch had been taken to Chihuahua, where his case was being reviewed. Not in Prison. Chihuahua, Feb. 24. In reply to in quiries at the penitentiary today, by American Consul Letcher it was stated that Gustav --Bauch had never been there. At the city hall the American consul failed to find any trace of the missing man. To Nationalize Oil Lands. Mexico City, Feb. 24 A plan for nationalization of all oil lands in Mexico is to be forced through the next Mexican Congress, which con venes April 1st, according to an ad mission today of Minister Moheno, of the Department of Commerce. The report is current that it is the inten tion of the Government to transfer oil lands to Lord Cowdray for fifty mil lion dollars gold, after they have been nationalized. NAVAL BILL FINALLY PASSES COMMITTEE Washington, Feb. 24 The Naval appropriation bill, Including the two battleships program for next year, was finally' passed upon today by the House Naval Committee. The Ad ministration plan for two battleships, with minor craft contemplated, is considered certain of adoption by the House. Tuesday dollar day bargains at the Polvogt Co. will be offered tomorrow 1 again on account-.ofc bad -weather to- 1 day. Advertisement, PRICE THREE CENTS. Ask That Supreme Court of Georgia Grant a Rehear- ' ing in Case. Negro Sweeper at Factory Found Guilty as an Accessory Before ths Fact Given Year on Chain Gang. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24 James Con ley, the negro factory sweeper, was found guilty here today, to being an accessory after tho fact to the murder of Mary Phagan, the factory girl for whose murder Leo. Frank was found guilty. Conley was sentenced to 12 months on the convict chaingang. The attorneys for Leo M. Frank, under sentence of death for the mur der of Mary Phagan, today filed in the Georgia Supreme Court a motion for a rehearing of arguments of Frank's appeal for a new trial. In their motion, attorneys held that; per. tain grounds in their appeal, wtich was refused by the Supreme Court February 17th were not fully consid ered by the court. AGAIN UPHOLDS THE WHITE SLAVE LAW LflU FOB LEO Ffflll ' IE CO LEI 0 r. - . ' ' "... .. ,- , J : ' Vi 7'WasMngton, Feb. 24. The consti tutionality of the Federal white slave law again was upheld today by the Supreme Court in the Wilson cases from Chicago. The point whether the law is limited to commercial vice was not involved. Soe attdCharles Wilson were found guilty in 1911 in the United States Court, of Chicago, of transporting Flossie 'Bione ' and Frances Vance from Milwaukee to Chicago for immoral purposes. The Wilsons were sentenced to three years' penal servitude. LABOR LEADERS REFUSE TO LEAVE THE SHIP Gravesend, England, Feb. 24 Nine of the ten labor leaders, deported from South Africa, aboard the steam er, Umgeni, after trie general strike had been broken by the Government, declared their intention to remain aboard the steamer until it returned to South Africa. Refusal of the de ported men to leave the steamer had not been anticipated. The vessel will proceed to dock in London, where steps will be taken to make the men land. DANISH STEAMER WENT DOWN III BAY London, Feb. 24 The Danish steamer, Ekliptika, "s$,nk in the Bay of Biscay yesterday. The German steamer, Wildenfels, rescued eleven persons, but the captain perished and it is assumed that considerable por tion of her crew also ifcifcht .down. Wireless "S. O. S." signals, caught at Lizard Head, England, . yesterday, were so confused that it'W'as thought some accident had happened, to the Wildenfels, but, in reality' the vessel was reporting the rescue of eleven of the Ekliptika's crew. The Ekliptika carried a crew of twenty and one passengeir, and it is believed ten persons went down with the vessel. Tomorrow (Wednesday) .. the same bai'gains will be offered as adver tised by the C. W. Polvogt Co. for their Taesday dollar day sale. Ad vertisement. Wednesday, Thursday, 1 Friday and Saturday any overcoat in the house at half price. Shrier & &6ffcmon, Advertisement. : 1 1 U ' it ; i .11 sale. Advertisement. 1" .1 . .. ' .1
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