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8 WEATHER irct wise Advertisers? Rain and cdlder tonight Thef- OIspatpH Reaches -th. People. , 2i Tl"";' 7" V j - i V J'Viid , ft. VOLUME TVENTy.dNE. WIlIINGTCWi NORTH CAROIAiSFiUD AY, JANUARV?7, 1 916 PRICE FIVE CENTS. r N WW H i i mm 1 Ml 4 j' J' i- v- fiV. it. amp 31 Asked Messenger About I) ing Domo in atate, rmyv and Navy Departments. GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONG GOVT. FORCES Dr. John M. Parker, However, Explained His Package The One Under His Arm Was Quite Harmless and Non-Explosive. Washington, January 7. A man who said he was John M. Parker, a physician of Asheville, N. C, caused great excitement among the . clerks and messengers of the State, War and Navy departments this morning by asking the doorkeeper: "What is to-prevent me from plant-J ing a bomb in here?". ' The messenger was speecniess irom flight. Taking a package from under his arm the man remarked: "Y-e-u don't know what this is, do you?" t : The isitor strolled about the' corri dors while messengers hastily sum moned the police. To newspaper: men who reached the place first be gave his name and residence, and explain ed that the package contained a pres- eut he was taking home and whichhina sunreme Court, to President Wil- was absolutely harmless. He left the son as m worthy to succeed Jus building Unmolested. laitmr ' nf th TTnitH CtatAn Sli- STILL ANOTHER FOR THE PLACE Justice Lamar's Death Gives CiaytonV Friends Oppor : lunity. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 7. Friends i of Former Congressman Henry D, for Roosevelt foUr years ago and doek Clayton are urging through an Ala-fnot care whetner Taft ever holds an bama delegation in Mr. Clayton's be"f0tner office I half President Wilson to appoint him) The resolution .reads: "Recognli--as successor to Justice Lamar. He is ing tne eminent fitness by virtue of iiuw uuKe oi tne soumern euerai ; Court District of Alabama. . McCollough, Too. Washington, Jan. 7. Justice McCol lough, of the Arkansas Supreme Court, was suggested to the President' today by Senator Robinson for the" vacancy on the Supreme Court bench. - " . WHITE HOUSE AGAIN IN SOCIAL GLORY Washington, January 7. The first social function at which the new mis tress of the White House will appear.Iprobability, but few would expect Gv officially as the ""First Lady of th;erhor Craig to name another man Land," is set for this pvpnine and I The fact that such a thing is intense- ; the savants of the western hemisphere who are concluding a great conference in Washington will be the guests at the function 'which again opens the White Hpuse to social gayety. The White House is attractively decorate( for the reception, and every detail has been arranged by an effi-' cient for:e of connoiseurs. Mrs. Wil son has been spared as much as pos sible, anflshe is . delighted with the setting. ' Beside? being the initial number on the- White House calendar of social function for' the winter, the event to night is the first "Pan-American re ception" ever held in the executive mansion. It is known that President Wilsnn haa toiron o-i-QQV .i-ntoi.Qot in . tha convening of the "representatives 1 , i. . ui tne republics vOf the Americas, and that it is a pleasure to him to have the first even of the social season oneibers wished more. The Major also m which the other - American nations part. will take! Those who know Mrs . Wilson best are predicting the greatest of social successes forx her. She has a natural gracefulness and wit, with beauty and Rood taste. Her first bow in the White; House will be followed next week by the cabinet dinner, which w ill bring together the ladies with whom she will most generally asso ciate. She wilt be received with open arms by this "inner circle," 'and will then receive the diplomatic circles, the Supreme Court, Congress and the high officers of the army . and navy frnd their wives. - . , Quebec, P. q:; January 7. A test case of the right to keep slot ma chines in stores and barrooms comes un for trial today. The case interests all cities in the province. The au thorities state ;they discovered that the machines were being' used in some cases for gambling. GHBAR i Resolution Indorsing North Carolina Supreme Court Judge for High Office COMMENT 1 ... j Should Tar Heel Judge Get Appoint ment is Thought Likely Governor Craig Will Name Judge Winston to Carolina Court. vj' Dispatch News Bureau, Raleigh; N. C, January 7, 1916. ; Wake county's big bar yesterday ev ening unanimously recommended Jus tice W. R. Allen, of th North Caro- preme Court, who died last week. , j More than three-fourths of that bar attended the meeting which was call ed primarily to arrange the calendar for. the next term of civil court. Reso lutions v offering Judge Allen . to the President were voted enthusiasticallyL fatjteast thiee' Ipublican taking pati was a red hot Republican, the-other two good Roosevelt men. h Col. J. C. I. Harris presided over the .meeting and joinedxin the voting as president. "I always support a North Carolina man," Colonel Harris explained. Besides, he lacks a great rtonl nf hflvinff IrvRl ha.lanr.fi ' in lovfi of .ft . Taf, rnnTiel Harris was y x a. is j v,:i: au rn'JTjr'rur' l i ii iiif i mii h i ii i i i v i lit- tin i of the city of Raleigh and of Wake county, unanimously endorses the Hon. W. R. Allen for the vacancy in the Supreme Court of the United States caused by the death of Jus tice Lamar." . It is set down as certain that if President Wilson should name Judge Allen, Governor Craig would appoint his lifelong friend and schoolmate, ex- Judge R. W. Winston, of Raleigh, to the Allen succession. That would J cause another big judicial fight, in all ly probable would hardly chill, the en thusiasm of Judge Winston's oppo nents in their effort to land Judge Allen upon the higher bench No Report Yet. I The commission working upon tlis reform of judicial procedure has not made its report and Chief Justice Clark said this afternoon that it will take several days to get the work into such shape as the newspapers wish it for publication. - j The committee of two judges, the chief justice, Judge W J- Adams, ex Judge W, P. Bynum, Senator L. V. jsasseu ana. ivij- " not Ket together upon Call recommen- RoQectt nriH Mai. W. A. (iranam, am dations. It-, is understood that while ivfai. W. A. Graham recommendett the reduction, of the districts , to .18 rt. AAWtmlffaa loan. iirom zu as now, iuc ed to as many as 32 and some mem- thought it a good plan to allow a suit to expire on the docket if .nothing turned up after two years. To give it longer life he would make the man who. continues it responsible for the cogts. v The committee took well to sev eral of the suggestions made by Major Graham, the layman on the commis sion, but whether these will be adopt ed and put into the; public address is not known. It is understood that Maior Graham will be unable to sign Lthe report as finally prepared and that he will offer as minority memuer some suggestions tos be fought out be fore a larger body. . T Col. Thurston T. Hicks,- who- has J Not Roosevelt, hick i nin.s. -uti 1 FOR FOR mm LAMAR'S JOB haon in Halp en auBearing oeiure mo i "'' v' - i . ... F-PdPral Court in -some damage ac-!tionaJly regarded . as the- ancestral j the sapred well in the compound of " ' -hpiipvR that the Re-tfoundef of the. imperial .Japanese the imperial palace. . -s. , nubTicans will nomintte Roosevelt house..- Also a communication is made Qnthe 50th.' day" afte.h(s4,irth' the puDucans wm uum . . before: the i sanctuary of -the imperial f infant prince.will be taken to the im for Fresiaent, . - . - j-wtiu tinno nw i : nin fi.nn? rcf ohiqupo r-r.1r.np1 Wirk r ' who thinks tnat ' . Continued on Page i I L Scene in the recruiting office of the University regfment at Harvard University, 'Cambridge, Mass., show ing Committeeman Charles C. Lund taking, and Albert Vinal recording the physieial measurements of Joseph M. Looney, a recruit, for the double pur-pose of regimental Records and of procuring a fitting uniform; " K . The harvard regiment, one of the 'recently, organized military bodies looking' toward "the preparedness for national defense, will follow, within -lines, the' ffieas "worlfed out at the Busi ness Men's encampment" at Platts-' burgh, New York, last summer. 'Harvard, Tfale and othett colleges are organizing such Tegiments and U. S. Arniv officers Tlt be detailed for instruction. '"1 r'!'-' JAPHEE OMEN IN BABY PRINCE His Name is Suminomiya Takahito, and Was Born on Cornation Day. Tokio, December 7. The prince born bfi'the' night of December 2 Lo Empress Sadako, making the fourth son of Emperor , Yoshihito, has been named Suminomiya Takahito. The event of the, birth, on the dajr of- the,; Zp& wfficfi'4erd onbnee inlhe lifetime! of , an emperor, has been interpreted J by the Japanese people as an omen i bespeaking the lasting perpetuity and prosperity of the imperial family. The iJTinniinomDTt that bntli tin o omnrocc and the. infant are doing well has also been welcome news to the-pepple in view of the fact that rumors concern ing the health of the empress had re cently been circulated widely. The Japanese people for ages have believed in signs as indicating the trend of the future and the glorious view which could be had of the sacred Mti Fuji during the coronation review, as well as the. daylight vision of the crescent moon, which was followed at dusk by the news of the birth of an imperial prince, created a most fa vorable, impression among the older people that tKe destin of the impe rial house and of the nation wll be a glorious one. It was recalled that the emperor's third son, Prince No- buhito Takamatsu-no-miya' was born on the day the supposedly invincible Russian fortress at Port Arthur capi- tulateit to thev Japanese army, January 3, 1905.' ' On the day of the birth of the new prince, while the emperor was re viewing his troops on the grounds just opposite the Aoyama palace where1 the empress was confined, she was able, to see the fleet of aeroplanes and airships maneuvering over the parade ground, and, accompanied . by her court ladies, . she was seen to J wave flags in salutation to this new est arm of Japanese defence Fulfillmg hereditary custom, the em-! peror has. presented a sword to the mu- , ... nf imam yimu. x iiia ia a iun.cu ui jju-j, tection from all manner of evil things, and is a survival of the former wide spread custom of presenting every . hunanMo hnv hahv with-a sword reD-'r JaPaniese hoy baoy witn a swora iep iV-""-"""e , . " murai or warrior. Mother tradition .Caueqf . iue uuiH,u i er swora io au uauy gins, me wcpuu to be used for self-destruction in case" the child were attacked beyond means of relief from family or friends. - Within a few days a religious cere mony; 'will be held in the ' presence of the Infant prince. Specially appointed court scholars will read selected pas sages from the books of ancient sages, Confucius and others, and the court musician's will play sacred '"airs on harps and flutes to calm and 'purify the smtit of the child. The underly- ing idea ls that the infant by hearing the . sacred music is" inspired to a J sense of virtue' and high morality. It is also' believed that if the player is not" a man of virtue the sound of the 1 stringeli instrument will not be har- monious. - The child being' named, the 1 birth and" name will be formally re-1 ported to the spirit .of Oml. imtr.1 -thtf Snn OnrlrJpss whn is tradi- preuereuis.m me iujuvovw hN!W7f -.- KWT IS SUNIfiflf TEXEL ; Crew of 33 All avedand Tak- en to Holland Territory, ' is Stated. London, Jan. 7; feThe sinking of a British submarine Wttf the. .eoast of Holland was cficiaUySanhbuced.this morning; All of tb4'crewr'ijvere saved. Tne Admiralty atatetoent isays the submarine! the jianio' "o&which was not WaS--tii'rdaV-tf 'the ia- jand of TexeK v the largesC- and moat southward of, tlie Frisian group. The entire crew of 33 was rescued bv the j, Dutch cruiser Noord Drabant and 1 brought to the Dutch port of Helder. ) PLAN FOR FUTURE Ml England's Trade After the War to be Considered at Lon - don Conference. London, Jan. 7. An important con ference will be held in London in Jan uary to discuss proposals 'dealing with British trade after the war to prepare a program to be laid before the gov ernment in the name of British com merce. The object of the conference will be to form sin offensive and de fensive commercial alliance of the En tente Powers against Germany and her allies. The conference wiji be attend ed by representatives of all the cham bers of the deliberations then held, the future commercial policy of the coun try will be formulated. f -. - - . i Although the questions of post-bel- lum rehabilitation have occupied trade 'circles for some time and been freH quently discussed informally, the flrsv . A , . - t" IT- Z .T' finS f parliament, iwhen he stated that 'present preoccupation in the endaavor to secure victory ought not to prevent the taking of measures Jo insure the proper consideration Of economic; -"uw-u social and financial- problems which iwill arise after the war. The chamber of c0minerce insik that business men m trade should immediately begin in- vestigatloris and that a defined trade policy should be evoived as soon, as possible, or at least lonij before the war is over, so that a basis may be pre pared for a commercial alliance with the Entente Powers which shall be come operative .he day Jthat peace Is signed. - -r j ' ' V; tjf 4. 4 4 4 ii 4 41 4 4? 4 RICHMOND HAS TROUBLE. 4 Richmond, Va., January ,7 A heavy snowfall which began, early this morning continues j steadily.' .It has - disorganized the electric 4 car schedule and is impeding steam traffic. . ; ' : " " srfvin a hrvt hath .of watRi.: taken'; from f" xui, mo.e.. BRITISH SUB ERCIALLY f JMP-.il BIG NEW HAVEN CONSPIRACY CASE Jury Expected to Begin Delib erations on Famous Charges This Afternoon. 4 4 4 FAMOUsS N EW HAVEN RAI L- 4 4 ROAD.CASE. , The Charger-Conspiracy io mo-i?f --opoltrmniereriSier Kngland. - - f- ' The Indictment Returned ' by, Federal grand jury in New York,' February 26, 1915. The Trial Began, in Octoberr 1915. Final arguments heard. 4 this week. , . ' .'.. The Accused Eleven directors and former directors of-the New York, New . Haven & Hartford Railroad, all " millionaires khd 4 prominent in New York and New England f , : 41 The" Penalty if Found Guilty Fine of not over $5,000, impris- onment not exceeding one year, or both- a - - . y The DefendanU. , William Rockefeller,' brother of John D., and one of America's .richest men. ' Charles F. Brooker, of An- 4 sonia, Conn., former Republican 4 national committeeman. v 4 Robert W. Taft, of Providende, t. I., cotton manufacturer and 4 banker. Lewis Cass 'T.edyard, ,of New York, counsel for J. P.- Morgan, 4 the elder, and his representa- v tive on many boards. - Charles M. Pratt, of Brooklyn, multi-millionaire of the Standard Oil group and philanthropist in education. 4 D. Newton Barney, of Farming- ton, Conn., financier and banker. Frederick F. Brewster, of New Haven, capitalist and yachtsman. Henry K. McHarg, of Stam- ford, Conn., former governor of 4 4f the New York Stock Exchange, . banker; and financier, , 4 4 James S. Hemingway, of New Haven, banker. , t . A. Heaton Robertson, of New 4 Haven, banker , and prominent 4 Democrat. Edward D. Robbins, of Hart- ford, Conn., former counsel for 4- the xNew Haven i-- - ' t S- K 1 New York, January 7.- The famous New Haven conspiracy case; "which has 4een on rial here for several months . in the Federal Court, is ex pected to reach the jury f today. The government's prosecution of , the case aimed to bring out the story of the attem.pt to monopolize transportation in 'New England, by '-water' and rail, even to the cpntrol;of electric .rail ways.' The men' accused of conspiracy in connection with the financial, oper ations of the New Haven road are di rectors and former directors, all 'prom inent men in New York and" New Eng land. William Rockefeller, brothe'r;of John 'JD. Rdckefeller,, and ten pthers have been ohtriar since lastvOctober, and the- government - in, its efforts to prove the existence of aconspiracy, which it claims existed as far back as 1890. L - 1 The prosecution has', been conduct ed by Robert' L. Batts, arid it Is T his first big case for the government-The HID UB1 No Warning Given. No Ves sel Seen" Report of Amer ican Consul. 'AFFIDAVITS - ,,s Survivors Confirm Previous Reports 1 That No. Trace of Submersible Was Apparent When Liner Was Blown Up Officers and Crew Now On Way to England. ' '' . Washington, Jan. 7. Consul Gar rells,, of Alexandria Egypt, today ad vised the State Department that he had obtained affidavits from 21 of the su Yivors of the Persia, including that of Chas. H. Grant, an American citizen; and that all confirmed 'previous state ments' that "no warning was given and no vessel seen."' The officers and crew of the Persia, the consul advised, Kave ail left for England,; where Ttfieir affidavits - probably;' wilf e 'qbinedt upon their arrivali t Consul Garrella has. been, instructed Jrwttm- aBtreimrr-o1dtttaart he has obtained , 1 - - Austria-Hungary was until yesterday without official information concern ing the sinking of the Persia, according to dispatches received today from Am bassador Fenfield, in Vienna. . The dispatch from American Amoas sador. Penfield in Vienna addi3 that Karon -Burian, the Austrian Foreign Minister, has asked what information regarding the sinking of the Persia was in possession of the United States. : Lusitania Incident. Washington, r Jan. 7. A proposal which the German government believes will end the controversy over the sink ing of the Lusitania in a manner satis factory to- thlUnited States was under stood today to have. been received from Berlin. Count von Bernstorff, the.Ger- man Ambassador, has asked for an ap pointment to confer with Secretary Lansing this afternoon. Germany is believed to have offered to pay "an indemnity for the loss of American lives when the steamer was torpedoed, at the same time making a reservation of any wrong ; doing, upon the contention that the liner's de struction was an .act of reprisal in-re taliation for Great Britain's blockade of Germany. : " Germany, it is understood, is also ready to give assurance that subma rine . commanders ' operating in the Mediterranean -will not torpedo with out warning privately owned vessels of any description, Uners freighters or tramp vessels. Germany's similar assurance for the North Sea includes only liners and passenger vessels. Milwaukee, January 7. An auto mobile show to. runa full week is be ing opened in ' the auditorium today by the Milwaukee Auto Dealers' Asso ciation. The local exhibit will . be on a par with the Chicago and New York exhibitions, j - , defendants are represented by an ar ray of the best legal lights in the East William Rockefeller, who has 'been too ill to attend throughout the trial, denied in a deposition .that he had ever entered such" a conspiracy as charged, and placing the responsibil ity for the acts alleged to be in viola tion of the Sherman law on " the New Haven counsel. v General denial of the charges was entered' byi .the other defendants, sev eral of ; whom testified in their own behalf. ' . , - : J The, story of the New Haven has been before the public for many years, and it had a dramatic presentation before the Interstate Commerce- Com mission, when Charles S . Mellen, its former president, related the financial juggling whichbrought the road near ly to niinv Mellen was a star witness in the present trial, and for days he explained the inside .workings' of the financial power from Wall Street wfiich crushed arid bought up compe- Ltition m Connecticut and K Rhode" Is- land and ; extended ' to the Boston & Maine lines covering the northern section" of New,. England. Result of Fierce Battle Gives Czar Greater Power Over ' Balkans., GERMANS .THREATEN. f BRITISH AND FRENCH' British Public Concerned Over Compulsory Military Service; Austrian Lose at t ; Czartorysfc But Hold Ohei; . Elsewhere. . ' v" " " ;: :' London, January 7. Accordtfie 'tq: official reports from Vienna,i fighting: on the eastern frontier has decreased, the Russians having ceased to attack with vigor. Along the Bessabarian ' .frontier the only gains officially an-f J nounced . for Russia yesterday was jCzartorysk,! the scene 01 many san- gumary struggles, where It is said the Austrians were driven from the ceme; tery. Any advance wilPthreaten Co- val, one of the Austro-German strong." est positions. ( It is "believed, even though no fur , , 4 ther gains are made, the Russian - forces have attained a position .which . ; will give that nation a greater! degree .1 of " power , in Balkan affairs jthan itL': ,; has had since its armies were driven t back from the Carpathians. ;-.,v- " Germany Aggressive. k The Teutons still threaten to ex r '-' pel the British arid French" forces in; '-" -Macedonia, but no forward 'move has" -: been detected in that direction: Strong -' ' Turkish forces ,are-said to; be; concen-v trating on th&. Thraceau frontier" of V Greece,, sad ' it is" suggested . that they : may; attempt ' to make - good some ; of , ' their- territoriaIvloss'es during "- thet'- ; The . British -public is - still concern ed witli thet domestic' fisls ! ftotwith? : standing the ? heavy majority , for the k compulsory military service ' bill on its first reading, the press is-speculat-ing it will not serve to. break up the political arrangement at the next gen-, eral election. BIG DIVIDEND GIVEN Warehouse Company Had Very Prosperous Year. 4 Special to The Dispatch. Swann's Station, N. C.' January 7. -The annual meeting of the stockhold-, ers of the warehouse Cbmpany 'organ-t ized here.Jast year waa:held here this; week. Mr. Joseph D Smith, ex-Mayor of Wilmington, who ; has , a t large ' plantation here, is the largest stock holder in the enterprise. ' He was: present at the meeting. ; ' The warehouse has ; a capacity for storing between 300 and 400 bales of, cotton. VA dividend of -50 per, cent, was declared. Mr. P." M. P. McLeod is president of the company.' Of interest to- many -Wilmington people who visit in Harnett county were two -marriages, which took place Sunday: r Miss Elsie Cox becaine ' tha bride of Mr Oliver Greenj and Miss Lulu Rosser and Mr: ' Bergman Mc Auley were married. - ' - 7 ANDREW CARNEGIE , ' IN FAILING HEALTH New York, Jan . 7 --Andrew Car- t negie was on his way today to Miami, Fla;, to spend the wintei cruising, on the Inland waterways of the Florida coast . Mr : Carnegie X left here yes-' terday; The condition of Mr.' Car negie's healthat times during the past year has givenJils friends grea anxiety. ' He is taking the trip South upon the advice of his physcian. Florida State Bankers' Meet. :' ' : . Jacksonville, Fla., January 7.T-eP,!i " resentatives of 35 State-bank's : met . here today, for a convention,-to dis cuss the concentration and economi- -cal handling of scattered; funds, op- v i portunities for investment,' develop ment and improvement, and to place : the country towns n"th same' basis; -as the populous cities for marshalling v their capital And developing, their re sources. fl - . I Redfield Speaks -at Providence.. '- Providence, R.--I:,- ' January -Is-? Hon. 5 William C Redfield, " secretary of Commerce,; will: be the speaker at tonight's banquet ; of cthe Turk's Head Club. His talk is expected to deal with the industrial" improvement,, -increased " commerce and the ' railroad situation. - ' - . - , , - -' ' - ' . ' " ' .v - - y t ' A Have you seen - bur Ladles' 2.5(1 ' Shoes for $1.98? New lot Just received. , Geo. ' & Nevens ll Market- street. Advertisement. " ; . vVi . 1 .'. . '' i : 'A 5 "ft v V sty : f 3 :.m .It. I ! - , t r 4 I t - vZ. Thre Y - (the same day the infant princewill be with; the emperor-and empr-ess. ifirst big case for the government ihei section 01 ewvu6iuu. ;uri VC.' - -c. - ' t ' ,
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