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.v V, v'.t FIJ1 EOlTIOil , ; LARGEST?: Gl RGUfeIOWfN Mli Lift fiNGO W- '.5 WEATHER FpRECASPH '! i V JS chnwcrs Tonight. Wednesday Fair. Southerly Winds. 0 T . . . f . WILMINGTONOimi A .'--.:,v;,: PRICE FIVE CENTS, HtDblWU IHSiH UnUfeH CRAZY AT TIE :KBlilTS! near hospital airman J-'V r Commercial Bodies Com mittee, Entered Protest. REASONS GIVEN WHY AND 91 UNDESIRABLE Claimed Restoration Would Forestall Plans to Effect Ef fective Train Service For Entire Section Surrounding Wilmington Petition in Full. ; Mr. J- Allen Taylor, chairman of the committee of several commercial organizations working for adequate train service in and out of Wilmington, yesterday afternoon forwarded to the Corporation Commission in Raleigh a formal protest against the restoration of passenger trains Nos. 90 and 91 on the W. & 'W. line, and asked that the Commission rescind their action of yesterday in issuing an order to tne Coast line to restore these trains. The order requires that the Coast Line operate the trains again, begin ning next Sunday morning, arrivinr here about 1 a .m., and leaving about 3a. m. The schedules contemplated, .says Mr. Taylor, will be much better than the service provided for any section by trains 90 and 91. Mr. 'Taylor pointed out today that while he did not go so deeply into de tail in the statement to the commis improved schedules which sion, the the Wilmington people are working for would furnish the territory rikmg the W. & W. line accommodations vu. 1,1 ! and 91. He said.Valso, that the . - " I M suggested schedules mentioned in the statement were not necessarily 'fixed, hut could be varied , to--glv'he best service to the greatest number of people. - Geo. B. Elliott, Esq., general coun I sel of the Coast Line, said .that he has had no intimation from the manage ment that the Coast Line will take any action in resistance to the Commis sion's order. Mr. Taylor's protest follows: "Wilmington. N. C, May '22,' 1916." "Corporation Commission, "Raleigh, N. C. "Gentlemen: In the name of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and in behalf of the Wilmington pub lic I telegraphed you this morning re questing you to defer your decision on .the application to restore Atlantic Ccast Line trains Nds. 90 and 91, and that formal protest would follow, and have reply from your Mr. Maxwell advising that these trains have been ordered on of date May 28th, and sug gesting that we file petition for amending schedule, etc. 1 Was not aware- that a netitinn had been filprf with -th rvmmiCoinn( for the restorati Oil nf thpen trnfne v tiii ur VUUIUIIOOIUU frue, I had observed that the matter as being agitated, but it was irener- understood that Wilmington did J0t favni- v, l 1 . - mv-atj irams, ana l supposed we would have been afforded an op- iuniiy to be hearrt hfifnrA a rio. clsion was reached. Hnwvpr it. ia !? t0 late fcr the Commission to re ader its order if the facts pre- . Con tn j . . c JUStlfy Slir.h artinn ur,A Invito yr attention "derations: . - First. At.lantp Pai t ""io uuooi juiuc naiua J and 91 are -essentially and "unarly for' a ntpry serve,! h0?nOT . 11M ur points between Goldsboro ana Warsaw v. i , , latter nn u V uavei Deyona ine gible -r s conceaediy negli- nnnr 6 trains have always been 5 Tz lrom a rcvenue stand- or the reason that thov ora uean . flrn V rom and to Warsaw, but ffierp fanf ui. . fled i trains are oper- towpatnd,out of Wilmington ;is ice th! I Wilmington as a serv our'rirtf6!601 f whicn is t0 diminish ger fanii-A. K Ior lncreased passen be of ! 1 es of a character that would - rs 11 1, ill acrlr : I -sunn p r vaiue- thesp ; 6 scricuy local section, Vim. . '. .. the can be defended only on frr " VI VTAA.V WU SeIf susta- y e Pecuiianly does not Z inat tneir operation fce fnr , nder a mre needed serv- Hit that ,u 6 territory, and I sub- Ded on nuu "a,lls cannot Dejusti- TVi 1 ... . 1 cision nr I. yrncipie or the de 1 Court in Unitei States Supreme ' understa a ShrevePrt case, which I ! Stat, a HOW ramii..j 1 ii e C,nrr,: . "t"i.cu . uy Oil teted to" 7 810ns as a fixed and flUmaHv -In Nation, can be le tt;LmVoked in this, case, at nneshn6 nt that State Fed v:ouuus cannot be senaratori In be tjci VIPW anA .1....1J . a suuuiu . proper- Inters '1ered their interrelatPfl tic Coac T ere is Ro through Atlan- e service northbound out (Conti Qued on page two.),;v fl TTTIll n, IIP 1 mi -Vv i . . -. . v: - ;. - . . LIIU Ull1 inilllllMni With Murder. J?- ' I UN Mill Hyilllll llll x - -1 - Tur nnnnoAinm -5 . 11 1 r i u mi ru 1 h hi 1 -f .. ti ill. uiiiuii mini - Democrats Lining Up The Plan v y of Procedure Against -; " Republicans. MISSOURI PLATFORM WILL BE FOUNDATION Peace "and. Prosperity Will be Preached The Currency - Bill Will Also Be Stressed (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 23. Work of put into words the issues on which the administration plans to conduct tha presidential campaign has been begun in earnest, Former Governor Glynn, who as temporary chairman at St. Louis, wiirdeliver, the keynote address, has tentatively 'prepared .his speech and" will submit it to President i Wilson shortly. . .. The general outline of the Demo- ratic platform has also been agreed uuueLuou tue piauorm ioi- !Wtht(fener "ne f by the Missouri Democrats thou several planks - will be added. The ,r-rFHJ 1 oomiii - nlot taftvi woo cnhmirrAri ' tv adoption. . ': -il-f .' . . Ieace arid prosperity "will bej. . the mam features of the vDemocjratipIat toTtttt$i$Sso of tiytiGIynriB" address. The legislative record of. the; Wilson administration, particularly the cur rency bill and the claim that the ad ministration has been of assistance to business and labor, also will be in cluded. ; The Monroe Doctrine, as explained by the President in his addresses, will be - reiterated and strong Emphasis will be laid on effort of the govern ment to foster trade and-good rela tions with South and Central' America. Former President Appeared in Behalf of Banker Riggs. Washinctcn, May 23. Former President Roosevelt appeared on. tha witness stand today in the perjury trial of three officers ef the Riggs Na tional Bank. He testified as to the character of C: C. Glover, of the bank, one of the indicted men. He said he had known Mr. Glover since 1889 and had had; business and social relations with the banker while a civil service commissioner, Assist ant Secretary of the Navy, Vice-president.- Mr. Glover's -general character and standing in the District of Colum bia, he added, was of the highest. Mr, Roosevelt said he came to Washing ton voluntarily to testify. - Roosevelt rehiid the courtroom ten minutes before court convened. A crowd cheered him as he entered. TO CONTINUE 'MEETINGS START ED BY MRS. ALEXANDER. .Continuing, theThursday evening meetings that was inaugurated here by Mrs , Chas.. M . Alexander during the Chapman-Alexander evangelastic meetings, a meeting for; the business women of the city will be conducted tomorrow evening directly, after, work ing hours in the gymnasium of the Y. W. C. A. Mrs: M. T Plyler will conduct the services and make an address of much interest to the em-, ployed girls and ladles t of the city Chapman-Alexander songs will De ... v. rt tttIII Via nrosont sung . ,au muse w , f at the service are requested to leave their names at the Y.-W .C. A. of- pared for' tliem,. ' : . Struck Out : Woman Suffrage , .Amend . ment. (By Associated Press.) , - t Wash ineton.' Mav 23. The , House struck from the Porto Rican bill today, by a vote of 80 to 59 an amendment de- signed to grant woman suffrage to .the island. The bill;was then passed win out roll call,' virtually: as Introduced. ROOSEVELT On WITNESS STAND MEDICAL TESTIMONY BEING PRESENTED! State Continues Along This J Line Held Chloroformed Handkerchief to His ;:. Nose. , Now- Yorki May 23. The State continued to pile upvmedical testimony today as the foundation of its case against Dr. Arthur Warren Waite. charged -with the murder of his fath-er-in-iaw, John E. Peck, of . Grand Eapjds, Mich. Mr. Peck was reputed to he a, millionaire and the theory of , 'the prosecution was that the ' de fendant committed the murder so he might fall heir to the Peck fortune. -Dr. Albertus A. Moore, th-e physi- H tn 9nH,inoto f,,W w to ' k ' coai aaare55ea lo.nis Wlie ana aaugn cian who attended Peck injiorpAlJ.'0:'7. by Car- .ter directing that his Ibody be cremated death at the Waite apartment in New,ranzan dispatching the new note ;re-, York, had not finished his testimony under crbss-examination when first session of the trial adjourned yesterday. jljpon .direct examination he had de- clared that Waite admitted nurchas-1 ing, arsenic for his aged father-imlaw. . expedition across$Ae border, after I f ne?!.f TTN?.rt? ah?a fn soli? The" reason Waite gave, according to penetrating 198 miles to Mexico onthe!ir J the United States -beginning wUh the witnss. was that "the old eentle- K,r , . . Uhe Grant Administration and 'extend- ' - - . I man did not Want tO live." In his opening statement District Attorney Swann declares that Waite hastened his victim's last by applying to his nostrils a handkerchief soaked with chloroform. ; s The defense announced that it will call call one or more alienists and it was indicated , that Waite's- attorneys XlSmrpTQSjtX when, he . com mittedectifoe hfc was insane. - - - Memorial Service to be Held at at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church Sunday Night. Th-3 local tribes of Red Men will on next Sunday evening conduct their annual Memorial Day celebration, Rev. X. ri. Shore, pastor of Fifth Ave nue Methodist church, preaching the annual 1, sermon. The 3f?edtMen will form at their hall in the ; Odd Fellows' building at, 7:15 o'clock; arid will march in a body to the church, where specially reserved pews ; have been arranged for them. The members of the order take much interest iri this occasion, and honor the menibry of their departed broth ers in a most impressive manner. Mr. W. B. Savage will be the grand marshalliand Mr. M. Marshburn will be . the . prophet. The committee on arrangements consists of Messrs. J. R.- Davis, E. P. H. Strunck, F. K. J. Fuchs and J. F. Pope.' REV. L. B. BONEY. Will Conduct M id-Week Service at Calvary Church Tomorrow. Rev; h. B. Boney, of Goldsboro, who is a' guest of relatives at Winter Park, will conduct the. mid-week prayer 'service at JCalvary Baptist church on Wednesday evening of this week. Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pastor of the church, cans yoi;iai : ' aiieuiiuii ujl 1110 uuugrc gation to the 'changed hour of service for the evening, which will be at 7:30 o'clock instead of 8 o'clock. The con gregation, will be released in time. for them to attend the "Bird Masque. Pa geant at the Chautauqua. 2 IMPORTANT MATTERS - ; BEFORE ASSEMBLY t Orlando, Fla. , May 23 . Interest in the report of the committee on Chris tian Education and Ministerial Relief,' which will - recommend the raising of $l,0,00,000r as endowment . for minister ial ' relief ; work, and consideration of thot tni-tlnn rf -thA rp.nori of t.ho com mittee on; womafr's work in the church relative to deaconess, divide the atten- tion at today's session oi tne assem bly of the - Presbyterian Church , in the United States.' - - y ; Bdth ' questions'- were before the . as sembly as a special order of business in the morning session. . t ' The ; 'selection of the next meeting placed was made the 'special' order for Wednesday. "Birmingham,' - Chatta nooga and' Durant, ' Okla., I are expect- ed -to press invitations. RED MIEN TO HAVE ANNUAL SERMON Carranza Qrdeft Thirty Thous- f - and Soldiefl South of ' Doraeri FIRST CHIEFiWILL SENDMME mirL Withdrawal oflffie Second Ex- pedijtion May'Reassure the Mexican De Facto ; Goveririment. ? (By Associated Press.) . : Washington, May. J3. The Carranza government has oiderpd 30,000 troops into the region south of the border to exterminate the bandits, according to' information' received today; at the State Department 'tj?fj- - ' : The new troop movement already is in progress; the aWte department ad.,with a ..calibre revolver, He left vices state. Of f iciaJSyh.ere . are inclin- kgaraing tne Doraer situauon It has ; mc.ueen aBisumea iiiat tne note would De in some ..measure lrranza's reply to representations sent after the Glenn Springs and . Boquiiias raids . Th o " -rot i l-om an ff oiki wouyiifcO uau io .yzyzx. lu ui lllg. auillc flUornatinns in Parrita'a rnmTTiTi,'po Hon Prnmnt withdrawal nr ha ooJti0n ond expedition, when it reached them? in practicing before the nf unt .oMm vJUnited States Supreme -Court, - Col- -l""1 va. iiui l'"" utuuuuir mil iltCi a beneficial effect on future negotia- HAno Li.H n . A 1 , officials believe. Insurance Company Made Par ty to Damage Suit Entered 1 In Superior Court Zebulon Harriss, colored, through 1 his attorney, Iredell Meares, Esq., to day entered suit for $5,000 in Superior Court for the loss of a finger at the, Wilmington Cooperage Co., in the southern section of the city, a few days ago. An interesting feature in connection with the suit is that the insurance company, the Employers Liability As surance Co., of London, is made a party to the suit, as well as the local concern. Mr. Meares said that since the Insurance company has undertaken to relieve the local company of all the burden such suits, by the payment "of insurance fees, he believes that the insurance company has also assumed liability and therefore has made them a party. VICE PRESIDE!) AT GREENSBORO Made Commencement Address Today at The State Normal -College. (By Associated Press.) Greensboro, N. C, May 23. Thotnas R- Marshall, vice-president . of the United States, and Mrs. Marshall, were here today .to" attend the com mencement exercises of the State Normal and Industrial College. . : The vice president thiSiinorning de livered the commencement address be fore the graduating class . Tonight j Mr. and Mrs. Marshall will be the guests of honor at a banquet tendered f by representative citizens,, after which a reception will be held at the Mer chants' and Manufacturers' Club. They will leave for Washington short ly before midnight..' ' ' v NEGRO CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED ASSAULT (By Associated .Press.) v ,.. Durham, May 22. Thoriias Small; a negro, "charged: with an attempted as sault several weeks: ago upon a young white ' woman hr Cedar Fork township, was found guilty in the Superior Court here today andBentenced to: serve fif teen years in the penitentiary:' "The neero-will be taken to Raleiarh later to- wmm pop LOSS OF FINGER Tragic'End to Career of C0J0- nel John L. PhillipsV Af North Carolinians : COMMFTTED SUICIDE IN WASHINGTON Had Suffered For Some Time ' Melancholia1-Came From ' : a Distinguished " Family. (By George. H. Manning.) Washington, D . . C . , May 23. -Col-i oriel John L. Phillips, United States Medical Corps, a. native of Orange county, N . C . , formerly in charge of the Walter Heed Army Hospital here committed suicide In a secluded ra vine near the front of the hospital here today, by shooting himself in the heart a note atiacnea to tne iapei or m s coat; addressed to his wife and daugh and deposited with full military -hori- ora ai AniugtoH iationai uemetery and later buried at Chapel Hill. The note said he was-tired of life and ask ed forgiveness ' - Collonel Phillips was a son of Sam- ueA b -.niiiips at one time attorney. ing to the first Cleveland Administra- After leaving that office he was "u . r T na Df a fai ane hosRital since last September -when - 1T!H1 .. . . he accidentally . fell . down ' an - open elevator in the hospital injuring ia.f- .ihead ft dmwhith he -had ndt recoveifi yepvJae.was: rvietin jipaiia and suffered from hallucination jf; r'-; He walked from the hospital this morning, tas was An s : custom, land -M s body was later fourid in the ravine. He was a graduate of Chapel" Hill and entered the medical corps m, 1883 . He served through the Spanish War. He was first aid to . Colonel Gprgas, who made the Canal Zone a healthful place, and he stood very high in his. profession. He was fifty seven years old. The funeral service will be : held from his home tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Wilmington Delegation to In vade Raleigh Midnight To nightReturn Thursday mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm mm Mm m . j v ( Something will happen to Raleigh tonight about midnight, the satoe "be ing the arrival, of a Pullman. load of Wilmington Shriners who, upo&t-the departure of the 6:45 o'clock! J train this evening, will be on their way; with a goodly supply of fresh meat! with which to feed the ravenous goat which will" stalk rampant over Raleigh streets tomorrow. v The Shriners of the State; will be there, and to accommodate them Ra leigh has been doing some mighty handsome things in the way of I deco ration and preparation for entertain ment. .The State's capital : will ? be turned over to the visitors in t a most hospitable manner, and things will "go on" in that fine city which have never been "pulled off' there .before. The Wilmingtonians will liArein their car while away. Of the Masons of high 1 degree who will attend : the meet from here will be about fifteen who will be initiated into the Shrine. The party will return to Wilmington Thursday morning, ' leaving " Raleigh early that morning. , . , WOMAN HONORED BY . SALEM COLLEGE; (By Associated Press.) , Winston-Salem, C, ;May 23. Dr Charles W, Kent, of the Universi ty of Virginia, delivered the V com mencement address at Salem. College here today before the graduating class: : In recognition of fifty years of. "ser vice" as teacher of inathematics in the college the degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Miss Louise i Shaf f- nerV who for 25 -years had -been treas urer1, of the " alumni association-. k 5 J; ( The , degree of Bachelpr, of Arts ; was conferred' on Miss Adelaide .ries In recognition -of her work, .of research j finT history and literature. Miss'Frles ifi tirfisident . of the alumni' association . PULLMAN LUAU SHRINEftS LEAVE I m mm M mm m m -mm. mm mmm . ATTEMPT IDE ON COAST LINE ineer; discovered L,ross-tie Just In Time to Avert Disaster ., OCCURREP BETWEEN : ELM fcn AM WILSON ain Came to a Standstill Al most Ph 'Top of Obstruc tion No Arrests So Far Rocky Mount, NC, Majj 23. What is believed to have, been an at- tempt to wreck Atlantic ; Coast Line train No. 85 la'st night, between Elm City and Wilson, fourteen miles south of here, was frustrated by the engi-j heer; wha discovered a crosstie across aa a J, wc iau auu jcuuvcu iuc oiccu . j.aac train was almost at a stand still when the engine struck the tie and practical ly no damage was done. Officers : went to the scene-today, but so far no arrests' have been re ported. Following Up Results of Chapman-Alexander Revival Large Church Attendance To the general public the Chapman Alexander meetings are over, but to the ministers of the city the campaign has just' begun, and all of them are now hard at work in an effort to bring into the church the hundreds who were converted undfer the influence of the meetings. i One minister speaking of the results of the services today, said that their Influence is reflected in a manner most gratifying to the minlstrs in increased churches have had' etaoin church attendance Some of the churches have had overflowing con gregations since the meetings while the " prayer meetings : on Wednesday evening appear almost like the Sunday services, so large is the number, of those attending . As yet it is too early to get an ac curate idea of how many persons will be added to the church, but the num ber will be fully sufficient to -meet the; expectation of the ministers. Every effort is now being exerted ,to see those who were interested' at the meetings. " ' 4 SHOT 9 TO DEATH BY RANGERS. (By Associated Press.) Brownsville, May 23 Col. Louis Morin, charged with planning a Mexican uprising in Southern 4 Texas, and Victoriano Ponce, charged with participating in the 4 wreck of a train west of here last October, were shot to death when they attempted to escape from Texas Rangers last night, accord- ing jto reports reaching here to- day. . . , 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4 4. 4.' .nniMiPTrniv pinm ! BET We Have With Us Today The local Stores, listed below, which-appeal to., men, women and children, advertise In The Evening Dispatch .because they want to "tell the story" of thelr merchandise to you as one of the great family ', .If Evening Dispatch readers. " j- Look to our advertisers first Belk-WIIIIams Co. The Payne Drug Co. Hall A, Ross. Thomas Grocery Co. J.,Ffank'Jarrnan. .:, -C.'D. Kenny Co." "'4 JTheir Dramatic Move Contin ued and Germans Are Hurl- i r ed Back From Douaumont . j AUSTRIANS CONTINUE GROUND FROM ITALIANS Germans Attempt to . Regain! Captured - Trenches From French But Without Sue-? cess, Paris Claims; : ' (By Associated Press.) - The dramatic surprise sprung by the French yesterday in attacking the' Germans ' northeast y. of Verdun and penetrating:. Fort, Douaumont has been successfully followed up by the French forces . The Germans now have been driven from all but a smalt angle in the northeastern corner of the fort, this afternoon's bulletin from Paris claims. ' m .' Furious counter-attacks were made by the Germans in effort to regain the trenches along a mile and a quarter front extending east of Douaumont to Thiaumont Farm, captured in yester days assault: . Tne only ; success for the Germans, according to Paris, how- ever, . was recaptured of , the position north of Thiaumont Farm. ' , On the other side of the MeuseUhe battle vhas lost nothing in intensity, no ground changing hands as the re- suit, the French official statement as serts; Gas ' and flame Attacks were made by the' Germans on Hill 304, but hey were driven at once from the only French position which they pene trated. : :' " r- " ; : The, latest official bulletin ; of the fighting along : the Austro-Italian front a indicates that the Aij&rkns fare con tiniiingtogai; Southern 'Tyrol. The current Aus- t trieaepdTtlatm'li es on the Iyarone plateau east of, the-1 Astlco Valley: - the ' dfficiaf; statement ' ? from -Rome" while- recording 1 repulse i of the Austrian attacks on other sec- V tors is silent as to ; the result of the, fighting in the Latarorie region. . 1 , J. A. TAYLOR TO EXTEND BUILDING tWill Greatly Increase Presents Store by $5,000 Extension .; On Water Street. - To take care of future increase of business, Mr. J. Allan .Taylor, whole-1 sale merchant on Water street has given contract to Mr. R H. Brady to erect a one story warehouse at the ' Southwest corner of Water and Grace v street, adjacent to the. building already used by this firm, which- will 'nearly : double the space that-is now used Work of demolishing the present old t two-story brick building that occupies the site, has begun and as soon as it Is down the construction : on the new warehouse will start. iThe building when completed will give the whole sale firm frontage of 134 feet on Wa-, ter street and 132 on Grace street.; The office of the concern will be plac-J ed in a convenient . place in the new building. The cost oi the improve-; ments is in the neighborhood of ?5, 000. , Letter in Fire" Alarm Box. I . Lima, O., May 23. Jeromius Hiatt, -80 years old, ' mailed - his first letter here the other -day while-driving into the city. Now" he , knows the differ ence between a mail -box and a fire- ' alarm box. He tried to mail the let- " ter in an . alarm box and called out v ' the entire .City Fire t)epartment. He I was arrested, but ; released by. Police Judge Jackson when he said he never v mailed a letter before, ; , : ; -; s ' - ' to fill your wants. Geo. S. Nevens &, don'- ' . N. Jacobl Hardware 'Co. ' s Elvlhgton's Pharmacy.. v C. W. Yates Company; ''ii H. Rehdeiv & Colr"' --. Vj. MSolky.-'- Y. 1 .1 5- t : 1
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