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. -i LARGEST JCi RCULiATlOW i v Li-'-" V- - C - t WEATHER FORECAST; Fair Tonight and Thursday.' Not Much Change iru Temperature. : 7T T N HI sJ.yThe 'Pdoer. 'That'LeadrOthersiMay'-Fom rr rlt V V - J, r ' VOLUME TWENTY-TWO. :: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA;WEDNESDAY, MAY24, 1 9J 6 SlICmFiVCEOTSli WAITE'S STUDIO cbMPANION MAY.TKTlFY ASTOTHISSTATE 4 IMIHMlHil llSilll ; ;- REPORT OMwfi CEBilBilSlfiKBILEOOf GIVES FIGURES REPORTED TO TRUfi PROVE : IITE'S IflOTIIIE -:: FOR THE GRirjiE 11110 THE HOUSE Senate Judiciary Committee Makes Such by Strict Party Vote i - SENATOR SHIELD CAST VITAL VOTE IN CONTEST friends of Brandeis Now Pre dict His Early Confirmation As Member of The Supreme Court of The United States! , ,,, -. , (ByAssociated Press.) R p WaBhingtra. May 24. The Senae judiciary committee voted ten to eiht today to report favorably- to the Senate the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis to he associate justice of the Supremi Court. It was a strict party vote. Senator Shields voted for. a favor able report. He arrived here from Knoxville this morning just Initiate; for the committee meeting. 'Bftf oris enter-i iDg the committee ro66m he confer red with Senator Hoke Smith .'.---Afterwards he still refused to indicate how he would vote. Had he voted against a favorable report, as had been pre dicted, the committee would have re ported the nomination to the - Senate without recommendation. The nomi nation will now be taken to the Sen ate and Mr. Brandeis'. (friends predict that confirmation will follow shortly. Dr. Roller to Meet ; Fritz Han- - son in Handicap MatchFri day Night at Victoria. : Wrestling fans are awaiting with in terest the big match for Friday night, i when one of the most celebrated wrest lers in the country will come in the hope of downing Fritz Hanson, the local s Eli INTEREST m . . . I n . The visitor is Dr. B. F. Roller, who is noted throughout wrestling circles in this and other countries as one of the most skilled, andjcleanest wrestlers in the game. - This is the first opportunity fans have had to see one of the cleverest heavyweights in the country, Dr. Roller being recognized as one of the first five or six best men in the United States.; He has been before the public for ten years or more. In that time he ;has made for himself an enviable rep utation, both as a splendid evponent of the wrestling art, and as one of the cleverest men in the game. Dr. Roller ollows the wrestling game with the Wea of-uplifting it, and making it a more creditable sport. Wherever 'he wrestles he makes a talk on clean ath etics and his ideas are always heard wJth interest by the audiences before whom he wrestles. Hanson has been after a handicap aatch with Roller for some weeks. 1&is is the first opportunity the pnysi "an has had to give him an engage ment. Dr. Roller WAiVha ahnnt 91 K v ma, while. Hanson will enter the ' T. W s weignmg about 155 pounds. : The J.";1" resolve itself into a clever UJ a Iasi neavyweignt, and equally fa5t welterweight, Hanson tensive wnrir yown three times within an hour will flit ,hed with much interest. Local STn I16 1116 Wifl haVe lUite LB0n hls hands in the effort to throw JJJwn and that the little Swede will 2 a g0O(i account of himself. tori.ratch willJ)e held at the Vic at 8 n Friday niSht ginning over'h!JCloCk' and wiU De Presided be . - tGunner McGurley. There will a fast preliminary. lp0RTANT MATTERS BEFORE ASSEMBLY 0naniBy As80ciated Press.) the 1: Fla" May 24,-Report of Cmmittee on foreign ChnntL J f the committee on mt I education and ministerial ComDliRh ;C , ioaay to ac- "ISt Kaor,! '"t-cixtwu aL lUt! session of .the general assembly "i Lho T . - - United State "jrtcoan cnurch m thd s. Resident of Sinn P.i r...u )4nhrSnd: 24. (Via Lon onWohn m m (via Lon - Sinn Pein v i ll' Dredent of the 8l bv Vmteers' ha9 been found Iril Crt:.martial f complicity in Seated in a day or two. nvonte, three times within an hour.!""" . . NO LET UP IN THE FIGHT ARQUfJD Germans Making Desperate Attempt to Recover Ground Lost. OBJECT OF TWO ATTACKS DESCRIBED Said Done to Prevent a Simul taneous Onslaught by The ; " Entente Allies on All ' x s. (By Associated Press. The Germans continue their desper ate attack on Fort Douamont and the l:ne oast and west, and were success ful in capturing part of a trench east of the front and northwest of Verdun. The French claim to still be in pos session ol nearly all of the fort itself.- ; ; - " " . ' ! West of the Meuse the Germans at tacked in force east of. Dead Man's Hill and by hard fighting made their way into a l portion of the village of Cumieres. . r : According to a semi-official Italian view the purpose -of the Germans in continuing the Verdun campaign and the Austrians in 'pressing an offensive against the Italians is to prevent an expected simultaneous attack by the entente ies jbn all fronts? !. . s frenchCbitn Bifl Successes. Verdun cdhtlnues to ragewlth violence unsurpassed - - even . in this region. The. Germans are striving with every resource in their power to capture '-Hill 304 and Dead Man's' Hill, on the left bank of the Meuse", and to win back the famous Fort Douaumont, on the right bank, which was wrest from them' ,by General Niville's brilliantly planned t 1 - M? " TTTiil A. f.11 T-l rm n vnnil-nn - ATTOT1 B 1 II nII I II I I possession or tne line irom v eper niu to Vaux Fort the Germans cannot hope to get any nearer the capture of Ver dun.7 Even if they succeed in taking this line they could not hold it unless they also possessed Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill, which outflank this line. Driven to desperation 'by seeing so much of its work undone the German commander has hurled attack after at tack -aeainst Fort Douaumont. At the same time it has kept up the attack along the left bank of the river, to pre vent the French transferring any forces to the main scene of attack. All day yesterday the , tide of; war ebbbed and' flowed, inches of . ground being won and lost at an appalling cost in men. After reducing trenches to a crumbling heap of ruins by a deluge of shell the German infantry dashed forward only to be caught and swept awayAby the hurricane of fire from the French batteries and machine guns. When night fell last night the positions on both sides remained unchanged. Germans Take Many Prisoners. Berlin, (Via London), May 24. The storming and capture of the village of Cumieres, east of Dead Man's Hill on the Verdun front, was announced by the War Office today. So far more than three hundred prisoners, include ing eight officers, have been taken by the Germans in this operation. GREAT PAGE Nobles In Raleigh Present Spectacular Parade and En- ' joy Big Luncheon ' (By Associated Press) Raleigh, N. a, May 24. A spectao ular parade participated in Jjy nobles of the mystic shrine and approximate ly 250 ; candidates t in fantastic cos rnma. faofi tVi.o nihHn events of the annual pilgrimage here toaay oi Oasis Temple. Men prominent in affairs' of State. .were in line, many of them in con; vict garb, ; overalls and ; female attir-e. Lunch for 1,200 persons was prer pared at noon m one of the parks and . . ,11 . ji' "the nobles later gatnerea in xne auui- j torium for the ceremonial services, which includes initiation of; candi- dates. ' - ' " Tonight ' a banquet and grand ball ide' the festivities. S z will conclude VE NT H 'S'l tv'w'''- JMf J ""'M 1 B ' Ay inn 1 iiiiii'wn f g ... I f: 9.1 BiisMiiMiiswTirnriwnnnnnnnnnnfinitTTriTifnrT-TnnitTinf ir MsnMwwiiMiMiMMiMMMMMMiiiiiiiMiMiiiiiiiwinMsnswnrniMfc imw miium ni J New York, May 24.-Admitting that .. . . tnur warren Waite, Mrs. Margaret Horton, the singer, and "companion" of Dr. Waite in his studio at the Hotel Plaza; has signifrcdher; willingness to testify -when" Dr. Waite is put on trial for the slaying of (his i wife's parents, Mr. and; Mrs. John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids, Mich! : - " Mrs. Hortoh, insists that her relations with Dr. Waite Were merely those of a young woman who. was trying to perfect herlf Uier art. She says that slie and Dr. Waite rehearesed grand opera In the Jsudio room in the hotel. ' . ',- ' i - TO RAISE FUND FIRE DID DAMAGE tnn.QT-n(iBvq i QiiliTiiPnRT i.uii u 1 iMiuiii u-- m jjuua4iruji -1 College Trustees Decide to SeekLQuartef Million For -'( Important Work. j (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, May 24. The fcoard of trustees of St. Mary's School here, in .'fifiSsion vesterdav to heirin immediatelv the task of rais-! J 7 7 " 7 ing a fund of $250,000, it was a'nnounc ed today! The Rev. I. W. Hughes, of Henderson, was named chairman of the committee to undertake the work, A.SBOelldiMt him will be Graham H. AndrewSoOf Raleigh, and George C. Royall, of Goldsboro( The object of the committee is to raise $100,000 for new buildings fori the school, $100,000 for endowment, i $40,000 a debt of the institution The lump sum of two hundred and fifty thousands was decided upon, in orderthat 'incidental, expenses might ftecedibf:! Heavy Rains Delay The Culti- ; .-,-. . . . Vatipn of Corn, According 4 r. J to Latest Bulletin. ! (By Associated Press.) .. . .Washington, May - 24 ."The tem perature has been too low, for the best development of cotton and its . growth has. been considerable retarded.'' "Heavy rains in parts of the South has" HelaVed replanting and cultivation of the crop." - .V . . : U Heavy rains in some parts of the. squ.thj4aye delayed cultivation of corn. There has been' some damage by cut worms' and considerable replantlng js necessary. ; ; v . .. Harvesting of the, winter wheat and of oats, is going! on in the , southeast errn ! states There has been serious damage to oais by the dry weather in, parts of ;tho southwest and southeast. Tobacco ;lia . been replanted under 7f a--Vfirable'oon'ditions in Tennessee and North i Carolina and the work is be glnnink inj,ltentu6kv and Virginia. NEW? RECORD SET ; FORBEARING WIRELES . 2 , :r;(6y Associated Press) . -Sidttey, N. S. W., May 24. (via Lon don.)---The American , steamship, - Ven tura, which ttas just arrived Jrom San, Francisco, reports that she picked up l a wireless, message .from the station i atAueriou, p, j., wnen ,vuu .mnes ) JdislahVron1!. point., Tllis is said to taJtbe-wprid$ record., i u UIIDT TUT PflTTnill n i i n i - n r i . 1 1 i 1 1 in IIUII I MIL UU I I UI1 1 she"was badly fooled" in Dr. Ar- ... - .. - Handsome Residence 1 Burned and Another Badly Dam x aged There. (Special to The Dispatch.) Southport, May 24. The -town was aroused by the alarm of fire early yes- tprnflv mnrnincr - Tho fim Arvr 4--ki 1 " "" "-f-""" responded promptly, but when the de partment arrived the residence of Mr. Singletary Peterson was : -almost in ruins. The residence of Mr, Willets, next door, was on f ire and was also burned to the ground, . although by ! the liberal use of waters the framing of the Willets home was left stand- mg. Other houses caught fire but were saved without being damaged. There was $500 insurance on the Pe terson house and -, $200 . on "the con tents. There was $630 on the Willets home, which was( owned by Herman uurriss. The origin of the fire is un-1 known. The roof wa falling. in -when . dissnovp.rfirt - hv tne Feterson family, . ' i the members of which were unable to save any of their .belongings jl One of I the sons was sick .with .-pneumonia, but -was fortunately, gotten to a place of safety without evil effects ; follow ing. - - '. ,- - . The success of the fire department Jn savIng the adjoining buildings and those across the street was fine proof of the value of Southport's splendid system of water works. Had it not been for the three streams, of water that the department was able to throw on the adjoining residences no doubt the fre destruction would have been much more serious. - . PRESIDENT GOES TO GRAYSON'S WEDDING (By Associated Press.) . v 7 , : Washington, May 24. President and'Mrs. Wilson left this morning for New York to attend - the -wedding of Dr. Carey T. Grayson, the j President's naval aid and physician, and Miss "Al ice Gertrude" .Gordon.. ; ; "!y; v The Presidential party will jr return to Washington tonight. '-. -v : .;-- . " - " ' ' -X- KERN'S, RESOLUTION GETS FAVORABLE: REPORT , . "j , 9 (By Associated Press) Washington, Mayy 24. The " Senate committee on. foreign re- " lations recpmmendedStoday a f a- vorable report on Senator Kern's i resolution directing the Secreta- ry or State: to Inquire regarding , the safety -ot American- citizens tn Ireland In "i thedistricts where martial law has been. proclaimed. " . - - ' e ' Manufactures In North i - BIG INCREASE SHOWN IN VALUE OF PRODUCTS Large Number of Wage Earn- try ocs j Have Increased- Other'Data. ; , Washington, D: C.,y May ; 24. A preliminary statement of the general results of the census of manufactures for North Carolina has been issued by : Director Sam. L. Rogers, of .the Bu- Imereereay -of f the Census, Depart-j ment of Commerce. , . It consists- of a summary comparing the . figures, tor 1909 and 1914, by totals, prepared uh der the direction of Mr. William- M Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures-. -' - ';. .-" .... - ' The figures are preliminary, and sub ject to such change and correction as may be found necessary from a furth er examination of the original reports. The census of 1914, like that of 1909. 1Ith reference to manufactures, ex- ! nlniioH tViQ honrl traiaa - tnn : hiilllinc eluded the hand trades, the building trades, and the neighborhood Indus trie, and took account only of estab lishments conducted under the factory system . In the last census, also, as , in that for. 1909, statistics were not I collected for establishments having products for the census year valued at less than $500, except that reports were taken f or establishments idle dur ing; a portion of the census year, or which began operation during that year; and hose products for such rea son were . valued at less thaa $500. The word' ''estabji5hment"vs.s; used in the census reportsTmay, mean more ft nan"' one .jttiui :eTr$n.yjo...tay, by a single maiviauai, . pannersnip, corporation, or othf atvner or oper ator, and are located in the 'same, town or city. , ,i The reports were taken for. the cal - endar year ending December 3i; i914,j wherever the system of bookkeeping permitted figures for that, period to be secured, but when the fiscal year of an establishment differed from the calen dar year a report was obtained, tor the operations of that establishment fof its " fiscal year falling most Jargcjly within. the calendar year lplf Percentages of I ncrease.- The population of North Carolina at the census of 1910 was 2,206,000, and it is estimated that It was 2,339,000 on July 1, 1914. The summary shows a considerable increase at the census of 1914, as com pared with that of 1909. ; i In the order of their importance, i from a percentage standpoint,. the in- Interesting Statement as to creases for the several 'items, ranlf as ( gin planned the crimes" ' l-: : f fniinw? Salaries. 48.4 Der cenati. ;A special term of court was ordered terials, 39.5 per cent; primary horse-; p0wer, 34.3 per cent; wages, 3. per cent;-value. of products, 33.6 pervcent 'Omninvo.9sftlffient.i sa,ia.rit;u tjmuiujrcco, ow.7 poi (,f value added by manufacture, 26 per cent . ; capital, 16.9 per cent . ;- and number of establishments 11.7 per cent. :- -' - J:-''''':-t'V''-' Capital Invested. V The capital invested, as reported in 1914, was $253,842,000, a gain 'Of $36, 656,000, or 16.9 per cent., over $217, 186,000 in 1909. The average! capi tal per establishment was approximate ly $46,000 in 1914 and $44,000 in 1909. In this connection it should be stated that the inquiry contained in the census schedule calls for the total amount' pt capital, both owned and , borrowed, invested in the business, but excludedes the value of rented "prop erty plant, or equipment which was employed in the conduct of manufact uring enterprises . In the f inat ! bul letins and reports the rental-paid for such property will be shown separate ly.,.' -: - " . Cost of Materials. The cost of materials used was $169,942,000 in 1914 as against . $121, 861,000 In 1909, anincrease 6f $48,080, 000, or 39.5 per cent. The average cost of materials per - establishment was approximately $30,859 in 1914 and $24,713 in 1909. In additioh to the component materials which nter Intoj the products of the k establishment fori the census year there, are included the cost of fuel, mill supplies, and rent j of power and heat. The cost of ;ma-j trials, however, does not Include un used materials and supplies,-, bought, either; for speculation or for.uscrdur! inic a fuhsequent period. ' " ' The consus.ir quiry, does not Jnc'iids amounts paid for miscellaneous ex penses, such as rent of offices, royal ties,' insurance, ordinary;. reiiIrjiiv ad- vt Using, traveling expense j, or allow ance for depreciation , A- ,! ; ; ; t Value of ;ProduCs, i; : The value of products was '$289,412,- ropriatioh Measure is Re ported and Will Be1 Pressed to a -:A . : A SPEOMkUIi HAS BEEJf ANNOUNCED Leader . Kitchiri Declares Bill Will PassNot Later Than a Week From Satur- i day. . ' 'r :' (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 24 .r The naval appropriation : htli; carrying ' $241,000,- 000 was reported to the House! today by the committee . Majority ! Leader Kitchin announced yesterday that a special rule would be brought in un der which the measure, would be pass ed not later than: a wek from nevt Saturday . ' .; WT: , The report says that the $91,787,287 increase over last year's appropriation was found necessary "to ' place - the navy in a better state of -prepared ness . " .' ' -', - It is stated that the total of $98,859, 378 is provided fof-new ships, includ ing five battle cruisers - and to con struct ships now building: White Man arid Negroes Be- PErvWied r or Murder at x ;;:v (By Associated; Press, - Albemarle, ' N C, May 1 24C. . A! Burgin, wnite,. Fred Volfe, 5 John Ad- ams and Lester Hornet negroes, are being tried! Jhereay rcharged! with the murder in Vadin, on April 6th, of C. B. Cantrell, of Winston-Salem. ; Burgin.who-formerly railgfl in Winston-Salem was in charge of, a section of negro workmen on, the power de- lvelopment at Vadin I'He left Winston-Salem, it is claimed, owing the firm of which " Cantrell was a member, for furniture; Cantrell was ,on his way, to see Burgin to arrange. a settlement, when he was waylaid by some negroes and so ; badly beaten that he died He regained .conscious ness long enough,' however, : to identi fy one of the negroes; who confessed the crime and; gave the names of the other two negroes. , . ... ! The Uiree negroes claim that Bur- fey the governor to give the prisoners a. peeuy. iiiau BIRMINGHAM GETS: NEXT CONVENTION (By Associated Pres&) Orlando, Fla., MayV 24 Birmingham was selected as the 1917 meeting place of the General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church of the United Stajtes j- at the assembly's session here today. Chattanooga, Durant, Okla and Char leston, West VaC,c presented invitations and it was necessary to take three ballots to make a selection. - 000 in 1914 and $216,656,000 in 1909, the increase being $72,756,000, or 33.6 per cent. The average per establish ment was approximately $53,000 ' In 1914 and $44J)00 in 1909, - The value, of., products represents their selling value or: price of the plants as actually turned out by the factories during the census year and does not necessarily have any relation (Continued on page seven.) v -. CHARGED THEY KILLED DEBTOR We Have With Us Today ' The local ,8tores, listed below, which appeal to men, -women and children, advertise In The Evening Dispatch . because they want to "tell the 8toryw of their merchandise to you arone ofithi great family If Evening- Dispatch readers. Look to our adverticers flrtt to Belk-Wflllams Co. The' Payne Drug Co. Hall & Ross. . Thomas Grocery Co. J. Frank Jarman. C D; Kenny Co. - - I Trial In New ; York Leaves Ttechnical Stage ForTime -feB' Being. ': r'- V - v.r DEFENSE H AS NOT : " DIVULGED ITS CASE But Evident That It Will At tempt tb Show Insanity- - Cross Examination Points To Such. (By Associated Press.) " . New York, May 24. The trial of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, for the murder, of, his father-in-law John B. Peck, ad-' vanced today to an exposition of. the motives supposed to lie behind the al r leged crime. Technical evidence tc' , prove that the young dentist killed Peck by dosing hini with arsenic is vir -tually-finished. - . -Plans for the defense have not been , ' -disclosed but those who attended the ' trial yesterday believe they gained ... an? inkling from the persistency with. -which : Waite's c attorneys developed'. every bit of the evidence showing that XL . J J j. , . - . . fc ;J I iue uweuuaat aiways conswerea nun j self as a person of refinement and ': breeding and inference gained from the' f cross-examination' is that one of the forces .to support the plea of insanity "i will be that a man such as Wiate was described could not commit the crime i alleged save under somelimpulse of "a ' diseased mind! It is believed the defend ant's counsel will put him-on the stand as one of the most important witnesses to supporth such a contention. Mexican First Chief Will Send It By Special Mes- senger. ' -:p!f ( By Associated s Press.) , s Washingtoiir: May 4. The new note from General Carranza will be" sent to Washington by 1 special mes senger, Speqial Agent Rodgers, at Mexico City, advised the State Depart-: ment today ; Mr J Rodgers did "not say when the messenger would start " and gave no forecast of the contents' a of the communication. It is expected -tdi reach Washington late next week. .! Previous reports fraln Mr. Rodgers ? described, .the. attitude? of Carranza of t : ficersras. Increasingly friendly towards the United States and added that the' feeling prevailed among them that the critical period as to the border situa- " tion had passed. - .1 Officials have attributed this result -to General Qbregon's - verbal report to " General Carranza on the1, conferences with General Scott and Funston at the v 'v border. '?r'' " ' still trying get ; theorpetjujiy;- (By Associated Press) ' aiitIIbte ;- FROru? CARRiir - - .- --- -v- : . , . ; W!aukegan, 111., May 24. The sixth venire summoned for. examination as a jury in the case, of Will H. Orpet, charged fith the murder of Marion Lambert, appeared in court today.. Most of the six hundred and thirty- six men examined so far have been'' residents of , rural communities and; practically all of them have obtained their relief - from . jury duty sby pro- - -fessing a fixed opinion in the case. : ' . In an attempt to expedite selection of a jury the new venire hatr been- '". drawn from residents of the city, in ' the hope that they will prove less opinionated and more able to pass the requirements of the attorneys. , - , . - ; fill your wants. Geo. 8, Nevens A Son. N. Jacob! Hardware Co. Elvington's., Pharmacy. C W. Yates Company, i r:!shrier.:.V -J. ,M. Solky.. . - i 'IB I i .i 11 1 - -'i U:-H' ; - 1 lift' w Hi';',
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