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DURHAM, K 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1913.
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the Caucus J
HAS lilEmriiLIIIE
Objectors Are Allowed to
Talk But That'hAU
LHOEB FAVORS A SINGLE BILL
If the Tariff Measure l Sent to the
. Senate as a Single Bill It Must
Act on it As
Such.
By JAME8 J. MONTAGUE.
Washington, April 10. So easy in
his mind is Chairman Underwood, of
the house ways and means commit
tee, that the Wilson-Underwood tar
iff, bill will go galloping through ths
house that be sent the majority re
port of the comipitee to tbe printer
today. The report Jncludes that bill
drafted by Mfttitaiufrwood with the
president's consent; It also includes
an elaborate defense of the bill.
The report will not be submitted of
ficially to the bouse, till Monday. Un
til the' preceding Saturday the caucus,
which was called yesterday, will de
bate the bill behind; closed doors. All
opponents of the bill as it stands will
be given an opportunity to talk. And
when they have all talked the bill will
be reported jUBt as if there had been
nothing said.
The earthenware fend metal sched
ules were discussed today, but Un
derwood easily squelched the objec
tors to the bill as drawn.' Some ex
citement was caused by the spread
of a rumor that President Wilson had
been issuing his "as high as Haman
threat in a modified but nevertheless
disquieting ifprml be president was
quoted as saying '-that if anybody
started to engineer a panic as a re-
vlt the "tewsr' tarJnH;he 4 ederat
machinery would be employed to in
diet him. - The rumor could hot be
traced back to its source but it never
theless made a lot of talk.
While no official action was taken
in the star chamber house caucus on
dividing the bill it has been practical
ly settled by Mr. Underwood and dth
er leaders that the bill will be passed
as a whole without a separate bill for
sugar and wool. A. Mitchell Palmer,
who has "been acting as the presi
dent's spokesman in the caucus, has
agreed to this.
If the house sends the tariff in one
bill to the senate the senate must act
on it as one bill. . , .
Of course there is fighting in the
caucus, but like cages in the supreme
court entitled . "the people of the
United States against Jones," it is an
unequal contest. The Pennsylvania
men have protested, against the re
duction of 25 to 45 per cent on knit
goods. Representative Rothermel, of
the Keystone state, told the caucus
today that this was robbery rather
than reduction.
Davis, of West Vlrarlnia. who retire
sents the biggest pattery manufacture
Ing In this country, made violent ob-
pections to that schedule. The su
gar men of Colorado and Louisiana,
the wool men of Montana, Nevada
and Ohio, and the agricultural ma
chinery and machine tool men of Ohio
and Rhode Island, declined to agree
to the reduction on these manufac
tures and raw products. The only con
sultation they got was the assurance
that they would be excused from vot
ing on the bill.
' O'Shaughenessy, of Rhode Island,
made a speech insisting that the du
ty on machine tools be made the same
as that In the Payne-Aldrich bill, but
the speech was barren of results.
Representatives Thompson and
"Alfalfa Bill" Murray, of Oklahoma,
without objecting any particular pro
gramme, wanted to know why Mr.
'Underwood should be running every
thing while sovereign representatives
had nothing to say. Mr. Underwood
referred them to the caucus which
voted down their protests almost
unanimously.
Giving proof of their loyalty and of
the compactness of the Underwood
organisation, the house stood by hira
today In the democratic caucus to
prevent changes In the bill, although
some attempted to shirk and attend
the game that marked the opening of
the baseball season.
The democrats will resume the
caucus session at 11 o'clock tomorrow
and Underwood will make a fight to
hasten consideration of the bill. It
Is doubted tonight whether a final
vole can be had in caucus before tbe
latter part or next week and the bill
may not be thrown In the house for
consideration before April 20.
The Wsather.
Washington. April 10. Forecast for
North Carolina: Local rains Friday:
Saturday probably fair. Brisk sooth
winds.
DIPLOMATIC LIST.
President Has It Ready to Send to the
. Senate In Few Days.
Philadelphia, April -10 Frederick
Courtland Penfield has been slated
for ambassador to Japan and 'George
W. Guthrie as ambassador to China
according to authoritative informs
tidn received by democratic leaders
here today.
Mr. Penfield is 58 years' old and is
an authority on diplomatic matters
Mr. Guthrie is a prominent attorney
of Pittsburg and was mayor of that
city from 1906 to 1909.
Washington, April 10. -Great ee
crecy is being observed concerning
President. Wilson's list of diplomatic
appointments which it is said have
been . completed in order that they
may be sent to the senate for confir
matlon in the next few days.
Justice James W. Gerrard, of the
supreme -court, and Augustus Thom
as, the playwright, are among the
New Yorkers to get important Euro
Dean posts. It is believed at the
white house that William F. McCombs
will yet consent to go to France.
There were persistent rumors today
that Frederick, C. Penfield had been
selected as ambassador to Japan and
Geo. W. Guthrie to 'China. These two
names are known to be on the pre
ferred list but nothing definite con
cerning them could be obtained.
WILL SAVE BILLIONS.
Michigan Man Makes Valuable Food
Discoveries.
Washington, April 10. According
to a . memorial submitted today to the
house, the senate and the president,
signed by eighty citizens of Roches
ter, Mich., Theodore Munger, of that
town, has made twelve food dlscov
erties which will save the world $156,-
000,000,000 annually. The memorial
figures that the loss in the United
Stones alone is $10,000,000,000 a year.
Munger's plan is to tell his secret
to the government for one cent a day
for each living inhabitant. This he
figures will total up to about five bul
lion. He offers to turn over one-third
of that amount for scientific research,
one-third for good roads and keen
one-third for himself to continue his
scientific research work.
He says the plan was submitted to
President Roosevelt seven years ago
but Roosevelt rejected it. The eighty
signers testify to the genuineness of
Mungar'a discoveries and to his good
reputation among the citisens of Ro
chester, Mich, 4! . ;
BODY ARRIVES TODAY.
La France . Was Reported Off Sandy
Hook Last Night.
New York, April 10. The steam
ship La France was reported by wire
less as being about 450 miles east cf
Sandy Hook early this evening am!
is due at her pier late Friday after
noon.
As soon after the arrival of the I.a
France as possible the body of Mr.
Morgan will be borne to the Morgcn
library in Bast Thirty -Sixth street
and remain there until the funsral
services at St George's Monday.
There will be no lying in state and
only the immediate members of the;
family wfll be permitted to view the
remains.
The governors of the New York
stock exchange have voted not to
open the exchange Monday untlj noon
out of respect to Mr. Morgan.
The funeral services will be con
ductedducted according to the wishes
of Mr. Morgan, who left with th
Rev. Carl Reiland, rector of St.
George's, several months ago a de
tailed memorandum of the manner ir
hich he wished the funeral to be
conducted.
FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
Senator Owen Wants a Development
of Public Health.
Washington, . April 10. Senator
Owen's bill to establishe a- depart
ment of health with a cabinet officer
at its head was the first measure in
traduced this congress as also it was
in the sixty-second congress.
The senator said today that he In-
tendd to make an aggressive fight for
its adoption. AH bureaus that relate
to the health of the people will be
transferred to the new department
The more important of these are the
public health service, bureau of chem
istry in acrlcultural denartment and
division vital statistics In the census
bureau.
ONE TERM BILL.
Is
Introduced By Repreientatibe
Hopson, of Alabama.
Washington. April 10. Representa
tive Hopson. of Alabama, Introduced
today resolution providing for a
constitutional- amendment providing
for a seven year term for the presi
dent with ineligibility for a second
term. This resolution was before
congress last year but failed to pass
the senate.
Couplad with tbe single bill for a
seven-year term Hopson adds a pro
vision for the election of president
by direct rote of tbe people Instead
of py electoral college and for the
nomination of a president by a di
rect presidential primary instead of
by conventions as at present
Mrs. S A. Crawford, of Greensboro.
spent yesterday in this city. She left
In tbe afternoon for Greenf.bpro.
BALL SEASON
ISIIIOW OPEII
MajorlLeaguesTOpened
Season ,Yesterdayj
GIANTS WERE TRIMMED
Could Not Score Against the
Boston Braves
THREE GAMES POSTPONED
Two of These in the National and
- One in the American League
A Hard Day on the -Pitchers.
.New York, April 10. Under adverse
weather conditions and with corres
ponding effect of attendance the play
ing season of the National and Amer
ican leagues opened today, the na
tion's chief executive, Woodroow Wil
son, honoring the pastime by bis
presence at the game in the national
capitol.
Only one game of the American
league was postponed that of Chica
go at Cleveland; but in the National
league it was really only half an
opening as wet grounds necessitated
the postponement of two contests
those of Pittsburg at Cincinnati and
St Louis at Chicago.
In the National league the lowly
Boston Braves put it all over the
champion New Yorkers in an 8 to 0
game. Crandall and . Tesreau were
hit hard, but Hub Perdue, despite the
raw wind, pitched a remarkable game
for Boston, holding the Giants' bats
men to two hits.
Brooklyn took a sweet revenge on
Philadelphia for yesterday's white
wash, defeating the Quakers on the
home grounds 11 to 3.'
In the American league Macks ex
world's champions won over the
champion Red Sox by a score of 10 to
9.. 0, . ..::
Frank Chance's New Yorks, as h
insists on calling themfi with the P.
L. out of the game, were defeated by
Clark Griffith's fast flying Senators.
2 to 1. Both Johnson and McConnell
went the entire route.
St Louis took its game from De
troit, the veteran Mullins and his op
ponent, Weilman, pitching gilt-edge
ball.
Washington April 10. President
Wilson tossed out the first ball used
in the Washington-New York Amer
icavi league game here today and sa..
Griffith's Senators win a victory. The
president accompanied by his daugh
ter. Miss Eleanor, Secretary Tumul
ty, Dr. Grayson and two secret service
men, entered his box a few minutos
before the gamo was called and a
crowd of 20,000 stood and cheered.
There was another cheer when he
tossed the ball to Manager Griffith.
The president proved himself a
good fan. He did not yell but clap
ped his hands. When the general or
der, "everybody stretch." went
through the grandstand at the begin
ning of the seventh inning the pres
ident however, remained seatd. In
a near box seat Vice-President Mar
shall, Secretary of War Garrison arm
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Con
gressman Fitzgerald, chairman of the
appropriations committee, led a band
of twenty congressmen who fled the
democratic caucus to see the game.
Senator Culberson led a small band
of senators who watched the struggle.
At New York.
New York, April 10. Thirty thou
sand fans saw the Giants pry the lid
off at the polo grounds this afternoon
and although they .were run over by:
the Boston Braves Dy a e of S to
0, joy at the return of the sport over
come the sting of defeat..
Big Jeff Tesreau was McG raw's of
fering, perdue occupied the slab for
the Braves and the latter's twirling
was unbeatable. Two hits were all
the usually heavy slugging Giants
could gather, while the Braves slam
med Tesreau for ten, which counted
heavily, especially when taken in
cod notion with the errors of the
Giants. The visitors batted the
whole way around in the ninth, two
errors, two passes and three hits re
sulting In four runs.
Crandall relieved Tesreau In the
sixth but could not stop the Braves.
Maranville, shortstop for Boston,
made three hits out of four times at
bat. and Titus, right field for Boston,
made three hits out of five times at
bat.
The only Giants that hit tbe ball
were Burns, left field, once out of four
times at bat and Murray, right field,
once out of three times at bat.
At Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, April 10. Shortstop
Fisher was easily the feature of to
day's game between the Dodgers and
the Phillies, resulting In Brooklyn
getting revenge for yestrday'a shot
out The score was 11 to 3. In ad
dition to gartering three hits Fisher
speared two seemingly impossible
drives and covered his position in
rare form.
At Boston.
Boston, April 10 Twenty-one
thousand enthusiastic fans saw the
Athletics beat "the Red Sox 10 to 9 in
a weird opening or tne American
league season here today. Each team
sent three pitchers to the . mound.
Both pitching and fielding were raw
because of extreme cold weather.
Coombs, Bender and plank did the
twirling for Philadelphia, while Wood,
Hall and Foster performed, a like ser
vice for Boston. '
At St Louis.
St. Louis, April 10. The Browns
won the opening game of the season
from Detroit 3 to 1. Neither Mullins
nor Weilman gave many hits but the
Browns got theirs waenj needed:
About 12,000 pereonsjbraved the cold
weather to attend. Ty Cobb did not
play.
Ty Cobb Holds Out. ,
Augusta, Ga., April 10. Ty Cobb
who arrived here tonight, said he wa
willing to report to the Detroit Ti
gers as soon as President Nevin ac
cepts his terms. "I am in shape to
jump into the game," declared Cobb.
"My demands are not exorbitant," he
said, "and President Nevin has tolc
me I am worth all I ask, but the De
troit management is unable to meet
the salary demands. If I am worth it
I ought to be paid what I ask."
TOO MANY JOBS.
Loeb Wants to Be Rid of the Collec
torship. Tew York, April 10. William Loeb,
Jr., finds himself with one job too
many. At prsent he is collector of the
port of New York and vice-president
of the Guggenheim Exploration com
pany. For six months he has been
trying earnestly to get rid of the col
lectorship. His term expired on
March 9 and on March 10 he took up
work in the Guggenheim offices, hav
ing arranged to give a few hours
day to work In the collector's office
pending the appointment of his sue
cessor.
Now that a month has dragged
along with no sign of action in Wash
ington, Mr. Loeb is busy prodding the
heads of the government with re
quests to hurry the appointment so
he may be free to attend to the work
of his new position. His salary a?
collector is $1,000 a month, The sal
ary of the new position is said to be
twice that amount
STRIKE CONDITIONS
ARE NOT IMPROVED
Effort to Reach an Agree;
merit Fails
SYMPATHIZE WITH STRIKERS
Refuse to Patronige Cars That Are
Being Handled by Strike
Breakers.
Buffalo. N. Y., April 10. The
strike situation in this city is fast
reacihng a critical stage. Negotia
Hons between the International rail
way and the striking employes were
blocked today when they practically
failde to reach an agreement under
whieh the men could return to work.
A sympathetic strike on the part of
every union man in Buffalo is con
sidered probable if not inevitable.
This' would mean a complete tie-up
of practically all lines of business and
cripple the city.
President Meldrum, of the-chamber
of commerce, tonight called on the of
ficials of the company tomake some
decided effort to end the strike which
he said had already cost the business
men of the city $1,200,000.
Cars on two lines which were re
opened this morning under the pro
tection of the militia were taken off
tonight In many parts of the city
the public refused to ride on the
"scab driven cars and thousands an
nounced that they will not patronize
the company unless the men are re
turned to work.
Eighteen mounted scouts of the
Third infantry has been ordered from
Rochester to join the 3.000 troops al
ready here. The number is only ade
quate for the protection of two lines
and others will be needed if the com
pany tries to operate other lines.
A main street car was attacked to
day as it passed before the sixth
precinct police Ftation. Soldiers of
the Fifty-sixth infantry patrolling
that district fired upon the rioters but
the bullets did not hit any one. most
of them going over tbe heads of the
rioters and Into the police station.
A resumption of the disorders is
expected tomorrow.
Stop Firing Across 'the Line.
Washington, April 1. Notice has
been served among the Mexican fed
erals and insurrectos near Naco, Aria.,
that firing Into American territory
must cease and that future similar fir
firing will be resented by force," ac
cording to a dispatch to Secretary ot
War Garrison from Brigadier General
Bliss made public here late this aft
ernoon.
BDWLDS COULD
IIOTGJpllD
Bank Promoter in' Ral
eigh' Jail
CASE SET JOB APRIL 16
Charge Is Making False Re
ports to Commission
.
AND FALSIFYING BANK'S BOOKS
Secretary of Trust Company Caught
But it Is Believed the Other
Officials Are Now in Other
States.
Raleigh, N. C, April 10. Special.
Governor Craig commissioned today
T. P. Brockwell, of this city, as state
standar d keeper. He gives a $500
bond for the proper discharge, of his
duties. He succeeds Ixmnie Lunsden,
resigned, also of Raleigh.
The Harmon Engineering company,
of Charlotte, is chartered with $11,000
capital authorized $1,500 subscribed
by C. C. Harmon, Paul W. Harmon, of
Charlotte, and W. U Robbins, Con
cord.
Another charter is for the Holly
Lakes Hill company, of Tryon, Polk
county, capital $50,000 authorized and
$10,000 subscribed by Emmie Payne
Erskins, W. B. Stone and others for
real estate development and promo
tion.
Counsel for C. H. Bowlds the secre
tary of the States Trust company, in
jail here in default of $5,000 bond
made an effort today to have the bond
reduced, but Police Justice Dixon re
fused to consider any reduction. 'His'
case was called in the police court for
preliminary hearing but was contin
ued by consent until April 16. The
charges against him are making false
reports to the corporation commission
and false entries on the books of the
banks at Angjer, Macclesfield And
Claremont opened by the Trust com
pany and closed last week by the
commission. The police here and
elsewhere are looking for C. J. String-
fellow who was the principal agent
of the States Trust company in the
organization of the Bank of Angier
and in the sale of the States Trust
company stock there. Business men
of Angier who suffewd from the
fraudulent manipulation of the bank
ing scheme have sworn out the war
rant. A long distance telephone con
versation Bow-Ids had with his wife
has caused the authorities here to be
lieve that President Smith, of the
States Trust company has gone to
Alabama and Vice President Tarver
to Georgia. '
Adjutant General W. L. Young an
nounces a long list of appointments
on his military staff by Governo.-
Craig. a feature very gratifying to the
guardsmen throughout the state be
ing many of the officers identified
with the service for a number of years
past are retained. The appointments
follow:
Brigadier general, commanding the
first brigade B. S. Royster, Oxford.
Quartermaster's corps .. n. Bris-
ton, Statesville, colonel; J. S. Poy
thress. Henderson, major; R. T. Dan
iel, Weldon, major; H. S. Ieard. Ral
eigh, major; Baxter Durham, Raleigh,
major. Captains W. T. Whitten.
Raleigh: Hiram Stanley, Mount Airy:
John I). Ford. Statesville; John D.
Ford, Statesville; Walter Craven.
Huntersville; A. G. Myers, Gastonia;
R. H. DeButt. Charlotte: James II.
Wood. Ashevllle; Thomas Moore.
Dillsboro: first lieutenant, John Wad
dington. Wild wood.
Ordinance department J. W. Biz-
sell. Goldsboro. major; J. B. Thomas.
Louisburg. major; J. Leigh Skinnor.
Raleigh, major: Thomas Orrell. Wil
mington, major: R. fl. Gladstone.
Reidsville. major: Z. "V. Smith. Ral
eigh, Major; Hugh A. Iwe, Waynes-
ville. major.
Inspector general's department
Thomas Stringfield. Waynesville. col
onel and inspector general; W. U Mc-
Gee. Franklinton. lieutenant colonel:
Henry D. Harper. Kinston. lieutenant
colonel; J. w. Daiton, Winston-Salem,
major. '
Paymaster general's department-
George I Peterson. Clinton, paymas
ter general: Gaston Battle. Rorkv
Mount major; K. A. Ha we. Jr.. At
kinson, major; A. II. Robinson. Clin
ton, captain.
Engineer's department Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, chapel Hill, lieutenant
colonel: Went worth W. Pierc Gold
boro. major; Perrin C. Gothran. Ral
eigh, captain: Newell H. Morgan.
Goldsboro, first lieutenant.
Medical department EuRene V.
Glenn. Asheville. major; A. R. Wins
ton. Franklinton. major; J. V. Mc
Cougan. Fayetteville. major: H. I
Clark. Scotland Neck, major: Franci
J. Clemen iter, Asheville. major: E. C
Boyette, Charlotte, major; - M. B. Ab-
ernathy. Reidsville. captain: William
C. HortonUIeigo, captain; 1L A.
Newell, Louisburg, captain ; A. K.
Tayloe, Washington, captain; Ruben
A. Campbell, Statesville, captain; Hu
bert B. Haywood, Jr., Raleigh, first
lieutenant; Ralph S. Stevens, Raleigh,
first lieutenant; Edwin F. Fenner,
Henderson, first lieutenant; John W.
Tlnkensley, Greensboro, first lieuten
ant; R. U McGeachy. Raleigh, first
lieutenant; Henry Norris, Ruther-
fordton, first lieutenant; M. Lynch,
Asheville, first lieutenant.
Dental corps Burrell H. Hall, Ashe
ville, first lieutenant; S. Robert Hor-
ton, Raleigh, first lieutenant; Benja
min J. Durham, Asheville, first lieu
tenant. The supreme court delivered opin
ions in eleven appeals today, one
especially notable being that of Rob
inson vs. City of G-oldsboro in which
the court upholds Goldsboro's $83,000
bond issue authorized by the recent
legislature as being provided for nec
essary expenses. The bonds are to
take care of floating debt improve
improve sewerage system ..and im
prove streets and fire department The
list of opinions follows:
Jordan vs. Railroad company, Wake
county; per curiam affirmed. ,
Pridgen vs. Seaboard Air Line,
Edgecombe: per curiam affirmed.
Daganhart vs. Seaboard Air Line
Railway company, Richmond; per
curiam affirmed.
Green vs. Wagon company, Green
ville; per curiam affirmed.
State vs. Dunn Lenoir; affirmed.
Gaylord vs. McKoy, Brunswick; nc
error.
Robinson vs. Goldsboro, Wayne
affirmed. ,
Miller vs. Curl, Granville; no er
ror.
Binford vs. Steel,' Richmond ; new
trial.
Jones vs. Richmond, Person; af
firmed. .
In re will of Lloyd, Orange, affirmed
PANTS FOR WOMEN.
is Advocated by Washington Socie-
1 ty Leader.
Washington, April 10. Pants, reg
ular man-built trousers, for women
who wrork was advocated today by
Mrs. Christiart Dominique Hemmick
Washington social leader and saffra-
gette.
"The narrow skirt has come for' such
a pass," said Mrs. Hemmick, "that it
is disagreeable. Why not substitute
comfortable and sensible trousers for
working women's regular dress. The
society woman with auto carriage at
her command does not feel the re
striction of the narrow skirt but the
poor working girl who has to use
street cars is seriously hampered by
the extreme fashion.
TAFT TO LECTURE.
Questions of Modern Government to
Be His, Theme.
New Haven, Conn., April 10. Al
though Prof. William Howard Taft, of
Yale, will not begin his courses on
constitutional law until next fall, it
was announced tonight that jpfe will
deliver a course of nine lectures be
fore the close of the spring term on
the topic "Questions of Modern Gov
ernment"
They will be delivered in the Lamp
son hall and auditorium on Monday
and Friday afternoons, beginning
Friday, May 2. These are optional
for all classes and departments and
will put in the degree. The galleries
will be open to the public.
THAW A WITNESS.
Juy Will Not Take His Unsupported
Testimony.
New York, April in. Harry K.
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, ap
peared as a witness nefore the grand
jury today in the investigation of the
alleged $25,000 bribe in the most re
cent attempt on the part of Thaw to
secure his freedom from the Mattea
wan insane asylum.
Superior Court Justice Seabury
questioned Thaw for some minutes
and then instructed the grand jury
that it must not return any indict
ment upon the uncorroborated tesfi
money of a person who has been and
still is adjudged insane.
WOULD TURN THEM OUT.
To Take Fourth Class Postmasters
from U Icier Civil Service.
Washington. April 10. Fearing
that Postmaster General Burleson's
plan for a civil service examination
for fourth-class postmasters will not
result in turning a sufficient number
of these out Representative Scott
Ferris, of Oklahoma, today introduced
a resolution revoking the .Taft order
placing these officials under the civil
service.
Pressure for office on democratic
congressmen is almost intoieraoie.
President Wilson is understood to
have inspired the Ferris resolution.
Mrs. Bryan in the Race.
Vashington.April 10. Mrs. Chas.
B. Bryan, of Tennessee, the third can
didate for president general of the
Daughters cf the American Revolu
tion at the election to be held next
Wednesday, arrived in Washington
today swearing she will remain in the
fight to the end.
Rumors bad been p.-evalent that
Mrs. Bryaa would withdraw in favor
of Mrs. William Cummin Story, of
New York. Known to New York can
didate, or Mrs. John Miller Horton, of
Buffalo, the admiaisiniUon candidate,
TKCHAIBj
MURDER
The Man WasTedin
GreeiWy
in
Negroe jay King Tiger Did
the Killing
POLICE BAFFLED FOR A THE
W. C, Tucker, a White Man, Wa
Mysteriously Shot and Coroner'
Ju Hold John Fogle
man for the Crime.
Greensboro. N. C April 10. Spec
ial. The police today are grappling
with a murder which offers even mora
baffling circumstances than surround
ed the shooting of young Ralph Earn
hardt Monday night. Just before
midnight last night W. C. Tucker, a
white man about 35 years of age, was
shot from ambush in the full glare
of an electric lamp. He died almost
instantly. Later three men were
seen running at a distance of several
blocks from the shooting. One was a
white man and the other two negroes.
Their identity is unknown but the
police are positive that with its dis
covery the identity of the gunmen will
be known.
The shooting occurred at the corner
of Percy and ast Market street and is
a notorious negro section. Within the
block three murders and Innumerable
shooting affairs have occurred within
the past year. The position of the
corpse and other facts indicate that
the gunmen lay In a1 ravine on the op
posite side of the street which paral
lels the railroad tracks and which is
under the shadow of a negro vaude
ville house. From this point it would
have been easy to have drawn bead
on the victim when he cam Withia
the glare of the electric light It is
believed a rifle was uaedw especially
so since the one shot fired from
distance of thirty feet entered the left
temple and went through the right
side of the head.
No one who actually witnessed the
shooting has been found though sev
eral people reported seeing three men
running fast at a point further along
East Market street It Is believed the
gunmen circled behind the picture
show house and later came back into
Market street. The police today are
following several clues, but are hand
icapped principally by their inability
to trace Tucker's movements during
the night.
It is believed, however, that he had
been to some of the resorts in that
section whicji just now are In a state
of turmoil because of recent police
and detective activities. The only
motive the police know is that the
gunmen believed Tucker was an In
former. They declare however, that
he has never played such a role. The
dead man was a painter by trade and
leaves a wife and two small children.
Developments In the shooting of
Tucker were rapid and sensational
this afternoon. Tonight John Fogle
nian, a white man of good connec
tions, though himsel under charge of
retailing and out on $2,500 bond, ta
in jail charged with firing the deadly
shot. Two negroes, Will Blunt and
Fletcher Reed, are held as material
witnesses for the state. The coroner
concluded his hearing at S o'clock to
night and the verdict was that the
deceased came to- his death from gun
shot wounds fired by Fogleman.
The first leak came from a negro
who admitted that Fogleman and the
two negroes held were the men aeen
running from the scene. Foglemaa
was already under suspicion and offi
cers had been search Inr for fcim
since the shootine. H w Watt
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this afternoon and submitted to ar
rest. He denies all knowledge of the
shooting, though made conflicting
statements of his whereabou's last
night He said he was la the woods
to keep from being called as a wit
nesa because he had been with Tuck
er just before he was shot
The negroes. Reed and Blunt were
subjected to third degree methoda
and they made a clean breast of the
affair tonight They say Fogleman
fired the shot from the cover of
building when Tucker stepped la the
light They claim Tucker and Fogle
man had quarrelled previously and
that Fogleman believed Tacker had
something to do with his receat !
dictment for retailing. The shot was
Bred from a 3$-ca!ibre plstoL
Fogleman has been regarded as
Greensboro's "blind tiger" king. J
week ago he was tried fa tbe city
court la five cases aad convicted ta
all. Judge Eare gave aha aa aggre
gate sentence of two yeara. Appeal
as made to th saperior eowt aad
Fogleman was oat oa Voad
which was given by ate father, Ed
ward Foglesaaa. . - - - .
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