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got to keep your Advertising Going.
WILMIKGTOlSr, N. OmTHCBAT MOKNIKG, rtJNE 6, 1912.
TOBSIEB CUBA
Gomez Unable to Meet For
eigners' Demand For
Protection.
CRUISERS GO TO GUANTANAMO
Half of Second Squadron of the At
lantic Fleet Sails From Key
West Situation Becomes
More Alarming
Washington, June 5. Frank con
fession of President Gomez that he
was unable to meet the demands of
the large plantation owners in East
ern Cuba for adequate guards against
the marauders and ' lnsurrectos, was
the factor that today led Captain
Kline, commanding the United States
naval station at Guantanamo ,to set in
motion the body of United States ma
rines gatnereq tnere ior just such a
purpose.
Captain Kline's action in dispatch
ing nearly half ofhis available force
of marines into the interior of Cuba
gave the signal for the departure from
Key West to Guantanamo of half of
the second squadron of the Atlantic
fleet which had been lying; at anchor at
Key West for the last week.
The facts as disclosed! at the State
Department are that several of the
large American, British, French and
Spanish companies operating planta
tions and mines In Eastern Cuba, tele
graphed the Cuban government
tnrough the Alcade of Guantanamo, a
demand for 100 regular troops for teach
of their mills and 50 for each of their
cane fields. In reply. President Gomes
pointed out that a. compliance with
their request would require the use of
1.250 of his best troops for the protec
tion of one group of foreign proper
ties in a single section of the disaf
fected district. If he . acceded to such
demands,, ha. said, his whole army
would not suffice for police work alone
and he would have no forces. left wiUJ
which to,.;cay,38r .'the campaign
against, the insurrectionists. T... v..
Meanwhile complaints- -multiplied,
the situation in Guantanamo was be
coming more alarming and the Guan
tanamo Sugar Company had definite
information that the rebels intended
to destroy one or more of the foreign
estates there. The manager of the
Spanish-American Iron Co., having de
clined a meeting with a rebel leader
with 100 follower aear Cuero, " was
threatened withthe destruction of all
property between that place and Jura
gua. - .
To add to all this the owner and rep
resentatives Qf several of the large
American properties near Guantana
mo. having failed in their "application
to the Cuban government, appealed di
rectly to Capt Kline. .
Capt. Kline, judging that the gravity
of the situation demanded the use of
American guards, this morning sent
450 of his marines from the naval sta
tion by boat up Guantanamo Bay to a
landing place near Caimerna, the ter
minus of the railway running up to the
city of Guantanamo, 15 miles inland.
The gunboat Paducah about the
same time reported the situation at
Santiago as critical, which determin
ed Capt. Kline to call upon the Nary
Department for more marines. Ac
cordingly Admiral Osterhaus promptly
dispatched from Key West to Guan
tanamo the fourth division of the At
lantic fleet, comprising the battleships
Ohio. Missouri, "Mississippi and Min
nesota. They are under command of
Rear Admiral Usher, who"by virtue of
his superior rank Will assume com
mand at Guantanamo when he arrives
there Friday morning. Admiral Usher
can easily land 1,200 marines and blue
jackets, which force, with the marines
and sailors available for landing par
ties, would make a formidable little
army 0f about 3,000 men. If this force
is not sufficient Admiral Osterhaus
remaining four vessels may be 'called
upon for further levies. For the pres
ent it is the policy of the State Depart
ment to maintain the third division of
the fleet at Key West to guard against
any uprising In Havana..
In one way the ' distribution of the
American marines, as plantation
guards will. serve to test the real pur-
if bc ui ine Luuaa goveruiueuu iv
calculated that Gen. Monteagudo's
roopS. beine relieved . in large part
pom the oneroils duty of guarding
plantations, will no longer have ex
pse for failing-to move' immediately
ftid relentlessly upon the insurgent
pegroes.
There is grave intimation in recent
raedies that this may become an in
ernational dutv 41 the Cuban govern
ment lcneer delays action. Minister
eaupre today reported a case of hor
tle atrocity, which occurred yester
day near Savisra in-Oriente. which is
ielieved to be only one of many Bimi
r eases. His information, received
Irectly from the Cuban Secretary of
ate, was to the effect that a band of
groes entered the 'house of a for
jer white official of prominence, tied
and his son and outraged . hfs
fe and two young daughters -before
s eyes. The son was killed in com
lood while endeavoring to break his
pnds and rescue' his mother and, sis-
rs. : . ;
The army continues to rather 'hun-
hi V watrh tho unflrtfnr nt ovonta in
Piba. Lying on Gen. Wood's desk ere
Pe messages, -which If released, would
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DELEGATES GO UfllNSTRUCTED
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Third, FourthSy h and Nint Con
flreesionral Corrv ns Held Yes
terday Warn. Vion in
rvaieign ana u . - oro.
Democrats of the thiHy fourth,
eighth and. ninth Congressional . dis
tricts of North Carolina, on the eve
of the great State Convention in Ra
leigh today, assembled yesterday in
Goldsboro, Raleigh, Salisbury and Lin-
colnton, respectively, and decided to
send uninstructed delegations ' to the
Baltimore convention. 1
mere were no contests in any of
the districts for Congressman and in
only one was there a test vote for
Presidential preference. This was in
the Third district convention at Golds-
Doro, Wilson receiving 126 votes, Un
derwood 60; Harmon 3, and CJark 2
votes. In the fourth district at Ra
leigh, -there was a spirited contest with
no instructions, the delegates chosen
being understood to be about evtnlv
divided between Underwood and Wil
son. Reports from the several con
ventions as received by wire last night
are as iouows:
Eighth at Salisbury.
Greensboro, N. C, June 5. Demo
crats of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict In convention at Salisbury today
re-nominated R. L. Doughton, for Con
greBs, and named four uninstructed
delegates to the National convention
at Baltimore. They are Dr. R. L.
Young. Cabarrus; Hayden Clement,
Rowan; R. A. Doughton, Alleghany;
R. L. Smith, Stanley. Will R. Lovell,
of Watauga, was named as Presiden
tial elector.
Yates Webb Re-nominated.
Greensboro, N. C, June 5. At Lin-
colnton today Democrats of the Ninth
Congressional District named E. Yates
Webb for congress and selected four
delegates to Baltimore, each with half
vote. They are unencumbered by
Presidential instructions and af a Chase
Brenizer, Charlotte; W. A. Self, Hick
ory; Guy V. Roberts, Marshall, and'W.
C. Irwin, Morganton. Ellis Gardner,
of Yadkin county, was endorsed for
elector.
Third is Uninstructed.'.
Goldsboro, Nr -C., June 5. After una
nimously nominating Dr. John M. Fai
son for a second term in Congress,
istening to an address from the nomi
nee, naming an executive committee
from the several counties, choosing an
elector and appointing four delegates
ana,, four alternates to Baltimore, a
storm broke forth in thevDeapcr'atie
Convention bf thehlrdCfcngres&tonal
District here today when, with some
50 delegates' striving tot recognition,
Chairman Larry I. Moore, of Craven,
presiding, gave recognition to some
one who moved to adjourn and sub
sequently declared the motion carried.
- Those opposing the motion to 'ad
journ stuck to the floor and demand
ed a roll call on the - motion, finally
winning out after two hours of filibus
tering and speechmaking. A motion
not to instruct the delegates to Balti
more was carried, but a test vote for
Presidential preference was taken
with the following result: Wilson 126,
Underwood 60, Harmon 3, Clark 2. The
convention then adjourned in the best
of peace and harmony.
The motion for the election of the
delegates to Baltimore was by Hon.
Chas. R. Thomas, of Newbern, and
was that four delegates with one-half
vote each be chosen. This was carried
and the following were named: Na
than O'Berry, of Wayne; Edw. J. Hill,
of Duplin; L. G. Daniel, Craven, and
A. F. Howard, Sampson; alternates, J.
T. Bland. Pender; W. T. Caho, Pamli
co; E. M. Green, Craven, and B. A.
May, Carteret.
The convention assembled at noon
with Larry I. Moore, of Newbern,
chairman. There were no contesting
delegations, . and the convention at
once went Into the election of an exe
cutive committee. The following were
unanimously elected: J. C. Thomas;
Craven; W. L. Hill, Duplin; J. R. Dow
ry, Jones; S. B. Taylor, Onslow; H. L.
Gibbons, Pamlico; T. J. -Armstrong,
Pender; F. L. Whitfield, Sampson; J.
L. Barham, Wayne; T. D. Webb, Car
teret. The present incumbent, Hon.
John M. Faison, was then nominated
by acclamation for Congress. He was
called to the speaker's stand, and in
troduced' to the convention oy the
chairman, and in a brief speech thank
ed the delegates for the honor con
ferred, and assured them of his loyal
ty to the Third district, and the Demo
cratic party, paid a glowing tribute
to North Carolina's representatives at
Washington. His mention of Senator
Simmons' name brought about a per
fect bedlam of applause, showing him
to be very strong with delegates -present.
He likewise praised both Gov
ernor Kitchln and Judge Walter Clark,
the response from the floor showed
that these-two also had many friends.
There was a spirited contest between
Geo. E. Hood, of Wayne, and Larry I.
Moore, of Craven, for elector, Hood
winning. -
Fight In the Fourth
. Raleigh, N.C, June 5. The Fourth
Congressional district convention this
afternoon nominated -by acclamation
Hon. E. W. Pouffor a seventh term
as-'XJongressman and elected dele
gates to the Democratic National con
vention, at Baltimore. - The provision
is 'that the font delegates shall have
one-half' a vote each . in the National
convention. As delegates there was
unanimous election of-R- .B'. White, of
Vance; Ed. S. Abell, Johnston, and
JVB. Ramsey ,of Nash., For the
fourth place on the delegation the
fight was up to Wake county whose
delegates had two candidates, W. B.
Jones, ah Underwood man, and Albert
L.r Cox, a Wilson man, both .being,
however, pledged to vote their share
of the - strength at Baltimore on the
basis of the preferential vote for Pres
ident In the county -convention 103
1-2 'for Wilson and 59 1-2 for Under-
CONVENTION'S EVE
AT STATE CAPITAL
t
To Instruct or Not To In
struct, the Eternal Ques
tion In Raleigh.
EX-GOVERNOR GLENN IN CHAIR
Will Preside Over Democratic Gather
ing Today Caucuses' of Wilson
and Underwood Men Hef
lin to Supporters.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, June 12. Former
Governor R.B. Glenn, "who is to pre
side over the Democratic State Con
vention, is here and his friends ' are
pressing a strenuous campaign for
him as one of the delegates at large
to Baltimore.
"Instructions for Wilson," c-r "un
instructed delegation'1 for the four
delegates at large bids fair to be the
principal contest tomorrow. The forc
es for Wilson instructions are strong
er .than many expected.'but there is a
fighting chance for an uninstructed
delegation.
George P. Pell is here pulling for
the leng term to the Corporation Com
mission.
The Fourth Congressional District
convention was delayed this afternoon
by the Wako county delegation being
tied up in a caucus fighting over
whether Wake's vote should be divid
ed for President, as the convention
voted yesterday, or cast the whole
votetcr Wilson, who has' a majority.
The caucus of Wilson delegates to
the convention tonight overflowed the
court house and they held a rousing
meeting in which it was determined
to make a determined fight for Wilson
instructions for North Carolina dele
gation to Baltimore. Major H. A. Lon
don was made chairman; J. H. Cain,
faf Asheville, secretary; R. B. Glenn,
A. L. Brooks, S. M. Gattis and E. J.
Justice, were the principal speakers.
State Manager Williams also spoke ex
pressing confidence in success tomor
rowrif or .the -movement for Wilson in-
stTHCtfbns,- which -alF'thfe speakers de
clared is due to Wilson on the part of
North Carolina.
At the auditorium the Underwood
supporters held forth with Congress
man Heflin, of Alabama, as the ora
tor. It was a powerful campaign
speech impeaching the Republican par
ty most especially for its iniquitous
tariff legislation in support of the
great tariff barons and presenting Os
car Underwood as a statesman espe
cially equipped to drive Republicans
from nower and give the people relief
from the burden of protective tariff
oppression. He predicted a victory for
Underwood in the convention tomor
row, declaring Underwood already has
ten delegates to Wilson eignt in tnis
State.
State Manager Varner, of the Under
wood campaign, said tonight he is con
fident there will be no instructions
for Wilson tomorrow and that while
he is fighting for an uninstructed dele
gation. If there are any instructions
at all, it will be for Underwood.
WHOIiE NTJMBEB 13,920.
GERMANS VISIT THE CAPITAL
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Officers of Foreign Men-o'-War Are
Guests of President Taft at the
White House -Charmed
Wifti Washington,
Washington, June 5. The officers of
the three German cruisers, the Molt
ke, Bremen and Stettin, noir lying at
Old Point Comfort, where ; they are
returning the visit paid- to i Kiel last
June by the second division of the
United States Atlantic fleet, .were the
guests tonight of Presidentj Taft at
the White House where' tie jntertain
ed them and a number of American
naval officers and other., dis Jnguished
personages at a State ffcanqut.
This function was he cepter-point
of the visit to the National cipital and
as the sojourn of the Cefmin vessels
in American waters is " regarded as
purely, an act of courtesy 'from the
fleet of one nation to- that if another
the guests were almost without excep
tion naval men. - j
The German naval officeis. express
ed charm with their -isit tti Washing
ton, the beauties of the city and admi
ration of the public, buildiigs, many
of which the junior opcers tf She par
ty visited during theday. I
Rear Admiral Von RebeunPaschwitz
with Capt. Von Mani of tie Moltke,
commander Von Kroiigk, on the Stet
tin, and Commander I See hp Km, of the
Bremen, meanwhile called &i the State
Department to pay - iheir respects to
Secretary Knox and fhence to the Na
vy Department, wheie the were re
ceived by Secretary Jleyer.
About noon the tto State secreta
ries returned the cals at . the visitors'
hotel. Later the German,, a mbassador,
Count von BernstoriT ave tie German
officers their first opportunity of meet
ing some of the leading women of
Washington society. About 100 guests
were invited by him to aa informal
luncheon. !
Prince Henry -XXXyll of Reuss, who
is not with the party; as he is detain
ed on board the Moltke by his duty.
has applied for leav oT absence to
pay a private visit to. the capital.
REPUBLICAN CLANS
ARRAY
III BATTLE
National Committee Begins
Work at Chicago this
Afternoon.
MANY CONTESTS TO DECIDE
Taft Forces Will Try to Make Root
Permanent Chairman Roosevelt
Managers Will Not Oppose
Victor Rosewater
ROCKINGHAM ifOR ROADS
CLAIMS LARGE REDUCTION.
E. JWatson Says Cotton Crop is Re
duced 6,071,750 Acres.
Columbia, S. C:, June 5. That the
most conservative figures for the prin
cipal cotton growing States show a to
tal reduction of 6,071,750 acres, was
the statement contained in a report
today by E. J. Watson, Commission
er of Agriculture of South Carolina,
and president of the Southern Cotton
Congress, on the results obtained un
der the "Rock Hill plan" for reduc
tion of cotton acreage, which was in
augurated by John G. Anderson, of
Rock Hill. The report which was ad
dressed to the members of the. cotton
congress-places the acreage reduction
at about 16. per cent. According to
the report received President Watson
estimates that the crop this year will
be about 2,600,000 bales flees Hhan
1911.
wood. A'caucus of the Wake delegates
failed to settle the fight, the Wilson
men bolting the caucus because the
chairman, John C. Drewry, insisted on
a roll call, of individual delegates in
stead of a call by precincts to ascer
tain preference of Wake for delegates
to (Baltimore.. In the vote for dele
gates Chairman Drewry insisted on a
solid vote of- 83 ballots for W. B.
Jones and the Wilson bolters, through
J. W. Bailey, demanded that the Con
gressional convention call the roll of
precincts' in Wake- for expression of
preference as between Jones and Cox
as National Convention delegates.
(Finally the Bailey's contest for a
roll call of precincts of Wake won and
Cox defeated Jones for delegate by a
safe majority. Congressman Pou was
called and gave the convention a stir-
Ting Democratic speech. - The dele
gates go f to Chicago uninstructed and
are understood to be about evenly di
vided between Wilson and Underwood.
The; convention was' organized with
M. Gv Bowling, of Chaham, as chair
man. ; Henry M. London, of Pitts
boro, was chosen as Presidential elec
tor. It Is". interesting that just forty
years ago Major H. A. London, the
honored father of "the elector was chos-:
en for "the same place by the Fourth
district convention. This was men
tioned in connection with the election
of YL.i M . London by acclamation. i
Half-Million-Dotlar Bind Issue Carries
Bv Small Naioritv
Reidsville, N. C, Returns
from all but five of the 21 Rocking
ham precincts indicaite that the elec
tion for half-million '.dollars in bonus
for; good roada has carried by. about
25 majority jeguirihR ?the -official
"wnmf to' "determine tnlf vbtef - The
other precincts only Tiave to give a
small vote to make certain that the
bond issue is carried. The advocates
of good roads say that two causes
militated against a lafger affirmative
vote was over confidence, and the busy
season with the farmers.
R. P. Richardson, president of the
Rockingham Good Roids Association
has borne practically I every cent of
the expense of the campaign, and did
much of the work, receiving little en
couragement. Three months ago he
decided that the "time was ripe for
submitting the question of bond issue
to the voters, and he with his friends
did all within their power to make
the campaign a success."
Leaksvllle township Republicans at
the last moment, undertook to make
a political issue of the election, and
this caused a falling off of several hun
dred votes in the total number cast
there.
London, June 5. J. Bruce Ismay,
president of the -International Mercan
tile Marine Company, resumed-his tes
timony today before the British Board
of Trade inquiry into the loss of the
steamer Titanic. For the most part
his replies were, "I don t knqw," or
"That's outside my province."
O U TLIN ES
Argument was begun in the Myrtle
Hawkins case at Hendersonville yes
terday.
The Arkansas Democratic conven
tion yesterday adopted a resolution
instructing the State's delegates for
Clark.
U. S. Senator George S. Nixon, of
Nevada, who has been seriously ill
for several days died last night at 10
o'clock. V
Officers of the German fleet now on
a visit to American waters were the
guests of President Taft at the White
House yesterday.
Governor Harmon yesterday won his
fight at the Ohio State convention, the
meeting voting to bind the delegates
by the unit rule.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley" in an address
to the. graduating class at the Trinity
College commencement yesterday ad
vocated woman suffrage.
President Gomez yesterday confess
ed he was unable to meet the demand
of plantation owners for., protection
from the rebels and half of the force
of marines at Guantanamo was dis
patched to the interior of Cuba.
Roosevelt managers yesterday de
clared they would not make a fight to
unseat Victor Rosewater as chairman
of the National Republican Commit
tee which meets in Cnicago this af
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
On the eve of the State Convention
in Raleigh, N. C, today, four North
Carolina Congressional- districts yes
terday decided to send; uninstructed
delegations to-Baltimore., Faison, Pou,
Doughton and'Webb were renominated
for.khgress without opposition.
New York markets: -f;'Jaoney on call
steady, 2 3-4 to 3! per cent; , ruling
rate 2 7-8. ISpot cottoiij closed quiet
Flour quiet and ioiver. Wheat, spot
weak; No. 2 red-1.21 1-2 c.i.f. Qo-
mestic basis to arrive;- export 1.21
1-2 f .o.b. afloat to arrive. Corn, spot
-,'Y-
steady; export 82
Turpentine steady,
1-2 f. o.b. afloat.
Rosin quiet.
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Chicago, June 5. A plan to meet
at once the full force of Colonel Roose
velt's fight to control the organisation
of the Republican National conven
tion by making permanent the tempo
rary organization with Senator Elihu
Root as chairman1, was partially agreed
upon today by Taft leaders who are
here for the opening session of the
Republican National Committee to
row. Control of the National conven'
tion by Taft forces is said by them
to be-certain. When the committee
meets at 2 o'clock) tomorrow to organ
ize for the hearing of contested dele
gate cases, the Roosevelt forces will
not attempt either to seat R. B. How
ell, of Nebraska, to succeed Acting
Chairman Rosewater, or to select a
Roosevelt committeeman as presiding
officer for the contest hearings.
Fresh from conferences with Colonel
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, Senator Dix
on and National Committeeman Wil
liam T. Ward, of New York, made it
clear that the Roosevelt managers
were not behind the claim of Mr, How
ell to a seat on the committee.
He will endeavor to present his own
case, contending that his recent en
dorsement in the Nebraska primary
entitled him to the place, but members
of the committee expect a speedy de
cision against him.
The committee will select a succes
sor to Chairman John F. Hill, of
Maine. ' who died last Winter; udopt
ulato..YBJm.s. ,.thA...hear;tagf.--'
coatttet .case-veecweMjfe
publicity to the hearings and arrange
the time to be allotted for eacn case.
There are at present more than zas
delegate seats in the convention for
which contsts have been prepared by
either Taft or Roosevelt. The first of
the cases will be taken up Friday
morning.
Senators Crane, Penrose and San
ders, who arrived from Washington
today, were kept busy canvassing the
situation. It is said that Taft leaders
regard at least 35 of the 53 members
of the National committee as iavor
able to the President's candidacy.
The ultimatum from Colonel Roose
velt that Senator Root must not be se
lected as temporary chairman, which
was reiterated by Senator Dixon on
his arrival in Chicago, was met by a
criioniTis' nf tbe Taft forces in
opposition.
The Taft leaders determined not
only to adhere to their purpose to seat
fifinatnr Root, but to call upon their
forces to help make him permanent
chairman of the convention.
The fight by Roosevelt attorneys for
the contested delegates from Southern
states will include a claim of legality
for every convention where they said
they had a majority of the delegates.
In outlining the Roosevelt pro
gramme today Senator Dixon declared
the Roosevelt . forces would fight to
the last in the effort to overthrow
Senator Root for temporary chairman.
He held a conference with Roy O.
West, chairman of the Illinois Repub
lican State Central Committee arid
later declared that at least 16 Illinois
delegates would aid Colonel Ropse-i-n
tho fie-ht. aeainst Senator Root.
"Believing in the perfect fairness of
the members of tne National joiuiuil-
tee we have no fear in resting our con
tests upon their decision, saiu oua
tor Dixon. The talk of a bolt from the
convention. by the Roosevelt forces he
designated as "junk."
"We have control of the convention
irrespective of the contested seats, so
that all that kind of talk is junk.
The arrival of the Washington exec
utive and .aerary forces of the Taft
anA Roosevelt campaign committees
was followed by a renewal of the lit
erary bombardment which has charac
terized the last two monu va
rr-nonveTition fleht. A table of delo-
.oa nrenared by Representative Mc-
Kinley gave President Taft 595 votes;
Colonel Roosevelt 42 1; senaior trui-
lette 30. and Senator jumnnns iw.
Senator Dixon's claim was oyer 600
for Roosevelt, but-he had not prepared
a detailed taoie.
It was tentatively agreed tonight
that the plan for the publicity of hear
ings in contests for delegates seats
would provide for admission to .the
sessions of two representatives of
each press association' recognized in
the press galleries at - Wasmngton.
-Frank B. Kellogg, Rational commit
teeman for MinnesotaV tonight an
nounced that he would . endeavor to
procure the publication of roil calls on
each contest case decided.
x Chattanooga, Tenn., June 5-. Tne
final 18 holes in the qualifying' flight
of the 12th annual tournament cf ,the
Southern Golf Association are being
Dlayed on the links jot the Golf -and
Country Chub, this morning; the play
beginning at 8:30 A. M. There are -64
entries, being those who qualified In
yesterday's plays. . ... . m-
SENATOR GEO. I HIXOli DEAD
Member of Congress From Nevada
Succumbs to Attack of Spinal
Meningitis Was Western
Mining Magnate
Washington, June 5. United States
Senator George S. Nixon, of Nevada,
died at 10 o'clock tonight
Senator Nixon had been at the Epis
copalian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospi
tal since last Thursday when an op
eration for nasal catarrh was perform
ed. Spinal meningitis developed and
the Senator's condition soon became
critical. For the past 24 hours his
death had been momentarily expected.
1 The iSenator's wife and relatives in
Nevada had been notified of his con
dition and they are now hurrying to
Washington.
Senator Nixon was one of the most
conspicuous mining- magnates in the
West and was intimately associated
with the great operations at Goldfield,
in his home State. He was 52 years
old and a native, of California, going
to Nevada early in. life. :
In the United States Senate Mr.
Nixon was a quiet" figure, rarely hav
ing anything to say inihe floor pro
ceedings, though always ready to give
his advice in the private councils of
the Republican Senators, among whom
he ranked high. He was chairman of
the Committe on Reclamation of Arid
Lands whiclTcommittee, however, sel
dom meets. Mr. Nixon was recently
unanimously re-elected by a Demo
cratic Legislature, in ratification of
his choice at a popular election by the
so-called Oregon primary plan. His
term, a second one, would not have
expired until 1917.
GOVERNOR HARMON WON.
Ohio's Delegates Bound by Unit Rule.
Will be Contested. .
Toledo, O., June 5. Governor Jud
son Harmon today won his fight in the
Ohio Democratic State. Convention for
the application of the unit rule by a
vote of 597 to 355 arid will have the
undivided support of the State's 48 del
egates in his candidacy for President
at the Baltimore convention.
The ianti-Harmon forces, led by May
or Newton D. Baker, of Cleveland,
made a determined, . fight on the unit
rule, proposition' and declared they
wouid file their, protest at the National
Democratic, . Convention-, . Ninteen. , of
the 42 district delegates ; to" the . Na
tional" convention are Wilson adherents
sleeted at. a: direct tnfmaryi'Jtut' under
;ffhenriitv ruie ..wilr bfr obliged to"' bast
their ballots for Harmofi at Baltimore.
Twelve delegates it large with half
a vote each were named-by Governor
Harmon and formally approved by the
convention. Friends of Governor Har
mon drafted the platform adopted and
dictated tb ' nomination of the State
ticket.
Congressman James M. Cox, of Day
ton, was nominated by acclamation for
Governor. He is a progressive Demo
crat in politics and the publisher of
two Ohio newspapers. He is now serv-,
ing his second term in Congress and
is 43 years old. The ticket also in
cludes : Lieutenant . Governor, Hugh
L. Nichols; Secretary of State, Charles
H. Graves; Treasurer, John P. Bf en
nan; Auditor, A. V. Donaghey; Attor
ney General, Timothy S. Hogan.
EXPECT WHOLE TRUTH
WRIGHT TESTIFIES
OF HIS LAUD DEALS!
Former Drainage Engineer
Before Everglades Com
mittee in Washington.
DETAILS Hi OPERATIONS
Mlade Money in North Carolina
Charges No' Improper Conduct on
Congressman SmaH'Part.'
Some of His Prots.
F. O. Beach's Attorney Declares the
Charges Are Absurd
: New York, June 5. "We will bring
out the whole truth of this matter and
completely disprove these cruel and
absurd charges," reads a statement is
sued this afternoon in regard to the
indictment in Aiken, S. C, yesterday
of Frederick O. Beach for assault ,on
his wife. The statement was issued
by .Thomas S . Fuller, Beach's lawyer.
"The indictment against Mr. Beach
was. of course, a foregone conclu
sion' the statement reads. "It is
nothing more than a formal step in
the ill-advised prosecution which the
authorities in Aiken have been induc
ed to undertake upon a circumstantial
case made by . a private detective.
Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Beach nor any
of their witnesses, were heard by the
grand jury.
"It is most unfortunate that the case
cannot be tried at this term of the
court." -
Washington, 1J. C.June; 5. J. O.
Wright, now a drainage engineer for
the State of Fldrlda, before the House
committee investigating the so-called
Florida Kverglades charge .today; told
of his private land deals in North Car
olina with a drainage engineer in the
Department of Agriculture. . Wright .
admitted that he accepted stock and
negotiated with certain North Caro
lina land companies and the State of
North Carolina without telling his su
periors. He said he got $5,000 stock
m tne Albemarle Development com
pany from J. N. Wilkinson, of Beel-
haven, N. C, and in return drew up a
plan of reclaiming the land, and plac
ed $14,000 in stock.
Wilkinson came to him in Washing
ton, Wright said, accompanied by
Representative John Small, of North
Carolina. After their , conference he
was offered f 5,000, and Representa
tive Small got $1,000 in stock for his
legal services.
Wright told of a "deal" with John
Seip. of Chillicothe, O., at Moyock, N.
C, in which he was promised $7,500
for his advice. He did 'not tell his
chief of the offer, and never got the
money. .
The State of North Carolina offered
him $5,000 to sell Lake Mattamuskeet,
in the Dismal Swamp", he said. In
thJs he go, $1,250, w&ichihia super
iors Knew notmng.i vrfe aiso engagea
himself in the Lake' Mattamuskeet
scheme on a - contingent interest . of
v At Wilson, N,
Brett another .-employee- of the de
partment Wright., went -into a drain
age deal which he testified netted him'
$2,200 and Brett $9,000. ; -
Wright said, he discussed with As
sistant Secretary Hayes, of the depart
ment, the Lake Mattamuskeet offer
and admitted that he had written to
Seip that he had interested Mr.;Hayes
in the Mayock project. -.'
Wright's testimony is - expected to
end the -investigation ahd at its con
clusion the committee wilt -begin pre
paring its report to the" House.
Representative Small told the com
mittee his law firm was. attorney for
the Albemarle Development Company '
and that his partner had done all the
work. A charge for professional ser
vice was met by a certificate of stock
for $1,000, which he never had seen.
Small challenged Wright in his pres
ence to make any suggestion of im
proper conduct on his part and Wright
hastened to say that he had no charg
es to make and knew of nothing im
proper on the part of . the legislator.
C. with Lawrence
INTEREST OF JUDGE CLARK
Organizer Pace Forms Club at Greens
boro, N. C. Membership
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Greensboro, N. C, June 5. A Wal
ter Clark's Worklngmen's Club was
organized here last nijrht at an en
thusiastic though-rather sllmly attend
ed meeting, the 'charter membership
roll not including more than 25 names.
E. R. Pace, organizer and manager
of Worklngmen's Clark Clubs, -was
-here to aid in the organization, which
fwas perfected by the electioriof E. A.
Rives as president and J. M. Glass,
secretary. .
Mr. Pace made a brief talk, declar
ing that Judge Clark's strength was
growing daily and that his friends
were greatly encouraged by reason of
events during the past few weeks. .
Washington, June 5. The Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs today de
cided to report the naval appropria
tion bill to the Senate tomorrow. It
includes the provision for two new
battleships this year, .together with
other administration recommendation
which the House refused to grant
The bill will carry $133,000,000, an
increase of $15,000,000 over the cur
rent appropriation.
Three Great Pictures ,
These with the music by the or
chestra and the delightful cool ' thea
tre will attract hundreds to The Grand
Theatre today. t
HIS WORK GOES ON.
Orville Wright WilM, Work Out Wil
bur's Secret Plans.
New York, Jrnne 5 Unless the wish
es of Orville Wright are overruled , by
the board of directors of the Wright
Company, the secret plans of the late
Wilbur Wright to make aerial naviga
tion as safe and .practical as travel by
an' ocean liner or a railway passenger
train will be carried out by Orville
Wright and Alexander Ogilvie, the
English aviator, whd assisted Orville
Wright last Fall in making experi
ments at Kill Devil ttiil,N. C, with a
motorics s glidet.
This fact became .known yesterday,
when it was arinotiheed at the offices
of the Wright Compkhy here that A.
F. Barries, secretary and treasurer of
the company, had. b4eilv summoned to
Dayton tor a conference with Orville
Wright,
For years Orville and Wilbur
Wright have worked id. develop de
vices necessary for the perfection of
the aeroplane, which, 'it . is known,
they both considered of as great if not
greater importance thdfr , the princi
ples of automatic eon tfoi,
FiLES ANTI-TRUST SUIT.
Government Takes Action" "Against Gi
gantic Steamer Combine.
New York, June 5. The National
government filed a civil-anti-trust suit
in the Federal Court here today,
against steamship interests ajleged to
have monopolized tile transportation
of passengers and; freight between the
United! States and BraziL
Sweeping charges of - granting re
bates, fixing arbitrary and "unreasona
ble rates and entering' info t conspira
cies,, combinations and agreements in
violation of the - Sherman ' anti-trust
law, are made against 'I the Prince
Line, limited; the Hamburg Line, and
the proprietora of the Lamport and
Holt Line. :
Denver, Col., June 3.--F. A. Bridge,
second vice : president? Of ' the Denver,
Laramie & Northwestern Railroad Co.,
and holder of $1,207,496 of the bonds,
has made application : to the district
court for a receiver for -the company.
Bridge claims the (company is 'beHig
mismanaged. . - -
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