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FHE ' RAI : EVERYBODY'S READING IT - ALL THE NEWS WHILE IT'S NEWS Vol. LXXI. No. 113. PRICE FIVE CENTS. The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1912. LAST EDITION. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of Qctiy Other Newspaper. CLOSE OF 1HE HiGH SCHOOL Large Graduating Class Receives DiplomasSplendid Address By Governor Kitcliin BIG CROWD PRESENT Exercises in Auditorium Last Night Attended by a Splendid Crowd Interest Kilt by All in Occasion in Which Children .of- ('My Hail a Lingo Part Scholarship Medal Won by Miss Margaret Milwiwcls Scholarships (hi to Krunk Norris And Virgisiu Homier Many Med als, Trophies and Prizes Awarded Largo (JiiHluathig Class He ceive Diplomas. II was a must deniorr.il ic audience that almost Idled l he arena and lren -circle of the auditorium ' 1mhI night for the closing exercises of the high school ami I ho grammar schools.''- There were people from all walks of life present anil il was striking evidence of how close the public schools come to the people ol the cily. Almost every body had some, interest, there, for while tin largo graduating cluss held the cen ter of the stage Iheie were also in the audience hundreds who will in time' make up the future graduatin-. classes. . The splendid class of thirty-four graduates, completely. - filling one ; side of the stage, was a sight ol which lialeigh may '-well be proud especially as with their high school diplomas in hand the.: go .tut, well equipped to meet and overcome the battles of life, whether they receive a eolleKe education or not. It is gratifying to know, however, that larger part of the class will con Ibiue their studies in college. It was one of the prettiest sights' that will ever be seen In the audi torium, when as they received theii diplomas, attentive ushers and mar shals were ciuiek to shower them with the great buelies of flowers that had been sent in by admiring friends. The girls, of course', received the lion's share but the boys were not for gotten. '. On the stage with the' graduates were Supt. Harper. Governor Kitcliin Mrs. Kuth Moore, who presented the art prizes: Col. J. C, U. Harris, Mr. Willis BriEKS.' Mr. .1. C. Little, who presented other prizes; - Prof. Hugh Morsnii, prlncijial of the high school; Mavor James I. Johnson, ' who pre sented the diplomas, and members of the school committee. Banked o:i the steps behind were members of the glee club under the direction of Miss Clara Chapel. While interest centered largely In tlie presentation of the diplomas to the graduates and the governor's message to these young people then- were nianv other Interesting fea tares. With two scholarships to be awarded, three medals, and a num ber of prizes there were necessaril; many exciting moments, when the nounceinents were awaited with breathless interest. Scholarship Medal. To Miss Margaret Edwards went the distinction of winning the high est honor in the high school, that ol highest - scholarship,'' an average of HS.2. She was presented by Mr Willis G. Urlggs with the scholar ship medal offered by the Kaleigh Council Junior Order. Miss Edwards who woi the medal last year also In to he heartily commended for her ex cellence. Mr. Urlggs, in presenting the medal, referred to the fact, that her mother bad received just sonic iiuch medal when she went to school History Medal. The Raleigh'- "Council of Junioi Order also offers annually it medjil ( Continued on Page Two.) I IN M JERSEY Newark, N. J.. May 24. Three republicans candidates for the presl dentlal nomination are on a speak lug tour through the state, contest ing for the state's twenty-eight dele gates to the. national convention to be chosen Tuesday. President Tajt begun three days hard campaigning when he left Trenton this morning He will spend the night at the home of hlB brother Henry W. Taft, In New York city. Between these two points be planned speches at over a dozen places. Rosevelt was astir early. Is route took' him to Camden Atlantic City, Burlington, and sev eral smaller places. La Follette iipetit the night at Atlantic City. To day lie campaigned In the northern and central part or the state. - APPOINTMENTS IN BATTALION List of Ufhcers In and M. Battalion Announced General orders No. 4. issued today it no.ui Ironi the headquarters ol tin- North Carolina College ol' Agrir ult lire and Mechanic Arts, contains the list of appointments for next year in the battalion, which is com posed of six companies and the band. The orders are as fallows: 1. All appointments heretofore made in the batallion of cadets are revoktd to take effect May LM,.1!I12. I'pon t ho recommendation of the commandant of cadets, the fol- ewing appointments are hereby naile in the batallion of cadets to ike elTect June 1, li'lL'; and to ink in their respective grades -nlid hranches in order given: Cadet major. T. J. Hewitt, New Bern. N. '.: cadet captain and ad jutant, TV- II. Parrish, Middb'burg; adet captain and quartermaster, It. 1). (looiliiian, Concord; cadet captain mil commissary, .1. li. Coward, Web ster; cadet seggeant major, I), w - rhorp. Uockv Mount ; cadet (iiiartel - nmstcr sertreunt. J. I". Duetto. Hand. Cadet capiam. V . C. -Hop kins. Newport News. Yii.: cadel lirst ieutcnunt. II. li. Jo-lvn. harm School: cadet lirst sergeant. .1. v. heiick, Uiwndale. Cadet servants.- -1- W. U V. I'earsall, Wilmington I). Lewis. dastoma: 4. h. i enoir. Cadet corporals. 1. I. astonia: -. It. Crowder T. K;il. . K. II. Jones, churl. Hie.. Line cadet captains. -1. I'. S il les. Wilson: 2. W. II. I'a Iter H. K.' Urlggs. lialeigh: 4. G. I, Itain. ( recti boro: :.--h. J. Jetfress ((;ontinued on Page Knur.) Vestry of Christ Church Awards Work For Beautiful Addition Today the .contract for the erec ion of the parish house and Sunday school building for Christ church Was let to Mr. M. A. Moser ,of lial eigh. . The building will be of gran ite, which be quarried in rear of ;he home of Dr. liichard H. Lewis. Krom the same, quarry tne stone was aken for the construction of the hurch. The very beautiful design 'or the parish ilouse a'ld Sunday ichool building is on view i i the .'es'ibule of Christ church. It har- moiiizes thoroughly with the arcl lecture of the church Itseh which is asilv one of the most .-attractive buildings in America. Virglnin's Delegates. Norfolk, May 24. t'nder final action by the Virginia democratic itate convention the state's 24 votes at Italtimore will be cast by Jtli dele tcutes. ' 24 having half a vote each. The unit rule can he applied only by a two-thirds vote, after the first lallot. If the contention that eleven .nit of twenty-four votes are for Wood row Wilson, Is correct these leven can prevent .enforcement of the unit rule. rXPECT 10 CRUSH THE INSURRECTION Washington. Mav 24.- State de'. partment advices say the negro rev olutionists In Cuba claim as a basl; for revolt of Marau law, forbidding the. organization of negroeB Into a political party. They are, declared to be striving ror American interval! tlon. The Cuban government, ex pecta to crush the movement with In ten days. British Cruiser on Hand. Havana, May 24. The-. British cruiBerMelpomene arrived today and exchanged salutes with tho Culn,i fortress. The melpomene Is here, it Is said, to safeguard British subjects and property. Insurgents Capture Town. Santiago. May 24. A band of negro Insurgents apparently under I ...win CONTRACT Ok PARISH liOU General Ivonet's command attacked and captured Ml Caney Del Si'.io. four miles from l'alma Seriima on the Cuba Railroad. Attacking the town they committed many outrage. Negroes Pillage Stores. Havana. May 24. -Two store; in 8un Marcos, belonging to the Fnlel ty Compaiiv. an Ainerican concern, were pillaged liv rebels. I he ih srroes stole I he stock, eight, horses ami 'iUi in cash. The Cuban oruis "r Cuba ar-.'ived at Guainunanio wuh reinforcements, iiilantry and artil orv and anus for the volunteers. Jurist Will Pass on Thaw's Si.mty. White Plains, N, ., May - I,- -llarrv Thaw's mental condition will be passed upoii.h.v Judge Iveugh poi sonallv. The Jurist's derision denied jurv trial in Thaws legal ehort ioi , -.... ,..a .. M rX1'fk Vv Fft P;U p3,t 3nJ FrPft1 Cvirffinc.fi In the Hawkin Paw Td. release I rum f3Vt ' n Xs 11 1 1 " 1 V' t, u, IS n h i mm itrlr -Newell luih Ili'lis. liu- famous itt'iHklvn divine. nr.:r. t.uv ...i 'ir ei iii lioiit toe "s i" me m . Smell Hwiilil lliMi. the -tuitions i't i.eljvn divine, Vca.s il ! ! cent lilies, leleifed lit I vc fcrci'l ilrnni-c biiilidav o! Iiei' lift l Unicse dog, I'.ed iviuch-w;'s ikk- acrciDioaiiK-d hv (ben pet ilous. it ; r : it o! Mi cailc'ic, . l ainpicl i-iioiiiN ol (lie t tslllonalile .-'ntlel. I andeclillt . an l 1 ;t i ,l- with Iheir iiiistte.-ses, while cie lt i!g bin) a spi -.slianiKiii. society w.nitiii. and her I'ei.inc.ve diij.-. an- si. do'i dinner. MEAN 0 AGAIN CAUGHT After Several Escapes From Jail For Committing Robberies Kinston, N. C, May 24. '--Charlie l'arker, an escaped negro convict, who -has .'given the' local auJlioritie.-i more 'ti-ouble than any criminal -in recent years, is again in the -Lenoir county jail here, l'arker, vho lias been. -the '-guiding genius of one of the most daring- and skillful bands of store burglars and housebreakers ever known in a small city, escaped from ilie county Toads, on which he had served one month ol a long sen tence', -and' was at liberty for several weeks. Coming back to this city from what was termed his "vaca tion," he was recaptured ami .tem porarily; held in the county prison. He pretended to be very ill, and for this reason he Was not removed to the roads. While -"recuperating," wit li the aid of a confederate on the outside, l'arke again .escaped, and in the ensuing few dayi perpetrated, with the assistance of his colleagues, a series of robberies, startling by their "boldness.: His lirst escapade after gaining hi ..freedom was to en ter a fashionable' haberdashery.' Sev eral hundred dollars worth of cloth ing had been reunited when "his al- ( Continued on Page. Seu.) ISSUES STATEMENT Trenton, N. J., May 24. tlovernor Woodrow Wilson issued "an address to the voters ,of New Jersey," ex plaining why he did not take the stump to ask for their votes at the coming primaries'.' and attacked his opponents, who organized against httn and placed on the primary tick et, a full set of "uiiinslructed" dele gates to the national convention. Wilstou is the only candidate for the democratic presidential nomination openly seeking votes at the state pri maries. Wilson 'says nothing he could say upon the platform could alter for better or worse his record which the state well knows. Ho says "It would be unbecoming in pie to commend It to you or seek to give It color bv my itn exposition of II." i .M.,w i BREEHSBORO" MRS. SHAFT XV MAN'S ODD Will UNDER FIRE ! W$r7Fm Mannm In I W Aimed At the Ashe- ' KM a 1 Center ; i;i :mK - !H SCHOOLS CI Comence8Eh Degia icnnoRs Sunday . &: M. C.!:ge. SI. !. icy's and Mereilii It Kcn :-'s of Chief . In terest . e( . c i. Many. I', ei'ii licnt Speaker"- Will lie llcie. A,' & -M. Colh -. and .Meredith- i '". -lialeigh with i, m-('tl exercises iivx ol' these colh-i.i'.-year's W('t.rk this . d.iy will begin 'si rises . with .t he. ; tnoii;;. Oil Tiles.::, t lie girls anil ! -some with their their places ;u- c . tile world,-' ot h." -vaca1. iuiis to I ri r v.: i'-y I lie last oi ii: lllr llrellli rit frV.-l' will he an aht - v Horn the. sin i i look diverted : city will set: Ir .' fairs. Rev. Sparks W. the baci alaui-i ; : Hall, ai A. ,v ! morning'. Moiir nlidituri'iiii .1'': h! '. .Mary's L'l' Will" till of CluUMii' Arek.: All I i,ii)lele 1 vk anil ..Mile r clo'iiinr v -.ila.ir ; i 'atiii Veiii',i.l.; will be llitl in ploinas to l.v! and v.onn-ii i their jii i -in: -: t : ri in : je f Week- riii . I be over, ' 'u iif the sliii!,-!. he collei; ' "-w iii'sonn a '.i1 .i i to Us (1 a ! lion will pi'.- n : l iliotl in I'-li'i! : nil. ue ;-::ri-:l-! eveni'iJr in Hi . W. V. Kiiih iiiieilconcii; :.e will deliver ihr , dress. At the Ham: ' Siiiuli.y . iti! i 1 1 . While, 'of N'rv. 'i la;, men's n:o'. "iiv States will '-r.'l!.'-Heruioll to I llr '- '..reach' .. .I. e. i.. lender ill the , n ::r n , . i.,.(.-V o" ( he 1'iiite--: l:i ... .M' biicc iii b Colh-e m' . : the mission ii:-y (in .Tile.-.!: v in : it III lt ClKir'es .I'.roadway Tab . will ,ll,!k t t!r D. D., of llroo',; ei'eli Ihe Ei'l'luiii 'deiits, also pi'c'u t sermon a' ah- jn the -'college nivi.: K. '.Teft'ernon, i eriincle, Nr -.v : n) annual address. ... : Itev. ".It. T. A Iso lyn. N. V.. ill ! in St. Marv's, i'Ik!!!1:) -Sunday Ing, the annuiil . -i.iidrcss Ivtlrc Tuesday nu .ill in '. by Ilean i! of the' I'tiivei :-: - .,1 North Una. i"oru uiaile ;'-. i ) C.ir.i- Kli'ikcru SI'ii-M l lecti'ic l.i'inlii - .-,Ks. ..' Butiapi-st. Way 1 . T'ive huiidrt il strikers stortne(i ihe electric works. They were beat en t,iT' by troops. Kx citeiucnt .' through-m' the city is fn lense. Itiotiug coin .'ill tied late iii.tbe afternoon. Tb" s t: ke was called ;is a protest against Count Tinas' flec tion a:-' speaker oi the lower house of parliament. Wilbur Wiiubt Improving. nr.yton, ().,' Mav 21. Wilbur Wright, the aeroplane manufacturer, who Is critcally ill of typhoid fever, Is lunch Improved, Consciousness is being grailualh restored. i i ... ,i li ( 1 ' It .: . . ,ii i . I . . , i i. " i ,. i , i ... i 1! - lw., :r. .m'..:. ii-ic .! (he laci:evt , ir . ir.Hiie p , , ;: ;,( me suiiipluoilsty siiii ail 1 'nil.',- to aft- ; i In-, wants. ' Mrs. U illiani vi, ,ii nil, !-' ; ami. mi; :pi:-i al ihe now laiuoiis I mmw gore Bt! HERE TONIGHT Oklahoma Blind Senator to Speck For Woodrow hos. I' ;.. li-.l 'I '.lore. II! illlil i!t till i'V. Il: I In '. . ill loiii'gl cit this .-I.,. ;.' "-I'lc'-v, ill'M.1 :-ak i If. c.i!:ili(iaey o inn, a lei w ill le !'.' 1 1: Vake W i-'or. I.. -I'ot.-ai l .Colleye. io hear Sen of the lop invited is one h.'-. d.i y . I in- II: The speech auditorium lleii'. at ion it. - - lias lieell A ll-:;tH ASS KM) -HASTY : 'VI:, ' i h,!; .1 ::.i.;inein i.l' the .'.lit;'-! mi; r-atnes linmiuia to Othci Mav' Th. IV is i-ailiiig ; ii It-alia: lilige'- il jis; il:a ll!i,' A 1. Miiviits: mil's. o ii'. ail'lri'ssiim IllUi-- a r. the liiveiii iio! , "' I I hast.', in t heir inl.uruihti) -an nl toward I'm ANOTHER NiGHT RIDER OUTBREAK THEATEKED : l'iMiii; loi f, Ky.. -Mav. -24..- 1m niiiient danger o' another night ruler oinbre.'ik in the : : Itiack I'uieh- ' western Kentucky., is threatened, a1 twdmt to (loU'i'iior Met reary in formal io:i. The governor liar, -taken steps 10. suppress lawlrssurss. l.arg rewards are offered for ; the. arrest and conviction of any one guilty ol scraping toliacco plaiil beds. One Hundred TIioiimiiiiI Men Affect ed by Strike. l.otnlou, Mav 24. -Although the transport vorkers Pt.rlke has not ye become, general everything Is ;. utile on the hi reels c.uil at the docks. The Usual lines of l lin ks and drays arc :ibi.r,il. The strike order allecls hundred thousand men. I lie revenue troll! :io to l lie widow ihir i'ue or until she .mar such all eteiil takes :l is pro iileil i hat i he .:.!. nu linling the Calu-n- 'ir 1 hoiniis'. ,iie. :uiil made to cniisi ,t me a -huso o! a tra.-i. n! Inuhwav i-ither in i-ilv: that I'.- :eres HOC lllol'e i-r!;-lsi il : I h:il I lie a park : t iiat iiiiil I aai 1 lie laud ;:t.ie loj. a public park, l i lie park. !l is jito m.'i usoleam he erected line;-- .ii tin- (,rani tomb i.le. New ork. anil t hat ma usoleiiiu or sepulchre. e bodies -of l;. .l. (';iUli leiigh. his ro-in.r Kobert ( alurleugh. his sis and la the case ol death bolero lari'iaae. the .widow.' shall be. tnter u. li is further provided that the hall become the . proper! v 'Oi i- citv ol l.reeirshoro. and thill the nor 'ot the citv shall torever bold n ciisiod-f the kev to the mauso eiiiii. 1 ae will- provides that the titiro bulk ol the propertv be con- erred into cash and expended, b.s tr.inioKo. ITRSKtRS Ai POtlGE FIGHT Serious Rioting In Streets of Hungarian Capital-Several Killed and Wounded r.mlaiiest. limitary;: May 24. 'ierre tinliting liroke .out in the :i'oois between strikers and police hu ge force : of-troops was called iif to help, the police.:.' a big mob .1 men disobeyed their leader's e.'iliis.to r, I ii in to work and; re in, wed yesterday's wrecking tactics l'!ie general strike called by the so- iaiists yesterday was marked by biouii'. cooilicis.. Fifty ; thousand v, oi kuugi representing half the fac- torv ban ils. Iiere, j.urt icipateil in l lit? listuibatires. The. list, of casualties show six' killed and Hi" wounded, one hundred of them seriously. Tin poii.e have uiadr two hundred ar rests. The iniurialed nictv hrst over- tiiiiirii ii in. miter ot strert cars, aim demolished, windows on the priucipi streets. . I tiev liei-i.-iv attacked l a very ..-li r. li . . In N'riisrhloss they til ed a fac.oi v.- ireiling the Manies wi: It oatioleuiii, -.Troops attempting to quell ti-e l iot . were targets fo revohi r shots. Ihe troopers vo- idieil with ili-.ir Villi's.. The rioter a.lid troous siMTereil heavy los.ies. sum of RA1SE0 ON TAG DAY ... Siuiiei hinif itver S ;'. nil was realized Iiere Monday from- Hie-sale'' of -tags, and t lie Associated Charil les is tha much belli",- off. "Tlie moiun will hi ileMite.l io the cause of iliarity. Tin eotni'iilie who bad lag day i I -chargi desires io thank all coiK'erned . t ir t heir assist a i. e. Tag day will bt made an annual event. Two New Hisliie.ts. . Minneaiiolis, Minn., May 24. - Df V. H. la de! of ..-Detroit, was elected bishop bi' the Methodist Kplscopnl Church, on the twetily-lbli-il ballot receiving .5 .11 votes, til!) necessary to elect. . K. J. Cook, of New York, book editor, was elected bishop on th I wcniy-loiiri h ballot. '"-Woman WHAT WOMAN HAD SAID eial Witnesses Testify, Linking .Mis. Slot It's Xante Witli Ileutli of Mrytle Hawkins One Saw Her, Willi Another Woman, Buy Two Tickets for Hciidci'soiiville, on .Septeinber T Others Heard Her Say (iiil's Itetith Wus Caused by (liolofoi-m and .Not From an 0ici-a(ion Alleged That She Said Myrtle offered Her Jewelry to Perform Operation. (Special to The Times.) Hriiili rsu.iville, May 24. The evi nce, introduced at the morning ssion of the Hawkins trial waB (iirectid mainly against Mrs. Lizzie haft. Katie Wheeler, of Asheville, was at the Asheville deuot on the iltei noon of September 7th and saw Mrs. Shalt aiid other woman she did lot know. Mrs. Shaft bought two ickets to Hendersonviile. She (ltd not think the woman was Mrs. Hriit; did not look like her. An at- empt made by the defense to nake her admit she conducted a id house was denied. Tildie Dry- ma:! corroborated the evidence of Katie, but thought, the second woman, was ..irs. Britt. Efforts made to Im peach their character. .1. A. : Mclntyre, of Asheville, In onversation with Mrs. Shaft, heard her say Myrtle's death was caused ny an overdose of chloroform and not from an operation. He denied my feeling against Mrs. Shaft. ance Guest, an Asheville painter, id heard Mrs. Shaft say about the same. Arihur Miller, of Henderson- ille, whose daughter married Mrs. Shaft's son, said Mrs. Shaft told him Myrtle offered to take $150 worth of ewelry trout-her father's store to pay lor an operation. An effort wa made to impeach his testimony. MKCKLKXBIHG VOTKS Tell IMi Voles to Stick Here I'ntil A. It. .lust Ice Wins, Regardless of Augments. (Special to The Times.) Charlotte; N. C. May 24. The Mecklenburg democratic convention Saturday will elect 56 representa tive business and professional men of the city and county to cast its 28 votes in the state convention at Kaleigh,. -June 6th. The delegation will go to the capital without any instructions except to vote first, last and all the time for A. B. Justice, Mecklenburg's candidate for the long term .on the corporation commission. and to use every effort to secure hie nomination regardless of allgments for candidates for other offices. Mecklenburg is the banner demo cratic county in North Carolina as well as the leading manufacturing county and the delegation that will no to lialeigh will include such men C. (). Kuestev of the Greater Charlotte Club: J. W. Cuthbertson ind J. X. McCaulsland of the Mer- clian I 's Associat ion ; W. W. Watt of he hardware dealers, Mayor C. A. Bland and other men representative ;l' tlie -commercial and industrial in terests as well as politicians. Decision Against Negro - Flkw Albany. X. Y., May 24. The "lin- piiivni ticnevoleiit protective order of i-'.llis of the World," a negro irganiza! ion must adopt anothe:- name, containing no reference to the Klks and its nieinbers miiBt not wear lie Klk s emblem, according to a Hlecisiiin by the court of appeals. Cape llatteras. N. C, May 24. The lour masted schooner Rob Koy, lumber laden," from Fernandina, Kla., for I'eiinsylvania, was abandon ed today in a water logged condi tion two miles southwest of outer Diamond shoals Captain Norbury and crew of seven were rescued from the vessel's rigging by Captain 3towe and crew of Cape Hateras life saving station, In their power surf boat and landed here. The Rob Uov was owned by George Warner, of I'hlladelphla. Tom Law son Candidate for Senate, Boston, Mass., May 24. Thomas W. I.awson, the financier,' hag an nounced bis candidacy for the sea ate to succeed Senator Crane.
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