Newspapers / The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, … / June 4, 1912, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
HE ALEIGH TIMES Clean in Appearance and in Policy Have it Sent r to Your Home Vol. LXXI. No. 122. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Weather SHOWERS. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1912. LAST EDITION. Double the Nvimber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of oaiy Other Newspaper. HEFIIN WILL SPEAK IN RALEIGH AGAIN WILSON FOLLOWERS im CONVENTION UTILE CHILD i T R FATHER KILLS Alabama's Magnificent Orator is Coming at Request of Democrats Who Want to Hear Him Before Convention Delegates Favoring . Instructing For Jersey Governor Will Meet In Court House Tomorrow Night Action of Congressional Conven tion Tomorrow A waited With Mueli InterestUnderwood Ami Wilson People Getting Ready For Fray In State Convention- (iov ernor filenn Will Arrive Here This Kvcniiig. With the state contention only one day removed, politicians by the score have been pouring into the city, and by night a small army will have arrived. The Underwood and Wilson people have begun active preparations to present their respect ive Bides to the democrats here and two Important meetings are an nounced. , Congressman J. Thomas Heflin, who entertained a large audience here last week, -will return to Ra leigh tomorrow evening and address the democrats in the auditorium in the Interest of the candidacy of Mr. Underwood. Mr. Heflin is returning to Raleigh at the request of demo crats In different parts of the state and he lias consented to spaak in the auditorium. The speaking will begin at 8:30. Raleigh people have not forgot lifs magnificent appeal for Mr. Underwood, and he will have a large audience. It Is also announced that the Wil son delegates will hold a caucus to morrow night in the co.urt,houBe. TliettlendB of the TTersey governor hope to arrive at some plan for con certed action in the state convention. ; Congressional Convention. Interest was keen today In the action of the Wake county conven tion and the Fourth congressional convention which will meet tomor row. The Underwood and Wilson men are expected to put up a strong light and close political observers say the result Is almost Impossible to forecast. Both sides, however, are claiming a majority of the delc . gates. , Governor Glenn Coming. Hon. R. B. Glenn, who will make the keynote speech In the state con vention Thursday, will arrive in the city tonight and will be the guest of Mr. John W. Thompson. Other par ty leaders are expected tonight or to morrow. ; Mr. H. B. Varner, of Lexington, manager of Mr. Underwood" cam paign In this state, has arrived m the city for the convention. UXOKRWOOI) HAS LEAD IN TENTH DISTRICT, Ashevllle, June 4. Interest . In the local political arena Is now cen tered on the democratic congression al convention of the tenth district to be held here today and on the state convention to be held in Ra leigh Thursday. In Ashevllle Hon. t m Kniiwr Jr.. will be formally named as candidate to succeed him self In congress. The real interest f thin convention however, will be the fight betwen the Wilson and Un derwood adherents. So far as can be told Underwood Is slightly in the lead In this district, but It Is noi impossible that Wilson will go Into tUe convention with about as much strength, as some of the counties have not definitely reported. The fight, therefore promises to wax hot. THE HAWKINS TRIAL Ashevllle, June 4. The proceed ings in the trial of the Hawkins case this morning were very dry and un interesting. A considerable portion of the, session txflng taken up with argument of counsel as to the ad missibility ot certain evidence. The defense entertained a motion that a letter , from Beatrice McCall to Myrtle, extracts of which had been read last week by the state be in troduced as a whole. The state ob jected strongly but Judge Foushee ruled for the defense. The letter was dated August 29. 1911- The fact did not come out in court but It Is said it was never mailed or de livered to Myrtle, that Mrs. McCall gave it to-her husband to mall and he carried it around In his pocket for aotne time.. H was Introduced and read to the Jury. In it Mrs. McCall expressed . sympathy for Myrtle in her condition. Most of he evidence was corroborative. It is expected that the Underwood people will contend to have the dele gates instructed and that the Wilson men will resist it. Mr. (iudger has arrived from .Washington to attend the convention. Coming To Convention. There has never been a time in many years probably, when the peo ple of the west have taken such in terest in a state convention as they are taking in this one. There is reason for this, as a western man is to be named for "candidate for governor without opposition; conse quently the western people have a feeling that this is a convention of their own, and they will attend in large numbers. There is little doubt but. that the Craig special, which leaves here for Raleigh Wednesday morning will be tilled with enthusi astic Craig men. Not. only will Ashe vllle men attend, but letters have been received from Craig supporters all over, the western part of the state expressing their intention of going on this train. The special ratesabout half the regular rate- have been an inducement to many. 1 The special will run as the second section of No. 22. It will leave be tween 9 and 10 o'clock, at which time the blocks will be open and the party will go through without de lay. , . CAPT. ROSTRON GIVEN $10,000 He Wa.s Embarrassed, He Suid, to Feel That Honors Were Being Thrust Upon Him Through the Suffering of Others.: New York, June 4. Captain Ar thur H. Rostron, of the steamship Carpathta which brought into port the survivors of the Titanic disaster, was presented with a draft for 10, 000, a fund subscribed by readers of The New York American. Captain Rostron said that -whatever part he had played in the Ti tanic tragedy was due to the loyalty of his crew. It embarrassed him, he said, to feel that honors were being thrust upon him through the suffer ing of others. SHE IFF ELUDES MOB. Had Negro Charged With Assault Outwits Angry Crowd. Salisbury, Md, June 4 Sheriff Tull, of Somerset, having in custo dy Wesley Miles, a negro, aged forty-five, who it is alleged, twice at tempted to assault the fourteen year old daughter of William J. Phillips, of Princess Anne, Maryland, eluded a mob pursuing the prisoner last night with the avowed purpose of lynching. The sheriff, with the as sailant, it is-believed, boarded the train and Is en route to Baltimore. FULL SPEED ALL RIGHT London, June 4. J. Bruce Tsmay told the British board of Inquiry it had been planned to "rive the Ti tanlc at full speed during a few fav orable hours of her maiden trip, and he considered Captain Smith fully justified'', in going at full speed through the Ice region so long as weather conditions made it possible to see the Ice. Flvo Killed By Gum Fumes. Cincinnati. Ohio. June 4. Five persons perished when overcome by cas fumes in Dairy urain wen n Fairmont. E BEEF TRUST NEXT Washington, June 4. The house judiciary committee decided to un- dretake a preliminary investigation of the "beef trust. The committee agreed to regord the resolution calling for an Invest! gation, but before doing so private Inquiry will be made. The commit tee does not purpose to call any men beavtly Interested in the pack Inn Industry or undertake any sen satlon investigation of packing house conditions. HOO-HOO SET DATE. Ashevllle, June 4. Information has Just been received here that the supreme nine of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo has decided that the convention of the order will be held here July 18-20. Sometime ago Ashevllle was named as the meeting lilace. but the date was not fixed at that time. The program qui not yet been arranged, i SECRET SI'RVICE CHIEF IN HOT WATER. William .1. Nylin, head ol the New ork branch of the tinted States secret service, who is involved in a statement of Otto F. Ivlmoke, a former government agent, to John Wilkie, chief of the." service. Flynn may become (he target of oimrossionul probers because of the assertion of klinoke that lie re- peutedly loaned 'money; to Flynii in express violation or the rules ot the service. This Country Could Not Hold Islands Against Foreign Power Washington. .Tune 4 When C.en. Clarence lOdwards, chief of the bu reau of Lisular affairs, in a recent statement to the senate finance com mittee declared that In case of war with a nrst-class power the i nited States could not defend the Philip pines, he made a frank admission of what is generally realized by competent army men. That the continued possession of the Philippines by the I nited States, in case of war with a nation like Itussia. Japan, Germany, or r ranee, would in the last analysis depend on the fleet, not on the army, is gen erally admitted to lie true both by military and naval strategists. If the American fleet continued su preme In the Pacific theater, then the United States could retain the islands, but otherwise it would have to give them up. Army men generally realize that as a military proposition, with only a scant force of, say ir.,:iliii to 2a,- 000 men in the Philippines, it-would be easy for a hostile nation suddenly to throw a force into the isla ids that would .capture them, Japan, for in stance, being much closer to the islands than this country, could do it. Of course, any nation trying it would nave to bear in mind that there would follow a war of mighty proportions with this country, and that the I'nited States would hght for years, if need be, and spend billions of dollars to recoup any prestige that might be lost by the loss of the Philippines. The war department has done some effective work in the way of fortifying one strategic point in the Philippines. This Is Oorregldor, the rocky island that stands guard at the entrance to the bay of Manila. Cor regidor, with the small islands thnt lie about Its flanks, has been made into a veritable GUbraltar. It Is prepared to stand a long siege and this is one point in the Philippines to whlcn the united States would undoubtedly be able to hold for a long time, even if all the rest of the Islands passed into the possession of a foreign foe. Manila, however, could easily be captured from the rear, even though Corregldor remained In the posses sion of the United States. This Is well understood by army men. It Is not feasible to build such fortifi cations about Manila, to the east, south or north, as would make it im pregnable to land attack. Such for tlficatlons, perhaps could be con trueted1. but they would require ex pendltures of many millions of dol- J Continued on Fax Sire., COULD WE PHILIPINES Horrible Murder at Bath Yesterday Afternoon When Father Kills Child GRIrVIE UNEXPLAINED John . (Jibbs, u -Widower. Cuts Throat of His Little Hoy Kel'uses to Oiler all Explanation For liis Crime lint Was Probably Insane, Kitlier From Drink or Oilier Cause Man Lived With His Sister Came, to the House i'i the '.After noon and Took tin' hiM Into a ' lom, Where Sister Later Found It Gasping For Life. As lilood Spurted From Ghastly Wound. (Special to The 'I 'inie. ) Washington. June' 4-. Ope of the most cold . blooded and atrocious murders over perpet r:i ; in lloau fort county occurred some lime yes terday .'afternoon -in the town Hath, about 'twenty, miles'' from this city, when John It. Gibbs, a widower of -about thirty years or -age 'killed his two-year-old son by cutting his throat from ear to ear wish a razor. It .-seems that the child, was-playing with another -child in the lioii.se of his sister,.-where -they all lived. when Gibbs entered the. room and called to his MUle son : "Come here honey, daddy wants yon." lie took the child into the bedroom nearby and that was the last ''it - was seen alive. His sister happened to pass the door soon after and hearing a gurgling sound thought the father was putting the child to. sleep: On entering the. room sin.' found the lit tle boy dead on the bed., covered with blood and a gaping wound in its little throat. ;A blo.nly razor was found on the Withstand.. . .,Shelmivei diately screamed and the rest of the family rushed in. The father in the "meantime leisurely walked out and took his seat on the porch, remark ing that he had a reason for his act. but did not care to state it. It is surmised Uiat the man was either insane or had been drinking, opinion being divided in regard to his condition, Gibbs was arrested and brought to this city and lodged in jail. MKKCl'KY AT HMS IX I'ltKSXO. Portions of California Kxperience Hottest Day Know n For Years, San Francisco. June 4. Yester day was the hottest day San Fran cisco has known lor three years, and in the history of the weather bu reau only to' Ii i l. her temperatures have been recorded. At noon it ns I'M degrees in the shade. At Fresno . the niecurj touched 1 'Mi degrees. Hil GETS OHIO DllHS ill H Columbus. .'Ohio, June 4. The a victor,, by a 1-2 when the adopted. first test gave 'raft vote of :'.!;! i--' to :'. majority report was Tuft won in the fight for Ohio's six republican delegates at large by a vote ol" U'.i" I-- to ;!02 1-2. Ferguson Kciioiiiinated For Mayor. H:niiiini, Wash., June 4.--l!ev. Harry Ferguson was re-nominated as mayor liecau-e of the industrial workers' dlsUirhtiiice recently. Fer guson espoused the industrialists' cause. SAYS GOMPERS GAVE MONEY FOR BRIBERY Los -Angeles.." Cal., June 4. Samuel Gompers. "president of the American Federation of Labor, sent money direct to Clarence 8. Harrow for use In the bribery of George N. Lockwood, was testified by Pert Franklin, under cross-examination in Harrow's trial for alleged jury brib ery In connection with the McNam ora caseB. Franklin said Harrow gave him this information. The Money Trust Investigation. Washington, Juno 4. The money trust Investigation will be taken up In New York Thursday. The house banking and currency committee has so decided. The preliminary hear ings will be held in the New York clearing house and the New York stock exchange. The morals of some tuen seem to run on lla wheels. lstm TP ' V;v i4f 4 v1 J J if k I5K.U TII I I. SI ! I i: AGF I TF. 1 1.1. rilACTII i; LAW. Miss Inez. MlHiolland. one of the most lieiiiitiliil ol New oi k's anient aiUocaics ol '-oKs lor wihik'ii," will lake lip the practice ot law when she icitnns from her summer vaca tion in FiU'Ope net tall. Miss Mil liidlainrs e.'iinest application lo her studies ill eu A'ork law school has been rewarded. She has been nolili.'d by jhe hoard of examiners of the law university that she bail passed the ilillicull examinations Willi honor. F E Were Guests of the Officers at Celebrated Fortress Today Fort. Monroe. Ya., June 4. (hi pistnresiiue parade ground inside the Fort .Monroe walls the I'nited States army welcomed ihn officers of the Gorman emperor's visiting squad ron. The coast artillery eon, gar risoning' the fort, paraded in honor of Ueiir Admiral Yon llebeni' Paschwiiz.' Col. Strong, command ing the artillery - district of Chesa peake; Bay, received; the German vis itors. All through the army revr- vaiion the tie.-mati sail 'rs fratei'ized with the American sailors and sol- liers. ' Following the review and 'xhibi'ion drill. Hear Admiral Wilis- low. prepared luncheon lor the Ger man ot'licers "aboard- the flagship Louisiana. . One of the -'"features of the day was a ganh u party in lienor oi ine vi-it.irs at. the home of H. L. Schiuelz at Hampton, Ya. This i veiling -'he vi-iting officers leave I'm-"' Washington where a .oimd of I'estivPks will he begun tomorrow Message From the Kaiser; Washington. June 4.--A cable message from lOmperor William to I'.'os idcii' Taft, thanking hinr for t in- hearty .welcome extended - the German fleet in Hampton -Honda. e pre sed tin' emperor's wish that lie' fleet's visii may "further ' contribute to strengthen' the" good and friendly relations exi.-iing between our coun tries." ilCFW SAFIOTV ACT OF ltil'J" I'.ill Includes Siringelit liegulatioiis For I'.eiier Wirelexs IOiiipiiient ami Other Safely Devices. Washington, June '4.' An nll-i'i-clusive bill, to be denominated "the ocean safety act of 11112" designed to cover all the navigation lessons drawn from the Titanic disaster, was t ttroduccd by Senator Nelson, of Minneapolis, chairman of the ' com merce, committee', which through a sub-cotnmlltoe, Investigated that dis aster. The jlll includes stringent regu lations for bettor wireless equip ment, continuously operated, on ocean and Great lake vessels carry ing fifty or more persons, just as provided in a bill which passed the house, yesterday and almost Identical wltlmi bill already passed by the senate. This wirnleBS section vests control of the apparatus In tne mas ter of the vessel and to avoid the wireless - communication being shut off by failure of. the vessels engine, requires a powerful auxiliary power supplv I Ii at can coinniunlrato at least 1 IM) miles at all times. The Nelson bill would rexoijnizo foreign gleam HIS AT 01 MONRO Put It all Over Opposition in Vt j County Democratic Convention This Afternoon ;hi;i laws whenever they are as of- leitivc :ik Anieneiin laws and regn- lations would eiiiip every 'passetig:r era ft leaving an American -port with outfit it 'ii l life-boats to accommodate evo.m body . aboard together with iiber safety ' efiuii'iment. and would leate a commission of live -persons o inves! iuale here and abroad mer hant m.arine co:ist ruction. It would require rigid port examinations. boat drills, define (lualilicarions of seamen, penalize failure to assisi- my person in distress at sea. and m n-;; o cnminaliy 'liable am- .master. managing owner, - steamship com pany, for sending from an American port a vessel so unseawortliv as to endanger life. AC( -l WON'T TO KANSAS. Kan On a Keef Itul Is Xot Seriously Uainagcd. Wa-hiugton, June 4. Tin- dread- naiigli! K'atisas met with an accident on her trial trip off the Maine Coast. I'he navy department chart savs: I'll ".-kin" of the ship was liadlv dented, hut not broken iiy a reef or ridge in her course. lOfforts will be made to finish 'the trial trips regard less of the accident.- The report does Hot say bow' the accident -oc curred: Navy department advices indicate that the Kansas had two mishaps, Ihc first Sunday afternoon. She went aground in Two-Iiilsli channel then, but 'apparently got off and was proceeding- early today, when she run. on' A-ledge of rock. Frge Federal '.Incorporation. Washington, June 4.' A federal incorporation act such as that rec ommended by .Taft',. was-, urged upon the .house judiciary committee, by a delegation of the national chamber ol commerce. C G. Craddoek. of Lynchburg,, was among the advo cates of the act. Three Dead From (ins. New York. June 4. The: bodies of .Mrs. G. .M. Warner, her son. aged twenty-six, and' grand-daughter, aged two. were found in their Uronz home, dead from illuminating gas. Cracks in the --windows and doors were stuffed with paper. Two Killed in Cattle With Illimt Tigers. Ji nkins, Ivy., June 4. Two were killed and three wounded in a bat tle between '"blind tiger" keepers and officers' . poss, in the mountain ous section. Deputy Sheriff i'ollack was killed. Four "tiger" "defenders snvrcnde.-cd and were jailed. The Dai row ( use. Los Angeles, June 4. The cross examination' of Bert If. Franklin in the Clarence S. Harrow case was re sumed this morning.''' Attorneys en deavored to finish with Franklin so tomorrow other witnesses can be called byVthe prosecution, : THE FIRST COTTON REPORT OF SEASON Washington, June. 4. The depart ment of agriculture ill its first, cot ton 'condition report of the-' season estimates, ilu condition' May 25' of growing cotton crop TS.'.I per cent of a normal. Conditions by states follows: . Virginia. KM; North. Carolina, KT; Soiilli" Carolina, .; SI! ;' Georgia, 74; Floiula. 7-'i; Alabaiua, 7 4; Mis-ls- sippi, i' ; Louisiana, ti'.i; I eas. M; Arkansas, 7'!; Tninessee, 74; Mis souri, 71; -Oklahoma',' 7S; Califu' nin, . COTTON TARIFF BILL REPORTED TO HOUSE Washington, June 4. The " Un derwood cotton tariff reduction bill was re ported favorably to (he house by the ways and moans comnitltee, The bill is 'Identical -with' that pass ed by hot Ii houses and vetoed by the president la-t August. The denio craiic leader claim the enactment would save over eighty million dol lars annually to the users of cotton clothing, .The bill is expected to pass the bouse quickly, but may en counter complications In the sen ate. - Senator Mum 111. Washington,' June 4.- Senator George S, Nixon, of Nevada, Is dan gerously ill in a hospital of uienln gltis. , The "don't" of a wissable girl lsn"t calculated to bluff a strenuous young muu, '7 I JERSEY GOVERNOR HAD BIG MAJORITY WILSON' FOLLOWERS 30 D C In Vote to Allow Convention to Ex press Its Preference Opponents Defeated By Kleven Votes, and on Preference Vote Wilson Hart Uttls Against 53 J4'- Votes For I iiderwood Wake Will Send Fifty-Six Delegates to Stale Conven tion so That Every Precinct May 15e Itepresenied there. But. Each Delegate Will - Cant Only Half a Vo(e. l!y a vote of 7 8 to 81) the support ers of Woodrow Wilson for presi dent won the first victory in the Wake county democratic convention this afternoon and thereafter had things, their own way. The-Under-. wood and Harmon and Clark following-, there were three delegates for Harmon and one for Clarke-was powerless to come across with the required number of votes, as they had declared they would do, and the Wilson delegates took the conven tion by storm. Alex Stronach, who was elected permanent chairman of the conven tion, was compelled to use his stick tune and again to preserve order, the delegates insisting on congregat ing in the aisles and talking while the convention was in session. Al though there was some feeling evl- ' dent and a few catcalls, the defeat ed took their medicine like men. The county delegations saved the day for Woodrow Wilson. After the motion to table a reso lution offered by Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., was lost, the convention in j;ur snance jof that resolution vote$ to apportion the strength of the nresl- defttfar'-eirmildate ia the. fguimJen.' Another and final vote showed that Wilson bad 103 votes and Under wood 5H . Harmon secured two votes and Champ Clark one vote. It was decided to send flftv-slir delegates to the state convention so that every precinct might have a delegate. Each delegate will vote one-half a vote. When Chairman Olive called the convention to order shortly after 12 o'clock, the courthouse was crowd ed, many visitors standing in the aisles. There was a great deal of politicking for two hours before meeting time and numbers of dele gates circulated around after com ing into the hall in efforts to make converts. Chairman Percy J. Olive called on the secretary, K. E. Britton to read the call, and then the roll of town ships was called. MaJ. J. J. Bernard read the report of the election and canvassing board assigning the num ber of delegates to the convention from each precinct. Major Bernard stated that in case of a tie vote, the delegates tied be given half a vote. On motion of Walter Clark, Jr., it was decided to do this. -Mr. Olive said it had been his hope to call John A. Mills to be temporary chairman, but Mr. Mills could not be here. He said it was the duty of the convention to elect its permanent chairman, whereupon Alex Stronach was nominated by John W, Hinsdale, Jr., and elected by acclamation. Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., moved that the convention vote , its prefer ence. He was ruled out of order while Mr. Britton. was elected per manent secretary. Percy J. Olive then offered the following resolu tion : ' : "Ucsolvcd, That this convention send Mi delegates to the state con vention with one-half vote each, and (Continued on Page 8even.) . Brussels, June, 4. Besides trou bles at Liege and Vervlors, where gendarmes fired upon the crowd, killing or wounding over fifty, seri ous rioting occurred last night at Antwerp, Ghent and other cities. The favorite cries of the manlfestanta are demands for administrative sep aration of Flemish and Walloon provinces. The agitation is spread ing. Fifty thousand reservists have been called out. At Liege enormous damage was done. Tramways were wrecked. At Place St. Lambert rioters overturned the street cars. : .- ... :, ' , President llnrk in Washington. ' Washington, June 4. The yacht Mayflower, bearing the presidential party, reached Washington at seven o'clock this morning from Hampton Konds, where the president yester day welcomed the visiting German V
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 4, 1912, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75