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THE RALEIGH TI MES THE WEATHER FAIR LAST EDITION . .. i " . Vol. LXXI. No. 147. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUKE 3, J 912. PEICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleig h of euiy Other Newspaper. mm 1 I I III 1 1 II II IIMIIIM J... I I H1MLMM GEN.ROBERTF.HaKE DIES AT LINCOLNTON I ROUE IN THECABIHET LAST HOURS or CONVENTION Famous Confederate General Passed at His Mountain Home at Age of 75 Years Funeral to Be Held In Raleigh Friday at 11 A M Entered Confederate Army as Second Lieutenant and Rose to Position Of Major-General, Having Heen, It is Said, the Personal Choice of General Lee to Succeed Him in Event of Death Returned From War and Plowed His Fields With War Horse Had Hearing of Sol dier and Modesty of Girl Lived In Raleigh Many Years Funeral From Church' of Good Shepherd Friday Sketch of His Caret. General Robert Frederick Hoke, North Carolina's most distinguished soldier in the war between the sec tions died today at Lincolnton, at the age of 75 years. The funeral services will be held from the Church of the Good Shephd Fri day morning at 11 o'clock. General Hoke was a strikingly handsome man, with the bearing of a soldier and the modesty of a girl. At the close of a brilliant career in the confederate army, he returned to North Carolina and resumed the peaceful pursuits of farming and. mining. He lived in Raleigh for many years after the war, and it was during the past few years that he removed to Lincolnton. He was the ranking officer in the confeder ate army, and It was said by a vet eran today, that General Lee had picked him to succeed himself as commander-in-chief of the confeder ate armies. A glance at his won derful war record Impresses the fact that General Hoke was a born sol dier. -- Yet he returned from the war and with his old war horse plowed his fields and made a crop. He is his fleldB and made a crop. He is sur vived by his wife and four children: "Van Wyck Hoke, Lincolnton; Dr. Michael Hoke, Atlanta; Mrs. Alex ander Webb, Raleigh, and Mrs. W. D. Pollock, Kinston. He was an uncle of Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Associate Justice W. A. Hoke, of the North Carolina su preme court. General Hoke was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd of Raleigh. The flag on the capltol was lower ed to half-mast today out of respect to tho memory of General Hoke. General Hoke's Ancestry. "The most distinguished soldier of North Carolina," says Capt. S. A. Ashe, in his Biographical History of North Carolina. Robert Frederick Hoke was born at Lincolnton, May 27, 1837. "His ancestry was such as has been most productive of men with those characteristics tbat have led to intelligent, persistent and courageous action, resulting In dis tinction In the various walks of life. The first of his name to come to America was a Lutheran minister, William Hoke, of Alsace or Lorraine, who was among the first settlers of York, Pa., from whom has sprung many descendants of highly respect able character." Some years before the revolution the widow of William Hoke moved to North Carolina, and settled in what is now Lincoln county. There her son, John Hoke, associated with a neighbor, erected the first cotton mill south of the Potomac and oper ated it very successfully, and it was continued In operation by the fam ily until the war between the sec tions. John Hoke married Miss Quickie, of Lincoln county, and their son, Michael, the father of Gen. R. F. Hoke, was born in 1810.' He was a man of fine attainments and captivating address and was power ful in debate. The father of Gen eral Hoke was active In the politics of bis time, and was the democratic candidate for governor against Wil liam A. Graham. On the death of h,s father, his mother, Frances Bur ton Hoke, directed the child's edu cation. Robert Frederick Hoke was educated at Kentucky Military Aca demy. He returned home In 1863, at the age of 17, and conducted his mother's business. He. continued Industriously in the manufacturing business until 1861, when be entered the confederate army. Made a Great Soldier. The young man connected himself with a Lincoln company, the South ern Stars; which became Company K, of the Bethel regiment, and as . second lieutenant he participated In the baptism of blood at Bethel. Col. D. H. Hill commended him "for his i great leal, energy and Judgment as an engineer officer on various occa sions." On September 8, on the promotion of Colonel Hill, Lieuten ant Hoke was elected major or t&e regiment, and wben the regiment was disbanded he was appointed major of the thirty-third regiment. In January, 1862, lie was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. The regiment was then stationed near New Bern. First Brilliant Exploit. Lieutenant-Colonel Hoke's' first brilliant exploit was when General Burnside on March 4, 1862, broke through the line of defense, attack ed the regiment on the left and took Colonel Avery prisoner. Lieutenant Colonel Hoke, on. the right of the regiment, succeeded in extricating it, and saved it from capture. By making a great detour, he brought it safely to Kinston. He succeeded Colonel Avery and commanded the regiment in the battles around Richmond. Colonel Avery returned to command after the battle of Sharpsburg and Colonel Hoke was assigned to the command of the twenty-first, then in 'Tremble's-' bri gade; and 'on December 13, at the battle of Fredericksburg, he was in command of the brigade. Gregg's brigade was overwhelmed by the federal assault, the general being killed and the brigade captured. ;.:' Won a Brigade. "Without hesitation and without waiting for orders," Captain Ashe says, "Colonel Hoke moved his bri gade forward, restored the line and recaptured Gregg's brigade and cap tured the federal force which occu pied the works Jackson's, Pennsyl vania troops, General Jackson him self, being killed." This won the young man promotion and a brigade was formed for him. He served with this brigade until 1863. It Is related that soap not being plentiful, he sent to Lincoln county for utensils and had soap made for the army, much to the gratification of General Lee. At the battle of Chancellorsvllle he received a severe wound in the shoulder, and was out of service for several months. He did not accom pany General Lee Into Pennsylvania. The failure- of the attack on New Bern In 1864, was due largely to the fact that General Hoke was not In command. Had the other forces charged as he did the federals' would 'liave been driven out. Later General Hoke assaulted the federal forces at Plymouth, and cap tured them. President Davis then telegraphed to General Hoke his promotion to major-general, the on ly promotion made directly by President Davis on the field of bat tle during the war. General Hoke withdrew his army to Richmond, and assisted in the defense of Richmond and the rout of Butler's army. General Hoke and his men bore the brunt of the at tacks of General Grant's army on Richmond, and resulted in the abandonment of Grant's plan to take Richmond. General Hoke met every charge of the enemy in that cam paign. At Wilmington. General Hoke was ordered to Wil mington in December, 1864, and he asked to be allowed to throw up earthworks preparatory to a second attack by the federals; General Bragg thought the precaution un necessary. Federal troops were sud denly landed on the beach, however, and the fleet reappeared and Fort Fisher fell. For a month General Hoke held his own, and under or ders, proceeded to Kinston, where he engaged and checked the advance of Cox's corps on Goldsboro. As Sherman's army was approach ing from Fayettevllle, Hoke hasten ed to Join Joseph E. Johnston at Smlthfield, and moved to the attack of that army. General Hoke's bri gade did some hard fighting around Smlthfield, . repulsing the enemy, and marched to High Point, w-here it remained until Johnston's Bur render, April 26. A Peaceable Citizen. Bidding farewell to his troops, he returned home and at once began the life of a peaceful citizen. He took bis war horse and plowed his crops. Since the war he had been interested in the development of iron mines. He declined all politi cal preferment, i General Hok9 was married Janu ary 1, 1869, to Miss Lydla A. Van Wyck..;' Harry C. Pearson Dead. (Special to The Times.) Elizabeth City, N. C, July 3. Harry C. Pearson died yesterday af ternoon at his home In Martin street after an Illness! of several weeks in the 39th year of his age. He Is sur vived by a wife and four small chil dren. German Arctic Expedition. Berlin, July 3. A German arctic expedition under Lieut, Scbroeder Strant's leadership will start June 1918, for a four year exploration trip through the northeast passage. Members of royalty will support the expedition, MARSHALL FOR SECOND PLACE The Indiana Governor Placed On Ticket to Make Race '"Baltimore, July 3. For president Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey. For vice-president Gov. Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana. This was the ticket completed by the democratic national convention at 1 :56 a. m., today. The nomination of Governor Mar shall for vice-president came some what as a surprise, for when the night's balloting for vice-president began it seemed that the Bryan Wilson contingent in the convention had definitely settled upon Gov. John E. Burke, of North Dakota. There was not much of a fight, however, and when the two ballots disclosed Marshall easily in the lead, Governor Burke's name was withdrawn and Marshall was pro claimed the nominee by acclamation. A minute later the convention had ajourned, sine die. The delegat.es, worn and weary, made their way out of the big convention hall singing and happy to be started for home. Governor Wilson was nominated at the afternoon session on the 4'ith ballot, and his nomination, liko that of Governor Marshall at night, was quickly made unanimous. The best of feeling pervaded both sessions, and the delegates seemed to be in a happy from of mind. Mr. Bryan had announced his in tention of introducing a resolution in effect discharging the national committee from conduct of the com ing campaign and allowing Governor Wilson to appoint his own campaign committee. He was disRuaded from this course, and instead of making a move that might have stirred up strife, he made a little speech which he termed his "valedictory," and In happy vein turned over the mantle of his former leadership as a presi dential candidate to Governor Wil son. He pledged his faithful support to the presidential nominee and ended by urging that either Gover nor Burke, or Senator George Cham berlain, of Oregon, be nominated for vice-president. The Nebraskan was understood particularly to favor Governor Burke, as a type of the modern progressive. When, after the first ballot, some one moved to make the nomination of Marshall unanimlous, Mr. Bryan started for the stage to make- a statement. The motion was with drawn before he could speak. When the motion was renewed af ter the second ballot, Mr. Brwan did not protest. The platform, hewed out several days ago and warmly praised by Mr. Bryan, was adopted with a whoop. Many of the delegates went di rectly from the convention hall to special trains and by this afternoon practically all will have left town. The- democratic national conven tion became a love-feast last night (Continued ou Page Seven.), BILL TAFT: " WA.L CONSARN ! ! TICKET PLEASES ALL Democrats Here like Ticket Named at Baltimore Governor Kitchiii and Judge' Clark lOxprcss l'lcasure nt N mi : n.it ion of Wilson Senator Simmon on Hecnr.l as l-Indorsing I'lnl foim Will Hun- llijj Majority.- Practically every democrat in Ral eigh was pleased Willi the nomina tion of Wilson and Marshall and ev erybody was optimistic today over the prospects in .November. 1 lore ami there were a few' men who thought that '.Champ Clark got it in the neck, hut most of the Raleigh men seemed well pleased with the re sult. Both Governor Kitrliin nnd Chief Justice Walter Clark have expressed themselves. 'ns pleased with the choice and both say the democrats ought to win with such a combination. Sena tor Simmons of course .could not be seen, but he save out a statement Sunday saying that the platform was a good one. All the 'candidates for the senate will give hearty endorse ment to the ticket and platform and will help to poll a big majority for the ticket in November. Bryan to 1'iopare for Campaign. Baltimore.- July 3. There was a general ex.xius of delegate and con vention visitors this morning. Wil liam J. Bryan and wife left for Chi cago. He says lie will now prepare for tho campaign, Search For Bodies Continued. Atlantic City. N. J., July The search was continued for the '..todies of ; Melyin Yaiininian, Frederick- K.1 mer and Walter Gest, three of the llvo -..victims Of tho exploding air ship Akron. Rizo Says: Don't matter if "Old Sol" does play hide and seek occasionally, that daesn't keep this from bcln' some day! Owiii' to the hazy clouds at 13 minutes past 7 I predicted "rain and a little speck warmer." but I ain't much of a weather man nohow Just after a convention like that ii Baltimore wnz. By rho way, how did you like the way It came out? A great big "simp" of a "booh" asked me in a whisper, "If Wilson beats Roosevelt 'Will Taft?' " Of Berlin's 8,000 cabs, about 2, 000 are motor driven, nearly 800 of tuem being electric cars. DIVES F l THE COURT Greensboro Effort to "Clean up" Will Be Resisted-New Superintendent of Health (Special to Tin- Time.) Greensboro,' July :' -Tlie ques tion of whet her ( iroonsbovo lias the power to regulate negro restaurants', soft drink stand. '.dance hall, etc.. located within 'the town limits, will lie passed upon by tha - higher courts. Recently tin- city conunis- sioitets gave the police- instructions to clean up that.' section oi town at the corner of , Davie and Eati. .Market and known as .the "Great White Way." Located there were several negro -dance halls, pool rooms, resiaurantf;, etc., and the congrega tion of negroes was considered u menace to the peace and happiness of the. vicinity. One negro. Snipes bv name, employed able counsel 'and decided tp light. He refused to va cate, and was arrested every day un til several' warrar-.ts hung over him yesterday 'Judge Kit re. in municipal court, decided the cases, lining Snipes !F"5. The negro has appeal ed to the higher court,- and, it, is -laid, proposes to keep on running his restaurant, it is expected tliiil he .will be arrested and lined every time ho opens up. Death of Young Man. Flovd Stuart, tho l.r-yoar-old son of .lames H. Stuart, died yesterday at St. loco's Hospital, 'following - an illness of some dunttion. The. re mains were later, taken to Mebanc, the former home, for. interment. Double Header Tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a Ms day in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, for the baseball fans of the two places The l'atrio.s and Twins play a morning session in Winston-Salem, anil in the afternoon the two teams will meet ai Cone Park here, for the second game of Independence Day. The Southern Railway -will operate a special train from Winston-Salem to Greensboro after t he --morning itiimn trV fn 'cniii moiln t f the crowd of fans who1 are expected to come here for the deciding game. Xew Health Siiper'iitcn.lclnt. Dr. W. M. Jones, of High I'oin was chosen yesterday afternoon as the superintendent of the Guillord county board of health; ho succeed ing Dr. G. Floyd Ross, whose resig nation was recently tendered and. ac cepted. The position carries with It a salary of $2,50(1 a year. Dr. Jones was chosen from a field of seven candidates, the selection being wiih the understanding that he take up his duties at once. Guilford is one of the very few counties In the en tire south which maintains a county board of health upon r salary ' tern, and which Is required to give full time to health matters. Teachers Pleased. Acting for tha hundred and mono teachers in Guilford county, Presi dent J. I. Foust, Prof. J. Allen Holt, Prof. W. II, Swift and Prof. T. K. Whltaker yesterday afternoon sent a telegram of congratulation to (Continued on Page Se'eu. Secretary MacVeagh of the Treasury Scored By Assis tant Secretary AnoV v ... ' V HACVUGH SUSPICIOUS AT SEA GIRT Vo:iM' (lave no Communication With His I'lim ijial Assistants Who Y'i re Men of His Own Choosing niiil Constantly Hel l up Work of the l jiartiiiciif by Inaction mi liiip'riniit Matters llainpeieil am! Discimrage.1 His Subordinates at Iheiy Turn Harbored Suspicion Against Subordinates Tin' House Mav Investigate. Washington, inly -A. Fiatt Andrew leiiili red hi;; resignation lo in.,' to tiie president as assistant sec- letary 'of the treasury. In a spirit ed letter to tiie president, Andrew writes! of" conditions, in (lie treasury depa H iiicni , alleged-, to he due to Secretary .MacVengii's altitude to ward many 'of. his sulionliliates. . An drew's letter; .if resignation charges that, subordinates "have been ham pered and disco u raged at every turn by MacVeagh 's idiosyneraeies, and iiicapacityfor decision."'- It contains i scathing arraignment of Mae Yeagli's administration of thogov me'it's financial affairs and created a. profound sensation in official cir cles. . O:io portion of Andrew's letter to Taft is suscepi iblo of being -interpreted that other high oflioials in the treasury are dissatisfied with Mai V'.'a'i'gii's treatment of them. 'For further evidence of 'peculiar difficulties .surrounding the handling of the treasury business," Andrew suggests that tlie president consul! Comptroller 'of the Currency Murray, Treasurer McCliing, Internal Reve nue Commissioner Cabell.. and. atlier high officials. Andrew's letter to MacVeagh,. ad visiug h!m of his resignation dis closes tlie hitherto unpublished' fact that MacVeagh-was on the verge of leaving the iabi:iot . in December, l'.H il. MacVcagh's threatened ' em barrassment grw out of. the white house's action in entering into nego tiations for the issue of the Panama bonds, without, consulting Mhe Veagh. Andrew tells MacVeagh. "you cannot forget how I stood by y.m when you were on the point of having taken from your hands probably i he most important, under taking of . our administration." An drew told tlie president, lie deemed il proper to acquaint -him with con ditions existing at Die treasury ' for two .years at b ast, of "great concern not only to every official of 'the treasury, but the many thousands throughout tlie country having -business with tiie department..."- . Andrew . told the president: . "For a long time the transaction of tlie treasury : busineess. has been at a standstill. Many able and energetic treasury ofliiials bad to boar the brunt of harsh criticism from people outside who suffered interminable delays in their business with the treasury, for which the secretary alone was responsible . and at ' the same time they bad t i submit to criticism even move harsh and mon undeserved from Mr. MacVeagh whenever he discovered, that they ventured to act upon some matter of -junior import a. ice without await ing bis decision." Andrew asserted that many ef the heads of the great treasury bureaus often had threat ened to resign because they were unable to -obtain a decision from MacWiigh upon urgent, quef I ions, which, were before,, him hianv mon fihs.. ";Ir. MacVeagll's mental attitude in difficult, to realize by thoso who have .not had in(inia(e. evcry-di'v experience with it, '-...To ward many of (he higher treasury 'officials lie had displayed aversion, suspicion and disl rus( , w liich In view of the fact that these officials Were me.'i of his choice, would seem in explicable to a man of normal mind. For many tu.intbs at a time he per sistently refused to speak to those oflici;:!1! Willi whom he should have been in constant personal communi cal ion." Andrew said wben llilfes was as sistant secretary. there was one period -.of several weeks, that Mac Veiigh had refused, to have any rela tions wiih him. Andrew continued: "I know of several long peri.ids of curiously suspended relations with Assistant Secretary Norton. Treas urer McCliing alTlinis he has only heen allowed one short Interview wiih --MacVeagh during a period covering over a year. Director Ralph, of tlie bureau of printing and engraving, complained of. simi lar treatment. Many other instances might be cited. In my own ease, with an office adjoining, communl ting with the secretary's the situa ti.in has been similar. .Although I have supposedly been the serfotary's representative in his dealings with nineteen 'different bureau and divi sions,! I've not been allowed a otal of over one hour's conversation with him during tho entire year." Andrew then Informs the presl , (Continued oa Page fievca.. Scramble of Weary Delegates to Get Away Even Before Final Gavel Fell .-. ",':.''. Con vein ion Adjourned at 1:50 O'clock This .Morning One of the Most Notable Conventions In Dem ocratic Party's History Bryan's "Valedictory," Heard Respectfully anil Greeted With Applause Mis souri Delegation, Faithful to the Last, .loins Xew Jersey In Joyous Shoaling Visitors at Wilson Cot Inge. Baltimore, July 3.: In the dying hours of the democratic national convention this morning It seemed there would be another deadlock over- the vice-presidential nomina tion, (lovernor John E. Burke, of .North Dakota, for whom Bryan ex- prosseu a preference for the second place, polled enough votes on the first two ballots to block the nomina tion of Clov. Thomas 11. Marshall, of Indiana, the leader. The third bal lot had been begun when the chair man of the North Dakota delegation arose and withdrew Burkes name. The speaker thereupon moved to make Marshall's nomination unani mous. Immediately a wild scramble for the doors followed. Few waited to hear the motion put. Several seconds later Chairman James' gavel fell, at 1:56 a. m. on the final . adjournment of one of the most notable conventions in democratic party history. William Jennings Bryan remained a central figure to the last. A short time before the adjournment he spoke his "valedictory" as he, called it, transferring the party's standard to Wilson's jShoulders, The respect ful attention Which the speech re ceived and the applause at Its con clusion were tributes to his leader ship. The delegates showed the relief they felt that the fight was over and a spirit of hilarity prevailed. The Missouri delegation, loyal to the end to "Old Champ Clark," joined In the revelry and mingled their cheers for Woodrow Wilson with those of their convention neighbors. New Jersey's joyful twenty-four dele gates. Many Visitors at Wilson Cottage, Sea tiirt. N. J., July 3. Gov. Wil son slept late this morning after tlie arduous days preceding the nom ination. Visitors began gathering on (lie lawn of the "little white house" before eight o'clock. Besides the usual run of enthusiasts, many delegates returning from Baltimore were expected at the Wilson cottage during the day. 1'hotographers y the score are here and several mov ing picture concerns have men on hand taking every conceivable phase of activity hereabouts. Wilson Sends Telegram to Marshall. ' Wilson sent the following tele gram to (lovernor Marshall at In dianapolis: "Sincere congratulations. I shall look forward with pleasure to my association with you." Wilson gave out the following statement: "Governor Marshall bears the high est reputation as an executive and a democrat. I feel honored in hav ing him as a running mate. He Is, I am happy to say, a valued personal friend of mine, as well as a fellow democrat," May bo McComlis. Sea flirt.- X. .1, July 3. Wilson this morning sat in an easy , chair on (lie "little white house" porch. cr.wse.l- his legs. removed his glasses, .'then ' replied to tho bom bardment of questions hurled by a battery of newspaper men. He looked' tired and .ire-worn. Wilson said he did not k low whether he would app.dnt McCoinbs campaign manager, or suggest him for the national committee chairmanship. Wilson devoted the day to callers and orrespondence. Naming of Xew Committee Officers. Baltimore, July 3. Governor Wil son will determine the direction of bis own presidential campaign; pass upon the desirability .of appointing a campaign committee and confer with- a Bub-commlttee of the nation al -committee on the naming of of ficers of the new democratic nation al committee. This was the decision of the members' of the national com mittee this morning. .:"' ' .Money for KncampnipnU. Washington, July 3. The senate agreed to the Joint resolution appro priating 350.000 for the en campments of the organlzpd mllltta of the states. The resolution now goes to the president. Ito.wevelt Has No Comment. Osier Bay, July 3. Roosevelt an nounced that he would make no comment now on Wilson's selection as the democratic candidate. Room velt talked today over his third par ty plans with E. A. Van Valkeih burg, of. rhlladelphla. .
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