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FHE RALEIGH TIMES THE WEATHER LOCAL SHOWERS LAST, EDITION ' n : ..... Vol. LXXI. No. 155. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper. BUSY SESSION FOR TONIGHT Aldermen Will Discuss Three Important Matters At Meeting LIFE AND PROPERTY Plans for Paid Fire Department With ChemicVl Engines and Abattoir and Rendering Plant Under Con sideration Would Sell City Farm for Good Sum to Secure Money Much Interest in Proper Sanita tion. Several matters of vital Impor tance to the city are scheduled for consideration at the meeting of the board of aldermen tonight, among these being plans for a paid fire de partment, with a combination hose and chemical engine; a city abattoir and rendering plant, and the. water situation in Raleigh. It was not thought today that the plans for a paid fire department would be put through tonight for the reason that the Wake Water Com pany has not matured Its plans for enlarging its plant and facilities, but the scheme for a paid fire de partment has been worked out. It is proposed to have two combination hose wagons and chemical engines on motor trucks and to abolish the colored company and make other changes In the white volunteer com panies. Until the water company makes the needed Improvements, however, action on the paid; com pany will likely be deferred. It Is expected that something will be done in the water . line within a month. Another matter that the members of the board of aldermen have been giving careful consideration is a city abattoir and rendering plant, itoth would not only pay expenses, but would add revenue to the city the abattoir from fees collected from the butchers and the rendering plant from the sale of fertilizers. All the' refuse, including sewage, would be turned into the plant and destroyed or made into fertilizer. A neat revenue would result. To Sell City Farm. In connection with the establish ment of these sanitary plants would be a proposition to sell a part of the city farm. The proposition is to sell all but about 20 acres of the farm, which is in a high state of cultiva tion, : and with the proceeds build these plants. More than 100 acres could be sold for a big price, the farm being subdivided into small farms. The plants would be erected on a section of the farm not sold. Although the farm is self-sustaining, it has never been a money maker in the real sense of the word. Some years as much as $3,000 is cleared, but every year during the busy season hands and wagons and mules have to be taken from the sanitary force in the city, and as a result the sanitary work suffers. Caring for the farm under such con ditions Is not true economy. Mayor Johnson is in favor of the abattoir and rendering plant, as are also the majority of the board of aldermen. They believe that, sound sanitary measures and adequate Are protection are the most needed things in Raleigh at this time. LOAN SHARKS UARREl). New York Law Stands and Monty , Lenders Give I'p. New York, July 12. After years of an. mated efforts of the Ruoje.l s?Hge joiindation and other New V'urk charitable societies to put the "loan sharks" out of busine.j they ai-j apparently successful, the lav petfged tj the last legislature having been sustained by the courts. Mon ey lenders have met and Agreed to close out all their loans at legal rates. They appointed a committee to confer with the Sage foundation and assure them that they would favor any bill fixing a fair rate of Interest. Longshoremen to Strike. New York, July 12. The threat was made today by James Vidal, vice-president) of the National Trans port Workers Federation of America, that the longshoremen, handling freight on every railroad pier here, would be called out within the next 24 hours. At a storage company's pler In Jersey City 150 freight handlers struck yesterday. Estate of Matthew Borden. Oceanic, N. J., July 12. -The estate of Matthew C. D. Borden, a Fall River cotton manufacture, who died here May 27th, is estimated at forty million dollars. Yale Univer sity gets 1260,000. Funeral of James B. ; Speed 1 Louisville, July 12. Every street 1 . car here stopped at noon todny for ' five minutes during the funeral ser vices of James B. Speed, a Louls tfJJr multi-millionaire, HOUSE FOR GIRL STUDENTS Trinity Making Provisions for Co-eds-Mr. Pegram for the House Durham, July 12. In order to provide better and more convenient accommodation for the co-eds of Trinity College, the authorities are having a large and commodious building arranged into a dormitory building that will meet every re quirement of the fair students at that institution. The building is situated in close proximity to the main college buildings and will be in charge of a competent matron. Heretofore the co-eds have been rooming in a house on Watts street, but since the movement for a wom an's college to be run in connection with Trinity has become a. certainty it was felt that permanent quarters for the co-eds should be had instead of temporary arrangements as have been in the past. At a special meeting of tiie board of aldermen Wednesday night, a plumbing inspector was elected to have suuervision of all plumbing within the city. Mr. John .Still, a Scotchman and " an experienced plumber was chosen for the? position at a salary of $80 a month. He will devote his time to inspecting any plumbing work in the city arid will see that it is done according to the city laws and sanitary regulations. This is the first of the many steps that have been planned looking to wards Improving the health condi tions of Durham, and will be fol lowed up by other measures all of (Continued oa Page Seven.) MAY CHANGE NAME if PROHIBITION PARTY Atlantic Citv. Julv 12 - The nrrter of business today at the prohibition party convention was the nomina tion of candidates for president and vice-president. .The state delega tions held caucuses early today and nredictions were m.nHo thnr the ticket of four years ago would be rejiamen, Eugene k. ChaHn, of Illi nois, and Aaron Watkins, of Ohio. The change of the Dartv name to the conservation party was sug gested today by Kev. S. H. Taft, of California. He said the present name does not fully signify the gieac purpose to take the govern ment from the hands of corrupt political parties. COL. SIMPSON DEAD. Was One of the Best Known Educa tors in South Carolina, and (Jen ernlly Known Through the South ern States. Atlanta, G&., July 12. Col. Rich ard W. Simpson, for more than twenty years presdent of the board of trustees of Clemson College, South Carolina, died here after a prolonged illness. He was 72 years of age. Colonel Simpson was the private attorney of the late Thomas , G. Clemson, and was made executor of the latter's estate when Mr. Clem son died. Mr. Clemson's will pro vided for a large bequest to be used in founding an agricultural and me chanical college in South Carolina Colonel Simpson was instrumental In the establishment of Clemson Col lege, with which he was associated for many years. He resigned from the presidency of the board of trus tees recently because of ill health. R. W. Simpson, Jr., associate editor of The Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch; Is a son of the deceased. The funeral will be held at Pendleton, S. C, tomorrow. T. F. 11 VAX TO EUROPE. Financier Silent About Attacks of Nebraskan at Baltimore. New York, July 12. Thomas For tune Ryan, who was made conspic uous as a delegate at Baltimore by the attacks which W. J. Bryan made upon him, sailed for Europe on the steamship Amerika He declined to comment on the convention or subsequent political developments, but said that he ex pected to be home In time to cast his vote. Stampede on Street Car. ' Memphis, Tenn., July 12. A fuse on a crowded street car exploded, and in the scramble for the door a negro woman was killed; four white women seriously hurt, and five others badly bruised. , Prohibits Absynthe. Washington, July 12. Pure food decision signed today by the secre tary of agriculture, prohibits the importation into the United States of absynthe after October 1 next It prohibits its interstate shipment, saying "it is dangerous." Rioting in Street Car Strike. ' Boston, July 12. Rioting In con nection with the street car strke broke out early today in the Bright on District. Four passengers and two motormen vera struck by fly ing misjlleg, w : OHIO SENATOR GUILTY OF Columbus, Ohio, Julv 12. State Senator Isaac E. Huffman was sen tenced today to three years in the state penitentiary by Judge Kaa mell, of the Franklin county crim inal court, having been convicted of receiving bribe money to inbuence his vote in the legislature. He is the third sentenced in th legislative graft prosecutions. FARMERS GETTIXt GOODPRK'F.S Tillers of the Soil Now Receiving Much More For Their Oops Than They Have in Mirny Yours in the Pust. Washingtonfl July 12, The farm ers of the country were being paid more by 17.5 per cent for their pro ducts on July 1 this year than they received last year at that time, 'Vic tor H. Olmsted, chief of the bureau of statistics, department of agricul ture, announced today. This increase in prices was the average on crops which represent about three-fourths of the value of all crops of the nation. The Increase in prices in cents be ing paid the farmers July 1 this year over those on the same ' date last year Incuded: Corn 11, wheat and oats 1;, bar ley 12, rye 6 1-2, buckwheat 6, pota toes 7, hay $1.56. There was an increase of 7 per cent In the price of flax seed and 3 cents in cotton. Increase In the prices of other products included: Hogs 99 cents; beef, cattle 80; veal calves 61; eggs 2 1-2; butter 3; sheep 28; lambs 51; milch cows $1.98; milk 2 1-2; beans 43; sweet potatoes 16; onions 21; clover seed 92.98; timothy seed $1.44; wool, un washed 3; cabbage 21; broom corn $10 (ton); bran $3,448. Prices paid for- cotton seed de creased $44.14 a ton, and for apples 27 cents. '-- Tong Leaders Going Hack to China. New York, July 12. Meek Duck, a celebrated Chinese Tong leader, and Wong Ueth, his partner in various commercial and gambling enter prises, will sail for China In a few weeks to spend the rest of their lives there. Duck owwns an estate near his birthplace in China. ., -Y: ' ;'.. LaKt Day of Educators. Chicago, July 1 2. -This Is the closing day of the National Educa tion Association. There was a large attendance to hear the final discus sions by educators from Europe and America. The subject for discus sion at the morning session was Rural life conditions and rural edu cation." : Regulate Shipping of Explosives. Washington, July 12. The inter state commerce commission decided today that benzine, gasoline and naptha must be shipped la iron or steel drums if the railways so de sire. Bounty For Rat Killers. Washington, July 12. The bu bonic plague situation is Porto Rico and Cuba Is reported unchanged. Norfolk, Va., has appointed six offi cial rat catchers and five cents boun ty for every rat killed, . '? r " BEAU BEUMMEL. Many Tel! Migh Man They Will Vote For Democratic Nominee Mr. T. H. Parker, director of farm ers' institutes, lias returned t.jni Ithaca, N. Y,, '-where he attenucl lectures for eleven days on uplift and rural leadership, the lecturer being part of a course at eonie'.l University. While there "Mr. Pinko? took occasion to mention politics with many persons from all section.) of the country and he says that h'j was astounded at the 'number of leading men who electoral they would vote for Wood row .Wilson. "From Maine to Michigan," said .Mr. Parker, "the educators with whom I talked said they were going to vote for Woodrow Wilson, ami that this would -be the first' trine": they had failed to vote the 'republican ticket. These educators and workers told of other republicans who would lo the same thing. There lias been no enthusiasm for Mr. Tar-. Mr. Parker said he really believed that the democrats would not oniv elect their ticket before election cuiv , as has been the custom for 20 years, but would pile up a big majority at the proper time. The feeling is 'gen eral r- and feeling 1b oftentimes worth more than reason that the democrats are destined to come into their own. WAKE FOREST MEN HAVE ASSOCIATION The Wake County Wako Forest Alumni Association was organized lust night, with over 100 charter members, . the organization being formed at. a banquet in tho ..Bland Hotel. The officers are: B. F. Montague, president; A. B. Hunter, Apex, vice-president, and J. Wilbur Bunn, secretary-treasurer. Mr. J. VV. Bailey presided over the banquet and In a short speech told of some of the ways in which the alumni could help their college. Other speeches were made by Dr. W. Li. I'oteat, president of the col lege; Rev. Livingston Johnson, of Raleigh; Mr.: R. N. Simms, who spoke on Wake Forest and the politi cal life of the state; Dr. Charles E. Brewer, a member of the faculty. The banquet was most enjoyable and the assembling together of so many sons of Wake Forest Is ex pected to result in closer bonds of unity and greater things for the In stitution. ' Pepper Bill Favorably Reported, 'Washington, July 122." The' Pep per bill undr which the government would disperse about eight millions to the national guard of the stales and territories, were favorably re ported today by the house military affairs committee and has tho ap proval of the war department. A man starts out to catch a mos quito as it he were going elephant bunting, REPUBLICANS FOR WILSON W.K. ALLEN IS MADE SECRETARY Seattle, July 12. The Association of Food and Drug Officials selected Mobile for the next meeting place. They elected as president Llewellyn Davles, of Seattle, and as secretary. W. M. Allen, of North Carolina. Mr. Allen is state food chemist of the North Carolina department of agriculture. SOLDI F.RS STIU'CK ItY UL'HTXIXU- AT AXXISTOX. Camp Pet tns'. Severely Diii'imged' By Sloim, One Kille; jiiiiI ..Others Badly Hint. Anniston, Ala., July-12. One per son was killed and fifteen injured two probably fatally, by lightning late yesterday at Camp Pettus, where the maneuvers organized militia of several southern states are being held. Charles Kirby and II, Rape were killed and seventeen others serious ly injured when the mess tent of Company P., Second Alabama infan try, was. struck by lightning ear! : last night. Three of the injured troopers are hot expected to live. The men wi-ro taken to hospitals immediately and placed under treatment of the sur geons of the regular army. All a-e from the Birmingham- district. -.'Pandemonium reigned in camp for several hours after the bolt struck. The mess hall was not demolished, although nearly all metal at the structure was molted, including sev eral metal cups. A metal artillery flag pole, against which one of the members of the camp was leaning, was -molted, with out injuring the niiltiamau. Th men were just in the act of signinv; their pay slips when the stroke came! The Aichbiiltl Case. Washington, July 12.t1ip offi cial papers of impeachment .in the case of Judge Robert- W. Arehbald, of the Willi himvw I'nnrt U'ci-rt ii-..,i'i , ' ed today by the house employes for iiiiiuiuiaie presentation to tnc sen ate. There is no agreement yet as to when the senate will start the proceedings. Changed .Name' to Save Fortune. St. Louis,: July 12. Dr. Robert Prewitt changed, his name to Dr. Robert Prewitt Gregg, rather than see his wife, whose maiden name was Gregg lost to her $50,000; will ed her by her father, Daniel Hopkii.s Uregg, who died at Richmond, Va in 1885, on condition she continue to bear the name Gregg. New Orleans to Vote on Commission Government, Now Orleans, July 12. The voters of this city are to decide August 28 whether they want the commission form of government pro vided in the bill passed last night by the state assembly. Left ..Money to Musical Organization. New York, July 12. Many thou sands of dollars were left to musical organizations by Frod Seligman, banker, killed in recent automobile accident. He himself played the Violin cello In the Young Men's Symphony orchestra, the chief ben eficiary, .;: THE BRITONS ED Complain That Americans Are Unfair Though Those Chiefly Concerned Are Satisfied Stockholm, Julv 12. The seventh day of tho athlet -section of the Olympic games ok today with' the (inishi.ii? roitiid v i discuss throwing .contest, bestiw .''e.sult: A.. K. 1 npaie, Finland, first,, "oet 1 1-2 inches: R. I.. liynL '-.. )llO!:o. Kocniid: .lmims IT nun. New York 'citv: unattached, tliirfi All throe exceeded the st.-i mlinir Olympic record. American . runners wore accused by tln London correspondent of un- lair worn against Hans Brau-i, Ger man, i:i th - final of Slid metre flat race. The' Germans and Bninn .him self sny 11.; mce was perfectly fair. .Modern . pantatlilon (duel shoot in!;!, Rwiinrni .ig -:!0ii metres, fencing, riding, or iss-Vou.it V.v running. Ite sult: l.illiohook. Ashlirink, DelnvaT, all Swedes, first throe places: Grou h.'iucn, fourth: 'Goo. S. Palton.Jr fifth. The i-ocord running long jump was broken by Albert I Giittorson, rnitcd States, of Vermont., ' at. the first, attempt, when lie cleared' 21 loot, T inches, null a fraction. The previous reord was 24 foot, fi ,1-2 inches, by Irons!;, American, at the London Olympic. Fred W. Kelley, ..University 'of Southern California, Los Angeles, was first in the 110 metres hurdle final: James Wendell, New York A. ('., second. .- ' ' In the swimming 400 metre race Charles IV Reidpath, of Syracuse (Continued on Page Five.) CLAUDE MIEN TRIAL Wytheville, Va., July When Commonwealth's Attorney W'ysor concludes late this afternoon, the fati; of Claud Allen,, being trl.d on the charge- of having "shot, tip Car roll county court, will be in the hands of the jury. : DRASTIC 1ULL IS "AiK)PTKI. (ieoi-giii is Hotoi'iniiiod to Knforce I'lohiliitiiiu to the Limit. Atlanta, Ga,, July 12 The Alex-ander-Tippins substitute for the fa mous "nonr-beer" bill, one of tile most drastic,' -prohibition measures in the' history of the. state,, was adopted today liy l ho house of 'the general assembly bv a vote of 1211 to 42. . Supporters' of the measure in the house express confidence that it will meet with little opposition in the senate. The vote by which the measure was adopted today also was sufficient to pass tiie bill in . the event that it should he vetoed by Governor Brown. .'" As adopted by the1 house, the AI-exander-Tippins will . prohibits the sale of beverages containing more than one-half of one per cent, of alcohol, anywhere in the state of Georgia. In addition to tills provi sion, which was aimed -at tne "near beer" saloons., stringent measures are provided which practically will put the bun on looker clubs of ev ery doKcript ion throughout the state. u:n hoi nv d.iwus jonahs. Slump in the Market ('ailglit Willow Storekwper Overstocked. Washington, July 12. There is a ''little general'' .store- in a rickety old frame building in Pennsylvania avenue ('lose to Capit.d Hill. The widow vho runs it .bought n supply of iuiniatiire "houn' dawgs'.-' about a month ago. when , the .-Champ Clark boom was at its height. She filled tho display window with (hem: and advertised, fheiii at fweu-ty-iivo cents each. Today she re m.ived the, "quarter . sign and put a "two for a nickel" placard in its place. "Those' puppies arc regular-. Jo nahs," site .'explained. "They sold like wild-fire for n few days, but just one week ago today the sales stop ped; and I haven't been -able to get rid.; of--, one- of them since.,. They are. 'suppjsed to be signs of good luck, hut they haven't brought mo any luck." , ;;,."..,'' - , . FLKK FROM LKiHTNIXG Bl'tiS Powder' Mill. Workmen Four They Will Cause an Kvplusion. Aetna, Ind., July 12. Thousands of lightningl bugs caused terror among workmen employed in the powder : mills here last night, fol lowing a thunderstorm. The little Insect driven from the Kankakee marshes by the storm, settled down upon a tank containing several hun dred gallons of nitroglycerin. The employes saw the brilliantly illuminated bugs near the great tank and Immediately scattered, running terror-stricken In all directions in the fear that the tank would ex plode. It required nearly an hour for foremen of the mills to dispel the fears of the employes and induce them to return to work y LORBIS FIGHTING HARD Renewed His Attacks On Op ponents Today Had to Stop For Rest HIS speech" bitter 'Oi-iiiicr Concluding; His Defense To day Maintains Belligerent Atti tude, His Speech Being More of an Attack Than a. Defense Sen ate Hud to Recess to Let Him Re. cover Strength Ut Go On Wftli His Speech Attacks Both Taft and Koosevelt. Washington, July 12.- Renewing bis attack upon his opponents Sena tor f.orinior tnitnv lipp-nn Ilia nnn- clusion of his speech of defense in tnc senate. His belligerent attitude of yesterday was apparent from the outset. He air.iin attacked Hnnae. volt, and called "inaccurate and un reliable ' tho report of the minority members of the Investigating com mittee."' The senate recessed shortly after 1 o'clock until 2 to allow Lorimer to recover streneth for the conclu sion of his speech. It was expected at the resumption of the session he would conclude without another de lav." He exnlained hia nmaanon at Springfield during the sitting of the legislature as due to Interest In the Illinois deep waterway project. The allegation that Browne had been his agent he dismissed as an Insinu ation. . Yesterday Afternoon. Before Mr. Lorimer had spoken an hour yesterday afternoon the gal leries, which were half empty when he began, had filled to overflowing; the senate floor was well filled with members giving close attention to him, and around the walls of the seuate stood scores of members of the house. From a position at the rear of the chamber in the middle aisle, he delivered his speech with dramatic gesture, and in a voice that frequently rose to flights of passion that carried far through the capitol corridors. Contrasted to the picturesque ap peal of February, 1911, when Sena tor Lorimer gave in detail the cir cumstances which he claimed had influenced the votes of 53 democrats for him in the Illinois legislature, his speech today was an attack rather than a defense. He scarcely touched - upon the charges of bribery in the Illinois leg islature while he held the floor. Chicago newspaper owners and publishers, Governor Deneen, state's Attorney Wayman, and others who have been active in the prosecution of- tho Lorimer case in Illinois were the chief objects of his shafts, and he sought to show that back of the prosecution was a conspiracy of newspaper and corporate forces to punish him because he could not be "controlled." At the close of the afternoon he furnished a sensation by introducing affidavits made by delegates to the recent republican convention at Chicago to the effect that they had been offered money to vote in sup port of the Uoosevelt forceB in the convention. The names attached to the affidavits includes D. M. Shum pirt, A. Buckley, D. W, Sherrod, K. B. Butts and William Jones, of Georgia, and other southern dele gates. - These affidavits came after Mr. Lorimer had dealt in detail with the letter of -President Taft to Colonel Koosevelt made public with the In ternational Harvester Company cor respondence during the pre-con voli tion campaign. In this letter Presi dent Taft had stated his desire to see Mr. Lorimer ousted from the senate.; ; Senator Lorimer declared he did not. seek to prove anything In his own case by the affidavits; but that he wanted to "show the hypocrisy running rampant through the coun try." - Colonel Roosevelt's friends, he de clared, would have secured his nomi nation, if possible, "by the corrupt use of money," while Colonel Roose velt himself was declaring he "would destroy every political corruption tst." As to his support of President Taft, Mr. Lorimer said he had sup ported the principles of constitu tional government for which the -president stood. He declared the president would not have received as many votes in Illinois as he did in North Dakota In the primary cam paign if "the men with whom 1 am associated In politics" had not voted for him. Rural F.duoatlon Behind the Times Chicago, July 12. Rural educa tion as now conducted is "behind the time," and threatening prosperity of farmers, according to speakers to day, before the national education association. Boxing Instructor Dead. New York, July 12. Walter Wat son, boxing Instructor, who trained James J. Corbett, Is dead here, aged I-
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