Vol. LXXH. No. 12.
RALEIGH, N. C SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of ny Other Newspaper.
TEXAS PEOPIE
FIGHT HADE
Oil BAD PEST
KiTOIS
SUING FAST
ACROSS STATE
This Proposition to Be Dis
cussed at Good Roads
Convention
WILL COST $4,000,000
Roads Could be Built for $5,000 a
Mile anl Would Connect Up Vari
ous County Road Systems in State
Ought Convicts to be Leased to
Railroads in Competition to Free
Labor or Should They be Used in
Building Good Roads?
(special to me Times.)
Charlotte, July 27. When the
North Carolina Good Roads Associa
tion meets In annual convention in
this city, August 2, one of the most
important propositions that the
body will consider will be that of
the construction of two state high
ways, crossing North Carolina at
right angles to each other, and cost
ing approximately $4,000,000. At
the request of the secretary of the
association,' Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, of the Char
lotte bar, will lead in the discussion
before the convention.
It is expected that three main
points will come before the conven
tion for consideration in connection
with the proposed state highway;
first, the necessity for such a system;
secnnri th a nrflrti
suggested; and third, the benefits to
be derived from the building of such
a system.
Question of Practicability.
The only Question which in pi-
pected to cause any division of
opinion is me practicability or the
plan suggested. This question, it is
thoueht. will resolve Itanlf intn tho
advisability of leasing convict labor
to rauroaa contractors in competi
tion With frftft Inhnr ni tha amnlnir.
ment oi such labor in the building
ui mese two highways which, con
necting up the various county roads
systems throughout th Btata if to
estimated, would be of more benefit
.uBu wo uuuBiruuiion oi two rall--.'
. roads.;
Would Cost $4,000,000.
Figures submitted show that the
road could be built for approxlmate
I ly $5,000 per mile. Extending from
Weldon to the South Carolina line,
and from Wilmington to the Tennes
see line, the distance would bring
the total cost of construction to ap
proximately 14,000,000.
Help the Cause.
Take an outing next Monday af
ternoon or evening; go to beautiful
Bloomsbury Park and enjoy your
selves and at the same time aid the
Associated Charities in providing Ice
and delicacies for the sick poor of
Raleigh.
Barbecue at Tarboro.
Invitations to the annual meeting
of the Lewis-Dowd-Wyatt Camp, No.
1533, U. C. V., of Tarboro, have
been received In Raleigh. A barbe
cue dinner will be given.
(Special to The Times.)
Wilmington, July 27. Judge
Frank Carter In the superior court
exploded a bomb in the camp of
the "blind tigers" .here today when
Jie fined J. E. Taylor $5,000 for sell
ing whlBkey and caused his $1,700
bond to be forfeited. Taylor is said
to be worth $25,000. The law en
forcement league has been, actively
on the job for, weeks and Is dishing
up incontrovertible evidence against
those who promised and gave bond
to be good. Dozens of cases are
being beard and Judgment, reserved
pending the compilation of the finan
cial status of the defendants so that
bonds and fines may be made ac
cordingly. This has been aj day of
sensations In the city,
ALLEN VERDICT
' EXPECTED SOON
WytheviUe,; Va., , July 17. At
torney's, argued to Jury Coflelds at
this morning's session of the Claude
Allen trial and this afternoon Judge
Staples planned to give his charge
to the Jury by three o'clock. An
early verdict Is expected and Allen
might know his fate before night.
Attorney Willis, closed the defense's
case tajs morning, . Prosecutor
Wyser closed the Arguments at one
" thirty this afternoon, when recess
for dinner wss taken;
It's beside the straight path that
the devil lurks to throw , on. the
ferlen ib4 taski JMskesU
JUDGE FINES
TIGER UO
Japanese Emperor Loses
Strength Daily-End
May Come Soon
Toklo, July 27. Emperor Mutsu
hito's condition, which last night it
was said had reached an extremely
grave crisis, has since fluctuated
greatly. Hopes for recovery are
given at times, and at others a. re-'
lapse of the patient only throws the
populace into despair.
Several cabinet ministers remain
constantly at the palace.
A bulletin this morning hinted that
the ruler's strength was ebbing and
that he is very restless. Artificial
methods of prolonging the emperor's
life arc being continued. Owing to
the nature of the illness,' which is
described as a complication of the
diseases of nephritis, diabetes and
uremic poisoning, he is unable to
take nourishment. His strength di
minishes daily. :
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY
New Freight, Rate Classification
Scheduled for August 1.
Unless the Interstate commerce
commission issues orders to the con
trary the new classification of
freight rates covering the south will
go Into effect Thursday of next week,
August 1.
It will be recalled that this classi
fication was to go- Into effect June
17, but as the result of a conference
In Atlanta, the committee that ar
ranged the classification, asked that
it be postponed. The shippers and
state authorities wanted the matter
held up until October 1, but the com
mission ordered It until August 1.
There was another meeting held in
Atlantic City following a meeting
held in Alabama and it is expected
that the commission . will order a
further suspension, probably until
October 1. It Is claimed that this
will afford opportunity for the ship
pers to file their complaints.
COLLEGE Y. M. C. A. IS
GOING UP FAST.
Next week work on the roof of.
the Y. M. C. A. building at the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College will
begin. The work on the building
Is now half completed. The concrete
work for the bathing pool has been
finished and also the foundation for
the bowling alleys. It seems certain
that the building will be in complete
shape by the year's end, it will
mean a vast deal to the college life,
of which It will shelter every de
partment so far as student energy Is
concerned. : The contractor, Mr.
Tolar, Is certainly doing the work
well and promptly.
(Colonel Christopher Columbus Wil
son.) CONVICT ENJOYS FREEDOM.
An investigation of the habeas
corpus vacation trip of Colonel Chris
toplMT Columbus Wilson, the con
Vlcted wireless man. has been order
ed by Attorney General Wickersham.
Wilson was brought from the AN
lanta federal prison to New York
to aid the department of Justice In
locating the books of the United
Wireless Company, which ho wreck
ed. . Ins toad of being Incarcerated
In the Tombs prison, as Is the usual
custom with federal prisoners iu
New York on habeas corpus writ,
Wilson induced his guard, Keeper
Shea, of the Atlanta penitentiary, to
allow him to stop at comfortable
boarding noose, and Instead or
bothering about the books of the
Wireless Company Wilson spent the
biggest part of his time traveling
about the city and surrounding conn
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LAST BATTIE
QN SUGAR BILL
Democrats and Progressiycs
Republicans
house fqrTree SUGAR
But Senator John Sharp Williams
And Other Democrats Determined
Not to Stand for Free Sugar,
Even Though it Is a Necessity
Country Needs Revenue- Combi
nation Between Democrats and
Progressives Not to be Broken.
Washington, July 27. Strength
ened by the force of two victories
in the last two days, the senate
democrats and progressive republi
cans prepared today for the last bat
tle of the tariff program, that upon
the sugar schedule.
When the senate convened It was
believed by those favoring revision
that a measure below the level fa
vored by the regular republican
forces would be adopted.
Republican leaders have made
more concessions to the progres
sives. Senator Smoot, who favored
a reduction of the present tariff of
$1.90 per hundred pounds on refined
sugar to .1.70, conferred with Sen
ator Bristow, a progressive, who has
a bill for revision to about $1.60.
The democrats' attitude was such
that a constitution of their combi
nation with the progressives seemed
more than probable. They are de
termined not to endorse the house
free sugar bill, but will stand behind
Senator Williams' bill for a reduc
tion of one-third in the existing tar
iff rates.
No Free Sugar.
Failing In this. It was expected
they would Join the progressives in
passing the original Bristow bill.
Senator Williams In his report for
the democratic members of the fi
nance committee supporting his b11,
said that senate democrats would
not endorse free sugar because they
believed the sugar tariff was one of
the big revenue-producers of present
law.: .
Republicans Agree on $1.60.
An agreement between the regular
and progressive republicans was
reached for the passage of the sugar
tariff bill fixing duty at $1.60 per
hundred pounds in place of the pres
ent rate of $1.90. The part which
It was believed would hold through
out, provided that the progressives
stand with the regular republicans,
deserting their previous alliance with
democrats.
A bitter attack by Lodge upon the
American sugar cane refiners open
ed the sugar tariff fight In the sen
ate, Lodge declared that one year
after abolishing the sugar duties the
domestic Industry would be dead,
and tnat the consumer would be
jay.l5 fi-arWiftBt piles u
"THE VICTIM."
A FISH STORY
THAT IS TRUE
At Least The Times Cor
respondent at Beanfort
Vouches For It
(Special to The Times.)
Beaufort, July 27. One of the
most curious fish caught near Ueau
fort was captured by Capt. John B.
Moore, a boatman from the Inlet
Inn. This fish is known as a cow
fish, Is similar to a whale, meas
ured some twenty feet iu length and
weighed 2,500 pounds.. It was cap
tured in front of the Inlet Inn and
was quite a curiosity to the visitors
in Beaufort. The editors from
Morehead City, were brought over
in boats to see this curiosity. Capt.
Moore says thut this is quite a curi
osity and is a very rare fish. The
way it was captured, it came Hp
in shoaly water and as the tide fell,
it could not pet off the shoal and
beat itself to death and while in
its fury, it would throw water foriy
or fifty feet high, making a beau
tiful rainbow effect, to be seen from
the Inlet Inn -orch.
AT SEA GIRT TODAY
Sea Girt," July 7. Governor Wil
son today motored to Sea Girt from
his friend's home nearby after a
week's seclusion writng his speech
of acceptance. He brought with
him the speech In shorthand. The
governor could not say until It is
typewritten how long It would be.
The speech goes to the printer Mon
day. Dr. Wilson will spend several
hours at his summer homo today.
This afternoon he expects to re
ceive a democratic delegation from
Brooklyn. Senator Gore Is also ex
pected. The senator has been stay
ing at Asbury I'ark. Horman .Bidder
la expected here Monday.
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TROOPS ARK RUSHED
TO SCENE OF STRIKE.
Charleston, W. Va , July 27.
A Bpeoiai train carrying state
troops from Mt. Gretna, Pa.,
where the state militia of Vir
ginia and West Virginia have
been at the school of instruc
tion, is hurrying today to the
Paint Creek district where
coal miners have been on strike
Daily rioting with armed guards
developed an acute situation.
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"Crazy From the Heat."
Atlanta, July 27. Decatur street
Is beginning to feel the effects of the
heat.- Dozens of arrests for fighting
are being made every day. Most of
them are harmless fist-fights, squab
bles of irritable men, "crazy (ram
in hfi&t,". ,;..; : '., .:. :
CONVENTIONS
IN FLORIDA
ites and Blacks Meet In
Different Towns to Elect
Delegates
BULL MOOSE PARTY
No Friction Between Followers, But
Thought Wise Not to Assemble
Together Roosevelt Convention
Held in Boston to Select Delegates
And Name Presidential Klectors.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 27.-White
and negro factions of the Koosevcit
party in Florida met today in sepa
rate conventions to choose one-half
of the number of the state's delega
tions to the Chicago convention.
The whites ''-met at Ocala, and the
negroes 'assembled at St. Augustine.
The split was u friendly one, sepa
rate meeting having been decided
upon' in order to avoid feuds incident
to mixed conventions.
In Massachusetts.
Boston, Mass., July 27. Many
loaders in the progresive party
movement, and Roosevelt supporters
assembled today lor the first conven
tion of that party In this state. The
leaders will select a state delegation
to the Chicago convention and name
eighteen electors.
NOTHING- NEW IN
N. Y. MURDER CASE
New York, July 27. The antici
pated breakdown and confessing of
one of the men under arrest In con
nection with the Rosenthal murder
failed to materialize today and the
real slayers are still unidentified.
The -district attorney Is unable to
show who the actual conspirators
were.
The grand Jury proceedings wore
adjourned until next week. Police
Commissioner Dougherty says the
last few days' developments were
very Important, but does not expect
more arrests for a day or so. Jack
Sullivan, whose arrest yesterday was
one of the sensational features of the
murder investigation, will be given
a chance' to tell Dougherty all he
knows about the case.
COLONEL, GEORGE ANDREWS
MAY SUCCEED GENERAL HALL,
Washington, July 27. Colonel
George Andrews, according to pres
ent plans, probably will be nominat
ed by the president to succeed bri
gadier (ieneral William P. Hall, re
tired, as adjutant general of the
army.
Italy Is increasing her annual ex
penditure for education by over 30
per cent, according to the budget
reported for 1912-13. The sum Is
140.406,458 lire (about $28,000.'
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VOTiniM
Are Electing Successor to
Senator Bailey and
Other Officers
Dallas, Tex., July 27. One United
States senator, eighteen congress
men (under the new apportion
ment), a governor, state officials and
a legislature for 1 91 'A will be named
today in the primaries the nomina
tion being equivalent to an elec
tion. ' The senatorial vote is not a
direct nomination, but an expres
sion of preference, supposedly bind
ing on the legislature next winter
which chooses Joseph W. Bailey's
successor.
Prohibition featured the guberna
torial campaign. Jake Wolters of
Houston is the anti-prohibition
leader. His opponents for the
senatorship are congressman Morris
Sheppard, Congressman Randell and
Matt Zollner. Sheppard is a prohi
bitionist. The two candidates for governor
are Oscar Colquitt, the incumbent,
and William F. Ramsey, formerly
associate justice of the Texas su
preme court. Colquitt aligned
against prohibtion. The state went
"wet" last summer by 6,297 votes.
FARMERS PICNIC TO BE
HELD IN MECKLENBURG.
(Special to The Times.)
Charlotte, July 27 Thousands
of visitors are expected for the
Farmers second annual picnic which
is to be held at Lakewood Park,
near this city, July 30 and 31, and
August 1 and 2. All the railroads
operating into the city have made
specially low rates for the occa
slon, and on the last two days the
good roads convention will be in ses
sion.
Governor Kitchin and former soli
citor of the first district, H. S. Ward
will address the farmers on: the last
day.
MOTHER TO SUE CHARLOTTE
FOR DAUGHTER'S DEATH
.(Special to The Times.) -Charlotte,
July 27. -Counsel has
been retained in a suit against the
city of Charlotte, brought by the
mother of Cora Kelly, the negress
who was shot on the streets of the
city and confined in the police sta
tion over night, with incompetent
medical attention, as alleged, that
was - directly responsible for her
death. The case has created an un
usual amount of comment on ac
count of the apparent carelessness
which was responsible for the wom
an's death.
ASKS roPE TO GET HER RANK.
The Duchexs Sophie von Hohen
berg, morganatic wife of Arch Duke
Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Aus
trian throne, has appealed to the
lHe. The duchess, who was born a
countess of Cliotck, and was a nwtld
of honor to an Austrian archduchess,
begs ills holiness to use his influence
with the agcl . Kmperor Francis
Joseph to secure her equal rank
with her husband and all Imierlal
rights, including the right of sue
cession to the throne for her two
sons.
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE
ON NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Duluth, July 7. The freight hand
lers strike at the Northern Pacific
docks Is spreading. Six hundred
are out and a wage Increase is do
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Socalled Arm Worm Driven
Northward by Severe Heat,
It Is Said
niir iiinnri
Clemson College Authorities Hav
Authorities
Issued Instructions to South Caro4
lina Farmers That Will Prove
Effective in This StateHas Ap
peared in Large ' Numbers W
Spartanburg, Greenville and An
rterson Counties Now in MeclM
lenburg County.
Considerable alarm Is felt in somd
sections of the state at the rapid ad
vance north of the destructive arm
worm. Already the pest has appear,
ed in such numbers In South Caro
Una near Greenville, Spartanburg
and Anderson, as to call for an in
vestigation by officials of the de
partment of agriculture, and plana
for a campaign of eradication have
been made.
Reports have come Into this city
of the appearance within the last
day or two of the dreaded worm in
the southern part of Mecklenburg
county, and an expert frlm the de
partment of agrlculutre has gone tq
that county to investigate.
. Forced Northward by Heat. .
According to experts the worm is
being driven northward by the hot
wave which has swept over the
south, and prompt steps must be
taken Tor its eradication to prevent
it from eventually covering th9
Whole country.
In the opinion of one" of the ex
perts who has been making a study
of the worm as it has appeared in
South Carolina, the peBt is not the
genuine "army worm," but the so-
called fall . army worm which ap
pears tYequently and attacks first
the grass . before beginning the,
devastation of cotton and corn.
Clemson College Acts.
A circular of control measures 1
sued by the Clemson College author
ities who have been making a study
of the situation with the purpose oi
devising a successful method of
fighting the worm, gives direction
which may be followed with profit:
To Destroy Worm.
"The two poisons that have beea
the best satisfaction so far are pow
dered arsenate of . lead and paris
green. Paris green can usually be
bought at local drug stores, while as
a rule arsenate of lead is not handled
by such dealers. The arsenate of
lead can be secured from wholesale)
dealers and most all seed houses.
The Method.
"About six inches from each end
of a board one Inch thick and four
inches wide, and 12 inches longer
than the width of the rows, bore a
hole one inch or more in diameter.
Cut two pieces of cloth, 20 by 14
(Continued on Page Seven.)
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Fire this afternoon at 2:30 in the
garage of the Raleigh Motor Car
and Machine Company damaged a
large automobile, made a great vol
ume of smoke and drew several hun
dred persons to the scene. .It Is not
known how the fire started. The
machine that caught fire was over;
the wash-pit and Mr. D. Johnson, an,
employe, was busy at work on an
other car close by. The damaged car
had not been run recently and there
was no accounting for the accident.
As soon as the big machine blazed
up the employes of the garage push
ed it out into Salisbury street, where
the firemen turned a stream of wa
ter on it. Six other automobiles,
parked in the garage, were run out
to avoid catching.
Would Oust Smith Appointee. '
Atlanta, July 27.- The senate is
having a rather tough time of It
over the appointments made by Gov
ernor Brown which, if ratified,
would oust four members of the
state board of education named by
Hoke 8mlth.
After holding up the appointments
and passing two days arguing In ex
ecutive session, the senate decide!
to let the matter hang over to Mon
day and then act on It as a conw
mlttee of the whole.
The line-up is not altogether faM
tional. Many senators, It is said, are
anxious only to do the legal and)
proper thing, but are uncertain!
whether the Brown appointment
are legal or not. .. t .. ..--
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