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;IGH TIMES THE WEATHER LOCAL SHOWERS ,-.ri. -.. Ji. TP IHT 17 IP A LAftT EDITION Vol. LXXII. No. 15. ; . ; - RALEIGH-N. C., THURSDAY; JULY 31, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Nvimber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of eaiy Other Newspaper POLICE TOOK BRAFJ MONEY District Attorney Will Work Unrelentingly to Discover WhoCot the $2,400,000 BECKER STILL SILENT District Attorney Regni'ds the Un covering of too Graft System As of More Importance That the Rosenthal Murder Will Keep (rami July On Session All Sum mer to Investigate the Relations Between the (ianiblcrs and the Police Siime of the (Jamhlers Were Assessed as High as $500 a Month. New York, July 31. District At torney Whitman determined Unlay 10 follow persistently every trail lo learn to whom the $3,400,000 graft money was distributed, as a result of the "rake off" from the gamblers by the . police. "Hald Jack" Rose, whose confession placed Lieut. Itecker behind the tombs for the al leged murder of Rosenthal, told the prosecutor that this huge sum was obtained by police 'blackmail from gambling and disorderly houses and Ihat Keeker told him the money vent to four police officials. Whitman has arranged to keep the grand jury in session all sum mer to investigate the relations be tween the gamblers and police, which the prosecutor believes Is a matter of more importance than the Rosenthal case. The prosecutor pro poses to break up the relations be tween the gamblers and the police, lie indicated that he will do so if he has to protect every man involved in murdering Rosenthal, except those who fired the shots. Over fifty witnesses will be sub-poenaed to appear before the grand jury to tell what they know of the alleged police blackmail. Information furn ished by Rose, who says he was Becker's collector from the gambling houses., will be susMUtill of proof. The -prasecutor- doubts "whether Becker will c"Sre to avail himself of the opportunity to make his own position easier by telling the prose tutor the recipients of the graft ....,, wiiipii Rose savs he turned over to Becker. If Becker tells his story it must be complete in every detail, the prosecutor says. Rose says when Decker took charge of the strong arm squad ho ;asl;ed for the names of the gambler., who could he made to give up for police protection. Some gamblers, Rose said, were assessed as high as "live hundred dollars monthly. The little fellows got off by paying be tween fifty and a hundred dollars. Rocker, In the tombs, remains silent. Regarding the talk of immunity or lighter treatment for Becker, If ho discloses the operation of the "system." The prosecutor said If it could be proved that Becker instl gaied the Rosenthal murder the crin'e would not be condoned for any exposure of graft he might pro duce. The prosecutor will hold an other conference with Rose this at' ternoon. Rose assured him he could implicate "men higher up."; New Revolution in Nicaragua. Washington, July 30. A new rev et.1 ution has broke out In Nicaragua, fautain Terhune of the gunboat An napolis, at San Juan, says that Man agua was attacked and is now cut off lrom communication. SIDEWALK By Howard BUTTONS. Buttons are a vicious, bone-headed article which are continually re leasfng elr ho?d without any warning whatever, and rolling under the darThiVdVlnghnabU is common to the bone collar button whlch will catch man in a full dress shirt and a nervous 'hurry and I make I n him crawl unaer In his heart. ti . . . i ,.,,. I criminal instincts Shakespeare club .i.,td tivnnir ln a half-hearted IJ?1V 1 Lv XT' ! J ftnttons of an effete civilization. - some men are able to dispense with suspender buttons by surround ing themselves with a leather belt, which allows the trousers to drag Lrlcefully on tho ground and sag with every passing breeze. Thin men wear both belt and stiBpenders. In order to be on the safe side. Women wear buttonn for the sole purpose of embittering their hus--bands who are obliged to chase up and down the back of a shirt waist Teveral times a day. This Is one of the penalties of marriage which is fusing many a thoughtful bachelor to falter on the brink, . PRIMITIVE BAPTIST MEET Encampment At Durham Be gins Saturday Republi cans Meet (Special to Tho Times.) Durham, July 31. Arrangements are being rapidly carried forward for entertaining the visitors who will throng the city on the occasion of the Primitive Baptist encampment which will be held at a spot select ed some days ago in North Durham, beginning next Saturday. Seats are being set up, and places will be al loled to tents, and every provision made for the comfort of the visitors. It is estimated that from five to fifteen thousand people will be in at tendance at the encampment from the surrounding counties of Person, Orange, and Caswell. The encamp ment will continue for three days, and will have a number of excellent speakers from over'the state to ad dress the meetings. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Durham Commercial Club was held Monday night to hear a report of the sub-committee recent ly appointed to ascertain the opinion of the entire club membership on the proposal for the erection of a new coi-rt house for the county. The desire of the Commercial Club is to carry on a publicity campaign Li favor of the proposition if such is thhe desire of the members. Incomplete returns from a straw ballot taken with postal cards, show that 93. A per cent of the raembes desire the erection of a new court house on a new site. The present building is located on the corner of Main and Church streets at the exit from the union station, and the de sire of those wishing a new building is to have the present site converted into a public park. The report which representatives of Durham county will present to the good roads convention in Charlotte, August 1, has been made public. The report shows a sum of $68,1 10.49 spent for the construction and main tenance of roads during the year closed June 31. Of this sunt $11,- 870.08 was for bridges, a new con crete brige over the Eno river on the Christian Mills road being in cluded din the amount. An equal sum, or $11, 940.76 wus expended for upkeep, while the remainder, $42, 280.26 was for tho construction of new roads. A serious cutting affray which al most resulted in the death of the victim occurred in Hayti, the negro portion of the city Monday night and as a result officers are still searching for the culprit who drove his knife twice into the breast of Alma Yates a negress. Ed Hargrove is the negro whom the police are now striving to locate. Those who saw Hargrove previous to the cutting assert that ho was heavily doped with morphine, and In a condition to do such au act as ho did. The Yaies woman is his re ported affinity, and on her refusal to accomuany him on a stroll Monday evening, he took his revenge by the knife method. It is now thought that the negress will recover. R. H. Rlggsbee was appointed to attend the Chicago bull moore con vention., and the services of J. fc. Carpenter was retained as chairman of the county executive committee oy the meeting of republican workers in the office of N. Underwood in this city last night. The meeting was ostensibly called as a meeting of the executive committee but. a number of other republicans were also In vited, and It developed Into a con (Continued on Page Five.) SKETCHES L. Rann. a low-nuiig uimuurei i.--v. ' . i,o-,i nf until somebody with iui.ivh. v. -. - ------ . came along and draped man in his first pair ot pants. History reiiues iiim i uu..v.. less age was the happiest epoch harassed man has ever known. From that time to this ho has had to' gear up his trousers with safety pins, wire nails, lag ?....,. rwi nniont i-ivsta while his wife attends the and holds forth on mural art. Then Daavld .uivingston weni to aarKent un "" ji . - ,i n nniiDAMnn tt hutrnnn find snouea tne u i a i j u.iu a '-u"-,l,u" " - peace and happiness of the male members of the com munity by Introaucing mem 10 me uicntu Vni- i ...... A Aral tlia nntlvea Wnrft these buttons in UUllUll. ,1. iuw their ears and noses giving them the weird effect of a walking clam Datce, dui now you can iravci num j t itrina tntlia other and see nothing but peg- manner with ' the round, open-faced SENATE WILL GIVE WARNING Will Issue a Statement Defin ing and Reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine MAGDALENA BAY CASE Senate Foreign Relntions Committee Adopted Today Without Dissent the Lodge Uecoinnicnih'tion That the I lilted States Heal'liim The Monroe Doctrine in Term Clear to All the World Early Report to the Senate is Expected Mag dalena Hay Matter to P-e I'sed as the Occasion, For the Formal Dec laration of Adherence to the Mon roe Doctrine. Washington, July 31. The sen ate foreign relations committee adopted today without dissent the Lodgs recommendation that the United States reaffirm the Monroe doctrine in terms clear to all the world and adopted a resolution t? express disapproval of tho purchano of any possible naval bases on the American continents by any "foreign power. An early report to the sen ate is expected. The Benate will be asked to endorse the stand taken by the committee. A firm statement by the United States is asked for a result of tho Magdalen a bay Incident, Jwhere it was shown that a Japanese syndi cate was negotiating for four million acres along the west coast of Lower California and Mexico. While tho Japanese government, it was found, had no connection with the Syndi cate, the senate sub-CDmmlttee, bead ed by Lodge, reported to the full comiifjtttee thnt the clrcumntancesi afforded an appropriate occasion for an expression of the view of the senate regarding such eases. The Lodge resolution, which prob ably will be adopted, declares the United States cannot see, "without grave concern" any harbor or ad vantageous spat In the western hemisphere taken over by any for eign government, or by a foreign corporation bearing close relation to the government if such occupancy would threaten the commerce or safety of the United States. Mag daleria bay Is considered by the United StateB the most advantage ously located naval base on tr-e Ta olflc coast because of IM western terminus, near the Panama canal. Negro J'orter Held. Eveleth, Minn., July 31. Charles Koane, alias Jack Williams, a negro porter 'charged with attacking Mrs. Thaddeus Williams, sole occupant of a sleeper recently, was held by the grand Jury today. Kour.d was Julled ot Dulutli. . 'SWAT THE EAT!!' FIRST PROCLAMATION Tokio, July 31. Yosliihilo, em peror of new era of Taisei today read his first proclamation before an immense! gathering of of lieials and representatives of a1! branches of the service. YafSlb'v pleaded not .to b ''misled In his administra tion, lie. announced that lie would endeavor to .".susiain and further the great work done and undertaken by the former emperor. The emperor's' proclamation paid a .lengthy tribute to Mutsuhlto, the dead ruler. Marquis Saionji, prem ier, replying, pledged unremitting royalty to the new sovereign. TH ii OKU K TRIAL Prosecution Scores ji Point When Alibi Letters Aie Itefused As l.i dciidc'. Allanta, July 31.--Tlie prose r. tion scortMl a point in the. trku of Mrs. (iruce, accusi'tl of atteirrtii.t; to kill her hiishaud, lOugene, when the court declined to permit the In troduction of certain - aiilii let'vrs." One these, supposedly written on the night of the day Mrs. Grace left Atlanta for New man, Ga, was one phrase, "after 1 left you nt train," etc. The prosecution is try ing to show the defendant wrote the letter and mailed "it to hersdf in Newman too establish an alibi. .Mrs. Grace takes the stand tomorrow. There was much wrangling anion?? the a'toriteys today. Grace was un able to be in court. OHIO KKI'l'ISLICAXS MKKT To Coii:-!ler liesignation of (Juher natoriul Candidate. t'pumbtis, Ohio. July 31. The re publican stale central committee meets this afternoon to act upon Judge' 10. B. Dillon's resignation as the' republican gubernatorial nomi nee. No attempt will be made to fill the vacancy at today s meeting. Formal action probably will be tak en on the resignation. The com- miftee probably will recess until later to select the nominee. XeRi'o Kills Two Officer-). Clarksville, July 31. Two thou sand white men nre searching far the negro Leonard Potta, who with in a week, killed two Texa3 officials, Tho last victim, Sheriff Charles Stevens, was sluit last night. Potts iB reported surrounded on the prai rie four miles southeast of here, Fourteen negroes Aver? jailed here, held on suspicion'1 - of knowing of Potts' movements. Lake (iocs to C. & V. i , Waterbury, Conn., July 31. C. S. Lake, formerly 'prominently connect ed with the lomhern sallroids, more recently superintendent of the west ern division of the New York, New Haven nml Hartford, lias resigned to become general manager bf the Chicago 4i Norih western lines. Lake Was oueo chief train dispatcher of the Norolk Western at Uoanoke. KndoTM" Hrjun. ' ""(rand Island, Neb., July 31. William J. Bryan'' course at Haiti more was endorsed by a large ma jority, at last night's session of the state democratic couveutlou. TUX RATE OH Conference With Corporation Commission Today With View of Getting Uniform Rate WILL MEET AGAIN Officers of the Carolina Power an Mjjht Company Met With the Commission, Together With the Tax Assessors for the Several Comities Through Which the Lines Kun -Yadkin Hiver Power Company is One Directly In volved Lines Kun Through Kich nioiul, Anson, Lee, Chatham, Cum berland, Wuke, Moore anil Har nett.'. - The corporation commission, the officers of the Carolina Power and Light Company and the tax assessors of a number of countie through which the transmission electric lines of the company run in conveying current from Elewitt Falls general-' ing plant, were in conference today with a view to getting together on a uniform rate of tax assessments for these lines in the various counties. It is the Yadkin River Power Com pany, a subsidiary of the Carolina company that Is directly involved. Tin; tax assessors here for the conference wero Steven Wall, .Rich mond 'county; George S. Ledbetter, Anson county; A. L. McNeill, Lee county; .1. W. Council, Chatham county; R. T. Cowan. Wake county; John Elliott, Cumberland county. Other counties Involved but not rep resented are Moore and Harnett JameB H. Pou, as counsel, and Presi dent Charles E; Johnson and Gen eral Manager H. H. Carr, represent ed the electric company. The highest assessment that any county has undertaken to Impose on these lines was found to be in Lee county, where the company expend ed about $3,000 on lines, : and the assessors have undertaken to impose a tax on 5,000 valuation. The company filed a schedule of lines and cost and other data and there will be later conferences to reach a uniform rate. Against Hie Lumber Companies Jefferson CKy, Mo., July 31,- i oinnussioiicr ueynoius report n the Stale's ouster suit nirnlnst per tain lumber companies, alleged to be in trust, was liled in the su preme court today. It was against i ue lumuer companies. West Virginia Hunk (ioe Wrong, Washington,' July 31. The First National bunk of Rowlesburg, V Va., was closed by Bank Examiner Hhttt, who reported to the romp troller of the currency serious Irreg ularities discovered. JUDGE CLARK S FIRST SPEECH Opens His Campaign In Greens boroCriticises Record of EoihKitchiaacd Simmons .(Special to The Times.) . Greensboro, July ill. Chief Jus tice Walter Clark, of the North Car olina supreme court, in opening his campaign here last night before more than 4(H) democrats for the democratic nomination for the Uni ted States senut", said that he had no harsh . words Tor .either of his op ponents personally; that he would not reflect upon their personal char acters; that he believed they had lived dean. lives; that they are his personal friends. Judge Clark said, however, that it is no reflection up on their characters that "I aspire to the same office that, they desire." He said lie held that ' their public acts are public properly and that lhe.se ai ts lie proposed to scrutinize and criticize.- Judge ( lark then re viewed the-record of Senator Sim mon, in congress-"' for 1 he past twelve .war:; and prior to that and during tli:it time, chairman.- of the rtate d-eiii'oeratie executive commit tee. . lie, ui'.ki-d what. Senator Sim mons hud done for the farmer and the old soldier and the reply was in the negative. He referred to the record of Governor Kitchin, many years in congress and almost tour years governor of North Carolina, ami asked what he had done. His record, according lo Judge Clark, was worse 'than that of Simmons. The governor had not only failed to enforce, the planks of the state dem ocratic platform regarding Huss, etc., but he had "gone the limit" in pardoningconvicts. Referring to his entrance Into the senate race, Judgei Clark said; : "The road to the -United States senate is open to any man whom the people-may- wish to send there. 1 do not need to have my hat chalked by any set of men. In the language of Mr. Roosevelt," it Is 'in the ring,' and will stay there until the sun goes 'down on November f." Judge Clark then outlined some of the measures he favored and for which he would endeavor to have adopted if elected to. the senate. Among the foremost bf the meas ures was ins advocacy of tne lanu bank," ah institution similar to that established by the. German govern ment, lie paid a .--'tribute to the farmer: said that there were times when the farmer needed assistance; that the German banks had worked remarkably .-' well and that why should the capitalists in America, who create nothing, receive all their money, lrom the government with out int'-rcs; and the tanners, who are the backbone of the country, cannot borrow from the country at ill." ' Judge Clark aUed: t "What has either of Miy competitors ever done during.' -their years in congress to remedy .or alicmplod io ready: this condiiiiin'.'" Judge Clark advocated legislation that would unequivocally destroy the trusts. He referred to the tobacco trust and the erstwhile North Caro lina tobacco market, and declared that "the tobacco trust has destroy ed it." Judge' Clark spoke for the old soldiers and advocated that if pensions be paid that they be paid indiscriminately; that the confeder ate soldier receive us much as the federal soldier. Ho said that "our war was not a rebellion," and re sented the paying of great pensions to not hern ." soldiers with monies drained from the south. He criti cised the trusts in .general, and espe- cially the Southern Railway, which he characterized "as the greatest sinner of them all," Judge Clark said that he favored the ( lection Of all public servants by primary votest including the post masters in the various vicinities, lie favored a graduated inheritance lax and advocated a tariff for revenue only. . Judge Clark was introduced to the people of Greensboro by K. 3. .Justice,' and spoke for nearly two hours. He appeared before the peo ple of Greensboro and Guilford county as a "progressive" candidate, but not of the Roosevelt stripe, for the. nomination ' for United Sta.es senator from North Carolina. VICTIM OF MOTORCYCLE Miss Cook, of Franklin County, Hiirued to Death While Killing Machine. , (Special to The Times.) Louisburg, July 31. A very sad accident occurred Sunday evening In Cedar Kock township; about twelve miles from this place. While riding on a motorcycle, wl.h a male friend, Miss Cook, a young lady of thai sec lion, was horribly burned so that she died Sunday night. By some means her dress caught fire from the machine and all efforts were un availing to extinguish flames. Mr, T. T. Terrell, a young busi ness man of this place, was taken suddenly with an attack of appendi citis on Saturday, and was hurried to a hospital in Richmond, Va., and the last reports are encouraging, the operation being successful. THOMPSON MAY SUCCEED W Talk That B. & a Man May Be Placed at Head of Norfolk Southern MAY ""FAN NEW ROAD Mr. Tlioinpson 'bird Vice-Presi dent of the Balw o, - and Ohii There is a strong h. 'Vision That Ilaltimoie and Ohio is Coming Into North Carolina Through the Norfolk Southern and T''at It is iiehind the New Construction Work Baltimore and Ohio Trunk Lines From Baltimore to Chicago and SI. Louis. The report, credited by the best informed railroad men here, that Mr. A. W. Thompsan, now third vice-presider.t. In charge of the op erating department, of the Balti more and Ohio railroad, is to suc ceed Mr. E. T. Lamb as president of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, brings a strong impres sion that the Baltimore and Ohio iB coming into North Carolina through control of the Norfolk Southern sys tem, and that it is Baltimore and Ohio interests that are pushing the construction of the Ralaigh. Char lotte and Southern, now under way as a division of the Norfolk South ern. If this is the case, as numbers of observant business men believe it is, it means renewed and vast develop-, ment for eastern, central and west ern Carolina through greatly multi plied lreight and passenger facili ties, and establishment of competi tive conditions. The Baltimore and Ohio 'with trunk lines from Chicago t) Balti more and St. Louis to Baltimore and network of lesser lines, through a Bay line of steamers come down to N'jifolk, connecting there with the Norfolk Southern system, that has a net work of valuable lines through out Eastern Carolina, extending westward to Raleigh and now build ing rapidly toward Charlotte. The invasion of the Baltimore and Ohio interests will be hailed with delight here. MAINE'S HULL MOOSE ARE (JETTING RECKLESS Several of Their Un-Bossed Leaders Show a Disposition to Think They Can't Lose Special Effort to De feat at Least One in November. Ilangor, Me,, July 31. Reckless ness and curiosity have marked the doings of the bull moose of Maine this summer, and only "bull" luck has saved many of them from the steam roller of fate. At South Muluncus on Wednesday a big bull came out of the woods, leaped a four-rail fence Into a field of growing corn, and on being at tacked by the bulldogs dashed across Asa Stockpole's dooryard, where Mrs. Stackpole had a fine wash hung out to dry. The clothes lines became tangled in the horns of the moose, and when last seen he was streaking it down the river road with the underwear of the Stackpole family flying in varl-cnlor-ed pennant astern. Damage, f 23. In Holden, near Ryder'B Blunt the townspeople on Thursday observed a bull moose standing at the edge of the woods bordering a hay field intently observing the operation of a mowing machine. For an hour the moose stood there, and then, when the men had quit and gone to dinner, the big fellow trotted across the field to the machine, smelled of it and raced back into the woods. On the Bangor and Arlstook Rail road, near Grindstone station, Tues day afternoon a bull moose ran a race with the Bangor Express. The animal was trotting slowly along the track when the train came along and paid no attention to the warning whistles. When the train came close the moose Increased his speed, and for nine miles more than held his own. At a culvert crossing the hull gave a tremendous leap and landed In a meadow brook, where he stood glaring defiance as the train, swept past. Silas Mosher of Oxbow is keeping an eye out for a 900-pound bull moose that has been hovering around his place all summer. The Moose, having fine antlers, will be worth $"U0 next fall, and Mosher could use the money. He dares not shoot the moose now, tor that would mean a line of $500 and (our months in Jail maybe, but In Novem ber, if the beast does not get away, lie plans to kill it and sell the head to a New York man who wants aa ornament for his dining room. ' 4 , -..;. Senate Will Stand By La Follette Hill. ,::."''.'.:'.:, Washington, July 31. The sen ate democrats agreed In caucus ta Btand behind the La Follette wool bill and ask the house for a confer ence. . The house yesterday refused to accept the bill as passed by the, senate: . -.- t-. .V 4: - . I -it if
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