FHE RALEIGH TIME
THE "WEATHEB
PAIR
LAfiT
EDITION
Vol. LXXII. No. 19. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 5, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Double the Nimber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of eny Other Newspaper,
BULL MEESE
IHCONVENTIOH
HEAD
ISSUES CALL
ALL RECORDS
WERE BROKEN
CAMPAIGN
AGAINST RATS
Progressives Gather at Chicago
to Name Colonel as Candi
date For President
WILL WRITE PLATFORM
Roosevelt Will Speak Tomorrow
Hun to .Make Platform Short
May be Changed as Roosevelt
Wants to Incorporate- in it His
Confession of Faith May
Xamo Democrat for Vice-lresi-dent
and Names of Luke Wright
and M. Parker Are Being Con
sideredLarge Number of Wom
en Delegates.
Chicago, Aug. 5. Colonel Roose
velt's arrival on the scene aa spon
sor for the new third party, was
impatiently awaited by the dele
gates. Plans for the more important
work of the convention up to today
were largely tentative, awaiting
Roosevelt's scrutiny. The platform
was left in obeyance. The leaders
felt that this was a wise step, be
cause of Roosevelt's statement be
fore leaving New York last night
that the convention must accept his
views if he was to be the nominee.
Many delegates favor emulating
three prohibitionists, in making the
platform a brief document, contain
ing advanced declarations of princi
ples in tabled form, devoid of all
embellishments. Roosevelt's an
nouncement may change this plan
for his "confession of faith," which
he declares must be accepted in all
essential details, contains approxi
mately twenty thousand words.
Roosevelt speaks tomorrow after
noon following the permanent or
ganization. It was first announced
that he would speak tonight , at the
close of the first day's work of the
new party. Inasmuch as the former
Senator Beveridge is the central fig
ure in today's proceedings it was
decided that Roosevelt withhold his
pronouncement until tomorrow. The
platform committees will make ils
report Wednesday.
No attempt had been made up to
today to crystalize sentiment for the
vice presidential candidate. There
Is talk among the delegates of nam
ing Governor Johnson of California
a Republican. But if Roosevelt de
termine that a Democrat might in
crease the party's strength and add
to the appeal of the new party tick
et, there is every reason to believe
his views will prevail
Luke ' Wright, of Tennesse and
John M. Parker, of Louisiana are
the democrats most frequently men
tioned as vice-presidential possibili
ties, If the selection of a democrat
for the place is .agreed upon. Par
ker's selection as permanent chair
man may eliminate him as vice-presidential
candidate. ;
The big features of the conven
tion is the largo number of wom
en delegates. Several boo re of them
will be seated. It is certain, because
of Roosevelt's views on the sub
ject, the suffrage plan will be a
(Continued on Page Seven.)
SIDEWALK
By Howard
CLOSETS.
A closet is a place where people secrete long, nervous articles of
dress, along with an assortment of dry goods, notions, boots and shoes
and shelf hardware.
The average closet is built along such generous lines that a long
legged man can easily crawl into it head first and turn around the first
time Dy tying nimseu into tne lorm oi a capuai v
r - I
and rolling over rapidly. ,
Closets are usually flooded with light from some
tungBten lamp hung out in the hall, aided by the
pale effulgence from certain filmy robes of night
which we are noi able to pronounce.
Clothing hung in a dark closet never stays in one
place long enough to allow a man to find his peignoir.
This is a French word, which must be looked up to
be appreciated. It Is a coarse expression, and refined
people do not use It oftener than once a day.
You can hang the baby's night-dress in one of
ihsmi hiimlil nliuKlt nn the first nil It to the rlsht.
IA h and by bed-time it will have worked its way around to
ftX the last nail in the southwest corner, under a pink
kimono, four princess slips, a lace-yoked tea gown
fc J
and a full set of
There Is nothing
of a near-sighted husband groping his way from hook to hook in a cav
ernous closet, trying to locale something his wife knows she put there
the day before yesterday. Nine times out of ten it wilt be found on the
center table down stairs.
Some day closets will be constructed so that people won't have to
back out of them over the mute remains of ostracised oxfords and the
lithe forms of shoe boxes. The modern closet will also have a card Index
system, which will enable a man to find his last summer's vest with
out pawing his way through. four feet of silk petticoats.
If some women had a closet in every room as big as a corn crib, tliey
would etlll have to hang the overflow on tne sewing machine.
For Meeting of the Executive
Committee This Meeting
Will Call Convention
(Special to The Times.)
Greensboro, Aug. 5. It was learn
ed here last night that Republican
State Chairman John M. Morehead
on Saturday sent out from Spray a
call for the meeting of the state
executive committee in Greensboro
on August 7. The purpose is set
forth to determine a time and place
for holding the next state conven
tion and transact such other busi
ness as may come before the com
mittee. It is also learned that
Chairman Morehead has sent broad
cast over the state an invitation to
republicans to be present upon the
occasion of the meeting and offer
advice.
Chairman Morehead has also mail
ed out a form letter decrying the
efforts of the third party leaders
to abrogate the republican par'y and
calling upon all republicans to stand
loyally by the great principles of
republicanism during this great
crisis, lie characterizes the claims
of the "Bull Moose" adherents as
farcical and declares . that if they
want an organization they should
hold a separate and distinct meet
ing rather than attempt to take over
the republican convention. He says
the old principles will be maintained
and that the procedure will be de
cent and orderly.
The third party leaders, on the
other hand, declare that they will
be in absolute control of the state
convention, and such men as Rich
mond Pearson, V. S. Lusk and Jas.
N. Williamson have declared their
purpose of forcing the convention to
name Roosevelt men as state elec
tors. .
Several Tar Heel republicans who
have aligned themselves with Roose
velt's progressive or "Bull Moose"
party were passengers on train No.
36 yesterday enroute for Chicago,
where on Wednesday the colonel
will hold his own convention and
go through the form of nominating
himself a la Mutt and Jeff. Among
those who went from this state were
James N. Williamson, of Burling
ton and W. S. Pearson, of Charlotte.
Others, including Richmond Pearson,
of Asheville, will leave today, it le
said.
Connection Willi Clayton.
Through sub-license by the Bell
Telephone Company, Clayton has
been brought in.o direct and gener
it connection wKh the Raleigh ex
change, and also with . Smithfleld.
The patrons of either exchange can
low communicate directly with pa
rous of either of the others. Mr.
I. C. Ellis is manager of the Clay
on company.
Cool Wave (ieiicriil.
Washington, Aug. 5. Cool weath
.r prevails over practically all paris
of the country. There are no pres
ent Indications of warm weather.
There have been scattered showers
!n the south Atlantic states. Dur
ing the next thirty-six hours the
temperatures will remain about the
3ame east of the Mississippi.
National Convention, of Fag-lew.
Cleveland, Aug. 5. Delegates
flocked here today to attend the na
tional convention of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles. Governor Harmon
welcomes the delegates tonight.
The convention will last five days.
Judge William J. Brennan, of Pitts
burg, is the leading candidate for
worthy grand president.
SKETCHES
L. Rann.
Imported lingerie.
more pathetic than the spectacle
"YOUNG
Washington, Aug. 5. Norman E.
Mack, chairman of the democratic
national committee in ia08, told the
senate committee investigating the
campaign funds of 1908 and 1904,
that the only contribution permit
Led after having been rejected was
one by James M, (Juffey, of Pitts
burg. Mack stated that after Bry
an's defeat the campaign commit
tee was several 'thousand dollars in
debt and Guffey'B con ribiition was
uccep.ed.
Charles F, Murphy, of Tammany,
was the largest contributor in l'.lUS,
contributing ten thousand dollars,
Mack testified. .Murphy's contribu
tion' was in the name of. ..-Tarn many,.
Mack stated that several persons
offered funds, hut .they were ' ' -vy
jected. Mack explained ihis was b
cause of Bryan's wish not to acco)!
money from corporations and other
undesirable sources. Mack said he
wanted to correct the impression
that only .twenty-live thousand persons-contributed
to the campaign
fund of noil, lie estima.ed the
number of contributors at a hundred
thousand.
TWO KII.LKI) BV FALLING TAXK
Collapse of Foundation Sends Huge
Itei'i'pliicle Tlnoimli Roof.
I'll i 1 ricl i l li ia. Auk. a.-Two mc'i
were 'killed and a 10-year-old bo;
was seriously injured today when a
1 n.OliO-gnllpii'- water tank crashed
through the dye house of the Stead
& Miller Company, upholstery man
ufacturers at Hodion and Hunting
ton streets. The dead are James
Plinn, !0 .years old, and Robert
Ewing, :i0, both employes. .
The collapse of a. brick foundation
caused the tank to tall against '. a
chimney and then plunge through
the ran lot' the building,- carrying
with it part of the wall, of-the dye
house.
i;i:mo( i:tic tiifasi iifk
NOT VKT DILI ll)i:i ON.
Heats! "1 . Aug. '.'.ri, Ciovernor Wilson
had nothing to say this morning re
garding the appointment., of th;
treasurer of the national democratic
committee. The governor is expect
ed, make an announcement about
the treasurersliip today. Wilson
makes his regular weekly trip to
Trenton tomorrow on state business,
returning tomorrow night. Tomor
row he ?xpects a 'call from Governor
Marshall.
Mob Lvncliefi Negi-o,
Meridian, Miss., Aug. 5. One
negro was lynched, and a mob was
pursuing another near Halls Station,
Ala., 40 miles east of here, accord
ing to railway passengers, who ar
rived here. It is understood the ne
groes murdered a white man named
Tutt. .'...-.
French Premier Goes lo Hussliu
Paris, Aug. fa. Raymond Poln
caire, the French premier, started
for Russie today. The Franco
Russian naval convention will claim
the chief attention in the premier's
visit to the czar.
There are lots of funny things
to be seen in this world, and
among them is a fat woman sitting
ou u M.tle piano stool'.
MAN, IT'S TIMS TO RETIRE."
TflFT'S FAlHfR,
J. W. HEM DEAD
Cincinnati, O., Ann. H.- John W.
Ilurron, Mrs. Talt's father died here
today at the age of eight-live. Ho
had been ill for several vears. . He
wao one of t!, city's most prcmi
nellt lawyers.
Leave lor Funeral.
Washington,. Aug. 5 .--President
and Mrs. Tal't leave tonight lor
Cincinnati to attend the funeral ol
John W. Ilerron, .Mrs. Van's father
who died early today. ilerron';.
death was' no iinexpeeU'd by the
president, and his wife but the news
was a ..shock;'.' The '.'president returns
to Washington. ..Thursdav.
WOOL TARIFF BILL
GCtS TO PRESIDENT
- Washington. Aug. 5. The ' ('.in
ference report on the .compromise
La Follette-l'nderwood wool tariff
hill was atiopied bv the senate.
to 2s today. h:x proeressive reinii-
licans Mine,) ihe demoi'ials. 1 lie
bill which MH'S to (lie iresi.Ieli is
identical with the One he vetoed in
mil.
.1. f. coTHKAN i;i:.i.
Well known Hiii-liutii l.nwcl- I'led
Suddenly I his Moi iiin.
( Siiecinl to The Tunes.
Durham. -i-Mig.- ". ;J. (dthran.
a well known. D.irham law.'er. vas
iound dead m bed in his room at
10 o clock this morning.- lie bad
been ilea. I in.ihnolv thirlv minutes,
tils ago - wan. about lorlv. lie -.was
iinmarrieil and roomed alone in lie.'
Dtikc liiiililmu. He was tip earlier
III the da.. It IS supposed l.e tell
ill ami weiil to lied tit s or : o i lock.
Death was due to heart paralvsis.
The bodv .was lound bv Alph.iusus
Cobb who was passing the room.
cal her i'.ui can Itullelin.
WasbiiiKl' ii. D. C, Aug.
Ihe general distribution of atmos
pheric pn.muv over the northern
hemisphere is such as to Indicate
that there will be no imiisuallv
warm .weather In any part ot the
country (luring the next week or
ten days. ; no lirt,t part of the com
ing week v.nl give mooeraie tem
pera. lire 1:1 the eastern and south
ern states, followed Dy a chaligo to
somewha: warmer weather the lat
ter half of .'.'I lie week. Over the mid
dle west and northwesl liioilcrar'j
temperature for' the season is prob
able throughout., the- week, while
west of Rocky Mountains tempera
tures will average near or uLii.hlly
below -normal.' The weather during
the week will be generally fair e-;-cept
for a shorl period ; of local
rains attending the eastward .move
ment of a .'disturbance that will ap
pear In the far west Tuesday or
Wednesday, across the middle west
about Thursday and the eastern
states near the end of the week.
Cooler weather will follow thU disturbance.
POLICE OFFICIALS
WILL BE INDICTED
New York, Aug. 5. Several in
dictments for extortion "will he re
turned by tlie grand jury agair.:;t
police oiixials,'- ai the result of a
tiia.sti of .evidence, ti: be presented
this v.eek, 'showing'' grafting - among
the gambling ''house's.-.Two .high of
ficials are among 'those- '...wUodii'led
to he indicted, liecker's arraiv.i! mcVJ
and the coroner's ' hei-.riiii; in- the
case of Jack K(.se, wi'i'c (in today':"
calendar.
MiiitK CAITFItKS I'.!).
ew. N ork, Aug. ;l Tiie capf.-.irc
iif liarry Horowitz, -R-Iiaii' "liib'-ifie
1 Ood. and t.etiv !.coi:is. iv.ti
ii.iii wanted for killihg Herman
ILiJenthal. i;', hourly cxj.ecie.l. 'rile
men are being lunged in t'".e Ca:s
kill -.Mountains' by scori.-s of detect
ives. The (leteciives. are 'Watcliiiig
the hotels in ihe.. mouiitaiii region
where "VV'hitey" l-ewis wan cap! ureil
'i'hurs.lay. It: is expected Lewis will
('ontt !-. When District At.orney
Whitman returns Monday Ihe grand
jurv's proceedings will 'be. continued
The gamblers have been fleeing
since
si: b:'(
the Kosenthal
iiiielit -official
murder.
and
probe
Tliev
City,
otliel'
have Hocked chictly to Atlanti
Newport. -Narrauansett, and
resorts. - - .. :
last Man i minded in (nil War
Newbii vport. Mass., Auk.
Hi njainin S. W. Wood, who claimed
l but he' was tlie last man wounded
ihiriiiL' Ihe civil war. (lied hel e ol
pneumonia today. As l.ee v
about to surrender at- Apponia.ox
court houso a. mine ball came whir.
K'ng'inlo 'ihe union army s linos dur
iiijj the last niliiiite ot an 'engage
incut, and Mruck Woods arm neui
ilie right shoulder: the arm was
amputated.
Heath of Little (iiii.
. -Little t'lvde. the ;'-vea.'-ol(l dall
tef of Mr. llenrv Powell., ol Sainord
died .stindav evening at i:ii5 ol scar
let lover at lier honie in haiiiord
The lit, le girl was the gren grand
daughter of Mr. It. (:. Dunn, of tin,
cilv. and the remains were brough
hern todav tor I'uernient in Dak
wood ctineterv. the services being
conducted by Dr. K. 1. Vann.
Recall in Oakland.
Oakland. Cal.. Aug. ft. Citizens
are voting today to determine wheth
er Mayor Frank .Mott and I otuniis
sioners Turner and Uachtis shall lx
recalled from oftice. The officials
are charged with evading the refer
endum provisions of the city charter
The harrow Trial.
Los Angeles, Cal,, Aug. 5. --The
Clarence S. Harrow trial for jury
bribery passed the second important
stage today wi.h the closing of the
defendant case. The cross-exami
nation of Harrow was concluded. He
direct examination will be brief.
Killed Alighting From Train.
Nashville, Aug. 5.: J. T. McKee
a 'merchant, was killed alighting
from a moving train. He jumped
from the train and struck a tele
phone post and broke his neck.
Yesterday and Today Coolest
Days On Record In
The lovesi temperature on rec
ord during the-first ten duvsi in
August wus recorded by the local
went her oiiioau ycslerdav and to-
lay, when tlio thermometer r eg i si-
Ted "i degrees. The second low
f.l was oh August I IS'.i'i. when
the , thermometer re -ed .57 Uo
gives.'.. ".' .
I'linl
woa: her Wv. 'r.
w.--. n 'nll'
nlil
ye.-; en! ay goes
'-!,::, a lie:ir:h
Williolttv .'ffy-
was nn ',9t.
ma.
with
a coxy f,v- and many fee.
re
en
pel:.-1
out', in ihe blaze. Where
small children fires
l'Hely. necessary, but
tlie -nor-r ,'is well.
;-!' ieiiiievnt.iive- yester
; l.ceii stated, was
were
iilui:
Tl
in ;ve
I has
ami'
II IV
.1 (V
lay.
do: r
lie hi:,rh st ti." denree:-.
-.brace (if lit decreet-
niakii'.'
for the
The n
l;.anie d
o'liial
i v for
in
l''f
are .for
of e:ir-;
Cool
I'lt-';
a fed fcr a
li the m-
week or
nora'i-n're
tie
idib'tly (luring
rcini1'- n r:i i uj to
i .t'ire- i!i::' time
t.r:i ;w ' .
that- '(..!
1 1
i T
lift! gc rrDi i
111(1 1H) IV Hi i
n:t:iM ;itri. attaikilh.
liidi iiti"cil :
inat (Lev e
Wiite '-ian
:k;i' MVers
the Crim
Kcwavd. Mji.fh""-s Cn.-i'
!!hi(n!if'!l).I.;:
e:-e. 'n., AtlK.
( mi the pen it en
irv li"in,els
tailed today.- because
i: trail the iinident i
of Miss KUa Miller.
or' lieir-y ram
d .'ipsniia n t
i'be -governor
. his offered f'.vo hnn
v dollars reward for the
ea in are. A posse is
eymntry,. The Rirl says
dred and lif.v
ai)ar:t .
t; rNig ' It (
Hie ;
whit.
iscailatit is tlio same unkempt
i -man. who attacked her a yopr
ufil escaped. The girl and her
ago ;
met her. v l'iO is tne widow oi a inr-
ner secretary of the state fisheries
beavd, are tirostrated by the shock.
(i()(i IIOADS 1511,1-.
Cciisidci'i'd in tin
Senate Today
Carolina Defcnib
Smith, Of South
Liu. :
Wa.s!iin.io:i 'Ag.' - Federal aid
ir public roads was -considered by
ll:e s.'iiaie today. I l.e good roans
. revision, put in ll.e posWil'tice up-.
pro;ri;ii ion. bill .by the house,, was
Icfcljded by Smith, (il Eolith ( afo-
lina. who r-;;id the governnient
hould ' .!i'y its .iro rata share of the
est ;;r keeping, up roads for tile
I ranseonai 'on ol mails in- other tod-
era I mii'i'iii-'cs.
His; Fire in TcmnMie Town.
Naslivilie. Aug. .1; Fire caused a
luind.'id tlioiisand dollars loss in
Sparta, today. Seven business strut'-.
ores were burned. The flames start
ed in a dry good store.
Program For Laying Cornerstone.
W hat promises to be an event til
H.iK'igh wili b" the laying of ihe
coiner h-opo-of the Y. M. C. A.
liti i Id L in; toinori ovc iii'teriiiion nt five
o';:)ck. '' 'J lie cM'i-.-ise.i will. -bo. under
ilie auspices of the North ('nrollna
gsir.d .-lo.luf of- Mtisons, and Cirand
Master W . H. McKoy, of Wilming
toii. will lie- here for the occasion.
Hon, l,('( Ue Craig, of Asheville, dem
ocratic i ai.iiidate for governor, will
deliver (lie address.
Tito program Includes 'ceremonies
nt both the. site of the building on
'.he corner ill' Kdeiitou and Wilming
ton Hiivots and in the cajiltol Hnuare.
Hie comiilPtc program is as follows:
Song--"(Mil North Stale, by choir
and assembly.
Corner Stone Laying at Site-W.
13. MuKoy, in charge.
Charities WiU
Give Prizes to Rat
Extermioators
T PRIZE $8.00
Xin'ibcr of Citizens Have Con
tributed Funds for Prizes for
Those Who Kill the Largest Num
ber of Hats Messrs. Peebles and
Mt Itary Will Count the Rats
'eh F. veiling; at the City Lot
i aniliaigii Will Continue for 30
Itajs and it is Hoped by that
Time to (let. Hid of Many of the
Chicken Killers.
La
t week
the Associated Charl
in formation as to the
chickens by rats in
obtained it on a scale
that great, destruction .
lies a:d;ed 'for
sluugiiier of
lialeigli, and
which shows
lias been brought about. The rat is
a curse to humanity and is the most
dangerous of the smaller animals.
It carries insects which aid it In
communicating not only the plague
hi.l ot'.if'r diseases,, and the work ot
exterminating rats on this account
is going on iii many Dorts in this
couniry. Mats have been extermin
ated in San Francisco, together
Willi the ground squirrel wtflch Is
also a disease-carrier, as on it is
found a particular flea, which car
ries the bubonic plairiifi. This flea
bits persons, rats and ground squir
rels, and thus transmits the infec
tion throuh the blood.
: Raleigh is not looking at the rat
as a pleague-carrier, but as a
slaughterer of chickens.This is quite
a new thing here, but the big Nor
way rat "has come in on the cars
from Norfolk, and Is Btrongly es
tablished in Raleigh. . During the
past two or three years these rats
have killed -thousands of chickens
here, and raisers of fowls, those who
merely keep them in coops for eat
ing, and those who are only eaters,
are alike interested in the campaign
against these rats which the Asso
ciated Charities now begins; a cam
paign -.which it is hoped will be one
of extermination, A number of citi
zens have contributed funds for
prizes for the rat killing and these
will be as follows:
I First prize: To the person brlng
' ing the largest number of dead rats
j K,oi'; Second prize: To the person
bringing, the second largest number
i of dead rats $5.00; Third prize: To
I (Continued on Page Seven.)
tit-r
r I
Adjournment to Capitol Square,
invocation. .
IJyinn "The Son of God (loea
Forth to War," by choir and asse'm-a
bly, ..'-
(ireetlngs- Interstate. Secretary G.
('. 1 liiiitingion, of Charlotte.
Introduction of Sppaker Hon. B.
It. I.acy.
Address Hon. Locke Craig, of
Asheville.
Doxology.
Henedictlon- Kev. II. M. North.
Notice to MiiNonH.
AH ofllcers of the grand lodge and
all Masons who may be in Raleigh
at the time are requested to meet
In the Masonic Temple tomorrow aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock, to make prepa
rations for the laying of the cornel
stone. j
Associated
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