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IMES THE WEATHEB LOCAL SHOWERS LAS ft t EDITION VoLLXXII. No. 24. RALEIGH, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of aaiy Other Newspaper. HF III TOLD ALL CHILDREN THE RALE GI . ' V M ICH ON THE COLONEL TUFT MIL SIGN BILL Panama Canal Bill Will Have the Approval of the President OF MUSI ATTEND SELECTION Formally Notified That He Is the Nominee of the Prohibitionists THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC . ' m Rev. Charles Mead, Who Was Per manent Chairman 6 f the National Convention, Delivers Notification Speech Mr. Chafln Severely Ar raigns the Liquor Traffic Plays Its Part in the High Cost of Llv tag Nearly a Million Men, En gaged In the Traffic. Waukesha. Wis., Aug. 10. This la a gala day for the country's pro hibitionists, Eugene W' Chafln, of Tucson, Arizozna, was notified for mally of his nomination as the pro hibitionist presidential candidate. The notification address was deliv ered by Rev. Charles Mead, of New York, permanent chairman of the prohibition national convention. Immediately following Mead's for mal address, Chafln delivered his speech of acceptance, Mr. Cliapin's Speech. Mr. Chairman, it Is. with many thanks that I receive from your Tinnrla this hoidnnrnd. pnprnaHpri copy of our platform; It contains sixteen planks and four hundred and twenty-five words. It is so plainly written that' anyone who reads can understand its meaning. The committee that drafted it and the convention which adopted it, ovlriontlv intonripri It to C.-Mivev In formation. This engrossed ' copy is of such size and form that it can be framed aad hung over the office 1pnk nf tho nmnlHent in the white house and be a daily reminder of Its pledges to the people. 1 snail do an in ray power to see that it Is placed there. I have carefully considered urh' nlnnlr and . thev receive mv hearty approval. It is the broadest ' platform and most comprehensive oi an we lBsues inai nas ueeu uuupi xi hv nnv nnlltlrdl party this vear It Is also the only real progressive piatrorm. . . The Liquor Traffic. The mister method of destroying the world's greatest piague, is wen Hoflio1 In thla lirnhlhitlon nlatform. The liquor traffic Is wrong. It pro duces crime, poverty and political ntlnn and Rnre&ds disease and death. All laws taxing or licensing such a traffic should be repealed. Vtnur ahull WP establish these facts in government and repeal these laws and have pronimuonr mere is uiu one way. All other methods have been tried and failed. Our platform .ova- "Tn destroy such a traffic. there must be elected to power a nnlltlpol nnrtv which will adminis ter the government from the stand point tnat tne arm is a crime hiiu not a business." That Is the master method of the great rerorm. Ana it oil vntara whn are with us aereed that the liquor traffic ought to die will use our methods to kill it, the n.nhlMHn.-l tlrkpt Will 1)R plPOtPlI Oil November 6, 1912. This is the only chance you win nave in me next strike it a death blow. If this awful crime continues four years longer It will he Dy tne con sent and vote of citizens who claim tn v.o a train at it. hut refuse to use the only method there Is to exter minate It. There Is but one place to get together -where we can de stroy the liquor traffic and that Is at the ballot box on election aay Will you meet ub there? The High Cost of Living. The platform well says that the liquor traffic "is the most serious dmln on the wealth an dresources of the nation." It takes considera bly more than a hundred million bushels of grain each year to make iinunr fnr tha United States. Nearly ' a million men are engaged In mak ing and distributing nquor. -mey .' .nnnnrt families Of four million . more. To start with, we bave here an army of Ave minions or -non-pro-." ducers all consumers of food, clothing and shelter, the necessaries of life. As a result of this traffic, more than two hundred thousand men are in Jails and penitentiaries. All coasumers ana non-proaucers Then add to this army, court of fl dais, policemen, employes and at ' tnndanta nf nnnrhouses. ialls. Pent tentlarles. Insane and other hospit als tor the dependent classes causeu tv tha llnuar traffic and you will have an army of 'nearly ten millions ,ho consume and do not produce any of the necessaries of life. Here- iiu th. caiiaa nf tha hleh cost of living. Destroy the liquor traffic let those ten millions or consumers become producers and the problem 1s solved and there Is no other solu tion. 'Charging It to the tariff am' iik. wtaiatlnn is mere buncombe. The liquor problem Is the greatest economic prooiem me worm nu ever faced. The solution of the labor and capital quesfon Is bound ,.. in it rn rthe leaders of all other parties to Ignore this great (Continued on i'age wreu. Compulsory School Law to Be Enforced In Raleigh Township With a compulsory school law In force and with the strongest faculty ever assembled, the Raleigh public school will begin the 1912 session Monday, September 9. Prof. Frank M. Harper, superintendent of the schools, has arranged the assign ment of teachers for the coming year, and these will be announced in a few days. This will be the first year that a compulsory school law has ever been tried out in Raleigh township. All children between the ages of 8 and 4 years must attend school. Last year no children were admitted who failed to be vaccinated for smallpox and the scheme worked admirable. The school authorities saw no reason for allowing a few children to en- anger the health of a thousand for want of the proper precautions, and the committee stood by Its ruling. There will not be so many children to-vaccinate this year. It is expected that the attendance at the various schools will be great ly Increased this fall. Every prepa ration is being made for a large en rollment, the buildings are being thoroughly renovated and repaired preparatory to the opening Monday, September 9, and by that date all details will have been arranged. BATTLESHIP PLAN House Democrats Lay Differences Aside and Decide to Provide For One Super-Dreadnought Each Year. Washington, Aug. 1 0. Battleship and no-battleship democrats in the house practically effected a compro mise by which provision will be made in the naval appropriation bill for one super-dreadnough. As a re sult of the understanding a peti tion was circulated for a caucus next Wednesday night. It Is ex pected the difficulties by that time will have been smoothed out and there will be no hitch In putting through the program. The two-battleship champions are said to be insisting as a price for their surrender that the ship to be authorized shall be' more powerful than any now afloat or contemplat ed. The, proposal will be fought, however, as there Is a strong con viction among many members of the naval affairs committee that smaller and faster battleships of the cruiser dreadnought type are preferable to those of heavier armament and slower speed. Assurances are reported to have been given by enough members op posed to battleships to Insure a quorum at the coming caucus. At the previous caucus enough remain ed away to prevent any business be ing transacted. PRAISE CUTTER SERVICE. Work of Captain Perry of the Man ning Commended. Washington, Aug. 10. The rev enue cutter service has received of ficial commendation from the presi dent and Secretary MacVeagh for the work of Captain Perry and the officers and crew of the revenue cutter Manning on Kodlali Island, Alaska during the volcanic eruption of Mount Katmal from June 6 to 9. The Manning rescued five hundred, many of whom would have perish ed if he had not been there. CONDEMN T. R. RACE ATTITUDE. Negroes Here Pas Resolutions Pro testing .Progressives Action. Washington, Aug. 10.- Colonel Rocisevelts attitude toward negro delegates to the progressive conven tion was condemned In resolutions adopted today by a conference of committees of the consolidated re publican clubs, composed of negroes, which met here yesterday to arrange the third annual meeting of the or ganization in New York September 18-20. BENEFITS PELLAGRA PATIENTS, Treatment for Hookworm Found to Help Those SufrflVrliig From Pel lairra. Barboursvllle Ky., Aug. 10. That the treatment being given hookworm patients benefits pellagra patients, was announced by the state health board and Rockefeller foundation scientists, conducting experiments here. The, hookworm epidemic has affected twenty thousand In this state. Death of J. It. I) Wiggins. (Special to The Times.) CreensTioroi Aug. 19. J. U. Dwlggins, a prominent citizen of Stokesdale, Guilford county died suddenly yesterday morning. Mr. Dwlggins, who' had been suffering with heart affection for many years, was In Greensboro last week visiting his daughter, Mrs. M. W. Gant, aad yesterday arose In apparently good health. He was seated In a chair when the summons came. With a gasp he fell backward and in a few momenta was dead, 'IF THE POLICE CAN'T BECKER SAID TO HAVE BIG BANK ACCOUNTS New York, Aug. 10. Cloaking his Identity under assumed names, Police Lieutenant Becker, now be hind the bars for the murder of Humbler Rosenthal, ft alleged by the state's prosecutor to have deposited thousands of dollars in several sav ings banks. The prosecutor believes the .deposits were the proceeds of 'gambling blackmail. A search lor these accounts is being made throughout the city. Becker's salary as policeman was $2,250 annually. The prosecutor Is investigating the accounts of two police inspec tors, who, it is alleged, were recipi ents of graft, and now have deposit ed many thousands of dollars.; HITCHCOCK LOSES Little Stanley Stewart Ordered Re ported by Medical Hoard. Washington, Aug. 10. Little !- year-old Stanley Stewart and his mother of England, appealing tor permission to cross the threshold of the United States to join other mem bers of their family and become Am erican citizens, were ordered de ported today. A special medical board at Que bec pronounced the Utile follow feeble-minded an insuperable legal bar to his admission. The mother must return to England with him an accompanying alien, but three other children were admitted to go to their father at Omaha. Neb. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, made the thousand-mile trip from Washington to Quebec to see if this sundering of family ties could be prevented. He Is said to have been satisfied that no other course was open. There Is yet one way, it was point ed out, thai the boy might be ad mitted. Should the father become an American citizen as he intends to do, that act, Secretary Nagel holds, would confer citizenship, up on all his minor children, whether In this country or abroad. The child could then enter as an American citizen. .-.'' TALE OF MEXICAN TORTURE. To'd By -American Who EscaiKMl From Mexican Prison. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 10. A tale of torture in Mexico, Is related by William Bender, of New York, just arrived from Mexico via Nogales. He told of his four hun dred mile flight after a thrilling es cape. He was first captured as spy and made a slave by the rebels. Bender is a Cornell graduate and went to Mexico as a prospector. "I ve heard of the foulness of the Mexican prisons," said Bender, "but I never Imagined there was a place so awful as the one I was thrown Jlnto. One day the guards threw into my cell two rattlesnakes, hop ing they'd kill me. I killed the snakes." Friendly guards aided him to escape. May Take Official Count. Washington, Aug. 10. Senator Curtis returned here today, predict ing that It would take the official court to determine whether he or Governor Stubbs carried the Kansas republican senatorial primary. ENFORCE ORDINANCES LITTLE GIRL KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR ; (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, Aug. 10. The five-year-old daughter of L. S. Boyd, a prominent." real -.estate' man of this city, was run Q.oti'i aud killed by a street ear this, morning at the cross ing of College and 11th streets. The cmld is said to have attempted to eiows the street in front of the ap proaching car and there was not time, to 'check .the car. COLONEL TO REST Will Then Hegiu Cumpnign and Speak l'i to Election Day. Oyster Hay. N. Y., Aug. 10. For one week Colonel Roosevelt is go ing to forget politics if he can and take a rest. When that week is over he will take up the fight again, to carry it on unceasingly until elee tion day. The colonel returned here today from Chicago and 'announced his plan for a week's rest, saying he hud told his secretary he wished to see no one at Sagamore Hill. The colonel said lie had found waiting him a great number of letters and telegrams congratulating him upon his nominal ion for president and the way . in which written. He had rno'iigh begun his career. Most of them he added, ended with an invi tation to -speak at the place, where ever it was, in which the writer. He had enough invitations to keep him busy making speeches for several years and said that he would have io refuse almost everybody to ad here to his determination to make only one speech in a state. The colonel's first engagement for (he campaign is to speak in Rhode Island, Aug. lti. From that tune on, lie said, he would be traveling almost constantly until election day. He expects in" go first Into the north west, when he begins his long trips and visit the south later when the Weather is cooler. Petition in Bankruptcy. (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Aug. 10. On petition of Ihc Hickory Grocery Company and other creditors of E. C. Johnson, a merchant- of .Hickory, who, It is al leged, has lett, Judge Boyd yester day Issued an order citing Johnson to appear before Referee Erviu at Hickory August -23 and show cause why he should not be adjudged bankrupt. In the meantime W. I. Caldwell of Hickory Is named as re ceiver for Hie goods and chattels of the alleged bankrupt. The receiver was required to give bond in the sum of $1,000. Sullivan Came Home Today. New York, Aug. 10.- James : B. Sullivan, American cocmnilssioner at the Olympic games, returned today with several athletes, on the Cedrlc. Sullivan is enthusiastic over the Americans' showing and grateful for Tail's promise. No Word From Nebraska. Boston, Aug. 10. -No word from the battleship Nebraska, damaged yesterday by running on an un chartered shoal, has been received. She is reported heading towards Bos ton, or the dry doc. THEN WHY POLICE?" WANTS CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST BIG TRUSTS Washington, Aug. 10. Immediate action on his resolution to-instruct t lie attorney-general, to bring -criminal'. -prosecutions', against the offi cer of the Standard Oil and Ameri can Tobacco companies was asked in the senate by Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, lie presented. a motion ao have the judiciary ccomniittee dis charged from further consideration of tlie resolution, pending in the senate for over a year, but finally withdrew it after he arranged for. a hearlrff; before the committee Mon day. WIRELESS STATION' STARTLES UNCLE SAM Powerful Plant Erected ut Kayvillc Commanding New York Harbor Reputed to be Under German Control. Washington, .'-Aug; 10. A powe ful wireless station at Sayville, I.. I., practically commanding New York harbor -.and controlled by a corpora Hon reputed to be under the infill once of tile German' government, is being observed by the navy depart ment and tho department, of com merce mid labor. Officials here have quietly, been watching its progress and trying to determine if It comes within the -provisions of the Lodge resolution recently adopted by -the senate declaring that the Cnited States could not see without grave concern the actual or potential pos session of any harbor or other place on tlie American continen.s by any government not American when pos session would give to such a govern ment practical power of control for naval o.- military "-purposes." Another feature affecting the sit uation is contained in the radio- eomniunieaiion bill for the Control of wireless which passed the house It already has passed the senate de claring that the I'nited States would prohibit the operation of any pri vate wireless plant within "fifteen miles of certain government, sta Hons." Officials - .who have been concerned over the erection of tho new tower which is even taller and fully as powerful as the great gov eminent plant now being erected near here at Fort Myer, Va., have been awaiting the action of congress on tins provision. , Notice of the general-supposed foreign-owned wireless plant came to the atten'.ion of the government officially, through a prominent member of the New York Yacht Club, hear whose country place at Sayville the tower haB been erected Important considerations of nationa policy moved the navy departmen to quietly dispatch an officer from the New York navy yard to Sayville to examine and report upon the structure. Bankrupt Discharged. (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Aug 10. In tlnlled States district court yesterday Judge Boyd (Signed an order discharging from bankruptcy a Hendersonville merchant, J. G. Beck. Beck was adjudged bankrupt In May of this year aud according to the order he Is freed from all debts' existing on and prior to May 20, 1912, Thioks Roosevelt Will Carry North Carolina Taft Will Not Get 5000 Votes (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, Aug. 1 0, "Governor Wilson will carry ever England slate with 'the exceptK ' - t Maine, and .every -southern -staK. 'th the exception of North Carolina Ten nessee," is the prediction.- nt. "CjAy H: . jviriNincn, who nas aiignua v "o. self heartily with the fortunes of K', new Roosevelt uarl v. "I did not go to the Chicago con vention of the. progressives,"', stated Mr. .MeNinrh, "but it was not be cause l am not in accord with tne party. There is no man, not even tlie colonel himself, who is more en thusiastic over tlie outlook of the new party, and this is not a political fight we ni'i entering into, but a con test in tlie interest of humanity. Itoosevelt will sweep the West. Wilson and Tall will divide in some of Hie middle-eastern states', atid Wilson will carry the south, with tlie exceptions ! have noied. In North; Carolina Taft will poll less than 5,'HMi votes, while Roosevelt will eaptu.-e the electoral vote as will be the case in Tennessee. "Tlie reports' in democratic news papers relative to the convention in this city do not carry the facts as they are. The Taft forces of Hie state are without hope in the world, ind they are sure they caennot make a showing against the onslaughts of the progressive party. Even the democrcats are admitting in their own minds tnat . colonel itoosevelt will get the. electoral vote in this state...--Thousands of democrats will vote for Colonel Roosevelt, and '.he Taft men have no show In the world. We will sweep North Caro lina and Tennessee and with what we carry in !he west and north with an additional state here and there in the other sections we will elect Theodore Roosevelt president. i worked for the organization of the new party, made speeches for it, and did all I could, and regret that, my business was in such condi tion thai, 1 ci.ild not at rem! the na tional convention at Chicago. But I tell you how, that we are. just -a little corner of tile world and utter coming in Contact with big -men, men of prominence in the world, men who are able to do big things, and -who are willing to spend their money and time in a political con test, I look with 'amusement.--some times on the activities of us little fellows whose opinions and positions amount to but little. "It 'may' .sound strange, but you will see that my prediction of Taft's vole in North Carolina will be much nearer correct than you have any idea now. And 1 am in earnest and am honest in ..my belief that Roose veil will get tile electoral VOie in this state," Mr. McNinchc's extravagant claim of tlie electoral vote of this staU for Roosevelt probably out-reaches the expectations of the third tenner himself and is regarded with a smile in local democratic circles. His pre diction of the sum of the Taft strength ill the! state, however, is taken' -more, seriously, und there is a disposition to concede thai, tlie contest in the state wul be belwten Wilson aud Roosevelt. One serious handicap that the Roosevelt men in tlie stale confront is that established by the action ot thestale -republican executive com mittee in eliminating, the progres sives from representation in tlie stae convention which meets 'hero in September, and from' any part in the regular, state orgaui.a'ior The regular old-line republicans have thus secured a '.strategic, ad vantage which will undoubtedly t-m barass to some degree the new par ty in its efforts to capture the state's electoral vole. CALLERS ON WILSON', Hungarian Democratic ( lull Among Today's Cullers Other Visitors. -Seagirt, .vug. 10. Woodrow Wil son prepared to receive tho Hunga rian naiional -democratic- club, whose members ars scheduled to call this afternoon. The governor expected t exldain his attitude on immigra tion. Other visitors expected were the Brooklyn' democratic club, and the Wilson club, of Orange. The governor- said he would not leave Seagirt over Sunday because his work has become so congested his absence has been inadvisable. Towns DeMroyed By Earthquake. Constantinople, Aug. 10. Galll- poli. a seaport a hundred and thir ty-two' miles west of here, and the towps of Tchanak and Kaless, at the Dardenelles' narrowest point, were destroyed by an earthquake today Many inhabitants were killed or injured. . I . Many People HoiiicIcnm, C.t.istantl ioplc, Aug. 10. The In habitants of several villages, are homeless, and roodless. Galllpolis hud it population, of thirty thousand GRANTS FREE TOLLS The President Does Not Approve of All the Provisions of the Bill but He Will Sign It Ityi Has Pro- j Use of tlie Canal By Railroad Owned Ships and Granting Free Tolls to Ameri can Ships Greatly Extends Pow ers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. .'.-' Washington,' Aug. 10. The pres- ; dent told his callers today that he expected to sign the Panama canal bill the senate passed yesterday, car ving provisions againBt the use of the canal by the railroad owned ships and granting free tolls to American ships. The president de clared that some measure of tho provisions did not meet his views, but he would approve it. The railroad and legal experts in congress held the view that the sen ale authorized a highly important extension of the interstate commerce commission's power in adopting the house amendment to the bill. The provisions authorized the commis sion to divorce competing railroad and steamship lines whenever they are found to operate to the public's detriment and would extend the powers of regulation over the water routes. Such control has long been, desired by the commission, but the water lines never conceded the com mission's right to supervise their business or their relations with the roads. . Little difficulty is anticipated in recolciling the differences between the senate and the house bill. The conference will be required mainly to smoth out the literary strcuture ot the bill and for discussion of the senate amendment throwing open the canal to American ships engag ed in foreign trade. KNOX TO ATTEND FUNERAL. Will He President Taft' Person! Representative at Funeral of Jap anese Emperor. Washington, Aug. 10. Secretary Knox- was designated by President Taft today as United States special representative at the funeral, Sep tember 12th of the late Japanese emperor, Mutstihito. Knox Heaves for the Orient Thursday. He re turns in October. Knox leaves Seattle on the ormor- ed cruiser Pennsylvania. The ship steams direct to Yokohoma. The passage takes eighteen days. The voyage is forty-two hundred miles. A rear admiral and a major general will be assigned as aides to accom pany Knox. President Taft, in de signating Knax to attend the fun eral said he thus wished to show the I nited States' friendliness for the Japanese people. Six Year Tterm For President. Washington, Aug. 10. The con stitutional amendment providing a single term of six years for presi dents and vice presidents will be pushed for consideration next week. Bailey said he had canvass ed the senate and expected the amendment to get the necessary two-thirds vote. The house has not yet acted. Invite Wilsqn to Waterway Con vention. Seagirt, Aug. io. The members of- tin- New Jersey commission ot the At! uitic Waterways Association, v stted Wilson today. Thy wanted i he governor to attend the national cotivt'i'ion at New London, Septem ber 4. The governor would not give a di Unite answer. Three Confessions in Detroit Graft. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 10. Prose cutor Sheppnrd has the confessions of three of the eighteen city offi cials, under arrest, in connection with the aldermanlc graft scandal. Sheppard said more arrests are like ly to be made Monday. He said he would uncover important facts. Missouri Nominee for Governor. St. Louis, Aug. 10. -Elliott Major won the democratic gubernatorial nomination over former Congress man Cowherd, according to official relurns. Motor Boat Race. Atlantic City, Aug. 10. The re turn race from Bermuda between the motor boats Dream and Kathem ma, was won by Dream on time al lowance. Hoys Fire Dynamite. Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 10. A gang of boys touched off dynamite against tho Madison Avenue Church of Christ. The explosion caused a panic among the worshippers. Nona were hurt. The boys were unldans titled. ' . t
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