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THE RALEIG IMES LABT EDITION T THE WEATHER FAIR Vol.' LXXII. No. 25. V RALEIGH, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Nvimber Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of eny Other Newspaper. bIIuOS! Good Roads Amendment to the Post Office Bill Killed Today A DAILY SCENE ,IN RALEIGH 10 IN. LEU WAS NO WORSE REGULARS mib Known II Bill to Appropriate a Quarter of a Million to Each State to be Avail able When, the State Appropriated A Similar Sum Was Defeated Senate Committee Proposed a Good 1 toads Commission to In vestigate the Subject of Federal Aid to Road Building Before Appropriations Are Made. Washington, Aug. 12. Overman's good roads amendment to the post office bill to appropriate a quarter of a million dollars for highway work in each state, to be available when a state appropriated a similar sum, was defeated today. The Shackle ford good roads feature, adopted in the house, would give general aid to the maintenance of all roads used tnv nnhlip mirnnse. In place of the house provision the senate committee proposed a good roads commission to Investigate the subject of federal aid to roaa uuhq. inir ViBfnrn Rnnronriations are made The southern members, including Cwonflnn Martin Overman and Sim mons, advocated the adoption of the .house provision. By 37 to 21, the senate struck out the house provision and adopted an amendment providing a commio sion of three senators and three rep resentatlves to make an inquiry. Parcels Post Plan, wiihnnt debate the senate adopt a the Rnnrne-Brlstow narcels post plan as a substitute for the house parcels post provision in luo pum. office appropriation bill. The Bourne-Brlstow plan would divide the country into eight zones, within a R ((.mile radius, the rate would be fixed at 5 cents for the first pound and 3 cents for each ad ditional pound on fourth-class mat ter. A graduated rate to cover the other zones would increase to 1 cents a pound in the eighth zone. SEVEN MEN ELECTROCUTED Jjarge Number of Criminals Put to Death In new lorn. Osslnnimg. N. Y., Aug. 12. Seven murderers were taken from Sing Sing and electrocuted today This is the largest number or crim inals suffering the death penalty by electricity at any time since the chair was adopted as the method of capital punishment. Six Italians and one negro were electrocuted. All the executions were accomplished within an hour and six teen minutes. The condemned were John W. Collins, Lorenzo Call, SaU vatore De Mario, Filepo De Marco Angelo Oiusto, Vincenzo Cona and Joseph Ferrone. 'resident Will Attend Hall Game, Washington, Aug. 12. President Taft witl occupy a box tomorrow at the" American League park when Washington plays her first home game in several weeks, meeting Chi cago. The president believes Wash Ington has a chance for the pennant EXTREME ECONOMY Sea filrf, Aug. 12 Extreme econ omy and the smallest campaign ex pense In any party's history, repre sent Governor Wilson's wishes -for the campaign. Discussing a report that the democratic party wanted to raise two million dollars to conduct the campaign, Wilson said: "It vovaa ma verv much that it Was stated that two million dollars was fixed as the figure. 1 nave not me niizhteiit notion how much is neces eary. My desire is to confine the expenditures to a reasonable degree f ecnnomv and absolutely legiti mate objects. I regret it costs as much as It does to run a campaign. Wilson Intimated that he would not go to Indianapolis to attend the Marshall notiucauon. ne qbb b pre vlous engagement lor tnat qaie. '''. Mr. Eugene Thorne Dead. fSiumlsl In Tha Times.) V. 1 .w - - jienu ou"i " Thorne, a successful merchant of Henderson, died at his home nere Saturday night. Mr. Thorne had lived here a good many years and was highly respected and esteemed iiw h community, no u- voted wife and a Urge family con nectlon. lb bad been sua ouij abort time. . Warrant Charges Ed. R. Mc- Intyre With Sending Machine to Miss Hoover (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Aug. 12. Chief Ridge, of' High Point, in a long dis tance communication at. noon today, said that he was expecting news of the arrest of a suspect in the in fernal machine explosion case within few hours. The party under sus picion is a young man of High Point instead of Thomasvllle. He says, and he claims to have positive in formation, that his man was ' in Asheville Sunday. It is intimated that the arrest is to be made in or about Asheville. E. II. Mclntyro Accused. Ed. R. Mclntyre, a vaudeville house owner and Interested in other business at High Point, is formally harged with sending an infernal machine to Miss Olie Hoover, of High Point, in a United Stales war rantGovernment officers and High Point police are making a diligent search for Mclntyre, who is believed to be in Asheville. Miss Hoover is daughter of Mrs. Howard Maxwell, and a niece of United States Clerk of Court J, M. Milliken. Story of Machine. Greensboro, Aug. 12. Revela tions of a highly sensational nature were made to United States District Attorney A. E. Holton and Polk-o Chief Ridge at High Point yester day during the course of a rigid in vestigation into the causes and cir cumstances of the explosion of an infernal machine in the High Point express office Saturday afternoon. As the result of the explosion W. M. Busbee, manager of the High Point office, is in St. Leo's Hospital here with burns of a very grave nature and his cashier, Mr. Morton is said to be very seriously burned. Dur ing the course of the investigation yesterday it is said a prominent young society woman of High Point made disclosures of damaging nature against a young man of Thomas vllle who is of a prominent family in the state. It was to this young woman that the package waB ad dressed, though first reports were that the machine was Intended to have gone to Postmaster Charles Hoover, of Thomasvllle. The reports of the disclosures were verified here last nignt ny Police Chief Ridge, who admitted that he was in search of a Thomas vllle young man of prominence. The chief stated that he knew both the nnme of the sender and the expect ed receiver of the deadly package, but until an arrest is made he says it has been determined to make no disclosures of evidence or of names of parties Involved. Chief Ridge kept a man posted here all Sunday and lust night, to watch trains. He believes that the man he is search ing for has secreted himself in this vicinity and hourly. expects to make an arrest. . Such, he says, will precipitate a sensation as startling as the state has known in years It is learned from authoritative sources that at the investigation held by District Attorney Holton and Chief Ridge the High Point girl to whom the package was address ed appeared and gave evidence. She named a man of Thomasvllle whom the officers already suspicioned and gave strong evidence against him It is admitted that a "love affair will be, shown as the motive, .the Thomasvllle man having been Jilted by the High Point girl. When he left her, she is reported to have tea tided, that he promised to send back some trinkets. The infernal ma chine which exploded in the hands of Express Manager Busbee was the trinkets which he returned. The explosion occurred late Sat urday in High Point, first reports being that Manager Busbee and Cashier Morton were examining the package preparatory to consigning it to the "old hoss heap" when it exploded. It was also said that the package was addressed to "Charles Hoover, High Point." the impres sion being that it was really intend ed for Postmaster Hoover, of Thorn asvllle. The package, it was learn ed, was sent from Thomasvllle on the morning of December ,2 and was addressed to a young woman of High Point, who stands high in society circles. It so happened that the Thomasvllle express clerk way-layed the package to "Charles Hoover", when in fact it was ad dressed to a young woman. ThU U explained by the fact that Hoover'i name appeared on the opposite side of the tag, but bad been struck out When the package arrived at Hlga Point confusion was occasioned by a way-bill to one party and packag addressed to another. No CharK Hoover could be found and th young woman declared that she had no reason to lay claim to the pacK age. The result was that it lay In the express office .until last Sat urday, when it went off with annoat fatal results for the express nau ager and cashier. (Continued, on Pane $'m-l This is intended to convey an idea of the appearance ot tluit portion of Fayetteville -street in front of the Market House- The drinking fountain is . the inemi for every kind ol hor.se drawn vehicle in the city. There Is no attempt made to require drivers of . vehicles' to -approach the fountain from the right hand side of tne street. This is one f the most congested spots in Raleigh- The only remedy without traffic regulation is to move the fountain to some point in the suburbs. HERMIT'S DEATH EXCITES SUSPICION Harrisonburg, Va., Aug. 12. The Rockingham county authorities, in vestigating the unexplained death of George M. Nicholas, a wealthy hermit farmer, of Port Republic, discovered most extraordinary af fairs in the man's life. Te died last week after drinking coffee. Three others who drank coffee were made desperately ill. His stomach is in a chemical labratory at Richmond, while the authorities await the ex amination. He was worth a quarter of a million dollars, which, it Is said, he scattered in fifteen banks in Virginia and Maryland. The hermit lived with an old housekeeper in squaler, in a fifteen room mansion, bare of furniture and slept on the floor. He always wrote checks on scraps of paper. He was a confed erate veteran and wore a wooden leg he made. Nicholas left no will, and died unmarried, leaving four broth ers. MOXTRKAT OFFICERS Stockholders of Association Hold Meetinb and Elect Officers. (Special to The Times.) Montreat, Aug. 12. An important meeting of the stockholders of the Mountain Retreat Association has just been hold at Montreat, at which time much important business was transacted, the most important item being the election of the officers of the association for the coming year. The following named gentlemen were re-elected to the ofiices indi cated: President, Rev. R. C. Ander son; vice-president, Judge J. D. Murphy; secretary and treasurer, F. L. Jackson. Plans were discussed and set in motion at this" meeting which will aid much in the develop ment or Montreat during the com ing year. Announcement was made also that a large number of addi tional cottages will be erected at Montreat before the opening of the season of next year. Montreat is enjoying the best sea son in the history of the Mountain Retreat Association, every hotel and boarding house being crowded with guests and the management being forced to refuse the requests of many others who desire eutertaln ment, on account of lack of room. The sessions of the summer assem bly of southern Presbyterians are being attended by large audiences and the program ' is being highly commended. Prince Henry to Attend Funeral. Berlin, Aug. 12. Prince Henry, the emperor's brother, was desig nated today to represent the ruler at Emperor Mutsuhlto's funeral at Tokio. School Man a Suicide. Granville, O., Aug. 12. Prof. James H. Corey, age forty, of Doane Academy, committed suicide today, hanging himself. He was un balanced, . . .. .. . WILL RESIGN Jefferson Standard to Lose Four Strong Business Men As forecasted in The Times sev eral weeks ago several officers of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company. will resign -when the direc tors meet 'here tomorrow at II o'clock. The olllcers who will sever their connection wiili the company are Joseph (i. Brown, president; Dr. Albert Anderson, medical director; Eugene Armbrusteiv treasurer, and C, W. Gamwell, actuary. These resignations are (lie result of the moving to 'Greensboro of the home office of the company. Mr. . H Pace, general counsel will also tender his resignation. The position that President Brown occupies in the business world and the poslton that Dr. Anderson oc cupies in the .medical world, both. being at the top. are largely respon sible for the success ot the Jerter son Standard. Messrs. Armbruster and Gamwell .'have also been im portant factors in the company's de velopment. UNDERWOOD EXPECTS EARLY ADJOURNMENT .Washington..'' Aug.-'-' 12. Majority Leader Underwood predicts ad- ioiirninent of congress this week unless the president vetoes the leg islative. executive and judicial ap propriation btl1- Taft 8ald ne would veto the '"measure because of its amendments to abolish the com merce court and limit the tenure ot office of all civil service employes to seven years. Underwood will at tempt to pass the wool revision bill over the president. . XKW YOUW DKMOCRATS Hold AH Xight Secret Conference Are Opposed to Murphy. Rochester, Aug. 12. All night secret democratic conference, pre ceded today's democratic gathering, called together to found an anti Murphy faction. The call for the meeting, issued by the Nassau county committee, is a protest speci fically stated "against the dictation and domination of Charles F. Mur phy." It Is planned to select antl Murpbyltes to the state convention. Meeting of Otologists. Boston, Aug. 12. Five hundred physicians, specialists in diseases, and scientists attended the first ses sion of the 9th annual Internationa, congress of otologists MYSTERY THIS WEEK New York, Aug. 12, Tin's week promises to unravel much, and prob ably all the mystery surrounding i lie Rosenthal killing. With Schepps coming from Hot Springs and Jack Sullivan's possible confession, Prose cutor Whitman prepared for ne.v evidence, corroborating Rose's con fession that Police Lieutenant Becker instigated the murder. Schepps, according to Rose, rode ;n the murder car, and paid the gun men for their work. An officer lpft for Hot Springs to return with tne prisoner. The aldermanic Investi gating committee met this after noon. The prosecutor obtained in formation that Becker bad accounts in no less than eight banks here. There are indications that since t lie murder, several thousand dollars ol' Hub money has been withdrawn. Schepps Arrested in St. Louis. Hot Springs, Ark., Aug, 12. Whether Sam Schepps, arrested here and held in custody, lias m.i.'.e a definite statement regarding the Rosenthal murder conspira-y or whether he will . reveal possible knowledge of the missing slayers hiding place before being removed to New York, had not been determ ined this morning. Schepps will l ot resist removal to New York, ltKKTLK IX TOIIACCO Kxpcrimentcr Finds Means Checking Practices of Pest of Dallas, Aug. 12. Government ex periments into the methods ol checking the activity of the beetle Hint bores holes in tobacco and cijiars. have proved successful, ac cording to a report by W, B. Hunter of the federal entomology bureau. Fumigation Is recommended in the report, which contains a list of pre cautions for tobacco "manufacturers' and growers. Investigation of the beetle's activities Bhow that the larvae are deposited in the opening ends of the cigars. When they hatch they eat their way out generally through the length of the cigar. McKlXLKY HKFOKK COMMITTKK TelU of Financial Operations of Republican Congressional Com nilttee. Washington, Aug. 12. William B. McKinley, 'chairman of the re uublicau congressional committee, before the senate committee investi gating campaign contributions, re viewed the financial operations of the republican committee in 1908. McKinley especially denied that contributions were accepted ; from "big business" corporations, like tobacco and standard oil. He said the entire fund that year amounted to sixty thousand dollars. Farewell Audience to Farrelly. Rome, Aug. 1Z. -Th pope gave a farewell audience today to the Right Rev. John Farrelly, bishop of Cleveland, who leaves tomorrow fur the United Stateg. Message From Bedside of Adjutant General As to His Condition Capt. Baxter Durham receiy' .-' 'phone message from Wilmington dav savina that the condition Adjutant General R. L. Leinster,. who suffered a stroke of paralysis K Saturday, remained the same. The whole left side is affected, but'Gen- eral Leinster's mind was as clear to day as at any time. Mrs. Leinster went to Wilmington yesterday to be with her husband. There were hundreds of inquiries in Raleigh yesterday and today as to the condition of the adjutant gen eral and many calls at the home. General Leinster is not quite 36 years old, and it is hoped that his illness is but temporary. The Wilmington Star ol Sunday contained the tolluwnig account of his illness: '-Many friends -in Wilmington and throughout North Carolina learned with regret yesterday that Adjutant General K. L. Lcin.-tter, ol the North Carolina National Guard, who was on lus way Irorn Raleigh to Fort Caswell to -inspect.'. the coast artillery corps in camp there; was .stricken with paralysis in Ins room at the Arton hotel, Fridav morning, be tween 4 and 5 o'clock. The attack came on gradually and General Leinster did not. realize until yester day that ins condition was anything like serious. He at. first thought that he was attacked with a form of rheumatism, it is said, and so far as was learned lie has not ve-: been lnlorined that paralvsis is the cause or Ins illness. His en. ire lett side is paralzed except his head, which has not yet been affected. Usually the disease attacks the side of the head opposite the other part of the body paralyzed. His speech has not been interl'eired -with 'and he talked free ly to those who visiied him .yester day. "General Leinster is only about lit! years old and is originally from StatesviUe, or that vicinity. He and Dr. Morris M. Caldwell, of this city, were close triends in boyhood days, the latter being a native of Cabarrus county. As soon ''as he became ill Friday morning General Leinster summoned Dr. Caldwell, who recog nized at once the nature of the at tack. General Leinster grew gradu ally worse and yesterday at noon he was takeii to the James Walker Me morial hospital, where he is being given attention by Dr. Caldwell. A message from the hospital last night was to the effect that General Lein ster was getting along very well." .May He Better. (Special to The Times.) Wilmington. Aug. 1 2. Adiiitant- Geneial l. .. Leinster, head .if the national guard of Raleigh., who was strirKeii wiih ,aralysis in this Fri day, is in the Walker hospital with no change i:i his condition. He came to this city with a rheumatic sensa tion in his legs. The pain increased and he weit to th? hotel. Dr. M. M. Caldwell, a school-mate and close friend, was called ill aiid. .found 'Gen eral Leinster in a serious condition. The patient refuses to believe any thing serious. It was said from the hospital at I o'clock that his condi tion was about the same and possi bly better. ITNKKAL OF KMI'FltOlt I'l-oi-.-im for the F.xercises Proces sion Will Be a Long One. Tokio, Aug. 12. The official pro gram oi Aiutsiuuro s tuneral as an nounced today is as follows: Ser vices begin on the-morning of Sep tember thirteenth, when the em peror lesnnnie ami tne empress Dowuger will he present. In the evening the elder statesman, peers high officials and foreign representa tives, among them Secretary Knox will assemble al the palace. Tin procession will lie long. The eoitln will be drawn by a team of oxen. Immediately after the arrival of the procession at Aoyama the funeral services, comprising the imposing sliinte ritual will begin. The im perial train bearing the body leaves alter the services for Kioto where "lie body will be placed in the tomb Willi the great ceremonies. CIIAXGK OF POLICY Secretary MhcYciikIi Gradually Cor reeling Discrimination in Desig nating Repositories for Funds. Washington, Aug. 12, Govern ment discrimination in designating depositories for federal funds is gradually being corrected under change of policy by Secretary Mac Veagh, who Is increasing the num ber of depositaries without aug menting the aggregate of the gov ernment's deposits. This is being done especially in small dries, in towns with only two banks the secretary is dividing the government deposits between them to avoid rihurlmtnatlon. In the large cites the advantages enjoyed by the depositaries are regarded as uegllglble. . . lEIAUG. 29 Chairman Andrews Calls Taft Forces Together to , Elect Delegates PIEDGES ALLEGIANCE V FO - V lO T J T t . CnA Cot, ' V and Tells Bull Mice They a Not Republicans Roosevelt Men Plan to Capture State Organization or Put Out Separate Ticket The Colonel to Speak in This State Chairman Andersw' Call. The Wake county republican ex ecutive committee of which Mr. W. .1. Andrews is chairman held a meet ing at noon today in the rooms of the chamber of commerce, called the county convention far August 29 and declared its allegiance to Presi dent Taft and the republican party. Another count yconveation, that presided over by Mr. Lester F. But ler, and popularly known in this county as the "bull mice," is to mee August 24. The Taftites will not participate in this convention of course and the Teddyites will aot be numerous in the Taft convention. Bull mice in Raleigh say that their plan is to capture the state convention, turn Chairman More head out doors, seize the entire or ganization and support Colonel Roosevelt; failing to do this they will hold a separate convention and nominate a state ticket in opposi tion to tnat nominated by the reg ulars. The announcement that Col onel Roosevelt is to make several speeches In this state will serve to inspire the followers of Taft and Teddy with greater determination and the Charlotte convention will not be a love feast. The fallowing are the resolutions calling the convention in the audi torium and supporting the republi can national ticket: - The Call. Resolved, by the republican exec utive committee of Wake county. that the chairman be directed to call the republican county conven tion to meet at noon Thursday, Au gust 29th, 1912, in the auditorium at Raleigh, N. C, for the purpose of electing 26 delegates and 20 alter nates to the publican Btate conven tion to be held in Charlotte, N. C. September-4,' 1912, and to transact such other business as may come before It. Resolved further that this com mittee declares its allegiance to the republican platform and republican candidates named by the republican convention held in Chicago, 111., June is, 1912. We urge all pa triotic, citizens to join in heartily supporting the republican : ticket thereby saving the nation from the calamity of a democratic national administration and vouchsafing a continuation of the prosperity our people now enjoy. General Advance on Xew York. Stratford, Conn., Aug. 12. A general advance of both wings of the "Red" army is trying to cap ture New York city, began this morning on the first days actual op erations in the Connecticut maneu ver campaign. Twenty thousand militiamen are participating. TY COBB ATTACKED AND STABBED III BACK Syracuse, Aug. 12. Ty Cobb was attacked and stabbed In the back by three unknown men In Detroit early tins morning, while the ball player was on the way to the train which was to bring his team mates here for an exhibition game this after noon. Cobb's agility saved bim from serious Injury and possibly death. His injuries are slight. Campaign Funds From Popular Subscription. New York, Aug. 12. Rola Wells, treasurer of the democratic national committee, taking up his new du ties, said he expected necessary funds for running the campaign would be raised by popular sub scription. WellB conferred today with National Chairman McCombs and Henry Morganthau, the finance; commktee chairman. Knox Leaves Friday. Washington, Aug. 12. Secretary Knox leaves Friday for Japan, to at tend Mutsuhlto's funeral at the Uni ted States' special representative. Knox expects to sail on tne Mary land from Seattle, August 22. Knights or Pythias' Beeeloa. Denver, Col., Aug. 12. Matters bearing upon the ritualistic work oc cupied the secret session of the iu prenie lodge, Knights ot Pythias, to 1
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