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E R IGH TIM I Mr. TrtreliiK Nil: PIoha Throw Thia PaoeT The Times is v Always Clean Enough For Your Home. Out of the Car Window When Vou Flniib HeadlD lb LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. Vol. LXXII. No. 31. The Weather PAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 19, 1912. Double the 'Number, of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of soiy Other fvspaper ALE E tVJLL SUPPLY IIEtlO Ml MISSING LI IS MURDERED i DIMS in no I .1 REPORT ON EVERGLADES ' ' Majority Report Blames Sec retary Hays While the Minority Disagrees ATTACK T WRIGHT No Criticism of Secretary Wilson in the Report Wrights Dealings in North Carolina Mentioned in the Report Wright Appeared Before the North Carolina Legislature as an 'Official of the Department of Agriculture While at the Same Time He Was l'ersnually Interest ed in the Lands Under Considera tion. Washington, Aug. The Moss committee today presented to the House two reports or Us investiga tion of the Florida everglades charges and the subsequent Inquiry into the drainage division of the department of agriculture. The re ports take up the charge that a cer tain circular unfavorable to sale of everglades lands was suppressed in the department of agriculture through influence of real estate oper ators; the question of relatives be tween Assistant Secretary Hays, of the department and J. O. Wright, a former government employee in a land project at Lake Mattamuskeet, N. C, and the dismissal of C. C. Elliott an'd A. D. Morehouse from the drainage division of the depart ment on technical charges involving the transfer of government funds from one account to another. Secretary Wilson escaped person ai arraignment at the hands of the majority in the findings on the everglades charges. The departments policy toward the everglades was characterized as vasciilating "most unfortunate" and having subjected the department to much suspicion and criticism. The minority report signed by Representative Sloan, of Nebraska, who paid his views were approved by Representatives Hlg- gins and Madden held that Secretary Wilson had acted with in his legal discretion. Hays was condemned by the ma Jorlty for hi3 relations with Wright in the Nor i Carolina project while the minority held his interest was not one for profit but only his well known interest In development of rural community life. Hoflh majority and minority agreed that the dismissal of Elliott and Morehouse 'on technical charges was "over discipline." The conduct of Assistant Secre tary Hays of the Agriculture De partment, whose relations with for mer drainage engineer J. O. Wright were the subject of especial atten tion by the committee, was declared in a majority report presented by Chairman Moss, Democrat, to have been not in harmony "with proper Btandards of official propriety if not official rectitude." The minority, re port made by Rep. Sloan, of Nebras ka, Republican, asserted on the oth er hand that the "unstable" majorl ty conclusions were "more of i charge against the mental capacity and honesty of the committee mem hers" than against Assistant Secre tary Hays. The majority report was signed by Chairman Moss and Representa tive Flood, of Arkansas ana uougn- ton. of North Carolina, Democrats. The minority report was signed by Representative Sloan, of Nebraska who stated that Representative Hlg gins, of Connecticut, and Madden of Illinois, approved U. All are itepuD; llcans. Many features of the Agrl culture Department's. work In con nectlon with the Everglades were attacked by the Democratic report which arraigned the Department vasciilating and Engineer Wright as having been "on familiar terms wnn real estate promoters and specula tors." No real criticism of Secretary Wil son was contained in the majority report, the burden of criticism being la d on Assistant secretary nays The minority report on the other hand, acauitted the latter of the charges that he 'despised all re straint and attempted to capitalize his official position and draw quick dividend from official opportunity. The Everglades investigation arose through the charges that cer tain reports prepared by governmen engineers had been withheld from publication, with the inference that such action was in the Interest of land dealers. C. (1. Elliott, chief o drainage and Assistant Engineer Moorehouse, who were vrought into the controversy, were found by the Committee to have made an arrange ment In connection with North Car olina swamp lands that was In vio lation of tbe law, but inasmuch as there was no profit intended in the committee declared that the men had been too severely disciplined by Agricultural Department officials Assistant Secretary Hays' con nectlon with the matter arose Continued on Page FJve.J. Related to the Senate by Fall of New Mexico Border Citizens Armed Washington, Aug. 1 9. Mexican conditions were related to the sen ate by Senator Fall, of New Mexico, who arose to a question of personal privilege to declare "absurd and ri diculous" a statement purporting to come from Madero that he (Fall) caused the failure of the peace nego tiations between the Mexican gov ernment and Orozco. Fall denied he had any connection with Orozco regarding peace negoti ations. Fall infromed the senste that Mexico can't give Americans in Mexico adequate protection anil said in many towns in Texas and Ari zona, along the noi-Jcr, eitiz' r.s had bought arms and determined that the killing of Americans ni"st. cease;. Fall said at Hisbee, Arizona, two hundred Americans had nrmed them selves and were ready to cross o Mexico to protect Americans, An appropriation of twenty thou sand dollars for subsistence of Am erican refugees, was approved by the senate, and goes to the president for approval. Two Deaths From Lightning. Macon, ('.a., Aug. lit.-Lightning caused the death of two and dam age to many buildings yesterday. There was panic among the wor shipers in the Presbyterian church when lightning set fire to a building across the street. MARSHALL WILL BE NOTIFIED TUESDAY Indianapolis, Aug. ID. The news that he has been nominated for vice- president of the United States, will be officially broken to Gov. Thomas R. Marshall by Judge Alton B. Par ker, In this city Tuesday afternoon Samuel . M, Ralston, democratic can didate for governor, will introduce Judge Parker when the time cornea for the latter to perform his func tion as chairman of the notification committee. Governor Marshall will follow Judge Parker with his speech of acceptance. All democratic governors, state chairmen, and national committee men, have been Invited to attend ihe notification ceremonies and large number are expected to at tend.-:' The program will open with a lun cheon for the visitors at Denison hotel, Tuesday, noon. At U p. m they will be taken to the state fair grounds, where the notification cere monies will take place. It is plan ned to have Thomas Taggart intro duce Candidate Ralston, who will bring forth Judge Parker to per form the Job. After delivering his speech of ac ceptance, Governor Marshall will entertain the visitors at the Country Club. ' DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHOT Attorney for Richmond Korough Shot by Woman, Supitowdly De ranged. New York, Aug. 19. District At toraey Albei t C. Fach, of Richmond Borough, was shot and seriously wounded near Stapleton National Bank, while on his way to his of fice this morning. Tha shooting was done by a-woman. Fach was taken to a hospital. Fach was shot by Mrs.'-Elizabeth Evans, supposedly mentnlly de ranged. She fired three shots, all taking effect. The woman's trou bles are due to family troubles which brought her in contact with Fach THE WEAVERS' STRIKE Sixth Week With No Prospects of Settlement. Newbedford, Mass., Aug. 19, The weavers' strike which closed twelve cotton cloth mills and threw thir teen thousand people out of work entered the sixth week with no pros pects of settlement. The weavers object to the grading system of pay ment. The strike thus far has coBt the operatives a half a million dol lars. The loss in production is twenty million yards, cauclng a loss In cotton sales of twelve thousand five hundred bales. Generous Offer for William Ilurkc- Philadelphia, Aug. 19. William Burke, who resigned his seat in the city council because he reared ex posure from an ex-convict, who was In the Massachusetts penitentiary while he was also serving a seven years' sentence for robbery, has had a generous oner to return to rnna delphla and resume the cigar bus! ness. Fat people are awful lucky always to have a seat In a train to tnom selves If the rest ot the passengers can possibly find any ptherB. JUNIORS HERE TOMORROW NIGHT Raleigh Juniors are looking for ward with pleasure to the 'RCHSion.fi of the state council Jr. O. l A. M. here this week. The. first meeting, a public one, will be held in the auditorium tomorrow night, when Attorney General T. W. Blckett will deliver the address. The 600 dele gates will be welcomed by Mayor Johnson on the part of the city and by Treasurer Lacy on the part of the Juniors. The response will be made by Hon. L. T. Uarisell of Con cord. The Third regiment baud wil) furnish music. The business sessions will be held in the Masonic temple. Body of General Hayes ltmi;l at Arlington. Washington, Aug. lfl. The body of Brig. Gen. Edward Hayes, retired, who died at Morganton, X. C, age 70, Thursday, was buried at Arling ton today,'' ;' Millionaire i'-ty Goods Merchant Dead. Chicago, Aug. 19. Simon Man- del, a millionaire dry goods mer chant, age 76. died today after a year's illness. . WAS 90 YESTERDAY AND 93 THIS DAY Although the weather seemed hot enough yesterday for 100 degrees the thermometer of the 1'nited States weather bureau here indicated only 5)0 degrees. The thermometer registered 93 at 2 o'clock .this af ternoon. The intense heat is due to the sultry heat. There are no in dications of a general rain, though the thunderclouds that roll up every afternoon may bring a good shower at any time. Some sections of the county had rain yesterday. Weather liurcuti Bulletin. Washington, Aug. 19. The dis tribution of barometic pressure over the North American continent and the adjacent oceans is such as to indicate that the coming week will be one of the moderately high tem peratures in the southern states generally over the middle west, while in the northern states and west of the Rocky Mountains tem peratures will bo near or below the seasonal average. The precipitation during the week will be light and local over the southern half of the country and generally above the normal in the northern states. The next disturbance to cross the country will appear In the northwest Tues day, cross the middle west about Thursday, and the eastern states Friday or Saturday. There are no Indications at the presment time of a disturbance in the. West Indies. McAdoo1 Goes to Indianapolis. New York, Aug. 19. Acting Chairman McAdoo of the democratic national committee, leaves this af ternoon for Indianapolis to attend the Marshall notification. After the Indianapolis exercises, McAdoo goes to Chicago to open headquarters. Why is It that a baby is good na iureu iti the morning when grown people are grouchy 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE ! ! ' SENATE REPASSES THE VETOED BILL Washington, Aug. 10. -After a spirted debate t'it., senate repassed the vetoed legislative executive judi cial appropriation bill, still carry ing the provision for abolishing the court. Taft's friends predicted the bill would again be vetoed. MINT VISE IMS SO FAR ELI DED ..AR11F.ST Reported to Have Been Seen in Ran dolph County Rusbee and Mor ton, the Injured Men, Getting Well. High Point, Aug. 19. Nothing dfinite has as yet been heard as to Mclntyre's whereabouts; . He, is re ported to have been seen at Glenola and Asheboro in Randolph county, a few days ago, from which . latter place a certain young man is said to have carried him away in an au tomobile, but the police and other authorities seem to have lost all track of him since. The latest surmise is that Mc- Intyre had a confederate in helping him to cons. met the inner cabinet In which the machine was lodged. The box was handsomely-and artistically constructed and finished, and seems to be the work of trained hands. The report that Mc.lntyre would be back in a lew days prove his in nocence and, begin proceedings against his accusers for defamation of character, is in the opinion of the people, absurd. Boih -Manager Busbee and Cashier Morton who were so badly burned and injured by the explosion of the infernal machine, are getting along nicely. A telephone message from St. Leo's hospital. Greensboro, says Mr. Busbee's condition is very ninth im proved and .Mr, Morton is able to be about and is. expected-to 'resume his duties at the express ."Office by Monday. PANAMA CANAL KILL Provident Wants to Assure Other Nations That tlay-l'niiiicrl'ou-Treaty Will He Ohserved. Washington, Aug. 19. The pres ident today began the task of con vincing the members of the house and senate that the ranama canal bill should contain some features to assure other nations that the United States did not Intend to violate the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Taft gave the resolution to Representative Sherley, drawn to Insure the right of any ship owner to have the free tolls, provision passed upon by the United Siatcs courts. Those talk ing with Taft were convinced he would sign bill. ! WILSON GOES TO NEW YORK Charles II. G rusty Conferred With The Governor Today. Seagirt, Aug: 19. Governor Wil son expected. to leave this afternoon for Unionhill, where at 5 o'clock he addresses Volkfest Vereln. Tonight he goes to New York to meet Rolla Wells, national committee treasurer, and Henry Morganthas, finance com mittee chairmn'i. Charles H. Grasty, editor of the Baltimore Sun, confer red with Wilson today. He brought reiwrt of political conditions In Vir ginia and Maryland and the Caro- imh MAJOR BERNARD NOT APPLICANT Maj. J. .1. Bernard, who has been mentioned as a possible successor to the positon made vacant by. the death of Adjutant General Leinstoi is not in any sense an applicant for the place, Being a soldier Ma jut Bernard would of course respond to the call of duty, but he would do so at a sacrifice of .his other -.business In addition to this he would have to resign as major of the battalion, i position he has gained, by many years of good service in the guard. Major Gordon Smith, acting ; jutant ficneral;- Col. Z. P. Smith of Fayetteville; Col. Sidney Minor Durham; General Francis Macon of Henderson and Col. J. N. Craig of Reidsville are among others prom i neiitly mentioned for the place. 1 lias been suggested that the governo and Mr. Craig Confer with regard to the appointment, so that the oflioe chosen will hold the position dump. Mr. Craig's term as governor. General Macon, who was in .the citv todav, said that he was not a candidate and could not accept the position if offered. His other bus iness would interfere. THE REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA SPREADING Washington Aug, 19. The revo lution is spreading in Nicaragua and health condlton about Managua, the capital are distressing, according to state department reports from American-Minister Weitzel. No ef fort has been made to dispose o the dead as the result of the bom bardinent of the city. Weitzcl re ports a thousand bodies in the fields Chiunndega, was attacked by t: rebels. An attack upon Corfnto is feared. Mena; the rebel leader, has received large quantities of supplies and shows Indications of having financial backing. The presence o blue jackets from the gunboat An nupolis has restored confidence among the foreigners. EVERY MAX KNOWN Who Had Pin t in the Graft and Will He Indicted, Says Whitman. New York, Aug. 19. Fro in th dlbtrict attorney s office it wa learned that a prominent civilian and two, and possibly-- tour i lr.pcc tors are caught In the toils Th prosecut-.ii has learned that a "col lector , for one man High in pom circles. accumulated seventy-liv thousand dollars as his commission oa collections In the last seve months. Prosecutor Whitman says ever man In the "ring" is known an will bo indicted. Suffragettes Waylay Sir Edward -.': ' Grey. .' . Embleton, Northumberland , Aug 19. Enterprising suffragettes way laid Sir Edward Grey, British sec retary of state for foreign affairs while he was leaving church yester day and engaged him In a warm ar gument on the woman suflragett (luestlon. Grey finally escaped by Jumping into an automobile and dashing away from the enraged wpiueu. Schepps Is Said Said to Have Corroborated Rose's Story Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. lit. I've obtained from Sam Schepps the corroborative evidence 1 expect- d District Attorney Whitman an nounced on the train a brief con ference with the gambler who was aptured in Hot Springs and in the custody. 'of detectives left Albany this morning for removal to New York. The grand jury in New York meets tomorrow; with --Schepps .' as the chief witness. His story is be lieved to be the long sought miss ing link in the Rosenthal mystery. In New York jail. New York, Aug. 19. Schepps ar rived from Albany and was taken to the W'estside prison where he was placed in a cell. On train Whit man did noi have a prolonged con ference with Schepps and "after siz ing liis man up" left him with the detectives. Schepps is in the name prison where Rose, Vallon and Web er, arrested in connection with Ko- enthal case, are incarcerated. Whitman ..spent, two .hours in the Pullman 'stateroom' with Schepps as t lie. train sped south from Albany. Whitman, after reaching here, said: Schepps. has done all we expected of him. He corrorliorated the most niportant - parts of Jack' Rose's con fession. You must not ask for more letails." Rose's -confession charged Police Lieutenant .Decker with orderini: Continued on Page Five.) '.-,;' ONE BATTLESHIP IS Washington.' Aug. t!. The con: ioret'8 on uie naval .appropriation bill Have agreed to provide one bat tleshtp at a cost of not over fifteen million .dollars. An '.'appropriation ot .$2.r.:;.),(in.n s to be available for eginnniK the work, No agreement was .reached about the siae, diinen sions -or armament. Naval bill in oiner respects was adopted as an- overt by previous' conference, and is now acc.'ptalile to the house and senate.. . . The naval bill provides for eight submarine!;. During the negotiations between the sMiate aid house that number' was once cut to four. This year's building program provides for six (orped.) boats, two colliers and one machine. 'ship; It was 'agreed that the new battleship should not be. a KupenlrendnaiiKht but a vessel ot standard size. The ouestion of irmanie.it was left to the naval con structors; .The bill provides for round-the-world wireless system bv which tne navv denailnient could eep in t.nicb with its shins In vir tually every part of the globe. A movement has been started to name the new battleship Constitution. SCHOOLS OK ,Ol ISItl KG Will Open September Address by Ir. Joyner (Special to The Times.) I.onisltiirg. Aug. 19, Hon. J. Y l.iyner. state superintendent of pub lic Instruction, was here on the 14th and in the graded school building delivered a line address to a large audience ot school committeemen and others, which was greatly en joyed by all present. I iider Siipt. W. U. Mills and his highly valued, experienced teachers the graded school here will he open en or. i uesuar, . September ;.. am: each pupil s1mu.1i) bo supplied with all necessary books and materials Beginners must enler during (he first month or they cannot be received until tin- first of January, .Beginning with this year (his school -will offer four years of high school, work. This will enable bovs and girls t.) go from our school-to the best colleges in the slate with out, further, preparation. The busi ness course will be continued Classes will be formed at the begin tilng of the term. Non-resident pu pils.- will lie admitted to the high school free of tuition, that being paid by t ho county board of educa I ion. l i hi; nkar hkndicrsox A Thousand Cords of Wood Destroy ed Three Hundred Acres Burn In!?. Henderson, N. C, Aug. 19. The woods are on fire west of town near the gast plant, The fire was start ed by an engine of the Southern Hallway .about eleven o'clock this morning. One thousand cords of wood were destroyed. Woods cover ing three hundred acres are still o lire at 2:30 p. m. The gas plant and the new Corbett Auto factor) are not in danger as yet. The prop erty destroyed by fire belongs to th Henderson Loan & Real F.state Co and the North Carolina Trust Co. A wife is supposed to be a nil hrtter half, but sometimes she turns ou( J bo bla bitter bait, Mary Rochelle Killed in Field On West South Street Last Night SUSPECT HAS SKIPPED Harry Bridgebolt, a Negro Railroad Hand, Is Believed to Have Fired Shot He and Woman Quarreled Earlier in Night and Walked Off Together Inquest to Re Held Tomorrow Dr. McCuIlers Per forms Autopsy. Lying face downward the body of Mary Rochelle, a young negro wo man, was found In a field on West outh street early today with a bul- et hole in the left side. Harry Bridgebolt; a negro man employed in excavatir-s for the Norfolk South ern, is wanted for the crime. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight, last night. Persons the neighborhood heard a pistol shot, but thought little of It. Today the body of the negro woman was found and Coroner Separk was sum moned. Cnder his direction Dr. J. J. L. McCuIlers, county superintend ent of health, assisted by Dr. John McKee, performed an autopsy. The nquest will probably be held tomor row. From what can be learned of the affair Bridgebolt and the woman quarreled at her home on South street about 1 1 o'clock last night. They were seen walking off toward westward together. The wom.in was last seen in his company. It is inferred that the quarrel was renewed and that the man, who was said to be intensely jealous, shot and killed .her. At the autopsy today it was found that the bullet, a .32 calibre, enter ed the left side, ranged upward to the right, punctured the large Ye sels, passed through the spinal col umn and lodged In the soft part of what are known as the source muscles. Bridgebolt fled immediately after the killing, it is thought, and the officers are looking for him. ADVISK HKTTKR METHOD OK TOBACCO CULTURE Department of Agriculture Officials Declare Planters Should Ke Mak ing Larger Profits From Their Yields. Washington, Aug. 19.- Tobacco planters throughout the United States should be making larger prof its than they do, according to De partment of Agriculture officials who have been studying the ques tion. In spite of the tact that they receive about 100,000,00U a year for their average crop of 1,000,000, ouo pounds their net profits should be more, say the officials. Improper cultural methods keep the . product down to one-third ot what it should be, they declare. In the ' Connecticut valley, where the soils are maintained in a high state of fertility, yields of 2,000 pounds, and more to the acre are common. It is pointed out, while on similar soils in many of the manufacturing and export .districts the average yield Is scarcely one-third of this. The one crop system, instead of ro tation, is one of the impropert cul tural methods, it Is said, which la responsible for this condition. The use of unadapted varieties' or strains of tobacco, damage by insects and diseases and Imperfect knowledge of the principles that apply to ihe processes of curing, fer menting and handling the leaf, are given as other causes of small net profits to the farmer. The depart ment has been aiming during the past few years, it was said, to In troduce improved methods of plant ing and culture. Meeting of Moose Convention. Kansas City, Aug. 19. Twenty fourth annual convention of the loy al order of Moose with delegates from all parts of the United State assembled here today. The conven tion continues all week. A lively contest for supreme officers will be made. Mobile, Cincinnati and Win nipeg seek the next convention. Officer Slays' Family and Himself. Eastbourne, Eng. Aug. 19. -Captain Hicks Murray, an officer at tached to the Gordon Highlanders, last night shot and killed his two young daughters, severely wounded bis wife and tli 'n suicided. The of ficer became suddenly insane. After the shooting the house was mysteri ously burned. Murray left a note saying he had been hopelessly, ruined. Tope Has Not Left Vatican. Rome, Aug. 19. A statement cir culated tbat the pope had left the Vatican to visit his sister, Rosa, who is ill, is officially denied at the Vutlcua
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