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E RALEIGH HPIl TIT? o THE WEATHEE FAIE 1. LAfiT EDITION Vol. LXXII. No. 36 RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 24, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. X.. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of soiy Other Newspaper. TH CONGRESS 10 ADJOUR Both Houses Rushing Remain fog Work Io Order to Get Through This Afternoon THE P0ST0FHCE BILL Only On Obstacle to Adjournment, And That is Possible Point of Order of No Quorum by Murdock, But is Not Thought He Will Per slst The Postofflce Bill and Gen eral Deficiency Bill Only Two Pieces of Legislation for Today, The Latter of These in Conference. Washington, Aug. 24.- Leaders of both houses went to the capitol today prepared to carry out the pro gram for adjournment Bine die late this afternoon. Only one possible obstacle presented itself in the day's early hours, that of Victor Murdock's point of order of no quorum, which forced the house to adjourn r last night without acting upon the post office appropriation bill. There Is , said not to be a quorum of either branch here. If the point of order is insisted upon, adjournment today cannot be taken. Excepting the postofflce bill, only one piece of legislation remained be fore congress. That was the general efficiency bill, which was ready to be reported by the conference com mittee when beoth houses met. There had been a general cleaning up last night, under agreement be tween Majority Leader Underwood and Senators Penrose and Smoot. Murdock's report against the con ference on the postal appropriation bill, providing payment of not over thirty-five thousand dollars to the St. Louis terminal association for carrying malls across Eads bridge, collapsed when the report was adopt ed with only Murdock voting against It. This, the loaders said, practical ly assured congress' adjournment before night. Some of the senate amendments to the general deficiency bill were agreed to by the house. The bill was sent back for further adjustment. Representatives Can non, Fitzgerald and Sisson were named as managers for the house. No serious delay was expected. Adjournment was assured before sundown. The adjournment resolu tion was drawn in the house and awaiting passage of the final appro priation bill before its introduction. Plans.' were made to have President Taft to go to the capitol mid-afternoon to take up the task of signing the bills passed by congress in the final moments of the senate's ses sion. The president expects to go di rectly from the capitol to take the 5:35 p. m. train for Beverly. JUSTICE tiOVV MAY CALL MAYOR (JAYNOR Determined to (Jo to Bottom of Graft In Police Department. New York, Aug. , 24. Tho first step toward laying a foundation lor the John Doe proceedings by which it is planned to lay bare police graft in this city, was taken ycBterday, when seven police inspectors were summoned to the office of Assistant District Attorney DeFord. They were under summons authorized by Justice (loff, who Is to preside at ON MAJOR RAY CASE Washington, Aug. 24. The house committee on war department ex penditures reported today that Maj. Beecher B. Ray, of the United States army, had been engaged in political activity, . particularly in Taft'g Interest, had been four times charged with serious offenses, never vindicated and never disciplined more severely than a reprimand. The Investigation of the Ray case attracted wide attention because of the investigating committee charge that Secretary of War Stlmson with held the papers bearing upon It. The committee'! report charges Ray was shown more personal consideration in assignment of stations than any other paymaster In the army. : The committee believed it was a "pernicious example to other offi cers" to allow one army officer fa' vors and Immunity for political fa vors. In the charges relating to the wife of the employe of the war do partmont on account of which Ray was reprimanded, the committee concluded there was ample Justifica tion for the failure to proceed with a court martial as the complaining employe effected a reconciliation with his wife and refused to press , the charge. . The world doesn't stand still and '9 mt iur n m k the inquiry, to bring with them all data pertaining to gambling and oth er illegal resorts In their respective districts. : This data Includes the addresses of raided resorts, the names of their reputed owners, and a record of all arrests and convic tions in' the several districts during the last three years, including the recent per i d during which Police Lieut. Charles Becker, the accused instigator of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, Is charged by his self- confessed accomplices, which profit ed from blackmail. This material will be used by Mr. DeFord, who has been given charge of the inquiry, as a ground work for the investigation, for the summoning of witnesses and the cross-examina tion of the Inspectors themselves all of whom it is expected will be sum moned before Justice Uoff. Former officers of the police department un der Mayor tiaynor's administration are among those who will be asked to testify as well as a number of deputy commissioners. It is not un likely. It Is said, that Mayor Uaynor, himself will be called. Mr. DeFord would not discuss the appearance of the Inspectors at his office yesterday, but it is understood that all professed that conditions in their districts were orderly and pro vided the data. One of the Inspectors, together with a high civilian employe at po lice headquarters, will be asked to explain at the proceedings the rea son for the unusually large bank ac counts which the investigators acting ror tne district attorney have found in their names, as well as their rea son for recently engaging safe de posit boxes. Investigation of these accounts as well as those of other police officials under suspicion of grafting, was continued today, but noming could be learned as to the results. The sending out of circulars by District Attorney Whitman offering a reward of ?6, 000 for the capture Of "Gyp the Blood," and "Lefty L.ouie, the two thugs wanted for the the murder of Rosenthal. r- sulted today in the receipt of dozens of "near" cIups from all over the country. One of them had it that L,etty Louie" had been found In the Colorado rockies, but it was de nied at the district attorney's of fice that any authentic trace of eith er man had been obtained. tO,000,000 ENTERPRISE U. ,1, Reynolds Tobacco Company In- creuaes us Capital Stoc k. Winston-Salem. . Anir sj Tt, stockholders of the Ti i n0ni,i Tobacco Company, in session in New Jersey today, passed a resolution in Keeping wiin tne spirit of this great industrial enternrise. officers and employes of the company aru 10 participate in the earnings. The resolution provides that offi cers and employes of the company no nave owned its stock and been in its employ for not less than 12 months be allowed, at the the board of dlrectods, to participate in Dronortinn In thA utnclr thno turn ed, in the company, in excess of proms earnea during .the year 1910 not exceeding In the aceree-nte ten per cent of such excess. The resolution calling for the is sue of the remaining $2,475,000 siock was also approved and this stock will be issued October 1, to the stockholders In proportion to the number nf shnrpH thov nnw hnM This will niako the .'paid-in-'capital StOCK f 10,000,000. DKCLINKS TO BE MAYOR Col. John S. Harwood Rejects Offer to Richmond Council. Richmond, Va., Aug. 24. Col. John S. Harwood, prominent in business cycles and member of the house of delegates from Richmond, today declined a petition of a ma jority of the hoard of aldermen and of the city council asking him to permit his name to go before the council for election as mayor of Richmond to succeed to the full un expired term of Mayor D. C. Rich ardson, resigned to accept the judge' ship of the hustings court of Rich mond. Col. Harwood states that he fully appreciates the honor bestowed upon him, and of the confldeudce express ed in his ability by the petition, but hlB health Is not such that he could undertake the duties incident to the office of mayor of a fast growing city. V It Is bel.'eved the city council will elect George 'A. Atnslle, a young business man of ability, who is the only v.hcr candidate for the position Wilson Will Not Make Many ' Speeches. ' Seagirt, Aug. 24. Because he be lleves the country is tired of stump lng tours and excess of speech matt ing. Governor Wilson announced to day that his present plans call for few campaign speeches. Not many will be made outside of New Jersey. Mayor Schmidt of Wheeling Dead, Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 24. Mayor Charles Schmidt collapsed at the breakfast table today, dying In a few minutes of heart trouble. Schmidt was serving his fourth term as mayor and was grand trustee of the order of Elks. Major James Ilaughton Dead, Newport News, Va., Aug. 24. Major James Haughton, vice consul here for Great Britain, Norway, Netherlands, and Portugal, died to day at the age of seventy-five of heart failure. He came to America In 1864 and was widely nown In Atlantic shipping. CliqeSj 'WELL STILL ANOTHER The Citizens National Bank open ed its doors today in a location dif ferent from that which it occupied at 2' -.o'clock yesterday afternoon. For forty-two years the building at the corner of Fayetteville and Mar tin streets waB the home of the Citi zens National Hank and in moving away from this site, the hank des so only temporarily, while its new eleven story seryscraper is being erected. iPresident Brown aid Cashier Litchford had their forces on hand promptly as the town clock struck nine this mornin, everything and everybody ready for business as usual. The sign over the door of the new residence of the bank, op posite the postofflce, reads "Tem porary Quarters." There was quite a-delegation on hand this morning, headed by Ernest. Martin, wanting the temporary quarters for imme diate use along with some halves, dimes, etc. and they expressed great disappointment when Chief Teller Andrews told them emphatically that the quarters as well as the olhor coins were for the bank only. There are now three Raleigh hanks that are "ramping out" while rebuilding Is being done. They have no scruples about using pool rooms, barber shops or other things even a railroad bank would do -temporarily.-' Wullace'H Xame Sent In as Post master at Wilmington. Washington, Aug. 24 -i-Tho presi dent sent to the senate today the nomination of Thomas E. Wallace as postmaster at Wilmington, N. C. TO GENERAL BOOTH London, Aug. 24. Twenty-Beven thousand workmen, many of them carrying their tool bags, filed past the late General Booth's bier this morning. Thousands waited in line, despite the heavy, cold rain, to take a last view of the evangelist. There was a touching Scene when Mrs. Pooth-Hollberg, chief of the Salva tion Army In Denmark, entered the hall with the family, took a place beside the cataffalque and sang the consecration hymn. NOVEL POINT OK LAW Man Arrested Twice for Drunken ness, Says There Was Hut One Offense. Nyack, N. Y., Aug. 24. Benjamin Bryant, a former lawyer, arraigned today for drunkenness before Justice Levlson, raised a novel point or law. Bryant was before the court Thurs day on the same charge and was re leased,'.' "You are charged with being drunk," the magistrate said sternly. "What what, you say? This Is the same Jag, your honor and the constitution says no man can be placed in Jeopardy twice for the same offense." "Point well taken," said the Jus tice, "5bM U18W1S94i" u WHAT D'YOU THINK 0' COMMITTEE WILL PROBE Spurred By Archbold's Testi mony Senate Committee to Keep Up Investigation TO TESTIFY Committee Discussed Dates for fu ture Hearings, Places Where They Will (Jo and What Witnesses May lie Cjtlled May (Jo to New York l''or Hearings Perkins to lie a Witness Tuesday Some Senators Want to Recall (Jeorge It. Curtclyou. ; Washington, Aug. 24. Spurred on by John I): Archbold's testimony alleging the Standard Oil Company contributed a hundred thousand dol lars to the republican campaign in 1!04, with tlie knowledge and eon sent of .Roosevelt, the senate coui- mittee investigating' campaign funds, met early today !o lay plans lor pursuing the investigation. The committee discussed dates' fur future hearings, places where1 they will go to hold them and what wit nesses may be called. George W. Perkins will be a wit ness Tuesday. Whether he will come here or the committee will go to New York, has not been deter mined. Some of the senators want to re call George H. Cortelyou. The pos sibilities of calling Roosevelt are still hazy: Archbolcl Resents lleing Called a -'". I.iur New York, Aug. 24. "I am not a liar, I am hut accustomed to be so accused and wjjl not endure It light ly." John 1). Aichbold, the oil mag nate, made the statement before sail ing for Europe,-In reply to Roose velt's charges that he had told un truths1 before the senate committee ycstc,day. Just before stepping aboard he waved his hand to the re porters and said: "Tako good care of the country, boys." AMKRICAX COIXTESH DKAI) Former Connecticut (Jlrl Close Friend of Dowager Queen Alex andra Ban Francisco, Aug. 24. The doatli of Cotiniiess De Fcrrc, a closo friend of Quucn Mother Alexandra of Kngland, at Petaluma, Cal., yester day was reported here today. The countess lived in semi-seclusion and devoted herself to writing. She had completed a book of poems and was engaged on a novel. Her body will be taken to New York for burial. 8he was 37 years old, a widow, and, was bom in CoaaecHcuk w THAT?' WICKERSHAIVE LEAVES FOR BAR ASSOCIATION Washington, .'Aug.. 24. Attorney lienerai wicjtersham today left- Washington for Milwaukee to attend the.. American liar Association to make his defense of W. II, Lewis, the negro, assistant attorney general. riie executive committee of the as sociation in January rescinded its action in admitting lewis to mem hership on' -the ground that it was not known Lewis was a negro when ho was admitted. Wickersham be licves the executive committee ex ceeded its powers and will appeal to the convention Never before has a negro been a member of the asso elation'.' The issue probably will pro voke a bitter fight. .'MKLLTOX KOIXI) (Jl'ILTY. Murder in Second Degree IS l curs in Penitentiary. (Special to The Times ) .Whcyille, Aug. '.24. After re muining-' out since noon yesterday th:- jury in the case of Clyde Mel lon, charged with the murder of. I'M II. Swinnev a few weeks ago. return ed a verdict at !::10 today of mi i 1 1 nf imirilor ill llm Hccnnil lieirrpe 1 1 nl vii I .n :ie ' itn noscil u soul ell ce of is, veins. The general opinion is that Melton was lucky. Naval Tug Sunk. Washington, Aug. 21. The naval tii Wicomico sank at sea yesterday enroute from Key West, Fla., to the naval deten.ioti camp nt I'ort Roy ill S. ('., in tow of (lie tug Osceola. No one was uboard the Wicomico. The Osceola is now at Buford, S. C. BLUE JACKETS PATROL COM AT NIGHT Washington, Aug. 24. A detach ment of bluejackets from the gun boat Annapolis and the collier are patrolling the city at night; an arm ed guard of volunteers, comprising largely tho foreign element as police and all the foreign women and chil dren in port sleeping on American naval vessels, described the situa tion In-' Corlnto, according to latest reports from American Consul John son. The gunboat Denver Is due at Corinto today or tomorrow. As soon hh the Denver s marines land at. Corinto they will probably no sen Inland to re-opoa and maintain tele graphic and mail communication with the capital. JAIL FOR KLKCTION OFFICIALS $.V0 Fines and Terms of From One To Two and a Half learn. Pultlmore, Aug. 24. Heavy jail sentences were ImpoROd In the crim Inal court upon tho throe convicted election ofllclals In the "McNutty precinct. In South Baltimore, who were convicted recently of making fraudulent returns In the primaries Inst August. John Wagner was given the heaviest sentence by Judge Elliott two years and six months In Jail and a tine of 1500. Albert A. Coch ran was given, the next, heaviest lenience, wh.lcj . was . jwj jeajj r jail and ?500 fine. Reuben D. Smith was given one year in jail and a fine of 500. The fines imposed by Judge Elliott took the prisoners by surprise, aiv when the full force of the sentences dawned on them they almost col lapsed. They have been out on bail since their conviction, and as the jury failed to find them guilty on the wo counts, which carried heavy punishment,' they and their friends elt that the sentence would be light. Some 250 other election .officials,. republicans and democrats, are tin- dor indictment for alleged frauds at he same primary. They are charged with making false returns of the re sults of the primary. BANKS MAY KKCKIYK FI NDS Acting Solicitor Reeve Gives His Opinion to Secrctarv MacYeagh That Action Will Not be Illegal. Washington, Aug. 2 4. The pro posed plan of Acting Chairman Mc- Adoo of the democralic noational committee to have banks receive and transmit campaign contributions for the democratic, republican and progressive parties is not illegal, so far as-the -national banks are con cerned, providing the banks incur no extra expense and undertake the work voluntarily. This opinion was given to Secretary MacVeagh today by F. A. Reeve, acting solicitor of the treasury department, who ex amined the national banking and campaign publicity laws with refer once to the proposition, the legality of which was called into question a few days ago by Representative Hill of Connecticut. The comptroller of currency will be furnished a copy of the oninion for his guidance in case the plan is adopted. , I'MLK SAM'S OWN LAl'NDRY Hitchcock Now "Does I'p" Depart ment Towels and Outwits I rust. Washington:, Aug. 24. Postmas ter General Hitchcock has solved the towel problem, a problem that still onfroiits other executive-, depart-. meiits. -'When the Washington laundry trus---..jumped up tho prices on towels, Mr. Hitchock installed nlant .to launder the postofflce do partmcnt towels. Local laundries laundered 100 towelH for 32 cents last year. This year the price demanded is 75 centB. Up to recently one towel a week was allowed each of the 1,800 employes of the department. '.' Now each em ploye is allowed three towels a week. The department towels are washed by a -machine.' owned by the govern ment and operated by a 'person who s paid- 1580 annually. Last, year, when the price of ice went too high, Mr. Hitchcock estab lislicd a small ice factory, and makes Ins own ice, saving the government seve.-al hundred dollars annually. YYOMKX ON HIXGK.K STRIKK Sullragelte Convicts Are Iteiii" 1'orcihly I'ed in Irish Prison. Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 24. Man- Leigh, and Gladys Evans, suffra gettes, who were .-sentenced hero qn August 7 to five' years''. Imprisonment the first ..oh the '.charge of wounding John IC. Redmond, '.leader of the Irish parliamentary parlv, with a hatchet thrown at Premier Asqiiiih'ii carriage, and the latter for sotting lire to Ihe Theatre Royal, have stal l ed a '-hunger strike.'' They are being forcibly fed by tin jail oflicials. AGKD ' (JYPSY ' OU-tKX DI-tAD 107 Years IH.i and Hilled Her li .'. lor (ill Years. 1-'rc-ri, .Mil.. Aug. J 1 . - t I In' age of' Ml-? years, Kliziihi-th l.o.vell a gypsy queen is dead. Her remains were brought to Frederick and in turreij In Mount, Olive cemetery. Mrs. Lowell was burn In lOurope For tin years she had been at th head of a powerful tribe of gypsie anil guided their . wumlerings all ov the country. At the time of he death they were encamped at I'M kersburg, W. Va., where she con traded pneumonia. Mrs. l-owell's husband has been dead 40 year.?. Democratic Contributions. New York, Aug. 24. Josephu Daniels, of North Carolina, aniioiim: ed as head of the democratic cam palgn's publicity department, that full publicity will be given week by week of contributions to the demo oratic campaign fund. "We will make the name of every person who has given any amount-from one do lar up," Daniels said. Clark (Join); On Speaking Tour. Washington,' D. C, Aug. 24. Speaker t'l.irk begins a campaign spoRtiig trip next week that may develop into tour across the con tinent. Afier speaking In severa New Kngland cities, the speaker probably will go to Mexico, Missouri and then proceed t; the Pacific coast Sundry Civil Hill Signed. Washington, Aug. 24. The presl dent signed the sundry civil appro prlatlon bill as finally agreed upon without provision for the tarlll board. K carries appropriation approximately of a hundred and twelve millions. Wanted Hoy, Kllledlllniself. Chicago, Aug. 24. Disappointed because his wife gave birth to daughter, her third, Frank Novak drew a revolver and killed himself $Ut. H8, wasted, a BULL MEESE IN SESSION Lester F. Butler County Con vention Held In Auditorium This Afternoon ABOUT SIXTY PRESENT Will Send Delegation to Regular Convention in Cliarlwtte to Contest With Andrews Delegates De nounce Colonel Harris Ham Jones "Scores" Democrats, But Praises Judge Clark Kverytliing Harmonious. Specifying the Charlotte conven tion September 4, denouncing the al- eged. methods employed in Wake county by Col. J. C. L. Harris In se curing ignorant negro votes, tabling a motion denouncing the News and Observer and Postmaster Briggs and adjourning to meet after the state onvention this was the action of the iyester Butler republican con- ention, which met this afternoon lected delegates to the regular Alorehcad-Taft convention instead of he bull moose affair. The attend- inc-7 was small, probably not over o persons, including visitors, being n the large auditorium. A decided feature of the meeting was the long speech of Col. Ham lones, of Wake Forest, who hopped on the. democrats, especially Sena- ors Simmons and Overman: who loubted whether Governor Kltc.hln was not a delegate, but he was the floor leader of the convention, would be controlled bv the interests, and . who declared his faith although the motions he made were later ratified o make them in the honesty, integ rity and ability of Judge Clark. There was nothing said about President Taft or Colonel Roosevelt. The selection of Mr. Lester F. But ler as chairman of the convention was made unanimously and F. H. Cattis and j. J. Basdcn were -named secretaries. . Tin o(lirr conventWi. iregarded is the Taft organization, will hold its convention next Thursday. Wil liam J. Andrews is chairman. The actio.i jf the Butler conven tion means today that two sets of delegates will be sent to Charlotte from Wake county and that a lively light, will lie made over Taft and Roosevelt. To Wait Awhile. After the temporary organization had been made permanent, Col. Ham lones moved that the question of the otinty ticket lie deferred until after the state convention. Ho said he had;, not heard of any one aspiring to an.- of fire' -In' the county and made the suggestion that the question bo left with tho chairman and the ex ecutive committee. The matter was deferred. Think Denim rats Are Divided. Colonel Hum congratulated the re- imlilicans that, the democrats are having their troubles, the senatorial finest io l splitting the factions. Then l lie Col ini-1 said the democratic par ty was dominated by the trusts. Col onel .lones declared, however, that the reiinlilieans owed the democrats a debt of .gratitude- for disfranchis ing the ignorant negro. He gave Senator Simmons and Governor Kilchiu credit for a large part in this work. This was a sort of pre .'' (Continued on Pago Siven.) W. F. HARAHAN NEW PRESIDENT S. A. I. New York, Aug. 24. William J. Harahan, vice-president of the Erie railroad, has been selected by the executive commit leo of the Seaboard Air Line railway as the man the committee will recommend to the directors of the Seaboard for elec tion to tlie presidency, It was learned last night. N. S. Meldrutu, now president of the Seaboard, in consequence of other business Interests expressed a wish some time ago to retire. Ac cordingly a commlttco composed of S. Davies Warllcld, chairman; N. S. Meld rum and L. V. Lore, president of tho Deleware and Hudson rail road, set out to find a successor to Mr. Meldrum. , Mr, Warfield last night confirmed the statement recently made that the following names would be sub mitted Tor election as directors ot the Seaboard: Robert F. Maddox, vice-president of tho American National Rank, At lanta; Mills B. Lane, president of the Citizens and Southern Bank, Savannah; A. H. Woodward, vice president of the Woodward Iron Company, Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Harahan, the new president elect, was born In Nashville, Tenn., In 1807, and has spent a large part of his life In the south. He hat held a number of Important railroad posl-Uon5i
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