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HE RALEIGH TIMES THE WEATHER UNSETTLED LAftT EDITION T ; t " .... Vol. LXXII. -3No. 38. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Nirhber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of ny Other Newspaper. WATER SITUATION WOT IMPROVED Heavy Rains Dave Made the City Water Supply So Muddy That Filter Plant v Is Handicapped 0 OPEN BIDS ON OCTOBER 1 F AT E An CM 111 1 1 TllS FOUND IN WATER The Pumping Station Unable to Fil ter the Water Required for City Consumption and Has to Send ranlterert Water to Town in Order to Keep Up With Demands Kilter Plant Too Small and Too Slow City Will Have to Put Up With Mud Until Supply Can He Cur tailed and Filters Put to Work So Cause For Alarm From .p pearaoce of Water. The water situation today is prac tically the same as it was given m The Times of yesterday. The onlv difference is that the water is a little muddler on account of the heavy rains of yesterday afternoon, and pontlnues muddy on account of inablllly of the pumping station jW filter It fast enough for the city. At noon today, Mayor Johnson and City Clerk Glenn went out to the water plant in company with a Times representative to make a further Investigation of conditions there. The reservoir was almost empty the muddy bottom show f.g in several places and the color of the water was even" more yeilow than on Sunday and Monday. There was a small stream of clear water going Into the reservoir from the filter plant not enough to fill a tire hose at normal pressure. There was hliother stream going into the res ervoir direct from the pump which takes the water just as tt comes from Walnut Creek. At the intake hole juBt outside the pump house, where the creek water comes in by gravity from the stream, the yellow appearance of the water was pre cisely the same as that which was flowing in the creek at the point it flows under the bridge near the pump house. It looked too yellow to drink but it tasted all right when The Times man man took a swallow with his J es shut. There was a bottle full of the fluid gathered last night that had a half an inch precipi tated mud on the bottom. Engineer Robbins stated that ev erything in his power was being done to help the situation. Ho h:ul . not left (he plant to sleep or f.at since eleven o'clock last night a'nl his fagged appearance showed t !i a t he had Teally been on his job. Ho says that he had hir. wl.le force up all night washing inters and even today the filters had been washed three times up to noon. The deplorable- part of the situa tion is that the incoming water is so muddy that it clogs up the live filters so quickly that thev have to be cut out. -and cleaned - almost oa tinuouBly. This process takes an enormous amout of water and last night it took about all the pump could furnish In additon to what , was being forced to town. ' The filtering that la being done today is almost' useless as there i not enough filtered water being sup plied to meet demands and the ra.v creek water Is mixed with It to keep up the city's supply. The remedy for immediate relief from muddy wMer haB not yet been stated by the water company. En SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS VOTING Columbia, S. C, Aug. 27. South Carolina democrats aro casting bal lots for nomination of candidates for all itate and county offices. Chief interest Is In the guber natorial race between Cole L. Blease, Incumbent, and Ira B. Jones, and J. T. Duncan. This contest has been the bitterest In the state's history. Other state officers have no opposi tion. A record vote Is expected. Tho weather conditions are favor able. It Is predicted that the farmer vote will be the largest In years. POLIO Refugee Returning Home. Washington. D. C, Aug. 27. Refugees are beginning to return to their abandoned homes in Chihua hua since the opposing armies are carrying on their operations further west. Many mormon are among &m t&mH - gineer Robbins says, that if the city supply is cut down about a third for twenty-four hours that' he enn get enough water ahead to run t.io filter plant and take care of the present situation as long as water in Walnut creek is plentiful. Otherwise,-the. supply to the city could be entirely cut off for a few hours and the reservoir filled. There is no real danger in the water as present so far as pollution is concerned. The state leboratory of hygiene is keeping in touch with the situation and any trace of pollu tion would be quickly reported. While the appearance of the water Ij not very tempting, it -J by no means dangerous and there is no ituse for great alarm. Since the first of January the water furnished to the city by the Wake Water Company has been an alyzed by the state laboratory of hygiene at least seventeen times; sampes having been taken by the laboratory people themselves. This is abou twice as many analyses as are required by law, and none of these seventeen analyses showed any pollution, not did any of them show any substance injurious to health, as is stated by the laboratory offi cials. The last of the seventeen an alyses was reported only last Thurs day, and showed no pollution and no substance injurious to health. This examination of water about every two weeks, by state officials should satisfy the public that the water is not injurious to health, in spite o! the discoloration sometimes caussd by excessive rain. . The Wake Water Company was organized Nov. 26, 1901, under the laws of North Carolina, with a cap! tal ,af $100,000. Its bonded indebt edness Is $200,000, and the plant is given in for taxation at ?12o,000. The gross earnings for the year end ing March 31. 1912, were 54,151.94 and the operating expenses for that year were $44,492.03. The (litter ence In earnings and expenses was spent in repairs. The officers of the company are Julius Lewis, president; E. B. Bain, seeretarv; P. H. Briggs, treasurer and E. B. Bain, manager. The di rectors are: Julius Lewis, H. E Litchford. P. H. Briggs, B. G. Cow- uer and William Boylan. The warrant issued yesterday by Police Justice Watson and Chief Stell. against the Wake Water Com- nanv is returnable at four o clock this afternoon.. There were several witnesses summoned and these were present at police court for the trial Mr. Arihistead Jones, representing the Wal(3 Water Company Btnted that it had been Impossible-, to' -prepare an answer and Judge Watson continued the case until Sept. 3rd. SLASHED CONDUCTOR Dispute Over Change Has Serious Result Kitchin to Speak. (Special to The Times.) Wilmington, Aug. 27. Joe John son, a negro with a bad reputation, committed a dastardly assault on Mr C. J. Helms, a Tidewater street car conductor, Sunday. On account of a dispute relative to some change, the negro ran up bohind the white man and slashed his throat for about live Inches, barely missing the jugu lar vein. Helms was' taken on the car, and speeded to a doctor. He Is not in danger. The negro, after an exciting chase by white men, among them a policeman, was caught. He was bound over to the superior court on the charge of as sault with Intent to kill. Governor Kitchin Thursday. Much Interest Is being manifested In approaching speech coming of Governor Kitchin, when he will speak here in behalf of his candi dacy, Thursday night. A tremendous gathering will very likely hear him. MANN NOT PLEASED Does Not Approve of Work Demi erotic House. Washington. Aug. 27. -Inefficient, disorganized, unprogresslve, inactive was the description applied by Re publican' Leader James R. Mann, concerning the democratic house, just adjourned. In a statement, reviewing the house's work, frtann characterized some of the work as "stingy and silly," and other of its acts as "pure extravagance." , WILL NOT HE EXPENSIVE. Democrat Propose to Run u Record Campaign., Chicago, Aug. 27. Secretary Davles issued a statement today, de claring thtit democrats propose to establish a record this yenr in cam paign management, and predicted Wilson's campaign would be made with less expense than has attended the election of many a city mayor. Bryan will bo active on the stump, W eptejabei JQ, , 'THERE'LL BE A An Appeal to ite Raleigh on W The city of Ifalcigh is up against a serious mli1 ion in its water supply today. The -'condition , i.s serious for two reasons: 1. In case of a big lire there is no immediate 'sup ply of water that would In sufficient to save the town from almost total, destruc tion. 2. The Wake Water Coni- paiiys' present plant is un able to furnish clean and c 1 ea r wat er in the quatiti t y 10 II Southern Notifies Mayor That It Is Ready to Begin Work Both the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railways are roady to be gin construction of a metal bridge in Boylan Heights, the bridge to cost about $15,000. Mayor Johnson today received a letter from H. K. Hutchen, general superintendent of the Southern, say ing that his road was wnltlng only for the agreement of the Seaboard to enter Into a contract. The Sea board, through its engineer., made known Its Intention a few weeks ago of building and nothing is expected to Interfere with present plans. The bridge will he forty feet wide and will have a wooden floor. Mr. Hutchen suggested that a con ference between the railways on the one side and the city of Raleigh on the other be arranged for the week beginning September 9. BANK TREASURER ARRESTED Charged With Embezzling $10,001' Held Position 20 Years. New Bedford, Aug. 27. Edgar Lord, treasurer of the New Bedford and Acushnet co-operative banks, was arrested today charged with em bezllng forty thousand dollars from the banks. Lord has been employed by banks for twenty years. He Is organist and choir director of Cal vary Baptist church, In Provldenco. Wilson Goe to Trenton. Sea Girt, Aug. 27. Governor Wll soa left his summer home this morn ing for his usual weekly trip to IrSBivB. 0 M BRIDGE HOT TIME IN THE OLD demanded by the city at the present time, The only permanent relief is an enlargement of ihe pumping plant's facilities -the sooner the better. The only temporary relief is for" each family in Raleigh and every individual or firm that uses city water in any form to be just as economi cal as possible in the use of water ."for the next few days a n d g i v e 1 h e va t e r ( -oi i 11 a n y a chance to save and -filler some water. MAJOR BRAY' CASK Heroines Lieutenant 'ol'ne By lie ri'ss Appointment of President Taft. M.'iKhinki". Aug. 27. Maj. Recit er' llray, the army paymaster, ac cused' of political activity for Tall, became a lieutenant colonel by re cess appointment.--.-. Tafl, in renomi nating Ray' as lieutenant colonel ex plained that no other course was open under the law, '."Till! senate failed to act on the nomination;' Kay will hold lieu'en nnt colonel's rank with pay and al lowances of the office until the next session, and after that indefinitely unless- the senate takes adverse ac tion, when be is renominated. Kaiser T liable to Attend Maneuvers. Berne, Switzerland. Aug. 27,-- -The German emperor, ill of cold and muscular'" rheumatism, probably will be unable to attend the Swiss Army maneuvers. BUT LITTLE LEFT OF E Washington, Aug. 27. President Ta ft 's economy commission, It was discovered today, was ruthlessly trimmed by the democratic house and se.iale In the sundry civil and legislative appropriation bills. Be sides limiting tho commissions' pow ers to "mutters of transacting the public business of the government only In the Bovcral executive depart ments," the sundry civil bill reduced the commission members' salaries. The chairman now gets ten thousand annually, while five other members receive six thousand each, The hew law provides not more than three persons may bo paid nor more than four thousand dollars annually and cuts to seventy-five thousand dollars, the amount to prosecute the work. 'Worthless people are often more 8mu-5'PjJ $n68 X9th SBfSi, TOWN TONIGHT!!" mi : . ft i i n ere is not a taniuv in the city which cannot save at least a smaTl portion oi tlie water that it usually consumes in a dav. Tell voui servants to be Careful b a refill you rsel f. . I ,'t every bodv help and give the wa ter company a chance to fur nish clean water. If it Hn.ls that it cannot tulhll its con tract to t he citv, then let tht city confiscate "the property as it lias the eight to do. 'I Tills is an editorial, anil .not.' paid 'or contributed item. - Kditor, FALL SESSION il A. M Best Prospects In History Many Improvements Coach Green Here The fall term of the A. and M College' will begin Thursday, Se tember "i, with the best prospect for a successful yuar in its histor.. I'nusual arrangements have bee mad; for taking cure of the youn men who will como to Raleigh to prepare themselves in one of th various Maes of endeavor taught the college, and it Is probable t the Institution will bo slightl crowded. : Only two changes have been mad In the faculty this year. Or. llu ton Hay will be connected with th Agricultural College of Porto Ri and Mr. Frank Sherwood, instructor in chemistry, will pursue a postgrad Mate course at Columbia I'niversit Mr. K. L. Green, football coach, has returned from New Haven, where lie spent his vacation, and Is ready to take the candidates for the team under his charge as soon as they arrive. He cannot tell what new material he will have, but ex pects some good, men to take the places of those men who have fin ished their course. New Orleans to Vote on Commission Komi. New Orleans, La., Aug. 27.--Voters, will determlno at tomorrow's special election 1 whether the city shall have a commission form of gov ernment. Dual oltlceholdlng Is for bidden under the commission gov ernment bill the legislature passed. Mayor and four commissioners would constitute the commission council in 1 which all legislative and execu te powej wjwy & Wifr&t AND Extention of Federal Bo? V Here Only Matter of N Few Months Bids will he opened October 1 for constructing an extension to the postoftice building in Haleigh and lor making certain changes in the present building. It is proposed to add square reel or tioor space to the building and to do this an ad dition equal in size to the present structure will be necessary. Hie walls will be of -stone similar to the walls of the old -building. The extension and improvement will cost, it. is believed, something like $250,1100, congress having ap propriated this sum for the purpose. he extension contemplates the loca tion of the federal court room from the third floor to the second. The first floor will be fire proof. While the extension is being con structed and the alterations made the postoftice- will probably be mov- d to other quarters. Tins will be bout November 1, it is thought. HARMONY MARKKI) CLOSIXfJ SESSION. After Siituidnv Nnht's Stormy Ses Congress nt L.lHt sion Scenes, Otiits.' : Washington, Aug. 27.- Sobers.. y t lie -'embarrassments ol Satur day's, all night session of (ilibuBleis and disagreements,, congress adjust- i its differences, invited I'reSidtnt Taft up to the capitol once more, and at. 4:.'ill -'-yesterday.'.-morning roie "finish" after the proceedings of the second session of the sixty second congress. The end was marked witn a re turn of harmony, and an end of filibusters. Senator LaFollette, de manding action on the Penrose cam paign fund resolution, .found ul! o- positon smoothed away in trout oi him and the resolution passed most without discussion. Senators Chamberlain, iMait.u aiiu Culbertfon, after fighting bit:-rl.v for the payment of th'i '": claims" embodied in the'. gencni i 'te ndency lull, yielded to tiie ..urging Of their colleagues, and pennititi' the senate to yield to the -demands of the house, and strike these l Uioii from the bill..- In return to; ihiF concession, however, ihey rece.vi the promise of -support next winter when the claims again will be press ed lor payr.ent With these old claims, auiouiinng in all to $liuii, mm, went the-"extra month", pay for congressional c;n- liloves which the senate demalide i and the house refused to give. Il the last half hour of the sessioi while President Taft, waited in. liif special room to sign the measure; of the dying congress, an attemiU was niiidc to rush -through-a t-'pe -la' resolution giving the employe.! the "extra month" but they again block ed it. The president sinned tlie general ilelleiettey bill at 4 : I". m illing r tain the payment of th" I ,H't0, Miu deficiency vi army pay, the $1S0,''"'J for I he Gettysburg nietii u.,'1 cele bration next ear, the $:tro,ulHi for extension of', customs work, and seoreo of other important payments that ninged on the passage of the bill. . The session "just lizzled out' in the senate, to use the words of one observer. A comparatively handful of members occupied their seats and a call for a quorum In either the house' or' senate would have forced a return of the embarrassing situa tion of last week. A wild outburst of applause greet ed Speaker Clark's announcement of adjournment as his gavel fell in the house. The floor". immediately became an animated scene, members bidding each other good-bye and shaking hands. Old time political foes burled all ditliculties and lends apparently were forgotten in the general leave taking. ALLKX DIOTKCTIVK AKUKSTKR I in Jail on the Charge of Murder. iluntlngion, W. Va., Aug. !!7. On the trail ol Wesley Kdwards and Sidna Allen, the Hillsvlllo assassins, ami -with warrant In His pocaei ioi iiw.ii- un-et. Detective Duncan, of x-olan. W. Va.. is in jail here. Seven; years ago -Duncan shot and killed Kv'crett Thompson. Last night as in- passed along the street he was n.ioL.iiized bv an uncle oi .lie oeu man. Duncan s arrest followed. Dun can claims self-defense. Looks For I phenvnl in China- Vancouver. B. C. Aug. 27. "1 look for another upheaval In China. The present regime won t last long. Commodore Evrea. formerly com mander of the British squadron at Hong-Kong, thus described Chinese conditions as he passed through Vancouver today, He is en route to Knglnnd. Taft nt Reverly. Beverly, Aug. 27. President Taft arrived here from Boston today. He lost no time In prepnrlng for recre ation and aoon was off to Myopia Nearly Four Hundred Attend . Firct fiecinn at fnllpffP Today CHAS.rARKER. JR..HERE Champion Corn Grower Tells Audi euro How He Produced 235 Bushels of Corn on Single Acre Or. Hill and Major Graham Ex tend Greetings Woman's Section Given Over to Preparing Foods. Over 300 farmers attended the first dav's session of the State Farm ers' Convention and heard expert ad'-' vice on growing tobacco, corn ana other products of the farm. A fea ture of the morning session was uw story of 235 bushels of corn and how it was grown on one acre, we nar rator being Charles Parker, Jr., of Hertford county. The big auditorium at A. and M. College was not near tinea witn farmers the first day, but there were scores of visitors scattered about town. A dozen or more went over to the penitentiary, others viBited the museum, but the majority journeyed to the college. The ses sions will continue through Thurs day..- . '.; In the woman's section the little hapel this side of the campus wan turned into a kitchen, and from the two stoves in the room issued aromas that made one desire to chase up to the front. Preparation of breads. eaks and other foods was in pro- CfcliS. The tenth annual farmers con vention was calbd to orsTSr by Presi dent V. J. shuford, of Hicitory. Greetings wer j extended by Dr. D. H. Hill, president, on the part of the college community, and by Maj. W. A. 'Graham, commissioner of agricul ture, on th part of his department. The welcomes were sincere, as were also the hopes that the farmers would receive information of real valueto them. Mr. K. G. Ross, a government ex pert in Granville county, discussed tobacco culture, a sort of round table discussion following. Prof. C U Goodrich, of the Uuited States department of agriculture, then dis cussed corn growing. The next on the program was a talk by Chas. Parker, Jr.. of Hertford county, this voung man explaining how he made the record yield of 235 bushels ot corn on a single acre. The afternoon program included a plowing demonstration, on the col lege farm and addresses by Presc ient Shuford, Dr. Bradtord ft-napp. A special train bearing 27 a farm ers came in over me iNoriois. duuiu-e:-n last night. Regular trains today were crowded and the attcnuance Dy tomorrow will be at least 6n0. I WO I VII KFf) IN RI-NAWAV ACCIDKNT NKAR'MONROBJ ( ail 1". Taylor anil Miss Janie Prifer Thrown From Buggy. Monroe. Aug. 27.- Cnrl F. Taylor was perhaps fatally injured and Miss Janie IMiifer painfully hurt yesterday afternoon. The young people were out driving near Mount Pleasant, this county, when the horse became frighlened at a passing automobile and ran a way. Both were thrown from the buggy and Miss I'hifcr sustained a numoer of slight cuts and bruises. Mr. Tay- ior did not fare so well. Ho was; thrown under the horse's hoofs and kicked twice In the face, besides re ceiving other serious Injuries. He was carried to a nearby house and has not yet regained consciousness. It is feared he Is injured internally. Miss Pliifer is a resident of Mon roe, wniie .Mr. Taylor s nome is v Mount Croghnil, S. C. FIGHT AGAINST Milwaukee, Aug. 27. -Whether negro lawyers shall hereafter be ad mitted as members, was one of the foremost Issues before the American Bar Association, which opened Its thirty-fifth annual meeting here to day. The question provoked much discussion, the executive committee's) action in once electing three negroes, including Assistant Attorney Gener al W. H. Lewis, a negro, to member ship, then after knowing that they were of tho black race, rescinded lta action, brought forth a protest from Attorney General Wlckersham, who is making a strenuous attempt to prevent any attempt to unseat Lewli. Many southern members, Includ ing Ernest Florence and Edgar Kar rar, of New Orleans, declared their support of the executive f ommtttee's action was based entlrel oa the de sire not to set a precef for thfl aalBl9a p negro. '- - 4
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