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Vol. LXXII. No. 45. RALEIGH, N. 0, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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State Committee Keeps AH the
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Raleigh Citizens Want Water
works Taken Over and
Operated By City
T MEETING
Strong Resolutions Endorsing Course
of Aldermen and Calling for Mu
nicipal Control of Water Supply
Adopted Hon. E. C. Duncan En
dorsed for President of Norfolk
Southern This County After a
l'ostrom).
The members of the chamber of
commerce and other citizens : in
meeting assembled last night com
mended the board of aldermen in
Its efforts to make the Wake Water
Company surrender its franchise,
went on record as favoring municipal
ownership of the waterworks, pass
ed strong resolutions on the subject
'advocating securing from Wake coun
ty one of the three postroads to bo
built in North Carolina by the gov
ernment and communities, endorsed
Hon. E. C. Duncan for president of
the Norfolk Southern and requested
the use of the A. and M. football
field for a ball game between Caro
lina and V. P. 1. in October.
The meeting was held in the
courthouse, the rooms of the cham
ber of. commerce not being' -supplied
with electric fans, and President Al
bert L. Cox called the meeting to
order promptly at 8:30 o'clock. Mr.
Cox, after stating the objects of the
meeting, askad Dr. W. S. Rankin,
secretary of the state board of
health, to discuss the water from a
health standpoint, and this Dr.
Rankin did, he saying that the water
Is not-dangerous, though it certainly
is not wholesome. The water con
tains no dangerous substances, but
the mud in it, Is not calculated to
do any good. He advocated a new
water supply. V
Questions were asked by Messrs
JameB H. Pou a'nd Josephus Daniels
ns to the danger from the calcium
hydrochloride and alum placed in
the water, and Dr. Rankin said these
were In such small quantities as to
be practically harmless. ' Mr. Dan
iels then advocated giving the board
Of aldermen the hearty endorsement
of the citizens, he saying that when
merely property was in danger the
people did not become alarmed, but
that when their health was threat
ened they became righteously indig
nant He thought the company's
franchise should be revoked, it had
been revoked, and the only thing the
company has is its plant and second
hand mains Action ought to be tak
en at once, he urged, so that the city
may own its own water supply. ;
Mr. R. C. Strong agreed with Mr.
Daniels and thought It would be
profitable and economical for the
consumers it the city owned Its
- plant. ' '-.
Mr. Pou'h Remarks.
Mr. James H. Pou discussed the
matter from a legal standpoint,
pointing out the formation of the
Wnke Water Company and showing
that the stock . was distributed as
presents among some Influential
people in Raleigh and that all they
had paid was an assessment of 30
cents on the dollar to meet the nl
terest on the. bonds, that had sold
for sixty cents on the dollar . Mr.
Pou declared thaX the Wake Water
Company Is as dead as Heotor, that
receiver's certificates cannot be sold,
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(Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia.)
FOURTH TERM FOR SEJJATOR
BACON.
Reifator A. O. Bacon won the dis
tinction in the recent Mate primaries
of beinit the IH'st nun to be went to
i.imto fur four nucceuvlve terms
frolu tteoriCU. He won ljr major-
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Scores of A. & M. Students
Came in TodayBegins
Tomorrow
Scores of students of the Av and
M. College arrived in Raleigh today
to attend the next session, which
will begin tomorrow. Prom the
number of young men already in the
city and from those who have indi
cated their intention of taking the
training at this college, it is safe to
assert that the record for attend
ance will he broken.
As has been stated in this paper
many improvements have been made
on the campus in the erection of
new buildings, dormitories, etc., and
the college Is able to take care of a
larger number than ever before. In
spite of these preparations Presi
dent Hiii is looking for a crowd that
will tax the capacity of the dormi
tories. PRESIDENT AT CAPITAL.
Welcomes the Scientists Declines lo
Comment of Vermont Election.
Washington, Sept. 4. President
Tat t arrived here from Beverly at
10:40. to formally open the Inter
'national Congress of. Applied Chem
istry and to welcome the delegates
at a white house garden party. He
.expects to stay at the while house
tonight, leaving tomorrow morning
for New York, New London and
Beverly. He declined to comment
on the Vermont election.
THE FRAUD CHARGES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia, S. C.. Sept. 4. When
the .democratic executive committee
of South Carolina, met here today to
canvass the results of the recent
primary, it was understood that
charges of fraud, filed by Judge
Jones, who was the candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination against
Mlease, would be thoroughly investi
gated. Included in the -charges are
specific allegations of ballot-box stuf
fing. A new clement of interest in
the situation was added by the state
ment of Senator Tillman advising
the committe against hastv action.
Tillman warned the committee if it
should declare Judge Jones the gu
bernatorial nominee and there was a
suspicion of unfairness to Blease,
the latter would run as an inde
pendent in the general election.
THE WATKUWAYS CONVENTION,
Meets in New London Today Fifth
Annual Meeting.
New London, Conn., Sept. 4.
The fifth annual meeting of the
lantic Deep Waterways Association
convened here today for a ..rtree day
session.
The delegates were welcomed to
New London by the Mayor J. Hamp
ton Moor, the president of the asso
ciation responded on behalf of the
visitors and the convention was
formally called to order by the chair
man to consider the regular business
schedule. The day's session com
prsed a number of speeches by dele
gates in advance of the intrcaoastal
canal project for which the associa
tion has been fighting for five years.
President Taft Wired a confirma
tion of his acceptance of the Asso
ciation's invitation to visit New Lon
don. The President has decided
upon September 6, tho last day of
the meeting as the day upon which
io address the delegation. He will
arrive in New London on the May
flower by way of Long Island.
THE VOTE IN CALIFORNIA.
Roosevelt-Johnson Forces in Oonfol
Wilson Democrats Win.
San Francisco, Sept. 4. Yester
day's primary election assured the
Roosevelt-Johnson organization con
trol of the state convention that will
be composed of legislative, nominees.
San Francisco and Los Angeles gave
heavy votes for the progressive can
didates. The progressives apparent
ly carried a majority of eleven con
gressional districts. The contests
among the democrats resulted in
substantial victories for the Wilson
forces over old Clark element, cham
pioned by former Congressman Bell.
The vpte yesterday was light, partic
ularly in tha northern part. In the
local contest Miss Lucy Goode White,
a, socialist newspaper writer, was
nomlnateed. ;
Rioting Among Convicts.
Jacksori, Mich., Sept. 4. Rioting
convicts confined in the bull pens
broke out this afternoon and waged
a battle with officials in the out
skirts when thehy attempted to get
over the walls. Militia companies
we're ordered to the prison imme
diate and orders were given to shoot
the first prisoner who attempted to
scale the walls. The Are department
was called to the scene, some fires
having been started by the convicts
v? GROUPS
BELIEVE BRITAIN
WILL ABANDON PLAN
Washington, Sept. 4. In diplo
matic circles here it is believed the
delay by Great Britain in asking for
arbitration of the free tolls section
of the Panama canal act, Indicates
that the London foreign office
eventually will abandon the plan. It
has been stated that the foreign of
fice was withholding formal action
pending a careful study of act. It
is believed when the British govern
ment understands that the free tolls
provision applies only to American
coastwise trade, in which British
shipping cannot participate in any
event, the reason for au appeal for
arbitration will disappear.
New Members in Cotton Firm.
Wilmington, Sept. 4. Alex.
Sprunt & Son, of this city, the larg
est cotton exporting firm in ." then
world, his admitted to the firm three
new members, these being Messrs.
T, K. Sprunt, son of the late Alex
ander Sprunt, founder of the busi
ness, J. Lawrence Sprunt, son of the
senior member, Mr. James Sprun.t
and Walter P. Sprunt, son of the
former Junior member, Mr. William
H. Sphunt. Thus a son and two
grand-sons of the founder of the
business step In to take upon them
selves the responsibilities of partner
ship. The business was established
in 1880, and has grown with marvel
ous rapidity.
Rift Fire in Los Angeles..
Los Angeles,... Cat.,: Sept. .4. One
thousand persons are hunting homes
as the result of a fire which destroy
ed a hundred and fifty buildings last
night. The loss is two and a half
million dollars. Insurance only ten
per cent. ;
count win to
BH 1MTS
Washington, Sept. 4. Theodore
Roosevelt is expected to appear Oc
tober 2nd or 3rd before the special
Benate committee investigating cam
paign contributions, to testify- re
garding then allegations of John D.
Archbold, and Senator Penrose that
the Standard Oil Company gave a
hundred thousand thousand dollars
to the Requbllcan National commit
tee of 1904, with hia approval.
Chairman Clajip was informed un
officially that the colonel's speaking
dates bring him east about that
time.
Condition of Cotton Crop.
Washington, Sept. 4. The depart
ment of agriculture that the an
nounced condition of the growing
cotton crop on August 25, was 74.8
per cent of a normal. Condition in
Virginia, eighty; ; North Carolina
seventy-five.
Noted (ieologitit Dead.
Washington, Sept. 4. Wr. W. J.
McGee, a noted antropologlst, geo
logist and author, died today from
cancerous growth. He had been ill
several weeks. He was a native of
Iowa, aged fifty-nine.
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"AS A GENTLE REMINDER'
WAKE FOREST
ENROLLMENT
Largest Enrollment la the
History of the College
New Dormitory
(Special to the Times.)
Wake Forest, Sep. 4. : With the
largest '.enrollment of any previous
year and with t lie largest Freshman
Class In the history of the College
the 78th session of Wake Forest
College bids fair to eclipse all others
in every respect.', -Already there are
more students registered than dur
ing the entire part of any previous
year und more are coming in on
every train.
Especially large Is the number
Raleigh has" .contributed. Already
there are over !!5 Raleigh boys reg
istered while It is reported that more
are yet to come.
There has been but one addition
to the faculty this being Prof, Her
bert Poteat who will occupy the
Chair of Latin. All other members
of the faculty are on the hill and
are only waiting to let the boys get
in before getting down to the fall
work.
In football the prospects are very
bright. The whole line has return
ed while the majority of the back-
field is also back. The team will
be started out tomorrow by Capt.
Holding who will have charge of the
men until Coach Thompson arrives
next Monday. The capacity of the
college is now taxed to its uttermost
and it is a problem what will be
done the ones yet to come. Practi
cally every home dormitory, and
boarding house in the city is taxed
to its capacity. The dormitory has
long been full and the boys have
been seeking rooms tn private homes.
These have been thrown open to the
boys and they will be accomodated
there until they can secure other
places. ',-'"
Tbe announcement that a new
dormitory to accommodate one hun
dred and fifty students will be built
la by far tho best news that has been
given to the Alumni of the college
and the . students in some time.
Plans are already being drawn and
work will start as soon as possible.
The building is to cost 40,Q00 and
while it will not be very handsome
it will have all the requisites that
are r.ecos3ary to the cbmfort of the
students. It will be lighted by elec
tricity and will have , steam heat.
It is also probable that running
water will be put In all the rooms
and every other convenience possible
will be put In.
Already the number registered
runs over 400 and with each train
bringing more students it is safe to
say that the session of 1912-13 will
be the best, by far, In the history
of the college,
Typhoon in Formosa.
Amoy, China, Sept. 4. A typhoon
Thursday destroyed many streets in
Talhoku City, Kormosas capitol, and
davuBted the northorn districts of
the Island. The tea crop is not
seriously damaged, .
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RUN CLOSE TOGETHER
White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 4.
The clone race between the three
parties in yesterday's election was
emphasized in a revision of - the re
turns of the vote for governor. Re
turns from all but "thirty-one small
towns, give the candidates the fol
lowing approximate vote: Fletcher,
republican, twenty-three thousand;
Howe, democrat, 'eighteen thousand;
Met Kger, progressive, fourteen thou
sand; Smith prohibitionist, fourteen
hundred. The failure of the repub
lican candidate for governor to. ob
tain a majority for the first time In
the statee's history in an election
preceding a presidential election
causes the election of governor to be
made by the legislature. The re
publicans prolmbly will have a sub
stantial -majority in the legislature
The strength of the progressive vote
featured the election. The falling off
in the republican vote was marked
The fact that the republican ma
jority in Vermont fell below twenty
five thousand indicates, according to
political priphets, the defeat of the
republican national administration
in November.
RHK.lACKKTS CAPTI HK VESSEL
Get Small Steamer That the Nleara-
guuii Rebels Had Seized.
AYtisnliigton, fiopt. 4. American
bluejackets from the cruiser Glacier,
under Ensign Comana have recap
tured from the Nicaraguun revolu
tionlsts a small steamer the rebels
seized near Cprinto and took to the
bav of Feenseca to transport insur
gent troops. Admiral Southerland's
cable reporting the capture does not
state the time nor say If there was
tight. .
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IS
LOST IN OHIO ELECTION
.Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24. Addl
tionnl returns from yesterday's spe
cial election on amendments to the
Ohio constitution, confirmed early
indications that all amendments were
ratified except equal suffrage and
good roads. The suffragists declare
their fight will continue despite the
black eye given it by the voters.
Iowa lrogressive Convention.!
Des Moines, Sept. 4. Discussion
of the prospective candidates for
state offices occupied the attention
of the delegates to the first Iowa
progressive convention which as
sembled to name the state state
ticket. Progressives who have op
posed the third party movement pre
dicled the unlustructed delegates
would control the convention.
Fleet Out On Drill Grounds.
Norfolk, Va Sept. 4. The bat-
tleships of the Atlantic Fleet having
engaged yeBterday In experimental
firing tests off Tangier sound, pass
ed out to sea today, and were man
euverlng off the southern drill
grounds, . .... .
The Result in Vermont Very
Gratifying to Hut 4
Speaks to Editors
v.
Seagirt, Sept. 4. "The fact that
the democrats more than held their
own in Vermont, a republican state,
and made substantial gains, means
business throughout the country,"
Governor Wilson said. The gover
nor said the big democratic vote
was very gratifying. "One thing is
sura, said the governor, ' the demo
crals did not lose any votes to the
new party and the republicans lost.
The results are certainly encourag
ing." Wilson declined to comment
on the candidacy of James Smith,
Jr.. for the Jersey senatorship.
Wilson left at 2 o'clock this after
noon for New York to consult with
Vice Chairman William, McAdoo, of
the campaign committee. He will
meet thirty editors of foreign lan
guage newspapers at the National
Arts Club, at 15 o'clock and address
a dollar dinner given by the Wilson
workingmon's league of New York,
William Jennings .-Bryan, is expected
to meet Wilson -within a few days.
Tho governor was uncertain where
he would meeet Bryan, whether here
or on a speaking trip. "I -expect
to got in telegraphic communication
with Mr. Bryan soon," said the gov
ernor. He has not. seen Bryan since
the Jackson day banquet in Wash
ington last January. Wilson said
the people all, over the country are
clamoring for Bryan to speak.
COUPE WILL NOT
TO
Preston;-England.- Sent. 4.- Thos
Coupe, former. .night- .cjerk- of-the.
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rjiiM inn,, Ul UN h V.U.V, ml t e
witness to the Rosenthal murder,
says lie is ready to help District At
torney Whitman in every possible
way, but will not return to America.
Replying to the prosecutor's wireless
message flint he return to America,
Coupe ' cabled ..a refusal, saying he
would make a deposition before an
American consul in England. Coupe
says that while he did not see the
actual .murder,- he did see the assas
sins speeding away in a grey auto
mobile and that the police made no
?ffort to follow 'it.- He says he had
no easy time escaping the detectives
who sought to prevent his departure
from America.
DKATH CLAIMS ITGITIVE
Detectives' With Warrant Arrive lo
Find Man Has Succumbed
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 4. A fugi
tive from justice for six months,
death saved A. S. Veach, of Mineral
count;', W. Va., from arrest h.;re.
With detectives on his trail, he ar
rived here last week so ill that he
had to go to a hospital. Before he
died Saturday he revealed his iden
tity to the hospital authorities and
requested them to notify his rela
tives.
Veach was charged with fraud u
lently using $ 1,000 given on a note
Indorsed by two farmers. Ostensibly
the money was to have settled the
affairs of the farm of which he was
the head, and which had fallpd. De
tectives say they found Veach had
Invested in mining stocks.
Fell Wrom Porch Neck Broken.
Kinston, Sept, 4.- John II. Burke,
a prominent young man of I .a
Grange, died lira singular manner
at his honic there. Young Burke,
who was about I'll years of age, was
talking to his father, on the front
porch of their residence, and was
leaning against a post when lie sud
denl.v fell to the ground, breaking
his nock. It Is not known whether
Burke died from heart failure or the
broken nock. Ho bad been suffer
lug from vaccination against small
pox. au -epidemic of the disease pre
vailing in the little town, and was
very weak. He was seen, to stoop
as though In pain before falling from
the porch. When the elder Burke
reached his son's side the young
man was dead. John H, Burke was
very popular throughout this section,
and was a leader In social circles in
La Grange. He was a partner in the
mercantile business headed by his
father, V. H. Burke. The funeral
was largely attended, sua the Inter
ment was in Oakdale.
More Trouble Feared In Michigan
I'riwin.
Jackson, Mich., Sept. 4 Although
officials of Jackson prison declare
they believed tho presence of the
state troops have thoroughly cowed
the unruly convicts who figured in
yesterday's riot, there was feeling
in the prison circles thnt almost any
thing might happen within the next
forty-eight hoars. Warden Blmpspn
may handcuff many of the bad men
to the cell barj, ,
can Convention
TWO HCKETS EXPECTED
Opening of the Convention Delay
ed Because of the Inability; of the
Committees to Muke lTp the Tem
porary Roll No Men Selected Ex
cept Tlioxe Who Swore Allegiance
to President Taft Thought the
Moosers Will Put Out a Separate
Ticket Richmond Pearson Tried
to Resign at National Committee
Man Hut His Resignation Was
Not Accepted.
Charlotte, Sept. 4. The opening
of the Kepnblican state convention
here today was relayed until after
3 o'clock by the inability of the
state committee to complete the
makeup of the temoprary rill. All
Roosevelt men were excluded and
only those who swore allegiance to
President Taft were seated.
The moosers held a causuc this
morning and appointed a committee
to investigate and report back at 'i
o'clock as to the best course to pur
sue. It is thought that the moosers
will put out an entirely separate
ticket this afternoon. Richmond
Pearson attempted to resign as na
tional committeeman but hlB resig
nation was not accepted.
Situation Fnique.
The status of affairs yeBterday
was decidedly unique. Two factions
were represented in the persons of
State Chairman John M. Morehead,
former National Committeeman E.
C. Duncan, District Attorney A. E.
Tolton representing the "administra
tion and me Nutional committee
man Richmond Pearson, former
Senator Marlon Butler and brother,
Ceorge Butler, and Col. V. 8. tusk,
representing the BO-called Progres
sives or perhaps more accurately
styled, "Roosevelt Republicans."
They all had come In response to the
call issued by state chairman More
head, acting In accordance with tfe
decision of the State executive com
mittee, which met recently in Greens
boro and which is best known by
reason of its pasage of the Mott
resolution, defining just who would
be entitled to participate In the
councils of the Republican party.
1 e., those who would support the
National Republican ticket. It was
expected of course that the Taft
leaders and their friends would be
in evidence but the presence of Na
tional Committeemen. Pearson, the
Battlers and .'...others of the Bull
Moose clan was decidedly out of the
ordinary. It was generally thought
that they would be consorting with
others of the Roosevelt persuasion
In -'Greensboro' yesterday Instead of
coining on to Charlotte.
Attitude of Progressive.
Colonel Pearson, head of the
Roosevelt following in the State,
was nsked nbout this very thing and
In rcBponse he declared, in behalf
of himself and his associates: "Our
position is that we have never joined
the-Progressive party and therefore
have never left the Republican par
ty, and the effort io drive us out
has been unsuccessful. I can per
haps best eplain byb reading from
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BLANCHE TO MAURY DENVER
MAN. .,
Blanche Bate, the actress, who
has iK-en spending her summer vaca
tion In a suburb of Denver, Col., ha
announced her engagement to be
married to (ieoi-Ke Creal, the police
commlMidoner of Denver. The pros
pective liUNlMiml of the Belaseo star
in an editorial writer on the Dearer
New, anil Is widely known thro ugh
his magazine writings, (
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