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IE RALEIGH TIMES Clean as a Fin Outside ancl In Ask the Man Who Takes It Vol. LXX1X No. 51. Weather: Threatening. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY .FTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1912 LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE .CENTS. Double the Nimber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of eoiy Other Newspaper. SCHOOLS WILL RALEIGH GETS IWENTY-FI ..-It ME THE BUREAU PROGRESSIVES HAD BIG ROW UR Hi IN IKE TOILS Tails of Tigers Gyen Sitsrp Twists By Officers to Last 1 a Wake Comity's Institutions to Bceak All Records For Attendance INTEREST W WORK Committeemen and Other Patrons Think Compulsory Attendance Law Would Be popular In County , . Mr. Poe Speaks for Law Prob ' ably 12,M)0 Children WUl He Taught This Year Average Term '..of Six Months. With nine of the county schools nlready In session and many others to open between now and the first of November, the indications for a successful school year in Wake coun ty are; unusually bright. From the Increased attendance at the schools just opened, there is every reason to believe that the average attendance will pass the 10,000 mark. Last year there was , 505 white children enrolled and 4,375 colored children. In his address at Apex laBt Fri day Mr. Clarence Poe stated that it might not be good politics to say so, but North Carolina must have a compulsory attendance law before she, can hope to educate the masses 'of her children. It was interesting to note that his statement was re ceived with great applause by the hoBt of educators and others In aN tendance on the Wake county" educa tional conference. In the afternoon Superintendent Judd asked the question at the con ference of committeemen, "How could the attendance on the public Bchools be made fuller and more regular?" The answer came from the audience, "By a compulsory at tendance law,'?, This was received with applause and a number of per sons atateil.an the wound that 'tttey beltoved the people of Wake county would gladly vote for such a law. Large Attendance. While all the records of attend ance In the various schools have not been received by Superintendent Judd, enough Information has been received to form an estimate of the number of children who will, attend school In the county this year. There may be as many as 12,000; certainly the 10,000 mark will be passed. Average Six Months. The average term for, the white schools will bo six months. The schools that 'have already opened will run for at least eight months and the five and six months schools will open after most of tho cottot ' has been picked. . The colored schools will begin opening about N ovember 1. Wakelon Starts Well. The Wakclon high school, which opened September 2 with the largest enrollment In Its history 234 re ceived a large amount' of 'assistance from enthusiastic patrons. Principal E. H. Mower and Beveral of his teachers niado a house-to-house visit of the patrons and many of these were present on the opening day. Dr. M. C. Cliambloe, a member of the board of education, was present on tho oponing day and made an in spiring address. Tho Holly Springs school was the first to open August 19 with an enrollment of 105. Other Iing TeKn Schools. The following schoolB opened Sep tember 2: Apex, with an enrollment of 159; Bay leaf high school; Bon sal; Cary High School;' Garner; White Oak graded school, with an enrollment of 16. In this district there are 105 children and it is hoped to enroll every child. The , Forestvllle school opened yesterday. 1 ' !"'.' '" ' . GOVERNOR WILSON TO .... .-, - ' .- MAKE SEVERAL TRIPS Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 11. Gov. ernor Wilson, traveling from Atlantic to Jersey City announced that when he returned , from his first western trip September 23, he would rest a few days and start on another. He plans taking one trip every wook until" the campaign ends. His first trip west begins September 16th and ends September 23, at Scranton, when the Pennsylvania state demo cratic candidates are notified of thfllr nominations. ' The next day the gov ernor goes to bis Princeton home to vote in tne primaries on me sena torshlp. Wilson was tip early today. He took the early train at Atlantic City where he spoke last night to Spanish war veterans, goins to Jer sey City to review' the Hudson coun ty democratic associations' parades' Wilson boards his special car tonight for Syracuse where be speaks toiuor rw Rt r7 iw? b'm - ; t Jim Williams Leaves the Meet ing of Ball Meese, Denounc ing Action (Special to The"TimeB.) Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 11. After adopting unanimously a resolution "agreeing not to disagree" earlier In the evening the meeting here of the executive committee of the new pro gressive party in North Carolina in session jointly with a committee named at the Charlotte Roosevelt re publican convention after the Roose velt delegates had been dented ad mission to the "regular" republican convention, the conference practical ly broke up in a row at midnight, when James N. Williamson, Jr., of Alamance, who has been the recog nized leader of the new party In the state, vehemently denounced the ac tion of "that crowd which came down here," after the platform had been modified to incorporate a de mand for the Australian ballot sys tem, and left the conference chamber notwithstanding appeals from Chair man Iredell Meares and others that he remain. The trouble came about over attempts to modify the plat form adopted at the Greensboro pro gressive convention. Mr. William son fought any modification of the platform, contending that tne plat form adopted at Greensboro should stand. Others sought to revise the local option plank, and to annex other planks, notably one calling for the Australian ballot system and one denouncing the present system of property tax assessments. It was the passage of these two planks, Mr., Williamson alone voting against them, that caused the friction or eruption or breach; Mr. Williamson leaving the convention with some show of wrath. The committees had strictly ad hered to the resolution "agreeing to not to disagree" until midnight and everything seemed to be going along smooth with such prominent erst while republicans. and democrats as Iredell Meares, Marion Butler, Rich mond. Parson .ilbsrlf.. W. , C.owH, James N. Williamson and others tak ing a prominent part in the deliber ations. One of the features of the meeting was the prominence and ac tivity of Marion Butler, the former populist senator. A quiet effort to keep him a little in the background or on the outside was a dlamal failure for he was about the most prominent person in and out of the conference chamber. The conference during the after noon, in joint meeting, proceeded to ratify the Greensboro and Charlotte state and electoral tickets in part and revise It where necessary be cause of resignations. All this was accomplished satisfactorily. It. was during the afternoon, also that the Roosevelt republicans from the Char lotte convention In independent ac tion, adopted resolutions reaffirming allegiance to republican principles and indorsing the republican plat form as adopted at Chicago, but re pudiating the nominee of the Chi cago convention, William Howard Taft. Charles H. Cowles was made state chairman of the Roosevelt re publican wing of the "split party," while Zeb Vance Walser was made state chairman of tho progressive party by the out-and-out progres sives. Zeb Vance- Walser declined to accept tne nomination or. tne Roosevelt republican convention, and Iredell Meares, of Wilmington, was named by the Joint executive committee to head tne state ticaei of progressives and Roosevelt re publicans. The complete ticket named by tie joint committee before the row at midnight, follows: For Governor Iredell Meares, of Wilmington, succeeding Zeb Vance Walser, wno declined to run. For Lieutenant Governor Cbas. E. Greene, of Mitchell, ratified. Attorney General E. 8. W. Dam eron, of Alamance, ratified. Supreme Court Judges T. T. Hicks, -of Henderson; W. S. O'B, Robinson, of Wayne, ratified. Secretary of State D. H. Senter, of Harnett, ratified. ; Corporation Commission Geevge E. Butler, or Sampson, ratified; Thomas McCullen, of Edgecombe, succeeding James N. Williamson, Jr., of Alamance, Who declined to-run. : Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Charles L. Coon, of Wilson, ratified. Auditor J. F. Click, of Catawba, ratified. Treasurer D. L.' Gore, of New Hanover, ratified. ' Commissioner of Labor and Print ing J. Y. Hamrick, of Cleveland, ratified. r Insurance Commissioner Clyde Eby, of Craven, ratified.' Commissioner of Agrlcultur J. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir, ratified. ; Presidential Electors Virgil 8 Lusk, of Buncombe, succeeding Ire dell Meares, who was named for gov ernor; Jake F, Newell, of Mecklen burg, ratified. It was agreed to maintain sepa rate organizations and Zeb Vance Walser was named as chairman and W. 8. Pearson as secretary of the progressive state committee. It Is practice rather than theory lW fifte ft SRtIfRct9rjr Jgver, sf r Partial Kaloijrh officers eiiptuivri twenty-four blind timers yesterday. That was a good day's work. We commend the officers. The thing, however, that makes us blush with shame every time any mention is made of liquor selling in Ka- lcigh is that "the big ones" are always painfully con spicuous in- the reeordn of arrests - conspicuous m their absence. Every man in Ifaleigli who knows anvthing at all knows of the whiskey traf fic eoinsr oir actually within a fstone's throw of the oi l city hall. Every respectable citizen of Kaleigh who ha any regard for the upholding of. law, would like to see the big dogs" iii the whis key trafhV put behind pris on bars or on the roads. That IEH1 Mexican Federals Will Cross Border In Order to Get at Rebels Washington, Sept. 11.- Interven tion In Mexico seems a step farther off today. Rebel raiding along the border is expected to be ended by Mexican federals, who are to be per mitted to cross Texas and New Mex ico to attack the insurgents along the frontiers of Chihuahua and Sonora. While one force of federals moves down from the northern boundary, another force Is being worked up, the Southern Pacific line In Mexico. The plan Is to catch the rebels between the two forces. The revolution's representatives here as rt this move only will transfer tho seat of war from the border to the mountains. Madero's movement of troops to the north is In response to this gov ernment's demand that Americans be protected. The movement now under way Is expected to quiet the situation temporarily at least, The United States troops ordered to the border will move f ward and others at western posts are, ready. . Rebels Capture Harrison. : Marfa, Texas, 8ept. lL The fed eral garrison at OJInaga, Mexico; op posite Presidio, Texas, surrendered yesterday to the rebels, according to advices which reached here. General Sanchez, commanding the federals was In the Presidio at the time ot the surrender trying to get more am munition .for his men. Another Garrison in Strait, ' DoUglas, Arizona, Sept. 11. Rebel Leader Rojas formally de manded the surrender ' of Agua ?rl?HSt Rpjas geclajed. wj BOSO EAR Duty and Full (Editorial.) kind of punishment would i be liirht.t. some of tin; low-i down, contemptible, infa mous M-onndels who are at present ;. def.di'il'g Raleigh through theif 'lle.u.and im moral purposes, but it would be at kast a temporary re lief to get that much accom plished. "' No, we do n it . call name:, for we do not propose to fur-, nisli evidence. Ve aye sup quxpX ti;h'vi ,ij; de-1'Vi'i"ent; of justice in Raleigh and a department of police whose business it is to do such things. If the officials in these places can 't do it. in the name of decencv, GET MEN WHO CAN! ."Doesn't every person in Raleigh who ever goes on the streets know that there are two "clubs" in Raleigh that : ell more whiskey in a day th.i the twenty-four- tigers do in a week? Do not most tack In twenty-four hours with one thoiisniul men unless the town sur rendered. The federal garrison num bers two hundred men. WHITMAN '.READY FOR TRIAL New York. Sept. 11. Prosecutor Whitman is ready to begin the trial of Police Lieu!. Becker, now in the toinbs, :' charged with murdering Her-, man Rosenthal, gambler, July IB. hy hired ' gun-men, near the Motel Mel ropole. . r.ccker'K counsel will try to secure a stay of proceedings on the ground that tho depositions of, three wit nesses at Hot Springs are needed; failing in securing the stay, Becker's lawyers will .'attempt, to obtain a change of venue. .Mi. Pickett 111. Philadelphia, Pa , Sept. 11. Mrs. Lasalie Corhell Pickett, the famous Confederate general's widow, who is Is at a hotel was reported no het teer today. Sho is suffering from pneumonia, contracted on a lectur ing tour. TWO FINE BRIDGES ARE TO BE BUILT At a called meeting of the board of aldermen at 3 o'clock this after noon, the Seaboard Air Line, through Chief Engineer Seddon, In formed the board that his road was ready to build suitable bridges on Doylan Heights and across Hlllsboro street. The bridge on Boylan Heights will be of steel construction, with block flooring, 42 feet wide and with a walkway eight feet wide. 1 he Seaboard and Southern will con struct tills at a cost of $15,000. In case the street car company uses the bridge, it must pay Its pro rata part. The Hlllsboro street bridge will, be built jointly by the Seaboard and Norfolk Southern at a cost ot $27, 000 along approved lines. . Work will begin as soon as bids can. be receive . Duty of the men in Kaleigh know of at least one apartment house in Raleigh that 'cd for immoral pm-pones? .A re not these things gros-s viola tions of law? " The ignorant negro who sells ten cent drinks out of a bottle in his pocket is not half as deserving of punish ment as the "big dog" who buvs whiskev bv the unr load and serves it through life f club" 'r "cafe., , : I "Tliere'sa reason" in Ra leigh, however, for the " big dog" to be passed hy when evidence is being gathered. The bfiicials who roe in the "little fice" of the blind tier family are "doing their duty" without doubt so far as they go. But the thing that we want to see and that the law-abiding popula tion ot Kaleigh wants to.ec is for them to DO FULL DUTY! VICTOR AtLEN ... i -1 ' I;'--:. ; He Tells About Having Pistol On Day of Tragedy W.vthevllli, Va., Sept. II. Victor Allen, the last of the Hlllsvllle out laws on trial for life, mounted the witness stand in his own behalf to day, and told a remarkable story, one which bis lawyers say they will rely upon to secure his acquittal of the murder charge. The most sur prised at Victor's stirring recital were the commonwealth's attorneys, who believed they had built a strong net work of evidence tending t,o show Victor's part in the alleged conspir acy to slaughter the Hlllsville court officers. Victor told a straightfor ward, frank story, and withstood a scathing cross examination at the prosecutions' hands. Victor admit ted he was armed in the Hlllsville courtroom on the day of the tragedy, but said that as one of the govern ment's rural mall carriers he was allowed to rarry a weapon. The commonwealth's attorneys had relied upon Victor's possession of a pistol, as one of ths most im portant links In the evidence, show ing he was within the conspiracy. Victor accounted for his presence in the courtroom the day of the trage dy, by saying that on that day he received a phone message directing him to accompany Wesley Edwards, a witness in Floyd's trial, who was sick. But for this message, Victor said, he had intended making a trip to Mount Airy, N. C, to get a doc tor for, Edwards. ."' Victor's story ot the action of the Allen clansmen In the courthouse, substantially cor roborated the story told by the Al iens in former- trials. The evidence will be concluded tomorrow, A ver dict If fxpecjej Frldftjr, i Insurance Rates For State to Be Fixed From Office Here The office of the North Carolina Jilting Bureau has been established In this city, and the manager, Mr. Paul D. Hullfish, formerly of Alex andria. Va., is to take charen. Mr. Hullfish conies from Rockingham ami is todav making arrangements looking toward the location of the office, and by the first of October It will be in operation. Ths bureau will have in chartre all the fire insurance rates in North arolina, all rates being made and sent out from this point, r. Hull- fish will have an office staff of oisht to ten employes, most of them young men but some beinc with families. It is probably that offices In one of the buildings in the city of com manding location will be secured in the next day or two. Charlotte and Greensboro made ef forts to secure the location Of this most Imnortant bureau, and its com ing to Raleigh means a great deal. Here the state dennrtment of insur ance is located and naturally each will be of the greatest use to the other. Tn point, of convenience it was found that Raleigh had no eq'i.il In the state. Mr. Cox's Work. The chamber of commerce work ed earnestly to bring about the loca- :1on of this office here, and its presi dent, Mr. A, L. Cox. lately made a visit to Atlanta for the special pur pose of presenting Raleigh's ad vantages. Messrs. Richard BuBbee and Alexander Webb and other gen tlemen in the insurance business here have been invaluable assistants in the work which has now been so successfully carried out. The rating offices at Charlotte and Wil son are discontinued and are merged into the Raleigh office. KM JAM XOT. THK MAN. Si.v'h or Seventh Man Arrested in Murder Case. Asheville, Sept.. 1 1. John Klijah the sixth or seventh negro who has been arrested as John Huff, the slay er of Patrolman H. C. McConnell, and who was hrought here Saturda, night from Greenville, was returned last night from whence he came, af ter he had been examined by a num ber of men, who have seen the real John Huff and they decided that he is not the man. The prisoner was arrested in the "dark corner" of South Carolina at an illicit distilling Plant bv Revenue Officer G. C. Corn and from the description which the revenue man gave Sheriff Williams of the negro, the. latter felt sure that he might be the man wanted BITTERNESS IX COAL FIELD Offer of Reward for Murderers In creases Bitterness. Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 11. The Paint. Creek Consolidated (Jol liers' .-Company today announced twenty-five hundred dollars reward for.-the iiiTcst and conviction of the persons who' killed mine guard 11. K. Stringer nt Holly Grove and Gus Pinson at Mucklow. Pinson waR killed in an encounter with miners several -we.oks ago. Stringer was shot down while passing Holly Grove where the miners were encamped af ter being evicted from the company's houses. The offer of , the reward increased the bitterness In the Kan- awha coal field. Ll'XCHED WITH YOSHIHITO Secretnry Knox and Other Special Envoys Visit to Japanese Ruler. Toklo, Sept, 11. Secretary Knox, American envoy, Infante Alfonso, of Spain and Prince Henry, of Prussia, Bpecial ambassadors to the late Em peror MutBithitos funeral were re ceived in audience by Emperor Yoshihito. His majesty acconipan led the foreign representatives to view the lying in state of the late emperor's . bodv. Each placed wreath on the coffin. The special ambassador afterwards Iuncheoned with Yoshihito and Prince Arthur of Connaught, King George's represent ative who arrived today, Carriage Mukers to Meet. Greensboro, Sept. 11. -Carriage makeers from this state and Virginia are expected to gather here tomor row afternoon In considerable num bers in response to a call issued -by R. S, Barbour, of South Boston, Va The meeting is called for the pur poses of taking steps to revive or reorganize the old Southern Vehicle Manufacturers' Association for the mutual benefit of the carriage man ufacturers of the two states. Governor flay Renominated. Seattle, Sept. 11 (Jtov. Marion Hay, republican, was renominated In yesterday's primaries. On the demo crats side Charles lleifner won the congressional nomination In the first district. Other nominations are In doubt, 24 Honrs HEARING TO f.l OR 0 .7 Alleged Sellers of LIqnor WUI Be Arruigncd Tomorrow Afternoon and Appeals Will Doubtless 'Eta Taken in Every Cane ot Convic tion Would Require Several Days to Hear Evidence Lawyers in Demand. Fourteen more blind tigers, In cluding several names familiar to the reading public, were entered on the police blotter last night and to day, and the total at 1 o'clock this afternoon stood at 24.- Mr. W. J. Roark, manager of the Raleigh De tective Agency, worked up all the cases. Other blind tigers may ue roped in before the day has closed. It was interesting to observe cer tain persons hanging around law yers' range today. One of these In dividuals, whose name has not been mentioned, sauntered into a lawyer's office for the purpose, ostensibly, of securing counsel in case the liquor noose is placed about his head. . All the cases have been set for hearing tomorrow afternoon at A o'clock, but it is likely that many continuances will result, as it would require several days to hear the evi dence. In each case of conviction before Police Justice Wlatson an ap peal will be taken, if the usual cus tom is followed, ajnd. Solicitor Norris will tackk) the fetaws to superior court. . Those who have been arrested to date are: The Defendants. John Arrington, negro, South street. J.' W. House, white, runs w.od yard and store on Martin street, Rufus Pool, white, near Edwards store on Blount and Martin streets. Gus Harris, negro, Johnston street. , Walter Turpine, negro, Johnston street. ; . Ed Jackson, Jr., white, Wilming ton p;reet, described as an old of fender. Silas Edwards, white, Blount and Martin streets. R. L. "Faulkner, white, Martin street. S. Williams, negro, Davie street. John Williams, negro, East Ral eigh. Hubert Washington, negro. Thomas Fleming, negro, South street. .. George Cross, negro barber, Wil mington Btreet. , , , John Dunston, negro, Wilmington street. C. L. Finch, white, street. Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Boy Howard, white, street. C. B. King, white, street. Pat Watson, white, Exchange street Paul Taylor, white, WUmlngtoa street. William Fike, negro, South West street. Louisa Austin, negress, whose huHband, Lewis Austin, is serving a road sentence for selling liquor. John Henry, negro, South street. Jesse Dunston, Oberlln. When its your turn to face the judge the scales ot justice usually go wrong. PEACE INSTITUTE OPENS TOMORROW With pratlcally everp room occu pied, Peace Ipstitute will tomorrow begin its fall term under the ad ministration of Dr. (Jeorge J. Ram sey, president. The school may be compelled to turn away boarders, but will be able to accommodate all day pupils. Only three changes have been made in the faculty. ' The position ot lady principal will be filled - by Miss Rose A. Wallace, who. formerly held the chair of mathematics. Her well-known- ability as a wise and firm disciplinarian insures a safe nd successful year of work, . i . Miss Louise Love, -of Statosvllle. succeeds to the position of teacher of mathematics. Miss -- Elisabeth.- Hy man, or llobgood, N. Q., will nave charge of tbe primary department, and Miss Derrick, ot NewTYorkvjUic ceeds Miss Hasking as teacher of ex pression. Except these change! tho entire faculty o last yea v..''j ' -'.-' ' A ' ' , t f