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IGH TIMES Clean as a Pin Ontside and In Ask the Man "Who Takes It THE RALE Vol. LXXII. No. 52. "Weather: Threatening.' RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY AITERNbON SEPTEMBER 12, 1912. '",' LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Nvimber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of ny Other Newspaper. II0W1E WHITE ACTIVE FIGHT Kill TOMBED WIFE OUR ' wW. IS FOR PARTY Does Not Want His Interests Considered By State Committee "I have told my friends," said Senator Simmons today In reply to a question as to his attitude on the eligibility ot voters In the senatorial primary, "that I wanted the state committee to settle all matters that come up before them without refer ence t6 my interests. I do not want them to consider me, if I have any friends on the committee, but to consider only . the interests of the Btate and national democratic tick ets." .- The senator arrived in . the city last night from New York, where he was called to confer with' the dem ocratic national leaders, and left early today for Charlotte, where He is due to make a speech tonight. No utterance in the present cam paign ' will attract more attention than the words of the senior senator tonight. Senator Simmons has vol unteered his services to the state committee and will speak at Mor ganton, Sept. 14; Newton, Sept. 16; Lexington, Sept. 18, and Asheboro, Sept. 21. The Btate committee will meet here next Thursday night to deter mine who shall vote in the senatorial primary to be held in connection with the regular election In Novem ber. BURTON GIBSON ARRESTED. In Charged With the Murder of a Woman Client. New York, Sept. 12 Burton W. Gibson, the lawyer, whose client, Rosa Menschik Szabo, lost her life while boating, with -him in Green wood iJike, July 10, was arrested today by a deputy sheriff on a war rant charging first degree murder. Gibson was arrested . at his office. They arranged to start immediately for Mlddleton. Gibson, Defore his 'nrreBt, wade a statement declaring ho was innocent. The evidence sub mitted before ; Judge Royceupoir which the - warrant was leaned, was sensational. Coroner's , Physician Kchultz declared an examination of the woman's body showed there was no sign of water In her lungs and in congestion. The Indications were that she was strangled to death and then thrown into the water. Trouble at Cumming. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12. With all the negroes believed implicated in the slaying of the young white girl at Cumming. Ga., in prison here for finfcf-keeDin Cumming is reported quiot for the first time since the crime Saturday. Sheriff Reld brought a trio of the prisoners, here and said the excitement at Cumming had snb- - sided. No further trouble is ex parted. President Taft Will Investigate. Washington, Sept. 12. President Taft has taken personal charge of the question of permitting religious garb to be worn in the Indian scnooi. At his request Secretary Fisner an nounced his decision and the accom Danylng papers were referrtd by the Interior department to the summer white house at Beverly. Miss Grace Iloswell Sponsor. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 1 2 Miss Crura Boswell, of Portsmouth, was appointed by Division Commander ParkoY. as sponsor in chief for the Sons of Confederate Veterans at vet orans reunion at Pulaski, Va., Sep tembcr 25. Mrs. N. H. Hairston, of Roanoke, was appointed chaperone for the maids of honor. nmainor Rhlilwln Renominated Hartford, Conn., Sept. 12. Gov ernor Simeon E. Baldwin was nom- i J ...it V. nuivno i ir Kir ill A democratic state convention. Other Mm , . . 1 .1 . state orneeri, ana bbyou inomueui- t . .. .1 .ml a lilalfA.m adopted. Baldwin's nomination was greeted oy great cneenng. Evidence All in In Allen Case. .-Wvthavlltn. Sent. 12. The evl dence in the Victor Allen case was xntwiniiAd at. 10' o'clock today. The jury was excused until 2:30 that the .court might consider Instruc tions. Arguments began when tho court reconvened. Arguments win not be flnisned until late tomorrow Insane Jealousy Causes Two Deaths, Boston, Sept 12. Insane Jeal ousy caused the murder of Mabel Slaytou, formerly of Norfolk, Va., a resident at a third 'class hotel here. Tho girl was .shot and killed by Frank Ogllvle. a wagon driver who later ended his life, in the same way.' ' Red Men Complete Business Session rfi.rlMton. 8. C. Sent. 12.With the executive session tbla morning the great cotfncll.'.lmproved Ordet of Red Men, 'completed business,- The Daughters of Pocahuntaa were given an excursion today. The social fea juro wa fish UJ &t Igle fit Efilmfr Inspection of Central way Postponed Dr. Pratt Absent Arrangements had been made for an automobile tour of inspection over the Central Highway from the Ten nessee line, by way of WayneBVille, ABheville. Salisbury, Greensboro. Raleigh, Ooldsboro, New Bern, etc., to Morehead City, beginning next Monday. Members of tills inspeet ing party are State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt, and H. B. Varner of Lexington, the Central 'Hiyhway's president. Secretary Olds of the chamber of commerce had arranged to go on this tour, but today re ceived a letter from Mr. Varner, say ing that Dr. Pratt had been called to New York .on important business n regard to the highways now be ing constructed in the high moun tain region, known 'as the "Crest of the Blue Ridge," and that hence fhe tour of Inspection has been tempor arily called off, and that the new date will soon be decided noon. President Varner says that another reason for postponing the tour is that all of the Central Highway will not be fully opened by next week. Many men are at work on the line from Old Fart, in McDowell county (Continued on Page Seven.) REBELS EXPECTED TO ATTACK A6UA PR1ETA Washington, Sept. 12. Brigadier General Steever telegraphed the war department today that Mexican rebels under .Rejam were planning a finql attack on Agua Prleta, op posite Douglas, Arizona. The at tack was planned to take place at ten o'clock this morning, mountain t'me. Mexican federals entrained last night at El Paso, which Include 450 Yatjul Indians, were being rush ed to the defense. TAFT PLAYED CX)LF Then Held Conferences With Several Otllelals. Beverly. Sept. 1 2. President Taft motored from Parametta to the golf links in the forenoon. Returning from the links the president con ferred with Attorney General Wick- ersham and Secretary MacVeagh and Counselor Anderson of the state de partment. Anderson's Interest In the Mexlcau situation loresnaaowea a discussion of Mexican conditions. Tranquil In Coal Regions. niiai-ioHtnn: W. Va.. Sent. 12. Tranquil conditions continue in the Kanawha coal region. Additional miners returned to worK witnin me miiit-nfv .nn under conditions pre vailing before the strike was called. The commission investigating conoi tlons began taking tvidence today. The first witnesses were miners who protested against the mine guard system. Receivers For Big Motor Company. New York, Sept. 12.-1 Receivers were appointed for the United States Mntnr Cnmilftnv. a fortV-tWO and 8 half million dollar concern, organ ized in 1908 to control ten amomo hllo nnrl eas eneine manufacturing companies. Us directors number some of the best known capitalists in the country. Earthquake at San Francisco. Rnn Francisco. Sent. 12.- A slight earthquake shock was felt at nine twenty-eight this morning, ine mnvomant occasioned no damage or excitement. Shocks were reported as far south as San Jose, nrty nines away, . " Roosevelt Still In Oregon Today. T.nnranil. Ore eon. Sept. 13. Roose-' Velt "topped here two hours today on the way to Bojse ana aaaresseu the eounty fair. He then went to Huntington. He spoke in Boise to nieht. Ryan to Build Art Gallery. New York, Sept. 12. Thomaa Fortune Ryan, haa arranged to build a hundred thousand dollar art gallary, adjoining hii Fifth avenue residence. In it will be stored his art treasures. Battle Between Mexicans. "Marfa, Texas, Sept. 11. The bat tle of Ojlnaga is In progress accord ing to reports received from border towns. The federals, defending the town have almost exhausted thelf ammunition supply, Was Confined in an Ice Box. Louisville, Sept. 12. Alleging that he contracted St. vuus aance as the result of being forcibly con fined In an Ice box, Morris Brown, 14 years old, sued Joseph Welsa Werfer, foE 1X8,000, : WILL MAKE VISIT TO HENDERSON Tomorrow Chairman W. A. Cooper of the committee on , street and Chairman John A. Mills of the board of county Commissioners and a num ber of other gentlemen from ltal eight both official and private citi zens, will make an automobile trip from here to Henderson, this giving an opportunity to inspect the very fjne highways in Franklin oiaty and also in Vance and to make a study of the Henderson streets, which are being made admirable. A substance' known 'as bltumas is be ing used on the streets and there is also In use an excellent new ar rangement for putting a surface on old streets. These matters of roads and streets will be very carefully studied by Chairman Cooper, Chair man Mills and the others. There will be about twenty people in tne party which will make this tour of inspection and it means a great deal for both Raleigh and Wake county. . OPENING AT UNIVERSITY Registration Already 000 and They Are Still Arriving. (Special to The Times.) Chapel Hill, Sept. 12. The regis tration books of the university were opened on Monday morning, and with two days of the period over the registration number has reached the euo mark. The crowds are still coming in on every train, and when the books are closed fully 8bo stu dents are expected to be registered. The campus now presents a seething mass of students and when tne classes are Btarted the professors will have sufficient cause to be kept busy. The freshman class this year is unusually large, and the university expects this to be one of its banner years. The medical and law classes are also unusually large this year. Captain Tlllett has started the football practice, and a large number of good prospects are now coming out every afternoon. As yet noth ing definite can be said about the new men, but that there is a lot of new, good material and, these under the coaching of Nat Cartmell and Martin, of Ponnajlvania, Carolina Is on fair road for a good team this year. A good many of last year's men are back, among them being Captain Tillett, Blake Applewhite, Robert Strange and "Big" Aber nathy.'; STOLE GIRL FROM SEMINARY Father Siiot-lTp Automobile, But ; , Girl Was Not In It. Bristol, Va., Sept. 12, Lochlnvar could not have won a bride, in a more sensational fashion than Ar thur Hagey did late yesterday In stead of a charger, Hagey used an automobile, pistol and party of friends. Slxten-year-old Myrtle Moore's father objected to her marriage with Hagey and after frustrating an elopement Monday, sent Myrtle to school. Yesterday a party of Hagey't friends drove up to the seminary and sped the girl away to the cross-road, where they transferred her to a bug gy and lent her to Johnson City, Tenn., while the motor car continued to Abingdon. : At Abingdon the irate father, after being warned by an of fleer, shot the tires practically off the automobile before he discovered his daughter was not, in it. Mean while, Arthur and Myrtle were mar ried In Johnson City. Tliadden Graves Iead. Hatfield, Mass., Sept. 12. Thad deut Graves, president of the New England Tobacco Growers' Asiocla tltfu, died Joday, aged, 77. "THE WIDOW'S MITE" ASK CITIZENS NOT TO SIGN PETETION The board of aldermen met in called meeting ' this . afternoon at 3:45 for the purpose of requesting citing officials ni citizens generally not to sign any . petition circulated either by the city oi the Wake Wa ter Company in biiUf. of any 4fta vidual for permanent receiver. The appointment will be at Smithfield, September 17. The action was not taken as antagonistic, but merely to safeguard any rights the city might have, City Attorney Pace saying that as both the city, and water company are litigants the court should be left free to select a receiver. IMPOSSIBLE TO BE GOOD AM) DRINK AT SAME TIME, Argument Mude By Defendant's At torney is 't Upheld. Kansas City, Sept. 12. The "Dutch" lunch which was partici pated in by several persons at a house on Harrison street recently was strictly an informal affair, ac cording to testimony taken in Jus tice Charles Clark's court. "And after we had been drinking several hours," the plaintiff testified "I was knocked down with a jardi niere and was kicked in the left ear when I was down." Here Piill D. Clear, attorney for the defendants, interposed a ques tion: "I will ask you if you were not good and drunk when this happen ed," said he. "I object to the form of the ques tion," exclaimed Mord M. Bogle, c Blatant county prosecutor, rising hastily to hia feet. "It is quite im possible. Your Honor, for a person to be good and be drunk at the same time." "Sustained," agreed the court solr emnly. Both defendants were bound over to the criminal court for felonioiiB assault. SHOOS OFF 1KKU BY Ml'SIC Shotgun Failing. Orchard Owner Blows Hi Comet. Winsted, Conn., Sept. .12. At dawn when deer Invade his orchard of 400 young apple trees on the Old Colebrook i-oad, (leorge A. Howe, who has slept in the orchard all the summer to protect the fruit trees from the ravages of the animals, plays a cornet and the deer bound away. Howe says he has counted twenty deer In his orchard at one time eat ing the tender sprouts on the trees. They became to accustomed to the reports of a shotgun which was dis charged high in the air by Howe to frighten them, that they refused to budge. Then Howe hit upon the idea of stampeding them with blasts from his cornet. ' The deer are protected at this sea son under the Connecticut game laws. Stage Hands' Strike Settled. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 12.-VThe strike of theatrical stage hands at Norfolk and 'Portsmouth was settled today. The men get an advance in wages effective January 1. It's never too late to break your husband of a bud habit, CRAIG TO ADDRESS TRAVELING MEN Hon. Locke Craig, the democratic candidate for governor, has been highly honored by the United Com mercial Travelers of America, in be ing requested to make an address to them at a public meeting to be held In Asheville, on the night of Octo ber 10. The western North Caro lina fair is to be held in Asheville beginning on October 8, and during that week the Asheville council will provide entertainment for ail of the merchants of, western North . Caro lina, culminating In a social metiiig to e held on the night of the 10th. Mr. Craig has accepted the invita tion and will speak on the occasion mentioned, Some' of Mr. Craig's strongest friends and supporters are members of this organization, and thev ex press great pleasure at his ability to address them. WILL VOTE ON BONDS Greensboro Wants New Ruilrond Progressive Politics. (Special to The Times.)' Greensboro, Sept. 12. Supporters of the proposed Greensboro, North ern and Atlantic railroad for which Greensboro Is asked to vote $200,000 in bonds next Tuesday held a rally meeting last night, speakers declar ing that the issue should be made the Southern Railway and that allies of that corporation were leading the fight of the opposition. The pro posed road is to run into Alamance county, it being expected to tap a proposed extension of the C. and O. at that place. The registration for the election Is small, only about 1,000 voters qualifying, but at the present time it Is believed the ma jority of these are against the meas ure. Iredell Meares, the nominee of the allied bull moose progressives and bull mooBe republicans for gov ernor, left for hlra home at Wil mington yesterdav, expecting to stop off at Burlington for a conference with James N. Williamson, Jr., who kicked out of the traces when Ma rlon Butler and Richmond Pearson sought to dictate the revision of the progressive : platform. Mr. Meares declares that Mr. Williamson v-lll come back to the progressives and that, ho will give support to the ntate and national progressive tickets. Friends of Mr. Williamson nw declare that he resented the dom ineering attitude of Butler, who came uninvited and without rlgnt so far as anybody can learn, though it was reported that he held the proxy of his brother George. Butler haa apparently formed an align ment, with Richmond Pearson, ex pecting thereby to remain In state politics. Bere leaving the city the Butler-Pearson-Cowles-Walser-Greene com mittee, from the Roosevelt republi cans gave out a statement de nouncing the so-called More-head-Duncan convention held at Charlotte, charging that non residents were seated as dele gates. In some Instances and that In others Illegal delegates were seated In the place of regular elected men. They characterize the "Charlotte steal" as more atrocious than that at Chicago, saying that In their ef fort to thwart the will of the peo ple the Morehead-Duncan republi cans out Heroded Herod. National Baptlkt Convention. Houston. Texas, Sept, 1 2. Five thousands negroes were here attend ing the thirty-second annual meetftg of the National Baptist convention jiie convention JftBts three days, Wife of Jack Johnson Takes Her Own life Pathetic Ending Chicago, Sept. 12. Mrs. Jack Johnson, the champion pugilist's wife, shot herself through the head ami died at I his morning. After firing the shot she C d not regain consciousness. She recently remark ed to friends that, every one shun ned her beiause she had married a negro, and that she was unhappy. She decided to commit suicide as soon as her husband went down town. She called her two maids in to thi! bedroom, asking them to join her in prayer; all knelt at the bed side and prayed together several minutes. As they arose, Mrs. John Bon, pressing her hands to her face, said: "(!od pity a poor woman who Is lonely." After the maids were then sent out on errands, Mrs. John son fired the fatal bullet. She was 31 years old and the daughter of David Terry, of Brooklyn. When she married Johnson she was the divorced wife of Clarence Duryea, the New York turfman. ; Storm in Connecticut. Hartford,' Sept.- 12. Hundreds of thousand dollars of damage to the tobacco crop in Connecticut resulted from last night's lightning and hail storm. IN INTEREST OF Rev. Dr. F. N, Parker, of the Bib lical department of Trinity College, will speak at the 11 o'clock service at Edenton Street chnrch next Sun day morning. There is a movement on foot in the state to add to the endowment fund of Trinity College one million dollars. Eight hundred thousand of this "is to come from Messrs. B. N. and J. B.: Duke and from the general board of education. The Dukes giving six hundred and fifty thousand and the general board a hundred and fifty thousand on condition that the friends of the in stitution give two hundred thousand. Dr. Parker will speak on this move ment next Sunday morning. It Is hoped that a matter of such great gain to the educational resources of the state will draw a great crowd to hear him. There will be no offering for this cause asked for on Sunday, but friends of the movement will be asked to contribute next week. WILSON AT SYRACUSE Met New York State Leaders There For Conference. Syracuse, Sept. 12. Governor Wilson met the democratic state leaders, assembled here to attend the democratic state committee and conference of democratic county chairman. Many conferences were held concerning the make-up of a ticket to be named by the state con vention, which meets here October I. Governor Dix seeks renomina tion. He says he expects to be re nominated and elected. The democratic leaders said their chief mission here was to greet Wil son, and they were not haBty in fix ing up a "slate three weeks before the convention. Some of the leaders oppose Dix's renomlnation. NOW PENNSYLVANIA Is Trying to Get Into the Democratic . Column, Mew VrtrV Sent . 1? Penriavl- vania, while always a strong -republican state, is showing every indica tion of swinging Into the democrat ii columns In November. Reports from practically every county and district show democratic gains, as an indication William Dort. Pa., shows n tvnir.al exnmnle i the trend towards democratic suc cess. The first day ot registration (here were 128 voters; 60 of them were for Governor Wilson, while the remainder was divided between th( two factions of the republican party the socialists and the prohibitionist The Colorado Primary. Denver, Col., Sept. 12. Returns from the state-wide primary indi cate that Philip Stewart, progressive republican,' has a thousand majority over Clifford Parks, regular repub lican for the gubernatural nomlna tion.' EllaH M, Amnions won the democratic gubernatorial race over Tom Tynan, by flee hundrtd. Mail Train Jumps Track. Rochester, N. Y Sept. 12. The Wabash mall on the New York Cen fral, running 60 miles on hour, jumped the track at Morton. The engineer, fireman and two passen gers wero seriously Injured. A score of passengers ' were Slightly hurt.. Tho child who Is afraid of the dark may become a politician when he grows up aud fears the light, Wake Democrats to Opea Headquarters la Raldgh On October 14 At a meetlna of the Wake central committee and the vartous democratic cnnrilrinteH In th m,.,L house this afternoon it was decided open headquarters In Raleigh :tober 1 and to prosecute a yigor is campaign in everv section of the county. The campaign will be waged regardless of onnnnitlnn nr not and an effort will be made to In crease the usual democratic major- y. The legislative candidates, essrs. J. C. Little M. A. Orlffln Earnest Mills and J. W. Bunn, were present, as were also the other nom inees of the primary. Chairman Percy J. Olive has not announced the secretary and treasurer of the committee. The niemhera nf tho rnmmfHM present were Chairman Olive, W. B. snow, uawara n;. uritton, R. J. Buf falo, Bart M. Gatling, H. D. Rand, H. G. Richardson. Dr. G. M. Boll and II. G. Alford. The candidates and their frlenria are enthusiastic and nronnu rtnlne some good- work for the party. GAME OF I'OKER INTERRtTPTEO Durham Citizens Face Recorder on Gambling Charge. (Special to The Times.) Durham, Sept. 12. Yesterday mc.-ning between one and two o'clock the police surprised a friend ly game of draw poker in one of the rooms on the third floor of tho Duke building, the result of which was that seven well known Durham citizens walked into the recorder's court yesterday and plead guilty to tne charge ot gambling, and were each assessed with a fine of $25 fend the costs. The officers got wind that there was a game in ' progress, and three po)icemeh were detached to investigate, . .Two of, them succeeded in getting on the roof of an ad joining building while the other took charge of their shoes, After a two- hour watch of the game dlurlnx which time no coin of the realm was seen, only chips being used, the watchers began to have cricks in their necks. Along about 1 o'clock there was heard the familiar clink of coin and the long green put In its appearance, at which time the officers made an unceremonloui en try to the room, gathering in the whole crowd. They put np bonda in the sum of fifty dollars each for their appearance at recorder's court yesterday. In the party were two drummers, two contractors, one merchant, one lumber dealer and an employe of a local business house. The unfortunate subjects of the raid were the objects of many witticisms by their friends yesterday. The Daughters of the Confederacy will give a dinner to the Durham Confederate veterans on Thursday of next week. Hon. J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of state, will deliver the principal address. Trinity College began the session of 1912-13 yesterday, and the appli cations for admission to the fresh man class numbered about two hun dred, the largest in many year. The day opened with flag raising by the seinor class, after which there wero exercises at the chapel, in which Bishop Kilgo, President Few and the ministers of the city Methodist churches took part. There were a number of visitors to the opening exercises. The attendance at the city schools, which opened Monday, has reached the 3,000 mark, and the work la aa well under way at this time as though the schools had been open for weeks Instead of three days. The following wedding Invitation has been received here: Mrs. Alfred Edminston Craven requests the honor of your presence at the marriage ot her daughter Maria Louise - to ... ' Mr. Patrick Henry Gorman on Wednesday the twenty-fifth of September J nineteen hundred and twelve i at twelve o'clock Saint John's Church San Juan, Puerto Rico Mr. Gorman has many friends in Raleigh where he lived for quite a while. WOMEN SPEAK FOR WILSON First Woman Speaker in Georgia, for Wilson Was Miss F.IIA IVmelL Atlanta, Sept. 12. Woman speak ers are being sent into Georgia to campaign for Woodrow Wilson. Tho flrBt woman to speak in Georgia for Wilson was Miss Ella Powell, of New York, who addressed the Daughters of the Confederacy last night, at Gainesville. - , Wilson lived here and practiced law during his early life. Hla, two oldest daughters were born nor. A woman can't feed a, man to much taffy that It will spoil kit pi petite lor Jt, -1 a
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