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Vi IMES For Raleigh All the Time A NET7SPAPEB For THINKERS THE RALEIGH T Vol. LXXII. No. 59. The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Nymber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper, STELL IKES MORE F ARE THERULES PROGRESS IN VANH TRIAL MOST one 1 Now 6200 Copper Miners Oat With Indications That More WiM Strike give upISongholo Greek and Cretan Miners Who Were Fortified in Trenches Near the Mines Give Vp Their Strongholds at the Request of Governor Spry But Have Not Relaxed Their Vigil anceRiot and Disorder in Street Car Strike More Militia in Coal District. Bingham. Utah, Sept. 20. Two hundred men now compose the army of mine workers, Idle by the strike and present Indications are that this number will be increased unless a settlement Is made within the noxt few days. The situation today is practically the same as when the strike was called and there appears little prospect of agreement soon be tween the miners and operators. Greeks and ' Cretans who until yes terday were fortified In trenches near the mines have remained true 1 to their promise to Governor Spry ' td give up their strongholds, but have not relaxed their vigilance. Riot in Trolley Strike. Duluth, Sept. 20. While disorder ' and riot reigned in Superior, last night striking car men in Duluth devoted their time to posting pickets at the car barns on the Duluth street but no violence was attempted here. The strikers contend the winning of the) strike ,1b only 'a question of time and they say tney are gaining iltrength every day. In the Coal District. Charleston. W. Va., Sept. 20 Scores of soldiers with bloodhounds are searching the mountain of Car bon Creek county today tor the men 'who fired the -tlftUe W kh-fce residence of Charles Cable,- superin tendent of the mine. Bloodhounds from military headquarters at Pratt early today struck two trails which are being followed through densely wooded mountains. The militia was reinforced today by another compa ny, making a total of two hundred uiid fifty. Street Cars Running. Superior, Wisconsin, Sept. 20. Manned by strike breakers and guarded by the police, street cars were again running here todayk after last .-'night's industrial outbreak. A recurrence of last night's rioting won't be permitted according to Sheriff McKinnon. He has enlisted additional deputies. May Call General Strike. Salt Lake City, Sept. 20. Pres ident Moyer of the Western Federa tion of Miners said today that the Utah Copper Company's manager refuses to recognize the union In Utah, and he saw no reason why union men of other states should continue to work for the company. "The men have some pride, and are unwilling to work where they are not wanted, in Tact, the Nevada Consolidated miners at Ely, Nev., are ready to strike at a moment's notice." Later Moyer said the federation might call out all men In the Utau company's properties In other states. PARENT SrES TEACHER. Also Gets Warrant For Instructor's Arrest, Charging Assault on Son. Phtlnilnlnhio. Sent. 20. An echo of the recent rliit of downtown . . . ' i. i ty ....... gcnooi uoys wu nuuju iu vuimuuu Plan rnnrt Nn 3 vasterdnv. when 8 capias was iBgued by Judge Mc Mlcbael for the arrest of Iredell L. Ancott, a teacher m tne scnooi at TMrionnth and Jiukson streets. The onnlna was Issued on complaint of John A. Bryson, who says the teach er kicked ana otnerwise aousea me-10-year-old son Francis, while the hnv wn in the schoolyard. Brvson wants f 5,000 damages. He has also caused the arrest or Ancou on a criminal charge. Third of a Million For Foreign Mis . ,. - slons. third of a million dollars for foreign missions wag received by the treas urer of the general conrerence oi ho SUtvunht Da.v Advantlsts during the past eight months according to the report to tne annual council uuw meeting here. Two hundred thou .nrf rfniiara ti mtnnnteit in free will offerings through the fifteen cents a week fund. -, ' Mrs. Astor and Son On Outing. BernardsvTUe, N. J. Sept. 20. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and her n.ll- h.hv iri tiara fne a twn liuiiaiiv W" " " " - - - week's outing. Both are In the (nut of health. The baby Dad its nrst pno tograph taken before leaving New vnir flnlv four conies of the pic ture wore, printed, one for the granl parents, one for the mother, one for Vincent Astor ana one reiaineu pj Says Laws Were Under "Advisement" At Time of Alleged Violation That the chief of police is power less to enforce any of the ordinances of this city If those ordinances do not happen to meet with the approba tion of the police justice, was the sum and substance of a declaration the chief made last night before the police commission. The hearing grew out of an editorial in The Times the other day, commenting on the notorious lack of law entorcemeni here. The Times cited as an in stance that one of the barber shops of the city, that at the Bland ho tel, remains open on Sunday; that the chief knew this; that lie Had himself gotten shaved there on Sun day; that he had told a representa tive of other shops in the city that he was not going to enforce the law against the Bland shop, and tnat he would allow all shops the same privilege of staying open on Sun day if they wanted to. All this, and more. Chief Stell admitted at tne hearing last night, but claimed mit igating circumstances. He said at the time Mr. s. u. Equels, for himself and other bar ber shops, called upon him that the city ordinances were under "advise ment," and, according to his reason ing, left the city without any ordi nances for the time being. He said the whole city governing machinery was in abeyance at that time; that nobody knew what the laws were and that discipline was relaxed. He was supported in this by City Pros ecutor Harris, who said that while the laws were being revised he had great difficulty in knowing what course to pursue against the viola tors. In a general way. where the offense was a violation of state law, he felt safe in proceeding, but where only a city ordinance was In volved he was puzzled as how to proceed. Chief Stell said that he had only been in this barber shop on one Sunday; that' he couldn't get In at taw front door', -nut -went through the hotel. After getting his shave he offered to pay the barber, but the barber refused to take the money. The chief said he told him that he didn't want him to work for him for nothing, that he was not trying to catch him -and was not going to bother him. The barber, however, persisted In his refusal to take the money, and the chief walked out and has not since been In the shop. The chief said that he had made one arrest under the law and that Alex Stronach, who was then police Justice, told him the law was "no good," and dismissed the case. Since then, he said, he had made no effort to enforce the law. Furthermore, he said that members of the board of aldermen,, he thought a majority ot them, had told him not to enrorce the law. He saidi In effect, that his hands we:e tied, not only as to this law, but as to otlrer laws that are not enforced; that unless the police justice would give him warrants and then Impose the penalty after arrests are made, that he could not do a thing. This, of course, is true, but we rather believe the public win iook to the chief of police to do his duty, nevertheless. If the police justice falls to do his. the public will know it and will not then charge the chief with the shortcomings of his supe rior officer. One thing that was brought out at the hearing that is rather peculiar, '.n view of the ordinance, is that the lessees of the Bland barber shop are under contract with the hotel management to keep the shop open on Sunday. ...'.,. The evidence In the case, includ Ing that or the chief himself, all went to substantiate the charges made in The Times that no. attempt Is made to enforce many city ordl nances. Excuses were offered, of course, as we have outlined above. But the chief and the other execu tive officers of the city of Raleigh want to get It Into their heads that 'he people ot this city are getting tired of excuses. What they want from their servants Is a consclen- tious effort to execute the laws of the city. Although the laws have just been revised, there may be some ordinances that ought not to be. if this Is true, they ought to be repealed, not nullified by police inactivity. There may be some that are not en f orceable from v a legal standpoint. These are deadweight, and ai soon as such interpretation 1s put upon them attention of the public should be called to the fact, Indeed, it would be well, in order to keep the record straight to have them for mally repealed by the board of al dermen. As to the charge made by the chief against members of the board of aldermen that they ten blm not to execute certain ordi nances the barber shop closing or dinance In particular we must ac cept it rather gingerly. We do not believe the members of the boara would put the chief in any such em barrasslng position as that -when they could save him embarrassment and their own good faith by repeal in" wy ordinance they do not want enforced. We do not believe that Webb and Cooper and Upchurch and Johnson and any of the others will go Into a board meeting and pass an ordinance and then slip out, call the chief to one side and tell him not to enforce It. And if they did, the chief ought to have the manhood to resent It. He should resent the attempt to place him in any such false position, yet Instead of doing that he publicly pleads action on the part of the altewsnas "One of his excuses for not carrying out the city ordinances. We protest that It is time to stop making excuses and to get busy. Editor. LEAGUE IS FORMED Columbus, Sept. 20. Coincident with the opening of the democrat!'? campaign In Ohio, Oovernor Wilson gave his hearty approval today to the formation In New York of a Wilson national : progressive repub lican league. Rudolph Spreckles, In charge of the New York movement sent a telegram Informing Wilson of the opening of the headquarters of the league there. He said: "Our league is founded by progressive re publicans who hope to have the progressive movement started some years ago In riblican party but which Is now being betrayed by the organization of Colonel Roosevelt'3 third term party. Under these ren ditions you alone deserve the sup port of true progressives who place principles above partisanship." The governor answered: "The ac tion of you and your associates seems to me truly patriotic. The progres sive forces of the nation ought not to .be divided. No mere attachment to a party name should now separate the men whose purposes and con victions are united for a common object. The formation of the league seems to -me on eof the most re. assuring Indications of the temper of thoughtful men. Novel Wedding Scene. Greensboro, Sept. 20. A - novel wedding scene was witnessed In the office of the register of deeds here yesterday when Fllo L. Jennings, of Wilkes county, and Mrs. Lucy Hill,, of Guilford, plighted their troth, the' bridegroom having in his care the youngest child of the bride during the ceremony. The ceremony was performed by Magistrate J. B. Minor, while the marriage license gave the groom's age as 20 and the bride 80, Hill Climbing Content. Ashevllle, Sept. 20. The commit tee which has In charge the ar rangements for the automobile hill climbing contest to be held here Oc tober 2, has completed the program for the events, and have forwarded H with the required check to the American Automobile association for Us sanction. Fire, at Newport News, Newport News, Sept. 20. Fire In the wholesale district this morning completely destroyed the Hoster brewing company's plant and Kass brothers wholesale grocery. The packing houses of Swlth and Morris Company were threatened, "THAT OLD FAMILIAR TUJfE - V I. Maude Iroler.) FIANCEE DEFENDS "A LI, EX OUT- - LAW." Although she lias 1 a iiilit her bo loved pupils In I lie Sunday whool of the little Diinkiii'd church lit the wild mid mountainous re'-ions over the. North Carolina line from Hilles ville, Vit I lie Imv ami order or the outer world. Miss Maude ' Iroler, llanciv of UVMoy Edwards, snid to he the most tliin-ieious of the Allen KtiniiV hrinoly defends the man Eil wards, Willi ulmin she was when he whk uiTcslt'd nt Des Moines, town, after Edwards and his iiiiele Kidmi Allen, had Miciessfiilly eluded th, men who wanted lliem for partiei pa'injf in the murderous raid on the Hillsville courthouse Inst March. Mirm Iroler defends 1 1 i m tlnix: "Do I think he is .guilty? Why, I don't seee how that can make any differ ence. Once in a while every iiihii who thinks anything of himself Iiiih to (li-uw his min, and you can't al ways tell who's rluht and who's wriuiK. .Xn.vliow, rhiht or wrong, I lie'oni; to him and I'll stick to lilm." DEATH OF MIL FIUSSOM Funeral Services Conducted This Af ternoonWell Known Over Htnte. ''-.; (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Sept. 20. Tile funer al services over the remains of Dr. W. L. Griosom, whose . death A oc-' curred here yesterday following a brief illness of heart affection, was conducted from the late home this afternoon Dr. Grissom was one of Greensboro's most prominent citi zens and business men, being en gaged into the drug business at the time of his death. Te Is well known over North Carolina, having spent a number of years In active pastoral work and at tlio time of his death was a member of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. Dr. Orlssom at one time was one ot the publishers of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, disposing of his Interest to the late Dr, L, , Craw- "y j ! I " ford.,- He was also author of the rst volume of the history of Meth odism in North Carolina., Surviving are a widow and three children, Mrs. Aleck Smith of Richmond, Hyatt Orlssom and Miss Annie Lee Grissom of Greensboro. Itooscvclt in Nebraska. Holdredge, Nebraska, Sept.. 20.- Colonel ;fUip8velt" invaded- WUtiam Jennings Bryan'i ,hftow, state .today for a campaign" of a day and a half. He is scheduled to make five stops before reaching Omaha where he will spend the night. Columbus, Sept. 20. Invading President Taft's home state Gov ernor Wilson, democratic presiden fial nominee, opened the Ohio demo cratic campaign today with five speeches, assisted by Congressman Cox, candidate for governor and Senator Gore of Oklahoma. The .governor started from Toledo at eight fifteen. Every minute of his stay will bj engaged with speeches and conferences until he leaves to morrow. At the meeting tonight Governor Harmon will preside and introduce the candidate. CIGAItMAKERS' MEETING. Attempt to Cut Down Basis of Hop Hesentation Failed. Paltimore, Sept. 20.-Discussion of the proposed changes in the con stitution consumed all the forenoon session of the Cigarmakers' inter national union conventi fi. After several hours' debate various amendments to cut down the basis of representation to the convention all proposals were dropped. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, a delegate from New York city union, opposed all the buggested changes. He said his experience had been that the example set by the cigarmakers had had a good effect upon other labor organizations, and that any cutting off of representation from small unions would hiner the growth of the union movement. ATTEMPTS SV1C1DE AT 8U. Octogenarian Shoots Himself After Quarrel itli Woman. . Shamokln, Pa., Sept. 20. Follow ing a quarrel with a woman,, William Brosclous, 83' years old, residing at Klyslmrg, shot himself and Is In the state hospital, where he Is not ex pected to recover. A married wo man much younger than he to whom he was paying attentions, has sued for a divorce from her husband. Wage Dispute Not Settled. NorfJlk. Va.. Bent. 20. In re sponse to a request for confirmation of a reported settlement of the wage controversy pending between Che Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian railways and their trainmen, It was stated today from Labor Commissioner Nell's of fice that "the matter Is still In con ference." It was,, however. Big nlflcantly added that no "aggree- ment bad been signed." Dead Boy's Clothing Identi fied JJy Mother Line of Defense Unknown (Special to The Times.) Elizabeth City, Sept. 20 The murder-stained and rotted clothing found near the decayed lioilv of Oliver Layden, who the state is try ing fr show 'was murdered by B. F. 4nn, wa3 exhibited in court Tills morning and positively identified by the dead hoy's mother. A lock of hair caught by one" Of the buttons as iiKewise Ktentinea uy Mi's, l.av- den as that of her boy. .'The stent of the clothing effected -Mrs. Lavden to such an extent that she had diffi culty In testifying. Layden's sisters also sobbed audibly. The two bicycles and a grass sack filled with shreds of clothing and bones were brought into the court room and placed on exhibit, and a pistol borrowed by Vann on the morning of the boy's disappearance and found near the dead body was identified, and placed in evidence The defense lias not showed its hand, but -it seems that it will rely on the acknowledged friendship of Vann and Layden and will seek to show discrepancies in time and location. Hl'GHIjsj THE CANDIDATE. Wescott "Withdraws nlirt Hughes Will Lend right in ersey Senatorial Primary. Now York, Sept. 20. William Highes was nally selected as the Wil son anti-Smith candidate for the New JerseyJ United States senator ship. . .. The program of the McAdoo- O'GormaniDaniels subcommittee of the democratic national committee to name ohn W; Wescott, was upset by a raid of Jersey organization leaders,,, Wfienj the committee, which had ticAti in a pQnlnii nvflrlv nil nf Titan. day, adjourned at night, in had beeri decided ' to designate Wescott) the man wno uan piaceu wuson in nom ination, tor the presidency. But later National Committeeman Hudspeth, Mayor Whltpen, of Jersey City; Congressman Thomas J. Scul ly, William E. -Tut tie and other state organization leaders stormed national headquarters in Hughes' In terest. Highes himself came from Patterson and Judge Wescott gener ously consented to withdraw. Judge Wescott said: "I believe the best service 1 can render to Gov ernor Wilson and the democratic party Is to urge all my friends to support Mr. Hughes and the prU maries." Vice-Chairman McAdoo said: Judge Wescott Is exceptionally well equipped for public service and would make an ideal public service and would make an ideal senator. His voluntary retirement from the contest is a signal proof of his de votion, to the candidacy of Governor Wilson. It Insures the success of Congressman Hughes at the primary, and this will give New Jersey an other progressive democrat in the senate." Hughes resides in Patterson and is lawyer. He was born there in 1872. He has served three terms in congress. Recently the governor ennointed aim Judge of Passaic county.. He resigned from congress to go upon the bench. EIGHT-HOVR DAY FOH CITY. SuKnestion From Mayor Causes Con . . .sternation '-Among Employes. Philadelphia. Sept. 20. Conster nation was occasioned among city employes yesterday when it was learned that at the monthly nmetui)! of heads of departments Mayor Blatikenhurg had recommended In stitutlon of an eight-hour workine day in all bureaus. The mayor ar- tued (hiit an elghtj-hour worklnp day was required by all Industrial establishments, and he did not see whv city employes should not he re quired to give like service. Thf hoirs of work suggested by the may or were from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Such Increase in working hours, he ar gued, would permit each department and bureau to clean tip routine work daily and not allow it to accumu late, to lie rushed-'thrOugh at some future time. Under a previous mandate of the Blankenhurg : administration, office hours at city hall were extende from 3 to 4 o'clock, excepting Sat urday, .. when the bureaus close at noon, Mrs. Pickett Improving. Washington, Sept. 20.-Mrs. I.a salle Corbell Pickett, widow of the Confederate general, 111 with prou monia at her home here, continues to Improve, although she is not out of dandger yet. Boys and Girls Earn Vacation Money Rockford, Ills., Sept, 20. Three hundred Rockford high school girls and boys earned a total of a thou sand, five hundred dollars during their vacation, according to the ac counting to the principal, . . State Democratic Executive Committee Defines What a Democrat Is r SIM it mi Resolution of Hon. R. N. Hackett Requiring an Elector to Vote Whole Ticket Passed After Lively Fight Mr.. . Cameron Morrison Points Out Duty of Committe No Joint Canvass Wanted Many Democrats Relieved Action Not for Best Interests of Party. The most drastic action taken by the state democratic exe cutive committee was: that of early this morning, when the committee by a vote of 32 to 23 passed the Hackett resolution defining whst shall .constitute a democratic elector with reference to voting in the sea. atorlal primary. The committee was together to determine who shall vote in the senatorial primary. The resolution as adopted is as follows: "Resolved: That the words 'the democratic ticket' as used by the state democratic convention, with reference to the qualification of electors who shall have a right to vote in the senatorial primary be construed to mean all nominees of tne democratic party for office." The committee unanimously de clined to authorize a joint canvass between Hon. Locke Craig and Hon. Thomas Settle, candidates for gov ernor, and by a large vote declined ro pass a resolution offered by Mr. waiter ciark, Jr., to have the names of the three candidates for senator Placed on the same ballot. ' The passage of the Hackett 'reso. lutlon was not accomplished by Sny laciion .oi tue wmicHt4--yoMlh Simmons members of the commit tee, as well as some of those repre senting Governor Kitchih and Judge uiarK, were divided on the propo sition. The wisdom of such a dras tic resolution was attacked vigor ously by loyal party men, but the desire to satisfy the most exacting was cieariy manifest. - The climax of the meeting came when Mr. Cameron Morrison of Char lotte, in an Impassioned appeal, de clared that the integrity of the committee had been assailed by tne democratic governor and that efforts had been made to poison the minds of honest people by charges that the members had acted In the in terest of one candidate. The great democratic governor of this state and his friends had charged, Mr. Morrison said, that the committee desired to let down the bars to re publicans. He himself thought dras tic rules were not for the best in teres! s of the democratic party un : der ordinary conditions, but in Tiew of the capital that one of the can didates had sought to make out of the difficulty in pleasing everybody, Mr. Morrison advocated the most stringent regulations possible. And after this resolution had been passed by a decisive vote, there was still the hope by many members that the committee might agree on some thing a little more elastic and with that end In view consent was given for the chair to name a committee to formulate a resolution that might be acceptable to all concerned. The committee, which was composed of Messrs. E. L. Travis, Frank R. Mc Ninch, Cameron Morrison, W. A. Devin and A. W. McLean, deliberat ed from 1:30 until 2:30 without arriving at a conclusion. Numerous amendments and sub stitutes were put forward to better the Hackett resolution, but the com mitter was determined to have noth ing that was not ironclad. In spite of the pleadings of Chairman Webb, Hon. R. H. Hayes, Hon. E. , L. TravU, Hon. A. W. McLean, Hon. Ergar Love and others, the comnitt" tee went straight to the goal. It was the opinion of these gentlemen that some elasticity in determining a democratic elector whs essential, to meet local conditions. It whs' felt by a majority of the committee that the action was not wise from a broad democratic standpoint, but under the conditions confronting the party It was the best thing to do. The Meeting Begins. Chairman Webb called the meet ing to order at 8:46 and the pre liminaries were soon dispensed with. Then Hon. R. N. Hackettt of Wilkes offered the most Ironclad resolution , of all. The resolution was passed around for Inspection, Messts. A. 3. . Feild, E. L. Travis and Frank H, . McNlnch taking the first look. TneH Walter Clark, Jr., inspected It. Mir. Travis was afraid the resolution did, . not Include presidential electors, and! when Informed that It did, was glad of it, but thought the thing a little too tight. That is exactly what Mr.' Hackett Intended, for In Wllkesj . (Continued, oa Page wo, j . ' Jhe photographer, . , ...
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