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LEIGH TIME FOB A CLEAN CITY AND CLEAN GOVERNMENT IK ORDINANCES EXIST, WHY NOT ENFORCE THEM? THE RA Vol. LX2CII. No. 62. THE WEATHER: RAIN. "RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 24, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRJCE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of eoiy Other Newspiaperf CHARGE OF DYNAMITING m ARE PLEASED WMWILISOON BE ABOLISHED EXTENSIOtrOF run proper wn SECTION Trial of 51 Men Begins Oct. : 1-Nation-Wide Plot Is Alleged CONFESSISJN CASE .Were Fifty-Four Indictments, Rut The Two McNaniaras Are Now in Prison and One Defendant Has Not Reen Found Most of the Defendants Are, or Have Reen Connected With tJie Iron Workers Association 100 Explosions From 1905 to 1911 Charged Against .'.Them. Indianapolis, Jnd., Sept. 24. Charged with complicity In the so called "dynamiting conspiracy," fil'ty-one men, present or former of ficials of labor unions, are to appear for trial before Judge Albejt O. Anderson and a jury in the federal court of tills district on October 1. Indicted under a' federal statute forbidding the transportation of ex plosives on passenger trains, the de fendants are alleged to have been concerned in a nation-wide plot to destroy the property of contractors employing non-union iron workers, culminating In the explosion in the Los Angeles Times building, which cost twenty-one lives. Flfty-rour were indicted by the grand Jury In its report of February ti last, but of this number John J. and James B. McNamara are in San yuenttn prison, California, and J. J. McCray, a formeV member of the executive board of the International Association of- Bridge and Struc tural Iron Workers, has not been found by the federal authorities. -Wort o?' KrVHf4anUaip or have been 'connected ;witu' the Iron workers'4 associations, ! which, since lt05, has been engaged in a strug gle with the National Erectors' As Borlatlon, an organization of struc tural steel and iron contractors em ploying non-union workmen. Mem' bers of this employers' association Buffered loss from more than one hundred explosions from 1905 to 11)11. "' , ' Following the arrest of John J. McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the Iron workers' association, at its headuuarters In this city, arid the arrest of James B. McNamara. and Ortle E. McManigal in Detroit, in connection with the Los Angeles Times explosion, presentments were made to the federal grand Jury of (tills district that facials of tfie iron workers' association and other labor unions had been concerned in a conspiracy to intimidate employ ers of unorganized labor by a sys tematic destruction of their .prop erty. . " , ,' , Ortle McManigal's confession, In which he related that he had been employed by the McNamara broth ers and Herbert S. Hocking, acting svcretary-treaBurer of the Iron Infirm, to dynamite bridges and buildings In course of borwtructlon by non-union .couirau tors was the basis of the govern ments inquiry. He is to be the urln&Val witness for the govern ment; In the forthcoming trial. A mass of letters and other records, Id on the offices of the Iron workers' association, also will be onorea SB eviaeuce ui a sro nnnanlrflPV secretly to convey dyna mite and nitro-glycerln from coast to coast in a campaign against em ployers of unorganized iron work ers. Most prominent among the de fendants are Frank M. Ryan, presl nf the, international Assocla .iinn nf nrldee and Structural Iron Workers; Herbert 8. Hocking, act- ' Ing secretary-treasurer ana tne al iened head of the f'dynamlttng crew;" John T. Butler, of BulTaio, first vice-president, and Michael J. Ronton, and Phillip A. CvTOley, of New Orleans, members Af r tin oreciitlve board. Bnslness agents and secretaries of local iron workers- unions throughout the pountry, alleged to have been, implicated in the illegal transportation of explosives from state ti state, make up the greater part of the list of defendants, but official Of other unions also are ., Thnv are Olaf A. Tvelt- mna. secretary ' of the Buildings m... Pnnnoll of California: Wll 11am K. Benson, former president of the Detroit Federation oi iaoor, Clarence H. Dowd, organizer for the notional Association of Ma chinists; Hiram Cllne, of Muncie, lnd., organizer for in awcimuu of Carpenters and Joiners, and . ... V Meadows. business iUUI KOVU ... mil agent for the carpenters' and Join ers' unions or inaianapous. ifi..j aiatm Senator John W f i. , k. chinf counsel for the U D w "V defendants, and te K0i?n.rae.n. will be represented ay uisini-i. lorney Charles W. Miller and his --.I-,. riarnca Nichols. Who conducted the grand Jury Investl Ration. w Ohio Farmers Are Amazed At Possibilities of Eastern TWENTY-FIVE IN STATE Secretary Ellas Carr, of State Hoard Of Agriculture, Returns From Eastern Part of State, Where He Helps Citizens Show Ohio Pros' pectors Advantages of Farming Lands Many New Citizens Are Coming. Mr. Ellas Carr, secretary to the state board of agriculture, returned today from the eastern part of the state where he accompanied a party of twenty-five Ohio men on a trip of inspection through that section. The visitors were simply amazed at the possibilities of the North Caro lina soil, Mr. Carr said today,, and all expressed a determination to set tle in the state eventually. At Edenton, where the party stopped, the citizens had arranged to have a committee composed of farmers engaged in every line of work speak to the visitors. One farmer would tell of hog-raislng, another of tobacco culture, another of corn-growing and still another of cotton. No question was left un answered. The Ohioans Baid that the yield of corn in that section was twice as large per acre as It Is in Ohio, and in addition , the North Carolina farmers can raise a crop of pea vine hay that is as valuable as the Ohio corn crop, thereby making the pro duction per acre three times as valuable in North Carolina as in Ohio. .: In the party of prospectors were four doctors, and they were just as enthusiastic- assure "fanners.'"- Five of th farmers brought their wives and they too were delighted with conditions. After the official In spection of the lands in a body, the farmers separated and are now making personal investigations of the sections which appealed to them as Individuals most. Secretary Carr said that it is esti mated that at least 10 per cent of the prospectors who have heretofore visited eastern North Carolina have returned to live. They are all good citizens and are an asset to any community. . - TACKLE THE EASY THINGS President Taft Says That is the Trouble With Our Public Men. Washington, Sept. 24. "One of the troubles with us, Inherent in the character of our government, is that congress and public men are prone to deal with those things which attract men most easily and favorably, in short to headline the attention of the general public," de clared President Taft today In ad dressing the American association of commercial executives in conven tion here. President Taft received the delegates at the white house Just before departing for New York.- lt Is pretty hard to get the peo- pie to pay attention to a banking system, but it must be solved and its up to the business men of the country. I think all the money we have ought to be in circulation In a system which invites it and does not drive it into socks and safety de posits, where no one is going to let it out," declared the president. THE COPPER STRIKE No Definite Move Ry Either Side Effort to Obtain Conference. Bingham, Sept. 24. The begin nine of the second week of the cop- per miners' strike today found no definite move had been made by either the operators or strikers to force the issue. Renewed efforts are being made to obtain through Governor Spry a conference with the Utah Copper Company's general manager. . The secretary of the miners' union declared today that a thou sand applications for membership bad been received since the Strike began. Many laborers with their families are leaving Bingham. - ; . PICKETING JS LEGAL District Judge Holds Against Street Railway in Effort to Get an Injunction. ' Duluth. Sept. 24. Judge DIbell In district court, has ruled that picketing is legal. The street rail way tried to stop the alleged inter ference with strike-breakers by use of a court Injunction, but the court held that the case as presented was trivial and should have gone to the police department. , Mrs. Grey's Trial Postponed. Washington. Sept, 24. Mrs Helen Pierce Gray, of St. Paul, an Investigator of Crow Indian affairs, charged with concealing publlo rec ords, was arraigned today, and her (rial was postponed until pmorrow "FOR EFFORT TO REDUCE MILITIA ON DUTY Charleston, Sept. 24. General Elliott issued orders this morning summoning all commissioned offi cers of the martial law zone to Charleston for a conference with the governor with a view of devis ing a plan of reducing the number of militiamen on strike duty. Main taining troops in the field is costing the' state thirty-five hundred dollars a day, and serious objection is be ing made by some interests. Tne governor is anxious to reduce the forces if it can be done without im pairing the efficiency of the martial law government. The refusal of the federal court yesterday to entertain proceedings looking to the release of the mine guards imprisoned by the order of the military commission, It was pre dicted today, would result in attor neys for the guards applying to the supreme court of appeals for a writ of mandamus releasing the men un til the case can be filed In the court and tried. REVENUE OFFICERS GET TIGER Hod Been Selling Whiskey Without Feleral License. Scotland Neck. Sept. 24. The revenue officers paid Scotland Neck another visit yesterday and captured Isaac Simmons, a colored man, who Bklpped out to parts unknown when these gentlemen were here some time ago, and hustled him off to Weldon to answer the charge of sell ing booze without federal license. It is said quite a delegation of white men were carried along with him as witnesses. Since the visit of the officers a few weeks ago it has been exceedingly hard for one to obtain a little-for "the stomach's sake" and only the favored few were allowed this privilege. Those who say they know, however, ; say there is an abundance of the stuff to be had here,. . . FOR LEVEE CONSTRUCTION. Meeting of Interstate Levee Associa tion W1U Be Addressed by Roosevelt.. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 24. A campaign aimed at obtaining more liberal contributions for river levee construction was inaugurated by del egates to the Interstate Levee asso ciation which began a three dayB' session here today. Planters whose Interests are affected by the overflow of the Mississippi, members of con gress and various state officials took part in the discussion. Colonel Roosevelt will address the conven tion Thursday. FATHER CAME TO RESCUE Took Son Out of Workhouse After He Had Served Out Half His Fine. Chicago, Sept 24. Harold F. Hoopt, son of a wealthy manufac turer, who three weeks ago was sent to the workhouse on a fine of twenty-five dollars after a young woman complained that he tried to Induce her to enter his automobile, was released today, when his father sent him a check for thirteen dol lars. He had served twenty-six days and still had twenty-four to serve, jut bit lathee came to hij rescue, BETTER OR FOR WORSE" USESIDEWALK FORIil City Attorney W. H. Pace request ed City Engineer Seawell to order the contractors who are building the new bank (6$ the' Raleigh Banking and Trust Company, corner Fayette Ville and Hargett streets, to cease work on the structure , until the question of whether or not the build ing is encroaching on city property can be determined. ; The bases on which will rest the columns on the Fayetteville side protrude on the sidewalk about three ' feet. It is thought. This was not discovered until yesteiay, when it was report ed to the city attorney, who ordered the work held up. Engineer Seawell told- Mr. Pace that he drilled holes for the benefit of the contractors showing them Just how far the bases could extend, but that an examination showed that t.he contractors hurt Infringed on the city's sidewalk. To correct the mistake, if a mistake It was, would involve many thousands of dollars and result in a lawsuit most likely. It was not known this afternoon what the city authorities would do about the matter. NEW JERSEY- PRIMARY. Governor Wilson's' Hold Upon His Party in the State Being Tested. Newark, N. J., Sept. 24. Govern or Wilson's hold upon his party In New Jersey will be tested In today's primary for the democratic nomina tion for United States senator to succeed Frank O, Brlggs, republican, whose term expires nex March. The governor's choice, Representative William Hughes, Is opposed by for. mer Senator James Smith, Jr., whose candidacy two years ago met defeat because of Governor Wilson's opposition. This y ear Governor Wil son has opposed Smith In speeches and In statements to the democratic voters. .DURHAM .MOONSHINERS COMMITTED TO JAIL. . John and Luther Dollar and J. D. Ferrall, the three Durham county men who were captured In Durham county Sunday, were committed to Jail today by United States Commis sioner B. S. Skinner of Durham In default of large bonds. It is be lieved that these three were in a party that fired on revenue officers in Durham county in October, 1911. Deputy Marshal F. W. Knight at tended the hearing today and re turned to Raleigh this afternoon. Recluse' CJuve Fortune to Charity. : Poughkeepsle, Sept. 24.--The will of Henry Beekman Armstrong, an eccentric member of the Astor fam ily, who died at Rcdfook recently, disposes of an estate of a quarter of a million,' all going to charity. A blasted romance in youth caused his retirement .from society, and he spent the remainder ot his life as a recjuse, ' ; . . ' ,. . ' ' ' JURY WILL BET VAKN .CASE TODAY . (Special to The Times.) ' Elizabeth City, Sept. 24. Argu ment in the Vann trial, which began late yesterday afternoon, continued throughout the session of court this morning, with prospects of conclud ing some time this afternoon. So far the order of argument has been Attorney I. M. Meeklns for the prosecution. Judge George W. Ward for the defense and Attorney Percy McMullen for the defense. Attorney W. M. Bond will conclude for the de fense this afternoon, and Solicitor Ehrlnghous will sum up for the state. Judge Lane, It is thought. Will, deliver his charge to the 1iiry before adjournment this afternoon and Vann may know his fate tonight. WHITE MAN RUN OVER Crushed ; to Death Ry Seaboard Train In Suburbs of Hendw-son. (Special to The Times.) Henderson, Sept. 24. The Sea board Air Line train from ' Rich mond gave distress signals as it reached the suburbs of Henderson Sunday morning, and many of our citizens out driving in automobiles and carriages rushed to the scene, to find that it had run over and crushed to death Mr. George Clarke, a white man, about 65 years old, who lived near here. Some, who went down, say he was crushed into a thousand pieces. Deafness was the cause of the accident; he was walking on the track and did not hear the alarm signals. The train possibly going at such speed that they did not see him in time to stop. He was highly respected and it Is deeply deplored. POLICE TO RACE TRACK. Race Track Authorities Will Ask In junction Against Them. Baltimore, Sept. 24. Tentative preparations were made by the po lice authorities today to again send a detachment of uniformed police men to Havre de Grace race track to support the state authorities In their attempt to suppress book mak ing and betting. : Counsel for the race track owners expected to ap ply to Judge Harlan at Belalr htls afternoon for an injunction restrain ing the sheriff or other persons from Interfering with racing, bookmak- ing and the general conduct of affairs at the track. The state's attorney will oppose the grantln of the peti tion.. Walked From Lake to Gulf. New Orleans, Sept. 24. R. Clair Cann and Hawthorne Ellis, two Toledo young men, arrived here to day, terminating a lake-to-the-gulf walk, begun July 2, on a, wager. While they won they gained only experience as the man who made the wager with them has since died. Man Who Assaulted American Caught. Washington, 8ept. 24. The American legation at Guatemala to day reported that Salvador Cueves. suspected of the recent assault upon Dr. Luis Arrlaga, an American citi zen, had been arrested and Is being prosecuted, BjtjTely, ; Natural Forces Working For World Peace Enumerated By Mrs. Elmir Black Says One Notable Indication of the Change of Sentiment in Behalf of Peace Is Hie Attitude of Our Young Men. Toward Military Life Relieve in Work, and Believe That Soldiering Is a Loafing Mun's .Job Increasing Difficulty in En listing Men. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 21. In an address on "The Natural Forces in America Working Toward International Peace," before the in ternational peace congress in session nere, Mrs. Elmer Black, chairman of the propaganda committee of the American peace and arbitration league declared today that war as a means of settling diffsrences be tween nations wijl soon be abolish ed. She said that there were cer tain invincible forces working to ward this end with little noise, but with irresistible power. Using conditions in America as an example she said in part: "There are certain great natural forces working in America toward the final consummation of world ueace. These natural forces are de veloping the processes of social an-1 economic evolution through which we are working out our part in the world's destiny. s First among these I place the re markable awakening of our people to the general subject of conserva tion. : A- " "We -ni'fl unquestionably alive to the importance of conserving our niTO l it vuuuiLfuii. upijuacu iv - w u ( . 'We are seeking riches and honor In fields of commerce and science In stead of through military channels, and this also Is opposed to war. "We have learned the great pow er of co-operation In business deal ings between individuals, and this is opposed to war between nations. "The masses from which the hu man engines of battle are most large ly drawn, are setting a higher value upon their own life and health and this reduces the chances of war. "But aside from these materialis tic considerations, I am fully con vinced that we are attaining higher ethical standards at a pace commen surate with our Increasing wealth and practical knowledge. Ethics at the last analysis Is only the expe diency of nature; that which works to the greatest good of the greatest number is right. To be honest be cause honesty is the best policy is nevertheless to be honest; and to treat our neighbor justly and fairly because it pays nevertheless achieves justice. I believe that the natural working out of our destiny as a great commercial and business na tion has resulted in producing a high er general standard of ethics and morality. Our great accumulations of wealth are not expended In the useless piling up of stone pyramids, nor in fitting out warlike expeditions against unoffending peoples, but In endowing libraries, colleges and in stitutlons for scientific research and social betterment. "There can be but one logical con clusion to the conservation move ment. It Is Illogical that a people that would intelligently and enthusl astically co-operate to prevent waste of material wealth and human life in the vocations of- peace would lightly sacrifice both through the destructive agency of war. War Is the very antithesis of conservation. The two ideas are uncompromisingly antagonistic. 'Another notable Indication of the coming day of peace la the great change that has taken place in the attitude of our young men toward military life, Work is the Alpha and Omega of our creed. The essen tlal Idleness of the military career does not appeal to American ambi tion. ; 'Soldiering' has become a synonym for 'loafing' for ' the..' dis honorable shirking of labor. Not onlv is there Increasing difficulty In enlisting men, but even the honor of being educated at the govern ment's expense In our military and naval academics is no longer eager ly sought as of old; the honor now often has to seek the man." HARMON IN CAMPAIGN Will Take the Stump For Demo cratic Ticket. ' 'Columbus,.- Sept. 24. Gov. J ud Bon Harmon announced today that upon his return from San Francisco, where he will officially select the site 'for the Ohio building of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, that he would take the stump for Congress man James Cox, democratic candi date for governor and speak also for the entire democratic state and national ticket. , A woman always meant what ska says wUen she doesn't a ljt, Commissioner Youog Advo cates Land Association For Farmers LIKE BU W & LOAN Principle Is Similar and Has Been Applied Elsewhere, and Could Be Applied in North Carolina With Benefit to Farmers Foreign Building and Loan Companies Do No Good Local Companies Aid Poor Men and Show Splendid Rec ord for Year. In his annual report, soon to be ' Issued, Insurance Commissioner Young will make some recommenda tions as to governing building and loan associations, and suggest that it would be wise to apply the nrin- ciplr.i of the building and loan to an association to aid farmera In secur ing farms and marketing their crops. The commissioner has a word of commendation for the local compa nies, which have done a great, work tor tne poor man in the state, but he criticises severely the foreign build ing and loan companies, whose only effect in the state has been, he be lieves, to lessen the confidence of the public in the local associations, which have uniformly been managed properly for the benefit of the home builder. Wrrong ; In Principle. Discussing foreign companies, he says they are wrong in principle, and -that being so, their work can not be good. He suggests aome ef fective legislation for the better pro tection of the home builders.. - ? . Not New Idea. " .-. -Xmh- TWBtM-toitiaTrtfl Commissioner Young says -the idea is not a new one, though It is pro- -gresslve, and has been thoroughly tried out in European countries and parts of the United States. He see no reason why business men and business farmers cannot work ; out a plan to aid small Investors In buy ing farms and building homes and financing their crops. Making Progress. During the past year the 115 building and loan associations In the state have made rapid strides. The receipts have amounted to $5,376, 624.08, the disbursements to $5, 223,937.93, and the assets to 8, 457,559.39. The Increase In re ceipts over the previous year amounted to $492,175.07, and the increase in assets to $975,272.72. ;- . .. .. : .1 CALLED WHITMAN LIAR ' But Apologized and the Incident ia Clotted. . Hot Springs, Sept. 24. Possibil ity of hostilities that threatened when L. E. Sawyer, a Hot Springs lawyer, called District Attorney Whitman, of New York, a liar, was eliminated today after Sawyer had apologized. The Incident arose yes terday during the hearing of one phase of the Rosenthal murder con spiracy. Sawyer and Whitman en gaged in a tilt over the next move in the hearing and Sawyer called Whitman a liar. i AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 24. The fourteenth annual conference of the American Hospital Association, an organization composed of hospital trustees, superintendents, managers, medical liealth officers, contributors and officers convened here today. The delegates were welcomed by Mayor William B. Thompson, of De troit. The president. Dr. Henry M. Hurd, secretary of the board ot trus tees of Johns Hopkins hospital, and Professor James W. Clover, of the University of Michigan,' delivered ad dresses, i Dr. Hurd stated that the associa tion must bend every effort toward greater economy and efficiency in hospital management. In this, way, he stated,' the sick might be better cared for and the burden of disease made to rest more lightly on the shoulders of the public. Professor Glover presented a table showing the cost to the hospital ot the care of contagious diseases (icr man Diplomat Dead. Badenweller, Baden. Germany, Sept. 24. Baron Adolf Marschall Blebersteln, Germany's most bril liant diplomat, who last (lay was appointed ambassador to England, died here today after a short. Musts, aged 70 years. ' '.' ,". Torpedo Flotilla Reaches Port. Norfolk, Sept. 14. Ths reserve torpedo flotilla of eight tcsmIs, en route to New York from Charleston, arrived today Just ahead of tbs se vere equinoctial storm bow sweeping sMii ', ' ;; , ',', i .