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Edgecombe. Attorney, General David H. Biar : of Forsyth. ;.Y y Secretary, of StateW. 'J. An- drews of Wake. - , Treasurer Daniel W. Patrick of ' Greene. ; ... y ' . , ! . Auditor J. Q. A. "Wood of Pasquo- tank.,-;. r"i h, Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion Cyrus P. Frazier of Guil- , . ford..' . : - 4 Y;--Y Commissioner- of Agriculture A. Li. French of Rockingham. Commissioner of Labor and Print- ing J. B. Goslen of Forsyth. : Corporation Commissioners WV E. White of Alamance and John Sharp of Iredell. - ' " Insurance Commissioner J. ' H. Cook of Guilford. ' v Charlotte. The Republican x state convention met here and nominated Thomas Settle of Buncombe for Gov ernor, and a full state ticket, 'and. by a vote of 606 to 150 adopted a plat form demanding local , option on the 4 liquor question. The convention ad journed at midnight Wednesday, hav-. ing crowded considerable work into a very short time. It was in actual session only three hours and a quar ter. - The rejuvinated steam roller Was never in finer shape. It began its deadly work at the morning meeting of the state executive committee, which turned the far-famed engine of destruction upon itself and expelled six members who were avow.edly,.anti Taft When this resolution, introduc ed by J. J. Mott, declaring that no person except supporters of Presi dent Taft "had a right to voice "or vote in the committee had been adopted by a vote of 8 to 6 after a prolonged discussion, an inquisition, followed of Charles H. Cowles, C. E. Green, George E. Butler, J. J. Jenkins, I. B. Tucker, and J. D. Parker. The big game thus disposed of, Thomas Settle introduced a resolu tion even more sweeping in its na ture. It slammed shut the doors of the convention . hall to all delegates who do not , purpose casting ballots for the present President. It passed 9 to 5 and the withdrawal of the Roosevelt men became inevitable. With most of the unruly elements safely out of the way the course of true love ran smooth. ? Unanimous was the re-election of Chairman John M. Morehead. By . acclamation was the nomination of Settle. ' r ,u : Only two squalls blew up during the night session, and In all the actual work not done In committee rooms, was put through. The first was over the question whether the m convention should proceed to nominate a full state ticket, or should stop for the present with the nomination of a can didate for Governor, and leave the other positions open for negotiations by a committee. V " ; . ' Mr. Harry Skinner favored the postponement of action and ' engaged in a sharp verbial tilt with E. JC. Dun can, precipitated when Mr. ' Skinner Intimated that Mr. Duncan had 'got what he was after from the ; con ven-i Demonstration Work In Gaston. E. S. Millsaps, district manager of the farmers' co-operative ' demonstra tion work, which is being carried jon throughout the country under the su pervision of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, went before the board of county commissioners at Gastonia and presented plans and prpositions for the Inaugurating of the demonstration work In Gaston county. It Is probable that' the com missioners will accept a proposition to begin this work, but action ' was deferred, until the October meeting.' , - taiWas' f riot itoheroncVn uir tne party's good. This storm blew iThe'r second ifight tras over ithe?lo cal option planks In the platform bj the ' majority ot the platform com tte:.';fo g:ThV ; opening session t of th conven tion lasted but 2 ,mlnutes.vx About 700 delegates representing: 02 Z of North " Carolina'.8 ' 100 "counties, occu pied seats on the? first? floor of the Auditorium- and a few hundred spec tators , were in ; the . balconies when Chairman John MV; Morehead called the jconvention . to , order. The t post ponement from 12 o'clock had .been necessitated ed in the5 executive committee inci; ' dental to : the preparation ' of a tem porary; rpll.'' . t . .-y"T' f . , I ev.t Gilbert JTv Rbwe, lT. IK pas tor of Tryon street Methodist church, opened the convention with prayer. .Secretary GUllamy Grisson ot pray, thensfead; the "bfflciar call of tie cbn yentiop publishe4 ..some ;;weeks age reminding the delegates of the pur poses which had brought them hithei The deelgates applauded . a number jo times while' the reading . was ' in prq gress, especially at the endorsement of Taft's administration, arid then at the close- they applauded once more. "The secretary will announce reso lutions passed by the state executive committee, said Chairman Morehead. The 'secretary read: "Resolved, That it is the sense and action of this com mittee that no member who proposes to vote for the Democratic or Pro gressive tickets in the nation is enti tled to voice or vote in the sessions of the committee." , : " The 'reading of the resolutions was followed' by applause. By direction of the 'chairman. Secretary Grisson then read the temporary roll prepared by the, executive committee. Thefol lowing counties were recorded as represented:.. :. . . ,-i . - Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Beau fort, -Bertie, .Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, . Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Craven, 1 Cumberland, David son, Davie, Durham, Edgecombe,' Fop syth, 3 Franklin,'? ' Gaston, Granville, Greene Guilford, Halifax, -Haywood, Henderson, Hertford Iredell, Jackson Johnston, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Ma con; ''Madison,' Martin;' Mecklenburg, Mitchell,' Montgomery, Nash, New Hanover, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquo tank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Ran dolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rocking, ham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wash ington, Wayne, Wilkes and Yadkin. "There being contests involved is the case of a number of delegations seated by the committee,", said Chair man Morehead, "I will now. proceed to .. appoint a . credentials cb'mmittee which shall investigate these cases and report to trie convention. . I ap point the members as follows: First district, Wheeler Martin;1 second dis trict, J. R. Gaswill; third district, H L. Grant; fourth district, H. McGee; sixth, J. A. Colvin; seventh, J. M. Burres; eighth, T. O. Teague; ninth J. D.' Albright; tenth, T. F. Roland." All the flgl-Jts with which the ere dentials committee had to deal con cerned factional disagreements, among Taft followers. The Roosevelt men had been counted out by the execu tive committee, which had shoulder ed that burden, and the "Bull Mice" were not even contestants. Shortly prior to adjournment, the uTw As no -railroads or trolleys are run platform committee, of which W. JT.f J ' Andrews of Raleigh was chairman announced its readiness to submit its report' embodying the party platform This was read and. its adoption was moved. Just before this could be done, Mr. C. E. Taylor of Brunswick j offered an amendment, striking out Section 1, which read as follows: "That "v we favor local option and pledge the party to the enactment , ol such a law as the wisdom of the party, shall dictate." This was sec onded and on the aye. and nay vote, the roll-call of counties showed that it was lost by a vote of 606 to 150. The platform was then, adopted as a whole. With the, endorsement of, the plat form, there was a motion ' made to leave the filling of any vacancies not supplied! by the several districts in the hands of the state committee and also the, ratifying of any action of the several ! districts . necessary. It was then almost midnight and the con vention, on motion, Vad journed - sine die. Want Experimental Post Road. v A resolution was passed by the Dur ham county commissioners directing the chairman to take up with the sen ators ' and representatives from this state the , matter of getting ; the gov ernment to build an experimental post road in this county, carrying out the plans of the recent bill passed by the national house. The chairman was directed to announce to the ' trustees of a this national "road building fund that a Durham county Was -willing and ready to pay her part of the expense of building this road. " 1 11 1 1 - ' ' m ........ - . , ... . . . . ... - "THAT WILL DO FOR THE CLO R1ANY1IEI Relief in Caravans Rushed to Sufferers in Flood Districts. FIVE BRIDGES WASHED OUT Stock of Mine Pumps in Pittsburgh ' Exhausted Miners- Repairing Railroads Many Homes Isolated. Pittsburgh. Heavy rains that fell In Washington county and in parts 'Of J West Virginia added to the destruc- tibn wrought by Sunday nignt's: storm. Hundreds have been w added to the host of the homeless who have seen raging streams carry their homes away. Relief is being sent. The Wheeling Board of Trade raised $10,00. An appeal has been sent to Governor Glasscock of "West Virginia and State aid is assured. At Wellsburg and Follansbee, W. Va., and Martin's Ferry, and Steuben ville, Ohio, public subscriptions are being raised. , The Associated Charities in Pitts burgh and Wheeling have arranged for the shipment oi food and clothing. ""6 """" " ' avans of wagons are carrying supplies over the mountain roads. : - In Washington .nd Green counties and in the Pocahontas district of West Virginia many of the great coal mines have been flooded and thousands of miners are out of work. The Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio and Wabash railroads, however, are offering all these men work in re pairing miles of track that were swept away.' Five big concrete bridges on the Wheeling diyisiqn of the Balti more and Ohio ,were washed out. The : Wabash Railroad , announced that the losses to ; the road in Wash ington county would exceed., $150,000. Six miles of the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Line were shifted by Peters Creek.-. " Y - Coal operators "In Washington,. Greene, , Fayette, Westmoreland . and Cambria counties have during the last three weeks taken . out ' of Pittsburgh practically all the ', big mine, pumps that were held I In stock here. At many of the mines it will be weeks before the water is pumped out and mining resumed. - Washington, Pa. The- additional floods have desolated this county and the financial damage will amount to millions of dollars. The loss is piling up every hour. Two railroad divisions, have been wrecked for many days. Hundreds of homes are under water and the own ers of them are without adequate shel--ter. Telephone and telegraph com muhication has been almost entirely destroyed., " " - ' " ' . " JAt :y.:Zy,YYY.Y: ::,Y WATER . PRESENT, THANK YOU" VERPJ10MT RESULT IS NO ELECTION ican$ .Carry the State, But Fail to Win a Majority; LEGISLATURE MUST CHOOSE No Candidate Receives Required Ma jority, but Republicans Will Control Legislature and Put Fletcher In. 'I':-' Burlington, Vt. With; five tickets in. the. field," Vermont failed to elect a Governor. Returns give the Demo crats and Progressive" candidates to4 gether about 9,000 more votes; than the Republican candidate received, with less than 1,400 votes for either the Prohibition or Socialist candidate. The combined Republican and1 Pro gressive vote shows, a gain of exactly" 30 per cent. over. 1910, The: Demo cratic vote shows" a gain of 3?.5 per cent over 1910. While the Republi can party is split -40 per cent. Roose velt and 60 per cent, stand-pat, the Democratic party has gained 2 per cent, in its total vote. - For the first time in a Presidential year since the birth of the Republican party it has failed of a "majority in this . State. The election of Governor will be thrown nto the Legislature, and Fletcher, the regular Republican, will be chosen Governor. . Frank. L. Greene and Frank Plum ley, both Republicans, -were elected to Congress in the ,; two . A Vermont dis trictsJ .' V-..-' '!'-Wv Jy: s: Y:Y,..i. A very heavy vote was cast, and the Democrats polled their full share of the increase over the 1910 vote, an off year. But the Democrats made slight, if any, gains by defections from any other party. ;' . .; - v . Returns show that the next Legis lature will contain 410 Republican, 36 Democratic and 14 Progressive mem bers of the lower branch, as well as 30 Republican senators.! - ; The .Rev. Mr. Metzger carried the city of Barre and a score of small towns. The Democrats ; carried four, more' cities and another score of towns, leaving only, the little city of Vergennes and the rest of the town 1 in the hands of the Republicans. , The yote of the cities for the three leading candidates was as follows; . ; Fletcher. Howe. Metzger. Barre ....... ,367 426 : 449 Burlington .. 1,058 1,360 ; 416 Montpelier 302 571 . 1 132 Rutland ..... 336 873 593 St. Albans ... 294 - 417 .162 Vergennes ... 166 , 120 S3 Many. Republican leaders claimed that the threatening weather contrib uted to ' the falling off: in the party tote. These men stated that the reg istered vote of Vennot was close to 120,000, and that had weather condi tions been fair the party would have rolled up a total of over 40,000 for Mr. Fletcher. -The vote in the hill towns, the - Republican r strongholds, fell aOJEt materially. , - REBELLION IN :Y - NICARAGUA ENDS Goveriiraent- Forceif WiKfln Three Decisive Battles;. MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED M&kes Progreas Toward Checking the Revolt Army Active In '"Different' ' ' Sections-reachery Found- ( : Prominent Officers, in Jail. i.Y, tit c . i ri WashingtoiL-rThe Nicaraguan Gov ernment has bestirred itself and made considerable; progress , toward , putting down the revolution in . that country, according to dispatches; to the State Department from United - States. Min ister Welta el. ;Col. pias has defeated 350 Zeiayis tas ..under .'JCoL Berrios-ati U Paz. Ia Paz is Von .the j. railroad , from jCo rinto to Nicaragua. More than 2,000 rounds of rebel ammunition Were cap tured, and Col. Berrios, s who was Sub Secretary of 1 Waiv4under ?Zelaya, ? was taken prisoner,. ; The same - af ternoon the Government won a more Impor tant victoryat : Tipatapa, .where the rebel several weeks ago won one of the first engagements of the. revolu tion.. Gen. Arsenio Cruz defeated the force of. 500 men under CoJ. Cerillos, and recaptured : Tipatapa, The Gov ernment forces made, prisoners of two colonels. Including Cerillos, . eight cap tains and., thirty-three subordinate of ficers ofithrebelforce. -'; I ? ; At Tamarinda, on the east sjide of Lake 3! Managua, . the Government torces 1 captured Gen.: Irias, a ; deputy in the National Assembly, with 140 armed men. This force was attempt ing to join Gen. Mena at. Grenada. It is reported that Mena at Grenada and Zeledon at Masaya have collected a great deal of cash by robbery and extortion. Much treachery has been uncovered in the administration f orcesIt is stated that the peniten tiary fat Managua is becoming filed wltlf prominent " army" officers who were; found to be plotting against the Government. It is expected here that Admiral Southerlend and his subor- 'dina'te officers will see that the Gov ernment authoritiea do not exercise the. same cruelties toward rebel pris oners as the revolutionists are being accused: of in the cities where they are in control. It la the belief at the State and Navy departments that the revolution in 'Nicaragua is over and no seriou3 disturbances are looked for. . OEM. MACARTHUR DIES.' ; v Noted' Soldier Stricken When Speak ing at Veterans' Reunion. Milwaukee, .Wis Lieut.-Gen. Ar thur MabArthur, U. S. A.', retired, died suddenly while attending a banquet of veterans here. , He was speaking at the reunion of his . old regiment, the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin. He had been In ill health, the heat was intense, and he sank back in his chair, saying he could not continue. He lapsed ; into uncon sciousness and died in a few minutes. WhilT he lay dying, supported by those who had known him through life, his comrades, 100 in number, stood , around the chair reciting the Lord's Prayer. As they finished he opened :his eyes, looked around and passed away. ' Arthur Mac Arthur was born in Springfield, -Mass., June 2, 1845 TAKES STRI K I N G ?MI N ERS' GUNS.' West Virginia Confiscates War Mate rial Prisoners Court-Martialed. Charleston, W. Va. Hundreds of miners were disarmed in the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek districts by the militia: The' men made no resistance. The collection rf arms and ammu nition includes almost every kind of weapon from the' vest pocket, pistol to the modern war rifle and .machine gun- Much of the ammunition confis cated savors of barbarism. Dumdum and poisoned " bullets," long since placed under the. ban at the Hague peace conference "even ln,tlm st war, are Included in the lox. . ... Members of the militia have arrest ed dozens of men in the trouble zone and there have been twelve court-martialed.' The majority ."bf the arrested are mine guards employed by the Baldwin detective agency. SEES AVIATOR AND DIES. Octogenarian Went ; to Fair Against the Wishes of Hie Wife. Ogdesburg, N. Y. Against thsf wishes of his wife, Thomas Kavan augh, 81, a retired farmer living near Elgin, went to the Brockville Fair to see a flying machine for the first time. As Aviator Hemstrough in a biplane, after a long detour, reappeared in front of the grand stand' KavanaUgh died of heart diseaEf y. ; . . ; STRAUS WED AFTER STAMPEDE Mew York PrddresslVeiNcraU II41U 11111 IWI VtllUI IIWll ;j ' :iitY, ENDED HOPELESS DEADLOCK f .- Frederick M. -: Davenport' of . Oneida Named as Running Mate Horati "C. King for State Controller , ; . Other. Nomlnatiens. . . . ', Syracuse, N. Y. -Oscar S. Straus of New. York President Cleveland's Min ister to,Turkey:and President Rooae- . velt's Secretary of Commerce and La bor, was ; nomUxated : for; Governor by acclamation in . a stampede of the Pro gressive State convention.- : Mr. Straus,as permanent chairman, otthe convention, was on the platform at.the time the stampede broke loose. It : came like a thunderclap toT him..' v, ,The full state ticket nominated Is as follows: .:;,- ' ,,! , For .Governor Oscar S. Straus b New York. y.h'-M:i NkJf . For: Lieutenant-Governor Freder ick M. Davenport of Oneida county. , For. associate - judges of the Court fit Appeals Carlos C. Alden of Erie and George W. Kirch way of ' New York. ,'-rv -.i - . ; ' ; ;- ' ; For Secretary 'of State Homer D. Call of Onondaga. ' "' i; , For , State Treasurer Ernest Cau- . croft of Chautauqua. ,4 vr : ,i For State Controller General Ho? ratio C, King of Kings. : . y-. h I i For Attorney-General John ' Palmi er! of Kings -: ' a . - . ' ;;;Just when . the bitterness between . the s followers of ? Controller u Prender gast and William II. Hotchkiss, rivals for the gubernatorial nomination,". was so ; intense as to threaten . tb'. new party with disruption, John- C. Mageer of New York, known . as "Suspender Jack," .rushed to the platform - and stampeded the 3,000 delegates for. Mr. Straus, whose nomination cwas , unani mous and by acclamation. , -.-;.' -. . The convention - lall ; was hot and Stuffy. For, five hours the Prender-' gast and Hotchkiss forces lad : been engaged in an oratorical battle. in the effort to bring about the nomination, of their favorite. Secretary. George Manchester , had completed the role of counties in the. call for nominating speeches. Mr. Prendergast had -been formally put in , nomination by former -Assemblyman George A. .Green ? of Kings. William,. A. Chadbourne ot KNew York had-put Mr. .Hotchkiss in, nomination. The state chairman had mounted . the platform y and, declared that Mr. Chadbourne had named him OSCAR S. STRAUS.! on his own authority ; and ' responsi- bility. Secretary Manchester's voice in calling Yates, the last , county' on the list, bad scarcely; died awaywhen Magee rushed to s the platfo'rnj'He presented " such an odd ; apjpearancot when . he forged his way to the! plat form to'"placer Mr. j Straus In t homi- nation that, the convention was ready to laugh him off the stage! His speech t was not a very, finished effort, ; either, and his delivery was so wild that it aroused storms of ;laughte' ;, . . , Magee concluded his speech with the name of Straus. ,;; , . Instantly the convention was in an, uproar. ; In a second a stampede wai on." Men and women; were standing;, on their seats . waving flags, bandan- nas canes, umbrellas, hats and hand kerchiefs. The band boomed , out with the '"Star Spangled. -Banner" and , switched to "Onward' Christian . Sol diers;" which the audience, joined in singing.;, ..; : ;'',-t;- 'Cy. Oscar Solcmbn Straus, the first Jew to be 1 a member of the President's . Cabinet, . was, born in Germany -on . December 23, 1850. He was the third' son ' of Lazarus Straus, . . founder n.ln New York, of the firm of L. Straus" & k Sons, importers cf pottery. and glass; ware. He is a graduate of Columbian University and '. the y Columbia Law ' School. ' . . . 7