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CA"LJCA3-.A.Nd 1 iriJtL VOL. XXVIII. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1910. No. 33 EDITORIAL BRIEFS The News and Observer gee ma to he out of poke-berry juice. What will the yellow journals talk now that Dr. Crlppen has left our stores? No one has beard the farmer kick in? against high prices, be he Dem ocrat or Republican. Does any one remember why the salary of the Commissioner of Labor and Printing was Increased? Would you call the Democratic muddle In the Sixth District a fight for principle, or simply for pie? When Aycock was trying to teach the young idea how to shoot, some of the older ones also caught on. It is said that Mr. Blair is a Can non man. He is cannon enough to Mow up that howitzer opposing him. There's one thing about It; you don't have to read Chairman More head's speech twice to find out what he means. As a matter of fact, is the grade of oil you now use any better than it was before all those oil inspectors were appointed? The biggest fish story of the season will be when that "Fish Committee," appointed by. the last Legislature makes its report. Some have asked whether Glenn will preach this fall, or enter Sted man's political campaign.But, what difference does it make? Wake County is wide-awake, which, being literally translated, means that Wake will go Republican M he November election. It will not be long before the Dem ocrats will want to know what is meant by "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." The price of red shirts advanced the day Faison was nominated in the Third District and the price of school books correspondingly fell off. Wonder if the Democrats would favor a Commissioner of Agriculture for each county if they knew the Re publicans would carry the State? Miss Granville County, determined to keep in the limelight, has just had her whole County Board "pinched" for grafting. What did you say? Oh, yes; they are Democrats. Anticipating "Democratic harm ony" at a speaking between two can didates for Congress inGeorgia, the Governor was importuned to call out the troops and preserve order. The Democrats now want the State to pay the cost of holding their pri maries. Before long they will want the State to pay for their barbecues and the printing of their tickets. "Democratic Riots -Broken Up By Police" in Atlanta; "Democratic Candidates Fight at Gaffney, S. C," are some newspaper headlines. Evi dently North Carolina Democratic "harmony" is "ketchinV It is reported that a certain lead er of the Democratic "refawm" ticket in Wake Is begging certain persons not to support the Republican ticket. Has the "refawmer" decided that begging is better than abuse? Some of the Democratic politicians claim they do not know what the Re publicans mean by local self-govern ment.. No one is surprised at that, for, as a matter of act, the Demo crats do not seem to know what their wn platform means. We have a feeling of pity for those Johnston County Democrats -rr--m 111 . . xocKea ana barred" in their own. convention, but they should remember that they are only setting a dose of what they have aid- 4 in giving the Republicans for years. SIXTH DISTRICT MIIJDLK. Committee Iririe Tltat Neither Clark or Godwin Ha Un-n Nomi nate! . New IVimary Ordered. The Sixth District contest and trouble had another inning before the public yesterday. The Demo cratic State Executive Committee last night adopted the Special Com mittee report which declared no one nominated for Congress and ordered a voting primary to be held not later than September 15th. State Chair man Eller was authorized to appoint a committee to work out the details. It will be remembered that the trouble aroes over the disgraceful convention which assembled at Wrlghtsvllle last July. At this time the lawful chairman, Geo. H. Bel lamy, a Godwin supporter, ruled that the delegates from Cumberland and New Hanover (anti-God win) were snot legally entitled to a seat, their election not being in accord ance with the Democratic rules. The convention ousted Bellamy, calling Mayor Springer, of Wilmington, to the chair, who brought down a force of Wilmington police to quell the rioting and sustain him. The God win forces bolted and held a separate convention. O. L. Clark, of Bladen, was the choice of the first convention and Godwin of the bolting conven tion. The result leaves the matter open now to the voters again, and a sec ond primary will be held not later than September 15th. Young AVoman Shot at by Unknown Man at Pel ham. Pelham, Aug. 24. While strolling with some children along the public road, which parallels the railroad, yesterday at about 8 o'clock, near the home of Mrs. J. A. Pierce, Miss Mary Pierce and Miss Susie Wil liams, who is visiting her, were fired upon by a man walking on the rail road, the ball passing through and singeing the hair of Miss Williams without further in jury to either. Greatly frightened they ran to the home of Mrs. Pierce, giving the alarm and furnishing a description of the man doing the shooting, who was described as dressed In -blue overalls and light shirt. Diligent search was at once made to apprehend the party, but without avail up to this writing. It is sup posed to have been one of a party of tramps who was taken up here sometime ago by a special agent of the Southern Railway and sent to the county roads, having served out his time and again passing this way, it is believed he sought this method of revenge. Only yesterday there were five takn up her at the coal chute, which is a favorite stopping place with them, and tried and sent to the county roads. LATE NEWS. Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock, Ernest Little, colored, was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train at Wendell and had both legs cut off between the knees and the hips. The boy attempted to cross the track while a freight train was shifting. He was brought to Ra leigh and taken to St. Agnes Hos pital. Will Ray and Charles Chappelle, white, were tried before United States Commissioner John Nichols yesterday on the charge of operating an illicit distillery. Each were re quired to give $200 bond for their appearance at next term of Federal Court. Miss Willie Medlin, an inmate of the County Home, who has repeated ly tried to commit suicide, has been refused admission to the State Hos pital, on the grounds that there is no room. Mr. T. D. Johnson, the chair man of the County Board, in an in terview yesterday, stated that he had repeatedly made application, but had been refused. As a consequence, the woman must be placed in jail. Snow and Rain Check Flames. The forest fires that have been raging in Idaho and Montana have received a decided set-back from the heavy fall of snow that has been go ing on for the past two days. Cumberland Man Attempts Suicide. News comes from Savannah, Ga., of the attempted suicide of Morton Wooten, former sailor on the United States revenue cutter Yamacraw, and reports have it that though badly wounded he has a fighting chance for life. He is a son of Mrs. W. H. Kyle, of Fayetteville. The young man was well liked where known. The rash act was committed at his boarding house and no reason can be assigned for it. He is being treated at a hospital in Savannah. R. A. P. Cooley announces himself as an independent against E. W. Pou, the regular Democratis candi date for Congress from the Third District ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN President Taft Favors Further j Revision of the Tariff, But Not Reopen Question. MfYr ntCTtiDD micmrcc NOT DISTURB BUSINESS law l'et Paased, Can Be Judicious I Iy Revised Profit Are Too High j Regarded as Shrewd More Full Ietai!s of President's PLan tDmakes the situation perfectly good. I m, , v , . ; If Nassau County wishes me to go to lie Made Public LaterOperation j the State convention I shall go. as I of the New Tariff Hoard to Re) regard the issues as now absolutely Tried. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 23. Presi-jpromIsM?" ; dpnf Taft.'s Lnvnnto f n r f ho nmlntrs There was a small party of the! campaign became known here to- night? The President will favor fur- ther revision of the tariff. While he is still convinced that'aua ur- UA fierce, Mrs. uoosevelt the Payne-Aldrich law is the best ta- riff law the country has had up to thia time he has at last reached the conclusion that there is decided room for improvement. Only a Fair Profit. Mr. Taft does not propose that business shall be upset by another wholesale revision but he will recom-! mend to Congress that individual schedules in the tariff system be tak- en up separately and be disposed of on a scientific basis. The new re - vision is to be based upon the find- ings of the tariff commission as to the cost of production at home and a,b,rad; vnly a fair Pr?t iS l?Je i . : i. . i ui.ii toruuuaie uu uuieaatmauie yxuuLs, me tr resiueni ueciares, are 10 oe iui erated no longer. The President has tated these facts and has outlined his position in detail in the letter he has sent to Representative McKinlay, of Illi nois for publication in the Republi- can Congressional text-book The let- ? I. . TV L I, " aay. ine ume oi iuamug u puuiio has been left entirely to the judg ment of the committee. A Shrewd Move. Political observers regard this move as about the shrewdest that has been made during the present admin istration. It offers an excellent op portunity for the insurgents and reg ulars to get together in the campaign and President Taft has been exceed ly anxious to find a ground upon which the different factions could meet without embarrassment to eith er. With the creation of the tariff board under the Payne-Aldrich act and the enlargement of its power by provision of the last Congress, the President believes a way has been opened to put the tariff on a scien tific basis for the first time in the his tory of the country. Mr. Taft proposes to obviate open ing the whole tariff act to recommend to Congress that after any schedule is taken up for further consideration a rule shall be passed by both the House and by the Senate providing that amendments to a certain sched ue of the Urilt Shan be in order and T backward and that any amendments not germane tolhad not DJ who cIose Dehnd, that particular schedule shaU be de- caugnt nIm crlppen wouM naTe fa: clared out of order. The President already has had two i twQ vesseis into the water The next' A correspondent gives the follow conferences with Chairman H. C.instant Dew had gtood nim on hIsing account of the journey of a Emery for the tariff commission thisjfeet and tne pair disappeared inside I Xorthern Pacific special, relief train: summer. The first of these was on j tne jiagnetic "A11 tne war from Mullan to St. hoard the yacht Mayflower at Bar Harbor late in July and the second was at Burgess Pointt two weeks ago. The President proposes to have the entire tariff board meet him in Bev erly some time in September. MOREHEAD SEES THE PRESI DENT. North 'Carolina Chairman Goes to Beverly in Automobile -Big Con ference Held. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 17. An im portant political conference was held this afternoon in which President Taft, Vice President Sherman' and Congressman Longworth partici pated. Representative Morehead of North Carolina, who has recently been made chairman of the State execu tive committee, came here from Bos ton in an automobile and talked atl some length with the President this afternoon. Republican of Nash. A convention v of the Republicans of Nash County was held In Nash ville Saturday afternoon and elected a central committee, with John C. Matthews as chairman. A commit tee was also selected for the pur pose of putting a ticket in the field to run against the Democratic can didates and this body will - make a reporrt later on. ItOOSKVKLT COKS WKST. To prak at X amber f tV4at la Dw Westera tte I1rd Prtttideat Tfl Statement. With I iui, auk jbji Beionjj ifcii special car polled out for the; I West to-day Colonel Roosevelt held! ; a hasty conference with Lloyd Oris-1 4 com, chairman of the New York? 'County Committee; Collector Willi an Lo, aad bis wn-ln-law. Nicholas! I Longworth. and for the am time $ ; going to the Republican State Con-; vention to fight. ' am Ver much Pie ith Mr. Taff statement." he said, as he emerged from the car. "I think It iciear-cut. as lar as I am concerned,; there will be not a particle of com-, Colonel's personal friends at the sta- tion to see him ofT. Including, besides! the Politicians, Dr. Lawrence Abbott and Mrs- Nicholas Longwortb Mrs Tt ftrtSAVAit anmnmiflH thft " v. - v vv ft' u ft V. v v- Colonel as far as Herkimer, but the i otners saId good-bye in the train- shed. Griscom and Loeb were the first to appear, and as soon as they ar - j rived, Roosevelt pulled them into the car and into his state-room. A few minutes later Longworth arrived, and n was at once admitted to the con- ference. The situation was hurriedly canvassed and then Roosevelt went 1 outside to say good-bye to his many friends. Intends to Visit Australia. Lieutenant H. J. Thornton, an Aus- ! tralian globe-trotter. introduced hv r,r Ahhott anrf-nnnsAvit nM a was " ' " tHbute tQ Australia and ,tg residents. saying that he had had several Aus - tralians in his regiment and that they had proved fine men. He said he in tends to visit Australia "some day." Roosevelt then announced his ap proval of the President's letter and Wg intention of fight, In the con. Uvntion, completing his statement as the train pulled out CRIPPEX GOES TO LONDON. Inspector Dew Leaves Quebec With His Prisoners An Omen of Bad Luck. Quebec, Que., Aug. 20. Quebec bade farewell tonight to Harry Har vey Crlppen and Ethel Clare Leneve. At 7 o'clock they sailed for England on board the White Star line Mag netic, due at Liverpool at noon next Saturday. By Saturday night they probably will be lodged in a London jail to await trial for the murder of a woman supposed to be Crippen's wife, Belle Elmore. An extraordinary accident occurred as Crippen crossed the gangplank. It carried an omen that might well depress a man in the shadow of the hangman's rope. Crippen came hur rying across the plank handcuffed, his hat pulled low over his eyes, and his chin buried in his collar, trying, apparently to dodge the photogra phers. In his haste he ran squarely into a rope that held the gangway steady. The rope caught him under the en and possibly pitched Detween the Miss Leneve. who had left the jail with every evidence of willingness, hari tn ho cnnnrtnH oc eh rrnceorl the gangplank. As she reached the deck of the Magnetic she fainted and had to be carried to her cabin. It was half an hour before she revived. Inspector Dew managed the de parture of the famous pair in a man ner that furnished a fitting climax to their sensational capture. Rutherford County Convention. Rutherfordton, Aug. 22. To-day proved to be a red letter day for our town, it being the date for the sena torial conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties in this the thirty-third pistrict, the Republican county convention and the opening of Rutherford superior court. The Republicans nominated Messrs G. W. Cornier, of Henderson, and D. P. Morrow, of Rutherford as their candidates. " . In the county convention the Re publicans nominated J. O. Gettys for the Legislature W. J. McDaniel, clerk of superior court; John A. Wilson, register of deeds; J. L. Robins, sheriff; James K. Roberson, treasurer; D. W. A. Cowen, M. H. Champion and C. W. Keeter, com missioners; J. H. Wood, surveyor; J. h. Davis, J. O. Ledbetter and J. W. Walker, board of education, and L. Purgason, superintendent of schools. FOREST FIRES RAGE Town Swml Awav. Fifty Lives Loat, and hill lions of Feet of Lum ber Destroyed. ft q TPnHP FIPHT F1RF Fore4 Urea Hwrrpinc Irtlti cf !ta!to and Montana - Tib of j Wallace Ietroy etl 4kuld, Mim- ; tana. Surrounded by name; Train lfaa Thrilling Y.epr Almost Incalculable -I. S. (Joj ernment to the Itecue. Washington. D. C. Aug. 2. With : more than fifty persons known to be dead and more than 100 mlfslng. 200 Injured, half of Wallace burned and or vurer iimn est fires to-night continue to threat- pn death and destruction over a large territory In Northern Idaho. Eastern Washington and Western Montana. Hair a dozen villages are seriously threatened by the flames nd their inhabitants by hundreds ; ! are hurrying to places of safety.; The situation Is most acute In the! j Coeur d'Alene region of Northern Idaho. j Devastation in Idaho. j Wallace, Idaho, August 22. The! , iosg of llfe in tne fore8t fires that l swept over the Coeur d'Alene region Saturday and Sunday. Is to-night j placed at 80 persons. Forestry offi-j ' cials received word lnat thirty-four 1 i fire-fighters had burned to death on j . , . . i . . 4 j Ureeh' anQ ,in,riy naU raei Ueai" jon SuPerior Lake Word came to-day that 106 men,; near Avery, on the St. Joe River, had I been burned, but a later report said that all but four came out safely. Six men were killed in the Placler Creek fire, three miles from Wallace; three near Mullan and three at Wallace. The whole country from here to the St. Joe River, 25 miles, has been burned over. The loss at Wallace still stands at $1,000,000. One hundred buildings were destroyed. The hospitals are full of wounded, a number of them being blind. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 22. News of the loss of the men at Bear Creek i was brought to Spokane to-day by W. D. McLellan, a newspaper pho tographer. McLellan was one of the relief party which made the trip to Big Creek on Sunday to rescue sur vivors. The heat was so intense that the party was unable to ap proach the spot where the camp had stood. According to the 17 survivors who reached Avery, the fire came on them while they were sleeping, and they were surrounded by flames. The men scattered and ran for safety. Little hope is entertained by the 17 that their companions survived. At least five farmers are now dead at .Newport, Washington. Several persons were rendered temporarily insane. Gould, 17 miles from Helena, is ! . !d.?. , T ur- ,ut ,OTer(.the mountain from ?. h Uo threatened, and the e' ine rinern racmc ran iwo wa"8 f turning timbers. The re- ! "ei lm Sot as iar as liura anu was compelled to turn back on ac count of burning bridges. "Getting back to Saltese, It was found that the bridge east had been burned. It was impossible to move either way. The train was compelled to stay at Saltese and that fact saved the town, which soon began to burn. There were 150 men on the train. Bucket brigades were formed and men were set at work with shovels. Fear 600 Are Lost. Butte, Mont, Aug., 23. Six hun dred fire fighters who left Thompson Falls four days ago were reported lost and Forest Supervisor Bushnell, of the Cabinet Reserves at Thomp son, may have perished. The wind is blowing furiously toward Thomp son to-day and it is feared the town, crowded with refugees,- will be swept by the fire before night. The report was brought by Julius Barney, who reached Helena to-day from Thompson. "The six hundred men," said Bar ney, "had been gone four days, dur ing which time nothing had been heard from them and Forest Super visor Bushnell, of the Cabinet re serve, who Is at Thompson, feared all were dead when I left Thompson this morning. A wall of fire sky high was sweeping in from the west. The 700 inhabitants of Thompson Xm4 vk& all 1HT telt ptrpt& Crentftr Ntti Hf4 at ! t csSpat tf Ihm Mf&UM Na tional Gar4 l& ittut la CflUsc tf Til HUIUK TtIK MlUti MHTlt. Mr. MorrW. Wilt 1104 t A irW Irty tn Stl lW etla t tit Uk -Tnbl for U m-BWNTala," A MarjUfcSer Rt et l foUo. I&f isjjtorUl ettrau from thm !U!U more Sun. oa l& political !taUea In North Caroiis. far p-4bltralk& U The Caura&Un. Tfc portion f tt editorial Mat o it a fotlovs: "Mr. Taft lor e aro ffocait4 lilt one great handicap to tb tcc- of hit party 1& the South was ta o4lo3t 'referee yttea by which ot& pol itician si citen the pritlWf of dUpenslnr the Federal palrottic without regard to the Uhn of tba community la which Federal oSccrs were to kn. ThU has rett!t4 la building up State political rase hi net composed almott entirely of cSce hoiders whoe olc object was to se cure and retain oCce. No strong, vi rile party can be built up oa any such basis, and so Mr. Taft, then Sec rotary of War. stated In his cotabU speech made at Greensboro. N. C several jears ago. The change In the party management in North Car olina, brought about apparently with the suport of Mr. Taft, is tha first active step toward the elimination of the 'referees' and a change In the party system. Congressman John IL Morehead in his campaign for chair man first thoroughly organized the voters, and then he made it plain that he had the support of President Taft, the office-holders, most of whom owed their appointments to his op ponent. Committeeman Carl Duncan, trooped into the Morehead camp. Mr. Morehead had the active support of former United Staes Senator Ma rion Butler, who organized the cam paigns of 1894 and 1896, when the Republicans and Populists carried the State. Though elected Senator as a Populist, Mr. Butler long ago became a Republican, and Is now high in the party councils. Mr. More head is a man of wealth and close to the manufacturing Interests, which, though nominally Democrats, lean toward the Republican party on account of the high tariff. Mr. But ler is still a power among the farm ers and Is expected to bring the old Populist element into line. Under the educational test thousands of ne groes are now eligible to the ballot, and these will be urged to register and vote. The new managers hope to unite these elements with the old line Republican vote, and If they suc ceed will present a formidable oppo sition to the Democrats, for the first time in a decade. "The serious split in the Demo cratic party in Tennessee, where the bitterest campaign ever waged there has Just been followed by the over whelming defeat of Governor Patter son and his faction by the indepen dents, gives Mr. Taft fresh hope in that State. The home of former Sec retary of War Luke Wright and of the present Secretary of War Dickin son, Mr. Taft has strong hopes of success in Tennessee. "In North Carolina and Tennessee Mr. Taft hopes to insert the wedge that will break the solid South. The Democrats are firmly Intrenched, they have held the fort for a generation, and the assault upon their position will require a greater force and bet ter generalship than the Republicans have ever before exhibited In the South. But it Is apparent that the Taft administration is determined to make the attempt and Is setting about the task in a way that prom ises trouble for the Democrats." Murder in the Reel Foot Lake. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22. An Obion, Tenn., dispatch says: On the ground made famous by the Reel Foot Lake night rider trou bles, James Keesucker shot and kill ed one man late Saturday afternoon and wounded his brother and a wo man at Shaw's Park, in Obion County. The dead: Martin Leonard. The wounded: Mrs. Pitts and Will Keesucker. James Keesucker made his escape. Shaw's Park is an open space of ground on Reel Foot Lake about a quarter of a mile from Samburg, Tenn., a town of about fifty people. During the night rider troubles Sam burg was said to be the hot-bed of the organization. m. A party of people was In the park about 5 o'clock in the afternoon when James Keensucker drew a re volver, it is said, and shot Martin Leonard. Leonard dropped dead in his tracks and Keesucker then turn ed his weapon on Mrs. Pitt aad his brother. Will Keesucker. There had long been bad feeling between the Keesuckers and Leonards.