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ICOND.
EDITION
ESTABLISHED 1871
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
PEACE DAY WAS
APPROPRIATELY
OBSERVED HERE
All tbe Gity Schools Observe
Day and it p be
Anniial Feature
INTERESTING TALKS
The First Observance of Peace Day in
Schools of North Carolina Was
Event in City Schools Today
Ideals of Peace Instilled in Minds
of Children by Interesting Talks
from Various Speakers Prof. Biv
ens, Prof. Judd and Col. J. C L.
Harris Among Those Who Spoke
of the Day and Its Significance to
the World.
Peace Day was observed in all tho
public schools of Raleigh this morn
ing for the first time in any public
. school in North Carolina. The cus
tom has become universal among
Echools of other states and it is espe
cially fitting that on this the 10th
anniversary of the great Peace Con
gress cal'cd by the Czar of Russia at
the Hague on Majf 18, 1899, that
Raleigh schools should ojln in the ob
servance of the day. It Is only an
other example of the progresslve
ness of the public schools of the city.
The purposes of the day are to in
still the ideas of Peace into the
hearts and minds of the school chil
dren, and by setting forth the beauty
of Peace to overcome the-ideals of
war that have been set forth In the
histories. The schools were espe
cially fortunate in their speakers. All
were Interesting and had something
good to bring to the mind of the chil
dren, drawing lesson of every day
life, at the same time showing how
much more gentlemanly it is at alW
times to avoid the little school boy
fights that will now and then occur.
There were beautiful Peace flags
'at every school. At the1 High School,
draped across the back of the stage,
was the beautiful Peace flag present
ed by Mr. Hayne Davis, secretary of
the American Peace Society, to Gov
ernor Glenn two years ago. This was
borrowed from the Mansion for the
occasion.
At the other schools there were
smaller Peace flags modeled from the
large ones. These had been thought
fully prsented by Mrs. E. E. Moffltt
as Regent of the North Carolina
Daughters of the -Revolution.
The observance of the day Is to be
made an annual feature ; in the
schools of the city. '
At the High School.
Rer.George W. Lay, Rector of St.
Mary's School, made the address at
the High School. He talked at some
length and most interestingly on the
great Peace movement.
"War Is wicked," said Dr. Lay. "In
many cases It is brought on by men
who for diplomatic reason think
there should be war and thousands of
men go out to fight and are killed
for reasons that many of them do not
even Know. Besides being wicked,
there is the enormous expense of war
and unnecessary waste. : $800,000,'
000 Is the amount the United States
has paid out in the last ten years In
keeping up an army and navy.. It was
approximately the cost of tho Boer
.war. to England and or tqe- kusbo
i Japanese war to both Russia and Ja
pan, -.. ...-';..- . ,'
War causes panic and suffering. ?
The army and navy Is an Interna
tional police to keejj order between
the nations. :: '':
The' Peace movement Is intended
in the near future to apply between
nations the Bame enllghtend- princl-
pls that are used to keep peace be
tween- Indllvduals. ' v
At Centennial School.
Prof. J. A. Bl vena, of the depart
ment of Education, made his talk at
the Centennial Interesting by throw
ing out a number of questions to the
children. All of which they respond'
ved to Immediately, showing by their
bright answers how well versed they
were In the history of the Wars and
ot the Peace Congress, and of where
it was held and Various other ques
tions..
lib- Bivens' address was interest
ing and enlightening. ' y .
- He spoke of how tbe ePace move
ment has advanced since the Span
Un-American war. He spoke of the
bringing about a world peace, and of
how this Peace . . is growing. The
United. , States Is the . great Peace
Maker of th world. .(".'"
, He spoke of the barbaHxm ot; war
r 1 f 't t-"t V '? imcr. ' ;,t was the
greatest thing in the world at the
present time.
At Thompson School. x
There was an interesting scene at
Thompson School this morning when
Col. J. C. L. Harris talked to the
children. They were all Interested
in his address and their bright eyes
and faces lent Inspiration to his re
marks. He spoke along the same lines that
the speakers at other schools follow
ed, telling of how important this
movement Is to all the nations.
The thing that would be remem
bered about Roosevelt after all else
was forgotten, h la greatest claim to
fame is tbe attitude he took toward
tho Russo-Japanese war and his part
in the great Peace Congress at
Portsmouth, N. H. : The principal,
Mrs. M. B. Terrell, read an interest
ing account of the Peace flag:.
The exercises wound up by the
singing of America with a great deal
more spirit than would have been
felt before the address.
"At Murphey School.
Appropriate exercises were held at
ttie Mtfrphy school in commemora
tion of Peace Day. Dr. Charles Lee
Smith made a most Interesting ad
dress to the teachers and pupils on
tho subject of peace. Dr. Smith ex
horted the pubils to enter the fight
for peace; but for peace with honor.
"Peace," said Dr. Smith, "is not the
most important thing. . Don't go
around with a chip on your shoulder
daring everybody " to knock it off.
But if, when you are going about
your business In a dignified way, you
suffer an indignity, it Is better . to
fight than to buy peace at the cost
of your honor." -
At Wiley .School.
Wiley School; was fortunate in hav
ing Supt. Judd, of the Wake County
Schools. Mr. Judd spoke in part as
follows:
"It Is very fitting that the schools
of Raleigh should be the first in our
great state to observe the anniver
sary of the flrBt Hague Peace Confer
ence which is also the one hundredth
anniversary of the Peace movement,
for it was in 1809 that David Low
Dodge, of New York city, wrote : a
pamphlet, "The Mediator's Kingdom
Not of This. World," which led to the
organization six years later of the
New York Peace Society. To the
credit of our city be it said that in
1819 the Raleigh Peace Society was
organized.
Some reasons for settling all Inter
national difficulties by courts of ar
bitration: T. It is the economical way. We
can never estimate by the dollar
mark the losses In human life caused
by the ravages of war. We cannot
ever put in accurate figures the great
losses in property. Some suggestion
may be gotten, however, from the fig
ures stating the amount of money
(Continued on Pam Two.)
WAGE SCALE RESTORED
Independent Steel Concerns
Increase Wages
Were Reduced April 1, But Will be
Restored to Old Scale June 1
35, (MM) Employees Affwted Ac
cumulation of Orders the Cause.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Pittsburg, May 1 8 Wage-earners
to the number of 35, 000, . the em
ployes of independent Iron and steel
work In the Pittsburg district, whose
wages were cut 10 per cent April 1,
last, have been notified that on June
1 the old scale of wages will be re
stored, and further than that, they
will be expected to work at least full
time for the ensuing six months.
An accumulation of orders for Iron
and steel products Is the cause given
for the decision to restore the cut In
wages, while Information, from Wash
ington as to tariff matters has not
been such bad news as the independ
ents feared.
The Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany, with plants ajl over the coun
try, practically was the first to
spread the news that the cut In wages
would be restored
- At the Pittsburg office of the Re
public the decision to restore wages
June 1 was cjt&flrmed, but no details
were given out. : The 8henango Fur
nace Company aad the W. .' P. Sny
der Company, which,, eontrols practi
cally the independent pig Iron end ot
the trade, and which was among
those to make the 10 per cent, cut
some weeks ago, also confirmed the
report that wages wotlld.be restored
to the old-time, basis June 1.
The Jones ft Laughlln Interests,
with about 10,000 men, will also
place . Wages back on they old basts
within two weeks. .
, ' i Tracer A Co. 8unwil.
frJew , York, May 18 Formal .an
nouncement wan made od the floor
of the stock exchange today of the
suspension of Tracey & Co.. She
brokerage firm which failed yester
day, with Uabiiuigi ot oyer million,
CONTEST OVER
WILL OFTHELATE
CLAIISSPRECKLES
Expected Fight Over Millions
of San Francisco Capital
ist Has Developed
A FAMILY FIGHT
Contest Over Will of Late Sugar
. King Promises to Make Other Big
Will Contests Pale Into Insignifi
canceEstate is Valued At from
$30,000,000 to $4 O.OOO.OOO Two
Brothers on Each Side of the Big
Fight Position of Other Members
of the Family Not Known Con
testing Brothers Threaten' to Lay
Bare the Family Skeleton.
(By Leased Wire to Tin, Times)
San Francisco, Cal., May 18 The
expected contest of the will of Clans
Spreckels, who bequeathed his mil
lions" to his sons Rudolph and Claus
Augustus Spreckles and his daugh
ter, Mrs. Emma C. Ferris, while dis
inheriting his sons John D. and
Adolph Spreckels, has been begun.
There has been filed in the super
ior court an integral part of the re
cord In the estate a document that
lawyers call a demurrer. Simultan
eously there waslaunched a fight for
the publication of the Claus Spreck
els estate and a virtual contest ot the
will of the late sugar king that prom
ises to make other big will contests
in this state pale into inslgntflcan'pe,
and to carry the centest between
tions of the Spreckels family through
all the courts of the state in their
efforts to gain for themselves the
wealth of the deceased multi-million
aire, estimated at from thirty to for
ty millions.
Arrayed on one side this gigantic
fight of millionaires are Itudoln'i
Spreckels and Claus Spreckels,
named in their father's will as his
executors and the trustees of his es
rate, and on the other side are
Adolph B. Spreckels and John D.
Spreckels, who were cut off in the
testament without a penny.' And to
prove that the fight will be one of the
bitterest of the contents that have
for years rent the Spreckels' family,
John D. Spreckels, the disinherited.
Indicated today that he was in the
fight to stay; that the trial of the ac
tion he has Instituted will make pub
lic for the first time the history of
the long feud between himself and
his two trustee brothers that has pre
vented them from speaking to each
other when they pass in the street or
when they meet In the same clubs of
which thy are members.
John D. Spreckels said this con
test would split things wide opeu and
in all probability the public would
learn as much about the hidden his
tory of the Spreckels feuds as the
principals themselves know. He ad
mitted that at no stage of the pro
ceedings would he mince matters, but
would at all times call a spade a
spade.
And on top of all this, he charged
bad faith and virtual treachery on the
part of his two brothers, who were
named in their father's will as his
heirs and executors and trustees. He
accused thorn of undue influence. Ho
said when the will was made in New
York two years ago every member
of the family but himself and his
contesting brother were represented.
He charged that his aged father was
practically imprisoned In his Howard
street home and Uwrt he went there
to secure his release and to take him
to Coronado, where be could get
some fresh air and sunshine.
The position of Mrs. Emma G. Fer
rls, daughter ot the millionaire sugar
baron and wire of John Ferris, the
engineer, Is problematical. Neither
side seems to know just where Mrs.
Ferris wilf'Stand. Should the will
be broken she would come In abso
lutely for ono-flfth of her father's
estate, but if It Is uphold she gets
the Income of one-third.
Her Interests are closely allied to
each side, but if she dies childless,
then her two trustee brothers take
the one-third portion that would
come to her offspring.
Nor was the position of Mrs. An
na C. Spreckels, widow of the testa
tor, made altogether plain. Mrs.
Spreckels got the Income of her bus
band' estate during her life time,
but should the will be broken she
would not receive this. Her own ln
dividual fortune, however, Is as Vast
aa the sum for which the contending
Spreckels .factions hare entered ' the
lists and so the could have but little
deslfe to augment this already vast
mount. - ' 1 ' '"'
SENATOR
GORE
URGES PROMPT
ACTION ON BILL
Wants His Resolution Acted
Upon in Time to Affect
Tariff Measure
WHO PAYS THE BILLS
Senator Owen Will Press His Plan
For Gradual Reduction of the Tar
ill' His Scheme Is to Reduce Taxes
on All Articles K.vccpt Tobacco,
Agricultural Products and Spirits
Five Per Cent u Year For Ten
Years, Cntil Present Rat is Cut
in Half Provisions of His Plan
Which He Thinks Should Commend
it to All.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, May 18-Senator
Owen Intends to press consideration
of his plan for a gradual reduction of
the tariff. The scheme imbodied in
the amendment which he has offered
is that the duties on all articles ex
cept tobacco, agricultural products
ind spirits shall be reduced five per
cent a year for ten years until the
rates fixed in the law are cut in half.
There are two safeguards to his pro
vision which' he believes should com
mend it to the support of reduction
republicans as well as democrats.
One is that if the gradual reduction
causes a loss of revenue upon any
article, the president Is authorized to
restore the duty which produces the
greatest revenue and the second is
that the duty shall at no time be
lower than the difference between the
cost of labor here and abroad.
Senator Owen intends to address
the senate upon his plan for reduc
tion.
The senate met. at 10 o'clock this
morning, senator uore called up his
resolution directing the finance com
mittee to investigate the cause of
high prices of commodities, and to
determine whether the retail, job
ber, or the manufacturer is responsl
ble. Senator Aldrich said he had no
objection to the-resolution, but that
its purpose could not be accomplished
in time to have a bearing on the tariff
bill. Senator Carter asserted that
the tariff commission as proposed
would perform the same work, which
the resolution directs the finance com
mittee to do. :
Senator Gore urged immediate ac
tion in order that the findings might
be used to determine what rates
should be in the pending tariff bill.
The discussion on Senator Gore's
resolution lasted about three hours,
and digressed to consideration of pro
duction at home and abroad, cause of
panics, and included a Shakespearean
dialogue between Senators Gore and
Gallinger, in which the latter, to the
amusement of the senate and galler
ies, got the worBt of the argument.
While this was going on Senator Gal
linger asked Senator Gore if he would
Vote for a duty on hides and agricul
tural products. Senator Gore re
plied that ho would not, that protec
tion on these products was a sham
and a subterfuge and should deceive
no one. '.''.;
"Any man,' said Senator Gore,
"who believes In a duty on corn ought
not to he allowed to run at large
Uinywhere outside of the United
Senate,
Senator Owen and Senator Carter
participated in the discussion, the
former demanding that Inasmuch as
the republican tariff set forth the
principles of maintaining a rate equal
to the difference of the cost of pro
duction, that the finance committee
should furnish the figures. Which ft
had not done, showing this differ
ence. Senator Carter attempted to lec
ture the two Oklahoma senators on
their failure to avail themselves of
the information at hand. :
Senator Gore to the amusement
of.lho senate, retorted with a quota
tion from Senator Carter's utterances,
and succeeded In putting the Montana
senator to rout, ', :
MBS, GOULD WINS FIGHT.
Willi be Granted Absolute Divorce
From Her Husband, Frank J.
Gould. .-. ;" .
New York.tay 18-r-Mrs. Frank J.
Gould has won her fight for an abso
lute divorce, It Is reported today, and
although Edward S. Whlttaker, the
referee appointed last June to take
testimony In . the action brought
against the multi-millionaire, by . the
former Helen Margaret Kelly, has not
lubmittedbil report to.be lupreme
court, it is said to be ready and will
probably be presented this week.
It is understood the referee will
recommend that Mrs. Gould be grant
ed her decree and in consequence all
that will remain will be the final
signing of the papers by the presid
ing justice.
Mrs. Gould will, it is reported, be
permitted to resume her maiden name
and will receive the consent of the
court to marry after the expiration
of the interoluetory period made
necessary by the most recent amend
ments to the divorce law.
The young woman will have the
euslody of her children. Melon, six
years old, and Dorothy, four years
old, five months In the year. The re
maining seven months, it is said, they
will bo given over to the care of their
father.
CROATAN 1)1 KH Sl'DDENLV.
Found Dead in Bed Sunday Profit in
Strawberries.
t Speeial to Tho Times)
Lumberton, May 18 William
Locklear, an aged Croatan, who lived
near Philadelphia, this county, was
found dead In bed Sunday morning.
The deceased worked in a blacksmith
shop at: Pembroke.
Messrs. C. B. Redmond and A.
Bickerey returned Friday from a two
week's visit to Dustin, Okla., where
they purchased lots porno time ago.
They report a nice trip.
This evening the amusement lov
ers will have the opportunity of . wit
nessing a highly recommended attrac
tion. The Ethel Morton Opera Com
pany will present "The Mascot."
Mr. Joshua Barnes, who lives near
town, has an acre planted in straw
berries, from which he expects to
realize $500. Mr. Barnes has already
sold 75 crates of berries, from which
he realized $3.00 per crate net.
Mr. H. MAvent, of Rocky Mount,
who has had on exhibition a French
coach stallion which has been pur
chased by the Robeson County Stock
Company. The purchase price was
$4,500.
Cannot Refuse to Give Communion
(By Cable to The Times)
X' London, May 18 -A decision in the
courts today decrees that a clergy
man cannot legally refuse communion
to a man who has married his de
ceased wife's sister. Notwithstanding
that such marriages became legal by
an enactment in 1 907 many clergy
men have refused to recognize them
as such.
Million Dollar Fire in Akron.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Akron, O., May 18 The Howe1
building, one of the finest in Akxon
caught fire today. The firemen fought
hard to save it but it was seen from
the first that it was doomed. The
loss is estimated at $1,000,000.
VICTIM OF 6LACKH AND
Friend of Defective Petrosino
Assassinated
Italian Who Had Taken Part In the
Funeral Exercise of Petrosino
Killed Early This Morning as He
Entered His Home Had Received
Threatening Letters.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, May 18 Pioggio Puc-
clo, a Bchoolmate and lifelond friend
of Detective Petrosino, was shot and
killed In the hallway of his home on
tho fourth floor of 321 East 7nth
street early today by an agent of the
secret blackmailing society which
was responsible for tho assassination
of Petrosino in Palermo.
Puccio was a leader In the funeral
arrangements and in the plans for
the benefit of Petroslno's widow.
Repoatedly, the police say, Puccio
had been warned' that he would meet
a similar fate If he did not cease his
aetivlt'es. Just, before the funeral
it was said, he received a card bear
Ing the emblem of the secret society
"This is the last warning," the
card read. "If you don't stop, we'll
stop you."
Puccio paid no attention to the
threats.
Puccio was groping his way after
midnight through tho .darkened
hallway leading tohts apartments
when the assassin, larking on the
floor above, fired at him. The first
shot struck Puccio In the collar
bone, lodging In the region of the
heart. Puccio toppled over dead.
In a second the tenement was in a
panic. Women, screaming hysterl
cally, rushed about the hallways
with frightened children clinging to
them and seemed at a los$ to know
what to do. i In the uproar the assaS'
sin escaped, and the police have no
clue to his Identity.
Puccio was secretary and treasurer
of the Corteleono Ho, 446 branch 'of
the ForeStere of America. ' On May
IS, the day of Petroslnb's funeral, he
organized and led a delegation which
accompanied, the hod, to the grave,
REPUBL
CANS
AND DEMOCRATS
GET TOGETHER
Have Conference on Income
Tax Measure and Unite
on Plan
KB. TAFT APPROVES
Senators From Both Sides of the
Chamber Who Favor Inconie-Tax
Hold Secrrt Conference and Com
pare Their Differences A Com
promise Bill, Having Some of tho
Features of Both the Cummins and
Bailey Bills, and Klimlnatlnji Some
Will be Offered President Taft Is
Said to Have Approved the Work
of the Conference.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, May 18 It was
learned this morning from an excel
lent, source that practically all of the
republican and democratic -''senators
who favor an income-tax bill met In
secret conference at tho capitol last
night and thrashed put the subject
with the view of adopting his par- -
ticular bill which they are all pledged
to support. The conference is said to
have been most successful, it having
been practically decided to adopt a.
compromise of the Bailey and Cum
mins bills. It was agreed that the
graduation feature should be aban
doned hnd substitute a straiRbt per
centage basis to apply in all casus.
The proposed bill will provide for a
tax on corporations, a feature whicn
was omitted from the bills now be
fore the senate. Those interested In
the new movement have so far kept
their identity and the fact of their in
tentions secret. It was admitted this
morning that not every one of the
senators who favors an income-tax
was present. The nanies of those in
terested will be withheld until oth
ers whose co-operation is desired
shall be induced to join the move
ment. It is the expressed hope of the
conference to pass the Income tax bill
at the president session.
President Taft .was this morning
Informed of the proceedings of the
conference last night, and it is un
derstood expressed his approval of
the movement.
COXVICT RKTI RXS TO PRISON.
Out on Parole, Hut Could ot Get
Work and Asks to be Taken Back.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Auburn, X. Y., May 18-"A con-
viet has no chance to get work In
this country at the present time, and
I have to live, so I asked them to can
cel my parole."
So declared Frederick Austin Find
lay, a burglar who was released from
Auburn prison a year ago on parole
for good conduct, and who voluntarily
returned to the institution today.
HO wrote to Patrol Officer William
Powers a week ago from Watertown,
saying that he was discouraged and
wanted to be put back In prison.
There was no alternative, so Powers
brought the man from Jefferson
county and he was rc-rommlt,ted to
serve six months unexpired on a term
of two years for burglary committed
in October, 1907.
THE CHARLOTTE
CELEBRATION ON
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Charlotte, N. C, May 18 The first
day of . the celebration of the
one hundred and thirty-fourth
anniversary of the signing ot the
signing of the Mecklenburg Declara
tion of Independence was formally
initiated at noon today, the. celebra
tion to culminate in an address by
President Taft Thursday. .
Four companies of the Seventh In
fantry from Fort McPheraon, Ja
and Troop E, Eleventh Cavalry, from
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga are here. The
announcement that Mrs. Taft will
not be able to attend has caused
much regret here. , - f ,"
President. Taft'i address Is eipecfc.'
ed to resound in Important declara
tions regarding his policy toward the
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