- j.!.wVj Vol. LXIX. Np. 105 The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C.; WEDNESDAY, MAY 3,. 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper rag NEW OFFICERS TAKE IIP WORK OF IKE CITY '"'.', i i Mayo ir jas. l. Jobnson and Aldermen Are Sworn In By Retiring Mayor First Act of New Administration Is to Invite Gathering; Here in Hand some Auditorium- Hillsboro Street Bridge Matter Again Board of Audit and Finance Wants Services of Mr. Glenn For Few Days, and Mr. Wilson is Acting City Clerk- Proceedings of Boards. It is now Mayor Jas. Johnson, Po lice 'Justice 'Thomas Badger and s new boacd of aldermen. Today at noon, amid the best of feeling, the. old administration pre sided over by Mayor J, S. Wynne .went on the rolls of local history and the new -administration, headed by Mr. Johnson, took up the duties where they had been dropped by the retiring officials. It all occurred in less than twenty minutes. Mr. W, W. Wilson will act as city clerk for a few days by request of the board of audit and finance and Mr. H. E. Ulenn, elected city clerk, will con tinue to be clerk to the financial board for a few days. This arrange ment was made in order to give the board of audit and finance a clerk until another could be chosen. Mayor Wynne called the old board together promptly at 12 o'clock by the city clock which was fast' and after a communication was read in rogard to the Hillsboro street bridge . lie proceeded to swear in the new officials. Police Justice .Thomas Badger was the first to take the'oalh. Then came the aldermen, those from the First ward being re ceived first. In their order they are: First ward Clarence A. Johnson and Alexander. Webb; Second ward K. D. Peebles and J. C. Ellington; Thd ward W. A. Cooper and Geo. M. Harden; Fourth ward Jos. G. Brown and J. Sherwood Upchurch. Neither Mr. Harden nor Mr. Urown wero present to take the oath, but they will be sworn ill at the mooting Friday night. . Mayor-elect Jas. I. Johnson was then sworn in.; He stood In front of the retiring mayor and received the path and this best wishes of Mr. Wynne, ' There wero fifteen or twen ty spectators In tho room at the : time. Knter the New. With Jlie swearing in of the new officials, a motion, to adjourn was carried. Mayor Johnson walked up to the seat he vacated two years ago for Mr. Wynne and called the new board of aldermen together. ' There was more handshaking, the members of both administrations shaking the hands of Messrs. Wynne and John son. "Welcome to our city, brave boy," said Alderman, J. Sherwood . Up church to Police Justice Badger. "And you also have the last rose of summer with you that bloomed again. You remember what they said." Mr. Upchurch was referring to himself. For Conventions. . : Alderman Webb moved that, in (Continued From Pnge Two.) CITIZENS' TICKET i IIS IN E. CITY (Special to The Times.) Elisabeth City, Nl: C., May 3. Tho democratic primary held here yester day resulted In a landslide for the citizens' ticket in which that ticket won seven out of eight aldermen and the mayor by big- majorities. J. B. Flora was nominated by, a nia- ' Jority of 103 over Dr. Zenoa Fearing, the present mayor; T. P. Nash and MY Owens were nominated for alder men in the first ward; M. N: Sawyer and J. C. Commander in the second 'ward: W. T. Love and W. ,T. Old third ward, and C. H.. Robinson and E. R. Outlaw in the fourth. J. T. Spence was nominated city treasurer over O. H. Wood and W. B. En Good win. J. B. Thomas was renominated chief of. police. ' Tho clllanna' tlcknt - also nominated the board of control. Where Conferences Will Be Held and the Bishops Bishop Boss Will Hold the Two North Carolina Conferences, the Western North Carolina at Hlntcs ville, November 8, and the North Carolina "Conference at Kiiisto., November 22. (Uy Associated Picks.) Nashville, Tenn., May I! Among the conference assignments and dates announced by the college of bishops of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in session today are Bishop Wilson, Virginia Conference Salisbury Md., November 1 ; Alabama Conference, Pensacola, Fla., Decem ber 6, Bisiiop Morrison, Western' 'Virginia Conference, Loisa, Ky., September 6th; Illinois Conference, 'Worden, Ills., September 21. Bishop Hobs, the Western North Carolina Conference, Statesville, N. C, November 8; North Carolina Con ference, Kinston, N. C, November 22nd; Florida .Conference, Gaines ville, Fla., December 13. Bishop Kllgo, South Carolina Con ference, Bennettsville, S. C, Novem ber 22. ,. Y. .'':' Bishop Murray Japan Mission, Arlmak, Japan, August :! 1; Korean Mission, Wonsan, Korea, Septemhy? 21 ; China Mission, Shanghai, China, October 12; Baltimore Conference, Itoanoke, Va., March 27. . Bishop I.anibut.1, Brazil Confer ence. Petropolis, Brazil, July 20; South Brazil, Uruguayana, Brazil, August 17; African Mission, Septem ber 30. : ; Y Bishops Waterhouse, Mouzon, Mc Coy, Hendrix, "''-Atkins, and Denny were assigned to Western and South western fields. WATKINS FOUND GlfltTY Jury Finds Him Guilty of Manslaughter F. C. Watkins Kiled John HiU Bunt. ing, of Wilmington,1 in the Glad stone Hotel at Black Mountain Walklns Also Wounded S. P. C. Collins, of Hillsboro. (l!y Associated Press.) Asheville, N. C, May 3. The jury in the case of State V. Watkins, charged with the murder of John Hill; Bunting, in a Black Mountain hotel about two years ago, after be ing out all night, returned a verdict about 9:311 this morning, finding the defendant, guilty of manslaughter. The tragedy occurred in the Ho tel Gladstone when F. C. Watkins, marshal of Black Mountain was summoned to the hotel to attend to two guests who were said to be drinking, frightening the guests; They wero John Hill Bunting, of Wilmington, and St P. C. Collins, of Hillsboro. Watkins entered the room and he alleged the men assault ed him. He shot twice, killing Bunt ing and desperately wounding Col lins.' He was tried a few months after the killing. The result was a mistrial. Since then the trial has been continued from term to term. Kl'MPl'8 CAUSED' BY JOKER." Genuine Nickels Turned Into the Treasury as Counterfeit. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 3. Some lively joker in the Middle West has caused the banks, the Treasury, the Secret Service and a lot of other folk a heap of trouble by spreading a story that the government coined no nickels in 1910, and that every five-cent piece in circulation bearing that date must, therefore, bo a counterfeit. - The facts are that the mints click ed Off 30,169,353 nickels, real and genuine, during 1910, and about $1,- 000,009 worth of those coins are in circulation. For the fast two days the Mint Bureau and the Secret Serv ice have been besieged with calls for help from banks of the Middle West. Many of the genuine coins have been turned into Washington as counter feits... ' Two Men killed By Dynamite. Cary, Ind., May 3. 'Two men were killed and the leg blown off another when dynamite exploded in two cars of work train. In Kirk Switch Yards. Tho then wore sleeping In cars, X Isk r Y?!?k - 'V &t' -'fflMmk'ik -rl" Wk iVi ... wmwmmkr I al Kdwiii'l 'I illicit, president of the National Packing Company, who 'Is fighting- every effort ot the Helm in. vestigitting committee of the Illinois .State Legislature to bring him before it for testimony regarding the alleg ed Ijorlnicr "slush innd," ot which lie is said to have been one ot the col lectors. Cited lor contempt ot the committee tor his relusais to appear before it, Tilden secured a habeas corpus writ bclnre the warrant could be served upon linn. When it was served, he was under arrest exactly one minute and then was treed by the writ, it has been made evident that tie committee will have to do some ditllcult iiinnociivrcing to drag Tilden bclore the members and make him tell what he knows about his part in the alleged crooked work that "put I,orlmci' over." ATJIERICtN BIRTH RATE Interesting Analysis By the Census Bureau 1 Comparison ot the Number ol Chil dren Horn to Immigrant and Na tive Born "Women Poles the Most Pt-olilic and English the Least. Washington, May 3. From infor mation collected bv the Census Bu reau on the population schedules of the twelfth United Stales census in 1900 Dr. J. A. Hill, chief statistician of the Division of .Revision mid-Results .of the Census Bureau, has pro pared for the Immigration Commis sion a report on Hut Iccundiiv of im migrant women in a published ab stract, or which the conclusions are drawn that fecundity is much great er among the married white women of foreign parentage than among the native parentage; that it is usually greater in the first generation of foreign-stock than in the second, and that it is, on the whole, greater in rural districts than m cities. It. is shown also that a high percentage of childlessness prevails among mar ried negro women in Northern cities. The sections ot the United Slates selected for this stud v were tho State of Rhode Island, the city of Cleve land, O., and 4S largely rural coun ties in Ohio; the citv of Minneapolis, Minn., and 21 largely rural counties in Minesota. Rhode Island Is a com pact Eastern State, with a popula (Cuut'.zued on Page Two.) ARE IN SESSION HERE With welcome and other, addresses this morning the -State tamp of Wood. men of America 'began a busy ses. slon in Itulelgh. The meetings will be concluded tonight with u smoker and the election of, .delegates to tho head camp at Buffalo. Mayor J. S. Wynne gave the vlsltkrs. a fine looking set of men, ft welcome to Raleigh. It was the last official act of the retiring mayor, and he save the Woodmen positive 'assurance of their welcome to the .city. Mr. James R. louHg, In surance commissioner, talked to the Woodmen oTi the insurance feature and fraternal, relations. Governor Kitchln was Invited to speak, but he was un able to be present. The meetings are held in tho rooms of the chamber -of commerce,- FOR PARCELS-POST 4-: Democrats feean to Pass Bill For Establishment I It W ill Vol Limit Service to Rural Routes Home Members in favor of Passing it at Present Session. : ' l By Associate! Prey.) Washington, I). C, Mav 3 The democrats of the house intend to pass a parcels-post bill. '1 he proposed leg- lslation will not limit the service to rural routes.- This legislation was , not a part of t.io original programme laid out by the 'democrats tor t;ns , session. It would be going rutaer tar to tav that there is a final de cision on the part of the democratic leaders to undeetake the legislation at this session,' but. they sav the probability is that, -alter i;in other items on the original -legislative pro-: gramme, have been disposed or. a bill tor a parcels-post will be passed. 1 hese leaders say t:iat : they have Irom from the first had in mind the prospect of a parcels-post bill, but not until the regular session. How ever, many of them are now convinc ed that it will be' good business lor the into take up. parcels-post w.iile the tanner has Canadian reciprocity and the democratic lice list on his mind. 'Speaker. Clark has said taat lie has every reason to ' believe that a par eels-post law will be in operation be fore this congress ends. He raid 11: at he realizod that tae senate had always been untriendlv to such leg islation, but he believed the situation in Unit bodv was now s"ch as to war rant the belief tiiat, it the house passed a bill, the senate alter some delay, would accept n. I he speaker added t.iat lie supposed there was no doubt that the house would pass such a lull, it not at tins special session, certainly at tne regular session which will open in December. Parcels-post legislation will nave easy sailing in the house of represen tatives. 'J he house has always been In taVor oi legislation of tins sort. Herel.ot.bre the senate has been op posed to the establishment ol an ex perimental parcels-post on rural mail houtes. But the old senate is no more. Most ot tne senators w:io were so bitterly opposed to parcels post legislation have been retired to private life. In their places are men. some ot them republicans, some dem ocrats, who favor the introduction ot tae parcels-post system. The new chairman of the senate committee on postoflices and post roads, Senator Bourne, of Oregon, lit an advocate of the parcels-post sys tem.. It is not at all certain that a majority ot the members of the re organized committee on poKtofMc.es and post roads are in favor of tae proposed legislation, but tae legisla tion is undoubtedly stronger with the committee than ever before. For many. years Senator Putt, of New York, as the bead of one of tae lar gest, express companies, was un doubtedy influential enough to block parcels-post legislation every time it made its appearance in the senate. KLONDIKE OPENING! CP. Spring lias Begun and Miners Are Al Work Big Vleld Expected. (Uy '.Associated Press.) Dawson, Yukon Tenrtory, May 3. ' Spring cleaning up in-the Klon dike district has begun. Water is runnig everywhere. Hydraulic plants are getting Into action. Miners are washing out winter dumps. It is believed the gold output this year will be the largest in years, esti mates placing the probable yield in excess of five million dolars. Last vear s output was four million. FOR EQUIPMENT (U- Associated Press.) Nortolk, Va..' May 3 The Sea board Air Line Railway was awarded the following equipment contract In volving $2,000,000; one thousand box cars, two hundred gondolas and thirty-six caboose cars by the Press ed Steel Car Company of Pittsburg; ten Pacific type locomotives, Amer ican Locomotive Works; ten heavy combination locomotive fire yard engines, Baldwin Locomotive Works. Milan will have by the end of this month a new pneumatic postal tube system about twenty thousand feet long .;'.'.'' ;.'-'. -v'.:"-' '" r-:'::'' k .4 ! : 1 'Tl "W,X I A I WLi::: -WT.. .. ' . : -Y'lSR .:: '- raV If mmm. mm MM, tmmmmi w-: mt M ..... - ..mT!v.j If.W.W.'W . to w1' I iiiircs Dai id Rowituakoit, ot Ha waii, ho has had the honor ciui tcrrcd iiion her bv King George or being the only American to receive an olliciul invitation to altend the coroiiaticn in ,luiie. IScliig of roynl blood, ns she is the widow of a lla waii.ui irince, Princess Kowuniikoa stands on tin equality with the other princesses ot the em-til. Except the lew American duchesses anil peer esses who have given up their citizen ship upon niiirrving into the I-.iigish in istoi racy, Princess Koivaiiakon will l.e the only American lo witness tile crowiuii'i ot King George by rovnl roiiiiiia"d. SCENES l THE COURT Violent Verbal Dual Between1 Witness and Prisoners Nicola Mona, Denounced as One ol Hie Actual Assassins ol ( uoccolo mid ite, Inccd His Accusers To day 1 iirbulent Scenes Kusue. I By ( able lo I he Tunes. ) Viterbo. Italy. .Mav 3 Nicola Jlor ra, denounced bv lieniiaro Abbate liiaggio, as one of .tint ucnial assassins ol' Ccniuiro t-itoceolo ami vile, laced liis accusers in court today; Their exchanges of words provoked a scene So violent that President. Biauchi sus licnded the. sitling. : The defendant stood .'.lietore I he iudc.es bench ami was prevented from springing at toe liil-iriner s throiit unlv bv iiitervi-ninc carabineers. Jlcrra s associates in the prisoners pen alternately cheer ed li i tit and cursed ins trudnccrs. Again Abateniaiigio described the murders, indicating t he part taken bv Morra. ' Your whole story is ab surd." shouted .Morra. "If true, I .must have been an Idiot. , If i were an idiot 1 would not hate been chosen to organize crime. The truth is, vou are a miserable epileptic: now in abnormal condil Ion. A .verbal duel tollowed between the liilornier and the accused. I nev exhausted their knowledge ot the Italian lan guage, expressing hatred and con tempt lor eacii ot.ier. the other prisoners behaved like mad men. (Continued on Page Two.) THE NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATION IN 1913 By Associated Press,) .': New.; pi-leans,' May .8 A .' national eU-bratioii in 11113 to commemorate the opening of the Panama canal will Lie styled -""United Americas 1U1I1 celt-tlu- southern t.ouiiiiercial (Mngri-ys. was decided yesterday. Tin- event will be styled. ''Unlcd Americas 1913 cele bration,'' and will iurlude pageants. conventions, anil excursions to the Panama canal. Disagreement Over Glover W ill. Cambridge, Mass.. Mav ; Dis agreement was reported in the bu- preme court bv the jury which has been hearing evidence in a contest over tho will of Clarence V. Glover, Hio murdered Wnltham laundryman. wWmillfW: -i TROUBLE FN JERUSALEM Parly of. Excavators Cause a Riot iwA' Inhabit the ( it v Aroused to the Points 'ting Ibe luikisli tmvcviior ,tiu ' on the SI reets in the tor Supposed iv '', -itv I roliiiialor. 'tf (fly r.ibl. io Tin- Tini.l .Iciiisalein Palestine, .Mav In- .lalntants are aroused io t.ie point ol noting by tne ojierations (il an Lit:?. li di Arcimulogist party, acesed ol ex cavating' bpiieath the", iuviolable iii esq tie oT'Onuir and removing relic. - reputed to im hide the art; of the covenant censer and other 'sacred vessels belonging to the :. tribe's of Is rael. . .:'..iiy lie.' , the Tui-lvish .gov- prtior, was inolilied on t he streeis for spiosed complicity in the , prol'an- tion and Hooted iis a "pis." .'l'.ie inosfue was closed and closely guard ed, pending tne arrival tr im Con stantinople of. government oliicuils who will maiie nn invesitgation. I he exiiedilion wor.eil two years beginning' -at the village of Siloani. which lies southeast of .ierusaleni " on the southern.. slope, of Olives., over looKing the valley ol Kedron and the pool ot'. Siloiini. The explorers are ( red it ed wi'li excavating a passage from t.ve. 'pool of Kiloam toward t:ie pliiee where once, stood Solomon's Teiniile, bti ijt in. I 0 1 2.,'' !. ('. The ex liloiers, according, to alleged coiifes fions of guards of the niosiiue, bribed the guards; entered the mosijue and alter digging on six nights, spirited away treasures, the w hereabouts of which, - says Arabic papers, "none knew, except God and these iiiinli.sh." .hsterv surrounds the expedition. I ' is reported t.iat wcaltav Eniilis.i tnen and Aniericiins torined a svnili cale, of which the Duchess of 4litil lioroug.i. v.'.io w-as Cousut-Uo ';mder bill, was a member. . ANOTHER NEW BUILDING Nr. Vass to Replace Structure On Fayetteville Street .lolly ii ynne Ji-weliT ( oiupiiiiy to Have Handsome New (nailers Soon Will Occupy Shepherd Budding in Mciiiilimc. Air." William . ass is preparing to have erected two new- store rooms at l.'o . and -12S . l- avelleville street. The. building will replace tliat now occupied by: i.lie .lolly: & Wynne Jew elry Conipa'nj: al. I L'S- and the tiplowh office of the l-:xeclsloi: Steaiii 'Luiin dry Cii;np.i:i: iiiut . .Mr. 1!. ('. Cov.j.ei at. l-'i. The t;t,nici.ui:e will lie as high as I he oilier, buildings in the block anil will bu niodei-ii and trai-nve. : - . I he Jolly & Mine Jewelrv Coiu pan.v. which, bv the wa. has no ciiiued this stand lor i'l veins, will move into the building erected bv Mr. S". Urown Shepherd lor the Standard Cas i: llecliic (. oiiipunv at 1-4 l-'avetteville street. Il is not known where the other lonants ol Mr. Vas's's. building ' will be domi ciled. The new. building was plan ned, especially "..for Messrs. Jolly and Wynne-. and. they, will occupy1 it as soon as Completed, '.-.sometime- in the early fall.. it is safe to Say that this well known and thoroughly reliable iov elrv linn wil have one ol the nicest places in the stale. The now build ing will add much to ihe ' attractive ness ol I-avetlevil'e street, and at the same tune enable Messrs. Jollv and Mine io display their wares to the best advantage. ( arlhagc Klection. (Special to The Times. I' Cartilage.. N. C, .Mav the town of Carthage . held its election lor town otrieers yesterday, -.The result are as follows: ';.".; For .'Mayor Geo.' IV, llutiiber.-".'-t oniinissioners; .1. 10. Jluse. . H. Dupree. .1. H. McDonald. W. ti. Jennings, M. B. Jenkins. I hey will serve t.ie town lor two years. 1 . . .'.....' Shot AVife Then Killed Himself (Hv As-fiocnuc'l Press.) Chicago. Ills.. May 1-leeing nown ,tlie st ret to escspo her hus band, who. witu a revolver, was pur suing ner, Mrs. Joliu Bartowski. aged thirty-seven rears, was shot and mortally wounded. Her slayer, pur sued bv neighbors, sought, refuge in a house, where be Hliot and killed himself. jJ fjf f mm ON IN CONGRESS The Senate Struggling With Reciprocity and the House Laboring With Free List SHOE MAKERS HEARD The Shoe Manufacturers Heard by the Senate ( ommittee on Finance Today in Opposition to the Cana dian Beciprocitv Bill By Agree ment Itcuchcd 1 esterdny Objec tions Will Also be Heard to the t ree List Bill Hearings Will Ex tend Through the Week Senate Not in Session Today. (Bv Associated Press.) . -. Washington. M.iv 3 With the liousi-.struggling, io.ward a vote on the free list bill .and - the . senate finance committee ...hearing '.arguments on t'an-,iiii.-;.i . reciprocity, today, signllied. tho real 'beginning; of the: lYi-iff .struggle in the extrasession. Hitherto tariff leg-, isliition lias ..practically-- been confined lo the house. The shoe, manutactur- - ing iiit.-rt-sts. introduced by Senator l.a'f.illei,tc, held . the boards in oppost-. tl-iii tn ieeiprocity. By agreement cached . .yesterday objections are .-not 'imlineil to the .."reciprocity, measure, iili.-i.v but because of its intimate re-t hithinsliip to : the -entire- tariff question an- . i ' xteniled to include the free list iue..isui e, . The;. hearings., -..will., 'extend through the . wei-k'.. The snate was not in session . -today. It adjourned until Thursday,' Phe declaration tliiiL the ' trust" grips tile entire slioe niaiuitacturing industry, ofthe . United States was :.. niade before tho: Senate Finance Committee which began hearings on Ihe ( antidian reciprocity bill today. Miiiiutaciurers Irom ihe middle west told t he commit tee tney weri prac tically at the uiercv of the United Shoe Machinerv Company of Boston. investigation ot the United States steel Corporation, charged wita be ing a trust, was practically assur ed when the house rules committee voted to report tavorablv tne Stanley resolution lor a special committee to conduct, the inquiry. , Y The special ihiuir.v; is directed to whether business relations of , the Sleol Corporation with, other , con cerns, railroad or. olherwlse. result ed in lolal ions bv liie latter ol the auli-lrst, laws. 'The com mil tee is au thorized lo sii -during- recess ol con gress. Hearings may be continued through t.ie so rumor ( ailed lo Door and Killed. (Hv Associated Press.) Nashville. Tenn.', Mav ;! ( ailed lo the door ol his residencehear Dres den Jesse Workman a planter, was shot and killed. AV.ien the news ot t.ie -..murder reached here the prison blood bound was sent to take the slayer's trail. -Y Mvmlert Stan Dead. (Uy '"Associated Press.) . " .New VorK. .Mav 3 Mvndert Starll, son ol the late steamship magnate, John II. Slartl. is dead at the age ot sixtv-three c-ars. alter a long illness. I! i ( i-t w -niiide -by ; tin- fi.-rl jlizer in-: spi.-t-lors in t hv stu l.e : iigricull urhl de- p:iriiiii-nt iiirliciitc an increase lu acre iige of cottiiii jii-rccnt: of corn .5 per . i-i.-m: it. ilvi-it-iisi: in ucretige of ' to-. hacc" s per cent: large increase ,in I ho 'amount, of fei tibzor to be used on torn: '. wh-nf. slight increase in acrc- isc. condition aboiii as last year. All report meal damage to the fruit crop from frosts. ' Big yuttiitity of Opium Burned. 151 Paso. Texas, Mav 3. A hun dred and httv tiim:iud dollars worth of opium seized nt different times by custom officers was burned yes terday tinder Deputy United Statos Marshal Hilclebrand's direction,

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