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Bme. Associated Press Service He 1 i- Tt Associated fP Service Vol. LXX. No. 26. . The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS , Dojble the Number of Paid S hit of findings WATER AGAIN ' VERY SCARCE REPAIR 0 America Not so Sad as She Thought Asks In junction Against father i 5 n. BEING BUILT Sub Text-Book Commission Is Finish ing Work of Reviewing School Books Submitted AN ADJOURNMENT LIKELY llids Not to I"' Received Tomorrow s Planned Rcrause Of AhNCIICC ol One or Two Members of SI :tt Hoard Will Take Action day Sonic Healings May be Held lor Hook Iloprosoiilativos. The sub text-book commission will tomorrow hie its report ol lis work with the lull commission iind tho adoption ol text-books mav In) low in a few days. -The siib-cuininisslon lias boon, at work lor several weeks examining t ho various hooks ami and much interest is centered in .. their report It is understood that the state commission will not receive liids to morrow,, but will ailiourn over un til Monday. One or two -members nl the state board ..or 'education have -other, engagements this week and all cannot ho present,' it is under stood, until Monday. At that, time, however, action mav be 1aken. The probabilities are that some thing interesting mn.v develop at. the meeting of both the state and sub commissions. All book companies were warned not to do anv cam paigning for their respective books or to attack other hooks after June I. : It is said thai this rule has not .been followed slrictlv and several of the representatives, of companies whose books have been indirecllv at tacked may ask for the privilege of refuting any charges. No member of either commission would discuss the matter todav, but it is under stood that a hearing will bo given representatives of companies. It is not known whether the hear ings if such should lie demanded will bo public or private. There is an impression that somebody has violated the rules of the commission, and if any book publishing house lias suffered from such criticism though not. official, of course--represent at ives of that house will be given an opportunity to make state ments. , At any rate, there is unusual in terest attached to Hie report of the sub-commission and the toint meet ing ol the two commissions. Steamer Ashore. New York, ug. . 2 The Monlauk Steamboat. Company has received word that, the steamer Shlnnoock went ashore near Sag Harbor on the way here. Hie Rhinnoock grounded in the soft sand, and la in danger. She will soon be oated it Is expect ed.- . . T Population of New York. New ork, August 2.-T:ie popu lation ol his rltv, August 1st, accord ing to the lioal'h department, was estimated at 5,1 00,000. OUTBREAK IN HAITI Washington, Aug. 2 The quick ness with which tho United States throw a cordon of vessels about the Haitian Coast was due to the im pression in official quarters that con siderable anti-foreign feeling existed in tho little republic. No outward explosion against foreigners has oc curred, but officials here believe se curity of foreign life and property there lies in the presence of war ships, . Registered Heat of Lava. New York, August 2. The Car negie foundation scientists have just succeeded in teating the temperature of boiling lava from volcano Kilauea Hawaii. A hyronjKer, lowered Into the lava registered 1,850 fahrenheit. It. Is the first time the heat 6f lava has been recorded Tavlcabls Pay Big for Privileges. New York, ugust 2. -Taxicab companies pay hotels, clubs and re staurants $362,000 a year for per mission to occupy the streets front ing them. A munclpal investigator reports that one hotel receives ?30,-000. Mrs.. Archibald S. While, hca'ililiil wile of the iPMed New 1 oris hanker, who has been reconciled 1 Ikt IiiimIiiiikI, lollow nig -a separation I hat was attended by interesting circumstance!-. Mrs. While lell her husband last May to go to Paris anil Ijvc, the ct cut being celebrated h) them with n luncheon to their lii.-iuls when she took (lie steamer, that she saic and inarlislic and thai she intended (o file sml I'M- divorce soon. However, ntlcr a lew months ol it, of reconciliation. She will return to VARDAMAN HAS LED Jackson, Miss., Aug. 2--Rclurns received up to nine this morning in tlie .Mississippi primary election yes terday in ihe I lilted Slates senator lal race, give former (iovernor James K. Vardnmaii, a lead over holh ins competitors. ( oniplole rel urns are in from five -hundred' voting places and the vote cast was 47, 1 Jo, divided as follows: Vardainan, 21. 5KS; Percy, 111, 071 ; Alexander 1 I.S77. Tills gives Vartluinuii a lend of 2,1.1411 votes over both. C. II.- Alex- iniler and Senator l.erov I'ercy. It (Ins ratio is maintained Vardainan should liave majority ol all (lie votes fist, making a second primary tin neoessnry and assuring the former governor the United States senate seat.. . .- . ai daman's lleclion Conceded. That, former (iovernor James K Vardainan received a sullicieiit num ber ol votes m vesterdav's demo crat ie priinnrv to insure his election to the I'mlcd Slates senate is prac tically conceded this atternoon by all fact ions.- At "hoon Vnrdaman was ahead of the conilnned vote of C. H. Alexander and Senator l.croy Percy by ifi.OOn, with indications that further returns would Increase this lead. -- Docli Miloror.s Threaten Strike. Londoi , August 2.-England's meat trade was, seriously threatened with a strike of twelve troifsand dock la borers at the London docks as the result Oi a wage dispute. Twenty steamer:.;, carrying cargoes of dressed beef frj u America w ere unable to discharga their cargoes because tne situation row Is acute. Meets at Lake Geneva. Lake Geneva, Wis., August 2,-r-Rev. J. Campbell White, Col. Klijali W. Hal To rd and other religious workers of note are 'scheduled to ad dress the summer training conference of the Laymen's Missionary Movement,'-which' opened here today. The conference will continue its sessions until Sunday evening. AVool Rill In Conference. Washington, D. C, Aug. 2 The wool tariff bill was formally sent to conference when following the sen ate conferees were named: Penrose and Cullom, regular republicans, La- Follette, insurgent republican, and Bailey and Simmons, democrats. ( J I in New ork. Site inloriued linn, Ax-as tired ol America, lliat il is pro s!i(. was the lust (o. broach the siib.net (his c"uiily ncxl week. FLEEING THE CAPITAL Poi I u I'rinee. Haili.- Aug. 2 Presidi nl Simon is preparing- to leave llu iilv. Madame Simon. Iheir clnlilieii and luanv ol Hie president s lollowors have, already embarked on 1 1 ic I'ci 1'iiilire and Will trausliip to I lie sleamer .Alenianiii iis soon as she arries I lie revolutionists cut mains and '-Inn oil the cilvs waler supplv. The follower- ol (ieneial I'irniin. one of the l evolul Kiuarv leaders, occupy all iinpoi-laiii lKisii.kms in the. capi ta l-.'. '''-'"" ' I'nc wen- killed and six wounded in li-Jiting on tile waler Ironl. I' ir !n:; (ontinuc:; Sauii l.o and ins es cort, in inaged lo emliark. I lie min islers ol the I n Med States. Ooruiany aiiil 1 i nice notilii'il rresidenl Siinou '.hev would assiiine- responsibility for (lie iclusal ol (lie National Malik of Haiti lo (urn ove rtlie goveiiuneiit funds of the Simon administration, which is considered as having lalleti. THE REPORT INDICATES GIANT COTTON CROP Washington. Aug. 2 - Reports on the growing cotton crop for 1911 re ceived by the department of agricul ture to indicale that the yield this year will bo one of the greatest, If not the greatest in the history of the Industry. The condition of crop on July 25. as announced today, was 8!.l percent, of normal. This was nine-tenths of one percent, higher than a month ago and 0.7 per cent, above the average on July . 25 for the past ten years. Rased on tho average condition of the crop on July 25 for the past ton years and the average yield per aero for tho same period the condi tion reported today, if it should con tinue, would indicate a final total yield of 207.25 pounds per acre upon which thirty-four million acres, the estimated hnal acreage, allowing the abandonment of ii per cent, of the acreagd, means a total cotton crop of 14.093.000 bales of five hun dred pounds each. This estimate is unofficial. President Coining to Ricbinpnd. Washington. D. C. Aug., 2 Pres ident Taft. has accepted an invitation to address the good roads congress at Richmond, Va., in November. Situation In Raleigh Now But Little If Any Better Ban Three MAYOR URGES ECONOMY People Are I rged to Practice Strid es! I.conoinv in I c ol Water I nsellisliiiess Should 4 iimr lo l-erc in Prcscnl Silirilion ( onsimip (ioii is Much I. a run- I li.-ni Supplv ol. Olds Investigates. Mavnr .las. I. Joliiuon this atlernoon aulhorr.ed Hie lol lowing statement with regard to the -water siluuiion; "The. waler situation is posi tively critical, and. white. n may lie worse, the milv hope oi re lieving 1't is lor I he ( iiizens ol Raleigh to practice Hie shlctes: 'economy in the use .of. waler. ft all the people', will do -iheir ..pari. we mav be tided-over ihe present situation :liev do the ( on ! rerun; 'I he and I he ci! v tin thing possible, should feel it In In such nn emer: bur unless "(jiK ni-e.; ma waler peoph" ilftin:.' ever-. l-.verv citizen d I' v to help W illi onlv SOU. (Mil) laRons. ol wa ter flowing down Walnut creek and with the citizens ol Raleigh, using 1 .t!",n.(ino gallotii-' il il:n . .the-, water, situation has again reached an acute si.age. 1 tlless the people ol Raleigh show a bettor disposition lo save (Continued on Page T wo. 1 STREET CAR EXTENSION First Dirt Was Broken This Afternoon Tvw and One-hall .Miles ol New Truck Will Soon he Placed Line Completed I v December I Some pacts About (lie I'.vtension Plans ami Park. (round broken al 2 oiloik p. tn. oil die ( oiinti v ( lub street car ex tension, l lie In sl w ork being al a point one and fine-half miles from the end oi the;' present tllenwood track. .-('. ('.... I ai-obs has Ihe coniracf tor . eii" ire line and . 'leer lias the suli-cotiiiail lor grading. The con- tracliir.s canii is located on lop of the hill near ( ountrv ( lull grounds al a point midway of heaviest grad ing. "; TTie car line, after passing . t lie Cowper house, will run in an air line to a point live hundred teet back . (Continued on Page Two.) This Date in History August 2nd. Ifi84 Treat v of peace concluded at Albnnv between the Colonists and the Five Nations. 1704--The English and Confeder ates, commanded by the Duke- ot Marlborough, defeated the Frencn and Havariaiis at Blenheim.. 1802 Ronaparte elected First Consul tor li to. 1 81 1--William Williams, a signet of the Declaration of Independence, died at Lebanon. Conn. Born there April IS. 1S:!1. 1812 The Constitution . sailed from Boston on her famous cruise. 1820 Sir John Poso, Canadian statesman, born. Died August 20, 1888. 18110 --Charles X. abdicated the throne of France and retired to Eng land. 185 4 if. Marlon Crawford, fa mous American novelist, born in Florence, Italy. Died In Sorrento, Italv, April 8. 190!). 1 8 (il Federal force under f ion. Lvon engaged the Confederates at. Dug Spring. Mo. 1862 Orange Court House, Vir ginia, taken by Qen. Crawford, of Pope s army. 1882 Reglna made the capital of the Northwest. Territories. 1910- The strike on the Grand Trunk Railway was ended by inter vention of the Canadian Government. m 4 ff4l lfi4f .Mis. l-.laMfUev i-.-iekentl'i-ope, vuti vol (lie .ecrelarv tti the llillish l.mbassv in Japan, am! onlv daughter el M.-i or-(,enei al Daniel I-.. Sickles, Ihe ( ivil W.'ir veteran, whose suit lor an in iinicl I'm against her lather conies up lieloie the New oik supi'i me ourl loil.iv ( A ugiisl Llnd ) . Ihe ahair is shi'oiiili'd m invslerv. and Mrs. I rarkenlhi'ipe's attoviK'Vs have refused to say inivllimu aboet the nature or purpose til the suit. CONDITION OF COTTON CROP 89.1 PER CENT Washington;- .'idgiis'lVr..: Tie? condi tion nl' fae -fin t in i-ofi oil ctpp of the . I'lliteil Siaies. .lap. '.',lii, war K!i.l .. per ' !.!. o. It-.i-i! al. couii.ar.'t Vj,. Un,. u-niu. ,ei,m the cause of with 'ss.i per ( .hue- '..t li, 1 !i I I : : an. exoilus of Tar -Heels.'-. ATI .the won 7",.r,K r cent .: .1 'tty 2.'d:h last .year; ilers : ol' .1 hat '. gi-eali's-:-. of till suinmer ? ier cent- in. 1 'mil; 7li. l per ceu'.-, resorts will lie in their, fit 11 glot-v lit I lie a vcrage id pa -I I en years on .Hits, time a n I I hose persons and .Inly 2'itli: ;h-cii iliiiv lit -reports., of lln-n are lean;, wlm eonieuiidate Ihe , jiiteil '.'. rsnftes ;' Depart nient of liiakiu;; 1 1 I . v. : I nudonliiedl.y Ac.rieul: a re, a-.i-:-l . to ihe crop re- liiiye il"- lime. ..i i li t-i r lives.; port .ng. ;.bo:inl, '.rniiotineed ; lit , nu:iii .SpeciaV'e' M'-s. al-c to be pierat Kia j . '-;': '- ;' ''i"-.i li t i ii ti , :t!!r! . I !e- S'':ilii.iai'd'.ofices '; ...Jr.....;iJl: vi..L L-' ,'.' :, are . M t .-i K iii -i ' ; res'orvai iotis fr'apidlV. Pc. v l-'aniine at Pasaii:iiii. : ". 'i'hn:.e noinc on ;!!viV ir" ' sllould Pas. i'!i mi. ( al.. Aui'.ii. i f. I'a rie'l-i laei's -1 liaby faiiiiue. , T'lier" j are. inev w call py p;ope here f halt i ally pl.i e of. il ' -sie .in t lie wor.li',. I ( Inly I i.-ty'-idKhl- hi bies Were liorii iiii ring .luly. Slat isi ics say two li hi; dred iiai''cs mom lily ; is a tnininiiiei on'pei lei- a city baying a i i mi I;i t io i ol lorfy I iiousand. , Joplili,' . Wo., Aug. ' 2 ..losepli Clarv who has-been- entombed, sev-entv-five loot, liv a rave-in in White Oak Mine, near here, since Sunday morning was reached hv rescuers -thin morning. lie was alive .and well. When the Vlast '.'spadeful '-. of earl'i was removed liy the. workmeii in the shaft, mid they dropped through' info tho drill. Clarv throw -himself Into their arms and wept, while the shoips of thousands, cheering at tho mou'h of the mine echoed down the Shalt. No New Trial lor Dicgle. Columbus. Ohm. Aug. 2--.)udge Kinkead overruled the niolion for a new trial in the case of Roduov J. Diegle. former sergeant-al-arins of the Ohio senate, convicted on the charge of aiding In the alleged bribery of Senator Andrews. Tno Killed in Wreck. Clarksburg. W. Va.. Aug. 2- The New York nnd St. I.ouls fast train on tho Baltimore and Ohio was wrecked three miles west, of Salem, engineer Diinninglon, of Cirafton, and Fire man Huber were killed. Tho cause of the accident is undetermined,. "'i . ,1 5 f WPi 8 i Jt?V?f MANY FROM RALEIGH GO TO ATLANTIC CITY From jii-esein indications .Raieigli will: be we'l r-'preseiileil in Atlantic Citi between August l.o and 2:!. the low rate idac. ;i on by (lie Seaboard llu:.' no liuie in; iti.-i I. i ik: ..iheir respr ! va.tioii's. - .' Speeia) -''eepOrs w ill leave It -i-.-a on -i If. I-, August !i. irrrving ill:- A t la lit ji ' (..'it y :-s;un.c.' day. J. 'I'-he' roinni .',ri , ral-e' I'vom Kaleigh;. t l-'r.-iiiLliiitiiti. . I li'tuii i-.-- ti . Ovforil. i liMiliain, WtiKe forest, will be $11; S;r!i ! d. Mom -'lire and A pex.: $ I I . a0. a prjr e i e.t iainly : it bin Hie ..reach---of till..-'. ' "; '.- . . ..Any fMrt.h 'r jnfornial ion..; lor 1'iilt man .'wriill ion's, 'vie;, will - be "fn'!-liislteil-;-iipnti aiml iruHon I o Sen boa rd I iekel ( 1 1 I i I c '' ' ; . . vcti'rw i : i i : i : i to dkatm. .1. W. 'bitesell. of Pii kelpH Division e Inn ol l amp l.vplovion. Staunton. Va.. Vug. 2 ' J. W. WliileseU. 71 years did. a 'member of the. Nineteenth- Virginia in fa lit ry, who .lost a leg in rickeit's charge at Hei sburs. as so -badly burned last night from 'a., .lamp': -.explosion' 'that lie':died' williiii' ati liolif.; ..' ,. ..' He was . iilntie. in. t Ire iiouse a ;. d was sear-:-d front bead I o foot. The la nip . w. table on v iii'-li burned, but I he lire,- tier eveti f I lie ; w as : lyiiii?. - neighbor's-, who c s shattered and the il stood was part ly house did tint take e ma f t ing on 'which lie. was found by a tne iii answer to his ivies l! dl'ell. . siin i V ed by ' 1 h ree eh il- Nc lligbwav lo ross Missouri. '.'-. .iei'fersou City.. Mo.. August .2. (iovernor Hadley ami I lie State Board of Agriculture-gave a public hearing today on Hie matter of the proposed St;.te road to connect St-.'- I.ouls an'i Kansas ( n. I nree routes are under consideration. 'anil nearly 1','MMI diie gnfes reiresenting nunieroiis. .nil ien I'.iiil towns were on hand, to .Ii.rg.e the claims ol one or another ol the proposed routes. .', -.'':.:-- Raleigh and South-port Preparing Better to Take Care of Its Rolling Stock WILL BE FINISHED SOON Old Stalls limit .Many ears Ago for North Carolina Railway and Rai eigli Ji (iaston Railway Still Stand ing in lialeigli Oilier Improve incuts Iti ing .Made in Capital City. Ihe lialeigli and bouthport. Rail way is building east ot Us freight warehouse. a( Die southern end of iliniiigton street, a repair shop 100 hv loo in dimensions and It will he liillshed in about thirty days. The hiiililiue. will have metal sides and root: I p lo this time a temporary repairing -placi' lor engines and cars haa been maintained at the old en gine.' 'house ol ihe Southern railway, htit ihe new building will give much heller lacililieR for work.; - It is interesting lo know that the buildings winch were firsl erected as. stalls lor engines hv both, the Norlh Carolina railway and Raleigh A.- Gaston railway are now standing, though 'the-latter tor a number of years has not been :iised. It stands near the-Johnston, street station. The size and .construction of both of these buildings give an idea of early railroad davs . . ' Improvements are being made at the ( arah'igh Phosphate plant, so as to. got everything in shape lor work next season. This plant lias within the jiast two veins been practically doubled in size and capacity. 'i lie finishing touches are beinpf given the verv extensive improve--iiipii;s at (lie cotton oil' mills, includ ing u chimney ol white brick, new presses, separators. -".hollers, etc., the coniiianv having expended some $2.r, niil in these various improvements, wnieii win nrltig alioul an increase oi at least -twentv-hvo per cent in the output. . IIIII1S WOlllVOl' DI.AMO.VIW. Atlantic Cilv -Thief Snalclies Circlet o (,ems and hscapes. Atlantic City..- Aug. -2 -A young mail siei'ped from the. entrance, of lite Hotel 1 ravmoro sliorlly before II -. o clock .. last. ' night and snatched a circlet of diamonds from the In-east ol .Mrs. C. Scarlet, of Balti more, as she was about lo enter the hotel. The circlet, valued at $700 v. as made ot 'diamonds ..that, had be longed to Mrs. Scarlet's late hus band. .Mrs. Searlef and '-a 'woman com panion hud been for a walk on the lioardwalk and was returning to her Itolel. As tliev reached the entrance a young man jumped out . grabbed Iter pin and sprang down the steps, across Illinois avenue.- hack of the hotel W indsor. and toward the bcaCh where lie was uuicklv lost in the crowd. DECISION IN REGARD TO RATES ON WAGONS -Washington. Aug. 2 Freight rates on farm and lumber wagons I mm Hickory and Winston-Salem, N. ('.. to Port Roval. S. C. Savan nah and Hrunswick, On., and Jach sonville and Kernandlna, Fla., may lie lower, by the Southern Railwky' than to intermediate points: Tills permission was granted bv the Inte'ru stuti! commerce commission, In Order that the, southern - Railway ' mf?ht establish Ihe same rates to the point named as al present are made by other lines, thus placing the factor ies af Hickory, and Wlniiton-Salem on a shiping parity with Goldsboro, N.' C. " .''' -I iiii'; i-RMi: i, ist mi.ii. R id. iii the House I nderwood Stjf It Will He Agreed To. Washington, Aug. 2 The free listttaritl bill, as passed by the sen ... ....... .. .. .. . ... ... ... . am jmiciuii was reiurnoa io tne house today. It had been practically agreed In the house that the blllohall he sent to conference committee Im mediately. Democratic Leader Un derwood predicted that the bill be speedily agreed to andsent to the president.
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