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1 5f& mates it mm E Associated . Strvict Vol. LXXI. No. 36. ' The Weather-FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. .rM"M .... 11 i Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper LIQUOR CASES ARE HELD OVER Preliminary Hearings to be Held Friday M 1 net "' Morning in Office of Justice BYRUM CAPTURES SIX Constable Land W. C. Poland, Who Completed Six Months' Senteiiee in December Police Justice Wut con litis Poland Aircsted in An cillier Case Two of Defendants in Jail, Hut Others Are Released on Itond. Justice of the Peace E. M. Bled soe today continued until Friday morning the liquor Belling cases worked up by Constable Byrum against W. C. Poland, Dave. Hinton Will Hopson, Tom Morris, Rufe Pul ley and J. H. Harrelson. The cases were scheduled for , to day at noon, but the continuance was granted so that witnesses might be present. : Bond has been required in the sum of $100 each and all the men except Dave Hinton and Will Hopson are out on bond. Immediately '..'after the arrest of Poland by .Constable Byrum, who was assisted by Deputy Sheriff Har- ward, Police Justice Walter L. Wat son had Poland arrested on another charge of retailing. The man gave bond In the sum of a00. He may bo tried In police court this after noon or tomorrow. Harrelson was also arrested by , yie, police. An Old Offender. Six alleged blind tigers, five of them white and the other colored, were gathered into the toils late yes terday and last night through tie efforts of Constable D. R, Byrum and the police officers. W. C. Poland, one of the number, is said to be the boldest beast of them all. Poland was sent up for six months by Judge Connor in federal court last June. When arrested by the government officers he did not have a federal license, but he straightway took out the necessary papers and continued to sellbooze. Judge Connor, however, gave him ' six months. When Poland completed his sentence he Bet up a "Cash Grocery" on Wilmington street, and was hauled in late yesterday by Con stable Byrum and Policeman Wyatt. Ho had a preliminary hearing be foro Justice of tho Peace E. M. Bledsoe this afternoon. The Others. Dave Hinton, colored, arrested last night, has also served a sentence for selling liquor. , N. J. Harrelson, white, who con ducted a placo on Smith Blount street, was another of the alleged unlucky tigors, who was pinched by Constablo Byrum. - Tom Morris, a liveryman on Mar tin street, was arrested by Mr. Byrum in Justice of the Peace Bled soe's office last evening. Tom faced a serious charge last fall, that of re ( Continued on Page Two.) AT SCOTLAND NECK (Special to The Times.) Scotland Neck, Feb. 13. Yester day afternoon a very serious, and It is feared, a fatal accident occurred, at the home of Misses Mary and LUzie Smith, when their sister, Mrs. Thomas F. Robertson, of Twin Falls, Idaho, who, with her, three children, Is visiting here, was badly burned. Mrs. Robertson v was standing In front of an open gratewhen her clothing took 0re, and before assist ance could be bad, she was almost entirely enveloped In the flames, ahe being severly burned from head to foot.' . : Physicians were hastily summon ed and rendered tier as comfortable as possible, and they foar her In juries are more serious than at first, appeared. . A sister of Mrs. Robertson, Miss Llzsle Smith, was badly burned about the hands in her efforts to 'extinguish the flames. ' , Mrs. Robertson was formerly Miss Natalie.' Smith,- ' a .very popular ' young lady of this place.- ' A RAILROAD Charter Issued to Corporation to Build Line io Moun tains A charter was issued by the sec retary of state today to the Yadkin, River Railroad Company. The ob jects of the company are to con struct a railroad from Boone, Watauka county and then in an east erly direction through the counties of Watauga and Wilkes to the town of North Wilkesboro, a distance of 45 miles. The authorized capital is $225,000, being $5,000 for every mile of railroad. The affairs of the company will be controlled by a board of direc tors. These are: C. H. Cowles, Wilkesboro; W. J. and G. M. Grandin, Tidioute, Pa.; J. T. Hen derson and H. C. London, Lenoir, and T. B. Finley, North Wilkesboro, Two other charters were issued today by the secretary of state: M.'D. Yeiverton Company of Foun tain, Pitt county; general merchan dlse; authorized capital, $25,000 with $6,000 paid in by L. D. and J. R. Eagles, M. D. Yeiverton, L. R. Bell and R. T. Nowell. Star Drug Company of Star, Mont gomery county; authorized capital, $10,000, with $3,000 subscribed for by Jonah and Ernest Leach, E. C. Poteat, E. Lee Dameron and others. ARRESTS WILL BE MADE Indianapolis, Feb. 13. Whether arrests will be made today in the dynamite cases is uncertain. The district attorney admmltted that all plans for taking Into, custody the de fendants, numbering about fifty Everything is in readiness for the readiness for the awaited signal to make arrests simultaneously in dif ferent parts of the country. $240 GROWS INTO .MILLIONS After Tears of Toil, Mining Man's Lurk Turns at Last. Tacoma, Feb. 13. Joseph Hous ton, 50 years old, had only a $240 "stake" two years ago after many years passed in the mining camps of Colorado, Nevada, the Klondike and Tanana. He had made several small stakes, but had lost them in other deals. Then .luck. changed, and today he is worth several million dollars. He is on his way to New York and will sail for England February 21. KILLED ItY TKillT COLLAR Sufferer From Indigestion Dies When His Neck Swells. Norwood, Mass., Feb. 13. A tight collar caused tho death of William F. Dillon, whose body was found yesterday in his room at a hotel here. The medical examinerwho viewed the body, said that the man appar ently suffered from an attack of in digestion, which caused a slight swelling of his neck, and the collar choked him to death. He was 46 years old. Nomination of Swain Withdrawn. Washington, Feb. 13. The nom ination of Cornelius P. Swain, as United States marshal for Delaware was withdrawn from the senate. This action followed hearings. when the wholesale bribery charges in the Delaware election of 1904 were aired. ' Will Hold Directors Responsible. Washington,, Feb. 13. Comp troller of the Currency Murray has announced he would strictly enforce the law holding national bank direc tors liable for losses sustained through loans In excess of the legal amount. Prominent Alabamlan a Suicde. 1 Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 13.- Major A. C. Sexton, former state In surance commissioner' and one of the state's best known men, killed himself at his. home here today. Mr 1.' 8;1 Parish Is critically 111 wrth pneumonia a '- his home In Cary. .- .'- ; TALK OF ROAD From Littleton to Hamilton, Marten County Proposed lioad Would Open I'p timid New Territory Claude Kitchin lit Home. , (Special to The Times.) Scotland Neck. N. C, Fob. 13. it is learned on good authority that there is a possibility of a railroad being built from Littleton, in thi northern cud of Halifax county, to Hamilton, Martin county, touching Brinkloyville, Enfield, Scotland Neck Palmyra. In conversation with Mr. A. Paul Kitchin, this writer was told that a gf ntlemi'i. was here some days ago looking into the advisability of such a road. Ke told Mr. Kitchin that while he did not represent any of the big railroad systems, yet there was plenty of private capital behind the 6chenie, the same promoters hav ing built several short lines in Vir ginia last year. Mr. Kitchin tells your correspond ent that the proposition ' is if 'he towns along the route will furnish the blueprints, which will cost about $5,0u0, the road would certainly be built, provided an engineer who would go over the territory covered by the proposed road, recommended the same. Mr. Kitchin also stated that as soon as the weather cleared up and spring opened, he would call the people of the town together and put the matter before them. Tho writer has already heard sev eral business men express the opin ion that it would be a big tiling for this place and other towns along he route, and that it would pay the business men and property owners to put up the required amount of capital, as tney no doubt could save enough "the Hrst year in decreased freight to more than reimburse tUetn. Hon- Claude Kitchin, 'who was summoned homo from Washington D. C, because of the illness of one Of his children, is still here, but ex pects to return within the next few days, his child Laving recovered from an attack of pneumonia, or is pro nounced out of danger by the "'phy sicians attending. . The largest snow in several years fell in this section Saturday night, it being estimated at from eight to ten inches deep. Sunday morning tho Baraca class of the Baptist Sunday school adopt ed suitable resolutions of respect and love for their late teacher, Mr, E E. Milliard, ..who died on February 2nd. The Baraca class of the Meih odlBt Sunday school sent resolutions of sympathy to the class. Tho pastors and executive -board of tho Roanoke Association will meet in tlio Baptist church here tomorrow. REPUBLICANS WANT HARMONY Denver, Cola., Feb. 13. Tlio re publican state central conimitteo will meet in Denver today to fix a time and place to select delegates for the national convention and to harmon ize, If possible, the standpatters -ind progressives. , A banquet, tonight, addressed by former Senator Albert J. Beveridgo of Indiana, is part of the harmony program. CHINESE SOCIETY RECONCILES TONGS San Francisco, Feb. 13. A Chinese republican association, organized by prominent Chinamen for the purpose of representing the new Chinese government in this country and incidentally to put an end to murderous highbinder out breaks, induced the four warring tongs to meet today and sign an armistice. The new organization probably will be the most powerful Chinese society in America, as it will Include In its membership all Chinese free masons, who constitute ninety percent of their race In this country. Brandt Before Supreme Court Justice New York, Feb. 13. Folke E. Brandt, former valet of Mortimer L. Schiff, banker, was brought here from Sing Sing this morning, before Bupreme Court Justice Gerard, on a habeas corpus writ, to determine whether" the valet was illegally sen tenced to a thirty years' term in Clinton prison for burglary. The at torney general will ask the dismissal of the writ, so the governor can re view the case. i A & m BALL SCHEDULE QUI Raleigh Will Get Sixteen Games Regular Practice Soon A. and M.'s nvU'-dwl-v for this spring's baseball i.- out before The public." There arc i i -niy-one games signed and two dates open that will be closed in a elsor:-time. The schedule v. ; i delayed on ac count of the new m n p.a i;-r bavin;; to sign all the eontiact,-; and a great number of them had been signed. Manager ' McGee I.j.s arranged a schedule, that wijl allow tho fans of Raleigh to see some, real baseball this spring... The team will play sixteen games in Raleigh. Practice-will .start, as '.soon as'fhe snow melts and tin- ground gets hard enough for the "fellows to stop tile pellets. There have been a ''great- many fel lows out for the leaia ko far and as it gets--warmer -the lover Will .begin and here will be a great ' number of the world-be stars who will don their armour and descend to the field of battle to loose and some of .'them to win. The regular practice will start on the 22nd of February and then the squad will have to he reduced to twenty-seven men. This means tli.it all of the wold-he's, will have to let (Couilnued on Pace Two.) TING OFFICE Commercial Printing Co. Gets Touched There' Happened to lie Only Ninety, eight Cents in the Cash Drawer und That Was Taken Thieves Break Through a Window During the Ni:;lit. A ninety-eight cent robbery was tho program at the -Commercial Printing Company's plant on East liaigett street last night some time alter nine o'clock. - The thief, or thieves as the case may be, entered through a 'bari window,.' after bending the iron bars that had been fastened over the window for protection. There was tinety-oight ."cents in a tin box. lock ed in the. drawer of a desk which was in the middle of 'the front' ollice, Theoffice scissors .'were used to break the' hnltnin out of the money drawer, Inn ihis 'attempt being . un successful, the lock wjts sprung back enough to ;' the drawer '.open .and the cnc.li wiiss.-iheii 'very .-easily lifted from the tin i.. ...There was a gash cut in the i in -box" when the robber was workim; on; tin; bottom of the drawer. Mr. Weaver, manager of the Com mercial I'rintii g Company, says that so far at; lie knows,- there Is noth ing niissin;; but the small amount of cash. File police tfnd detectives already have the case in hand. ROOSEVELT TAKING TIE TO ANSWER New York. Feb. 1 3. Theodore Roosevelt l oilijy received the letter from eight governors asking him if he would accept : the presidential nomination.. Itoosevelt is giving the letter careful consideration. He said: "I shall reply within a short time, probably within a week. .-Un til then I can say nothing on the subject." JAMES K. POLK DEAD Direct Descendant of President I'olk Died Suddenly. " Paris, Tex., Fob. 13. James K. Polk, a descendent of President Polk, and a son of Bishop Leonldas Polk, first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana, dropped dead here today. His wife resides In Detroit. President Back Home. Washington, Feb. 1 1. Presldsnc Taft returned from New York this morning. The president' remained aboard his private car until eight o'clock, when he was driven to tho white house. warn mmm m MM ON Survey of New Railroad Be ing Made Proposed lioad .Will Jo By Way of Yoiiugsvillr Initiatory Exercises of Trinity College l-'i ateinities. (Special to The Times. ) Durham,-. .Feb, J - About . 1 .". miles of the preliminary survey of the- Durham and Danville . milroad h:ii.i iiovv been completed and the surveying' -.corns are puidiintx rapidly toward Danville from Durham.. The r, vcy War. begun several miles I -ort'i of Durham near the -Walts liosjital:- several weeks' at.o. The route will be surveyed by way of Yancey villc, the count v seat of Cas well, and will traverse parts of Dur ham. Orange, .person and Caswell counties in North' Carolina. The boys of the Durham high schooi wi'l deba'e with a team from the. V il tnfcj oii' school at; an early date. Negotiations have been under way between the .-cliools for some time, and the definite arrangements will be completed "within. . the' next few days. The annual iiiitiatorv exercises of the Trinity College fraternities were held yesterday evening. The Sigma- Phi Epsilons held their ex ercises in the I'yfliian hall. The initiates were P.. W. Evans, Cisco, J. H. Vow. Thomasville. Henrv Ware. Greensboro, E. 1!. Hond, (Ireensboro, Frank Norman, Chatham, Va. After Ihe initiation, an informal banquet was served at the Arcade hotel in honor of the new members. The Ki Isappa Alulia initiation was held in the lilks hall. The initiates were W. N. I'alton, "Morganton: L. L. Hoone. Wilmington : W. S. l.er Monroe; John English, Monroe, and Leslie Creckmore, Henderson. The. Omrieon chapter "of the Delta Phi Sorority hold the,'.-annual' in itiatory, exercises, in the chapter room on Watts street. The initiates were Misses Pearl Jones, of Lnim'n- burg; Alma. Thomas, Buchanan, Va.; Amy Muse, Durham; and Irma Tapp, kinston. '.The exercises of (lie Simga Delia .-"orority were held at the horn? of .Miss Est elle Flowers. The intiates were .Misses Katherine Thomas, of Martinsville, Va,, and Mary lterrv of New Hern. Kl(i AT COUNCIL First. Held Since His Return From India Parliament Tomorrow.. . " ' London, Fell. 1 :!.-. King (leorge presided at the privy council's hi'vl iilK, tlio first, held since his return from India. The king hoard Secretary of War Ilaldane'it account of the hitter's visit o 'Berlin, ,'. I'arli.anieiii's ,-(es- sion, o))-ning tomorrow, promises to momentous because of three import - int measure. - Home Rule, (iisestjh- manhood wufl'r'ij'.e.. Price of Itcef l;-aillati-( from liica;'o. Chicago, Feb. 1 3. --When .' the packei-.s trial was resumed, more tel egrams sent, by Swift nnd Co's of fices to eastern representatives were introduced to show that price of dressed beef was regulated from Chicago, BIG COIL STRIKE London, Feb. 1:1. A conference of representatives of eight hundred thousand coal miners in the United Kingdom, held here today, confirmed the decision reached during the re cent ballot to bring about the nation al stoppage of work in the coal mines February 2Hth, unless in thp meantime, owners accept the prin ciple of minimum wage for all men and boys employed underground.' JNCOLN "APPOINTED OF iOI)' Rev. James Montgomery So Describes the Martyred President in Sermon. Washington, Feb. 13. "Heredity falls to explain Abraham Lincoln," said the Rev. James Montgomery, In a memorial day sermon at Metropoli tan Memorial Methodist Episcopal church last night, "so we must there fore conclude he was the appointed of God." Dr. Montgomery compared Lincoln to the politicians of the bloody-shirt" variety, and said thero would have been less blood shed In the war had the reins of the government been In the hands If men like the martyred president. 'V Double and Treble Taxes the Result of Lack of System Detroil. .Mich.. Feb. I 3.-- -Double, treble ami sometimes . even - quad ruple ' taxation of the same property is a frefueji( result of loose tax laws in llie I'niteil Slates, according to Herbert Knox Smith, commis sioner of corporal ions. Mr. 'Smith spoke, on taxes -lie I'd re the Michigan Manufacturers" Association here last, night, telling something of what his bureau has learned by gathering facts about the tax systems of seven teen states and arranging them in a standard form of comparison. Lack of cooperation between the slates and the absence of .centralized administration in'-most of the states, .Mr, Smith, blamed largelv for the unsatisfactory conditions. Under the laws of various states, he Said, taxes were levied upon the person himself, upon his income, upon his securities, upon his capital, and upon his estate when he dies. "Tlie result is chaotic and 'in equitable," declared the commission ed. 'The subject, .'in our form of government, is extremely difficult; but a few of the states do at least recognize, that other .slates 'exist and (Continued on Page Two.) Washington, Fell. 13. Realizing the danger to American residents in .Mexico from the circulation of er roneous press 'dispatches, telling of proposed intervention by. the United States, the state department has is sued .another circular to its diplo matic and consular representatives in Mexico, denying "all foolish stories" about American interven tion and expressing the good will and sineerest .friendship of the Unit ed States for Mexico. :H.HT-DY CAMPAIGN Men and Religion Forward Move incut Opens in Charleston.-' Charleston, S. ('., Feb, IS. The eight-day campaign of the Men and Heligion Forward. .Movement opened hern auspiciously, yesterday.' Several greal jeass-nieet ings were held yes terday bv the international leaders, who are here to have part in 'h" program of me great .Men and Re ligion Convention to be held at the Citadel Sunnrc. iiap.lis: church, -February 1 1 1 . The convention, opens at !i S'ti a., in , Tuesday and runs through Wednesday evening. Charleston is the headquarters tor North and South Carolina and ad vices h;:ve been received front all sections of the two states of '.he coming representative pastors and laymen lor this event. In fact, there will be delegates.' from1 Georgia' v well, although these were expected to go to Atlanta. ..Everything is -'n readiness for the opening of tlie '(in vention, and there is no longer any doubt that it will be one of the most remarkable religious., gatherings ever held in the south. KlXti HONORS (.KEY. Ordei of the (ini-ler ISestowcd Upon foreign Secretary. London, Feb. I::. -An almost un paralelled honor was bestowed by King - George on Sir Edward Grey, escretary of state foi foreign affairs, by. nominating him 10 the exclusive Order of the Garter, to which only members of royally and nobility tire eni clled. The king's act has created immense speculation throughout the Hrilisli Isles. It is nearly two hun dred years since this mark of royal favor Wits conferred upon - a com moner. Commerce Court Again Interferes. Washington, Feb. 13.- On appli cation of the Florida East Coast rail road, the commerce court granted a tcnipoiary Injunction restraining the Interstate commerce 'commission from enforcing its 'order reducing freight rates on citrus fruits and vegetables to Jacksonville and other basing points lu Florida. IHE FUMY I The State Association Will Meet in Feb. 21 COL. FINLEY TO SPEAK Many Prominent Men Will Itc- Hero and Speak at the Convention Col. W. W. Finley, President of the Southern Railway, One of tlio Speakers, and There Are Several Others of Prominence From a Dis- " tnnce as Well as Local Speakers General Discussion nnd Question llox. The second annual convention of the North Carolina Forestry Associa tion is to be held in Raleigh, on Wednesday, February 21. Many prominent men have been invited to address the meetinf of tho various phases of this great subject, and a very interesting and instructive time is expected. The following tentative program lias been arranged: , Program. Opening Prayer: Rev. Charles E. Maddry. Address of Welcome: Gov. W. W. Kitchin. Response. Address of the President: D. H. Hill. Reports of secretary and treas urer, Appointment of committees. ' Cooperative Fire Protection for North Carolina: Mr. J. G. Peters, U. S. Forest Service. Enforcing the Present Fire Laws: lion. J. R. Young, Insurance Com missioner. The Railroad's Part in Fire Pre vention: Col. W. W. Finley, Presi dent Southern Railway. What Improvements In the Forest Fire Laws Would be Advisable: Attorney-General T. W. Bickett. The Value of Local Forestry As- sociations: Mr. M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway. The Southern Pine Beetle and Its' Control: Dr. A. D. Hopkins, U. S. , Bureau of Entomology. Fire Protection in the Sand Hills: Mr. Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst, N. C ' The Spread of Chesnut Hark Dis ease: A member of tho United States Unreal! of Forest Pathology. The Stock and Forest Protection: lion. Hugh Macltae. Five-minute talks by the vice presidents on subjects of special in terest to them or. their districts (In sect Control, Conservative Lumber ing,. 'Planting, Furniture 'and For est ry, etc. I . Illustrated lecture - Practical For estry for the Southern Stales: An official of the U. S. Forest Service, : Discussion after all addresses. : Question box for all enquirers In afternoon. Among those who will answer questions, besides the gen tlemen on the program, will be the (Continued on Page Two.) Atlanta, Gu., Feb. 13. :Nearly ono thousand business men from all parts' of tho south -are attending, tho Southern Merchants' Convention, opening this morning. Matters per taining to commerce and all kinds of Industry in the southern states will be discussed at the two days' meeting. J. G. Anderson, of Roek Hill, S. C, originator of tho "Rock Hill"' plan of cotton acreage reduc tion, is one of the principal speakers. DIE TRYING lO SAVE BROTHER Little Vllou Hud Slid Out to Thin Ice on His Sled. ( Phoenixviile, Pa., Feb. 13. Fred erick Bader, aged 12 yearB, and Ms brother Carl, aged 10 years, were drowned In tnj Bchuyklll- riveT ys terday whilo attempting to rescue their 8-year-old brother, Albert, wno had slid out to th'.n Ice on the center of the river on a sled. ' ' ( 1 Albert was llnally rescued by John Dolnyak, aged 17 years, but the brothers were swept under the lc before help could reach them, SOUTHERN BOB
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