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lie iMirtfhr JssoclMtd Press Service jbsoci&hd Press Service Oil I 1 1 ii ii ii ii ii - . 1 Vol. LXXI. No. 44. The Weather FAIR. . RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912 LAST EDITION ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. Dojble the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper CLEAN VICTORY FOR HI'CULLERS Wake County Commissioners Lose In Every Point In Celebrated Contest For Office THE OPINION UNANIMOUS Physician F.lectcd Superintendent of Health is I'pheld by Supreme Court in Kvery Contention ami Commissioners Are Shown to Have Acted Wrong; in he Matter Secretary of State Hoard of Health Has Right to Appoint- Commissioners Are to l'nss on Ac counts ami Comply With Statute Other ttpinions. Dr. J. J. I.. Meddlers and the. Wake county board of health! won a sweeping victory against the bonr.l of county commissioners in Hip con test for the possession of the office of county superintendent of health, the supremo court last evening re versing the order of Judge K. P. l'eebles, who held that the writ vof mandamus was not the proper rem edy for Dr. Ali-Cullers to pursue. The supreme court also held that Dr. I?., S. Stephenson, who was employed by the commissioners to perform the duties of the office, had not ova.i a colorless title to the office or any thing to Indicate that he was in possession of it. . The Act Constitutional. The effect of the opinion Is to In clare constitutional Section !) of tho health law as passed by the last leg islature. The higher court held that the mayor, chairman of the bo; rd of education and chairman of the county commissioners held their of fices as members of the health bot'rd by reason of their other offices, and that llw law merely imposed addi tional duties on them; but that It lid not confer another office. After citing numerous cases In support of this, the court says: "We could multiply authorities In support of these views, but deem it unneces sary." Has Right to Appoint. The right of the secretary of. the state board of health to fill a va cancy when the board of health fails to elect is also settled. The opinion was written by Justice Brown and was concurred in by the entire court. Fight ltegan Last June. The Wake county fight began last (Continued on Page Four.) -A. v& V. 1"UL '' J ! fc?v V Jl'DGB M4BEL IiELL. Covington, Ky., Feb. 22. Mrs. Mabel Van Iiyke Bell, Kentucky's new I'nlted States commissioner, has entered Into Imt new Judiriul ofllce with a dignity tlutt has gained the reinm. of the people J the state. Al ready Judge, Bell has passed uiion the cases' of numerous offenders against the I'nlted State government, and so fa rail the offenders brought before her have been adjudged guilty by their fair Judge. Thlrty-flve years .of age, pretty and the proud mother of two llttlo boys, the Mrs. Judge Bell at home is vastly different from the. Judge Bell In tlie court io"m. Her bearing on the bench does not inspire ono with a desire to commit contempt of court, DAVIS AT SCOTLAND NECK Will Speak There Next Sunday Move For Clean-up Day. t Special to The Times.) Scotland Neck, Feb. 22. It is ex pected that Rev. 'It. L. Davis, super intendent of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, will be here Sunday, the 25th, and deliver three addresses. The question is already being asked if Mr. Davis will pull off his Kaleigh and Charlotte stunt, and Borne say there Is plenty of op portunity in these parts for him to obtain something to work upon, it being declared that it is just as easy to get whiskey here now as it was under- the bid dispensation. It is hardly probable, however, that Mr. Davis will undertake to create any sensation, but there is no telling- what will take place. With the approach of the spring the question of cleaning up tho town is becoming prominent, it is suggested tljat the good women bond themselves together in a society and appoint a day for every one to spend in giving their premises a thorough cleaning up, thereby putting the town in a splendid sanitary condi tion. 'There is a growing sentiment here in favor of the organization of a building and loan association. The (scarcity of houses has brought Hip question prominently in view. IMI'RtU F.MIOMTS AT DUNN Modern City Improvements Will Bo Made Including Paved Street. Dunn, Feb. 22. The town fathers have been having nn interesting time for several night, consulting with .Mr. Gilbert C. White, a civil en gineer, in regard to putting in sewer age 'for the town. The last general assembly' gave the town authority to issue bonds for the purpose of sewerage. It has not been definitely decided just when this work will be taken up, but wo will soon have many of the modern city improve ments, Including paved streets. Mr. J. W. Whitehead purchased the Moses Tripp property on Broad street yesterday, giving $4,300 ijjj hlS ' purchase'.' "There Is a wooden store building on this lot now, but Mr. Whitehead will soon begin the erection of a nice brick building. PRESIDENT WILL REPLY TO ROOSEVELT Washington, Feb. 22. The presi dent has extended his forthconiins trip to Chicago. Ho will stop at Toledo and speak to the chamber of commerce there on the night of March 8th. This probably wMl be the first of a series of speeches re plying to Roosevelt. Taft, it is said, felt that Roose velt gave him the opportunity to make his position dear without in dulging fn any personal attacks. The president has speaking en gagements in New York, Ohio, Chi cago and New England. Others pos sibly will be made for him. Five Steamers Ashore. Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 22.- Five seamers were swept ashore In the outer harbor. It was tho worst storm that has swept the coast I:i many years. The blow began last night and continued unabated. No lose of life is reported. MOO GUT DAMAGES Trip-Hammer Plaintiff Wins In Suit Against Boiler Company (Special to The Times. ) Ore'cnsboro, Fob. 22. Orec.ns boro's famous "trip-hammer" case was finally decided, in so far as dam ages are concerned, in superior court late yesterday afternoon when the jury returned a veidlct after be ing out nearly 24 hours, lim'tug . 1or the plaintiff and awarding damages in tho sum of $2,500. Th.? -cacr was entitled J. It. Moorelield vk. The Standard Machine anil Holler com pany and grew out of the ciiiera tlon by the defendant company if a ceitnin boilrr-rivctin;r device lniov.ii as a trip-lianiiiier. The comnlaiuaiit, who, upon the Institution of lie cause, secured before Judg- Allen an injunction rest rainiii!; the de fendant from further operatioii of the hammer, maintained that the noise made by the trip-hammer w.is destroying the peace and happiness of his home; that it was having a damaging effect upon the health of members of his family and that his children were being rendered deaf as a result of the noise. The case was begun last week and much evi dence for and against the trip-hammer was introduced. The verdict of the jury finding that the defendant company maintained a nuisance through the operation of the trip hammer does not mean, however, that the case will end in superior court or that the company cannot continue to make usa of the hammer in the futherance of Its business. It Is a fact, however, that if the su preme court affirms the verdict and award of the lower court that any further use of the trip-hammer would be fraught with financial danger and that an attempt would hardly be made to continue opera tions with a $2, 500 award and an adverse decision staring the Boiler and Machine company in the face. It is learned here that Peter Ker nan, convicted before Judge Boyd in I'nlted States district court -at Ashe- ville last year and sentenced to 12 months in the Atlanta prison, has been paroled. Kernan was convicted of violating the law relative to eleomargerlne and his case is in teresting. He is an old newspaper man and for years did work in New- Orleans. In Asheville he manufac tured a "butter" that had a wide Bale. It was said to be a really de llcous product and was sold liber ally for "East Tennessee butter." Then the federal authorities got busy and Kernan got in bad. Incidentally the manufacture of "Fast Tennessee butter" had a prompt termination. And herein lies the interest in the case. The patrons of Kernan's but ter insisted upon that and nothing else. The contended it was the best butter made and became angry when deprived of the product. Good Doctrine, Says Hoco'evclt. New York, Feb. 22. Theodore Roosevelt returned from his Ohio trip "HowM they treat you?" he was asked. "Bully," tho Colonel ejaculated. "I had a first clas-i ilme." "Your speech aroused con siderable comment," was suggested. 'Good, sound doctmie, he replied. OSPINA RECALLED Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 22. Gen eral Padro del Ospina, Colombian minister to the United States, was recalled by the Colombian govern ment this morning-. The Colombian government took this action because neither the government' nor Colom bian people upheld the position taken by Ospina at Washington, in notify ing the state department that Secre tary Knox's visit to Colombia would be 'inopportune", owing to the fact that the Colombia's claims in con nection with Panama had not been arbitrated. The government's notifi cation says Ospina is "separated" from his post at Washington and the incident between Colombia and the United States is thus closed. Colombia, will continue to maintain her International policy, GQSS IS HELD ASAWIK Solicitor end Coroner Want Young Man to Appear Before Coroner's Jury Monday Morning SOME NEW EVIDENCE Ten Hays of Probing by Solicitor anil Other Olllceis Likely to Ke snlt in Sensation at Impicst Mon ln lielief That Benson !-,. IScalh Due to l-'oiil 'Play . 4,roVN With 1'Iach Dny's Work (Joss e-iiii-cil to Put l' I, Mio and - in Jail. Fate W. floss of Darham was ar rested '.by Countable liynim (bin af-U-i'iKMiu and held ay, witness be fore the coroner's jury Monday ai 10 o'clock in the Investigation of the mysterious death of. Fted Moruignn, Hugh I'oi ter and Alton--"'Johnson, who lost their lives in Frank Wil son's apartments between the nights of February 4 and ,7. (loss could not raise a bond of if l.iinti and is in jail, - ... .'." This action followed a long and thorough examination of doss by Solicitor II.' E. Nori'is, Coroner Chas. A. Separk, Constable I). It. Ilyruin and Senator O. A. llarher of lien son, the latter employed, by relatives of the young men to assist in the prosecution. Goss was in the office of Solicitor Norris from H o'clock to 2 o'clock. Goss was a witness at the first investigation and testified to going to Frank Wilson's place and making inquiries about, the young men. At this time he said lie did not detect the odor of gas in the Wilson build ( Continued on Page Seven.) Oklahoma City. Feb. 22. Wood row Wilson sui'i'.jiters in the demo cratic state convention held here to day proposed to Champ Clark work ers that Oklahoma democrats send a divided delegation to the Baltimore convention Xi agreement was reached. Firemen Will Vote on lietter Work ing Conditions. Chicago, Fib. 22. Representa tives of liienn-n -'employed on fifty one railroads in western United States and Canada have decided to take a vote on the demand for liet ter working -conditions and shorter hours. Two months will be devoted to the vote, with, thirty-five thou sand participating. May the first the same representatives meet here to count the ballots. Then the rail road officials will be asked for a joint conl'ereni c. CASH REGISTER OFFICIALS INDICTED Cincinnati, Feb. 22 Thirty of ficials and employees of the National Cash. ' Register .-.Company, llaylon were indicted' by the federal grand jury, charged with violation of ,l:t Sherman (mil-trust law. It is charged nearly all the company's competitors have been bought out or driven out of business. The Adams F.xpi'ws Company was indicted an eleven county, charged With attempting to collect more than the established rate. Seven Cincinnati manufacturing firms were indlc.ed charged with attempting to secure transportation lower than the established ran s. Indictment of Kvpi-ess Company. Washington, ,1'eb. 22. Indict ment of the Adams Express Com pany is tho first of what probably will be a series of Indictments against various express companies for exacting from the shippers more than the published rates. No gen eral campaign against the companies has been instituted by the interstate commerce commission, but the com mission purposes, through the de partment of Justice, to make an ex ample of some companies for alleged violaUons. VARNER HOT AFTER STORY DenicsEmphlically Story Pub lished This Morning About Ucderwood Candidacy '( S,et;i.il: to Tin- Tiinos. I .. -koxfngi on,-N.-: C;, Feb.. .22.-.. When liked about the j-.tor.v published by the l!:ilei-:ii News and Obsetver Ibis moruir.ii to The effect that the Un derwood po;pe are trying t" name Mr. K. S. i'a. lier, of Gi-ahrtm. as tiieir candidnte for d-)i-enu to the ! national deiuocratie ' c.i t ion, Mr. H. ;. Vaiti-r saiil : "Thi! "f'tui-y til;:, the Underwood if-i:di ba il- :-i i-i ,i-ii: Mi-. K. K.. l!ir. ker as candidate-for delegate to the natioiKil ci.nvimt i -. 11 i: libsola'.i-l;. fu'-H'.- The inatli-r i : t'ol cue of any I'.ii'al. . imi.oriani-e exi eiil a:-, it slions I he kind 1,1' tru-l i s Hi.- jlKun peo ple' are eiiiilo uim; at Washim-Jon. Let uie .call yii.ir attention to' the wt.i'iiiitg 1,1 the artii !.-: "'The story- of one of their' pet projects leaked out. today. The Un cierwood organization, of which 'Colo nel Vainer is commander in chief in .North .Carolina, is 'planning to run Mr. K. S. I'arker, of Graham. as a delegate to the national convention and they are counting on the. streng.h which they .propose to de velop in North Carolina to elect Mr. Parke.', as the story is told." Now 1 have not seep Mr. Parker in sev eral years, i have never received a letter from him, nor a telegram, nor a telephone message nor any sort of communication of any kind whatso ever, and the idea of attempting io elect him a delegate to the national convention had j.ever entered my head until I saw it in the NSws and Observer. 1 have nothing in the world against Mr. I'arke:-, whom 1 consider a very estimable genlleman, but 1 just simply had not thought of him. I do not even know who is his choice for president...- If lie Is indeed an Underwood man I would be glad t J see him named as a delegate, for he has the ability to fill the office Willi credit to ;he state. "That 'p(v project"', story Is bound to have been concocted by the News and Observer correspondent and none other. Of course it is iier lectly plain why his name of all others was dragged in. .Mr. ' I'arker is a brother to Air. Junius Parker, who i.s counsel to the American To bacco Company, and the Wilson peo ple hoped later on to delude the people into thinking thai .-Underwood is in scue way entangled with thy to haceo trust. It is ;i notorious fart that the Vushingt011 '''correspondent of the News and Observer is a paid employe of the Wilson campaign bu reau, and every letter he sends out is Wilson li.erature masquerading under the name of news. The fact that, .he has -descended to villilUation and plain falsehood is p'reof ' plenti ful .'that, the Wilson force in North Carolina a.-o getting scared, anil badly Reared at tlmt. "This statement has been called l'ot;h by the necessity of nipping their scheme in the bud. The Under wood forces arc not going in'o a c.tmpsiigh of iitud-slinging. Our candi date is a democrat, a si.uthern deno i;:';it, pure and undenied. and he needs no ii:"st iona'ule tactics to holster up Irs campaign, lint while we expivt to -support our Caniliilnlc wl h the simple truth alone, others shall not ujistv;it -e.ienl hiiii with im punity." VELOCITY OF WIND BREAKS ALL RECORDS New York, F(d). 22. The gale from tho southwest which swc,pt the cast last night This morning attained 1 maximum Velocity here of ninety six miles nn hour. This breaks all records, the previous high wind velocity being eighty-three miles, four years ago. The telegraph com panies' officials say it was one of the hardest nights on tho wires In the country's hlBtory. Wire service Is generally demoralized east of the Mississippi. Snow is falling. Wire less reports state three barges are adrift between Montauk Point and Block Island. One barge was sunk. A revenue cutter was summoned to the other's assistance, i HARMON WIOKS ECONOMV Federal mid Says, Local Governments, Are Too Costly. He rrar.Klort, iy., ceo. ;:.--nuv -Gov nor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, too. warned the Kentucky legislature anil all public oftiee-holders to analyze their own records to see just how much they were responsible for the unrest that, he said, was making a demand lor innovation in go-eminent in general. Governor Harmon spoke briefly at today's session 111 answer to a recent invitation of the legislators. He said, in part: "I believe, tho reform most sorely needed now is in administration better results, at less expense. ; "It ought not to co.-i a iiiil.pn dollars a year, or more than $11 for each man. woman and child m the country, to -niaititain the federal gov ernment, with its limited functions. ."Those of the state, county, and city, which are much more numerou:--and-expensive;, cost together but lit (ie more per head, and dial: is far too much.' "We need other 'reforms, but tills would bring iiiick -r. greater, and more -general- relief than any. other. And red net .'on of the tariff taxes, wllh euro and economy in public rx pendil uresv w hieh go hand in haul, are the p-ady means to secure-it." "i ussr.n Tci i iiiMi-: Hr.lkeio in Ciinl'i-,.e-l r Attempf to lloli I'assenger Train Keyser, W. Va., Feb. .'22.--Fared A. Heeker, the freight b'-akeniiin, wlio confessed he was the man, who Monday night, held up' the. New York and Si. Louis express on die iialti- tnore and Ohio, says he had no ae- coinpliec. lleiker's age is twenty. He said be was coniim d in the gov- erninent hospital for the -'insane. -at Washing.on and should have been kept, there. He explained his mental weakno-s to intense hettt -.experi enced 'while a fireman in the navv. Hecker is now lodged in '"Oakland, Mitryland, jail. l!li.nnl in Ohio. Cleveland, Feb. 22. A blizzard has gripped northern Ohio. The wires are down. There is much suffering.'--' Traffic is crippled. THIEF BILLS WILL BE GIVEN HEARINGS Washington, Feb. 2 2. Democrat io tarifl revision measures will be as signed lor heating before the senate tinatii e committee, as last lhev are sent over liom the house. The adop tion 01 this plan bv the regular re publican leader is tho onlv progress the senate has made 'ii arranging for disposition ot the lug -tariff prob lems. With the chemical tariff re vision lull, passed bv the house ves tenlav. and scheduled lor rctoroiuv to the finance committee by tin- sen ate todav, there are two measures listed for the senate hearings. The chemical hearings nrobahlv will be gin March; i A ' AM f. " til XKW I'NITKD STATES Jl'DOK. The Honorable Malilon Tltney, Chancellor of the state of New Jer wy, who hon Iwen apptdnted by Preddcnt Taft to the supreme court of tho I nltcd States to fill the vacancy caused by the deaUi of AssocUte Justice John M. liuilun. - SEVERE WIND RALEGH V Raced i. ly At Velocity of 48 Miles An ,oiir Caused Some Damage to Wires and Trees ASHEVILLE HAS SNOW Mercury Tumbles Twenty Degrees in Mountain Metropolis and Snow is I jilling There Big Drop in Tem perature in Kaleigh Telephone and Telegraph J'eople Had Work Today Trees and Hheds anil Window Panes Demolished in Somes Cases. Sweeping over the city at the rate or 4S mile's an hour, in some cases leveling sheds, fences and trees and beating a hard rain to the ground, a regular gale of a wind last night left much to be done by the telegraph, leeihone and electric light people today. The wind drove straight from the west. It moaned and creak ed like a wounded ship in a storm, and hundreds of people slept little during u night of anxiety. : - . The rainfall yesterday and last night amounted to .06 of an inch, and the mercury, as in sympathy, tumbled from its high estate to freezing. The day dawned bright and clear, but with a slight gale. The telephone, electric light and telegraph people had men on the job bright and early and it was promised that all wires would be in operation in a few hours. Large trees fell sprawling. On ilillsboro street, just east of West street, a large tree broke n, the ground and caught hold of a fellow tree. Had it . fallen in a L-outhern direction a two-story house would have been splintered in the center. A few large limbs tumbled in the capitol square; several wood en sheds came down as If In response to a recent city ordinance; the shed over the sub-station at Method was lilted oft ; w indow panes were smashed m several places in Ral eigh. Idttle Damage, Telephone inquiries to points in the country brought the Information that little damage was done. Trees were uprooted in some instances, but there was no loss of life. Toll Linis Doun. The long distance lines of the Capital City Telephone Company were rendered helpless, but the lines within the city were not damaged much. Linemen were dispatched to the seat of the trouble and the dif ficulty in transmission was soon re moved. The Kaleigh Telephone (Continued on Page Two.)
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