North Carolina Newspapers

Associated Press Service - -rj 1 Vol.LXXI. ;N6. 80. v The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE 'CENTS. ' DuMe in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper - . ..........-. t - . . .. tlOSELEY IS i y ' q m " y y Important Witness In Triple Death At Prank Wilson's Place Is Released From Jail $1,000 IN CASH REQUIRED II. I. Hicks, Employed at Wilson's Cafe, Deposits Money and Sheriff Releases Witness From Jail De fense Preparing Case for Jury Relutlvcs Visit ttoss in Jail . Lumber Man Was fllnd His ISond Was Not Desired. H. I. Hicks, employed at Prank Wilson's place, last night put up $1,000 in cash for the appearance of Cutie Moseley at the next term of Wake superior court. Moseley is wanted as an Important witness in the case against F. W. Goss, held for the murder of Fred, Jernigan, Hugh Porter and R. A. Johnson. Mr. W. B. Jones, attorney, and Frank Wilson asked' Sheriff Sears last night to accept security from Mr. W. S. Wilson, a lumber man of Wendell, for the appearance of Moseley, but the Bheriff, on the ad vice of Solicitor Norris, required that Mr. Wilson file a schedule of his property. Mr. Wilson did not do so, and stated afterwards he was mighty glad the solicitor raised the point, because he did not want to be mixed in the affair one way or another. At 11 o'clock last night Mr.-Jones and H I. Hickg went to the sheriff and deposited $1,000 in cash. The bond was Bigned by Hicks. Heretofore Goss was not allowed to see anybody except by permission of the solicitor, but since be is no longer a state witness, but a de fendant, hie attorneys and relatives are able to communicate with him as much as they please. The work of preparing his defense has already begun. ; . '; Others Involved? (Special to The Times.) Durham. N. - C Feb. 29. The holding of Fate W. Goss in Ral eigh on the charge of complicity in the murder of the young men from Benson has aroused much interest in Durham. Goss is well known here, and Is a member of a well to do family. The officers here think that there are circumstances con nected with the pawning of the pis tol and other acts of Goss that will involve other Durham people in the crime. Goss is known to have ex- hlbited a large roll of money to a number of people in Durham a few days after the murder was commit ted, and It is thought that the money was taken from the murdered men. Goss was arrested In Durham for a minor offense a few days after the men were found dead, and a friend paid his flue with mojiey which the officers think was secured by some foul method, probably from the robbery of the Benson trio. More Operatives at Work. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 29.- Move operatives are working In the tex- tile mills than any day of the blp strike, now in its eighth week. Fewer pickets are In evidence. Police are handling the situation. Three Pullmans Ditched, Davei.port, Iowa, Feb. 29. Three Pullmans of train No. 6, Rock Is land, left the tracks near Anwan, 111., and tumbled into the ditch. Several passengers were injured. HENRY DAVIS SAYS BICYCLE WAS HIS ." 'Henry Davis, a negro boy, .ild ha got a bicycle In Charlotte. About the same time somebody ' stole a bicycle from the Tucker Building Pharmacy and as Henry'a bicyclo and that stolen were identical even to the name scratched on the sad- ' die It looked like a case against the boy. Henry continues to say he bought hii wheel In Charlotte, but the police officers think he is mis taken, The question ot the Identity of the wheel will be determined by the evidence and If Henry-cannot " make good his statement he will he aent oa to higher court. . i 1 Saccharine Mast Not Longer Be Used As a Food Preservative Washington, Feb. 29. By a vote of two to one the board of cabinet officers charged with the enforce ment of the pure food law entered final decision against the use of saccharine in prepared foods. Secre tary Wilson and Secreary Nagel con tary Wilson and Secretary Nagel con taining saccharine was adulterated. Secretary MacVelgh dissented. One month's grace will be given the manufacturers to arrange for the elimination- of saccharine. The decision settles a controversy of nearly four years standing. After liree years o experiments the Kemsen board reported that the ad diton of saccharine to food as a sub stitute for sugar "must be regarded as a substitution involving a re duction in the food value of the sweetened product and hence a re duction in its quality." The decision then was made that the use of saccharine would be pro hibited after July 1, 1911. On ap peals from manufacturers, however, the time was extended. ; "The argument that it may be used in small quantities," said Dr. Wiley, in a brief submitted to the secretaries, "is the old, familiar one (Continued on Pare Five.,' DR. WILE Y WILL NOT RESIGN PLACE Washington, Feb. 29. Dr. Har vey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture, denied he intended resigning frohi office. He characterized as "preposterous" and "pure fiction" rumors that he was con sidering such action, or that he would come .oiii with a statement attack ing Secretary Wilson and the admin istration. Wiley declared that ru mors that he was about to resign undoubtedly came from "enemies" who recently attacked him in other ways. Regarding the report that after resigning he would be a candi date for vice president on the demo cratic tij'ket, Wiley laughed and said he "could run on that ticket. I am a whole democrat, that is the others are only semi-democrats. I believe in equal rights of man, and of wo men as well as of men to vote. Wherefore I am a whole democrat." SEARCHING FOR LETTER Letter in Rrandt Case Has Dlsnp. j peared Believed to Be In Pos. session of Bohiff. New York, Feb. 29. The district attorney is searching for the letter written by valet Folke Brandt, to Mrs. Mortimer L. Schiff, as the one big factor in the Brandt case. The authorities say the letter was written the banker's wife Just before Brandt was sent away on the thirty-year term in prison. The grand Jury is continuing the Investigation of the charge that there was a conspiracy whereby Brandt was sentenced to thirty years for burglary. The mys terious letter is reported to be in Schiff s possession. The district at torney will not consent to the ap pearance of Schiff and his attorney, Howard Gans, before the grand Jury, unless it is Judicially decided that they would not thereby gain im munity. BRIGGS ASKS ANOTHER TERM New Jersey Senator Announces Can didacy for Re-Electlon. Washington, Feb. 29. Senator Briggs, of New 'Jersey, who is com mitted to Taft, will be a candidate for re-election. He made this an nouncement yesterday to the Public Ledger. Opposed to him are former Governors Stokes and Fort. "Colonel Roosevelt's speech lost blm support in New Jersey," said Senator Briggs. "Woodrow Wilson was elected governor of New Jersey because of the feeling of opposition of the republicans to the friends of Colonel Roosevelt, who were behind the republican candidate. The senti ment for Roosevelt is no strosger than It was a year ago." Everybody U mean enough to I doiplce poverty deeper than his own. TlTflY HIT ii ir 11 ii ii ei ii MAY END II KNOCKING CASE Judge Cook Takes a Hand to Effect Final Settlement (Spcciat to-The Times.) Greensboro, Feb. ' 29. it is prob able that Greensboro's widely-talked "trip-hammer" case in which J. II. Armfield sued and recovered damages from the Standard Boiler and Machine company for maintain ing a ..nuisance by the operation of a - trip-hummer will booh have an end. Judge Cook has taken a hand in the case and has told those in terested .that-.' the plaintiff, Mr. Moorofield, may accept 1,000 as damages in lion of the $2,500 given by the -jury or the .court 'would fix the priii! of the property of the plaintiff and allow the. defendant to purchase-'. --the -propcity for that price, and if the plaintiff didn't agree to this why the court would set the verdict aside. The parties -interested are expected to answer soon. A very pretty but quiet wedding was solemnized here last night at 9 o'clock when Miss Margaret Louise Schoffner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sclioffner of this place, became the bride of Claude Richards Ed wards, a young business man of Durham. The wedding ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents in the presence of a number of invited friends and rela tives of the young couple.: Air. and Mrs. Edwards will make their future home in Durham. The socialists of Greensboro, at whose instance an election was call ed to decido whether or not Greens boro as a municipality should go into the butcher business, have not yet entirely recovered from tk shock of defeat which Was visited upon them Monday when their pet proposition received less than 75 votes out of nearly 700 cast. Some of the socialists at least felt certain that the meat market proposition would carry and they are unable to figure out what hit them. It was pointed out that as a result of the invoking of the initiative under Greensboro's commission form of government it cost the taxpayers of the town exactly $125 for 73 people out of a population of nearly 20,000 to say that they wanted the town to sell meats. BUT SLIGHT HOPE OF AVERTING STRIKE London, Feb. 29. The premier, his colleagues, the board of trade of ficials, and others having influence with coal owners and miners, are continuing their efforts to avert a national coal strike in Great Britain but with only faint hoie of success In the meantime miners throughout the country are preparing to lay down their tools tonight. Unless an unexpected change comes in the sit uation, one million men and boys, employed in the mines, and thou sands in other trades will be idle. Miners Lay Down Their Tools. London, Feb. 29. Three quarters of a million coal miners laid down their tools and went on a strike this afternoon when the day shift in the mines ended. The army of striking colliers swelled hourly throughout the morning when it became known that no settlement was reached in the strike situation. Fighting in Hnnto Domingo. Cape Haitlen, Haiti, Feb. 29. There is sharp fighting at Talan- quera between the revolutionist and Santo Domingo government troops. Twelve revolutionaries were killed and a number wounded. The gov ernment troops had- twenty-two cas ualties. The Santo Domingan gun boat Independence landed 680 sol diers at Monte Cristi. i Six Firemen Injured. V New York, Feb. 29. Six firemen were Injured fighting fire In an East- side tenement. An incendiary start ed the blaie which imperiled scores of Uvea. , Revolt Among Troops. Pekin, Feb. 29. There is a'revolt among Yuan Shi Kai's troons. number of houses were fired and wrecked. Paraders shot up the streets Indiscriminately, ;it.tXi Di ri;:; ,s -s.i:ik. l.iiveiiiliiii'L'. I'VI; The t.rainl Dueliess Marie will succeed lier father, William Ale --..under, the erniid duke of Luxemburg, who "us just died here. Luxemburg is a state of square miles in Hie .'initio where Germany, France -and Belgium ineet and has a populat im: of . about 250, 000 people. The other names of jianl duchess "re Adelaide-Theresa Hilda Antoinette V. illieliunie. hoc was horn in June, ISO I. HOT IN ANY AGREEMENT "No agrcenieni has been entered into by me or any authorized repre sentative of myself as to the with drawal of the ten North Carolina ap pointments .-sent to the senate for confirmation by; President'-Taft. of recent date," was the statement ino:.'. emphatically made by Nalion-il Com mitteeman K. C. Duncan of lt:'.leii;h, when his nttetiiiou. was yesterday called to an article in the Wash'i-.u-ton Star, and other papers, which purported that these nominations had been withdrawn by virtue of ail agreement bet ween National Com mitteeman Duncan and State Chair man John Motlcv Morehead. Mr. Duncan asserted that he lad never been a parly to such an sfgree menf tit the white house, that he had never unduly' inflicted 'himself upon the valuable time of the presi dent in attempting to secure patron age favors for-bis friends In North Carolina, nor had he ever traduced the fame and good, name of North Carolina republicans. This statement by the national committeeman from' -North Carolina was made upoii his return yesterday from an extended trip to Louisiana, where he, Williams, of Oregon, and Hay ward, of Nebraska, settled thj factional party controversy in . that state, and I'l'uUi his attendance at Chicaso upon a nieeting of the sub committee on nrraugcmeiitg for tin: national convention in June. - Other than, to refute the state rnt which litis 'been broadcasted to the' effect that Mr, Duncan had unit ed with State Chairman Morehead In securing the wiihdrawal of the ten nomiiiations recently made, '..' Mr. Duncan said there. was no occasion for additional'-statement! from him at this lime, his purpose was merely to correct erroneous' impressions which hud .been made throughout the country. SOUTHERN FAST T Montgomery, Feb. 29. Engineer Smcdley, of Atlanta, was killed and two train employes and four passen gers Injured when the Southern Hall way's New York limited, en route to New Orleans, was derailed near Mil stead, 28 miles east of here last night. The cause is unascertained. The Injured all live in Alabama. The postal and club cars turned over. The diner and parlor cars were derailed. It wus istated officially that none of the passengers were seriously hurt. A man flatters a silly girl, but ho usually marries a Boualblo one, I. THE SPEAKER Will Address Law and Order League At Meeting Tonight irlvery friend, of Law and Order in It-iloiyh is urged to he present at S o'clock tonight ill the court house, when' the Law and Order League will hold its . second . meeting. The attendance at the first, meeting showed clearly the deep and wide spread . public, interest, in a matter vital to . Kulcigh, and a number .of things which have occurred since lir.ve ci'.ly increased sentiment .; as regards this -.natter. It is felt that the steps iaken are along lines which- mean for the public good, for (l"ccncy and I he . observance of law, v. hicli .means the preservation 'if or der, i;: :i city which ought to be al;.' '.: i;;;i In . an tae capital, .of Norlh Carolina,- an object les.-;ou In the en tile state. Net only tic members of l ui' leavtie but the general public i.t iiiVili'd. to be. pre: (.in. at tonight V. meeting. An important speaker will be It. OV Everett,. Ksi.,' of 'Durham, 'vho, while city attorney there,. -was very active in bringing about the enforce ment of the prohibition law and very strong and successful in his prose cution of those arch-enemies of pub lic morals, the blind tigers. He-will present a great subject in a striking way tonight. Another speaker, who always says things of truth and soberness is to be heard, in the per son of Kev. H. T. Vanu, and ho will do some plain speaking, in his in cisive way. lie sure to be on hand at 8 o'clock, and miss nothing of a meeting which affects Raleigh's in terests bo deeply. MOK(;.N liT TltKASritKK. First Consignment l!( ing I'npiu heil. More In Follow. New York . Feb. 29. --The 'first con signment of .1. Pierpont Morgan's Kuropenn art treasures is being Un packed today in the storage rooms of the Metopolitan .Miiseiim. : It ' al lied on the liner Celtic and is ap praised at seven hundred' thousand dollars. Almost every incoming liner now will bring -consignment's until the great: collection of treas ures, valued at more than fifty ." m'ilion dollars, has been transferred to this side of the water. CLARK CLUB BEGINS WITH 204 MEIERS (Special to The Times.) Washington. N. ('.. Feb. 2H Much interest is already being taken litre in the senatorial race and the adherents of the candidates are be coming active. A few days ago a Simmons Club was organized, -and last night -.the Clark men mot and organized a Clark Club, with 2(14 members. Ilal lett . -S. Ward, ex-solicitor of the first district, was elected president and .1. L. ' NichoUon, secretary. Ward made a speech of two hours in length and held the crowd through oil I.. The meeting was enthusiastic and the Clark men are highly pleas ed. They s:ly many votes were turn ed their way liy Ward's iiingnilicent speech. They are also highly pleased with so large a club membership to start with In a town of this size. WIST Kit III'YS WYOMIXCi K.VXUI Oilier Phihiihipliiaiis Kvpecteil to Purchase Places Xct Summer. Sheridan, Wyo., Feb. 29. -Owen Wister, author of "The Virginian," has bought the Hivcrside ranch of II. L. James, on Teton, near here, and expects to occupy it early in the t prin g. " . ' Several other Pliiladelphians are expected to acquire places in tills section next summer, and assist in the upbuilding of what has been known as Jackson's Hole, a noted outlaw refuge. Roosevelt ie(s Many Invltutions. New York, Feb. 29. Theodore Roosevelt resumed his editorial ac tivities after returning from his Bos ton trip. Roosevelt conferred with a large number of politicians. He remains hero until tomorrow, then goes to Oyster Hay. He received many invitations to speak, but suld he did not with to make extended trips It it could be avoldded. limes DURHAM NEW ter run Work Wr Begin On Plant About May First lb. (Special to The Times.) -. Durham, Feb. 2t. Work of: con structing a new water plant for. -'supplying the city of Durham will be begun May 1st. The plans and speci fications have been practically completed,- and arrangements are being made for starting the construction of the. new buildings and installing the machinery. A pumping plant' with a capacity of i. iHtii, inn) galons per day will be installed. To house the ma chinery necessary for such a plant, a b.iiiiling :iii(ix4u w ill be construct ed, of reinforced concrete. A filter ing plant with a -.capacity of 0, 0011,11011 galons pet day will be in stalled. Large -concrete reservoirs, sullicient for .storing' millions of gallons for a reserve supply, will he constructed at the plan). The new plant is to lie constructed on the Kno river near t lie site of the present plant. The old plant will he retained for emergencies, and the entire plant, will have a. capacity of !l, alio, 0(H) gallons per day. When the new plant is completed, Durham will have the best water facilities of any city in the S'ate. (Continued on Page Eight.) . When tiie board of county com missioners meet Monday they will not have a lovefeast. At least no big roosters, such as were w ont, to ado 'ii the pages of country newspapers on victorious occasions, w ill Hop th -ir wings and crow; but instead the commissioners will be confronted with the ..account' by", Dr.- J. J. McCullers, who was legally elect; 1 superintendent of health. The health ollicer has already begun his duties and he will have a little bill in Mon day.' .--Also he is expected to make a claim for his salary from the time of his appointment until the su preme court passed oh his case. The commissioners, it is said, will refuse to pay the doctor what he will claim us his due, and the courts may be asked to advise the 'commissioners as to w hat tin y must do. AlU'llli: IU TT (IX VACATION'. In Poor. Health - and Will io to .Mediterranean. Washington,.-' Feb. 2i. Major" A. W. tint:, personal aide to the nresl- deni, has been granted leave of a month and twenty-four days by the war department;.. He sails Saturday from New York for the Mediterran ean, lie 'was granted leave on a sur geon's cert illcate. Butt was Iaken ill on the .president's western tt'ip, and for a part of the journey was con lined to his room in the presi dent's' car. since . his return to Washington, his health litis been poor. Army doctors-ordered a 'vaca tion. M.VV IXSKAT ItOWMAX House Democrats Said to Side With : (ieinue Ii. Mcl.uiu. Washington, Feb.' 2D. Demo cratic members of the committee on elections, which is considering the contest brought against-Representative C. C. liownian, of. Luzerne coun ty, by tleorge R. McLean, are report ed to be favorable to a report un seating liownian, a republican. This committee met yesterday to prepare its final report, but adjourn ed until Monday without announcing a decision. i ItKVOIT IX PKXITK.XTIAHY Thirty Lives Paid the Penalty for the Outbreak, Ladero, Tex., Feb. 2D?- Thirty lives paid the penalty of yesterday's revolt in the Monterey, Mexico pen itentiary. Incoming train passengers state that, six prisoners were killed during the outbreak. Twenty-five others regarded as ring-leaders, were executed later. The warden wag the slain. Three thousand prisoners were in the prison, A demagogue Is the fellow who ' can more votes than you can. I'M Associated Press Service FINE BANQUET firman Morehead's Hospitality Some- '9. A Ja Dm JImm-am!! flnAi w Do Hppicuiaicu -UICI 400 Present SOME TAFF RESOLUTIONS Hon, Thomas . Settle Asks for En dorsement of President and Com mittee, After Rattle, Commends the President How Members Voted Mr. Butler Would Have .More "Housecleaninn" Mr. Settle for Governor on Local Option Plunk and Chairmun Morehead for Reelection. After selecting Raleigh as the place for holding the convention de ciding on May 15'as the date, and partaking of an elaborate supper in the large auditorium the republican state executive committee closed a most interesting meeting at 2 o'clock this morning. By a vote of 12 to 6 the committee endorsed President Taft's resolution, but this was not done until a strong fight had been waged against the action. Ex-Senator Marion Butler, in his toast at the banquet, spoke on the "Principles of Our Party," and his remarks in dicated that he was in favor of rid ing the party of the last official member : of the Duncan faction. As stated in the late edition of The Times last evening, the fight for the convention city was between Raleigh and Charlotte. The Meck lenburg boosters were so confident of winning that some of them de clared while the committee was de ciding that Charlotte had pledged enough committeemen to swing the convention there. But the vote told a different story and at 4:40 Sec retary Grissom came to the door leading into the Yarborough Cafe and announced that Raleigh had won by a vote of 10 to 7. The time. May 15, was next agreed on. While ; the committeemen were wrestling with the Taft resolutions an dthey say it was a metaphorical wrestle the interested ones on the outside were wondering what Hon. E. C. Duncan would do. It was bruited around that Mr, Duncan had a statement to give out, and mem bers of the Morehead-Butlerclan were naturally anxious to know what It could be. The statement came today and the several score com mitteemen and banqueters in the city-had their interest gratified. Raleigh was and is glad to get the convention. Her committee told the powers that be that the capital city wanted it, and some fine hos pitality was promised. The gathering here last night was a set of as fine looking men as could be got to gether all beau ty shows excepted under one roof as one would care to see. And members of the ex ecutive committee, after it was all over, said they were glad to come back to Raleigh. The banquet in the Raleigh audi torium was given : by Chairman Morehead to the members of the ex ecutive committee, Over 400 guests partook of the feast and the exer cises continued until 2 o'clock this morning. The supper was a success and the host was applauded many times for his liberality and thought fulness. The Tnlt Resolution. The Hon. Thomas Settle, hailed as the republican candidate for gov ernor next fall, started the flre- .'., .(Continued on Page Seven.) COAL CONFERENCES OVER FOR PRESENT New York, Feb. 29. Representa tives of the anthracite coal miners' who have been here several days formulating their demands for high er wages, have concluded their de liberations for the present. They will meet the operators at a conference to be held here March 13th. President White, of the United Mine Workers, will arrange for con ferences on the demands of the bi tuminous workers as soon as be re turns to Indianapolis. "We are not looking for' a strike," hp said, "but we will insist upon our demands," ! f ii J: fir 5'! ' lift o m i . I-..'- I'?' ' -' m 1 1 ! J