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1 Associated Press ! Service m i Vol LXXI. No. 54. The Weather BAIN. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENT8. J3ble the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper MORE DELAY Commissioners Recognize Dr. McCoI leis, But Hold Up Accounts For Close Scrutiny AN ADJOURNED MEETING Chairman Johnson Will Call Board .' Together 'About March 20, When Final Action May lie Taken In Meantime the Hoard and Doctor May Agree on Salary If All Desire Commissioner Brewer in Favor Of Abiding by Laws of l-and Resolutions Adopted. Recognizing Dr. J. J. 1-.. McCul lers as county "superintendent of health, in accordance with Iho unani moiM opinion of the supreme court, the Wako county commissioners to day deferred final action on the mat ter of approving fees until a later meeting. The chairman was author ized to call the board together' -so soon as Mr. : Bart M. (iatling, attor ney for Dr.-McCullers, shall return from a business trip south. In reso lutions adopted by the board today the commissioners reserve the right to scrutinize the accounts of Dr. Mc (. tillers. Quite a number of persons gather ed in the court house in the hope of witnessing a warm fight, but the consideration of the matter was comparatively calm and peaceful. It is even now hinted that the board and Dr. McCullers might get togeth er on a salary basis, but there is no reason for, believing that Dr. Mc Cullers, who did all the moving in former efforts for an amicable ad justment, will take the initiative at this time. When the board met, Mr. B. C. Beckwith, county attorney, was ask ed by the chairman to read the re port of the committee in the matter of Dr. J. J. L. McCullers against the county commissioners. Before doing so he submitted a resolution prepared at the Instance of Commissioner Chahiblee. It fol lows: The Resolutions. "Whereas, the supreme court of North Carolina, in an opinion en titled i. J. L. McCullers against the board of ': commissioners for the county of Wake and others, having handed down an opinion, wherein it is held by said court that section 9 of chapter 62 of the public laws of 1911, is a valid exercise of pub lic power; and whereas, the appoint ment of Dr. J. J. L. McCullers to the office of county superintendent of health of Wake county by the sec retary of the state board of health, was, therefore, a valid exercise of power, as the county board of health had theretofore, for two calendar months refused, neglected and failed to discharge the duty imposed by them by law, by not having elected, within said period of time, another to fill a vacancy In the office of county superintendent of health said vacancy in said office having been occasioned by the declination of Dr. J. J. L. McCullers to qualify and assume the duties of the same, after the board of commissioners had refused to sanction a salary of $2,600 a year, but had approved of ITALIANS WIN FIERCE BATTLE WITH TURKS Washington, March 6. In an en gagement between Italian and Turk ish troops near Perna, Tripoli, re port of which reached the Italian embassy by cable, the Turks sus tained heavy losses. The Turks lost one hundred and fifty killed and wounded. The Italian troops were attacked near Fort Lombardla, but repelled every assault finally dis lodging the Turks from their posi tions by bayonet charges. The battle raged all day. When night fell Italian troops possessed all the posi tions the Turks bad occupied. Hleeper Goes Into River' Winnepeg, March 5. The rear sleeper of the Canadian Northern passenger train, rolled down a thirty foot embankment, into Suskatoon river, with several passengers. All were badly hurt. One may die. The bridge collapsed as the train crossed. All the can except the last one pass IN MATTER ed lately ..iJ-.-,.--. $600 a year as compensation to be paid out of the county general fund to said county superintendent of health, the said sum being1 consider ed a fair and reasonable compensa tion commensurate to the duties to be performed, for that several duly licensed, skilled physicians, among them Dr. J. J. L. McCullers, were applicants for said position at a salary of fifty dollars a month. "Now, therefore, in obedience to said supremo court opinion in said case, the board . of commissioners of Wake county recognize Dr. J. J. L. McMeCullers' title to the said of fice of county superintendent of health of Wake county; and on notice that, he has duly qualified as such, the several officers and others In charge of the several penal and charitable institutions of said coun ty, and the supervisors of convict camps and road forces and others under the control and direction of this board be, and they are hereby released and discharged from fur ther observance of any order or di rection of or from this board or its chairman affecting the recognition of the title of Dr. J. J. h. McCullers to said office; that said orders and resolutions be, and they are hereby countermanded and rescinded. ."That nothing herein contained shall bo taken or held to be an ap proval by the board of county com missioners of any account, claim, bill, fees, or demand of said county superintendent of health or Dr. J. J. Ij. McCullers against the county of Wake or said board of commission ers, or '''ratification or approval of any schedule of fees attempted to be fixed upon said county by the said secretary of the state board of health or by said county board of health, either or both; but consider ation or approval of said accounts, claims, bills, fees and demands and schedules of fees is hereby re served." Wanted K.xplanation. Commissioner Brewer ; said he (Continued on Page Seven.) 3 PRISONERS GET PARDONS Governor Shows Clemency to Convicts Serving Long Sentences Three prisoners, two of them state convicts, and the other serving a three-year sentence, were granted conditional pardons today by Gover nor Kitchin. The men pardoned are Oscar Poteet, convicted in McDowell county in July, 1907, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ton years for highway robbery; J. H. Cheek, con victed in Yadkin county in 1901 and sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary for murder in the sec ond degree; and Eugene Fox, con victed in Ashe county in July, 1910, of larceny, and sentenced to three years on the roads. The reasons for the pardons follow: Oscar I'oteet. "Upon recommendation of the trial judge, the solicitor, the sheriff, mayor of the county town and other officials and citizens, 1 pardon pri soner on condition that he remain law-abiding and of good behavior." J. II. Cheek. "Prisoner Has served about eleven years with good record. He has for some time, owing to his physical condition, been at light work. The solicitor is dead; the trial judge, the twelve Jurymen, all the county offi cers, Including members of the board of county commissioners and the board of education, and a great many of the best citizens of the county recommend pardon. Pardon ed on condition that he remain law. abiding and of good behavior." Eugene Fox. "The trial Judge having learned more about the facts and circum stances of this case since the trial, cheerfully recommends a pardon and 'sjtats tlit he does not think he would have given so severe a sen tence had he known all the facts. Many citizens recommend pardon. Prisoner's father has been insane for years and prisoner Is considered weak-minded, and prisoner's coun sel did not know of all the facts bearing on the case at the time he submitted for him. I pardon pri soner on condition that re remain law-abiding and of good behavior." Investigation of Shipping Trust Washington, March 5. The house unanlmousy passed a resolution call ing for an Investigation of the al leged "shipping trust" by the mer chant marine and fisheries commit tee, . HOUSE HEARS WARM WORDS Clark of Florida Makes Sen sational Attack On Giv. Gilchrist Washington. March .".-'-Arising' ' a question of personal privlogo. Hop resentative Clark of Florida, made a ' sensational attack fin Governor Gilchrist of Florida, In the house.''' Gilchrist arrived las' ' night to testify in the Florida everglade In vestigation. . In an interview,. Cbirk said, the governor expressed .his "surprise", fit the attitude of a a Florida represent a live In 'this mat -ter. Clark said lie had boon prompt oil to s'art the investigation bocniwo of operations of "conscienceless land shirks," i:i misrepresenting such hr:ils. "It remai'in for i.ho governor of Florida--God dly the state" --he said, "to travel all the way' from Tallahassee to Washington t insinu ate that now I am working in the interests of the western railroads. I brand lint as "'malicious, gratui tuous and an unqualified falsehood." Clark said that Gilchrist, before he was elected governor made a busi ness of land exploitation. "It is the conduct of conscience less land sharks,'' he said, "that I'm trying to expose for the honor of my state. And yet the governor of my state says in attacking the thieves, I am attacking the state of Florida. If that is so, God help Florida." . Referring to Gilchrist as "this little pinhead governor," Clark said he rested his case with the people of his own district and felt certain Of the result. He was applauded as he took his seat. FLORIDA PKOPLK AKOCHF.I) Governor Gilchrist Says Attacks Are Inspired by Western Railroads. Washington, March 5.-Governor A. W, Gilchrist of Florida, is here to testify in the house everglades in vestigation. Gilchrist declares the Florida people are aroused over the charge that the everglade reclama tion project is a scheme to further land corporation interests. He ex pressed opinion that the at tacks were instigated by western railroads, "who wish to have this immigration to Florida stopped." SCHOONKK OX SHOALS. Crew Took. '..to the Life Itoats and ' Picked I p by Tug. Norfolk, March 5. -The four masted schooner Helen Thomas, Captain Lermoud, of Boston, from Port Tampa, Fla., to Baltimore, 'with a cargo of phosphate rock, struck on Cape Charlos shoals, entering the Virginia canes during thick weather. It will probably ho a otal loss. The crew of eleven, including Florence Mills, the stewardess, took to the life boats and wore picked up by a tug, after suffering explosuro, and brought here. Americans Leaving Mexico. Washington, .March 5. A general exodus of Americans from Mexico City and other pa.Ms of Mexico con tinues, according to reports to the statu department. SUGAR TARIFF BILL REPORTED TO HOUSE Washington, March 5. The sugar tariff revision bill was reported fa vorably to the house by Chairman Underwood, of the ways and means committee. The excise bill providing for an income tax to make up for the loss of revenue, will be reported later. Kun on I'rivute Itnnk. ."::' New. York, March 5. Several hundred excited persons gathered at the private bank of Moritz and Rosett, to withdraw their savings. There has been so much disorder a police detachment was required to restore quiet. The bank run was precipitated by the appointment of a receiver for the bank. MaJ. W. A. Graham, commis sioner O'f agriculture, is confined to his home with illness. He is ex pected to he out again In a few days. TREATIES UP Believed They Will Be " Ratified " By the Senate Today IJUiiU ADVOCATES CONFIDENT Treaties With Great Britain and Fiance Have, I'.eeo F'eiidi!! in t'io So nolo Since .Xtiyiixt ly ("nani iiiolis Consent They Come 1'p To day ami Will hi- Disposed Ad vocates Relieve i",!.-v V, i'l lie !Iati II, il I'nHwieni!' d. tin'. . ' Willi Amended Rosoiiu ion Interpreting Their Scope. V,'.i..!iie,l.iin.M:i i, an a i liii ration . 1 1 PriL.i'i and 1'V.iv senate-since An:;1' disposed of liefo: day" beginning' at Advocates of the i consultation with liciais, have boon forces for months. The '.111"!'- j. 'ir.-a. ! i I-' iii.ii:; A ill Of :ll toe linally i lie "iegii.iat ivv ma today closes. .;' ti ; -, in eons! an t iniir.'is! ration of :,;rs!iii!inK their :t:d. express, eon- iideneo in the iciiiiiatioii of the treaties, unamended, with an amend ed resolution of ratiiication . inter preting, their scope so us to. 'safe guard the 'senate's. traditional, treaty making powers. Cnder - unanimous, conuent reached some time ago, 'consideration of the trea;ics was to follow today's routine proceedings. worn us Suffering From Melancholia Says She Was Trying to Kill Herself (Special to The Times. I Asheville,. '.March !. About 1 :-) this morning,' while apparently suf fering from a spell of melancholia, Mrs. W. A. Harrison, shot and al most instantly killed lier husband, at their homo oti Uarllett street. She had only reccmly come from a saiit torium ' for mental treatment. Mr. Harrison was a fireman on the Southern, .ami had an excellent rec ord. He formerly lived near Salis bury. He was about 2!) years of age. His wife' was Miss White, whose lio!!V.:is in Hickory. "-She declared that s'ao did not' moan to kill him, Ilia' she was trying to kill herself am! lie. tried to get the pis tol, when il was discharged. Sho is in jail. iMtoi'KJ'.TY ici:i:.isi; . m past vi;.vii. All taxable property in rt!i "-. Ciuiiliiia in I lit year ItMI. ac- coi'diiii; to liguios aullioii.od ly (bo (! ii'iailoii ciiiiimiioii, iiiiioniiii d to $71 l.;M.:JI.". as against '' S(i 1 7,.l)0,H(l in the year ItMO. This is an increase f over SI J;!,)Ol,0(H), or a pei-- coinage of yaiii of !!)." per cent. ii.;i:i i-'oit it iiDKis. Killed (.il l Iteraiiso Sho K: fused to Many Him. Harrishurs. I'a., March 5 Joseph A. Stott, 'aged -.'twenty-nine,'.' was hanged today for murdering Hlancho Tayor last .lime because she refused to become his wife. Slott's mother, who lives at Syra cuse, N. Y.. was forced to do wash ing to raise funds to have hi mburlod at home. Tho aged mother nnd "." Stott's brothers and slater came here to bid him good-bye. The Packers' Trial. . Chicago, March 5. District Attor ney: vVilkerson announced the gov ernment might rest Its case in the packer's trial tomorrow. Several conferences between counsel were held in an effort to shorten the gov ernment's caso. m mm TESTIMONY ABOUTSTRiKE Sensational Stories Told In vestigating Committee About kwrence Ccsdiiions Washii'.f. toil. Mil reh M ! lia.ai Howard Tali, the .president's v i!V, iws an iu'.ei vsiei listener to ti:o. talefi of opprj-iisiDii and ciuelie in . tile Lawrence textile strike,, told to the p rosin iiiii ish i Aiiss ll.MlSe I'll in; :! i's lie: .! - :r r ! 'ieniM !'::: eommitti e, whin ring "' upon- -the ill the li. ill I'm;'. in; i ; I :i, : a Sunday i.lbo-r .,i,!l' oil" ui I .a . v.iin :i.'( !.':! 1 ill l.a'.v- i!ilrn u. " !li;: h s :; .! ' led i :r a-as en and i" ii i'ti. I in;- ll'i' :r lull-." Sin- WOii.ll-l! a! sa iv iiiori It .a:v v. l il :h I I! a a ai ;s i w uinaii li. it' .!. ''lV'iila wa ' l - 1 1 -:'i -arrived el i!:"e She aiipeared to i! -''the proceed- l' in;,'; that ..Mrs. ' eoiliiiiitlee rooai. l:.!;e great i'lt.el'i iii..:; and reniained i I'i'o'.ifUioui -'.'the Hio nit -i. . "hi; all eases where the children were in be taken to I'liifadolphia." as-lied t'liairina'.i Henry, "did you have their parents' consent'" '. "In every case," she said. "There, was 'nothing .in the. nature of kidnapping'" "Alisoluti!y nothing. " Simon: Knohel, 'another 'member, of tho .committee- from 'Philadelphia, anil an organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, the next wit ness, told of wh.'.t. happened at Law rence diiot February 24. Khobol said: "We started -the' children oui. of the depot, door: : just as Ave left tile dcor i lie police started their bloody ' work. : The police tore. the. (hililren from their mot liers. They were screaming and. there were most innarthly yells. I saw one police man strike a pregnant woman in the abdomen. '. When I came out, I was' sn ;';i'ng over .four or live children. I. couldn't see the women and chil dren 'hurt that way.. 1 didn't care if I was getting murdered that day." "How many women did yon see beaten that day '" -.asked lleiuy. "1 saw whole " Wagon loads in jured. I saw one young woman, 'not a striker clubbed by a "policeman. She Yias struck several, timea. in the hack. Finally .they .arrested nio and I wax-kept in tie? Mai ion house sev eral hours w iili women and "children in celis." In the' police-station where he-was locked up Knohel said that all day children were not given anything-to eat, tifieeti or eighteen of them. Some of them were children at the breast," lie continued.; Some hus band, whose wives were locked up, brouy.!',! cliililrea to their -'.'mothers to be niil'i-ed. When tin- case came ii some of lh' children Were forcibly taken from their, mothers lo he: tak en to tiie poor farm 'o be eared for " "Were the children actually -'looked, up in the same kind of cells waere liiievi;; and criminals were hvk. !'(U. ' r.p '.'"' . asked !o'prosentati'"o TI: ' were," 'aul: Knohel. .Mar.-.arei Sanger, of MaREWORKERSTBROWII 001 BFilPLOlEfil Ijondon, March 5 -Uailrond work ers throughout the V'nited Kingdom continue to bo discliargod because of the coal shortage, necessitating restricted train service. At New Castle a thousand men were added to those' thrown, out of employment. Cross channel service between France and Kugland is reduced to one steamer daily. AO C.UilNKT MKKTIXt". rii-shlcnl h-voles the lay to Corrc Hpondciice and Speeches. Washington, March 5. President Toft called off the regular cabinet meoHng today, cancelled his calling list and spent the. time In his study, devoting most of his attention to correspondence and preparing drafts of some speeches ho delivers on the trip to Toledo and Chicago the last Of this week. York, a trained nurse, who was In strumental, in taking children from Lawrence to New York, testified thai the condition of many of the children was horrible. Out of 11! children only four had ."derwear on," said .Miss Sanger. "? "And these people were ",; in a woolen mi.ll'.'" asked ' Kepr. tative Stanley. "Yes." "Was their oilier clothes wool en'.''' a--'k"il Representative Foster. ".No. utosf of their clothing was i'avs." .Miss San.:'r said when doctors examined the children in New York, most of tliem were sick and emaciat ed. Tiiiiiilis Held For Medical Fvainiim . lion. . London, .'March 5;--William ' .Tib hit ts,;' ,'irresteil.. for attempting to murder Leopold Do Rothschild, by liring three' revolver shots, was re i'.ia.iiii d by tho mag'sirate for niedi ciii '':! ii i in i ionv Tiiiberj s is a nianu I: '.!:: .'-' a:ient. a'jv M l. has been known to the Lothchild family siiic" childhood. He has been as 'i '."d hy them many times. V. an) !'! y lo Hcsigii. ; l.e ';s hi , .i '.'.", .',T;m'"i ". . 'I'i.e la;" M'liate I , : t -. h:e . ,l ;i i"-oi!il i.iii ili'i.iaiidiii'.' llie re.ciiKi! ion of I'nit ed Sta-'.-s Si :i.i'nr i'eri-.i. . The .reso lution now gees lo the lower house. ." reeogmiiou is expected from i'ei'.cy M'ulil ll'e house votes tomor row. I he resolution is. based on the allegation that Percy j.romisea to esign if 'defeated in the democratic irimnry last .summer. l-'ive lliirneil in Fire. Kopiieil, root).,' .March 5. Five ljersons were burned io death when lire desttoyed a boarding house. The 'dead include the landlord, his wife and. 'their three children. Two children were . saved, thrown from the. so oial story. . Road Supervisor Wiggs Makes Report to Coramissioacrs Mr.. W. L. Wiggs, road supervisor, made the following report, to thy board of county commissioners today:- I hereby respectfully report, road conditions, .road work, conditions of camps, bridge.', etc., for the month of February. A. I). 1 ! 1 2 : As per order of the board, 1 made a 'trip to Varina and established the line. of iiew road leading from May nard s to Varina lor Mr. W. C. Wliit-aker.-up to the town liniiis. 1 al lowed Mr. Whitaker. to put in. a small .I'M! . on the same road, near arina. at; a cost not to exceed $12. I - made !i trip-, to Middle Creek lownshlp to see Mr. .1. W. P.arker. i:l:.iie io .-ouie bridges that were contracted to him by Mr. ' Franklin. I e;',ainin"il tlu bri.lg"s put in by liiin ; oil llacktor'! creek. Middle iiii'eR. White 'Oak creek and Caty f.'eek. ami found the bridge timheV in good con.iiiioti atul when complete I liiln-k fhi't-e I'l iii ... rt will give good service.; 'II, ree o i' ne.-e bridges arc about 111,1 leel long. ' I drove nV'i' t!;e road from Ape.", t.. New liillMtli Mr. W. II. Hoar, of die SadSin ll'iver' Power t'ooi p.my, and evaiuiued into the matter of putting' tip telephone, poles. I ordered him 10 keep a distance of a; least- tun feet from the ditches on liii- road when the poles "wore set. I made a contract with .Mr. D. Q. Wohilile. of Apex, to do some repair Horl; on the New Hill road, tilling up mudliolcB and clean out .ditches, and put in a few boxes, lie was to fur ni.h one hand and two-horse team ih.' :l per 'day and was to be allow ed ?1.1'.' r day each for two extra hand:-!. I iiis le a contract .with Mr. James Holder to . build ami.' repair two bridges on the Hock Quarry road. 1 have talked and had correspond ence, with ii large number of the h.sl citizens of . Kaloigh, and find that they want the Falrviow road tnaeHdambod. . This Is tin Important road and I would recommend that the board authorize me to put in a 12-foo( macadam center on this road, with a binder to keep down the dust, leaving a driveway on either side to be gravelled. Camps. Camp No. 1. Macon Nipper, super .(, Continued on Page Seven.), HlwASDONE IRiGHTK E Seat New Republic to Be Iffoved Temporarily From Nanking PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE Slop ltegarded as Advisable IJeomisei ..of -the .Mutinous: Spirit of Troojis Near Poking Plans for the Karljr Keinoval of the Kntiro Official Machinery Have lioon made OHU cials Will lie Guarded Kn Itoute by Two Troops I'niteil Suites (Jiiiihonts to Taku. Nniiking, March 5'. To restore order and inaugurate stable govern i;u -lit as soon as possible it is un derstood I.'. Sun Yat Sen and his advisers have decided to go to Peking and make that city, tempor arily, the new republic's capital. This step is regarded as advisable, because of the mutinous spirit of the troops near Peking. Plans have been made for the early removal of the entire official machinery. En route the' officials will be guarded by two thousand veteran troops. One Thousand Killed. Wei Hat Wei, China, March 5. It is estimated that one thousand re publicans were killed during the re cent fighting between republicans and villagers outside the British con cession here. Republican troops completely control the situation. l'i itcd States Gunboats to Taku. Tien Tsin. China,. March 5. Two I'nited States gunboats have been ordered to proceed from Yang Tse river to Taku. Three battalions of Japanese troops are expected to ar rive here tonight to reinforce the international garrison. The city generally is quiet, but decapitations occur daily. Most of the shops have been looted. Hong Kong, March 5. Discharged soldiers have begun murdering and looting. Assassinations are fre quent. Corpses are seen daily float ing down the river. Terrible scenes are being created in Canton. WILLING ALL THE TIME. Koosovelt Makes Another Statmont. Never Said He Would Not Take the Nomination. New York, March 5.- To clear up conllieting statements as to what he said in the past regarding the presi dential nomination. Colonel Roose velt, made public a letter he wrote last January to Frank A. Munsey, publisher. Roosevelt's object In giv ing out the communication, he said, was to refute the charge that he was breaking a promise in agreeing to accept the nomination if it were of fered him. He called particular at tention to a passage in which, while stating he would not be a candidate, ho declared he would not go on record as being unwilling to accept the nomination. ; "To every man I talked to," said Roosevelt. "I made in substance that same statement, and I made it iu literally hundreds of letters." When Roosevelt reached his edi torial . ollice from Oyster Boy he found a number of politicians wait ing. . . HARD LABOR FOR TWO SUFFRAGETTES London, March 5. Two suffra gettes participating in last night's window smashing campaign In Vic toria street, near the house of par liament, were sentenced to two nionth.V Imprisonment at hard labor. The magistrate yet has a hundred and fifty suffragette cases to hear. Alice Wright, an American, resid ing in Paris, was sentenced to two months' Imprisonment at hard labor for window-smashing. All the other women participating in yesterday' suffriigette raid, received similar sen tences. The addition to hard labor to the term of imprisonment la a new departure, and caused dismay anions the women. 1 Three Thousand Return to Work. Lawrence, Mass., March 5. Three thousand operatives have returned to work and the strikers ranks are slightly thinned. The desire to re turn to work Is more general. There la no disorder today. W 1
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