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- ..4 1f if 1f limes Associated Press Service. Associated Press Service. Vol. LXXI. No. 51. The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper 7 DREW Kit ON ALDERMAN Attorney For Whiskey Club Threatens City Lawmakers In Board Meeting VIOLENCE IS PREVENTED Attorney T. L. lvlrkpatrick, Appear ing licfore the lliiuril for a Whis key t'lul), llecaine Angry at the Itemark f An Aldfi-iiiun and Drew His Knife Apologized tu the Hoard Later Hitter Division Over the Matter of - Granting License to Clubs. (Special to Tlie -Times.) Charlotte,' March 1.1. --Drawing, a jack knife from lii;s pocket, hit! eyes flashing with anger, at a remark of Alderman- Wingate, at a session ol the Charlotte hoard of aldermen to consider the application of the Olympic Club for a license. Colonel T. I.. Kirkpatrick, former aUlernian and counsel for the club, advanced upon Alderman Wingate and a per sonal encounter between the two men was prevented only by the quick interruption of friends. "You are a dirty, stinking liar," J shouted Colonel Kirkpatrick, as he struggled with those who held him, and forced him to return to his seat. "Then you're another, Colonel," replied Alderman Wingate who did not leave his seat during tlie entire disturbance.1;' With this the incident closed, and later Colonel Kirkpatrick apologized to the board for his language, as suring the board that he meant no disrespect. This was the feature of a sensa tional three-hour session of the al dermanic board, which by a third of a vote repealed the section of the revenue act which imposes a license tax on social clubs which keep liquor in their lockers. ltitter division has- marked the sentiment of the board on the mat ter of granting licei ses to social clubs organized for 'ie prime pur pose of providing the! nembers con venient access to liq r. Aldermen Kirkpatrick nnd Stok. . have been especially active in their opposiion to granting such licenses. When the discussion of the appli cation of the Olympic Club for a license was at its heighth, the ab sence of the names of the president and manager of the prospective club was commented on, and Alderman Wingate "from, his seat remarked: "1 asked Mr. Kirkpatrick for that list of oliicers when I was on that HKLD I OU SHOOTING Hl'SltAND Mrs. Kugciic (iiuce, of Atlanta, tin., the wife of F.iigene H. tirnce, Mho In being held by the police of that city charged with tlie alleged xhooting of her husband, Grace, when it-moved to a hospital siild in the presence of others, and in the presence of Ills wife, "You are the one who "shot me." Tlie case hai reused sensation throughout the state of tieorgla, where (irare In well-known and prominent. Mrs. rce balk from Philadelphia, ipfep' committee and he. promised to get them up. I have never seen It yet and 1 have no idea who the oliicers are." - . "Mr. Wingate called me up over the telephone and I told him I would get themif I could," replied Colonel Kirkpatrick;.' "I am under no ob ligation to run all around town and wait on you. You don't represent the whole board of aldermen you are only one-eleventh of it. And I have had all of your mouth I want." The wrathy Colonel then started across the room for his large ad versary, but several aldermen jump ed to their feet and prevented the encounter. At this point Alderman Stokes of fered a resolution providing that not only should the application of the Olympic Club and all future appli cations for licenses be refused, but that notice be given all clubs and drug stores at present operating un der ctiy license that at the expira tion of tiieir license it would not be be renewed. " Said Alderman Stokes: "Every body here knows that rellections have been cast upon the board of aldermen on account of these clubs and if there is any way we can dis continue them I say let us clear our skirts." In the opinion, of City Attorney Hrenizer the city can not prevent -the operation of these clubs 'provided they secure a license from the state. The only result of the city's re fusal to grant licenses would bo to lose the revenue of the license tax. Others urged that the posession of a federal license in conjunction with a city license was a direct insult to the board g, aldermen, in that the possession of a federal charter was prima facie evidence of retailing and acknowledgement that the clubs feared the federal law but not the state law as enforced by local of ficials. Colonel Kirkpatrick again took a hand in the proceedings threatening that if a license for the club he represented should be refused man damus would be employed to compel it.. .'..--. "I want to know who is running this town," he demanded. "Are the ecclesiastical bodies" doing it, or are the qualified voters of the city run ning it? I do not attack the ec clesiastical bodies as a whole, but I do say that he has his opinion of a lawyer who will appear in a case of this sort, then it is time for him to side step. "Everybody's been cussed about this tiling. Dave Smith (referring to the recorder) has been cussed and old Dave Smith put 'em in a hole when he made the drys vote wet. All we ask is our rights under the law," An amendment then offered by Al derman Sexton, repealing tlie license tax on clubs passed by the vote of eleven to six. Tlie majority in this vote was one third- of a vote short of the two-thirds majority required by parliamentary law to repeal an ordinance. This situation puzzled Mayor Bland for a while, but he finally ruled that the ordinance stood repealed, und his ruling Was suffered to stand. POSTPONEMENT OF Atlanta, March 1 ;l.-- In stead of being taken to tlie court room for a preliminary triul on the charge of shooting her husband, Eugene II. Crace, while he lay in bed at their fashionable home, March ft, Mrs. Daisy Obie (irace, will spend today in Jail, Postponement of the trial was announced to March 19. lOII'orts to Secure Kail for .Mrs, I race Atlanta, March 13.- Ilenewed ef forts arc being made to secure bail for Mrs. Daisy Obie Grace, charged with shooting- her husband, Eugene H. Grace, a week ago. Grace shows marked improvement at the hospi tal. The circumstances of the shoot ing remain a mystery. Kntl of Great Textile Strike, Lawrence, Mass., March 13. The end of the great textile strike is near. The general strike committee voted to recommend to the Idle operators of the American Woolen Company's four mills, that the wage schedule ofTered by the corporation be accepted. New ork Llmletd Wrecked. Hyde Park, X. Y , March 13 The second section of the Twentieth Cen tury Llmlcd of New York Central, bound for New York, was wrecked at 9 o'clock this morning. Four passenger coaches were thrown Into the river and partially submerged. Mone were killed. . Four were slightly Injured. ' The train was run ning at a high rate of speed. Gllli AHEAD WITH DEPOT Southern Railway Scon to Erect Modern Freight Terminal Evidencing it-'- faith in tlie in creasing importance Of Kuleigh as a business center, tlie Southern. Kail way Company is going right ahead with the work of constructing a modern freight terminal in this -city, plans for which were recently an nounced by President Fin ley,, and i: now soliciting bids for the erection of the new-' freight warehouse and office 'building, to be of brick, Hn feet long and "() Vot wide. Work will be .tatted as soon a a satisfac tory 'c-.iniractor has been decided up on, and will he ' completed with a? little delay as possible. The new building will he 'a 'sub stantial and handsome structure, fully in keeping with the. progress of Kale'igli. . ...It will be divided into a freight room, ISO feet by fill feet, and office rooms, occupying' a space 40 feet by Till feet equipped,, with all conveniences. In addition to the building proper, the improvement to be undertaken will include the construction of !l,lnu square feet of new platform, :l,7(i() square yards of macadam driveway, Uie re-arrang.'-ment of present tracks, and the con struction of l.HtiO lineal feet of new tracks. Tlie facilities offered by this new (Continued on Page Five. THE PANAMA CANAL New York, March 11. -A sleeping volcano,' which lias lain dormant for centuries, is threatening tlie Panama canal, according to special di spatches from Colon, published here today. The volcano is said to under lie the Culebra Cut, Clouds of steam and blue smoke are arising from the newly turned ground, and are thought to be re sponsible for the trouble. A report of the division engineer, says that in the last live days the tempera ture in the vents has increased, and the sides of two vents- Were encrust ed with a yellow powder, apparently sulphur. The canal commission's geologists scout the volcano idea, declaring tin steam and smoke are due solely to the oxidation of pyrites. TWO IIO.MF.N AlilHOSTF.D. Oliicers Arresl Mrs Lizzie Shaft und Mis. Xora Itiilt New Devel opments in lleiiilei'somille Case. Asheville, March 1.1. - Two addi tional arrests in connection with the Myrtle Hawkins case were made here last night when Mrs. Nora Uritt and Mrs. Lizzie Shut'; were arrested, by two of the sheriff's deputies, the women 'being charged with having guilty-, knowledge or, or being par ticipants in the criminal .operation which resulted in the deatli of Mrllc Hawkins last September. Mrs. Uritt was lodged in Timi combe county jail, while .Mrs. Shaft was taken to llendersonvllle jail, pending a preliminary healing Fri day morning before a local magis trate. The warrants for the two women, who nave been under suspicion since the finding of Myrtle's body In Lake Osceola last September were taken out on affidavits made by T. C. Brown, a local citizen, who was given data for the warrants from the sheriffs oltice. The county authori ties say that they can produce wit nesses who will swear that Mrs. Uritt told him that she had been hired to perform the operations and will BWear that Myrtle Hawkins was seen several times in the vicinity of the home of Mrs. Shaft. Still another witness will swear that Mrs. Hvilt had told him that she (Mrs. Print had been hired by Mrs. Shaft to per form an operation at llenderson vilie. Train Derailed. St. Louis, March 13. The Iron Mountain's fast mail train, No. 7, was derailed, near Desoto. Engineer, fireman and mail clerk were Injur ed. Engine and two mall cars over turned. It's easy to find fault when you are looking for trouble. FOUR NEGROES FOR 1 CHAIR Ualess Sentences Are Inter fered With, Be Flectro catiDBs Soon Four convicted murderers are now wailing tlie result of appeals or nev. sentences, and during 'lie soring and summer the death chair at tile state penitentiary will have some work : to do. All tic convicted men at e nee roes. ' ' Will Logan, m'-o iv' -d in Aiji-on couniy of killing.-; .-f-'.-ile ami s;'ei teiieed to dentil, !. 1-tv.i villi n scheduled for the'i i-air. lie ha.-! 'not yet. feeii brought t . lii" ,e-i;i nt htry, and lie may have nsWi'i aa ;,pp-iii. John Ituss, the i I . x land ncgri) who eoiife-::e(i In nJHinu Mr. John liiMHi, will die Al'i'-l '. i.'l:.!:: va-i srl'iteiic-d to di" l.i ! 1 11. etli, but he was reprieved -e liiai lie could be used as a v. i i : - ; in cav- -of further prosecution . iii (he.' -killing of Air. and Mrs.- phon. ilrad Dagley, !' was -convicted of -killing-. 'Chief ol I'ul-ice While ol Williamston, lost his appeal to the snnrenie court, ami as sunn as a cer tified copy of this-.opiiiion reaches the governor he will lix a new dale for the execution. G. G. Wilkins, who', was found guilty of murdering his ;wife in Nash county, also lost his appeal, and a date will, bo named for his "electrocution..- 01HS ;' Vasliingfo!'i." March 1 : Tlie sen ate this afternoon confirmed Mahlou Pitney, of; New Jersey, as an asso ciate justice of liie I'nued States su preme court ... l.i.sii: i:awi'oi:d -tim.il.. lOvpecled Thai the .liny liuv Will lie "-.." I' lleil Today. New Orlea trial of Annie began today, jury was t lie hopeful of li ! March li. vThe i i a ufonl, for in urder, Tlie selection of til.' lir.4 -'-tep. Counsel are liiiu; the jury box lie 'H e . pi'oseciil ion will :!-.: chemist's, reeorl, i ie .p rains of iiVorph-ine i !iie dead girl's slum av.ince polic.t. on Klsie : is involved in l lm r motive. fore night..-, depend upon that nearly n were found ii aeh. Aii ins Crawford's li alleged muni' TWO EXPRESS ROBBERS KILLED Sal' A n ton h David A. Tro'i: Texas. .March 11. -ale, an express ines a robbery 'of tin. train, near Sandcr ipped two higlnvay iiem. Tlie roi)ber ,u a few nub's east seiger, bnike.l Southern 1'aeiii son, when he i r men, killing boarded t he tra of Sanderson. I mail and express cars and locomotive Were detached from the passenger coaches. The engineer v. as innler cover of robbers' guns, and compelled to run ; the roaches ahead . One robber took Trousdale leu 1; to the train and kept him uii h r guard, while the other robber 'iov'ered the crew in the cars ahead, ami started to rille the safe and express boxes. Trousdale employed Hie'. old ruse of signalling an imaginary person back of his captor; when the robbers turned. Trousdale grasped a mallet, and lie- fore- the' .highwayman could Blioot, dashed out his ibrains. Then, arming himself with the. dead robber's gun, Trousdale await ed tlie other bandits' return. After rilling the express boxe3, the second man returned to the conches. Step ping from cover, Trousdale killed him, All stolen property was re covered, and the train proceeded. Trousdale Is a young tnati and lives here. To Kcsl'Te. Lnipeior. Peklnir. March 13. General Sheng Yun, heads ten 'thousand troops, who are marching from Kunou nrov nee to Peking, to re store the emperor to the throne. IEUTRA UMHCI United Slates Will Strenghtea Existing Laws--Blow to Revolutionists Washington,';-. March. . 11. The i'nil"d Stale- 'government today, i.n assuming a posMion of sirict n-eu-i r':i lit y delivered, -a.' sev.er.i blow u the cause of the' Mexiean revolui ioa ihi.j, b,. taking Mo to. cut off 1 lit hitler's supply of nnmiiioiis of war. !" i tii this country.". t'r-"e!!ly reijliesteil by the Aiei. led' ,'ai EOM-rtnie-nt to revise ill ' :"ese!;i ie -. i-1 :.! i I laws, i'l'i'siileii' I a ft pom ed mii i he inadequacy In st.t: .. :i a iiiemii'':' of the ttenaie fiirei;-ii reial in"s e.'.ti, mi I t.-e. and they ii.rc. i!i,ii..i . ivtiie'lleil to the t'.ipii' I : ml ii l a ' 1 1 1 1 a ciniciirrei, i - ;i I i I : e l'i i - -' I lh" .'I' ll II i.'i,",.. In eliei l :de i'e: iilul ini, u iinlil a in liul i.' the pre'sidi hi In sli'p I he export of ;r:-is iir m un ii 'i.ins i.f ;ir fru'i-i aii;, place in ! he l ain i -Stiiies . io - any Aiuerh -an . couiiiiy. v.here, in bis 'iillii)i. domestic violence i-Nisleil- - 'I'll i' . resol ii! ion wa 1 1 uiporari ly tabled in the senate, witii the iiniler staiidi.ng ii would be considered later toipiy.: While the lVmise iilsn lunst id on t lie measure, instructions, it is said. have, been-given customs of ficials lo hold up all shipments: of arms . destined to points in .Mexico. The action of the I'nited States, ac cording to the .Mexican ainbiissador, will strengthen the opinion that this P ONFERENOES TODAY ON GOAL SITUATION Nev.' York. March 11. .-With: con ferences on today in New' York and London, steps ina be taken lending towards the adjustment'.; of world w iiie sil tint ion which finds a '.million coal - miners on strike, in Ureal lirilain tilid ten tliousaiid liard and soft coal tiiinei's tnreateiiin", to strike. The possibilties of striking in tlie I'nited States has already made 'itself --.fell." .in premiums of one dollar pel' ton on anthracite. DiMircss Acute. I .oiidon. caused tin laud and strike, is ..March : 1 1- The distress iiilaliont Ktigialid, Scoi Wales by the great coal becoiiiing- acute,' partieu- latly in Wah of the ' 'people ;, y.-liere the wlude Hi ' depends u poll I lie coa I indilst r . l innress at London.- March ence between .the owners anil strik 4 initercMce. 1 1. . -Tlii- con fer-I'-ritisli coal, mine ng tniiiers reire- sentati'.i s, presided over by Premier Asquilli, was reached this morning at ihe foreign ollice. li is said snt Isfactory progress, was made. i Di st i i: i mi doi i: i , Soldi t.ci mi. in l liivd Liner Saves hailiiis I mill a Lark. New York. March II. The Nun Ii Herman l.lu.wl liner ('hemniiz, in from -llrcine!!.. while on li(;r last, easl wanl -trip feil In on Keliniarv s. in miiloeeaa, v itli tlie ilisn.asied Ni.ir tt egian bark Kiiph rates, wallow ing.ill a lii'ini sea. i iic liriiisii fieluliier (Irampiaii ll.tnge ; . as- stainliii!: by. aiid had been nearly two days Wail ing, for the sea to moderate..- The lirit.ish shipper had lahen' oft seven of the bark's crew bv liie line, . Captain ioeiimann, ol tlie iTiem nitz, decided to risk laitm liinu two lllchonl to take oil tile rest ol the crew, since the bark looked as if she might founder vet v soon: Ihe I:; men let! on the bark. iiicludtnL' her skipper, had to jump overboard with lines aini were hauled nun the lile- lioals. vim h could not go alongside tlie wreck. 1 lie 1 .1 men rescued bv tlie t heinnitz .were landed at Itre tnen, and the seven saved bv tlie tieighier were taken lo Philadelphia. Ihe euplirates was bound lloin clas- gow to Mantes. M'HOONLH tiOKS DOWN Ocean Citv. Mil.. Mandi 11 ( aptain ileiinel t and six men were lcscueil In breeches buov bv Ocean ( it.v liie savers Irom the Wilming ton. Delaware three masted schooner. 1 .. t. .. I I ..... I n.i. . .loiiu ii. uii. i iic M'ssei was stranded three miles south of here while bound 'from Wilmington, N. C, to New York with a cargo of lumber. Schooner' Is a total loss. The rescues were effected Willi great difficulty, NEUTRALITY towards its oui hern neighbor. After the whitehouse coil senate and foreign relations con,. ?A lee lield a meeting and framed v joint resolution, which would pro hibit the shipment of arms from the I'nited States into any state on the American continent, which - is in a condition of disorder. The resolu tion would1 impose a heavy penalty. It is the intention' to make it im liicdialcl) applicable to the .Mexican situation. The resolution, was adopted unani- ii sly in tie- committee, and .a;i reported to tlie sen!, immodilelvv I'l'K i: with Mi;H (i. Neutiaity Laws Not Specific Ivimiigli, Pi'csidfiit Says. V.'asliiiii4ioti. ATarcli :',. -President Tit-ft uoiu'ed out to members of tlie s.-ii. vie foreign relations com mil -i"e and Texas i-ongi essioual diiega tii.n -in white lionse' conference tlial the neili '.-..I.:.: laws of tae I'liitel Si, lies veil mil spi i i lie enongli and l.i 'Piniel as havinc said thai -unless coricd ,--s ena. ii-i new measures ii would he -d illicit 1 1 to preserve peace wit ii Mexico.'-. S IOi.K l l .' Ill M LI ill I 10 llieivi- I iilden.islieil Kccorii of HI I ears. To Help Sick Son. Lou:- i ilie, March 1:; - A Iter ,serv nic ll years: Willi an unblemished record in tlie railway mail service. A nil I!. .Terrell', age-, fil, confessed to secret service men that lie had stor-n a total of "thirteen, dollars from regigslered letters, to buy Christmas presents and 'medicine for his son, wlio has tuberculosis. Ter rell was arrested yesterday, after eijinple! ing his run Would right I nch' Sam.' ('ainaguey, Cuba. .March 1.1. Gen eral l-'eraaudez do :Caslro -addressing .lie Veterans assembled. declared should liie ! nileil Stall's sit ti nipt ail iilher inlervetiliou Cuba's veterans would tiitl'.l as they fought against Spain, (leneral enthusiasm and ap plause followed, Hlmv To llackers. Chicago,- March 11.- A blow was dealt the. packers,, charged with criminal iolatioh of the Sherman law. .1 udge -Carpenter denied the jnotiiin for tlie discharge of Edward .Morris and Louis II.. lleynian. two ileleijdanls (in the technical objee t ion in t he indictment . Sbooucr linn Down. New "'.York, .March 1 1. The steam- -h;ii Nort bland. New I ork. lor I'ort ianil. wms run down and nearly-sunk by the steamer .lames S. White, off ,'rnss Kip light ship. A -large hole was stove in the Nort htalid's port liiarler above the water line. Women Ueiilil ele. Washingiou. March 11. Today is 'Suffragette Day'!'-ill the -capitol. The Senate women suffrage -coniinittee anil house juilii'itiry coniiuittee. Inai'il the women advocates of the pending' bills to amend the' constitu tion, giving women the right to vote. ran ennui , Wasliingtuii; 'March - '.. -13. '-'.The naiiies n! the superdreadiiaughls. (tklalioma :md Nevada, contracts, for wniia reii'iiti.v were ,ei by liie navy depart iiieitt. nia-.ii ; i tieir first' appear1 aiice on ihe -monthly progress report issued b the Ihi rea ii of consi ruel ion and repair iinla), tnaki-ug ii total oi six I hi 1 1 hVh i is under const met ion . Two are rapidlv.. iiearing cuniplet ion. On .March I. ihe Wyouiitm was '.'l.."i jierceiit coiiiiileteil aiid the Arkansas. Ml.!', the New .Y.ork';.aiid Texas were respectively . 2ti.S and ''!. I 'percent cutnlilefeil.; :.erage progress is, recorded, for February- on ull. naval vcsm'Is now building. l-'OL'i'Y MION Kl l.l.LI) Anaciliv In ( luiu'se Province ol Uwaugtiiiig. Honk Konu, .March 11. Anarchy alinosl prevails everywhere in the ( liiuese iirovnice ol Kwangtung Port v men wore killed and sixty wounded m a battle -Saturday, at ( liowvang. I lie I niled States moni tor Moiiterev. is at ( anion. Several missionaries had narrow escapes from Hying bullets. . Standard Oil Dei lai cs Dividend New ork. March 1;;. 1 he Stand ard oil Company, of JCebraska, de clared a stock dividend of two thou sand shares, or !! 1-1 per cent. The. woman of the hour is Hie one who says she'll be ready In a minute.-" country is friendly dis. ' F WEATHER E After Days and .Weeks of Rain and Snow, Sun Came Out At Intervals Today WAS MOST WELCOME Streets and Roads in Fearful Con , dil lon, ISut With Several Days of Wni'iii Sunshine They Would Ke Improved (food Fruit Crop Pre dided for North Carolina Farm ers Itebiml in Their Plowing Some Talk About the Weather. Ariel: days and weeks of miserable weather, with here and there a promise of better days to come, to day lent reality to the hope often, expressed by people generally that fair ..weather had not altogether abandoned this section of the state. Old Sol was tltful in his moods to day, and at times he shone with a vigor that caused the streets to lose some of the appearance of a bog, and ut other times he seemed faint hearted. . -Iti.tt. he came out part of the time and sparkled and domineered glory be! and looked as if he would soon say: "Mud, your name is dust." Even as this was written the sun was playing hide and seek with the clouds; and the greater part of the time he was showing his gracious face. .:-,' Little Plowing Done. Fair weather is most devoutly prayed lor by the farmers. Very lit tle plowing of any kind has been done lately and Bpring oats in many cases have not been sown. Corn Inml remains unprepared and little wot k has been done toward the next cotton crop. May lie (iood Fruit Year. The weather has been so uniform ly cool that the trees have not even begun to bud. Tins may be a blessing it should be for w.hen warm weather dawns, no severe trosts may come to chill vegetation and blight young trim. Old-timers are predicting a good fruit year in North ( aroflna. and the probabili ties ate that peaches and apples will be cheaper in July and August Mian apples usually are at Christmas --us. -has - been tlie case during the nasi tew vears. I lade (enerallv Good. Trade with the -merchants has been very good considering the fierceness ol the roads. Manv a dol 'ar that would have gone into a new I l ess or hat has not vet reached the nercliaiil.Tiut with better road con ditions it Is expected that town merchants' will do more business.. H.IIVLF.Y WILL COXTFST mmmmm liss Margaret Cnmernn, the warl of (be Into Kdwin llawley, tho flnan. cier wlio Nettled her claim against the estate for $.-00,000 with 'the heirs. The photograph of MIhsI Cameron was (aken when he was seventeen years of we, the time Hawlejr. first look her under his protection,' MAY MSI, 53k It- , I) i vi V .