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He J 11 9 Associated Press Service. ' 11 1 1 " ' . . sessa mm Vol. LXXI No. 57. The WeatherBAIK." RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. t Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper : ' " ' , ; : - ........... .... . RALEIGH WILL GET ESTATE C0MVEWTI0W Sentiment Seems to Be Overwhelmingly In Favor of Bringing Biennial Gather ing Back to Its Old Home CHARLOTTE HERE Representatives of Thnt City -Will Assure Members of Committee That Cliarlotte Is Always Ready to Kntertain Convention Raleigh "Will Welcome Convention Buck Home New Auditorium Will Be .Thrown Open to Members of Com- ' mil tee May Recommend Action As to Senatorial Primary. Although it was practically certain this afternoon that the democratic state convention would he held in Raleigh, President Lltch ford, his committee and other Raleigh citizens were not content with the seeming overwhelming sentiment In favor, of the capital city. The delegation will go before the executive committee tonight and put forward Raleigh's claims. Mr. Willfs G. Briggs and Mr.'R .N. Simms will be the spokes men for Raleigh. The meeting will he held In the senate chamber. '-:'. Messrs. Frank R. McNInch, Edgar B. Moore, Editor Wade H.. Harris and Mr. R. W. Vincent, tho latter managing editor of the Observer, comprise the . delegation sent down, . from Charlotte to go before the exe cutive committee tonight. These gentlemen Will assure the members of the committee thnt Charlotte al ways extends a warm welcome and that the Queen City is ready to re ceive at this time. The committee tonight will name the time and place for holding the convention and transact other busi ness. Raleigh is most likely to he the place and the time will be early in June. It is expected that the committee will make recommenda tions to the state convention as to the manner of holding a primary to decide tne senatorial question. President Lichford this afternoon will show the members of the com mittee through the magnificent new auditorium. The members of the executive committee are as follows: A. H. Elter, chairman, Winston Salem; Walter E. Brock, secretary, Wadesboro." Advisory Committee T. J. Jarvls, Greenville; Claude Kitchln of Scot land Neck; F. M. Simmons, New Bern; Josephus Daniels, Raleigh; J. S. Carr, Durham; ohn D. Bellamy, Wilmington; Theo. F. Kluttz, Sr., Salisbury: C. W. Tillett, Charlotte; Locke Craig, Ashevllle. First District W. G. Lamb, Wil mington; F. G. James, Greenville; E. A, Daniel, Washington; E. F. Aydlett. Elizabeth City; L. L. Smith, Gatesvllle; C. E. Thompson, Eliza beth Citv. - Second District P. J. Macon, Warrenton; W. A. Finch, Wilson; F". D. Winston, Windsor; N. J. Rouse, KiiiBton; W. O. Howard, Tarboro; K. L. Travis, Halifax. Third District W. D. Hargett, Trenton; T. D. Warren, New Born; (Continued on Page Five.) COMMITS SUICIDE ' New; York, March 20. Mrs. a Blanche Carson ot San rrancisco, ar i i rested here for smuggling several thousand dollar worth of jewels on her arrival from abroad, committed ulclde by hanging herself to a win dow of a .hotel. The woman" body was seen by a pedestrian, dangling -',"" from the ( edge of an eighth door V window of the Hotel Brotoll. The rope was fastened to th,e radiator. The woman .confessed smuggling jewel valued at twenty thousand dollar. During her examination yesterday the broke down and told ihow she brought a large amount cf . jewnry inio aw uuuea oirwi con cealed In her hat and elsewhere, The - woman's age wa fifty, t SHORT-TERM CONVICT WAS SHOT IN BACK Ceorge Wilkins, a short-term convict, who was shot twice early yesterday morning as he was Baling a fence at tho camp at the 'state fair ground!), was reported in a snrioiis condition today. Wilkin liod uftke-d tho gnad for permission to gel a drink of water before going "ut with the gang and when the guard turn ed his head, the negro beuot-d around a building and was making for the fence when next seen.. He was commanded to halt, but kept running, and as he was climbing the fence Guard A. B. Ross fired nt him with a 38 calibre pistol, the bullet striking him In the back; At the same time another guard fired a load of shot at him, these peppering him in the back also. Wilkins ran 150 yards IWore falling. Dr. J. J. L. McCullora, county superintendent of health, was called and rendered medical aid. Wilkins was sentenced Saturday af ternoon to thirty days on the ro.tda for loud and boisterous cursing on the street. HAD ltlN(iH ON HIS TOES And Plenty of Time, But Got Caught For Stealing $1,000 Worth ,of 'Jewelry. Charlotte, March 20. free Med lin, a young white man who came to the city about four weeks ago from Atlanta, Ga., and who has since been working in a Charlotte cotton mill, will probably be given a preliminary hearing today, charged with the theft of a thousand dollars worth of jewelry from the Little-Long Com pany's store Monday night. When arrested as he alighted from a car at the Square, he denied all knowledge Of the affair. Protesting his Innocence, he was taken to the police station, and a search revealeff that he had several watches In his pockets, and twenty rings In his socks and shoes, which were later 'identified as part of the missing Jewelry. Aviator Hurt in -Auto. New York, March 20. Frank C. Coffyn, an aviator was hurled from an automobile in Central Park. It crashed Into a bridge. Coffyn wan takeu to a hospital. Snow Storm In the West. Sioux City, March 20. One of tn severest snow storms of the winter Is raging. Railroad and street car traffic is crippled. Third Division Hishuiidcd. Adjutant General l-ernster today issued an order disbanding the thir division of the naval brigade at Windsor for inefficiency. : Heavy Ixwt of Life. Kort Smith, March 20. Keports to the mining company headquarters Indicate heavy loss of life. LAFOLLETTE HAS BIG- LEAD OVER ROOSEVELT " ; Fargo, North DakotaMarch 20.r Witli return received last night Sen ator LaFollete ha a lead of over thirteen thousand vote over Theo doore Roosevelt In the first presl dentlal primary election yesterday Roosevelt carried only one of. tin eastern tier of counties. Pohso in Pursuit. Corinth, MIbs., March 20. Sheriff McPeters and a posse of Olcorn conn ty men began the pursuit of five or more robber of the Mobile and Ohio northbound train, : - ' , Locomotive Explodes. Roanoke, Va., March 20. A Nor folk and Western locomotive exnlod ed, killing the engineer and Injuring two. tiV-'. 4' " suss liKATKici: itiiMii.i: .1X1) Jl'IKiK K. II. SMITH. The eiigiigomt'lH ol Miss Itcati'ice lliildlu, u liieiiilici' of the (hiiioiis ISiil- die family of Philadelphia, who is eighteen years of age, to Judge Rich aid H. Smith, of St. James, L, 1., (12 years of age, will he li.iuially an nounced within a few (lays. The wedding is xMTted to take place the latter purt of June. Only a few months ugo .Miss Riddle's family an noiinccd her engagement to Alhiti (i ay lor, tin editor and art critic. He is 21 years if age. The first iiiti mation (! friends of Miss Riddle luid ol' her rngitgement to Judge Smith was a tea given in honor of the betr:thcil pair by the judge's cousin. The cause of the engagement being broken between Miss Riddle mid (Jnjior is a mystery. Durham Seems Able to Handle Such Cases (Special to The Times.) .Durham, N. C, March 29. -Juge Cook, who is presiding over Durham superior court, venter day afternoon ordered IndicAients to be brought against the husbands of a number of women who have ap plied to the court for a divorce al leging non support and desertion. At the last term of court a total Of fourteen divorces were granted by Judge Cook In one week. Several more have- been granted at this term, and there are still a large number on the docket. A large number of the actions are brought by the wives on the ground of de sertion, non support and inlidelity to the marriage vows. Judge Cook ordered steps to he taken to have the' derelict -husbands brought be fore the grand jury and punishment meted out to them. ' A . meeting ol a' representative body of Durham business men wa held in the , Commercial Club rooms yesterday . evening for the purpose of forming a county club. A number of shares of the stock was subscribed for and a charter will be' secured at once. It was decided to purchase a lot from Mr.1 John Sprunt Hill near his golf course which will be accessible to the members. Taylornvllle Office Advanced. Washington, March 20. The postoffice at Taylorsvtlle was today advanced to the presidential class the change to become effective April 1. Tho office .4111 pay U, 100 per annum, Mrs. (Jrnce (Joes to I'hiladclpliiii. Atlanta, fla , March 20. Mrs. Daisy Oplepracp, released on $7,500 bond last night, left for Philadel phia. ' The trip wa In connection with plana to protect her Interest In her estate , . " . NO NEED TO GOTO RENG WAS Mil! F The Allen Gang Was Not at Chestnut Ridge-Posse Discourage ' liillHVillo, Va., ' March 211. It 1 was another false scent lliat drew mro the inouniHins last nilu nearlv ev ery man of this sccium that could ride a horse and cam a gim. Hie location ot the Allen Rang is still a m.vsterv. Part of tne posse returned here lodav weavv and (liscouraged, rcportniK thai the vniig was not lomul at Choatnni Knke. when; it was bel.cvei to haw tavu trailed. The retiirnins; posse loiind gatner ed on Hie tiourt-iiou.se green, an xiously awaiting news I mm the nielli search, . pwl a ahv everv wom an and child left hehuid hv the man h'.ii'li rs. II wan lani'-'H-il iei'l- Iiue nt disappoint un nl and reliel thill Hie lamille.i ol lac- laemhers ol The community leanu'd the outlaws had not Ieon (neoiiiilered or locat ed. Ko.moke, March telephone mi88iigt. from Mount Airv savs two men aswering the description ol Allen and Wesley l;d wards, ineni- hers ot the Carroll county outlaw uund, were seen i ins uioriiing, .Hur rying along the railroad tracks to ward Pilot Mountain, in the direc tion of Winston-Salem.-. A posse started in pursuit. Arrest at liiltniore. Asheville, March 20.- Local oiff- cers about noon '. arrested a -young Viau at Ulltniofe. beating freieht train No. The chief of police had been advised that lie might lie one of the A iPtrs: that he hoarded the train at Vniruvrs; He is about 21 .years ohl'(; .s' his name is Oliver Uoodsoil. aiid that lie lives' in Canton, but has been there for two years. He has been in Keidsville he says. He is being held pending an Invest igal ion. DYNAMITE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE KNOX New Orleans, March 20 -Rem use of tlie alleged discovery by the Mearagiiun government of a plot to assassinate Secretary of Suite Knox on his recent visit there, it is not improbable a number of prominent "liberals" will he put to death, ac cording to advices received here from Blueliel.ls. it .': Thirteen dynamite bombs, placed beneath the roadbed over which Knox's special train traveled from Corinto to Managua and connected with ah electric battery, were dis covered by government agents, and will be used as evidence against the conspirators. Two score Solayistas, or "liberals, " are confined in the penitentiary at .Managua, held m coinmunicato. pending the termina tion of present investigation. Bombs' wiMi battery connections were dlscoveied planted beneath the railroad tracks. The discovery was made after the Knox special train parsed On the way to the -capital. The failure of the conspirators to do deadly work is believed dm;' either to lack of proper battery connections or -approach of guards detailed to patrol the tracks. SIX MONTHS FOR A MILITANT SUFFRAGETTE London, March 20. Ellen Pit field, a suffragette who atempted to set fire to the; general ' postofllee March 3, by throwing a bundle of paper saturated with petroleum In to the building, was sentenced to six months Imprisonment. CJII-'T OF lUXDHEl) THOtSAXH. J. PlerMnt (Juve Ijirge- Sum to Nashville VllcjC. Nashville. March 20. ,T. Pieriiou'. Morgan gave a hundred thousand dollars to the Poabody College for teachers, It was announced today. Mr. Morgan's gift is part .of the mil lion which will be raised for the In stitution, ' - ALSE jr.. ik. 4 V ffi y I III Al;4 'II ' W ' " ' " I I is " 1 I I t 1 , s 1 I . - "i V I AJ ' -a MiSS -AI.H'K TIKHSKV. Washington, Maivli 20. Mi.ss Alice Tiei'iiey, of this city ami Hyntfs viile. Mil., is now on a lO.OOO-inile journey to iniii-ry her fiance, Hurry (iivyiin, iio-.v in Yokohama, Japan. Guynii, who is connected with the military -service in .Manila, will meet his hi-idi-to-lie at the ciiil of her loiiiaiiaiitic .joiiriiev. The i-omance between Miss Tieruey anil (iwymi he Ran within the walls of the naval academy at Amiapolis; cii'.ht years hid, when Mr. (iivynn v, as a inid- lbipmaiiv Miss Tics-ney was edli caled in t!i o(j-,. name Convein anil the Washington ..College. ililSIl "Nothing Has Occurred to Disturb My Equanimity," He Says "Xijtliiiig has occurred to disturb my equuniinity," answered - Senator FV M. Siiiiiiions today in response to a Query by a Times reporter as to the political situation: The senator was laughing and chatting with friends in the lobby of i lie Yar borougli hotel. lie said he had merely run down from Washington lo attend the meeting of the executive committee tonight. Mr. Simmons was looking unusually well and vigorous. Many friendi: from aU parts of the state culled on him to offer congratula Tions. His private secretary. Mr. Watts, is also here. Hon. Francis 1). Winston of Wind sor when seen today said that there was mi doubt about ' Uulcigh's land ing the convention. Everybody, it seems, wants to see the deinocrais hold their "conventions here.' THK POPK AMI 1)1 Accepts the Resignation of a Count Who Challenged a Prince. Home, March 20. The pope has accepted the resignation of Count Peccl, nephew of the late Pope Leo XIII., who recently challenged Prince Altieri to a duel, from com mand of the Palatine (iijnrd of Honor. The count will atftlw name time remit his rank of lieutenant in the noble guards. Therefore Inf. connection with the, Holy See will ho entirely . severed. By. a speol.ij concession of the pope the imuii 'a granted a pension. The pope, in alluding fo the duel ling scandal with which the count was connected, hinted that he in tends shortly to make a public man festo against duelling. "Duelling," he said, "Is an aniirchronlsm. It survives because modem laws do not sufficiently' protect Individual honor; they only safeguard property. Love Is ii disease but It Isn't as contagious as It used to be. 1 BUILDING COLLAPSES WITH FATAL RESULTS Parsons Drug at Morning-Three Persons Are Dead and Several Others Were EDITORS WILL MEET iSEI,!lLlin ht mm CITY The executive (tonimitfee of the Nortll Carolina Press Association, in session here today, selected More head Cily ' us the place! for holding (lie coii wnt ion and .Inly 23,- 24 aiid :!. as tli" ti-iii'. It was decided to i;i v.ili' ;hi lime of the meeting ex-i-lusi -, t-l.v to husiiii-ss of. the l!."Oi-ia-tioti. A li ii'al ivi- program include.-! the ..--eiiring of an editor of national ri'Niila.ion (o address the editors. 'I'liose . present, were: ivlaj. II. A. Lon don, Pitlsboro, " chiiirinan; . H. B. Ynriier, Lexington; It. M. Phillips, Greensboro; ,1. .1. Farriss, High Point; K. W'. Vincent, Charlotte. Mr. .). 1!. Sherriil, ol Concord, and Mr. I). T. Kdward.s, of Kinston, . were absent. THK CKK.MICAL HILL. lleiH'iiiS 'by'., the- Senate Finance Comniiltee Itesiunei. Washington, .March 20. Hearing on the house chemical bill was re .sunu d by the senate .finance-, com mit too with witnesses opposed to thp bill. 'They;' included Charles De laiiey, of Philadelphia, '.'.president ".of the. National Association of Glue and "Gelatin .Mtutufacrfirera: -Wr A. Bvwbj, of Oiirhanr, X. C, vice liresident of '.ho Aiuoiican Cotton Manufacturers' Assoi hit ion , and Caesar Cone, of lirensi'oro, N". C. President Uctiirning Home. N.nv York. Marcn 20. President Tall stojipod in Ni'w; York this morn ing on the return trip to Washing ton. After breakfastiiig on his pri vate Car, the president was driven, to the ' residence of his brother, Henry W. Tafi. h.iortly after 10 o'clock ho left for Washington. Kvlosions Follow Collision. Rochester, March 20. Switching in the Lehigh Valley yards at Man chealer, a .light engine collided with ii string of cars containing oils and chemicals. There were several ex plosions. Conductor- Bert Mcllvany was burned fatally. Several cars were destroyed. , Local Optiouists Win, Annapolis, March 20. Maryland's local option advocates won on a test vote in the house of delegates when a motion to kill the' bill extending local option to counties not already "dry" and to Baltimore, was de feated decisively. Fiaui Sails For Itueiios Aires. Ilobart, Tasmania, .March 20. The Kram. the famous Antarctic ex ploring ship in which Captain Amundsen made the voyage to the south pole,- sailed for l!uenos Aires. Nine Killed jn F.vplosion. Scranton, I'a., March 20. Nine persons were killed as a result of a Kas explosion from'' mine settlings. The (load are foreigners. ACUTE ON T COAL STRIKE London, March 20. Distress hi acute throughout the whole Indus trial districts of the Vnited King dom, becauee of the national coal strike which threw one nilllio.l millers and one and a half million other 'workers out of employment. Women, children and the workers themselves are suffering extreme poverty in many places. Thousands of-children in many centers are be ing fed from charitable funds. Five Killed in Itoliih F.vplosion. Oporto, Portugal, 'March 20 Five men were killed and nine wounded, in Immh explosions in Mlragla. The explosions were heard for miles. Many houses were destroyed. Two arrest have been made, Waftochnrn Foil ThiC Injured In Crash LAMM unutif wfluo Fatal 1 Xsaster at Wadesboro Ttrng Store Building OUapwcn One Lit tle GlrL Two Years Old, Dauh ter of Dr. J. M. CoVinjrton, Dead. The Other Dead Ave Misses Lor nnd Marion Little.' IXaiightern of .1. IS. Little Mrs. J, M. Covington,, the Child's Oandiiother, Injured. (.Special tJ Tlie Times.) Wadesboro, Mstch 20. Parson's drug store cdilapsed this morning and several people inside the store were crushed lb death. The body of Virginia May Covington, two years old, the daughter of Dr. J. M. Cov. ington, ,Ir. has been recovered. Her grandmother was also injured. -. Misses Lora and Marlon Little are thought to have been caught on the sidewalk . At this time it Is impossible to know hf3w many; are .killed , 6r pinned underneath. Rescue work is going on. " . - ; Three Are Mend. ' Specia lto" The Times.) ," :,. , Wad'eboFo, .'a.J2QThre.., bodies have been recovered from the debris of the Parsons Drug Cord-, pany's store, which collapsed at 11 o'clock this morning. The first body was that of the two-year-old. daugh ter of Dr. ,1. M. Covington, Jr., which was taken from a window dead, but not disfigured. The child's grand mother, Mrs. J. M. Covington, who was standing near and pinned over a show: case, suffered a broken artn and shoulder. The bodies of Misses Lora and Marion Little, daughters of J. B. Little, a prominent liveryman, were recovered about 12 and 1 o'clock re spectively. The former was easily reached and was not badly mutlliated but the latter was crushed between the ceiling and floor, a space of not more than three or four inches. Thejr were sitting at a table near the fountain when the crash came. The father of the girls is dangerous 111 at his home of bright 's disease. No one among the employes were seri ously hurt because they were either in the cellar or next to the wait, left standing furtherest from the corner of the street. The building Is opposite the court house and one of the oldest brick structures In town. Workmen were lowering the floor to the level of the street and undermineded the sup port of the walls. The workmen had bare. y enough warning to escape from the cellar. Another Account. (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, N. C, March 20. It is thought that several lives were lost at Wadesboro, N. C, this morning, when the Parson drug store build ing collapsed, crushing the oecu (Continued on Page Seven.) SEVERAL KILLED IN I! Fort Smith, Ark., March 80. Mine No. 2 of the Sanbois Coal Co., at MeCurtain, Oklahoma, was Wrecked by a gas explosion In the ninth level. Fire and smoke are preventing rescues. 5 One body has been brought out. It was so badly burned experienced miners believe there Is little,, hope that any of the 85 men composing the day shift at the mine wilt escape alive. . , Inspector leaves For Mine. McAHster, Okla., March 30. Mine Inspector Burgess, with 4 res cue apparatus, left for McCuraln. ' By performing an autopsy a d"oc tor hopes to secure Inside Informs. Uon. m 'f J M v i v. HP- m 4 k f - I
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