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., t I . 4 Associated Press Service. Associated Press , Service. . 1 Vol. LXXI. No. 58. The Weather 3AIN.V RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. LAST EDITION ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. .., .. ,:.. . . , t . . . ... - . , ... "j . . 1 . . . . w - . ", Doible the Number of Paid Subscribers in R,aleigh of any Other Newspaper C0NVHII1 Vote of the Committee to Hold the Democratic Convention Here . Was Unanimous .. DATE IS JUNE SIXTH Raleigh AVou the State Convontiun Without a Contest, Charlotte's Invitation Being Merely Forma! That City Saw Early That She Was Defeated and Accepted' With Good Grace Date For Primaries May 18, and County Conventions May 2.1 Senatorial primary Call ed For in Accordance With the Request of the Candidates referential Primary Discussed. Raleigh gets the democratic state convention.- That was a foregone conclusion before the executive com mittee met last night. But of the unanimity of action of the committee was particularly gratifying. The vote to come to Raleigh was unani mous, was given heartily and was reeclved with giSierous applause by -tne Raleigh delegation and byotherf present. The time for holding the convention was fix"ed for June 26. This, of course, was the most im portant work of the committee ast ' night. The date for holding the pre cinct primaries and meetings wat fixed for May 18, and for the coun ty conventions May 25. There waf quite a lengthy discussion regard ing the senatorial primary, not as to whether or not a primary should be held," but as to the kind of primary, : date, the power of the executive committee In the matter., ' Mr. E. L Travis and Mr. C. , O. McMichaei championed a preferential primary, but were snowed under.: The committee was late In meet ing, Chairman A. H. Eller callliu the body together at 8:45. The rol .call showed 55 members of the com mittee present, either, in person ot by proxy. The resignation of Mr H. A. FousheeV appointed Judge, wa read to the committee, was accepted and on motion of Judge R. H. Sykes Mr. S. C. Brawley, of Durham, wa elected to the vacancy. Hon. F. D Winston read a resolution of sym pathy for Mr. Josephus Daniels, ir h)s illness, and wishing him speedy recovery to health and return to the fight for democracy, which was adopted. Time und Place. The time and place for holding the convention was then taken up Mr. Henry E. Lltchford, president of the chamber of commerce, head ing a delegation of about 50 Raleigh citizens, was introduced by Chair man Eller. Mr. Litohford said but a few words. Ho said that Charlotte and Greensboro had set the capital city a fast pace. RulelgU, however, had caught it and was making pro gress with the ro3t of them. He would Introduce two speakers who would present Ralolgh's claims for the convention. These were Mr. W U. Brlggs and Mr. R. N. Simms. Mr. Brlggs made a witty speech, , getting many laughs and .also mak ing many points In favor of the (Continued on Pace Two.) ' PROMINENT LADY OF v DEAD (Special to The Timet.) :'.' Ashevllle, March 21. Mrs. Han nah M. Davidson, one of the best known and .. prominently connected women In this part of the state, died tliis morning at 6 o'clock; at the f. home of her son-in-law, P. M. Jones, . 315 Pearson' drive, after an Illness of several months. Mrs.' Davidson was the widow of Edwin Davidson who died many years ago. 'She was 60 years of age and1 was known throughout the state as a woman of kindly disposition and lovely v char acter. Her death comes as a great shock to .her many friends. . Major Butt Bees the Pope. Rome, March 21. The Pope re ceived In , private audience" Major ; Archibald W. Butt. President Taft's ' personal aid. . The 'meeting was most cordial, v Mr. ; Butt presented the pontiff' with autograph.' letter from President Tuft. . Th Pope was ;: greatly pleased,! ', 4;y f ; ''. ' . ASHE VILLI If MRS. CHRISTIAN HEMMICK. Washington, March 21. Because tho play she had written, called "The Love Echo," had received tdo much advertising, Mrs. Christian Hem, mick, formerly Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney, has withdrawn the perform ance from the Playhouse, and,; In ;nds to present it in a local theater. The Playhouse Is the center ! of iinusenient for the social set in Washington, and its president is Prcslon : Gibson, the well known clubman. The directors objected to Mrs. Hemmiek advertising the forth roming proilurlion, und the directors it the Playhouse served notice on 'lie auUiorrss that no one was an thoii.ed t advertlsp the exclusive heater of the rich. , Mrs. Henimlek iffended, 1 promptly withdrew the 'traduction. ....". WILEY IN CLASH WITH Washington, March 21. Dr. Har vey. W. Wiley, appearing us a private citizen before the pure food board idvocating regulation guarding the 'ise and sale of opium, morphine, md cocaine, aroused the drug repre sentatives auger by referring to hem as "dopers." A heated argu ment ensued. Blows were narrowly iverted. Tl'HTLK ATTACKS HATHKHS. Palm Bench (Juest Badly Bitten by Huge Amphibian. Falm Beach, Fla., March 19. John Jordan, of Buffalo, a guest of William J. Connors,', was attacked vhilo bathing by a large turtle und for 15 minutes was threatened with severe bodily injury if not death by drowning. He suffered bites on the i mi a and legs. Mr. Jordan entered the water alone in front of the Con nors residence and was swimming 200 feet from shore when the turtle rose under him. It immediately struck at him with lis head, and to save himseif he Jumped pn its back. The turtle swam for deep water and then dove, unseating, it rider,, und coming to the surface again Btruck at him viciously. . Unable to swim iway, Jordan clung to tHe turtle's uack and, using his feet as a rudder and holding Co the nippers, he steer ad toward shore- Meantime Miss Alice "Connors, seeing,, his plight, summoned two Japanese servants, who rushed out with a clothes -line, forming a hangman's nooso, which they got over the turtle's head after a struggle in -which both were bit ten. The turtle measured 5MT feet. LAW -NEEDS AMENDING Mor Than' 20 Federal Court Clerks, ' i, .-.i - r Washington, March 21. Chair man Clayton of the Judiciary com mittee declared on the house' floor that more than twenty clerks of the federal courts in the United States were embezzlers of court funds and still retained their places because the existing law , was so framed they could not be reached. Clayton urged tne amendment i of the law to permit the president to Jemove the offending clerks. . 4 Windstorm Doe Damage.' Wichita Falls. ,M arch 21. Loss of life Is reported In towns across the Oklahoma border, from a wind storm that swept over northeastern Texas and southern Oklahoma. A tremendous proportion Of the dam age' was lit Wichita county,, Hun dreds of oil rigs were blown down 10 the neighborhood of Electra,: Texas, 1 8. S. Sunday School Workers Will Hold Convention April 10-11 (Special to The Times.) Durham, Jircli jn. At a meeting of a committee Of prominent Sun day school workers at the. .Young Men's Christian association building yesterday, it was decided to l'lold ti county Sunday school convention at Durham April 10-11. Delegates will be sent from each Sunday school in the county, and a general Sunday school workers as sociation will je formed. Mr. Ceo. W. Watts presided at the meeting of the committee this morning and Mr. J. D. Pridgen was secretary. The following well known citizens were appointed a committee on en tertainment: A. S. llobgood. Miss Nellie Childs, Mrs. It. L. Tillinghast, R. N. Lee, Mr. C. C. Mullholland, Mrs. P. S. Thomas. Messrs. R. N. Wilson, J. D. Pridgen and G. H. Nash were appointed a publicity com mittee. Mr. W. A. Erwin of Durham wont to Washington yesterday with other cotton mill men to register their protest with the finance committee of the senate against a" increase in the duty Af Indigo. A bill now pending before the senate would in crease the duty on indigo ten per cent. The cotton mill men say that the same increase in the tariff would operate to raise the price of denims and other coarse cloths used by the working classes. A, meeting of the board of trustees of the Watts hospital was held yes terday afternoon. The business transacted was mostly routine, though some changes were made lu the management of the Institution. BROMI.KY C.IISIS LKTTEKS. In One to MacFurlnml Expresses Hatred of Woman in the Way. Newark, N. J., March 21 -Letters from Florence Bromley, of Philadel phia, to Allison M, McFarland, of this city, who has been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife by poison ,are made public. MacFar land was enamored of Miss Bromley and the .prosecution- charged that the motive for the murder was his desire to he free to marry the girl. In connection witn his appeal t th.'ccourt of errors for a new trial, MacFarland Intimates that his wife read the lotlerg sent to him by . the Bromley 'nfrl and committed suicide ill consequence. The letters are very ardent in their nature and record Miss. Brom ley's desire to be recognized as Mae Farland's wife in t lie eyes or the world. In one letter she says: "flood 11 ess, do you think SHE might shoot you? 0 . Then I would have 1o shoot. H Kit before 1 died. Oh, I hate her. Oh, 1 do hate her. Dear knows what I will do to her and di.sgraco us all." STORM IX NORTH New York in the Grip of a Blizzard Sleet Storm. New York, March 21.-A sleet storm, the forerunner of a severe blizzard, struck here. Street traffic Is badly hampered. Weather bureau Offlolals state that 'winter, which of ficially ended last night, has been the coldest New York has known for many years.. Cold in Western New York. . Rochester, March 21. Western New York Is in a blizzard's grip. The temperature dropped 20 de grees. Six inches of snow, fell here. Blizzard in Pennsylvania, . WilkeBbarre, March 21. A bliz zard visited northeastern Pennsyl vania. Four Jnches of snow have fallen. WIDOW DROWNS HERSELF Atlantic , Ctyy Woman Disconsolate Over Husband's Death. Atlantic City, March 21. Tho body of Mrs. Harry Rlchter, of 229 North .Georgia- avenue, a widow about 50 years of age, was found floating late this afternoon In Inside Thoroughfare, near Chelsea Heights. Boys who made the dtscorsvry call ed Policeman Corbln. ' Physicians said the body had been In the water about 12 hours. Mrs. Rtchter's husband was Harry Rlchter,' late manager here for the Standard Oil Company. Since his death Mrs. Rlchter h as been Incon solable, and left home last night, saying she wat going for' walk, DMU CONVENTION HO BILL IN HOUSE Democrats Determine to Introduce (lit Bill Passed By the House In Extra Session NO CAUCUS TO BE HELl Derision of the IJemuci-nlic Mem bers of the Committee !'il!oved a I'ew Hours .-Discussion and Com parison of tfie .. I'ill. With the Tariff Hoard's Report Free Woo! Champions. .Convinced That Free Wool Bill '..Could Not ' Be- Passed Because of I,oss in UcVc'inie That Would linslie.' Washington, March ' 21. The members of the ways and moans committee nave aciernuncti 10. .rein troduce in the house the same woo! tariff revision bill that was intro duced last summer, which, after be ing revised In conference, was ve toed by Taft. The (011111111106 first considered a bill that would corres pond to 'the conference report, but finally decided 'unanimously .to in troduce their own bill which puts a twenty percent duty on raw , wool. Chairman.'- Underwood - . dropped the bill in the basket as lie entered the house this morning. The decision of the democratic committee members followed a few hours discussion and examination of the tariff board's siatistic's as an alyzed by Underwooil and compared with data in the committee's .possession.- Free wool champions were convinced ..bjrjl'.nderwood that a free wool bill could not be prepared sin cerely because there was 110 means lb raise ?2 l.uoo.o.OO revenue that would .be lost in placing raw wool 011 the free list. The coinniiitee's action was sud den and 'unexpected. -It-was even de cided there should be 110 democratic caucus relating to'the bill. This will obviate altogether the inevitable flfjht that would bo made by the free wool adherens.--.It is probable when the bill cou'ies up 011 the lioor, radi cal free wool democrats may take a stand. The democratic leader's action is. in the face the tariff hoard re port which came to the house last December, 'lie president in veto ing tl bill as passed by house i.nd senate urged, as -the principal rea son for his veto lluU there hi'l then been no repor! from the tariff hoard on the subject. m Chairman l iidcrwood said: "It was 'determined to introduce the hill just as we inn-'iiliH od it, last summer, carrying twenty percent ad valorem duty on raw vool, a reduction ol about fifty in n eni from the' duller) of the Payno-Aldneh law. We. .witf endeavor to haw the bill paswd in the house as sooil as possible. " The bill difn-rs from the bili ve toed by' the ..president principally "'in the duty assosiied on raw wool. . Tho house, bill carried 20 percent but after a . conference with thte senate committee the liouso leaders yielded and the bill as dually passed carried a 29 percent duty on raw wool. TKANAHUNDRED DEAD IN EXPLOSION McCurtain, Okta., March 21. Little hope cxi.sls that any of the three 'score-entombed, iln Sansbots mine arc alive. Exploration of the workings wrecked in yesterday's ex plosion was resumed. During the night twenty bodies, mutilated be yond recognition, were recovered. That the doHth list will exceed a hundred seems certain. The cause of the explosion Is undetermined. Fourteen More Rescued. , McCurtain, Okla., March 21 Fourteen more Workmen were res cued from the Sans Hols mine. This makes a total of 25 miners brought forth alive from the . workings. Fifty corpses have been recovered. Col. Speaks for Himself. New York, March 21.- Colour! Roosevelt has decided' to make an appeal direct to the' Maine voters and speaks tu Portland Saturday, FARMERS In SECOND GAME Oefeated Catawba 7 to 1 Snappier Than Last Game Quite a number of the hall fans were out Wednesday' afternoon to ce the A & M.-Calawita game.'. Tin j.'inic resulted in another scalp for"; lie fanners they winning tne game -even to one. In the first inning the game op.';i d with ..Heeler for Catawba at thd bat. He was hit by Tucker and so ie prcamhulatcd to tho initial sack lis stay there was very short as the lext two died at the plate. A. t M. opened up with Farmer it ' the bat, he connected with the pill for a Texas leagure that placed iiim on the first has. Rlcfert died jo he could get. to second and Hart sell met one on the nose for a base and Farmer wont, to third on the liirow in, and on an errow of the catcher he crossed the rubber making the first run. Patton . went to first oil an error, he pilfered sec ond but was put out on the bag try ing to get to third, LJartsell, 1n the neautinie crossed the plate for the other run.. The second inning registered a jlank for both teams and in the' hird A. & M. procured three scores, rhe'-visitors getting one; From then util the "A. & "M." seventh inning" lie Farmers were unable to make Mie circuit but in this 'inning 'they .allied twice. The remainder of the innings registered blanks. Tommie .Tucker was on the mound for the Fanners and ho allowed only ive scattered hits and struck out eight men. Ingram gave ten hits and only struck out one man. This is the way it happened: . . Score by innings: I!. II. K. A, & M. . . 2ii:i HHt 2(1 -7 10 a Catawba . .. 01) I (Mill (H)(-'-l 5 8 Batteries: A. M., Tucker nnd :'i'ifo:'t; Catawlia, ingrain and Ader- lloli. . Suiniiiary: Three-base Itsti Stafford; wo-haso hit, llartsell, Seifert and Tucker. Left on bases: A. & .M., 3; Catawba, Stolon bases, Farmer, 'Cage;- sacrifice hits, Seifert; struck jut, by. Tucker, 8; by Ingram, 1 ; Time of game, one hour and thirty five minutes..' Cmpire, i'pchitrth. MIIKK POTASH l-'Ol'XD Valuable Deposits' Believed to Have i' en Localed in Sontliern t'ali fiiliiia. Wa'shiugtoii, March 1 A valu able discovery of soluhli! potash !-il!s was made a! the Mohave de;-ovt. of southern California by I'ti hl r p reseiUHtivcs o;' 'Iif Inin-.-ni of roils and geological -siirvov. Tho potash Was found in a partly dried up Hike. Ciovernmenf experts, dc; -hire there ire indications of luilliuiis of tons of potash. ' The 'government bureau's' have sought thro inhout the country, for po'.n;dl, feeling certain that a "supply would he found. At piesent the i'nited Stales and otlier nations are almost, entirely 'dependent upon (Jormaiiy for 'their potash. Dinagrec ;nent between 'the German "potash trust" and American. -buyers became a subject of diplomatic exchanges which occupied several years and at one time threatened serious compli cations. '.-.. It KAT r.tMIXIF. IX HfSSIA. Tliirty-one Million I'cople Suiil to Ite Suffering Acutely. Chicago, March 21. Knowledge of the famine in eastern and south eastern lltissiu is beginning to reach :ho outer world, says u cablegrnni from St. Petersburg to the Chlcagr Dally News. Today it Is official!? ttdmlltcd that ;il,(MtO,0(K) people arc suffering acutely. The central uld commit tee. In St Petersburg has issued a strong ap peal to the na'.Ion and to other coun tries. The public Is responding will great generosity. In two days 181,- 300 rubles ($!)(), 500) has boon col lected lit St, Petersburg and lu suburbs. Otoventor Klteliln to Speak. Governor Kltchin left this morn ing for Blounts Creok, Beaufort county, to make'an educational ad dress. Ho will possibly visit one ol two of the-eastern towns before hlf return. He expects to be gone sev eral days, . " j A Jt." 'W,vll ' V' I It. , f!w4r- Ja. mjQP MISS KTIII;L -AltMl,l. liss I'jthel Arnold sister ol Mrs. liiinipiii'ev Ward, the I'.nglish novel ist, is I ecoveriii" from the sudden tt:i'.k of illness with which sho was stricken while on the lecture plat- lonn of a clouded theater last week. As .soon as she. b"s regained her health, Miss Arnold Will continue her lecture toi:r of the country in an cliiirt to arouse interest in tin vm-iiius stitle ciimpaigns for woman's Ml !lf.-l.'e. - ''''.' WRECK OS N. S, DELAYS PASSEKBERi )wing to a l)x car getting, derailed-at" Wendell late yesterday, lilt Norfolk Southern passenger trains, that wore due to arrive last night at 8:. in, did not get into Raleigl: unii'l i:.l.r) morning. The track was torn up and a great amount oi difficulty was encountered in re placing the rails. The track was cleared this morning and all of tilt trams are running on schedule time . , DAXIIX CALLAHAX AHKF.STF.I) Wanteil in '8I-MHM Diamond Hoh berv and Postolllce .- Itobhery. . St. Louis, March 2 1 .Daniel Cal lahan was arrested for alleged com plicity in three diamond "robberies aggregnti'ig.' $12,i and robbinc tiro St. I Alii la postoltice. l'ostollici. lnsper-:o:- lluiisi-u who had heoi; lo'o'k'iiig Ti.'r Callahan 1S iiiontln v. an siitii;:, i;i :r ri- .taurant. when hi noticed Uiiii ili,-. index . .lin'grjr (if a man opposili.' him -w as missing a: the first joint. lie then saw a re sciu.hl'an.ce hetweetf the photogrnp! of .'Culhihan. and the man , opposite him. t'al'a!:.'in denied identity. Re wards for his arre. t aggregate flt), (i'o. PICKFD VH lI.T 15V At I IDF.XT - . i - ' , . Woman Finds Watvh and Fid Clin, ing to li :r Coat. Philadelphia, Man i .21.'- A well ;lros-od woman, giving her name a; Mildrod CUasoii, of 1tf2l Wallace ilroet. ni'proai hod Reserve Police laiti .Clark, at Thirteen; hand Mar Kei stroots yesterday" and bander 'lim a gold watch with a Idacl. fo! uid gold buckle attached. She sa!d she had found the article; dinging to one' of the buttons! o' her coat iificr she had liofjii in i rowd in a dear:inent store, iiik thai she. believed : t ho button' Inn aught in tho fob and had pulled I uid tho .watch from the pocket o he owner without his being awari if the los.-i. MKS. (JI1ACK IX PHILADKLPIIIA -.ays Her Husband WW Kouerat Her When Trial Is Held. rhiladolpltla, March 21. Mr? Daisy Opie Grace, accused of shoot ng her husband in Atlanta, now otr jn bail, arrived hereto look iif' 'icr private business affairs. "I am Innocent," she declared t newspaper men. "It is absolutely false that I lef Atlanta not to return. I am certalt if vindication at the trial, when tlv true facts, of the case will bi Known," Mrs,, Grace says her husband wll exonerate her, ; ALIENS ARE US1VE LL . J K Said to Have Posted Notice Within Three Miles of Wile, ALL CLUES PROVE FALSE Allen fiang Xo Nearer Capture Than a Week Ago Posses Have Sur rounded Three Different Strong holds Where the Outlaws Were Supposed to He Hidden But They Failed to Find Them Town Ex cited Over Report That the Al iens Came Xear Town and Post ed Notice IJeslde the Governor's Proclamation, Warning Pbsses to Stay Out of the Mountains. Ilillsville, Va., March 21. Sidna Allen and his gang today apparently are no nearer capture than a week ago, when they rode into the moun tains after the 'tragedy that blotted out the Carroll county court. Near ly every clue run down by the searching detectives and possemen has proved false. Posses have sur rounded three different mountain strongholds where the outlaws sup posedly were hidden, but failed to find the gang. So far no definite idea of the outlaws whereabouts has been advanced. . The town is excited over the re port that the Allen's rode to a point within three miles of town and placed a notice beside the governor's proclamation offering a reward. The clansmen's notice reas: "To those who have made it their concern: We have plenty of arms and bullets. We know how to use. them. These hills ire an unhealthy place for strangers to Visit, Remember this. ; You can ;et us in the end, but we will get you first." It Is said a doisen or more men were in the party that posted the notice. WILL AISIT SOUTHERN C1TIKS . '" ' .' War' on White Slave Evil to Be Waged. Lacross, Wis., Mach 21. War on he whtle slave trfflc on the eastern tlantic coast and Southern states vill be waged by the world's "purity ederatlon, which will, .on April linth, send its represntatives on a our through the leading eastern and southern cities. The cities to be vis ted include Boston, Providence, New I'ork, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Spartanburg, Asheville, Tampa, Knoxville, Bristol, Montgomery, Chattanooga and Louis ville. , . ; X'cgi'o l!elegnli's For Roosevelt. Norfolk, Va., March 21. Two :oiii?sting delegates instructed for 1'hoodore Roosevelt., for the Repub ican presidential nomination were hosen here at a "mass convention" omposed exclusively of negroes from he second congressional district. It vas declared that this was the first if conventions to be held in each of he ton Virginia districts by negroes o vlect contesting delegates to Chl ago. The delegates named today vere Wlloy H. Crocker, of Suffolk, nd Theodore Nash, of Portsmouth, ioth negroes.. .RISES OVER ASQUITH MINIMUM WAGE BILL London, March 21. The Crisis irising over Asqulth's minimum vages bill continues. The Ides, ire-, ails that tho passing of the mess ire will be considerably larger' If lot thrown out entirely, thereby irolonging the coal trade war, ' The otal number of men out of employ- a ncnt Is Increasing dally. Besides he million miners on strike, nearly wo million other porsons are Idle, liberal members of parliament are varnlng their , labor members that ihould the bill be defeated, it will ie necessary for the government, i vhlch Is friendly to them, to resign ind hand over the management of he country's affairs to unfriendly tnlootst party. : . Senator Taylor 111. . . v Washington, D. C, March 11. ; lenator Robert! L. Tayldr of Tettnes tee, is seriously ill, suffering gall tones. The trouble has taken acuta orm. An operation probably; wll je necessary, , ': if 7
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