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Vol. LXXI. No. 75. WEATHEB Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Double the Number of Paid Sibscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper
DISPENSARIES
TO 0P SOON
Campaign Against Hookworm In Wake
County to Be Inaugurated Next
Week at Five Points
IN CHARGE DR. PRIDGEN
Here From Successful Campaigns in
Many Counties in Eastern Part of
State Examination mid Treat
ment Provided Free by County and
State Treatment Is Simple, Sure
Ami Short Some Information
That Should lie Valuable- l)is.
icnsary Dates.
The long looked for . campaign
against hookworm disease will open
In Wake county next week. .
Dr. C. L. Pridgen, of the hook
worm commission of the state board
of health, assisted by Mrs. Pridgen,
will be In charge of the work in this
county, and in here planning tho
campaign. Dr. Prldgen'3 work in
the eastern counties -of the state has
been truly remarkable and the peo
ple of that section have turned out
in great numbers to take advantage
of the opportunity offered by the
stale and county for free examina
tion and treatment.
The results of the work are be
yond the belief of those who have
not personally seen it.
Three thousand ; people were ex
amined in New Hanover county, over
four thousand in Beaufort county,
live thousand In Ponder county, six
thouBand in Columbus county, and
nearly eight thousand in Onslow
county by Dr. Pridgen, and over
half of those examined in each of
these counties were found Infected
and treated.
.Similar work 1b being done by
four other' experts In other counties
of the state, and all of these are re
porting similar results.
It la expected that the Infection
will not be found bo great in Wake
count, but tho only way that this
can be definitely determined is by
the same outpouring and enthusiasm
of the people that has been had in
other counties. ;.
Should lie Familiar.
Most people have been made fa
miliar with the hookworm dlseas"
through tho efforts of Dr. John A.
Ferrell, who is at the head of the
work in this state, and who has been
located in Raleigh since the work
began.
It has been found that many of
the ailments that people complain
of aro due to hookworm infection,
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A speriul detail of mitral olHre do
tcetlvcs have been assigned to run
down the sender of tho recent threat
en lug letter received by Mrs. O. H.
IV Belmont, the millionairess suf
frage leader. The missive was writ
ten In fln English and marked with
(lagacre on' the margins. It threaten
ed Mrs. Belmont's life- if she did not
take Immediate steps to - lend aid,
either financially or personally, -to
Mrs. Tankhurat, th :' Iiondon 'suf
fragette who It being prosecuted In
(he English conrto,
HOUSE GIVES SPEAKER
CLARK AN OVATION
Washington, April 10. Speaker
Champ Clark was given an unusual
ovation when he ascended the house
rostrum. Cheers, applause and a
"rebel .veil"' greeted him. He handled
the gavel awkwardly, his hands be
ing cramped by too much handshak
ing. Representative Rucker, of
Missouri, a democrat, obtained per
mission to address the house one
minute.
"On behalf of all Missourians and.
hundreds of democrats throughout
the country," he said, "I desire to
congratulate our speaker on the
magnificent tribute paid him yester
day by the democracy of the great
state of Illinois. It was a tribute
I any man well might covet. It makes
him inevitably the next president of
the United States."
Speaker Clark,-', flushd slightly,
brought the gavel down with a crash,
and tho house proceeded wfth routine
business.
ROAD NEARLY SURVEYED
O. R. & X. Surveyed to City Limits
Road Assured Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement.
Greensboro, April 10. Civil en
gineers surveying the proposed route
of the Greensboro, Roxboro & Nor
folk railroad have arrived at the
city's gates. The engineers have
reached a point one mile from
Greensboro's limits on the north and
will soon begin surveying an en
trance into town. It is probable that
the road will enter from the north
although several routes through city
property to a suitable place foi the
location of a depot will be surveyed
out. The survey into Greensboro is
from the intersection of the line
with the, Lynchburg, Danville &
Carolina road In Alamance county.
The promoters and stockholders of
the G. R. & N. appear in earnest
and indications are that the toad
will be completed.
Indications are that the great
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment convention In Greensboro
April 13-16 will be all that was
'hoped for. Registration cards are
being signed rapidly and it Is predicted-
that there will be 700 men at
the lu nchcon. Yesterday afternoon
Winston phoned for 20 tickets and
later added another 20 names for
Tuesday.
Republican Fight iu Vermont.
Montpelier, April 10. With two
district delegates secure in each of
their respective campaigns, the Taft
and Roosevelt forces lined up for
tinal battle in today's convention
' to elect four delegates at large to
tne repumican national convention.
Riot at Coal Mine.
Moundsvllle, W. Va., April 10.
Rioting which started at Mound City
tcoal mino last night was resumed
.this morning. Two men were in
jured in the fighting. Seven were
reported hurt.
YOUNG BABY WAS
BURNED TO DEATH
(Special to The Times.)
Elizabeth City, April 10 The five
months old baby of Mrs. Ulyses
Pritchard a resident of North Road
street was burned to death yester
day aftenoon while It lay sleeping
In Its cradle and the homo "was en
tirely consumed by fire.
Mrs. Pritchard left the housci for
a short time to make a vlBlt to a
nearby grocery store, and when she
returned, the bouse was burning
fiercely and the flames bad spread
so that she could not enter the
house to rescue her baby but had
to stand at tho door and seo It burn
to death.
The chamber of commerce will
hold a smoker tonight in tho cham
ber or commerce rooms in tho
Khamer building.
A numbor of prominent business
mon will make short speeches and
an elaborate spread will be served.
The occasion Is a rally for new mem
bers for tho organization.
Yield of Factory and Field.
Nashville, April 10.. Statistic
comparing I he yield of factory and
field In the south In 1960 and 1910
were presented by the secretaries of
agriculture of the various southern
states at the closing session of the
Southern Commercial Conkross. Rc
ports showed nearly alt state now
double and treble the output of ante
bellum days. St. Louis and Jack'
sonVIUo nro lending for next year's
congress,
. POE'S SPEECH
Great Plantations Menace to
South
A Vast Democracy of Thrifty Home-
Owning Small Farmers the Idi-al
Would Reduce Tax on Small
Land Holdings.
Nashville, Tenn., April 10. -Th.it
big plantations are a menace to the
south, the ideal being a great de-.
mocracy of thrifty, home-owning
small farmers, and that taxes should'
be reduced on small land holdings
and Increased on large holdings and
on Inheritances, was the argument
presented the Southern Commercial
Congress here yesterday afternoon
by Editor Clarence Poe, of The Pro
gressive Farmer. He was one
of the two principal speakers
n the Seamon A. Knapp mem
orial meeting. Prevented by the
death of ex-Govcrnor Aycock from
attending in person, Mr. Poe's ad
dress was effectively read by Dr.
Walter H. Page. .
Mr. Poe declared that Dr. Knapp's
great aim was to make the rural.
so ii Hi a vast democracy of small
home owners. To this end Mr. Poe
advocated the English graduated tax
on the unearned increment in rural
or urban land holdings, with hold-,
lugs of $1,000 or less wholly ex
empted, and a heavy tax on inheri
tances of 1 3,000 or over, likewise
graduated. "We must tax small
holdings less, great holdings more,"
he declared, "the gains of thrift and
industry less the gains of chance or'
Inheritance more." He also urged
the immigration of thrifty northern
and western white farmers, declar
ing this the only sure plan to rem
edy our excessively large proportion
of negro population and solve the
problem of an adequate social life
in the country.
In the first part of his speech Mr.
Poe dealt with the increase of agri
cultural Incomes in the south and
declared that they could be doubled
by the adequate use of machinery
and greater horse power. "Statistics
show," he said, "that farm, workers
In three typical southern central
states average less than one horse
and cultivate only sixteen acres per
capita, earning $189 a year, where
as the farm workers in three typical
north central states average between
three and four horses per capita and
cultivate sixty-three acres apiece,
earning 663 a year."
ltKi MILL SALE
Mills ut Spray and Lenksvllle (Jo
I'nder Hammer.
(Special to The Times.)
.Greensboro, April 10.- Several
prominent Greensboro people, . con
nected In an ofllcial sense with sale
of bankrupt mill property at Spray
and including G. S. Bradshaw, Judgo
W. P. Uynum, A. B. Kimball, J. S.
Mr.Alis(,or, and J. Klwood Cox, of
High Point, have gone to Spray to
be present today ut the sale of tho
property. Tho American Warehouso
company's property at Spray and
.Leaksvillo will be sold under tho
hammer and likewise the Spray
Woolen Mills and the Rhode Island
mills at Spray. A minimum price
of $140,000 has been fixed foi the
American Warehouso company.s
property and $100,000 each for the
Spray Woolen mills and Rhode Is
land mills.
Failed to Scale Ml, Mi Klnley.
Fairbanks, Alaska. April 10 The
Fairbanks Times Mt. McKinlcy expe
dition which left here February 5,
returned last night, having been un
successful In the attempt to scale the
mountain. The party succeeded in
reaching an elevation of ten thou
sand feet. Further progress was
barred by precipitous Ice cliffs.
EFFORTS BEING MADE
TO SETTLE COAL STRIKE
Philadelphia, April 10 Miners
and operators met In Joint confer
ence to make another attempt to
agreo upon a wage scale to take tho
place of tho one that expired March
ill, and send back to work a hun
d rod and seventy-five thousand Idle
anthracite miners.
Rate on Glass Too High.
Washington, April 10. A freight
rate of 66 cents a hundred pounds
on 'window glass transported from
Pittsburg to Atlanta was held by the
Interstate commerce commission to
be unreasonable. The rate was at
tacked by the Atlanta manufac
turers, - ' .,
REPUBLICANS
QUITE tCIi
Colonel Pearson Meets With Alleged
Roosevelt Ken In Raleigh and
Discusses Situation
PRIMARIES IN WAKE
Executive Co.niinitloe Has Called
Election for Saturday, April -O,
to Select Delegates to County Con
vention Charge Is Made That It
Is Effort to Slack Cards in Favor
of Roosevelt, Marion ltutler and
Morehead Sonic Political Dope.
The visit here yesterday of Col.
W. S. Pearson, formerly keeper of
the Charlotte mint, and now secre
tary of the Roosevelt state commit
tee, has given rise to quite a deal
of talk among republicans. The pres
ence of District Attorney A. E.
Holton of Winslon-Salem, said to be
a strong Taft man, and known as
Chairman Morehcad's first lieuten
ant in the campaign two years ago,
has created a little more gossip. The
fact that the Fifth district seems,
like the other districts, to be going
for Roosevel has caused some per
sons to wonder if Mr.-Holton is not
coming to admire the colonel more.
Hut that is merely- speculation,
What is not speculation, however,
is that Colonel I'earson received his
friends here at tlie Hotel Raleigh,
among whom were Mr. Lester But
ler, editor of the Caucasian, and the
Hon. Claude Bernard, one of "' the
principle leaders of the Morehead
Butler forces in this section. Is it
possible, republicans were asking to
day, that ex-Senator Marion Butler
is going to'.cojhe; out in the open
for Coroner ltooi.evelt? : Republicans'
are swearing that the ex-senator is
for the colonel, but many of them
are being kept In the dark as to
his purposes. Colonel Pearson did
not visit any of the recognized
Roosevelt leaders in this city, it is
'said which leads to the '.conclusion
that he knew on whom to rely.
While in Italelgh the former fed
eral office-holder conferred with
other former federal office-holders,
It Is said, over the prospects of beat
ing for the jobs the present federal
office-holders, and received right
, good promises from those on the
outside looking in. The Fourth dis
trict was heard from.
The Moreliead-Butler forces have
worked out an ambitious program.
It Is to reelect Mr. Morehead slate
chairman anil to defeat Mr, K. ('.
Duncan as national committeeman:
Mr. Marion Iiutler, it is said, wants
to be committeeman and in addition
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SI
At 4:10 this afternoon, an auto
mobile driven by Mr. John McOin
nlss struck the delivery wagon of
Bretch'H bakery on West Martin
street in front of Wright's hotel, se
verely Injuring John Williams, color
ed driver of the delivery wagon. The
car", license number 3142 Is owned
by the Raleigh Real Estate & Trust
Company, and was. occupied by Mr.
Frank Ellington and Mr. McCinnlss.
Eye witnesses say that both ve
hicles were, on the right hand side
of the street, tho automobile ap
proaching the wagon from the rear
at a rapid rale. Tho colored driver
was thrown out of tho bread wagon
and under the horse's feet. His In
juries could not be determined; he
was taken at once to his home on
South Person street.
The Injured man, John Williams,
Is 24 years old and has been with
Mr. B retch for some time.
The automobile was somewhat
damaged, receiving a twisted axle
and a broken wheel in the smash-up.
Mr. Mctilnnlss refused to make a
statement.
When a woman tells what she
had at a fashionable restaurant she
takes pains to mention all tho ox -
peustve things on tnemenu,
AUTOMOBILE
RUCK WAGON
TO INVESTIGATE DEATH
Relatives Not Satisfied With
Their; of Suffocation
Claim lleniice I'arri.sli, Who Was
Kurned in Hoarding House I' ire
Had Money mi Hi Person Rela
tions' Make Investigation into Af
I'nii tiolf Tournament Opens.
(Special to The Times.)
Durham, April 10. There is con
siderable talk here that there will
he a further Investigation of the cir-
eunisiance.s surrounding the death of
Mr. Bornicc Parrish in the fire that
partially destroyed the High baord-
ing house early last Saturday morn
ing. A.bro'.her and a nephew of
Parrish spent several hours here
Monday investigating the unfortu
nate affair, but they left without giv
ing any definite information as to
wuat they had discovered, if any
thing. They visited the scene of the
death and questioned the firemen
(he undertaker who prepared the
body for -shipment to Coats and all
others who were in a position to
throw any light on the tragedy.
There are several phases of the oc
currence that seenr. to puzzle them
and it was along these, as well as
genera llines. that the relatives in
vestigated. The deceased was known
to have had money on his person in
both paper and silver dollars, yet no
.signs of these or of a leather wallet
were found.' Another puzzle to them
was that a man of Parrish's physical
powers should lay quietly and either
burn to dealli or suffocate. Tin
finding of the .pieces of a lamp in
the room after the lamp that is
the only one known to have been
there was thrown out the window
earlier in the night, is another mat
ter that was inquired into.
A fireman, who was the first to
see the body after the fire, says that
from the position of the watch found
be la .at tho .opinion, that, Parrish had
his clothes on when death came. The
general supposition among those, who
know most about the affair is that
death resulted from suffocation and
not from burning, and that the. fire
originated in the room from some
unknown cause, probably by Parrish
himself, as he is .said to have been in
a condition that would deprive him
of all his natural powers and senses
Whether there will be further de
velopments rests entirely with the
relativesand if they lave any plans
they have not let them be Known
It is said that the relatives are pee.
pie of . promiencc anil means in
Harnett county, and stand high in
the community. The deceased was
a man of good reputation.
Coif Season Opens.
'Monday was the. -opening day for
the eoinpelive golf season, on tin
Hillaudale golf links, and there was
a large entry of enthusiastic: golfers
who spent a very enjoyable day
playing Cor the handsome silver en
which lliey have subscribed lor. Tlx
conditions KovrrtiiilK Hie Jilay cal
for four com iietil ions of I H boles
medal play and the winners shal
play .'off at IX botes match play in
the scml-fimils and finals. The- win
nor.s of Monday's .competition were
.!. Spriint Hill, with a score of lit
for the IS holes: second came H. It
l.eyburn. with 1 1 .(, and third was
Geo. W. Watts, with lid.
Soft Conl Miners Voting.
'.'Indianapolis, April 10. Soft coal
miners are voting today on the ac-,
ccptance or rejection of a two-year
wage contract drafted by the recent
joint -conference . Of representatives
of tho miners and operators at
Cleveland. That over HO per cent,
will approve it Is the belief of the
national officers.
OLD OFFICERS ALL
WERE REELECTED
Nashville, Tenn., April 10. The
Southern Commercial Congress re
elected Its officers today as follows:
President, Senator Duncan I'.
Flechor, of Florida; first vice presi
dent, David R. Francis, of SI ... Louis:
second vice president, Thomas S.
Southgalo, of Norfolk: resident direc
tor, William H. Saunders, of Wash
ington; managing director. C. Uros
venor Dawe, of Washington; secre-tary-trcafltiror;
Cluretico .1. 'Owens,
of Rlvcrdalo, Md.
Governor Kltchln tonight will
make his third pol'tLal speech of
Jfiie senatorial campaign. Lumber-
' ton Is the place
BEACH AND HIS WIFE
ARE NOW IN PARIS
Paris. April 10. -.-Fredef'-k O.
Beach, the broker, against ' . a
w:irr;in( di.'iririhir :ius:iiili u-iti, '
v " " ' '
to kill his wile, was issued in Ailit
S. C, arrived this morning from
London with his wife, Mrs. Camilla
Beach. They went immediately to
the residence of W. K. Vanderbilt in
Itue I.ereux, where they will be as
guests. Beach declined to make any
statement.
Beach Says He Will Return.
London. A pri 10. Before leaving
London Frederick O. Beach told
tome friend: "The only basis for
the charge against me is my bloody
clothing, which was the result of
carrying my wife to our house after
seeing her negro assailant running
away. I brought my wife to Europe!
to recuperate from her wounds."
On receiving a long cable message
from New York, Beach declared he
would sail aboard the Mauretanla,
April 13, to face the charges in Am
erica. He told the friend it was
evident the detectives were unable
to locate the negro and determined
to try and earn the large reward by
fastening the crime upon him. Later
in the day, after a telephonic con
versation with some of his friends
in Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Beach left
for France.
Will Bring Him Hack.
Aiken, S. ('., April 10. Prosecut
ing Attorney (iunter. commenting
upon the statement made by New
York attorneys for K. (). Beach,
charged wit hslnshins his wifo's
throat, declared that be has not de
cided wlial steps will be taken to
.ring Beach- back' 'from Europe
Ciiinter is confident Beach will lie
brought back. It is understood the
showing on which the warrant for
Beach's arrest was issued - involves a
third person.
SAVS MEXICO IS NOT RAXKIU'PT
Has Twenty-Two and a Hull' .Million
Dollars in Treasury.
Washington, D. C April 10.
Mexican Ambassador Gilberto Y.
Martinez, made public a statement
denying reports, probably emanating
from revolutionists, that the Madero
administration had bankrupted the
republic and that a deficit of five
million dollars now exists in the
treasury. The minister of finance
declares there is twenty-two and a
half millions in the treasury.
School Tax Lost.
In Barton's Creek township there
was an election held yesterday in
District No. -6 in the matter of a
special tax for schools. The issue
was defeated by a vote of 30 to 1".
State Bunks Fund.
S amfnrdj Conn., April 10. Major
William II, Holly, bookkeeper of the
Stamford Savings Bank, was arrest
ed charged wit h ' defalcal ion of tin
ban's funds to amount between ten
and (it. -ii thousand dollars.
MULES.STRAWBERRIES
Washington, April in. --.Mules
strawberries and cotton were dis
cussed in the mass-meeting of cotton
buyers, speculators, brokers, spin
tiers, and members of congress at
the session of the bouse agricultural
committee .which is considering the
anti-option bills.
William- C. Lawson, of Waco
Texas, representing the state cotton
association maintained that state
abolition of -cotton .exchanges would
be a vital blow at the cotton In
dustry.
L. Mandelbantii, a New York
colton exchange metiioer, mollis
Brooks, of New York and E. J
Clenny, of New Orleans upheld his
argument.
Representative llefTlin of Ala
bama. Injected the Alabnmu mules
Into the discussion,- and Representa
tivo Beall. of Texas, countered with
the strawberry. Chairman Lamb, of
Virginia, relegated the cotton bit
gadc to the corridors and called up
tlie good roads bill.
The IligMCht Vessel Afloat.
Southampton, April 10. The new
White Star liner, Tllanic, the biggest
v'essrl aflout, started on her maiden
voyage to New York, carrying 850
first-class' passengers. The Tilanl
is 882 feet, 6 inches long, has a
beam of 12 feet, 0 Inches, and dis
places (16.000 tons, and 48,000 net
register. She can carry 3,000 pas
sengers. Jhe crew numbers 860.
ROOSEVELT
CLARK
Illinois For Respective Tickets
'"o'?mendons majorities
v,er Opponents
ANNON WINS AGAIN
lark Won Over Wilson on Demo
crat ic Ticket by a Majority of
Over 140.000 Roosevelt's Ma
jority Over Taft About 110,000
Edward F, Dunne the Democratic
.Nominee for Governor Governor
Deneen Renominated by the Re
publicans Joseph G. Catonon
and William It. McKinley Renom
inated by Republicans for Con
gress Full Socialist and Prohibi-
tion Tickets.
Chicago, April 10. Theodore
Roosevelt defeated President Taft In
the presidential primary in Illinois
yesterday by approximately one
hundred and ten thousand Votes.
Speaker Cham Clark received a m.-
ority of over one hundred thou
sand over Governor Woodrow Wil
son, Charles S. Deneen was renom-
nated for governor by the repub-
icans, his plurality being seventy-
five thousand. Edward F, Dunne,
former mayor of Chicago, received
he nomination for governor oiv the
democratic ticket by thir.ty thousand
plurality.
Owing to the length of the ballot
it is expected another twenty-fours
will be required to complete the
count. Lawrence C. Sherman, presi
dent of the state board of admlnls-
ration, received the endorsement of
the republicans for United States
senator over Shelby M. .C.ullom by
thirty thousand plurality. Cullom's
term expires March 4 next, He
leaves the senate after thirty years
service, lie Is now eighty-two years
old. James Hamilton Lewis had
no opposition on the democratic
ticket for the senatorship endorse
ment. Joseph G. Cannon, former
speaker, was renominated for con
gress by vote of two to one. W. B.
McKinley,. Taft's campaign manager,
was renominated in the nineteenth
district.
The socialists and prohibitionists
nominated full state ond congres
sional tickets.
Dixon Well Pleased.
Washington, April 10. Senator
Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt
campaign committee, commenting
upon the Illinois results, said: "The
overwhelming sentiment ill favor of
lloosevelt's nomination has forced
itself home upon tho administration
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ASTOIl ON TRIAL FOR ARSON".
Fort W orth Tex., April 10. Kf.
forts me being made by his lawyers
'ii prove that Rev. Frank i. Norrls
'h ntciil ally unbalanced ax i result
'f his z.ctil In attempting to clean up
'be vice ridden neclloiis of the city.
The minister is now standing, trial
il a charge of arson for tlie burning
if Ids SIOO.ooo First Baptist church,
'lere, late in February, and lie is also
accused of huving set tire to his own '
home the following week.. His con
rcgatlon Is the richest In .Fort
Worth and it In said that several Of
the wealthy parishioners are Aaaac
!ng his flsht against the ihargea, . ,
ft