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Vol. LXXI. No. 76. The Weather-FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper
POPE IS DEAD
Story Was Hated This Morning
v But Later Denied By
Rome
CAME FROM MADRID
Despatch Front Madrid Snld vs
Had Rcen Received There of
Pope's Doutli, and That It Had
Rem Confirmed at I hi Pupal Of.
flee Tbtre London Heard Same
Story as Was Sent to This Conn
try Home Later Said There Was
No Truth in the Report.
Home, April ll.-There is no
truth in . the', report eirrulat ins
throughout the world, hasted on
a telegram from Madrid,' that the
Pope is dead.
The First Story.
Madrid, April II.- A private di
spatch received here from Rome
which was confirmed at the .Nuncia
ture announced the pope is dead.
Was Hard t" irt Xnvs.
-A -cable dispatch from Rome, sent
at 4:27 p. m. and received in this
country shortly before ndon disposed
of the alarming report sent from
.Madrid and circulated throughout
the world early in the day that Pope
Pius X. was dead.
The first report stated that papal
nunciatore at Madrid confiremed the
private dispatch received there an
nouncing Jhe pope's death. Similar
dispatches were received in London
from Madrid.
Meantime the cable from Rome was
Kllbnt. For nearly three hours no di
rect communication fcould J be. had
from that city. I'rgont efforts from
different enpltalu of Europe b.v tele
graph and long distice telephone,
were made to secure direct informa
tion from the Italian . capital. Paris
secured long distance telephone con
nection shortly before noon and was
informed that the Madrid report was
untrue. Immediately following this
telegraph and capable dispatches
direct from Rome gave the same in
formation that the Madrid report of
the pontiff's death was untrue.
Pope Pius X. has been in rather
poor health for some weeks. At no
time has his condition reached the
critical stage or one giving serious
cause for the apprehension of those
about him.
Continues Audiences.
Rome, April 11. The pope con
tinues his audiences. He received
today Cardinal Delia Volpe, Prince
Bergese, and Senor De Estrada, the
Argentine minister at the Vatican
and his family and Count and Coun
tess Jonghe. Afterwards the pontiff
(greeted a number of Italian and
foreign personalities.
No Direct News.
Washington, April 11. The re
port from Madrid of the pope's
death comes with startling sudden
ness and Is to be taken with reserve'
until direct news Is received 'from !
from Rome. Nothing within the last I
few days indicated the pope was In'
a critical condition, although his
HOLD CONVENTION
New York, April 11. The demo
cratic state convention met to elect
four delegates at large and 86 dis
trict delegates to the Balimore con
venion. Seymour Van Santvoord is
temporary chairman.
After the committees were ap
pointed the convention adjourned
until two o'clock, tiring the recess
the coin mlttee held meetings,
! Governor Dix, Senator O. Gormon,
Charles F. Murphy, and Alton , B.
Parker were virtually agreed upon
us delegates at large. :'.'"'"',
Irish Home Rule Bill.
London, April 11. The Irish
homevule bill, the third effort made
by the liberal government of the
United Kingdom, in a quarter of a
century, to settle the quarrel be
tween Great Britain and Ireland,
was Introduced in the house ' of
commons this afternoon by Premier
Ajultb. I
health has' for some time been nn
satisfactory. On March 25 he was
compelled , to suspend' his audience
for a few days, owing to a slight
cough accompanied by catarrh. On
March 27 he was sufficiently im
proved to ' resume his audiences.
Among those greeting the pope that
day were some 350 Americans. They
noted a Blight pallor and (tome
hoarseness in the pontiff's speech,
but beyond that there was no evi
dence of serious physicial disability.
The first dispatch ' from Madrid
received today is but a few words.
It is noted that it states that it was
a private dispatch which brought
the first word of the report to Ma
drid. This would be open to much
doubt. The subsequent statement
statement that the Nunciature con
firmed the dispatch gives a serious
ness to the report which cannot be
overlooked. Why a report of such
gravity should be first, made public
at Madrid has not been explained
and gives further reason for reserve
of judgment.
Absence of word from Rome for
morn than an hour after the receipt
of the first dispatch from Madrid,
together with complete lack of in
I'orinaUon at oftices of the Cardinal
and oilier Catholic dignitaries in
thin and oilier countries adds fur
her question to the', authenticity of
the Madrid report. Rome lias not
confirmed the report and no other
capita) of Europe, excepting London,
lias reported the receipt of any mes
sages on the subject.
Washington Office Xot Informed.
Washington, D. C, April ll.-The
charge d'affairs of the papal lega
tion who is directing church matters
here pending the arrival of Cardinal
Falconie's successor, said he had no
advices from Rome confirming the
report of the death of the pope. It
was said if a dispatch had been sent
from t lie Vatican to the .Madrid
Nuncio an identical dispatch would
have been sent to Washington. The
state department also was without
notice.
Same N'ews in London.
London, April 11. The fame di
spatch as the one transmitted to
America was received here from Ma
drid announcing that a private mes
sage confirmed by. the papal nuncia
ture at Madrid stated that the pope
was dead. The dispatch from Ma
drid came through the usual chan
nels. Nothing beyond the first few
words it contained hfls been receive
ed, nor has any additional informa
tion concerning the Madrid report
come from any source.
Cardinal Has Received No Xews.
New York, April 11. At eleven
o'clock the members of Cardinal
Farley's household were without
news of the pope, either directly or
Indirectly. Monslgnor Lavelle said
they were beginning to fear the re
port was true, but they would con
tinue hopeful until some official
news was received.
SOCIALISTS FIRST IX FIELD
Xante Ladies' Tailor for President
mid Engineer as Running Mate.
New York, April 11. The social
ist labor party, at its national con
vention .here unanimously nominat
ed Arthur Elmer Reimer, ladies'
tailor of Boston, Mass., for presi
dent of the United States and Au
gust Gilhaves, of New York, a sta
tionary engineer, for vice president.
Daniel De Leon presented the
platform, which condemned the
methods of organizers like Haywood,
who managed the Lawrence strike,
The question ef the final adoption
of the platform was postponed un
til tomorrow.
Twenty-eight delegates were pres
ent tdtlay, aniong them Mrs. Edith
L. Cody, of Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Oliver Johnson,. : of Oakland, Cal.,
acting as a proxy for Oregon.
SHOOTS (ilRLS. KILL SHI.MSELF.
I toy, JO, Rejected as Suitor by
Mother of l.VYear-Old Victim.
Logansport, Ind., April 11. Otto
G. Brown, 19 years old, old Bon of
a Macy, Ind farmer, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded his sweetheart.
Lcona Ehllngor, 15 years old, then
killed himself, because the glfl's
mother refused her consent to their
marriage.
Brown left two notes, one of which
he signed "Leona," Indicating that
he had carefully planned the double
tragedy In case marriage was refused
him. In the note to which ho sign
ed his own name Brown asked that
he be burlod bedside his victim, and
concluded with:
"May shame befall any one w.ho
defies this wish."
Knox at Havana.
Havana, April 11. Secretary
Knox and party arrived aboard the
cruiser Washington this morning.
The cruiser passed Morro Castle at
9 o'clock, proceeding slowly up the
harbor exchanging salutes with the
fortregB of Canabas until bIic came
to her moorings.
'I'lie pliotic'i .ipii slinixs llie cumlit inn
GlElEiW
NOBEfEHREE
Former Governor Not Taking
Position In Senatorial
Scrap
Former Governor Glenn of Winston-Salem
was in the city today on
his way to Wilson, where tonight
he will deliver an address before the
Wilson County Sunday School con
vention. He will return here to
morrow and at night will make a
short talk on Governor AycocK at
the memorial exercises in the auditorium.-'
"I am for the old crowd of state
officers," Governor Glenn said, when
asked what he would say. about poli
tics. "They have tnaile the best
sort of officers, and are the finest
I have seen in my travels."
The ex-governor was asked where
his strength would go since death
had removed Governor Aycock from
the race for the senate. He has not
said, he declared, and added that
Mr. Aycock's death had .affected' him
so that he had not thought of whom
he would support.
DRAlXAtiK COXGRKSS
New Orleans, April 11,- Coopera
tion between the states and the na
tion in a comprehensive, drainage
plan was urged by Isham Randolph,
of Chicago, addressing the national
drainage congress. Five hundred
delegates, representing SS states are
present. The speakers included
Senator Newlands of Nevada, Can
gressman Ransdell of Louisiana, K.
J. Watson, commissioner of agricul
ture of South Carolina and C, C. Kl
liott of Washington.
Wake County Wild Cat.
(Special to The Times. )
Cary, April 1 1. Among the
Easter celebratiotis was a large
pic-nic given at Ashury Park. Among
the other sports indulged in were
boating and fishing. One young lady
from Raleigh went fishing and snag
ged a bull frog that weighed six
poundB. When it was pulled from
the water, the young . lady nearly
fainted. She suffered under the de
lusion that sho had caught a wild
cat, she was so badly frightened
that a doctor and a trained nurse
were called to the scene. After a
while, the difference between a bull
from and wild cat .was explained to
her and she finally recovered from
her flight.
''... Aged Man Dies.
Charlotte, April 11. Mr; J Wal
lace Urifflth, aged 83 years, for two
score years esteemed and honored
by the people of Mecklenburg coun
ty, died yesterday" morning at 4:30
o'clock at his home near Ebenezer
church, following a brief illness
with pneumonia.;
Mrs. H. W. Little of Wadesboro,
N.'C, Is visiting Mrs. J. W. Pen
mark nnd taking in the Music Fes
jj j IJS-
KL(!llKi SECTIONS oi'-MKMI'IIIS
ut, a stiOc! j-istuiiir- . mallei W illi (lie
w.ilcr 1 !.!!!.'
OPlSSIiC RtPORTS
MMfTU
.Mcmpuis, April, i i , Tv, nil. upper
rivers falling optimis'ic reports coniij
from all except oiio food menaced
point along the .'''Mississippi.-river,
north of Memphis, at l.nxora, Ar!.
The situation is desperate.' The bane
of the levee weakening.
llllll DM BtfS 11
mm Elm?
: Washington, April .11 .A ruling
from the depart -merit of justice as
to whether the electoral college that
will choose the next president of
the 1'nited States shall consist of
4!M) or 5:11 members, has been asked
for by . members of the house judi
ciary committee.
Political' -'activity in both pai'ties
lias proceeded on the assiiniption
that the 'larger 'number was correct
but this now is questioned on the
ground that the re-apportionment
of congress 'does not become effective
until March 4 next. The question
has created considerable confusion
but it will not affect the convention
as the .national committees have
fixed .the' number', of. delegates arbi
trarily in accordance with the new
apportionment.
GOVF.UXOirS l; U GHTUt WF.DS
Miss McDonald Secret Rriile of
Father's Secretary.
Santa Fe, N. !., April 1 1. Miss
Prances McDnaald; 'daughter of
Governor and Mrs. V. C. .McDonald,
was married secretely Saturday .at
Carrizozo to X. A. Spence for tvo
years the governor' private secre
tary ut his ranch home in .'Lincoln
county. The'- wedding was announced
today. .
PRESENT OFFICERS
REELECIEO TODAY
At a ..meet lug of the state library
commission, Dr. Louis Hound Wil
son of 'Chapel Ilill was reelected
president. Miss Minnie W. Leather
man of Uaieigh secretary and Dr.
Charles Lee Smith of Raleigh treiis
urer. The -other members present
were Dr. Joyner and State Libra
rian Sherrill. The commission de
cided to extend Its debate libraries
to other important questions of the
hour and these will be lend frej
of charge to colleges and debating
societies, the borrowers of course
paying transportation charges. The
commission bears tho same relation
to the state library that the of
fice of state superintendent of public
Instruction' bears to the public
schools of he state, and its object
Is to promote and advance libraries,
thereby spreading intelligence.
Flirt's draw', men as sticky fly
paper draws tiles and often wilh
similar results.
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MEMORIAL
SUGGESTION
iovenient For Aycock
County to Be
Formed
(Jrecushiiro, April 1 I.- -The latest
suggestion for- a - permanent mem
orial to the late tl-ov, .'Charles I!. Ay
(oi k conms from High -Point. --and. is
that, a' new county be formed -from
portions of Ciii I ford,' Davidson and
Randolph. ' with High Point as 'tl:e
county scat, the new county to be
Known as Aycock county. I he neW
county proposiiiou is tar from new,
it having - been a subject of warm
political discussion in the tln-'e
counties affected for a number of
years, but previously the advocate
have wanted to bring in the name
"Piedmont." Now it Is. said ' Pied
mont has been discarded and at the
coming gcssion of the state legisla
ture a deterniined effort will be
made to form the county o! Aycock,
with High Point as the county scat.
Tile suggestion of .Aycock.- how
ever, will probably meet' strong op
liosition. not only through oppon
ents of the new county, buf the more
ardent admirers of the late gover
nor. In the last fight-.' before. "tho
legislature the principal weapon of
opponents of the new county was
that it would be ."republican, while
as matters now stand the nest of re
publicans in that immediate section
is snowed under by the large demo
cratic vole of the main body of
(lull ford. Davidson and Randolph.
Aycock admirers won't like the idea
of "Aycock" county going republi
can, and there are many people who
Will .-fight, .the. proposition just lie
(:)iise of .opposition tn n new county.
SIXTH .DISTRICT PRIMARY
l-Aociilive
t'omiiiitlcc Met
Decide Matter.-'
Te.l.iv to
(Special "io The Times..)"."
Dunn, April 1 1. -The ctnigrcssioiV
al executive .'committee of Hie six; !l
district will meet in Fayetleville to
day to decide on the question of
submitting to the voters of this -district
(lie choice o'f a candidate
through a voting primary. Mr. R.
(!, Taylor, of Dunn, is the member
of this I'oliiniittee from llarnott
couiily. 'The voters in the dislri't
are very much interested in the out
come of the meeting tomorrow, as
Sinclair has ' challenged Congress
nuiu Godwin foi; a Joint debate.: Cod
win and Sinclair seem to be 'the only
candidates so far, and thoy dis
agree as to the lime of holding the
proposed prima"'.
Dr. I F Hicks, accompanied by
his wife, went to Richmond today
with. Mr. Draughon, cue of our most
successful merchants, who will un
dergo an operation at St. Luke'.'
Hospital
Cotton told on the streets yester
day for 11 cents, and from the ap
pearance of the cotton yard one
would Imagine- that the cotton hi'ii-
son was at its height. The high'
price Just at this time seeniH (o have
a tendency to stimulate the farmers
to increase the acreage. One man
war, heard ' to remark that - he did
not intend planting any, but if the
prici' was going up above in cents,
h'1 thought lie would put in a large
crop.
Mr.' I). H. Hood received a tele
gram today statinn that his son
Paul, who i - attending Page's School
of'. Pharmacy at .' (jreenshoro, v;is
quite sick. Mr. lltf '.' on the
noon train and will t, ,' son
home lonight, if lie is able
v.
TALK OF COI'.VTV FAIR
Since Poiilii's Have Eased I p, 'Other
Tliiiiiis Are Attracting Alleiition.
'. ( Special to The Times, i
Scot land Neck.. April ' I 1 .There
has Ijci'ii some talk of organizing
a county fair to lie pulled oil' here
aiext fall. Those who are agitating
the question say there1 is no doiiln
as to ! he financial . .''
proposition, and point
cent il;-c(.;;s of the
V bit i;;;s passed i;1
chief )i"oiiiole.r,.:,!,".jor
having 'iied some time
iv iair here sh.i.ihl 1
i i'i-oui' a -point, of
lecess of the
ot he magliifi
Weldon fair,
i history, its
T. L. Kmery.
.'a wo.' A coun
e a iiig stir
pali'ouae an
.'.ell as , t'i'iiei a
'I iicre is scum
.'.I l( ii!)', a c
iiear I'm ui e, ami
i n ; ii tr in I viewpoint.
talk ol Scoilaml
-; 1 1 1 - it 'day in the
it is sadly needed.
I't: lit ics. in II a !i I a 'cuiiin y see tits
to ho a iliiiic, of the past. One sel
dom bears iioliiics nieuiiuiied. and
especially local politics. One .man
has said that the people here had
apparently lost, all interest in af
fairs political. Hut no doubt things
v jil warm up afier :t while.
" Airs. Claude Kilchin has gone to
Washington City to visit he r Iiiih
buiul, Hon. Claude Kitchin.
i:i;mot dividkd.
hill- De'cgales lire I'liinstiticied,
Stale Seems Divided.
'.- 'Moi.i-pi-li'T, Vt.. April II. -Of the
ei .'.iit Vernioiit. -'delegates to '.he re
piiblicair coiiVentioii at Chicago, two
dis't l ii l --delegates will go instructed
for Tall and two for Roosevelt. The
.four. (ei-gatt-s-at-liu'ge are unpledg
ed. ;lt hough -:he stale convention
endorsed . President Tafi.'s adminis
ra.ion and all four delegates ex
fvroviw?. ti personal'-desire, for-his re
nomiiial ion.
Two of the delegates were chosen
v.ithoct opposition' and. the other
two after spirited i-ontes.s between
the -Tuft and Roosevelt forces in
which the Taft majorities were at
and .V! respectively.
Chairman Williams .-of the repub
lican state committee, and the prin
cipal .Taf. ' leader in Vermont,, said
lu-4 nigiii t'nal v.iiiic the delegates-at-!;'i'iie
v.tre uninstructed, he was
sure they' would. vote ' for President
Taft. ; , - ; .
Chaiiinan Hatchelder. 'of 'the
Roosevelt- commit ' ee .was equally
sure that the four unfettered, while
John I.. Levis .a do!egute-at-large.
sa'iil. ihal all four were favorable to
the rt 'nomination of President Taft.
Tlie platform condemns the 'prin
ciples of .recall of judges and of
decisions,.
The suggestion of a popular re
view of the decisions of the court
in a 'particular. case is declared to
be "a suht'e ami dangerous attempt
upon the foundation of free' govern
ment, itsclt."
''ACROSS THK COM'IXKXT
li:i ganlen Yiiiinn Lady Starts on
. Long Journey lor ISabe. I
.X'oi'ganion. - April 11. Miss KtnC
Mae perk ins. -'daughter of. Attorney
John -TV Perkins; of this -place, 'has,
.in:! svtii'ti'd iiu ii .journey across tho
cciiitinent to get a little babe'-" the'
child oi her lirolber, Franks l'er
'sitis. iii' lloiiciit, Ciilifoi'iiiii. Young
.Mi'. PeiKins has lieen living in. that
slate for several years and married
there. Last week his wife died leuvr
in g a ha be l wo days, old and it litis
been decided to bring the child, here
to the home of Us '-'grandparents as
its father lives . n a ranch and would
be .di.i'liciilt to bring up a child ill
his pre enl surroundings,
Uracil Refuses to Make Statement.
Paris. April 1 1. Frederick O.
Pencil, the Wall street broker,
against whom' Aiken. S. C, authori
ties have issued a warrant ' charging
assault v. if h Intent-. to' kill his wife,
v. roie a letter this .morning declar
ing lie still had no statement to
make In connection with the charge
nnd pointing out that the affair is in
the hands of his lawyers in New'
York. '.
Killed in Rout.
New York, April 1 1 .John Cold
berg, aged twenty-one, died from a
fractured skull, sustained in a bout
with a Chicago youth at Sharkey
Athletic Club last nigliL Cold
berg's .opponent has not yet been
Identified. :
COMMITTEE
FIEES REPORT
Wake County Medical Society Endorses
Findings and Recommendations
of Its Committee
v
CONDITIONS ARE BAD
Doctors Appointed to Look Into
Conditions Here Find Many
Things That Would Help City--Meat
and Milk Inspector, Regis,
tration of liiitlis and Deaths, San
itary Abattoir Some of 'things
Needed Society Met Today.
That the sanitary conditions of
Raicigh are very bad, that the
health laws of the city are ample
but not enforced, that the city needs
a meal and milk inspector and a
sanitary abattoir theso are the
principal findings of the special com
mittee of the vVake County Medical
Society appointed at the February
meeting, with instructions to In
vestigate 'conditions and report. Its
findings and recommendations to
Die board of aldermen. The com
mittee gave the society a chance to
endorse -its', work and this was done
without a dissenting vote.. .
The meeting, which was one of
the best attended in months, was
(ailed to order by President Albert
Anderson shortly after noon today,
in the rooms of the chamber of
commerce.'..' The program included
the reading of a paper by Dr. J.
Allison Hodges, a famous eye spe
cialist of Richmond, Va.
The society went on record as fa
voring the employing' of a physician
to devote his whole ; time to the
health interests of the county.
The report of the committee is as
follows:
The Committee's Report.
"We, the committee appointed at
the February meeting of this so
ciety to investigate the sanitary con
dition of the city of Raleigh and re
port our findings to the board of
aldermen, with any recommenda
tions for changes in the sanitary ad
ministration of our city that we
deem wise, beg to report as follows-
"First Method of Procedure.
We recognize but one method by
which an intelligent person may be
justified in forming opinions and
reaching conclusions as to the
health or sanitary condition of any
community, town, city, county or
state; That method Is a careful con
sideration of the vital statistical re
turns from the particular com
munity. town,, city, county or state
the health of which Is under con
sideration. "SecondDiagnosis or Conclu
sions. This method, and this only
method of reaching such vital con
clusions, shows the sanitary condi
tion of the city of Raleigh to be
very bad. Here we wish to add that
the -first step in the direction of
Improvement, in our opinion, is the
acceptance of this important fact.
"Third.- Causes. We find the
laws requiring the reporting of con
tagious and infectious diseases am
ply enforcible but unenforced- We '
recognize the laws as primal and
fundamental to all health work We
find the laws under the authority nt
w:hic
h proper supervision of the
(Continued on Page Seven.)
PERJURY CASE WAS
II
A continuance was granted
by
Justice of the Peace Hledue... tndap
until April 19 In the case against
C. II. Collins, the lienson man who
whs indicted at the instance of
Kldridgo Smith, the continuance be
ing asked In order that the defend
iin', might have wiinesess here to
combat another - f'linrB'n fit tit
of
' swearing falsely as to a watch
The
! prosecution today amended tin wr.
'rant, thereby accusing Collins of two
crimes instead or one,
The prosecution grew out of the
death of the Benson men in Frank
Wilson's "apartments" In February.
Collins identified as a pistol he had
seen It. A. Johnson have the weapon
pawned by Fate Gobs to a Durham
restaurant keeper. Eldrldge Smith,
doss' brother-in-law, swore out the
warrant against Collins. Col. J. C.
L, Harris Is appearing for the de
fondant with Senator O. A. Durbour,
oi nenson. and Mr. John W,
dale, Jr., for the prosecution.
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