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Hues Associated Press Service. Associated Press Service. Vol. LXXI. No. 105. WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY' 15, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WEATHER Unsettled. M'lVER MONUMENT UNVEILED TODAY Many North Carolinians In Raleigh to Honor One o! State's Most Distinguished Educators Special Traill Heurs Hiintli-cils of Voting Women r'roin Institution Mclver Kounileil anil IJniiled So V"1I Stirring Music aiil Ad dresses Mark Occasion Daughter of Statesman I'nveils Statin' A People Wlio Urect .Moiiiuni'iils to Their Heroes in Pence More to lie Honored Than for lliiilding Monuments to Warrior's A Mr. mumble Occasion. In (tie presence ot several li'in dred viators the statue to ('has. P.. .Mclver, who spent his life in the cause of education, was. unveiled to day in capltol square. A special train, bearing faculty and students of the State Normal College, ar rived In the city today "front (ireensboro; other North Caro liuuians, hot forgetful of the work done by the dead educator, gath ered here from many sections to lend their presence. As Is usually the case when a monument'-Is unveiled in Kaleigh, the weather conditions were not favor able. During the early morning ralu threatened the unveiling, and it was with thanksgiving that those In charge of the event observed condi tion brightening as the morning wore on. It is 'a fact worthy of note that North Carolinians not only bono" their war heroes and their yolitlf.il statesmen witli marble busts, but that they erect ''shafts to the educa tional statesmen. Enthusiasm is more easily kindled for a war hero; from time immemorial men have been hurrahing for warriors and it speaks well for the people who are able to appreciate the greater worth of the man who renders a service to humanity in a quiet, earnest milli ner. . The program Included Invocation by Bishop Strange of Wilmington:, addresses by llr. C. Alphonso Smith and Dr. J. I. Foust, a Bong by H-l-elgh school children, a poem by Henry Jerome Stockard, the presen tation by Dr. Joyner and the ac ceptance by Governor Kitchin, the titivellng by Lula Martin .Mclver and a song by students of the State Normal. The greatest monument to Charles Duncan Mclver today, how ever, was seen not In the great fig ure of bronze, upon whose form the flag dropped at a touch- from his youngest daughter. Miss Lula Mar tin Mclver just at the conclusion of the exercises, and which stands in his accustomed attitude, with his hand resting on his pocket, a. book clasped in the other hand, looking out with broad vision over the pass ing throng, but his was today rather a living, breathing monument, four hundred young women from the In stitution which he founded, who as Preisdent Taft Criticised By Roosevelt Delegates At a largely attended caucus of the Roosevelt delegates, held In the city council just before the conven tion met, a resolution offered by Hon. Richmond Pearson severly criticising President Taft for his ac tion In withdrawing the ten North Carolina nominations wag passed with' a whoop and the delegates elected by the state convention were pledged to vote for Roosevelt, last and all the time. Of even more significance prob ably than this resolution of the caucus was the endorsing of Col. Virgil 8. Lusk of Asheville for state chairman. This the caucus did with a few dissenting votes. This simply means that a real fight will be started on the convention floor and that the Roosevelt men are de termined to wipe out the entire state organization. , Another matter of great import ance was the adoption of a resolu tion restricting the activities of the national committeeman to national affairs, thereby ellmnatlng htm from attempting to say who shall the (lag dropped in a great chorus raised the song he loved the best, "The Old North State." The Kvercises. The exercises 'began shortly - after 11 o'clock with music -by tlio band. A great crowd of people bad assem bled' around the platform erected near tin- statue. High School ami (! railed School students, students from t lie colleges and from the Meth odist Orphanage, all helped to swell the crowd. Among the- honored guests,' and those who had scats oil the platform were the wife and chil dren of North Carolina's beloved son, Mrs. Mclver, Miss Annie Mclver, Mbii Lula. Martin .Mclver, Iiis young est (laughter, who unveiled her fa ther's statue, and Mr. Charles Mc lver. The - sculptor whose work' is was. was also present, Mr. i W. Kiicksluhl, of New York.1 Lead by President .1. T. Foiist, president of the -State Normal; Mr. .1. A. Mathewson, and Col. Hinshaw, of Winston, and accompanied 'by the lifty .members or more of the faculty, four hundred students of the State Normal, wearing the colors of their (Continued on Page Six.) THE CLOSE AT WAKE FOREST Largest Graduating Class the History of the College In (Special to The Times. ) Wake Forest, May 15. -The com mencement exercises of the seventy eighth year of Wake Forest College will be begun tonight, when the baccalaureate sermon will be deliv ered by Dr. Newell Dwight: Hillis, pastor of Plymouth ehurc,h, Brooklyn.- The class this year is the larg est in the history of the college, there being a total of 70 graduates. At a meeting of the senior class this morning- President Poteat congratu lated the class on having such an eminent man as Dr. Hillis to preach their baccalaureate sermon. In his judgment he is one of the best speakers in the Pnited States today. Tomorrow morning the commence ment address will be delivered by Dr. Hillis and In the afternoon the class day exercises will be held. At night the alumni address will be de livered by Dr. John K. White, of Atlanta. Oa. His subject will be "The Man in the Middle." After the address by Dr. White, the exer cises will be 'transferred to the gym nasium, where the business session of the alumni association will be held, and the annual alumni banquet will be enjoyed. The exercises will be concluded on Friday morning, hold the offices. The vnrious coun ty and district organizations will be given this power, if the state conven tion acts favorably on the motion. In his speech advocating the adop tion of the' resolution denouncing President Taft for withdrawing the North Carolina nomination, Mr. Pearson said President Taft did It to await the action of the state con vention; he put them up at auction, as a piece of merchandise, to be de livered to the man who could gather the most votes. That was ill-ad-vised. Indefensible and should be rebuked, said Mr. Pearson, who de clared, amid a storm of applause, that the president underestimated the self-respect of the republicans of North Carolina. Dr. - Cyrus Thompson sooke for Col. Lusk for state chairman, de claring that he could unite all fac tions. Strong Roosevelt speeches were made by Col. Jake Newell and others. Tomorrow Is the day of aRcen slon of our Lord. There will be a service In the Church of the (lood Shepherd at 11 o'clock. SEVELTI mm when the orations will be delivered by ttie six representatives of the graduating class in competition for the A. I). Ward medal. The. diplo mas will then he presented. Alter this the baccalaureate, address wiH he delivered by President Potent.. A ItOOSIlVKLT Ol I Kit Senator lor Support Was to lie (lie Colonel's Heir, Says hornier Law Partner. Sacramento. Cal., .May Sen ator Robert... M. La Follctte was of fered and refused assurance, that if would throw his support to Col onel Roosevelt in the campaign for the republican presidential nomin ation, lloosevelt ii: turn would name La Kolloito as his .".iiciessir. ac cording til Million II. ,l!oe, of New York,, l.a Kollol le's former., law partner, who spoke here, on -"The True Story of the Desertion of l.a Kolletto." Mr. Itoe did not - mention Roose velt in his account -of the affair. Newspaper Men in Knlcigit, Among the newspaper men here to handle the republican convention ii.e Mr. W. C. (larder, representing: the Associated Press; Messrs. W. A. Hildobrand and 10. It. .lelfress, of the (Ireensboro News; Winder It. Harris of the Charlotte Observer,: and pos sible - others. Roosevelt Wins Over Taft- California, Nevada and Other State Results San Francisco, May 15.-Returns from two-thirds of the -.-precincts in yesterday's presidential primary give Roosevelt approximately !I8,00H, Taft 51,000. and LaFollette 2fi,DH0. Clark : 1!, 000 and Wilson 11,00. Roosevelt's plurality is forty odd thousand. His probable plurality when all returns are over will lie tio.000. Clark's indicted plurality over Wilson is 20.O00. Makes Taft Hlusb. Zanesville. Ohio, May 1 . .Presi dent .Taft began his third day's cam paign in Ohio at Roseville. Taft pointed with particular pride to the record of trust prosecutions by his administration. He told about the administration's prosecution of the trusts, then said he Is feeling effects of these prosecutions in the present campaign. "When 1 was a candidate four years ago," said Taft, "Roose velt commended me in language so flattering I couldn't read what he said without blushing and 1 can't now." Clark (icts Nevada. Reno, Nev., May 15. Of l'JO delegates to the democratic state convention, returns show IS 9 pledg ed for Clark, 1!7 for Wilson, and 30 unreported. Roosevelt in Ohio, Norfolk, O., Mav 15. Col. Roose velt addressed several hundred at Klyria station and spoke to several hundred Oberliu College students. He went to Sandusky from here. Meeting of Southern ltaptist Con vention. Oklahoma City. May 15. The Southern ltaptist Convention assem bled he;-e today. Several thousand delegates answered the roll-call. A conference of affiliated organiza tions occured today. At the conclu sion of the preliminaries this after noon, It Is expected the officers will be chosen. All the officers probubly will be re-elected. Thousands Flee Before Flnoil Cur rent. New Orleans, May 15. Hundreds are fleeing before the Hood current In the country north of here on the opposite side of the Mississippi river. The gash forced out of the west levee last night is widening. Thousands of fertile acres are itr the . Hood's patch. Sixty thousand people are affected. Half this, number will be without homes until the waters sub side. Seven Men llmlieil to Death. Uelllngham. Wash., May 15. Seven men were burned to death In forest fires (hat swept Skagit county. The property loss is one hundred thousand dollars. CLARK WINS OVER WILSON OMCES ARE NOW 1 CHARGE Chairman Morthead Recog nizes Tremendious Strength of Colonel iDjinni um m the (inn 'miles! Were U iu Thrashed Out I, y oouoit lee Named by ( iiai, Itiau .Mocelieail While .Delegates l l i e Liliitlliiii ; - Ur. Walsei 's 'IVIc'il'lllll of Ti 'd.l s ii lory Ue ceiveil Willi .K"( Applause M:.in I'iyjil f'Aliried This Vller nooii When mii .Wif'nipi is llvpect cd to Change Plat: ( I I rg;tiii:i! ion. Some Spciulal ions t.iilioied Here anil There as to Sonic Likely Win-lieis- Four Men ( hoeictl Vigor oiisly. - . ' -. The Roosevelt f,-i plete contri;1 of tie --: coiivenuoii today, i'i: Morehead voluiit u ii . i s ;i;oli: COIU- V-iMi.-an stale s rii i :'. n John M. reli-n.iiisliiii j he .convent ion tile chairmanship soon as the' coiniiiltiee op. .-t'eileii- tials had been iianie,!. lie called to the chair Hon. 'c!j ' V aiiie Walser, leader of the Roosn.'lt'-;foi'ces -in this state,, who was received with a 'great outburst of applause. The cimvrii tion took a ' ree-sh .; I - : lo for an hour so that, the committee on cre dentials might hi'.." time to hear i lie contests rora s ' -ountieSi. There w no f Acitenu iiV - Four -men were clieered inore tliau any others. Former. Senator Marion Hittlor was : civc i a liberal cliref as he entered the. ball -and ..the same, treatment a, accorded Col. .. V: S. Lusk a ml II M Kichmoiiil I'earson. Mr. Walser's -reception on faking the. chair was the -most like an ovation. The conve.iiion was opened' wit b music.' Kvery available seat, on the Moor was oiciipied with delegates and the lower -ua-lleries were well tilled. Kv, rv county responded to the roll .call; 'here lieing a gloat number of the delegates on baud. : .Mr. Morohcad Graceful, Chairman .Morehead was graceful, .lust as soon r,h the lirst business vva attended in be called Mr. Walser to the chair, t he ' liairmn l stating that lie recounted the overwhelming Roosevelt sentiment and for that rea son asked Mr Walser to lake ..the chair. .This Mi. Walser did. and In read fl telegram. from-Senator Don bringing cheer to (he hearts ot, bis followers.' The telegram went: . Cheer lioo'.evelCs Name. "Oovernor l ibiison. of California, wires me 1 -i morning that fuller re turns shun 1,'ciscveit curried. Cali fornia by o-.i- Tn.ooo tiuijoritj. The indicaiions ai'- t hat " Roosevelt w ill carry Ohio h: V,n nno. We will have to look close for North Carolina, else California will lake the laurels from my native stale... I hope that every delegate will oe instructed lor the greatest living American Thoedore Roosevelt.'! .-Viator Dixon said that Colonel Room veil will .carry every state 'between now and the conven tion. . This . sent iment Chairman Walser ALLEN CASE WILL REACH JURY TONIGHT W.Whevillc. Va., May 15. Floyd Allen's case probably will reach the jury tonight. Arguments to the Jury continued when the court recon vened. The commonwealth'!! ad dress closing the argument is ex pected this afternoon. Should Allen lie convicted of murdering Prose cutor Foster arrangements for try ing (lie other members of the Al len clan Involved in the Hillsville tragedy v. ill proceed immediately. When court recessed for, luncheon .Judge Hairstotie hud not completed his appeal to the Jury in Allen's he half, .prosecutor W. ,1. Wysor fol lows Halrstoie. The case then goes to the jury. There Is a slightly prob ability of n verdict late today. , May Retire Three HNhops. Minneapolis, May 15. The" Epis copacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church advocated tbo retirement of Hlshops M. W. Warren, and D. II. Moore. The committee refused to recommend in Bishop Thomas II. Neely's case hut advocated a secret ballot of conference upon the three bishops retirement. orously. r.oa rod while 1 he great wit b ils elldnrsi - iiont. ''Toddy's hat is in the but -on' Hie. I Mh of June Teddy fell' will' he ill the ring." The on vi ol ion Opened. Chairman Aforehead called I'll.:, him the aiuf inn. i on vent lott . i o order at prayer was ottered by I)r. 12:1 : R. T. V pn .-i dili in . of .Meredith 'College. Tile d'-!o;iirs '.flood. Hy this time the Toor had been pretty well tilled; Ihe.'loA'er galleries were half filled and the upper galleries were lu-iii.'--' occii f.ieii. .Chairman Aloreiieail presented Mr. Wiiliuni liuylan. v.ho offered - 'each iieh-gat. the ii.-..' of the' Capital ITnli durilia 1 1 1 convention, he assuring' ihein lba; 1 1 : i eon id have anything I he lie..i; ell.:. Cool est s. Tiie chairman announced that the lirst. Iin. iiios:, v as t lie eppointiug of a coin in il i or on ctub n: u-ls, u bi're upoii It ii ii in. mil l'e:;rs:u :-u-:g'Sled (hi, t tin; roll i all . was lirst in order. Tile .'secretary c.iileil Hie roll, con tests', being noted in tlie following loiini ios : Anson. I'.uncotiibo, Car-tarc-t. Franklin, Vance. Wake. All 1 he conn 1 ios res pond oil to the fol I call'.. Hon. Ciias. II. ' -Cow-bis iifked lievv many of those deb'g.iles were Hoofovclt Ineji. The cliairinan n jnieil 'that -only one man. : W. W. Hampton .of. the fifth district, was (Continued on Page Sevan.) IN STREETS King Frederick of Denmark, Unknown, Died Suddenly In Hamburg Hamburg, tieniiauy. May 15. King Kri-derick the. VII I' of Denmark, died 'alone,, unrecognized and unat eniieil. in a public hospital ward, late yesterday-' of apiiphwy. The king, traveling incognito, arrived here : .Monday." He was retnriiing from a long trip south, convalesc ing, from an attack of inflammation of the lungs. With -Queen Louisa and the royal suite, lie took (bar ters at the Hamburg Hotel, At in o'clock yesterday the kilig h-ft 'he hotel for his usual stroll before retiring. lie went only a short distance, .when hi' was over come by an apoplectic stroke.- I'n reeognized. the king was rushed to Hie nearest hospiml. He died in a few .minutes. When the members of the king's suite became, alarmed over bis failure to return, a search was iiegnti, finally discovering Ins body' in tlie hoi-pital. The king had been regarded- as completely- restored in 'health.- Yes terday hi' felt particularly well. Flags on all public buildings' are at biilfmast. King- Frederick and the iiueen had traveled from Nice under 'incognito, as "Count and Countess of Kevonherg." Their .youngest children were with them. When the king left the hotel for a stroll yes terday be was -attired in an ordin ary business suit. When be was stricken "ami fell a- passerby tan to the sun! lo assist him, hut lie was already dead. A policeman was ralb ed. and the body conveyed to tlie sailors' hospital in an nuioniobile. There- was nothing on the .body to afford th' slightest due to the king's identity. Tlie physicians said ilen'ili hail been instantane.ius, llennini k's People Stunned. Copenhagen, May 1 X.-' Denmark's people were stunned by their popu lar king's stiddeii ileal h. .They, were Informed recently that the tiicnarch was returning to the capital in ex cellent health. There is doepi st sor row everywhere. It is stated, hi majesty's return from Nice wan by the physicians' orders, who ret ig ni.i'd possibility of a rattfst roptie. The proclamation of the new king, v.lio will take the title of ('hrist Ian, occurs at :! o'clock this iiftern-mn in front of .Malienbot'K castle. Christian Proclaimed King. Copenhagen, May in: -Christian was proclaimed kitiR of Denmark from the balcony of the palace at :i o'clock this afternoon in the pres ence of a huge concourse of people gathered In the s(ttaro in front of the royal residence. The royal yacht. Haunch, og ea coriod by n wurshlp, sailed for liii beck. (iermnny, to einburk the king's body. l'llnec Harold, the lute king's lined viu mdif.oi ium KING DIES ROBBERS GET AWAY WITH STOLEN LOOT Express Train Held Up By ij Men Near Uattiesburg, Miss., and Robbed ol $140,000 third son. left for l.ulieck. win-re -he receives ! he body, which .will ho coii v eyi d b.v ' ra ill from I ! a mini re.. Tlie iia'im-hro.g o.o, is , .', ret urn : o ( 'oiieii.iia l:cu K.'iday . Minute guns have been lireil from Kurt Siiu. sine' noon . Sorrou jn liritaiii. London. May I V 'I'm Q:l'-iii Mo-iln-r Al xVimlii':; 'ami . lb- t"vv-am-r l-.'niU'ess .Marit. of Itic : i.-i. King Ki-e,,-rickV. Si.-;. is, are p,-osi .-a ted. Kings' on the imblic buihliui'S are half-masted. Tin- Itritish court is plMllveil into n.Muriiini-. The socjal seas. hi ju.-'t ci-ni iiii-n. ii,: . wili la- so. rioiisly aU'eci-'d. INI.ilcil lo III l!ei.':ning Houses. Copenhagen. Mav Kin:' Kred- "ricl;, - vvhi-isiv father Liu;; ('lii'islian IX, was known 'as. Hie "I nce of .';uniio " was rei'ated in nearly all 'be reigning houses.-' rrih.ee t'liris ' ian Was liorn in i sT n and -married I 'rincess Alexandria of Mecklonburg icliwertng. thiis being a lirot lier-in-a'.v of Cerniiniy's crown princess, Ecailing of I'ioclaiiialioii Clieci'ed. ('oionliagiii. .May ir.. -The 'read ing, of- the liroelaniiu ion was hailed tCoiitinued on l'age Five.) I In Wreck On Southern Near Connelly Springs This . Afternoon 'i Special to The Times. ) t'oiiiielly Springs, N. ('., May 15.- Wi'stliouhd So'iiheri.i Passenger train number eleven, en route' from Salis bury to Asheville. ran into a freight on a si'l ing .here t bis 'afternoon, kill ing two persons, Kiu'ineer Smith and ten year old colored girl, and in juring a score of others, four of them seriously: Kngineer Smith of the freight was killed in his cab as the jiassi nger train presumably -split Hie switch and- crashed into '.the freight -train iiich had taken the siding. The Injured. A. aiong the W rench, lii kei Sellger i rain , master 'and a colored' V'Ona'i. injured are Frank collector of the pas--also the baggage colored man Jind a w hose names could A sneeia I I i ain has Hot tie h-, u nco taken to ,i Hi. liorv. hospital '-the in jured piifseiiui is anil crew, Ti a ii-fei i ing Passengers. All passenger trains are running late, 'iransferr' iig iiasseiigers, liiail and bag' age around the wreck. Tlie SCl'lle. of the disaster is Oliiv tell miles east of llukorv. and Crowds of people have come out ill auto mobiles lo rei, assistance. W KILLED SCORE U Two Durham Ladies Hurt In Automobile Crash Durham, N. C. May 1.. Line yesn r. lay afternoon an aiitomobil in which Mesdanu's. W .1. (iriswobl aiicl ('. ''. Thomas were riding turned over about t ii.nr miles from the ci'.v it! front ol t lie - i outit ry place" of. .vl r. .1. K. Mason, The ladies 'are i mi ot the most popular in Durham, and when it was-' learned' that they were injured several dnoiors were rushed to I he', scen.iv :. After -making a Hi al exaniiuai iqn it was found that ..both of them were very ha illy injured, although, it-.was not. thought thai lii.iv are fatally wounded. The car belonged to the II. It. Lyon motor car ''company and was driven by a colored man. While diivug ,u it very .rapid vale he came In contact with another car, and was thrown over a small bank turning completely over. The ludies fell underneath, the negro was not Injured, and call ed for help. The news of the acci dent -.reached, the city and several doctors were rindied to the Beetle, where both of the ladies were pinned under the car. After giving them the ln-fct of attention, they were brought to (be city niul are at pres ent In it very bad condition. Mrs, 'II: PASSENGERS WERE NOT MOLESTED l ive Charges of Dynamite Were Ex I loileil in the Kiress Car, Nearly Deinolisliiiig tl Train Crew anrt Hv press .Men Lined lTp on the Outside, Where One Mnn Keiit I lieio I ndi r Cover, While Other .l.ooled Sale One of Crew Hent Tlii'Ougb ( 'finches to Tell Passen gers They Were in No Danger it "Tliev keiiiniiifil in the Cars. New Drleans. May 15. Two masked ini'ii held up the New Orleans-New Vork limited train. No. 2, northbound,: on the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, 8 miles south of Hattiesburgv Miss., shortly after midnight this morning, and after dynamiting the safe in the express car, escaped on horses, with one bundle containing one hundred and forty thousand dollurs. The passen gers were not. molested. No one was hurt. The train proceeded to Uat tiesburg, where the authorities were notified. Posses formed, mount ed horses and started in pursuit of the robbers, who, it is said, took a northeasterly direction, evidently headed tor the Alabama state line. Five charges of dynamite were ex ploded in the express car, nearly de molishing it. A through safe, des tined from New Orleans to eastern points, was blown open and the con tents taken. The train had stopped at a water tank north of Richbilrg, when the robbers boarded the ex press carv At tlie time nearly all Hie passengers except a few, who were to leave the train at. Hattles burg, were asleep In their bertha. The men first forced the engineer and fireman to leave the engine and together with the conductor, flag man and other member of the train crew, they were lined up against the train and covered with a revolv er b.v one of the robbers, while the other robber entered the express car, forcing the express messenger and a guard, who was watching govern ment money, to get out and join In the line-up. The messenger and guard were relieved of their weapons before they had a chance to resist. After the guards and messengers disembarked, the robber guarding the Crew, sent one of them back through - the roaches with intruc lious to inform the passengers that the train was being held "for a cer tain pin pose, and that they were sate as long as they remained inside the cars '' Southern. Kxpress officials decline to vouchsafe information about the amount of. money the robbers se en red. Amount Mai Itench VLIIl.tMHI. New Orleans, May 1 5, Express otliciais declared an investigation would be necessary before the amount of (he robbers' haul could (Continued on Page Five.) Thomas is in the most serious con dition, and will likely be several weeks recovering. Mrs. Griswold, Ig not so badly injured and mav be able to leave her bed In a few days. The wounds consist of several long deep-gashes about tbe face and body, and tbe body is very badly bruised. .1 nut whether it was on account of the negroes carelessness or the man driving the other car Is not known ' as neither seems to know, and the ladles are In no condition to give an account of the horrible affair. A long distance telephone mes sage this aftemon gave the Informa tion that Mrs. Oriswold Is the wife of ex-Mayor W. J. Griswold, and that she Is very seriously, though not fatally hurt. The attending physicians say that It will be some time before she will be fully re covered. Mrs. Thamak is resting well, and it is thought that ahe Will be all right In a few days. After an Investigation, the negro und other drlverwere released from all blame In the accident, as it was shown the automobile skidded Into the oilier und the crash came before they could be stopped. '