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VOL. XXIV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, , MAY 29, 1914.
no. m.
HTOR BRADLEY
OF KENTUCKY, DEAD
MRS. MARK THISTLEWAITE
JURY SAYS BECKER
INSTIGATED GRIME
ROBERT TAFT
MELLEN SUGGESTS
FEDERAL CONTROL
GOVERNMENT TO
BUILD BIG PARIS
$1jK) a Year, In Advance.
, i r ' i.
k DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN
AND FOR FORTY YEARS IN
PUBLIC LIFE.
SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY
San Away From Home to Enter Into
the Struggle of the Civil War at
the Age of 14.
Washington. William O. Bradley
JJhited States Senator from Kentucky,
lied here at 9:45 p. xn. after a linger
ing illness aggravated by a fall.
Senator Bradley was one of the
most distinguished Republican leaders
af Kentucky in his generation. An
orator of unusual ability, for 40 yeaTs
' ha had been prominent before the
people of his state and the nation.
Born in 1847, he was only 14 years
of age wtien War Between the States
was declared. Twice he ran away
from home , to join the Union army,
'only to be taken from the ranks by
his father because of his extreme
routh. As a page of the lower house
of the Kentucky Legislature he at
tracted such attention that at the age
of 18 a special act was passed by the
Legislature, enabling him to practice
law, if he proved his qualifications be
fore an examining committee. He
satisfied the committee of his quali
fications and made law his profession.
Faced with a strong ' Democratic
majority in hl3 state Mr. Bradley
often suffered defeat for office. Twice
he was defeated for Congress and
four times for United States Senator
fter receiving the nomination of his
party.
In 1887 he was defeated for Gover
nor, but reduced the Democratic ma
jority of the preceding gubernatorial
campaign from 47,000 to 17,000. It
was this showing that led to his prom
inence as a vice presidential candi
date the following year.
In 1895 Senator Bradley was elect
d Governor of Kentucky. Victory
Again settled on his banner In 1903,
when a Democratic Legislature by
ight votes, after a deadlock finally
elected him to the Senate. Tis "term
would have expired March 3, 1915.
His last speech was delivered on
May 6, when he spoke against the
repeal of the Panama Canal toll ex
emption law.
METHODIST HAVE ADJOURNED.
In Session 18 Days the Quadrennial
Annual Conference Closes.
Oklahoma City, Okla After being
in session for 18 days the quadrenial
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, formally ad
journed. The selection of the place
for holding the next conference, ha?
been entrusted to a special commit
tee named for that purpose. It is gen
erally believed that either Richmond,
Va., or Atlanta, Ga., will be chosen,
both cities having extended pressing
invitations.
Despite the fact that strenuous ef
forts were made to clear the decks
of all business at night session, ad
journment came with many petitions,
memorials and resolutions still on the
calendar. The majority of the dele
gates will remain in the city for a day
or so,, numerous board meetings hav
ing been called to meet immediately
after the adjournment of the con
ference. Interest in the last sessions cen
tered in the decision of the confer
ence to not again submit to the an
nual conference the question of chang
ing the name of the church; the ad
option of a committee report recom
mending stricter regulations of evan
gelists traveling within the bounds of
the conference and the adoption of
the resolution that both sides have
four years consecutive jurisdiction In
the various mission fields.
At the afternoon session the com
mittee on education recommended
that 1105.000 be raised annually, to
be spent at the discretion of the
board of education and that all money
due the theological department of
Vanderbilt University to June 30, 1914,
be paid.
Detectives Assert Innocence.
Atlanta,' Ga. Declaring their only
crime "his been possibly the public
announcement of our belief in Leo
Prank's innocence," Daniel S. Lehon,
Southern manager for" William J
Burns, the detective, issued a state
ment here defending himself and fel
low operatives of the charge of using
improper methods in obtaining affidav
its which were used in an effort to ob
tain a new trial for the factory super
intendent. Mr. Lehon was indicted
for subordination of perjury in connec
tion with the case of Frank.
Uf -i;v:'w-ivt-:-:-fciiT:iSfc---.. -i : -ti.
Mrs. Thlstlewatte Is the bride of th
secretary to Vice-President Marshall.
PART OF FLEET MAY
BE BROUGHT BACK
BRYAN CONFERS WITH DIPLO
MATS OVER TAMPICO OIL
CONDITIONS.
NO NEWS OF THE CONSUL
Fate of Consul Silliman at Satillo
Remains Unknown No Reply
Regarding Parks.
Washington. The general slacken
ing of tension in the Mexican situa
tion resulted In the consideration at
the Navy Department of plans to
withdraw a part of the fleet on the
east coast of Mexico. Acting Secre
tary Roosevelt said he hoped within
a week to have four battleships, five
destroyers and a tender on the way
north. -
Another important development of
the day was a conference called by
Secretary Bryan with British Ambas
sador Spring-Rice and Minister Van
Raphard of The "Netherlands to con
sider conditions In the Tampico oil
fields. Protests, tt was reported, had
been received from oil operators that
Federal officials had negotiated trans
fers of the American leases to British
and Dutch oil men. Some protests
that British and Dutch holders might
suffer since the Constitutionalists as
sumed control followed. An under
standing was reached that transfers
made during the siege of Tampico
would not be recognized.
Secretary Brayn said the state de
partment had no advices of any ef
fort to collect contributions from for
eigners in Tampico.
No official information was forth
coming in the case of Private Samuel
Parks. The state department is still
without reply to the note, in which it
demanded information about Parks
and characterized his reported exe
cution as "a hostile and unfriendly
act."
The war department, however, re
ceived a copy of an affidavit made by
A. W. Bland, in which he repeated a
story told him by an alleged eye
witness of Parks' death. The affidavit
sets forth that Parks was shot to
death by firing spad on order of a
Mexican commander. Bland said the
name of the eye-witness must not be
reyealed because he would be killed
if it were known he had given the
information.
Great Tunnel Complete.
Spartanburg, S. C Sandy Ridge
Mountain, near Dante, Va., the last
great barrier in the construction of
the Elkhorn extension of the Caro
lina, Cllnchfield & Ohio Railway, was
pierced, according to a message re
ceived from there. In the bowels of
the arth, 1,500 feet below the surface,
the two ends of the tunnel, which had
been started simultaneously from
both sides of the mountain, were join
ed. So accurate were the engineers'
calculations that it was necessary to
deviate scarcely a hairsbreadth from
the course surveyed to form the Junc
tion. The tunnel, more than 8,000 feet
long, has been bored through solid
rock. Work has been under way day
and night almost constantly since
June 1, 1912. At times the progress
has been slow, but when the greatest
expedition has been made about 125
cars of rock have been removed daily.
Assembly In Session.
Wagoner, Okla. The Rev. F. A.
Brown of Marlow, Okla, was elected
moderator and the 84th general as
sembly of the Cumberland - Presby
terian church formally organized "here.
A.ddT6sses welcoming the delegates to
Wagoner were delivered.
EX-POLICE LIEUTENANT AGAIN
ADJUDGED RESPONSIBLE FOR
GUNMEN'S WORK.
MAY DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Prisoner Now Faces Death Unless He
Is ' Pardoned, or the Court
Interferes.
New York. Twelve men decided
for the second time that Charles
Becker was the arch-conspirator re
sponsible for the Rosenthal murdsr,
which nearly two years ago awoke
New York to a realization of corrup
tion in the police department and
opened a new era of police reform.
Becker, one a police lieutenant,
was found guilty of murder in the
first, degree. Only a pardon or inter
ference again by the Court of Ap
peals can save him from following
to the eelctric chair the four gun
men who shot Herbert Rosenthal, the
gambler, early on the morning of
July 16, 1912. The jury decided that
the gunmen were Becker's agents.
One ballot decided Becker's fate.
It was taken almost immediately af
ter the jurors returned from luncheon
at an uptown hotel where they went
when Supreme Court Justice Samuel
Seabury had finished his charge. It
was unanimous for conviction. Tears
streamed down the foreman's face as
he announced the decision and tears
stood, in the eyes of several other
jurymen. They had agreed that the
corroboration which the District At
torney failed to present at the first
trial to support the Btorles of Rose',
Vallon and Webber, the three accom
plices who turned informers, had been
furnished by new witnesses at the
second.
Beckers counsel announced that he
would 'appeal and gained a week's
stay far the .preparation of his future
campaign. The defendant was grant
ed a short meeting with his wife and
his brothers and then was taken back
to his cell in the Tombs.
Becker and his wife were talking
shortly before 5 o'clock in a room
adjoining the sheriff's office wheu a
court attendant announced that the
jury had reached a verdict. Mrs.
Becker was not permitted to accom
pany ber husband to the court room.
Newspaper men, court attendants,
counsel for the defense and District
Attorney Whitman and his staff were
the only other persons allowed admis
sion. The defendant's two brothers,
Jackson and John Becker, the latteT
a detective lieutenant, hurried to a
side entrance where they stood await
ing the verdict.
PUSH ANTI-TRUST MEASURE.
The Administration's Program is
Started on Way in House Now.
Washington. The administration
anti-trust program was definitely start
ed on its way to the statute books
when the house, with legislative ma
chinery working under forced draft,
completed consideration of the' Coving
ton trade commission bill, and laid
that measure aside for final passage.
The final vote on the bill will be
taken after the house has considered
the Clayton anti-trust bill which was
taken up Immediately and the admin
istration railroad securities bill.
House leaders count on having all
three measures out of the way and up
to the Senate within three weeks.
Objects to Government Ownership.
'''WasTungtcnT"Represeniati?e Jlonta
gue of Virginia in a speech on the
question of classifying corporations
and requiring a uniform system of ac
counts, as part of the interstate trade
commission work declared that arbi
trary requirements of uniform account
ing was likely to cause "confusion
worst confounded." "I look upon ef
forts to project the power of this
Nation Into the Individual accounting
of corporations in our several states,"
he said, "as one of the most imperial
istic steps that this nation could pos
sibly take. You would perilize the bus
iness of the nation. You would peril
ize the initiative of business."
.Cost of Living Effects Preachers.
Kansas City. Mo. The effect of the
high cost of living on home missions
was pointed out in the annual report
of the executive committee of home
missions, presented to the fourth gen
eral assembly of the Southern Pres
byterian church here. It was assert
ed that where a missionary could
live for ?800 a year ten years ago it
now costs him more than $1,200. For
lack of funds the committee has on
it3 hands 250 homeless churches and
at least ,275 other places where or
ganizations might be effected.
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Robert Taft, elder eon of the former
president. Is soon to marry Miss Mar
tha Bowers, daughter of the late So
licitor General Lloyd W. Bowers. Mr.
Taft Is a graduate of Yale and the
Harvard law school and Is a practising
attorney In Cincinnati.
RUERTA TO RESIGN
IF IT IS NECESSARY
V
AUTHORIZES HIS DELEGATES TO
SUBMIT RESIGNATION IF
FOUND BEST.
WHO WILL BE SUCCESSOR?
Huerta's Move Not Surprise in Wash
ington but Causes Speculation as
to Who Will Succeed Him.
Washington. General Huerta has
authorized the Mexican mediatK Jel
egates to submit his resignation in
case such a course is necessary to a
settlement in peace negotiations. This
was stated positively in dispatches
from a thoroughly competent diplo
matic source in Mexico City to one of
the foreign representatives here and
confirms intimations given by friends
of the delegates here.
According to this information from
Mexico City Huerta at first author
ized the delegates to discuss only the
question of the Tampico conflict lead
ing to the American occupation of
Vera Cruz. Later the Mexican dicta
tor, it is explained, came to recog
nize the necessity of a broader set
tlement and then convened to the del
egates assurances that he was pre
pared to step down should this course
be found necessary by them.
The problem causing chief concern
to diplomats in Mexico City now is
that of the form of administration to
be established during the Interim be
fore a constitutionally elected presi
dent could assume office. No intima
tions concerning the name of a "pos
sible successor to Huerta were con
tained in the dispatch, this subject
being one in which it would be neces
sary to consult opinion of constitu
tionalist and other leaders in Mexico.
The information that the Mexican
delegates had been given provision
al authority to submit the resignation
of Huerta did not occasion great sur
prise nere as close friends of the
Huerta government's commission
broadly intimated that definite elimi
nation of the dictator probably would
be one of the first fruits of the Niag
ara Falls conference.
Four Starving Sailors Rescued.
Boston. Four survivors of a boat
load of 15 who- escaped in the third
boat of the freight steamer Colum
bian, burned at oea May 3, were pick
ed up by the United States revenue
cutter Seneca 40 miles south of Sable
Island, according to a dispatch receiv
ed here from the cutter.
The dispatch of Captain Johnston
of the Seneca follows:
"Ten a. m.,40 miles south Sable
Island rescued lifeboat with officer
Robert Teire, Sailors Kendall, Blang
er, Fireman Michael Ludwigsen, sur
vivors of 15. Oiler George Hull died
tenth. Peter Triel today. Others be
tween. All died exposure and hun
ger. Short allowance biscuit and wa
ter. Eating biscuit crumbs and boot
leather when rescued. Saw three
steamers first two days, none since.
Much rain. Fine today. All. under doc
tor doing well."
FORMER RAJLROAD PRESSDENT
SAYS GOVERNMENT REGULA-,
TION IS SOLUTION.
"MONOPOLY MUST COME"
"For Economy and Efficiency There
Should be One," Says Mellen to
Councilor Folk.
Washington. An absolute monopoly
of transportation" under government
regulations and control, was suggest
ed by Charles S. Mellen, former presi
dent of the New Haven Railroad, to
the Interstate Commerce Commisbion,
as a solution of the American rail
road problem. "To get efficiency and
economy," Mr. Mellen said, "there
must be a monopoly and this monop
oly is certain to be the United States
Government."
A moment later Mr. Mellen remark
ed "every time a railroad official
comes to Washington he has to take
off his hat , to some government of
ficial." Mr. Mellen appeared to have recov
ered entirely from his fatigue when
he appeared before the commission
to resume his testimony. He respond
ed to questions fired at him by Chief
Counsel Joseph Folk promptly, never
hesitating a second for a word. He
told at length the story of his steam
ship transactions with Charles W.
Morse.. Concerning these Mr. Mellen
explained he felt it desirable to confer
with Colonel Roosevelt, then Presi
dent of the United States. He told
the President he had received an offer
of $20,000,000 from Morse for the New
Haven steamship holdings and felt In
clined to accept it, because, thus the
New Haven would be able to turn the
property irto cash.
Mr. Roosevelt, he said, apparently
was anvious that Morse should be
checked in his ambition to acquire a
monopoly of steamship lines and
urged Mr. Mellen not to sell.
Mr. Mellen said at that time he was
apprehensive of the enactment of a
law by Congress to prevent railroads
from owning or controlling water
lines, but he was 'assured by Mr.
Roosevelt, that so long as the law re
mained as it then was, the New Haven
need have no fear about Its water line
holdings.
As to the acquisition of New Eng
land trolley lines, Mr. Mellen said he
proceeded on the theory that, trans
portation might better be handled on
electric lines than on steam roads.
He had been convinced that the diver
sion of much of the traffic of steam
road3 to electric linos would be more
economical, rates lower, and service
generally more satisfactory to the
public.
REBELS STILL ADVANCING.
Having Occupied Tepic, They Now
Move on Guadalajara.
On board U. S. S. California, Mazat
lan, Mexico. (Via Wireless to San
Diego, Ca. An army of 5,000 Consti
tutionalists having accupied Tepic
with a loss of 400 killed and an un
known number of casulties among the
Federals has begun its advance on
Guadalajara. In advance of the mov
ing troops, a flying squadron of cav
alry is working destruction to the
Huertoa lines of communication, its
main object being the crippling of the
railroad from Manzanillo to Guadala
jara.
The capture of Tepic wa3 accom
plished after a bloody struggle. Al
though the losses of the Federals are
uncertain it is known 200 were taken
prisoners.
Mazatlan is in a state of panic. The
rebels are closing in the the terror
of their approach is augmented by the
presence in the ranks of 700 Indians
in war paint, whose excesses in the
event of the city's fall it is feared the
leaders will be unable to curb.
More dismal to the contemplation
of the average citizen is the(prospect
of the sacking of the city by the Fed
erals when they are forced to retreat,
as seems inevitable. It Is the general
belief that they will not give up
Mazatlan to General Obregon without
first wrecking the city.
Mediation Outlook Bright.
Niagara Fall, Ont. Before attempt
ing In any way to deal with the Con
stitutionalists forces in Mexico,- the
three South American mediators let it
be known that they are content to pro
ceed to a bi partite agreement be
tween the United States and the
Huerta Government. The mediators
have not regarded the absence of del
egates representing General Carranza
as a serious detriment to their efforts
to settle questions which led to the
landing of American forces at Ver.i
Cruz.
THE GREAT PISGAH PARK WILLj
BE MADE INTO A NATIONAL
RESORT.
WILL RETAIN PRESENT NAME
Mready Well Stocked With Deer
Wild Turkey and Trout, Which
, Have Been Well Cared For.
Washington.It is safe to say that
.here is more in -the purchase of th
Pisgah Forest by the government than
shows on the surface. Months ago a
newspaper correspondent was told
that Uncle Sam wanted to establish
a national park somewhere in the
mountain regions of North Carolina.
Before such a thing can be done Un
cle Sam must have the land. The land
In hand, a few formalities makes it a
park like the Yellowstone, the Glacier,
or Yosemite. Before many years peo
ple may be flocking to the beautfiul
National Park, the Pisgah Forest
Park of North Carolina.
"In accordance with Mrs. Vander
bilt's desire," says the commission's
report, "the national forest reservation
commission will retain the name of
Pisgah Forest; in fact, the general
arsa,' in which this forest Is located
and in which other purchases may be
made, is already designated as the
Pisgah area. It is proposed also to
make It a game refuge for the preser
vation of the fauna of the eastern
mountains. It is particularly well
suited to this purpose since "it is al
ready well stocked with game and fish
including deer, turkey and pheasant,
and in the streams rainbow and brook
trout, with which they have been sys
tematically stocked from year to year.
"On appproximately four-fifths of
the area there Is a timber contract
which provides for the moving -of
certain portions of the merchantable
stand, ti is already provided, how
ever, that this removal shall be in ac
cordance with the best forces prac
tices, so that there is not only dan
ger of forest destruction, but provi
sion is made for a natural restocking
which should be an improvement oa
the present stand. The area contains
improvements in the form of build
ings, roads and trails, which will
greatly help in the administration of
the forest by the government.
TILGHAM RECEIVES $7,000,
Wake Jury Returns Verdict Against
Seaboard Railway.
Raleigh. The jury in ta $50,000
damage suit of Conductor Tilgham va.
Seaboard Air Line Railway in prog
ress all the week gave a verdict of
$7,000 for the plaintiff. Contributory
negligence was charged and Judge Al
len charged the jury that the plain
tiff's negligence, if any, could be
charged against that of the railroad
company and he be given the benefit
of any difference in his favor.
The damage is for injury inr the.
head-on collision between passenger
trains Nos. 81 and 84 north of Nor
lina, between Granite and Granby, in
November, 1912, when two engineers
were killed.
Postoffice Primary in Cleveland.
Shelby. The postoffice primary,
A-hich was arranged by the consent
Df the candidates and with the ao-
proval of Congressman Webb, who
promptly agreed to name as postmas
ter of his home town the choice of the-
citizens, was held and resulted in the
selection of W .J. Roberta. Only a plu
rality was need, Mr. Roberta receiv
ing 231 votes; H. T. Hudson. 115: S.
A. McMurray, 89; L. E. Llgon, 64; J.
A. Wilson, 26; S. A. Washburn, 12.
All white, male patrons of legal age
were entitled to vote. 1
Two Bands at Newton.
Newton. Newton now has two
splendid bands, the North Newton
ind the Baraca Band. Milt Deal is
instructor of the North Newton band
and Mr. Moss of Cherryville instruc
tor of the Baraca band. These bands
were only organized a short time ago,
but have made rapid progress under
their splendid teachers.
Davie Town Fireswept.
Mocksville. Fire which started
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon and
is supposed to have caught from the
boiler room of the Hendricks box fac
tory at Bixby, seven biles north of
here, had at 10 o'clock about wiped
out the small village, the box factory,
five freight cars, the postoffice, stores
of D. H. Hendrick3 & Sons and W. T.
Morris and the residence of the post
master being destroyed. It is not
thought that any appreciable amount
of insurance is carried and the loss
is estimated at over $25,000.