North Carolina Newspapers

5 ' ? EMBER 6. 19fl8. DISCOVERER OF THE HOUR i: Fntfri and Honored :ans? The DtS' Appreciative. Fds 8j?i-riU#eil la SMlth For Ifortl) Pole". > T- - ?? Urm Expedition. ? I?oa(.' -Sir Hugh Willoglibjr . 62 -Richard Chancellor. 8 -Sir Murttn Froblsher 10 Captuin ?>nvi* It ealn?*r Hsns Kgede ir. Copeohagon i &n the anrf of the Crown ^RHKSii'k at 10 o'clock this ^^^^^HRorn and. looking like a pB^fcWEm-? the mast He sat down 8 o'clock tonight in the BPtyfcU> the. guest of a brilliant com iay Vf the capital's moat dfstln alshed men^md women. He was ar lyed In evening dress provided b^ Kjirtuiint. ? : The hoqrs between inesd erects ire the busiest of Dr. 'Cook's life, piy/were hours of siyiechmaking. fcodiliakiriK. -bowing to. ^clamoring ^ter adflreaslnff *he *e in their eagerness to see the OV?Jrer of tfcS pole. Dr. ??Cook- was recipient of" formal welcomes at hotel where ho is the gorern it's guest. '' ater lie lunched with-Dr. Maurice ? gftft. IBS 'Amgrwan minmaT.rfrg Hed incessantly for an hour with He went , through hun 9t telegrams, including coa uTaTToHI f?6hi jjsaKrapTitca! ~so tles of several nations, explorers friends, offers ot^fcfcloLtatlon I from books to music hall en nents, and then hurried to the i and gave the ICtng and other Bbors-of the royal family a Ions _unt of Me adventures. Return : to his hotel "he received a bat i sub- 1 ctlees ( our io a axnlnatlon, deai'lrtl ; explanations of all the criticisms have been levelled against his rques tlone Dr. TfooTTEflirafj the best temper, frankly and . Whatever may. thought of T. Cook elsewhere, He has Impress ? all who talked with him Jiefe as lest, frank and able man. ? banquet this Evening waa held | -ttrtr TntlKTTttTrrmt TTrTTTtrt^nl M!11 FOOT hundred persons, many | em ladles., attended. _ | | ore waa a preliminary reception lofty, and spacious entrance The company marched up ? the air of the Star-Spanglfid i teemed with cempll ? to pr. Cook. The mayor-at i sa,ld that the name waa i enrolled among the great Minister Egan briefly pro-. ! the corporation president a President of the r the nation I tkr a?t wher. I n? before ?et tfr AXiOOD FRIEND OF LABOR MAN ~ Jane Adatns flfead of the Hall - House ol Chicago? Famous the World Over. It Ur enflrely the da"y set apart ks a holiday for those who Uo the work" of the world should fall this year on tiie birthday of one of tho beat friends the laboraraTTftfve evot bad. She Is Jane Adams, the head of Hull House, the Chicago "social settlement", which Is famous' throughout the world. MIm Adams, who la balled by h*r millions of admirers a*_th?.. greatest feminine philanthropist In' the wonld's history, was born. .in Cedar vllie, I1L, fprtyzfllne-xeara ago todayr She rrartmitprt frnm Bnrkfnrri Col lege when 21, and being possessed of a great thirst for knowledge and a love for study, and reflection, es pecially along sociological lines, she pure ued 'postgraduate studies In "Europe. Returning to the United Slates, she-eoon won a name for herself as an active social reformer. She did nbt content herself with words, but established Hulh House' as the prac tical fruitage of Ue'i th'eui les. ? Thw soundness of her methods has been ~dS fa on St ra teSTy fhe "great^u se ful new of ffnll House and^.the >4mportauf work It performs among the poor afcd he disinherited 'of a great fcity. Miss Adap:s has acted as street cleaning inspector In Cbrcago and has undertaken many other public -dntlesr +la - addition to her regular work. She Is known to peopte throughout the country by her lec tures on the Improvement of the con ditlon of the poor in great centers of Hopulittw. ? Hull House Is one of the first of tbV grttt ? ?o4?ra ? "Social settle menta" conducted entirely along non sectarian anfl secular lines and without any religious connection* Distinguished men of aU shades of no religion,- Have lectured- on th* Hull House' platform. Miss Ad&ms holds- that religion has no connection with the Salvation of men In this world, and has ateadfastly refused fo' permit Hull House to be turned Into a sectarian institution.. notecTpulpiteer PLEASES HEARERS Rev. Dr. Ivey, of Raleigh, De livers Sermoni of Beauty at the Methodist Church. i ,nimmnf|iiiiu a,,. N. iyeyTiijtor of the Raleigh' __Chrl!t!oELX3yocat<;, of B?i9!*h, S. C.( Sunday morniiig and evening at1 the Pint Sfcthodl.t Chtfrch. Dr. Ivey'a refutation a, a pulpiteer and plattonp ipeaker had preceded him, and thoao wT furtUMIg an to bear the distinguished divine were not djsap poihted^ As a thinker and wofd palnter~be has few equals. Th* ser m on at anight, on faith."; was a mas, terplece, and thoroughly enjeyed. Dr. Ivey returned to his home this mori -tagr r ? ? ~ -yt= Marriage Licenses There were nine marriage licenses one "* r1 ? L -kWh!te ? Lonnle Wllltams ana Min Ule McGowan, Archie 0.8mlther and Sue W. Stewart, Gilbert Norman and Ellen Tolfcr, James E. Waters and Niiu'f niiin, lipuai mm im Edith Dun)>arv Dawson H. Sheppard %nd Robert Ann Whitley, Joseph' M. Bryan and Jolla Wooten. , Colored ? Hiram McKinney and Minerva Clark. partnors in almost all arctic expedi tions in recent yearn. The most im portant factor in my expedition was the Eskimo and dog world, and I cannot- h* too theekfnV *+ Penos for the care of {he Eskimo, and -now they hare also 'instituted a, mission at Cape York. " Had I not met with the right Eskimos and the right dog* and the rlghf provisions I could ueV r? hare reached the pole, 1 owe much .tar tie Danish nation for my success." \ - ? > A telegram was read conveying On ronirmfylEtlOM o I tb? Kin* of Sweden Jot.-"* brUUa*u 4**d, ol SHOWS OPEN IN MANY STATES Fairs and Shows Are Now in Full Blast All Over the Country. Indianapolis, 8ept. ' The gptes J of / Vthe Indiana SUto Fair wore thrown open lp the public today, usherlig" in iBBW^fam: of Hoosler products and Jndufltriea ever attempted. Harness races will be held dally, for five days, the# card Tor this afternoon lncludfog two $2/0U(T HHfl two $1,000 stakes^ 2:^5 pace for >5.000 will be held ? morrow, and a fcttU trot for. $5,000 J on Wednesday. The exhibition and | amusement features are very com plete and are- attracting much aUen llnn- L 8t. Paul, Sept. 0. ? With an ad dress by Senator Knute Nelson and exercises by the labor bodies 4>f St. Pa|ul and Minneapolis, the Minneso ta Sitate Fdrt fttHamiine was formal ly Inaugurated today. Blshoii Mc Infyre was the Labor Day orator. The ^rbunds have-been greatly im proved since last year by the erec tion of sevlrai edifices, including a grandstand and exposition building costlrig a quaiter of a mlUluii Uul lars. The fair this jrear colebrates J [lis ~seml-centeimlal. The "Nattonsti Shorthorn Show has added interest*] J^to die livestock exhibition. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 6 ? Famous Charter Oak Park was opened today as the scene of the Connecticut 'State Fair, at which $76,000 in premiums will be distributed among the thou sonde of exhibitor^. Daily ' harness and running races ' will be held on .Charter Oak track, and a live stock and horse show will be features. T^he Connecticut Cat Club wHl hold Its fifth 'annual ^championship competi tlon during -"the? fair, with all. the blue-blooded pussies In the State en tered. , " Canton. Ohio, Sept .6. ? McKin- . ley's home. Stark county, today be- 1 this city, with a, great Industrial ex position as a feature. President Taft has been invited to sp?ak?lm:mg the week. The main exposition building la the largest: ever erected anywhere, being over- half a mile, in leogthT .McKin ley avenue, the .wid est street in the city, has been tpianned mrflxrr a fWjf 'fBr'tne purpose ' of the exposition. The decorations of the novel structure_aro among the finest ever seen in Ohio. This county was named in honor-of General John Stark, New Hampshire's famous rev olutionary hero, to rfiom the land ^ohlalhtd Id the oewnjy wau glven by the government as a reward for his services in the war for Indepen dence.. . % Wheeling. W. Va.. Sept. 6.? jtfest| ed in this city today and will con tinue, through nve days. 1 Worcester, Mass., Sept. 6. ? Under the auspices of the'oldest agricul tural soelety In the country, the an nual New England. Fair was- opened tbday in this eltv. c?nt Raid win b airship, .the California Arrow, will give exhibition flights during the fair. A horse show and an automo htTfe show are additional features. " Lewlston. Me.; Sept. 6. ? The .Maine State, Fair, to continue four Fclays, had its inaugural today, with Igxtenaive displays of Maine products 'on exhibition. Lincoln, NebVSept. 6.^ ? With the arrival today of the advance guard Of visitors, the Nebraska. State Fair commences what promises to be its niOlt iitrr?rifn1 ?aagnn Thn ?grla>rie turai ana live stock Industries dt the Stat? have adequate representation in the thousanda_Of exhibits which fill the big buildings and barns. COXCL.lV^OF*^BK FIGHTEU8. | Reading. Pa., Sept. 6.? One of the greatest conclaves of fire fighters ever held in the United States fea tured the Labor Day celebration in Reading. .. Volunteer firemen .are tfiferd from a/i over Pennsylvania and from New York, New Jersey. New England, Delaware and Vfrjginla. Rector Charms ' His Audience Those *ho attended, St. Pour'. Iplicopal Church yesterday. were by the rector. Rev. N'lthmte! Uu4 Ing. The discourse wafc thoughtful and logical. Mr. Harding^ one ot the moil .papular preachers, ot ,h!i deuomlnatlou. Is tha SUto. LABOR UNIONS CELEBRATING Thousands oT Men Today in Line in the Metropolis? Largest in History. New York,. Sept. 6. ? With many thousands of men in lino, i^prosent lnf all .the .workmen's unions of the metropolis.. today's infanr^nri wag' among the moat imposing arTd tacular In the history of fee clty.iTo d Vb holiday marked ^Ae tw^fity seventh anniversary ofM the first union workmen's paraded thh* rtty In 1882. when the JCniykS ul JLahor Inaugurated the Labor Jfay more meal VvjB Chicago. Sept 6.? l4*i4ed by the carpenters, who have tfcV strongest UDlnn num.erlcally Cltv, fhft. organized workmen of 'Chicago pa raded through the streets today, f Numerous sporting and athletic events were held ill various parts of ^ii#: cflty. - ? '?jtim'i ? Newport New?, Valt 8epV 6.? ;The biggest Labor. Day .celebration ever held in Virginia marked the observ ance of the hbllday -W ? the labor unions of this city, . Norfolk ^nd Portsmouth. Addressed Were made by both the Deniwiatlc 'alid Repub lioan candidates for governor: nil liiiiiHiiit in nniinl the auspices of tfc? Birmingham Trades' Council, ono of ft? inrgest celebrations of l.abor Bay in the South ^was held here todakv Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. to ? A track and field meet Under the kusplces of the United Labor League if Western Pennsylvania* Is, the foa^re of the Greater Plttsbu rg -Labor ffay observ ance. Boston, Sept. 6. ? For the' first time In- more than a deende Boston emiltal La bur I uion Bid B6 L&Bor Qsy parade this year? ? fteparate cel ebrations were held by the Various unions. ' 'Vfc. Smither & Co's. We desire to call to the hovel sale_now goln? -Oa at A. Q. Smither &.Co. Kk'voUi^ftuable and w^ljarUc^ werepu^to. sale In are reduced each day io cenU until sold. Their aggregate valve is near ly *200, but ^re going to be gold re-| gardless of the cost to the fl^t per son offering to buy at the prtce for that day. Already one of them has been taken , and those deslri?? i^ one of them had better not wait too long, as there are others who want them also. ^ #' These sales will. count In the baby prllfl coatfial . R<m> their, ad and dis at Opera House Schools Open C. B. H. Attend ...... Baptist Church Tnerfe was a very large cong.ega tlon at the service at the First Bap tist Church last Right, prohahly thpl largest during the rammer term. Everybody present seemed to enjoy the serrlce. A -feature of the service Was ~ttrr] presence of the Charitable Brother hood Lodge No. 3 in 4 body. ? The sermon was a special one prepared for the occasion. pleastiff to learn that The Four PWk erts, so well known* heret will he the attraction at the opera house for three nights, beginning with tonight. Their opening bffo wilt; be "Hello Bill," a comedy in three ?cts. There Till alUft hP soerUltleH fry the Fn'ur Piekerts, Harry T. Moeeley end Bert Edwards. This theatrical company is one of the best on tbe road. and its coming to Washington is always anticipated with pleasure. The company will Sht4-emaUo? Wdneadlt 'afternoon. There will be an mire change of program nightly, both as to- play pie sen ted and specialties. A rich treat awafts all who attend this evening. Prices prevailing are 25, 85 tfnd 50 centB, .' _3ocure your so aU. early The company's band gave H' frw street concert .today which waa much en Joy^, CHATTY NOTES OF WASHINGTON! Corespondent of Capital. City Writes. Most Interestingly of . Events Happening'. > ? " Washington, D. C., Sept. 6. ? A bunch of officials In the Interior De partment have bad to do with, the Cunningham syndicate's Alaska coaT lands claim are all a-quivnr with dread, not to call it actual fear. Sec retary Ballinger, since his hurried return to Washington, has been go ing over the acts of these officials mi thil elilaT with i >hwn>p>i ao to speak. -Each of them claims that the records will show that he-hau done nothing which was not open and aboveboard, jmd which does not square both- with- ttn?? ten own farts and Wlth.*th$ law, but- ? and that's what makebi them a-qulver? reach of c?em knows that in case it becomes necessary. In the opinion of those "hlgher-up," to produce and punish a scapegoat t^at he is liable i to be the goat. Secretary Balllnger is sajfc lng nothing hard and .sawing wood, and. will probably continue to play that role* until after he confers with President Taft, and perhaps .then, an many .tbinir Jtbat whatever Is made public on the subject will come di rect from -the President. - Ommw Pie to He Cut. Readers "of fhis^aper who want a slice of the census pie would better be up add a-doolng. Special exami nations 'will bo beld on October 23 ? don't buck ^>n the slcidoo date ? In every section of the country, to es tablish* an eligible list from which about .r.nno clerks for several years service In the census bureau, and a poBQlbiHty of gattlng transferred tn th? n?iw[?p?nr q? that -or -some other branch of . the public Service* will be appointed. It you are hank ering for that sort of a job, get in line, pass the examination, which will not be difficult, and. your chance for landing an apipolntment will ? de pend on lh? number Of those In your State who pass the examination. The pay will not be tig enouglpto enable you to rjde around in automobiles, bpt It* wiH be a government JoTT Uncle Sam Won't Claim It. Though Dr. Hannis Taylor, who j ranks as one of the .leading authori- 1 tlss on International law in America, . says the United- tSotes has the rigtt to lay claim to the ownership of the north pole, by right of its discovery by Dr. Cook, an American citizen, it can be stated on high authority ? the highest in Washington at this time-^ th^t this government cannot see anr way In which it can use the north ?pole in- Its business, and will not put in a claim of ownership, even if Sec retary Knox did, when told .of Its dis covery. joking say; "Of course wailL auue< IL" Alaska contains all the arctic territory that Uncle Sam has as thing* -now stand, chloroform, or some other k**ftoekout dope, would hare to be uped on this government before any more foreign territory tuulU Iw'uahjailBd upuu It. it would. gladly: get rid of Bdtne. It has, if any dignified and proper way to do *so coursei, It is not officially saying so. tlvllians Merely Smile. Civilians cannot understand the ! great to-do that is being made by na |-?al offlcers.Just because an Italian schoolship happened to get "within "rubbering" distance of the Atlantic fleet of battleshfpB while they' were ? "* target practice off. Cape breach of naval etiquette for the Italian ship to butt into our gunnery secrets that way, -and that, even If u tx-oc ,-n Vss ? that she got In sight of the show, her officers should have shut their' eyes and steamed away as fast as they could, instead of using the glasses to see all the)r.conld, tm they actually did. All o( which may be i strictly true. . but from the average civilian's point of view, the curiosity, of the dago officers was entirely na tural ? and at that they probably dTd ! not find out anything that they could not have learned- by conslutlng' re i ports 'on flje In their own navy de partment. when excited naval ing made thft subject of diplomatic International correspondence ? well, civilians just smile and smile. That k the dago* jural*' officers and c*dets aboard that^schoolshlp could possibly ffljrtiHjnoipttqi, iiu, nmni'imliB during, tbe_short time they , were in sight of our fleet that could Injare our nsrvy seeaik te be Inconceivable by the clvUfan mind. The whole baa m Hftma tn he merely ?n?thar rasa of "Htoch ado about jonrtaif." *" ^ ?-j CHINA AND JA - PAN AGREE Advices From Peking Indicate An Amicable Settlement of Late Dispute. Washington. D. C., Sept. /C. ? Ad- ' "vices" from Peking . indicate that Chi na a'fcd Japan haV$-j??ncluded. their . negotiations upon the questions late ly pending between them. Under the. settlement reached China agrees not to conatruct the Hsiti-Min-Tun and ^ Fakomen railroad without, consulting ; Japan, and .to borrow half'the capital i required for the extension of the j Klrlo railroad to thq Korean border 1 in .case that development should be decided upon, while Japan is to 'con struct the extension of the Ylng-Kow. I'ftJli uai!h ? ~ Japan secures the right., to work the mines In the Fu-Shun and Yental I districts, and there Ih to be joint" de velopment of the mines in the zone reached by the Manchurian and An tung-Mukden railroad lines. China agrees to open four trade marts in the Chien-T&o district between Ko rea and Manchuria. The Koreans living In the marts a#e to be under the jurisdiction of Japan, while those outside the marts are to be under the Jurisdiction of China, except In cases : I calling for the Inflation of the-death "perfalty. "Japan on her part agrees to Indemnity the oyne?p~ of the Fu Shuu and Yental. mines and to rec ognize Chinese sovereignty in the Chlen-Tao district, with the excep tions indicated. . HAS OPERATION x PERFORMER Mrs. C. W. Russ Goes Through the Ordeal ? Dr^ John Rod man the Operator." , Mrs. C? W. Russ, who resides near Old Kord, and mother of Mr". W, H. Russ, of this city, was brought here late yesterday and operated upon at the Fowle Memorial Hospital, last nlgjit, by Dr, John C. Rodman. The Nfcws is glad ?o learn she stood'the operation uleely and is getting on as well as could be expected. : Mrs. Russ, about two weeks ago. was thrown from a buggy near her home, caused by the horye turning a corner of the road too short. in fall; ing from the vehicle she strudTTOT her head. Mrs. Russ is about 60 ' yw uf If^PB a >WBB of BPyi friends. In the Mayor's - Court Today There were four cases for trial this ' morning before Mayor C. H. Sterling. | at- the city hall. The following were 1 disposed of: ? * BlUl Vn. x.rnesi n.ny; disorderly! conduct; fine and cost, $4.25. State vs. M. F. Wright; disorderly 1 payment of cost. $2.75. ?* State vs.- W.UUa Sugg; drinking? fine and cost, $4.35. State vs. M- F. Wright and Ernest Shepherd; an affray; fine and cost. $4.63 each. FRANK BOWERS Was Taken Suddenly With- Ap pendicitis jjitediy Afternoon. Condition Favorable. Mr. Frank Bowers was operated upon at the Washington Hospital last Saturday afternoon, .for annan- . dlcitls. His Illness was a great sur prise to his many frlenils, as he was taken so suddenly. The News Is glad to state that ilr. Bowers went through the^ojfeeal of an operation well, and toda#-^he news .from his bedstde Is very favor -abla focZX rapid -recovery . j? RAN'KH closki*. On account of today being Labop Day. the different batik* of the city Mil ClOStd. - r ? r? - - ? * ? ? ?? "V^-, i COUNTY OWMHI88IOXKR8. The Board of County Commission FORTUNE FOR 1 TWO VETERANS J The Two William H. Picketts Have Been Located and WiH Receive Large Sum Money. .T?? William 11. floketts. caMat prate veterans, have been* located as > result ...ot an effort to learn the whereabouts or "the owiyr or vaitia- ' ; ble lands in the \Ve*L OuellveeW ? ? llalville, Duplin county, and the fam ily tff the other resides in Tennessee. Information concerning the latter Is. very meager. Both served in . the Con? federate, army during the war of the secession. . , v * ??- . In the last letter 'from J. Monroe Brlttv compflYoirej of the currency, who ls gWWftictlug the search tor the ?oet man. to State Librarian Miles O. <herrlll. the following Information lsv given: "The -War Department and Copgresslonar library records have een. searched to find Wm. H. Pick- . ett, but we cannot locate . his com pany or regiment. . . ? ? , "It soeius that Pickett was capture \ ed by tjie Federal force and plaC5lT"tn prison, but not wishing to remain In carcerated, he volunteered to serve : ** -_ in the United States-army* if n flght Tn, dians in. Nebraska, Dakota and Min nesota. While in? Minnesota Pickett led claims. on land, etc., to which he was entitled and which are very vain. _ able. Attorney W; "E. "MOses, of Den ver, Colorado, has aqked the camn of ons of* Confederate Veterans of the District of Columbia to locate the old 9 , veteran and get his valuable real es tate transferred, to him. Mr. M rises . has promised to reward anyone who I flwrf P|"h?n I frf- ? - Ciuse I believed you might have rec- ,? rds in your libiaij whlctl We could"" ~ ot find here. . Gfeneral .Aina worth claims that the ? records of the" WaV Departnierit are very Incomplete! and he cannot find . the name of Pickett in>the volunteer army. He was a bona fld^ Confeder ate soldier. 1 ym surf, the sefvlce In the United States corps, too. , to find him will give some little, trouble, but the money involved is. worth the attempt to ,lo cate him/' " - - -- , Wm. H*. Pickett,- of Hallsvllle, has written the following: "I belonged to State troops. Third Regiment, Co. B, of North Carolina. Duplin county, but never volunteered to fight In dians. Was in prison at David's Is* land. New York," and was also a pris oner at P<yjit Lookouts and at El -mlrfu in New York." . '? ACCEPTS w^iTifi^ Mr. Howard W. Bowen has accept ed a position A'Uh the wholesale firm of E. R. Mlxr.n*& Co. Mr. Bowen is one of Washington's " mg5t_ popular aalPHmori nnrf h?? rhj best wishes of all. Mayor Invited to Waterways Meeting Mayor C. H. Sterling has been in- ? Tiled to attend the Lakew-to-thf*-flnlf Deep Waterway Convention, to be held in theyfty of Now Orle&ns, 0<? tober 307~arra November l "an<l 2. Mayor Sterling is. also given the privilege of naming -three^ members other than himself, from Washings ton. The Governor of the State has the power to name one delegate from each congressional district to this convention. This will be the fourth : ? mrtnittrrnrn Million, it ?gfg uueu urday morning, October $0, Presl* dent Taft, will be 'ain.onK the difl tinguishM^gtiests. as welMl Vice President Sherman. Elaborate pre - |i?i I II i mill "w# win liiawBj Xb* ' r Orleans for the occasion. . MOVED TO MISSISSIPPI. Mrs. J. D. Cordon, and daughter, Miss Fanny, left for Plymouth for a two woektT visit, and from tbere wtii gowDjs-to Mississippi, wher? th%y will live in the future. * _ ? ACCEPTS I'iWrriON^ ? 1 T ? Miss Clara Wright has accepted The Dally News. She win folletf and solicit ?ubacirptlons. All sub scribers will please hare their change ready when she calls bo as to ? 1 avoid calling; the- second tinfe. MIRtf GRAPES. Utah grapes ahve made their- ap pearance in thta- market. No grape bl the uMrUt u.mft B9Pnl?r. : _ ' "" 1 * A * ?' 1 I lil Miff r)lM 1 *? V or tear tlnw*. , DAILY NL.WS VOTING Twenty-five Cents in Couporrgood for vote if presented at A. G. ! mither % C