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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES . "iff LAST EDITION, ' 4:00 P.M. Weather retecast: . Cloudy; warmer. exie m VOL. XIV. NO. 186. ASHEVILLE, N. C., SATLItDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1909. 3c PER COPT HARR1&$N'S PLANS WHEN HE XNeWVATH WAS NEAR TO STEAD i" MARKET He Talked for Two Hours With J. P. Morgan, and Probably Enlisted That Financier's Support of His Interests. EFFECT OF HIS DEATH WAS SHAPED TO SAFETY II Would Be Disastrous Ha Knew, lor Thousands, Unless He Arrang. ad lor II In Advance of the Event. i RDKN. N. T.. Sept. 11. One of A the last men to talk with Ed il ward II. Harrtman before the relapse of last Sunday, that ended in his death, was J. P. Morgan. The financier came to Arden house Thursday of last week, when the en couraging Improvement noted In Mr. Harriman's condition was at Its helirht And In aolte of his bodily weakness the head of the Union Pa cific system was as well fitted to dis cuss business as at any time in his life. ' For nearly two hours the two lead ers of American finance sat on the porch In the sun. It is believed that at this conference plans were laid to support the financial market in the event of Harriman's death, or In case his health forced him to abandon all business activity. When this conference occurred Har riman knew he was a dying man, al though he kept this information from his family and steadily encouraged their belief that he. would get well. No one saw more clearly than Har rtman what would happen when he died. ' For the sake of thousands of rall , road stockholders as well as for his own Interests he knew that unless the aifnnuaat mnnAf nnwer In the country "got under" the market the effect of his death would be disastrous. Funeral Arrangement. 1 : Arden, Sep 11. -Arrangements for the funeral on Sunday were completed yesterday at a family council. Family services will be held at Ar , den house at 10 o'clock Sunday morn ing and holy communion will be cele brated at 11 o'clock at St John's .Episcopal church, Arden. This ser vice will be open to employes of the estate and residents of the neighbor hood. The Rev. J. Holmes McQulness, rector of St. John's, will deliver a memorial address. The burial service will take plnce at St. John's at 3 p. m. This will be conducted by tho Rev. William Cres well Bonne, Episcopal bishop of Al bany, and Archdeacon Nelson of Ht. John the Divine of New York, assist ed by Dr. Outness. Interment will follow In the Harrlman private bury ing ground, a stone's throw southeast of the church. It has been announced that the 8 o'clock services will be private, but the members of the family and the few friends Invited to attend will fill the little Episcopal chapel, with Its seating capacity of barely ISO. Half the population of the nearby villages will attend the public service. Carriages are already being held at exhorbltant rates for use on Sunday. Seventy men toiled on the Arden hillside In the pouring rain yesterday. Six were blasting a grave from the solid rock of the private graveyard near St. John's church; the others were smoothing the three miles of road over which the body will be car ried to Its last resting place. The grave la being blasted and quarried out of the bluestone which Ilea but A fow Inches below the sur face of the ground. After the top layer of earth was scraped away, an automobile brought fuse and powder from the hill and workmon began their toilsome progress through the tock. The tusk will not bo finished until some time today. Mr. McQulness Insisted that up to the day before Mr. Harrlman died his most Intimate friends believed he night get well. A Victim of Cnc'r. Two beliefs concerning the death of E. H. Harrlman came to be accepted Hi tacts today first, that his great railroad organisation will not be dis turbed; second, that he was a victim of cancer, ?' As to the cause of the financier's death Dr. W. Q. Lyle of this city, who was with him to the end, has issued no statement. Today there came by cable from Vienna, from ft special ist who treated Mr, Harrlman while he was abroad, a statement that he was suffering' from cancer. The specialist had so diagnosed It he said, and had Indicated that an operation might be advisable. The general be lief Is that no operation was perform ed after Mr. Harriman's return to Ar .. den, but whether this was the result of his weakened condition or his re fusal to submit to the knife may be but conjectured. Shock to Routl urn Progress. Chattanooga, Sept. 11. James V. Jackson of Augusta, O., on of the business associates of the lata E. If. Harrlman, and part owner of the Au gusta Street railway system, In speak ing of the great financier's death said: "Ido not know what the policy of Mr. Harriman's successor will be, but I know that his death will be one or the greatest shocks to progress of the (CoM iiued on page t) REIlMnNTS 11 MIM General Marina Continues to Advance His Line, to Suttlank Moorish Position. Mclllla, Morocco, Sept. 11. Rein forcements to the number of 1 1 .000 men have arrived here. General Mar ina, commander of the Spanish forces in Morocco, continues to advance hi line with the object or outflanking the Moorish position on Mt. (luruga. The SpanlHh advance columns have encountered many natives who beg for the restoration of peace. WILL BE SHORT Governor Sanders Says Slow Market ing Is the Thing, II Good Market Is to Be Maintained. Raton Rouge, La., Sept. 11. The following statement haa been Issued by tlovernor Sunders to the cotton growers of Louisiana: "It Is evident that the cotton crop of the south will -be short this year, and especially the IiOUlslana crop, it is also evident that tf the crop Is rushed to market, anil sold as fast as ginned, n small price will necessarily ohtuln, while the grad ual, ulow marketing of the crop will secure better prices. The furmcrs should therefore sell slowly and Just as the mills need It, selling only when the price Is high and withdrawing their .cotton from sale entirely on nil aepressions. inn piun ui nwmruni should be followed by every cotton grower of the south." A.LH0LTON WILL ASK FOR YET Up TERM Has Practically Decided to Seek Re appointment, Winston Paper Declares Speclol to The CSasette-News. Winston-Salem, Sept. 11. The Sen tinel will announce this afternoon thai United Slates District Attorney A. E Holton, who Is now serving his third term, has practically decided to ask for another appointment. , His present term expires next Feb ruury and the statement that he -will be In the race again will likely carry consternation Into the ranks or the republican party in North Carolina that Is, to such as aspire to his place, and their friends., FRENCH POST IN CHINA IS ATTACKED BY PIRATES Three Member: of French Force Kill ed, and Seven. Including Captain, Wounded. Sulgon. French Cochin China, Sept 11. A band or pirates tinder com mand or Carlnth, son or Dethan, re cently attracked the French pout at liayon. Three members or the French force were killed and seven. Including Captain Fontaine, were wounded. The pirates were repulsed with the loss ol ten men killed. BRITISH ADMIRALTY IlKXIKS ' RFJORT KF.NT FROM NORFOLK Thai Sixteen HrltMi War Veawb Might F.ngagw In Kvolutlons Off Coast of Virginia. Tendon. Sent. 11. The admiralty today denied the report from Norfolk that If battleships and cruisers of thi British navy might engage In maneu vers and tactical evolutions off thi Virginia coast, with Hampton Knadi as a base. The admiralty aald nt maneuvers were contemplated lr, American waters and that here had been no change In the original plar of sending four British warships te the Hudson-Fulton celebration. riA'a Torucco factories ON IKTIIMITS OF PANAMA An Output of 20,000 Pounds Month, or Msjv at au F-arly Date, Is Expected. Washington, Sept 11. Factories for the manufacture of plug tobacco. whose output probably will reach ai high as 10,000 pounds a month, soon will be In operation on the Isthmur or Panama. United Btatea Vice Con-sul-Oeneral Claude K. Ouyant ol Panama City la furthering the project of the Isthmian Tobacco company composed largely of Kentucky business men. THE COTTON CHOP New York Herald and The tfaxctte "THERE IS GLORY ENOUGH FOR US ALL" CONTINUES TO RAGE WITH UNABATED FURY Red-Hot Controversy About a Cold Subject Peary's Latest Despatch Adds Fuel Plans t . for Welcome on Prodigious Scale of the Pole Hunters Demonstrations of Greeting Promise Climax to the Intense Feeling. N12W YORK, September 1. The Cook-I'eary controversy, over . tho discovery of the North Pole, continues to riige with un diluted lury. For the time be ing the great achievement Itwlf I somewhut obscured. If not lout, in the Intensity of feeling which lion lieen arousedover the personul aspect of the two conflicting parties. Commander Peary's latest dispatch, challenging Cook's claim and charac terising it as "a gold brick" hud added fuel to the already fierce fire of charge and countercharges. K.itli explorer has his cump or loyal cham pions and derenders, centering in the various polar organisation with which they huve been Identified, but ramifying throughout scientific, and public circles generally. In these opinions are divided. Plans for Welcome. a Plans are being formed on a pro digious scale for the welcome to lie accorded to the two claimant for polar honors, and as present plans In dicate that both explorers will arrive at about the same time, demonstra tions greeting them promise to bring to a climax the present Intense feel ing of approval and disapproval. Peary's IMrc t Cliallciig. Peary's latest challenge to Cook's claim la viewed, with varying shades of feeling by authorities. It Is ac cepted by both sides as a direct charge of untruthfulness or Cook's narra tive. Commander Penry has now taken action as a naval officer aa well as an explorer, by reporting officially to the president, the navy department and to the coast and geodetic survey at Washington that he reached the north pole April I, 10. These official re port! are In line with arguments pre sented at the hearing of Injunction proceedings yesterday over the ques tion or publishing Peary's personal narrative, when It was maintained by James M. Keck, former assistant at torney general of the United States, that Peary's achievement constituted historical fact, accomplished by a Unltd States navy officer on a public mission. . Cook Leaves Copenliagrav Copenhagen. Sept It Dr. Fred & I mk f it 0 - News. erick A. Cook left Cnpenliatii n e.it.-r-day afternoon on the first stnue of his Journey homi Hiird, appaii ntly li.iwiy an. I conll'leiil and with 1 1 1 i lii rr.i of a great i ro.l ringing In Ills mis. An hi departed the explorer l I aloue on the high iThlge of the ya. lit. Mi-I-chiilr, which in taking him to t'liiin- tianmiid, riilKlng his hut in ns"in' to the eliniitx of the spectator!. The yacht will arrive at Clirlnll.iiiH.ni. I to day nl noon, where the sli'iinmlilii - ear II. will Hlart tor the I'nlt. .1 Sluto as noon ns In Cook has I n Irani" ferred to her deck. It Is i xih-cI-iI he will reach New Yolk Seiilemlii r It, Iti fi.re tin' gang plunk of the Mel- chlor was drawn up there was n pleasant ceremony In the caliin. Ad miral Ih klchelieu. In a eperch thank ed lr. Cook for returning to the I'nlt. ed flute under the DnnlHh flag "Oreen-eyeil envy and J-n lousy." the admiral said, "are doing their en venomed work, but we In iJcnmurk believe In you absolutely." Chrlstlumuind, Norway, Sept. 1 1. The steamer (Mear II. with lr. Fred erick A. Cook, the Amcrlcun Arctic explorer on bourd, left here for New Vork. . On board the Steamer Oscar H. Ity wtireless teleKruph to Copenhagen, Sept, 11. The greeting accord ed Dr. Frederick A. . Cook, upon his arrival this morn Ing at Chrlstinnsand, savored strong ly of the triumphal return to his own lountry or a victorious warrior. Kv ery essel In the harbor was gully dressed with flags and all available small craft had been chartered to bring out sightseers from the shore. A salute was fired from the deck of the Mulcholr and answered by seven guns from Chrlstlansand. This es peclul honor was accorded Dr. Cook, a civilian, on a special order Issued by King Haakon. MKMUKKS OF PKARVS PARTY TKMj OF TIIKIR KXPKDITION Conditions for lite Journey I'ncqualcd . TtH' PiJei LiMiks like Outer lrtS'or Anih' Sea. Battlo Harbor, Ijibrsdor, Sept. 11 "The Kt.-iiniiT ItooKevelt with Com Minn. I. r i'niry on board Is still ut llatlle llarlior today. Members or tin c Kn'illtloii nay the polo U In appear ance like other purlN of the Arctic Hi ll, and that utti iiipLn to get a sound Ing were without ouccewi. Nothing was teen at the pole nf r. Cook's re ported prciwncc there and Cook's story of dlncovery Is not believed here. The party sledged 411 miles each wuy to the pole, i'he conditions for travelling over the ice were absolutely Without iiual. The l:oonpvelt spent the win ter months in K'.VIO. Conimniider I'eaiy and members of hi expi-ililloii are enthusiastic over their succem. Severul dogs are aboard the Hoosevelt, some of which Com niander I'cnry says wer," with him when he readied the north pole. Commander Iviiry says that the only tlsfactory way of accomplishing polar work Is by the aid of Kitklmu and iIoks. An attempt was made, to bring five musk oxen and walrus back alive, but tho animals were so ugly that they hail to be killed. FIRST OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO TIIF. NAVY DF.FARTM F.NT IVnry Reports anil Hays lie) Nailed Navy KiiKlgn on .North role April 0. Washington, Sept, 11. Commander Peury's first oiTlclul notlllcatlon to the navy department, direct, of his re turn sn I of his discovery of the north pole came to the department this morning In the following dispatch. sent by him from Huttle Harbor yes terday. It reads as follows: "Itespect fully report my return: hoisted navy ensign on north pole April . (Signed) "PEAnY., KXPF.CTS TO RIQACII KYRNKY PIPTF.K.NTII. PF.ARY-GABLES Kriitciiiber Explorer Wired from llsttlo Harbor That Slop of 8 or 4 Days Woukl Ho Made. New York. Sept 11. The follow ing cable has been received at the . (Continues on page 4) End of Great Contest, FOR GAZETTE-NEWS PRIZES, Now Matter o f Hours HEIGH DOCTORS TACKLTPELLABRA Have Fought Hook-Worm Successfully Commlnion Accepts New Build, ings at Central Hospital. ' iegrrg-ffgw autnto OaMtker of Onmmmat Booeu, ' l4wn JIMe., gmtMoK. J. 0, Sept. 11. At yesterday's meeting or the Wake County Medical eoclety there was some discussion or tho now much talked of disease, pellagra, or which It is said there are piite a number of cases in this county and somn In the ctty. A year ago there was plenty of talk about h family which had come In rroni the country- h re father, mother and nine children; all bringing with them the hook-worm dlseaye, which some people and some papers attempt ed ror n time to redlcule. Five children of the family died In five months, then the survivors finally agreed to tuke the very simple remedies, namely suit and thvmol, and to be dieted. As a result they hnve recovered and all nre now at work. Several physicians here hne mude a fine light on the hook-worm disease with affective cures, and now they are going to light pellagra. Vow lu sn ne HoNpliiil Mulldiug. The strte hospital commission has accepted ten of the ii buildings un der construction at the central hos pital for the Insane and epileptics hi-re. The ten buildings will care for 41. 'i patients and the cost, with equip ments, nggregutes about $85,000. The woman's convalescent building will accommodate about 100. There are three groups of colony buildings, two groups to lie used ror convalescent males; each group providing ror lOi patients. There colony buildings are located fur away from the general in stitution, so that life will be madti as home-like as possible. Besides the buildings which have been accepted there are now under construction two for the care and treatment or Insane patients who hnve tuberculosis, these hnvlng rapacity for ID each. There are also under way five cottages, which are to be used us residences for the physician who will be In barge of all these colony buildings. the nurses and the gardener, the cost or these buildings and equipments be ing $ Id, 000. There are also now In course of erection one large general dining room and one laundry building, these two. with their equipments, to cost about $3H,000 The dining-room is in rear of the male wing of the great main building, and its purpoee Is to provide one general hall where all the male patients mny assemnte ami tuke their mcul together, thereby providing more room In the present building for patients. Funning ntiil (Jnrdcnlng at the Hos pital. Mr. Charles Hardesty. the steward or the Central Hospital, says that the Institution has had a splendid supply of farm products this year and also those from Its notably fine garden; to gether with an sbundnnee of line milk. An Industry has been estaniwneo which Is found to be very profitable, this being the canning of fruits and vegetables grown on the premises. lr to date this season 17.000 cans of rrnll and vegetables have been put up, und many more will be provided. Ilesldes, an abundance or picmes. preserves and catsups has been put up tor use during the winter. Your cor respondent spent much or an after non vnlnt over the grounds, farm and garden, and round nuntireus oi the patients employed In benenciui work. In the near ruiure mucn i be done to beautiry the spacious .Is. A landscape gardener will be employed to lay off the grounds of the nw colony building, and In the near future the North Carolina puunc -.in h. i,r..ntid with a place of ..hteh all mav Justly feel proud. The fertiliser business here is qune an Important feature The cotton on ..in. mihlrh Is owned by the Southern company, which has three other mills in the elate, on being ai I nanmw, l. .1 vmrv successful aeason, the quality of the seed better than that of the crop of 1107 The Caralelgh Phos phate and Fertiliser Works also had a v.rv successful season, the output to taling 30.000 tone. During the year th. i.lunl has been enlarged by new buildings and machinery, and 125 per- ons are employed. History of the Year. ' Reeretarr R. D. W. Connor of the tcorih Carolina Historical commission, n m hieh Hacretary of State J. Bryan Orimes la the chairman, will present at the session of the North Carollnn l ll.mi-v and Historical assucisuuii. which will be held here In October, a report on the historical activities of the year In North Carolina. Thl re port will cover the worn oi ine var.uu. historical and patriotic societies of the state In the preservation of history by the collection of historical data and relics, the marking of historic spots, erection of monuments, collection or portraits, delivery of historical .ad dresses, etc. Your correspondent, as the director of the North Carolina hall of history, haa been called on for In formation ae to the amount of collect ing having been done this year. Only two or three field trips "have been made, but the additions total about a (Continued on page t.) Thirty-Eight Will Win, and Mid night of This D&td Will De termine the Names of Fortunate Ones. AND THERE IS STILL TIME FOR DOING EFFECTIVE WORK After Midnight. All Mail Addrtmd to Conttit Department Will B Delivered to thi Judge. CAUTION TO CANDIDATES. All contestants are warned that they must return all blue slips and bonus votes before the closing time or the con test. Remember thst these certificates are votes, and that you do not receive credit ror what business you hnve sent In unless the votes are In this office or In the mail at the closing hour or the contest f-l-lii..T..IaIn.i.H,,M-HI !! Tho Judges. K. Stlkeleulher r Aston. Itawls & Co., Insurance. Oeo, U Hackney of the Hackney & Moale company, printers and stationers. A. Nichols of tho Nichols Shoe company. H"I"l 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 M 1 1 iT N 1 I I I 1 I I I I 1 I I H l i t. Major W. W, Rollins, Postmaster, , i Aslievino, N. ' '"-.j-" Dear h'tr: ' - - ' ' Beginning at midnight. Sat- ' urday, September 11. will you kindly have withdrawn from Hox 601, belonging to The Ouxette-News. all mall ad i dressed to the contest depart- ment or The Oaiettc -News und have all this mall dellv- ered to the JuCgea or this con- test We are especially anx- ious that this be rigidly ad- hered to In order to prevent the possibility or any Informa- tlon or any description what- ever regarding the votes or any candidate In our contest coming Into possession of any . person other than the Judges. Thanking you In advance for your customary attention, lours very truly, 4. (Signed) F. M. ME8HLER. J. Aslievllle fiaxette-Newe. 4 M"M"1 M I I rt m i it Only a few hours now until the Judges will seal the ballot bog which III contain the remittances and bal lots of each candidate In the greatest of all popularity contests. It haa been long, hard struggle for the deter mined bunch of fighters to answer the call to arms made by The Oaxette News ror ten weeks, but none of thoee whose names appear In the paper aa live contestants has even faltered for moment during the strenuous length of those ten weeks of effort All of them realise that they were nominat ed by some friend who had confidence In their ability to win one of the ex cellent prises The Oaxette-News Is of fering and they are working with the determination to win In order to sus tain this confidence, and prove they are of the proper metal. Well, It is almost over and of course all cannot win, but II of them will, and by midnight the ballot bog will be sealed by the Judges, containing the many millions or votes, and next week the II winner will be wearing the smile that won't come off. Contest Cloar) at Midnight Absolutely and finally, the contest department wishes to Impress upon the minds of all contestants THAT THIS CONTEST CLOSES AT M ID S' 111 1 IT TONIGHT. Get that Into your head and keep It there. If your votea or remitances are not In the ballot bog or In the mall before midnight tonight they do not count In this con test. Don't fail to be on time and comply with the rule governing the closing, and don't overlook any pos sible source that may yield subscrip tion during the remaining hours. . Caution to Candidate. All contestants are warned that they must return all blue sllpe and bonus votes they have In hand; re member that these certificates are votea and that you do not receive credit for what business you have sent In unless the rotes are In the office or In the mall at the closing hour of the contest. Candldatea are In the last lap of the race and Thi Qaiette-News haa made all prepara tions for the fair and Impartial count ing of the ballots. It Is with pie that the names of the Judices sre r. 1 tloned as the gentleman pli si t ' ifor this difficult undertnklt if ; i by their every day bii" n ' ; ! lust such position.
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