THE ASSOCIATED
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DISPATCHES
VOL. XIV. NO. 196.
DR. F. A. COOK TELLS OF HIS JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE
AND JS WILDLY CHEERED BY A THOUSAND BANQUETERS
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Water and Aerial Craft
Ready for Great Parade
The Little Half Moon and the Clermont Contrast Strangely
with the Other Ships, Such as the Great Turbine Liners
All the Unit3 Ready Except One.
New York, Sept. 24. All the. nnita, j
which will eomposi' thn miiKnlllcont
jiuiiino and aeronmitie jipi-rtaoU-ft
ilnrlnK tho colt'lirntiitn of the throe
hundredth nnnlvfhsury of the discov
ery of the HudHon river and the one
hundredth anniversary of the discov
iirnl trip up that river In n Hleam
hoat, were gathered In and about
New York today, with the single ex
ception of one of the aeroplanes.
And a Strang and wonderful Meet
of marine and air craft they would
have made If assembled In compari
mm. Here was u reproduction of the
little Half Moon with her strange rls,
In which Hudson navigated tho river
300 years ago; and across the harbor
wns a reproduction of the Clermont,
rnpahlp at host of steaming seven
miles an hour, with her uncovered
jiiiddln wheels, In striking dissimilar
ity with the great turbine liner l.usl
tanln, which came In this morning.
The quaint little vessel, the Half
Moon, was greeted by whistles of
every boat on tho river and bay nn l
thousands . rushed to windows and
rockn of skyscrapers and cheered as
sho rounded the battery on her way
up tho river.
The grave of Robert Fulton In old
Trinity churchyard was marked and
decorated by the Hubert Ku!ton Mon
ument at-soclatlon.
Hotels Filled to Overflowing.
It la evident that the celebration
will draw a blggur crowd to town
Ihnn ever gathered here before, -but
H remain true that In hotels there is
usually room for one more. On and
niter tomorrow the munagers of the
big hostelrlea will make no promises,
but they aay they will probably bo
spectacle of unprecedented brilliance
during the celebration. Each night
the shores of the Hudson are to ho
mnde light as day by the countless
searchlights on the many foreign and
American warships anchored in the
river.
City rrof unci y PotwratmL
Within the past 24 hours the entire
city has blossomed out In a mass of
color, Krom the Hattcry to the Bronx
and in all theoutlylng boroughs pro
fuse decorations of linns and bunting
greet the eye at every hour. The
fin kb of all nations are to bo seen,
with the colors of the United States
nd the Netherlands predominating.
The decorations are ont confined to
the business section. Of flags there
, seems to be no end In the tenement
dUtrlcts. They are not as large as
those In Broadway and Plfth avenue,
tint they make a brnve show, flutter
ing from windows 40 to SO feet above
the ground. Next in popular esteem
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IftnRRID,
SAYS U. CORE!
"New Era of Activity Is on 'That Will
Vastly Exceed Anything Ever '
Before Known."
Special to The UnscMc-XcwH.
Baltimore, Sept. 24. President Wil
liam 13. Cony of the United Staler
Steel corporation, in an exclusive in
terview published In the Manufactur
ers' Itecord of yesterday, discussing
tho outlook for the Iron and steel
trade, takes an exceedingly optimistic
view of business conditions and rail
road expansion. He sa.'. in part:
"The situation speaks for itself. It
Is not a matter of perspective; wo have
arrived, 4
"We are right now in the midst oi
the greatest development In the his
tory of the steel and Iron business.
"Substantially all of our plants are
now running, and on practically full
time, and there Is no branch of the
steel Industry that U backward. Th;
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Hnllroad com
pany has rail orders ahead to run for
four or five months, ami the Carnegie
and Illinois companies can make no
promises under 60 days. There Is a
good demand for all grades of finished
steel. 1
"Next year will witness a record
breaking production of steel In every
line. One of the greatest will be In
railroad buying and building ever
known In the. history of the country.
"The rnllroads are awakening to a
realisation of tho situation, and are
now Jumping In with orders. Th"
railway demands for next year will
be enormous.
"A new era of activity Is on. It
Will vastly exceed anything ever be
fore known,"
Ohio lay at Seattle Fair.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 24. Ohio dny
ftt'the Alaska-Yiikon-Paellln exposi
tion was celebrated today with an In
teresting program of exercises. Many
former residents of the Buckeye state
were In attendance. Addresses were
delivered hv Clovernor Harmon of
Ohio. Onvernor Hay of Washington
nnd President ('hlllieri? of tho exposl
lion company.
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DftTfl SUBMITTED
BY LIEUT. PEARY
Gen. Hubbard Has Preliminary Facts as
to Query "Did Cook Get to
the North Pole ?"
Bar Harbor, Me., Sept, 24. Exami
nation was mnde today by General
Thoma H. Hubbard, president of the
Peary Arctic club, of the data nnd
observations of Commander Penry's
dush to the pole and of the Informa
tion which Commander Peary has ob
tained on the nnestlon, "Has Cook
Been at the Pole?"
The examination of these records Is
prt llmimiry to a conference when
Pcury probably will submit further
records and supply any needful Infor
mation not contained In the rough
draft for hU preliminary reports.
AXOTIIUH PKMiAUHA VICTIM,
NINTH IX CU.IU.OTTK VICINITY
Uitesl Vli'tlm a Xegrest, 20 Tears
Old Six Caw Under Treal
niriit In Chai lottc.
Charlotte, Sept. 24. The ninth
death from pellagra since the prev
alence of the disease In this commun
nccurred yesterday, when a Degress
20 years old, died. .All the cardinal
symptoms noted In previous cases
were present. There are now six
case under treatment In Charlotte.
Howard Bragg K.loetroeiilcd. .
.'Richmond, Sept. 24. Howard H.
Bragg was electrocuted In the peni
tentiary here today for the murder of
his brother-in-law, being the second
white man to illo In the electric chnlr
In Virginia. .
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909.
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LOOKING FDR THE
ID
Members of the "Latter Reign of the
Apostolic Church" Must
Guess Again.
West Dnxbury, Mass., Sept. 21.
Inspired by the conviction that today
would bring tho end of the world the
members of the Latter Ueigii of the
Apostolic Church, assembled about
their places of worship in the fore
noon to await the destruction and pu
rification of the world by (Ire, In ful
(lllmen of their own phophoey.
Among those who . journeyed hero
some came from as far us Virginia.
ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY
ON CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
Man on Hoof or Kxh-chk Car Shot ul
McKM'iigcr, nnd Ittiu When
Train Sloped.
Savannah, Sept. 24. It Is believed
nn attempt wns made to hold up nn
eautbound Central of Georgia passen
ger train this morning, when someone
from the roof of the express car tired
on Messenger Feyres. The shots were
very near the head of the messenger,
who returned tho Are with his rifle.
Tho train at the time was between
Oordon nnd- Melntyre, nnd It was
stopped at the latter place. As It
came to a standstill, a man wns seen
to run Into the woods and disappear.
THK WKATHKIt.
. Forecast until S p. m. Saturday for
Ashevillu and vicinity: Fair and con
tinued cool tonight and Saturday,
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FURTHER LOSS OF
List of Dead, as Result of Herricane in
Louisiana and Mississippi, Over
a Hundred.
New Orleans, Sept. 24. Belated re
ports of death and destruction from
Alouilay's hurricane In l.oulslumt and
Mississippi shew further loss of life
and property. The llHt of dead Is now
over one . hundred. With little hope
that a number of i others reported
missing, escaped, the total dead may
reach one hundred anil fifty,
u.;iM.i:it pkuhy is dimd
AS HICSIIjT OF INJl IIIUS
JiiiiimmI from llltt Engine, car
Lynchburg, When It Was Pe
rn lied. After Selling
tho Brakes.
Spencer, Sept. 24. A telegram re
ceived hero from Lynchburg, Va an
nounces the death In St. Andrews
Homo, that city, of ICnglnner Perry,
who wns Injured 15 miles from Lynch
burg Wednesday night by jumping
from his engine.
Train No. 43, which Mr. Perry's
engine was pulling, wns derailed and
after reversing his lever tho engineer
jumped, receiving the Injuries whleh
proved fatal, Mrs, Perry left Spencer
Wednesday night, to be with her hus
bnnd. The funeral will tak place
here under the auspices of the Broth
erhood of locomotive Rnglneers.
Biiillcw Washed Ashore.
Oulfport, Miss., Plopt. 24. Nine
bodies hnve been washed ashore near
the beach here, presumably of tlsher
men. '
LIFE AND
PROPERTY
(JOHN" Ti. .
KEHJViP.CO- JUI..X$HT6 riCSS3VXOt
fcfcGJory Enough for AIT
Only Reference to Peary
Man Who Claims Discovery of the "Top of the World" Ac
corded Highest Honor by Compatriots, Who Listen Close
ly as He Tells of His Journ ey, and Divides the Credit.
ROASTED TO
DEATH
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Woman Instantly Killed. Man Burned
to Death. Horror Occurred
Near Americus, Ga.
Amerleiis. tla.. Sept. 24. nc per
son was burned to death, another
was instantly kill, cl inil third serious
ly binned when an automobile, driven
by John Mi Lendon, ran oil' an elulit
fiml i iiilMinkuii'nt lu ll'.
Mi l.endnn and .Miss Viola Hernum.
one of his c nnipanions. were pinioned
beneath the wrecked car, which
caught lire,
Kthel Hilt, another member of the
party although severely burned, ran
screaming to this city, two miles dis
tant, and gav, me alarm.
Miss Herman's neck was broken by
the fall and death was Instantaneous,
but McLendon was literally roasted
alive.
MURDER SUSPECT
MAKES RIS ESCAPE
Blankenship, Accused of Murder of Six,
Evades Vigailance of Posse,
in Night.
Bluelleld, W. Vn Sept. !4. Not
withstanding tho care and vigilance
maintained during the night by armed
citizens who stood guard over the
home at Hurley, Va., of Silas Blnnki'ii.
ship, who with his two wins Is sus
pected ot the killing of "Aunt Betty"
justls, her son-in-law and daughter,
and their three children, Blankenship
managed to make his escape. Hurley
Is In a slate of high excitement over
the horrible crime. .
Ijist night a party of armed cltlxeni
were led to this house by bloodhounds
put on tho trail of the murderers.
When the suspected" parties saw
the hounds coming, they were out In
the Held gathering corn. They Im
mediately went to their home and
heavily armed themselvcto. The com
monwealth's attorney, who was lead
ing the party, told them they were
suspected of tho crime and would have
to prove an alibi. They stoutly main
tained their Innocence claiming they
had just recently heard of It. Simon
Blankenship was placed under arrest.
ApiKilnted Oil Inspex-tor.
MOTOR
T. C. Mills of Tryon has been ap
pointed oil Inspector for tho Tenth
congressional district, to succeed Mr,
Klack of Rutherford county, resigned.
it :
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AEX.BZSr
New York. Sept, 24. Cheered by a
1 1 if i uh: i ii .I men nnd women ns he en
li i'i'il the bamitii't hall on the arm of
n.ar-Ailmiial Wlntield Scott Schley,
(retired i, ir. Frederick A. Cook told
his story last ninht before the most
brilliant audience that he has ad
dressed since be left tho court of
Denmark.
The liamiuet was given by the Arc
tic dull or America of which Dr.
Cook !s u member In recognition of
his last polar venture, which culmi
nated in his announcement that ha
had reached the north pole. Whllo
lln-rn whs no official representative
Hum either state or nation, the as
si mlilaue was cosmopolitan and en
thusiastic, crowded In the great ball
room of the Waldorf-Astoria' they
toasted tho Brooklyn explorer and
listened attentively to his recital in
the form of an after dinner address.
Among those at the table were ex
plorers, some uf whom know the dan
gers and sulterlng of the Arctic sona
almost as well nS Ir. Cook himself.
Me pof science were there nlso, but
the address was not technical.
Commander Peary's name he did
not mention except at the end of his
speech, when he said:
"There Is glory enough for all!"
His i:otriiine Wildly Cheered.
Dr. Cook entered the hall at 8
o'clock on the arm of Hear-Admlral
rtehley. He did lini pause to greet
old Hieiiiis or to meet new ones, but
alkid il.net to his sent while the
guests cheered wildly. Their plaudits
the exploit r answered merely with a
smile, lie seated himself beneath th
blue Hag of the Arctic club with Rear
Adinlrnl Schley on his right and
Caral Muitke, the Danish minister, on
the left. .
Patrick R MeC.owun. president of
the hoard of aldermen, Mit next to
Itenr-Admiral Schley, end In the chair
at Mr. McUowan's right sat Bird 8.
Color, president of the borough of
Brooklyn, Dr. Cooks home town.
.Mrs, Cook did not attend the banquet
proper, but occupied a balcony box
during the latter part of the evening.
W hat Canned the lK-lsy.
The banquet was to have been pre
ceded by n reception, . but after a
long wait the diners crowded Into the
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TAR
ON WESTWARD TRIP
Helper, Utah, Sept. 14. Btlll In
pursuit of tho setting sun, President
Taft's westward Journey brought him
Into Utah today, to be welcombod by
the governor, a senator and represen
tat Ives In congress, and a committee
of clttxens, who came from Bait Lake
City to Helper In a special car whleh
wns attached here to the Taft special
train. ""' . .
He will arrive at Salt Lake City at
4:80 p. m. to remain there until Sun
day noon. .
Provo, Utah. Sept. 14. President
Tuft arrived here at 12:45 p. m.
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