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'i ' 1 ,:ziMmi 111 IS Jl S MlS liI 'ssit; -! .T -r-V ' I'',..,.-'-.''.-.:' f-Wi tifai Oil "X :t f"yu' r vs Z7"' ,y 2555r-' ' mm b kMUIaB' vember 9th. ! . -:: . ; ; H ; ' ' :,v v. : ' " : FO 1 86T ' V- y ,.-! VOL. LX20iy--.NO. 22. MORE AFFIDAVITS I DR. COOK Four More' Made Public in New York as- to Mt. McKinley. THREE BY MEMBERS OF PARTY Physician Also Testifies As to What He Was.TW by One of the Ex plorer's Men-Never Reached ,. Summit. ' " . V New York,Oct XC.-Fou"p more affi davits weer made public here today In connection' "with the Investigation of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's expedition to Mount McJQnley. Three of them are by means of the Cook party-Frel Printz, a guide; Walter Miller, pho tographer; and ; Samuel Beecher. Their testimony 'relates In. detail the movements of the .party explaining that Cook and Barrill were alone to gether the period in which Dr. Cook claims to have reached the summit of Mount McKinley. All three say that Barrill assured them later . that Dr. Cook's story was false. "The fourth affidavit is that of Dr. John E. Shore, a physician of Leav enworth, Washington, who tells of :i conversation with. Oscar F. Blanken ship, of. the United tSates Forestry Service, , In which Blankettship said that Dr. Cook's claims to have 'climb ed McKinley were false inasmuch , as the feat - was Impossible In the' short time which Cook and Barrill were ab sent. Blankenship was located near Mount -McKinley at. the time . Cook'a expedition was ihere. ; 1 "The 'affidavit' of Fred Print,, the Ride, la dated. October 4th. It says tha,; at ihetinjie, al Pr. Cook's alleged ascent ' of the peak' he and several others had been sent on a side trip to hunt specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. The affidavit continues: "Then the doctor pickeduo Dokketi for a cook and taking Barrill, left in the - launch for Shushltna Station. From there he said they weer going up Shushltna up the Culitna and up to the Tokositna to the head of navi gation.4 then explore, the country for the route td Mount McKinley; ' "Miller and I returned to Hushitna station September 11th, wheer the doc torjjolned us with Barrill on Septem ber 22nd, saving that he had made the summit of Mount McKinley. "From tfcere we left for home. Oa leaving the doctor at Evard he prom ised that part of my pay for the Sum mer would be in Seattle for me, but on arriving there and not finding it. bor rowed money on which to get home and having written the doctor several times since for the amount due. Have received $100, leaving a balance of $825 due me at this date. "In about one f month' after -Barrill and I returned home from -our trip with Dn Cook in 190C. Barrill laughei and told me that he and Cook never got to the ' tort of Mount McKinley." - ' Miller Affidavit. ' '! 7 Walter P. Miller, of the- photogra pher in his affidavit, says that he was with Prints on the aide trip during th time Dr. Cook claims to have gone to the summit of the mountain.' His tes timony: continues: ' ' " ; - "Dr. Cook and Barrill 1 took ' the launch and went down the Yetna. an nouncing their intention of ascend ing the Shushltna. the Schuletna and exploring the Talshetna glacier, for a possible ronte for future attempt to ascend to the summit of-Mount Mc Kinley: Printz and I returned to the Shushltna station on the 22nd of Sep tember. We met Dr. Cook and Bar rill at the station and thence we all came together, to Evard. "I was called east by Henry Diss ' ton, of Philadelphia, the backer of the expedition to whom I related all the circumstances of the trip. "3o.far as ram advised. Barrill Is the only nan' who has personal knowl edge, as to whether - or not Dr. Coojs ascended to the summit of Mount' Mc Kinley.' : ' On May 14th I met Edward N. Bar rill at Missoula, Montana. He then in formed mVf oft the first time that he and Dr Cook had never reached the summit "of Mount McKinley. I then said to 'him 'Where were you?' when he remarked: : 'We weer only on the first ridge "this side of the ;mountain.' " I asked him about his picture shown , opposite page 227 in Dr. Cook's book, when he1 replied, 'That Ss my picture, but is not the top of the mountain.'" Beecher Affidavit , The affidavit of Samuel Beecher, af ter describing the early.' experience of the party, tells of a trip which he and several. other members of the expedi tion took from their "base camp." He says: . "On July 23rd we reached our near est point to the mountain, thepoint ( heirig as R. W. Porter said, 14 miles irom tne summit. On this trip we were mapping and taking observations of the country.' At our last camp the elevation rwas in the neighborhood of 5,ooo feiet, and from that point I couia readily recognlte all the picturss shown by Dr. Cook in Ms magazine article on his ascent of the mountain (Continued on Page 6.) V-'. .. qua is m ciiiDAD mm Second Time, in History, But Under Widely Different Circumstances. Interesting Story of the Two Occasions In History. New York, , Oct. 16. This is the sW ond time In history that Ciudad Jira rezhas been the temporary capital of the republic of Mexico, but . under widely different circumstances. In 18C6, when Bonito Juarez, con stitutional president of Mexico, was driven in .defeat before the troops of Maximillian,,. self appointed Emperor ot the Mexican people, he took refuge and established his capital in the lit tle city that lies across the interna tional boundary stream from El Paso, For almost a year;' surrounded by a small .band of half-starved, poorly clad and almost defenseless patriot sol diers, the president of the Mexican re public waited and hoped and watched, for the aid that he expected from the United States; there, after weary waiting, he finally rallied his forces and set out . on the return march to the City of Mexico that finally result ed in a brilliant' victory at Quaretaro over, the emperor and his foreign trops; the 'execution of the emperox and the reestablishment of the Mexi can -republic. There was ho preparation for the coming of the first president who mad Ciudad Juarez the temporary capital of. Mexico; unheralded and heartsore from his long journey 'ana frequent defeats. Bonito Juarez rode into the little adobe village that was then known as Pas del Norte, on a mule. Through its narrow dusty streets, be tween -low mud houses, the patriot president rode tn silence. Few If any recognized him when he rode into the little city and settled down on Plaza Guadeloupe Hidalgo, in the shadow of the ancient Church of the Guadaloupe, in a long, Jow adobe house, to estab lish the capital of what was left of the Mexican republic. : It ' is . different ,today. For months the , preparations haye been n prog ress for the coming of President Diaz" Troops jbaye been arriving ., dally fo weeks to police the . city and serve a3 a proper military escort for the presi deat nd. his; distlnguIaheUiguests.. the President of the United States. Emis saries have been ; arriving from Mex ico City to, complete every detail for the comfort of the President Archi tects, decorators, florists, cooks of reputation and. secret service men have, .thronged the litle city for weeks and days; $50,000 alone has been spent rebuilding, the Juarez custom house as a reception room and banquet hall for the meeting of the two presidents; a large sum was spent In the erection of the Grecian columns down the side of the streets that the two Presidents were to traverse; streets were paved; sidewalks wer laid and finally seven florists from Mexico City, using up a carload of flowers, put on the, last dec orations a few minutes, before, the Presidential fipecial train rolled into the station "and the President arrived. President Diaz, on his present visit, whi)e he is not making his capitol in the8ame bulldiic occupied, by General Juarez, wa3 v vieiior to the old adobe structure on Commercial street today and. in fact, in company with Presi dent Taft, he addressed the people of the border , in front of the one time capitol. . The building lias been remod eled now-and has a new front of brick. Inside., the, mails to and from the United States are . distributed and Worked.,, for is the post office of Ciudad J;iajfz. Jn front, is the same old, cathedral .of Guadaloupe that stood there, when Bonito Juarez rose each .morning and went to mass; the same . old cathedral that was erected t'n 1549 by . the Friars in their march northward on 'If ir mission for the cross, as substantial and imposing to- dav as when erected by those master builders over three and one-half cen turies ago. This bull 1 ng was also the object of the. visit-today of Gen ernl Diaz and President Taft. As a fitting culmination of the ex change of visits between the two pres idents . todav. and In distinct contrast to the social functions which attended the stay of President Juarez in Mex ico, when corn cake was tne principal article -of fond for th presidential ta ble. Is the banquet ienight in the cus torn house in Juarez. For the prep aration of the delicacies for the occa sion,. President Diaz sent his chef and chief steward from Chepultepec cas tle, a man who formerly served in the same capacity In the palace of . King Alfonso of . Spain. , The silver for the occasion Is also from Chepultepec and was brought to Quarez under special ruard.r The flowers fn;v the, decora tions came in a special express car from the, City of Guadalajara, andthe decorations - came from Mexico ,CUy. The carriages in which the Mexican president and the party, paid a call on the President of the United States and in which Mr. Taft and party re turned the-visit to General Diaz, were shipped from the presidential . stables at Mexico City. One of the leading features of the visit of General Diaz to the border, besides the significance of the ex change of visits with President Taft, was the laying of the cornerstone by the president for the monument which a .grateful . nation, is erecting in the border city, to Juarez, the patriot. The monument, costing $117,000, Is well under way, its erection having been brought about by popular subscrin tions, headed by .$10,000 by President Diaz. 'Appropriately, it Is being erect ed In the city where the president ral lied his shattered army and started back on. his triumph march to the capital; after being driven once to the - k. r1w;ELOTON, K. C, V ' ' .t: INIIIS THE FIGHT Ketch el Knocked-Out by Johnson in the 12th Roind. CAUGHT OFF HIS GUARD KeJchel . Fought Well in Severai Rounds and Was Cheered By the Crovd Johnsow .; Retains y Heavyweight Colma: Arena, Cal., Oct. 16. Jack Johnson 1 retained the heavyweight championship today by knocking out Stanley Ketchel in the '12th .round. The end came unexpectedly. Ketchel rushed the black man who stumbled and fell. ' He rose slowly and from a crouching position sprang at Ketchel aa the latter rushed in, raining blow after blow. The white man was caught off his guard and suffered under the assault. A left to the body and two swift -rights to the side f of. the head stretched-hltn on the floor toe count ed out. More than 10,000 persons wit nessed the contest. Round 1. The men did not shake hands. Johnson lowered above his adversary by several inches. The champion scored almost immediately with" a hard left to the stomach. Make him. lead" yelled the specta tors to Ketchel. Ketchel apparently was determined to make the black man lead and sparred for almost half a minute. Johnson at .long range shot his left to the face twice With light ning-like rapidity. Ketchel forced the negro against the ropes but the lat ter wrlnggled away without receiving a blow. '. Tne bell rang with the men in the center of tlreTing. - It was. an utterly tajhe. round, both;, men .fighting with extreme caution. , Ketchel looked nervous throughout While Johnson wore his "golden smllc. - - Round 2. They ran to a clinch and Referee Welch pried them apart. On the break Johnson shot a straight left to the nose and soon thereafter repeat ed it. At every clinch Ketchel was playing with' bis shot arm blows for the stomach. In a clinch Ketchel up- nercut hard to the jaw with his left This angered the champion, who rush ed in- landing left and right on the body -and Ketchel slipped to the floor with considerable force. He was uh nnlckly and rush In but had great dif ficulty In getting under Johnson's Ions; reach. , Johnson merely toved with Ketchel until the bell ended the round. Ketchel's face showed grim determi nation as he took his corner. Round 3. They sparred perfunctor ily fpr a full SO seconds and then clos ed in, swinging right and left at close range Ketchell landing on the body once with his right. Ketchel drovo his right on the negro s hreast but as they Clinched Johnson upper cut twico with his right. The referee then sep arated the belligerents. They again rushed in close. Johnson putting in short rights and lefts "to the stom ach. The white man uppercut with left to. the face as they broke from a clinch. Just before the round ended Johnson swung his right to the jaw. Ketchel went to his corner dancing, however, . and looked fresh. Johnson kept up a running fire of conversation with his.' seconds during the minute respite, v. Round "4. After a sparring fest Johnson Tushed in, forcing hjf man to the ropes, and placing his arms around Ketchel, fairly carried him to. the cen ter of the ring. "Make him lead" came the repeated injunction from Wlllus Brltt. " Ketchel" missed a terrific right Swing intended for, the jaw. It was a Close shave for the negro anG missed him barely an Inch. Johnson steadily backed away as they sparred for a lead with Ketchel following. Johnson then Sent a hard right to the jaw. Ketchel, constantly kept pushing tlvj big neero'in an effort to make him lead. It was a tame round characteriz ed by a few bursts of speed. ; Round 5. ' Ketchel . opened with a ett to the body to which the cham pion replied with , two : weak lefts to the face. Johnson then sent Ketchel's head back with two straight lefts to the . nose. Ketchel again , essaryed ' to force Johnson ' to .lead, to which the champion failed to respond.. Ketchel showed unexpected ;, -cleverness at blocking the. big man's lead whenever Johnson- chose . .to lead. .. Johnson swung' his left twice to the face and the men sparred at long range, John, son working in a left to the face. : Neither man showed damage as the round ended. Few leads marked the round,' Johnson having a shade. Rund Gv Each missed a left swing and. then Ketchel 'landed a left to the body and followed with another left to the jaw. Johnson countered with a left to the stomach. Johnson (Continued on Page 2.) border ; and almost . forced to flee to the .TTnited States as an asylum of life. The monument takes the form of a marble snait surmounted Dy a statue nt iha Pi-pat soldier lookine as he did when he was In practical . exile in the border.' city. : i-y: HEGRD ; PUGILIST ,. SBY' MOKNTNX3-,' OCTOBER; 17, 1909. PIRATES CAPTURE WORLD'S SERIES Outclassed Tigers in Decisive . Game by Score . of 8 to 6. A STRUGGLE Adams Pitched Phenomenal Game Al lowing Only One' Base on Balls. Detroit's Pitchers Were Heavily .Batted. Detroit, Oct. 16.-Pittsburg won the world's baseball championship at Ben nett Park today by" defeating Detroit by the overwhelming score of 8 to 0 in the seventh and decisive game of one of the greatest battles ever fought for the world's title. This gives the National League champions the vic tory by the count of four games to threes ; To Charles Adams, the phenomenal Wing pitcher from the Louisville American Association, belongs the lion's share of the credit for the feat. Today's victory was hi third victory of the series and he held Detroit safe ly throughout the entire game. He allowed but six hits an-1 in only one inning the fourth- did Detroit get more than one safety. Adams allow ed only one base on balls, and in four innings he retired ihe hard hitting American Leaguers in one,. two, three order. The crowd was a distinct dis appointment, as there were only 17, 562 paid admissions. The receipts were $19,677. This . brings the total attendance for the seven games up to 145,444, and the total receipts to $183,302.50. . ' The ' two' twirlers .upon which De troit had 'pinned its-faith in winning the great .. series .wee lacking when the critical time came. "Wild Bill" Donovan lived up to his nickname by. passing six batters and hitting ano ther in the first two -innings. While this lack of control allowed Pittsburg to score only two runs It had a bad effect on the Detroit defense. Dono van allowed a two-bagger and a single in the third but a snappy double play stopped Pittsburg from scoring. George. Mullin was -sent in to bat for Donovan in the third 4nning and took up the pitching after that. The Detroit Iron Man was unequal to the task of pitching four games of the seven and was easy for the Pitts burg batters after Donovan had giv en them their start. Mullin was hit hard in the fourth and the sixth, and Pittsburg soon piled up a commanding lead. The play was fierce in the early in nings, but Detroit grew discouraged as inning after inning went by and it could not score on Adams, while Mullin was helpless in holding the National League champions. Robert Byrne and George Moriarity were in- lured in a colision at third base in the first inning and both Were forced to leave the game, although Moriarity remained in under after he had hit a two-bagger in the second. : - The outlook for Detroit was decid edly dark from the first ball pitched. It could be seen that Donovan was wild, as he pitched a couple of balls to Byrne and then hit him. The poor work of Donovan was even more pro nounced in the second and - Pittsburg was presented with two runs. Cobb saved Detroit from further trouble by making a great catch of a hard drive There was no scoring In the third.- It was prevented bv a speedy double play. Schmidt to Delhanty. . Mullin went on the slab in the fourth inning, but he was unable to stop the tide of Pittsburg's scores Hyatt drew a base on balls "and moved to second 'on Leach's single to left. Clark sacrificed both runners along, Mullin to Tom Jones. Wagner was purposely passed in order to bring up Miller. Miller - upset the. Detroit cal culations by singling to right, scoring Hyatt and Leach and sending Wagner to third. Miller stole second but Mul- (Continued on Page 6.) ., OUTLINES. . ': ' Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, knocked out Ketchel in the 12th round. of a Herce and-bloody fight in San r Francisco last night. Ketchel fought well in severaLrounds an.d was wildly cheered, but -the; tricky; chani pion caught him off his .guard hi -the; 12th- Pittsburg won the world' championship by ' defeating Detroit yesterday by a score of 8 to 0; De troit ;was outclassed at every stage-of the contest and Adams pitched a won derful game Ralph Mulford and Cyrus Patsceke driving a Ldzler won the 24-hour automobile . race at Brigh ton Beach yesterday and made a new world's record The balloon SL Louis 111, which left St. Louis Friday morning landed yesterday at Ridge ville, S. C, covering a distance of 685 miles ? New Yorw markets: Money nn nnll Ttniminal time loans firm: flour quiet but steady; wheat spot easy,. No 2 red 1.27 5 8, asked elevator and nom inal f . r o. b. afloat ; - corn spot barely steady; ..No.-; 2. V 70- 54 elevator- and 70 3-4 j delivered i J oatsu snot' steady, mixed 26 to 32 pounds nominal.:; Rosin steady, turpentine quiet. '?u. "'V-t GUARD IS JAILED WITHOUT BDHD Charged With Killing Con vict in State Prison at Raleigh. EO L UTLEY A WITNESS Four Pardons Granted by Governor - Kitchin and Four Refused Fu neral of Miss Holt at Fay , etteville Yesterday. (Special Star Telegram.)' Raleigh N. C, Oct. 16". William M. Dupree, the guard at the State peni tentiary, . was committed to Wake jail this evening without bail' to answer at the January term of criminal court the charge of killing yesterday of George Murphy, a decrepid convict from Salisbury, who had almost com pleted a one-year sentence for con spiracy. The commitment was by Coroner C. A. Seapark on the strength of a ver dict by the coroner's jury just render ed as follows: "We find that George Murphy came to his death, after an encounter with Wm. Dupree in which' Murphy was struck by Dupree as evi denced 'by a bruise on the forehead. And according to the evidence heard by the jury, we recommend that Du pree be held subject to action of the grand jury at the January 1910 term of Wake Superior court." It is ex pected that Dupree will later apply to some justice of the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus in an ef fort to secure bail. A notable witness in the case was Edward L. Utley, a convict from Fay- etteville. serving 20 years fos killing Clerk' Hollingsworth in Fayettevllle. Utley swore that Dupree and. the two trusties came into the apartment and told Murphy he had come to taoke him to a dark cell, Murphy answering that he was sick and not able to go. Dupree replied that he would have to go and ordered him to get his coat. Utley says he went for the coat and that as he went, he heard a noise be hind him and turned to find . that Murphy was flourishing his stick in front of Dupree who . appeared to be striking at Murphy. Murphy fell and, Utley says he ran and grabbed Mur phy's wrists and told Dupree to take the stick. He swore that Dupree did take the stick and then tried to strike Murphy with it while he was down, but that he warded off Dupree with his shoulder and that Dupree said something about "finishing" Murphy; He said Dupree tried to keep him from putting Murphy on the bed, In sisting that he only had a fit. Hugh Postell, serving 30 years from Asheville, testified that Murphy struck at Dunree as he approached and that Dupree dealt Murphy a blow Jn th forehead with his fist. ., He also swore that Dupree tried, to strike t.Murphy with one of-his sticks while he was down. ' Governor Kitchin granted four par dons and turned downpour . others to dav. Those refused were: J. A. Reld. Winston-Salem, selling whiskey; J. T. Barringer, Rowan, assault witb.-dead-ly weapon; Bud Dixon.' Rutherford, selling liquor; W-.E. Bell,' Union, em bezzlement. Pardons were, granted on condition of good behavior to Otis Hinton, Mecklenburg, gambling and assault with deadly weapon; W. D. Shaw, assault with deadjy weapon; Henry Richardson, Anson county, false pretense, and Alice Grady, the wife of an old Confederate Veteran, who has served three months on a six months sentence as a "Blind Tiger." Dr. George W. Lay, rector of St. Mary's School, and Miss Thomas. Miss Mc Kimmon. of vthe facoulty, and Mis ses Shuford, DuBose, Slocomb and Broadfoot of the student body of St. Mary's, went to Fayetteville today to attend the funeral of Miss Elisabeth Nash Holt, who was a student in St. Mary's until she was taken ill a little more than a week ago.' IN HONOR OF JUDGE GARY, Dinner Given by' Independent Steel Makers Fairness and Friendship. New York.' Oct. ' lSJ-The Independ ent" Steel Makers' of the Unifed States and Canada ffave a 4 complimentary dinner at the Waldorf tonight in honor of Judge Elbert H. Gary.' Chairman of the board' of directors' of ; the United States' 'Steel Coropration: - More than 200 officers of the Independent steel companies and practicallv all' the offi cers and directors of the United States Steel corporation were present.' In a speech Judge Gary said: As between gentlemen who are in con trol of iron and steel industry in America at the present time there ex ists a most intimate relation. We do not advocate combination ' or ' agree ments in restraint of trade, nor action of any kind which is opposed to the laws or to public welfare. What we advocate is fairness and friendship In business, cordial Intercourse, confi dence in each other, frankness, disclo sure when information is properly re quested." . - ADVERTISING -In 1 these U columns pays big : dividends. ! A' trial Insertion Is:tnost convincing. ' au 22-lt NEW RECORD IN SPEED RACE Muiford and Patsceke, Driving a Lo zier No. 3, Carried Off the Hon , ors at Brighton Beach 24-Hour Race. New York, Oct 16. Ralph Mulforvl and Cyrus Patsceke, who alternated in driving the Lozier car No. 3, car ried off the honors In the 24-hour au. tomobile race at the Brighton Beach motordrome tonight and established a new world's 24-hour record of 1,196 miles. This is a new mark for a cir cular one-mile tracK, being 19 miles better than the record made over the came course last year by Robertson in a Simplex. The Lozier car No. 4, driven by Cobe and Seymour, finished second and the Ranier tfo. 9, with Disbrow and Lund was third, with 1,169 and 1,155 respectively. Nine cars started in the race short ly after 8 o'clock last night but only six finished. ' The other three were put out of the race by accidents in none of which, however, were any of the drivers or assistants seriously in jured. One of the most spectacular fea tures of the contest was the perform ance of the pair of Buick cars, driv en by the Chevrolet brothers, Louis and Arthur, and by Robert Burnham, who at times, was relieved by Hughes. These cars covered 56 miles in the first hour and 58 miles in the second hour, thus establishing new records. The 24-hour, or concluding score for the six cars to finish is as follows : No. 3 Lozier, Muiford, Patscheke, 1,196; No. 4 Lozier, Seymour, Cobe, 1,169; No. 9, Ranier, Disbrow 'and Lund, 1,155; No. 5 Buick. Burnham and A. Chevrolet, 1,064; No. 10 Mar ion, Strang. 904; No. 11 Matheson, Basie and Wheelan, 891. CENSUS COMMISSION REPORT. Preliminary Bulletin Scon to Be Is sued by trie Members. Washington, D. C, Oct. 16, 1909. The preliminary report of the-Census Commission relative to the second de cennial revision of the Classification of the Causes of Death, made bv the IntexnatioBal-eorTinisslon ?jup!-.Prii centtyy together- with the rsvised lfst of titles, wm ne,,ronna inT.uensns yi: ietin No. 104, which will 'be published' soon and copies :will be sent to all of the registration' officials of the United States and to the members of the American Statistical Association.;; 'X new manual of classification 'will b? prepared for the use of the registra tion offices 'of the United' States "as' soon as the detailed 'results of'the're-; vision are available, and an effort'will; be made to bring' the revised class H-j cation to the attentidn of every phys? cian and local registrar in the country as an aid to the proper reporting of causes of death. If the Census Commission had ac complished ' absolutely nothing in the way of practical reform, it would have been, according to Census Chief Stat istician Wilbur, well worth sending in order that the country should occupy the place to which it is entitled in the councils of the nations which employ this classification; lu;. a a matter of Iacr, very much va? accomplished. Doctor F. P. Foster,-as chairman Qf the' AmericA'n ffvjHl' ' Association's committee ''and TDdctor 'Wilmer R: Batt, as 'chairman of- th 'cbm'mitte: of , the American T:tc1?c Health1 'As30' ciation have -been engaged for" over a year- -in co-Operation- with the Bu reau of the Census arid With commit tees appointed by many national medi cine organizations devoted to-special tranches of medicine,' upon the ques tion of the proper classificatidn and nomenclature of diseases with spe cial reference to the Improvements to be made in the International Classifi cation at the ' recent revision. Meet ing3 were held by these committees at Philadelphia, New York, and Wash ington, and important suggestions were formulated which were duly transmitted to the secretary-general, Dr. Bertillon, and were laid before the commission in the special book adopted by the International Commis sion. Perhaps the most important of all the measures especially recom mended by the United States was. the improvement in the principle of the statistical classification of deaths from violence. Doctor Bertillon. Doc tor Livi. of Italy, and Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur were' appointed a, special com mittee of the 'commission to adjust this portion of the'classification'whic'i lucj ,uiu. . . . . Dr. Wilbur stated foday. that 'he be- lieved J the "revised 1 list Will be; much more Acceptable to American 'regis trars arid-that" it will give the infor mation in " regard 'to ' the industrial causes of mortality ''hr ' a' more satis factory way thai! any classification previously prepared! Of ' course all of the recommendations bf the- American delegates' could not be adopted., There were 23 countries ; represented in the International Commission and consc vatism is a characteristic of European officials and especially of . European statisticians. . It is perfectly right, h3 declared, that this should be so b cause it creates endless confusion when many changes are made in an established system of compilation. Furthermore it is hardly to be ex pected that a country like the United States, whose registration officials had never before joined in an international congress and f whose statistics relate to only about one-half of the popula tion of the ' United " States . should be able to -prevail Against the ; establish ed ' views Of ' the 'representatives of countries 'where 'complete ' and com prehensive ' vital statistics1 hav6 'teen published for a : loiig' series" ot yean; WHOLE NUMBER 13,12S. TAFT AND DIAZ 1 ' - . ! 1 MEET III TEXAS Hearty Greetings Passed ; at International Cel abration. EXECUTIVES OF TWO NATIONS Evidence of Friendly Relations Be . tween the United States and Mexico Warm Personal Words Exchanged. El Paso Texas, Oct. 16. The long expected meeting between President Taft and President Diaz, of the Re public of Mexico, occurred here-today. :' Outwardly it was attended with a dis- ' play of soldiery, a flare of .trumpets, , a bcom of cannon and a pomp of cere- ' mony suggestive of supreme author I- , ty, but in the actual handclasp of the J two executives and in the exchange of . courteous words there "was simple 'but cordial informality. ' T President Diaz was the first to ' speak. He assured President Taft of ' his warm personal regard and his high esteem of the man who had ac complished so nilich In the Philip--pines, in Cuba, and elsewhere, and who had now the honor to be the chief executive of so great a Nation' as th United States. . , N ' President Taft in simple American fashion declared he was glad to meet ' President Diaz. He was glad to know the President of such a great Nation; especially glad to know the present President, who had made the Nation -, great. - ,- -: Both Presidents dwelt Upon the cor- diality of the ' relations existing be tween the United States and Mexica. -lent Taft declasVhul ;toJay'A meeting .was.- not necessary to maKO "stronger,; t&e .bonds of friendship; It ; merely typified;, the strength o fthe r bonds, as they , already exist. Ther-3 ; were lep.s than-a scoro of persons par-' mittod to witness the, meeting .of the two executives,. . Even." these were e- frmded Jater .. when ..president Taft and bslde'nt.! Diau , .withdrew into an ... In ner t iiooca bf ;the: Chamber -of . Conv- . merjce.H building, where the histbr; meeting occurred, -.and were only at tended by Governor, Creel, of the state of Chihuahua, former ambassador to . the United States, who acted as Inter preter. The scene of the day's ceremonies shifted from time to time from this thriving little - American city across the Rio Grande river to the typical Mexican settlement of Ciudad Jureas. President Taft left El Paso at 8 P. M. to continue hi3 journey through the South. KIDNAPPED CHILDREN SAFE. Found , by Chicago ..peteptive After a.j '' ! Mysteripu8; DisspRflarance. ,: , j-,i' Chicago, Oct. 1 1 5: Two Italian xhil- dreh. j identified ifrom photogranhs . to: bin, , niehjt as Tpmassq andvOrace vlvianot :.., wh6. were kidnapped ;j;from ; St. Louii . August ,20th; last;: and who. have been , r sou'ght since . by thfi.. pqllpe. of many . ,; cles. were found.,eary. today wander , -'t ,' irig1 aimlessly on'.the; north side of the '. ci'ty by, Detectivfi .Steph. en ParodL of. .'.. ', the' Chicago avenue police station.. The . children when found .were sitting on a , -curb!$,t;one at.Nort,U Halsted and Reea streets. Both were weeping. The lit- ,. j tie girl, who is leRs , than four years ;: old, was sobbing bitterly, and Tomas-' v so, her cousin, who Is seven years i old. trying to comfort her:' Detective Parodl took the children in his arms and asked them whero " ' ' they lived. " Tomasso said that he did ' ' not know. Remembering the Viviano, ! case, he asked Tomasso If his name was Vlvlano. The boy nodded his 1 '"'' head as if to confirm Ms Identity. The detective hurried with the children to ;" the Chicago avenfie police Station. '" Tomasso, the elder of the children. '; " was .asked by the inspector and Cap-' .. tain Rheim where he. and Grace hadvv' been since, they, were ,taken from their (v -; home in St. Louis.' Tbe children t,:.,)' could .give no , intelligent answer., ( J"' ' Detectives are searching Italian ifc-,, t tions pf the city.In .an, endeavor to , - learn who aWndohed .the chlldrenand ' St-- where". they have, fteeni since - the'f n V, '.-l mysterious, , disappearance f rom Sp.' '- ,'f'j Louis last Summer.; .-: ...... , , .., v,,- The police bellevp -that ,the , kidnanp, pers had' the - children .secreted in a .f.. secluded section of the "city, and . turn,-. ed them' loose 'when .efforts o'jftprjE 1 a xi cum 11 uu. iancu.. . - , , . . , .. . - . DIED. AT . GATE riOF HOME. Civil War Veteran Refused Admit tance to Saldltra' l-lnm . , - ' , Newport News, Va., Oct. 15. De nied admittance to the home, Joseph . Mahaffey, 74 Vears old, and a Veteran ' J of the .Civil War, died on the grasa! ' ' near the Phoebus gate to the National - , Soldiers' . Home late this afternoon, -' '-; havinsr hfATl nnt Hnvn tViara hir a r1r driver employed to take him to the ' ; ' ? institution..: While the. old man was ' stood around him and Captain Bloetho ;.';;.; of the ; Salvation. Anhy held prayer , -; services.'. A' coroner's1. inquest' will In- ; . U,. lcoioie iuiu iuv ucitv.il,.. suu a uui ' . " of the evidence, will -be. forwarded to ; vit Washington. v ; '''.-. -fU ':,!" : 4 1 t , Si ' : j si 1:1 'A -,'tv; '
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 17, 1909, edition 1
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