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v THE WEATHER. Fair Saturday and Sunday; -not much change in tempera-, ture; Moderate east winds be coming variable. '. mi .ADVERTISING. : A i r . - . If . You . Can v "Raise the Money for.' Advertising,' the Advertising Will . Raise the , Money for Everything Else. Ffflca ml Li EE FOUNDED1 D. 186T VOL. LXXXV-Jffp; 33l 'I 3 C.;x SATURDAY ! ORINTNX, OCTOBER, 30, 1909. WHOIiE 2STUMBER 13,139 TAFT PROCEEDING 5 i 1 M Chairman Franklin McNeill Coming to Inquire Into Taxation Matter. SPECIAL COURT FOR PENDER Two We'eks to be Held in January. Rural; School Libraries Cases in Court ContinuedChar . ters Issued Notes. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 29. Chairman Franklin McNeill will go to Wilming ton early next weekto investigate the conditions there in connection with a difference that has arisen between the county authorities anI the Seaboard ilr Line management relative to tax es on abount $55,000 of warehouse and other property, 1 . r The Seaboard Air Line sets up the contention that the valuation -of this property is included in its returns to; the Corporation1 Commission 'In " the per mileage equipment returns .'and that it would be a phase of double tax ation for this - separate local assess ment and taxation to' stand against thenj. The claim on the part of the ' county cbmmlssioners that at least a portion of the warehouse facilities .are rented to other parties, raises the question of- whetheT or not the proper ty in question Is actually in the ser vice of the company for the dally op eration of its trains. An order was made this morning by Governor Kitchln for: 'a two .weeHs' special , term .pf Superior vCpuri; fop civil causes to , b. held in Pendef county by Judge Ward during the first and second weeks to January; also for a ,onQ.3Cfififc-term4)r--Judge Ward in Beaufort Ccnltitjr beginning Nbvem-: ber 22nd, for trial Cf civil-cases. Eight new rural public school libra ries were authorized and the State appropriations paid.today by the State, Department of Education. There. are now about 2,400 of -these libraries in the State. Wilkes, county leads with 142; Wayne Is second with 68, and Guilford third, with 52. Some others are Robeson, "42; Mecklenburg, 34; New Hanover, .18; Buncombe, 34; Dur ham, 32; Crayen, 29; and Forsyth 34. A requisition ' from the Governor, of Georgia was honored J today by Gov ernor Kitchln for'H. C. Martin, now in JaiMn Asheville, and wanted in Whit field county, Georgia, for larceny. A charter is Issued for The Carolina Bottle Cap Co., Shelby, capital $25,000 by M. L. Hopper and otners; also a charter for the - Albemarle . ' Sample Store, of Albemarle,, capital $5,000 by R. T. Watts, Jr.; and others. ' The court has continued the suit by the Wake county board of education against ex-Chief of Police J. H. Mul- lins for fines charged to have been col lected during his term of office - as chief of police tnd not turned over to the county education fund ' The suit is based on expert' examination, of old stub books and the defaced records of the police department that were prac tically destroyed in connection with the sensational developments of the last municipal campaign. Another notable . suit postponed is Alderman J. Sherwood Upchurch vs. Alderman E. D. Peebles and Geo. L. Womble, seeking damages for false arrest on their affidavit that Upchurch was cursing and generally disorderly on the sidewalk in front of the munlci pal building on the occasion of the aldermanic caucus soon after the elec tion to slate officers to be elected. Up church being the only member of the board debarred from participation. The damage suit for $25,000 brought by Mrs. Green, widow of Conductor Green, who lost his life in the service of the Seaboard Air Line by being crushed between two cars at Peters burg, has been continued In the Su perior Court here. The trial was to be had this week and it Is believed that the continuance means that there is a proposal for compromise pending that may be consummated. FAYETTEVILLE RACES Yesterday's Programme Best of Week. Track Record Lowered. (Special Star Telegram.) Fayetteyille,' C'Oct. 29. Today's racing at Cumberland Fair, pary was the best of the three, days. In the free for all, Birthmark, lowered the. track record to 2:16. IJn this race three en tries divided the "first, three heats, but ,Margueritee took the rest in two great finishes. Summary: v . Free for' all Marguerite, Ellerbe. 3, 3, 1, 1, 1. Giles Mebane,.Sechrest 2, 1, 2. 3, 2. BlrthmarkrAmlis, 1," 2, 3, 2, 3.: Time 2:16, 2:19,, 2:22 1-2, 2:13, 2:22. ' ' v; - ' ; V,-., 2:18 Trot Alexander H, Haight. 1, 1, 1. Lit, Boswell, 2, 2.' 2. Paul L. Pal mer. 3. 3. 3. Time 2:25 1-4, 2:26 1-2, 2:26 1-4. . ',--v-;.-.i.,r.--'--,;-!-2:30 Trot Florida, Haight, 1 Dick Johnson, Schroder, : 2, " 2, . - 2. Stranger K, Palmer, 3, 3,' 3. Sport, Dy er, 4, 4, 4. .Time '2; SO; 2:30r'2:30. V V To Thirteenth and JMarket streets, then turn South; .: . ., - ', :; TO NEW President and Distinguished Party Spent Yesterday v ; at Natchez. TRIP DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI Taft Reiterates His Position in Favor of Inland Waterway Improve- . menta Journey on "Father V .' V :'. of Waters." . Natchez, Miss., Oct. 29! Arriving here on tne pleandet at 9:40 o'clock this morning,i two hours and 40 min utes behind, schedule time, President Taft and his personal party left again at noon, three hours behind schedule time. '' i '' r . ' " "; , Eight of ..the' other .vessels 'of the fleet were in sight when the Oleander pointed her nose into the bank. This was due to ,the fact that the Oleander shook all of the boats yesterday in the "run to Vicksburg and caused the Gov ernors and Congressmen temporarily to desert their steamers for a special train, got Into difficulties herself last night and could , Rot make her usual tpeed. One- of the regular firemen had to be -put ashore at Memphis on account of illness and a green hand at the fires was choking ,hem. Another jeason for the long delay In reaching heie was due to the fact that the boats arriving at Vicksburg after the Oleander last night crowded into'1 the harbor canal In direct viola tion qf the orders and blocked the exit of the President, - . , - - " There Is culte a controversy on as to who arranged the schedule to New Orleans. Some blame it on' Washing ton, some, on the St. Louis committee tjiA some on various other people. - President Taft was greeted here by Mayor Benbroofc and a reception com mittee. The' may6rmadeJ a brief ad dress of welcome and the President made a happy' response. , 4 Leaving the steamer the President and many- of "the visiting Governors, who arrived on the steanier St. Paul, were taKen ior an automobile drive through the city. The ride ended at a court of honor on the bluff where the President made a brief address. The President said in part: "After the beauty of this, scene, I hate to come ta commercial questions. But we cannot get along without clothes and we can't get along without bread and meat. The practical side of life must admit Itself to us, for we cannot live on poetry and memory. While this trip, undertaken under the auspi ces of the . Waterways Association, combines most beautiful, it has also a deeper purpose and that is to draw to the attention of the country the need for some action in developing the util ity of the great waterway that flows at the base of the bluffs. - f "The problem Is not solved, but I believe - that it is in the process of solution. I believe it because - we of the American Nation admit no obsta cle that we cannot overcome. "The Mississippi river, in its wil lingness to make eddies and trouble, in its beauty, for it has great beauty, reminds one dare I say it -of a beau tiful and powerful woman. Properly directed (only by suggestion) she is the greatest aid to progress and hap piness that we have in life. But treat ed without discretion, sought to be nemmea in. wnero sne . win Dy tne force of her character break out, she loses .the opportunity for usefulness and sometimes wrecks everything she strikes. . ' ' -"And now, that Is the kind of a crea ture that the Waterways Association invites the Speaker of the House and his associates . to study with , a view to controlling so that we may make the most of her. And we are going to do it. v Just how, neither the Speaker nor I am inclined to confide in you at present. V ";':!"-." '-. "I have one ' ambition (perhaps have others, but this is one, and one that fhrures largely in my dreams) fend that Is that when T lay down the staff of office, the people of the South may feel that by reason or ,my ad ministration the bonds between , them 'and the other , pdrts of ' the . country. have been drawn closer."' Secretary of War Dickinson made a few- remarks. -:.Y;.',' ; ' Waterwavs Convention. ' .-., New Orleans, Oct. 29. The 'final touches on , the, preparations for the big waterways convention whicn op ens here . tomorrow with President Taft and a score of Senators and nun dreds of Congressmen, 33 Governors and a thousand delegates, were com pleted today. The old ; slogan of the deep waterway advocates was "14 feet through the valley," The new ' one. which was born over night, and which faces the visitors at every available Bpot m tne city today, says: "Dig her deep through Dixie." ; , ; Some df the delegates who are un compromf sing . advocates of, the- 14- foot channel are not pleased with the new war cry" and do not hesitate to declare that it Is a -confession of sur render. r The hotel lobbies and streets have been taking on a carnival time appearance To Thirteenth and 'Market streets, then turn Sonth. : ? : 1 : ; Rockefeller, and Commission Invited to Confer With ; Southerners. ERADICATION OF DISEASE General, Rixcy .Explains How it May . Benefit the Army and Navy At : lanta Extends Invitation as ' .Place of Meeting. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. '29. For the pur pose of deviling the best plans for the eradication of the hook worm disease for which John. D. Rockefeller has pledged 11,000,000, "the board of direc tors Qf the, Atlanta Chamber 6t Com merce, hayeVinvited Mr. Rockefeller and his commission to visit Atlanta in the" n.ear f uture"- and confer with the boards of health of Southern States, presidents of commercial bodies and chief medical officers of the principal life insurance companies doing busi ness in the South. The proposed meeting, it is believed will be held within the next 60 or 90 dcLy s ' Washington. Oct. 29. How the eradication of the hook worm disease, as proposed by John D. Rockefeller in his gift of one million dollars for that purpose,, may benefit the army - and navy was explained today by Surgeon General Rixey, of the Navy .Depart ment. ... ' 'The military service," said he, "have been affected by one ot the large nuinber of .applicants from the district infected with the hook worm being found physically dlsoualified for in listment. Only -within the last year or two has it" been discovered that a considerable proportion of such re cruits-are as were accepted from the districts infected-with the fcodirwQnaw.fltf--l..iI has bored the parasite. Both the ar- W H : WrFK--' llN i-THr' ttiv rfnrf navv tonk stens some" fime aeo IIIL.U IIULII Ull - IIIL , to prevent further , enlistment. A glance at the recruiting 1 statistics show that - at many of 'the Southern stations the number of rejections con siderably exceeded the - acceptance, while 4 for the country at- large the condition was reversed for the year 1908. ; - ' ' "To what extent the hook worm dis ease has been an. indirect cause of this state of affairs is. of course, dif-. ficult of - precise determination, but that it has been largely contributory probably U few. examining surgeons' question. - "I trust that the campaign of edu cation, which Dr. Stilles has under taljen - Is the means of eradication which such an authority can suggest will, through the aid of this prince ly gift, receive such moral support that we may soon begin to witness a decline of the disease as . was found to occur in Porto Rico after the work of the .' anaemia Commission in that island six years ago." GIRL SHOOTS RIDERS. Forty of Them Fled When She Fired Kentucky Nrgnt Kiaers. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 28 A girl arm ed with a double barreled shotgun, put to flight 40 night riders when they broke-down' the door of her father's house last night in Mason county. The riders appeared at the home of George Kreitz,. evidently with the In tention of whipping him. When en trance was refused the door was beat en in ' with an axe and crow bar. fKreitz's young daughter, . standing reaay with a snotgun, turned loose both barrels. The masked men fled precipitately.. Kreitz , recognized sev eral of ;the men and arrests are ex pected. -v ''-.-'- :' , ;' ; Before ' appearing , at the Kreitz home thej riders had gone to the farm of a neighbor, Benjamin Longnecker, and shot through the windows. Sev eral bullets narrowly missed members of the family. Longnecker 1 is wealthy ' and promi nent. He and Kreitz had eold their to bacco crops ; to , independent buyers and had refused to enter the pool of the Burley Tobacco Society. . ' Philadelphia, Ky., Oct. 28. G. A. Simpson a tobacco' grower, whom sol diers . aided . In shipping , his 75,000 pounds of 1909 crop a . few days . ago, declared today that he will . remove to New Mexico because he- fears violence at the hands of night riders near his present -home. .' - ' ' MOONSHINERS IN WAYNE, v Still Captured" in Fork Township, Car , 'J, rled to Goldsboro. . ' (Special Star 'Telegram.) - s . Goldsboro;; N. C, Oct. 29. Revenue officers arrived In the city today from Fork township, bringing .with them a still which they captured over in' that section yesterday. When the officers approached the. still and demanded of the "moonshiners" to surrender, they were greeted with ..silence and - upon investigation' it was round mat tne "juice makers" had been too sharp to be caught, napping but in their hum to eet away they had to leave most all the whiskeyv behind which proved tc tie quite a large ? quantity, 'ine still has been stored .nntil the case can be more definitely worked out t , $ tint 5t 1. bo '1.1 AJS" X ? r t. i m ii ..-vie -i-A v f LATEST PORTRAIT OF New York, Oct. 28. Vith IT. S. A attacking William J. Gaynor in behalf scattered oratory, red 'fire and invec New York' tonight with'the municipal r-p ' ? A I J A mi m I (lsvm3 Hundreds 6t minor mass meetings were held in the five boroughs, while the respective heads of the three tickets Independent, Democratic and Repub lican were the chief speakers at larg er gatherings. ' W. R. Hearst spoke three times spoke in Brooklyn, and then came to beginning in the theatre- district, sw None of the candidates-brought out anything particularly new, but confined themselves rather to summing up of their campaign arguments. Hearst, keeping up his appeal to the "common people," struck a pop ular chord tonight by announcing that ,if he was elected mayor he- would hire p, spacious hall where he would appear at stated times for a heckling at the hands of the people to , answer their questions and. to receive their advices. : v ' " . . '. . - .;...,-;:.-." -. --' ET Cotton Made Rapid Advance --With "Growing Conviction of a Short Crop Estimates Crop is Yet Undetermined. - New York, Oct. 29. It'has been a wild week in cotton with a jump of $3 to ?(J a bale. This was based on a growing conviction that it is a short crop and that there is nothing for it but much higher prices before the season is ended. Whether . this ad vance will culminate, by the -end .of the calendar year is of course a mat ter for the future to determine, but bulls are talking of a crop of only 10, 000,000 to 10,500,000 bales and a con sumption of 13,000,000 to 13,500,000, though to many it is not clear how tho consumption can reach - such a quantity unless the present crop esti mates are too low. Only 1,400,000 bales of American cotton were car ried over from last season. But while there may. be a disagreement to the precise size of the crop and the con sumption, the belief is almost uniyer sal that the yield is at any rate only moderate and inadequate to the needs of the world's cotton trade. It is ar gued, too, that if the cotton crop of the South is to be worth this year some 1800,000,000 the purchasing pow er of the South will b J greatly increas ed, and with the .high prices with Western farmers are obtaining for their grain it will greatly stimulate the use of cotton goods and enable manufacturers ta obtain prices more than commensurate wi l,Ji the '; high price of raw material. There are those who think a new era of cotton values has ; set in and that . there la (Continued on Page Eight.) V OUTLINES. '.. Jeffries and Johnson yesterday sign ed terms of agreement for the -world'.? championship fight . to take place be fore July 10, 1910 Atlanta has in vited Rockefeller and his commission to hold' a conference In. that city for the purpose of devising the best means for, the eradication of tne nook worm disease- The recent 'rapid advance in cotton made a' -wild week on the market and still higher prices - for the staDle are predicted -The New TYork Herald-Atlanta Journal good roads au tomobile party spent yesterday --. In Winston-Salem, leaving .for . Charlptte today James-: McManon. pleaded guilty to the murder of his two sisters at. Kansas Citv. Mo., yesterday -An invitation sisned by 50 prominent Chi cagoans has been extended Charles R nranf. rfsismed : minister designat ed to China, to be the guest at a din ner . in his , honor- New York mar kets: Money, on call firm 3 to .4 per cent., "ruling rate 4. closing bid 3' 3 4, offered at 4, time 'loans easier;; flour steady and unchanged with- a small local trade; wheat spot firm, -No 2 red 1.23 to arrive elevator. Net 2 red i.2G spot nominal elevator; corn spot firm. 'No." 2. C9 elevator, C9 1-2 sold and C9 1-2 f . o. b. afloat; oafs steady mixed 26 to 32; pounds nominal; tur pentine quiet 60. 1-2; rosin steady. If f & V f ltX&isQ ;1f 4 1 x x t ft W f " XT fit i ",.'.iSW..rt,,.,,'.v r i y WILLIAM' R. HEARST. ttorney ' General Wickersham bitterly of the .Republican fusion ticket, they tive pretty nearly all over . Greater election only two working days away on the East Side: William J. Gaynor Manhattan, while Otto T. Bannard, ept down town, then up into Harlem. WATKINS' CASE TO JURY TODAY All Day of Argument by Counsel Yes terday Attorneys Conclude This Morning, Then the "Charge and Deliberation. (Special Star Telegram.) Asheville, N. C, Oct. 29. Contested more vigorously and marked by more bitterness than has perhaps character ized' any' criminal case in Buncombe county in years, despite tbe fact that the charge of murder in the second degree is not a capital-offense,'' the trial of the case of F. C. Walkins, who is indicted in Superior Court for . the killing of "John Hill Bunting, draws to a close, the last addresses of . "counsel to be made this morning. '-. - The surroundings of the trial are unusual. : While tnere is much - public interest in the case this is not reflect ed by an unusually large attendance in the court room, the audience though composed of several hundred people, not being so large as those which have been attracted, by other trials here.1 But. among those immediately con cerned there is the most intense Inter est ahd counsel on each side are alert to contest every point of vantage. In fact?, there are prolonged . fights on matters or incidents which; would ordinarily be considered, as of little importance and because of this state of affairs witnesses who have testl fied to vigorou - , cross examination, which left on the minds of the specta tors the suggestion that their evidence was seriously doubted. - This condition was reflected m some of the speeches which today ' were marked by a considerable degre'e of bitterness or by sharpness or severity in comment on evidence and by as sertion of the personal belief .of coun sel, an example of this" being found in the declaration of one speaker that not one person on earth believes the testimony of Clem Jones. - At . times some of the counsel seemed to ,v be carried off their feet by. their feelings, which have grown more - excited at the trial progressed, -Thomas Settle having " concluded r on the evening; be fore an address which dissected the evidence offered and was, characteriz ed by. the. workings of his-acute Intel-lect-- and his effective eloquence. Al len T. Morrison opened for the 'defense in a speechof a highly creditable na ture, - especially for a : newcomer- to the bar. Judge J.i'.D Murphy followed for the defense with an address 8how ing deep- attention to the interest- of his, client and 'marked by periods of notable -eloquence and pathos., For the State Robert R. Williams, made a speech of a most practical nature, featured , by a; fine . t3Te of eloquence. made possible by a-pleasing presence and a voice of unusual excellence. For the defense J.. M; Martin's polishe-3 periods of language; covered many of the questions involved, the speech re- flectine the deep feelings ot counsel, The great interest which this case has aroused in him and his ' strong convictions were reflected in thepow erful speech of Judge T. A. -Jones to the" jury, ' this . well ' .know: t , attorney GOME 10 A CLOSE Adjourned Yesterday at Red Springs With Modera tor's Benedication. AT ROCKY MOUNT NEXT YEAR Slight Change in Date of Meetings. Most Pleasant and Profitable Gathering of North Caro lin.a Presbyterians. - (Special tar Correspondence.) .Red Springs, N. CM Oct. 29. After one of the most pleasant and withal one of the.mostprofitablo sessions in its history, the North Carolina Synod adjourned here this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock with the benediction by Rev. J. M. Wells, D. D., of Wilmington; the moderator. Ministers and other , visit ors are leaving on the afternoon and evening trains for their homes; Synod meets next , year by unanimous con sent at Rocky Mount, N. C. The first specia lorder of the day on Thursday was "Evangelistic Prog ress" and five members of the Synod delivered addresses on as many phase of his work. Reading - of the statis tical report' showed $189,000 contrib uted to systematic beneficence, includ ing all claims except pastors' salary, an increase of $23,000 over last year and $GG,000 over two years ago. The report of the Regents of the Orphans' Home showed $15,005.31 contributed. A "recommendation was adopted re questing Synod to raise - $20,000 the coming year. Synod heard - with re gret of the resignation of Mr.-. P. M. Brown as treasurer of the Home. ! ; Rev. Homer McMillan addressed the 44wd.y-in -tle; Interest rHo"5'Mtsi5ftt,,t awemng especially upon the responsi bility, of the Church: ' " Rev. P. R. Law. presented the : cause of the Presbyterian Standard and Synod heard with pleasure that the paper - is now on a firm basis. The special order for -12 o'clock was the presentation of the cause of Davidson Colleee. ,Dr. Smith and Dr. Lingle' I sneaking briefly on the- need of an en dowment to carry on the. work effec tively. Dr. Lingle said the' Baptists had eiyen an endowment .of $412,000 to Wake Forest And the Methodjists S600.000 to Trinity while the endow ment of Davidson is less than $100, 000 and yet the student body at Da vidson was larger' than either of the other colleges. Dr. Linele urged that the church accept the terms of a nar tv in the North who had offered to give $75,000 toward this endowment provided the church secure $250,000 by June of next year. During dinner hour a proposition was made that each person leave a contribution under , his plate at the table as a controbution to aid in buil-. ding "Vardell Hall" the new . brick building at the College here. This building is being erected by; the, stu dents as a tribute of love for Rev. C. G: Vardell, D. D., president of the col lege. The plate contributions amount ed to $240. . ' During the early afternoon Rocky jiTount was selected unanimously as the next place of meeting and the date was fixed October 23rd 1910 at S 'P. M. The report on Colored Evangeliza tion was received and Rev. Mr. Shields spoke on Synodical Home Missions, the. report showing that $9,986.97 has been contributed to this cause sinca last year; of this amount $359.22 was by women's societies; $87.54 by young people's societies and $261.21 by the Sunday schools. "A committee was appointed to con fer with a like , committee" from . the Synod of Virginia relative to main taining a home for the aged. s ' heading '. eloquently the ; cause of the State. v .;'". ' '." , The ' closing argument for the de fendant fell to Ldcke Craig, who was in the full tide of a great speech at the time court adjourned until tomor row morning when he will; conclude. Mr. Craig brought all the force of his personality to the defense of his client, whom he 'declared could not be guilty of murder in the -second degree be cause If the ; State believed its, own evidence; it would be forced . to'" ask for a verdict in" the first degree and declared, that, a ; verdict of manslaugh ter would be a greater outrage than a verdict'of guilty.' - V .; ? , As counsel for the defense -has still remaining to their credit an hour and twenty minutes of, the five hours ar gument allowed each side it' is proba ble that' Solicitor Mark W. Brown'will not begih the closing argument for the State - until nearly 11 '- o'clock this morning. As the charge of Judge J, S.'. Adams 'will necessarily be lengthy In oder to ', revieyf the great amount of evidence and to discuss, the law af fecting the case it Is quite - possible that this will not ; be given ' the jury until the afternoon but it is quite, cer tain, that the case will be. in the hands of ihe jury'cmparatively early, in the afternoon. -. ' ; - : i' r ' - : '-:..- ..v , TO Thirteenth and Market . streets, then turn south. '-;. TERMS FOR FIGHT Johnson' ; and Jeffries Will ' Meet in 45-Round ' ' . '"-Battle. ' DATE FOR MILL UNDECIDED Not Later'. Than July 5,' 1910 , is the Agreement -Johnson Somewhat . Nervous at the Meeting. ' Cheered by Crowd.".."5. New York, Oct. 59. Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries for the negra insisted that as present champion his hame should go first-signed articles' in New York late this afternoon bind ing them to fight 45 or more founds to a finish not later than July 6th, 1910, before the club offering the best financial inducement, the winner to take a side bet of $10,000 and 75 per cent, of the purse, the loser to take 25 per cent.. -il ; . ' The preliminary' discussion was , scheduled for 3 'o'clock 'In the banquet hal of the Hotel Albany. , "Jeffries and. his manager were punctual to the . minute,, but Johp son elbowed his way . diffidently through the crowd ten mln- ' utes late. , , , ' N ', . Jeffries eyed the negro curiously, 1 but did not meet his glance. Johnson " , was affable, but showed his nervous- ; . ness by his freif.Uent grins and his con- ; stant clicking of two red dice which he carried hall' concealed in the palm. ' of his right hand. Both principals ' posed for the photographer and when - . the smoke of the flashlights had clear- ' ed, promptly got Iown , to business. Jeffries let; Berger, his manager, do.4 his talking,-but Johnson" broke in fre- ' quentlv on his manager, with sugges- . -' ' , ' tions and objections. ;. ; - '. ,; Nevertheless, it was remarked as i ' LthearUclgu-took-. .form. ttaLtJqgrla.ywj. was winning nearty evtiy - point for; , wnicn ne ' contenaea; ii iwaa ngreea r without .dispute that the jnen. would box for; the "heavyweight champion ship of the world." . At this point, Johnson insisted that the present champion name should ' precede. the retired undefeated cham- . . pion's name In the written agreement. To this Jeffries quickly assented. Ber--' ger then suggested that the fight go to .the club making the highest 'res ponsible bid within the next. 30 days. ' Little agreed but Johnson, shaking his head dubiously, asked that each bid be accompanied by a , $5,000 forfeits This was agreed to.' , t When the question 6f a referee was ' .' v raised. Jeffries broke in: "Let the , club that gets the- bid have a word. s They've got as much at Btake as we V have. Let It wait." ' "Well, let" it go,"' said Johnson "that's all right." ' c : .; The number of rounds was next In order. "So far as I go," said Jeffries, . "I don't care If it's six, ten, twenty, or - ' 100 rounds'; but I know what the pub- . , lie will demand and I am going to see ; .;. they get It it means to a finish." . . At this the crowd cheered until Bob . Murphy had to outroar them for or- : der. But Johnson was hot satisfied. ', He feared a San Francisco club where ; only ' 20-round bout3 ' are. allowed, , . ' , ; might get the bid, and.' in that evenjt insisted that 20 rounds should be sp-.' '-. clfled. . ' t , ' " Then 'Frisco won't get the fight," 1 V announced Jeffries decisively. "Make it 45 rounds or n)r'." f Swallowing his objections,' previous- ly voiced the negro agreed, volubly. ' , The articles follow: An agreement entered intot this day between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries, pro- -vides for the. following: -'-- 't : 1. They agree tojjjo'i for the heavy weight championship - of , the wprld. J U. 2. They agree to box before the club, ; organization or person offering the best financial inducement. 3. Bids y' for the contest must be submitted on t , Decemher 1, 1909 at 3 P.' M at the Hotel Albany, New York uuy. . 4. . , - Each club, organization "" or - person making a, bid fori this contest, must ; have a .-representative on the ground who will post $5,000' in coin or certi fied check; ; make good -any and an, stipulations of his bid. 5:. The refer ee is to be- selected when the club bid is accepted.' ,6. It is hereby agreed. that the contest shalLbe. of ,45 rounds . 4 or more. - 7.' The. purse; shall be dl- . vided 75 per cent, to, the.wlnner and 25,. per cent to the ,'loser. "'..'; 8.' Each' ;', of the contestants herewith posts withy Robert P. .Murphy, of New York," as..;, temporary stake-holder the sum of "; $10,000. this ' sum each - posts $5,- , i 000 as a wager' or-sideT bet on the ; re- , suit of the contest, and $5,000; as a , forfeit to guarantee compliance with s these articles. - 9. The contest shall take ; place not later; than ' July 5th -1910. 10. -It is hereby understood and agreed that the contest shall be fought under straight Marauis of Queensberry z-hiles, and . with five -ounce gloves. 11. The final stake and - forfeit is to be decided upon with the club as selected. Witness. our hands and seals this 29th day of October 1909.,' -.-,. . .. i .' - . . (Signed) - , JAAfES J' JEFFRIES. X - JOHN ARTHUR JOHNSON.; .Both men have many theatrical of- . fers and both their managers eaid that they would probably "scoop In a little K' expense money" "before going into ' Rtrirt train . " - - .. -'' i ; V 7 : f 1 i :? i: .. 4 i x'-V
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 30, 1909, edition 1
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