WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 19, IVlt.
BUILD EN
TKJUUFIC HE8ERVE HpBOE ?
THAI S WHAT IT ffM BE AH
SniiftwroAaiMi
HOT RACE SOW.
Soma daya are not aa good as ott
ers In a great man! lines o( human
endeavor, but Is the great tour con
test the dlys all mm to be good,
and as tbe days pas* and the sub
script tons keop rolling In, It becomea
mora and mora evident that this < on
test will eclipse everything of tfca
kind ever More attempted In thla
section ot the country H
The double rote oiler seems to
bare stimulated a* contestants wad
their legion ot friends to a redoub
ling of their eSorta and every |n
cation now la that tbe second period.
Ilka Its predecessor, will be a record
Every hour at their disposal la be
ing utilised by the wise candidates in
adding to their isaetat strength ot
?pedal ballots during this hsrvset
tine, when the subeerlptlona hare
their greatest worth. ?
And Just hare let us aaaare the
reader that enbaerlptlone now win be
more valuable to the candidate ot
your choice than at any other tlaa
during tbe conteet.
Of course. It makee no dlfferi
to as whether you turn your sub
scriptions arer to yonr candidate t
Period or %azt, but tt will make a dlf
Makee Appeal. _ j
Are you baying your winter glad
rtfi from' J. K. Hoyt's big depart
ment store T
Then please deposit your votes for
BM. ;?
' ^ Ages ago, the only vsfclcle of con
sequence in Washington was the old
"Jolt and^tfTWft*^MlrYe*I name
of this obsolete old cyrjrall was
"#mmesrille and Washington." but
thfe facetious co^nomep being pecu
liarly appropriate gained a much
wider currency %nd the passenger
who achieved, his destination with
out being "Jolted and wlggled**.ij|
of existence was ever afterward re
ferred to as a person ef*Indla rub
ber constitution, and cast troo^erve.
I .hope you -are not thinking that
about me, but as I'm expecting to
be president of this republic some,
day, I thought 1 had better get ac-1
climated to the fierce, white light
of puMldty aa soon as possible, and,
anyway, when a little boy like me
goe*Into town, he has to mass aa
awful big splash to get people to
take him seriously. The old "Jolt
and wiggler' will ntver Jolt and
wiggle apy more. Bat the vision of
?"yours truly" riding around in a|
/real ^automobile, all painted re<L
figures in my imsginatlon like the
"Aurora Borealls" In a northern sky.
Now please bear in mind, and cast
your ballot* for a small, but well
ference to her, and If you went to
fire her the biggest booet you can
for the 'subscription you feel able to
adrance,~iake oar advice and see that
the money la In her hands In time
tor her to get In the Dally News office
before 9 o'clock on Saturday even
ing of this week. ?"<?* "i V'jfc
WUl be Won This Period.
, In all probabUKy the free Euro
pean tours will be won daring this
double-vote period..
Of coarse, it is possible for some
candlate to make unprecedented
gains the lsst week or ten. day* of
the contest, but It Is safe to wager
that the girls will win who do the
beat hustling this period and who
have the beat stffcport from their
friends. '
Realising this, all of the candidates
so far as heard from this week, are
everting themselves to ther utmost to
pile up a big rseerrs rote between
now and the evening of flaturdsy, in
order that they my hare a total
sttflldently large to win a mem bar
ahlp in the personally conducted tour
of Europe at the close of this friend
ly struggle. -v
The candidates and tAe public In
general eeem to be more Interested
then ever in this contest this week
and the score In the paper la watch
ed each day as cloeeiy as are tt?. re
turns from an important national
election, and, in fact, the reeult will
be more important to more people
who call this sectiott their home
thsn is the reeult of a presidential
lytic..
meanttag fellow citizen mimed
2t GEORGE TAYLOR.
Accepts PqiIUoil
The Gem Theatre -baa been auc
coeefu) in eecartng the aervlcea of
Miss Mae Ayere as fhanlst for the
coming season. Miss Ay?re succeeds
M1ss? Clsrg Kelly, trtoo has.beaa ren-1
daring qpnio very appropriate music
for this piaj house, whila the many
friends of Miss Kellr regrets her
more and trill greatly be missed the
management Is to be congratulated
in securing her snccessor, Miss Ay
era, who is a graduate of several
musical colleges and conservatories.
To Orgamlae Clubs.
At the request of the county chair
man and also the state chairman of
the Democratic Executive committee
Mr. Norwood L. 81mmona will apeak
at Edward. Blounts Creek and Gllaad
School House with the Democratic
county nominees for the purpose of
organising Democratic clubs at every
precinct.
He will perfect the organisation ot
the clubs after ea$h speaking.
W. C. RODMAN,
Chairman Co. Dam. Ex. Com.
A thousand dollars given to char
ity will not counterbalance a 10
eant theft.
"HOUSEHOLD NEEDS*
All Linen Damask Table Cloth, lengths 2 1-2, 3 and
3 1-2 yards, prices $3.00, $3.75 up to 15.51 per Cloth. ?
Napkins to match from $2.50 up to $5.M.
Beautiful line oi Table Cloth at 59e., 85c., $1.00, $1.25
and f 1.50 per yard. ? 3S -
Napkins to match these $1.00 up to $4.00.
All Linen Lunch Cloths $1.39.
Fringed and Hemstitched Napkins $1.25 to $3.00
pardoz. ^ ?' I -A.
Elegant Bleached Damask Towels for decorative
purposes 50c., $1.00 and $fJ0 each.
See Show Window.
the Gem Theatre
CUT OFF BY STORM
Havana Swept by Wind and
Flood; ?kd Ports Cat off
HEADING UP THE COAST
Willi REACHED A V?IXX?f?Y OP
I SO MILES AN HOIK AN1> HIGH
SEAS FLOODED STREETS AND
DEMOLISHED MASK STRl-O.
Havanna, Oct., 18.?The Island of
I Chba has probably sustained the
[ greatest material disaster 1a all her
I history in the practically Continuous
cyclone which bepro with light
rains on Thursday mo rain*, develop
ing Into torrential floods and derast
j hurricanes and continued until'
Ithta evening. The western half of
the island suffered more severely
The first cyclone, of which there
'as some warning had hardly abat
ted on 8unday night when suddenly
the cyclonic blasu swept over Matan
aaa, Plnar del Rio and Havana pro
vinces, completing the destruction
[wrought by the first storm.
At ? o'clock tonight the rain was
I still falling In frequent Mary gusts
but the wind has abated considerably
[and the sea was falling. .
It Is Impossible to estimate even
I roughly the amaqnt of daaMge which
doubtlees will aggregate msay mil
lions of dollars. iH addition to the
great destruction to sugar and to
[bacco plantations, ' many thous
of peasants In the three weet
lern provinces have been rendered
I homeless and destitute by the loeqi
of their tyomee and the food chope.
I It now seems possible tfcat^the re
public may -be compelled to request
International aid for the relief of
those sufferers whose condition Is
most deplorable. In the city of Ha
vana the losses probably will exceed
I a million dollars.
Few fatalities np to the present
(have been reported.
Three men were drowned. in the
I harbor, but no deaths from the
I storm occirfred In the city. It Is
probable however that the casuslty
list in the Interior wyi be larger.
| ' For hours-durUg thy ai&ht and all
(through this morning Cuba was ln^|
[the grip of a storm which ijlew up
with great violence from the soutb
l.west and attained. Its greatest force
!| shortly before noon.
Then the wind shifted to the west
land the sea began to rise, the waves
(sweeping in upon the city. WithinH
an hour the pounding of the waters
had broken a breach through the
| Malecon sea wall.
The waves quickly Increased to
I mountainous height engulfing the
Malecon driveway and flooding th^
(handsome residences facing thereon
[for a distance of s mile.
The waters still rising Invated all
(the seawart^ part of the city, until
3 o'clock In the afternoon when the
section bounded by the Malecon, the
Prado and Boulevards Caliada de
Oallano and Animas were several
| feet under water.
The residents of the lower floors
I were driven to seek refuge on higher
levels, while hundreds were rescued
to the submerged districts from the
buildings that threatened to collapse
| at any momeht
Vedado, a residential suburb, was
|| exposed to the full fury of the storm.
The sea advanced some hundred
yards inland, demolishing many
small structures and probably caus
ing loss of life. ;/
The Jail, at the foot of the Prado,
I was completely surrounded by wa-,
! tar *nd the prisoners, mad with fear',
clung to the barred windows clam
orously demanding to be removed to
a place of safety.
I Armed guards held them in cheok
[until the water began to recede. ^
L At the height of the storm the
great waves beached clean over the
ramparts of Moro Castle. Thqr
trolled w#h terrific speed up the bar
| bor,'tumbling over the seawalls ln
dulating the streets in the lower
part of the city, carrying away many
of the small craft slong the shores
land swamping many lighters which
| escaped the blow during the earlier
I hours.
AU the steamers la the harbor
I remalaed at anchor.
The baffe containing all the out
fit of the divers , working on the
wrack of the old battleship Maine
I was oarried away aad stranded on
I the rocks of Morro Csstle.
soldiers of tte. fogt
I la MTtii?
DEAD
I., Oct., 17.?Julia
| Bowed under
rn ysa*s, the noted
philanthropist and author succumb
ed today attack of pneumonia.
The end came peacefully lu hor aum
mer homt'.iMe.
Her riA&jtaughters were at tha
bedside wjpu *Jrs. HCwe passed
away, but lesson wan absent. T&a
funeral wi |>e held at the Church
of the Unitarian In Bos
ton, Thw
~>tnew her intimately
HowS's unfailing op
? great source and sup
lifold activities. Born
? of New York city
i q?fe, sho showed
Le avidity for' stu
r literary tastes.
TEliULW
JTARTED
18.?-Thst some of
i which started from
International race
Gordon Bennett cup,
> or Slight near Chl
I probable because
southwest wind and
i outlook was kept for
started out as IF
city and there had
? in the wind early to
ll them itota this course.
^Were that the winner
I Canada instead of sail
I did the contendere last
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FEDEML COURT
MET YESTERDAY
r
The October term of the \7nite<T
States Federal Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina met at
the courthouse yesterday morning
at 11 o'clock with Hla Honor, Judge
H. O. Conner of Wilson, N. C., pre
siding, and District Attorney H. F.
Sea well of Csrthage, representing
the government. As there was
no grand Jury for the term there
was no charge from the judge.
The following cases wore disposed
of: /
United States vs Jsmes Griffin.
Beaufort county. Distilling. Continu
ed to next term.
United States, vb James Corey.
Martin county. Distilling. Continu
ed.
United States vs Joseph R. Corey.
Martin county. Distilling. Continu
ed to next term for defendant.
United Statea vs James Whjtley.
Pitt county. Retailing. Defendsnt
plead guilty and judgment was sus
pended as he hsd been tried and
convicted for same ofTense In the
state court.
United 8tides vs Henry 8taton.
Pltt^county. Retailing. Defendant
plead guilty and discharged from
eustody.
This completing the business as of
this term, the qourt adjourned in
the afternoon. The next meetin
the court will convene on the third
Ifonday in April 1911.
The Preepects Fine.
Mr. Norwood L. Simmons returned
this morning on the Washington and
Vandemere train from the north side
of the river when ha spoke with QM
Democratic county candidates and
organised Democratic clubs at South
Creek, Bonnerton, Idalia and Aurora.
He reports the Democrats are in
terested. aggressive sfed energetic;
that all factional wounds have been
healed and that the present eondl-'
tlOM foretell the M(|M Democratic
majority In those preclude ?tnc?
nl?*erl?m" waa abollabed from
North Carolina politics.
?t the apparatus.
PreeledBt Oomea Halted the Intw
<1 Dated eectiona amd directed the work
?t reeace. . J, ,
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Instead of Ulkfng some men
vmiM rather get mitM a ad II*.
ftp ABANDONED
WeUman and Crew Rescued
don Way to NewYorkofi
Steamer
HE SIGNALLED FpR HELP
HALLOO* WA8 8IGHTKD IN DI8
TRKfcS AT 9 A. M.?ASKFJ) FOR
ASSISTANCE?NO OFFICIAL IN
FORMATION AS TO HOW HAL
LOON WAS WRECKED.
New York. Oct. 18.?The dirigible
balloon America, carrying Walter
WeUman and a crew of five In an at
tempt to reach Europe. by trana-^t
lantic flight, haa been wrecked at
aea and abandoned. \
WeUman and hla entire crew have
been reecued and are on their way
to New York on board the steamahlp
TJrent, of the Royal Mall 8team Pack
et Company line, plying between Ber
muda and New York. Thia newa waa
conveyed In an official report from
Oaptaln Down, of the ateamer Trent,
to hla office In New York today In
the foUowlng message:
"At 5 a. my today sighted Well
man airship America In dietraes
81gnalled by Morse code that she r4
Qulred asslstance and help. After
three hours maneuvlng with fresh
winds blowing, rescued WeUman
with his enUre crew and cat. 'they
were landed safely on board. All are
well. The America waa abandoned
In latitude 35 degrees 43 minutes
north longitude 68 degrees 18 min
utes west."
Captain Down later notified his
compsny that the Trent would ar
rive In New York tomorrow. Ac
cording to the description given him
of the disaater to the airship she
was abandoned about 260 miles
north by east of Cape Hatteras.
From 12:45 p. m. Sunday until
Captain Down's message was receiv
ed shortly afternoon today the Atlan
tic had been swept from wireless sta
Uons along the coast.
The America was last heard of off
Siasconset, Mass.
At fifteen minutes of one o'clock
Sunday, afternoon Wireless Operator
Olnn in the Marconi's Company's
station at Siasconset sent a query
directed to the Aiperica, "asking if
all on board were weU.
The reply, very feeblo and ,lndls
[tlnct, came back. It consisted of the
I'single word "Yes."
It was then estimated that the
America was from 100 to 300 miles
east of the Massachusetts coast, al
though her exact location was doubt
ful.
' At that time and since the weather
bureaus have reportfed mild weather
'off the^Atlantlc seaboard with the ex
ception of an electrical storm of Sa
Ible Island, 100 miles off the ^ova
Scotian coast.
Although no official advices have
been received aa to how the balloon
was wrecked. It Is believed thst It
fell a victim of the Sable Islaftd
electrical Btorm and was wrecked) In
a tempest of lightning and sharp,
contrary winds.
The America had evidently been
blown faf out to sea 'and drifted
down towards the waterways to the
harbors along the coast between Bos
ton and the southern ports.
At 11 a. m. Sunday a message was
received at Siasconset which Btated
that the motors were shut down ow
ing to the dragging of the equiblla
brstor In the water which gave the
airship a Jarring motion Injurious
to the engines.
At that time It was reported that
no damage had been done and no
menUon waa made of bad weather
At noon SUnday the last message
but one from the America stated that
WeUman believed he was southwest
of Nantucket.
The America was equipped with
all Instruments used by navigators
and many , had been especially con
structed.
Among these was a barometer for
the forecaatlng of future weather
conditions.
Mr. Qurgaaas m.
The many friends of Mr. O. O. Our
ganus, on Eaat Seventh street wUI
learn with regret of his serious ill
ness with typhoid fever,' Tfc^ Newt
wishes for him a speedy recovery.
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HERE OCT. 25
The Northeastern Division of
County Superintendents consisting
of twenty counties, of which Beau
fort ir one will hold its annual mi
ins in Washington on the evening
or October 16 and October 16. The
following are members of this divis
ion. nearly all of whom are expected
to be present:
Bertie county?R. W Askew,
Windsor.
I Camden cdunty?G. H. Spencer,
Camden.
Chowan oounty?J. O. Alderman.
Tyner.
Currituck county?J. M. Mewbern,
Jarvlsburg.
Dare connty?W. B. Fearing. Man
pm
Edgecombe county?R. q. Klttrell,
Tarboro.
Gates county?T. W. Cos ten. Jr.,
Sunbury. ,
Halifax county?A. 8. Harrison.
Enfleld.
Hertford county?T. E. Browne.
Ahoskle.
Hyde county?8. J. Beckwlth
Lake, Landing.
Martin county?R. J. Peele. W1U
iamston.
Nash oounty?R. E. Ransom. Nash
' ' tNIH
Northamptou county?P. J. Long.
JacksonT
Pamlico county?V. C. Daniels,
Oriental. 'JL T
Pasquotank connty?O. A. Little,
Elisabeth City.
Perquimans county?W. G. Galth
er, Hertford.
Pitt county?W. H. Rsgsdale. of
Greenville.
Tyrrell county?R. H. SprullI, Co
lumbia.
Washington county?Van Martin,
Plymouth.
Superintendent W. L. Vaughan.
secretary of the Association, Is plan
ning to have the superintendents en-j
tertalned in the homes of our peo
ple.
Through the kind assistance of
Mt-b. D. M. Carter of the local Bet
terment Association homes have al
ready been procufcd for u" number
of them.
If there are those who would be
willing to assist in the matter, they
should not wait to be approached,
but see Mrs. Carter or Superintendent
Vaughan.
Last year this association was
treated royally in Greenville, andr
Washington does not Intend to be
outdone in hospitality. The Cham
ber of Commerce, through I to ex
ecutive committee Is arranging for
a banquet on the evening of the 26th
at Hotel Louise, at which will be
present a number of our citizens.
It is to be hoped that the citizens
of Washington will assist in the mat
ter.
In Port.
The schooner Venus, Csptain Will
iam Payne In command, arrived In
port last night from Wysocking,
Hyde county, loaded with corn, cot
ton and oats.
Prayermeeting.
There will be prayermeetlng servi
ces in all the different churches
of the the city this evening at
the usual hour to which the general
public la cordially invited.
PLEADS NOT COILTT
Dr. Crippn on TrW in Loodoo
For Murder of His Wife
DEFENCE HAS SURPRISE
THE FAMOUS TRIAL HTABTED IN
OLD BAILEY COURT?THKONC
KI> WITH MEMBERS OF BOTXI
HK.VKN?DRAMATIC SCENE ?
CROWN'S ATTORNEY CAUSES A
SENSATION
m
London. Oct. 18.?"Not guilty,
myt Lord."
With these word* spoken In a tense
low voice by Dr. H. H. Crippen, the
La merle an physician, charged with
the murder p( his .wife, Mrs. Belle
Elmore Crippen, the American music
hall artist, the Internationally famous
trial was started in Old Bailey court
today.
Crowds thronged the streets bs
fore the ancient court and In which
'scores of fashionably dressed women
' who were frank In their expression
of disappointment because Miss Eth
el Clara LeNeve, -charged with btUg
accessory after the fact, was not pres
ent. she will be arraign*! later.
It was a dramatic scene, with the
background set In a mass of human
ity.
The crown's prosecutor. Mulr,
caused a sensation as he1 opened the
case.
"We charge that this man wil
fully murdered his wife In order to
get her money and remove
her as Ihe obstacle which prevented
his marriage to Ethel LeNeve, his
typist," thundered the king's coun
sel.
Crippen was brought to Old Bailey
In the prison ran along with other
prisoners.
He apparently felt no fear for he
calmly gazed about him during the
ride from Brixton jail to the court
house.
There were leas than 10^0 seats
available but nearly 5,000 applica
tions had been made.
A shade of anxiety passed over the
face of the diminutive prisoner as,
daintily attired in a frock coat of
gray trousers, he took his seat. He
waB groomed in strict taste without
being flashy.
Always a place of utmost solemn
ity the scene presented In the crowd
ed court chamber today was almost
Sepulchral.
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone at
tired in his black gown and hia great
toweling wig of white, gazed solemn
ly over the room.
Crippen from his position between
his counsel, barristers A. A. Tobln,
Huntley Jenkins and Arthur New
ton arose when called to the bar and
walked before the chief justice who
had decided to preside because of
the importance of the case.
His plea in, he returned to his
seat and cast a quick glance about
the room, while the king's counssl
began the speech upon which depends
in great part the life or death of the
doctor.
Are in the City.
Captain B. F. Pickles and wife, of
Oriental, N. C.. arrived in the city
yesterday from Belhaven on their
way home. While In the city they
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. T.
Archboll. corner of Bonner and Sec
ond streets.
The girl who hesitates may be lost
In thought about her wedding
dress.
Thursday's
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