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VOL. XXV NO. 336.
AS1IEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AGIC GALL OF C.D.Q
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The Difference.
IS SHIPS FROM
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TLZ.EN.
TH
GOOK WAS NOT
'ONLY ORIG
COOK EES Of
THELICHT50FTHE
LAND OFfflEEDOM
Ho Will Land on These Shores
This Morning to Receive
Royal Welcome
AB0UTT0SETF00T
THE RAGING DEEP
ABOUT DISCOVERY
Or. FRIENDLY SOIL
$sels on The North Caro
lina Coast Are Aided
at Last Moment
PE HATfERAS
WANTEp THE VICTIMS
ice More Wireless Teleg
raphy flays Important
Part In Distress
BEAUFORT, -N. C, 8pt. 20 Wire
Is telegraph again la playing an Im--tant
part In relieving distress at
for through thla agency prompt
istance, waa today furnished to the
Oe line steamer Carlb, bound from
w Tork to Wilmington, N. ., and
linawlck, Ga., with -passengers and
go. which lay at anchor all last
ht in a dashed condition oft Cape
tteraa.
fha Carib'a wireless appeals for
lip first brought to her assistance
fc steamer Comanche, which got a
wser to the Carlb last night. She
Is Unable to tow the disabled ves-
because the line parted and
amed on her way. Today the
amer Sabine came up In response
the wlrefess "C. Q. D." of the Carlb,
d after some difficulty sent a line
the vessel.
Ia the meantime the' Comanche
d notified the United States revenu
tter Tamacraw of the Carib'a mis-
p and the cutter started to her as
tance. During today the Yama-
aw has kept the Carlb informed of
progress toward Cape Hatteras.
Another Saved.
Thla afternoon the steamer Apaohe
aslng the cape heard wireless con
ization passing the Carib, Sabine
d revenue cutter Yamacraw to the
root that the Sabine's hawser is too
art and made towing bad In the
avy weather.. The captain of the
lamacraw was asked to hurry to the
ot; with hawsers.' .This request was
erheartfTSyOiefApacW." which lm-
edlately sertt word that she would
bra with Jong, hawsers and would
ach The spot this afternoon. The
pache and Yamacraw are now
earning at full speed In a race to
fee which will reach the disabled
larlb first and render the assistance
he requires. Meanwhile the Sabine
proceeding six knots an hour and
ith difficulty with her tnw tinder a
(Continued on pai?e. four.)
MISR JEWELS
PLAY A 1,000 JOKE
ON THEJPOOB POLICE
ew and Up-to-Date Edition
of The Illustrious
Raffles Is Born.
MYSTERY NOT SOLVED
NEW YORti. Sept. 20. The mys
tery of the dlaapearlng Jewelry is the
attractive probTm that is now exer
cising the wits of the police of Sta
pleton, 8. I. Eleven hundred dollars
worth of mystery and never a clew.
Dr rather the police say there are
plenty of clews, but as yet no slpn of
the eccentric th.-cf.
The conclusion seems to be that
the Raffles In the case Is engaged in
his present occupation for the same
reason that all right minded, dyed in
the wool, genuine dime novel thieves
take to It not for gold and stones
that glitter, bul merely from an un
governable love of excitement. It Is
even considered possible that he may
have borrowed the Jewels simply that
tila fiancee might attend some local
ball In seemly attire, and with such
appurtenances, as might enhance her
already matchless beauty.
George A. Stirn of No. 71 Serpen
tine road, Stapelton. Is of the opinion,
however, that whatever may be the
truth of- the appurtenance theory.
there la not a dirt of the Imperti
nence of the thief. When a man
Jewelry worth J1.100 In a ftroreau
drawer he doesn't like to hav if
playing hide and- seek with him. Not
much.
And when his wife writes to him
from Europe to look and .see if It is
cafe he naturally expects to find It so.
Well, It was stile enough. 'nly Mr.
fJUrn didn't And It so. The stones
Invar Mhlnlnv on the 11 n -
. r,. .... -
rnmnrehendlns darkness: of that hu- ,
teau drawer. Mr. etirn wrote hu
arlfe and asked If she was sure she
didn't have them with her. She
wrote back that she waa perfectly
Bflre. 80 Mr. Slim carried his woes
t the sympathetic police.
Horn hum." aald the policeman
assigned to the Job. "Permit me to
examine the locality, particularly the
tmreaa -drawerw There might be
aome cigar k 'about, and. we detec
'.' (Continued on page four.)
Found The Pole But Saw no
Necessity of Bragglug
About It
NAILED NO FLAGS
OR LIES THERE
Two Persons Knew of Dr.
Cook's Achievement at
Pole Last April
SYDNEY, X. 6., Sept. 20. Accord
ing to the statement last Saturday
at Battle harbor of William Pritch
ard, cabin boy and assistant cook on
the Roosevelt, two persons knew, as
long ago as last April that Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook ciblrmed he had reached-
the pole April 21, 1908. These
persona are Harry Whitney, a wealthy
sportsman of New Haven, Conn., at
present on the Greenland coast on
board the steamer Jeanie, and Prltch-
ar" himself.
They saw Cook at Annatok, Green
land, after his return from the north.
The only reference to Dr. Cook
which Whitney is known to have
made during Ms brief sojourn on
board the Roosevelt was a casual re'-'
mark to a member of the Peary
party that he believed that Dr. Oook
had reached the pole. Pritchard kept
the news even more faithfully and
his statement Saturday was the first
intimation that he had any informa
tion on the subject. Pritchard ex
plained that he kept the news to him
self because he did not wish to bej
dragged Into trouble. lie was asked
how he knew "before he came south
on the Rwosevelt Ithat 'there were
going to -be a controversy, and de
clared that Ir. Cook had cautioned
him. not to speak to any one until
he reached civilisation. Pritchard's
reticence with this important news
in his possession was a complete sur
print to everybody on board the Roos
evelt, .; 4 Told Pritchard. ; r
In the "ocglnnlns; Pritchard told the
correspondent thai Cook had talked
freely to him a I Annatok with regard
to his dash over the lee, Indicating
to him on a map, the route he had
followed. Later Pritchard modified
this by explaining that Cook's story
was told to Whitney and that he
(Pritchard) was present in the room.
Pritchard said that Ir. Cood had only
two Ksklmos with him at the polo.
(Continued on IwtRe four.)
GOV. JOHNSON DEAD
ROCHESTER, Sept. 21.
At 2.30 this morning Dr.
William J. Mayo said that
he did not think that Gov
ernor Johnson could live
another hour. The governor
said to those in the sick
room :
"Time drags so. I am so
uncomfortable." Then he
became silent again.
The governor's pulse at
that hour was 132; tempera
ture 97.
LATER
ROCHESTER, Minn.,
Sept. 21. 2.'i5 A. M. The
governor is still alive. The
physicians are making des
perate efforts 6 prolong his
life. Dr. McNevin is fan
ning him. The governor suf
fers with a racking cough at
short intervals. The nurses
laife uuii in uru tu mni
air.
REPORTED DEAD
or Johnson died at 3.04 a. tn.
ROOilESTTOlinnesota,
Sept. 21. Reportedjjbieiw-
Not. confirmed.
SAYS THE "WETS"
WON ELECTION
BRISTOL. Va.. Sept . 20. In the
corporation court of Bristol. Va., to
day Judge KeHy rendered his decis
ion In the long fought local option
contest case. In which he declares
that the "wets" won the election held
some time ago. He will on,, Wednes
day take'tip the matter of considering
application 'for saloon licensee. The
town ha been dry for two years,
Commander Robert. E. Peary
Will Enter Waiting Syd
ney This Morning
CROWDS WAIT TO
GIVE HIM GREETING
Is Now Claimed That Cook's
House at Annatok Was
Not Occupied
SYDNEY. N. S., Sept. 20 Com
mander Robert E. Peary will not
make his entry Into Sydney until to
morrpw. The Arctic ship, Roosevelt.
anchored off St. Paul's Island today
when the explorer found he could
not reach port before nightfall. This
is about sixty-five miles north of
Sydney,
Mrs. Peary, her daughter, Marie,
and little Robert B. Peary, Jr., un
doubtedly met the commander to
night, the Peary family having sailed
North on the steam yacht Sheelah,
owned by James Rofs, president of
the Dominion Coal company. Mrs.
Peary's trip toward St. Paul's Island
was entirely unexpected, for it had
bPer) anniTunriwrihat she would greet
her husband from the deck of the
Sheelah down the bay. The Sheelah,
however, kept on her way and when
last seen was plying In and heading
directly toward Ht. Pauls. The sea
was calm, there was no wind, and no
difficulty will be experienced In put
ting the explorer's wife and children
aboard his ship. Little Robert had
dressed himself In a sailor suit and
carried an American flag.
Crowds Walt.
News that Commander Peary was
nearlng port and would probably land
lute today, caused a general cessation
of burliness in the town. I.arge crowds
swarmed into the streets and to the
water front to welcome the explorer.
Later It waa announced that Com
mander Peary would, not: be here un
til' tomorrow mecning.
The tug C. M. Winch, gaily decor
ated with flags, will oonvey the offi
cial welcoming party down the bay
at an early hour. This party includes
the mayor of Sydney, Wallace Rich
ardson, the heads of the city depart
ments and other prominent officials.
Commander Peary has given emphatic
denl il to the assertion credited to Dr.
Cook that he told the Eskimos at An
(ntlnued on nawe four.)
r
STARTED ROW AFTER SHE
e;
Now She Thinks She Has a
Call to Start Churtfi of
Her Own.
BECOMES APOSTATE
NEW YORK. Sept. 20. Mrs. Delia
M. Ollbert, a former Christian Scl-,
erce reader in the Dyker Heights
Church of Christ, who was excom
municated from the Christian Science
church last May after she had tried
to start a Christian Science church
at the Plaza hotel and because' of her
attacks on Mrs. Kddy, is going to
start a new church of her own, which
will be callej "The New Christian
Scrg-nce church' - Mra. Oilbert is
to be the leaner of this new move
ment, according to her statement giv
en to the papers yesterday. and
Conrad Mllllken, a lawyer, with of
fices at HO Nassau street. Is to be the
second reader.
The first service Is to be held on
September 26 at the Plaza music hall
at Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth
street. The objects of the new church
as set forth me to eliminate the fol
lowing objectionable features of
Christian Scl-me: Graft, Idolatry,
superstition and anti-marriage.
Mrs. Gilbert told reporters yester
day that Mr. 'Mllllken had to fb .a
sort of second string man because
hs wasn't spiritual enough to be at
head.
Starts Talking.
'We are all splrftpal." aald she,
even that man, (pointing to a pas-
ash collector visible from the
front window of the house at 12 IS
Eighty-fifth street. Bay Ridge, where
Mrs. Gilbert Is staying). "Rut some
of ua are more spiritual than others,
and we should be at the head of
things. Now the leaders of Christian
Science are grafting today because
they get out reused editions of Mrs.
Eddy's book. "Science and Health.'
every year, and they charge from ti
to $5 a copy. As there must be now
over one million members tn the
church thla gains the treasury but
let us go on to the Idolatry charge.
"For- forty .year Christian Kclen
tlaUfhav "tost singing - peantt 'Of
prala -la MUfaiEdffy, who Is an eld
woman pflPPe -tn he hand of t.1ck
(Ovntloued oa page four.) -'..
' "
Wife? Do Mt't flM Cxpi,
Ski'a at TK ttillihcry 5 tort,
Purclyaaihc a Hv spring Lie),
For T(Mrt Bucka or Mora.
HURRICANE
COAST
Beginning at Sixty Miles an Hour It Gains in Velocity and Drives Inhabitants to
Shelter Ships In Bay Are Tossed About Like ToysStill i5 &
1 Raging Furiously.
MEMPHIS, Tcnn., Sept 20 Frag
mentary reports from points In South
ern Louisiana and Mississippi evi
dence that a aevere tropical hurricane
Is sweeping along th ' Missleslppl
LoulBiana gulf coast ton I it ht, damag
ing shipping, wrecklnRjIUaOTorjLfrall
structures and seriously ";, -Impeding
railroad traffic New Orleans, ap
parenOy the storm center, has been
cut off from communication since 4.30
this afternoon.
At the office of the Illinois Central
r.illroad here announcement was made
that train No. 8 of that road, due to
leave New Orleans at 4.30 i,hl after-.
noon had been detouroil over the
Yazoo and Mississippi valley route via
Baton Rouge, the tracks of the Ill
inois Central between New Orleans
and Rentier, being under water arid
many miles of track are washed
away.
From Blloxl and ficranton, on the
gulf coast of Mississippi, meagre re-
ports tell of the damage to shipping
and buildings along the beach and.
si far as can be ascertained at thla
hour, there has been one life lost.
PKNSACOLA. Fla.. Sept 20.
Plowing steadily all day at a velocity
between fifty and sixty miles an
hour, the wind this afternoon In-
rrfased to hurricane velocity and In
Id URGING ACTION
leiSTJl AGENCIES
Concerns That Furnished
Men to Pressed Steel Car
Company Under Fire.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 20 Again urg
ing them to take some action against
the employment agencies that furnlsh
e I men to the Pressed Sieel Car com
pany a Bchoenville during the recent
slrlke there. United States District At
torney John J. Jordan tonight 'sent to
Governor Edwin H Stuant, of Penn
sylvania, and Charles K. Hughes, or
New York, a copy of the testimony
taken during the fed'-ral investigation
Into conditions at tin plant during
the slrlke and also s, nt them a letter
rt commending that liar ges against
employment agencies of New York
arid Philadelphia be pressed at once.
The aovernors are trild that thn fed
eral government hopes that the mat
ter will not be overlooked. It Is al
leged that Imported workmen were
brouKht hern wiihmif t Inar told ex
actly where' they were K"lng or with
out being given copli-H of contracts
they were required to siga.
7
SHOWER&
WASHrNGTOsk Sept. 20. Fore
cast for - North v Carolina: Showers
Tuesday and Wednesday, moderate to
brisk east i wind. . v -6M
Hubby Try ftake TKe Dough,
do HI Vlf. Cai n.kf Tkt Bluff,
Ha' Ihkihd. up HU Laat Ye Hat,
Ah4 Trlraraihg Raqga Cuff.
SWEEPS ALONG THE
LEA VING TRAIL OF HA VOC
dications are that it will still Increase
during the night. Shortly before
dark, the weather bureau displayed
the hurricane .signals and all vessels
l j the barii hurried ,;to ay; utove;, tor
suites. . Oeeai got n ateaisiehipf ' an?
chnred in the bay put out all possible
extra anchors. Shippings at thn navy
ynrd and Fort Barrancas came up
the bay and sought shelter In a cove.
The ship Romenoff. moored at Per.
dido wharf, toppled over on the
wharf and Is In a precarious condi
tion. Several barges loaded with lumber
lost their cargoes and two were sunk
n ar the western beach. Small boats
all along the beach have been swamp
ed and pounded to pieces. Long
rafts of timber have been carried
from atoraga booma and are adrift In
the bay.
Residents of Woolscy and Warrlng
trn and all along the bay shore west
of the city came up to tho city lata
this afternoon and tonight on cars
and were housed In the hotels and
with friends, leaving their homes to
the mercy of the elements.
The tide Is higher than known for
years. Reports are that the seas are
breaking contlnunlly over Santa Rosa
Island, but all those who were at the
TO FACE TRIAL TODAY
Case Against James Far
num Who Had Soft Snap
Ready for Hearing,
COLUMBIA, fl. C. Sept. 20. The
case against James 8. Farnum, accus
ed of bribery in connection with alb-god
grafting In the purchase of
liquors for the old state dispensary,
will be taken up for trial tomorrow.
This afternoon Attorney General Lyon
moved that the case te tried tomor
row. The defense opposed this, ask
ing a continuance, which was refused
y the court.
Farnum is one of seven men Indict
ed for bribery and conspiracy to de
fraud the statat in the purchase of
supplies for the dispensary.
The other cases will be pressed to
trial as soon as poslble.
HOMAGE PAID TO
THE DEAD PASTOR
CHARLOTTB. N. C, Sept. 20.
The remains of Rev. W. 8. Rone, pre
siding elder of the Warrrnton district
North Carolina conference, who died
In a hospital at Richmond, Va., yes
terday after an Illness of nearly ten
days arrived here this morning and
were met by all the Methodist min
isters of Charlotte and a number Of
laymen and friends of the family. Ac
companying the remains were Mrs.
Hone and her son and daughter, and
a delegation of ministers and laymen.
The remains were conveyed to the
home of J. A. Bell, a brother-in-law
of the deceased from whence, this af
ternoon, they. were taken to the
home of Mra. Boae'a motjver tfHar-
rtson's church,' thla ceunty, where
they wUI t interred tomorrow.
summer hotel there, , have been
brought to the city.
No loss ef life has yet been report
ed. -T'. V '
ANXIETY IS FELT
'TOENBW ORLEANS
ATLANTA, Sept' J0.Wllh all
communication with New Orleans and
the lower Mississippi cut off tonight
by the gulf coast hurricane and with
all efforts to reach the city futile,
much concern la felt for Crescont
town.
The storm, which had Its origin be
low Cuba and Porto Kloo. reached
No Orleans and 'the gulf coast to
day. At three this afternoon. It struck
New Orleans, At four It waa blowing
nearly fifty mllea an hour. At Ave
o'clock, buildings were Buffering and
reports from Plaquemlne pariah, be
loir the city, Indicated that the Irv
habitants had beon driven from their
homes and were In danger of their
Uvea.. Grandually, communication
with the city became more difficult
and wire after wire was reported
down. The storm waa still raging and
growing In Intensity. Finally, at B.40
the last wlra went out and the city
waa Isolated from the world. It Is
(Continued 4 page four.)
TAFT ill NOT HESS
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Division on Subject of In
vlting President Ends with
Decision to That Meet.
NORFOLK, Va Sept. 20. fHvlg
Ion on the qutiitlon of a united Invita
tion to President Taft to address the
Virginia Baptist association In Ports
mouth, November J, on "missions,"
lecause of the president' Unitarian
principles will result In no ad drew,
before that body by the president.
Individuals hud written to Wash
ington on the subject of having the
president address the Baptists when
he comes to the Inland waterways
connventlon here tn Nowamber, but
the extension rf a formal and united
Invitation . having met with opposi
tion In the Baptist pastors' conference
the opinion depressed today that
there could not be a united Invitation
and the president, this lacking, will
not be asked tn make the address.-
CAPT. J. F. BARBER
DIES SUDDENLY
SALISBURY, N. C. Sept . 20.
Falling on tne street here Capt. J, F.
Barber one of Salisbury's best known
citizens died here t6day from heart
trouble. He waa atrlcken while on hla
way to work, died suddenly .before
medical aid could be secured. He was
for a number of years a popular rail
way conductor between Salisbury and
Asheville and waa later of Salisbury
police, force. He was ii years old and
h aves wife and two daughters, Mrs.
Robert , Waller and. Mrs. , William
Monroe. f: Mi u. .-..) .,
SAYS HE IS CLAD
TO GET BACK HOME
He is Preparing to Prove As
sertion That He DIscov. ,
cred North Polo , ;
ON BOARD TUB BTKAM8HIP
OSCAR II, OFF FIRS ISLAND t.0
p. m Sept. SO. (Via wireldsa teleg
raphy. ) Captain Htmphel, of the
Oi.caf It. has decided to anchor and
spend the night oft Fire Island.
Dr, Cook spent today In preparing
for hla landing tomorrow. Ha la
overjoyed at the prospect of again
aeelng hla wife and family. Ht eon
tlnuea to received many wireless des
patchea ottering him large autna of
money for leeturea and articles. But
he wilt accept none of them until aft
er hla arrival In NowXork. The
manuscript of hla book la almost com
plete, needing only alight revision - ,
reeling Good.
"It's good to be an American; , It
seems that 'I have been gone ten
years." : ."'...,':'' a.;
Casing toward the light of New
York after an absence since July 4.
1007, these were the first sentiments
expreaaed tonight by Dr, Frederick A.
Cook, of Brooklyn, as he paced the
deck of the steamship Oscar II, wait-,
ing for daylight and hla actual return
to hi native land. Dr, Cook Is vlr.
tually at home tonight for the Oscar
II 1 anchored oft Fire Island, mark
ing time, as it were, ao that there
may be no hitch In the home-coming
reception of the explorer, who report
ed via the Shetland Island on Sep- ,
tomherL that he had unfurled the
American nag at tne norm poie, on
April ft, l08. . ,
- , , u riMt mvk . - ,
Though sixty mile from the city
proper, the Osihr III wa In easy
wireless , communication with .New
York during th day and Bight Dr,
Cook waa on deck almost constantly.
"I feel anxloua to get ashore,' he
said to those who were grouped about
htm on the deck." It seem about
ten year alnce I loft, Instead of only
two and a half, but I dread th ordeal
of landing tomorrow, : ! would much
prefer landing quickly and quietly '
without a. repetition of th scsne at
Copenhagen. I hop that 1 ehall b "
left In peace wiy my family by to
morrow night at least." .
Nothing New,1
Some New I York paper wr
brought on board this evening con
taining long report concerning Com
mander peery' achievement. Dr.
Cook read them carefully, th said:
"There 1 nothing new her and I
shall wait until something mors defi
nite I published before laying any
thing further on the matter. Aald
The language barrier mad It Impos
sible for Frltcurd to talk With UiM
Kskimo. ...,';;,..','.'
John Murphji th boatswain of th '
Roosevelt, who wa ashore .-with
Pritchard when Dr. Oook appeared
t their Ktatlon, wa greatly asfcon-
Ished when Informed of Pritchard .
Continued on page four.)
11 F
IT SWEEPSJBULF STATES
Four Dead Are Left in Its
Wake at the Crescent
City.
THAINS ARE TIED UP
NEW ORLEANr), Sept. 20. After
ttalnlng a velocity of sixty mile an
iciur at New Orleans at 7 o'clock to-
ilvKt th. wt Inilittn hurelcsns. '
which struck the Louisiana and Mis-
issippi gulf couat naa oeen reauoea '
t a late hour tonight In It Inten-.
slty. It left In Its wake lour dead
at New Orlnani, perhapf other along
the gulf coast, though no definite ad
vance of mortality In other section
have thus far been received hare. Th
n,in.ri v Lu. in Maur Drlean will ex-
AA,4 SIAA.AAA mil nunV hfllUM. wsr .
unroofed and frail building tn num
ber of instance were paruauy ae-
slroyed. Wltn an wires oown
imnmalble to ascertntn the loss of life
or property along the gulf coast. At
a lata hour torugnt ins uhm hi mi
ruiiaviiia and Nashville railroad.
which had been Inundated some twen
ty mile east f New Orleans, have
not been fully paired, and It ia tm
ooaslbl to ay when a resumption of
traffic will begin. It 1 ; presumed,
however, that tht train or tot roaa
will run Into New Orlean y tomor- -