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i Sjfc SU v HUM ! - VQI" XXVIII. ivtiun, . c. lUUllbDAY, WOVEDER. 24. 1910. Ho. 40 "'"wrwiwwuiHi , . . . . "itmfflr rTir-nTimT'TTrrrir- it ninn i iim nn i irm i TiriMH hhi im m nrni 1 1 ti i i n rr a in i im imi m : i i-TmTOmnwwMirri i'ir.ii mi n.ii i itin iHu iWTntmTiinim "imbMi a,r - . .... EDITORIAL BRIEFS Ye, there are many things for which we are thankful. A Democrat convinced against his ulil is of the same opinion still. just suppose the election law should be enforced la Halifax Conn ty. South Carolina Democracy and dis pensary grafts seem to go hand in band. It is about time for them to turn that penitentiary "surplus" into the State treasury. Better buy your w vwash early. Another Democratic 1a .lature will meet in January. The Democrats will not to run Republican politics w. next Congress opens up. time their It will soon be time for the Demo crats to show their hands but It is to be hoped that they will wash them first. The only time the Democrats are able to buy an election is when they have enjoyed an era of Republican prosperity. If South Carolina 's State Treas ury had all the money it has lost by dispensary grafters, it would be a Tery rich State. It is noticed that the Governor has the pardoning mill running again. They must have gotten some more Democrats in jail by mistake. Even if the next Legislature should pass an anti-trust law that had any teeth, they would immedi ately pass another law to have it muzzled. They are using chemicals to puri fy Democratic politics In Baltimore. It would certainly take a strong solu tion to purify the Democracy down here. Those fellows who voted the Dem ocratic ticket this time, but hoping that the Republicans would win, will know the next time to vote the way they pray. All who think there is Democratic harmony in North Carolina will only have to wait until the politicians be gin talking of a successor to Sim mons in the Senate. Just to show how much damage a Democratic politician can do, Nation al Chairman Mack voted the Repub lican ticket on November 8th and it queered the whole election. The National Democratic chairman made a mistake and voted the Re publican ticket, but that was offset by the mistake many others made in voting the Democratic ticket The Democrats are now trying to unload Dr. Cook on the Republicans. The Democrats had as well under stand right here and now that there are some things we will not stand for. A Democratic exchange says there has been a decline in food products. That will hardly be welcome news to the farmer who has food products to sell. ' ' ' An exchange says New York is try ing to break up the traffic In bad eggs. From this distance New York politics smells just as bad and should given attention along with the stale eggs. The Greensboro Telegram says the Democrats are divided on the wisdom of the proposed conference of lead ers in Baltimore. As a matter of fact, are there any subjects on which the Democrats are not divided. Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, who stumped the State of New York in behalf of the Democratic ticket, is now suffering from a nervous breakdown, and the rest of the coun try will be suffering from the same complaint before that- Democratic Cons?;efts 'through with 'its Job. Ian. ROOSEVELT GETS A Genuine Oration When He Appears at the Na tional Capital. MAKES A GREAT SCIENTIFIC ADDRESS In Cheered by Great Crowd at Union Depot First Trip to Washington Since He Wm President Visits the National Museum and Sees the Blany Fine Specimens He Secured in Africa for United States Has a Great Reception at the Residence of His Daughter, Mrs. Longsworth The Reception Continued Last Night and This Morning. (The Washington Times.) Colonel Theodore Roos67elt was given a great reception Friday after noon at theunion depot when he President Not only many distin guished people but also a large popu lar gathering greeted him and he was hearty and enthusiastic in his greet ing to every one. He was given a great ovation at Convention Hall on Thursday night when he delivered his lecture on Af rica. The great hall holds over 5,000 people and there were thousands out side who could not get in. He had a most strenuous twelve hours to-day. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt lived over again to-day his experiences in the heart of Africa and on the Afri can game trails. About 11 o'clock this morning he went to the United States National Museum and there spent an hour or more inspecting the collections made by the Smithsonian African expedi tion of 1909 and 1910. He was ac companied by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, head of the Biological Survey, the man who first suggested to Colonel Roosevelt that he make the African trip. With him in making the rounds of the museum, and seeing the feat ures of the collection, too, was Ed mund Heller, one of the naturalists who was along with the expedition, and who is a warm- personal friend of the Colonel, and also Col. E. A. Mearns, who, like Mr. Heller, was a member of the scientific staff of the expedition. Like a Reunion. Forgetting for the time the toil and moil of the late campaign and all the attacks that have been made upon him by his enemies, the Colonel entered into his visit to the National Museum with the ardor of a boy. It was with him lik"e unto a re union with old friends. He saw there such old colleagues of the Dark Con tinent as the bongo, the gnu, the ga zelle, the giraffe, the lion, the hippo, and the rhino, the gemsbok, and the waterbok, and what not among the members of the African faunal tribe. Likewise, he saw the magnificent ornithological collection which the expedition secured in Africa, and with the enthusiasm of one trained in bird lore he told stories of the weav er birds, the ibises, the storks, the ostriches, and countless species that have been secured for the Govern ment exhibit. ' Many His Own. Many of the specimens, especially of big game, the Colonel had himself shot, or Kermit had shot, or he was able . to : recall under what circum stances they had been shot by other members of the party. He recount ed numberless anecdotes with rela tion to these. In going through the collection of African birds, which is said Jo be the finest in the world, he told of .having shot several of the specimens on the wing. In the collection of big game ani mals, he was especially interested In seeing the heads and skins of the bongo, the giraffes, the hippos, the rhinos, the elephants, and the ante lope. With Dr. Merriam and the sci- lentists he talked about the various animals, their characteristics, and their habits with the eagerness of a born hunter, and with the accuracy of a man trained in scienticfic knowl edge of such matters. - Lectured From Ladder. On arriving at the National Mu seum,' the Colonel, before he had hardly set foot into the building, got into an animated but , good-natured argument with Dr. Merriam on the subject of protective coloration, in animals. Recently Abbott H. Thayer has been here and has been giving voice to his views on protective colo ration In which he is a great believer. Colonel Roosevelt doesn't think much of the business of protective coloration. He doubts If Nature .has been embarking In the protective col oring scheme, to any "great, extent. He said so, and in his energy stood on top of a Udder from which, fee was f surveying the exhibition of Africa! animals, and gave aa asiasted ' kc - tore on th rah. - Flag FresctstaUaaL A pleasing incident of the visit to the National Museum was the pre sentation to the museum of the Unit ed States Sag that accossf anted the expedition. During the entire trip in Africa the Sag, carried by a matlf preceded the column wees the expe dition was on the move, and when at rest, it was planted in front of the Colonel's tent. The depositing of this interesting relic was due to Colonel Uearns. One of the most satisfying features of . Colonel Koosevelt's villi to the museum was the assurances he re ceived from officials that tha collec tion from Africa was certain to prove of great scientific value. . "By George!" said the f Colonel. "I'm, glad to hear you say that. I'm glad to hear the trip did gt&d. Colonel Roosevelt had nothing to say on politics. v He is a guest at the Longworth home while here. This morning he I received a number of old friends at tne ixmgworth house. worK, witnm the next three years. 3Iet General TVood. : I Congressmen and Senators from i every quarter of the country are ar Among them was General Leonard riving here daily, and all are looking Wood and a number of the Govern- j forward with more than usual inter ment scientists. After that, as soon j est to the return of the President as he could break away, he headed for the Museum; where Secretary Walcott, of the Smithsonian and oth er officials, received him warmly. After the visit to the Museum, Col. RooseYelt went to lunch at the home of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, editor of the Graphic Magazine. This afternoon at 4:30 Mrs. Long worth opened her home to a number of officials and their wives. Including Cabinet members and their wives. Colonel Roosevelt wanted to call on a large number of old official friends while here, but he found it impossi ble to do. bo. Hence Mrs. Longworth arranged to have this informal recep tion at her home. To-night the Colonel will be the guest at a dinner at Rauscher's, giv en by Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian. Any number of old friends were insistent on seeing the former President to-day. He saw all he could find time to. but It was impossible to meet all of them. He will go to Oyster Bay to-morrow morning. His visit to Washington is the first he has made since he left the White House. Met Genuine Welcome. The Colonel had a typical Roose veltian time after his arrival in Washington at 4:20 yesterday after noon. At the Press Club he met a hundred or so Washington newspaper men, many of whom had been inti mately associated with him during the seven years Mr. Roosevelt spent in the White House. At night he told the most distinguished audience ever assembled in Convention Hall about "Wild Man and Wild Beast in Afri ca." At both receptions the Colonel was enthusiastically greeted; the welcome was genuine and the Colonel express ed his appreciation that It was so. There was hardly breathing room at the Press Club and the guest privi leges had to be curtailed. There was not a seat left at Convention Hall, which was not filled with diblomats. jurors. Cabinet officers, and men and women prominent in the official, so cial, and commercial life of the Cap ital. Careful on Politics. . Those who expected the Colonel to break his silence while in Washington concerning the recent elections were disappointed. At the Press Club and at the National Geographical Society address the contributing editor and faunal naturalist let slip just a sen tence or so, clothed with ambiguity, which possibly hnight be construed as a reference to politics., Every one pricked up ears, only to have the Colonel dart oft upon another sub ject without explaining what he meant. " : " . These Be Full of Meaning. 'Ido not want to make and com ments," he said at the Press Club. "I was thinking of one, however, that would be sufficiently inclusive. I wish to say that every dog has his day, hut the nights belong to the cats." What did the Colonel mean? Must one infer that the Colonel already has had his day, or that it is yet to come? And who are the cats? The old guard the reactionaries? Ev erybody is entitled to a guess. Again, at Convention Hall, the Col onel, discussing an African Judge: "I don't think the most sensitive could object to me calling that judge 'fossilized. " And, once more: "A titled bureaucrat will keep the rules, though the heavens falX." That is about the sum total and the substance of everything the former President of the United States has had to say since his arrival in Wash ington relating to politics and, kin dred - subjects.' VHie soft .pedal that , 7,r Continued pn . page .4.), THE PflESIDHlTS TRIP ! r .q uciiCTca In&t.n Canal VKl bo Ccs:pIcUd 1st! da Schedule Tioc GOOD ROADS CONGRESS National Association WUt Mm ta Washington To-day and YVU1 Be Addftsseed by lreslSst Taft Vpom His Arrival Vnm Pnmmsi later est tn Ilepabllraa PUnk far InO age of Swamp Lands la This Stat Colonel Roosevelt's Great Re ception tn Washington. (Special to The Caucasian.) Wsjhington, D. C, Nor. 21. IS 10. The news which has reached here from Panama as a result of the Pres ident's trip respecting the Canal has been of unusual Interest. In oSelal circles it is now definitely beliefe that the Canal can be completed inside of the estimate made for this gigantic from his trip to Panama. No little interest was shown to-day in the wireless telegraphic reports of the severe storm which the President's party experienced on yesterday and their safe arrival at Hampton Roads later. The Good Roads Congress. For the last two days the dele gates from every part of the country to the Good Roads National Con gress have been pouring into Wash ington. The meeting of this Con gress was scheduled to occur imme diately upon the return of the Presi dent from Panama, and while most of the delegates are here ahead of the President's return, there will be nothing done by the Congress In an official way until the President ar rives here on to-morrow and official ly, greeta the delegates: In this connection, a prominent Republican from North Carolina to day said: "It is noticeable that a plank was placed in the Republican State platform of North Carolina this year In favor of good roads, while no reference to this great progressive movement was made in the Demo cratic State platform." The Drainage of Swamp Lands. There has been, within the last few days, more or less comment here among Republicans, not only from North Carolina but from other parts of the country, as to the fact that the Republican State platform of North Carolina contains a plank in favor of the drainage of Southern swamp lands, while there is no reference to this constructive development policy in the Democratic State platform, and also as to the fact that a meet ing of delegates from all of the Southern States is now being held in Wilmington, N. C, to discuss the necessity " of the drainage of South ern swamp lands, a project which it is admitted by every one is as com mendable of National support as the irrigation of arid and semi-arid lands in the West. Roosevelt's Great Reception Here. It is also a matter of comment, and has been for several days by the people of Washington, which has been supplemented by the arrival of Congressmen and Senators from every quarter of the country, that former President Roosevelt's recep tion here was remarkable. His re ception at the Union Depot was noth ing less than an ovation. His lec ture at Convention Hall was also an ovation. That great hall was not only packed, but there were hun dreds outside clamoring for admis sion. Indeed, his whole stay here was a continuous ovation, and even those who do not like President Roo sevelt have been forced to speculate upon the meaning of this reception at the National Capital where every body is supposed to be more or less of a political chameleon. Northern Methodists Bay Tract of Land at Black Mt. for Chatanqna. Charlotte Observer.! Three hundred of four hundred acres of land near Black Mountain has been selected by the Methodist Episcopal Church, commonly known as the Northern Methodist Church in contradistinction to the Southern Church, and will be used for Cha tauqua purposes. This decision was made Monday by the Cdnf erence committee appointed by the Gener al Conference, with Bishop Andrews, of New York, chairman. Plans for the building of homes and the lay ing off. of a community similar to Montreat will he begun soon. There are 3,500,000 persons rep resented by the Nosthera Church. The Southern organisation . recently selected: property near Waynesvflle for similar purposes." tits. cmrrtsM u!u;xa m uone VOX. I Wife Sfsrdffvr tsM ttomih IVstairet I tag Mad CmS testa. - wsssftn jiOT. si. ftst a. sa. I ICnea h&4L I Tha morals mt lha v t far - Ofc Crtpp:? cmtSda aTrd4 ttef fo oTersssg tha city asd traSe was f at a standstill. j The -aaaoaacat fef the sacn I tion from the $fisa was aecSLanlf4 jby the Informal sutemtat t&at Dr. j Crlppea made bo tutaaent cr cn f fessloa whatsovtr httotm featng ) hanged. Dr. Crlppea aa4 Ills Ortia. j The execution f Dr. HaaWy Har- i tey Crippea la London to-day corn- Dieted the criminal retard f the most sensational of recent a8r, der cases. The brutality of the crime, j cattrprtsa ) committed by a man who had Ua lUIkiasTilla, N. C. Nov. JL Tt known as of a gentle and kindly as- j Vest authcr!Ua4n;it thai tae an jture. th murderer's spectacular ! titat history ov Austria la a tittle i fiisht to his native land, and the fact ! mise4. Slit is t4 that the Romans that the ta against the doctor was ! aa$uUfce4 the Ncrricost la the y tar j purely circumstantial combined to 1 32. and got pcse.loa cv thtir make the tragedy of absorbing later-1 try and the Danube river. They held i ct. not only in England, where the out till a&out the Sih csaury. Is murder was done, but as well in j?)l Charlemagne conquer! the j America, where both Crippcn and his j Avars and united the tsrrtlory with j wife were bom. ! Germany. In the year 100 the 1U- j Crippen, slight la figuie, was Jutt ) gsrians invaded Germany and tsty ! past fifty years of age. He was born held Austria (then called Avails!, in Michigan, and after studying rned-jfor fifty-odd year. In 104 J Austria j Icine, practiced in the United States was united with Germany. la 1191 ! and Canada. In 190$ he married j the Austrian ruler must hev bin feat I Cora Mackamouki, of Brooklyn, ajin purty gude fer he caused the ar 1 vaudeville actress, whose stage name j rest an Imprisonment ov the King of j was Belle Elmore. They removed to England, who. if I understand, was London, where the doctor engaged In dental manufacture. Soon there was domestic Infelicity, due, Crip pen alleged, to the attentions his wife received from other men. Then Ethel Clara Leneve, a prepossessing wo man, now about twenty-seven years of age, entered Crip pen's employ as a typist. She sympathized 'with the doctor and the two fell in love. Mean time Crippen and his wife were es tranged. Nearly a year ago Miss leneve, feeling her position keenly, became jm paticatJsith the situation; te "Abou I the same time the doctor was in need of money. Mrs. Crippen disappeared suddenly last February. Her hus band inserted a death notice in the papers, saying that she had succumb ed to an illness while visiting in Cali fornia. Actress friends of Mrs. Crip pen persuaded Scotland Yard to make an Investigation, and the police officials interviewed Crippen on July 12th. He threw the police off the scent, but on the following day fled from London in company with Miss Leneve, who was disguised as a boy. Subsequently their presence on board the steamer Montrose was made known to Scotland Yard through wireless messages, and as the Mont- rose was approaching the harbor of ; Quebec, Crippen and Miss Leneve 1 were arrested. This was on July 131st. j In the meantime the police had j visited the Crippen home in Hill drop , Crescent, and in the cellar unearthed parts of a woman's body. The medi cal experts who examined these parts were never able anatomically to prove that they were from the body of Belle Elmore. Nevertheless the ury that heard the Crippen case were satis fied that they were. Crippen was Indicted and convict ed of the murder of his wife, the evi dence including testimony that he had bought and administered poison, after which he dismembered the body. Te was sentenced to be hang ed on November 8th, but secured a stay of execution until to-day. An appeal on his behalf was denied by the Criminal Court of Appeals, and a petition for a reprieve was rejected by Home Secretary ChurchllL Miss Leneve was indicted and charged as an. accessory after the fact, but was" acquitted. Ethel Leneve to Sail for America. London, Nor. 22. Ethel Leneve has booked passage on the steamship Majestic which sails from Southamp ton for New York to-morrow. Durham County Will Ask the State to Build a Canal to Ncnse. Durham, -N. C, Not. 23. -The spe cial meeting of the coutny commis sioners, called for Wednesday of next week. Is to further a project la which there will be some general State Interest. It was not known until to-day what would be the purpose of that meet ing, hut it turns out that the' farmers living along Ellerbe Creek, which empties Into Neuse Elver, will peti tion the commissioners txi ask the State to dig a canal for six miles, changing the course of the stream and widening It- The city's disposal plant continually overflows and floods the lowlands with a sediment that is believed to be the producer of the worst ; sort ' of health. There have been a suits against the county, and others are pending. It Is said to make the land more and more sterile. 7 The cost of this project will he something like $75,0001 sc::i o;hjt nsrc.iv i ! . . Del tuacd " IThra thm SUajr tagtss XSm Aw Owaora, aa4 t&e TrUe Ttf CwJ Xhn tttU C3cfa4 ta them Clttl tTsr RruW aa4 4ga War lYrwcmt. CCorrwondfaca cf Tat Cac!a- passin through the country on bis wsy home from a visit to the "Holy Land." But times sir different now. Most rulers would think twice before they would arrest the King of Eag land. In Austria there existed a rule by which certain honors could bo enjoy ed by purchase. In 1229 Leopold VII purchased a part ov Carol oi for 1CS0 marks and left hit to his thrta sons. We her in America potlytUb uns who air said to be will In to pur aeeficr Eat In "Austria there wus more to hit. The buyer ov a position not only got the honor but he got a gude deal ov money out ov the taxes, rents, etc, which came from the citizens who happened to live In hts territory. This wus goln into politics some when a msa could land such bargains ax that lilt wus Just like pullln money off trees. An I judge that some ov the politicians had plenty ov labor to gather the money crop labor paid for by the publick the taxpayers. The old time politicians certainly had every thing their way. If any body ob jected to the record made by the poli ticians they, the politicians, simply killed them killed them at the ex pense ov the government an that ended hit. There wux no newgpspers to take care ov the people in the old times, consequently graft wux not ex posed. Late in the 12 th century Albert elected himself ruler ov Austria. He didn't wait for the Diet (Congre?) to say yss, but took the bull by the horns an loudly proclaimed that he wux elected. But the people de clared that another citizen must be emperor. Adolphus, ov Nassau, wus chosen. Albert soon saw his finish an turned over the Job to Adolphus, an' took the oath ov allegiance. Adol phus lost out at the end ov five or six years and Albert, by appesrin more humble, regained the throne, which ix further proof that the people do not awlways know what they want In pol itics, and do not awlways get the best a-goln when they change ad ministrations. The' people' ov these United States might tell some in ter es tin stories along thls'llne! But while Albert had regained a claim to the throne, he had not got hlz seat. Adolphus would not resign. The armies controlled by the two men met, but there wux no general battle. The leaders met In a band to band struggle. Adolphus said to his ad versary: "Thon shalt at once lose thy crown and thy life. Xeavea will decide,4 said Albert, and he rue eeeded in knocking Adolphus from his horse with hix lance and the sol diers finished Adolphus. In the general mix-op which fol lowed there were many changes. Ia some cases oScials and would-be of ficials were killed before the ink with which their announcement! were written had time to dry. - Another fact looms up Tery promi nent in the history ov Austria. Hit is made plain that the rulers bled the country, at every opportunity. But this wax awlways done legally; In other words. If they didnt her a law that would Justify a certain crime, a political crime, they passed the law, or rather, made a law that would fit the ease, for hit did not awlways suit to wait the slow process ov the law makin' power. An hit might happea that the law-makers weald vast to make a few Inquiries," thossh 1 they probably knew better than to Investi gate legislation dedred 'by tie til- ' (Continued da zzza 5.) 1 1 1 if f - 1 ( t ( 1 s,
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