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VOL. 18. NO. 87. SCENES SHIFT IN BIG GAB . Hatbewson And Collins Arc Ex pected To Oppose Each Olber This Afternoon BOSTON PLAYERS FULL OF CONFIDENCE TODAY Betting Has Dropped on Giants, Bos ton Getting Odds of 10 to 6 Since Giants Dropped First Engagement Manager McGraw Reticent Both Teams Are Expected to. .Take Chances on Each Other After Hav ing Gone" Through "Feelbig Out' Process. '-'. "- '- BOSTON, Oct, 9.- Scenes 'In . the struggle for the -world's -, champion ship have shifted to Fenway Park. Early today with . pleasant crisp weather promised. It: was believed the greatest throng that ever witnessed a baseball game in Boston would -see the second contest-- between the New Tork Giants and 'the Red ' jSox. , The Boston champions of the , American League went into the game .with a distinct advantage over their Nation al League opponents, - gained in their stirring victory in the first-game of the series. : . 7.,-; " : . There was a sharp note, of Autumn in the air this , morning and many of the fans who came early were equip ped with furs and sweaters.' "-v . Many. Saw Sun Rise. From their, position under the shel ter of the fence , at Fenway Park, where they had T been '"" waiting ' v all night, more than 400 baseball .enthu siasts saw the sun. rise. Their object was to secure' 9, single 5 admission-' to the bleachers all that would be al lowed them at $1 a ticket- . To ob tain the ticket the men who made: up - the line came- from- all4 parts of, -New-4 England. There was a party of tur coated men . who. came down ? from Manchester N. H., by automobile- late la?t night. - A half, .do?enfrom .Wor cester i stood in line with . af party of students - from the University . of Maine.-, . The night on the ticket line, was one of interest. - It was too cold' to-. sleep and those In line - could 'not . walk to keep warm. -lest they JobeJr plages. Bonfires Were lighted and a!few gath ered about them and dosed. .'r". "Within an hour of sunset, the ''night line' had been augmented by hun dreds. . ' -. .- .; Some Tension Gone. .' The train on . which the players came over from New York- did not ar rive in Boston until after 1 o'clock this morning, . having r been delayed two hours by a wreck. All breakfast ed late and did not try to reach the park before noon. . -. The players entered today's game in improved mental - condition. The strain and . tension attaching to the first test of the world's "championship, series were gone. - The Red - Sox- had new confidence, . bom f - victory, and the Giants had the determination to even the series by ; winning : today's game. Yesterday's contest was ene of caution and each team - tried s to "feel the other out," few chances ' being taken. Today, each team haying sized up the other's style ,ahd ability to play as ready to stretch as faras possible' very chance" presented.;, i,t; All the players reported to Mana ger McGraw and Manager Stahl this morning that . they ;. were In." good shape. Wagner of the Red: Sox was a happy captain. ; ' -' "' ; ' Red Sox' Are "jubilant V " y .' We got the jump on them and we Can do it again. - Tesreau Mathewson or Marquard, it will be the same. The toys can hit " anybody McOraW sends along. Watch us today."r; S-.J Joe Woods was in high spirits after his successful twirling yesterday. ''I am glad we won.' . he said,' and added that he was ready to go in again Just as soon as he is' wanted.,.. , Both Managers McGraw and ,B-.u.hl ere not very; communicative today. McGraw only said: .'."---,-' "The series is far from : decided.' Remember what Manager Mack said last year when, we beat the Athletic in the first game, "It takes more than ne swallow to make a summer." The Probable Pitchers ' : Neither manager would publicly an nounce his batteries for today's, game before they were handed "to , 'the um pire on the field. - General opinion was that Mathewson would - oppose V Ray Collins, the .Red Sox southpaw and that Marquard is to be saved for to morrow's game in New; York as he wrks better "before a' home ,ct;owd. A- switch in the -Giant's ;. batting or? er was expected today in . connection Wlth the probability that Boston would Ufe Collins. Devore, who played ; in , left field yesterday, was supplanted as head of e batting list by Snodgrass who was" ved up from third place to make for Becker, who ha been' more i WEATHER; Fair and warmer REV. DR. T. F. r,IARR IS ELECTED PRESIDENT Conference Hospital To Be Es- taWisbad In Connectlcn VItb Children's Heme. Rev. Dr.:T. F. Marr, pastor of Trin ity .-Methodist Church; - returned last eveningy from Winston-Salem, where he attended the annual meeting of the board ""of 'trustees of the' Children's Hqme of. -the Western North 'Carolina Methodist Episcopal Conference. ,Dr. Marr -was elected 'president of the in stitution in the place "of "Rev. ; J. F. Kirk, whb has resigned. Dr.'Marr has not yet -.decided whether or not- he will accept the - position proffered him, but will probably decide in the immediate' future, so that his decision will be ready t by the time ; Confer ence meets next' month.' The selection of Dr.'Marr to head the- institution is particularly 'signifi cant because of the decision ' of the board of trustees to largely expand its activities, , so as to embrace not only the Children's Home; but -a i central hospital for the Conference as well, and in connection with this a train ing school, for nurses. 'This ambitious proposition will probably not be final ly, decided upon before -the session of Conference at High Point," November 20. t .'i-r-i'A The Children's jHome at Winstbn Salem has in process -of development one of ; the neearest model; children's homes in the country. The; institution has, more' than 200 ' acres of land worth without the buildings consider ably more than -$100,00 0.; A; central administration building ; is ; just being completed at' ac6St of 25,0ff0, while the cottage plan is in use for the hous ing" of -- the v children. More ? room is needed even now and the expansion of this institution, with the development of a magniflcent hospital and training school for ' nurses as a twin lnstitu t'on, will form a cnoble undertaking, and one worthy the : best 'efforts of piyJ&XiTTiyr-Roie ' VecVioh"fdf.;.the place" Is regarded by those who know him as wise and fortunate." ' STILL FIGHT OVER JURY IN RIOT CASE (, LAKE CHARLES, LA., Oct. 9.-The third . day of the trial of A. L. Emer son, president of- the Brotherhood of Timber-j Workers anF.hls,: eight fellow union men, the first of the 69 defend ants to 4 be tried i for murder and . in citing riot in the labor riot July 7 at Grahow, opened this forenoon with the- continuation of the contest in se curing a jury. ; By .the : ruling ' of the court yesterday those only, are avail able as" jurors J who'' are not connected in anjr way with the lumber, business. as - employers ' or employes, or ; with unions of -lumber workers. Only 58 out of the 90 talesmen remain and no jurors have as yet been secured. . A large part of the; 69 defendants. practically all of them union men with the exception of . five or six young boys are married men and it is 5 es timated that "more than 2 0 0 - persons, women and, children, .have been left without7 support since their imprison ment" W. A. Fussell,' acting president of the timber workers, Is directing the relief work among these dependens. W"IIiIJLAMS CO.IaLEGE. TEACHERS PROVIDED WTTII; A; VACATIOK. -.. WILXJAMSTON, MASS. Oct. : 9. Williams' College - professors r hereafter will J get al year's'- vacation - in every seven years with full - pay.. Funds Tf or carrying' out tthis arrangement i 4are provided ? from the , incibme . of - a gift by?' Francis - Lynde - Stetson of : New York. ' -- - "" jln his annual report President Gar field says: ; "Teaching often is regarded as an easy profession. But the steady pres sure for nine months of the year' Is more wearing than intermittent and various - demands.- Both - teacher...and college are-gainers if a year's leave is taken and taken regularly." successful against left-handers than Devore. Under .this shift Murray, who played '- yesterday "in ..right field goes to - left and Becker takes liis place at right. , - 1 ' " : ' . , ' ' The Likely Line-XJp. . ? The probable, batting. order for to day's game follows: . s " .l Boston, x ' 1 -V New Tork. Hooper rf 'f .".Snod.trasg cf. Yerkes 2b V Doyle 2b. Speaker cf..... ..'...Becker r Lewis If...::...'. Murray .If. Gardner b; i...: ;.......MerkIe lb Stahl lb.:...: . ..Herzog 3b. Wagner ss ......Meyers c. Carrigan i .'. Fletcher ss. Collins p'.. '.Mathewson p. Umpires Klem; Evana, . Rigler ; and O'Loughlin. . ' - The betting v odds on todayTs game varied btt , those on the; series, . were practically uniform' at 10 to on BoSr ton., More demand "for. the shorter 5?ew York end. developed' but the bet ting "was still comparatively light. ,( " Speculators plied their uncertain traffic in reserved seats today set prices almost' pro-hibitive-'during - the.-.14 hours. Forty and , fifty ; dollars a pair was. asked - font three' saunas tonight and Thursday; TURKEY AVAITS THE RESULT JNJMJNESS Ottczzn forcip Uiolster Points Oat C:;7 Lf catc::gro D2Clarcd War Constantinople, Oct. ,9.-The Turk ish Government awaits coming events With. calm assurance,, according -to Noradundghian Effendi, the Ottoman! Foreign Minister. In an interview giv en to The - Associated Press today, he said:,; V-r Ct"-; -v ,'".b:v '"We face the future with yerfect confidence.""! should like to" point out, however, that the declaration of vwar by Montenegro .was made contrary to the practice adopted by all civilized States. , It - went against the stipulation of the J Hague "Convention, of i which Montenegro was a signatory. " ; - -. "In the . first - place, ;no 'attempt; was made to seek: the - good offices ; of a third party in' order to ' find a . means of avoiding a conflict. r -j . ' .Secondly, " the declaration . of war did not set forth any real or tangible cause for war., ' " . , ; "Thirdly, -' Montenegro opened hos tilities without granting the usual pre liminary delay and actually before the declaration -of -war was presented to the Porte.". . , , , -y . .The Turkish Government has decid ed; to make a , selection, from ; among the ! Greek vessels . detained in Turkish ports and will ; hold ; those . best suited for military transport, purposes' and release the others. . -" ", i - ' '. : LONDON STOCK HAH8ET . ftELS VAR DEPRESSION LONDON, Oct 9.-rNews from - So- J fia, Bulgaria, says that the rapidity of the 'A concentration ; of the army ' has exceeded all- expectations and devel opments will now be very rapidly. Everything in connection ? with ; the mobilization has worked ' ' with - the utmost smoothness ; and , there - has been a remarkable absence of conf u- rslon at the. war offices. -The stock exchahgaih London wfs somewhat more affected today by the Balkan - situation - owing to the weak ness, of .continental Bourses and prin cipally of; Paris, from which market selling orders were, rather liberal. -. The leading gold; mining shares and Peruvian securities- were depressed. From Berlinfi Canadian Pacifies were i offered.. tv.$3 below parity. Other American stocks .fell from qne-fourth tqne point, principally on Continen tal sales. Domestic .securities were able to withstand the depression and other sections dropped ,.f ln: sympathy. Con sols are three-sixteenth ; lower. Bul garian Government., stock -fell from one to three points and-Turkish Gov ernment stocks , three . points. " POWERS HOLD CONFERENCE . WITH GREECE AT ATHENS ATHENS, Greece, Oct; 9. Repre-f sentations oh behalf of the powers": of Europe were, made to "the Greek Gov ernment yesterday ""by" the Austrian and ; Russian ministers. i- - ' 'i-- ' ? " TThe conference -' was 6f -'k friendly nature, the Austrian and Russian min isters declaring that it would be -imprudent' in-the highest- degree for the Balkan States -to' take - any action against ; Turkey." They 1 would, by so doing. , risk f a- great ..deal:, and never succeed: in obtaining ; for .the , Chris tians ' in Macedonia any -fmore than that which the powere were' determin ed to get -for. them.A 1 --' '' ' - -- " - , v rumor riliciies aris.,;.;. j; THAT BULGARIA IS AT WAR. . PARIS, Oct. 9-A strong -. rumor was - current here this morning that Bulgaria had declared war on Turkey but neither the Ottoman embassy nor the. Bulgarian legation has received any confirmation. -:..s.r-.-":.. The archives " of the Bulgarlah le gatioh in Constantinople have . been handed over to the care of the Rus sian embassy- there, according to . a news agency dispatch from the "Turk ish capital. The . declaration of ? war by Bulgaria ns believed by the same correspondent to be imminent. . ' ' " " Ready to Go Home. CLEVELAND, ' O., Oct. 9. Bulgar ians, Montenegrfns and other Balkan Immigrants of this section who have volunteered-to return 'to their native soil for-'wai upon Turkey will; assem- ble here "Friday. After" recrultingvl50 men 'here Captain Tsvetchoff,; of the Bulgarian army; and T. Groaeff, a leader' -of -the Macedonian revolution ary' party, -left yesterday' for Youngs towfi and- Detroit, where 1 they , expect ed. to .continue their work. .Among the Cleveland vplnnteers - are To 'Bulgar ians whb have '' seen .servicer About $800 was1 raised' here throtfgh cdn tribUtions' that will be. used a -to, trans port the ' volunteers to the Balkans.,cV v;, . : ' Crashed "Into the Tower. , SAYBROOK CONN., Oct.- 9Wil iiacm:' Willcox, tefegra'ph operator :ln a signal tower. 'at; Saybrobk on the . New. Haven Railroad was crushed to death last niffht when -a freight' train crash ed -into the towers-burying him-undor the wreckage. The freight jumped a 'bullMlr.,,?. . T rf ;""'"" CHARLOTTE, 11. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912; ITIIillSCOTI GREAT WITNESS ,. ..,.-'. $ .-: S"' -i'' ' - v Former 17cflT; Virginia Senator " Knows A Lot-Aboat The CampilBh fond IN CONNECTION VITD STANDARD OIL'S OUT After Evidence - of McKinley, Who . Tells of $265,000 and Taft Brothers' $150,000 Former Secretary Dover of Tacoma Is .Directed . to Bring " Records of -. Other YearsFormer West "Virginia ' Slember of Upper, House Reletes of $100,000 Collected At 26 Broadway and "Whte House" - Conversaton. 5 . ' - , - WASHKCGTON, Oct. 9. More tes timony about the;so-called Harriman fund 'of 1904 and the alleged $100,000 Standard Oil Contribution was devel oped today before the Clapp commit tee. - - Former Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia testified ; that the late Cornelius nbHss had told him of col lecting $100,000 from? the Standard O'.l and that when; he suggested; that Bliss ask the company for. more, ,Bli3 told him that President Roosevelt had forbidden k contributions " from that .source.' Scott related . a conversation he ; had . on the . telephone with the "White House" about the New York campaign of 1904 in which "the-voice at the -White House" told him "that Mr. Harriman was coming." Judge Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the -executive 'committee of the Harriman, railroads, . testified that the late E. H. Harriman had told of a. visit to the White -House and said that President Roosevelt wanted him . to help the - National Committee raise $200,000 for the New York State "Com-' teltfeeiS? The' examination - of.' Charles ' D. Hilles, Republican Rational. Chairman who was scheduled. to- appear today," was' postponed 1 until - tomorrow. ; ' Elmer Dover, of Tacoma,:- former secretary of . the Republican commit tee, 'has been' directed by-the commit tee rto1. bring, to Washington any rec ords . he may have v: left . in f Chicago bearing on campaign contributions in 1904 or other years: y ' " : - 'Got $100,000 on Broadway. .'When we got low in funs in Octo ber, 1904," he raid, f'l asked Mr. Bliss if be could not go to 26 Broadway and get , some money he said, 'No,' that he had already secured a contribution f romthose people. I asked him how much they had given and he said $100,00' Mr.; Scott said he was in Republi can - National Headquarters - in New York in October, ; 1904, when a ?f!e phone call" came 'from the . White House", for. Treasurer Bliss or-Chairman CortelypUr -: Neither was present so he talked on the war. V Scott did not indentify the speaker at" the White House end of , the wjre, but referred. to,him as "the voice from the White House,' and "the response from the White. House." ; ;. ; i r-... WhiteHouse Talks. :. j -y'- " "What is this trouble' I hear about Hlggiris?' Senator Scott said he heard oyer the wire. " 'I hear he may berde- , f e'ated." He told the ; "White House" that Mr." Higglns was in danger. ' ,-'' " 'Can't the; State committee4 sup ply the neces?ary funds?' " asked the "White House.' Mr. Scott said -he told of the diffi culties in getting money for the cam paign and the response f rom "the White House' was. V - " I would rather lose the election In the country than be defeated in my own State."', -' , "I replied, 'There is no danger of ypur being defeated said Mr Scott. He. added that the' voice at the White House, said: "Mr. Harriman is coming to see me and I'll see if we can arrange to raise the funds to help Higgins." - - Scott said1 the committee would "have to judge" ' with whom he had the' conversation. " Thought 1 It Was , TeddyV V " ' "Oh", I might as well ; answer your auestion," he, added; "I thought I was talking " with President; Roosevelt." When further questioned he said he could 'not remember i whether the ."party at the .White Rouse" f had said. "Mr. Harriman is .coming here," ori "I'll have Mr. Harriman come here.! Scot,sald that .when , he suggested that Bliss go .to 2 6 Broadway for more money, Bliss replied. President 'Roose velt hao. notified him -not' to accept Standard', Oil Contributions. "When ail .tlie; trouble . broke out about the'vlrfe' vinsnr'ancs companies and ' campaign v contributions," r. said J Scott, " Iwent to the White House and suggested to; "President Roosevelt when : Mr.-Perkins ; was indicted, .that ve had benefited by, his cpntxi butlo ris,' supply- ;funds to ; replace those; he wbuld have-to return, , and ' for 'the , use SOUTHERN POWER .; COMPANY IS SUED f - : ' :nf Pit Action Fcr 575,000 Drought By Northampton Electric And llfaler Pover Company , An action for 1 $75,000 -has- been brought in the , United States. Distriet Court against ; the Southern Power Company by the Northampton Elec- trie &, Water Power Company, and NC D. ; Wilkihs . and" B." Si Br ohsoni, plain tiffs, alleging that the defendant com-? Dany. after a certain , aereement to rtake over a water power bn the Roa noke River at Mason's Landing and known as the Hayes development for which the - sum of $90,000 was to' be paid, failed to do so, and for this and other matters set out in the complaint the plaintiffs ask that the court award them the sum of $75,000 and interest and the costs in the , case. v . " r . TlTe action has' been5 set jfor next Tuesday and will be attended no doubt with, much general !, interest, ' as both parties will present a; strong fight In this controversy.-. . - ; , ' -i" ; The complaint sets forth in its var ious allegations the following: ."That the. Southern Power Company being desirous before and on May 20, 1907, to.5 purchase a water power develop ment, the Hayes development, on Ro anoke Rapids -in Halifax and ; North ampton counties, " authorized George C. Green, to ;contractfor the purchase and that G.' C' Green, acting" for the company . on May. -20,': 1907,' obligated the defendants to have a survey made to see' if a SO -foot fair and good water powerdevelopment was available and If so that the defendants would agree to 'purchase .the lands and site - and to pay, therefor - the sum of $95,0Q0; and as further, alleged,' that - if : the engineer made a .favorable report the parties to the agreement would i pro ceed to make a survey to define the property necessary and that plaintiffs were to ' show their titles and ' con tracts , of -option, whereupon the de fendant was to pay outof -the pur chase 1 price to wit, $95,000, to :) the ov, iters' ot ther.lands- the 1- amount agreedupon "on 'delivery of jsaid op tions, etc.'- " , ' O . y-li Is farther aHeged- that plaintiffs agreed' to' furnish deeds .of all"; lands necessary, for the erection of the dam, the vc'ons,ideration; being the' actual price mentioned in .the options , held by . the plaintiffs ahd not included In the 95,000 price 'of 'the Hayes devel opment, but in addition thereto ; that the engineer made a favorable report, as alleged, and that' the defendants refused to accept the prbperty, where forethe plaintiffs askfor the sum" of $75,000 -and Interest, with , the costs in the case. : . . ' . ;'' ', -. : , : The Southern Power, Company has filed its answer at some length to the above, setting forth its contention, and these will be brought, out at the hear ing of the case set for next-Tuesday." Messrs. T. W. Mason and ,W. A. Montgomery represent : the complain ing company," while the " Southern Pbwer;. Company will be -represented by the ablest local' counsel -obtainable, thus promising a strenuously 'contest ed case." " ' ; y '' Interest of State Paramount. . fCHICAGOj Oct The interest; of the State is paramount tothatbf the individual . in marriage relations ac cording to recommendations covering the subject adopted yesterday by the Rock River ,Ietho.dist,Episcopal; Cont f erence. Physical - examinaiion pi can didates for , marriage, Federal control of marriage and diyorce'and, making wlfe-abandonment,-!a felony, -. were some! of ' thVrecbmmendalbhs preT sented by the committee on marriage. of which he was in-trouble. - I said . I was willing to return that amount that had been sent, into. West Virginia, btt the President said no, that if - the money was to be returned it should be returned by the-party as a whole." ; : Scott said - he never had ..been j in- formed of a return of $100,000 to tlie Standard Oil Company or any director of it. ' " "7""' v'. 1-' -. - , - Judge Lovett Testifies. ." " . judge Robert S. Loveit, ' chairman of the executive . committee .of--, the Harriman system,, testified, v . r -I "I knew of Mr. Harriman's , visit to Washington in October, 1904," he said. "He, t?ld me ' the national xoTn mittee was then in- a hole and owed vo Hf ot pnmmlttee; $200,000. ' . He said, 'The President wanjts" me to help 1 them out and. I've got to do it ;iSome, days; later he cape to ,my of- j flee and gave me' some checks' and cash'. Mr. Blis's came andj gojt them. The ;check.V: were brokerage nouse checks? and were' endorsed, to Mr. BHsa -I told him to send receipts to the contributors, if he knew them.! -' Less than $50,000 . of "the "contribu tions was in currency. , . ' 'Judge. Lovett i. could 1 not-, remember the hamesof any of the contributors, but after some- urging-thouglit' W.K. Vanderbilt , was one. ; of them. .Ju'dge Lovett ; said : - "Mr. Harriman - thought of making a, contribution In -1 9 0 8 but as it" would have (;t6 ,be madejptiblic heLbelieyed, it ;.would j&6 j'more iharra than- gobd, under conditions 'existing-' then ' " . v ; : V y - ARLTIC INVASION 1 ; OF SURVEY PARTY Chief Of Staff, Thomas Riggs, Describes Scenes On Barren V Bcandary Line Skagway, Alaska, -Oct. 9. Thomas Rlggs, chief, of .the ; United . States boundary survey party, which completed-this year the marking of the line . dividing Alaska and Canada, left here with his party for Seattle yes terday. "We left Seattle April 29 with 26 men and 35, horses,", said Riggs. "At Coffee Creek on the Yukon river we picked up 42 more horses which had wintered at the head of White river and on May 25 we landed at. Rampart House on the ' Porcupine River, '65 miles north of the Arctic Circle. J. D. Craig, chief , of the Canadian party with a similar outfit had joined us at White Horse, Y. T. By using" old Crow, river as' a base of supplies, "we were carried by water within 25 miles of the. Arctic ocean.' iric, , ir':'r ' TThe first party of "which Mr. Craig and I were in charge,", reached . the Arctic, ocean' about the ...middle" of July and the final monument was placed with the ceremony cof bringing out, flags of the' two countries. ! 1 '. "Afferwards we took a plunge in the Arctic ' but did not remain long. "The Arctic cast is 7 entirely bar ren. ; Twelve miles - back of the foot hills the . mountains rise : to an eleva tion of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The only . fuel north of the sum mit of the yArctic Range -Is found InT a clump of . willows and on the ; ; beach driftwood from the Mackenze RiverI believe our . horses were' the first to travel; to the Arctic coast. 7 j "f "Beginning with the monument on the Arctic coast as the Initial one the monuments were numbered ' and in spected from the Arctic to the Yukon, 115 being, in . this stretch . : -Next year the ; mbnumentsJ will be . numbered and inspected from the Yu kon to Mount St. Elias Alps." PAC3i:;Q .TCEJIATWKr " T.'pjj CSCEiN THE RING Managers ; of - -'- Roosevelt's - Michigan Campaign Introduce ' New Feature, 'Calling on Crowd to Pay for Seeing the Show. ' . ' MACKINAW CITY. Mich..Oct. 9J Ex-President Roosevelt ' f carHed his campaign, into the : Tipper Peninsula of 'Michigantcday. . . . ..'.' - . The Progressive campaign mana gers introduced a new features de signed to replenish their treasury, in the present" tour of Colonel Roosevelt. In the party is a representative of the. financial bureau, whose mission is to seize the opportunity for the collection of funds offiered by : the gathering of crowds to hear the colo nel. The plan was first tried at De troit and nearly $1,000 was raised. Before ' the Colonel's arrival at a place of meeting subscription blanks are distributed among the - crowd, the - hat. is passed and buttons .. ; and certificates of 1 membership in . the Progressive party are sold. FDR SEALING SEASON HAS BROUGHT LITTLE KILLING WASHINGTON, Oct. 9; The fur sealing season in the -Bering Sea; has closed with the smallest killing ' of Beats in ; many years and a total ab sence of pelagic sealing, according to reports ' to- the Department - of ' Com merce and Labor. The result has been, it is' declared, a considerable ; Increase in the " number of , seals- which .were threatened with' extinction by ; the wanton slaughter of pelagic sealers. The total number killed off the Priblof Islands 'during the" season was 3,764, considerably less. than the average in the past.' These were killed by American government agents and the skins will be sold in London in January, the proceeds to be distribut ed -among the - United States, - Great Britain, Russia and Japan" In. accord ance with' the terms of the ' : treaty signed, by those powers for the pres ervation of the seal - herds.- - WESTERNERS WELCOME , G V. WOODROW WILSON KANSAS CITY, Oct. 9.--Too long a round of handshaking and a sud den- change - in Governor Woodrow Wilson's time of departure caused Champ Clark to miss connections at the union station last .night and the Democratic -delegation left Kansas CItyv without the Speaker. '. Governor Wilson's party (was sched uled to leave at 11 o'clock for Spring field, III. Arriving at the depot the Governor, tired from a strenuous day of. campaigning, decided' to go on the regular Chicago' & .Alton train that left at 10 o'clock. Speaker Clark-unaware of the change in schedule, re mained behind shakings hands' with admiring , Democrats. Speaker Clark took a later train for St. Louis. , v ' Wilbur Wright Estate. ' , ' DAYTON.vO.r Oct. 9. An account ing of the- estate ot .Wilbur -Wright, 1 giveii ,by, Orvllle Wright, executor. The" totalor the -estate" is $279,29$ in personal property and real estate.v - PRICE ONE CENT tfc.I?a" TODAY'S IWS OF CHARLOTTE Happenings OfTTia City Skctciisi : In Brlel ;As Seen By TI13 Cbrcnlcle Reporters : r r " THINGS INTERESTING TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE CITY - Police Kereeant W.- W. TrvlnA ia abla to-be on 1utv asraln utter an tl1naa of 10 days. Patrolman Farrlngton. who has been ill 'for several weeks. Is still unable o resume his duties. . ' - . Mr, jj ranK-toircea nas gone xo new York to purchase . new goods for : Pur- -cell's, Charlotte's pioneer ladles' .- ready- ' to-wear clothing establishment: - Mr. -Purcell will be in the metropolis "for .a week or 10 days.' . . . -, mere . wm De special services at West . Avenue '. Presbyterian -church to-' ' night and Thursday and Friday nights preparatory to communion on'; Sunday,' Rev. R. E. Hough will have charge of. the services. " Services will ' be. held at West minster Presbyterian church -in Dil worth ' this evening preparatory to . the com- v munlon services Sunday morning., Rev. W. Hooper 'Adams will -conduct the services this evening and Sunday. , Paul Duncan a young white ..man who became demented and tried to choke . his wife to death, has been placed in his- case can be disposed of by th '. county officials.. An effort will be mads to place him in the hospital at Morgan ton. ; ' ' . . ' . : . ,.;'.--;.W-,s,;, , .' .- :.';..'-.if--- " ; The Fourth Ward - cars ' are running ' now only to . the corner of Graham and Eleventh - streets, the llne on ' Graham street from Eleventh to Trade being torn ' up preparatory to relaying r with , the ; granulithlc pavement between the tracks. This '-paving will be done before - the : bitulithic nftvement ia laid ln .tha .tri . Workmen are busily engaged in tear- ing away the old ' warehouse at ; thr corner of East Fifth street and the rail- " roaf to makroom for the hew Sea-.' board freight depot.' , The '., three-story buildlne at-; th rnrBSr f Trad Etre-: andv the' railroad, Which is "also "to be ; removed, is being emptied of its con tents preparatory, to the work of razing it. . r i . --On several streets, in the city; forces -are : pushing, the ; work pf laying new- ' arams, puiung , in water , ana gas ana sewer service lines and - otherwise get ting the. streets ready for the laying of the bitulithic or asphalt pavement. South . and East Boulevards, North College and Jforth Graham streets' f are among , the first that will ie, paved..; .. . . . County ' is' being mentioned for the ' Re- " publican - congressional nomination to . oppose Congressman E'y. Webb," since Mr. McKesson refused to run1 Dr. Abernethy is said to be a man . of fine ability; a good speaker and ' one . of - the most prominent and popular' Republicans in the ninth district. :"'" ' ' . -. i '- ' ' Mr. . C. M- Creswell, assistant -secretary of the Charlotte; Falr Assoctation, has gone to Richmjaird" to attend the' Virginia State Fair; his purpose being to "get a' line-on" the midway and other attractions to the end that- the local ' fair, may . have ther pick of such at tractions and toe able also to avoid those that - are ' without - merit.' Mr. Creswell will return iby way of Greensboro, where he will attend the Central State Fair. - The Fidelity Corporation of America, ' a well-known .banking, institutfon .-, of Norfolk, Va., which has . a number of branches, is said to be contemplating the : establishment of branches at Charlotte ' J and Durham and Greenville, s. C. , This bank does an extensive business, making ' loans at the legal ; rate of Interest to small borrowers, .especially among the' noorer classes..1 . - - ; . t . SETTLING RAILROAD QUESTION IN ATLANTA General Conference of Railway Con-, doctors and Brotherhood of Train- - men Expected to Settle Whether There ""Will" Be ti Strike on Georgia Railroad." , . . . -' ' - - ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 9. -Whether there will be a strike of the'trainmen . on all railroads entering Atlanta was expected' to be settled at a conference of representatives of the ..employes of the different systems here today. ! , The general conference Call,, made ; by the officials of the Order of Rail way Conductors and the. Brotherhood of Railway .Trainmen, resulted , from the refusal of the Atlanta'. Joint 'ter minals to reinstate aboyt'50 employes vTho struck in sympathy with the' 300 trainmen of the Georgia'Railroad.iNe- trainmen are said to have progressed satisfactorily ', up ' to ths pont. : ; J , Every executive officer of the Con ductor's and Trainmen's Unions on . telegraphed to be present at the meet- '1 log today. . ;";'," v" Turks ;Blassacred. ' ' " , VIENNA. Oct. ' 9. A massacre of. . Turks has occurred at Turtukal, In Bulgaria near the Rumanian frontier, accoraing t;o a aispaicn 10 - ne reus Weiner'Tagelbatt. It' is alleged (that the, armed,-Bulgarians attacked . the- Turkish tjuirter or tne tewnat dead of night, pillaged'.tho houses s'nd mas sacred the - villagers. ,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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