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CHARLOTTE N. C. rYiVmC^J^^
* Outside Charlott«L 5 Cttte « Copy Daily and Sunday.
firuwEi
' Ilide h s in
CUIi'S Mil
’ Irdets New Pfemier to
, n Immediately to Peh
And Asks Rebel Leader
Suspend Hostilities Pend
er- ihe Conference.
Shi Kai Has Been Named
jhe New Premier oj China
t
4 nd A IS
wor
T-if
Believed that His
^r^ointment Forecasts Ear-
ly Peace,
Presi.
- inna. Nor. 2.—^The gorern-
. ^ for bringing about peace
«:;;d rapidly today with the
the national assembly
jT tcerther. The throne ordered
_ *hl Kal, the new premier, to re-
♦ 1Kllately to Peking and oim-
the national aes«mbly In
r». capacity teleprraphed Gten.
*•, ^ n^nK. leader of the revolu-
. - r^queptln« him to euspend
I - I.-, pending the renult of the en-
j. ■ w%r to aettle tiie diflerenoea of all
HankOw BurtiUng,
>rt* fk»rtnan lejiitlon today received
B =ri'»’lps8 from th® vicinity
f Hs-r'mw srati.-n that the imperial
1 :,r^ n .-A burning the native city
nnd confirming yesterday’s
fT'iOPt t^"it t'le tmperial tpoope massa-
. !•«- mep, women and children during
^ eral dr.>> fighting.
: . > ident the Manchu soldiers are
1- ' ■‘'1 over earlier Chinese suc-
oc5w».s and they have gotten out of
^aad if liifir ofBcers.
Gf-r’’al Yin Tchang. ^ho has been
Temm’ed from his command at Han-
yrifw, to become chief of the general
u-ned to Pekin today.
It I'i believed that Yuan Shi Kal ar-
-*,vec ai the imperialistic headquar
ter* fit floto Kan too late to stop
•he ma:=acres which had already be
gun.
Pour Inches of
Snow in Texas
tn
Ti :a-, Trx.. Nor. 8.—ft»nr Inch
■: of rc 'i ted at Clarendon, Tex.,
; r; a U a* Amarillo, where it
1 T v-.niT for 12 hours, Texas
n • . y of a • norther” which
■,» r*’" ■ -pre i'liut throughout the
'Virhit.A Frills ar.d other points
Xnrth^—' mnrt snow with
-*'iy 1 iourf'’ .itraosphere. Cold
in some sections.
Heavy Snow Fall.
, T>\.. Nov. 2.—A heavy snow
I • N'o snow fell In Ver-
1, ' vir^pr. At Gainesville occaa-
-Mo v fliirrips fell today with a
1? wind frnm the north.
D - I
Leander Rochelle
Gets Heavy Sentence
A£=-*^‘a*ed Press. i
Dirh.“m, Nov. 2.—Leander S. Ro*
ip, father-in-law of Millionaire
L, Duke, tobacco magnate,
’ s s'r*r>nced to six months in the
■' " for illicit liquor selling.
■ iupr mf' rourt imposed the sen
' to sei aside the sen
by Judge Sykes of the
p. ;rp court, on the occasion of
=’ '• ? arrest sometime ago. Ro-
■ pesled from that , decis
eavy demand for
TICKETS TO GAME
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ChaHea Witmer, In hit hydroaeroplane skimming along the surface of the.Hudaon river, and\Oyer/the .dc»ka'of tht battleship fleet now mobilized
for review by the president and the Secretary of the Navy. WItmer's performance was viewed:by thousands of Jackies on board the war ves-
sels and spectators along both banks of the Hudson. '
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BEUTIVES THINK
S
MUBD[R[D
By Associated Press.
Wilmington, Nov. 2.—^Following
charges by his wife’s relatives that the
doath of the wife a week ago was cans
ed by poisoning and not from natural
causes as certified to by the attending
pliysiclan, Edgar Thompson, a prosper
ous young farmer of Colnmbus county.
Is under eurveilance of the authorities
at Whitoville, pending the verdict of
a coroner’s jury..
A large number of witnesses today
testified to Thompson’s alleged rela>
tions with a yqung woman IJviQg: in
the house with the family and to an
ante-mortum statethent of the deceas
ed that she feared violence and her
request that in case of her sudden
death the cause be inquired into. The
attending physician certified that
death was due to an acijite nervous dis
order. •le body has been exhumed
and a recess was taken tonight pend
ing an autopsy Nto be held tomorrow.
Charged Wz/ft/ ,
Barteiing for Oj^ce
By Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 2.—A. A.
Gambil, deputy county tax commis
sioner, appeared at the sheriffs office
today and gave bond in the: sum of
^200 for his appearance In cot:^ as a
result of indictments, chai^ng* bar
tering for an office, which were re
turned yesterday against Gambil and
county tax commissioner P. G. Bow
man. Bowman Is out of the city but
it is stated will make bond on _his
return.
The grand Jury, in its report, stat
ed it had evidence. that GambiljAad
representing and controlliniJ some of
the largest taxable property witli tbe
proposition that they do ribt.assess
their property as required b^.,
for the current year, but, thil it
would be to their material Interests
to allow their assessments to gp J>y
default and he_
next spring.” ^
Of HGRn
By, Associated^: Press.. .
Lexington Junction, Mb.^ Nov. 2.-
Norman J. Colman» of St* ; Louis, first
secretary of agriculture of the Uni t-
ed’ States, "Was taken from a weet
bound Wabash train iaere today after
having suffered -a stroke of a^p-
piexy which it is believed may
prove fatal. Mr. Colinan is’ 84. years
old. ■ ; : ^
ArrierKmitFe^ratiQn
. McR^ So(m
foKnmSer Pale
By As^ociatM Press.' ' '
O^eloussa, t*., Nov. 2.—Barring the
unexpected, Mrs. Zee Rung^ McRee,
on trial heire charged with muMering
Allan Garland in ,her home Sept. 21
last, will know her fate before night
fall, ' possibly earlier.
When court convened this mdrning
will'begin his arguments the closing
speech, for the prosecut^n, wMcli it
is expe^ed, will abooC an
Iiour although *his tfhie; is notlimited.
When he finishes #iidge Pavy^ wilV
By Associated Press. -»
Salt Lake CitjC UW Nov. 2.—
Kyrle ’^ellew, ond . dt the* foremost
actors of the English speaking stajg^e,
author and explorer, died, her^ short
ly after 5 o’clock this morning of
pneumonia. 'n ^
Mr. Sellew became 111 lasif Friday
but although a pprtion of tils Salt
Lake 4»ngagemenits were f^^ancelled
his condittoh was not con^dered se
rious until yesteyday morltogv ^
Tlie body will be tiken to New
York today accompanied by members
of the. “Molluse” Company in which
Mr. Bellew was playing.
In addition to his sudcesses as a n>
mantic actor, Mr. Bellew was a dra
matist and a|u>tor.
The parts he played covered, a
wide field, but^perhaps his greatest
success was his perfdrtna#ce of Raf
fles in th^ drama of that name. He
also creati^ the leading roles in “The
Thief,-' “Brigadier Gterard,” "A Gen
tleman ofjFrance/’ and ^otheiK plains!
His pri^l« life was as varied and
adventures as the roles he played.
He wasJborn in Oal^tta,'India, in
1857, or English i^turexits, his father
being chaplain of the Calcutta ca
thedral, For seven years he was a
^ * tL ^ .*T V, * conxmander-ta-chief of
cadet iii the British navy hut^i^cov- fo^ce^ of the country.
First Reai Review Taft J^as
Bad Smce He Became Pres
ident And Comniander^m-
. Chiej^Meet Has HUherta
Been Wkiety Scattered. ^
Guns of Jhe Fleet Roared
Little Mauflower Picked Her
Wny Among the Giant Craji
•^Ships ^retched Out m
Seven Mile Column,
By Associated Press, _ s.
New Y^rk, Nov. 2.—President^aft
today had his nrst real review of the^
American navy. It had so happened i
since he entered the White House that
the fieet which was so greatly admir
ed by his predecessor, Col. Roosevelt,
had been on widely scattered duty for
the greater part of the timei *And
whilft'the president had reviewe(ftwo
divisions of the Atlantic fleet in Prov-
incetOwn harbor fa the 'summer of
IdlO. and a little more than two weelcs
agc^JUi San Francisco had stood upon
the qllarterback of the flagship
fornia of the Pacific fleet, he had nev
er, until today come into his own as
the fighting
Gave Life to Save
His Child
Nov. 2.—His
By Associated Press.
Pascagoula, Miss.,
child adrift in a skiff, S. A. Fullerton,
assistant keeper of Round lisland
light. In attempting to swim the sev
eral hundred yards from the light to
rescue her, was drowned Tuesday af
ternoon In Mississippi sound. The
news reached here last night. The
child was tpo small to manage the
skiff or to realize her danger. Light
keeper Nelson, finding that Fullerton
had not returjjed on time, went out
to search and rescued the little girl.
She told him how her father had
drownel. A widow and two children
survive Fullerton.
Alleged Corner m
Wheat Dtselo^.
By Associated Press.
Washington, NOv.^ 2.—That a^ al
leged corner in wjieat, centerea in
Chicago and extending to Minneap
olis, Duiuth, Buffalo, and Baltimore,
by which it is declared 60 pW cent
of the country’s whfe^at supply is cpn-
trolled has been under investigation
by agents of the departnipnt of jus
tice for some time, became known
here today. •
The names of the people whofti pe
. government believes to be behind
-'the corner we withheld.. y I expect to con6iud'e'lt before; the session
Chierfgo. N?v.Vpresid5nt,G^rg«Uf tte ^
By_ AssoeiM'^fl''Pr«Mfc.*'
;Ati^aj 2.>^ltit^.0stm' ^
Atnericaii- Fi^feratidn of
tion, which Will-open here I^ovember
.13 iiicrease?^. as the . Hay- open,-
ll^g sessi^ neftVer and already
d^Iegat^s r^riesehting variou iteionS
ar^ beffioni^ ^to . afriy^,-, ■*'>: ‘
the ^ me'etiiigs of thje' ex€jcutilri coun-
cii of tfie- F^eration, head^‘ By’ .Sam-
uel^Gompers, aiid the pr«sencif f)i£
Britishfraternal.'. dele^tes wUl be
the feature of the cc^Vjtnti^]^.
.The ehtjre. m^b.eiTjShii) of.the, ex^
i^uHve council of the ^^fefnaii
typographical union wiH ;‘be. here by
next Monday with the.arrly^ oC Presi
dent James. M. L^'ch, ,-Vi»e ^tesiiiient
Miller and ^cretary Hayes. Preddent
Lynch and hts party will trani^t the
business of t^e/J;yposrne^; week and^
E. Marcy, of the Armour Grain Com
pany, was shown the WaShingtoii des
patch about an alleged comer m
wheat. j
“We are, to be sure, engaged in the
grain business,” he said, “but
not ashamed or afraid of anythii^
we have done, and are entirely wili
ng that the facts regarding, our oper-
tions should be made known.
" ■'^-''''tated PreB»,
•.. !!«?, Md , Nov. 2.—No further
■ will be received by the
ii.^sociatlon for tickets
' "my navy football game at
nin on November 25. The de-
! • tickets 1b so great that
‘ ^ of the naval officers be-
• the navy atheltic asso-
i)odv which supports ath-
ua\nl academy, will re-
* ■ • 'WO tickets
Courts May Be Asked To
Decide Whether Maine
Election Went Wet or
I and oouncll. on Novembei* 16
The ques-'j 'As. the matter stands the official^r^'
By Associated'Press.
tlon^”^het^r^”the^Trt^^^^^ turns' canvasised
rovernor Plalsted making known the council give a majorlt^y of 26 votes
the Jor'the^^ repeal ^^ofjh,^
Henpy Burtdn Perhaha./pi^sident of
the Order 'of Railway T^liapra^hers, is
expected tip be an early Tatriyal for the
convention. . >
PLANS FOR NEW * > Jf"
, STATE pU^ILDiNG.
Special to The J^ews.
Raleigh, N. ^ C., Nov. 2.—Chairman
Ashley Home, of the state' building
comrtiissiph signM up' the agreement
today by- whibh the .coinmissiftn awards
t&e contract for "the state ^flre-proof
huiidi'ag'to John T. WilspEkCp^. of Rich
mond-for $185,000."^ Theb uilding is'.to
be* completed January -lalf,'1913; It
\5?ill be .four' stories, double:elevator
service, and ’ completely fire-proof.
jVbrk of excavaCin|]iwill'begin Nov*
emi^er 15th. i' ,
WILL JNSTALL^HE , .
4 r TAYLOR" SVSTEM^
ffkr Riirh actidn could not be .deter- would result. ' i • ’■ .i-
Lh frnm fnforaatlon obtainable at The possibility, that the'-courts^W
SI sme house tX. The question ho Mked *»
wbetherHhe returns from tour towns ed
““I. “-™j;?^!f1n°sccordancl ternauve
2tth l^wlnce thSt the figure, are er-; said. ««««' * ”*
roneous Is still under consideration ures ahd ^er^
and none
By Associated.Press.^ \ ^
Waahihgton, B. C.,.Noy..2.*rThe Tay
lor System’ of .scientific inl^tiagemehi
ne for general distribution.
‘5^9 of the Atlantic fleet to
of the game Is fivfyn as the
‘he great deenanS.
FOR SAFETY OF
SCHOONER MERCHANT.
' - M lated Press.
‘' ‘^fola Fla., Nov. 2.—Fear* are
hr-ro for the safety of the
‘ * tf •' hunt, which should have
■ • : Gulpdrt, Miss., from Tampa,
' n Ort 21. The vessel passed St.
Bs sn miles east of Pensa-
'>'t. wnd inquiries show that
■js not yot arrived at her desti-
''in, or put in at any other gulf port.
manned by a crew of
^ n and carried a cargo of naval
Tone of the officials would today from the tables. .Such,a.‘JteP wojld
say wheth^ Jcfion would be taken at bring about a majdrtty.of 866 agalns
the next meeting of the governor j repeal. — , ■
li-cMEN LACOSTE
died from injuries.
^PBoriated Press.
Orleans, Nov. 2.—Patrolman
■ * j n Lacoste, who was fatally woun-
-... -"**^®**day by a negro at the Al-
I;, ‘«^ry landing, died last night
the hospital. Corporal George A.
tt-uBBfiii, who was shot in the neck
“ Rerlous condition. Joseph Spen-
_ ad John li. Creevy, who were
» ^ with the butt of
(j. by the negro will recover,
negro was shot dead.
Minister Who
* To **Qommit
Wtinted
Matrimony^*
Was Arrested Blit
thorshlp of the letter but the case was
r .fiBouvimicvi w i dismissed, the judge saying he ,knew
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2. The Re . • m, ja,w which the minister- h&d 'Vio-
C. Ferrell, a Methodist minister who
came here recently from Gaffney, S. C.,[ tLi arrest was {made by de^efrtiv^
his o^lnign^on" a ■ re^r£ of * chiM
i > j*-.'
BODY.,
HU^SgAKb I^CtUNO IN-RIVE
By Assogia^'^Pr^sa _
Jab^raonvfllie, -'^laj^^ ? 2^r">
mihUtes isEfter Mrs. A.' K. .Nb^s ask
ed' ild
hh!sbaiiid.'"^a mftcnlb£% aj!jp^gt|inc»i
Moridiiy, his/biSaj^'wii^^
Jtohns-HyfiT r?.-
a^ld N'oye#
e*it«d a,nd^l«^
probably, consume thirty mjnutes in
charging the jury. *
All ar^ment would ^ve been fin
ished last ^ight but for this illness of
juror I Shiith which caused a pudden
haft to the proceedings. The iuror’s
illness; develpped Just, as the iast at
torneydefense finished his
c^lng Although unfortUDL:^
«t(||forthe ^fttomeyclpr
iisso» -sajf.
jurbrSi atteV a sleep..
Mrs. McRee kp^^eiiriiid n^ in the
least depressed as the time draws
near for the verdlcb of the 12 men
who have her* fate in their hands.
She smiled and laughed frequisntly at
the tilts bf the attorneys fn their quib
bling ! over, ithe points at'issue.’ Her
demeanor indleates that she is confi
dent of acwittal. ^
Ringing in the * ears of'the jurorsi
they retired were uthe closing
words of the strong appeal of Acting
bfetriCt^Attorney Dubisfipn for the im-
positlbh of the deftth sentence.
“Gentlemen of the jliry,'ithe state of
Louisiana expects you to do your
duty today.”. ‘
Mr. ;pubuisaon spoke for an hour
and a half. Judge Pavy then review
ed the law in the* case and told" the
jurors tat they had only the statute
•law to apply to the;, facts Jn reaching
their verdict. The ^defense can appeal
to no law outside Qf the written law,
he said: '
Mr. »Dubnissbn reviefved the evi
dence .in the case ^t length and de
clared that, the story told by Mrs.
McRee was false-in every'detail.
“Gentlemen ot the jury, I yield to
no one to my admiration .add re
spect for women,” said Mr. Dubuis-
son, “there is nothing on this eartU.
as worthy of respect as' a good wo
man. ' ■ „
.“But, gentlemen, the. raajority oi
the most damnable, the. nrost atro
cious^ crimes in the history of the
world .have been committed by bad
women.” . ’
Mri:.:i^buisSon reviewed the
dictiods between the evidence of Mrs.
McRee and tha± of Bullard. AndersoUj
Sylvestw and Mouret, the three wit-
hessfe' )who testified vajiouslyf, that
sses . — - „,
they had* ’’seen Mrs. McRee -- walking
with Ailanw Garland uhdpr -an ,u^
brella 'ln the corafleld, saw^her jwith
her arm- oh his^ shbillder »and waton^g,
hand ih hand while'hunting. . ^ ^
‘^Has Bullard Anderspn; Sylvester
br Mouret any\ mbt^^ in sWeanng
“This iwi^man- • h^ a , moisivf'v; She
hasv the'itfdngt^t^ jnoUye.^^^^^^^
world 'to tell ah uritruth-^cause
h& fateJsvtreinblinj
•aodi,l>ejfore?
it^^ry ’or gallo^^
Mr. Dubuisson then^ said th^t -Allan
-GarlandWas. a Re^^enig. th^
ai^ion -aljjigfed
;takint■ his nf&vwM ,thf
ScSbn of^^'brntei pfra negro^it^^
'with "'axauuia v;
Mr. Ddbuissons
ery of gold in Australia lured him
from the service -and he spent a num
ber^ of. years In Australia working as
a miner at Ballarat and as a report
er on Melbourne ^wdpapers.
He made hia inage ?debut the
theatre Hoyal in Brighton, EJwlw^
In the early 80’».^^e came to »mer^
ca as leading maK'^ at ^^^lick’s’ thea
tre, New York. Later he became co-
star.^ti Mrs. James'BrowtfPotter in
Sha^s|^rean reportorie, obmpleting
with iher a tour that embAced aU
the English shaking countrlefi ,of the
world.
. In 1900' he a|;ain felt the cali of ad
venture and headed, an* expedition
into North Queensland which $x;t^iid-
e4 oyer two years. He reto^CT to
the staiie in ld02l at the hwdi^ his
^W9 ccM^ ^
wpjriu^ a»;^%xpi«ter
gratmicai isooety
bw olE Pitny clttbs.^
: Mr. BeUew "wgtfs; i^E^rried
sHTHtved by a sisten kho*«rn *1 Sistet
Mary Monica, now living In the con
vent of the Poor Clares, Nottlligh^,
London. ,
■ ^
By Associated Press.
was arrested and placed in jail here (who
yesterday as a result of his having [the place designated in
written to a Voung woman of this city .the place of meetij^^ The .ministe
a letter in which he asked to make her described himself in- the let^r M an
«^amt.nce S?tra view to ••commit
matrimony.” When given a hearing In dined, but f® ^
police court the minister admitted au. ‘never lived in BA«lMd.
* V
♦
♦
•4t» By Associated rP^(f#B.' .
W;^:ShM^n,' D. C.,, Ifov.. 8*
:^iFore^asti, % • * . , ^
^ North and , Skm^;_ ? ♦
^ fiir topight.^dV^dai:;
♦ ;er tonight iwd on the cof'trt i^
» day; fiwst tonlght,i ‘ ■' ♦
^ " ■
. ^«T%erstafe does .hot have ,tp; prove
‘coh«hu^/4fr:
^hit ^ homibide was,
th^ woman. getting^ that fro^
biSTroiS'.orTsoi^e o^^^^ place
bf; bonc^lment. She^t^ t®htS®wiS
behfhd the chair and slo^^
out giving hifn any. clian^ to s^o
the siightest word of prayer to
maker.” : . ■ f
REDUCTION IK tUGAR.^
TSy Associated Pr^*r ;. _
New York, Nov. 2.-T-A0^?:fdes Oi re
fined siaoar weM reduced^^n ®©"*® ®
Mtttion Dollar
Loss At'Mcmtlla
By Apsocdiated Press.
Manila, Nov. 2.—The Ghinefe dis
trict, here was swept by fire today
with a loss of over $1,000,000. Th^,
commercial center of the cit^ was
threatened but the Twentieth infantry
was called out to assist the fire fight
ers and further disaster was prevent
ed. ... *
NEW VOTERS
take DUTY SERIOUSLY.
By Associated - Press.
San Francisco, Nov. 2.—Califo
n^wly enfranchised feminine v*
From the bridge'of the presidential
yacht Mayflower Mr. Taft reviewed the
gray armada that for- nearly a week
had swiiiui at anchor in» the Hudson
river awaltinir his inspection.
As tlieHttle white Mayflower picked
^er wa^^in and out among the ^iant
Graft.^rt1ie battleship line, the gttns of
the fleet rbared in a reverbrating
choras. -of salutes. Accepting these
tributes as a matter of course and dis-
flainii® to reply to any of them, the
yacht With the president’s blub crested
flag at the main truck, sailed gra§|pful’
ly a?P|>g the seYen mile columik of
flght-jn^Bhijs^ turned at the end and
headj^d^il^Kiii down the river. Late
thiB^ernbpn the entire fleet, 99 ves-
will get under way and
pass, review of the president while
Id^tyflower lies at aachor^it the
ifeitafi #* XiNrty ' >
e wi» *^®®hliniaw"'difc.«poh th«^water iiiod^ot
‘ W to toiiP(>^ai}hig^ inland. His
trite «rrt^^^.v^ey Cl^ f^m
.V^aahingtbn soon after 7- o’eio^ md
a few mmutes later, he was beiai|tr^^
ferred ^ the Mayflower. As ne went
aboard hip flag was broken fromipto
masthead and the usual honors TOe
paid to him. As a rule Ivir. Taft jfr
quests that all ceremonies on the May
flower be ^ufpended. Today’s ^ents
being purely qlftcial, however, the feere-
mo^als prescribed in the navy reg^a*
tibns wre followed to the letter. T^e
party- aboard ‘the presidential ysfcht
also waa-ftrictly official. Secretary of
the Nav/M.eyer, the presidents aide
and Secretary Hilles went aboard with
Mr Taft. A large party »f Invited
guests including senators, representa-
ttves aSd foreigh military and naval
attaches from Washington ^re
aboard the dispatch boat
which tellowed ^ the'wake of the
Mayflower wherever she went.
When President Taft had taken h^
Dlace on the bridge the Mayflower got
tinder way and headed up ^he ifud^n.
It was quite a salt to the foc;t of 59th
street, Where the head of the ^^tle-
coltunn rested. On board the
are taking their duties of citizenship i ^mecticttt a sharp lookout
very seriously. They are not o’fri?,'*;, harbor and as
ing even the Proposed r^rganizatlon ^^g was made
of the country s financial system un? soo® th^Stan^, the flagship let go
der the Aldrich plan. The white
When the sub-committee of thel^a- ^jth her hardly
tional monetary commission today J « muzal^ when the other ves-
gan its sittings in this pity two ^Sf^n the line, toUowlng the motlpns
state .suffrage leaders,^ Mrs. Marrjfeis m tne > firing of
Damaga, pr^sldenV ««'t^?L*SSsid“t{al sam^^ >« 21
MooYe, ’otgantzeV' of the 'state e«Ml,tt>8 '•''AdnSila Pay Respect*.
suffwige league, attended a portioii.0f1 mitjAlvihg echoes of . the salute
the session. 'were driftiWdown the river from the
to learn about this- finahr were unit i*s Mayflower
cial question,” said Mrs. , Damaga. ^ otf anchorage place near the
is one with which every voter should Her engines had scarcely
stopped^tiftBing before half »
sturdy little s^am ba,r_ges werb^h^ded
become acquainted,’
Lold Wave Has
Country m its
p?Sw«nt rte
weu ujf ^
et, who i^rent aboard
Ti«fcto bcfed the Mayflower.
eSS followed by the c
ot. the leet. who 5_eht aboajd^ in^w
oord wilh their divisional ranks,
president and^Secr^tary Meyer ^tooo
dn the quartefdeck.
cordial expression of greeting fot
By Wssociated Press. • •
Washing^n, Nov.- 2.—The cold
wave ha|i tightened its grasp on tte
country from the^ Rocky Mountains
eastward to New England a^d south
ward tBT as Northern Texas and
across the Gulf states to' northern
Florida. Temperatures below freez
ing' were repoi'ted frpn^ most of this,
territory today and weathbBfetbwieau
officials said there aippeared -- , x- or he
no *^rmfer weather in si^t ,ffe the flil^hlp thundered a^lute
couple of days at least." atid asain when ne
^^ei^Vnt Returns Courtesies.
receptioh had ended and
When
the adtiiirMa had sailed away in thetr
waitfhrbaVges, th’W president prepared
,to return courtesies with a ^
!l»»rd.t^ Omnertlcut.
■ The first :»ro weatl]^ of the au
tumn. was r^ipor*ted;froBi Huron, S. D.,
to^.
cime aboard and .
ColoCT Soupded.
Tt ^ ft-oia^the Connecticut that
'tke^president_got hiB ^*t view of the
Northern Texas, snow pelted, is ej^ yinobo^ fleet,
periencing ih'e coldest weather ^ “* di,n
record for the se*«on. At» Amarillo it tion had «pme atmi n^akel-.
was sixteen and iit^ Abilene S2. Bx:^, gels. Their gaunt yard a ^^bare**
tending eastward the tempeisftures.eton niasta which
werec Vv V. • .^and ttnwaceful ^gamst the aky^’Jlne,
Fort Siloith 3'
Little Rock'30. ■
Me^pWs ? \
Nashi^e rzS. /
AsheviUie "28. .
I» the lake region *®nd eastward to*; pi
New England the cold weather lifcfi "
been accolipaniM by snow. . |
toda/,
nu]idr«a
suddenly blopmeid with the v^l-color-
SdSs dt ffire*#. The 101^ strings
of ftntterlng buBttog itretching from
r 4ine tO' water- line acrow . the
V l&a a-J^e^J^ed as If by
^he Coime^cut?^ dresBlng
tlU5-mfe gorgeous in the
^shal sin^e line of penatnta
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