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FOURTH DAY'S CEREMONIES OF Thousands Swarm Into Platts burg to Witness Pageant This Afternoon TAFT SPEAKS THRICE Historic Old Town of Plattburg Pi on it Best Bib and -Tucker - Fourth Dot's Ommonle of .Ter- rentenniary Celebration of the Dis rovcrr of Lake Ohamnlaln Hun dreds of Stranger Forced to Roam Sfeta All Night Owing to jnnuiti dent Accommodations Many w men Among Those to Suffer Hani i ship. ' y (By Leaned Wire" to The Times) Plattabursr. N. Y.. July 7 The his toric old town of Plattsburg put on its heat bib and tucker today ana car rlod off the honors of entertaining Prenldent Taft In the fourth day ceremonies of the tercentennlary eel 'atimtinn nt the discovery of Lake Champlain. - President Taft arrived here primed for three natriotic addresses. The first was at the United States army hnrrftcka. the second at the f eview the big parade this afternoon and the thin nt- thn hunt-met at the Hotel . Ghamnlain tonight. " Senator Root nnfini Hnehea of New York, and THE CELEBRATION " Governor Prouty of Vermont, also ar rived todftv to take part in Platts Hure'a share of the celebration. The rain of yesterday left the bunting and banners in a dilapidated condition but today the patriots 01 Plattsbure and neighboring towns got busy and put up new decorations. Great crowds poured into town today by boat and rail to witness tne pag aunt thin afternoon. Hundreds of strangers were forced -.nom tho at rant a nil nisrht because ui iuhw v wv www - - -" - Of Insufficjlent accommodations. Many women were - among , tnoso to auner c-, v i...jnh(n . Thu' nrivfliiolin of the nnfru-ninatea were intensified because hv was uncomfortably chilly during '- the night.' ,... Thousands swarmed into the ltttla city which has proved unequal to tne task of properly caring tor tne visi tnrn. . ,'rv.iii w President Taft's most Anv nt the celebration. He DUC1IUUUB VI H .J heiran It bv an address in the morn ing at the Catholic summer school of a at riiir Haven, where ne XlLUCll-Ot - v." " ' onnko to rheerine multitudes. Hui dreds of little children of the school, In holiday dress, were in the and nce. ' The president and his party were met there my Cardinal Gibbons and a iHstlneuished party of Catholic clergy. . An the president entered the audi torlum the whole audience rose, tumultuously and waving American flaes. The band played "My Country 'Tls of Thee' and then Dr. McMahon introduced Governor Huarhes. At the conclusion of his remarks the governor introduced the presi dent. The cheering was renewed and continued for Ave minutes. "While It was going on a dainty little rfrl trlnned ud to the stage and cour- irH a lifer cluster of American Beauties in the president's arm President Taft spoke in part as follows: . "fYbur eminence,-Governor Hughes. Dr. McMahon. and my fellow citi- - zens of the Catholic Summer ..School of 'America: ' ''Governor Hughes and I are going through these three or four days de liver.Bg speeches at each other (laughter) and Expressing our opin ion of each other In a way that will enable us to do it when we get through, wlthi great facility. am not -a -Catholic, but I have had in the last ten years a great deal - to do with the Catholic church I think we are reaching a point in this country where we are very much taore tolerant of everything and everybody than in the' past, and where we are giving Justice where justice oughti to be given. We are jiO longer cherishing those narrow prejudices that cojue from denomi national bigotry and, we are able to recognize in the past those great he roes In religious Christian faith and appreciate the virtues that they ex- hlbtted, and follow the examples that (bey have set for us. , ' 'Religious tolerance is rather a modern Invention. Those of us of IPurltaU ancestry are apt to think that we were the inventors of relig ious tolerance. Well, as a matter of fact, what we Were In favor of if 1 can speak for Puritan ancestry, was in having a right to worship God as we pleased, and have everybody else worship , God In the same way. "But we have worked that out now, and there has been a great Change, J am sure, and his eminence, the cardinal, will agree with me, even In the last 25 years. (Here Cardinal Gibbons bowed In assent.) " ;. "I have had personal evidence of it in some of the work that we had to do in the Philippines. - Fifty years ago, If-lt had beu proposed to send a representative Of the government to the Vatican to negotiate and settle matters arising in a country like the Philippines between; the government and the Roman Catholic church, it would have given rise to the severest condemnation and" criticism on the part of those who would have feared some diplomatic connection between this government and the Vatican con trary to our traditions. But within the last ten years that has been done, with the full concurrence of all' re ligious 'denominations, believing that the way to do things is to do them directly, and when a matter is to be settled that it should be settled with the head of the church, who ; has au thority to act. "And so It fell to my lot, my dear friends, and in that respect, Just by good luck, 1 came to be an exception, which will perhaps stand for many years, as the only exception of be ing a representative of the United Sta.tes at the Vatican,' There I had (Continued ' on page Two.) JTY OF STEEL RAILS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, July 7 The block signal and train control board of the Interstate Commerce Commission has decided that It has Jurisdiction to in vestigate the composition of steel rails and report on Just what kind of rails railroads engaged in inter state commerce shall be required to use. There is now in prospect a three- cornered fight among the makers of steel rails, the railroads, and the block signal and train control board. Railroad engineers have contended that the quality of steel rails furnish ed Was responsible for many wrecks. t ney say tnas tne sieei onen is m such- character-that heat" and cold make a wide difference in it, causing it to be brittle""and possessing other undesirable qualities after a little use. The steel companies nave pro tested that the steel rails turned out at the present time by the best pro cesses cannot be improved. BELMONT GOES TO EUROPE. Will Spend the Summer at European Resorts. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, July 7 August Bel mont, accompanied by his sons, Ray mond and Morgan, sailed today on the Cunard liner Lucanla for Eu rouean summer resorts. They will attend the racing at Paris. When asked if he was engaged to Miss Eleanor Robson, the actress, Mr. Belmont was silent for a moment and then admitted that his friendship for her is "rather serious". He re fused to Baynore about the report that he is to're-marry. In regard to racing he said: "Racing is still going on and in creasing in favor. In spite of the set back. Betting reduces the sport to a lower level, but a man should have the right to wager if he wishes to. Racing is essential to the develop ment of the thoroughbred; if there is no racing the throughbred will die out." BATTLE NEAR CHARLESTON. One Man Dead, Another Mortally Wounded, and Third Defiant. Columbia, S. C , July 7 One man dead, another is mortally wounded and a third is barricaded in his home whence tie. may never be taken alive following a shoot ng -affray at Rave- nel, near Charleston, last night when Constable C. Pinckney Plshburne and Deputy Constable Altman at tempted to prevent John W, Mes- servey from taking a keg of whiskey, alleged to be contraband, from the railroad station. Fishburne was al most Instantly killed, while Altman was wounded in the abdomen and is not expected to recover. Messervey escaped to his home and had not been arrested this morning. Magness' Time Has About Expired. (By Leased Wire to Tne Times) Washington, July 7 Charles J. Magness, husband of the daughter the late Senator Gornian? or Maryland, will be released from the naval prison at Portsmouth, N. H., on July 16. Magness was sentenced a year's Imprisonment for deser tion. THREATEN TO DYNAMITE THE STOCK EXCHANGE and Plain Hollies ii finard the Buildino Bay and Night THEGOVFRNnRSWARNED Understood That Threat to Blow Up the - Handsome Building , Came From Home One Who Had Lost a Lot of Money in Wall Street Po lice Learned of I'litt Friday Night and SJur Then the Exchange Jfa Been Surrounded by Cordon Of Police (JallcricH Closed Force InercaNPil Today. (My Leased Wire to The Times) New York, July 7 The stock ex change was guarded by a score of ex tra policemen ;inl plain clotliesmen today to prevent the carrying out. of :i. plot to blow up the handsome. build ing with dynamite. Word of the plot was communicated to the police Frl-"j day night and since then fho build ing has been almost surrounded by a cordon of police Lieutenant. Farley, In charge Of the Wall street squad, was told on Friday night that the governors- Of the exchange had been warned of contemplated attempt to blow up the building. He communicated with po lice headquarters and Inspector Hur ley,. Captain Hogan of the Oak street station, and 10 extra plain clothes- men were sent into the financiaf dis trict .The exchange was closed on Sfdfi urday and Monday, and it was feared that the attempt would be made then. Guards were stationed inside the building and the extra force ui police men rema'ned on duty night and day on the outside. When the exchange was opened yesterday the galleries were closed. Plain clothesmen were on guard in the halls and corridors, ..u umb u. uiu.uiMR w closef'observed." Persons with par cels were searched before they were allowed to enter. Anyone wishing to see a broker was compelled to send In and wait until his message was delivered. The brokers themselves were subjected to the same treat ment as the general public. Today the force was increased and the men of Inspector McCafferty's forces were making every possible effort to get some clue to the dyna miters. It was understood that the tnreat .to blow up the building came from some one who had lot a lot of money in Wall street TRAINS HELD BY (By Leased Wire to The Times) Denver, Col., July 7 Hundreds of eastern people bound for the Pacific coast are blockaded by landslides and floods in the mountain parts of Colo rado, Along 'the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, west of Can yon City, in the famou Royal Gorge landslides caused by rains have cov ered the track to the depth of sev eral feet in .places: Three through trains are held at Canyon City, carrying 1,000 passen gers, including delegates to the Elks National Convention at Los Angeles and the Epworth League Convention at Seattle. THE NEW AIRSHIP. Company Being Organized Build the Machines. Big to (By Cable to The Times) London, July 7 The Daily News quotes Dr. Boyd, ' the inventor and builder of the great new English air ship, which has been makjng flights by night, as sayljig that a millionaire director : of one of the '.- principal English railroad companies and other very wealthy men are Interesting themselves in forming a private syn dicate with a capital of a quarter of a million pounds sterling ($1,250,- 000) to operate the patents which are being taken out in connection with his invention. - Dr. Boyd hopes to begin daylight trials of the machine about a mouth hence. He refuses as yet to say any thing about the ship. Bin LANDSLIDES TARIFF MEASURE ILL BE PLACED ON FINAL VOTE Before End of Week and Hurry Call is Issued for Senators HOUSE READY FOR BILL Notification Has Keen .Sent Out to All Senators to be in Their Place on .'"Thursday or Friday at the-Latest. .More Important; of th! Amend- i ' incuts to le Offered Are Those Re , luting to Oil, Sugar and Tobacco First Hour in Senate Today Was . 3 Taken Up in Making Reservation f Amendments on Which Senators lesirc Separate Vote About 70 Singled Out to he Voted l'mn. (liy Leased Wire 10 The Times) ?J Washington. July 7 Notification Mas been sent, out to all senators on Jjotii sides to lie in tlieii- places on fiursduy, or at the latest on Friday the leaders expect that the tariff il will be placed on its final passage .Ijelore tne close & the week. lhe Souse whip has also summoned mem bers to be in Washington n-ady for Business on Monday. It is probable that when the house .'adjourns tomorrow it will meet on Friday to be in readiness to receive the bill and its numerous amend ments from the senate should it be passed tomorrow. ' :.. While the measure Is yet in the senate several important amendments are to be offered, but as they havt all been fought out and debated in committee of the whole, it is not be lieved that they will occupy a great amount of time. The more import ant of these amendments are those relating to oil, sugar and tobacco. Both Senators Clay of Georgia, and Br'stow of Kansas, will renew their efforts to have the Dutch standard Su'augar eliminated from the provis- rbt? little Iffiellnood that they will be successful. The independent oil men having been defeated by a margin of only six votes in committee of the whole, will seek to pass in the sen ate an amendment making a counter vailing duty one-half that under the present law on crude petroleum. The first hour when the senate met at 10 o'clock this morning was occupied by considering the tariff bill and making reservations of amendments upon which various sen ators desired a separata vote. About seventy amendments were thus sin gled out, and the remainder, with the exception of those to be offernd here after, will be voted on en bloc. Senator Newlands, of Nevada, ex pressed doubt as to whether the pres ident could accomplish any good by intervening after the tariff bill is in conference. He said if the president was prepared to make recommenda- CAN YOU ANSWER IT? If you can give the three lONt unswers to the follow ing question you will 1m awarded $10.00 for your thoughts. There are 11 thousand and one answers that could Im' given, but you must have the three BEST. All answers will Ih- pub lished in The- Evening Times and three judges will decide who lias the three best ans wers. No person will he allowed to submit over three answers. Only three will he counted. The person giving the three best will be awarded the prize of $10.0(1 for the trou ble. Do not go into u lengthy discussion, but make your answers short and to the point. Say what you mean. Nothing personal will le printed... We are after facts. If two or more persons give the same answers the ones Iteming the first date will Ik? counted and given credit. Hero is the question; send in your answers today: "WHY IS THE EVENING TIMES NORTH CARO LINA'S LEADING AFTER NOON PAPER?" Send all 'answers to the Question Editor. - THE EVENING TIMES. tlons for specific reductions the tim to present, them was in a message after the bill had been reported by the senate. The conference, accord ing to Mr. Newlands, offered little hope of relief In the way of down ward revision. As to the remaining expedient of a vtiito of the bill, Senator Newlands said this offered difficulties. Accord ing to the senator the revision has been upward, instead -of downward. The, senate then took up in order the various reserved amendments. 1 he reserved amendments were rapidly adopted, genrally without discussion. Th first vote was on an amendment offered by Senator Bes tow, of Kansas, restoring the Ding ley rates on writing paper. This was rejected 39 to 34. During the course of the remarks Senator Aldrich stated he hoped to pass the bill within a fefr hours. WILL FOLLOW PRECEDENT. In Appointing House Conferees on the Tariff Bill Will lie Eight Memlx'rs. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, July 7 It was" said today that the precedent for appoint ing the house conferees on the tariff bill will not. be broken, but the rule heretofore prevailing will be en forced. The rule provides that the ranking members of a- committee shall be appointed. This was done in the case of the Dlngley bill, and will, it was said, be followed in the Payne bill. There will be eight conferees on the part of the house, live republi cans and three democrats. GREAT DAMAGE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chillicothe, Mo., July 7 Three persons are dead today, six are miss ing, acres and acres are inundated and thousands of dollars worth of damage to property and crops is re ported as the result of cloudbursts and excessive rains during the past 36 hours. Service on the railroads has been demolished and the lives of travellers are hourly imperilled. The' three persons drowned and six missing are reported from Pattons burg. A special train carrying pro visions, supplies and boats has left here for that place. For 200 miles north and west on the Wabash and Milwaukee railroads have lost tracks which will require weeks to replace. Grand River, in the vicinity of Chillicothe, is out of its banks and rising at the rate of 12 inches an hour. Farmers in the low land were compelled to flee with their families. The authorities at Pattonburg, 45 miles, telephoned to Mayor Taylor, of Chillicothe, for assistance, saying the town was entirely surrounded by water. " MRS. THAW AT WHITE PLAINS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) White Plains, N. Y., July 7 In or der to he near her son, Harry K. Tliaw, duTing the coming trial before Supreme Court Judge Mills to deter mine whether he is now sane, Mrs. William Thaw has engaged a suite of rooms at the Carolyn Arms Hotel on Broadway, White Plains, where she will reside with her daughter, Alice Thaw, formerly Countess of Yarmouth, her son, J. C. Thaw, his wife and lawyer Charles Morschauser, of Poughkeepsie, who represents Thaw in the sanity proceedings. Mrs. Thaw will also keep a big touring car at White Plains to carry her son's witnesses from the station to the court house and from there to the hotel. Thaw is now occupying one of the rooms in the hospital section of the White Plains jail and he says he is greatly pleased with his new sur roundings which are far different from the conditions existing at the Matteawan state asylum. There he says he was surrounded by a lot of jabbering lunatics and was forced to go to bed at 8 o'clock, and if he failed to obey that rule his cloths were taken away from him. Thaw's counsel is In hop that his case will come up net Monday. Lumber Plant Burned. f n.. T a ,t'i i m . m . (dj ueaaou wire ui iiie limes; j , ui-een oay.wis., juiy 1 ine piant of the Diamond Lumber Company at Green Bay was destroyed by fire to day, The loss is f 160,000. - , 1 CLOUDBURSTS DO THERESCOEHOSE COMPANY BEATS WORLD'S RECORD The Raleigh Teams Lowers Its Own Record of Three Years Ago REW OF 26 SECONDS The Raleigh Team Again Lnwt Its Own World's Record and Brings the Time Down to 26 Seconds The Personnel of the Team- Boys Left Here With the Grim Determination to Beat Th ir Own Record and They Have Done So Accident to Capital Hose Company They, Too, Have a Fast Team and But for Ac cident Would Have Made a Record of Their Own. (Special to The Times) Asheville, N. C, July 7 At the State FireniMiis' Tournament races in Asheville today, the Rescue Hose Company, of Raleigh, lowered the world's record for horse hose wagon races from twenty-eight to twenty- s.x seconds. J ne rormer recora ot twenty-eight seconds was made by the same horse and team at Asheville in 1906. The Rescue Company is a volun teer organization of Raleigh and among its members are some of the best fire fighters in the south. ' Mr. Gordon Harris, foreman of the com pany, has 'been the buttman in both Oi these record-breaking runs, wnne today Mr. Walter A. Simpson-was the coupling breaker. J. : A'. Hlnnant drove the fine black gelding "BiH" down the track in the remarkably fast time. Three regular time-keep ers with standard stop watches timed the races, and there will be no trouble in declaring this to be the world's re cord. The victorious Rescue team is com posed of Messrs. Pap Harris,.,, bus man; Walter' Simpson, coupling breaker; Seymour Doolittle and Frank King, slack pullers; CharlSB Hinnant, nozzlenian; J. A. Hinnant (Pete) Hinnant, driver, and "Bill" the fine black gelding that has three times beat the field. The boys left the city with the grim determination to lower their own record of twenty eight seconds, and this they have ac complished. It is indeed a great achievement and a record that every man, woman and child in Raleigh should be proud of. These boys, who have added fresh laurels to their already crowded crowd, are among the best fire fight ers in the country. Calm and cool headed, but nervy, they fight fire in the same manner that they went af ter the record in Asheville. Their success in one is equally as great as in the other they are the best in the world. The Capital Hose Company had the misfortune, to blow off at the hydrant. They also had a fast team and would have made them all hustle but for their misfortune. Old Raleigh should turn out en masse to welcome the victorious lads, when they return home. They have put Raleigh in front of all cities in the world. Now let's give them a re ception that they will always cherish the memory of. After the routine business of tha convention had been disposed of last night the election of officers was taken up. James D. McNeill, of Fay etteville, was re-elected president; A. H. Boyden, of Salisbury, first vice president; S. G. Bernard, of Ashe ville, second vice president; John Mil ler, of Concord, secretary; R. G. Tay lor, of Winston-Salem,' treasurer; and W,. P. Moore, of AVilmington, re elected statistician. Charlotte and New Bern asked for the next convention. New Bern was selected, and Chief Orr, of Charlotte!, was extended a vote of thanks for bis offer. The convention then ad journed. The races began today. Great in terest is being taken in them. WILL SUE THE POPE. Vast Fortune at Stake and Heirs Will Sue For It. Rome, July 7 A sensational ac tion against Pope Plus in which a vast fortune is at stake is pending. It is declared today that, unless there Is an. amicable adjustment, suit will be entered by the three nieces of the late Bishop Adaml, who will sue. to restore their uncle's fortune to thn, which is now held by the Pope. The. Vatican holds the will which, it ii declared, leaves everything to Mb&v signor Sarto, now the pope. '
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