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EALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1909.
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CHOICE AGAIN
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Cj"?c:fl0Bbe"WH!
CI FuCICITION WAVE
Start Ut the Effect That the Prohlbl
,, ttonltta Mff Nominate Bryan For
Prcttdenf " In 19I5t-Oinsee Much
CoWnimt Among Dfstrtct of : Co
lnwbla pentocratoBrjran Friendly
-to '; Inhibition and Indicates H1b
Jtoiief ThAt the QaeMion Would be
. iMdlag' lasae IB Presldeu
ttol CWm)b Prohibition Gain
ing 8etmt(th:
(Br Leased' Wire to The Times)
Washington Ang. 28 The latest
political story' Of Interest to reach
Washington, and which has caused
much comment among . District of
Columbia democrats, -comes .from
Texas. It is sa d, jn effect,' that the
prohibitionists, now. making such
strides in. the southern states, may
nominate' William Jennings Bryan
for president in 1912. 4 '
.The prohibition party, it is said,
; will hod Its national convention first,
thus giving them an advantage in the
matter of fusion with, the democrats.
Mr. Bryan quite recently allowed It
to be understood by bis friends that
he is friendly to prohibition, and In
dlcated his - belief ' that the question
WjDuld be a; leading issue" in the next
. presldentjal '-campaign. , The Bryan
TWtnocrats ' here, who insis. that the
' "tlVtfhW.WtU again lead the
party, assert, With every degree of
posltiveness,;' that the' advocates of
prohibition in the south include many
of the best and most influential men
In the' democratic party. They call
attention to the fact that Texas, the
banner democratic state in the Stuth,v
is on the verge of a pol'tical revolu
tion, and that 'the feeling between
the "drys" and the 'wets' is so intense
that -it is not Improbable that the
state may be split in twain. Mr.
Bryan, the story goes, has a larger
following in Texas than any other
southern - state. He is especially
strong with the "drys". It may be
they will declare fop him as their
choice for president in 1912.
The prohibition wave now spread
ing over the country seems to gain
rather than lose strength. The best
proof that it will have to be reck
j&ned with by both political parties is
the falling off in the internal revenue
receipts of the government. The de
crease' in receipts from the sale .of
spirituous liquors in the shape of
taxes has been gradual during the
. past four years," but the decrease was
so pronounced at toe close or tms ns
cal year that congress had to sit up
by largely increasing'' the 'tariff' 'on
.foreign wines and liquors. The fol
lowers of Mr. Bryan have noted this
growth of the prohibition movement
and they , have., already, according, to
the Information that comes from'TejP
as, stacted ln to make Mr. Bryan its
beneflciaty,. It will recall that the
Nebrasaa!ionly recently bought ia
farm injthe Lbnl Star state where
he adtrtittflie -expects to spend cohsld
erablo1 tilKe.though not giving up
his legal 'restdene'e1 id Lincfolii,: Neb'I
He has also of latf, ' oh ! several occas
ions, said ome very, pleasant -things
aboutprohibftion;1 so that it would
cause no surprise Bhbuld-he take op
portuQty o make one or twd proM
bitionp speeches. ' Leadiiig;, prohlbl
tionlstri in Texas and Alabama, it is
reported, have asked Mr. Bryan to
speak; in those' states on temperance,
and it is intimated that he may later
on comply with the request. The Ne
braska-politician has, at different
times, 'paid tribute to the Cause of tem
peranee. His friends here say there
Is no1 -question that the prohibition
ists would nominate him for presi
dent by acclamation if they believed
ha would accept.
. While it''can not at this time be
Bald that Mr, Bryaft'is a candidate for'
a , fourth presidential nomination,
those tldB td himf do not hesitate to
say that he will do nothing to "hold
off" his followers, especially those
identified with" tlfe "dry" wave, who
now seem' bedt on ' focusing" public
senUriieW" Oi Bryan V as ' the-' logical
manto- nOmtne 'a the -prohibition
candUWtevVlfr iB-aBsWted-that if Mr.
Bryan accepted the - nomination ' for
tna nrbhfbltlontsts and that muftv wnt
the first -Jo-enter Held in 118.
the follower 6f the "peerless one'1 In
the democratic party, especially those
FOR PRESIDENT
OBVILE WRIGHT.
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The Great-American Aviator,
Portland, Ore., Aug. 26 That slie
is t.',ie w f e of Orviyc Wright the
great aviator, Is the declaration of a
good-looking woman of 27, who un
der the ndme of Mrs. J. lR. Carson
had been liyfhg in Portland with her
11-year-old soft for the - last few
months. - Her" maiden name was Ida
Miller, and J she says she married
Wright In CentraJ. City, Neb., In Oc-
tooer, isHV. 'l was oniy id years
old when OrvHlo married mev" said
Mrs..jCr8on today, "and we were
wed against the bitter opposition of
our parents. A year' afterward, our
boy, Lester, was-orn. Then Orvllle
left me and his uncle told me he was
dead.' '
Dayton, O., Aug. 26 "There Is
absolutely no truth in the Portland
story that Orville Wright was mar
ried to a Mrs. C A." Carson, of that
place,' said Lorin Wright, an elder
brother of the aviator. "Orville was
never married. If Mrs. Carson was
married to an Orville Wright he be
longs to ' some other family of
Wrights."
TAFT Via SEE CUBS
AND GIANTS IN ACTION
Chicago, Aug. 26 Details of Pres
ident Taf t's entertainment here on
Thursday,' September 16, have been
completed by the Hamilton Club. In
the afternoon the president, escorted
by the entire membership of the club,
1,400 strong,' will visit the west side
ball park, to see the game between
the Cubs and the New York Giants
The game will be held under -the aus
pices of the Hamilton Club, as the
afternoon's entertainment is for the
president.
HURRICAN APPROACHING
NORTH CAROLINA COAST
; Beaufort, N. C.,; Aug. 26 The
West Indian hurricane is app'roach-
ingAthtS" const. . The clouds are-low
arid beaH'y and 'the. sea -high, with al'-
most a --' dead" calm, and the -force of
the ' hurricane may be felt here-be
fore; night. Shipping has been
warned, and boaes' - put away for
safety. 'V. -; ;
NATURAL GAS WELL
Struck In Yard of Allegheny County
--'.4-;,,:':. Jail.' . ... . ;--Pittsburg,'
Pa.", Aug.-26--A natural
gas well liaa been struck In the yard
of the Allegheny j county iail and Is
expected to furnish enough-fuel to
heat and light the county billdfngs.
While drilling an', artesian well,
salt-wate was struck at a depth of
300 feet! The water poured out at
the rato'of a barrel a minute.' The
well was sunk another 160 feet, when
gas was reached Instead of fresh wa
ter.' The gas ignited from the boiler
in drillingi the well and the flames
sho 12 feet into the air. .
In the 'south, would be strong' enough
to' again' urge their" party to accept
hlnf their-standard-hearer i -
Meanwhile,' the' prohibitionists are
adding more "dry- states to those al
ready in their ' columns-'whereat the
republican- and 'demoeraUe leaders
tbrdughout the country are' showing
unmistakable signs of uneasiness.
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PRETO1M1
CLAIMS 0RV1LLE
Warters 1 ,063,275;
MrSilicFarland 1,019.275
Winners of Canadian Trip
Big Coote$! Closed at 1 O'clock
and Two Trips Awarded by
the Judges
AN. EXCITING FINISH
Messrs. I). M. Conner, E. E. Brough
ton, and Walters Diu ham Acted as
Judges For the Contestants-wVotes
Counted by Them and Decision
Rendered at Once Sirs. R. ,W.'
McFarland, of Wilson, and Miss
Eva Wartei-s, of Raleigh, Declared
the Winners of the Two Fine Tris
on the Canadian Tour.
The big contest is over and two
people are happy. M:ss Eva Warters,
of Raleigh, wins one trip, while Mrs.
MRS. R. W. McFAKLAXp, OF WILSON.
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One of the Winners in the Itig Tri
R. W. McFarland, of Wilson, is the
winner of the other. Both trips are
Of the same value and, equal in every
way, and will entitle Miss Warters
and Mrs. McFarland to a ticket on the
grand ,Seaboard Touring Party that
(By1 Leased Wire to The Times)
Mexico City, Aug. 26 Davis E.
Thompson, United States ambassador
to Mexico, has bought for approxi
mately" ?10,000,000 the Pan-Ameri
can Railroad, and as owner -of tho
only line running from the north to
the Central American border he will
remain In this republic permaaently,
though he has announced his Inden
tion of resigning his diplomatic post,
The Pan-American, including a
number of short branches, is 478 kil
ometre? or about 29 miles long. The
transfer is entirely In Mr. Thomp
son's name, but it is understood that
a group of wealthy St. Louis men are
associated with him m the transac
tion and that the ultimate plan Is a
turn-over of the entire system to Har
rim'an, as a part of the chain to ex
tend continuously from British Co
lumbia to Central America.
HISS MUSA ELLISON
WO BETTER TODAY
The report frord Miss Musa Ellison, at
1 o'clock Is that she. Is very much better
today,'- and -rapidly improving, vThls
will be good lews to her many friends
who have been anxiously watching for
favorable change in her condition.',
BOiliiiiAO
will leave here on the first day of
September.
When this morning came telegrams
and special delivery letters began to
come in and the business office of
The Evening Times was kept busy en
tering up names and giving informa
tion about subscriptions. When the
hour, of one came the big box that
held the votes and a number of spec
ial delivery letters with subscriptions
was closed and turned over to Mr. D.
M. Connor, Mr. E. E. Broughton, and
Mr. Walters Durham, the judges, and
they counted the subscription In the
box and entered up the vote and
rendered the following signed decis
ion :
M4ss Wai-ters 1,063,275
Mrs.-McFarland 1,019,350
Miss Dement 669,535
Mrs.; Amos 472,520
,.By this decision of the judges Miss
Warters and Mrs. McFarland are the
winners of the two trips.
This has been an Interesting con
test from the beginning, and the two
trips will be given to the two winners.
p Contest, Which Closed Today.
They have worked-faithfully and de
serve to have a good timen this trip.
Mrs. Amos and Miss Dement did fine
work, but the two winners seemed to
have the lead in the' race and came
out the leaders on the home-stretch.
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Port Townsend, Wash., Aug; 26
Cable advices from Yokohama give
news of the most valuable cargo ever
transported across-the Pacific, which
is now bound for Puget Sound, on
the Great Norther Steamship- Com
pany's liner Minnesota. It was speci
fied to Include 3,000 bales of raw
silk, 60,000 clrests of tea, and 15,000
bales of muni la hemp.
The value of silk and tea alone
aggregates $3, 000,000. Other ship
ments will increase the' steamer
consignment to more than $4,000,-
ooo. '
DESCENDS INTO CRATER
0 F AN ACTIVE VOLCANO
(By Cable to The Times)
Tokio. Aug. 26 Prof. Jay Rodger,
president of the American University
Union, who has been here lecturing
on scientlfio-" evidence of Biblical
truths, has accomplished a hazardous
undertaking never attempted hereto
fore. For the purpose of investiga
tion he descended 100. feet' Into the
crater of tho active volcano Asama,
using a chair and, - pulley, - worked
through the assistance of several stal
wart missionaries. The Japanese
were astounded at: the daring- feat
which, they had though impossible of
execution. 1 .
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DOLLAR CARGO
BROKE ALL THE
His Performace Was the
Mbst Spectacular Seen Since
Tournament Began
FLEW ABOVE A SQUALL
Several Wonderful Flights Today
Curtlss Started Out With the In
tention of Winning the Long Dis
tance Prize Warfare Against
Criminals Commenced Today as
Result of Theft of $0,000 Worth of
Jewels From Mrs. George J. Gould
Yesterday Premier Agents of En
tire Freych Detective Service at
Work.
(By Cable to The Times)
Rheims, Aug. 26 All records for
distance and speed were broken by
Huhert Latham in h's aeroplane here
today. His time was 2 hours, 13 min
utes ana 0 3.5 seconds.
Latham came down on his fourth
flight after he had covered about 153
kilometres, or 95. 0i miles. Paulhan's
han's record for distance made yes
terday was S'iV miles.
Latham was the busiest aviator cn
the ground, being in the air almost
continuously. On his fourth- flight
he made G 1-5 mile3 in 9 minutes,
against the fast time of Paulhun, who
made 6 1-Ej miles in 12, minutes.
As Lath&m passed the grandstand
on nis ninttt lap, me ou.ouu specia-i Bap Wg vitality, ti.pre will be no tur-torsr-went
trantlc with 'excrsetnefrtrf ther "delay and the' operation W
Latham" used his new machine No. 29
for this flight.
Tho performance of Latham in his
record-breaking flight wasj the most
spectacular seen since the aviation
Ltournament opened. Starting out
while the wind was blowing less than
three meters a second, he circled
swiftly about the course. During the
fourth Ian the wind increased and a
mass of dark clouds shut out the sun
light. Suddenly a fierce squall of wind
and rain swept over the vast throng
and a groan went up from the exclt
able French enthusiasts, who thought
the storm would force the young flyer
to descend. Then it was seen that he
was rising instead of descending and
a cheer arose trom 50,uuu tnroats
Latham went up fully 300 feet and
there continued his flight with the
squall beneath.
He was fairly mobbed by the crowd
when he descended.
Men and women embraced and
kissed him until the gendarmes
thronged about and drove the crowd
back.
Rheims, France, Aug. 26 Thous
ands of Americans cheered Glenn II.
Curtiss in a wonderful flight this
morning. After remaining in the air
twenty-eight minutes and fifty-nine
seconds he had covered thirty kilo
metres with no indication of de
scending. Curtiss started out with
the intention of winning the long dis
tance prize, and, if possible, eclipsing
the Paulhan record. The American
aviator also announced today that he
would compete for the Grand Prix De
La Champagne and not in the speed
contest. Hubert Latham made a fine
flight of seventy kilometres, remain
ing aloft one hour, one minute and
fifty-one three-fifth seconds.
M. Louis Bleriot made a wonderful
flight in his eighty horse power ma
chine, remaining up five minutes and
thirty-eight seconds.
Sommer, Cockburn and Lefebvre
all made unsuccessful attempts to fly,
being compelled to alight before they
had gotten' fairly started. At noon
the wind had died down consider
ably and a flat calm was predicted.
Latnam by his tlignt today strength
ened his position as second in the
Grand Prix contest.
The red flag was hoisted before the
tribunal on Betheny Plain this morn
ing announcing flights despite a six
mile wind. Special trains and auto
mobiles from Paris began at dawn
bringing a record-breaking crowd to
see the events of the fifth day of the
first grand International tournament
of aviation. ,
' Preparations were ' made early in
the day for a flight of eight spherical
balloons at the Porte Mars in Rheims.
(Jrlenn H. Curtiss, the American
representative,! announced' that" he
wtfuWtfy for 5 a 'Tecbrd ' -on the cou r
later in t&e-day." H said he hoped
to beat Blerfbf s recordi
Warfare ? against ' criminals-' wtiij
have taken-advantage of the possibili
ties offered by the vast- crowds at
tending the International ayiation
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HARRIMAN TOO
WEAK TO WALK
ABOUT PIAZA
Wiil 8e Subjected to Grave
Operation Within the Next
Three Days
ELDEST SON SUMMONED
Operation Will be Finally Decided
Upon At a Consultation of -Eminent
Physicians and Surgeons At
Arden on Saturday An Attendant
Wheels Him Alwut in a Chair
Summoning of His Son by Tele
graph Would Indicate That the
Magnate Realizes Seriousness of
His Condition.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Aug; 26 Edward H.
Harriman will be subjected to a grave
operation within the next three days
unless his condition shows improve
ment, it was said today.
This operation will be finally de
cided upon, according to report, at a
consultation of eminent physicians
and surgeons, which will be held at
the Harriman country home at Arden
on Saturday. If getting to his home
and the quiet and peaceful surround
l,igs have combined to benefit the fl
naiiojerj tne operation will not be
performed at this time, but if it is
shown ihat he has not gained
strength, tht the disease from which
he is known n suffer continues to
delay and the operation
low. It is known ttat Mr- Harri
man has received a visit from Dr.
Norman E. Ditman, specialist in dis
eases of the kidneys.
When Mr. Harriman was crossing
from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II his condition became most serious
and Dr. Lyle, his physician, is said to
have discussed with the ship's sur
geon the advisability of an immediate
operation.
Mr. Harriman would not listen to
the suggestion that he be operated on
at sea and the plan was abandoned.
All that is positively known is that
Mr. Harriman is a very sick man. He
is too weak to walk about the piazza
of his home and an attendant wheels
himtabout in a chair.
Walter Harriman, eldest son of the
railroad magnate, who has started at
the bottom to work himself up in the
railroad world, will arrive at Arden
today, having been summoned by tei-
egrapn. 1 nis iaci wuum niuicaie
that Mr. Harriman realizes the ser
iousness of his condition, and wants
his boy with him. Walter Harriman
has been booked by many persons to
succeed his able father when the lat
ter retires from active business.
FINAL ASSAULT MAY BE
EXPECTEO IN 48 HOURS
(By Cable to The Times)
Madrid, Aug. 26 Reinforcements in
large numbers have arrived in the
Moorish camp before Melilla says a
dispatch received here today and it is
believed that these were summoned by
the generals of the tribesmen because
General Marina had begun his ad
vance. General Marina's decision for immedi
diate advance was caused by his ina
bility to cut the Mar Chica canal in less
than four months. The troops are In
excellent spirits and glad to get away
from Melilla where they had been prac
tically imprisoned.
The van of the Spanish army ad
vanced to Restinga, along the sea front.
Despite the intense heat good time was
made. '
There is much doubt expressed here
today that the final plans of General 1
Marina . It is believed that he has
changed his line of campaign. The
elimination of the canal for heavy
transportation procludes the possibility
of carrying heavy cannon upon the ad
vance. It is also feared that sufficient
ammunition cannot be taken to ladt
through a severe campaign.
The concentration of the whole army
requires -another day at' least -so-that-
the final steps in the "grand" assault---upon
the Moores may be expected in
48 hours.
Sentiment expressed lii governthefttHr '
circles is that General Marina relvdJ
to,- move forward without waiting tor'
further troops and that he will raBy
his forces: to crush -th trfbesnwin. laftd
scatter them from, theoast . ..
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ifntov Ptyf MeeffngT
The .Woman's 'Union. . PniyeY1
nfeeting will hold it regular aotttWyf 1
meeting tomorrow; Friday, afteratfioj '
at 4:30 o'clock In Edenton street
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