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V v ' .t?V?',t"; gfy-i '.'':'. '".'y,' ' .yjtmm&Jj ' &'8ftS:fe ' LAST J pi iraur hto edition ! W'V; M f Washington, Sept. IB Fore cast for, North Carolina for to hUlgit and pridayi v Unsettled weather with probable showers. 'I .'.;. ftALEIGH, C, TntrfiSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS I lifiit OF CHICAGO 4 inly felcoiiil and lis I of Ovations 5 TBE PRESIDENT PLEASED PrtDsSjent Taf Given- Whirlwind firoHing hf -the Windy City This Morning His Visit to the City One ' Contlhaow-. Ovation The 1 Most Elaborate plans Made For the En . tertainnwnt , of ' tlie President : LargsVanis of Money Had Been ' (Collected by the Committee Hv .' ing ttye Matter in Charge and Pnb - lit Interest Was Intense Xbe President Delighted With the annth ef His Greeting; ' . w. y ., .i . . . B ..f 'n- t .: . I. : . . 8 a WHAT TAFT DOES IN CHI- Jpl . . CAGO TODAY. tt O t -?: 0 . Reviews from an automobile 0 9! 150,000 public and parochial 8 school, pupils, lining miles of $ ft boulevards : and carrying small' O O American flags. 0 ,J6$ Delivers an informal address k O at thei Commercial Club. , 0 0 Attends a baseball game be- 0 8 tween the Giants and the Cubs. O J5 Is the guest of the Hamilton 0 Club at dinner.. 3 9 . Addresses a mass meeting at Ot p Orchestra Hall. 'O p Attends ball of the American O A Bankers' Association. Boards- his train for Milwau Bf kee at midnight. . o . - 1 . (.By Leased Wire to The Times.) ! Chicago, 111., Sept. 16.-Chicago roared a greeting to President Wil Il&ra H. Taft today. From the mo ment that he entered Chicago, at 11:15 a. m., until 20,000 baseball "fans" rose to greet him at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the baseball game between the Cubs and the Giants his ..Visit to the city was one lontttmoug ovation; l V ,, , ' Chtcago; the first stop in hts 5? daj, 12,000-mile tour of the wb and south, was determined to set the pace 'tort, all entertainment of the presi "deut The most elaborate plans were made.-, .Large . sums . of money had been .collected by the committee hav ing, the .affair -in charge. , Public in terest was intense.- The city- was dec orated. -The: . whole reception. - went off exactly according to: schedule, the president being greeted with the greatest enthusiasm, and not one an toward -Incident marking the perfec tiofe ofi the .day. j i The president was .delighted with the- warmth ,f .his greetingt. Storms, of ijCheers met him . at luncheon, re ceptlon. iMdat ach Btop ' he Made, wipe Atong-the rout srowda gather- d and shouted for him. v i Tot ibft applause, .that touched the pre!dftta4 e heefed .ihia heart most of il cairpm the children). i;tt rf; ' The greeting; of. the.chooi.chUdro of Chicago aa Ifcanreat feature of thOg day. More . than ? 150,QO0 tots , wev. massed on the. boulevards .of the weatt,eldQvwavUg flags and daco.ratfld in patriotic i -costumes. .-, As- the- pros- Went Irove by the children arose in swaying .masses . of. color and cheer- ad . him - in a shrill, childish treble that swelled Into a greal volume of sound. . ... v ;, , - Mr, Taft, was'.yjjslbly affected. He idoffed his hat ; again . and again as Jie bowed and smiled and smiled and :bowed to the boys and girls of the -Chicago schools who had greeted him so warmly. - m "Bless, their heart,' he said be tween hurrahs , to Capt. Archibald (Butt, hte military aide. "They cheer ' If they had -known me and liked HMU1 their litU lives.". .. . The rest of Chicago was not one wnit behind the children in the Wfnith of greeting: extended to the - president The great commercial or canlxatlons of the city had united in thp recopjtiop to the nation's chief ex ecutive, . and though their greeting w .f necessity less demonstrative and more calculated than that of the public school pupils, it was no less cordial f4df warm hearted ,i u " Mr. f4f,t rechd the city at 11:45 a.-m.i And Will spend more than ,:1 2 ldttr Here, leavia for MHwavke, hia Mxt Jrtop at 2:45 a. m. tomor- MlX'.i- tj .: - Hit entrance to Chicago was made at a special temporary station which Jiad been erected Jn hia bopor at Gar field boulevard and. the Lake Shore tracks.; ;The station was a solid mass Of flags and -bunting,: and the recep tion committee - gathered , there a spot 6 miles fromthe commercial heart of the clty--had come, in an enormous, concourse of automobiles that . filled the great -boulevard and the adjacent streets for blocks in ev ery direction." Thunderous cheers greeted Mr. Taft as he stepped from the-, train, smiling the typical Taft smile, and greeted the Chicago committee, head ed by President. Theodore Robinson of the Commercial Club, General Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. A., Pres ident George .W. Dlxot), of the Ham ilton Club, and Fred w. Upham "Gentlemen, I am In your hands," said' the president; as soon as he had responded to the committee's greet ings, and shaken hands with a num ber of personal . friends ' who had pressed forward; eager to clasp his hand. '7-. . r.,:,w President Taft j acoonipanied by As sistant Secretary . Mlschler, Capt, Bfttt, and itheQthrijiqembers of his party, were coroduquwl- stb' the waiting autojnoblles,,- Tke.-paealdBnt sat with General Grasjt.' and Presidents Rob inson and ., Diton., An automobile containing several secret .service op eratives followed, .and the' other members of the coinmltteov with other Chicagoanswho.had gathered to greet Mr, TaftfelWted, : A large force of police,: mounted and foot, were, on hand, in charge of Chief of Police Steward, who un til recently was head of the city de livery department of the Chicago post office and was a personal friend of the president.,' The long, line of automobiles im mediately ,. commenced their run through the boulevards, .passing in review before the massed school chil dren. Immediately after the luncheon there was .an informal, reception in the hotel, ! at which the president shook the hands of hundreds. Im mediately after, Mr. Taft was escort ed to the Art Institute of Chicago, where he examined the Commercial Club's plans for the beautlfication of Chicago. These plans, which provide for the development of the city during the next 50 . years,. Jnolade an elaborate boulevard and parkaystem; with, pro; vision for a great civic center, and drew from the president expressions of admiration. D. H. Burnham, the archlteotj: and Charles H. Wacker of the Commercial Club gave a brief explanation of the plans. At 3:15 p. m. the president left the Institute,' and, standing on its steps, between the majestic bronze lions by EM ward Ketnys which mark Its portals he passed Into the hands of the Ham ilton:' club asita.guesti.-": ?m" v "Now for the ball gameK'r explained M. Taft, rubbing- his. hatHjs, together with evident plesr. at" the notion of relaxation from official etiquette, cares and duties. -, ut. 4t:ign4i,tK, '''. He entered n: automobile, and, fol lowed by a: long parade of motor' cars, he- was take, to-h Weet 'Bide, base bail' park.' The- route ' lay on ijaokson boulevard to Lincoln street,' and thence to -the park.'-i -. i ; ;. i 'i . THottsands lined thwar and. cheered the president conjtinuoualy. i ft:.. When the ' plan . folt. . the ; bait game (C-tinued on Paae:.'rwo,) ; HEATH OF MRS. McDOWELl At Afeiof yeari-Othr p'f Fanii t hwllt'feecfol to The Times,) c , 'it .TonvlBe;iclLBept 16. Mre,.GUlie McDQweU.v.the : Wdtsw of uaerge McQowell., of s.WaJte! coenty, died: yesterday, iSepi. 15, at the age 98! arear.: . , ,- .fc ' This lemarkahle old Woman hd a clear, mind until her dfeatr Shelled atrrthe home of, hes daughter. $ln. Alteft.watfcins near Youngsvuie., and will Nb barfed at the r y oungwllle k;enjetery. MraMeDeweli m trom a long Jived family, her grandfather died at the. age of 11 5 . years. Her father died at 98. " K DURHAM STREET CROSSING. The Corporation Commission '. Hear ing the Exceptions of Durhamltes, ' The Corporation Commission is this afternoon bearing the town of Durham :in its-exceptions to the rul ing , of the commission made some time ago in the .matter of the .Alston underpass, . the railroad crossing in Durham.- The petitioners are repre sented oy City Attorney R. O. Everett and Mr. H. A. Foushee. Messrs. W. B.. Rodman and J. H. Pou appear-for the Southern rail road Aiid Mr. F, O. Fuller for the Seaboard.' -i,:v : Negro Bound to Court For Larceny. Charlie MaBgum. alias Solomon Hinten-,.Ta1a-.CharlieiHlabQn, was Up before .' Justice Tof the Peace ... Up- ohuroh ht afternoon oh the charge of larceny of a wagon front Barber and-Tolar, -Also Ih' Mrceny of t bed; anC.mattreaa .roik ,-ihe Goodwin Furniture Company.. M was .bound over to court In the sum f$100; ln the first se, and . $200 Hn the sec ond, In default of Which he wart sent to Jail." . . ' Canal till Jbe Defended by Greatest Sysfieitl bf Forllh cation lirld LOCATION OF FORTS CongrH at the Kext Session Will be Asked to Appropriate a Big Sam For the Fortification Of the Ditch. Plans for Ports Are Very Compre hensive and Provide For An ;Out lay of . More Than $7,500,000 However, the Country . 5Iajr Make An. International Agreement AVith Other Countries Guaranteeing the Neutrality of the CanaJ Ittr That Event Fortifications Would Not bo Needed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Sept. 16 When , the Panama. Canal is completed it. will be defended by one- of the greatest systems of fortification in. the world. Yesterday an American News Serv ice representative saw, the sketches and plans for the defenses of the greatest engineering work of mod ern times. It was learned that the plans for the forts and other means of -.defense for the canal 'were care fully gone over by Secretary of War Dickinson and Major General Bell, chief of the general staff of the army, during their visit some months ago to the isthmus. The locations on which forts will be ereqted were inspected with great, care, and the general plans of the fortifications for the canal discussed at. length, nd froin.very. juggle. ,. The plans, which later were .begun by engineer officers of the - army, have been In process of formation ever . since. VCongress, at the next session, will be asked to appropriate an immense sum for the forts to pro tect the big ditch. These plans are very comprehensive, and provide for an outlay of more than $7,500,000. In discussing the fortifications and defenses for the canal a high war department official whose name under the army regulations cannot be dis closed said yesterday: , "The ground was gone over thor oughly by , Secretary Dickinson and General Bell. The plans decided upon are the most comprehensive.. Of course they are subject to change. In fact, several changes have already been necessary recently on account of changes in the construction of the canal itself. The war department Is anticipat ing any action which congress may take in the matter of providing for the defense of the canal. There has een discussion of some sort of an "nteraaUonal agreement which wouldJ guarantee the neutrality of the. canal. It such en agreement were made, of course there would.. be no necessity for building defenses for the canal. .The -state department and congress would have to .decide that. .There is little, doubt, however, that the United States will prefer to "have the, canal so protected, that, jt will. be. Impossi ble to , be . successfully attacked by other-nations in the event of war. If congress, provides money for the for tifications a special beard, ..will be appointed to have charge of the whole matter. Of, course the actual work of. beginning the wprk of f oruflca- Uon is a long .way off, but the war department - will be ready, with the .plans, lpng before congress provides the money." v ; .- jThe plans provide for the expendi ture of about $4,000,000 at the Pa cific' mouth of the., canal,. . and $3,- 600,000 on the Atlantic side. The plana for, the Pacific side in dude powerful aRd i extensive . bat teries of 12-inch guns on four small islands,,, lying off the mouth of the canal- from five to ten miles., These areV Flamenco,. Culebra, Naos, and Tabtgoj In addition to batteries on these -.islands the plans include forts at Ancon and .San Juan, respectively on- each entrance to the canal. The battery'' at Ancon would be adjacent to Balboa, ' the new . name for the port to be located near the place Where the canal will empty Into the Pacific ocean. It Is proposed to con struct anothor- great- fort at : Pedro Miguel, six miles Inland. The great locks of - the ,. eahal - will -be located at thW olnt,;aiid,TthtS'frt would be for ; thehr 1 Immediate protection. .-. .- At Culebra, a point about hair way across- the Canal, the plans .include the establishment of a large mili tary poet, which under: (he, present plans, would cost $500,000. FIVE GRANT ED SIX DENIED for Par- Disposed df Today by the Gdveriiiir THE REASONS GIVEN Andrew Jackson, a Life-termer From Uncoln, JRefused Tliree of the Pardons Were - Conditional One Each Pardon For Wake, Orange, Mecklenburg, Durham and Gaston Counties Those Refused Were From Lee, Yancey, Lincoln, Ire dell, Craven and Robeson Counties. Governor Kitchln today gave out his disposition of eleven applications for pardon, granting five and refus ing six. Those granted were for min or offences, none of them being long termers.' Among those refused was a life man, a 25 year termer, and oth ers on down to 10 months. Pardoned. Joe Keffler, sentenced from Wake to 30 days for vagrancy in Septem ber, was pardoned upon payment of costs, giving as reasons: The mayor ,of New Hill put prison er in workhouse thirty days for va grancy. Prisoner has served twelve days. He is a young Jew a boy looking for work. Had been to Ral eigh looking for position. The may or recommends pardon. I therefore, pardon him, on condition that he pay the costs amounting to $5.50, which I am Informed a friend will advance tor him. Frank', Carter, of Mecklenburg, fenterjre to- the Toads -ior'SiflH months, June 25, 1909, for non-slfp- port of wife and children. Condi tionally pardoned for the following reasons: Prisoner on June 25, 1909, was sentenced to four months on roads by the recorder of the city of Char lotte for the offense of non-supporting his wife and children. He has served two and a half months. The recorder,, the prosecuting - attorneys, the prosecutrix and hts wife all rec ommend hts pardon, , -Pardoned on condition of his re turning home and properly support ing his family and remaining a law abiding citizen of good behavior. W. E. Blackwood, sentenced to ten months on the. roads at January term, 19 09, of Durham county court for the crime of selling liquor. Reasons for pardon; , . Prisoner has been of good conduct on the roads. rne ceunty superin tendent of health states that prison er has a cough and fears incipient consumption. He has lost thirty- nine pounds in weight since his im prisonment began.... He has served over elght( months of tho , ten. months' term. In the condition of bis health the remaining two months may greatly-damage, him If left confined. I therefore pardon him on condition of hts remaining law abiding and of good behavior. i Jake ' Rhodes. from- Gaston, sen tenced to serve two years- on the roads for larceny at, September, term, 1908, conditionally pardoned for the following reasons: . v v... Prisoner stole five dollars ($5.00) worth ef goods. He is eighteen years old. He has served one year on the roadsi The prosecutor, ,the judge, and the solicitor and many citizens think that owing to his youth, his punishment has- been sufficient for his offense and, recommend his par don. There is no protest, against It. I ..therefore .pardon Jake Rhodes on condition that he remain law abid ing and of good behavior. , .; J. C. Rose, sentenced at August term, 1908 of Orange county court to serve three years on the', roads for, forgery was granted. a condition al pardon on the following; grounds: The twelve Jurors, the judge, the gentleman whose name waa forged, and those to whom .he presented the forged Instrument and many citizens recommend pardon of the prisoner. The solicitor . says the forgery, was very crude and, deceived nobody.; The sheriff has Investigated : the , prison er's record and has found nothing else against him.. The prisoner has Eved more than a year on the roads, . thorn best. auquain ted .with the ts. ahd bla intelligence think he auufceefi plt(Jientiy:.,pHalshed.lhi) "I therefore pardon, prisoner on condi tion .that he. remain law abiding ana of good behavior. . ,.,.. " , Fardona Refused. u M.' B. Buchanan, 'sentenced from Lee county in (larch, 1909, and sen- PEOPLE GREATLY EXCITED AND MR. HOLMES IS ALL THE TALK OF THE TOWN tence commuted to ten months in jail. Application for further commu tation made 8ept. 4, 1909, but was refused. Rube Peterson, convicted at fall term or Yancey court in 190S, and sentenced to serve seven years on the roads tfor, second degree murder.- This was the second application, the first having been refused June 10, 1909. Second application for pardon of Andrew Jackson, convicted of bur glary at fall term of Lincoln court, 1901, and sentenced to death, but was commuted to life imprisonment. Pardon again refused. C. G. Brincifield, convicted of for gery at May term of Iredell court 1907, and sentenced to 5 years on the roads. Gus Rountree, sentenced at Febru. ary term of Craven court 1909, to serve 12 months on roads for lar ceny. J. Luther Smith, sentenced to serve 25 years in State's prison from Robe son, at November court, 1906 for murder. IMPORTANT MEETINGS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Sept. 16 Two of the most important sessions of the Bankers' Association convention were held today at the meetings of the Savings Banks section and the organ ization of secretaries of state bank ers' associations. The proposition of locating the proposed national cen tral hank at C.hicaen wns one of the -tftBCttsslQas tody., Advocacy ofv'CiilcagO" as the, site. based on financial conditions, goe- graphical situation and western com mercialism was heard on every side. An appeal in behalf of the millions of small depositors in the thousands of savings banks throughout the country, that their interests be pro tected by federal and state laws which would give them the first lien on their deposits, was made at the meetings of the savings bank section. A number of short talks on more tiian a dozen different topics was the program before the secretaries asso ciation. Both meetings hurried their work and adjourned at noon. This afternoon the members of the association were the guests of tAe Packers at the stock yards. PEACE BETWEEN TAFT AND PINCHOT (By William Hoster, staff corre spondent of the American News Ser vice with the Taft train.), Elkhart, lnd., Sept. 16 President Taft does not believe that Chief Forester Gif- ford Pinchot will regard yesterday's vindication of Secretary of the Inter ior Ballinger as a reflection upon his own official dignity. It Is not thought either that Mr. Pinchot will retire from from the public service. There ,1s,, a complete understanding between him and the president and the lat ter will undoubtedly recommend at the, next session of congress amend ments to the laws that are desired by, the. chief forester. With Pinchot forestry and conservation are a hob by, He js a wealthy man and the same patriotic motives that have kept him in office this long, It is believed .will continue him there as long as he feels that he has any important work to do. m, As the president's train gets far ther west and the country which is especially. Interested in conservation Is reached, the president will have something to say about conservation, and nndoubtedly he will pay tribute to the work that has been done by Mr. Pinchot. ; v . The president was up in his state room on the train at 7 o'clock this morning dictating his Orchestral Hall speech for this evening. It is under stood that It will feal with the tariff subject. Soil Specialist Here. Bi'4. Werthern,' soil special- , Mr, letf: reported todays to -the oommis- l(iner, of agriculture' ready to -begin hia work of Inspecting and testing he colls i of the ,test farms.; Mr. Wortfcen Is -a graduate of the Uni versity of Illinois, and Is a member of the national bureau of soils. He will enter -upon bis duties at once. In Almost Every Home and in V 1 . All the Business Houses Sherlock Holmes is the Man of the Hour. IN THE POLICE COURT Sir. Holmes, Jr., Hiiffles the "Wise Ones" mid CJoes All Over the City and Into the Business Houses and No One Has Yet Located him Signed Statement Shows He is a Real Man ami That Reward Will be Paid to Some One False Rumor "Nailed" He is n Very Live Man and Knows How to Baffle the Peo ple He is a Good Talker and Dresses Nicely. it $e(i$i JUST SAY THIS: Y'on are the mysterious Mr. 9 Sherlock Holmes, Jr., of THK KVKXING TIMES. ' Don't fall to have a copy of the Times. THE REAL THING. A number of rumors have been set afloat about Sherlock 0 Holmes, Jr., and we wish to ft state for the information of all interests tnvT tbereVts "a man ' walking the streets 'and going 0 into the business houses here each day and night and we will pay the first person who finds him and reports same to this, of- flee the sum of $25.00. .Mr. 0 Holmes is on the streets and .0 0 writes his own story, statiAg 0 0 what he does and where he 0 0 goes and hands the copy to a Times man. Sherlock Holmes, 0 0 Jr., is not an employee of The 0 0 Times and is not connected 0 0 with this paper in any way, ex- 0 0 cept attending to his own affairs 0 as the mysterious Mr, Sherlock Holmes, Jr. He is on the streets 0 daily and talks to the people, 0 and when caught the reward will be paid promptly. THE EVENING TIMES, 0 J. V. SIMMS. :-.:.-.. Before starting my story this morning, 1 wish to say to the good people of Raleigh that as my stay lengthens in your beautiful city, that 1 wish more and more to become one of your fellow citizens. Your broad and well-shaded streets seem to in vite one for a pleasant morning stroll. Your parks are as pretty and as well laid off as any I have seen in the south, and the girls and boys that I have met on my walks are as brlgiit eyed and as happy as any to be found in the country. Well, I was up at an early Jiour yesterday morning, having had a splendid sleep after a strenuous days' work the day before. I made my way up to the capltol square,: where , spent, half an hour strolling around the grounds and feeding the squir rels. There were very few people at this hour and I had very little fear of anyone catching me, so I. spent a most pleasant time before taking .my breakfast, at. Wright's Cafe, where.. J am fond of taking my meals. 'Yes terday morning I had a particularly appetizing breakfast served me .by one of Mr. Wright's pleasant , young men, who, I understand, has mademp his mind that the reward will be his if I am not very careful,- The eotr fee served me at Wrights'.Cale, was the same high grade, that I have been getting i at that popular place ever since my, arrival in the city, and 1 have come to the conclusion that ihe coffee certainly must have been pur chased by Mr Wright f ram '.WvRt Dorsett & Co,v who handle, the famous Gold Medal brand, of coffee which I have always 'had, served to me In the best cafes -the country over, i ( After satisfying my: hunger I thought it would bo a capital Woa to purchase, .a: cony (of The Evening Times and road, aU aboutujjaejlf while. I drank a bottle of xUl&tpus and refreshing -cocoa-cola. LalWays take a bottle: of .cocoa-cola .early In the morning, because I know that lit will help me to hold my nerve for the day, and by so doing I am able to go : (Continued on Page Seven.) , . 1 II II II II I W I II
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