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fct Ihracn Will be the
Party leader
FOOD FOR GOSSIP
Bt Vt&r PoHUclaits in Washington at
This TlnrtiBut Those f Who '. Are
There Say th DeaO ofr Johnson
1 Places JntfmMa JHrmoB Far in the
-Lead for tl lemooratlc Nomfaui
' r (ton -foe PrefcMent for 1912 Rep
' . rescaUtiVe iaTlngston of the Opin
lon That Hannoa Will Head the
' Democratic Ticket r Three Years
, ' Washington, D. C, Sept. 22 Al
, though there are few politicians in
. Washington 4t this time the opinion
"' ot those wha . were ,1b town today Is
V that the death of Governor John A.
- Johnson, . whleh is so generally de
fX plored, place Governor Judson W.
Harmon, of Ohio, far in the lead for
f :r the democratic nomination for presl
' dent in 1912. , This belief is held by
' many republicans as well asdemo-
-crats. ": :- v v..'---
". s. Of course, it is entirely too eacly
' 'to "nominate" the man who Is to car
' ty the democratic banner in the next
campaign, but there are so few dem
i ocrats who are considered available
that th removal of Governor John
son Jrom. the field leaves the gover--,
. nor of Ohio as the first choice of those
Who are how giving the -matter
thought. ' Representative Livingston,
of Georgia, who has Berved longer in
, tha hoaaaan any bther--deocrat
- " ot tht Kwatcowwres ecs Benret
; aentatlva peArmoadyf MlsamTt and I
'S KaprasaAUtlve Jones, ot. vgmi,
who ntared.a.t ,the time he.dldt e
l' pressed t,iptoloa todS0f, that:; Qov-
eratitf ticket three yearahflnce'.
. , , "Had Governor. Johnsoa lived;
said the , Georgian, s"l am. convinced
'' that fee. would, have been nominated
for president, and as we sea the slt
uattoft today -with the, republican so
badly, divided,. and ilil such, a mess
over iha tariff' and finance, he would
bvo .beeu eioeted.- H9 death Is a
lircatjr misrortune, to .tna party, ne
' ; had a very strong following in the
south, -which! woula have joinea wun
thfe west. and northwest iu nominat
ing h,fm aad helping, to elect him. Mn
my oj(inloB hlB. demise means, the se
t lection of Governor Harmon; - Demo
crats. all over the country are watch-!
lag and- vlll icontlnue to .wateh .the;
administration of the Ohio execuUve
and from reports which we hear he
la giving jaUsracUon. He is aatrong,
:. clean man and his success during the
. next two years should earn for him
' a re-nomination and . re-election in
I911iiteU,he Jaj:e-electa4 governor
pt Ohio, as I believe he will be, I can
see nothing at this time which would
prevent him from getting the demo
cratlc nomination for president the
following Vear. '
r MWlth the candidates of both par
ties hailing from the Buckeye state
there would be a mighty interesting
fight, and I believe 'the democrats
would stand an excellent chance of
. winning, pur party is In good shape
: aad the prospects of electing a dem
,ocratic -house next year are . better
than they have, been in a long time."
-Among friends of the Ohio gover
nor In Washington there is ; already
talk of starting an early boom for
his nomination, as they realize that
now Is the opportunity for him to get
so far la advance of other candidates
that. It Will be Impossible for anyone
to approachhim,r In the next three
years . l .la considered likely that
this movement, will be started, during
He coming. winter ..when congress is
- In session and there will be occasion
'for leaders of, the party ..to express
their opinions. : ; - V ;
. It has been intimated, from time to
- time heretofore that Bryan, was more
favorable to the candidacy of GoverH
nor. Harmon than toward any otner
, democrat and the friends of Governor
- Harmon Intend to use this Bryan sup
port as a nucleus around which to
start a canvas for their - favorite.
They believe that Governor Harmon,
"who was attoraey general ; ,.nder
Cleveland during; the latter .part of
his last administration, would be as
aured of the; aid of the Cleveland
'. wing f the party and thus allr fac
tions would be brought to the support
of the ticket, :
While thas talk of Harmon lsr at
best., prematura It is, affording the
politicians food for gossip and ia.con-
aidered gjwd Apolitical dope" for ah
oHyeaf ,U.. politics. .and, Also during
the dull season of the year. :
i h W.i. . .
... Prince Miguel, of Bragansa,'who ; is CtklUjC -Miss Anita Stewart at his
bride, made her tberst. American princess of blood royal. He is the eld
est son Of the Pretender to the throne of Portugal. The bride is a. step-
daughter of James Henry CSileut) Smith, who lived in Japan only a few
montna arter his- marriage to her mo
JEFFRIES IS BEALY
IN EARNEST ABOlir If
. (By TAD)
New York,. Sept 22 Jeffries Is
reafly in earnest about returning to
the ring. .For the passlx. months we
have, heard stories, trbout ; this , and
about, that; 'and whyjaqt and It ao,
until the matter-stood with Jeff, on
the wrong ,end booking as thougn tte
was'hluffUg'-,. v
A prominent sporting man who has
just returned f romjGtermany, ,me Jeff
there and says that the real reason
thejblg fellow went to Europe was to
have an operation .performed on his
nose, j., The breeaer had, been . troubl
ing him since he started working al
most 4 year ago and he decided jto
blow, across the pond and have a piece
of bone, removed so that his breather
wauW; work without a; hitch. ,
He had ius aH understand, .that his
real .reason was for. the baths,' but
they .were , merely... played because he
was so close to them., x , . ' .
Jeff Is expected . back here- next
month and the posting pf forfeits aad
other iRnal arrangements . will .'prob
ably -he nade then. The only man In
the. world: who has a. -chance to beat
J.ohason wlll.then-start'active train
ing for the battle the whole world, is
aching for. ..
PUNS FOR TAFT AT
WATERWAYS MEETING
(By Leased Wire to .The Times)
Washington, Sept. 22-Representa-
tive J. Hampton, of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the Atlantic Deeper , Water
ways Association, ; and Harvey m.
Dickson, of Norfolk, president of. Vir
ginia Association, have conferred - with
the president's secretary, , Fred ' , M.
Carpenter, to ' plan i for the" reception
of -the, president at' Norfolk during the
Atlantic . Waterways , c'onventlon. It
Wf s Arranged that 'the president arrive
top Norfolk -.on ; the Mayflower ,on tne
morning: , of : November , 19, leaving
Washington .on the evening of the 18th.
The president will saluted- on-, his
arrival in Hampton Roads by both
navy and army poets, i He will be met
by, an- escort of citizens and taken to
the headquarters of the . Atlantic
Waterways Association,' where,.'.after
a brief rest; he will review the parade
of marines from ships in the- harbor
and such of the -regular army statloried
in the vicinity. .
t Uboo thei-Completlon of the review
President. Taft Will deliver an address
on the waterways of the . country .and
the needs tor ' Jhelr Improvement.,: .
- Hghting at Melilla."
t , By Cable to The Times) -
, Gibraltar. Septra Dispatches re
celyed from Melilla today state that
hostilities haye been, resumed on a
Urge ealfc'V; General tovars,' in com
mand of a Spanish column, defeated
the Moors at Cape Puerta with a loss
of SO ioldiers. '- A stubborn fight is
anticipated at Alren, - against which
Generul Orozcos is marching, v ; . , -
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tner and.ieit her an immense fortune.
COUNTRY CLUB PLANS
ACCEPTER LAST NIGHT
The plans for . the country .club
Were presented to the members last
night by the building committee and
were accepted, and the directors au
thorized, to advertise for bids fpr the
erection of the building.;. -k'ltX'J--
Mr. Albert 3oxpTeBenned"ta blSgsr
ror the committee, who explained in
detail the proposed building; and the
appearance of the grounds. The
building will be modern, and one of
much beauty, both on out and inside,
and Will cost complete $12,000.,
President Hllyer, who presided last
night, reported that the roadways
through the grounds were complete,
with . the exception of graveling,
which would be done in the course
of about two weeks. The golf course
has been cleared up, and the dam
for the 15-acre lake is almost com
pleted. Secretary Sam Hinsdale handed in
his resignation, which was accepted,
the meeting extending a vote of
thanks to him for the valuable serv
ices he had rendered. Mr. Graham
Andrews was elected to succeed Mr.
Hinsdale.
The club membership now num
bers 112, and all are enthusiastic over
the prospects of an early completion
of the building and grounds of the
club. .
PROGRESS IN
'S
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 22 Contest
ants in he Frank A. Munaey automo
bile reliability run t left Philadelphia
bright, and early this morning for the
second day of the run from Washing
ton to Boston and return. Last even
ling the contestants and passengers
were; the;. guests of , the Quaker City
motor club and the Philadelphia SJven
ing. Times.' ;
' The drivers and observers were call
ed'to a long, conference last evening
by Referee Trego and points about
which they were hazy were cleared up.
t: When Referee Trego and his assist
ants on the technical committee con
cluded their labors Iu checking up the
observers cards, it1 was found that
twenty-live contesting cars had per
fect scores at the end of the first day's
run.-The honor roll embraces No. 9,
Maxwell: No. 86, Roo; No. 12, Pullman,
No. 32, Washington; No. 87, Pullman;
No. 2, Crawford; No. 11, liary land;
No. 18, Corbln; No. 30, J Marmon, No.
38, Elmbre; No. J.3. Pullman; No.: 21,
American-Simplex; No. 28, , Renault;
No. 17. Croxton-Keeton.
Tire troubles .delayed some' of the
cars, but all managed to check In on
time, allowance being made for delay
caused b the troubles. That the tour
Is a: strenuous onet calculated 4.0 test
the running qualities of the variOua
cars to the utmost, was amply .demon
hv thn fa that elnvenof them
suffered penalties : for otic eausej or
another: The Winton was the mosi
unfortunate one of. the lot, having t.l
ipoluta marked up against it . ,
DMGESBY
GULF STORlil
N
ow BeDeved that 300 Per
sons Lost tbeir Ihes
' ... 1 ... ; it;
From Tidal Wave
STORY OF REFUGEES
Refugees From , Devastated Zone
Bilug Uie JFirut News of the Ter
rible Havoc. . Wrought by Tidal
Wave Tidal Wave Blows Before
Hurricane Swept Out of the Gulf
AVbile Storm Raged at its Height,
Catching the People Unawares and
Drowning Them Uke BatsRelief
, Expeditions Sent to the Stricken
Districts At its Height the Wind
Swept Along the Coast 100 Miles
an Hour and Was Irresistible.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New Orleans, La., Sept. 22 De
tails of the terrible havoc wrought
by the hurricane which swept the gulf
states were brought here today by re
fugees who arrived With the first
news from the devastated zone, and
declared that 300 persons had lost
tbeir lives in one portion of Louis
iana, struck by the storm. .
. Half clothed, famished and panic
stricken by the horrible scones which
they passed through, men, women
and, children straggled into the city
today .in one continuous procession,
each group vielng with the other In
the terrifying descriptions of damage
to life and property.
' These miserable, half starved peo
ple declare! that a great tidal wave
had awept away entire villages and
drowning at least 300 persons.
on me. euge ui, iuo rafngvu uidijiuib
the refugees flocked today.
The tidal -wave, blown - beiore a
ljurricane, swept up out" of the gulf
while the storm raged at its height,
catching the , people unawares; and
drowning them like rats.. The refu
gees declared that In some of the vil
lages. In the path of the wave, dead
bodies lie cluttering the streets min
gled with- debris of fallen houses.
Many other dead bodies were washed
out into the gulf, carried away by
the receding , tide. "- '
The defenceless people bf the coast
suffered worst. In the Interior the
damage and loss of life followed the
gale but along the gulf edge the tide
combined with the hurricane' to bring
death and destruction.
It Is believed that the worst dan
age was done bordering the shores of
Terre Bonne parish,
The half naked men and , women
who reached here managed to make
their way through the ravaged dis
tricts only after the most severe hard-
ships. At times they were compelled
to wade through swollen streams,
over treacherous quicksands and
through dangerous swamp lands
, They had no food and the con
tinued sight of demolished homes and
mangled bodies tended to increase
their fears.
.They were cared for, fed and given
shelter. Many of them begged pit
eously t&at help be sent to find rel
atives and friends who were unable
to, escape from the devastated sec
tions. ; . ; , - ; ....
. Relief expeditions were sent both
from here and Mouma to give succor
M the Injured and others wno were
unable to escape. ,The people who ar
rived, here say. that, starvation faces
those who remained behind. .They
are exposed to cold winds and deluges
of rain.
. A relief party started out to find
the bodjea of the dead who are known
to have perished with M4 J.'.Bmlth,
of Newberry, Ala. This party was on
a fishings excursion at the mouth of
Bayou Terre Bonne.
The ravaged district was popu
lated by 5,000 people,, It is esti
mated that the property loss will go
beyond 110,000,000.
; The refugees declare that many
pleasure-seekers must have been
killed, because their camps were de
molished. . Cottages were blown be.
fore the wind,, only to be picked up
by the waves and torn asunder with
the debris to go whirling out through
the muddy, swirling bayous into , the
gulf beyond.
Many. of . the villages were isolated,
but those upon railroad tracks suf
fered as keenly. ' Trackage was torn
up, telegraph wires blown down and
whole sections of, cars washed away.
,:At Its height the wind swept along
at almost 100 miles an hour, and was
Mrrealstlblo. The refugees tell Of sew
ing blgaubsUnUal,bulldttiB, lifted
(Continued en Page Three.)
IGNORE HIS
POLAR RIVAL
In Setting Forth His Claim to
the Pole Peary Willjot
Mentioned
NO MORE LONG TRIPS
Body of Newspaper Men Ask Dr. Cook
Many Questions He Answered
Them Readily But Grew Impatient
at the Frequency With Which Com
mander Peary's Name Was Men
tioned and Said He Was Not Going
to Get Into Apjr Controversy With
Peary Said He Would Make His
Records Public Within Two Months
Will, Not be. Necessary , to Await
the Return of Whitney Will Have
Esquimaux Next Vear. '
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 22 Dr. Frederick
A. Cook made a statement at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel today in which
he said that he intended to ignore
Comander Robert E. Peary entirely in
setting forth his claim to having dis
covered the north pole a year before
Peary Is said to have reached there.
At the same time Dr. Cook declared
he was through with polar explorations
and as he made his statement he look
ed meaningly at his wife who smiled
triumphantly. It looked like wnat the
songwriters would call a cas:e of "my
wife won't let mo."
The Brooklyn explorer declared he
had Ignored Peary after having sub
mitted to a guelling examination at
the hands of the body of newspaper
men. He answered very question
readily and the examination went
along in such a way that Commander
Peary's name was mentioned very fre
quently. Finally Dr. Cook with an lm.
1 am not going to get Into any con
troversy with Mr. Peary. Mr. Peary
is not the judge of my affairs."
Will you meet Peary when he re
turns?" one of the reporters asked
'In urVitit m-ov " aulrort Tlr CftnU "T
don't understand what you mean by
the expression 'meet Peary.' "
"With four ounce gloves," sair a face
tious bystander.
Dr. Cook did not seem to relish the
remark but as everyone laughed he
finally joined in and said:
"I don't think that will be neces
sary." When Dr. Cook greeted the newspa
per men today he declared that he
never felt better In his life. The ques
tions about his claim to having dis
covered the pole were then hurled at
him. He said he would make all his
records public within two months and
that he had noi been asked by any
American scientific body to submit his
data. Dr. Cook said it would not be
necessary to await the return "of Harry
Whitney, the American sportsman to
whom he gave his scientific instru
ments in the far north.
When he was asked about the dis
patch from Sydney which quoted Matt
Henson, Peary's negro attendant, as
saying that the Esquimaux who went
with Dr. Cook stated that they were
never out of sight of land, he said:
"Those Esquimaux are doing just as
I told them to do. They are not telling
anyone about our expedition. I told
them, just as I told wnuney ana
Pritchard, not to say anything of my
discovery. I snail " have the two
Esquimaux next year. That is not a
very long time to wait in view of such
an important matter as this."
EXECUTIONS MAKE
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
(By Cable to The Times)
Paris, Sept. 22 A holiday occas
ion was today made of the public
guillotining of three desperate crini.
lnals at Valence, and great crowds
gathered from ne'.ghborlng towns and
villages, waited all through the night
In order to secure the most advanta
eeous Dositions at the execution.
The three criminals, Llottard, David
and Berruyer, were notorious for
their wholesale murders, robberies,
and outrages.
' The execution was set for 5 o'clock
this morning at Valence. Early last
night the crowds , began . gathering
about the prison square. Men brought
their: wives - and children, swains
came .with .their .sweethearts. AH
made merry, drinking wine and danc
ing upon the ..village green. - It was
necessary tq( 8end for the gendarmes
to patrol the street during tne ue
capitations,, bo, eager,, were those n
the rear to press forward- "
- Aft01" the" executions the fetes con
tinued with,, more wtne-drinking,
songs and dancing.
PEARY HAS
LEFT SYDNEY
Goes to His Home to Rest and
Prepare Report of His
v
Exploration
ROOSEVELT SAILS
Peary, With His Wife and Children,
Left Sydney For Portland, Me.
and From There Will Go to Eagle
Island, Where the Commander
Will Rest and Prepare His Report
to Be Submitted to the Peary Arc
tic Club Says His Report Will
Not lie Delayed, But He Doesn't
Know Exactly When He Will Be
Prepared to Speak Doesn't Know
When He Will o to New York,
But Not Until He Has Submitted
His Report.
(By Cable to The Times)
Sydney, C. B., Sepl. 22 Comman
der Peary, with his wife and child
ren, left here this morning for Port
land, Me., whence he will go to his
home on Eagle Island to "rest up"
and prepare the report by which he
hopes to disprove entirely all claims
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook.
Simultaneous with his departure
the crew of the Roosevelt began to
make preparations for sailing to New
York. It was the desire of Com
mander Peary, expressed before leav
ing this morning, that the Roosevelt
get under way at once in order to get
to New York In time for participa
tion in the Hudson-Fulton celebra
tion, , - , .. '''
The polke. arid: detectives worked '
all nlghtjattemptlng to locate and re
store the valuable data taken from
the Roosevelt yesterday by "souvenir
hunters". Professor Donald McMil
lan lost his entire fruits of all his
Arctic labors and was disconsolate
with grief. All his notes, observa
tions, his diary and camera, together
with a large collection of photographs
vanished while the Roosevelt was
overrun with sightseers.
Commander Peary expects to ar
rive at home at Eagle Island on Fri
day morning. He will deny hjmself
to the public and decline all invita
tions to public functions until after
he has compiled his report.
"What I have to say," said Com
mander Peary, with a snap of his
jaws, "will not be delayed. You may
rest assured of that. But at this
time I cannot tell you to the day
when I shall be prepared to speak.
Acting on the advice of Secretary
Bridgman, of the Peary Arctic club,
aud General Hubbard I prefer not to
accept any invitations for public re
ceptions or orations until the pres
ent controversy Is settled by compe
tent authorities. I wish, however, to
thank all my friends for their kind
wishes and invitations.
"I do not know when I shall go to
New York. I Intend to make my re
port to the Peary Arctic club and
shall go to work on It with my sleeves
rolled up at once after reaching
home."
Peary Intimated that he would re
main at Eagle Island for several
weeks, until after he had submitted
all his facts in refutation of Dr.
Cook's story.
Before leaving Sydney Commander
Peary discussed his discovery along
many lines, which have thus far been
overlooked.
"What Impresses you most In the
whole achievement?" the explorer
was asked.
"The generous appreciation of my
country," he answered. "It has been
a constant stimulus during the long
struggle and is the most satisfying
and gratifying reward now it is all
over. . ' .-.,
"In some way beyond my. control
the project seewed to grow, year, by
year, and to change from a narrow '
personal ambition to one of national
honor, and if, as you tell njie, my
friends in, New York believe and say
that. I have averted a national dis
grace, my, pleasure Is Intensified, ;,WU1
the American. News . Service,, thank
everybody , In my;, name. ; for, .jail the
kind words said . and, publlshedf"
"But how about the pole Itself and
your aonsatfons?" ,, . . .;.. ,
Language, can, gi ve., no. 1 adequate
.idea ..either ,,of Jhe .physical .tact or
of, my -owa mental and eniotbjnaj, ex
perience. , 1 had nothing to go, by..Jn
respect,, to.5 etler, and, )(yet
some satisfaction that, my., previous
(Continued on Page Three.)