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Weather.
: Washington, Sept. 33 Fore
cast for North Carolina for to
night and Friday: Partly
cloudy with probably showers,-
ESTABLISHED 1876.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1909.
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COMMDER PEARY IS
GIVEN WARM
Touched Home Soil and Crowds
All Along line are
Enthusiastic
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FIRST STOP MADE
AfVANCEBORO
At the first Stop On 'Home Sail En
thusiastic Citizens Cheer Wildly as
the Commander Walks Out on Plat
form and Doffs His Hat -Elaborate
Preparations .Made ,i to Welcome
Peary at Bangor -Travelled Over
Triumphal Route Today and
Wherever, Train Stopped There
Were Groups of Men and Women
to Cheer Him Gets Mixed Up In
a Bridal Party, There Being Sev
eral on His Train.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Vanceboro, Me., Sept. 23 Com
mander Robert E. Peary and family
reached here this morning at 9:15
o'clock, on their way to the Peary
home in Eagle Island. It was his first
stop on Uned States soil.
The pole finder was greeted at the
station by a crowd of enthusiastic cit
izens .who cheered wildly as he came
out on the platform and doffed his
hat.
At St. John, N. B., where the train
stopped for half an hour, from 6:15
to 6:45, Commander Peary was met
by a group of school children and lo
cal newspaper men. He said that he
still wished to remain silent concern
ing Cook's claims, adding:
. "I expect to have something to say
soon. I would be glad If Jhis contro
versy might be settled once and for
all by a competent tribunal?' . ,
"Elaborate preparations are being
'made to welcome Commander Peacy
et Bangor. John V. Woodma the
mayor,-, w'red that the city . desires
the explorer to stop there at a recep
tion prepared for him. by Bangor's
most prominent citizens. , A Joying
cup is to be presented and speeches
'made. Arrangements were . accord
Inly made by Commanded Peary to re
main in Bangor from 1:15 to 3:40 p,
m. He expects to reach Portland by
7:40 p. m. . . ,
, From Portland the Peary family
will go to Eagle Island, Casco Bay,
Friday morning in a motor boat.
The eplorer travelled over a tri
umphal rdute today and whereever
the train stopped there were groups
of men and women to cheer the dis
coverer of the North Pole. In some
of the villages houses were draped
wittf flags and the commander was in
vited to speak from the car platform.'
At New Glasgow the crowd was, so
unusually large and ; demonstrative
that the commander went to the. plat
form, of the car. He noted with sur
prise the large number of well dress
ed young men and women and bow
ed profoundly. Just then a shower of
rice fell upon him and he was inform
ed that two wedding couples were
leaving on the train on their honey
moon. The daring adventurer, who
had risked his life so often in the
north, turned and hastened back into
his car, fearing to venture further
among the nymenial merry-makers.
Another bridal couple at Stellaton
boarded the train but the explorer
turned a deaf ear to the cheers with
out the car and refused to make a
public appearance. In fact, the com
mander's train was a veritable bridal
train. There were threri or four new
ly married couples upon It . starting
upon the honeymoon journeys. The
passengers showed a great deal of in
terest in Peary and annoyed hijh
somewhat by their persistent atten
tions. ,
: One passenger insisted on offering
the, commander cigars. Every few
moments he would produce a handful.
urging the explorer to try a few while
he expatiated upon their quality.
"I never smoke," said Commander
Peary, "and very few of my crew did.
Little tobacco was consumed in the
Arctic regions and very little alcohol
drunk either." I
The feature of the reception that
touched the weather-scarred explorer
more than anything else, however,
was the greeting hiven him by' the .
ISO school children of Vanceboro. It j
was their shrill cries or weicqme
which first attracted his attention.
Immediately he sprang to his feet and
hastened from the car. . A volley of
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snouts met. mm as ne eieppea vu iuo
station platform.' Then the children,
led by the principal of the school,
Prof. Ralph S." Reed,' began singing
"America," the explorer immediately
lifted his big grey slouch hat. The
explorer . remained uncovered while (
the children Bang an me verses or
(QoaUnued oo Xo. 1
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GETS DttG
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Sydney, C. B., Sept. 23 As the Arctic
steamer Roosevelt left her mooring
and sailed south at midnight last night
on her trip to New York the negro
mate, Matt Henson, the only other
civilized man of the the expedition to
stand at the north 'pole beside Com
mander Peary, had a narrow escape
from death when he fell into the sea-
through the attentions of an admirer
and was nearly drowned before res
1 cued. As the Roosevelt got under way
accompanied by the toots of the other
craft in the harbor, Henson leaned over
the rail to shake hands with Chief
Engineer Swicker of the tug Tyrian.
Swicker Is a gigantic man and very
powerful and as the Roosevelt swung
away he retained his grip on the
negro's hand, pulling his over the rail
and into the water. Swicker assisted
in rescuing him.
Captain- Dickinson of the Tyrian
guided the 'Roosevelt out of the harbor,
MANY BOATS ARRIVE
British Patriots Watch For
English Fleet
Anxious to Welcome Vanguard of the
English Fleet Coming to the Hud
son-Fulton Celebration Holland
Society Gave Banquet to Nether,
lands Commissioners.
(By Leased Wire to The Times) ,
New York, Sept. 23 there was an
outpouring of British patriots this
morning to watch the approach of the
vanguard of the English fleet, here
for the Hudson-Fulton , celebration,
steam .up the bay. Through the
morning fog they, waited, anxiously
for the ships to come in, heralded by
the roar at saluting gans. The Eng
lish cruisers Drake, Duke of Edin
burgh, and, Argyll lay outside the har
bor and the Inflexible, flying the flag
of AdnMral Sir Hobart Seymour, will
arrive tomorrow.
At. the .present time the. array , of
lighting vessels In the Hudson river
for the. celebration, which opens .on
Saturday, , represents approximately
$15000.000 and probably half a
million tons of floating steel.
Socially the Hudsqn-Fulton cele
bratlqn Is already in full swing. The
Holland Spciety gave a banquet at the
Waldorf-Astoria last night, at which
thtrl?pt$e,rlands commissioners were
the guests, pj.ionor. There were 260
persons present. Among the speak
ers was Judge Augustus Van Wyck,
who .madQ the, address of welcome.
At the conclusion of his speech he
proposed a toast to Queen Wllhel
mina. Other speakers were Henry S. "Van
Dusen, J. T. Cremer, of the Nether
lands commission; S. F. VanSaghan,
chairman of the foreign delegation;
W., H. VpnLoea wen, burgomaster of
Amsterdam; Warner Van Orden and
General Stewart 1. Woodford.
The rush Is already on. All trains
entering New York are showing a de
cided Increase in passenger traffic.
Tomorrow the number of trains will
be doubled to handle the excursion
ists. ; Conservative estimates place
the number of strangers who will be
in the city during the Hudson-Fulton
week, at 1,500,000.
. New York hotels are already filled
up and In others all accommodations
are booked. Kates have been doubled
and rooms normally renting at $1 and
$1.50 per day have shot up to $3 and
$5 and $7.
The. normal capacity of the prin
cipal New York hotels is about 200,
000 a day but arrangements have
been made to accommodate 600,000
liext week. Excursion rates are be
ing offered from as. far away as Chi
cago., i
SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Two Cases From the Fourth District
Argued Yesterday.
The following cases from the fourth
district,:w.e,re. argued In the supreme
court, yesterday: .
Lewis vb. Gay, from Edgecombe, by
Austin and Graham for the plaintiff;
Bunn and Bprulll and T. T. Thorne
for the defendant.
Mottu vs. Davis, from Edgecombe,
by J. K. GasklU. J,. K. Rawley and
F. 8. SprulH for the plaintiff; G. M. T.
Fountain for th defendant..
Matt Henson, Peary's Negro Servant
Matt Henson, the only American
the North Pole. He is a negro, and h
Polar expeditions. The picture on th
the right as he appears in sunny dim,
LETTERS OF ADVICE SENT
TO CENSUS
Letters Sentto 182 Out of 330
Men Who Will Direct
Census Taking
LIST OF MEN WHO
HAVE BEENNOTIFIED
Census Director Durand fias Sent
Letters of Advice to the (X'nsus Su
pervisors Throughout the United
States, Including Commission from
the President, Subject to Confirma
tion by the Senate Supervisors
Must Not Have Any Active Political
Affiliations and the Fact That Com
missions Are Given Them is to be
Taken as Evidence That They
Have Resigned From Political Or
ganizations. (By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 23 Cen
sus Director Durand lias sent letters
of advice to 182 out of the 330 cen
sus supervisors throughout the
United States to direct the enumera
tors work April 15, and including
their commission from the president,
subject to confirmation by the senate,
A blank oath of office is enclosed,
wherein the supervisors swear not to
disclose to any person except the di
rector any information about their
work. The statement is also made
that if any of the-supervisors have
held positions of political activity the
fact that commissions are given them
makes it evident that they have re
signed from political organizations.
The list of enumerators notmea
and their states is as follows:
Alabama: First district, L. W.
Locklin; third district, J. H. Adams;
fifth district, W. P. Cobb; sixth dis
trict, S. T. Wright; seventh district,
J. Curtis, eighth district, T. P.
Wood; ninth district, John T. Mcbn
iery. Colorado: Albert B. McGaffey.
Florraa: H. W. Bishop; Lesseur
Gaulden, L. D. White.
Georgia: Second district, l,.
Rainey; third district, G. E. Rlckers;
fourth district, E. T. Moon; seventh
district, L. H. Crawford; eighth dis
trict, W. B. Adams; ninth district, J.
R. Allen; tenth district, L. M. Lee;
eleventh district, A. P. Perham, Sr.
Illino's: Donald A. Callahan, F.
W. Latimer, L. W. Kribourg, rt. .i.
Schmidt, J. J. Bundy, S. B. Kerr, J.
T. Galbraith.
Indiana: W. D. Crow, W. W. Ljn-
who was with Commander Peary at
as accompan'ed l'enry on all of his
e left shows hi mill Polar costume, on
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SUPERVISORS
gle, W. O. Spotsman, S. J. Wilton
W. L. Itice, J. R. Broyles, Francis H
Doran, S. R. Thomas.
Kansas: Reese VanSant, Charles
Yoe.
Louisiana: Walter Y. Kemper, G.
J. Reilly, C. H. Grousdale, O. M. Gris
ham:
Massachusetts: C. F. Gettemy.
Michigan: O." R. Leonard, G. W,
Sample, J. L. Boer, H. H. Hart, J. -A.
Sherman, C. R. Jackson.
Mississippi: S. D. Chamberlain, W.
A. Shelby, J. E, Landrum, S. F. Thig-
pen, N. Van Boddie, L. P. Connor, J
P. Yelowley.
Missouri: J. S. Newlon, E. H. Loyd,
H. A. Higgins, C. A. Barnes, S. G
Nipper, G. A. McCause, H. Clymer.
New Jersey: W, D. Brown, E. F.
Benuer, W. K. Fenn, H. B. Salter, J.
H. Weastell.
New York: A. R. Smith, J. Kiiby,
C. Shufelt, A. P. Finder, W. F. Kav-
anaugh, D. W. Miller, F. J. Dunn, W,
G. Moore, H. J. Cookingham, Jr., F.
G. Wisner, J. A. McCormicker, J. G.
Pembleton, G. F. DeVenny, R. C.
Turnbull, A. W. Fisher, J. L. Camp
bell.
North Carolina: First district, J.
C. Meekins, Sr.; second district, J. M
Mewborne, fourth district, W. C.
Pearson ; sixth district, Trvin B.
Tucker; seventh district, Absalom T.
Grant, Jr.; eighth district, J. I. Camp
bell ;ninth district, J. Y. Killian.
Ohio: F. P. Richter, J. E. Russell,
J. H. Schrider, S. A. Mitchell, H. B.
Weaver, C. S. Ireland, Robert J.
West, J. W. Kern, Jr.. C. D. Simeral,
J. P. Jones', C. W. Wickline, J. E.
Todd.
Oklahoma: W. B. Moss, C. C.
Chapell.
Pennsylvania: Sixth district, John
O. Graham; eighth district, S. L.
Price; tenth district, J. A. Wiltse;
fourteenth district, W. G. Light; fif
teenth district. L. C. Elliot; seven
teenth district, S. R. Hamilton; twenty-first
district, Cnarles O. Frye;
twenty-second district, Aaron F.
Dickey.
South Carolina: W. J. Storen, G.
Waterhouse, W. W. Russell, G. M.
Pritchard, Robert L. Douglas.
Tennessee: S. H. Thompson, Al
fred J. Agee, J. H. Early, R. Q. Lil
lard, J. B. Strong, M. Richardson, V.
A. Biggs, J. W. Farley. '
Virginia: First district, William
W. Woodward; second district, R. P,
Bunting; third district, C. Rldgeway
Moore; fourth district, W. A. Laud;
fifth district, S. F. Landreth; sixth
district, E. C. Burks; seventh dis
trict, E. D. Ott; eighth district, A.
Fletcher, Jr.; ninth district, J. C.
Smith.
Wisconsin: D. E. Roberts, F. Win
ter, C. Oelrlclj C. W. Sunstrom, J. W.
Brown.
A WIRELESS
STATION TO
BE EQUIPPED
GovermentPIanning for Power
ful New Station With Radius
of 3000 Miles
LOOK FOR LOCATION
New Station Will Have the Greatest
Radius of Any in Wireless Tele
graphy in the United States
From Washington to Xnvy De
partment Will be Aide to Com
municate With Vessels in the Car
ibbean Sea and at Xearly Every
Part In the West Indies Towers
AVhich Will House the Apparatus
Will be Built of Steel and Concrete
and Will be 600 Feet in Hight
Other Experiments.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. 23 Commander
Cleland Davis and Lieutenant G. C.
Sweet, the naval officers bavins the
selection near Washington of the site
for the 3,000-mile radius wireless
telegraph station for the navy depart
ment, are still considering proposed
locations. It is probable that this
station will be erected on top of anJ
oia reservoir at Georgetown, near
this city.
The station will have the greatest
radius for wireless telegraphy in the
United States. From there the navy
department will be able to communi
cate with war vessels in the Carib
bean Sea, and at nearly every port in
the West Indies. The tower, which
will house the powerful wireless ap
paratus will be built of steel and
concrete and will be more than GOO
feet in height.
Not alone in building land wire
less stations, and the development of
wireless communication between
ships and between ships and shore, is
the navy active, but the army, too,
is paying much attention to both
wireless telegraphy and wireless tele
phony. Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, chief
of the aeronautical division of the
United States signal corps, has just
completed a wonderful little wireless
telegraph apparatus for use in aero
planes or in free and dirigible bal
loons. While allowing of communi
cation for about three miles, between
airships, or between airships and sta
tions on the ground, it will, it is
thought by signal corps officers, be
of much value in case of warfare in
the clouds, the whole apparatus occu
pies the space of a small suit. case.
Instead of a long pole, at the top of
which the hertizan waves are caught,
as in earth stations, a wire is dropped
CHEAPEST
AND BEST
ADVERTISING!
Newspaper advertising is the
cheapest and best channel of
communication every estab
lished by man. .
A thousand letters with one-
mi cent stamps win easuy cust ni
frteen dollars and not one envel-
' ope in ten will be opened, be
cause the very postage is an in
vitation to the wastt'basket.
It's only "the man who has
not looked at it that way" who
hesitates for an instant over
the advisability and profitable
ness of newspaper publicity.
If there were anything cheap
er or better, rest assured that
the greatest merchants in Amer
ica would not spend individual
sums ranging up to half a mil
lion dollars a year and over in
this form of attracting trade.
It is no longer a question of
whether it pays to advertise in
the newspaper. Instead, it is
up to the advertiser to finI out
which newspaper will bring
hiin the greatest returns from
his advertising.
Most Raleigh merchants un
hesitatingly declare in favor of
The Evening Timcs because
they . .have had abundant un
doubted, proof of its superiority
a3.an advertising medium.
No matter how big or littie
you may contemplate advertis
ing, Jt Is certainly to your in.
terest to "talk, It over" with one
of The Kveninir Times ad-men.
DR. COOK WILL BE GIVEN -A
BANQUET AT WALDORF
from the airship equipped with the
apparatus, and communication is
made at the end of that. As soon as
these wireless stations can be nian
ufactered, each airship will doubtless
have one.
Be.sides the development of wire
less telegraphy in the army and navy,
wireless telephony, another method
of communication without wires, is
engaging the attention of officers.
At Fort Myer, Va., and Fort Oma
ha, Neb., the signal corps has for
some time been conducting experi
ments with wireless telephony.
Brigadier General Allen, chief sig
nal officer, recently returned from
Schneclady, N. Y., where lie investi
gated a type of wireless telephone
apparatus, now being manufactured
by an electrical company of that city.
General Alien said yesterday:
"We expect these instruments to
lie, in their particular field, what, the
Wright aeroplane is in aeronautics."
The experiments in wireless tele
phony at. Fort Myer and at Fort Oma
ha have attracted little attention, but
signal corps officers declare that re
markable results were obtained.
With the latest instruments it is now
possible to carry on conversation at
a distance of from 15 to 20 miles.
The war department will bend its
energies toward the development of
this means of communication, which
would bo of inestimable value in war
fare. The telephone instruments
necessary are not cumbersome as
are field wireless or regular tele
graph outfits. They can be moved
anywhere where it is possible for
troops to go, while communication
can be established at any moment be
tween army units, provided they are
in the radius required.
Through the use of the wireless
telephony the troops can be placed in
touch with each other at all times,
and either in maneuvers or actual
fighting division and corps com
manders could converse directly with
one another and keep posted from
minute to minute of the movements
of whole armies. Information would
be instantly available at first hand
and it would not often be valueless,
as sometimes something happens
where troops are miles apart, on ac
count of delays in transmissions.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington. Sept. 23 The pre
liminary report issued by the census
bureau this morning on the cotton
consumption shows the number of
bales held August 31, in the United
States to be 1,519,932; f "'
ber 702, 9S8 were held in die cotton
growing states and 810,934 in all
other states. Of the total amount
held in the United States 908, SOS
bales are held by the manufacturers.
In the United States in 1909, 5.0S5,
380 bales up to August 1 were con
sumed, employing 27,783,491 active
spindles.
The figures in this preliminary re
port are subject to a slight correc
tion in the final report, which will
be published by the census bureau by
November 1st.
The statistics of cotton consumed,
and of stocks are for all establish
ments using raw cotton, including
cotton mills, woolen mills, hosiery
and knit goods establishments, those
lengaged in the manufacture of mat-
tresses and the like; the statistics of
active cotton spindles include those
which consumed cotton only during
the year and do not i .elude those
which consumed cotton only during
the year and do not include those
which consumed cotton mixed with
other fibers. The totals of the table
include 12,449 bales of foreign cotton
in 1909, 7,816 in 190S nnd S,6fi5 in
1907 consumed by manufacturers' in
the cotton growing states nnd 123,-
884 bales in 1909;
141,812 in 190S
and 131,703in 1907 consumed
by
manufacturers in all other states.
The statistics of both domestic and
foreign cotton are in running bales,
gross weight.
Young Girl Arrested.
(By Leased Wire to The Times) i
-Washington, Sept. 23 Jennie
Hall, 18 years old, an attractive girl,
who . ran away from her home In
Montgomery, Ala., in June, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Do-
Uectlyes Weedon and Burllngame as
a fugitive from her parents. ,
Frank. Hall, her father, took
her back to Montgomery yesterday.
CENSUS
BUREAU
COTTON
REPORT
First of Series of Receptions to
the Explorer by the
Arctic Club
AMERICA'S FORMAL
GREETING TO HERO
Twelve Hundred Guests Will. Attend
the Banquet Tonight Admiral
Schley, President of the Club,: .Will
Preside Acting Mayor McGowan
Will Speak in Behalf of the . City
and Several Other Gentlemen .Will
Make Short Speeches and Dr. Pok
Will Give Outline of His I Trip
Public Reception Will be Held in
the City Hall Later, Probably Oc-
. tober 5.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 23 The first of
The inevitable series of banquets
which all men who do things must
face, will be given by the Arctic Club
of America in honor of Dr. Freder
ick A. Cook this evening at the Wal
dorf. At this meeting wil lbe ex
tended America's formal greeting to
the returned hero.
Twelve hundred guests will attend.
Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, president
of the club, who rescued the mem
bers of the Greely expedition, wHI
preside. Acting Mayor Patrick F.
McGowan will speak on behalf 6f the
city. Borough President vBird i&.
Coler will represent Brooklyn. Count
Moltke will speak for Denmark.
Prof. W. H. Brewer will tell what
the discovery of the pole means, to
science. Job E. Hedges will make a
few observations on the subject . Of
magnetic variations and W Sv Ben
nett, a member of the house of rep
resentatives, will speak on behalf of
the residents of the Delaware Valley
and Cailicoon, where Dr. Cook was
born.
The speeches of all save Dr.. oCok
are not expected 'to exceed five mitt
utes. The exploAer has been urged
to take all the time he wants.
Dr. Cook was today presented with,
an engrossed copy of the resolution
of the board of aldermen granting
him the freedom of the city and was
highly pleased at the unusual honor
conferred upon him.
While there is no precedent to fol
low, the unusual privilege will be set
for an indefinite time, probably .a
week or ten days, during which there
will be a series of events held in re
cognition of Dr. Cook's polar feat.
A public reception will be held in
City Hall for Dr. Cook, probably Oc
tober 5.
The general verdict of the cross
examining squad of newspaper men
who quizzed Dr. Cook is that he has
made good. He reiterated his deter
mination not to describe in detail any
single observation taken by him at
the North Pole with exact figure of
results and the corrections applied,
declaring that he would make .Jhla
public later, but despite his refusal
to answer certain questions the gen
eral result of the inquisition made a
favorable impression upon the corre
spondents present. , -
When asked why he had imposed
secrecy upon.Harry Whitney, William
Pritchard of the Roosevelt- and; his
two Esquimaux, Dr. Cook replied; .;
"I do not think that I was bound
todisclose to Mr. Peary the natur
of my work and he might have found
out about it on his arrival at Etah. I
told Mr. Whitney that he was at lib'
erty to give to the world all that 'the
knew after I had given the announce
ment first. I knew that Mr. Whitney
would probably not get back, ,ta lvl
liza.tion before the middle, of ,Oct9r
ber. The Jeanie, on which ,be ig
aboard, is now following out the pcqr
gram as I understood It. He, told, me
he was going to the American side of
the Hudson Bay to hunt,'v tl.:.
Cook said that he took both astroor
omic.al and nautical observations j.a.t
the pole. He described his , intruj
ments and said he left them with.
Whitney rather than risk them in
making the trip in sledges across the
Icefields. , l4: ,ii.rwrn
Dr .Cook remained in Ills quaxfCS
at the Waldorf-Astoria all cjf tttdR
declaring that , he would not Jea.y$
them until tonight! when he.isJLo be
the guest of honor at,the baoqupt,;
During the day a comnjlttee.iije
Danish people of BrooklyncaHedniJ
invited the explorer to a ban,que(to
be given next week at th dn0cr&.tjp
club in' Brooklyn,
He accepted tn
invitation. From" Copenhagen 'jot.
Cook received today" a f pqlaP ear
fashioned in china, the gift tof a Dan
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