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Weather. Washington, Sept. 25 Fore cast for North Carolina for to night and Sunday: Fair and continued cool tonight. ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N..C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1909. price s cEirra LAST EDITION STRANGE AND UNEXPLAINED VIREPRANKS Telegraph Wires Behave in Strange Manner Totally ..... business CAUSE IS UNKNOWN All Telegraph Wire Running Out of New York Play Strange Pranks In Spite of the Fact That it Was Ap parently Ideal tyeather for Good Wire Condittons-Electrirnl Sharps Puzzled and Finally Charge it Up to the Aurora Borealls Great De lay in Moving Commercial and Newspaper Business Leased Wires Work by Fits and Starts Prof. Willis L. Moore Discusses Probable Cause of Disturbance. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. Sept. 25 All the tele graph wires running out of New York played strange pranks early today In spite of the fact that It was appar ently Ideal weather for good wire conditions. All the electrical sharps of the Postal and Western Union were puzzled but finally put It up to earth currents caused by an aurora borealls. The earth currents made telegraphing extremely difficult and caused considerable delay in moving both commercial and newspaper busi ness. The leased wires of the news papers out of New York worked by fits and starts and this caused much trouble hi the., receipt and transmis sion of news dispatches. The telephone- etfrapany. seemed to rm nmrniiPM nninii wnr nn virn a .rnr.::. "I. T:,r 1?.'- lights. Telegraph companies Bald that wires, as tar west as St. Louis suf fered. Cable companies also suffer ed, the strength of the wires being diminished by 'the strange phenome non. , Prof. Moore On Trouble, Washington, Sept. 25 Prof. Wll lis L. Moore, chief of the United States Weather Bureau, in discussing the troubles the Western Union and Postal telegraph companies experi enced this morning with their wires through a section of the country ex tending from St. Louis to Boston, and as fa south as Atlanta, Ga., denied that the trouble could in any way be connected with the recent-equinoctial storm that swept the gulf and the Mississippi valley. This morning's electrical disturbances, which result- "'. ed in putting telegraph wires partly out of commission for several hours could not, he thought, be in any way attributed to the auroraobealis as a number of laymen in the points af fected imagined might be the cause. He thought that some important elec trical disturbance occurred of which scientific observers have not yet had ime to take note, the exact nature of which may or may not be ascer-1 tained later. Lieutenant Commander L. S. Thompson, naval inspector of electri cal appliances at the navy depart ment, said he could not at this time think of any probable explanation of t4ie reported phenomena. "'it is possible that it may have been due to some electrical dlsturb- ance,' somewhat similar to a barome- ' . ... . I trie pressure, and resulting from a combination of conditions. In view of the fact that the area reported as having been affected was confined to certain localities, as for Instance, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York mid southern. states, it would seem th tronhia is not due to some general cause, as it did not affect the entire earth's surface, or at leasi, a irrnftter area than that reported. It will be interesting to note, if possible, intor what may have caused the trouble." , Phenomlnal Bain of Meteors, - Honolulu, Sept. 25 A phenome nal rain of meteors last night caused - much excitement and ' some alarm -among the natives. vTbe fall began - at .10; 56 p. m. Although most ot the heavenly visitants fell Into the ea, It Is believed some of them . struck iand. Observers counted forty meteors that fell Into the sea. - Severe Magnetic Storm. i . Washington, Sept. 25 A magnetic storm, the most severe reported since 190) was registered at the coast and goedetle survey today. The phenom enon vas discovered through instru ments of . the survey at the Chelten ham (Maryland) observatory, "The prevalence of tula magnetic J jlCoiiUaueAiMiPai: fire.) THE HILTON NAVAL PARADE The Half fein Crashes Into I the Clermcnt at Start I r, i.:-: ... iK:' - of Parade PAGEANT UNDER WAY I Half Moon and the Clermont, lender Their Own Power, dlecome Unman ageable- and the Half Moon Crashes Into the Clermont, Injuring Both Vessels Work of Repairing Ves sels Begun Great Pageant Opens Auspiciously t.IiOO Vessels in the Naval Parade While Grim Iron clads View the Parade and Boom Salutes 500,000 People View Pa rade From Clermont Heights A Fitting Tribute to the Men Whose Memory the Pageant Celebrates. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sept. 26 The recon-, structed Half Moon, a few minutes ' after she left the Kill Von Kull, S. I. ; at the head of the Hudson-Fulton na- i val parade today crashed Into the port side of the Clermont, stove a big ; hole in the latter and smashed her own bow. No one on either boat was , hurt. ! The accident happened just off St. ' George, S. I., just beyond the en trance of the Kill Von Kull. Tiie Half Moon was carried into the Cler mont by the strong tide at that point while the Clermont had become stuck on one side of the channel. Both of the reconstructed vessels .left the dock " of the Rill Von . Kull -...,,, it - WiW. ., h rBele DahMl and tha Clermont trtrtBHirTa or.MouiJns, - " taw oYW- tnalzeHne: UBverv- tried to go ahead, under their own ! eral particularly daring turns and methods of propulsion. When the'thfin began to ascend. While It was Clermont started ahead under her own steam, the rudimentary paddle! wheels whirred thraueh tha water 1 ela whirred through, the water ' she did not make very good steer-1 way in the- heavy tide. Sudden- j but age ly she stuck. By that time the Half Moon had hoisted her old fashioned sails and was beating out of the channel. The steerage way of the Half Moon under sail was worse than that of the Clermont had been. She was swept on j toward the Cleremout by the tide and ! in a moment more, dashe"d into the ! lntr Tho hlrt nrnnr nt Half Moon struck well above the water line. Most of the Dort rail of the Clermont was ripped off. Mechanics were on board and it was decided to repair both vessels as j .. nog8lb.ft whlle thev annhored well as possibje while they -anchored near St. George. ir-K u.1, i once. With 2,000,000 of his stepchildren from all over the country within his doors, and with the warships of the world tor a guard of honor, Father Knickerbocker, garbed In resplend ent attire, is paying a post humous tribute on a titan tic scale to Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton on this. the first day of a spectacular festival that is to last two weeks and be a pageant, the glittering glory of which shall long live in the .memory of those fortunate enough to witness it. Past the oncer wooded end of the city, the first part of the Aboriginal Manhattan" beheld by the great Dutch explorer, and up to and past the raMy 8,PM of Clermont, from ..1,1.1, IK.,lnn. ... .V. A . which Fulton's quaint craft the first one propelled by steam to traverse American waters todHher name, glided today a fleet of 1,500 boats. the very flower of the merchant and pleasure fleet of the United States. un westerly nan nodded an e,ht mile long line of grim iron. cla. aytoK the flags that rule the seven as and bearing greetings and -.(Continued on Page Two.) v, ml m h:.. Battleships of the Atlantic Squadron, as the appeared pasilng Handy The Georgia, New Jersey, Nebraska, Rhode Island, VirgiuU, Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina and NewVork. with which they iir U eqalpped, show to ftae advanUge, . T " v,' .jl.. Replica of Fulton' s First Steam Boat Rammed Today HHBK mmm' mm Robert Fulton's Boat, the "CI FOUR KILLED (By Cable to The Times) Moulins, France, 8ept. 25 While It was flying more than 1100 feet in the air here today, the airship Re publique exploded and four persons vho were in it werekllled. The Republlque has been the prido of all France since the destruction of the dirigible balloon. La Pntrie. It ..... ... ... . ... land was maneuvering- on the out- . - . . i-. ... -Crowds were Watching the evolu- Boing up tne explosion occurred, The four men killed were Captain MarChal, Lieutenant Chaure, and mtt' uiouwsimm uumc, Sub-Lieutenants Vincenot and Reux. 'lhe Republique was in charge tff Captain Marchal. The four officers in the car had just waved their hands In response to enthusiastic cheers from the people below them when without warning the airship ex ploded witn a loud report. At the tIme Bhe was at an altitude of more thnn 30 (eet- The car fel1 t0 the ground and tne rour men on uoara were crusneo to aeacn ana tne car completely wrecicea Tae Republique was built tor the French government in .iiuy isiks d Jutioue. it nao ine innovation ot the fans of the propeller being round- ed and a sufficient space left between J ' t " pressure of displaced.-air. It was cigar-shaped, sixty-one metres long and at the widest part ten metres eighty centremetres in diameter. It had a capacity for 3,700 cubic metres of gas and was equipped with an eighty horse-power motor. When ful ly inflated with pure hydrogen gas the airship had a lifting capacity of 1,345 kilograms and could carry eight passengers. It was built under contract to make forty miles or bet- j ter an hour when not flying against the wind. DR. DIXON AND MR. BAILFY. To Address Tabernacle Sunday School Tomorrow. Tomorrow Is Temperance Sunday in the lesson study course of the Sun day schools, and Instead of the regu lar lesson at the Taberftacle Dr. B. F. Dixon and Mr. J. W. Bailey will de liver addresses of 15 minutes each. Special music by the orchestra and Bongs appropriate to the occasion will give added interest to the occasion. The school opens at 9:15 a. m. Dr. Dixon will speak at 10 o'clock. mm - V. s- '-wv AIRSHIP X iMiiont." This is a Replica of Fulton's by Hudson's boat, "The Half Moon." HUNSEY AUTOS REACH BOSTON (i:y Leased Wire to The Times) Boston, Mass., Sept. 25 After the most arduous run since starting from Washington, tourists of the Frank A. Munsey automobile reliability contest are resting in Boston today. The crossing of the Berkshire Hills occurred during a driving rajri and The htn was so dltflcult that Chair man Trego, of the technical commit tee, refused to examine the cars yes terday evening, but. official scores of the day will not be known until late today. All the cars, despite the difficulties, checked In at Wocester within the time limit. Delegations frOm Boston were on hand there to greet the auto ists and escorted them to Boston. F. Edward Spooner, who has been in many auto tours since the sport was inaugurated, said today that yes terday's run was the hardest he had experienced since the famous "mud lark' run from Pittsburg to New York, in 1903. GUNBOAT SENT AFTER PIRATE (By Cable to The Times) Manila, Sept. 25 United States gunboats were today sent to Moro where, according to dispatches, the revenue cutter Sora was captured by Filipino pirates and the crew mur dered. The information contained In the dispatches was very meagre. They stated that the pirates crept on board during tho night, overpowered the men on watch, murdered them and then killed the other members of the crew. The Sora was sent to Moro to run down the pirates. Its crew con sisted of about 12 men. William H. Pearoe Head. Washington, Sept. 25 Stricken with heart failure at an early hour yesterday morning, William H. Pearce, principal examiner of the board of review in the pension office, died in the bath room of his home. 1737 S street, Northwest, before rel atives were aware he was 111. il 5i v r f Hook on their way to New Ytrk Harbor for the Hudson-Fulton celebration. 4 t t t flrnt stiMinltoat, was nmnieil today TOTAL NUMBER DEAD IS 356 world's most expensive city, not only . so for as its administrative expenses New Orleans. La.. Sept. 25 Via 1 ,m' ''"'f'''n. but in many other re- ! spects. The increase of more than Hattiesburg, Miss. The unofficial ; 2S,0oo,0O0 over last year, however, in count of the dead from Monday's I dieates an expansion in city "house tropical storm brings Up. total num- j keeping" expenses the chief item is her up to li.ltj, most of whom have been identified. At Houma, l.u.. and along the Ter rebonne coast and the bayous adja cent uiereto luu bodies nave been re- covered. " ' THirty-two ' bodies 1 have ; been picked up along tho coast and con- necting waterways In the vicinity of Moreun Citv. .ml .drhr between Ruddock and Frenier, La. Leesvllle, Aiu., one: Plauquemine, La., one: Lafayette, La., 1: Bara tarla Hay, La., :i; Berwick, La., 2; Slaughter, La., 1; Jackson, Miss., 2; East Fork, Miss., 5; Bay St. Louis, Miss., 4; I'ass Christian, Miss., 8; Three Mile Bayou, Miss., :i ; Breaitx Bridge, La.. 4; Patterson, La., 1; New Orleans. La.. 5; Bay De Islets, La., 2; Henderson Point, 3; Mande ville, 1; Carville, 1; Pass Manchac, S; Boise Du Lacre, 2; Bayou Taylor, 1; Clinton, 2; Hammond, 4; New Iberia, 1; Little Caillous, US; Monte gal. 25: Grand Caillou, 40; Sea Hiveze, IS; Dunbar. Miss, crew- of 7 of schooner Seven Brothers: Long Beach, Miss, 1; Biloxi, Miss, 1. TO THF. V FT KHANS. War Department Will Krect. Monu incut to Confederate Veterans. Washington, Sept. 25 The war de- ' partment today awarded to the Van f Aiuriusu u ramie company, oi oosiun, a contract for the erection of a mon- tiiiient at I' inns Point National Ceme- tery. New Jersey, to the memory of t he Confederate prisoners of war who died at Fort Delaware during the Civil War tk. i m, .v...u.. io .u,,u,,.6 n.c . measure .enacieu oy congress several, years ago, which authorized the marking ot the graves of Confederate : prisoners who died in northern pris- ons. The shaft will be of Pennsyl- I vania marble, S2 feet high, and will cost $S,50t . WRIGHT MAKING TRSTH. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sept. 25 Wilbur Wright today tested the motor of the teroplane which he is to use in his flights next week. The machine Is a ed composite affair, some of the parts!'' having been used in the verv earl- 0 .' I lest aeroplanes used by the Wrights in their experiments at Kitty Hawk, . N. C. On tho ships nearest In the fo reground the new lattice-work masts, . . , . .1.' JL THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CITY BUDGET GROWS Cost of Running the City of New York is About $500,000 a Day HOW IT IS SPENT Now Costs $21,000 An Hour or $500, 000 a lay to Run New York City Prediction That These Figures Will he IHiubled In Ten Years How the Money Goes Father Knickerlmcker Kxpects Lively Flection Guests at Hud.on-Fui ton lhuujuet Literally to Walk on Air Marine Police Make Smug gling Difficult. New York, Sept. 2.1 The prediction made in 1H00 that within twenty years New York .should be the world's first I million dollar a day city seems likely to be fulfilled. The tentative budget lor mtinieipal expenses during the com ing year calls for $1S4,000,000, which is at the rate of a trille more than a million a day or $21,000 an hour and $350 a minute. New York has for years held undisputed title to being the !'"''" " -'W-'"". pay tne annual interest on the city s debt which now ; amounts to about $600,000,000. In this j connection it has just been suggested by a high official that Central Park, j the city's chief playground, might be Isold to liquidate the indebtness. Legal j opinion, however, , has decided that j such a sale would be impossible and N,'w York sepms '"""'y tn continue I to I"1 the Interest on the greatest municipal debt which the world has ever known. Next to this Interest charge comes a demand of $35,000,000 for education, and the most important other Items which make up this re markable budget include $16,124,000 for police; $8,7.1S,000 or street cleaning $8,230,000 for the fire department, and $3,7,18.000 for the public charities. The most significant increase in all the de partments is that which is asked for salaries and amounts to nearly $12,000- 000. Altogether It seems Hkely that by 1920 it will cost at least $1,000,000 a day l to run New York CMty. thus making it the first municipality in the world t( achifve such an enormous budget. Not since the fall of 1H01, which marked the defeat of Richard Croker, has there been any such indication of tin organized attempt to overcome the famous Tammany Hall organisation as is promised for the election in October The chief source of anti-Tammany activities this year is the Committee 'of (hie Hundred, but as in every year i of municipal elections there are any number of minor organizations. But it spine of all opposition Tammany- Hall seems to resemble to a remark nb,( extent Tennyaon's brook, in that while opposition may come and opposi- Ition may go it goes on forever. All sorts of bodies have been getting to- jgether 'or the purpose of denouncing Tammany, and while the condemnation lof tne organization has been loud, even rrorn sucn organizations as me uemo fh .... fn,- tho alio. cesa f tne famous institution whose emblem is tiger to be a little affected. Aside from the question as to whether or not Tammany Hall is a deslreable influence in city politics, a local politi- cal leader has summed up the possibil ities of Its defeat this fall by the para doxical statement that its strength I lies in the number of its enemies. That this is true, however, can scarcely be doubted after an analysis of the many 'Tammany victories, to which the lack - of unity of purpose among its enimies 'has been a largely contributing factor, i W'hether this condition will be repeat- tms 'ear remains to be seen, but '8 nevertheless an undeniable fact """ ..-,...., , i ciniim trt m mnr-a anfliTQ than ci'ar ha. fore - As a result New York ls looking frward for one of the liveliest elee- tions in Its history. From left to right, they are: -- i liliiife WHITNEY IS ON THE WAY TO NEW YORK He Has Arrived at Battle Har bor and Will Hurry South ARRIVE NEXT WEEK Harry Whitney Has Arrived at Bat tie Harbor and Has Sent Wireless Messages to the South He J Hur rying Home and is Expected tot Ar rive in New York the Latter Part of Next Week Was With the Crew of the Whaler Snowdrop, Ship wrecked More Than a Year Ago Reports Hard Winter and Terrible Suffering But Fine Sport -Cook Will Bring Suit Against Peary fop Slander. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Sept. 25 Harry Whit ney, the man who holds Dr. Frederick A. Cook's proof of the discovery of the north pole, is hurrying to New York, according to advices received today. Whitney sent wireless mes sages from Indian Harbor, where he arrived on the Peary relief ship Jeanie. He had with him the owner, captain and crew of the Dundee whaler, the Snowdrop, who were shipwrecked a year ago. From the time of that disaster till they were picked up by Whitney thejr were forced to live almost without cessa tion In the manner of the JBAauimim. fearly today Harry Benedict, of New Haven, received from . Mr; Whitney this dispatch: ' V-1 'Indian Harbor, by Wireless, via Cape Ray. Rushing home: see you soon. Hard winter; wonderful shoot ing; have skins for you. Picked up shipwrecked crew; terrible Suffering. Notify Frank and George. "HARRY WHITNEY." It is probable that Mr. Whitney will hasten to Sydney and thea rush to New York by rail. He will be likely to arrive the latter pari of next week. . The shipwrecked men he brings with him are C. C. Forsyth Grant, , the owner of the Snowdrop; Captain Brown and six of the crew. The Snowdrop was destroyed when she was driven ashore In Froblsher Bay, on September 20, 1908, during a terrific storm. The ship was of but 62 tons, with an auxiliary oil engine, and at the time of the disaster she was loaded with skins and oil and ready to leave for Dundee. Dr. Frederick A. Cook ls today pre paring to bring suit against Com mander Peary, charging slander and the misappropriation of his stores at Etah by Peary. This action Is belnr arranged in view of the reports that Peary has placed his attack on Cook in the hands of a lawyer. COL. ATKINSON DIED OF APOPLEXY (Special to The Times) Fayeteville, Sept. 86 This citv wa shocked this morning when It was learned that James W. Atkinson had suffered a stroke of apoplexy during the night and lived only e, few hours. Mr. Atkinson was a - Confederate veteran, having served In Colonel A very '8 regiment and was one of Fay- ettevllle's most prominent cltisens. He had been employed by the Stand ard Oil Company for years. TELEGRAPH COMPETITION. Will Continue, Says Clarence Mackay. fosui iias ot Absorbed western Union.. -. (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' ' New York, Sept 15 Clarence tt. Mackay, who arrived from Burana this morning on the steamship luai tania, when asked about the truth of the report which appeared in the press of the country a few weeks ago, ' to the effect that the Postal Company has absorbed the Western. Union, said: , . , , "Neither the Postal Company nor the Mackay Companies have entered Into any arrangement with or our-' chased or leased the Western Union, ' or me purcnase i its- stock t neither the Postal Company nor thw MacKay Companies contemplate do- tag so. CompeUUon -wia cenf inua. i. .... - ? W;i. 1 , '.. aj Aiu tou KriiOS, ?75,C. u . 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