'A3',
Hi
A
PEARY FIGHT
1 ITy Tilitsey W. Cock's
f, t:.lJ i- D.L'J
c ; iwni kwwiU vouwa vcvaiwc
f Peary' Objected to Them
t.iu .. ar a ri""nm"iv nunKiin
COilBT AKD WORRY
Commander Penry Would Not Allow
v Cook's : Property . on Board ' the
Roosevelt,; no' Whitney v Had to
Leave . Them : Behind- The fact
That the Instruments Have Been
f , Left Behind J Causing Cook a
Uooa xt - or worry iwesni
"Know' How Scientists Will Look
y tpo ReoOMa Without the Instrn.
menta to Go With Them Tele
gram From Whitney Whitney is
pxpected In ' New. York in About
ten Days and Will Then Tell His
Story in, Detail, , -
-'( B' Leased Wire to The Times. )
: j -New . York, . Sept. 27 Develop-
mant fn the neat 84 hours have cul
'urinated in developments adding fuel
' Co the already bitter dispute between
v the" scientists and ; other 'supporters
of Dr1.' Frederick A Cook and Com
mander' Robert E. Peary.
v ' ' ( Simultaneous with' the planned de-
jrture of Peary forBar Harbor,
Me., to prepare his "annihilating"
statement, came further entangle
nvent in t ha "cablegram from Harry
V w Whitney that he had, left Cook's in
Btruments and data behind. At least,
he said, he left behind him at Etah a
.bos:, given, in bis keeping by Cook
which he thought contains Cook's in-
l. -atrumenta.
, .Added
to this xame the ..Informs-
' ."?tjon , from London that the London
; Chrqnlcje's private correspondent has
' i f '(Jaim ,'in the. possession- ofpeary,
N cjlalni of '.Cook? that he was the first
-v wnttJe man tpjeacn me norm poie. -"
'i' prrCook will deliver his first lec
- ; tare tonight at Carnegie Hall. , .-
. i The ujuestion which is agitating
the scjentlflo supporters of cook and
v self, some worry js wtU Dr. Cook be
- able to establish beyond dispute his
v -r' olaltn of having been the first white
t man to reach the north poie without
ar instruments, : which were left
chad wjth certain data by Harry
Whltneyr at fctah. , , ,
7hfs doubt and apprehension are
" the resultof word from Whitney
'. , - " that Commander Peary had compelled
's him to leave Cook's property at Etah.
- iUv"To' he perfectly frank," said Jit.
- f Cookt "it is most desirable to ihave
r ' , the sclentisfs ,wil) regard my proofs
- f ? oV IU ihe instruments misslng'is
'! (or them toay. V
V"I feel 'that the instruments are
V- KfMlja.UiMUM and that ;When. J
' - send for them they will be forthcom
- i -Ina, The oQly difficulty .now Is that
. y - it is the Worst time, of the year to
.aena tor mem. i win nave to wan.
- .-'The boxvWhJch I left with Whit-
n'ey was n ordinary wooden affair
eontainlnabouC two cubic feet.- The
; P V . instruments were packed in their
',1 left there was-already so blurred
i .that 1 had made duplicate copies of
. at) li wouia .ue iur. p hohujubhi iv
' ' ' decide entirely as to whether my trip
V would be available without the pro
-, d action of idstrnmentsy" f
- v v Dr. Cook said that the two Esqul
; nitt who accompanied him to. the
, note would bo brought to the. United
States within a year. This informs-
- ' tdon was given when Cook was told
- 0 ' of the . accusation that the two young
men were inexperienced and unable
jphyslcally to make ,4he' north pole
:trip. V ' - . ' - '
' t 1 The following cablegram was re
' 'V ' jcved by' Cook Worn Whitney , .
vStrathcona, via Indian-Harbor and
' Cape Rsy U. F. . vi
. rDr. F.- A. Copk, Waldorf. -
' - ''Starred .for '' home . Roosevelt.
. . j piotning arrireu v' w
' ; would allow nothing belonging to you
' " on board. "Said torleave everything
in cache at Etah. Met Captain Sam,
f -f North Star. Did not go back. Af-
.. , ; war auluS ouuwMw,
' ,' Bteamer borne. Hope you well. See
y you soon. '.j Explain all.. Good shoot
Wg ' "HARRY WHITNEY."
' Xarthqnako' At Springfield. -
. rfiv iAiad Wire to The Times) '
- 1fpr
B.rv.'--
r
' r.
old. - Ills..' , pi. x i
1 was shaken by a severe
s b' "ok at 3:60 o'clock this
! ' ' f iily a minute and a
-1 l " r-s were slight'
"Secretary George.ydn L Meyer.
f Ic,
lv Vs
Jf
V;
Secretary of Array And Nnvy, George Von Meyer, Highest ranking of
ficer present at the HUdson-Fultoir ce lebration at New York City. .
UliS KELLER 10
GO-BALLdONINO
a-nacfc-.f.--!
Oy Xeased Wire to The Time?)
-Boston, Mass., Sepfu27 Is a 'deaf,
dumb and blind person better fitted
tOTillot tt balloon than one endowed
with all the normal senses? ' Charles
Qlldden wtU attempt to obtain a
practical answer to the Question by
taking Miss -.Helen keller, . the most
famous blind and mute woman in the
world, up for a two hours' ride.
What Miss ; Keller's experience
may prove to be, and what sensations
she undergoes! while drifting among
tbe Clouds,, will In a measure, solve
the problem that has been; raised of
late as to tha-posslble effects of aero
nautics upon the psychojogy and phy
sical nature of map. , ? s. ,
Just what the psychological and
physical changes may be id Miss Kel
ler s case are all points tsat will be
given the closest observation. For in
stance) the Increased- pulse' beat at
high elevratlons IS a Common physi
cal accompaniment lo ballooning.
IfJI
(By Leased Wire to The Times) '
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept, 27 An im
mense sun spot, more than ,30,000
miles In' diameter which has been
overlooked apparently by other as
tronomers of the country who have
had their attention, focused on- the
planet Mars,' has been, discovered by
James L. MCQeory, Marquette Uni
versity astronomer. -
Upon this' spot., which is visible to
the naked eye, and which is In reality
made up of four smaller spots, ac
cording to the ; astronomer. Father
McOeary thinlos v may ,be placed at
least part of the responsibility for the
series of mysterious magnetic, die
jturbances that interferred with tele
graphic and 1 telephonlo service . in
America and in Europe Saturday. -
Father: McQeary also believes that
the proximity of Mars to the earth
may have had, ah important part in
the strange magnetic ': ' disturbances,
the earth being in the magnetic field
Of both that 'planet, which he pre
sumes to, be magnetle, and of the sun,
the maenetlo' Influence of which he
contends. Is probabl Increased by
the gigantic spot upon "its face.
: Huntington Wilson Sick,
Washington. Sent. ST Huntington
Wilson, ggsfstant secretary of, state,
I 01 at 'his home in this city;;. Mr;
WUsoa is suffering from an stuck of
appendicitis, which ; prevented him
from attending the , HUdson-Fulton
celebration, where he was to have of
ficially represented the state depart
ment. '. i : . . .; ' '
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SPOTDISCOVERED
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THE SIZE OF THE
COIIONIOP
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. J? Theodore ' H.
Price, the well known operator In cot
ton, in a. recent address befo-o the
convention of National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers set fourth some
of the reasons for the slow Increase
in the size of the cotton crops from
year to year in the south.
"In the twenty 'years ended in 1900,"
he said, "the white population of the
south has increased 57.3 percent, while
the negro population has increased only
37.5 percent.. ' The vlncrease, has, how
57.3 percent, v The Increase has, row
eVer,. been unequally distributed, yi
the' ten years ended In 1900 the total
population of the cotton states in
creased 24 percent but of this increase
by - far the largest proportion . Was in
the cities, the rural population having
increased wily .19 percent while the
urban population increased 44.8 percent.
During . the ten years ended in 1900
we find that the increase In the white
rural population was 24.2 percent while
the increase in the negro rural was only
15.8. During the same period practical
ly none of the emigration reaching the
shores of the United States-has. been
directed toward' the cotton-producing
section. ,'.
' The wastefulness with which cotton
is "Handled, packed, and marketed is
given asa fruitful source for lack of
increased" production."
FIFTY PERSONS
T
., (By Leased Wirt to The Times.)
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 27 With a
detonation that could be heardfor
blocks an explosion In the office of the
Columbia Film Exchange, Furgeson
building, Third avenue, wrecked the
building ' and fifty persons were . in
jured while some are believed to me
burled in the ruins. The wails of the
building are bulging while, not an office
in the sti-UQture escaped damage, . Win
dows were blown out and partitions
knocked down. Two score firemen are
now digging In the' ruins of the film
exchange for victims. v
Through ' all the attendant excite
ment, the - crying and ,: pleadings of
burned and mangled men, Roy Bar
clay,: the elevator boy, , stood at his
poet, funning his Iron cage: through
the flames and rescuing occupants of
the building, Barclay made ten trips
through the flames and smoke before
heWoutd give Up his post, ' 'Jv,1 " a
V Directly undesneath the -film com
pany's apartments are the offices of the
Pittsburg' Safe -Company When the
first .explosion occurred the manager,
F. L. Norton, Jumped Into a large safe
that was nearby and esoaped serious
Injury from falling debris, s After hs
had gdtten Into the safe, Mj. Morton
stated that a ' second - explosion . much
more serious than the first took place
and this one was what caused the most
damage. '
THOUSANDS,
SIGHTSEERS
. ' ., 1" -i: .'.'J , . ; 1,,.. . 'i
INNEVYORK
Crowds Continue to Pour Into
the City to See Hudson--.
; Fulton Celebration
SOME BIG EVENTS
LTliei Thousands of Visitors and New
. Yorkers Mingle in Effort to See the
Sights of the Day Thousands go to
-See the Battleships While Other
Thousands Watch ' for the ' Aero
plane Flights, (Hoping to See Wll
bur Wright Fly A round the Singer
Building The Third Bay of the
tXeb'ration An Ideal One The
Hudson-Fulton Monument Dedicat
ed This Afternoon Palisades : In
terstate-. Parks Also Dedicated-
Musical Program Included for' 'lo.
nlght...X .
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept, 27 Hundreds of
thousands' 0f sightseers, New Yorkers
and' visitors; mingling, set out today
to fight,thelr way up and down town
for the' events scheduled In today's
program' of th6 Hudson-Fulton cele-
hratlou-the ' uptown contingent to
see the warships in the Hudson river
and the downtown ! thousands ' to
watch for the ' aeroplane flight from
Governors Island. ' -
An iideal.aqtumn day of crisp air
and sunshine ushered in the third day
of the celebration. ; The international
battleship fleet divided honors with
the aferoplane0 ! programv today,! al
though so much uncertaintr was at-
-tiathedacJeaeriarrogram that
many preferred to take no chance of
disappointment and seek the ships.
.' Crowds 'continued to pour in today,
Hotel accommodations grew hourly
scarcer. Restaurants kept open all
night and were packed and Jammed
all day. ,
. The official reception of the Hud
son-Fulton commission will be held
tonight at the Metropolitan Opera
House. ; :. ' -. :
The dedication of the HudsonrFuI
ton monument on Spuyten Duyvil
Hill takes place at 2 o'olock this af
ternoon. v v J;
A big event was the dedication of
the palisades interstate park at Al
pines Landing, N. ; J., in which New
York and New Jersey met on common
footing to clasp hands in celebration.
Governor Hughes was the principal
speaker on the program. The cele
bration at Stoney Brook, S. . I., was
an historical event of i importance,
ranking with the other historic fea
tures of" the celebration. Stoney
Brook is the site of the first settle
ment and Church in the borough.
The musical program, including exer
cises all over Greater New York, is
scheduled for tonight. V: . '
Moors At Celebration.
,(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Boston, Mass., Sept.. 27 The
White 8tar Mner. Canopie arrived in
port today with a party of aristocratic
Moors sent by Sultan Mulal'Hafld, of
Morocco,, to attend the Hudson-Ful
ton celebration in: New York! The
Moors were most picturesque In their
long white and scarlet gowns. There
were a dozen members in the party. '
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Buffalo. N. Y... Sept. 87 The
steamer City of Erie of the Cleveland
and Buffalo '. line, struck: and sank
their small, Canadian schooner T.
Vance Stanvenstein pearly today.
Three persons were drowned, Includ
ing Captain Carson, of v Hamilton,
Ont.; Mate-James McCallum, of To
ronto, and an. unknown sailor, Thos.
and. Thoa. Garner both of Toronto,
were saved, ? -It Y Is , claimed the
schooner was not showing .; proper
lights.; - The City x of; Brie 'lowered
boats and searched until daylight for
the victims, but without success.
v ; v Kidnapping Case Solved. ;
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
' TTtica . ' N. Y.j Sent.' 27 The ehlef
of poliec today declared thai the- Jtn
fustno kidnapping mystery had been
solvedT fejr fixing lh.n gutlti bi I the
death of Theresa JPrecopla and Fred
die Infuslno Upon Theodore RIo
ho Ib now In cuBtody ; ', .
THREE DROWNED
KILLEI) BY TRAIN
iQiherHlnson of Mb Forest
Struck and Killed '
Body Found On Seaboard Track Surt
, day Morning Was Supposed to
.' - Have Fallen Asleep on the Track
While Under the Influence or Li
enor. :
Wake Forest. N. C. Sept. 27 Sunday
morning the town of Wake Forest was
horrified by the accident that happened
near the outskirts of the town on the
tracks of the Seaboard ?Alr Line
Railway, . one-half mile from the sta
tlon, Luther Hlnson, a white man who
was employed by the Royall Cotton
Mill was found dead on the tracks of
the Seaboard Air Line Sunday morn
ing at about 5 a. m. with a large hole
In his .skull. He was found by a col
ored man named Jeffries before, dny
break and a few minutes later seen
by Prof. Jj B, Carlyle, of Wake Forest
College.
: On ' Saturday night he was with a
crowd of men In Wake Forest until
after one o'clock and had started back
to his boarding house with his friends
when another man called him back and
said he wished to speak to him. He
told the crowd to walk on and that he
Would catch them but they never saw
him again , until Sunday morning.
The supposition is that he followed
latjer and becoming tired he sat down
on the tracks and went asleep and
was Jater hit by the train and killed.
On examination his pockets show
ed that he had about 25 cents in money
and a bottle which was broken, that
had at one time contained whiskey.
His general reputation in the com
munity was that of a drinking man
and on Saturday night he was seen
by several persons who said he was
very nearly drunk.- Besides the hole
in his head he had a long bruise down
his back.
The man lay in the same position
that he first fell from the time he was
killed early Sunday morning until
about i o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
cause of the delay in. moving him was
because the coroner did not come until
that time.
The outcome of the coroner's Inquest
was that the man was killed by a
raHroad-train:.
s FOUR CHARTERS TODAY.
Slier City, High Point, Fayettevllle
and Rocky Mount.
Stout Brothers Lumber Company,
of Siler City, filed certificate of in
corporation today to deal In all kinds
of lumber. The authorized capital
stock is $50,000, and will commence
business with $8,000. The principal
Incorporators are J. M. Stout and L.
L. Wrenn.
The Guilford County Amusement
Company, of High Point, was chaf
tered to conduct moving picture and
vaudeville, with an authorized capi
tal stock" of $ 1,000 and will begin
business when $450 is paid Jn. The
stockholders are A. A. Young, W. G.
Burnett and Thos. J. Gold.
The State Insurance and Realty
Company, of Fayettevllle, was char
tered to conduct a real estate and in
surance business. The authorized
capital stock is $150,000 and com
mences business with $10,000.
Among the stockholders ' are John
Underwood, A. L. McCasklll and V.
C. Bullard.
The Rocky Mount Manufacturing
and Mercantile Company,-' of Rocky
Mount, was chartered to manufacture
silk, woolen and cotton goods. It has
an authorized capital stock of $5,000,
but begins business with $500. P.
A. Richardson, Robt. Plummer and
others are stockholders.
PEARY MAY RESIGN. ;
- ..."
Washington, Sept. 2 7 While no
definite official information has been
received at the navy department to
the effect that. Commander Peary in
tends resigning from the navy at an
early date, yet it Is generally believed
that he will do so. before long. He
can take . the lecture platform and
make a great deal of money telling of J
his recent experiences In the Arctic
It is pointed out that Commander
Peary will -go. on the retired list in
any event In less than two years, af
ter which time his pay will be only
$3,600 per year, much less than he
could make for even one lecture at
the present time.
Cross Country Flight.. 7
(By Cable to The Times)
Berlin, Sept. 27 The first cross coun
try aeroplane flight ever, attempted In
Germany was made today by Hubert
Latham, the French Aviator, starting
from the . new aerodrome at Johnan
ncsthal. Latham ' flew seven miles
against an adverse wind and probably
would have greatly--ejtceeded this s--tance
save for-the unropttious weather1.
: Secretary Dickinson Returns. :
(By Leased Wire to The Times) ,
Washington, Sepfc J7 Secretory
of War Dickinson .returned to; Wash
ingtou shortly after midnight HUta
morning from hit summer sojounr in
Tennessee), :.-:; v.v,i-i'.-. 't;-zv- A ty;
:;Mr; Dickinson' Is the first-of the
cabinet a .officers wlnv & established,
themselves elsewhere for the summer
to, return to- Washington., j( , ,
PRESIDENT
SPENDS DAY AT
Change of Plans Becaose of
Mine Strike la Progress
In Butte
HE WILL NOT SPEAK
Change Will Give the President Only
About An Hour In the City of
Butte Motor Hide Around the
' City and a Visit of Inspection to
.the Mines and Smelters Every
thing Quiet in the Strike Situation.
President of the Western Federa
tion of Miners on the Scene and Ne
gotiations For Settlement of the
. Jrouble Have Begun From Butte
the President Will Go to Helena,
Mont. Tuesday He Will Speak in
Spokane.
(By WILLIAM HOSTER)
Butte, Mont., Sept. 27 'President
Taft's train reached Silver Bow, seven
miles south of here at 6 o'clock this
morning, Because of the ; serious
mine strike that is In progress here,
through which all of the mines in
Butte are shut "down, It was decided
to stop the train at Silver Bow and
switch off to the Butte, Anaconda k
Pacific Railroad, and visit the Ana
conda plant."
The change will give the president
only about an hour In the city of
Butte. The reception committee
called on the nresident' shortly after
7 o'clock and . arrangements : were
completed to car r "out the tiMwrant.
so 'far as possible Tola originally
Included a motor ride around the
city and a vfsit of inspection to she
mines and smelters. The president
is hot scheduled to make any speech
here, but he may make a few re-
marKs pr.or to ms aeparture. : at
12:30. Though some trouble has
been anticipated, everything is quiet
up to date. President Charles -. H.
Moyer, of the western federation of .
miners, arrived yesterday and nego
tiations for a settlement of the min
er's troubles are on. It is not be
lieved that there will be any further
violence until the outcome of these
negotiations is known. The trouble
arises over a jurisdictional dispute
between the Western Federation of
Miners and some seceding engineers.
So few men are at work, however,
that the mines cannot be kept open
without serious damage, and If the
trouble Is not soon adjusted It is
feared a shut-down of all smelters in
Anaconda and Great Falls will fol
low, which would affect 15,000 men.
The direct trouble is between the
Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers
No. 1, and the Butte miners' union.
From Butte the president Will go
to Helena, Mont., where he will de
liver an address at the state fair this
afternoon, reaching there at 8:45
p. m. and leaving at 7:30 p. m. The
last stop of the day will be at Gar
rison. Tuesday the president will
reach Spokane, Wash., where he Will
deliver the long-awaited speech on
conservation. . ( -,
Luncheons for President Taft last
ing each from an hour and a half to
two hours and a half are taking too
much time and Captain Butt has wir
ed Secretary Carpenter to ask com
mittees to make their menu Blmple
and service quick. -: -
This may bar the Creole dishes At
New Orleans and possum In Augusta.
Vaptain Butt has received this tele
gram from the committee at San An-"
tonio: i
"To settle a Question that is agi
tating our leading1 citizens, will yoti
please wire whether the president
prefers beef and cabbage rather than
epicuran tidbits?"
' The reply gave the preference to
the plain dish. "
Over night the labor leaders suc
ceeded in arranging a truce 'In the
strike and it Is believed that' the men
Will return to work tonight. J At all
events all possibility 'off trouble is
passed and there is a possibility that
the president would venture into one'
of the great copper mines'. i
' Postmaster '! General 'Hitchcock
turned up in Buttey wMoh was reach
ed at 10: SO o'clock. There was a
great crowd to meet the train' at Sil
ver Bow but in Butte the mate com
mittee, consisting of ;form.er Senator
Lee Mantle, Mayor NevnvtP. i,
Brophyj Bf P:;'MatthwVBen Thaler,
T. J. Walker and other met ttfe pres
ident and a street' -parade1 followed.
. The president spoke- :at Granite
and Montana streets. "
'Previous1 to the 'meeting inv Butte
ii Oktinued on Pss Two.)
SILVER BO