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1 '. Weather. . i ii . -' 'Washington, Oct. 7 Fore cast for North Carolina for to night and Friday: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. PRICE 6 CENTS ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909. : .-Xvi ' ' ai ' I 1 I. I I II , . , 1. TIGERS ARE IN PITTSBURG In Happy Frame ot Mined Over Prospects For Victory ARE IN GOOD FORM Hugh Jennings and His Hunch Pittsburg and Ready For Battl in Recognizes the Strength of the Tigers, But Hays That Ws Team is Better Than it Kver Was Arrived in Two Parties and With Them Were' a Pew Dyed-in-the-wool Kniis May Use Mnliin As Twirler in the First, flame. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg. Pn., Oct. 7 Hugh C. Jennings and his Detroit Tigers ar rived In this city in two delegations shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Jennings headed a bunch of about 1 5 players and friends who arrived at the Colonial Annex from New York, over the Pennsylvania Railroad, and a short time afterward a party con sisting of 18 persons, including some of the players' wives, came over the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad from Detroit and registered at the same hotel. t The manager of the Tigers was in a happy frame of mind and spoke warmly of the prospects of his team landing the world's championship series. When asked how many games he thought it would require to settle the contest he replied with a characteristic smile, "Well, i don't know exactly how badiy we are going to beat them". . '"' He was reminded that Fred Clarke and his crew were not to M made light of and the quick response was. '! know that the Pirate team carries the strongest aggregation we have ever had to fight, but then, our team is far ber.or than it ever was. "We eve in excellent shape and our plays nro working netter than ever before. Our p'tch-vs arc In fine form and our infield is rtronger than any other in iho vorld With our out field, composed of Dave Jones, Cobb, and Crawford, we stand second to none in the world. We a-e here to win and are going tj 1 am pleased in have such a worthy foe to con tend wit !." . With Jennings was the crew which played it. jesterdav s exhibition game for the benefit of Sam Crane, the vet eran newspaper writer, in New York. The players are all In good shape and anxious to begin the struggle. In the second delegation were sev eral of the Detroit pitchers and util ity players who were accompanied by their wives. A few of the dyed-in-the-wool fans were with this party. Ty Cobb, the famous American league slugger, with his wife and mother, were in the party. Should he change his mind it will be in favor of Bill Donovan, who has been sick for the past few days with a flight attack of malaria. The pitcher is improving rapidly, however, and there is every possibility that he will be In condition to go in the box tomorrow. Dave Jones will play-in the outfield in the place of Mclntyre, who has fallen off in his batting, recently. Smith or Strange will do all the catching and the. in field will be made up of Tom Jones,' first; Delehanty. second; Bush, short, and Morlarity, third. Killian, the famous port-side heaver of the Tigers, will not per form in any of the games, as Jen nings has a wholesome fear of the way in which the Pirates have slaugh . tered left-handed pitchers during the National League season. When Man ager Jennings made this announce ment he added a brilliant tribute to the ability of the bucaneers to pound left-handers out of the box. The pitchers he will use are Mullln, Don ovan, and Summers,- and another rlght-hader, to be decided upon later. " The players were very anxious to see the famous Forbes field and get to work In practice there. They have all heard of the finest baseball park In the world and started for , the grounds to see it soon after their arrival! Secretary Sbumm, of the Detroit club, was in charge of the party VwtaIoh arrived from Detroit this morn ing. He expressed himself as being confident of winning the champion ehlp. but said that they expected to have to play harder than they ever (lid before. " - FOR THE GAME Wright's Aeroplane After the Explosion Tuesday. Aeroplane of4 Wilbur Wright, photographed immediately following the explosion which put. it nut of com mislson just after a successful twenty-mile flight through the air over Xew York Itny and the Hudson River. Arrow points to a gaping hole torn in the canvas by a flying valve torn oat by I lie force of the explosion. Wright, the aviator, took the accident with the philosophical calm, although it puts an end to his experiments which have been one of the banner events or the Hiulson-1 olK-n ceie-hration in New York. Chicago Ball Clearing House- Si 8, 000. 00 Jtrrives to Wagerl (By IJKRT K. COLTiYRU) Chicago, Oct. 7 That Chicago is to again be the clearing house for the world's baseball series was well attested today-when a commission of $18,000 arrived oh the Bourse from Detroit, The commission, which is being handled by Clark street "brok ers" is to be pooled at Considines, the big sporting rendezvous of De troit. The chunk is to be placed on the Tigers at the best prices obtain able, and to use the terse remark of the local handler "no strings are'at tached to it". "Of course," continued my inform ant, "I want 'tops' if 1 can get il. Yesterday 4 to 5 was the ruling quo tation in Pittsl. tig and I had numer ous querries from the latter place rel ative to the condition of the local market. At that time the Mart was a trifle stagnant, but late at night it picked up and today I am confident that the volume of business trans acted on the series will eclipse that of one year ago whey the Cubs and the Tigers played off the champion ship. "For more that five years Chicago has been a real clearing house for the big commissions wagered on the championship series, and the amount THE PRESIDENT MUST PAY DUTY (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, Oct. 7 Is the presi dent of the United States exempt from paying duty on silk pajamas from the Orient? This question bobbed up when a consignment of the luxurious robes of dreamland, sent to President Taft, were demanded by an aide from Col lector of the Port Stratton. "But," said the horrified aide, "you seem to forget these goods are for the president, sir; the president." "I don't care who they are for," retorted Stratton. "The duty is $7.50." . The question is one of moment and delicacy. It involved presidential courtesy, the tariff laws, stern duty, red tape and 'nles of officialdom. The aide who knew and understands the president's weakness for well, silk pajamas of fanciful hue and glossy touch, would not depart with out them. Neither would he pay the $7.50. Arose therefore a contre temps. A compromise was effected finally by Stratton sending the pajamas to the St. Francis rptel, and at the same time mailing a After to the authori ties at Washington, notifying th)pm that charged up against President William H. Taft was the sum of $7.50 for duty on silk pajamas. Forty-three Lives Lost. Lisbon, Oct. 7 Forty-three lives have been lost in the wreck of the Portuguese steamer Baston Reis off Averce. Seventeen bodies have been trashed ashore. has aggregated a great deal more than the average person would think. Money is a little easier this year than it was one year ago and because of this fact I look for a greater volume. "In addition to all this, Pittsburg is a better holding town right now than ever Chicago or Detroit. The question of the Tigers heating the Cubs in their series was never seri ously considered hence the volume was more or less cut down. However, this year it is much different, both Detroit and Pittsburg being apparent ly sanguine of victory. "J look for every penny of that $18,000 Considino commission to he covered before nightfall. They seem to have nothing except money in the smoky city" right nowexcept, of course, a good baseball team." Betting on the local championship series was more or less overshadowed by the appearance of the Tiger-Pitts-burg commissions. On the Soulhside the fans have apparently tied up their purse strings. If there was any of the i:5 to ii money lying around it would be gobbled up by the professionals. Seven to ten with 4 to r "tops" is t4je legitimate price prior to the open ing of the game, while even money VValsch will win his game also seems quite logical betting. JAMES HATFIELD SEEKS NEW HOME (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 7 James Hatfield, of Cynthiana, Ky., one of the last survivors of the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud of the mountain district of the eastern Kentucky, fleeing from the bullets that have be gun to whizz between the factions again, passed through Minneapolis yesterday on his way to a far-off land, thousands of miles from the hate,d and feared McCoys. "I sold out the little grocery store in Cythiana, left enough money with the old woman and the children to keep them and I am going far away from Kentucky to British Columbia to begin life all over again," he said wistfully. "The reason I am leaving my native state, never to re turn, is that the feud which we thought all over years ago, when most of the Hatfields and most of the McCoys had been killed by each other, is that Jim McCoy has just shot to death another Hatfield, a dis tant relative of mine. My woman could not sleep nor eat for fear that I would be the next to be killed, or that I would kill some McCoy. Now at 67 years of age I am on my way to make a new home for the family." Phillips to Succeed Carter. Washington, Oct. t William Phil lips, third assistant secretary of state, it was learned today, Ms slated for appointment as first secretary of the American embassy at London, suc ceeding John R. Carter, who will probably be sent to some llurope post. THE COOK DISPUTE John Murphy Makes Sensa tional Utterance Man Left by Peary At Ktah to Guard Dr. Cook's Stores Says Eskimos Saiil That Cook Only Went Two Days' Journey North Didn't Mis treat Him About Stores. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Oct. 7 There was a sudden upheaval in the Cook-Peary polar dispute today, caused by a sen sational utterance by Boatswain John Murphy, of the Roosevelt, the man left, by Commander Peary at Etah, Greenland, to guard the stores which, Dr. Frederick A. Cook claimed, had been stolen from him. "Those two Esquimaux who were with Cook were taken on board the Roosevelt and questioned by Com mander Peary and they saJ that Cool; only made a two days' journey north and then camped," said Mur phy. "At the end of the first day, lit cached a heavy sun. At the end of the second day he ordered one of the huskies to go back and get the gun. Dr. Cook waited two days for the man to come tin with the gun and then the three men turned-westward and that was as far as they ever got. "I have read in many papers that I would not take Dr. Cook into the hut at Etah and that 4 was cruel to him. 1 wil lnever believe Dr. Cook said these things for we were always the best of friends. Why, the day he got to Etah I shaved him. He had nothing to wear but a pair of heavy bearskin pants. I gave him a pair of my trousers to wear. Would I have done that to a man I was treating cruelly? "I was at Etah when this man Bei nier came in with the ship Arctic and supplies. Harry Whitney was also at Etah. Whitney came to me and asked he what to do with the sup plies for they were consigned to him. 1 said to have them landed so that the 'huskies' could not get them. They were there when Dr. Cook came hack. "Peary could have gotten back two weeks before Cook, hut stayed to hunt musk oxen." October 15 is the date which has been set for Dr. Cook to receive the freedom of the city ot New York. The explorer is now in the west and is expected to reach this city in the middle of the month to fill a lecture engagement at the Hippodrome. Mrs. Cook, who has gone to St. Louis, will return with him. Plans for the offi cial reception to Dr. Cook are now moving rapidly. The steamer Roose velt has been shifted to the eastern end of the recreation pier at 24th street In the procession it was found that the bell was missing. It had evidently been taken by a souvenir hunter. Whitney' in New York. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New Haven, Conn., Oct. 7 Harry Whitney, the Arctic hunter and cen tral figure in the dispute between Peary and Cook, left here this morn ing for New York. He will there re-i move his possessions from Peary's ship, the Roosevelt. PRESIDENT NJOYS TRIP TO YOSEMIT First Complete Rest He Has Had Since Leaving Summer Capital HIS FIRST VIEW President Abandons Sjieecluuaking and H.'tnqucts -For a Few Days and (iocs Nij'lit-seeinjf Like :i I'HvjiIc Citicn (governor (Jillctlc, Seiiii :.'ti:i' Flint, and Several Congress men in the Party Tomorrow the Parly Will See the Itij- Trees President is Kii.joying (lie Clianc I'r.mi Hpecfhuiak ng and Kanquets Like Scbo'il Roy on Vacation. (By WILLIAM HOST Fit) El Portal. Cal . Oct. 7 President Taft ia enjoying today the first com plete rest )ip h?.;; had since he left fieverly on September 14, and he i enjoying II to Hie full, like H pri vate citizens, sigh I -seeing in one of the world's beauty spots the Yose tnite Valley. From 7:00 o'clock this morning until 1 1 o'clock he and his party in three hig singe coaches have been threading the mountain passes around the valley. From Inspira tion Point the president this morning had his first, general view of the Yosemite. Attired in kahki with a tourist's cap on his head and field glasses in hand, he has studied with enthusiastic admiration the moun tain peaks and waterfalls, cascades, gulches and precipices. "By George!" he exclaimed a hun dred times this morning, "look at that, Flint, f gei ii view of this through tho glasses, governor." In the party, besides the president, are Governor Gillette of California. United States Senator Flint and Con gressmen .McKinloy, Xeedliam, and Eugelbrigbt. Chinquepin Pass was reached at 11:30 o'clock this morn ing, after a ride over the mounts ins which included a view of the sunrise as well as of Bridal Veil Falls. F.I Capitaii peak, and Half Home. Clouds iiesl. 'and Eagle Peak. The journey was then resinned, the objective point being Warwona, which will he reached about ,":0(l o'clock this afternoon. The night will be spent there and early tomorrow the party will sally I or t Ii for a view of the big trees. The president is en joying this surcease from crowds and banquets and speech-making like a schoolboy on a vacation. A rumor has reached here that Secretary of War Dickiugson may re tire from the cabinet because of be reavements in his family, hut the president does not believe Secretary Dickinson will resign his position. PASTOR ELDPES WITH PRETTY NURSE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Ashland. Neb., Oct. 7 Church cir cles in Ashland are in a ferment over the desertion of his family by the Rev. Robert Van Auken, pastor of the First Congregational church, and the subsequent elopement with Miss Bertha Bowman, a pretty nurse, re cently of Philadelphia. The downfall of the pastor, who is only .15, a fin ished pulpit orator and unusually popular with his congregation, dates from the entrance into his home of Miss Bowman, who came to nurse Mrs. Van Auken during an illness at tendant upon ihe birth of her third child. The pastor became madly in fatuated and clandestine meetings followed after Miss Bowman had quit the Van Auken home. A note from the pastor to the nurse, naming n tryst ing place, fell into hands other than for whom if was intended and an expose resulted. The Rev. Van Auken immediately resigned and the trustees sought to hush the scandal by advancing money to aid him in leaving. A letter from the erring pastor announced that he had gone for all time. Centennial Lands. (By Leased Wire to The Times) St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7 The. bal loon Centennial, piloted by Lieuten ant N. E. Honeywell, with J. V. Tol land as aide, is reported to have land ed at Silas, Ala , a point 485 miles from St. Louis. She has exceeded the Lahuj cup distance. 00V. POTHIER RETURNS Ml Pleased With Courtesies Shown Him in N. C. Itliode island Delegation Tendered Reception hy Daughters of Confed eracy .Mow Than :$ Guests Pnr I cipiiting in f.anquet Ciovernor Culled Home on Business Go to I '.can Ion for Day's Outing. ( Special to The Times) New Bern, N. ('., Oct. 7 - In the hall of Ihe Daughters of the Confed eracy, beginning ai. ! o'clock and run ning into a late hour, ihe Rhode Is land monument commission and vis itors were tendered an elaborate re cepiiou bv 'that organization. Deli cacies of every design prepared in smil'iern style and served in tile same miMitier, were plentiful, more than uDi participating, including many prominent citizens of Kasleru Caro lina. This morning a special train was arranged to lake the parly to Beaufort for a day's out tug. The whole party with the exception of Governor pothior and staff made the trip. T.ie train will arrive here at ii p. ui. and the party will have lunch hen- anil leave tonight. Aiming thi.; pony is l .1 Perry, financial hacker of the Norfolk k Southern, wno holds tun great hopes for the liituiv ot the road, anticipating many improve ments. Governor pothier and hi-, military aide left this morning on a special car, business of importance having called him back. The party is much pleased with the courtesies received while here and consider the trip to North Carolina profitable in many re Siects. WHITE CAPPERS GUILTY After Being Oo! Twenty Hours Jury Renders Verdict TIm Fh1 of Hard-fought Case Sentence Ueserved Increased Bonds Required Capital Case Be ing Tried This Afternoon fiertha Knuvii Case Continued I'litil To morrow Morning. Til is morning at 10 o'clock the jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case of .Mr. Thomas Robertson. Mr. Thomas lOarp and the five ne groes. Ivan Robertson, Major Rob ertson, William Henry Robertson. William Davenport and Lewis Worth .ini, charged with enticing a negro named .lack Royster away from home and severely whipping him. This ease was called Tuesday and every inc'. of the ground was hotly contested, from the selecting of the jury until l lie case went to the jury yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The defendants were represented by Attorney Douglas & Lyon. .1 .C. I.. Harris and Holding & Buun. while Ihe solicitor was assisted by ('has. I'. Harris and W. R. Jones. It is reported that from almost the first ballot the jury stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal, and after being out twenty hours, the one man came over. .Pending the passing of sentence bonds of $ :! 0 0 each were required of Mr. Thomas Robertson and Mr. Karp. and l."nl each for the five negroes. Their bonds had been $50 each. The case of Delia Conyers, colored, was called yesterday afternoon and occupied the court's attention until 12:u0 o'clock today. 1 She was charg ed with stealing a vest which contain ed $2.51 in money. After hearing the evidence a vrdict of not guilty was entered by order of the court The case of State vs. Dan Mizzell, charged with the capital crime of burglary, was then taken up and it is thought that this will occupy the court's attention the balance of the afternoon. The defendant is repre sented by Charles I', and W. C. Har ris. The Bertha Brown case which was set for this afternoon at 2:110 was continued until tomorrow morning at !) o'clock. Narcissa Privett, who was convict ed last week for carrying a concealed iveapon, was let on today, judgment bring suspended. MAY MKKT IX WASHINGTON. International Aviation Meet of 1910 May J There. Washington, Oct. 7 The meeting of the directors of the chamber of commerce yesterday was enlivened by a' discussion upon the prospects of bringing to Washington the interna tional aviation meet of 1910. The special committee appointed several weeks ago to consider the matter sub initted a report and resolutions and the board of its own accord passed a supplementary resolution pledging co-operation and support to the en terprise. The report of the commit tee was accepted and its resolution unanimously adopted. FIRST FLIGHT IN THE WEST MADE TODAY Glenn Curtiss Gives St. Louis Surprise With His Aeroplane TOOK EARLY START First Aeroplane Flight Kver ' Seen West of Dayton, Ohio, Took Place I his Morning When Glenn H. Cur tiss Made Two Trips at the St. 'Iioiiis Aviation Field Started Out Farly and Waked People In Their Tents Then There Was a Rush to See What Was l'p Flight Entire ly Successful ami Curtiss Pleased. St. I.ouis, Mo. Oct. 7 The first aerrijilane flight ever seen west of Dayton. O., took place at 6:21 this morning when Glenn H. Curtiss, watched by not more than fifteen per sons, made two irijis at the aviation field. Curtiss' Right was a surprise even to his fellow aviators. He ar rived on the ground at 5:45 a. m., accompanied hy Miss Anna Lewis, Mrs. Curtiss' sister-in-law, who came from Chicago with the Curtisses. At ti a. in. Hie machine was run out of the tent hy Curtiss and his two as sistants. The motor was started and its noise waked everybody sleeping in the tents on the aviation field, who dressed hurriedly and went out to Bee what was doing. When all was in readiness, Curtiss started the machine along the boule vard which runs through the field. He ran it for 385 feet before making aft effort to rise, 'when he tilted the planes ever so little the machine rose gracefully and ffew off in an easterly direction. He skirted the trees in the field at. a height of twenty to thirty five feet and after a turn at the east t'mtr.ft ii'iina in lha iiiniinil aeolln The machine was run along the ground to the northeast corner of the field but Curtiss said the ground there was too wet. "It's too damp for walking; I'm going to fly home," remarked Cur tiss. "I'm sorry for you fellows." He started the machine over the rough ground, ran it for about 300 feet before rising, then mounted to a height of 4 0 feet and flew straight to his tent, where he made a pretty de scent. "I'm glad to have made the first Might west of Dayton," he said as the spectators' ran up. His first start was at t":21 a. m. He was in the air forty-live seconds and covered about live-eighths of a mile. His return began at ti:l2',i and ended at 6:53 a. in. On this flight he made about half a mile. BALLOON GOES UP OVER24,0BO FEET t Ry Leased Wire to The Times.) St. Louis. Mo., Oct. 7 The balloon New York in the balloon race from here reached an altitude of 24,200 feet, meeting temperature 40 de grees, below zero, according to a statement nine today ty Augustus Post, of New York, who was assist ant to Pilot Harmon. By remaining in the air 48 hours and 26 minuter the New York broke all records for height and time in the air. The winner of the Lahm cup is still in doubt. The last word from the Centen nial, H. E. Honeywill, pilot, was that it was still in the air, over 400 miles from St. Louis and headed toward Florida. The Centennial will have to cover over 580 miles to beat the St. Louis III, Von Puhl, pilot, which landed at Wahkon, Minn. i ue rsew iurK lanaea Hi hid ma. ,Mo., 148 miles from here. The Indiana, which sailed under protest because H. H. McGill has no license, dropped near Albany, Minn., 520 miles air line, after an exciting trip. The other balloons In the race landed as follows: Hoosier (disqualified), near Rus selville, Mo., in air 15 hours, 24 min utes; distance 123 miles. University City, near Mooresvillo. in air 21 hours and 55 minutes; dis tance 204 miles. Pommern, near Knobel, Ark., in air 24 hours and SO minutes. Cleveland .near Alexander Cltr. Ala.f in air 39 hours and 45 min utes; distance 444-miles. - V 3v " 'J
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