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-IV'S i fPt,i-x . a-J " LAST .Washington, Oct 12 fore cast' tor North Carolina tor to .MJht and Wednesday: Fair to night '.and4. Wednesday; Cooler. .... , .- ESTABLISHED 1878. ;'-,;-.:.?-'- " ' - '- - - . V--. --r a-i-i.. -P . ... . ... - ' jtfot ri ' vitn a Nnnra i r ' I 111-II 11 A IULIJ ..... 1 1 111 111 I I II LI7II 111 nil mi i ii ix.niTiii i perccry Drops 18 Degrees ; ad Scow Is Predicted by father Bura - GREET TIGERS Wind Has .l eered Around to the North and Crowd Shivering To day Public Holiday and All Ha loons Closed Hot Coffee As a Sub stitute 5,000 People at Gates Early in the Morning, Waiting to 1 Spend Four Hours Before Game is Called Mullen to Pitch Toduy. j (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Bennett Park, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 12 For the second time the Pirates and Tigers started operations today on a field that was slow and in con ditions, that were so adverse as to actual hardship.' The wind had veered around into the north and the temperature- had dropped, the merc ury 18 degrees nearer the bulb, with Snow flurries predicted by the, local weather bureau. . j.- Ia pite of the handicap, however, Ipie enthusiasm of the crowd' was un f bated and the early morning again taw a shivering crowd of 5,000 or more waiting for the sale of general dmfs'sin tickets to begin. When the windows, were thrown open for fti sale i of .tickets at 10 o'clock the cro.tyd Started to Stream into the park to wait there four .dreary hours be fore the game should begin, in tem perature, which must lave brought enthusiastically to mind the stories of suffering in freezing temperatures, imijarjed -to a large audience here, last oreriJnfryLj6jr. redefjclc Ar.Coofe Vi iThe cottceBsionaire- at ' the ; park , ' reaped a heavy harvest of dime. 'or ; hot coffee, served to the Waiting mul titude in .srockery. steins,.. the warm '.drink j being ; especially welcome ,in view., of thq. fact that visitors, to the . city 'who comprised a considerable . share of , the crowd were mostly una ware until loo late to take prccau tiohs. tfi&t this was Columbus day, a public, holiday on which all the local jsaioons were sealed up tightly, a I condition precluding the laying in of ' a store oi nquia warmin wnicn would have been welcome to many, had there-been an opportunity of laying in a sapply. , ' The 'crowd gathered mucu as it had the day before and there was a loud cheer1 when the first of the Tigers, in street clothes, passed along tbo third base stands and entered the club house to don his uniform. .-AH the Detroit players cuuig out with sweaters and jerseys swathing tbe.ni. When the Pirates streamed on the field through the west entrance, it was seen that they, too, were muf fled warmly; in their gray sweaters, supplemented in several cases by long overcoats. . . Manager Jannings of the Tigers se lected Mullin for the pitching duty, ana tne tans wno recalled what a wonderful pitcher Big " George had been in the chill of spring, roared their approval.. It was also a matter of congratulation to the twirler's friends that he had "been given an op portunity,, to redeem himself . In a way ifor: the defeat which the Pirates gave him in the opening game of the series a .defeat, however, for which he was not to blame, the collapse of "lis Infield being the cause of the Pi rate runs '.which were scored in spite of hia fine pitching and his feat o( holding the hostiles to five safe hits. It was rumored on the Detroit bench before the game that should Mullin prove. victorious here, Dono van would be . sent back' in at Pitts burg on Wednesday and. Mullin would twirl the game here Thursday. The crowd was stUi discussing the game of yesterday and there were many rumors afloat regarding the poor showing of Summers. The most . generally ...credited . explanation was the one that Summers iiad-been sore at not being assigned to the game In Pittsburg Saturday when he warmed up in front of the Detroit rooters and showed . that he had terrific speed; Miffed when Donovan received the as . slgnment, an the report, Summers had gone in. here yesterday in the sulks and had been unable to locate tbfe plate with his knuckle ball.. None ot the wise pugs credited the rumor Anymore than a wilder one which had it that Summers, aftr benrhthg hlm eelt, indulged in a spirited verbal -spat with Jenningi. .' ' ; According to the rules of the game, CHEEKS f YRV COBB.. 4J "Ty" Cobb, fauious batter of the Detroit baseball team, who was a star figure lii the opening game of the world's clainpUiifihii contest at Pittsburg. Klein and Evans, the former ot the National, the latter of the American League, were the umpires selected to toil in the serico, the National leaguer going behind the plate for, his first ap pearance there (luring the series. Manager .lenningJt of the Tigers kept up an optimistic view of the sit uation and gloried particularly in the gameness of his team in coming from behind after the game had been ap parently lost beyond recall and-inject ing a batting rally into the closing stages which came naar making trouble, in spite fit the. -long lead es- tittflisbed By Jrab $t!f&aa. -The epirit encouraged Hughey to the belief that the team would show no discourage ment Jn the remaining games of the series, no matter what disappoint ments might occur and what handi caps be placed in their path. "Cobb has started hitting and Sam Crawford is due to follow," said Jen nings. ."When that pair gets busy, with the support they are bound to get from the other members of the staff, there . will be doings that the Detroit bugs can gloat over all win ter." . As usual, Kred Clarke kept secret until the last moment the name of the pitcher whom he had celected for duty. The crowd guessed unanimous ly that it would be Adams, the youth who held the Tigers safe in the open ing game of the series, and Adams it was Who wended his way to the prac tice firing line when the bell rang that sent the Tigers into the field for the final preliminary practice. Following is the batting order: Detroit: D. Jones, l.f.; BuSh, s.s.; Cobb, r.f. : Crawford, c.f.; Delehanty, 2b. ; Moriarity, 3b.; T. Jones, lb.; Schmidt, c. ; Mullin, p. - Pittsburg: Bryne,' iifi.; Leach, c.f.; Clarke, l.f.; Wagner, s.s.; Miller, 2b.; Absteinlb.; Wilson, r.f.; Gibson, c; Adams, p. - Umpires: 2 Klem and Evans. AITGUSTA TO WASHINGTON. A Party of Automolulists Puss Here Yesterday. A party of autolnobile tourists from Augusta, Ga., passed through Raleigh yesterday, en route for Wash ington, D. C. Messrs. H. H. Alexan der, L. D. McCullum, J. C. Block, and &'1C. Eddingfield comprised the party and' their cat is a 1909 Franklin of 28 horse-power. The gentlemen stated that their trip is being en joyed thoroughly and, that they have experienced no difficulty whatever in coiufhg from Augusta. The proposed Capital Highway has been followed and the tourists sny it is being rap idly improved.; ' After a short stop for supplies and road directions the party left' for' Richmond, expecting to reach that city tonight. v SAYS HE IS 1XSANE. E.SL. Love, Colored, Charged AVith Drawing Worthless -Checks, Says' Hn is Crazy. ' '' The case of E. L. Love, colored, charged with drawing a check When he had no funds to meet it, 'which was set for today, has been continued. A commission has been asked for to examine into hin sanity, as It 13 claimed that he Is Insane and not re sponsible for his acts. t ' iU " a, ilk i;w 1 Li RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, mm of 800ORI01 )lit Key West Swept by Giant Waves CHAOS AND TERROR Key West Suffers Frciu Worst Stbrai in Its History lrtpfiy Lore Is $3,000,000 mill it. is Believed That n Number of Lives Were Lost Mnrtlul Luiv Has Been Proclaimed und Guards Are Patrolling the My United St,;ites Government Asked For Troops ( Assist in Pa. Irojlinu Stnrm-swi'pt Area Ent re East Const of Florida Suffers Ter ribly ' and Storm Sweeps up the Coast. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New Orleans, Oct. 12 A wireless bulletin from an unidentified vessel off the southwest Florida coast at 7 o'clock this morning says that on the outskirts of the gale-swept Key West, S00 persons have lost their lives by drowning. The message added two words: "Choas, terror" then went wrong. ' A telephone message from Tampa confirms the extent of the loss of lie and adds that Key West is in the grip or a reign -of terror. Soldiers have been forced to shoot looters who be gan their work of pillage before dawn today. Lawless fishermen and cigar- makers from subjoining islands,' who were warned to take refuge in vhe city when the storm began, started a raid on what was left of the storra- demolished homes. The city is un der martial law and Key West guards are doing what they tan to preserve order, but regular troops have been asked for. ' There Is no groat, loss . of life in Key West proper. It was on thejun protected Islands on the outskirts of the city where , the great gale drew its heaviest toll. vAlong the coast giant waves swept over t.he Islands, catching the inhabitants and hurling them into the sea. There were no high places offering havens of refuge. The islands are practically flat and 20-foot waves that hissed over them swept them clean of all life. Key West proper is a mass of wreckage. In that city of 20,000 persons, hardly a house is left undamaged, while scores of buildings have been demol ished beyond all repair. The most conservative estimate of the pecuni ary loss is $3,000,000. It is doubt ful if 800 will cover the loss of life. There is a great territory up the coast unheard from and the islands must have suffered as much as those on the south of Key West. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Key West, Fla., Oct. 12 The death-dealing hurricane, which swept Cuba at the rate of 120 miles an hour, crossed to this city at its maxi mum velocity, leaving in its wake a mass of wreckage. It was estimated today that the damage to property here would be $3,000,000, while it was impossible to learn definitely as to the loss of life. The storm swept from here up the Atlantic coast with seemingly increasing velocity. Martial law has been proclaimed by the mayor and the Key West guards are patrolling the city. The United States government has been asked to dispatch troops here without delay to assist in patrolling the storm-swept area. The storm devastated the . whole western portion of Cuba, causing the death of five persons and the injury of 25 others, and a property loss in the vicinity of Havana of $1,000,000. The coast of the United States has been swept by the hurricane and it is believed that many lives have been lost. The hurricane was the worst that Key West has ever experienced and the local weather observer announces that the indications are .that the en tire east coast of Florida suffered ter ribly. ' Of 100 local vessels in the harbor but five remain at anchor, the others have either gone to sea ". or been washed upon , the beaches. The streets alongthe water front are a mass of wreckage, ;. ' . . . : BesidesUhe several ecore of resi dences either totally ; wrecked or blown from theirpillars, nine factor ies were partly destroyed, including the Havana-American, Martinet, Nichols, ftuy Lopei, Fleltas Rarries, Cortez, and Wolf cigar manufactor- (Continued on Page Two.) OCTOBER 12, 1909. NEWCHINESE ";:? .:-4,:-o'!: MINISTER Mr. Crane Today Resigned From The Post of Minister to China TALKED TO MUCH Gave Out An Interview That Mi;;ht Einbari'Hs the Depaitmcnt and See-retai-y Knox Asked For His Kesi; nr.tion Got the. Information Which He Gave Out From Clerk and Talked Without Any Author ity Knox Thought the Good of the Service Demanded His lteslgua t.on. , (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington.Oct. 12 Secretary of StateKnox announced at 2 o'clock this afternoon that Charles D. Crane has resigned as minister to China. Mr. Adee, assistant secretary, declin ed to state any reason for the resig nation nor to give any further infor mation on the subject. Mr. Crane was at the state depart ment when the . announcement w;is made. He said that he would "make publlca statement" later this afternoon. He said that at this time he would" refuse to affirm or deny" the report of his resignation until his statement is made public. , The resignation of Minister Crane was demanded by Secretary of State Knox. The resignation of Mr. Crane had been lookedor ever since his recall by Secretary of State Knox on the eve of his departure for his post at Pekin. The reason reason for the re call :s said to have been a belier on the part of the state department of ficials that Mr. Crane haifbeen indis creet in some of his references made in after-dinner speeches to the pur pose o fhis mission. The state de partment also believed, it is said, that Mr. Crane was responsible for certain exact intormatlon contained in a newspaper regarding to the program of the United States dealing with China's evident intention to permit Japan to have exclusive right to re build and construct the Antung-Muk- den Railroad. ' Secretary of State Knox made pub lic a statement this afternoon ex plaining why the resignation of Min ister Crane was demanded. Ihe statement begins with a copy of the telegram sent to Mr. Crane at San Francisco, calling him to Wash ington. It is as follows: 'You have been charged with re sponsibility for the canards recently appearing in the Japanese and Amer ican press to the effect that the United States is preparing to protest against the Chinese-Japanese agree ment. The evidence that you are re sponsible for this is of such a charac ter, as warrants me in directing you to come to Washington at once and meet it. If you are not responsible as I hope you are not, matters relat ing to Oriental affairs have develop ed since you left Washington that make it advisable for me to commun icate with you personally and In the utmost confidence in relation there to." The statement of Secretary Knox then continues: "I have reluctantly reached the conclusion that the good of the serv ice demands that I should Inform Mr. Crane that his resignation will be accepted, and I have d6ne so. "The department of state has been engaged for some time in making the usual study of the recent agree ment between China and Japan in re lation to Manchuria for such data bearing upon the situation as it was able to secure with a view of determ ining whether there is anything in the agreement adversely- affecting American Interests or to conflict with thet principal of equal opportunity to whjch the powers are pledged; a study not yet concluded and in res pect to which no decision has been reached. . -, "While this investigation was pro ceeding Mr, Crane, the minister, to China, came to the department, and while there was Informed by one of the clerks that such an examination was - being .made, .,; Without consult ing with the acting secretary or any other- responsible officer of the;do partment and without the. knowledge or authority of anyone concerned with the department, Mr. Crane gave out a newspaper story to the effect that- this government was preparing to protest against some features of the agreement and that the promul gation of the protest only awaited the I COMESDOWN return of an official who was to form ulate it. "The story appeared in a western newspaper and at the same time or a day later in the Japanese press it sub sequently was generally published. "Such were the representations made to me October 1 by the res ponsible officers of the stiitn depart ment accompanied by their state mgpts that they had sufficient reas ons to bol eve them to be true. Whereupon I sont Mr. Crane :it San Francisco u l.cleKram dated October Ii, 1909, asking him to ret'irn to Wash ington. "After a conference with Mr. Crane Sunday evening be ndmi'i.";! Laving an indiscreet talk .vim a reporter which resulted in tho publications re ferred to, and, nssum ng responsibil ity, stated that if he InUKcrellcn was grave enough to shako, niy confdence in his se?:!l:sos:! !: world '.viliinrdy rerign. "I have rel iirtaut ly reaepj-d the "onclusion th:U ; lie - ooil of th" :--.e.'v-ice demand.-- thai I rho'ilt! h'for-a .Mr. Crane thai fcf.-t rKaa! .-.n will he atic.-'pioil, and i l::iv ik.".. MMENITO ftECTRIC CHAIR Boston, Musk., Oct. 12 Three young Chinarnt-n went to the t ied l ie cli.iir in Charleston state prison soon after midnight this morning and the last was dead withing 27 minutes and 33 seconds from the time the first current was turned on at 12:30:37. They "ere the first three to pay the penalty for participation in tho murders of four of their fellow countrymen in a raid on a rival Tonjr in Boston's Chinatown on August 2, 1907. The victims of the death chair were How AVoom, 35 years old; Min Sing, 31, and Leong Gong, 10, and they were executed in that order. They had embraced Christianity shortly before death and received the the last rites of the Catholic church from Father Malley, chaplain of the state prison. How Woon was the only one of the chair to evince the slight est resistance to being seated in the chair. The other two went to their death stolidly. The crime for which they met deatli was the "shooling-up" of Chinatown by members of the Hip Sing Tong. during which fourteen members' of the On Leong" Tong were" laid low, ten, however, surviving their wounds. Ten Chinamen were convicted of murder in the first degree in a 'jury trial. Two of these are under reprieve pending an appeal to the governor; one died in prison. The case against an other was not pressed and three are waiting a new trial. One of these whose eases is before the governor is Warry Charles, a wealthy American ized Chinese business man. who was said to the ring-leader in the crimes. He is well known in Chinese circles throughout the country. ROADS INCLUDED IN SEABOARD MERGER Richmond, Va., Oct. 12 The southern roads included in the Sea board merger are: The Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line, Operating 257 miles; the Florida West Shore, ope-: rating 70 miles; the Plant City Ar cadia & Gulf, operating 19 miles; the Catawba Valley, operating 22 miles, and the Tallahassee & Southeastern, operataing 29 miles. This increases the mileage of the Seaboard system by about 400 miles and makes tho total mileage exceed 11,000. BOND ELECTION WIIL CABBY. Votes Are Five to One in Favor of $50,000 Bonds for New Bern. (Special to The Times) New Bern, C, Oct. 12 In the bond electloh being held here today, voting is very light up to 2 o'clock. An average of about live to one in fa vor of the bonds is reported at this hour. The amount of bonds is $30.- 000 for permanent street, improve ment and the election call names the streets to be improved. Up to this morning it was con tended that there was chance of de feating the bonds owing to friction in the council on account of the streets named, but at. noon there seem no chance of defeating it. Two hundred or more, it is said, will be the major ity. University Day. Wherever there is an alumni or ganization of the University of North Carolina, today is being observed as University day.". It Is a holiday at the University and a program is be ing carried out, among the addresses delivered was one by Attorney Gen eral .T. W. Biekelt. ;. The Wake county organization will give a banquet tonight at Giersch's Cafe, beginning at, 8 o'clock. The committee on arrangements appoint ed by. President Perrln Buabee Is composed of Dr. J, M. Fleming, Mr. A. B. Anwrews, Jr., and Prof. Z.r V. Jttdd. PRICE 5 CENTS INTEREST IN NEW YORK GROWING The First Indications of a Tame Campaign Have Been Dissipated FIGHT ON IN EARNEST With Three Candidates in the Field in the Al.-tyomlt y Fight the Inter est of the i'uhlie "s ISisinsj An In dication of the Greater Interest is Shown in the Sudden Jump in the Kcgintraiion Charges Flying Back mid Forth Thick and Fast William .M. Ivins Attacks Judge Gaynor Labor Organizations Makes Charges Aguinst Bannard. ( n.- l eased ire to The T.mes) New York, Oct. 12 With three candidates now act vely in the field in the mayoralty fight, the interest of the public iy rising. The first indi cations of a tame campaign have been dissipated by the entrance of William R. Hearst into the field. At a big meeting in Carnegie Hall Mr. Hearst was formally nominated. An indication of the greater inter est that is being stirred up by the campaign is the sudden jump in the registration. For the first three days ti.e figures were far below those of 190S, presidential year, and even lugged behind the records'-of the last mayoralty campaign. The tally of yesterday's registration shows today, however, that in the greater city there is an increase over the 1905 fig ures. The boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx are still below the old level by 15,000 or so, but the total for the entile city is 990 more than in 1905. The campaign fight is on in earn est today and charges and counter charges are already flying thick and fast. William M. Ivins, one of the most prominent lawyers in New York, at the Hearst ratification meeting, charged Judge Gaynor with conspir ing with the race track interests to nullify the anti-race track betting laws. In making his charges, Mr. Ivins said: "Who is it that is trying to secure your franchise? William J. Gaynor, whose judicial history is that of ju dicial deniagogism and political trick ery. Now, Judge Gaynor is going to have his choice as far as I am con cerned. He is either going to get off the bench or he will have his oppor tunity of having me disbarred. That is the alternative." Mr. Ivins declared that Justice Gaynor met Senator Patrick McCar ren and Eugene Wood, whom he characterized as a lobbyist represent ing the racing interests, on June 11, 190S, with the anti-betting bills were passed, and, in a conference lasting till li a. ni., told them that the new law was unconstitutional. He fur ther charges that the racing interest tried to have a test case taken before Justice Gaynor, but that this plan was frustrated by District Attorney Elder, of Brooklyn. A test case was finally taken before the judge, con tinued Mr. Ivin, involving a wager of a box of balls on a golf game ,and his decision is a precedent which will se cure the liberation of race track gamblers arrested for violation of the anti-betting laws. At the time that these accusations were being made. Justice Gaynor was delivering an attack on his opponents at li s opening meeting in the Acad emy of Music, Brooklyn. A dramatic incident of the justice's speech was his swearing of an oath. With hand uplifted he cried: "No political organization lifted me up, and by God, none will ever pull me down." In his speech Judge Gaynor said that he did not want to be governor and bad twice refused to run for that office and had twice refused to run for mayor of New ork and once for mayor of Brooklyn. ,In reply to the charge that he. would, if elected, be dominated by bosses, he said: "I have pretty strong reason to be lieve that if any swallowing is done, 1 will be ou theoutside." William TraVers Jerome is now of ficially out of the contest for the dis trict attorney's office.,; Mr. Iving, at the Hearst meeting,, said that frienda of Jerome had. asked him, tq get the district altorney a nomination on the fusion ticket. .. . ,Mr. Ivins also declared that he had heard Jerome was tryltag- to-get the Tammany nomination some time ago. Otto T. i Bannard, republican can didate for mayor, who has been some what overshadowed by the events of (Continued on Fage Two.) 4 t J , t
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