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Weather. -Washington, Oct. 16 Fore cast for North Carolina for to night and Sunday: Pair to night -nd Sunday;' llghtjrost. ESTABLISHEB 1876. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY PRICE 5 CENTS PRESIDENTS CLASP HANDS AT E PASO S. h. ROTTER, First Meeting Occurred at 11 O'clock at Elhsoon American Soil MARKED CONTRAST Taft Receives Diiiz at El Puuo and Is Deceived by Mexican President in Mexloo Guns Salute and Bands Play a Welcome Marked Contrast in Two Men Taft Wears Simple Frock Coat, While Diaz is Attired in Glittering Uniform o Word of International Interest Smiles of Contentment Light l it Faces of Participants. (By WILLIAM HOSTER) El Paso, Tex., Oct. 16 Amid sal Vos of afUHery and the braying of martial bands, with the clanking of military accoutrements and the bril liant flash of-gold lace accompanied, in short, by all the primp and cere mony of a royal festival President William Howard Taft, of the United States, and President Porflro Diaz of Mexico, clasped hands today in for mal; acknowledgment of the cordial relations existing between the two government. The first meeting of the two presi dents .occurred at 11 o'clock here in El Paso, on American soil, when President -Diaz, .accompanied by a brilliant staff, escorted by Mexican and American, soldiers, paid his res pects to the,Amerlcan executive. The second meeting of the day occurred within an hourt President Taft being Ciudad Juarez, where in identically bridge spanning the Rio Grande into Cludad Juarez, Where In -ldentacllly the same manner as marked the El Paso ceremony, 'he was received and welcomed to Mexico by Diaz. The presidents exchanged compli ments, the English language, of which the Mexican president Is a perfect master, being the medium of com munication. No word of interna- tional note was uttered by either of tnem. mere were smites or con tentment on their faces, their hand clasps were hearty and they ad dressed . each other in unrestrained and familiar manner. There was a marked contrast be tween the two men, nevertheless, Diaz, nearing his eightieth year, but with vigor in his manner and fire in his eye, was attired in the glittering uniform of a Mexican general officer while Taft, tall and stalwart wore fhe simple American frock voat. With Taft, similarly attired, were General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff; Secretary Nagel, of the depart ment oC commerce and labor, and Postmaster-General Hitchcock. With the Mexican president, all of them wearing the highly decorated habili ments of the army, were half a dozen leading officials of Mexico. The com bined group suggested to the .be holder the sharply drawn lines along which these two great states of the North American continent hare been built and are working out their des tiny, the one under the iron hand of military leadership, the other under a regime of which simplicity and peace are the dominators. Mexico and the United States are unJted in one common bond of sym pathy today, even that old point of dispute between the two nations over the jurisdiction of the El Chamlzel region having been relegated to the background a protpcol between the ,tyo governments by which this coun try between El Paso and Jttarez is marked out for the day as neutral territory over which "the flag of neither nation is displayed. For the rest, "Gringo" and greaser are mingling in friendly concourse, drink ing punch and mescal beer and whis key at each other's expense, wearing . . . , a . . i it. . . me luienwuiea colors oi me unueqjf States and Mexico and cheering x& eiferously for the brotherhood of man. 'All the shops and business places In El Paso are closed. The national colors of the two states are displayed everywhere and the .international bridge, which spans the muddy Rio Grande ' boundary line between the two natioVi 18 completely hidden un der a blazeof colof. . Mexican and American troopers possess the streets, except where Mexican Benoritas and Texas belles contest the right of way with them. Strains of the "Star 8pangled Banner" are blended with "La Yaloma", the Mexican national anthem. Fully 50,000 people crowd (Contlnued on Page .Two.) liliSBlil laiiiliipiw J -vjf If'' 7 TroiiHXivor ' Xorth -Huron im Agricultural KneHy. RECORDS BROKEN IN LAST AUTOMOBILE RACE TODAY Final Race of The Year at Brighton Beach Track The Mosl Spectacular Ever Witnessed Here The Rainier Car Turns Turtle and Driver Injured Brighton Beach Race Track, Oft 16 Records were smashed, contest ants maimed and spectators injurea during the running of the twenty- four hour automobile race here to day. It was the final race of the year and the most spectacular evet seen here. Accidents were numer ous, the most serious coming early today when Car X, a Itninier, crashed into a fence and turned turtle on Death Curve." The driver, Charles Bowers, and his mechanician, L. Mouse, were both badly hurt and the car was retired from the race. Bowers was taken to the Kings county hospital. The time for the first 100 miles. 1:46:19 1-5 made by Louis Chevro let in his Buick, was a new track re cord. Early in the day the leader, Chevrolet, was several miles ahead of the former 24 hour record, v but his machine suffered an accident and fell behind. Harry Cobe, in a Lozier, took the lead and at 10 o'clock he was two miles ahead of the old record for fourteen hours. Chevrolet was try ing madly to overtake him. Shortly after midnight Alice Rob erts, a spectator, was struck by a wheel from the Palmer-Singer ma chine when its front axle broke. Her collar bone was broken- and she was seriously bruised. Bowers had a narrow escape from death in the accident in which he Was injured. He was in fourth place at the time and was making a mad attempt to pick up the distance that separated him from the leader of the race Chevrolet, who in a Buick was more than fifteen miles ahead of the re cord. The fact that Bowers and his me chanician were luckily thrown onto the turf some distance from their ma chine is also responsible lor their es cape from death. The Rainier car had just passed the grandstand and was speeding on its shoot around "death curve" when it began to skid and one of the rear tires Hew from the wheel. Before Bowers had a chance to pull back his clutch the big car swung around and crashed head-on through the in field fence, turning turtle over and over again. A crowd of more than !IM) persons who had remained at the race all night witnessed the accident, and there was a general scramble on their part to get across the track. Offi cials and police joined in the rush to get to the spot where Bowers and his mechanician were lying uncon scions and dozens of them had nar row escapes from being run down by the other machines. Nine cars started in the contest but only seven were left at 11 o'clock The score at that time for the fif teenth hour was as follows: Lozier, Joe Seymour, 763 miles. Lozier, Cyrus Patschke, 752 miles. Buick, H. Hughes, 731 miles. Buick, Arthur Chevrolet, 719 miles. Rainier, Louis Dlsbrow, 716 miles. jMatheson, Beale, 572 miles. Marion, Louis Strang, 554 miles. WRIGHT MADE TWO FLIGHTS (By Leased Wire to i ne Times.) College Park, Md., Oct. 16 Wil bur Wright made two flights in his aeroplane this morning.' The first flight was made at 6:30 o'clock, and Ue was in the air thirteen minutes, eighteen seconds. Lieutenant Hum phreys was carried on this trip. The second flight was made at 7:10 a. m and lasted for thirteen minutes, for ty-four seconds. Lahm went up with Wright on this second flight.' If the weather continues fair other flights will be made this afternoon. Commencing Monday the flights will be made In the early morning hours. Wilbur Wright today refused to discuss the report that Charles R. Flint, of New York, was the backer of the Wright brothers, or that he was working with Mr. Flint to sell a large number of the Wright machines to the United States government. ANNUA REPORT L FROM THHY (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Oct. 16 The nnnual report of the judge advocate general of the army ' todav was sent to the secretary of war. It shows that for the fiscal1 year ending June 30, 1909, 35 commisisoned officers were tried by general court martial. Eight were convicted. In two of the convictions the sentences were disapproved. Two cadets of the United States military academy were before general courts martial, one was convicted, but the sentence was not approved. During the year 5,170 enlisted men appear ed before general courts martial and were convicted, various penalties be ing inflicted. There were 365 enlist ed men acquitted. The total number of trials by general court martial dur ing the year was 6,580, an increase over 1907 of 1,444 eases. - . . LAST GAME OF WORLDSERIES DRAWSCROWD COL. JOS. E. POGUE, An Immense Crowd on the Grounds Early to See the Final Game of Series I. TIGERS LEAD BETS Weather Clear nnd Sunny Rut Cold in Spite of the cold Record-breaking Crowd Goes Marly to the Grounds and the Seats Are Sn All Gone Tigers on the Bent End of the Bel ting With Odds of 10 to 8 I'.ig rlcgation of Pittsburgers Arrive and Detroit- Looks as if Ironmont;'. ws Convention Was in Session. (By Leased Wire to The Timet:) Bennett. Park, Detroit, Mich., Dei. 16 A bright, snappy day was dish ed up for the last game of the series between tiie Pirates and the Tigers for the world's baseball champion ship today. The weather early was clear and sunny, with the thermome ter nt 38. A record-breaking crowd started early to see the contest. In spite of the cold the park was surrounded early by a mob and all the reserved seats were gone long before the time for the opening of the grounds. The Tigers were on the best end of the betting, with the prevailing odds 10 o 8. There was a great deal of Pitts burg money, however, and large sums were put nj). . Big delegations of Pittsburg fans arrived in town last night and today, and the town looks as if there were a convention of ironmongers on. The first six games were seen by 128,000 fans, according to official figures. Today's climax to the most exciting -championship series ever RUe.di)ft.8ent4he,flu-,kitlg. the Pittsburg and Detroit teams have turned down offers for exhibition games in St. Louis and Syracuse. The former town offered $5,200 for two games with the option of half of the receipts, dud Syracuse bid ?2,.r00 for one game with a similar privi lege. Both offers included all ex penses. But when the propositions were put before the players, they vot ed no.. The terrific tug of war has tired the players out and they are all ready for the rest. Never has a series of games arous ed such general interest as has been stirred up by this. How many fans throughout the country have follow ed every play, not only in the after reports, nut as eacn was made, in front of bulletin boards, no one can compute. It is safe to say that the number runs into the millions, but beyond that it is all guess work. This probable liue-up was given out early: Pittsburg Byrne, 3b.; Leach, c.f.: Clarke, l.f.: Wagner, s.s.; Miller, 2b.; Absteln, lb.; Wilson, r.f.; Gibson, c: Adams, p. Detroit D. Jones, c.f.; Bush, s.s. Cobb, r.f.; Crawford, lb.; Delehanty, 2b.; Moriarity, 3b.; Mclntyre, l.f.. Schmidt or Stanage, c; Mullin or Donovan, p. f THOMAS UPTON COMING OVER ijiMWffi'!! ijiiuj hiwuuii, jj.i; nuij it? m F 4 4 mmmMmsm mmmm "4 1 it SEVERAL ARE HURTINBOMB EXPLOSIONS Smouldering Discontent Again Inflamed by the Throwing of Bombs ONE VICTIM DEAD Six Soldiers Are Known to Have Been Injured in the Latest Outrage, and it is Also Probable That Seven Revolutionists Also Suffered Troops Arc Under Orders to Ride Down Without Mercy Any Who .Make Trouble A Company in Stationed in Front of Every Church and in Front of Every Pub lic Building. Secretary Xnrtli Carolina .iriciill:ir:ii Nocii ty. THE BIG BATTLE Championship Battle Will Be Fought Today (By Cable to The Times) London, Oct. 1 6 Sir Thomas Lip- ton sailed today for the United States on the Cedric. He talked en couragingly of his propsepct of se curing a race for the America's cup. "I am going to New York," he said. in the hope of arranging another race. I realize that there are many difficulties in the way, tout I am con- in ced that they can be overcome, be cause I know that the New York Yacht Club is composed of good sportsmen, who, rather than have the race die a natural death, will, I feel sure, do their utmost to meet me. "For the sake of international sport I say, win or lose, let's have a race. It is now six years since the last international race, and in this long period there has been opportun ity for any other country to come along and challenge for the famous trophy. No other country has come along. Now I am off again because I want, for the sake of the sport, to enter the arena and make one more bid for the blue ribbon of the ocean." Crowds Gathered Marly to See the Ketchell-Johnson l.'ifjlit This After noon Ilotli Men Are Confident. (By Leased VVirn to The Times) Colma, Cal., (Ringside). Oct. Hi Crowds have already gathered ai Jim Coffroth's immense light arena lo witness the twenty round buttle be tween Jack Johnson and Stanley Ketchel for the heavyweight cham pionship of the world. Both princi pals are trained to tlie minute, with the giant negro ruling a favorite over his smaller lull stocky opponent at odds of 10 10 1. The crowds made it cerlain thai when Johnson and Ketchel step imo the ring an im mense audience will be masked around the snared circle. The faith ful training of the men. and their fine appearance did much lo bring this about, as the spectators feel cer lain the contest will live to be one of the most ihrilling in pugilistic his tory. The crush of men trying to secure the best seats became terrilic and a wail of protest went up when it was found I hat .speculators had managed lo purchase big blocks of tnc pivi iotls pasteboards. Although Coffroih did everything in his power to keep tiie tickets out of speculators' hands, he found him self powerless to slop it altogether. Johnson stated today that his weight was about litii pounds, while Ketc.i el's doughty little manager, Willis Britt, decelared 'the assassin" tipp ed the beam at 176. Both men expressed themselves as being absolutely confident of win ning. Johnson said: 'I will not stall with Ketchel. 1 will surely knock him out. 1 don't want, to say what round 1 will do it in, but 1 will surely be the winner." Ketchel seemed to have completely recovered from iiis nervousness and said: "Rest assured I will he I lie heavy weight champion of the world In- night." NEW ART GALLERY Will Be Opened in Washing ton in a Few Days New National Art Gallery Will be Opened in a Few Days in Conner lion With the Smithsonian Insti tuteFirst Count i'v Has Kver Mad. MRS . TAFT BACK INGTON Washington, accompanied by (By Leased Wlrj to TheNTimes) Oct. 16 Mrs. Taft. her sister, Mrs. Moore, of Cincinnati, the hitter's son, John H. Moore, and Mr. Michael De- tney, Mrs. Taft's physician, arrived here from Beverly, Mass., at 10 o'clock this morning. They came on the private car Commonwealth, at tached to the Federal Express .which left Boston at 8 o'clock last night. Practically all the personal effects of the Taft family have been shipped to Washington. Mrs. Moore will re main with Mrs. Taft at the white house until tho president returns from his trip, wheu she will go to Cincinnati. (By Leased Wire to The Times) asiiingion, uei. l ti t he new- national art gallery is to lie opened to the public in this city in a few days The gallery is part of the Smithson ion irisiiiute anil will lie iouse( n the beaiilihil new fhiilding of the naiioiiiil museum, also a part of the Smithsonian. While the national ganery ot art wit locctipy space on tlie first floor of the splendid new na tional museum building, artists and are lovers are hoping and planning that later congress will appropriate money to build a separate building for the gallery. This is certain to be done, if not at the coining session of congress, ihen at some following ses sion ol the national legislature. Tlie government i.s now acquiring large tracts of land south of Pennsylvania avenue, t In main si reel of (lie capi tal. Those who are urging that ; distinctive building be erected to pro tect national art treasures wish to see part of Hum land utilized as a site for the national art gallery. I ae idea of constructing a national gallery of art has been advocated for more than half a century. Other nations have great galleries where the artists spend their lives, and where they leave behind them many of the pictures and statues they have created. The Tnited States has never had such a gallery. I'p to within a few years ago Americans have been too busy acquiring wealth to devote much attention to art subjects, but Willi the expanding wealth of the country has come the desire on the part of many for sonic expression of national art. and the love for artists' creal ions. Nat onal legislators who keep in touch with the people have never had the desire to make an ap propriation for national art purposes because the -people have never de manded it, as a whole. Artists claim, however, that the American people have greatly changed in this respect, and thai they would now welcome a great institution where could be pre served for all time creations of the old masters, and works of American painters and sculptors. A nucleus lor a national gallery of art already exists. It consists of the Evans col led ion and other pictures that have been donoted to the government. These are now being placed in the rooms of the new national museum. The museum "proper will not be open to the public for several months, al- through the gallery of art may be opened within a few days. The ex hibits now in the old national mus eum will be moved to the new mus eum building as soon as practicable after the art collections ai'e placed in the building. Workmen are now making absolutely ; flreprflof the rooms in the new museum building where are to be placed the works of art and which it is hoped will prove to be the beginning of the greatest gallery of art iu the world. (By Cable to The Times) Barcelona, Oct. 16 Another bomb explosion, in which several were in jured, today Inflamed the smoulder ing discontent lhat has been kept down since the execution of Francisco Ferrer only by the rigid enforcement of martial law. Six soldiers are known to have been injured in the latest outrage. It is probable that seven revolution ists also suffered, but were taken away by their friends in the excite ment of the moment. Military patrols have been doubled throughout the city. There have been several attempts to form crowds, but the authorities have so far frustrated these. In the clashes between the public and the police and troops many have been injured. The troops are under orders ; to ride down without mercy any man- ifestants. These orders have so far been carried out with no sign of dis content in the ranks. . A company at least is stationed in front of every church, every public building and the residence of every ecclesiastic and high government of ficial. Furtive moves have been made on several of the churches, but the troops have succeeded in hold ing the mobs in check, sometimes only by firing on them. Montjuieh fortress, where Ferrer was executed, is the headquarters of the military. Reinforcements that have been sent to the city in the last few days have been quartered there and the streets about the prison have been turned into camps. The funeral of the teacher whose death has stirred all Europe has i.ct-n ueiayeo. oy me authorities, as it f is tea red that demonstrations will' follow any attempt to carry the cof fin through the streets. There are reports in circulation today but un verified,. that the body has been taken to the civil cemetery already, at night, and quietly buried. ' The attitude of the government. however, does not indicate that such i custom is likely to be followed. The government is holding the peo ple in cnecK with an iron hand, and its attitude is marked with insolence. ft is probable that when the school teacher goes to his grave, the body will be carried openly through the streets under a force heavy enough in he opinion of the government, to over-awe the public. It was also reported semi-officially today that the body of Ferrer had actually been interred. According to his report, the relatives of the schoolmaster were Dermltted to fol. low the body, which lay in an open coffin, as is customary. The bullet holes in the forehead were plainly to be seen by all who got a glimpse of ne ooay. Indignity was further heaped on Ferrer even in death, however, and permission was refused for the burial of the body in a private grave. The coffin was dropped into a ditch, and t was only after much protest that the family was permitted to mark the pot with a stake. A heavy guard was left at the spot. Reinforcements are held la readiness to be rushed to the cemetery na it is teared that one of the first moves of the mob, if it gets beyond control, will be toward the crave. Ferrer's body, exhumed and boron through the streets, would rouse the people in a mass to rebellion. Bona Venture, one of the victims of the most important bomb outrage, died today. Among' the arrests that have arisen from the outrages, the' police have one man whe is said tot be the most dangerous of th radical leaders. - The number of the victims of the last few days' disorder cannot be a- certained. According tot the official (Continued onVPaje Two4-r""'
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