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RALEIGH, N. C; THtJE3nAY, JUNE 30, 1910.
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FIRST RACES
III REGATTA
Harvard Freshmen Crossed
the Finishing Line One
Length Ahead of Yale
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Fandciiioniuiit Broke Loose Among
the. Harvard Cohorts The Blue
Rooters Wre Game, However, and
Did All They Could to Cheer the
Defeated' Yale Crew Harvard
Hopes Beat High for the Other
. Event While Yale la Just as Deter,
mined to Retrieve Her Lost LHur-
By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New London, Conn., June 30 The
old Thames fairly ran red under the
blazing midday sun today from Har
vard frenzy when the second event
In the day's triple card, the varsity
four-oared race, second only to the
great varsity eight in the annual na
val engagement with Yale was tucked
safely under the Crimson belt along
with the1 earlier trophy of prowess,
the freshman eight race. -
A riot of sound from joy-maddened
Harvard multitudes, ashore1' and
afloat, fairly rocked the river banks
as the quartette of brawny young
athletes, their iarms working like
bronze levers, their oars moving with
rhymthical smoothness, swept their
jcraft over the goal lirte to the
: fore of the growling, struggling Bull
Dog for the second time in a few
hours . .-
Yale suffered bravely. Her crew
fought to the end and her ' rooters
bal ked defiantly. Hopes were not so
high as to the outcome of the last and
crowning event of the day, the varsity
eight, but the determination to fight
to the last Inch remained unabated.
, The Harvard men were offering 10
to 6 for a clean sweep after the sec
ond crimp was put in Yale's hopes.
The second two mile race of the
day was a gruelling one, though Har
vard won by four lengths. Thome
of the Yale crew collapsed at the ftn
' ish. .
Yale backed up to the west shore
In taking positions for the start while
Harvard was on the east side of the
river. A strong tide was against
both of the crews at the start.
Yale caught the water first at the
starters signal and her shell leaped
: to the fore from the impetus of a
clean strong stroke. Harvard imme
diately caught tip, however, and they
pulled together for a few seconds,
when Harvard began to splash and
the Blue crew, rowing strong, smooth,
steady strokes. Immediately forged
ahead..
Passing the navy yard Yale had a
, clean quarter length ahead and at the
half mile she had increased this to
half a length. Passing tiio mile Har
vard spurted and began to gain
slightly. Yale then had a turn of
splashing. Harvard V swept ahead,
taking a half length lead.
' Yale braced, however, and hitting
tip the stroke took the lead for a
second. Yale began to splash again
shortly, and again the Crimson swept
to the front until Its lead had iu
ciased to three lengths. .Harvard
. was never headed again and swept
" over the finish line an easy winner.
The Yale crew was picked up on
" their way to the boat . house and
Thorne was taken out by the coachers
launch. -
The official time of the varsity
fonr-oared ' race was: - Harvard,
13:57; Yale, 14:18.
Won First Races.
Harvard won the first point In Its
J three-ply ambition to sweep the
Thames clean today when the Crim
son shell pulled by eight sturdy
freshmen crossed the finish line one
length ahead of the fighting young
athletea of Yale. ; ! ;
, PandemoniUm broke loose among
the Harvard cohorts, yells, cheers
and shrieking whistles on the Crim
son decked craft that fringed the
course greeting the initial victors in
today's program.
Loyal even In defeat, the Blue
. rooters who opened top for their
- beaten athletea, doing all they could
to cheer the .'- gasping, heart-broken
young Titans who grimly fought to
the very end. 7 7 " ;
Harvard turned to the two greater
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Mrs. Homy lK)UKiiiH Ktartinc ill the . nuor ra: fiom Xew York to
Bermuda, This is the first time that u uoniaa attempted to make the (170
mile trip tn a motor boat. This demure little wornnn was alHard the Yo
Ho which was entered by her husband, now i?. coinniuml. It wax only one
contestant for the challenge cup ami $1,000 ash price,' the Kronell 11,
owned and entered by VIe-('iiiiii((lote Sumut-l Cchrune of the Benson
hurst Yacht Club. . -
coming events with hearts beating
higher than ever," while Yale, like its
symbolic-bull dog, set its jaws and
determined to retrieve Us loBt laurels
or die fighting.
Harvard got away in lite lead and
was neverheaded though the young
Yale oarsmen made a dying spurt at
the finish that gained them a length
almost at the line.
Leading by a narrow margin at ihe'
three quarter mile, the Harvard
oarsmen hit up the stroke a little and
gradually drew ahead. At the mile
and a half they had increased tSieir
lead to two lengths which they held
until two hundred yards from the
finish.
The weight of Harvard told in this
race as It was expected to. Hoavler
than their opponents, they were able
to hold the lead by their strength de
spite the flashing finish of the Yale
Crew. ,
Ready For Regatta.
New London, Conn., June 30
Perfect weather, three magnificent
crews trained to the finest edge, anJ
a record-breaking crowd insured one
of the greatest regattas ever held by
Yale and Harvard In this old New
England town to Jay.
The light breeze that was blowing
this morning failed to stir a white-
cap on the surface of the Thames.
"Ideal weather," said the experts.
Beginning with the freshman eight
race this morning a thrilling day of
struggles for aquatic supremacy was
promised the thousands of Harvard
and Yale partisans who crowaea in oy
train, automobile and trolley cars to
day. The fiood of Harvard money
which during the last week has back
ed the Ciirason to win all three races
continued today.
Yale .mopey was more plentiful.
however, as a result of the Blue's
victory last evening In the freshman
four-oared race. , , ,!
Today's contests, the freshman
eight, the varsity four and varsity
eight, looked to be a contest of Har
vard brawn against the lightweight
Yale rowers.
"But we're there with the bells
on," was the cry of the Yale rooters
this morning and every dollar back
ing the Harvard favorites found an
answering dollar from the Blue.
The perfect weather made It prac
tically , certain that the schedule of
races would ; be carried out. This
was: ' '
Freshman eight two miles,. 10:30
a. m.
Varsity four, two miles, 11 a. m.
Varsity eight, four miles, 4:30
p. m.
Everything pointed to a broken
record in the big event, which this
year is rowed down-stream, thus aid
ing the oarsmen. -. : ' ,. .
"It's all over but the- yelling," de
clared the enthusiastic Harvard leg-
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FIRE HT
Barn of Dr. Bell Including Stock
and Feedstuff Destroyed
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Fire Caused a Los sof Several Thous
and Dollars to Dr. (i. M. Bell
Early Last Night Details Not Ob
tainable This Morning.
Yesterday evening about 8:00
o'clock, fire destroyed the barn of Dr.
O., M. Bell, of Wakefield, and only by
the hardest kind of work was the res
idence saved.
Complete information could not be
obtained this morning. It is known
that the barn, farming implements,
two or more horses, a lot of wheat
and considerable feedstuff was des
troyed. It was also reported that Dr. Bell's
drug store was ( destroyed, but this
could not be verified as neither of the
'phone systems between here antl
55ebulon and Wakefield were working
this morning.
Dr. Bell's residence caught fire
several times but was extinguished
with but little damage.,
A lot of wheat that had just been
stored in the barn was destroyed. It
is said that at least two horses were
burned.
The cause of the fire could not be
learned.
FORTY-FIVE LIVES. LOST.
In the Flood-stricken District of Ken
tucky. (By Leased Wire to The Times)
Salyersville, Ky., June 30 Advices
received today from the flood-stricken
section of eastern Kentucky say that
55 persons lost their lives, $250,000
damage was done, and that in the
lower valleys the waters are still
spreading devastation. Searching
parties are still looking for other bod
ies, and It is believed that many of
the missing will never be found.
Carmen Sylva' III.
(By Cable to The Times)
Bucharest, June 30 Queen Eliza
beth of Roumanla (Carmen Sylva),
who has been ill for several days with
appendicitis, suffered a relapse. today
and her- physicians announced that
there was little hope that they could
save her life.' . '
Asher Hinds Nominated.
Portland, Me., June 30 Asher C.
Hinds was nominated for congress by
acclamation today over Colonel Fred
Hale, son of Senator Hale. Hinds is
an insurgent against the Hale rule
and, Is now parliamenPirlan clerk In
congress,
PATTCH flUITSTHE6ALlE
"ft
Says He Is .d and Needs
Rest
Will Leave His Office This Afternoon
For Good. aUd Oo Home to Kvans.
ton to Enjoy ffi Fortune.
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(By Leased Wite to The Times)
, Chicago, June SO When the clock
marks the hour, of 4:00 this after
noon In an offk4 tn the Western Un
ion building, a is,H, broad-shouldered
man, slightly sjotoped, with silvery
hair and piouf liche, will close his
desk, say a ft. t$er brusque "Good
bye" to those wtfi are In the office
and go honfe ti.'Evanston to enjoy a
fortune variously estimated from
$20,000,000 Id 430,000,000.
There will be njo display, but in the
same manner that has marked his
triumphs, bo will be the passing from
the active business world of "Jim"
Patten, "king ot the wheat pit., of
the corn pit, of'i the oats pit, holy
terror of the cotton market".
Today there exists a firm under the
name of Bartlett,1 Patten & Co.; Fri
day the Bartlett-Frazler Company
will take its plac6, for along with
"Jim" Patten will go his. brother,
George W. Patteu, . and there are
those who will breathe easier.
"I need a rest;'J have been in har
ness ever since I was a boy . and I
have worked hard, very hard. Now I
want to step out, make room for some
of the younger element and watch
them," said Mr. Patten today.
For 30 years "Jim" Patten' has
been fighting; from the position of
grain Inspector in. th6 Chicago yards
he rose to be the most powerful fig
ure in the grain market. He made
and lost, and then again made, mil
lions. .' " i.' .
It savors of injustice to refer to
him, as some have, its the "Napoleon
of the1 grain market" jor Napoleon
eventually failed. ;
"Jim" Patten rvKtr3,vaai his
position with all the laurels and hon
ors of war, without surrendering to
anyone.
From the time he cornered the
corn market In 1890-'91 until the
present day he has had the reputation
of playing a lone-hand; Never de
pending upon anyone else, but bear
ing the brunt himself, he has fought
his way, year by year.
Old men in the business of trade
say that, he Is soured; that he feels
that he has been misjudged and that
many of the verbal and editorial
knocks he has received have been un
deserved.
Born in Sandwich, III., about 48
years ago, he spent Ills eariy years
in his father's country store. His
father died when he was In his teens
and his mother sold the store and
came to Chicago, together with his
brothers, George W. and H. J. Pat
ten. In 1874 "Jim" Patten got .a
position as grain Inspector in the
Chicago yards.
In 1878 he went to work for G. P.
COmstock & Co., who did a large
business in grain with eastern ship
pers and foreign trade. In 1881 he
formed a firm with his brother, and
from that time has steadily Increased
his worldly goods.
SPEAKER DEFIES ROOSEVELT.
Opposes the Direct Primary BUI
Though Asked to Support It by
Rdosevelt.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Albany, N. Y., June 30 Speaker
Wadsworth, of the assembly, today
defied the wishes of ex-President
Roosevelt, as conveyed through Lloyd
C. Griscom, chairman of the New
York county republican committee.
After an hour's conference with
Mr. Griscom, who informed the
speaker of Colonel Roosevelt's desire
that Governor Hughes be supported,
Mr. Wadsworth said:
"Mr. Griscom and others have
asked me to change my views on the
direct primary proposition. I have
refused to do so and I do not be
lieve a direct primary bill framed like
the so-called Cobb compromise bill
can pass this house."
Mrs. Sherman Better.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Baltimore, June 30 The condition
of Mrs. Sherman, wife of Vice-president
Sherman, Is somewhat Improved
this morning. The physicians at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital say that Mrs.
Sherman will be completely recovered
from her nervous collapse after a
period of absolute rest.
Madrta Captures Another Town
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, June 30 The United
States Vice Consul fcf1 Cape Grac'as-a-Dols,
Nicaragua, reported to the
state department today that Madrid
troops captured the town on June 11.
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Mis. . V. i. Haidiutt, the Itir
minglmm, Alalmma stH'iety : womiui
who Hilled herself at almost the
same moment that (Joy .Johnson, (pic
ture printed Ih'Iow), a pioinmeiit
young liihinaii, took his own lite by
sending a bullet into his 'heart. The
eoude died, it is said, hi-canse I hey
loved each other. Each was married
and because the tongue of slander
was moving freely and rather openly,
they decided to die together. Ou the
morning of the tragedy Johnson and
the woman had a long interview.
"This afternoon 1 will send you a pn
bL" :. t will hr-e One exuetry ilte It.
At exactly 4:15 o'clock w will shoot
through our hearts." Early this at
ternoon Johnson's ehanllelir delivered
a package at the Harding home. It
is now known that the parcel contain
ed a revolver. At the exact time ap
pointed Mrs. Harding shot herself.
Johnson attempted to reach her over
she was dead. He then ended his own
THE RAILROADS WIN
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Reverses Its Self
After Rehearing Commission Ite.
verses Itself in Mallei- of (rain Kates
, From liuftalo to ICast Will Sus
pend Rates Filed to -Place July 1.
(By Leased Wire to The Tillies) ,
Washington, June 30 The inter
state commerce commission in in im
portant decision today 'cancelled' 'Its
previous order requiring railroads to
reduce rates oti Hour and otiier grain
products from Buffalo to New ork
and New England points. It has been
decided that the old rates are not
unreasonable and sluili stand.
The opinion' Is a. result of Uie re
hearing of the Banner Milling Com
pany versus New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company Mid
the famous Jennison eases regarding
rates to and from the northwest and
Buffalo. Since the -original hearing
the commission held that, the ex
penses of operating on the part 'or the
carriers have materially increased.
It is claimed that to reduce rates
from the northwest, as proposed in
the Pennison case, would disturb the
entire rate fabric from .milling cen
ters on the Missouri river and west,
and would create a state of discrim
ination against mills in the middle
west. The commission explains that
it was necessary to allow an advance
from Buffalo or require-a reduction
from all territory west of that point.
In view of the whole situation the
commission holds that the wisest
course was to permit ' the advance
from Buffalo.
The commission also announces
that it would not suspend tha offi
cial classification of freight rates
which was filed to take effect July .
This announcement affects all roads
in eastern territory. There are over
6,000 items on ratings in this class
ification, and. only 58 changes, of
which 28 are reductions and 30 ad
vances, the. latter including1 1! in
creases iu car load rates.
. iSie principal increases, are the car
load minimum of hoj'se vehicles irom
10,000 to 11,000 puads and au nd
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Ihe telephone out he was told that
life.'--
vance in the classification of - auto
mobiles' from first class" to 110 ! per
cent ot first class.
The commission is not satisded
that these items should be suspended.
This ruling, howeveiYwill not prevent
or delay the hearing of any, com
plaint which may lie made against the
reasonableness of these or any o' her.
Increases' effected by the new classi
fication, .'
A number of railroads operating
from the .central west to eas'.ern
poinls liled .with the commission' to
day tariffs "or . Increased1 class rates
10 become effective August 1. Tne
rates will In- increased from 10 o 15
percent, "'The. class rales from Chi
cago to New '.York .will be advanced
as follows: First class, fifteen te'.i's;
second class, 1:1 cents; third class,
len cents, ami louvth class, live, cents
per hundred ."pounds;.- Similar ad
vances will lie made between all other
poinls in the central west and sea
board points.
RI'.I'l HLU'.W HUAUOrARTERS.
Congressional. Ilcalciiarters Will
Soon lii-Opened in Xew York.
I Hy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, .lime ::o -It was stat
ed at the-Headquarters- of the repub
lican -congressional committee today
that the literary headquarters of the
committee will be opened in No
York City August 1 w itii -'Representative'
l.oudenslasei. of New Jersey, .
secretary of the committee, in charge.
Speakers.' headquarters will he in
Chicago under the direction of Rep
resentative McKinley of Illinois,
chairman of the committee.
The campaign' will be an educa
tional one, special attention being
given to the tariff and the legislation
enacted in t lie congressional session
just 'closed..'. '-Up to the present ii. :e
0,51)0.011(1 documents have been Kent
from - Washington to various sections
of the country. This is 1,000,000
documents more than were sent out
in the campaign of two years ago.
The text book 'will be ready early
in August. .
The leaders say the campaign will
be fought in the east instead of in he
west as in past lights for control or
the house. '
One Amendment.
The Klba Manufacturing Company,
of Charlotte, increases its capital
stock from $250,000 to f 500,000.
COPEofl
Crisis In the Threatened Rail
road Strike May be
Reached Today
T AT DELAY
What is Believed to be the Final
Conference Between the Govern
ment Mediators and the 800 Em
ployes of the Southern ' Roads
Trainmen an(j Conductors Are Ex
pected to Tuke Decisive Action -Friday
A Strike Would Involve
100,000 Employes of a Dozen
, Roads South of the Potomac and
East of the Mississippi.
(By Leased .Wire to The Times)
Washington, June 30 With what
is expected to be the final conference
between the government mediators
and the 200 employes of southeastern
railroads today, it is believed the cri
sis In the threatened railroad strike
is reached.
Impatient at the delay in reaching
some settlement through mediation,
which was the result Of repeated con
ferences with the railroad , officials
since January, the trainmen and con
ductors' will probably take decisive
action Friday.
A strike will involve .upwards of
100,000 employes of a dozen roads
south of the Potomac and east of th,e
Mississippi. ; .
-Overture for jtaj't 11 nomnromise
have been made by sevra -of 4 he
roads, while other railroad represen
tatives have abandoned their opti
mistic attitude and now treat the sit
uation as decidedly acute.
At today's conference with the
mediators the committeemen, it 1s
understood, made an urgent request
that the peace negotiations be
brought to a head tomorrow.
Asked If there was a possibility of
the trainmen voting to strike imme
diately after today's conference with
the mediators. Vice-president Curtiss,
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
said;
"We will not strike in fifteen or
twenty minutes, but no time will be
lost when -once It is made clear to us
what our line of action should he."
GOVERNOR HUGHES' SPEECH.
Rapped Over-running legislators and
Certain Office-holders.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Cambridge, Mass., June 30 In an
address before the Phi Beta Kappa
Society of Harvard University here to
day Governor Hughes, of New York,
epitomized most of the public and
political ideals he has been contend
ing for during the past four years.
Contrary to expectation, however, he
did not touch as heavily upon the
question of direct primaries as was
expected because of the agitation over
the important proposition In his own
state. The governor took a fling at
lawyers who become over-cunning
legislators, rapped officeholders who
represent those who nominated them
more than the people who elected
them, and in general inveighed
against rascality in officialdom. The
subject of his address was "Some as
pects of our democracy."
Knapp Not a Candidate.
(By Leased Wire to The Times) .
Oswego, N. Y., June 30 C. L.
Knapp, for 10 years representative in
congress from the twenty-eighth New
York district, a Cannon roan arid
high tariff advocate, announced to
day that he would not be a candidate
for re-election.
Receipts From Corporation Tax.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, June , 30 According
to Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Cabell the total collection from the
corporation tax now amounts to
$8,4 90,000. Today has been the record-maker
in the collection, the re
ceipts being $2,769,000.
Longworth Temporary Chairman.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Columbus, O., June 30 Congress
man Nicholas Longworth was today
selected as . temporary chairman of
the Ohio state convention, which
meets on July 26.