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-J HE VEATIIEir Vip RuTeigh nut! Vicinity: Fair tonight ' and: Tuesday) somewhat nner. ' Ftor North Carotin: Fair1 tonight and Tuesday; warmer in extreme west and north. '"' I I ' ' i hi" J LAST EDITION , ESTABLISHED 1876. , RALEIGH, N. C; MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1910. PRICE S GEHT0 uoubie tne Number ,ot Paid subscribers in .the bity ot Raleigh of My Other Newspaper. ed States it- New York wweEmq: winter THE VJORLD'S Agathe UHTUnDnl'lV; fern.. w ! World VVIIIIUItlW: k. S II Won Deciding Game of Series From Chicago Cubs Yes terday Afternoon COOMBS IS THE STAR 124,222 Persons Saw the Vivo (James and Heceipts Were l7:t,.'i( Di vision of Receipts Gives Kncli Ath letic Player IjSS.OHS.urt and Kucli Cub Player IRJ.ST.'LI'H Cubs Heal ize .TImjt Wei HeaU'u by Hirjienoi I'layiiiK and ?Xt hy Accident Chance Declare! Defeat Was Fair n nil Admits That Mack's IVaiii Was the Letter. (By Leased Wire to The times.) Chicago, Oct. 24 The Chicago "Cubs were ou hand promptly, in tne office of 'President Charles W, Mur phy today to dtvide the money which represents the 'losers' end of the world's championship games. Each plaver received $1,375.03 -out of tue team's siiare of $31,628.57. On the Philadelphia team, each' player re ceives $2,1)62.6:5 out of the fund of $4 7.4 4 2.tf. '..; '' ',-- i; Disappointed as they were over the outcome of the series, the'players are not as downcast as they might be. Tliev had a big melon to divide and they realize that they were beaten by superior playing and not by accident. With exception, they ' admit that the Athletics superiority principally was In the batting. There, has' been . no nM$)ajfe and bea(eh jS?t th CubMre takTng'tim aWeafgkmfelyr'- The fans, too, have refrained from sarcastic remarks about the Cubs team in their open admiration of the Philadelphia 'squad. . ; ,"' Coombs is acknowledged to be the star of the performers, and by fan3 he is 'put in the same class with Christy Matliewson-. Following the game yesterday the Philadelphia team started for home aud will reach there this morning. A bigiwceotton is awaiting them. Taey reoeivedla big send-off here and Chi cago fans treated them as well as If Chicago players themselves had won the pennant. .' Ia-fact the fans were so enthusias tic that they almost denuded the Philadelphia players in their .mad rush for souvenirs. They took shoe laces and buttons and belts and caps from the players while the victorious players were helpless to save them selves or their clothes.' That more than $500,000 was lost in-Chleago, as a result of the series, was announced at the board of trade. ft Is believed twice or thrice time3 that amount changed hands In small hots which never will be heard of. The series' broke all records for coin and crowds. Had the series gone the full seven games, all.records would have been shattered. Attendance figures showing that II TWO DAYS BEFORE FIGHT (By. Leased Wire to The Times.) Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 24 Abe At tel, chttm)ion featherweight, declares tiiat the Jeffries-Johnson fight was a frame-up, that Johnson was to lay down but when Johnson learned'that George Little had a lot of money on 'Jeffries he told Jeffries that every thing was all off and the tight was for the best man to win, according ta a story published here. : "Until two days before the fight Johuon had agreed to lay down to Jeffries," Attel said last night. "George Little, Johnson's deposed manager, told me this. Then when Johnson found out that Little was around betting on Jeffries he sent word to Jeffries that the frame-up was off and that the fight was going to be on the square. "There were a number of busy mo tions inside the next ten hours, but Johnson would not listen to reason. He wasn't going to see George Little win any money and It was all , off. Then Jeffries collapsed. , WAS A FRAME-rUP UNTIL Z ' SOLANS ; J FLANK 5 hi mm VJ...IM&MT 4- Hi-' A The Philadelphia Athletics (American League), who defeated the Chicago Cubs (National League) for the cham - pionship of the world, winning four garr-es out of five. 124,222 peV the live games and the'receipts were $173,580. Had it not been for the miserable showing made by the Cubs, there would have been a greater amount. Manager Chance declared today that the defeat was a fair one, and admitted, ' although reluctantly,' that tha Philadelphia team was the bet ter. Yesterday's game, the final of the merles, was a terribly hard fought bat tle until the eighth inning, when BVown and the entire Chicago team went on an aeroplane tour and the Athletics crossed . the rubber five times,' Prior to this inning the score toodtwo to One In favor of the At i; letics. By; winning this game, JaCU oonfl)s"Ygualled Christy" Mathew sonword of winning . three games 'tfr'taWtfffr series. ' Coombs pitetv (Continued pn Page Five.) HOUSE THREATENING TRINITY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Hartford, Conn., ()et. 24 Trinity Ool lege. the aristocratic home of sons of wealthy Kpiscopallans, is tlireateneu with.. a mysterious epiiU'inioi Twelve members of the Phi Upsilnn. a secret society, have been attacked with a peculiar disease,' which lias almost blinded them for two days. This morning a consultation of three of the leading eye speeialtists and leading praet loners of Hartford was held and it was decided to order the fraternity, house quarantflied. This keeps, out of college life thirty of the leading stu dents of the college. CAPTAIX ItEFl SKS TO DKSKRT. .. -- ' I.'' -',:: Ship Went Down In Hurricane Off v Cuban Shore. - . ; ' ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Perth Amboy, ,N. J.. Oct. 24 A dramatic 'story of the sinking of the schooner Halliswood, from New York to New Orleans, in the 'Cuban hurri cane and the death of the captain, who refused to leave his vessel, was brought here today by the Norwe gian steamer Hauold which took off the seven members of the schooner's crew when the captain refused to de sert his bark. The Halliswoodk was sighted off the Florida coast In the thick of tho storm by the , Harold. The schooner was' slowly sinking when the Harold put to. 'This is the place for me I'll stick to my ship," cried the captain when a boat was put oft from the Harold. The brave officer climbeo higher and higher into the rigging as the vessel settled and was carried down with her. ' -' The Harold came from Tampico," j(ex. -,: ;' SALKSMAX KOBHKD. Ten Thousand Dollars Worth' of Jew elry Taken In Hotel. Chicago, Oct. 24 J. C. Foster, a traveling jewelry, salesman from Co lumbus, O., was robbed of $10,000 worth of jewelry In the lobby of the Great Northern Hotel today. ' ' Foster declared that he had the valuables in , a suit, case when he en tered the hotel. He set the grip on the . floor while he registered and when he stooped to get It again the Btilt case bnd disappeared. Detectives are 'working on the robber. t f, WRPHY if 'Mn f i.-- MORGAN ( t THOMAS APPEAL NOT YET FILED Crippen s Lawyers On Verge of Gving Up Battle. The Doomed Physician Xow in a State of Xervous (lollapse -May Xot he Able to Testily in Trial of .Miss LeXeve, Althoush Her Law yers Depend I'pi'ii Him to I'lvonei' te Dev..' (By Cable to The Times.) ; London, net.. 24 Dr. H. H., .('vippen,, under- death .sentence for the minder of his wife Belle Klmore Crippen, is In a state- of nervous ci)!UU,s,-'-J''j;tVa-oidlmny precautions are maintained in Urixtoh jail to prevent him from committing .-suicide.-. The Aneiican doctor is under constant surveilance in the death cell anil all his food is espe cially prepared and guarded more care fully than it was before his . trial. - , t'rippen may not be -able to testify I in the trial of Miss Kthel Clare LeNeve charged with being an eecessory after the tact anil tor whose love Cnppen put his wife out of -the; way. The I.e Neve woman will be called t( tlie bar in Old Bailey tomorrow and her trial will .be. '.pushed as speedily as that of her lifVer. . . ; .. i ' Despite the announcement of Bar 'rlster Alfred A. Tobin that an appeal would be taken for Orippon, it Iiad not been filed today and lawyers, who have followed the case, expressed the opin ion that the American's lawyers were on the verge of giving up the battle. In sentencing Crippen, 'Lord Chief Justice Alverstone annoum-ed - that Crippen should entertain no hope of escaping the penalty. Interest has in tensified In , the trial of the LeNeve girl until it outrivals that In the trial of Crippen. Thousands of applications were deceived for seats despite the fact that the court room will accommodate only 150 persons and approximately half of thes'e are court attaches, law yers, witnesses and others there (in of ficial business. - , The evidence against the girl will be the same that was presented against her In the grand Jury room when she was indiotiil. It was reported today that public E T (By Cabh' to The Times.) Vlenan, Oct. 24 A news agency dispatch"-from Atjjens, via the frontier, says that a revolt has broken out in that city against the assembly, that the streets are tilled With crowds and that troops have been ordered out by the constitutional authorities. A strange feature of the situation Is that King George is being acclaimed the leader- of the people against the as sembly. The crisis was brought about through the resignation of Premier Venezelos, the Cretan loader, Mvho formed the cabinet on October IS, fol lowing the refusal of the assmhly to give him a vote of confidence. Thous ands assembled In front of- tSe palace today and cheered for the king, who addressed theip from a balcony. ; ..''.' '-. Xo Successor Yet.1 (By Leased Wire to The fimes.) Des Moines, la., Oct. 2i Gover nor B. F. Carroll, in a speeeh at Clar Inda this morning, announced that lie woiild'-appoint no succestor to the late Senator Dolliver at the present time. - . i . ' mclNN5 Prosecutor ItiehanV M as pri-part'd to ghrnv 1 hat Crii iien in.idi- known his Wile's death to-the' girl alu.ut the' time of their (light.: ; Harrisli-i- F. Mi. ASi:ni!i. assisted by BiirrlKter Marringlnn Vanl. will il' l'oiul Miss I.eXeve ami;' while Ihe defense lias not. been ma.de publie. it ,is !. lit vd tftat the . . -girl's. Uhvycrs I.i , i v lu'eli relyiiiR 'fupoir t.'rijipcn iiiin-i1!'. i.i.-exiiir-erale. the pi'etty youiiff piisini'-r. . In hi.s test'rnony,. Crippi.-n ;ii;hle no mintlon ihat wraild luipiicate the girl. He iook -especial'. pains to shield her us. -much as posfible, explaining"- that he took her with, him tipuii his lliplit to America because he wanted to piu .teet her from Accusations that were being directed against himself anil in directly against;. 'her, ' ... Hiss l.e.Yese Mias 'been-. ..confined in the. -woman's bifirinary at Bfixtnn Jail. Sin' has been .ijosely -watched and a matron " is' wiffc 'her' 'constatithv Tiie Rhi has been ievotine- much of her lime dieiatbij Vi ii nij-mnirs. although sliChaS' "reart . Sreiisl n-i? MitT- twtrr enee being love stories, IL ' (Special to The. Times.) "', .. I'.urliimton. Oct. .it Mr. James Ker nodie, . an old gentleiiia'u,- liyiug near Altaniahaw. "Mills,'-, eight'.- miles from linriington. .committed .suicide at Ills liniiie last night, lie left his 'home and was later, found in ills barn dead. In his hand when 'found was a gun, with .which he ended his own life. . Kolibcd Station Agent. New' York, Oct. 2 4---Two masked men entered the Linwood street sta tion, of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit ".", in East Now York today in broad daylight. While one stood guard tho Cher overpowered Mrs. Stella'. Heidy, the' ticket agent. One robber took most of the L" tickets in one drawer 'and .(hen ..gathered up $24.S5 in lii'.ls and 'change.- He apol ogized to M is. Reidy for : what the two were doing and left her .$" in nickels-'to .make change tor passengers.- " - .- STARS FLOCKING TO THi MAJOR LEAGUE ( By Leased Wire to The Times) New York. Oct. 2 4 Russell Ford, Ihe Yankee pitching star, admitted today that lie had signed a contract with D. A. Fletcher, the Cincinnati man, who is organising a third ma jor league. It is announced that three more American League stars art considering offers to join the new organization. They are Ty Cobb, the premier batter: Catcher Street, Of che Stars, and Walter Johnson, the crack pitcher of the same team. It was, re ported today that. 75 stars had either signed with the new organization -or had promised to do so. Pocbiii's Appeal Dismissed.. 1 (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Oct. 24 The. appeal of W. J. Pochin from the decision of the United States circuit court of Denver," Col., refusing to enjoin the city' of Denver from assessing him $2,000 to assist in the establishment of a park, was dismissed in the su preme court of the Uuitod States today; UViN5T0Nl . .. AT KIMS jjjr 2 IS Portugal Battleships Turn Guns Upon Lisbon Bombardment Lasted Two Honrs and a Half and ' Although the Forts Crumpled g lider the Heavy Fire, Not An Answering Shot Was Fired Devolution Sudden. I By Leased Wire to. The-Times'.) New York, Oct. -'. A Drilling story of 'ihe bombardment of Lis bon, during the revolutisn, by four of the battleships. of the I'oi-uiguese liiiyy. J)i3uneiij.iy rebels w as related today by George Baiichor,r.of Boston, when he arrived on the-'. Cincinnati, of- the Hamburg-American line. "I was a passenger on board the Cii'pe Blanco, which arrived in the harbor of Lisbon from Brazil on 'October'-'4, -.the day the revolution' broke out," said Mr, tlaiiehor. : "Our ship got into the harbor about 10 o'clock a. m. on that day. It was a beautiful day and we were all on deck watca ing the shore." '-There was no appar ent sign ,at lliat time of any revolu tion, in -fact, we were impressed with the continued quiet that appeared to lest over Lisbon. "We were much interested in. four Portuguese battleships, .-that lay at anchor in the harbor and 1 spent some time watching the men on them at work. They appeared to be very busy and 1 could .see them running up and down the decks and the '-.officers issuing orders. To me it appear ed as if they were preparing to sail. "We were much surprised that we were not permitted to dock. About 11 o'clock that morning a ninii row ed out to the 'ship from the harbor, I .'asked him to take me ashore. In reply he dropped his Oar and drew his finger across iiis throat. . .. . ' ; The royal Hag was flying from the (Continued On Page Seven.) (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Memphis. Tenn., (let. '24 For the first, time in a generation the drinking places of Memphis to the-' number of 7"fl remained closed all flay Sunday in obedience to a .temporary injunction issued by' federal Judge John li. Mo Call, at the instigation of the law and order league, The league was urged on to their action by -.non-resident property owners who alleged that the di inking plaees operated in violation of the state-wide prohibition law."de pi'ociated the value of property and thus constituted a violation of the 14th amendment of the federal constitution. XKW HASKUALL PLAVF.lt. Appears lln Baseball Horizon Yin the Stork Houte Is a White Sox. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) .Chicago,' Oct. 24 Billy Sullivan, the Whfle SoK catcher, did not see the final game of the world's series yesterday. He was kept at home by a visiting stork, which brought a new baseball player to his home. ' Weight nine pounds. Bats and throws right handed! Government Asks Conviction on ( liaige ol I'rinting .1 Series of Ar ticles of nu Alleged Libelous Cliai iictei Dclanecv Xicoll Makes Strong Aigiimeiil For Defendant. I l!v Leased Wire to The Times.) WusluiiKlon, Oct. 2-1 Argument in the case ol tue I tilled States against the Press Fublismng t'om- punv of .New York (The New ork Wo: Id) in the Panama libel suit was resumed m file I'uiW'd States su- j'reme court .this afternoon. Special Assistant Attorney General McRe.v nolds spoke- first lor the government, deflating . that, the defendant, in a series of . inn les id an alleged libel ous i .i u i aeter ht'd -violated the law.! Ilel.'ini ev Nuoll, ol New York, rep : -est iiting t..e .. .defendant,, declared that ihe government is not justified in appearing' as coinpliiinant. He said in part : "The courts of the Fniled States have iinisdiction to punisn a libel first printed, published and circulated in one ot the stales, and winch, in the course ol a general circulation, has aappened to penetrate into taese federal reservations.. 'I nis circum stance along is the srfi'ongest possible argument against the prosecution. It lias remained lor tne lawyers of our day and generation to spell out ot this statute, although it has existed for nearly a century authority, for a proceeding of this sort. "Sui-a a long period of inactivity indicates t.ie settled judgment of law makers and law-givers and law ad ministrators thai no sui-ii jurisdic tion exists. ;- -'According'-' to the theory of the government in this case, the 'publi cation of a single libel constitutes a separate, and independent crime in every place situated in the states, but under the exclusive jurisdiction - of a specified article in the West Point reservation is charged as a crime in -. .t Contitute.d on Cage Five. ) WELLMAN TO MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT ( By Leased Wire ,to Tlte Times) Atlantic City, N.. .)., Oct. 24 Wal ter Wellman's second attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean in a dirigible balloon will start from Atlantic City. This announcement was made today -by Joseph W. Stilus, head of the local syndicate which backed Wellman's first attempt to fly over c Europe. : : ''', . J , "The probabilities of another at tempt to cross the ocean in a diri gible are very bright," said Mr. Salus, "Mr. Wellmnn has decided to make this city the base of action. The big hangar which housed the America will he kept intact for use again," Mr. Wellnian left for New York to day to prepare for his lecture tour. All of the members of the America's expedition, with the exception of the navigator, F., Murray Simon, will soon start on theatre tours or vaude ville trips from New York. ".lack" Irwin, the wireless opera tor: Louis Loud and Fred " Aubei t will enter upon their vaudeville en gagements within a week. ..'.'"' DIG SI'FAKIXG TONIGHT. Governor Kitcliin Will Speak in the Court House t 8 O'clock. The citizens of Haleigh and Wake county will have an opportunity ,tn hear governor Kitchin discuss the political issues tonight, anil the court house will doubtless be packed at o'clock w lien the speaking begins. Governor Kitchin lias been all over fhe sta- during the past several weeks and everywhere - has, been' greeted'.' hy large anil enthusiastic audiences, and his speeches have been accorded tho higU'st praise, lie handles the vital issues .-that confront the voters In a masterful- manner, driving home the truths of democracy and then clinch ing them. His sledge-hammer blows have brought destruction to the repub lican temple .and have put the enemy on the run. You cant afford . to. miss tonight's speech. Be at the, court house at 8 o'clock. Watterson Indicted. Kingston, N. Y., Oct. 24 Ewing Watterson, son of Col. Henry Wat terson, of Louisville, Ky., was today Indicted for Assault in the first de gree, committed on Michael J. Mar tin, a saloon-keeper at Saugerties on July 1. ' H Second International Aviation Tournament May End In ,: a Fiaso COUOSE A DEATH TRAP Fight oi Foreign Aviators Against Hi-liling Hace For International up Developed Today Americans Also Announce That They - May Possibly Withdraw From the Hace on Account of Dangerous Condi tions of the Course VothlnK Can be Done Hut Lay Ont Xew Course, Says Lalllanc Xo Formal Protest Made Today's Program. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . International Aviation Field, Bel mont Park, New York, Oct. 24 The second international aviation tourna ment, lor the world's supremacy "of the air. may end In a fiasco. A fight of the foreign aviators against hold-' nig iiie n;e iui me 111 tenia uuoui i-ui, the feature meet, developed today. Al fred Leblansc, of the French team withdrew from the race, declaring the course was a death trap and the meet badly managed all round. The offi cials were on the ground early today trying to placate the angry entrants. Hubert Latham, another member of the .-'French' team, and the most sensa tional flyer in France, backed up hid colleague. Charles K. Hamilton and A. J. Drexel, of the American team, announced that - they would "fMralbly withdraw from the race on account of the dangerous conditions ",of the course. ..'Owing to the failure to carry out Sunday's 'priigriftri; "on'ecou'itrof- tarn, winds it was combined with today's. The w ind was lighter early today and dawn found some of the International army of birdsmen busily tuning up for the preliminary spins about the course. Minis. I.eblanc took occasion to crit icise the management of the meet. saying that the course Is impossible. "The only thing that could be done to. make this course acceptable to the French team," said he, "is to raze all the villages over which we must fly. chop down the forests, destroy the farm houses and eliminate the curve at the grandstand end of the course. It Is not a curve at all; its a corner. Nothing can be done on the course as it stands now. All that I can suggest Is that a new course be laid out. There are places near here with wide meadows and unfenced fields, over which there would be no difficulty in laying out a five kilometer course. "This ought to be done before Sat urday. Mho day of the race for the international cup. My suggestion coin cides with the opinion of my colleagues that now course, be constructed. "t'ndor the present conditions I am not to be considered a contestant for the cup. Five days ago I wrote to thw Aero Club of France setting forth my objections to the course and asking by cable for advice." James A. Blair, a member Of the American committee which planned the meet, declared today that no formal (Continued on Page Six.) WOMAN LIVED FIFTEEN (By Leased Wire to The Times) Brockton, Mass., Oct. 24 "Now I shall sleep," were the last words of Mis. Mary Turcotle, -who is dead at the age of 100 years and 2t days, aftep having been without sleep for more than fifteen months. The ease of Mrs. Turcolto attracted widespread atten tion. Five years ago her son Charles disappeared. She refused to place her bead on a pillow. She slept but lit tle. Last July thf son was located. He returned to tls city. He placed his mother in her bed. Then it was found her condition has become chronic and though every remedy known was re sorted to the spell of sleeplessness could not be broken. ' The fact she could live and never sleep baffled tho physicians. Mall Steamer Wrecked. (By Cable to The Times.) London, Oct. 24 The Portuguese mail steamer Lisbon has been wreck- ed with a loss of three lives, accord ing to a cablegram to Lloyds from Cape Town, South Africa, today. "U
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