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The Weather BAIN. RALEIGH,. N. 0., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1910. LAST EDITION. PRICE 5 CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in the City of Raleigh of "Ai y Other Newspaper, ESTABLISHED 1876 WM DEAL STERNLY WITH REVOLT Serverest Policy of Repres sion Ever Undertaken By the Diaz Government E Orders For Wholesale Arrests Ot Those Plotting Against the Gov eminent Have I teen Issued Situ ation at lueblu Serious Believed That Fifty Have Been Killed There Women Took Part In the Hioting Authorities Were Raid ing Houses of Hcbels For KlreaniLS and Met Willi Armed Kesistaiice. Weapons New and Modem. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mexico City, Nov. 19 The stern est policy of repression ever insti luted by the Diaz government was put into effect today against revolu tionary agitators held responsible for .the continued rioting throughout Moxico. Orders for wholesale ar- rests of those plotting aeainst the government have been issued. The uid of the United States will be asked in arresting and extraditing nolltical refugees who have taken up their v- - - I station in lexas and from there are directing plans for a general revolt. included among these men is Francesco Madero. defeated candl- date for the presidency. : - Although .the, reports received of rioting yesterday at Puebla are be- lieved to have been exaggerated, - imt me situation is Known to oe serious there. The authorities ueu aie inai me tact tnat the women iook part in the rioting showed that me revolt at that point is a spontan- "".u.,.si una noming 01 an or- Bauizea measure. According to the latest reports irom Puebla the dead vill number 50, several of them wo men ana children. A seconr" regl ment was ordered to Puebla today to . reinforce the Seventh battalion, winch arrived last night. i ne nghting at Puebla was of guerrilla character. The revolution ists were intrenched in houses and many of the women who took part in the fighting hid themselves- behind pillars upon the high balconies which are a feature of Mexican architecture, from these vantage points volleys were fired into the streets. The body of Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera lay for several hours upon the steps bf the house where lie was shot down by a woman when lie led au attack upon it Skirmish fires from the windows prevented his com rades from recovering the body until several volleys had been poured into the house and its defenders driven back into the Interior. The authori ties started raiding the homes of the rebels for fire-arms, lu many of the houses the police came upon dead bodies of those who wero slain in the firing. In many instances the ent rance of the police was barred and desultory nghting came us a result. (Continued on Page Three.) PREVENT OUTBREAKS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cherbourg, France, Nov. 19 Three hundred French soldiers with fixed bayonets patrolled the water front to day to prevent further fighting be tween the American sailors of the second division of tji American battle- ship fleet and the police and native civilians. Shore leave from the ships was stopped except upon personal ap plicatnon of the blue jackets, each niun being compelled to appear in per son before his superior offluer. High feeling prevailed today but the police stopped manifestations of hostility along the harbor front. Roar Admiral Vreeland. commander of the second division advised the local authorities that he would make a rigid inquiry Into the fighting of yesterday. The naval officers took steps' to pre vent a recurrence of the race riots be tween the white and colored sailors. Thirty men have been placed under arrest, it was said at tho hospital today thai the negro sailor j-ho was stabbed would probably die, . , ft-iMi,lirlii-fr'k'-i'-'-ili- Political Leaders Trying to Untangle Conplications Con fcreiices Held and Steps Taken l;y the Followers of Premier An ijulth to Oct Through Tortious of the Kudget (( Which There is Xo Objection. , ' (By Cable to The Times) j- ioiimiu, nuv, .iv i ne political leaders In the constitutional imbrog Ho got down to business today to map out next: week's 'campaign nnd untangle the political complications as much as possible. Week-end par ties were cancelled, conrerences wero held and steps taken by the follow ers of premier Asqtiitlt to - rush through commons next week only such portions of the budget h'h pres ent an 'opportunity for favorable ac tion. Premier Astinlth today went fur ther in his efforts to placate his own followers. A definite promise was given to the laborlles, it Ivas re ported, that a bill - will be forced through granting salaries to the members of parliament. As the situation becomes more grave it Is made evident to the shrewdest leaders that the best so lution will be for formation of an other whig party -which will prob ably be called the progressives. The unionist party is putting up the, best fight possible. -'although many 'of its leading.' member's admit that the possibility of victory at the polls in the general elections is slight. The real hope of the unionist uarty. it is declared, lie in the do velopments which will follow the election The present crisis marks the be I ginning of the biggest political evp- iution in Great Britain. The failure of the constitutional conference wa the- wiping away of the last bar to a new aiid powerful1 -party wlileh"hvr.i draw from the ranks of all the 'other parties, Copies of ex-Premier Balfour's gleat speech on Thursday night, iu which he scored the house of lords for the uselessness of many of its members has been printed in pampli net form and today copies were dis- tributed liberally The tradesmen were alarmed to day by a report that King Georgt had rescinded his intention of post poning the general elections until next year. It was said that the king had decided to call elections in De cember on account of the opposition to holding them In a coronation year i NEWSPAPER DYNAMITED. Morning Paper at Anniston, Ala., Blown I'p With Dynamite. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Anniston, Ala., Nov. 19 The com posing room of the Anniston Hot Blast, the morning paper issued here, was completely destroyed by dynamite late yesterday. Jack 1 Adair, a disgruntled printer, Is ac cused and a warrant has been sworn out for his arrest by W. F. McCart ney, editor and manager of the pa per. ' ', v . Mr. McCartney statod that he and Adair had a dispute over the class! fication of Adair's work, McCartney having appealed from a ruling of the local Typographical Union, which de creed a sort of compromise, although he says he agreed to pay Adair In full pending a decision from the higher body. BATTLE WITH ROBBERS. Fight With Three on Top of Freight Train. (By Leased Wire to The Times) : LaCrosse, Wis., Nov, 19 A battle with three robbers on the top of a rapidly-moving freight train was the experience of Harry Boyle, of La Crosse, a brakeman on the "Merch ants' Freight', out of Minneapolis. When other members of the train crew arrived the robbers drew revol- vors nre(1 on them and placing them selves between two cars, defied the trainmen. , Marshal Knittihgberg, of Prescott, with three deputies, attempted to ar rest the men when they left the train there. A pitched battle followed. during which Carl Stein, a railroad man of LaCrosse, was mistaken for a robber and shot. He will recover. The robbers were not captured. Earthquake iu Martinique. (By Cable to The Times.) Fort de France, Martinique, Nov. 19. A severe earthquake shock was felt here at midnight. No damage wan done In the city but thn outlying sections have not been heard from, - r :. ti;v, rii' ti'fc iil flfc 'fc,JH, Mtm'i i m w A m St-miler Nelson W. Aldriih, of Khodc Island, chairman of (he Com mission on Monetary Kcforin, who, at. (lie recent banquet at llie Academy f Pulilicdi Science in New York, declar ed that a sueieislul -solution- of the currency ijik sth.jeii wi's the greatest problem l:el'cie (he Amei ban people nt tlie present time, lie declares that oliition of the problem must be reached without the aid id' politics, I. lit it was tlie general opinion of bis hearer that his utterances showed a tendency toward the idea of a central bunk. No nmio'.inceiiient however, was made as to the nature of the remedy which the commission Would suggest. DAY OF TrllKSGil'! Govcnor Kitchin Issues a Thanksgiving Proclamation Tlmrsdiiy, November "i!ltli Set Aside as a Day .of.. . Thanksgiving The State Has Many Reasons to hi Thankful People Asked to Lay Aside Their Accustomed Work Governor W. W. Kitchin issued the following Thanksgiving Prorln uiatiou Ciis iifteruoon : "During the past year peace and order have prevailed in our state and we have had bountiful harvest, and great material progress, for all of which wo should be duly thank ful. A stale,: m more than uu, individual,- should live by bread alone and wo should likewise bo thankful for the spread of knowledge anil the quickening of l ho. public conscience which lias been vouchsafed to us. Therefore, I, William W. Kitiliin of North Carolina, in -pursuance of custom'' and in accordance with law do hereby proclaim ' Thursday, No vemober the. .2-1 lb, 1 1 0, a .day of Thanksgiving, to provide special -op portunity for the people, to lay aside their accustomed work and render thanks. -to. Almighty God for His man ifold blessings. Charity to the needy and kindness to all, better even than prayer and songs of praise, will exemplify our appreciation of the blessings which have conic to us, In witness hereof I have-hereunto set my hand 'and caused the great seal of the slate to be affixed, this the 19th day of November, 1 9 10, ami in the one hundred and tliirty-hlth year of the American independence. W. W. "KITCHIN, Governor. By the Governor: ALLW J. FBI. LI), ' -; Private Secretary. Three Killed in Auto Accident. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Bakerstield, 'Cal., Nov, 19 An automobile containing a party of four persons, plunged down a "5-foul embankment neifr Marcopia early to day, instantly killing Frank Stevens. tho driver and Marie ; Brown and Gertie Davis. Three Men Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ', Patterson, N. J., Nov. 19 Tnree men were run down and kiled by a train on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Westeril Railroad tracks at Har rison today. , They were so badly mangled lu.it Identification i'i impos sible- ' ' ' ! 1 - SCpflL F0RW0RM Baptist Training School For Sunday School Workers Srliul WHI '.Begin Here -Tomorrow Willi ai-ious cbui'eli Sei-vbes and .'Continue I'ivc 'Days With Sunday School Kypert. .'I'be I.t; i i - t.i 'p:;:in i nj- S'iiool for Hnnd:'y s"!iuo' workers, wiil ii!:':'t ..Inirt'.' with V.w- First l!ailsi. church frotu" thtnday. :Ji)t'i, to Fi 'uh'.y, '2t:i. Tl'.f (eat hers who will have. charge, of Ilia srhoo.l are .Miss V I.. Willi;) in:-, of . Diniiliiglia'iu,. AW'.: . Air. I,. I'. LfcitVP1!, ivf Ovfonl, Mi-c-s.i. Rev; !. V; Si . H I pi au n r' ' K 1 1 is' . .n : Itev.. H.- (,'. M;oi, of !;, i !!-:;: tr. !;. I,: Middie t:n, ;' (': r;. . v : F i i services t-nuorrow.- both inorn inij tuul . cveiiiin'., in the . lla:ii.- ehur'.jhes ', ill i',- euii(!i!i ied :it. ..'U"i church by-'r'o::n-':ic of Jheii' ;!.;;, -'POKiniilii:'. AI:iii:iay ;il I :'!". 'o'eloek in t 1)i irf'Mnoon titarlk. I'Weh ilav iiiK Fridin , beg-ii. various ,; -ises c i". wiil he tUficu'sKinl; llle KfhonJ 4 f.'-(ier until nnd hi'-lr.d- !ii.ig-.,)i thin-hour! t he Sunday, selio '1 ., The service '.vii I " until S: tr,, with i::h ii. Lunch will ' in (I: ,',0 in the "the ladies of t Ii of; the city. Tii:-i ri ;:t i h". eliureii so ounorl unit v to ;m- com imie .from I : ! r.O ."ili-Itiittes for I biv. Forvetl from t; church parlor I.!aiiti.';i i.hii.-i he free -iuV.tb is .-erv: as to - ivo all an 'end t!:e lei F:i , .-. Miss Wi!''inirt ;:i:ii .vir. I.eavell are i-e'-o.ulxe'd it'tidiy .-school -'-'worker. Tin- others on 'tli-.-.proKrniii '-'are ..of eon rs-.; .well known. 'hen.. They have long boon foie:no.st in Hie work of 'their, eliureii.' Mi.-s V,'i!li.-t:is and Mr-. , Learell go j Vciii here to ltirb moud. wheri ilicx eolidiut a similar school.'. Thes'i sclioois are being vond'ncte'd ell over tli? country by the Baptist eliureii. All are cordially invil;I;.:td -attend the school here. .. - ' . .V . -, - . ( 1GAKKTTE 'FIEND. Smoked .ill Avcr,;sc rif One Hundred Cigarette a Day. I By Leased Wire, to The 'i;imesl . Xew York. Nov. If Mis m!i)d un-balaiK-ed by 'inc.es--sa.nt smoking of cigarettes-' 2-year-old Peiei- l.a'.vler was removed from his I'.vooivlyn lioine today to ib Kings tounfy hos pital, a raving., maniac,. '.Before be ins taken ; into custody ..Law lei- -had attacked his father. .1 nines Lawler, and Ills brother, and .was only' sub dued ai'ler a fierce struggle. I.uwler lias been'.: smoking cia ict.'es since he was 1 1 yi-urs old, and for llie past three years had smoked on an average of 10 tt cig arettes a day. According to bis faMier lie was never without a ciga rette in his. mouth, even getting up liurins the. night to smoke. Mileage Books Good All) Time. ( By Leased Wire to The Times. V Wasiiingtoii, Nov. I !)- A It iiouglt the period in wiiieb redemiitinn of railroad mileage, books sas .-limited LV. eighteen uioiit.is, tlie inlerslule ( oitinierce Commission today decid ed tliat sucli : books preseiiled after I hut lime sire, redeemable and that a provision limiting the lime of re di minion is invalid. This was .'brought out in a com plaint, to llie commission'-by T. A. Kiekel, of Sauta Fe , N. .VI., against the Atchison,' Topeito & Kan in Fe Railroad. TWO MEN KILLED (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Nov. 19 According to a report just received by the navy department two -men -were killed and two Injured this morning in an ex plosion at Indian Head, Md., prov ing prouuds. The disaster was caused by an ex plosion of a five-inca gun with which experiment are now being conducted. Lieutenant Arthur 0. Coffee, V. S. N., was killed.-.-. The accident was the result of a premature explosion of a charge placed in a five-inch gun.' A skilled worklnan, who fired the gun, was in stantly killed and Lieutenant Cuffen so seriously hurt, that be died iw five minutes.- Gustave Worms Dead. (By Cable to The Times) Paris, Nov. 19 Gustave Worms, (lie famous French actor of tho Coni odlo Fraiu-aise, died today, aged 71. ; ,:: ' M;MfmE. Iv 3 ' lie C.Kir.V t! e IM .-Mttii'dl s of Iii;slvii. -formerly .MWi.t lioiiuisoii, an AiiK'i ie;iii ;;i !: e-.s, ).!!(!y Kosslyii n 'ciiliy :iii.iw on ll'.csc sliiircs I'm t!;e ',;; (ii'ie I- ;,iv yeavs, when slu Ici't b.-ie to ;.o n' riNid to become llie bride ( I t.'ie I-.'o'..'.;s.'i ui;!dern;;ii. S'u1 wsr. -uv .: vet i' lel: to see her old i ii, ii:s- a:iii sue ",r.i:i:;ii,call.v sa.vs (beie is no idace in He .'world lik! Auitri:;!'. Ailbo;-'! sbc s bis loudness lor llie -t;('i; she is inidt tfi-'iuncd as' (o v.he'lier sin will re. l-.t.ti- U'-.fiJn oc ii'it, Ms,, has bad count less oll'crv Ii-ciii part- of America anil ii'-fimil, Since her di Kiri-e ii:m.i Li id liohslyn, it is lie. lieved that be lias begged Iicr twice to l-eiiiiiriy bioi aaj;iii, but "she refus ed to do so. mm Feder?! Court Will Convene Here Tuesday ruing I Here Are.Abiiut Did Cases, old and Xew.- on the Docket The Houri sonviile Case From.. -Apex, of .Most 1, oca I I n teres f Nearly Half of the Cases From Wake County, I he . iiveiii iier term of Lie United Stales circuit and district: court for easieru . .oi-i n i arolinu. will convene in ..this" city, iicm . Tuesday morning, wii'.i .lu.L.e lli-hry C;,i,es Connor presiding.. : 'V . .; -.'.. There are about, liln cases cm tin' iinesei ail 1 1 nearly ;. nan ot iiiese are from Vai,:e e.oiinlj .. Tin' imisl. im I'Ur Unit ease, li'inii. local; inieresl;' is I he . laniou:-; linimsDuv iile casat from Aic, iu wine.: i.ie deieiuianr, is elianreil wii li '.wntiii'g ainl. inailing ob- sene I'-ij'.'i-j to prominent ''iiizeii.s ol the (oh ii of Apes. , A not ,ier , ease ot '-oioi.rNblo. in leivsl .is' ii';ainsi. .lim Slater, of .Moore coiin'v',. v, lm : ciiai ged with siiooliu); and srrioiisl.x woiindiiu; a revenue odiccr. Oilci-. ctisos are for viulaiing tin' (kisi nl laws,-; robbing postollices," luailiiig- obsccie. letiers, -violations ol tue revenue .law, eie.. The court, is for a terin of three weeks, anil n is i-.Jtiniai ed tliat ten days of it will be reuuned for tru- Irial of the criminal cases. . - Friday .if next week is Wake coun ty day.: ; While the court will not begin un til Tuesday morning,' Severn mailers v. ill be lieiii-tl .nl 'chambers'- by Judge Connor on .Monday . The .'members "of the Halci'gU bar interested in civil causes' in the F. S. courts are requested to meet in the court rooms on Monday afternoon at ;l:3l o'clock lor the purpose of set ting calendar for the coining No vember term. DAVIDSON COUXTY FAIR. Tli Agi ii ult in al Exhibits Were Fine and tlie Attendance Large. Conitiiissiouer of (Agriculture W. A. Graham has '.returned from Lexing ton, where bo spoke at the Davidson county lair yesterday. He reports that the agricultural exhibits were very good, indeed, and the attend ance for the three days was large.. Four -Me u Drowned. San Francisco. Nov. 19 Four men,' comprising the crew of the sea going tug Sea Prince, were drowned in the bay off Angel Island, When tho British steamship . Oreytilnno rammed and sunk the tug. '.;.: THE GAMVALE Fine Weather For the Big Struggle Harvard (be Favorite in the Betting Though There Was plenty of Yale Money Prices of Tickets Soaring. ! I'.y. Leased Wire to Tin? Times) . XV ll.ivcii. Con:;.. ev. IU Vale and H:n-.-ird . iilaji.1,! a brilliant nothing to Hulking ijami tipi'ii Vale field this af ternoon, abounding in. star plays which Ki iit lie Um xpectators'iiitu a frenzy of- -x, Uein, nt. Tl:.- Vale bull dug vaiue- hack." iind' the Harvard steam-ro!ii-v wi!! I ii Xi-v. llavi-n v.'ithoiil :;tn;y v.tjn-li it trusted would h i.!"'H i!- tand,'ird. ' . Details of tiailie. ' X.-'w . l l.i vi ii. ; I'miii.. Nov. 13 A In i;!U kuh and n'i brisk hreer driv ipfir. iiwiiy tic- iiaZ" villi, -h. hung over 'Va.'e-. 1'; -iil was the ideal football w i: -.i i tl I -1 1 -i l ui today fur tho climax tiii- r:ts: 'in root ball season, . the i t.isic gridiron struggle lietwei-n Yale mid- 1 1 a ril . Harvard was tlie .favor be in .belting, this, morning '-though tbi-i'.- wa I'K-n'.y of ;U-Ci-i1 I hi Yule nuiliey in odi.ls offered by v i vim-' ll Fiipporli rs. : ir Yale iniii by a score ot tin- It-alii tb.-n had Ted Coy. s to ti but. cunt-filed ' playvr in '. Tln-re-Mi ! !). 1 in- greatesr football I lie world, is always :i vast uniount of iu I his - struggle and great .lint-rest crowds (.'ini-ii.- lido N.-w J-lavcn . from instant towns: . Tlii-r.- have been more than ..a.i'Cii 'riUesis for-seats- although the -stadium "u tin- football field will bold only :i;!.Wi'l. Thirty-live special trail!!' v.i'iiC run into Ibis city from N.-w York ' and New Kngland - cities. The- classic stiusgl" v.as scheduled to st.-.vt '.at .- o'cloei; but early Ibis morning", crowd.- had . commenced to gruy.italn towards lUn field. Al Ihoiig'li tiie lieitlc.ic'bas been brWk by turns, no extraordinary' umouut of nioncy hns been - w agereil. l-lolli teams ; professed confidence. 'aptain" Ttaly, of Yule. , declared this morning that he was sure, of victory. Cai-taiu . Withiiigton. of Harvard, was .'Hit. us sanguine. . . T.'i) da. s: ago It looked as though YntP ' had - en ehmiee but Ktc; last s'al unlay when the c'bu'uk .out of tliu Princeton Tiger a '!i;Ti'ii'!it aspect'- has been put upon al'ltiiis. i 1 1 was c.iii.eiMli-d that Har vard would have to ex.rt every -bit of football science in win. Walter t.'nnip and Tom Sh.-vlin have worked wonders with 'the. .Yale . siiiiad since last' Sat iii-i1.iv. Both .teams have been indulg nig .in seeicl pniclice so thai many i-ieW ti icfts wi-iv: looked for. The -automobile 'procession started for Xew tl. i v cii: din ing Hie early hour tiida.v. All tie- highways Were t hrong- eil Willi iiiotor cars bound to this city from ''Huston, New York and other cit ies. Home 'of the motor tourists start ed several days ago. stopping oyer at niglo. There are ulwaVs spectator fi oni Pittsburg.. I'hiladeiphia. Chicago, Washington. Baltimore,' ami other eil i.s-.' . .'.:, .Harvard was a. ;. to . 1 favorite in the aKering: this inortiiiig'..: Many stoik exeliaiiKe brokers fi-oin Xew; York -placed bets at those figures One bet 'of $2."iH'. to 'jfii.lii was- made. the pi-ice ot HcUels which 1ms been snaring iiyaiii i-ohi.- today after a slumi) yesterday afternoon.'' Prices ranged from Sl'.'i t.-i Xiii':- it was .'reported that as dilgb as ' SPM) had been bHid to SieeUlat-nS for tickets. Pi-vc I teuhti.iM. ' Ilea Harvard, 'who arrived leant, d.'c, ire'.i that the von I.I no! be iu - belter d coach . fot here with the crimson eieven condition. the -Harvard, sijuad ought in will easilv.e said he this inorniiig.. "Aceord- ing.'. t"' form' we have a .' team far superior to tlie Yale, l.-nrri. : t if course football is soiiiew'but. uiieertain bul f ani conildeiil. I have watched th ilevejopmcnf, of b',iti.. teams during th season and have no liar of the -oul- eotlle.'.' -.Th. ii -Up foil. w as a iinoiliieed ; this morning, a Vale . ws; ."..' , ": Position . I. e. .. I. t.: ... ;-.-' i i-. . Harvard Kllpatri'ek Scully Lew is .. .Maekay Fiiilcr . . M ol l is . M.-Dev itl faul.. . . .. . Iti . ..Us ,:: .Ml not .:, Perkins . ... Fisher .-. g. . - . t. dipt Wellington r. e. . .. .. L. Smith Wigglesworth Corbet t ....... Wendell ::... 11. Leslie S. Langford, Fultz. lirown: Howe .. Fields -. n- b. ., I. Ii. b. f. Ii. b. . f. h. . CVipl.) Daly .. Kistlcr ..-..' ( il'lieials: Her. Trinity'; '-umpire. ee.'.AV David field judge. Joseph Pendleton, llowdom: head linesman. W. N. Morice. Pcnntyl- vania Tie- tir-'t special trains arrived early today aiiiFwere sliunted into the yards. They were filled with alumni. The s were gayly decked with -crimson or blue lings. . President Hndley of Yule, was one of the eleventh hour arrivals. He returned yesterday from Kurope. A ticket had been reserved for hint. Men were at work all the morning on the Meld. A squad of attendants raked -off the thick covering of straw which had been placed to keep off snow or rain. The old wooden stands which today hold their last crowds- for a Yale Harvard game looked spick and4 span. They had been painted and groomed. Houses along the thoroughfare lead ing to Yale Field wero brilliant with tiecora tions. Tho blue was in evi dence everywhere, ;' PRESIDENT SEES DRILL , OF SOLDIERS Blue Jackets Show the Presi dent Their Skill In Hand- ; ling Big Guns ON WAY TO CUBA Will Inspect Site for Proposed Naval P.ase at Ouantunuuio, Cuba Pres ident is Prepared to Consider CuHimiianio From Kvery Angle? I Kpeinliiig Much Time in His Cabin Preparing Message ..'to Congress. Not Decided Yet Whether He Will Land nt Charleston or Fortress .Monroe In Ifichmond Wednesday. ; Aboard IT. 'S. S. Tennessee, at seaw Nov. 19 (By wireless via. Key West, Flu.) President Taft saw the: bluejackets of the Tennessee : and Montana go through big gun drill today. The martial scene was set ' for the. benefit of the president, who expressed his delight at the efficiency of the men. The.'' guns were trained . for 10,000 yards but no shots were fired. After the drill President Taft congratulated the gun squad officers. The scene was a brilliant one, with blue Carribuan Sea dancing beneath the tropical sutishiue. The weather has been warm and pleasant since leaving Panama and no one has suf- , fered from seasickness. ' ' ',.'.' The squadron approacbed the Cu- bjin.oa'st -this; niornin6,for President Tait's inspection of the site at Guan- '' tananip for the proposed naval base for the protection of the Panama -Canal. In addition 1o the president tial inspection, ofllcers ; from the Montana and Tennessee were invited by. Mr. Taft to look over the pro posed site. The president was pre- , pared to consider Guanta'namo from every angle. The president has a keen technical understanding of mil itary affairs and hi3 inspection prom ises definite results. . Tlie president lias spent much time in his cabin. 'working upon his forthcoming message to congress. He may possibly.- refer to Guantan amo in the message. It is undecided whether president. Taft will land at Charleston or For tress Monroe. Ou Wednesday he wiil address the school teachers' as sociation at Uiehiivitul, Va. Married in Antonioblle, t Ry Loused Wire to Tlie Tlmtis) Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. lit Klla Willnuii()ii,i a school teacher, and Krvie itudd. a rliaufi'eurj wore mar ried by the Itev. J. A. Lew is wliilo they weri! speeding in un aiiiomobilo along lliverside boulevard. The prin cipals and 'their parents .deny' it. was an .elopement. Th" preacher .stood on the steps of the car aud the groom guided the machine, .with his left, hand while he and the bride jollied their right hands. Two golf .'instruc tors of the Iii'.erside (Tub were se cured by the minister us witnesses. T CONFERENCE GOES TO STATESViLLE Special to The Times.) Winston-Salem, . C, Nov. 19 ' Cliaiacters of nil preachers liaVe boen- passed by liie conference and call ot tho 20th question completed. Tha reports of the joint board of finance and dftildren's home was adopted, as sessment of ten percent of pastors' salary fixed to support home. Fifth - Sunday collections from Sunday schools additional. Ktatesville is the next placu for holding session, contest c.losu be tween StateHvillo and Uendorsonvlllo, majority three votes. Address K. H. Rawlings, educa tional secretary mission board, church entertainment, direction chil dren's home this afternoon; anhN versary board of missions this even ing. " l Supper of Trinity alumni this oveoV ing in honor of Bishop Hendrlx Bod President Few. Ministers will ooeu py the pulpits of the city tomorrow ?! l
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