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New York My
Brilliant Ceremony Marked the In
auguration of New Yorkts Newjchief
Executive ; Governor's Inaugural
Address Followed Bigj Parade of
Militia and Democratic Clubs.
:nw xotk, jan. z. jonn Alden Dix,
Democrat, was formally inaugurated j
Governor of New York State at ncn
today. He succeeds Governor Horace
White, who became the Chief Execu
tive, last October, when I Goijernor
Charles E. Hughes becanje Associate
J usctice of the United States Supreme
Court. Governor Dix delivered his in-
aiiRural. address after the oath of office
v. as publicly administered I by Secre
tary of State Lazansky. Preceding;
the inaugural ceremonies tbjere was a
F&radc of State Military organizons
and the Democratic Clubsythrough the
pnnnialstreet5: Governor. Dixi and
us latdeeessor - headed thp. nrnees-
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John A. Dix is New York's first
Democratic Governor in j eighteen
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MISS
Cincinnati, Jan. 2 "Garry" Herr
mani will be re-elected President of
the National I&seball Commission, at
..the annual meeting tomorrow. Barn
storming tours, which it is claimfed is
' an undiginfied practice upon thej part
of . the championships clubs, wijl be
iliEcussed. ' I
Liquor and murder.
Old Booze Causes Many Homicides in
the State of Alabama. -
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 2. Liquor
caused 258 out of 630 homicides in
Alabama, during the. last two ; ears
according to Attorney General Jarb-
er'a annual report. , t
TO THE RESCUE
OF AMERICAN STEAMER
isorfolk, Va., Jan. 2. Wrecking
st'-amer Rescue and the revenuej cut?
tcr , Onandaga, are hurrying dowifthe
f'ast to the assistance of an Aineri
an steamer, Honduras bound, -vrbAch
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"oiea ocuiptor masses, i
uerlm, Jan. 2. Professor. Joseph
liphues, the noted sculpter, died today
aged sixty years. -
At The Bijou.
The feature filmat the Bijou thea
tre today is called "A Childs Strata
gem." This is a most interesting pic
ture and it will please the patrols o:
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Many Western ; Points Tied" Ud and
t Me i,W2erc Chicago Pre-
v paring. For Frigid Conditions Cold
vave.; Predicted For Wilmington
Reports eomiria in
froni" different
parts of the country arta th
thai ooTd grips Wny places and frigfc
weathef f expected for othesectfons
Ay coidvravej: is r forecasted afor;WFf-
mington, ; with the mercery fikely drop
ping as tar down as the"!f reejttHg poirf t
"by tomorrow morning i;'andVWith;tv,in
colder weather by tomorrow nlght.
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Ch'icago, aJn...2. With the temper
ature dropping mpre than twq degrees
an hour and with a stiff gale blowing
the first blizzard bfthepJeV Year in
felt in Chicago. Emergency; prepara
tions were : hurriedly made : by the
transportation companies and reliel
organizations to meet the consequen
ces, which i are. expected will Nbe se
vere before night falL' '
; Coldest Yet For Colorado.
Denver,. Colo., Jan. 2. Colorado s
experiencing the coldest weather of the
winter. The. thermometer registered
fourteenXdegrees below zero at . five
o'clock this morning. Heavy snow
Xalls are, reported from the mountain
districts! Railroad traffic is seriously
affected., ' r
r Blizzard In Nebraska.' t'
, Omaha Neb., Jan. '2. Theblizzard
yesterday "continues ' without abate
ment today. ; It was ten degrees below
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- Coldest of Season For Kansas, :
KansasTClty,". Jan.' 2. With tlic
thenneterjrVslerJn three 'dvgreoE
ty eight miles an" hour from northwest,
Kansas is experiencing the severest
cold of the season. The mercury is
below the zero point throughout Kan
sas and Missouri.
Below Zelro fn Iowa.
Des Moines, ' la., Jan. 2. The tem
perature ranged below zero through
out the nortlj western part of the State
today.. It was four below at St. Jos
eph, Mo.
AVIATION MEET STARTS
- TODAY IN CHARLESTON
Charleston, . C., Jan. 2.-A viators
J. A. D. McCurdy and Jimmie Ward,
of the' Curtiss team, are scheduled to
make aeroplane flights this afternoon,
the weather conditions appearing fav
orable. Five thousand dollars will
be given the aviator who breaks the
world's alt
tude recortl.
Grand Theatre.
See the New York City Police Force,
a most interesting picture. It
Storm Warning. i
Washington, D. C, -Jan. 2, 1910i
Observer, Wilmington, N. C.
Hoist northwest storm warning two
m. Increasing south to southwest
winds shifting to northwest becoming
high tonight and Tuesday. Much cold
er with a cold wave Tuesday. Rain or
snow Lin north, and! rain over south
districts. Warnings ordered from East-
port to Jacksonville. MOORE.
IS BETTER TODAY
New York, Jan. 2. The condition of
Joseph G. Rpbin, director of the 'sua
pended Northern Bank who took pois
tfi thA District Attorneys office
while awaiting arraignment, is report
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ed improving today Robin is confin
ed the prison ward.
Mexican Troops Rout Revolutionists.
Chihuahua, Mexico, Jan. 2 Official
report is that Botapilas, recetitly occu
pied' by Retolutionists,;.was - captured
by five hundred Federals this , after
noon with casualties. . . '
l Grand Theatre.
Hear -mV. -Morgan;,, the
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x.dJplomatte corps ea.Il on the president to'Vlsli himjuVappy New Year. Phiiadelphia enjoys her New" Year's day 1
,pvtiauiue luuicn ine mafcnei-Sr wetirTosavnr-costuvaCs. in soutlieni Canforniir the ytftihtlnjf clVibs irafc&.ThC Trrst
day of the new year a gnla-pne and hold their receptions on yachts anchored well off shore. Each woman can claim
the title of admiral for the day in receiving her guests.
TRIG TO SOU IF
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Vlysterious Death of Two Young Peo
ple in Cumberland, Maryland Candy
and Chewing Gum to be Analyzed
in Attempito Fathom Tragedy. (
Cumberland, Maryland, Jan. 2. A
chemical analysis is being made of
Christmas candy eaten by Grace Eloo-
ser and Charles E. Triggart, both of
whom were found dead by the, girl's
mother in the parlor of the Elosser
home. Saturday. The chewing gum in
the young man's mouth is also being
examined, in an attempt to solve the
mystery.
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OF -ROOTS TRAGIC
Dayton, Jan. 2. Orville Wright
made the following statement today
regarding the killing of Arch. Hoxsey,
at Los Angeles Saturday, while in
flight: "We have a telegram from our
men at Los Angeles stating that the
accident was caused neither by fault
of Hoxsey or of the machine, but was
due to conditions prevailing during the
forenoon. Further than this we have
nothing to say."
Will Not Stop Big Meet at 'Frisco.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 2. The
tragic death of two of the most daring
aviators in the country Moisant atid
Hoxsey, will, not interfere with the
military aviation meet to be held in
Sah Franscigco, beginning at the end
of this week and continuing for, eight
days. The, meet will receive much
attention from the government be
cause of the military experiments to
be made.
Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois, who
flies the Wright biplane- purchased by
the government,' has been detailed as
observer.
A feature never before tried will be
an attempted flight from land to the
deck of the cruiser Pennsylvania in
San Francisco bay. -This is to be at
tempted by Engene Ely, 'who made a
flight from the cruiser Birmingham.
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New Year's Celebration Followed by
an- Awful Calamity Oil " Lamp
Started Flames, and Vhen Fire Was
Suppressed Five Children Were Dis
covered Dead in Bed.
Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 2. Five chil
dren of John Markasavoge were burn
ed to death at Minersville today
by a fire destroying three houses
fn the foreign quarter. The-children
ranged in age from two moitths to
eight years. The fire followed a New
Year's celebration in one of the houses,
an upset oil lamp starting the blaze.
When the flames were extinguished
the children were found dead in their
beds. .
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Lansing, Mich., Jan. 2. Chas. S. Os
born, of SaVlt Marie, the 'will known,
author and public speaker, was sworn
in -today as' Michigan's twenty ninth
Governor. Osborn serves notice upon,
the politicians that he will not be a
candidate for a second term. This an
nouncement is a mode to free the ad
ministration from pplittical considera
tions. The biennal session of the leg
islature dpehs tomorrow.
ARMED PEACE COST
Paris, Jan. 2 Edmund Thery," the
French econopist, figures the main
tenance ofEurope's armed j?eace foot
ing in the last twenty-five years has
cost one hundred and forty :five billion
francs, approximating twenty-nine bil
lion dollars,, involving an increased
public debt of European States of from
one hundred and Tve to one hundred
and fifty-one billion francs, and ex
cluded from productive industry one
hundred and ninety-five thousand offi
cers and three million eight hundred
thousand men. 1 f - .
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SENATORIAL FIGHT
Main Feature of Interest for the Teh
nessee Legislature, Which Opened
" Today No Candidate Appears to
Have a Majority of the Votes so Far.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 2. The Gen
eral Assembly of Tennessee began its
fifty seventh biennial session at noon
today. The session continues for sev
enty five days and it will be' momen
tous. The United States Senatorship
is much in doubt. The regular Demo
crats will control the legislature, but'
neither former Governor McMillan, nor
Senator Frazier has shown . he could
secure a majority. General Luke
Wrighth is undetermined whether-' he
will enter the rage. ! 1f t. he enters the
situation will be complicated.
Conference on Commerce This" Week.
Washington, Jan. 2. Commerce Of
the countries of North and South
America and the necessity . o"f their
preparing for the opening of '. the
Panama canal will be discussed in
their various phases at a Pan-American
conference to be held here dur
ing the week beginning February 13
next under the auspices of the Pan
American Union. The meetings will
be held in the auditorium of the new
building of the Pan-American Union,
known until recently as ,the Interna
tional Bureau of the American Re
publics. The conference! is expected
to be more practical and more com
prehensive than, any'- other gathering
ever assembled in the national capital.
D. JR., GIVES ;
SOME NEW YEAR'S
New York, Jan. 2. "Forget your
mistakes' and failures of the old year
and start the New" Year ainew4 Joiin
D. Rockefeller, Jr., gavej-this advice
to his Bible class." "As for failures.
turn them int oa f oundatiori for sue
cesses. The dividing line between
failure and success may often be sim
ply the width of a hair. Have a def
inite4 purpose and stick to It. Aim at
self-mastery. Don't eat what is not
good for you. Don't drink. -what is
going to harm yon. . Be : master over
yourself." 1 - , 1
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Fatal I'M i
Coal Train and Accommodation Train
i Met In r Deadly Collision Accident
OccUfredon"" the Milter Creek Rail-
t Ashland, ky.j Jari: 2.--Six men were
killed in a wreck on the Miller ' Creek
Railway heas Paintersville last night.
The accident was duetto a collision
between a locomotive hnti three "coal
cars and an accommodation train.
iPALL OVER AVIATORS
They Were Gloomy and Most Cautious
Yesterday at Los Angeles
i;Los . Anteies, Cal.,- Jan. 2.-7There
were:.fljdng events at aviation fieid
yesterday, but the memory of Arch
Hoxsey 's death hung like a pall over
aviators and spectators. The fliers
worked ' as cautiously as did the early
pioneers in their aerial experiments
that brought flight within the realm
jf accomplished sciences, for the
wind . was almost as treacherous as
It was yesterday when it caught Hox
sey and tossed him to death, '. a
All the aviators ascended, but they
flew apparently only because . their
contracts called for daily, flights and
e cause there were people in the
bandstands.' None of them remain
ed in the air more than a few minutes
md long before the program ; was
:ompleted' the committee dismissed
he spectators with the announcement
hat 'the meet, which was to close
Juesday-j wouid end today. Tuesday
3 the day "set for the funeral o Hox-
loxsey in the aft of flytogwa'balej
md nervous today when he, brought
lis- biplane on the field, ,and 4tt , the
ihort flight he made, .he n$rer once
ittempted the thrillinW spiral dives
vhich he originated, and which Hox
.ey was emulatintg when he fell.'
Parmalee, the only other surviving
aember of the Wright team of four
hat started West, a few weeks ago,
.lso kept close to the ground. Hubert
Liatham was the only aviator to keep
lis machine up more than half an
tour. Radley for a time refused to at
.empt a 'flight at all. :
While Eugene Ely was making a
light, a guy wire parted- and be
coming entangled in his propeller
jroke a piece off one of the blades..
Sly pointed his machine downward,
caking a sharp angle to get to earth
is quickly as possible. A shout" of
ipprehension rose from the spectators',
but Ely landed safely with a jolt that
js
only jarred him.
Hoxsey's body was removed to
Pasadena today; where it will lie in
mortuary chapel , until Roy Knaben
shue, manager of the Wright team,
completes plans for the funeral.
CALLED ON
PRESIDENT TAFT TODAY
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Washington, Jan. 2. Though the sky
was overcast and a heavy mist filled
the air the usual phalanx of American
citizens, possibly somewhat diminish
ed, stood in front of the White House
to make the customaVy . call upon, the
President of the United States. The
doors opened at 11 o'clock. The Presi
dent supported by members of his offi
cial household, including most blithe
Cabinet officers, greeted, ail : comers
with an assuring smile and. a cordial
handshake, for which he' has become
famous. - Mrs. Taft.and- the Cabinet
bodies received in the Blue Room. The
diplomatic corps first appeared follow
ed, in rapid succession, by the adminis
tration's official bdies. After ' these
jcame a great body of American citi
zens, wjio continued for hours filing
past the receiving line.
The President began 'shaking hands
at 11:06 a. nr. . and concluded at 1:48
p. m.. . This afternoon he received 5,-
625 persons) about one hundred more
than last year. " ' ,
. Wisconsin's New Governor.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 2. Francis E.
McGovern,-, of f Milwaukee, - was - sworn
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Ti'me inJaiScorl of Years Governor
Harmoh Sends in IHlis MessageIn
terest Centers pn W,ho Will Succeed
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,, Columbus, Ohio, Jan, 2.-"The seven
ty ninth General 'Assembly opened at
10 o'clock this morning, with the Dem
ocrats, fdi" the ; first time In two de
cades controlling both branches, and
Judsfln Harmon, Democrat, in the Gub
ernatorial, chair, havjn'g; been re-elected
at the November election. Unusual
interest is shown inl 'the proceedings
of Oje- Legislature, because it will elect
a" successor to" Senator' Charles. Dick, n.
Refiublicari, , and because; f , Governor
Harmon is "''training' for the'Tresiden
tial nomination. ; Inthe Senate there
are nineteen Democrats, fifteen Repub-:
licans and in the House seventy Demo
crats and forty eight Republicans. The
Democrats have a majority of twenty
six on joint ballot. The House elected
Samuel J. .Vining, Democrat, as Speak
er. The Lieutenant Governor pro-'
sided in the Senate. After a caucus
nominees for 'minor offices were rati
fied. Governor Harmon's annual mes
sage was then read. - & "
INCREASE HOUSE MEMBERSHIP.
Forty-Two New Representatives Will
1 , Likely be Added.
Washington, Jan. 2. Congress
shortly will make up reappointments
according . to . Representative CJrum
packer, Chairman of the Committee on
the Census '' It. is "almost certain that
this XmeKreW
be iretained at ltstrsent:fignrl33Jr -It
, will be Tncreased, and the number -probably
will - be 433 or 440. v : .
. If the membership were not changed
several States would lose member.?,
gome of' them one and some two... The
States thus mentioned -have represen
tation In the House to the total of
149. No bill aimed at those States
would be likely to pass. It could not
even get out of committee, according
to Mr. Crumpacker. The , Democrats
would be the Serious losers.
Representative . .Alexander of Mis--.
souri has come forward with a plan .
which Republicans and -Democrats
alike pronounce the best yet, and
which they have promised to support.. .
Mr. Alexander's jlan' contemplates an
increase in the membership from 391
to 433, the smallest increase that xan -be
made without reducing the size of
.some of the State delegations. The"
basis of representation as fixed ' by
the Missourian is one representative
to every 211,500 people or' major frac-.
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The plan is to be presented to Con-j' .
gress immediately, after the holidays. .
It appeals With force to those mem
bers from the eighteen- States which ,
would be losers should some "of the '
House leaders be able to carry out
their determination to have the total
membership go' no Jiigher than 400. .
pThe States which would lose represeh- -'
tatives under the 400 rule are Arkan- -sas,
Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kan-
sas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mis
sissippi, Missouri, Nebraska, $evr
Hampshire, North) Carolina, South Car-,
olfna, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia
ahd Wisconsin: These States have 149 '
votes in the, House.. ., ,- , . j.. . k,
The actual Increase in' the ' House
membership under - the Alexander
plan would her 42. UnderthiSi-plaa;
New -York .Woul4. be the (biggest gain
er; that State" having: made & Jarger ' .
addition to Its population thai! any
other State In the Union. The j dele- .
gation in the House from New York
would go. up from 37 to 43; Pennsyl
vania would add four ; California and
Oklahoma, three each ; Illinois, If assa
chus'etts, New Jersey, Texas Tand
Washington, two each, and Alabama; '
tjoioirado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Lou- .
isiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, , "
North -Dakota,J Ohio, Oregon, Rhode -Island,
Soutfr' Dakota, Utah. and West'
Virginia,, one eacfr. r . ,r . -';,' '
In this city, the morning of Jan. - 2,
1911, MR& ROSA L. BIDDLE, wife
of W. H.NBIddle, in the 37th year of, '.I
her age. FunejaT announcement in to-
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