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. ' ;VL.7;-:--:-. v ,X ;;'"'fC,;-,,v,-- -;v- '- 'V H;;;; THE DISPATCH - ., ; .- fc'- ' '' "I1" ' V ' ' " P-vd .nth. City C.rtUr.rv I ft . , YV ; ' -THE WEATHEmv- pe' Vh' - - " - - f ) AS , rS;0Or5iX Jr r NV I ' - JOV"ST rW JV 1 : tonight or Friday. Moderate north-. , VOLUME XENTEEN , WILMINGTON1, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 19tl PRICE THREE CENTS II Ill ilk liro ill UOIO'8 !l RILS Ai i .. ..- .!T"I",""""BB , , ;;-':';' - ".?'...'- ......... . - . . - I Swampgd tHe Giants Today at Shlbe Part With ing of ... Philadelp!iia Won the Fourth Game of the Series of Seven This Afternoon, Thus Clinching the Championship and Putting aan End to the Series Giants Started Off With a Rush, and Then Indulged in a Comedy of Errors, Including Wild Pitches, While Athletics Mixed ' in Hits Philadelphia Made Seven Runs and Seven Hits in the Seventh Inning Marquard Relieved Wiltse in This Calamitous Inning Giants Only Got Four Hits. V Philadelphia, Oct. 26. The Giants ami Athletics clashed-in the sixth game of the world's championship series at 2 ockifk this afternoon. The Philadel phia team, grieviously disappointed in tailing to defeat theGiants yesterday, wt ut into today's contest to clinch theJ championship. "Eddie" Plank, the Athletics' reliable , left hand pitcher, was selected to stog the Giants' batting streak. Crandall was the choice of the Giants for the pitcher's mound. The weather is splendid. Long lines of peo ple stood in front of the down town ticket offices this morning waiting tQ purchase reserved seats and at all the ball grounds' offices was another long line. Thousands of pepple stood at the bleacher gates shortly after they open ed at 9 o'clock. The Athletics reported at Shibe Park at 10 o'clock and all got MANAGER CONNIE MACK Head of the Philadelphia Athletics, the World's Champion Ball Team. into their uniforms and began a batting practice. The hatting order today was: Xew York. Devore, 1. f. ........ Doyle, 2b .......... Snodgrass, c. f Hurray, r. f.; ..... 1 . -Merkle, lb. Herzog, 2b. Fletcher, s. s Meyers, c. Ames and Wiltse p. Philadelphia. . . . .Lord, 1. f. . . Oldring, c. f . . . . Collins, 2b. i . '.. . Baker, 3b. .Murphy, r. f. . . . . .Davis, lb . .'.Barry, s: s. . . .Thomas, c. . . . .Bender, p. The players were on the 'grounds an hour before the game bfgah and kept the crowd interested by lively fielding and batting. All New York's pitchers wc-rtj in practice, and all Philadelphia's practiced, except Coombs. "Iron Man" Coombs' was the subject of many runv ors today. One report had him dead Connie Mack saidJCoombs was not bad ly hurt. "He received a bad strain Hack said, "and needs a rest. He is in bod this ' morning. Ho will he on the grounds this afternoon, but will do no running around." Eatteries Announced. The batteries were announced: Ames and Meyers; Bender and Thom as. Umpires, Connelly v behind the Plate, Brennan on-the bases; Dineen in right field; and Kiem in left. First Inning. Giants Devore out on a grounder ,to Snider. Doyle drove the ball over the temporary fence in right field, for two bases. Snodgrass flied ' out to Lord Doyle scored on Murphy's muff of Mar ty's fly. Murray was caught off first a moment later. Bender to Davis. One r"i, one hit, one error. ; Athletics Lord out, Doyle to Merkl Oldring struck out. Collin also struck '"it. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Inning. v Giants Merkle flied out to Oldring. tarry muffed Herzdf's line drive, tha 1'iinner being safe. Herzog stole sec J')d. Uarry was slightly spiked by tb,e 1 'uimer, accidentally. A doctor band a'd Carrys right, ankle. . Fletcher struck out.-Meyers out on a grounder tf second, Collin to Davis. No' runs, no one error. v Athletics Baker flied out to Devore, Score by innings: Giants - - inn f Athletics - kfiiiic Ililt - fN l. Ames and Viltse Murphy hit a hot one to Doyle, safe at first, on a base hit, too hot to handle. jjavis out, Ames to Merkle. Murphy. safe on second. ; Barry struck out No runs, one hit, no errors. - Third Inning. Giants Ame singled to left. Devore forced Ames at second, Bender to Barry. Doyle fouled out tp Baker. De vore out stealing, Thomas to Collins. No runs, one "hit, no errors. ;'. , Athletics Thomas walked. Bender Lout Fletcher to Merkle, Thomas taking second. Lord doubled over temporary fence in right field, scoring Thomas. Lord took third Oldring's T out. Fletcher to Merkle. Collins flied out to Devore. One run, one hit, no errors. Score tied. Fourth Inning. Giants Snpdgrass flied out to Old ring, Murray flied out to Murphy. Merkle hit $he ball over second, but Collins made a sensational stop and got the runner at first. No runs, no hits, no errors. , Athletics Baker singled to Center. On a hit and run play. Baker went to third on - Murphy s single to center. Murray allowed1 Davis' long foul fly to drop safe, that Baker might not score. Baker scored on Davis! hit to Doyle. Barry bunted and Ames in trying to field hall to Merkle hit Barry. Murphy and Davis scored, and Barry came rrbme on Murray's wild return of ball to second, in an attempt to catch Barry. Thomas fanned. Bender out Doyle to Merkle. It would have been almost a sure single for the Indian had he raced it out.- Lord flied out to De- wore. Four runsj twQ hits, two errors.! Devore 's catch, was as brilliant a piece series. ' ' -;' Fifth Inning. Giants Herzog fanned. Fletcher out on grounder. Bender to Davis. Mey ers singled through pitcher's box. Cran dall bats for Ames Crandall walked Devore struck out. ; No runs, one hit, no errors. Athletics Wiltse went into the box for the Giants. Oldring flied out to De vore. Collins bunted, but was out, Wiltse to Merkle. Baker out, Merkle unassisted. No runs, ho hits, no er rors. Sixth Inning. Giants Doyle fouled out to Baker on a sensational eaten Dy me laicer. Snodgrass out on a liner to Oldring. Murray walked. Murray forced at sec ond on Baker's throw of Merkle's grounder. No runs, no hits, no errors. Athletics Murphy drove a long fly to center, which Snodgrass misjudged and it went for a two base bit. On an intentional sacrifice,: Davis advanced Murphy to third. Davis out Doyle to Merkle, Murphy scored on Barry's sac rifice fly to Devore. Thomas struck out. One run,' one hit, no errors. Seventh Inning. ' , Giants Herzog, safe on Barry's fum ble, Fletcher fouled out to Davis. Mey ers struck out. Wiltse struck out. No runs, no hits, one error. Athletics Bender flied out to Doyle, Lord made an infield single, Oldring singled to center, Lord going to third and Oldring to second. On a squeeze play, Lord scored on Collin's hit to Wiltse. Oldring scored on Baker's sin gle over Doyle's head, Collins going to third. Collins scored on Murphy's sin gle to right center. Baker took second, Baker and Murphy on bases. Davis singled to right, scoring Baker, Mur phy, going to third. Barry drove the ball over the temporary i ence in right field for a double, scoring Murphy. Marquard here relieved Wiltse. Thom as was the ninth man up in inning. Davis and Barry both scored on a wild pitch. Thomas made his first hit of the series on a drive to right, but was out stealing, Meyers to Fletcher. Ben der struck out. Seven runs, seven hits, one erroffV . - . :. Eighth Inning. " Giants Devore ; was' ' thrown -put, Barry to Davis. Doyle out Davis to Bender. : Barry fumbled- Snodgrass' grounder and the runner .'was safe at first. Murray out, Collins to Davis. No runs, no hits, one error. Athletics Lord doubled to left. Wil son catching for the Giants. Lord took I tnira on uiarings ny. io ouuubios (Conuhued on Third Pager.) R H E 3 5 . -r .. - v ' i nn nno 001 2 4 001 401 70x 13 13 . . - '.; Th6J Are Preparing to nn : nut Report That the Minister of War Has Been Assassinated United. States Asked to Send More Chinese (Wafers. J .Warships ,to Shanghai, Oct. 26. The Rebels are throwing up entrenchments .at Kiu KiangtV The en tiro province cfc Sze Chueri is . practicalls controlled by the Rebels. Manchu officials from every quarter.aro coming to Shanghai. It is reported that the Minister of War; General Yin Tchang.xQmmandjng the Imperial forces, was assassinated by his own troops,1 and that Canton was seized by the jtevofutionists. More American Warships Needed. Peking, Oct.. 26. The American lega tion has requested that more warships be sent to Chineseywaters. The pres ent number is insufficient to cover the ports endangered. No American vessel is available at Chang Sha, where twenty nine Ameri can reside. - DAUGHTER OF RICH pmjsiissiiiG New York, Oct. 26. Miss Consuelo Fajardo, the nineteen year old daugh ter of a wealthy Porto Rican sugar planter, has been missing since she left her hotel October 18th, saying she was going to purchase a magazine. Her father believes she ran away because of his objection to her friendship lor a member of the Diplomatic Corps at Santo Domingo The .police are search ing tne city. tT 'i;j-v5' WAR ON STEEL TRUST. Washington, D. C, Oct. 26 Suit was filed this afternoon by the Government for dissolu tion of the Steel Trust. The suit was filed at Trenton, N. J. The petition for dissolution was prepared by former Sec retary of War Dickinson, who was retained by the Govern ment as its special counsel in the case. . UNCLE SAM TO GET AFTER JOHN B. M'NAMARA i Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 26. That De partment, of Justice agents have been investigating the allegations against John J. McNamara for conspiracy to destroy buildings y by dynamite be came known here today. The Federal grand jury wlil soon open investiga tion. Subpoenas have been issued for witnesses. H LI R I CANE WARNING. Washington, D. C, Oct. 26. Hurri cane warnings were ordered by the Weather Bureau - this afternoon on the southeast Florida coast, from West - Palm beach to. Key West, and on the west coast, northward to Tam pa.. Women Losing. Little Toes. Los Angeles, Oct. 2G. Tbe, Amer ican women are. growing cold-blooded like lizards, and they are becoming de formed, and all because of their slav ery to fashion, today, asserted - Prof. Franz Bergman, late of the University of Breslau, Germany. . ."For instance," added the Professor, "the American woman . is doomed to lose the little toe oil each foot the pedal 'pinkie' unless she takes to wearing larger shoes." : Tight shoes, by deforming the great and little toes, retained - the circula tion.: Slower circulation means colder blood.: Colder blood is a progress to ward the reptilian characteristics. "Devil Tormenting Earth". Wlnstedr ' Conn., Oct, 26 W. H McCullough, who divides his time be tween Colebrook and Winsted, is ex periencing mpre trouble with his un OCCU CUUtUJ l lie bUG TF IIIq printed in a local newspaper today "I call on the people of the whole world to put a stop to that British devil tormenting;, this earth." Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 26. A room has been fitted up in the court hoiise and the juros who are tp try James B. McNamara will be housed here during the trial, which will probably last for months. The fact that the jurors will be practically prisoners while hearing the evidence may have something to do with the reluctance of men to serve. W. J. Ford and G Gay Horton are two depwty prosecutors who are taking part in the examination of talesmen. .3--' in Eiiin Presitefit Taft Today at the Home of La Fol I ette W i 1 1 Be i n M i I wau kee Tonight to Delivers Speech. Greenbay, Wis., Oct. 26. On , his forty -second day out of Washington President Taft today entered the "ene my's country," LaFpllette's home. La Follette will be Tafi's opponent for the presidential nomination next yeartThe President left St. Paul last night and arrives at Milwaukee tonight to deliv er a speech. ; ? ;' - WANT SHAKESPEARE OUSTED FROM HIGH SCHOOL Chicago, Oct 26. The Literary So cieties of the Hammond High School are receiving the support of the teach ers in their demand for banishment of Shakespeare from the curriculum as "licentious, unclean and objectionable" Ibsen and Shaw are favored as ideal. New York Educator Dead. Troy, N. Y., Oct, 26. Edward Ed wards, superintendent of schools here, is dead of pneumonia. He was stricken while attending the Atlantic . Deep Waterways Association at Richmond last week. . T Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 26. The sec ond trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde on the charge of poisoning Colonel Thomas H, Swope, his wife's uncle, has been begun; He wa convicted once and sentenced to life imprisonment, but the Supreme Court granted a new trial. It will probably 'take several days to se lect a jury. Bargains in , unredeemed- JeweN-y, specialty in ; suit-cases, bags. . trunks and musical ' instruments. , Uncle Charles, 16 South Front street. tf v " y iM- ' i if -."s-e-i i t i. Athletics StarTwirler Internally Injur; ed Himself Yesterday in the Box Out of the GameNUntil Next Season. Philadelphia Oct. 26. Jack Coombs, the brilliant Athletic pitcher, is in bed at home, wit serious internal injuries. In the sixth inning of yesterday'sgame at New York, he wrenched his intes tines. .Today his condition is worse. His physician called in two other doc-; tors and. they , succeeded in reducing the injury. .They say no operation will beecessaryoCooft bed a wee. He wirrlfcnyatnTiext Rea son, coombs said that in me sixth his cleats caught in the pitcher's box when he delivered the ball. He felt'a terrific jar .and the pain was intense on hjs right side, but he kept pitching. A rupture of the intestines killed Mike Powers, the Athletics' catcher several years ago. GAS EXPLOSION IN JEiMENTjjRINGS DEATH New York, Oct. 26 Twenty persons were injured, two fatally, and nine are missing as the result of gas explo sion, which wrecked a tenement house on Powell street, Brooklyn, this morn ing. The ruins are being searched for the bodies of the injured, seven of whom are children. Gas leaked from the cellar into four store rooms on the ground floor, and tne explosion came from all four" simultaneously. , GRAND MY TAKES-OP THE RIGHESON CASE Boston, Oct. 26. The grand jury to day began considering the evidence against Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, the pastor of the Immaunel Baptist church, Cambridge, charged with mur dering Miss'Avis Linnell, a' music stud ent. The jury will require several days to hear the witnesses. MAY GET TOGETHER IN THE M'NAMARA CASE Los Angeles," Oct. 26. That the ap parently antagonistic theories of the State and defense regarding jury ser vice qualifications may be reconciled or defined sufficiently td expedite further examinatipn, of the talesmen, was re garded likely todayK when the court re convened in the McNamara murder case. v , OFFICIAL CIRCLES DISCREDIT REPORT OF ARMISTICE Rome, Oct. 26. Official circles dis credit the reporjt conserning a probable armistice between Italy and Turkey. Italy is determined to continue mili tary operations until Tripoli is wholly conquered. - v, - mm HUB Big and Iloval Entertain- ivaitsHilta President Will Be In the Smoky City Next Tuesday and Will Face a Most Strenuous Time of Entertainment Will Behold the National Mine Safe ty Demonstration. . t . ' Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 26. A strenu ous and varied entertainment, 'filled With ,unique features, has been arrang ed, for the visit of President Taft to this city on the . last day, of the montii., xue; mam events are tne. nrst annual, meeting of the National Mine Safety Demonstration and . First-AidVoThe- Injured competition of . the United Stat&s Bureau of Mines ; the centennial of -.the beginning ok steam navigation on the western rivers, "and, at night, the banquet of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce. " The President will reach here at 5:30 a. m. on October 31 from Chicago and will leave here for; Morgantown, W. Va., early the next morning. Pitts burg 'was to have been the last stop of -the President on. his present trip before returning to Washington but ihe trip was extended to include par. ticipation in the installation of officers of the University of . West "Virginia, the dedication of the , Lincoln Farm Memorial at Hodgensville, Ky., a bief rest at Hot Springs, Va., a visit to sev eral places Jn Tennessee and a stop at Cincinnati to vote on November 7th. After breakfast in. his private car, tne President will go to Forbes Field where will be held, the competition of the first-aid-to-the-injured teams from all parts of the country under the aus pices of the Unitea states' Bureau of Mines. The mine safety demohstra tions wll be held at . the jphclusion of tk. cOmpetitions..IJb plosives a huge gallery, or miniatupu coal mine, will, be used. The permissable explosive, equal to one-half pound of 40Tper cent.', nitro glycerine dynamite will be first placed in the gallery. Within will be 133 pounds of fine coal dust distributed uniformerly throughout with twenty pounds on a wooden bench at the mouth of the gallery. Wih the fitjng of the permissable explosive no explo sion of coal dust is anticipated. The same experiment, however, will be re peated for the President and this time black blasting powder will be used as the explosive. ' An explosion of coal dust is expected to follow ther firing of the black powder. Immediately after the coal dust explosion foremen min ers equipped with Various types of artificial breathing apparatus will en ter the. gallery and recover supposed victims of the death-dealing gases. As the reseuers bring out the victims, the first aid miners will be on hand to re suscitate those overcome, demonstrat ing the use of artificial respiration and oxygen respirative apparatus. ! A number of dives will Tie carried into the gallery immediately after the explosion. Biologists have discovered that carbon monoxide, or "white damp which follows the ignition Of "gas in coal dust affects birds much more quickly than men. When the birds show distress it is a warning to rescu ers to seek safety and ke measures to dissipate the gas. In flhe tests here anti-vivisectionists will have no com plaint to make because the bwds will be resuscitated by the use of oxygen and will suffer no id-effects afterward. At the conclusion of the mine experi ments and the competitions President Taft will present medals to the victors. Following this a parade of 19,927 miners each representing one of the 19,927 men killed in coal mines of the United, States!! ithe last twenty years will silently pais before the Presi dential reviewing stand. Thirty thou sand miners" are expected to attend the meeting. After luncheon President Taft will go to the Water Street Wharf on the Monongahela river and assist the West ern Pennsylvania Historical Society in commemorating the beginning of steam navigation on the western rivers The New Orleans, the first steamboat to navigate the Ohio and Mississippi riv ers in 1811 was built by Nicholas J. Roosevelt, A rejrtica of the New Or leans has been constructed, and will make a snort trip down the Ohio "fhaer her own steam. Mrs. Nicholas! Long worth, the daughter of .former Presi dent Roosevelt and a great grand niece of Nicholas J. Roosevelt, will christen the New Orleans. Descendants of Chancellor Liyingston, partner of Nich olas J. Roosevelt, and Robert Fulton are also expected to be present. Gov ernors of a dozen states and mayors of .many - cities between Pittsburg and r: for Turpentine; Some of the mosj Prominent Busjness Men Here are Incorporators--Plant - of the 'Weed Distilling Company at . the Foot o4 Wright Street Will be Utilized in the New Enterprise, Bus iness May be Started Within Ninety Days. - : "v . ' ' . ; " , . Special to The Dispatch. Raleigh, Oct. 26. A charter was ..Is sued today to the Standard Turpen tine Company, of Wilmington. The authorized capital stock- is one hun dred and . twenfy-five thousand dol-. lars, with thirty thousand subscrib ed by H. C. McQueen, Alex. Sprunt and Son, Walker Taylor M. J. Corbett, and Thos. H. Wright. Another chart er was granted to the Granite Com pany of Raleigh, to develop a large granite deposit in - Wake county. The capital is one hundred, thousand dollars.- The incorporators are Joseph G. Brown,' W. A: Cooper, and others Information of the' aoove enterprise which promises to be of most import ant nature, was" .received- this morn ing by the Dispatch from its Raleigh correspomlent. As will be seen from the capitalization, and the incorporat-' ors,; the proposed company has splen- did financial ; backing and. support. ; it-. will, be able to engage in the prospect-. ive business '.on- as c large and' wide scale 'as may,be deemed" advisable by those coHtrblltng tiie;company :. As therl will. -be , considerable pub lic interest V in ithe-i. formation f this new company, which adds yet ' another industry to the.,city's.manufactaries, poi. Walker Taylor, one y of 'the' in- corporators, ; ,was "-terepdnelthis at- ternppnTErom .jtoe ' Dispatch oflSce ; an54 ' ; beiraiaect nesHe; std.Jthat the company has been formed for the purpose 1 of engaging, in the' manufacture of turp entine from wood: He said that the , former plant of the Weed Digiilling Company at the foot of Wright street will be included1' in the enterprise. He said that this plant, . which has been under suspension, for sometime, will be greatly improved, and possibly enlarged. While ' it is not definitely known, Col. Taylor stated that it is , expected, business will, be started within ninety, days. NEW YORK MAN FOUND DEAD Boston, Oct.' 26. Lbwery'JrV. Good, of New York, president of the " Carlo and Norfolk railroad, was found dead at his hotel today His death is at tributed !tp an overdose of morphine. New Orleans will be present as will members of the historical societies of-" West Virginia Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. On the day -following the New Or leans will 'start for a long trip to he South, stopping at principal cities on the route. , v In the evening the banquet of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce will: be held in Memorial Hall, which has just been erected, at a cost of $2,000, 000, by Allegheny County in memory of the men who fought during the Civil War. It is the ' first"' banquet to be held in Memorial Hall and therein lies t a story.' Arrangements had been perfected to hold the banquet at the "Hotel Schenley but requests for -tickets were so num ef ous that there was not room in the hotel and the scene was shifted to Memorial Hall. . It was o have been a "wet banquet , but committees -Of old soldiers and the county commission ers notified the Chamber- of Commerce that it would be against the law of the Memorial X6 . .serve, liquor within he hall and it was announced that the ban-, quet would be "dry." Jt had been plan ned to extinguish the tights in the big; auditorium suddenly and the waiters " were to have entered from all sides of the banquet room carrying dishes of flaming brandy. It was conceded that the picture of 800 tongues of flickering blue flames being carried about the darkened hall and finally placed . before each diner ..would have been effective. But the prospect o' this Picture was knocked into a cock ed ' hat when liquor was barred and " the. artistic chefs : only consolation now Is the fact that the service guard? - of the President would ; not have al lowed the lights to have been turned down anyway. , ChartB - ... . T.nri It- VIS ! Hi! ife A' ' I M . .I '- uf '1: -V- :MH ,nt, 'W.-.!i;ffl.JTffl--2!iV.f.l vr- LJ XT'. w it m ----- 3 iit Tt - 1 r5 "l 1 1 Wis' ... . i f J .r-' Z.'-iV' 1 !. t If Pi if J S 11 v J- -MB f- irT.- . , U .- , C tlf I E Ufa , ----- - .- rr-M-i. -icr wi-i - . - W 7 p. 1,1. -,p ? T.I Ml i -W. mm till? . mmmm. - 1 itW ' 1 t ,
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