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WEATHER Fair today and, Wednes day, fresh northeast winds. The News A paper or all the people and for the people all the time. Read It and keep posted. . Ti i riwiiSftiUi VOL. IV. NO. 5 STATS edition. GBEENSBOBO, N. C, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1908 STATE EDITIOII PRICE rrvE CENTS OVER SIX THOUSAND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CENTENNIAL EDUCATIONAL PARADE at-. -Ov V 1 r w .Y - 'J- - i r- 3 jn TAFT'S SPEAKIHG TOUR GAINED F Two Weeks' Trip Just Ended Re moves Last Vestige of Doubt as to His Success. GOMPER CAN NOT DELIVER LABOR VOTE Nebraskan Will Do Very Well, Indeed, if He Succeeds in (Setting Half of This Element, in the Opinion of the Republican Managers. New York, Oct. 12. With the ending of Mr. Taft's first campaign tour of two weeks there departed from tho minds of tlio Republican managers the last ves tige of doubt as to' the outcome of the presidential contest. Mr. Taft, as one of them aid today, could win even if he should decide that further speech makin)! was unnecessary and Temain in Cincinnati taking it easy until elec tion day.. That means that the chances of the 'Republican candidate arc regard ed as so good that the utmost efforts that, the Democrats might put forth in the three weeks that remain of the can vass could not materially effect the re sult. . "Hie froth and the bubbles of the fray lr)ive vanished and the voters have now found themselves face to face with the real issues of the campaign Taft and a continuance of the Republican policies, and what they mean for the prosperity aVd wo.' fare of the country, or Bryan ami his nondescript issues, which mere ly jnessage a period' of experimental (Continued on- Page Two.) SHI SPEAKS AT Delivers Able Address on the Is sues of the Compalgn What South Needs. Roanoke, Va,," Oct. 12 Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, deliv ered a poliMcul speech in behalf of the Republican ticket here tonight, discuss ing the issues of the campaign. During the afternoon he talked to students from several educational insti, tutions In a city church, iiis theme being education. Tomorrow Mr. Shaw will make rear ' platform speeches in ten towns in the Ninth Congressional dis trict, the only Republican district in Virginia. Chairman Hitchcock today wired Mr. Shaw to accompany Judge Taft on his southern tour. In an interview here today Mr. Shaw declared the brains of the south and the brains of the north have always been antagonistic, and that when tliey are in harmony with each other the country may look for great things. "It is a na tional calamity," said Mr. Shaw, "tliat for .fifty years the south has had prac tically no voice irt national matters ex cept through its friends in the north." He added that there has been no cam paign in his time that had brought as many surprises jis the present one, both locally and nationally. EX-SENATOR CLARK TO SPEAK FOR BRYAN Chicago, 111.. (X-l. 12. Asserting that the business intep-sts o fthe country wool dim; benefited' by the election of V. J. Bryan, former Si-nator William A. Clark, of .Montana, tonight said that he would take the slump and aid in every " way possible to briuj aliout the election of the Ikmioerut ic candidate. Mr. Clarke will make several speeches in Montana and other states. ' . ROBERTSON WINS soo-MILE AUTO RACE IN PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Ptt., Oct. 10. In the most exciting long distance automobile con- test ever cen in this city, George Rob ertson, driving a focomobile, .today won the 200-mile race ovr a' dangerous eight mile course in Fairmont park. , His time was four hours, two minutes, thirty seconds. L. Patchke. in an Acme car, finished second in 4.14:64. Ralph Mulford, in a Locier, was third, and A. C. Maucher, in a Peerless, finlhed fourth. Mulford's time was 4.17:10. and Maucher covered the 2,00 miles in 4.21:20. f f - , - Hunt Holloway. Durham, N. C, Oct. 12. William S. Hunt, of Bahama, and Miss Viola Hollo ' way who Irvos about five miles from the city ,y were united in marriage at the home of the bride's tether, Kinch Hollo way, It waa a quiet country home marriage, but a very popular event, as II I. Li. ' iu.ll .-J MANY RIEflDS ROANOK 1 a larg number of. friend. ' h ENGLAND READY E ON NEAR EAST Russian Foreign Minister Per suades Lord Grey to Change - His Mind on Affairs. ADDITIONAL QUESTIYNS ARE TO BE TAKEN UP Meeting Will Not Be Limited to a Dis cussion of the Servian-Austrian Situ- ,' ation, But Other Matters Long in Abeyance Will be Considered. London, Oct. 12. M. Iswolsky, the Russian foreign minister, has succeeded in impressing upon Sir Edward (Jrey, the British secretary for foreign affairs, the necessity that not only should u conference of the powers be held to set tle the Crisis in the near east, but that this conference should take under ad visement other questions besides this involved in the annexation by Austria of Bosnia and Herzefiovina and the dec laration of Bulgarian independence. This change of front on the. part of Great Britain, which has caused great surprise, was announced by the foreign office at the conclusion of a tyng con ference between Kir Kdward Grey and M. Iswolsky, after a meeting of the cabinet in the morning, at which Sir Kdward set forth the position he had taken and explained the views of the Russian foreign minister. Sir Kdward's secretary in making the announcement, said: .;' : "It may be arffimed with certainty that both ministers concur in the- ne- (Contlnued ou Page Two.) Twenty-One New Member Admit ted to Practice Call Upon the President Washington, D. C. Oct. 12. Beyond the admission of twenty-one members of the bar, the Supreme Court of the United States, which convened at noon today for the 1908-1900 term, transact ed no official business, hut immediately adjourned to make the usual call upon th President. Among the number admitted to the bar were two new members, both of this city, James A. Fowler, of Tennes see, the new assistant attorney-general, and Charles Reed Hemingway, attorney general of Hawaii. The usual oath was administered by James McKenny, elerk of the court, who in performing this ceremony used a Bible which had been purchased for the court one hundred years ago. The number of admissions wai unusuaL : Immediately after the coutr adjourn ed, the members, accompanied by the clerk and the marshal, took carriages for the White House. The aetual business of the term will begin at two o'clock. At the White Housthe justices wera received in the blue parlor, and aftef shaking hands with the President, chat ted with him a short time. The Presi dent made no formal remarks. Mrs. Ball, of Jacksonville, Fla., is vis iting her sister, Mrs. Marion Cobb, at the Guilford-Benbow. ' '. T SHOT FELLOW-COUNTRYMAN FIVE TIMES AND MASHED HEAD WITH STONE. ! Charlotte, !'. N. C, Ort. 12. Henry Yamaguchl, the Japanese acrobat and manager of Haw Brother's London Show, who yesterday murdered a fellow-countryman at Newton, this state, today confessed his crime to the authorities, declaring that hekilled Kitsuchi because the latter had mistreated two little Japanese girlsconnected with .'the show and for whoe saety he was responsi ble. . After shooting his victim five times he beat Ws head into aj elly with a stone. Fallowing a preliminary hearing today yamaguchJ was held without bond for thneit term of Catawba Superior Owrt,' , . FOR GONFEREIC SUPREME COURT OPENS SESSION DETROIT BEATS 8 11 1 Kb Become Kr Factors In the World's Championship Base- ball Series. TYCOBB COMES INTO HIS OWN AGAIN Tim. f Rat Ha Makes Four Hits. Running Bases Like a Man Afraid of Something Crowd Only 14,543, De spite Ideal Weather. Chicago, Oct. 12. Detroit became a real contender for the world's baseball championship today, when it defeated Chicago in decisive fashion, 8 to 3. Manager Jennings achieved this result with a change in his line-up. Downs was put on the bench and .Shacfer was shifted from third to second btme, C'ough lin occupying the third sack. Counting the world's series of last year, today's victory was the first De.. trbit has scored in eight championship contests. Mullin was teady throughout the game, holdiag Chicago to scattered hits and passing only one man. Pfeister's left hand shoots for the most part failed to puzzle the Michigan, .batsmen. Be sides issuing three pases he was hit safely twelve times, two of the cluster being doubles and six of them occurring in one inning. It was this inning, the sixth, which gave the game to Detroit. The gray-clad tigers, two runs behind Chicago when the ining opened, ,0a me across the plate in a procession. The crowd, with the exception of a minority Continued on Pag Two.) GLEHK IN DUEL Prominent Florida Men Shoot Each Other in a Restaurant Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 12. Lawrence E. Howell, justice of the peace of the 1 Tenth district, this county, and one of the most popular young lawyers in the state, lies in St. Lukes hospital tonight in a serious condition, while in an ad- j joining room lies William H. Coulter, clerk of the office of Justice Willard, I nation (if iha F.leventh district, also bsd- j - - ly wounded. . The trouble between the two men oc curred in a -restaurant ' at 1.30 o'clock ; this afternoon, Coulter entering, while ; Justice Howell was at dinner. They held 1 a short conference and some one heard 1 Howell exclaim: i "You are a liar." The next moment Coulter drew a revolver and fired, tho bullet entering Howell's chest, he fell, but was quickly on 1iie feet, grabbing the revolver from Coulter and shooting him justunder the heart. Reports from the hospital tonight are to the effect that Howell' is in a dangerous condition, while Coulter is doing nicely. Charlotte's Mayor Talks Sunday SchooL F. S. Franklin, mayor of Charlotte, hand superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday scnool ot that city, will deliver an address to the Sunday school of the First Baptist chcurch of this city this morning. Fi3ffR KILLED; TWOfllfRT US TRAIN HITS VU ON WAY TO FAMILY REUNION. DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS SLIGHTLY DEAF. Troy. N. Y., Oct. 10. Four persons were killed outright and two were se riously injured in a Tailroad crossing accident two miles south of Sehaghti coke tonight. The dead: George Rob erts, forty-five years old, a farmer of Melrose) Frank Luther, forty years old, a printer on the Schaghticoke Sun; . Mrs. Frank Luther, his wife, about thirty five years old, and their two-year-old boy. Two small boys of the Luther family were injured. The six persons were in a wagon and were driving from Schaghticoke to Mel' rose, where they were to attend ft fain illy reunion on Sunday. The vehicle I was in charge of Roberts, who waa omewbat deaf.; 1 CHICAGO TBI it JUSTICE AND Official Program for Today MILITARY 9.00 A. M. New 'Auditorium Mobilization of United States and State troops. ', Line of March From Xew Auditorium to Davie street; thence down South Davie street to Depot street; thence west along Depot street to South Kim street; thence up South Kim street to Court Square; thence down West Market street to the railroad. 11.30 A. M. Reproduction of Battle of Guilford Courthouse on the old historic battlefield by the United States troops and North Carolina ; troops. 1.00 P. M. Basket dinner on the battleground. 2.00 P. M. Formal jopening of the ninth annual fair of the Central Caro lina Fair Association. 3.00. P. M. Grand Operahouse Opening session Good Roads Congress. Address of Welcome by Acting Governor Francis D. Winston, presid ing officer of the Good Roads Congress. Response to address of wcl come.by Hon. M. F. Ansel, governor of Soutl. Carolina. Election of permanent secretary. Calling of the roll of states represented. Appointment of committees from each state represented to consider bill to be recommended to the legislatures of the southern states. 4.00 P. M. Races; exhibition drill of troops and Centennial attractions at fair-grounds. 8.00 P. M. Grand display of fireworks, 150 people in the different scenes. 9.30 P. M. Neese's hall Military reception and dance. Democratic Congressman to Take Stump for Taft Representative Leake, of New Jersey, Will Make a Tour of Eastern States, Exposing the Fallacies of Bryanism. ... Calls Bryan a "Political Brainstorm." j New York, Oct. 12. Eugene Walter Leake, Democratic representative in Congress from New Jersey, called at Republican national committe headquar ters todav to offer his services on the stump for William H. Taft. Though he has been a stanch Democrat all his life., he is bitterly opposed io William Jen nings Bryan and because he believes that tho election of Bryan to ttie presidency would mean the' greatest calamity to the country since the Civil'' war, he' is ready to esert-'Mtttself 'to thw'wtmost o aid the election of Judge Tift. In speaking about , the national cam paign today Representative Leake as serted with emphasis that Bryan had in grafted upon the Democratic party the principles of Populism and Socialism, and virtually had wrecked the party. He called Mr. Bryan a fanatic, a crafty seeker after votes, and finally a "politi cal brainstorm." Despite the picturesque terms which he applied to Bryan, Repre sentative Leake discussed logically and cearly his reasons for bolting the Demo cratic party. The keynote to his talk was patriotism, and he pointed out that regard for the nation's interest was higher than mere party loyalty. The young congressman who was elected by a large majority from a Jer sey City district, has been a keen student of politics and government all his life. On the stump he has voiced Iris princi ples iwith telling force, being an orator of ability, and has a manner that wins friends for him everywhere. . He will speak at Republican rallies throughout the eastern states during-this month. Declined Renomination for Congress. "I declined renomination for, Con gress," said Representative Leake, "be cause I could not ma'ce a monkey out of myself in following Bryan's doctrines. I could not consistently run for Con gress on Bryan's platform after what I had stood for two years ago. Consequent ly, I declared my intention to vote for Taft. and I have offered my services to the Republican national committee for all or any part of October as a stump speaker. "Most people forget," continued the congressman, "that the choosing of a President comes close to their own af fairs When a presidential campaign becomes far removed from the people, the individual forgets that the American people have ' confided ., their . property, business or work to a chief magistrate. That man can either benefit or injure the people's work. A majority of the people blindly follow their party and a TO TAFT ON HIS TRIP CHAIRMAN HITCHCOCK ALSO AN NOUNCES THAT DUPONT'S PLACE WILL NOT BE FILLED. New York, Oct. 12,-Chairman HiKS cock, of the Republican ' national com mittee, announced tonight . that E. C. Duncan, of North Carolina, member of the executive committee at headquar ters, will accompant Judge Taft on his speaking tour of Kentucky. ; Mr. Hitchcock also said that no suc cessor would be appointed to take the place of Mr.! Du Pont, 'who recently re signed as chairman of the speakers bureau. ' Miss Marlon JToell, of. Danvitle, Va.. to visiting Mrs. H. G. Davidson, in Library place. DAY. bolter in a national election is a political curiosity; he. is ostracized by the mem bers of his old party and consigned to a political death. Bryan Has Weakened His Party. "It is simply the 'boss' system in poli tics," said Leake. "We had no recent instances of this until the advent of Bryan, he rules the party, determines the issues, and . has changed the Democratic party from an historic organization with j bejiet tn. .certain principles, to, a one man machine.' "' . " "Parties are agencies by which the people express their judgment in a poli-1 ucsi campaign, loe people snouia not blindly, follow their political leaders. Judgment in national affairs should be influenced by patriotism. In bolting the Democratic national ticket I have relied on Bryan's own view, expressed in 1892, when he said: 'No man is bound to follow his party when it is contrary to his patroitism.' He stated to a Demo cratic convention in Nebraska, which adopted a set of resolutions contrary to his personal view: 'You may hold those opinions, but by the help of God I wilt go out and protest.' c u E North Carolina Federation Called to Order and Committees for Meeting Appointed. The foirrth annual session of the North Carolina Federation of Labor met at ten o'clock yesterday morning in this city. The meeting was called to order by John C. Benson, president of the Greens boro Trades Council, who introduced A. Way land Oooke, the mayor's representa tive, who delivered the address of wel come. W. H. Singleton, on behalf of the Federation, responded in a few well chosen words. After the credentials committee had reported on the seating of delegates and the various delegates present had given a summary of the work accomplished in their respective trades the Federation adjourned to meet this morning at 8.30. . - - WEDS CRIPPLE HE BRIDE FAILS TO FIND HEALING FOR INJURED SPINE, BUT WED DING IS NOT DELAYED. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 12. It is a sad honeymoon that Mrs. Vernie Mirtzwa is spending at No. 1,231 Grattan street. She was married while she was too ill to stand up. Her spine was injured five years ago by a fall and she ha& been an invalid ever since. She may never be able to stand alone and she fears she may live only a short time. " 'Gus' and I were engaged to be mar ried before I fell and hurt mysMf," she said. "I lived in Oakwood, Mo.and he lifted, in Hannibal, three miles away. I never knew what it was to be hick. I had rosy checks and was strong land full of fun, and G us' was a bit song fel low, too. One day I slipped on an icy sidewalk and my spine was injured. . LABOR MEN ESS ON ED Large Crowds on Firs t Days of Celebration Hippodrome Auditorium Filled Sun day Afternoon and Capacity Well Taxed at Formal OpeningEdu cational Parade, Opening Ora tion by Dr. George T. Winston and Peace Congress Among Yest erd a y's F eatu r e s . THE FIRST day of the week, marking the beginning of Greensboro's Cen tennial, dawned auspiciously. A cool, crisp air, tempered later on by the warmth from a sun in a clear sky, gave an impetus to movement and acted as a stimulus to endeavor, if such were needed. Sunday had been set apart for religious observances befitting the occasion, and in each of the city churches sermons and addresses, with music especially prepared therefor, were delivered before congregations that filled tho soveral edifices to the doors. In the afternoon, at the Auditorium, a sacred conoert was given io an audience that packed the big building from end to end. The attend ance is variously estimated, but is placed in the dispatches to the Associated Press at 20,000. The civic exercises for Centennial Week begun yesterday morning early with the gathering of college students and school children on the campus of the Greens boro Female College. This was Educational Day, and the procession typifying it, and demonstrating the claim of Greensboro and Guilford county to their position as educational centers, was more effective than had been expected even by the most Banguine. It was not necessary to draw on the imagination to picture what is possible for a city and county having such an aggregation of scho lastic development and training as was shown on the streets of Greensboro ves- terday morning. Six thousand, five hundred bright-faced young women and men, girls and boys, followed the line of march independency but-with due care for. that prove tc their instroWors.'Wtb City and to the visitors therein, that those ' from and by whom their education is being received have cause to be proud of their work. College students and future cotton spinners vied with each other in the one endeavor to make Educational Day a success. City schools and coun ty schools had the one object in view, and if a city school took the coveted prize, it was not because of a lacking endeavor on the part of any of the others. Each college and school won more than a priz,e, this the thanks of all Greensboro. The opening exercises at the Auditorium were gone through with in ac cordance with the program and with nothing to mar or interfere with the pro ceedings. These began immediately after the close of the educational proces sion and in the presence of an audience that filled the Auditorium to overflow ing. A great part of this audience was composed of those who took part in the procession and .they aided materially in the effect and the result attending the first official recognition of Greensboro's Centennial. Church and state unit ed in an effort toward a titling celebration of the second day for the commem oration of the city's one-hundredth anniversary, and the cheers and applause guve full evidence that these efforts had been of the kind that go for the good in action and result. What with the gathering of the. Peace Conjrress in the afternoon, the ex hibition drills- by the soldiery following the concert at night, the enthusiasm of the crowds, the decorations by day and the illumination .by night, Greensboro and her guests had much to sec and hear yesterday, DR. WINSTON SAYS NORTH ST A TE IS NURSERY OF MEN Following is the full text of I he Cen tennial ovation by Dr. George T. Win ston: Our celebration today proclaims. the centennial anniversary .of the City 'of Greensboro. But, in a larger and truer sense, it commemorates the .new '-spirit and the new life of North Carolina. This large and brilliant audience, this gather ing of people from every quarter of the state, this universal joy and gladness, this splendid program of mimic battles, conventions, and processions, this vast and collossal auditorium, all proclaim an event larger than city or county, an event as large as the commonwealth. "That man is little to be envied." says Dr. Johnson, "whose patriotism (Continued on page Eight.) PHILADELPHIA'S GREAT CELEBRATION AT AN END WEEK'S OBSERVATION OF azjTH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF CITY FINISHES. Philadelphia, Oct. 10. With the ex tinguishing of the lights on the city hall a few minutes before twelve o'clock tonight. Founders Week, marking the 22oth anniversary of the birth of the City of Philadelphia,, came to a close after seven days of strenuous celebra tion. : '..:.' The final day of the eventful week was given over largely to sports of which tho 200-mile automobile race at Fairmount Park was the feature. There was a regatta on the Schuylkill river, a big athletia meet in the northern sec tion of the city and a parade oft most 01 tne trotting horses in the city, 101 lowed by a race meet with steady step and air of American which they had been directed to do- A UDITORIUM FULL TO OVERFLOWING A T THE OPENING Greensboro's auditorium was filled to overflowing yesterday morning when G. S. ilradshaw, chairman of the board of managers, called the crowd to order for the formal . opening of the Centejnnial and Home-coining Week Exercises. Scores of distinguished visitors and some of the state's most prominent cit izens occupied seats on the platform. The invocation was made by the Rev. T. J. Ogburn, pastor of Grace Metho dist Protestant church, of this citv, "America" and "The Old North State," the national and state anthems, were sung by collego students and school children. Chairman Bradshaw called Col. James T. Morehcad to preside as master of ceremonies. White Oak band furnished the music and one of the selections, "Centennial 'March," was composed by R. L. Martin, director of tho band. Colonel Morehead presented Ashel P.. Kimball, who delivered the address of welcome. The address of welcome was respond ed to by Lieut.-Gov. Francis D. Winston in behalf of visiting North Carolinians, and by the Rev. Turner Wharton, D. D., of Columbia, Tenn., in behalf of na tive North Carolinians residing in other states. . '-.' Lieutenant-Governor Winston was the first speaker whose voice had the carry ing capacity to reach the rear of the Auditorium. He is a clear and forceful speaker, and his musical voice rang out so as to be audible in all parts of the building. Twenty-eight years ago he lived in Greensboro sa a law student, and here he was taught that the dreamt of today are the actms of tomorrow. "In Greensboro the thought of yesterday is this auditorium," said the speaker. Mr. Winston paid a high tribute to tltA AhtAwnviM ftf SundiAM Anil ..!J that the state government delights to participate in this Centennial celebra tion and see this sturdy manhood, noble womanhood and numerous childhood. "I (Continued oa Pag Two. ' S mi ''jt'.'ii.