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i .1 WEATHER .. - Fair today and Monday, coaler in the interior Sun day; variable winds. -Js ; : VOL. IV. NO. 16 SAYS Jl JOlfJER State Superintendent of Education Returns From His Northern Trip Well Pleased. SOUTHERN EDUCATORS , VISIT MANY SCHOOLS Superintendent Joynei Found ' Trip Pleasurable and Profitable Party of Southern Superintendents Visit Many Departments of Education. Raleigh, N.. C, Oct. 24. State Super intendent J. Y. Joyner, president of the Association of Southern State Super intendents, has just returned ffom a meeting of that association in New York city.. ... The state superintendents of all the southern states are members of this as sociation, and were all present at the meeting except Superintendent Eggles ton, of Virginia, who was detained by illness, and Superintendent Cameron, of Oklahoma. As guests of the Southern Education Board, the state superintend ents visited and inspected the normal schools, high schools and elementary schools of New York city and Boston, and the New York state department of cducatiou at Albany. They also visit ed in New York city Teachers' College, Columbia University, the Horace Mann School, and the City College of New York. In BoRton they also visited Har vard University, inspecting the depart ment of education in that great univer sity. They made a tour in automobiles of historic Boston, including a trip to ., (Continued on Page Three.) CHAIRMAN MACK OUT - - - -if WITH WEIRD CLAIM OF 301 VOTESFOB BRYAN Democrat Leader Gives Out a , statement of What He Hopes Will Happen. NOTHING SAFE FROM HIM New York, Oct. 24. National Chair man Mack authorised a statement to day in which he claimed the election of William J. Bryan by a landslide. Mr. Mack announced that his reports show ed that Mr. Bryan would received at least 301 electoral votes, or fifty-nine more than is necessary for a choice. Mr. Mack's forecast of the election follows: "The rumblings and thunder of the Bryan landslide in the west are already (heard in the eastern states, and today I can confidently predict the election of Mr. Bryan. That latidslide in the west will extend to the shores of the Atlantic. It means the Democratic national ticket will carry every doubtful state in this section, and in rock-ribbed Republican districts the majorities of the party in recent years will be reduced to a mini mum. Basing my forecast on the most conservative lines, in view of the opti mistic reports I have received from all sections of t he country, I figure that Mr. Bryan will have at least 301 electoral votes, or fifty-nine more than is necessary lor a choice. This comfortable majority will be increased rather than decreased when the vote is counted. "In addition to the 106 votes of the solid south and in this I include Mary land I am confident that Mr. Bryan will carry New York, New Jersey, Connecti cut, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Indiana, Ohio, Delaware, Kansas and South Dakota a total of 301 votes. All over the country there is change of 25 to 60 per cent, from the Roosevelt vote of 1904, to Mr. Bryan. "The result is no longer in doubt In New York. The thirty -nine votes of the state are assured for Mr. Bryan. He will win by a Substantial plurality. The Empire State can io longer be in cluded in that , territory called the enemy's country. I speak from informa tion gained from a thorough canvass and reports from every county in the state. "From Connecticut I have ' received very encouraging reports. Judge Robert son, the Democratic candidate for gov ernor, will carry the state by about 20, 000 plurality, and in the national ticket, backed by a united party, has the best chance in years for winning the seven electoral votes. - "New Jersey sounds an optimistic note and there is every reason to believe that the state , will be in the Democratic column. Few, if any, states in the union fcave a better or more effective organiza- . tion than New Jersey. ' "Mr. Bryan's tour of the state on ' Friday last- and the ovation he received spelled victory to my mind. ' The in ternal dissension in the Republican par ty, in West Virginia and the swing of the labor vote in that el ite to Mr. Bryan are powerful factors for his sue- ROBERT C ObDEN FRIEND OF SOUTH fj-ox M Prannoo) STATE EDITION. EIGHTH DISTRICT IS TO Notwithstanding Gerrymander of District Debonair Dick Will Be Retired. COWLES HOLDING HIS OWN IN JOINT DEBATES Republican Candidate a Clean Young Man in Whom People Have Confidence. Prospects for His Success Are Bright BY JOHN WESLEY DAVIDSON. Wilkesboro, . N. C, October 24. All eyes are on the Eighth district. The contestants are on the home stretch, and as they approach the wire, interest becomes more intense. Democratic, large ly at the instance of Mr. Hackett, at tempted in the last legislature to make this district solidly Democratic by cut ting off Surry county. Without regard to the wishes or. 'the rights of those concerned, save and ex cept the wishes of -Mr.' Hackett, Surry was cut off and attached to the Fifth district. The Democratic , wire-pullers who planned and performed this gerry mandering stunt figured that there would be no trouble for them in this year of grace. They fancied in their mad and reckless scheme, that they had forever "redeemed" the old "Ate." They did not take into their calculations the resent ment of the people whose voice they had stifled .and whose rights they had out raged. They did not stop to consider that the voice of the people at the bal lot box would ring as clearly and as cer tainly as that of Mr. Hac'kett's in the caucus behind closed doors. They did not (Continued on Page Three.) 0. SrCPNSIIL GENERAL- AT LARGE FOB EWE KILLS SELFJN TRAIN Found In Compartment of Car of Express With Bullet Through His Brain. WORRIED GREATLY OF LATE Berlin, Oct. 24. When the Hamburg Berlin express arrived t Ludwigslust I this morning, the body of a man who had been shot in the right temple was I found in -one of the compartment which he had occupied alone. A revolver was j lying close at hand. ; The body was identified by papers as that of Silas C. McFarland, of Iowa, the American consul general at large for the European district. Among the papers was his wife's address in Berlin. , It was evident that Consul McFarland committed suicide. The station master telegraphed to Mrs. McFarland that her husband had been badly injured and she and her daughter proceeded to Luswigs lust this evening, but returne to Berlin to make arrangements for the burial. Mrs. McFarland was unable to give any reason for the suicide, except that her husband had worried greatly of late. His led had been broken twice in recent years and he was sensitive to fatigue. He appeared unequal to the constant traveling, which his office demanded. Mrs. MeKarland received a telegram from her husband in the early forenoon, ar ranging to meet her at lunch. DF VETERAN DEMOCRAT PREDICTS BRYAN'S ELECTION AND 6o,ooo MAJORITY IN THIS STATE. Probably a hundred and fifty people were at the county courthouse last night to listen to a political speech , by sMaj. Charles M. Stedman. Ths speaker discussed national and state politics, condemning the Republicans for allow ing a few peoplo to mn (fre-1 ' " tunes, and declaring that the policy of protection is wrong. lie sau. .i . . gang should bo so fortunate as to get Into heaven they - would want to pui. a duty on the harp for the protection of American industries. - Major Stedman predicted that ' North Carolina will give sixty thousand Dem ocratic majority and that Bryan will be elected. He was frequently applauded during his speech. ' Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Buck have gone to Charlottesville, Va., to visit Mrs. Buck's mother, wfao is ill. RALLYING COWLES SUPPORT 1- !MiaffS-i'' (iKEENSBOKO, INDIANA IN HER TAFT WELCOME AH Prevl$ campaigns Surpassed Declare Leaders Who Ac company Special. CROWDS SO GREAT AS TO PREVENT SPEAKING Candidate Talks Less and "Exhibits" Himself More Than Heretofore in the Campaign Even Drizzling Rain Fails to Dampen Crowds' Enthusiasm. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 23. Today's exhibition of political enthusiasm attend ing William H. Tart's tour in Indiana, was such as to eclipse all previous cam paigns, according to the national and state leaders, who have been with the Taft special. So great were the crowds everywhere that even the arangements of the local committees were overrid den. - Mr. Taft talked less and "exhibited" more than heretofore in the campaign, owing to -the vastness of crowds. This one note dominated his thought ex pressed in his speeches today: "Indiana is surely alive to her political re sponsibility and ' the character of her enthusiasm means the success of the Republican party.-' A druzling rain for a part of the day and bad railroad service which made the train more than an hour lnte, secmed to make no impression on the demand for a look at the candidate. Beginning at Brazil with a largely at tended meeting at seven o'clock this morning, Mr. Taft made a fifty-mile cir cle clear around Indianapolis, which was '-reached at . nine o'clock tonight. Crawford Lafayette.'- Frankfort and (Continued on Page Two.) 26,100 PEOPLE SEE PENN AND INDIANS PLAT TO STANDSTILL Final Score 6 to 6 Each. Quakers Scoring in First Half. Red . Men In Second. INDIANS GAIN MOST GROUND Philadelphia, Ph., Oct. 24. The Uni versity of Pennsylvania and Girlisle In dian football teams played each other to a standstill this afternoon, the final score being fi to ti. The biggest crowd that ever saw the annual game between these teams was present 2li,flO0. -Pennsylvania -.scored the first touch down before the game was ten minutes old. The Indians reversed this in the second half when they scored as quickly. : The red men gained more ground and should have scored either an additional touchdown or a field goal. Pennsylvania scored her only touch -j down by carrying the ball from niid- field and over the Indian line in four ; plays. Quarterback Miller went around I the Indian's end for ten yards and then Rcngan made a quick kick, which Brad- dock covered on the Indian's six-yard line. Manier took the ball over the line in two plays, Scarlet kicked the goal. In the second half Balenti ran back one of Hollenbaek's punts for twenty five yards to the Quaker's forty-yard line. On ;the next play Thorpe worked his way through the Quaker forwards (Continued on Page Two.) DDITMC nono uiiLniv UUIIUJ RECONSTRUCTED ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP MAKES FLIGHT With Ten Passengers Aboard It Performs Remarkable Series of Maneuvers Watched by King and Queen of Wurtemburg. Friedrichshaven, Oct. 23. The recon structed Zeppelin dirigible airship No. 1 made a triumphal reappearance and ascension with ten vpassengers this af ternoon. The trip in the air lasted for three and half hours, without a hitch. The balloon made an average speed of 20.31 miles an hour at a mean altitude of eight hundred feet. Driven alternate ly. by a single motor and then with both motors the craft made easy progress. Critical aeronauts and throngs of the ropulsce crowded the shores of Lake Constance from two o'clock until half paxt five this afternoon watching tL"e airship, -'-; Ascending from the waters of Lake Constance almost ' horizontally for ' five hundred feet, the craft started 'on a short : voyage overland against 9 fresh .lortheast . breeze. , It swept 0 'er the palace . from the grounds of which the King of Wurtenburg greeted it. Mean while Queen Charlotte aboard the royal yacht followed its maneuvers.' The air vessel seemed constantly to increase its N. C, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1908 WQRKINGMEN ARE SWINGING TO THE IT OF TAFT Gompers' Efforts to Deliver the Labor Vote Utterly Futile Reports Shaw. LAUGHING AT BRYAN'S MOANINGS OF PANIC Prosperity and the Fear of Free Trade Persuade Them That There Is No Hope in Democracy, and They Are More and More for Taft. New York, Oct. 24 Workmen through put, the eastern states arc swinging over to -'-William II. Taft by the hundreds every day. Reports which have come to the Republican national committee show that union men are in quiet revolt against the frantic appeals and orders of President Gompers, of the American I Federation of . Lr.bor, to them to vote I for Bryan. I Two striking facts are vanning the laboring men to Taft. First, the . open- ing of mills and the increasing demand 'for employes, proving flat the country i under the Republican administration has weathered a financial panic more quick ly than ever before in its history or the i economie history of Europe; Business lis improving and workmen arc laujjh I ing at Bryan's meanings about the I country being in the throes of indus trial and financial disaster. I Big Labor Vote for Taft. Secondly, workmen realize bow great I the disaster would have been to the I country had there been a low tariff in i the last year. Tho nation, they say, I would have been compelled to raise mii I lions by the issue of bonds, and liusi j ness would have been put in such a ! plight that years would have been re quired to reisover from U, . W orkuien soy they realize more keenly than ever the blessings of a protective tariff and they want it continued under the administra tion of Taft. Walter Drew, business agent of the National Erectors' Association, who has returned to New York after a tour of the country, reports increasing prosper ity and prophesies a big labor vote for Taft. "Large orders or 'strong prospects of them were reported by manufacturer," says Drew. "1 was surprised to see tho healthy state of business in certain cities. The largest furniture manufac turer in I rand Rapids told mo he had so many orders for the fall trade that his shops must be kept running at top notch to till them in time. "The general belief among men who are posted is that Taft will get a large vote from the rank and file of the work ingmeii. There is a general disposition to link Taft's name with returning pros perity and to look on tho election of Bryan as an influence, for retarding tho return of prosperity. There is an ex- ! tremely strong Taft feeling among the workers in western to.wns, and, though labor leaders, may declare officially for indorsement of the politcal policy of President (iompers, of the - American Federation. there am indications throughout-the country that the union members will not accept dictation, but will vote as they feel. "It is my personal opinion that Taft will receive a very large labor vote from those afraid of the results of Bryan's election." ; Railway Men Form Taft Clubs. The employes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad are form ing Taft clubs and are booming things for the Ohioau in a manner that prom ises to win votes.; The railroad men Appreciate the benefits which tho Repub lican administration gave them in the last four years, and they know that un der Taft beneficial legislation Will bo enacted. The new clubs have a motto . '.." (Continued on Page Two.) 1 speed, sometimes far surpassing the rec ords of the one destroyed at Echterding. While at a height of 1,000 feet the craft performed most wonderful maneu vers. At an angle of 35 degrees it turned to the right and to the left and swung completely around; then all the time steering with the wings opening and closing like window shutters, it raised at the bow and stern at will. ' Short, sharp dashes at full speed, fol lowed, first towards Switzerland and then toward the Rhine valley. Finally the balloon descended to the lake and was placed in the floating hall without difficulty. Daily trials of the dirigible will be made until next Monday, when it is probable - that an endurance trip will take place. -Thomas O'Connor Very Iill. Thomas O'Connor, who runs a dairy bout a mile south of the city, is very ill and is not expected to recover. ' S Heads National Republican League JOHN HAYS Plans to Merge 5,000,000 ep u b lie an Voters Into One Great Organization President John Hays Hammond, of the National Republi can League, Contempl ates Gigantic Project Member ship of League Now Exceeds Million and a Half. New York. Oct. 24. Five million Re-( publican votes merged into one gigantic organization is the aim of John Hays Hammond, president of the National Republican League, with headquarters at the Hotel Astor. New York city. Ijolig strides in' this direction have al ready been made, as under the energetic direction of Mr. Hammond and the im mediate supervision of Snell Smith, the secretary and national organizer, the membership of the league has already reached the 1.500.000 mark and there are excellent indications that before the close of the campaign this number will ! increased to two million. But the work of the organization is really in its infancy as the league is a permanent one and 'the labors of its otticers will be continued with renewed energy after the campaign has closed. -Substantial.: business men throughout the country have become interested in this great political movement and they have afforded every' facility to the or ganizers of the league to enter their es tablishments for the 'purpose of organ izing their employes into 'clubs. -''They have - welcomed these organizers because modern business methods are being ap plied in politics by the organization which is engaged in teaching the princi ples of the Republican party to first voters, the foreign liorn voters and the Democrats who are wavering in the faith. Although the league was organized in ISSS, this is the first time in its his tory that it has been headed by a prac tical business man, and much Is being AND DIKIN STATION SALVATION ARMY WORKER SEIZED WITH FATAL HEMORRHAGE . ON TRAIN NO. 37. Mrs. M. B. Hurst, of the Salvation Army, traveling between Lynchburg, Va., and Greenville,. S. C, on train No. 3", yesterday morning, was seized with a hemorrhage just before the train reached this city and was taken Off und r laced in the woman's waiting room. )r. Best was summoned at once, but the woman died within a few minutes of his arrival. On the train with Mrs. Hurst were Mrs. Pringle, also of the army, and her young daughter. Tile body was taken to Poole's undertaking rooms, to be kept until relatives in New York can be reached by wire. Greensboro Girl Acts as Sponsor. Miss Eula B. McNeer returned yester day from a trip to Baltimore. Tonight she leaves for Dallas, Tex., where she will act as sponsor from Virginia at the Confederate veteran's reunion. STATE EDITION HAMMOND. accomplished among the business men. They all know President Hammond, re spect end admire him on account of his prodigious industry and great lability, and they are more easily aroused by his appeals than those made by professional politicians. ' -':' Has Waked Them Up. When Mr. Hammond was elected pres ident of the league September 1, it was in a comatose condition. Many of the clubs existed on paper only and general 'apathy marked the work of the organi zation. So dormant was its spirit it being in almost a state of utter pa ralysis that when Mr. Hammond pro posed to hold a convention of the league in Cincinnati and have William Howard Taft deliver bis first important speech of the campaign at that gathering, the proposal was tabooed in the most em phatic manner by the Republican nation al committee which feared the meeting would 'be a failure, and would affect the party disastrously. But Mr. Hammond insisted that the convention should bo held, despite the fact that it-was frowned upon bv every lone except Taft, who was Hammond's ! f.1t,;aill.ia of I...J ! . .iii.ikc an vwnv-r, nnir .iiiiu iillMl 111 his ability and energy and was confident that the affair would be a success. That Taft's faith was justified has been proved amply as the organization has grown to wonderful degree, as many as thirty clubs .with thousands of mem bers being organized in one day. Clubs have been formed in every state of the Union, and those who are stimulating (Continued on Page Three.) DURHAM HIGHS TAKE OUR BOYS INTO CAMP FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT GREENSBORO BOYS HAVE ' BEEN DEFEATED. Owing to a mistake in receiving a signal, and a consequent fumble, the Greensboro High School eleven met' with defeat yesterday at the hands of the boys of the Durham High School. This was in the first half and came at a time when matters looked very favorable for the Greens1)oro8. The gome was pulled off in Durham and when the boys came home last night they were not inclined to reioice. esDeciallv as this is t.hn firaf defeat they have met in two years. But they played good ball and the score against them, six to nothing, is not to their discredit when the heavier weight of the other tram is considered. They were particularly strong in team work, and while no especial instances of individual plays were noted, each man was at his best and .pranged as hard as he could -for the school colors. The News A paper for all the people and lor the people all the time. Read it and keep posted PRICE FIVE CENTS S BIG RAGE Captures Great Vanderbilt Cup Event, Creating New Record for the Course . Ma ONLY TWO MACHINES FINISH BECAUSE OF MOB Enormous Crowd - Rushes Upon ths Track, Necessitating the Calling Off of Race One Car Plunges Into Throng, Injuring Boy. -. Motor Parkway, L. I., Oct. 24. George Robertson, in a 120-horsepower locomo bile, an American-made machine, won the fourth Vanderbilt automobile cup race on t ho new motor parkway on Long Island today, and at the same time created a new American record for long distance automobile contests. Herbert Lytic, driving an Ltaliun Isotta, of fifty horsepower, was second; less than two minutes behind the winner. ' These ears were the only ones to of ficially finish the race, the great crowd of not. less than a quarter of a million persons who had filled the grandstand and also every point of vantago around the entire course crowding on the track after the first two cars had dashed across the line. The track officials de clared the race off after the second tar had finished. At the time of the finish W. K. Van derbilt, Jr.'s. 110-horse power German Mercedes, driven by W. C. Luttgen, was running third with a safe lead. The over-running of the course at the end of the rac?s not only brought the contest to a' sudden and unseemly end. ibut it resulted in a casualty the running down of one of the spectators by the No. 1, Locomobile, driven by James Florida. I'lorida had not -been warned that the ra.-e had been called off. and he, came full tilt upon the ' crowd. When he applied the brake it was too late. The big racing machine hit the crowd squarely, and when they fell back, David S. Schuli, a boy o'f eighteen, lay in . the road with a. frac tured leg. Today's race was replete with excite ment. After the hopes of thousands who had "pinned their faith to Lewis Strang in his French Renault, had been dashed when Strang was delayed half an hour at the start by a trival aeel- : (Continued on Page Two.) , 1 C, CHIEF OF POLICE INSTANTLY SLAIN BY A DANVILLE Dead Man Came to Danville tit Quest of Runaway Boys. He Announced. HIS SIAYER NOW IS IN JAIL Danville, Va,, Oct. 21. Will Flnnnigan, chief of police of Draper, N. C, widen is located a few mile from Spray, was shot down and instantly killed this nl ternoon by W. Belt Samuels, a former Danville saloon-keeper. The tragedy was enacted shortly after one o'clock just in front of the house In Newton street of Eva Boyd, a white woman. The cause of the. shooting is not known. There are rumors that tlio killing was the result of jealousy. Samuels was arrested shortly after th shooting, and is now in jail. He made no effort to floe from tho scene of the affray and surrendered to the first police officer who arrived. The dead man came to Danville early this morning and talked with several members of the Danville, police force. His mission here was, he said, to locate two small boys who had run away from their homes at Draper. At about one o'clock, or a few minutes before, he went to the house of Eva Boyd and had remained there only a few minutes before the fatal shooting affray occurred. The Boyd woman was a witness to the shooting and was too excited to give any' clear and detailed account of the affair. Samuels, seeing Officer Brooks, walked up to him and said: "Hero I am. I killed him in self-defense." Samuels then handed Officer Brooks the pistol with which the shooting was done. Samuels was immediately taken to jail, but made no statement other than his plea of self-defense. The dead man was about twenty-five years of age, and leaves a widow and family. He had been in this city a AMERICAN AMERICAN 11 number of times recently. Samuels is a married man, and has a wife and family residing here. He formerly ran a saloon in Union street, and during the trial of the revenue fraud cases before tho 1 United States court here last spring was indicted on the charge of perjury. He was convicted and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. He appealed ' the case and was released on bail. The . case is now pending before tha. Supreme ' A Court of Virginia.
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