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OATH OF OFFICE
New Secretary of War Central
Figure in Impressive
Ceremony.
GREETS THE ARMY CHIEFS
Office Force Bids Farewell to
Retiring Secretary
Dickinson.
Washington. May 22.?Henry L. Stlm
lon, of New York, this morning look
the oath of olllce as Secretary of War,
succeeding Jacob M. Dickinson, re- |
signed.
The ceremony, which was more Im- |
pi esslve than usual, took place In tho ;
private ollice of the Secretary of War. |
Secretary Stlmson came to the depart- j
mein directly from the White House, j
accompanied by Senator Hoot and ISep- i
resentatlvo Dwlght, of New York. He
was cordially welcomed by Secretary I
Dickinson, with whom were Assistant ,
Secretary Oliver, Mnjor-Gcneral Leon- j
ard Wood, chief of staff, and Chief
Clerk Sconeld. Without delay the oath
of olllce waa administered by John 13. i
Handolph, chief of the record division,
who had performed a similar service
for many war secretaries In years past.
Crcet? Oniccr? of the Army.
After receiving the congratulations
of the officials present Secretary Stlm?
son greeted the various military ofll
ccrs on duty in Washington, standing
at the. right of Secretary Dickinson,
with General Wood at his left, per?
forming the Introductions. All of the
officers were arrayed in white duck
and the scene was a brilliant one. The
line was headed by Adjutant-General
Alnsworth. followed by Genoral Mur?
ray, assistant chief of staff.
At the conclusion of the military
reception the new secretary was In?
troduced to the civil ofllcials and clerks
of the War Department by General
Oliver, Assistant Secretary of War, as?
sisted by Chief Clerk Scoflcld. As the
long line of otllccrs and civilian ofllcials
passed through the room each and
every one said farewell to Secretary
Dickinson, and there were many ex?
pressions of deep regret that he was
retiring from office.
Following the ceremony, the Incom?
ing and outgoing secretaries were
photographed several times, standing
together beside the desk allotted to
the head of the military ectabllshment.
Mr. Dickinson, accompanied by Mrs. Dick?
inson, will leave this city In time to arrive
la Nashville, which I? to be ihelr future
home, Friday m.jr:::ng, stopping at Louis?
ville on their way.
Tnlte* riiante Nest Monday.
Secretary Stlmson ilcs not expect to as?
sume active charge of his new office before
next Monday. Assistant (Secretary Oliver act?
ing In hlk Head until that date Mr. Stlm
? o.i will go to New York to-morrow and w|ll
address the Inler-Co'.onlal Club at Hoston
Inter In the week He haa announced that
there will be no changes Ir. the secretary's
office a? a result of the retirement of Mr.
Dickinson. Consequently Walter n. Pedigo.
of Virginia, will continue as private secre?
tary, and Lincoln R. 0"ark and Adolph
Amende as confidential stenographers.
Mr. Stlmson Is not auch a tyr0 In military
affairs as has been represented He Inherits
the traditions of the Civil Wir. his father
Lewi? Atterbury Stlmson. now a distin?
guish^! physician of New York, who enter
ed service Ir. ISC! as a y?ung man ot twenty,
serving first as lieutenant and then as cap?
tain and aide-de-camp on the staff of Majot.
General Alfred H. Terry, commanding the
Tenth Corps
Served In National Guard. ?
Mr. Ellmson Is not without military ex?
perience himself, for he served In Squadron
A o' the New York National fpiard for close
on nine years Me took a great Interest In
his military work and was one ot the crack
? hots of his organization. He qualified as
marksman, sharpshooter, expert and dlstln- '
gulahed expert. He Jolnm! Troop ; of the
squadron as a privat? May lS'.S, was ap?
pointed artificer Jnr.uary it. ISM; qua.-i-t
maner sergeant January 7. 1901: corporal
March 5?, ISO; sergeant January 3. JtOJ, and
was elected first lieutenant December 7. IMC.
He resigned from the military service on
account of pressure of business, and waa
honorably discharged April H. 1W7.
Klrctlnn Unanimous.
[Epeelal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
Xewbern. N. C. May Fur the second
time a achoo! district In Craven county has
voted for local achr.ol taxes without a dis?
senting vote. The first district was Dover,
which carried a tax several year? ago with?
out a vote against the proposition. This
time it Is Clarks district, about six mllea
from Newhern, which ia?t week voted the
tax with not a vote against the proposition.
A CABLE: Afrtjr'ERiflM
You Cannot Afford to Miss
These Pianos have passed
through our Factory Repair De?
partment, having been out on
rental contracts, and are in excel?
lent condition.
2 $500 Conovers, slight?
ly used .
1 S400 Cable, slightly
used.
2 S.350 Kingsburys,
slightly used.
2 $300 Wellingtons,
slightly used.
I $400 Shaw, slightly
used.
f Second-Hand Hard
man .
1 Second-Hand Colby
for.
Come Early for Choice.
Piano fa.
jMon. 728. 213 East Broad.
INTEREST IN CLUB
Issues Brief but Emphatic Denial
That He Owns Any Part of
Norfolk Team.
BY GUS MA I.BERT.
"I have absolutely no financial In?
terest In the .Norfolk Baseball Corpo?
ration.''
1 The above Is the only thing which
Robert \V. Williams, president of the
Virginia League, would have to say In
regard to the assertions made In the
columns of several nowspapers, avow*
oilly opposed to Williams as president
of the Virginia League, 10 the effect
thai he was either the owner of a
controlling Interest in the club or the
owner of some pnrt of the stock of the I
corporation controlling the club.
His denial Is brief, yet emphatic,
and leaves no room for argument. "1
have absolutely no financial interest j
in the Norfolk Baseball Corporation."
Those eleven words tell as much as a
volume when It comes to denying a
report which won fathered In the mind
of some energetic youngster who want?
ed to make trouble. Williams Is not
the owner, cither In whole or In part,
? >f tlie Norfolk club. That much Is
settled once and for all.
The Norfolk club Is controlled by a I
corporation, and If the men who own I
the stock want to show their books at!
the behest of every Tom. Dick and j
Harry, that's their business. No law ;
on earth can make them do it. and j
the honest and frank, though brief, ]
statement of the president of the:
league must be accepted at its face
value.
Now the croakers will, In all de- !
cency, keejfquict. for, so long as Wil- :
Hams does not own any of the vastly i
Interesting slock, there can be no ob- j
Jectlon as to who does.
There are a number of questions !
more important for the Virginia j
League than the ownership of the
Norfolk franchise; questions vital and j
bearing on the very life of the league, j
If the energetic busybodles who con- j
tlnually harp on that one chord will j
turn their attention to some of these I
questions they will then be doing the j
public a service. Certainly It will be j
a pleasing change from the practice ;
of trying to make news at the expense
of a hardworking official.
$325
$245
$210
$225
$3.50
to
$5.00
Clothing more vita? to daily comfort
than farofcerly-fitted shoes. It decides how
you shall finish each day?whether tired and
unha??y or reste? and comfortable. Allow
us to fit your feet sientifically and accurate?
ly te a j?air of "Queen Quality shoes.
Your discomfort will cease from that hour.
Northwest Comer Third and Broad
(Continued From First Page.)
leans were reported in Torreon. and
fear for their safety Is felt.
i'cuec Finally Itclgns.
Juarez, .Mcx., May 22.?Peace reigns
supreme In Northern Mexico to-night.
? her?; nows of tho signing of a peace
agreement last night has penetrated.
Tho only disquieting reports to-day
were private advices from Mexico City
that members of the "Oentllico" party,
deposed because of tho Maderlsta
movement, were thinking of starting
a revolution against the latter.
Trouble from tho ?/!Clcntlflco'.' ele?
ment, It Is admitted here. Is expected,
but whether it will take the form of
armed revolt after Madero assumes
power is not yet clear.
Tho insurrecto troops may be kept
at the various garrisons In Mexico for
u few months In readiness for trouble,
but no definite plans along that line
have been formed by Senor Madero.
Senor Madero and his present chiefs
to-day discussed the make-up of the
new Cabinet which Is to surround
Senor de la Harra, the Incoming Pro?
visional President. The most satisfy?
ing news to them was the receipt of
a message from Ernesto Madero
Monterey, announcing that he would
accept the portfolio of finance. Th<
Cabinet slate predicted by the Asso?
ciated Press recently remains intuct.
Those who have accepted portfolios
thus far are:
Minister of Finance, Ernesto Madero
Minister of Colonization and Indus?
try, Manuel Calero.
Minister of Public Utilities, Manuel
Bonllla.
Minister of Public Instruction. Dr.
Francisco Vasqtiez Gomez.
Minister of Interior Administration,
Emlllo Vasquez Gomez.
The portfolio of Minister of Justice,
which has been offered to Senor Vas
f|iiez Tagle, a lawyer of Mexico City,
has not yet been acceptod by him oh
account of 111 health. Should he be
unable, to take the post. It Is said
Rafael Hernandez, a cousin of Fran?
cisco I, Madero, Jr., and one of tho go
betweens In the peace negotiations,
may be named.
Dr. Francisco Vasquez Gomez left j
here to-night for San Antonio. Tex.,
wiierc he will meet his family and
Journey on to Mexico City three days
later.
The news thdt President Diaz might
retire on Wednesday or Thursday of
this week increased the activity of
Senor Madero In preparing for his de?
parture to the Mexican capital. Should
the Mexican railway line from here
southward still be out of commission
by the end of the week, it is likely
that Senor Madero will go through
San Antonio and I-aredo. Tex. War?
rants held by American officers for I
violating the neutrality laws when he
was In American territory have been
waived, and he has been assured of
unmolested passage through Texas.
Estimates of Dead.
Revised estimates to-day of the cas
ualtles of the battle of Juarez place
the total number killed at ISO, with
about 250 wounded. Of these, the Fed?
erals are believed to have lost 150
killed and 100 wounded.
The wounded are getting excellent
treatment st the hands of the Mexican
White Cross and the Red Cross, and
only about a half-dozen deaths of
wounds have been recorded since the
battle.
The number of dead was far out of
proportion to those wounded as bat?
tles generally go, but General Vlljoen.
who fought "with the Boers, and has
been military adviser to Senor Madero,
declared that the heavy loss in killed
was Inevitable on account of the close
range of the fire.
ui.inu tiger cases untried.
Special Term of Court May Be Called ]
In Durliom.
Durham. May 22.?A special term of I
court probably will be called to dis?
pose of the fifty-one "blind tiger"
cases, left untried, at the conclusion
to-day of the regular term of the
Criminal- Court here. Judge Daniels]
will .recommend this special term.
Ten of the eleven "blind tigers" tried
at the regular term were found guilty,
hut have not been sentenced. Feeling
over the situation continues as Intense
as it was when the midnight raid In
which the sixty-one were captured,
was made a month ago.
Forecast t For VlrKliiln?Generally
fair Tuesday; Wednesday oti*et < led ; j
light, variable winds.
..Nortli Carollnn?Generally fair, ex-f
cept local showers lu extreme west
portions Tuesduy and Wednesday) tight, J
vnrinhlc wiuds.
CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.
Monday midnight temperature... SO]
S A. M. temperature .
Humidity .
Wind, direction .South
Wind, velocity . 4
Weather .Clear
12 noon temperature . S3
?, P. M. tempernturo . 91
Maximum temperature up to 5
P. M. 91
Minimum temperature up to 5
P. M. 68 j
Mean temperature . SO j
Normal temperature . 69
Excess in temperature . ll
Deficiency in temperature since
March l . 146 1
Accum, excess In temperature
since January 1 .
Dellclencv In rainfall since March
1 .. :. 3.32
Accum, deficiency in rainfall since
January l . 3.4 2 j
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES.!
(At S P. M. Eastern Standard Time.)
Place. Thor. H. T. Weather.
Abilene . SO 90 Clear
Augusta . SO SS Cloudy
Atlanta . 6S 7S Rain
Asheville . 72 76 P. cloudy
Atlantic City- ?S 64 Cloudy
Hoston . S4 92 P. cloudy
Buffalo . S2 94 P. cloudy
Charleston . 74 7S P. cloudv
Chicago . 61 6S Cloudy
Denver . 70 72 Clear
Dulttlh . 42 44 Cioudy
Gnlveston . SO 84 Clear
Huron . 62 06 Cloudy
Havre . 64 70 Cloudv
Jacksonville _ "2 80 Cloudy
Kar.sns City. 60 64 Clear
Knoxvllle . 78 84 Cloudy
Louisville . 70 74 Cloudy -
Memphis . SO S4 Clear
Mobile . 76 82 Clear
Montreal . 76 88 P. cloudy
New Orleans. ... 76 76 P. cloudy
New York 72 84 Clear
North Platte- 62 62 Clear
Oklahoma City.. 76 86 Clear
Pittsburg . 78 92 Clolidy
Raleigh . S2 S3 Clear
Savannah . 72 80 Cloudy
San Francisco... 64 60 P. cloudy
Spokane . 60 60 P. cloudy
St. Paul . 66 74 Rain
Tampa . 74 S2 P. cloudy
Washington .... 84 94 P. cloudv
Wilmington _ 71 82 Clear
Wythevillo . 74 84 P. cloudy
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
May 23. 1911.
HIGH TIDE.
Sun rises.... 4:56 Morning. ... 11 ;51
Sun sets. 7:17 Evening,... 12:36
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FASTEST RACING CARS
IN SWEEPSTAKE RACE
Elimination Trials for Great Contest on Indian?
apolis Speedway Will Take Place Saturday,
Machines Must Show Speed of 75
Miles an Hour.
Entries for 500-mlle International
sweepstakes race, Indianapolis Motor j
Speedway, Memorial Day, May 30
Following is name of car and driver:
Case, Lewis Strang; Simplex, Ralph
DePalma; Interstate, C. B. Baldwin.
N'ational. .fohnny Altken; Pope-IIart
ford. Louis Dlsbrow; Pope-Hartford
Frr.ok P. Fox; \\ estcott, Harry Knight.
Case, Jagersbergc-r; Case, Will Jones,
Stutz, Gilbert Anderson; Mercedes
Spencer Wlshart; Amplex, W. H. Tur?
ner; P. A. L, J. P. Gelnaw; F*. A. L.
W. H. Pearce; Knox, Fred Belcher
Bulck, Arthur Chevrolet; Bulck
Charles Basle; Benz, Eddie Hearne;
Alco, Harry Grant; N'ational, Charley
Merz; N'ational, Howard Wllcox; lie
Parian, Fred Clemens; McFarlan, Bert;
Adams; .Jackson, Fred Ellis; Jackson.
Harry .Cohe: Jackson, Jack Tower;
Cutting, Ernest Delaney; Fiat, David
Brucc-Brown: Fozler, Harold Van
Gorder; Firestone-Columbus, Lee Frey?
er; Marmon, Joe Dawson; Marmon,
Ray Harroun; Lozier, Ralph Mulford;
Lozler. Teddy Teizlaff; Appcrson,
Herb Lytle; Mercer, Hughle Hughes;
Mercer, Charles Blgelow; Simplex,
Ralph Beardsley: Flat. Caleb Bragg;
Velio, Arthur Gibbons, Voile, Howard
Hall; Cole. Bill Endcott; Cole, Johnny
Jenkins; Amplex, Y.'alter Jones; Benz,
Bob Burman; Benz, ?-.
Indianapolis, Ind.. May 22.?Highly
"tuned" and mechanically as perfect
as the skill of the modern motor cat
maker can produce, forty-six of th
fastest racing automobiles ever as
sembled are at the Indianapolis Motoi
Speedway awaiting the elimination
trials next Saturday, which will de?
termine whether they are eligible to
start in the 500-mlle International
sweepstake race on Memorial Day,
May 30. Every car must show speed
of seventy-five miles an hour to qual?
ify for one of the greatest races In
the history of the motor contest sport.
When the entries to th's event were
closed May I there were, forty-six cars
entered, manned by a list of drivers
which Includes every well known pilot
ill America, as well as several who
made their reputations In Europe be?
fore coming to tho United States.
It has been nine months since the
initial announcement of this contest
was made by the promoters, and each
month has w'tnessed an increase of
Interest on the part of the public as
well as tho manufacturer. Almost six
months ago the first entry wna made.
; when a Case car, will; Lewis Strang as
the driver, was entered. From that
lime on the entries were sent In
steadily, until the largest Held ever
drawn together for oue event was an?
nounced, when the entries were closed.
The greatest number of entries In any
one contest previous to this time was
twenty-six.
Big Prizes Offered.
The long race has assumed even
greater proportions than the promoters
had anticipated when the ' purse ol
$25,000 Ip gold was offered for the
winners of the first ten places. A
capital prize of $10,000 headed a list
of nine others, as follows; Second
$5,000; third. $3.000; fourth, $2,000.
fifth, SI,500; sixth $1,000: seventh
$800; eighth, $700; ninth, $600; tenth
$500. In addition to this small for?
tune, there have boon added side prizes
liy various accessory makers, wnicn
bring tho totnl to be. won up to $40,ooo.
Supplementing the cash prizes are
ten bronze plaques, which will be glvon
to the entrants of the ten winning
cars. It long has been the rule In
motor car racing that tho drivers shall
receive the cash prizes and the makers
the trophies.
The conditions of the race, which Is
a class E event, are that each car
shall weigh at least 2.300 pounds and
have no more than 600 cubic Inchei
piston displacement. This makes car?
up to about 120-horsepower eligible
The forty-six ears have a total ol
20,150 cubic inches of piston displace?
ment, giving an average of 43S cubic
Inches per car, according to Its motot
constructions.
The majority of the cars In the race
In their tryout have averaged about
ninety-five to 10O miles per hour, whllo
many of them are capable of doing
two miles per minute. The entry feo
paid by the entrants was S500 per
car.
Estimates on the average speed which
will be attained in the long race have
varied widely, but experts express a
belief that the winner will travel the
. It Means
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BRIDAL GIFTS
DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT
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summer.
Adams and Broad Sts.
hk;h-grade hard woods,
birch, poplar,
quartered oak.
Every kind of Lumber wanted by
builders.
500 miles at a rate of about seventy
five miles per hour.
The race will start at 10 o'clock in
the morning, and probably the winner
will cross the tap on his last lap about
5 o'clock In the afternoon,
Well Known umclala.
The ofllcials of the race have been
chosen from all over the United States,
most of them having heen officials if"!
many of the other great race meets
of the country. Fred J. Wagner, ol
New York, will net as starter, whllf
George Robertson, the former r.vcinp
driver, will be on assistant. A. R
Pardlngton. of New York, will referee
while R. P. Hooper, president. o? the
American Automobile Association, Is
the honorary ofllciul In that capacity
Judges and other ofllcials have been
chosen from among the most prom?
inent manufacturers and aulomobllO
men in the Middle West.
The method which would he employed to
start this event has been difficult for the
promoters to decide. The speedway manage?
ment finally adopted the plan of firing day?
light hbmba, which explode I!S0 feet In tho
air nnd give forth n dense cloud of smoke.
One of these will be fired every minute for
five minutes before 10 o'clock, and at thu
stroke of It) a special starting bomb will give
tho signal that will send tho entire Held Into
one of the greatest races over known.
After the start tho contestants arc signaled
along tho course by means of colored lings,
each of which hears some special meaning
which the drivers understand. The cars will
be started In nine lines of ftvo cars each,
plnced at Intervall of ICO feet back of tho
wire.
Scoring nnd timing of forty-six fast cars
on a course Vu\ two and a half miles In
length means the devising of nn entirely new
system, tu order to score nnd time the race
accurately more than 100 men will be used
throughout the seven hours, with fifty others
as relief men to the regular scorers. The
eye Is tlie only part of man depended upon
to itld In th'l task, while mechanical and
electrical devices have been called upon to
perform the greater part of the work. An
electrical timing machine, which divides the
seconds into hundredth^, will catch each
car as It pusses the wire on every lap, whllt
a battery of four adding machines will b"
used to record the number of cars ns they
pass. Two dictaphones will carry the rec?
ord of the car numbers In the order In
which they flit by the stand. This last rec?
ord will have the. story of the entire rac<
In human voice, the first time this has ovoi
bean attempted. i
Four Scoreboards.
Reinforcing this sound of mochanlc?l work- .
ers will be four scoreboards, each IPO feel in
length and each employing more than twon- j
ty men to operato It. These will catch each
car os It pns!|s the wire and credit It with
a lap each time It crosses. A telephone sys?
tem, which has more than twenty Instru?
ments nttached, will convey Information to
a -core of announcers In nil parts of the
grounds, nnd the visiting throng ?111 be In?
formed of the status 0f the race every ton
miles of its progress.
reparations have been made for handling
n crowd of ICO.ttO. Parking space for 10,000
uutomohllus has been provided.
In order to prevent accidents to the spec?
tators 300 men are employed. A military or?
ganization, known as tho Speedway Guard.
Is composed of CM men. Those militiamen
guard every roadway and gat.;, so that the
track has been termed "'fool proof." In ad?
dition 100 police anil plain clothes men watch
Ihr; throng throughout the day. A mounted
(quad aids in directing tho crowds to their
proper places.
Known nB "The Greatest Knee Course In
the World." the Speedway hns heon a greai
centre of attraction tor motorists even
when there was no event in progress. The
grounds contain 3.'3 acres, all enclosed with.
In a hlgh-bourd fence, and every corner at?
tended by liindscnp.i gardiiers. There ar?t
forty-nine buildings oil the grounds, Includ?
ing garages and granstnnda. Flower gar?
dens nnd shrubbery dot the entire tract.
The track Is two nnd one-half miles In
length nnd required six months to construct
at a cost of more than $150.000. The entire
racing plain, as It stands to-day, cost more
than j.S0O,0O0.
It UK MOT) TO WATOR'S BDGI3.
Steam Yacht Destroyed?Cttptaln and
Crew llnre Xnrrow Ksenpcs.
Norfolk, Va., May 22.?Cnptaln Dun
bar, of the steam yacht Chepolah. to?
day told a thrilling story of the esc.tp?
of himself and crew from thru vessel
which was burned to the water's edgt
early Saturday morning, and now lies
a total loss nt tho bottom of James
River, Just below Clarcmont. Tin
yacht, owned by R. R. Moore, ctf Now
Vork, and F. E. Jones, of Norfolk, was
valued at upwards of $25.000. She was
only partly Insured.
Tho fire started near tho forward
boiler. Just below the room occupied
by Captain Dunbar. and Into which tho
tire had eaten its way when the cap
lain was awakened by Engineer Elbort
Munden, Just In time to escape with
his life. The Chepolah burned for four
hours, b'efore sinking. There was not
a vessel anywhere to render assist?
ance.
The yacht was In use by the Coast?
wise Dredging Company, which, has a
governmental dredging contract In the
James River.
SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED
Neighbor Receiving ."Vote, Finds Wo?
man nail Children Dcnil.
New York. May 22.?'"If you will
come around to my Hat you will tin:,
that something has happened," said ;
letter that came to Mrs. Anna Maa>
to-day from her friend, Mrs. G.irson K
Schroeder. Mrs. Maas hurried to thp
house where her friend lived. In South
Brooklyn. She found the apartment
locked. When a policeman had bat?
tered down the door they found Mrs
Schroedcr and her two children, Henry,
aged twelve, and May. eight, dead In
bed, suffocated by gas. A Jet In the
room was turned on full head.
Mrs. Schroeder's husband died about
a year ago, and the police believe that
grief and the struggle to support the
family drove the woman to seek thltf
way out of her troubles.
BLOW AT "GOLDEN RULE"
Ills Confldcntlnl .Man Dismissed for
Driinkennesn.
Cleveland, O., May 22.?The first blow
suffered by "Golden Rule" Chief of Po?
lice Frederick Kohler In his contro?
versy with insurgent patrolmen who
conducted a rnld on fifty saloons on
April 23 without orders, came to-day
when Director of Safety Hogan dis?
missed Captain of Police Thomas G.
Madden. Kohlor's, chief lieutenant and
confidential man, on charges of Intoxi?
cation and conduct unbecoming an of?
ficer. The charges were preferred by
Insurgents.
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