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EVENING LEADER *
ESTABLISHED APRIL 8, 1906. _Bluefield, West Virginia, Tuesday Afternoon, September 14, 1909.___PRICK TWO CENTS
COOK’S
STORES
STOLEN
Boatswain on Peary’s Ship
Says Boats Were Sent 30
Niles to Get Cook’s Pro
visions.
PEARY IN WORSE
FIX THAN COOK
Accompanied by One Na
< . tive Cook Had Two
With Him.
London, Sept. It.—It is now gen
erally conceded by scientists that as
Commander Peary was nccompunL'd
by only one Ksqumaux to the North
Pole that he U In a worse predica
ment than Dr. Cook, who had two
natives with hi mwhen he made his
discovery.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 14.—Alan
Whitten, who was boatswain of the
Peary auxiliary steamer Erik iu 1905
nnd agu| nln 1908, adds his quota to
the polar controversy today. On his
expeditions he saw much of Peary
and knew of Peary'H plans. He was
aLu on the Erik in the summer of
1907 when she lay for a week In
Sydney alongside the schooner John
It. Bradley, In which Dr. Cook was
starting for the pole.
Whitten says that the Bradley was
abundantly equipped for Cook’s ex
pedition, having supplies for at leaf*
three* years. He confirms the charge
made by Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
that Peary’s people took Cook's pro
visions, adding that not only did the
crew of the chip take Cook’s stores
that were at Ktah, but that boats
were sen to Annotok, thirty miles
distant, io remove Cook's provisions
which were stored there.
Whitten admitted, how-eyer, that
he dj(j not know if this was by ar
rangement between Rudolph Franke.
who was left In charge of the pro
visions. and Peary or Peary's repre
sentatives.
The boatswain also made tile state
ment thu{ tooth Cook and Francke's
collections of Ivory and &kins, some
of them very valuable, likewise werj
taken. He said that the trouble with
Peary's previous expeditions had
had been the lack of supplies. In
stead of remaining sway for three
years, Commander Peary was com
pelled to return affer about fifteen
months., (he real reason, Whitten de
clared. being that he did not have
enough supplies to remain longer.
WILL MEET IN WASHINGTON.
Barcelona, Span, Sept. 1 1.—The
Intern itionai Esperanto Congress
which has Just closed an important
session here, prior jo closing, se
lected Washington as the meeting
place of the 1910 convention.
SOU. EXPRESS
OFFICES CLOSE
During Hour of Funeral of
President at Chattanooga
Tomorrow.
Michael ,f. O’Brien, late president
of the Southern Express Company,
will he burled In Chattanooga to
morrow. Mr O'Brien wan one of the
heat known hu lnexs men of Amer
ica and attained hl» poaltlon with
the Southern Exprc.^a Company by
•hear ability. He was a Catholic In
religion, n bachelor and hla only Im
inmediate relative was a Slater of
Charity l-n New York.
The local office of the Southern Ex
press Company will be clawed from j
10 o'< lock to 11 o'clock tomorrow
the hour f the late Mr. O Brlen’e fu
neral In Chattanooga.
Miss Olga Lann, who may receive bequest
of estate of Baron Oskar Rothschild, son
of head of Austrian branch of great in
ternational banking house, who com
mitted suicide for love of her.
BOSTON WILL |
BANQUET TAFT
I
First Stop on Long Loop
Around the U. S.—Will
Wino and Dine in
His 1 lonor.
Beverly, Ma*s., Sept. 14.—Presi
dent Taft's vacation end today. All
arrangements have been completed
anj the itinerary of the trip arranged j
even to minute details.
Leaving Beverly this afternoon he
will motor to Boston, where lie will
be banqueted by the Boston Cham
ber of Commerce. Following the
banquet and address h** will leave in
his private car, the Mayflower,
scheduled to arrive In Chicago on
Thursday. A company of dlstlngulsh
<*d men, his medical advisor, and a
corps of newspaper correspondents
will accompany hj mon hit* entire
swing around the country.
The President said this morn big
that he wa« "feeling fine." The rest
and Judicious exercise which he has
taken during his vaeaton will stand
him in good stead for the arduous
trip upon which he js starting. He is
lookng n excellent trim.
Mrs. Taft will remain at their
home here until November 10.
RIDES TICKET
BOUGHT IN 1902
Passenger from Ingleside to
. Bluefield Presented
Old Ticket.
A man riding on the Norfolk and
Western ralroud from Ingleslde to
Bluefleld, today, presented a ticket
that he or some one else had bought
In 1902. Since then the company has
issued 4'2.602 tickets. Although the
pasteboard said that the owner of
It must ride |t out wlthn twenty-four
hours, the card was honored.
"They are good ’flu used,’ the
conductor told a Leader reporter.
GIFTS ARRfE
FOR W DDING
Dingwall. Scotland, Hept. 14._
Magnificent gifts are dally arriving
for the marriage of Prlnee Miguel to
Miss Anita Stew-art. The ceremony
wilj he solemnize,} tomorrow at noon. I
Many of the nobility are already In
the city to be present at the wedding. ,
IT IN TlfF tilt.
nre*cla. Sept. 15.- Gabriel D'An
nunzio made two aeroplane ascen- j
slons here today.
WAS TAKEN TO
INSANE ASYLUM
Young Man W ho Attempted
.Suicide Some Time Ago.
Sent to State In
stitution.
Deputy Warden Field came to
Minefield this morning after Bernard
Burton, whom he escorted to the In
sane asylum at Spencer later in the
day. Young Burton, It will be re
membered by Deader readers, at
tempted U> take ills life three weeks
ago.
He was subsequently examined In
Squire Oodbey’s court and adjudged
mentally deranged.
Burton comes of an excellent
Minefield family and is a sou of
Squire Burton of this city. The boy s
affliction, physician* say, is of a
temporary nature.
GOV FAVORS AN
INCOMETAX BILL
Charleston. W. Va„ Sept. 14.—
Governor Glasscock In no interview
today said that he favors nn income
tax and that he will recommend the
next legislature ft* adopt such a bill.
The governor stated that In chh**
moh a ldl] was introduced he would
use hi« Influence to have |t ratified.
NIGHT WALKER
GETS RUN IN
"f found this man loitering on th*
street at 3:10 o'clock this morning,
your honor,” Patrolman Howell said
to Judge Crockett In police court to
day, He was testifying in the case of
the people versus James Jones, a col
ored gentleman, who was picked up
on Princeton avenue at that hour.
'What have you to «ay to that
Jones?” Recorder f’rockett queried.
"It'S like this, Jedge,' Mr, Jones
responded, “T /.<• financially on the
hummer Hnd 1 wa* Just killin' Mm*
wh©n arrested.”
"Five dollars or the chaingang,”
the court Interrupted and the ja<d
seen of Mr. Jaunt was when he was
being lead nu* to h*lp clean the city's
streets.
JUST COULD NOT
RESIST graft
Youngstown, Ohio, flepi 1 \.
Revelations of grafting amoug city
officials have just been disclosed and
a** a re tilt wholesale prosecution*
will follow ft |s said that the grafts
worked more numerous and were
anything from a suit of clothes to
$2,000,
i
CHARITY
TO AID
POOR
Bluefield Follows Lead of
the Associated Charities
Found Effective in Cities
Where It Has Been Tried.
DIPENSED FROM A
CENTRAL HEAD
'
-• uji*.
The Organization Hopes to
i I hoi)>k* Relief Work of
* it . * ,
Last Year.
•-■MM—^
Following the lead of larger elti«M
throughout llils country uud Burope,
Minefield hnH an established Asso
ciated Charities organir.atiou which
is just now beginning to work out it*
plana for relief work during the
closely approaching winter months.
'I'llone who are conversant with as
sociated chanties work, such as wan
in operation In this city last winter.
. suy that tfoU is the ouly successful
' and effective plan by which the re
! Hef of s city’s poor may tie oecoin
pllrhed. Relief work Is reduced to an
exact science and hasty, itidiai'i'lin
itiate giving is done away with as Is
i begging on the streets and at the
homes throughout the city.
"All churches, fraternal organlza
j tlonh pVia ithroph- laymen," aatd
the Rev. C. R. W. Kegley,chairman of
i the publication committee, this morn
ing, '‘are interested in the work, or
should lie, the funds being turned
j over to a centra] bead and dispensed
to the worthy poor In Just the quan*
! tlty and In the way most needed.
"One thousand dollars was spent
lust winter and not one penny was
used indiscriminately. The ministers,
and some laymen, in addition to
looking after the poor of their
j church, have Joined In the work and
have ; pent n large amount of time
and labor in making a persona) in
vestigation of the condition of the
cty s poor. Nothing lias escaped them
and with a thorough understanding
of the situation und personal ac
quaintance with the unfortunate they
are in poRlton to handle this relief
work economically, nnd on a system
whoh will permit of n<> oversights or
■ delays. Kvery dollar goe* m charity;
| no one engaged In the work gets paid
°ne cent for his t'hristlan service."
i The Rev. Kegley has studied ohnr
j Jty work in other citle* and l*^nn
authority on methods of re|ef work.
| In speaking further of the organiza
tion he said:
"Charity work of every city that
! successful in giving true help Is
, carried on In genera) something Tike
j we have In our own city. The pe^pU
■ of the city hold n big mass meeting
once a year and elect or elect direct
tors who will see *fter the collecting
of fund*. A secretary and treasurer
| is elected to keep all funds and an
J accurate account of everything that
i is handled by the association whether
| groceries money, fuel, clothing or
whrtt 7,ot. Bach voting w-ard 1* placed
. under the care of a minister who
carefully studies and knows all the
n‘ed« of the poor of that ward and
| gives orders to relieve rhar need on
! the treasury. All churches, societies.
| organizations, lodges, slid indlvldu
i als are asketl to give their charity
1 offerings through this one city an*o
I elation and every needy person will
I be he Inert
If w" had no Associate^ Charl
tlea for the rify then eertnln Individ
ua!h would help those. egnea of neerj
Htat come tinder their observation
and socletiea would help fhoae needy
( ones that knew of their willingness
but many caae* of (rue n< e,| and of
mr»de«t poverty would tort »;*■, help.
Tblo association of the rify. by »he
j eity and for the city asks for your
gift* for eharlfy and promlsr-g to give
, (without a;iy pay for any effort wre
i ma^te) all the fnnda from whatever
I nouroe to the poor falthfuilv. prompt-,
ly and also wisely. We cooperate'
with the city police and fh#. offirera
tor the county jtoor prudently to give
i
Mrs. Mary Karr Lahane, bride of “Marry
ing Judge,’ of Jersey City, whom couples
from New York and Brooklyn Besiege
throughout the year to unite in
matrimony.
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DOES NOT APPLY
TO CANAL ZONE
! Tamil Zone Is »Not Ono of
()ur Possessions — New
Tariff Law Don’t
Apply There.
Washington, fiopt. If.- Tho new
tariff law of August R, Inst, does not
, apply t» the Isthmian canal tone, ac
cording to a decision given by Act
ing Attorney General Wade H. Ellin,
to the Secretary of War, and an
j non need today. The canal zone |r not
one of the "possession*” of the
Unite,! States within the meaning of
that term |n the first clnitHe of the
‘ tnriff net, hiivh the Acting 'Attorney
, Gene.al. hut ;-:i liter Is a place suh
J‘*ct to tho uae, occupation ami con
trol of the United Staten for the coii
RtructioT, end maintenance of a Rhip
canal connecting the waters of the j
Atlantic and Pacific.
The effect of thin decision will b‘*!
, to continue the present system by!
( which the Panama government coi-j
| lectH duties on Importations, j ** ’ !
BANKERS NOW
IN SESSION
Chicago, Sept. 14.- The iAirt**1eSn
j Bankers' Association held Its opening
session her** totlay. Several thousand
( delegates from all parts of the coun
try are in attendance. If'J.
Governor Denecn delivered the
j speech of welcome to the assembled
1 blinker*. President Joseph T, Talhert,
I of the f'hlrngo Clearing llou^e, also
! spoke Many matters of financial lm- I
| portance will be consld«Ted during:
j the HerloH of meetings which will he ]
• held before the convention adjourns.
INSANE MAN IN
A BARRICADE
Cobbvllle. Mias., Sept. 14 - W H. !
McAllister, a former state repreaon-j
j tatlve who was Inst week declared *
Insane, barricaded himself |n his,
home on a hill top. He has a DomOar '
of friends with him and refuses to1
surrender to officers who have made
j three Ineffectual attempts to capture I
him.
Weather Report.
West Virginia—Fair tonlgljt;^
probably increasing cloudiness Wed '
nesday.
1 proper help to all cases and need and
to put out all Impostern and bluffers1
from the city,”
This worthy organization is soli -
Iting substantial appreciation from
the various fraternal orga.ilz.a-!
tlons, churches and liberal minded .
citizens and expect to he able to ren
tier double the ,|nount of assistance,
they were able |o do last winter.
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t H. HARRIMAN
PLANS PREVAIL
ILis Policies in Conduct of
.Gigantic Railroad Under-.:
takings Will He Contin
ued l>v Successors.
Now York, H«pt. 14.—ilarrltiian's
policies will be continued In the
management of th ulJnion Pacific,
Southern Pacific and nil lb** allied
roads. This wan made certain yester
day by Robert 8. Ix>vett, counsel for
’be lute magnate, Mr. liovett was
elected to succeed Harrlmau »h ex
ecutive hen j of the Union Pacific
railroad. William Rockefeller and
Jacob SehIff were also elected dlr«‘c-j
torn to succeed Harrlinan and II. II
Rogers.
The Union Pacific, of which llar
rima.i wax president, has not yet!
elected Ilarrlman’H successor to that
position. It Ih believed, however,
that U. F. I.ovcc, president of the
Delaware and Hudson, an operating
railroad mar, will be < ho«vn for the
place. The stockholders, however,
wl’l not meet to till the vacancy un- '
til October II.
7 In* execiiPvt committee member
ship was In<r*a8'd from flvo to six
yesterday.
Marvn Ihigbitt, Charles A. Pea-!
body an,j lletlry C. Frick were np- i
pointed t.o draw up resolutions on the |
death of Mr ilarrlman.
MANMAKESWIFE j
WORSHIP HIM
Chicago, Sept, if Dressing |n ,i
rohc of flaming rc«l, with black trim
mings, to represent himself tho
I’rlnce of the Region of Hrlmatono
and Htilphur, burning Incense and
making weird noises r<» frighten his
wife, were nets ascribed to Andrew
nines in a hill for divorce filed bv
Mrs. Dines. The husband own* StT.n,
000 worth of property and lives at
the Glenview Golf Club.
While Mrs. Rlaes and her hus-j
hand have lived In the sane* house j
nine years, If Is asserted that the-, i
have occupied cep,irate apartments
“About eight fir ;iln< years ago,’ I
says Mrs. lilacs In her hill. ' my bus
to*rid took up th ■ study of hypntlsm'
and occultism, aiiff lia condurtcfl
many experiments In oilr home, Kre- *
mu< nil. p< has burned I n con so, and,
the odor has permeated my room and
has sif keyed me\ The morn I com
plained th'- more was burned.
'tin one occasion recently he
Ateased rip In flatnhig red with sortie '
Mack trimmings to represent the
devil. This was done late at 1 Ighf.
oftcr We had all gone !o fed.
Ihen he made weird and uncsnnv
nolscs l,i the kitchen. I was III |n
bed, but got up fo Investigate,
sight of rny husband dressed In this
queer garb frightened me and T ran
out of the house clad only in my
night robe. |fe followed me, making
unearthly noise*.’’ f
INVEST
MONEY
HERE
Bluefield Is a Good Town
to Invest Your Money
in, Says a Gentleman
Who Knows.
ROANOKE MAN
TO LOCATE HERE
Every Part of Bluefield
Showing the Same In
erease in Building.
Minefield Is In |lie front rank of
West Virginia's substantial cities. As
a place for realty Investment it has
no superior. Residents know tills, thn
traveling men who come her0 nru
conversant with the fact and moneyed
iiioji from the outside are wise to the
situation. This later statement, will
explain why ho many men from
elsewhere are placing their surplus
capital In Minefield property.
Ap Investment anywhere In Blue
ll'‘ld Ih a good hiiKlnesH proposition.
'Hie city is growing fast and will
reach metropolitan proportions.
There «re opportunities for a splen
did Investment In every locality here
abouts. The east end Is good; smith
Mluefield realty wl| surely net a
handsome dividend to any buyer of
property there, while the Imluce
incnta In the west shift are unequalled
for speculative purposes, All sec
tions of the town U showing tip
Maine energetic advancement, Prop
erty Ih bound to double In value
within the next decade. The hanks
will pay \ per cent Interest oil a de
posit. West Minefield, or property In
the west end of Minefield proper
may he guaranteed to bring a re
turn of more than iper cent to tho
In voider. Within fhe next ten years
It Mill bring n r>0 per cent Mirrense.
What, better prospects could be held
out to the man who has a little cap
ital to put Into real estate?
"I’m satisfied that Minefield is the
best spot l,i t.be state/ a Konnoke,
Va., man raid at the N<*w Altainont
hotr.| oday. I m coming here to live,
but for Roanoke reasons, where I'm
doing business now, r do not wanl
this fact to |>e known yet. Whenever
I shall have disposed or my Roanoke
interests. I’m coming here to do bus
iness. My first move will be to buy a
home and then I’ll launch out as a
Minefield merchant. In a few weeks
I'll he in a position to give the local
newspapers ,t good story about a new
enterprise hero.’
ROB AUSTRIAN
MAIL WAGON
Vienna, Austria, /Vpt. if. r0|>
Imth attacked tl mail wago.i being
driven through the suburb* of this
dty at an caif. lionr. killing the at
tendant and making their egrav wlfit
the loot. . „
s “
FORMING GIANT
STEEL COMBINE
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept, 14.—-It Is re.
ported that Henry Krlr.fc Is form
ing an Immense steel combination,
tlm rnost gigantic ever undrfftAkcn.
Hs».\ r III,Idt IN 91 A It 1 NTI\
New York, Sept. 14. The steamer
Hyndam, with I i! *i pa see tigers o^i
board. Is hvid in quarantine here un
til a 1 have been inspected on ac«
eount of the prevalenen of cholera In
the Htearnr's home port, Rotterdam.
I;X-IC UPROAR MAN MKAH.
Newport, It. r.. flept. 14.—John A.
Hriswold. at one time president, of
th' Illinois Central Railroad, died at
his sutnm«r home here today.