The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, October 07, 1909, Image 2

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    "FOR COURTESIES
SHOWN THE FLEET
American Presents To Japanese and
BIE BOWL FOR THE CHINESE
Navy Officers Who Made The Voy-
age Around The World Unite In
The Purchase Of A Magnificent
Loving Cup And A Punchbowl—
Designs Are Handsome Specimens
Of The Silversmith's Art.
Philadelphia (Special) —Immedi-
ately upon the return of the United
States Atlantic fleet from its mem-
orable voyage around the world sub-
scriptions were made by the officers
and enlisted men for the purpose of
obtaining appropriate presentation
pieces to be given the officers and
crews of the imperial Japanese and
Chinese navies in recognition of the
courtesies shown by them to our of-
ficers and men. A committee of offi-
cers was appointed to make a suit.
able selection from competitive de-
signs submitted by the leading jew-
elers of the country, with the result
that contracts for both pieces were
awarded to the Balley, Banks & Bid-
He Co., of this city.
The committee selected for presen-
tation to the officers and men of the
Japanese Navy a massive silver lov-
ing cup, 34% inches in height, ex-
clusive of the base. The body of the
cup consists of a large, round bowl,
supported by a globe, which is flank-
ed on two sides by American eagles
modeled in high relief The han-
dles are ornamented with chrysan-
themums, the national flower of Ja-
pan. The cover is decorated with
nautical motives and is surmounted
hy two eagles and shields of the Uni-
ted States supporting the imperial
seal of Japan, which modeled in
gold
The following inscription appears
on the obverse of the loving cup:
is
the
“Presented to the Officers and
Men of the Imperial Japanese
Navy by the Officers and Men of
the United States Atlantic Fleet,
in gratéful recognition of the
generous courtesies received dur-
ing their visit to Japan in Oecto-
ber, Nineteen Hundred and
Eight.”
the Japanese Navy, which entertain-
of the cup, while those of the
vessels of the United States Atlantic
Fleet are similarly applied around
the base
U. 8. Atlantic
Connecticut
Kansas,
Minnesota,
Vermont,
Georgia,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
Rhode Island,
louisiana,
Virginia,
Missouri,
Ohio,
Wisconsin,
Illinois,
Kearsarge,
Kentucky.
Pmperial Japaneses Navy:
Mikasa,
Fuji,
Asahi,
Sagami,
Azuma,
Yakumo,
Nisshin,
Kasuga,
Katori,
Kashima,
Tsukuba,
lkoma,
Soya,
Otowa,
Niitaka,
Tsushima
Flags Are In Colors,
Flee
( Flagship),
pears just above the globe, on which
etched the map of Japan, while
gracefully arranged below {s a
group of anchors, trident, and
of the United States and
emameled in colors.
On the reverse appears the same
fnsoription in Japanese characters
This was originally transcribed by
His Excelleny, Baron Takahira, Jap-
anése ambassador to the United
States The engraving was repro-
the original writing. Unden this
tnscription is the seal of the Navy
Department of the United States, and
a second group of anchors, trident
and the official naval ensigns of the
United States and Japan, the two last
enameled in colors. On this hemi-
phere of the globe Is etched the
taap of the United States.
ver, the seal of the United States
and of the Navy Department,
efrcled by wreaths of laurel.
BRYAN HAS SILVER WEDDING.
Lineoln, Neb. (Special) Mr. and
Mrs. W. J Bryan observed their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary at
Fairview, the house being decorated
with flags and flowery, Messages and
presents from all parts of the world
were received,
Their three children and two grand-
children were at home and the form.
er alded in receiving the long line
of neighbors who called.
TWO HANGED IN NASHVILLE.
Nashville, Tenn (Special). — At
Sunrise William Mitchell, a white
man, convicted of the murder of
8quire W. H. Hindman in Rutherforg
County, and Cecil Palmer, colored.
sentenced to death for criminally as-
saulting a woman near Lebanon,
Tenn., paid the penalty for their
erimes on the gallows,
Thee were the first executions
under the new law which provides
that all hangings In this State be held
at the State Prison.
BUSINESS 15 NOW
ON THE BOOM
in All Departments of
Industries.
Reports To The Federal Bureau Of
Statistics Show A Continued Ime
provement—Falling Off In August
Of Packing-House Products — All
Railroads Now Handling Greater
Number Of Cars.
Washington, D. C. (Special) .——A
continued improvement in the indus-
trial situation of the country is in-
dicated by the reports of leading in-
ternal commerce movements récelved
during the past month by the Bureau
Of Statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labon Unusually
large movements of soft coal, coke,
and iron ore, a corresponding heavy
output of pig iron, and large shipments
of lumber to consuming centers are a
few indications of Increasing indus-
trial activity,
the railroads, as measured by the
number of cars handled by the prin.
cipal car-service associations and de-
murrage bureaus in various parts of
the country, for the first time shows
a larger total than for the correspond.
ing month in 1907. The grain re-
ceipts at the leading interior mar-
Activity
in the two previous years,
movements of live stock and
visions, also of hard coal, continued
lighter than in former years
teceipts of live stock during Au-
Bust at seven primary
3,039,455 head, while considerably in
short of
howeven, Angust
the
and 1907 figures of 3.232.441
3,130,225 head, all the
packing centers except Omaha show
ing smaller monthly totals
Year ago Of the total received, 857.
622 head were cattle, 94,774 calves.
1,083,495 hogs, 962,257 sheep, and
31,307 horseg and
mules.
Loss In Packing-House Products.
The largest loss, as compared with
1808 figures, is shown in t
of hogs, while gains appear under
head of cattle and sheep The
| receipts for the eight months ending
| August, 24,809,491 head. were like-
| witse below corresponding totals
jin the two Jreceding years, the
| losses In the receipts of hogs alone
{ amounting to 14 per cent, as co
| pared with the corresponding
| figures
also shown for cattle, horses
mules, while the 1908 figures
calves and sheep show small gains
over the corresponding 1908 totals
The August shipments of packing-
house products from Chicago, 181.-
{241.313 pounds, likewise fell below
| the corresponding 1908 and 1907
shipments of 184,2319.278 and
266.960 pounds Losses are shown
in the case of the principal products
except pickled beef, cured meats,
| stearin, and tallow. The shipments
during the year to Augast 31. 1.27
384,882 pounds, were below the like
shipments for the period since 1903,
the largest occurring under
the head of fresh beef und lard. these
losses
the decreased exports of
cles as reported by the burean
eastward trunk-line movement
| provisions from Chicago during the
weeks of Year, 607..
shows an nalogous
| Crease compared with rorrespond-
jing 1908 and 1907 of 704.-
068 and 764.042 ¢
and
he receipts
the
ie
44
and
9072 .
202
losses
corresponding more or
these
jess to
arti
The
of
thirty-four
396
the
tons de.
Os
BY TELEGRAPH
i
plied for longevity pay
informed that, instead
{ titled to this money, they are in debt
i to the governmen: by reason be
{ing overpaid during the Spanish-
i American War
H. M lewis, whose
nection with the
Company and ot}
caused a government investigation,
was held in $3,500 ball for the ac-
tion of the grand jury in Washing-
ton
The principal commercial apple
j orchards of the country are destined
toe become infested with San Jose
scale, according to a bulletin just
published by the Department of A
culture
The government does not expect
jany international complications over
{the detaining of the Norwegian
steamer Varig, at Nome, Alaska, by
the revenue cutter Bear
{ The total national bank notes out-
| standing secured by United States
have been
of
acs
National
Hr
in con-
Trust
rporations,
eri
Kia
i807,459, a
| year ago
Gen
years secretary of the
{dian Commissioners, died
against $675.,612.,327
in Wash-
{ ington.
Government {imports last
amounted to $117,081.689, while
the exports for the same month were
$109,610.237.
The American Red Cross sent
additional $2,000 to the flood suf-
ferers in the vicinity of Monterey,
Mexico,
Secretary Dickinson finds nothing
to eriticizge in the action of General
Grant in taking part in a temperance
and law enforcement parade In Chi-
cago In his uniform.
The court-martial In the cases of
First Lieutenant Edward W. Terry
recommended his dismiseal,
Brigadier Genera! WwW, 8. Edgerly,
commandant of the mounted sery-
ice school at Fort Riley, Kan., was
retired for physical disability,
Distinguished scientists attended a
dinner given by the staff of the
Weather Bureau In honor of Dr.
William Napier Shaw, director of the
British meteorological service,
The criticism of W, RB. Michaelis
that Gen. Fred D, Grant woras his
full dress atmy uniform in the Chi-
cago prohibition parade is not likely
to be made the subject of official
correspondence between General
Grant and the War Department,
A GREAT WELCOME
HOME TO PEARY
Naval Parade Proves Ovation to
“His Ship.
WHISTLED ALL THE STEAM AWAY,
Ocean Of Sound From Land And
Sea Greets The Roosevelt, With
Peary On The Bridge, In The Hud.
son-Fulton Parade — Mps, Peary
Stands By Her Husband Most Of
Tae Way And Is Delighted At The
Rousing Reception,
New York (Special).—New York
City and State gave Commander Rob.
ert E. Peary a welcome such as few
returning heroes can hope to receive,
From the bridge of hig Arctic ship
wife by his side, was the ‘most promi-
nent icature of t 60 mile Hudson-
Fulton naval parade from New York
to Newburg. All the way land and
water vied with each other
hurling their cheers of
tion through the air to
6
i
Lae
ing man smiled
thelr greetings
Meanwhile
back his answer to
Captain Bartlett was
kept at work so inces antly with
the whistle cord answering the sa-
lutes of passing craft that Chief En-
gineer Wardell called up from the
engine room that vould not have
| steam ui 10 move vesol
8LOp the tie
Ce sfully
smith Sound a
ship th
could ture
picked
of
|
he
the
i wai
i buffeted the
nd proved
at no sea
back, tae
most tran-
just below
Vest Point, this alternoon, as the
for an accident to her steering
gear Unostentatiously and without
warning sh parted port tiller
rope and came to The mishs
was quickly discovered by Cor
tder Peary and anchor
| while rope was
a delay of
e boat
packs of
herself so st
floe
Roo evelt
quil part
Het o
out a
i lee het
out the
goene
her
a #ton
a stog
Wis drop
: ¥
the
Was
it!
spliced
nearly
proceeded
there an
toward
§ before
Newburgh
“It has most tn
been gratifying
have taken part in the parade.” said
Commander Peary “and 1
am deeply appreciative of the recep-
given the
Roosevelt
magnificent”
aiso was delighted
welcome given by
aft, who show-
proud of he
.
creeting her and her husband
ac in
whether
tonight,
tion
cers and
myself
Mra
with the
hundre
ed t}
ege of
She
that has been
crew of
It wag
Peary
fine
8 of marine cr
| "
the
the
mselves privi-
smiled back her happiness
response to ©
from a battleship or om a saucy
launch Mrs
apprehensive that the Cook con
t By ¥
ight c!
husband. but
when the
oF
Peary hat
Nant ry
been deeply
Yersy m
line
to pass the Roosevel
ing and
and crieg
the water to
and Mr Peary stood
J Plerg Morgan
steam yacht Cors
of friends, gave
and Roosevelt a graceful greet.
ing Commodore Morgan espied the
Roosevelt off Stony Point and. In a
Jifly, the signal quartermaster began
to lower the yacht ensign at the taff
rail
reeee hn
of
bridge where
on his big
party
ont
the
Must Serve 18 Months In Federal
Prison At Atlanta, Ga.
Philadelphia Abraham
iC. Eby, mayor of Burke.
{ ville, Va., who was convicted recent-
{ Special)
formerly
th
the Pennsylvania
Company, was feptenced
months in the government
Atlanta, Ga., and to pay a fine of
| $1. Sentence was imposed by Judge
McPherson, in the United States Dis.
i trict Court
Eby. in
Railroad Company, threatened
destruction of dynamite of
folk and Western Rallroad unless he
was naid $45.000 Eby was lured
to Philadel=~%ja and arrested At
from
to is
etter
a8 a defense
SCRATCH CAUSES DEATH.
Rabid Dog Slightly Injures A Four.
YearsOld Child,
Waverly. N. Y
inch scrateh from th
dog was responsible
{Spegial) A one.
©
paw of a rabid
for the
i
child of a local merchant
was playing near his house one after.
{ tacked by a strang: dog
two were bitten and were
Pasteur Institute for treatment as
j8oon as It became known that
dog wag mad. The Murrav
{injury was so superficial,
j that no alarm was felt. He develop
i
sent to the
| and died in great agony
i Business Man A Suicide,
i Cleveland, O., (Special). —S8ylvan-
| us Bourne, aged 62, president and
! treasurer of the Bourne & Knowles
| Manufacturing Company, makers of
| Iron specialties, committed suicide In
| his office at the plant by shooting
| himself in the bead. It Is thought
| worry over the illness of a son
| prompted the act,
Resume Night Riding,
Paris, Ky. (Special) There has
| been a fresh outbreak of night rid-
ing In the Bluegrass country, accord-
ing to Judge J. J. Osborne, of Cyn-
thiana. A tenant on the farm of
T. J. MeDowell, who had steadfastly
refused to join the pool of tobacco
growers, was taken from his home,
stripped to the walst and given thir.
ty laghes, He was then ordered to
be In Brooksville the next day and
sign over his tobacco or suffer more
severely. He complied with the re-
quest.
SPANIACDS MEET
SEVERE REVERSE
A General And Other Officers Killed
By Moors
They Fall Into An Ambush Set By
The Moors And A Bloody Battle
Follows — Spaniards, At Great
Loss, Hold On Until The Arrival
Of Reinforcements, Which Finally
Beat Of The Moors—News Kept
From Spanish People.
Melilla (Special). — A Spanish
force from Zeluan, reconnoitering in
the direction of Sokel Jemis,
countered the Moors and met with a
serioug reverse Gen. Diez Vicario,
three other officers and 14 men were
killed and 182 men were wounded
The Spanish force was under
command of General Orozco
officers who lost thelr lives
a lleutenant and two captains
Spaniards were ambushed by
Moors
The division under General Tovar.
supported the left by General
Vicario’'s brigade and on the right
by two squadrons of cavalry
had
en-
the
The
wore
The
the
on
re.
made a
into the
on their return
Zeluan that the
the
and it was
of
into
in
fell
Were attac
ing was
Spaniards
of
Moorish ambush and
furiously The fig}
and
held thei
infores
yinpanies
of
nt
ked
flerce
Ie
of two «
battery n
ald of which
ing off
taal fr
toial In
tho
Me
and
YOU'S,
dead wounded
Madrid (Special)
Spanish
Diez Vicari
known
defeat Moros
Yet to
and the authorities ar
pressing
whi dicated : h
resuming offensis
known. however, th
retired
dels
the
from
because
of 4.004
expects
husiasm that
ment
Guruga is
e reports alreg
the people will
when they hear
yesterday
Guruga
pearance
{ack was
3 ¢ of
Mount
ti
Tangier
News has
interior to
tain tribes
. of t}
ryving to the
ho are fighting Spain
It is sald that the
ing upon orders
e Sultan of Morocco
credited
a8 FEES
SU pPOT
ATroOUNne
from
th
not
SISTER.
KILLS BROTHER AND
Then Brunn Commits Suicide By
Shooting Himself,
ith Woodstock, C
Armin E. Bruno
is brother, Co
from bulle
made the 1
enacted in
of the Dox
after shooting
hig ®ister
into another room,
life with the same pistol
Constantine Brung was a retired
New York business man He leaves
a wife and two esons— Armond and
Ewart The sister, Miss Freida liv.
ed in Broklyn and had been visiting
here during the summer
Sot
Dr
by bh
died
death
tragedy
dence
Brunn,
K filled
going
who was
ntine F. Br
wound, and
rd one In
the country
tor Constantine
the Doctor,
and then,
ended his
the
Le
resi
renida
Freidsa
BOTH WIVES SUICIDES,
A Clergyman And His Matrimonial
Misfortunes
Sarnia, Ont. (Special) The Res
Evan T. Evans, whose wife commit-
ted suicide at Penwylit, Wales, came
to Samia three years ago from
Wales, as rector of Bt. John's Epis.
copal Church
A year ago returned to
Wales After departure Evan:
was married to Nellie Davis, 40 year:
old, a clerk in the registry office and
a member of the church choir. Evans
had secured a divorce from
his first wife A month after her
marriage the second Mrs. Evans was
brought back to Sarnia by her moth-
er and committed suicide a few
his wife
her
SUICIDE IN SIGHT OF BIG CROWD.
Man Jumps From Viaduct Before
Naval Parade Spectators,
New York (Special).—In sight of
thousand
to view the
parade, John H.
Hudon-Fulton naval
Bell killed himself
100 feet high
Bell was 45 years old A short
time ago nervous trouble caused him
a Jocal dairy company.
PLEADS GUILTY OF REBATING.
Southern Pacific Railroad Fined
£1,000 In Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, Cal,
Southern Pacific Railroad pleaded
guilty
Court to rebating and was
$1.000 by Judge Wellborn
Through Attorney C
tional guilt. The maximum penalty
woud have been §20.000
Suicide By Burning.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Mra.
Lydia Snyder, an inmate of the
Buffalo State Hospital for the In-
While Miss Cooley, & nurse, was
making out a report by the light of
a shaded attéendant’s lamp, Mrs. Sny.
der grabbed the lamp, poured the
oll over her clothing and set fire to
it. Miss Cooley and Miss Boott, an-
other nurse, were badly burned in
trying to smother the flames
HURLED OUT OF A
FLYING AUTOMOBILE
is Killed and Ancthar
Badly Hurt,
One Man
James Bates
Herbert Lytle, The Well-known
Racing Driver, Was Hurt While
Traveling At Rate Of 65 Miles An
Hour In Long Island
Every Existing American
For Speeding Broken,
Lost His Life And
Derby
Hecord
Riverhead, 1. 1 The
(Bpecial)
smashing of every existing American
record for automobile racing
and a spill whieh
Mechanician James
injuries to another,
Lytle, a well-known racing
marked the running of the
Island Automobile Derby. The
Was a stock car sweep
was run over 22 miles of
tried road at
of Long Island,
and Mattituck
The casualties
open road
life of
erious
driver,
even
hitherto u
extre:
the eastern
between
Were caus
Appers
Lytle,
the
by
in
as It
road, two
neareg
Lytle and M
had compl
of the first
ond to
Bur
covered
lobert
: a1
1ttes 2145
AEROPLANES WI
BALLOONS LOSE
of Liberty.
Both Curtiss and Wright Make Suoc.
cessful Flights, The Latter Flying
Three Times In The Of
A Vast Throng—The DHrigibles
Start Tore $10,000 Race To Albany,
But The Aeronauts Comé Downe
Presence
Wilbur
great of
of New York
while in
two huge
ngloriously
N
SEW
Wright
Liberty
York { Special)
ircled the Statue
the entrance
Harbor aeroplane,
the upper of th
dirigible balloong
in their task
Both Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss
soared successfully from the Aero-
drome of Governors Island in their
motor-propeiied biplanes; both great!
dirigibles, manned respectively by
Capt, Thomas Baldwin and George L
Tomlinson and entered in the New
York World's $10.000 New York to
Albany race, were forced to descend
because of mechanical dJdifculties
before they werd well under way.
Wilbur Wright made three sonsa-
tional flights and Curtiss made one
brief though successful spin of
30 seconds Jduration Baldwin with
dirigible landed in the Hudson
River less than an hour after the
start, while Tomlinson, after remain-
ing in the air from 11.36 A M. unt
1.20 P. M., came to earth near White
Plaine, N. Y 22 miles from h
starting point Neither the dir
igible pilots was injured, nor was
either craft seriously damaged.
Jart e City
i
falied
test
i
21s
is
Of
Mrs. Depew In Auto Smash.
Paris (Special). —Mrs. Chauncey
M. Depew met with a painful
dent while riding In an automobile |
on the Champs Elysees A public |
taxicab collided with her automobile |
and Mrs Depew was cut on the fore-
head by broken glass. It was a!
first feared she might lose the sight |
eye, but this danger is now
past, and, with the Senator, she wil!
sail for New York Saturday. i
IN TEE WORLD OF FINANCE |
—"
BCCI- |
Patten is again
prices for wheat,
predicting lower
indicating he ia
It is reported that United States
Steel will spend $10.000.000 on its
plant near Youngstown, QO
The Rock Island syster’in August
gained $1,273,820 in gross earnings
It is estimated that $1,000,000.
00) worth of electrification work hag
been outifhed for the coming year in
the United States
Union Pacific In August gained
$078,143 in gross and $711.561 in
net earnings. Southern Pacific gained
$1,479,108 in gross and $1,067,009
in net
“General business conditions
throughout the St Paul's territory
could hardly be myeh better,” saye
Chairman Miller of that company.
Philadelphia bank clearings in
September were $600,177.000, or
an increase of $112,723,000 over
that month 19008 Big stock mare
ket business helped to swell the bank
clearings. but activity in general
trade also helped decidedly.
TWO MILLION SEE
THE GREAT PARADE
Hudson River's History Depicted in
Big Pageant.
Marvelous Floats, 54 In
With Their Escorts Of Patriotic
Bocieties, Move Along New York's
Streets Walls
Five And Onec.half Miles Fm foe
The Buildings Are Ablaze With
Bunting — Police Have Little
Trouble With Crowd.
Number,
Between Human
i
Fault
ing,
O6 Ce
which
epoclti-making
111111 §a
nturies,
ay horses
confual
tl
pu
sf their
instances the
Point” “Canture
CORRS Pr
Washington Taki:
TRAIL LOST ON OILED STREETS
Bloodhounds Found Uscless In
Tracing Fugitives
{ Special) TI!
with bl
the of th
trails
modern oiled
EE
the
was demonstraed
robhe
Recently wholesale
fuburd resulted
dogs were
oiled streets
Fred Crouse, chogen as the fugitive
for the afternoon's iry out, started
across the prainie The dogs fol
lowed his trial with rapidit
they caught up
circle back
3
such
long
the
that before he
could
point
On a second trail he crossed an
and the scent
4 4 1am
vO giar E
ed etret was lost
Shooting Accidental, He Says.
Lexington, Ky (Special). —Han-
nibal Hurst, who shot and probabl:
fatally wounded his brother. Judgs
C. J. C. Hurst, In Breathitt County,
issued a statement, which he cansed
to nailed to the front door of
the Courthouse in Jackson. In this
statement he says that the shooting
was accidental! and that he was care.
lessly handling a when it wa
discharged The wounded. man also
declared the shooting was accidents
be
isanl
pisol
Girl Found Dying In Wilds
Fe, M. (Special) Miss
Montgomery,
here from Shreveport, La
Eante N
Gertrude who
where she
college for five years, died
having been attacked
the outskirts of
convicts at work
the vicinity
in this city,
and shot on
town Three
the highway in
heen accused
the
on
have
Bank Robbed Of 810.000,
Glenwood Springs, Colo
).~Two men entered the Citizens’
National Bank here and, after holld-
ing up two clerks, robbed the safe
and escaped on horseback with $10.
000. The men entered as though
they were customers While one
man covered the clerks the other
looted the gafe and the cash drawer.
{ Spe~-
5
Gets 8300 Pear! With Oyster,
Plainfield, N. J. (Special) While
opening oysters at his oyster shop
here Garret Van Name found a pearl,
the size of a hazel nut. Local jow-
e¢lers placed a valve of $500 on It
and Van Name refused $300. Las:
season he frequently found pearls in
oysters. One he sald he sold for
$200,
May Use English In Church.
Burlington. lowa (Special). Ae.
tion which may load to the use of
English In the church services in.
stead of German wae taken by the
general conferonce of the German
Evangelical 8ynod of North America
A resolution was passed permitting
the language best understood ia the
community to be used in the young
people's societies,
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