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VOL. X
COOK SAYS HUNGER
MADE HIM THINK
HE HADFOUND POLE
Says in His Confession That,
Half Crazed With Hunger.
He Believed He Had Reach
ed Top of World
FOUND DIFFICULTY
IN SELLING STORY
Has Written His Confession,
Living in Secluded London
Suburb, Hoping for World’s
Forgiveness
<3* A»»ori»ted •
NEW YORK. Dec. I—Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, wha now confesses that he does
not know whether he reached the north
pole or not. had no easy task in dispos
ing of what he describes as "the story
of Cook’s trip to the north pole." ac
cording to reports reaching New York
from London.
The Brooklyn explorer, it is stated. Is
living in seclusion In an obscure board
ing house in Bloombury. a London su
burb. and there had written the story
which he hopes will restore him to a
degree of favor in this country.
It appears that for weeks. Dr. Cook,
eager to return to his home in Brook
lyn. sought through a literary bureau
to sell his latest story to London mag
azine publishers. One thousand dollars,
It was said, was asked for the story,
which the London editors declined to
accept
Cook, in his story, which is soon to
appear in this country, asserts that, half
erased with hunger, he believed he had
reached the top of the world. It was
learned today that Dr. Cook was in the
United States early in November, and
came here to conclude the arrangements
with Hampton's magazine for the pub
lication of his story. He came by
way of Canada and met the publishers
at Troy. N. Y.
After concluding the arrangements for
the publishing of his confession. Dr.
Cook, returned to Europe.
Cook Pities Peary, He
Writes American Friend
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Dec. I.—Dr.
William H. Axtell, of Bellingnam. an
intimate friend of Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
who has been in frequent communication
w:*.h him since his disappearance from
New York, received a letter from the
explorer yesterday. Dr. Axtell refused
to divulge the whereabouts of Dr Cook,
but made public several extracts from
the letter as follows:
My case will eventually rest upon Its
own merits, without reference to nr*vate
Interests
"I prefer to believe that the cam
paign of infamy which has been waged
against me. that the mud-throwing, brib
ery and conspiracy has come from the
misguided and deluded.
"As to Mr. Peary, my f-eling Is of pity,
rather than revenge. He has striven
■rains: awful odds, and the mar. who
can succeed under such a handicap de
serves all th- glory that comes his
way.”
MM WORTH SIMO
IS HELD IS 10URGHR
Case Is So Strange, Though,
That Magistrate Believes
Him Insane
(By A»»ce:ated Ptm«. )
NEW YORK. Dee. 1. —The case of
Thomas B Young, president of the
Brownsville Engineering company, of
Brownsville. Pa., who at first was ar
rested as a burglar and Is now held
In the Bellevue hospital for observa
tion. is of the strangest metro
politan poliee have been called, on to
ro’vw In years.
He was arrested on complaint of Mrs.
Mary Menahan. who telephoned to the
janitor of her uptown apartment house
that a strange man who would give no
account of himself, had forced himself
into her flat.
Officers found him still sta-ding In
th- hanway. where Mrs. Menahan had
pu«h-d him. He appeared dazed and
touM not even tell his name. A search
of his clothes later disclosed a certificate
for BW.OOO worth of Mock In a coal
company. Masonic credentials and a
bark book showing a generous balance.
"This is not one of th* kind of burg
lars we’ve been accustomed to." sa’.-l
the lieutenant in charge. The same ob
servation was made an hour or so later
by Magistrate Krotel. when the prison
er was arraigned. The magistrate ques
tioned Young and then -remarked:
"A very peculiar case. I think this
man had better go to Bellevue for ob
servation”
Mrs. Menahan testified:
"It was about luncheon time, and I
was expecting my husband, when in
walked this man. as if he was wood
from the knees down. He stopp-d tn
front of me with no more expression
than a stone.
" 'What do you want?* I asked, but he
just stared. Then I pushed him out in
to the hall and phoned for help. He made
no resistance and never spoke a word."
At Bellevue this morning It was said
Mr. Young was suffering from severe
mental strain
It was impossible to tell from what
cause or if the attack was only tem
porary.
PIONEER TOPSY IS DEAD
AT AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec. L—Mrs. Ju
lia Myatt, famous in her day as an
actress and particularly in the part of
Topsj in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." is dead
at her home here at the age of 87 years,
ghe played the part for years.
Included in the Wyatt company in later
years «ras her two daughters. Helen,
BO w <jead. and Mrs Warren, now liv
ing in Bridgeport. Her husband, George
H. Wyatt, also an actor, died in 1555.
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Mew assistant to ths president of the
Southern xw’iwgy. He succeeds J. S. B.
Thompson, resigned. Photo by Ed
wards.
GREAT CROWD GOFS
TH HEAR THIAL OF
IMLO GIRL
Hattie Leßlanc, Cape Breton
Girl, Is Arraigned for Mur
der of Clarence F. Glover, a
Waltham Laundryman
ENCOURAGED BY VICTORY
OF COUNSEL WEDNESDAY
They Succeede din Excluding
from Jury the Consideration
of the Victim’s Dying State
ment-Defendant Confident
(Bv kMoclated Trees. 1
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 1.-Interest
in the tris! of Hattie Le Blanc, the 17-
year-old Cape Breton girl, for the mur
der of Clarence F. Glover, a Waltham
laundryman, drew a curious crowd to
the Middlesex county court house to
day.
Encouraged by the victory of her coun
sel yesterday when they succeeded in
having excluded from the jury’s con
sideration the alleged dying declaration
of Glover that Hattie Le Blanc had shot
him. the defendant faced her accusers
with a buoyancy that showed apparent
faith In her speedy acquittal.
Mrs. Glover, the widow, was expected
to resume the stand for cross-examina
tion by Attorney Johnson, of counsel for
Miss Le Blanc.
"SUNNI SOUTH" IMHH,
THIN K SHIVERING VISITORS
Party of Brazilians Passes
Through Atlanta, Making
for Warmer Climate
A party of ten unwashed and disil
lusioned Brazilians got into Atlanta at
7 o’clock Thursday morning and left at
noon for Florida.
“Caramba’.” skid Juan Manaos, as he
shivered over a steam radiator at the
Terminal station. "C-a-r-a-m-b-a! We
freeze. We—we drop dead with cold.”
"Mercy!” mourned Juanita Rodrigues,
who Is the grandmother of Marlqulta.
who Is the youngest of all the party.
"Chit, mother." reproved Juan. "We’ll
soon be in Florida."
But neither Juanita nor any of the
othera are quite sure of that. They
have a fear they’ll freeze on the way.
And then If they do arrive, may not
Florida be aa cold as the rest of this
terrible country?
The very day they landed in New York
a cold wave came along. They nearly
froze. The weather kept getting colder
and colder. Life became unbearable for
them. Juan heard from a street peddler
about the sunny south, and the whole
party turned their faces in this direc
tion.
On the train they heard of Atlanta
and thought of staying here. But when
they stepped out of the train at the old
depot Thursday morning they decided
this was no place for them. All ten
straight?.way bundled into a bus and,
with their teeth chattering and their
bodies shivering, were driven to the
'Terminal station. They got tickets there
for Tampa.
Juan says if it isn’t warmer in Florida,
they’ll take it as a sign that fortune
has turned her face from them, and that
they'll probably jump into the sea.
They got to the Terminal station be
fore 8 o'clock and their train for Florida
didn't leave until 12. but they never for
| one minute budged from the waiting
room. It was warm there and they
wanted to be sure of their train for
Florida.
The party attracted some little atten
tion as they were being driven in the
'bus from one station to the other. They
wore gaudy clothes and had a typical
gypsy look. The women and children
' were piled on the top of the 'bus and
! the men rode inside where it was warm.
At the Terminal station they attracted
still more attention. They made them
selves quite at home there. They used
seats In the waiting room for breakfast
tables and afterwards turned them Into
couches on which the men dozed. The
women were appointed to keep a look
out find see that the train to Florida
didn’t get away without the Brazilian
party aboard; and the children skipped
about like so many grimy sprites.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1910.
EFFECT OF TARIFF
CHANGE IS STILL IN
001MEWND
Unionists Encouraged by Bal
four’s Willingness for Refer
endum, but the Liberals Are
Making Capital Out of It
REFORMERS NOT SO READY
NOW TO INDORSE PLAN
First Members to Be Returned
to the New Parliament Will
Be Unionists—Some Nomi
nations Expected Friday
(By Aisocizted Press.f
LONDON. Dec. I.—The ultimate effect
of the opposition’s attempt to unload the
tariff reform issue for the purpose of
the present campaign is still in doubt.
While the Unionists were greatly en
couraged by Mr. Balfour s sudden aind
surprising announcement that he would
not object to the submission of the ques
tion to a referendum, the leader's bold
stroke has far from disheartened the Lib
erals, who find therein good ammunition
and are accusing the opponents of chang
ing their policy dally in a desperate effort
to catch votes and so secure power at any
cost.
Moreover, the more ardent tariff re
formers, who yesterday cangratulated Mr.
Balfour on his skilful manuevers were
not so ready today to indorse his pledge.
Speaking at Manchester Andrew Bonar
Law. Unionist member for the Dulwich
division of Camberwell, refused "to eat
my words,” adding that if the .unionists
obtained an adequate majority at the
polls, they would be bound to enact a
tariff reform measure.
FIRST WILL BE UNIONISTS.
The first members returned to the new
parliament will be Unionists. In many
constituencies, nominations will be made
tomorrow and in at least nine instances
there will be no contests. These Include
the city of London seats and those held
by Joseph Chamberlain and Jesse Collins,
of Birmingham, and George Wyndham, of
Dover.
The weather for the campaign scarcely
could be worse. Outdoor meetings plan
ned at many places necessarily have been
abandoned. The house-to-house canvass
ing, however, continues and there is no
let-up in the usual indoor demonstra
tions.
The leaders are keeping hard at it.
Home Secretary Churchill is leading the
van of the government forces, addressing
two or three meetings every evening, be
sides making brief speeches during the
day while traveling from one end of the
country to the other. Frederick E. Smith,
a barrister and writer on international
law. Unionist member for the Walton di
vision of Liverpool, is running a good
second U> the secretary, -while Chancellor
lUoyd-George, John Burns, and other ef
fective speakers from both sides are keep
ing busy.
LANSDOWNE’S ENERGY.
Lord Lansdowne is showing great en
ergy in support of his proposals for the
reform of the house of lords. Today he
addressed a big meeting at Portsmouth
in the interest of Lord Beresford, whose
seat for Portsmouth is seriously threat
ened by the Liberals. Sir Edward Grey
has arranged to reply to Lansdowne.
The weather has incapacitated many
candidates and speakers, among the num
ber being Louis Harcourt, secretary of
state for the colonies, and Reginald Mc-
Kenna. first lord of the admiralty.
The women, as usual in, England, are
taking a prominent part in the campaign
and residents of the east ena, where the
working class communities live, are fre
ently diverted by the appearance of mo
tor cars filled with fur-clad women.
PRICE OF STEEL WILL
NOT BE CUT AT PRESENT
NEW YORK. Mee. 1. —The price of
steel will not be cut. Forty of the lead
ing producers and their representatives
who stand for approximately 95 per
cent of the production of the county,
met here yesteruay and decided that it
was for the good of the industry to keep
quotations where they are now.
Among these men were Judge E. H.
Gary and W. E. Corey, chairman and
president respectively of the United
States Steel corporation; Charles M.
Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation, and others.
JUDGE J. H. MERRILL
THROWN FROM HORSE
VALDOSTA, Ga.. Dec. I.—The session
of the superior court, which was to have i
convened on last Monday morning, has
been postponed until Wednesday on ac
count of the accident which befell Judge
J. H. Merrill in Thomasville on Sun
day.
He had been holding court In this
city during the last week and returned
to his Hom - in Thomasville to spend Sun
day. It was while there that he was
thrown from his horse and injured while
attempting to mount. His injuries, how
ever, were not serious aYid 'he arrived
here last night, accoihpankd by his
wife, who will remain with him for a
few days.
Lorimer Report Next Year
WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Senator Bur
rows, of Michigan, chairman of the sen
ate committee on privileges and elections,
stated today that the sub-committee
which Investigated in Chicago the
charges against Senator William Lori
mer, of Illinois, will make a report to
the full committee immediately after
New Year’s.
fjCTj MORE SHOPPING
g 3 D AYS DE FORE
CHRISTMAS
CT J
"One I love, two I love, three I love,
I say. I’m writing- to the little skirts
while my wife’s
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11, 1 W- ’ S’?'
Well, See Who’s Here!
“EMPLOYER'S LliOllin"
IS THEME OE COHOfiS
Conference Will Probably Ad
journ at Close of Pro
gram Thursday
(By Aaaecisted Bren.)
LOUISVILLE Ky., Def. I.—Unless
plans are suddenly changed late today
some of the governors attending the
third annual conference here will leave
with carefully prepared discourses on
Intricate subjects tucked away for fu
ture reference. The social feature of
the conference has been paramount and
has taken so much time that little busi
ness has been transacted.
The conference may adjourn tonight,
but un.ess the different parts of the
program are carried out more rapidly
than they have been many important
subjects will not be discussed. Even
though the conference lasts until Satur
day, as planned, it is probable the
program would not. be carried out so
rapidly and social functions arranged
for before, and after sessions and In
some Instances sandwiched in between.
"HOUSE OF GOVERNORS."
Many of the governors would like to
perfect organization with officers and
giving the body a name. As this has
been discussed, “the house of gover
nors” has been frequently mentioned as
the proper name, although the ban was
placed on that name for this session, at
least, by the host, Governor Willson.
At a dinner one of the governors said
that if more sessions were held in Ken
tucky they had better call is “The House
of Nine-Course Dinners.”
So urgent have become social re
quirements that at the executive session
last night the governors brought their
wives and daughters all dressed for a
formal reception. The ladies waited in
the parlors of the hotel while the men
discussed the issues of the day for
an hour or more behind closed doors.
Walting cabs hurried the governors
from the hotel to the reception.
At the session this morning general
discussion of Governor Hadley’s ad
dress yesterday was taken up. He
spoke on "Employers Liability and
Workmen’s Compensation," a subject of
great Interest to the governors, and
on which several of them wanted to be
enlightened as well as express their
views. Various ideas were given but
each was to the efrect that our laws
on these subjects were inadequate and
that the states should carefully revise
them. Appalling death rate on rail
roads and in mines of this country were
compared with the lower rate in Euro
pean countries in discussing the vast
difference between laws of other nations
and ours regarding liability of em
ployer*. '
Though not a member of the confer
ence. one of the Interesting figures at
t'his meeting is Gamaliel Bradford, of
Boston.
Naturally the governors liked his
speech advocating more power for the
chief executives and curbing of legis
latures. He bears a remarkable resem
blance to Speaker Cannon and came
from Boston on his own initiative to
preach a doctrine which he thinks will
materially aid the states and crystal
ize the movement for a yearly confer
ence of governors that will bring bene
fits to tlie people.
Aside from a comparatively brief ses
sion late yesterday afternoon and an
executive session tonight, the second
day of the conference was given over to
accepting mere of Kentucky’s hospitali
ty. It was decided that the next confer
ence would be held in the state of Wash
ington the second Tuesday In Septem
ber, 1911.
New nationalism, Insofar as It affects
conservation of natural resources, was
denounced by executives of three states
and upheld by Governor Noel, of Missis
sippi. at the conference.
Governor Norris, of Montana, started
the denunciation when he said the
"theory of the Nationalists was orig
inated in the east, where natural re
suurcea had been wasted, so easterners
could reap benefits of what the w-est still
had.”
PULLMAN CAR RITES IRE
LOHED ON UPPER BERTHS
Reduction Is Also Announced
On Lowpr Berths in Some
Cases
(By Associated Press,)
CHICAGO. Dec. reduction
of the rates for upper, Pullman berths
and in certain instances for lower berths
were announced today before Commis
sioner Franklin K. Lane and E. E.
Clark, of the interstate commerce com
mission, by G. S. Fernaid, of the Pull
man company.
No testimony in the case before was
taken.
SCALE OF REDUCTIONS.
The reduction of upper berth rates of
fered Is 20 per cent where the lower berth
exceeds J 1.50. Various reductions are
announced for the rates on lower berths
in specific instances.
Today's hearing at which the promise
of reduqtlon was made was a rehearing
of the petition of George S. Loftus
I against the Pullman company, the point
i at issue being the upper berth rates be
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast.
Last March the interstate commerce
commission ordered a reduction in the
rates for both upper and lower berths
and the United States circuit court enjoin
ed the enforcement of this order and di
rected that a rehearing be held.
The offer of the Pullman company
proves satisfactory to the "plaintiff” be
fore the commission; no testimony in
the hearing was heard.
MINIMUM RATES.
"Hereafter the minimum rate for upper
berths will be $1.25, instead of $1.50,”
said Mr. Fernaid, who is assistant gen
eral solicitor of the Pullman company.
"We have not prepared all our tables,
and being the new rates,” explained Mr.
Fernaid. “but we are working on them
as fast as possible. We decided that
although the upper berths cost more to
build, furnish and maintain than the
lowers, public discrimination against the
uppers required a reduction in their
price.
“Not a rate has been raised by this new
schedule, but we are endeavoring to ad
' just all charges to correspond with the
I eastern standard of six mills a day.”
I Among the reductions, points out of
New York for lower berths are:
’ To Tampa, Fla., $1; to St. Augustinq,
I $1; to Savannah, Ga_, $1; to Jackson-
I vllle, 75 cents.
I The new rate from New York to New
Orleans is SB.
missWmller
DEBUT ft! RECEPTION
She Will Be Presented by the
President and Mrs.
Taft
. A.'ociated Press. 1
WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Miss Helen
i Taft will make her debut at the White
House this afternoon, which is expected
to be the most brilliant society event
i of the season.
I She will b? presented by the President
| and Mrs. Taft at a recertion to be
I given between 5 and 7 o’clock. Members
• of the diplomatic corps and official cir
cles as well as other residents of the
capital have bsen Invited.
Preparations for the affair have been
in progress for weeks.
Duke’s Condition Serious
LONDON, Dec. I.—The duke of Man-
I Chester was operated on late Tuesday
|<night for appendicitis. His condition Is
said to be serious. The duke of Man
chester married Miss Helena Zimmer
i man, daughter of Eugene Zimmerman,
of Cincinnati, in 1900.
W. I. WATERS, SR., DEAD;
A FORMER ATLANTIAN
Telegram Announcing Death
Received Wednesday Night.
Funeral at Fayetteville
Mr. W. T. Waters, Sr., died In Chat
tanooga, Tenn., Wednesday night abofit
10 o’clock. News of his unexpected death
reached Atlanta In a telegram to his
■on, W. T. Waters, Jr., of The Atlanta
Journal staff.
Mr. Waters left at once for Chattanoo
ga and he will accompany his father’s
body to Fayetteville, Ga., passing
through Atlanta Thursday evening. The
funral will occur at Fayetteville Friday
morning at 10 o’clock and Mr. Waters
will be laid to rest near his former
home.
The death of W. T. Waters, Sr., marks
the passing of a former well known citi
zen of Atlanta and a pioneer employe of
the Southern Express company. At one
time he was in the machinery business
on South Broad street, but the greater
portion of his business career was spent
In the service of the Southern Express
company. At the time of his death he
was 70 years of age. While he had been
in feeble health for a long time his
deatn was unexpected and comes as a
shock to a large circle of friends of the
older generation who knew and loved
him.
Surviving Mr. Waters are his widow,
his son, W. T. Waters. Jr., two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lois Yarbrough, of 832 Pied
mont avenue, assistant principal of Wal
ker street school, and Mrs. Thomas J.
Wesley, of 462 West Peachtree street,
and a sister, Mrs. S. Crowe, of Atlanta.
BRANTLEY TO BE GUEST
OF SAVANNAH PYTHIANS
- - - I
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. I.—The mem
bers of the Knights of Pythias in Savan
nah are to be the hosts on Monday after
noon and night of Hon. B. D. Brantley,
of Blackshear, grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias of Georgia. The
grand chancellor will come to Savannah
on this occasion to pay his first official
visit to the local lodges. He will be car
■ rled for an automobile ride in the after
noon and In the evening he will be the
guest ■ of■ the several lodges of the city.
Forest City lodge No. 1 yvill meet on
that night and after a visit there the
grand chancellor will be tendered a ban
quet in the banquet hall of the Knights
of Pythias building.
There will be some good speaking and
the occasion promises to be one of much
enjoyment. Mr. Branley is very popular
with the members of the order in Savan
nah and it will give them pleasure to
act as his host upon this occasion.
LESS SUM ESTIMATED
FOR EXPENSES OF NAVY
WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—A total esti
mate for the United States navy for the
fiscal year 1911-12. to be submitted to
congress as a basis for the appropriation
for that .year, amounts to $126,046,659.24,
which is $5,000,000 less than the sums ap
propriated in the naval bill for the cur
rent fiscal year.
This statement was made by Secretary
of the Navy Meyer, coupled with the
announcement that the figures mentioned
include the estimates for the first year’s
expenses to be Incurred in the construc
tion of the new vessels contemplated by
the navy department’s building pro
r am.
ERBSTEIN IS GIVEN
CHANGE OF VENUE
-
CHICAGO. Dec. I.—Attorney Charles
Erbstein was granted a change of venue
today by Judge Scanlan, in his trial on 1
charges of bribing a jury in the second
trial of Lee O’Neil Browne, who was ac
cused of buying votes for Senator Wil
liam Lorimer. The case ia set before
Judge Brentano. tomorrow.
COLDEST ON RECORD
FDR DECEMBER 11N
ITUNTIIGEIB79
Temperature Thursday Was
24 and Will Drop Still Low
er During the Night Says
Mr. Von Herrmann
PRESENT COLD WAVE IS
AN IMPORTED ARTICLE
Wind Makes Cold Seem More
Severe and This May Abate
Some in the Next Few
Hours
Down goes the temperature.
This is the coldest first day of De
cember on record in Atlanta since 1879.
Thursday morning at 7 o'clock the
temperature was 24, which was one de
gree below anything on the weather
books for December 1. That, however,
is not the coldest record for this tlmq
of year In Atlanta. There have been
days in November when the temperature
was as low as 18, but for the initial day
of December this is the record.
And the story is not yet told, for by
Thursday night there will have been a
further fall.
Thursday morning the temperature
made a desperate but futile effort to
come back. It began to slowly crawl
up, but the beet it could do was to reach
26, after many and laborious attempts. <
Thursday night, according to the ob
servations of Director von Herrmaniu
the temperature will get as low as 20.
Certainly it will be between 26 and 20.
but the wind may take a rest and keep
things from being unpleasant.
The present cold wave is an imported
article coming across the border from
Canada at such a rapid rate that even
the customs officers did not catch a
glimpse of it
It came like a fat man dropping out
of an air ship. It made an altitude
record and then swooped to earth again
with fresh chills and shivers gathered
in the clouds.
The cold is expected to last for at
, least the remainder of the week and
maybe longer. At any rate it has not
i been in the least backward about an-
I nouncing its presence. With water pipes
| freezing and the breaks that are sure to
i follow, plumbers are said to be planning
a Christmas jubilee such as has not been
held in years.
Augusta Shivering
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. I.—Augusta shiv
ered In freezing winds this morning.
The official thermometer recorded 29 de
grees, but in the city and especially, tn
, the lowlands below tbe town, it was
several degrees below that. Accprdln’g
J to the weather bureau, though, it was a
1 degree less cold than October 31 of this
year.
Cold, Cold, Still Colder,
Is Forecast for South
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1.-Free«ing
1 weather as far south as the gulf states
marked the entry of the first day of
December 1. Snow flurries are reported
from many points in Kentucky and
Tennessee, and low temperatures pre
vail tn practically all sections. Points
in the Mississippi valley as far south as
1 Arkansas reported temperatures ranging
' from 15 to 20 degrees, but the weather at
I these points was balmy compared with
I conditions throughout the middle west
I and northwest, where heavy snows and
blizzards drove the jnercury down to a
point 12 degrees below zero.
Colder weather is predicted, for practi
cally the entire south tonight, with in
dications of a freeze in northern Florida
and frost in the central portion of that
state. ,
diaz Inaugurated;
U. S. SENDS GOOD WILL
Congratulations of Powers Are
Presented at Services of
Eighth Succession
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1.-At the inaugu
ration ceremonies attending the eighth
succession of President Diaz, held here
today, the American ambassador, Henry
T. Wilson, acting as dean of the diplo
matic corps presented the congratulations
of the representatives of several foreign
powers, including the United States.
pecanYndustrFopens
IN MONROE COUNTY
JULIETTE. Ga., Dec. I.—Monroe coun
ty promises from all indications to be
come within a few more years one of
the banner pecan producing counties of
the state. Farmers and others In many
sections of the county are paying a
great deal of attention to the develop
ment of the pecan industry, and hun
dreds of trees are being set out all over
the county.
Some of the targest pecan growers in
the state now five in this county, and
'it Is believed that within a very short
I time thousands of dollars will be added
|to the wealth of Monroe county by a
' development of the pecan industry.
:FISHERMEN LOSE LIVES
WHEN SMACK CAPSIZES
CHARLESTON. S. C.. Dec. 1.-Fifteen
fishermen are supposed to have been
drowned off Charleston, their smacks
having been missing for several days, a
report says a smack was sighted says a
smack wns sighted floating bottom up
j ward yesterday.
4. AVIATjaS WILL BACH <
NEW OHLEAKS AUTOS ♦
♦ NEW ORLEANS, Dec. I.—A ♦
♦- race between an aeroplane and an
e- automobile was scheduled as Ehe
e- principal feature of the opening ♦
♦ of an aviation meet here this as- ♦
♦ ternoon, under the auspice? of the >
I New Orleans Item. ♦
Eugene Ely. Augustus Post, J. ♦
e- A. D. McCurdy and James Ward ♦
were the aviators entering the
♦ meet. ♦
♦ ♦
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