Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1908, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue The Evening Star } Newspsper Company. European Office: 3 Regent Si., London, Englap4. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicago Office: First National Bank Building. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers, on thelr own ac cont, within the city at 50 cents per month: ‘Without The Sunday Star at 44 cents per month. By mail. postage prepaid: Fyenin q Star. Weather. Fair and slightly warmer to- light variable winds, mostly south- night. Thursday fair; erly. Dally. Sunday included, one month. ¢O conte, cEEEEES = =a saeeee = —————— ee = - = 2 = sean er ee No. 17,516. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908—EIGHTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. | EXAMINER TO HEAR CASE AGAINST LABOR ALBERT HARPER IS NAMED Mitchell Scored by Counsel for Buck Stove and Range Company. PARKER LAUDS JUDGE GOULD Withdraws Request for Trial by Jury | and Declares Clients Believe in | His Fairness—Answer Filed to Charges. In the case of the contempt proceedings | against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell} and nk Morrison of the American Federation of Labor in connection with the Buck’s Stove and Range Company | today Judge Gould decided to appoint an aminer to take testimony. Albert Harper was designated to per- form that service. Thirty days was given to each side for the purpose of taking testimony. Examiner Harper expects to begin the hearing next Friday. The meetings will be held in the office of the Federation of Labor, Typographical Temple. Judge Parker came into the courtroom ten minutes in advance of the time set for convening. Judge Gould did not make his appearance for a quarter of an hour afterward. Parker was ‘accompanied by his asso- ciates in the case, Jackson H. Ralston i F. L. Siddons of the local bar. They presented him to other lawyers with whom the ex-presidential candidate chatted pleasantly Sompers, Mitchell and Morrison also presented themselves immediately after the court came in, and were soon en- gaged in conversation with their counsel. They were accompanied by other mem- bers of the executive council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. Daniel Dav- enport of Bridgeport, Conn., and W. C. Sullivan of this city appeared for the stove company. Postponement Asked For. After some preliminary routine business had been disposed of the contempt case was taken up. The proceeding was im- mediattely begun with a request by Sulli- van for a postponement of the case in order that testimony might be taken. This application was vigorously opposed by Ralston and Judge Parker, who asked for immediate hearing. Judge Parker announced the withdrawal of the request for a trial by jury. He said the request had been incorporated in the petition without consultation, and that after such consultation yesterday it has been decided to withdraw that re- quest. He said he and his clients would be willing to have Justice Gould pass on the application. 5 Davenport read at length from the peti- tion for the punishment of Gompers, Mitchell and Marrison, and from their replies. He contended there had been an intentional incitement to the labor unions to action in contempt of the court. He contended that the law had been mis- stated. Mitchell was scored by Davenport. The attorney said that from Mitchell's an- swer he would have the court infer that he was in a “comatose state’ when the resolution referring to the Buck's Stove and Range Company was put before the convention of the United Mine Workers at_ Indianapolis. He declared that although Mitchell pre- sided and the record showed that he had ruled on questions arising immediately prior and subsequent to the alleged con- temptuons resolution, Mitchell had an- swered that he had “no recollection of the matter.’ Davenport vehemently denied that the placing of the resolution to the vote of the convention was the only act of al- leged contempt charged against Mitchell. He asserted that a conspiracy had been shown to exist between Gompers, Mitchell in- Morrison, and, facing Mitchell, juired if he “hoped to escape the ‘¢ sequences of the acts of his associates. Parker Praises Gould. Justice Gould having intimated that he might refer the matter to a special mai ter, Judge Parker earnestly requested the court to abandon such an idea, and de- clared that the labor. leaders wanted Jus- tice Gould to hear and dispose of the question. He paid a glowing tribute to the ability and fairness of the presiding justice, and clared that the labor officials were sat- ied that he had reached honestly his mc m that the injunction should ts- and that at the outcome of this pro- ceeding it would be made clear that this injunction had been obeyed, not because labor content with the finding, he said, because it had shown its discontent by appealing, but because the decision had been so carefully considered and so honestly arrived at. Judge Parker’s Argument. In urging an immediate hearing Judge Parker said: “I have read carefully your honor’s pinion in this matter and I appreciate that your honor has investigated it thor- oughly and carefully, and that you have portunity to do absolute justice. “I have served myself in a court where su ° 1 have been overruled by my associates 4 questions involving labor matters, and the same time I know that every one was as onscientious and as sure of his opinion as I was of mine. “And now, your gonc we want to be heard before your honor, is no Issue here. There is not allegation which they make 1n they quote thing written by any us that is denied. In many in- stances where they quote from a part of one of n editorial we ask that the entire edi- torial be submitted ow ce in a while they have made ass ons in which they said at from time to time we did such and such things. And this we deny And, of course, no judge would think of punishing for con- tempt for assertions which amount to conclusions. They have gone back ten years @efore e making of the decree of which they ow say we have been guilty of contempt. Not ali the things which they have said or they have charged, but the general assertion that from time to time since the decree was entered we have been guilty of contempt, without specifying the time. Those are denied. Therefore Court Prolongs Contempt Pro- | ceedings Until After Election. | | DOESN'T | nomination. BOSSES FALL IN LINE N. O. M. Tells of the Brisk Stampede to Hughes. BUT THEY ARE NOT HAPPY “Test” Vote of Yesterday Was a Screaming Farce. SHOW ANYTHING One Politician Brutally Calls Hughes “the Candidate Everybody Is for and Nobody Wants.” Special From a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, September 9.—The stam- pede of the hitherto opposing bosses to the Hughes band wagon has commenced in earnest and presages his renomination for governor at the republican state con- vention next week. Gov. Hughes will be renominated under protest. It will be a falf-hearted proposition all the way round and will be done because the re- publicans see no other way out of their dilemma. To recall an expression which was one time applied to a candidate “higher up,” Gov. Hughes will be a candidate “whom everybody is for and whom nobody wants.” That sounds brutal, but in these dispatches I am telling the facts about the political situation and not playing any party’s game nor any group of politicians’ ing republican politicians of this city made this remark to me this morning—I will be excused for not using his name, for the kind of quoted inter- views that are given out are not worth telegraph tolls as a rule: A Bit of Plain Talk. “We will have to renominate Gov. Hughes, because if we do not the repub- Hican party will be accused of dodging a moral issue.” This leader went on to say that he had grave doubts of the ability of the repub- licans to carry the state unless the demo- crats should be more than usually fatu- ous in their candidate and platform. The first of the local leaders to mount the Hughes band wagon is Herbert Par- sons, chairman of the county committee. In a statement given out at noon he said: “The result of the test vote taken in this county shows that a considerable majority of the enrolled republicans pre- fer that Gov. Hughes should be renomi- nated. We took the test to put the ques- tion up to them, and if their desires were explicit, to act accordingly. The test shows that there is some bitter opposi- tion. “But in view of the controlling senti- ment in fayor of Gov. Hughes’ renomina- tion, which the test has made clear, it is my opinion that a large majority of the delegates from New York county to the state convention will favor Gov. Hughes’ renomination.” “Test” Vote a Farce. Now, it is well known in this neck of the woods that yesterday's so-called “test vote’ on Hughes’ renomination was a farce of the first water. Why, the Rogers Brothers or Williams and Walker or Mc- Intyre and Heath could not get up a more screaming farce than that “test vote.” It was designed simply to give the political bosses who wanted to turn to Hughes a soft blanket to fall on. The vote was not a test. In many of the districts selected for the so-called test not one-third of the enrolled republican vote turned out. In other districts the vote cast was un- doubtedly instructed. - The only honest vote was on the Fast Side, which is anti-Hughes, and there the boys turned out with a whoop and not only registered their opposition, but had it counted. This is supposed to be an object lesson of the anti-Hughes sentiment which is to be developed at the polls in Novem- ber. Well, as against that there will also be the votes of the stay-at-homes, who did not enter yesterday's farcical proceedings. Humble Pie for Leaders. Anyhow, the opposition bosses are eating humble pie. Mr. Parsons prom- ises a delegation for Hughes from New York county. The Saratoga convention will make a wry face and swallow the The leaders will try to smother the expressions of hostility so as not to give the democrats too much powder for their campaign. The next question will be whom will the democrats put up? Democratic bosses are still at sea. There is talk to- day of Representative Sulzer, but he is a poor man and cannot finance the cam- paign. There is also talk of Frank M. Palmer and of Alton B. Parker, but State Chairman Conners has not been able thus far to combine the candidate and the campaign fund to his satisfac- tion. State Chairman Woodruff does not climb upon the band wagon with the same agility displayed by County Chair- man Parsons. However, Mr. Woodruff is @ more portly person, as his ample waistcoat measure demonstrates, He gets up with much grunting and com- plaining. In a statement issued late today Chair- man Woodruff still harps upon the oppo- sition to the governor, as evidenced by the attjtude of various leaders. He thinks yesterday's “test vote” is significant. Up to the Convention. However, in the end the state chair- man's statement declares that the whole proposition will have to be thrashed out at the state convention, and then he has- tens to add that whatever the verdict of the state convention, the state committee and all loyal republicans will turn to and help elect the candidate. Well, the state chairman comes up com- plainingly, but he is on the band wagon just the same. He will take Hughes next week along with the rest of them. The ajlatest gossip this afternoon in regard to the democratic gubernatorial situation in- cluded the name of D. Cady Herrick as a possible candidate. He ran in 184 and was beaten in a presidential year by Hig- gins, republican. N. O. M. ——E BANK OFFICIALS SILENT. Controller Hasn’t Heard From Cos- mopolitan in Pittsburg. Lawrence O. Murray, controller of the currency, made the following statement today regarding the closing of the Cos- mopolitan National Bank of Pittsburg: “Judge F. F. Oldham, the chief of the insolvent division, whom I sent to Pitts- burg before the closing of the Cosmopoll- tan National Bank, returned this morning, and states that the condition of the bank justified its closing. “No application has been made to this office making any proposition of any kind whatever looking toward its re- there is no opportunity for any contro- versy of fact. “We are perfectly willing—we ask for the opportunity—to lay before your honor (Continued on Fourth Page.) opening for business, nor has anything been received from any officer connected with the bank connecting Mr. Cunning- ham with intoxication when he made the examination.” ! | PREPARING IN THIS ELL, NOW | Q@vEss | FOR THE STUMP, TRAVELING = \ STUNT? (ae (CE — eee N\\nenene MITCHELL MAY BE NAMED GOSSIP REGARDING SELECTION OF F. P. SARGENT’S SUCCESSOR. Still Politics May Prevent—Powder- ly and Larned Are Almost Being Mentioned. No little speculation is being indulged in as to the probable successor of the late Frank P. Sargent as commissioner gen eral of immigration, and names are being talked of with a freedom that, in some instances at least, is not agreeable to their owners, among them Acting Com- missioner General F. H. Larned, Ter- ence V. Powderly, former commissioger general and now chief of the bureau of | information in the immigration service; | John Mitchell, former president of the mine Workers’ union, and others. It is well known that John Mitchell stands high in the confidence of the Pres- ident as well as of Secretary Straus, but it is not to be overlooked, say his friends | in this city, that Mr. Mitchell has more than once declined better positions from the standpoint of salary, and shis influ- ence for good to the cause which he has so long represented when they have been | offered him by the President in the past. Then, they add, or at least those who have tendencies Bryanward, that it must) be remembered that Mr. Mitchell has al-} ready tacitly, if not openly, given his| support to the Gompers demonstration which is cutting some figure in both polit- ical and labor circles. That fact alone, it is argued, might prompt the President} against offering aid and comfort to one whose present political attitude is at least doubtful. Don’t Want Brief Job. Friends of both Larned and Powderly | say it is extremely doubtful that either of them would care to relinquish good posi- tions, protected by the civil service law of tenure, to wield the brief authority of a commissioner general for a few months at the close of the present administration, with the possibility of being displaced by | the new administration, be it Taft's or Bryan's. Secretary Straus, through his pri secretary, Mr. Stevens, has emphatically stated that Mr. Sargent’s successor has not yet been selected, and that the mat- ter of selection has progressed no furthe: than an early stage of consideration. Yet Mr. Mitchell's name as the choice kee bobbing up more prominently as the days go by. a UNCLE JOE PRESIDES. Harmony-Unity to Illinois! State Convention. | SPRINGFIELD, Ill, September 9.—The republicans of Ilinols met here today in state convention and nominated four trus- tees for the University of Illinois, selected presidential electors and adopted a plat-| form. Roy O. West, chairman of the state central committee, called the con- vention to order and introduced Joseph G Cannon, Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, as chairman of the conven-| tion. The convention was not as largely at-| tended as in former years, because there; were no contests of any consequence, for the primary election held August 8 deter- mined the candidates for state offices. | The convention was more of a harmony | meeting, and efforts were made to har-| monize all factions and smooth over all feeling that was engendered during the | recent primary election. Speaker Cannon in his speech to the; convention urged that all differences ‘be forgotten and that there be unity and! harmony all along the line and that every-! body work for the success of the state and national tickets. “Former Secretary of the Treasury Les- Me M. Shaw also made a speech. His ad- dress dwelt mainly with national issues. Senator Hopkins and Gov. Deneen made short addresses. The arsenal was well filled when Chair- man West called the convention to order. The big hall was beautifully decorated with American flags. Large pictures of Taft and Sherman were everywhere to be seen. When Chairman West introduced Speaker Cannon as chairman of the con- vention the delegates arose and cheered vigorously. Talks | itu | declaring “HUGHES TEST” NOT A TEST VOTING PERHAPS NOT INDICA- TIVE OF SENTIMENT. Herbert Parsons Says Governor Will Have Support of 40 Per Cent of New York County’s Delegates. NEW YORK, September 9.—That Gov. es will have the support of about 40 per cent of the delegates from New York county to the state republican con- vention at Saratoga next week is the opinion expressed by Herbert Parsons, chairman of the county committee, after analyzing the vote cast in yesterday's primaries. While the test vote was made in only nine assembly districts in New York county, Mr. Parsons said it, was quite apparent that there is 9 strong Hughes sentiment among a ce.tain ele- ment which votes the republican ticket. It was shown, also, he said, that there is bitter opposition to the governor in cer- tain quarters, notably in those sections of the city where foreign-born citizens predominate. In the selected districts of Kings county the net vote against the governor's renom{nation was more than two to one. There are many who are not inclined to accept yesterday's voting in the scattered districts as indicative of sentiment throughout the greater city. They point out that in those districts where the go ernor’s friends were in control of the di: trict organization there was in each in- stance a substantial Hughes lead, while in those districts in which the leaders have opposed the governor's candidacy the re- sult was quite the reverse. Another point which has been made in this connection is that nothing like the full vote was brought out. As an instance, there is the eighth assembly district of Brooklyn, which went 108 for Hughes and iM4¢ against him. In last year's election the republican candidate for the assembly re- ceived 3,872 votes. COCKRAN LAUDS TAFT BEST QUALIFIED NOMINEE EVER, SAY BRYAN ADVOCATE. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, Mass., September 9.—While he will support Bryan, W. Bourke Cockran, at his hotel here, today lauded William H. Taft, the republican eandidate, as he has not been lauded even in his own ranks, “Taft is the greatest and best qualified nominee ever offered in any republic in the world,”’ said Cockran. ‘He is a great- er man than Roosevelt. When surrounded by the same environment that made Roosevelt great, he will prove a bigger man “It is a mistake, however, for Mr. Taft to go on the stump. He is failure there. Bryan is a born tribune. Therein lies his strength. “But Taft is a wonderful administrator— the greatest the country has ever seen— and is a wonderful worker. But I fear his deficiencies on the stump — will eclipse his real merit in the eyes of the annot compare with Bryan r. 1 poll 25 per cent of a vote Cannon, Knox nor any other candidate, save Roosevelt, That is a great deal. neither republican would have secured. Taft is a greater man than Roosevelt. “Party barriers are badly broken. Bryan will get the radical vote. But Taft will get the vote Tor Rooseveltism, even though Rooseveltism is buttressed behind the great influences of wealth, trusts and so on. Ay I think Bryan is a great man, too,’ continued Cockran, “‘but he is a dif- ferent kind of man from Taft.” JONES FOR SENATOR. Washington Primary Election Re: turns Indicate Ankeny’s Defeat. SPOKANE, Wash., September 9.—Late reports from yesterday's primary elec- tion indicate the selection of Repre- ‘sentative Jones as republican nominee for senator in place of Levi Ankeny, Owing to the large number of candi- dates, returns are slow in coming in. The race for governor is so close that i is difficult today to make a predic- on. TAFT DECIDES ON LONG TOUR ALL SAY HE MADE GOOD IN YESTERDAY’S SPEECHES. So Now He Will Go Out on a Vote- Getting “Swing Around the Circle.” CINCINNATI, .Ohio, September 9.— That William H. Taft will make a com- plete and extensive tour of the United States before the November election is announced to be the personal determina- tion of the candidate. Mr. Taft will rely on the record made by himscif yesterday as proof complete of his ability to make good in a campaign of travel. The principal speech of the day was to an audience which filled the Sandusky Opera House. At 1:40 p.m. the start was made in a special car for Cincinnati. Ten minutes later, at Castella, the candi- date received not only the cheers of tne populace at Castelia, but a huge bou- quet of garden flowers tossed to him on the rear of his car by a bevy of children. At York an instant’s stop allowed but few words and a cheer. It was at Clyde, a half hour after the start, that opportunity was given, after an introduction to a large crowd by Rep- resentative Mouser, for the candidate to talk tariff revision along protection lines. The republican party, he said, had not abandoned this principle, and in that respect differed from democratic revision, which would disregard American indus- use in the interest of tariff for revenue only. At Great Springs the candidate got a cordial shout of approval. Left Train at Tiffin. Tiffin was next on the map, and Mr. Taft and Mrs. Taft left the train and mounted a stand near the station, which was decorated with flowers and crowded with a bevy of ‘Old Glory girls” In blue. Here Mr. Taft gave his views on labor. He opposed class legislation, but favored such enactments as would place labor on an equal footing with capital in making contracts for service. The ‘Siffin crowd numbered more than a thousand and gave evidence of hearty approval. Mr. Vorys pulled the candidate by his coat talis while the crowd clung to ..s right hand and the conductor shouted, “All aboard!” At Carey, the next stop, a platform en- gagement was also arranged. It was here the candidate took Mr. Bryan to task about his Philippine criticisms. “Now,” he said, “Mr. Bryan says that we are infringing on his patents, with reference to the Philippines, and that we have adopted his policies. I assert with- out hesitation—and I know what I am talking about—that the war was con- tinued two years longer in the Philip- pines because of the attitude of -ur. Bryan and his party on that subject. At Wharton there. was only time for a cheer; at Kenton a reminiscence by the candidate that his first campaigning was done there; while short speeches were made at Urbana and Bellefontaine. Biggest Crowds of the Day. Springfield and Dayton vied with each other for the biggest crowds of the day, and each was expressive of enthusiasm. Red fire and torches helped the crowd. at Middletown and Franklin, and the speaking time was limited. Cincinnati was reached at nearly 9 o'clock, an hour later than scheduled. The Taft family was driven directly to the residence of Charles P. Taft, from, where the campaign of the month of September will be conducted. The principal effort of the day of the candidate was made at Sandusky. This speech was preceded by addresses by Representative Keifer, Gen. Corbin and former Gov. Herrick. ee Can’t Accept Dutch Invitation. The Navy Department has been obliged to decline an invitation extended by the Netherlands government for the battle- ship fleet to visit Landjong Priok, Java, on the way to Manila. The department desires to get the fleet to Manila ir. good time for the target practice season and does not think it wise to depart from the itinerary mapped out for the vessels. ————— Balloon Sails for 23 Hours. NEZHIN, Russia, September 9.—A bal- loon from Berlin, carrying two German aeronauts, came down here yesterday after having been in the air twenty-three hours. ANGE FIRES CHECKED 'Minnesota Towns Menaced All| Night by Blazing Forests. iCRISIS APPEARS PASSED Grand Marais Cut Off by Flames and j May Be Destroyed. | i GUNBOAT GOPHER TO RESCUE) Citizens of Hibbing, Other Towns Spend Night in Fighting Fire. Bovey and! | DULUTH, Minn., September 9.—It was | night of terror on the range and one of | deep anxiety in Duluth. But today con-| | ditions appear to have changed for the} better. All yesterday afternoon and last night; fires threatened a half dozen of the larger | towns on the range. | Hibbing fought almost persistent fires from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until late last night. At 4 o'clock Duluth was asked for assistance. A fire engine was made ready for shipment by a special train. A telephone message later held it in Duluth | ready for shipment at any time and stat- ed that the crisis appeared to be past. Hibwing Fights All Night. More than 1,000 residents of Hibbing fought back the flames all night long, | stamping out brush fires and wetting down the fields about the town to keep the fire from spreading. This morning the reports are that the town is safe. Similar experiences are reported from a dozen other range towns. So far as is} known there have been no others de- stroyed. Bovey had as hard a fight as Hibbing. The residents of Coleraine, two miles away, had to go to their assistance. All business was suspended and the schools closed. Citizens, after packing a few valuables ready to flee at a moment's no- tice, fought the fires all night. At Aurora, Nashwauk, Buhl, Wrenshall and several smaller towns and villages the same story was reported. This morning what reports have been received from the busy fire-fighters are more optimistic. The wind ts going down and the fires appear to be gradually burn- ing themselves out. Great vigilance is still necessary, however. Grand Marais in Grave Danger. The rhost dramatic incidents of the en- tire fire promise to develop around Grand Marais. The steamer Gopher, the United States gunboat, carrying fifty members of the naval militia, left last night for Grand Marais to rescue the settlers along the north shore. The little village is entirely shut off from communication by me-ns of tele- phone or telegraph. It will be twenty- four hours at heard from them. ‘The passengers. on the last boat report- ed that the fires were rushing toward the lake and gradually hemming in the inhabitants of the little village, compris- ing about 600 people, mostly fishermen and Indians. There are also many set- tlers along the lake shore. If the fires sweep righ: up to the lake shore, the intense heat and the smoke might cause the loss of many lives, al- though the people could save themselves from actual cremation by taking refuge on the beach. The Gopher carried provisions and clothing and will pick up any settlers who are found to be homeless. The men will help fight the fires at Grand Marais if the village is not already destroyed. $30,000 Fund Raised. The Duluth relief fund has now passed |the $30,000 mark and is rapidly growing. | All the immediate wants of the sufferers j have been cared for. | The range railroads belonging to the | steel corporation are carrying all supplies free of charge and running specials when- ever they are needed. The corporation and its officers have also contributed near- ly $15,000 in cash toward the fund. The range is by no means out of dan- jger as yet. As stated above, the reports this morning are more favorable, but a change of the wind or an increase in Its velocity might cause them to break forth with renewed violence. Every moment it lis feared that a new town will be re- | ported ablaze. See JUDGE PARKER LEAVES TOWN. Says He Would Not Run for Gov- ernor of New York. Before leaving for New York at o'clock today Judge Alton B. Parker took | cognizance of a report that he would be | willing to make the race for governor of | least before anything is | 30 | WRIGHT'S AEROPLANE HAS WORLD'S RECORD Soars 57 Minutes 31 Seconds at Fort Myer Today. DIDN’T HAVE TO COME DOWN Machine Circles Drill Grounds Fifty- Seven Times. MILE-A-MINUTE SPEED MADE —— |Aviator Glad America Holds Pen- nant for Long Flights—Dele- grange’s Performance Is Doubled. What Orville Wright Did. Stays up in air, 57.31 minutes. Doubles Delagrange’s record. Circles drill grounds fifty-seven times. Travels probably fifty - seven mil Makes speed of mile a minute, Flies to height of 150 feet. Puts America on top. With every world’s record knocked into a cocked hat, Orville Wright this morning brought his aeroplane to ground at Fort Myer after a flight of fifty-seven minutes and thirty-one sec- onds. August Post of the New York Aero Club of America and Charles Taylor, Wright's mechanic, were the first to congratulate the aviator, They shook both his hands, and there was nothing to choose between them. “Fifty-seven, thirty-one,” said Tay- lor. t “AS much as that?” said Wright, ques- tioningly. “Why, if I had known we were that close to the hour I would have stayed full time. That was really the situation. Appar- ently it would have been as easy for | Wright to have stayed inthe air for an hour and a half as it was to stay there fifty-seven minutes. The motor was working smoothly. There was no air to speak of. All con- ditions were ideal for the flight, There was no way for those on the | round to signal the aviator as to the ;time. He came to earth after he had been up what he estimated abont forty minutes. Gilad America Holds Record. “Time goes rather fast while you are in the air,” he remarked, with a quiet | Smile, and wiped his forehead of perspi- ration. “I really had no idea that I had been up so long. “I am glad we have the record for time in this country. Both my brother and myself wanted it that way. The next thing we will go for is the hour.” Wright straightened the kinks out of his | back. It 1s rather a cramped position hunched up on -the aeroplane seat. He told his mechanic he had better alter the back rest a little and make it more com- fortable for future filghts, The start was made at 8:25 o'clock this morning. There was a brilliant sun. What little air was blowing came directly out of the north, Not more than twenty people were pres- ent at the start. There was scarcely more than twice that number present to \view the finish of the record-breaking flight. The crowd consisted principally of | newspaper men, photographers and en- listed men_from the post. One or two officers of Fort Myer were on the ground, LS of the airship board from the War | Department was present. | The start was ideal, but differed little ;from the others that have been made. The weight fell and the big machine shot off the end of the track with a scarcely perceptible lift from the start. On the first round of the wheel the height was not above thirty feet. The operator kept the machine well within the bounds of the surrounding buildings and tents. Aeroplane Climbs High. Then, as the motor continued to run smoothly, firing with a regularity of shot dropping into a tin bucket, he seemed to gather confidence. The big plane com- menced to climb. Soon he was above the roof of the artillery sheds. A Uttle later he topped the balloon tent and was sailing on a level with the trees in the Arlington cemetery. The highest of these,trees are ! about sixty feet. Round and round the machine swept, ing election, and said in so many words that he was not so inclined. He made} special reference to the headlines pub- | lished over an interview he granted to the | Washington correspondent of a New York paper. “I am_not willing to run for Governor of New York,” said Judge Parker. “I did not feel that the situation and the ques- tion presented justified me in saying more than that. It is my desire never again to hold public office. My friends, I felt, would understand that I sald pre- cisely what I meant, and my answer was intended to inform them and no one else.” Judge Parker will entertain Mr. Bryan at dinner next Sunday. —$<$<<—e—_—__—_—_— CAPT. ARCHIBALD INJURED. ‘ War Correspondent Victim of Acci- dent in France. Capt. James Archibald of this city was accidentally shot In the eye while gunning for partridges a day or two ago with Marquis de Martimprey, near Cambrai, France. The doctors were successful in extracting the bullet, and it is thought that they may save his sight. Capt. Archibald is a well known war correspondent, and lives at the Wyoming in this city. His mother is there at present. She has heard nothing from her son ex- cept what she has learned from the news- papers. She sent a cablegram of inquiry this morning, and expects an answer to- night. Capt. Archibald was born in New York in 1869, the son of Dr. F. A. and Martha W. J. Archibald. He has seen, service in several campaigns, notably in the Chinese- Japanese war, in the Sioux campaign and in the last Apache campaign. He was volunteer aide de camp with the Sth Army Corps during the Spanish war. He was on Gen. McKibben’s staff in the Santiago campaign, and saw a great deal of scout- ing service. He was the first man wound- ed in the Spanish war, receiving a bullet wound in the left arm. In the Boer war he was with the Brit- ish forces until the occupation of Pre- toria, where he was wounded. He was correspondent for Collier's in the war be- tween Russia and Japan. He has written several books. | the state of New York at the approach- | time after time. August Post kept record each time the plane passed the starting oint. ae the flight continued Wright increas- ed the size of the circles. Soon he was sweeping out beyond the balloon tent on the south edge of the field and hugging the wall of the cemetery on the east. The biggest circles were certainly about the Hmits of a mile track. There was no way to estimate the dis- tance flown. The rounds expanded an@ contracted at the will of the operator. The average probably was a little less than a mile, and the total number of circles was fifty-seven. It was just about one minute to the circle of the drill grounds, The motor was only running at about three-quarters speed, the setting not hav. ing been altered since the long flight last night. What the machine would be capable of on a straightaway course with the motor running at full speed is still a question. There seems little doubt that the time would be well over the contract speed of forty miles an hour. Wright said, after the flight, that there was the greatest temptation to Mcerease the size of the circles and get out over the broken country to the southward, But in case the motor had stopped this probably would have meant landing in trees or bushes, with the resulting torn wings. And the aviator was not taking any such risks. Cold and Windy High Up. Two or three times on the flight Wright was seen to waive his hand to the spec- tators. Once he adjusted his cap. It was cold and windy in the upper heights owing to the speed of the mae chine, although there was little breeze on the ground. The anemometer on the signal tower recorded no breeze at all at the close of the flight. But some of the flags on the neighboring buildings seemed to indicate that the anemometer was loafing on its job. « It was hard to estimate the height reached by the machine. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that it was at least 150 feet in the air. On the highest turn Wright seemed to be 75 or 100 feet over the top of the highest smokestack on the grounds. This stack is 60 feet tall. At the close of the flight the machine came down as gently as a steamer com- ing to dock. Half around, away from