Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 27, 1910, Page 1

~ VOL. LIL.—NO. 256 NORWICH, CONN., ‘THURSDAY, OCTOBER AERONAUTS HAWLEY AND POST SAFE ‘First Word from the Party Since They Left St. Louis on Monday Oct. 17 LANDED IN QUEBEC WILDERNESS On Wednesday, the 19th—All Well and are Making Their Way Homeward—They Traveled Approxi- mately 1,350 Miles, Coming to Earth at Peribonka River, North of Lake Chilogona, in Chicoutimi Coun- ty—Report of Aviators Eagerly Awaited. New York, Oct. 26.—Alan R. Hawley ybecn under a constant strain and had end Augustus | . the aeronauts in|been in hour communicatién _with the balloon America II, for which | points in Canada from which he hoped ecarch had prosectted in the | 1o receive news of the landing. As the Canafiian wilds, are safe and bave es- | outlook grew iess hopeful day by day tablished a new world’s record for his anxiety became greater, but throug ned flig traveled approxi- |it all did not lose faith in his 1.350 miles and came to carth |brother ility to come through alive. timi county, Quebec, on Wed- | He had sent J. H. Pope and Kdmund but were not heard from | Stratton to Oitawa to carry on the . when telegrams sent from | search, but he notified them tonight of the happy ending. Working Toward Train Connection. Quebee, Oct. 26.—Word was received here tonight from St. Ambroise, Sague- nay, that the bailoon America II landed near Perfbouka, Chicoutimi county. 25 Ambroise, Que., reached New York. the first word from the balloon- their departurs from S Ith nine other contestants in ternational contest on Monday Ali_the other balloons had sly reported. miles from Roberval, on the 19th. ges Reach New York. |jjesers. llawiey and Post descended ages from Hawle, and | by White riv nd Bear river and left ved in New York early | for Chicoutimi s north of Que- e was to William Hawley, of the acronaut, the other io kins, piiot of the balloon which until tonight had winner bec, where t conr on is bad b¥ the Quebec and Lake St. John railway. REJOICING IN WABHINGTON. . Hawley said: Officers of Slgnll Corps Eagerly Await ess weck ago fift Report of the Aviators. | T outin Both wel ol 1 i Vashington, Oct. 26.—When the As- | ; “r T orth Laks | f0clated Press conveved to officers of | b my:{'-‘ e ':(fl_h -ak3 | the signal corps the news that Alan R. | 10, - 1[,'”"\"'}{_ | Hawley and Augustus Post of the hal IDt Of T N teq | l0on America If were safe there was | T e e e e aended | general rejoicing. No confirmation .of the early reports that the America II | had been discovered were recsived af the headquart of the signal corps during the day, although efforts were made to obtain it. In the opinion of the officers, Haw- any as almost hopeless and in governments of this country “unada were indirectly participat- rds Offered to Anyone Finding the | Men. and Post have ostablished a new Cliftord B. Harmony the wealthy am.- |7¢Cord for distance, and ~they are teur aerosaut And aviator of New | AWaiting eagerly the report of the av- York, had offered $1,000 to anyone find. | 130Fs. Mr. Post is especially wel! ng Hawley and Post, dead known to members of. the corps or alive, and this sum had bein increased to- | ('TOUEN his presence and participation night by subscription to more than | i the acronautical tests which result- .000. At the International aviation |£d In the army acquiring its dirigible mest at Belmont Park nearly $2,000 | Palloon and aeroplane. was subscribed among the aviators this afternoon, headed by $500 pledged by Glenn H. Curtiss. World's Record Broken. Young Perkins, who accompanied Yieut. Hans Gericke in the Dusseldorf, conceded immediately he received the telegram from Hawiey and Post and the German yielded first place to ihe New Yorkers. Perkins had estimated | the dlstance traveiad by the Dusseldor? £t 1,240 miles. He was overjoved at hearing from his long lost rivals and viokly despatched to St. Ambroise, th instruetione to forward, this mes- 9ags of congratulation to Hawley and OBt ‘Indications are that you have brok- en the world's record for sustained flight in a balloon. Please accept m sincerest congratulations on your suc WIN CUP AND CASH PRIZES. Opinion of St. Louis Members of the Race Committee. St. Louis, Octi. 26.—A. B. Lambert, president, and 1. D. Dozier. St. Louis memblrs of the internatio halloon race commitice, announced tonight that there was no guestion but that Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post had won the James Gordon Bennett cup and the cash prizes for distance. Mr. Lambert. when informed by the Associated Press of the safety of Haw- Jey and Post, said he was pleased that they had retained the international bal- loon race for America next year. “I am certain that the war depart- ment figures to be furnished our com- mittee will show that e You ara the only ones T would Eniey and Post 5o Sind 65 mis Wit cutdias Syl 1 t;ave:d the longest distance,” he said. : i - ‘Tt has been a remarkable contest, now n exp What | fraught with difficulty for the aero- ou must have risked to make such a | o Hawley's Brother Highly Elated. | nauts. and much anxiety for those who remained at hom With the information a t t hand tonight William Hawley shouted with slation | it is ely that the distance traveled when he heard of his brother’s success | by Haw and Post to the Paribonka and safety. For the past week he had river is nearly 1,350 miles. ESTATE OF “MARK TWAIN" VALUED AT $611,136. Inventory Filed in Probate Court by INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU Showing the Relation Between Occupa- reservoir cleaning out the stones and ; the Appraisers. tion and Tubsroulosis of the Lungs. | whatever debris there may be at the| O "0 L"E",g',.‘" C:""‘?““" MSetsss PN - e A dam for the purpose of locating _an | FEtiop ofROfceEs; tedding, Conn 26.-=The inven- ashington. Oct. 26.—Figures tend- | eight inch outlet pipe. There are four | ; 7 3 tory of ths estate late Samuel | ing to show the relation bétween occu- | pipes runping under the dam, and the | Hartford Oct. 26.—At the 52d an- lemens (“Mark Twain”), filed in the | patfon and erculosis of the lungs, | lowest one, the eight inch pipe, has ' DNUal meeting of the srand lodge of | probate court here today, shows the|and apparently indicating that agricul- | become covered up to the depth of sev- | Connecticut, Vasa Order of America, valation as made by the appraisers. | tural pursuits are more favorable to| eral feet. Two of the pipes with strain- | the following officers were elected to- Alfred Bigelow Paine, Mr. Clemens’ | health in this respact than other em- | ers are out of water and taking none | 2D Master, Mathilda _Swenson, literary secretary, and Harry Louns- | ployments, were made public today by | at the present time . while the big' Meriden: vice master. Tudwig Ahi- ury, superintendent of the estate, tothe census bureau in the form of an| strainer is getting nearer the surf stron, Waterbur be $611,136. Mr. Clemers’ home, | outline of bulletin No. 108 on mortality | of the water all the time. Tfter the v ahlquist, Hartfo Stormifleld, and the 230 acres surround- | statistics for 1909. An interesting f eight inch pipe is found, and it i ils Vindad, Cromyell: treasurer, Da- ing it are valued at $70,000. The ap- |ture of the report is the showing that| deemed esrviceable, it will be flushed | ¥id Strombers, Hartford: chaplain, proximate value of his stock holdings |out of th2 total number of deaths from ! out and a strainer placed thereon.. | Cornelia Nordstrom. New Haven; mas is given as $430.000, of which $200.000 |ali causes among printers, lithograph-| It is also proposed to lower the stone | (e of ceremonies, Anderson, Hart- < in stock of the Mark Twain com- | ers and pressmen in the bureau's support of the big strainer so that that | ord; inner guard. Axel FHulten, Tor- pang, The furniture and furnishings |of death registration,” wi | pipe Will carry off 48 inches more of | Yington. and sentinel, Frank Benson, et Stormfield are valued at $10,14 more than half of {he e . should it drop to a point | Thomaston. the estate of his daughter, Je tion of the United Wwill not take water, and the | P “lemens, who died Dec. 24, 1909, tuberculosis causes, betwee inch pipe will be brought into| Roesevelt Keeps Up His Attack en s inclufled in the inventory, is ages of 25 and 34, iess than | use. that will take water from a| Candidate D ©s $7.000. Proceeds from the sale of |51.5 per cent. much lower point, being in fact placed | ex = 3 estate since his death are $41,666 The statement issued today s that | there to a ain the reservoir if desired. | - Y. 6.—John A. and $7,824 was dr-.ohn‘!:‘d from a per- | “among the men in the agricultural | D femmocs m(ax:)«yl‘m te for gu\!el - son who wae indebted te Mr. Clemens | pursuits, comsidzred as .a separs e e F B S 1 that sum, but whose mame is not |class of the total number of cHA,s,E,E ,AVPIG' | ';\}L’: Gl gt 1 given deaths reported for all causes, at the 7 Starting ¢ Syracuse, Col- Aside from his holdings In the Mari | age period 25 o 34 years, those from | M Uoh Fun in Bath Street Early Wed | evelt pushied his way north- "wain company, his largest stock hold- | tuberculosis of the Tungs formed nesday: Afternoor, | 1.be arrlved tonight at Og- tngs were: 1,750 mhares Utah (onsoli- | per cent.: in the domestic and P e r | densbu All along the way he kept dated Mining company, $§0.9 sonal service class, 3 S N oy 1l pig that appcared in some| up his ack on the iead of the dem- sharee United Fruit company, th~ trade and transportation class, 31.9 U8 manner Sodmpering wild'y)| ocralic Hcker IWIEE1E ulihie conplen) 1% sghares Brooklyp ['nion Gas com- |per cent., and in the manufacturing down Bath street and squeal- Mr. Dix’s republican oppon- | ny. $18,100. $13 whares J. Langdon |and mechanical pursuits, 30.8 per cent, | , Cup Lou Swith e Stimson, who, he said, s Ry o f B, e a1 e . { routh fn ot ‘vr;urflnt attracted = lares| § '.,u_.m.u;« for !ihurgn\‘m—n;\rsh”. by FeRmranh and ) et £ W e of 1is performances in the past. S T Adition 15 several miatia: | YOU MUST ASK FOR RECEIPT minutes past 1 o'clock Wednes- | hoidings, thera are listed 6,000 shi FROM THE ADDRESSEE. | b alued at $1,500. | | in Gabrilowitech, Mr. Clem- | New Order from Postoffice Department | ene daughter and enly helr, sailed for | Furops Saturday, leaving instructions Regarding Registry Matter. thny Stormfleld and the real estate be | ‘Washington, Oct. 28.—Hereafter one must ask voluntarily for a receipt from the addressee for registry matter or no formal notification of delivery will be sent through the mails, according to | an order made public at the postoffice Gruesome Sight at a Funeral. Boston, Oct. 26.—The gruesome sight | of blaze in_the clothing of a hody Jying in a coffin greeted the mourn had to flood the building to prevent ex- 1ensive damage. The partly cremated hody will be buried tomorrow. It was that of Miss Lettetia Di Napoli, 19 years of age. mails and sent the receipt back to the sender. Later the delivery of a re- ceipt depended upon the sending post- master’s questioning of the sender as to whether a receipt was wanted. Be- ginning December 1, next, the post- master’ need mot ask the sender, but | the sender may insure a receipt by re- | preparing for a funeral | deparament. An overturned candle startzd the | Origthally the receiving postmaster which spread so rapidly that ever | invariably obtained the addressee's was driven from the room and firemen | signature on delivery of registered | i Taft a Member of the Society of May- flower D Washington, Oct. 2 questing one. } today received his certificate of mem- = IR | Bership in the Noclety of Mayflower Brothers Meet After 19 Years. e ot g B an invita- | g, Roston there was a happy reunion | tion to attend a dinner of that organ- of three menribers of the Nelson fam when Miss Hary J. Nelson, formerly of | this eity, introduced her 1wo. brothers, | William ‘and Henry T.. to each other. v $zation in this city Nov. The ribbon dance the f=ature of | William left home 19 vears ago, and it the evening uitrac carried out ar | was not_knor n where he was until he | Cadillac hall on diy évening, | learned his / ster was employed at the | making & hit when ingroduced as an | Seigel store .n Boston. He made him- ! encove number. At signai o megss of | self known, and later she introduced Jone rinbous were ot down from | him to Henry T.. who is employed by the ¢ npon the dancers, prodpcing | the Thompson Mannfaturing com much rriment among the wixt: |at Canton. William is in the jewelr: oupies present and compliments for | husiness in Springfield, and both had the ma 1ent in arranging the pret- | been acquiinted and eating fozether 1 in the same restauranl for some time Cabled Paragraphs Rome, Oct. 26.—Fourteen new cases of cholera are officially reported in the last twenty-four hours, eight in Caser- ta, one in Lecce and five in the prov- ince of Naples. Eight deaths occurred during the same period. Port au Prince, Havti, Oct. 26.—The Haytian gunboat Liberte has been lost at sea off Port de Paix, following explosion on board. It is_estimat that seventy persons were either killed or drowned. Twenty persons were res- cued. News of the accident was re- czived here teday. Berlin, Oct. 26.—A despatch to the Cologne Gazette from Constantinople states that in view of the developments in Persia the government has under discussion the plan to send into Persia Turkish troops equal in numbers to those sent into the country by Russia and Great Britain in order to protect ‘Turkish subjects. It is also affirmed that Turkish interests are disinclined to -toleratz a division of Persia be- tween Russia and Great Britain. WELLS FARGO MEN JOIN U. S. EXPRESS CO. STRIKERS Adams Expre: Co. Men Will Also Go Out—Strikers Give Jersey City Police Much Trouble. New York, helpers of company went out in sympathy th the striking employes of the United States Kxpress company in Jersey City today and it is reported that the Adams Express men will go out to- morrow. Scenes of disorder we: fre- quent and the police were compelled to use clubs and pistols. There has been talk of calling on Governor Fort to order out the militia but up to tonight no action had been taken. Women have joined the strikers and are giving the police much trouble. Tonight when the wagons of the Wells Fargo company were returning to the stables in Jersey Cit a crowd of strike sympathizers rushed the wag- ons and men, women and children were thrown down, but no one was severely injurec Oc The drivers and 26. the Wells Fargo Express WHISKEY AND MORPHINE WAS HIS UNDOING. Former Arcndeacon Smith Jailed for Passing Worthless Cheoks. Kansas ey | 26.—Wh and morphine are biamed by Henry B. Smith, formerly = con for thel southern half of the Kpiscopal diocese | of Oklahor | charge of pa gregating $1.800. Rev. Mr. Smith was the criminal court under bail of $1.000, | which_he failed to give. and went to jail. He says he will plead guilty to- | morrow. The prisoner's wife and four chil- dren are in Park City, Okla. It is said he came here to sell oil land stock. for bi ing worthl today on checks ag- bound over m} C. D. BOSS CO. ABSORBED Hoped to Reach Labrador Coast BUT BIG STORM COMPELLED LANDING TO BE MADE. AERONAUT POST'S STORY Of a Week's Arduous Struggling Through the Dense Wilderness of Canada to Reach Civ ization. ‘Chicoutimi, Que,, Oct. 26.—Thorough- ly fatigued and showing plentiful marks of an arduous week of struggling through the dense wilderness of north- ern Canada, Messrs. Hawley and Post, the insatiable <, who accord- ing to available d iled the Amer- jca 1T nearly seventy miles farther than any other contestant in the big balloon race for the Gordon Bennett cup, ar- rived here this evening. 1,450 Miles in 46 Hours. According to their reckoning, they covered 1,450 miles in the air during 46 hours. Mr. Post, acting as spokesman, told the story of the trip tonight. Calls It “A Beautiful Trip.” “We had a beautiful trip.” said Mr. Post. “We crossed Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and followed what I should judge to be the proposed route of the Georgian Bay canal, and if you ask me there is water cnough in that section of the coun not only to suit the canal but to float all the ships of the world. Wednesday morning we found that we weare north of the lake John and oing well and we had hopes that we would be able to continue the trip un- til we struck the lL.abrador coast. Made Easy Landing on a Mountain. “Unfortunately, about 3 o'clock on mountain and came down upon it and made an easy landing on the mountain de at an ele 1 of about 1,500 feet. This was at 3.45 p. m. It was near nightfall and we knew that we ware a considerable distance from any settle- ment, so we decided to pass the night in thé hasket of the balloon. Start for Civilization. civilization, hesading south. We pad three days of strenuous exercise with no more to eat than was absolutely BY FEDERAL BISCUIT CO.| The Latter Concern Has a Capi(aliza-} tion of $30,000,000. { New London. Conn., Oct. 26.—Tt was | announced tonight that the C. D. Hoss company, one of the largest independ- ent cracker manufac try, had been absorl Biscuit company of ter having a capital 000, R. Bo: cal roncern, of the new ew oYrk, the tion of $30,000.. secretary of the secretary and treasurer ombinatio Yale Debating Team Chosen. New Haven, Conn.. O 26.—The Yale debating team which w the Syracues team in Syracuse. Dec. was chosen touight as follow: Serrl, 19111, Proctor, Vt.: T bourne, 1911, C. P. Wood, st Oran ¥ Ala. ngham, UNCOVERING P|PE AT FAIRVIEW RESERVOIR. | Diver Will Be Busy There a Number of Days—48 Inches of Water Can Be | Drawn Off. 1911, law, The diver engaged by the water d e- partment is now at work at Fairview | | and created no among those friend in question. sion, end of merriment | of the young m: who, to add zest to the cheered him wildly every tim showed signs of cornering the pork ling. Three times the race was mad from Frankliin street up Bat as far as the court house and again, and on two oc as if the capture wa however, the animal was cornered he tween two buildines, and amid a burs of cheers Frank Hartie made the cap- ture and carried his prize to a hastily rigged pen, there to wait a claimant. WEDDING. ! Foster—Hector. | -opal | At Trinity Methodist church Wednesday noon Edward L. ¥oster of Nevada and Miss Blanche M. Hector of Monticello, v united in marriage by Re Epi man, pastor of the chur: Mrs. G. W. Lawrence of New York | were the attendants, H The bride wore some gown of | | white broadcloth, trimmed with re- maissance la atin. She wore ge bluck pic hat and ecarried | rozes. Mrs, gowy, with lace and pearl trimmiz and carried orchids. The bride’s goine away gown was brown prunellz with | bhat to match. Following the eeremony at the Mrs, turezan o | tt 1 meet | vrence wore a lavender | wedding § wedd: to from N on | itl in New- ark, travgling necessary, as we had to carry all our food as well as the blankets to cover us at night. And we needed thoss blankets hadly. for we had two snow- storms on the way. Found and Occupied Trapper's Camp. “On th-* we feurd the a trapp way from honie. fom-v h day he was d there and enjoyed much 'wud»:.l rest. Then four French | Canadian trappers turned up and! us out by cance to St. Am- where we arrived this after- No Trails to Foilow. n figure our land- was_about outimi. There | lake near where we ianded. cocama, and we landed nd eight miles north. kes were also passed way thre Is rather a large Lake Pis- between Two smalie: v rough and our sarily slow and ardu- thers were no - dense and we had a hard our wa through. but did not suffer any ver severe hardships.” VASA ORDER OF AMERICA. 1 from lnjurlos Recsived. Philadelphia, Wolf Perry, itus of Caiva church, the bilihop of night in ilie German town hospital from injuries received by being struck by an automobile. She was 80 vears old. The accident occurred on Sund night, when she was alighting with her *husband from a troley car. The driver of the car, who is said to be a prominent manufacturer, has not been arrested. t. 26.—Mrs. James De | of the rector emer- | otesant Episcopal Germantown, and mother of Subsisted for a Week on Tallow Can- dles. New York, Oct. George Watson, 18, who saic he was an escaped pr oner from the Providence, formatory, and that he had for the greater part of the tallow candles, surrendered to the lice tonight. He =aid he had nt to the reforinalory two vears i for larceny, had és Weel While work just out- heat his ins. po- been 26. inven- of the late Dr. president of company of 1 fize its ed life in- sirance tot Of this, six were' in the Frodential com- ameunting Lo 14248 1. .Oct. roperty irsi vice A merica, value at $; Hoped to Continue to the Labrador Coast. “Then we crossed the Ottawa and floated over the forests of northern Quebec, passing over innumerable lakes | and rivers. The couniry beiow us al-| ways w wooded. Fimaliy on | Wednesday afternoon, the 19th, a storm | ame up and it became necdssary to | make a landing. We picked out a ‘“The next morning we started for| but | 53 miles north of | | 1 1] 1 i i five | Tammany Hall Makes New Move ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED WITH SHOW HOUSES. MOVING PICTURE CAMPAIGN To Illunrlt,e the High Cost of Living —Poli cal Sentiments Also to Be Flashed on the Screen. New York, Oct. nounced at Tammany that arrangements had with a number.of moving picture es- tablishments and vaudeville houses in this city whereby the high cost of living with the accompanying charge of republican responsibility will be illustrated every afternoon and eve- ning from tomorrow end of the campaign. There are moving picture establishments in this city and nearly 100 vaudeville houses where moving victures are displaved, but Tammany Hall did not state how many contracts had been made. Wiil Flash Political Sentiments. After displaying pictures showing the relative size of a piece of meat that can be bpurchased for a stated sum or the price of other food prod- ucts, or a garment, it is plaaned to flask on the screen such sentiments as these: “Mr. Roosevelt preaches against race suicide, and yet the tariff law he advocates tends to keep the mar- ket basket empty. “Yote against those who are re- Dble for the high cost of living. the nerve to a vour husbands to vote for his.candi- date. 26.—It was an- Hall tonight been made NOMINEE BALDWIN SPEAKS AT NEW BRITAIN RALLY Satisfied That Money Was Freely Of- fered at Republican Convention. New Britain .—In a speech before a_democratic rally here tonight, Judge Simeon E. Baldwin of New Ha- ven, the democratic nominee for took excention to the pow by the president of the United . pointing out the fact that the resident had said that he would not make known the resalt of the work of the special tariff commission until aft- er election. Home rule and local seli- government, he said, were the bed- rock principles of the democratic nar- ty. The present tariff, was responsible for the vpresent high cost of living. As in his Torrington address he spoke of the use of money in republican conventions this year, but was more specific in tonight's ad- dress “than previously. He said: T start also from the position that money has been fre offered, republican conventions this year. Of this I am satisfied from evidence vhich has come to my knowledge. To specify one instance, what was stvied a ‘present’ of a very large sum—what looks to me like a large sum— was offered to a certain delegate to the recent republican conventiton at Hart- ford. if he ould see his way clear to shiff support from Mr. Lake to Mr. Goodwin. The offer was indignantly declined, but was repeated another man, who made it morg <pecific than the firs EXODUS FROM NOME. ITS ROMANTIC PERlOD ENDED. Seattle, W steamer atilla Nome today with 511 50.000 in ballior “losely by the a and nllu— western, each g gold and a heacy passenger end of the romantic period of the fam- Tre exodus from me night until the | 255 i he also said, | and used at! i | i Nome Will Transform No More Labor- | ers Into Miilionaires. i court ous gold = history. In the sum- mer of 1900 seventy thousand persons were assembled upon the beach at | Nome, and were rich in gold dust. The camp has vielded $40..000,000 in gold and still is producing, but the rich dirt that could be worked by hand has| been washed, and the mining hence- { forth will be done by dredges on a large scale. 3 There are nearly 2,500 men in the Innoko and Iditaroro districts, and sev eral hundred in the diggings north of Vome. There still are *“poor men's camps,” but Nome has gone the way | of the Klondike, and will transform no o millionaires. more laborers TO MEET THE ENORMOUS DEMAND FOR SMALL BILLS. Old United- States $1 Note to Be Again Called Into Service. The old Unit- ich disappeared to be called Washington, 2 ed States $1 note, w from circulation in 18 again into service. e Mac- decided that the enor- - bills of smaller de- nted an s authorized in 1907, but until now has never seemec really necessar The piates, which have served in the bureau of p &. will be pressed into serv and beginning tomorrow will be issued at about the rate of | $1,200 a until the demand for | small bills is met. Rhode TIsland, died to- | 1 | “Our Sunday Laws Forbid Its True Observanc Fitchburg. ‘Our Sun day laws deftat the purpose for which Sunday stands. They forbid its true observance,” said Joseph Lee of B ton, pre t of the National Play ground association, in an address to- night at the opening session of the zighth annual Massachusetts state conference of charities. Mr. Lee made 2 plea for more lberal Sunday laws, arguing that to “turn the whole juve- nile population loose without work, without play and without school for one day every week is to takes the most effective possible means for the promo- tion of lawlessness and demoraliza- tion.” Tariff Board Experts Busy. Washington, Oct. 26.—The tariff board’s experts are husy assembling the data which thew recently gathered on the pulp and paper schedule. is 8ald work on thst schedule has ad- vanced 10 4 point where it 3sems cer- taln_that it will be the Ars: p d to President Taft with the recommendations and fnding perts working on four are making sieady Found the Skeleton of a Woman. New By Oct. 26.—While out hunti wamp wood near tie Farmi wn tod Charles and Daniel Rivers discov the skeletou of a woaman, The skele- fon was tupped over to the authovi- lies a the notes | 1 | to marks {he | Miss Ethel Carpenter Under Arrest at Dr. A. J. Tanner of * was killed in an auto « " Corm., Former Congressman Simon P. Wol- verton of Sunbury, Pa, is dead. The Washington Horse Show opened in the presence of a brilliant gather- ing. Mayor Gaynor Declares President Taft is a broadminded, progressive and prudent man. President Fallieres and Members of the French ninistry received anarchist threats of death. John A. Dix Attacks the Record of Henry L. Stimson in the prosecution of the Sugar trust. The Estate of Peter F. Collier, the publisher, paid the state of New York an inheritance tax of $30,770. The General Education Board has offered $750,000 to wuniversities and colieges of the south and west. The President Wrote Congratulatory letters to the winners of the maris- manship contest at Camp Perry. President Fallieres of France, a luncheon in honor of J. M. Dicl the American secretary of war. Five Hundred Students of the university of Colorado have gone on a strike following discipline over haz- ing. state The Four-Master Bchooner lielen | Thomas, Capt. William J. Lermond, is overdue on a voyage from Maine to Florida. Census Statisticians Show that the smaller cities have maintzined a larg- er percentage of growth than the lar: er ones. James C. Landford t e constabuiary, who was Maryland, died in the Lieut. Philippi native of ippines. of a Phil- Antonio Davila, i f iion ad W police. of Pro 15 heen murder rr this of the director 5 Secretary MacVeagh Is Trying to find a m of minimizing the gov- ernmen resulting from under- = Julius Pauly, a Salesman, was rob- bed of Shtmu while in hotel at Chi- cago by a who entered his room and [ei iliness. The United States Government has been asked to send vessels In search of the New Y 1l Havane ste: 7 Silverdale, n e the hurri- cane. Fears Are Entertained of the British which left St. 9, for Galv overdue. or the safety Partwood, nidad, Octobor now a week The International Court of Arbitra- i tion rendered its decision noco claim case, awa Amer- ican compa $146.867, the judgmeunt Le paid Venezuela ~in tvo months. the Ori- ng by The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain of the Order of True Re- formers of Richmond. Va., indu; 1 and social organization in the country. w placed in the hands receiver terday. Bank exam- nnot tell what are its _Five Years in the Atlanta Pentiten- the se ntence imvposed by Judee - upon Milton A, dent of the New- who W ai. ot berry, S. Nati convicted in the Ur st week on indictment alles the funds of th appeal was an . | | ident | the largest | | | 24 | | | In Air at Once WRIGHT SHOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE IN BAD WEATHER. SPECIAL FLIGHT TODAY To the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor and Return for a Prize of $10,000. New York, Oct. 26.—When dusk be- gan to settle on the aviation field at Belmont Park, L. I, this afternoon, there were twelve aeroplanes in the air at once and when night shut down two of them were still lost:in the black void above. There was no moon a t was by the almost fmperceptib! glow of the stars that they were first sighted wiyging thelr way back to earth. There he is,” shouted one weacl right up there above the center the fleld against that brightest er, of star.’ Presently there was another blot, a little blacker than the blackness of the background, and hoth Hoxsey and Johnstone alighted safely in midfield, within a few minutes of each other. 1 don’t know how high I was,” said Johnstone, “but if I was not higher up than FHoxsey, I'll never trust a barograph again. 1 stayed up there { until I saw him start down and then I stayed up some more to make sure twice.” Found Upper Air Very Cold. He was shivering as he pulled off his sweater, his leather coat and his gaiters, for though there had been no frost above the clouds today, he said he found the upper airs even colder than -they had bheen yesterday, when blinding snowstorm drove him Gown ‘om a pluc attempt for a new world’s altitude record. But John- stone was mistaken. His barograph registered only 5,763 fee¢ against 6,175 for Hoxsey A mnortnerly gale that took all the warmth out of the sunshine delayed or posiponed the events today. What May Be Done in Bad Weather. Just to show what could be done in bad weather, Johnstone of the Wright team took up a steady biplane. Against the wind he seemed to make no prog- ress, so stiff were the upper currents, but down the wind he fairly whizzed. His performance put heart into the other aviators and doors were soon swinging de open and engines were warming up all along the line of han- gars. Cross-Country Race. Five starters were announced in & cross-country race to a captive bal- loon ten miles east of the course and return and four started. Latham was the first to cross the fine and fled down the wind like a dart. .In the bright snnshine he was long visible as he rose to spy eut the land, first no higger than a swallow, then a pin- point, finally invisibl Aubrun- fol- iowed him and after Awbram, Drexel and Leblanc. captain of the French team, both in Bleriots. The Schoolmaster of the Air. This was the first appearance of Leblanc, the “schooimaster of the air.” oth Grahame-White and many other notable aviators are his pupils. Hia rmanship seemed splendid as he shot low before the grandstand on an even keel, straight for the mark: but Au- brun beat the master. Ten Miles in Eight Minut; Latham finished first in 32 minutes 14.71 seconds, slower than the time of yesterday’s winner in the same | eveni, but the speed down the wind | in the first lez was prodigious. The CHARGED WITH LARCENY ¢ OF POSTOFFICE FUNDS. | Walpole, Mass. Boston, Oct rest at Walpole Carpenter, a. town, W ing her ar- s Ethel P. er of that federal of- today, ) ant postim: brought here hy ficers, charged with the $170 from ln funds ¢ stoffice. 'he Young . who is“ cars of age and re: Foxboro Pleaded not guilty when taken be being released on her own Until the accounts have turther examined, It cannot be determind whether the amount charged represents the total of her alleged stealings from the money ¢ ler funds - postofiice. She has been a postmaster last April, a in th a half. is bonded rec been ant previous to that served as cler postoffice for t ears and stant postmaster she $1,000. WILFUL NEGLECT OF DUTY. Indictment Returned Against Virginia Judges of Election. Norfolk Va.. Oect. 26,—An indict- ment w ned today against - ward Wilcox, James T. Hannan and | ank Kellife rthoi fndges of election precinet of Norfalk city, wilful neglect of duty and corrupt_conduct in an election” in the recent ng district democratic con- gressional primary of August 23. The indiciment was based on ‘he testimony | of Ernest M. Meeks, who was in Bos- | ton August 23, hut who was returned as having Wealthy Auto Driver Fined and Im- prisoned. Pa.. Oct. 26.—W. Gordon althiest men of this victed of aggravated assault and battery because an auto- mobile that he was driving ran down and injured Mr. aud Mrs. Walter Smith in their carriaze, was today sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment in the county prison and to pay a fine of $250. Morristown. Dyer. one of place. who was c Marriage of Two Girls, Aged 11 and 12 Marietta, 5 Bertha ‘An- d. Ollie -Anderson d at Kennesaw on - Champ, 21, and John The affair caused much Ga., Chamn. comment and todav habeas corpus proceedings were instituted by the fa- ther of the girls in an eforc o sep: Gxéoh D Lof Huvers ing to schyol today, fram New York nited States Commisioner Hayes, and | in | | voted.” 2 1 i | brun finished | begun | speck in the a timer covered mark outbound at the balloon reported that he the ten miles and passed the in 8 minutes. TLat cords showed that Aubrun did the same distance in seven minutes. T figures are unofficial aivl inexact. Au- in 28 minutes 8.75 sec- onds. Drexel was third in slow time and Leblanc returned without cover= ing the entire course. Special Distance and Altitude Flights. The cross-country race had barely when_competitors in a special distance and altitude event began to crowd the air. Eight went out for distance and two for altitud That made ten and two of the cross-country fliers were still to return—twelve in the air at once—more than any Amer- ican crowd has ever seen. Gale Blew Regular Programme te Pieces. The regular programme of the day had been literally blown to pieces by the gale. The Gordon Bennett elimi- nation trials heduled for this aft- ernoon were repeated aunounced and postponed until nobody knew wheth- ehy were on or off. Finally it was id definitely that the trials would be held tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. Because of the confusion the American team was in an uproar. Charles K. Ham on was most out- spoken of all. “These people don't care whether wa smash our machines ourselves, or not.” he said. “All want to do is to get us out to the crowd.” hold J. B. Moisant was =0 angry that he English, French and at once. The Wright Glenn H. Curtiss joined ine o'clock is the ve worst time in the day to flv,” they told the aviation committ “the wind always blows at nine o'clock.” Fleedful of this determined and for- midable protest. the committee com- promised and agreed to call the trials at nine tomorrow. but with a saving clause which permits any aviator to start when he chooses, provided only that he shall finish befors 530 in the afternoon. This concession was sat- isfactory. Flight to Statue of Liberty. Moisant will enter in the elimina- tion trials tomorrow as also in tha special flight for $10,000 to the Statua of Liberty in New York harbor and return. HBe said tonight. that he should’ lay his course straight to the mark without regard for the roof- tops and pinnacles of the greater city. He expects to fly at a helght of at least 3,000 feet and those Who watch for him on the lower end of Manh tan island will see nothing but a black sputtered in Spanish, all hrothers and the protest. New Lundnn Bapt nst anur 90 Years otd. New' London, Conn., Oct —Rev. septi P. Brown, for 3¢ yesis 3 Baw tist minister, will celebrate his S0 a pisiol cartridge in his 1Bouch and| hirthday here tomorcow. During hie began biting on it. T «rfridge ex- | service a3 a minigter hie hus marrie! jnd the buy (el on o the foord 700 comples, atrended 2,000 funers the bullet hiving gone upward| and preached 3.500 serm through the brain. " | -—— ot $250,000 Fire at Mayai, Cuba. Steamship Arrivals. Havana, Oct. Tire thk morniag | 7. AY Havr Octobér 23, Ta “omme, | destroved ‘buildings at Mavarf, & fram New fown of Oriente province, a short &in- Af S « , Fanuio, | tance from Santiazo. The loss is e~ timated at $250,000 .