Republican News Item.
VOL. xv. NO 10
AVIATOR WINS
SHAMJSEA FIGHT
Gurtiss Drops "Bombs" on Tar
get Used as Warship.
BROOKINS STARTLES CROWD
After Dashing Through Surf In Dl
plane, Does Fancy Stunts High In
Air That Made Spectators Hold
Their Breath.
Crossing the sailing line of t'.ie
yacht John E. Mehre, 2d, used as a
target in place of a battleship at At
lantic City, Glenn Curtiss, using or
anges as "bombs," gave an exhimition
ol his ability to drop high explosives
on the deck of the craft. Fearing harm
to the oilicials and Jadies on the yacht,
Curtiss placed his missiles so accu
lately alongside that spray was thrown
over the gowns of the women. Then,
whirling away, Curtiss took his plane
far out to sea and beyond the range
of anything but a twelve-inch gun.
while the yacht passengers and watch
ers shuddered at the thought of the
possibilities had the bombs been
spheres of real explosives and the
tiini and glistering craft tlie object of
real attack.
"The trial shows absolutely that the
day of the battleship lor attack 011 for
eign cities is nearing its end," declared
Colonel William Allen Jones, U. S. A.,
retired, formerly of the engineer corps.
"Curtiss could have dropped a bomb
on the deck of even that small craft
with just as much ease and certainty
as he showed when he spun them
close enough to tlie vessel to show his
ability without endangering the people
on board.
"As for hitting that swooping aero
plane from the deck of a battleship, it
would be practically impossible except
with riile balls, and both driver and
engine could be protected with the
lightest sort of armor or bullet proof
cloth," concluded the army official.
Following his sham attack on the
mock battleship, Curtiss dropped more
orange "bombs" at a circul.% mark on
the beach to show the ease ** li which
he could hurl explosives into the camp
of soldiers.
After the sham battle Walter llrook
ins gave another of his thrilling ex
hibitions of his ability to handle the
big Wright machine, by making a
series of whirling turns, ending with a
daring rush through the surf in which
his runners were buried in a monster
breaker. The crowd, who thought that
the youngster was about to tumble in
to the ocean, broke out into cheers
when he lifted his plane into the air
and landed safely on the beach.
There followed such maneuvers and
such dangerous stunts as probably
never bol'ore have marked an aviation
meet.
Seems to Turn Completely.
Most spectacular and thrilling of all
was the feat that the aviator called
the "bank." Apparently he turned com
pletely over with his machine while
hundreds of feet above the heads of
the spectators.
The daring aviator would take his
machine to a good height so that it
was plainly visible to all the dense
and cheering throng. Then he would
point the "prow" of his vessel almost
straight upward, while his motor hum
med busily.
While in this almost perpendicular
position lie gave his rudder plane a
quick turn and whilred round and
round, seeming to turn the machine
upside down and clear over.
Then came another stunt, little less
wonderful, causing men and women
below to catch their breath in aston-
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RG'-ENN H. CURTISS.
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Surf at Atlantic City,
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ishment at the daring of the man.
Brookins soared beautifully, then
gave his rudder the required twist and
went whirling around again, this time
using one of his supporting planes as
a pivot.
It was for all the world like a dan
cer whirling 011 one toe. This I'eal
again brought out a chorus of cheers
from the crowds.
A sort of "zig-zag" or "criss-cross"
was the next maneuver to cause the
crowd to marvel. Brookins took his
machine high in the air, then darted
down about twenty yards to the right.
Quickly reversing, lie would dart a
similar distance down to the left. In
this way, alternately darting to right
and left, he descended to within about
200 feet of the crowds.
Brookins was in the air eighteen
minutes, showing the wonderful con
trol he had of the machine.
The meet ended formally on Tues
day, the aviators being presented with
the prizes won during the meet.
Brookins received SSOOO for his feat
in breaking the world's altitude rec
ord. while Curtiss pocketed a similar
sum for his establishment of a fifty
miles straightaway race record. Twen
ty-two flights have been made during
the ten days of the meet, and the oili
cials are happy over the success of
the first affair of its kind in Atlantic
City.
Mule Kicks Boy to Death.
Alonzo Shollenberger, of Joliet, aged
nineteen years, employed as a driver
at the Lincoln colliery at Pine Grove,
Pa., was kicked in the region of the
heart and neck by a vicious mule. He
died instantly. The colliery was stop
ped for the balance of the day.
Justice Fuller Left $1,000,000.
Under the terms of the will of the
late Melville W. Fuller, chief justice
of tlie supreme court of the United
States, which was filed in the probate
court at Chicago, the children of the
jurist and their direct heirs will share
equally in the division of his estate.
This is estimated to amount to nearly
$1,000,000.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1910.
ROOSEVELT TO
00 ON STUMP
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Will Aid Senator Beverldge
In Indiana.
THEY ARE WARM FRIENDS
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It Is Said the Colonel's Endorsement
of lnsurc#:nt Is Not Significant—Will
Speak For Lodge In Massachusetts.
There was a new twist given to the
senatorial contests that are going to
take place in various parts of the
country, when Colonel Roosevelt an
nounced that he will goon the stump
for Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of
Indiana.
He said that William Dudley Poulke
and Lueian B. Swift, of Indiana, who
arc close personal and political friends >
had come to Oyster Bay, L. 1., to ask
him togo to Indiana to speak for Sen
ator Beveridge and he consented.
The mere fact that the colonel has
endorsed Beverdige, an Insurgent, who
did not break with President Taft dur
ing the last session of congress, is
110 wtaken here to be particularly sig
nificant, for Mr. Roosevelt and Sena
tor Beveridge have been warm friends
for many years. The ex-president lelt
no doubt in the minds of his inquirers
in regard to the contest that Bever
idge is engaged in as lie did concern
ing Representative Poindexter. He
made the announcement positively.
The grand young man who ascended
Sagamore Hill returned to the station
with the same happy smile that other
visitors have worn on similar occa
sions. With startling reticence he ab
solutely refused to tell what went on
during his conference with the colo
nel, but a short while later Mr. Roose
velt himself left the eat out of the
bag. He passed no comment, though,
further than to remark that he will
go out to Indiana next fall to speak in
behalf of Senator Beveridge.
Senator Beveridge came out flat
footed against the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill and voted against it all the time.
Ho was active In the passage of the
statehood bill, but slipped up on his
attempt to get through congress the
Alaskan government bill. In the last ,
session, however, Senator Beveridge 1
helped the president pass the railroad ;
bill and worked in harmony with Mr. !
Taft. He is said to enjoy the friend- 1
ship of the president. He is running, |
however, 011 an anti-tariff and insur
gent platform.
Colonel Roosevelt is apparently un
able to keep out of national politics, j
even though he says he desires to for
the time being. At the end of his trip
to Boston last week, on which he was
the guest of Senator Lodge, the col- |
onel promised togo down east and aid
Lodge in his struggle against Repre
sentative Butler Ames, of Massachu
setts. If he keeps all of these dates
he'll be a busy Mr. Roosevelt, when
you take the state scrap in New York
this fall into consideration.
Woman Heads Educators.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintend
ent of the Chicago public schools, was
elected president of the National Edu
cational association at its forty-eighth
annual convention in Boston.
Mrs. Young is the first woman ever
elected to this office, and her victory
upset all precedents In that the asso
ciation rejected the report of the nom
inating committee ami chose the new
president from the floor of the con
vention.
The vote was 617 to 376, the ques
tion being 011 the substitution of Mrs.
Young's name for that of Z. X. Sny
der, of Colorado, in the report of the
committee on nominations.
The election of Mrs. Young was dis
tinctly a victory for the women in the
convention. Since the association con
vened here the women delegates, led
by Miss Grace E. Straehan, of New
York; Miss Elizabeth A. Allen, of New
Jersey, and an enthusiastic Chicago
delegation, had electioneered vigor
ously for Mrs. Young to make her the
first woman president of the organiza
tion.
The nominating committee had de
cided on Z. X. Snyder, superintendent
of the Colorado State Normal school.
Jersey Loses Tax Suit.
The court of errors and appeals at
Trenton. N. J., has rendered a decision
setting aside the tax of $27,000 levied
on Standard Oil stock owned by the
lnte Mrs. Martha T. Fiske Collard, of
Rhode Island, who died in Cairo,
Egypt. The court held that the col
lateral inheritable tax law of 1906 is
not applicable to taxes assessed as
legacies.
The result of this decision probably
means that the state will be compelled
to refund from one-quarter to one-half
a million dollars that had been col
lected up to date under the act of
1906.
ENGLISH FLIER
KILLED IN FALL
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G. S. Rolls, Nero of Double Trip
i Across Channel, Loses Life.
MACHINE DUCKLES IN AIR
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Oaring Aviator Fell 100 Feet When
Tailpiece Broke and Was Dashed to
Death In Presence of Big Crowd.
Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls, third
son of Lord Llangattock, and noted for
I his recent double flight across the
English channel, was killed at Bourne
mouth, England, at the aviation meet,
In which Armstrong Drexel so distin
guished himself several days ago.
The tragedy occurred in the pres
ence of n great company of specta
tors, a majority of whom were women
and children, and many of the per
sonal friends of the young aviator.
The Wright biplane on which he was
flying fell suddenly with terrific speed
from a height of 100 feet. It struck
the ground close to the crowded grand
I stand, smashed Into a tangled mass,
! and before the doctors and their as
! sistants could reach the spot Rolls was
dead.
The event in which Rolls was com
peting was for a prize for the aviator
alighting nearest a given mark. The
goal was directly in front of the grand
1 stand, where the spectators were
massed. He had risen to a good height
and then shut off his motor and was
gliding in a broad circle toward the
! mark.
Without warning the tail piece of
the biplane snapped off. The machine
gave a sudden lurch, and the frame
work crumpled up in the air. When It
struck the ground it was smashed to
splinters. The doctors found that
Rolls had sustained a fractured skull.
The wreck of the machine and twisted
stays surrounded the body so that
there was difficulty in extricating the
unfortunate man.
Lord and Lady Llangattock. the par
ents of Rolls, narrowly escaped wit
nessing the catastrophe. They were
yachting along the coast, and put In at
Poole, near Bournemouth, intending to
j attend the aviation meeting, but post
i poned going until after noon.
1 Audemars, the Swiss aviator, had a
; close shave while making a trial
flight. His monoplane overturned and
descended swiftly to the ground, but
he escaped without Injury.
Captain Rolls had expected to come
to the United States this fall to give
exhibitions of flying and to compete in
any meetings that might be held. Af
j ter his flight of the English channel
| he received telegrams of eongratula
tlon from King George and Queen
| Mary, and was given the gold medal
of the Royal Aero club, and altogether
j was one of the most conspicuous fig
ures in England.
GIRL VICTIM OF
3D DEGREE METHODS
Tortured by Police to Make
Her Confess Thefts.
Sixteen-year-old Annie Slakus, a
physical and mental wreck, accused
the police of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., of
vicious third degree methods in try
ing to make her confess to a number
of thefts. She says she was called vile
names in her cell by some of the po
licemen and detectives, that they
threatened her if she did not admit
the robberies, and that the detectives
visited her cell in relays to question
her. abused her. called her names, and
that she was dragged about by her
bare arms from room to room. She
admits committing several thefts, but
says she confessed to more In order
to escape the third degree treatment.
COAL MINE ON FIRE
Oxygen and Ammonia Used to Revive
Men Overcome at Work.
Fire was discovered in one of the
t slopes of the Harwood Coal company,
» at Harwood, near Hazleton, Pa. All
' of the available men at the operation
! are fighting the flames,
112 A call was sent to this city for oxy
• gen and ammonia to be used In revlv
• Ing any who may be overcome. The
'< cause of the fire has not yet been
! learned.
I B. &O. Orders Fifty Locomotives.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad hat
placed an order for fifty freight loco
j motives, to be built by the Baldwin
Locomotive works, of Philadelphia.
TAXING THE COUNT. I]
Johnson Standing Over Jeffries
j After Handing Knockout.
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Photo by American Press Association.
Woman Falls In Biplane.
Baroness Delaroche, the first French
woman to become an aviator, was
probably fatally injured at Rhclms,
France, by falling fiom a height of
more than 150 feet.
The baroness had flown around the
field once at a height of 240 feet,
when suddenly she appeared to be
come frightened and confused at the
approach of two other aeroplanes. She
started to descend, but lost control of
the machine. The aeroplane turned
over and fell like a log.
The baroness' arms and legs were
broken.
The doctors, after a careful exami
nation, declared that the baroness'
skull was not fractured and that she
may live.
While momentarily conscious the
baroness explained that the rush of
air from a motor passing over her
head had frightened her, whereupon
she cut the ignition and lost control of
her machine.
Leap From Train Fatal.
Rev. Hugh Davies, of Wiles-Rarre.
a Welsh Presbyterian pastor, who is
widely known throughout the coal re
gions, met a tragic death at Allen
town, Pa. '
He was a passenger on a.Jersey
Central passenger train, and was pre
sumably on his way to visit his daugh
ter, Mrs. M. A. Davis, at Skelly, Ducks
county. lie should have changed cars
at Bethlehem, but for so * • inexplic
able reason he rushed to <he door of
the car as the train was pulling into
the AUentown station and jumped off
backward.
He was thrown under the train, but
the wheels missed bis body. The force
of the fall was sufficient, however, to
break his neck, and when pulled out
from under the train the man was
dead. He was seventy-two years old.
Mosquitoes Kill Cattle.
People in southwest Louisiana are
going armed day and night against the
nordes of mosquitoes that have been
breeding in countless millions during
the days of incessant rains.
At Brux Bridge, Lake Arthur, St
Martinsville, Lake Charles and other
towns men, woJnen and children carry
burning bushes in efforts to ward off
the pests, It is necessary to smoke out
stores, offices and banks before the
day's work can begin.
In the marsh country of Cameron
and Calcasieu parishes it Is estimated
that more than 5000 head of live stock
have been killed as a result of mos
qulto bites. All lowlands in south
western Louisiana are flooded, and
these breeding places turn out new
crops of mosquitoes every hour.
Heat Drives Girl to Kill Herself.
To the Intensity of the heat wave
Is nseribed the death of Miss May
Hollls. of York, Pa„ who committed
suicide by sending three bullets
through her head. Physicians asset
that the present heat wave was r&
sponslbl f ir the act.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
lEIUOIEiESVTHLIE. IF.A..
CAPITAL STOCK
$50,000 \y C. FRONTZ President.
Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier.
Net Profits,
75,000, DIRECTORS:
Transacts a General Win. Frontz, John O Laird, C. W. SOUPS,
Banking Business. W - C.Front*. Frank A. Ilmier, Jacob Per,
Lyman Myers, .l\ Reedy, Peter I< rontz,
Accounts Oflndivid- J. A. 8. Ball, * John Bull,
uals and Firuis
solicited.
Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year.
3 peroent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
75C PER YEAR
LUMBER TOWN SWEPT
BY $3,000,000 FIRE
1000 Buildings Burned and
5000 People Homeless.
The Are which destroyed the town
of Campbollton, on the line of the In
ter-Colontal railway, near Bathurst, N
8., the largest cedar shingle center in
eastern America, burned 1000 build
ings, made about 5000 persons home
less, and caused a financial loss ol
nearly $3,000,000.
Of the entire town only seven ot
the houses are standing. These were
located on the outskirts. There seoms
to have been no loss of life.
Telegraph and telephone wires be
tween Hathurst and Campbellton are
down, and all Information received
here was brought by train.
Practically all of the mills there
were destroyed, including the big
plant of the Shives Lumber company,
Richard's Lumber company and the
Moffatt mills. The proerty of tlipese
three concerns, in which American
capital was interested, was valued at
$1,000,000.
HERRMANN HEADS ELKS
Cincinnati Base Ball Magnate Choser.
Grand Exalted Ruler.
August ("Garry") Herrmann, of Cin
cinnati, was elected grand exalted
ruler of the Benevolent and Prot ctive
Order of Elks by acclamation at the
first session of tho grand lodge held
in Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Herrmann is president of the
Cincinnati base ball club of the Na
tional league and is chairman of the
National Base Ball commission, lie la
known to base ball enthusiasts all over
the country, and was the leading spirit
in bringing about peace between the
National and American .leagues sume
years ago. His warm friendship for
Ban Johnson, then head of the Ameri
can league, enabled him to accomplish
this end.
Other officers elected by acclamation
were: Edward Leach, New York city,
grand treasurer, and P. H. Shields, of
Plattsburgh, W. Va., grand tiler.
Atlantic CLy was chosen for the
next convention.
HEAT MAKES MAN INSANE
Crawling In Street Praying, Bread in
One Hand and Rose In the Other.
His head turned by the excessive
heat, Frank Vilna, of Garfield, was
found in the streets at Passaic, N. J.
crawling on his knees and praying
with a crust of bread in one hand and
a rose in the other.
He had to bo lifted, still in a kneel
ing position, into an ambulant e. and
remained in that position until he was
admitted to tiie general hospital. Phy
sicians worked over the man diligently
and have succeeded in partially re
lieving him of his strange mania for
prayer. They hope to entirely euro
him.
Boy Killed by Lightning.
Tn a severe electrical storm which
passed over Gettysburg, Pa., Hoy
Stroup, a young Gettysburg boy, who
had taken refuge under a tree, was in
stantly killed when a holt of light
ning struck in the tree's branches.
Colt Kills Farmer.
Horace Palmer, a young farmer of
near Ptincipio, M<l„ was kicked to
death by a young colt. Several year
ago Mr. Palmer's brother n:ot a simi
lar death on the same farm.
Aoibiquous.
She—Do you prefer an ugly woman
with brains or a prelt.v woman without
any?
lli*~Madam. 1 prefer present com
pany to ell her.
(And sin- U si 111 wondering exactly
what he London Taller.