Republican News Item. Vol-. XV. NO 25 BEATS DREXEL'S HEIGHT RECORD Johnstone Makes New Mark For Altitude Flying. BRAVED SNOW AND RAIN Daring Aviator Circled Up Until Snow Began to Freeze on His Glasses. De Lesseps Lost Bearings In a Fog. Ralph Johnstone at the international aviation tournament at Belmont park, near New York, climbed into the air until a snowstorm at an altitude of 7303 feet compelled him to coast back to earth,but his climb was entirely satisfactory to young Mr. Johnstone, in that it established a new American altitude record. On the previous day J. Armstrong Drexel had taken the American alti tude record ol' 6175 feet away from the Wright machines, established by t Walter Qrookins at Atlantic City, July 9, by soaring to a height of 7105 foet, and in a monoplane at that. To win It back unexpectedly in an old type Wright biplane explains why Wilbur Wright waved his hat in Joy at John stone's feat. He started up in long spirals and continued togo up. The spatter of rain that hit upturned faces as the crowd looked up and southeast toward the Johnstone speck got to Johnstone be foie it drove the crowd to cover. At first it was just a fine drizzle up where he sailed, hardly thick enough to con-, ceal him entirely from the watchers below. But as he got toward his rec ord mark the rain changed to wet snow on his goggles. Then the snow began to freeze in a crust upon the goggle glasses and he had to watch for a steady moment to pull them off. By this time the wind and cold and sleety snow almost a mile and a half above the real estate bad left him blinded and numb, and the storm wasn't helping his engines. The engines still were working, but Johnstone's muscles were approaching the quitting hour. As lie started flnaJi;* toward the earth ho slid into weather that blotted him euiii'i ly tiom view. At a height of about 400H io. t and to the east of the aviation li.'M, Johnstone dove out of a mijt bank with his engine throttled dm. ii, and he finished his flight with a luiig i'< l|t.auo dive to a spot a few feet 11 ot.i his starting point. Cou:>t Lost In Fog. Count de Les3eps earlier had tried for altitude in his Bleriot, but at a height of tili'jl feet he began to lose his bearings in the fog and rain aloft. Helow him, Count de Lesseps said la ter, he could soe three race tracks, and when he at last was sure which was the Belmont track he dropped while the dropping was good. The hourly distance competitions were not particularly interesting. In the tirst of the day Latham, in his An toinette, covered twenty laps, a dis tance of 31.07 miles. Grahame-Whlte covered only two laps, his Farman bi plane giving him all kinds of trouble. In the second hourly distance con test there was considerable jockeying by Mars and McCurdy, of the Curtlss camp, against Grahame-White, but the latter won out. The distribution of prize money was as follows: Latham, $400; Grahame- Whlte, $350; Mars, $100; McCurdy, SSO; Count de Lesseps, $250; Hoxsey, $575; Johnstone, SU2S; Iladley, SSOO, and Molsant, $250. The total earnings up to date are as follows: Grahame-White, $1700; Hoxsey, $1575; Molsant, $1200; John stone. $775; Latham, st>so; Count de Lesseps, $000; Drexel, $500; Radley, $500; Aubrun, $150; Brooklns, $100; Mars, $100; Ely, $100; McCurdy, SSO; Willard. SSO. HARDWARE.^^jjp|P whatever it may l»e—"shall I hny? Don't ponder over these things, nor spend your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order catalogs. Come to our store and let us solve the problem. We have a line variety of standard goods to choose from. When you think of HARDWARE «"" k »'COLE'S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. General job work and repairing In all branches, prompt ly and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1910. 1 FERDINAND P. EARLE. | Becomes 111 After Failing to Reconcile French Wife. F. P. EARLE TSTLL He of Affinity Fame Failed to Recon cile French Wife. Ferdinand Pinney Earle, who has re turned to his home at Monroe, Orange county, N. Y., from Europe, where he had been trying to patch up hla difficulties with his French wife, but failed, is now ill. For several days past ho has been confined to his bed with a severe cold. It is not believed that his illness will result seriously. David B. Hill Is Dead. David H. Hill. ex-United States sen. ntor and former governor of New York, died suddenly at Wolfert's Uoost, his country home near Albany, N. Y. He was sixty-seven years old and unmarried. About two weeks ago Mr. Hill was seized with a bilious attack while at his law office in Albany, and although his condition was not considered seri ous at the time, his physician advised him to remain at home for a few days until he recovered. A cold developed and a few days later alarming reports of his condition were circulated. These reports were denied by friends; in fact, the senator appeared to be on the road to recov ery until Wednesday night, when he suffered a sinking spell, which resulted in his death. ODD CURE FOR BLINDNESS Negro Drives Tack Into Back of Vic tim's Head. William Williams, a negro, is In jail at Atlanta, Ga„ charged with swind ling by an odd cure for blindness of his discovery. His remedy was to drive a tack Into the back of a blind negro's skull and charge $2.50 for the operation. Robert Ward, the victim, told the court that tho tack was not very pain ful, but that Williams' manner of tak ing the $2.50 "hurt 'siderbul." Kills Police Chief. A special received in New Orleans from Ceiba, Spanish Honduras, says that Antonio Davila, nephew of Presi dent Davila, is under arrest ther I*, 1 *, charged with the murder of Jose Bal lesteros, diiector of police. The latter was killed following a warning given by Ballesteros to a woman with whom young Davila associated, that disorder ly conduct at her house must cease. Davila left the house with the police chief, but when a short distance from the place he drew a revolver and shot the officer dead. Pianist Dies In Reading Hospital. Monroe P. Zeller, fifty-five years of age, who studied abroad and appeared as pianist In concernts in the great music centers of Europe, where his skill attracted attention, died In a Reading, Pa., hospital. PAID TRIBUTE TO SAVE DAUGHTEH Hoarder Mulcted Woman ol $265 by Threats. The fear that her daughter would be kidnapped caused Mrs. Eva L. Duffing, of Chicago, to pay tribute de manded in a scries of letters, which It developed in the United States court were written by a member of her own household. This was «hown when H. H. Dow ner arraigned before United States Commissioner Mark A. Foote on a charge of writing threatening let ters. Downer had been a trusted roomet at Mrs. Buffing's home. Two months ago he was married and brought his wife to live in the house. Shortly af terward Mrs. Buffing, who had just in herited SIOOO from her father, receiv ed a letter signed "Black Hand" and demanding $l5O. Downer was greatly Interested and advised Mrs. Buffing to regard all stipulations and pay tiie money. Five days later she received another de mand, which Downer advised her to pay. This was repeatod until she had paid $275. Then she advised postal Inspectors and Downer was arrested. Ho was held to the grand jury in SSOOO bonds. Why Balloon Was Abandoned. Walter Wellman and his five com panions, who were rescued at sea from the dirigible balloon America by the steamship Trent, Captain Charles E. Down, of the Royal Mail Hteam Packet company, about 375 miles east of Nor folk, Va., Tuesday morning while at tempting to fly from Atlantic City to Europe, reached New York aboard the Trent. Mr. Wellman, still wearing the khaki aviation clothes which he has worn since sailing from Atlantic City in the b&lloon last Saturday morning, showed no more ill effects of the voy age than did his companions, other than that he was somewhat pale and carried one arm in a sling owing to an Injury to tho little linger of his right hand. After Mr. Wellman had greeted hlB wife, his four daughters, Mrs. Vanlmao anil Mrs. Loud, who 1B the aged moth er of Mrs. Vanlman and of Engineer Albert Louis Loud, of ine America's crew, the newspaper men worked their way to Mr. Wellman's side to agk him the reasons for the abandonment of the dirigible and consequent lack of success of the voyage. Mr. Wellman surprised his inter viewers by stating that the airship had met with no serious engine troubles and that the escape of gas from the bag was negligible. In two statements signed by Mr. Wellman Just after the rescue and in conversation with Cap tain Down and passengers on the Trent, Mr. Wellman was quoted aa saying that the dirigible had met with mishaps so serious tlmt tho balloon when sighted by the Trent could have remained above the sea only a few hours longer and that her machin ery had gone awry. "The equillbrator was our great trouble," Mr. Wellman explained. "Be fore starting out on this balloon voy age we were of the opinion that no dirigible could reach Europe without an equillbrator. Now we know that a dirigible cannot got thore with an equllibrator. The equillbrator, which, being partly formed of small tanks of gasoline arranged in links and trailing as a tail down into the ocean, was the very cause of our being compelled to throw overboard some of our gasoline on Sunday night and Monday. The trailing tail held the balloon back and at times pulled it down toward the water, and we had to ballast ship at the cost of a loss of gasoline dropped to the waves. Try again? Well, some thing better than our equillbrator will have to be invented. Until it Is I can not answer definitely when I shall make another trial. The balloon was in good condition when abandoned." GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR weak; winter clear, $3.85® 4; city mills, fan cy. $5.75@G. RYE FLOUR quiet, at $4@4.10 per barrel. WHEAT quiet; No. 2 red, new, 93 (§)94c. CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, local, B6Mi@s7c. OATS steady; No. 2 white, 37V6® 38c.; lower grades, 36Vfcc. POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 13® 15c.; old roosters, ll®ll»Ac. Dressea firm; choice fowls, 17c.; old 12c. BUTTER firm; extra creamery, 334.50; cuils and common, s2@B: veal calves, $9.50® 10; lambs, $4.60®7. HOGS active; prime heavies, |9 86; mediums, $9.35; heavy Yorkers, $9.88; Yorkers and pigs, $9.30; roughs, NEIGHBORS SHOW FAITHJN TENER Business Men o( His Home Town ot Gharleroi Indorse Him •IIS IOUR CF TRIUMPH Republican Nominee For Gubernatorial Honors Greeted Everywhere by Im mense Audiences. A dispatch from Charlerol, the home town of John K. Tener, tells of the quick action of the neighbors of the Republican nominee for governor, fol lowing the Journalistic attacks made upon him, In expressing their absolute (aith and confidence In him and their interest in his candidacy. For twenty years John Tener .has been doing business In his communi ty. and never in all that time has he been accused of doing any porson out of a penny. He Is connected with a number of business ventures —In fact, with everything that goes to make up the Industrial life of that section. Nat urally there are some-who do not agree with everything he does, but no one doubts that he Is open and above board Id all his actions and thoroughly hon est The manner in which he has met his accusers is the action of an hon est man."l have nothing to conceal; I court Investigation of my every ac tion, private or political," he says. Dozens of persons in Charlerol and the surrounding towns who, before the publication of this malicious yarn, were either considering the voting of some other ticket or at least luke warm in tho matter have expressed themselves in no uncertain manner since It came out. Recognizing It for what It Is. a political canard of the first water, they are now unqualifiedly for Tenor and the whole Republican ticket. They have no use for "reform, ara" who stoop to such despicable measures Last week was held the regular monthly meeting of the Charlerol Bus iness Men's association, of which Mr. Teaer 1° a member This organization Is composed of all ot Charleroi' winning votes for the Republican tick et wherever he goes. There can be no question about his popularity in all of the counties of his home territory even beyond the confines of his con gresslonal district. "Mr. Tener stands well with his neighbors and those who know him beat throughout western Pennsylvania At every place we stopped the leading and most representative citizens, men of affairs and men who are the lead ers In the'r respective communities, were on hand to greet Mr. Tener and to evince an Interest in his campaign. "If other parts of the state give as big a vote relatively as Mr. Tener will get In western Pennsylvania he will be elected by a tremendous majority." German Aviator Killed. Lieutenant Mente, the army aviator, was killed at the aviation meeting at Madgeburg, Germany. The officer was in the air, when something went wrong with his aeroplane and it fell to the ground. The machine was demol ished. SAYS ROOSEVELT LIBELED HIM Judge Baldwin.of Conn., Threat ens to Bring Suit. DEMANDS A RETRACTION Friends of Judge Anderson, of In dianapolis, Whom Roosevelt De nounced, Are Also Indignant. Ho*. Stmeon E. Baldwin, ex-chlef Justice or tne supreme court of Con necticut anu Democratic nominee for fovernor of Connecticut at tho coming election, sent an open letter to Theo dore Roosevelt, informing him that he had misrepresented him in his politi cal speech at Concord, N. H., last Sat urday, if tho newspaper reports were correct, and demanding a retraction of the false statements, because they were likely to hurt the Judge's stand ing as a lawyer and prejudice his can didacy for governor. Judge Baldwin, It is understood, means to bring an action lor libel. Judge Baldwin's letter in part is as follows: "TLe Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, LL. D. "Dear Sir —In tiie newspaper reports of a speech delivered by you at Con corn, N. H., on Oct. 22, It Is stated that you remarked that the Democratic party of Connecticut had nominated for governor a former judge who was 'a man who took the view that it was competent for the workman, when driven to any employment, to grind him to bind himself not to be compen sated If he lost life or limb in that oc cupation.' "I never took such a view. "I never stated that I took such a view. "Such a view would be opposed to the settled principles of law, and no competent lawyer could or would take it. "I trust that your remarks at Con cord were misrepresented. If not, you certainly were misinformed. "If you did, in fact, make the charge against me or one substantially of that character, I write to request that you would rotract it, as it is one calculated to affect my standing as a lawyer (at least among those who do not know me), as well as to prejudice my posi tion as a candidate for public office." Judge Anderson's Friends Indignant. The friends of Judge Albert B. An derson, who was denounced at the Co lumbia dub, in Indionapolls, Ind., by Mr. Roosevelt as a "damned crook and jackass," have been writing him from all parts of the state, and many have called upon him to express their indig nation and at the same time assure him that nothing which the former president could say would have any ef fect upon those who know him and are familiar with his honorable record as-a citizen and a Judge. Some of them have Indicated that they would be glad to unite in a testi monial and have it sent broadcast over the country, but there is little prospect that the Judge would consent to this. Those who have talked with him, while not professing to speak for him, do not believe ho will notice the In sult. Notwithstanding his silence there la great Indignation that he should have been characterized as a "crook and Jackass" by Mr. Roosevelt, and some of the formor president's warmest friends are among the number who bo liove he wantonly charged Judge An derson with that which he in no sense deserves. The Horsefly. A horsefly, it is wild. will live for hours after Its head has been pulled off. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HTJGHESYII LE, IP-A-- CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 | w C. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier Net Profits, 75.000. J DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Wm. Front/, John C. Lairessman John K. Tenor, is now one of the most ar dent advocates of Mr. Tener's elec tion. Governor Murphy, who Is an elo quent and forcible campaigner, pre sented a comprehensive review of the groat achievements of the Stuart ad ministration, the progress made in the development of all of the departments and the rigorous prosecution of the capltol frauds in both criminal and civil actions, and dwelt upon the fact that Mr. Tener is pledged to continue the policies of Kdwin S. Stuart. Governor Murphy, among other things, said: "With every department of the state government in the hands of intelligent and patriotic servants, with the most modern and systematic methods of business in force, ami with a ie?ord luminous with order, economy and faithful service, the quoation before the people at the coming election is whether or not they can afford to re pudiate the achievements of Governor Stuart'and the works of hia adminis tration and support either of the Dem ocratic candidates. And, remember, whatever has been accomplished is distinctly a Republican party asset and one which we cheerfully submit in Justification of the vote of confidence which we ask. "In the prosont Juncture of affairs ft must be admitted that the election the Webster Grim, although a man of character and excellent repu tation In private and public life, ia absolutely impossible this year. Nor is the outlook any more favorable for the other Democratic candidate, the Hon. William H. Berry. Both of thesa gentlemen, without hesitation, attack everything that Is Republican and they stand for a reversal of measures and of administration which aro the chief pride and glory of the Republican party. They seek, of course, not to only aid themselves but all other Dem ocrats, especially candidates for con gress, which can only be construed as an open attack upon the protective principle which is the breath of life In the nostrils of Pennsylvania, and by which she has advanced to the highest degree of material development. In addition to their Indorsement and sup port of congressional candidates, they are also supporting Democratic candi dates for the legislature in the hope of electing a Democratic United States senator. "Against this well-defined purpose Pennsylvania stands committed, for she believes in the protective princi ple and In placing those in congress who are sincerely its friends. Any oth er course would be suicidal, for we cannot, in the interest of manifold in dustries and of the man who toils, afford to support in the present politi cal crisis the candidates of the De mocracy who advocate free trade or favor such a confusing and unsatisfac tory schedule as found expression in the Wilson Gorman bill of the Cleve land administration, which proved so fatal in its consequences to tUo labor Concluded on papc 4