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VOL. XV. NO 26
AMERICAN GIRL
KIDNAPPED IN MEXICO
Carried Off From Ranch by
Desperate Robbers.
Grace, the sixteen-year-old daughter
of Dr. B. M. Rolph, of Pender, Neb.,
has been kidnapped from a ranch near
Chico.v, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Meager details of the outrage have
been received at the American em
bassy from Consul Miller at Tampico,
who telegraphs that Segundo Selero
and Leandro Mendoza, desperate men,
robbed a safe, kidnapped the girl and
then fled.
Ilr. Rolph, accompanied by friends,
is in pursuit. The kidnappers Joined
friends, with whom they are headed
for Huasteca, Vera Cruz.
Consul Miller asks that rurales be
sent to aid the pursuers, as tho situa
tion is serious. He says that a clash
is probable. The fate of the girl is in
doubt.
T. R. NOT A DICTATOR
Colonel Says He Has No Power Except
From People.
"You don't have to be afraid of a
dictator who has no power except as
the people behind him give it to him.
I haven't one bit of power except as
you and people liko you give." shouted
Colonel Roosevelt to a crowd that Ail
ed the opera house at Lockport, N. Y.
The colonel had been saying that
some of his opponents thought he
wantod to be a dictator of the United
States. During his speech at the opera
house he said:
"Tammany makes the appeal that if
you put it into power it won't behave
as it has in the past, while we make
the appeal that if you put us into
power we will behave exactly as we
have in the past."
Comparing the records of Dix and
Stimson, the colonel said: "Mr. Dix
hasn't got much record and he's busily
engaged in establishing an alibi for
most of that."
Gas Kills Men; Children Live,
Two children lived for nine hours
In a gas filled chamber after two grown
men had been nsphyxiatod by the
funics. Police broke >nto the voom of
Michnel Slovenslty, forty years old, at
Chicago, and discovered him and his
friend. Hyman Infeld, sixty-three years
old, dead. The children were uncon
scious, but. were revived by physicians.
A broken gas tube is blamed for the
accKici't.
Charged With Poisoning Wife.
Dr. 11. G. Buck was arrested at
Greensburg, Kan., charged with poi
soning his wile. Mrs. Buck died about
two weeks av;o Dr. Ruck was released
on SIO,OOO bond and his pialiminary
hearing was set for Nov. 14. The
charge was brought against Dr. Buck
by the father of Mrs. Buck.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1910.
I CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
| After Flight With Wright Says
' He'll Take Up Aviation.
VANDEffBiLT FLIES
Young Millionaire Makes Fast Air
Flight With Orville Wright.
Cornelius Vandorbllt flew in an aero
plane at Belmont Park, near New
York, for the first time. Orville Wright
took him around the aviation course
In a biplane in an exciting flight of
seven or eight miles.
"It was the most glorious sensation
that I over experienced,"' said Mr.
Vanderbllt when he alighted. "I'm go
ing to have one of these machines just
as soon as one can be built for me."
Johr.stone Is Highest Flyer.
Ralph Johnstone, flying in a baby
Wright for the first time, broke the
world's record for altitude at the inter
national aviation meet at Belmont
Park, near New York. He went up
9714 feet.
The Wrights were wildly excited
when they greeted Johnstone after he
had reached his hangar. Hoxsey was
also present to extend his congratula
tions. Tho previous record for altitude
of 9186 feet was made at Mourmelon,
France, Oct. 1, by Henry Wynmalen, a
Hollander. •
Drexel came down half an hour after
Johnstone. His barograph registered
8370 feet.
John B. Moisant, the daring Chicago
aviator, flying the Bleriot in which he
captured the Statue of Liberty prize,
won the Aero Club of America's dis
tance prize of S2OOO. In two hours he
msule the course fifty-six times, a to
tal distance of about eighty-seven and
a half miles.
Moisant made a sensational landing
In front of the grand stand, smashing
his propeller and breaking one wheel
of his monoplane. He climbed out of
tho machine uninjured, however.
Latham was second In the race, with
35 laps, and Simon third, with 27 laps
to his credit.
Grahame-White, flying in his sixty
horse power Bleriot in the speed race
against McCurdy, overturned In front
of the grand stand nnd was buried un
der the machine. Helpers lifted the
machine off him and he walked out
limping slightly, waving his hand to
tho crowd to let them know he was
not seriously injured. His machine wag
damaged.
Although his machine turned turtle,
Grahame-Whlte won the speed race,
his time being 14.34.12. McCurdy waa
second, with the time of 25.43.04.
Boiler Explosion Kills Two Man.
Charles Hitch nnd George Ovlatt
were killed and Arthur Miller was fa
tally injured when a threshing ma
chine boiler exploded five miles from
Lapeer, Mich.
AERONAUTS TELL
OFJIARDSHIPS
Snowstorm Caused Post and
Hewley to Descend.
NEARLY LANDED IN LAKE
Sky Ballors Suffered Greatly During
the Four Days They Sought Civili
zation In Wilds of Canada.
Hawley and Post, of the balloon
America 11., which left St. Louis on
Oct. 17 in the international balloon
race and landed In the wilds of Can
ada, reached Quebec, having taken
eleven hours in traveling the 227 miles
from Chicoutini by the Lako St. John
railway.
They traveled 1355 miles in forty
six hours and established a new record
for balloons.
Both men are In excellent health
and spirits, notwithstanding their
strenuous experiences of the last ten
days.
Many interesting new details of
their flight were given out by the aero
nauts. Their course into the wilds of
northern Quebec was rather more wes
terly than that of the Dusseldorf,
which landed near Kisklslnk, due
south of Lake St. John, for the Amer
ica 11. in soaring north of Lake St.
John left the big inland sea to the
Immediate east, obtaining a fine view
of It and crossing first over the As
huapmouchouan river and the village
of Peribonca, Just south of Lake
Tschotogama. It was on the shore of
Lake Tschotogama that Hawley and
Post fell In with the hunters who
piloted them Into the pathway of
safety.
"We were doing our best," said Mr.
Post, "to fly to tho utmost limits that
the continent would allow. We knew
perfectly well where wo were when
we passed over Lake St. John on Wed
nesday, the 19th, and we made up our
minds that If possible we wouldn't
descend until we got to the coast of
Labrador. On Wednesday afternoon,
however, the weather, which had been
threatening all day, began to make US
very apprehensive.
"At 3 o'clock in the afternoon snow
had already began to fall and soon our
view of the earth beneath was almost
entirely obscured. We judged that this
meant tho end of our trip, for It would
have been madness to have pursued
the journey In a blinding snowstorm.
"Furthermore, the extrome cold had
caused our gas to contract and we had
begun to fall rapidly. We only had six
and a half bags of ballast left, when
at last very reluctantly we decided to
effect a landing. We at once began to
look around for a good landing place,
but owing to the rapidity with which
the snowstorm overtook us we had to
trust pretty much to luck.
"We found ourselves dropping di
rectly into a large lake, which we af
terwards discovered to be Lake Chllo
pan a. We immediately threw out sev
eral bags of ballast and rose slftwly
and heavily In the snowstorm. Madly
we threw out more ballast, for the lack
of ready response by the balloon had
alarmed us and made us think for a
moment that we should possibly per
ish in the lake—a miserable ending to
such a splendid Journey.
"Bit on a terrific gust of wind the
balk ■ whirled aloft, carrying us In a
few seconds beyond the lake. Then we
at once let out the gas and came down
safely on the side of a huge hill. It is
unlikely that tho balloon will be re
covered.
"We really suffered greatly from the
cold as we tramped slowly away from
the America 11. We were seriously
hampered by the goods we had to 1
pack, for It was absolutely necessary j
to take along the heaviest clothing, I
besides the remaining food. Frequent- I
ly we made through streams of lc«
cold water. So cold was the weather
that at times our clothing was frozen j
to our bodies. When we came across
the trappers the fourth day we could
have cried for joy. We were about
all in."
Bit on Cartridge; Dead.
Joseph Deponti, the five-year-old son
of Frank Deponti, of Haverstraw, N.
Y„ while getting ready for school, '
picked up a pistol cartridge and put It !
into his mouth and bit on It. The car- 1
trldge exploded and the bullet went'
upward through the boy's brain, killing
him Instantly.
Four Miners Killed by Explosion.
Four miners were killed by an ex
plosion in the mine in the
Anaconda company property at Butte,
Mont The men were engaged in blast-,
Ing, and it Is presumed they waited too
long to get out of the way.
Find Farmer Dead In Wagon.
Ellas Wagner, seventy-two years of
age, an Exeter township farmer, drove
to Reading, Pa., with a load of pro
duce to attend market. Several hours
later he was found dead In his wagon,
having died of heart disease.
MUTILATED SOOT
BEVEALSMURDER
Twu Hunters Find Headless
Corpse Near Reeding.
POSSIDLY A PHILADELPHIAN
Head, Arms and Chest Are Missing
and No Clue to Identity—Was Dead
Probably Two Months.
A mysterious murder was discovered
by gunners on the Neversink moun
tain, near Reading, Pa.
The body of a man, with the head,
arms and chest missing, was found,
partly covered by leaves. The body
had been completely and cleanly cut
through as by a dissecting knife just
below the Juncture of the arms and
the trunk.
Where the upper part of the body is
and who this victim of foul play was
constitute a mystery on which the
whole efforts of the Reading police
and the Berks county coroner's office
are directed.
The man apparently had been dead
two months, and it seems probable
that he was a resident of Philadelphia.
Copies of Philadelphia papers of Aug.
30 were found in his clothing, and a
hat lying nearby bears the trade mark
of a Philadelphia store. The rest of
the clothing was unmarked.
Gunners Find Body.
George JKemp and Edward Btngft
man, both residents of Reading, are
the gunners who made the discovery.
They were out for a day's shooting on
Neversink mountain and had wandered
in quest of game near Black Bear.
There, almost covered by leaves, they
stumbled across the body, mutilated
and badly decomposed.
The gunners were quick to realize
that It was a case of murder, and hur
riedly got into communication with
the Reading police authorities. Coro
ner Wagner and detectives Immediate
ly went to the scene and searched for
evidence a sto the man's identity and a
clue to his slayer.
Their search was rewarded only by
the finding of the black derby hat
about twenty feet distant from the
body. They were baflled for the time
being by the failure to find the arms,
upper part of the trunk, and especially
the head.
If the head were found, they felt,
the Identity of the man could be estab
lished, and then tho motive for the
murder could be uncovered. With this
to work from the detectives were san
guine of their ability to solve the mys
tery of the tragedy.
Coroner Wagner expressed the be
lief .after careful examination of the
condition of the body, that the man
had been dead fully two months, indi
cated by the fact that the newspapers
found were dated Aug. 30.
In addition to the derby hat, part
of a white shirt also was found, but
It bore no mark. The rest of the man's
clothing consisted of a navy blue serge
coat, with a vest to match, and gray
trousers with a large stripe a little
darker in shade. An empty wallet was
found in one pocket with a keyring
bearing a Yale & Towne lock key and
a trunk key. A comb and a horseshoe
nail completed the list of articles dis
covered on the body.
Woman Heard Three Shots.
Strengthening the theory that the
man was killed on Aug. 30 Is the tale
told by Mrs. J. H. MacFarland, wife of
the owner of a hotel nearby. She says
she heard three shots flred on the
night of Aug. 30 and thinks the man
may have been killed on that occa
sion.
Mrs. MacFarland heard the shots
about 11 p. m.and says she looked
out of the window toward the hill to
see what the trouble was. A moment
later she heard an automobile start
away as if it had stopped at the edge
of the park. The motor dashed south
ward on the Philadelphia pike. She
could not tell how many persons were
In the automobile, i the night was
too dark.
Kills Wife, Son and Self.
Joseph Wallace, a prominent mer
chant of Lawrenceville, Ga., on Tues
day shot and killed his wife and
thirteen-year-old son, fatally wounded
his sixteen-year-old boy, drove two
daughters away from home and turned
the revolver on himself, ending his own
life, at his home. No cause is assigned
for the tragedies.
Sees Husband Slay.
With his wife and baby standing by
his side, Frank Bell shot and killed
Harvey Duncan and Charles Duncan
In the railway station at McCarry,
Miss. |
After having shot the two men Bell
boarded an outbound train and came|
to Columbus, where he gave himself
up. He refused to talk. j
CALEB CONOVER
1555T- RAILROADER
CONovcuf—•
tmwwmU STORY o/- love,politics,intrigue,
' Pe - L VApr A RICH POWERFUL BOSS
AND AN INTREPID YOUNG
REFORMER
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
* COPYRIGHT 1907 BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNt^'
that ever trailed Its steel shackle 3
across the face of the earth. Whether
or not the Doss-guided Machine shall
beat us to earth and hold us there for
ever. We have tried reforming the
party from the Inside, and we have
failed. Hns the tirpp co-re to reform
It from the outside?"
He paused, and the an.; we." came.
From the Conover hosts went up a
shout of "No! No!" mingled with his.*
and groan. Hut instantly, from.l
great scattered mass of the audience,
and from the Standish delegates on
the floor, there arose an outburst of
cheering that drowned the barking
negatives of what had been but ten
short minutes before a majority ot
that convention.
The effect of this outburst was di
verse on its hearers. With StandUh
himself It acted as a tonic, as an elec
tric battery which gave him addcJ
force and vigor for what he had yet
to say. Karl Ansel it seemed for tho
moment to stuplfy and paralyze. Con
over's lieutenants it threw Into a state
of consternation, which approachcJ
frenzy, panic, demoralization. They
ran aimlessly to and fro, conferring
excitedly in hoarse whispers.
Conover, alone, from his den at thii
rear of the stage, smiled to himself
and gave no other sign of interest.
Standish was speaking again, an 1
now behind him stood Karl Ansel re
covering from his amazement, and in
tent'to catch his leader's every word.
"I tell you," thundered Cllve, besldj
himself with excitement, "we have got
to act—and to act now. I tell you that
the people of this State. Irrespective
of party, are waiting for half a chance
to throw off the yoke of the railroad
—of the Machine. All over this coun
try of ours bosses are being over
thrown. They are going down to ruin
In the wreckage of their own Ma
chines; and It Is the PEOPLE who are
downing them. The day of Bosslsm
is passing—passing forever. We came
Into this convention as free men.
Some of us did. And I for one pro- I
pose to walk out of It a free man. ff :
we go before the people of this State
In the midst of a silence In which
the fall of the proverbial pin would j
have sounded like the early morning !
milk wagon, Cllve Standish began the
most unusual speech that a Mountain
State convention had ever heard.
"My friends —"
From Shevlln's rooters came a vol
ley of hisses and cat-calls, but the dis
turbance and the disturbers were !
speedily squelched.
"My friends," repeated Standish, his
powerful voice echoing from floor to
roof, "Abraham Lincoln freed the
black men forty odd years ago. It' 3 i
time that somebody freed the white
brother. For years this State has j
groaned under the tributo of a re- |
lentless Machine, under the rule of
a railroad that was all stomach and
no conscience, till bowels and no j
heart, all greed and no generosity.
Our party—and with shame I say It —
has been turned Into a vest-pocket as
set of this vile corporation. For ,
months past, and more especially to
day, you have seen what Its power Is, ,
as opposed to the power of the more
honest citizens of our party. It won !
to-day, it won yesterday, and It won
the day before. It always has won.
It rests with us here to-day, now and
In this hour, to decide whether a new
Proclamation of Emancipation Is to be
issued or whether the great Demo
cratic party In the Mountain State
shall continue to be the chattel, the
credulous, simple, weak-kneed, back
boneless, hopeless, helpless, victim of
the greediest, most corrupt railroad (
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on the issue of honc;T> savernment as
opposed to dishonesty, I tell you that
we will win. It only needs a man
with a match, and the nerve to use
that match, to start a conflagration
that will burn party ties to cinders
nnd leave n free, emancipated people.
"Let them call me bolter, if they
will! Let them call me traitor, In
grate, renegade! I would rather be a
bolter than a thief. I would rather
rip my party, dearly ae I love It, to
rags and tatters, than to sacrifice my
own self-respect any longer!
"Yes, they may call me bolter, and
properly so, for I am going to bols
this convention! Is there a man who
will follow me out of doors? Out of
the filthy atmosphere of this Machlno
ridden. Boss-owned convention into
the pure sunshine of God's own peo
ple?"
"So I'm to throw it to Standlshf
H'm! And yet you say you're not
putting the hooks in me! If that
| isn't cold, straight, nil-wool blackmail,
j I don't know what is. You think you
j owe me something because I didn't
] treat your father Just square. So you
; pay the grudge off by blackmailing
! me. Maybe your holy New England
conscience is too near-sighted to see
It's only in the devil's ledger that two
wrongs make a right."
"Do you speak from experienceT
Because It doesn't lit this case. I
propose nothing of the so-1."
"Then what In thunder do you
want?" snarled Caleb, ir.y.itilled. "If
It ain't cash or—"
"I want you to give Mr. Standlsh a
fair chance. That is all. I want you
to remove the embargo from his
speeches and advertisements; to open
the columns of every paper In the
Mountain State to him. To promise
not to molest him In any way, not to
allow your rowdies to break up his
meetings nor to prevent him from hir
ing halls. Not to stuff the ballot
boxes, falsify the returns, employ
'floaters' or—ln short. I want you to
give him an equal chance with your
self; to conduct the campaign hon
estly, and to leave the Issue solely to
the voters. Will you do this?"
"And if I beat him at that?"
"If you are elected by an honest
majority, that Is no concern of ours.
All I demand Is that you fight In the
open and leave the result to the peo
ple."
Caleb thought in silence for a few
moments.
"If I do this?" he asked at last.
"Then, on the afternoon of Election
Day, my brother rhall turn over to
you, or to your representative, the en
tire Denzlow correspondence."
"I have your word for that? Certi
fied copies and all?"
"Yes."
"You don't lie. That's about the
one foolish trait I've ever found in
you. If I've got your word, you'll
stand by it. Can't say quite the same
of me, eh?"
"I don't think that needs an an
swer."
"Can't turn over the letters to me
now, on my pledge to—?"
"I'm afraid not," said Anice, almost
apologetically. "I must —"
"And you're dead right. A promise
Is such a sacred thing that It's always
wise to keep your finger on the trig
ger till the real money's handed over.
Just to keep the sacredness from spoil
ing. As I understand It. I'm to loosen
up on Standlsh; and then if I lick
him fair, you and I are quits? I'll do
It. Such a fight ought to prove pretty
amusing. It'll be an experience any
how, as Sol Townsley. said when.Fa-
Oontilined oil jwn<' 4.