The Fnlton County News McConnelkborg, Pa. ALIMONY AND DIVORCE. ' Now pomes a New York woman whr la sure to be charged wltb "woman Inhumanity for woman," professing t "be shocked at the multiplicity of d Vorces and proposing a remedy In tli total abolition of alimony, says Oman.. Ilea. She conceives the prospect cf alimony to be the chief cause of di vorces granted to women and de nounces the system as nothing but a tdmplo graft. Vndoubtedly many do signing women can consistently take no exceptions to these charges, anti1 It is not to be questioned that some unpcnipulouu lawyers will co-operate with women for the purpose of ob taining financial emolument through tbo operation of the, divorce courts, hut that alimony, or the desire, to ob tain alimony, constitutes the prevail ing cause and purpose of womeii seeking legal separations from thel." husbands, It Is hard to believe, ai.y wore than It would be wise, safe or Just to do away with the law provid ing for nlimony. Society has come to recognize that there Is iiurh a thing as a justifiable divorce, and there is "ertalnly such a thins as a woman needing and derervlnp; support from the man from whom she seeks and ob tains a divorce, and to abolish alimony would work hardship on many women and children, alike blameless for the causes as well as the fact of the separation. Has everybody forgotten Halley's comet? There was a reaction nftet the trepidation and intense curiosity aroused by Its approach, and now, In Btead of piling out of bed at unearth ly hours of the early morning In the hope of getting a glimpse of It, there are many who would not, for the prom Iso of a good square look at the won derer, take the trouble of walking across the street. They have seen It once, and so far as they are con cerned, It is an old story. Halley's comet Is not beyond slewing dis tance from the earth; yet it cannot be seen. The reason of Its Invisi bility Is its nearness to the sun. It sets In the early evening, while the twilight is strong enough to hide it -with a veil of light. At the end of the month It will set before sunset. It is further south in the sky than "sa sun. The Canadian authorities have been so much disturbed over the re port that 15,000 American farmers have left the Caandian northwest that they have undertaken an Inquiry of their own. The result of that Is the admission that 261 farmers and their families have returned to the United States. During the same time they claim that over 60,000 settlers have entered Canada from this country. Perhaps it is up to the United States to investigate these last figures. A Louisiana man has patented a combined pickle fork and pair of tongs. With the aid of this useful in strument you may, after a pickle slips from your fork, reach into the Jar and pick it out with the tongs. For cur purt, we are unable to underpaid why anyone should wish to take so much trouble for the purpose of se curing a i.ckle. If it comes to pass that a guard must go with every canoe, canoeing will lose It3 vogue. Its chief charm has always been In affording the young man an opportunity to show the girl how he can handle the oors. lie will never consent to be followed by m life saver. . One of New York's fashion experts makes the Interesting announcement that millionaires are not the best dressed men. The millionaires ap pear to he beating up as hopefully as could be expected. "A hearty laugh Is a good thing for indigestion," says one of the doc tors. In these days the troublo la to find tho thing that will provoke a hearty laugh. ( One of the ministers candidly an nounces that automobile, scorchers tiave no chance to go to heaven. Hut there are probably no automobiles in tieaven, anyway. Why la it so astounding that a mar. In an aeroplane can go faster than a Hrd? Doesn't a man on a locomo tive go faster than a greyhound or a race horse? If the cow shows Us appreciation of music by giving a bigenr yield of ;mllk, why not try the experiment on chickens during tho egg famine? Aviators seem annoyed because an .airship was wrecked by a flag pole. Yet a flag has a right to fly as well as a biplane. Fears have Dcen expressed that the weather bureau has mislaid the warm wuva flag. Of course, we all Intended to travel la Switzerland and Italy tbla summer, tout circumstances send us down to the old farm Instead. A 16-ton ahark baa been captured ear Seattle, but even for Seattle we take It that 'hi is exceptionally big Ashing. COUNTRY ALL RIGHT A STRIKINGLY STRONG ARTICLE BY COL. HARVEY. ;he writer sees no cloud Be lo It mat your grocer doea nor fuso ambush scales- -the kind that He 4n weight ' ' A Plea for the Conservation of Common Sense" That la Meeting With Cordial Approval. A strikingly strong article by Colo nel George Harvey In the North American Review, for September, la written in a view of such hopeful ness for the American future that It has attracted wide attention. The article Is entitled, "A Plea for the Conservation of Common Sense" and It Is meeting with the cordial ap proval of business men of all shades of political opinion throughout the en tire country. In part Colonel Harvey says: "Unquestionably n spirit of unroHt dominates the land. Hut, if It be true that fundamentally the condition of the country Is sound, must we necessarily succumb to despondency, abandon effort looking to retrieval and crlngo like cravens before clouds that only threutcn? Rather ought we not to analyze conditions, search for causes, find the root of the dis tress, which even now exists only in men's minds, and then, after the American fashion, apply such rem edies as seems most likely to produce beneficent results? Capital and Labor Not Antagonistic. "The Link that connects labor with capital Is not broken but we may not deny that It Is less cohesive than It should be or than conditions war rant. Financially, the country Is stronger than ever before In Its his tory. Recovery from a panic so severe no that of three years ago was never before so prompt and compara tively complete. The masses are practically free from debt. Money la held by the banks in abundance and rates are low. "Why, then, does capital pause upon the threshold of Investment? The answer, we believe, to be plain. It awaits adjustment of the relations of government to business. The sole problem consists of determining how government can maintain an even balance between aggregations of Interests, on the one hand, and the whole people, on the other, protect ing the latter against extortion and saving the former from mad assaults. "The solution is not easy to find for the simple reason tr situ ation Is without precedent. But la not progress being made along sane and cautious lines? Conserve Common Sense. "Is not the present, as we have seen, exceptionally secure? What, then, of preparations for the future? Patriotism is the basts of our Insti tutions. And patriotism In the minds of our youth Is no longer linked solely with fireworks and deeds of daring. It la taught in our schools. A new course has been added a course in loyalty. Methodically, our children learn how to vote, bow to conduct primaries, conventions and elections, how to discriminate between qualifica tions of candidates and, finally, how to govern as well as serve. They -are taught to despise bribery an-1 all forms of corruption and frau as treason. Their creed, which they are made to know by heart, Is not com plex. It Is simple, but comprehen sive, no less beautiful In diction than lofty in aspiration. These are the pledges which are graven upon their memories: "As it is cowardly for a soldier to run away from battle, so it Is coward ly for any citizen not to contribute Ills share to the well-being of his country. America Is my own dear land; she nourishes me, and I will love her and do my duty to her, whose child, servant and civil soldier I am. "As the health and happiness of my body depend upon each muscle and nerve and drop of blood doing its work In Ha place, so the health and happiness of my country depend upon each citizen doing his work In his place. "These young citizens are our hostages to fortune. Can wo not safely assume that the principles ani mating fbelr lives augur well for the permanency of tho Republic? When before have tho foundation stones of continuance been laid with such care and promise of durability? "The future, then, Is bright. And the present? Hut one thing la need ful. No present movement Is more laudable than that which looks to conservation of natural resources. But let us never forget that the great est Inherent resource of the Amer ican people is Common Sonse. Let that be conserved and applied with out cessation, and soon It will be found that all the ills of which we complain but know not of are only such aa attend upon the growing pains of a great and blessed country. 8plrltuallzatlon. Religion snould be native. It should be concrete and applicable. Religion Is the natural expression of living, not a set of actions or of hab its, or a posture of the mind addod to tho dally life. The type of religion, therefore, Is conditioned on the kind of living, and the kind of living la conditioned, in Its turn, very large ly on the physical and economic ef fectiveness of llge. The religion of the open country should run deep Into the Indigenous affairs of the open country. Immune. "1 never worry about m health any more." "How lucky you are. Don't you ever feel 111?" "Ob, yea, often; but I've had all the operations It la possible to undergo." Of Course. "They aay a woman alwaya reada a love story backward." "I take no atock in that claim. If ao, the muangera would be giving plays with the last act first." Louis ville Courier-Journal. FIVE YEARS BANK THEFTS $28,000,000 Most of It Stolen to Gamble in Wall Street, N. Y. TRUST COMPANIES ALSO HEAVY LOSERS In a Majority of Cases the Money Stolen From Banks la Lost In Stock Gambling In Wall Street To Avoid Publicity, Banks Fre quently Take Their Losses Without Reporting Them. Now York (Special). Thefts from two New York bunks made known re cently have compelled tho attention of tho American Hankers' Association to this ola of crime. That it is on the increase is shown by a perusal of the records for the lust five ycurs, during which time more than 28,1100,01)0 has been embezzled from the bunks and trust companies in the I'nited States. Iu the Federal Prison in Leavenworth, Kan., where prisoners are received from all over the country, the banker convicts exceed every otiier class of prisoners ex cept burglars and mail robbers. There are l.'t former otlicials of banks "doing time"' in the Riverside Prison, Pittsburg. Tho number of bunker convicts in Sing Sing could not be ascertained, as the records are not available. Tho numtcr of bank olliciuls and the tot.ul ii mount of thefts of record do not tell the complete, storv of bunk thefts. To avoid publicity, hunks frequently take their losses without reporting to the au thorities or prosecuting the offending employees. iu a majority of cases tho money stolen from banks is lost in stock gamb ling in Wall Street. Thus went the $100,000 which John II. Lowery said he took from the I'tica City National Hank. It whs fa id recently by the president nf a surety company thut there are many thefts committed in bunks in this city and elsewhere throughout the country that never reacli the ears of the public. Bankers and heads of trust companies, it Has asserted, frequently minimize the amount' of stealings whin the secret of thp losses comes out. In illustration of this it was recalled that when announce ment was made verv lately of the dia appenraiiee of Walter Hull, paying teller iu the Herald Square branch of the Greenwich Hank, an official of the bank said the amount missing from the bank was "too trivial to mention." The amount proved to lie between $3.1.000 and '$30,000. i It was firt announced, following, the 'disappearance of Cashier Krwin Wider, that the Uusso-Chinese Hank of 52 Pine Istreet, was out about $.10,000. The value f the missing securities is now placed t $000,000. Hut more important than the sup pressing of the news of defalcations, it was held, was the revelation of the temp tations to gamble in stocks that are laid before employees in banks and other financial institutions, and the fact that this temptation is yielded to far more widely than suspected anywhere outside of brokers' offices. The example of the millionaire heads of the institutions who frequently win fortunes in a day in the stock market has its effect on the wretchedly under paid employees. Then come tho letters of advice from brokers of repute and al leged respectability. These are scattered broadcast in banks and trust companies for the purpose of inciting to gamble those who read them. In addition to tips on stocks, especial ly thne "securities" iu which the broker himself is personally interested, these letters not infrequently oontain such (hints as the following: "Men starting with a few hundred dol lars and observing the rules which guide leading speculators have by boldness and skillful manipulation become the pos sessors of millions." The effect of theRC suggestions can bo 'seen by a glance at the defalcations iu banks in the last five years. DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY. Ballinger Says He Is Conscious of Doing His Duty. Spokane, Wush. (Special). "I don't care whut anybody says about mo so long as I am conscious of doing my duty, not only as a privuto citizen, but us u public officer. The man who pursues the course that seems to liim to meet the obligations of his place in life has no need to fear alioiit the future." So declared Kiehard A. Bollinger, Sec retary of the Interior, at a luncheon given to him by the Chamber of Com merce before his departure for the Kant. "So far as the public service of this country is concerned, every man 1 know in this administration is lulioring first to know the needs of the nation, then to execute these needs within tho limits of tho law and the Constitution. We have not reached the day when the funda mental doctrines of this republic can be forgotten or overlooked." CRIPPEN'S WIFE POISONED THUGS ROB AGED WOMAN. 82-Year-Old Victim Breaks Ankle In Attempt to Give Alarm. Columbus, O. (Special). Mrs. I.ucinda Miller, a widow, aged 8:2 years, living alone at Taylor's Station, near here, awoke and found two robbers at her bed side. They bound her with ropes and searched the house, but found only $1). The woman after they left attempted to get out to alurm the neighbors and fell, breaking her ankle. She crawled to a neighbor's house and awoke the occu pants. The robbers escaped. WHEAT CROP A BUMPER. Experts Predict, However, Yield May Fall Short of Last Year. , Washington, D. C. (Special) While this year's world acreage sown to wheat was doubtless the largest iu history KI5,000,000 acres it is not unlikely, ac cording to I'nited States Department of Agricultural experts, tnat tne world yield of wheat will be short of the high record of last year 3,04,000,000 bus licit. The crop is reasonably certain, however, to go down in history as quan titatively above the average. Slays Woman, Kills Himself. Oshkosh, Wis. (Special). Mrs. Louis Edwards, wife of Ira Edwards, a farmer of Black Wolf Point, near here, was mur dered in ths kitchen of her home here by Oorge Kuenzel, a farm hand, who then killed himself. Bank Robbers Get Coppera. i Trenton, Ky. (Special). Uobbert forced an entrance into ths Bank of Trenton and stole $100, all in copper cents. The other funds in the safe were not disturbed. Dr. Wilcox, Scientific Analyst, Tes tifies at Trial. London (Special). Dr. William Henry Willoox, seientiflc analyst to the Home Office, who discovered a deadly drug in the body found in the home of Dr. Hawley II. Crippen, took the stand when the trial of the doctor and his typ ist, Ethel Clara I Neve, for the murder of the former's wife, was continued and sworn unqualifiedly that death was due to poison. The physician descrilicd the nature of the medium used, and said that from a quarter to half a grain would prove fatal. Ho had found two-sevenths of a grain af ter a lapse of from four to eight months, and judged that more than half a grain had boon administered. Ho found no other cause of death, and expressed the opinon that the victim survived the dose an hour or more. Heforo Dr. Willcox was culled tho crown Introduced medical testimony to corroborate that given on Wednesday by Prof. Augustus ,1. Popper, pathologist of tho I'niversity of London, who swore that the body' bad boon dismembered by one familiar with the science of anatomy. Dr. Willcox, whose evidence was se verely technical, wus in tho witness box for four hours. Solicitor Arthur Newton, who is conducting the case for the defense, closely cross-exumiiied the witness, but elicited nothing in the way of throwing fresh light upon the mystery. ADVOCATES SIMPLE DIET. Well-Cooked Vegetables. Rice, Etc., Vs. New England Mince Pie. Detroit, Mich. (Special). Well-cooked vegetables, rice and meat as opposed to New Knghtml mince pie and Huston baked- heans, has made the "graceful, self controlled Turk the superior of the nervous, lauk New Englaniier." This was the contention laid down lie fore the Mississippi Valley Medical As sociation by Dr. Fen ton H. Turck, of Chicngo. "Diet has more to do with tho making of groat men or the deteriorating of the human race to the lev. l of the brute than anything else," declared Dr. Turck. "Compare that armor-plate mince pie diet indulged in by all America with tho two sane meals a day that are enabling Turkey to produce tho finest specimens of physical manhood in the world. Mince pie and bonus are bringing about race deterioration not alone in Connecticut and Maine." FORMER PASTOR ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Obstructing Passage. Salt Lake City (Special). William Thurston Hrown, former pastor of the Unitarian Church, but now a socialist, was arrested here while speaking on the street and charged with obstructing the sidewalk. A few weeks ago attacks on the United States Army by Socialist la bor speakers angered soldiers from Fort Douglas and almost precipitated a riot. Chief of Police Harlow thereupon issued an order forbidding Btreet meetings with out permits. Defiance of this order by the Socialist labor propagandists has led to a number of arrests. Rev. Mr. Hrown resigned the pastorate of his church to devote his time entirely to Socialistic propaganda. NEW $10, NO NEW GOAT. Tragedy When Woman Set Out to Buy a New Hat. Washington, D. C. (Special). This talc of a goat is arranged chronological ly: A woman in Detroit wanted a new hat and drew a $10 bill out of a hank. A gust of wind whisked it out of her hand. A small boy driving a nanny gnat to a cart happened by, and the ten fluttered under nanny's nose. Nanny gobbled the bill. The woman accused' the boy of stealing it. H.v the time a policeman arrived the gout had swallowed it. The boy proved bis innocence and re covered tiie bill by killing nanny. The Treasury Department has Issued a new bill, but cannot issue a new goat. PANAMA CANAL PROGRESS. Big Increase In Excavation for Month of August. Washington, D. C. (Special). Excel lent progress was made during the month of August by the canal .diggers on the isthmus. The total amountof excavation wus 2.H13.4I12 cubic yards, place measure ment, against 2 .4011,288 yards in the pre ceding month. The increase is accounted for by the fact that there were two more working days iu August than in July, with two inches less rainfall. Concrete laying in the great dams and locks also steadily increased, 14tl,5.Vl cubic yards being laid in August, against 131,0,13 yards in July. Ten Bullets In Skull. . Hartford, Conn. I Special). After Robert Sturgis, a negro farmhand, 27 ycurs old, of Deep River, hud emptied seven bullets into' his skull hud refilled tho gun and sent three more after them, he threw the revolver away in disirus: and attempted suicide by slashing his throat with a raf.ur tliree tunes, j-.veu then he failed to 'end his life, and when lie had been brought 4u miles to a hos pital in this city the umar.ed physiciuna announced that barring possible blood poisoning. Sturgis would probably re cover. The razor cuts were not deep, as he did not have strength enough to hold the razor at the proper angle. Prison For Cash In Rat. Wllliamsport, Pa. (Special). Mr. and Mrs. John R. Steele were sentenced to a term in the penitentiary by Judge W. W. Hart, "the former having been found guilty upon a charge of larceny, and the lutter upon a cnurge oi receiving stolen moiiev. liottler Charles A. Banket, of Newberry, was relieved of $400, and the money was later ion mi conoeaiea in a "rat" in the hair of Mrs. Steele. In ad dition to the time sentence lines of $100 and costs of the case were imposed upon each. Product of Klondike. Washington (Special). The Klondike placer mining district in Alaska has pro duced $150,000,000 in gold since 1898, and mining experts estimate the, amount yet to be mined will equal that already produced. Consul Cole, of Dawson, states that the gold output for 1910 will exceed that of 1UO0, when more than $3,500,000 was produced. Most of this gold, ha slates, was shipped to the United State. A small quantity went to the new Canadian mint. Consul Cols reports that rich deposits of copper ore have been discovered in the Southern part of the 'Klondike district. ( ' HIS POLITICAL CREED Roosevelt Discusses the Nationalism. New MAKES HOT REPLY 10 HIS CRITICS. He Declares His Doctrine to Be Only the Application of Old Moralities to Modem Conditions He Insists That There la No Revolution and No Appeal to Mob Rule Wants Corporations, But Would Regulate Them. Oyster Hay, N. Y. (Special). Theo dore Roosevelt says that he is not talking revolution in declaring his now political creed. Neithet is ho making an appeal to mob rule. In a stanch defense of his doctrine of the "new nationalism" he de clared that ho was merely urging the ap plication oi oni moralities to modern con ditions. At the same time bo replied witn spirit to those who have heen op posing him, anil hotly denounced news papers which he said attacked honest jmiilic men. Colonel Roosevelt s address was deliv ered at the Suffolk County Pair at River- head. I.. I, He rode about 120 miles in an automobile to and from Riverlieun and spoke to a groat crowd on the fuir grounds. iho ( olonel s expedition of "new nil- tionnlism" cume at tho close of a speech in which ho also denounced dishonest cor porations, dishonest men of wealth nnd political bosses. He made no reference to the New York Stnto political situation. "I have noticed a great denl of com ment on my speech on tho new national ism." he said. "All 'that new national ism means is the application of certain old time moralities to the changed condi tions of t lie dav. "I wish to see creator novcrnmcntnl efficiency liecause we have to deal with greater business efficiency. Simple laws are all that are necessary in small com munities, where there is no big business and ouch man works for himself. When you get masses of wealth gathered to gether and great corporations developing, conditions then become so changed that mere must he nn increase in govern mental activity to control the wealth for business elliciencv. "1 would not do anv wrong to the great corporation, but 1 don't intend to rely only on the big corporations good nature to see that the corporation doesn't do harm against us. 1 want to see such control of the wealth now gathered for business uses as to favor tile honest man who uses tho wealth irenuinoly for the service of the public and to make the dishonest man fuel thut ho has to do whut is right, nnd if ho doesn't feel it wo shull see to it that he does. "That is my whole creed." said the Colonel, "and that's all there is in it. There is no revolution, no appeal to mob rule, un the contrary, 1 recognize mob violence as being just as much an enemy to the public good as tho lawless wealth. I am against thepoor man who is cuilty of crimes of lawlessness, and if it is in my power I will try to punish him for his misdeeds, just as whenever I have power will join with those who see that the corrupt man of wealth is good, not because lie likes it, but simply because he has to be good." MISS TAFT QUITS COLLEGE. Will Remain at White House and As sist Her Mother. Philadelphia (Special). Announce ment is made at Bryn Mawr College that Miss Helen Taft, daughter of President Taft, will not return to the college this year, instead, it is declared, slie will stay at home and assist her mother in the many social duties devolving on "the lirst lady in the land. Miss Tuft's return lo Bryn Mawr had not been expected by her close friends, but it was not known definitely that she had decided to discontinue her college course until the announcement just made. J-ricnd9 ol Jliss lalfsay that her own inclinations wore to continue her studies, and, that she had expressed eagerness to return this year and complete her term. Night Riders at Work. Maysville, Ky. J Special). Xight riders are again scouring the tobacco regions, leaving burning ruins and depre dation in their wake. They burned the barns nnd tobacco warehouses of W C. Hradford and George B. Kenny, in Bracken county. The authorities fear the present outbreak will rival that of a year ago, which followed an effort to pool the Hurley crop. Kenny permitted soldiers to camp on his farm during the last nightriding outbreak. Loses $10; Boy Ends Life. Chicago (Social). The lost of $10, with which he was ordered to purchase stamps, is believed to bavo driven John Miller, a 15-year-old office boy, to suicide. The boy shortly after going to buy stamps sent back the' following note: "Since 1 have lost the money, or dropped it up stairs on tho floor, and am not able to pay it back, I am going to end my life at Vanburen street and the Lake." Mail Pouch Stolen. Seattle, Wush. (Special). A regis tered mail pouch containing several thousand dollars in gold bullion, shipped from Fuirbunkt for Scuttle, is missing, and is supposed by local postal au thorities to have been stolen. The pack age was sent over the government trail to Vahloz. Secret service men have been at work on tho mystery for. several days. Sad Story of Love. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). Ending a romance ,wliich was to have terminated in a marriage, but was disrupted by death in Memphis, Mrs. Olive Wciler, a widow. 28 year old, wired her mother for funds to return home to Philadelphia. She had come to this city to marry John (iregory, the sailor, whose body was found lRuung in me .Mississippi Kivcr. Mrs. Wciler read the newt of bis death in a local paper which she had pur chased with her last nickel. The body of Gregory was sent to Warren, It, I. Aviator's Narrow Escape. New York ( Special ), Harry S. nark nets, the aviator, of Cleveland, and mem ber of a prominent family In that city, had a narrow escape when tbs monoplane ia which he was flying at the aerodrome in Garden City, L. I., dived suddenly to the ground from the height of 25 feet. Harknrtt' machine was demolished, but be fortunately escaped injury. This was Harknett' first flight in Aemrica. He has been known abroad for his feats in aviation, and earns to America to enter the elimination trials for the interna tional aviation meet next month. ' ' V FOURTH CITY IN WORLD Chicago Follows London, New York and Paris. Washington, D. C. Special )-Th Census Bureau announced that the pres ent population of Chicago is S,186,28H. This Is a gain of 480,708, or 28.7 per, cent, sines 1000. This announcement leaves Chicago ranking in population as the second city nf the I'nited States and the fourth in the world. Ohicago has almost doubled its popu lation since 18110, whnn the figures were 1.0110,850. Its greatest growth during that period was between 1890 and 1000, when there was an increase of 64.4. It increase in population during the past decade was not so groat proportionally as that of New York, the rate of increase being 10 per cent, less than that scored by the eastern city. New York is yet ahead of its closest rival by 2,1581,550. Chicago, however, can claim distinction in having jumped from sixth to fourth place among tho big cities on tho Globe, only London, New York and Paris being ahead of it. It is following close upon the heels of Paris, whose population by its last census in 1001 was 2,714,(MI8. Chicago takes precedence over Tokio and Berlin by close margins. According to tno census taken in each or the two cities in 11MI8. Tokio had 2,085,160 and Berlin, 2.040.148. As tho second city in America', Chi cago is practically in a class by itself. New York fur outstrips it with 4,700, 8H:i und Philadelphia, which is its near- est rival for tho second honor this year, showed a population of l,o40,008. CURTISS DEFEATED BY WHITE The Englishman Thrreby $3,000 Hitvard Cup. Wins Boston (Special). Driving his Hloriot monoplane at approximately a mile a minute, Clnudo Graliame-White, the' Eng lish aviator, brought to a successful close his first American engagement by defeat ing Glenn II. Curtiss, the American flier and world's speed champion of the air, in a special mutch speed test t the Har vard aviation field at Atlantic. He do fented Curtiss by 10 and 4-5 seconds in a fivc-and-a-quurter-milc race. White there by won the $3,000 Harvard cup and made a new speed murk for the field by going the course in fl minutes 47 4-5 seconds. White also added to his winnings the John Hays Hammond Cup, the second prize for a speciul bomb-throwing con test. Ralph Johnstone, the Wright avia tor, took the first prize, the City of Bos ton cup. This was the concluding day of the Harvard aviation meet, and it was marred by the first noteworthy accident of nearly a fortnight's flying. A. V. Hoe, an English flier, who has had had luck with his triplanes, wrecked his sec ond machine and was painfully but not seriously injured himself. Ho was taken to the field hospital, where six stitches wore taken in a face wound. From an elevation of 1,800 feet neither Johnstone nor White could hit 200 square feet of canvas on the ground, each throw ing six eggs, but Johnstone's shots were better and earned him the Boston Cup. Gigantic Post Card. Enid, Okla. (Special). What is be lieved to be the largest post card ever mailed was sent to a firm of attorneys in Austin, Tex. The card is 20 Inches long and 38 inches wide and weighs a fraction loss than four pounds. It was sent by Isaiah Armond, of Enid, having written several letters to the law firm and re ceived no reply, determined to get an answer or be satisfied the communication reached Its destination. He had the card made by a printing company. It is as large as postal regulations permit and re quired $1.20 for stamps. Forest Fire Damage. Bozeman, Mont., (Special. Super-1 visor D. T. Conkling, of the Gallatin forest reserve, after a preliminary survey of the burned area in this district, re ports that the fires swept over about 7,000 aces of government timber, destroy ing, it is estimated, 48,000,000 feet of timber. At the average price realizing for standing timber this would have been worth $07,000. In addition to the gov ernment land which suffered there is a greater amount of state, private and railroad holdings. It is thought this will amount to 8.000 additional acres, bringing the total loss to more than $200,000. $20,000 For War Aeroplane. Paris (Special). Determined to lead the world in the quest of an acropluno that will meet the requirements of war. Minister of War Brun, announced a $20, 000 prize to the designer of the aeroplane best adapted for this work. It is hoed to assemble the models within two months. Fuller Was WeU Off. ' Chicago (Special). The wills of tlio late Melville W. Fuller, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, and his wife, Mary K. Fuller, who died in 11104, were admitted to probate here. The late Chief Justice died possessor ot an estate valued at $1150,000, while tho estate of his wife is placed at $115,000. 2,000 Killed and Wounded. Milan (Speciul). Two thousand A rubs have been killed and wounded in a clash between warring tribes at Bas tnrah, Asiatic Turkey, according to a dispatch rcecived here from the Constan tinople correspondent of the Corriero Delia Sera. Details ot the fight are lacking.' Red Men Elect. v Toledo, O. (Special). Tbe ruott spirited contest for office ever hold in the history of Improved Order of Ked Men, in national convention here, resulted in tho selection of George B. Griggs, Da.lue, Texas, great incohouoej Carl Fottcr, Bridgeport, Conn., great tcnior sagamore; Fred. O. Downet, Boston, great junior tagamore; Joseph Farrer, Philadelphia, great prophet; William Brooks, Chicago, , tf nf menrriat William Prnvln Westficld, Mats., great keeper of wam pum. Desperado Shot Down. Birmingham, Ala. (Special), Itaas Olover, a negro, wanted for murder, was shot to death by a poise of cittsens four miles south of Springfield. The negro shot two members ot the potse before he was killed. Glover killed Capt. John Tarry, a popular citUta of St. Clair coun ty, last Sunday. The murder was with J . . t. i- ai i n oat provocav4un, ii. i u, auuui ou A m -ii tit itniM tmtnA 4 Vta ,, I HI IUCU high .., w Mt,W . a clump of bushel and the negro opened1 a .liu tvliitnl anil a Vi r, t in , L' f . 111 W OTIb. t" - f, . l j Suns returned the fire and the negro wat lied with bullets. . MAKES DASH THROUGH ' THE WHIRLPOQLj Motorboat's Perilous Trio in Niagara Rapids. CAPTAIN KLAUS LARSEN THE NAVIGATOR.; His Little Boat Lost to Sight Most of the Time, But at Great Wave It Shoots Twenty Feet Out of Waterj The Engine Stops Working and! the Craft Turns Over and Larsen Ijj Badly BatteredWorse Than He! Expected. ' Niagara Falls, X. Y. (Special). Capt. Klaus Larson, in his Little Motor-boat, the Ferro, made a successful trip from, the foot of the cataract through ths whirlpool rapids to within a mils nf I.owiston, a distance of four and one-half miles. He started from the Maid of tUs Mist dock at 4:43 nnd ran on a rock near tho American shore at 5 ::). Despite the battering of the whirlpool rapids, Larsen went through safely, hut his boat was leaking badly at the' finish nnd through tho trip. Larsen had in. tended to start at :30 o'clock, but he was delayed by engine, troublo. Besides, tho authorities threulend to interfere oni tho ground of attempted suicide. The! Ferro swung under tho cantilever bridp, the engine running nt top speed, and was. caught in tho swift drift break of water, to whirpool rapids. Larson hold to th middle of the channel and in less than three minnt?s had niudo the gTeut pool. In the trip through the rapids the little boat wus (o-t lo sight most of ths time, lint at Croat Wave it was shot 20 feet) out of tho water. The boat landed rig'itj snd continued to the pool. lArsen kept to the outer edge of thi pool and passed out nnd down without soeiclfiit. Just as ho left the pool the engine stopped working and Larson wa at the merev of the waters hardly less violent than those above., Tho little boat swung around stern 11m ami then turn ed completely over. Larson comma lira badly battered. It was here that lie iuied the lea. From now on Larson was the plan thing of the river, unable to hold course, tho boat swinging from one smIdJ to tho other. After getting through tho Devil's llolo. tho Ferro swung toward the American side of the river, rolled over one boulder and wont fast i.--tween two others. There Larsen staved for five minutes, 40 foot from slioie, working desperately to release the craft. Getting free, he was hit by a comber and sent careening toward tho middle. At the bend with the I.owiston bridge in sight, tho boat drifted toward tho Aniori an aide again and was then caught in the shore eddy. The Ferro grounded again, this time near enough to shore to be caught by Hoy Rockwell, of this city, who waded into tlis water and caught a rope thrown by Larson. Larsen wanted to continue tho trip, but having occomplished the worst part of tho journey, ho was persuaded to board n trolley to Lcwiston, setting the beat adrift. Artist and Author Dead. Boston, Mass. ( Special ) .Miss Susan Hale, of this city .artist and author, ais ter of the late Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, died at her summer home at Matu nuck, R. I. She was a native of Boston and was 76 years of ago. She studied art in London, Paris and German cities, and after returning to this country exhibited many of her pictures, chiefly water col ors, 'in public galleries in this city and Xow York. She collaborated with Dr. Halo in writing the "Family Flight" series of travel books for young people, and was the author of various other works. New Pest In Jersey. Mount Holly, N. J. (Special). A new kind of pest has made its appearance in some of the forests of Burlington' county. It is a greenish-yellow worm about a quarter of an inch long and as fine as ordinary cotton. These worms hatch on the under side of birch leaves and can b found by the millions in some districts. It does not take them long to strip the green substance from the leaves on which they are hatched. . After the leaves have been thus attacked they turn brown snd -become as dry as powder. Wherever there are largo quantities of birch the trres look as though they had been swept by fire. Aged 92 and Works. Pcmberton, X. J. (Special). Rising at 5 o'clock and taking caro of a team of horses, Samuel Powell, the oldest resi dent of the town, observed hi ninety second birthday by following his usual routine of work which it rather strenu ous for a man of his sge. Ho h worked as a farmer all his life and de clares that the reason people do not live longer is because they do not do enough hard work. He has voted at IS pru dential elections and plans to vote at tev erul mine. $100,000 For Her Eyes. Torre If auto, Ind. (Special). Mist Agues Parker Moore submitted to the State Department at Washington a. clulm for $100,000 against Turkey be cause she lost sit eye and suffered a nerv ous shock when she was thot by an Afghan fanatic in the Mosque of Omar, at Jerusalem last spring. She and an other young woman, who was also slight ly wounded, were member of a tourist tarty. Policeman Kills Woman. Kansas City (Special)- While chasing two negro chicken thieves, at whom he fired eight timet. Patrolman Charlet Cook, a negro, shot and killed Mr Karl B. Schacfer in the washroom of her home, it is alleged. In trying to stop the fleeing negroes Cook fired in the sir. Mrs. Schooler's body was discover ed by her husband when he returned from work three hours later. Cook wat ar rested, but was ordered released by the xiMocuting attorney. f Ends Life In Vault. Erie Pa. (Speoial).-f-Oraee employet found the body of Jarrett W. Davit, man-; tger of the Erie branch of ths National! Cash Register Company, dead in a steel vault at his offices here. A revolver was found beside the body. A rotor covered with blood was found, and from msrks on the throat and wrists Davit evidently attempted to kill himself with the weapon More be shot himself. Worry over busj. nets matters It believed to bo rcspootiule , for the act. Davit leave a wife and child, who lived In Columbut, O.
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