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FAMOUS FUGHf
b An Ar enplane from Albany to New
York City by Corliss.
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
The American With His Little Ma
^ chine Startles World by Flying
From Albany to New York in Record-Breaking
Time.?Will Revolutionize
All Warfare. \
The whole world is still talking
of the remarkable flight of Glen. H.
Curtiss, the American aviator, who
last Sunday flew from Albany to NewYork
city, a distance of 137 miles, In
152 minutes, creating a long distance
speed record that has astounded not
only those interested in heavier than
air machines but the public generally
bb well. The distance Curtiss
traveled is not so great as that of
Paulhan's recent flight from Manchester
to London, in England, but
the speed he made was remarkable.
0 He averaged a trifle over 54 miles an
hour, greater than that of the fastest
trains in the country over the
same distance .
Mr. Curtiss wears the laurels he
won by this famous flight very modestly,
declaring that it was the machine,
not the aeronaut, that made
the trip possible. He also makps it
clear that he believes that still greater
feats in flying will be accomplished,
and these in a not far distant
future.
The aeronaut began his flight from
the New- York state caDital at Albany
at just 7.03 a. m. Sunday and onlytwo
stops were made before the little
biplane glided to its resting place
on Governor's island, in New York
city. The first stop was made at
Poughkeepsie, where an .hour was
spent by Curtlss going over his engine
and refilling his oil and gasoline
tanks.
The second stop was made at In.
-wood, where he made his official
I landing. From Inwood he proceeded
to Governor's iBland, where he ended
Ills flight. Between Albany and Inwood
the biblane, which is the smallest
that ever figured in the greater
aviation contests, made an average
speed of 54.06 miles an hour.
For minutes at a time Curtlss
skimmed through the air at a speed
of 60 mileB an hour and the special
train which was following the flLght
was hard put to it to keep abreast
of the machine. In fact on several
occasions it was left a mile or two
behind. There were times during the
flight when the machine soared close
to 700 feet above the winding river.
Curtlss' control of machine was
remarkable. Only once, and then off
the treacherous Storm King, near
West Point, did the biplane get from
under the control of the aviator.
Caught in a sudden puff of wind,
which tilted the planes, it dropped
like a plummet for a short distance,
buut Curtlss, by skillful handling of
levers, quickly brought the machine
to a state of flying equilibrium.
The feat of the during American
aeronaut, in addition to winning for
bim the fame it did, enriched him
to the extent of $10,000, the cash
nrlfA nffproH hv a Ww Vnrlr noua.
paper to the first machine that made
the Albany-New York trip.
In speaking of the things that will
be revolutionized by airships. Cnrtiss
declared that all the great battles
of the future will be fought in
the air. "I have demonstrated that
it is easy to fly over cities and fortifications,"
he said, "and when it
Is possible to do this it is a very
easy matter to drop dynamite or
picric acid down on them. A few
airships could drop enough explo
slves down on West Point or New
York city to destroy it in a very
&hort time. Why even in the little
biplane in which I sailed down the
Hudson I can carry 200 pounds of
dynomite. Just think of the destruction
this amount would accomplish.
"What could armies of the brav?st
men do under a shower of dynamite
dropped from airships traveling,
say 100 miles an hour. And
the time Is not far distant when
this fearful speed will be easily ac complished.
So I think I am Justified
in saying that the battles of
the future will all be fought in the
Air."
Tried to Wreck Train.
The discovery of a nine inch iron
bolt driven flrmlv into a switch frnsr
at Balfour on the Southern railway
12 miles from Ashevllle indicates a
well-laid plan to wreck train No.
10 for partanburg.
One Man Dead.
A general shooting affair took
f)lace on Saturday in the Lydla section
of Darlington county between
two families. Northcutt and Caston.
with the result that one man, Scarborough
Stevens, a negro, is dead.
Most men are anxious for Immortality,
but not every one seems to
know how to gain it, judging by the
way they live. Let men do the best
possible with this life by serving
their fellows and living righteously
and they need not worry about Immortality?It
will be theirs without
fail. ,
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TRAIL OF FRAUD
DEAD
HAVERMEVER INVOLVED
IN SUGAR SWINDLE.
Accused Secretary of Trust Seeks
t/l Tj?V ail RUm. nn MI.
Chief.
Testimony which led directly to (
the grave of Henry O. Havermeyer,
late head of the American Sugar Refining
company, was given on the
witness stand at New York on Friday
by Charles R. Heike, secretary
of the company, who is charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government
on undewelghts of sugar.
Helke's defense began Friday. <
George S. Graham, who made the
opening address, said he regretted
bringing discredit to a man now
dead, but circumstances of the case
demanded it.
Helios he said, was at a period in
life when a prison sentence, even
if short, would mean a life term.
Therefore, he felt justified in violating
the old quotation "De mortuis
nihil nisi honum.'
On taking the stand Heike immediately
put responsibility for practically
all his acts upon Havermeyer.
saying the latter had been in direct
control of the Williamsburg refinery,
and declarlug he had acted "at the
direction of Mr. Havemeyer. It was
also brought out through a letter
written by Havemeyer to Gerbraecht
that Heike had called Hevemeyer's
attention to the "liberality" of the
government sugar ,weighers. The
letter reads:
"Mr. Heike today brings to my attention
his belief that the government
weights are more liberal h^re
than anywhere else. Let the govern
mem weigoers ao meir work. or ,
course I know you have no connec- j
tion with them, but let me warn
you and any employee of ours t
against having anything whatever t
to do with them. x
(Signed) "H. O. Havermeyer." c
Heike denied any knowledge of (
the tricky scales on the docks and r
said he did not even know the com- t
pany had scales there but thought c
they belonged to the government.
One by one the witnesses took up |
his letters previously offered in evi- r
dence by the government and ex- g
plained their meanings, always as
having no relation to the frauds. (.
From present indications the
summing up will begin on Tuesday
or Wednesday.
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DEBTS CAUSED SUICIDE.
o
The Dead Man Sat in His Clxair for v
Three Days. r
Driven to suicide by Inability to e
pay his debts George B. Warren, of ^
Brockwayviile. Fa., sat three days in ;
a chair In his room in a Pittsburg ?
hotel before his death was discover- 1
ed. In his pocket was a note to '
his wife stating he was going where
the "wolves howl." He also left a
check of $100 to pay his hotel bills. '
Warren was the general manager for 1
the fleneral merchandising firm of 1
R. M. rtemtlo J& r?<? r>f i
ville. Fa. He lived with his wife s
and two sons at Shickahiuny, Lizerne 1
county. He came to Pittsburg May
23, on a business trip. To his friends
he appeared moody. '
CHll.l) WIFE BKINGS SLIT.
i
Sl?e Was Married at Nine Years ol
Age to Older Man.
Suit for divorce has been entered
by Nellie M. Johnson-Lamar, who
has had her tenth birthday since her
sensational marriage to Newlan L.
Lamar. 3 2 years old. of Mem|ihis.
Tenn., July 15, 1 909, her attorney
declaring that her wedding was
brought about througii duplicity on
Lamar's part; that he enticed her
away from her parents and married
her when p.he was at an age too tender
to know her own mind and inclinations.
Probably a more sensational
wedding never stirred Memphis
when the facts became known
in New South Memphis following the
night of July 15 of last vear. Lamar
having heen informed, it ii said, to
violently drive him from the community.
Convict Has No Home.
Geo. A. Koge, formerly connected
| with the Producers' National Hank,
of Cleveland, was released from the
prison Friday after serving 10 years
for violation of the banking laws,
lation of the national banking laws.
His home has been broken up, his
wife dying in Cleveland some years
ago.
Shoots Her Husband.
A dispatch from Honea Path says
S. B. Wright was shot, and fatally
wounded by his wife because she was
not allowed to attend a funeral, to
which her husband was going.
A lot of people take their pleasures
sadly if t.hey take them at all. j
They seem to think it an unpardon!
able sin to look happy and enjoy life.
In all which they run counter to
God who desires that t.he life of men
shall have its full measure of melody
I and joy as well as of toil and trial, j
THE STRAW MAN
Pit Up by President Taft to Fool the
People bto Sopporting
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Socialism, He Says is the New Menace
that Threatens This Country
and That the Republican Party Is
the Only One That Can Save It
From Croat Harm.
In a speech at Jackson, Mich., on
5aurday. President Taft proclaimed
socialism as the great problem that
confronts the American peopl j, the
ssue that is soon to come and that
nust be skillfully met.
By Its history, be declare 1, the
Republican party had shown itseil
capable of deajtng with the great
question effectively and wisely, and
le piedicted that the American people
must soon determine whether li
jhall trust the same party wlt>- the
solution of that "problem than whtcb
?e .have had no greater in the his:ory
of the country."
Mr. Taft spoke with great earnestless
and his remarks seemed deeply
to impress his hearers. By many
lis worus were taken as framing an
ssue for the coming campaign.
The Pr sident disclaimed any purpose
of making a partisan address,
>ut the occasion of his visit was the
unveiNng of u bronze >tablet comnemorating
the organization of the
Republican party "under the oaks"
n 1854, and he could not altogether
refrain from a comparison of th?tarty
with its opponents, which was
tot altogether favorable to the oplonents.
He also declared that popular govirnment
must be a government of
?arties, and in this connection there
vas jusf a passing hint at insurgency.
The Presi ieiit declared <hat uness
individuals are wVling to sink
ninor e.-usiderations to the will of
he majority in a party, there would
:ome a rule by groups.
"In that event," he added, "the
-ord only knows where your governllpnt
WOllIll on-1 I.
. - w - iyV| uuu **uai It WOU10
iccomtplish."
The President's reference to Soialism
came at the conclusion of a
trief history of what the Republican
tarty has done.
"ITe said: "The isBue that is being
ranted, as it seems to me, is the
ssue with respect to the institution
if private property. There are those
rho charge to that institute the corporate
abuses, the greed and the coruption
that grow out of those abuses,
the unequal distribution of property,
the poverty of some and the
indue wealth of others and thereore
say "we will have none of it
md we must have a new rule of
iistribution that for want of a bet
er name we shall call Socialism.'
"On the other hand. It is contended
that it is not the institution of
private property that shall be abolished.
but only that the time has
:ome in which it is necessary to lay
lown certain rules regulating and re
itrictlng the use of that property
which shall not deprive t.he world of
Individual effort, but which shall still
keep the law and the opportunity to
ase private property under such control
that these abuses may be wiped
out and the boom of individual effort
still be left open to us.
"Now, my friends, that presents a
great and difficult problem that I
am quite williug to a mit we have
not yet solved, and the question I
which the cniinti-v ,ln ? ? - -?
???> <.> j mil liavo IU a?termine
after all. is which party It
is which has heretofore shown suthclent
skill and effectiveness in dealing
with great issues, which party
can be trusted to solve that problem
that which we have had no greater
in the history of the country."
After stating that the Republican
party was born of a moral issue, the
President declared that one of the
characteristics of that party is Its
ability to do things and he then proceeded
to enumerate the issues which
had been, he said, met successfully
and effectually.
Continuing .he said: "Rut it only
shows that In the running of a government,
we are met sometimes by
unexpected issues and what you need
in compand is an organized force
that has shown Itself in the past able
to meet these Issues and to have the
effectiveness and the skill and energy
to meet them with credit to the people
of the country. And that is what
the Republican party has done down
to \his."
Killed by Tornado.
A severe storm passed over iClko
on last Thursday night, trees being j
linPAAtoH n A ~ l 1 -
i Willi* iniiu?mui?ie ana considerable
damage done to crops by
trees and trash. Two negroes were
killed on Mr. J. D. Whittle's place
above Elko.
It is suggestive that a very large
proportion of labor troubles are set-j
tied by arbitration after bot.h sides!
in the case have suffered immense
losses by strikes or lock outs. How
much more sensible every way it
would be to arbitrate disputes as
soon as they arise and thus prevent
suffering, hardships, and bitterness
of feeling.
WRECK OF TRAIN
TWENTY OR MOKE PASSENGERS
ARE RAlti.v uruT
Train Had Just Rounded Curve and
Track Was Undermined by Heavy
Rains.
The southeastern limited, on the
'Frisco system was wrecked Sunday
afternoon in Walker county, about
sixty miles west of Birmingham,
Ala., and thirty-six people were injured,
twenty of them seriously.
The recent heavy rains are supposed
to have undermined the track
as every car left the rails when the
train rounded a curve near Tawney,
Alabama, at high speed. None of
the cars turned over, but the track
was torn up for a distance of 300
feet.
The score Injured are:
J. H. Kemp, Dora, Ala., arm bruised.
Scott Maxwell, Cordova, Ala., internally
injured.
Mrs. C. Deneen, Ensley, Ala., lacerations.
F. P. Jernlgan, Wilburn, Fla., injured
internally.
A. W. Jordan. Saye, Ala., chest
bruised.
C. Snelllng. porter on the train,
right side crushed.
J. K. Crocket, news agent, bruised.
W. T. Eade, Birmingham, bruised.
Dr. Gilbert, Carbon Hill, Ala.,
bruised.
Charles Palette, Drake, Okla., bad- (
ly bruised.
G. M. Sites, Woodlawn, Ala., bruised.
James M. Perkins, Ensley, Ala.,
bruised.
A number of passengers, among
them J. M. Perkins, of Ensley, and
Scott Maxwell, of Cordova, claim the
wreck was caused by excessive speed.
"Mr. 'Maxwell and 1 were in the
observation car." said Mr. Perkins,
"and asked the conductor to slowdown.
He said: "We run freight
trains faster than this." Mr. Max
well lien said if they did not slowdown
the train would be In the ditch
in a few minutes. The conductor
went into the next car and was hardly
out of sight of us when the crash
came and I found myself under some
Chairs, badly bruised."
Conductor Mulfor stated that the
train was not running at excessive
speed. "We left Amery, Miss., fifBpeed.
"eW left Amery. Miss., fifteen
minutes late, he said, "and
when the wreck occurred we were 15
minutes hack of the schedule on a
slow order."
THE STANDARD RAISED.
State Hoard of Examiners Pass 011
law Papers.
The State says that the standard
for admission to practice in the
court under the act passed at the
by the State board of law examiners,
recently appointed by the supreme
cour under the act passed at the!
last session of the general assembly.
was the opinion expressed by
applicants taking the examination
which w-8 the first to be held by
the board.
The result of the examination was
announced on Snturday. Out of 15
taking the examination, only eight
passed. These were sworn in before
t.he supreme court as attorneys
to practice in the courts of the
State.
The following passed the examination:
John M. Hemnhlll nhi>stt>r
Simon R. Rich, Orangeburg; W. P.
Tllilnghast, Beaufort; H. Campbell
Miller, Greenville; J. Westley Crum,
Jr., Bamberg; E. A. Brown, Barnwell;
Jas. M.- Moss. Jr., Laiuar.
The members of the board of examiners.
making report to the supreme
court, are. William D. Melton
of Columbia. F. Barron Grler
of Greenwood, aud William Miller of
Charleston.
It is the opinion of those taking
the examination that the requirements
for admission to practice in
the courts of the State will be raised
from year to year.
His Prediction True.
Samuel Fords announced that he
was to be married Monday night and
that it would cost him his life. When
Catherine Pritchard, whose name was
not mentioned in the announcement,
heard the news, she called on Ford
and killed him with several shots
from a revolver. Jealousy is alleged
to have been the motive. The
tragedy occurred at Pollock.
Killed by Storm.
Two fatalities and property damage
that exceeds $.">0,000. is the re
nun U1 n if l llir 111(1, 11(11 ami rant
storm t.hat visited Wilkes county, (la.
on Thursday night. A pathway one
hundred yards wide was made from
one end of the county to the other
and whatever was in that zone was
swept away, regardless of any r??sistince
Uiat was offered.
The fears of timid pe pie as to
possible danger front the comet were
j unwarranted and but showed the
I foolishness of borrowing trouble. Il
I the fear and suspense which attend
a Fourth of July celebration could
only prove as groundless what i
happy people w?- would be, but thai
Is too much to hope.
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PARDON REFUSED
Peculiar Case Recalled ia the Petition
for Ooe John King
THE NOTED YEGGMAN
Other Men Were Convicted and a
i
Case of Mistaken Identity Made
it Necessary for Gov. Hey ward to
Release Three Others.?Petitioner
Said to Be a Physical Wreck.
Four years spent behind the prison
walls at Atlanta and over six
months in the South Carolina prison
has made John King, alleged safeblower.
a physical wreck, according
to a petition presented to Gov. Anto
a petition presented to Governor
Ansel who refused to pardon
him. In behalf of King
a member of the house of representatives
wrote an appeal to Governor
Ansel, in which the interesting and
pathetic case of the man i- set out.
L. M. Masque of Marion is the attorney
who petitioned the governor.
John King was sentenced to serve
two years in the penitentiary, bavImg.
been convicted of housebreaking
and larceny, and came to serve his
sentence in October, 1909.
Back in February, 1904, the safe
of John L. Dew, a merchant of Latta.
wae rifled and the same night |
tne quantity of stamps and other
property taken therefrom. Not many
days thereafter out In the country
was found a den where three men
resided. In this den were found
stamps and pennies. Apparently
here were the .guilty persons, Leonard
Harding and his twoc ompanions,
H. E. Cunningham and T. H.
Marion, were arrested by postofllce
Inspectors. Th? men were tried by
the State courts and, having been
guilty, were sentenced to serve live
years each In the State prison.
Meantime John McCarthy in a
Vermont prison made a confession,
implicating John King. That was
in 1905. The confession was made
to Postofhce Inspector Gregory who
is well known in this State. The
confession exonerated the three men
who had been tried for the Latta
robbery and made King and McCarthy
the guilty persons, according
to McCarthys own statement.
With this confession before him
Gov. Hey ward pardoned the three
men. who had been serving their sentence
for nearly one year. Subsequently
in Charlotte one of the men
died. The discovery of the mistaken
identity was made by accident one
day when Inspector Gregory visited
the State prison.
John King was tried in Charleston
by the federal court in April, 1905.
Upon the testimony furnished by McCarthy.
who in the words of the petitioner
"was a confessed criminal, a
aa.feblower," King was V'O'ivicted
and sentenced to serve four years
in prison. He immediately went to
Atlanta and remained in prison there
for four years.
Following his release from the Atlanta
prison. King was immediately
rearrested and tried in the State
courts.
At the time he had been in jail
for a year.
"With five years already served
for one offense," writes the petitioner.
"King was again brought before
the court." He was convicted
and sentenced to serve two years.
He came to Columbia in October,
1909.
The petition states that King is
now a physical wreck, "worn out
years,' and thatf he haohO"D,lorfl
by his close confinement for six
years" and that he .had never been
in trouble before the Latta case, according
to McCarthy's confession.
The petitioner pleaded to let King
out so that he might become a better
citizen.
"While John McCarthy Is enjoying
his freedom, having been pardoned
by the president of the United
States, by the governor of North Carolina.
and by the governor of Vermont,
King lias lingered in prison
and suffered," pathetically states the
petition.
That King had been sufTlclentl)
punished was Judge Watts' opinion,
he having tried the case. Solicitor
Wells did not agree with Judge
Watts, saying that the other fellows
w^io auaerea lor King a leed were
punished and were innocent. The
reason King stayed In jail one year
before trial was because there had
been a mistrial.
Oov. Ansel makes no comment In
the case except to write on the petition.
"Pardon refused, June 3rd.
1910."
Killed for lliirglur.
Mistaken for a burglar. Rimer
Frost, a wealthy resident of Mlddlea
thirteen year old boy Saturday,
town, N. Y. was shot and killed by
Study is hard and the school .hours
i drag wearily along when the call of
> the summer is heard. The swim.
ming hole In tbe stream has an al;
lurement for the average boy that al|
gebra cannot possess, and the ch m1
-stry of the laboratory fades away
i before the subtle vision of leafy
t | woods, sparking water and the singing
of birds.
KELLNER MURDER '
FURTHER TRACES OF DEED OONFIRM
THEORY.
Charred Foot of Little Alma Kellner
Found in Bpsement of Louisville
Church.
The unravelling of the knotty
skein of evidence confirming only too
well the theory that little Alma Kellner
was murdered in St. John's Catholic
Church, Louisville, Ky., where
she went to worship on December 81
last, proceeded rapidly, but nothing
has been heard from the suspected
Janitor.
The charred rlirht *1?
- ? ? *ou** ftvv/b vi lUQ
child was found Wednesday in a
pile of ashes near the furnace In
the basement of the church and near
It were picked out of the refuse two
women's handkerchiefs. This makes
a total of five handkerchiefs found
in two days, and some of them bore
blood stains.
The quick lime with which the
body was covered when found was
purchased, it was learned, at a grocery
only a few blocks away. According
to the groceryman the order
for the lime was telephoned in from
St. John's Church, and the barrel
of lime was delivered there soon after
Christmas and turned over to a
woman. As it was a cash transaction.
no record was made of it. and
it is, therefore, impossible to give
the exact date.
In police court Mrs. Wendling's
attorney asked Judge Boldrick to discharge
her on the ground that she is
being held illegally and in violation
of Section 1,129 of the Kentucky
statutes, which provides that the
charge of accessory after the fact
does not exist as to the wife of a
principal in crime. The motion will
be argued.
Mrs. Wendling. who is confined in
the jail, said that she knew absolutely
nothing of the murder, and
that she had no idea as to her husband's
whereabouts.
As an excuse for the disappearance
of her husband Mrs. Wendling
ofTered this:
"He was French?he was gay?
a Frenchman will 'take his head'
unless he has work that he likes,
and the weather was so cold this
winter, and there was so much snow
and so many tires to make and the
work was so dirty, that. I think, was
why he left. He did not like Ixniisville
and he wanted to be with the
French people. I never heard my
husband talk about his friends. I
know he deserted from the French
army. He told me so just before
?>c were luarrrea. 1 inline we were
married about two years ago, on
the 18th of December.
Tried to Sell Girl.
'Max Appel, of New York, was arrested
iu Baltimore, last week, and
committed to await the action of the
Grand jury. He is accused of having
tri'd to dispose of Sadie Brooks, 22
and pretty, but speaking little English,
in Mauhattan aud Brooklyn, and
failing, to have taken her to a resort
in Baltimore.
Had a Keul Joy Kide.
Finding that six tramps had broken
into a beer car near Cheyenne,
VVyo., F. VV. Hunt, a Colorado and
Southern conductor, seized the door
and sent the car to Cheyenne that
the men might be delivered to the
sheriff. They faced jail cheerfully,
declaring they had enjoyed the ride
and were full of beer.
Freaks of Ughtning.
While plowing in a field in ;the
Cedar Planes section of Alabama,
Will Jones, a young farmer, was
struck by lightning and his clothing
burned off and his hair singed, but
he will recover. The two mules ho
was plowing were killed, and the
plow demolished.
Took II iu
At Pittsburg. Pa., John Boyle, a
bridegroom of one week, Saturday at
a piano, sang a few hymns and then
drank carbolic acid, dying a moment
later.
Duncan in the ILare.
John T. Duncan, editor of the Reporter,
Columbia, S. C., ia the latest
Gubernatorial entry.. He announced
Saturday that he would be in the
race.
Cotton Acreage Reduced.
Reports from th<* various cotton
producing states indicate that the
acreage this year will be from 2 to
3 per cent, higher than that of last.
Six Fishermen Dead.
Six fishermen lost their lives when
Hie brigantine Mauve, of Cancale,
France, struck ou Point Blanche,
while entering St. Pierre in a thick
fog early Thursday.
Planters in middle Alabama, says
The Montgomery Advertiser, will le*
grateful when the comet excitement
is over. "The negro farm laborer,"
it seems, "cannot stay up all night,
at a revival praying for deliverance
from the comet ard be able to do
efficient work in the field the following
day. It is a good thing that
comets are few and far between.