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FIRST OF NAVY , AERONAUTS TO DIE I b Ensign Billingsley Falls Into j Chesapeake Bay I b D AEROPLANE WAS ) 16,000 FEET HIGH < c< t: Lieut. Powers, of Georgia, " Escapes By Clinging to Uprights. m: t: e , Washington, June 20.?Ensign W. D. Billingsiey, of Mississippi, was killed and Lieut. J. H. Powers, of Georgia, was seriously hurt by the f collapse of their aeroplane while flying over Chesapeake Bay, near An- ^ napolis, this morning. The two officers started early to- b day from the Naval Academy in a hydro-aeroplane for Claiborne, Md., b when about five to seven miles from Annapolis the hydo-aeroplane, at an t altitude of about 1,600 feet, capsized. j When it had dropped about 400 feet _ \ d. Ensign Billingsiey fell or was thrown out. His body has not been recover- ? a k*yv"N. ed. c Lieut Powers remained in the machine and fell with it into Chesapeake b Bay, where he was rescued and hurried to the Naval Academy Hospital N injured, although it is not known n how seriously. Boats from the Naval j Academy are searching for Billingsley's body and for wreckage of the machine to find evidence of the cause of the accident. Nine Fatalities to Date ^ The death of Ensign Billingsley n makes a total of nine fatalities in the E Government service since the army C began experiments with heavier-than- t> air machines at Fort Myer in 1908. o PHis death is the first in the aviation corpse of the navy. it Billingsley was born in 1887, grad- n nated from the Naval Academy in ii P1909 and was attached to the aviation corps in that year. tl Lieut Powers was born in 1885, d graduated from the Naval Academy c in 1906 and assigned to the aviation s: corps last December. " " ? ^ ^ Tiii- * j? SUQaen oust mu> a.u The hydro-aeroplane left Annapolis n in company with a flying boat man- h ned by Lieut. Dortch and Ensign Chevalier. v ? ? When about four miles off Kent Island and a quarter of a mile above Chesapeake Bay a sudden gust of wind struck the hydro-aeroplane, throwing Ensign Billingsley against ^ the steering gear and putting it out _ V I of order. The machine began to ^ tack rapidly, but despite the precar- ^ ious situation it is thought Billings- Q ley would have regained control had ' he not lost his balance and fallen from the craft. Lieut Powers attempted to balance the machine, but without avail, and he, too fell from his seat. He was fortunate, how- n ever, to catch one of the vertical up- ? n< ' rights, to which he clung desperately until he was about 300 feet from the water. He came down a few feet away from the wreck and kept himself afloat until picked up, although 01 a i he was suffering intense pain. _ Experimental flights are always a! watched bv men from the Naval Sf Academy in motor boats and as soon das Powers's hydro-aeroplane went ic wrong they pushed from the lee of ir Kent Island at top speed, reaching the machine a few moments after it si had hit the water. fj Powers Tells the Tale. ? At the Naval Academy hospital Lieut Powers, almost in a state of a nervous collapse, his head wagging d plteously, told the tragic story of his b' fall from the sky. w "Just before the accident," he said, n "I looked at the altitude dial and it b showed we were "running at a height n of about 1,625 feet. Just then a gust w of wind seemed to come up from be- I low. The machine lurched violently p and took an uncertain dive forward, si This threw Billingsley across the steering gear and the lateral rudder e planes went out of business. t< "With another forward plunge the d biplane dropped down at express train ji speed. It all happened in a minute, si Billingsley went out of his seat and rUpar nf the nlane. o His Only Hope. p "When the ship started to fall, I ii had one hand around the upright, be- e tween the planes, and I locked it a there. I knew that was my only u hope. I was torn loose from the seat, s< but held on to the upright. I swung w clear of the planes and the gearing, p The strain on my arms and fingers a was awful, but I clenched my teeth f< \ KILLED IN LEAP FROM TRAIX. Valhalla Man on Way to Atlanta Jumps Through Window. Cornelia, Ga., June 21.?W. C. lerner, about 25 years of age, while >eing brought to Atlanta from his ome, at "Walhalla, S. C.. by his brothr, J. D. Berner, Jr., and a physician, umped from a window of the train ear here to-night, ana aieu wuuui alf an hour. He had been ill and vas being watched closely by his rother, but while the train was runing at about twenty-five miles an :0ur he made a jump for the window. ls he leaped through his brother aught him by the foot and held im for several seconds, finally being ompelled to relinquish his hold. The rain was backed to where Berner lay, langled, at the side of the track. He as lifted, unconscious, to the bagage car, but soon died. Had Narrow Escape. Averet Arrington, an employe of he Greenwood garage, had a narrowscape from burning to death at 2 'clock this afternoon, when his shirt, rhich he had washed in gasoline and ut on before it dried, caught fire rom a match struck to light a cigart. Mr. W. P. Durst and others went 3 his rescue immediately and extinuished the fire as soon as possible, ut not until the young man's face, rms and body had been horribly urned. After dinner today Mr. Arrington horoughly saturated his work shirt i gasoline, to remove the grease, nd, thinking that it had dried suf ciently, put it on and a short while fterward struck a match to light a igaret. The garment caught in a lash and perhaps he would have urned to death if help had not been endered him immediately. Although uffering great pain, his condition is ot considered serious.?Greenwood ournal. Pastor Ousted for Kissing. (' . Richmond, Va., June 20.?Charged nth kissing a married woman, a lember of his congregation, Rev. iavid Francis, pastor of the Third Christian church, of this city, was elieved of his charge today by the fficial board. The board agreed not to publish :s findings if Rev. Mr. Francis did ot again attempt to occupy a pulpit 1 the Christian church. Rev. Mr. Francis does not deny flat he kissed the woman, but does eny any improper intentions and laims it was done merely through ympathy. He came to Richmond rom Nova Scotia last October and j married. He will remain in Richlond, but has not yet decided what is future occupation will be. / OY SHOOTS HIS GRANDPARENTS 'wel ve-Year-Old Says He Did Not Know Gun was Loaded. r<irwrroianH Tunc 91 ?Rpniamin F. Vicvtittuu, v uuv ? *. ?^ ^ ? ? Cull, 65, a prosperous farmer of Doer Center, near here, was instantly illed and his wife was probably failly wounded by their twelve-yearid grandson, LeRoy F. Reisinger, f Elyria, late to-d^y. The boy was laying with a shotgun, which he did ot know was loaded, and pulled the igger. As they fell wounded the oy ran screaming to the home of a eighbor, stating that his home 0R0 h eighbor, stating that his grandparats had been wounded by the exploon of some cartridges placed on le stove. Later young Reisinger anfessed. The killing is held by the athorities to have been accidental. nd held on. I tried to kick the :eering gear back into working orer, but I could not make it go. I >oked down andsawBillingsley turnlg over and over in the air." The trembling officer halted his :ory to wipe the sweat from his ashy ice, but went on immediately. snip Turns lurcie. "When the aeroplane had dropped bout 900 feet the front planes went own and under, until the ship had een turned completely over. When it as half way over it steadied for a linute and the force of the fall was roken a little, but it gathered molentum again, and when it hit the ater, there was a terrific crash. But kept clear of the engine and the lanes and managed to come to the arface safely." At the hospital to-night Lieut Powrs was listed as "slightly injured in?rnally," but the surgeons were in oubt as to the exact extent of his inuries. He suffered terribly from hock. Capt. John H. Gibbons, in charge f the Xaval Academy, to-night apointed a naval board of inquiry to lvestigate the accident. Commandr W. W. Phelps. Lieut E. J. King nd Ensign Victor L. Herbster make p the board. The tug Standish was ent down to the bay to bring in the reck of the aeroplane and the toredo boat Stringham and all other vailable craft were sent out to search or the body of Ensign Billingsley. j/ww V?.V?WVV4 w ? - "Now you keep quiet until we beat it from this burg, or we will flog you," said one. No attempt at pursuit was made. Try one of those new stationery packages at Herald Book Store. NEGRO LYNCHED AT AMERICUS. i Slayer of Policeman Swung Up and Shot to Pieces. Americus, Ga., June 21.?A mob of 500 persons attacked the county i jail at S o'clock to-night, broke down the cell door wherein a negro. William Redding, was confined and dragged him through the principal streets of the city to the Buchanan corner where they lynched him. A thousand ; shots, it is estimated, were fired. This was tne cnmax or uie snuuuug eamei in the evening of William C. Barrow, who has been chief of police in this ' city for the past twenty-five years, and the wounding of four negroes. The sheriff and his deputies found i resistance useless. With steel crowbars and sledge hammers the angry members of the mob attacked the steel doors wherein the negro was confined. The lock was finally ripped from its fastenings and the door swung open. Then a rope was tied about the negroe's neck and he was led through the streets to the Buchanan corner in Lamar street, near the scene of the shooting of Chief Barrow. There he was strung up to a cable. The body had only been cleared from the ground when the rope broke but the negro was again strung up, this time with better success. Shooting began from every direction and the body was riddled with bullets. Before the shooting began Rev. Robert Bivins, pastor of the Furlow Lawn Baptist Church, pleaded in vain with the leaders to spare the life of the negro. His pleadings lasted during i the twenty minutes required to string the body up to the cable, and then yells of the crowd and the shots from many pistols drowned his voice. The shooting continued at intervals for half an hour and the body was left to hang on the cable. The lynching was the most sickening tragedy ever witnessed in Americus. Negro Hanged at Hot Springs. Hot Springs, Ark., June 20.?Will Norman, a negro, captured after a 12hours search of the mountains about Hot Springs, was hanged to a telephone pole at the most prominent street corner of the business district of this city early last night, within an hour of the death of his victim, the 14-year-old daughter of former circuit judge, C. Floyd Huff. His body was riddled with bullets and later burned. Several thousand persons witnessed the lynching. The child was attacked at the Floyd home this morning during the absence of other members of the family. When she attempted to fight off her assailant, the negro clubbed her into insensibility, fracturing her skull, and forced her into a closet where she was found some time later, by a younger brother. Norman, who was employed at the Huff home, was captured shortly after nightfall at a negro cabin where he sought refuge after evading the posses with bloodhounds during the day. He made no denial of his identity nor of the crime but pleaded that the mob be prevented from burning him. An effort ^*as made to hurry him to jail, but before the prison was reached the news of his capture had spread and the mob v/as quick in forming. He was taken from his captors on the jail steps and despite the pleading of several city officials hurried to the center of the most frequented thoroughfare and hanged. PICKENS COUNTY MAN A SUICIDE ' ? ... n l-?-?1 Representative r rum i hkcu?, Self at Residence Xear Easley. i Easley, June 20.?Fred Williams, a member or' the house of representatives from Pickens county, committed suicide this afternoon about 5:30 o'clock at his home two miles west of this place. A member of the family heard the report of a pistol and rushing into a shed room adjoining the front porch, found the body on the floor with a pistol hole in the centre of the forehead. A physician was summoned but death took place before his arrival. A note was found on the bureau, stating that he was sane but considered this the best step. It said that he owed no man and had done no injustice to any one. He was known throughout the county and had accumulated a considerable amount of property. He was 55 years of age and is survived by a wife and six children. Masked Women Rol? Post 6ffice. Guthrie, Okla.. June 20.?Two women wearing masks entered the post office at Georgia, Okla., early to-day. covered Postmaster Holter with auj tomatie guns, and looted his till. They secured $150 in currency, a bag containing 2.0t?0 pennies and two gold watches. 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