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r~ w ' # FAMOUS EIGHT" j ! Ao Areoplaoe from Albany to New ^ York City by Corliss. BREAKS ALL RECORDS The American With His Little Ma* chine Startles World by Flying i / From Albany to New York in Rec . ord-Breaking Tim?.?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 tc New York 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 as well. The distance Curtiss Y* 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. 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 makes 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 capital at Albany at Just 7.03 a. m. Sunday and only 1 - 1 o 1I4_ two stops were muue uuluiw mu m.tle biplane .glided to its resting place on Governor's island, in New York city. The first stop was made at Poughkeepsle, where an .hour was spent by Curtiss going over his engine and refilling his oil and gasoline tanks. The second stop was made at Inwood, where ho made his ofllcial landing. From Inwood he proceeded to Governor's Island, 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 epeed of 54.06 miles an .hour. For minutes at a time Curtiss skimmed through the air at a speed of 60 miles an hour and the special train which was following the flight 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 wore times during the flight w-hen the machine soared close to 700 feet above the winding river. Curtiss' 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 ii\re> a nlnmrnet for a short distance, t>uut Curtiss, by skillful handling of lovers, quickly brought the machine to a state of flying equilibrium. The feat of the daring American aeronaut, in addition to winning for him the fame it did, enriched him to the extent of $10,000, the cash prize offered by a New York newspaper to the first machine that made the Albany-New York trip. In speaking of the things that will bo revolutionized by airships, Curtiss declared that all the great battles of the future will be fought in g the air. "I have demonstrated that \ it is oasy to fly over cities and fortifications," he said, "and when it Is possible to do this it is a very ?asy matter to drop dynamite or picric acid down on them. A few airships could drop enough explosives 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 * 4 /Inat r iir?. dy no mile, jusi uuun ui uic tion this amount would accomplish. "What could armies of the bravest men do under a shower of dynaa^ mite dropped from airships travel dng, say 100 miles an hour. And i the time is not far distant when this fearful speed will be easily accomplished. So I think 1 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 i holt driven firmly into a switch frog at Balfour on the Southern railway 12 miles from Asheville indicates a -well-laid plan to wreck train No. 10 for partanburg. One Man Dead. A general shooting affair took tplace on Saturday in the Lydia sec* Kntiiiann tion of Darnngion uuu 11 \.y uci ?? uv/i> two families, Northcutt and Caston, with the result that one man, Scarborough Stevens, a negro, is dead. SIIBSGI TRAIL OF FRAUD DEAD HAVKKMKYEIt INVOLVED IN SUGAR SWINDLE. Accused Secretary of Trust Seeks to lay All Blame on His Former Chief. Testimony which led directly to the grave of Henry O. Havermeyor, 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 undeweights of su.gar. Helke's defense began Friday. George S. Graham, who made the ononlntr address. said he reeretted ? ? * - ^ bringing discredit to a man now dead, but circumstances of tke case demanded it. He Ike, 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 bonum.' 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 declaring ho had acted "at the direction of Mr. Haverneyer. It was also brought out through a letter written by Haverneyer to Gerbraecht that Heiko had called Hevemeyer's attention to the "liberality" of the government sugar (wHighors. The letter reads: "Mr. Heike today brings to my attention his belief that the government weights are more liberal here than anyw.here else. Lot the government weighers do their work. Of course I know you have no connection with them, but let me warn you and any employee of ours against having anything whatever to do with them. (Signed) "H. O. Havermeyer." Heike denied any knowledge of the tricky scales on the docks and said h? did not even know the company had scales there but thought they belonged to the government. One by oue the witnesses took up his letters previously offered in evidence by the government and explained their meanings, always as having no relation to the frauds. From present indications the summing up will begin on Tuesday or Wednesday. * DEBTS CAUSED SUICIDE. 1 lie Ifeau Jlltii rtixi in ins * lutir iui Three Days. Driven to suicide by inability to pay his debts George B. Warren, of Brockwayville, Pa., sat three days in a chair in his room in a Pittsburg hotel before his death was discovered. In his pocket was a note to his wife stating ho was going where the "wolves howl." He also left a check of $100 to pay his hotel bills. Warren was the general manager for the fleneral merchandising firm of R. M. Beadle & Co., of Brockwayville, Pa. He lived with his wife and two sons at Shickshinny, Lizerne county. He came to Pittsburg May 23, on a business trip. To his friends he appeared moody. * <imi lt'iLicriT wiriiii w ?? jr IU vnj av a * She 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 Memphis, Tenn., July 15, 1909, her attorney declaring that her wedding was brought about through duplicity on Lamar's part; that he enticed her away from her parents and married her when she 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 year. Lamar having been informed, it ii said, to violently drive him from the community. * Convict Has No Home. Geo. A. Rose, formerly connected with the Producers' National Bank, of Cleveland, was released from tJie prison Friday after serving 10 years for violation of the banking laws, latlon of the national banking laws. His home has been broken up, his I wife dying in Cleveland some years | ago. * ! Shoots Her Husband. | A dispatch from Honea Path says S. B. Wright was s.hot and fatally . wounded by his wife because she was not allowed to attend a funeral, to I which her husband was goiag. FIIBE NO THE STRAW MAW Pat Up by President Toft la Foal the People Into Sapporting 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 Great Harm. In a speech at Jackson, Mich., on Saurday, President Taft proclaimed Socialism as the great problem that confronts the American people, the issue that is soon to come and that must be skillfully met. By its history, he declare 1, the Republican party had shown itsei! capable of deajing wit.h the great question effectively and wisely, and he predicted that the Ame* '.can people must soon determine \ hether ii shall trust the same party with the solution of that "problem than which we iiave had no greater in the history of the country." Mr. Taft spoke with great earnestness and Ii is remarks seemed deeply to impress ?hiB hearers. By many his words were taken as framing an issue for the coming campaign. The President disclaimed any purpose of making a partisan address, but the occasion of his visit was the un,vei!Nng of a bronze itablet com1 n rvv nro f I n or n nro-nn lr?n t l/\?* ^ ? * 1% U1VU1UI Utillg LUC 17 I tl 11 1 /id LI w H UI lilC Republican partv "under the oaks" in 1854, and he could not altogether (refrain from a comparison of the party with its opponents, which was not altogether favorable to the opponents. He also declared that popular government must be a government of parties, and in this connection there was just a passing hint at insurgency. The President declared -that unless individuals are willing to sink minor eonsiderations to the will of the majority in a party, there would come a rule by groups. "In that event," .he added, "the Lord only knows where your government would be, and what it would aecomiplish." The President's reference to Socialism came at the conclusion of a brief history of what the Republican party has done. "He said: "The issue that is being iramea, as 11 seems to me, is the issue with respect to the institution of private property. There are those who charge to that institute the corjxjrate abuses, the greed and the corruption that grow out of those abuses, the unequal distribution of property, the poverty of some and the undue wealth of others and therefore say "we will have none of it and we must have a new rule of distribution that for want of a better 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 come in which it is necessary to lay down certain rules regulating and re stricting 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 use private property under such control that fhr>sn nhnaoK mnv ho winort 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 willing to admit we have not yet solved, and the question which the country will have to determine after all, is which party it is which has heretofore shown sufficient 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 somotimes 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 peo pie of the country. And that ia what the Republican party has done down to this." Killed by Tornado. A severe storm passed over Elko on last Thursday night, trees being uprooted, roads impassable and considerable damage done to crops by i trees and trash. Two negroes were 1 killed on Mr. J. D. Whittle's place above Elko. W TO WRECK OF TRAIN TWENTY OR MOIIK PASSENGERS ARE BA1>LY HURT. Train Had Just Rounded Curve and Track Waa Undermined by Heavy Rain*. The southeastern limited, on the 'Frisco system was wrecked Sunday afternoon in Walker county, about sixty miles west of Blrmi jham, 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 uu 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. Jernigan, Wilburn, Fla., injured internally. A. W. Jordan, Saye, Ala., chest bruised. C. Snelling, 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., badly bruised. G. M. Sites, Woodlawn, Ala., bruised. James M. Perkins, Ensley, Ala., bruised. A number of passengers, among them J. M. Perkins, of Ensiey, and Scott Maxwell, of Cordova, claim the wreck was caused by excessive speed. "Mr. 'Maxwell and I were in the observation car," said Mr. Perkins, "and asked the conductor to slow down. He said: "We run freight trains faster than this." Mr. Maxwell then said if they did not slow down 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, bndly bruised." Conductor Mulfor stated that the train was not running at excessive speed. "We left Amery, Miss., fifspeed. "eW left Amery, Miss., fifteen minutes late, he said, "and when the wreck occurred we were 15 minutes back of the schedule on a slow order." THE STANDARD RAISED. State Board of Examiners Pass on I>aw Papers. The State says that the standard for admission to practice in t.ho court under the act passed at the by the State board of law examiners, recently appointed by tho supreme cour under the act passed at the last session of the general assembly, was the opinion expressed by apfplfoants taking the examination which wis the first to be held by the board. The result of the examination was announced on Saturday. Out of 15 taking the examination, only eight passed. These were sworn in before the supreme court as attorneys to practice in the courts of the O ttl IC. The following passed the examination; John M. Hemphill, Chester; Simon B. Rich, Orangeburg; W. P. Tillinghast, Beaufort; H. Campbell Miller, Greenville; J. VVestley Crum, Jr., Bamberg; E. A. Brown, Barnwell; Jas. M. Moss, Jr., Lamar. The members of the board of examiners, making report to the supreme court, are. William I). Melton of Columbia, F. Barron Grler of Greenwood, and 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 ailegI ed to have been the motive. The tragvdy occurred at Pollock. Killed by Storm, Two fatalities and property damage that exceeds $5 0,000, is the result of a terrific wind, hall and rain storm t.hat visited Wilkes county, Ga. 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 ?way, regardless of any ''^sistance that was offered. THE HOI PARDON REFUSED Peciliar Case Recalled in the Petition for One Job King THE NOTED YEGGMAN Other Men Were Convicted and a Case of Mistaken Identity Made i it Necessary for Gov. Hey ward to Itelease Three Others.?Petitioner Said to He 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 proseuted 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 is set out. L. M. Masque of Marlon is the attorney who petitioned the governor. John King was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary, having. 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 Lat ta, wag rinea ana me same nignt the 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 postoftlce inspectors. The men were tried by the State courts and, having been guilty, were sentenced to serve five years each in the State prison. Meantime John McCarthy in a Vermont prison made a confession, implicating John King. TJiat was in 1905. The confession was made to Postofliee 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 t.he guilty persons, according to McCarthys own statement. With this confession before him Gov. Heyward 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 aafcblowor," King was Convicted and sentenced to servo four years in prison. He immediately went to Atlanta and remained in prison there for four years. _ 1 I I _ I- I _ C t ? rouowuig iuh release iium uu' /\ilanta 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 petition- ' er, "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 bad 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 tho governor of Vermnrifr I^hicr Vina l!n crornfl I ?i nt'imm lllVU t. i v i I I f-) nuiu IIII^VI vu > I* J' * and suffered," pathetically states the petition. That King had been sufficiently i punished was Judge Watts' opinion, he having tried the case. Solicitor Wells did not agree with Judge Watts, Raving that the other fellows w-ho suffered for King's deed were punished and were innocent. The reason King stayed in jail one year before trial was because there had been a mistrial. 1 Gov. Ansel makes no comment in I the case except to write on the petij tion, "Pardon refused, June 3rd, 1010." Killed for Burglar. Mistaken for a burglar, Elmer Frost, a wealthy resident of Middle a mirieen year oia ix>y oaiuraay. town, N. Y. was shot and killed by RRY HEH ' EELLNER MURDER FURTHER TRACES OF DEED CONFIRM THEORV. Charred Foot of Little Alma Kellner Found in Basement 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 31 last, proceeded rapidly, but nothing has been heard from the suspected janitor. j The charred right foot of the ' child was found Wednesday in a i > < i .1 ... i pile 01 aaut'B near uie lurnweo m 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 grocery man the order for the lime was telephoned in from St. John's Church, and the barrel of lime was delivered there soon af, tor Christmas and turned over to a | woman. As it was a cash transac tion, 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 Boldriek 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 docs 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 offered 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 fires to make and the work was so dirty, that, I think, was why he left. He did not like nouisville 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 we were married. I think we were married about two years ago, on the 18th of December. Tried to Sell G'.rl. | 'Max Appel, of New York, was arrested in Baltimore, last week, and committed tc await the action of the Grand jury. He is accused of having j tried to dispose of Sadie Brooks, 2 2 and pretty, but speaking little English. In Manhattan and Brooklyn, and failing, to have taken her to a resort in Baltimore. Hud a Koal ?)oy Hide. Finding that six tramps had broken into a beer car near Cheyenne, VVyo., F. W. 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 lightning. 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 he was plowing were killed, and the plow demolished. Took His Life. At Pittsburg. Pa., John Bovle, a bridegroom of one week, Saturday at t\ i n o /\ ?n r\ ?v o f * \ L o to o .t e i\ <1 f K o r* ci [uaiiu, oaii^ a iv? inns auu i u^u drank carbolic acid, dying a moment later. Duncan in the Race. John T. Duncan, editor of the Reporter, Columbia, S. C., is the latest Gubernatorial entry.. He announced Saturday that he would be In the race. Cotton Acreage Reduced, Reports from the 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 the brigantine Mauve, of Cancale, France, struck on Point Blanche, while entering St. Pierre in a thick fog early Thursday. BALD