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? THEY ARE SAFE ftw af the Stealer Treat Ci?es the Facts tf the Rescve af - WELLMAN AND HIS CREW Landed in New York With Only Itraiaed Hand, Walter Wellman DeclaroM He Will Again Attempt to Otors Atlantic When GhnoHiio Arrangement Can He Perfected. Walter Wellman and his party of five were landed at New York Wednesday afternoon, by the steamer Trent, which picked them up at sea, after they had abandoned their dirigible balloon America and failed in the first attempt ever made to cross the Atlantic through the air. A bruised right hand which Wellman carried in a sling was the only phy Sinai Injury that resulted from their long voyage of approximately 900 miles and a rescue the life of which Is unknown in all history. It was the Morse lamp, winking te message through the darkness that < just proceeded the dawn of Tuesday ' morning and not the wireless that I first attracted the attention of those aboard the Royal (Mail steamer Trent 1 to the distressed airship. Stanley Angel, an ordinary seaman of 18 years, and George Sangster. an able seaman, had the early morning 1 watch. Angel saw ahead of him, i high up Id the northeast, a faint light. "At first," said the boy in narrating his experience, "I thought it was the morning star. Then I saw two faint red lights beside th? white one, ana next maae o.i. .? > dark blur against the sky. The white 11 light kept a-winking and I knew that it was a signal and reported it to ' O. J. Fitgerald, the fourth officer in charge of the watch. "Fitzgerald notified W. H. Lanlson. the chief officer By this time the outline of the airship had been made out against the moonlight sky and Lanison called Capt. Down out of his berth. Tl-e-l-p' the white light of the America was signalling to !.he steamer." "When I came on deck," said Capt. Down, "the airship was plainly visible. In the light of the full moon she looked enormous, hanging low in the northeast and close at hand. In reply to our signals she told us her name and that she was in distress and aeked us to stand by." Then the wireless was called Into use, and between Louis M. Ginsberg, operator on the Trent, and Jack K. Irwin, the operator in the life boat suspended below the gas chamber of the America, passed a series of messages that will stand in history as the ilrst wireless communication between a ship at sea and a ship in the air. "At this time," said Capt. Down, of the Trent, "wo were in speaking distance of the America. She was only 12 feet above our forestays and moving about 12 knots an hour. We kept beneath her with difficulty, for ?1? ^ ........ i. n ,./l f i</i l?i Iho air mir Ml*; bwujift cum 11 w in mv. < rcntH, and sometimes we were forced to go full speed astern as not to lose her. "Then,'' said Capt. Down, "the crew of the airship began trailing wire ropes. Lanison, 6ur chief oflicer, gabbed one and held until the skin was rubbed off his hands and ne was lifted from his feet and nearly dragged overboard. After half an hour of this we decided that this method of rescue was hopeless and much to risky. So Wellman asked up to keep close while he and his crew let down their lifeboat, saying that he trusted to us to pick them up. "We got two boats ready and stationed men along the sides with life (buoys. I signalled "let's go," and Wellman lowered his airship until bs lifeboat suspended underneath was within six feet of the water. The trailer composed of tanks of gasoline and weighing thirty hundred weight, was the greatest danger, and after the boat was launched this struck her and stove a hole in her side about six Inches in diameter, but above the water line. "When Wellman dropped his life boat it struck the sea broadside, but quickly righted itself. It went full speed ahead and we had considerable dilliculty In picking up the boat. Mr. Wellman injured his hand in trying to catch a piece of one of our ropes. ' The last I saw of the airship she was fifteen or so wiles away with one end in the water. Her valves had been opened and she udoubtedly sank soon, dragged down by her heavy machinery. "Wellman and his crew came aboard and after baths, dry clothes and a good breakfast appeared none the worse for the experience. "The Trent carried 151 first cabin passengers, most of whom had been making a pleasure trip to Ilermuda. A majority of them, clad in nightclothes over which overcoats and kimonos had been hastily thrown, watched the rescue." Jack Irwin, the wireless operator, figures that the America sailed about 870 miles?from Atlantic City to a PICKED DP AT SEA THE AIRSHIP AMERICA IB LEFT TO ITS FATK. The Crew Abandon It on the Otraa, and Return to New York on a Steamer. The attempt of the Wellman airship America 'to cross the Atlantic ocean came to a thrilling and disastrous close Tuesday when the British mail steamer Trent picked up Wellman and his crew from the wreck of the airship, ,'175 miles oil the North Carolina coast. 'rim nf the rescue came in two wireless messages from ('apt. Down, of the Trent, one reporting to the company's agents at New York and another informing the New York Times of the result of the expedition in which it had taken a leading part. Both wireless messages practically told the same story. Capt. Down reported that at five j o'clock Tuesday morning he first sighted the airship in distress. Signals of distress and calls for help were given. For three hours the Trent maneuvered in the heavy sea to get alongside of Wellman and his wrecked companions. The entire party were finally taken on board and the cat also, which was taken along as the mascot, shared In the resuce. Capt. Down reports all members of the crew well. The America was abandoned where the rescue occurred in lat'titude 115.43, longitude 68.18. This brings to a climax one of the most remarkable flights by an airship ever undertaken. The position reported by Capt. Down indicates that Wellnian and his crew were picked up at a point about 15 0 miles duo east of Cape Hatteras, on the North Carolina coast. Wellman left Atlantic City r?n last Saturday for Europe. CONVICTED OF M.VXSLAl GUTK i. Pendarvls Who Killed Wimberly at nn Egg Picking. The last chapter of one of the most interesting murder trials fn the criminal annals of Dorchester county was closed Wednesday afte noon when John Pendarvis, the slayer of Charles C. Wimberly, was convicted of manslaughter without recommendation to mercy. The case was given to the jury shortly after one o'clock, and their deliberations lasted a little more than an hour. The taking of the testimony was ended before the adjournment Tuesday evening and the entire morning session was taken up in the arguments of counsel and the exceptionally clear and lucid charge of Judge Moss. John A. Hiers made the opening speech for the prosecution. Ho was followed by Gen. M. S. Connor on behalf of the defense, and Win. C. Wolfe, and Solicitor Ilildebrand made tho closing arguments for the defense and the State respectl\ei/ The killing for which Pendarvis was convicted occurred at an "eggpicking" in the Indian Fields section of the county several months since. Mac Wimberly, a nephew of the slain man, had an empty egg-shell attached to a string, which lie was twirling in a playful manner. The 1 rifle in some way struck Pendarvis, who took occasion to upbraid the youth. K dispute between Pendarvis and young Wimberly was precipitated, when the elder Wimberly interfered 011 behalf of his nephew, Pendarvis according to the testimony, applied several vile epithets to Wimberly. The latter attempted to advance towards him, hut was forcibly restrained by several persons present. The convicted man was persuaded by several of his friends to leave the scene of tlie dispute. die walked down the road about fif> vards. but the slain man succeed ed in releasing himself from the clutches of those who were trying to hold him and followed. The quarrel was renewed there. Wimberly continued to advance towards Pendarvis with an open knife, according to the testimony, and after having been twice commanded to "stand back" by Pendarvis, the latter whipped out his revolver and commenced bring. Every chamber of the pistol was omptied, two shots taking effect. Anifwrrn ov fiiunonu rinitm/ Robert E. Brice, of Columbia, Accused of Embezzlement. Mr. Robert E. Price, manager of the Columbia Grain and Provision Company, No. 715 West. Gervais St., was arrested by Magistrate Jas. If. Fowles, Jr., on Wednesday morning, at his home, No. 1215 East Gervais street, Columbia, upon a warrant, eworn out by Mr. Runyan R. Cooner, proprietor of the Grain and Provilou Company, charging "breach of trust with fraudulent intent," to the amount of "approximately $10,000. ' point off Nantucket, 275 miles, from Nantucket northeast about 140 miles until tho storm caught her and carried her southeast to the point of rescue, a distance of 455 miles. < TALE OF GRAFT | HKAR&AY KVIDKNCK OF CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACRS. ^ ? Assistant District Attorney Reveals AUo|((m1 Confession of Bribery to Defeat Anti-racing Bills. Representative Otto G. Foelker, the man who was carried from his sick bed into the New York senate chamber to cast the deciding vote for the anti-racing bills urged by Gov. f ho utnnil :i? n HWOrtl I 1 Hi; iwirrv 1 1>V uv? itu ..W .. ? witness and told the Merrit joint legislative coniniittee the details of an alleged attempt in 11*08 by Former State Senator Frank J. Gardner, who | is now under arrest, to buy his vote. c Briefly it told of a dinner at Del- ^ inonieo's of phominent men friendly to the race track, of $5,000,000 sub- 1 so'bed to a corruption fund, of the 1 distribution of this fund to politi- 1 eians and well known press correspondents of the New York news-pa- J pers at Albany and of the secret grievance of the late Patrick McCar- c ren who worked for the bill against his own wishes and his own associates. Q "In the month of March, ' testified Mr. Elder, "I sent for Gardner, through his lawyer, who wanted to know what for. I told him for a ^ personal chat, and shortly afterward 1 Gardner came to my private office. I told him I wanted to know about the efforts made at Albany to de?V... mno tr-nr.h i II U I" h i 111 lt*(U IIIC l tlV.C i i (iv iv ?v. f that I had indictments against certain men and that his information might help. "Finally Gardner said, 'I cVon't mind telling you that there was a meeting at Delmonico's at which money was subscribed.' He mentioned the names of several men who were there including members of the 'Metropolitan Turf association and the book-makers. He said that among the men there that I remember were .lames R. Keene, David Mitchell, Mr. Parsons, Harry Payne Whitney and Charles H. Hyde." Charles H. Hyde is now chamberlain of New York City and was formerly a law partner of Mayor Gaynor. James R. Keene is the well known racing man and millionaire stock market operator. "Mr. Parsons" was not further identified. "He (Gardner)," continued Mr. Klder, "said there was a dispute about who should handle the money. Finally he said $125,000 was given ( to James Gaffney to take care of ' three or four members of the legislature?Tammany men," he said. ! James Gaffney is president of the Gaffney Construction company, which has handled many municipal con- 1 tracts. ' "I asked him the total amount 1 of this fund," the witness resumed, ' "and he said, 'Oh, considerable.' I told him that I heard that it was 1 $300,000. lie said that if I had ' guessed $500,000 1 would have been nearer the mark. 1 "Of this sum he said. Senator 1 Grady got only $4 0,000 and I might imagine what the others got. "Senator McCarrcn, he said, was angry because he did not have the 1 handling of the fund and because a strange man was going up there expecting to get away with such a ' proposition. He attributed the passage of the bill to McCarren's dis- 1 pleasure. McCarren was secretly in ' favor of the bill, he said, and wanted to bo revenged because he had not ' been consulted." Then came mention of the press, "lie (Gardner)," resumed Mr. Elder, "said the newspaper men were liberally taken care of out of the fund." ' Asked the names of the men, Mr. Elder said: "I recall a man named Joe Mc- 1 Entee of The Sun got $3,000; that ' Patrick Relihan of The Press sot $3,000; that Louis Seabold of The 1 World got $3,000; George Jnndrin J of the Brooklyn Citizen, $3,000, and Tirrell of the Brooklyn Eagle, $3 0 0. He said The Times man of Brooklyn got $300." George Tirrell, secretary to Comptroller Prendergast and until January 1 1 Albany correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle, took the stand and testified that Gardner had offered him $300, at Albany and he had declined it. Little light was thrown on the ' part taken at Albany by Mr. Hyde. ' "He (Gardner)," said .Mr, Elder, told me ho went to Albany witn Hydo because Hyde did not know the ways of Albany and how to approach people. "IIo said Hydo had secured at the meeting at Delmonico's for William Kngerman who had failed to pay, and that Hyde had put in a hill for personal expenses to reimburse himself. He said he had an appointment with Hyde by which he was to he paid for doing the work at Albany, but that Hyde did not pay him and that It was necessary for him to take $10,000 out of the amount he did get elsewhere to make good on two appointments. $*>,000 of this he said went to the president of the senato." The witness was reminded that the then president of the senate, Lewis 1 Sturvesant Chanler, had voted for 1 tho bill. "Did you understand that he meant Senator Raines, Republican leader and president pro tern of the senate?" asked counsel. CUBA HIT HARD lie Islaad Safered Greatest Material Damge in History. A STORM PLAYS HAVOC tinny People Have Been Killed in the Interior llegion, and It la He lieved mat Many reopie tiave IUtii ViotiniN of the Terrific Storm That Swept the Island . A dispatch from Havana says the stand of Cuba has probably sustulnsd the greatest material disaster In ler history in the practically continlous cyclone which begun with light ains on Thursday morning, developed inio trrental Hoods and devostaing hurricanes until Monday after10011. The western half of the lsund suffered more severely than the kast. The first cyclone of which there vas some warning had hardly abated >n Sunday night, when suddenly the yclone blasts swept over Matanzas, ^inar del Rio and llabana provinces, ompleting the destruction wrough*. >y the first storm. At nine o'clock donday night the rain was still ra.llng in frequent heavy gusts, but the vind had abated considerably and he Hca.was falling. It is impossible even to estimate oughly the amount of damage tliac loubtlcs will aggregate many milions of dollars. In addition to the jreat destruction of sugar and tomcco plantation, many thousands of >easants in the western provinces lave been rendered homeless and deititute by the loss of their homes ind the food crops. It now seems jrobable that the republic may be |ompelled to request international lid for the relief of these sufferers vhose condition is most deplorable, n the city of Habana the losses will irohably exceed $1,000,000. Few fatalities up to the present tave been reported. Three men were irowned in the harbor but no death 'rom the storm occurred in the city. It is probable, that the casualty list n the interior will be large. ,For hours during the night and | ill through Monday rooming Cuba was in the grip of <1 storm which ! I>lcw with great violence from the south west and attained its greatest force shortly before noon. Then the wind shifted to the west and the ?ea begun to rise, the waves sweeping in upon the city of Havana. Within an hour the pounding of the waters had opened a breech in the Malecon sea wall. The waves ciuickly increased to mountainous height, engulfing the Malecon driveway and flooding the handsome residences facing thereon for a distance of a mile. The waters, still rising, invaded ill the seaward part of the city until three o'clock In the afternoon, when the section bounded by the Malecon, the Prado and the boulevards Calzada de Galiano and Animas were several feet under water. The residents of the lower floors were driven to seek refuge on higher levels, while detachments of soldiers, rural guards, police and firemen, assisted by members of the Red Cross and fishermen with boats which were dragged from the harbor, hastened to the submerged district, and rescued hundred from buildings that threatened to collapse at any moment. Vedado, a residential suburb, was exposed to the full fury of the storm. The sea advanced some hundred yards inland, demolishing many small structures and probably causing loss of life. The rumor that the city had been struck by a tidal wave added to the general panic, which was allayed ahnrtlv nflnr t h rnn nVlnrlf u.*hf?n tlw> wind perceptibly abated and the water ceased to rise. The upper part of the Prado was then filled with throngs of panic-tstricken negroes, carrying such household effects as they could rescue from their own homes. The Jail In front of the Prado was completely surrounded by water and the prisoners, mad with fear, clung to the barred windows, clamorously demanding to ho removed to a place of safety. It was feared for a time that thx. prisoners would break loose, but armed guards held them in check untii the waters began to recede. All steamers in the harbor remained at anchor, the engines working holding their ground. At 3.30 p. m. the rain ceased, but the wind remained strong from the northwest. The barometer stood at 29.23,having risen eight-tenths of an inch in two hours, giving rise to the hope that the worst was over. Practically all communications with the interior were leveled and Huir/iforn iiou'vi nnnnornlnc thn of forts of the Htorm In other parts of the island is lacking, but no doubt the damage was enough, especially in Tlabana, the Pinar del Ilio provinces. The Almendares river and other small streams in the vicinity of the citty are over their banks, flooding the lowlands and carrying off hulls, barns and cattle. Probably many people lost their lives in these WOFFORD COLLEGE FOUNDERS DAY OHHKItVKD WITtl ' FITTING EXEROIBKS. I>r. Snyder Announce* That $510,000 Has Been ('iven for Erections of Carlisle Memorial Hall. A special dispatch to the State says founder's day commemorating the 130th anniversary of the oirth of Benjamin Wofford, was observed at Wofford college today. The students were given a holiday and in the evening exercises were held in If ho / ' n 11 r> tr r>)i:itw>l f hr> nrhiflttfll fp;i v ~ v "** ^<5^ v-v I' " -- - -I' ture of which was an address by United States Senator E. 1>. Smith of the class of 1889 on "The Mission of the Christian college." l)r. Henry N. Snyder, president of the college, aroused enthusiasm b> announcing that $80,000 had been ra'sed for the Carlisle Memorial hall, a much needed dormitory, which will be erected in memory of the late Dr. James H. Carlisle, formerly president of the college ,at a cost of $50,000. The list of contributors and the amounts they have given, as annunced by Dr. Snyder, includes' E. L. Archer, of Spartaburg, $10.00u. Mrs. L. O. McCalla, of Anderson, $5,000; Mr. Robertson,, of Anderson. $2,000; R. E. Caston, of Cheraw, $1,000; J. M. Jackson, of Clio, $500; L. W. Parke**, of GreenviP?. $501. '. here v s a goo ?. attain, ar.c' a* the exercises, despite the rain. Dr. Snyder made the tirst address, which was a review of Wofford's nistory. Me told of its foundation in 1851, ot' the difficulties it met with in the War of Secession and of its renewed power in the Reconstruction days, when it was practically the only institution of nigher learning for *vnice students in the State, the State university oeing under control ?>f negroes and carpet baggers. Jle presented almost forgotten facts about the college's first faculty and students and the curriculum in the early days. When the war broke out, he said the 79 students volunteered to a man, but the governo* wisely would not accept the services f all. Forty entered the Confederate service, however, and one-fourth of them died on the Held of battle. VERY SENSATIONAL CASE. A Doctor Convicted of Poisoning His Patient. A very sensational trial has just heen concluded at Swainsboro, Ga. After being out all night the jury in the case of Dr. W. J. McNaughton. charged with poisoning Fred Flanders with murderous intent last June, returned a verdict of guilty early Wednesday. Judge Gilbert sentenced McNaughton to hang December 9. Counsel for the defendant filed a motion for a new trial. If will be heard in ColunVbns November 23. Judge Gilbert signed an order stayiny the erecution pending the disposition of the motion. This case has attracted widespread attention throughaut that section of the State. Flanders' wife was indicted jointly with MoNaughton on the theory that she and the doctor eonspired to kill her husband so they could marry each other and enjoy Flanders' property. The wife has not been tried, her case having l?een severed. The fact that Flanders had been murdered almost escaped the notice of the authorities in Emanuel county. Flanders had been buried scleral days when the conduct of McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders aroused t'10 suspicion of people at Swainabo10 and sJtarted an investigation which resulted in a post mortem and bringing of the murder charge. The trial of Mrs. Flanders was continyent upon the verdict of I)r. McNaught.on as her part in the crime is alleged to have been that of an accessory. Her trial has not been assigned. Tried to .Stop Train. The svugusta Chronicle says a negro man who was walking along the track and saw the two trains approaching each other tried to prevent the collision near McCormick last Sunday evening by signaling one of the trains, but the darkness prevented his signal from being seen and he saw the trains go together. sections. The barge containing all the outfit of the divers working on the wreck of the old battleship Maino was carried away and stranded on the rockR of Moro castle. Later the soldiers of the fdrtross suocesJed in saving some of the apparatus, but all of the divers bouys, stakes and other marks around the Maine were swept away, which probably will seriously delay the work of raising the wreck. President Gomez visited the inundated sections and other threatened parts of the city. lie directed the work of rescue and encouraged the soldiers, police and firemen, and later ho visited the hospitals to which many injured and destitute persons had been taken. Arrangements are being made to quarter the homelessin the barrocks and other government buildings. SHOWS IIP STEAL H?w the People Are Fleeced by the Re-j pollicau fer Iruts. TARIFF ROBS FARMERS A I>emocratic Candidate for Oongw?s? in Ohio Turns on Che Iiight, and Shows How the Farmers Are Plan* ? (lorwl by tile Iniquitous Tariff foi4 r (he Trusts. F. 3. Monnett, Democratic candidate for Congress in tho Twelfth Ohio district, in the following communication, addressed to S. 13. Dietz, Secretary Madison Orange, Canal, Winchester, Ohio, luts answered some (liiestions put to him by Mr. Dietz on his position on the tariff and other questions. The facts and iigures therein are easily verified from the records he has at his office and he ^ says he will only be too glad to take up with any one disputing any of the facts: When the Payne-Aldrieh tariff bill went into effect, the farmers of Franklin county were receiving from eighty to ninety cents for corn. The September option has Just closesd as 48*?c. per bushel, a difference of 6t> per cent of the value to the farmer^ In less than two years, and only 9 5. cents per bushel offered for the new crop. Last year September wheat sold at Chicago at the close of the market at $1.20. This year it sold at 93 1-2 cents, a difference of 29 percent, or one-fourth ol the farmer's income. Last year I received 33 1-3 cents per pound for my clip of Ohio wool. This year the best I have been offered is 2 2 cents to 2 5 cents per pound, for the same grade of wool, a difference of about 33 per cent of my income. T.cicf voar Honlonilu'r Afita /-> 1 ri rl at 48 cents per bushel, In the Chicago market, and this year at 31 1-2 cents, a difference of 5 2 per cent, or more than one-half of my income from oats. iVVoolen blankets from the same wool have increased 26 per Cent; wire nails made by the United States steel trust, and wire fence are 40 per cent higher than before the trust tired the arbitarnry prlves. Farm machinery, mowers, reapers and the repairs thereon, wagons, engines and manure spreaders are selling from 50 to 150 per cent more than they cost, under the manipulation of the International Harvestercam pan y. Now under the tariff bill, the farmers of Franklin county get no protection upon their hay, their oats, their wheat, or their corn, besause thoy export 2 4 per cent of these prod ucts. Therefore, the tariff in no way protects any of the farmer's products, . except wool, and with a tariff of 11 ccMits per pound, wool forthwith shrank 8 1-3 cents per pound in Ohio. The latest report of the American Woolen company, according to their report of August, 11)10, shows they increased their income from $29,- * 880,000 to $48,000,000, a net increase or profits from $1,2 87,705, to $5,798,059, or more than 4 00 per cent. After paying all their dividends on the watered stock and ficticious 1 bonds, they increased ther surplus $2,000,000 and their current assets $8,000,000. The net prolts of the American Woolen company were as above stated, and It is the sole buyer of the wool in tliis state and county, having Increased its profits under the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill 40 per cent, and the farmers, in the meantime, lost or depreciated their profit? 25 per cent These figures can he verified from Moody's Manual or by inspecting Otis and Hough's records at Columbus, Ohio, or any other reliable financial house in the city. V I will offer a $50 prize for the *0 betft paper prepared by any resident f of the townships of Franklin county, Ohio, to jajer not to exceed two thousand words, and "To furnish the best reasons why farm products, under tho Aldrlch tariff bill have made 'this dopreciation and the manufactured products used by the farmer have all increased or maintained their monopolistic prices." If there are more than fifty competitors, I will give $10 as the second prize, tho papers to be passed upon by ' suitable judges. I will use the best of these papers in the SI Y t v-^10r>rv?1,1 /innnKnoa 0% ? A ?-? \/Ullf)ICnO aiiu liavo them placed In the Congressional Record by any of the contestants that wish to have It so done. AH contestants' papers must be filed at my, office, Columbus,O., before November 6, 1910. P. S. MONNETT, Candidate for Congress* Twelfth District of Ohio. Columbus, Ohio, October, 3, 1910. Suffers a Stroke. The Hon. James M. Sullivan, member of the railroad commission, was stricken with apoplexy on Tuesday morning, while at work in the office of the commission In Columbia.