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aviator w.\\i:s n.K.in or an
?OUR WITH IIA PJShFNGFR.
QsitUti In His \e-roplaiu Swcenafully
the Government Fmluranoc
Break?? thn World's Ac>?>.
ptan* Rantd lor Two Men as to
Both Tense and BUtance.
Washington. July 27.?The worlds
areoptaae record for ?wo. men as to
both tlase aid distance mas broken
thin /evening In a beautiful tight of
one hour, twelve minutes and forty
SS?0nds~-Up wards of flfty miles atrd
at a speed averaging about forty
Safies an hour. ??> on-tlle Wright at
L*ee*y Myer. with Ll<eut. Frank P
Xahsm of the army signal corps, as a
passenger
The former record was made lost
year by hi* brother. Wilbur Joint In?
ventor, wlt*i him of the machine In
which both achievements were per?
formed at LeYnnv Fra ice. with J'r.f.
Palnleve. of the rFench Institute, as
>nger. That flight wss one hour,
minutes and thlrtv-one seconds,
ir was an eager spectator of to
*s flight by nu brother.
Tou just sc?dehe i -our brothers
wbhvK't really damaging It
ach." remarked a newspaper man
OrviUe alter the night
ail we meant to do," re
<Q??<tlr %p matte v.Vib h ?'s
brothsv a ?rpecia:ue'y luplicat
The cheering* which heralded the
Ung of a new mark In the conquest
Of the olr was led by President aTft
In person, who had sat an intense')'
Intended spectator throughout the
I flight, and who Insisted it its conclu?
sion upon rer?onnlly congratulating
fhe l> Ir success.
ThU success Was all-Important to
the Wrights. In that It omni, t l t <?
first of two crucial tests of their m?- !
chine Imposed upon them by the Uni?
ted States government?the so-called
"endurance test.'* which required
them to remain one r<?-ui continuous?
ly In The sir with one passenger. Or
vllle did marly thirteen minutes bet
tr than that, and cottld have kept^on
Indefinitely?ttm ?? he. us und a half,
the limit Imposed by the gasoline ca?
pacity of the supply tank.
The other test that for speed, will
be comp w ith tomorrow, weatle t
permitting, whan Orvllle Is to take
Lieut, eltnjamtn Foulols of the sig?
nal corps, on a cross-country flight to
Alexandria and return, a total of ten
miles, over a measured course, and at
0 epeed required to average forty
mile* an hour. Orvllle could hav*
> made that fight this evening, but it
was almost dark when he at la*t
alighted, after a flight which would
have carried him a I mo* twice across
Kn?llsh Channel.
f l.FVK.H N T in VITINB K M IA
C'oitgrr-wooun I n.ililc to |,e?ve \\a>li
it>xu ii t mil l.irlfT lllll in PuhmiI.
Waatohsgton. July 17.?Represents
live Lever stated t thai It would
be Impossible f?>r him to atten 1 i.
"good clthvnship" rally to be held In
Mouth Csrolina on Thursday, us he
had intended doing, because of tlw
{,<% M .?t every available member oi
timsjisas Dtiiiimisls snd Repubh
eans alike?have been summoned
here, to remain until the tariff 1 ill is
At the rallj President Mitchell, of
the University <?' Mouth Carolina; Dr.
Oeorge ? i iomer. and other wcll
ku'-wn educstors are to !>?? pn -o?Tit.
dad Mr. Lever had hoped until t>> la>
that he would be able to get away,
but he announced tonight that this
rould aow be Impossible
The committee to select speakers
mW the Red Shirt Reunion to be held
in Anderson on August 25 annom < 1
Monday that Senator Tlllman, former
o\pvernor Sheppard and Judge Robert
Alkrlch had accepted Invitations to be
preWent and make addresses. Each
of tnese took prominent parts In or?
ganising snd leading Red Shirt com
?^4 ? i *>.iaie
\
1MB DELAYS Ml
tOMPlNATION OF CIKCUM
STANC ES FOIK'KH POST
POX RMKXT.
Fx tension of Time Orante*!?Aviator
Qlren Three Days More In Which
To Complete I^ast of Official Tent
Flight*,
Washington. July 28.?A persistent
wind and a suddenly-discovered stop?
page in the gasoline feed-pipe of his
motor prevented Orvllle Wright from
making this evening his final cross?
country two-man tC3t of the aero?
plane. After he had waited in sup
pOOOd read i ncss for the start for an
hour, with the aeroplane on the mo
: ? i ill at Fort Meye.\ the wind died
i!'?wn at leaid to HU!-> more than a
whisper, and then it was discovered
that the fuel-feed was pbOtruoted, By
?tut time It was dusk, and the Right
was declared off for th ciy, the
army officials granting him thres
days' additional time for the teat. The
time limit umter the ordinal contract
?wpiri-d today. The failure of thi
trial disappointed an immense crowd,
including President Taft and practi?
cally all ol the most prominent rov
ernment officials. All along the
course laid out for the trial pecple
Were gathered, on foot and on horse?
back and in vehicles of every conceiv?
able character. At Shuter hill, just
outride the city of Alexandria, where
the turning point was located, was
assembled what must have been a
fair quorum of the people of that
community.
The crowd at Shuter Hill was a se?
rious embarrassment to the officers In
charge of the trial; they had with
them only a small cavalry detail, and
Ibey found It impossible to keep the
M >p'e off the treat spar e which they
I
intended to reserve as a landing
ilace for the aeroplane in case \\ was
necssnry for the aviators to Alight
In addition to the aspect of the un?
precedented llight as a spcetac ' ?.
Ihere was v eil understood to be an
( lemcnl of very real p< ril. In order to
jr.v Ll?? na a ?U*v*l coulee '< would be
neceseaty .for Wright to maintain nn
iiltltude of from '>?> to 2V> \fvi above
th<? sharply rolling country. Officers
Of the signal corps h a\e b? ? n oi er this
ireoind repeatedly in boTIoons, but no
auf, not even either of the Wrights,
h i.-' ever been over it in a lie ivier-than
a r machine, and the air OUtTeCtl
win ii Win affect such a fliglit ere
p aettpilly unknown. Wright has ?Us
n m his etrcutts ox the parade
I ?und ;it F' rt Ifeyfr that trees and
?. illdlngs and even the contour Of It*
ground pfofooadtj tutfueaee the cur
'i nts of air; ne has n ? chart to show
with what* whirlpools and eddies ?f
?in i phers as .viu have fa oontend
oi this thrilling j. omey<
The course w - marked l?y bright
yellow eyllntlrlenl oaptflve ballone1
The only real exeltetneirt of the day
f is when or? of then near Fort
liefe? escaped and dispalyed a dispo?
sition to "beat Wright to Shuter hill."
for there it wae dnptored eoroewhal
di maged.
AM along the toad b. twe? :i Port
Mty*f and th< turning point, a relay
lei of mounted soldiers in khaki
sat their horses. It was to be their
duty. In case of accident, to hasten to
thi fallen maehine, and then beat
\vo, d post ha I i k to the fort.
Ahoi.; the fiiui\r there was no oth?
er noani ol otmnianleatIon, and tits
mo oi was riding In a night -d<y bef >re
the people etoni thi wop rooNiedthai
there was1 to be no spectacle tp'nlght.
Thi fOJrrOOfOi whites und negroes,
down the way, view the whole affair
with mingled ^motions. Many of them
are chiefly afraid that Wright will
drop in through their humble roofs,
oi what they fOOl would be more se
rloua, wort boYoo In Sold and gar?
dens, Tiny niere anything but
pli a ! tonight when Informed thai
they had ?till another day In which
to dn id ih,. n.-w bird of the air.
It was quite dark when the signal
Corps detalll polled down the mark
'is and towed them back to Fort
Meyer If weather conditions promise
a flight tomorrow, they w ill be r? -
planed In the same positions In the
morning.
Seven thousand pOOpli surged in
accompaniment as the aeroplane was
winded across tlie Held to the start?
ing line shortly before 7 o'clock. Thi
only ones In that vast assemblage who
displayed no agitation were the two
Wrights, their sister, Miss Katharina
Wright, and Lieut. Foulers. the young
officer who had been selected to make
the Might with orvllle.
"The duchess speaks kindly of
Annrl -a " "That's nice of her."
"All the more *o, I think, since she
was born and raised in Milwaukee."
?Kansas City Journal.
id Fear not?^Let all the ends Thou A in
CJMTEIi. S. a. SATTJ
VERDICT IN THREE MINUTES.
JURY SENTENCES JOHN JENKINS
TO DEATH.
Trial Orderly?Judge Wilson Praises
People for Their Respect for the
Law?Identification Positive.
Georgetown, July 27.?At the spe?
cial term of court ordered by the gov?
ernor to convene in Georgetown to?
day, a true bill was found against
John Jenkins, and his trial imme?
diately followed in which Jenkins was
found guilty and sentenced to death
on the gallows, August 13th.
The testimony began about 11
o'clock. The prosecutrix was the first
to be sworn. At the request of the
solicitor find under the act of the last
legislature, so providing, every one
was requested by the judge to leave
the court room, excepting the near
relatives of the prosecutrix, the attor?
neys and other necessary officials dur?
ing the testimony pf the young lady
j The prom-em: ix While on the stand.
1 embarrassed and in a faltering tone,
I told the story clearly and distinctly,
I positively identifying the accused who
I stood before her. Her startling story
I brought tears to the eyes of many
who were present and as she left the
I court room, passing the prisoner in
I the box, she said: "I hope I will
I never see that brute alive again."
I Several other witnesses testified.
I among whom were Deputy Sheriff
I Ward, F. L. Siau, Jr., and several col
I ored witnesses.
I At the conclusion of the testimony
I the judge charged the jury, as nelth
I er side cared to make a speech. The
I judge's charge was short, clear and
I instructive. -
I The jury retired about 2:15 o'clock
and returned in less than three min
I utes with a verdict of guilty of an
assault with criminal Intent, as chnrg
I ed In the indictment, for which, un
j der the new act of the legislature, the
I ?>nly punishment that may be Inflict
I ed was death.
I At 2:25 p. m. Judge Wilson solemn
| ly pronounced the sentence of the
Court which was to the effect that
John Jenkins, alias "Slippery Joint,"
I must pay the penalty for his crime 071
] the gallows on August 12, next.
I Jenkins appears to be about 17
I years of age. perfectly illiterate 'and
of a very' stolid nature. While the
I sentence of death was being pro
I nounoed upon him he smjled sQmosl
I incessantly and seemed to have
I thought that it was smart to be the
I centre of attraction Of so large a
I Crowds which almost bulged the w alls
I <>f the court house.
Jt nKlns wag QUlettj carried hack to
the jail house and during the Whole
I trial there was perfect order. Judge
Wilson highly commended the peopl"
I for their action in the matter, their
[orderly OOndUOt, and whiio it was a
I case of a nature to excite the highest
anger, the law was allowed to take it-4
I raw course and everything will crbi
I tlnue orderly until the execution it?
I moot mated.
il AKTSYILLE FARM ER A SUICIDE
Solomon Mall Kills lime-elf With
Shotgun, Despite Daughter's Ef?
forts.
Rartsvllle, July 27.?Mr. Solomon
Hall, who lives -about two. miles be?
low town, committed suicide today
abOUl noon by placing a Single-bar?
relied shotgun to his abdomen, lean?
ing over it and pulling the trigger
Wtth his toe. Degth was a.) most in?
stantaneous.
Mr. Hall was a man about ."?0 years
old and a rather prosperous and
hardworking farmer. He was of an
erratic disposition and before this has
liven evidence of insanity. It is
thought that the immediate cause of
his rash deed was trouble and desper?
ation over two of his daughters, who
; rg hopelessly insane at the asylum
In Columbia, His Aral attempt at sui?
cide today was frustrated by his
grown daughter, who sei/.ed the gun
as he was about to shoot himself. Be
broke loose (Tom her, ran around the
house and. before he could be pre?
vented, had '.tilled himself.
FAMOUS LANDMARK H?HNER.
Ohl House on St. Simon's Island Shel?
tered Aaron liiirr and Fanny Kent
hie.
Hrunswlck, Ga., July 27.?"The Re?
treat," a sumrner home on St. Si?
mon's Island, that was built in 1700
by James Spaldlng, was burned to?
day. How it caught fire Is not
known. In the old home's history it
has sheltered, among other noted
persons, Aaron Burr and Fanny
Kemble. The storm of 1S9S rendered
the house uninhabitable, and it bad
not been repaired. After standing
over two centuries, the hewn live oak
timbers in the structure were solid.
us t at be thy Country's, Thy God's an
RDAY. JULY 31, 19(
FREE HIDE VICTORY.
SEVERAL OTHER ARTICLES ON
FREE LIST.
Lumber Not Yet Free?Conference
Report to bo Heady Soon?Print
Paper Taxed $3.50.
Washington, July 27.?From tha
best information obtainable it appears
that the house has won its battles
for free hides and oil and increased
rates on gloves and hosiery, in re?
turn for a surrender to the senate on
lumber, coal, iron ore and print pa?
per. The rates on these schedules, aQ
they have been tentatively arrang?
ed, pending the acceptance by both
houses of the programme for a re?
duction in the duties on manufactur?
es of leather below the rates fixed
by the house, are as follows:
Oil, free.
Hides, free.
Coal, 4 5 cents a ton.
Print pap? r, $3.CO a ton.
Iron ore, 15 cents a ton.
Lum.ber,'rough, $1.50 a thousand ft.;
lone side finished, $2; two sides finish
led, $2.25; three sides finished, which
may include tonguing, grooving, $2.
I C2 1-2; four sides finished $3.
Gloves, $4 per dozen pairs, not ex
I ceeding 14 inches in length, the Stan
I dard length.
I Hosiery, valued at $1 or less per
I dozen pairs, 70 cents, as against the
I senate and existing rate of 50 cents.
I On values up to $2 the rate is slightly
I in excess of existing duties and a
1 shade below the rates fixed by the
bouse. On the highest grades the
I senate and hOUse rates were identical.
I For nearly a week the question of
I nutting hides on the free llet or im?
posing e nominal duty upon ihem has
I been be tore the conference comm't
I tee. Xojpeven a nominal duty proved
scceptafffe to Representative Payne,
I Whpee position was strengthened by
I the support of President Taft, and
I the senate was compelled to yield In
I spite Of the fact that free hides
Lthreatened to provoke an insurrection
I among *ptand-pat" senators from oa>
I lie-rn.sn.g sr?t?s "H appc. r. h.>w
j ever, ths: Mr. Payne's victo y wad a
I costly one, inasmuch as the houeo
?I conferees wre defeated on coal, print
paper, i.a?n ore and lumber,
I The chief Victor) won by the sen
I ate was the retention of Its duties ort
lumber. These represent reductions
I from the Ding'y rates, but are nearly
I as low as the house rates, which n
Igan with $1 on rough luml>er.
Likewise a victory was won by
I senate through acceptance by the
conference committee of a rate of
I3.K0 a ton on print paper Instead of
the S2 rate fixed by the house,
j The placing of oil upon the free list
I was a foregone conclusion.
I It is known, however, that while
I the voting has not taken place On the
I Bve i?ig Question! which engaged the
I attention of President Taft, aar. <
j ments have been reached.
The conference report will be ready
, I to present to the house soon as the
rule in regard to thf leather schedule
Iis adopted by that body.
I For several days it has been report
Jed that the conferees would reduce
J the rate on lead ore from l 1-- cents
ja pound to 1 |-1 (, l is. but, it is said.
J the 2 cent rate has been accepted by
I the oonfereee,
T1LL.MAN IS ALL RIGHT.
Reports of His Being III Denied by
Iiis Physicians?Doesn't Intend lo
Ib'sigii ? Northern Newspapers
Mistaken?He is Now Lecturing in
the West.
Columbia, July 27.?The reports in
Northern newspapers as to Senator
TUlman's Ill-health appear to he
without foundation,
Dr, J. w. Babcock, of this city, w ho
is the Senator's physician, said this
morning that so tar as he knows.
Tlllman is In perfect health. "Only
two or three weeks ago," said Dr.
Babcock, "Dr. Lavlnder and myself
examined Senator Tlllman and found
blm to be in good health.
"On August 11 he will be sixty
three yean of age, and for a man
Who lias led the strenuous life that
Mr. Tlllman has he Is in remarkable
health."
The reports that Tlllman Is at his
home in Trenton are also unfounded.
He is out West now on his lecture
tour. State Superintendent of Bduca
tion Bwearlngen, who is a kinsman of
Tlllman, said today that the Senator
Ih somewhere In Ohio, and branded as
incorrect the rumor that "Tlllman
contemplates resigning his seat."
Senator Tlllman is expected at
ClentyM>n College on August 11. He
was at his home on July 16 visiting
his sick sister.
d Truth's."
THE TRU
39. New Ser
~TABforBiUfiH1[Oir~
REV. J. A. BLADE AM) REPRE?
SENTATIVE ANDERSON DE?
NOUNCE HIM.
Anderson Makes Eirst Attack, and is
Eollowed by Evangelist Slade?
Rroughton Replies.
Atlanta, Ga., July 27.?The anti
prohibitionists in the State legislature
forgot the truce today, rolled up their
sleeves, grabl ed their war clubs and
sailed into tne opposition with such
bitter invedive that an aged clerl: J
shook his heid and remarked:
"Nothing like that ever happened
in the legislature in the 40 years I've
been attending it."
The fun began when Anderson, of
Savannah, who is lighting the near
beer bill, rose to a question of per?
sonal privilege. He was white-faced
and trembling and had to moisten his
lips several times before he found In?
voice.
"I notice," he negan, "that a local
minister, named Rev. Len G. Brough
ton, is quoted in the press as having
said in a sermon that I was fighting
the near-beer bill because I had
bought stock in a Savannah brewery
after the prohibition bill was paused,
and that I was the only man in the
State who had made money out of
prohibition in Georgia.
"I desire to say that this preacher
is a wilful, malicious, reckless, malig?
nant and vicious liar. I fully expect?
ed to be assailed and vilified when I
obeyed my constituents' will and op?
posed the Alexander bill. But I never
even dreamed that a minister of th?
gospel, a follower of Him who
preached charity and taught truth,
would stoop to become a slanderer
and a common liar,
j "In the first place, no Bavan iah
I brewer* nor stock In one has been
I sold since prohibition went into ef
1 feet. Hence this is another lie of the
I reverend hypocrite. About 15 years
1 ago I bought ten shares in a Savan
I nah brewery and paid $100 a share.
I I was out of the State when the pro
I hUd&ioo b.ll i*a&iu<l. an 1 wbv.i ?. rr ?
j turned and tried to sell my stock I
I could not. It Is nov/ worth about $50
j or $G0 a share, but can not be sold.
"This Alexander bill is a new pro
I hlbttion bill and we already have the
I strongest prohibition bill ever draft
led. If it be not enforced then it U
I because the officers are negligent and
j the people do not want It enforced. 1
I have neve, placed as much as a straw
j In the way of its enforcement. Bui
I you know you cannot enfo.ee ah un?
popular law."
j Anderson sat dow n in a breatbh si
I silence and little Representative J. A
1 Slade. slight, dignified ami minister
j rial looking, rore. Slade is from Mus
I kogee county and Is a Baptist mini*'
j ter, the same denomination wjjlcr
I Qronghton serves. Every one expect'
Jed a hitter retort to Anderson's out'
J burst. What was the astonishmen
I Of all, then, w hen Slade went ever
I further than Anderson in denouncing
j his fellow clergyman.
I "I was astounded and insulted," tu
j said, "to hear the slander heaped up
I on a worthy member of this legisla
J ture by a man who professes to be a
j minister of the gospel, i am s mis
I slonary Baptist preacher, l b die ?
j in and practice temperance, but dc
I not believe in prohibition. In tb?
j name of all good Baptists, however,
I want to resent this attack upon Mr
J Anderson by a longhaired, loud?
mouthed, itinerant preacher, who bus
j done more harm to the temperance
j cause than all the brewers and distill
J ers In the world. And the really
j honest tempTTanee advocates should
realize that unless they curl) these
I freak extremists, they will see the
j pendulum swing to the other ex
I trente."
Speaker Holden did not let any one
else get the floor, declining to re ?g
I nice several excitable members, and
I calmly forcing a resumption of the
J consideration of the tax bill.
I Dr. Broughton tonight gave out the
j following statement in regard to the
j seathing denunciation he received at
I the bands of Representative Ander
I son:
J "I am glad, at least, if I have done
J nothing else than force Mr. Anderson
I to acknowledge in the house of
I representatives, where he Is posing BS
I the champion against legislation for
I the prevention of the near-beer evil.
I that he Is ? stockholder in a brew -
I ery, one at least In Savannah that is
j manufacturing more near-beer than
I any other In the Stiite.
"it is Immaterial, so far ai the
I principal point 1 made against his
j right to sit In Judgment upon such
I legislation, whether he had recently
I bought stock or not. It is a fact that
I he owns the stock and that lines him
I up with the whiskey interests."
con
B SOUTIIRON, Established Jane,
ies?Vol. XXIX. No 46
HUE TO PANAMA.
OjffjMtfjaWOM TO HAVE STEAM
?HIP LINE.
Important to Iiusines* lot crew ts?-A
Se|>arate Lino?Allianca the Ves?
sel?Interview With Mr. Walters.
Charleston, July 26.?Charleston la.
to have a direct steamship line to
Panama, beginning in the faU, and
operating a boat, carrying mail and
freight, every nine days, running in?
dependently of the regular govern?
ment line, now running between New
York and Panama.
Collector of Port E. W. Durant. Jr.?
brought this pleasing intelligence to
Charleston upon his return home
from a business trip of several week^s
in the North, on which he found time,
as he usually does, to put in some
good work in behalf of Charleston.
Mr." Durant visited the officers of
the Panama Steamship Company and
took up th matter of having the ves
sels of the line, running out ef New
York to Panama, stop at Charleston
cn route to and from New York for
the purpose of delivering and receiv?
ing mail and handling such freight
as may be offered, in accordance with
the scheme which has been under
consideration for some time.
The officials were not inclined to
consent to this plan, preferring not to
break the continuity of the trips, but
they consented to make a substitute
offer which Mr. Durant accepted in
behalf of Charleston and which is ex?
pected to yield even better results In
the establishment of a separate line,
which will be at first in the nature
Of an experiment, it being up to Char?
leston, South Carolina and all this
Southern section of coast country to
take advantage of and promote to
the end of malting the line a success
and having its facilities increased aifd
improved.
The Charleston-Panama line will
begin with one steamship, the
llanca, sailing out of Charleston e
nine days. She will carry
freight and passengers and an induce
ment is now offered to the csfX
manufacturers, JobbfrV* *h?ffB^ *
co^nvercial interests; generally ,tO
avail themselves; of the opportunity V?
establish new connect oils and fin^d 4k'H
market for goods. The geographical*
and physical advantage of Charleston*
over any other port on the coast for
direct trade with Panama are too de?
vious to need any special comment
and it is expected that this announce?
ment of the establishment of the
line will result In manufacturing and
commercial concern immediately
taking up the matter and arranging
to make use of the line when MM
service is inaugurated next fall
The Alliance is a vessel of 3,905
gross tons and 2,364 net. She is 335
feet long, with a beam >f 12 feet and
a draft of 15 feet. She has a crew
of 4!? men. She was bjilt In 1S86 at
Chester, Pa. She is a vessel of 2.000. '
horsepower. The AUIi nca Is not a
stranger in Charle. on. She topped \
here last December to lake the cuair
mittee of interstate and foreign com?
merce of the bouse and party of
ladies to Panama. The party came
here from Washington by rail and
boarded the vessel, and i.t returning
frond Panama the vessel again visited
Charleston harbor.
It Sftl] also be pie;; di g news to
commercial interests to learn that Mr.
Durant also saw President Walters
Ol the Atlantic Coast Line while In
New York and the high railroad offi?
cial spoke enthusiastically of the
prospects of the commercial develop*
ment of Charleston, as a result of the
Atlantic Const Line forming its new
connections with the West and the
coal Uelde, as a result Of the construc?
tion of the Winston-Salem-Wadesboro
! allroad.
LATHAM FALLS IXTO CHANNEL.
Monoplane Drops into Water Unapt
in the Moment of Triam] h.
Dover, England, July 27.?Hubert
Latham'a second attempt to fly across
th?' 'English Channel ended disas?
trously today. Almost in the moment
of victory h % monoplane iiuttered
down Into the sea two miles from
shore, like a bird with a broken wing.
Thousands who saw the fall for near?
ly half an hour were kept in much
suspense, not knowing whether the
daring aeronaut had met death or
auain had been rescued.
A Plnnanoe from the Bristtsh bat?
tle ship Russell picked up the un
lucky flyer and put him aboard the
French torpedo boat destroyer Esco
pette. A surgeon attrJ ? to hie In?
jurie- and the destroyerotought La?
tham ashore. His face was bandage*!
and bleeding and his nose was brohv
en. The machine was badly wrecked.