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JW. MILLS of Brooklyn, writes to tho New
York World to say: "In a sermon preached
by Dr. Charles' F. Aked at the Fifth Avenue
Baptist church ho expressed himself in the
following manner: 'If you are not rich your
self, bo glad that somebody else is and you
Will bd astonished at the happiness that will
result to yourself;' There was a. great deal in
the.samo vein (t)r. Aked will sal for Europe
next Saturday; to be gone until September 21.
Now the reversed doctor, can certainly preach
with a nice,. long vacation staring him in tho
face and probably a fat purse contributed by
the rich members of his congregation to ac
company him on' his trip. But if tho reverend
gentleman had a family to support on ahout $15
per week and had to swelter in tho city for tho
next three months, it would bo a mighty poor
consolation to him to know that Mr. 'John D.
was the possessor of great riches. In my opin
ion it brings mighty little happiness to poor, un
fortunate families who have to struggle for an
existence to know that other people are rich
and have more than they really need."
HERE IS A story of service printed in tho
New York World: "Miss Mary Harrlman,
oldest daughter of E. H. Harrlman,' has taken
one5 of her father's Erie ferryboats and turned
it Into a man-o'-peace to fight tuberculosis. She
has presented tho boat to the 'Brooklyn, commit
tee on the prevention of tuberculosis and the
Brooklyn- Red Cross Society. It will go Into
commission as a part of the Red Cross navy on
Tilly 1, when its flag will fly dvor an anchorage
off Columbia street, Brooklyn. Hammocks,
steamer chairs and other conveniences foj; out-in-the-air
sldeplrig will be arranged for the ac
commodation of 300 men, women and children.
Three meals a day will be served oii the boat,
rind "betWddti Meals the patients will get all tho
milk and ' eggs they are able to eat. For the
commissary department Miss Harrlman will
forage on her father's country place at Arden,
where the milk Is famous and the farm pro
ducts the best that money can command. A
free 'bus will be run to the boat from Brooklyn
stations for thdsd who can not pay car fare.
It is the design to have the boat so anchored
as to command the full benefit of the bay
breezes, with a fine view of the entire water
scape in which the statue of Liberty is the cen
ter figure. Attendants and physicians will be
provided. The'fcoa't will afford a' day camp for
sufferers who are not able to get out of town,
and there will be started on it the first open
air school for the children of Brooklyn who
have been kept awa,y from school during the
term by reason of the disease.. The Red Cross
Christmas stamp committee, of which Mrs. St.
Clair McKelway was chairwoman, has raised
$4,000 to aid in Miss Harriman's generous pur
pose. Miss Harriman intends to sail next week
for Europe, where she will join her father and
mother. She first became interested in the
movement through the old Staten Island ferry
boat Southfield, which is anchored near the foot
of East Twenty-sixth street. "AH last summer
she supplied milk for tho boat from her father's
farm."
FEDERAL CIRCUIT Judge Vandevanter and
Federal 'District Judge Munger, sitting at
Lincoln, heard' arguments for and against Ne
braska's new guaranty deposits law. The na
tional bankers ,o 1the state employed John L.
Wfbstor of Omaha, and former Senator W. V.
Allen to fight the law. I. L. Albert pf Colum
bus, Neb., and C. O.' Whedon of Lincoln, assisted
Attorney General' Thompson in defending the
law. The court 'heard arguments for two days
and on tho third day issued an order which sus
pends the enforcement of the law. The order
of the court follows: "Whereas, In the above
entitled cause trie complainants have asked for
a preliminary writ of injunction and restrain
ing order, as prayed in the bill of copiplaint,
and the same having come on to be heard on
the application of the complainarits, and upon
tho objections file.d thereto by,-the, defendants,
and the said cause having been orally argued
to the court by (ho solicitors for tho respective
parties, and tho court being advised in tho
premises, It la hereby ordered, that a tempor
ary injunction issuo enjoining and restraining
tho defendants, Ash,ton. C. Shallonberger, gov
ernor of tho state, of .Nebraska; Silas R. Barton,
auditor of publicaccounts of tho state of Ne
braska, and William ,T. Thompson, attorney
general of tho state of Nebraska, from proceed
ing to act as a banking board under a statute
enacted by tho leglslaturo of Nebraska, ap
proved March 25, 1909, entitled, 'An act for
the regulation, supervision and control of tho
business of banking, and to provide penalties
for its violation, repealing chapter 8 of tho
compiled statutes of Nebraska of 1907 and all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith.'
And that they, tho said defendants, be and aro
hereby further enjoined and restrained from
taking possession of the books and papers of
tho present banking board of the state of Ne
braska; and that they, the said defendants, bo
and are hereby enjoined and restrained from
interfering with any of the plaintiff banks under
said statute of 1909. And that they, the said
Ashton C. Shallenberger, governor of tho stato
of Nebraska; Silas R. Barton, auditor of public
accounts of tho state of Nebraska, and William
T. Thompson, attorney general of tho stato of
Nebraska, and persons acting under them or any
of them be restrained and enjoined from enforc
ing any of the provisions of said banking- act,
approved March 25, 1P09, abovo referred- to.
And that the said defendant, Sam Patterson,
bo and he is hereby enjoined and restrained
from attempting to exercise any powers or righta
under any commission of tho governor of Ne
braska, appointing him to the office of secretary
of the said banking board, created under tho
said banking act, approved March 2, 1909, and
that tho said defendant Sam Patterson, bo
further enjoined and restrained from taking
possession of any of the books and papers of
the present secretary of the banking board and
from in any manner doing or performing any
act under tho said commission. This temporary
injunction and restraining order to remain and
continue in force until tho further order of the
court in the premises."
REFERRING TO THE federal court's action
on trie guaranteed deposits law, Governor
Shallenberger made this public statement: "The
people of Nebraska have expressed themselves
in favor of the guaranty of bank deposits. When
the ppponents of such a measure will not let the
state courts pass, upon matters in which the peo
ple of the state are primarily Interested, and
force the matter into tho federal courts, which
have no connection with tho affairs of the in
dividual state, it merely means that the enforce
ment of the law has been delayed. The people
of the state 'have spoken and they will not be
denied even if the federal courts do provide a
temporary bulwark for the opponents of tho
guaranty act."
ON JULY 1 Orville Wright made a successful
flight through, the air at Fort Myer near
Washington with his aeroplane. Three different
flights were made. Thousands of enthusiastic
persons witnessed Wright's great accomplish
ment. The Associated Press, reporting the test,
said: "After the motor had been tested, the
weight which gives the aeroplane its start was
hdisted up, and everything was ready for a
flight. The propellors were cranked, and Orville
turned on the motor. The screws whirled
around at what seemed like greater speed than
On the previous occasions, and as Orville
climbed into his seat Wilbur put his hand on
the right wing, ready to run along with the
machine. Nodding to his brother, Orville re
leaded the machine and it started down the
track at a rapid rate. As it neared the end
of1 the starting rail, Orville turned up the for
ward horizontal rudders, and the machine arose
hf the air. It was a' beautiful start, and tho
crpwd' that lined the sides of the aerodome
cheered heartily. Down the field the aeroplane
sailed, curved gracefully about tho Iowor end
and back up tho east side of tho field, along
tho edge of Arlington cemetery., Tho machino
seemed to bo. behaving beautifully. Mr. Wright
was making very short turns, but as ho seemed
to regain familiarity with tho ground over which
ho was travoling, ho increased tL- Radius of his
trips about tho fiold. Tho first rcf.d was mado
In fifty seconds. Five times tho machine skirted
tho field, attaining a height which variod from
fifteen to thirty feet."
ON THE SIXTH round Mr. Wright camo to
earth- within a few hundred feet of tho
starting point, completing tho flight in five min
utes. Tho landing was perfect, tho machino
swooping down in successive glides until within
a few feet of the earth, when Orvillo pulled
tho string which Btops his motor, and tho aero
plane glided smoothly over tho grass on skids
until It came to a stop. Tho machino was re
turned to tho starting apparatus, while tho two'
brothers hold a consultation. Again tho aero
plane was placed in position, tho motor was
tested, and another flight was essayed. The
start was as successful as tho first. In tho sec
ond flight Orvillo made much wider turns and
rose to a greater height. It was evident that
Wilbur had cautioned him to do so. Tho older
brother watched every detail of the flight with
earo. Tho machino encircled the field with easo
and grace, responding readily to the aviator's
guiding hand. ' Mr. Wright approached danger
ously near tho starting tower and flow within
a few feet of tho stables, which lino the field
on tho west. It was noticed that at times tho
motor skipped, hut this seemed to have no ortoct
upon tho progress of tho aeroplane. The start
ing rail runs downward into a little hollow In
the field, and whenever tho aeroplane passed
dver this hollow it dipped noticeably, and when
over it passed over a vacant spaco botweon two
of tho stables it was seen to riso as though on
a billow of air. It was also noticed that thero
was a tendency to approach nearer the earth
whenever the machino flew along tho west sido
of tho field, which is bordered by largo thickly
foliaged trees in Arlington cemetery. But all
theso atmospheric conditions wero easily over
come by clover manipulations of tho levers. On
his second flight, Orvillo made nine rounds of
the field In a few seconds less than eight min
utes. Ho made another graceful landing, but
flew close to tho ground for some time before
stopping his motor and descending. Tho ma
chine was again returned to tho starting rail
at 7 o'clock. In his last flight Orville remained
aloft for a fow seconds more than nine min
utes, and encircled the field nine and a half
times. For ono complete round ho flew very
closo to tho ground, evidently preparing to
land. Tills ho did within two hundred feet of
the aeroplane shed. During this last flight, ho
went higher than on his previous trials, reach
ing a height of forty feet. Just before making
his landing, the left wing struck the ground,
and raised a cloud of dust, but Mr. Wright con
tinued to fly half way round tho field, beforo
descending at the point ho had previously de
cided upon for a landing place. Orville hastened
to tho shed and Wilbur acted as spokesman.
He said that tho flights were very satisfactory
to them, although they would make a number
of additional preliminary flights beforo essay
ing the official trials.
AFTER THE United States senate had adopt
ed tho maximum and minimum clause the
Brown resolution providing for tho submission
to the legislatures of the states of an income
tax amendment to the federal constitution was
adopted by a unanimous vote. Bristow of
Kansas offered an amendment providing for
election of senators by popular vote. Aldrlch
announced that he would later move to lay
this on tho table.
Raising the tariff on scrap iron may Indicate
that tho republican leaders are expecting their
party to go to the scrap heap. ,
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