Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, August 25, 1910, Image 6
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" I ! 4 Are there any records that this " ' year's weather has not broken ? 1 Europe might try exporting its sur , , I plus rainwater to our middle west. I As a diversion to swatting the fly , I' keep your stable clean , if you've got ! I one. Chopping Americans Into little bits ; Is still a favorite pastime of the' , Moros. ' Speaking of weights and measures' prosecutions , how'd you like to be the iceman ? Swatting the common house fly is : How one of our most popular indoor i , lady sports. , " J Even though the water Is fine , If you can't swim , don't go in beyond i I , your depth. I II I , I i For the sake of thirsty crops any : good citizen should willingly sacrifice ! his straw hat. , ! ! | "What's the right word for an aero- I plane garage ? " asks the Boston Globe. : , I How's planebunk ? ! ( , What has become of the Chicago : Joy rider who killed a woman and I was afterward captured ? The assistant chef of a lake boat : refused to cook fried potatoes and the. I chef at once mashed him. The boat rocker and the fellow who , i I stands up in the boat are in evidence : again , but have escaped so far. I As If It were not bad enough Cor the earth to fly up and hit aeroplanes , lightning has begun striking them. What bald-headed man had hoped , to live to see a flyless world ? Yet ) . . that is what the scientists are plan- I f f ning. Giddy New York regards the idea of . closing its lobster palaces at 1 a. m. I as very little better than a curfew law. We wonder how one small cone can hold so many kinds of chemicals.and , have room left for a nickel's worth of P ice cream. , , ! It costs $3,000,000 a day to run the ! national government. What will the I government cost when aeroplaning is : In fashion ? I ! . A Chicago man paid $300 for "mere. : bit of a meal. " It probably was a , ; j I steak with one overlaying slice of' I , breakfast bacon. , I The government is turning out 3- ' I i 000,000 postal cards a day , due to the : i J summer resort season being in full I : blast , we presume. : I United States certificates of merit i to enlisted men are going largely to I the cooks and musicians. Has no one- I . i a word for a soldier ? I ) I Rudyard Kipling urges that airmen. 11 1 wear pneumatic armor for protection In case of accIdent. That Is simpler I than covering the earth with feather Y ! beds. ! 1 ' Considering the size of the heads of f r some of the hatpins that the girls are I . wearing , they certainly do not come ths law forbidding the ; under . carrying I I of concealed weapons. ! The word-coiner has an easy task. All he needs to do in expressing his views on a public policy is to select the name of a man he dislikes and at- tach the syllable "ism. " i 1 f London and New York may soon be i connected with telephone communica ! tion. None of the fictlous of fairy ; tales can surpass this modern miracle : of a chat over the ocean. ! I . I The Kaiser has been writing poetry I ) to a party of German maidens who 1 called upon him and took him choco- 1 c i late. Incidentally , It is to be hoped i I -the chocolate was better than the c j I poetry. j jE E < , $ ; , One of the latest aeroplane acci- ! dents shows that it is bad to be in a I I . flying machine hit lightning , in the air. But where is being struck by 1 lightning either comfortable or salu- f brious ? I I i Some of New York's most wealthy t I I and fashionable women are importing ! French aeroplanes and preparing to loarn to aviate. Philadelphia women have taken the lead at Newport , and there seems to be nothing for the lew IJ York ladfes l to do but fly high around c . .home. $ b - . . . - . . , - . . ' , ' . , , t 'J , , " " _ _ - - = . < < : . ' " - " ' " . - . _ - . . . . . . . " ' ' - - - , ' \ " , . " , " ' - ' F - " 1' , " . . FLAMES STILL RAGE _ DAMAGE ALREADY DONE IN MON- TANA AND IDAHO IS ENORMOUS. rOlL F DEATH OVER A SCORE \ thousand Refugees , Including Hos- pital Patients , Taken to Missoula- Loss in the Stricken City Will Reach a Million Dollars. 3 Spokane , \Vash.-FoUowIng. IB the record of the damage done by the fire up to Sunday night : Mullan probably safe , but fires threaten. Elk City reported still unburned. Four more dead in fires near New- port , Wash. , One hundred and eighty men in the forestry service missing in the St. J 0- seph country. Taft , Mont. , has been burned ; De Borgia and St. Regis are seriously threatened ; Haughan , Mont , is report- ed destroyed. Solid lines of fire from Thompson Falls , Mont. , for fifty miles to Idaho line. . ' Conflagration rages in Gallatin for- est , Mont. Anatone , Asatin county Wash. , threatened with destruction. Yamir , B. C. , in danger of fires which are burning in the bush. Other fires gaining headway in that region , and the situation is alarming. Avery , Idaho , destroyed , and people flock to Tekoa. Chicago.-A private dispatch re ceived in Chicago Sunday night says the forest fires in Idaho are beyond control. The message was sent from Portland , Ore. , and was received by an official of a western railroad company. It follows : "Forest fires are raging in the Coeur d'Alene country in northern Idaho. A considerable part of the town of Wal- lace was destroyed last night , includ- ing the Oregon Railroad and Naviga- tion company's depot. "Wires are down and reliable in- formation is not available. Wallace has a population of 5,000 , and is the largest town in the Coeur d'Alene dis trict. " DAHLMAN BUT 77 AHEAD Official Count Will Undoubtedly Be Necessary to Decide Nebras- ' ka Contest. . - . . . . Lincoln , Neb.-Returns received by the State Journal up to 1 o'clock Mon- day morning from 88 of the 90 counties in the state give for the Democratic nomination for governor : Dahlman , ! 26,734 ; Shallenberger , 26,657 , a ma- I jority of but 77 for Dahlman. The two missing counties are Nance and Frontier , from which no returns whatever have been received. At Gov. Shallenberger's office , however , it is claimed that unofficial advices have been received that Nance county has given him about 40 majority. It is known that returns from Sioux and Rock counties are unofficial and incom plete. It is generally admitted the of- ficial count will be necessary to de. cide who is nominated. His Shirt ' a Noose. New York.-Edward McNaughton , 76 years old , a retired custom tailor , was accidentally strangled to death in his room at tbe Mansion house , New- ark. The aged man was subject to fainting spells , and it is believed that he slipped from a chair in one of these faints , his shirt band catching on the valve of a radiator , strangling him to death. Six Men Killed. Northfield , Vt.-Six men were killed , one was probably fatally injured and seven others were badly hurt as the re- sult of a . head-on collision between two freight trains on the Central Ver- mont railroad at Northfield Falls , two miles north of here. All the dead and injured belonged to the train crews. Plagufe Spread Checked. Bari. - The reports received concern- ing the cholera situation in various parts of the province of Bari Delle Puglie indicate that the physicians are getting the disease in hand. It is not yet under control , but its spread has been checked. Shock Damages Houses. Algiers. - A shock of earthquake was felt at Aumale , 55 miles southeast of here. A number of houses were damaged. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Sioux City. - Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market , , follow : Top beeves , $7.15. Top hogs , $8.60. , . $5,000 Sent to Flood Sufferers. Washington , D. C. A $5,000 contri bution for the relief of the flood suf- I ferers : in Japan has been forwarded ] by the American Red Cross to Tokio. i The amount ' was taken from the conJ tingent fund of the society. t Short Over $40,000. Telluride , Colo.-V. U. Rodgers , for- mer city treasurer , who is said to have C onfessed to a shortage of more than t 40,000 in his accounts with the city 1 ' . has been arrested. = : - 1J , -.k. t , . " , . . , . - , . - - - - - - - . . . - . . . . . ' - - - - - . . . . . - = t - - - - - - " - - - - - - - ' " - - . - - - - - " - - " " ' " . . . - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - ' ; : : " ' " , - = . ' : = : . , - - = - , * " " , " " , - : -r- _ " _ - - . . . - _ _ _ _ - - " ' . _ _ . _ , " ' . " ' " - " ' - " " - , , , , _ = - - . - = - - . . , " , . - . < > . . - . THE EMBARRASSMENTS OF MR-LINE \ TRAVEL I 4///14 / ff / _ F - , I II / III . , _ - T 1 - i - S : L l " - IYAVNlNATON .i r4R THE TARDY PASSENGER. , . " " " " , - - - - , _ . . . - . . . . _ - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FLIES TO LONDON AMERICAN AVIATOR TRAVELS FROM PARIS TO LONDON , . CAPTURING PRIZE. CARRIED SINGLE PASSENGER Le Blanc Wins $20,000 Purse in Cross country Race , Having Covered 485 Miles In Less Than 12 Hours- Latham Craft Wrecked. London.-The youthful American av- iator , Moissant , accompanied by his mechanician , Albert , Wednesday made a remarkable flight in a biplane from Paris to London across the English channel. It was- the first time this feat was ever accomplished , although often tried. Moissant accomplished his remark- able flight from Paris to Calais and across the channel in company with his mechanician , Albert. By making his remarkable flight he captures the cup that a London paper offered and the proceeds of the sub- scription raised in England for Gra- ham White , which the unsuccessful competitor in the London-Manchester flight offered as an award in the Paris-London competition. Hubert Latham , who started from Issy , a suburb of Paris , to race Mois- sant to Londpn , met with a series of accidents , the last at Amiens , cul- minating In the wrecking of his ma- chine as he was preparing to resume the flight. Latham escaped unhurt , but -ras out of the race. The last stage of Moissant's flight , ' I the trip across the channel , was ac- complished in a strong channel breeze , the wind being BO high that experI- enced aviators looked upon the start ac foolhardy. It was such : . a wind as repeatedly deterred Bleriot , La- tham and other aviators from at- tempting the passage of the straits. Paris , France. - M. Le Blanc , the aviator , arrived at Issy , in the suburbs of Paris , at 6:45 a. m. Wednesday and is the winner of the cross-country Bight which started August 7. The distance of the race was approximate ly 485 miles. The prize is $20,000 , of fered by a Paris newspaper. Le Blanc , the winner , covered ; the circuit In 11:55:59. He used a Bleriot monoplane. CALIFORNIA IS INSURGENT Hiram W. Johnson , Exponent of Anti- Machine Doctrines , Wins Guber natorlal Nomination In Primary. - . San Francisco. - California Is In- surgent in its Republican politics. Hi- ram W. Johnson , leading exponent of anti-machine doctrines , has swept the field in Tuesday's primaries , winning his party's nomination for governor by a plurality that will border on 50,000 when all returns are in. Just how great was the extent of the disaster to the stalwarts cannot be known until outlying districts have been heard from , but every indication points to a clean-cut declaration by the party for insurgency and against the political activities of the Southern Pacific railway. Johnson's supporters crowded his headquarters offering him congratula- tions. Among his callers was Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. It is asserted that the progressives ] have carried to victory two new In- 4 surgent nominees for congressmen. 1 William Kent in the Second district I and W. D. Stephens in the Seventh. ] American Gift tj Mexico. City of l\Iexico.-Americans in Mex : ico : will present a $50,000 peace memo1 1 rial monument to the people of Mex ico . as their contribution to the centen1 1 nial of independence celebration next month. t . Oil Fire in Oklahoma. Tulsa , Okla. - Approximately , . $150.- - ' 000 worth of oirand'tanks in the. Okla1 1 homa fields were destroyed , ' by fire r Thursday during a heavy electrical n to/-ni , according to advices received e here , \ - . < . ' . - - - - - - - - - EXCUSES 36 BROWNE JURORS _ MORE VENIREMEN ADMIT THEY WERE APPROACHED. Judge Kersten in Bribery Trial Dealt Blow to "Crooked Work" in Selecting Jurymen. Chicago. - In the trial Legislator Lee O'Neil Browne charged with bribery in connection with the elec tion of Senator William Lorimer , Judge Kersten excused 36 veniremen from service when they admitted that they or . . members of thefamilies had been approached by men Interested in the case. When court convened Judge Kers ten called the whole 60 special panel before him and asked all those who had been spoken to regarding the Browne case to step forward. A handful of men stepped out. The court then ordered those whose families had been spoken to to advance , and about two-thirds of the panel responded. The court then or- dered the -attorneys to proceed with the selecting of a jury from those left. ChIcago.-Two sensations bristled forth Thursday from the many minor flurriea in the trial of Representative Lee O'Neill Browne before Judge Ker- sten on a charge of bribery in connec- tion with the election of Senator LorI- mer. Judge Kersten , after the panel had been called before him and some of its members admitted that they had been approached , though in a smaller number than in the previous panels , made an impassioned demand for de tection and punishment of the offend- ers. ers.State's State's Attorney Wayman gave out an interview declaring that another attack by him on the Cook county jury commission will follow the close of the case as a result of the difficulty In securing a jury and the charges of "jury fixing , " whifch have marked its progress. PRESENT STATUE TO FRANCE Bronze Copy of Houdon's Great Marble of Washington Is Dedicated at Versailles. Versailles , France.-In the Napoleon hall of the chateau of Versailles , In the presence of the French minister of war , General Brun ; the French am- bassador to the United States , M. Jusserand , and his wife , and the Amer- ican ambassador , Robert Bacon , and Mrs. Bacon , the bronze replica of Houdon's statue of Washington In the statehouse at Richmond , Va. , pre sented by Virginia to the French re public , was dedicated. General Brun , who presided , spoke of the statue as the greatest work of the greatest French sculptor of the eighteenth century. Col. James Mann , chairman of the Virginia commission , delivered the speech of presentation. STABS CONVICT TO DEATH Colored Inmate of Bridewell Plunges Shears Into Benchmate-Causes Panic Among Prisoners. Chicago. - An oath , an epithet , a scuffle , and ninety prisoners at work \ in the tailor shop at the bride- well \ saw William Jones , 26 , a colored prisoner , killed William Meyers , also colored , with a pair of shears , which I he stabbed him In the breast with. The tragedy happened with a quick- ness that paralyzed interference. ! Lewis' Life Is ( Threatened. a Indianapolis , Ind. - International resident T. L. Lewis of the miners Wednesday received a "Black Hand" etter saying that he would be killed. The letter was written from an Illinois ' own and was written In Italian. . - Threaten , Federal Bureaus. Washington : Prosecution l' 'for at eged vivisection of dogs by the bu-j ' eau of animal industry of the depart J ment of agriculture and several _ lov.E rnment bureau Is threatened by- t&ft 'J ' Washington Humane society. 1 . . - t ! f - = - - " " " . - . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - TURNS ON CANNON LONGWORTH , AFTER CONFER ' ENCE WITH TAFT AND OTH- ERS , MAKES STATEMENT. WILL NOT VOTE FOR SPEAK R Bon-ln-Law of Roosevelt Deolares He Will Not Again Support Danville Man for Presiding Officer of House. . Beverly , Mass.-The fight of the Re publican party reorganization against Speaker Cannon was opened by Con gressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohloj5 son-in-law of ex-President Roosevelt. In a statement which he issued Thursday Mr. Longworth declares that having voted for him in caucus on four different occasions he has sup- ported Cannon for the speakership for the last time and that when the proper time comes , namely the meet- Ing of the Republican caucus at the assembling of the next congress he will oppose Uncle Joe to that position. Mr. Longworth makes it clear that In his view harmony in the Republic- an ranks and party success depends upon Cannon's elimination. "I am absolutely convinced , " he he says , " that Cannon cannot be again elected speaker. " The importance of the Longworth statement lies not only In the fact that theA . , Ohio congressman , a long time friend and supporter of Cannon issued it , but that it was not given to the public until after a series of con- ferences with President Taft and other leaders that have called here and that the president was acquainted with the context of the statement in advance of its publication , and that Vice-President Sherman likewise was Informed Wednesday of the contem- plated move and gave It his tacit ap- proval. It Is said by a high authority that Mr. Longworth's statement Is only the first of a series that will be Issued of a like nature In all sections of the country by Republican candidates for .1 \ S , r a y I ! tl I , i t , . 1 I i ( J ! ; , Representative Longworth. congress. The plan Is to make It clear that Mr. Cannon cannot be re- elected speaker even if the next house of representatives be Republican. Mr. Longworth Saturday will go over to Oyster Bay as the guest of his father-in-law for a few days. Danville , 111. - "I have no quarrel with Longworth as to who shall be , speaker of the next house , and there I Is no room for disagreement touching this matter between Representative Longworth and myself , " said Speaker Cannon Thursday after reading a statement by Representative Long- worth. "If any Republican candidate for congress feels that his position on the Republican ticket would be strength- ened by pledging that he will not sup port me in a Republican caucus I have no objection to his making : the pledge. " CRESCEUS'TIME'SBEATEN ' The Harvester Trots Mile I'i I 2:02 am. Makes Four New World's . Records. Buffalo , N. Y. - Sensational rac ing marked the sei ond day of the Grand Circuit at the Fort Erie track. Several world's = records . were made in the final heat of the 2:07 trot , when The Harvester , driven by Ed Geers covered the mile in 2:02 , cutting a quarter of a second from the world's record , held by Cresceus for nine years. The 2:02 : mile also gives The Harvester a world's record for five- year-old trotters ; a world's third heat record , stallions , mares or geldings ; a world's record for stallions. The . track , horsemen , said , was two min utes slow. Mite Born to a Farmer. Duquoin.-A baby girl , weighing ; one and one-half pounds and less than twelve inches in length , has been born to Mr. andIrs. : : . Charles Wallace who live on a farm east of town. The infant is so small that a match will hide one of her t fingers , while her head is about the f size of a hen's egg. a New Zealander Is Winner. Livingstone , Rhodesia. - The sculling match for the championship of the { ) world between Richard Arnst of New J : Zealand : and Ernest Barry of London t : Thursday was won by Arnst. the fi champion , who won by two lengths. t ttj tj To _ . Sell Railroad. Dallas , Tex. : : Master Commissioner William ; H. Flippen has set September 15 as the date for the sale at public IE auction of the International & Great tc Northern Railroad company and its . T properties. : 4No ' . - - - - = - - - . _ _ _ ; . * : - - - . - ; : - - : ; - . - . _ , ' ' ! . _ . _ - , _ . _ - - . - - n . . , L PRESENT STATUE TO FRANCE : : : : : I BRONZE IMAGE , OF GEORGE WASHINGTON DEDICATED. Virginia's Gift to .French Republic I Is Placed In Napoleon Hall at , - i f Versailles. , I / Versailles , France. - With ap- propriate ceremonies the bronze re- plica of Houdon's celebrated statue of George Washington was dedicated In Napoleon hall of the Chateau , of Versailles in the presence of the French minister of war , General Brun ; the French ambassador to the United States , M. Jusserand , and his. wife , and the American ambassador , . Robert Bacon , and Mrs. Bacon ; the > marquis de Lafayette , the members of the French mission which presented to America the statue of Rochambeau , now at Washington , and former United States Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia. General Biron , who presided , spoke , of the statue as the greatest work of the greatest French sculptor of the eighteenth century. Col. James Mann , , chairman of the Virginia commission , , delivered the speech of presentation. State Senators Don P. Halsey and F- W. King of Virginia also made ad- dresses on behalf of the state of VIr- ginia. Ambassador Jusserand , In the ab- sence of the French minister for for- eign affairs , 1\ ! . Pichon , accepted the statue on behalf of the French govern- ment. He declared that the friendship of General Washington and of the American people constituted one of the glories of. France. It was , there- fore , singularly appropriate that this statue , "the third erected on Frencb soil by our ancient allies , should be placed In the palace consecrated to all our glories. " ROOSEVELT IS TURNED DOWN IS Denied the Honor of Presiding. Over the New York Republican State Convention. New York.-Col. Theodore Roose- relt's name was presented for the of- fice of temporary chairman of the Re- publican state convention at the meet- 'ng ' of the Republican state committee- Tuesday , but his selection for that honor was lost by a vote of 20 to 15. Vice-President Sherman was chosen " - \ unanimously to act as temporary pre- siding officer. V \\r Let by State Chairman Woodruff ' and William Barnes , Jr. , of Albany , the "Old Guard" encompassed the defeat of Colonel Roosevelt , whom several of the state leaders charged with attempt , .ng to dictate the fortunes of the party In tha state. 1 After the meeting had been called : 1 to order and the time and place of the state convention had been decided , William Barnes , Jr. , offered a resolu- tion presenting the name of VIce-Presi- dent Sherman for temporary chairman of the convention. Lloyd Grlscom I noved to substitute the name of Col- 1 onel Roosevelt and moved also that r r ' the vote be postponed. . ' After much debate the motion tc f " ' ' postpone was "defeated by a vote of 12 / to 23. The resolution to make Colonel Roosevelt temporary chairman then was lost by 20 to 15 , following which Vice-President Sherman was unani- mously chosen for temporary presiding- officer. Mr. Griscom and Henry Mack of New York not voting. : The state committee adjourned to meet September 26 at Saratoga. SEEK FOR GALLAGHER'S AID New York Police Have Theory Assail ant of Mayor Gaynor Had an Accomplice. _ _ I New York. - New York police are- engaging themselves Trtth the theory that James J. Gallagher ! , the would-be assassin of Mayor Gaynor ; , had an ac complice. Gallagher denies this. Mayor Gaynor will be taken to the Adlrondadts as soon as his condltioi permits , but whether he will undergo an operation to remove the bullet be ' fore his trip to the mountainhas not + ' f been determined. Secretary Robert Adamson said , , ' Monday the mayor' Now j that the patient is taking more , nourishment and his sleep Is better 1 his attendants feel that he will re- . cruit his strength rapidly. His ap- petite is good. STEAMERS CRASH : 33 PERISB . ' , Thirty-Two Passengers snd Seven Sea. men Drcwn When Vessels Col- lide in Fca. 4 Gibraltar.-Thirty-two of the pass en- ; ers and seven of the crew of the Spanish steamship M 3 ilartos were- ; 5 drowned In the sinking of the ship ol ! Tarifa point at the entrance to . t s the Straits of Gibr 1ta ! " . Tuesday. The Martos was in collision with he German steamer Eba in a dense ' og. She foundered c. few minutes after being struck. Salmon Output Will Be Short. Seattle , Wash.-Unless the late run of salmon In western and central . Alaska exceeds that ot previous years the output of packers this Y season will fall short The pack in nearly all dis . tricts except Cook's Islet ! is far below that of last year. . \ 4 - . Robbed of Gems Worth $4 - , ooo. St. Moritz , , , _ Swi erland.- Mrs. Dan- ' _ - lel Bacon of New York , who Is on a. tour of Switzerland . , was ' robbed her * .Thursday ' of $45,000 worth of Jewelry ro clue to robbers has been obtained ! . ' . I