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0MA11A, SATURDAY MUltXIXU, AUUUKT . ii. l!Hl-SI.Ti'.KX I'AtlES.
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RECORDS BROKEN
AT ELGIN RACES i
All But Five Cart Out of Eighteen
Starten Finish in Three Events
Over Fast Track.
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IOTORS AND TIRES ACT WELL
Crowd of Thirty Thousand Persona
Witnesses the Contests.
FINISH IS CLOSE IN EACH RUN
Two Nationals Finish Nine Seconds
Apart in Cup Race.
MERCERS BEAT FIELD OF ELEVEN
Ibbott-Detrnlt Cars and Ford Hnve
Aurora Con Plant to 'Ikf nuflrfi,
Rannlnw Close llat-e
Thronahout.
ELGIN. 111. Aug. 25 Thirty thousand
spectators were witnesses today when the
automobile road record of the Elgin
couth, established last year wera shat
teted. Eighteen cara started In the three eventa.
any one of them a severe teat of a car,
and all but five finlahed. Of then three
were running grandly when, the winners
having crossed the line, they were called
off the course.
The race were remarkable for the ab
sence of "tire trouble. Not a pneumatic
was changed at the repair pits and the
number shifted nt other parts of the
course was a negligible quantity. The
mottrs were exceedingly well behaved and
the mechanics, ordinarily busy, spent an
Idle day.
prediction of rain failed of fulfilment
and tha weather was Ideal. The crowds
were perfectly handled by militia men and
no unbidden vehicles strayes off the coun
try roads onto the speed route as was the
oaae a year ago.
Thrilling; Finishes the Kale.
The finishes were replete with thrills.
Wo Nationals fought It out for first and
second positions to the last Inch In the
Illinois cup event at 30 miles and finished
nine second apart. Two Velle cars were
the only other entrants In this event
Two Mercer cars In a field of eleven
finished two minute apart In the Kane
county cup run. These contests kept the
spectators on their feet. There were many I
Urtishes for Dosltion' among other cars
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mnA mn a olnHa rare from start to finish.
'Not one of the three winning machines
topped for any reason whatsoever
throughout the day.
Governor Deneen and HTa staff witnessed
the struggles from a box. Mrs. J. B.
Adams of Phoenix, Arlsona, with a party
ef women In her ear arrived overland from
the newly-msds state Just In time to secure
packing space.
The fastest lap, eight miles, 2,484 feet
tnade In 0:07 :5S last year by Al Livingstone
In a National, was lowered today 'by
Donald Herr, also a National driver ,to
i07:lfi, which Is at the rate of about
evenly miles an hour. Hugh Hughes in
a Mercer turned the trick In 0:07:40.
Herr Leads frc.m Start.
Heroustarted tn first place in the Illinois
oup and held It without a quiver through
out. Mera and Jeff kins struggled for second
lace for 100 miles, when Mers secured It
d hegan crawling upon Herr. At the
rate he was going another lap would have
given him the victory. Bttekney ran a
plucky and speedy race, but loBt three laps
at the pit with engine trouble.
Hughes, winner of the Kane county cup.
Started fourth among eleven ars. but It
took him only thirty-three miles to gain
the lead, which he held to the end. Barnes
was in first place for seventeen miles, but
thereafter be had to be content with the
place position. Pearce gradually won third
position from Malsonvllle and held It during
the second half of the contest.
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l ane county oup, 189.4 miles, trophy
-lined at 11.000; In cash and 1800 In
julpment to winner:
lliiirh Hushes (Mercer), won, time 2.37:21.
1V. F. Barnes, Jr. (Mercer), second, time
'wfH. Pearce (Colby),, second, time
t:4:ll.
Winner's average per hour, S3. miles.
Illinois cup,- t03 86 miles, trophy valued at
Sl.OuO; S400 In cash and M0 worth of equip
ment: First, Donald Herr tn National. Time:
' second, Charles Mers in National. Time:
I OS 04.
Third. Rupert Jeffklns In Velle. Flagged
at 17 miles.
Fourth, J. H. Stlckney in Velle. Flagged
at 1 miles. .
(Conttmrad on Second Page.)
The Weather.
FOR NEBRASKA 'Fair.
FOR IOW A Fair.
Trmsmlsr at nana Yesterday.
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R a. m.
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10 a. ni.
11 a. in.
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Comparative Local Record.
ISU. 1910. 1909. IS..
Highest yesterday M so
Lowest yesterday 6s M TZ 62
Mean temperature 8 80 81 W
precipitation 0O .05 .00 .03
Teiiuieralure and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 7
Deficiency for the day j
Total excess since March 1. 7go
Normal precipitation 11 inch
Deficiency for the day 12 Inch
Total precipitation since March 1. 9 Oft Inches
Deficiency since March 1 12.21 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1910. .14 38 Inches
Veflclency for cor. period, UAtt. . 1.67 Inches
Reports from stations at T P. -M .
6tatlon and Stats Temp. High- Rain-
wot?
Mr. Walsbt
of Weather. 7 p. in. eat. fall.
Cheyenne, clear 7 71 .00
Pavenport, clear 74 78 .01
Denver, clear 7 7 .00
Dea Moines, part cloudy.... 78 M .00
Dodge City, clear 72 78 .
Lander, cloudy T to .00
Omaha, clear 7 7t .00
lublo. Cloudy 74 S3 .09
Rapid City, cloudy Tl 7 .00
lt Lake City, clear...... M M .00
'(-.ma Fe, cloudy 04 7 .04
Sheridan, cloudy 70 7S .00
hlous JTXtT. clear 74 7 .08
.Valentine, clear. .( SO SO .00
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
. L A. WCL&H, Looal JTorecMtar.
Judge H, M, Trimble
Elected Commander-in-Chief
Grand Army
Colonel Nicholas Day of New York is
Senior Vice Commander Sherwood
Pension -Bill is Endorsed.
ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Aug. 25.-Judre
Harvey M. Trimble of Illinois was unani
mously elected commander-in-chief of the
Orand Armv of the Republic at noon to
day when Colonel John McKlroy of Wash
ington, his opponent, ended a bitter con
test by withdrawing from the race.
On recommendation of committee on reso
lutions the New York encampment en
dorsed the Sherwood pension bill which
Democratic Leader Underwood has prom
ised congress will pass at the forthcoming
session, hut the endorsement carries the
proviso that the bill be made to conform
as closely as possible to the -Sulloway bill
which was pigeonholed In congress. The
Sherwood bill was favored by Judge
Trimble.
Colonel Nicholas Day of New York City
wa elected senior vice commander.
The Installation of offlcers-and the selec
tion of Iis Angeles for the next encamp
ment will close the encampment.
David Hawksworth
Dies at Plattsmouth
Man Prominent in Business in Cass
Countv for Forty Years Dies
of 011 Age.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) David Hawksworth, who has been
prominent In business and banking circles
n this city for almost forty years, died
this morning at 6 o'clock of aliments ln
sldent to old age. The deceased was born
In Kngland In 1831, being In the 81st year
of his age.
He wan employed as a mechanic by the
MancheHter Southern & Liverpool aRHway
company before coming to America, He
emigrated to this country In 1849, arid
later settled In Burlington, la., where. In
1S69 he entered the employ of the Burling
ton & Missouri River Railway company.
In 182 he enlisted In the United States
navy, and was appointed second assistant
engineer of the United States gunboat
"Indlanola," Berving until captured below
Vli ksburg In 1863.
Mr. Hawksworth was a prisoner of war
for three months when he was released
and served as assistant engineer on the
gunboat "Marmora" until mustered out In
184.
' Returning to his home Mr. Hawksworth
again entered the employ of the Burlington,
and was made general foreman of the
shops at Burlington, la., and came to Ne
braska In 1875, where he was appointed
master mechanic of the lines west of the
Missouri river. He served In this capacity
until 1888, when he was promoted to super
intendent of motive . power for the lines
west In which place he did good service
for the road until 1901 when be retired
from the company 'sservloe.
Mr. Hawksworth has long been a large
stockholder and one of the directors of
the First National bank of this city. In
1908 he was elected on the republican ticket
as county commissioner, ftllmg the office
very creditably for .three years, declining
a second term.
Mr. Hawksworth was married In 1863 at
Burlington to Miss Kate Bchaefer. His
widow and four sons and one daughter
survive. The sons are Frank of Lincoln,
Joe' of Fort Madison, la.; Dave of Detroit,
Mich., and Fred of Plattsmouth. His
daughter Mrs. E. V. Cook of Platts
mouth. The funeral wWl be held Sunday
afternoon.
Jay Burns Honored
by Master Bakers
Omaha Man is Elected Member of
Executive Committee of Na
tional Association.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Aug. 15. George F.
Clarke of Jamestown, N. was elected
president of the National Association of
Master Bakers at the final session of the
annual convention of that body here today.
M. J. Mulgrew of Dubuque, la., vice presi
dent, snd Charles B. Abbott of New York,
treasurer, were re-elected.
Jay Burns of Omaha and William K.
Korn of Davenport. Ia., were elected mem
bers of the executive committee to serve
two years.
B. F. Whltecar of Philadelphia was
chosen serretary.r
Louisville. Ky., was chosen as next year's
meetlug place. v '
Farm in Oklahoma
Mysteriously Sinking
MU8KOGEE, Ok la., Aug.' IS. The strange
behavior of the farm of N. K. Farmer, ad
joining Yahola, fifteen miles west of this
city, has alarmed the people of that Til
lage. Mysterious holes began to appear in
Mr. . Farmer's fields several weeks ago,
some of them sinking to a depth of ten
fuet and covering the fields so thickly as
to unfit them either for cultivation or for
use as a pasture.
Farmer believes the strange fa Hies away
of the land is due to the recent drouth.
The farm Ilea In a bend of tha Arkansas
river. The soil is about twelve feet deep.
Uelow fUat Is sand. Farmer's theory Is
that the low stage of the river sucked
water and sand fiom under the soli, which
sank, giving a Swiss cheese appearance to
his farm. He la attempting to level his
tand by hauling soil from adjoining farms.
GOOD RAIN INJS0UTH DAKOTA
loaatry Betweea Pierre sal .Rapid
tlty la Gives s Good
obJlIbs;,
PIERRE, S. D.. Aug. 34. Reports from all
points between here and Rapid City, Indi
cate soaking rains last night, which will
help along the growth of grass on the
prarles, and further help settle the problem
of securing fodder for stock the coming
winter. At this city the government record
Is about a half inch, but It came so slowly
that there was no collection of water on the
surface, all going into the ground, and
giving the grass another big boost, which
wUl mean plenty of pasturage in the Mis
souri valley for the fall and winter.
How Comos of ChleoeTO.
CHICAOO. Aug. 35. Chicago's population
Is now 3 3M.1M according to announcement
made today by the publishers of the new
city directory. These figures show an in
crease or ts.sui over too federal
uuMie year ago.
UAllHIMAN LINES
IN MtjsTRUGGLE
Vice, President Krnttschnitt Visits
Omaha and Discusses Situation.
'MEN TREATED FAiRLY, SAYS HE
Official Travels Over System to Learn
Sentiment of the Employes.
STRIKE RESTS WITH EMPLOYES
One Big Railroader Declares System
Anticipates a Struggle.
VICE PRESIDENT IS RETICENT
Official of One lioad Ileolnres that
Strike la to Hp Declared and that
llnrrlninn !eiii Is Selected,
for the AttncW.
Kn route, to Shu I ranclsco and tiaveling
In the private car Gaudalupe" of the Fouth
ern Pacific, which was attached to Illi
nois Central train No. 1, Julius Krutt
schnltt. vice president and director of
maintenance and operation of the Harrl
man railway system, arrived in Omaha
Friday morning and an hour and a half
later left for the went, his cur attached to
the Union Pacific fat mull. No. 19. Al
though the hour was early. Mr. Krutt
Bthnltt was met ai the ftntion by A. L.
Mohler, vice president and general manager
of the Union Pacific, and C. K. Fuller, as
sistant general manager and superintend
ent of motive power and machinery of the
same road.
The two local officials of the Union Pa
cific held a conference with Mr. Krutt
schnitt In the latter s t private car for
for nearly an hour, and then with him,
took a short walk up town. To The Uee
Mr. Kruttschnltt said there was little to
say relative to possibility of a strike on
the Harrtman system, adding that at no
time had he refused to confer with the
men employed by th lines of theroad
which he represents.
"So far as we are concerned, we are hav
ing no trouble with our men. We are pay
ing the best wages of any of the roads
of the country, and notwithstanding that
business has been bad, for months we have
been carrying on our payrolls a large
number of people not needed. We have al
ways treated our men with fairness and
at the present time are paying out an
nually between $300,000 and tou,wv 19 super
annuated employes."
Asked If a strike on the Harrtman sys
tem was expected, Mr. Kruttschnltt replied:
It ! t'P Employes.
"That Is something that is up to the
men. We are not seeking, neither are we
bringing on a strike. We have treated
with our men. and they, or a large portion
Of them, are familiar with the conditions
as they exist at the present time."
Asked if the Harrlman system would
recognise the proposed demands of the
..twi lahor organizations, Mr. Krutt
schnltt answered that he had nothing to
ray upon this subject
Oetting down to the matter of retrench
ment and asked if it would .be continued
n . mitn extent, the director of main
tenance and operation of the Harrlman sys
tem answered that he could not say.
"It Is like this," he continued. "If the
business man finds there Is a falling off In
his business, he cuts expenses wherever he
can In order to bring that business up to
the point where it will be profitable. If
the man with a family discovers that his
living expenses are increasing, while his
income Is constantly decreasing, he re
duces his expenses; If he has been eating
a certain kind of meat he procures some
thing cheaper.
Ho Favoritism Shown.
"The railroads are like any other kind
of business In this respect and might be
compared to a family. When it Is discov
ered that the expenses are Increasing, or
are greater than what they formerly were
and business Is falling off, It becomes nec
essary to cut out some of the expenses.
"in reducing forces no favoritism has
been shown. The reduction has been gen
eral. In my own office I have reduced my
force and the same thing has been done lp
the office of Mr. Mohler. We have simply
followed a plan of general retrenchment
and have laid off the people we could best
get along without. I would be glad to have
all of the people taken back and at good
wages, for I like to see people prosperous
and earning good salaries."
' Mr. Kruttschnltt said It was Impossible to
tell when the employes laid off would be
restored to their old positions, but felt
that nothing of the kind could occur until
the business conditions, particularly with
the railroads. Improved,
Mr. Kruttschnltt will make no lengthy
stops between here and the Pacific coast
His car will be hauled by No. 19, the fast
mall, all the way to San Francisco. He
will remain there several days, possibly
two weeks. At this time he does not know
over what route he will return.
strike la CertsJav.
Another railroad man, who refuses to let
his name be published, though he Is not
with the Union Pacific discussing the
strike situation, said:
"A strike Is almost sure to be declared.
The roads of the Harrlman system have
thrown down the gauntlet and on those
roads will the battle be waged. It will
be a fight to the death, for the Harrlman
Interests, baoked by the ether railroad In
terests of the country, will never submit to
a recognition of the federated alliance of
the labor organisations. In the past, rail
roads have been willing to treat with the
Individual unions, but they will never agree
to permitting the federated organisation
dictating the management of their affairs.
"In selecting the Harrtman system as the
system against which the battle la to be
waged, the federation has done so know
ing that It la one of the most powerful ra!U
road alliances In the country. If the fed
eration wins, It wins everything, and if It
loses. It will lose all. The fight will be a
long one.
"This labor war Is not to be one In which
wages will be the paramount Issue. In
fact, it wUl be only a side Issue. The real
Issue Is to be whether or not the federated
union shall be officially recognised by the
railroads of the United States."
KLINE
DIStTssEH
SITUATION
Says Fedorskttoa of t'slsu Wilt law
slat I' post Reeoa-oltloau
CHICAGO, Aug. 35.-J. W. Kline, inter
national president of the Blacksmiths'
union, was busy today communicating with
officers of unions In different parts of the
country arranging for a oonfereoco of Vict
President Julius Kruttschnltt of the Har
rlman lines to be hsld In western city
next week, at which further '"jrU will be
(Tontlniort on Second PagoJ
The
Cm t" s sM'mwMim1 j
From the Washington Herald.
NEW RACE IN THE NORTH
Explorer Stefansson Announces Im
portant Discovery in Victorialand.
SCANDINAVIAN IN APPEARANCE
May Be Descendants of Three Thou
sand People Who Disappeared
from Greenland Three
Centauries Aaro.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2G. A race of neonle
who have never before beheld a white man
or an Indian has been discovered in the
Arotlo regions of British Columbia by
Vllhjmar Stefansson, leader of the Amer
ican museum's scientific expedition, which
left here in April, 1908, according to a letter
reoelved from him In Brooklyn today. .
In his letter, which is dated Mouth of
the Pease river, Oct. 18, 1910, and Is the
first Intelligence received from the party
within a year, Stefansson says:
"We have discovered DeoDle In a reelnn
supposed to be uninhabited and have lived
a few months among people who had
never seen a white man or an Indian
(though they had heard of both) and did
not even know I was not an Eskimo an
little were they informed on what white
men are like. We have discovered Eskimos
(in speech and habits) who are Scandi
navians In appearance.
May Solve Important Question.
"This find la the beainnlnar nt th asilu-
tlon of one of two problems:
"What became of some of Franklin's
men 7
"What became of tha 3.000 Scandinavians
who disappeared from Greenland In the
fifteenth centaryT
"Or, If neither of these Questions is tn
be answered, then we have introduced a
new problem of scientific Interest: Why
do some of the people of Victorialand dif
fer markedly from tha rest of their race?
Why are they so European In type? We
have dlscoyered the nonexistence of a
stream which the maps make tha six nf
the Hudson river when the River La,
Ronciere disappears from the map I shall
feel I have done some bousecleanlng.
We havsj found a certain cape to be an
Island and a certain island to bs a cape;
we know the source of Rao river, of which
tha mouth and lowest ten miles were seen
by Dr. Rae. And a few other odd things
we have done that are in the nature of dis
coveries. But, of course. If we deserve any
credit It will be more for our routine work
than for any discoveries, nrosorlr.
called."
Btwted Throe Yean Aso.
Stefanason left Now York on the nrauni
expedition In AprlL 1908. His nrlnolDal dun
pose was to study the different tribes of
Ksldmos in the northwest and more- espe
cially an unknown tribe living In Victoria
land. The explorer is about S3 years old
graduate of Harvard university. He Is
more man six reet tall, of robust physique
and has devoted many years to anthropo
logical research, particularly among the
Eskimos of the northwest.
Several letters have been received from
him describing his experiences and hard
ships. The letter received today was ad.
dressed to Herbert L. Bridgman, an author
ity on Arctla exploration.
Stefansson was accompanied by Dr. R. M.
Anderson of Harvard. During the long,
rry journey to the land of the midnight
sun the party met with many a hardship,
the explorer writes. Once, when the food
supply ran out and no relief was in sight,
be says, they ate the skins from their fur
clothing. In midwinter In 1909 Dr. Anderson
fell IU wtlh pneumonia and remained so
for a month.
"Had It not been that we had a small
cache of flour, etc., at Camp Parry, we
should not have been able to pull him
through," the explorer writes.
Congressman Latta
Has a Good Night
ROCHESTER, Minn.. Aug. S. 6peclaJ
Telegram.) Congressman J. p, Latta
passed another very good night, hut suf
fered more pain this morning. The condi
tions, however, continue to favor the
patient.
Eternal Democratic Question
Police Hunting for
St. Louis Man Who
is on Honeymoon
C. L. Brown, Until Recently Auditor
for Dressed Beef Company, is
Charged with Embezzlment.
ST. LOTJIS, Aug. 25. While he is on his
honeymoon, Charles L. Brown, until re
cently general auditor of the St. Louis
Dressed Beef and Provisions company. Is
being sought by the police, following the
Issuance of a warrant for his arrest on
the charge that he obtained 11,07 from his
employers by false pretenses.
It Is alleged that Brown gave his per
sonal checks to the company on the repre
sentation that he had money deposited In
a bank. The checks were returned marked,
"No funds."
Hs Is alleged to have obtained the money
on worthless checks August 16 and to have
resigned his position later the same day.
Brown and a Miss Grace Ureenway were
married August Hi.
After vainly trying to find Brown offi
cials of the company applied for warrant.
Strong Evidence
Against William Lee
Suit of Blood-Stained Underclothes
Partly Burned Found in House
Identified as Hit.
BOONV1LLE, Ind., Aug. 25.-Blood-streaked
and partly burned underclothes of
a man, positively Identified before Coroner
Farley's Inquest today as belonging to
William Lee, were found In a search of
the bedding of the Lee home this morning
and furnish what the authorities believe U
a strong link in the evidence connecting
Lee with the murder and partial burning
of his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Lee, and his younger brother, Clar
ence Lee, yesterday. v
There is strong feeling against Lee today.
He shows no signs of breaking down, how
ever. Miss Mina Taylor, to whom Lea was to
have been married last night, declares her
desire to see him punished if he la guilty.
ST. LOUIS MARKET PUTS
BAN ON MIXED EGGS
gtate Food Commissioner Roles that
"Csnrrnt Receipts" Bysieam of
Sales U Illegal.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26. The Bt. Louis But
ter, Egg and Poultry exchange has been
notified of a forthcoming order by Dr.. W.
P. Cutler, state food and drug commis
sioner, which will put a ban on the "cur
rent receipts" or "shippers' count" system
of buying eggs in the wholesale market. Dr.
Cutler has ruled that the practice of buy
ing good and bad eggs mixed in consign
ments from the country and then weeding
out the bad eggs by the candling process
Is In violation of the 'Missouri food law.
This ruling is made possible under the
general terms of the 1907 statute, which
forbids the sals, offering for sale or hav
ing in possession with Intent to sell any
stale or tainted egg unfit for food. The
penalty Is fine and imprisonment.
Althought the new order Is of a revolu
tionary nature In the egg trade, members
of the Butter, Egg and Poultry exchange
regard it favorably and believe it can be
made effective.
BROOKS' COMET WILL SOON
BE VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE
GENEVA, N. T., Aug. 24. The new eomet
recently discovered by Dr. W. R. Brooks,
director of obsetvatofy and professor of
astronomy, Hobart college, and named by
him the Brooks comet, has become so
bright as to be seen with opera glasses
or small telescope, and will soon bs visible
to the naked eye. The comet is now In
constellation cygnus, about t degrees north
of Alpha, the top star In northern cross,
dlrocly overhead In the early evonlng.
Motion la northwest '
ATWOOD FINISHES'HIS FLIGHT
Aviator Lands on Governor's Island
This Afternoon at 2:38.
MAKES QUICK TRIP FROM NYACK
He Covers Thirty Miles Across City
from Thursday's Landing Plaeo
In Forty-Five Mtnntes
Had Been In Pocket.
N Bn.I.F.TIX.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. At wood landed at
Governor's Island st 2.31.
BULLETIN.
NEW TORK, Aug. 26. Horry N. Atwood,
the American aviator, ended his long rec
ord breaking aeroplane flight from St.
Louis when he landed at Oovernor's Island
at 2:38 o'clock this afternoon. Atwood flew
to town from Nyack, a distance of thirty
miles, In forty-five minutes.
NYACK. N. Y., Aug. 25. Harry N. At
wood, holding the world's record for Jong
distance aeroplane flying, planned this
morning to wait here until 3 o'clock before
concluding his flight from St. Louis to
New York. A steady southeast breese
made conditions Ideal for Atwood to taks
wing out of the meadow, where he was
forced to land yesterday on account of
engine trouble when within twenty-five
miles of New York City. The engine was
repaired during the night and nothing re
mains for Atwood b'ut to fly down the river
and land at Sheepshead Bay race track.
Atwood said this morning that he would
not fly to Boston.
The little wind there was early this
morning came from the southwest and was
favorable to the aviator's purpose. Behind
his machine the mountain rose like a
wall, cutting off all hope of escape in that
direction. Toward the river were trees
over which be had to fly before he could
reach the open air spaces. A head wind
Increased his chances of making a sharp
rise that would carry him over the trees
and out of danger. Once beyond the tree
barrier, there were open fields a short dis
tance down the river, where he oould land
and wait for a favorable opportunity to
start the last jump of his long Journey
later In the day.
SltaTht Roln Falling;.
When Atwood returned to the
hotel for breakfast, after inspecting the
biplane, he said that the damaged engine
had been repaired and that the weather
and the physical difficulties surrounding
bis landing place were now the only fac
tors in the situation.
The aviator did not spend a long time at
breakfast, for he found the wind to his
liking and feared that any minute It
might veer to an 'unfavorable quarter.
When a slight rain began to fall he said
this would not keep him from attempting
a flight if other conditions were favorable.
The field where the record-breaking aero
plane rested was a center of attraction all
night. A crowd watched the machinists,
who passed back and forth through the
gloom carrying lanteras and tinkering with
the broken machinery. It was nearly dawn
when they pronounced everything In ship
shape form and when Atwood visited the
place before breakfast ha endorsed their
report. Atwood was delighted when he
observed that the wind was true and
steady.
"If the wind holds in this direction, I
can fly out of the trap here quite easily,"
said Atwood, "and it won't be necessary
to start for New York until 8 o'clock this
afternoon. If, however, I find that the
wind Is starting to veer to the westward,
I shall fly from here In a hurry."
REAL VACATION FOR TAFT
President Refaseo to Rorelve Callers
for Two Weeks Bra-laalaar
Monday.
BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 25. The presi
dent decided today to deny himself to an
callers for two weeks, beginning Monday.
Hs will "keep close to the Myopia' golf
course and his automobile. Tomorrow he
will speak to tha Essex County Republican
club at Hamilton, Mass. The president
1 saves for the west oa September It. The
president win celebrate his fifty-fourth
Wrrhday oa September O.
TWENT1-F1VE DIE
IN TRAIN WRECK
Lehigh Valley Passenger Train Carry
ing Returning Army Veterans
Goes Into Ditch.
DEFECTIVE RAILS THE CAUSE
Two Cars Roll Down Embankment
Sixty Feet in Height
WERE MAKING UP LOST TIME
Two Engines Pulling Coaches in
Effort to Make Speed.
SIXTY PERSONS ARE INJURED
toneosslon Throws K rry Passensrer
from Seat nnd scores Receive
Injurlea Itoillea 'rnrly
All Recovered.
MANCI1KSTKH. N. Y.. Aug. 2S Twenty
five persons were killed and about sixty
hurt when pascngrr train No. 4, on the
IjehlRh Valley railroad Jumped the track
here this afternoon.
The cars rolled down an embankment
sixty feet In height and It was in these cars
that the groatext mortality occurred.
The wreck as due to defectlvyills. The
engines and two forward coaci.. pased
over the had spot, which was about 100 feet
east of the station, without accident, but
when the diner struok the defective rails
they spread and the last two conches were
hrown from the track and rolled down the
embankment.
Several persons In the dining car were
killed, but the largest number of deml were
In the. ItiKt two coaches.
Following Im a partial list of the dead.
HARRY HAl'KKU, brskeman. aged .10
years, Waverly, N. Y., died on the relief
trHln.
KDOAR PA NOB CRN, Ellis island, N. Y.
CHARLES H1CK8. Newark. N. J.
MRS. 11. Zl'liKK, Philadelphia.
MHS. C. C. JOHNSTON. Philadelphia.
OKORH13 S. G UNCLE, Hmlthville, N. J.
F. POWER, no address.
THOMAS M I'HH . Y , fireman
COLONEL I. M. Belch, Los Angeles, died
In St. Mary's hospital, Rochester.
Veterans on Train.
A number of veterans returning from the
Grand Army encampment at Rochester
were on the train.
At 2:45 o'clock twenty-two bodies had
been taken from the wreck. Mangled
builles were In plain sight, pinioned under
the debris. Most of the victims are old
men and women.
The train was forty 'minutes late and
was running fast, hauled by two powerful
eriKlnes, In an effort to make up lost
time. It does not stop in Manchester.
The third and fourth cars plunged over
the side of the bridge to the outlet below.
The third car ntruck flat on Its side In the
water, while the fourth landed on Its front
end. The remaining five wars left ths
rolls, but did not go off the bridge. The
oonounsion threw every passenger from the
seats and soores received slight Injuries.
The cara In the creek were crowded and
It was In these the casualties ooourred.
The train was In charge of Conduotor J.
B. Hillock: of Geneva, N. Y., and Engineer
Fred Callen 6f Buffalo.
FRANKLIN HAS FIGHT
OVER COUNTY SEAT
Approavch of KIeitlon Bring; aetlon
to Front, Mince Tfew Court
Hooee Is rTedd,
H1LXJRETH, Nab., Aug. 2o.-( Special Tel
egrara.) Again the county seat fight Is to
the fore. The county-seat committee Is
mailing literature to all voters, setting
forth the advantages of Franklin and the
drawbacks of Bloomlngton, and the com
mittee emphasizes the fact that last fall
Bloomlngton asked for an appropriation
of 100,000 for that purpose. They explain
that Franklin will not ask for a stated
amount of money, should the county seat
be located there, but will ask delegates 1
from each township to meet and decide
as to the amount a new court house should
cost.
Franklin was formerly the county seat,
and great bitterness resulted when It was
removed to Bloomlngton. Each year this
feeling comes to the surface at election
time, Increasing with each revival. The
law bearing- on the case is being scattered,
lb circulars, all over the county.
CLAY COUNTY NEWS NOTES
Teachers' Institute Closes Session
After Attendance that Will Prove
Record Breektr,
CLAY CKNTKR, Nob.. Aug. 2B- fe
clal.) Miss Haael Burllngune of this city
won the medal In tha Clay county Woman's
Christian Temperance union gold medal
contest held at the Methodist Episcopal
church here last night.
J. B. Caheen, editor of the Ong Weekly
Vudtor, was) adjudged Insane by tha board
of Insanity today, and ordered committed
to the hospital at Hasting.
Tha Clay county teachers' tnatrruta olosod
a week's seeslon today. About US tnaohorsj
have been tn attendanoa this week aad
much Interest manlfaHted. Mlaa Sdlth A.
Lathrop. county superintendent; Mlso
Eleanor Lally of Lincoln, Superintendent
R. V. Clark of Harvard, and Prof. J. W.
Seamon of Manhattan. Kan., bavo been
the Instructors. Superintendent J. W. Cran
treo. Dr. Cutter of Lincoln, and Mrs. Anna,
Morey of Hastings have delivered special
lectures.
Round trip tickets
to Lake Manawa
Boxes of O'Brien's Candy.
Base Ball Tickets.
Quart Bricks of Dalzell'i
ice Cream.
Ail are given away Ires to thoae
who find tulr name la Lbs want
ad.
Read the want adg srvoxy day,
our nam will appear aoiuetimo,
maybe mors than one.
No puzzles to, nolvo nor gab.
acrtptiona to get Juat read tha
want ada.
Turn to tha want ad page
there 70 a will find nearly a vary
business houaa la tha city ropra-aocted.
