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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS
20 Pages
ONE SECTION.
VOL 1. NO. 46
Arch Hoxsey, Premier
Aviator, Diopped To
Death In Aeioplane
CHARLOTrfc, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1911
PRICE 5 CENTS
Bolder of Works Altitude Re-
cord And Star oj American
Air Pilots Mceti^ Iragic
Death in Los Angeles—Fell
225 Feet.
Vas Descenoing to Field After
Sensational Flight When Ac
cident Occurred—The Hor-
row Strick n Croud Wept
Ovtr Eis Diu.X
Doc. r’l.—Arch
^ ' r 'f tVf* worM's alti-
i ' ’• t’\ and star of
'■ ' "f Anicrlra. piuncod
’ T-’iold ar 2
'! -■ f’-otn a height
' r ins-tantiv kill-
u ris \vi iiossod by 10.-
!••' )wl :\i-'5embled to
I '!• of the accident.
Hi '^rnnh. wliicli
- elevations
225 feet in
f: rr fatal an.crle
i'. she'd vertiral-
> ;?'\. rd. tlt'xx'v l;ad been
■ . an :vT 'ti' 'i T.OO;) feet.
Becinn Graceful Descent.
- was beiintifuliV ac-
.'1.1 d ii wmild have been
f.'i' an c;-
undt'r.-.Tand that wnnt he
' .n- wan not the ea.=icsL thing
* v-'rld.
y>'u;;£: irjan h.a I such a nias-
’■ 1 ;!ir crafi ihat. under his
tl'.o r:!n>T difncult act.s of
d iiis fellow r.ir
ai d lii n on the course v.ho
-•'>i'd t!:'* a.rial conditions.
I h’ni anxlii'i.-!A stiff north
as bIovi!’g and the air was
" '.'h what a Tonants call
'  \artly how the accident bc-
.. ", just bow he hapi)i?nei
•■'i.’i')l oi’ i)io machiu', if
- h'' . anse. no ore who saw
a' ;■'e t. *“xiila:n. be^'an.t-
 vo n I'/ kl.. P'
•Tc> " '> ' I I vati^n I le li:!'.l
■ .lir oni hour and elpb.t
, ’ 1 b.’it-re f''.e c.i-
cli-in;4 oafl of tlie
■ V'Ty su'.nnii cf his day’s
' •! '.nn^. spenTOfl to poise
. : • abov ?:roiind—perhaps
• • • . : ♦h'^ urld. At tiiis p«)int
a elidt and came at a
i j)t rhaps 30 dc-
a e winch, if projecten,
• il{»n him nliout tb.e
: . b.,c . fteld. When he
t1”!i;l. abdut .“00 feet
■ • • 1 r’lf j'.idst's’ stand, the
'■ -I f n' v^as chane^d to a
: ■. h ( v» n yet he had not
• dnnger point so far as
■ ■ :1(I detei't.
Gets Up From Grandstand.
V ;i ry weni un from the
' a! 1 thousands bank-
n-'i-. They seemed to
’ d vagiu'ly in that instant
ir«-dy r“ the air was about
'''f»d. for the airship tip-
I’o s’ :ep slidiiia; anplc
; downward. The
hi af this angle con-
'it an instant, for the
n’a''hine. looking like
V. oundofi l)ird, tipped un-
vq thaf it would turn a
'r,.'-‘r'’ari;r in the air, then
: ;e to a straight vertical
a.'id ‘•hot down with the
f aa arrow.
r.'v Push to Scene.
"n?T up from the ntnliitudc
■ 'i'f. -- 'i'. that was a moan,
II V.: except for the
'i !; !' :;f m**n acro.ss the
' 1' til. wrecked machine
• 'i :l.'- bulging ground and
Tiicre w.a.s hope in
heavy machinery amidst which he
sai They lifted the machine from
his body, placed him in the am-
l)ulanc(‘ and rushed him to the emer
gency hospital. Rut there was then
no need for medical or surgical ser
vice and no doubt would have been
n((iie a(, the monient he landed, for
There is no question in th.i minds
(■1 these who first arrived that Hox-
soy s lif.? v.as extmct ai the moment
ho struck the ground.
The machine was absolutely
wrecked, the plane and rods of the
machine all being in an unrecogniz-
nble tangle.
Cali Off Flights.
Fifteen minutos after the tragedy
the committee caused the announce
ment to be made that there would
bf* no more flying for the afternoon
but that it would be resumed to
morrow. There was no ’need for mak
ing the announcement, as there was
not an aviator on the ground who
would have gone up after the unfor
tunate end of their brother of the
skies.
Walter Brookins in Tears.
Walter Brookins, who taught Hox
sey how to fly, could not control his
emotions, and tears stood in the
eyes of the other men who have
vied with him for the honors of this
meet.
The generally accepted theory ac
counting for the accident is that
Hoxsey *vas fighting for control of
his machine in th" ireacherous wind
and thitt if he had turned to the
right and gone north against it he
wo.lid ha\c -succeeded in landing,
though he would have gone consider
ably out of the iield to do so. Tn-
suad of doing this, however, he
turned to the left with the v.ind, not
reckoning its str-^ngth. perhaps, and
was thus overturned. A few ad
vanced the suggestion that one cf
the warping wires might have be
come oroken but it would be im
possible to substantiate such a the
ory, as the machine is so badly
wrecked.
Hcxsey’a Record.
Arch Hoxsey has been flying only
since last July. In his brief career
he had become one of the greatest
air pilots in the world. Last Monday
he won The world’s altitude record
with a flight of 11,474 feet. Yester
day he af . surpassed any record
for tltitufi I 01 made by any other
man by n i.t of 10 075 feet.
y.Li j , iit- perhaps accom
plished V a lest feat ever knciwn
in avia 'V Hying from Dominguez
T'i. !d and around Mount Wil
son. the peak, 4,000 feet
abovi^ ii a; ' returned to the field
with"': a'; intermediate descent,
I'  liox.sey’s ambition, accord-
In “ friends, to achieve fame
as I. pilot and then establish
himself in business. He had rcoenily
rene%\ed his contract with the
Vv'right Brothers and was to have
fllown under their colors for another
year.
❖ WOMAN SCALPED IN MILL,
Newberry, S. C.. Dec. 31.—
♦ Mrs. Bessie Hasell, aged 23, and ^
♦ twice married, was completely ❖
♦ scalped in a Newberry cotton ♦
♦ mill today when her hair caught ♦
•O in a speeder,s^vhile she was re- ^
♦ moving accumulations from un-
♦ der a machine in the card room. ^
^ Physicians sav she may recover.
She has three small children.
lie mm. ifn
ARCH HOXSEY
Arch Hoxsey, the interpid American
aviator, belonging to the Wright team,
who recently recaptured the world’s
altitude record. During an exhibition
at Los Angeles, Hoxsey soared to the
height of 11,474 feet breaking the re
cord made by the Frenchman, Le-
gagneaux, who recently attained a
height of 10,499.
Seaman Drowned.
Savannah. Ga.. Dec. 31.—Thomas
Hanlon, a seaman employed on the
Etcam pilot boat J. H. Estill, stationed
at the mouth of the Savannah river
was drowned and Captain W. H. Fleet-
v.ood, one of the oldest and best-known
pilots of the Savannah bar and anoth
er seaman had narrow escapes from
death by drowning or freezing in the
cold waters of the Atlantic this morn
ing. With a cold wave on and the
waves running high off Savannah the
pilot left the Estill to board the steam
ship Parthenia. The small boat cap
sized, throwing the three men into the
sea. Hanlon was drowned, being forc
ed to relinquish his hold on the over
turned boat through the cold and the
heavy sea that was running. The oth
ers were rescued with the greatest dif
ficulty by the Estill. Hanlon’s home
was in Boston.
Nothing to Talk
Of War With Japan
W'ashington, Dec. 31.—“Japan does
not want the Philippine Islands, either
as a dependency or as an addition to
the empire in any other way. The
United States and Japan were never
more friendly, and all talk of war is
caused by sinister influences in Ma
nila.”
Baron Uchida, Japanese ambessador
to the United States, made this pub
lic statement today. It is the second
time within a week that the official
representative of Japan has broken
through his diplomatice reserve to
give reassurance of the confinued
friendship of Japan far the United
Pt^tes.
Th-^ bar-.‘;n desi'f-d thn* '’’s
nieni be made emphatic, fk- is dis
turbed over the discoveries of the ac
tivities of his countrymen in the Phil
ippine Islands. Regarding these—the
secreting of firearms and explosives
and the maointenance of wireless tele
graph outfit—the baron makes no spe
cific denial.
“I do not believe these reports.” said
f Baron Uchida. “It must be remem-
r bered that jn ivate manufacturers of
battleships do not lose v.-hen they
are given additional orders for war
ships. And manufacturers of the mu
nitions and ordinances of war do not
lose when nations arm themselves.
Further than this I cannot go in any
public statement. But what inferences
are to he drawn from my words are
obvious.”
Rther significantly, the Japanese
ambassador held open before him as
he spoke a large volume entitled ‘'The
Pacific Coast.’’ Said he in conclusion:
“Japan is busy with its domestic
problems and with other serious prob
lems in the vicinity of the empire. I
would know if my country Vv’as mobil
izing trooi)s on the island of Formosa.
I know this to be untrue. There are
only enough troops there to keep the
natives in check.’’
Paris, Dec. 31.—Details of the hap
penings at the Necessidades palace
on the night of the revolution, October
1, and the escape of King Manuel,
were told today for the first time by
Marquis Lavrado, who v.-as secretary
to the dethroned monarch.
The marquis states that the King
was playing bridge when the signal
gun of the revolution was fired at 2
o’clock in the morning. He had been
warned of the plot, but did not con
sider the situation serious. At the
sound of the gun the palace became
a scene of tumult. Every servant de
parted, leaving the King with one loy
al regiment. He was advised to depart
immediately by. Premier Texeira de
Sousa, but donned a military uniform
instead and declared he would take
his place as commander of the army
at the head of the loyal troops. Wben
a second message arrived, telling him
of the impending bombardment of the
palace, the King changed his attire for
civilian clothes and with a few com
panions walked through the excited
crowds in the streets unmolested.
CAPT. CODY WINS
MICHELIN CUP.
Aldershot. England, Dec. 31.—The
British Michelin cup, awarded annual
ly for duration and distance flying,
was won today for 1910 by Captain
Frank Cody, head of the ballooning de
partment cf the British war office. He
flew 190 miles in four hours and fifty
minutes.
T. S])otwith wi '-3 I be Baron de For
est prize of $2^ 000 for the ’ongest
flight across thp F,7a;.>-]ish channel in
101C by an I]n',li'=! /.n, flight of
17 ! r .iles in three ar on • half hours
on December 18 standing unbeaten.
Hp also competed with credit in the
Michelin contest. ,
The Michelin trophy consists of a
cup valued at $2,500 and the same
amount in ca.sh.
Captain Cody is American born but
became a British subject when he
entei’ed the British aerial corps.
Midshipmen Resign.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Three mid
shipmen at the naval academy re
cently graduated, have resigned
from the na,val service to engage in
civil pursuits. They are Midship
man Henry H. Fox, of St. Louis;
Midshipman William N. Barratt, Jr.,
and Midshipman J. E. Sloan, of
South Carolina.
Decreases Capital.
Trenton. N. J., Dec. 31.—The $40,-
000.000 International Rubber Company
decreased its capital $500,000 by a
certificate filed with the secretary of
state today. The decrease was affected
^ _ ^ by the rkirement of five thousand
'' that tne daring pilot of shares of preferred stock. U. S. Sen-
h found uninjured, *ator Nelson W. Aldrich, of Rhode Is-
■ . ^'U.-)1y hurt, but those wh.o land, and Paul Morton, former secre-
.iw that he had gone tary of the navy were among those
. ' v(,vaf,''. The head and who signed the consent to the decrease
>v« ro cru.^hed in from the in stock.
oisant Painted Glowing
Pictuie Of 1 he Futwe
Of Aerial Navigation
■ ' •? Dec. 31.—The following
• vu \v with John B. Moisant,
• r who was killed at New
hows his remarkably vivid
'in.
■Moisant is as daring in
lie is in llii-’ht. I talked with
• I • and went away with a
of the suidime and of im-
' angea profusely important
i'uis,
> ' ? lid in retrard to the rev-
cf'cct of triumphant aerial
'n the world’s traffic and
.''al »omity was a vivid and
ophf»cy of things he believes
.'dii'tfly in store.
predicts that within five
me r (|f'ration of the powers,
. '>n them through enlighten-
' 'fst, will be brought to pass
'  f carrying air craft. The
"it > winged merchant ships
'■irifr walls l)elow. They will
' omplrte readjustment In the
codes of the nations. They wMl, be
prophesies, virtually efface political
boundaries.
Johnstone went two miles Into the
upper abyss. His craft soon passed be
yond vision. Thus the aerial fleets,
already sailing a sea that has no
shore, can pass on paths not visible
to the watchful nations below.
In this Moisant sees an irresistible
lure to contraband commerce, as he
phrases it. The skies will be full of
Imugglers, if indeed they are not al
ready plying their lucrative trade
across some of the European fron-
The monoplanes, biplanes and tri
planes even of present construct on
are strong enough and their lifting
power is sufficient for consignments
of diamonds and silks
modifies having little
value, and which now pay big tribute
at the customs harriers.
Continued on Page Nino.
TILKS
or DISASTER
lOAVIIIIOeS
New York, Dec. 31.—“The deaths
of Moisant and Hoxsey on the same
day within a few hours is horrible,”
said Allan A. Ryan, president of the
Aero Club of America. “I feel the
human side of it with special keen
ness because I was associated -vC-ith
both at Belmont Park. I admired
little Johnny Moisant tremendous
ly. His daring was only equaled by
his good nature. When no one seem
ed able to get a showing for Amer
ica in the international speed race
Moisant went in and took second
place. I’ll never forget that and the
end of the flight he made around
the Statue of Liberty. They are mem
ories that will stay with me to my
dying' day.
‘‘Hoxsey’s death comes home to me
with horror because I made my first
and only flight with him. The ease
with which he manipulated his ma
chine kindled a desire in my heart
to fly. I had a great admiration for
his skill. His invariable desire to be
obliging was wonderful. They called
him the dude of aviators but he was
also the prince among aviators.
CONVICTED KIDNAPPER
Stanislasso Pettanza, another of the
gang of Brooklyn kidnappers who was
convicted recently after a deliberation
of cix minutes by the jury. Pettanza
was a member, according to the New
York police, of one of the largest
bands of kidnappers in the country.
The crime for which he was convicted
was complicity in the kidnapping of
Joseph Longo and Michael Rizzo, two
little Brooklyn boys, who were lured
to the den of the kidnappers and held
for ransom. A long search by the
detectives culminated in their rescue
from a tenement in Brooklyn’s Italian
quarter, and, for the first time in the
annals of the New York police, the
capture of the entire gang red
handed.
“King” of Gypsies Is
Released On $3,000
Bond Until the Trial
iOiSiT
IS KILLE0 Bf PiLL
President Gets
Quick Response
Washington, Dec. 31.—President
Taft today received a mervellously
quick response to his New Year’s
greeting v.hicla was sent out last night
to the soldiers. sailor.=? and marines
wherever the United States flag is
afloat.
This morning the following was re
ceived from Admiral Shroeder in com
mand of the Atlantic battleship fleet:
“The Atlantic fleet thanks the presi
dent for liis New Year’s greetings and
wishes him pnd you a liappy new
year.” The reply was addressed to the
secretary of the navy for the presi-
n-ent.
The prc.^idenft? mp>^-.‘='age was cabled
to the American ambassador at Paris
and the nav;-l attache there picked up
by wireless the Atlantic fleet “Off
Ouessant.” It was quick work and
v.'as the first to be received although
the most diflicult to obtain. Messages
were received tonight from Manila,
Porto Rico, Alaska, Panama, Hawaii
and all onlying possessions.
The cables which were sent out by
the president were signed by the sec
retary of war and the secretary of the
navy.
The form of the greetings were as
follows: “The President sends New
Year greetings and cordial apprecia
tion of service to the officers and men
of your command. Transmit the above
promptly to all your command for
publication prior to noon January 1,
1911.”
The gunboat Annapolis promises to
be the' only ship or station in the en
tire service that may not receive the
greetings on time. The Annapolis is
the station ship at Samoa, the nearest
cable station to which is at Suva, 1.500
miles away. Irregular mail steamers
are dependent upon for communica-,
tions between Suva and the AnnapO'
lis.
Naval Officers Watch
PresiatnVs Action
Washington, Dec. 31.—Navy officers
are anxiously awaiting the action of
the president in the case of Camman-
der Sims and the last of three guafds-
men of the navy. The three are Com
mander Key, Commander Hiii and
Commander Sims. Commander Key
made an attack on the navy at the
celebrated Newport conference two
years ago, former President Roosevelt
iDeing invited to the conference.
Commander Hill also attacked the
navy before congressional committees
as did Commander Sims.
Commander Key was at first detail
ed to the position of chief of staff of
the North Atlantic fleet. He is now
commander of the discarded battleship
Texas, which turns turtle *in all rivers
that are not narrow enough to keep it
on an even keel.
Commander Hill was reprimended
lately for keeping a dirty rhip.
Commander S’ms is on the rack now
for making an undiplomatic speech at
the Guild Hall banquet in London.
♦ “No aeroplane can kill me,” ^
♦ was Moisant’s firm conviction.
♦ “Rats. You can’t get kill- ♦
♦ ed in an aeroplane,” said John
♦ B. Moisant, a few seconds af- ♦
♦ ter his monoplane had been
♦ demolished by a fall of 300 ♦
feet at Belmont Park last ♦
♦ October. He was flying fifty
O miles an hour and the ma-
♦ chine crashed to earth with
such frightful force that it was ❖
♦ smashed to splinters. Even the O
motor was wrecked.
♦ “I say j’ou can't get hurt,” ♦
♦ he repeated energetically. ♦
♦ “When you fall in an aero- ♦
♦ plane the machine may be ^
♦ smashed, but the operator ♦
♦ never. If you are careful you ^
♦ can always escape without a
♦ scratch.
♦ “The men who are hurt have ❖
♦ themselves to blame. It is ♦
^ their own carelessness. I ♦
^ hate to have them blame it on ♦
♦ the machine. ^
♦ “Automobiles, street cars and ^
♦ railway trains can kill you, ♦
♦ but an aeroplane can’t. ♦
O “I would a thousand times ♦
♦ rather trust my life to an
aeroplane than to any other ^ |
^ speedy vehicle on earth. I ♦ i
♦ know it can’t kill me.” ♦ i
I
New Orleans, Dec. 31.—John B. j
Moisant, the most daring of American
aviator, and the man who won the
Statue of Liberty flight in New York
last October, fell from his monoplane
100 feet above the ground at Harahan,
near this city, today. He landed on
his head, and was alive but uncon-
sious when picked up. He was placed
in an a'ttomobile and rushed to a spe
cial tra n bound for New Orleans, but
died o: the way. He is the thirty-
nin'H riviat'ir killed in 1910.
Moisant, during his stay here, had
been preparing for a flight for the
Michelin $4,000 prize for the longest
sustained flight in 1910. He post
poned his efforts until the last day of
the year. He read in the papers this |
morning that Maurice Tabuteaiix had
made a new record—362.6iJ miies in
one flight—and that Farman ’vas to
tr.y to beat that today. He also read
that Hoxsey was going after the re
cord at Los Angeles. ;
“I’ll beat them all,” he said, confi-
dentlj" this morning. i
The rules of the tlig’ L for the Mich- i
elin prize provide that it shall be made
in a circle over a measured course. ,
Moisant had picked out a section at i
Harahan, twelve miles from here. The
winds there are variable but it was
the best locality, he eblieved. j
He rose from the aviation grounds ;
at 9 o’clock and landed safely at Har- |
ahan a few minutes later. He was i
using the 50-horsepower Bleriot mono- I
plane, the same with which he won ,
the Statue of Liberty flight. Attach
ed to the machine was thirty-five gal
lon tank of gasoline in addition to ;
the regular reservoir. |
After Moisant, his brother and his '
mechanician had gone over every part,
of the craft with the utmost care, test- I
ing every bolt and stay, he strapped I
himself into the little cock pit betv;een
the planes and .gave the word to start
the engine. The start was perfect.
The monoplane soared up and up and
the small crowd v.-hich had gone out
to see the flight cheered loudly.
After a few preliminary tricks, Moi
sant settled down for what everyone
expected would be a monotonous cii'-
cling of the course. He planned, if
he should break the record, to have
that fact sis:nalied from the ground
and then to finish his flight at the
aviation field in New Orleans.
Continued on Page Nine.
Hostility Between The Mitchell
And the John Clans Becomes
Even More Pronounced—
Trials Set jor Court Which
Opens Jan, 16th.
Seriousness of Charge Against
the King Not Understood By
Gypsies—Think Woman is
Property OJ **King** -Squab
ble Over Authority.
Special to The News.
Wadesboro, N. C., Dec. 31.—Interest
in the gypsy troubles were reviewed
this morning when th.e party which
went to Carthage yesterday to attend
the hearing for a writ of habeas cor
pus returned.
Including the attorneys, the party
numbered 48.
The hearing of the application for
a writ was held yesterday before
.ludge W. J. Adams, at Carthage, and
was concluded at midnight. The at
torneys secured a special train from
Carthage to Aberdeen and came on
here over the Seaboard Air Line. Af
ter hearing all of the testimony Judge
Adams ordered Emil Mitchell, the
“King” of the gypsies, admitted to
bail in the sum of $3,000.
The other 12 defendants are only
charged with assault and their bonds
were placed at $200 each.
In the original hearing before the
magistrate “King” Mitchell was held
without bond on the charge of commit
ting criminal assault. The bonds in
the other cases were set at $300.
Judge Adams taxed the cost of the
proceedings against Mitchell.
Mitchell clainisr to be worth $100,-
000. The feeling between the two
rival clans, the Mitchells and the
Johns, is not abated, but seems to be
even keen
One of the leaders said today that
they would figiit to the end and the
real question at issue is the question
of the authority of the “Kin.g,” Emil
Mitchell, and the members of the
Johns c^n are determined to crush
hio rule 1a pos-sible.
In the meantime the clans are camp
ed, one near Lilesville, and the other
here in Wadesboro.
Both seem to be well provided with
money and are buying all needed sup
plies, as well as employing attorneys.
The seriousness of the charge against
the “King” is beyond the understand
ing of his- followers.
One of them said today that “every
thing belon.ged to the “King,’’ man,
woman and horse.”
It seems iiicrediable to them that
any one should not appreciate the king
ly power.
The cases are set for the coming
term of the superior court, to meet
January 16th, and the interest in the
cases over&hadows all else.
Tonight “King” Mitchell gave bond
with R. T. Bennett, jr., and T. F. Jones,
as sureties in the sum of $3,000. Mes
srs. Jones and Bennett are leading
merchants here.
FOUND STILL UNDER
POSTMASTER'S HOME
Winston-Salem, N. C., Jan. 31.-^
From parties who came in on the
morning train froniNorth Wilkesboro
it was learned that revenue officers
made a raid a few miles from Elkin
F'riday afternoon and destroyed a
large illicit distillin;; plant. It was
found under the home of a postmas
ter. No arrests were made, but the
plant was destroyed.
The ofTicers made tlie statement to
The Sontinel’s informant that it was
one of the most complete jdants they
had ever seen and that this was the
first time they had ever found one
under a man's house.
A Change at Fort Moultrie.
Washintgon, Dec. 31.—Col. Freder
ick Marsh has been ordered from
Fort Moultrie, S. C., to Fort Tot
ten, N. Y., to assume command of
that post and of the eastern artillery
district of New York; relieving Major
Frederick E. Harris, who is ordered
to Fort McKinley, Maine, to assume
command at that post. Major John
D. Barrette is ordered to assume
command at Fort Moultrie, S. C.,
as commander of the artillery dis
trict ot Charleston.
PROFESSOR Haoi- ZTTRLICH.
Professor Paul Ehrlich, of the fa-
mouse institute at Frankfurt-on-the
Main, Germany, to whom credit be
longs for the discovery of a new sub
stance that will drive from the human
being every known disease. Dr. Sam
uel W. Lambert, dean of the New
York College of Physicians and Sur
geons, noted physician and leader in
his profession, made known to the
public the new find.
Dr. Lambert says: “This new sub
stance which has been brought into
existence will drive from the human
body all germs of every known dis
ease. Its quality was discovered by
accident by Professord Eitner, while
experimenting with the famous “606”
a specific which Professor Paul Eh
rlich discovered this year.
The Wylie’Eichborn
Elopement Accepted Fact
Washington, Dec. 31.—Deep silence
continues to be observed by the prin
cipals in the Wylie-Hichborn elope
ment w'hich has come to be an accept
ed fact by Washington society.
Mrs. Wylie, for w'hom great sym
pathy is universally felt, has partially
recovered from her attack of nervous
prostration following her husband’s
abandonment and has tried to make
the holidays bright for her young chil
dren.
It is said on good authority here that
the eloping couple left Canada en
route to England and thus eluded the
watchers at New York. Private ad
vices received here are to the effect
that Mrs. Hichborn and Mr. Wylie
were seen a day or two ago in Italy
on their w^ay to Egypt.
President Aftei Stand Patters
In Inteiest Of a Tariff
^ Commission-A Conference
Washington, Dec. 31.—Pre.sident
Taft is after the stand pat members
of the house committee on wajTs and
means in the interest of tariff com
mission. He saw today John Dalzell,
W. A. Calderhead and John Dwight,
members of the committee who have
not been favorable to a tariff commis
sion and argued with them.
W'hen they left the president, Dal
zell and Calderhead were glum.
Dwight is with the president on the
commission idea and appeared satis
fied but had nothing to say. Repre
sentative .Hinshaw, of Nebraska, an
insurgent, was one of the conferees.
He is a tariff commission advocate
and is backing the president’s move.
“The president’s attitude on this is
generally commended in the west,”
said Mr. Hinshaw. “In fact the presi
dent is much better understood in the
west now than he was a few months
ago.
“He is going to be solidly sup
ported from Nebraska for another
term. He will not only be nominated
but, through democratic ;u.upidity on
the tariff, he will be re-elected.”
The conference went into some of
the details of the Longworth tariff
commission bill which has been ap
proved by the president and all the
members of the cabinet. Having set
tled upon that l)ill, the president's de
sire is to have his friends in the sen
ate and house fall in line for it, as
quickly as possible, so that it may
go through each body with precision
and harmony, and the country may be
given object lesson of republican uni
ty upon the great question of the tar
iff, upon which will be fought the pres
idency of 1912.”
Representative Payne, chairman of
the committee, harf promised the gen
eral tariff board plan his support. He
has not. however, gone into the de
tails. He said that he wanted to see
the Longworth bill .before he coinitted
himself as to its possible provisions.