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If U i.1 hi . -i THE WEATHER. Local showers Tuesday, Wednesday partly cloudy, showers on the coast warmer; moderate winds.1 MR. merchant ; Use our Business . Local columns to advertise your specials In season able goods. One cent a word and they bring results. .Ask the Users. 'It, I 1 FOUNDEtffi -A,Da867 "".. . VOL. LXXXVI-NO. 72. SCORE MET DEATH IK CM OF TANK Fire Added to Horrors of Disaster In Montreal Building- MANY THRILLING RESCUES Brave Girl Rescued Eight of Her Com panions on Fourth Floor While Building Was Burning Tank Gave Way. Montreal, Que., June 13. Between 20 and 30 people lost their lives today when the suppoTts of the sprinkler system tank of the roof of (the Herald building gave way and the great mass of metal and water weighing 35 tons went crashing to the basement. Fire broke out immediately adding its horrors to the disaster. The fire men displayed splendid heroism in rescuing scores of people from peril ous positions in the tottering walls. Some of the walls had to come down before the work of recovering the bodies could be safely attended and it was not until after 6 o'clock this evening that the first body, charred and mangled beyond recognition, was brought out. - 1 All of those who escaped agree that J the first warning of the impending disaster passed almost unnoticed. There was a slight creaking, then a little more, somewhat more pronounc ed, but it' was not until the ceiling plaster began to fall that a rush for the starway began. ' Before any one reached it there occurred a final deaf ening crash and then . chaos. Some survivors tell of falling one and two floors before the awful crash died away, and then they found themselves able to crawl through the dense dust to a place of safety. The majority sought safety by rushing to the front building, facing on Victoria Square. . Fortunately, all the floors held for about 30. feet back from the front wall and to this is due the fact that the death list does not run into the hundreds as there were nearly 300 people in the building at the time. "When the first hook and ladder com pany reached -the scene, the firemen tound the windows of the upper floors wowded with people and the crowd on the sidewalk urging them not to jump. .Not one did jump. Ladders were quickly placed in ' position and those in danger brought to the ground: One ladder was hoisted reaching to the fourth floor on which the bindery was located. It came between two windows. From one of these a little girl crept along the floor until she could reach the ladder. Grasping a rung with one hand and placing a foot on another, she lent a helping hand, to eight girls twice her size. When all the girls had reached the ladder and had been brought down to safety, she came down alone. By this time the fire had started and smoke was pouring from the front windows. The little girl fainted when she reached tbe bottom of the ladder. A dozen injured people were brought from the ruins by the firemen, many of them with broken limbs. Of these rescues, that of Fred Vidal, a stereo typer, was the most daring. Half an hour after the firemen reached the building Vidal was heard groaning and was located under a girder from which he could not be dislodged, despite the fact that the flames were creaplng perilously near, three firemen began to cut it away and stuck to their task. In the outside was Father Martin. When he heard of the fght against deuth, he went into the building and administered the last rites of the church to the semi-conscious man. .Fi nally, however, the beam was cut through and Vidal released, not k mch ment too soon. Both his legs and some of his ribs were broken. Every member . of the Herald edi torial staff escaped unharmed, their quarters being In the front of the building. JohnC. Wash, the editor of the paper and the members of his Rtaff were rescued from windows by firemon. The fire started from the aterotyp lnz department, the coals from the furnaces evidently being distributed on the different floors through whica 'he pots passed on their way to the basement for the fire appeared to start almost simultaneously on' all the low er floors. I-ater it broke out In ite front of the building presumably from the ig niting of the eas sunplyine of the llno- tvpe machines which went through the floors. , ' , . The cause of the disaster to the hnildine of the supporters of the tank sprinkler system. .This tank was lo- fated a little to the rear of the center f'f the buildine which was an old struc ture remodeled for the . purposes of newspaper and Its job depart ment. k The buildine was valued at $150,000 anI was owned by the Herald.com- pi'ny, while the valuation of the plant J" placed at S300.000. Most of the plant is hopelessly wrecked. The insurance nn the build in and plant totalled $177,000. The Herald appeared this evening an eignt page paper, arrangement having been made vith the Gazette to continue its publlcatljn until new quarters can be secured. This is the sixth, time in the last !-' years that the Herald has been '"lined out. Twenty injured were treated at the hospital. Some of, them were badly "ljured, but it is believed none will die. I Aviator Flys Round Trip From New York to Philadelphia7 in Good Time. GREATEST FEAT ON RECORD Remarkable. Crosscountry Flight of 88 Niiles Without a BreakStuck In Swamps at Southamboy. Wins Great Fame. New York, -June 13. Charles K. Hamilton arose - from Gornor's Is-1 land in an aeroplane this'morning and i sped without a break 88 miles to Philadelphia in a remarkable cross country flight under the auspices of ' the New York Times and the Philadel phia Public Ledger. He made the trip in one hour and 51 minutes, leaving Governor's Island at 7:35 and land 'fig at Philadelphia at 9:36. Alighting at Aviation Field, he de livered, letters from Governor Hughes and Mayor Gaynor to Governor Stu art and Mayor Reyburn. accepted mes-' sages of congratulation from -them -to bear in return and started for New York again with only a brief intermis sion for food, fuel and oil. He had flown approximately 70 miles of his re turn Journey when a sluggish motor drove him to descend in a swamp near Southamboy, N. J., at 12:55 P. M. The propeller was broken there in landing, but after repairs had been made, Ham ilton resumed his flight at 6:20 and landed at Governor's Island at 6:39. Thus the return trip was made in ont hour and 36 minutes at an estimated average speed of 54.96 miles an hour, which breaks the record made in the Ourtiss flight from Albany to New York. That Hamilton did not make the re turn as easily as the outgoing trip was due, only to an omission of , baste. He neglected : to clean his spark plugs; they fouled, the engine balked, and he bad to come down on the banks of the Raritan river, a few miles above i Southamboy. Curtiss still holds the official, record for speed, but Hamilton today took all American records for cross-country distance and duration and, using his own figures for the return journey, his average speed per mile established a new figure.- ' The accident to the pro peller In the Jersey swamp was the recond mishap of the kind during the day, but he secured a new propeller, and with a new set of spark plugs, the aviator was able to finish within J 2 hours, although 24 hours were al lowed in the terms of his contract. During the whole of his first lap Hamilton never varied more than two minutes from his time card, and came down on the handkerchief laid to mark his landing spot with the precision of a homing pigeon setting on its. perch. It was an interesting coincidence that Hamilton won his honors today with the same bi-plane that won the international speed trophy for Glenn H. Curtiss at Rheims last year, and that he was driven by the same pro peller with which Curtiss recently made his historic flight from Albany to New York. Hamilton overcame today obstacles of geography and setbacks of luck that no ether aviator has ever con quered. He flew 32 miles' over the salt water with no protection, but three in ned tubes of bicycle tires wrapped around his waist He took chances on roof tops, bridges and mbving trains that have never been even thought of, let alone attempted. With a mis sing engine and twice compelled to substitute propellers, he still kept go ing and tonight his resolution brought its own reward. The weather was ideal for flight. As Hamilton wheeled his aeroplane from its tent on Governor's Island a special train chartered by the New York Times and the Philadelphia Pub lic ledger, and carrying his mother, his wife, his chief mechanic, Albert C. Doty and Mrs. Dotay, stood on a siding of the Pennsylvania terminal in Jersey City waiting for the word. "All aboard!" cried the conductor, and at 7:12 sharp the special stirred gently and came to a sudden stop again. It was a false start. Hamilton had attempted to rise and after a brief run over the sands of Governor's Is land, had abruptly halted much to the mystification of his hallery. What had happened was this: 1 " The sands were soft from the rains and the biolane. in running on narrow tires, sank deep. In sinking one of the wheels kicked up the epd of a hid den stick which came Into violent col nairtn with the whirling nropeller. A lonir snlinter four inches wide was torn out of the blades and the aviator had to fchut off his engine. Then fol lowed necessary delay in fitting the propeller used by Curtiss in his flight from Albany to New York. At 7:35 A. M. he was off again. One minute and a half later, the word of his start . had flashed to the Pennsyl vania terminal in Jersey City and the snecial train was after him. Hamli ton's route to Elizabeth, where it was hoped the train would meet him lay for 16 miles over the water of the low er harbor and the Kill Von Kull, be hind Staten Island two miles farther than the distance to Elizabeth from Jersey City by rail. v No sight of an aeroplane at Eliza- '(Continued on Page Eight.) II1S HEW HONORS WIIiMINGTOK, 1ST. SHIPPERS E OF TAR Delegation Repri s anting Fn tire Country Visits Him at White House. " FIRM FOR A SQUARE OFAL President Declares Railroads and Ship pert Will be Given Equal Rights Railroad Bill Discussed at Conference. Washington, June 13. In talking with a delegation of shippers repre senting the entire country who called to congratulate him upon his course in j 'he recent railroad negotiation? and in preventing an Increase in freight rates. President Taft today again ex pounded the doctrine of thd square deal. He told the shippers that un less .the railroads were given a fair profit it would' affect the shipping interests. He declared that the pros perity of the shippers and the car riers must be mutual that neither could move ahead without the other. The railroads the President said, were entitled to a reasonable return and It was to secure this to them that the new railroad bill proposed to give to the -Interstate Commerce Com mission the right of inquiry to ascer tain what a reasonable rate should be In this inquiry Mr. Taft promis ed that 'both shippers and the rail road would be given equal opportu nity to present their case. R. F. -Spencer, of " St. Louis, acted as spokesman for the visiting delega tion. He said the shippers recognized the truth of what the President had stated and were entirely satisfied to abide by the judgment of the Inter state Commerce Commission, acting upon the new law. E. C. Barlow, of Chicago, said that while the shippers of the country are not acquainted with all of the details of the Senate and House railroad bills they do know enough of the two meas ures to be glad to take either as the law of the . land. GOV. OWNERSHIP OF ROADS Opinion of President Willard of Balti more and OWio. Deer Park. Md.. June 13. That Gov ernment ownership of railroads will be the outcome of the trend of Conces sional legislation was the opinion ex pressed today by President Daniel Wil lard, of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at a conference here of the company s officials. Mr. Willard said that he did not believe that such a result would be to the best -interests of the coun try for, on the basis of rates and ser vice, Governmental ownership or even exacting regulation, had not been prov en to be such a broad. Freight rates, he declared, were for lower here than in any other country, and had been go ing downward in face of the reverse as to operating expenses. Mr. Willard announced that the poli cy of his administration was to be a recognition of the changed conditions regarding supervision of railroads, and a strict adherence to .-e statutes so long as their validity was undisturbed by judicial declaration of unconstitu tionality. In urging upon the officials the ne cessity for complete unity in working for tne company's interests, Mr. Wil lard pointed out that increased wages on the Baltimore and Ohio had added upwards of $2,000,000 to expense of operation and increased cost of all ma terials entering into the extensive equipment purchases and betterment in progress had added as many mil lions more, with other minions, aug menting fixed charges, required to meet the demands in bringing the earning power of the standard it must achieve to hold its own. Washington, June 13. The purchase of land for a building for a sub-treasury at New Orleans is provided for in a Senate bill passed by t-e Senate to day. The bill carries an appropriation of $250,000. , OUTLINES. i Charles' K. Hamilton made a suc cessful flight from New York to Phila delphia and return yesterday, winning new honors in the-aviation world Briefs of attorneys representing the "prosecution" and "defense" in th Balllnger-Pinchot Inquiry, were filed yesterday, and were featured by the charges from both sides Represen tative Lever, of South Carolina, in the Senate yesterday criticised the gov ernment's proceedings against South em spinners In . the alleged cotton pool prosecution At Montreal, Que bec, yesterday between 20 and 30 per sons were killed in the crash of a big tank on a building which was followed by fire1 Advices were received at New- Orleans yesterday to the effect that Cape Gracios had been taken by the Madriz forces in Nicaragua As the result of a cloud-burst in the Ahr Valley, of the Eifel. Germany, it is es timated 150 persons were killed. New , York . markets r Money on call easy: '2 1-2 to 3 per cent., ruling rate 2 3-4, closing bid 2 1-2, offered at 3. Spot cotton closed quiet, middling up lands .15.20, middling gulf 15.45. Flour was ; quiet with prices partly lower. Wheat easy. No. 2 red 1.04, No. 1 nor thern nominal f .o.b. Corn spot barely stead,' No. 2, 67 1-2 nominal elevator domestic basis spot,- Oats, spot dull,' mixed nominal. Rosin steady. Tur pentine firm. ACTION C TUESDAY MOKNTtfGr, Abernqthy Bionized tK3lf V r- S W '" v ik 'f -um, tmS1 flit' r V ' jhi(- ft V 1 v -- 1 1 ,;. - x. .... f i - -. '--; , :3 ' .t ' f- - . New York. Jiine;. Louis and Temple Abernathy will be two of the most prominent figures in the Roosevelt reception committee. The hnvs six and nine years ot-age, who "rode horseback from Oklahoma, are being lionized by New Yorkers. Their father. United States Marshall Jack Aber nathy, is about the proudest father in the country. After he . met his two sons in Trenton, N. JL, he took them to a New York hotel, and now t)4 are busy siglMeiTJ!i(e(..JiWst remarkable thing aboafr -the two boys4a that they have not peek "spoiled" by their long ride and publicity.- They ' are two healthy Anterian lads, who think they have the finest father in the world. Nor do they use the slang credited to them by many repor ters. The youngest boy still has a taby lisp and is nappiest whe he is on his father's knee, but he can ride a horse. There is no dispute over that. DEFENDS SOUTHERN SPINNERS "Wffl ri n n South Carolina Congressman Criticis es Prosecution of Alleged Cotton Pool Says Government Relieved Gamblers. - Washington, June 13. A criticism of the administration's proceeding in New York against certain cotton ope rators and Southern spinners, on ac count of the alleged cotton pool, was voiced in the House today by Repre sentative Lever, of South Carolina. Mr. Lever declared the suit was a "rush to the relief of a clique of reck less cotton gamblers threatened with a disaster into which they put them selves." "In the years to come," said Mr. Lever, "I suspect this interference of the Attorney General in behalf of those who had combined to depress the price of cotton as against those who may have combined to raise it, Lwill be pointed to as one of the chief glories of this administration this and his prosecution of the tobacco growers of Kentucky and Tennessee, who, in self defense, and when driven to the last extremity, combined to tear the grip of the tobacco trust from their throats. He has a fertile field to employ machinery-of the Department of Justice in breaking up the beef trust,' butter' tjust, sugar trust, steel trust and other trusts world without end. Why not try the temper of his steel against these thick hided old sin ners? Let the Attorney General feed all out of the same spoon and not make the mistake of believing that high priced cotton is a criminal and low-priced cotton divinity."- Mr. Lever contended that the opera tions of the .New York Cotton Ex change are a constant serious inter ference with commerce. He declared that a great change would come over the spirit of the dreams of the membership of the New York Cotton Exchange "if Mr.; Henry W. Taft, its attorney, who is a broth er of President Taft, should announce one evening at the close of the market that he had been called to Washington to consult with Attorney General Wickersham about the affairs of the exchange, and that the Attorney Gen eral had directed him to return to New York with a message to exchange members that he had made up hia mind to stop- illegitimate trading in future contracts. " -. ' - - - ."Turn your-guns on the big crimi nals," urged Mr. Lever, "and scourge the temple of high-finance." ' ; Roanoke, Va., June s 13. Continued rains in this section the last five days have caused the mountain streams to swell and overflow the low, lands in many places. At Blacksburg today en tire fields of corn-. are submerged, wheat has been beaten down and great damage done to crops generally. ' JUNE 14, 1910. Lads Being in New York HARRIS TRIAL AT MANASSAS Slayer of Editor Thompson Placed on Trial for Second Time Maxhei mer Tells of the Tragedy Relatives Witnesses. Manassas, Va., June 13. The sec ond trial of Prof. J. D. Harris, for, the murder of W. A. Thompson, editor of the WTairenton Virginian, at War renton last Summer was begun here today in the Prince William county court on a change of Venue from Fa quier county, the scene of the trage dy. Prof. Harris was convicted at the first trial and sentenced to four years imprisonment, but was granted a newi trial by the Court of Appeals. j Irving Maxhemier, brother-in-law of Thompson, was the first witness .' He testified that he had met Harris in Warrenton about 8 o'clock in the ev ening of the day of the tragedy. Harris, he said, told him that Thompson had used insulting lan guage to him in the presence of la dies at the railroad depot that. after noon and that he had as'ked him, Max heimer, to see Thompson and prevent further difficulty. "Later," Maxheimer testified, "I saw Thompson and Mason Strother walking up the street and Harris fol lowing a short distance behind them. I saw Harris step from the sidewalk into the street and shortly thereaf ter I saw the glitter of a pistol in his hands: Then I heard two" shots fired. I ran in . between Harris and Thomp son and another shot was fired. I caught Harris by the right wrist and raised his arm and heard the pistol snap. I toVc the revolver from hira and heard him say. " 'You have taken my gun; now pro tect we.' Then I heard Thompson say: 'He shot me like a dog.' " Mason Strother testified that; he Harris step into the street and Thomp son follow and attack him. He said he heard Harris call to Maxheimer to take Thompson away, .as he wanted no further trouble. Richard Hailstack and Walter Robinson testified that the two men struggled in the street be fore any shot was fired. Washington, June 13. The Senate today confirmed the nomination of William D. Crum, of South Carolina, to be United States minister to Liberia.; Dr. Crum is the negro appointed sevi eral years ago by President Roosevelt to be collector of customs at Charles ton, S. C. Senator Tinman fought the nomination for several years and pre vented his confirmation. .--.,. Lexington- Ky., June 13. In a fac tional difficulty last night at Athol, Breavitt county, Kentucky, Miles Craw ford was shot and killed by Elisha Johnson. It is charged Crawford at tacked his cousin Clay Crawford and was killed by Johnson. The alleged slayer surrendered. i DOLLIVER DEFENDS THE INSURGENTS Notable Address by Iowa Senator Replying to Crit icisms of Presidents. SUNDRY CIVIL SILL PASSES Political Speeches in House Defense of Attorney General Wickersham as to Friar Lands In Both Houses Yesterday. Washington, June 13. The Senate today listened to a notable address by Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, in the form of a vigorous defense of the "insurgent Republicans" and a reply to the criti cisms of them by the President of the United States. Mr. Dolliver said he had been a friend and supporter of the President and expressed chagrin over the fact that he was compelled to defend him self against that high official. He de fended the proposed appropriation of $260,000 for r. Presidential investiga tion of the operation of the present tariff , law. Senator Clay's motion k to strike out this provisiqn of the Sundry Civil bill was lost 13 to 44. The Sundry Civil bill, carrying ap propriations aggregating $118,000, an increase of $0,000,000 over the amount carried in the bills as passed by the House, was passed by the Senate. Bills amending the bankruptcy law and requiring land grant railroads to survey their lands so as to render them amenable to taxation were passed. me entire session of the House was devoted to political speecnes delivered during the period permitted for general debate upon the definiency bill. Rep resentative Nye, of Minnesota, spoke of optimism as powerful factors to the functions of party organizations in the government of the country. A defense of Attorney General, Wick ersham in, his attitude toward ' the Philippine' 'fiar lands ' was made 'by Mr.- Crumpaeker, of Indiana. ; Both, houses will be in session to morrow. CLOUDBURST KILLS 150. Catastrophe Occurred in Germany Recovering Bodies. Cologne, Germany, June 13. Great loss. of life hag. occurred in the Ahr Valley of the Eifel region as the re sult of a cloudburst which swept the district Sunday night. Late estimates place the total number of dead at 150. News of the catastrophe reached here tojlay. Numerous storms in the region had made the stream unusual ly high and as a result of the unus ually heavy downpour Sunday night the river Ahr suddenly overflowed, the water carrying death and destruc tion in its path. The greatest loss of life occurred where two barracks, containing Ital ian and Crpatan laborers employed on the railway were swept away. The inmates were surprised Mn their sleep and generally were unable to help themslves. Thirty-seven bodies tave been recovered. The flood caused enormous damage. completely destroying the railway and devastating several villages. - Light ning struck in one village destroying ten houses and seriously Injuring fouw persons. The flood subsided early today as suddenly as it came and the danger is now passed. Many peasants, how ever, have lost everything and are dependent on charity. t SHOT BY HER LOVER. Mountain Tragedy Near Asheville Man Insanely Jealous. Asheville, N. C, June 13. Because he objected to her attentions to other men, Fred Caldwell, aged 24, a rail road worker of Marshall, 23 miles from here, shot Myrtle Lowe, aged 21, in front of her home at the former city this afternoon and advices to night state that she cannot recover. Caldwell was logged in the Marshall jail pending developments. It is said that the couple quarreled this afternoon. Caldwell charging the girl with keeping company with men who were unfriendly to him. Miss Lowe resented Caldwell's criticisms and left him. Caldwell followed and threatened to kill her if she did not come back. The girl turne'd to leave him when Caldwell drew his revolver and fired,, the ball entering the girl's right hip and passing out on the other side. CARS END LONG TRIP The Good Roads Tour From Atlanta to New York. New York, .une 13. Just at 4:30 o'clock ' this . afternoon punctually on schedule, 57 of the 70 automobiles m the Atlanta Journal-New York Herald Good Roads tour turned into the city hall nark. Froto the steps of the city hall, Mayor Gaynor reviewed the. long line and the tourists proceeded to Herald Square where the x,100 mile journey ended. Eight more cars that met with accidents aiong the way are expected to finish the trip. The first stop in Metropolitan terri tory was at St. George, Staten Island, where the tourists were oqtertained at the Staten Island. Club. Afterward there was a dinner at a Staten Island Hotel during which Mayor Gaynor welcomed the travellers to the city. WHOIiE NUMBER 13,320, CHARGES FEATURE Final Move of Attorneys in Ballinger Pinchot In vestigation. ATTACKS FROM BOTH SIDES Committee Assembles Next Saturday to Prepare For Its Deliberations. Ballinger Declared Unfit For Office Pinchot is Assailed. Washington, June 13. Briefs were filed by the attorneys for the "prosecu tion" and "defense" with the Balllnger Pinchot Investigation Committee to day. The committee did not meet to " day, but will assemble next Saturday to prepare for its deliberations. , , Attorney Brandeis, counsel for form-1 er Special Agent Glavis, and Attorney Pepper, counsel for former Forester Pinchot, contended in their briefs that the evidence adduced during the in vestigation has shown Secretary Bal linger to be unfit to adminster the af fairs of the public uomain because of an obvious leaning toward a policy of distribution, instead of conservation, of the people's ' land. They condemn his attitude toward the champions of conservation and charge him with caus ing embarrassment to. the adminstra tion ana loss to the people. Equally insistent that Mr. Ballinger's actions in and out of the Interior De partment have not been open to criti cise, Attorney Vertrees, counsel for the Secretary, declares that none of the accusations made against him has been sustaned by presentation of fact. Mr. Vertrees attempts to show by " the evidence that there has been a con- ' spiracy afoot to secure Mr. Ballinger's removal from office because he disap proved of the so-called "Garfield poli cies. " . .. "If any one of these, men, Glayls, ' Pinchot, Jones, Kerby, Hoy t, ' Newell . or Davis, has told the truth, the, Secre tary of the Inter.or is dishonored and unfit for 006, declares AttorneyBran-;1 dies counsel for L. H." Glavis. ' v ' v "We trust that the committee will record their definite conviction that , the immediate care of ' the" public do main is now in unsafe hands" says At torney George W. Pepper, counsel for . former Forester Gifford Pinchot. The Brandies brief contains a scath ing denudation of Mr. Ballinger for the course he has pursued in dealing with the Cunningham Alaskan coal claims ' and for his treatment of Glavis, whom ne insists was sacrificed because he sought to protect the people's lands ' from falling into the hands of a monop oly. Mr. Pinchdt and his fellow conserva tionists are strongly defended by Mr. ' Pepper, wno proceeds on the assump tion he says that there is a general recognition of the fauure of the at tempt to make any case against the forest service. On the other hand, he attacks Mr. Ballinger's administration of the Interior Department and says it " has been shown that the course pur sued has been characterized by a lack of fidelity to the public interest; that,, Mr. Ballinger is actually responsible ' for "the entire series of unhappy : ivents," and that the President never . would have found himself irrevocably committed to an endorsement of tne Secretary had he not at critical points, been "successfully deceived" as to what was happening wuuln the de partment. .' Mr. Brandies criticises Mr. uaumger . as Commissioner for "clear listing' . the Cunningham claims in the face or reports by Special Agent Jones indi cating a suspicion that they 'were fraudulent; as a private citizen be cause he appeared before the depart ment in behalf of the claimants, at whose disposal he had placed knowl- ( edee he had acquired in the govern ment's service notwithstanding the ex istence of a law which forbade his. practicity before the Department; as Secretary because he declared tne re sponsibly of deciding those Impor- -tant cases to subordinates who, he says, knew Mr. Ballinger tavored the granting of patents." . ; "The fact that he-had acted as at torney for the Cunningham claimants' might well have kept Mr. Ballinger from accepting the office of Secretary," says Mr. Brandies. . GOES HIGHER IN AERO.1 Brookins Soars 4,384 Feet Machine Was Wrecked. Indianapolis, Ind., June 13. iSoar ing to a heighth of 4,384 1-2 feet, Wal ter BrooMns, in a Wright biplane to day broke the world's aeroplane rec ord for altitude at the Rational avia tion meet at the Indianapolis Speed way. The biplane of G. L. Bumbaugh. of Indianapolis, was wrecked before he had well started. Bumbaugh lost control of the for ward planes, and the machine fell to the ground from a height of ten feet. It was smashed, with 'the aviator un der it. The wreckage . took fire and Bumbaugh would have been burned t.o death had not mechanics run to hia assistance. He was slightly bruis ed and cut. Brookins' high flight In which he exceeded the record of 4,165 feet made . by Louis. Paulhan , 'made at New Or leans last Fall was also a speed tri umph. According to the register of the instruments Brookins was 1,900 feet in the air seven minutes after he left , the earth. He rose to that point . In a wide circle. INQUIRY BRIEFS mm -mm -mm ''V -i, Ah 1 .
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