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Subscription Terms: vl n;orning-vC3t;uir ; 0ne Year by Mall. .....WW Six Months by Mall. ...3.00 Three Months by Mall 11.50 r OlcJest Dally .Newspaper in Wilmington Paper.-tJv-.; XV-NO Wilmington, n. c...:THURSpiiiTiMl -' ;-'mbMai85 VOL. otitis H A f I If liJ 11 I I I B H mm m mmmm .-"..- "'. v '.' i -'.y;-:s'j. "" :": ; , '' if' V'-.v ; : - -sc j E Mechanician Crushed Under Car and Driver Injured at Long Island. SMASHED ALL AUTO RECORDS I.etiis Chevrolet in a Buick Made Fast est Speed Ever -Witnessed in Open Coutry Contests. Details of Casualtiees. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) River Head, L. I., Sept. 29. The! smashing of every existing American DEATH IN AUTO RAG record for automobile racing on thep v Degraw; Acting Chiet Postoffice open road which cost the life of Me-j inspector Theodore Ingalls; Assistant chanican James Bates and serious in- j Superintendent of Registered Mails juries to another Herbert little, a z Ml. Assistant Superintendent , , . . , . ' jof City Delivery B. N. Davis; Assist- well known racing driver, marked the ; ant Superintendent of Railway Mail running today of the Long Island Au-: Service William T. McGinniss, and tomobile Derby. The event was a : President A. K. Hoag, of the National i j mQa i League of Postmasters of the Fourth over 22 miles of hitherto untried, road at the eastern extremity of Long Is land, between Riverhead and Matti tuck. The casualties were caused by the; the postmasters that Raleigh's latch skidding of the Apperson car, driven 'string was not only on the outside, by Lyttle as it neared an easy bend that the door was wide open for . , . xir. tit4- i them. Dr. Royster went him one bet in the road, two miles West of Mattl-ter and declared that Raleigh's door tuck. Lyttle and Mechanican Bates was not only wide open but that the had completed less than two thirds jdoor was taken from its hinges. of the first lap when the 60 horse pow-l Quite a wWle ,was taken "PjJ11 . , , ;the enrollment of members and the er engine, tearing down a slight de- j appointment of committees for the clivity at the rate of 65 miles an hour, . session. Then there followed a pro suddenly lurched to one side toa deep ' Stable, but technical address by R. P. and overturned j Allen, assistant superintendent of the , a. ' , , 'registered mail department of the post- i Lshot clear of the i car a nd office department; also an address by landed 20 feet away on his back. ! postmaster A. K. Hoag, of Orchard uowevw, .ciuuB tu m macniiie and was crushed under it as it turned turtle. Bates died an hour latei out. wine was aDie to recognize nis wife and baby who were hurried to Ms bedside at the hospital immediate ly after the accident and tonight there is hope of his recovery. The racing throughout was the fas test ever witnessed in open road con tests in this country. In the class fov cars selling at $1,250 to , $2,500 five laps, 113.75 miles, Louis Chevrolet "in ! Buick, won. in one hour and-27, xuin-i utes, 36 3-10 seconds. Breaking all records for the class. , His speed aver aged slightly in excess of 70 miles an hour. Finishing second to Chevrolet in this class, Robert Burman, also driv ing a Buick, covered the distance in one hour, 46 minutes 2-12 seconds or at a. rate of 64 miles an hour. In? the class for cars selling from $2,000 to $3,000, the only entry, a Sharp Arrow driven by W. H. Sharp, averaged 63 mfTes an hour, covering 136.5 miles in two hours 9 minutes 2 seconds. Almost as fast time was made by the winner in the class for cars sell ing for $4,000 and over, Ralph DePal ma, driving a Fiat,, who finished the 227.5 miles in 3 hours 38 minutes 351a seconds, which is an average of 62.35 miles an hour. The winner in the class for selling from $3,000 to $4,000, Frank Lescaul:, driving a Palmer Singer, also averag ed better than a mile ia minute, fin ishing the 182 miles in 2 hours 59 min utes 4 seconds, or at a rate of 61 milea and hour. Even in the small car class for cars selling from $800 to $1,250 an average of 54 miles an hour as maintained, Ar thur See in: a Maxwell covered the 91 miles in one hour, 41 minutes, 22 sec onds. About 10,000 spectators witnesses the races. OUTLINES. As a feature of the Hudson-Fulton celebration yesterday Wilbur Wright made three sensational flights in his aeroplane, at one time circling around the statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Glenn H. Curtiss also soared successfully, but two dirigibles came to brief in an attemnt to race from New Ynrlr fn A Ihnnv-. T?r,rmor nn-tr M. B. McSweeney, of South Carolina, The incorporators are J. M. Dockery, "lied yesterday in Baltimore. He be-'j. A. Porter, A. S. Dockery and oth &an life as a newspaper carrier, es-i ers for a general mercantile business; tablished two newspapers, and served' also the Greenfield Park Development his State as Legislator and Chief Ex ecutive- At WarrpntnTi Va vpster- Ja- Prof. J. D. Harris, a' North Caro- nian, testified that he killed Editor w. A. Thompson in self defense President Taft reached the Pacific coast yesterday on his long journey. e made an address at. North YaWmfl ash.. and will visit Seattle and Tn. coma today and Friday Harry vvnitney. in a statement, gives his;S Reasons for not going back toJBtah for Dr- Cook's records and instruments. -New York markets: Money on call firm 2 3-3 to 3 per cent, ruling j jate and closing bid 2 7-8, offered at 'flg quiet at 13.30. Flour about stea- y.-vvith a fair trade in Spring pat ents. Wheat easy, No. 2 red nominal Elevator and nnmlnal fnh afloatS. news mostly all bearish and wheat ott a cent per bushel. Corn Weak, Nn 9 iVM nn Mairo'fnr ntft , VlU. t tj AU WAV VW w J.leaay, mixed 41 1-2 to .42. Turpen- uue and rosin steady. a : m Millinery opening at Gaylord's. T . . Wmm OF POSTMASTERS 1 Assembled Yesterday in Raleigh With Pistinguished Officials Present. Prisoner in Souh Carolina. : Mr. Dughi Injured. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 29. The Asso ciaticln of North Carolina Postmasters convened here this morning at 10 o' clock, Willis G. Briggs, of Raleigh pre siding and J. R. Joyce, of Reidsville, secretary-treasurer. There were more than 100 present when the gavel fell and others came in during the day so that the attend-4 ance is the largest in the history of the Association which was organized in Raleigh three years ago. The convention has this session a programme in which an .unusual num her of postal officials of National rep- ; utation wi.u take Part including The members of the Association were welcomed by Mayor J. S. Wynne and Dr. Hubert A. Royster, the latter as president of the Raleigh Chamber !of Commerce. Mavor Wynne assured , Park N Y., president of the National League. There was an informal dis- L11SRinn nf joints develoned in the ad ;dresses and then recess was taken for a group photograph of the post- masters to be taken on the govern ment building steps." ' 1 At 2 o'clock rthis afternoon the post masters, as guests of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, partook of a sumptuous -barbecue with all the ac cessories that go to make such occa- sions so enjoyable, out at the State Fsdr grounds. Tonight there was an address by Hon. P. v. DeGraw; Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, treating a wide scope of matters pertaining to the offi cial duties of postmasters and their relation to the department at Wash ington; also, an address by Acting Chief Postoffice Inspector Theodore Ingalls. .The convention will finish ts work and adjourn! tomorrow about noon. The North Carolina Association of Postmasters tonight adopted resolu tions by Postmaster Charlie Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, that the association meet next year at Winston-Salem and that the president of the Association confer with presidents of the associa- tions of city and rural carriers with view to having these organizations hold their acnual meetings ; 'at the same time and place. The. idea of hav ing these meetings at the same time is the outgrowth of a suggestion from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Desraw tonight that such a plan j. would greatly facilitate the depart ment at wasnington in sending repre sentatives to these conventions. He even suggested that the associations of North and South Carolina and Vir ginia could be united in one conven tion of mutual benefit of all. Postmaster T. E. Wallace; of Wil mington, was made chairman of the committee on resolutions. Strong sen timent was manifested -for the con vention to be held in 1911 In Wilming ton. - The Dockery-Portner Co., of Rock the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line to submit within 30 days plans for a union passenger station at Weldon to cost about $10,000. to take the place of the present separate and inadequate accommodations. The Dockery-Portner Co., , of Rock ingham, Richmond county, is charter- (erl with $500,000 canitai auxnonzea Co., of Wallace is chartered with cap ital of $50,000, by Z. J. Carter, W. B. Brice iand others for developing real The Governor of North Carolina is sued today a requisition on the Gov ernor of South Carolina for Chas. Hemrick, who is wanted in Cleyejand Unnn tv : for an assault with-a deadly weapon. He is now in jail at Chester, f! Mr. A. Dughi, prominent itaiiau merchant, was seriously injured -out at his; farm near tne city yesteruay. He was in a farm wagon leading a cow. The wagon", passed - under a him squarely on the head . knocking him senseless and staving in his neck Hillman High, who rah away . fronrfprTT1j,Vi entlv cure all forms of Kidney, -Tiis home in this county .near tho Dur- j ham county line with his niece, was .Innoforl -rih ."hPT f-n "R1r'hTTinnd " and brought back : to. answer the charge 01 forgery, 'submitted to this charge in two counts, in Superior Court here this evening and . was sentenced by Judge "JW. R. Allen to six years on the county n ihj i m TAFT IK FAR WEST- I President on His Long Jour- ney Reaches the Pacific Coast. GREETED BY GREAT THRONGS In Yakima Address President Pa U ! Tribute to Senator Jones Vfsl Alaska-Yukon Exposi tion Today. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Seattle, Wash., Sept. 29 President Taft tonight reached the Pacific coast just two weeks after his. start from vine Uo TOin iao,-n cMHin f m xux xa- coma on Friday and will leave that Los Angeles is reached. Then comes the turn to the East. A great throng of people waited for the President at the station and along the brilliantly lighted streets through j, 1 wmuu pitBseu ana nere was ceer - ing at every step of te way. The visit to the Alaska-Yukon Pa cific Exposition will be tomorrow. Af ter luncheon he will make an address. The President will also speak at a Th President today passed through a region which displayed its marvels in the way of fruit raiSlnS, At North xauima, wnere ne passed the fore - noon and made an address, the Presi- aent saw one or tne oiaest irrigatea fruit regions in the West. The great yield of apples, especially attracted his attention and he said he was fond of them. In his Yakima address the Presi- dent paid a tribute to Senator Wesly Charleston and- Columbia. v Mr. Mc L. Jones, of Washington, who joined Sweeney won the scholarship in Wash the party at Spokane yesterday. Gov- .ington and Lee University offered by jernor Hay, or Washington, in mtro - ducing the President declared that for Vice President,' 1912, he "Placed in Nomination Wesly Jones:" In nominating Senator Jones for a place on the ticket" said the Presi - dent, "I don't see why Gov. Hay has not named him for the Presidency. If you nominate him for the Presidency l Buan ue giau.to .go oeiore uie couu - try. ana testiiy w-mjr.own of his worth and ability, as here. In the throng that greeted the Pres- ident at the court house where a he was elected a member of the South large number of Grand Army veterans ; Carolina Legislature and in 1900 Gov and members of the Woman's Relief j ernor- of the State. For several years Association. 'I am honored by the presence of Grand Army men," said the President, 'and by the ladies, who, while they do not wear uniform, suggest the presence of women's relief corps. It is pleasant to note that far out in the western country, away from the battle field where the issue of the Nation's life was contested, we find they were pushed ont here eyen after o heavy a struggle in order to build up a new country and add to the strength, the expansion, the wealth and . the pros perity of the country which they sav ed. Just in front of me I see a monu ment that brings back memories that I always like to refer to and to em phasize. The monument, I under' stand to be the one to those who in effect gave up their lives in the far distant Philippines in order that the duty to their government should be performed and a supervision extended and aid given to a people "who by the providence of God were put under our guardianship. "Only those who have been know the sacrifices and the hardships to which our boys in those islands were exposed: only those who have been in the Philippines know and have a pro per idea in what they did there, for they were called upon not only to meet a foe more dangerous, fighting in Oriental fashion, but after they had conquered them they were put in a position where they had to exer cise a self restraint and a guardian ship and an independence of action that only men in the American army are capable of. So whenever I meet anyone who has been out to the Phil ippines there is a bond between him and me that makes me happy and I hope that in the audience which I am addressing there are a number of those who went out there and now retain in sweet recollection the hard ships which they had to undergo ana tte beauties of those far distant gems of the Pacific ocean." Have You Kidney Trouble? -One or more of the following syim toms may indicate, that you have ; sharp shooting pains in the small of the back and loins, cloudy or smoky urine, whittish or reddish sediment in uyine, too scanty, highly colored urine, bloody" urine, too frequent desire, scalding or smarting pains in. passing, Irregular heart action, puffiness under the eyes, nervousness, - restlessness, general debility, swelling of the lower limbs, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, gravel, etc Rydale's Kidney Remedy is guaranteed to quickly relieve and m-iirtor nrtfi i mnary uiseases. ooiu. jj,UUVk-W " --. and guaranteed by Robt. R. Bellamy. Today is' the beginning of the great Fall -Millinery opening at Gaylordsy : flpeclal sale of art squares at Piatt & Haar'g. Wlillili-mm i J ?! "14 "T S North Carolim Death of Notable South Car olinian in Balti- more. HAD "REtlARKABLEi CAREER i tor and Served His State as Leg- I islator and Chief Executive " islator arid Chief. Executive. Eventful Life (By Wire to The Morning Star.) Columbia, S. C., Sept. 29. Former Governor Miles -B. .McSweeney, of South Carolika; who had been under A m--..- -r-r v-x . ucdiiucm mount nope xxetreax, at Baltimore,. Md., since July6 18 . last, this morning. For the i past week- it ;naa DeeQ Known here that, the former Governor was nriHPnii- HT; . m Z: i11 gj pt theml of- his death .as also his son Eugene B. !mr.c!mn mi. ... , r . , wwecj. xii Doay wm De prougnc tomorrow to his old home to Hamp ton, b. C, and interred there. Vativp nrratr q n name of Charleston, S. C, where a b, uC;n..uuiu Apni.iB,woo.' e rose V. 1 -1 -.o nrr . Vt. " . Lrom a wsboy to be Pernor of the ' rrth president of the South Carolina, Press , lahon , iu qi . y mivw lever in Charleston, when Miles was four 1 - 1 nnAi . . M Z . i t5c .t iu, ivicowBeaey soia newspapers on the streets of Charles- ton an;. later clerked in a bookstore, attending school at night. He serv led an apprenticeship-In a job printing, i office and worked on newspapers in '"e narieston rypograpnicai union but because of lack of means to meet the necessary outside expenses he was jable to 'attend only a short time. In 1877 he. removed, to Ninety Sis, 1 Abevillei, cduhty, Sohth ' where' fie' engaged in the Carolina, publication of the iNmety Six guardian continu - ing in charge of that publication until i me coua- j x. ue tnen- Decame ne uDiiner arqe, jQcma.. Harrisimoved around, - speed estimated' at3 50 miles an hou knowledge of thHampttaii? bounty JJurdlari aqparentl with an effort and brought j and wf h " a - -' 3v sweep out Over I am- doing Hampton, S. C. From- 18S4 to 1894 .he ; his r e vol ver'aamsf Thompson's body, j thr bak pas irtittsW-artmirA- jiea. .e;;inenpecameuie UDUgaer was chairman of tho nnnntv Tlpmrv cratic Executive Committee. In 1894, he was a member of the South Caro lina Democratic Executive Committee,, and for eight years he served as pres ident of the South Carolina Press As sociation. Statesville. N. C. Sent. 28. Aa , , the result of a search for an allegea retailer, Sheriff J. M. Deaton and Dep-(ty, uties J. A. Brown and X W. War 1 found a rather unique sleeping room under a hay stack and a barrel of liquor in New Hope township yester day morning. The officers have a number of capiases fqr Parks Wil liams, a young white man, of . New Hope, who is charged with retailing, and yesterday morning before day light, the sheriff and deputies went to the home of Williams' father in hopes of finding Williams there. After searching the dwelling without locat ing Parks, the officers were searching outhouses when they noticed Felix Williams, the 17-year-old "brother of Parks, making his way down a path leading from the house. Sheriff Deaton- quickly overtook Felix and when he placed his hands on the latter the latter yelled and cursed loud enough to wake up everybody in the neighbor-!?f hood. Thinking the boy's yells were I enoueh the officers searched' about &A il umber of hay stacks in a meadow a short distance away and discovered that a large hole had been dug under one of the stacks. Entering the hole, J'JltfLLiBt have been unusually large during ". ucu "6' " u"j matches and a barrel of liquor. Thef once Tat the hayst once mat tne naystacK cave was tne slppnine- nunrfprs of thp allpp-pd retan - ' , . er a. iiu. mai Lit; uau ueeii iuuuseu y the yells of his brother and thus made his escape., While the ifficers .failed to find Parks, they seized the' barrel of blockade liquor and brought it to Statesville to be turned over to-the j revenue ioiks. un returning to tneir ' . J I J teams, which had been left near the house, the officers found that Felix ions and otherwise as follows: Wat-'of the Kaiser, Admiral of the Fleet. Williams and a younger brother had-ters vg Susainan, Beaufort, affirmed; gir Edward Seymour, his imperial used an axe and a big knife on the Ben Vs. JonesJ Beaufort, affirmed; Cox ! highness Prince Kuni, Centre Admiral rubber wheels of Sheriff Deaton's bug-vs Fuel Company, Craven, reversed; LePord of the French fleet, Vice-Pres-gy and Felix was placed under arrest Noble vs. Lumber Company, Craven, ident Sherman, Governor Hughes, and brought to town. He was taken affirmed ; Gray vs. James, Pitt, affirm-1 Senator Root and Justice Brewer, on before Justice Turner late 'yesterday ;ed. gwain vs. Johnson, Carteret, a&j the United States Supreme, Bench, afternoon, charged with the destruc--firmed; Richardson vs. Express Com- jyr. Cook and Commander Peary tion of personal property,, ana tne case was continued until' October 9. He gave bond for his appearance on that date. ' ; '- - South Carolina now stands 35 counties dry, six wet. With the knowl edge of their overwhelming majority the Prohibitionists:; are preparing to gain greater victories if! possible. When the legislature meets next Jan uary the party will demand an aMend ment to' the Constitution i making pro hibition statewide, as in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, , Alabama, Mississippi and - Oklahoma. Charlotte News. - North Carolinian 5 Testifiea to Killing of Virginia Editor Says He -Shot in Self Defense Edi tor Attacked Him. Warrentpn, Va., Sept. 29. Profes sor J. B: Harris, principal of the War- 4 renton High . School, took the witness '.stand in his. vwn defense late today l and told the jury, hefore wHich he is i on trial for his life, why he shot and the, streets of this place on April 24th last - last. During the two hours he was under examination, Harris remained calm , and the prosecution was unable to confuse him. He said that he tried I to avoid the encounter with Thomp- son whic tt resulted in; the tragedy. When, however; they met -and Thomp- . ver m - sen . tieiense out deliberately nred into the ground from a kneeling position intp which he had been fore- fired -merelyto frighten Thompson I ZZZC7 r. r0 WUil waB namg . irom nis knees.-he said, that he fled the shot ??icl1 inadvertently took effect in Jhomp!2I1oS abdomen. and resulted in nis death 24 hours later. He said that v,0 v,ori t-,.Mn f Wv31: son. to tne snooting.. He said Thompson had : hnea nann oftor. ina'i- "COUCU U1BU11 OllCf lUSUlt- UUUH nim lo moMhs nreeiiW.hftM , a di,D p. picklin, -who testified as to Thomp- Uon's condition pn the way toftte, ho pltal in Washington. It is, believed the case will reach the iurv late to- morrow. The State placed M. W. Strother on the witness stand when court opened today. Strather, an eye witness to the shooting, described the affair. He was walking on the street with Profes sor Harris, he : said, .when they were overtaken by Thompson, who uttered an oath, apparently at Harris, where- upon the latter stepped into the street and called to Irwin Maxheimer, who was nearby, to .take Thompson away, as he did not wnt to have any trouble with the- editor, . Thompson stepped forward -uqickly before 'Maxheimer Kjotlld interfere and struck Harris, in j theface. Maxheimer, then . interposed and Strother saw two shots fired -.'tow- i arqQ.grqoma.' Harris:moved around, ' fit.rnthpr pstifii1 tn apHiritr o flooTi oni hearing a muffled report. He left the scene and. did not hear the fourth shot. ROCKY MOUNT REPORTS. Death of Young Lady Bride' Went to Meet Groom Cotton. Rocky Mount, N. C., Sept. 29. After an illness of a few weeks Mrs. Henry Proctor, died yesterday after- , . r noon at her home in Edgecombe coun- near Pleasant Hill church. The de- ceased was a young woman, having been married only about one year and a nair, and leaves a nusband and a large family of brothers and sisters to mourn their loss. The funeral was held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the country home after which the re-; mains were laid to rest in the family! A Vf&.B tXX La. xi. -. LA. LVvLkJLDl. LA. M. LWkJli . k-J Llllx A. burying: ground near the home. j flyer seemed to keep its equilibrium According to appointment Miss Em-r Detter and remained on an even keel, ma M. Wyatt, a young woman ofjwright, in fact, met with one slight Charlotte arrived in this city by train ' -mishap' in his first flight when a wing No. 42 last night, reaching here at, tin otmnt h e-rnnnd on landing and 11:30 and she was met by Mr. B. F. Tate and they journeyed together to the home of Dr. I. M. Mercer, of the First Baptist church and there in the presence of a few invited friends the happy couple were made man and wife. Arrangements had been made by the young man, who is a resident ty. and there were present just the required number of witnesses. j From all parts of both Nash and,ne Emoerors of Germany and Japan; Edgecombe counties the rapid opening ! of cotton is reported and the farmers are busy picking. Much of the fleecy staple is being picked and it is being ginned in most instances as fast as the past several days when cotton has such & material gain in price gm in bdtn of th.e counies 80 f , i0,rnorf i -wnrVinp- on - v " ' t mil time SUPREME COURT OPINIONS. Nineteen Cases Disposed of in Batch j . Delivered Yesterday. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 9. Nineteen ! nnrip,1s wfirA disnosed of this after- nnn ,hv thp Rnnreme Court with onin- pany, Craven, appeal dismissed; State vs. Collins. Nash, affirmed: State vs. Pridgen, Nash, error; State vs. Als1 ton. Nash, affirmed: Williams vs. Mc- Fayden. Sampson, dismissed for fail- ure to print; State vs. Moore, Samp-, The speeches of Admirals Von son, appeals dismissed, on account of . Koester and Seymour had been await insufficient order allowing appeals in; ed with much interest in view of the. form of Dauperism; State vs. Gibson. recent utterances in this country of Craven, per curiam, affirmed; Carroll vs. Bible, Carteret, per curiam, amrm- ed Taylor vs. Taylor, Martin, per, curiam, affirmed ; Braswell ys. Assnr-; ance Company, Edgecombe, per cur-, iam. affirmed: Winstead vs. Railroad, Wilson, appeal withdrawn by appel-; late. -"A'-l''iti . .' '('V, - ri i n 1 1 tp n : rr a ti i n r riiuniQiflcrtRiunn Wright Circles Statue in r Harbor at Hudson-Fulton Celebration. HUGE BALLOONS FAIL IN RACE EV'nt,U' OebraUon Glenn H. Curtls. Made Successful rrisu. ojii - Fliqhts Crowds Still Trong "Old Gotham.' (By Wire to the Momlngr Et: v.) New York, Sept. 29.T-WT!jur AVrl: circled the great Statue of LiLertr . t NeYortartor- i "A . . . . wy : nis aeroplane today; v.l.r ;n tL per part of the'eity t-jL.-" v:i taskvThli' the f - htf tjltfen-:rs;i: " r.. .atioii 13 victtrr for'thf ' ' SthtnTt-: 'ne. . V : Xr , , A Ijoth Wriht z jdTrOlenu. H, Curtica n.MPf,,n'.-w. . k - i , , -"Ynr.vw.-.5vMUU1. ""v. drcr.2 of;0overnor' Island in their. met or prceuddi Dlplanes. -Tcth great.? .'jdlrigible's;- manned resr- pctively;- by . " Captain . Thomas Bald i win ftTlfl donT trtx T . TrtTTlliTiaOTi. SlTl1 OH- TVMt'i'taiuleSiii ''Ma, itiSiilSi mf cnfi t r seconas aurauon. uaiawin, wiui his dirigible lahded in the ;JIudson river 1S3 than ah -hour after the start, f while ;Tomlins64 -after, remaining in the Itir from llt36,A. M. to 1:30 P. M. came to x arth .nfear White Plains, N,' Y., 22 miles' from" his starting point, "Neither Jbt the d-igible pilots was in jured,' Tor was either craft seriously damca.viA'l .V -xCurtis1 was . the first to leave the earth! At 7 o'clock in the morning he madeya' brief fiight. Two hours later Wright riade his Ifirst . ascentr encirc ling Covei nor's Island and remaining; inrtheair f :-r seven minutes.; After an hour's! rest Yrighf again, went aloft, this'; time remaining, in the air .for si minutes and 30 - eeiconds, attaining a great etmblem of Liberty on Bedlde's Island. - " . " :"A r . Not content with 4 these spectacular feats, Tv'rigfcrtnaae a third flight at' 5:20 o'clock this afternoon before a 4 crowd of 2,000,000 persons. Yachts, excursion boats and various craft had gathered on both sides of the fill which is being used as the aviation field and they tooted their whistles noisily aa his machine rose from the ground for the last, flight of the day. . fl J IXXAVA Uibuv hp rh'd not attemnt to flv over the wa j ter nor id he go to any great height, hut executed two complete circles In the air. then made1 an excellent land ing, while the crowd, including his rival, Curtiss, commented on the ease with which he manipulated his craft. In all three of his flights today the Wright machine showed greater speed than that of Curtiss. but the Curtiss considerably jarred his machine. The start of the dirigible balloon race to Albany was considerable of a fiasco, but it is announced that the balloons will be made ready for ano ther attemnt at the first opportunity. Brilliant Banquet Last Night. The Vice President of the United States and the Governor of New York; the personal representatives 01 aiplomatic : representatives of 25 na tions, and the special delegates of 28,, sat down 'to table tonignt in tne great banquet hall of the Hotel Astor as the Official guests of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. There were in addition the officers of eight navies and the admirals of frmi.- TTnSted States Senator Elihu - W members of the New York State -r s nf thp. muni- isuialuiv, ninaiitv of New York. It was one or the most brilliant banquets that the i country has ever seen. Upstairs the balconies were filled witn nanasomeiy gowned women! At the speakers' table were Jdnk- h.eer J. Louden, the minister from The r-h on iirana Aamirai v un trotor thP nersonal reoresentative found mention in the speech of vice President Sherman, who rejoiced that an American "It matters not who" had followed Hudson's index figure to the nolo. .the Lord Northcliffe on the possibility -i 0f war between Germany and Great Britain, , but after complimenting the American navy, both only breathed vr peace. , . " . . - ; Special sale of art squares at Piatt , & Haar's. !,..':'-it5H - . ... 1 4 ' r i. ; A A' k 4- i ' 1" S fi . V ' - s S': ' 4
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