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FIVE DEATHS
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Passenger Balloon Plunged
From Great Height Carry
ing Death to Occupants
BLOW TO AVIAT
Giant Passenger Balloon Erbsloeh
Dashed to the Ground in a Heavy
Gale All Five Occupants of the
Flyer Were Killed Erbsloeh, the
Well Known Aviator, Was Piloting
the Machine The Worst Aerial
Disaster of a Decade- All the Oc
cupants Were Caught in the Wreck,
age and Crushed. ;
(By Cable to The Times.)
Berlin, July 13 The giant pas
senger carrying balloon Erbsloeh, de.
signed by Oscar Erbsloeh, the daring
aviator who won fame in America in
'1907. when he captured the interna
tional balloon cup, was dashed to the
ground today in a heavy gale hear
Cologne.: All live occupants of tlie
flyer were killed. '
Erbsloeh was piloting the machine,
between Cologne and Dusseldorf,
when the disaster occurred. With
bis four companions he was dashed
to the ground at terrific speed.
As soon as news of the disaster
reached Dusseldorf a detachment of
troops was dispatched to the scene
This is tlie worst aerial disaster of
the decade which has Been the great
eist progress ir-ffyrn-'df-4
blow has . been struck at the . new
sport and science by the tragedy than
by the frequent wrecking of the giant
Zeppelins. '
The balioou, according to advices
received here, plunged from a great
height, falling with startling speed.
All the occupants were caught, in
the wreckage, and their bodies were
bo crushed that they were identified
with -. difficulty,.': The presence of
traces of gas for some time after the
wreckage had hit the earth prevent
ed the immediate rescue of the viq
tinis. It was reported that some of
the victims had escaped death in the
fall, but had been killed by the gas.
Thin was received with doubt. , '
When Erbsloeh returned from
America in. the fall of 1907 it was
with the intention of popularizing as
tar as possible the sport in which he
had won a name. To that end he or
ganized clubs and designed flyers,
adding to his reputation for dare de
viltry in many ascents in different
parts of Germany.; He was regarded
as the foremost German aeronaut,
next to Zeppelin and Grosse.
The most serious German balloon
accident next to today's occurred on
April 17, last, when the balloon De
li tscii was wrecked in a thunderstorm
in Prussian Saxony, the crew of four
being killed.
Two' daring aeronauts, Dr. Brench
niann and Hugo Francke, were killed
last November, when their balloon
collapsed hear Flume, on the Adriatic
whice they had flown 600 miles
from Berlin.
On September 25, 1909, four
Freuchnien were killed at Moulins,
Trance, through the explosion of the
balloon Republlque, a military dirig-
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FARM GO ON STRIKE
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Warwick Neck, R. I., July 13 A
fctrike of laborers on the country es
tate of Senator Aldrich, where a
great stone residence Is being erected
is on . The strikers demand $1.75 a
day an Increase of fifteen cents. A
notice conspicuously posted about the
site of the house states "that sixteen
cents an hour will be paid for ten
hours a day. The strikers forward
ed an appeal to Senator Aldrich for
$1.76 a day, declaring that the high
cost of living madett. impossible' for
them to get along on less wages. To
this petition some one added:
"Owing to increase in the price of
commodities under the.Payne-Aldrlch
tariff bill." . '
ible. The victims were Captain Mar-
chal, Lieutenant Chaure and sub-
Lieutenants Vincenot and Reux.
inirteen persons were killed on
June 22, 1907, in the worst balloon
accident recorded, near Deroezin,
Hungary. Two French officers and
an Austrian army man tell from the
balloon. The other victims, however,
were peasants, who were killed by
the explosion .of the bag' when they
captured it.
Won American Cup Race.
New York, July 13 Oscar Erbs
loeh, one of the foremost of German
aeronauts, was the winner of the sen
national balloon race held in Amer
ica in 1907 for the international cup.
Starting from St. Louis on October
SI,. 1907, Herr Erbsloeh in the Pom
mern .covered 880 miles landing at
Bradley Beach, N. J.
-For that feat he received the per
sonal congratulations of President
Roosevelt and the kaiser. 7 ...
Besides his honors in the St. Louis
race Erbsloeh secured $2,500 given
for three years by the donor of the
international cup, and one-fourth of
the entrance fees. ". ;:
It was in this race, when Germany
wrested the cup from, America that
the best showing by Americans was
made bj; J. C. McCoy and C, ,DeF.
Chandler, who landed at Patuxent,
Md., having covered 720 miles, six
teen less than Erbsloeh. '
The international' cup which had
Deen Drought to America t be year
previous by Lieutenant . Frank P
La am was formally presented to
Erbsloeh, to be held for a year, at
the Aero Club of America on Novem
ber 4, 1907.
COLONEL COMFORT DEAD.
Body Found In Creek Was Probably
a Suicide.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chester, Pa., July 13 The body
of Colonel Sljas E, Comfort, vice
president of Pennsylvania Military
College, was found in Leipervllle
creek, near here, this morning. The
police are at a loss as yet to say
whether the case is one of suicide or
muruer. . -
Colonel Comfort's hat was found
on the bank of the creek, his watch
chain was broken, as though by an
assailant who had grabbed for his
watch, and there was a bruise on his
head, but both watch and money
were still on the body. ,
The suicide theory was advanced
because since his election as city con
sulting engineer of Chester, at a sal
ary of $4,500 a year, there has been
considerable criticism which has
reached his ears to ther effect that he
was not a practical man and doubts
were expressed relating to whether
his theoretical knowledge of engi
neering would suffice for the btg un
dertaking upon which he was about
to enter. :
THE SQUARE DEAL
Has Not Been Meted Out to Labor,
Says Secretary Morrison.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 13 Declaring
that organized labor has not been
fairly dealt with by the present ad
ministration and that its enemies are
in a majority in congress, Frank
Morrison, secretary of the American
Federation of Labor.'today made an
earnest appeal to the delegates at
tending the international alliance of
theatre stage employes convention to
use the ballot as a remedy.
Secretary Morrison urged his hear
ers to make every effort during the
coming congressional elections to de
feat the members of congress seeking
re-election who are kiown to be op
posed to tne interests oi iaDor.
"Vote only for our friends," he de
clared. "You know who they are.
We have the strength to defeat all
of our enemies if we go about it in
a well-organized way, and there is no
reason why we should not succeed. '
'It was organized labor that
brought about. the successful fight on
Speaker Cannon and the house rules
during the past session, although this
is not generally . known, and we can
be responsible for ! much more If we
only make our ballots count."
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NO APPLICATION YET.
Italy Has Not Demanded the Extradi-
, tion of Charlton, But Will Do So.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 13 It vas an
nounced at the state department to
day that ,no application for the ex
tradition of Pprter Charlton has yet
been received, but that the Italian
government has advised that formal
application of the confessed; wife-
murderer will be made at an early
date. Until this application 1b re
ceived the state department wilf re
main silent, although it is generally
understood that Charlton will not be
surrendered. ... -. a-
HE FAILED HIM
He Killed the Woman But
? Not Himself
Casimir Malik! and Mrs. Antonia
Skora Agree to Die Together He
Kills Her But Says When He
Placed the Gun to His Own Head
it Would Not Work.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, July. 13 In a suicide
pact, Casimir Malski shot Mrs. An
tonia Skora, twenty-one years old,
three time today after escorting the
young woman to her home. Malski,
according to .lis story, then triej to
bhoot himself, but he said the car
tridges would not explode and so he
tied to his own. home.
Two nolicemen found him there,
cound asleep ' and snoring loudly.
They took him to Bellevue Hospital,
where Mrs. Skora lay dying. Tlie
man calmly admitted that he had
fchot ber. Mrs. Skora tried to shield
(At top) Glenn H. Curtiss Hying
over the ocean at Atlantic City. ( Be
low) Curtiss running into the surf at
Atlantic City, where the sand splin
him until she was informed that he
liaa not carried out his part of the
pact. She then identified him.
The police had a. hard time getting
at the bottom of the shooting until
they found a letter signed by Malski
and Mrs; Skora. It was addressed to
the woman's husband. He was told
tnat Malski loved Mrs. Skora and he
was accused of having treated his
wife cruelly.
"If you ever marry again know and
learn how to be a good husband," the
note concluded.
Mrs." Skora '8 three-year-old daugh
ter, Antionette, was near her when
she was shot. There is no hope for
the woman's recovery.
After the shooting Malski ran from
the building. Mrs. Skora, though
mortally wounded, noticed that his
straw hat fell to the floor as he ran.
She got up and threw it from. a win
dow. : ;
The hat fell almost at the feet of
Policemen Byrnes and Neisel, who
heard the shots. They ran up to the
tikora apartment and found the wo
man's clothing afire from the pistol
shots. -
"What's the matter?" they asked
after extinguishing the flames.
"I have been shot,' she replied.
"Who did it?" asked the police
men.. . ,
"A strange man. My husband us
ually comes home from work at this
SWITCH OPENED
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AND TRAIN
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, July 13--8ix persons
were severely injured and more than
hundred,, many of them women,
were badly shaken tip and bruised,
when an express on the Staten Island
Rapid Transit Railroad ran into an
open switch early today near Prince's
Bay.'.' -.-'' .'- :
Officials of the road believe that
the switch was opened hy someone
intent upon causing a wreck and de
tectives have been assigned to make
an Investigation. ;
A freight ; train passed over this
portion of the track halt an hour
ahead of the passenger tralnahd
everything was allright then'. ' ;
Whiskey and love never affect two
men In, exactly the sam way,- ;.'r
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tered his propeller in the first trial.
Curtiss recently in his preparation
flight for the $5,000 prize to the first
aviator who makes a twenty-five mile
time and I leave the door open. Tne
man came in and I thought he was
my husband. He shot me "
After the policemen had sent her
to the hospital they searched the
room and on a table found several
notes. These gave the clew to Mal
ski. .' ;
J. M. GUK.'KR "NOMINATED.
Gets the Nomination For Congress in
the Tenth District.
(Special to The Times) ,
Asheville, July 13 After 12 hours
of wrangling, noise and disorder in
the congressional convention yester
day J. M. Giidger. Jr., was" nominated
on the fifUi ballot. T. A. Morppew,
of McDowell, chairman.
; Town Burning I'p.
(By Leased Wire to The Times) :
Vincennes, Ind., July 13 Monroe
City, It'id., is threatened with de
struction by fire. A blaze started in
the business block of tlie Monroe
City Bank early today and the dam
age so far. Is- $60,000. '-.-The town is
without lire protection.
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THE STATE CONVENTION
Will Meet Tomorrow at Noon
In Charlotte
Charlotte Ready For the His Conven
tion, Wliii li Meets Toiiioitow
The Work (lie Convention Will
Have to Do.
(Special to Teh Times)
Charlotte, .Inly 13 The vanguard
ol the .'.fate democratic convention is
already anivnv, and the cohorts-in
large numbers will he here on the
iiii hl train:-.
Senator Overman will arrive at 10
oVlji4(tifi(,rrow morning. Arrange
nii-nis have been completed by the
local coiimn'Uco for the meeting of
the congressional district delegates at
ten diiiei flit points tomorrow morn
ing to elec t members to ihe stale ex
ecutive committee, committee' on plat
form and on plan of organization,
mid on credentials.-; It is generally
IliiS'lit to sea and return, flew twelve
miles ill twelve minutes over ihe
ocean. The immense' throng went
wild with enthusiasm over his flight.'
understood that Chairman Eller will
keep his present office.
Headquarters for the Manning and
Allen forces have been opened and
intense interest and no little activity
already surrounds these centers.
There are some interesting questions
being asked concerning the plat
form that will be presented - to the
convention -by tlie com niitiee, and in
particular does the quest ion arouse
interest: "Will the liquor '.problem
be meniioned?"
The. indications now are that the
platform ill be built. up 'on' conserv
ative -lines, but nobody is willing to
make definite forecast, preparations
have been completed., here, for the
convention, and plenty of amusement
features will be provided shoivld the
delegates have any time for such.
The entire city is awake to the im
portance of the evnt and Charlotte
will extend a welcome most cordial
and hearty to every delegate.
: Work Before Convent ion.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Charlotte, July 13 On Thursday,
July 14, of this week the democracy
of the Tar Heel state, coming in from
the Appalachians to the Atlantic, will
assemble at 12 '-'o'clock noon, when
the gavel will, in the hand of Senator
Lee S. Overman, fall and the "off
year" convention will be formally
convened. -
To choose a state executive, com-
FOUGHT DESPERATE
(By Cable to The Times)
Hong Kong, July 13 Two desper
ate buttles between Portuguese
forces and -"Chinese, pirates were
fought on the Island of Colowan to
day. A Portuguese gunboat. Co-operating
with a land force, bombarded
the pirate settlement, destroying the
houses and killing scores of pirates.
The Chinese rallied later and stormed
and captured the Portuguese military
post on the island, putting every man
they captured to the sword. Portu
guese reinforcements are being sent
from Maceo.
Dr. H. O. Shi'i'i'lll has gone to
Wrlgbtsville to attend the Dental
Convention, and will be away until
Mopday.
BATTLE WITH PIRATES
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mittee, t . . ree supreme
court justices, t. "Ir "V.e no
opposition, to formulai. ,"ja ftn
which will be of great monierh' the
general elections two years hence, to
name two corporation commissioners
these are a few of the more import
ant features of the program consti
tuting the work already mapped out
for the 9 tl 7 delegates representing
the nearly 100 counties of the state
of North Carolina.
For associate justice, to fill' the va
cancy caused by the appointment of
Justice Connor to the federal judge
ship of the eastern district of the
state, and which office has been filled
temporarily by appointment of jus
t ice Manning, of Durham, there are
two candidate;;, Justice Manning and
Judge Allen, formerly, a state judge
on the circuit court bench. This race
has attracted more notice and inter
est than any other that will be set
lied by the approaching convention.
'Justice Manning was appointed hy
Governor Kitchin. Justice Manning
having conducted one of the most
streii nous and well-planned cam
paigns in behalf of the governor,
whose campaign manager he was.
Therefore the unspoken interest, of
the governor in this contest will be
of no little weight.
Ex-judge Allen's candidacy on the
other hand, is being most vigorously
upheld by a strong element, so that
the campaign managers of both gen
tlemen are claiming the nomination.
It has been thought by some that in
this race is reflected indirectly the
fierce struggle between Kitchin and
Craig In the recent gubernatorial
contest, and therefore to this race in
particular great interest attaches
throughout the entire commonwealth.
Only Chance of Deadlock.
As there is only one office for
which three candidates are strug
gling Lee, Pearson and Graham,
for corporation commissioner to suc
ceed in office made? vacant by death
this race offers the one chance for a
deadlock in the convention so far
brought into view. There are only
two candidates, Brown and Bagwell,
to succeed Commissioner Rogers on
the commission', Yet in this case
while some time is likely to be re
quired to settle the contest between
the three men,' it is hardly possible
that a prolonged deadlock is very
likely.
Local Enterfainiiient Committee,
The big convention will be held in
the Charlotte auditorium, where
4.000 people can easily be seated, It
is -expected that between 700 and S00
delegates will be in attendance, these
having been named at the various
county conventions lollowing tlie
state primary cm June 2H.
A committee of SO or more lead
ing citizens have been selected to
look after the entertainment, of the
guests who will be here; and these
will meet all -..incoming trains on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
morning, and every possible courtesy
will be shown the visitors. The large
hall has been handsomely... decorated
for the convention, and everything Is
now in readiness for the sound of the
gavel, and the beginning of the co-
vention. :
A well-posted'--politician'. has made
the.. statement that there will not be a
single contest in the convention
hat. is, nothing' sufficiently debated
to stir '-tip the -slightest degree ot teei
iug, and all now looks like a harmon
ious and : unanimous gathering of
democrats for ihe furtherance ol the
party's interests and the strengthen
ing of democracy in the Old North
State.
YOKMAX PAPERS FBIKNDLY.
But Do Xof Go Out' of Their Way to
Ccmcilate the -United States.
(By Cable to The Times. I
Berlin, .1 uly II! The comment of
the influential -German' press '-on the
American-German -'incident today is
for the -most part friendly to the
I'nited States but there is no appar
ent disposition to go out of the way to
straighten out the tangle or attempt
placation. Several of the papers
profess indifference as to the atti
tude of the. United States. It is sig
nificant that the North German Ga-
zetle, the ollicial paper, maintains
silence on the incident.
The - papers which are most em
phatic in declaring America's opinion
unworthy of consideration are the
Vossic he Zeitung and the Neusste
Aclirichsten. The Berliner Post says
that if the American press feels in
clined to lecture on the behavior of
"rulers'" it might begin with Roose
velt. : '.',
; Voted For Sfrike.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Philadelphia, Pa., July 13 Sev-cnty-live
percent of the trainmen an.l
conductors of tlie Pennsylvania Rail
road east of Pittsburg have voted to
ftrike, according to an unofficial an
nouncement made here this afternoon.
POLITICIANS
Sagamore Hill the Mecca of
Men and Politicians of
All Opinions
ONE GOESTIO COfJE
"v." i " " " ." '
Governor Hughes Left Sagamore Hill
Today After a Long Conference but
Had Nothing to Say He Was Fol
lowed by Chairman Woodruff,
Chairman of the New' iork Execu
tive Committee airl Ills Political
Enemy Churles X. Fowler Also a
Visitor to ttie ex l'midciit Mors
: to Come.
( By Leased Wire to The Times)
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 13 After
the longest conference in the history
of Sagamore Hill, Governor Charles
IS Hughes, advocate of direct pri
maries, left today without making a
comment, having spent the night
with Theodore Roosevelt.
He left to make way for Timothy
L. Woodruff, chairman of the New
York state republican committee, and
one of his enemies. He said he would
go to Washington today to pick out
his home.
The report was current after the
governor's departure that the ex
president had determined to throw
all his weightfor a truce between
the republican factions in New York,
if possible, the direct primary the
chief Issue of the" fall campaign.
Failing to solidify his party, accord
ing to this report, he would lend his
influence toward tlie support of the
direct ; primary advocates, who have
bad Governor Hughes as a leader.
The meeting between the governor
and the ex-president was the longest
ever known at Oyster Bay, and was
unprecedented, according to the old
est inhabitants and other wiseacres,
lr that never before had a purely po
litical visitor stayed over night at the
home of Mr. Roosevelt. .
"All I can say is that I have had a
most delightful visit; I have nothing
to say regarding politics," was as far
s Governor Hughes would commit
himself on his departure.
Mr. Roosevelt bade farewell to the
governor with many handshakes and
smiles. ' .'.,
"I can't give a statement now as
to Governor Hughes' visit," said Mr.
Roosevelt, when the anxious newspa
per men were assembled before him.
"I am expecting to see Mr. Woodruff
today and after that I may have some
thing to say." ,.
Jacob Riis and Congressman Chas.
M. fowler, of New Jersey, Who de
tied Speaker Cannon and was ousted
from an important committee chair
manship as a consequence, were oth
ers tor whose arrival preparations
were made this morning.
Mr. Woodruff reached Sagamore
Hill at noon in an automobile. When
asked the purpose of the visit,: Mr.
Woodruff" replied with a smile: "Pol
itics, 1 suppose." .'' '. .
Colonel Roosevelt was waiting on
the veranda for the state chairman
(Continued On Page Five.)
STEAMER DESTROYED
BY AN EARTH QUAKE
(Hv Cable to The Times.)
London, July 13- A volcanic erup
tion m mid-sea totally destroyed the
German steamer Attika on, July 6 ac-
cording to dispatches received by
Lloyds today. The steamer's crew
was saved by the French steamer
ltadiolene. The Attika was bound
from . Novorossisk lor Algiers, whet).
t.n July G, she was suddenly heaved
high on the crest of a gigantic wave.
She buckled and her hutches broke
open. So quickly did she fill that the
crew barely escaped in the boats, and
they had a hard fight to keep the -small
craft afloat In the terrific wash
of the sea. According to the sailors, .
the water was warm and of a darkj
red hue. The Frenchman landed tha
crew at Oran.
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