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The Washington times., 1907-10-24

Senator Knox Says Pitts
burg Situation Is Well
in Hand.

The financial situation wss discussed
a length today by the President and a
number OF his advisers. Most OF them
assured the Executive that Secretary
Ccrfelyou's action has greatly, II not
almost completely, relieved TIE situa-
ton. ana tilat the crisis had GCeI passed
with credit tc the 4 Administration.
Among those who took up the subject
with the President early in the fore
noon were Secretaries Root and Met
calf, Attorney General Bonaparte, and
Senator Knox OF Pennsylvania.
After leaving the White House SEN
ator Knox said that he mad been ia
conversation over the lonE-distance tele-
phone during the morning with NUM-
Der OF friends in Pittsburg, and that
they had told him that the worst was
over.
prom what they told me-" said the
Senator, Il believe the situation Is well
in hand. The failure Of the iron City
Bank is not a large affair,' he added.
1T has a capital, 1 believe. Of only a
million"
That's a pretty good-sised sum-
suggested some one in the crowd.
mot In financial affairs these days,
said the Senator. But 1t would be a
hfn sum II NOu AcAA - AZ JNNfN fN~-@~~
now"
The far Northwest is not at all fright
ened by the money squeeze In Wall
Street. according to Senator McCumber
Of North Dakota, who was one OF the
Presidents callers.
1--WE have got almost as much money
"a p,e need to move our crops, in spite
of the Wall Street scare said the Sen
ator. "and our crops are being shipped
v-sth reasonable rapidity. Though the
crons this year are little less than the
average in size. the farmers are getting
s,,ch good prices for what they raise
mai they are really netting more than
usual 49, - -
+ra fhird-term chorus that was sung
In fhe Presidents cart this morning.
s'0rr state is for Roosevelt first, and
Roosevelt all the time said he. And
= he fnally refuses 20 take a renomi-
ratIon we viii be for the candidate that
represents Rooseyelt's policies. Ny
oTin{on is that we vii. nominate him
Spst asian and hear what he has to say about
ii afterwaro."
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
TOWNS WRECKED
BY EARTHQUAKE,
LOSS ENORMOUS
Many Are Killed in Dis
aSter in Italy and
Sicily.
Residents Flee to Open
COuntry-Communi-
cation Cut Off.

ROME. Oct 24-Tha province Of Ca
labria, in southern Italy, and the eastern
coast Of the Island of Sicily have been
shaken by a violent earthquake.
Many towns are in ruins, and great
loss Of life Is reported. Communication
.is interrupted and 1t is impossible to
learn the number Of dead.
After night OF terror IN the streets
amid the ruins Of their houses, the
population Of the cities Is fleeing to the
open country.
Heavy rains followed the earthquake.
Foodless, shelterless, half clad, and
beaten by raging storms the refugees
cannot escape the dreadful hardships.
The government Is rushing aid to the
stricken sections.
The property loss is said to have been
enormous.
Mt. Etna Active.
Mt. Etna, which is situated about mid
way between Messina ana Catania. near
the eastern sicilian coast. has been ex-
ceptignally active recently.
The worst damage thus far reported
was at BrancaIeone, on the eastern
coast of lower italy. The town was
wholly destroyed. Nine persons are
known to have been buried under col
lapsed buildings. Countless miraculous
escapes are reported. The 500 inhab-
itants are camping on the hiIlsldes. The
same town was partially destroyed by
an earthquake in 17sS
At Sinopol. also IL the province Of
Calabria. a number Of persons are said
to have been crushed under fallen walls.
The town Is a small one, seventeen
miles north Of Regio.
The two walls of the cathedral fell
at Geraee. The population numbers
about 10eO0. and much distress prevails.
Catanzaro Badly Damaged.
Another town in italy in which heavy
damage occurred is C.ltanzaro. with a
population Of about 5000. The cathe-
dral is said to have been badly damaged
and TO be in danger Of falling. The
ruins OF an old Norman castle, long a
point of interest to American tourists
were badly shattered. Large velvet and
silk manufactures situated here were
much damaged.
! In Sicily heavy shocks we're felt at
| Messina, one Of the Islands most i'm
portant seaports, with a population OF
nearly 100000.
The shocks. which continued ten sec
onds, are supposed to have occurred
some time during the night Il is not
yet kncwn whether others followed.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
VALUES
HAVE DECLINED :
S3,500,000,000

The depreciation in the value Of rail-
road stocks and industrial securities
during the past year has aggregated
between Ss,cOO. 10000 and $3.5O0.OO0 .Oc0.
In this liquidation eats and dogs
have stood with the best STOCKS on the
list
Some of the most remarkable declines
have been in gilt-edged investments
that usually weather every storm.
The losses per share during the year
from the high mark Of 1906 on the Sc
curities named we're as follows.
Railroad stocks
The Washington times., 1907-10-24

IN view OF these enormous losses, It
is not surprising that financial institu-
ti0as have been under a terrible strain
and the wonder Is that the billions have
been wiped out without more serious re-
suits both TO banking, Industrial and
business institutions generally. II is a
tribute TO the solldity of general bust
ne IS in the United States that the con-
dition has not seriously affected trade
and commerce.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Fair weather will doubtless continue
IN ali parts Of the Washington forecast
district tonight and Friday It will be
warmer in the Ohio valley and the lower
laNe region, and slightly cooler tonight
IN the South Atlantic states.
The winds along the hIiddIe Atlantic
coast VIII be light to FRESH northerly;
on the south Atlantic coast fresh north
Casteriy, brisk OF Hatteras. and on the
east CUR coast light and variable,
mostly northerly
steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northwesterly
winds and fair weather 10 the Grand
Banks.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
MORGAN SAVES DAY WITH s25,oo0, 600

NEW YORK. 24.-4t 2i20 O'Clock this afternoon.
quoted 100 unObtanable
breaking point after point PpOn Morgan S25O0OO00
stopped slump security
values.
At time Union Pacific had broke $40 shares; Paul.
Reading, S95 Pacific Northern $3.50
$40; Delaware or less
severely. A sma rally followed.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
THIRTY-SEVEN HORSES BURN;
FIREMEN RESCUE FIFTEEN

CHICAGO, Oct 24--Thirty-s horses
were roasted alive in an early morning
blaze IN the stables Of Nicholas Nagle,
Sixty-seeond street and Prnceton ave
nue., today. Fifteen other animals were
saved by the prompt action Of the fire.
men.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
Rockefeller Is Confident
That Concerns Are Solvent
And Is Helping All He Can

NEW YORK. oct. 24-John D. Rocke-
feHer, confident that the New York trust
companies are solvent, and that the ex-
listing condition is due only 10 dlssatisfac-
ton with men whose operations, though
dangerous. have been eliminated before
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The Washington times., 1907-10-24
French Contend.

The German enthusiasts don't adndt
any such possibility Tie French de-
clare 1t a good deal more than posi-
biilsy-alucst a certaiuty-aud are Try
ing ~ prove their contention by maps
anu statistics.
Though The Isle de France landed
yesterday forenoon, news oI lt did not
reach here from EeTbertsvflle, ~. j.
where the balloon descended Dis
patches announcing the landing OF Edul
MeckeIs AbeIsron at Manassas, Va.
followed a short tiuIe later. Consider
ihg the size cf the Eas haE-Only o. gB
cubic feet-it ls considered 10 have dome
remarkably well. Nickel said before
the start mat he dii not hope u win
niJh so small a balloon. but CnLeTed tIe
race for tfe fun of III.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24

-HARPERs FERRY, W. Va. oct. a.
BOth rivers clear.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
Win Compute 49,.

Captain Charles De Forrest Chandler,
Al the request Of the Aero Club Of ST.
Louis, has appointed William Welsh.
chief draugntsman OF the Signal Corps
10 compute the distances
Mr. Welsh will secure all the figures
and facts from the st Louis oreaniza-
uons aad will make IN official man of
the race, showing the courses followed
by the ballocnists. the distance covered
and the time records.
Not far from Asbury Park. where the
Norman balloon landed, and only q
short distance down the New Jersey
coast the French entry, L'Isie de
France, hcated TO the ground with a
flight OF $40 miles to aeT credit. and
after being hampered in the last stage
OF her journey by an accident 10 her
guide rope, which caught fast in some
trees. Third h0nors in the race appear
To have fallen TO the Germans, as thC
Dusseldorf. naVigated by Captain Hugo
Non AbercrGn and Hans HeidlemaIn.
traversed $50 miles from st. Louis before
alghting.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
America Fourth.

with the America. piloted by ]. c.
Mccoy. assisted by Capt. Charles Def.
Chandler. the team which won the
Lahm Cup last week. the United states
entry Laws claim to fourth place.
The America descended near Portland.
Mo, on the west shore OF the Chesa-
r,fake hay with a record of 40 miles
fTcfll St Louis II was in this balloon
that the hopes of America were carried,
and had ft not been for adverse cur
rfnfs from start TO finish, the hops
might not have been unfourded- This
rIIt1lIv rair in their night rides over the
rnCf{ntains experienced freezing weather.
olfentimes rising to the attitude OF
mile and halt
tor the giant st. Louis, pllOted by Alan
Havyley. came in fifth, with a record Of
ne miles, which terminated at West
minister, Nd.
Keeping close company with Mr.. Haw-
lev was the German balloon, Abercron.
v-bfcb desceuded at Manassas. Va. after
going 200 miles. while the United States
Vas not far behind this record. al
Though she landed I'm Canada. The last
competitor in the race Was the young
F,neIishman. Brewer, who although an
amateur at the art. beat his former rec
ord by many miles:
OF the nine airships entered in the
international fight from St. louis. four
81 me almost to the very shores Of the
Atlantic ocean before descending, and it
is said that they all could have gone
farther had il not be5n for the barrier
which the ocean interposed.
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
Unofficial Reports
Show German Bal
loon Is Winner.
Distance So Close Off
cial Measurement
Is Ordered.

German and French partisans are al
ready dispGting the Pommern's and Tie
Isle de Frances respective claims 10
victory To she International balloon
race. Only the ease with which Il wlii
be possible 10 settle the controversy,
as soon as Official airline measure
ments can be taken prevents The dil-
ference cf opinion from becoming a
very bitter one
Basihg their opinion or press reports,
dislnterested aer0uauts say they haven't
much doubt Che p0mmern won. but
That the distances covered by TIE tao
bailOons-ssJ miles 5y the POmmern ana
sst by the Isle ae fTance-are 50 close
together that Official measurements
may, by a bare possibility give the
victory 70 the French AIR craft
The Washington times., 1907-10-24
TEMPERATURES.
SUN TABLE.


sun sets today. 5
sun rises tomorrow W.....-........... 8
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Van Schaick's Reply.

Upon the receipt Of copy of these
resolutions the Rev. Mr.. Van Schaiok
replied as follows:
Upon receipt Of your communication
OF October r. transmitting resolutions
adopted by you October 9. II was my
first impulse to give them out for pub
Continued on Eleventh Pare.l
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
W. ]. HUTCHINSON, Editor q Mgr


Now ia the time TO prepare for the
holiday advertising, both 10 the
newspaper and in job printing.
Don't wait for the merchants to
come in and make suggestions.
Go 20 them ut once and II new ma
terial or cuts are needed get them ;
il the merchants have no ideas, DO
prepared to make suggestions, and
sensible ones trade gotters.
Don't suggest any fool thing (eyen
II some Of the city papers dc) like
4 Christmas tree with ads which
are Of necessity 50 small that they
are mere firm announcements; or
any freak Advertising. Plain, ar
tiatic ads with plenty olpricos, and
good descriptive cuts il obtainable,
are the ones that draw trade, You
should have been at this work q
month ago. Some papers will be
doubled in sizo for several weeks
with holiday Gdvertising, and be
doubly interesting TO the readers,
while others. in equally good towns,
will show little change. Don't be
satisfied with filling q certain
amount OF advertising space; try
10 mako every ad produce results
insist on the merchants quoting
prices.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
"A Sad Mistake. p

There Is funny story told Of the
Lyman Twins, the famous comedians
who will appear at the Auditorium
Wednesday night. During the first Of
their engagement IN Denver, Colo,
soma time ago, one Of the brothers
went into the barber shop OF the hotel
at which they we're stopping TO get
shaved being accommodated he qui-
etly put on his hat and oVercoat and
left. La q few moments In came the
other twin aud very unconsciously
got into the same chair which his
brother had Just vacated and waited
patiently for the barber TO commence.
The barber OF that chair on returning
frcm the other room where he had
been preparing bath and on seeing
the twin III the chair asked very
amazing what he wanted. A shave
said the twin. On hearing this the
BARRIERS looked at one another, each
with a puzzled expression on his face
which became more so when the one
assigned TO do the job on feeling Of
the customers face discovered the
same growth OF the hair there that
had Just been taken Off, but being
ashamed TO ask questions went on
with his work and finally ventured TO
say, thought | done a better job
than that. That's alright said the
twin. you must have shaved my broth
or Not on your life, said the barber,
you can't make me swallow that !
know who shaved. just then the
door opened and Ia stepped the other
twin. The barber looked foolish,
from one TO the other got hiU with
three or four wet towels from his COM
panions and finally brawled out, we'll
IN be. It's on me. The twin com
edlans each left with good cigar
which was on the house
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
Sudden Iump

The VinIta football team, after
having been able to defeat the White
Oak, Big Cabin, Estella and other
teams from neighboring cities, they
have gotten an idea into their heads
that they are some pumpkins" and
have gone TO playing Kansas Universe
ty and Kansas City Medical College
The next thing you will hear OF them
they will be issuing a challenge tC
Yale or Harvard University.
AN Enthusiast
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

Roast beef with brown potatoes, hot
coffee and rolls, milk, COCOA OK any ak
tras you want at Llge Henderson's
cafa ia Auditorium building. i-tf
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

We've got il: Wen set IL, or its not
IN town. Pare Food Grocery Phone
ISS.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

IL ths United states Cornmissieuo~e Court a.
VinitA In theznd Coumi issicneFs district.
in she Nortnsrn District OF Indian cerritory
Joseph Hunt. plaintif,
10. Au4a
d Niehaei. defendant
ne defendant u. S Nichae i> warned to
srresr IN this ecurt within thirty tays snd ae-
sFsr he eomPiaint ~ Ae plalatlf. 1eseph
H1nt
Thousas J. fsrrar
Gee. 8. Nc-aficafk. Attoiney fcr riainAf.
8. A. froeesco. Atorne2 ier Men -isesiseat De
'er.tart
Ner. IS. 1907.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

Having beat his own record,
Weston, the venerable walkolo-
gist, will now have a show at
the box Office coin.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24
WELLMAN AFTER THE POLE
News Gatherer Thinks the Airshp May Land on the
 Coast of Alaska.

float on the sea. By means of the en- largement of the airship and food con- tained in the guide rope we are able to carry with us total of 5000 pounds of food, or enough to enable the crew of the airship to subsist on its own stores for period of ten months without hay ing recourse to game or outside supplies.
 We carry in our tank 6,S0O pounds of petrol, capable of running the motor 150 hours at normal speed of If knots per hour, giving total radius of action from the liquid fuel of ?, 100 knots. The weight of the cargo diminishes on an average of 600 pounds per day by the consumption of petrol for the motor, while the loss of lifting power by leak age of gas through the skin of the bal loon will probably not exceed 150 pounds per day The net result of this is that we have on an average day 450 to 300 pounds of Hitting force no longer required, representing just so much gas to be disposed of to maintain the equi- librium of the ship. Ordinarily the surplus gas would be allowed to escape through the valves, but inasmuch as hydrogen has very high calorific power We have thought it pity to waste good fuel and have found that we can burn the surplus hydrogen in our motor, with the result that we have a further 30 hours of motoring from waste gas, giving 8 total of lS0 hours at II knots per hour. That is to say, we have a total radius of action of 2,500 miles, or double the distance from our base to the pole and back again. If we can get but two thirds of the value of these fig ures we shall still have 50 per cent. margin over our needs for our journey from Spitzbergen to the pole and back.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24
HOT SPRINGS ECHOES.

The first number of G. II. IIenry's Hot Springs Echo and Panama Citizen was issued last Saturday. The follow ing items are copied from it:
 From Charles smith, the foreman of the government road work, We learn that frost in the ground is delaying them, but he says before the snow flies We shall have a fine graded road be. tween Hot Springs and Fort Gibbon.
 Our noble friend John the Bear Hun ter is leaving for the wilds of the lnnoko and kuskokwim to trap the wary mar ten and hunt the glacier bear. We all wish John the best of luck.
 The sawmill keeps busy all the time and building is going on all the time. Where two years ago there were only two cabins, now there is q good-sized town that is still growing. The launch Zodiak is kept busy hauling raits from the mouth of Hot Springs river to the saw mill. Altogether she is hustling town, and we think the outlook for her future justihes the large sum of money Mir. Manley has spent on her.
 Louis Scyler arrived from Thanksgiv- ing on Tuesday and joined the u. \. survey party under Locating Engineer John Bernard. From Mir. Bernard, who arrived here on the 18th, We learn that hc has been beating the winter trail between Hot springs and Fairbanks
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24
cues. STICK TO CARIBOU

The Guggenheims have by no means abandoned their active operations in the Caribou country, says the Vancouver World Some little time ago it was re- ported that this company had practi- cally abandoned all operations in that section owing to their dissatisfaction with the placer mining laws and other kindred troubles. From recent reports, however, it appears that the company, so far from having quit, are preparing to carry out their extensive plans on a scale even larger than before.
 Special stages are being run to the lake for the purpose of carrying in the large number of men required for the various operations, and these men are being employed at rate that will mean at least a thousand workmen on the job within the next two months. Work on the big ditch has been resumed, and the many lateral ditches are being taken out as fast as the working force will permit.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24

He left for Tolovano on the 18th to complete work at that point, after which he will proceed to Fairbanks. Swamps and water have made great difficulties for him on the flats.
 Jack Coleman arrived safe and sound from the Chandlar after an extended prospecting trip. When he had sam pied several of the Hot Springs brands of fighting water he immediately began to talk of the days when the Colts 45 was monarch of all.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24
LOST.

Garden rake; lost at the Old Ceme- tery while the Improvements were being made June S. reward. Robt. Schaber
 Ladies nugget pin. Finder please leave at Valley News office.
 Gold-rimmed specs in black leather case. Valley News office.
 Purse containing B bill, $l bill and ? small keys; money immaterial; want the keys. Valley News office.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24

to the north pole. In a test of twenty five trial trips the air machine gave en- tire satisfaction. The members feel certain of being able to make the trip.
 Seattle, July 13.-George Hastings representative of the Reuters News Agency, has left here for Point Barrow to meet the Wellman party when it re- turns from its attempted trip to the north pole. He figures that the party will touch at that point when it returns to civilization and that he will be ena- bled to get the story ahead of all com petitors.
 Before leaving for Spitzbergen We'll man said of his preparations for the undertaking:
 One of the most important changes we have effected is the enlargement of the balloon of the airship. It has heen made IS feet longer and it's Hitting power increased 5000 pounds, giving total lifting force of l9,50O pounds. The bal loon is lS4 feet long and B feet in its greatest diameter, it's cubic volume be- ing 265,0 feet. The next important change in our last years equipment is that we have built an entirely new car and mechanical equipment. The new car consists of a framework of steel tub ing ll5 feet long, 10 feet high and s feet broad. This is suspended close under the balloon at such distance that those standing on the top of the car can easily reach the balloon. The keel or back bone of the airship consists of steel tank Is inches in diameter and ll5 feet in length capable of holding LOO gal Ions of petrol. The top of this tank will be really the deck of our ship. By this disposition we make the weight of the tank, which is about 1 ,000 pounds, do double duty, for it is not only safe reservoir for our petrol, but at the same time gives rigidity to the structure of the ship. The car is enclosed with tightly stretched silk, the two sides forming vertical plane and the wide roof q horizontal plane, all constructed for giving stability to the ship in the air At the stern of the vessel is q rud der of some 900 square feet in the form of q bicycle wheel, which despite it's great size only weighs go pounds. The total weight of the steel car and tank is 2,200 pounds.
 It is our intention during our voyage to the pole to be always in contact with the earth by means of a guide rope. We shall never ascend more than 900 to 300 feet, and our guide rope will trail over the surface of the earth. The guide rope is absolutely essential to the safety of our navigation and is of considerable weight. Instead of employing a steer line we have made what 1 call leather serpent i5 inches in diameter and l40 feet long, weighing about l ,2Oo pounds, which is suspended from the air-hip by means of steel rope. lt is covered with steel scales to protect the leather and to make the whole guide travel smoothly over lee anal snow. It will also
Yukon Valley news., 1907-07-24

Spitzbergen, July l3.-The Wellman party will leave here July 20 for a trip to the north pole. In a test of twenty five trial trips the air machine gave en- tire satisfaction The members feel certain of being able to make the trip