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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
Hare Mnrked FaifhfnIIr.

The Wright brothers have been silent
during all their success in navigating
the air and although scientists have
heard that they had a successful ma
chine, few OF them knew even the
general construction until a few weeks
ago Never would they consent 20
have photographs taken OF their aero
plane or give out any descriptive in
terviews until they were confident
they had solved the problem. So ret
icent were hey about what they were
doing that hey took their machine
down into the quiet country OF North
Carolina 10 make their first expert
meHtS, and although their flights
proved 10 their minds that they had
struck upon the right idea. news Of
their success was never her4lded 10
the world until Mr.. Wright came 10
Washmston-came mere determined To
set new world shrecOrd and TO place
America at the lead in .erOnautics
His first flight over the grounds AT
Fort Myer soon after he had assem-
bleI his machine lasted about eleven
minutes, and then Mp Wright defer
mined 10 give 10 the world jue Sc
crets of his gignts. he Lagrange. the
FTenchman. whose work has won n IN
praise from all parts OF the world,
stayed in the air about tuirty-one min
utes Monday. and two days later the
Ohioan made Eis flight OF Gfly-seyen
minutes and thirty-oue seconds.
Il couIJ have stayed up longer well
enough" he said. when he landed on
tine ground few feet from the start
ing point, but I didn't know how
long I had been up. ! certainly woj;3d
have remained in the air an hour had
] known was So close 10 it," That
afternoon he made another ascension
and beat his former record by nearly
five minutes, and passing the hour
mark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13

am IN the AR that Increase until
am going thirty-Gour -or fhirty-Gv
miles
Mr. Wright said tEat he believed the
acroplaue. with what is known Of 10
now. could carry Iuugh gaSOleHe O..
travel thousand ,uGas The prime
pal trouble now is. il seems in eettin
proper work from the encipe IT,
causes many short fights. land ..lS,
makes II dangerous for the machine
L" be taken at a very great attitude.
However. the altitude required in tao
Government TesJs is not considered
TOO dangerous, and Ar Wright is not
AT AIN nervous about coming up Ia
the requirements.
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Two Ride In Machine

just after breaking the worlds rec
ord he had set in 'he morning. Mr..
wright took a passenger along wirb
him on a short fight of six minutes
something which had never before
been done on an aeroplane. A member
of the Signal Corps accompanied The
aviator and he said that the machine
worked with a regularity which re-
Vealed many secrets of aerial navi-
cation 20 him
Next To the Wright brothers. some
OF the most remarkable results in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
MAJ DE Lagrange Las Done.

Mex TO the Wright aerOplane the
machine invented by Leon De La
grange is considered the most practi-
cal. but on rlany occasions when Il
seemed about 10 fuIdu the promises OF
success il has met with accidents
However. the aviator has persisted,
and IL was OrviIle Wright alone who
showed the mure complete mastery OF
the air than did the Frenchman.
His first successful flight was at the
RagateIIe training grounds when his
aeroplane rose 20 a height Of Is feet
and then Travelled siXty-ive yards
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
VALUABLE PIES.

one Of your mince pies7''
II do"
But YOU can buy minos pies any
where for 10 cents"
Not like these"
81 don't see why these should be
worth any more than any othsrs7''
.Wei- 7 do Why. a fellow found q
sold collar button N one Of these pies.
yesterday -YOnkers Statesman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
he AVIATOR N FLIGHT
q

March y his machine did more salts
factory work than he had ever eN-
peCted. and Nir. Farman announced
that he was certain that within q
short time he would have the solution
Of the aeroplaEe. Mr.. Farman's ma
chine consists of TWO long surfaces.
thirty-th-ee and a half feet long and
six and a half feet wide. II also car
ries two planes in the rear These are
nineteen and a half feet by six and a
half feet n size II has a double hOri-
zontaI runner I'm front and is pro
PEELED by a 51-horsepOwer motor
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By J. II. CAEEEE,

difference being in the small parts he
has conceived since his first flight II
was with the first model that he plan
ned that Mr.. Wright succeeded in
flying through the air. and the aero
plane used by him today Is but an i'm
proved pattern
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13

c'EqUerinC the air. His longest fight
was made March p, and at that time
the news of his feat was heralded
throughout 5he world. For NOR than
q mile and half he carried his big
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13
THg WRIGHT
A5ROPLAN5

year be made an experiment al the
lssy Grill grounds in France ana
thousan-s oI spectators cheered him
when mis- machine Travelled tw0 and
hair miles without touching the
ground
Among The most ingenious aeroplane
inventors IS Robert Esuauit-Pslterie,
"ho not only constructed his own fly
ing machine. huc -is the originator Of
the motor he uses IiIs aeropIane was
ea- - To win the Deutsch-ArchGeacoa
Df4ze when EeaH Farmau entered he
made AEnts % a hundred yards or
more DuJ never came anywhere near
carrying off the hunors
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13

$50 rilEe. sgiG.lg il almost at Will
$ was then TIE longest fight known
f aeroplFue inventors. and his TINE
y t@o minutes and nft-sa seconds
One Of his early victories was cap
IEinc I've be- scE-Archde.con prize.
te continued lis experiments irnmadi-
ately afterwarI and adyanced rapidly
v-iti hiS work. DurUE his test Of
The evening world., 1908-03-06

Iua,- Petit. aui sid ne vas employed
by lsddurc StruIs. ut No. 2iij Broad
way. brother of Os ar and Nathan
S'raUs vas arrested on Amsterdam
aNealr ON a charge of going twenty
miles an hour IT." was ha'lcd out at
the West Ouc Huudrcd;A street station
AID said he Was golng tn the Twenty
th!rd street ferry 20 meet secretary
and Mrs Straus, who were coming
from Washington. Tho same machine
was picked up short time afterwards
by Policeman Martineau on Amsterdam
1venue. and the chauffeur was charged
with going twenty-five miles an hour.
The police say he then gave the name
of Eugene Petit at the West Sixty
cigth street station lie protested
wildly that he had to meet his
master but was locked up.
In West Side Court to-day Mr.. Straus
bitterly arraigned the police for picking
up Petit. He said that he was forced
to wait some time and had TO take a
taXicab home. Despite his plea Petit
was held in 500 bail for trial. Mr.
Straus put up his mansion. valued HI
Slg.V0, as security.
Sergeant Casey and his men intended
to continue their work OF chasing speed
ers to-day. but the snow prevented.
The evening world., 1908-03-06
FIFI Y.-EIGHT AUTO
SPEEDERS HELD|N
500 For TRIAL
DR.. Mlllllolland Let Off Be-
cause He Was Hllrrvi,1g to
Assist a StOrk.

Magistrate Breen. in Harlem police
court had sixty automohilists and
chauffeurs before him to-day on a
charge Of exceeding the speed limit.
All but two were held in 800 bail for
rial in the Court OF Special Sessions.
one of the TWO who escaped was DR..
Joseph \. Mulholand, OF No. 25SO
Marion avenue, who said that when ar
rested he WAS on his way to assist at
the birth of a child.
All the men arraigned before Magis-
rate Breen to-day We're arrested yes
terday afternoon and last night by
torty bicycle cops who were unexpect
edly transferred from the Trafic
squad. They We're not in uniform and
The speeders who have enjoyed i'm
munity on the upper west side for near
y two months, were completely de-
ceived.
In addition TO the speed violators.
Magistrate Breen fined half dozen
hauffeurs who were arrested for turn
ing corners at n speed exceeding seven
miles an hour This is violation of a
corporation ordinance. Tie bicycle cops
were oIueL cd 10 slIAl l4lt4E scene OI Op-
erations to-day.
In many cases the bicycle cops had
to race for many blocks to land their
quarry. The occupants OF one auto
mobile picked up Thomas Swindahl.
fourteen, of No. 70 West one Hundred
and First street. and carried him to ST.
Luke's Hospital after the car had
struck him, but all got away before
the police could get to the hospital
caesht One Man Twice.
Among those arrested were chau.-
feurs for several prominent men. The
police say the recklessness OF auto
drivers had become more apparent
after some magistrates began TAX
Ing final Jurisdiction OF speeding cases
and filming chauffeurs. The courts de-
c.ded this was Illegal, and that chauf-
feurs must be held for Spec al Ses-
s!ons, but many OF them do not appear
TO have been familiar with the rul-
ing.
A chauffeur who gave the name of
The evening world., 1908-03-06
KAISER STIRS
BRITISH WITH
NAVAL LETTER
Fear that He Is Meddling for
Germany's Benefit Brings
General Protest.

LONDON. March 6.-Emperor Will
iam's letter TO Lord Tweedmouth, First
Lord of the Admiralty. in which, /. is
charged, the Emperor attempted to in
fuence the naval policy of Great
Britain. has caused grea; stir in Eng
land and much popular indignation.
The Emperor is accused of grave med
ding with the British naval estimates.
and the reply Of Lord Twecdmouth that
the communication was purely personal
is considered unsatisfa ctory and has al
EaSed neither the anxiety nor the in
digna tion of the public
The incident had slightly depressing
effect on Stock Exchange prices when
trading opened this morning. hut prices
rallied subsequently, on Lord Tweed
mouths explanation of the matter.
AT the close of this afternoons sit
ting of the House Of Commons Chan
csllor Of the Exchequer Asquith re
ferred TO the episode. He said that an
immediate statement seemed TO be re-
quirad in the public interests.
1T is a fact" declared the Chancal-
lor. that on Feb. Is Lord Tweedmou,n
received letter from the German En-
peror. II was a purely personal and
private communication conceived In an
entirely friendly spirit Lord Tweed
mouths answer was equally private and
Informal. and neither the letter nor fts
answer was known or communica. ed t.
4. 'nk
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The evening world., 1908-03-06

s9S5 s5,s6ridtIIg thing that ever happened in the
NAL Mhdiiler X Lee. secretary OF The Auto
noDiie Trade Association and auto- 10,
EdFhiFaI Committee. Ngs busv arr sne
,mS ,,isi me de;ails of the great hill rIi,,,bS'
~, m,,itM WI! be one of the most interas,-
itF i, lii iTTa,uFes OF the week 5 programn,e
and will oe a Tough stunt. for ,h motors
OF them, The Hin Climb CON- ,te pest
Sui, n. Z. Parlee. chairman, and f. sS,,
EVeiand and l.. Newton, has its az a!iK TX
easIivc iitcl ~ nil!, right here in town ana nd
,io, aS"f II, reached by several transnora,ia1o ai1o
ullncultT will be experienced in s.,,,-i n o
q a, permit for the struggle on This toi,cbS
oiu hll!' ana II will WOO all the a,tp,,st
noti, ,on vi lnursday afternoon. The CON-
pssatIFs Said VIII he in nine classes.
Of u The WE, MaeL Lee Lee; The complete success
sured;. The Evening World heths hss stan as,
the affair good send-ofY Tha tss s-d einen
taking mold with a viii and VIII
TTlehty Of funds on hand and coninr
ne Dlstrcit will be transformed into
au t';Fv tn etiy and the glad hand will be
You have my permission to o,ote ~.
n the strongest terms of confidence in
me success of the carnival" said "
W. burke. OF Broadway and Fiftv-sec
Sno ana street IT will be the finest out
u4or snow old New York ever saw"
said: The District got a stirring IN
from The Evening World which has SET
ger that will nut the carnival in IN.
lront rank among entertainments ~
that class 1t is bound to be splendid
The evening world., 1908-03-06
BULLET STILL IN HIM..
ACCUSES HIS ENEMY,
After io1 Days in Hospital, Gerritv
Appears in Court to Prosecute

After spending lol days in the hos
pital as result Of being shot on Nov
20 1891. John Gerr!ty. thirtv-one wears
old. 'longshoregnan, of No 800 Cherry
Street, was able to appoar IN tho Essex
Market Court to-day although he car
RED bullet in mis- lungs. as com
nRinant againt James Gully. thirty five
wears o.d. also lonEshoreman. of No.
100 Cherry street. Magistrate Harris
held Gully In Sl.I0) bail for exa:nina-
tion on d charge of fe'onious assault.
On the night Of Nov. - Gerritv and
Gully uuarrelled
Gully is alleged to have fired two
shots al Gerritv. one OF which lodged
In his right lung
The evening world., 1908-03-06
SOCIETY WON|E|N n
NAMED FOR QUEEN
OF AUTO CARNIVAL
Mrs. S. Osgood Pell Leads in the First
Days Balloting, and w. K Van
derbilt, Jr., Is Named for
King.

The idea of automobile carnival with whole week of fun for the
public and lots of hard work the hs who hold hn the hundred
automobile along mile and half of Broadway ong
Acre Square SevnySecond street. has made hit with
the public will attract thousands of devoees the car sport
from cities will refreshing novelty the way of the tv
free entertainments.
The interest which the public taking in the coming carnival well
aeed by the immediate response the call the committee which has
the affair III charge for an election of King and Queen reign over h.
festivities from April 10 April II. The polls opened Yesterday when
the official ballot coupot first pntedaS again to-day and will
be day from down the close polls on Anr
the second of The Evening World and before the sun had set hal
lots began to flow in to the Carnival Editor and the election u,s ~ il
earnest -. -.
The evening world., 1908-03-06
LA PROVENCE REPORTS.

A wireless despatch from the French
Line steamer La Provence. from Havre
for New York. says that the steam er
expects to reach Sandy Hook Light
ship tomorrow at 1l.45 4 NJ She re-
ports thick weather
The evening world., 1908-03-06

The Carnival Editor found after the
envelopes were opened and the ballots
sorted. that there were forty-one votes
for Mrs. S. Osgood Pell. an accomplished
amateur auto-driver. and so Mrs. Pell
leads at the end of the first DAYS vot-
ing, though twenty other well-known
auto enthusiasts. some fair and famous.
others dauntless and fair. and few
mere men with regulations among
those who love the auto. were named
by the voters as their choice for the
purple.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., Nominated for
King.
The first envelope opened by the Car
nival Editor contained one Evening
World ballot on which had been writ
ten the name Of William X. Vanderbilt.
jr. Along with the ballot was a scrap
of paper upon which had been written:
THE foremost amateur autoist in
America, Mr.. Vanderbilt. typifes the
sporting element of the wealthy class.
He has done much for the sport. He is
its king
Other admirers OF Mr. Vanderbilt
swelled his vote to five. while three
readers sent ballots filled in with the
name of Col. John Jacob Astor. There
were votes also for Colgate Hoyt. pres4.
dent of the Automobile Club OF Amer
lea. an organization which has been
power in securing legislation which has
made automobiling diversion for
kings, subjected it to wholesome :peed
rules, and not only placed 1t under pro
lection of the law but made the reck-
IN - Iay
good conduct. Ex- President Winthrop
Scarritt also received some votes. as
did Courtlandt Bishop, S. Osgood Peli.
Irving Brokaw. Foxhall Keene. r. G.
Howell. Gen. John T. Cutting. Harry
Payne Whitney and Reginald Wander
bIt.
Many Named for Queen.
But the idea of electing Queen
seemed more pleasing to a majority
OF the suffragists in this novel election.
votes being cast for Mrs. Colgate Hoyt.
Mrs. John ]. Astor, Mrs. T. F. Hutton.
Mrs. w. y. Phoenix and others. while
Mrs. John Cuneo. wife of Andrew
Cuneo, the banker, and an intrepid.
daring. dashing auto-driver. who drove
the whole distance on the siXteen-day
Glidden tour to Chicago and return last
year, is the second fair chauffeur to
lead over any man in the first day 5
vote. Mrs. Cuneo received sixteen
votes. She was an eager entry for the
Briarcliff races, to occur ten days after
the carnival, at Briarclif Manor, West
chester County, and she almost ''wept
like a woman when her entry was
rejected-just because she was a
woman.
Beginning tomorrow. the election re-
turns" showing the vote Of each can
didate UP 10 that point in table form
will be given each day in The Evening
World, which has been selected by the
Carnival Executive Committee to con
duct the election. To vote, cut the cou-
pom ballot out of The Evening World
second page. fill in the name of the
favorite. voting either for King or
Queen. and send it in TO the Cdrniva!
Editor Vote for only one caididatv.
Help select either u King Carnival or
Queen Of the Festival.
~ At the head OF the tremendous niEhI
parade will be two royNl auto carriages,
the King in one. the Queen in the
other.
The evening world., 1908-03-06
The District viii Keep Open
House.

The object and purpose OF this the
first affair OF the kind ever Eeld, is
to arouse the public TO realization
OF the fact that in this Wear l%s the
automobile has practically reached per
fect:on and to demonstrate ,al, %
mas Uecome a practical necessity a.
well as deliEhtful luxury in modern
life. The hundred dealers mok.l- up
the membership OF the AEtomOb.I
TIGdes Assoc!atlcn under whose a.sp.er,
the carnival is given vii, keep o.eu
house during the whole week. wlta
buffet lunches ana indoor cntorla!ua.eats :
10 make a tour Of t.a "AItomob.le
District" a deligatigl diversion. even
Il It has no more suostaatia, OF s.riou,
purpose.
TN Automobile Club Of America VII.
rece = N.sI,.uS -.... C,4!.-.a t.a.
nne CLUB home !u aifty-.u.4ta a.rn.r.
am, the "Districi w!l. Iu u huw-.I r.,.
busy iiltle city wi'aa "a citv II VIC r.
''Will Il - sJ-trsF' acclaimed a.
+. Moore WHO has .i.eady taken nine.
ieeu ontries T.. thr tr.l.-iit races
where l.e racirs r'l 90. .w stock GER
Tor the bt,4rcliI ~ p.s . iA.r. & .i.fl
statue ol sud ~t'rer bnuEs usl
ss,s,.y ,.lne IN & aHn -.tsi ,.
with SUCH publicity as Il q Geltiag f7om
me Evening World: II ~! be the big
The evening world., 1908-03-06
Greenhut
and
Dry Goods
Sale Of
Ready-to-Wear
Hats
Dry Goods

We offer select assortment of rcady-to'
wear hats in black and the prevailing colors,
smartly trimmed with wings, silks and other
materials in the new fashionable sailors and
turbans
AT SIS each
We are also showing the new straws, all Of
them being copies Of the newest French
shapes,
At LIS, 200, 2.25 and $50
Selling on the main floor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
AGRICULTURE IN
COUNTY SCHOOLS
County supt. Mckay Introduces
New Study for Boys--Do-
nestle Science for Girls.
FUNERAL OF PRIEST. FLyGARE.
,a,r,,n. May be Viewed Saturday
Afternoon and Sunday Morning.
Serious Charges Against Tollcr.

ogden, Feb. Pa new departure in
,ho line of study to be taught In the
Ueher county public schools has been
,naueurated by county superintendent
rhomas Il. Mckay. Most of the stu
dorts in the county schools live either
On farm or their parents have or
cbards. and Mr.. Mckay thought 1t
r.culd be an excellent departure to
sive the students some talks every
week OH subjects that would be of
snecial interest to them. I'm ele-
meniary agriculture. AT the last meet
ing of the teachers of the county
schools. Supt. Mckay gave the teach
ars n talk on elementary agriculture
In the public schools, and an outline
on the life history of the cooling
moth, which does so much damage to
the fruit crop by causing worms. Dur
ing this month that subject is being
taught the students. and the best
methods known to kill 1t. The success
with which the teachers meet in the
new work will be reported at the next
institute, The girls are being taught
domestic art at the Hooper school as an
experiment, which is meeting with sue
cess, aud 1t will be extended to the
other schools.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
NOTICE mo- CONTRACTORS.

THE UNDERSIGNED BOARD OF
Trustees, Ephraim School District,
Ephraim, sanpete Co, Utah. win receive
sealed proposals for the erection of
twenty classroom School Building UP to
2 n. m. March 4, 1905 Plans specifcs-
tons; blank forms OF proposals, contracts
and bond forms can be found at the Of
hce or l.. NJ. Olson, Ephraim. Utah. also
NJ the offices OF Watkins & Birch, Archi-
tects SIS Dooly Block salt Lake City,
and 1856 So Acd. Ave, Provo, Utah. Each
proposal must be made on the forms pro-
vlded, no other form of bid will be ac-
cepted.
Bids will be received In aggregated
forms for Brickwork and Cement work.
For stone work For carpenter work. In
Guiding wrought iron, sheet iron and tin
work For Plasterlng, For painting. For
heating and ventiating apparatus, and
plumbing, also bids for the Building COM
plete. except heating. ventlatlng and
plumbing
All proposals must be accompanied with
certified check made payable to c. j.
Christensen. as a guarantee that the bid
der will enter into contract and give an
approved bond Of twice the amount OF
said proposals within one week after said
work Is awarded,
All proposals must be Addressed to c.
j. Christensen, Clerk of School Board.
Ephraim, Utah, and marked on the LEFT
hand corner Of Envelope Bids for School
| Building"
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. or accept any part there
| BY order OF the Board:
l.. NJ. OLSON. Chairman
| CHRISTIAN WILLARDSEN, Treas.
c. j. CHRISTENSEN. Clerk.
Dated at Ephraini. Feb. End. 1908.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
Improvement Propositions Receive
Conslderation--Death of Child.

Improvement Propositions Receive
Conslderation-Death of Child.
Special Correspondence.
Murray. Feb. 22.-contractor w r..
Jones, on learning that Murray City is
10 improve its streets. notified the city
council that he would like to submit
a price list on his paving stone and
curb stone
Mayor Brown accepted the plan of
lighting Vine street, but suggested that
&c the number of lights planned We're
not sufficient that more viii have to be
provided.
Tho street committee recommended
that the city recorder advertise for bids
for the sprlnkling OF Murray streets,
but as there is no water system for this
purpose, II was decided TO lay this mat
ter aside for the time being.
The matter OF providing Sixteenth
South with sidewalks was referred TO
the council by the street committee.
and the question was voted down. as
the expense was too Hr,slt for the city
to meet nj the present time.
The city engineer submitted specih-
cations for the paving OF the west and
east sides OF state street. This was laid
on the table for future consideration
The Progress company presented II
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
CHARGES AGAINST MANAGER
Receiver Rasmussen Accuses Harry j.
Toller of Irregularities.

Ogden, Feb. 22.--In the case OF Har-
ry ]. Toller against the Edmund Tall
orlng company, the receiver of the
company, Carl Rasmussen, has filed an
answer to Mr. Tollers suit and a coun-
Ter action to recover 81 800 alleged TO be
due from plaintiff. The answer in the
case makes some serious charges
against Mr.. Toller. 1t sets forth that
IoIer and several others filed articles
0, Incorporation of the concern. setting
forth that they had turned over to the
ZANE property worth $500, which as a
natter OF fact was not worth more than
EN. The receiver denies that the
company owes Toller 1864 as wages as
manager or any other sum, but charges
Ihat plaintiff, while In the control and
Management of the business converted
70 his own use large sums OF money
and Quantities of properties not ac-
counted for, That according to the
articles Of incorporation Toller sub
scrloed for 1872 shares of capital stock