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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
French Syndicate Buys Man
, ufacturing Rights for
That Country.
AMERICAN HAILED
AS BEST AERONAUT
Expects 10 Make Forty Miles in an
Hour-Machine Not as Good
as Old One.

PARIS, Aug. IO,-Wilbur C. Wright
viii receive 100000 for his airship from
the French syndicate headed by Lazare
WELLER. with which he has been nego-
tiating. The contract gives the syndi-
cate the exclusive right OF manufacture
IN France and her colonies. Within ten
days or so two flights Of nifty kilometers
each are performed in a time of not
more than one hour for each night.
Further the contract provides that two
persons shall be in the machine, that
sufficient petrol TO assure a flight OF two
hundred kilometers shall be carried. ana
the wind is TO be a moderate one. NJ.
Leaute. Of the institute. viii control
the judge committee, composed OF eight
or ten competent aeronauts and engi-
neers.
II IL unlikely that Mr.. Wright will en-
deavor TO carry out this contract for
some weeks. He has five months in
which 10 practice for the distance test.
Admit Wright's Superiority.
French aeronautic experts. almost
without exception, are today admitting
that Wright is far ahead Of Farman.
Delagrange. and all the other Euro
pean aerOplane experimenters. Before
the insignificant test" as Wright re-
fers 10 his flight Saturday, Frenchmen
were exceedingly skeptical OF Wright'a
claims.
Every bit of skepticism is removed to-
day, and the Dayton, Ohio. man, &C
cording to consensus of opinion, is
nearer a solution Of aerial navigation
thln any other aeronaut in the world.
The warmth OF the French comment
greatly pleased Wright, and he is de-
termined to give them exhibitions that
will still further astound them. In view
OF the fact that Henry Farman, the
most noted OF the French aviators, re-
Gently said that Wright did not under
stand the French motor with which he
prOpels his aeroplane-that no one but
himself did understand it-Wright IS
finding 1sausual satisfaction in the be-
hayior OF his motor in Saturdays test
Not as Good as Other.
Wright said today that his aeropIane
did not give as impressive an exhibition
as that OF the aeroplane which he and
his brother, OrviIle. sailed al XIII Devil
HiI, y. c.. several weeks ago.
Whether he is yet ready TO attempt q
duration fight, Wright would not say
He said, however, that he expected the
machine with which he is now expert
melting TO show the Frenchmen ar
hours flight at a forty-mile-an-hoUr
gait before he completed his tests
The Wright machine has been rcr-
fected, according 70 Hart o. Berg tns
business manager Of the Wrights. SO
that it can now gain its initial impetus
either by means of track or by ar
arrangement OF wheels, along the lines
of the E'arman aeroplane.
Wright prefers the track, except IN
cases where the ground IS perfectly
level and viii permit of the smooth
running OF the wheels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
SHE TEMPTED NE,
PREACHER ASSERTS
Beaten by Husband, He
Spends Night in Cornfeld
Among Mosquitoes.

HURLOCK, Nd, Aug. lO.-"Ths wo-
man tempted me- But I an innocent.
She came into my room In the aight.
1 was Just leaving the bed TO eject her,
when her husband entered the room"
That is the defense Of the Rev. steph-
en- B. Shipman. pastor Of Washington
NJ. f. Church. who was beaten almost
unconscious by Thomas Carew when he
found the preacher and his wife 20
gether at night. After the beating, the
minister says that being warned Carew
was likely TO return and kill him. he
spent the night in neglige In a corn
field. where the mosquitoes sang IN
Preachers Story.
Following is the story he viii tell
when Carew sues for divorce. and when
he sues Carew for damages for assault:
Il went to the home OF Nathan Todd,
Mrs. Carew's father says the preacher.
about o'clock in the evening, and
when 1 retired was given a room US
ually occupied by Carew.
After had fallen asleep / was
aroused by a hand on my face and was
surprised TO find Mr.. Carew's wife sit
ting on the side of the bed. I at once
protested and insisted on her leaving
the room.
'I insisted quietly that she go 70
avoid making a scene and started to
leave the bed. She arose, and in Ieav-
ing the room ran into the arms OF her
husband, who had lit a match, which
was extinguished Ia the scuffie.
Man Tears Clothes Of.
I'm the meantime I was rapidly put
ting on my clothes. I said: I will leave
as soon as 1 can get my clothes on.
He said: No. you will go now, with
out any cIothes,' and commenced tear
ing at the clothes I had on. Grabbing
my shoes and a small grip, I startec
for the door when he attacked me
grabbed my throa,. and nearly chUkeC
me TO death. Finally. l fed by the
front door. He followed with a large
club, the while beating me most un
mercifully. His wife and mother fol
lowed, screaming to him not to Kill me
''For a quarter of q mile he kept thi:
up till we reached the home OF a neigh.
boring doctor. I looked as If 7 had
been butchered, and the clothing I haG
on was torn to shreds.
AFTER had been attended to and
been put to bed ia DR.. Windsor s house
Watt Carew. a brother of Thoma.
Carew, came and toii me he was afraid
the man would return and Kill me- He
took me across a ditch and into a corn
field, where I remained tormented By
mosquitoes till morning"
Tom CareW's version OF the affair IA
materially different from that told BY
the preacher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
INJUNCTION ABUSE
STIRS OKLAHOMA
Nowata County Judge Issues Re-
Straining Order From Barber
Chair During a Shave.

COFFEYVILLE. Kan. Aug. s.-The
campaign agitation about the use and
abuse OF injunctions Is expected to take
On new life IN NOwata county, Okla,
just across the State line.
Judge Van Leayen granted an injunc-
tion while sitting II a BARRIERS chair. A
lawyer from Cofteyville had a client
whose land was about to be sold. lie
wanted an injunction issued until the
case could be tried.
The lawyer hunted all over the court
house for the judge, and finally found
him in barber chair. His honOrs face
was smeared with lather. and the barber
was busy. The lawyer stopped the bar
Der long enough TO Introduce himself to
the Judge, and then, as the barber went
on with the shaving. the lawyer argued
his case.
The judge then announced his willing
ness 10 issue the restraining order. The
barber raised the judge in his chair
long enough for him TO sign the IN
junction order. The lawyer went back
70 the court house while the barber I'm
ished the shave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
TORTURES HIS WIFE,
NOBLE IS BANISHED
Manuel Drives Count From
Court for Cruelty TO
Mate and Child.

LISBON, Aug lO.-For torturing his
beautiful young wife until she went in
sane, auo so mistreating his infant
child that 4 is feared the little one can
not live, Count Margalho. OF the Olu
Portuguese nobility. has been banished
in disgrace from King Manuel's court
and depriy ed OF the high office he held
under the late King Carlos.
The count married a rich Lisbon
bankers daughter three years age, anu
for a time seemed 10 live happily with
her. Two years later the wife and child
disappeared ard MargalhO never gave
a satisfactory G.nswer as 10 their where
abOuts.
The police were finally led TO investi-
gate Detectives paid surprise visit
10 the counts home and. breaking down
the doors, found the countess chained
in an attic. her features distorted by
suffering, her hair white and form
emaciated. The. child. in even worse
plight than its mother. lay on a pile
of rags in a semi-stupoT from neglect,
illness and hunger.
The countess mind was so completely
wrecked that she could give no account
of her Imprisonment.
The servants confessed that mother
and child nad been neld prisoners IN tne
attic, fed only on bread and water. The
count asserted in his own defense that
he believed his wife had accepted atten-
tions from a naval officer whose namS
he refused to give. He finally admitted
that he had no more than suspicious or
which to base his accusations.
King Manuel and Queen Amelia, who
were TO have visited the count S estate
at the expiration OF their period OF
mourning, imr edistely Cancelled the en-
gagement, anC ordered Margalho never
to come into / cir presence again.
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Maryland avenue northeast With the
exception OF Miss Gertrude Boswell. the
brides sister, who viii be maid OF hon
OF. and Richard Harris. a cousin. who
will be best man, there will be no at
tendauts,
400 Bidden TO Reception.
Following the quiet marriage about
90 friends OF the happy couple will
greet them az a reception at ths bride g
home. Immediately thereafter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morrison viii leave on their honey
moon. going 20 Montreal, the St. Law
renee river, thousand Islands. and At
lantic City, and probably being absent
the rest Of the summer.
For some months It has been rumored
that the popular secretary of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor and the pretty
young woman who graced his Office.
were deVOting a part OF their time 10
other problems than those which con-
cerned the administration OF the bust
ness OF the labor headquarters. Ere
qUenly they would be seen together
after business hours. and as they be-
others company the gossipS would
whisper. When the invitations came
out congratulations began TO pour in
uPon the young people.
Next Position to Gompers'.
Mr.. Morrison, next TO President Sam
uel Gompers, holds the most important
executive position in the organization
which represents more then tao million
OF the nations citizens. He has been
Identified with the labor movement for
years. and each year is unfailIngly
named and elected to the position he
occuDjcs-
No better indication Of Mr.. Morrison's
love for his life work could be found
than in the simple little story told by
the lith0graphers' union label engraved
on the wedding invitations.
The departure is eloquent in its
uniqueness, and, according to the proud
friends of the secretary, shows tnat
there is & way, even in love. for a labor
leader To show his loyalty TO the cause
for which he daily works.
Bhde-to-Be Popular.
Miss Boswell, IN a quiet, womanIy
way. has also identified herself witt
her dance's work and the friends OF
the two predict for them q thoroughly
happy union. Miss Boswell is accom-.
pIished and unusually popular among
her circle of friends. Among the pre.
nuptial affairs given in her honor was
q linen shower at the home Of Mrs. ]
Harris. 1929 Z street northwest, OF
Thursday evening last.
After the return from their weddins
tour Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison VIII be a
home at the residence of Secretary Nor.
rison. Mr. Morrison is a. widOwer, hi:
wife dying about six years ago
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Frank Morrison Found
Cupid Lurking in His
Office.
FRIENDS WATCHED
ROMANCE DEVELOP
Invitations Bear Union Label.
Ceremony Will Be Quiet, While
Reception Follows.

4 romance which had it's Inception
while the pair pored together over desks
in business hours, an acquaintance that
turned TO friendship and then ripened
into love. viii eliminate tomorrow night
when Frank Morrison, secretary Of the
American Federation OF Labor. leads
70 the altar Miss Alice sktllman Bos-
we'll. for eight years chief bookkeeper
in the Office OF her husband-to-be.
The ceremony. attended only by mem
bers Of the immediate families and
close friends. viii take place at 7:30
O'Clock at the home Of the brides moth
er, Mrs Robert Stratton Boswell, Sl4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
TANSILL FUNERAL
TO BE TOMORROW

Funeral services for Miss Virginia Lee
TansiIl. daughter of Harry Lee TansIIi.
Of the salary and allowance division OF
the Postofhce Department. will be neid
at Trinity C1,apel, Arlington. Va. TO-
morrow at $50 o'clock. Interment will
be at Alexandria, Va.
Miss Tansin was fifteen years old
end was formerly Of Culpeper. She died
after q TIVE weeks illness from typhoid
fever,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
MAN BUYS
$4,000 RESIDENCE

william H. Rider, owner of the Eng
lish basement residence, 20lS Columbia
road. has sold the property 10 an army
officer. The house is OF stone and
brick, three stories and cellar, and is
heated by hot water.
The purchaser paid $3.50 for the
property and will occupy the house.
The transaction was made through
Stone & Fairfax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
WEATHER REPORT.

The weather is generally unsettled
with low pressure. and there have been
showers over all districts east of the
Mississippi river, except the Ohio val
ley, the lower Lake region, and north
ern New England. There were sisc
showers IN the Rocky mountain and
Plateau regions. AS a rule temperatures
were high in the West and moderate
IN the East
The weather viii continue more or
less unsettled tonight and Tuesday in
the East and South, with showers in
the Ohio valley lower Lake region.
and eastern Florida. Temperature
changes will not be marked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
MELVIN'S GUN PLAY
COSTS HIM DEARLY
For Being Too Handy With Six
Shooter on Street He Is
Arrested.
Arrested.

For being too free with a six-shooter
at the corner of Eleventh and streets,
Saturday night, William Melvin was
given the alternative of $50 or four
months and fifteen days in the work
house. by the Police Court Judge. this
morning.
When he was picked UP by Policeman
Jones, William vas looking for a man
named George Smith, whom he de-
clared most earnestly he was going to
shoot up. William was doing the double
roll, and similar stunts with his re-
VolVer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
TEMPERATURES.
SUN TABLE.
TIDE TABLE

High water To-Day -----.-r---s.us--bso soi j. N
High water tomor'w, 700 am. 7:3e pm
Low water tomoTw. 1851 an. las pm
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Nearly Dead When Saved.

Little Frank was terribly burned. ana
Iay as one dead upon the roof Fire
man Curry, convinced that he was stiu
alive, worked over him until the ams
Continued on Fourth Pags.l
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Just Wanted to Try II.

Farmer John left home one morning
and waited at the station for the lin.
tied. He climbed aboard and shambled
into the smoker.
Mister" he drawled when the con.
ductor halted before him, "is that thar
2-cent-a-mile rate good on this train?"
1T is." replied the conductor brusque.
ly. where is your ticket?"
The Old man fumbled in the depths
OF an ancient shotbag.
"Ain't got no ticket, mister" he
said slowly. but here be two cents. I
never rode on one of these pesky fly.
ers and ! just want to feel the sensa.
ton. Put me off after I've rode ono
mile"
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day in dispatches from the mining dis
tricts of the north, west, east and
south Of the United States. The num-
ber of men killed in mines in the
United States averages in the neigh
borhood of 10000 for each year and
experts are employed by the govern
ment in hordes for no other purpose
than to study underground gases ana
learn the best way in which the SAFETY
of the lives of Americas workingmen
who are hauling wealth out OF the
earth may be insured.
Every time life is lost production
of the article which that man, woman,
or life is engaged in giving to the pup
lie is curtailed. Insurance companies,
which have put accident clauses In
their policies, are perhaps the pest
medium, outside Of government re-
norts,, to gain an insight into the num-
her of deaths which industry fur-
nishes each year. The English-per-
hans It is their deliberate methods
xiii only one-third the number of per-
sons each year, in proportion to the
nonulation, which America does. The
railroads Of America are declared to
he the incarnation of Old Father Time
himself. '
Even E. H. Hartman, the best
known railroad magnate of the coun'
try has openly declared that upon
going on journeys over his own roads.
he wonders whether It is to
he his last journey. And arriv-
ing at the cause Of this de-
nIetion Of the population on
railroads, 1t is found that the results
Arc brought about by the absolute de-
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They All Want II.
Harris" "

THE late Joel Chandler Harris"
said an Atlanta clergyman. used to
laugh at the way everybody seemed to
want free advertisements OF some
sort from the editor. 1t was the same,
he would say, with the physician
everybody wants free advice on tho
health question from him.
Il once heard him tell about an edi.
tor who served ten days in Jail for
kicking the mayor. The warden
treated him very kindly, and at the
ten days end, escorting him to the
door and shaking him by the hand
said:
"'Well. good-by and good luck, ed.
And say, would you mind giving tho
Jail puff?.'"
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mand OF the American for more speed.
Faster. faster" cries the business
man and the same Is true of people
in every walk of life.
We are willing to take a chance
on dangerous machine because 1t
accomplishes work quicker and we
toss the thoughts of probable fatali-
ties TO one side. The proportion OF
workshop accidents attributed to per-
sons being caught in the machinery
is 30 per cc0t., and to-day men who
are toiling for the benefit of the man
who derives his living from that sort
of work are perfecting measures which
, they want enacted into laws.
Gen. Sherman said ghastly things
about war. but Gen. Sherman never
worked in n mine, in a power house
or for a railroad. Even had he done
all those things he perhaps would
never have realized the comparison Of
the two. for the harvest of death is
reaped in many spots at the same
time. 1t Is not so congested as the
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Information Wanted.

A court, a prisoner, purloined
watch, n country jury. The evidence
as to whether the prisoner had stolen
me waIcn was very conflicting. AS the
jury retired to consider their verdict,
the judge remarked that he would
willingly give them any advice they
wished on any point in the case that
puzzled them.
Eleven jurors solemnly filed out, but
the twelfth hung back. perplexity writ.
ten large on his countenance.
rs there any question you wish to
ask me before you retire?" asked the
judge kindly.
The mans face frightened.
Yes, yer Honor" he replied. eag-
erly, "Wot | wants to know is whether
e really did steal the watch!"
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The Hurry Fad.

"Mr. Cleveland" said a Princeton
lecturer, had little sympathy with the
rush and hurry that the American bust.
ness man so compacently affects-no
sympathy with train and boat dlcta.
tlon, with the lunch table telephone,
the letter phonograph. and the other
bluffs"
Don't rush so,' Mr.. Cleveland Cnce
said to me. Lightning might do a
great deal more If 1t wasn't always In
such an awful hurry"
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not include mills. mines and work.
shops and so forms less than half OF
the havoc which is played with the in.
habitants OF the United States. The
casualties in the United States, ac.
cording to recent report OF the cen.
5us bureau. amounts to over 500 900
killed and injured. In figures embrac.
ing the world that represents the
killed alone and only in times of peace.
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of our toiling element than the
land of the lily.
The crimson carnage OF Industry Is
not brought into the public notice to
any large extent and the reason for
this is because the deaths take place
within the borders of the Atlantic and
Pacific and not at any one
chosen spot such as would battle.
The horrors of mines are told every
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each year meet violent
deaths from causes other
than war. or this num-
Der the United States lays
claim to 100000. Few of
the states keep track of
the injuries which are suf-
fered by inhabitants. Only
n record Of deaths is So
cured. Hence the number
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Proctor,a Retort.

The late Senator Hoar Of Massachu-
sets was one of the most benevolent.
looking old gentlemen who ever sat In
Congress, but he said pretty sharp
things now and then In debate.
why" he explained one day, mo
man in Vermont is allowed to vote un-
less he has beaten Massachusetts peo-
pie out of $1,000 trading horses"
And We all vote" beloved Sena-
tor Proctor of Vermont.
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and were injured during the se1, ratb. ~
er q taller reckonins ~ course
Of preceding years. ~ about
twice twice that Of France and a. : cSnsS ~asS.
oueuce. perhaps. are more 1.sa, ,,',ss
nj Il the care Of the l'vs'
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The nearest "
compari S on \
in the way OF
war which we
have at hand Is
the Russo-J Japan
ese conflict In
which a crimson
total Of 336,7S6 OF
killed and woun'
ded was rolled
up. The hurry.
hustle and bus
tie Of America
gives this coun'
try a standing
all over the
globe as being
in the front
rank in the list
of casualties.
Splendid pre-
caution n 8 are
taken by the
government and
every year these
are increased.
but at the same
time the merci-
less scythe con-
tinues to reap
lust as bounti'
full a harvest
in the marts OF
industry.
In France, sta
tistics from
Washington say
that 222.124 la
borers q o n Q
lost their lives
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One difference between a man and
mule is that the man does the most
OF his kicking with his mouth.
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Of actual casualties can never be
known. hut the government furnishes
us with reports Of the killed.
Just recently the interstate com
merce commission made public It's re-
port for the year 1907: lts repors
places the killed and injured upcn
railroads alone at 1a2,sbt. TINS o0s'
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nearly as rapidly as in other destroy
ing modes of industry. The Struc-
tural Workers union, which has its
headquarters in Chicago, reports that
in 1906 it had over 1900 members
and at the end of that year this mum.
Der was reduced to something like
1,150. Those men as they worked
high about the common habitation of
mankind little thought that their vo-
cation was far more hazardous than
that of the straightforward man in
blue uniform with U. s. A. stamped
on his cartridge belt.
But aside from this great carnage.
Brains are being put to work every
day devising methods of succor for
the families of the men, women and
children whose lives are snuffed out
for the cause of industry. Perhaps
the greatest Of present-day plans
which has been put into effect was
that statute, known as the employers
liability law, which the last congress
gave the people of the United States.
This should make living more safe
occupation for the workingman. The
measure provides that where the toll
er is slain while under the directions
of his employer. the concern. firm,
corporation or institution is held H.
able for his death and that his family
shall be provided for In coin of the
realm. A mans carelessness or ir-
responsible condition at the time Of
the accident, Of course. debars his
widow and fatherless children from
the benefits which they might have
reaped had the case been other
wise.
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\ FATHER TIME In depict
nr the population OF this
Lsret TO make room for
[oming generations is using
Ia great scythes-war and
bdustry. He wields the lat
H. right hand and the for
1h,s left, consequently the
the battlefield is outstripped
her OF lives snuffed out by
mines. mills. workshops.
le,ual ratio is two to one In
nee. Az,
! deaths each year for 20