Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Offers $4,000 Prize - A prize
of $4,000 has been offered to the aviator
covering the greatest number of miles
in the year beginning August 10. 1902
by the London Daily Mail, according
to a cablegram received at New York
The number of flights Is unlimited, the
prize being for the total distance COW
cred in as many flights as the aeronaut
can make.
Fears Friday, Is. - Mayor
Busse of Chicago announced that as
yesterday was Friday. August 13, he
would not appoint a general superin-
tendent of police today. I'm not su
perstitious," he said, "but Of course
if any i'll luck should follow an ap-
pointment made today all the su-
perstitious people in town would say
I told you So Therefore the post can
remain vacant a day longer"
Two Drowned - Judge S. F.
Busey of Urbana, ILL.,. and his daugh-
ter, Anna McClain. were drowned in
the middle of Man Trap lake at Park
Rapids, Mich, Thursday while fishing
On account of the absence of poles and
lines, one of which was later recovered
unlocked in reeds at the far end of
the lake, it is believed they had caught
fish, which entwined their lines, to
disentangle which they moved about
in the boat, capsizing 1t.
Denies Reconciliation - James
X. Hackett, whose attorney at New
York announced Tuesday night that
Mrs. Hackett MARY Mannering) had
withdrawn her suit for divorce, made
this additional statement Thursday:
From this announcement some per-
sons deduct the theory that there has
been a reconciliation. I do not wish
my attorneys statement to be misun-
derstood. I therefore wish to state l
regret this deduction is incorrect"
To Become Reconciled-A spe-
cial cable from London says: ut is
rumored the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough are about to become rec
onciled owing to The Intervention of
friends. among whom Mrs. Anthony
Drexel is prominently mentioned. The
reunion. should it be effected, will not
come as a surprise, as it has been no
ticed the duke and duchess have been
meeting lately more frequently than
would seem likely to a case of con-
tinued estrangement."
Bells High in Air-Four giant
bells in the belfry on the forty-sixth
floor of the Metropolitan Life building
tower were rurg yesterday for the first
time, and thousands of persons in Mad
ison square heard chimes which were
twice as high in the air as any other
bells in the world. One bell weighing
1000 pounds strikes a B fiat, another
5000 pounds is e fiat, and one
of 2000 pounds is f and one of 1900
pounds IS G.. From now on they will
strike the hour and every quarter hour
for the great clock tower.
Auto Injuries Troops - Re-
ports have reached London of peCu-
liar motor accident near TroWbridge,
Wiltshire, where military maneuVers
are being held. A motor car belonging
to a London newspaper man ran into
a column of territorial troops who were
on the march, moving them down
more quickly than VOlley from bat
terry OF artillery could have done. The
accident had less serious results than
was at first reported, although with
fuller accounts it seems wonderful that
the fatalities were not many.
Steals 2 Cents-FOr the alleged
theft Of . cents from a slot machine,
Charles Watson of ROckaWay Beach,
y
Jail since July 80, must remain there
until August II before he can have
trial. Watson was taken before Mag
istrate Fitch, who, having no authority
in such cases, held the accused for
trial in the court of special sessions
which did not get the papers until Au-
gust 10. when the trial was adjourned
to August II. As Watson was unable
to furnish $500 bail. he had to stay in
tail.
Escapes from United States
Several deputy United States marshals
have reported that Isaac NeWCOmb,
former member of the New York stock
exchange, whom they tried to prevent
leaving the country because of bank
ruptcy proceedings pending against
him, concealed himself On the French
line steamship La Touraine until the
vessel was outside the three-mile limit
on its way to France. Persons who
had brought the legal action against
Newcomb employed private detectives,
who searched the vessel, but could not
find NeWcomb.
Terminal at Seattle - Sir
Charles River Wilson Of London, pres
ident of the Grand Trunk railway sys-
tenn, and c. NJ. Hays of Montreal, pres
ident of the Grand Trunk Pacific, ar
rived in Seattle Thursday night on
their way to Vancouver and Victoria
to look after the interests of the road,
which is rapidly completing it's line
across the continent. 1T is our inten-
ton to have terminals to be used joint