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The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
AEROPI ANES DART IN MANEUVERS
OVER CROWDED FIELD OF BETHANY

though he had been making flights
before.
GYROscQPE ARRANGEMENT
The aeroplane is described as similar
in many ways to that used by the
Wrights. There is a large plane and
two smaller ones, one at each side. A
gyroscope arrangement, however, oper-
ated by a storage battery, is unique
feature, and it is claimed that this ar
rangement makes 1t impossible for the
machine to turn over. Gilmore asserts
that because of this an accident is I'M
possible, even should his motor stop
while he is in the air. The gyroscope,
he declares would keep the machine on
a level. He says he could glide along
until the aeroplane reached the ground.
alighting without any trouble.
EQUIPPED WITH SAILS
Another unique feature of the aero
plane is an arrangement OF sails which,
Gilmore declares, can be used for power
instead of a motor. He says with these
sails he can sail about just the same as
a ship that sails the ocean. The gyro-
scope, he says, will keep him on an even
keel.
The gyroscope arrangement. which is
the most important part of the inven-
ton. is driven by a storage battery and
rnishe0Neleetricity by a process which
Gilmore says he alone knows.
Gilmore says that under his secret
process it is impossible for the power
which drives the gyroscope to give out,
thus making it certain that the aero
,>la will IN nyoriOhf q all times.
The inventor further maintains that
by the use of two small planes, besides
the large one, he has perfect control
of the machine at all times. local
company is being formed TO furnish
funds for the manufacture OF a. large
machine for demonstration purposes.
Among those who witnessed the
flights Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Marvin d. c. GILES and Thomas
Hooper Of Colfax, and William Neall. a
capitalist from Oakland, and Earle
Beattie, deputy city treasurer of Oak
land.
ID. C. Giles, who witnessed Gilmore's s
flight, said:
"Gilmore's airship is only a model,
but from the success of the trial flights,
Sunday, do not doubt that he has
solved the problem OF air navigation.
Six of us witnessed the trials at a dis
tance of about so feet from the airship,
for Gilmore would not permit US to get
closer. He is as careful of his inven-
tion as child and will allow no one
near it lest his ideas be stolen.
What we saw of it was at safe
distance. 1T has the appearance of a
butterfly with three planes of oiled silk.
1t is from two to three feet in diameter
and is operated by sort of clock work
machinery. Gilmore had to use consid-
erable power in cranking up the ma
chinery before the fight. 1t carried a
weight of about 80 pounds. and returned
almost to its starting point after the
flight.
"A gyroscope, the operation of which
the inventor will not divulge, causes
the aeroplane to keep it's. balance, and
the little ship sailed as smoothly Sun
day as a big butterfly"
Gilmore has spent years on this work
and is satisfied he has hit it at last. He
has been promised sufficient backing
here to finance the building of a big air
ship.
He says he will install a 40 horse
power engine and will make so miles an
hour with one passenger on the first
flight.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
SECOND REGIMENT To
CAMP IN VALLEJO
Given Use of Federal Rifle Range
on Mare Island
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

VALLEJO. Aug. 2O-The second
regiment of the national guard of CAL
ifornia will camp in Vallejo from Oc-
tober to Is inclusive, according
to advices received here from the regi-
mental headquarters al Sacramento.
How many companies will partici-
pate is not known, as it is understood
that those companies of the regiment
which took part in the McCloud labor
troubles will not come.
A campsite under shady grove and
near the old Vallejo ball park has
been secured. and permission to use
the federal rife ranges on Mare island
granted by the navy department The
city will furnish lights and water. .
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
SEVEN BUILDINGS RAZED
BY FLAMES IN DAVIS
Fire Causes 100000 Loss ir
Towns Business District
Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali

ISpeciaI Dispatch 10 The Call
DAVIS, Aug. 20.-Fanned by A stiff
breeze, fire destroyed seven frame
buildings on the east side of Main
street this morning. The loss will ag-
gregate $4,000 The places destroyed
werei
Bank OF Davis, Cass restaurant.
Davis hardware company, Andrew
Tufts grocery warehouse residence
and barn of NJ. Silva, a portion of the
Davisvtlle lumber company's yard and
a barn containing 80 tons of hay The
banks vault was not damaged
The origin of the fire is unknown. It
was discovered burning fiercely in the
Silva barn.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
81 HAD TO SHOOT"
PLEADS MAXWELL

sMy God, don't make 1T hard
for me.c Maxwell said brokenly
at the city prison. 'sThis shoot
ing was forced on me, L never
sought IL. Today is my wife's
birthday and we were to have a
little merry making this evening
with my two children. Think of
them, boys, and don't make it
hard for me. L had TO shoot 90
protect my Iife.,
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21


Some of the witnesses are: w. C.
Johnson, 22Te Bush street; R. Dellwig,
270 Ninth avenue; d. ]. Bruce, 1425
Sacramento street; A. Retsioff, 966
Market street; Ward DunniHg. $40
Market street; j. NJ. Finlayson. 11SS
Fulton street, and z. A. Cohn, 964
Market street
Maxwell has held various positions
under different municipal administra-
tions. and will be remembered as a
clerk in the city hall. He once drove
a wagon for a soda water company.
The man was reputed to be quiet. and
his murderous outburst has astounded
his friends. He has retained T. J.
Crowley and George Appel as his at
torneys, and they have counseled him
not to discuss the affair further with
any one.
Mrs. Maxwell came to Sam Francisco
from the Berkeley home last night to
arrange for her husbands defense, and
ii is thought that she will visit the
prisoner today. Maxwell is the father
of two children. a son, William D. Max
well, and a daughter Marian.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Aeroplane Flies
A Nile a Minute
Willard in Curtiss Machine Makes Three
Successful Trips on Long Island
Especial Dispatch TO The Coll1

NEW YORK Aug in Cuiss aeroplane today
Hampstead plains Long island
Unofficial declared that
is aeroplane.
members
whose auspices held,
worlds record for speed
Neither Latham
swellas a mile minute
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Suit to Break Lease
Maxwell Wounded by Pincus

il was some six months ago that Pin
Gus cut Maxwells head with a brick
and then ran, and. for some reason, the
assaulted man never prosecuted the
action, though the case was begun on
2 charge OF battery. More frequent
street quaTrels followed. and finally the
ARRAY Yesterday.
The history Of Edward Pincus, the
murdered man. abounds in the deeds
that make the life Of the dance hall
world. A year go the saloonman was
laid up for some time by a revolver
shot in the leg. and the recital of his
encounters with his enemies would
be lengthy.
Until recently he owned the Seattle
dance hall ia Pacific street, with Billy
harrington, but after the Nay prima-
ries he quarreled with his partner and
sold out to him. The fight was con-
corning politics. for Pincus has been
2 power in his district. through an al
lance with Tom Magee, republican
county cOrnnifreeeman
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21

RANCHER KILLED IN sALooN-Condon.
Ore, Aug. 20-J r. Wells. a wealthy rancher
of Gillian county, killed last night and
r, h Seary is in the county jail charged with
murder 1t Is said that Wells and bar tender
named Kerlin were fighting in saloon and that
Seary went behind the bar and secured an elk
horn and struck Wells over the head with it,
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21

San Francisco business College,
Market and Eddy. The best equipped
and best lighted business college on
the coast. Write for information
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Pincus Caused Merriment

Pincus caused considerable merri-
ment two years ago by taking an
active interest in the good government
movement, and then being the first man
TO be dragged before the new police
commissioners and warned 10 mend the
manners of his dance hall.
Later the saloonman Joined the Lin
coin Roosevelt league and took a prom
inent part in the fight against Johnny
Nelson He was Ruef henchman be-
fore the fire.
Pincus. so far as his life is known.
always has been connected with the
dance hail and saloon business. In
Seattle, from which city he came here,
he was the proprietor of a dance hall,
and fell into disrepute when Captain of
+. Police Meredith was murdered. 1t was
said that he was in some way con-
nected with the affair, but this rumor
was not substantiated.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Witnesses of Killing

to draw revolver. Each witness seen
so far varies in the widest in his story.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Brother Confirms Slayer

George Maxwell. the former secre-
-ary Of the IRE commission, and now
& grain merchant of this city. declared
that his brother had been bounded by
Pincus. slapped in the face. called the
vilest OF names and threatened with
death until Maxwell was compelled TO
seek 2 policeman for protection
"A week ago my brother took a re-
voIver 10 the city to be cleaned"
George Maxwell said last night in
Oakland. and I am sure that he feared
for his life then He once appealed to
2 policeman 10 protect him against Pin
Gus. but what came Of the appeal 1 do
not know"
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
SELF Defense PLEA
OF PlNCUS' SLAYER
Maxwell Says He Was Abused
by Dead Politician and
Threatened With Pistol
Witnesses Differ as to Shooting
and Some Say Victim Was
Running

in eyefy way making my life miser-
able. once he assaulted me with a
brick and cut my head open, but ] did
not prosecute him. The climax came
yesterday when he backed up his as
sertions that he would end my life
by reaching for his pistol All could
% was fire. and that was but 10 save
my life He bounded me 10 It"
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Dead Man Had GIass Eye

The murdered man wore a glass eve
Gnd the story of how he lost the nat
ursl organ, as related by himself. is
illustrative OF his tempestuous career.
I was up in Seattle when Queen
Victoria was alive" he used to say,
'snd the day before one Of the queen 3
birthdays I went TO Victoria with an
Englishman friend of mine to cele-
brste the event with the Canadians.
Each of us had 81 600 TO spend and we
started TO spend ii fast, before the
birthday ended.
Well. we went from bad to worse,
end as we lined up against one bar
after another the Englishman got
pusrrelsome- I was as good natured
as usual but finally he riled me. After
every drink he would say. 'Pincus,
can go some when I get started and
then he would look at me IN a fight
ing mood. At last I couldn't stand if
any longer, and when he said this for
about the fftieth time I yelled Well.
II YOU can go some start in
We went TO IT. and hit the floor
together. me on top I was sending
them home and getting the better Of
the Englisher when suddenly be
reached up and pulled my eye out.
Got Revenge for His Eye
You're not fghting fair I said
10 him. and then ] got my revenge, all
right"
why. how could you get revenge
Tor an eyer he was asked
'Oh, ] got even with him." Pincus re-
piled. "and then some"
What did you do?"
Wei. that Englishman will never
blow his nose again"
One Of the last times Pincus came be-
f6re the public was in connection with
The report that he and Tom Magee were
10 erect a house Of license at All Pacific
street Father Carsher complained to
Chief Of Police Cook that the house
was being fitted up and was to be
opened and the chief is said to have
called Pincus before him and warned
him that the building could never be
opened as vile resort.
The detectives are experiencing nm
usual difficulty in arriving at the true
story of-the shooting ARRAY yesterday.
snd the matter is Of more than com
mon Importance because OF the defense
maxwell has set UP. It is apparent
now that the real issue that will come
nefore the jurors who try Maxwell on
the charge OF murder will be whether
- not Pincus made a movement as II
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
Pincus Ran. Saws Wines

s c. Rsicevich, who was walking
with PincUs, says that the saloonman.
as they passed Maxwell. remarked, in
g loud tone. look out or youH get
robbed" evidently referring to the con-
tract Maxwell had deprived him of. At
that. Raicevich says Maxwell fired.
Pincus ran. according to the testimony
OF this witness. and was shot down
when ne was 80 or 80 feet away from
his tsgonist
Maxwell is now a solicitor for the
City electric company. He resides in
Berkeley. at 1927 Carlton street, next
door 10 Mrs. Zeile. widow of DR. Zeile.
q San Francisco druggist The muir
deTer is trustee of the Zeile estate.
part OF which consists OF the property
in Pacific street near Montgomery,
which before the fire was the site OF
The famous Zeile bathhouse.
Suit to Break Lease
In performance OF his duties Max
well leased a portion Of the ground 10
Pincus. but in April OF this year
brought suit 10 break the lease, de-
claring that Pincus purposed, in viola
tion Of an agreement between them. TO
erect q house Of i'll fame upon the
premises He charged that Pincus
stole thousands of brick from the lot
also. and the legal dispute was carried
into Judge Murssky's court. In a cross
complaint Pincus sued for the restora-
tion Of $3.50 he declared he had paid as
first months rent. and $500 he had
spent for architects fees. When Judge
Murasky decided in Maxwelrs favor
the street ouarrels between the two
men began.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
To Stop Hiccoughs.

DR.. Louis Kollpinski reports the
arrest of persistent hlccough by de-
pressing the tongue. A patient was
attacked by hlccough which had per-
sisted for four days before being
seen by the doctor. He complained
of the fulness in his throat, condi-
tion which he thought the result of
the hiccough.
He was directed to sit up, and
with a large spoon handle the tongue
was pressed down and back with
steady force to allow inspection OF
the fauces. Firm pressure on the
tongue with the hope of further not
ing the action of the palatal muscles
was continued, when to the Doctors
surprise and the patients astonlsh-
ment and JOY the hlcco1gh ceased.
When the hiccough returned the pa
tlent himself stopped 1t by using the
spoon handle.-London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
Sublime Porte.

The term Sublime Porte" which
has stood so long for the centre of
the ruling power in Turkey, is mere
ly the French translation of "Babi
Aali," or superior door," and is the
name of the building containing the
Offices where the council of the minis
ters holds its meetings under the
presidency of the grand vizier. Every
government building in Turkey is
known as a "door" because 1t Is sup
posed to be always open to those seek
ing justice.-London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
Submarine Pennant to Ea Used In
Attendant Vessels When the
Boats Are Under Water.

background surrounded by red bor
der. The flag will indicate that a
submarine boat is working in the
vicinity.
The Secretary of the Navy, through
7. b. Saunders, Acting Commissioner
of the Bureau Of Navigation, recently
sent to the customs officers official
notification with a description Of the
flag for the benefit of the merchant
marine.
The flag will be flown from the
mast of tender, or what is known as
"parent" ship, which always attends
submarine during experiments. II
will mean that II sailing vessel or
steamship does not give the locality
wide berth there Is the possibility
of the submarine coming up under
meath the merchant vessel and doing
all sorts of damage.-Boston Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
ELEPHANT NURSE.

One year when my husband was at
a station in Bengal, says a writer, his
work kept him out nearly all day,
and, being i'll, used to lie for hours
in long garden chair on the ver-
anda, too weak to read or to enjoy
any more exciting amusement than
my eyes supplied to me.
We had three elephants for our
tents and baggage; and one used to
feed from my hands every day, and
seemed as gentle as any dog or cat.
One of our government chaprasls
was particularly devoted to her, and
invariably shared his meal of fruit or
nour-cakes with his dumb friend. On
particularly hot day, the chaprasi,
to my surprise, placed his little child
of six months at the elephants feet,
warning her expressly that the in
fant was in her charge, and was to be
cared for till his return.
/ was an eyewitness of her won-
derful sagacity. Large banana trees
and fig trees grow around, and to my
surprise, the elephant broke off one
of the formers spreading leaves, held
1t like fan in her trunk, and from
time to time gracefully waved 1t over
the slumbering child, whether to
temper the heat Of the atmosphere or
to keep off flies, am unable to say.
The gentle way in which she moved
her feet over the child, and across to
each side, astonished me. l sent for
white loaf and some oranges, and
calling her by name (she was never
chained), tried in vain to tempt her
to my side on the low veranda.
Nothing would induce her to leave
her charge.
The warm air and the monotonous
wave Of the swinging fan overpow-
cred me with drowsiness, to which
yielded, and, after sleep of some
duration, ] was awakened by quiet,
subdued snorts beside me. To my
surprise l found that the chaprasi
had just returned to his offspring,
and that the elephant stood near the
veranda beside me, patiently waiting
and gently asking for the tempting
dainties SO bravely withstood for
more than two hours.-New Haven
Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
Hard to Convict.

In his report on the administration
of the police of the Punjab in 1907
the lieutenant-governor states that
the more serious the crime the great
er the chance of escape from law.
Convictions were obtained in only
forty-one per cent. of the murder
cases, whereas they were obtained in
sixty-four per cent. Of the attempts
to murder and in seventy-four per
cent. of the cases of culpable homi-
eide. The district magistrate at Jul
lundur states that it is getting harder
every year to obtain a conviction in
the Sessions Court, the plea of en-
nifty raised against the prosecution
being generally held to suffice to
throw doubt on the statement of their
witnesses.-Calcutta Statesman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
BUNNIES.

OF all the pets / had when on the
farm the bunnies were the best. 1
bought four pair. IN years time
they had increased so fast / did not
know how many l had. On account
of other work, we could not keep
them housed, as they would burrow
out. Finally we let them have the
run of the farm. They burrowed
under the house, hen house and barn,
and some took to the woods. They
were so tame that we did not like to
kill them. When it was necessary we
or the bad tempered bunnies. We
never fully realized how many we
had until some bright moonlight
night, when they would all collect
(from woods, house and barn) on the
lawn in front of the house. 1t was
very interesting to watch them from
the window. A number would sit up
on their launches and sniff the air,
and at the least scent of danger away
they would go. Then one by one
DaNh lAty NOuiu NOihC anu liioh
about. One old doe seemed to be the
guardian of the bunnies. She never
whisked out of sight at danger sig
nal. but stood her ground, and woe
to the dog that happened to come her
way. l have seen her chase family
of dogs-father, mother and seven
pups-from the house to the barn,
the dogs yelping and the doe nipping
their heels, first one, then another,
or she would jump over them, strik-
ing with her hind feet. We called
her the house bunny, as she had
burrowed under the house nd raised
her young there. 1t was pretty
sight to see her come out with the
little mites of bunnies around her,
nibbling grass. The old bunny came
to the kitchen doorstep every morn
ing and thumped with her hind feet
for breakfast. She liked bread and
milk or bit of apple.-Elton Irwin
Hibbard, in the New Tcrk Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
The Puzzle Craze.

"One of the curious things about
this revival of the puzzle craze" re.
marked the man who notices little
things, "is the fact that l never have
met a man or woman who plays with
the cut-up pictures nowadays who
knew them as child. Whenever
have commented on the superior
beauty and difficulty of the present
day puzzles over the ones l knew as
a little boy the invariable response
has been: 1t is curious, but / never
saw any when l was child l don't
just know how my youthful social
standing could have compared with
theirs, but l do know the old-time
picture puzzles were sold in the best
shops in my city at the time. New
York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
HOW THE BOY WAS SAVED.

Shameful to relate, he was in jail.
A strange place for a twelve-year-old
boy with soul and heart.
The jailer had telephoned me one
cold wintry night that the boy was in
a spasm of crying and had so alarmed
him that he urged me to come at
once. l grabbed my coat and hat and
went out into the night, feeling that
the pitiless beat of the sleety rain
was even kinder than criminal law
that condemns little children to
crime and iron cells.
Behind iron bars that would shame
the king tiger of the jungle, l found
the boy. He was sleeping, and you
would have thought not care had
ever visited that little touseled head
with its worn and tear-stained face.
But he wakened, startled by the graf
ing of iron bolts and bars, as the
jailer, leaving me alone with the boy,
returned from the cell back into the
dimly lighted corridor.
The boy. frightened at these
strange surroundings, looked at his
new cell mate at first cautiously-al-
most fearfully. Then a look of joy
and gladness came to his eyes. He
knew me, for he had been a chronic
little truant, and there may have been
worse things, but they may be left
unsaid, for 1t was the boy, and not
the things" we we're trying to re-
deem.
sat down in the cell on the iron
floor and put my arm around the boy.
told him how much l thought of
him, and how l despised the bad
things he did. Yet what could l do
If he did not help me? l might help
him, but l could not carry him;
would always be his friend, but he
was getting both himself and me in
trouble If he "swiped things" for IL
should let him out and he "swiped
things" again, would not the officer
say that the judge made mistake in
not sending "that kid to the State
Industrial School, where he would
not have chance to swipe things?"
Then they would say both the Judge
and the boy should be in Jail. How
could he expect judge to keep his
job II his boys did such things? He
saw the point and standing upright
there in the cell, the light in his eyes
speaking better than his words, he
promised with earnestness to "stay
wild yer, Judge as he tearfully de-
clared he would never get me into
any trouble and we would both keep
out of jail.
And so l almost as tearfully ac-
cepted his proffered protection, and
out of the Jail we walked together
into the now raging storm. And yet,
it was no such storm as had ragged in
that boys life-a home blighted by a
father who had deserted and trodden
under foot every vow he took at the
marriage altar. And so a fathers
care, the divine birthright of every
child, had been denied him. The boy
was not bad. His opportunity had
been poor; his environment was bad.
took him home to his mother,
poor, struggling woman deserving of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
Swiss Republic.

The Swiss Republic, with various
changes, has survived from the year
1903, though its present Constitution
dates only from 1874. 1t now en-
braces three nationalties-German,
French and Italian. The original
nucle - Of the State, however, was
German, and even now considerably
more than half the population Is Ger
man. Federated under the Constitu-
tion of 1874 are twenty-five distinct
States,