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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20

Toxic Especially Reports receiv-
ed here concerning the earthquake
in Central Japan, show that there
were a number of fatalities and that
great damage was done to property.
The dead at present is said to num-
Der 80, though it is feared that the
fatalities will be greatly increased
when the outlying districts are heard
FROM
The number of persons injured is
50.
Thus far 362 buildings, including
many temples, are reported to have
been destroyed, and more than one
thousand others badly damaged.
The shock occurred at $3.50 O'Clock
P. NJ, and affected a wide area in
the Shiga and Gifu procedures. The
town of Ozaka, in the Gifu, suffered
terribly. The banks of the Hida Riv-
err there were broken and the sur
rounding country was inundated.
The people of the district fed to
high ground and remained in the
open all night. Intermittent shocks
were felt throughout Saturday night
and early Sunday morning.
The mountain Ibuki, a short dis
lance west of Gifu, emitted smoke in
the early stages of the earthquake
and then collapsed with thunder
GUS roar. The formation of the
mountain was completely changed.
Slight damage was done at Nago-
va. to the southwark of Gifu, and
neighboring villages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
EXTRA SESSION COST 100000.
Mileage Alone Runs Close To Two
Hundred Thousand.

Washington, D. C. Especially -
The extraordinary session of Con-
gress, which completed one week ago
it's revision of the tariff law, cost
the American people. it has been esti-
mated by some of the statisticians
around the Capitol, about $500, 600.
Many different items enter into this
grand total, the chief of which is
mileage. The Houses expense on
this account aggregates $154,O00 and
that of the Senate $4,000. Extra
pay allowed to employees on both sides
of the Capitol amounted, it is estima-
tide, to about $4,000. Special en-
ployes engaged in compiling infor-
nation for Congress and the commit
tees relative to the tariff were paid
good salaries.
The Government Printing Office
has not yet supplied statment con-
corning the cost of printing of the
Tariff Bill, reports and hearings. but
it is known that this will be large.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
WASHINGTON
by TELEGRAPH

Seven names of Army officers and
enlisted men who have been awarded
medals of honor since 1904 were
added to the list of Army heroes.
First Lieutenant Frank w. Ball,
who was tried by court martial for
being drunk while on duty, has been
ordered dismissed from the Army
Ambassador Reid, at London, ex-
poets to sail for New York soon,
according to an announcement made
at the State Department.
An additional $4,000 was sent to
the American Red Cross Relief Com
mittee at Beirut, Turkey, to assist
massacre sufferers.
The Department of Agriculture has
discovered successful means OF
combating black rot, a disease
which destroys grapes.
The State Department has been
informed that Oscar Malmros, the
gerously i'll.
Acting Secretary Wilson withdrew
81 $50 acres of land along the Colo
RADIO River, in Utah.
There are $40, 900, 900 involved in
pending suits to recover land 10 the
government.
Over 100000 was paid by Treas
urer Treat to Receivers Richardson
and Rowe for the transportation of
Spanish officials following the late
war.
In statement furnished the State
Department China claims to be suf-
fer1ng from violation of treaty stip-
ulation.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission ordered a cut in the rates
ON coal from Georges Creek basin to
tidewater.
During last month 143 sail and
steam vessels, of 1888 gross tons,
were built in the United States.
The Standard Oil Company will
have to pay duty OF 10 per cent.
ad valorem on oil 1t has imported
into the Philippine Islands since the
ne1 tariff bill became effective
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Heroic Girls Save Cash.

Buffalo. N. Y. (SpeciaD.-Fire in
the East Buffalo plant of Jacob Dold
Packing Company caused 100000
damage. The fire started in the hog
and beef dressing department. The
Office buildings were threatened for
time. The Office force, made up
largely of young women, fought
through dense clouds of smoke to
remove $1,000 in cash to place of
safety. Two of the girls. overcome
by smoke, were rescued by firemen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20

Niagara Falls, N. Y. Especially -
August Sporer, an 18-year-old boy of
this city, went to. his death in the
whirlpool Rapids after a gallant bat
tie with the giant waves between
the lower bridges and the pool
With three companions, Sporer
went for swim in the river at the
former Maid of the Mist landing
He struck out at once for the middle
of stream, and then turned toward
the bridges. His companions called
to him to turn back, for the current
is very swift at that point, but he
kept on down stream and was caught
in the great sweep, the first break
from the smoother of waters to the
rapids.
TIL boy struggled for time
against the current, but to no avail.
Then, realizing that he was beyond
human help and was to be carried
through the rapids, which took the
life of Captain Webb and which have
resisted every unaided human effort
at passage, he deliberately turned
downstream and began grim fight
for life.
Not in all the history of the river
has such a brave effort been wit
messed. Although but frail boy,
he went into the rapids swimming
strongly and held his own until he
struck the giant wave which curls up
opposite the old battery elevator.
Then he went under and for sec
ond was lost to sight of the score of
people who stood on the lower arch
bridge.
Again and again he disappeared,
only to reappear, each time fight
ing desperately against the terrible
current Then, when within 800
yards of the Whirlpool, his strength
gave out and he sank and was lost
to view.
Even then he had swan perhaps
100 yards farther than did the great
English swimmer, Captain Webb.
The body can now be seen in the
whirlpool, where rivermen are wait
ing for it to be brought in toward
shore far enough to be recovered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
AVIATOR 6. r. WLLARD'S
LONG SLIDE TO EARTH
Was $50 Feet in the Air When
Motor Failed.
Charles f. Willard, A Beginner,
After Making A Record Cross
Country Flight In An AeropIane,
MSSkes The Record Descent In A
Machine Without Power - Prac-
ticalIy His First Flight And Had
But One Lesson.

New York Especially Charles F.
Willard made the only cross-country
flight in an aeroplane in this country,
from Mineola, L. l., with the exception
of the one Orville Wright made at
Fort Myer in completing his govern
ment contract The remarkable teat-'
ureS of this feat of Willard is that
while he received his first instruc-
tions little more than two weeks
ago from Glenn H. Curtiss, the in
ventor of the Golden Filler, Willard
exceeded the distance record of Or
v,lle Wright by about two miles.
Willard covered about IL miles in
1871 minutes and attained an alti-
tude of more than $50 feet.
The aeropiane was brought from
the shed at 523 and taken into the
Hampstead Plains back of the race
course, the starting point. The avia-
tor at once shot to a height of al
most 100 feet as he started in the di-
rection of Garden City. Then he
wheeled and few over the Meadow
brook Hunt Club and thence to
Westbury and Hicksville. A large
circle was negotiated here and Will
lard started homeward and few sue
cessfully until, within two miles of
the starting point, he discovered some
trouble with his motor. Willard was
almost $50 feet in the air when the
motor failed. From this height the
aviator made perfect glide to the
ground, the greatest distance from
which descent has heretofore been
made without power.
An examination disclosed that the
cam shaft, which operates the mag
neto, had broken that it would be
impossible to resume the fight. Viii
lard had intended to continue his
course over Hampstead, Floral Park
and Hyde Park. The machine was
placed on a big wagon end taken
back to its tent 1t is believed that
the repairs can be made within the
next two or three days and then Will
lard will try longer flight.
In making his flights Willard cross
ed eight roads, several clumps OF
trees and five lines of telegraph
wires, and crossed three times the
motor parkway. At times he ascend
ed to such height as to look like
mere speck in the air, and again
he would drop to 40 feet. He man
aged his machine with great skill
and negotiated sharp turns with APP
parent ease.
L. S. Burridge, president of the
Areonautic, Society, to whom this
machine has ben sold, was delighted
with this performance of Willard,
and said:
81 think we have been most for
tunate in securing Mr.. Willard as
aviator, for he has more than come
up to expectations. He has both
courage and good judgment. l am
confident that he is going to make
some splendid records for this coun-
try with the machine. What he has
accomplished in SO brief time
seems little short of marvellous, and
am sure it will do much to stimulate
aeronautics as pasttime. Now that
it has been demonstrated that ma
chine can be learned without any
great risk, many will be encouraged
to adopt aeroplaning as sport"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
HURT IN QUEER ACCIDENT.
Piece OF Steel Strikes Spark o.
Rock And Expl0des Powder.

Greenwich, Conn. Especially As
a result of most peculiar accident
Joseph Involis lies seriously injured
at the General Hospital and two 9TH
er laborers are confined to bed at
their homes.
The accident occurred in the quar-
ry of Joseph Christiano. The men
were drilling rock. when the steel
drill broke and large flying frag-
ment struck a glass bottle of gum
powder ON nearby rock.
AS the steel broke the bottle it
struck spark from the rock, ana
this ignited the powder. All of the
men were seriously burned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Suicide From Transport.

San Francisco Up CT D.-The
army transport Logan arrived from
Manila, by way of japan and Homo
lulu, bringing the Thirteenth Regi-
ment of Infantry, 100 enlisted men
of the Engineer Corps, SO military
prisoners, 80 casuals and 8 of the
Signal Corps. The infantry regiment
will go into barracks at the Presidio.
Gerald Bennett, a private in the
Marine Corps, committed suicide on
July 16 by leaping into the sea from
go r.Dsan-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
KILLS HER THREE BABIES.
Mrs. Handed Turns On The Gas And
Dies With Them.

Chicago Especially Mrs. Marie
Handled turned on the gas in the
bathroom and committed suicide and
slew her three boy babies. She care
fully bathed and dressed her three
children, one four years old and
twins two years old, and carried
them into the bathroom. She had
closed the bathroom door and turn
ed on the gas.
The smell of gas awakened her
husband He broke open the door
Of the bathroom and found the four
dead bodies. The twins, wrapped in
a quilt were lying in the tub, while
the elder boy was clasped tightly
in the mothers arm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Lands On Live Wire.

New York Especially Little Bene-
ia, young woman employed by a
nefghboring amusement park as an
aeronaut, was caught in a slant of
wind making a descent in her para
chute, and driven against live troll
ley wire. Her clothing kept her
flesh from direct contact, but she was
badly burned, and in attempting TO
fight herself free, spilled the air from
her parachute and received addition
al injuries from her fall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
BIG navy TUG LOST
IN A HEAVY GALE
Four Drowned When the Nezinscot
Goes Down.
Loaded With Anchors Until Decks
Are Awash-Big Sea Hits Craft
And Engine-roOm Is Flooded
Wife OF Captain Floats Away On
Raft - Surgeon Trotter Swept
Into Sea And Lost

Rockport, Mass. Especially The
cargo of anchors on board the naval
tug Nezinscot. Captain Ned Evans,
proved too great a burden as she
rolled down the coast from Ports
mouth to Boston, before northerly
gale, and after the seas had Hooded
the engine-room, the tug rolled over
and sank off Cape Ann.
Four of the crew lost their lives,
while nine others, including the cap
tain's wife and boy, reached land
after. a hard struggle.
Captain Evans and Machinists
Mate A. Belfric, were taken from
an oak grating by a life-saving
crew, after they had been in the
water nearly five hours and had seen
DIR. Trotter washed off into the sea.
Chief Boatswain's Mate F. r. Bit
ter struggled an hour with MRS.
Evans and the boy on a narrow
plank. Engineer Pratt and three
seamen managed to gain the ships
boat after the sinking of the tug
and righting her, hauled Bitter. MRS.
Evans and the boy on board and then
rowed ashore.
The NeZinscot left Portsmouth at
3 A. M. with cargo of anchors,
anchor chains and scearchlights for
the battleship Missouri. The tug
was a boat of low freeboard, and
her cargo brought her down until
her decks were nearly awash. she
was manned by Ave officers and
crew of about ten men. Captain
Evans, who was in command, halls
from Quincy, Mass. and has been
in charge of many battleships for
the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany during their trials on the New
England Coast.
The westerly gale was blowing
when the Nezinscot left Portsmouth,
SO Captain Evans Rugged the shore
SO far as Ipswich. Then he headed
across for Cape Ann. AS the tug
went off shore she met rising seas
and. began to roll. or Halibut Point
a big sea bore the little boat over
until the water flooded her engine
room and she became helpless. Cap
tain Evans ordered the single boat
carried to be lowered and put in 1t
the second officer and the captains
wife and little boy. Scarcely had
the boat touched the water when
the Nezinscot lurched and plunged
under the waves. The captain, sur
geon, engineer and three or four OF
the crew managed to haul them
selves aboard a life raft. Then 1t
was found that three OF the tugs
men had gone down.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
5000 GET POSITIONS.
Through Department OF Commerce
And Labor.

Washington, D. C. (SpeciaD -
Work has been secured for 1900
persons during The past six weeks
through the information division of
the Department OF Commerce and
Labor. Most of them have gone
to the wheat fields of the Northwest,
although according to a statement by
the department labor is much in de-
mand in factories as well as on the
farm.
The division of information, under
ruling by Assistant Secretary Nc
Harg, is confined in its operations to
unskilled labor, the labor organiza-
lions having protested against any
activity on the part of the govern
ment looking to the employment of
skilled labor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
ONE DEAD, ONE DYING OF BURNS
Men Had Gone To Sleep In Tenement
With Lamp Lighted.

Cincinnati Especially A man half
clothed, with his flesh burned to a
crisp in places and screaming with
pain as ne ran through the streets,
aroused the neighborhood after
tenement house fire here.
The sufferer, Michael Hoff, fell un-
conscious at the door of the City Hos
pital and died soon afterward. An
other tenement dweller is dying OF
burns.
The two left lamp burning when
they retired. The: awoke to find the
room ablaze and had to get out by
dashing through the flames.
Women and children were rescued
by police and firemen, who carried
many down the ladders.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
ODDS AND ENDS

Opalescent glass for the use in the
manufacture of stained glass win
dows is made in this country in a
manner which cannot be duplicated,
and this material is shipped all over
Europe.
Many tigers in India live entire
~ on domestic cattle, and the upkeep
of one which does SO has been vari-
ously estimated at from $3.50 to
nearly 10 times that sum.
Some authorities say the founder
is only a Goldfish with flattened
head.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Pressing Club Was Very Wet.

Birmingham. Ala. Especially The
first arrest in Birmingham under
the new Carmichael law was made
when a pressing club was raided
under the section of the law which
prohibits the storage of liquors. Half
a dozen cases of whisky, several
casks of beer and two tubs of iced
beer were confiscat d, as well as
the proprietor's cash drawer and its
contents. His handbook showed de-
posts of over 500 day for some
time past.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Hanged Under New Law.

Georgetown. S. c. (SpeciaD.-
John Jenkins, alias Slippery Joint, y
coiored, was hanged there for assault
with criminal intent on a young
white woman of this county. Several
days ago Jenkins confessed his
crime, saying he was moved to do so
by dream, in which the Lord told
him to confess. This is the first
execution under the new act making
attempted criminal assault capital
crime.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
BLOWS UP HIMSELF AND SENTRY
Private Tries To Open Ammunition
Box With Hachet.

Charleston, S. G. Especially In
attempting to open box of ammu-
milton with a hatchet j. A. Fish
burne, an ordinary seaman, caused
an explosion at the camp of the first
division South Carolina Naval Re-
serves, on the Isle of Palms. He
and Henry Decou, the sentry who.
against orders, hsd allowed him to
enter the ammunition tent, were
badly injured.
There was enough ammunition in
the tent to destroy small town.
but only three cartridges exploded.
Both of the wounded men will re-
cover.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
CAUGHT CUTTING MANS THROAT
Two Supposed Robbers Surrounded
In Building.

New York Especially. - Robbers
cut the throat of Lewis Lavini, an
elderly secondhand clothes dealer of
Port Chester, N. Y, who was known
to keep considerable cash about
him. within 10 feet of the passing
crowds on the sidewalk. He will
die.
Pietro Fallitco and Antonio Birzi
were surrounded in the building
and caught.
An upstairs tenant entered the
shop just as one of the men was
drawing a knife across the old mans
throat and gave the alarm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Kills Girl Employee.

Chicago Especially Thomas Kats-
mes boarded crowded street car
and shot and killed Victoria Kawa-
lee, then shot himself with suicidal
intent, but only inflicted slight
wound. Katsnes was formerly res
taurant keeper in Milwaukee Ave.
nue., and his victim was employed for
several months as waitress in his
restaurant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Girl Dead; Brother Dying.

Wrightsville, Ga. Especially - Miss
Nina Tompkins. daughter of well
known banker, who. with five others,
was injured in an automobile ac-
cident here, died at o'clock A. NJ.
Physicians performed an operation
on her brother, Roger Tompkins, in
an attempt to save his life,, but his
case is said to be hopeless. Miss EN-
ma Tompkins. William Tompkins and
Oswald Tompkins will recover.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
PREVIOUS EARTHQUAKES
IN JAPAN.

17o3-At Yeddo; 100000 per-
sons killed.
1900-Mount Ozuma; volcano
and earthquake; zoo
killed.
1891-Island of Honda; 1000
killed.
1894-Large section affected;
estimated loss of life.
$4,000.
Frequent shocks in various
parts of Japan in the last 10
years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
CIRCUS STEERS STAMPEDE.
Dogs Drive Dozen Into Port Huron
Crowd; Girl Seriously Hurt.

Port Huron, Mich. Especially A
number of persons were trampled
on and otherwise injured when a
dozen steers which were part of a
Wild West show parade charged into
a crowd at the entrance to st. Clair
Street bridge here.
Several dogs ran barking at the
steers as they reached the bridge ap-
proach and stampeded the animals.
Miss Jessie Ingley, of Grazing, was
seriously injured internally by being
trampled on. The other injured
persons hurts were of minor ma
ture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
educator Killed By Train.

Burlington. VT. Especially. - Prof.
Wilhelm Bernhard, of Washington,
D. c., a well known educator and
author, was struck and killed by a
train on the Portland Railroad here.
He was spending the summer here.
Prof. Bernhard was about so years
of age and for many years was di-
rector of German in the Washington
High Schools.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
TERRIBLE HAVOC BY
An EARTHQUAKE
a Great Loss of Life Probable IN
Central Japan.
FLOOD ADDS TO THE DISASTER,

Number OF Fatalities Likely To Be
Greatly Increased When All The
Districts Affected Are Heard
From - The Mountain Ibuki,
West OF Gifu, Emits Smoke And
Then Collapses With An Awful
Roar-Town OF Ozaka Partially
Destroyed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Jan,s Meet China,s PLEA.

Picking Especially. - China has
agreed to the japanese proposal to
reopen the negotiations regarding
the Antung-Mukde Railroad, at
Mukden, at such time as Japan
selects. All the questions relating
to Manchuria between Japan and
China now await the initiative of
JaDan
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Sixth Death From Pellagra.

Durham, N. G. Especially. - The
sixth death from pellagra occurred
here. Mrs. d. C. Mitchell, native
Georgian, succumbed to the disease.
She was a member of one of the
best families of this town and the
wife of large lumber dealer. Ply
sicians attribute the malady to bad
cornbread
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Took Cholera Patients Home.

Pskov, Russia Especially At Tai
absk the villagers stormed the bar
racks, where a number of cholera
cases were under treatment, and at
tempted to lynch the doctors and
nurses. They carried off five OF the
cholera patients, whom they return
ed to their homes. Detachments of
police have been sent to the scene
to restore quiet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Chief Wilkie Declines.

Chicago Especially John E. VIII
kie, chief Of the Federal Secret Sery-
Ice Bureau, declined to accept the
offer of Mayor Busse to make him
chief Of police Of Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
South Carolina Liquor Law Valid

Columbia. S. C. Especially. - The
state Supreme Court refused to de-
clare invalid the liquor law passed
at the last session of the Legislature
The Court will later hand down an
opinion stating the reasons for the
rejection of the petition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
NO PREACHING ON THE STREET
No Dancing, No Street-Piano Playing
In Washington.

In washington.
Washington Especially A regu-
lation prohibiting open-air preaching
will be adopted by the Commission
ers as an antinoise measure. Un-
less the consent of three-fourths of
the resident of the neighborhood be
obtained. the religionists will have
literally to hire hall"
The regulations will provide alike
against dancing, preaching, the play
ing of musical instruments in the
str sets at any time without the con-
set of residents, and will prohibit
any such noises on the street after
10 o'clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
.Uncle Tom" Was Sold There.

UMCIe TONI was SOIU IHUFU.
Lexington, KY. Especially Light
ming struck the Courthouse at Wash
ington, Mason County. in which
"Uncle Tom" of uncle Toms
Cabin" fame, was sold, and the
building was destroyed. The build
the sale of the aged negro at this
ing was erected in 1874. 1t was
place that gave Harriet Beecher
Stowe the basis for her story.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Prohibition Bin Passes House.

Montgomery, Ala. Especially The
Fuller Prohibition bill, as amended.
passed the House by vote Of As to
ST.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20

Temperature Up to 100 and ll2
in the West.

Vegetation Falls Before The Fiery
Blasts Sweeping Across The Plains
Of Kansas And Oklahoma Three
Deaths In st. Joseph, Mo.-At
Oklahoma City The Temperature
Was Up To 112-Charleston, ).
c., Isolated BY Storm.