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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
Count Jacques De Lesseps,
Grandson of Famous Engi-
neer, Succeeds in Duplicating
Feat of French Aviator.
FROM CALAIS TO DOVER
OVER BRITISH CHANNEL
Intended to Make the Return
Trip Without Descending to
Ground, But the Weather
Changed and He Came Down
BLERl0T MADE BEST TIME

MOVER England, May 21.-FOr the
second time within year the
English channel was crossed to-
day by an aerOplane, and again the
jacques de Lessepss d grandson of the
late Ferdinand de Lesseps, the ceIe-
brated French engineer, driving a
mOnOpIane of the same model as that
with which Louis Bleriot conquered
the straits July rs last, duplicated his
cOuntryman's feat In n dense fog to-
day, starting at Calais and landing
safely at Wystoa Court Farm. Fifty
minutes were consumed i'm the jour
ney. BIeriOt's time WAS thirty-three
minutes.
AZ. de Lesseps intended making the
trip from Calais to Dover and return
the Ruinart prize of $4,000, but the
mist compelled him to descend. He
expects to resume his flight at day
light.
Leaving Calais amid the cheers OF
an immense crowd, the aviator sent his
monoplale up to- a height of 400 feet
and then headed II in the direction OF
Dover. When scarcely out from the
monoplane is known, was lost to sight
from the torpedo boat destroyer Es-
copette, which was racing 10 render
aid should the machine fall.
Did Net Weaken.
De Lesseps, only means of reckoning
his whereabouts were the rays of the
sun, which dimly penetrated the banks
of fog in which he was enshrouded.
He determined to keep on, however,
and in order to avoid the possibility
Of colliding with the cliffs of Dover
he sent the monoplane to height Of
a thousand feet, at the same time
keeping 1t pointed in the direction in
which he believed the English coast
lay. The Frenchman's courage was
soon rewarded by the sight of the
gray cliffs Immediately beneath him.
There he stopped the WIRING motor
and let the machine glide to earth
landing without mishap at the Wyns-
ton Court Farm, a mile inland and
midway between Dover and Deal.
Few saw the intrepid aviator como
to the ground, for when the news was
flashed from Calais that De LesseDs
had started, the crowds Assem- bled on
the field where Bleriot descended in
his epoch-making flight, expecting
that the new seeker for cross-channeI
honors would choose the same spot
That was what De Lesseps intended to
do had not the fog interfered.-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

Beto Hernandez, a well-known Mexi-
can, was killed by lightning.
The streams are rising rapidly and
many levees in rice fields have been
washed away. The crops in many Sec
lions, however. have been greatly ben
Gifted by the downpour-
Denver, May 21.-A heavy snowstorhn
prevails today all the way from north
ern wyoming into southern Colorado.
The weather is comparatively warm
and most Of the snow melts as 1t falls
In Denver the snowstorm was as heavy
as any OF last winter. The storm will
be of great benefit to ranchers and
stockmen.
Five inches OF snow fell at Chey-
enne, Wyo., and the storm was said to
be general over that state. Telegraph
service west OF Denver was seriously
crippled for time, the wet snow pull
ing down the wires in many places.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

On the field left barren yesterday by
the tornado and that swept away the
town of McCarty. % demolished farm
houses were found today. A Wynne-
wood physician reported today that he
had dressed the wounds of eight in
jured near McCarty. Some OF them
had their clothes blown off. None was
seriously injured. The houses were
wrecked at Paoli- The town of Mas
vile remained intact
Houston, Tex, May 21-Heavy rains.
accompanied by severe winds. hail and
electrical displays again visited south
west and central Texas last night. More
than twenty towns report houses blown
down and in some instances were pso-
pie slightly injured At Gonzales,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
FATHER OF INJURED
GIRL ON THE WARPATH

Traverse City, Mich, May 21.-The
serious injury of Katherine Slater, II
years old. last night. by the automobile
of AID Wolgast, lightweight champion
pugilist, was made the occasion OF a
vigorous display of anti-fight senti-
ment by the girls father, o. W. Slater,
prominent merchant
The girl was riding horseback when
her horse became frightened and IL is
said jumped directly In front of the au-
tomobile. The girl suffered a severely
wrenched hip and bad bruises.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Receipts Show a Marked Increase owes
Last Year.

Washington, May 21.-Internal rev.
enue receipts continue to show big
Increase over last year. For April ths
receipts were s21,397, 1S7. which is $2,-
2Os,057 more than IN April of 1909.
There were increases of $1,021.03 in
spirits; se92,651 In tobacco; S4e2, 522 I'm
fermented liquors, and cigarettes 5000
52S.
Commissioner Cables estimate in De-
cember was that the total from internal
revenue for the fiscal year 1910 would
be $3.50, 900, 900. but at the present rate
Of Increase they win reach s263, GOO, 900.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
FIGHT OVER ESTATE.
Mrs. Hyde's Suit Followed by One
Starred by Mrs. Logan o. Swope.

Started by Mrs. Logan o. Swope.
Kansas City, May 21.-Anothed suit
to partition the estate of the late Colo
mel Thomas II. Swope was filed today
at Independence, near here The suit
was filed upon behalf of Mrs. Logan
o. Swope, and it asks partition of the
property left to five unmarried daugh-
tiers of Mrs. Swope. It covers different
property from that named IN the suit
filed yesterday by Mrs. B. C. Hyde
wife of DR.. Hyde.
In today's suit the court is asked to
determine. judicially, the interest OF
the various plaintiffs and defendants
in the properties listed. to appoint a
commissioner to sell them and to divide
the proceeds among the respective
heirs Mrs. Hyde is made the defend
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
RAIN, HAT, WIND and SNOW
VISIT The UNITED STATES
Tornado in Oklahoma Did Immense
Amount of Darage---Flood
Now Threatens

OKLAHOMA CITY Okla May 21Se disturbances heavy
rains and DAMAGING hail storms reported from larger
southern southeastern Oklahoma
down places High along
are the Red river
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
GREAT ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
BY SUNDAY SCHOOL PEOPLE
President and Mrs. Taft, King
George, Roosevelt and Bryan
Signaly Honored

May
wv King George Of England President Daz of Mexico
Bryan the Worlds Sunday
here today amid of enthusiasm For
each of theseso o subscribed
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
OF JEWS
BEING CARRIED OUT
Russians Deny Taking Action, But
Dispatches From Kiev Give
Them the Lie.

st. Petersburg. May 21.-The expul-
sion OF Jews from Kiev has not yet
begun.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

alert In the interest OF its readers, he
Herald-Republican has arranged to print
In one of its regular editions each week
coupon which will secure for the bearer
a round trip to Saltair with admission to that
resort. This coupon will be good for either
child or adult. and the day upon which it is
to be- used will be named thereon Papers
in which these coupons will appear will not
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
Free Trips to Saltair

"a n He regular Saltar will open Saturday, May
IS 26. This greatest Of the will be at
- nacive than this after the Improvements
planned by the Satair Beach company are made. Ever
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

The necessary money was pledged
quickly
The nomination Of persons of less
public renown continued until $65,0oe
had been pledged for mission work.
A choir. of 500, accompanied by prob
ably 2,090 or more delegates, marched
to the Capitol grounds and ranged
along the steps while & praise service
was held in the open air Many en-
pIoyes OF the building stopped their
work to go out and join IN the sing
ing OF hymn. but there was a ball game
on and there were few senators or
representa- there.
SCOTT VICTORIOUS.
Wheeling, W. Va, May 21--Returns
from yesterdays primary election in
Ohio county indicate today that United
States Senator N. B. Scott is victorious
ove- Representative William H Hubs
bard, by p majority of nearly z,4H
votes.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

be sale either at stands the and they
be purchased They will be delivered only regular
subscribers of this paper This but of the many good
things which the management of The Herald Republican has
arranged for Its readers during the coming Now
is the time subscribe.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

Classified advertising In
The Herald Republican
is net merely hunting for
tenants today-but is
finding them.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
THE METALS.

Silver 5Szsc.
Copper, cathodes, IL s-Isc
Lead, per 100 lbs, s4.4O.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
Said TO Be Forxetfur.

NJ nc sSaIHu TO 1sc II OfkttfuIs
MI Chairman Payne was evidently
IN very fretful state. He also
seems to be afflicted with a new dis
ease, intermittent forgetfulness' He
remembered with great vividness the
Continued on Page Three.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
]. 4. GORHAM TALKS
 ABOUT EMPIRE LIFE
THIS BIG INSURANCE COMPANY A SOUTHERN INSTITUTION-EVER DOLLAR PAID IN REMAINS IN THE soUTH--A STRONG COMPANY

"One thing which perhaps more than all else induced me to enter the life insur- ance business" said Julian A. Gorham, was my desire to see the south reach that pre-eminent position commercially to which she is so justly entitled. And this can only be accomplished by oonserv- ing her matchless resources.
 MT. Gorham, who was for eight years connected with the Bradstreet company, where by his natural business ability and strong personality he won such rec ognition as to be placed in the most i'm portant positions of trust in the southern territory of this great commercial agency, has had unusual opportunity of observing the commercial conditions in the south, Being man of keen insight, the indus trial and commercial conditions of this great section which were constantly un- der his observation, proved particularly interesting, and he studied the situation from every viewpoint.
 "The development of this richly favored section to the full measure of its pos abilities depends upon our taking ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
FORM COMPANY FOR
 TRAFFIC AT GULF

The Dauphin Island Railway and liar.
 bor company, with It's main office, for
 the present, in Birmingham, was organ
 ized yesterday at the local offices of the I Tidewater Development company and the | incorporation papers win be filed today. The officers and directors for the first year are: George T. Bishop, Cleveland O.. president and treasurer; F. F. Graves, Chicago, vice president; J. M. Dewberry, Birmingham, secretary; F. H. Ginn,
 Cleveland. O.; D. E. Mitchell. Lebanon, Tenn.
 On Monday, April IS, this company ac- quired by option the entire area except that owned by the United States. of both Little and Big Dauphin Islands, sit- uated 30 miles south of Mobile, at the lower end of Mobile bay. and near it's deep waters. These islands are bounded on the east by Mobile bay, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the west by Mississippi Sound and on the north they are separated from the mainland by about two miles of water connecting Mobile bay with Mississippi sound. Between Lit tie Dauphin island and Big Dauphin isl- anu litS DdupHlu DdN, constituting d per feet land-locked harbor. It Is the pur- pose of the company to dredge a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the deep waters of Lower Mobile bay into Dauphin bay. and to dredge basin in Dauphin bay adequate for all harbor and shipping purposes, involving coaling sta ton for the -eoaling of the largest ships that ply the gulf The company also intends to build a railroad from both of tln ic1a fn 10 Qf Cedar Point, and proposes to extend either the railroad to Mobile or to connect with the Southern railway and Louisville and Nashville railroad system at the most convenient points south of Mobile. Dauph- in island consists of over 5000 acres, 900 of which, on the east end, are owned by the United States government, and upon which is located Fort Gaines. The balance of the island will be owned by the Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor company. which proposes to improve and develop it as a coaling station and port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
PENSION PROPOSED
 FOR SOLDIER HERO

Washington, April 21.-Ill, paralyzed and supported by the faithful wife who earns a pittance at the washtub, John R. kis- singer a soldier, who gave up his health and his future that the cause of yellow fever might be known, will receive a special pension of s125 month if bill favorably reported today by the Senate committee becomes a law. When the rav- ages of the dread plague swept men from the ranks and they fell into the trenches faster than the guns of the enemy could now them down, Kissinger offered him. self as a volunteer subject for an experi- ment in an army hospital The surgeons proved by his sacrifices that the mos quito spread the plague and thelr experi- ,aa,,s ,,non him are believed to have been responsible for his helpless condition of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
Happy Hunting Ground fin Texa.

San Antonio, Tex. Correspondence Mex
 leo Record. W
 One of the finest fishing and hunting preserves in the world will be estab- lished and maintained on the Hacienda La Maroma, 25 miles west of c. P. Diaz, in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. which has just been leased by Cecil A. Lyon of Sherman, with the option of purchase within ten years.
 The hacienda consists of 6D.000 acres. It lies between the Rio Escondido and the Rio Antonio. The game on this ranch has been protected for the last 50 years. The mountains and plains abound in deer, wild turkey, quail. wild cats and other smaller game. The streams teem with the finest ol game fish. Tn higher portions of the noun tains bears are occasionally found and in some places wild hogs are plentiful.
 The land was granted by the king of Spain in 179s to @Prudencio de Leon, a soldier, for the faithful services rem dered MT. Kelso had the original royal grant among the papers which prove the title to the land About 90 years ago the land passed into the hands of the well known Madeira family In 1901 1t was soia to Col Anthony Marshall, . retired English army officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
LOCAL FREIGHT MEN
 ELECT OFFICERS

Mobile, April a4Uniform passing re- port blanks for reporting interline way bills al junction points was the first sub ject taken up today by the American Association of Local Freight Agents in convention here. The subject was sug- gested by the need of a blank which will answer the four-fold purpose of a station record for the two stations and a pass ing report for the auditors office of each railroad.
 Boston, Mass, Rochester, N. Y, Hous- ton, Tex, and St. Louis want the next convention, which will be decided this afternoon. Many of the delegates want to go east next year, therefore quite a number are pulling to have Boston se- lected.
 The association elected the following of ficers for the ensuing year: C. A. witzel, Cleveland, president.
 John M Gray Memphis, first vice pres ident
 c. E. Cochrane Baltimore, second vice president. st
 c. E. Fish, Cincinnati. treasurer. G M. DennlSOn, 1oleuoi SecIeldiy' -
 So rapid has been the growth of the association in the last few years, and so large has become its membership, it is reported, that the custom of allow ing each city to act as host to the as- sociation at it's annual conventions was abolished and for the first time In the history of the association the determin- ing of the time and place for the con ventions was referred to the executive committee. The committee will be ap- pointed by President Witzel for the next convention. The consensus of opinion re- garding the next meeting place faVors Atlantic City, and it is said thct the twenty-fourth annual convention will go to that city.
 The convention will close it's labors to- morrow with business session on board pleasure steamer on Mobile ba-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
A Famous Money-Lender

From Harper's Weekly.
 Nobody in New York knows it's lead ing loanshark. Everybody in London knew Lewis In fact, his death removed d unique figure from the fashionable life of London. Not that the money-lender was received in polite society. but that he might be found on almost any occasion where 1t was only a question of purchas- ing tie entree Was there charity bazar for instance, where ladies of title were selling boutonnieres and ices or teautiful actresses mixing drinks? !?
 There was Lewis cheerfully paying the highest price for everything in sight. Did a first night at one of the fashionable theatres bring out a particularly brilliant audience, Lewis was on view in the most conspicuous box Was there an unusually gay evening at the Savoy or the Carlton, Lewis was presiding at the most gorgeously decor ated tabie, his guests consuming the most expensive vivands. drinking older wines and receiving a little better attention tran any others in the restaurant Was royalty laying the cornerstone of a hos pital or asylum, to which ceremony the subscribers to the erection fund had been invised. Lewis stepped to the crimson car pet across the sidewalk from the tallest landau, with the biggest horses and the most stately coachman and footman of any that drove up to the enclosure. He might have been seen surrounded by the best known of English sportsmen on the race-tracl1s at all the more prominent meetings, and his house-boat during Hen ley week was one of the most elaborately equipped and in one of the most advan- tagaous situations on the stretch of river confronting the races. Indeed. though the king of the money-lenders was un- able to purchase social position, he bought ill on the surrounding territory as close ly as possible, and if he did not know the women of the aristocratic world he was acquainted with a great many of the men. The owners of the most oi those names on his million pounds worth of paper were men who could not afford to affl ont Lewis; and, as it was known I that more than one naughty gentleman
 of title who had been wanting in respect | to him in public had had cause to re. gret 1t on settling-day, and as many an. l other could discern in the distant, oi
 near future a possible use for him, the
 mopey-lender was sure of a polite recep
 ton smong the gay youth of London 1T almost any circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
 STANDARD OIL TANK BURNS FURIOUSLY

oakland. Cal, April 21.-Il1uminating the countryside for miles around large tank of the Standard oil Com pany's plant at Point Richmond which became ignited early today is still burning vigorously tonight. The burn ing oil burst from the tank late this afternoon and a sea of fire began spreading in the yards.
 More than 500 men are building a large dyke around the reservoir. It Is believed this will prevent the flames from spreading to other tanks. Fully $50, 900 gallons of oil was contained In the reservoir and it is estimated 1t will burn for some time' The loss is esti- mated at $200,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22

men no one lost his life or received any serious injury.
 The effect of the fire damp turned the skin of the men to a pale yellow color. They looked ghastly and ap- parently dead when brought to the surface but with the aid of physi- elan and the fresh air they would soon return to consciousness and then be able to get up. MT. John recovered in short while after he was brought up unconscious. As soon as he was able to talk he wanted to go back down into the shaft. Ills was very weak, however, and he was not allowed to do so by the physicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22

vantage of our resources to such an extent as to make the south absolutely self-supporting and independent. Upon this point we are all agreed. We of the commercial world are constantly ad- vising the farmer to open his eyes and shake of the yoke of dependency by pro- aucing himself the necessities of life, for which he has so long paid out his hard earned dollars, that have heretofore been tent in a steady stream to the enriching of other sections.
 We are prone to overlook the fact That the advice we so gratuitously offer the other fellow can be used by our selves with great profit. I have always strongly believed that the south will never enjoy commercial independence un- fl her business men determine to keep ar home every dollar that is sent to the north and east for what should be pro- duced within her own borders.
 "The general public has no conception of the vast sums of money which the south pays annually to northern com panies for life insurance Some idea of these stupendous amounts can be gained from the fact that in 1908 Alabama alone contributed four and three-quarters mil Mons of dollars to companies outside of the south for life insurance, every dol lar of which went to the enrichment of the north and east, when it could very Bdttlg nave BttH SPcut Nitli oOhlhtii II companies.
 "Lut a new order of things can shortly be expected. Every great movement must have a beginning. and the southern com panies which will in time take rank witl the big ones of the country and get the proper recognition at home will grow perhaps slowly at first, but those whcf are properly built will as surely sue ceed as other great institutions have Snnn If is nurOtlra QinR 1nlic9 tiOT that some of our solid business men, after thoroughly Investigating our companies and convincing themselves of their sound ness have determined to patronize them.'
 MT. Gorham, who is state az ent of the Empire Life Insurance company of At .anta, has made an enviabe record since entering the life insurance field. Backed up by a southern company, which js now in it's eleventh year, and has passed through the experimental stage, hi agency has written in five months three quarters of a million dollars in insuranc, in 2S counties in the northern half O the state During March MT. Gorhan led all other agents in amount of busi ness written for his company.
 The Empire Life is mutual, old line legal reserve company, that is conducted In manner that has won the admiration of the insurance world. Its soundness il beyond question, and it is destined t' become one of the leading companies O Che United States. The company own It's home building, a handsome 12-story modern structure, in the heart of At lanta. It's assets show a steady gain eacl year, and every dollar which it aecumu 1ates Is kept in the south to. help built up this section to a point when 1t vii take rank as one of the commercial cen tars of this great country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
MEMBERS OF FAMILY
 TAKE SUICIDE ROUTE

Petersburg, Va, April 21.-The sec ond suicide within a month and the third in. the family within eight months at the home of Mrs. Charles Wells, his sister, was that of Nat F.. Inge, aged 21 years, who died early this morning. Young Inge swallowed carbolic acid late last night and died after three hours of agony.
 On March 23 Charles Wells, brother in-law of today's suicide, drank with fatal effect, carbolic acid while de- spondent over unemployment.
 On October 21, last, Albert Inge, father of Nat Inge, shielded by drown ing at Danville, Va.
 No reason is known for his self-ds- struction.