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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-09-07
An Exciting Race Petween an Aero.
plane and an Automobile.

We have just received word
from the Secretary of tho Missouri
State Fair telling US that arrange
ments have been completed for one
of the most interesting and excit.
ing races ever held in the state.
1t will be race between the
Write Bros aeroplane and one OF
the highest speed automobiles Oh.
tainable. This feature of the Fair
alone will he worth going hun.
dreds of miles to see and every
reader of this paper who possibly
can should be there to witness the
great event, October II.
| Soreness OF the muscles, whether
induced by violent exercise or Injury,
is quickly relieved by the free applica.
ti0n OF Chamberlain's Liniment This
liuiment is equally valuable for mus.
cular rheumatism, aud always affords
quick relief. Sold bv all dealers.
On account OF there being a case of
small pox in the station of the Iron
Mountain Railroad at Sabula, and the
fact OF that place being Quarantined,
we did not receive our regular ship.
meut OF paper this week, which &C.
counts for our being late and also for
the fact that we are issuing only a
halt sheet. The agent at Sabula lives
over the station aud the case of small
pox is 10 the family of the agent. No
attempt seems to have been made to
move the family out or isolate the
case already developed, apG as result
all freight aud express that was iu the
station when the case developed still
remains there, and as far as we are
concerned will remain there good
while longer. We do not propose to
take any chances with the small pox.
so the railroad company can do as it
pleases with that buudle of paper
Centerviile Outlook.
The worlds most successful medi.
cine for bowel complaints Is Chamber.
lains Collie, Cholera aud DIarrhoea
Remedy. 1t has relieved more pain
and suffering, and saved more lives
than any other medicine In use. In
valuable for children aud adults
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-09-07

TeethiDs children have more or .t,ss
iarihuea, whicl, can t,e controlled ny
giving Chamber airs Collie. Cholera
aud UiayIboea Remedy. All that Is
necessary Is ~ give ibs perscrii,ed
dose af,e- each Operati.;n vi The bowela
more than astarai and then castor oil
u cleanse tn- systeM. 1t Is safe snd
suss- said aS all 1es,st..
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
AVIATOR KEENLY DISAPPOINTED 4
AT INABILITY TO BREAST GALE

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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
PAULHAN NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH IN
STREETCAR SMASH

Louis Paulhan and members of his
party narrowly escaped a serious and
what might have been fatal injuries
in an automobile accident yesterday
morning while they were on their way
from this city to the aviation field at
Tanforan. The automobile in which
they were riding was struck and badly
damaged by a streetcar in Mission road
near the city limits.
Paulhan was accompanied by his
manager, Edwin Cleary; Clifford B.
Harmon of New York. wealthy avia-
tion enthusiast who made his first
flights at Los Angeles, and other mem
beps Of his personal staff. The acci-
dent occurred while the machine was
running at high speed
A heavily loaded streetcar, bound for
Tanforan, collided with the rear of the
automobile at a sharp turn in the road
splintering the tonneau and badly
shaking up its occupants. Paulhan and
Cleary were both bruised and all in the
motor car felt the effects of the shock
for several hours.
Beyond the slight bruises and some
damage to clothing, no injury resulted
from the Icollision. The automobile
was able to continue to the aviation
field.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
AVIATION CONTESTS TO
TAKE PLACE OF MERE :
FLYING EXHIBITIONS

LOS ANGELES. Jan. ga national
aviation circuit, somewhat on the order
of the big baseball organizations, may
be the result of conference to be held
at st. Louis next month between Cort-
landt Field Bishop. president of the
Aero Club of America, and representa-
tives of several of the larger eastern
cities
Mere flying machine exhibifions will
be eliminated and actual contests ma
chine against machine, starting at the
crack of a pistol. will take their place
Having demonstrated that man can
now fly. the day OF exhibitions of that
ability is done, Bishop believes, and on
his arrival in New York he will set to
work on plans to govern aerial sports
One of the chief rules-one designed
to compel aviators to contest-will pro-
vide that there shall be no guarantees.
This will cut off such princely retain
ers as Paulhan received for his work
here and aviators who win no prizes
will get nothing beyond expense money.
It is believed that aviators wiz null
tiply so rapidly henceforth that Such a
rule can be easily enforced.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24

least chance to see the flying ma
chimes.
The announcement that Paulhan
would make no effort to fly was with
held until after 5 o'clock This was
largely due to Paulhan himself for
there was no one in the crowd more
disappointed than he at the condition
Of the weather; none more anxious for
a flight If the slightest chance offered
for even a brief ascension. Paulhan
recalled the fact that some of the most
successful flights in the south were
made after o'clock in the evening.
and he kept up his hope to the last
that the wind would abate.
MONEY NOT RETURNED
Provision against any unavoidable
delay due to weather conditions had not
been made. The managers did not re-
turn the money taken at the gate. and
il took time to arrange for giving out
return checks. In the meantime, dele
cations from distant points forced their
way to the managers to demand the
return Of their money instead of return
tickets on the ground that the latter
would be of no use
Shortly after o'clock announcement
was made that return tickets would
be given out at the various gates. Up
to this time the majority had fingered,
still hoping for a trial flight, but when
the dictum was issued the rush for the
gates began. There was trouble in
giving out the return tickets and this
caused considerable delay in emptying
the field
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
CIubwomen Join Crusade

The women of San. Francisco are to
ioin in the crusade being waged
throughout the United States against
the prevailing high prices of food
products. A campaign to extend over
the entire west will be planned at a
TO be- held in We Richmond Masonic
temple First avenue and Clement
street. tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
flank movement will be directed
against the practice of wholesale and
commission merchants in destroying
food products when the market is
gIutted 1t has been a custom in San
Francisco. when prices were low on
account of overproduction, to dump
. fruits and vegetables into the bay to
keep UP prices. In times past there
has been much agitation to stop this
wanton waste of food that could be sent
into the homes of the poor, If not en-
joyed by those In more comfortable cir
rumstances financially. Under the di-
rection of Mrs, j. w. Felt, presiden'
of the Richmond woman's club, the
fight against this practice will be car
ried to an issue. Mrs. e. H. O'Donnell,
secretary of the club, will also Identify
herself with the cause of cheaper liv-
ling, devoting her energies chiefly to
the national movement.
THE club has decided" said Mrs.
O'Donnell, Ito take part in the cam
paign against the high prices of foods
and cooperate with the eastern women
in the fight to reduce the cost of liv-
ing. We know that some food prod
ucts and commodities must necessarily
be expensive, but we will insist on the
sale of cheap products at reasonable
prices. We shall endeavor also. to
devise some means of bringing the pro-
ducer and consumer into closer busi-
ness relationship"
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
POLO PLAYERS PLAN
TO ABANDON PONIES
FOR AERIAL TRIPS

Members of the Burlingame set who
have the money to buy aeroplanes il
the mood should strike them, were
interested watchers at the aviation field
yesterday. Percy SeIby. George Par
sons, Templeton Crocker, Perry Eyre
and James Flood, who have considered
purchasing machines between them for
the greater glory of the Burlingame
country and Menlo golf and country
clubs, were particularly impatient to be
thrilled by the flights which did not
occur.
Parsons, who is a daring polo player,
has about made up his mind to pur-
chase a biplane and Percy Selby, who
Is a relative of Frank Johnson, who
purchased a Curtiss biplane in Los
Angeles and who will act as Curtiss'
agent in San Francisco and California.
also is seriously considering securing a
machine.
If the two machines are purchased
Parsons and Templeton- Crocker have
declared that they will challenge Flood
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
GNOME ENGINE USED
BY PAULH4N SOUGHT
BY LOCAL AERONA UTS

If the Gnome engine, such as drives
Paulhan through thel air. can make
flight certain, then the Pacific aero club
soon will be taking excursions into the
blue, for yesterday President j. c. Ir
vine and Prof. Joseph Hidalgo of the
aeronauts' organization contracted with
the celebrated Frenchman for a seven
cylinder Gnome. The machinery is man
ufactured by the Societe des Moteurs
Gnome of 49 Rue Laffitte, Paris.
Irvine, Hidalgo. Cleve Shaffer. his sis
ter, Geneve, and other local aero en-
thusiasts belonging to the Pacific aero
club or the Oakland aero club were
present at Tanforan all day, and a care
full examination of the engines Paulhan
uses convinced them that they must
have one of the same make
Shaffer and Hidalgo have aeroplanes
constructed at the present time, and
with the Gnome engine they expect to
make fast progress.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
BAlLINGER INQUIRY
BEGINS TOMORROW
Investigation Committee Sets
Machinery in Motion to =
Sift Coal Cases
Senator Nelson to Confer Today
With Both Sides for a Pre-
liminary Report :
continned From Page L

cases preliminary adverse reports have
been received covering about 700 en-
tries.
The Cunningham group of SO entries.
upon which payment was made in 1906
and 1907 and which will cut an i'm
portant figure in the Ballinger-P
inquiry. are now in hearing upon ad-
verse report of special agents.
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS PENDING
Final reports have been received upon
100 entries. on large number of which
the general land Office has recommend
ed criminal proceedings. Adverse pro-
ceedings to cancel entries have been
directed upon most of the entries I'm
ally reported upon by agents
In the United States proper fnal ad-
verse reports from agents have been
received in the last II months upon
cases involving more than 150, 900 acres
of land. Much of this is coal land
1t appears from this report that in
the last eight years coal lands within
the United States have been obtained
by fraud to the extent of more than
$4,000 acres These entries usually
cover the best of the coal and are to-
day estimated as being worth $1O,-
900, 900
1t is declared that if mined on roy
atty sufficiently low TO enable 1nde-
pendent operators to compete with ex-
listing coal combinations returns to the
government would reach more than
100000, 900. All of these patents are
from five to eight years old
MUCH LAND RECOVERED
Indications are that the fiscal year
ending June, 1910. will show $4,000
acres of patent land recovered, and
that cash collections will approximate
the $1.O0O.00O appropriated for the
work.
Reports involving more than $1,000
600 in timber trespass also have been
made in the year. Suits have been hled
in most of these cases
In the six months ending January l
s247,521 was collected on account OF
pulfc land cases, and in the fiscal year
19OS-O9. S403.44O. Collections for the
preceding four years were less than
$500 600
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
TRANSPORTATION LINES
DEMONSTRATE ABILITY
To HANDLE BIG CROWDS

San Francisco's ability to handle
crowds under unusual conditions was
illustrated yesterday by the ease with
which the thousands of aviation en-
thusiasts were transported to and from
Tanforan park. The Southern Pacific
and the United Railroads carried the
great majority of the throngs. while
the rest journeyed from this city and
from peninsula points by automobile.
The earliest special trains to Tan
foran, sent out from the Southern Pa
cif1c depot at Third and Townsend
streets shortly after 10 o'clock, carried
the vanguard Of the crowd. while at the
same hour the United Railroads cars
over Mission street and the San Mateo
line began to receive their quota of
passengers.
BY II O'Clock several Southern pa
cific special trains were shunted into
the Third and Townsend streets sta
tion and dispatched by the bay shore
cutoff as rapidly as each was filled The
run was made in an average OF about 25
minutes, and each train made the cir
Gle beyond South San Francisco,
emptied it's load at the gates of the
park and returned by way Of the old
cemetery line to the city. The service
was kept up as fast as demanded
throughout the day, and enough trains
were waiting when the afternoon rush
for the city began to handle the crowds
comfortably.
The United Railroads also kept up
one minute headway over Mission
street direct to the park gates, making
the trip in less than an hour In ad-
dition to the regular San Mateo and
cemetery cars, all cars of the Mission,
Valencia and Polk and Larkin streets
lines were run through from their city
terminals to Tanforan.
Had the day been fair, the railroad
and street car passengers could have
without discomfort, and as 1t was, prac-
the heavy mud around the station plat
forms.
1t was estimated that not less than
500 automobiles entered the track dur
ing the day. They were parked outside
the old race course and on portions of
the track itself. The trip by automo-
bile was made unpleasant by the condf-
tion of the county road between South
San Francisco and Tanforan. In places
the road was almost impassable
Efforts were made by the San Mateo
county officials to repair the worst
parts of the road Saturday, but this
was not altogether successful, and Su-
pervisor James Casey of South City
was on hand at the bad stretch yes
terday with a number of county teams
1 to assist motorists in distress. The op-
portunity presented itself several times.
and so it happened, after ALL that the
horse came in for share of the honor
of the day dedicated TO the grorification
of methods of transportation devised to
supplant his usefulness.
The representation at Tanforan was
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
EZRA KENDALL is
CALLED BY DEATH
Noted Comedian Makes Final
Exit From Lies
Stage

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. 23.-Ezra
Kendall, comedian. died of apoplexy
today in a sanitarium at MarlinsviIle,
Ind. The first news of his death re-
ceived by friends outside the imme-
diate family was when the body was
brought to Cleveland tonight.
Kendall closed his season in The
Vinegar Buyer" at Seattle three weeks
ago because of I'll health. 1t completed
his twenty-ninth season on the stage.
He was born in Allegheny county.
Pennsylvania. 49 years ago. At the age
of 20 he went on a transforming tour
Later he made a success in we, Us
and Company at the Fifth Avenue
theater, New York. For years he was
a monologist of renown-
He is survived by a wife and six
children
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
PAULHAN PLANS TO
GIVE FREE EXHIBITION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
d. EnxzFTM EADV
By EDWIN CLEARY,
Manager for Louis PnuIhan

AS manager of Mr.. Paulhan 1 very
deeply regret that the weather was the
cause of the disappointment of the
many thousand enthusiastic people who
went to Tanforan park yesterday TO see
him fly. M. Paulhan was ready and his
machines were ready. but the weather
made fight impossible. NJ. Paulhan's
occupation is one of extreme hazard
under the most favorable circum-
stances To have attempted a flight in
yesterdays gale would have meant
certain death, and 1 am confident that
no human being there was willing to
risk NJ. Paulhan's life against his own
disappointment.
H. Paulhan waited until the last mo-
ment. and when II became certain that
II would be impossible for him to fly
the announcement, was made and tick
cts We're returned to those who had not
already left the track. Those tickets
viii be recognized either today or to-
morrow
1t is impossible to identify those who
left and did not receive their return
tickets, but as Paulhan's manager, |
intend TO see that the public is treated
with the utmost fairness regardless
of financial loss to myself l intend
therefore, TO give a free exhibition
Wednesday in order that those who did
not receive their passout tickets yes
terday may have an opportunity to see
~ Paulhan fly without charge He
viii carry out his program to-
day and tomorrow as originally an
nounced, provided the weather con-
ditions permit. NJ. Paulhan is a dar-
ing aviator. but he can not risk his
life in a flying machine in q storm.
In case we find at 4:30 o'clock that
IL viii be impossible for him to go UP
we Will return the entrance tickets
which Will be good for the following
day, and all who are on the ground
At that time viii receive them. NJ
Paulhan and manager are ready tc
carry out their program, but can not
control the weather.
Wednesday will necessarily be the
limit Of our stay, as NJ Paulhan must
leave San Francisco Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
FRENCH BREAKFAST IS
INVARIABLY THE SAME
Consists of Cafe au Lait, Bread
and Butter

The French breakfast is invariably
the same-a bowl of cafe au lait and
bread and butter. says the Table 1t
is the only time in the day when butter
is given to one. At noon one Is served
with fish and bread without butter. or
a vegetable and bread. At night there
will be soup. bit of meat. whatever
vegetable was cooked in the soup. and
wine Wine is the common beverage
of the country, but it is no heavier
than lemonade. The poorer people do
not live so we'll as this. They have
bread and cafe au lait or chocolate for
breakfast and for supper, and a salad
(whfch> is the cheapest of all foods
there). or pot au feu for the meal OF
the day. Dandelion is served as a salad
and never cooked II is in season in
November and December.
There are 172 telegraph and IS tele-
phone offices in Korea.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
TWO NATIONS HONOR
MEMORY OF BROWNING

Twenty years ago today England
and Italy were mourning together over
the loss of one who had done more per-
haps than any other man of his gen.
Grafton to make the two nations un-
derstand one another-the poet. Robert
Browning, who died at Venice at IL
o. m. on fDeeember u. 1889. observes
the Westminster Gazette. On Decem-
Der IA, with solemn pomp. the body
was given the ceremony of a public
funeral in Venice, and two days later
was conveyed to England, where, on
December 81, it was laid to rest in
the Poets Corner Westminster Abbey.
BY a curious coincidence Browning s
last volume of poems. "Asolando." was
published on the actual day of his
death.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24

and Eyre to race across the Golden
gate.
The residents of the Burlingame and
Menlo districts turned out in large
numbers yesterday to see the aviation
meet. Among those who were there
We're:
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter James Dunphy
Martin Walter Hobert
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Francis CHrolan
Cooper Eugene Murphy
Mr. aud Mrs Joe Tobin Walter Breeze
Miss Jennie Crocker 1Cyril Tobin
CAPTAIN 6 F. Bottoms of the United
States coast artillery, Lieutenant y. Z.
Nichols and Lieutenant G. r. Guild,
Thirtieth United States infantry. were
guests of the aviation meet manage
ment yesterday and devoted the greater
part of the afternoon to a study OF the
two types of aeroplanes which were
ready for flights, the Farman and the
Bleriot
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
FLIGHT IN STORM
SAME AS SUICIDE

Eduard Miscarol, one of the
members of Paulhan's aviation
syndicate, said, as the wind
whistled and the rain splashed.
Oh. certainly. | can fly. Also
| can commit suicide. If The
people demand it of course |
mill go up in the machine, but
surely ii plll mean my death.
This mind is TOO high and the
squalls of rain come like murder
ers. Howeper, | can maize a
flight. / repeat, though. that |
would not lipe TO make another.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
DISAPPOINTED CROWDS
TRY IN VAIN TO GET
GLIMPSE OF ATRSHIPS

Wet and bedraggled. mud despatched
and disappointed, chilled and hungry.
the crowds at Tanforan still maintained
their good nature through the dismal
afternoon hours, and the few outbrea ks
OF temper and i'll feeling that occurred
were an exception to the general rule
Of cheerfulness. Even these few out
breaks were of a minor nature, consist
ing principally of back talk to the
special policemen. deputies and guards
who strove TO hold police lines and
keep overactive individuals out of for
bidden localities.
Several times during the early hours
and also during the afternoon the order
was given TO clear the big shed in
which the aeroplanes were housed. De-
spite strict orders to the contrary.
scores Of curious enthusiasts managed
to make their way through the guard
line 10 this holiest of holies, where the
French mechanicians were tinlxering
with the aircraft, and each sharp order
TO clear the place caused harsh words
and hurry orders that were carried out
with little ceremony.
No GLIMPSE OF AERoPLANEs
It was this lack of accommodations
for the thousands to view the machines
that led to the clashes late in the aft
ernoon. Hundreds plodded through the
deep mud outside the track and stood
IN the drenching downpour TO catch a
distant view Of the big Farman BIZ
plane and the birdlike Bleriot mono-
plane nearest the edge OF the shelter
but with the exception of those vino
dared the elements and those favored
few who were permitted within the
inclosune. the multitude was not even
given glimpse Of the machines.
AS the afternoon waned and the wind
and rain continued, the disgruntled
ones became more impatient. Disputes
with the guards became more heated
and many demands were made for at
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
Doubts Use in Warfare
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23.-Adjutant
General J. B. Lauck of the California
national guard does not believe that
the airships will ever be an important
factor in future warfare. General
Lauck says he came to this conclu-
sion after spending the week at LOS
Angeles watching the man birds sail
through the air.
The generals belief is that the rifles
and guns of the present day are too eff
fective> to permit the use of airships in
wartime as a means of attack.
The only chance for aviators during
war would be in the nighttome, he
thinks.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-24
MONOPLANE INVENTOR
WRECKS AIRSHIPI AND
INJURIES SPECTATORS

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23.-Two minutes
after C. F. Walsh, a local inventor, in
monoplane of his own construction,
had crashed into a fence deeply lined
with spectators, completely wrecking
his air craft, Charles K. Hamilton, in a
Curtiss biplane which Glenn Fl. Curtiss
used at Rheims, France, when he won
the speed prize, left the ground and
scared skyward in the face of 80
mile wind.
Although the Walsh machine was
smashed and parts OF the frame were
hurled among the crowd, no one was
seriously injured, although several
were slightly Wounded by pieces of
flying debris.
After his test flight Hamilton took
his mechanician for short fight, then
started on longer flight with John F.
Greer, local newspaperman, narrowly
averting a serious accident and un-
doubtedly saving his own and his pas
senger's life by an exceptionally bril-
liant bit of maneuvering In bringing
his machine to earth.
On a turn Hamilton found his alti-
tude too low to clear the ground and
to prevent a plane striking the earth
and upsetting the machine he stopped
his engine and with a lurch brought
it to earth, striking a golf bunker
and breaking two ribs of the under
plane
After the machine had been repaired
Hamilton made a beautiful cross coun-
try flight of some 10 miles. Later he
ascended 500 feet and deliberately shut
ting off his engine glided lightly tc
earth amid the plaudits of the 5000
SPECTATORS. Hamilton will go after
the altitude record tomorrow