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FACES UNUSUAL CHARGE.
West Virginian Accused of Trying
to Burn Her Husband.

WILLIAMSON, w. Va. January 49,
With the members of the jury in their
places the trial of Mrs. Mary Terrell.
charged with attempting to incinerate her
wealthy husband, r. A. ]. Terrell, by
burning him in his own home, is on here.
Mrs. Terrell is being defended by Attor-
neys Marcum of Huntington and Jones
& Green of this city.
An important witness is Assistant State
Fire Marshal S. B. Montgomery. who
worked up the case against Mrs. Terrell
with view to charging her with incen-
diarism.
Another important witness is ex-Mayor
Hawk Bishop of Matewan, where the
crime was alleged to have been commit
ted, who is the defendants son-in-law.
He says Mrs Terrell asked him to burn
the house, and that when he refused to
do so she told him he had better move
out.
The state is endeavoring to prove Mrs.
Terrell made an effort to do away with
her husband in order to come into pos
session of his wealth. estimated at more
than a hundred thousand dollars. She is
his second wife and lived with her own
son in the fashionable district Of Hunt
ington, where she had her own retinue of
servants. She did not visit the MateWan
residence more than once or twice a year.
living apart from her husband, though
they were on the best of terms 1t is
charged she was at the MateWan home
the night the building was mysteriously
destroyed by fire.
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he said and he added that it was all
the more marvellous because of the fact
that Paulhan has been an aviator not
more than six or eight months.
Paulhan is still under thirty. Just how
much under he politely declines to saw
Mr.. Bishop first knew him four Years
ago as the engineer of one of the French
governments dirigible war balloons Be
for that he is said to have been an aerial
wire walker, that he came to be an
aviator by degrees. He is his own hest
mechanician. but that is natural as he
started out as mechanic and EXCHANGED
the overalls for the spangled tights of the
wire performer.
Started Unannounced.
Early in the afternoon, after tuning
up one OF his Bleriots, Paulhan made
his first flight. The crowd had heard
of his promise to break the altitude
record and every time he appeared he
was given an ovation. But as the day
wore on and he made comparatively
short and low flights the crowd began
to lose hopes. Shortly after 1870 he was
seen rising from point near the aero
plane tents In the lower end of the field.
NO announcement was made of the
night, and after swinging away around
the grandstand 1.-THE bird man. as he
is known here, turned and swept d.
rectly toward the center OF the massed
5000 people
IT was as II he were making a salute in
lieu of the official announcement The
crowd recognized his purpose and rose
to its feet cheering like mad; the nose
OF the biplane lifted and Paulhan flew
over the grandstand from the front
PaHlhan is the idol of the crowd to-
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ture Company. Rockford. H.: Star Fur
niture Company, jamestown. a. y;
Newark Furniture Company. Newark
Ohio: West End Furniture Company,
Rockford, H.: Banner Furniture Com
pany. jamestown. \. Y. and {. H.
Medicus & Sons, Brooklyn, \. \.
The heaviest loser among the outside
lines was c. II. Medicus Son.. who
occupied the entire top floor OF the
building. with high-grade parlor goods.
and they estimate their loss at over
$4,000.
Young & Chaffees shipping depart
ment was entirely destroyed, and the
fire also ate into the stock on seven
floors, entailing a loss OF $4,000.
The Daily News was completely
drowned out by water. and the loss on
the plant will aggregate 10000.
The News will probably be out OF
commission for some time.
The fire will not interfere with the
furniture exposition in any way. Many
of the burned-out exhibitors will con-
tinue business throughout the season
with photographs.
The origin Of the fire is said to have
been defective wiring.
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McRae's Case Goes to Judges.

BALTIMORE, January 13.-After lengthy
arguments by lawyers on each side
Judges Harlan and Stockbridge. who have
been sitting in the trial of Mr. George r.
McRae. charged with cnbezZling city
funds while employed in the office of City
Controller Hooper. yesterday held the
case under advisement. 1t is expected
that decision will be announced soon.
In opposition to the plea that there had
been no intent upon the part of McRae to
embeZZle the money Mr.. Owens and Mr..
Williams quoted authorities which, they
said. tended to prove the precedent that
in similar cases of like circumstances the
courts had declared ii embeZzlement when
men had extracted funds not their own
in a manner similar TO that pursued by
McRae.
After the trial the judges held a long
conference concerning the arguments. and
it is expected that the opinion. when de-
livered, will be in written form.
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Lighthouse Service Changes.

Changes in the lighthouse service In
the district. have recently been made as
follows.
Joseph r. Diggs, keeper of the Cape
Charles light station. has resigned, and
Walter S. Hudgins. keeper OF the York
Spit light station, has been transferred to
Cape Charles to fill the vacancy.
John l.. Hudgins. first assistant keeper
at the York Spit light station, has been
promoted and transferred to Wolf Spit
light as keeper vice Hudgins transferred.
Lieut.. Commander l.. r. de Steiguer.
L. 5. n. inspector in charge of the fifth
lighthouse district. has sailed from Balti-
more aboard the steamer Holly, Capt
Miles. on a tour of inspection ON Chesa-
peake bay and tributaries.
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day. He made his record shortly after
losing the speed record of the course to
Glenn H. Curtiss
At o'clock the balloons and the dirigi-
bles driven by Knabenshue and Bsachey
crowded over the course Two Curtiss
machines were dragged to the starting
place.
Curtiss Breaks Speed Record.
Then Curtiss stepped from his tent
and the megaphone announced that ne
would try for the speed record of the
course. He took his seat and gave the
signal. After short trial flight he in
creased his speed to the rate Of 431s
miles an hour. The time for the course
of slightly more than a mile and a half
was 2.13 3-5. No sooner had Curtiss
alighted and strolled away than Paul
hans manager announced that the
Frenchman would seek to take the speed
honor from the American.
The sporting instinct of the spectators
was aroused. The course was cleared
with difficulty and Paulhan started. His
engine had less power. His turns were
lap. which was the one timed. was four
teen seconds slower than Curtiss' rec
ord The Frenchman kept on circling
the course six times. but he did not
equal Curtiss' record, though he COW
cred more than eight miles in the flight.
Pleased by his victory, Curtiss went
ND to feel out the air currents for high
flight. At the height of 100 feet he cir
cled twice round the course and came
down.
Charles X. Hamilton. in a Curtiss ma
chine, made qualifying flight, but came
down after an cratic fight of few
minutes.
Then Curtiss half circled the field with
C.. 3. Harmon as a passenger.
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Tramps Blamed for Fire.

An early morning fire. thought to have
been started by tramps. caused a loss OF
sa0,O to property. The entire wood
working plant of the Rightmire-Shriver
Lumber Company, with large stock OF
lumber, was total loss. The residence
property of Mrs. George Raymond was
destroyed and trestle on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was partly burned.
With the Raymond property was burned
the library of the late Augustus Hay
mond, much priced on account of the
early history of Virginia. The loss to
the Rightmire-Shriver company Is $l5.-
600. with 5000 insurance; Mrs. Hay
mond. $1,000 no insurance, and to the
railroad company 5000.
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testified that he was placed in the buck
ing machine and given twenty-seven
blows with heavy leather strap, the
blood from the cuts on his body running
down. his legs and leaving his body
mass of sores. Mayor Maddox and men,
bers of the grand jury testified to seeing
the sores on the negro's body, some of
which were three to four inches in length
and an inch in width. This punishment
was administered because the negro had
cursed and threatened another convict
Green testified that he was unable to
work the following day, and for this he
was strung up to the wall for more than
two hours.
V;ning and Cornett Introduced evidence
tending to show that the negro was given
but eight ticks. moderate punishment"
and that Green had not good reputa-
ton.
Capt Vining is seventy-three years of
age and has served as superintendent of
the stockade for fifteen years.
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FOUND HANGING IN GARRET.
Joseph A. Parks of Hagerstown
Worried Over III Health.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. January 12.-Driv-
en- to desperation because of i'll health and
inability to work, Joseph Albert Parks, SO
years old, hung himself in the garnet of
his home. Parks told his wife he was not
we'll. He went upstairs to finish dress ng
as his wife supposed. but when he did
not come down she became alarmed, and
fearing something had happened to him,
she summoned Harry Crumpacker, clerk
of the Pope Hotel. near by. and Herman
Hager, who instituted a search.
Going to Parks room they found it
empty, but the door leading to the garnet
was open. Looking up they saw Parks
lifeless body swinging from a rafter, a
clothesline around his neck. When Mrs.
Parks was notified of the discovery she
collapsed.
Justice Hoffman was notified. After
visiting the house and viewing the corpse
he directed the body to be cut down.
An inquest was not held, as it was a
clear case of suicide.
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BIG FIRE AT ROSSLYN
Arlington Brewing Company
Stable Is Burnt Out.
CAUSE NOT Determined
Washington Fire Department Re-
spends and Puts Out Blaze.
B0TTLING PLANT IS DAMAGED
Total Loss About SIP, OoO-Horses
All Rescued and Turned
Loose.
CAUSE NOT Determined
B0TTLING PLANT Is DAMAGED

The two-Story brick stable Of the Ar
lington Brewing Company at Rosslyn,
Va, was wrecked and the botting pant
badly damaged by fire last night The
fire occasioned a loss. il is believed. OF
about $1,000
Two weeks ago the stable OF tho Ross
lyn Packing Company, adjoining the
brewery property. was Quilted by FIRE.
In neither that nor the present instances
could the cause he determined
Carl Croen, watchman in the employ
of the brewing company. discovered the
blaze while making his rounds through
the building. and gave the alarm. \
distress signal was conveyed across tho
river by the steam whistle at the plant
and the fire department was notified by
telephone. An alarm was sounded from
box IA, calling engine companies ].
anu and truck L to 35th and NJ streets.
Fire Department Responds.
Under the rules of the fire department
only No. engine company could pro-
ceed at once across the river, the other
companies awaiting orders. Only slight
delay was caused. however and the three
companies assisted in lighting the flames.
and directed the iiremen. The flames
were stubborn. Ii was nearly midnight
when the blaze was out.
When Watchman Croen discovered the
fire his first thought was for the thirty
eight horses in the building. They had
returned from the city after days
work and were in their stalls Tor the
night.
The watchman obtained assistance and
the rescue was prosecuted wi h such
haste that all the horses were saved
They were turned loose as they Wee
taken from the stable. Some difnculty
was experienced in getting them together
again.
Members of the fire department worked
hard to save the big buildings near the
stable. The flames managed to reach the
bottling plant, however, and damaged the
floor and roof, although the machinery In
the building was not harmed.
1t is certain that the lire started on
the second floor of the structure. where
the feed was stored. and where the mar.
ness and ether property were kept
Sixty tons Of hay. two carloads OK
oats and other feed were there.
Several Hours Hard Work.
The fire had gained considerable head
way by the time the firemen reached the
building. The roof had been attacked
and the blaze had reached the lower
floor. All the horses had been removed.
Employees i'll the brewery had responded
to the call for assistance, and were using
the hose at the plant The small guam
tity of water thrown did not have much
effect upon the flames It was only
after several hours hard work that the
firemen were able to control the blaze.
Only the four walls OF the stable were
left standing. The roof was entirely
destroyed Considerable damage was
done the bottling establishment.
The fire will not cause any interruption
to business.
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Woman Leaves SO Grandchildren.

BALTIMORE, January 13.-The last OF
a family of twelve children, Mrs. Eliza
beth Lockerman, nearly ninety-two years
old, died yesterday morning at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Little.
7o2 I'd avenue, Hampden. Mrs. Locker
man was born in Baltimore county in
1878, and at the age Of twenty-five was
married to Mr.. Henry Harris. Mr. Har-
ris died in 1915. and in 1853 his widow
married Mr.. Levi Lockerman. She is
survived by three daughters. Mrs. j. w.
Steigerwald. Mrs. Margaret Ford and
Mrs. Sarah A. Little; sixteen grand
children and seventeen great-grandchil.
dren.
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CITY TO CL0THE PUP|LS|
NEW YORK TO SUPPLY WRAPS.
ETC, FOR OPEN-AIR CLASS.
Schoolroom to Be Thrown Open to
Anemic and Weak-Lunged
Children.

NEW YORK, January 13.-Father
Knickerbocker is going into the clothing
business to the extent Of buying gar
ments for some Of the pupils of the public
schools. He will also buy overshoes
gloves. caps and foot wearmers so that
the children in the open-air class shall
be comfortable while pursuing their
studies.
The open-air classroom is a novelty
In the schools Of this city. The board of
education at its meeting yesterday dis
cussed the matter when Abraham Stern.
chairman of the elementary schools COM
mittee. introduced a resolution proposing
that the experiment be tried in public
school No. p at 2O6 East 43d street.
Such classes are intended for anemic
children who have a tendency to tuber-
culosis. The board Of superintendents
was strongly in favor Of the idea
Plan Of open-Air Schools.
The plan outlined by the resolution
calls for a remodeling of a classroom
on the third floor Of the school. It will
be SO altered that the pupils will be In
the open air no matter what the weather
outside is. That they may not suffer
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BURNED OUT
FURNITURE EXCHANGE AT
GRAND RAPIDS DESTROYED.
Fire Breaks Out in the Sheppard
Building and Causes Loss
Of $375,000.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, January 49,
Fire, originating in Young & Chaffee's
furniture shipping room. in the Sheppard
building. early last night. caused total
loss approximating $4,000 to buildings
and firms. 1t quickly spread to the fur
niture exchange. one of the five big fur
niture exposition buildings, and the latter
was destroyed. The building was occupied
by thirty-four sample lines of furniture,
with losses running from $500 to $40, OOO
and a total of over $1,000 few of them
insured.
Firms Burned Out.
The lines destroyed were:
King Furniture Company, Warren.
Ohio; Miller Table Company, Rochester,
NJ Y; Coates Manufacturing Company.
Wellsville, N. Y: Chair Craft Company.
Syracuse, N. Y; Novelty Woodwork
Company, Union City, Pa; Artistic Wood
Turning Company. Chicago: Lullaby
Cradle Company, Detroit; Ohio Iron and
Brass Bed Company. Eaton. Ohio; Elmra
Table Company. Elmira. N Y: Marvel
Manufacturing Company, Jamestown, n.
Y; +. A. Wright G. Co., Boston; Black
River Bending Company. Black River.
n. Y; Fremont Table Company. Fremont,
Ohio; Luder Manufacturing Company,
Logan, Ohio; Rockford National Furni-
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CRUEL TO THE PRISONERS
ATLANTA ST0CKADE OFFICIALS
ARE FOUND GUILTY.
White Men and Women Severely
Beaten for Trivial Ofenses
Against the Rules.

ATLANTA, Ca, January I'D. NJ.
Vining. recently suspended as superintend
emf Of the Atlanta city stockade. and Pet
Cornett. a. guard at the stockade. were
found guilty In the superior court here on
charges of assault and battery growing
out OF the alleged brutal beating of Floyd
Green, q negro convict. Sentence was de-
ferred until tomorrow.
The indictment against Capt. Winning
and his whipping boss followed an inves-
tigation of the city prison by a special
committee Of the Fulton county grand
jury. which created a sensation by de-
elaring. In a lengthy report to the court,
that the filthy conditions and cruelty
practiced at the stockade were a disgrace
to a civilized community. In that report
it was stated that the prison reeked with
filth and vermin. that the food was UNI
wholesome, the clothing of the prisoners
and the bedding filthy and that men and
women inmates OF the prison were cruelty
beaten.
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NO MORE STAGE KILLINGS.
Des Moines May Bar Even Shake
speare's Tragedies.

DIES MONIES, January 13.-Commis-
sioner John L. Mamery introduced an or
nance prohibiting Shakespearean TRACE
dies and all other plays portraying the
killing of human beings or the commits
sion of crime of any form behind the
footIights of any Des Moines theater.
For several weeks Des Moines churches
have been waging war against burlesque
shows, moving pictures and the so-called
blood and thunder drama. The introduce
ton of this drastic ordinance is the
climax. 1t readily passed the first read
ing and will be taken up again later in
the week.
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s. Henry. a deaf mute, twenty-five years
old who ran away from the Deaf Dumb
and Blind Institution at Staunton two
weeks ago, was run over by a train and
killed at East Lexington, quarter of a
was sent to his home at Bentonyille for
burial. Miss Virgie Mossburg. twenty
two years old, daughter of George r.
Mossburg of Lime Kiln. Md, died of tu-
berculosiS.
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James Hammond, ffty-two years old, a
widely known farmer, died at his home
near Mount Jackson, Shenandoah coun-
ty. Va He was recently operated on at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore. for
cancer He leaves his widow. who was
Miss Mary Z. Clanahan of Rockingham
county, two sons and three brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13

The Granville School in Grant district,
near Morsantown, w. Va, has been
closed on account of the epidemic Of
scarlet fever. making four schools closed
on this account in this district in two
weeks. Another school, the Riverside.
was closed on account of smallpox break
ing out in that neighborhood.
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LOS ANGELES. Cal, January LEX
hilaratcd by his success in breaking all
high flight records, Louis Paulhan, the
French aviator, who became a world
hero by his exploit of yesterday, may
next essay a flight to San Diego. which
lies more than 100 miles southwark in
airline from the Doninguez aviation
field. After enthusiastic visitors from
the southern city had presented Paulhan
with the 500 silver cup trophy for his
thrilling achievement they extended him
a pressing invitation to visit San Diego,
at your convenience"
Paulhan replied: Not mine, but my
engines convenience"
When he was asked today if that
meant that he would attempt such a
flight he answered.:
1t is not impossible. In endurance
tests other aviators have travelled more
than 1dU miles, though never between
cities that far apart"
Then he recalled the fact that Curtiss
machines have fuel capacities for flights
of ten hours duration at thirty miles an
hour and remarked that as his Farman
biplanes were much larger. with cor
respondingly larger motors and tanks.
he saw no reason why he should not
make such a flight.
This. however, is Pasadena day at
the Frenchman a flight to Pasadena in
stead. The exact height Paulhan reached
yesterday in his marvellous flight is yet
in doubt. The judges are still working
out the figures of the triangulation But
it is certain that he has surpassed La
tham's Mourmelon record by at least
800 feet
Rose Nearly Mile.
The last figures the judges announced
were ALAG feet. but before final calcu-
lations are complete today it may be
found that the altitude reached was but
100 or 200 feet less than a mile. In any
event the Frenchman has reached the
height of the snow mantled mountains
that surround the aviation field. And
that is what he said he would do the day
he arrived.
Cortlandt F. Bishop of New York. pres
ident of the Aero Club of America. was
one of the most enthusiastic witnesses
of the flight.
1T was a magnificent achievement and
one of the most important Of the age"
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Chained Up to Walls.

White women. for trivial breaches of
the prison rules. the report stated. were
fastened to the wall with iron hand rings,
their feet barely touching the floor. and
left in that position until they tainted.
In the case of the negro Green, it was
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medium of the ether, without lnterVen-
ing wires, that has been placed on the
market has been purchasd by Geu. Allen:
1t is for the purpose of testing these, and
possibly for the development OF a new
apparatus. that the experiments Will oe
undertaken. The antenna at the city END
will be that used for the operation OF a
wireless telegraph station on the top OF
the Mills building.
So far, it is said, two methods have
been employed with more or less sue
cess for generating sustained electrical
oscillations. such as are deemed neces-
sary to transmit the articulate speech
through the ether without the use of
wires. One of these methods involves
what is known in the realm of techni-
caltties as the singing arc ana the
other method calls for a specially con-
structed high-frequency dynamo.
One of the high-frequency generators
required by the second method OF trans
mission has just arrived at the quarters
of the Signal Corps, and many of the
experiments will be connected with 1t.
Great Mechanical Difficulties.
1.-THE mechanical difficulties in con-
structing high-frequency generators are
great" said Gen. Allen. in discussing
the various problems to be solved in
developing wireless telephony, yet such
progress has been made that 1t is pos
sible at present to produce two-kilowatt
generator giving a frequency of oscilla-
tions of 100000 per second. The at
tainment Of this result involves the use
of motor Of about one foot in diameter,
operated at a speed of 333 revolutions
pc rsecond. This means that the Pc
ripheral speed of the motor Is 1,O46 feet
per second. or ia miles per hour; in
other words, this disk would roll from
the United States to Europe in four
hours. Such a frequency generates cleo
tro-magnetic waves with a wave length
of 1.s6 miles, which is suitable for wire
less telephony
1t is hoped by the officials of the War
Department that the generator just pro-
cured will meet the requirements recog-
nized as necessary for the transmission
of speech.