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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

Dusseldorf, Germany (Special) -
The FIRST regular airship passenger
service was inaugurated here. when
Count zeppelin's great craft. the
Deutschland. carrying 20 passengers,
successfully made the first scheduled
trip from Friedrichshafen to this
city, q distance Of 800 miles, in nine
hours.
Count Zeppelin demonstrated the
advantage of an air route in the
section of the country traversed.
The Deutschland cut the railroad
time one-third between Mannheim
and Dusseldorf, covering the dis
lance in four hours, whereas the
railway express time is six hours.
The weather was perfect, and the
motors worked faultlessly. The
average time maintained for the
complete course was approximately
33 miles an hour, but between Fried
richschafen and Stuttgart the 124
miles was covered at az everage rate
of Al miles an hour The best
speed for single hour was 431s
miles,
Count Zeppelin was at the helm
when the Deutschland rose at Fried
Irichshafen at O'Clock A. M. and
sailed away ON the trip that was to
mark an epoch in aviation. The
passengers were some of the d.
rectors of the Hamburg-American
steamship Company and the German
Airship Stock Company, Joint owners
Of the dirigible, and guests. They
occupied the mahogany walled and
carpeted cabin, situated between the
gondolas, and from the windows of
which they viewed the scenery as
the aerial car swept along. Count
zeppelin steered for the greater part
Of the distance. Z
The route was via Stuttgart,
Mannheim and Cologne to Dussel-
dorf. It had been c.refully marked
out IN advance for the guidance OF
the pilot and was followed exactly.
There was no air stirring and the
Deutschland made her way un-
nampered through a food Of bright
sunshine.
The hour and minutes Of the prob
able passing of the various points
not only the people of the cities on
tnS AAAc, VINO uAl6u the SJTSStss puJ
the inhabitants Of ali the intermedi-
ate villages turned out and cheered
enthusiastically as the immense tor
pedo-like structure with It's whist
ling screws drove over their heads
at height OF between 200 and 800
feet.
The Deutschland swung gently in
to her landing here at noon, and the
multitude surrounding the, landing
yards shouted d welcome The city
had been gaily decorated in honor
of the event. The promoters of the
enterprise and their guests were en-
tertained at a public dinner.
Regular trips will be made and
many tickets already have been sold
for the first few days at from $25
to $50 each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Women SD As Jurymen.

Hahns Peak. Col. Especially One
of the first women juries in a court
of record in the United States was
assembled in the County Court by
Judge Morning to pass upon the
sanity of Elizabeth Hutchinson.
Hahns Peak was almost wiped out
by a recent fire and court could moi
locate enough eligible men In the
town to make up the necessary jury
of six. The women were duly sworn,
heard the evidence and adjudged
Miss Hutchinson insane.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
NAN AND CHILD ELECTRoCUTED


g
Duluth. MINI. Especially .E. M.
Nelson and his 6-year-old daughter
were electrocuted here in the front
yard Of their home at Lake Side, a
suburb, in the presence OF the wife
and mother.
The cause was live wire which
had been allowed to dangle from an
adjacent telephone pole to the lawn.
'.Oh, zee the grass is burning up!''
shouted the child to her mother,
and then grabbed the wire. In an
instant she fell over dead
The father saw the child fall, and
Ia an effort to extricate her met a
similar fate. Mrs. Nelson, while
trying to drag the bodies away. was
severely shocked and is in critical
condition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Princess Feodora Dead.

(, karlsruhe Especially. Princess
Fedora Of Schleswig-H olstein, the
youngest sister of Empress Auguste
Victoria, died suddenly from heart
failure. The princess was born July
g. 1874. She never married. She
had written several volumes Of
verses and was an artist of merit.
Owing to the death of her. sister,
the Empress has cancelled all her
social engagements for the near
future and her expected visit to
Kiel for the yachting regatta.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Draughts DO Not Cause Colds.

London Especially DIR. Sir Fred
erick Treves astonished the public
this week by declaring that The
idea that colds are caused by
draughts is absurd; no cold ever
had such an origin. Colds are the
result. not of draughts, but Of
stuffy rooms Other famous Lon-
don physicians back up Sir Fred
erick In holding that no cold war
ever caused by q draught.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
mol Cause For War, says Brayan.

Edinburgh Especially The local
Peace Arbitration Society held q
great meeting, at which William. Jen-
nings Bryan delivered an address.
During the course of his remarks
Mr.. Bryan expressed his conviction
that there was no cause for war
between the United States and Japan
and that the scare had been raised
to Justify the building of more war
ships.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Fatally Wounds Himself.

Birmingham, Ala. Especially Guy
r. Johnson. former president Of the
Alabama Consolidated Coal and
Iron Company. shot and fatally in
jured himself at his home here. The
shot was fired with suicidal intent
and physicians say 1t is impossible for
him to recover. After having shot
himself Mr.. johnson in statement
attributed his act to business re-.
verses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

Passes Bill To Issue Notes For
Reclamation.

Washington. D. c. Especially By
vote OF 255 to 20 the House passed
. bill providing for the issuance of
certificates OF Indebtedness to the
amount of $40, 000, 600 to provide a
fund for the completion of reclama-
ton projects already begun. The
measure now will go to the Senate,
where ia passa7e is assured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Increased Pay For $500 Mem.

Boston. Mass. Especially Twenty
FIVE hundred employees of the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad were grant
ed an advance in wages ranging
from to % cents a day at q con-
ference. Those affected are baggage
men, stationmen and crossing tend
ers at all stations and receiving
clerks, delivery clerks. checkers and
freight handlers at all stations out
side of Boston terminal division.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

Caught in New York Landing
From Ship From Italy.
HE MAKES a SIGNED CONFESSION.

Capt. Henry III. Scott. U. 8. A., Led
TO Meet The Incoming Liner BY
Premonition That Porter Charl-
ton Was Aboard Prisoner Com
fesses That He Killed His Wife
With Mallet, Tossed Body And
Trunk Into Lake -Penni-
less And Travelling Under Assume
ed Name.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
4 PITCHED BATTLE
WITH DARING BANDITS
Shoe Manufacturer and Police
man Shot to Death.
ROBBERS SNATCH S4,5OO AND FLEE

Robbers Pump Lead From Magazine
RevoIvers, In Business Section
or Lynn, Mass, At Manufacturer
And Law Officer Carrying Payroll
OF shoe Factory--Mob or 10000
Pursue Highwaymen-One Ends
Life When Observation-Disclosures
Shot In Four Places Third One.
Wounded, Surrenders.
Lynn, Mass. Especially. Three
Russian Poles, who had been living
in New York, shot and killed Thomas
A. Landregan. wealthy shoe manu-
facturer. and Policeman James H.
Carroll; seized bag containing $4,-
500. which Mr.. Landregan was carry
ing from the Lynn National Bank to
his factory, and then fed, firing
right and left at the pursuing crowd.
Within two hours the police cap
tured one Of the bandits, killed q
second. fatally wounded the third,
and recovered the money.
The shooting occurred on Oxford
Street. in the business centre. The
three followed Carroll and Landre-
gan from the bank. AIS they neared
the WEIGH and Landregan shoe fac
tory the robbers stepped up behind
them and without a word two open
ed fire, while third grabbed the
bag.
N Landregan. riddled by seven bull
let's from the 44-calibre automatic
magazine revolvers the highwaymen
carried, fell dying. Carroll, in whose
body nine bullets were later found,
lived less than an hour.
Girl Saves Her Horse; Is Shot At.
Pursued by mob Of citizens and
police, the men ran toward High
Rock. Standing in front of the resi-
dence of Charles H. Baker in Essex
Street was horse, all saddled. Miss
Bessie Baker, prominent In society,
was stepping out for her morning
ride. A hostler was holding the horse.
One of the bandits pointed a revolver
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

New YORK (SpeclaI).-Ine Lake
Como murder mystery is solved.
Porter Charlton. an American youth.
Of good family, sought by the police
of two continents, was arrested ip
Hoboken, N. j., shortly before noon
as he stepped from the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Princess Irene. In
less than an hour he had confessed
without tremor that in at of temper
he beat his wife into insensibility
with q mallet damned her body in
a trunk and sunk it in the waters Of
the italian lake.
She was Mary Scott Castle, of San
Francisco, a woman eight years his
senior, divorced wife Of Neville II.
Castle, San Francisco lawyer, and
a beauty.
Charlton is only 81, and son Of
Judge Paul Charlton, law ofiicer of
the Bureau Of Insular Affairs, at
Washington, and a classmate of
President Taft,s at Yale. The boy
married Mrs. Castle in Philadelphia
last spring over his parents protests.
Ill-mated and both of erratic tenn
permanent, they sailed for Italy for
the honeymoon. Murder brought it
to an end and her body was found in
the lake by fishermen on June 10.
Prisoner Goes To Pieces.
Fleeing from Italy under an as
sumed name, almost penniless and
shabby Of dress, Charlton, on land
ing. ran straight into the arms OF
Capt. Henry Harrison Scott. o. s.
A., the murdered wife's brother. He
was taken to police headquarters at
Hoboken, where, after q pitiable coli
lapse so spasmodic that it produced
extreme nausea, he regained his
composure and unfiinchingly signed
the confession. He is behind the
bars in the Hoboken city Jail pend
ing settlement of the complicated
problem OF extradition brought about
by his arrest.
Captain SCOTS foresight, directed
so accurately that it falls little short
Of weird premonitipn, resulted in
young Charlton's arrest. Stationed
at Fort Wright. on Fishers Island,
of New London, CT, Captain Scott
obtained hurried leave of absence
and went to Hoboken to scan the
passengers of incoming liners. Three
Hoboken detectives aided him.
Hit Her With Mallet.
In his signed confession Charl-
ton declared that no one else had
had a hand in the death of his wife.
1t was the old story of Incompatible
ity and high tempers. After he had
told his story In a rambling way
Chief Of Police Hayes condensed it
into a typewriter statement which
he asked the prisoner to sign. It
was written on regular court blanks
used for dispositions.
His confession follows:
my name is Porter Charlton. l
live at 204 West Fifty-fifth Street,
New York. am in twenty-one years
old, was born in Omaha, Neb., and
am a bank clerk. My wife and
lived happily together. but she had
an uncomfortable temper and so had
ION the night of the murder she
had the worst outbreak Of temper
/ ever saw. l told her to keep quiet
or / would make her keep quiet.
Then she had another outbreak,
took up wooden mallet, with which
Il had been repairing table, and hit
her on the head and body two or
three times. At midnight / put the
body in trunk, dragging 1t to the
lake and threw 1t in.
81 spent the night at Moltrasio.
Then I went to Como and then to
Genoa and boarded the Princess
Irene. of the North German Lloyd
line.
(Signed) Porter Charlton"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Leaves $50, 1000 To Employe.

Pittsburg Especially For faithful
services to her employer from the
time she began to work in his candy
store, when but q young girl, Miss
Minnie M. Eicher has been rewarded
with legacy Of $4,000, half his
estate, left to her by the will of
Charles Eissner. Eissner operated
several candy stores and Miss Eicher
had been advanced to the post OF
manager of all OF them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE.
frank Walters Commits Suicide In
Horrible Way At Easton. Pa.

Easton, Pa. fspecial) Frank
Walters. rs years old. one of the
best-known hotel proprietors in this
section, ignited his clothing while
many persons watched him and
walked to the middle of the street
enveloped In flames.
As the fire reached the top Of the
mans head he fell. and before any
thing could BE done to help him he
was burned so severely that death
followed.
The ferconess of the flames in
dicated that before setting fire to
his garments he had saturated them
with oil Walters had been showing
signs Of arrangement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

Count zeppeIin's Graft Carries
Twenty People.

Twenty Passengers Carried On
Schedule Time, Making The Dis
tance, SEQ Miles, In Nine Hours.
The Dirigible Easily Beat The Ex-
press Train Time Between MANN
helm And Dusseldorf Zeppelin's
Dramatic Career.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
INTO WHITE-HoT METAL.
Body OF Steelworker Consumed Be-
fore Eyes OF Companions.

fore Eyes OF Companions.
Pittsburg Especially John Mitch
ell, steel worker at the West Penn
steel plant at Breckenridge. was sud
denly precipitated into soaking pit
containing a white hot ingot and be-
fore his Mortified and helpless mill
mates the body was consumed by
the metal into which it slowly sunk.
Mitchell was at work at the soak
ing pits where the steel ingots are
treated. Standing on the door OF
one which was covered he gave the
signal for the opening of another
pit. Through mistake. the wrong
lever was pulled and Mitchell fell
18 feet to the bottom of the pit,
alighting on the ingot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Elections In Panama.

Panama Especially. Municipal
elections were held throughout the
republic without disturbance Of anyl
kind. The government won by al
large majority. particularly in Pana-
ma City and in Colon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
Bequeaths $17,0OO.OO To Family.

Bethlehem. Pa. Especially Under
the will of the late Elisha p. Wilbur,
financier, and once president of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, an estate
OF ST, 100000 is bequeathed to his
family. So far as IS known, there
was no gift to public or charitable
institution
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
THE DEAD:

j. p. McInnes, sheriff. Irwin
County, Ga.
steve Davis. chief Of police. Of
Ocilla, Ga.
County, Ga.
w. H. Bostwick. victim of
shots fred into his home.
THE INJUREDi
z James Gill, seriously wounded.
Deputy Sheriff T. G. Pass, arm
broken and shot in abdomen.
Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Tucker,
injuries slight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

senator Gore, or Oklahoma, dis
closed In the Senate what he in
terpreted as an effort to bride HIM
in connection with legislation Affect
ing the fortune in attorneys feepl
claimed by j. f.. McMurray, of Okla
homa, fer services rendered to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations I'M
land and town-site cases.
The charge created a sensation I'M
the Senate, which later extended to-
the House. The latter body in con-
sequence sent back to conference the
General Deficiency Bill, which car
ried an item relating TO contracts
between the Indians and their att
torneys.
AS the result Of the denouement,|
Senator Gore finally involved q
member of the Senate Committee on
Indian Affairs, member of the,
House Committee on Indian Affairs,
two former senators-one from
Nebraska and the other from Kan
sas-but whose names were mott
made public in debate.
In response to a suggestion byi
Senator Bailey that he should name
the Senate member Of the Indian
Affairs Committee. Mr.. Gore de-
INJURED, but declared that he would
welcome an investigation of the
charges so that the whole matter
might be brought out before 8 body
which would be authorized to deal
with his allegation. 1t is not Inn.
probable that such an investigation
Will be ordered
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01
UNITED STATES SENATOR
GORE REFUSED BIG SUN
Says Money Was offered Him
For His Influence.

The Oklahoma Senator's Statements
Causes A Sensation In Tbs Senate.
Says He Was Approached BY A
Representative OF j. #. McMur-
ray, OF Oklahoma, With A Sug-
gestion That The Money Would
Be Available II He Prevented
Legislation Affecting Attorneys
Fees In Land Cases.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

Vile. Ky, and Mr.. and Mrs. Van Ness
and Major Barnes and Miss Barnes. of
Baltimore Lieutenant and Nine Cam
perip left later in the afternoon for
New York. where they will spend sew
eral days before sailing December 10
for Italy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23

complishment viii be the most import
ant thing that has happened in aero
nautical science as applied to military
purposes up to this time. The value of
such an improved medium of communi-
cation, according to Beck, can not be
overestimated when the increased eff
cheney of the airship as a scouting aux
iliary is considered. Experiments will
he conducted from some vulnera BILE
point in the line Of coast defense such
rs Halfmoon Bay in order to deter
mine what might happen if an enemy
should succeed in landing a small force
Of men with aeroplanes. This could be
done now and would obviate the neces-
sity Of attempting to launch the air
ships from the decks of cruisers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23

Haas candy Is better than the other
Fresh 2 Benson, Smith Co., Ltd.
Fort and Hotel street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23
Our Troops Hardy.

WASHINGTON, December III
call attention to the marches and
emergency work done by these troops,
as refutation of any impression that
may prevail that our troops are not in
condition to meet the unusual condi-
tions Of hardship and deprivations,
says General Bliss, commanding the de-
partment of California. commenting
upon the splendid services rendered by
the Coast Artillery troops in. fighting
the forest fires in California last Au-
gust and September The General had
in mind the reports of some of the in
>pectors to the effect that American
soldiers did not size up to the Euro
pean standard in physical endurance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-23
Coast Defense and Airships.

An attack upon san Francisco by a
ship standing far enough out at sea to
he beyond the range Of the coast bat
teries, whose maximum protected field
extends only fifteen miles, will he n
feature of the big aviation meet to
he held near Tanforan next january.
says the San Francisco Bulletin.
Application has been made to Secre-
tary of War Dickinson to assign war
ship Of the United States for the pur
pose. Lieut. Paul Beck, [. :. A.. stated
this morning that there was little doubt
that the request of the committee would
he grained. in view of Secretary Dick
inson : strong report. just made public.
urging the immediate necessity of
equipping the signal corps with a rea-
sonabIe number of machines.
- 1t can. in all probability. be dem
onstrated that a fleet Of ships could
stand off shore, out of range, and launch
from lis decks a swarm of aeroplanes
that could circle over San Francisco
and make short work of the city This
would mean that the elaborate dercnses
Of the city could not protect il. and, i'm
fact. would make tacticians view the
contingencies of war from a new angle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-13
MONKS DRIVEN OUT,
CHURCHES P|LLAGED
PORTUGAL MoBs AND soLDrERY
LOOT CHURCHES OF SACRED
lsaAGEs, DURING THE SING.
ING OF RIBALD SONGS.

Gibraltar.-King Manuel and the
queen mother have decided to 20 to
England. where refuge has been Of
fered to them. Manuel is threatened
with a complete breakdown and will
be given attention by the English
specialists.
Lisbon, Portugal.-Th new repub-
lican government is arresting monks
and nuns by the wholesale, closing
Catholic schools and send the child
rem home. Spain refused to receive
the penniless clergy and no other ma
ton has made an offer to do so. The
government Is embarrassed by the
problem of finding a place to send
them. The converts and churches
were looted Of priceless relics BY van
dals and soldiers. Sacred images
were torn down while mobs sang RI
bald songs about the affairs. Cardinal
John Sebestias of Beta and the pat
riarchs of Lisbon. as we'll as several
bishops, were among those sent over
the frontier.
Hendaye, France.-An immediate
uprising in Spain for the purpose of
the union of Spain and Portugal into
a great Latin republic, is being fos-
tered by Spanish republicans. Revo-
lutionists are smuggling into Spain
great quantities of arms and ammuni-
ton from across the border and will
distribute the arms when the upris-
ing begins.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-13

Miss Queen Stout has been visit
ing with Miss Roxena Butterfield for
several weeks and Wednesday left for
Eagle Grove, Iowa. for a visit with
friends and from there she will go
south to spend the winter with her
parents, who are in Florida at the
present time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-13
DAY PROBE
FOR LOR|MER ENDS
SENATORIAL COMN1TTEE ENns
THE PROBE AND NAY MEET
AGAIN IF WILSON CAN
BE FOUND.

Chicago.-The senate subcommit-
tee, after listening to the testimony
Of witnesses for twelve days closed the
inquiry into the election of Senator
Lorimer Saturday evening. They ad.
journed subject to the call of the
chairman. The next session Of the
committee will be in Washington,
probably after congress convenes,
when the briefs Of counsel on both
sides will be in the hands of the sena-
tors who have listened to the case.
Chairman Burrows announced that
the committee might decide to hear
other witnesses and stated that testi-
mony of Robert E. Wilson, the miss
ing witness who lie accused of having
distributed the jack pot, would be
heard If he is found. The procedure
in the Investigation calls for a further
report from the feull committee on
privileges and elections to the SEN
ate itself, before the upper house
takes final action.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-13
MANY LIVES LOST
IN FORESU FIRES
THAT 500 PERSONS
WE'RE BURNED TO DEATH IN
ADDITION TO 1000 MISS.
ING.

Warroad, Minn.-At least 200 are
dead and the death roll may become
1000 as a result of the forest fires
which yesterday and today swept ov-
er a territory 5000 miles square. The
financial loss amounts easily to S.
coo per square mile.
The state Of Minnesota Is sparing
no expense to rush aid to the suffer-
ing. The towns of Graceton, Swift,
roosevelt, Pitt and Cedar Spur, were
all destroyed.
Nothing can now stop the flames
but a hard rain, which is unlikely,
Rainy River is now on fire and is
likely to be destroyed. The Rat
portage Lumber company's mill.
worth $350,000, together with ten
million feet of lumber, was burned in
western Canada. Flour mills and
fifty residences we're destroyed.
At least 100 people are missing at
B%eaudette, Mimi, alone. Most of
the hcme-steaders are in the list of
missing. The fire is as bad as the
Hinnklsy, Mimi, catastrophe of 1896.
The train crews showed unusual
bravery in the rescue of 1000 people
from Beaudette. Many were unable
to board the first rescuing train and
tried to walk on the track. These
were burned to death and their bodies
were recovered by the second rescu-
ing tram.
Rain River, Minn.-Fire threatens
Warroad. Mimi, and Sprague, Mani
toba. Two thousand are now missing
and the death list may be 500. The
property loss amounts to at least two
million dollars. Special trains are
bringing fire fighters but more are
asked for.