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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
10000 SEE DARING FLIGHTS
Wright Ayiators Thrill Throng at
Los Angeles Meet.
HOxey Goes IN $500 Feet. While
BrOOkins Makes HIS Famous
Spiral Dip.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 24-With ideal
conditions prevailing and a throng Of 10
GOO persons in attendance. the second an
nual Los Angeles aviation meet opened
at Dominique Field this afternoon.
Archie Hoxsey and Walter Broo<ins,
the Wright flyers, provided the sensa-
tional flying Of the afternoon. HOxsey,
in an attempt TO break the altitude rec
ord of 10.4s9 feet. recently established at
Pau, France, assembled 10 a height of
600 feet. where his fuel gave out. Hoxey
Immediately started mis- descent from a
point almost Immediately above the grand
stand. and began gliding toward earth.
At this instant BrOOkins. who had
risen to a height of 1000 feet, began
his famous spiral dip. passing the grand
stand several times before he alighted
HOXey came slighteTing down from
his high altitude, describing figure Fights
and circles on the way, and finally ended
with a glide which extended from one
end of the field to the other.
Honor for the first flight. for which
there established much rivalry between
TO Glenn II. Curtiss who rose in the air
at the sound OF the opening gun, made
three circuits of the course in his BIZ
plane. and then came to earth.
Hubert Latham. the first aviator off,
cialy participating in the events. the
first on the programme being endurance
flights. left the ground in his monoplane
at 1:G5 o'clock.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
AvIAT0RS TOO CARELESS.
Farman Complains of Lack of Pre-
caution Before Flying.

Paris. Dec. 24-"At least half the acct
dents that happen 10 aeroplanes would not
take place" writes Henry Farman in the
Paris Excelsior, "but for the incredible
carelessness Of pilots. OF ali the 200 I
have trained, only a very few take pains
to examine their apparatus before start
Ing
Although it needs only the breaking Of
an important wire. some slight displaee-
pient OF the machine, few grains Of
dust in the petrol. TO stop the engine
maiy novice who just knows how 10 ny
will start across country or mount to a
considerable height without having ex-
amined the apparatus. Others take an in
verse risk. they modify their motors and
alter the bearing surfaces OF their planes
just as il they were skilled builders. never
thinking of the danger they thus incur
1t is not on training aerodromes that
accidents occur. but at meetings held at
unsuitable places, where ten or fifteen
aeroplanes are at work at the same mo-
ment. Trips across country seldom give
rise TO serious accidents / have never
had the slightest trouble. not even
broken wire and have covered over s 900
miles in the air.
4 consider the aeroplane less dangerous
than the automobile when driven at the
same speed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
SIX PERSONS DEAD
In RAILROAD CRASH
Pennsy Express Hits Fast
Freight in Ohio.
ORDERS NOT CARRIED OUT
Christmas Travellers Meet Death
when Flyer, Travelling at High
with Freight TFain-Ten Passen-
gers Are Injured in the Accident.

Crestline. Ohio Dec. PA fast Penn
sylvanla train, loaded with Christmas
home-comers. dashing along through a
snoWstorm at a speed OF ffty-five miles
an hour. collided with a fast freight
express, loaded with Christmas gifts for
the East, at Nevada, ten miles west of
here AT $40 O'Clock this morning.
Six persons aboard the flyer were
killed.
Piles OF Christmas gifts in the freight
are strewn along the Pennsylvania
tracks. Failure OF the freight crew TO
observe orders. it is alleged. has given
many homes a sad Christmas Ten per-
sons were injured.
List of Dead.
WILLIAM !. BOWLER. pssegner. Pntsburs.
M PRiEDsrERN. pAssengef, So Calumet ave
nue. Chicago
T. G. BEEBE. hagzagemssteF train No. =.
g =. HORTON. extra faETzsemEn. train No. T.
g, c. CRAIG engineer train No. -
c. c. MILLER. onsneeT train No. A.
Ten Persons Injured.
Mr. p. c. McCready, Pittsburg; slightly injured
bad And arms.
Margaret Mott Menominee. Wis. back sDrained.
Man Lynch Bangor Mich, suffering frum shoCk
a. J. Boznford, Chicago; forehead cut
H. 5 Bo4fOsd, Chicago: bruised On legs and ac
eratlOus az ear.
Fireman H. c. spore. t7in No. i; injured On
head and bach.
T. :. siasle, engineer q train No. Is. injured On
head and hands badly blruAd.
r. 4 LiningT. CONDUCTOR train No. Is. cut
hands and ankles sFained
{. r. Connoily fireman train Is. izcerations q
CHEEK and coatusions q the forehead.
DetOur Caused Wreck.
The passenger train, No. Is. was de-
toured to the eastbound track because
the westbound track vas blocked. AT
Crestline. and proceeded at a terrific
speed.
The crew OF the freight, No. AZ, II is
alleged, failed 20 obey orders and pro-
eeeded east, drawn by two engines at
a high speed, on the same track. The
collision followed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
POPE Is ANNOYED
BY MODERN VIEWS
Holy Father Both Bodily
and Mentally Depressed.

Rome. Dec. 24-The Pope has been
greatly annoyed over several recent incl
dents more or less connected with mod
ernism. and his health has suffered ia
consequence. He Is bodily and mentally
depressed. is gradually losing his appetite,
and is becoming pale and somewhat ema-
ciated. His spirits are low
Although he has not been troubled by
the gout lately, the doctors fear recur-
renee OF this trouble. as the pontiff re-
fuses 10 reform his sedentary habits and
does not take any exercise out Of doors
Indeed for the last three months he has
not left his apartments. and his only ex-
ercise has been walking up and down the
halls and loggias. which are steam heated.
He has taken a great dislike TO the
Vatican gardens, which. he says, remind
him or a cemetery. He spends MS days
mostly in granting audiences and praying
in his private chapel Last year the holy
fathers brother. Angelo. came from Riesi
and spent Christmas at the Vatican, but
the pontin will spend this one alone. he
has written 20 his brother not to neglect
his family for his (the POpe'sl sake.
Christmas is kept al the Vatican like
any other holy day. with the exception
that the Pope says midnight mass in his
private chapel His two sisters his niece,
and his private secretary receive COM
munion from his hands The sisters ana
the niece dine with the Pope on Christ
mas Day There are no audiences during
the Christmas holiday, but@ the holy
father is equally busy. often with work
that should be done by mis- secretaries.
such as ordinary correspondence, answer
ing applications Tor relief and similar
routine work
Plus y hates 10 be unemployed He
saws ne feels lonelier when he has moth
ing 20 do and work Is the only remedy
against the tedium OF his life The doc
tors on the contrary. says he needs rest
very badly.
Despite the passage or the paddock
lew BY the Spanish Cortes. which is con-
sidered by the Vatican as a fragrant vo-
lati0n OF the concordat, the possibility
OF a solution Of the crisis by mutual
agreement, and a revision OF the con-
cordat is not unlikely.
The Pope is willing 10 resume neEo-
tiations. provided he receives assurances
that the application of the law viii not
be hostile 70 the church He viii wait
for Spain 10 take the initiative. Mean
while. the Vatican's attitude will be
passive.
DE PetaCci endeavOred 10 diSsuadc the
Pope from celebrating midnight mass to-
night. as he would run the risk Of cat D.
ing cold in the unheated chapel The
Pope was obstinate and would not break
the rule he has followed for nifty years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
ENDS LIFE ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Bride Fears Ordeal Of Operation and
shoots Herself.

New York. Dec 2L-In her beautifully
furnished apartment. in the Dawson
Arms, in West 10th street. where the
Christmas gifts were heaped upon the
tables, and where the signs of Christ
mas cheer we're everywhere. Mrs. Mar
garet Iuersson killed herself tonight.
Her husband George NJ. Leursson, en-
gagged in the automobile business. had
kissed her good-by only a minute be-
fore He was going out on business for
a couple Of hours. She urged him TO stay
AT homee because it was Christmas eve,
but the business was important, and he
finally obtained her consent to his de-
parture.
lie went back to the house soon after
and found his wife dead in the doorway
She had shot herself in the side with
revolver, which they kept under a pillow
in the bedroom.
Recently ner physician advised an oper-
alton. and the only explanation that Mr..
ImerSson can conceive for the suicide is
that his bride was worrying over this
ordeal.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
NINE PERISH IN WRECK
OF ENGLISH FAST TRAIN.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Dec. o.
Seven passengers were burned 10 death
to-day in fire which followed the head
on collision near Kirby Stephen. Two
persons were killed outright by the crash.
As the engines came together the FIRE
in the locomotive isnited the wTeckage,
and it blazed up incinerating the bodies
OF the imprisoned passengers. Among the
victims was a child OF tender years, whose
screams were heard for nearly half an
hour before life became extinct Forty
seven persons we're injured. many Of
them being severely scalded by escaping
steam.
The work Of identifying the ineinerated
will be very dificult In many instances
fragments OF clothing are all that remain.
The horror of the scene was heightened
by the fact that the accident occurred in
so remote a spot that it was difficult OF
access, and consequently there were no
appliances with which 10 extricate the
wounded, who. pinned beneath the wreck
ags, were slowly burned 10 death
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
SHOWS Big CHANGE
The England of Dickens No
Longer Seen at Yuletide.

London. Dec. 2L-The spirit of Christ
mas is not quite so buoyant as usual in
Old England this year. Whether it is
the effect of the soft weather OF the re-
cent curse OF politics, who can say? A
sense Of change, OF permanent unrest,
has fastened itself upon the minds OF
the masses OF the English people, and
this feeling does not harmonic with
Yuletide Iisht-heartedness.
The radical alterations in the social
and political life which began I'VE years
ago can no longer, after the recent cleo
tons, be regarded as a temporary phase
OF British public opinion, and these sober
second thoughts disturb the usual retec-
tions which the holly and the mistletoe
inspire
Then, too there il change in the OBJ
serVance OF the holiday itself which is
more noticeable this wear than ever be-
fore Christmas always has been. until
the twentieth century daWned, England's
home or family holiday. peculiarly and
exclusively domestic in its observance.
This custom Of centuries is being re-
versed this year. II has been impos-
sible for weeks past to secure accommO-
dations at the principal hotels on the
south coast. while the exodus from Eng
land TO the Riviera and other CONT
mental resorts is the greatest ever known.
Truly. the time has come for the
world to revise its popular conception of
Englishmen in more ways than one. The
England Of tradition. the England even
OF Dickens, is disappearing II is too
early in this period Of transition TO
sketch the characteristics OF the new
race which evolution is producing in
these islands, but it will be a curious
modification of the John Bull whom
even the nineteenth century regarded as
one OF the worlds dominant figures.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
RATS BRING PLAGUE
TO GREAT BRITAIN
Government Urged to Make
Thorough Investigation.

London. Dec. 34-The Times publishes a
minute report OF the rat plague in East
ANGELA. and requests the government to
make a thorough investigation It is esti-
mated that this would cost $lOO,OOo. II is
now certain that the plague-infected rats
arrived in SUFFOLK three or four years ago
from Ipswich.
There the limit of the plague at present
has not been discovered, but the Times
maintains that an investigation could set
tie this and until the area in which there
are plague-infected rats is defined no
steps can be taken 10 satisfactorily han
die it, II is admitted there is no need for
a scarce.
Few people in England come into actual
contact with rats but IL has been proved
beyond a doubt that the plague in East
Angela is exactly the same as the scourge
which killed 100000 persons in India be-
tween 1885 and 1908 In a vast majority OF
cases in India il took the bubonic form.
Four proven and half dozen suspected
eases in East ANGELA assumed the pneu-
monic form. This is not only more severe
than the bubonic form. but is more dan
gerOus from the fact that IL is transfer
able directly by the patients breath car
rying the germs so that should an out
break occur IN the thickly populated slum
district the disease could be spread after
the first cases without the agency OF
plague-infected rats.
The East Angela cases. fortunately.
have all been in extremely isolated cot
tages. bat tho extent 20 which rats in
Fast Angela are infected can be realized
from the fact that moro than > per cent
OF the live hats captured in the Ipswich
district, taken a random, were found 10
be infected; while during the most viru-
lent epidemic in Bombay when thousands
Of rats were caught and examined daily,
the percentage rarely reached 6
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
BERLIN IS AMBITIOUS.
Ahnexes Territory to Keep in Race
for Greatest Civ.

Berlin. Dee 4-Aeeordins to official
figures Of the census return taken on
December I, the population of Greater
Berlin now numbers S,7l2,554 Inhabitants
an increase OF 10 per cent since the cen
sus of 1865
Greater Berlin, in its anxiety not to
lag too far behind New York and Paris
has assimilated no fewer than hftv-
seven outlying towns and villages siul
ated within radius of fifteen miles
from the center OF the capital.
The metropolis itself only numbers .
$50. AS inhabitants. and f0rfeits The rank
Of the fourth city in the world TO Chi
cago. The growth of Perrin proper
since 1896 Is only 24005. but the great con
tiguous suburbs OF Charlottenkdrg. VIII
mersdorff, Sohoeneberg, Rixdorf. Trep
tow, Tempelhof. and Friedman have
increased enormously, some ee them as
much as 100 per cent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
PROUD OF SOLDIER SONS.
Aged Mother Thinks Loss Is Ma
tfOn's Rather Than Hers.

Paris. Dec. 2l-The recent fight in Cen
tTal Africa. in which the French lost
Lieut. Col. Moll and seven other officers
killed and four wounded. has shown that
the old Roman spirit is not dead in
French mothers. Col. Molrs parents are
both over eighty. and this is the second
son that Frances colonial policy has
cost them. Nine Mol. the coloners
mother, on hearing of the death of her
son, said:
My second child has been killed in
the service of France. Ny eldest,
Xavier. a lieutenant in the Tonkin sharp
shooters, fell at Dec Hat in 1880. His
death was what decided his younger
brother TO enter the army 1 will 20 to
the colonies to ayenge him. he said
My country has already taken one of
my sons. and now il has taken another.
This second loss is a supreme and griev-
Gus sorrow for me. But ] think Of
France; for her the loss is irreparable.
Destiny is truly cruel in carrying of
from his country one of those who would
have been "A glory 10 it,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
HOPE FOR MISSING
AERO is GIVEN Up
Friends Believe that Altman
Grace Has Lost Life.
NO MACHINE PICKED UP YET
Report that DereIIct Had Been Re-
covered IL Denied by Vessels
Which Have COmbed North Sea and
British COast-May Have Been
Swallowed In the Quicksands.

London. Dec 24.-The last hope has
been abandoned by the searchers vino
are sweeping the British coast and the
North Sea for Cecil s. Grace, tie Eng
lish aviator who made the trip across
the English Channel as far as the Bel
gian frontier. and who has not been
seen since he started to recross the
channel from Calais TO Dover
1t was rumored tonight that the crew
Of fishing boat had seen the aviator
fall into the North Sea. but kilograms
dispatched TO all points along the coast
Of Belgium and Holland were all an
swered to the effect that there was no
frmstion OF the report that the airship
without passenger has been picked up
in the North Sea
Friends still Hopeful.
There are some friends of Grace VINO
find announcement in the belief that ne
may have been picked up at sea By a
vessel outward bound to a distant port.
but this is considered unlikely. The
most plausible theory OF his disappear
ance Is that he lost his bearings in the
fog, and instead Of approaching Dover,
bore OFF over the Goodwin Islands. a
range Of shoals at the southern end Of
the North Sea. Quicksands stretch for
ten miles along the coast about a hall
mile from shore, and il is there that il
IS feared Grace met his fate
Every effort 10 find him has beeen made
Automobiles have traversed every foot
Of the coast and torpedo boats have ex-
plored the waters with wireless and
searchlights.
Grace. it is believed. did not have a
compass. He is said 10 have disrega rdel
advice 10 take this precaution before
starting
First Case of Kind.
The case OF Cecil Grace threacsgs 10 De
the first instance Of disappearance by
aeroplane. Those lost IN aeroplanes 50
far have all descended and oeen found
The fact that the range Of an aeropIane
up 70 the present time has been restricted
at the most to a fve or six hours flight
has made the complete disappeaJaaca OF
aviators well-nieh impossible.
The flyers who have crossed the English
q NdNlfl nave undoubtedly taken the
greatest chances thus far. not OF destruc-
ton uecesa irily. but of complete disap-
pearanCe. Bleriot. who first crossed the
channel by aeroplane, was lost for a while
in the fog on the way over and spent a
bad quarter Of an hour or so The fogs
form the greatest risks in channel flight
Where the strait suddenly expands into
the North Sea, not FAR from Calais and
Dover. an aviator blindf0lded by impene-
trable FOG is in danger Of straying irrevo-
Cably.
Among ballOOnists there have been cases
OF disappearance as absolute a. that Of
any ship ever reported lost at sea-not
heard FROM Yet even here. the ma jority
OF cases have proved how difficult il is 10
vanish IN the air and leave no trace-on
coming down. To one case Of absolute
disappearance il is easy 10 recall numer-
Gus cases Of recovery OF bslloonists
thought to be lost for good.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
MRS. ANDERSON a SANTA.
Hostess to Blind Children at Brook
line Home.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Boston, Mass. Dec 24-Nearly 200 blind
children were the guests to-day Of Mr..
and Mrs. L.arz Anderson at a Christmas
party given AT Weld. the Anderson
country place in Goddard avenue, Brook
line. There were also fifty other children.
sons and daughters OF employees OF the
wealthy family. Ii was one OF the hap
piest Christmas parties given this season.
Mrs. Anderson personally distributed
gifts. She went among the children. pat
ting the poor little blind boys and girls
on the back ard speaking words of cheer
to them
The distribution Of gifts took place in
the big stable on the estate The blind
children PLAYED several hours and had
lots Of good things to eat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
e North American Review.

From the North American Review.
Socialism had little foothold in Ger
many before 1915 When the revolution
of is4s came the spirit OF democracy end
revolution that had been inherited from
the first French revolution was revived
and intensified. The soil was now ready
for new seed, and when II was planted Il
grew to marvellous and alarming proper
tons
The party is without doubt not only the
largest, but the most thoroughly organ
lied and efficiently led revolutionary
body that the world has ever seen. II is
a constant menace not only TO Germany,
eut TO the entire world.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
PREACHERS SHOOT
MAN FROM ALTAR
Stay MOOnShiner i'll Midst of
Christmas Service.
ONE MINISTER IS WOUNDED
Three Brothers, All Baptist Domi-
mics. Open Fire on Man Who Had
County Because of SeFmons-Panic
Follows in the Church.

Blue Ridge. Ga. Dec 4.-Carter
Lingerfelt, a moonshiner, was shot 10
death this afternoon in Mount Pisgah
Church, about seven miles from here,
b. Rev W j. Kimmow, Baptist minis
ter. Rev Dr. Kimmow was aided in
the tight by his two brothers, both of
whom are Baptist preachers. and one
OF whom was seriously wounded by
Lingerfelt
A conference Of the congregation and
Christmas exercises were being held in
the church, when LingeFGelt broke down
the door. entered. and threatened TO Kill
the preachers. Lingerfelt had previously
threatened TO run tn three ministers
out Of the county if they continued TO
preach against "mOOnShining" The KIM
mOWs continued their crusade. from
various pulpits. against the illegal manu-
facture and sale Of whiskey.
Preachers Open Fire.
When Lingerfelt appeared they were
ready for him. and as soon as Lingerfelt
drew his gun the three preacher broth
ers opened fire, and Lingerfelt fell pierced
by half a dozen bullets He had fired
three shots himself, one hitting Rev. II.
W. Kimmow and infiicting a serions
wound
The preachers fired from the altar, and
Lingerfelt was killed just inside the
church door. Panic prevailed during the
shooting. many Of the women fainting.
Men crawled under the benches.
At the moment Of the killing a big IL
licit still. operated by Lingerfelt, was be-
ing destroyed by Deputy Collector Hop
kins within a stones throw OF the church
grounds.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
At DINNER
Paris BarristerS Hold Big
Celebration.
NAPOLEON'S DECREE HoNORED
Marking the One Hundredth Anni-
verssry Of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the Order of AdVOcates-PariS bar
Holds Big Bnnauet-Many Women
Are Present at the Gathering.

Paris, Dec. A.-The Paris bar has been
celebrating the centenary OF the decree Of
1910 by which Napoleon re-established the
Order OF Advocates after its suppression
at the beginning OF the revolution. Among
The 100 members of the French bar who
were present at the banquet were about
q dozen women
There are fifteen qualified women law
yers al the Paris bar The dean, Miss
Jeanne Chauvin. is now a doctor In law
having been inscribed for ten years. She
does not plead cases, but teaches law
She is the author OF a treatise on the law
concerning children. which is textbook
on the subject. She lectures on law al
i've girls schools in Paris.
Women Arc Teachers.
Nine. Bocanowski-Petit, the second
woman barrister inscribed. does not prac-
tice either. Nine. Benezech. a Russian.
was very assiduous in her attendance at
the law courts until she married a barris-
ter. and nowadays she is not so often
seen there.
She is very slight, with a childlike face
she was nicknamed The Doll by the
other lawyers-and one day Judge Hugon.
presiding in the Eighth Chamber, told
the usher to send away that child who
has taken a place among the barristers "
Miss Marguerite Mile is the real dean
OF the woman lawyers who plead cases.
She is skillful in her profession and her
charming appearance is no detriment TO
her pleading. Mime. Maria Verone. who
IS married. is often heard in the Assze
Court
Comes OF Learned Family.
Another Russian. Miss Helene Marc
polsky. has had cases in the Assize Court.
the correctional courts, and the civil
courts. She comes Of a learned family
Her father and mother are both doc
tors in Paris, and her sister is becoming
noted as a chemist
Her beauty and love OF perfume may
be guessed from the names by which she
is known among her colleagues, la
Belle Helene. fhe Gazelle OF the Law
Courts. and Ia Jolie Parfumeuse."
Nine Grunberg. another frequent plead
or, is the wife OF a doctor and qualified
as an advocate after her marriage. Most
OF the remaining woman lawyers are be-
ginners, and most of them also are en-
dowed with an unusual share OF good
looks.