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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
successful Contestant This Year Was
Also Winner Last Year, and With
the Same Make Of Car, the Alec
Dawson, In . Malrnon, Is Second
and Aitlen, In National, Third.
Comparison OF Fatalities.
1910 Vanderbilt Cup -. ~
1909--Vanderbilt Cup. IL
1909-Indianapolis Speedway. 6
1904-vanderbilt Cup. 1
1903 -Paris-Madrid .........6

New York Especially -Four per-
sons killed, score more or less
seriously injured and many specta-
tors suffering from hurts, constitutes
the record of death and disaster
which attended the winning of the
William X Vanderbilt, Jr., cup by
Harry F. Grant in an Alec, after one
of the most daring and stirring auto
mobile races ever known in Ameri-
can sport.
The accomplishment of gaining the
victory over time was attended by
casualties so numerous as to amaze
the veterans of many q hard won
course, suggesting in its results some
Medieval tourney, in which lives
were freely risked and lost for the
entertainment of the multitude.
The winner OF the race attained
his triumph in the same automobile
in which he won the same race IL
months ago, thus proving that both
champion and automobile may come
back to the condition in which they
made former successes, which not
able achievement will go down to his
tory linked with disaster and death.
The 27S.08 miles of the course
we're traversed by the victor in A
hours Is minutes and 1889 seconds,
practically less than half minute
in advance of Joseph Dawson, who
won second place in a Marmon ma.
chine, while John Aitken. the third
in the race, piloted his National over
the Circuit in hours II minutes and
49, seconds.
The victory was won over what is
generally considered to have been the
best field of cars ever entered in the
classic race on Long Island.
III included the flower of Ameri-
can automobile production, in addi-
tion to three Benz cars, especially
built in Germany and imported for
the occasion. The contest was a sue
cession of surprises from start to-
finish, for at least half q dozen times
the lead shifted from one car to an
other.
Grant allowed his competitors to
show the way for the greater part OF
the journey, and it was not until half
a dozen laps remained to be run that
the spectators became aware that
the ebon-hooded pilot was creeping
toward the front.
rive laps from Inc HulSn Nc tUOA
command and. duplicating hfs won
derful finish of last year. again cap
tured the coveted trophy. His time
was the fastest ever made in a long
distance road race in America, and,
as compared with the 65.3 miles an
hour average made lin the Grand
Prize in Savannah two, years ago. he
achieved record of 65.16.
His. feat today also surpasses the
average, of 64.S miles an hour, which
was the best previous record for the
Vanderbilt cup race.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
REFORM METHODS fHE ORJEeT


Washington, b. g. Especial
Bertillon measurements and photo
graphs OF every citizen for public
record were proposed at the Azneri-
can Prison Association Convention
by Albert H. Hall, sof Minneapolis, In
submitting the report of the COM
mittee on criminal law reform.
The United States government
ought to make its chief concern to
discover, develop and realize itself,
by gathering and recording full bio
graphic and civil data Of each of its
component units. the life OF every
man." said Mr.. Hall. We have de-
veloped the registration and iden-
tification Of domestic animals. Why
omit the record OF human life, the
supreme product of creation? The
task is not impossible, its benefit
would be incalculable and far-reach-
ing.
Such a registration should be ma
tfonal in scope and authority, en-
bracing a continuous enumeration
and consecutive numbering of the
whole citizenship, including q dupli-
cate card certificate system, identi-
flying its bearer by photograph or
finger print Such duplicates should
be kept in a Federal bureau. There
should be compulsory daily entry
and report by all courts OF record and
other official keepers of social and
vital data to show every contact of
the man with the state. !"
Hall expressed tho opinion that
such q system would elevate and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
A Mayor Under Arrest.

Indianapolis Especially. Mayor
Shank is constructively under arrest
and will appear in the city court to
answer a charge of cruelty to ami
mails. Humane Ofiicer Dfetz saw the
mayor driving on the street. and from
the way the horse travelled believed
that he had been improperly shod.
He ordered the mayor to send the
animal to smith at once and to re-
port to the city court. The mayor
did not make any protest. but admit
ted that the horse needed shoeing.
and will enter plea Of guilty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
500, 900 FOR DYNAMITERs.
Three Men Implicated In Wreck of
Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles, Cal. Especially I'm
der the stimulus Of proffered rewards
aggregating 100000 hundreds of
policemen, detectives and private citi-
zens in all Pacific Coast cities are
searching for clues that may lead to
the arrest of the conspirators who
blew up the Los Angeles Times Build
ing last Saturday and caused the
death of more than score of per-
sons and attempted the destruction of
the homes of Gen. Harrison Gray
Otis, owner of the Times, and of F.
j. Zeehandelaar, secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Assoc
citation.
Police and civil officers believe that
at least three men were concerned in
the outrages, and the city has placed
a price of $4,000 on the head of
each. The county voted an addition
al reward of $4,000 for every man
captured and convicted, and members
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association offered a reward of $780,
600, of which $4,000 has been sub
scribed.
Upon the assumption that at least
three men were responsible for the
explosion, the combined offers of re-
wards thus approximate almost
100000, figure almost unpre-
cedented in the annals of criminal
pursuits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
BOXER OUTBREAK THREATENED
Number Of American WaFships Not
Far From China.

Washington, D. q. tSpecial) Ad-
vices have been received here from
American officials in the Orient to
the effect that q critical situation
exists in China and that an outbreak
similar to the boxer rebellion Of sew
eral years ago would not surprise the
close observers of the recent trend Of
events.
Diplomatic officials in China have
been instructed to maintain a close
watch on internal conditions and to:
submit quick Geographic reports as
the occasion warrants
The Rdvices thus far received inc.-
cate that the unrest in China is SO
great that only leader is needed to
put the spark of life into an open re-
bellion. All through the summer
months there have been mutterings
of discomfort In some of the Chinese
provinces arising from the rice fam
inc, dynastic difficulties and dissatis-
faction over acts of the Peking gov
ernment as to foreign investments in
China.
United States Minister Calhoun, at
Peking, who last May reported to-
the State Department the generally
disquieting anti-foreign and anti
dynastic rumors, is keeping in close
touch with the situation there, and
the foreign consular body at Marking
early in the summer emphasized to
the viceroy there the Importance of
immediate protective measures. ~.
The Army and the Navy are pre-
pared for any emergency, but their
readiness is solely precautionary
measure, it is said, and should not.
be taken as an indication of imme-
date danger.
+ authentic advices from those
charged with keeping in touch with
the conditions indicate that. the only
thing lacking to parallel the situation
with that preceding the boxer trou-
bles, which drew into China the
American forces, as we'll as those of
other nations, is the matter of organ
ization.
Every vessel in the Asiatic fleet, as
well as the military forces at Manila.
is prepared for almost instant action
in the event the trouble breaks.
There are available in the Navy the
armored cruiser New York, which is
the flagship of Rear Admiral Hub
bard, commanders of the fleet,
the protected cruiser New Orleans,
the gunboats Callao, Helena, Samar,
Villalobos. Mindoro and Paragua, the
light draft gunboat Wilmington, the
protected cruiser Albany, the cruiser
Rainbow, the coast defense vessel
Monterey and the transport Buffalo.
All the vessels are in reach some
where between China and the Philips
pines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Typhoon's Terrible Havoc.

Manila Especially "A typhoon OF
unusual severity swept over the VAL
ley of Cayagan River, in the Prov
inces of Cayagan and Isabella, North
ern Luzon. Four towns, including
Ilagan, the capital of Isabella PROV
ince. were practically demolished. A
thousand persons are still homeless
and destitute, but the dispatches so
far received indicate that there were
no casualties. The tobacco crop was
seriously damaged. The government
is making relief plans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Gaynor In Harness Again.

New York Especially Mayor Will
liam j. Gaynor is again the active
head of the New York city govern
ment. Mayor Gaynor Monday came
to the City Hall and took hold of the
executive reins there for the first
time since August 8 last. when his
intended vacation trip to Europe was
cut short by bullet from the pistol
of James j. Gallagher, a discharged
city employee. who shot the Mayor
down on the deck of the steamer on
which he was about to sail. John
Purroy Mitchell, president of the
Board of Aldermen, has been acting
mayor of the city during Mayor Gay
nor's absence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
DIX rs THE NOMINEE. !
Democratic Candidate For Governos
of New York. I. 4

3 OF New IOrK.. ~ IS.
Convention Hall, Rochester, N. Y.
Especial The Democratic State
convention nominated the following
ticket for the next State election:
For governor ohm "A. Dix, Wash
ington county.
For lieutenant governor Thomas
f. Conway, Clinton county.
For secretary of state Edward
Lazansky, Kings county.
For comptroller-William Sohmer,
New York.
For state treasurerJohn J.. Ken-
nedy, Erie county.
For attorney general Thomas J..
Carmody, Yates county.
For state engineer and surveyor
John A. Bensel, New York.
For associate judge of the court of
appeals 49, Frederick X. Collin,
Chemung county.
This list of candidates, prepared
after day of almost continuous con-
ferences. went through shortly after
midnight, with only one halt in its
quick progress. This was the pre-
sentation of the name of Congress
man William Sulzer as the only rival
candidate for governor Mr.. Sulzer
received 16 Of the $50 votes of the
convention, and Mr.. Dix got the rest.
All the other nominations were made
by reclamation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

SHOPPING IN MiDocEAN.

=
The wireless message pulsing over
me sea has put the voyaging financsei
IN daily communication with the
bourses Of New York. London and
Paris Even In midocean the capital
ist may buy or sell, with a view to
the protection or the profit Of his
purse. But it were vain for mere man
% imagine that he could reserve this
fundamentally to his exclusive use
e the wireless can be utilized &c
make or to conserve money, It fol.
lows as the night the day thatfit Is
available for spending money. The
enterprising merchant could not fail
TO be alert to this opportunity to in.
crease the debit side OF fair clients
account. says Washington Post Faith.
srs, husbands. brothers have cherished
the thought that when their dear ones
were safely at sea in swift and luxur
lous palaces. the item Of shopping was
Ia state Of at least temporary de-
snetude. But not so; the ribbon coun
ter and the showcases have been ex'
tended. fgurately speaking, across the
sea. The lady fair may now indulge
her penchant' for shopping even In
midocean Every department store in
great cities near the Atlantic coast
win be topped with its tall electric
mast and maintain an operator at its
foot Bulletins Of bargains may be
published on shipboard. Moreover. Il
the lady Is on her way home with .
depleted purse. she can make an aerial
draft to meet every tip OF every stew
ara on board and make sure that some
Of her nenfolk meet her with more
supplies promptly on arrival at the
pier
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

London's bad season. with duh
cray skies and chill winds. IS partly
compensated for by the promise o.
good grouse shooting Parliament has
risen in time for the sport, and that
part Of society which is not already
ION the continent" is bound northward
for the moors. Summarizes England
Is exchanged for Scotland. which,
when the grouse are plentiful and IL
good condition, is a good place to be.
even Il the weather is wet. Bright
skies over the moors transform the
srortsman.s part of Scotland into a
semblance Of paradise To be sure.
the serpent IS there. The guns crack
and the birds are slaughtered by the
thousands But they have fulfilled
their destiny. Who can do more:
And mighty good eating is a well
cooked grouse from the Grampian
hills.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

Lexington, Ky. Especially Hum
dreds of tobacco planters in the Ken
lucky field are facing ruin in conse-
lquence of the announced intention of
the American Tobacco Company that
it will not bid in the 10000. 600
pounds of the Burly Society's 1909
pool. d. r. Toewater, vice-president
of the tobacco company, has served
notice upon Kentucky planters that.
while his company will pay from s
to 10 cents for the 1910 crops it VIII
not bid for the 1909 pool of the
society.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Robbed On Pullman Car.

Pueblo, Col. Especially .--Passeng-
ers on Pullman car attached to q
Rock Island westbound passenger
train that arrived here were robbed
of $4,000 in cash, drafts, checks and
jewels after leaving Chicago. George
L. Parsons, of Chicago. lost $1,000
in drafts. Three other Chicagoans
also were robbed. The car was der
tached from the train here, and will
be subjected to careful search for the
missing property A Gaines and A.
Drake, porters of the car, are held
by the police.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Death and Terror.

The handsome building and
plant Of the Times, Los Angeles,
Cal, owned by Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, was destroyed by an
explosion and the fire which fol-
lowed.
Nineteen, are believed to be
dead and many others injured.
The loss is estimated at up
ward of 100000.
Later an Internal machine was
found In the grounds of Gem
eral Otis home and was re-
moved just in time to prevent
serious damage.
Still another Internal ma
chine was discovered in the resi-
dence of the secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
$50 Miners Entombed.

Eagle, Pass (Special) One hum
dred and fifty miners. possibly more.
are entombed, probably dead, in
Mine No. 3, at Palau. Mexico, in the
Las Esperanzas mining field, operated
by the National Railways of Mexico,
as result Of two explosions, pre-
sumably caused by an accumulation
OF gas. The men ehtombed are most
ly native and Japanese. miners. all
though the number includes several
Americans. At the time of the first
explosion the entire night shift. esti,
mated at from $50 to 500 men, were
at work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Exports Increasing.

Washington, D. c. (Specia), -
During the month of August the ex-
port trade of the United States to
every part of the word increased in
all over $12, 100000. according to a
summary completed by the Bureau of
Statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor During the eight
months of the calendar year which
ended with August the value of ex-
ports to Europe alone were nearly
$500, 900 and the imports for
the same period were more than
$525, 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

There Is one boat ON the, Hudson
river that refuses to be Oslerlzed. Al.
though the word fast is not usually
reIished when applied to the feminine
gender. the Mary Powell glortes IL
the epithet and has made friends by
It. This boat will complete this sea
son nifty years Of service. and the
semi-centennial anniversary will be
appropriately celebrated. Captain
Anderson. has served on the boat forty
years in various capacities The Mary
Powell is still in daily use by the Hud
sen River Day Line. and cuts the wa
ter between New York and Kingston
not only like thing Of life but like
4 thing Of very lively life
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Duel To the Death.

Corbin, Ky. (SpeciaD With their.
revolvers emptied and each mans
body riddled with bullets Henry Lee.
a constable, and James Williams. a
private policeman, fell dead in each
others arms at the end of shooting
ARRAY. The men met in street, and
before either had spoken began
firing. Neither man missed shot.
williams body was pierced by six
bullets and Lees by four. Lee had
shot and seriously wounded Williams
father and brother several weeks ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
YOUNG MAN KILLS FATHER.
Fatal Quarrel Over Parents Divorce
Proceedings.

Asheville. N. C. Especially .-Intel-
ligence over the distance teie-
pohne was received here Of the kill
ing of James LYDIA, so years old, by
his son, Meredith LYDIA, at Hender-
sonville.
According to advices, young LYDIA
shot his father near the latter's
home, killing him instantly, during
a quarrel over divorce proceedings
between the young mans parents,
the boy siding with the mother.
Deputy Stroup has gone to the
scene, but at a late hour young LYDIA
had not been apprehended.
A shot was fred at brother also,
who had taken the fathers side in the
case. but it missed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
MRS. DAVIS DEAD.
Was Mother of Richard Harding
Davis, Novelist.

New York Especially. Word
reached the city of the death at 5
o'clock in Mount Kisco. N. Y. OF Mrs
Rebecca Harding Davis, mother OF
Richard Harding Davis, the novelist.
Mrs. Davis was so years of age.
She was born in Washington, Pa, and
was an author of note, first gaining
prominence with her Life In tae
Iron Mills"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Ex-Gov. Broward Dead.

Jacksonville, Fla. Especially. -
Former Governor Broward died at
1920 P. NJ. Senator-elect Broward's
death occurred as he was placed on
the operating table. Mr.. Broward
had been in bad health for some time,
the recent strenuous Senatorial cam
paign having had its effect upon him.
Jaundice and gallstones added to the
other complications.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
CLAWS Work Attacked.

Los Angeles, Cal. Especially The
Committee on Alaskan Legislation
reported to the American Mining
Congress vigorous criticism of the
work of L. F.. CLAWS and the other
government employees engaged in i'm
vestigating claims in Alaska. Among
other things II was charged that
CLAWS and Jones were not within 500
miles of the Alaskan land which they
reported upon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
los ANGELES TIMES
BUILDING BLOWN UP
Newspaper Plant Destroyed BJ
Explosion and Fire.
TWENTY DEAD AND MANY INJuR.D.

Explosion While Nearly One Hundred
None Union Men Were at Work
Plot to Wreck the Newspapers
Auxiliary Plant Dynamite Found
Under Residences of Proprietor Of
the Newspaper and the Secretary
Of the Merchants and Manufactnr-
ers' Association uadrupIe Plot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
ROBBED COUNTY OF $4,000.
Treasurer's Bookkeeper Ccnfesses.
Shortage May Be $4,000.

New York Especial William Re
pelyea, bookkeeper in the office of
the. County Treasurer of Nassau
County, Long Island. was arrested
after confessing that he had been
Systematically robbing the county by
falsifying tax receipts. He placed
the shortage at $4,000, but the au-
thoTities say the amount is nearer
$4,000. 4
Rapellyea's confession duplicates
j.. F. Batukey, Assistant County
Treasurer, who shot himself a few
days ago. Fearing that disclosing
was coming. Batukey left note to
his wife and ended it all.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

81 East Haddam. about sixteen
miles north from the mouth of the
Connecticut river. hanging in the bel
Try Of st. Stephens church and in use
today. Is q bell that was cast in Spain
over 1000 years ago. The Spanish in
scription stating that the bell was
cast III Spain IN SIS and the name Of
the priest who blessed It are all very
distinct. Those who have interested
themselves "a this valuable old relic
claim the church in Spain where II
originally hung was destroyed by Ma
poieon. this bell and many others be
Ing sent to america, where there was
good market 1t Is IS inches high
and 81 inches in diameter at the base
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

New York Especially. - Chief
Croker stood at Eleventh avenue and
Twenty-fourth street and thanked his
lucky stars for the high pressure salt
water mains. With 10 lines feeding
from them and cascading $4,000 gal
Ions minute, the chief beat down
In two hours fire, which wiped out
nearly whole block, put jagged holes
into two other blocks and threatened
to sweep toward the ferries and piers
of the water front.
Under the chiefs eye was sizzling
ruin of red and black debris-all that
was left of the block of factories and
lumber yards between Twenty-fourtb
and Twcnty-fifth streets and half way
from Eleventh to Tenth avenue. An
other mass of ruins showed where the
! fire had jumped Twenty-fourth street
and cut into the block to the south,
while across Eleventh avenue, be-
tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty.
fifth streets, within a short block OF
the ferries and piers, the flames had
shaved away the solid front of lum-
Der yards and sheds.
The loss was put at $1,500,000 by
Croker, and the concerns that suffer
ed worst we're the Moore Brothers
Lumber Company, at the Southwest
corner of Eleventh avenue and
Twenty-fourth street, with 100000
feet of hard wood burned; the Atlas
Metal Bedstead Company, on the
south side of Twenty-fifth street in
the middle of the wasted block.
which lost its plant and $3.50, 900
worth of brass beds and stock, and
the Clarke & Wilkins Kindling Fac
tory, on the east side Of Eleventh
avenue, between Twenty-fourth AMI
Twenty-fifth streets, which was utter
ly destroyed. 49,
Although the fire covered more
territory than any of recent years.
nobody was killed and no one was
fatally hurt. Two policemen had to
go to the hospital to get their burns
treated after rescuing roomers at the
old Pennsylvania Hotel, at the north
east corner of Twenty-fourth street
and Eleventh avenue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
MAN is DECAPITATED.
Explosion of Steam Pipe Sewers Head
From Body.

Uniontown. Pa. Especially Jacob
Foreman, aged 81 years, was instant
ly decapitated and two other men in
jured by the bursting of steam pipe
at the Orient Coke plant, at Orient
The injured are Chauncey Shipley,
machinist, condition serious, and
Richard Adams. who will recover.
The three men were at work in
the engineroom when, without warn
ing, a six-inch steam pipe burst,
fragments of the iron being hurled
with terrific force in all directions.
One piece cut off Foreman's head.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
Tobacco Farmer al pa.

I Lancaster, Pa. Especially - Miss
Eliza Gothenour is the Oldest tobacco
farmer In the county. She has pass
ed her ninety-third birthday. She
planted her crop, attended to 1t dur
ing the growing period. cut 1t, strung
1t on laths and placed it in her to-
bacco shed, asking for no assistance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07

A passenger has been carried on 8
monoplane across the English channel
A majority Of the people who have te
cross the channel viii continue for s
whne. however. to risk the danger oil
being shaken up in the old-fashionec
way. 81