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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06
TRAINMASTER KILLED.

DANNIILE. I'LL. Jan. 6.-Tcm During.
who, as rraiumaster for the big cir
elseS. had passed unScathed through
many dangers. and who was known 10
circus and railroad people the country
over, was killed I'm the Big -Four yards
here YESTERDAY lie was working rs a
switchman, and slipped off a I0como-
tive pilot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06
BOY HELD FOR TRIAL.

WEST CHESTER Pa, Jan. 6--XE5l-
liam J. tarnatnan- ir-, sixteen years
Old vas given "a hearing before Justice
EaNson. on the charge of shooting and
killing John r. Barh- who had gone TO
Ile boy s home on Friday to arrest him
Canadian was committed 10 5aiI
charged with murder fu the first degree.
and his ease VIII come UP al the Janu-
ary term
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06
BOSS SUES MINER.

WI KESBARRE. Pa, Jan edwin
Jones. docking boss ut one of the mines
of the elligh & NiIkesbdrre Coal
Company, bag brought suit for 5000
damages against miner named Mich
aeI Zidus. for circulating a report that
he had dcfrauded him out OF car Of
coal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06

believed 10 fcreshadow a decision fully
protecting the Wrights
It IS believed that no decision viii be
given In PaMh2n's case until after he
has completed his American engage
ments
May Fly In Meet.
While members OF the Aero Club OF
Washington hold the same opinion as
members Of the New York organization
in regard to- the probability Of the
Wright brothers getting virtually abSO-
lutte control Of airship manufacture in
America, they believe that Glenn Il.
Curtiss VIII not be prevented from fly
ing IN the international meet this year
It was recalled this morning by Sec
Rotary Albert Zahm, Of the Aero Club Of
Washington, that when Wilbur Wright
was Instructiug the army officers AZ
College Park, he announced that any
legal action he was then contemplating
against Curtiss would not prevent his
participation in the international meet
This is said TO have been Wilbur
Wrights plan, because of the fact that
Curtiss won the Gordon Bennett Cup
last year.
Another argument that Curtiss would
represent the United States IN the ia
nous cup air match was coufirna ton
today Of the announcement in New
York that if Curtiss is legally re-
strained from using the machine on
which the Nrlghts claim patents the
Aero Club If America viii make ex-
IRENE effort t. reach some agreement
with the Wrichts
Thomas r Walsh. president Of the
iocal ofSa nlzation, says that he has
every hope that when the InternafiOnaf
Aeronautic Association CCnvenes in
Paris on January 10. next, 20 decide on
lhe place TOT the next meet they viii
select the Washington site
near College Park
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06
GIFTS For EMPLOYEES.

READING. Pa, Jan 1.-Two thou
sand dollars was distributed among the
10 employees Of the Reading Paper NILS
in New Year gifts yesterday Each per-
son receives 81 for every year Of en-
ployment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06
RARE SPECIMEN SOUGHT.

and the others of the American expe6i-
tiou have arrived from HoIma- From
this point the party will make a hunt
ing trip on the Lado EncIave in search
of the white rhinoceroS-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06
Senate's Attitude

The Senate Is regarded as favOra bic
to the plan. and, with STawney no long
er fighting il in the House, its enact
ment into law seems assured either hr
this session OF Congress OF the next ses[
sion
In many details the scheme VIII fol-
low that outlined in the Perkins bill, OF
which Herbert d Brown was the au-
thor In the Perkins bill there Is Il
paragraph making the collection by the
Government Of the contributions every
month lawful
According 10 the new plan Of Ar
Brown. a clerk VINO enters the service
at fifty -eaTs On a S1-2u0 salary VIII con
tribute "a per cent of his saIarv IF he
enters 81 the age CT twenty, he viii
contribute 80 per cent of his salary
ANY clerk who has made these con
tributiouS TO his annuity but leaves the
service before reaching the age of se7--
enty may draw out the cash amount
OF the total OF what ne has paid into
the fund
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PLAN FOR PENSIONS
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
Proposal to Retire Super
animated Government
Clerks Endorsed.
Continued from First Pagel

nary clerical force Of the classified Serv-
ice VIII be retired at the age Of seventy,
letter carriers at the age OF sixty-ave.
and railway mail clerks at the age OF
sixty years. This IS because the letter
carriers are exposed to active service
in all sorts Of weather and under try
ing conditions, and the railway mail
clerks work under 4 greater physical
and mental strain than any other class
in the classified service
Plans Considered
The President and his Cabinet. as was
exclusively stated in The Times ten
days ago. have long been trying 10 ar
rive at a definite plan for retiring the
aged clerks and M MacVeaeh Is now
convinced that the scheme as worked
out by Mr. Brown will be the one finally
enacted into law
While IL Is calculated that the plan
VIII at first cost the Government some
thing more than 100000 per aunum. and
may 90 as high as $500. 900 per year IN
the next thirty years, il VIII support IL
self after the thirty-year period as by
that time all the clerks in the service
VIII have contributed their own an
nuities-
In making the retirement plan a con
trlbutOry one and thus avoiding 4 civil
pension list. the Administration has. had
in view the fact that al the money
which q pension list would cost might
soon be devoted TO increasing the clerks
salaries.
English Scheme
Mr. NacVeagh received a report from
Mr. Brown on the operation Of the civil
pension scheme ia England There the
cost Of the pension ranges from Is 20
- per cent Of the salaries which go .
the active workers When Il is remeu-
bered that the total payroll Of the cIas-
sided service Of this Government is ag-
proximateIy S1G0.00J,050 q year, It Is evf-
dent that, with d civil pension. the
added cost would be 100000 a year IL
1t cost as it would surely do. a. much
as the British pension list
In Administration circles the attitude
has been taken that the Government
clerks are poorly paid, and that the
time is rapidly approaching when their
salaries must be raised The argument
IS aASO advanced that the $40Ol0,11J
which the pension list would cost might
be used TO increase the salaries. while
the cOntributory plan OF annUities would
operate 50 lightly as not TO be burden
some on any clerk
The fact that the Administration Is
out for retirement plan means that
At last the fight Of the Government en-
ployes for such d scheme is about 10
meet victory Without the influence Of
the President. the struggle would be
hopeless In this Congress Heretofore
. II has been fought by MI TaWuey-
chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriations but II Is said on good
authority that he VIII not continue 70
oppose II
Senate's Attitude
The Senate Is regarded as favora p
TO the plan. and, with ~Tswney no long
er fighting II In the House, its enact
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-06

John T.arl1in, manager Of the Motor
Sales Company, reports the sale Of a
Moon baby tOuneau 10 the H p Har-
rYer COMPANY lis - street northeast
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
HOTCHKISS EXTENDS TIME
Companies Have Until October l to
Submit Policy Forms.

Albany. Aug. 20.-It was announced at
the state Insurance Department to-day that
the time within which insurance companies
doing a health and accident business must
submit policy forms to State Superin-
tendent Hotchkiss for approval under the
new standard policy provision law had
been extended from September to Octc-
ber /. This action was taken after the
companies had declared that it was prac-
ticaIly impossible to submit the policy
forms on time
Companies in this state have appointed
q committee to urge united action on the
part of the insurance departments and the
companies of New York and Massachu-
setts. the only states that have as yet
adopted the uniform law.
II was stated at the Insurance Depart
uent to-day that the new law is intended
not merely TO bring about uniformity OF
policy provisions in health and acc1oeht
insurance but also 10 eliminate from such
uo;icies in the future indefinite and elusive
clauses which, it is declared, have crept
in through competition. The uniform poi
icy plan in this state now embraces hre
life and health and accident insurance
business. and the state superintendent be
1ieyes that it will De extended to all other
fields of insurance by subsequent enact
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
QUALEY IN MORE TROUBLE
Fails to Appear in Court to An
sWer Judgment Creditor.

John A Oualey, president of the Mag
nesia-Asbestos Company. whose troubles
with Mrs w r. Bull over an investment
of $50 coo which she made in his company
have been recently widely published. now
will probably face a charge of contempt
of court. Qualey was cited to appear yes
terday in the City Court for eNaminat ton
in supplementary proceedings. but he failed
to appear either In person or by counsel
The Judgment creditor was the Marceau
Company Limited. which makes photo
graph. and portraits. The company OBJ
tained d judgment against Qualey in Sep
tember 1903 for $3.50 The process server
said he had to wait around the hotel where
OuaIey lived three days before he could
serve him.
The Judgment was never paid and the
supplementary proceedings We're brought.
There had been two adjournmentS of the
examination but Qualey's lawyer promised
to have him in court yesterday. The case
was called three times. but there was no
answer and default was noted. Counsel
for the Marceau Company said he would
move to nave Qualey adjudged in con-
tempt.
The Marceau Company has another iulg
ment for $40 against Qualey. and Liley
SiIby also a photographer. holds an un-
satisfied judgment for $50 against him.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
MINISTER URGES AVIATION
Admiral de Lapeyrere Proposes
Flotillas of Areoplanes.

Paris. Aug. 3--Admiral de Lapeyrere
tbs French Minister CT Marine, has be-
ror.. z most enthusiastic convert to the
r,ssihilities Of the aeroplane IN naval war
fs-s in view Of The results attained in the
ry-,s-Toudon flight Of Moissant. the great
'.rrss-col.ntry course iuSt completed by
french aviators and other recent achieve
mepts N the air IL a statement to-day
PC expresses the wish that the French
s.et should take first rank in the world
n aerial navigation as Il does now IN SUD
narine feats and proposes the establish
met OF tiutillas OF aeroplanes at the
French naval bases Of cherboUrg- Brest
Tealcn and Bizerta. Africa, TO protect the
D.--s and locate the mines and submarines
d, e possible enemy.
Fer the price Of 2 single cruiser, SAID
ne minister we may have thousands OF
asronlanes They will be our scouts
Il is understood that Moissant, the Amer
Caa aviator. .-ili compete with Latham,
Psulhan and Farman for the special
Nchelin prize Of sa0.1l0 for no-stop flight
trurn Pari< to Clermont-FHerrand with a
Iassenser In many respects this fight is
cor. iaered far more difficult than previous
ae-oplane feats. not merely because of the
passenger and no-stop stipulations, but be-
cause the fight must end on the summit OF
the Puy-de-Doms. q mountain A,eov leel
high where the strong and erratic air cur
rents will make q landing extremely DIM
cult The rules provide that the compeu-
tr must on starting make complete
crcl. Of the Arc de Triompne in Paris ana
after completing the N7-mile straiShta"aS
tourss circle the spire of the Cathedral al
Citrnont-Ferrand before landing on the
Mountain ;op
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

had descended to two hundred feet and
the perfect purr of his motor brought
natives and summer residents on the run
to see him pass. They yelled and
cheered and howled as he headed out
over Hampstead Bay, but the aviator
kept his eye on the dancing waves and
blue Connecticut shore in the distance,
oblivious to the bedlam below him. AS
he winged his way over Sea Cliff the Wild
wives and others estimated his height
al $50 feet and going like all get out.
No Time For Arrangements.
There had been no time to arrange for
a convoy across the water. SO out over
its blue expanse the little man flyer
purred in loneliness. never devlating
from the straight line between Roslyn
and Larchmont, while the small craft in
Hampstead Bay, the Sound steamers and
the racing motor boats at Larchmont
diDped their colors and made as much Of
a din as the lung or steam power aboard
would permit
Hundreds at the Larchmont Yacht
Club shouted and cheered as Harmon
flew directly over their heads, 100 feet
liz the air, and headed up toward Port
Chester on his way to Greenwich But
the aviator seemed not to hear them,
for he did not respond. He hugged the
shore, and as far as the club members
could watch him he remained at about
the same height
For the most part Greenwich was un-
aware that her ilIustrious son was about
to descend upon her from the heavens.
The only person to greet him on his ar
rival was his wife who had watched
his flight through q telescope from her
fathers house. Within half an hour
after his landing Harmon, not even
scratched as q result of his encounter
with the telephone wires, was eating a
hearty supper at his father-inlaw s
house and being showered with the con-
gratulations of his joyous relatives.
Harmon had intended making a land
ing either on Tweed Island or on plot
of ground near the Benedict home,
moved and levelled for the purpose.
But he could not distinguish the land
ing spot in the dusk, and instead came
down in the wrong place. foul1ng the
telephone wires Mrs. Harmon motored
to the spot and took her husband back
with her before the news Of his flight
had spread through the town. The aVi-
ator expects to have his machine re-
paired in time to fly with Glenn H. Cur
tss at Sheepshead Bay to-day.
BY making this. the first flight across
wins the $1,000 cup offered by Double
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

feet Harmon elevated the front control
and the powerful motor dragged the
wheels gradually off the ground. When
one sees the reluctance with which an
aeroplane rises it is hard TO believe that
il is not going to falter in it's flight
Harmon had waited on the ground
after his flight with Hamilton only long
enough to fasten about him the inflated
inner tube Of an automobile tire to serve
as a life preserver should he fall into the
sound As the spidery outlines of the
uan-bearing kite grew fainter in the dis
t,nc. Hamilton came running back to
,ha erandstand with smile and the
mark:
He'll make IT ali right tonight
The atmospheric conditions we're ideal:
every one spoke of it. The faint breeze
that barely lifted the flags on the staffs
marking the mile course around the field
came from the south. giving the air
n.viaator a fair wind all the way.
Stratehtaway for d mile Harmon rose
GRADUALLY until he had reached a height
If $50 feet. flying eastward Then he
turned north. still rising. and in bee
line he flew for Roslyn. attaining
height of six hundred feet
When he reached Roslyn, however, he
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
THE VIKING REPORTED LOST
Note Says Yacht and Twenty three Per
sons Went Down, Probably a Hoax.

Hewport. r. l. Aug. 20.-"Steam Yacht
Viking wrecked OF Cape Cod in fog Twen-
ty-three persons aboard: all lost Finder
please notify the New York Yacht Club
and Paul Pithard France"
This is the substance of a message con-
tanned In q bottle which was found float
ing in the harbor to-day The And was re-
ported to tho authorities and an investga-
ton was started. although little faith Is
placed In the genuineness of the note. II
was dated August II.
The Viking which is owned by George
F. Baker. 1r New York banker. who
was aboard with his family left Newport
ahout a week ago. and headed west away
from Cape Cod Mariners declare that il
would be impossible for the bottle to have
drifted from any part OF Cape Cod through
the six days since the writing of the note.
Inquiries at Marblehead. Mass. Ports
mouth N H.. and yachting centres In
Maine and elsewhere along the New Eng
land coast failed to disclose the Viking,
and ii is generally believed that the note is
one Of the practical jokes frequently per
petrated upon the public by yachtsmen and
their friends during summer.
Gloucester. Mass. Aug. 1.-Just before
the Viking. anchored In the harbor Har-
bor Master O'Brien, who knows the vessel
reDorted from Newport, r. L.. as lost felt
quite sure il was the Viking, and sailors
-,.ho cn,re ashore from another craft near
the yacht thought her name was the Viking.
positive Identification could not be made
urA'l morning.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
HAMILTON WINS PLATE
Circles Building of Publishing
Firm-Flies by Moonlight.

After Clifford B. Harmon had left him
behind yesterday evening AT Garden CITY.
Charles K. Hamilton climbed into the bi-
plane of Howard DeitZ. made three laps
of the aviation field and then flew off cross
country to the building of Doubleday, Page
& Co, in Garden City. This he crcled,
thereby winning a Tiffany silver plate
vhicb the publishing firm had offered as a
prize to the first aviator Who should per
form the feat.
on his way back the intrepid flyer flew
over Hampstead, circled eastward, passing
over the Meadow Brook Hunt Club and
the Motor Parkway. and crossed part Of
WeStbury
Still later. in the darkness when the
moon looked like huge red balloon rest
ing on the horizon Hamilton took the III
plane of J. J. Frisbee. who had made two
tentative flights. and disappeared into he
night Time after time he cfrcied the
field being seen only when silhouetted
against the bhrning moon. though the
whirring of his motor revealed his pres
epce every time he passed the erandstand:
Several times he dipped as he neared
the crowd. judging his distance from the
ground by the searchlights turned on MN
from the automobiles. Finally ne came
down, but al the far end of the held at
safe distance from the mob which had rem
out TO maui him In its enthusiasm.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
DIES AT AGE OF 103 YEARS
John Kipp Stopped Drinking and using
Tobacco at Century Mark.

Oxford X J. Aug - 6speciaD--John hlpp-
E years old. died In the Warren County
Alrnshouse near here. Yesterday hom
complication of diseases. Had the man
lFed until December 6 he would have been
y Years old- Three years ago he fell ahd
broke his hip. and since that time has spent
Most Of his time IN bed
Born in Pen Gift. Long Island. now a
S1 q Brooklyn. Nr- Kipp ran away from
hene when rine years old. He lived IN
haeketistoWn for more than half cen
uff. and Il was only when his hut in the
soyos in that place was burned four years
sec that ne became q public charge. II
Va ms boast that he never stinted him
sef IS fer as drinking. smoking and chew
ag Nere concerned, but upon attaining the
9ht9ry mark he gaze up these habits znd
'sso. peppermint candy in their stead II
= sac that the man has children in Mid
ts,own, Y Y.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
HARMON CROSSES SOUND
Continued from first page.

my trip. but do not expect to try an
across the Sound trip again this year
The various aeroplanes housed at
Garden City were not wheeled out on 10
the aviation ground until 6 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, after the little. breeze
from the south had died to an occasional
luff The parking spaces in the mesn-
time had filled with automobiles and the
grandstand had blossomed with human
ity Harmon's machine was the first to
appear, a big Farman biplane in which
Paulhan, the French aviator made
name for himself in Los Angeles,
Harmon and Charles Pinchou, his me-
cha mic, felt it all over, prodding and
peeping about like stealthy children.
They had already tested the engine in
the garage and found that it developed
pulling power of $40 pounds, forty
more than it had ever shown before,
Pretty soon a boy was dispatched 10
find Charles X Hamilton and tell him
that Mr.. Harmon was ready. That ever
ready air navigator was produced from
some tent and climbed into the aero
plane behind Harmon. With Hamilton
as passenger and mentor Harmon then
made seven laps of the field, staying up
twelve and one-half minutes. even dip
ping in salute as he passed the grand
stand on the last lap.
They came down in the middle of the
inclosure Mechanics and mechanics
helpers ran out to them. and poW-Wow
was held there. where few could inter
rupt. Then the word was passed to
Frank Sinclair Harmons press agent.
that the Sound fight had been decided
upon. Sinclair unslung his trusty meg
aphone and announced all along the
line of excited spectators that the av1a-
tor would start for Connecticut in ten
o. fifteen minutes.
Press Agent Too Cautious.
But for the first time press agent
proved' too cautious in his estimate. 1t
wasn't five minutes before Harmon had
taken his seat again and Pinchou began
giving the propeller the twist when
should send it into its epoch making
naroxysnl. Hes off, came breathlessly
from automobiles and grandstand as the
PROPELLER twisted the blue exhaust be-
hind il in a little hurricane. Then the
mechanics let go the planes. the biplane
elided along the ground for hundred
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
FAIL KILLS AVIATOR
lieutenant vivaIdl, of Italian
Army. Drops 1000 Feet.
ACCIDENT is UNEXPLAINED
oscer Had Recently Returned
from France, Where He
Learned to Fly.

me aug 2m-Lieutenant NlValdi. of
=. 1ta,ian army. was killed this morn
hv q fall from his aeroplane. He
80 made a trip in the early morning
,,,rs from the military aviation field at
,,.,,oceIle to Civita Necchia, on the
,.oai,erranean Sea, thirty-eight miles
.,, Rome and was returning to Rome
..n., the acciden: happened. few
u.s outside Of Rome. for some unex-
.,.ined reason. the machine dashed to
,be earth. killing its pilot.
A. .he time of the accident the aero
.,sne was maintaining a height of one
.bousand feet, ana the body of Fivaldi
mas crushed 10 an unrecognizable mass
h, the fall Various reasons are ad-
,enced as 10 the cause of the accident,
,,,e attributing II to sunstroke and
o.re-s 10 an accident to the motor or a
,oss Of stability in a sudden gust of
wind.
II Is believed. however, that the motor
s,oDped on account of lack of petrol. and
n. aviator. not Yet an expert at planning.
lost control Of the machine.
General Spingardi. Minister OF War.
,ccompanied by other military officials
end o4ficers. visited the scene and rem
cared military honors. King Victor sIm
-oanuel has telegraphed to EivaldTs fam
a.. his deep condolences.
Lieutenant Vivaidi had just returned
frorn Chalons- Marine. France. where
he had taken up aviation and learned to
e. He usec q Farman biplane for the
s-s, time to-day He started from Gen.
,ocelle this morning accompanied by
Lieutenant Savoia. a Wright pupil, in
s,other aeroplane. but the latter was
unable 10 keep pace with him and re-
-,r-ped to Rome before reaching Civita
Vecchia.
The death Of Lieutenant Nivaldi has
,s-ised deep and general sympathy he
neine the first Italian victim of aviation
rie,teuant Eivaldi was d member of
noble Genoese family, and had the title
- MARQUIS. He was a brilliant cavalry
onoer.