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The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-23
AMERICAN
BALLOON
MISSING
America II, With Hawley and
Post, Not Heard from IN
International Race.
RELIEF PARTY TO
SEARCH FOR AERONAUTS
T. Is Believed the Germanla Has
Won the Bennett
Cup,

ST LOUIS. oct, 22.-The balloon
Dusseldorf II, German entry IN the
international balloon race Tor the
Bennett cup. came TO earth near Kis'
EIsIng. Quebec. according TO a briei
message received tonight
The ume Of landing was not stat
cd Lieutenant Hans Gericke, pilot
ard Samuel f. Perkins. aide, believe
they are winners OF the race.
Kiskising is 1SO miles north OF
Quebec. or about 1,1oO miles from st
Louis
The Gcrmania, by landing ut Coo
coochacic. Quebec. 1.2OO miles from
here, is believed by Aero Club Off
cials to have won.
America II Not Heard From.
But one more balloon, the America
II, carrying Alan X. Hawley and Au
gust Post of New York, remains 70
DO heard from.
Unless word IS received by morning
that it had landed the Aero club will
send man TO Canada to lead an eN
peditlon for the relief OF her crew,
The man who win lead the eXpedi
ton Is Lewis SpIAdlcr. field marshal
I'm charge of the foreign balloons IA
the race.
To Search for Am:rieans-
Fe knows the pilots and the coun
try in which they are supposed T.
have landed Wednesday Fear is eN
pressed for the occupants OF the Amer
lea IL. II Is supposed they have cone
down on one of the many thousand
Islands in the Georgian bay. The bal
Icon carried the least ballast OF aly
OF the aeronauts. This fear was
strengthened today by the receipt oil
an Associated Press dispatch from
Montreal quoting Colonel Scharek oI
the Helvetia. vino said he saw bal
loon falling over Lake Huron. Ii the
aoFonauts landed On an island they
would have no means oi navigating tC
the mainland.
Azursa Landed at cisco.
The Azurea. rilOtcd by Emil eMss
ner. came TO earth % miles north
west OF Disco. Ontario. It's landing
was reported today after tie pllo
and aide had struggled for three day:
and nights 10 reach a telegraph oil
fee.
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AVIATORS
T [ Y A I
BELNION I
White, the English Man-Bird,
Takes First Place in Dis
tance Record.
MoIssANT, AMERICAN. IN
CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT
EoXsey and Johnstone Try for
the Altitude Record-Fog
Spoils Attempts.

NEW YORK, Oct 22-Claude Gra-
hame.White. the Englishman, took
first place in the distance contest and
In the total.zation or duration at the
International aviation meet at Bel
mont Park today. an American, HoX
cey. of The Wright team. soaring nigh
into the mist and another man, John
f. MoisSant of Chicago. was the only
contestant who cared to take chances
ON a twenty-mile cross country flight
into the teeth OF the wind and with
the fog so thick that he could not see
the ground after he rose $50 feet.
SteeTcd by ComPsse.
MoisSants flight was second dem
onstration-both his own-of the fact
that an airmnn. like a seaman, can
steer by compass. without regard 10
the time % day or night. foul weather
or fair AS on his trip from Paris 10
London. he steered wholly by com
pess.
In point of fact. Moissant as oh
served. covered probably three miles
more than the course, although he Is
not credited with the excess No rec
ords were broken today. it was suftl-
cient TO triumph to Fly at all in per
sistcnt Nno rain. driven by a steady
twolvemile east wind. Only six OF
tbo twenty-Dlne aviators at the park
attempted TO fly.
Fly for Distance Record.
GrahomeWhite, In steady Far
man biplane, Keeping close TO the
ground and cutting the corners VITA
workman Ike precision piled up TWEEN
t. laps In two successive hours. ny
Ing for diGtance only He was Just
two hours in the air aud the official
scorers credited him with 30 kilomet-
crs-3l07 miles for each hour Nlois-
SAINT was second with fourteen laps for
the first houc aud fifteen for the sec.
nd-respectiYely 21.75 miles and 2S3
miles lie started late and although
he gained IN the straiEhtaways. he
lost al the turns and In the first hour
was penalized four laps for cutting
corners inside the Pylons,
Wont up for Altitude,
None of the Wright team tried for
distance Hoxsey ana Johnstone both
went up for altitude. but Johnstone
! had engine trouble and HoXsey evi
IDENTITY found The currents above the
fog TOO wild for he quickly settled
from height OF 742 feet To more mod
est levels Ely. ot tho Curtiss tom
also tried his luck at height and took
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tween two wardcns to his seat He
TaS paler than usual When the YER
dict was announced he did not finch
and was in no need OF the protecting
arm which a warden held out toward
him The silence was broken by the
Clerks formal question
Prisoner at the bar. have YOU any
thing TO say why sentence OF. the court
should not be passed against you?
Protests His Innocence.
For a fraction OF a second Crippen
hesitatcd. then replied, betraying his
emotion by only the slightest llutter
OF the voice.
Il still protest my innocence"
Lord Alyerstope pronounced the SEN
tence OF death and the officers again
held out their arms to support the
prisoner. He ignored their proifered
assistance and turning. walked firmly
from the room. stopping only once
0Ed then for a brief moment TO take
last look at the court room withIl
which he had fought for his life
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SINK IN
YUCATAN CHANNEL

NEW ORLEANS Oct, 22.-That
two steamers plying between New Or
leans and Central and South American
ports sank probably in the YucataD
channel during the severe storm with
total loss of 81 lives is the belief
In shipping circles here tonight
These vessels arc the British steam
er Crown Prince, Captain r X Kirk
wood With a crew of 35. and the
biuelields OF Norwegian register, Cap
tain c. NJ. Lange. with 29 persons on
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II Is the rule In England to allow
three SUNDAYS to intervene between
a sentence of death and the cXecu-
tion
The trial lasted less than FIVE DAYS.
Tuesday morning.
The jury retired at 12;17 O'Clock
this afternoon and returned with the
verdict at 2:47.
Receives Sentence Calmly.
Crippen received the death sentence
with the apparent calmness that char
acteriZed him throughout the trial.
and which in fact has been noticeable
from the moment of his arrest. He
appeared rather nervous during the
Judges summing up, which was very
strongly against him AS Lord Alvcr-
stone mercllessly portrayed his char
acter as developed during the trial
Crippen twirled his thumbs. crossed
and recrossed his legs and occasion
ally shuffled his feet
Appeared to Be Restless,
However, as soon as the charge had
been concluded. the prisoner seemed
To pull himself together. AS the
july llbNeu puA vi lUE lopiI lN 1l'-
peared TO be not quite sure what to
do with himself. and for a moment
he stood I'm front of the dock with
his elbows resting on the railing and
watched the men in whose hands
rested his fate, ille past him
Jury Examines Exhibits
During the half hour that the jury
was out the court filed up, and when
an officer returned with the exhibits
in the case, for which the foreman
lad asked, and intimated that YER
dict had been reached, every foot OF
space in the room WAS occupied
There was a buzz OF conversation. the
spectators bolng convinced from the
carly return Of the jurors that Grip
pen had been found guilty.
Did Not Finch When He Heard the
Verdict
There was little delay after the
judge and jury had again taken their
scats In the open court before the
prisoner mounted the stairs and con.
fronted the jurors. He walked be.
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PREJUDICE AGAINST EXECUTING
MAN ON CIRCUMSTANT!AL EvIDEA CI
When Asked by the Court Whether He Had ANY,
thing 10 Say the Accused N!feSlayer Said:
Il still Protest Ny Innocence

LONDON Oct 22-Dr Hawey II Crippen after trial ex-
tending over five days today found guilty of the murder OF
wife known the stage Belle Emore
Chief Justice Ayeone who presided at the trial SEN
fenced Crppen to be hanged November 10
There however the strongest prejudice IN England against
executing purely crcumantia evidence and incident
at the Crppen trial caused the that the
iurv have recommended life sentence
sentenced the foreman of the handed
justice after looking at which the
said:
''That shall be forwarded to the proper quarter
quarter might the home secretary who
has jurisdiction such matters.
The Jurors refused discuss the incident large crowd
awaited departure of Crppen from New Bailey
There boos he drove away the Pentonylc
prison 10 other demonstration
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-23
NEW Rates
EFF FEC TIVE:
DECE NBER |
Interstate Commerce Commission
Issues Order in the Reno
Case.
OGDEN WILL RECEIVE
BENEFIT BY SCHEDULE
Nevada Common Points VIII Sc
cure Reduction in
Freight Rates.
OGDEN WILL RECEIVE
BENEFIT BY SCHEDULE

washington. Oct 22-The inter
state commerce commission decided
today that its order in the Reno rate
case. involving freight rates shall
become effective OF December ]. Or
ders in other Pacific coast cases III
voIving commodities viii beOme ell
fectlye within the next few months.
Decision of the commission Affects
all class rates on both eNStbouud and
westbound traffic destined to Nevada
points common to Reno. Material re-
ductions were made ON the class rates.
Really two cases were included IN
one proceeding. separate complaints
having been Instituted as to eastbound
rates and westbound rates
VIII Be No Postponement.
a vigorous effort was made not only
by the railroads but by some shipping
| concerns to secure a posSmopement
of the effective date OF the order from
December l. In the judgment of the
| commission the carriers have had
ample time since the order was issued
+ last spring to adjust themselves TO
| the proposed lower rates.
The rates affected by the order
| include all the class charges on ship
ments IRON eyery point OF origin east
of Reno TO the Atlantic coast, and all
| similar charges on shipments original"
Ing west OF Reno to the Pacific coast.
Other Cases Effective May I.
Coincidentally came the announce
| ment that the commission would make
IN orders TO be issued few months
hence in the other Pacific coast cases.
effective oil May | next. It is prob.
able the order WILDE promulgated
about March /. 1911, so as TO afford
the Interested carriers and shippers
nj least sixty days notice OF the find
inrs and requirements OF the commits
sion.
Cannot obtain Comparisons
In these cases the carriers were re
oucsted by the commission TO submit
to it comparisons of the returns on
the rates now in operation and on
those tentatively suggested by the
commission. These comparisons were
10 be made through a series OF
months. 1t has not been possible yet
To obtain these comparisons and The
commission cannot determine ms to
the reasonableness of the rates it pro
poses until the comparisons are an
alyZed.
The Back-Haul Cases.
In all exceptions these rates are
affected as to commodities. AS the
cases in question are the Spokane rate
case which has been pending IN one
form or another for several years
the Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
back-haul case and the Phoenix case
which involves alleged discrimination
against Arizona points on commodity
shipments from the east and from
the west.
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board including Captain Lange's
wife
The steamer Prince, which sailed
from Santos. due here Sunday. report
ed last Oct I at Barbados. She was
owned by the Prince line, limited,
New Castle
The BlueGelds sailed from Ceiba,
Spanish Honduras, on Friday of last
week with cargo of bananas valued
at $4,000 She was chartered by
Maccaredo Brothers of New Or.
leans
The steamer Crib. which was four
hours ahead Of the Bluchelds when
the height of the storm struck her,
WAS blown 300 miles out OF her course.
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Statement Of crIppen's Father.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct 22.-"My
son Is innocent even though he stands
convicted. and I firmly believe his
wife, Belle Elmore. is living some
where In the United States"
With tears streaming down his
cheeks. Myron A. Crlppen. the father
OF the physician sentenced today in
London TO be hanged, made this state
ineDt when the news was bulletlned
to him here. While confidence In the
son is expressed. 1t is evident that
the aged man has no hope OF the
course of the law being changed.
Refers to Son'e Early Life.
In his hour of sorrow, however
he referred with pride to the early
life Of his son and that as a child
he had an unusual mlnd-that his
desires for music conquered when his
parents would not permit him to in
dulge his artistic taste, by making
his viollns and showed ae IN early
age he had entered the office of Il
physician at San Jose, Cal, and re-
celved the rudlments OF a medical ed.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-23
CR|PPEN FOUND GUILTY Of MURDER,
SENTENCED TO Be HANGED nov. 10

ucation. which was completed at Ann
Arbor. Mich.
Mr. Crippen is practically PENN.
less.
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CONTINUING TO
REPLACE STRIKERS

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 22.-The Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain system
continued today replacing the boiler
makers, pipemen and blacksmiths who
walked OUT yesterday in sympathy
with the striking machinistS. The
exact number of new men was not
stated by General Manager Sullivan.
No action has been taken by either
side on the proposed settlement Of,
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-23
SUSPEND BISHOPS SALARY.

Lisbon. Oct 22.-Thc cabinet 10.
day approved a decree suspending the
SALARY of the bishop OF Bella and sum.
monipg him TO court on the charge
Of having abandoned his bIsoorlc
without authorization. The blshop
found refuge over the Spanish border
at the time OF the revolution.
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fered By the business men of Sedo-
liza
a boarding house within the com
pany's shops here was established to-
night because some of the boarding
house keepers near the railroad tracks
refused to shelter the men.
The railroads have been promised
the locomotives of other lines ii
needed.
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Stanford g: Nevada o.

Reno, Oct. 22.-The largest crowd
of the season saw Stanford Rugby
team defeat Nevada today by the
score of s Ia o. Tht Nevada team was
oUtplayed throughout
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econd place for The first hour with
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-23

The above pictures represent some
of the actual scenes of the first cham
plonship games between the Phll@'
delphia. Athletics and the Chicago
Cubs at Shibe park, philadelphia. the
picture in the background shows
small portion of the fans in the bleech'
ers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-16

Massachusetts said: "Peary's discov-
cry of the pole is absolutely of no
benefit to the country or to ciyiliza-
ton or to the navy service He was
absent from duty most of the time he
has been connected with the navy.
If his friends want him to receive a
medal / am in favor of it, but | don't
think he is entitled to pension
The subcommittee consists of Rep
resentatives Butler, Roberts, Bates,
Englebright, Gregg and Macon. Mr..
Dawson was absent.
Lieutenant Peary's salary as a re-
tired rear admiral for the remainder
of his life would have been $4,000 per
year
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-16

1889 and its temperance and de-
parture from its orbit in 1852. The
closeness of this comets approach TO
the earth's orbit caused much alarm
among astronomers until it's tlnai
disappearance in 1852, and the dis
turbances which accompanied its WIS.,
its were marked. In 1889 England
and Ireland suffered one OF the most
destructive storms in their history.
Two hundred houses were blown
in Limerick, while many persons
were killed in and other cities and
the coasts were strewn with wrecks
A great earthquake at Martinique oc-
cured also at this time and 700 per-
sons were killed on the island.
Disaster accompanying the comet s
appearance in 1852 were even more
destructive. A winter of record Sc
verify, with many terrific storms, IS
recorded, while the Rhone, the Rhine
and the Severn inundated large sec
tions of the surrounding country, in
fiicting much damage. Earthquakes
also occurred, and Manila, P. l., was
badly damaged, while England was
alarmed by several tremors
Four Comets; Much Woe.
The approach of four comets in
1886, three Of them being visible AT
the same time, was the torerunner
of unprecedented disasters in that
year-heavy SHOWS i'll England, a
hurricane in Spain in which hun
dreds were killed and injured, ter
rife tornadoes in Illinois and the
surrounding states, repeated violent
storms in France, one in Texas ac-
companied by an inundation from
the sea and disastrous floods ON the
St Lawrence and in India. Severe
earthquake shocks were felt all over
the world, those in Italy and the
United States being the most severe.
The appearance of two comets az
once in 1894 was accompanied by an
other long series of storms, ea1Tn-
quakes and floods, the deluges IN
France and Belgium in that year
throwing 100000 field hands out OF
work, while Belgium, India, the United
States, Canada and England also p
fered great damage by water Much
damage and less of life followed cy-
clones in both America and Europe,
while violent hailstorm in Hungary
not only destroyed much vegetation,
but caused heavy loss of life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-16
"SENp Me-

Not mine to mount to courts where
seraphs sing
Or glad archangles soar on out.
stretched wing;
Not mine in union with celestial
choirs
TO sound heavens trump, or strike
the gentler wires:
Not mine to stand enrolled at CRYSTAL
gates,
Where michael thunders or where
Uriel waits
be mine some simple service here
below
TO weep with those who weep, their
joys to share,
Their pain to solace or their burdens
bear;
some widow in her agony to meet:
Some exile in his new-found home 10
greet
10 serve some child of Thine and 81
serve Thee
10, here am l. To such work send
me,
Edward Everett Hale.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-16

friend, and no matter that effects the
farmer is too small to claim his as
sistance. He is helping, not hinder
ing the farmer. The assistant secre-
tary of agriculture went to the open
ing of the fair and told how much it
meant to his government and theirs
that these farmers should succeed.
To be a part of a nation and factor
in it's growth is new role Tor the
immigrant Jew from eastern Europe
Inspiration is not lacking. The fair
and the federation brought 1t to
those who stay behind in city homes
who certainly showed eagerness to
imbibe the teachings of this session.
With the perfe citing of the organlza-
ton, the establishment of central
market and proper nurture of bud
ding growth, Jewish agricuiturists
should soon be as successful as the
farmers of other nation
alities who make their homes In the
United States.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Telegraphy is taught in the Michi-
gan penitentiary.
The shortest people in the world
are the Laplanders; the tallest are
the Patagonians.
In the Middle Ages the swords of
Toledo and Damascus were so much
admired that they sold for their
weight in gold. !.
Blonde beauties are no longer con-
sidered stylish in Paris. Now the up
to-date girl has her hair dyed ma
hogany tint.
A Japanese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parents as a slight
recompense for the trouble they have
taken in bringing her up.
Locomotive drivers in Germany, if
the yhave run tehir engines ten years
without accident, receive from the
government gold medal and five
hundred dollars in cash.
If your table salt is found to be
damp, mix teaspoonful of corn flour
with it the next time you fill the salt
cellars. This flour will enable you to
always have dry salt.
Asiatic Turkey had civilization
thousands of years ago. The interior
of that country is populated today by
farmers to whom modern knives and
forks are unknown.
To win bet of three dollars man
in Leavenworth Kansas, drank
twenty-one glasses of whisky in an
hour He will not drink any more.
The funeral was well attended
Gertrude E. Curtis, of Bradford,
Pa, is the first colored woman den
tist: She has just graduated from the
Philadelphia College If Dental Sur
gerry, and intends to begin practice at
once.
In Philadelphia court the plaintiff
in case on trial was so thoughtless
as to give the distress siganl' of
secret society. The jury found in mis-
favor, but the judge sent him TO
prison for contempt of court.
A rat of any color is terrifying to
females, yet they admire and fondIy
stroke the skin of the brown rat when
it is made into gloves. The skin OF
this animal is also largely used for
the binding of books and the making
of purses.
A consular report informs us that
provincial Persia is practically unclv-
ilized, and that even the greater no
bles have no special bedrooms, while
all sleep on mattresses on the ground.
Bedsteads are rarely used, being con-
sidered chiefly as ornaments for par
lors.
While digging cistern at Laidlaw,
Oregon, A. ID. Parks uncovered a tor
pid frog twelve feet below the eartns
surface. In about fifteen minutes the
frog warmed up and became quite
lively. How it maintained the vital
spark, apparently for ages, buried in
the ground, has aroused no end or
speculation in the neighborhood.