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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
NERVE STRAIN TOO GREAT.
Explanation Advanced for Retire.
ment of Pioneer Aviators.

LONDON, September 10, 1910.
F. Emile Dubonnet, the French airman,
is about to give up flying. His retire
ment supports the contention of more
than one medical authority that the
nerve strain OF frequent flying is $50
great that it forces a man to abandon
active airmanship in an extraordinarily
short space of time.
Many airmen admit that this Is so, and
there Is remarkable proof Of 1t in the
fact that, although airmanship is in its
infancy. the early pioneers are algeady
vanishing and new champions taking
their place. The following pioneers have
already practically retired from active
flying In public: M. Paulhan, NJ Bleriot,
Henry Farman, Wright brothers, M
Rougier. NJ Fournier, M. Duray, Moore
Brabazon. Cockburn, Gibbs. Capt Dick
son, Glenn H. Curtiss, Sommer, Rawlin-
son and Mortimer Singer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
BECOMING LESS POLITE.
French Writer Deplores Tendency
to Anglomania.
ign Correspondence of The Star,


PARIS. September 10. 1910.
Andre de Pouquieres, who is called the
last of the Paris handles, declares in an
article in the Matin that the French peo-
ple are losing their reputation as the
politest people on earth.
He finds the cause of it in the Anglo
mania of the modern Frenchman.
I'VE are copying the faults of our
friends across the channel" he says, and
we are copying them badly. Brummel. the
dandy who went out of his way to be
rude, is the model today. Our young
elegants will barely be at the pains TO
not6ce the guests with whom they are to
dine. thinking that is the English fashion.
They are wrong. A modern English
man, though he feels truly sorry for any
one who was not lucky enough to be born
in the British empire, is always perfectly
courteous"
M. de Pouquieres is also OF the opinion
that no quality Is more useful to a de.
mocracy than politeness."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
NEW YORK SITUATION VAGUE,
Progressives and Old Guard Both
Claim Victory.

NEW YORK. September 21.-Leaders Of
the Roosevelt forces in this state de-
clared today that the defeat of Vice
President James S. Sherman in his home
district in Tuesdays primary spells VIC
tory for the progressives at the republic
can state convention
Both sides assert that the primaries in
various parts of the state yesterday were
favorable to them. Each is claiming vic,
tories.
Many counties elected uninstructed dele
gates to Saratoga. This gives an element
of uncertainty to the outcome when the
state convention meets at Saratoga next
week
Lloyd C. Griscom. leader of the Roose-
welt forces, says the statement of Will
liam Barnes. jr., Of Albany that the
''old guard will have a ma jority of fifty
five votes with which to elect Vice Presi-
dent Sherman temporary chairman Of the
convention is absurd
State Chairman Woodruff said that the
situation called for no statement today
other than that Vice President Sherman
would be elected temporary chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21

Against Whom an Assassination Pl0t
Has Been Discovered in Toxic.
TOXIC, September PA sensation
was created by the publication this
afternoon of the alleged details Of a
plot among his own subjects to as
sassinate Emperor Mutsuhito.
The startling story appeared in the
Hochi Shimbun, which states that the
plotters, who are now under arrest
certainly will be sentenced to death
after trials before special secret
court.
Publicity for First Time.
This is the first time in the history
of the country that the life of the
sovereign has been plotted against by
his own people and the fact known.
1t is understood that a rigorous CEN
sorship had prevented the publication
of so much as hint of the conspiracy.
until this evening. when the Hochi
Shimbun assumed responsibility for the
alarming announcement.
The papers assertions are not with
out a show of authority. There are
now in jail in this city a number of
persons who are alleged to be active
in the allied socialist movement.
Arrest Followed Discovery.
Those who are considered RESPONSE
BILE state, as does the Hochi Shimbun,
that the arrests followed the discovery
of a conspiracy against the throne.
According to the paper, the assassins
planned to accomplish their end while
the emperor was visiting the military
school just outside the capital. The
plot was discovered in time to protect
the emperor. The plotters were seized
at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
LIEUT.. COMMANDER GISE'S
BODY BROUGHT HERE
Popular Naval Officer to Rest in
Arlington Cemetery After Yee-
in Samoan Soil.

Transported from far-away Samoa,
where the remains had lain buried since
June %, 1909. the body of Lieut.. Com
mander William Kern Gise, L. s. N, has
arrived in Washington and will be buried
in Arlington national cemetery at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Because the body was originally in
tered in Samoa with full naval honors,
the usual naval funeral ceremonies will
be dispensed with tomorrow. The re-
ligious ceremonies will be conducted by
Chaplain Bayard, from the Washington
navy yard.
The pallbearers will be Admiral Hutch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
NO TRACE OF DISCORD.
President Hadley Declares Taft and
Roosevelt We're Cordial.

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. September 21.-
Reports that there was any Apparent lack
of the old-time cordially between Presi-
dent Taft and Col Roosevelt during their
meeting in this city, either before or after
the luncheon and conference at the nome
of Henry c. White on Edwards street,
were deprecated by President Arthur T.
Hadley of Yale University, today. VINO
was present throughout the luncheon
Doctor Hadley said:
II saw no trace of anything but friend
illness in the manner of either of the ger
tlemen. There was nothing to suggest
anything but their old-time cordiality.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
TAWNEY FAILS TO COME BACK
Other Members of Congress From
Minnesota Renominated.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, September 21.-The
insurgent cause in Minnesota made great
strides yesterday when James A. Tawney
of the first district was defeated for re-
nomination.
While at an early hour today Tawney's
managers would not admit defeat, they
conceded the prospects were dark and
that Sidney Anderson of Lanesboro had
lead of 1,6O0 votes, with about one-third
OF the returns in. Anderson claims the
nomination by a plurality of 1900.
r. E. Gaitside, member of Tawney's
campaign committee, later admitted the
nomination OF Anderson, by majority of
AOOO to 200. One hundred and fifty pre-
cincts out of 271 in the entire district give
Anderson 6.521 and Tawney 5,O37, a ma
jority of 1,4S4 for Anderson
Members Renominated.
r. c. Stevens, who calls himself a pro-
gressive republican and supporter of
the Roosevelt policies, had hard fight,
but won out with a plurality of about
1.5OO over II. T. Halbert, a redical in
surgent.
The other Minnesota republican MEM
bers and w. s. Hammond. the one demo-
cratic member. were all renominated by
safe margins.
In the second district the republican
nominee probably will be A. l.. Ward of
FairmOnt
Nominated for Congress.
The following were nominated for Con-
gress:
First district-Republcan, Sidney An
derson, Lanesboro; democratic, H. l..
Buck, Winona.
Second district-Republican A. L. Ward.
Fairmont; democratic. w. s. Hammond.
ST. James; public ownership. d. A. Thayer
Third district-Republican, c. R. Davis.
ST. Peters.
Fourth district-Republican, F. c. Stew
ems. St. Paul: democratic, J. L. Geiske.
ST Paul; public ownership, c. L. Strattan.
ST. Paul.
Fifth district-Republican. F. M. Nye.
Minneapolis.
Sixth district-Republican, c. A. Lind
hergh, Little Falls
Seventh district-Republican A ]. VOL
stead. Granite Falls
Elghth district-RepubIican. c. B. Miller
Duluth; democratic. Alfred JACQUES Din
lntn: public ownership, Dr. O. s. Watkins
Duluth.
Ninth district-Republican, Halver Steen.
erson' public ownership, David Sanderson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
Grand Army of the Republic
in Annual Parade.
FEATURE AT ATLANTIC CITY
Gen. Miles in Reviewing Stand With
Commander-in-Chief.
HONORS TO VICE PRESIDENT
Great Crowd Witnesses Leading
Event of the Forty-Fourth Ma
tional Encampment.

ATLANTIC CITY, \. j. September 21.-
once again the Boys i'm Blue" passed in
review of their commander-in-chief With
steps not so sprghtly as they once were,
but with the same old spirit. they march
ed the broad avenues of this city by the
sea today and were acclaimed by great
crowds of people who came to see the
big feature of the forty-fourth annual
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Ideal September weather IA
vored the old soldiers
F'orty-four states in the Union they
helped to preserve were represented in the
procession, and while the parade was not
as large as those of other years there
was no end of enthusiasm as the aging
veterans marched past. The spectacle
was stirring one. Every building along
the line of march was literally hidden be-
meath the draped national colors and the
sidewalks were massed with people whose
interest did not cease until the last of the
line had passed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 20, pm,
50; PM, IS; II midnight, 20; Sep
TENDER 81, am, 65: am, 81: II
noon, IS: 2 pm. 20. Maximum. "a at
3 pm. September 20; minimum, 6s at 6
am. September 81.
Barometer pm. 1856; s pm. %. So;
12 midnight, 29.Ss: am, 29.SS: 8
am. 1892; noon. 1898; pm, 20.01.
Maximum temperature past twenty
four hours, 81 a year ago, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21

Remedy for Difficulties.
Speaking of the changing political con-
ditions, Mr.. Lewis declared:
lit may be called a quickening of the
public conscience. a progressive political
spirit, or what not, but the fact remains
that in this increased interest of the gen.
eral public in political matters will be
found a remedy for some of the real diff
f1culties that confront the American peo-
pei today"
And then, while protesting his loyalty at
all times to the republican party and his
belief that it was to that party that the
public must look for good government and
for governmental reforms, Mr.. Lewis de-
clared:
II propose, whatever my civic. station
may be, to ally myself with those of my
fellow-citizens who may be honestly and
intelligently endeavOring to better politi-
cal conditions"
The platform included a plank Indoors
ing the administration of President Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21

Probably the youngest automobile driv-
er in the United States in actual service
is John Mace. jr.. the flve-year-od son
Of Dr. and Mrs. John Mace of Cam
bridge, Md. The little fellow accom-
panies his father upon his professional
trips during the waking hours of the
day. and. in fact, is the doctors con-
slant companion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
TAFT SILENT AS TO
RESULTS OF PRIMARIES
Declines to Discuss Meeting
With Roosevelt Monday.
Visit to Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. September p. = Re
freshed by good nights sleep President
Taft early today began receiving calls
from personal friends with whom he had
been intimate during his residence here.
There was no hint of politics in any of
these visits.
To all requests that he discuss state and
national political matters or comment
upon the primary results in New York or
Minnesota, the President returned the
same answer, that he would have moth
ing to say at the present time He es-
pecially declined to discuss his meeting
with Col. Roosevelt in New Haven Mon
day.
On the Exposition Grounds.
President Taft was in the hands of
the Ohio valley exposition officials al
most all of today. The major part of
the time was spent at the exposition
grounds.
President Taft was escorted to the
exposition by a committee of exposi-
ton directors, who met him at the home
of Charles p. Taft. At the exposition
the President was received by directors,
honorary commission members and
Mayor Schwab.
After an inspection of exhibits the
President was the guest at a luncheon.
In the afternoon the President made an
address in Music Hall before the men,
pers of the Ohio Valley Improvement
Association, members Of the Business
Mems Club of Cincinnati and others.
After the President finished his speech
he returned to his brothers home for
rest.
Tonight's Program.
This evening the President is to dine
with Representative Nicholas Lcngworth
at the latter's home. Then later he will
be escorted to the Business Mems Club
where he will be guest Immediately
afterward he will return to Music Hall
and will witness a production Of opera.
United States Senator Burton has an
appointment with the President for to-
morrow, and it Is likely that Wade II.
Ellis, former assistant attorney general,
and L. H. Laylin, chairman of the re-
publican campaign committee In this
state, will also talk with him.
(The Presidents speech at Cincinnati
will be found in another column.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21

The forty-first annual exhibition Of
the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural
Society began yesterday morning on the
winchester, wa, fair grounds, with all
available space filled with displays.
Many improvements have been made to
the grounds. and the number of side
shows and takers is much larger than
usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
JERSEY REPUBLICANS
NAME VIVIAN LEWIS
Banking and Insurance Com
missioner Is Unanimously
Nominated for Governor.

TRENTON, N J., September 21-Vivian
M. Lewis, state banking and insurance
commissioner, was nominated unanimous
ly late yesterday afternoon as the stand
ardbearer of the republican party for gov
ernor, when the vote between himself,
William P, Martin of Essex county Jo-
Seph S. Frelinghuysen of Somerset and
Pierre P. Garven of Hudson showed that
Lewis had SO1ss votes. Only 4s7 were.
necessary to a selection. Hudson county
threw Garven's votes to Lewis before the
count was over and the convention broke
up in a love feast.
The contention that if the new idea fac
ton was mot pacated the republicans
would have hard shedding in this cam
paign received no Encouragement in the
speech of Assistant Prosecutor James w.
McCarty of Hudson nominating Garven.
This convention will name the next
governor he said. when We go out
of this hall there will only be two parties
and two men running, the republican
nominee of this convention and Wnson
of Princeton the democrat"
The new idea men have the greatest fol-
lowing in Hudson.
Lewis has won the new idea men," say
Lewis friends, because of his standing
with them in-obtaining the Endorsement of
rate legislation in the public utility COM
mission plank of the platform"
The plank was in originally, but ex-
Gov. Murphy cast the deciding vote
against it early in the morning. Then
the insurgents crowded around Lewis.
and he sent for the men responsible for
cutting this out and in emphatic Ian
guage insisted that it must be recast in
the platform. There was all sorts of
pressure brought to bear on Lewis but
he said the people demanded it, and he
proposed to be the governor of the peo-
pie il he was elected.
Wins in Resolutions Committee.
He won out in the resolutions commit
tee. although it was at first dominated
by United States Senator John Kean,
Senator Edmund W. Wakelee and Repre-
sentative John J. Gardner, who wrote
the platform. Because of this plank
there was little fighting over the plat
form in the convention.
The new idea faction made fight for
three planks-extension of the direct pri-
mary law to the selection of gubernatorial
candidates and representatives, the blan-
ket ballot issued to voters before election
so that they might mark it intelligently In
their own home, and the safeguarding of
primary elections by bipartisan boards
George L. Record offered these amend
ments to the platform, but the convention
rejected them.
In his speech Mr.. Lewis took the
ground that the republican party was a
party of accomplishment and progressive
ness, and as such he declared that it
should favor the enactment of law
giving the state public utilities commits
sion the power to regulate rates.
81 believe in taking advanced ground
upon this subject" he declared. land am
in favor of intrusting to the commission
already created power to supervise and
pass upon rates proposed to be charged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
ROOSEVELT INSISTS HE
ASKED NOTHING OF TAFT
Issues Statement Regarding Recent
Interview With the President
at New Haven.

NEW YORK, September 21.-It was
pointed out to Theodore Roosevelt yester-
day at the Office of the Outlook. where
he spent the day, that the correspond
ents on President Taft's train had all
made the statement that he was the
one who had sought the New Haven in
terview to secure help from the Presi-
dent in the progressives' fight against
the "old guard in this state, and that
Mr.. Roosevelt had not obtained the as
sistance he desired.
Mr.. Roosevelt forthwith issued state
ment. in which he said that he had not
sought the interview with President Taft
and had not solicited the Presidents help
He said that without any suggestion on
his part, Lloyd G. GriScom, president of
the republican county committee, had ar
ranged the interview. Mr.. Roosevelt
added that his meeting with President
Taft was cordial and enjoyable in every
way, and the President had said he
hoped the progressives would win at
Saratoga.
Mr.. Griscom took occasion later in the
day AT the county committee headQuar-
tiers to make Il statement similar to that
of Mr. Roosevelt, in which he said he
had arranged the interview after he had
gained Mr.. Roosevelt's consent
Roosevelt Statement.
Col Roosevelts statement follows:
without any suggestion from me, Mr.
Griscom asked me If l would be willing
to meet the President, and l said that of
course | would. Mr.. Griscom said at first
mentioned New York as the place of
meeting, but wired me at Syracuse that
1t would be at New Haven, and thither
l went accordingly. l sought no help
from the President, and l made no re-
quest of the President, directly or indi-
Tectfy, and had no request to make.
our interview was most cordial and
pleasant, and, without any question or
request from me, the President stated to
me that he hoped We would win at Sara
toga, and that he had so informed Mr.
Griscom. his remarks being, in substance,
those attributed to him in the dispatches
from the correspondents on the prest-
dental train.
Our meeting was enjoyable in every
way, and l was glad l went"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21

out authority of law and the limiting of
the power of the secret service branch OF
the Treasury Department.
1t was his activity in these last two
propositions that incurred him the en-
nifty of President Roosevelt and in all
probability brought about his defeat Of
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
Berger Secures Date.

Mr.. Berger, who is still determined to
pull off a meet in Washington this fall.
wired to the Aero Club of America to-
day asking if it would be possible to get
the sanction of the council for a meet
here the second week i'm November. He
received a reply to the effect that Kansas
City had been accorded the second week.
but that Washington. could have the third
week, beginning November IL
If the various factions should get to-
gether for the purpose of a combined
meet 1T will be for both amateur and pro-
fessionals. Mr.. Berger said today that
by holding a national or interna tional
amateur competition il would be possible
to get twenty or thirty machines here,
including Clifford Harmon and Connors.
He would also bring to Washington sew
eral famous professional aviators.
Thomas p. Jackson. representative for
the Wright brothers. returned to WASH
ington last night from Baltimore, where
he went to meet Col. Joyce to arrange a
contract for Brookins and tombstone.
Wright operators, in case the meet Is
held in Baltimore. Mr.. Jackson will make
a contract with either Baltimore or Wash
ington, depending upon where the meet
is TO be held. No contract has yet been
made with Baltimore, though INDEBTED
ly Col Joyce will enter into : contract
for the Wright flyers should the meet be
held at Halethorpe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
TAINTED BY PROSECUTOR,
MANIAC TRIES TO KILL HIM
Man on Trial for Murder Hurls Bot
tie at Assistant District Attor-
ney in Sudden Rage.

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, September 81.
Fury blazing from his eyes, b. Frank
Smith, on trial for killing his father and
brother-in-law, suddenly, late yesterday
afternoon made a murderous attack upon
Assistant District Attorney George Pat
terson, using a half-gallon bottle of pat
ent medicine as weapon.
Only the prompt interference of Sheriff
Johns, his deputies and attorneys for
both sides saved Smith from becoming
the slayer of three men instead of two.
Smith is being defended on the grounds
of "delusional insanity"
Baited by Prosecutor.
A physician had, just testified regarding
Smith being victim to sudden and unreal
sonable fits of anger over apparently
trivial matters.
How is it. them asked Patterson.
that he has remained in this courtroom
for the last eight days without once show
ing the least mental Instability"
The question was not answered With
out word. but with a glare OF 1ury,
Smith leaped from his chair, seized a
bottle of patent medicine which was one
of the exhibits in the case. and at
tempted to brain the prosecutor.
Lawyer Patterson made flying leap
from his chair as the bottle crashed past
where his head had been an instant be-
fore. He ran from the courtroom by
convenient door.
Flying glass was scattered about the
space within the rail. The medicine spat-
tered over the clothes of those within
range.
Accused Is Overpowered.
The jurymen leaped from their chairs
in the excitement, cleared the rail and
started to grarple with the prisoner.
Sheriff Johns and hall dozen deputies
closed in on the crazed man, who uttered
not word, but fought with the strength
of several men. He was overpowered
only after hard struggle. His attorney
at length to calm him.
The courtroom was in an uprOar. Sew
eral woman spectators tainted, and for
several minutes pandemoniu0l reigned.
Smith finally settled down and took his
seat between two burly deputies.
After this precaution was taken Assist
ant District Attorney Patterson returned
to his place. He did not repeat the ques-
ton which aroused Smiths fury, and it
still remains unanswered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
Not Approved in Washington.

Col. Joyce's proposition to hold meet
at Halethrope has not met approval here.
Should he decide that Baltimore cannot
arrange to have the meet he proposes.
November 2 to $, these dates will be
available for Washington and the club
here could go ahead and get the sane
ton Of the meet from the council Of the
Aero Club of America.
President GUIDE of the Chamber of Com
merce said today that the interest i'm the
proposition for an aviation meet was in
creasing, but that no action would be
taken by the chamber until II had been
officially notified by the Aero Club OF
what it intended to do.
An attempt was made yesterday after
roon by j. S. Berger. the New York pro-
moter; J. Lynn Yeagle and Charles J.
Fox of the National Aviation Company
and E. H. Young of the Washington Aero
Scientific Club to get together on a propo-
sition to have a competition in Washington.
They had all laid their plans before the
Chamber of Commerce previously, and il
was believed that by combining forces
they could get the Endorsement of the
chamber So far, however, no agreement
has been reached.