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Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21

liabilities at $1,275,549, with assets of
S5S5.341
The assets include stocks and nego-
table bonds worth S5l6,S66 and life
insurance policies amounting to $780,
096. OF the liabilities SS2l919 is un'
secured.
Mr.. Watkins said he was forced to
file the petition owing to his heavy in
vestments in coal land properties. He
said he had S1,5O0.0OO invested IN the
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke company,
OF which he was appointed receiver
about two years ago, and as such has
been trying to reorganize the com
pany, but without success. He also had
heavy investments in other companies
and concerns.
The largest creditor is given as
Elizabeth Watkins, of Scranton, Pa.
whose secured claim is for $271.242.
Other out-of-town claimants in the Sc
cured class are the Traders National
bank, of Scranton, $l0,216; O. S. John
son, Scranton, S19.SS6; Miners Saw
ing bank, Pittston Pa. S19411; First
National bank, Bethlehem, Pa, S14,-
900; First National bank. Carbondale,
Pa, $4,000; First National bank, Har-
risburg. Pa. sS9S3; First National
bank, Philadelphia. s5O,625; First Ma
tional bank, Pittston, S7513; First Ma
tional bank. Scranton. $51,133; estate
of Byron D. Hamlin, Smethport, Pa,
S4S,663: North Scranton bank, Scran-
~, $4,000; Phoenix Mutual Life Insur-
4Ace company, Hartford. Conn, 1896
Pittsburg Life and Trust company of
Pittsburg. $1,000. Claims of secured
creditors in this city range as high as
S6l,0o0
OF the unsecured creditors the larg
est claim is that of W. L. Stow & Co.,
OF this city, for s13LS37. Among out
of-town creditors in this class are
Clarence p. Simpson, of Scranton,
$42I4l: J. w. Northrup, Saratoga, |
Cal, S275S: Crews, Lichtenstadt & !
Co, London, S279S; Bloomsbury Ma
tiOnal bank, Bloomsbury Pa, 1854; |
T. u Watkins G CO.. Scranton, STOP; |
John H. Wrenn & Co. Chicago, $16,-
996
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21

None of the aeronauJs was IouHu
to have suffered seriously from his ad-
ventures"
Although Wellman had been blown
far from his course by the winds that
began TO come out of the northwest
Sunday night, thereby making his an
nounced plans futile, the fight estab-
fishes a worlds record Tor dirigibles.
A previous record for dirigibles was
held by Count Zeppelin, who last year
few from Dusseldorf TO BitleYfeld and
return. a total distance OF $40 miles, in
thirtyeight hours. The record for time
and distance OF non-dirigible balloon
was made in a fight about eight years
ago from England to the center of Rus.
sia, a distance Of 11l2 miles, in sew
enty-two hours. which is only a shade
over the Americas flight so far as time
is concerned.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
Farmer Has Hydrophobia.

Hugh Carter, a farmer residing neal
Allenville, Pa was admitted to the
hospital in that city suffering from
hydrophobia More than a month age
a rabid dog bit a pet on the Car
ter farm. The dog as well as all ami
mails about the place were killed. A
few days ago two milk COWS we're TAX.
en- i'll, and in administering medicine
Carter's hand was lacerated upon a
tooth of one of the cows. Both animals
developed unmistakable symptoms of
rabies and went bawling and snarling
about the pasture until killed to put
them out of their misery.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21

culture in the seventies, died at
Painesville, o.
Files TO White House For Social CaH.
In order to pay social call upon
United States army and navy Off
GERS, Claude Grahame-White, the Eng
lish aviator, sailed in his Farman BIZ
plane from Bennings race track over
the city of Washington to the White
House. He made a successful landing
in Executive avenue, a narrow street,
where his aeroplane had a space Of
only ten feet on either side between
the fences of the White House Offices
and the state. war and navy building.
Awaiting him on the navy depart
ment steps were the highest officers
of both the army and the navy who
warmly congratulated the aviator The
admiral of the navy, George Dewey,
hero of Manila" was one of the first
to grasp his hand.
Business in the big state, war and
navy building was entirely suspended
during the hours OF the forenoon for
the employees to witness the fight. Far
over the city the flying machine was
first sighted It passed over the build
ings at a height of about 800 feet. The
aviator approached the Washington
monument and then changed his
course to circle the White House and
war department in order to make a
good landing in the narrow street.
With perfect ease Mr.. Wine, after
luncheon with army and navy officers,
ascended from the narrow street and
sailed away towards the Washington
monument and back to Bennings, a
distance of more than three miles as
the crow flies.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
COL .MOSBY TO LECTURE
Noted Confederate Cavalry Leader to
Tell His War Experiences.

Colonel John S. Mosby, the noted
Confederate cavalry leader, has closed
a contract with a lecture bureau to
deliver a series of twelve lectures in
the principal cities of New England
telling at first hand OF his experiences
in the Civil War.
Except for one or two lectures de
livered more than twenty years ago,
Colonel Mosby has never appeared on
the lecture platform.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
Injured Football player Dies.

Claude H. Buell., a student at the
Western High school at Detroit, Mich,
died of injuries received in a football
game Saturday. He was kicked in the
head and suffered from a hemorrhage
of the brain
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
MlIIIonalre a Rankrupt.

Thomas H. Watkins, a Scranton, Pa,
coal operator, with Offices in New
York, fled a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States cir
cult court in New York. He places his
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21

Loving kindness is greater than
laws. and the charities of life are more
than an ceremonies Ia mud
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
Save WELLMAN;
ABANDON AIRSHIP
Giant Balloon Sighted 375
Miles at Sea.
WAS CLOSE TO THE WATER
Alrship Was Blown Far Out Of Its
Course, Found In Distress and Crew
Rescued With Difficulty.

Course, Found In Distress and Crew
Rescued With Difficulty.
Walter Wellman and his five com
panions, who last Saturday morning
sailed from Atlantic City in the dirigi-
bic balloon America in an attempt
TO fly over the ocean to Europe along
the northern steamship route. We're
picked up at sea Tuesday morning by
the Royal Mail Packet companys
steamship Trent, Captain c. E. Down,
bound for New York via the Bermu-
das, at point about 375 miles east Of
Norfolk, Va, and about 250 miles
northwest OF Bermuda.
The America, after a record fight
for dirigibles of about seventy hours,
swas sighted close to the water in dis
tress and was abandoned by Wellman
and his crew, all OF whom sought
safety aboard the Trent with the help
Of the dirigible's lifeboat
The message announcing the rescue
of the aeronauts reached the, United
Wireless station and was addressed to
Sanderson d Son and signed by Cap
tain Down, OF the Trent. The message
said:
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
The Airship Sighted.

"The airship America was sighted
at 4.3O a. m, and wireless communi-
cation between the Trent and the air
ship was begun Immediately In aban-
doning their craft the crew of the
America lowered themselves into their
ifeboat, which swung beneath the gas
bag. Wellman and his companions then
cast off in the lifeboat and were afoat
on the waves. Daylight was rapidly ap-
preaching when the airship and the
setamer came in sight Of each other.
By wireless the America asked the
steamship to follow in the wake OF the
Rirship. The America was then drift
ing above the waves at a speed of
twelve miles an hour. The Trent hove
TO upon sighting the airship and spent
three hours in maneuvering and pick
ing up Wellman, Vaniman and their
assistants.
"A conference was held between
Wellpan and his companions aboard
the America as to the best means of
getting from the framework of the air
ship to the deck of the Trent. The
best means, it was decided, would be
to launch the Americas lifeboat. Much
danger attended the launching. and a
great deal of time was consumed Ow-
ing to the possibility of the lifeboat
being upset any moment by the long
equilibrator of the balloon-a string
of small tanks of gasoline hanging in
links from the America.
AirebIn 1 ifahost I stncbed
after careful preparations the life
boat was lowered and launched While
the launching was under way. how
ever, the brisk wind caused the equili- !
brator to sway violently and to strike |
Operator Jack Irwin and Louis Toud, |
one of the assistant engineers, as they /
were lowering themselves. They were |
not seriously injured. The equilibrator |
at one time swung against the frail /
lifeboat of canvass and mahogany We |
nesr violently enough to knock a hole |
in the side of the lifeboat The hole |
was too small to cause serious trouble.
Upon being free of the weight of
the crew the airship Immediately shot
skyward as the lifeboat was taking the
water. The sea that was running at
the time was moderate, and the aero
nauts had very little difficulty in
reaching the Trent and boarding the
steamship. At 7.30 a. M, three hours
after the steamship had sighted the
America and within few minutes Of
seventy-one and a half hours from the
time the airship had left the Atlantic
City beach, Wellman, his companions
and the lifeboat were hauled aboard
the Trent The balloon, now a speck
In the sky, was left to the winds, to
founder in the Atlantic when her g0a
has escaped.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
earfeId's Former Secretary Is Dead.

James Payne, seventy-fve years old,
private secretary to James A. Garfield
during his presidential campaign and
chief clerk in the department of agri.
culture in the seventies, died at
Painesville, o.
Milford chronicle., 1910-10-21
Messaae Reportina Rescue.

"At a. m. Tuesday sighted Well
mans airship America in distress. Sig
nailed by Morse code that she required
assistance and help. After three hours
OF maneuvering and fresh winds blow
ing, got Wellman with his entire crew
and cat. Were hauled safely on board.
All are well The America was aban-
doned in latitude 3543 north, longitude
G8.1S west. d. DOWN, Master"
Shortly after this message arrived
one was received by the MarcOni COM
pany in New York, which was ad-
dressed to the Marconi people and
signed by Jack Irwin, the wireless Op-
orator, who sailed with Wellman on
board the dirigible. This second mes
sage, which shows that Irwin was as
anxious about his wireless apparatus
rs the rest had been about the cat,
read:
Rescued by Trent All well. In
struments saved Arrange to meet
ship and take instruments over. Wire
less played important part in rescue.
The Trent began to come into the
wireless zone of New York as the af-
ternoon progressed, thereby permit
ting the local wireless operators TO
learn a more detailed story of the res
cue Soon New York had learned by
wireless messages sent here by Oper-
stor Ginsburg, OF the Trent, the time
and manner OF the rescue, which was
IS follows:
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
Will LAY MUSIC
HALL CORNERSTONE
Harry Lauder to Offciate While
William Morris Carries the
HOd and Mortar

Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian
who is delighting crowds at the Dream
land rink this week, will offfciate at
the laying of the cornerstone of the
American music hall at 1890 o'clock
today.
William Morris, president of the
William Morris company. western, in
corporated. will carry the hod and
mortar Walter Hoff Seely, the vice
president and general manager of the
western corporation, will carry the
water and William Morris Jr. will seal
the box, which will contain all kinds
of souvenirs.
At noon Scotch pipers and a military
band will escort the officiating party
from the ST. Francis hotel down Powell
street to O'Farrell, to Stockton street,
down Stockton street to Market and
then a half block west In Ellis street
to the site on the north side of the
street where the Morris company will
have it's home.
The Morris company will erect a
structure at a cost of about S350,OOO
and have 1t completed by July The
first house to be opened in the west by
the Morris interests will be in Omaha
February %. Other houses will also
be opened in the leading cities in the
near future.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
EXPECT INCREASE IN
NEVADA ASSESSMENTS
State Board Now in Session in
Carson CITY

CARSON CITY. New, Jan. 11.-At the
conclusion of a warm discussion before
the state board of assessors here this
afternoon it was decided by that body,
which is now in annual session, that
the tax levy on corporate holdings in
Nevada will hereafter be adjusted by
the individual assessors throughout the
state in their various counties. Gov
ernor Dickerson, Swho presided at the
meeting, stated that the law that cre-
ated the state board of assessors made
the assessment of all telegraph, tele
phone and electric light and power
lines a part of the duty of that body.
The suggestion that a uniform rate
for the levying of the assessment be
established did not meet with favor. A
sliding rate for the different classes of
property holdings also failed to appeal
to the men who are deciding the ques
tion.
The matter of railroad assessments
will engage the attention of the board
tomorrow. It is the opinion here that
the assessments will be increased, this
action having been taken in each pre-
vious year for the last six years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick TO See That Coffee Was
Doing the Mischief

lady tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning and tells it in way so SIM
pie and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve it.
1T had neuralgia headaches for IL
years. she says. "and suffered untold
agony. When l first began to have
them / weighed 40 pounds. but they
brought me down to 10. 1 went to
many doctors and they gave me only
temporary relief. So I suffered on,
till one day woman doctor told me
to use Postum. She said 1 looked like
I was coffee poisoned.
$50 I began to drink Postum and
gained Is pounds in the first few
weeks and continued to gain, but not
gan to leave me after I had used
to get the coffee poison out of my
system.
"Since I began to use Postum I can
neuralgic headache is like any more
and II was nothing but Postum that
made me we'll Before 1 used Postum
I never went out alone; I would get
bewildered and would not know which
way to turn Now l gosalone and my
head is as clear as a bell. My brain
and nerves are stronger than they have
been for years"
Wellville,v in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and full of human
Interests
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
fLOPERS MARRY IN
FACE OF PROTEST

ALAMEDA, Jan. 11.-When is year
old Leslie J. Haefner was asked by his
mother last night as he was leaving
his home where he was going. he re-
piled with a smile, 'sTo Oakland to see
my wife" AS the play MY Wife" was
being presented at the Macdonough
theater Mrs. Haefner took her sons an
swer to mean that he was to attend the
show. Today she learned that there
was more in Leslie's reply than she
ever thought of. for it came to light
that the youth went to San Rafael yes
terday and there married Miss Edna
Victoria Osborne. He returned last
evening to his home at 626 Pacific ave-
nue. in time to dine with the family, but
he let no one of the household know
that he had become a benedick.
Haefner gave his age as 81 when he
secured the marriage license at San Ra-
fael and the age of his bride as 10. The
bridegroom's mother asserts that her
newly we'd son is only Is. Haefner and
Miss Osborne had been lovers for some
time. The young woman was formerly
a resident OF this city, but recently took
up her residence with an aunt living
near ClaremOnt, in Oakland.
Haefner had announced that he de-
sired to marry, but his parents objected
because of his youth. The young man
is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Haefner
and is employed in San Francisco. His
mother intimated today that steps might
be taken for the annulment of the mar
riage on the ground that the bride
groom was not of age and that he had
not obtained the permission of his
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
Why Does Not
The Stomach
Digest Itself?
An UnsOlvabIe Problem, Which Has
Puzzled Physicians of All schools.
A Trial Package of Stmarf'S Dyspepsia
Tablets sent Free


Tablets sent Free
There seems to be no logical reason
why the stomach should not digest it
self when we consider the fact that it
which are powerful enough TO disinte-
CRATE and digest meats. eggs. fruits
cereals. vegeta bles and other forms OF
food taken into IT,
In animals which were killed while
in full digestion the stomach has un-
dergone complete self-di gestiOn after
death. when the body was kept warm;
and in human beings who have died
suddenly. while digestion was going
on. 1T was found at the autopsy that
not only had the stomach been digest
ed. but also the liver. pancreas, spleen.
and portions of the intestines.
The question naturally presents it
self. What protects the stomach from
Indigestion during life2" DIR. Hunter
in living things protected this bryan
from being dlgeSJed by it's own fluids.
but DIR. Barnard successfully demon
strated that the hind legs of a living
frog, when introduced through a hstula
or artificial opening into the stomach
of dog. undergOes complete digestion.
and Dr. Pavy, through similar expert
ment, found that the same was true
of rabbits ear.
While the normal stomach Is immune
from self-digestiOn, there are many
cases on record. however, in which a
g-standing gastritis. and perverted
digestion. has completely diGeSted or
eaten away the mucous membrane lin
ing of the stomach. and in some in
stances has aengendered gastric ulcer.
which ate it's way clear through the
stomach wall, and caused fatal peri
tonitiS.
In all cases of perverted function OF
the stomach, which manifeStS itself by
the numerous well-knOwn symptoms of
indigestion and dyspepsia. Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets act as a corrective.
restoring it to a normal condition, ton
ing up the secretOry glands as well
as the tactical glands. which absorb the
food, and at the same time assisting
and preventing all possibility Of such
conditions arising as Will cause per-
verted function. gastritis. gastric ul-
Ger or the eating away of the mucous
membrane of the stomach.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are eX-
ceedingly powerful digestives. a single
grain being sufficient to digest 5000
grains of food. including meats. vege-
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well. Whenever the stomach is in a
weakened condition. and so lacking in
tone that it furnishes an insufficient
amount of gastric juice. such symptoms
as heartburn. biliOuSness. headache.
belching of gas and sour eructations
are sure to appear and make one feel
generally miserable.
Such symptoms can. however, be
overcome and done away with at once
Simply take one or two of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets and forget all about
your digestive troubles. They do their
work promptly and thoroughly. every
particle of food being completely di-
gested. and fermentation. decOmpOsi-
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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
COURT STOPS PURCHASE
OF DETENTION HOME
Price Agreed by Supervisors De-
cIared Too Much

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11.-Judge Post
today granted an injunction against
the county supervisors. the county au-
ditor and the county treasurer, re-
straining them from carrying into eff
feet an ordinance passed by the super
visors for the purchase of a detention
home.
The complaint alleges that the prop
erty to be purchased, including the
furniture, is not worth more than
$4,000, while the supervisors voted to
pay $4,000 for it; that proper notice
of intention to purchase was not given
and that the purchase would be ille-
gal for the further reason that there
are no funds available for the purpose.
and that the current expenses of the
county will create a deficit of $4,000
by the end of the fiscal year.
The matter of this purchase has been
pending for several months and has
been warmly contested.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
PLAYS CARDS WITH MAN
TO LEARN CHARACTER
New Method Announced by Civil
Suit Witness

Ducha Elitz announced in Judge
Graham's court yesterday new way
of determining a mans honesty or dis
honesty. Play cards with him, saws
Elitz, and you will quickly know all
you want to know about your friend
Elitz was witness in the suit of
Petro Radonich against Christ Ma
relia for the collection of $25. alleged
to have been loaned, and told of din
ner in a French restaurant with Rado-
Mich.
What do you know about this
man?" asked Judge Graham.
81 know this much,' Elitz answered
IF you want to find out a mans char
acter play cards with him. l played
with Radonich and he cheated me-"
Not only did Radonich have his
character taken away by the witness
but he lost the suit, Judge Graham
giving a verdict for the defendant.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
LABOR COUNCIL DELEGATES
FILE CREDENTIALS

OAKLAND Jan. 1.-The. following
newly elected delegates to the central
labor council filed their credentials
last night:
Iron. steel and tin workers No. 1,
Daniel p Sullivan, Edward Kehoe;
electrical workers No. 2S3, N. A. Mat
thews. C. A. Drolette, E. J. Car
lie. William Heyne; cooks and wait
ers' No 81. Henry Fortier, Herman
Hollander; Retail clerks association
No. AZ, j. z. Tretheway; bakery and
confectionery workers No. 142 Will
liam Gebbie, James Shea Paul F'uhrer;
amalgamated association of street
railway men No. 1872; J. w. Smart, r.
Fl. Furman, T. o. Daies. J. l. Palmer,
A. f. Bassett, w Lovejoy, H. Roth
berg, o. C. Bristow and D. C. Hennin-
ger.
A communication was read from the
union label trades department of the
American federation of labor urging
that a branch be established in this
jurisdiction to exploit union labor
goods and to disseminate information
as to where such goods may be OBJ
tanned; also to infom the public where
union labor conditions.