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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
HUGHES MUST FIGHT
West Virginia Representative
Has Opposition.
CONTEST FOR REELECTION
Unusual Conditions in First Dis
trict, Where Representative Hub
bard Is Candidate for Senate.
speeial Correspondence Of The Star

speeial Core spondence Of The Star.
WHEELING, w. Va, February 10. 1910.
To date there is but one avowed and
active candidate against the present " est
Virginia representation in the lower house
of Congress It is A. A. Lilly. prosecut-
ing attorney of Raleigh county, who has
started out to succeed Representative
James A. Hughes of the fifth district.
There are other republicans in other dis
tricts with eyes on the seats at Washing
ton. and more contests are coming, but
Lilly is the only sample Of new blood
who has begun to fight.
His activity caused Hughes to make a
formal announcement of his candidacy
for denomination. and it served, also, to
call out such strength as Hughes could
display at this time. The biggest county
in the district is Mcdowell. and the re-
publican organ there came out for Hughes.
asserting. however. that two years hence
Mcdowell might have a candidate for the
honor and that when change from
Hughes seemed desirable Mcdowell would
insist on its claims, particularly on the
claim that the county now contributes
about half of the republican majority of
the district.
Prospect for Contest Good.
Candidate Lilly has been looking over
the ground in Cabell and other counties
OF his section, with view to setting up
fences that will be worth while. He is
a vigorous hustler, and while Hughes has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
COLD UP THE ALLEGHENY.
Fifteen to Thirty Below Zero in
Northwestern Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURG, February 19.-With the
thermometer in Greater Pittsburg hover
ing around the zero mark, cold sufferers
are congratulating themselves in view of
the fact that at Franklin, one hundred
miles north. the mercury dropped To IL
below zero at o'clock this morning. At
Polk, thirty degrees below was registered.
while at Petroleum Center, the thermom-
eter was stationary at 20 degrees below.
The blizzard which has swept through
northwest Pennsy wanna for the past two
DAYS is now abated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

mostly in the public eye as a candidate
for Hubbards present seat. and the
Jacobs announcement, coming from an
other WetZel resident means a fight be-
tween Jacobs and Willis to control Wet
gel county. This county. by the way, is
the only democratic county in the dis
trict.
Marion county, which went democratic
SO far as Hubbard was concerned, while
at the same time giving Taft ma joritH
of several hundred. two years ago, is due
to have another candidate tlan Ogden, il
Hubbard declines to run again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

Mai. Seth Barton French, a prominent
and wealthy New Yorker and a native
Of Fredericksburg, Va. is dead of heart
trouble at Palm Beach, Fla. lie was
seventy-seven years old. The body will
BE- taken to Fredericksburg for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
Railway Construction Fatalities.

WINNIPEG. Manitoba, February ia
powder house in the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway construction camp near Nipigon
blew up yesterday, tearing to pieces
three Italian powder men. This makes
more than 200 railway laborers slain
through fatal accidents attending the
building of this railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
River and Harbor.

The river and llarbor improvements
committee recommends:
That the channel of the Anacostia river
from its mouth to the navy yard should
he dredgeds to the depth OF twenty EIGHT
feet. preferably 400 feet wide.
The Anacostia river to be made
navigable from its mouth to Benning
bridge.
The acquisition by the United States
of all lands on both banks of the Ana
costa river, now owned by private
parties.
The United States to inaugurate a sys-
tenn of permanent dock improvements.
etc, on the Anacostia from its mouth
to Benning bridge.
The adoption by the Board of Trade
of the annual report Of the committee for
1863. containing the foregoing recon-
mendations.
The approval of the board to the pro-
posed plan to establish inland waterway
communication between Washington and
Baltimore by means of ship canal from
the Anacostia river to Chesapeake bay.
That the board petition Congress to
enact legislation allotung to the Secre-
tary of War the sum Of $4,000. or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to
have the necessary preliminary surveys
made for the construction Of said canal.
\ buffet lunch will he served after the
business of the evening is concluded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
NEW TRUST COMPANY BIG.
Second Largest in United States Is
Launched at Boston.

BOSTON, February 19.-The second
largest trust company in the United
States came into existence today with the
merger of the City Trust Company with
the Old Colony Trust Company, under a
capital of $2,50O.0OO and a surplus of
$4,000. The new institution. when the
accounts are transferred. will have de-
posits aggregating nearly $I0,O0O.O 900.
The Old Colony Trust was formed in
1890 and the City Trust ten years later
Under the reorganization L. jefferson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
Ice in the Gulf Of Mexico.

GALVESTON. Tex. February I9-For
the first time in many years ice formed
I'm the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. A drop
IN the temperature to "a degrees above
zero was responsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

Coolidge ir.. becomes chairman of the eX-
ecutiye committee; Gordon Abbott. chair
man of the board of directors: Francis X.
Hart vice president of the board Of d-
the company
Mr.. Stockton and Mr.. Hart were the
leading officials Of the City Trust Com
pany-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

Next Saturday night at closing time all the Spec
sale and as is by long odds the greatest
Do you know what sample furniture is? It's the
Exposition
No better or finer furniture is nlade-and no choi
rived last week. so you still have superb selection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

Full 40-yard rolls of Hand pal
Jointless China Mattings, in {
red and green effects. q 4 4
Regular price, $3.50. d.. :
This week. ..........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
Arouses General Interest.

Considerable interest is felt in the re-
turn to West Virginia of Representative
Hubbard. He is to attend the Washing
toms birthday anniversary banquet of the
Wheeling Board of Trade. 1t is said he
has been aroused by the ginger Senator
Scott infused into his followers during his
Wheeling visit last week. The senator is
also slated to come at tie same time, for
he is one of the banquet guests of honor
Gov. GlaSScock is another.
Before returning to Washington Sen
ator Scott struck d popular chord by sug-
gesting a movement to purchase from the
United States Steel Corporation its tin
mill in Wheeling. now idle because of the
prolonged strike Of the sheet and tin
plate workers. The senator offered to
head a subscription list with $4,000. or
double that amount if necessary. His
proposition took like wildfire and the
board of trade has a committee to take
up the suggestion with the steel combine
officials, although Judge Gary, the pres
ident, has since been quoted as opposing
the sale of any of the corporation 5
plants. The Soft suggestion may result
in the formation of all Independent COM
pany. in which case the senator will have
executed move than which all other
plays in politics would be insignificant, SO
far influencing sentiment in the Wheel
ing district could be concerned.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

pointed chief of staff of the reserves.
while the Sons Of Thomas r. Ryan,
the well known tinancier. are taking
an important part in The work. John
Barry Ryan holding the office of COM
modure of the association The other
son of Mr.. Ryan. Allan A.. is now b
prominent figure In aviation IN this
country. being manager Of the infer
national air tournament at Belmont
park. Governors and other prominent
men in various states are also officers
Of the reserves. which will have their
headquarters in New York. The ae-
tive members include only drivers OF
aeroplanes and owners, designers. In
yentors. builders and others who are
doing practical work for the advance
aent Of aviation.
Not 80 long ago you could have
counted all the bird men who had done
anything to speak of In the air on the
fingers Of one hand: today II would be
like counting an immense flock of
sheep IN the field. for In the past
year or two they hive sprung up like
mushrooms, and almost every day their
ranks are being added to. Many of
these f1iers were expert mechanics or
inventors before turning their atten-
ton to aviation others automobile
drivers who craYed a more remunera
tive and exciting sport. while large
number took it up merely as d pas.
time, only to become devoted to the art
Of flying and world famous for their
achievements. OF course the magnet
to attract most Of them hos been the
fame and riches TO be gained In this
new ind daring profession
Among those who have only recently
gained fame for their achievements III
aviation is Walter s.. BfooEins. who
broke the worlds record for cross
country continued flight few weeks
ago, With only two stops he nude The
trip from Chicago to the state fair al
Springfield. I'll. a distance Of 1856 miles.
IN Eve hours and forty three minutes.
maintaining m average speed of 82.7
niles an hour. For this trip he won
pnize Of $4,000. Brookins IS the
youngest aviator in the world. being
but twenty-five, and liz pupil Of the
Wright brothers and their representa-.
Five at the International meet He is
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30
Mo1ssANr IN FLIGHT.

| that he was supposed to be a Span
lard, and 1t was only after this trip
/ that Europe finally learned his nation
atty What made the Journey all the
! more remarkable was the fact that 1t
was only the fifth time he had gone
! up in an aeroplane, and he was looked
/ upon by European bird men as an am
ateur from whom they had little to
/ fear i'm tho way of losing their laufels.
Recently Moissant returned TO Amer
| lea to take part in the contests at Bel
| mont park and his work IL attracting
much attention
Another recent feat to astonish the
world was that Of George Chavez. the
first man to fly over the Alps in an
aeroplane and who died from Injuries
in a fall at the end of his trip. The
passage Of Chavez was extremely in-
pressive aud was witnessed by a group
Of the Augustine friars from the hos.
pice. Like gigantic bird with white
outstretelied wings The spectators first
saw the maehine hugeiug the flank of
the mountain ard above the yasvning
Saline gorge. Hhe wind was blowing
at the rate Of three meters d second,
and the airship rocked perceptibly as
ii passed over the heads of the cheer
Ing spectators at height of above
450 feet. Chavez took the Monsera
route. crossing lie pass at an altitude
OF more than 5000 feet
A little more than century ago Ma
poeon built the great military road
over 1t. an engineering feat which will
forever be regarded az highly credit
able. Five years ago Il railroad tunnel
cut through twelve and half miles
of mountain rock and earth was open
ed rs another and quicker means of
traVei. That, too. was II marvellous
work There hns since remained bit
one other method of passage across The
mountains. and that was achieved when
Chayez's aeroplane cireled up 5000
feet into the frosted air and shot over
the depression into Italy.
The accident occurred as Chavez was
endeavofing to make landing at Dor.
nodussola The Alps had been crossed
successfully. and the aviator WIS de-
seending gracefully with the power Of
his machine shut of. When about thir-
ty feet above the ground sudden gust
of WIND seemed to catch the mono.
plane, which turned over and fell. car
rying down Chavez with It. When the
crowds that had been watching the de
scent ran up they found Chavez dying.
Still another bird man to gain much
fame recently Is Claude Grahame.
White. the British aviator. whose bril-.
limit work at one meet In this country
netted him $4,000 In eash prizes. He
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

Interested in the work of the bird men
to cooperate with our army and navy.
It is called the United States Aero
nautical reserve and already has over
5000 members. who propose to lose
no time In making the society an eff
fective adjunct to the nations often
sive and defensive forces.
Heretofore the airship has been
more of a toy than anything else,
largely because II has not advanced
much beyond that state. but from now
on an effort will be made to develop
the machine and train men so that
they will be important factors in case
of hostilities. France has already
done this. and England and Germany
are endeavoring to oyertake their alert
rival. Here in the United States. 50
distant from any other first class pow
er. the incentive TO employ the beav.
Ter than air machine for military pur-
poses has not been great But in the
future we should be as well Il not
better prepared TO hold our own in
this direction as any nation In the
world
The United States Aeronautical re-
serve is nation wide association Of
aeroplane inventors. professional and
amateur ayiators designers and build
ers Of aeroplane engines aud other
aerial equipment. army and navy OIL,
ciais prominent III the regular service
md I'm the militia of the stnfps f1Tnuz
ciers. statesmen. newspaper men,
sp0rtsmen and hundreds of others in
terested in uerenautics. from Presi
dent Taft down 10 the humblest aero
plane mechanic. and they nfe all baud
ed together to advance the aeropiane
as war engine. TO make something
better of It than a mere exhibition
toy ind of its aviators something be.
sides air chasers of prize money.
Clifford b Harmon. best known of
the amateur aviators. has been ap-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

the men of education and of position.
are directing the revolution and not
the street rabble OF Lisbon.
Or. Braga PortugaI's provisional
president. besides being d man of let.
tiers, extensively educated and politi.
cally powerful. has the reputation Of
being thoroughly upright and honest
and is said to be the best man In the
country to whom the chief office could
he trusted at such Il crisis. He IS
about ffty-five years of age and when
q young man took up the study Of
medicine He holds d professorslHp iii
the Curse Superior de Lettras at Lis
bon and is member of numerous
academic bodies in various countries
of Europe tie IS also accounted d
poet Of originality aud power uls
work both in poetry and scholarship
has won the eemmendatofy notice Of
Anatole France. who presided at n
fete 10 his honor a few years ngos
About three years ago Dr. Braga be-
came president Of the committee If
seven. Il position which gave him enor.
nous political power and prominence
if his organization. For many years
he has been intimately associated with
Dr. Bernardino Machado. one of the
lending professors in The Lisbon uni.
yersity. who has been mentioned for
The first permanent president Of the
1ew reDubiir
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

most beautiful gowns imaginable. but
1t was this suffrngette affair that at
tracted the most attention.
The sufTrngette suit will no doubt
solve that much mooted question as to
who wears the pants. for If the suf-
fragette adopts this novel costume she
viii have d pair Of trousers TINT will
put fathers TO shame The suit is Of
rough gray mems suitlng fashioned
into Whit Its designer modestly styles
divided hobble skirt. In reality the
trousers are about the style that Pres
ident Taft wenrs when goltiug. They
are big and loose fitting and hive the
raining in London turn up Mt the
bottom. Two pockets side pockets
such as men have TO swaReer In were
added By the thoughtful tailor to the
suffragette suit.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

escapes occurred when he was charged
by Il mad bull Most boys would have
run away but Alfonso stood his
ground and. cooily lifting his rife.
brought the beast dead at his feet with
. we'll directed tiillet.
Almost his nrst auto experience near.
IL cost him his life He had learned
70 drive ii eat ala invited some Of bis
ministers OUT for drive. They had no
alternative but to 90. When they bad
started the king took control Of the chr
from the chauffeur and sent Ii ahead
at full speed and in the first Eve min
iitea succeeded In bringing about a col.
lision with tree. The cnr was
smashed up aud the party thrown vio
lently out When they got up 1t was TO
noe the king sitting on the ground
hoIding bis sides ii paroxysin Of
laughter.
Alfonso was almost the first mon
arch 10 Europe to drive motorear.
A member Of lis household bought etIe.
and the young king, seeing II. insisted
on heIng shown how II worked Then
one day, when the car was standing
idle. lie jumped IN md stafted off at
flfty miles an honr round fhe grounds
When 1T last he brought Tie car to i
standsfili an official ran up and rated
him aoundly FOR jeopnrdizin9 his life
You mind your own business. Fl
torted Alfonso. IF you attended ID
your affairs S. well as / did 10 that
car Just now Spain could do wlthout
fts king He is d splendid llorsenan
and plays polo as If be cares precious
little for bis neck. When he was TWEEN.
ty-oId enough To know better lie rode
q horse up the palace stairs and into
his mothers drawing room. Queen
Christina wis SO startled she tainted.
Queen Victoria. the wife 81 Alfonso,
was the Princess Ena of Baftenhurg
before their marriage. which occurred
on May 81. 1906. Their first son. TIE
crown prince, was born Oh May 10.
1907. and be Is handsome. robust
little chap. The couple hive three
children. two sons and i daughter. the
hatter being the YOUNGEST
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30
CHAMPION STAR FINDER.

Astonishing Record of Mrs. Flenine,
Harvard's Famous Astronomer.
1t is a curious fact that, although
men have had the field of astronomy
to themselves for ages. the worlds
champion dircoverer of stars is .
woman. This very considerable dis.
tlnction belongs to Mrs Williamina r.
Fleming, curator of photographs at
the Harvard observatory, who has just
discovered new star. It is The tif
teenth to be found in the last twenty
five years, and nine of these were dis
covered by Mrs. Fleming from photo.
graphs.
Mrs. Fleming Is the only woman
whose name has ever appeared in the
catalogue of Harvard university. In
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

they called Bergen. just behind Com
munipaw Today the site Of this arst
permanent settlement III New Jersey
Ii part Of Jersey City, the residential
center Of 4 city Of 800 GOO Inhabitants.
Almost every yestige Of the Original
settlement has been swept away. oiIig
i few oiG buildings and parts of others
being left
Il was arranged for -four separate
important events ID be communicated
In the celebration. for 1t marks not
onIy the anniversary Of the founding
OF Bergen. but also the two hundred
and flftieth anniversary of the organi-
cation OF the first church ID the state
Of New Jersey. the establishment OF
the first school III the state and the
founding DC the first permanent mu-
nicinal ORGANIZATION in Jersey
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30
In Aviation
Some Recent Achievements
of the Bird Men

we'll known as rough rider" of the
air. but lets IL be known that he does
not take unnecessary risks or do
things just because they are spectacu
lar and hair raising. When asked re
Gently what prompted him 10 make his
sensational high flight at Atlantic
City. when he set new record for
high altitude. he frankly and promptly
replied:
give thousand dollars"
Another aviator who gained sudden
fame by his remarkable achievement
was John II. Moissunt Of Chicago, who
few from Paris TO England with n
passenger. the first time that such n
feat had been accomplished. MOis.
SAINT WIS so little known at the time
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

ing Recently why he naiued his pig
Dolgorotki Mr.. Chaioner said. Il gave
hiit, that name III order to insult the
prince. have lived FIVE years in
Paris, and there und elsewhere on the
continent to call man Il pig Is to
give him the deadliest insult known
to the continental tongue. | desire to
fasten deadly Insult upon this swag-
gering, naughty, self sufficient noble
for haying the audacity to disregard
the dignity Of my fathers name by
breaking up bis sons home"
All Of which mikes pertinent that
famous question. who's loony nowY'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

4" HERE Is another boy KING on
whom the eyes of the world
are now focused Alfonso of
Spain-owing to the riots that
have broken out Ia his domain follow
ing the unheaval in Portugal. The
trouble In Spain comes as no surprise.
ms II has been well known On months
past that storm was brewing in that
country and the police and military
have had their hands full to prevent a
general uprising
Barcelona is the great center Of dis
content In Spain. and it Is there that
General Weyier has been placed in
command He has not only had the
anniversary of bloody week" to deal
with. but has also been confronted
with miners strike It was from
Barcelona that Alexandra Lerrout,
chief of the republicans there. is re-
ported to have sent his ominous mes
sage to Provisional President Braga
of Portugal:
'start your revolution. We will take
care of ours"
Alfonso Is q fatalist. w nat must
will happen" said he recently. Il have
had twenty-four years fun, aud il !
go up IN fireworks well. there's a
bouncing boy to take my place. which
was not the case when my father
died" The wonderful training which
the queen mother has given him has
always been a matter of comment all
over Europe.
The young king has cramfped many
narrow escapes from death into his
short life. When be was a baby he
was found half choked III dirty
clothes basket. he bad been kidnapped
Gnd hidden there until an opportunity
occurred for taking him out of the pal-
ace. This was really the origin of
Queen Christmas anxiety for bis safe-
ty. which with the passage Of years
has developed into almost mania
with her, One of Aifonso's narrowest
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30
PoRTUGAL's NEW LEADER.

Or. Theophile Rraga Scholar of In.
ternational Fame.
The placing of Or Theophile fraga.
the one Portuguese scholar of In erna-
tional fame. at their head was a
shrewd move of the revolutionists of
Portugal. It follows the curious Latin
fashion of bestowing political power
on literary men. but II also declares TO
Europe TINT the true men of progress
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30
JERSEYS CELEBRATION.

Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary
Of States First Settlement.
Too much cannot be said IN praise
of New Jerseys celebration of the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary OF
Bergen viilage. the first settlement on
Jersey soil. for probably no better plan
could have been devised for Keeping
alive the past and to awaken patriot
ism In the present generation by dwell.
Ing on the heroisn1 and achievements
Of the states pioneers.
Two hundred and fifty years ago
handful Of Dutch settlers established
themselves in little stoekaded village
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-10-30

this record, with the names of former
President eliot. Professor Edward @.
Pickering, director of the Harvard as
tronomical observatory. and many
other names that stand for high at.
tainment along various lines. that of
Mrs Fleming Is written as curator of
astronomical photographs.