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at that altitude for some time. At
SandOwn, in high wind, he went
up 977 feet and later at Chalons
Camp broke his own record with
1850 feet. Just before leaving for
America he astonished the world
by new record of 1850 feet, and
at Los Angeles he went nearly a
mile high. Orville Wright at Ber-
lin easily navigated lilo feet of al
titude and when he came down
said it was easier flying up there
than down low. Fougier, at Bres-
cha, went to a height of $50 feet
and was astonished at the ease
with which he controlled his BIZ
plane there. And now Latham
comes forward with a declaration
that he not only can, but will,
break Paulhan's record of 1900 feet,
and that before very long.
The cOncensus of opinion, there
fore, among French aviators, is
that the route of the future is in
the air and high in the air at that
That high-flying is not necessarily
grandstanding, but a mere follow
ing of the safer path in the air,
for aeroplanes. Louis Bleriot be-
longs to this high flying school. He
flew well when he went high over
the English channel badly when
he darted low over a Constantine
ople roof-top when he caught the
up-puff of wind naturally to be ex-
pected lurking there. and landed in
a Turks back yard pretty badly
battered uD,
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FRANCE BELIEVES
CHARCOT HAS
found POLE
Expedition Started in Octo-
Der, 1908; Not Heard From
Since Last April.

PARIS, Jan. 29.-France is
confidently expecting, in the
near future, to spring a polar
sensation that will rival the
Peary and Cook episodes.
DR.. Jean CharcOt, the intrepid
explorer, who sailed with a
French expedition from Rio de
Janeiro October %, 1908, in
tending to reach the south pole,
has not been heard from since
April II, 1909.
He was then at Deception
island. Since the beginning of
the Antarctic summer, he has
had ample time to dash across
the frozen plateau that lies be-
tween that point and the pole,
providing such a thing Is pos
sible.
The Charcot expedition was
the best equipped that ever
started for the Antarctic zone.
His ship, the Jourquoi Pas
(Why Not?) is a stronger YES
sci than the Roosevelt, in
which Peary negotiated the
north pole, and his party is
composed almost entirely or
men experienced to polar ex-
ploration.
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AMERICANS HAVE
HELPED LONDON
SOCIETY MUCH
Few Brilliant Functions, But
Most Notable at Amer
lean Embassy.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Summing up
the social events of the year past
society paper perceives some
thing akin to revolution caused
by the automobile.
"All the year people have been
grumbling at the scarcity of money
and declaring that they We're hard
up it says, land yet there has
never been so many costly motor
cars about the streets"
All the charities have suffered,
bazars are thing of the past, pri-
vate entertainments have dwindled
in number and brilliance-every-
thing seems to be losing its attrac-
ton for society except motoring.
There was not. with the eXcep.
ton of that given at the American
embassy, one worthy of being
called a great or splendid ball.
After the ball at the American
embassy the smartest and most sue.
cessful dance was that given by the
duchess Of Marlborough at Sunder.
land house.
Is 1t any wonder that London So
ciety Is looking more than ever to
Americans, who seem able to stand
the strain of both society and auto
mobiles, to do the British lion S
share Of entertaining in the coming
years?
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No one will ever know the ex-
act cause of the death of Eugene
Lefevre. He, like Latham, had the
reputation of being extremely dar-
ing. l saw him loop-the-loop at
Rheims and do stunts of the most
break-neck order. Strange to say,
when he died he was flying ex-
tremely low, simply trying out a
new machine.
Aviator Fernandez. the Spanish
man-bird, who lost his life near
Nice, was not more than so feet
from the ground at the time of his
spill. He was not doing aerial
gymnastics. He was, on the other
hand, most painstaking.
Orville Wright Is certainly one
of the most careful aviators. His
fall near Washington, when he
himself was badly injured and
Lieut.. Selfridge, accompanying
him, was killed, was not due to
carelessness, nor to grandstanding,
nor to imprudence. And, speaking
of seeming imprudence, Latham re-
Gently rose more than a half mile
high at Mourmelon-le-Grand, near
Paris, and came to earth smoking
a cigarette. He said his Antoinette
monoplane had been as steady up
there as a ship in calm, though
the wind was blowing on the
ground II yards second.
PAULHAN FLEW MILE HIGH
Louis Paulhan is a great high
flyer. At Douai he went up 500
feet and piloted his biplane about
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KING EDWARD IS
O|SP|R|TED BY
ELECTION
Lays Blame Upon Peers for
Dangerous Crisis Brought
on the Country.
Situation Very Confusing;
Tories Declare They Will
Win If Another Elec-
ton Is Held.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Great Britain
election has made King Edward
one OF the most worried mOrtals Of
the world today. He is not back
ward about blaming the peers, his
friends, to whom he has shown the
greatest consideration, for placing
him in such an uncomfortable and
awkward position as he has been
by the dangerous crisis brought
upon the country by the present
elections. Premier Asquith has ap-
pealed to his majesty for power to
limit the veto of the house of lords,
but King Edward may refuse to
grant It,
SITUATION is PULLING
The situation in Great Britain to-
day is complex and confusing be-
cause of the fierce fight at the cleo
ton. Heated battles are expected
in the next parliament and it is
feared now that this will result
in dissolution of parliament after
short while. A general election
may closely follow. and in that
event the tories, who have gained
wonderful support in this election,
declare they will come out victor
ious. With their automobiles and
their courtesies they have done
much in this election, bringing
voters to the polls for miles. where
otherwise, in all probability the
votes would never have been cast.
Many of the liberals in England did
not cast their votes in this election
because of the difficulties with
which they were confronted In
reaching the polls. They owned no
automobiles and We're either COM
PEELED to walk or drive to the cleo
ton places.
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QUEEN ALEXAN-
ORA NEVERLOST
JEWEL in HERLIFE

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Queen Alex
andra has lately had her immense
collection of jewelry completely
overhauled, and some of it is to be
reset in accordance with the latest
fashions.
The queen has always been very
devoted to jewelry of every descrip-
tion, and her collection today is
one of the finest in Europe. 1t is
kept in large burglar-proof safes
at buckingham palace, and the
Hon. Charlotte Knollys is the only
one who carries the key to this. A
few years ago careful inventory
was taken of every jewel the queen
Possessed, and the result was sur
prising.
Since that time, however, the
queen has made large presents of
jewelry to several members of her
family. The queen is constantly
having her jewels reset as new
ideas occur to her, while the
Duchess of Argyll has drawn sew
eral charming designs for her late
ly. Her majesty's iewelry is all
carefully put away in sets.
Each set rests upon a properly
designed tray OF white velvet, and
the whole of the queens jewels
are carefully locked up each night
before she retires to rest.
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AMERICANS BUY
CREAM Of ART
COLLECTION
German Professor Bewails
Fact That America Has
More Than Germany.

BERLIN. Jan. 29.-Dr. Max
Friedlander, one of the directors of
the Prussian royal museum and a
roted authority on art topics, has
raised again cry of warning as to
the perils to which European col
lectiOns are exposed at the hands
of the predatory American million
aire.
In a speech to the Art and His
tory society of Berlin he cited the
Hudson-Fulton exhibition in New
York as evidence of the inroads
Americans are making on the art
treasures of the old world, declar
ing that $50 paintings exhibited
there were formerly in English,
French and German collections.
America now has 20 of the $50
known works of Rembrandt. 1t has
so copies of Franz Halls, as against
only four in Germany, and seven
Of the Delft painter, Vermeer's,
pictures to our seven. Hobbema Is
represented in America by seven
landscapes, as against six in Ger
man possession"
Germany holds the advantage in
the number of pictures by Rugs
dael, of which it has $50, against
only II in America, but even this
advantage it is soon to lose, ac-
cording to DR.. Friedlander.
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ENGLAND AND FRANCE
FOLLOW SUIT WITH
GERMANY
Both Nations Increase Arma-
ment Works Following
Extensions of Krupp
Works.

BERLIN, Jan. 29.-Germans
as a whole expected that the
wholesale extensions to Krupps'
works at Essen would have their
effect upon the armament works
of the other European powers.
England has already increased
hers and now the news has
reached Berlin that France is
following suit.
BY the end Of this year extern
sive engagements will have
taken place in the great Creusot
works and factories and these
will not stop until their capacity
in the direction of the produc-
ton Of arms and ammunition
will have equaled those of the
Krupps.
More than this, the French
government is considering the
establishment of a large branch
arsenal at some point on the
coast between Calais and Cher
bourg. This, of course. is in
accordance with the English
plan of the concentration of her
entire naval strength in the
North sea. The site will extend
approximately to 200 acres and
will include docking accommoda-
tons. The cost will be about
$10,000,000.
When this is finished England
and France will not only have
their navies ready to take the
offensive against Germany in
the North sea, but both will
have great docking and repair
ing facilities close at hand.
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VICIOUS BURGLAR SAYS
HE WOULD MURDER
FOR NICKEL.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-'I have been
a burglar this last 20 years. am
no halfway. burglar, and | would
kill man for five cents as freely
as look at him" This statement
was made by Henry Francis Guilt
ford when. with William Churn, he
was arrested at Chepstow as a sus-
poet. Both men were charged at
Chepstow with stealing boots, and
the former with attempting to do
grievous bodily harm to Inspector
Bulloch. by whom he was arrested
When accosted by the inspector,
Culliford drew a jimmy from his
companions pocket and aimed a
vicious blow at the officers head
Warding off the blow, the inspec-
tor knocked the prisoner down and
held him by jiu jitsu methods until
assistance was obtained, Culliford
threatening In the meantime to
murder him.
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Germany AND AUSTRIA COVET
SERV|AN PORT Of SALON|KA
May Stir Another War Between Russia and Japan So
Russia Can Not Aid Balkans
Warfare Between These Two Nations Would Leave Open
Road to Give Hapsburgs Triple Crown

BERLIN, Jan. 29.-Upon one loan
raised recently by Servia and
Montenegro the peace of the Balk-
ans depends.
Germany and Austria are as
closely allied for the time as any
two powers ever can be. Their aims
and their ambitions are identical.
And the chief of these is that they
both want a seaport on the Mediter-
ranean. Their economic and COM
mercial development makes it's i'm
perative Even at the risk of war
they must have It.
THEY BOTH WANT SALONIkA.
The port they want is Salonika
For them both it Is just the ideal
position. They could run railroad
along and the trade of Asia Minor,
the future market of Europe. would
be theirs. Unfortunately, Servia
blocks the way. This little noun
tain state is the key to the Balkans.
And so Germany and Austria say
"Servia must be ours"
But Servia does not want to be-
long to Germany and Austria. In
fact, Servians have an idea that
they should be Independent. More
over, Montenegro feels that when
Servia falls under the heel of Aus
tria, she also will follow. Within
the last few weeks Servia and
Montenegro raised a loan in Eng
land. Now the Austrian secret
agents report that the two coun-
tries are feverishly stocking their
magazines and hastily equipping
their fighting men.
A similar uneasiness Is pervading
Turkey and Bulgaria. Turkey is
seeing TO her navy and officers and
men have actually received two
months pay. a fact which nearly
supplied them with establishment
and made them certain that war is
at hand.
FEAR ENGLAND AND RUSSIA,
These four Balkan powers see
that their interests are Identical in
regard to the policy of Germany
and Austria. But they also see that
that policy is likely to be opposed
by two other European powers in
the shape of Great Britain and Rus
STA.
Russia is keen to help them,
Great Britain does not want to be
dragged in. And as might be ex-
pected the Balkan states are not
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DOG AND COUNT
ESS SING DUET
AT HOUSE PARTY

LONDON, Jan. 29.-One of the
most amusing members of the Earl
OF Rosslyn's recent house party at
Chetewode, Maidenhead, was his
dog Pincher, lurcher, or ordinary
poacher's dog. with no very special
points to recommend him to the or
binary observer.
But Pincher is really unique
among dogs, for he possesses a
voice and can sing with a distinct
sense of tune. His best vocal eff
forts are made when the new
Countess of Rosslyn. who was Miss
Vera Mary Bayley, accompanies
him on the mouth organ, an instru-
ment that provokes him to imme-
date song.
! Such simple airs as God Save
the King" and Home, Sweet
Home" Pincher has practically
mastered.
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BE LONDON S% V D~ @ %* P A1S
0nlNn0Tl ll1IlI0 SAYS VOLSLN IS nrlTn0
I1RuWII0 umIIIWI1 cause Of H.
UII0UDU I0VUIIvU, MANY FLYERS IN (IU
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Paris Correspondent of the United
Press


PARIS, Jan. 29.-"Grandstand-
ing is the cause of nearly all the
deaths and accidents by aero
planes. So says Gabriel Voisin,
originator of the Voisin biplane.
asked him what caused the other
mishaps.
"Imprudences," he answered
simply.
BUT AFTER ALL
Taking the deaths and accidents
SO far resulting from aeroplane
mishaps: Did grandstanding and
Iimprudence alone bring them
about? I've asked several of the
more noted bird-men over here the
question and while each man de-
cried all tendency to admit either
of these faults, he was compelled to
admit that neither, so far, had been
wholly to blame for death.
Hubert Latham is the most per-
sistent grandstander on the face
of the earth-if phenomenal and
daredevil flights may be consid-
cred as grandstanding. Yet he is
still in the air." as the saying
goes. While Captain Ferber, re-
puted the most careful, mathema-
tician-like aviator of them all, who
never took a known risk in his
life, is in his grave some months
now.
Count de Lambert, pupil of Will
bur Wright, is as careful a flyer
as one can find. One day last
summer, while flying at Juvisy, he
suddenly left the prescribed
course and disappeared toward
Paris. After while he sailed
back and settled like bird on the
ground by the Juvisy grandstand.
He, in the meantime, had circled
over Paris, incidentally doubling a
hundred feet above the Eiffel tour
itself 1000 feet high.
why did you do such a dare
devil thing?" Lambert was asked.
why" Count de Lambert re-
piled, II was far safer up there
than l was merely Swimming the
surface of the aerodrome here at
Juvisy."
WHY HIGH FLYING is SAFER
The lay mind found it mighty
hard to understand. How can a
man, fifth of mile high, in a
risky aerOplane, be safer than only
a few feet off the ground? Here's
the explanations:
The earth retains heat. Some
spots retain nearly all the heat
the sun pOurs down upon them,
later to give it off gradually. 9th
er spots throw the heat back
won't absorb it at all. A single
acre of ground may contain earth
whose qualifications in this respect
are at the extreme. Therefore, in
one spot rapid current of air is
rising, while from a neighboring
spot no upward current is notice
able at all. Suppose feather
found itself drifting over a district
save for the little breeze which
keeps the bit of down going. Sud
denly it floats directly over the
tall chimney of blast furnace.
The heat, veritable airspout,
sends the feather skyward, turning
1t over and over and over. What
happens to an aeroplane is digni-
fled modification of what befalls
the feather.
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70EAMSTERS' WIVES
HELP IN STRIKE
Is OVER IN FRANCE

. abb, France, Jan. 90 4
. France is prominently the 4
. land of strikes, so one may 4
. give some prominence to the Z
. way in which she manages at Z
. least some of the features of 4
. them. While politicians are
. fighting to keep rid Of the 4
. woman element, laborers are Z
. now employing both women
. and children in their strug-
. giles with capital, usually with 4
. considerable effect. 4
. Children In America usually
. hamper strikes great deal. Z
. So do the women. Both eat
. practically as much as the 4
= men and do little toward 4
X helping, in bread.winning I
. way. Here, at Abb, where 4
. 1000 teamsters are. on strike,
. the children for the most part
. have been sent to friends and
. relatives in the country and
. neighboring cities. There
. they will be fed until the 4
. strike ends. The women, be- 4
. ing left at home, lie down in
= the middle of the road, keep
. ing "scabs" from driving the
= wagons and other vehicles, in 4
. their husbands places.
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anxious to receive any assistance
from Russia, knowing that her eyes
are riveted on the Dardanelles. and
are accordingly keen on Great
Britain
Germany and Austria are clever
enough to see that they need not
worry with regard to England in
this matter. All their efforts &C
cordingly are directed toward MAX
ing aid from Russia to the Balkans
impossible.
There is one easy way of doing
this. By stirring up another war
between Russia and Japan. And II
the diplomats of the Ballplatz and
the Wilhelmstrasse have their way
this will come about.
HOW TROUBLE MAY BE MADE.
Count Won Aerenthal. the foreign
minister of Austria. is an artful
individual. What he does not know
about making trouble can safely be
left out. His first act was to send
as Austrian ambassador to Japan
one of his personal friends. Herr
Won Gale. who is regarded as Aus.
trials most eminent diplomatist,
Then again, orders were given that
each time Japanese visits Vienna
or Budapest he is to be received
with the greatest cordiality: and
the charm Of Austro- Hungarian hos
pitSiity is well known. The famous
press bureau of the Ballplatz. which
eclipSes even that of the Wilhelm.
strasse in it's wonderful ramifica.
tons, was also set to work. Not a
week passes without rumors of Sc
rious Russian-Japanese tension is
suing from this source.
Good care is taken that Japan
knows that Russia is feverishly
working in order to double-track
the trans-Siberian railway In the
mountainous regions and reinforc-
ing her army corps In the far east.
Russia. on the other hand. is In
formed of every step In Japanese
development in Manchnria.
One OF thse days Russian and
Japanese interests In the far east
will clash once more and war will
again ensue That will be Austrla's
opportunity. The slightest m0bill.
cation OF Russian trops In the far
east win give Austria her opporta-
nifty, In less than month Servia
will belong to her, Salopika VIII
be but step. Then Germany and
Austria will have their Mediterran~
can port and the IIapsburgs tripIH
crown.
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AMERICAN WOMAN
HAS HANDSOMEST
HUSBAND IN NAVY

LONDON, Jan. 90. - Mrs.
David Beatty, the only daughter
of the late Marshall Field of
Chicago. and formerly the wife
of Lambert Tree, former Ameri-
can minister to Russia, is now
living with her husband, a neigh
Dor to King Edward. while in
Scotland. David Beatty, who
married this American woman,
considered among the most,
beautiful ladies of England, Is
declared to be the most hand
some man in the British navy. y
King Edward bestOws many
favors and honors upon Mr. and
Mrs. Beatty, Captain Beatty
has been given the most rapid
promotion in the navy because
of his distinguished service as
aid de camp to the king. -
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DUCHESS SOPHIE
MAY PLACE SON
ON THRONE
Her Opposition Believed
Cause for Resignation of
Vicar General.
Emperor Francis Joseph
Shows Her Favors That
Nettle Court Set.

VIENNA, Jan. 29.-Father Au-
gustine, a Benedictine monk, will
succeed Mgr Marschall, who, as
virtual archbishop of Vienna, has
resigned as vicar general of this
archdiocese. Monsignor Marschalrs
resignation is believed to be due to
the opposition Of Duchess Sophie
of Hohenberg, who became his NOR
tai enemy about the time of her
marriage and who is now in great
favor with the emperor.
ENEMY OF COMPRESSOR.
According to the stories told in
the court set here, Mgr. Marschall
endeavored to persuade Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, heir to the
throne, to abandan his intentions Of
marriage to Duchess Sophie, who
was then known only as Countess
Sophie Chotek, the daughter of a
poor and very ordinary diplomat.
The archduke was induced to take
an oath on the gospels that should
he become emperor he would not
raise Countess Sophie to the throne
with him if his father would permit
illu W Wtu leI. Ills Is ueCldTeu
to be the cause of the hatred
borne the priest by the duchess.
The duchess is ambitious to place
her eldest son, Prince Macmillan
Charles, born in September, 1902,
upon the throne instead of her hus-
band. She is constantly snubbed
and ignored at court, but Of late the
aged emperor has bestowed much
kindness and consideration upon
her. even inviting her to recent
court ball where he was much In
conversation with her and showed
her many favors not offered others.
WILL PROCLAIM HER QUEEN.
! At the death of the emperor, it Is
considered most likely that the peo-
pie of the nation will proclaim
Duchess Sophie their queen. hold
ing that when the archduke mar
ried her he gave her the lawful
right to share in his honors and pre-
negatives. The church has the
power to excuse the archduke from
his oath and the duchess has the
favor of the church.
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GREAT ASTRONOMER
UNPOPULAR BECAUSE
OF PLAIN Asst IS

. PARIS, Jan. 29.-Camille =
. Flammarion, the great astron- =
. omer, has held the grade of =
= chevalier of the Legion of .
. Honor for 30 years now, and .
. his friends have at last recog- =
. nized the fact that he will =
. never be promoted further. .
. The reason is plain: Flam- .
. marion believed it extremely .
. silly for grownups to bedeck =
. themselves with ribbons and .
. crosses and things like that. =
. For many years. even high .
. government officials have =
. urged that the star gazer .
. should be made an officer of .
. the legion. Flammarion him .
. self put the quietus on the =
. while thing with letter. lie =
. wrote: =
. Il am in favor of abolishing =
. all decorations. They are too =
. petty for grownup people. The =
. only exception which might be =
. made are the military men. Z
. can see no reason why they =
. shouldn't be loaded down with Z
. ribbons. stripes, braids, med Z
= ais, crosses-in fact. with any 4
= thing which will harmonic Z
= with the color of their uni.
. forms. When France abolishes Z
. decorations for other than {
. military personages, she will (
. then be entitled to be called {
o n republic"
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