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all on board were doing their best to
repay the loyal support they had re-
ceived
In reply to the message received by
President Salus of Wellman's COM
pany Operator Miller flashed the fol-
lowing message within his sending
zone, with the request that they pick
up the America as soon as possible:
walter Wellman, aboard the air
ship America: Great work. One Of
the achievements of the century.
Plaudits from everybody Our best
wishes and godspeed to yourself and
Vaniman. With your family and will
stay with them until we hear that you
have reached. Please continue to
fash"
The crew aboard the America when
she left the ground included Walter
Wellman, Melvin Vaniman, chief en-
gineer; +. Murray Simons, navigator
of the expedition; j. X. Irwin, wire
less operator in charge of the Amer
ica's system, and Albert Louis Loud
and John Aubert, assistant engineers.
The airship's gas bag has some
thing of the shape of a cigar and is
22S feet long. It's width is about fifty
two feet and it is said to be capable
of lifting about twelve tons. The en-
velope carrying the gas weighs more
than two tons.
Car Is 1856 Feet Long.
Attached to the big gas bag is car
| 1876 feet long. The floor of this is
really a large fiat tank in which the
gasoline is stored for the motors. The
America carries three gasoline en-
| gines, one of which is a donkey and
| the other two are used for motive
power They are in the center of the
car and are of about eighty-horse
| power. A lifeboat twenty-seven feet
long to be used in case the balloon Is
wrecked hangs beneath.
| An equilibrator, $50 feet long, which
| takes the place of drag rope used
on balloons Is also carried. 1t con
! sists of a long steel cable, to which
are attached thirty small steel tanks
| each carrying seventy-five pounds o.
| gasoline, and forty wooden blocks
| The blocks are about twenty inches
long. The equilibrator makes 1t un
necessary to carry ballast 1t is In
tended that the balloon shall sail at {
height of about 200 feet.
II it settles close to the water the
wood blocks and the tank would float
thus relieving the balloon of some O
its weight AS the gasoline is re
CURED the steel cable will be pulled
up into the car Of the balloon and ;
tank emptied. Altogether the Amer
lea carries 5000 pounds of gasoline.
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Bombmakcr Goes to Jail.

Chicago, Oct. 17-Fred C. Wahlen-
meyer, who a few weeks ago placed a
bomb at the residence of Mrs. Potter
Palmer and who was adjudged sane by
the court, was fined 5000 on a charge
of disoIderly conduct He was taken
to the county jail on default of pay
ment He was prosecuted by Lieuten-
ant Max Heidelmeier of the Hudson
avenue station.
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Sherman to Take the Stump.

New York, Oct. 17.-Vice President
Sherman will take the stump for the
Republican state ticket nominated by
the Saratoga convention, which de
clined to accept him as its temporary
chairman Senator Root will also
speak for the ticket. This announce
ment was made by Chairman Prentice
of the state committee.
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peaceful means II he can, and If he
fails, then he is going to precipitate
revolution and set himself up as a die
tator What he is trying to do now
is to transfer all the powers now held
by the states to the federal govern
ment and then to put himself at the
head of the federal government"
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Short $50: Ends His Life.

Philadelphia, Oct. 16.-Because he
Philadelphia, Oct. 17.-Because he
had borrowed some of the firms money
and was $40 short on pay day, when
he intended to replace the "loan."
Louis j. Levine, aged twenty, shot him
self and was found dead In his room
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RATE HEARING POSTPONED
Interstate Commerce Probe to Be Re-
sumed Nov. 81

Washington, Oct. l7.-Adjournment
of the pending inquiry by the inter
state commerce commission into pro
posed advances of freight rates in
Eastern territory was taken until Nov.
81, when the shippers will be heard
in this city Final argument of the
case was set for Dec. IA.
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Alleged to Have Eight Husbands.

Chicago, Oct 17.-Mrs. Alice Good
win. said by the Chicago police to have
eight husbands, was arrested at Med
ford, Okla. She will be returned to
Chicago to face trial on a charge OF
bigamy made by J. F. Young. one OF
her husbands.
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WELLMhN SAILS
over The OCEAN
AerOnaut Starts on Journey
Across the Atlantic.
ENGINES WORKING WELL

Wireless Message From the Big Diri-
gbIe Says Everything Is Doing
Nicely With an Average Speed of
Fifteen Knots an Hour-WiIl En-
deavor to Keep Within the Course
Taken by Transatlantic Steamers.
Atlantic City, N. j.. Oct 17.-Walter
Wellman's big airship America is on
its way to Europe.
After weeks of delay, which had
aroused doubt in the minds of all but
the very staunchest supporters of Wal
ter Wellman, aeronaut and explorer,
the start was made in heavy fog.
1t was S:03 a m. when the big craft
left the ground. 1t fioated right into
the fog off shore and within five min
utes was lost to sight.
When the big airship left the ground
Mr. Wellman did not know whether
only a test would be made or if the
trip to Europe would be started at
once. 1t depended on how he found
things when he got into the air, he
said
When he left here it was his inten-
ton to go north, following the New
Jersey coast as far as New York, If
he found the airship was working to
his satisfaction and that conditions re-
NAMED right he intended following
the route of steamers up to Nantucket
and then turn eastward and follow
the tracks of the transatlantic liners
across the ocean. He expected to
make every effort to keep in the
steamship tracks, so in case of acci-
dent he would be close to steamers
with wireless, with which the airship
is also equipped, and could be quickly
rescued if the crew was compelled to
take to the lifeboat attached to the
America.
For time after the start apprehen-
sion was felt of something going
wrong and the expedition being forced
to return but as the nours went by,
bringing cheerful messages Of prog.
ress from the wireless operator on
board the airship, a feeling of conf
dence succeeded that of doubt.
Message From WeIman.
At o'clock Wollman himself
flashed a message to Joseph w. Salus,
head of the local syndicate backing
the expedition In 1t Wellman said
n6
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DEFEATED By CLOSE VOTE
Proposal 20 Change Name of Episcopal
Church.

Cincinnati, Oct 1.-THE proposal
to change the name of the church was
lost by one vote in the house of
deputies of the Episcopal convention.
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Prizefiahter Killed in Bout.

Enid, Okla, Oct. IA prizefghter
known as Kid Fisher was killed in
the tenth round of fight at Memo
Okla, near here
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kETCNEL- SHOT
BY FARMLAND
Middleweight Champion Is
Fatally Wounded.
BULLET ENTERS HIS LUNG

Prizefighter Was at Breakfast When
Attack Was Made and, as Mo 9th
ers Were Present, the Events Lead
ing Up to the Tragedy Are Not
decentralization Put on the
Track of the Acsailant.
Springfield, Mo. Oct 17.-Stanley
Ketchel, champion middleweight pu-
gilist, was shot and it is believed ia
tally wounded on the ranch of r. p.
Dickerson, five miles north of Con
way, Mo, near here.
message from Conway says Ket-
chel was shot by one of the employees
with a 22-caliber rifle, the bullet pass
ing through the right lung. The man
who shot him escaped. Bloodhounds
have been sent for to track the as
sailant
Mr.. Dickerson, at whose home Ket-
chel was visiting, was in Springfield
when he heard the news. With ply
sicians he left here on a special train
for Conway. The wounded man will
be brought to a hospital here. Con
way is forty miles east of here.
The shooting took place while Ket.
chel was eating breakfast at $50
There were no witnesses and as Ket-
chel almost Immediately lapsed into
unconsciousness the exact events lead
ing up to the shooting could not be
learned.
Little Known of Assalant.
The man who did the shooting was
Walter A. Hurtz, farmland, recently
employed by Mr. Dickerson and about
whom little is known. Hurtz anc
Ketchel exchanged words the preyi
Gus night In the morning Ketche
was seated at the breakfast table
alone, when Hurtz entered the ranci
house and, pointing his rifle at the
fighter, demanded:
Throw up your hands,"
Ketchel was taken by surprise, bu
apparently remained cool. Instead o.
complying he arose. His back was
half turned toward his assailant wher
Hurtz but few feet away, fired.
The bullet struck Ketchel below tht
right shoulder blade and, it developed
| later, ranged toward and entered th'
| right lung.
Ketchel fell to the floor. A momen
| later Charles Bailey, superintendent
of the ranch, rushed in from anothe
part of the building. Hurtz was jus
| disappearing through the doorway.
"He shot me-" said the prostrat
fighter as he feebly pointed in tn
| direction taken by HurtZ.
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Message From WeIlman.

At / o'clock Wollman himself
flashed a message to Joseph w. Salus,
head of the local syndicate backing
the expedition In II Wellman said
everything was eoing smoothly and
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Byron Andrews is uraa.

Janesville, Wis, Oct 17.-Byron An
drews of Washington, ID. c., former
proprietor of the National Tribune,
died suddenly at the home of his
mother in Evansville, Wis. Mr.. Az.
drews in 1881 was private secretary
to General Grant
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04
is THIS A SOLUTION?

group of women in Carthage, Mo, are
plumtng themselves upon an achievement
which, they say. solves the servant prob
lem for good and ALL and secures 10 them
and their families ali the comforts of home
without any of it's painful responsibilities.
They have rented house on one of the
main streets of Carthage. and fitted it up
with art furniture. cooks and maids, and
10 this house the members of the ''co-opera-
tive kitchen repair. rejoicing, three times
day To eat. All expenses are shared, and
committee deals with the servant problem
IT is a beautiful arrangement. according
to the women, but the men OF Carthage
have vet To be heard from II would be
Interesting TO know how the husbands and
brothers and sons of these clever women
Ike a solution of the servant problem
which compels them TO put on their over
coats and rubbers 10 so out into the storm
and the cold 10 find the comforts of home.
Many man prefers a cook on the rampage
ir his own kitchen TO committee managed
servants with the knowledge that he can't
srowl at the wife OF his bosom from be-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04

These onetime rest robes are now made
with fitted Innings and designed on lines
similar TO those used in dinner toilets
Lines and materials are much the same as
for the formal gowns. but nowhere are
long lines brought out TO greater advan-
tage As the short waist still prevails in
these garments and as they are all made
with ample trains. the full long sweep OF
the skirt permits a particularly effective
draping of tunics and scarfs. In some
cases the ends of the scarf. which has been
used tc drape the cor ge in front are
tackled at the waist line in the back and
serve to loop up the draped skirt little
below the knees
The tunic. or overdress, is always of
some sheer. seni-transparent fabric. and
the corsage is either elaborately embroidered
or trimmed with chiffon lace or sponged
net. The sleeves carry out the idea Of
flowing. ample lines which is the pre-
dominating one in the tea gown. and it is
here that the garment differs most con-
spicuOusly from the formal evening gown.
The tea gown has loose. billowy elbow
sleeves. while TIE dinner gown has no
sleeves at all or only a short puff.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04
REPORT ON IDLE CARS.

The fortnightly bulletin Of the American
Railway Association, issued yesterday as
# December a. reports the total number
of idle cars in this country and Canada on
that date as S. .354 This is an increase of
ss4 or about Is per cent, since the preced-
ing report c. December 10. There are, how
ever. shortages of cars in certain sections
OF the country totalling 24.e54, which brings
the net surplus Of idle cars down 10 34,30O,
compared with a net surplus on December
% Of 3s.s77. There were substantial de-
creases IN the number OF idle cars in the
Northwest. the South Atlantic and Gulf
states Conditions in New England and
the Middle Atlantic States were practically
unchanged from the preceding report, While
IN Canada there was an increase.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04

irrigation has made available great reaches
of country hitherto gtTen over TO barren
ness. Pecos. Jeff Davis Ward. Crane and
Farmer counties are rivals of Toyah Valley.
There is no lack of the poetic among the
settlers of the valley. They call it affee-
tionately THE Golden Valley of the Golden
West" There are gold mines further west.
but these have no allurements for the
farmer. His mine is without the specu-
lative quality, without the fortune or
bust gliding. The gambling temperament.
almost essential to the miner. is not found
where the soil gives its frequent returns in
hard cash.
Railroads have reached out to this sec
ton so that the markets are accessible.
When you are told that alfalfa yields from
five to seven crops year, amounting to
about six tons an acre; that corn yields
from sixty to seventy bushels an acre.
wheat thirty to forty bushels. oats sixty
bushels and cotton as high as one and a
half bales to the same piece of ground, the
inclination is to doubt especially If there is
familiarity with farming In the Northeast
But the records are there. The fruit farms
have given to the owners from $500 TO Sl.2o1
an acre.
The more this state is investigated the
more willing is the visitor to accept the
statements of farmers as truth Ii the
mere statement is not sufficient. the evi-
dences of prosperity clinch the matter.
There is no slovenliness in the Toyah Val
ley. The farm buildings are splck ana
span; the cattle are fat. Men and women
and children are sunny: they are all op-
tin1ists with q foundation for their op-
timism And here the climate. owing to
the proximity of the mountains is of that
bracng variety that gives uplift TO life
The elevation above sea level is from 2,0oo
to 1900 feet. The summers are never hot
and the winters are never cold, the settlers
will tell you, and the records of tempera-
lures will bear them out. At first. in this
investigation, it was deemed advisable to
get at the facts from the records. without
recourse to the inhabitants. This plan will
be continued, but So far records and verbal
statements have agreed.
The people who are coming to the Toyah
Valley and nearby districts and to the
Houston section are in the main Ameri-
cans They number about 80 per cent Few
have been lured to the state without an
investigation. They had the Missouri spirit
of wanting to know, to see for themselves
The stories they heard smacked of the
impossible. of the gold brick variety. II
seemed incredible to them that conditions
could be so desirable. But those who came
and did not stay were few, indeed.
I'VE want a home, was the way the
general settler put it. We do not expect
fortune in a few years. We want good
living and are willing tor work hard for it.
1t doesn't require much deiving into condl-
tions TO see that this want has been more
than supplied in the sections so far visited.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04
SPIDER CORN CAKE,

Fora the spider corn cake sift liberal
cup and two-thirds of Indian meal, a third
OF a cup of -four. teaspoonful of salt and
a quarter of a cupful of sugar Add
cupful of sweet milk in which a small tea
spoonful of soda has been dissolved. a cup
ful of sour milk or sour cream. and two
eggs. Beat the batter vigorously. Grease
a spider or frying pan with one or two
tablespoonfuls of butter. Pour the mixture
into it and set it in the oven. Pour in
cupful of milk Just before closing the oven
door Do not stir this milk through the
batter. When done it will form creamy
layer that is very appetizins. Let the cake
cook in very hot oven until thoroughly
brown all over. Serve entire and cut at
the table as YOU would a pie \ suider
with a short handle that can be slipped
into the oven should be used
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04
THE CHANDELIERS GLARE.

Every one knows how unhecoming is the
glare from a chandelier and how trying II
is 10 the eyes as we'll as 20 the complexion.
hut the tinted silk shades that are some
times used To tone the light down are very
unsatisfactory. since they soon get dusty
and the heat fades them. To meet this
difficulty. a charming new arrangement has
been devised 1t is a shallow frame covered
either with the same material as the cush-
ions and hangings. or with a more trans
parent fabric which matches them in color.
All the seams are bound in antique galloon,
and when chains are not used 10 suspend
the frame from the chandelier, wires Gov
cred with the galioon are employed. The
upturned edges OF the frame Just reach 20
the top OF the lights. and only enough light
comes through To shed soft radiance. The
shade may be made as decorative as one
LEASES n may be round instead OF square.
on the sides may be eight instead OF four,
while the top edge may be in roccoco effect.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04

ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
ARMY.
Lieutenant Colonel JAMES NJ. BURNS Getired).
from organized militia OF West Virginia,
January 81. to his home.
from 9th Company, TO unassigned list. 10
commanding officer. artillery district Of Bos-
ton, no6f, for staff DUTY; TTn11rp ~, c.v.,rv
sumo charge construction work Fort Ogle-
thorpe. relieving Captain MELVIN W
Captain BRIANT H. WELLS, Goth Infantry, de
tailed in quartermaster's department. 20 De
partment of the East assistant 10 chief
quartermsster vice Captain FRANK A.
GRANT. qqarterm4aaster to San franeisco
from Fort McHenry to proper station.
First Lieutenant JOSEPH A. GREEN, coast ar
tillery assume temporary charge constitute
tion work at Forts H. 6. Wright. Terry.
Niche TrumbuIl and Mansfield relieving
Captain CHARLES T. BAKER, quartermas-
First Lieutenant aANDERFoRD JARMAN.
coast artillery, assume temporary charge
construction work at Fort Morgan. relieving
Captain HARRY B. CHAMBERLIN, quar-
First Lieutenant JOHN f. MUNRoE. coast ar
tillery. assume charge construction work at
Forts Howard. Arnistead. Carroll and Nc
Henry, vice Major CHARLES c. BALLoO'
Etrst r I5eutenant HORACE F. sPURGIN, coast
artillery. assume charge construction work
Forts Washington, and hunt Teneyta,s esta
to temporary charge general depot quarter
masters department in Washlngtoh1 r. IN I az
a1rion ate ~ pi Waller Reed General Hospital.
District Of Columbia. vice Major ~ Mc,Se, }ats ~.
ZATTNSKI auartermaSter, to once quarter
master general for temporary 6uty;
Second Lieutenant CHARLES h; @ KY 49, n " 80 -
corns of engineers, assume charge cohstruc-
tion work al washington barracks, reIieV-
ing Captain HARRY l. PETICS' quarter
master.
,,.,,,enart II A WEAVER. detached command
the Tarantula: TO duty in connection Win
The salmon. and duty in command when
Ensign G " NIMITz, detached command the
Plunger: TO duty In connectlon WIN n % tlss
I'm commission -
Ensign = A HINKAAIP. detached the Octopus;
70 command the Tarantula-
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been re-
ported to the Navy Department;
ARRIVED
Dec s1-The Vestal at Norfolk: the Mars at
Hampton Roads; the Reid at Newport; the
Solace at Tompkinsville; the Hist at Mama
Ian. The Charleston at Yokohama the Mary
land and the Colorado at shanghai, the Nina
AZ Norfolk; the Nanshan at Cavite
Jan. 2-The West Virginia and the Pennsyl-
Jan. a $"The @ south Dakota and the California at
Shanghai
SAILED.
Dec s1-The vestar from Lambert Point for
Norfolk: the Mars. from Lambert Point for
Hampton hodusi tne Sotdce- from NeW Ork
city for Tompkinsville the Caesar. from Port
said for Gibraltar
Jan Tho Denver and the galveston. from
Cavite for Guam; the Patuxent. from Nor
folk for New York, the Potomac, from Bos-
ton for New York the Reid. from Newport
for Charleston.
The New York placed in reserve at navy
yard Philadelphia
The Denver and the Galveston detached from
Pacific fleet. will proceed In company from
Cavte 10 west coast. thence to their home yards
the Denver 20 Mare Island and the Galveston
10 Rremerton
The Patuxent and the Potomac assigned to
Atlantic fleet.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04

lawns ard all similar sturdy materials ars
appropriate. with bands OF the same OF m
contrast. as liked
The quantity of material required for the
medium size is fve and three-Gaarters
yards "a or q inches wide or three and One-
half yards 80 inches Wide. with One-haIf
yard y inches wide for bands.
The pattern. No. s.Ss7. Is cut in three
sizes, small g. or 81. medium s6 or IS large
- or 4s inches bust measure. and viii be
mailed TO any address on receipt of 10
cents.
Please give number Of pattern and bust
measure distinctly, Address Pattern De-
partment. New-YOrk Tribune II in a hurry
for pattern send an extra 2-cent stamp and
we will mail by letter postage in sealed
envelope
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04
NOBLE QUITS LVANIA.

The Pennsylvania Railroad announced
yesterday that Alfred Noble, chief engineer
of the East River division of it's New York
tunnel extension. had severed his connec-
ton with the company on December 81. In
1902 Mr.. Noble appointed by A j.
Cassatt as a member of the board Of en-
gineers to examine the proposed tunnel ex-
tension project. and when this work was
authorized he was appointed to the place
which he has just relinquished. The East
River division begins at the eastern limits
OF the New York station and runs east
under 32d and ed streets to First avenue
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04

one who has taken a ride on the subway
knows; but there are deep lines next to the
smiles. The East has money. culture and
experience; the West, nothing but courage
ana spontaneity: yet with these two fac
tors IL is making its way rapidly"
becomlns specific, Professor Zuebelin as
serted that the West had a better system
Oh street transportation than the East: that
II mas beaten the world in the matter Of
schoois' that the influence OF six Western
newspapers on the thought of the country
sreater than that of all the papers of the
Aliantic coast and. finally. that two West
senators throw the whole delegation
from New YORK and Massachusetts into the
shade 1t is not that Eastern brains are
inferior. he explained CONSIDERABLY but
that they don't seem 10 work.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-04
SPREADING THE GOSPEL.
Mrs Clarence Mackay's Society Will
Hold Meeting in ALBANY.

Aloany is soon 10 have a meeting OF the
Equal Franchise Society. similar to tbosa
being held in the Garden Theatre. in this
city. Mrs. Clarence Mackay, president of
the society, has engaged an AIbanv
theatre for some night in January. the
date to be decided very soon. Mrs
Mackay will preside. Senator Everett
Colby and other well known political men
will be the speakers
At the next meeting in the Garden Thea
tire. January Is. the speakers will be Forbes
Robertson, DR.. Anna Shaw. Mrs Carrie
Chapman Gait and Mrs Harriet Stanton
Blatch. Mrs Mackay's promised audi
ence with Governor Hughes on the suf
frage question will probably take place
within the next few DAYS