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New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
AEROPLANE RACING
Feature of Los Angeles Meet
Amateur Aviator TumbleS.

Los Angeles, Dec. 27.-Aeroplane racing
was initiated here to-day. Eugene Ely. IN
6o-horsepower Curtiss racer. started from
scratch with Philip o. Parmalee. In the
Baby Wright and defeated him by near
ly half mile in an SA mile contest The
aviators sped over the course in ten-fnlie
breeze. Ely's time was fifty-two miles an
hour.
Glenn Martin, an amateur aviator from
Santa Ana, Cal, fell seventy-ive feet IN
practice flight. but was not hurt
Martin had just completed his machine.
Curtiss type Of biplane. equipped with
motor made by local firm, and had MADE
three circuits of the long course. Then he
lost control of his planes on turn after
having flown more than two miles and
was dashed against the fence inciosing the
field His machine was wrecked Martin
is the third California amateur to meet
trouble in practice fight since the meet
began, last Saturday
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
HAMILTON COUNTY INQUIRY
Vote Selling Said to Have
Flourished in Cincinnati.
[By Telegraph to The Tr,bune.l

IBy Telegraph to The Tribunel
Cincinnati, Dec. 27.-That many men have
been guilty of accepting election briDes in
Hamilton County is the statement made
in an affidavit presented this afternoon to
Justices Matson and Hannah in the hear
ing of charges against the local Republi-
can organization.
Charles A. Stein, O lodger at Healy S
lodging house, swore that he had accepted
81 and that fifty others had done the same.
However, he denied accepting this money
for voting and said that Healy gave him
81 for his breakfast when he returned from
voting Asked how much his breakfast
cost. he said it was 10 cents.
Woodward McElroy said on the stand
that he got 81 for voting. and that he
thought a man named O'Brien had given
IT TO him George Schmidt also testified
that he had received 81 for his vote, and
that he thought man named O'Brien had
given 1t to him.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
MOISANT'S CLOSE CALL
Frozen Carburetor Thaws After
5000 Feet Glide.

New Orleans, Dec. T.-SpiralIy gliding
from an altitude of almost 5000 feet with
frozen carburetor and a dead engine,
after having been blown five miles from his
course by forty-miles an hour wind, John
3. Moisant, the aviator, swept within
twenty feet of a stump strewn, tree studded
area at the rate of one hundred miles an
hour this afternoon at the aviation field
His engine thawed In the warmer level
only in time TO allow the daring aviator to
start his propelers and thread a perilous
massage from among the trees, rise and
settle with a graceful swoop on the neid
amid the cheers Of several hundred persons
who had started to rush where Moisant
was thought to have fallen to death
Mosant later explained that, owing 10
his righ altitude, his carburetor had stuck
and only the downward rush resulted IN
sufficient pressure against the bevel blades
of the propeIlers to keep them turning long
enough TO take the impulse of the revived
motor. That saved him from wreck
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
CUBA ASSASSINATION PLOT
Guerro Denied Dispositions Which He
Intimated Would Implicate Gomez

Havana. Dec. 27.-The attorney repre-
senting Major General Pino Guerra has
entered a protest before the court which
is investigating the attempted assassina-
ton of Guerra against the action of the
court in throwing out a motion to make
certain Investigations and take certain
dispositions.
The brief alleges that the court is defeat
ing the private prosecutions endeavor TO
demonstrate that the assassination of
others besides General Guerra had been
planned.
The dispositions which Pino Guerra hoped
to secure in his opinion, would tend TO i'm
plicate General Monteagido. commander Of
the rural guard. and possibly President
Gomez in the crime
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
MOTHER OF 100. SEES TRAGEDY
Son of Sixty Shoots Wife and Himself.
Despite Centenarian s Pleadings.

Pntsburg. Dec FIN the presence of his
mother, one hundred years old. James
Mitchell, aged sixty. a Pittsburg & Lake
Erie Railroad engineer to-day shot and
fatally wounded his wife and fired two
bullets in.0 his head from a heavy re-
volver.
When Mrs. Mitchell was preparing break
fast Mitchell. 1t Is alleged. entered the
kitchen of their home In Sheradep and
began shooting. His mother was sitting at
a table. and pleaded with him in an effort
10 prevent the tragedy. Mitchell and his
wife were taken to hospitals.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
PLAGUE scouReE IN MANcHURlA

Harbin, Manchuria, Dec H.-Sixty-eight
new cases Of bUbonic plague were dlscoV-
cred in the Chinese suburb or fuozIsdian
Yesterday
Seventeen deaths occurred from the cis-
ease. On the previous day the death list
numbered twenty-three and ninety persons
suffering from the disease were taken 10
the hospital.
in Harbin there have been eleven fatai
cases Of bubonic-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
HARLEM CHURCH TO SELL OUT.

Because the shifting of the population
had taken away many Of its congrega-
ZION as TO make IL impossible for the re-
manning parishioners 10 continue TO meet
the expenses, the Evangelical Zion s
Church at Lenox avenue and 10th street,
Yesterday obtained permission from Justice
Amend OF the Supreme Court TO sell the
church property for s2l.eo0. II will be sold
for the latter amount TO the Congregation
Agusiath Achifl, of Harlem.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
THIS GYPSY A FEUDAL1sT
But He May Get in Trouble with the
North Carolina Laws.

Charlotte. N. c.. Dec. IA small riot
was caused last night near Wadesboro. In
a camp of several hundred gypsies. when
a man who gave his name as Chief Nit
chell." entered the tent of another MEM
Der of the band, and. 1t is charged, at
tackled a woman. County officers were
summoned and several arrests followed.
AT a preliminary hearing this afternoon
Mitchell was held without bail to answer
the charge OF criminal assault, a capital
offence in this state. Officers went to the
scene and found several men and women
tied to trees and severely beaten Mitchell
claims that as he is chief of the band he
has committed no wrong.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
GOLD NUGGET IN CHICKS CRAW
Prospectors Find No More in It's
Feeding Ground. However

Beaver Falls. Penn. Dec. N-while Mra.
Frederick s. Brown. wife OF the secretary
of Conway borough, was cleaning chicken
here to-day, she found gold nugget in III
craw. Its value is estimated at SO
Many persons went to the lot where tbs
chicken was reared, and the excitemons
runs as high as IL oil had been found. The
amateur prospectors have found no morS
gold as yet, however.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
PAID $500 FOR CHuD'S LIfB
Woman Autoist Gets Possible Twenty
ore-Year Sentence, but Is Freed

Fort Wayne. Ind, Dec. 27.-Ars. Roos
Seidei Tresselt. wife of q well known bust
ness man. pleaded guilty to manslauyhter
In the Circuit Court here to-day She ran
over with her automobile and killed Irens
Cox, aged nine years. on August 20
Mrs Tresselt was sentenced 70 from two
to twenty-one years in prison. but the SEN
tence was suspended She paid John A
Cox. father Of the dead girl $500 Nra
Tresselt Is wealthy in her own riSnA
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
PROMISES POPE TO RETRAcT.

Rome, Dec. N.-Prince Macmillan Of
saxony. who is professor Of canon law at
TIE Swiss University OF F'rei5urg, had in
teryieg-s to-day with the Pope and the
PapaI Secretary OF State. ID whom he made
fuu explanations for an article on the
lrion of the Roman and Oriental churches
which he wrote some time ago for &c
ciesiastical periodical. He made subnis-
s.ou to the Holy See. and declared he was
ready to retract the article 10 which Oh
lection had been made.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
DUKE OF cONNAUGHT HOME

London, Dec. 27.-The Duke of Connaught,
who opened the first Parliament of the
Union of South Africa behalf of King
George. arrived at Spithead tonight from
his South African tour. tie was accompa-
nied hy the Duchess of Connaught and the
Princess Victoria Patricia They will land
at Portsmouth tomorrow morning, where
\ great reception awaits them.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
BOYS DISREGARD WARNING
Two Break Through Thin Ice on Pond
and Are Drowned.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Seaford, Del. Dec. S.-Disregarding the
warnings Of several spectators, John Cook,
seventeen years old. of BridgevilIe, and
clarence Ciymers, eighteen years old. of
ppiladelpilia. the adopted son of Mr. and
Mrs NJ. B. Waters, lost their lives while
skating here to-day.
The two boys, with George Ruos. jr.,
sixteen years old. son of the postmaster at
T,ridgeyilie came to Seaford to-day for an
outing. They were warned not to go on
,he pond but paid no heed. They were sew
eraI wards from shore when Ruos broke
through the thin ice Cook going to his
assistance, also fell in. Clymers tried to
helm them, and he also broke through.
Others rescued Ruos, but Cook and ely
mers sank The bodies were recovered
lttGr
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
NEW CABINET FOR PERU
VIII Probably Take Action When
Present Government Retires.

Lima. Peru. Dec. IA new Cabinet has
been formed to take the place Of that
which resigned on December IL and OF
which Salvador CaVero was President. The
new Cabinet is as follows: President and
Minister Of Home Affairs, Enrique Basa-
dro; Foreign Affairs, DIR. German Leguia
Martinez; Justice. DR. Antonio de Flores;
War General J. b Pizarro; Finance, En-
rique Cyanguren, and Public Works, Julio
Egea agIiirre
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
DUCHESS OF ANGoULEME's WILL
Refutes Claim That Naundorf Was Son

Paris. Dec. Z7.-The last viii Of the
Duchess of Angouleme, the daughter Of
Louis XVI which was supposed TO have
been burned. has turned up, and is pub
iisfed to-day. The document refutes one of
no claims Of the Naundorf Bourbons,
whose partisans always insisted that the
duchess recognized Naundorff. the so-cailed
Prince Jean de Bourbon. whom they
sa-red 70 te the Dauphin. as her brother
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
KAISER pEcoRATEs HOTEL MAN.

The Order of the Red Eagle has been be-
slowed by Emperor William upon william
. NuscFenheim, proprietor OF the Hotel
.etor. The decoration was presented to
,,u Yesterday by Consul General Frank
.en This order is given in recognition Of
,,,sritCrious services.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
NATIONAL MUSIC TEACHERS MEET

Boston. Dec. c7.-Music teachers from all
parts OF the country gathered here to-
day for the thirty-second convention OF the
National Association. President William
r.. Huntington. of Boston University. whose
large building in Copley Square is being
used for the meetings. welcomed the MEM
bers and on Thursday President A. Law
renee Lowell, OF Harvard University will
also extend YreetinHA
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
ELECTION FRAUDS IN GARY, IND
Mayor, Police Chief and Seven Others
Charged with Altering Count.

Gary, Ind, Dec. H.-Mayor Thomas
Knotts. Chief OF Police Martin and seven
other city officials were arrested late to-
day on indictments charging them with
having altered the count of the ballotinG
I'm the November election. They were re-
Leased on bonds ranging from s2 900 to $1,000
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
ST. PETERSBURG ExPELLING JEWS

81. Petersburg. Dec. 2l--The expulsion Oh
Jews. asserted TO be residing illegally III
81 Petersburg, has begun. AS a prehlIi-
mary step lel have been deprived OF mem
bership in artisan guilds. thereby losing
their rights of residence in the capital.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
NEW YORKER EXTRADITED
Morris Klugman, Accused of Forgery
Committed in London.

London, Dec. 27.-Morris Klugmar, twen-
ty-seven years old, who was arrested here
charged with having committed forgery
while employed bookkeeper by New
York firm of cloak manufacturers, was
committed for e8tradition to the United
States in the Bow street police court to-
day.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28

Goldstein Brothers. of No. . East 21st
street, who employed klugman, charged
that between January ] and July !, 1910.
the accused altered his books SO as TO cover
up forged checks and stolen cash amount
ing TO 5000 K1ugman was arrested last
November, and Lieutenant Price of the
Detective Bureau, is in London arranging
extradition
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
3. & o. MAcHINIsTs' STRIKE OFF

Baltimore. Dec. 27.-After- being out six
teen months the striking machnists of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad system reached
an agreement with the company to-day and
will return to work. Concessions were
made by both sides.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
WARSHlP FOR CAROLlNEs
German Cruiser Ordered to Pc.
nape on Report of Rebellion

islnetau, China, Dec. 27.-The German
cruiser Emden sailed to-day for ponape.
oaroiine Islands, where II is reported an
'nsurrection has occurred.
ihe cruiser Nuremberg was ordered to-
ues TO proceed from Hong Kong to Po-
n@pe- Inc cruiser Cormoran and the sur
Veying ship Planet are already there.
Berlin. Dec 1.-THE Colonial Office today
received message from the German Cow
ernor of the Caroline Islands repor,tnp his
arrival atPonape with 100 soldiers He
states that the insurgents do not exceed go
ana that the natives generally are loyal.
"A dispatch from Brisbane Australia last
.hsht stated that the natives In Ponape
iiaa reNoiteo and murdered four Europeans
ana hve friendly natives The Caroline
isiaiios' together with the Western Caro-
iihes' were sold by Spain TO Germany in
iess They form large archipelago some
ooo small islands in IS groups in the Pa
CHIC ocean, latitude about 5 degrees to 10
degrees north, longitude, 1S5 degrees to-
les degrees east The most important ISL
ands are fap and NPonape. Copra is the
chief export There are a number of trad
ing stations on the islands, the area of
which is $50 square miles. The population
is about 10000
A series of native outbreaks that began
IN the winter of 1908 ceased in the follow
ing April, when the local authorities sue
ceeded IN restoring order with the assist
ance OF the presence of the German gun
BOAT Jaguar. The disturbances at that
time were due TO a religious warfare The
Protestant natives We're arrayed against
the Catholics Each camp possessed about
500 rifles.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
FRtaR LANDS INVESTIGATION.

Manila. Dec. z7-Mr- Poole. manager OF
The Nindora Development Company, wiil
s,roeees 10 Washington IN connection VIII
the Congressional Investigation of The sale
~ the f,isr lands 10y the Philippine gov
tTnmen;-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
ITALIAN RAILWAY STRIKE
Majority of 10000 Employees
Vote to Stop Work.

Rome. Dec. 27.-More than ninety thou
sand railway employees in Italy have just
completed the taking of referendum to
determine what attitude they should as
sumo in order TO bring about an ameliora-
ton OF their condition. BY a great ma
Jorlty the men declared in favor of the in
Struments of strike and Sabotage"
The authorities are directing all their ef-
forts to prevent strike, which. It is feared,
might result in a strike of the employees
Of ali the public services The demand of
the railway men is for an increase in their
wages amounting to sS,01o,o 900, while the
government is ready to grant an advance
Of $4,000 Oa.
Public opinion seems TO be strongly
against a srtike at the present time, just
when business conditions have reached
their highest level.
In France the term '''sa botage" has come
to indicate organized acts Of violence, such
as the destruction cripplng of ma
cllinery or other property in order to force
q suspension of work. AS adopted In Italy
il is proba BILE that the word is used in the
sense of Ito harass'' the authorities in
their efforts TO restore communication over
6 railway line the employees Of which are
On strike.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
A DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION
Mrs, Fahey, Whose Father Fought at
Bunker Hill, Dead.

Fort Madison, Iowa, Dec. G.-Mrs- Mary
F,ahey. daughter Of an officer who fought
i'm the American Revolution, was buried
here to-day Until her death in Chicago on
Sunday Mrs. Fahey was one OF three sur
viving original daughters of the Amerf-
can Revolution
Mrs. Fahey was born in York County,
Penn, July 10, 1878. She was the daughter
of Robert Elliott, who was member OK
the 7th Pennsylvania Continental Line, and
took part in the Battle Of Bunker Hill.
Mrs Fahey moved from Willianspoft,
Nd, to Illinois with her husband. rail-
road contractor, In 1888 She came here In
1Ss9 and for sixty-five years was a resi-
dent of Fort Madison. In 1904 she went to
Chicago to end her days at the home of
daughter.
EImira, n. Y, Dec. 27.-Lorenzo Ovlatt,
aged ninety-four and said to be the last real
Son OF the American Revolution in this
state, died yesterday at Corning, N. Y His
father served two enlistnents in the Revo-
lutionary Army and was with Washington
at Valley Forge He was member OF
Painted Post Chapter, Sons OF the Aneri-
can Revolution.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-28

Columbus. Ohio. Dec. Ex-Governor Har-
mon tonight denied that he would ask
the Legislature to investigate the election
frauds in Adams County. He said he was
satisfied that the investigation being made
by the local authorities would be thorough.
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SC@,aptesc'
!VNS8 ,HLs

@AIXTY years had come and had
- gone since the birth Of M. de
49, Valette. They had been years
Of Joy. years Of sorrow, years
+ OF wealth, years Of poverty. But alike
j they had failed to move him from, that
which he. ,was-a De ,.Valette. A De
Valette, you must know, ia q De Va
lette, and when one has said that one
has said all. And now he stood In the
doorway, tall, erect, quiet, command
ing, possessing in all its fullness the
innate dignity mothered of birth, ia
thered Of pride, a spare, unbending fig
ure dressed plainly in black, with cam
brio stock, collar, and wristbands. His
hair was gray, yet his. eyebrows were
still In their primal black.
Father O,Mara turned and bent to
his quiet greeting. To Louise turned
the master.
*"You have the candles for the chap
elT' he tasked.
Eyes, Niche. all Of them"
ssThere are sixty-threeT
The old servant paused hesitatingly.
She said:
"Miche, I think Christian was not
M old az he looked. He, had TO ma
the air Of being not more than forty
four" $Ee XII z :@,>. J.. .i T.. .,
(which, MEANS" stated M. de Va
iette, that You have but forty-four
candles" - ,,-%
I,d'.Miche," cried Louise extenuatingly,
! Mile. Marguerite; looks for Others =,
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candles because he has been a men,
Der Of the household all his life"
Father O'Mara said:
"That does honor to your masters
heart" ~. ''-
In his place." muttered Louise, 81
would rather save some for my stom-
3ach. Old Christian was sixty-three
years old. Here, with these others
from the sconces. I can make no more
than forty-four candles II the master
makes 6us buy more to fill the count.
there will Ebe no more than salad to
eat tomorrow" ~ aE@:s>ss p :. :. r...'
Father o'Mara rose. wandering to
the window. 49,. ~, ~.eS = ,.
4 80 Christian was the hast slave be-
longing 10 NJ. do vaAsttsT'. he said.
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''That will not do. We must have
no burnt ones Throw out those that
are burnt" =
Louise raised her hands protesting
ly.
"But, Miche''-
'tGo to the village and buy more
Take the box. See that it is filed.
You know where the money is kept.
She made a gesture Of imploratton~
but the masters stood before her mex
orable. Slowly she opened the drawer
in the table. She took therefrom a
few coins of small denomination.
ut Is the last" she whispered sEhe
very last"
He said simply:
''Have the box filed" He turned
from her, saying to the priest:
'tFather O'Mara."
The latter turned.
Touching the matter Of masses for
old Christian he began, but NJ. de
Valette interrupted him.
ut is In regard to another ceremony
that I wish to instruct you. One Of
| the quick, it is, not Of the dead"
O'Mara said, smiling:
II have but christenings and wed
dings. I apprehend that this 10 not
christening"
"A marriage, Father O'Mara."
'sYour sister, Mile Marguerite, has
condescended at last9" exclaimed the
priest In apparent surprise
The other shook his head.
"My sister has not condescem0e&,~
he returned.
'*But," cried O'Mara, at Is NOT yva3
daughter-not little Madelein0f"
~And why not?'
The priest queried slowly:
Ito be continued.)
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Self Help In Case of Fire,


As house is never attacked by fro;
Mt the top and bottom at once, If there
is a safe and ready exit at both top
and bottom very little danger to Life 10
to be feared. It is important that all
exits should be SO known as to be east
~ found by day or night by every In
mate of the house. If the clothes you
have on catch fire a blanket, rug or
some such woolen article should be
quickly and tightly wrapped around
you Air is thus excluded, and the fire
goes out: A small: fire in room can
often be put out in the same ways in
preference to pouring water on It. In
, case of 3freakeep all doors shut az far
as possible. Il a room Is full Of smoke
keep low or crawl, because smoke and
hot air both rise. ,"5
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|XS1 !. A. ,=... b. 3

- HE came through the mists Of
- the morning. q slender little
A figure, fragile as the dew laden
s =. cobweb. delicate as the heart
ef a violet. skirting the $lushy edge Of
the bayou, she came beneath the trail
ing moss of the oaks, following the
old footpathi that led toSiyalette. The
little shafts or sunlight piercing the
eangle OF the great trees above her lost
themselves on the tumbled masses Of
her gold brown hair There was laugh
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-15

''The very last Of all the hundreds
that were in other days. All are sold
or dead. All, these few acres that the
Americans have left the master! It
is good that these few acres don't die!"
Father O'Mara opened his snuffbox.
Deliberately he took a little, Of the
pungent powder and placed 1T to his
nostri1s.
1.-THE chapel bell has stopped" he
said. -
Louise. hastily gathering up the
candles upon the table, placed them in
the box. .:.. :
..aThen the master win be coming
she cried.
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4 THE HEART or A yIonET
Oh 81 her eyes ana on her lips. Tor shes
4 was very young and there was 10 her;
% the full the joy Of living.
She was late, she knew. Ut had been
b yonde butt erfy, . tantal LIKING hut
On wings of red ana gold it
laad artteksd here Eand there leading
Der Tar assTay Il had atopped for n
szsouqent on the risnson of d jap0nica.;
saaee4 Aisa aattssega.
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But even as her hand closed upon It
TWAS gone She had followed Far
into the forest she had followed And
at length Il Ri ia 81; ze !. c|55
They were waiting for her at home.
She must be very late! For an Instant
the lightness left her lips and eyes.
Her father would be angry, and Aunt
Marguerite, Tor 1t was not In Keeping
with the honor Of valette that q aaugh-
stersfof the house should keep waiting
the one to whom she was betrothed. III 1t
~ She would tell them that she had
not meant to: chase the butterfly; that
shs had meant to keep IL all It's starch
Led purity the little white dress that
Aunt Marguerite and old Marie had
so carefully so ainstakingly y made
for. her; 7 that she had meant to- stroll
Isonly atijlittle way atdowns, 1thea path
that led to the broad, acres that had
once been of Yalette ere came the
clutch1ng fingers Of hard faced poverty
To- wrench them thence. She would
tell them these things; she would ex-
plain about the butterfly: But would
these things, that explanation, be sufa-
kcient?t She did not know. Her father
was a strange man., q proud man, a
man reserved. She loved him much.
But. sometimes he. was strange. She
did not Understand. She felt far from
him, very far. And Aunt Marguerite
was even the shadow Of her brother.
1 And so she hurried on. .:''>.g" 4,