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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

the first woman In this country to manage
her balloon. She Is several times entitled
to a pilots license, but the national aero
nautical organisation of this country does
not provide for women in its membership
and therefore no woman has received such
a diploma 1t is different in Europe. Mms.
Surcouf, president Of the Stella club, holds
a license, as do other members of the or
ganization. She is said to nave made sew
enty-five ascents.
To initiate a balloon for use doesn't re-
quire as much time as It's size might sug-
gest. 1t is necessary to transport it to the
tank at least twenty-four hours in ad-
vance of the time of the ascent. The big
bag is opened and spread out and the APP
pendix adjusted. The net is placed over
the vanished envelope and the appendix
is connected with the hose. which is at
tached to the gas tank.
The ballast is placed In position and
from time to time the bag is moved. Each
time 1t is moved 1t ascends from twelve
to fourteen inches. This process is con-
tinLed until the bag is inflated. Then the
load ring is fastened to the bag and the
basket to the load ring. The balloon is
now ready for flight.
After the passengers are seated and
equilibrium is maintained by the release
of ballast a wooden scoop of sand starts
the balloon skyward. The weather con-
ditions and the skill of the pilot will de-
termine the length of its voyage. BY the
use OF a statoscope, barometer and mae
he VIII keep informed OF his position. If a
long voyage is contemplated a food supply
Is carried along. Slaked lime is used for
heating purposes and canned soups, eggs
and coffee can be prepared in this manner.
The use OF fire would endanger the safety
OF the balloon.
Heat expands and the cold contracts the
gas, so at night the balloon takes a lower
position. 1t requires the use OF more bal
last TO maintain an altitude over night,
but with the dawn the bag resumes its
buoyaney and. strikes ain upward course.
Most %aeronautsa describe the night Journey
as dreary at best and the return of day is
always welcome TO the sky traveller.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
FACTS ABOUT BALLOONTNC
Bagful of Coal Gas Costs $50, of
Hydrogen $l75.
NOT MANY STATIONS AVAILABLE
Only About Twenty Suitable Coal Gas
stations In This Countryside
cess of 1nfIatiOn-sIaked
Lime for Heat.

There are in this country only about
twenty coal gas stations suitable for in
flating balloons. Philadelphia is the best
equipped in this respect, having a holder
that supplies roo. 100 cubic feet OF gas. The
popular sized balloon is Of 5000 cubic feet
capacity and the basket carries three per-
sons. At the Philadelphia station it would
cost about $50 to initiate this envelope. The
same sized bag would cost about S175 to
fill with hydrogen 1t is this difference
that prompts the bslloonist to ship his air
craft to a coal gas station.
The hydrogen gus has the advantage
that 1t can be manufactured at any place.
Water is its chief source and one pint of
water ordinarily supplies a cubic foot Of
hydrogen, lifting about one ounce. The only
stationary hydrogen plant in this country
is the one at Fort Omaha, Neb., which Is
used for initiating the army balloons. The
cost OF such a station would be from $4,000
upward. The first cost of a small plant is
about 500. This would be suitable for a
country home.
The coal gas facilities are becoming more
scarce because coal gas is being replaced
with oil gas that produces greater candle
power, but is not light enough for balloon
ing.
Next to Philadelphia perhaps North
Adams. Mass. is the favored starting
point with the New York balloonist. st.
Louis, Indianapolis, Canton, o.; Jackson,
Mich; Lowell. Mass; Milwaukee and AS
toria, l.. J., all have good coal gas sup
plies. Milwaukee and Astoria are not well
adapted TO balloonIng because they are too
near lake and ocean breezes, which make
ballooning hazardous. Pittsburg is having
a special gas tank built to hold 15O, 900 cubic
feet.
The Philadelphia Aeronautical society
is the only one in this country that admits
women to its membership. At least twenty
OF It's women members have made ascents.
Mrs. A. Leo Stevens is one of the few
women In this country who. can pilot their
own craft. Mrs stevens says it is much
safer and easier 70 steer a balloon than 1t
is to drive an automobile.
Mrs. Carl Myers OF Franklin. N. Y, was
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

requirement.. 1t will go anywhere any other ear iii Omaha will,
and lots Of places many of them will not. Every sixth car sold
in the United States. in 1909 wasa Ford Can, and every car made
good. Your neighbor owns one-ask him.
IF YOU ARE SKEPTICAL, let us fix up a demonstration.
Select the hardest route you cal. find. Have any other car come
along, if they can Follow the Ford" You will get the most
convincing demonstration that an automobile ever made, and
the other car will need be a good one, if it stays with us.
Say when.
THERE IS A FULL LINE of cars at the Show this week;
space three. The overflow Ford exhibit at the store is just as
complete. You can find either place by going where the crowd
is. Visit us early and get one Of those Show Souvenir Books we
are handing out.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

tnem still better said Captain McCabe,
ana my ~meh-forty Of them-will walk to
Fort Smith without firing a shot" In
dians watched them on every side. BY
days their progress was signaIed by cir
cling columns of smoke and at night BY
Lire from the mountain tops. Not a shot
was fired. When they got within sight OF
Fort Smith, the 1000 whooping Sioux who
held the garrison in siege fled, and the
forty frontiersmen from Bozeman marched
In and escorted the 200 union soldiers back
to the territorial capital without the loss
OF a life Not a shot had been fired. Not
asscalp had been lifted. Washington Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

a gentle-voiced man, with blue eyes, and
made little noise. He acted. He told the
governor he needed. forty of the best men
he could select. Governor Smith looked at
him in amazement. McCabe said that
each of these forty men could shoot six
teen shots in sixteen seconds; and that,
every ball meant a dead Indian. and every
dead Indian meant a scalp. and every
scalp meant a warrior deprived eternally
Of a chance Of ever reaching the happy
hunting ground. Indians believe that no
man can go to. the happy hunting ground
who has been deprived of his hair.
Those Indians knew us, and we knew
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

to relieve the besleged garrison. The gov
ernor of that territory then was Green
Clay Smith. He was perplexed as to what
to do. as Fort Smith was $50 miles away
and the country between Bozeman and
the fort filled with Sioux Indians. He
sent for Colonel Howie. At that time Colo
mel Neil Howie was United States marshal
for Montana and a typical frontiersman
To him Governor Smith handed General
Hancock'c dispatch, doubling If there were
any use in trying to relieve the garrison.
colonel Howie thought differently, and
selected Captain McCabe as being best
fitted for this undertaking. McCabe was
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

1T rs THE LIGHT WEIGHT, of the Ford Car that accom-
plishes this result. Tile car weighs but twelve hundred pounds,
its twenty horse power engine has to move only sixty pounds per
horse power. The average "30' then has a smaller engine than.
the Ford. Size means nothing until compared with the work to
be done, and the thirtyhorse power engine is really too small on
the basis that the Ford Engine is right.
THIS LARGER ENGINE requires more Nuel and oil; this
increased weight demands more expense to move it. That is just
plain, ordinary horse sense. You cannot increase the load with
out increasing the cost to haul. it, be it potatoes or automobile.
Also, the bigger weight is harder on tires, and the tires must be
larger. There is a %forty-horse power car in Omaha that costs its
owner three cents a mile for tires alone.
THE MODEL 7 FORD will run twenty-five to thirty miles
per gallon Of gasoline, the heavy car from eight to fifteen. A Ford
wona economy test in Pensacola, Florida, February I'd, by max
ing twenty-eight and one-half miles over sandy roads on one
gallon of gasoline, and the official observer travelled in a car that
consumed three and one-half gallons at the same time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

A CONTINUOUS SPEED Of twenty-eight to thirty miles an
hour is an easy average for a Ford Car. 1t will make forty to
fifty, if required. Seven miles an hour is a fast average for a
horse. Physicians whose practice required three horses, have by
substituting a Ford, cut down. the expense, increased their calls,
and had more leisure time.
A BUILDING CONTRACTOR in Omaha was spending four
dollars a week car fare between two jobs in opposite parts of the
city. The car fare alone would pay the total upkeep cost OF a
Ford Car. Add the value of the time lost, easily worth four
dollars a day, and you can appreciate the value Of this car to
that contractor. There are a lot of folks in Omaha to whom the
cost of a Ford Car would be less than nothing.
IN NOVEMBER, 1907, the American Canning Company
bought a Ford Car for its Detroit salesman. He makes an item
lied expense report twice a year. The last report showed an
average total expense, every cent that was expended on the car
being included, of 1894 per month for the entire twenty seven
months. Pretty good business proposition, ehH
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
mo- MATTER HOW MUCH .

NO MATTER HOW MUCH or how
little one drives a horse, it will cost
about one hundred and fifty dollars a
year to feed him, and thirty dollars
more to shoe and recalk. Use a Ford
Car right along for all business and
pleasure, and it will cost less than the
total of these two items. You might
get three thousand miles a year out of
Il horse, but YOU would want a new
horse for next year. You could easily
get ten thousand miles out of the Ford
Car, and have several more equally
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
HUNDREDS OF FORD OARS sol,

in 1909 have the original wind in the
fires right now. They have never even
hadta puncture. The light weight Of
the Ford is responsible for this. The
Ford tires will average about double
the tire life of the tires ON any two
thousand pound car manufactured.
Fifteen thousand miles on a set is quite
common, and then when finally worn
out, the price of "A new set is so much
less because the size is smaller, due
to the light weight of the car, But
it is plenty heavy for every possible
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
SECOND GLASS MAIL.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31. - President Taft and Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock today reached an agreement on the recommendation the President will make to Congress regarding a change in the second class postage rates, affecting maga- zines and other periodicals. Taft will recommend that magazines be required to pay the present rate of one cent pound on all reading mat ter, and a much higher rate, to be determined later, on advertising pages. Each magazine will be re- quired to send a copy of its cur rent issue to the Postofiee Depart ment each week or month. The pub lication will be dissected and the reading matter and advertising sec tions weighed separately and the amount of postage computed. News papers will not be affected.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
Special to the Journal-Miner.

Special to the Journal-Miner.
 PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 31.-After a strenuous debate, lasting through the most of the morning session, the convention today adopted the report of the Committee on Suffrage and Elections, to the effect that the con- vention has the power to provide that all officers to be chosen at the first State election shall be nominated by direct primary, including United States Senators. Ingraham of Yuma, Parsons of Coehise and F. A. Jones of Marieopa were appointed a special committee to draft the first election proclamation.
 A number of Democrats, including Orme and Franklin of Maricopa, Lovin of Mohave and Ingraham of Yuma, expressed doubt as to the wis dom of the course, inasmuch as the Enabling Act provides for holding the first State election under the law of 1905, but the Democrats were solid. Curtis of Santa Cruz voted with the Democrats, Ellinwood, the Copper Queen representative, being flat-footed for its adoption. He turn ed the tide in its favor by deelar- ing the primary was an entirely sep arate matter and not covered by the election laws.
 Kingan, Wells and Cooper. took a leading part in the debate, Kingan standing pat on the Federal Consti- provision for the election of Senators, but Wells and Cooper de- rlaring in favor, but questioning the advisability of the action, as it is opposed to the provisions of the En- abling Act.
 Among the propositions introduced were two by Kingan of Gila, provid- ing that juvenile offenders under IS years of age be not confined in institutions for adults, and for a Juvenile Court in every Su- Derior Court in the State.
 Connolly introduced the last pos
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
 PHOENIX, Oct 31.-The PrOhibi- tion and womans suffrage propositions are doomed to certain defeat, doth in committees and before the constitu- tional convention itself. So certain is Organizer Burke of the Anti-Saloon League forces, of the outcome of the prohibition fight, that he is centering all of his fire upon the initiative and referendum proposition which were submitted to the committee of the whole by the legislative committee Saturday.
 The hope of Burke and his followers is passage of the initiative proposi- tion which has the backing of the majority of the committee, which has derlared for county municipal di- rect legislation without declaring for or against the segregation of cities or that one of the two minority re- ports which is Outspoken in its declar- ation that the county shall include the city. The other minority report is specifically for the segregation of incorporated towns.
 All day Saturday the fight was wag ing before the committee of the whole on the direct legislation proposition framed by the committee at the last moment as a substitute for the propo- sition 1 offered by Baker, of Mari eopae The majority report and the two minority reports differ only in
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
ONE SUSPECT |S ABSCOND|NG
 TELLER
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 31. - But for the search for the men be- lieved to be implicated in the Times disaster, Wilson B. Evans, abseonding teller of the Farmers and Mer- chants Bank of this city, would probably be safe along the coast of South America, instead of a prisoner in Acapulco.
 Detective Browne, who returned yesterday from San Francisco, said tonight that Captain John Oster- house, former owner of the schooner Kate, was positively identified through a photograph by Evans as being "Bisbee," the man wno bought the boat Persons interested in the Times investigations in posses sion of the knowledge for several days, says this explains why there was not greater interest manifested in the detention of the Kate.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
SMASHES ALL AL LTITUDE "
 RECORDS
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
 NEW YORK, Oct. 3T.-A F'Baby" Wright roadster, with Johnstone at the wheel, glided gracefully to earth at twilight, at the close of the In- ternational aviation meet, this even- ing, the barograpn registering a new world $ record for altitude
 This little machine, of only 8 horse power, had been 9,714 feet ,high, exceeding by 52s feet the height attained in France, October 1st, by Henry W. Wynnmalon, of Holland.
 JOhnstone's feat was not the only notable incident of the closing day of the meet Grahame- White who carries away the Gordon Bennett trophy, sharpened the sporting appe- tite with a challenge to Moissant for another race around the statue of Liberty and return.
 hOlSSdnl, WHO "OH IHc p1O,OOO prize for a fast flight around the statue, yesterday, refused to consider the challenge unless White agreed to fly in a 50 horse power BleriOt or other machine of equal power to his own. White, who made the statue flight in a 100 horse power Bleriot, declined to entertain the counter of fer, and the contest was called off.
 White furnished a thrill for the spectators when at the close of the speed race with MeCurdy of the Cur tiss team, the propellor of his ma chine snapped, and the mOnoplane dug up the ground in front of the grandstand, turned turtle and buried the aviator under the wreckage. He was uninjured and won the race. Five minutes later he again thrilled the stand by stepping from the hos pital tent into a Farman biplane, which he unanswered uneomfortably close to the heads of the spectators, but he was happy over having won the s3,OOO prize speed contest. Me Curdy's share was $1 1,500.
 Moissant, in winning the distance prize of 5000, another big event, travelled approximately eighty-esven and one-half miles for two hours.
 The crowd about the judges stand cheered wien JOnnstOne and Drexel swooped to earth. Drexel had been battling the air with John stone, but attained height of only 6,s7O feet Johnstone easily won the altitude event with its 5000 prize.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
MANHATT TAN STRIKERS
 GAINING ADHERENTS
More Than Ten Thousand TeamSterS Out Demanding Increased Pay
 And Shorter Hours

By Associated Press.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The striking ,expressmen gained adherents of be- tween fifteen and eighteen hundred workers of Monahan's Express, the Boston Dispatch and the Manhattan Delivery company, which joined in the fight today. The platform men of the American Express company at the Grand Central Station, and the same eompany's waybin clerks, went out in sympathy.
 More than 10000 men are now on strike, demanding increased pay and shorter hours.
 Disturbances were quickly quelled by the police, who dealt in no gen tie manner with the strikers. Many
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WORRY
 OVER PERCENTAGES

the matter of segregation. All other leaving the per cent blank The rad ieals of the stamp of Feeney and Roland are demanding a not more than eight per cent initiative and five per cent referendum. They declare that a larger per cent than those quoted means the notification of the proposition in a state whose popula- ton is so widely scattered as it is in Arizona On the other hand, the conservatives, and the sanely progress ives argue that small per cent would make it possible. for an organization like the Western Federation of Min CTS, or the Industrial Workers of the World, strongly intrenched in the mining industry of Arizona, to use the provision as a means of fastening upon Arizona a form of Industrial terrorism.
 That the most per cent will be lar ger than five and eight is indicated by the aatitude of the ultras. The leaders are giving it out that while they favor the lowest possible per cent obtainable they will accept a higher if it is forced upon them. One of the sanest democrats in the con vention along industrial lines is Wills of Pinal, and he has a likely partner in his colleague, Coker, the 300 pOunder of tine convention.
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BATTLER DON'T COME BACK

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 31.- Battling Nelson and Anton Lagrave fought 15-rOund draw here tonight. While Nelson displayed all his old time bOring-in tactics and kept af- ter Lagrave from start to finish, he clearly demonstrated he must be chased among the fighters who can not come back Several times ne had the local boy worried, but could not gather the force to send over a knockout punch.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
.REPORTERSAR EX|LED
 FROM FOURTH FLOOR
Newspaperman Accused of Interviewing Times Grand Jury Witnesses Are
 Excluded by Presiding Judge

Samuel L. Brown, chief of detee- tives, completed a brief covering of the developments of the search for the alleged dynamiters. His state ment covered in detail the move ments of Schmidt, Bryce and Cap Ian from August 18th to October 2d, since which all trace of them has been lost .'...
 They are believed to be in San Francisco, and will be caught sooner Or later.
 Job Harrison, labor union attorney, said the members of the committee which reported the explosion was caused by gas, wished to be placed on the stand before the eoroner's jury.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
BATHTUb TRUST IS NOW ON
 CARPET
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 31. - The government investigation of the so- called bathtub trust began today be- fore Lindsey c. Spencer of Balti- more, Md, appointed examiner by the United States Circuit Court of that city to take testimony. Edwin P. Grosnevor, special assistant to Attorney General Wickersham, rep resented the government, while At torneys Herbert Noble of New York, Hartwell P. Heath and Frank C.. Walles appeared for the defendants, the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing company of this city, and fifteen other corporations.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
By Associated Press.

@A0SCSAoSSN
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 31. - Judge Walter Bordwell, presiding, exiled the reporters from the fourth floor of the court house, today, on complaint of Foreman c. Charles Weir of the grand jury, because they interviewed witnesses before they go to the jury room.
 The most important testimony be- fore the coroner's jury was that of the two telegraph operators working until a few minutes before the crash, of the presence of free gas in overpowering volume. At the same time other witnesses said there was no gas.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR.

COLUMBIA, s. C., Oct. 31. - The South Carolina State Fair opened to- day under promising auspices. The exhibits are numerous and of high class, the agricultural display being especially notable. The fair will continue until the end of the week.
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MRS. TOM THUMB 5s YEARS OLD

BOSTON, Mass, Oct 31. Mrs. Tom Thumb, who is filling an en- gagement at local playhouse, was the recipient of many .congratula
 tions today on the occasion of her 59th birthday The famous midget recently returned from a European tour and is enjoying excellent health.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
PLAN TO BOOM MISSISSIPPI.

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 31. = The Mississippi Commercial Secretaries Association met in Jackson today and discussed plans to encourage indus try, induce immigration, advertise the resources and otherwise promote the welfare of the State -.
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arrests were made and heavy fines imposed.
 Policemen sat with drivers, and S15 wagons made deliveries, while es- corts of three mounted policemen fol lowed each wagon.
 It was announced at strike head quarters that conference with Mayor Gaynor had been arranged for tomorrow with representatives of the Brotherhood of Teamsters, when formal protests will be made of the employment of police guards on the wagons belonging to the express com panies.
 LEAD.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Lead $40 to S4.50.
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TEDDY ASKED. {. ID RETRACT CHARGES.
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By Associated Press.

By Associated Press. a.
 NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 31. - Judge Baldwin, the Democratic nom inee for Governor, sent letter to Roosevelt in reply to the Colonel's letters relating to his standing on eer- tain labor legislation, which says the Colonel evidently misunderstood his position, and reiterating his demand that Roosevelt retraet the charges.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
BIG APPLE SHOW.

VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 31.-The first Canadian National Apple Show opened in this city today with a bewildering display of exhibits from every portion of the Dominion. Buy CTS are here from Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the United States
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
MURDERER IS SENTENCED
 FOR LIFE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 31. - Otto Schulz, charged with the mur- der of Mrs. F. Finke Castine of Lancaster, in August, pleaded guilty after his sanity had been determined. He was senteeed to life imprisonment at Folsom.
 The body was buried, but was un- covered by a dog. Schulz says ne committed the deed while in a. vio- lent rage.
Weekly journal-miner., 1910-11-02
BRANCH MINT ABANDONED.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31. - George E. Roberts, director of the mint, said the New Orleans mint will be abandoned for the present When operations will be resumed is not known.