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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
THIS AVIATOR SCARS ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Pauhan, the Daring Frenchman Rises 4,6O0 Feet
He. Breaks All the Records

in the air than any man in heavier
than-air machine ever had flown.
The wind barely stirred. Cort-
landt Field Bishop, president Of the
Aero Club of America, stood In front
of the judges stand, enthusiastic
over the beautiful scene.
AS Paulhan rose In the air he
bent low his gray-capped head and
smiled as he made short circle over
the spectators. Curtiss had previous
ly tried the higher currents and come
down.
Paulhan pointed north, went up
1000 feet. passed over the center
of the field again as though to take
another last look at a human face,
then turned north and up again.
The crowd grew breathiessly in
tent as the Frenchman and his air
machine rapidly became a speck in
the gathering twilight.
At height OF 1900 feet Paulhan
described a great circle to feel the
currents. BY this time he was mile
and half from camp. When word
spread that he had beaten Hubert
Latham's record of 1900 feet the
vast throng became frantic.
Two thousand feet and still climb
ing. No one would have been sur
prised IL the man and his little wings
had been swallowed up in the void.
After the aviator was as near out of
sight as he could be without disap-
pearing. Paulhan began to descend.
much to- the relief OF the suspense
felt by the spectators.
He came down easily in front of
the grandstand. after having risen
to the plane of the mountain peaks.
AS he leaped from his machine.
cheeks glowing and eyes flashing, he
was grabbed by his friends and car
ried to the grandstand. where he
barred his head amid thunder of
cheers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
FARMERS GET VAST SUM.
Corn, Wheat And Cotton Exported
At High Prices.

Washington, D. G. Especially "a
picture which reflects the prosperity
of the country. especially that of
the farmer. is drawn in the state
ment of domestic exports for 1909
prepared by the Bureau of Statis-
tics of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
Corn at 20 cents hushel, wheat
at $1.04 a bushels and about IL
cents for every pound of cotton ex
ported is the record for 1909. More
than $4,000. 900 worth Of corn and
$4S,OO0, 900 Of wheat went from
American ports to feed the world
last year. More than 100000, 600
worth of cotton went to foreign
looms, and as these figures show
only the expectations from the prin-
cipal ports of trade. the detail state
ments will be larger.
While there are some decreases
shown from the year 1908. the show
ing is considered satisfactory.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Ten Children Blown Up.

Charleroi, Pa. Especially. Ten
children were killed outright and
the mother and two other children
were seriously injured when an ex-
plosive. which Joseph Kentic, a min
er, was thawing in the kitchen of
his home. was discharged. The
house collapsed, burying the children
in the ruins. Kentic was blown out
the door in which he stood, but was
able to recover the bodies of his
children from the ruins. All the in
iured will recover
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
TWO WATCHMEN HAVE
BATTLE WITH REVDLVERS
Survivor Then Writes to His
Wife and the Police.
PLAY A GAME or HIDE AND SEEK.
Ferris Says He And His Opponent
Dodged Around The Boiler Blaz-
ing Away At Each OtherSo Far
As Can Be Learned The Men Quar-
relied Over Their Work.

New York Especial The tale Of
a battle with revolvers between two
watchmen in a store at Broadway
and Twenty-first Street is told by
the survivor, John Ferris, who was
Familiarity called tOld Pop" Ferris.
He is 81 years old The man he
killed was William Woods, 20 years
old.
After the fight Ferris wrote a let
but he was not arrested until the
janitor went to the store next morn
ing.
So far as can be learned, the men
Quarreled over their work, and lat
er, when in liquor, fought with their
fists and then with revolvers, until
Woods dropped dead. Ferris was
unscathed. He said he lodged the
bullets fired by the older man.
The shooting was done in the en-
CINE room, in the basement of the
store. Here, according to Ferris,
the watchmen shut themselves up to-
gether and blazed away at close
quarters, lodging and running, try
ing to get the drop on each other
and playing hide and seek around
the boilers.
The dead man leaves widow and
three children living at % Twelfth
Street, Whitestone. Long Island.
Ferris lives at $40 East One Hun
dred and Sixty-seventh Street, and
has q wife and two boys the latter
being employed at Tiffany's. This
is what Ferris told the police:
woods was late in getting to the
store. He should have been there
at s o'clock, but didn't get there UNI
til 7.20 o'clock. When asked him
to pitch in and help with the work
we had to do he said Go to -
II told him to brace up and get
a move on, and he went on to tell
me in a number of ways that he
didn't intend to lift a finger. | got
mad at his cussedness and went out
for a while. When got back he
went out.
About III o'clock we started the
argument again, hotter than before.
and by and by the old man drew off
and gave me stiff one in the jaw.
i boxed his ears, and then he drew
his gun. Before he could fire was
on the jump. because / knew he
would shoot.
sHe blazed away. and had to
fight for my life. ] drew my gun
and hit him with the first shot. That
didn't stop him, and had to shoot
again, and then again. He dropped,
and / picked up his gum
Two revolvers were turned over
to the police by Ferris. One of
them, which he said was his own,
was of 80 caliber; the other was
a .3S caliber and had four emptied
chambers.
After the shooting Ferris very
quietly sat down and wrote to police
Headquarters, setting forth what had
occurred and asking that some one
be sent to arrest him and take charge
of the body. He also wrote to his
wife. and then went out to mail the
letters. When the janitor came In
the morning .hessummoned . patrol
man and Ferris was arrested.
Ferris had been employed at the
store for 81 years and Woods for 8
years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
killed warming Himself.

CHICAGO Especial While warming
himself at a manhole near the Polk
Street Railroad Station, an unidentifi-
ed homeless man was killed by losing
his balance and plunging down
among the numerous exhaust pipes.
He was suffocated by escaping
steam before assistance arrived. The
man. who was thinly clad, became
dissatisfied with the amount of heat
coming out of the manhole. and open
ed the iron grating to get the full
henefit OF the steam.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
NO SHORTAGE OF BEEF.
Experts Say Price Is Regulated BY
Shipments Abroad.

Denver, Col. Especially President
H. A. Jastro. of the National Live
stock Association, and Murdo Mac
kenzie. vice president. in speeches
denied that there is any danger of
a shortage of beef in the United
States.
They declared that so long as
5000 100000 worth of beef is ex-
ported from America each year there
is no danger of shortage.
The price of beef in Chicago Is
regulated by the price received for
our surplus cattle shipped abroad, :"
said Mr.. Mckenzie. The howl that
present prices are putting beef be-
yond' the reach of the poor man is
unwarranted."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
INAUGURATION BILL UP.
Change TO April Is Fayorably Re.
ported by House Committee.

ported by House Committee.
Washington. D.. G. Especially -
The passing of the historic fourth Of
March as presidential inauguration
date and the fixing OF the fourth
Thursday of Alril in It's place is pro-
vided for in resolution ordered
favorably reported by the House
Committee on the Judiciary.
The resolution. action on which
was unanimous, directs that hercaft-
er the terms of the President, Vicc
President, United States Senators
and representative in Congress shall
begin on the final Thursday Of April.
This change is not to apply to the
members of Congress until their
present term expires.
The action of the committee fol-
lows a general cutlery against the
holding Of inauguration ceremonies
In Washington at q time when in
clement weather has been the rule
and when blizzard shuts OFF all COM
munication with the outside world
for time as marked the last in
auguration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
TAFT'S VIEWS
ON CONSERVATION
Asks That Balngers Recommendations Be Framed Into
Law--Executive Requests That Laws Be Passed
Without Waiting For Result.of Inquiry.

message to Congress
Mr.. Taft asks for new land laws
which have been drawn by Score
tary Ballinger
The message also asks Congress
to validate Withdrawals by the Sec
rotary Of the Interior, and points
out the difficulty of enacting laws
that will both conserve and develop.
Separation of the soil from the
minerals beneath it is urged as well
as laws to prevent monopoly both
in minerals and water powers
The President calls attention to
the need of conserving the fertility
of the soil, which work, he says, is
more important than saving woods,
waters or minerals He recommends
a loan of 100000 to complete ir-
rigation projects already commenced
and remarks upon the distressing
condition of those settlers who have
taken up land and the irrigation de-
layed. Failure to complete these
projects. he says, is i'm effect q
breach of faith. = And the people
need relief from their distressed con-
dition.
Discussing inland waterways, the
President strongly recommends the
improvement Of the Ohio River, from
Pittsburg to Cairo, and of the up
per Mississippi The former project
would cost $4,000. 900.
An experimental reforestation at
the head of navigable streams by
the Forest Service is recommended.
and a new law is urged on small
areas not included in the national
forests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
NAY HAVE Been
A SYRIAN PLOT
Police Still Hunting Man Who
Shot Boys.
DEAD BOY AN INNOCENT VICTIM.
Robert Tomas Believed BY Police
TO Have Been Mistaken For Nass
sib SHIRLEY, Foster-B Brother OF The
Other Boy Shot-Nassib's Father,
Who Killed Wife And Himself In
1908, Had Persistently Fought
Certain Syrian Societies.

New York (Special) A venge-
full Syrian plot, which partially mis-
carried, may be the explanation OF
the act Of the seeming mailman who
wantonly shot down two six-year-
old boys coasting on Washington
Heights, killing one of them and
fatally wounding the other. Such
meager clues as the police had were
followed up diligently in the effort
to run down the shaggy dark man"
described by the panic-stricken boys
among whom the murderous strang-
er appeared. But while still work
ing on the theory that the man was
a homicidal lunatic, the police are
giving attention to the alternative
theory that both Robert Tomas, the
dead boy, and Arthur SHIRLEY, who
was shot, were the victims of a plot
by enemies of the SHIRLEY family.
On this theory young Tomas is sup
posed to have been mistaken for
Nassib SHIRLEY, an adopted son OF
Arthur SHIRLEY, Sr.
Nassib Shibley's father killed him
self and his wife in 1908 because OF
domestic differences. He was an at.
torney and had persistently fought
certain Syrian secret societies. His
brother Arthur adopted his son, who
was not in the crowd of boys among
whom the assassin appeared. It liz
assumed, however, that the stranger,
believing young Tomas to be the son
of the dead attorney, killed the boy
and then shot his intended victims
foster brother
The condition of the six-year-old
SHIRLEY boy, who is in Washington
Heights Hospital; grew worse in
stead of better, as the physicians had
hoped, and DR.. C. G. Sichel, the head
physician, said that he thought in
order to save the little fellows life
it would be necessary to transfuse
into his veins blood from some
When MRS. SHIRLEY, the boys
mother, heard what DR.. Sichel
though, she said that she would IN
dergo the operation. She was told
that TRANSMISSION would not be re-
sorted to unless it was absolutely
necessary.
Coroner l.. l.. Feinberg went 10
the hospital to get the ante-morten, \
statement Of the SHIRLEY boy. Tho
statement the boy made to the cOrO-
ner differed somewhat from the ono
he made shortly after he was shot.
The little fellow said that the man
who did the shooting had called to
Robbie Tomas and himself and told
them that he had something to show
them. They went to him, Arthur
said, and then the man began to
shoot at them with two pistols.
Another thing, tho boy said, was
that the man wore spectacles, and
that he seemed respectable. The
man. he said, followed him short
distance after the shooting, but turn
ed and went in another direction
when he saw Arthur going toward
Edgecombc Avenue over the rocks,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
TO JAIL FOR LIFE.
Judge Says Hanging Is Too Good
For Child Murderer.

Belleyille. Ill. Especially A life
time of remorse. rather than death
on the gallows, was the penalty i'm
posed on James Pullman. who con-
fessed that he had killed his month
old baby by crushing its head with
his heel.
II will not sentence Pullman to
the gallows." said Judge A. Grow,
of the Circuit Court. "but to the peni-
Tertiary for life. 1t will be punish
ment more terrible than death for
him to be haunted day after day by
the cries Of his murdered child"
Pullman killed the child last July
after he and the infants mother had
failed to find home for it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Mae C. Wood Dicharged.

New York Especial The charges
of forgery and perjury against Miss
Mae G. Wood were dismissed in Gen
eral Sessions Court here and Miss
Wood was discharged from custody
She was indicted in 1907, following
the trial of her suit against ex-United
States Senator +. G. Plat, who, she
alleged, married her in this city
Senator Platt's illness has made i'm
possible his appearance in court to
testify against Miss Wood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
steel To Mako Record.

New York Especially Smart Inn
provement I, record figures will be
showr in u. steel trade in the forth
coming quarterly report of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation. to be
made public January rs. The re-
port. it was learned. will show an
untitled tonnage at the close of 1909
close to 100000 tons, the largest
reported in several years and a gain
of over 100000 tons, compared
with September 80.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Richard .olncy In Hospital.

Boston Especially Mr.. Richard
Olncy, Secretary of State in Presi-
dent Cieveland's second Cabinet, is
q patient at Carey Hill Hospital,
Brookline. Mr.. Olney has been suf-
fering- from an abdominal affection,
but his condition is nc serious. He
was operated on. and 1t Is expected
he will be able to leave the hospital
within week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
! WIN Make Fraud Charges.

Bridgeport. Ohio (Spe d
President T. L. Lewis. of the United
Mine Workers of America, before
leaving home for Indianapolis, charg-
ed that fraud had been practiccd IN
the election of national officers in
this subdistrict in favor of William
Green, his opponent. He promised
that he would expose the scheme at
the national convention. Friends OF
Green will file counter charges.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
SINKS With AM. Hands.

Crescent City. Cal. Especially a
iumber-laden schooner. supposed to
be the San Buenaventura, from
Eureka, went down with all ON board
near Rogue River. IS miles north of
here. All hands were seen in the rig
cling a short time before the vessel
sank.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
A NEW BANK BILL.
Allows National Institutions To Loan
Savings Deposits To Farmers.


Savings Deposits To Farmers.
Washington. D. G. (Special) Fol-
lowing an informal canvass of the
House Committee on Banking and
Currency, Representative Hammond.
of Minnesota. has framed a bill to al
low national banks TO loan not to ex-
coed SO per cent. of their savings
deposits ON improved farm lands.
under regulations to be prescribed by
the Comptroller of the Currency.
Mr.. Hammond is members of the
Banking and Currency, Committee,
and believes the only objection to the
consideration of the subject at the
present time is the fact that the.
Monetary Commission is preparing
to report legislation. He says that in
the West one-half of the deposits. are
savings
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Antaist Kills Town Nfarshall.

Claxton. Ga. Especially Ordered
by the Town Council to arrest young
William Bradley. of IIagau, nearby,
because he had been accustomed, II
was charged, to running his automo-
bile through this town at dangerous
speed. Marshal William Bagett was
shot to death by the young man when
ne attempted to arrest him. Bradley
escaped, but, 1t is understood. he
will surrender.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Had No Watch wife Burn.

Goldsboro. N. C.. Especially Unable
to render aid, paralytic husband and
five small children watched Mrs. Hay
wood Baker burn to death in their
home in Bragdon township, near
here. Mrs. Baker was dressing her
children for school when her cloth
ing caught fire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21

Aviation Camp. Los Angeles, Cal.
Especially Louis Paulhan. French
aviator. broke ali official and unofi-
cial records for altitude in Far
man biplane by fying to a height
OF more than 1000 feet and de-
scending safely after so minutes
46 LIS seconds in the air.
AS methods OF measurement were
not exact. the exact height reached
lis not known. but il is certain that
he exceeded the record Of $500 feet.
The instrument in Paulhan's machine
registered the greatest height at
1900 feet.
The judges record of Paulhan's
altitude, which ~ still to be sane
toned officially, was 1,524 metres,
approximately 5000 feet. The time
Of descent was z minutes 80 sec
onds. He made his record shortly
after losing the speed record of the
course to Glenn n. Curtiss.
The FrenchmRn. using an engine
that had pust arrived from Paris. had
been on the course all afternoon.
He had circled the course again and
again. skidding and dipping and
swinging corners in daring fashion
that made his wife SILVER with
fright.
The sun was low toward the sea
and the shadows had begun to gather
when paulhan decided to go higher
e.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
s;arv. Ind. Dry BY seven Votes.

Laporte. Ind Especially -Four
months more 1.-The steel city" of
Gary will continue ''dry"-and by
the rule of a majority of only seven
votes. Judge Tuthill. Of the Superior
Court, handed down decision in
favor of the Anti-Saloon League in
suit brought by the saloonkeepers
or Gary to contest the result Of an
eleoti0n held 30 months ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Lad SAVES B. 8 0. TRAIN.
Carl Washer Flags Engine And
Stops 1t Near Burning Bridge.

Laporte, Ind. Especially. - Carl
Washer. is years old. stopped a
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
within 10 feet of a burning bridge
west OF Weltshoro, Ind. by signal-
ing the engineer with red hand
kerchief.
When the boy discovered that the
bridge was burning he fastened
down the tracks, remembering that
q train was due in few minutes.
AS the train came in sight he waved
his handkerchief and the man at
the throttle stopped, the train. Pas
sengers in the four crowded coaches
made up purse of 500 for Wasch-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
81, 900 A Year For Mrs. Cleveland.

washington. D. c. Especially A
pensio NOT $4,000 year is due Mrs.
Grover Cleveland. according to prece-
dents. and Senator Root presented to
the Senate bill making the grant.
The amount is the same as was al
lowed to Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs Gar
field, Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Tyler,
widowed wives Of former Presidents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Oklahoma Postofrice Robbed.

Nowata. Okla. Especially. = Rob
bers dynamited the safe in the post
dice here. secured 81 100 in stamps
and currency and a quantity of regis
tered mail and escaped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS.

All the principal land statutes
were enacted more than quar-
ter of century ago.
Problem is how to save, how
to utilize, how to conserve and
!. still develop.
The Importance of the mainte-
nance of our forests cannot be
exaggerated.
Lands should be classified ac-
cording to their value or use.
The power Of the Secretary Of
the Interior to withdraw from the
operation Of existing statutes
tracts of land, the disposition of
which under such statutes would
be detrimental to the public in
terest, is not clear or satisfac-
tory.
Productive powers of the soil
should have the attention of
scientists, that they may be con-
served and enriched.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21

Speaks Out Boldly In Defense OF
Conserving National Resources
And Clears Away All Charges
That Have Been Made Against
Him Wants Lands He Ordered
Withdrawn Validated Desires
More Laws With Teeth In Them
Ignores Waterways.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
soIdier Sentenced TO Be Hanged.

Kansas City Especial, Private
Charles O'Neil, Fourteenth United
states Infantry. on tria: for killing
Mimic Scharbora at Fort Leavon-.
worth. Kas., July 20 last, was found
guilty and sentenced to be hung
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Bank Treasurer Stole SfO6, 900.

New Haven, Conn. (Specialls--.
Robert D. Muir. former treasurer OF
the Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany of this city, pleaded guilty to
having converted 100000 Of the
banks fund to his own use.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
Postal no Change It's Mann.

Albany. N. Y. Especially ~ The
Postal Telegraph Cable Company GER
titled to the Secretary of State that
it intends to change its name to the
Transcontinental Telegraph Com
pAnv
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21
A YALE MAN AS
THE CHIEF FORESTER
Prof. H. S. Graves Selected to
Succeed Pinchot.

The New Head or The Service Is
Now Pinchot Professor AT The
Yale Forestry School And WIN.
With His Assistant, Garry Out
The Policies OF The Dismissed Of
ial-Selections Made After A
Conference, Hurriedly Called, Al
Tie White House.
Washington, d. c. Especial Am.
nouncement was made at til, White
House that Henry S. Graves, dierctor
of the Yale Forest School and fol
two years assistant chief of the old
division of forestry under Clifford
Pinchot, has been selected by Presi.
dent Taft and Secretary of Agricult
ture Wilson to succeed Mr.. Pinchot
as chief of the forestry service. AL.
bert F. Potter, of Arizona, assistant
forester. will be appointed associate
forester. Mr.. Graves will take ur
his new duties February l and Mr.
Potter will continue in charge mean.
time.
The appointment of Mr.. Graves
came with surprising Quickness. Ever
since the dismissal Of Mr.. Pinchot
last week both the PresideL-t and Sec
rotary Wilson have been represented
as being deeply concerned over the
selection of suitable man.
The new forester and his associate
are both known as Pinchot men
Both have served under Mr.. Pinchot
and both are in sympathy with his
policy Of administration. 1t was
largely through Mr.. Pinchot's efforts
that the Yale forest school was es.l
tablished, and Mr.. Graves went from
the post of assistant chief of the
division of forestry under Mr.. Pin.
chot to become director of the school
in 1900. He had served in the for.
estry division for two years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21

Aviator Scars Mountain High In
Meet At Los AngeIes-Fifty Thou
sand Spectators Watch The Speck
In The sky Circles Over Balloons
-Curtiss, The American. Beats
Frenchnan In The Speed Trials
Balloon Out To Sea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-21

Washington, D. C. Especially -
The President sent his conservation