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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
FLYER TURNED TURTLE
Aviator Brookins Plnnges Into
Crowd of Spectators.

Asbury Park, N. j, (Special) A seri-
Gus mishap to Walter Brookins, in which
the daring Wright aviator was painfully,
but not dangerously hurt, marred the
opening day Of the aviation meet here
Brookins was dashed, stunned to the
earth when the machine suddenly turned
turtle after he had been forced to swerve
the airship suddenly to avoid crashing
into a crowd of spectators. Seven other
persons among whom the machine
tumbled were more or less seriously in
jured.
Brookins is the aviator who on July
Q climbed to the record height of 6.275
feet at Atlantic City and then coasted
safely to the earth with his power shut
off.
Brookins was pinned under the wreck
age, and was only half conscious when
friends reached him. This started re-
port that he had been fatally injured
The mishap was witnessed by the large.
crowd gathered for the meet and was
directly due to the thronging of specta-i
tors out into the field. Brookins in de-.
scending had no room to operate the
machine, and was driven to make a sud
den turn to avoid crashing among the
watchers. The tricky wind caught the
machine and sent it spinning over back
ward.
In the face of high wind the aviator.
had made successful short fight, circling
the field and then descended in splendid
sweep. AS he neared the earth he first
saw the crowd in the field near the point.
where he had intended to descend. To
avoid them he swerved the machine
- Al
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
POLICEMEN MUITNY.
Refuse to Guard Against Strikers in
Columbus, Ohio.

Columbus, Ohio (Specia! Fifty three
members of the Police Department within
"a hours have rebelled against Mayor
Marshall's orders to ride on street cars.
The mutineers we're increased by 20.
All of the 20 were men employed as spec
ials for strike duty. Unlike the regular
officers who mutinied, the 20 specials
were not suspended. but upon their re-
fusal to board cars they were told that
by that act they had removed themselves
from the service.
The Mayor made no call for the return
of State troops. Officers of the Fourth
Regiment, four companies of which are
stationed in Columbus, say they have been
told to hold themselves ready for service,
but at the Acknowledgements office it is
denied that preparations have been made
for calling out troops.
Mayor Marshall called for 1000 vol
unteers for police duty. He took the
brunt of all criticism made against the
manner in which the situation has been
handled. but said that if his critics We're
sincere they would offer to perform police
duty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
SNOW-WHITE WATER.
Sea Captain Relates Seeing an In
explicable Phenomenon.

Port Townsend, Wash. Especial I'm
a report to the United States Hydro
graph Office here the statement is made Of
an inexplicable phenomenon that marine
interests declare is without precedent.
The statement is filed by Captain Sam
iuels, of the American barkentine Aurora,
on arrival from Callao, Peru. On June
II, in latitude II degrees south, and
longitude 80 degrees west, according to
the report, the vessels course brought her
into an area of snow-white water. The
expanse was so large as to require nearly
an entire days sail to traverse. Its
merging with the natural ocean water
was sharp and definitely defined in color,
creating mervelous scene of marine
beauty.
Investigation with every means avail
able failed to show the phenomenon to
be due to submarine volcanic eruption or
other seismic upheavals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
a PREACHING Cross Restored.

The preaching cross in the village
OF burlington. situated amid romantic
surroundings on the northern side of
the Mendip Hills, has, by the generos-
ity Of Col. Evan H. Llewellyn. been
restored. It is recorded that early
In 1905 the handsome fifteenth century
base OF the cross all that then re-
manned of twas removed and util-
ized In building new house for the
then parish clerk. Happily, the orna-
mental dial stone did not share the
same fate. and this has been incor-
porated into its original position in
the new cross. Three broad and mas
sive steps carry the old socket, upon
which rests a tall monolith shaft,
which Is crowned by one of those Ian
tern shaped canopies so peculiar to
the west country.-London Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
IlnWelcome Mnfnriefv

Gracious! That's a peach Of
black eye, Where did you get it?"
Got it on the left side of my nose.
Where did you think got it--over the
ankle bone?'
Don't get heated. How did it hap
pen?"
That's different. It was all piece
Of my confounded tough luck. was
up on the Blue Cliff road looking at
piece Of real estate, when along came
q coatiess and bareheaGed fellow rum
ming for dear life with d lot of pant-
Ing Dursuers stretching In long line
behind him. Joined in the chase.
Being fresh, i rapidly overhauled the
fugitive. I had nearly coilared him
when q big rufiian grabbed me and
profanely told me to clear out. spoke
rudeIy to him and kept on running,
and he suddenly reached out a fist like
9 ham and knocked me into the ditch.
And what do you suppose it all was?''
Give It up
1T was rehearsal for a moving pic
ture film: and now my portrait will go
all over the country and be seen in
thousands of theaters as bruised and
battered butter-in who got just what
was coming to him! - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
WHO IS THE SOUNDING SHADY
he Is 5abitually Merry and Bright,
Affords Interest, Amusement
4 and Some Sport. ana

We note with profound sense OF
qualification that the sounding shad
has arrived. Who Is the sounding
shad some may ask. We answer
that be is fine old sport whose
presence In this country causes q
tdutter IN the breast Of every suscep-
tible ichthyologist Let there be no
misconception about the sounding
shad, says the London Globe He Is
not a billiard-room guy that one may
casually challenge to a hundred up,
Or low comedian. or a new thing in
trombones.
No. The sounding shad is regu-
lar and welcome visitor who arrives
when the song of the nightingale is
heard in the Surrey lanes. and the
liquid notes of the American tourist
percolate through the atmosphere OF
Bloomsbury. He is i fish just a
nsh, but one of the right sort.
AS the Birmingham Post tells us,
he comes 'tumbling and gamboling
up certain Of our rivers, affording In
terest, amusement, excitement and
some sport" He is not occasionally,
he is habitually merry and bright He
As, say the naturalists, "anadromous, z
but he does not let little thing like
that bother him. He tufnbles and
gambols just the same, and livens the
cold monotony Of our rivers.
BY day and night, we are told,
the saltations Of the sounding shad
suggest the ganlbolings of dolphins
or porpoises.''
TO this merry fellow we extend a
cordial welcome, though we know
there are churlish anglers who. hear
ing Of his arrival. viii only say:s Get
the hook"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Eee Inside Zee.

Westerly, R. /. Especially. - Clark
Rathbun, Westerly's weather wizard and
poultry raiser, recently discovered in his
henyard an unusually large egg. When
Mrs. Bathbun broke it in the frying pan
she discovered two eggs, both perfect and
one within the other. The she'll of the
inside egg was hard and the size of the
average egg. The outer egg was eaten by
Clark for breakfast, while the inner one,
was placed carefully in the basket with
the salable eggs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
MANY NEW GOVERNORS.
Largest Number Ever Chosen at One
Time-Four Elections Before Fall.

Washington, D. G. Especially AT the
coming fall elections more States will
elect governors than ever before in the
history of the Union. For the first time
Oregon is to join the list of Common
wealths electing their executives in No
vember. Heretofore the Oregon State
election has been held in June.
A total of SO governors are to be electi
ed this fall. Thirty-two will be voted
for at the general elections in November.
Three States-Vermont, Maine and
Arkansas will vote for governor next
month, and Georgia will elect its execu,
tive in October.
The gubernatorial contests in some of
the States are of more than ordinarily
interesting character. The elections in
others will be of purely perfunctory
character, the election of the Republican
or the Democratic candidate, as the case
may be, being foregone conclusion. So
cialists and Prohibitionists will have cam
didates for governor in a majority Of the
States, and in some of them they are
expected to poll considerable vote.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
TO PROSECUTE WARDLAWS.s
Death of One Of Sisters Will Not Halt
Counsel for State.

Newark, n. j. Especially The PROSE
cution Of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and
Mrs. Snead will not be interfered with
in any way by the death Of Virginia O.
Wardlaw, the third of the sisters in
dicted in connection with the mysterious
death of Ocey W. M. Snead, the East
Orange bathtub victim. This statement
was made by Louis Hood, special counsel
for the State in the Wardlaw case, when
his attention was called to reports that
Miss Wardlaw's death might cause the
prosecution of her two sisters to be
dropped. Mr.. Hood said that the three
sisters were jointly charged with the
commission of the crime as we'll as aid
ing and abetting it, and he would not
concede that the case against Mrs. Mar
tin and Mrs. Snead had been weakened in
any way by the death of Miss Wardlaw.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Teeth Key to Character.

IN Paris the theory that mans soul,
and also Woman's, is revealed by the
length, shape, inclination and spacing
Of the teeth has been put forward
BY certain neutrality-suspicious. and SO.
ci9ty Is greedily grasping at the nov
city. The new method of dental d.
vination IS declared to be much more
certain than palmistry. mind reading.
phrenoIogy or such old-fashioned d.
versions as fortune telling by cards
and teacups. One newspaper an
nounces that invitations are already
out for s'detonacy seance." Here
are some Of the secrets which the
new science" processes to lay bare:
Long. narrow teeth indicate vanity;
teeth small, separated and very white
are certain sign of Inconsistency and
tickle character; long, irregular teeth,
projecting forward. are an index of
ayarice and egotism; small, uneven
teeth indicate an uncertain DISPOSE
tion, with d tendency to nervousness;
untruthfulness is shown by teeth
which crowd and overlap.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Haunted By Dead wife.

New York Especially Walter Schmidt
80 years old, killed himself by inhaling
gas. just six years ago his wife killed
herself in the same manner. Since then
Schmidt has been haunted by her and re-
Gently he had been out of work and be-
came Respondent. He was found in bed
fully dressed, with the gas escaping from
"a burner which had been left turned on
fully. A letter and a bank book, in
which there was a balance of SIPS to
Schmidt's credit, were found in the room.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
a JIIted Lovers Revenae.

A Tilted lover at Davos. Switzer-
land, has taken novel but cruel re-
venge. His wedding was fixed for
this week. but shaving off his beard.
his flancee would have nothing to do
with him. Every day he wrote to her.
but received no reply.
Finding his case hopeless, he pasted
all the love letters he had received
from her on the walls of her house
and a crowd promptly collected to
read them. The indignant lady says
she win return the compliment by ia
king similar action.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
PITTSBURG'S EXPOSITION.
Will Consist of Exhibits of Land In
terest Only.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially .-Pittsburg is
preparing for the biggest indoor EXPOSE
tion ever held in the East. The show is
to be known as the National Land and
Irrigation Exposition, and will consist
of exhibits of land interest only. There
will be government and state exhibits of
modern farms and model dairies; models
of irrigation plans and systems; samples
of grains, seeds, plants, fruits, vege-
tables, cottons, tobaccos, minerals and
other earth products. Lectures on soil
restoration and agriculture will also be
given, and chambers of commerce, boards
of trade and commercial bodies from all
parts of the country will demonstrate to
the farmer, the homeseeker and investor
the particular advantages of their vari-
GUS districts. The exposition will take
place October IL to 20.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
.sEARCH|NGF0R POISON SIGNS
Experts Work on Supposed
Belle ElmOre's BFdy.
Prof. Pepper, the British Home Office
Physician, Now Seems Sure of the
Identity Of the Remains Found
Under Crippen's House.

London Especial lit is reported that
the authorities have discovered q. clue to
the certain identity, of the body unearthedI
in the Hilldrop Crescent home Of Dri
Hawley II. Crippen, now under arrest inl
Quebec, awaiting extradition on the
charge of having murdered an unnamed
woman. The. police have contended all
along that the bits of flesh were parts of
the body of Belle Elmore, the actress
wife of DR.. Crippen, but their identified
ton as such has been a matter OF much
doubt.
1t is generally believed that the case
of the crown rests on a. positive identifi.
cation and the greatest Importance is
attached to the latest developments
The hopeful clue was obtained during an
exhaustive examination of the body by
Professor Pepper, the Home Office exs
pert who had previously given many
hours to the problem. During the five
hours that he worked Professor Pepper
obtained conclusive evidence that the sex
was feminine. He then continued with
the purpose of determining the manner
of death, having in mind the possibility
that poison was used.
The analysis, so far as the poison
theory is concerned, was not completed
but 1t was reported that the physician
found evidence that at some period tho
woman had undergone surgical opera
ton. If this can be established the aui
thorities claim that they will have gone al
long way in proving that the victim was
Belle Elmore. 1t is doubtful if anything
beyond the scientific evidence is brought;
to light before the return here of Dr.
Crippen and Ethel Clare lie Neve, who
are jointly charged with guilty knowl-
edge of the woman's death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
FIRM TOWARD THE VATICAN
Alfonso's Reported Statement to
F elch Premier.
Declares They Organized Juntas of
Which Village Priests Are the
Leaders His Complaint to the
Vatican Ignored-Will Reduce the
Number of Religious Orders.

Paris Especially Les Nouvelles says
that it is authorized to deny the state
nent Of the Madrid Epoca that Premier
BRAND strongly advised King Alfonso
against rupture with Rome ana blamed
he severance of diplomatic relations be-
tween France and the Holy See to the
,lumsiness Of the Vatican
The paper says further that King AL
onso, during the interview with Premier
BRAND talked frankly about the situa-
lion and told the French statesman in
Energetic terms that he did not propose
70 obey the injunction of the Vatican, to
tolerate the threats of Plus X, or to al
low the Vatican to. mix in Spanish poll
tics.
Les Nouvelles adds i:
M. Brands experience enabled him
20 offer sage advice to the poung monarch,
warming his majesty to proceed dip
somatically, and avoid brusqueness and
Eounding."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Loses Money. Ends Life.

Kenosha, Wis. Especial Frank w.
Nothing, AZ years old, president of the
Kenosha Mercantile Company and leader
among the Social Democrats of Wiscon-
sin, committed suicide in his Office. He
slashed his throat with a shoe knife,
severing the jugular vein, and then TAX
ing another knife drove it deep into the
wound. Mr.. Nothing left a letter which
indicated that he had lost money through
speculation and had betrayed others who
had given him the use of their money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
>DRExEL RISES o,7so FEET.
American Aviator Makes Worlds
Altitude Record.

Lanark, Scotland Especially 1t was
officially announced that J. Armstrong
Drexel, the American aviator, attained
a worlds altitude record by rising $3.50
feet.
His Paragraph will be submitted to the
experts of the Kew Observatory at Lon-
don, who will determine the accuracy of
the instruments.
Drexeps flight was the sensation Of the
aviation meeting. Ascending at o'clock
in the evening, he shot up into a bank Of
clouds and disappeared from the gaze of
the anxious crowd. He landed some two
hours later near farmhouse IL miles
from Lanark
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
KILLS FAMILY AND SELF.
Life Taken BY Each of Four Revolver
Shots.

Chicago Especially w. ]. Meyers,
keeper of shooting gallery, used his
skill with a revolver with tragic purpose,
shooting three members of his household
through the head and then taking his own
life.
just four shots were fred, and four
lives were snuffed out by Meyers I'M
erring aim.
Policeman Dennis O'Neill was passing
the Meyers home when he heard the four
shots in rapid succession. Breaking into
the apartment he found the dead where
they had fallen. A revolver with four
chambers empty lay beside the body of
Meyers. Death in each case apparently
had been instantaneous.
Meyers and his wife separated recently
after she had him placed under bonds to
keep the peace. There are no living eye
witnesses to the tragedy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
WHITE CITY" OF
BRUSSELS FIRE SWEPT
Hundred Thousand People Are
Panic Stricken.
FRANTIC EFFORTS 10 ESCAPE FLAMES.
The Loss May Be 500, 600, 600 Crowd
of 100000 on Grounds When the
Flames Sweep Them - Two Dead.
Thirty Injured.

Brussels Especially The white city Of
the Worlds Fair as the Belgians call
the 1910 exposition, is now mass Of
flames and. smouldering ruins. A spark
falling into infammable material in the
telegraph building burst up in flames,
which, driven by high wind, swept
rapidly in all directions Soon the Bel
igian, English and French sections were
destroyed. The firemen and detachments
Of soldiers, called quickly to the scene,
found themselves baffled by the veritable
gale, which carried the burning embers
to all parts of the grounds.
b The loss in the exposition fire is esti-
mated at 50O,O00,00O francs 0O,000,-
000).
i To the left of the main building arose
the picturesque roofs and spires OF
"Bruexelles' Kermesz," Belgian Coney
Island. with water chutes, toboggan
slides and scores of side shows. This
place was alive with Sunday crowds, and
before they could be gotten out with any
semblance of order the Kermesz was
ablaze. The crowds became panic-strick-
en-, and men, women and children fought
madly to escape. The exits became choked
with the struggling masses, and men
used their fists to clear the pathway
Many were tramped under foot and badly
injured.
/, Soon the enormous facade tumbled in
ruins Considering the rapidity of the
confiagration, the small loss of life is
mervelous. So far as is known up to .
late hour tonight only two are dead. The
injured, as officially announced, number
80. but probably many hundreds received
minor hurts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
MOUSE IN HER RAT.
Actress Badly Shocked, But VIII Re
cover.

New York Especially The FIRST woman
to be recorded as having real mouse in
her "rat. is Miss Elizabeth Goodall, an
actress She was rehearsing in the Sew
enty first Regiment Armory for her APP
pearance in I'VE Won't Go Home Till
Morning." and at one time took off the
rat and hid it in dark corner. When
her hatpin there was terrible commo-
ton. When she finally got the hat off
out popped the mouse with pin wound
in its side. It was said that Miss Good
all is doing WE'LL
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
ONLY ONE FEAR FOX
MAYOR GAYNgR now
Secondary Hemmorrhage the
Only Contingency.
NE is MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
Removal Of the Bullet Does Not Con-
Germ the Surgeons at All, as They
Say It Can Easily Be Done at Amy
Time-His Cough Is Still Trouble
some

4 r Z
New York Especially The surgeons
attending Mayor Gaynor confessed to a
fear Of just one thing, q secondary
hemorrhage that might occur along the
path torn BY the bullet. A secondary
hemorrhage is bleeding "a or more hours
after q wound has been inflicted. In
Mayor Gaynor's case it would mean that
the bullet has SO abrased the wall OF
some artery that the pulsing blood had
broken through Such hemorrhagel
must be checked within a couple of min
6tes if death is to be averted. u
Every other contingency conceivable to-
the alert surgical mind has been provided
for. The Mayor has received injections
of antitoxif to ward off tetanus, the
bullet has been viewed rs it lies en-
bedded. in bony tissue in the roof Of the
pharynx, the wound has been dressed and
asepticized and the Mayors blood tested
twice day for the germs of septicemia
or blood poisoning. OF course, such pre-
cautions as may have been taken
to guard against secondary hemorrhage,
but wholly to guard against that is i'm
possible.
That is why there is always at least
one doctor on duty with the Mayor night,
and day. Ii secondary nemoTThage were
to come the doctor in the room would
simply have to stanch the flow OF blood
with his fingers for moment or two
until ligatures could be applied.
It developed Monday that this stanch-
ing of a secondary hemorrhage was al
that the surgeons had in mind now. when
speaking of an operation. The. removal
Of the bullet is simple affair with
which %hnv q 70 concerning Themselves not
at all.
One of the physicians who is attend
ing Mayor Gaynor said that, barring un-
foreseen and improbable complications,
Mayor Gaynor will be able to leave the
hospital in two weeks.
The police are engaging themselves on
a theory that James j. Gallagher, the
would-be assassin, may have had an ac-
complete. This Gallagher denies, but a
man with police record is under sus-
picion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Aeroplanes for Signal CORPS.

Washington. D. G. Especially .-Provi-
sion for several aeroplanes for the Army
may be made in the estimates to be pre-
sented to the next session of Congress.
The estimates are now being prepared
and an effort will be made to keep them
down to last years figures. If it is pos
sible without reducing any of the esti-
mates needed for improvements already
under way the Signal Corps will be in
cluded with fair amount for expert
mental purposes, which will mean that
two on possibly three aeroplanes win be
asked for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
STEAL RAWN PAPERS.
Burglars Break Into Home Of His
Son-in-L Law.

Chicago Especially Detectives are in
vestigating mysterious robbery at the
home Of Robert G. Brinkley, son-in-law
Of Ira G. Rawn. late president Of the
Monon Railway, in Winnettka.
Brinkley, who is now with his family
in Virginia. is custodian of Rawn's docu-
ments. Official investigation of alleged
graft in car repair bills of the Illinois
Central Railroad, of which Rawn was
formerly vice president, is thought to be
responsible for the ransacking of the
Brinkley residence.
Many valuables were passed by the
thieves, but desks and drawers where the
documents might be placed were ran
sacked.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Four<of Crew killed.

San Francisco special -Four mem
bers Of the crew Of the schooner Phoenix
were killed off Point Arena when the
boiler of the frail, little craft exploded
opening. her hull from stem to stern and
tossing her upper works into the sea.
The dead are. 7. I. Houston, chief engi-
neer; Andrew Rasmussen, second mate;
William j. Nicholson, fireman; Chris.
Hansen, fireman. The Phoenix sank soon
after the boats left her side.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-19
Burglar Cuts Windows.

Pottsville, Pa. Especially The burglar
who gained entrance by cutting window
panes with a diamond again got away
with big sum of money by entering
three dwellings couple of miles up the
Schuylkill Valley. BY the same methods
$50 was stolen from John Boran's barber
shop at Middleport.