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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
SHtu B,TTIr> " Tnr uR.
Novel Features Planned for The inter
naIIenaI Tournament In OctOhrr-

Al interesting feature ~ go. in'"rn1 %
ttnnll AVIATION Tournament p. a. a"'d "a
Long Island next October vii l-' a sham
battle between Euroi'sau and american
aaroplanss u was SAID Yesterday that
4 committee 'f avIaturs and military men
had bcru appointed 20 wurN ont IA" plan
Tor tho proposed manu.Ivr"S and hat It
Will -. tine p'Irpu-.a 20 max" ~ a. nearly
a. roSsihla an ,u.l'itIpu uf an actual
hai'l. ~ the az
The European and American aviators
VIII w. assem- l,i IN i've separat" gruurs
and after gong through "A variety e
TACTICS they will finally come togo her
over the iiving field and the most interest =
ing part e IN" hatt," will take pl1C" near
ih. grand stand
one plan that has been considered j. 10
have the Performance. represent Me al
tack of America a"roula' - upon Is flee,
- foreign ha'il~-hIp= archorei some
her" ~ th, eastern '.Ti 81 I.oui Island
In that event tho aerial fleet would Nv out
from New York With fhD purpose 81 de-
rtroying the hattle-hIp- aud woui be-
met by scouting aeroplar.- sent OCT from
tho warship~ The meeting of tho aero.
planes would TAX" plar" Imme iIat.ly
over the Internal ional hyIug field
Most II The aviatorS. would. of course,
D.. accompanied nv q pass sEger who
would b.. the real fighting man while ~.
aviator handled the machine. The posi-
tiitIes Of using hrearrn' the droppIIg
~ explosives ard the sktll iu attack and
escape could be- indicated
The Wright brothers will have several
machines entered in the International
meet. and a. they have given great deal
Of study 10 tn. Use ot tn" aeroplaua m
warfare IL j. expected that they will have
much to do with arrau Girg tho details
Of the IN mic hattie. The swift Europcan
- /.
in lAka IHri
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
CAS- BLOWTP WAVES SLEEPERS.
brooklyn NeiEhborhood Aroused and
Late Pedestrian Hurt.

An explosion IA gas main NJ Grand
and De Kalb avenues. BROOKLYN. ~ mid
night last night shook the houses in Ia.
neighhorhood. bTok. numerous windows
and brought out the SHOPPERS 20 find what
the trouble was The covers Of two
manholsS flew up high mt" ths air and
came down with Clatt"r. which added
greatly to the confusion
Eugene KaRi ~ 2i2 Grand avenue was
III" only person on the street at the time
He was knocked down with such force
that ha had bad case Of ooncuSsion 81
the brain and was taken away ia an
MN hnlanNe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
R,>GE wan ~ MONT,NI
q atiIrmen Trounrrd sheepmen VINO
Drove over Agreed DN IdInE Line.

HrLENA. Mon irly 10 According 10
rero-r- r"~"ivsi to-day from ~" Rig
RlIrkfoot section 81 this country. there
las teen .erious clash between IN"
sL".,g aud Cattl" n on
Th"r" has hsen an understanding among
th. sn.-rp and Cattl" men on division
- tb.. range II ~ reported that a sh""p-
man having eaton out his range instructed
hi- h.rderS To- driN. over the imaginary
lin" to the range NJ IN" cattlemen Tn"
cattlemen after repeated warnings took
the matter IN their own hands. scattered
the sh es.p. killing Sev"nty-iiVs Il them,
and dizarming III" h.rd"rS drove them
out Of the country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
sHE BLaMES ms STEPMOTHER.
Frank ian .. Burnhsms VIE Also says He
struck Her with Hi. Fists.

COLORADO SPRISOs. July s-frnnklin
= Burnham. regimental adiutant and
well known here il heing sued by his wife.
Ethel Burton Durham. for separate
maintenance ON the grounds Of cruelty
ana that his affections have be'.n alien
ated by Mr. Marie Durham. his young
stepmother. who - n widow.
Mrs Ethel Burnham j. the daughter
OF q = Burton, "a merchant Of Boston.
wher. she has been living. She com
plains that her husband struck her with his
fat and has hsen guilty 81 other abusive
Acts Adiufant Burnhams marriage 10
Miss Burton took place in Boston IN iso,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
rtIsr Mr,SI RES SuiSHED.
me Burrau Takes No chances On Their
Returning TO IluSiness NJ OF Nore.

In the month that Commissioner Dris-
coll has h.--n'a', the head Of the Bureau of
Weights and Measures be- has impound"d
- many false scales and measures that
Le flied two rooms with them IN the base
m"u' 90 IN. CITY Hall and when he ass-d
for NOR" room he was informed bv Gus
'odIan Ryan that thor" was NOT another
inch that n" could ge' Then Mr. Drts-
coll decided thI' III" only thing - DO
WIS to clear IN" two rooms by DESTROYING
~. thousands at measures with fall" tot %
toms. fh" plugged weights and th" doc
tor,'i scales he had collected Hitherto
when fraudulent measures and scales
hav" hs,'n Impou nd,'d III" prdCtl," mas
h.-au to send them u the CorUrItIuu wards
o. re- DESTROYED but u ~ ind" -stoOd that
many of th"s" cheating devices have
found their wav hack into Use agatn
knowing thIs. Commissioner puscoll
had the greater part 81 th- cpll@rtiO On
dumyed az sea Yesterday Hut before
allowing them 20 ielye the city Hall h.
saw that they We're smashed into funk hv
three men using heavy sledg" hammers
It.. remains wrr,. Cart.d - Pier 4 North
River rhovelled aboard oUs Of th" police
boats arr thrown overheard slfn-Shrrr
On SANDY HoOS he wood y Il! t. used
for kindhng
Some OF the more inS-nl Ous of the heats
were preserved hv Mr. Dri~roll for "NhIbI-
ton IN one OF tn. booths - b" set aside
for them at the congress II he Federa-
ton Of Women clubs hinh - 20 H. held
IN Madison SquaT" Garden m september
IL ~ also b"lng planned hv Commits IOn.r
Dris0Oll Ia haN. q Spr' %! r"rmaLsUt -N-
hIbi' Of this kind For thus purpOs. he
intends To- rent a stO-" On Broadway and
10 display tho fraudulent m"lur.s and
scales s.iysd uv hI- .lST'- tors The
purpose Mr. Drs ull has lu mind IN doing
this ~ 10 educate the uuhlIC - assist hts
def rtment IN tho Crt:sad'' which has been
started against What Mdyor GAynOr has
DESERT ted ., q miserable. fO!u 81 th!eye-y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
DEUTSCHER SIADI m CHINA
HHtT THT sERHaNS HttE
utDg OF TSINGTu
Tsrrrs Ttsa . s-s~~s, -lssasss Esss's
Pt~tar~. aasi D-sgelpsasss. u'ss Pts~e
1lrss.t Say oar Wsaasa Waai - Nv"
In IVA 80 ltunt . . IN Tra teafs.

-. a.. -. $500 a aa.a a. Live
d.. - a., -, , !. -, r., 49,.
Ou ~. ~sis- - The Nelios S-sa 70 hit
- f~rfi tory whi-h - f"fsrr~d u IN the
,t-ap.,trb.. from ths Var Vast -su-tins~s
- ~. sphere q O-rtnan lnfhisnre Sn'n~-
urr,s, ~ b. ralisd kiaochow. tasinS 80
Mans. from Tho city ~ tina, name. or
kiaut--hau a. m. Germans spell "
~nm~,,rn~- reports are printed about the
~ond-rful things the Germans arr DOING
ont there n ths way u d~veioptns thelr
httl" plo' Judging from photographs
brought by Alfred S'hrOeder. m"rrhaht
who has lived O,t there seven years. they
have bitn within the Last ten years a fine
,,,,,t..,,, 80 49,. a.. b,,il.hns. and
.'1,'... -......-..,,- ,.,,,II "A, ,.r,.,I,,
sanitary
10 any country
Tsingtau - the name Of the town
Thar. ARE two parta 20 a. the EurOp~an
,,.,-,,,o ~h,rh contain. .h,,f 5o1 mar.
80 =. ,.,,,,I.-
H'nS' an" wv" "a'1'e' -. '''.. -.
tion OF from 5000 TO So."o. anu " hoass
of everything that the most modern Ger
man ,ttv claim. even 10 a first class
-.
, -.
IN" huNah'as" 'h"'
over Inetu ~ that ~ has haroor anu
several big piers, slld Mr StnToeueF
Yesterday a, IN. Manhattan You can
= =. p,t,,. 49,. .,,,,,., a., n d,v and a
-" '" D"'"' Wy n
halt. ~ that you ger IN" n'"'iS ,'"'" '-'
lin in a little over two weeks. and Ne haN"
liners Of the 4 O. the Nippon
yrst,, E,,sb, ia. HAMBURG AMERICAN
- -, -. ,,,o,,,s,
anu w" N"''h W. "'H' '"''"
th"f" regularly lh"t" u IaH"au ""'
that runs about DO miles into the Interior
-
,,,,,...,,.,,, ,,,,h p.Li, and al China
-, -, -,
1T" '''"'s' E'""S
Isingtan mostly com" from Shanghal
aud oonsls: chiefly Of cotton goods. al
though thor. ia a great deal Of naUar and
nj Lr,yrIY IN he standard Dll' Company
HAVING .y.nf. thor. Th.. ~reat .Xpprt
~ sir,w Itaid Eighty Ter cent OF the
str,y ,-,tI made. I'm china 4, exported
to-, .T.iry,,u
-Ts,ngtI', 80 , naval s,a,,on IN has
d. ,ir,, I,,y.rn,,,an, s6,Dvord with M.
-, ,I,,,,tg d., tn.L ,r ,ba Far Fast
III ,t.r.. ',r,. t,.,,s...n > ,ssn and \ 90 -ol-
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,r..,''e,,,Iy ~. Tsiry,au "A call
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Pen 49,, -. ,r...,,s "a -. N v.,r
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
IN. van stree, "E,enlnx sun e

The Wall Street edition ofIrHE EVENING
S-S contains all the financial news and
the stock and bond quotations to the close
Of the market. The closing quotations.
including the bid and asked" prices. with
additional news matter. are contained also
IN the night edition 81 THE EVENING SUN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
<oC.r strike In New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. July IL Following two
weeks of agitation employees ~ the New
Orleans Railway Company voted tonight
no, 10 strike They will accept the com
panys proposal Of better conditions and
soUewhat higher wages rather then
hght for their first demands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
HroLcr ND.I. Ndam, Arrested.

nosToS IU.y IG II , AdIfnz. m"
Boss .l ru'a 'rp,"r. who gained no'or."'y
. tn li'Urr. '..-" was arrested ltt"
"a i.f''rIuru .Hp. tNp warrants ChArg
tt, him arf. rt.. ltrn,ny ~ stprkz valued
90 6llr fr.m Grur.. ~ x Unison u
- N.,-rr"'.t -.r""' aud another bot
ts.g.i 90 g. --, ''t'. Clarence y Gale ~
kiiby street Inspectors Guddi- Shso-
"a ATd Harris mad" tho arrest IN
ID ms - .N4.' - % State s'r."'. Boston.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
10, Dro~ ned From His Own RAFT

Gecrgs y Young. years old. of 2S2
Whit9' Ftrcct. jersey city. was drowned
lar.,,. ~ IN South Gov" west Of H.nCiar-
son ,nSect and near the Jersey Central
yan.-. Communipaw He had made A
Taft and was last seen padding hrs way
acros- the cove The empty raft was
found and a z-arch was mad" for the hoy
Hia body WAS recovered II N suppoz. a
that he slipped OF the hmsy raft into the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
New Trial for Ptt,.burE csuncn Pr...Ieu,

PITTsBTRG. July 10 A new trial was
granted to-day to DR. =. G. blessing 81
the Fifteenth Ward. president II the Com.
mon Council lie was convicted ~ brib.
cry IN connection with the graft scandal
several months ago Or blessings
friends contend that Il" - innocent
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
FLIES BRING TYPHOID.
Lecturer says Pest Must BE EXter-
minatcd--Good Advice From
Medical Authority.

Harrisburg. Pa, Nov 8. That
seventy-fve per cent of the typhoid
cases of the nation are due to the
common house fly was the claim of
DR.. Elwood c. Ferisho in his lee
ture to the teachers at yesterday S
session of the Dauphin county in
stitute.
quite recently" said DR.. Per-
isho, two flies, caught from the
inside of a screen door, were ex-
amined under a microscope and up
on one foot of the first there was
found to be fifteen thousand typhoid
germs and on the feet of the other
one hundred thousand germs.
Think of the flies wallowing in
all the filth and then making a
straight line to your dining table,
walking over your food and then
for the sake of your children and
for the sake of your home, be up
and doing all you can to push for
ward the movement to eradicate the
fly from this grand country of ours.
Just as the mosquito was extermin-
ated from the swamps of Panama"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
SCHOOL TEACHER FINED $50.
Convicted of Whipping a 7-Year-Old
Boy Pupil With q Rawhide.

Recorder A. c. N. Thompson, of
Middlctown, on Wednesday found ia
bez c. Mullison, a school teacher of
that city, guilty of cruelty beating
one of his seven-year-old pupils and
fined him 80. Mullison was ar
rested on the charge of assault in
the third degree, for whipping Jas.
Manzo, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Manzo. A rawhide was exhibited in
court as the instrument with which
Mullison inflicted punishment on sew
eral pupils on Monday when there
was severe trouble in the truant
school of which Mullison is teacher.
1t is said one of the pupils took a
rat to school and turned it loose in
the school room. Another boy set
fire to the hair of one of the pupils
and a third jabbed a schoolmate
with a rusty file. Mullison has
taught the school for years. He is
an old teacher and a good disciplin-
arian. This conduct was more than
he could stand and he proceeded to
conquer the obstreperous youngsters
with his whip.
In court the Manzo boy exhibited
severe welts on his back which had
caused the blood to run. Mullison
contended that he had done nothing
wrong and would have done the same
thing by his own son under similar
circumstances. He said the Manzo
boy was one of the worst he ever
knew. Some years ago Mullison was
arrested for severely whipping one
of his pupils and fined $50. An
other warrant has been issued charg-
ing Mullison with whipping a ten
year-old boy on Monday, but it is
not believed the case will be pressed.
Besides being in charge of the tru-
ant school Mullison has been for
some time city sealer of weights and
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
Washing Soda Does Not Improve
Lime-Sulphur Solution.

A correspondent recently wrote as
follows to Prof. II. A. Surface, state
zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa:
"In making Lime-sulphur 1922
so, would it injure trees for me to
add pounds of washing soda to
this? How would / dilute this for
summer spraying?"
The state zoologist replied as fol-
lows:
Il must say that am not certain
to what extent trees would be in
jured by adding four pounds of
washing soda to the 17-22-50
formula. In my experiments a few
years ago, / killed the twigs and
destroyed the fruit buds, and, of
course, severely injured the trees,
by using eight pounds of caustic soda
in the 17-22-50 formula. The wash
ing soda is as bad as the caustic soda
which / used, but it does not appear
TO me that it is necessary to add
anything to the 17-22-50 formula
to make it efficient in killing the
scale and destroying plant disease
germs.
Il suspect that if you add the
four pounds of soda, it will injure
the fruit buds if applied shortly af-
ter the leaves drop in the fall At
the same time / believe it will be
safe if applied when the buds are
swelling in the spring. The lime
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
LUNATIO AERONAUTi
Insane Man Takes Novel Means of
EScape


A Pittsburg Pa, special of sever
al days ago says: An original way of
escape was attempted Sunday by a
patient at the Pennsylvania state In
sane Asylum in Mixmont, a suburb
who attempted to fly away from the
institution in a balloon which had re-
quired the nights of many months to
make from pieces of silk he had
fetched gradually from the tailor
shop.
Henri Dupre, an aeronaut, who had
been injured by falling from balloon
several years ago and later became
insane, since his incarnation had
worked as a nurse in the hospital.
Sunday he had begged off from at
tending church, saying he was feel
ing i'll. When every one else was
at the church services the man
(Dupre) took the rude balloon from
its hiding place to the roof OF the
hospital.
He connected gas pipe with the
balloon and filled it. Dupre hung on
to trapeZe made of a broomstick
and with a razor cut the guy ropes
AS he had hoped the bag rose easily
A guard in the yard OF the institution
gave the first alarm, which broke up
the church services. Several guards
had aimed repeating rifles at the bal
loonist
Probably one hundred feet up and
almost stationary Dupre was sus-
pended. He was sitting on his
broomstick and waving at the crowd
below. "Ha, ha! I'm flying away,
messieurs; why don't you catch me?"
he shouted.
Unfortunately for Dupre there was
scarcely any air currents and for
more than minute the rude balloon
slowly spun around, never passing
beyond the walls. Officials of the in
stitution marvelled at the strange af-
fair, which was OF many colors. 1t
was about fifteen feet In diameter
and very ragged at the seams.
Finally the head guard went to the
hospital roof. Let the air out of
that and come down or we'll shoot"
he cried. Dupre was becoming fius-
tered at his failure to soar higher. In
about three minutes the balloon was
much lower. 1t was dropping slow
ly. When the balloon reached the
ground two guards seized Dupre and
hurried him to a cell.
After Dupre had been calmed he
explained how he had made the bal
loon. Il used to fly at the country
fairs before l got hurt on my head"
he said. 1--WE been trying to get out
of this place, and one day l happen
ed to think that possibly l could
make a balloon. So l stole little
scraps Of silk in the tailor shop and
sewed them together. When it was
all done l dipped the thing in a wax
mixture that made it almost air
tight"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09

Up in the Cobalt mining district
of Canada, just eight miles south of
the new mining town called Co
balt,' at Ragged Chutes on the
Montreal river, is an extraordinary
power plant from which more than
5,OOO-horsepower in compressed air
is gained by making, capturing and
confining air bubbles. 1t is the
largest natural air compressor plant
in the world, the compression being
effected by the direct action of fall
ing water, trapping particles of air
in its descent, and afterwards liber-
ating them in confined chamber
under pressure. The compressed air
is sold to the mining companies and
other concerns at Cobalt in the same
manner that gas or electricity are
sold in other communities 1t
has cut the cost of compressed air
in Cobalt in two and made possible
the development of dozens of pro-
perties, says Frank Maynard in the
November Popular Mechanics.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
FOR FALLING HAIR.
You Run No Risk Whom You Use This
Remedy.

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Remedy.
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micidal preparation. that destroys mi.
crobes. stimulates good circulation
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stores hair health. II is as pleasant to
use as pure water. and 1t is delicately
perfumed II is a real toilet necessity
We want you to try Rexall "93''
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$1.O0. Remember. you can obtain
Rexall Remedies In this community
only at our store-The Rexall Store
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
PUTS SUCCESS IN BRAINS.
Patent Office Aero Expert Says They
Count More Than Machine.

MultifariouS as are the new de-
vices being applied to the navigation
of the air, none has been or is likely
to be found to take the place of
brains in the aviator.
This is the opinion of James II.
Colwell, the Patent Office expert at
Washington, who has immediate
charge of all flying machine inven-
tions and who has given personal at
tention to almost every application
for a patent in that line. Summing
up his views to-day, he said:
Ten per cent. of the success of
every aerial flight is due to the ma
chine, . per cent. to the motor and
70 per cent. to the man. The man
of indecision, poor judgment, weak
nerves or slow judgment is as much
out of place in an airship as a de-
fective motor"
Airship invention has received a
stirring impetus within the last few
years, and there is no more reliable
index to this activity than that dis
played by the records of the United
States Patent Office. 1t began with
the first exhibitions of the Wright
Brothers on the North Carolina
coast, and has increased in geomet-
ric ratio since that time, with the
consequence that up to date about
5000 patents have been issued on
these machines themselves or on de-
vices connected with them.
The bureau at Washington is now
handling an average of about ninety
cases a month. The work is con-
Quoted in the division of the office
which gives especial attention to in
ventions having to do with army ord
nance and marine propulsion. I'm
portant as are those branches, more
than half of the force is engaged up-
on the air machine portion of the
work.
Inventions looking to the use of
the airship in time of war are also
pouring into the office, as are count
er inventions which contemplate pro-
lection against them. AS the Patent
Office views the situation, the diff
Guilty in using the aeroplane for
dropping projectiles is found in the
uncertainty which must necessarily
accompany such effort. With a ma
chine going from so to rs miles an
hour, as most of them do, it is ex-
tremely difficult to drop a projectile
so as to insure its striking the mark,
even though the mark may be a bat
tleship or an extensive fertilization
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09

pS dpplleu III reference 10 tue mat
ter
The loose business standards Of
Berry are best described by Attor-
ney John H. Painter, receiver of the
New Castle Savings and Trust Com
pany.
"A number of causes led up to the
failure of the bank he said
Prominent among them was the
inability of the bank to realize quick
ly upon securities when pressed for
FUNDS. The doors were closed about
February 9, 1907. For a time the
State bank examiner acted as tenn
porary receiver, and later ] was ap-
pointed receiver by Judge Kunkel,
sitting in the Dauphin county court,
Harrisburg.
Along in July | received a check
from Berry for s25.OOO as deposit
for the institution. 1t certainly
stumped me. The bank was insol-
vent, yet the State of Pennsylvania,
through the State Treasurer, made
a deposit of $4,000.
Although the incident amazed
me very much, also had to laugh.
never said anything about the mat
ter, but put the check in a safe and
waited for developments. Three
months afterward, or about nine
months after the bank failed, some
person realized the blunder that had
been made and wrote me, request
ing the return of the check / i'm
mediately sent it back"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
Blunder Makes People Hesitate.

The singular blunder of William
II. Berrys administration of the
State Treasury in sending a big, fat
check to a bank which had been
closed five months before has caus-
ed people to laugh and others to
stop and wonder what kind of a
man he would be at the head of
state affairs.
The Pittsburg Gazette-Times says
of the remarkable transaction:
knowledge of the occurrence has
chagrined the Berry followers in
Lewrence county. 1t has set all
that section to laughing. The Vot-
ers are asking whether a man of
such haphazard methods where the
peoples money is concerned is cap
able of occupying the highest office
in the gift of the people of Pennsyl-
Yania.
District Attorney Thomas w.
Dickey, of Lawrence county, said of
Berry's blunder: 1T was a most
amazing proceeding on the part of
Berry. Five months after the in
stitution went into the hands of a
receiver along came that large de-
posit from the State Treasurer.
Carelessness is hardly the word to