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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Clifford B. Harmon Flies Over
Long Island Sound.
DISTANCE ABOUT 28 MILES
Encounters Cross Currents. Which
Give Him Trouble.
JOURNEY MADE IN 80 MINUTES
Cheered by Great Throng When
He Begins Flight From
Garden City.

GREENWICH, Conn. August .o.-Clif-
ford B. Harmon of this place. business
man and amateur aviator, late today
made the first fight across Long Island
sound in a heavier-than-air machine, and
within half hour of the time of landing
was eating dinner at the home of his
father-in-Iaw Commodore f. G. Bene-
dict. His flight was not looked for, and
the only person to greet him on his ar
rival was his wife, who had watched his
fight through telescope from her ia
thers house.
Harmon escaped without scratch, but
his machine. which on landing, ran some
distance into clump of tall grass and
weeds, was damaged, the chassis being
broken. Harmon started his flight from
Garden City at 6:35, and landed in Green
wich at 1ynJ covering a distance of about
twenty-eight miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

Extraterritoriality, or the privilege en-
joyed by q foreigner in some eastern
countries of being judged for offenses
by judges of his own nationality. will,
however, end under japanese rule. For
eigners who now own land In Korea will
hold it under the new arrangement under
perpetual lease tenure, paying the same
land tax hitherto charged.
1T is impossible to get the slightest in
timation from Official sources of the
truth or falsity of these published reports.
The strictest censorship on kilograms
from Korea is being maintained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
IOWA REPRESENTATIVES
OUT AGAINST CANNON
Four Members of Congress
Declare They Will Not Sup
port Him for Speaker.
special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
DES MONIES. Iowa. August 2O.-Repre-
sentative Walter I. Smith and four other
members of the Iowa delegation in the
lower house of the national Congress to-
night came out fatfooted against the
election Of Joseph G. Cannon as the next
Speaker.
Smith himself has been mentioned as
candidate. and declares that in view Of
the fact that the ninth district delegates
to the state convention are urging his
candidacy he Will make every effort to
defeat Cannon. The others who declared
themselves are c. E. Pickett. Frank F.
Woods, James W. Good and s. F. Prouty
Mr.. Smiths statement Is as follows:
THE caucus of the delegates to the
state convention from the ninth congress
sional district by unanimous vote an
nOunced my candidacy Tor Speaker Of the
next House. IL necessarily follows THAI
l am not In favor of the reelection OF
Speaker Cannon
Statements of Others.
Other statements were made as fol-
lows:
Il am opposed to the reelection of Can
non as Speaker. &C. E. Pickett.
Il do not care to pass judgment on Rep
resentative Longworth's declaration as to
Speaker Cannon. II Is more important
that the members Of committees be under
obligations to the House for their posi-
tions and not under obligations to the
Speaker-that is, whoever Is Speaker.
What Is needed In Congress is Independent
manhood. and the speakership will be
properly settled when the time comes. =
Frank p. Woods.
Representative Longworth's position on
Cannon is not different from that OF
practically all OF the republican men,
bers of the House. For one cause or
another, fully 80 per cent OF the repub-
leans Of the House will refuse to sup
port Cannon for Speaker IL he is elected
to the next Congress. I will not vote for
Mr.. Cannon for Speaker. W..
Good
1T is well known that will not sup
port Cannon FOR. Speaker"-S. F. Prouty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Scores Several Failures.

Harmon, who has made several unsuc-
cessful attempts to cross the sound in
an aeroplane, meeting each time with an
accident that prevented the completion
Of his journey, quickly planned today 5
flight, his wife and father-in-law. Com
modore Benedict, and several prominent
EnglIshmen, who are guests at the Larch-
mont Yacht CIub. being the only ones on
tn Connecticut shore aware OF the fact
rnat he contemplated the flight.
Before starting on his journey he made
an ascent In hls machine, f'arman Di-
pane, with Charles X. Hamilton as a
passenger, anu tine two flew over the
aviation grounds at Garden City to test
the engines and TO allow Hamilton to
take several photographs. Finding that
hls machine was in good working order,
Harmon landed his passenger and started
on his fight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

GARDEN CITY, L. L., August 20.-A
great crowd cheered Clifford b. Harmon
as he started for his across-the- sound
flight this evening. He passed Roslyn at
height of 200 feet and ascended about
fifty feet more as he whixzed over Sea
Cliff. As he flew over the Larchmont
Yacht Club he was cheered wildly, but
the noise OF his engine made him oblivi-
Gus Of the enthusiasm.
After Harmon had left the field Charles
n. Hamilton brought out the new biplane
of Howard J. Dietz and circled the course
three times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Tells of Insurgent Defeat.

The defeat of another band of ..insur-
gents" Friday at Nandaime also occurred
with heavy losses To both sides. accord
ing to Madriz. Madriz announced in his
dispatch that he intended to take the
field himself to assist in repelIing the
"insurgent' advance on Managua
Senor Castrillo said last night that II
was only question of a few days be-
fore Estrada's army would be in DOS
session OF Managua apd then would be
In position to dictate terms of peace.
he regarded the reported crossing of the
1ipitaps as most important event and
ridlouied Madrizs contention that the
main insurgent' army had been re-
pulsed. lie made public the following
dispatch which he received last night
from Bluefields:
"All our army forced a passage tc
Panaioya. The enemy was routed after
fourteen hours fighting. leaving in our
hands one gun, more than 100000 car
tridges, 200 rifles. provisions and prison
ers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
No Peace Agreement Yet.

The report from New Orleans to the
Sfect that the Madriz and Estrada.
factions had agreed upon terms of peace
was pronounced absurd by Senor Castril-
10, who explained that Estrada would
not treat with Madriz until he had cap
tured Managua or unless overtures were
made through the representatives in
Washington.
A statement was issued by the Madriz
representatives that they had been adj
vised that Estrada had been unable To
raise money 10 pay for the former Amer
ican gunboat Hornet, which was reported
10 nave been sold TO him. and that the
vessel was to be returned to the United
states. Senior Castrillo subsequently de-
MED that Estrada had ever intended to
buy the Hornet He said the boat had
merely been chartered TO make one voy-
age from New Orleans to Bluefelds with
ammunition and provisions for the in
surgent" army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Wind at His Back.

At the start on his journey he had a
fifteen-mile wind at his back, which in
creased to twenty-five miles an hour, and
in flying over Hampstead bay he en-
countered cross-currents that caused him
some trouble. His original intention had
been to fly directly over to Greenwich
but last night he promised guests OF the
Aarchmont Yacht Club that he would
ny over the clubhouse before landing at
his home town.
Over the sound he varied the height at
which he dew from 40 feet to q thou
sand, dropping nearer the ground as he
neared the Connecticut shore. On reac.-
ing the yacht club house he circled over
the building three or four times and then
headed Tor Greenwich. He had intended
to make landing either on Tweed Island
or on . plot of ground near the Benedict
home. which had been moved and leveled
for the purpose, but il was dusk as he
approached the town and he could not
distinguish the landing spot making the
descent at place a quarter of mile
distant.
Engine Escapes Damage.
The machine was going at such q
speed when the landing was made that
it ran into a mass Of tall grass, which
caught in the works, breaking the chas-
sis and wires. but not damaging the en-
gine.
By making this fight Harmon be-
comes the owner OF two-thousand-
dollar cup offered by the Double
day. Page Company for the first fight
across Long Island sound. The dis
tance from Garden City, the starting
point, to the Larchmont Yacht Club il
eighteen miles. and from the club to the
landing place here is ten miles,
Harmon, 1t Is understood. will fly with
Glenn II. Curtiss at Sheepshead bay to-
morrow.
No records were broken today The
meet will end tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
WEATHER

Fair, warmer Sunday. Mon
day unsettled and warmer. fol-
lowed by showers and cooler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

Crippen and Miss Leneye were hurried
to cabins Nos. 81 and 81. which they will
occupy during the voyage. Dew took
the cabin next TO Crippen at one end OF
the suite. with the two wardresses ad-
joining Miss Leneve's quarters, and Sergt.
Mitchell bringing up the other end Of the
line.
The Megantic received wireless notice
early this morning TO slacken speed o.
Cape Pouge, seven miles west Of Quebec.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
CHARGE Of
CONSPIRACY IN
GIRL CASE

Charges of conspiracy to illegally
| deprive himself and wife of the Gus
tody of Ruth Wainbush. colored. age
Policeman Walter Lawson and his
wife, are made today by the Rev.
j. Gordon Mcpherson. colored,
against Lawson and Probation Of
fiCer J. Z. Harmon. Mcpherson and
his wife were hailed to court this
morning as the result of their re-
luctance in asserting to a search
warrant with which Harmon and
other officers came to his house
yesterday, in an effort to secure the
clothing Of the Mainbush girl. which
Mrs. Mcpherson is alleged to have
refused to deliver to Lawson, at
whose home the girl is now stop
ping.
The Wainbush girl was given into
the care of the colored pastor and
his wife several months ago by or
der of Judge j. ID. Hinkle. The
Lawsons have long sought to adopt
parted temporarily and the girl was
declared, Mcpherson and his wife
placed in the juvenile detention
rooms and Officer Lawson was mott
fled, with the result that he i'm
mediately took steps to adopt her
and took her home with him.
Subsequently, it is stated that
Mcpherson and his wife were recon-
ciled. Mcpherson states that he
ninot with prnhatinn nf-
ficer Harmon and asked if they
were planning to take the girl from
their care and he declares that Har-
mon denied that anything of that
nature was ON foot.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19

HALE IS
T0RET|RE
RANKING MEMBER OF SENATE
is "a YEARS OLD.
(ey United Press Leased Wire.)

(ey United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, April 19.-It was
automatically announced here today
that Senator Eugene Hale Of Maine
will retire at the end Of his present
term, March 8, 1911. Although the
news was a surprise to some Of his
colleagues, some Of his intimate
friends have known for several
days that he had reached this de-
clsion.
Senator Halls is "a years old. He
is the ranking member of the SEN
ate, having served since March 4,
1881, the longest continuous SER
vice of any member of the upper
house of congress. Senator Frye
of Maine and Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island began their service
in the same year, but did not take
their seats on the opening day of
congress.
Senator Hale is ill at his home
here. His health has not been good
for some time past and physicians
advised him against entering an
other campaign.
Il will not be lonesome, even out
side the senate" Hale Is reported
to have told his old friends. a little
wistfully There are many things
| would like to have time to do"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19

RIGHT AFTER
THAT MONEY

tain-Last report, $500; today,
$1725.
BY previous arrangement the
members of the Y. M. c. A. solicit
ing committee were called together
by Chairman A. F. McClaine imme-
diately following the regular Tues
day luncheon of the Commercial
club today and the captains of the
teams reported the subscriptions Sc
cured during the past "a hours.
Many of the teams were orga-
nized into groups of two and three
yesterday and entered into the
campaign proper with much en-
thusiasm.
The members of the soliciting
committees did not confine them
selves to the offices alone, but they
tackled men on the streets or any
public place. Every one took
things in good humor and seldom
were the hustlers turned away with
out a pledge when the card of the
Y. M. G. A. campaign was pre-
scented.
The solicitors report that most
of the men called upon were found
to be expecting them and many
have already made up their minds
in advince as to the amount they
would subscribe. Special meetings
of the executive committee will be
held each day at SIS to S:45 a. m.
at the association building, where
the days work will be outlined and
new plans made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
HORSE ON
THE RAMPAGE

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, April 49,
Having wrecked trolley car,
smashed wagon into splinters, in
jured five men and held up a Big
Four train horse ended his spec
tacular career here last night by
being killed with pick and buried
in the Mad river. The horse was
originally attached to the wagon
in which were seated five men.
1t started on it's spree by back
ing the wagon into a traction car,
one side of which it demolished.
1t then kicked the wagon to pieces
and distributed it's five occupants
in various parts of the road, two
of them being seriously hurt. Freed
of wagon. the horse dashed along
railroad trestle. where it fell with
a broken leg in front of an oncom-
ing train.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
HYDE DEFENSE
HAS INNING
(By United Press Leased Wire)

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 80
The defense of DR.. b. c. Hyde,
charged with the murder of Colonel
Thomas H. Swope, had its inning
today.
Attorney Frank p. Walsh for the
defense, began his opening argu-
ment with the contention that cyan
ide of potassium had been injeced
into the body of Colonel Swope
while it lay in a cemetery vault
He declared that the tomb of the
millionaire philanthropist had been
desecrated, the casket ripped open
and the body tempered with.
The body of Colonel Swope was
left in such a state by those who
rifled the vault, that it froze We
intend to show that interested per
sons had put poison in Colonel
Swope's veins either at the vault,
the catacomb or the morgue," said
Walsh.
The death of DR.. G.. 7. Twyman
adds another name to the list of
those connected with the SwOpe
family who have suffered illness
and died.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
Two BOLD BURGLARS
IN C|TY'S HEART

dow and after loading up with 500
cigars of the choicest brands the
place afforded. the midnight ma
RAIDERS serenely vanished with the
cash register.
Entrance to the Spokane Hard
ware Co.'S establishment was
gained through a skylight on the
roof. Two of the three cash regis
tiers in the lower floor of the store
and one in the office upstairs were
pried open with an ice pick and
their contents removed. Between
$35 and $40 was in them. The bur-
glars overlooked another cash reg
lister on the lower floor, which con-
tanned something like SIS, and
turned their attention to the fine
array of artillery in big show case
near the door. From this they took
s75 or $50 worth of Smith & Wes-
son revolvers, supplied themselves
with ammunition and got away
without so much as attracting the
attention of the police,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
.ETAMPES IS
AVIATION CENTER
10y United Press Leased Wire.)

10y United Press Leased Wire.)
PARIS, April 19.-Etampes, in
the flat Beaucex country, between
Fontainbleau and Chartres, due
south of Paris, is supplanting in
popularity as an aviation center the
most famous training ground for
flying men in the world, Mourme-
Ion lie Grand, or Chalons. as it is
called.
At this latter place, Farman,
Voisin, the Antoinette people and
all the principal aeroplane build
ers and flyers, established shops
and training buildings. But with
the swarm of pupils from Germany
especially, the French government
got cold feet and ordered the await
ors not to leave the field. Cross
country flights were ordered dis
continued. For there are many fac
lions and military headquarters in
the vicinity, and France, as it is,
literally swarms with German spies.
Etampes is therefore gradually TAX
ing the place of Chalons.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19

Revolvers, money, cigars, ammu-
milton and one life sized cash regis
ter make up the plumber carried
away by burglars in two jobs pulled
off near the heart Of the city's bust
ness district last night. In the show
windows Of the Spokane Hardware
Co.'S establishment, 516-618 River.
side avenue, two demolished cash
registers, with their contents gone,
are attracting the attention Of Pc
destrians and another badly shat
tered register from the office Of the
same place is undergoing repair to-
day, as the result Of visit paid by
burglars late last night.
Up at SIS Lincoln street. a shelf
that but yesterday bore the big
cash register is bare and one side of
the big cigar store was empty when
the proprietor of the fruit and
cigar stand opened his place Of
business this morning Entrance
had been made through rear win
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
KILLED IN FIGHT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Wash, April 19-X.
D. Reed, a sawyer at the Bryant
Lumber and Single company's
mill, was killed in a fight in the
engine room of the mill today with
w. j. Peiffer, the chief engineer.
Reed complained earlier in the
morning that the lubricator was not
working. He sent a negro boy to
tell Peiffer, but the engineer de-
MED it. Later in the morning the
mill shut down for one hour and
Reed himself went to the engine
room and complained of the lubri-
Gator. Peiffer again said it was
working all right and a quarrel en-
sued.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
SHAKESPEARE WEEK HAS
BEGUN; MAN7ELL HERE

Before fair-sized audience last
night Robert Mantell opened his
week of Shakespeare in Spokane at
the Auditorium. Shakespeare's
great psychological tragedy, Mac
beth. was the play given, and that
Mr.. Mantell's mastery portrayal Of
the red-handed, weak purposed
though ambitious Thane of Cawdor
was thoroughly appreciated was at
tested by the curtain calls after
every act.
The Lady Macbeth of Miss Marie
Booth Russell gave splendid sup
port to the leading role. Miss Rus
sell is fine elocutionist and she is
capable Of expressing emotion in
her face and by gesture probably as
wildly as some of the greatest de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
SAYS EVERY CIVIL WAR VETERAN
WILL BE DEAD BY THE YEAR 1925

CHICAGO, April 19-Civil war
veterans of Chicago today are COM
PEELED to face the fact that inside
of IS years they are all supposed to
be dead. They were told this at a
meeting of the directors of the
Chicago public library, to discuss
the extension of the Memorial asso-
cations lease of Grand Army Mem
orial hail.
The present lease extends to 1928,
but members of the association
asked for an extension of 20 years
Frederick H. Rawson, director, gave
the old veterans food for thought
when he said:
by 1928 all the old soldiers will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19

lineators of the part in the past.
She shared the curtain calls with
Mantell.
The scenes in the great tragedy
between Macbeth and Lady Mac
beth were splendidly handled. The
greeting Of the two when the
thane returns to Cawdor with the
news that the king is to stop there
that night and the first broaching
then of the damnable plot to Stay
him, as well as the other scenes be-
tween the two in the banquet hall
when Banquo's ghost appears
and when Macbeth puts aside tho
blood-stained crown he has Won,
were an Interpretation of the great
poets lines as real and convincing.
perhaps, as can be seen anywhere
on the stage today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
HERESS IS
LOCATED BY
THE PRESS

Through an article pub.
lished yesterday in The Press
telling of the search that
was being made for Bar
bara Under, who had inner
tied a considerable sum of
money, which was being held
for her in the bank of Elkhart
Lake, Wis.,, the heiress was TO-
Gated at 412 xenia street last
night. The woman read the ar
ticIe from The Press and hast
ened to the police station,
where she was placed in posses
sion Of all information that the
authorities had concerning her
inheritance.
She is heiress to the money
as the wife of Philip Murdoch,
deceased.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
IS GEORGE B.
MURDOCH DEAD?

Is George B. Murdoch dead? A
letter was received by the police
this morning from Mrs. A. E. Hill
of Brisben. N. Y, sister of Muir
dock. stating that short time ago
Murdock's insurance papers and
army discharge was received in an
envelope addressed in strange
hand. No information accompanied
them and the anxious sister states
that she is afraid Murdoch has been
killed or that he died in one of the
local HOSPITALS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
RELATIVE OF
WASHINGTON
SUICIDE S

EAST ORANGE, N. j., April 10.
Word reached this city today of
the suicide at the Morris Plains
hospital for the insane, of Miss Ida
Bowen, who was relative of
George Washington and a great
granddaughter of Madam Jumel of
Revolutionary fame. Miss Bowen
was highly educated and the daugh-
ter of wealthy parents, but after
their death her resources failed
and she went insane from brooding
over an unfortunate love affair
Her body was taken to Providence,
H. l.. where she was born, for
burial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
jim COFFROTH
ALL SMILES
(By United Press Leased Wire)

10y OHIteu FTesS Leased WIreJ
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.-Jim
Coffroth is all smiles today. Fol
lowing his success in gaining a
fight permit from the San Mateo
county board of supervisors yester-
day he Immediately signed Billy
Papke and Joe Thomas to box be-
fore the Sunshine Athletic club on
the afternoon of May IA. The fight
probably will be scheduled for rs
rounds.
The thunderbolt left today for
Rowardennan, where he will train
for his scrap with Thomas, who, by
the way. is mighty anxious to get
back from the east, where he has
met with success.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
JEFFR|ES' Wife BETTER:
HE FEELS GOOD AGAIN

himself down the pike for 10 mile
run before breakfast.
After a good four cornered meal,
he bummed about the camp, taking
a sunbath. Then he hustled into
the gymnasium, pulled the weights
and in general busted himself with
various form of muscle making.
This afternoon he is scheduled to
go three rounds with Armstrong.
Papke will do practically all of
his training for his May go with
Thomas at Rowardennan. and JEFF
fries probably will give him all he
wants before he concludes his
DreDaratiOn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-19
ROUGH RIDERS ON
THE JOB AGAIN

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. April
19.-An official call for the fifth re-
union of the Roosevelt Rough i'd
ers at New York, from .June II to
20, was issued today
The chief object of the reunion is
to welcome Colonel Roosevelt.
Regimental association officers
are to be elected. The attendance.
1t is expected, will establish a new
record.