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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
Most Spectacular Flight.

The statue Of Liberty flight. probably
tn most spectacular In the annals Of
flying, was still the main topic Of dis
cussicH- It's thrill was increased by
the fact that Moisant won by only 42l.
seconds.
That was Il flight that should not
be considered lightly" said Moisant to-
Gay telling about il. 4 had 50 much
difficulty in getting an aeroplane that
] was determined TO make it under any
circumstances. My Bleriot had been
smashed, but my brother purchased NE
another 50-horeeIower machine for
$1,000. 7 got a good start, and the wind
VAS not more than ten miles an hour.
flew i'm direct line, realizing the great
danger from tTeaCheTOuS wind currents
and air pockets over city. but | want
Cd to win 50 badly that I took the
chance. / could see thousands Of people
below me, but l was 50 high and my
motor made 50 much noise that
couldn't hear their cheers. I flew at 4
heig Int Of between l.S0N and 800 feet
While White and DeLeSSeps We're rae
ing i'm air Moisant sat in front Of his
Hangar confidently expecting Charles X
Hamilton or some other Of the speedy
American fiers TO enter the contest.
AoiSants only racing machine in which.
he might have flown, had been wreck
ed earlier i'm the dav
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
Buys French Machine.

But the little Chicg SOan proved to be
Tesourceful as well as patriotic He
and his brother opened negotiations with
Alfred lie Blanc, and paid the latter
$4,000 for his 50-horsepower racing
Bleriot In this machine In which ne
had never even made a practice flight,
MOlsant sped away toward the statue.
When he crossed the finish line on
his return, for a couple Of moments
MOiSant was CheeTcd only as a man
who had tried his best. but failed.
Then the official figures were posted,
and when II WAS seen that MOiSant
had made the trip forty-three seconds
faster than GTahame- White pande-
mOnium broke loose. Had he been
Yankee Doodle driving :he great
American eagle, he could not have
been a more popular hero. On the
shoulders Of officials. wrapped in an
American flag. he was carried to the
clubhouse. and there in silence he
drank a toast 10 America"
Grahame-W White Immediately an
nOunCed his intention of making an
other flight today. bot MOisant's pro-
test was upheld. and the Fnglishman
was barred. MoiSant was Immediately
declared the winner
1t was decided that the international
aviation meeting came TO a close last
night and that for that reason Ora
hame- White could not participate
again
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

WALTON BDTCE announces the opening o.
the E1vce Studio az SO 18th y W.
pupils for s.usius pjauprgr-c theory.
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Continued from First Pagel

vision that no flights of today should
count in the totalizatiOn prizes.
The program today called for a two
hour race from 1:3o TO 800 for a prize
OF 1880 donated by a member of the
Aero Club Of America. OF this prize.
S-,UVJ was TO 90 To the winner 81 OcJ TO
second. and $500 to the third nier.
Il grand altitude race was scheduled
Tor $3.50 No prize was to be awarded
unless an altitude OF 1900 be reached
10 the aviator reaching an altitude
above 1900 feet 500 was TO be paid II
the aviator breaks the American alti-
tude record he was to receive $1,000 II
he breaks the worlds record he was
10 be given 5000.
The finals in the grand speed contest
We're scheduled for ( o'clock. Grahame-
White and J. G. MCCurdy. winners Of
the elimination races, We're to start, the
winner receiving 5000 and the second
man 1900. Another race between Au-
brun and Mars, second man in The
elimination contest. for the second prize
of $500, was scheduled to follow the
grand speed race.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
Mine Explosion At Mulga

Despite the fact that the management had installed in the two coal mines at MuIga the best known safety devices; de- spite, too, of the fact that the mines had as late as last Monday been inspected by the state authorities, yet without warn ing a terrible explosion of fire damp oc- cured on Wednesday night. and 42 or 4S men lie dead in the mine that employed a night shift.
 This accident, dreadful as it is. is addi- tional evidence of the dangers of gas in mines The mines at Mulga use shafts in- stead of slopes, their depth being $50 feet. but whether the mine be far under the surface or near it, whether shafts or slopes be utilized, the dangerous nature of gas is ever present as a mine horror.
 The engineers of this age have not found a sure way of preventing the recur- renee of these horrors. Gas Will accumu- late in coal mines, and possibly some of the miners become careless in the use of explosives. The charge that is not prop erly tamped scatters fire, and this is be- lieved to be the chief cause of mine ex- plosions, + l 55.--It .--.f.zs .-f-
 Possibly no one is alive in the mine at Mulga to say where or how the gas be- came ignited. Possibly all acted up to the present knowledge of mining. All we do know is, a dreadful disaster has oc- >eurred. and many families in the small mining town are left to mourn the loss of loved ones down deep in the bowels of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
IN HOTEL HOBBIES.
InsnniIedRY Ennie.

Reed Miller, who has attained high rank as tenor singer, has not only been d great favorte at the music festival this week, but hundreds of his friends here sought him to shake his hand and con graduate him on his notable achieve ments in the musical world. As an artist he is highly appreciated in all the large cities of the country, and the best of it is he is unspoiled by fame He is the same generous-hearted modest gentleman that he was when he lived in Birmingham and sang in the Church of the Advent choir and in the Temple Emanual choir few years ago,
 ''I shall always have a tender place in my heart for Birmingham" said MT. Mil Ter. q come here every year or two and on every visit I see wonderful improve ment. l was here with MT. Damrosch just year ago and Blrmngham's growth since then has been very noticeable.
 My old friend. K. G. Powell. former chormaster of the Church of the Ad- vent. is still in New York He has been studying hard. He will probably come to Birmingham for the summer and open school for voice culture. MT. Powell is now well equipped for teaching
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
Mark Twain Passes Away

Samuel l.. Clemens, known and loved as Mark Twain, is dead and the world is poorer. He was not only Amerca's greatest humorist but he came to be one of our greatest men of letters. He was diligent writer and having at- tained his seventy-f fifth year few of his contemporaries had created so much lit- erature of permanent value. His humor was at once spontaneous and charac- teristically American. Innocence Abroad" was the first book to bring him fame Everybody read it and ev-
 erybody laughed. It made almost as
 pronounced a hit in England as 1t did
 at home. Rough It. was another of his early books that was widely read.
 Later on, after his style had matured, Mark Twain gave us Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" and these creations, interpreting the real Amer ican boy, established firmly his repu- tation as a homely philosopher as well as a literary artist. They wilk last and be read as long as men apNxe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22


 termined at this center regulate butter prices elsewhere.
 The government is taking steps to as- certain the nature and legality of the El- gin combination, and Chicago looks on approvingly because it has aseertained that the little nearby city sends it's gilt edged butter to New York Chicago is supplied with grade No. . at perhaps the price of No l. What the lesser cities re- ceive is left to the imagination.
 The disclosure is a shock to Chicago. It begins to think the best of other west ern speeialties go elsewhere. Are we getting" asks the Chicago Record Her aid, the best Kalamazoo celery? Are we getting the best Battle Creek break fast foods? Are we getting the best Grand Rapids furniture? At-the very mo- ment when the town is booming with new hotels and pretentioes restaurants these are questions that may very well be put
 An officer of the Elgin board of trade admitted before the senate committee that is investigating the cost of living the fact that is distressing Chicago. and Chi eago now does not care how much FL gin, in it's own state, is investigated. It is really turning toward Congressman Moxley's butterine with changed and more receptive feelings. Near-butter is ac- counted better than grade butter at frst-grade prices from Elgin which has played Chicago false. This is why the investigation is welcomed even in Chicago which has been Elgin's metropolis and patron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
SOME FAMOUS UGLY MEN

feature, and has lost one eye, He often passes whole days in his room half dressed, uncombed, unwashed bit ing his nails and scratching his un- tidy head" And yet, says Durand, "the Empress is quite crazy over him, as is proved by her passionate letters, in which she addresses him as my Lord my King my inestimable Treasure. ["
 But perhaps the most remark able Of all these cases of. womans infatua-s ton for ugly men was that of W. Ham, ilton, Scotchman of a century and half ago. Hamilton was not only. preternaturally ugly, but he was ter rfbly deformed. His legs" We are told, were drawn up to his ears. his arms were twisted backward, and al- most every member was out of joinr .,
 In spite of these terrible physical drawbacks Hamilton easily outstripned all the gallants in his district in inc 1aVor of the ladies. He might have married any of them for the asking Indeed, 1t is said several of them actually asked him" says chron- ic!er. But he remained proof aqainst all their wfles until after his efgbtieth birthday, and then he married a girl or 70, himself being carried to the allar on mems shoulders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
MesSrs. FOss and HaVenS Are Democrats

The insurgent in the Second Kansas district describes reactionary republican as one who stands for going back to the way of doing things before the Roose- welt administration" He goes on to show that the present congressman from that district represents both the monopolistic corporations and the machine, and these were the dominant forces that controlled both parties before the Roosevelt ad- ministration These were the forces that MT Toss defeated in the Fourteenth Massachusetts district. and that MT. Havens crushed in the Thirty-second New York district.
 But let no one think that either MT. Foss or MT. Ravens Is an insurgent. They are both good progressive democrats. Hear what MT. Foss says about his polit- ical faith. My insurgent republican friends" he said recently, 'ff you want to accomplish the results you desire, you have got to step aside and join the op- position party and force legislation along lines that will bring relief. You have been insurgents long enough, and what practical results have you secured? Sena- tor Lodge read me out of the republican party six years ago, but I clung to it, for I loved it. until my sef-respect and my Judgment forced me into the party of the opposition. I went out of the party last fall"
 MT Havens is a lifelong democr2t. He regards his victory as one won over the political machine and over a tariff tha increases the cost of living-over every thing, in a word, that Cannonsm repre- gents Some New York democrats thinl he should be made the party's candidat, for governor this fall. A party that hal Ravens and Gaynor as available guberna torial timber need fear neither Taft no Roosevelt nor both combined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
late what is true and hate what we

ciate what is true and hate what we call cant and sham.
 Mark Twain was for the most part self educated. As a river pilot his en- vironment was anything but refining. His life on the Mississippi was as far removed from the literary profession as could well be imagined But he had in him the making of a man. He had mettle and ne had aspiration. His roughing it in the early days was of decided benefit to him and when he struck for higher levels he easily rose to the occasion.
 Of Mark Twains serious work, one short story which appeared in liar pers a few years ago, will be treasured as classic He called 1t "The Death Disc" It was a story of the time of Cromwell. In Innocence Abroad Mark Twain often revealed a lack of rev erence for sacred objects and hal- lowed places. At times he seemed to be sceptieal with regard to religion. But "The Death Disc" is Christian. In it there is no trace of sceptlcism of ag- nosticism. It is tender and touching and few can read without feeling the tears come.
 This country has been rich in liter ary production but of all our distin- guished authors only a few will be read or remembered a generation or two hence. Mark Twain will be one ot the few whose name will endure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22

From the New York Post.
 Artemus Ward said that a comic paper was no worse for having a joke In it now and then, and his words have ever since beer quoted as embodylng the gospel of wit and humor The great form of Amer ican mirth is the joke. Tt is to laugh" that's our creed in a sentence. Mis- placed capitals. awkward spelling. impos- sibe grammar, infinite incongruity of situation, endless wordpay. grotesquery of action and character, heightened by pictures equally funny, these are the thing that make us laugh. We are quick to catch the point of cartoon, to enjoy the exaggeration of a caricature. But to smile at the mock-serious, to be amused by satire, is a refinement as yet be- yond us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
I'm Inc Veternns' Cause

'Mr Samuel E, Clark, one of the gener- ous and patriotic members of Camp Clay ton, U. s. c. ", has arranged for three 50-foot tents to be erected in Bienville square in Mobile to be used during the reunion' said veteran. "A large banner has been painted to go over these tents inscribed, Camp Clayton No. 432, U. s. c. Y. Cordial welcome to all old Vets and Sons
 These tents have been arranged for the purpose of accommodating any sons and old veterans that want a place to sleep and rest during the reunion. Camp Clay ton expects to take an active part in the entertainment. This camp raised handsome purse to help send number of Confederate soldiers from Jefferson coun- ty to the reunion and expects to help take care of them when they go to Mobile. Much praise is due MT. Clark for the work he is doing for the old soldiers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
A CANDIDATES EXPERIENCE.

A candidate for the state senate from Blount county has had a rather unusual experience while playing the merry game of politics. Certain of his opponents raised hue and cry, charging that when formerly member of the legisla-i ture he had voted against a measure which was popular in the district to which he afterwards moved and in which he is now running for office. The incs. dent of his voting happened years age and he had forgotten whether he voted for or against the bill However, he supposed the other side had the facts in the case dead against him, so he pre- pared to make stout defense. He had already been at some pains to explain himself when 1t occurred to him that 1t would be good idea to look up the records. He did so and found that in. stead of voting against the bill, he had voted for 1t and he was due applause instead of censure Much relieved, the candidate is now putting his foemen to rout, who were neatly caught in a trap of their own devising. ,.., COMPLIMENT FOR sCRIBBLEs. I'm a great admirer of Scribbles' new book" safa
 Are you really?" .a.sss "Yes. the girl on the covers peach.'
 A CONTINUOUS "QUAKE.'
 Of jolt and Jar
 Therell be no lack;
 Our Teddy R.
 Is coming back!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
CARUsO IS GENEROUS
Noted Tenor Gives Barber $500 to Take
 Wife to Europe

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
 In Chicago, where Mrs. F. H. Snyder has gone to cage the flock of song birds which she is to exhibit at the Audito- rum, the singers who know Caruso best are telling a very pretty story of his prodigality with money. He is, of all singers, the most generous, it seems; and Antonio Scotti and the Metropoli- tan company's barber have been telling this story about him. The other day he received a big check from the Victor people. He got the money cashed in $500 bills. When the company's barber came to shave him he had the bills in his hand and the barber said: "If had just one of those $500 bills I would take my wife to Europe this summer. Caruso at once placed one of the bills in the barbers vest pocket and said, "Gol" 4s n
 ''rhe company all declare he Is very generous" said Mrs. Snyder in a letter, and I can vouch for the truth of this story"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIDGET

Harriet Qufmby, in Leslfes.
 Being small is all right if one can find agreeable work to do," said the midget. "There are fewer inconveniences for us than one would think. People in the hotels where we stay often feel very sorry for us, because the furniture is so out of proportion to our size, but that does not bother us at all. If the bed is too high, we can always use chair with which to climb up to it. bureau drawer is very useful for us, and it serves for everything from an afternoon tea table to platform on which to stand for reaching things. It would be nice to have furniture built to suit us, but I have never heard of home so furnished. You see, there never has been an entire family of mdgets. As rule, there is only one in each family, and the children of midgets grow to full size if they live. They usually die when a few days old.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
COL. ToMLINsoN DUBIOUS
AInbama's Democratic Committeeman
 Shakes His Head About Hearst
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Col. John w. Tomlins son, member oi the democratic national committee from Alabama came up to New York from that Jefferson day jubilation in Wash ington the other night and was still shaking his head yesterday over tn 2 way John Temple Graves butted into the harmony of the occasion and then told his paper about the passing of Bryan and the coming of Hearst.
 "It is the sentiment of the members of the national committee that the dem ocratic party doesn't want to throw anybody overheard" said Colonel Tom linson at the Hoffman House yester- day. "On the contrary we want with us everybody that will come. Nor IS the democratic party in humor 10 accept dictation from anybody. The wh ole idea is to harmonize differences but not to sacrifice anything to propi- tiate anybody. What we want is a brief clear platform advocating the lowering of the cost of living in this country, which has artiicially gone too high, and we'll win out in canter.
 I've are just in the thick of pol ltics down home, for our primaries come off on May 9, and as demo- cratic primary settles a state election in Alabama we are just now in the throes of campaign. Emmet O'Neal, who is the candidate on the anti amendment platform. seems to have a much better chance than H. s. D. Mall lory, who is in favor of putting pro- hibition in the state constitution.
 "The situation in front of the demo- cratic party reminds me of an old-time meeting of Andrew Jackson democrats down in the mountain precinct of Ten nessee where I was raised. The horse swapper, the hard cider vender tn Q justice of the peace, the candidates-aJ were there. First everybody indulged in hard cider. Then came a political dis cussion, and then came the fight. Ev- eryA patriot grabbed an axe handle. Peace peacep cried the magistrate. Peace, hellr hollered a Jacksonian of the true blue type; git out an aX handle an go to hittin.' We really don't want anything similar to that situa = tion.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
Regulation of Butter Prices

In these days of combinations prices are not regulated by supply and demand, but those of every article almost are now regulated by a combination of some na- ture, and the more concentrated that con trol is the better are producers served and the ultimate consumers are simply again yictimized. In this tariff-ridden country the latter are accustomed to such things, and they have as a rule become So docile and servile that they do not complain.
 The price of butter throughout this country is determined weekly at Elgin. Ill The Elgin creameries make but 9 fraction of the butter consumed in this country, but these ereameries constitute the chief butter center, and the prices de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-22
Gotten BY.ErOdutt Day

California sets apart April 30 of each wear as Raisin Day, and the slogan of the festival this year is Eat Raisin Bread"
 The Atlanta Constitution urges the south to do likewise by celebrating each year cotton by-product day. In the course of time shorter and better name for the day would be found but the pres ent name sufficiently indicates the scope of the proposed cotton-belt holiday.
 Hogless lard is to be followed by cotton -four bread and possibly by cotton stalk ,aper. and a day devoted to the by products of the souths great staple would promote all of them and make the south richer and more independent, while it would be instructive to our own people
 The Age-Herald seconds the sugges- ton of the Constitution. The suggestion should be followed up with action. Let the holiday spring, if you please rom Atlanta. Once started it will spread rap Idly throughout the cotton belt, and all will be glad when it becomes an estab- 1ished annual custom. While the people of California boost their rasn bread the cotton belt will meet it half way with cotton four bread, and between the two the rule of the cold weather cereal will be at least minimzed.