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The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
ELY SAYS FLIGHT TO WARSHIP =.
AND BACK TO LAND WAS EASY
Aviator's Trip Of 13 Miles To Cruiser
Pennsylvania Is Hailed As
BIG Triumph.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l9.-Eu-
gene Is. Ely flew l3 miles in an aero
plane, made successful landing on
the cruiser Pennsylvania and an hour
later rose from the cruiser and flew
back to Selfridge field. IL miles south
Of San Francisco, yesterday The feat
was accomplished without mishap.
Not wire or bolt Of the blplane was
injured.
ut was easy enough" said Mr., Ely
as he stepped from his seat after his
return and was seized by the cheer
etuk soldiers Of the Thirtieth infantry
und hoisted on their shoulders. II
think the trick could be successfully
turned nine times out Of TO-"
Mr.. Ely's flight had been postponed
from day TO day, but he decided yes
terday that atmospheric conditions
we're favorable. The air was hazy.
It was 1O:45 o'clock when he left
the aviation grounds. His motor
worked perfectly and after a Few
circles he headed northeast, swept
over the San Bruno hills and disap-
peared.
At 10: 5S o'clock the lookout on the
Pennsylvania sighted Ely through the
haze and the ships siren roared
blast Of welcome. He came on at
terrific speed and circled around the
feet, dipping In G1lute 10 each 3h ,,
and came up in the wind for The stern
of the Pennsylvania.
He was flying low as he neared the
ship and dropped down lightly, strlk'
ing the platform about 40 feet from
the inner end. The hooks on the
aeroplane caught the ropes and stop
ped the biplane within 60 feet.
When Mr.. Ef touched the deck ne
was going about 35 miles an hour,
but so gradually was the speed
,hecked by the dragging of the weight
I'd ropes, as they were caught In sue.
ression. that he came to a standstlil
without disarranging any part or the
machine.
There was a great outburSt OF
cheers and a rush OF the officers, Wis
TORS and sailors to greet the aviator.
One OF the first TO reach Mr.. Ely was
his wife. who was on the bridge WIN
Capt. Pond.
After he had been photographed Oy
newspaper men, Mr. Ely was taken
TO the captains cabin, where ne was
the guest at luncheon.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
JOHN L. eERNTHAL DEAD.

SAGINAW, Mich, Jan. 19.-John
Leonhard Bernthal SO years of age
and a resident of Frankenmuth for
the, past 65 years, passed away yes
terday at the home OF his son. Mr..
Bernthal was one OF the original band
OF Is which settled In that section Of
the country and was the last Of the
original settlers. He was one OF those
who cut the virgin pine and made a
home for himself in one Of ther iches.
farming sections Of the state. Four
sons, two daughters, one brother, IS
grand children and seven great grand
children survive.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
ROOSEvELT'S FOE
GOES TO SENATE
John D. Works Attacked Former
Presidents Methods as Illegal
and Revolutionary.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. I9.-Isnt
this new senator fro mCalifornia, John
ID. Works, the man who roasted Roose-
welt, and then was elected Us an In
surgent?
Works is the man. In speech and
print he frazzled the colonel. He said
his methods were illegal and revolu-
tionary. He said 1t as long as three
years ago. He will say 1t now.
When in his campaign, Works was
told his thrust at Roosevelt would kill
him politically, he replied: Il affirm
what | said" The machine Repub-
licans pasted 1t on the dead walls and
shouted 1t In the halls: Works hates
Roosevelt. Read what he said about
him." California at that time was
mad for Roosevelt. Bwama TumbO
was but just back from Africa, on the
heights of national popularity. Yet
Works gained the advisory vote in the
direct primary. The people believed
him as honest as he was radical.
decided calm marks Works. 1t
irritates friends, repels acquaintances
and makes enemies. Sometimes II Is
as II he lived In a different atn.os-
phere, not seeing the things about him
and caring nothing for their being
there.
But with this habitual attitude to-
wards life, is a capacity for breaking Z
out suddenly into anger, for scoring
an opponent, and for bossing a situa-
ton. He has a dry wit, seldom used.
These contrasts Icll the struggle OF
a life. Works has come through near
ly 20 years of fighting, physical aud
mental, religious anC political, to his
minds haven, but the smoke Of battle
tickles his nostrils yet.
\ Hoosier, at lG. he was riding a
war horse OF the Tenth Indiana cav
airy. He unsaddleI when oe did. lie
took fees, pleaded and wrote briefs III
Indiana nnt!l 1883 when he went 10
Southern California. In san Diego
first. then in Los Angeles, he was at
The bar, Judge Of the superior court
and president Of the Los Angeles city
council. Then he was justice Of
the California supreme bench. He
left the council Chamber 10 seek the
3enatCrshlp.
Two incidents are necessary to the
picture of him: While campaigning,
his automobile reared on a stone and
severely cut Works head. The wound
bled profusely. He washed II with
water from a brook, put his .kerchief
over Il and asked his companions 10
forget II. There were salves and doc
tors at hand! Not for Works.
Works is a Christian Scientist.
When his motor broke down In the
San Joaquin valley on a day when
the sun sent the birds to setter,
Works walked the many miles to the
nearest town and spoke there as ad-
Vertised.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
REscuEs GIRL FROM RIVER.

MT. CLEMENS, Mich, Jan. 10
Grace De avntier, aged II years, was
saved from death by drowning in the
Clinton river yesterday afternoon by
her sweet heart, Earl Fraser. The
couple were skating on the river when
Miss De Vantier plunged through
thin ice and sank. Her head could be
seen beneath the ice and Frazer broke
the ice With his skates and dragged
her out. Just as he succeeded in get
ting her on the ice 1t broke beneath
the combined weight and Fraser was
Lrecipitated into the water. He man
abed TO crawl back on the ice and
saver her.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
MOTHER MISSING 10 YEARS.

OWOSSO, Mich, Jan. 19.-Clayton
w. Brown, Of Owosso, and his sisters,
Mrs. Carl Hart and Mrs. Earl Beche.
of Adrian, have petitioned the probate
court asking that their mother, Mrs.
Frank Brown, who has been missing
fro mthis city 10 years, he declared
legally dead and that they be desis.
mated as rightful heirs to the estate OF
their mothers father, Manford Bur
giss, who died here last summer. The
petition sets forth that Mrs. -Sn left
the city suddenly because OF domestic
troubles and that her relatives have
had no tidings OF her since. The es'
tate is valued at about $4,000
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
FIRE IN ORPHANS HOME.
One Hundred and Fifty Children
March Out Safely

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. 19.-
n panic and probable death or injury
to $50 children, aged from to 10
years, inmates Of the Ct. Johns or
phan asylum Of this city, Catholic
institution, was averted last evening
when the attendants rang the signal
for the fire drill, marshaled the chill
dren and escorted them out, through
binding smoke.
While the children were being
cheered by the attendants, the flames
shot through the ceilings Of the rooms
The fire was first discovered at $50
o'clock while the children were In the
dining room, which is In the north
wing Of the four-story brick building.
The flames spread rapidly and ap-
peared to be beyond control when
the apparatus arrived. After two
hours work the firemen obtained con-
troll of the fire, which was confined
to the wing in which 1t started. The
loss is $4,000. The dormitories Of 30
children were burned and they were
taken to Blodgett's Children's home,
another Catholic institution.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
JOKE ON ATTY. GEN. KUHN.
X. Of p. Grand Lodges Corporate
License Expired Year Ago.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 19.-(Spe,
ciaD-lt has developed that the cor.
porate existence of the Michigan
Grand lodge of the Knights OF
Pythias expired over a year ago and
that the organization has been tran
sacting business in this state with.
out legal authority.
Inasmuch as Attorney General
Franz Kuhn, Attorney Victor HoE.
kins, OF Jonesville, and Fred Wet
more are the leading lights in the or
ganization, their friends around the
capitol are enjoying a good laugh at
their expense. Articles OF incorpor.
alton have been filed again.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
Altar Screen for st. Paurs Arrives.

The altar screen for the new st.
Paul's Episcopal cathedral has been
installed and Is greatly admired by
the few privileged TO see 1t. The
the firm of Cram, Goonhue & Fergu.
son, architects OF the cathedral, and
Is made OF dark oak with hand-carved
figures OF the Apostles. The carving
was done by Americans. and when II
was on exhibition in Boston before bo
ing brought TO Detroit, was declared
to be, by competent critics, one Of the
finest examples OF wood carving in
this country. The interior work oi
the cathedral Is being rapidly pushed
to completion, but no date can be def
initely set yet for the formal opening
II the edifice.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
NAMED FOR ELKINs, SEAT.
Democratic Caucus Nomlnates |
Wealthy Coal Operator.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 19.--
Clarence Watson, of Fairmont, q
wealthy coal operator, owner of high
bred horsts, was nominated last
night by the Democrats of the West
Virginia legislature in caucus to fill
out the term OF the late Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, Republican.
w. K. Chiffon was nominated for
the long term, to succeed Senator
Nathan B. Scott.
Mr.. Watson had long lead on the
first ballot and his nomination fol.
lowed on the eleventh ballot Several
previous ballots placed him near the
goal, both the fifth and the ninth
bringing him within one of the re-
quired 40 votes.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
FISHERMEN REACH HOME.
They Suffer Terribly From Cold, But
Condition 10 Not Serious.

PORT SANILAC. Mich, Jan. 19.-
William and Herbert Walker, the fish
ermen who were rescued after being
on an ice foe so hours, are in their
homes here today. Their condition Is
not considered serious, although they
suffered frightfully from exposure.
Williams feet we're badly frozen and
Herman's hands were pinched by the
biting cold.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
8 SISTERS WE'D 8 BROTHERS.
Triple Ceremony on Same Day at
Home Of the Brides Parents.

ENID, Okla, Jan. Six Oklaho.
mans, three sisters and three brothers,
have, through a wedding ceremony, es
tablished a triple alliance" The mar.
riage Of John Peck, Henry C. Peck and
Bert l.. Peck, brothers, respectively
by the Misses Nellie Walker, Zell
Walker and Annie Walker, sisters
took place at the home of the brides
parents.
The walkers and the Pecks are two
Of the best established families In the
rich farming country around Arapa-
hoe. The heads OF both families are
the owners OF many acres.
Job Printing Done Right. Timee
Printing Co, No. IL John R-st Call
Main 1923 or City sass.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
Pay.Enter Gets Into Court.

What is believed to be the first
damage case against the D. U. r. IL
volving the new pay-enter cars came
to trial in Judge Hosmer's court,
We Wednesday morning. Mrs. Mary f.
Is suing the company for
81 900. alleging that on Dec. 10. 1908,
she was thrown to the pavement and
seriously injured when a car started
as she was alighting at WOODWARD
AMI MilWaukee-aYeS
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
ENDS LIFE WITH POISON.

CALUMET, Mich Jan. 19.-Mrs.
Hilda Olson, wife o. Hjalmar Olson,
took her own life last night in the
ONCE OF Prosecuting Attorney Nc
Donald here. The couple went to the
prosecuting attorney for solution Of
their domestic difficulties. the man
refusing 10 keep the woman after she
had made trouble I'm their home. The
woman was left along in the inner
office while Olson was giving his story
TO Mcdonald and drank carbolic acid.
She was 46 years old.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
KILLED BY TRAIN.

BAY CITY, Mich, Jan. 19.-Danlel
Murphy, aged 40, a deaf mute, en-
ployed in a local factory, was struck
and instantly killed, last evening, by
the second section Of the Detroit
bound Pere Marquette railroad train.
Murphy was walking home. He was
single and lived with his brother and
sister.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
AT 90, SHE is TILTED.
Spinster Goes Back to Shelterlns So
ciety In New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Miss Onaje
Powdosky. 80 years old, is back at
the Hebrew Sheltering society today,
after having been Tilted by Moishe
Robinowitz. her 81 year old fiance.
She has fully recovered from the
shock occasioned by Robinowltz's un-
gallant action, although when she first
found that Cupid had played her
false, she tainted and went through
the usual manifestations displayed by
lovelorn heroines.
Robinowitz hasn't shown up at the
Sheltering society, where he was also
an inmate since he reneged His
friends, however uphold him and say
that a youth OF 81 has no business
marrying An old woman, Of go"
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19

Two daughters Of the late Frank Knif-
fen, killed by his wife while he lay
In bed, have been sent to the home
boys are still I'm the Shelter home.
hut II the girls like their new home
the boys will probably be sent there.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19

TAxIcAB-MAIN On CTTY-ia.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-19

aarthei q BartheL a. w congress-st
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
PROSY AND DENATURED
MODERN WAR.

War correspondence as a profession
really had its beginning during the
Crimean conflict. Before that time
there had been no great press which
was equipped to make the most of the
enterprise. of the correspondent at the
front. The profession burst into its
fullest flower during the Spanish Amer
lean and South African conflicts, dur
ing both of which the correspondent
was favored attache on the staff of
almost any commander whom he chose
to honor with his association. Our
good -natured English-speaking war
riors have always regarded the game
of war as a fine spectacle, and been
disposed to let the unfortunates back
home get as much of the fun as pos
sible, through the activities and en-
thusiasm of the descriptive writers.
' The correspondents largely made the
history of the wars, and it was not
always accurate history. The arid
and unrhstorical official report, com
ing long after the swinging, enthusias-
The Washington times., 1911-11-03

BE ioud-be vulgar!'' 0''
She is remarkable in another state
me ment; vo,a N which sEu,. she says; III We get
partly ours" No wonder that it should
be-, as It is wholly so now.
These idle women who rant about
equal rights" and ..votes'' are the
They would do better s' BY combinins y;
for the betterment of humanity BY
remedying the conditions that exist. by
teaching their children and those under
themselves and not let them blanSer nS
blindly into the pitfalls and traps of
hs fhas fsTrs WTf .nS SY sry9S e correct exist
know nothins~in snort. BY being
instead they are trying to get their
fingers in the political pie and are
from the leaders, they know little Or
nothing but the slogan of "Votes.
the fad of dyeing the hair green these
and shout. "Green paint for women!''
Woman is not mans inferior as so
many people state. but when she plays
at a mans game she lowers herself
side with her children. II She had a
hundred votes and 20. children she is
as so much dead wood. -
Women have accomplished much in
onderfully-backward. They have
caused the abolition Of the canteen in
the army. and are no doubt working
now now on rh the suy. navy. and will through suf-
Intentionally. of course).
This is, 1t seems, equal rights. Does
J. b. MURRAY,
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
THE REIGN OF PROFANITY
ON THE STAGE.

1t is impossible to get away from
the influence of the stage as one of the
factors in molding the character of a
people. The effort to elevate it may
V made the subject of quips and sar-
castic paragraphs, and it may be OBJ
e1euatA by the box Office. But every
play b the course of fairly good
ssason, is presented before many thou.
sands Of people, and leaves an appreci.
abs effect upon the mind and heart.
There are not many mollycoddlcs
abroad in the land in this liberal and
full-blooded era, and certainly the
following reflections are not indulged
in any such milk and water spirit,
but one play after the other here of
late has deluged the audience with
such an outpouring of vulgar profanity
that it is time to enter q dignified
protest.
In "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
the rustic "June' passed out choice
assortment of picturesque expletives,
and now two plays are running at the
same time in the National Capital in
which the leading lady swears like the
army in Flanders.
Goldsmith said that If DIR. johnson
were to write a story about minnows
he would make them all talk like
whales. The language should very prop
The Washington times., 1911-11-03

erly Be adapted to the character, and
ono does not expect to find the type of
Western girl represented In "The Chal-
lenge" lisping the smooth inanities Of
the Eastern drawing room. The woman
whose baser self 10 part Of the dual
personality represented in "The Case
Of Becky" may be expected to speak
the language Of the street. But why
not make 1t simply the language Of
the street instead of the vernacular of
the back alleys, in the one case, and, In
the other, why not give N the breszi.
ness of the West without STOPPING to
IN orgy of bald "cussin'" which would
have been frownsd upon in the poker
fats of Deadwood when 1t was widest
and most woollyi
There 10 much to say in behalf of
that realism which has held the boards
and the bookstalls ever since it chased
away the romanticist movement which
itself had chased away the classic
school The public Of the present day
want nature painted a. Cromwell
wanted his portrait drawn--mole and
all. The cry Of "art for arts sake" is
not wholly sham shibboleth. But in
the case of the dramatic representations
under consideration the grave question
arises whether art is not really sacri-
fced in this welter of vulgar speech.
There may be an excuse for calling q
spade spade, but that is no reason
for calling it a darned old shovel. -
If all this is not true--n the char
acter drawing really requires the riot
of profanity in which these stage types
indulge-then to that extent we had
better have little less realism and a
little more common decency. II al
berta Bradley" 10 type Of any great
number Of young women in the licensed
West they had better be allowed to
do their swearing, like the heroes of
Greek tragedy did their dying: behind
the scenes. t
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
SOCIALISM IS DECLARED
AVERSE TO CHRISTIANITY
To the Editor Of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMEs: .., tho,
eSristsnt eGG1ssm Tits Psassfss %aS
Individual Socialists, yet the following
citations indicate a spirit Of antagonism
on the part Of leading ESQ sSsiaists niiy ana
''The. German Social Democracy does
In the main profess atheism. 1t
does not believe in an eternal lite; ana
1t regards Christianity as an outgrown
faith. ..
There is no need to prove the god
confess II plain words. YES
the Social-Democracy denies Cod
Mr.. Blatchford an English Socialist.
says in the Clarion. September %, 1904:
II deny the existence Of the Heavenly
Father. l deny the efficacy OF prayer.
| deny the providence OF GOD. l oeny the @
New Testament. I deny. the truth OF
the Gospels. 1 do not believe that any
miracle was ever performed. ! do not
believe that Christ was divine, l do not
believe that Christ died for man. l
do not believe that he arose from the
dead. I am strongly inclined to believe
that he never existed at ALL"
"For years, our readers have lombard
tive to our beliefs regarding, God,
heaven. prayer, the devil, and hell. God.
heaven. hell. prayer. and the divtl, as
orthodoxy has taught us, are SHY ana
abominable rantlings OF superstitious
and medieval minds-ranting OF medi-
eval fable merchants. do not be-
lieve that Christ was begotten Of NOR
tai woman. ] do not believe In the
orthodox heaven. as heaven means
here, and not over yonder-nowhere but
here. Prayer. spoken prayer, makes
God an idiotic simpleton. The National
Rip-Saw. April, 1911.
II believe Christ was a good man.
but no more divine than other men
Appeal to Reason, September 2, 1911.
A society calling itself the Free
Thought Socialist League" publishes
Socialist series" of pamphlets. No.
/ Is entitled "Christ the Great Enemy
of the Human Race" No. 2 Is entitled.
'.The Useless Christ of the New Tne-
ology." Both are written by H. S.
Wishartt. one of Europe's Socialist
leaders.
]. Leathan, author of ..Was Jesus a
Socialism" says: Socialism is grand
enough and strong enough to stand
without Christian props"
Another leader Of Socialism, Mr.. II. Nj.
Hyndman, says: There is no word in
Christianity about Socialism"
Personally would hxe citations
from leading Socialists and Socialistic
literature as emphatic In favor Of Chris
tianfty as the above are antagonistic.
JOHN N. QUINN.
The Washington times., 1911-11-03

girls of the Washington schools to start
fund for the relief of these poor little
Milano children. Let's take the case
nome to ourselves; here some innocent
little children-one a baby-and a faith
ful mother depending on charity, and
himself.
1t Is reported. and has been verified,
that for twenty-four hours these
baby was put to bed hunsry: This
mother must be brave soul to with
stand these trials. 1t may be justice to
lock this man up until he proves him
self not guilty. or until the government
sad b. hm anG Sst this 4 is nS5 usSse nS
with the winter fast approaching.
Even though the Associated Charities
do give temporary relief, or furnish
another city, they viii stiil be de- e.
pendent. without money of their own.
With the long ordeal ahead of her,
this woman can use all she can get.
II might be manly thing also, for the
real real estate a pHa man who threw this mother
such conditions, to come forward with
some assistances. What a great thing
1t will be II every school boy and girl
would contribute nye cents toward the
girls who have loving parents, warm
clothes and plenty to eat will never feel
this small amount. and 1t will see these
little Milano children through their
dark hours, would suggest that in
every school room, collection be taken
II the big-hearted Times, always ready
In cases like this. would act as custodian
and boost the fund along. by the end
of week a nice little sum could be
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
MOVEMENTS OF vEsSELS.

Arrived-Waban at Manzanillo; Pena-
cock at Cape Elizabeth; Utah, Della
ware, Florida. Bonita, Grayllng.
Narwhal. Salmon, Snapper, Stin-
gray. Tarpon, Washington, North
Carolina, at Tompkinsville; Burrows,
Drayton. Mccall. Perkins, Smith,
Sterrett. Terry Wake, Warning
ton. Octapus. at New York yard.
from Puerto Cortes for
Swan Island; Rocket from Norfolk
for Washington; Connecticut, Michi-
, gan, North Dakota. Louisiana. New
Hampshire. South Carolina, Ver-
mont, from New York for Newport;
Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri,
Georgia. Nebraska, New Jersey,
Ohio, Virginia, Monaghan, Mayrant,
Roe. from New York for Hampton
Roads Kansas, Reid, Preston. Lam
Norfolk; Marietta from New York
for Portsmouth. N. H.; Des Moines.
Patterson, Ammen, Trippe, from
New York for Boston; Iowa, Indi-
ana. Massachusetts, Maine, Idaho,
from New York for philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
THINKS SUFFRAGETTES
" ADVANCING BACKWARD
To the Editor Of THE TIMES;

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Mrs. Pankhurst, the English suf-
fragette leader, visited the night court
In New York the other day, according
to a recent paper. She was deeply i'm
pressed by the sad case Of young
girl who earned only 50 week at
her employment and resorted to the
street when she was broke" Mrs.
Pankhurst says she and those present
would do the same in like circum-
stances. intimating by her words that
small wage-earners cannot be respecta-
BILE, which, to say the least. Is a rather
broad statement. in view Of the fact
of girls who are good. honest. and re-
spectacle at such low wages. Her
listeners were shocked for the time
being, but II Is in keeping with the adj