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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
GOAL Of LONGEST
FLIGHT IN SIGHT
Aviator Rodgers Crosses Into
California in Air Trip
Across Continent
PLANE BREAKS DOWN
NEAR SALTON SEA
Man Who Left New York On
September II, Nears End
of Record-Br
Journey

Los ANGELES. Ca. Nov. 3,--Cal-
braith P. Rodgers. the transcontinent-
al aviator. who left Shsepshead Bay.
n. Y, on September IT In an effort to
fly from the Atlantic to the Pacific
crnsaad tho California State
line to-day. and but for engine trou-
BILE while flying across the Eastern
edge of the salton sea. would tonight
be within q few miles OF Pasadena,
where he II scheduled to stop to-mor-
row and venice-by-ths-sea. his ulu-
mate goal and where MS ocean-to-
ocean flight will be officially ended.
Because Of disabled engine. Rod
gers was forced to descend at Imperial
Junction, California. at II o'clock this
morning and will not resume his flight
to Pasadena. $50 miles away. until
tomorrow morning.
Crosses Colorado River.
Rodgers left stovaii Siding. Ar1x..
at 7:20 this morning and passed over
Yuma at s:2b. He crossed the Colo
RADIO river, few miles beyond Yuma.
in as many minutes and was then
within the confines Of tho Golden
state. Continuing onward in his fight,
Rodgers paused over the town Of I'M
perial Junction. on the borders of
the Salton Sea
-Four miles beyond Imeprial juno
tion. while lying fas. and at an al
titude Of 1000 feet, Rodgers engine
began to miss IRE, and q fuse con-
aenser blew out q cylinder-head,
Quickly shutting OF his gas, the av1a-
tor began to volplane and glided back
over the four miles to Imperial juno
ton. where he made a successful land
Ing near the Southern Pacific station
at IL o'clock
Engine Near Wreck.
Here 1t was found that the engine
was almost q complete wreck and
vaiuable time was lost waiting for the
special train beariug supplies and ara
olAs parts for the damaged biplane to
arrive. ~
At 11.4O the special train pulled :,
ana mechanics set at work Immediate
repairing the damage, which was
.ouno TO be more serious than Rod
gers had thought and the aviator had
10 content himself with remajninr
over night at the little railway tow
or imperial Junction, In the Sa1ton
s'nR. there feet below sea level.
RODGERS 10 expected to reach p..a
dena at $3.50 tomorrow afternoon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
GETTING READY To
WRITE MESSAGE
TAFT WAITING FOR SECRETARY
l.
TO BRING IMPORTANT DATA
FROM WASHINGTON.

HOT SPRINGS. VA. Nov. 3.-Presi-
dent Taft Is waiting for his secretarv
MI. Hills. to come here from, wash-
ington, where the secretary dropnea
on last night on the way here from
New York The President wants to
get data the secretary intended to
gather to-day from cabinet member.
ana heads Of departments concern.
ing various administration affair,
upon which the President will touch
IN his message to Congress next
month.
Inc President desires information
with respect to the steel trust prose-
cuuoh ana the whole situation "a
spectlne the activities OF the den.rt-
ment OF justice regarding Corner.
tons that have collided with the Shar-
man antitrust law. He Ia exnects1
to have something In his massara
respecting the handling OF the trusts
and the Alaskan situation and con
Starvation and other matters upon
which the President desires to be in
formed.
Changed His Plans.
~Ns' As WA! hOt Work uDOn his
message until his return to the Whi,a
House after his trip through Mem
lucky and Tennessee. He Changed his
plans again to-day 20 AZ to leave here
sunday night, instead of Monday for
Cincinnati. He wants to register per-
sonaily In Cincinnati on Monday 10
prevent FORGETTING his vote. His rew-
istration papers sent by mall from
wyoming were too late to permit of
registering thG way and Mr.. TAFT was
informed that he might still have the
vote II he would personally register.
The President played golf this morn
Ing and spent the rest OF the day ia
the Homestead hotel. reading an ac-
cumuiatton OF correspondence. He
met MIS- Taft and their daughter.
Mir Helen TAFT hsre to-day on Nh
arrival. He expressed himself q fesl-
ing quite rested after his forty-nins
day jog Through the ceuntry. the
arrival Of the Prsatd4nt q the Aoeel
pocasioned littlS, fuss among the four
hpA1rsd guagtA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
TWELFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
PROPOSE TO SELL
DOCK FOR $4,000
COUNCIL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
THE FEASIBILITY OF ACQuIR-
ING PROPERTY,

Whether the city should buy the
city dock was the question which en-
gagged the attention OF the special
committee Of the City Council last
night when 1t held its first session
After two hours OF talk and dis
cussion. It was agreed that Mr.. Har-
vey r. Pollard. Jr.. chairman OF. the
COMMITTEES, should he empowered to
confer with representatives Of the
dock owners and ascertain the lowest
price at which the property can be
acquired. He was Also authorized
to ascertain from the city engineer
the present condition Of the dock and
what 1t would cost to put It in proper
repairs. The committee Furthermore
expressed n desire to have more light
on the subject In the way of data
which. it was stated, can be obtained
from the Chamber OF Commerce,
Purchase of the dock was urged by
several representatives OF the cham
Der, who sat with the committee at
the special request Of Chairman Poll
lard. All Of them thought 1T would
be y fne commercial investment not
only IA i practical aid to shippers in
the way of providing more adequate
water facilities, but also in holding
down freight rates. Representatives
vi Gio tltAHrucI were MES46IS. L.. M.
John G. Freeman. Fred ID.
Williams and George Bryan.
Ask 100000.
MesSrA Harrison and Bates, the
realty firm representing the Trigg
bondholders who desire to sell the
property. stated at the beginning OF
the meeting that they were authoriz-
ed to sell the dock to the city at the
price of 100000. the understanding
being that the actual length OF the
dock for sale extended from Twenty
ninth street to the east end Of Seven
teenth street. the remaining section
up to Fourteenth street being ex-
cluded from the proposition. This
az Mr.. Bates explained.
was tabled some time ago by the a
nance committee after being present.
ed to that committee. ana since then
Il had not emerged from tho table.
After the retirement Of the real
estate men, the committees INDUCED
u : general discussion of ths prop
tCoatiaIsA on Sscon1 Pa9AS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
MILLIONAIRE AT
POINT OF DEATH
wAsHINGTt

|lIutchins. whose Il. ooo. 900 estate has
|hoon the subject OF much litigation by
|Aas young wife. was reported to-day
~ be dying by Attorney f. c. Bran
hamburg. counsel for Trustee Dante.
|ef the estate.
N Attorney Brandenburg told Chief
|ynstice Clabaugh. OF the District SUI
|preme Court. that In his opinion any
hearing Of the case. in which Trustee
Dante asks the court to audit his ac-
eoupts, would be ''undignined ana I'm.
n9oper." Mr.. Brandenburg intimated
~. Hutohtr1 physician expects his
leetfent'1 death at any time. The
eourt pcstponed tho hearing until
1T Friday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
ONE VOTE AHEAD
PULLS STRING To
GOLDEN PURSE
Today is the Day: the Big
gest Day of All. Since Con-
test started-Gong Rings
At 6 O'clock This Even
ings--Get Votes in Early

Last opportunity for special Rold
prizes. Tonight at o'clock all sub
scriptions and money to cover, must
b In The Virginian's Campaign De-
partment ONCE II candidates wish the
votes to count toward the four spe-
ciaI prizes OF $4,000. ta5.oo. $500 and
$1,000. Twill be better to be far in
the lead than to be one single vote
behind. In. the nrst case you win:
In the second you lose. Call early
and avoid rush. To tho big voters
win come the double satisfaction Of
winning . prize and Of bright out
look for the future.
= To-dAys the day. ths blguest day
In The virginiAn's Prise Contaat %
tar: 4 = the hrst chance that the
candidate hAve had 70 really win
something for the efforts pat forward
In gathsring votes up. 70 thu present.
fakfANuNfHnxiAA 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
CHIEF JUSTICE
HAS A BIRTHDAY

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.--<>hief Jus
tice White. OF the United States SUI
preme Court. celebrated his sixty
sixth birthday to-day, and was felic,-
tated by his colleagues on the bench.
members OF the bar and friends ren-
orally. The Chief Justice was horn
in Louisiana in 1s4s. He was appoint
ed to the Supreme bench hy Presi-
dent Cleveland In 1894, and when
Justice Fuller died Justice White was
made presiding Judge OF the high
est tribunal.
The Chief Justice II in excellent
health.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
CONGRESSMAN ARE
TO BE ELECTED

WASHINGTON. Nov. s.-spec,.,
elections will b held on Tuesday In
hve congressional districts to MI va
cancfss caused by deaths OF member.
OF the House. The vacancies and Iats
inean hents follow: -,
New Jersey-F'irst district, Henry
G. Loudenslager. Paulsboro
kansas-eecond district. A. c. Mi.-
chell. Lawrence: Seventh district ga
mund Fl. Madison, Dodge City.
Tennesses-Tenth District Geor~a
W. Gordon. Memphis.
Nebraska-Third district James p.
Iatta. Tekamah.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
CHINESE EMPEROR
SHORN Of POWER
BY HIS SUBJECTS
Nation to Become Limited
Monarchy Under New
Constitution
PARLIAMENT WILL
CONTROL AFFAIRS
People to Elect Members
and Imperial Princes
Will Not Be Eligi-
bic for Office

SHANGHAI. Nov. 2.-what IA
construed a. violation Of NEURAL
dty BY q detAchmont OF British
troops Il one OF tho most dis
turning features Of the capture
OF Shanghai By the revolutonists
this afternoon. Tho rebcls made
an attempt to cut the wires of
the Nandng- Shanghai railway.
but were frustrated by the rail-
ways manager. A. W. U. Pope,
who telcphoncd to the British
consul and soon had ut his dis
posal . largo force Of British vol
unoeers. who were sent in patrols
along tho entire line. Tho rebels
deny that they had any inten-
uon of destroying tho property.
and Wcre prepared to maintain
oroer. This puts the British
consul's action in the light of VIC.
lattng the law Of neutrality.
A detachment Of tho Brttish
volunteers guarded tho rnilroad's
property all night. while across
the track stood an equal number
OF uniformed Chinese Police
wearing the revolutionary badge.
whose commanders claimed they
were the proper guardians or
lives and property and the inter.
ference OF the British was nm.
called for.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
FIRE SWEEPS BUICK
AUTO WAREHOUSE

WASHINGTON. Nov s-r,.. ,.
"a s AFTERNOON swept the warehouse
at 1879 Seventeenth str.e, dal,s
ing twenty-one automobile The ,o..
was $4,000. The warehouse i, =,
the heart Of Washington's fa,hiora HE
residence section. which for a tive
was threatened by tho flames. EIeysn
engine companies. FIVE trucks ana a
water tower confined the blaze TO the
warehouse. :" ing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-04
GUN EXPLODES IN
TARGET PRACTICE

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.-Au of,,cial
report to the Navy Department from
the Pacific fleet states that durinv
target practice yesterday the mussIs
OF a three-tnch gun was blown an
while being fired from the deck ~
the torpedo boat Preble. No dan.
ago was done to the vessel and no one
Was hurt,
A board OF inquiry has been or.
dsrod and an investigation will he
ssaaaa Into the Gauss Of the accidsnt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
HAD 4 Wife IN CALIFORNIA
Returned to Kenesha After Eighteen
Years Absence and Disappeared as
Mysteriously as He Came-Wife
Seeks Fortune.

An unusual story of dual life has
been brought to light by suit for di
vorce filed in the Circuit court in which
Mrs. Bertha Kalis is the plaintiff and
William Kalis the defendant. In her
complaint and summons which is being
served by publication the wife charges
her husband with desertion, failure to
provide and also alleges statutory
charges on which she claims the right
to legal separation. Kalis and his wife
were married more than thirty years
ago and since that time Mrs. Kalis has
been resident of Kenosha. Kalis is
supposed to be in Los Angeles and the
story of how he deserted his wife and
picked up another and then became
| rich man is told in the complaint for
divorce. Kalis left his wife in Ken
osha more than eighteen years ago and
nothing was heard of him until last
summer when he returned to Kenosha
as silently as he had left and built a
| new home for his wife here and then
disappeared without taking the form
ality of putting the property in the
name of the wife. L ter a squabble
over an attorneys fees in Los Angeles
revealed the story of his dual life and
1t was discovered that Kalis had lived
for years in California under the name
Of August w Town. In Los Angeles
or the territory surrounding he found
for years and Town built up a great
business and was alleged to have per-
sonal property valued at more than
thirty thousand dollars. Differences
arose between him and the second wife
and she brought an action for divorce
but the decree was not granted on ac-
count of the fact that no showing was
made that the couple had ever been
married but the court made an order
directing the division of the estate and
| the woman who had been known as
Mrs. Town received $4,000. After
this action in the California courts
Kalis returned to Kenosha and built
the house for his legal wife and then
he disappeared. Since that time eff
forts have been made to locate him.
Mrs. Kalis has been at home taking
care Of the family through all these
years and for a long time it was sup
posed that the husband was dead. The
Kalis family was well known to many
Of the older residents of the city. At
the time Kalis first deserted his wife
he had no personal fortune. It,is cer-
tain that when the divorce action is
tried at the coming term of the Cir
cult that the wife will make an effort
to secure possession of at least por-
tion of the property alleged to be held
by Kalis in California.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
ION FORGERY CHARGE
Fl. M. Houser, Formerly of
kenosha, Jailed at Racine
on a Serious Charge
SOUGHT BIG sum BY FRAUD

Fl. M. Houser, engineer at the plant
of the Municipal Engineering Company
at Winthrop Harbor> and formerly a
resident of Kenosha is under arrest at
Racine charged with uttering forged
check for the sum of $4,000. The check
was deposited in the Racine City Bank
at Racine Junction but Houser failed to
secure any money on it. He was re-
turned to Racine from Chicago where
he was arrested on Thursday and he
has signifed a willingness to plead
guilty to charges of forgery. Houser
alleges that the check was sent to him
by his brother-in-law who resides in
New York with instructions that he
deposit it in the Racine bank. A few
days before the check was deposited
Houser deposited another check for
$50 which served as an opener for an
account and then he went out and open
ed an Office in Racine as the officials
claim, to pave the way for the cashing
of the check of higher denomination.
w. G. Shields the brother-in-law of
Houser is alleged to have worked a
similar scheme in several places and
the police of Chicago and New York
are now making an effort to locate
Shields who is alleged to have planned
the whole case. Houser declared that
he was given assurance by Shields
that the transaction was a perfectly
proper one and claims to have acted on
this advice.
Houser has a wife and three children
living at Winthrop and before his ar
rest he was regarded as one of the best
known men of the village. It. is prob
able that the hearing of the case will
be adjourned until Shields has been To-
Gated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
DIDN'T GET MONEY
Alleged Holdup Men Rob Man
in Saloon, But Fail to Get
Away With the SWag
SALOON MAN QUICK WITH GUN

A double hold up in which Alexander
lOpateski South Milwaukee man was
held up and robbed of 81 and in which
Peter Abramites saloon proprietor
Immediately held up the holdup men at
the point of gun and forced them to
disgorge their ill gotten gains was the
feature of life on West Middle street
late Friday afternoon. Not only did
the saloon man forge the alleged hold
up men to return the money, but he
managed to get the police on the trail
of the men and all. of them were ar
rested and are now in the county jail
awaiting a hearing. The men were
strangers in the city and they gave
their names as Charles Wrad of Rock
ford, Ill, Earl Hangstaffer and H. H.
Hangstaffer, the latter being from
Michigan.
Opateski had come to Kenosha from
South Milwaukee for visit and was
spending the afternoon at the Middle
street saloon. He had been drinking
and was slightly intoxicated when the
three men came into the saloon and
asked him to buy a drink. The South
Milwaukee man pulled out his pocket
book and took out dollar and started
to ot1iciate at the drink buying when
one of the men grabbed the pocket
book and took the entire contents of
it. The men started to make their get
away but Abramites was too quick for
them and taking revolver from the
shelf behind the bar covered the men
and they threw the money on the floor
and escaped. The saloon man at once
notified the police and Chief O'Hare
and officers Clausen, Newhouse, Brad
ley and Maher at once went after the
men. They found them in the johnson
saloon at the corner of Lemon and
West Main street and all three were
arrested and jailed The men had no
money. WheH Ihey were arrested anu
they protested loudly that the money
was given them by the South Milwau
kee man. The three men are charged
with grand larceny and they will prob
ably have a hearing in the Municipal
court before the day is over. In the
meantime the police are making an
effort to find out something in regard
to the men and it is thought possible
that they are wanted for similar crimes
| in some other city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

Under the primary election law pc
titions for nominations must be filed
fifteen days before an election City
Clerk Harrington has put the most lib
raj construction possible on the law
and under his ruling candidates will
have until Monday afternoon to file
their petitions to have their names
placed on the primary election ballot
There is plenty of time yet for any one
who wants to run for any Office to Sc
cure the required number of signatures
and an effort should be made by the
COMMITTEES of all parties to have every
place on the tickets filed The voters
are entitled to choice of candidates,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
u. S. Officials Make Inyesti-
CATION of Alaskan Railway
Deals of A. C. Frost
RAV|NIA WILL REOPEN AGAIN

Two officials of the national govern
ment at Washington, whose names and
titles are withheld, have appeared in
the court of Judge Lands in Chicago
and asked that man be appointed by
the court to investigate the books of
the A. c. Frost company of Chicago,
formerly owners of the Chicago & Mil
waukee electric railroad.
After listening to the arguments of
the two men, the judge appointed Geo.
M. Seward, bond and stock broker of
Chicago, to investigate the books and
report the findings to the court. Just
what the nature of the investigation
will be has not been made known to
Mr.. Seward as yet, beyond the fact
i'that it is mere friendly investigation
to find out some points in a franchise
and frontage rights of the Alaskan
Central railroad, of which A. G. Frost
is one of the head officials.
When asked about the investigation
this morning Mr.. Seward said that he
had a very small idea of what the in
vestigation meant. 1t was certain, he
stated, that the probe of the books was
not in the hope or expectation of find
ing criminal transactions OF any sort,
but merely to settle some points about
land grant given to the Alaskan Cen
trial railroad by the government.
The investigation has no connection
whatever with Chicago & Milwaukee
or with any of the lumber holdings of
the A. c. Frost company, nor even with
any private transactions of A. G. Frost
personally.
Beyond the fact that the investiga-
ton dealt with the Alaskan Central
railroad, Mr.. Seward was unable to
say. He stated, however, that in two
or three days at the latest he would
be more definitely informed as to his
duties, and would be able to state the
actual object of the investigation.
Mr.. Seward, who appeared to be well
informed as to the affairs of the A.. c.
Frost company, stated this morning
that there were several deals pending
which would mean the opening Of Ra.
vinia park to the lovers of high class
offerings this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
EXPECT MORE SCHOLARS.
Children of Catholic Parents Must At
tend Parochial School in Future.

Children of Catholic Parents Must At
tend Parochial School in Future.
Catholic schools will note an increase
in their enrolment and parents of the
Catholic faith will be held directly res
ponsible Tor the attendance of their
children at the parochial schools, as
the INN ediate result Of g decree pro-
mulgated throughout the world Sunday
and effective at once
In effect the decree orders that no
confessor shall absolve parents who re-
quire their sons and daughters to at
tend nonCatholic schools, unless such
parents, when going to confession prom
Use that they will send their children
to Catholic school at tie time to be
fixed by the confessor, or agree that
they will abide by the decision of the
bishop after the case has been referred
to him.
Tn degree of the sacred congrega-
ton of the sacraments was read in the
Catholic churches and was followed by
a pastoral letter of the bishop of the
province. The decree and the letter
pointed out the disadvantages of per-
hitting a postponement of communion,
ordered that children receive confrma-
ton as soon as their reasoning power
lis aroused and promulgated the restric-
ton concerning absolution as a substi-
tute for delayed confirmation that
would tend to hold the parent, rather
than the child at fault for lack of pro-
per religious training.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
MRS. DUFFN SEEKS DIVORCE.
Charges Her Husband John G. Dufin

Mrs. Ella Hall Dufin, the widow of
The late John r. Hall who was married
to John G. Dufin in May of last year
has filed a suit in the Municipal court
asking that the bonds of matrimony
between herself and Dufin be severed
She charges that her husband has been
guilty of extreme cruelty toward her.
Tt seems from the complaint that the
domestic life of the couple has been
anything but pleasant. At the time of
the marriage Mrs. Hall had three chill
dren and her husband had six Of ten
der age. The children seem to have
been the bone of contention. Mrs.
Dufin asks that the court divide the
property which is estimated in value
at about $4,000.