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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Ocean to Ocean Flyer Gets Fall.

Middletown, N. Y, Sept. 1S.-In at
tempting to resume his flight to the
Pacific coast this morning, G.. p. Rodg-
ers crashed into a tree and fell with
his aeroplane thirty-five feet to the
ground. The airman received scalp
younds, not serious, but his machine
was wrecked so badly that he probably
will be unable to fly until tomorrow.
Rodgers stuck to his seat during
the plunge but was thrown out when
the machine hit the ground and caught
under one of the wings, Just escaping
being crushed to death by the heavy
engine At first it was thought he was
badly hurt but after physician had
dressed his wounds he went back to
the scene of the accident and worked
with his helpers, ascertaining the
amount of the damage. After the first
inspection he said that If the engine
could be repaired the other broken
parts could be supplied from dupli-
Gates in his special train. If obliged
to send back to New York for another
engine he did not know how long he
might be delayed.
In any event he had not expectation
of getting away again before tomor-
row morning.
The trans-Continental racer rose be
fore daylight today intending If pos.
sible to creste new distance record
for one days flight. He left the ground
at 6:15. Although there was little
wind he failed to get good start and
nearly struck the four foot stone wall
surrounding the pleasure grounds from
where he took off. Then at height
of twenty feet one of his planes struck
the limb of willow tree. This threw
him out of his course and he crashed
full speed into big hickory Just be.
yond
The branches of the tree partly
broke the force of his fall, but the
machine came down so hard head-on
that the engine was partly buried in
the soft ground. Rodgers was pulled
out from under his plane still smoking
a cigar he lighted just before the start.
He was assisted to his special train
which stood waiting nearby with
steam up ready to accompany him on
today's journey, over the Erie rail.
| road.
Rodgers landed here at 6:1S o'clock
yesterday evening after making his
first days flight from Sheepshead Bay,
about eighty miles, in one hour and
| fifty-three minutes. If all went we'll
today he had hoped by Tuesday to
pass his competitor, James ]. Ward,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Convention Should Be Held.

Although A. w. Jefferis OF Omaha
declares candidates to succeed the late
Congressman Latta In the Third Ne.
braska district must be nominated by
the state or congressional central com
mittees, The News believes the law
very clearly provides that the nomin.
ations may be made either by a con.
Vention or central committee, and
should be made by convention.
AS The News interprets the law the
convention is given the preference and
this paper believes that convention
would prove eminently more satisfac.
tory to the members of both parties
in the Third congressional district
than nominations by the handful of
committeeman.
Where Jefferis Is Wrong.
Mr. Jefferis of Omaha, who is quoted
in the Sunday Omoha Bee, cites sec.
ton 5SSS Cobbey's statute for 1911 as
follows:
Section 5SSS, Cobbeys Statutes for
1911 is as follows: Vacancies occur.
ring upon any party ticket after the
holding of any primary shall be filled
by majority of the party committee of
the city, district, county or state, as
the case may be, and a certificate of
such nomination shall be filed as re-
quired by section 5776 of Cobbey's An
notated Statutes, 1903"
The News believes that the above
statute refers only to vacancies oc.
curing after a ticket has been nomin-
ated and contends that no ticket has
sional district Of Nebraska this year
and therefore no vacancy could pos
sibly occur on such ticket and that
therefore the above paragraph has
nothing to do with the situation.
The Law in This Case.
The election laws of Nebraska, 1911,
states:
Section 11SM.-All nominations for
candidates of any political party for
office to be filled at a special election
shall be nominated by a convention
or committee of their political party
= y, such certificate of nomination
of candidates for office to be filled by
the voters of the entire state or any
division or district greater than
county, including candidates for con-
gress, shall be filed with the
secretary Of state except as in this
act otherwise provided"
Section 1O7 Election laws of Nebras-
ka says:
vacancies occurring in any state
judicial district, county, precinct,
township or public elective office thir-
ty days prior to any general election
shall be filled thereat."
The very fact that there is more
than one candidate for the nomination
should make the convention plan pre-
eminently more satisfactory than the
committee scheme
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22

charged with this offense. Many wit.
nesses have been called by both the
prosecution and the defense in these
cases. Among these witnesses are {:
+. h. Mcintyre, Capt. b. j. Young, Mrs.
Ed Denny, Henry Denny, James Iim.
norman, Ulysses Zimmerman, Charles
Zimmerman, Sam Lone Wolf, Daniel
Stone, William Chapman, Louis Mitch.
ell, Santee; Ii. +. Haze, Omaha; Thos.
Mackey, John Mackey, J. w. Rock,
Ernest Conklin, Niobrara; Frank Pc.
ters, Frank Barnes. jr., Frank Barnes.
ST. Niobrara.
Among the other minor cases Is the
land law suit of Anna A. Brooks and
others versus Mabel ii. Tomlinson and
the United States versus Connie Funk
Of Atkinson, who is charged by Ellis
Standing Bear with holding two colts
valued at $500, which are said to be-
long to the Indian.
For these two latter cases the fol-
lowing witnesses were subpoenaed: M.
II. Mccarthy, Charles M. DAILY, Joseph
NJ. Hunter, James G. Harnish, Charles
hOl gan, J' ID. AHuClSO II w. ull-
lips, O'Neill; Fred Hitchcock, Akin
son; John Robertson, Stuart; h. l..
Rosecrans, stock detective, Rosebud ;
Ellis Standing Bear, Rosebud. and
John Doe, an interpreter. All of these
witnesses are scheduled to be in Nor.
folk Tuesday. Attorney Harrington
has retained Walter II. Mcfarland, a
local stenographer to take shorthand
records for him during the proceed
ngs of the court.
Among Judge Mungers staff who
arrived with him are: George H. Thum-
mel, clerk of the United States circuit
court; Il. c. Hoyt, clerk United States
district court; William =. Warner,
United States marshal; j. f. Sides,
deputy United States marshal; United
States Attorney +. S. Howell and AS
sstant United States Attorney A. w.
Lane were expected in the city to-
day.
The signing of a few bankruptcy
papers took up the judges time and
the dockets will be cleared for action
Tuesday morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22

innings when he was replaced by De-
lair. Bcnter walked one hit one, and
allowed seven hits Della. Columbus
Lacquer, was suffering from an injured
finger and n newly lanCcd boil under
his pitching arm which may have OK
Cused the four hits taken from him In
so short II time He walked three men.
shorty" krahn was retired In the
fourth inning with n dislOcated ankle
as the result of endeavoriug to steal
third when he ran into Scissor. who
put him out. The injured ankle was
badly swollen and II is doubtful that
he can play the next few games.
SO heavy was the dust at times that
the players could not see each other
and waited ut short intervals for tho
wind to pick up the loose dirt on the
diamond before starting again.
Thompson, recently with the Ere.
mont league, took Krahn's place and
after some good coaching on first he
made one OF the sensational catches
of the season by taking In high fly
in far right field.
j. T.. Slaughter seemed to have an
of day and while he made some feat.
ure plays on first for Burke he also
was credited some errors and took In
good grace the roofing or the fans.
Scissor on third for Burke played a
good game and featured with Thomp-
son in good pick.ups.
Among the Burke fans in attendance
at the game were II. S. Sanderson
and family, J. f. Slaughter, e. Ora.
ham, f.. Miller, Il. Elston, A. Emery.
l.. Tousdell, G. Benter, G.. Steiner A.
NJ Chnrrh Inhn Srissnns
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Taft Shocked at News.

Pontiac. Mich, Sept. 1S-President
Taft was shocked to learn the death
of Representative Madison. He was
to have been guest of the congress-
man during his visit to Kansas next
week.
The president had promised Judge
Madison more than year ago to visit
Kansas during the semi-centennial of
the state and attend the celebration
at Hutchinson. This was one of the
fixed engagements made for this fall
and around it grew up the six weeks
itinerary on which the president has
just fairly started.
President Taft regarded Judge Mad.
ison as one of the ablest men in the
house of representatives. Classed as
an insurgent" Mr., Madison never
hesitated to support the president on
any measure which he deemed a prop
err one and was freuqent caller at
the white house.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
FOWLER FIGHTS FIRE.

ColfaX, Cal, Sept. 1S.-One man Is
dead another hovers between life and
death, with both legs broken, as a
consequence of his herosm, and a
third is missing as the result of a
fire probably of incendiary origin,
which broke out here on the third
floor of the Mountain View hotel and
consumed a considerable part Of the
town before it finally burned itself
out. The financial loss is $4,000.
The blaze was finally conquered by
volunteer companies of practically the
entire population. In the front ranks
was Aviator Robert G. Fowler, pre-
pairing to scale the Sierras today on
the third leg Of his trans-continental
aeroplane trip.
John Wesly Dougger, guest Of the
hotel, failed to awak and was burned
to death. Henry Hurst may be ia
tally injured. An unidentified man is
missing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Golf Title to Enuland.

Rye, n. Y, Sept. lS.-The American
amateur golf championship passed in
to foreign hands on the thirty-seventh
green at Apawamis, but only after
Harold H. Hilton of England and
Frederick Herreschoff of New York
had waged one of the greatest golfing
battles ever seen in this country.
Herreschoff although defeated,
achieved a feat that by general con-
sent places him in the foremost ranks
of American golfers and entities him
to special niche in the hall of golting
fame.
With 1000 spectators turning away
disheartened, Herrschoff galvanized
them into enthusiastic supporters by
working up from six down and thir-
teen to go to even terms with the
British champion on the thirty-fourth
green. He did even more, for he
compelled Hilton to play an extra
hole final championship match for the
first time in the history of the United
States Golf association.
Few of the ardent devotees of the
game who tramped untiringly over the
course thought Herreschoff had the
strokes or the fighting ability to out
play the Englishman and picked up
hole after hole the crowd was swept
off its feet by his masterful work and
driven to applauding and shouting at
every American stroke.
Had little fiat stone on which Hill.
tons badly sliced second shot for
the thirty-seventh hole kicked the ball
into the rough instead of onto the
green the score might have been diff
ferent.
Herreschoff was going like race
horse when the players started on the
extra hole. After squaring the con-
test on the thirty-fourth green he just
failed to win on the thirty-siXth when
his ball missed the cup by an inch.
AS on many other occasions Heres
choff drove the longer ball and Hilton
playing the like, pitched for the shelf
like green that is hemmed in by crags
on both sides. The ball headed for
the boulders on the right and for a
second or two English golfing supre-
macy in this country seemed to be
disappearing. But the little fiat stone
was there to receive the ball and it
bounded off onto the green. HERES
choff was short and over-ran his ap-
proach putt, while Hilton missed the
cup on the third by two feet. Her
reschoff made a gallant effort for a
half and failed and then Hilton ran
down his putt and found the American
championship waiting in the cup.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
MONDAY MENTIONS.

]. S. Helgren spent Sunday with his
mother at Omaha.
r. S. Lackey returned from a bust
ness trip at Stanton.
Harry H Hartford returned from a
visit at Wood Lake.
Fred Schiller has gone to Ida Grove,
Ia, to spend several months with his
parents.
Miss Katherine Boehnke, who has
been i'll with typhoid feevr at Lincoln.
has returned home.
w. A. Witzigman, c. E. Burnham,
l.. p. Pasewalk and ]. E. Haase went
to Omaha to attend the bankers con-
vention.
L, E. Pugeo, formerl a Norfolk trav-
cling salesman, spent Sunday here
with friends. Mr.. Pugeo is now To-
Gated at Lincoln
Selmer n. Kolbo, private stenogra-
pher TO S. NJ. Braden, has returned
from a two weeks vacation which he
spent with his parents at Lodi, Neb.
Earl Krantz and Charles Durland
left here Saturday for the west. Mr..
Krantz goes to the Oregon agriculture
college and Mr. Durland to the Wash
ington state university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard f. Said of
Ralston, Neb., and Mr.. and Mrs. C.
A. Said of Emerson, Ia, are here visit
ing with their sister, Mrs. Fred Them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Said and their two sons
go to look after their ranch interests.
Charles Dudley has purchased an
other five passenger automobile.
Louis Dudley has ordered a seven
passenger automobile for taxicab
work.
A cement block warehouse is being
constructed in the rear of the Chris
toph drugs store.
Miss May Johnson has severed her
connection with the Norfolk National
bank force and leaves soon for Cali
fornia, where she will make her future
home.
T. ]. Vail of Rock Rapids, Ia. who
has purchased the Esterbrook butter
and egg business, has moved to POS
South Fifth street,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry W. Bates, who
have recently returned from two
weeks visit in Colorado have moved
70 1902 Norfolk avenue.
Norfolk Council No. 100 U. C. T.
has voted to buy typewriter for Sec
George II. Spear, whose work in con
nection with the lodge has greatly in
creased.
Four hours after one Norfolk mar
announced that he was about to move
from the cottage he has been renting
for the past year, the owner of the
cottage was besieged with application
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22

horse just as II crossed the bridge
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets and with the assistance Of r.
q. Coryell, Frank Wachter and few
other men, the body was taken from
the buggy aud placed ON the ground.
The revolver lay in the bottom OF the
buggy with the hammer against the
cap of the solitary bullet which ended
the farmers life. There were three
other loaded shells in the chamber
and the newly opened box OF cart.
ridges lay upon the blood despatched
wrapping paper. in the position he
had placed them.
Had Trouble With wife
A close examination OF the wound
showed large round powder mark
and the small bullet hole in the right
temple Fenske had evidently held
the mu2Zle of the revolver very close
to his head when he pulled the trig.
ger
The remains were taken from the
scene few moments after death by
the undertakers and Coroner's In.
uutSJ lulSll lul We necessary, II was
thought.
Ernest has had trouble with his
wife for some time" said Robert Fen.
sle, who was brought to the scene by
Chief of Police Marquardt. 81 was
with him all morning and he told me
he was feeling bad. | tried to get
him to come into restaurant and
have some dinner with me, but he
told me he had no appetite and could
not eat. He has often threatened
to shoot himself and have often tried
to cheer him up, but it seemed use
less"
Reports that Fenske was drunk are
untrue. Re came to the citS and at.
tended to his regular business. He
was seen talking to number of
friends and at the bank where he
transacted business it was denied that
he was intoxicated. He left the bank
for his home. Fenske owned the farm
on which he was living and is said to
have on deposit a considerable sum
of money. He was a member of the
A. o. U. W., in which fraternity his
life is insured for about $4,000.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Ward has Mishap.

Corning, N. Y, Sept. 1S.-Ward ar
rived here at 1881 this morning, land
ing gracefully in field north of this
city. He remained for luncheon.
Wards landing at Corning was due to
the blowing out of an old feed connec-
ton while he was directly over the
city, which allowed all of his lubricat-
ing oil to escape and badly burned his
engine. He may resume his flight lat
err this afternoon. lie left Oswego at
10:4S, landing here at 1871, fifty-siX
miles in forty-three minutes
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Norfolk Beats Burke Champs.
ok IA, Burke |.

NOTIUIh tt, BUIhe I,
Probably handicapped by a heavy
wind and dust storm which raked the
driving park diamond all Sunday af.
ternoon, f. S. Sanderson's champions
of southeast South Dakota with head
quarters at Burke were easy pickings
for "Schmock" Fox who pitched a
beautiful game and who received the
support OF eight Norfolk ball players
Fox only allowed three hits, walked
two, hit one man, struck out seven and
was credited with two safe hits on
his batting average
The nine errors recorded against
Burke showed poor support for Ben
ter, who pitched a fair game for five
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
BIG SHOW IN CHICAGO.
inspection Of City Exhibits and Manu-.
featuring Products.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Informal inspec-
ton of the exhibits of cities and man.
ufacturers marked the opening of the
International exposition in the coli
scum here today.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chi
cago and John NJ. Even, chairman of
the exposition, were scheduled to Of
ficially open the event at 2 o'clock
this afternoon with addresses of well
come.
Today's program included addresses
by Darius A. Brown, mayor Of Kansas
City and president of the league OF
American Municipalities; John E. Rey.
burn, mayor of Philadelphia. and John
f. Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
HALE FOR CONGRESS?
Former State Senator's Friends Are
Urging Him to Run.

Friends of eX-State Senator F. J.
Hale of Norfolk are bringing pressure
to bear TO induce him to become a can
didate for the democratic nomination
to succeed Mr.. Latta. They argue that
he is we'll known over the district and
rather resent what they term an at
tempt to railroad" Dan Stephens into
the nomination without giving the par
ty a chance to choose it's own candi.
date. Senator Hale was at one time
prominently mentioned for governor,
and was an active representative in
the state senate from Madison, Wayne,
Pierce and Stanton counties.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Nine Killed at Auto Race.

Syracuse, n. v, Sept. 1S.-Nine per
sons were killed and fourteen injured,
some of them seriously, as the result
of an accident during the closing
miles of a fifty-mile automobile race
at the state fair track Saturday after
noon when Knox racing car, driven
by Lee Oldfield, leaped from the track,
crashed through the fences surround
ing it and plunged into the throngs
that lined the other side of the speed
way. Six Of the nine people were
killed outright and three others were
so badly injured they died on the way
to the hospital.
The accident came as the fatal ter
mination or day that was undoub-
teddy the biggest the state fair has
ever held in point of attendance, as
we'll as in the matter of attractions
The honored guest of the fair was
President Taft. 1t was a short time
after he had left the grounds that
the tragedy occurred. Just before he
left, President Taft took a short ride
in an automobile on the track which
was wet to keep down the dust for the
president and his party. This wetting
was such as to cause drivers who
We're to compete in the fifty-mile event
to protest.
When the race was called Ralph
DePalma and Bob Burman, who had
been driving in previous races, refus-
ed to go on because of the condition
of the track, saying the water had
made it too dangerous to take
chances. There was some delay dur
ing which the track dried somewhat.
The race was called and DePalma and
Burman were both entrants along with
Oldfield and six others.
The accident happened in the forty
third mile. DePalma was leading by
lap, with Oldfeld trailing him as
they entered the first quarter of this
mile. The big cars, travelling, it is
estimated, at seventy-fiye miles an
hour, were running side by side as
they swung around the turn, after
passing the grandstand
Car Leaps in the Air.
AS they took the turn there was
report. The car driven by Oldfield
Acdpcu III the ar. utH IL S"eINeu W
the outer side and crashed through
the fence, The crippled machine, be-
yond the control of the driver, plough
ed through hundreds of persons lined
along the fence. 1t was at first
thought that no one was hurt, and
this announcement was made. Des-
pite this hundreds hurried to the point
where the car left the track.
| The runaway car had left many per
sons piled together on the ground, sew
eral mangled beyond recognition. At
once nearly a score of the dead and
injured were picked up. Hurry calls
were sent to this city for ambulances
and every one in the city responded.
| Vehicles of all kinds on the fair
grounds were also pressed into ser
vice, The dead and injured we're
taken to the emergency hospital on
the fair grounds, and at the same time
the woman's building was turned into
a hospital ward. Physicians on the
grounds hurried to the hospitals At
the same time a general call was sent
in to the city for help,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22

Huron, S. D., Sept. 1S.-Walter
OBrien, formerly of Dawson, Neb., is
in Jail here charged with the murder
of his month-old baby boy. While in a
fit of delirium he grabbed the infant
from its mothers arms and dashed
its brains out against the wall.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22

Totals. ........3O I 3 "a 10
Score by innings:

Burke. ........ 0 o 0 90 0 0 O.
Norfolk ....... 0 2 0 2 8 4 0 X-14
Summary-Three.base hits, Bove;
twO.base hits, Steiner and Hoffman;
base on balls, off Fox /, Benter De-
lare 8; struck out, by Fox Z, Benter 2,
Delare 4; left on bases, Norfolk 9,
Burke 4 double plays, Thompson to
Emery to Slaughter; nit by pitcher,
Glissman 2, Steiner Umpire, Rock,
Norfolk. Time hours
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Cincinnati Bank Clnaea

Cincinnati, o., Sept. iS-The Metro.
nolitan Bank and Trust company
closed Its doors today on order OF the
state banking department OF Ohio.
State bank examiners will remain in
charge OF the bank until a deputy is
appointed. The bank, which was or.
ganized six years ago, has a capital
stock amounting to $4,000
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
Mg25UI BACKS KERMIT.
Young Roosevelt Viii Hunt Canadian
Wids Tor !arc Mammals.

II WAS announced mt the National
museum that another Roosevelt collec.
zion il ia b" deposited there. this one
10y Kermit. Soa of the former prcsl.
dent, who accompanied his father on
the African hunting iunket and who
has started for the Canadian wilds
He will he gone some months and will
collect specimens Of mammals that In.
habit the great northwest, especially
OF the rapidly disappearing moose
1t Is said most OF the expenses of
his trip will DO betrayed by the M.
tional museum on basis similar to
that which enabled the former presi.
dent TO make tho African trip.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-09-22
MCCARTHY A CANDIDATE.
Former Congressman and Head of La
Toilette League, in Race.

J. ]. Mccarthy of Ponca, formerly
congressman in the Third district and
president of the new La Toilette lea
que in Nebraska, is a candidate for
the republican nomination for con.
gress to succeed Mr.. Latta, according
to a Lincoln dispatch to the Sioux
City Tribune.