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The Washington times., 1911-01-03

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. SIN con-
nection with the investigation Of Arch
Hoxseys death, Saturday, a man close
to the Wright brothers declared that
Wilbur Wright firmly believes that
Johnstone was trying the practically
impossible feat of looping the loop when
he was killed at Denver.
At the same time it was looked upon
as probably certain that Hoxsey was
attempting some daredevil achievement
when he crashed to death. Johnstone,
this man declared, had said he believed
the loop-the-loop feat could be perform
ed in an aeroplane as easily as he used
to do it with a bicycle in his old trick
riding days, and, despite the stern in
junction of the Wrights never to at
tempt it, they believe he was trying the
frightfuI feat when he was hurled to
death from the clouds.
Wilbur and Oryille Wright have sent
strict orders to Roy Kanbenshue, man.
ager of the Wright flyers in the West,
to forbid any form of so-called fancy
flying in the future.
You make the men stick to straight
flying, and cut out the frills which are
dangerous to life," ordered Wllbur
wright. ANY man VINO WdLtOHly IlshS
his life quits the Wright camp as soon
as he alights," the Injunction stated.
Hubert Latham, who is taking part In
the meet, Is one of the few pioneers
left in the aviation field who Is still
actively engaged in flying. The Wrights
have retired and Louis Bleriot contents
himself with building aeroplanes' IN
stead of operating them.
Discussing the great strides of avia-
ton in 1910 and speaking of the trag-
edies which have rlarred the advance OF
the science NJ. Latham said:
"No great and hazardous event Is
consummated without its sacrifices.
Every man who becomes an aviator and
tries to add TO the stability and practi-
cability of aviation realizes its dangers
before he starts. But without taking
the risk of those dangers, aviation
would stand, still, and no advance would
be made. 1t is with the deepest regret
that ! review the tragedies Of the past
year, and am thankful to say that l
am still alive. But look for far greater
strides toward safety in 1911 than In
1910"
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AERIAL LOOP FEVER
.. CAUSE OF TRAGEDIES
Hoxseys Death Believed to Be Due to Daredevil Risk
After Johnstone Was Killed in Similar
Attempt.

grieved than can say over the Tragedy
that came to Hoxsey. He was courage
Gus and a splendid type OF fellow. felt
that it was entirely safe to trust him
when ventured into the air with him.
Hoxsey showed thorough command
of the air machine that day. He went
about the handling Of 1t as though he
understood exactly what he was doing.
He was a man unafraid. He had the
quality that all must appreciate. No
braver heart ever beat upon the battle
field than Hoxsey's. Apart from
the deplorable end that came to
Hoxsey there should be no let-up
in aerial experiment. 1t would be
as logical to say that exploration
should have ended when Livingston met
his death in Darkest Africa or Franklin
in his quest Of the North Pole as that
the air machine should be abandoned be-
cause of the unfortunate killing of Hox-
sey gave his life as a noble sacrifice.
Glenn II. Curtiss-Although there
was a strong and treacherous wind
blowing, Hoxsey was too good a man
to be bothered by that. Moissant was
reckless. l have seen him take big
chances. He has been known to take
his feet completely off the steering gear
in order to turn on oil without alighting.
Hubert Latham-I feel the death
could censure the young fellow for going
up, as when he started there was little
or no wind. The air was treacherous
and full of holes. l knew Moissant very
wei Many times he has been near to
death. man cannot be too careful.
Eugene Ely-Once a man becomes
an aviator he cannot stop. 1t gets
into the blood. The causes OF these
accidents seldom becomes known. Still,
| guess we will all get 1T sooner or
later: 1t cannot be called scientific
suicide except for the reckless Mois-
SAINT was fellow who fiirted with
death. He did not seem to care what
he did in his machine or when he
G. F. Campbell Wood, of the Aero
Club of America-While during 1910
there were ten times as many deaths
| as in 1909, the distance travelled last
year was twenty times as much. In
other words, the number of deaths in
aviation per number of miles is steadily
diminishing. The art is being developed
| rapidly. A death is OF comparative in
significance when we take the achieve
ments into consideration.
James Z. Plew, president Of the Aero
Club Of 1llinois-These deaths are not
! due so much to the recklessness of the
| chimes. We have been making too
| much haste in the art Of aviation in
| this country. We have now got to the
point where we must go more slowly.
The first thing to do is strengthen the
machines They are made too light
now.
E Percy Noel, secretary of the Aero
Club OF ST. Louis-Aviation has reached
| stage of advancement where even &C
| cidents such as the deaths of HoXsey
| and Moissant cannot retard 1t to any
| appreciable extent, but II is true that
| daring flights by reckless men do not
help the progress OF the aeroplane.
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CHAPTER |.
- HE Rev. Philip Morton, head of
st. Christophers Mission, had
often said that, in event OF death

- HE Rev. Philip Morton, head OF
st. Christophers Mission, had
often said that, in event OF death
or serious accident, he wished
David Aldrich to be placed in charge
Of his personal affairs; so when at lG
o'clock of a September morning the
janitor, at order Of the frightened house
keeper, broke into the bathroom and
found Morton's body lying white and
dead in the tub, the housekeepers first
clear thought was of a telegram to
David.
The message came to David while his
pen was racing hotly through a ne"
story. He glanced at the telegram; thsn
his tall figure sank back into his chair
and he stared at the yellow sheet Never
before had death struck him so heavy
a blow. The wound Of his mother S
death had come in quick-healing child
hood; and though his father, a Western
mining engineer, had died only seven
years before, David had known him
chiefly as the remotely placed giver OF
an allowance But Morton had long
been his best friend-almost his only
friend. For a space the blow made him
stupid; then the keen pain OF his per-
sonal loss shot through him, and after
1t a sense Of the vast loss of the people
about st. Christopher's.
But there was no time for inactive
grief He quickly threw black suit
and a weeks linen into a traveliug-bag,
and within an hour after the New York
train pulled out of his New Jersey sub
urb, he stood across the street from St
Christopher's Mission-a chapel Of red
brick, with a short spire rising above
the tenements' fiat heads, and adjoining
1t a four-story clubhouse, in whose win
dows greened forth boxes Of Of Ivy and
geraniums. The doors OF the chapel
stood wide, as they always did for
whose desired to rest or pray; but tbs
doors of the clubhouse, usually open
were closed against the casual visitor
| by the fiuttering seal of death.
David held his eyes moment on the
four-story windows, behind which he
knew his friend lay; then he crossed
I,the street and rang the bell. He was
admitted into the large hallway, huns
with brown prints of masterpieces, and
| crft with numerous doors leading into
| cIub-rooms Instantly he was STRUCK
by the emptiness. the silence. of thu
| great building-the strange cnildless
AS he started up the stairway he saw
at its head a tall young woman, d. ess
| ed In black. He flushed, and his mount
| ing steps quickened.
miss Chambersr' he cried.
! She swept down toward him with eff
fortress grace. smiling. her hand out
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We are entering 1911 in q much soberer
mood than we entered 1910. Then opti-
mism was the prevailing spirit; now
conservatism Is the rule everywhere,
tinged with occasional pessimism.
Whatever point of view be taken there
is sharp contrast between conditions
now and a year ago. particularly in the
East, which as the financial center of
the country is always first to feel reac-
tionary influences apd first to take the
initiative, either in forward movements
or retrenchments. For six months at
least contraction has been the order OF
the day, and there are no indications as
yet of this tendency having exhausted
itself.
AS agriculture is still the country s
mainstay, let US first look there In au-
diting our accounts. The value of our
crops in 1910 was given by the Depart
ment of Agriculture at S8,926, O0,OOO, the
largest total on record, and $500, ,OO0, ,0OC
more than a year ago. Roughly speak
ing, the values produced on our farms
have nearly doubled during the past
decade. Official returns show that II
the value OF our products in the year
1899 be placed at 100 the returns for
1910 would be 1ss. According to secre.
tary Wilson, our farmers have produced
S79, 600, ,OOO, 900 Of wealth during the last
eleven years. In 1910 the corn crop was
valued at about 1900, 100000, the cotton
crop at about s900, ,0O0, 900, the hay crop al
S720, ,0O0, 900, the wheat crop at S625, ,0O0. 900
and the oats crop at $3.50 100000. In
nearly all cases these values are larger
than a year ago, although owing to the
decline in the price Of corn the value OF
cereals was 100000 below a year ago
Foreign Commerce.
Our. foreign commerce for clever
months Of the calendar year aggregated
50, ,Os2, ,OOO, 900, against $3.50, 100000 during
| the same time in 1903; our imports
amounting to $685. 900. or ss9,Ooo.O .Oc
! over last year. while our exports wer'
81, ,637. 900, 900, or $S1,Ooo,OOO more than {
year ago.
| Railroad earnings on forty-five road
| from January to November 80 amount
ed to $712 600 900, against s644,OO0,ooO las
year, an increase of over II per cent. {.
Bank clearings in the United Statei
| for the same eleven months were $l49,
7s9, ,OOO, 600. against $li9,s7o, 100000 the yea
Pig iron production in 1910 was esti
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held. He trembled as he heard his name
in her rich, soft voice, as he clasped
her hand. as he looked into the sim
cerity, the dignity, the rare beauty Of
her face.
"I happened to be in town for a few
days." she said, with eager gravity:
"I hurried here as soon as learned OF
be of service. But Bishop Harper has
sent DR.. Thorn, and Mrs. Humphrey
told me you were coming, so am use
| less"
David. I've had only bare announce
ment."
She gave him the details. His doctor
told me he had a weak heart, she
added. TN all likelihood, the doctor
said, the shock of the cold bath had
caused heart failure. Perhaps the seiz-
ure itself was fatal; perhaps 1t was re-
coverable; but while helpless he
drowned"
David followed her with his eyes. This
/ was but the second time he had seen
her since her mothers death, six months
| before: and her beauty, all in black,
was still a fresh marvel to him. When
| the door closed upon her he mounted
stairs and passed through Railways,
| likewise hung with brown prints, and
| opened into clubrooms, till he came to
| the door Of Morton's quarters.
answered his ring. and her eyes flowed
| fresh grief as she took his hand ana
| led him into the sitting-room, walled
| with Morton's books.
"The noblest, the ablest. the kindest Of
men-gone-and only thirty-ive," she
| said between her sobs. Millions might
have been called, and no difference; but
he was the one we couldn't spare. And
yet God took him!"
| The same cry against Gods injustice
had been rising from David's own grief.
Mrs. Humphrey continued her lamenta-
| tions, but they were soon interrupted by
the entrance of the clergyman, whom
| she introduced as Dr. Thorn. DR.. Thorn
| EXPLAINED that Bishop Harper, knowing
| Morton had no relatives, had sent him
| to take charge of tho funeral arrange
| ments: and he went on to say that II
| David had any wishes he would be glad
| to carry them out. It was a relief to
/ David to be freed Of the business details
/ of his friends funeral. He replied that
| he had no suggestions, and DR.. Thorn
withdrew, taking with him Mrs. Hum
| phrey.
Alone, memories of his friend lying in
the next room rushed upon him. After
| a time he moved to the window and
| looked out over the geraniums and ivy
| red-faced tenements zigzagged with fire
escapes. His mind slipped back six
| years to the time when Morton took
i charge of st. Christopher's, which then
i occupied merely an old dwelling, and
i when he, a boy of twenty, had first
visited the neighborhood. 1t was then
crowded district forgotten by those
| who called themselves good and just
: remembered only by landlords, politici.
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ans and saloonk keepers-grimy, quarrel
some. profane. ignorant Of how to i've.
Now decency was here. There was sun
poverty, but it was a respectable power
ty. Men brought home their pay, and
fought less often. Shawled wives went
less frequently with beer-pails to the
side entrances of saloons. 1t was be-
coming uncommon to hear child swear.
Dayid's mind ran over the EFFORTS Dy
which this change had been Wrougnt-
Morton's forcing the police to close ols-
the public for fair treatment OF sucn
neighborhoods as his: his unvear1ed Vis-
iting Of the sick, and his ready assump-
ton OF the troubles of others; his per-
feet good-fellowship, which made all
approach him freely, yet none with dis
respectful familiarity; his wonderful
sermons, so simple, direct and appealing
that there was never an empty seat
He was sympathetic, magnetic, devoted,
brilliant. Thus he had won the people;
not all, for many still sneered at him,
though even these were bettered by the
changes he had brought about; but In
three or four hundred families he was
God.
David turned from the window. Mrs.
Humphrey had asked II she should not
take him In to see Morton, but he had
shrunk from laying eyes upon him when
he entered the presence Of his dead
friend. He now moved to the door OF
Morton's chamber, paused chokingly'
then stepped into the darkened room.
On the bed lay a slender, sheeted figure.
For the first moment awe at the mys-
terry of life rose above all other feelings.
On Monday he had seen Morlon'
strangely depressed, to be sure, but In
his usual health; this was Saturday,
and there he lay!
His emotions trembling upon eruption,
David crossed slowly to the bed, with
fearing hand drew the sheet from the
down at the fine, straight nose, at the
deeply set eyes, and at the high, broad
forehead, the most splendid he had ever
seen, with the soft hair falling away
from It against the pillow. Then sud
denly he sank to a chair, and his grief
broke from him.
Soon his mind began to dwell upon
the contrast between Morton and him.
self-what a great light was this that
had been stricken out, what pitiable
candle flame was this that had been
left burning! In the presence OF these
dead powers he felt how small his lit.
erary achievement was, how small hti
chance Of future success. how compara-
lively trivial that success would be
| full the responsibility of life; he had
| longed, with a keenness that was al
times actual physical pain, to make his
life count for good. But he realized now,
as he gazed at the white face on the
pillow, that here also his achievement
was nothing.
occur to him that perhaps his was 9
delayed fruitage; he could see only hi:
barrenness. He burned with a sudder
rush of shame that he was alive, and
he clinched his hands and In tense whis
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OVERLAND LIMITED
LOOTED BY BANDITS
Two Men. Board Flyer, Kill
Porter, and Get $4,000
From Passengers.

OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 3-Posses carried
by special train and automobiles are
hunting today for two bandits who held
up Overland Limited train, No /, on the
Southern Pacific, at 11:50 o'clock last
night, nine miles from this city, shot
the porters, killing one, and looted the
Passengers of a large amount of money
and jewelry estimated at $4,000.
The bandits, who were masked and
heavily armed, signaled the train near
Reese Station with a lighted fuse. One
man climbed into the cab and pushed a
revolver into the face of the engineer.
Both the engineer and firemen were
ordered from the cab and obeyed.
The trainmen were ordered to the rear
of the train while the bandits entered
the sleeping cars. AS they were clam
bering on the vesubule steps two por-
ters appeared.
You men keep off this train." cried
one of the porters.
Bullets Answer Porters.
The men paid no attention to this
command but climbed to the platform.
The porters, who could not see dis
tinctly in the darkness, tried to push the
men down the steps. The robbers fired
several shots and both porters fell.
One was killed and the other seriously
wounded.
The passengers, aroused from their
sleep by the shots, crowded forward.
The bandits ordered them back.
Women screamed and became hys-
terical, and men were cowed by the
menacing guns in the hands of the men.
One bandit, with a huge revolver in
each hand, stood at the end of car
while the other went through, the pas
Bengers dumping jewelry and money
into a gunny sack.
Shortly after midnight Conductor Gun,
ningham made his escape and ran al
the way to the nearest station, where
word was flashed to Ogden, that the
Overland, the most celebrated train or
the Southern Pacific had been held up.
The bandits, after collecting theil
booty, warned the train crew not to fol
low them, and disappeared in the dark
ness.
A half hour after the hold-up, two
daughter of James Wayment, of War
rem, near by, were held I'D by two mer
who are suspected Of being the two
robbers who held up the Overland. The
girls were SO frightened and the nigh
was so dark that the young womer
could not give a definite description Of
the men. They declared one was shor
and the other tall, and passengers or
the train say this description in gen
eral way answers that of the men wh(
held up the Overland.
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Expect Hooper to Name
Woman Private Secretary

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 3.-Miss
Lummie Davis may have the distinc-
ton of being private secretary to the
first Republican governor Tennessee
has had in thirty years She was pro-
NOTED to this position on Governor
Patterson's stan when the place was
made vacant by Secretary w. d.
Scruggs being elected clerk Of the
senate.
It Is said that the women of the
State are anxious to have Miss Davis
retained as governors secretary. and
because the women are supposed to
have been largely responsible for
Governor-elect Hooper's success, her
retention is looked for.
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THOMPSON MEMBER
OF FINANCIAL FIRM
. ell-K nown Statistician
Taken Into Partnership
BY Crane, Paris & Co.

Eugene f. Thompson, who has been
connected with the private banking and
security house of Crane, Paris & Co.
for a number of years, has been ad-
mitted to partnership in the firm. the
title of which will remain the same.
Mr.. Thompson has also made repu-
tation for himself as a statistician, and
the various compilations sent out by
Crane, Paris & Co. have been highly
valued by financial interests. The most
pretentious work undertaken by Mr.
Thompson, so far. has been a history
and a compilation of statistics of the
various corporations whose securities
are listed on the local Stock Exchange.
He enjoys the confidence of his business
associates and financial Washington.
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pers cried out against the injustice of
God in taking so useful man as Nor
ton and leaving so useless a cumbrance
as himself. But this defiance soon
passed into a different mood. He slip
ped to his knees, and a wish sobbed
forth from the bottom Of his heart that
he might change places with the figure
on the bed.
The wish was present In his thoughts
all that evening and the next two days,
as he did his part In the sad routine
Of the funeral arrangements. The SER
vice was set for the evening, so that
the people Of the neighborhood could
be present without difficulty or loss. At
the hour of beginning, the chapel was
packed to the doors. David learned
afterward that as large a crowd stood
without, and that many notables who
had come at the appointed time were
Bishop Harper himself was In charge,
and about him were gathered the best
known clergymen in the city-a tribute
to his dead friend that quickened both
David's pride and grief. The bishop was
Gus platitudes, ever conscious Of his high
office. But tonight he had a simple.
touching subject; he forgot himself ard
spoke simply. touchingly. When he used
yet the superlative did not seem 10
reach the height Of Morton's worth.
Morton was .the most gifted, the most
devoted" man Of the bishops acuuaint-
ance, and the other clergyrnen by their
looks showed complete and unjealous
approval Of all his praise.
David's eyes flowed at the tribute paid
Morton by his peers; yet he was far
more moved by the inarticulate tribute
Of the simple people who crowded the
chapel. Whatever was good In their
lives Morton had brought them: and
now, mixed with their sense of loss.
was an unshaped fear of how hard h
was going to be to hold fast to that
good without his help. Never before
had David seen anything SO affecting;
and even in after days, when he saw
Morton's death with new eyes, the pic
ture OF the love and grief Of this audi
ence remained with him, unsbiled. as
the strongest, sincerest scene he had
ever witnessed. The women-factory
girls, scrub-won1en, hard-woriipg wives
--wept with their souls in their tears and
their means; and the men-laborers,
transfers and the like-let the tears
stream openly down their cheeks, un-
ashamed. The chapel was one great
sob, choked down at times, at times
stopping the bishops words. 1t was as
II they were all orphaned
All through the service, one cry rose
from David's heart, and continued to
repeat itself while the audience, and
then the crowd in the street, filed by
the open casket-and still rose as, later,
he sat with bowed head In a front pew
beside the coffin.
"If only could change places and
give him back to them"
fContinuation of This Story VIII BE
Found I'm Tomorrow Issue
.,k The Tfmea,)
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Footpads Break Jail.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 3.-Ffve hold-up
men are at large here. They knocked
down a guard and escaped from the
Atlanta jail yesterday. They are Charles
Sutton, A. r. Knox, James Woodson,
Henry Bowman, and Charles Langdon,
WHO terrorized Atlanta by their crimes,
were apprehended and were being held
under heavy bonds for highway rob-
berry and attempted murder.
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Public Expressions
Over Fate of Aviators

Following are statements Of men con-
nected with aviation and others as to
the deaths of Hoxsey and Moissant and
the effect on the future Of aviation:
General Frederick D. Grant, am sim
ply a student of aviation. Therefore I
cannot discuss the effect of the two avi-
ators on the progress of the art But l
know that II must go on, because 1t has
been a gradual evolution. and 1t Will
continue to evolve gradually.
Theodore ROOSEVELT am more
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Representative MCGUIRE
Married in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Jan. Bird Nc
Guire, dean of the Oklahoma delega-
ton in Congress-, has started the New
Year as a bridegroom. He was mar
ried here yesterday to Ruby K
Matchette, a successful business wo-
man. -.
fourth term in Congress. and his wife
had the distinction of being the only
woman clerk Of a committee In Con-
gress, having had charge of the al
fairs of the Committee on Expendi-
lures of the Interior Department
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Anti -Queque Society
Organized in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 3.-With WI
Ting-fang as one of the most active
promoters of the movement, an anti
Queue society has been organized here.
Ii was organized at the residence of
Nu Ting-fang. More than $50 promi-
nent Chinese merchants and capitalists
pledged themselves to publicly cut off
their pigtails on January 15
One Of the reasons the society gives
for cutting off queues and advocating
The universal custom is that the long
plated headdress is dangerous when the
wearer works in a factory.