The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-09-28

The conquest Of the Atlantic, the
most ambitious exploit yet undertake
en- by an aviator, is contemplated by
Danish airman, who describes his
plans In a letter published in The
Nord Lyset, a Danish newspaper Of
Brooklyn. This aviator writes that
he has enlisted the necessary fnan-
cial aid and made arrangements to
fy next spring from Copenhagen to
New York, resting only at London
and Queenstown, and upon ships star
toned at intervals across the Atlantic
ocean.
Two lives we're the toll paid by the
world Of aviation. Frank Miller, a
daring young birdman, was cremated
in mid-air, at Troy, Ohio, and Dare
Devil Castellane lost his life in an
accident that befell him three-quarters
of mile above ten thousand specta-
tors at Elmira. N. Y. In another ac-
cident, vangie Ludwig was severely
bruised when his aeroplane failed to
work and landed in the midst Of a
yard OF horses, causing forty runa-
ways into a crowd of thousands of
people
The Laurier government and reci-
procity suffered an Overwhelming de-
feat in the Canadian elections. BY a
veritable political landslide, the Lib
eral majority Of 43 was swept away,
and the Conservative party secured
one of the heaviest maiorities- up
wards Of 50--that any Canadian par
ty has ever had. Robert l.. Borden,
leader of the Conservative party, will
shortly become, prime minister of
Canada. The government defeat
means that the Fielding-Knox reci-
procity agreement ratified by the
American congress in extra session,
will not be introduced when the
twelfth parliament assemblies next
month. Spurred on by appeals to pa
triotism and the cry that reciprocity
was the entering wedge for annexa-
ton, the Conservatives swept nearly
everything before them.
1t was reported in New York on ex.
cellent authority that the matter OF
dissolying and recognizing the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation is receiv-
ing the earnest attention of the de-
partment of justice and legal repre-
sentatives of the so-called billion dol
lar trust" There is ground also for
the assertion that the steel corpora
ton is making a strenuous effort to
meet the demands of the government,
but little Roadway has yet been
made,
United States Circuit Judge Peter
Stenger Grosscup of Chicago, one OF
the most widely known Federal jul
rists in the United States, has resign
ed, to take effect October 1. The an
nouncement came as a surprise. 1t
has been rumored that he would take
this step as a result of statements
concerning his attitude in the Chicago
traction litigation and other matters
in his court He always laughed at
the rumors and seldom replied to the
statements.
Intense excitement prevailed in
Kief, Russia, over the death of Pre-
mler Stolypin, and it needed but a
single spak to set off a bloody dis
aster Flags fiuttered at half-mast
over all the public buildings and over
many of the private buildings, while
thousands of Cosascks and foot sol
diers patrolled the streets to preserve
order. More than $50 arrests have
been made, some for political causes,
others merely on suspicion, but all re
lating to the intense situation.
II present plans do not miscarry,
the stentorian voice of John L. Sulli-
van, the former worlds champion
heavyweight, may be heard ringing In
the lower halls of congress within a
year or two. The candidacy of the
one.time champion heavyweight prize
fighter Of the world has been launched
by number of his Democratic neigh
bors, and Mr.. Sullivan will make q
formal statement from his MaSaschu-
setts farm within a few days, it is
said.
With big hole in her starboard
quarter, the Olympic, proudest OF the
White Star companys TRANSATLANTIC
liners, and the biggest passenger yes
sci afloat, returned to Southampton,
England, four hours after she had
sailed for New York. Her more than
| o nm ,aSsangars were unframed