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Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
BOMB-DROPPING IN FRANCE.

The French officers are experiment
ing with dropping bombs from aero
planes, and find that this is more diff
fleult than may be at first supposed.
The object is to drop bombs of Is
pounds weight from height of 600
feet and to place them in a target of
60 feet diameter. Lieutenant Mail
fert piloted the aeroplane on one oc-
casion, with Captain Conade attend
ing to the bombs. Another aeroplane
was piloted by Lieutenant Bousquet
who also operated the dropping device
placed under his seat. The weather
was somewhat rough, and they found
that a slight wind gust was enough
to send the bomb off the target. For
instance, Lieutenant Mailfert, who ac-
cording to the regulations was OBJ
liged to drop 10 bombs in 80 minutes,
took 3S minutes IL seconds to pass Is
times over the target at 600 to $50
feet in height, but he rarely succeed
ed in placing the bombs in the target.
this bein gonly two or three times.
From this it will be seen that the mpt-
ter will require considerable practice.
put as these are among the frs. ex-
perlments there is no doubt that. the
future will see much closer work.
Scientific American.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
Woman and Auto Responsible for the
Escape of Military Prisons-Men
Escape but Woman Arrested

CHICAGO, June 14.-Mrs. Della
Lawrence, seamstress, 25 years old.
aided ilye prisoners to escape from the
guard house at Fort Sheridan where
they were held awaiting transfer to
Fort Leavenworth. She rented an au-
tomobile, drove it near to the guard
house at an appointed time. When
the prisoners saw the machine coming
they bro ke down the door, eluded the
guards, leaped into the machine and
sped away.
Several hours later, after 200 sol
diers had been called out in pursuit,
the woman was arrested on an ele-
waited train, bound for Chicago. She
and one soldier had left the party
shortly after the machine reached
Evanston. She attempted to leap from
a window to avoid arrest. A man be
lieyed to be one of the escaped pris-
oners jumped from the train when the
soldiers took Mrs. Lawrence into Gus
tody.
Those who escaped are Frank Carr.
Frank Newlin, Fred Meyere, Harold
Smith and Charles C. Underwood, all
about % years of age. The escaped
prisoners were all members of the
United States cavalry.
Their prison clothes were found
scattered around on the grass, show
ing the persons who brought the auto
mobile furnished the civilian apparel
The whole operation took less than
five minutes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
(By Frederic j. Haskin.)

The most momentous political gath
.ering in American history was the Re-
publican convention which met in Chi
cago on May 16, 1860, and which nom.
mated Abraham Lincoln for president
OF the United States. As long as this
republic endures, its citizens will
praise that convention for its wisdom
in selecting Lincoln as its standard
bearer. Yet the convention which
nominated Lincoln did so against its
Will, preferring another man, but bow
ing to consideration of expediencv
Many of the leaders of the then Young
party were not only opposed to Lin
coin but absolutely disgusted when he
was nominated. Moreover, the con.
vention could not have been induced
to accept Lincoln at all if it had not
been for the packing of the galleries
with Lincoln claquerurs who made SO
much noise that it seemed that the
very heavens were crying out for Lin
coin.
The admirable discipline of the Re-
publican party was thus early brought
into play. The disgusted partisans of
seward, the angry partisans of Bates.
the aristoerats to whom Lincoln was a
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
FROM BUSY CENTERS
Stories of Real Life as Told by
Wire; from Every Section Comes
Tales of the Busy " orld.
READY TO SUR
RENDER IF GUARANTEED
PERSONAL SAFETY

SANTA ROSA, Mex, June 13.-
That the Mclean people are rapidly
firing of the revolution is indicated
today by the arrival of advices from
Indee Orc and other cities in the state
of Durango, making overtures to Gen
eral Huerta for peace. They ask only
guarantees of safety in case of sur
render. General Huerta has granted
these guarantees to all who will sur
render unconditionally.
AT Conchas, two stations north OF
here on the Mexican Central, the reb.
els have just taken thirty-six tons OF
high grade silver ore, valued at about
100000 and three tons of medium
grade silver metal. The silver is own
ed by the Naica Mining company and
the rebels are reported by the federal
scouts to have gone to Chihuahua en-
route to Juarez to convert their booty
into coin.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
MEXICAN WHO KILLED ATTEN.
CIO SENTENCED TO IMPRIS-
ONMENT FOR LIFE

Yesterday afternoon the following
jurors were given the case of the
People versus Juan Garcia for the
purpose of determining the penalty
toI the crime which was confessed:
John Melton, f. A. Streeuer, G.. :.
Kline, John Males, W. W. McEwen
j Rarney Solomon, E. d. Whitlock.
Joseph Theno, Charles Anderson, q.
W, bobbs, Phillip Parkinson and r.
l.. Cook.
masmuch as the defendant hod
confessed the crime and gave wi
6ence against the woman withouc any
promise whatever, the district attor.
ney and the defendants attorney Lcth
asked that clemency be exteLicI Ia
the defendant. The jury was asked to
save the life of the defendant by sub
stituting life Imprisonment.
The jury were out but a few min
utes and returned to the court room
With verdict fixing the penalty at
life Imprisonment.
Sheriff McCluer will take Garcia
to the penitentiary tomorrow.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
RARE DISEASE HAS VICTIM IN
COLORADO GIRL, WHO SUF-
FERED LONG TIME

EATON, Colo, June 14.-Lois
Twiggs, the 14-year-old daughter Of
L. P. Twiggs, living near here died
last night of pellagra. So far as
known this is the only case of this
disease that ever appeared in Colo
RADIO.
The disease made its first appear
ance last September and after being
studied for time by local physicians
unfamiliar with it, it was finally dag
nosed as pellagra.
The girl was taken out of school,
but in spite of all treatment the dis
ease progressed. Since last Septem-
Der the girl has had pneumonia, rheu-
matism and whooping cough, all said
to be incidental to the new disease.
1t is believed the girl contracted pei
lagra while on visit in Georgia,
her native state.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
ANIMALS AND REPTILES SEEK
HIGHER GROUND AND TREES
FOR SAFETY

NEW ORLEANS, La, June 13.-A
desperate battle is being waged in La
fourche and the adjoining parishes to
keep the flood waters of the Hymeia
crevass from inundating several valu-
able sugar plantations, the flooding
of which will increase the property
loss by the thousands. Several planta-
tion owners have given up the contest
as hopeless and are moving what prop
erty they can. Livestock by the hun
dreds, isolated in Lafourche parish, is
almost certain to die of starvation.
Steamers with sandbags and supplies
are en- route to the Lafourche sec
ton.
Hordes of rabbits can be seen on
every exposed knoll. Muskrats, the
enemies of the levee builder, have
been forced from their burrows and
trees and bushes are alive with rat
tlesnakes and other reptiles.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
CHICK EN- THIEF FLEES
TO CANADA; is RETURNED


MALONE, N. Y, June 13.-Two
chickens flew to the north end of a
room occupied by the justice court
and bade defiance to the justice ard
his constabulary minions. The man
accused of stealing the chickens did
the same thing and the American jus
tice is in dilemma and an "interna-
tional episode" being imminent.
The court room is one-half in the
United States and one-half in Canada
and the prisoner, for himself and
chickens, claimed they were outside
the jurisdiction of the court.
Suddenly the fowls cackled their
way across the line, followed by the
defendant, who tried to shoe them
over into Canada again. He was grab
bed and held to the bar on the Amer
lean side until found guilty and SEN
fenced to thirty days in jail.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
Part of Eye of One Man Grated on
Blind Patient-OperatiOn Com
pletely Successful

PHILADELPHIA, June 14.-Blind
for seven years, his case given up as
hopeless, Flowen Harris, machinisr,
is at the Medico- Chirurgical hospital
today with his sight restored by one
of the most daring opeI ations ever at
tempted, the removal of the tissues of
the eye of another man grated on
the eye of Harms.
Harris lost the sight of both eyes
IN flare back from a furnace III
the shop in which he was working.
Dr., L. Webster Fox, the eye spe-
cialist of the hospital, believed there
was some hope for him. When the pa
tient came to the hospital with an eye
so badly injured that it had to be
removed Harris was summoned. He
was placed on the operating table. The
eye was taken from the injured man,
The eye ball stripped of the described
tissues and these We're placed over the
sightless orbs of Harris. Harris was
kept in a dark room for eight days
Then the bandages were removed and
| Harris could see. He is now await.
ing the arrival of another patient whC
must lose an eye. When this patient
arrives DR.. Fox will perform an op.
/ Grafton on the second eye of Harris
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
Captain of Steamship Tells of Alaskan
Volcanoes Eruptions-NO Def
mite News of Possible Victims

SEATTLE, Wash, June 14.-Capt.
Nj. NJ. Jensen of the steamship Ad-
miral Sampson which arrived early to-
day from southwestern Alaska saw
the eruptions of Mount Katmai, Mount
Redoubt and Mount Iliamna from the
bridge of his ship while at Port Gra-
ham at the western end of Kenai pen
insula, $50 miles from Katmai.
Early Thursday afternoon we
heard distant rumblings and later in
the day terrific explosions like the
booming of the cannon" said Captain
Jensen. early Friday | saw dense
column of black smoke rising above
hatmai and smaller clouds were issu
ing from Redoubt and Iliamna. The
dense clouds spread over the sky, the
sun appearing from the smoke like a
ball of fire"
The death list is not yet known.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
STRONG MANS WIFE
ASKS FOR DIVORCE

NEW YORK, June 13.-How an ex-
istence that was to have made the
garden of Eden look like a mud pile
became hell on earth was told in an
affidavit presented by Mrs. Melaine
Unger, the former German operatic
singer and wife of Max Unger, known
on the stage as Lionel Strongfort, a
strong man, today. Mrs. Unger wants
a separation.
We We're married within an hour
after he divorced his first wife on Feb.
10, 1910" the plaintiff said. ale
never contributed more than few
dollars toward my support while ne
managed to get from me thousands
of dollars of my own money He told
me if | accepted him he would marry
me as soon as he was divorced and
the garden of Eden would be a mud
pile compared to the home he would
fit up for me. Hardly had the meats
OF the divorce proceedings got cold
when a hot wedding breakfast was
served and since then there has been
no, garden of Eden, but just plain
hell"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
REWARD MONEY WILL BE THE
CAUSE OF LEGAL FIGHT
BETWEEN OFFICIALS

Los ANGELES, Cal, June 13.-
The respective claims of William J..
Burns and Samuel L. Brown, chief of
detectives attached to the district at
torney's office, to some fifty thousand
dollars reward money offered for the
arrest and conviction of the dynamit-
ers who blew up the Times building,
are expected to become involved to a
considerable extent in the trial of C.
s. Darrow for the alleged jury bribery
Burns has claimed the rewards be
cause of the arrest by his men of the
McNamaras. Brown, who worked
largely under the direction of Ford in
the dynamite investigation, has en-
ployed Deputy District Attorney Ray
Horton to press his claims.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
Rough Rider Leads in Number of Del
elegates in National Conv vention
Taft Leaders Optimistic

CHICAGO, June l4.-After a hasty
count of noses today it was discover
ed that with all the comm. contests
decided in their favor, the Taft forces
VIII stlll lack fourteen votes of the
number necessary to nominate their
candidate. The leaders for the presi-
dent weakened on steam rolling Roos-
eVelt In Missouri yesterday afternoon
ana 'lnali ily compromised by giving the
colonel eight and Taft six oe the con.
tested delegates, placing the contro!
OF the state in Roosevalt's hands.
Whlle the roller was halted for the
llnal count up it was discovered that
four Pennsylvania delegates instruct
ed for Taft are secretly preparing To
vote for Cummins.
When Senator Penrose, the big Taft
boss, got this latter bit of informa-
tlon, he said this morning, "rhe sit
uation is not nearly so good as it was
last night but there is no grave cause
to fear that Mr.. Taft may not be
nominated"
The compromise in the Missouri
matter was affected by Senator W.
Murray Crane after he had learned
that Committeeman Mccoy of the
Philippines and Williams of Oregon
were going to vote with the Roosevelt
men. AS soon as the eight Roosevelt
delegates had been admitted Crane
whispered to Senator Borah that he
would like to adjourn to take stock
and compromise the rest of the con.
tests.
You can't compromise anything
with them" returned Borah, "unles9
you will admit Texas and Washing
ton"
Never mind about them" said
Crane, still in whisper. 1--WE will
iiX up a lot of little things and save
time"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
NO FURTHER WORD
FROM STRICK EN- DISTRICT

SEATTLE, Wash, June 13.-It
seems reasonably certain that all the
people on Kodiak island when Kat
mai volcano was in reuption are safe
but word is anxiously awaiting con-
firming the fate of those ON Afoguak
and Raspberry islands and on the
mainland of the Alaska peninsula. Re
lief boats have been sent to explore
numerous bays along the coa.t
The acid discharged by the volcano
during the forty-eight hours it was
spouting has spread through the air
as far as Puget sound country. The
entrance to the sound have been kept
busy since polishing big guns which
showed a trace of the corrosive effect
of the acid.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

1t is claimed that the national COM
mittee gave Roosevelt twelve contest
ed delegates from Missouri rather than
have to make personal explanation
of why they didn't give him the dele
gates. They realize that when they
transact any business with the Mis-
sourians that they don't take hearsay.
They must be shown. Had the COM
mittee not satisfied the people of that
state, undoubtedly the threat, that all
Missouri would move upon Chicago
and ask to be shown, would be car
ried out. We presume the committee
did the right thing and thus saved
themselves from utter annihilation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
MATCH AT BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Md, June ID, This
evening will witness one of the last
appearances of the present wrestling
champion, Frank Gotch of Humboldt,
la, who will be seen in action with
Americus, the challenger for the title.
The event will be for the champion
ship and will be two best out of three
falls.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

fire to it. When the fire company re-
sponded to an alarm its members were
attacked and forced to retreat, leav-
ing the building to burn.
Later reign of terror existed in
the neighborhood of the American
Smelter company's property, hotel
men fearing the mob would apply a
torch to their buildings. A freight
train was stopped, passengers of a
trolley car attacked, second building
was burned and an attempt made to
set fire to a third.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.

President Jackson of the charter
convention has appointed a committee
to, draft the form of a charter to be
submitted .,Ii to the delegate convention.
The members of the committee are;
b. W. Ritter, chairman, A. p. Camp,
y: f. Boyle, c. C. Perkins and r. N.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

International exhibition for the
book industry and the graphic arts
Leipzig, Germany, May-October.
International exhibition of in
dustries, commerce, agriculture, and
fine arts, Kiev, Russia, May 27-Oct
ia.
International exposition, Ghent
Belgium, April 27-Nov. 10.
International firemen's congress
and exhibition, st. Petersburg, Rus
sia, May 25-June.
Pan-American congress of jurists
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20.
Catholic educational association
Pittsburgh, Pa, June "a.
Catholic summer school of Amer
lea, Cliff Haven, N. Y, June 30-Sept.-
30
Summer school of the south, Knox
vile, Tenn, June 1S-July 26.
Mortified conferences and sum-
mer schools, Mortified, Mass, May
1-Sept. 80.
American institute of electrical en-
gineers, Boston, Mass, June 2d-2S.
American institute of homeopathy,
Pittsburgh, Pa, June 1922.
American library association OF
tawa, Canada, June 26-July 2.
National eclectic medical associa-
ton, Washington, d. c., June 1921.
National conferences of charities,
and correction, Cleveland, o., June ~
-19.
General Federation of women's
clubs, San Francisco, Calf, June 25-
x
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
TAFT WILL NOT WITHDRAW. BUT
WILL RUN INDEPENDENT,
IF NECESSARY

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 13.-
Entrusting his fate at Chicago to SEN
ator Root, President Taft has sent the
New York senator off to the war, first
to make an immediate report on the
situation and second to sound the bat
tie cry that there shall be no sur
render.
After the departure of Senator Root
the attitude of the White house was
that no matter what happened at Chi
cago there would be Taft ticket in
the field. The president, Secretary
Stimson and Senator Root had a con-
ference at which it was agreed there
should be a battle to the finish AS
reflected by various people about the
White house after that conference it
was gravely decided that the votes for
Colonel Roosevelt in the states in
which he carried We're not conclusive
as to a choice between him and Presi-
dent Taft. Some of the presidents
friends predicted there would be a
different story if the whole Repub-
llcan vote had been cast. Senator
Root is to throw out this argument as
a life saver for Taft at Chicago.
On the other hand some of the
closest friends of the president saw
even within earshot of his excellency
that there was nothing to prevent the
whole strength of the Republican par
ty coming out to vote for him in
the Roosevelt states if they were anx-
ious to vindicate the Taft admins
tration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

Does it follow that two persons who
like the same things will like each
other? Let those two young ladies
answer who have their affections cen
tered oil the same youn gman.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

According to the latest figures Civ
en- out ON the Democratic situation it
appears that Clark and Wilson are
running neck and neck, with Clark
nosing ahead slightly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

One of the most polite ways Of eX-
cusing ones self for being in the
wrong is to say, "The steam roller
was run over me-"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

Francis j. Heney of San Francisco
came almost to the point of starting
a rough house in the committee when
he, along with Governor Johnson of
California, accused the committeeman
of being thieves and robbers. Heney
has been trained up to hardsnips and
he would apparently be as much at
African hunter. 1t was only after
considerable effort that Chairman
Rosewater was able to quiet the fight
ing Californian.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

1t seems to be foregone conclu-
SION To that If Roosevelt is nominated at
Shicago by any convention he will
nave no trouble in getting a running
mate as there is one spoken of for
that job in about every state in the
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17
TIME AND PLACE OF CONVEN-
TIONS, EXPOSITIONS ETC, 1912

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON
VENTION, Chicago, ILL.,, June 18.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON
VENTlON, Baltimore, Md, June %.
OLYMPIC GAMES, Stockholm,
Sweden, June 29-July %.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

There seems to be considerable eX-
citement around Chicago and from all
appearances there will be more of it
before the convention is over as l 100
policemen have been arranged for to
handle 1,O7S delegates.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

1t is probable that the fight be-
tween Taft and Roosevelt will give
way to worse fight between a mil
lion compromise candidates.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

No doubt the LOO policemen who
will have charge Of the convention hall
at Chicago will see to it that when
one side is out parading the streets
that the boosters of the other side
will not be permitted to fill the gal
leries as did the Lincoln boosters in
1860.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

The Democrats have four leading
candidates, four favorite son candi-
dates and four prospective candidates,
just dozen in all.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

The Democrats profess to fear
Roosevelt more than they do TAFT, hut
the location as well as personality Of
all candidates must be considered.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

Some time ago the Republicans felt
very much downcast over the exceed
ingly bitter contest between Taft and
Roosevelt. They We're very much dis
gusted', but that look of disgust is
age of contest. Politicians like base
ball and football players fight each
other with political bats one day and
the next drink out of the same tin cup.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

The La Toilette delegates insist that
they will stand to the last for u pro-
gressive platform. The Cummins men
are trained to believe in progressive
principles. That means forty-siX dele
gates that will be against the adop-
tion of the platform submitted by the
Taft followers. They may vote with
the Roosevelt men on that matter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

CHICAGO, June 13.-In order to
get quick action upon the red hot con-
tests in Missouri, the Republican ma
tional committee this morning steam
rolled ten more Roosevelt delegates
from Mississippi and gave their seats
to Taft men. Two Taft delegates each
from the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh districts were seated.
The Roosevelt people assert that the
Missouri contested delegates are all
right, and that it will be an outrage
If they are steam rolled. In the words
of Governor Stubbs of Kansas "To
unseat them will be the dirtiQst, most
despicable and the most dastardlv
steal in the history of the Republican
party"
At the outset of the hearing, Pen
roses suggestio nthat both sides agree
to consolidate the Second, Fourth,
Sixth and Seventh Mississippi districts
was adopted. Dean e. Ryman, attor-
ney for the Roosevelt contestants.
said it would be shown that no con-
ventions were held in these districts at
which the Taft delegates were elect
ed. He said the white voters in the
district refused to allow the negro
voters to participate in any of the con-
ventions. w. E. Mollisen, a negro at
torney, asked the committee to take
such action either to prevent the ne
gro delegates from being elected or
to accept them when they are elected.
One of the most successful insti-
tutes ever held in this normal dis
trict closes at Fort Lewis tomorrow.
The special attraction this evening will
be lecture on Yellowstone National
park, illustrated with colored slides.
A number of the teachers will visit
the cliff dwellings before returning
home.
Relatives of Mrs. Attencio, who
live at Antonito, Colo, have made a
request to Judge McCloud for tie
children of Mrs. Attencio, but no ac-
tiCn or proceedings of any Nind have
teen taken or filed, and. of course, the
court here could not take cognilanee
of the matter.
A series of nine artistically beauti-
full color pictures of famous Rocky
mountain scenes, put up in panoram-
ic folder form, is being gratuitously
distributed by the passenger depart
ment, Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
Pixies peak, Royal gorge, Glenwood
Springs, Marshall pass and Temple
square. Salt Lake city, are some of
the subjects reproduced in natural col
ors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-12
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