The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-06-25

The tragic story of how Ensign VII.
lam D. Billingsley was hurled from
disabled biplane, 1900 feet In the
air, and fell, straight as a plummet,
to his death in the depths of Chesa-
peake bay, was related by Lieut.. John
A. Towers of Rome, Ga., chief OF the
navy aviators, who clung to the hurl-
Ing wreck that followed his comrades
course from sky to water, and escaped
death, almost miraculousfy.
Fourteen American soldiers were
killed in. the recent four days fighting
on Jolo Island, the Philippines, when
General Pershing's command finally
subdued and disarmed the rebellious
Moros, according to report to the
war department. On the list of dead
were Capt Taylor A. Nichols OF the
Philippine scouts, eleven scouts and
two privates of the regular army.
An unexpected sequel to the recent
burglary in the Berkeley hotel in Pic.
adilly is the arrest of the night por.
ter, Arthur James, charged with being
concerned in stealing from the hotel
safe $4,000 and attempting to muir.
der Covers, the, other night porter, in
London, England. Movements of
big rat in the hotel dining room led
to James arrest. Employees of the
hotel in hunting down the rat found
it's hole under the radiator and
through it saw gleam of gold.
For the first time in many years
British cabinet ministers were COM
PEELED to defend their personal hon.
esty before parliament. The attorney
general, Sir Rufus 'Isaacs, and the
chancellor of the exchequer, David
Lloyd-George, excused their dealings
in American Marconi shares on the
floor of the house and the scene in
the Marconi affair, which their ene-
mics had attempted to magnify into
a scandal rivaling the Panama debacle,
was tense and dramatic.
An Internal machine sent by mail,
when opened at Sherbrooke. Quebec,
killed one woman and mortally wound
ed another. The woman killed was
Mrs. Theodore Bilodeau. Miss Bilo-
deau, her sister-in-law, was hurt. The
force of the explosion hurled the lat
ter across the room and severed one
arm. The house was wrecked. The
package arrived about noon, and the
two women were bending over it, un-
tying the strings when it exploded.
The police have no clew to the sender.
Six of the most prominent leaders
of the militant suffragettes organiza-
ton and 'one of their male supporters
were found guilty of conspiracy to
commit malicious damage to property
in London, England. Greater interest
was taken in the proceedings than in
any previous stage of the trial. The
courtroom was crowded. Women
formed the majority of the audience.
More details of the fierce fighting
which resulted in the complete over
throw of the Moros on the Island Of
Jolo in the Philippines, was continued
in a delayed dispatch from Brigadier
General Pershing of the American
troops. General Pershing says this
will probably end outlawry in Jolo
for some time. The last crater strong
hold was captured after hard fight
ing.
An epidemic of bubonic plague has
broken out at the seaport OF Jacmel,
thirty miles from Port-an-P Prince,
Haiti. Numerous cases already have
resulted fatally. Jacomel has been
isolated from the rest of the country
by a Gordon Of troops, and the gov
ernmeeE is taking energetic steps to
prevent propagation of the disease.
Three men were killed and twenty
five prostrated, one seriously, by the
heat at Cincinnati. The maximum on
the government thermometer was s.
degrees. The government kiosk on
the street level showed 104. No abate-
ment of the heat was shown and the
parks and Fairgrounds were crowded
with sleepers.