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Many Elements Enter Into
Consideration in Predict
ing the Outcome.
HAS A GOOD CHANCE
SAYS ADMIRAL PEARY
But 1t Depends Upon Fitness
of Engines, Says North
Poles DiscOverer.
AERO CLUBS PRESIDENT
HOPEFUL FOR PROJECT
Doubtcrs Say Much Depends on
Weather and Fear Fail
ure of Motors.

In view OF the great interest which
the proposed transatlantic flight Of the
America has aroused. THE SrN has
asked the opinions OF the best qualified
experts in the United States as to the
probable success or failure OF Lieut..
j. c. Porte's attempt TO cross TO Eu-
rope in Rodman wanamaker's flying
boat
Lieut. Porte's project ia not only
uppermost in the minds of aviation ex-
perts. but It is being constantly dis
cussed by explorers navigators, men Of
science and men in the street.
Lieut.. Porte himself seems little con-
csrncd over the doubts expressed in
some quarters. To Sun man at Ham
mondsport last night he said.
"Of course ! am sure of getting across
II is a matter OF preparedness and we
are prepared
There may be an Unforeseen accident
to be sure, but / hope not We will soon
be out Of our present difficulty and
then 1t will he clear sailing. am con-
fident."
| To gather the opinion Of men whose
| opinions would carry most weight THB
| Sun put two questions. The first was:
! Do you think the transatlantic
flight Of the America is likely to
succeed?
The second question was:
II not to succeed. granted that
/ the start is made from st. Johns.
Newfoundland, with sufficient gas
olene for twcnty-four hours flight
what thing is most likely to pre-
/ vent reaching the Azores?
Following are opinions which have
come in reply:
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6 CHILDREN KILLED AS
TRAIN HITS CARRIAGE
Five Girls and Boy Meet Death
Returning From Church
Picnic.

Rochester,, y H.. July 1l.-Five girls
jured when the blackboard In which they
were returning from Sunday school
picnic at a neighboring grove was side
wiped at North Rochester by an ice train
on the Boston and Maine Railroad early
this evening
The dead are Edith Blaisdell. 10.
daughter OF George Blaisdell, East Roch-
ester; Leona Blasdel, "a, and Muriel
Blaisdell. Is. daughters OF Harry Blais-
dell. East Rochester Helen Andrews. a.
stepdaughter OF William Blaisdell oi
Rochester; Ruth Libby. 10, daughter OF
John Libby. South Lebanon. and Edward
Dcveny. -. son OF Peter Deveny OF Black.
ington. Mass
The picnic which had such n tragic cnd
was that OF the Baptist sunday school
Of R'st Rochester II was held at New
Bridge, Milton. or the twenty-thrce per
sons who attended sixteen were riding on
the vehicle hit by the train. Guy Hayes
was driving 1t slowly over the crossing.
the young people singing Nearer, My
God, TO Thee"
The voices drowned out the noise of the
approaching train and when Hayes saw
the train bearing down upon his vehicle
It was less than 100 yards away. II
gave shout of warning as he backed
the horses. bu, the animals became
frightened by the screams of the girls
and bolted.
They ran along the roadbed in the
same direction AZ the train was moving
Hayes cndeavored to get them under
| control. The locomotive and several cars
passed the blackboard. but II was sway
ing from side to side and finally tn,
corner of one car struck and overturned
II. Most OF the occupants were thrown
clear Of the car wheels. but five of then
went under and were crushed to death.
Muriel Blaisdell, whose head was
crushed. was hurried to the Dover Hos
pital on special train. but died soor
after reaching there. II il believed tina
| all the injured will recover
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WooLwoRTH TO LIVE IN TOWER
Apartments ON Fortieth Floor TO lie
Highest In World.

A floor in the tower Of the Woolworth
Building is to be utilized as an apartment
by Frank w. Woolworth. owner OF the
building. The apartment, which will be
tho fortieth floor. will be the highest
dwelling in the world. The entire floor
is to be divided into a series OF rooms
The floor has an area OF about $500
square feet. the area OF city lot The
highest apartment at present in the city
is the top floor OF the seventeenth story
house at the northwest corner OF Park
avenue and Seventy street. Until
the construction Of the Park avenue
apa rtment the highest dwelling was that
of Or. Thomas A. Emmet on the roof OF
the sixteen story loft building which he
built few years ago on the site OF his
residence at the southeast corner OF Madi-
son avenue and Twenty-nlnth street.
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any girls were there and laws therefore
were unnecessary. Then the girls began
to come and posted the f,rst law all
ove' the place. II read, The Ten Com
mandments Go Here tSmlles from the
prisoners1
Now. boys" Miss Davis concluded after
further exposition OF the necessity Of
laws, you must see that laws are a
natural growth because all of us must
consider our fellow men. There are two
things you must learn, obedience to law
and self-control. II you learn these two
things you will go out from here and
make good again. Perhaps the time will
come in later years that you will even
thank God that you have been here"
one prisoner, a real estate man. who
insists that he was convicted merely on
"a technical charge" told Miss Davis
yesterday that he has been making a
deep study Of prison conditions since he
has been in the penitentiary. Yesterday
he gave to her tho manuscript containing
his thoughts on penal matters. THE
Philosophy of Kindness is his theme. and
his paper strikes the note that kindness
will always keep trouble out OF prisons
Miss Davis promised she would read 1,
carefully.
This prisoner also told Miss Davis that
he Is sure that at least half of the
prisoners IN the penitentary either are
saturated with drugs or are drug fends
suffering from being stinted OF drugs.
Miss Davis asked DR.. Julius Schechter OF
the prison what he thought OF this state
ment.
Discount that by 25 per cent" Or.
Schechter is reported to have answered
"and you'll have the number about right
Miss Davis came back to her Manhattan
home to sleep last night. She will re-
turn TO the island early to-day. however
Despite the complaints poured In upon
her yesterday by prisoners against War
den Hayes and various keepers, Miss
Davis is a stanch supporter of the war
denis methods OF handling the prisoners.
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ALAN r. HAWLEY.
Flight WIN lie Made, Say. Pr-.i-
dent of the Aero Club.

Alan II. Hawey president OF the Aero
Club OF America. said:
The America will make the transat.
lantc flight. II it is not made with tho
present experimental machine then with
the No ?. which will be built with tho
improvements suggested by the construc-
ton of the present machine, and so on
to the third. by which time the develop
ments will be such as to put all those win
have doubted the possibilities OF the
flight In the I told yop so class. They
will then be the most ardent supporters
and will have forgotten that they tried to
discourage those who worked to make
this flight possible.
zone after another the problems con-
nected with this flight are being solved,
and solved in quick succession. At the
present time, as the experiments are being
carried on with the No l boat, the Sperry
stabllizer comes to the front to assis,
the human element.
"Only few weeks ago n group Of
sportsmen Interested in aviation discussed
giving n prize of $50, to the first pilot
flying a machine continuously for twenty
four hours. using two motors, either one o:
which was to be used to sustain the machine.
While the matter was under consideration
the record for continuous flying jumper
from sixteen hours to nearly twenty
two hours. and Mr., Curtiss has flown the
America with the power on one OF the
two motors II is therefore useless to
offer this prize. which to all intents anal
purposes has been won.
| Later on the question OF doubling thh
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ROBERT E. PEARf.
Discoyercr OF the North Pole Sees
Chance ~ Machine Is Fit.
come in reply:
EAGLE ISLAND,
SOUTH HARPswELL, Me.


SOUTH HARPswEIL, Me-.
July 10, 1914,
To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir:
have your request for my opinion in re-
Lieut. Portes proposed Atlantic flight.
foreign aviator is recently reported
To have remained aloft some twenty
two hours II the America. when the
start Is made is as III as the machine
which made that record Porte has
good chance Of success II he does not
succeed In the first attempt he or some one
soon will succeed
The crossing Of the Atlantic aerially
with speed safety and certainty Is only
a matter of a short time. Adverse weather
II most likely to defeat the attempt.
assuming, as above, the fitness Of the
machine.
Lieut.. Porte and Mr. Wanamaker have
my heartiest wishes for immediate and
brilliant success In the great step which
they are so courageously and generously
undertaking. with regards, | am, very
sincerely. PEARr.
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TURNED UP TROUSERS TO GO.
Men Who FIX styles Also Agree
Upon Shortening Coats.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. July 1l.-Good-
bv to the trousers cum After the sum
mer OF 1915 we shall not see 1t. The
National Association Of Manufacturing
Clothiers arbiters OF fashions for the
ready made. 50 decided to-day. That
settles II. There can be no appeal.
out of the fifteen samples of trousers
worn by human models Mt the semi
annual exhibit In the carefully guarded
Royal Palace Casino this afternoon but
six were "cuffed,"
81 knew IT," exclaimed one of the nine
uncuffed models. They never were good
style and they should not have lasted
so long"
Coats for next summer will be shorter
and the fall and winter OF next year
will find them shorter still Some OF
those shown to-day had . pronounced
waist line"
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CAN LIEUT.. PORTE MAKE TRANSA FLIGHT?
AVIATION EXPERTS DIFFER WIDELY ON CHANCES
WHAT ARE LIEUT.. PORTES CHANGES?

WHAT ARE LIEUT.. PORTES CHANCES?
To this problem the following we'll avators
observers of the phenomena Of aviation contributed
opinions:
ROBERT E. PEARY discoverer of the north pole
ALAN HAWLEY, president Of the Aero Club of America
T. r. McMECHEN president of the Aeonautica Society
LINCOLN BEACHEY aviator
CHARLES M. MANLEY, who built Langley's engines
and attempted the Potomac flights
A. B. LAMBERT, formerly president of the Aeo Club of
ST. Louis.
GROVER c. Looming, aeronautical engineer for the
Army Aviation School at San Diego
HENRY WOODHOUSE, editor of Flying
E. L. JONES, editor of "Aeronautics"
HOWARD HUNTINGTON secretary of the Aero Club of
America.
MAMMALIAN SCHMITT, monoplane inventor.
ELMER A. SPERRY, inventor of the gyroscopc stabize
for aeropanes
HAROLD KANTNER, winner of the Fourth of July fight
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M ADOO IS ACCUSED
OF OCEAN JOY RIDING
Secretary Uses Revenue Cutters
for Holiday Cruises.
IL Charge.
HIS REMOVAL Is URGED
Representative Good Says 9th
ers Make Week End Cutter
Trips Down Potomac.
HIS REMOVAL Is URGED

wAsUrNGroN, July 11.-willlam G. Nc
Adoo. Secretary OF the Treasury. was
charged to-day with having violated II
cutters for 10Y riding" The charge was
made In the House by Representative Good
of Iowa. "A Republican.
Mr.. Good quoted statute passed by
Congress prohibiting the use Of revenue
cutters for personal service and declared
In substance that Mr.. McAdoo should be
removed from office.
Representative Goods attack on Secre-
tary McAdoo provoked "A vigorous reply
from Representative Glass OF Virginia, the
Democratic defender of the Treasury De-
partment Mr.. Glass denied that Secre-
tary McAdoo had violated the law by
using revenue cutters. insisting that when
ever Mr.. McAdoo took a journey on one Of
these vessels he paid the cost out OF his
own pocket. Mr.. Glass also vigorously
denied an assertion made by Representa-
tive Good that the present administration
of the Treasury Department is generally
Incompetent. inefficient and incapable.
Mr.. Good had referred to wasteful ac-
counting methods In the Treasury Mr..
Glass said that the accounting system OF
which complaint was made had been In
stalled in the Department five weeks be-
fore Mr. McAdoo took hold and that he
was the victim OF n blunder made by the
preceding administration. Mr.. Glass in.
sisted that Mr.. McAdoo had administered
the Department economically and that he
had saved the Government 100000 a year
running his administration with fifty les;
clerks than were employed by his prede.
cessOr
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RING WAGER CAUSES DROWNING
woman. ~. sinks Trying tn swim
Hudson at Sing sing.

A friendly wager OF ring that she
could swim across the Hudson near Sing
Sing prison. where the river Ia two miles
wide, resulted yesterday in the drowning
Of Mary Foley. 2s, of Boston. She had
como only a few hundred feet when she
sank Her body was recovered.
Miss Foley wished 10 Guido two women
who recently SWAN across tho Hudson
River near Yonkers, where the river 10 .
little more than q mile wide.
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w. w. ASTOR TO SELL PAPERS.
Reported That Former American
VIII Dispose OF Properties.

cpecidf tdOfe DtSpdtch 10 IHh Sun
LONDON, July lit IL rumored that
william Waldorf Aston has sold the
Pan Mall Gazette and the Weekly OBJ
server to an unnamed Unionist member
Of Parliament.
Mr., Astor bought the Pan Man Gazette
about twenty years ago. He purchased
the Weekly Observer in 1911, principally
TO boom his son in politics.
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1T is not a pleasant duty to call atten-
ton to violations of law on behalf OF
officers whose sworn duty It is TO enforce
the law" said Representative Good.
while we are considering n great APP
preparation bill II seems to me that this
Is an opportune time for Congress to be
informed as to how some OF the money
which we are appropriating Is being used
by those who have charge OF its adj
ter service We appropriate every year
about s2,50O,O00 for this great service
The service was instituted to enforce the
revenue laws OF the United States-to
prevent the smuggling OF foreign goods
into this country. and we have n great
fleet under the control OF the Secretary OF
the Treasury,
1T Is a notorious fact that on every
Friday or Thursday at this time of the
year the revenue cutter Prairie leaves
Boston and comes to Washington, loads
up with Democratic officials and takes
them cruising down the Potomac. That
would not be so bad IL the violation OF
the law stopped there
The Representative took up the case OF
Secretary McAdoo. He read news
despatch dated Mattapoisett, Mass, an
nouncing the arrival there OF Secretary
and Mrs McAdoo, accompanied by guests.
and stating that the party had travelled
from Washington on tho revenue cutter
Onondaga.
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According to the latest advces from
Ireland the volunteer armies" for and
against home rule are composed about as
follows:
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THE statutes of the United States
enacted In 1884" said Mr.. Good, pro
vide that revenue cutters shall be used
exclusively for public service and In no
way for private purposes. On June "a
Congress appropriated s475,000 to pur-
chase two additional cutters, which will
be added to this fleet for the Secretary
and those to whom he desires to extend
the courtesy of violating the law OF the
United States
THE Secretary OF the Treasury has no
responsibility for this statute, but he il
responsible for the administration OF the
law so far as the revenue cutters are
concerned We have had in the past ten
wears a period of law enactment. What
we need is a renaissance OF law enforce
ment. How can the President Of the
United States expect tho ordinary citizen
to obey and respect the law while the
Secretary OF the Treasury violates II
with impunity? Public sentiment should
demand the removal from office of every
ofYicial whose sworn duty Is TO enforce
the law but who refuses TO enforce It,
II the public to-day had the power 1t
would demand the removal from office of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, who not
only refuses to enforce tho law but him
| self violates II"
Mr.. Goods speech probably 10 not the
last that will be heard In Congress Of
Democratic Joy riding on revenue cutters.
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ULSTER VOLUNTEERS.
co.. 10000 to 10000

NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

voIimer Not to Run Again.

Henry Vollmer OF Davenport, who
is filling the unexpired term of the
late Congressman l. S. Pepper in the
Second Iowa district, has given to the
press an announcement over his sig
nature declaring he will not be a can
didate to succeed himself. He says
his private business interests in Dav-
EXPORT require his personal attention
and that he cannot afford to continue
in the Office. Mr.. VoIlmer was nom
mated and elected by the democrats of
the Second Iowa district before the
holiday season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

The FIVE counties that refused to
go back to the wet lineup are:
Brown. Henderson. Champaign,
Stark. Gallatin.
VIII Close 946 Saloons.
Returns compiled last night were
substantially complete for the state.
The missing places numbering 20.
were chiefly rural townships where
there are few, if any licensed saloons.
These figures show that $40 saloons
were put out of commission. These
saloons are in ia incorporated cities
and villages. The total majority
against the saloons in these cities and
villages, and not considering the anti
saloon vote in townships where there
are no licensed saloons, was 26.574.
Twenty-nine Incorporated cities and
villages in townships which already
were dry, voted to remain dry, with
an aggregate dry majority of s,SSs,
furnishing total dry lead of 35, 462
/ The VETS won so cities and villages
now wet, with an aggregate majority
over the drys of 2S,O51. The vets fail
ed to win a single township which was
dry prior to the elections.
Result OF WomcnS Votes.
The women get full credit from
Spokesman for the vets for the defeat
administered to the saloons, but the
saloon forces point to the returns
from Springfield, Quincy and Joliet,
three of the most important cities re-
tanned by the liquor folk. In each of
these cities a majority of the wom-
ems vote was favorable to the saloons.
In an estimated total vote of 100000
cast on the saloon issue, it is figured
that 100000 were cast by women, and
that of the woman's votes 65 per cent
were anti-saloon.
Springfield looms on the map as a
good sized oasis in central Illinois ter
ritory Nearly every wet city of i'm |
portance in rs mile radius of the |
capital now becomes dry. This in !
cludes Bloomington, Decatur, Carlin- |
vile. Lincoln and Jacksonville. Boards |
town will vote as city on April 81. |
Vote In Bloomington Close.
Bloomington went dry by a narrow |
margin. In a total of $4,000, the dry |
majority was figured by one paper as
so and by another as Is. A contest |
and recount is said to be in sight.
Aurora went wet by 1859, in total |
of 16,575. The drys are claiming that
the vets must have imported some
votes, as their polls showed but 49,
500 legal voters in the city.
Joliet went wet by $500. in spite of
that it had abolished its 10
Galesburg was the banner
town for the drys. Its anti-saloon ma
jority was 5000. Quincy carried the
honors for the vets, producing ma
jority for the saloons of 1900.
The drys were unable to make any
inroads in the territory adjacent to
st. Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

bound TO see that no obligation i'm
posed up # is violated or even ne
elected
We therefore endorse such a pro
gress as is Outlined in The Argus
mere Is no room here for further sa
loon Keepers who may have lost on;
IN territory that has gone dry. There
must be more restriction as to those
We have. but this can not all be done
IN a night So much now and right
now. we can do, however. and this
much we propose to do-the MunicipaI
league proposes to see that there shall
not be return OF gambling in con
nection with any saloon: the league
proposes TO see that there are no dives
IN connection with any saloon. and no
place that carries a license to oper-
ate as a saloon will be permitted to
conduct dive OF any description.
Closing Enforcement to the Letter.
The league will see to it that the
closing hour regulations are strictly
and absolutely enforced regardless OF
what they are. The Sunday closing
law must be upheld TO the letter, and
this applies to all. In fact there is to
be an absolute enforcement of law as
II pertains to the liquor traffic in
Rock Island county, for that the
Municipal league stands and is pledg-
ed To this end its organization is
permanent.
Is Permanent.
1T will containue to maintain an
Office in Rock Island with a sa.aried
secretary, and will be found ready
from this on, both in initiative and in
action and cooperation. firmly enforc-
ing the laws as to the liquor traffic"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
CLOCGED NOSTRILS Open AT ONCE,
HEAD COLDS And CATARRH VANISH

dissolves by the heat of the nostrils;
penetrates and heals the infiamed,
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
feeling of cleansing, soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh
or a cold, with its running nose, foul
mucous dropping into the throat, and
raw dryness in distressing but truly
needless.
Put your faith-just once-in "Ely's
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
After cummins' Berth.

Des Moines, Iowa, April sc. T.
Meredith, publisher of the Farm Mag
azine, today formally announced his
candidacy on the democratic ticket
for United States senator to succeed
Cummins, republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

Washington-The selection of a site
for the new Chicago postoffice is be-
ing delayed solely by the fact that no
definite arrangement has been laid be-
fore the treasury department with re-
gard to the location of certain rail-
road terminals in Chicago, according
to Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Bryon r. Newton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

The FIVE counties that refused to
go back to the wet lineup are:
Brown. Henderson. Champaign,
Stark. Gallatin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

Were Wet and Went Ory-12e.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
In One Minute Your Stuffy Nose and
Head Clears, Sneezing and Nose
Running Ceases, Dull Headache
Goes.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm"

Get a small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages of the head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dizziness and headache disappear. BY
morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the small
bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm at any
drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
Dress the Boy
SfyHShly
With Wear
Resisting
Clothes

You can't insure boys clothes against
wear and tear, but you can put off the day
when you will have to buy new suit by get
ting the best made in the first place.
You'll find them here-tf1e best that can be
found anywhere the c 81 that's made.
Handsome styles, made from choice fabrics
made expressly for boys suits. that are eX-
pected to do duty.
They're made of blue serge and
novelty mixtures; Toughster Suits with
two pairs of pants, $500 to S5.S5; others
at $3.50 to $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

In the following classifications are
shown the cities and villages involved
in Tuesdays local option elections in
Illinois townships and how the result
affects each:
Were we+ and Went Ory-126.