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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1910. AIRSHIP RESCUE DUE TO WIRELESS X t ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WHO MAT BE ELEVATED TO POSITION OF CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COUET. Wellman Party Safe in New York; Equilibrator Cause of Wreck. GASOLINE THROWN AWAY V'-' r - , J - . ' I f - -. I : : ' ' :: t - ' N America. Abandoned by Crew, Sinks in Ocrn, After Fullte Voyage of More Than too Mile New Problem Is Presented. XEW TORK, Oct 19. Fr the first time in history wireless telegraphy made possible the reeeue of an alr- h'p crew by a steamship at aea a combination of circumstances that would have been regarded as Impos sible a f-w years ko when the steamer Trent took on board the mem bers of H alter Wellman s expedition organized to cross th- Atlantic In the dirigible balloon America. The members of the party reached Nw Tork to-lay on the Trent, and de tail of the thrilling rescue of the air Mvllalom were told. Wellman at tributed the sorry end ef the enter prise to the failure of the "equilib rator to do the work expected of tu tU-nillbrator Is Failure. T thought we could not get along wtthout the enumerator." he said, to my. "Now we find we could not tet along with If. Our plans for the future are Indefinite, until we find something that will do what we thought the equi librator would do. The "equilibrator" was the series of tanks containing; gasoline, which float ed In th watrr and was attached to the airship by a long; rope. Its purpose In addition to storing gasoline and serving; as a wireless "around. was to kcp the balloon steady, com pen sattna for the expansion and contrac tlon of gas due to changes in temper- attire. The America's experience proved that tMs floating tall, Jrrklng at the doll ear r It poised airship, made it mpoa vtble to steer or make headway In the d'slrc.l direction and severely weak ened the structure. .a-ullnc Tlirown Away. The vni.it was abandoned primarily fc.'nt:e of exhaustion of the supply of msounc. which had been thrown out to save the ship. W :;in.in tried to grasp a rope thrown from the Trent and the rope not twisted about his hand. Itefore he got loese It nrar.y tore off his little finger and badly bruits the rest of the hand. The other members of the America's crew said they felt as well as ever. Vanlman. the er.glne-r. was the only man who seemed exl.austed by the trip. It mis the Morse lamp, winkmg Its tnrssace throush the darkness that Just pret-etled the dawn of Tuesday morning, and not the wireless that nrst attracted the attention of tose aboard the ste.-tm-er Trent to the distressed airship. Stan lev Angel, an ordinary seaman of Is jr.irs. and Ceorse S.ingster. an able sea man, had tl. early morning watch. An jrel saw ahead of him. high up on the northeast, a faint light. Morse I-ampe Blink Signal. "At first. said the boy. "1 thought It wis the morning star. Then I saw two faint red lights beside the white and next made out a dark blur against the sky. While kept a-tnklng and then I knew It was a signal and reported to the officer tn charge of the watch. "H-e-l-p! H-e-l-pV was the message from the sky. Then the wireless began talking and. between Louis M. Ginsberg, operator on the Trent, and Jack K. Irwin, the operator on the lifeboat sus pended below the gas chamber of the America, passed a series of messages that will stand in history as the first wireless communication between a ship at sea and a ship In the air. In the messages that followed the Trent offered help, and the America rave dtrrrtlnna for the rescue of Its own crew. Tke Trent waa asked to come In close, but to avoid stopping, for fear of capslilng the airship, and to have boats ready to launch. This she did. "At this time." said Captain Down, of the Trent, "we were In speaking dis tance of the America. She was only 11 feet above our forestays and moving about 1? knots an hour. We kept be neath her with difficulty, for she swung to and fro In the air currents and sometimes we were forced to go full speed astern so as not to lose her. Trailer AdU to Danger. "Then." continued Captain Down, "the crew of the airship began trailing wire ropes. After If an hour we de rided that this method of rescue waa hopeless and much too risky. So Well xnan asked us to keep close while he and his crew let down the rowboat. saying he trusted to us to pick them WP- "I railed. 'All ready." and Wellman lowered his airship until the lifeboat suspended underneath was within six feet of the water. The trailer, com posed of tanks of gasoline and weigh ing 19 hundredweight, struck the boat and stove a hols In the aido about six Inches In diameter, but above the waterllne. "When Wellman dropped his lifeboat It struck the sea broadside, but quickly righted Itself. I went fall speed ahead and had no difficulty In picking; up the boat. "The last I saw of the airship she was 1& or ! tylles away with one end In the water. Her valves hsd been opened and she sank soon, dragged down by her heavy machinery." Jack Irwin, the wireless operator, figures that the America sailed about S7i miles from Atlantic City to a point off Nantucket. ITi miles; from Nan tucket northeast about 149 miles, until the storm caught her and carried her southeast to the point of rescue, a dis tance of ii Tulles. Wellman and his party were met at quarantine by numerous relatives. They went to a hotel here to spend the next few days. Wellman said he was not sure what he would do next. NATION'S BIRTHDAY KEPT Virginia Crlebratc on Spot Wher WaMilnxlon Downed Cornwall!. YORK.TOWN. Fa.. Oct. U. With muen fervor the 13th anniversary of the achievement of Independence, or the birth of the Republic la being celebrated here today. (n th spot where Lord Corn wall Is sur rendered to General George Washington I and at th exact hour when the British soldiers marched out of Yorktown Octo I ber 1. ITU the ceremonies took place. s parade of United States soldiers and ' sailors, cltlseos and school children was reviewed by Governor Mann, of Vir ginia. ILe celebration closed tonlfhU i.nttinn nniGLAn whitk. DEMOCRAT IH FAVOR Taft May Appoint Douglass White Chief Justice. HUGHES AND ROOT UP, TOO resident Likely to Wclfrh Political Situation Carefully lie fore Nam ing (liolce ' for Supreme Bench at Next Conjrrrss. NEW TORK. Oct. If. It was learned here today that among the candidates fo chief Justice of the Untied States Supreme Court whom President Taft Is coneiderlng is Associate Justice Kdwsrd Douglas White. Ho Is 'irgecf Mrongly for the place. Justice White was appointed to the Supreme Court from Louisiana and Is a Democrat, it Is believed the President will give greet weight to political con sideration in making his selection. While the President Isi corteJtdering both Senator Hoot ard Justice White, he has not given up the idea of appointing Justice Hughes. Sometime ago. It seemed that JuMice Hughes was to be appointed, but the fact that he Is seeking opinions both s to Justice White and Senator Root Is taken to Indicate Mr. Taft has not made up hie mind. None of the Supreme Court appoint ments will be made until Oingrees meets In November. Therefore the Kali cam paign and Senator Koot's participation In It and the question whether a Icino cratlo Legislature is elected In New Tork State will not enter Into the Prer dent's considerations as affecting Sena tor Root. SSANT FALLS FAR AVIATOR VXIICRT. HUT MA CHINE IS PKMOLISIIKD. Foot Removed for Second from Rudder, lien Rlerlot Monoplane CraKlirs 115 I'ect to Ground. NEW YORK. Oct. 19. The heedleasness of a moment came near causing the death today of John B. Molssant. the American aviator, while he was trying out his new Itleriot monoplane at Relmnrt Park. He fell 1 feet and wrecked his ma chine beyond repair, but picked himself out of the dust unhurt and hurried to his anxious wife when she rushed to the field tn an automobile. "Are you hurt?" she stammered. "Why. no: nobody ever gets hurt fly ing." answered ilotasant. "The accident was my fault for removing my feet from tine rudder to regulate the oil feed." The monoplane bad swooped sideways like a shot bird, dived IS feet to the ground, struck on Its right wing and turned completely over. Nobody thought Molssant would be taken out of the wreck alive, but the uninjured left wing broke his fall and he slid easily from his seat to the ground. Charles K. Hamilton's freak 110-horse-pomer biplane, which was on the ground in readiness for a flight, was partly wrecked In a crash with Dr. H. W. Wald- ron's monoplane. G. M. Dyott. Waldron's- partner. who was driving the monoplane, lost control of his craft and crashed Into the stationary biplane, which was sur rounded by a crowd of spectators. No CTRTISS TO TRY XKW RACER .Monoplane Tj pe? to Fly at Belmont Park Tournaruent. HAMMONDS PORT. N T.. Oct. 19. The announcement that Glenn H. Cur tlss will try out a new monoplane type of racing aeroplane at the Belmont park tournament follows a long period of experimentation with the new ma chine here. Mr. Curtlss does not designate his new aeroplane, however, as a mono plane. He prefera to call It a "single surface" machine. Strictly speaking. It Is a "near-monoplane." as the lower plana surfaces are practically elimin ated, while at the same time the area of the upper plane Is materially reduced In the Interest of lightness and speed. However. It does not resemble In any way the monoplane type In favor abroad. The chassis of the new racing ma chine U substantially similar to that of the Curtlss biplane. It has a surface of only about 151 square feet, but it carries a motor of 6i-liorse-power. and Is expected to develop a speed of more than 80 miles an hour. The Curtlss biplanes have about 400 feet area of lifting aurface. while the Wright and Farnian biplanes have about 5:0 feet. The new machines are to be operated at Belmont d'ark by J. A. I. McCnrdy and Kugene Kly. FRUIT AMAZES TOURISTS Huge. Crop of Apples and Pears Taken From Single Trees. GRANTS PASS. Or., Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) Hundreds of tourists passing through this city on the overland day tLalns are viewing with astonishment the finest Individual exhibit of fruit which has ever been on display In Southern Oregon. The old passenger station has been fitted up as an ex. hlbit building and elaborately deco rated and lighted for the display of Josephine County fruits. Within the building are to been S3 boxes of Spitzenberg apples, all of marketable slxe and magnificent col oring, grown from one 15-year-old -tree In the Rogue River Valley, seven miles from Grants Pass at the "Lakeside", orchard. There, Is also an exhibit of 44 boxes of Winter Ncllls pears, which were grown from one tree In an or chard near Grants Pars, all are of shipping quality and approved by the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Asso ciation, at Grants Pass. Twenty-one hundred pounds of Pound pears, grown from one tree at the Pierce place on Rogue River near Savage Rapids, seven miles from this city, form a third ex hibit. The exhibit Is made by W. B. Sherman. INFANT BYJ3EAD MOTHER Albany Woman Stricken Suddenly, Hut-band Finds Rudy. i ALBANY. Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) Mrs. Victor A. Edholm died suddenly at her home southwest of Albany last evening. She was attacked with heart failure some time late In the afternoon while her husband was away from home and fell dead on the floor. Her ;o-mont hs'-old baby was lying against the lifeless body of Its mother crying when Mr. Kdholm returned home In the evening and founj his wife dead. Mrs. Kdholm waa a Portland girl, her maiden name being Mamie Clara Luslch. 8he was born In Portland 21 years ago and lived there until about one year ago when she moved with her husband to a farm near Albany. She was the daughter of Jerry Luslch, now deceased, vim resided for many years In Brooklyn. Portland. She was mar ried to Victor Kdholm about three years ago. Mrs. Kdholm leaves her husband and one child. She Is also survived by her mother and a half-sister, residing in Portland, and a brother, who lives at Staten Island, X. T. BOURBONS' LONG ROW OVER Foss, Massachusetts' Gubernatorial Candidate, Mansfield Out. BOSTON. Oct. 1. Harmony was re stored in the Deraocratlo ranks today after 13 days of dissension. Kugene N. Foss. member of Congress from the Fourteenth District, became the candidate for Governor today by the withdrawal of Frederick W. Mans, field, who was named by the conven tion under the agreement that be would withdraw. The Democratic state ticket. Is now completed, but owing to a technicality Mr. Cassldy. the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, will have to run on nom ination papers as a Democratic-Independent candidate. VANCOUVER THEATER SOLD Portland Firm Dlj-poseg of Lease to Northwestern Association.' VANCOUVER. Wsh., Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) The lease on the Grand Theater, held by McUger & Read, of Portland, to day was sold to the Northwestern The atrical . Booking Association, of Port land. That firm will take possession to morrow. For the first three days of the week vaudeville acts, the same as given at the Grand. In Portland, will nil the boards, while the last of the week will be given over to a stock company, controlled by the association. Sawmill Workman Killed. LAKE VIEW. Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Frank Myera..a sawmill employe, was killed this morning at the Woods saw mill. 1 miles west of Lakevlew. He was caught In the belting- and was killed Instantly. Myers was unmarried. The funeral will bs held tomorrow. For $4.00 Untrimmed Hats fK s- ' ' We announce an extraordinary sale of over 1 000 untrim'd jl ,1 ; rzi hats, the production of an exclusive wholesale hat manufact- 1 Vi f&r sji ' urer. We reproduce exacdy the different shapes which VVv, SM' show character, originality and individuality. These un- ' y$0ti trimmed hats are made of the best quality duch:ss satin with VKLv 'MT. ' S vevet binding. Every shape shown in this enormous i' S'sTr " collection isfpractical and becoming. It's the most most won- ' tyf(fi I !T7 derful sale from a standpoint of price and quality ever offered I ' Al the women of Portland. In black only. '.) wljJ . ' jM These untrimmed hats are so beautifully msde and so per- oiB -jB3B - 1 "2v fectiy finished that a quill, a knot of velvet, a cluster bow of yggsTTT, Jf' ribbon or a'simple drape is sufficient to convert ggjf? ey" (asv?) .v'C them into trimmed hats. Another forceful ex- 'r$S&$Pf 'P!COf UPman' WOlfe &ak POTENT PO N Crippen Trial Grows Interest ing in Evidence. JUROR FAI!IT(S; CASE HALTS Pathologist, Who Examined Dis membered Parts of Body When Found, Unable to Determine Sex Clever -Surgery Seen. LONDON. Oct. 20. A morning paper finds a dramatic revelation in the line if defense from the evidence submitted yesterday ait the Crippen trial. Toward the closw of a long cross-examination of Professor Fepor by Chief Counpel To bln. representing the defendant. the counsel obtained Pepper's admission that the presence of a sebaceous gland on the alleged scar on a portion of the dismem bered body would prove that it was not a scar. Tobln thereupon announced that he hoped to jrove by direct evidence the actual presence of such a gland. The Importance of the point lies In the fact that identification of the remains hinges upon proving the existence of a scar from an opecHlion. The prosecution today continued Its ease against Crippen by Introducing the testimony of inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard, who pursued the doctor and his companion. Ethel Clure Lcneve, across the Atlantic and brought them buck to England. The inspector's evidence was a repetition of the now familiar story which he had previously recited in the lower courts. While Alfred Aspinal Tobln, chief counsel for Crippen, was cross-examining Dew with the object of showing that the defendant exhibited no trace of anxiety or nervousness during the police investigation at his Hilldrop Crescent home, one of the Jurors faint ed and court was adjourned for two hours. When the session was resumed Au gustus Pepper, the pathologist, who examined the dismembered parts, was called, and hla testimony, a recapitu lation of the recital at earlier hear ings, occupied the afternoon up to ad journment. Professor. Pepper had been unable to determine anatomically the sex of the Hilldrop Crescent house victim, but waa satisfied the parts were human and that they had been severed by a hand skilled In surgery. The organs were healthy and indlcafed a stoutisii person in middle life. They had been buried for not les than four months and for' not more than eight months. One part bore a scar left from an operation. LAVA FLOODS SAMPAN ISLE Volcanic Eruption of Mount Savall Continues Unabated i VICTORIA, Oct. 19. The volcanic eruption of Mount Savall, on Lpolu, Samoa, continues with unabated intensi ty, according to advices received by the steamship Makura today. Large streams of lava, flowing from the crater, have swept down upon the farm lands and many estates have been destroyed. No loss of life has been re ported. CREDIT MEN MAKE PLANS Lax Systems of Bookkeeping Dis cussed by Speaker. With nearly 100 members present, the first meeting e the new year for the Portland Association of Credit Men was held last night In the Portland Commer cial Club convention, hall and several ad dresses1 were made concerning plans for the coming year. E. M. Underwood, the president, was in the chair. L. L. Paget, chairman of the commit tee on legislation; C. R. Members, chairman of the membership committee; J. W. Briscoe, chairman of -the credit department methods committee; Frank Barrlnger, chairman of the nre Insur ance committee; T. C. Wadsworth, chair man of the mercantile agency service and credit co-operation committee; B. K. Knapp, chairman of the investigation and prosecution committee, and L. B. Smith, chairman of the business litera ture committee, all outlined plans for this year's work. "Retailers' Books as Viewed from the Credit Man's Desk" was the subject of an address by L. B. Smith, secretary of the association. Mr. Smith described the actual condition of some firms' books that he had gone over, explaining what lax systems were being employed. FIGHT ON BRADY BITTER SKCKKTARY LAXSDOX'S QUAR REL SOW PERSONAL, Emphatic Denial Made to Idaho ' Governor's Charges of Crooked Work and Irregularities. ' BOISE. Idaho, Oct". 19. (Special.) In a signed statement given out for pub lication today, Robert Lansdon, Secre tary of State and member of the Board of Land Commissioners, accused by Governor James H. Brady of taking advantage of his office for public gain, enters emphatic denial of any crooked work or Irregularities In securing Carey act lands and hotly retorts by Innuendo and inferred charges that the Governor countenanced landgrabs. Lansdon's stand brings the fight be tween himself and Governor Brady squarely Into the open. At first, the breach was created through bad polit ical feeling. Now It verges on the bit ter personal and is the aftermath of the airing of Land Board matters. Lansdon's statement Is in the form of a challenge to Governor Brady to prove his charges. He makes It in the per sonal, addressing his remarks directly to the Chief Executive. Among; other things that he charges Is that Attorney-General McDougall and other state officers and employes not only made Carey-act entries, but are heavy stockholders In Carey-act companies. State Land Commissioner Day is charged with carrying a check book of Austin Bros., land speculators, and with purchasing lands for them after appraising the lands as an agent for the state. Treasurer Kept, Candidates Out. PITTSBURG, Oct, 19. The State Su preme Court decided today that State Treasurer Charles Frederick Weight will hold his position for a full term which expires In 1913. An election for a successor will, take place in 1912. Wright was appointed by Governor Stuart to succeed J. A. btrober, elected In 1909, but who died before qualify ing. All the political parties have nominated candidates for State Treas urer, to be voted for in November and the decision will necessitate changes in tickets. Army Engineers Complete Tour. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash- AND CALLING CARDS W,G. SMITH EL CO .UASHtNSTON BUXT-V VtfAaKIrJCTO Ington, Oct. 19. The Board of Army Engineers that has been examining Government irrigation projects in the West, will arrive in Washington nex Monday and expect to devote a month to the preparation of their report to the President. UPTOWN LAND HIGH-PRICED Washington-Street Lot Between 1 1th and 12th Goes at $50,000. K. J. Daly announces that he has suc ceeded In making a record for Washington-street prices In the transfer yester day of a lot 25x100 feet, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, for J50.000. This sale was noted some weeks ago in The Ore gonlan. The property, which is on the south side of the street, was held by SEASON ' t t - V f f -t ' k . A ' 7 Vincennes, Ind. , Oct. 14, 1910, i R. A. THOMPSON, Eyesight Specialist, 209 Corbett Building, Portland, Or. My dear Mr. Thompson: I cannot adequately express my appreciation of the comfort I enjoyed from the. glasses you fitted to my eyes. The strong artificial light I have to face behind the footlights is most trying. I have consulted numerous oculists, both in this country and Europe, but never with such successful results as you have given me. Your skill and method is far in advance of any that I have met elsewhere and again I thank you. Sincerely yours, Katherlne A. Daly and the purchaser, Mr. Daly says, is a millionaire client of Russell & Blyth who lives in England. Two thousand dollars a front foot on this part of Washington street Is said to establish a high-water, mark for property values In Portland. The lot, It Is under stood, will be held as an investment. Mr. Daly announces also that, with Dan J. Malarkey, he has sold a lot 50x100 feet on the south side of Graham ave nue. Just off Williams avenue, to a woman who lives In the Willamette Val ley. Gunboat Off for Key West. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The gun boat Dolphin left the Washington Navy Yard this morning for Key West. She will then go to New Orleans. Secretary Meyer will go on a trip of Inspection to the Guantanamo naval station. 1910-1911 TOUR OF MR. FREDERICK WARDE Presenting Shakespeare's TIMON OF ATHENS