PARSONS, FOE OF
UNCLE JOE CANNON
' Congressman Who Talks of Deal
Is a Good Fighter.
COLLEGE MAN IN POLITICS.
Term Fitly Characterizes New Yorker
Who Has Proved That Education and
Wealth Count For as Much, Some
limes, as Practical Experience.
Herbert Parsons, the mau who has
kicked up a national political scandal
by charging a deal between the Can
non machine in Washington and the,
CTammany .machine ia New STork, is a
type of the co.llege man in politics. A
brief description of Parsons would
bring out these points: He is chair
man of the Republican committee: of .'
Hew York county, a place he has held '
for several years; a member of con--gress,
an intimate friend and lieuten- "j
ant of Theodore Itoosevelt, twice '
forced the nomination of Governor
Hughes, brought about the nomination
of Otto T. Bannard. the present fusion ,
candidate for mayor of New york; is
ft lighter, having repeatedly beaten the
Piatt and Odell machines; was a mem- '
ber of the New York board of alder
men, is slight of figure, rather tall.
siuooin snaven ana sort or voice, is
jsan rood partner of John E. Parsons,
sine ,ugar trust lawyer; married a
daughter of Henry Clews, the banker;
XS: a graduate of Yale, of the Harvard
.jja try .mitiuin 71 1 11 ni mi lunr 1 nr a voa w in
.eld nnd finally says he intends to fight
ior nuuesi sections mNew lork city '
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Charge Made by Parsons.
The specific charge made by Mr.
' Parsons, which is causing trouble not
only in New York city, but in the Em
ipir.e jState anid jd the nation, is as fol
Jows: .'We know that Tammany Hall is j
planning frauds. In the last session !
of the legislature we sousrbt legisla
tion to perfect the signature and other
registration1 laws. It was defeated
through a combination of Tammany
rroen srith some" up state -Republicans.
" We .discovered that it. was part of the 1
dea entered into to get support from
uammany tor, speaaer cannon ana nis
a ultra iu iufj uuuae 04. iejjiTOeiiimivea. '
HEEBEKT PAKSONS.
Jio Information of the deal was giveu
o New York city Republicans, either
In Albany or Washington."
Vehement denials were entered to
ihe charges by Speaker Cannon, State
Senator John Raines, Congressman
Malby and others said to be involved.
in reply Parsons reiterated his state- .
orients, said he knew them to be true '
and further charged that, although
Raines is the Republican leader of the !
senate at Albany, his son had been
-ijiven a lucrative Tammany position at
the time of the transaction. As to
-Cannon, Mr. Parsons said he bad noth
ing further to say now, placing empha-'
Is on the "now." ".-
, Helped by Tammany Men.
At the time the Tammany congress
man rushed to the support of the Can
ioa rules and saved them from "the
.Republican revolt ugly rumors were
Sheaxd In Washington .charging some
tSUCb a deal as that now definitely put
forward by the chairman of the New
fork .county committee. Congressman
Ueimet. another Roosevelt supporter
:find official manager of Bannard's cam
paign, says, "I am glad that Mr. Par
sons has made this statement." Other
like support assures that the matter
-.will not only be an Issue in the city
campaign, but In the next Republican
state convention and. In the coming
session, of congress, .-','-"' '''':7Wr-;
. Parsons is not only a fighter, but a
-resourceful political leader, as he has
ehown In a score of previous contests.
One of the most spectacular"bf these
-was that In which he whipped er
Governor Odell to a standstill In an all
night session of the New York county
committee. : - .
i J Played While Pal Escaped.
A prisoner in the jail at Albany. Mo.,
played on a French harp, danced and
ang to cover the noise of a companion
tunneling through the brick ; wall.
"When the break was made the concert
closed and both escaped. :--r c-
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HUNTING IN THE ARCTIC.
Some Might Find It Cold, Tame Work,
Says Harry Whitney. :
Speaking of his hunting experiences
in and near the arctic circle, Harry
Whitney, the sportsman to whom Dr.
Cook intrusted his instruments and
some of his records, said:
"I may go again in the summer, but
never again in the winter. I had
enough of that game this trip.. The
long, arctic winter is terrible. Why,
for 100 days" it is pitch dark. There is
the pale arctic moon, of course, but
the depression of the long night is
something to be remembered, I can tell
you. - . ;'. '" '
'As a game country it is wonderful.
It was the best shooting I ever en
joyed. 1 did most of my shooting with
a 30-40 repeater. ' The Eskimos laugh
ed when they saw the caliber of this
rifle, thinking it not large enough for
bear or walrus. They use forty-fives.
The bigger the better they like them.
They were amazed" when" they ' saw
how I coukUstop the came with tho
.little bullet of t lie 30-40. I took a 35
caliber north with me, but 1 did not
use jt so much as my other gun. I
gave the 35 to an Eskimo.'
"During the long night I had great
sport with, a little automatic 22 caliber
rifle. I shot arctic hares, ducks and
all' kinds of small game with it, and
the cold didn't affect the automatic
cartridges in fhe least, and it was some
cold at that I went north mainly to
hunt , musk oxen, but also had good
luck with other kinds of arctic game,
the polar bear, the seal, the walrus,
white bear and whale.. As far as bunt
ing went I was very successful, but to
some sportsmen shooting this game
might seem cold, tame work. Of these
specimens of game the only exciting or
dangerous to hunt are the ' bear and
the walrus." '
TWO VICTORIES FOR AMERICA.
Both Aviation and Aeronautic Contests
Will Be Held Here Next Year.
In winning the fourth international
balloon race, after the victory of Glenn
H. Curtiss at Kheims,, Edgar W. Mix
brings the cup to this country for the
second time and gives to the United
States next year both the aviation and
aeronautic contests., i V 't .
'-The first. interriationaibailoon'i con
test,, which started from Paris Sept.'
30. ; 1906, was 'won by an' American,
Lieutenant Frank P." Lahm. who had
as his , aid Major Henry; B. Herseyi
The: contest lor 1907 was held in St
Louis and ; was won by Oscar Erbsloh
of Germany in the balloon Pommern.
His balloon landed within a few yards
of the Atlantic' ocean, oh the New Jer
sey coast and iess than one mile from
that spot landed the balloon L'Ue . de
France, with M. Alfred Leblanc pilot
and Mr. Mix-as his aid.;; wiiu.,.
'In that trip a new world's duration
record of forty-four hours -was estab
lished, and. stood until broken thef ol
lowihg -year by Colonel Schaeck.fwho
remained in he f air seventy-three
hours in ' his trip from Berlin - to. the
coast of Norway, where he landed in
the sea. ' , ' .;-..
Mr. .Mix, while an American citizen,
has spent many years in Paris, where
he is engaged ' in business., 7 He is a
member both of the Aero Club -of
France and the. Aero Club of America
and has represented both countries in
the international - contests. He was
born and reared in Ohio, and during
the race from St. Louis in 1907 his
balloon passed over -his native place
just after sunrise on the, morning of Oct.
22 It was the first time he had seen
the place in twenty years, and as the
balloon, sailed along he looked down
and called out to several old neighbors
and told them Who tie was. . j-".
LAY MISSIONARY MOVEMENT.
Nation . Wide Plan to Be Followed
From October Until April, 1910. ;
From . October -until April,.- 1910, a:
campaign f education on a national
scale will be conducted by the Lay
men's Missionary movement. The plan
has the indorsement' of the organized
foreign missionary agencies jif Ameri
ca and will have their active co-operation,
j A similar plan has been used in
Canada, culminating in a Canadian
national missionary congress, attend
ed by over 4.000 commissioners, repre
seuting all Protestant churches pf the
Dominion. " ' -
The plan in- America Involves the
holding of men's missionary conven
tions in a bout fifty of the most impor
tant centers in the United States from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is ex
pected thatout from these fifty main
centers deputations of speakers will
be sent to a great many other cities to
assist them In conducting special meet
ings. A further plan is recommended
by which any city or community in the
nation' may share actively in the ben
efits of this general awakening. ' The
culminating feature of the campaign
will be "a national missionary congress
at which 5,000 or more of the most rep
resentative Christian men of America
Will meet in April,. 1910.
TOO MANY. KISSES A DAY.
Forty Mora Than Any Woman Should
- StandjSays West Virginia Judge.- .
; Declaring that forty times a day is
more kissing than a woman can stand,
the police judge of-Blue field. W.:Va..
recommended that Edward Schneider
and -his wife seek separation. Schnei
der first had his wife arrested because
she allowed him only twenty kisses a
day- when for years .he said he was
getting forty.
Later 'Mrs.' Schneider had Schneider
In court,, charging that he threatened
to kill her when she refused to allow
him . the forty kisses. .The court dis
missed the tase after advising the, con
pie to break away" for good." 3
AN AEROPLANE TRUST
Companies Organized to Control
i the Wright Machine.
FLINT THEIR MONEYED MAN.
Leader In Rubber and South American
Trades Wiil Operate Factories Abroad,
While Inventors Look After American
End of the Business. -
-"Flying Machines to Hire" will be a
familiar sign in American and Euro
pean cities if the present plans of the
proposed "aeroplane trust" are carried
out.' "An international flying machine
trust for. the manufacture and sale of
the Wright aeroplane has practically
been formed, and the time is not far
distant when citizens of the big cities
will be able to engage flying machines
much as they now hire taxicabs.
At the head of this latest thing in
the line-tjf trusts is Charles R. Flint,
formerly head of the so called "rubber
trust", and-head of ' Flint & Co.,-: South
American .merchants .and importers. :'
; Mr. Flint has "established"' factories
in St. Petersburg, Berlin and Paris for
.making and .- marketing the. Wright
' CBABLES S. FLINT.
flying machine. He will, incorporate a
company in America and erect a big
plant n this country, " ' . ;
Wrights Here, Flint Abroad. -
The Wrights probably will hold a
controlling interest In the American
concern but., .the . Flint . interests will
be. supreme in those abroad. As soon
as a 11. the proposed companies nave
been organized it is likely that stock
is to be offered, tp the public, and, it
may be, an effort will be 'made to- list
the . securities- on the exchanges -here
and In Europe. ,77 . " ' , - ; ' '
With basic patents in this country,
Europe. Australia and South America,
covering .everything believed conceiv
able in connection, with the making of
an aeroplane, the Wrights and Mr,
Flint believe they have a monopoly; of
the business. They have instituted ac
tion for infringement against Bleriot.
the transchannel flier; against Curtiss,
the 'American aeroplanist, and - all
others "using anything resembling their:
form of machine. "-'-'.-; - 7
"Hereafter," said Wilbur: Wright,
"we shall, devote all our efforts to the
commercial exploitation. ; of our ma
chines and fly only as a matter of ex
periment to test the value of whatever
changes we decide tomake In the con
struction of the aeroplanes.
Companies In Several Countries.
F. R. Cordley, a member of Flint &
Co., said that separate companies -for
the ; manufacture 7. and safe of . the
Wright machines 'have been organized
in Paris and Berlin, and similar com
panies will be , established Jn Russia,
and Italy. . . " , C ;
The Wright brothers, besides holding
stock in all of the foreign companies,"
have received cash payments for the
rights to' manufacture their machines
and will also receive royalties on tho
number of machines turned out.
. "We have no interest in the Wright
flying machine business in the United
States or Great Britain," said Mr.
Cordley. "The Wright brothers. I un
derstand, control the rights themselves
In these countries." : ' :''
MARJORIE GOULD'S SUITORS.
Russian Grand Duke and Austrian No
- bleman Reported After Her Hand.
George J. Gould's beautiful daugh
ter, Miss Marjorie, has 'two courtiers
of. royal blood among the suitors who
would like to win her hand, if reports
now current in New York society cir
cles are correct. . c .... " : :
One of the noble aspirants is a grand
duke of .Russia that was tacitly ad
mitted by Miss ; Marjorie's , blushes
when her mother's cousin, Mrs, W. A.
Hamilton, displayed bis photograph
and named him as one of "Marjorie's
beaus" during a dinner to veteran "ac
tors on board the Gould yacht Ata
lanta; lying at New York. ; . 1 f. -
The other reported suitor for the
hand of the famous American heiress
is an Austrian nobleman who, accord
ing to some: reports, has even gone so
far as to consult his solicitor In the
matter. Toasts were laughingly drunk
to both aboard the Atalanta. :- The
question is, Which, if either, does Miss
Marjorie care about? "
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'. , A Busy Man.
Traveling, speeching, feasting, preaching,
- Doing of different things a raft, .
Counsel lending,, mine descending, . ,.
Words unending , . i
w-"Taft. .
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HELP. FOR STRICKEN BABIES
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New York Doctor Reports Progress In
Fight on Infantile Paralysis.
In a lecture in New York on infantile
paralysis Dr. I. Strauss told of his ef
forts to discover a remedy for the dis
ease, which became epidemic in
Brownsville. Brooklyn last August
killincr scores of ohildrpn
In the ennrxp nf Ma iutn. -n- I
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Strauss announced that he had succeed
ed in infecting a monkey with the dis
ease by inoculating it with a particle
of the diseased spinal cord xf an in
fant. Ian experiment accomplished only
once before in the history of medicine.
That was in December of last year by
a physician in Europe.
The immediate result of transferring
the disease to a- monkey was fo obtain
the means. for further, experiments in
the laboratory. . A long step, said the
lecturer, was thus made toward finding
a remedy, because for the first time in
this country the experimenter had the1
disease where he could study it at his
leisure.
While Dr. Strauss frankly admitted
that he had not found anvthiner like a
cure for the malady, he said that some
thing had already been learned through -
tne experimentation.:, For one thing,
he had learned" that the disease could
not be transferred, or, rather, so far ' .
had not been' transferred from one
monkey to another. - I
Another thing discovered was that it
was now definitely known that the mal-
aay wnicn causes tne paralysis of the '.
child's le&s did not have its seat In ,
the blood, but In the spinal column it-
seir. . v.
-The state board of health of Kansas
decided to buy monkeys to experiment
upon In the hope of discovering a rem
edy for infantile paralysis, which Is be
coming alarming in the state.
NO AIR LINE ir SIGHT.
Present Aeroplanes Not Intended to
7 Carry Passengers, Says Curtiss.
Air craft for commercial usages are
not a possibility of the near future, ac
cording to Glenn H. Curtiss, the fa
mous aeroplanist. 7 ,
"The airship in its various designs is-
for the present a 'machine Intended.
solely for sport," he said. "Any ma
chine strong and powerful' enough to
carry passengers in any numbers or
freight will not fly.. v :
"No one has yet been able to solve
the problem of counteracting the ef
fects of air currents. Frequently a
machine Witt behave grandly against
a high wind, then again it won't. Ev
ery aviator takes a chance- and -hopes
for the best every time he makes an
ascension. " . ...
"it will require years and years to
perfect the airship. 1 won't live to see
it. It new looks as if some revolution-
ary change in construction 'will have
to fee made before air craft are to be
come a commercial means of transpor
tation. , : . --
,ln their present state pf perfection
airships are splendid sporting ma
chines. The element ' of danger ap-:
peals to every red blooded man. .' As
an aid In warfare the airship has al
ready arrived. Reconnoitering parties
wilt be able to"viw the enemy's . works
and possibly throw- explosives into his
camp. This, however, Is the extent of
the practicability of tir craft for the
present"
LONG LIST OF MAN-BIRDS.
Flying Not Confined to Four or Five, as
' Is Generally Supposed,
There appears to be an impression
that four or five men are doing all the
flying and that they owe their success
more to their own cleverness and ac-'
robatic proclivities than to the quali-,
ties and good behavior of their ma
chines. The following list of men who
have actually flown for more than half
an hour may tend to correct this Im
pression: . 7 ; . '
' ' . ."'"'.'-.. H. M. S.
Henry Farmfli .....'... 3 15
Louis Paulhan 2 43 23 4-5
Rogers Sommer 2 157 15
Wilbur Wright 2 20 231-5
Hubert .Latham . - 2 17 21 2-5
Bunau-Varilla 2 10 IS 2-5
Charles de Lambert .....,.... 1 57 :
Paul TlBsandier 1'48. V '
Orville Wright .'. 1 35 47
Henri Roagier .......... ,, 1 22 16
B. e. cody 1- 3'
Leon Delagrange ............... 55 271-5
Glenn H. Curtiss 52 30
Lieutenant Caldevara 50 503-8
Louis Bleriot 50 8
I Henri Pournier 41
Jean Gobron - ' 36 '
Eugene Lefebvre 3d
McCurdy .. 30
Legagneux. Demanest, Willard.
Cockburn'-De Caters. Santos-Dumont,
the late Captain Ferber and Ruchon
net are among those who have flown
for over fifteen minutes.
SENT AD. BY WIRELESS.
Latest Method of Communication Used
by Enterprising Auto Man.
To transmit advertisements by wire
less is rather a new wrinkle and seems
just a little in advance of up-to-dateness,
even for the automobile busi
ness. This was a feat recently per
formed by the advertising manager for
ope of the big automobile companies in
New Orleans. -. ; - '-fr
The "advertising man was trying to
steal a few days away from business,,
and -part of the plan was a trip by
steamship from New Orleans to New
York.- On the second day out. when
in the middle of the gulf of Mexico,
it occurred to the publicity man that
he had forgotten to prepare copy for
a full page advertisement he had or
dered inserted in a large list of papers.
Not to be thwarted, he wrote the copy
and transmitted the 1500 words, to
gether with instructions asJ to .illus
trations, and composition, by wireless
to Key West, Fla whence it was for
warded by mail to the various Jont-
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