EIGHTS' GLIDER
GREAT SUCCESS
eroplane Inventor Is Satisfied
n'-iL v :
nun E.Api'iuiitiii3.
L.i Efficient Machln Yet Mad
Addition of Motor Will Ran
dor Flying Safa.
Dytn, O. Tha Wright Druthers,
Lruplane inventor awl aviators, ara
hi gratified with tha results of
; ... : t l. il .!.
jf reccnfc iiiivuia Tfiiii viivir
w glider at Kitty Hawk, N. C.
tfj believe mai in experiments
ducted there will have vital in-
Lence on Hie luiure oi aenai irans-
rtition.
Tha climax of tha plodding, paina-
iking lcta occurreu wnen nrviiie
ri(ht raused hi motorles biplane
hover over a apoi only 10 feet In
unrtrr for more than 10 minute.
'Our exeriiiient have been very
:!ifctory." said Orvllle Wright,
cussing hi fliteht. "They have
a far beyond niy exportation. I
nt to Kitty Hawk annply to carry
Ll amitt idea I had worked out here
home concerning gliding machine,
a matter of fact I waa not very
limntic alwiut extensive success.
it after I had rearranged a number
f details, 1 succeeded in keeping the
rf t in the air for such a long period.
;r success in due to the fact that the
jft it exceptionally Mtleient. Hy
".cientnry, I mean that all it part
L balanred so aa to make a perfect
mif vehicle.
"When an aviator apeak of effi
ncy, he mean the capability of an
rapUne to My with the leant amount
motive power. He ha in mind the
iring qualities of an aeropanc. I
ki truly say that our craft i enor-
ualy efficient. I don't mean to
iim that we ran fly without power,
at I do mean that our machine can
with leu wer than any other,
"L'mier certain conditions I am cer
n that the ideas we have developed
Lnng the past few week Would en
i u to build a machine which
uM fly even with lea home power.
snow that we could fly for an hour
theut power, Riven proper Itmm
rnc conditions, and 1 aee no reason
j we connot fly for 10 houra if we
(lown one minute. It ia ai m ply
audition of the time, the place, the
nd and the machine.
"In order to make extensive power
'flight, however, the craft would
vt to he built more strongly. At
present time such construction is
w economical. Owing to the state
the kill of aviator it would cost
I'm too much to pay for tho frequent
nilcagc of an expensive craft.
"But I don't Winn to give the im-
t-wi'in that I think the pn-ent mi-
n in une is defective. It i my
niun that our late type of biplane
tout a good aa any craft will lie
ft many year to come. It Hie
th less power than any craft in ex
"ice; it is strong and durable, and
ii susceptible) of almo.it jx-rfect con
I. When aome of the thine 1 have
revered here are incorporated in
craft, I don't think it will caaily
surpassed.
I io think that the future of the
niplane depend to a certain extent
kn the future of the motor. Not
it 1 want to aay that the preaent
or i lacking in Bny aeriou man
' I think the motor of the preaent
juot a perfect aa the machine.
1 1 lo believe that, with natural
lution, motors will be made to de
er nic.ro uowi-r 'and will be built
re compactly."
Canal Food Vindicated.
Washington. I. C A careful inves-
tion made by a board of physi-
on the Isthmua of Panama ha
"iwntratcd that the food furnlidied
the hotel, messes and employe In
canul zone I of aueh niiantitv.
lity and variety aa to meet, and
n exceed, the highest atandarda
b'xperta in troiiical diet. The
"1 Wa aniwiint tii determine
"ther the present ration I auitable
workingmen. One nhvsician main-
""I that tho food furniahed caused
ch and liver disease.
Gorman Sdv Convicted.
Exeter. KniI.iml T.l..nnint I'hilin
S'hultz, of the Thirteenth Hus
"tationed at Frank fort-on-the-
"n. wa convicted at the Devonshire
tiie (,n t16 cnargo Df spying, Bnd
itemed to 21 montha' imnriaon-
n'- It waa alleiml hv the nroie-
'in that Lieutenant Schultx waa
"imisHioned by the German author-
u) diarnver how far the Uritiah
vrnment wa auniKirtinir France
"le llisnutn nvor M..w.,.
Sympathy Strlka Called.
Knaa Citv ilnUi hoon la.
from the hnal.m.rt.ra nt tha In.
'"tional Itoilermakera' union In
""a City, Kan., for 400 bollermak-
on rour New York Central line to
work. The atrike la in avmpathy
that nf 1 nun v. - k ; i L
" laid down their tool February 20,
nn Dieeewnrlf I.t.lll f
- n mm iiiiiwiin VI, v. .
'tern road.
Kaiiar Qtt Congo.
,r' The contenta of the Franco-
n accord, officially riven out.
" ,nR' Germany reeognlie tha
f France to eatabliih a protec-
l In Morocco, while both nationa
K'KA to ohtain thm litUIni, In Ikia
Nrd of the other signatories to the
REBELS OUTLINE POLICIES.
Moleallna; Foraignara Among Otfonia
Punishable by Oaath.
CJ.. I' i
on r ranci.co Tranlationa of
Chinese pUer received here on the
liner Mongolia tell of the laauance of
revolutionary proclamation at Han
kow. Th- paper la dated October 13
nil rays that three olfenne which
would Mrmit capital puninhrnent were
provm.Hi ny the term of the proclam
ation. These were aiding the govern
ment or betraying revolutionaries,
moiealing foreigner and attacking
me properiy or "commercial houses."
me paper add that on the date of
putiucalion revolutionary emiHsarie
were being sent to every part of the
empire.
translations of three proclamation
issued by the revolutionary govern
ment, one to the Imperial soldier, one
to the Chinese aa a people and the
third to the lowers, also were re.
ceived by the Mongolia. The declara-
fti.. ... .U.. ... I . ...
noil mi me powera ia an anneal "in
the name of humanity and of the
peace of the world," and continue
with tho assurance that the revolu
tionary government, if aucceful
bind itself to respect all obligations
or the Chinese government entered in
to prior to the issuance of the proc
larnation. Agreement with the
Manchua of later date would be repu
dialed, it wa stated, with the warn
ing that "If the power ansist the
Manchu government against the peo
ple the latter will be forcid to regard
them as enemies.
The proclamation to the people des
cribed the form of tho new govern
merit, outlining the three periods of
change to follow "victory over the
Manchu. " The first, or military
erid, it is snid, will aee the new
government "transform China from
top to Ik, turn, luppresa all unjust
laws and taxes, aweep away all un
necessary forma and ceremonies, abol
ish he torture chamber and obtain the
liberation of slave or aerfs; construct
new roads and organize the aanitary
service." The 'second eriod, styled
thnt of contract between the military
the and people, will be fof two yeBra'
duration and provides for tho putting
in force of the constitution.
The thirl, or constitutional period,
ia designed as tho duwn of the China
of the future a the "middle republic"
when military rule will be dissolved.
MAY RETAKE TRIPOLI.
Italian Reported to Have Suffered
Enormously in Fighting.
Washington, I). C. The recapture
of Tripoli by the Turka seems immi
nent to olficials of the Turkish em
bassy here, in the light of ollicial ad
vices from Constantinople. The dis
patch saya that an attack wa made on
l'ort St-ye-Misri-ep-Hcnni and that the
Italians had evacuated the place, leav
ing behind a great quantity of ammu
nition and other supplies.
The losses of the Italians are re
Krted to be enormous, while the
Turk are said to have lost 40 killed
and about 100 wounded.
The Turkish forces, reinforced by
volunteers, first advanced upon Tripoli
on the night of October 25, breaking
the lines of the Italians at different
iminta. Thia attack lasted until 4
o'clock the next morning, when the
Italian retreated to a remote corner
of the town.
TAFT TOUR ENDED.
Pittsbuag Scan of Noisiest Demon
stration of Entire Trip.
Pittsburg President Taft'a second
swing around the circuit came to an
end here in the most enthusiastic and
by far the noisiest demonstration ex
perienced in the 12,0(10 mile he hns
traveled. Pittsburg celebrated the
centennial of ateBin navigation on
Western river and Mr. Taft wa the
star attraction.
The police estimate that there were
lfilMMM) persona at the wharf on tne
Monongahela river when the president
was taken amiard the steamboat Vir
o-inia to review the "lleet" anchored
there.
Bryce Friend of Canada.
LondonIn response to a question
from Kowland Hunt, Unionist member
of parliament from the South division
of Shropshire, Sir Kdward Grey denied
that President Taft nan expressed a
desire to break up the Ilritish empire
and that Ambassador Bryce had given
... i.innc Mr. Hunt asked whether
Mr. Hryce would be instructed not to
assist in negotiation of another reci-
nrocitv treatv. The secretary replied
that Hryce had been instructed to give
Canada assistance and would never act
contrary to the policy of Canada.
Dragon Flag Down at Canton.
Canton Guna have been posted at
the admiralty building sno. me m
nese gunlioats are cleared for action.
Armed guard patrol the waterfront
and guard all the landing places. All
the shop are dosed. The dragon flag
no longer floats over the Chinese im
perial custom building, the craft of
the China Merchant Steam Naviga
tion company or the Hankow & Canton
railway. The customs omciaia nave
removed their Imperial badges.
Rebel Victories Reported,
c- ic.ni.cn A dispatch report
ing the recapture of Jl"Kw the
rebel was received here from Shang
.ii .k. rkinau Free Press. Ac-
nai uy vof w....
the rebel
eording to the messag".
army from Han-yng
moved against
nd surrounded the
the Imperial forces
city. Koysiists
were compeuea to
: . 1- .1 . .ffitp
two or tnree regi
W'1" u - ,.n,ore,l. Four field
menia no ,
cannon were, amon -i
IN POWDER FIRE
(Mali's Mill Scene of Disaster
and Death.
Kenned Behind Counter in Packing
noom bmployes Have no Chance
to Escape Burst of Flams.
Chehalis, Wash. Perishing a they
atood at their workbench which
penned them In behind a long counter
with not a chance for escape, aeven
young women were burned to death
Wednesday, and an eighth, still breath
ing when she wa removed by re
cure, uiou a lew nour later in
agony, a the result of a sudden flash
of uncovered powder in the mixinir
rooms of the Imperial Powder com
pany.
A the death shrieks of the girls
rang through the building. 12 men
who had been working in other part of
the plant escaped with hardly a scorch.
Several of them were blown through
tfte exit to safety.
I he dead: Mis Vera Milford. Mis
Sadie Westfall. only daughter of Sam
uel Westfall; Miss Kva Gilmore, Mis
tlertha llagle, whoso mother, Mr.
Mary White, i a widow; Mis Ethel
Tharp, Mis Tillie Kasback, Mr.
Henry hthel. Mis Kertha Crown,
who was so terribly burned that she
died in the hospital.
uniy one or ine bodies, mat of Miss
Ethel Tharp, has been identified,
tier father, U. F. Tharp, identified it
by mean of a ring discolored and half
melted by the terrible heat, which
she wore on her finger.
Of the others, none will probably
ever be identified for certain.
The disaster befell with appalling
suddenness. An early report, which
ha since been denied, was to the
effect that a careless workman in the
mixing-room let a pot of parafline boil
over, and that part of ran into some
powder material near by, igniting it.
There is no evidence to support this
theory, and the real origin of the fire
may never be known.
Whatever the cause, there was a
sudden Mush, and in an instant the
whole interior of the factory waa in a
blaze.
Heaides causing the terrible loss of
life, the fire destroyed four of the
buildings owned by the company, and
equipment, powder that wa ready for
shipment, and other property valued
at fully $20,000. Two of the buildings
were saved.
WILL HAVE BIGGER FLEET.
Naval Review Off Los Angeles Calls
Attention to Pacific.
Ix)s Angeles Harbor, Cal. In per
fect fight trim, the Pacific fleet under
went, off this port, the first naval re
view in Southern California waters
and passed it to the satisfaction of
Roar-Admiral Thomas, who wa in
command, and to the pleasure of Na
tional lawmakers, who intimated that
mobilization might result in increas
ing the number of American men-of-
war on the Pacific Ocean.
After arriving here the vessels im
mediately assumed the formation
charted out for them a solid rectan
gle with four columns and six rows,
making-24 vessels, while theothertwo
in the fleet served as reveiwing ahip
and tender, respectively.
1'nited State Senator Smith, of
Michigan, a member of the senate
committee on naval affairs, described
the naval review as a "happy
thought."
"Such an event," said Senator
Smith, "is of special interest to the
Pacific Coast, which ia favored with
visits from naval Bhips altogether too
seldom. It should prove a valuable
lesson to the Navy department. I
hope the time is not remote when the
government will conclude it is to it
advantage to maintain a formidable
fleet on this coast."
Clothing ' Graft" to Stop.
San Francisco The effort of the
government to end the illegal traffic in
army supplies by second-hand dealers
at the gates of the Presidio military
reservation has resulted in the arrest
of August Heymann, on a secret grand
jury indictment, charging the pur
chase of army clothing from the sol
diers. The army officers say the prac
tice of buying supplies and equipment
from soldiers who are either drunk or
hard pressed for money results in the
annual loss of a fortune to the govern
ment. Wolvas Prowl In City.
Anaconda, Mont. Driven from the
hills by deep snows and desperate
with hunger, bands of timber wolves
are prowling on the outskirts of the
city. A band of five wolves pursued
a deer into the heart of the city
Thursday morning, but were put to
flight by a night watchman. The
deer escaped. Tha wolves apparently
have taken shelter in the abandoned
stables of the racetrack on the out
skirts of the town.
24 Ara Drowned at Ssa.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands Twenty-four
persons were drowned when
the French steamer Diolibah sank at
sea. The Diolibah was towing the
French steamer Liberia, for Mar
seilles, when the Liberia fouled her.
The Liberia was picked up by the Ger
man steamer Elmshorn and towed in
her in a damaged condition.
FARMER HAD HIM SIZED UP
Decided That Tramp Who Wouldn't
Work Waa "One of New Investi
gating Commlaalons."
A tramp slept In the barn of a fara
mar Ilarltan a few nlghta ago. and
In th morning presented himself at
the house for breakfaat Th family
gated at him In astonishment, for
such hair aa hla bad never been seen
In that furmlng community. It was as
thick aa It waa long, and It cam to
his shoulders. It stood out aggres
sively, as did bis untrlmmed wbl
kers.
On top of his head was a small der
by hat, Incongruoua In size and shape.
After be had eaten heartily of oatmeal
and cream and bam and tuns, the
farmer got up courage to ask him If
he would work, aa he waa short hand
ed for the threshing that day.
"1 am forbidden," loftily replied he
of the redundant locka.
"Who forbade you?" demanded the
farmer.
"The government," solemnly af
firmed the tramp.
"The goveruinent'a a durned sight
too paternal," roared the farmer after
the retreating figure. "And I'd like
to know where reciprocity cornea in.
he added. "There goea my food and I
get nothing for It."
Later In the day, when he learned
that the tramp had gone to the next
farm and claimed a aecond breakfaat,
he was atlll more enraged. "I suppose
the government told blm to eat at ev
ery farm threshing time, too and
never do a lick of work. Say, I bet
he'e one of them lnvestlgatln' com
mission. They never do any real
work. That's what be is!" New
York Herald.
Donjon de Vincennes Restored.
The famous Donjon de de Vincen
nes, which has played no small part
In the hlKtury of 1'arlB, Is shortly to
be opened to the public. This wonder
of mediaeval architecture It 1 a
stone edifice, dating almost entirely
from the early fourteenth century
ha for many year been little better
than a military barracks, but, thank
to the society which call himself
"Amis de Vincennes," the military au
thorities have consented to give up
the chateau, with its chapel, tower,
and remarkable walla. The five
floora of the donjon are now being
freed of the old military fitting, har
nesses, and old arms which encum
bered them, and the magnificent stair
way, the prisons, council chamber. In
quisition chamber, and apartment of
Charles V. are being restored to their
former condition. It la not proposed
to turn the donjon Into any sort of
museum, but simply to leave It free
to public Inspection as one of the most
remarkable architectural monuments
to be found near Paris. Paris Cor
respondent London Globe.
Salt on French Roads.
As a general rule the roads In and
around French towna are tarred at
the commencement of the summer In
order to abate the dust nuisance. It
has, however, been found that tar, al
though excellent In the case of ma
cadamized roads, Is of little or no val
ue where car lines exist and paved
street crossings Intersect tb roada In
every direction, aa tarring cannot b
carried out on atonea.
The authorities, basing their action
on the well-known hjgrometrlcal prop
erties of common salt, have made a
test of Its value In laying the duet
Twenty yards of roadway bave been
sprinkled liberally with salt and then
watered freely. If the results are sat
isfactory, salt will be used throughout
the town of Havre, It being impossi
ble to tar the majority of the streets
aa they are paved with rough stone
blocks. From Consular and Trade
Iteports.
Cook Book Photography.
Ihiylng meat with the help of pic
tures la the latest fad," said a butcher.
I'd give a dollar to know who started
It I'd like to send him to Jail. Every
cook book prints pictures showing Just
how the different cuts of meat ought
to look, and the housekeepers who are
green at buying bring them along to
go by.
'Such people are enough to drive
you crazy. They iook nrst at tne pic
tures, then at the meat. They say I
must be trying to cheat them because
the piece of beef I call sirloin looks
more like the picture of a rump steak.
Just as If I cut up meat every time
according to cookbook photographs.
My only consolation Is that the wo
men seem to have as much trouble
over It ss 1 do, so I am hoping they
will soon get tired."
Defaulter Builds Railroad.
"For romantic careera of our own
citizens In South America contemplate
Henry Melggs." writes Judson C. Wel-
llver In Munsey's Magazine for Octo
ber. "Melggs fled from San Francis
co to Chile, a defaulter; built the rail
roads of that couutry and Peru, made
and lost four huge fortunes and died
In his exile, almost poor, because.
though ba bad long since repaid bis
defalcation, the Indictment was al
ways held over his head. On one of
th railroads he built, the Central of
Peru, you may be whirled through a
tunnel a thousand feet higher than
th summit of Pikes Peak."
Oat Your Present Ready.
1 see th young lady next door has
a beau."
"She assures me that It Is purely a
Platonic affection."
"In that caae, you had better look
over something cheap In clocks, or
somathlne nf that kind."
K if.
1 W'J
nitrite' r$- TCa
A RELIC, marvelously old, and
strangely moving to the Im
agination of men who remem
ber history, was taken through
inuon a tew days ago, ana
now lies In a back yard of the palace
of Kensington. It was the wreck of
an old boat, with timbers blackened
and rotted In the deep mud where so
many secrets of the past He burled
beneath this modern London of ours.
Other relics of the past bave been
found there, including a skull and
some bones, and In the Illustration the
modern civil engineer is thus shown
as grave digger.
Digging down for the foundations
of the new county ball at Westmin
ster, workmen had struck their spades
against the rlba of that old boat skel
eton, and then had revealed Its shape
and size. It was a Roman galley,
built of oak that grew in Gaul when
Pan was worshiped in the woods, two
thousand years ago. The timbers were
hoisted on to a trolley, and working
men who bad escaped, or recovered.
from the strike fever drove their load
through the streets of London, and
then through Kensington Gardens.
"What have you got there, mates T"
wss shouted by a soldier encamped in
the gardens after strike duty, and the
answer came back, "A Roman barge.
11111. Friends, Romans, countrymen
what's that we used to learn T"
A Roman boat! A queer kind of
craft to be dragged through London
so queer that if we may believe the
reporters, a soldier of the Army Ser
vice corps bad a strange thrill down
his spine as though the ghost of some
old general were passing. Perhaps he
bad read aomethlng about the Roman
leglona. He pulled himself up and
saluted the old timbers as they were
drawn past.
That Is a good story. I should like
to have aeen that British soldier salut
ing the wreck of the Roman galley. It
waa a salute across tb agea, from Im
perial London to imperial Rome, from
a soldier of King George to Caesar's
legions. It would not bave been ridicu
lous If the last voyage of that boat
bad been mad into a pageant, with
soldier guarding th line of route,
presenting arms, and playing solemn
march music, as the relic went by, for
here in those blackened Umbers is
the cradle of English history, and
each plank of them is a bridge across
which we may pass from London of
this twentieth century to Londlnlum
which was built upon the Thames
bank by the men who came in this
old craft, not only with swords to kill,
but with tbe wisdom and the virtues
of an imperial race, and with tbe law
which they gave to their conquered
peoples.
Who shall sing tbe song of that
boat? Who shall tell her taleT Our
Imagination only may go voyaging in
her upon the sea of adventure since
that day when strong brown bands ran
ber down upon the beach below a cIlH
of Gaul, and Roman soldiers, leaping
In, rowed ber across the dancing
v.nves or through the thick gray mist
to this island, "almost all th world
away," as Virgil wrote. Who shall
say that these very timbers did not
form part of that fleet of eighty gal
leys in which Julius Caesar cam to
Britain forty five years before the
birth of Christ? Perhaps Caesar him
self sat In the stern or hla boat, star
ing in hla grim, silent way, with
hawk's eyes, at tb unknown land
whose) whit cJIffs rose up befor him
aa th long oars awept th water.
Upon th shor that day tb British
chieftains stood with their warriors
and priests, ready to derend their
land against the Strang Invaders,
who raised their flashing swords. Tb
Roman soldiers rested on their oars,
afraid to land In th fac of such a
strong to. In on of tb boata was
tola tb boat! a standard bearr
A
raised tbe Eagle or bis legion, and
then Jumped Into tbe water.
"Follow me, my comrades," he cried,
"If you would not see your Eagle
taken by the enemy. It I die I shall
bave done my duty to Rome, and to
my general." So tbe old story goes,
familiar to every schoolboy, and re
membered, perhaps, by that soldier
who stood at the salute in Kensington
Gardens.
But whatever stories we may weave
about tbe boat that has been dug up
from the London mud after nineteen
hundred yeara or ao, at least It has
come to us as a reminder of th civili
zation which was enthroned upon the
Thames at London, which carved
great roads through tbe forest lands,
which built temples and palaces,
baths and terraced gardens, fortified
camps and strong walls, north and
south, east and west, in this island of
ours, before "England" had a name
In history. They did their work well,
those Romans, and though fifteen hun
dred years have passed since the last
of them went away into the ghost
world, leaving Britain a prey to savage
hordes, leaving their temples and
their terraces to be the hiding places
of wolves until the stones fell among
tha tangled weeds, England has still
many memorials of their rule. Onr
motor cars speed upon the highways
down which the Roman legions
marched. Straight from London to
Chester goes Watllng street, and the
Fosse way from Bath to Lincoln. Er
mine street is still a high road from
London to York, and the "Via Marltl
ma" (the seaside road) atlll winds Its
way along the sea coast of Wales to
Pembrokeshire.
Hardly a year passes but a plow
turns up a pot full of coins which bear
the Image and tbe superscription of
Claudius or Constantino, or soma
great emperor whose edicts carried aa
far as this misty isle. The peasant's
spade unearths a tesselated pavement
which formed the floor of a Roman
gentleman's villa, or a stone rudely
carved by a Roman soldier who In
scribed his homage to Mars or Diana
and the old gods in whose worship h
found courage and beauty. Britain
was no mere outpost of empire held
precariously by a little garrison
among hostile tribes. It was a Roman
province, where for nearly four hun
dred years the Roman law ruled, and
a civilization noble and strong and
beautiful in Its' well-ordered system
waa raised among a conquered people,
who yielded, after tbe first struggle,
gladly to their conquerors. It is not
difficult to reconstruct that Roman
civilization in Britain, to conjur up
tbe picture of that civil llf In such
cities as Bath, and York, St Albans
and Lincoln, where stones of Roman
buildings are found in the walls of
Norman cburchea and English battle
ments. The officers of Vespasian and
Severus, Titus and Constantino, were
gentlemen of Roman dignity and valor,
and their llf In Britain reflected the
splendor, the, luxury and the beauty
that they had known In tb imperial
city.
Most of us have forgotten those
things. Tet they bave a moral for a
race whlcb has founded an empire
greater than that of Rome, and, Ilk
th Romans, baa given lta law to many
far colonies. The Roman empire haa
perished, for after strength cam
weakness, and th seeds of vie and
luxury wer reaped In a harvest of de
struction. How Is tt with us In Im
perial London T There are som who
hear th distant rumbling of new
world forces beating against tb fab
ric, of our imperial system. Th world
changes, and no man may foretell th
things that are to com. But always
we may look back and learn tb moral
of th past, and listen to th voices
that speak from old gravea.
PHILIP QIBBS.
.-v.ra agreement.
fight.