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TITE MORMM OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 33, 1909. OHVILLE WRIGHT ; MEETS FIBSTTEST Remains in Air With Passenger Over Hour and Smashes Brother's Record. TAFT WITNESSES SUCCESS On Scene of Previous Disaster, Dar ing Aviator Achieves Xew Tri umph for Leading Amer ican Aeronauts. (Continued From First Pe. as easily and gracefully as you went up. You beat the world" record." "Yes. sir." replied Orvllle, evidently embarrassed, "I beat my brother's record." "How did your passenger conduct him self? Did he talk to the motorman?" asked the President. "He behaved very well." replied the aviator. Taft Much Gratified. "Well. I congratulate both of you and I thank you for the privilege of witness ing such a flight." added the President. Until o'clock the prospect of a flight appeared very slight. A high wind had prevailed all the afternoon and the ap parently adverse conditions undoubtedly kept away hundreds of people. Round and round the aeroplane went T4 times about the great drill ground 400 feet In circumference sometimes in shorter circle.". The machine kept near ly SO feet high, save where some stray currents of air rocked her up and down. After the Tilth turn a great shout went cp. automobile horns were tooted In a deafening chorus and handclapplng and cheers and waving of hats and handker chiefs told the men In the flying craft that their task was accomplished. The crowd expected Orvllle to come down then, but he kept on until he established the new record. Wilbur Grows Excited. , While his brother was circling around, bird-like. In the air. Wilbur, 'standing on the ground, cheered wildly. ! The Army officers began to chaff Wll- 1 bur over his losing the world's record to his brother. "Watch him, on the next turn he's got me." said Wilbur. "When he comes by. let's give him a cheer." Wilbur waited until the machine was almost overheat), then rushed ahead of It. waving his hat jnd dancing glee- -fully. It was the first sign of emotion Wilbur had ever shown at Fort Meyer. 'The crowd was yelling hysterically, and up at the President's tent. General Ed wards forgot the President and shouted ' like a boy. The President, too, was bowing signs of elation. . Then the machine descended, slid along the ground in a cloud of duet and stopped almost upon the Identical spot of last September's fatal fall. This time there was no fall, the aeroplane was unmafred and the two men stepped out unhurt and triumphant. Orvllle Slightly Xcrvous. "I was nervous at first." said Orvllle. "You know that was my first attempt With a passenger since last year. Grad ually the machine found hersejf. how ler, and I felt as sure as if I had been fotng at the end of a string, with no surh problem as direction or height to o!-e. I could hear Lieutenant Lahm at 5rst. but the terrible racket of the mo tor soon deadened my ears, and we aban doned all attempts at conversation. "t did rot intend to land as abruptly as I did and was trying some low flying, but I misjudged the elevation, and before I knew it we struck the ground. I could have remained up another hour, but there was no necessity for thaW' The machine used in the flight con sists of two planes, one five feet above "the other, and measuring 38 feet from ) tip to tip. The seat for the operator is placed in the center of the lower plane, off to the left of the motor. The pas senger sits on the other side of the motor. Motor Is Wright Invention. The motor Itself is a product of the Wright brothers and is) a four-cylinder, SO-horaepower, water-cooled, gasoline en gine. The gasoline is pumped directly Into the m-take pipes, there being no carbureters. The tips of the planes are flexible for about 13 feet. By means of a lever they can be turned In a curve resembling a hellocold, the wings moving in oppo site directions. A lever controls the twin rudders, which are supported by a braoe ten feet from the rear of the. place. By working the two levers together the equilibrium Is maintained. Ten feet in front of th operator's seat two planes re sembling a bus kite, about 16 by 3 feet, are used for controlling the aeoent and descent. Two propellers, about nine feet In diameter, and revolving in opposite di rections, are used to thrust the aero plane forward. The weignt of the ma chine. Including both operator and pas senger la a trifle under 1200 pounds. AIRSHIP nriLT FOR SAFETY Has) Appliance for Cse In Water in Case of Falling Into Sea. CLEVELAND. July IT. Announce ment Is made that an airship with waterproof canvas and fitted with pro pellers at bow and stem, which will work like oars In water. Is being built by the Hostel Airship Company, here. These strange appliances have been added to the airship in order to prevent it from sinking in case it should fail Into a body of mater while on a cruise. The company, which Is building the machine was Incorporated under the state laws yesterday. The charter gives it the right to carry freight and pas sengers. The builder of the machine, Carl L. Bostel, says he expects to be able to carry from six to So passen gers in the airship. He also will pro vide an apartment for baggage. FRANCE TO HAVE AIR AKMT Flight f nicriot Make General Rrun Enthusiastic. FARl. July 27. "As soon as it is per fected the French army will be provided srith a swarm of these warships." said tieneral Brun. the new French Minister of War today, in commenting pn Blertot's feat of crossing the English Channel la . an aeroplane. plane and the submarine as the war in struments of the future. "The aeroplane." he added, "is lees vul nerable, more rapid and cheaper than the dirigible." THAW THRASHED GIRLS M ' i . -i ! : n u ' From First Pnge.1 when Sir. Jerome intimated that it might injure Innocent persons. Woman Held for Perjury . L'niler crose-examination by Charles Morschauser. counsel for Thaw, tha witness was attacked fiercely. He brought out the fact that recently she had been arrested on a charge of per jury after an unsuccessful suit to re cover JiOO.OOO dai.iages from a man. The woman emphatically denied that she kept any of the money that passed from Thaw through her hands. "Then why did you stand for all this from ilr. Thaw?" asked Morschauser. "Oh, I felt sorry for him," was her answer. Threat of Murder Made. "Why did you let him move around with you. if you say l,e behaved so badly?' asked Mr. Morschauser. "He always promised to be good, and on the last occasion said that, if I com plained, he would kill me." Another reason the witness gave for letting "Mr. Reed" keep his rooms with her was. in her own words, "there was a Mrs. Reed, whom I liked very much." "Do you know where she is now?" "In Euqspe, I think." Mrs. Thaw In " Court. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw appeared during the proceedings today, but did not tes tify. She smiled at Thaw several times, but he paid no attention to her. Alienists Heard From. Aside from Mrs. Merrill's testimony, the alienists took up the remainder of the proceedings and testified in Thaw's behalf. Dr. Brltton D. Evans, who had two years ago declared Thaw insane, said today that he had reversed this opinion. He admitted the report was prepared to bolster Thaw's side of the case when he was seeking to avoid the electric chair. Dr. Evans said that In the compila tion of medical evidence made by his assistants only matter likely to assist Thaw's attorneys at that time was In cluded. "They found as much or more on the other side," he remarked, "but I told them not to put it In. While I as sumed at the trial that all the facts upon which this report was based were true." said Dr. Evans, "I do not think so now." Dr. Evans explained his changed convictions regarding Thaw when Mr. Morschauser resumed his examination. Since the second trial. Dr. Evans said, he had received further Important in formation. Formerly he considered Thaw's belief regarding Stanford White's treatment of young girls a de lusion; now he did not. DEATH RECORD OF DAY Mrs. Mary S. Dlckerson Dead, vivcis CITY Julv 27. Mrs. Mary B. Dickenson, one of the wealthiest wo men In this city, ana tne sum or mo wife of Vice-President James S. Sher man Hied here todav. after a long ill ness.' aged 68 years. Mrs. Dlckerson had a passion for automobiles. A rew years ago she presented her home on Armour boulevard to her attorney as a "reward of merit." Surprised to Be In Jail. Indianapolis News. While visiting a reformatory, a New Orleans mission worker observed among the Inmates an old acquaintance, a negro lad long thought to be a model of Integ rity. "Jim!" exclaimed the mission work er. "Is it possible to find you here?" 'Yassum." blithely responded the back slider.. "Ts charged with stealin' a bar rel o" sweet pertaters." The visitor sighed. "I am surprised!" "Yassum," said Jim. "So was I or I wouldn't be here!" Rnconlch Case Postponed. OREGON CITY. Or.. July 27. (Spe cial.) The case against Lawrence Ru oonloh. charged with selling liquor to Otis Shellev. of Maple Lane, has been post poned until next Friday. Ruconich la proprietor of the Planet saloon, and it Is charged that Shelley purchased liquor In his place after the man's family h.id filed a written protest against it. Japanese Girl Here to Study. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. Miss Marie Hltotsuyanagi. daughter of Viscount Sue now, a member of the Japanese House of Peers, from Osaka, arrived here today on the steamer Korea to enter Bryn Ma wr College. Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Wahseda University, Toklo. Would Become Sphinxes. New York World. Someone has suggested that all women be allowed to vote when they reach the age of 40. Such a regulation would at once settle the suffragette question for all unmarried women. They never attain that age. AURORA v 1 T .V. ..e - .j- -- v.- a. IT... 1 x sS 3. "ttttt T---Z--f. . .si.' :..... JP ' V. Re.dinK From l eft .o KIB..- l-rloets. E. Kiel. Sam ZleKler, Harry Gre, Grove, Orunw. Glem H. H.rat and Freddie ite-yt Alto, K. tirlm, G. A. Arndi. C. K. "hl Cornets, A. Keli, K. '..rTt. W. H. Khlrn .leader). J. B. Hurst. Ba,. C. Seheurer, Baritone, Huich Brim, Trombone, J. . Tedrr. W. C. Grim. A. F. De lpinne. Ai-nnnA- Or Julv -: i Special.) Aurora's brass band has recently been supplied with new uniforms. The members have been practicing consistently, and the people have given the organization splendid support. MINOnriY LEFT OUT Democrats Kept in Dark on Tariff Conference. LAUGHING STOCK JN HOUSE Clark Draws Enigmatic Answer From Payne Tawney Denounces Van Hise for Making False Charges Against Hlin. WASHINGTON. July 27. After a ses sion of 48 minutes, the House today adjourned until Thursday, when it Is expected the much-talked of resolution authorizing the tariff conferees to re duce the rates on leather and leather goods below those of the Payne bill will be acted upon. Laughter was created by Clark, the minority leader, remarking that he was being "deviled to .death" for informa tion as to when the Democratic con ferees were to be called In. "If you can tell me, I'll tell you," was the only consolation he got from Payne. Tawney of Minnesota also roused the House to a high pitch of excitement when he denounced President VanHise, of the University of Wisconsin, for hav ing, as Tawney said, made false charges against him regarding his attitude on the conservation of natural resources. Dry Homesteads In Montana. WASHINGTON. July 27. Acting Sec retary of the Interior Pierce today desig nated 23,500 acres more of land as com ing within the enlarged homestead act In Montana, making a total up to date of 23.807.560 acres so designated In that state. Good Xews for Salem Postal Clerks. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July 27. The Postofflce De partment has ordered the following promotions in the Salem postofflce, ef fective July 1: Clerks One from $600 to 800; one from 900 to $1000; one from $1000 to $1100; one from $1100 to $1200. Carriers One from $900 to $1000: three from $1000 to $1100. RUNS, RIDES AND RACES Element of Doubt In Several His torical Events. Chicago Evening Post. Marathon competitions have reoeived the final stamp of popularity: they have attracted the attention of the mukraker. We have printed nearly half a dozen let ters pointing out important errors In the common version of the original Marathon run. Browning, who is responsible for the story as most people know It, took liberties with history. Pheidlppides Is the messenger who ran from Athens to Sparta to solicit aid against the Persians, and who met the great god Pan and from him received the promise of victory. But the man who brought the news of Mara thon to Athens nd some doubt has been expressed as to the authenticity of tha whole event-was either Eucles or Ther slppus, or even Philippldes, but not Pheidlppides. Further doubts are cast upon the words with which fhe Marathon runner gasped out his message and his soul before the archons of Athens. Did he say, "Rejoice, we, too, rejoice!" or "Rejoice, we conquer?" The matter may not seem very important to the bare limbed young men who. In noonday heat or pelting rain, on every road that leads across the fields where glides the Bronx, or Newton Creek, run, like fir once more; and the space 'twlxt the Fennel-field And Athens was stubble again, a flew wnlcn a fine runs through. . . But in the Interests of historic accuracy it is necessary to record that, at the very least, three letters of fhe alphabet sep arate Browning's story of Marathon from the facts in the case. In the Interests of truth, we musf also point out that the poets ar.d romancers, never a trustworthy race, are exception ally remiss when if comes to celebrating the historic performances of horsemen and runners. All history that is dramatic Is suspect, of course. What Kings have said on the scaffold, what martyrs have said in the torture chamber, what con querors have said in fhe days of advers ity, can never be depended upon. We are not sure that blind Belisarius had to beg for his bread, that Pope Alexander VI died of the poisoned wine he had pre pared for a guest, that Cromwell and Charles I. when they were children, got Into a quarrel and pummelled each other. Yet we have no doubt that the average of fact in all the deposits of legend would be a veiy fair one. save when we come to tha fleet-footed athletes and the gal lant cavaliers. There is not a famous run, raco or ride in history that Is nof suspect, in whole or In part. Something of the traditional fanclfulness that at- BRASS BAND SECURES NEW UNIFORMS i 4 WJ - I -...'. 'tlx . i rf J w J i j -Irr - .tj - Agenta for Fay Hosiery for Children REMEMBER SLLVERFIELD'S FURS. MERIT MADE THEM FAMOUS. Extra EX Carpenters still at work, tearing down walls and fitting up the new departments.. All Third Floor mer chandise being removed to the First Floor Sales Aisles. 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Something of the spirit that shapes fish stories and the memories of what we could do when we were young seises upon the poet when he couples a footrace with victory. Browning'B Pheidlppides was no; his only sin. "How They Brought the Oood News from Alx to Ghent" Is con fesselly an imposition. There Is no sort of historical foundation for the poem. It was written on board a vessel oft the African coast, "after I had been at sea long enough to appreciate even the fancy of a gallop on the back of a certain good hcrse." How many young brows have puckered In vain to recall anything about William of Orange or Alva of Barneveldt. that could have sent Dirck, Jorls and Browning so precipitately from Aix to Ghent! We go through the long list. The Chargo of the Light Brigade Is not faith ful to the facts. It is true that Lord Cardigan blundered, but Ms soldiers did not know. When Nolan, who had brought the order to Cardigan, saw that the light cavalry was headed in the wrong direc fion. he tried to swerve therat into the right course, but was shot down, and the "six hur.dred" rode on. Sheridan's ride from Winchester stands, but not unchal lenged In all its details. Paul Revere has to fight hard for his laurels; af the pres ent moment the chances seem turning against him. The sunken road at Water loo was probably not as fatal to Napol eon's cavalry and his hopes of victory as Victor Hugo supposed. We should like t'o keep the beautiful story of the blind King of Bohemia who lashed himself to a. cavalier on either side and charged with the French at Crecy. Unhorsed, he still wielded his sword under counsel from his young son, "Take care on the right, my father; take care on the left, my father." But is not the very charm of the story almost proof positive that It cannot be true? The same argument oounts against Lady Godtva of Coventry. Horse and foot, those fond legends must be taken only as legends. The Aztec runners who carried fresh fish from the Gulf of Mexico for Montezuma's table must have been extraordinarily fleet, or the fish In the age of Cortez must have possessed marvelous powers of endur ance. Atlanta's halting thrice to pick up the golden apples savors too much of professionalism for so splendid an adept in amateur athletics. We have always maintained' that. In spite of Greek philosophers, Achilles would have over taken the tortoise, and the same doubts apply to the contest between Achilles' op ponent and the hare. Thus the critical method goes all through history, cropping away error and leaving us only with the truly authenticated achievements of Icha bod Crane. Tam CShanter and Mr. Pick wick in the wheelbarrow. V 1' "1 -' ' - j MAIL ORDERS ilt, Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. Sp GERMAN SPY TALKS Does Not Think Much of Eng lish Naval Discipline. TELLS OF ODD ACCIDENT Teuton Believes Dreadnoughts Xot Worth Cost and: Says Informa tion in Yards Is Easily i: Obtained. BERLIN, ' July . a. (Special.) The strange story of a German spy at Ports mouth Is published In a Lelpslo magazine called "Hammer." The spy, who calls himself "Nucleus, describes the state of the dockyard very accurately. He was present at the in spection of the fleet by the Colonial Pre miers. In May, 1907. He was also pres ent at the launch of the Dreadnought, and haa some caustic comment upon the ship. He met a German naval staff officer In mufti at a Portsmouth hotel, "much frequented by English officers, and there he posed with his wife as a marine painter on his honeymoon. "In twos and threes we attended all the functions In connection with this great review, and by the slips of the Dreadnoughts we much enjoyed the irony of the situation, that we were conducted round by a Constable, who had no Idea whom he was guiding. Admission Given Freely. "We found the boatmen and dock-yard workmen approachable and Quite harm less people. It was only the officials who were distrustful; but the marine painter, with his sketch-book under his Kidney & Bladder Diseases Are Fatal t ' In Many Cases Unles3 the Dead ly Uric Acid Poison Which Causes Them, is Removed. The symptoms of urlo acid polaon, or kidney and bladder disease, are many, and easily recognized. Among them are chronic weak and aching back (espe cially In evidence when attempting to lift something, or to rise suddenly from a stooping position), sharp, stabbing pains and hitches In the back, groin, and limbs, muscular soreness, twitch In gs, etc. Some of the more dangerous results are gall-stones and gravel, Inflamma tion, painful, scalding sensation and sediment In the urine, impure blood and Its. long train of evils, sciatica, dropsy, chronic diabetes, Brlghfs disease, and other fatal maladies. 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"The attack on the great battleships, which was the most Important for us, we watched from, a rowboevt lying hidden behind Nelson's old wooden flagship Vic tory." There was one unrehearsed Incident In the programme, the breakdown of a torpedo-boat, and this did not escape the notice of the spies, for the writer comes to some strange conclusions. Tells of 'Accident. "One torpedo-boat, steaming at full speed, went out of her course. She swung noticeably to port In order not to come Into collision with her next astern, but Instead of stopping, ahe swung out more and more, and before anyone knew what had happened there was a crash and white clouds of steam. The torpedo boat had come into collision with a float ing coal depot. Thus, though saved with difficulty from a boiler explosion, the vessel was bent and battered and out of action In broad daylight and In open water a notable error in seamanship. "The impression was not good, and, at a parade, doubly damaging. The inci dent was widely dtscussed. In Germany, of course, such an incident would have brought the commander a blue letter. What actually occurred I do not know, but from my knowledge of matters In the Birtlsh navy It seems probable to me that the matter was hushed up or for gotten." Of the Dreadnoughts "Nucleus" has many startling things to say. "The much-discussed Dreadnought is Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway between CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL, MINNE APOLIS, DULUTH, DAVENPORT, ROCK IS LAND, MOLINE, ROCKFORD, FREEPORT, DUBUQUE, LA CROSSE, OMAHA, SIOUX CITY, KANSAS CITY, ETC. and PORTLAND, SEATTLE, TACOMA, SPOKANE and other North Coast points. Through fast time handling all classes of freight. Consign shipments to our care. Satisfaction H. S. ROWE, Agent3 for Henderson 'a Corsets WRITE FOR OUR NEW FUR STYLE BOOK FOR 1910. MAILED FREE. a failure," he says, "misbegotten from bow to stem. This ship is not worth the money it -has cost to build her. The riv ets that hold her, armor-plates together were hurriedly and carelessly put in. They wanted to' show how fast they could build a ship. The result Is that the ship is continually in dock-yard hands, and must be docked frequently. In the engine-room and stoke-room the heat is too great for the ventilators and fans." Whoever Loves Is Xever Old. Ralph Waldo Emerson. When life has been well spent, age u a loss of what It can well spare muscu lar strength, organic instincts, groes bulk and works that belong to these. But th central wisdom, which was old in infancy, was young in fourscore years, and drop ping off obstructions, leaves in happy subjects the mind purified and wise. 1 have heard that whoever loves Is in no condition old. I have heard that, when ever the name of man is spoken, the doc trine of immortality Is announced; it cleaves to his constitution. The mode ol it baffles our wit, and no whisper cornea to us from the other side. Eut the infer ence from the working of intellect, hav ing knowledge, having skill at the end of life juat ready to be born affirms the Inspiration of affection and of tha moral sentiment. Take Your Vacation at the Oaks. Out at the' Oaks, under the cool shad of the blit trees in the soft breezes Xrore old Willamette is an idea place to take your vacation on the installment plan ana hear the old roasters' best work or se lections from the por-ular school of XoA as played by Donatellls famous Italian band Yti i minute from Third and vamhlll. Electric siftns are to be extensively us ed on the stations of the loop of the Chicago elevated ranwa-ys. Guaranteed 134 Third St. A I LINE - ... i Bm Mid ba ranrded tha aaro.