AUTOMATIC
Two of the Biggest Things of Their Kind
with reference to the loss of an eye. |
a toe. u foot and lingers.
(2.500 for Loss of Nose.
“New Yoik holds that when a work-
I er 1* Injured so that only bis good
New V rk.—Records of thousands looks are impaired, be may collect |
of personal Injury awards made by the from Ids employer, owing to the hu- I
national industrial conference board mlliation entailed. In New York and j
Indicate wide discrepancies in the Michigan compensation was awarded
treatment of workmen's compensation when horses hit ears off workers, bet
cases In the various states.
In New York the award was based on
“Identical injuries are compensable the common law.
In widely varying amounts in various
A New York workman, whose nose
stntes, and there Is u similar Inequal was bitten off by a horse, received
ity in the courts' Interpretation of $2,oOO from the com|H-nsatloa hoard.
Identical sections of the various laws.” Deafness has been valued at $3.000 In
according to a summary of the report Oklahoma and deafness In one ear at
made public recently. “What is need $1,500. In Washington loss of hearing
ed most in the administration of the Is only compensable at $1,900 ana one
workmen's compensation laws, in the ear's deafness at $500.
opinion of the hoards experts. Is
“One of the most Important phnses
With no one at the wheel, the steam
greater consideration of the opinion of of the report Is that which shows the ship Harry Luckenback entered the
medical men in the administration of widely varying amounts expended for Itoston harbor after a 12,000-mlle trip
the laws and more uniform opinions medical treatment under the awards of to the Pacific coast and return. The
For Instance, Wy vessel, commanded by Capt. Ernest
among those concerned with their ad- various stutes.
oming In one year allowed only 3.0 per Greene, made the entire voyage under
minist ration.
“In several states legislatures have cent of the total awards for medical control of the mechanical pilot which
failed to appropriate sufficient funds expenses, while the percentage In Con was nicknamed “Metal Mike." This
to permit any extended analysis of the necticut for two years was 38.2, total Ingenious device keeps the ship headed
records accumulated In the law's ad ing $1,003,107.08, and In Massachu: -its. straight ahead; the device is some
ministration. For this reason most of where Industrialism has reached one what of a gyroscope and electric au
the Improvements and amendments of the highest points of development, tomatic com | mss. The photograph
have been brought about by legisla the percentage was 20.8, with medical shows “Metal Mike” affixed ut the
tive Intent rather than past experi expenses of $l,802,0f>7.7'4."
helm.
ence.
Penalties Also Vary.
“The report shows that employers,
for failure to report accidents to their
men, may be lined various amounts
ranging from $10 In California, Dela
ware and Illinois, to $2.500 in West
Virginia, or a year's hard labor in Ala
bama.
“The term ‘medical service’ receives
widely different interpretations in va
rious stutes. Ohio and Connecticut Leviathan of Air Completes Maid apparent ns he (iimlicd through the
have freed employers from liability
small trap door into the fuselage of
en Flight at Dayton— Greatest the ship, following Lieut. Harold IL
when injured workmen took their
troubles to quacks and ‘doctors of
Harris, pilot, Lieut. Muir Fairchild, as
Feat Since Wrights.
medical electricity.’
sistant pilot, and Engineer Dougins
“Similarly, the California state com
Dayton, O .— Surpassing even the Culver.
mission refuses to reimburse a worker dreams of Its designer and other ulr
Lieutenant Harris Pilot of Craft.
who consulted a Chinese herb doctor. service officials, the Hurling bomber,
After the four men entered the ship,
Iowa and Connecticut do not regiyd world’s largest airplane, recently com Harris took his plnce lu the pilot's
osteopaths as qualified to act In com pleted Its maiden flight at Wilbur seat In the nose of the fuselage. Fair-
pensation cases, while California per Wright field.
child was nt his side. In an auxiliary
mits them. In Wisconsin, Christian
The ease with which this dread- pilot's seat. Hurling was standing on
Science treatment may be resorted to naught of the ulr, built for U. S. army the ‘‘lighting platform” with the upper
by an injured worker with his em service, was maneuvered both on the half of his short body above the fuse-
ployer's consent. There u death from ground nnd In Might and the slow Inge, and Culver wus at the instru
a bruised shinbone Infection, which tuke-off and landing speeds was the ment hoard.
was treated by prayer, was held com chief feature of the performance, wit
Under Its own power, the giant craft
pensable. However, a Roston elevated nessed by fewer than a thousand visi mnjesllcally swung around for a quar
railroad employee, who presented a $14 tors, and characterized as the most ter turn nnd moved off to the south
hill for services by a Christian Science promising maiden flight ever under west to get In position. Arrived at
practitioner, lost Ids claim.
taken by any nlr craft. The plane was this position, the ship remained for n
Differ on Surgical Operations.
In the air 28 minutes.
time, with motors Idling.
"Stutes differ In the law’s rulings on
Only one minor detail was found to
Suddenly came a deafening roar ns
various surgical operations. For In be In other than perfect order (luring the six motors were speeded up, pre
stance. the band extends to the elbow the flight. This was the connecting paratory to the take-off. An instant
In the legal opinion of Alabama. Con rod between the upper and lower ele- later the ship moved across the field,
necticut, Delaware. Kansas, Nebraska, vator planes on the tall, which vibra’ od and In nine seconds and after a run
New York and other stntes, while It considerably, according to members
of 120 yards, as Lieutenant Harris
extends only to the wrist in Colorado, of the crew.
‘‘gave It the gun,” the ship was off,
Ohio and Montana. The human foot
leaving the ground at a speed of about
Inventor Nervous $t Start.
In Colorado extends only to the knee.
The vibration was not sufficient to fifty tulles an hour. It gained ulUtude
New York takes a middle ground,
merely qualifying It as some place 'be mar the success of this grentest of -ieadlly.
flights slnre the Wright brothers of
Resembles Wright Ship.
tween the knee and the ankle.’
Similar In some respects to the his
"Various state courts and commis Dayton made their memorable voyage
sions have answered In various ways through the air at Kitty Hawk, N. C., toric flight of the Wright brothers al
most twenty years ago, this giant craft
the question, 'What is the human body In December, 191X1.
As the hn(>es of the Wright brothers appealed strangely similar to the first
worth?’ For example, a thumb Is
worth $225 In Wyoming. $(>*» In Ore were founded on that test of twenty Wright ship when It was viewed from
gon and In New York and Aluhnnm the years ngo, so were the hopes of Wal the rear In the air.
The tall of the Barling has a wing
legal compensation for sixty weeks. ter Hurling, the Englishman who de
Wyoming holds a human hand worth signed this ship, centered In this flight. spread greater thnn that of the D ll-l,
Before the bomber took the nlr. Hur stnndani training ship of the army alt
$1.0110, while its value rises to $1.500
in Washington, $1.900 In Oregon and ling expressed Id« confidence In Ids service, and this large tall, especially
244 weeks' compensation in New York. handiwork, hut his hands were shak when the ship was fur nwuy, appeared
Similar variations In legal value occur ing and his nervousness otherwise was quite similar to the box kite tall ot
the first Wrlglit airship. The p r o f i
lers on the engines In the wings also
recalled that the two propellers on the
first successful heavler-thun-alr ma
chine were located In the wings.
As the Hari ng bomber circled the
field expressloi, of nwe were heard on
every side. Ties dreadnaught of the
air traveled about twenty five miles In
Its short flight.
The highest altitude gained was
2,500 feet, nlthoui li pilots expressed
the belief that a much greater altitude
could have been obto ned If desired.
Has Wing Spread of 120 Feet.
And tlien came tl ■ time for the
landing. With the suimet as a back
ground, this greatest of alt airplanes
glided to earth, not wavering from the
course set. Its landing speed was
about sixty miles, an hour, whereas the
craft attained a maximum speed of
!K! miles an hour while In flight.
The landing was perfect. The ship
s(*eined to be suspended '>n some
giant cable and gently lower- I to the
earth.
The huge plane has a wing ‘-pread
(>f 120 feet and weighs 40,0110 ; ••rods.
Its fuel tanks have a capacity of 2,1*20
gallons. It carries seven machine m u ,
nnd bombs totaling 12,000 poun . In
weight.
Records of Thousands of Per
sonal Injury Awards Show
Wide Discrepancies.
Here are two of the l>igge>t unil most powerful tilings of tlieir kind hi the world. 1 lie l ’. S. S. Colorado, near
ing completion at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding company near Philadelphia, will surpass all other capital
warship« in striking power, sjieed and facility of control. The seaplane, recently completed at St. Raphael, France,
Is the largest in the world. It weighs ten tons and has four motors of 1,000 horsepower.
Man Dies to Prove
His W ife W as W rong
Tell Romanices
Women in Various Parts of Mex
ico to Claim Estate Worth
Millions.
Torreón, Mexico.—Ju st how many
wives did Francisco Villa huve?
The question, for years a subject
for speculation as one Mrs. Villa after
another w as heard of, suddenly ceased
to be academic when the former ban
dit leader was killed on bis ranch in
Durango recently.
From an outlaw with no estate save
the price on his head, Villa had be
come a large landholder, and his legal
wife and children presumably can
claim a large inheritance.
Several alleged wives have already
emerged from obscurity, and inquiries
in Chihuahua, Dui align and along the
Mexican border indicate that several
more probably will do so.
He is
generally credited there with ten of
them.
Separated on Nuptial Day.
A few days after the bandit chiefs
death a corresisimh-nt visited Mrs.
I.u* Corral Villa ut Chihuahua City.
Mrs. Lux Villa is of a type rare among
Mexicans, a blue-eyed, golden-huired,
magnificently built woman, with poise
and personality. She is about thirty-
six years old, and w ell educated. After
her marriage she added to her edu
cation the accomplishments of paint
ing and the piano.
She was married to '‘General” Villa,
as she always calls him. In 1908, in
the Catholic church at San Andres,
Mexico, she told the correspondent.
They then went to Chihuahua to be
married by the court, but before the
ceremony could be performed Villa
was captured and taken to Mexico
City. Up«.n his return to Chihuahua
several months later they were mar
ried by the court.
Villa built a beautiful quinta for
her on Tenth street in Chihuahua, oí
which the furnishings alone cost 00,-
000 pesos or more, she said, and lav
ished gorgeous Jewelry and luxuries
upon her. She claims he always spoke
of her to his friends as his "only
love.”
In 1910, during the trouble over the
shooting of Americans, Villa sent
Dona Lux to the United States for
safety, where she remained until 1920.
Villa and Dona Lnz had nit chil
dren, she says, but during most of the
time she was in the United States she
took care of and eu.; tted three of
his children, whose motheis were un
known to her.
In 1920 she returned to Mexico, and
lived with Villa at Canutillo, Ills Im
mense ranch. A few days after she
arrived there, «lie declares. Villa
brought another wife, Esther Cradone,
into the house.
Sent Mistress to Another Town.
Nominally, however, the large, fair
T>ona I.nx triumphed. She told Villa
she wo11 !<1 1eave !Idin If he did not
«end Esther away\ nnd he yielded.
Rot he *ent her o>n!y as far as Chl-
huahua
The (•<*rrmpon neint saw her there a
few day
. at Ai enue r m iteHelarla,
No. '17. -Kviery tinte Villa rannsto Chi-
huahua he V(sited me,” silie declared;
"and e‘very m--nth I received money
from him.”
With Esther gone, peace returned
to the much at Canutillo; hut not for
long.
One day a letter came ad
dressed to Villa In a woman's hand.
l*ona I.nx opened it. It read: “The law
yer that you sent was here to see
my father, but my father Is against
our marriage because he believes you
are already married. If you can prove
the contrary, «peak with my unde
who lives In Parrel.-* It was signed,
“Austaberta Renteria.”
rh>na I.nx knew the girl, she «ays.
Austnherra hud nncp t»»1 d her that
Villa had tortured her father r r hom
ing hls feet off. Villa never got that
letter. Dona I.nx r ' ‘‘j f * frankly.
N«w Favor te Ousts Wife.
But neither I -r influence nor the
suppression of the letter which had
com* int • *>r h ¡nis,
• keep Villa
V
Paris.—For the first time In
20 years of married life, Jullen
Perrinet proved tils wife wrong,
ltut lie died to do It.
“How long do I have to endure
your nagging?” he asked her.
“Forever,” she replied.
“Are you sure you're righti”
he countered.
“I’m
always
right,”
she
boasted.
“This time you’re wrong,” said
Perrinet ns he shot himself
twice through the head.
He
died Instantly.
front acquiring the new wife on whom
he hud his eyes. However he man
aged it, he presently brought Austa-
berta Renteria to Canutillo.
Dona
I.uz protested in vain ; they quarreled; i
lie told her to leave, and she left pen
niless, according to her story.
Villa, it Is said, had a son by Aus- |
taberta, who is still living with his j
mother at Canutillo. She Is believed i
to be the last wife with whom Villa !
lived.
Roth Esther and Dona I.nx say $.'>,000 American money to buy suitable
their husband was always good to clothes with.
them in his way, never unkind, and
Says Villa Was Generous.
thflt he always provided well for them.
“As long as Villa stayed in Tor
They say, too, that his main thought reon and lived with me, which was
was the education of his children.
about a year, he treated me with
Still another wife was found at every consideration, and gave me 500
Torreon, Coahuila. She Is Paula Ala- pesos a month for expense*. It was
mlllo de Villa, young still, (lark and toward the end of this year that our
slender, with magnificent eyes.
little daughter was born. Villa showed
She married Villa in 1914, when she great love for her, and named her
was only fourteen years old.
Her Evangeline.
little girl, Evangeline, Is now eight
“The end of our short romance
years old.
She told a simple and came when the federal troops drove
straightforward story.
Villa to the mountains in 1915, and
Dreaded by Girl’s Parents.
I and my baby were left In Torreon
“When Pancho Villa took jwxssesslon with no means of support. I had to
of Torreon with Ills rebel norde,” she go to work as a seamstress, although
said, “he saw me, in spite of the fact I had never done such work before.
that wherever he went, all girls were
"In 1921. when Villa surrendered to
Immediately hidden from sight on ac General Martinez, I hurried to Tlahua-
count of the extreme dread with lllo to see him, and he gave me some
which all parents beheld him. Shortly money and assured mtj tny troubles
afterward he secured my address. were all over. He promised he would
Although at that time I was only send some one to Torreon to arrange
fourteen years old. Villa came to see for a residence for me, but this prom
my father and asked him for my hand ise was never kept.
In formal marriage, as Is customary in
Expects to Be Left Out.
this country, and offered my father
"In spite of all that hgs happened I
$90,090, United States money, to as must say that throughout our rela
sure his future from want.
tions Villa was always very kind to
“In spite of this offer my father, me and seemed to want me to love
knowing Villa's reputation, did not him, or at least return lu part Ills own
hesitate to turn the offer down. Villa’s love for me.
answer was that he always got what
“At present I do not know what ar
he wanted, and since he had the power rangements he has made for me and
necessary In this case, !>• would take
the little girl, but I do not think we
me by force.
This threat was Im
will get anything from his very rich
mediately carried out, and Villa, with
estate.”
pistol In hand, forcibly married me.
The story of Juana Torres (le Villa
Ju st before the ceremony, probably as
has been told in several ways. She
n sort of bribe to make me more | was a beautiful girl of pure Spanish
friendly toward him, lie gave me
stock, educated In the North.
Her
family became Impoverished and she
took a position In a store at Torreon,
MARK LINCOLN'S ROUTE where
Villa saw her in 1913. lie
seized her. She told lorn she would
kill herself unless he married her, and
he willingly went through the cere
mony. According to most of the
stories, she grew to love her captor.
A baby girl was horn, and Villa sent
mother and child to Los Angeles.
Death Reported in Los Angeles.
It was reported In 1917 that she
bad gone to Chihuahua in the hope
of rejoining him, and had been cap
tured by the Uarranslstas when they
took the city, sent to Mexico City, and
there shot by Villa's^enemles.
Later reports, however, told of her
death In Los Angeles. The child has
lived at the *Canutlllo ranch since
then. •
Four other children of Villa are said
to he known, with their mothers, all
of whom are living in Canntlllo.
Several more women who have lived
with Villa at various times now live
in El Paso, and have signified their
Intention of asking for a share of the
estate.—New York World.
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Markers like this, of concrete with
a bronze portrait of .y.rahair Lincoln
* t the top, are being placed at all
county line* on I he Eighth Judicial
circuit of niinols to perpetuate the
route Lincoln traveled while practic
ing his profession before the Civil
war.
Big U. S» Bomber
Passes All Tests
Among the Last of the Arapahoes
Dog Leads Searchers
to Dead Boy’s Body
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Mark«vllle, la.—A halt starved dog,
who had kept vigil over hi* master for
three days, led a searching party to
the woods wher<* the body of Steven
Harris, nineteen years old, was found
pierced by a load of shot from a gun
which he had carried, and apparently
discharged when he tripped and fell.
Petersburg, Ind.—John Cham-
herlaln, fifty-five years old. was
sitting In the Lyric theater here
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Officer Kills Moonshiner in Battle.
Huntington. W. Va.—An unidenti
1 fied moonshiner was killed and two
? ’others wounded In a fight st night with
six federal prohibition agents near
Huntington. Four of the liquor makers
escaped. None of the agents were
wounded.
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