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AERO PLANE 18 W R E C K E D .
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A L L PRICES AD VANCE.
NAVAL HEROE8 HONORED.
Cost o f Living, However, Increased President Gives Namss to New T er-
More Than Wages.
pedo Boat Destroyers.
Washington,
19:—Th e avir-
age wages per hour in the principal
manufacturing and mechanical indus­
tries o f the country were 3.7 per cent
higher in 1907 than in 1906. while re­
tail prices o f food were -4.2 per cent
higher, according to the July report
o f the Bureau o f Labor. The regular
hours o f labor per week were four-
tenths o f 1 per cent lower, and the
number o f employes in establishments
investigated by the burean showed an
increase o f 1 per cent.
Th e report shows that, as compared
with the ten years preceding 1890 to
1899, the average wage in 1907 was
28.7 per cent higher; the number of
employes 44.4 per cent greater, with
a decrease o f 5 per cent in the aver­
a g e hours of labor per week. -
The retail price o f the principal ar­
ticles o f food w?s 20.6 per cent higher
in 1907 than for the period 1890 to
1699. Copipared with the average for
the same ten-year period, the food­
purchasing power o f an hour's wage
in 1907 was 6 8 per cent greater. Re­
tain prices o f food in 1907 were higher
than in any other year o f the 18-year
period above named, being 4.2 per
cent higher than in 1906.
W RIGHT W ILL WIN.
Exparts
8ay His Asroplans Masts
All Rsquiramsnts.
Washington, Sept. 15.— Signal eorps
officers here freely express the belief
that Orville Wright, who shattered all
records in his history-making aeroplane
flights, will be able to exeeed by a wide
margin the requirements o f the war de­
partment. One official predicted that
the Wright aeroplane will be able to
make 42 miles an hour. The matter of
remaining in the air for a given length
o f time bothers no one now, since
Wright sailed for 62 minutes and 15 sec­
onds, with perfect ease.
The members of the signal eorps are
all anxious to take a trip in the machine
since Lieutenant I>ahm sailed about
-with Wright at Fort Myer last week.
Orville Wright is the hero o f the day
and his claim to the title o f “ king of
the air,“ though not advanced by him­
self, is not disputed. He has received
congratulations from aeronauts from all
parts o f this country and Europe, but is
calm and unassuming as asual. He has
little to say except that he “ know the
machine would do i t . "
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Jap Sealers Caught.
Washington. Sept. 17.— The depart­
m ent o f justice was advised yesterday
o f the capture o f tw o Japanese ves­
sels and between 30 and 40 Japanese
sailors caught seal poaching within
-the three-mile limit o ff St. Paul
island. Th e revenue cutter Bear over­
hauled the foreign vessels and cap­
tured them after a chase.' The_ men
were taken to Unalaska and w ill be
later removed to Valdez for trial. On
o n e o f the schooners were found sev­
eral hundred skins, and the small
l>oats were covered with blood, s h o e ­
ing that the seals had been killed
-within the prescribed three-mile limit.
Examine Col. Stewart.
Washington, D. C.. Sept. 18.— It
was announced yesterday that the war
department would soon order Colonel
W. F. Stewart, the Fort Grant exile
etationed at Huachuca, Ariz., to ap­
pear before the retiring board, to be
given a strict medical examiriation as
t o his physical condition. I f the board
finds Stewart unfit for service, his
retirement will be compulsory. It is
made clear that his examination will
be sufficiently thorough to finally de­
term ine his physical qualifications for
service in the army.
Two-Cent Postage to Great Britain
Washington. Sept. ,19.— The- 2-cent
postal rate between the United States
end Great Britain will g o into effect
O ctob er 1. A fter that date letters
m ay be sent to the United Kingdom
for 2 cents which form erly required
S cents to carry.
A t the same time the rate o f post­
age applicable to letters mailed in the
U nited Kingdom o f Great Britain and
Ireland for delivery in any part o f the
U nited States w ill be one penny for
«ach ounce or fraction thereof.
Support Hepburn Clause.
Washington, Sept. 16. — .United
States District Attorney Bonaparte to­
day ordered that an appeal be taken
to the supreme court o f the United
States from the recent decision from
the court o f appeals, at Philadelphia
declared unconstitutional the com­
modity clause o f the Hepburn act.
T h e decision held that the portion of
the railroad bill that ordered all rail­
roads to dispose o f their coal mines
and other property holdings was un­
constitutional. _________
Postoffices Advanced.
Washington, Sept. 19.— On October
1 the follow ing fourth-class postof­
fices will be advanced to presidential
grade, salaries o f postmasters being
fixed as indicated:
Oregon — Arleta, Freewater and
Weston, $1100; Bend and Falls City,
$1000.
Washington — Edmonds, Starbuck.
Lumas and Tenino, $1100; Medical
Lake. $1200; Black Diamond, $1000.
Idaho— St. Maries, $100.
Trust Buetera In Conference.
Oyster Bay, L . I., Sept. 12.— The
b ig stick is believsd to be in training
today at Sagamore hill, where a con­
ference is being held by the president
with Herbert Knox Smith, commis­
sioner o f corporations, and the official
government investigator o f trusts, and
Attorney General Bonaparte.
The
subject o f the conference was not made
Washington, Sept. 1TJ. — President
Roosevelt has authorized the assign­
ment o f the follow ing names for 10
torpedo boat destroyers authorized
by the act of May 13, 1908:
Hiram Paulding, Pcrcival Drayton,
Francis A.
Roc, Edward Terry,
George H. Perkins, Andrew Sterrett,
Edward R. McCall, W illiam Burrows,
Lewis Warrington, John Mayran.
The is new submarines w ill be
named: Stingray, Tarpon, Bonita,
Snapper, Norwhal, Grayling, Salmon,
Carp,
Barracuda,
Pickerel, Skate,
Skipjack. Sturgeon, Thrasher and
Tuna. The colliers recently author­
ized will be named Jupiter and C y­
clops. Colliers
to .be purchased:
Vulcan, Mars and Hector.
Rear Adm iral Hiram Paulding was
distinguished for gallant service in
18X2, and was assigned by President
Lincoln to put the navy in a state of
efficiency in. 1861.
Captain Percival Drayton was A d ­
miral Farragut’s fleet captain in M o­
bile bay.
Rear Admiral Roe saw important
npot
service in the China seas and the civil
war.
Commander Edward T e rry was
commended for service during the
civil.w ar at the battle o f Mobile bay.
Rear Admiral Perkins was com­
mended by Admiral Farragut as an
efficient officer.
Lieutenant Adrew Sterrett «com ­
manded the Enterprise, and captured
a Tripolitan cruiser in 1801, threw her
armament overboard, gave her crew
one spar and a sail and let them go.
Captain Edward R. McCall, Lieu­
tenant Burrows, Captain W arrington
and Midshipman Mayran saw distin­
guished naval service, for which they
were publicly commended.
Filibusters Found Guilty.
Washington, Sept^ 18.— The state
department is in receipt o f a telegram
from the American consul at Bahia,
Brazil, reporting the conclusion o f the
trial o f the filibustering expedition
led by Sebastian H. de Magali into
that republic in 1907. The expedition
consisted o f eight men under the
leadership o f Magali, four o f whom
were Americans. Samuel Parker, H er­
bert Phannebeck, Everett W ilson and
George Vice, all o f N ew York.
The consul reports that Magali re­
ceived a two-year sentence; that Vice,
who was seriously wounded in the
skirmish which led to the arrest of
the men, was acquitted; that George
Gordon, a Scotchman and follow er of
Magali, was sentenced tp one year
and that the remaining members of
the expedition were sentenced to im­
prisonment for one year and five
months each.
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Orville Wright Injured end Hie Pai
eenger Killed.
Washington, Sept. 18.— A fter hav
ing drawn the attention o f the world
to his aeroplane flights at Fort Meyer
and having established n e w w orld’s
records for heavier-than-air flying ma­
chines, O rville W right yesterday met
with a tragical mishap while making
a two-man flight. The aeroplanist
was accompanied by Lieutenant Thoe.
E. Selfridge, o f the Signal Corps o f
the army. Lieutenant Selfridge was
fatally injured and died at 8:10 o'clock
last night. Mr. W right was seriously
injured, but is expected to recover.
W hile the machine was encircling!
the drill grounds, a propeller blade
snapped off, and, hitting some other
part o f the intricate mechanism,
caused it to overturn- in the air and
fall to the ground, enveloping the two
occupants in the debris. Soldiers and
spectators ran across the field to
where the aei^pplane had fallen and
assisted in lifting Mr. W right and
Lieutenant Selfridge from under the
tangled mass o f machinery, rods, wires,
and shreds o f muslin. Mr. W right
was conscious and said:
“ Oh, hurry and lift the motor.”
Lieutenant Selfridge was uncon­
scious. His head was covered with
blood and he was choking w{ien the
soldiers extricated him from under the
machine.
Dr. Watters, a N ew Y ork physician,
was one o f the first to reach the spot
and rendered first aid to the injured
men. When their wounds had been
bandaged, Mr. W righ t and Lieutenant
Selfridge were taken to the Fort M yer
hospital at the other end o f the field.
Mr. W right lapsed into a state of
sem-consciousness by the time he
reached the hospital, but Lieutenant
Selfridge did not regain consciousness
at all. H e was suffering from a frac­
ture at the base o f the skull, and was
in a critical condition.
A fter a hurried surgical examination
it was announced that Mr. W right
was not dangerously injured. H e is
suffering from a fracture o f his left
thigh and several ribs on the right
side are fractured. Both men received
deep cuts about the head. Mr. W right
regained consciousness at the hospital
and dictated a cablegram to his
brother at L e Mans, France, and re
quested that the same message be sent
to bis sister and father at Dayton, O.,
assuring them that he was all right.
Charles White, o f W hite & Middle
ton. Baltimore, a mechanical expert,
gave this description o f the accident
to Messrs. W right and Selfridge:
“ Th e aeroplane was performing
beautifully for six or seven minutes,
when suddenly one o f the propellers
broke near the end. This caused the
machine to become so thoroughly out
o f balance through centrifugal force
as to make it unmanageable, and it
made a dart to the ground while still
under operation o f the right propeller,
causing it to strike the ground with
a great deal more force than it would
have done by gravity.
“ I do not feel that this is any seri-
ons defect in the machinery, but
merely want o f better construction in
the propellers. Therefore. I do not
feel that the machine should be con
demned beyond this point. I should
imagine that, when the machine made
the dart for the ground, it fell at
the rate o f 20 miles an hour. Wright
and Selfridge were not thrown out.
The accident was due entirely to the
defective propeller.”
Cruiser Boston to Junk Pilo.
N avy Yard, Puget Sound, Sept. 16.
— The usefulness o f the third-class
cruiser Boston, which played a bril­
liant part in the battle o f Manilla, now
in Bremerton harbor, authorities say,
is over. This ship, which during the
Spanlsh-American war was considered
highly efficient, has long since b e­
come obsolete. H er size and arma­
ment are very small, conlpared with
the modern armored cruiser o f the
Washington type. O fficers state that
the only use to which the Boston
could be put would be coast patrol
French Editors Worried.
duty, and the 6hip is in need o f such
Paris, Sept. 18.— The French press
extensive repairs that it is not likely
she will be commissioned again unless is displaying much irritation over vio­
there should be an urgent need o f lent criticism o f the Franco-Span sh
note regarding Morocco that are ap­
ships.
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pearing in the newspapers o f Ger­
many; but the government is content
One Hunter Worth Thousand*.
with the assurances received yester­
Washington, Sept. 15.— Reports to the
day from -Herr Stemrich, acting for­
United States forest service indicate
eign secretary for Germany, that the
that Uncle Sam’s professional hunters
and trappers who have been assigned note would be studied in an amicable
the task o f disposing o f “ predatory ani­ spirit. I f this is done, the foreign o f­
mals” are aetively engaged in the work. fice cannot understand how Germany
Hunter Rreidensteih, employed in the will be able to disassociate herself
Boise national forest, Idaho, killed 249 from the other chancellories of Eu
coyotes, six wildcats and one bear dur­ rope. '
ing the past season. As conservative
Can’t Limit Skyscrapers.
estimates by'stockmen place their loeses
each year by one animal at $100, in this
N ew York, Sept. 18.— The commis
case alone stock valued at more than sion appointed about a year ago to
$25,000 has been saved, at a eost to the
investigate high buildings in New
government of $1,195, Breidenstein’s
York City, and particularly on Man­
salary.
~
hattan Island, is ready to submit the
printed recorcWof its work. It is said
Aeroplane Test Extended.
Washington, Sept. 15— Secretary of the report points out that it is impos­
War Wright has declared he would sible to hold the height o f buildings
grant A. M. Herring, the New York in­ down to the present public fire pro­
ventor, 30 days in whi4h to complete the tection service, because, it is argued,
aeroplane which be is building to dem­ that would limit buildings to about
onstrate to the United States govern­ 100 feet in height.
ment. Herring was to have had his air­
Cholera la Subdued.
ship completed and ready fo r a test at
Fort Myer, Virginia, Monday. Herring
Manila, Sept. 18.— The cholera con
has asked for time to make shop tests tinues to recede. Dnring the 24 hours
of hie new invention. The faet that ending at 8 o’clock this morning
Secretary W right is willing to wait a there were 25 cases and 12 deaths
month for a demonstration o f the aero­ Only four cases were reported this
plane is significant of his interest in the forenoon.
invention.
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One hundred additional inspectors
were enlisted today in a united effort
Check Upon Fire*.
to stamp out the disease before the
Washington. Sept. 17.— Bids will Atlantic fleet arrives, and there is
soon be invited for installing fire pro­ every reason to believe that it will be
tection systems in defenses at the successful.
,
mouth o f the Columbia river. Sixty
thousand dollars have been allotted
Woraa in St. Petersburg.
for this project. A rm y and navy
St. Petersburg, Sept. 18— Three-
wireless experts are working in uni­ hundred and fifty cases and 135 deaths
son in the extension o f a system of from Asiatic cholera have been rc
communication m the far north. The ported for the 24 hours ending at
war department has been advised of noon yesterday.
the probable completion during the
The municipal administrations are
present month o f the new wireless under fire from all sides for their
stations in Alaska.
criminal inefficiency and for their fail­
ure to make adequate preparation for
Wireless in Far North.
hospital, ambulance and sanitary serv­
__________________
Washington, Sept. 16.— A rm y and ices.
navy wireless experts are working in
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unison on the extension o f a system
o f communication in the far north.
Paris. Sept. 18.— Dispatches to the
The war department has been ad government from the governor-gen­
vised o f the probable completion dur­ eral o f the French Congo say that a
ing the present month o f the new force o f 1600 French troops, under
wireless station at Unalaska, and the Captain-Jultix, have routed the Oudai
navy department has arranged to have tribe, whose territory is in the center
a wireless station on Mummy Island, o f the trade in slaves and contraband
at the mouth o f Prince W illiam arma. The tribesmen's losses num­
bered 1000.
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