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"OTP DAILY BEFUBL 1 mi 'TTPiDsii? VOL. 20. NO. 240. 2 4 V.

Vn BELVEDERE, ILL, FBIDAT, OCTOBER 4, 1912. EIGHT PAGES, PRICE TWO CENT3 i i i III i i 1 I 1 1 WEATHER FORECAST J. D. ARCHBOLD IS BACK 14KILLED IUYRECK flOOSEHELT HELEN GOULD IN WRECK ESCAPES UNINJURED MORGAN Oil STAND Financier Tells Senators That Gift of $150,000 Was for "Public Good." TIES HID: Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Moderate temperature.

South to south! west winds increasing Saturday. BOMB JURY IS CHOSEN IN INDIANAPOLIS TRIAL Namss of Men Who Are to Investigate Conspiracy Accepted By Both Sides. Indianapolis, Oct 4. The 11 men to try the McNaaiara dynamiting cases have finally been selected. They are: Samuel Morrison, North Vernon; James N.

Smith. Winchester; Seneca Chambers, Anderson; William Jackson, Greencastle; Marion E. Dobbins, Maxwell; Frank Dare. New Lisbon; Job 1. Thomas, Jamestown; Allen Spaulding, Sharps vllle; Martin P.

Davis, Forest; T- D. Brookshlre. Roach- Frank Sutton, Nebraska, and Jesse D. Barger, Ridgville. Five minutes after the 12 men had been aworn In Charles W.

Miller, United States district attorney, launched into his opening statement a recitation of some 200,000 words. Hardly had the prosecutor begun his sweeping allegations against the defendants than the line of defense was indicated by W. Newton Harding, chief counsel for the defense. The intimation came when Harding, at the first mention of dynamite and nitroglycerin, rose to Interpose an objection that showed that counsel for Indicted labor leaders Intend to tske advantage of every technicality the law presents. Miller began bis statement with a general reference to the conspiracy the government charges the men were part of.

He spoke cf the destruction wrought by the dynamite and nitroglycerin transported by the conspirators. TOWN HAS $200,000 FIRE Flames at Kankakee, Cause Heavy Loss In Down Town District Kankakee, I1L, Oct. 4. Kankakee waa auacsea oy ine worn, nre in jis history, two city squares of buildings being practically destroyed and a loss of approximately $200,000 suffered, Driven by a strong wind, the flames spread with great rapidity, the local fire department being unable to extinguish them without assistance from the fire department of the Kankakee state i hospital, wwca, had an inae.iBav lten By these letters aa soon as Returns From Europe and Will Testify at Oil Quiz. New York, Oct 4.

John D. Arch-bold, president of the Standard OH company of New Jersey, was met at the pier by process servers upon his arrival from Europe, and subpoenaed to appear before the commission In the Waters-Plerce-Standard Oil hearings here. Mr. Arehbold fa expected to testify today. Concerning his testimony before the Clapp committee prior to sailing for Europe, be aald: "I stand on my testimony; have nothing to retract, out may have something to add." NEWS 0FJLUI10IS A Telegraphic Chronicle of State Happenings.

COAL MEN ELECT OFFICERS Annual Meeting of Illinois Association In Chicago le Attended by About Forty W. Schmlck Is Chosen President Chicago, Oct 4.rhe annual meet ing of the Illinois Coal Operator's association held in the Fisher building in Chicago resulted la the following officers being elected: President, W. L. Schmlck, 8t Louis: vice-president C. M.

Moder- well, Chicago; secretary -treasurer, F. C. Honnold, Chicago. About forty coal operators attended. To 8top Hazing Freshmen Champaign, Oct 4.

Resolutions were adopted by the Pan-Hellenic council of the National Sororities and Fraternities at the Unlveralty of 1111 noia that are Intended to put a stop to hating and the Intimidation of freshmen. It la the Intention of the Greek letter council to cause this form of activity to be looked upon as some thing below the level of a gentleman. The resolution follows: "Whereas cti of hating and twwarrant- ed Intimidation of freshmen are likely to happen at the beginning of the col lege year and whereas such practices are injurious to the name and reputation of the University of Illinois, and whereas as hating la wholly un-; becoming to any loyal student who Is aini-A an1 lAj1rn ai Ka -twtat tntjtr. of hir unit ejrslty advanced and counsel representing the national fra ternities and organltatiott. at this uni versity does hereby put itself on rec ord as strongly condemning any such acts and will do all It la able to atop their continuance." Turns Over Interest Springfield, Oct 4.

State Treasurer Mitchell turned Into the state treasury Interest on public funds during the last twenty-one months The inheritance tax collected for the fiscal period of 1911-11 has amounted to comparing with cuueoiea fia.uuv on rormer irsHurer Spauldlng of the University of Illinois, who defaulted. A saving of $4,000 has been made by Mitchell on the appropriation for selling bonds, which he did by mall. This was turned Into the general fund. Inquest Falls to Clear Mystery. Qulncy, Oct 4.

The coroner's investigation of the murder of Charles Pfanschmldt, wife and daughter, and Miss Emma Kaempen, a school teacher, at the Pfanschmldt country home near this city last week, failed to bring about any developments. The testimony of doctors that examined the body gave conclusive evidence that the four were murdered. No ar rests have been made. Oldest Physlolsn in State Dies. Clay City.

Oct 4. Dr. F. R. Pitner, aged ninety-nine years, eleven months and nineteen days, the oldest physician in the state of Illinois, died here at the home of his son, CM.

Pitner. Doctor Pitner had practiced medicine for sixty-five years, retiring when ninety years old. He had practiced in Jacksonville, MaysvtOe and Jersey-vllle, as well aa in this city. Upholds the Right to Strike. Springfield, Oct 4.

The supreme court denied a motion for a rehearing in the case of Harry M. Kemp and others of Chicago, against Division No. 241, Amalgamated Asociatlon of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America. In June the court ruled that employes havsa right to strike when the closed shop rule Is violated Dssf and Dumb May Disappears. Harrisburg, Oct 4.

Stanley Gun lis, a deaf and dumb boy, eight years old, three feet six inches in height blue eyes and brown hair, disappeared from hit home In Ledford. An Abandoned coal shaft of the Saline Coal company will be searched in Tjelie! that the boy 3 might have fallen Vehicle Men Adjourn Convention. Peoria, Oct 4.The thirteenth annual Illinois Retail Implement and Vehicle Doers' convention was brought to a close by an executive session which included an address on by W. B. Hkll of Jacksonville, Xhe conventlonTnext Distinguished Woman Was on Way to Attend Railway Y.

M. C. A. Con-Terence In Chicago. Chicago, Oct 4 Joy at an act of thoughtful consideration of the daughter of their employing house, followed by a quick plunge to the grim tragedy that has always accompanied their" occupation, furnished drama among more than 2,000 delegates gathering for the annual conference of railroad Y.

M. C. A. men-Dainty notes of Invitation in which Helen Miller Gould announced her desire tLat every employe of the Gould lines attending the Chicago conference break bread with her In a dinner at the Congress had just been received. Then came the brief message over the wires that the train bearing Miss Gould to Chicago had been wrecked near Buffalo.

Later assurances came that Miss Gould and the party of women accompanying her in her private car had escaped unhurt The wreck occurred when the train carrying Miss Gould's car crashed into a freight train at Wen da station, twenty miles east of Buffalo. The engineer- and fireman of the passenger train were so badly scalded that little hope is held out for their recovery. The dinner at which Miss Gould will be hostess will be a unique affair. It will be Informal, and rank in the service of the system will be one of the questions tabooed. President B.

F. Bush of the Missouri Pacific will act aa toastmaster. More than fifty railroad executives representing every important system of the United States have accepted invitations to be present at the banquet, making it one of the most notable gatherings of railway heads that has been held In this country. TELLS OF HOOP COMPANY Broker In Steel Quiz Testifies Con- earning Absorption. Pittsburg, Oct.

4. Charles A. Painter, a broker, formerly connected with the steel hoop industry, was the principal witness of the day In the government's Inquiry for the dissolution of the United States Steel corporation. Mr. Painter told of the formation of the American Steel Hoop company and the Export company, which preceded the former.

He said there were five or six firm in the Export company and later all were absorbed by the American Steel Hoop company. Contracts, he said, were sent out to the firms taken into the American Steel Hoop company whereby it was agreed they would not engage in the steel hoop business In any state in the Union, except probably three or four. Mr. Painter said these were contracts and were Blgned by several "conscientious" men. He had no recollection what became of the contracts.

MANY STARVING IN NICARAGUA 8tete Department Warned Thousands Will Die Unless Relieved. Washington, Oct 4. Stories of privation and suffering without precedent in the history of Central American warfare are coming to the state department from its agents in Nicaragua. The pitiful feature is the terrible affliction of women and small children and the utter Inability of all relief agencies to meet the demand for immediate food supplies for the starving people. Foreigners as well as natives have been brought to the point of destitution and starvation, and it is their plight which has determined Rear Admiral Southerland to sweep away the remnant of the rebel forces, south of Managua, whose activities have been chiefly responsible for the suffering.

WOMAN ASKS U. S. CONTROL Says Marriages and Divorces Should Bs Regulated by Government Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 4. Federal control of marriage and divorce was recommended by Mrs.

Orvllle T. Bright of Chicago, who addressed the fourth National Conservation congress as the representative of the National Congress of Mothers. federal government regulates Interstate commerce and should have control of marriage and divorce." Mrs. Bright said. "A standard of home- making also should be established; and trains, the same as used for agri cultural Instruction, Bhould be sent over the country to demonstrate the subject" Ignorance of hygiene is the cause of the breaking up of moBt homes, she aiStrtec: Diplomat Kills Self and Girl.

Berlin, Oct 4. Baron von Boden, Austrian minister to Abyssinia, shot and killed Fraulein Plrache, a dressmaker with whom he was in love) then killed himself at Lomberg. according to a telegram received from there. Broker Charged With Theft Boston, 4. Stephen R.

Dow, head of Stephen R. Dow 4 Co, brokers, who failed a few days ago, was arrested on a warrant charging him with the larceny of $100,000 from the ARE KILLED III BATTLE Bulgarian and Turkish Forces Clash, Says Dispatches to London Paper. SERVIANS WIN FfoST BATTLE Encounter Occurs In Southeastern Servla Thirty-Two Are Killed Porte Reject Demand for Removal of Embargo on Greek Vessels. London, Oct. 4.

An engagement has occurred south of Harmanll, a Bulgarian town 37 mllea north of Adrlanople, according to a Constantinople die-patch, to the Exchange Telegraph company. The casualty Hat is placed at 400 killed. Bulgarian Troops Cross Lino. St. Petersburg, Oct 4.

The Russian government has received Information that Bulgarian troops are crossing the Turkish frontier. Servians Defeat Turks. Conitantinpple, Oct 4. Severe flghtlnVbetween Turkish and Servian troops isTeported to have occurred on the southeastern frontier of Ser-via, in a dispatch from Belgrade received by a news agency here. The Turks are aald to kave lost 30 killed and many wounded, while the Servian casualties are given aa two killed and 18 wounsted.

A detachment of 300 Turkish sol diers, according to the dispatch, crossed into Servian territory and in the neighborhood of the town of Vran-ya encountered a body of Servian Infantry. An engagement ensued which lasted an hour. Embargo on Greek Ships Stands. The porte has decided to reject the Greek demand for- the removal of the embargo on Greek vessels. The porte has taken the ground that international law permits a sovereign state to requisition foreign vessels for its own requirements.

It is willing, however, eventually io compensate the owners of the craft. Turkish Minister In Command. Constantinople, Oct 4. The war minister, Nazim Pasha, has been appointed supreme commander of the Turkish forces. Reliable information reached here last night that the Balkan ultimatum demanding autonomy for Macedonia will be delivered Monday.

In view of the gravity of the crisis the government contemplates adding to the cabinet two or three members without portfolio. Greeks 8elie 8hlp In New York. New York, Oct. 4. The steamer Macedonia, scheduled to sail at noon for Piraeus with 2,000 passengers aboard, was commandeered shortly before sailing lime by the Greek consul general at this port Ail the passengers, with their bag-gage, were hurriedly sent ashore and the vessel was prepared to sail at once for Philadelphia to take on a cargo of ammunition.

From Philadelphia the Macedonia will return to New York, the consul general says, for the reservists of Greece and the Balkan states who plan to sail on her to take part In the threatened war with Turkey. Peace Agreement Denied, Rome, Oct. 4: The report that a peace agreement had been reached by Italy and Turkey is denied in an official communication. It Is not denied that negotiations are progressing satisfactorily, but the plenipotentiaries 'have not (yet been selected. 24 RESCUED BY LIFE SAVERS Fishing Schooner Is Stranded Off Wreck Lead, L.

B. New York, Oct. 4. Twenty-seven personB were saved from drowning when life savers at the Jones Beach station went out into a pounding surf to the fishing schooner Mildred, which was stranded off Wreck Lead, Long Beach, -and was being buffeted to pieces by the heavy combers. Four of the twenty-seven were the crew of the schooner and the others were passengers who had been enjoying a day on the fishing banks.

Fsar Pung's Army. China, Oct. 4. The inhabitants of Poochow, the capital of Fu-klen are fleeing from the city in fear of outbreaks among the troops under the command of General Pung, He has an army variously cs-tomated from 10,000 to 20,000 with him, and openly defies the provincial authorities. Steamers reaching here from Foochow are crowded with refugees.

Smallpox Closes Sohool. Green Bay, Oct. 4. The Wisconsin high school of Gren Bay waa ordered closed, and. 300 students of the Institution kept under observation when Fred Lelch, one of their num- Express on New Haven Hart- ford Road Goes Into Ditch.

MANY VICTIMS ARE BURNED Debris Are Ignited and Passengers Trapped In Overturned Coaches Eyewitness Descrlbss 8censs Following Accident Westport, Conn, Oct 4. At least fourteen persona were killed last night when the engine of the second section of the Springfield express train, bound from Boston to New York, (ailed to take a cross-over and nearly the entire train was ditched near the Westport-Saugatuck station on the Asw York. New Haven 41 Hartford railroad. Wrecksoe In Flames. The tracks torn from beneath It the locomotive toppled over ana plunged down the steep embankment at the side of the track.

Both the engineer and fireman were killed The baggage car on the forward end of the train waa catapulted out Of danger, but the Pullman cars caught fir and within an hour were nlmost icpmplsta-ly destroyed. Nine bodies 'haU been taken out of the wreckage and three more can be seen, but at a Into hour rescuers have been unable to extricate them. It is almost certain that othe bodies are hidden In the mass of twisted debris. Bodlee Taken From Wreck. Two trains carrying nurses and physicians were Immediately rushed to the scene of the wreck from Stamford and the bodies, as soon as they could be reached through the Intense heat were removed to a nearby store.

The Injured were taken to nearby rest dences. Following is the list of dead so far as they have been reported: Mrs. James C. daughter-ln-law of Anthony N. Brady of Albany, N.

Y. Mrs. Carl Tucker, daughter of Anthony N. Brady. Mrs.

E. P. Gavlt, also a daughter of Mr. Brady. Two unidentified bodies.

Engineer Clark. Fireman Moker. The injured: Mrs. James A. Garfield, Mr.

nd Mrs. O. L. Wade of Indianapolis, James Apta, baggageman; Mtof night PhliUp James of Lets Forest ILL; Mrs. Phillip James, Lake Forest, E.

1 Hill of Philadelphia, Mr; Franklin of South Framlngham, Mrs. Anderson, address unknown; B. Cleveland of Brooklyn. N. YH and J.

D. Silvia, Cambridge, porters. Trsln Going Fifty Miles an Hour. The engine exploded practically at the same moment that It left the rails to eye-witnesses. The re I port was heard several miles distant According to witnesses the train i was running 60 miles an hour when tthe accident occurred.

Autolst Tells of Wreck. J. Leopold SplegeL a New York merchant nd a friend were sitting in an automobile at the Naugatuck station when the wreck occurred and were thrown from the machine by the concussion of the explosion. They were the first persons to reach the over turned train. They saw three young girl pupils of the Boston Conservatory of Music burn to death before their eyea after they had aided in dragging the fourth of the quartette from a win dow.

These young women were in the fifth coach. Man Tries to Save Glria. "We heard a man crying tot aid," Spiegel said, "and dashing In his dl rection found blm trying to boost a young woman through a window. We pulled her through and she fell down senseless before us. He called to us that thefl(were three more girls there and he thought ne couia get inem out if he could get out of the window and reach In for them.

We shouted that we could catch them as he dropped each one. We then saw him dive down head foremost Into the smoke and fire. Then we heard him cry out some terrible exclamation and 'bis white face appeared above us, grimed with smoke and with his all singed. "My God!" he screamed, "they are fastened down there and are burning and I cannot get thenv out A mo ment later he fell unconscious ob top pf us. We saw a band of Italian work men bring at leaat twenty persons out of the cars into the air." Miner Killed by Fsll From Buggy.

Harrisburg, Oct 4. Jonah Butler, thirty-six years old, a coal miner and union, labor leader, was thrown from his buggy and died from the injuries sustained. He Is survived by his wife and "six children. The accident occurred when the horse became fright ened and ran away. l1 One-Pound Baby Is Deed.

Effingham, Oct 4. Effingham's one- pound girl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hlldebrand, Palestine, died after being taken to the bedside of the mother In Palestine. The Infant was four, weeks old.

-i Finds Pearl In Lard. Rockford, Oct 4. Mrs. George At wood found a $70 pearl In a yard wtre an animal had been feeding on COLONEL GETS EXPLOSIVB IN HIS DENUNCIATIONS. DENOUNCES SElT PENROSE And Says That He His Confessed to Advising Bribery Denies That He Ever Asked Harriman for Money for Campaign Purposes Appearance of Colonel on Stand Draws a Big Crowd.

Washington, D. 0., Oct (Special by United Press.) -As an explosive climax to his bitter denunciation of those wjio sought to attribute im proper motives to his seeing John Arehbold of the Standard Oil company, and in view of his communications with E. H. Harriman, CoL Theodora Roosevelt today demanded that Senator Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania ha 'thrown out of the United States senate." He made this demand to the senate committee, which is investigating campaign contributions. "I hold that he should be thrown out because of his admissions before thla committee that he advised Arch- t0 7 10 Puwhass immunity from prosecution by the government," the colonel asserted.

"Arehbold testified that Cornelius Bliss tried to blackmail him." Col. Roosevelt went on explosively. "I don't believe that As you there was any rumor about improper contributions I Ordered them returned and have the' assurance of1 Bliss Ind Cortelyou that there weft no such Penrose says he advised Arehbold to submit to blackmail because of hostility in certain quarters. They could only Obtain the' hostility of myself and such advice could only have" been to secure the Standard Oil com-pany against government action if it violated the law." Roosevelt sprung another sensation when he asserted that he "had never asked Harriman directly or indirectly for a dollar to help in the 1904 campaign. As a drawing card, T.

R. outdistanced J. Pierpont Morgan about 80 to I. He was greeted by several senators and was cheered by1 the crowd. Senator Clapp cautioned the crowd about making noise and began questioning.

Roosevelt began to perspire in the heat of the close room. His face became florid and little beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead; hut he waa too busy to wipe them off. However, he drank copious draughts of water. The colonel asked permission of the committee to speak of a letter published recently in Hearst's magazine, purporting to be written by Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania to John D. Arehbold of the Standard Oil company.

"The said Roosevelt, "says that Mr. Sibley came down to see me and spoke to me about seeing Mr. Arch-bold and he wrote Mr. Archoold that I would be delighted, delighted in nuot marks, to see him. I don't rs- member any man, trust msgnate, labor i lead- or'z that wanted t0, me- see him, and if saw anything to bt 8ained to the public servics, I would en(l for I "I think' I sent for P.

Morgan at time: 1 discussed with h'm currency legislation, If ever I find vlrtu 80 that it won't stand using uiuugui tutu contact wua utuvr leader or a socialist or any other man I'll get out of public life 1 Of the charge that he asked E. H-Harriman for money; Roosevelt said: "Mr. Harriman told me that the national committee had plenty of money'. I told him I knew nohting of it" Roosevelt complained that Charles D. the national republican NO FAVOR EVER EXPECTED Banker Denies That Theodore Roosevelt Telsgraphed for Contribution Is Witling to Answer Any and All Queries Regarding Donations.

J. P. Morgan Says He Gives Only for Country's Good. "1 want it distinctly understood," said Mr. Morgan, emphatically, "that J.

P. Morgan A Co. never made a subscription to any election with any promise or expectation of any return, in any shape or manner, and we never made a subscription unless we thought it for the best Interests of the government and the people. We never had a communication from any candidate; we never had an application from any candidate. The only Interest we had was in the welfare of the public.

We never asked any commitment; we never expected any returns and we never got any." Washington, Oct. 4. J. P. Morgan told the Clapp committee investigating campaign funds that be gave the national committee a total of $150,000 In 1104 and understood that 150.000 of that sum was to go Into the so-called Harriman fun for the New York state fight.

In an hour's examination Mr. Morgan denied emphatically the charge by Charles Edward Russell of New York that President Roosevelt once had telephoned for a campaign contribution; declared he never had any communication with Mr. Roosevelt and asserted that he knew of no con ferences among financial men in 1904 or in 1908 to agree on supporting Re- publican or Democratic presidential candidates. Willing to Answer All Queries. Mr.

Morgan's first appearance on the witness stand in many years was marked by a willingness to answer fully all questions. He confirmed the testimony of George R. 8heldon that ton eiiMnnn b.iml can national fund' of 04 and addddM that later he gave $60,000 to the so-called "Harriman fund" of $240,000 raised for the New York state committee. Mr. Morgan asserted no contribution ever had been made by his firm or himself with the object of winning any favors thereby.

He waa especially Interested in the 1904 campaign, he said, solely for the welfare of the coun try and the people at large. That was the only interest, he said, that had guided him in making contributions to political parties. The testimony of Mr. Morgan supported that of Mr. Sheldon, that the so-ca Hedarri been raised as an emergency fund to help the New York state committee.

Mr. Morgan said he understood that to be the fact when he gave $50,000 to the fund November 1, 1904. Mr. Harriman had said it was raised at the request of President Roosevelt Mr. Morgan reached the committee room before the hour set for the hear-, accompanied by his son-in-law, Hiert L.

Satterlee. CTlves Name, Business, Etc "Give the stenographer your name, please," said Chairman Clapp. "John Pierpont Morgan." "Your address?" "Two hundred and nineteen Madison avenue, New York," "Your business?" "Banker." Chairman Clapp called Mr. Morgan's attention to a published article by Charles Edward Russell, charging that President Roosevelt had demanded that Mr. Morgan raise $100,000 for his campaign and that Wayne Mac-Veagh had been present when Mr.

Morgan talked with the White House over the telephone. "Do you remember any such incident?" asked Senator Clapp. "Nothing whatever," replied Mr. Morgan emphatically. "I never Corresponded over the telephone, telegraph or by mall with President Roosevelt that I know of," he added, "nor with any one at the White House." MAYOR OF FRANKFORT SHOT Official Disarms Man After Knocking Him Down.

Frankfort. Oct 4. When Patrick. Haley drew a revolver and be-, gan firing at Mayor James H. Pols-grove of Frankfort the mayor charged him, knocked him down twice and had thoroughly subdued him when Haley was placed under arrest One bullet lodged In the mayor's leg and another passed through hie hat.

He had represented Haley's wife in a divorce SUlt'i-' Mark of Devotion. "Th Grimsby are devoted to their family Interests, aren't they?" "Yea, indeed. when they te-cured a prize cook, the eldest son married her to keep her In the i penqeni aeparuneni oi us own. al though firemen had narrow escape from death and Injury, none waa hurt Three" horse were turned to' deatb. The Baker livery barn loss Is estimated at $25,000.

The Mann livery barn loss is figured at $12,000. RUNAWAY CAR CAUSES DEATH Four Parsons Lose Lives on Coach In Pittsburg. Pittsburgh, Oct. 4. Four people were killed and many Injured when a runaway Greenfield avenue car crashed into two telegraph poles.

The accidents occurred at the cor her of Greenfield and Second avenues. Fearful scenes were enacted as the dead and dying were hurled Into a bleeding mass of Injured passengers. The dead: Charles J. Sandera, aged 36, mechanical draftaman, United Engineering and Foundry company. Miss Clara Armstrong, aged 22.

Greenfield avenue. Miss Logan, teacher at Greenfield avenue school. Miss Mary Tumney, aged 25, 127 augustine street. 50,000 SEE FLYER KILLED Charles P. Walah Is Dashed to Death In Spiral Glide at Trenton, N.

J. Trenton, N. Oct. 4. With 60,000 persons watching him at the Interstate fair erounds, Charles Walsh, while making a Bpeclal descent in a Curtis biplane, fell to Instant death about a Quarter of a mile outside of the fair grounds.

When physicians reached him Walsh was dead and bis machine was a complete wreck. Practically every bone in his body was oronen and his face and body were badly cut He had fallen 2100 feet. Walsh had been giving exhibitions at the fair all week and this year for the first time was doing fancy stunts in tne air wun nis macmne. Walsh waa a native of San Diego. Cal.

His widow and two children are visiting at Hammondsport, N. where they intended remaining while. he was flying In the east. ROBERTS TAKES PABST PRIZE Endlcott Winner of Wisconsin Trophy at Auto Racs. Milwaukee, Oct.

4. Mortimer Roberts, driving a Mason car, won the Pabst trophy here, averaging 68.8 miles an hour for 220 miles. Hastings, in a Falcar, waa second, and Chandler, with another Falcar, took third place. Only three cars were running at the finkh out of eight starters. Harry En dlcott driving a Mason, won the fa- consln trophy, averaging 66.6 miles aa "barman, and Representative BarV hour for 178 miles.

George Mason, boldt, been quoted as saying driving a Mason, took second place in that the progressives spent thla event. No other cars finished, try to nominate Roosevelt should be From a sporting point of view the summoned before the Committee and te-races were not much, but as an insp! jaulrsd to eitneV-make good or apolo-ratlon for hard-luck stories among the gixe, or else bs driven from publio drivers the contests were without pre- life. He also demanded that Charles cedent jP. Taft the president's brother, also summoned to testify. v'i to.

be Suffering clam meat amaupoxv, Franklin family. will be hold In December..