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V OL LXX. N° 23510.
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10 INSE MIES
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion's Offices Deluged with
New Tariffs..
IN EAST AND MIDDLE WEST
Attorney General Wickersham
Undecided as to Further
Suits — Increases from
3 to 31 Per Cent.
Washington. June . — Undaunted by
the government's proceeding under the
Sherman anti-trust law. by which a part
of the proposed increase of freight rates
In the- territory west of the Mississippi
River was suspended by injunction, rail
roads in the Bast and the Middle West
to-day filed tariffs embodying increased
rates with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Attorney General Wickersham declined
to indicate what course he intends to
r ursue in behalf of the government, and
the Senate. Just on the verge of pass ing
the administration interstate commerce
bin. hesitated, and finally postponed ac
tion until ail ll Hi day.
To-night practically every railroad sys
tem in the North, from the Atlantic to
the Pat inc. had filed the legal notice of
increases in commodity rates. These In
crtases range from i to 31 per cent.
The first roads to file schedules of in
creases were the New York Central, the
West Shore r.nd the Delaware. Lacka
«anna & Western. Then the official no
tice of the reads traversing the territory
from Chicago and Milwaukee to Indian
a;<olis and Ohio River points, twenty
three in all. was brought to the comniis
fion. In th.-- afternoon increased tariffs
from the Atlantic * aboard to Chicago.
St. Paul ar.-i intermediate points were
filed. Thes<- included those from the
Pennsylvania, the Baltimore & Ohio, the
New York. New Haven & Hartford, the
Boston & Maine, the Brie, the Delaware
i- Hudson, the Le^hieh Valley, the Cen
tral of New Jersey, the New York. On
tario & Western and the Philadelphia &
Reading The Baltimore ft Ohio also
filed with the commission ■ revised tariff
of commodity rates from Chicago to the
Eastern seaboard.
Like the revised schedules Bled by the
roads west of the Mississippi, the in
creased tariff? from Central Freight As
sociation territory were filed in concert.
C. E. Fulton, of Chicago, representing
the railroads traversing the field from
the Ohio River to Chicago and Milwau
kee, filed all the tariffs. The Eastern
railroads filed their revised tariffs indi
vidually.
Increases in Effect July 1 and 5.
The increases proposed by the roads in
the Middle West range from 6 to 31 per
cent Those fro/n the seaboard to the
West vary from 3 to 24 per cent- The
Baltimore ft Ohio's increases on rates
from Chicago to the seaboard average
n bout 10 per cent. These increases were
figured approximately, the employes of
the commission being deluged with tar
iffs und unable to make definite compari
sons. Tl*' time set for the increases to
KO into effect on the Eastern roads was
~ f rurally July 5. On the roads in the
Middle West July 1 was the date fixed.
Before the revised tariffs began to
pour into the offices of the commission
Attorney General Wickersbam was re
reiving tele^rair-s from Western BbJp
l*rs asking him to take action to have
the injunction issued by the federal
court »n Missouri extended to other com
modities, especially wool. He replied
that it was too late. It was explained
ih:it the government included in the bill
such rates as had been called to Its at
tention, and that the failure of other
rat<£ t« lie Included must be laid at the
cii.or of the snipers.
Mr. WlcJ.-rsh.-2m Non-Ccmmittal.
As to the course of the government in
rrg-ard to the railroads in the East and
Middle West, the ■•. -m. v General was
r...t rf3']y to talk. In-.mediate action is
nr.t recessary. as the rates are not to go
into effect f«»r about a month.
Mr. Wickersham said that no com
plaints had yet been received by him
from shippers in the East and Middle
West. Furthermore, he pointed out that
conditions under which the roads in thai
territory had filed th^ir rates might be
entirely different from those governing
the action of the Western Traffic As
y<r jati<m.
■ 1 offl< ia!? of
riffs would
mak
throughout the
The
ral may ■ att for th« se
:ni:is bis
It is believed that the railroads will*
"use jio tim<» in fiiins other tariffs on ac
count of the expected early passage of
the administration railroad i .III. For a
time 1-.; it l<»oked as through the
*F<r.ate would ja^s the bi!J before night,
but at the last momi-nt th>- Democrats
desired to eras the bill, and the He
publicans consented to postpone the Jinal
vote.
The 1 ill in its present form fives the
ir.t'-r.stat^ Oonunerce Commission power
to investigate the reas'.na bkness of pro
posed Increases in rates. a.nd t<» suspend
■thf-ir coins into operation as long as t<-n
months. Unless the railroads put th-
new rates into operation by th» j time the
hill becomes law. the Interstate Com
ip.«r<<' Commission might suspend th-ir
«-ifra'i.,n for j>urp<.i:es <>f Investigation.
In this way the same result might be
s< > orr.j.lislicd as v.as sought in tl.c- le-gal
rr.-Vr-din.-s by the Department of JUS
<(- agaicst tiu- roads west «<f tlit Mis
t:iii;i;jj;i.
THE RAILROADS* DEFENCE
To Enter General Denial of Gov
ernment's Charges.
St. l/aitim. j unc . 2— The- Jwenty-flve rail
road* tf-mi»or^ri]y restralrfd f r n advanc
ing freight r;jt# s la the territory of the
"t\e-?t*rn Trunk Line Comm.;t«-e. will as*
for the dissolution rf the Injunction, *•*•
CuiiUuurd OD BSBSSd paj«w
To-day, cloudy. •
To-morrow, fair; we*t wind*.
FRED LJkNGAN,
The jockey who was killed in a race at
Gravesend yesterday.
PONY ROLLS ON BELMONT
Rushed to Town in Auto After
Polo Crash at Meadow Brook.
NOT BADLY HURT. 'TIS SAID
Banker Went Downstairs to Din
ner. Though Report Had It
That Rib Was Broken.
While playing polo at the Meadow
Brook club, at Henipstead. Long Island.
yrsurday afternoon August Belmont
was thrown from his pony. At first it
w:is thought that he was seriously In
jured, as the pony rolled on him. hut at
his home. No. 44 East 'Mth street, it was
denied that he was hurt internally.
Mr. Belmont. with his two sons Au
pust. jr.. and Morgan, and Arthur Scott
Burden. Bradley Martin and Hamilton
Haddcn were having a spirited practice
game. It was just the sort of after
noon f r >r the sport, and th< ponies
wheeled and dashed and turned and
spun as the riders spurred them or
nudged th. ir knees into their sides.
• Evr .i if it was a practice game, it
was an exciting one." said a man wh<>
wat^h^d the play at Hempstead.
Mr. Felmont is a fast polo player and
hf Boon warmed up to the game. Just
as the ponies came together in a scrim
he leaned forward and gave the
hail a blow with the maHet. following
i* up. As h<* reached it again, he leaned
lorwmd and swung the mallet in front
r.f the pony. Intelligent as the little
teas* was. it couldn't quite stop its rush
ir,l the mallet swung between its front
legs, throwing it to the ground. The
r;d--r went with it, and the pony rolled
on him.
Mr. B^lmont lay st mned for a mo
rr>*Mit. «nd bis 800. August, jumped into
his motor ctf and sped away to West
bury for a doctor. He found Dr John
Mann and returned with him. Mr Brt
nont, who. it was said at Hempstead.
had broken a rib in his right side and
• is nruiJ-'-d about the head, face and
body, wa* carried to the automobile and
brought to New York. .
At his h/>me last night it was said
that Mr. Belmont had been shaken up
considerably, but that he had gone down
stairs to dinner with Mrs. Belmont, and
did n^t ?<}em to be in much pain.
Mr Belmont has been a polo enthusiast
for jnears, and was known as a crack
ptayec for a long time He ha? been
back from a European honeymoon only
, short time, having married Miss
Eleanor Robson. the actress, in February.
BOSTON BARS T.R. CARTOONS
Publishers Say They Can't Sell
Gros's Book There.
[By T< icpraph tm Tha Tribune 1
Pittsburgh Juno '2. — Raymond Gros, of
Pittsburgh ""ho is issuing a book of 4.V»
cartoons of ex-President Roosevelt, to
night made public an indignant letter
b< has received from his publishers, who
complain that their agents have been
diiven from Bost..n by the booksellers
there, who refused to have anything to
d.. with "any Roosevelt book." apparent
ly «.n th^ ground that Mr. Roosevelt is
not popular in Boston. The letter, date!
May :;i. follows:
"We wish to say that we are procur
ing advance orders on your book, T. R.
In Cartoon." We are sorry to say. how
eevr. that the city of Boston has de
< iincd to take the book, as our repre
sentative informs us that the buyers
in the various book and department
stores seem to have no use for Roose
velt, and they refuse to purchase any
Roosevelt' book. Our representative
asked why they declined to purchase a
book <•! this character, and one replied
that he had tried to sell such books be
fore, but he found the public did not
take kindly to them. Another said T.
i: In Cartoon' might be a Rood book,
hut that that people of Boston were not
ar.lent admirers of Roosevelt and
i here fore he did not care to take the
chance of putting in a stock."
TAFT GAINING GROUND
Powerful Sentiment for Him;
Says Justice Lurton. ;
IBy Telegraph to Th*> Tribune 1
Cincinnati. June 2. — 'There is a great
and |o..i!ui wave of sentiment now
sweeping over the country In favor of
President Taft. and his critics are being
rapidly confused. 1 am glad to tell the
people of Cincinnati this," said Justice
Horace H. Lurton, of the United SlaU-8
Supreme Court, who arrived here to
day.
il« Hdded thai he n^v.-i saw Mr. Taft
d ■ i- cheerful, more optimistic or more
I hunwelf and th»- country fustlce
Lurton vmm entertained to-night h« the
'it: <lvi. !»>■ fri«-nd*. and to-mor
• n the. county bar will give
(..in ■ reo< ption.
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
Its purity ha* made it famoub.— Auvt.
NEW-YORK. I mi)AY, JUNE 13, lOIO^FOURTI^X PAGES. ••'PRICE ONE CENT
JOCKEy KILLED
IN GMVESEND MCE
Life Crushed Out as Three
Horses Go Down in
a Bunch.
OTHERS NARROWLY ESCAPE
Fred Langan, Riding Into Fallen
Pair, Stepped On as He
Lies Stunned on
Track.
Fred Langan. a Jockey in the err. ploy
of Richard F. Carman, the well known
amateur whip, was instantly killed in a.
race at Gravesend yesterday. He had
the mount on the Oneck Stable's Stal
wart Lad, which was one of three ani
mals that went crashing to the track as
the field of thirteen horses rushed
around the turn into the stretch in the
last race on the programme. The boy
never moved after falling, and the doc
tors say that death must have been in
stantaneous, probably from a fracture of
the skull.
Jimmy Butwell, who is under contract
to James R. Keene. and S. Davis, who
went down at the same time, were more
fortunate. The latter escaped with a
bruised leg, but Butwell's nose was
broken and the top of an ear was cut
off cleanly by the steel shod hoof of one
of the following horses.
Little of the distressing accident could
l.c seen from the grandstand, but a cry
of horror and dismay went up from the
crowd as Warwick swerved against the
rail Just before the home turn was
reached and went down in a heap. But
well, who had the mount, shot up in the
air and fell under the hoofs of the flying
field.
Muff, with Davis up, stumbled over
Warwick, while Stalwart Lad. coming
up from behind, crashed into both
horses, and. to all appearances, turned a
complete somersault, pinning I.ansran
beneath him. Some other horse then
stepped on the face of the prostrate
jockey and crushed out rds life.
Mrs. Butwell. the wife of one of the
jockeys, who was sitting in the grand
stand directly behind the press box,
burst into tears, as if fearing the worst,
and hundreds of others stood about with
s-ober faces instead nf making the usual
vild rush for the train, and waited for
news of the boys that came all too soon.
Willing hands rushed to the aid of the
youngsters as they lay stretched out on
the track, but Langan was beyond help.
and his body was takejy back to the
jockey room in the ambujance. Davis
rode back on th'» tail of the starter's
wagon, while Butwell waft hurried to the
Emergency Hospital, at Coney Island.
R. F. Carman and hig son, Dick, were
greatly affected by the death of the boy,
the latter being almost in tears as he
came from the room where the body lay.
Both were attached to the youngster,
who joined the stable last fall as an i x
ercise boy and quickly developed into a
jockey of great promise
Lanaran was eighteen years old and a
native of this city. His father is dead,
but he leaves a mother, whose chief sup
port he was, and several brothers and
sisters Mrs. Langan moved to Sheeps
head Bay yesterday, so that the boy could
have a home near the tra.ks where he
worked, and she was prostrated with
grief when the sad news was taken to
her.
Lang-an rode his first winner at the
Jacksonville meeting last winter. Sim c
coming North he had shown marked skill,
and. as Mr Carman said yesterday, was
a good boy about horses. He did not
know the meaning of the word fear. He
did all the riding for Mr Carman when
he could make th^ weight, and rr.de
Semprotu* to victory in the National
Stallion Stakes last Saturday. His last
winning mount was Stanley Fay. on
Wednesday.
It is some time since a fatal accident
has happened in racing on the fiat. Three
or four years ago a boy named Frrishon
was killed when his mount fell while
rounding the paddock turn at the same
track.
CUBAN A PECULIAR SUICIDE
Patient at Muldoon's Found
Strangled in Strange Way.
Jose Ctrße Dirivas. a member of a
prominent Cuban family, committed
suicide on Wednesday afternoon at Mul
doon's sanatorium, on the outskirts of
White Plains, by strangling himself with
a silken cord from his pajamas He
twisted the cord abmit his throat and is
said to have given it a peculiar twist
known only to Cubans, and thus to have
killed himself.
It was said that Dirivas arrived at
BfuMoon'S yesterday afternoon and that
he had been suffering from a nervous
disease. After dinner he went to his
room, and a few hours later the valet
found him dead.
It was evident from the condition of
the room that the Cuban had torn the
string from his pajamas. and standing
in the centre of his apartment, had
twisted it around his neck in a peculiar
i strangulation knot until he fell to the
floor dead. When his valet discovered
his body he was lying in the centre of
the room fully dressed with the cord ,
about his neck.
Coroner Anus O. Squire, of Osslnlnsr.
; who undertook an investigation, said
that Dirivas was forty-four years old
! a nd that his country homo was at
Quorum. Long Island. H. leaves a wife
and child.
According to the death certificate filed
In the town ' clerk's office at Harrison
ori-the-Sound. in which township Mul
dOOß'S sanatorium la located, Dirivas' *
father 1 name is Ha "" >M Dirivas and his
mother's in Maria Diriva.s. A brother*
; in -la" of .the suicide is F. F. Howard. c*
j No. »IT» Worth street, Manhattan.
«-Mi4n TO ST. LOUIS AND RETURN. ?
Yaw 3 4 .'■ ar. : * I'«"'«sy»vHnlri Railroad.
Tlck«£iikoort to .return. until June 19. Bc-e
Ticket Ascnts.— Advu
ENGLISH AVIATOR WHO FLEW ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND BACK.
THE CLIFFS OF SANGATTE OV*ER WHICH ROLLS FLEW.
TWICE ACROSS CHANNEL
English Aviator Flies from Dover
to Calais and Back.
WITHOUT MAKING LANDING
Captain Rolls Does the Round
Trip of Forty-two Miles in
Ninety Minutes.
BRITISH CHANNEL FLIGHTS.
Hon. Charles S. Rolls crossed and re
turned (forty-two : miles) in 00 minutes,
June 2, 1910.
Hubert Lathuni attempted passage July
19. 1909. . r ' • ■■
Louis Bleriot crossed (twenty-three
miles*) In 33 minutes July 24, 1909.
Hubert Latham attempted passage July
27. 1909.
Jacques de Le»K«pk crossed (twenty-sU
miles) in 50 minutes. May 21, 1910. -
Record Long Distance Flights.
. Louis raulhan, London to Manchester
(186 miles), in 4:11, April 27, 1910.
Glenn 11. Curtis*. Albany to New York
(137 mile in 2:32, May 29, 1910.
Dover, England. June •_'.— The Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls, captain in the
London section of the army motor re
serve, driving a Wright biplane, crossed
the English Channel twice this evening
without alighting. He made the round
trip between Dover and Calais in ninety
minutes.
While two Frenchmen, Louis Bleriot
and Count de Lesseps. ha**r^roßsed the
Channel in an aeroplane, it remained for
an Englishman in an American machine
to perform the double feat. The dis
tant across between the two points
named is twenty-one miles, so that his
over-water flight of forty-two miles
without a stop establishes a new record.
Captain Rolls left Dover at 6:90
o'clock The atmospheric conditions
were excellent. He lost no time in
manoeuvres, but after describinc a circle
headed toward the coast of Kiarn*. in
anticipation of the flight torpedo boats
steamed at full speed across the strait,
but the pace of the aeroplane was
swifter.
Captain Rolls sent his machine to a
height of eight hundred feet, and at that
altitude he skimmed through the air like
a gr.at bird. The motor worked per
fectly. The crowd who watched the
start confidently awaited the return, and
it was not long before the speck which
tho^t- who had telescopes saw disappear
on the French coast reappeared, grow
ing larger with every minute.
When flnallv the a\iator became vis
ible to the naked eye cheer after cheer
arose fr<>m the enthusiastic spectators,
and as he gracefully soared toward the
landing place made famous by Bleriot
he was givc*i an ovation. He alighted
at 8 o'clock, at almost the same spot^ as
Bleriot. showing little signs of the strain
of his flight.
When Rolls reached the French shore
he circled the cliffs of Sangatte twice
and then headed straight to sea, and
made the return at a rapid pace. Three
torpedo boats which had been strung
tames the- Channel in anticipation of the
night started simultaneously with the
bird-man when he set out for France,
lut though the boats were driven at full
speed they were soon overhauled and
passed by the aviator.
Captain Rolls was overwhelmed with
congratulations a? he dismounted, but
these he received modestly. He said
that much of the credit was due to the
biplane, which ran perfectly throughout
the whole Might, not missing sparking
om c.
As he was passing over Sangatte the
aviator dropped a paper tied with tri
color ribbons, containing the following
message: "Greeting to the Aero Club of
France, dropped from a Wright aero
plane crossing from England to France.
Vive I'entente!"
Captain the Hon. Charles S. Rolls has
successively followed the sports of bi
cycling, automobiling, ballooning and
aeroplaning. He is the third son of the
tirst Baron Llangattock. and was born
oil August 2.1, 1*77. At Cambridge Uni
versity he was the captain of the bicycle
team. Later he competed* successfully
ir. numerous automobile competitions,
and was awarded the gold medal for his
performance in the t,600-adk trial of
I'iiiu in England. He, drove as the rep
resentative of Great BrttiOn in the- Gor
don pennett rate «f l'. M »"> Several times
he broke the world's record for speed.
Captain Rolls has made more than
on,- hnndred and sixty balloon aacen
idona, Taking up the sport of heavier
;har. air machines, he Bade a flight with
Wilbur Wright at L.c Mans In tuber.
T.HIS. On May '11 last he started to make
the cross-Channel flight, but he had gone
..niy a few yards when his engine failed
him. und the attempt was abandoned.
Louis Hleiiot and Count Jacques de
I.cs?ei«. the French aviators, have sue-
fully creased the channel, starting
Continued on *econd »•««•
MAP SHOWING COURSE OF FLIGHT. THE HOX. CHARLES S. ROLL 3.
ROOSEVELT MEETS CROMER
Both Guests of Honor at a Din
ner in London.
London. June 2.— Theodore Roosevelt
and Lord Cromer, British agent and
Consul General in Egypt from ISB3 to
1 f*o 7. were guests at a dinner given by
John St. Lee Strachey, proprietor of 'The
Spectator." to-night in honor of Mr.
Roosevelt. They sat on < lther hand of
the host. Mr. Roosevelt and Lord Cromer
are believed to be perfectly agreed on
Egyptian policies and that the com
plaints of sentimental tendencies which
the former President voiced at the Guild
hall had all arisen after Lord Cromer' B
administration.
Mr. Roosevelt will go to Colonel Arthur
H. Lee's country place to-morrow, where
Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, who has
written much on Africa: John Burns,
president of the Local Government Board,
and Captain Robert F. Scott, the Antarc
tic explorer, wiil also be guests. He will
spend Sunday at the home of Sir George
Trevelyan. where he will meet Viscount
Morlcy of Blackburn.
$18,000 FOR AERO TRIP
Cyril Scott Would Fly from At
lantic City to Chicago.
(By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Chicago. June 2— Eighteen thousand
dollars is the fare offered to Glenn H.
Curtiss to carry Cyril Scott, the actor.
in an aeroplane from Atlantic City to
Chicago in time for the opening per
formance of -The Lottery Man" at the
Lyric Theatre next Sunday night. Cur
tiss according to a telegram received
in Chicago to-night by Herbert C Duce.
manager of the Lyric and Garnck
theatcs. is considering the offer.
J. J. Shubcrt. of the Messrs Shubert.
made the offer after Mr Scott had sig
nified his willingness to risk lif- and
liml< for advertising purposes. If the of
fer is accepted Curtiss will have three
days in which to make the trip, includ
ing all necessary stops, with no restric
tions except that he reach Chicago be
fore the curtain goes up Sunday evening
HOT WAVE ON THE WAY
Comes from Southwest. Where
Mercury Reaches 109.
Washington. June 1— A hot wave from
the Southwest is advancing slowly east
ward through the Gulf states, and is due
to reach the coast within two or three
days, according to the weather fore
casters. Until its arrival cool condi
tions and fair skies are predicted for the
Eastern States.
The cool conditions prevalent along the
Atlantic coast are attributed to an over
flow from the snowy and freezing condi
tions in the lake region and Canadian
border, and also to the lateness of the
arrival of the Gulf Stream drift.
Thermometers in Hobnrt. Okla.. reg
istered Ktt> degrees W-day. marking the
hottest day in the last seven years.
GAYNOR FOR PURER PLAYS
Will Co-operate with Fitzgerald
in Elevating Standard.
* [By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Boston. June 2.— Replying to Mayor
Fitzgerald's request .that he direct his
influence, toward suppressing the -sug
gestive theatrical poster or the more
cofoslve influence of the indecent play."
Mayor Gaynor of New York has writ
ten to Boston's chief executive stating
ti,;-t he will be glad to co-operate in
anything that may be done in this city
in the way of elevating the stage. Mayor
Gaynor writes in part:
•I shall be most glad to co-operate
with you in any way to elevate the
tone of the theatre?. When I first came
to New York I was an habitual the
atregoer. I saw the classical j anil
Shakespearian plays. I --aw Booth,
Barrett Davenport and Bangs all to-*
getber on the stage in 'Julius Caesar."
1 shall never forget it In a few years
this all changed, and the, tune si the
theatres began to fall, and continued to
fall until we came down to the present
state Of things. I hope' the -downward
movement has spent itself, and that the
stage la" now to steadily improve^ and
4-0 back to its found- high loUtf." # ' ' *
A GUGGENHEIM IN JAIL
Sentenced to One Day for Auto
Speeding' Serves an Hour.
Edmund A. Guggenheim, a Yale stu
dent and a son of Murry OsjSJßjrniMrtaa,
of M. Guggenheim's Sons, of No 163
Broadway, was sentenced to pay ,t tine
of $100 and serve one day in th-- dtj
prison for a third violation of the auto
mobile speed law yesterday. As a mat
ter of fact. Guggenheim was in jail less
than an hour.
He was scntencr-d about 3 o'clock and
It was nearly 4 o'clock when he went
across the "Bridge." his name was en
tered in the prison book and he paid hi^
fine. After sitting; in what Is kn^wn as
the "Ten Day House" for a few minutes
he was discharged from custody at 4
o'clock, the statutory end of the day
When arraigned in Special Sessions for
trial. Guggenheim., through Edward Car
pel, his lawyer, admitted that be had
been convicted of speeding in November
and December. 1905. and pleaded guilty
as a third offender. A prison sentence is
mandatory under the law for third offen
ders, in addition to a fine of Q##.
Mr. Carpel a?ked in vain for a suspen
sion of sentence, promising that his client
would never again run an automobile in
New York State He said that Guggen
heim will \>f married next week. •
ON SKATES, UNDER AUTO
Boy Glides Directly in Way, but
Escapes Serious Injury.
As Jacob Do'!. sr.. president of the
Jacob DolJ & Sons* Piano Manufacturing
Company, and Jacob Doll, jr.. the assist
ant treasurer of the concern, wore riding
in 124 th street, near Madison avenue. last
evening a boy on roller skates gilded di
rectly in front of their automobile Be
fore the machine could be stopped the
lad. Louis Bishoff, fourteen years old. of
No. 2391 Second avenue, was knocked
down.
The machine was brought to a stand
still and the boy was lifted into th<=> ton
neau. Then all haste was made to th?
Harlem Hospital There Dr. Richardson
examined the boy and s:iid his condition
was not serious. The police took the
names of the occupants of the automobile
and allowed th^m to go.
SEEMED TO LIKE POISON
Made a Glutton of Himself, and
So Got an Overdose.
Bartholomew Dillon, thirty-six years
old. of No. .'iOl East HOth street, went to
visit his wife yesterday at No -"«> West
SSth street, where she was employed as
a maid. He had not been living with
her for several months, and his visit
was for the purpose of killing himself
in her presence.
i Taking a package of paris green from
his pocket, he proceeded to eat It up a3
if he liked it. Then he went home and
told the keeper of the boarding house
where "he was staying with his five-year
old daughter what he had done. She
called Policeman John McMahon. who in
turn summoned Dr. Evans from the
Presbyterian Hospital. Then Dillon was
pumped out ' Dr. Evans said Dillon's
gluttony was responsible for his living.
He had taken an overdose. •
RICE AT WEDDING FATAL
Grain Thrown Ten Years Ago
Finally Causes Eride's Death.
When Mr. and Mrs. -Asa Cummlnj?3. of
Binghamton. N. Y. were married ten
years ago th?lr friends showered them
with rice. . .
One kernel lodgerl in the bride* ear.
For ten years it tlenea the efforts of, phy
sicians and • surgeon* to dislodge it.
Three fruitless operations were per
formed, and a short ti:n«» ago she en
tered the Post Graduate Hospital her©
for ' treatment. Brain fever developed
and she died yesterday.
"MOTHER JONES, AGITATOR, ILL.
Cincinnati. June *. —"Mother" Jones, who
has appeared prominently as an agitator
in many labor strikes of the last decade.
Is seriously ill at a hotel here. She suf
fered a nervous breakdown a few days 4«co
a
Landmarks of hlttery on famed Hudson
beat wen ftoia Seeks of Day Une steamers.'
-Advu ! '
(a City of .\>w York. Jer«*y CUy »nd ! i»«ke«.
EL.HEWBJE!tE TWO CENTS.
HAMILTON DDES SOME
.STARRING AIR STUNTS
Mcst Remarkable Exhibition of
Trick Fifing Ever Seen Here,
Aviators Say.
ANXIOUS FOR FLIGHT WEST
Harmon Tries to Fly to Green*
wich. Conn . sawfoss Sound,
but Ha 3 Accident and
Lands in Ditch Unhur*
Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, did
the kind of an art in the air at Mineola"
yesterday that might have been ex
pected from a trick bicycle rider on a
summer, roof garden.
He performed a succession of antics
in his aeroplane that were said to be
only suggestions of what he will do when
he lets himself out. To those who saw
the swoops, slides, darts, "flgure
elsrhting" and 'cross-country dash« 3 a
description will seem inadequate. ,
There were persons present yesterday
who believed that before Hamilton quit
for the day he would disrobe, stand on
his head, throw away one plane at %
time and «orr.e in on the carburetor-
He did not -I 1 this, sol his work sugs
g-estcd that some time he might ||jm|
Members of the Aero Club who have;
seen everything In the way of flying said
that yesterday's exhibition by Mr. Hamt
ilton was by far the greatest aerial per
formance ever seen in the East.
For about thirty minutes three aero
planes, driven by * Hamilton, Captain
Thomas S. Baldwin and Clifford B. Har
mon, were in the air at the same time.
But Hamilton rrs^ three times as high
as the others and went twice as fast. He
dropped from an altitude of six hundred
feet, front rudder pointed almost straight
to earth, his motor turned on at full
speed, and Just hen the spectators wera
beginning to think th v would see a sick
ening sight he changed the front rudder
■-•nd flew away again, having missed the
ground by only twenty feet.
Other Flyers Inspired.
Mr. Harmon, inspired apparently by
the young wonder from the West, circled
the large field time and time again,
maintaining an altitude of about thr*«
hundred feet. Then he flew across coun
try in the direction of the Meadow Brook
Hunt Club, tiv» miles away, and when
the outlines became very indistinct was
seen to descend rather suddenly. He was
unable to come back, and at first It wa3
rumored that he was injured
Captain Baldwin caught th*» fever and
kept flying '■lose to ground in his 'Red
Devil." making numerous circles over th*»
] field and once endangering the life of a
woman, fifty, years old. who fell to her
knees, .thus pi i sains the, machine by less
than three feet S
Hamilton had been literally capering
up and down in the ayr and around his
t-vo Companion.*. Harmon was flying- \n
the machine that Paulhan exhibited at
the Jamaica racetrack. He was half way
around the two-mile course and two
hundred feet high when Hamilton first
started at 5:15 p. m Hamilton clung to
his cigarette and nodded. The machine
was soon six hundred feet in the air.
The second time around he. overtook
Harmon in the exact meaning of the
! word, as he was four hundred feet di
1 rectly above him. and in that aerial plane
1 they travelled for more than a minute.
It may have been a horse that first put
the spirit of mischief into Hamilton's
mind, or probably it ■»!? the conscious
ness that th* crowd would gasp again at
the sisrht Anyway, he mad- another ii
most perpendicular dash toward tha
1 meadow and the horse escaped by only a
few feet. It seemed as if Hamilton
wanted to play tag. and he swerved sud
i denly in the direction of a man until then
rooted to the spot.
A few more times over the field, add
j ing a new adjective to each round trip.
i and he flew over the telegraph wires
toward Garden City, came back again
and alighted for the second time He
' had been up on the first trip 9 minutes
'10 2- . second? and on the second 12
minutes 24 1-5 seconds.
Harmon had disappeared in the d:3
tance a few minutes before Hamilton
made hi« second descent.
"How does she go?" Hamilton was
asked.
She's going pretty good." he replied.
; "Where's Harmon?"
•We don't know He started for the
Meadow Brook Club."
"Guess I'll go over to Harmon's shed
j and bo'nw a little of hi* gasolene and
! go and see if I can find him.' he said.
reaching for a cigarette. Mr. Hamilton
; carries a piece of lighted punk SI hi»
aeroplane to assist him in consuming
i cicarettes while In flight.
Perfect Day for Flying.
There was no wind. The sky was
blue above and gold where the sun was
setting, and its rays ' threw a yellow
tint over the green grass.
A few minutes after 7 o'clock Hamil
ton flew to Harmon's shed, borrowed
Harmons gasolene, and with his back
to the sun soared high jo* travelled. at
the rate of fifty miles an hour in search
of his friend/. No fancy aerial waltzing
now. He had a mission which he want
ed to perform before . dark.
He flew straight toward the spot
i where the crowd had pointed as Har
' mon's landing place. His machine,
being smaller than Harmon's, «as lost
to view in five minutes. The shadows
{fell, a few birds" twittered, some coun
j try teams and wagons bumped dia*>
unally across the field. Several hun
tlrt-d »uton»ob*lis.ti stood peering toward
the cast where the fascinating vtsso«
i hud melted into a slate colored cloud."
•There were no tidings for half an hour.
••He's coming: some one shouted. „*
-Where?" asked the -tense throng,
running In the direction ' of th« man
who made the announcement.
-There he is. just above that white
J cloud on the left, and to the right of
; that clump of trees." .
j It mlsht be a bird the man saw. or
I Hamilton and . his _ aeroplane. It was
too early to be, positive. Then it was
proved to be a rtylns machine, but per-;
I haps it was Harmon's, murmured the
; crowd. • - — ■
1 •No." some one said, "see the ailerons