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VOL. T\\ \°- 2&384. To - ! r a«d to-morrow,
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MEXICO REBELS
ME TORREON
Revolutionists Seize Arms and
Ammunition, but Promise to
Pay for Them.
HEAVY PATROL ON BORDER
American and Mexican Troops
Guard Eight Hundred Miles
of the Rio Grande
River.
Eaele Pass. Tex.. Nov. 23. — Employes
cf the federal telegraph lines in Ciudad
pnrfirio pjaz Fay Torreon has surren
dered and that the Maderists now oc
cupy the city.
MJ arms and ammunition there have
•beer, confiscated by them, but the owners
•were told to call at the headquarters at
jjer&o. where they would be paid for the
g^STIS.
kv American conductor roachiner Eacle
Pass to-day from Torreon said he !
CTJite.l twenty-one bodies of Mexican !
foldiers. police and nirales in Gomez |
Palario on Monday. Th* 1 revolutionists ;
carried ■■■>■ their dead and wounded.
\ Mexican official Of Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz said fifty-two Mexican soldiers
were killed at Gomez Pals/do.
General Fructuzo Garcia, command- !
er th-=> Mexican troops in Ciudad Por
frio ■■-..?. and Diaz has the situation I
•well In hand.
y xP ; -•- from Monterey declare a
large number of federal troops are en
route t<-> Monclova. Coalralla, to meet
Mad^. who is reported marching on
Hat ■■-••. with about one thousand well
t-QUirr"^ cavalry and several hundred
infantry. This force, it is said, is being
aurmented by recruits all along the line
cf narch.
Heavy f.rhtins: becan early this mom
Jsgil Fanta Isabel. Chihuahua.
'The revolutionists are scattered and
fKirely without concert or organiza
ticz." was the statement by Governor
Biero R~dr> of the State ffi naloa upon
iif arrival here from Mexico City to
<2ay. '"The srovernment will be able to
co?>e with the outbreak successfully a?
toon es military forces can reach the
fenes of <!isord*T.
"We have nothing to fear from Ma
dero. He is an ambitious man with
wealth, bu: without character or patri
otism. His followers are of the same
class, except Dr. Gomez. who possesses
jiatriotism. but has lost his head.
"Many things have contributed to
icake the masses restless. Labor trou
ble* in the manufacturing district? have
occurred, min^s have dosed down and
crops generally were poor last season.
The people ere in a humor to listen to
revolutionary talk, but it will soon pass
£nd the masses will support the jrovern
njent- - . .-. manner of electing the Pres
ident was made the most of. but it was
the only feasible way. The masses have
rot yet advanced to the point where th^y
can be intrusted with unlimited power.
"Th*re is no anti-American sentiment
-R-r.rth mentioning. A few students took
■up ._.- Rodriguez incident as a diversion,
and The malcontents grasped the situa
tion as being suited to their needs. Any
ether public demonstration would have
ferved as well."
... tslns «rfll be
I ended in doe time and awn
. I cannot say.
-. - . od to the
p ... cd. Pardon will
be panted and tbe people wfll be per
m to Qn ir vocations.
terests wrfO not suffer
r . • • . ernment win
to protect foreign mvest
•
Sefior Redo is a graduate of Oxford
University. He is said to be among the
closest advisers of President Diaz.
RAIDED MADERO'S RANCH
Mexican Troops Failed to Find
Leader, but Seized Horses.
Laredo. Tex.. Nov. 23.— Mexican sol
diers late to-day raided the Ban Enrique
rsnch of Francisco I. Madero. leader of
the uprising in Mexico, on the chance
of surrounding Madero and capturing
several thousand horses, believed to be
en the estate. TheY *">ized *_'."«• horses.
l.ut Madero yas not found.
That Francisco Madero wa? near Tor
reon. Mexico, this evening i.- admitted by
*<I*-xics n *iffi« ialf; her*-.
The wire between Laredo and the tele
graph ofßre «.n the Mexican side of the.
Rio Grande was cut out last night
fey M*x:can officials. News received by
3i*xj«-an officials -• Xuevo Lar«=-d.. said
that Madero is «-n his way to Torreon,
fed expects to reach that city this eren
■-, and join the ... already lighting
■&» government troops there. It is said
Msd^ro will arrive at Ton with two
thousand men.
MEXICO REPORTS ALL QUIET
American Embassy in Capital
Without Reports for Three Days.
Mexico City. Nov. 3 —The |.r<-- .= is still
<5«-nkd ■ graph facilities, and the cen-
RorreJifp appears to hay extended to con
£u3ar m«Fsag<=-s. The American Embassy
hap be^n without reports for i,>. . days.
The War Department announces th?. f .
£11 |)Ja<*-s wh-r* there V...-.< boor, dis
orders arc now tranquil, nnd that the
PH'ernment is ;n control everywhere ex
<*Pt in Gu^rr»rj City, where the rebels
P* icUv*. TrooxiS ar- now proceeding
fc point. J.ite adiices state that
prevails at 2s ■:"••-- and that
have been no disorders I ere.
!JEpat< h from Chihuahua under yes
t*r<Jay-g date says that conditions had
Improved there. Ho important towns
have been taken by the rebels. Twenty
I'rsons we»-e killed at Psrral on Mon-
• : . in Northwestern
Irain fir*d on ■ band of rebels »t Fan
Andr*^. jn the jight a colonel and four
K-Mters v.ere killed, and it is beßevsd
*kat the rebels iost twenty dead. The
kUtr included some ...... i!. The sol-
Contlnufd vii fifth paX»-
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RIOTS OVER TOLSTOY
Trouble Feared as a Result of
Students' Demonstration.
London. Nov. 24.-The St. Petersburg
j correspondent of ."The Times" described
the situation arising from the student
demonstrations in honor of Tolstoy as
serious.
! A large force of police scattered the
crowds to-night outside the university.
Twenty students were injured. Serious
trouble I. feared to . morrow and troops
have been ordered to hold themselves in ]
readiness.
St. Petersburg. Nov. U.- Bills were in- I
troduced in the Douma to-day by the Or
tobrms. proposing the establishment of
schools in memory of To'stov. to be estab
lished and maintained by the state.
BIG BUCiT~GORES HUNTER
Berkshire Man Fires Twice, but |
Misses Each Time.
tnv Vetecsapli to The Tribune.]
Pittsfield. Mass.. Nov. 23.— A big buck
charged Ralph Gardner, of Lanesboro. a
deer hunter, this morning in New Ash
ford, and inflicted serious injuries. Gard
ner was separated from other hunters
and found the buck and three does in
close quarters. As the buck charged the
hunter fired twice, but missed both
limes. He was knocked unconscious.
The buck and does escaped. Hunters,
hearing the shots, hurried to Gardner,
who had to be taken to his home. -In
ribs are broken and he is badly bruised.
RECTOR'S DAUGHTER FLIES
First Southern Woman to Ma>e
Trip in Aeroplane.
Birmingham, Ala.. Nov. 23.— Mrs.
Wiilard Sullivan, dauerhter of the Rev.
W. X Evans, rector of the Church of the
Advent, <•! this city, is the first woman
in the South to take a trip in an aero
p!;me. Phe went up at the fair grounds
this afternoon with Eugene Ely in a re
markably successful flight. Ely and
Ward, of the CurtteS team, have been
making flights here at the Birmingham
aviation meet.
Elj received a letter to-day from Sec
retary Meyer congratulating him on his
recent f'.ight from the deck of the
<-iuis<-r Birmingham, and asking him to
attempt a flight from the deck of a war
■ and return, landing again on the
•:< < k Ely says he will make the trial
at San Diego in about two months.
FARMER FLIER FLOPS
Leaps from Cliff with Eagle's
Wings and Umbrella.
IRa T.;.prar v . to The Tribune.]
Ashevllle. N. C, Nov. Charits W.
James, a farmer, of Madison, one of the
most primitive counties of the state, is
badly broken in body and spirit to
night as the result of an unsuccessful at
tempt to fly from one of the' large clefts
of rock near his home.
Havine read about recent airship
flights James told his neighbors that he
would show them the rieht way to fly.
This much done, he got a pair of anti
quated eagle's wings and an umbrella.
;in<l mad 0 h-p way to the cliff, which
bangs fifty feet above the adjacent land.
Tying the wings to his shoulders with
su.ut cord and hoisting the umbrella, he
boldly leaped from the cliff. He will re
cover. It is said.
DEAD WHITE SLAVER A HERO
Demonstration in Havana for
Trader Killed by Rival.
Havana, Nov. 2.S. — A strong force of
mounted and foot police was required to
night to preserve order among the enor
mous throng that gathered to view the
body of Alberto Yarini, who two years
ago committed a murderous assault on
J. Cornell Tarler. charge d'affaires of the
American Legation in the absence of
Minister Edwin V. Morgan. The body is
lying in state at Varini's late home.
Yarini. who was a prominent Con
servative and was recognized as chief
of the Cuban white slave traders, <M'-d
-••-.lay from wounds received in a
desperate pistol fieht in one of Havana's
notorious districts with a rival in the
traffic, a Frenchman. Several others
engaged in the fight, and two
Frenchmen were killed. Yarini's funeral
v , iP be held to-morrow, and will prob
ably be made th>- occasion of a popular
-st rat ion.
ARIZONA MEXICANS CANT VOTE
Education Qualification Will Bar Most
of Them, It Is Said.
Phoenix. Ariz.. Nov. After a long de
bate the constitutional convention adopted
last night the educational qualification In
th« election law provision by a vote of
■'•: to ■] Only the Democratic members of
the convention took part in the debate.
Th* measure requires that all electors
must he able to read the constitution in
English Kb Arizona has a large popula
tion if Mexicans who speak little or no
English, a larpe percentage of the new
states population will be deprived of the
franchise. ,
KO NEW TRIAL FOR "ABE" RUEF
Convicttd San Francisco Boss Must
Sperd Fourteen Years in Jail.
Fan .■■.,-, if „ Nov. 23 -The District
Court of Appeals sustained to-day th«» con-
Victfon of Abraham Ruet. form** political
l)flC! of this city, chared with having bribed
supervisors: The court refused him a now
' Ti , decision 1- contained In forty-six
„„„<:. uritttn by Presiding Judge Cooper,
j-nd affirms the lower , „.irt on all points.
Ruef had Yff-n F^ntenr^d to fourteen years
Imprison* and was at liberty on bail.
INDIAN WOMAN GETS DIVORCE
Graduate of Nevada Training School
Quits Indian Husband.
Carson, Nev.. Nov. :»,.~For th" first time
under th" laws of the state a fallbtooded
Indian woman received a decree of divorce
from her Indian husbaad yesterday. Min
n \<>' Gailbrath. a graduate of the Indian
Training School nf-ar this city. was the
plaintiff- Bh# charged cruelty and neplect.
.in<l received th*« custody Of her son.
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FREE TURKEY FOR STRIKERS.
,;.„.,..,. Nov. a Booth Water street
commission merchants w nt to th<> relict
of the ptrikins Karm*nt workers to-day by
Bending <"" »' lrke >' s and rood to more than
gve hundred families. One firm took care
of . ■•> Italian families.
XEW-YOBK. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1910.-FOURTEEN PAGES. ** PRICE ONE CEXT ""'"lSa,^:^"-^
HOW THANKSGIVING APPEALED TO THE LITTLE ONES OF THE GREAT CITY.
WESTERN ROADS SEND
CHALLENGE 10 RRANDEIS
Defy Him to Prove His Charges
of Inefficient Man
agement.
MAY NAME HIS SALARY
Presidents Say $25 0,000 a Year
Would Net Be Too Much if
He Could Save Them
$1,000,000 a Day.
Chicago. Nov. 23. — Louis D. Brandeis's
statement before the Interstate Com
merce Commission on behalf of the East
ern shippers that railroads through al
leped inefficient management wasted $1.
000,000 a day ,va? answered by Western
railroad presidents to-day with a tele
pram offering him a place at his own
salary if he could point out the alleged
mismanagement
"A salary of $250,000 a year would not
],p excessive if he could save twice that
much. ;.ll told, to us," said the repre
sentative of the presidents.
The telegram followed a conference of
Western railroad presidents In which
Darius Miller, B. L Win. hell, H. E.
Kludge and F. A. Delano are known to
have taken part. It was signed by O. L-
Dickeson, who was authorized to speak
for the Western railroad presidents in
terested in the cases before the inter
state Commerce Commission. It read:
Louis D. Brandeis: It is reported you
hay«- stated before the Interstate Com
merce Commission that American rail
ways are wasting $1,000,000 daily. If
you can point out a practical way by
v/hich a substantial portion of this
amouni may b«- Eaved Beveral Western
raJlwavs would be pleased to tender you
employment, allowing you t-« name your
own salary This proposition is made
t«. you in the saim- spirit of sincerity In
which you rendered your statement to
the commission.
SAVING OF 5300.000.000
Expert Says It Is Possible for
Railroads.
fFrnrn Thp Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. Nov. 23.— The shippers to
(sav continued their endeavor to convince
the interstate Commerce Commission
that the railroads of the country have
n ot availed themselves of th<» sriontific
methods of management practised by
manufacturing concerns. A printer, a
publisher, a contractor and several mn
, hnnical engineers testified to the results
of Bcienttfic management in th^ir occu
pations, while further testimony was
produced to show that the railroads are
behind the remainder of the business
world in the introduction of improved
oh thods.
A savins; of $300,000,000 a year in
operating expenses mipht be accom
plished i'> thfJ adoption of scientific
methods of management, according to
j-jarrinpt"' 1 Emerson, a mechanical en
gineer. «f New York City.
Mr. Brandei«, counsel for the Atlantic
g / h board Bhippers, in fumming up the
scientific manas;emeni testimonj of his
witnesses, reiterated bis request thut the
commission conduct an independent in
vtt-tigation if it nclievea that tl lfc rail
(itnliniird <>n h«t<ui<| lmitr
SATISFACTION.
MUTINY ON BRAZILIAN
WARSHIPS hi RIO
Crew of Battleship in Harbor Re
volt and Fire on the
Capital.
ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED
Government Taking Measures to
Restore Order — Revolt
Not Political, ? ondon
Legation Hears.
London, Nov. 23.— Reports havp been
received by business houses here that
part of the Brazilian fleet has mutinied.
According to a late private dispatch
from Rio de Janeiro all husiness has heen
suspended there, and the situation is
critical. Negotiations between officers
ashore and tnutinuous marines on hoard
one or more of the warships have not
been concluded.
The Brazilian Legation here has re
ceived a dispatch sayiner that the out
break wss not of a political nature. Ac
i-ordinpr to this dispatch the crew of a
battleship lying: in the harbor mutinied
apainst the officers. The government has
tJikfn the necessary measures to restore
order.
A private dispatch received at Bar
row to-night says that the crews of
Brazilian warships mutinied and fired
on th<* capital. The dispatch gave no
further details. Apparently it was sent
to give Information as to the safety of
several Barrow engineprs who accom
panied thf warships Minas Geraes and
.^a" Paul" from England to Brazil.
Buenos Ayres, Nov. 24.— A dispatch
re< eived h'-re from Rio de Janeiro says
that the crews of spvfi :1 warships of
th^ Brazilian fleet revolted last evening.
Their act appears to n^ merely a cape of
Insubordination, having no political
< haracter. A rigorous censorship is
hems maintained by the Brazilian gov
ernment, which baa prevented the send
ing of further information.
Berlin. Nov. 23. — The Brazilian Lega
tion here has received no confirmation
of private dispatches which have reached
Berlin, reporting » 'evolutionary out
break at Rio de Janeiro.
A vague rumor was circulated late yes
terday on the Coffee Exchange in his
city that a revolutionary outbreak had
taken place in Brazil, but no details
were obtainable, and the source of the
report could not be traced.
The battleship Sao Paulo, with Presi
dent-elect Marshal Hermes Fonseca on
board, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on Oc
tober* 25, from Lisbon. At that time the
whole Brazilian Beet was in the harbor.
Marshal Fonseca was inaugurated
President of Brazil on November l.\ ap
i.arentlv under favorable conditions.
Since that time there have been no re-
DOrtfl of trouble in the Republic.
Or. June » last word was received by
wav of Berlin that Insurgent* in the pre
) - fori ofJurua. in the Acre district, had
driven out the governor and declared their
r /i^nVience. On August IS a protocol
walsignediby Brazil and Argentina in full
saUafactlon for recent insults to the flag
"'.'■"'''"^'Smnnlh the governor of the
i/w „ Amazonas was overthrown by an
1 . n Tided by a federal force. Bert
oSrSteturban^ followed, and the federal
flotilla bombarded Manaos .the capital of
ti?i !?• -tV. President Po-.-anha ordered the
Immediate reinstatement of Governor Bit
tencouH
A "WHOPPER."'
MISTRIAL IN ROUS3 CASE
Jury Discharged, Standing Ten
to Two for Conviction.
The jury in the case of Jacob Rouss,
the lawyer on trial in the criminal
branch of the Supreme Court, charged
with falsifying thp record of a police
hearing-, when petitioning the Appellate
Division for a reversal, reported last
nipht that It could not aerree after six
hours" deliberation and was discharged.
The defendant was paroled in custody
of his counsel until to-nr>rrow morn
ing, when bail will be fixed. The jury
stood ten to two for conviction. Rouss
will be tried again, it was said.
He was charged with having inserted
requests for adjournment in the record
attached t<« the petition, although It was
alleged such requests had not been
made at the trial of Patrolman George
A. Menck<=. for whose reinstatement the
appeal was made.
In charging the jury Justice Blanch
ard said if the jury believed Mencke
had made the requests for adjourn
ment, and that the requests were after
ward inserted in the record, it was not
a fraudulent record. The fact, that the
stenographer who took the minutes of.
the trial did not have the request in his
notes or that former Police Commis
sioner Bingtiam. who dismissed Mencke.
or his deputy. Bert Hanson, who tried
Mencke, did not recall Bfencke'fl making
the request, said Justice Blanchard. was
not conclusive evidence that Mencke did
not make it.
STOP ATTACKS ON AMERICANS
President Estrada Sends Message to
Foreign Residents of Leon.
San Juan del Fur. Nicaragua, Nov. 23.—
Foreign residents of Leon have pent a re
quest to President Estrada to protect
peaceful citizens against attacks by the
drunken soldiery.
The President ha? replied: "'You would
have been" better employed in using your
influence to stop anti-American demonstra
tions."
FIXES A SCALE OF FINES
Disorder in New Jersey Town Costs
from $3 Up to $25.
Wharton. N. J . Nov. 23.— Recorder Jo
seph R. "Williams, of this town, has hit
upon a new plan to reduce the number of
arrf-ftts here. He has fixed the following
scale of prices: A plain drunk. $3 and
costs: drunk and disorderly. $ > and costs;
ordinary "scrap." £>: drunk and "scrap
ping." $10 and costs: "scrap" with gun,
knives or beer bottles. $25 and costs.
Most of the Recorder's prisoners have
been foreigners, who work in the mines
here, and sine« the new scale has Rone Into
effect there has been a noticeable decrease
in the number of arrests.
For Army and Navy Game— November 26.
Two hour train to Philadelphia. Every
Hour on the Hour from Liberty St. sta
tion. New Jersey Central. (7 A M. to 6
P. Mi Ten minutes earlier from West 23d
St. Tuning cars on T. 8 and 11 A. M. and
12 noon trains. — Advt.
LONGING.
GIRL LADEN ELEVATOR FALLS
Fourteen Young Women Bump on
Cushions at Base of Shaft.
Through the failure, of the controller to
work, a passenger elevator, carrying
fourteen girls, fell from a point between
the first and second floors to the base
ment of the six story building at No. 31
West 1-">th street, at the closing hour
last evening.
The girls w^re so tightly packed in
that they could not move, and conse
quently none of them was thrown or
lost her footing when the car struck
the cushions in the bottom of the shaft.
but they were all panic stricken. Their
screams attracted the attention of an
outsider, who called a policeman. Ambu
lances were summoned from New York
and Bellevue hospitals, and the reserves
from th~ new West 2Oth street police
station were hurried to the building.
When the girls were taken from the
elevator it was found that Ma Goldberg,
nineteen years old. of No. tliU Madison
street, was braised about the legs and
hysterical. She was removed to Belle
vue Hospital. Bbt\a at the others re
ceived any injuries.
CAUSES FATHER'S ARREST
Son Accuses Parent of Stealing
Valuable Jewelry.
Charles Host jr. of No 44* East 35th
street. Flatbush. last evening caused the
arrest of his father and Arthur Jones, of
No. 443 East 35th street, charging them
with stealing from him jewelry valued
at several hundred dollars. The jewelry.
according to the complainant was taken
by his father and turned over to Jones.
who gave him $o for it.
For some time, according to the com
plainant. Jonea had asked his father to
steal the jewelry, saying they c-->uM get
enough money for it to enable them to
have a "good time." On Saturday he
had some business to attend to out of
town, and he hid two diamond rings,
three stickpins and one gold ring in an
rid overcoat in the garret. \Vh*n he re
turned on Tuesday they were missing.
Following a rigid investigation, ac
cording to the son. his father confessed
that he had tak^n the jewelry and
turned it over to Jones. re<»eivins $5.
B.R,T. MEN'S WAGES RAISED
Second Advance in Pay Surprise
to 10.000 Employes.
As a Thanksgiving Pay surprise to Us
men the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany has decided to raise th^if pay.
Ten thousand m-n employed on thp com
pany's surface and elevated lines will
receive an increase of T> per cent.
The last Increase was made in April,
making a total advance in wages of
more than 1»> per < ent within a year.
The latest raise will go into eff e< t on
January «. 11*1 1. It is estimated that
this increase will cost the company f3ook
<H>o a year.
HARVARD CHARACTER DEAD
Body of "Shamrock," Who Pitted
Athletes' Shoes, Found at Home.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
Boston. Nov. 23.— James F. Ryan, locally
known as "Shamrock." who for more
than twenty-five years has been as real
a character about Harvard Square and
the university as -were "Billy the Post
man." "Captain." the. old night car con
ductor, and "John the Orangeman." was
found dead this morning at the foot of the
stairway leading: to hi* home. No. 35
plympton street. Cambridce. It is believed
that he had a stroke of apoplexy.
For fourteen years "Shamrock" had been
the shoemaker in charge of the. fitting of
Harvard's athletic teams, and particularly
In football his services in the planning and
making of special pads, shoes and braces
had been ' wHlnigh Indispensable. For
many years he was affiliated with the Har
vard Co-operative Society.
SABLE SEEN IN ADIRONDACKS
Valuable Fur Bearing Animals Reap
pear After Several Years' Absence.
Albany, Nov. 23.— The State Forest, Fish
and Game Commission has received re
ports of the reappearance of sable in the
Adirondack*. The state officials believe,
that this valuable fur-bearing animal will
begin to remhabit the woods in view of
the fact that the old race of Adirondack
trappers has practically become extinct.
A large sable was caught at Roger's
Mountain, near Saranac Lake, recently,
the first that has been reported in that
section since 1002. |.
DREXEL SOARS TO
9,31fi-FOOI LEVEL
Fights Rarefied A:r Fifteen Min
utes in Vain Attempt to
Reach 10.000 Feet.
SIX-WILE GLIDr JO EARTH
Crowd Dizzy at Spiral Ascension
— New World" Record Ex
ceeds Johnstone's Mark ;
by 256 Feet.
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■
HIGH ALTITUDE RECORDS.
J. Armstrong Drexrl (world* record).
Philadelphia. November 23. 1910. ft.970 fe«t.
Ralph Johnston*- ••'!!■- r.-..»r't.. Bel
mont Park. October 31. 1910. 1.714 feet.
Henri \\>nm-il-n (world* record). Moor
melon, France. October 2, I'H". 9.1*« *•«*.
George Chavez. France. September 10.
1910. 8.702 feet.
Leon Morane. France. September 3. 1310.
8.472 feet.
Jr»hn!»t<>rie. B»lmnnt Park. October 25.
1910. 7.30S feet.
OrexH. Belmont Park. October »l. 1910.
7.103 feet. . „
Prexel. Lanark. Scotland. Angus* 11.
1910. 6.750 feet.
Brookln*. Atlantic City. July 9. 1910,
6 I*% f^**t
*Loul» Panlban, Lo» Anseles, January IS. ;
1910. 4.146 feet. [
Philadelphia. Nov. 2.°..-^. Armstrong
Drexel broke all aeroplane altitude rec
ords here to day. when he climbed above
this city until his Bl^riot monoplane was
unable to make further progress in the
larefied atmosphere.
The ink in the needle of his barograph,
ran out at 9.070 feet, which was ac
cepted as a new world's record to-r..
by Clifford 3. Harmon, chairman of tha
National Council of Associated Aero
Clubs of America, and James King
Duffy, the secretary of that body.
The Instrument is the sons* one which
Ralph Johnstone. who was killed in Del
ver last week, carried when he mad* th«
former record of 0.714 feet at Bats***
Park on October 31. It was brought
to this city from Drexel's landing place
to-day under seal by Mr. Duffy, in sr*Sl
that the record made would be official.
Mr Drexel left the aviation field at
Point Breeze, in the extreme southern
part of the city, at 3:23 p. m. He
landed at OrWnA about twenty miles
n.rth of the spot where he had started,
at 44« P. m. In his climb he had trav
elled at least thirty miles to the north
ward. for wnen he started to descend,
after trying for fifteen minutes to force
the machine richer, he glided down for
a distance which he estimated to-night
at about six mliea.
Nauseated by Drop.
So swiftly did the monoplane descend
that the aviator was nauseated. How
ever, he reached an open field and
brought his machine to the ground with-
W^*% once notified the officials at
the aviation field of hi* landing Clu
ford Harmon and Orahame-Wlute at
once started for Oreland in an auto
mobile, and brought the aviator and] the
barograph, still under seal, to this cit>
Mr Drexel said to-night that he would
fly the machine back to the aviation
field to-morrow morning-. He -was
greatly disappointed when he found that
the barograph had failed to record an
even ten thousand feet.
-The air was so light it was impossible
to make the machine ascend another
foot," he said. "The engine would not
carry it any further, and I was up at
the extreme altitude for more than
fifteen minutes, jumping the machine in.
an effort to secure a greater height."
Special Dress for Flight.
Mr Drexel said to-night that while It
was 'extremely cold he did not suffer
like he did when he made his previous
records of 6.7r>0 feet at Lanark. Scotland,
and 7.105 feet at Belmont Park, because
he Was more warmly clad. He wore a
specially constructed canvas suit over,
lambs' wool underwear and three sweat
ers. His hands were encased in fur
i lined gloves, and he wore a woollen cap
and a mask with goggles to protect his
head and face.
When Drexel began his flight there
was a light breeze, scarcely more than a
zephyr, blowing from the south. As he
arose in the air the aviator pointed the
nose of his biplane toward the north, psjdj
in five minutes was only a speck in the
heavy sky.
The aviator made circle after circle
until it almost made one dizzy to watch
the fast disappearing craft. When the
monoplane finally disappeared from view
on the northern horizon the curiosity of
the crowd was at fever pitch, and for
more than an hour the one topic was
Drexel. Finally when word reached
the track that the aviator had landed
safely at Oreland a mighty shr»ut went
up from the anxious < row.i. and later
when it was announced that a new
world's altitude record had probably
been made the cheering was renewed
with even more vigor.
Other Aviators Uneasy.
Clifford B. Harmon and Grahame*
White, who appeared to be unable to
content themselves during the flight of
Drexel. at once leaped into an auto
mobile and made a wild dash Bern Ore
land. In less than two noon the threo
aviators were on their way back to the
city.
Secretary Duffy and President Ather
holt. of th.> Aero Club of Pennsylvania,
were waiting to make the official ex
amination of the barograph, which Mr.
Harmon carried, still under seal. After
the announcement that Mr. Drex«»l had
broken all aviation records for altitude,
the aviator expressed regret that he had
not ascended higher.
"Had it not been for the rarefied at
mosphere.'* said Mr. Drexel, "there is no
tellinc how high I would have gone. The
barograph shows how I worked to force
the monoplane to a greater altitude, but
it was impossible to do so.**
Crahame- White was enthusiastic over
the performance of Drexel. He char
acterized him a* the greatest altitude
flyer in the world.
•'It is a grand achievement to have a
Philadelphian establish a world's rec
ord in hi.< home city." said White.
"Drexel is the fastest climber in the
u-orld. He can rise a yard when another