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fclGHT PARTS
Including
Starts Sunday Magazine
and
COLORED COMIC SECTION.
WEATHER.
l*air Sunday and Monday, '
! with moderate north and north- j!
east winds.
No. No. 17.863.
WASHINGTON, 1). ?., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22. mw.'
FIVK GENTS.
THREE MORE LIVES
ARE LOST III SMASH
AT SPEEDCARNIVAL
Terrible Death Total of Seven
Is Reported at Indianapolis
Auto Contest.
NATIONAL CAR LOSES TIRE;
CRASHES THROUGH FENCE
Mechanician and Two Spectators
Are Instantly Killed.
GRUESOME RACE IS STOPPED
But Not Until the Marmon Car
Hits Post and Driver Xeene
Is Very Badly Hurt.
l.\DJAV\POLIS, lad.. lugust 2U?
1 lirff mere live* wfff Mrrlfiord loday
In the mod speed carnival which ban
liiHiiKiimtPiI the areat IndlaaapnllM
motor niffdwH). Our mechanician ami
tn? sipcctntnrK pnid thr penally of thel*"
lives ??? wnti?f> the extreme dewlre for !
apeed.
r it fatal ai ? ident < ame when a Na
tional car. driven by Charl??s Merz, in j
t ? ::oo-mile ra< e. lost a tire and crashed j
t rough a fence Into a group of specta- ?
tor.-, spreading death and destruction in
t! e wake of its wild plunge.
'I'iit dead:
''Uu ie Kelhim or" Indianapolis, mecha
nician in the National car.
Ora Jollcffe. Trafalgar, Ind.
.lan e. W# st of Indianapolis.
Besidt s tilt- thre. deaths, two serious in
juries resulted during the day. Henrr
'J'apking of Indianapolis wap seriously in
jured in the fatal wreck, sustaining a
compound fracture of hi.s right arm, a
broken nose and several scalp wounds, j
Jirnec Keene, the driver of a Marmon car, ,
In the same race, crashed into a post \
shortly after the National wreck arid wa? J
badly cut about the neck and head.
After the second accident the officials
decided to call ofT the "OO-mile race when
"the leading car?a Jackson, with Dee
I/ynch at tha wheel?had covered 'UoT>
miles. Ralph De Palma, in a Fiat, vrp.s
aecond, and Stiilman, in a Marmon, was
third. The race will be declared no con
test, and the great Indianapolis motor
speedway trophy will be raced for again.
Merz Escapes Miraculously.
T?y a strange freak of fortuno Merz es
caped from the terrible wreck with hardly
it scratch. He fell under the car when it
turned a somersault through the air and
down into a gully near the side of the
track, lie was in imminent danger of be
ing burned to death, but by extraordinary
Juck h-? was able to shut off the engine
tii.d thus save himself from a horrible
death.
Kelluni was hurled out of the car and
landed in the pulley som- distance from
tin: twisted mass of steel and iron that
had once been a speed machine.
The three deaths today raise the toll
ol' the speedway to seven lives this week.
"William A Bourque and his mechanician,
Harry Holcombe o: the Knox rac ing team
were killed in an accident in the ^SO-mile
race Thursday. Cliff Lltterall, a Stod
dard-Dayton mechanician, was killed by
being hit by a big racing machine while
on the way out to tin sp-edway. Thurs- 1
day Klmer Grampton. a six-year-old boy,
vus killed by the automobile of Dr. Clark
K. Day of this city, while the latter was !
on h:. waj to th- speedway for the first |
il-ij's races.
Pall of Grief Over City.
Tonight a pall of grief hangs over the j
ci?3 and the more reckless automobilists '
?'ri\? mor carefully through the streets I
t an :h-y did earlier in the week. The j
: i r^htfu'. penalty paid for a few broken
?-r? . d records is greater than was bar- j
,~.ilu<*d tor when Indianapolis threw open
tit? gat- of its ??greatest speedway i:i the!
world." I
I h< la' a* - ident t*?day o< ;::*red On thci
*">j' ''H i of tin immense ellipse and j
op*n stand*, which contained
3 tha: > jK?opl< . The thousands!
in the grandstand did not see the aeei-'
*\< tit, although tu-y knew that one of
the cart had crashed through the fence
and off t ? track. A few minutes after'
t;.> <,jiiash \ji rv; va.s brought to the ofti-.
? ial- stand, and a mighty shout of jo\
?went up wh>n it was seen he was safe,;
n.td it vu> not Jot some t'.tne that the
j.ia.;o?"it> "1 tin spectators realized the
uravitj- ot tsituation. Merz had only
it -light ;t Ke? le received a gash in
t. .-ide ot hi. neck and several cuts
i' -"Ut th. * ad. but Lc is not seriouslv
hurt.
When the Smash Came.
Th. >niasi tame aft'r Merz had tin-'
ished mor than L'AO miles and was I
jtinning fifth in the race. The tire on j
th- ri* :.t front wh?l came off, and the'
' if ?? ;, away from the control of the!
dri'.. r. ? rashiijK ti,rough the fence near!
ice fo.?t <t ,t bridK- across the track!
ami piui.k'tng int.. a crowd gathered j
Thcr. It t..rc through this group and j
into tiie gully. turning a complete som- i
i rsatiit 1>? for- it r-aehed the ground
ubout ten feet below.
Kelluni was thrown into the water,
and he was hl?ling from innumerable
injuries when p:< ked up. 'ireat pashas!
wen torn in his alxlomen and head, and j
tr.c bh?od had li gun to pour into Ills!
lungs Although he w is practically dead !
when picked up. he lived for some time!
without r> ..'aiioiiK consciousness.
The jridc .1 ifie.l man was liistantlvi
killed, and .J'.lieff. (lle.l as i,^ was being
lifted into an ambulance At first it was !
thought Tapking would die before He
-ould h- taken to Kmergency Hospital to
l>e operated upon, but quick work bv the'
physicians saved Ills life and it i? be- j
li. .e?l he has a fair chance to recover.
Kelluni had not begun the race Jn ;
th- same car with Merz Me fiad been I
\ it a en's in- ? hani'ian In another National!
wh-n the s|?eed st' ajtgl- started. \tt-'
k- ;i nimped int.. tin lead at the start,
1 < adini: the nineteen starters. \itk-!i liM.i
??'.milled in tl'e lead with :? Sf?"?dly niat
I'tHff " i.- ? aj and tile next ?>.ie.
t. -til < nc of his eviind-:- ileads cracked
; -i. " In . d co* ei-ed It ". miles and In*1
??'I ; >?? a tore, d to dro.l ??!!?. Mtken
1 .t io\en.l 1?*? mites ii. 1.::i.ll H-10, s. t
t ;? in w record fot the track and
^Coniiuucd on sSecond l"a.-c.>
TO REMAINJT HELM
Harriman Expected to Resume
Business Activities.
FIRST WILL TAKE A REST
Will Depend on Quiet, Srik* Life to!
Complete Cuie.
!
PLANS FOR HIS WELCOME HOME
Vessel Will Be Met by Tug, Which
Will Take Him to Erie
Railroad Station.
I
NEW YOK.X. August 21.?Charles E (
Tegethoff, confidential secretary to E. H.
Harriman, outlined today the plans made I
for Mr. Harrlman's recep.ion on liis home- |
coming to this port.
"Mr. Harlman is one of the most demo
crat ic men I know." sa'd Mr, Tegethoff. !
"and has no desire to evade the public
It will be his d?slre to land as any pri
vate citizen might. " One of the big tugs
of the Southern Pacific fleet will meet
the Kaiser Wilhelm II in the lower hat - ;
bor and take Mr. Harriman without dem- j
onstration to tin- Erie railroad station. !
where, unless his plans are changed, he i
will meet reporters and they can judge !
of Ids condition for themselves. The talk '
of his being met at s?a by a private
yacht and hurried to his home at Arden |
under such close guard as surrounds only \
a czar is bosh.
Rest to Complete Cure.
"How long Mr. Harriman will remain
at Arden probably not he himself knows. 1
It may be for a week, a mon li or long- j
er. That must depend upon his health, t
Mr. Harriman is wry far from being a !
sick man. Our advices from him are
that he is greatly improved, and, with
reasonable care, there can be no doubt
that he has many years of usefulness and
activity ahead of him. His going to Ar
den is not because h^ is ill. but because j
he wishes to comple e h:s cure.
"As to the so-called champagne baths
and all that. 1 don't know anj more
aobut them than I have read in the news
papers; hut from what 1 know of Mr.
Harriman. he won't have much time to J
pay attention to fussy wrinkles. Ho will j
just live a quiet, sane life, and nature j
will do the rest."
Asked as to the possibility of Mr. Har
riman's transacting his business for the |
future at Arden and having the board!
meetings of the 1'niun and Southern Pa-!
dflc dire'-,*?is, which are schedu'ed for'
Tuesday, h-ld there, Mr Tegethoff said:!
"They have managed to get along pretty i
well without him on other occasions."
Will Resume Activities.
After Mr. Harriman iias completed his i
period of rest at Arden it is the ex pec-1
tatlon of his friends that he will take up)
his activities again where he left them I
oil before going abroad. "Whatever any
body may say of Mr. Harriman." said his
secretary today, "nobody who knows him
ever accused him of being a quitter. He"?
Is a inan who feels most deeply his moral J
obligations to those who are dependent!
upon him. Jt might be his own desire to'
retire from activities and devote the re-1
mainder of his life to the easy existence!
of the country gentleman, but so long'
as the interests of others hinge upon his
remaining fit the helm there he will bo
found, even if it kills him.
"That's the kind of man Edward II.
Harriman is."
ANOTHER LEON LING HELD.
Alleged Murderer of Sigel Gill Ar
rested at Sunbury, Pa.
SUNBURY, Pa.. August 21.?A man
answering the description of I,eon Ling,
the alleeed murderer of Elsie Sigel of
New York, was arrested here today as
he alighted from a freight train. He
weighs about 120 pounds, and speaks
broken English. He denies !>eiiig Leon
l,ing, saying his name is Jimniie Skilla,
and that his mother was an Hawaiian
and his father a German.
He will be held on a charge of illegal
train riding, pending information as to
his disposal from the New York au
thorities.
WOMAN AND CHILD KILLED. '
1
Bodies Found With Bullet Holes in
Their Heads in Illinois.
? iRANITK CITY. II!.. August. 21.-The
bodies of a. woman, thirty years old. and
a r-'iild, each with a bullet liole i.i the
head, were found today in a <lurop oi
bushes Two pistol reports were heard
In tli?- vicinity about o'clock this morn
ing. Later .? man was ?eer> leaving the
bushes.
By the woman's side was a prayer book
In a foreign language and a loaC of
bread.
WENT TO WARN EMPEROR.
Now Karl Neisser's Sanity Is Ques- 1
tioned at Ellis Island.
NEW YORK. August 21. Karl Neisser, j
sixty-tive years old, who has lived in Mii- j
waukec. Wis., for thirty years, hut re- I
eently went to Germany to inform tl e !
police, as he said, of an anarchist con
spiracy he had unearthed In this coun
try against the German emperor, was
released from Ellis Island today, where
he has been detained for observation of
his sanity, lie left for Milwaukee this
afternoon.
Although he has lived In America for
thirty years. Neisser lias not yet taken
out naturalization papers, preferring to
draw the (k'rniau pensions to whi !i he
was entitled aw a veteran of the Franco
Prussian war.
WILL NEVER TAKE THE OATH.
Col. Saussy*s Name Reflected in Mes
sage to Gov. Brown.
ATLANTA, Ua., August 21.?They have
| discovered a r al rebel, an unreconstruct
| ed rebel, here in Atlanta. He Is Col. G.
| N. Saussy of Sylvester.
; t iov. Brown recently named Col. Saussy
a colonel on the governor's personal start".
, and the adjutant k nera! mailed the old
i soldier his commission, together with the
loath of allegiance to the state of Georgia
i and the I'nlted States.
! Col. Saussy made a few changes in the
| commission and more in th.-? oath. He
: erased the words blue wherever it ap
\ peared in the regulations for the uniform
| and substituted th> word "gray." Then !
I he eras d th oa;h to the United States j
< 'otis i tut ton and wrote; "I except to the
'twelfth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend-'
nicrts i ani a Confederate soldier, still!
? n parole, and. whil-* pK,<l%,?d nit
j again bear arms against t .e Cut ted ?
States. I still retM-ln th?- views I had I
] when I entered C e Confederate army, j
1 have uevt r l iken th'- oath of alleuiai
1 to the (."nited Stales, and while Gou j
i to rue
1 ?ives r
me life, 1 ue\cr ? 11."
THE FUTURE MESSENGER BOY.
Xews Note: A District Messenger 13 oy Was Summoned to a Washington llousc the Other Day
to Button a Gown. 1
[HlHtSTHY BUREAU CI)MMFHI)Fni
FEATURE OF LAST HOURS OF
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
Controversy Over Reserves Ends
Peacefully in Pinchot
Indorsement. .
1>EX\'KK, Col., AupiHl 21.?Further
desultory debate in the forestry reserve
controversy marked, t&e last hours of the
TransmisslssippI Commercial Congress,
and. with the adoption of a resolution
prepared by Thomas Patterson, former
United States senator from Colorado, the
congress adjourned sine dip.
The Patterson resolution calls upon
Congress for action defining the boun
d .nies of the forest reserves in such
manner as to exclude mineral and agri
cultural lands. Frank Gowdy of Denver
opposed the resolution on the ground that
it inferred ;m attack upon Gifford Pin
chot. head of the forestry bureau. It
was not until a resolution commending
the forestry bureau was adopted that the
Patterson resolution was accepted and
peace declared.
A resolution petitioning Congress to re
peal the ten-cents-per-pound tax upon
oleomargarine was adopted today. Some
objection was voiced by dairy interests,
but this faded away when the oleomar
garine representatives offered no objec
tion to the retention of the oleomargarine
stamp on all imitation butter.
The next convention, the short ses
sion. will be held in San Antonio, Tex.,
in November, 1010.
Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected, in
addition to Col. Ike Pryor of San Antonio,
Tex., and Arthur Francis of Cripple
Creek, Col., president and secretary, re
spectively, as already announced in the
report of the committee on permanent or
ganization :
First vice president, A. C. Trumbo.
Museoge", Okla.; second vice president,
Samuel Dutton, Denver; third vice presi
dent, Col. W. F. Baker, Sioux City: fourth
vice president, F. A. Jastro, Bakerslield,
< al., and treasurer, L. J. Hart, San An
tonio, Tex.
? 'iisirnian executive ' oinmittee, Fred W.
Fleming, Kansas City, \Jo.
Representative J A. Maguire of Ne
braska today s1 >o kc on inland waterways.
He said the I nlted States government
would better spend monej in developing
land water routes than give it to shipping
trusts and in building battleships to ward
off imaginary fu-s. He declared the water
ways would be the surest way of settling
the rate question and would work no
hardship on the railroads, because the lat
ter were now unable to carry the com
merce of the country and would be less
abic in a few years.
1 )r. H. AY. Wylie of the Fnited States
Department of Agriculture made a short
address on the pure food question.
FOREST FIRE, MILE WIDE.
Roseberry. Man., Declared to Have
Been Destroyed.
WINNIPEG, Man.. August 21.?A dis
astrous forest tire, said to be a mile wide,
is sweeping over the country in the terri
tory adjacent to Grand Forks, Kootenay
county. The tire is fanned by a brisk
wind. Residents of Grand Forks turned
out to fight the flames, but the latest re
ports said the lire was spreading so rap
idly it was assuming the proportions of
the -disaster which destroyed Fernie, B. C.,
last year.
Reports from Roseberry state that
practically the entire town, with the ex
ception of the "'anadian Pacific round
house, has been burned. The steamer Slo
< an catne from Almo to Roseberry and
took the women and children and those
from the adjoining town of Hatton to a
safe place. The town of Hatton is also
threatened.
The tire warden of Roseberry, assisted
by all the able- jodied men of the town,
i? fighting the flames, and deeds of
heroism are being performed amid clouds
oi sparks, smoke and scorching flame.
Thousands of wild animals are being
driven i rom tne woods.
The damage already reported to be
done is enormous. The tire warden
claims the tire was started by careless
campers.
Illicit Still in Passaic Seized.
PASSAIC. N. J., August 21.?Tucked
away in a quiet house in the residential
section of* Passaic Fnited States revenue
collectors uncovered today what they say
has been a thriving "moonshine" still.
Thr?< arrests were made and a tarjjo
quantity of liquor seized. Thf l.o-.is:- had
i?eei- under observation f<>:- some time.
Similar arrests in Pa:ei>oa, N. J., are (
expected
MARINE GUARD BOOK FOUND
WANTED IN SUTTON INQUIRY,
BUT HAD DISAPPEARED.
Pay Clerk Guilty of ''Suppressing"
Evidence by Innocently
Sitting on It.
An interesting I>it of aftermath of the .
j Sutton inquiry is the discovery at the j
marine barracks at -Annapolis of the j
1 missing guard report book, which was
! sought high and low during the in
i quirv.
. Thi.s hook was wanted because it con
i tained the records of the sentries on
the nipht of the shooting. After a long
j and futile searc h it was agreed by the j
officers at the barracks that the book ;
must have gone to Port Royal, S. C? t
when the Marine School of Application f
was moved there. I3ut a few days ago !
tiie book turned up.
One of the venerable pay clerks at j
the barracks was given a new desk and ;
chair some months ago. The chair was I
too low, so he sought to remedy the!
situation. The guard report book look- 1
v-d good to him. It wa-s several months !
old and apparently of no immediate!
use.
So the aged clerk put it on his chair
l and placed over it a line, soft cushion.
There the guard report book has rested '
I ever since.
? It was discovered by accident an'1 the \
old clerk is being joked about "sup
pressing evidence."
my: what a FISH,
r
, None Like This in the Potomac or
Eastern Branch.
{ Special !>;*).atoh lo The SI nr.
' NORFOLK. Va.. August 21. A tish,
i whose body measures, eight fct*t two j
Inches and whose tail is six feet six ?
' inches across, with fins that look almost j
j like wings, was caught at Ocean View by
Oscar Morris, a negro fisherman, last i
night w.th hook and line, and.the mon- J
j ster is now on exhibition al the Hotel j
I Kimball, Oceau View. It is said tlial the j
I great lis! dragged the boat and anchor
' some distance before it was captured.
j
May Close American Mail Earlier. ;
LOXl>ON. August 21.?There is a pro- '
posal afoot here to close the American j
mail Friday night instead of Saturday,
and Postmaster General Buxton has re- !
quested the London Chamber of Com- ,
merce to ascertain the views of the city. ?
It is claimed that if the mail steamers '
sail Saturday morning instead of Satur- 1
day evening the business men of the i
western cities in the United States would :
be able to reply to their correspondents
by the mail of the following Saturday.
Advertising
Record for
July, 1908-9
The following. is the total
number of columns of paid
advertising, daily and Sun
day, published in the four
Washington newspapers dur
ing the month of July, 1908-9:
Columns.
! 1908. ! 1909,
Star,
Post,
Times,
j Herald,
2044 ! 2153
1394 1280
1424 1342
709 789
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MAY UPSET CONSPIRACY CLAIMS
former cashier of failed
ASHEVELLE BANK TESTIFIES.
|
j Gives Evidence in Court of Money j
Borrowed With the Approval
of the Directors.
"
ASHEVIELiE. X. C.. August 21.?W. H.
Penland. former cashier of the failed
First National Bank, who is indicted
jointly with Messrs. Breese and Dicker
son, hnt is not on trial, gave evidence to- 1
day which, if unshaken on cross-examina- j
tion, may disprove the claim lliat there
%vas a conspiracy among the three men >
named to defraud the bank.
Witness tul<l of the money borrowed by j
him. his mother and sister from the bank I
in 1887 and 188S, the money for his mother I
.being used to build houses and that bor-|
rowed by himself for the improvement j
and purchase of property.
He closed this recital with particulars of
the disastrous depreciation of values in
1893. At that time, he said, he favored
the closing of the bank and the turning
over of his property and that of his
mother and sister to the bank, such prop
erty being worth
Witness went on to state th:it it wis
pointed out such a plan would greatly
depreciate the value of the property. Ib-j
then told of the proposal that the bank 1
reduce its capital stock one-half, liquidate !
the $20,000 surplus, and change from a i
national to a state bank.
Objection of Controller.
Such a plan, lie said, was made im
possible by the objection of the con
troller. who declared that the projected !
change would endanger the other na- i
tional bank in this city.
Mr. Penland said that the loans to j
him and family were approved by th<-i
directors: that It. It. 11 iwls. one of those j
alleged in the bill to have been de- j
l'ntuded, was a director, and as a mem- i
ber of the examining committee passed 1
on the notes, and that the latter dis
cussed '.he letters sent to and receivel
from the controller, signing a number
or them.
CABINET PLACE FOR CREEL.
Rumor That He Is to Be Mexican i
Minister of Interior.
MEXICO CITY. August 21.?It is ru
mored here that Enrique r. Creel, for
mer ambassador to the 1'nitefj States,
and at present governor of the state of
Chihuahua, has been offered a cabinet
position by President Diaz.
Creel, according to the report, is to j
be made minister of interior, taking the ?
place of Ramon Corral, who will soon |
tender his resignation. Corral now oe- J
oupies the double post of minister and |
vice president of the republic. T'pon
his resignation he will assume his du
ties as president of the senate when !
congress meets September J<) next.
Luis Terraatas. jr. is to l.?e appointed
to the governorship of Chihuahua, ac
cording to the report. The story cannot
be continued in ofihial circles.
PINES FOR BLUE-GRASS HOME.
Former Senator Blackburn Resigns
Job in Canal Zone.
DOFISVILLE. Ky., August 21.?The
limes publishes, a special dispatch today
from Washington, declaring Gov. J. C. S.
Blackburn of the Isthmian Canal Zone
has tendered his resignation to President
Taft.
The dispatch says the famous Kentucky
ex-senator has written Mr. Taft that he
is weary of his exile and pining for the
blue grass meadows about his home near ,
Versailles. Woodford county.
Discuss Manchurian Questions.
PEKING, August 21.?The diplomats!
conducting the negotiations between '
China and Japan on the Manchurian
question are now meeting here three
times a week. The matters under dis
cussion are the Chien-Tao boundary dis
pute, the extension of the Yinkoy rail
road, the crossing of .the Hsinmintnn 1
and the South Manehurian railroads, tin
Hsinmlntun-Faknmen railroad, the op- j
erating of r?iines hi the railroad areas.
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Goes Thirty-Two Miles To
ward Pole: Returns Again.
GUIDE ROPE IS BROKEN
After That Whole Big Gas Bag
Bursts.
ALL OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Only a Few Fragments and Instru
ments Were Saved From
j
the Wreck.
rAJIP WELLMAX. Spitsbergen. Au
gust 15 Cviu Hainmerfest. August illV?
Walter Well man's second attempt to tall
over the north pole in a Walloon lias re
sulted in failure.
The dirigible balloon America, in which |
Mr. Wellman and bis party of three set,
out upon their perilous flight toda>. met j
with a mishap after it had proceeded!
about thirty-two miles from the starting
point. Mr Wellman and his party sue- j
ceeded in making a landing without in- j
jury to any member, and returned to tni.s
point on board the steamer 1' ram. which
also towed in the disabled balloon.
After a long preparation and waiting fori
favorable weather. the opportunity came
today, and Mr. Wellman decided early in j
the morning to make the'start. livery-;
thing had been in readiness for some
time, and only the tinal details of set-,
ting out upon the tligiit remained to be
carried out.
It. was lo o'clock in the morning when
the meat airship was brought out of its
shed and the men took their places in the
car. When the anchors were cast loose
the airship ascended, the engines were
set in motion and everything seemed ? to
work to perfection. The big air craft
was maneuvered for some time and an
swered the helm perfectly. Then its head
was turned to the northward and it set
out at a speed of twenty-live miles an
hour.
Provisions Go Down; Balloon Up.
Suddenly, after having covered some
thirty-two miles and when everything
seemed to be going splendidly, tin
leather guide rope, to which was at
tached a thousand pounds of provisions
and stores, broke away. The accident oc
curred just as the airship was nearing
the pack ice of north Spitzbergen.
Released from this great weight the air
ship shot upward until it was above the
cloud.-. The oilots succeeded, however,
in bringing her down near the earth,
turned her about and set out to tight
their way southward. The airship pro
ceeded slowly southward to the edge ot
the pack-ice where the steamer I*ram
was anchored. After much difficulty a
tow lore was gotten aboard the 1 ram,
which started immediately to tow the
airship to Spitzbergen. The strain was
great, however, that it threatened to
tear til# c?lr to which the rope was at
tached to pieces, and Mr. W ellman final
ly decided to bring the airship down to
the surface of the water. This was et
feeted without mishap, and the car rest
ed on the surface of the water until all
the members of the crew, the dogs and
the scientific instruments could be trans
ferred aboard the Fran;. A fresh start
was then made, and the America w as j
towed back to the landing stage and
within a short distance of where the start
was made.
Mighty Bad Luck This.
Hut the ill-luck of the expedition was
tiOt yet at an end. Just as the airship
had reached the landing stage and every
thing looked favorable for its rescue
without serious damage a sudden gust
ot" wind caught the big inflated bag
broadside and snatched it away from its
tow lines. It was carried careening over
rough ice hummocks lor some distance,
and then it exploded.
All the scattered tiarts of the airship
were subsequently recovered, but the
damage was so great as to preclude any
further attempt to ity over the pole this
year.
CAMP W K LI.MAX, SPlTZBKK<rl?l\\
August Hi, via Hammerfest, August 'J1
-Walter Wellman made the following
statement with regard to bis unsuc
cessful attempt of yesterday to sail for
the north pole:
"Had not the guide, rope broken wo
had an excellent chance of reaching the
pole. Wc certainly made a good start,
with favorable weather. The guide
rope was of tin* same material, weight
and workmanship as the one so se
verely tested on the trial trip two
years ago. Therefore, its breaking
was amazing. The cause was a weak
spot in the leather undetected and un
suspected.
"The America demonstrated lnr speed,
strength and adaptability to this work.
In returning to Spitzbergen we made a
mistake in not placing enough confidence
in our own ship and engines. Had we ,
not. through overcaution, given the tow
line to the Frani. I believe we could
have landed the America safe in her j
house. For some time it was my in
tention to attempt this, and we made ,
eight miles an hour against the wind
toward the camp,
"At hist the motor worked uncertainly
because the equilibrium of the ship had
been upset and thus deranged the gaso
line supply. Tills led to the unfortunate
decision to try towing. The descent to
the surface of the ocean was not acci
dental but deliberate in order to insure
the saving of the instruments and other
valuables.
'Mad the ship not broken up while
landing, we would have tried another
voyage this month with a new guida
rope, notwithstanding one mishap fol
lowinn last upon the heels of another.
"I do not give up the fight, but hope to
reconstruct the America, enlarged and im
proved. atnl try again, taking advantage
>f all our somewhat varied and extensive
f\|ieriei'c?*. My lalth ill the practicability ?
of tne project is in no wise diminished, t
Throughout the voyage, even In the most i
trving moments in the clouds and in the
rolling seas, my three comrades proved
ool-headed and efficient.. My thanks to
th< m and to the equally brave officers and
sailors of the Norwegian ship Fram"
Story Told by Popoff.
"The spectacle was marvelous" said
Popoff. who was at the wheel, in relat
ing his experience, "as we looked down
jpon the sea over which the long guide
rope trailed its way. Fast w ard were the
great snow covered mountains and gla-,
?lers. and northward was the limitless j
sea of ice just coming into view,
"Wellman calmly t<*ok notes of course,
listatice and time. Vaniman came up
from the engine room and smiled at Well
nan. who shouted above the roar of the
motor and screws, *Ry George, we are
muted, anyway!'
" 'What's the course?' shouted Vani
lian.
" 'True north.' I replied.
"We were all happy, believing we had
?t last overcome all obstacles and auspi- |
L-Iously started upon our long voyage.
"But misfortune was close at band. At
aoon Wellman. who was looking over the
side, cried out;
" My ? iod. look at that.'
"The guide rope was falling. It had i
parted neai- the upper end.
^jKelievedvol" over a thousand pounds j
>f weight, the ship rose rapid!;, in.* |
lie i lo'idf a mih above the seu. At a t
(Continued on Second Patre.)
LAUDS DISTRICT MEN
Gen. Wood Pays Marked Trib
ute to Harries* Brigade.
PRAISE DULY APPRECIATED
Washington Guardsmen to Be Re
viewed by Gov. Draper.
WIN THE ESTEEM OF BOSTON
Will Sail for Home Monday Even
ing on McClellan and Sumner.
Arriving Thursday.
Special from h Staff rorrei?j>?nJ?-nt
BOSTON, Mass., August 21, r.*'V
Before starting for homo or. the gov
ernment transports Monday evening t^e
National Guard of the District of Colum
bia will be reviewed bj* Gov. Draper nf
Massachusetts. Wearing their red hat
hands as their insignia us members of the
1st Brigade of the victorious * * H ? < 1" army,
the District troops, in column of com
panies, will inarch past the governor.
Oppo.-ite the statehouse, at 1 o'clock.
Orders have been Issued on board both
the McClellan and Sumner for the guards
men to hold themselves in readiness t<>
form into line at 12::*). After the parade
and review are over the troops will returi
to the transports and saii out ot" Boston
harbor at o'clock Monday afternoon.
As everything Is already loaded on Uiard.
there is no reason why the departure of
the guardsmen should be delayed a min
ute.
T1k- trip home will take three nights
J and two days, and the troops have made
i all arrangements to arrive in Washington
I early Thursday morning. The transports
j will go right up to Washington and land
| probably at the Washington barracks and
i lighthouse docks.
' Gen. Wood's Tribute.
Gen. Wood paid a marked tribute to the
! District troops today just before lie left
Boston oti the Harvard for Governors Is
land. Tile general, who commands the
; Department of the ?2ast, had charge of
the entire war game here atid acted as
chief umpire. Before leaving today lv
said to Gen. Harries and other officers <?'
the District that he wished to congrat
ulate the brigade on the excellent mannei
In which the District guardsmen per
formed the difficult tasks assigned t??
, them during the maneuvers. Me noticed
particularly the willingness of the men to
! do all in their power to add to the success
] of the maneuvers and the seriousness
; with which they went about their work.
(He said that he was already laying his
! plans for the maneuvers of next year and
t hoped that he would he able to include
! the District troops among the forces to
' be employed. The District officers say
j that Gen. Wood is recognized in army
| circles as a strict disciplinarian, and they
; are therefore much gratified at his en
! thusiastic praise of the District troops.
The guardsmen are now comfortably
j quartered aboard the two transports, al
though most of them vre out on t>ass
visiting Boston and vicinity. The orders
for the maneuvers greatly restricted the
men In the amount of personal equip
ment they were permitted to take into the
field, hut' khaki coats and extra trousers
were placed in boxes on board the trans
ports, and have been issued to the men.
1 so that although they have been in the
i field lor more than a week they have
i now si fresh uniform for their sojourn
in Boston. All the officers and men have
j on their "Sunday khaki.'' Officers who
in the field wore merely the olive drab
shirt and khaki trousers are now to be
seen in the hotel corridors of Boston in
immaculate olive drab or khaki uniforms,
and the men are equally spruced up.
District Guardsmen Popular.
Several persons' remarked today that
the District guardsmen captured not only
the town ot Boston, but the inhabitants
as well, especially the Boston girls. Many
of the District officers and men have
been seen walking through the streets
, with a young lady on each arm. but
, there is a general understanding that no
i names are to be mentioned in order to
avoid any complications alter the men
i return home.
| The people of Boston are doing all they
lean to give the men a good time. Th?
; newspapers here are commenting upon
1 the- excellent conduct of the District
troops, although one or two paragraph
? writers have mentioned the fact that
'some of the men seemed very thirsts
latter their week's campaign in the dry
j counties ot Bristol and Plymouth. The
Red and the Blue troops are seen every
where together, the Blues acting ;ts
hosts to their "captors." The people
' here are anxious to get souvenirs from
I the District troops, and many of the
men have lost their "D. '\s. cross
guns. cross-cannons and other insignia
| of the company or other organization to
which they belong. Most of the member
of the District brigade have also collect
ed souvenirs from the Massachusett -
troops, and some enterprising manufac
turers are already selling watch fob
medals and other souvenirs of the "war
maneuvers of
The attitude of the people . iere toward
tin- District troops is illustrated by the
fact that in many cases even the cur con
ductors refuse to take car tare from tin
men, saying they would carry them any
where for nothing. The onl> thing that
worries the troops here is t: <? crooked
streets, which make it difficult for the
men to find their way to and from tiieij
"hotel." as they call the transports.
Close Quarters on Transports.
The transports are almost overcrowded,
but the men have managed to make them
selves comfortable In all parts of t e
ship. Th<l enlisted men sleep in canvas
bunks, stretched on iron rods, arranged in
tiers three deep; in hammocks, slung one
above tiie otiier, and in army cots, several
hundred of which have been supplied to
those who were unable to tind otiier ac
commodations. Many of the men hav<
placed their cots on the decks and will
sleep all the time in the open air, wrap
ped in a warm army blanket. The health
of the men is excellent, and the largi
medical and hospital corps from the Dis
trict, which had charge of the division
hospital of the "Red ' army, has practi
cally nothing to do. The troops from tin
other states have no! been as fortunate
as those from the District, as numerous
cases of sickness and accident have been
reported from them.
t b-n. Harries still limps just a little
from the accident when his horse f- 11 on
him. and a few of the infantry who have
badly blistered feet from the "long hikes"
still walk rather gingerly, but u . the
men look sunburned, hale and hearty.
The officers are quartered in stateroom
on the transports, and a few of the h,ghe
non-commissioned officers have been able
to get rooms, but the quarters of the ofli
cers, like tiiose of the men, are well
crowded and every available bunk is occu
pied. The officers mess In the saloon and
most of the men on deck, using their
camp mess kits and tin cups. ?'apt. Neu
meyer is commissary officer <>f the Mc
Clellan, and the staff and other officers
<m that transport have a I read\ compli
mented him many times on the excel;ent
service he has arranged. The oflk-eis*
mess of the 1st and ud Infantry is i
charge of the quartermasters of those
regiments and is also regarded as a most
delightful change after the rather moii"t
tContinued on Eighth i'age.)