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Kockingham Storm Centre of
Exciting Contest in
Virginia.
SWANSON AND BYRD SPEAK
Local Fights Here and There
Throughout State Attract
Attention.
.Must of tho political contests of the j
year In Virginia weru settled in tho i
Democratic prlmury of September 7.
In a largo majority of the counties of j
the Stute the party nominees for the
General Aeeombly and for county of-;
Hees have no oppostion. Should the j
Republicans elect every candidate they
have In the field for tho Legislature^
they would still form a minority with?
out appreciable strength.
So that in the election of November
7 voting in many parts of the State
will be u perfunctory proposition.
Yet this fact does not prevent the
llvoat sort of campaign In those coun?
ties where there la opposition to Dem?
ocratic nominees. After all, it is the
candidacy of home people for offices
that bring their incumbents in dally
touch with the public that give the
reul Interest to elections. Frequently
n campaign for a county treasurer or
ehcrlff. or even for a supervisor, will
far transcend in popular Interest an
election for the office of President of
the United States.
Fight lu nocklnsham.
Rocklngham county accms destined
to be the real storm oentro of tho pres?
ent campaign. Always close between
tho parties, it is torn thia year by con?
tending factions and excited by all
manner of charges against Individuals.
Henator George B. Keczell, for a gener?
ation "the watchdog of the Virginia
treasury," a giant physically and In?
tellectually, la battling for his polltcal
life In a three or four-cornered race
for tho office of treasurer of the county.
LSeorge N. Conrad, the Democratic nom?
inee for the State Senate to succeed
Mr. Kcezell, Im opposed by John Paul,
a son of the late distinguished Judge
of that name, nnd who won his spurs
ns a politician laat year, when he
downed the former administration fac?
tion of the Republicans of the Seventh
Congret-alonal District and made the
Acker- Keezell forces bite the dust.
For every oflice within the gift of the
people of the county a vigorous tight
la In progress. '
gtvanaon and Uyrd Buay.
Into this situation leading party men
huve been called. Senator Claude A.
Swanson and Speaker Richard Evelyn
Byr.l will address the voters of Rock?
lngham county at Harrleonburg to?
day In the Interest of all the Demo?
cratic nominees, it Is alao expected
that Repreaentatl ve James Hay will
be present, and In this event he will
probably be called upon to apeak.
The other party la equally active.
Mr. Paul will address the voters at
Dayton to-rnorrow, after opening his
< - npaign at Montezuma on Saturday
ul, ht. At Dayton he will be accompa?
nied by George N. Earman and Dr. W.
P. Payne, the Republican nomlneea for
in tfoust of Delegates.
The Hsrrlsonburg Normal School,
with its fate when represented by Re?
publicans or Democrats, la an Issue. So
also are personal attacks against Sen
? ? r Keezell's record, which he has
promised to refute.
Democrat* Will Lose.
In Augusta, according to reportB
which have reached Richmond during
ihe past day or two, the Independent!
movement, fostered by the "dry" ele?
ment, will prove a failure, there being
practically no doubt of the re-election
of Senator Edward Echols nnd Dele?
gates Templeton and Kemper. In
Shen.ir.doah there Is a fight nil along1
the llr.e, with the results exceedingly
doubtful.
Democrats of the Ninth and the Re
publican part of the Fifth Districts are
fighting In nearly every county. They
expect to make gains In the leglslatve
representation. No local primaries i
have been held, the party men being
Selected by convention or by agree?
ment. Free for all flghta. confined,
however, to Democrats, are also In
progress in soma other counties of the
?State, Including some of those in the
Northern Neck.
C. M. Lunsford. who hopes to re
3eem Boletourt to the Democrats, Is
speaking In every settlement In behalf
of his candidacy for tho House of Del?
egates.
5,000 HORNETS FRIENDS
OF CIVIL WAR VETERAN
II? Breaks i n Their Winter Home, But
They TlefuKe to Sting
Him.
Spring Lake, N. J., October 15.?Just
now the person in the public eye is
John M. Wood, Civil War veteran, who
wont through an ordeal as nerve-try?
ing as any in his war experience.
Thousands of hornets flew about him,
but none stung him.
In the recent storm, a blind on a
nearby cottage became unfastened.
Wood climbed a ladder despite his age
to nail the offending blind fast.
A few well dlrectod blows with the
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heavy hammer and the veteran was i
conscious of a buzzing sound. The old I
man, who had fought at Gettysburg
and Antletam. was surrounded by an j
angry Insect army, which manoeuvred
In swirls about htm.
He looked the Held over, wondering
why the apparently angry hornets had ,
not long before attacked him with the
frenzy known of their kin. His glance
passed from the black sea of winged
sky cleavers to u long crack in the
bmrdlng of the house.
Further Inspection disclosed the fact
that the insects had bulldcd themselves
a winter home within the, protection
of the wall.
Resolved to move downward, yet
fearful of the stingers of the flying
warriors. Wood dismounted the ladder
About him swarmed the hornets.
They lighted upon his shoulders; they
caressed his cheeks; they sang about
his ears, yet never a one sank Its
stinger into his flesh. 'What the
charm may be. Wood Is at a loss to
understand, but says .he is the only
man under the Stars end Stripes that
can lay claim to the friendship of
'?,000 hornets.
NEW PLOWING RECORD
IS FOUR MINUTES TO ACRE
Fifty Shares Are Drawn by Three OII
I*ull Traction Bnglucn In
experiment.
Lafayette, Ind., October 15.?As a
result of an experimental demonstra?
tion In plowing at Purdue University
yesterday, the usefulness of the horse
has been brought even nearer a mini?
mum than by the advent of the first
automobile a quarter of a century ago
and the more recent demonstrations in
avlaUon haulage.
Before an immense throng of farm
era and scientific men, many of whom
traveled miles to witness the demon?
stration, a new world's record in plow,
lng was established, when three oil
pull traction engines, hitched to one
unit of fifty plows, turned over a stub
ulo field at the rate of an acre every
four minutes and fifteen seconds, a
task that could not have been accom?
plished fifty years ago without the
use of a team of oxen, a clumsy plow
? and a day's work.
The new outfit, operated by three
engineers and one plowman, cuts a
strip of land sixty feet in width, and
turns over approximately seven acres
every mile It travels.
The demonstration was arranged by
President .Stone, zi Purdue University.
Bach of the fifty plows worked inde?
pendently of the others, being so ar- j
ranged in sections that the variations
In the levels of the land did not inter?
fere with the successful operation of
tho machinery.
President Stone was delighted with j
che splendid work done by the en?
gines and the mammoth plow, and has
the undivided support of the agricul?
turists In his belief that the traction
plow will be adopted soon by every
owner of extensive plowing aTea*. j
WILL STAND TRIAL FOR
46-YEAR-OLD MURDER
Bonham, Texas, October 15.?Trial I
for murder he is alleged to have com?
mitted forty-six years ago Is the or- j
deal which Captain Daniel W. Byers,
who lives six miles north of Green?
ville, Texas. Is facing. The case was
set for this term of court, but owing
to t/he absence of some of the material
witnesses for the State It was con-,
tinned.
The Indictment was Teturned by the
grand Jury in 18G5, but tt was not until
a few months ago that Byors wits ar?
rested. Captain Byers had a difficulty
with Captain L? I* Harris on the
streets of the town. This trouble re?
sulted In a shooting affray, In which
Harris and the latter's son were killed.
Byera left this part ef the country.
For more than forty years ho lived
In South Texas, where he was a well
known and highly respected citizen.
Three years ago he moved back to
North Texas. When news of Tils ex?
istence reached tho peace officers he
was brought here to nwalt trial.
Ono of the oyew.ltnesses Is Ca-ntnin
Ben C. McCulloek, of Austin, and he
-has been summoned to testify In the
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THE STROH e^EWERY COi, DETROIT, MICH;!
NOW NUMBER 100
Death Roll Reaches That Point
With Fatalities at Rheims
and Rome.
SIXTEEN WERE AMERICANS
France Suffered Most, Losing 37
of Her Aviators, One a Wo?
man?Germany Lost 12.
New York, October 15.?Tho progress
in tho scienco of aviation has been
costly in human lifo. With the death
of Hans Schmidt at Berne, Switzer?
land, yesterday the number of persons
killed in aeroplane accidents has
reached un even hundred.
Beginning with the death of Lieu?
tenant Thomas ?1. tfetfrldge, the lirst
person allied in an aeroplane, 1n 190*,
tho list of fatalities has rapidly in?
creased, espoclally la tho present
year, when the deaths almost doubled
the combined number for the three
preceding years. In 190S one man lost
his life, in 1909. four, in 1910. thirty
two, and to data for the present year,
slxty-threo persons have been killed.
Aviation's victims include sixteen
Americans?Lieutenant Selfridge, Eu?
gene Speyer, Ralph Johnstone, Walter
Archer, John B. Moisant, William O.
Purvis, Lieutenant George T. M. Kelly,
R. V. Hardle, William It. Badger, St.
Crolx Johnstone. J. J. Frlsbie, Louis
Rosenbaum, Prank II. Miller and Dr.
Charles B. Clarko and Cromwell Dixon.
Prance has contributed more vic?
tims to the list than the combined
numbers of America, Germany and
Italy, her number totaling thirty
seven, including a woman, Mine. Denlz
Moore, who fell at Etamps on July
21 of the preBctn year. Another wo?
man, the Baroness de la Roche, had
a narrow escape at the Rheims meet
In July, 1910, when she fell 160 feet,
breaking her arms and legs.
German airmen who lost their lives
number twelve; Italian, eight; English,
seven, and Russian, five. The others
represented in the list Belgglans, Peru?
vians, Spaniards, Hungarians and
Dutch.
It has been pointed out that whereas
in the earlier days only the most
fitted, mentally and physically, dared
lltghts, nowadays great numbers of
amateurs do so. The deaths for the
present yea;- Include a number of avla-,
tlon pupils, the most recent being Dr.
Charles B. Clarke, an amateur, who
had not obtained an aviator's license,
but who made a flight in a borrowed
monoplane against orders at the Nas?
sau Boulevard. L. L, uvlatlon meet. Dr.
Clarke, whose real name was Charles
Clarke Bunting, was once a famous
bicycle rider, better known In vaude?
ville circles for his "Globe of Death"
act. He had helped to construct aero?
planes In the Queen aeroplane factory
and he was anxious to learn to fly.
During the Nassau meet a Queen aero?
plane, equipped with a powerful Gnome
motor, a different affair from which
Clarke had learned to fly, had beer,
entered by Earle Ovlngton, and It was
In this machine that Dr. Clarke made
the flight which cost his life.
Double fatalities. In which rider and
passenger were killed, were common,
seven having occurred, while on June
IS of the present year three French?
men, Captain Princetau, T. Le Mar?
tin and M. Landron, wore killed near
Paris at the start of the European
circuit race, which was won by Lieu?
tenant Corsneau (Andre Beaumont).
Captain Prlncetau's motor exploded in
midair, flooding him with gasolene and
bur- lng him to death, and M. Landron
mot the same fute when the benzine
in the reservoir exploded. M. Le Mar?
tin was killed when his biplane pitch?
ed into a tree, the motor of the ma?
chine crushing his head.
On two occasions aviators had been
goaded to ascend by the jeers of spec?
tators. On Septrmber 1 last, at the
Norton county (Kan.) fair meet, J.
J. Frisble went up In a crippled bi?
plane which had met with an accident
the day before, driven by the taunts
of the crowd. When up about 100
feet the machine tipped while making
a turn and came down, crushing him
underneath. Under the same circum?
stances Frank II Miller, a Toledo
nvlatar. was forced to fly at the Mans?
field (Ohio) fair by spectators who
called him a coward. Miller had
barely circled the field, 200 feet up,
when the gasolene tank exploded, set?
ting fire to the machine and burning
its driver to a crisp.
Two other victims wero lost whllo
making flights, and their bodies have
never been recovered. The,y aro Cecil
Grace, a nephew of Ex-Mayor Grace,
of New York, and Lieutenant Hague,
n French aviator. Grace disappeared
in a fog over the North Sea on De?
cember 22, 1910, while attempting a
return flight from Calais to Dover for
tho Baron de Forest prize of $20,000.
He was never heard of again. Ills
cap, glasses and what was supposed
to have been the wreckage of his aero?
plane were picked up a month later
In tho North Sea off Mariakorke, Bel
glum, and later on March 14, a greatly
disfigured body was brought to the
surface at Oaten Belgium, and was
thought to resemble the lost aviator.
Tho executors of tho Graco estate ob?
tained leave from the London Probate
Court to presume his death on March
27.
Lieutenant Bague started from Nice
on Juno 5 for a trip to Corsica, a dis?
tance of a little more than 100 miles,
but nothing had over been heard from
him again. Torpedo boat destroyers
sent out to search could find no trace
of him. Bague carried carrier pigeons
with him, and It is suposod that
the aeroplane capsized so suddenly
that he was unablo to set them loose.
Just three months before his disap?
pearance, on March 6, Lieutenant
Bague had established a new record
for nn over-sen flight by flying over
tho Mediterranean from Antlbedes to
tho little Island of Gorgona, a dis?
tance of 124.5 miles.
Conflicting curronts in tho atmos?
phere which cause upward and down?
ward motions of tho air, and which
have boon described by expsrta as
"holes in the air," have been responsi?
ble for many of. tho fatalities. It la
tho downward curronts that aro par?
ticularly dangerous to aviators, and
whioh cause the airman .to make a
sudden drop from a great height to
within a few feet of the ground or
death. Observers on the Tlmes's spe?
cial train which followed Glenn Cur
tlas in his flight from Albany, notlcecd
that on several occasions ho dropped
from a holght of moro than 150 feet
"to within five foot of tho ground.
Wilbur Wright stated that in his
flight up the Hudson during the Hud
i tjon-fFulton celebration, there wore
I times when tho ajr flecmed, to bull an,<J
was full of bumps like a rough road. .
Tho month juat ended has been a j
record-breaking one -for aeroplane fa-1
talltlea, slxtcun death? having been
recorded for September, two bettei
than the previous record of fourteen,
which occurred In May. 1011. Hero la
a list of thoso tailed:
IOOS.
1. September 17?Lieutenant E. Scl
frlcd. Signal Corps, U. S. A., killed at
Tore Myor, Vu., while flying with Or
vlllo Wtflght In a Wright blplano.
AVrlght had a narrow escape, and was i
badly Injured.
1000.
2. "September 7?Eugene Lefobre, a
French aviator. killed at Juvlsy
France, while Hying In a Wrlbht bi?
plane.
J. September 22?Captain Louis F.
Ferber. of tho French army, killed at
Boulogne, France, while Hying a Vol- j
sin biplane.
4. September 22?Bna Bossl, killed:
In a machine of his own make whllo j
Hying near Rome.
5. December 6?Antonio Fernandez,
a Spanish aviator, but a French citizen,
killed at Nice, France, while trying a
machine of his own construction, de?
signed after tho Wright model.
1010.
0. January 4?Leon Delagrungc. ono
of the most famous French aviators,
killed In a Blerlot monoplane near
Bordeaux, France.
7. April 2?Huberr Lc Blon. another
well-known French aviator, killed
near Sebastian. Spain, while driving
a high-powered Blerlot monoplane
which turned turtle.
8. May 13?Hauvette Mlchelln, an?
other French aviator, killed at Lyons,
France. In an Antoinette monoplane.
!>. June 2?Alndan de /.oselley, :i
Hungarian aviator, killed by fall from
a machine of his own construction at
Budapest.
10. June 17?E'ugcne opeyer. a sov
i cntecn-year-old boy, killed by fifty
foot fall at San Francisco.
11. June 18?Thaddens Bobl, a Ger?
man aviator, formerly a professional
bicycle rider, killed near Stettin, Ger?
many, while flying a Farman biplane.
12. July 8?Charles W?chter, a
x reach aviator, killed at Rheims,
France, In 'an Antoinette monoplane
18. July 10?Daniel Klnet, a Belgian
aviator, fell at Ghent, Belgium, while
flying a Wright biplane.
14. July 12?Tho Hon. Charles Stew
ai. Rolls, youngest son of Lord Llan
I gattock, killed at Boudnemouth, Eng
lang, whllo flying a Wright biplane.
15. August 3?Nicholas Klnet, a
brother of Daniel, killed by fall of
I fifty feet at Liege, Belgium.
16. August 20?Lieutenant Marquis
Vivaldi, of tho Italian army, killed
near Rome in a Farman biplane.
17. August 27.?Van Maasdyk, a
Dutchman, was making a cross-coun?
try flight in a Sommer biplane when
the motor slopped, causing the ma
chlno to tun. turtle.
18. September 23.?George Chavez,
a Peruvian, had Hown over the Alps
from Brlgue, Switzerland, for a prlza
of $20,000 for a ilight to Milan. Ha
tried t make u landing within thirty
mlle3 of Milan. He was wdthln thirty
feet of the ground when the wind
caught his Blerlot machine and dashed
It to the ground. Chavez died Septem?
ber 27.
19. September 25.?Edmond Polllot,
a Frenchman. k'lled at Chartres,
France, while flying with a passenger,
who escaped with slight injuries.
20. September 2b.?Flockmann, a
German, killed by fall of 150 feet at
Muhihausen, Germany, He died tho
next day.
21. October 1.?Herr Haas, another
German, killed at Wellen, Germany.
22. October 7.?CUptam Mazlewjtch,
of the Russian a-rmy, fell 1,640 feet at
St. Petersburg.
23. October 23.?Captain Madlot, of'
the French Army, tell 100 feet at
Doual, Frunco. i
21. October 25.?Lieutenant Mente,
of the German Army, killed near Mag
denburg. Germany.
25. October 26.?Fernando Blar.cli
ard, a Frenchman, killed at Issy-les
luolineux, France. He was preparing
to land at the tlntsh of a 110-mile
flight from Bourger. He waa going
at a great speed, 120 feet up, Wheu
he lost control of the monoplane.
26. October 27.?Lieutenant Sagllettl,
of the Italian Army, killed at Cen
tosc-lle, ltnly. The aeroplane tipped
und Sagllettl was unable to right it.
27. November 17.?Ralph Johnstone,
flying partner of Hoxey, fell 800 feet
at Denver. Ho was making a spiral
glldo when the lower left plane of his
machine broke.
28. 20. December 3.?Lieutenant Car
maruta, of the Italian Army, whllo
flying with a soldier near Rome In u
Farman biplane, lost contrtH of the
machine and it dropped. Both were
killed.
80. December 4.?Walter Archer,
killed at Salida, CoL
31. December 22.?Cecil Grace, a
nephew of ex-Mayor Grtice, of New
York, disappeared while flying on a
return trip across the English Channel
from France. Ho was flying a Wright
b'plane.
32. December 25.?D. Plccollo killed
In an Antolnetto machine at Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
[ 33. 34. December 28.?Alexander Laf
fort fell 200 feet at Iasy, France, on
w.hat was to havo been the start of
a flight to Brussels In company with
M. Pola, who owned tho machine, Tho
latter was also killed.
35. December 30.?Lieutenant Gau
mont, of tho French Army ..vlatlon
Corps, fell sixty feet whllo tcnlng a
new monoplane at Versellles, France.
36. December 31.?John B. Moisant
killed at New Orleans, La., wi-ilo try?
ing for the Michclin prize.
37. December 31?Arch. Hoxsoy, tho
famous Wright aviator, killed at Los
Angeles, Cal.
1011.
38. January 9?Edouard Russljan,
killed at Belgrade, Sorvla.
39. February fi?Lieutenant Stein, of
the German Military Aviation Service,
killed at Doberltz, Germany, by a fall
of slxty-tlvo feet
10. February 9?Noel and Delatorrc,
killed whllo conducting a trial of a
military aeroplane at Doual, France.
Noel was aviator and Delatorro pas
t senger.
42. March 8?Arturo Vlllato. killed
I at Madrid, Spain.
!? 43. March 2S?Joseph Cel. killed by
2,200-foot fall at Puteaux, France,
whllo attempting a flight over the
Seine.
44. April 14?French Naval Lloutcn
ont Bynsfeon. killed by fall at Chov
rouso, France.
45. April 18?French Army Captain
Carron, killed by fall of 250 fee* at
Versailles, France.
40 .April 20?Louis Llere. kilted at'
Mourmelon, France.
17. April 25?William G. Purvis, die*
at Baton Roug?, La.; fell on March 5
48, 49. May 1?Mutovltch and brother,
killed at Sevastopol.
60. May 4?Cacheux, killed at Klowit,
Belgium.
51. Mny 6?Rene Vallon, Fronch avia?
tor, killed by fall In Shanghai, China.
62. May 10?Lloutunant George E. M.
Kelly, U. & A., killed by fall at San
Antonio. Texas.
63. May 11?Hans BookOmuoller,
killed at Johannisthal, D&f. Berlin,
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51 May 17?A V Harle, an amateur
aviator, killed by 100-foot fall at Los
Angeles.
55, 56. May IS?Lieutenant Paul Du
pus and Pierre M. Bournique, fell 250
leet at Rheims; both killed.
f.7. May 21?French Minister of War
Henry M. Berteaux, killed on aviation
tield at Issy-des-Moulineaux, near Paris,)
hy Aviator Train's aeroplane.
53. May 23?Laemmlln, killed by 200-1
foot lall at Strausburg.
59. May 25?Benson, aviation pupil,
killed while attempting turn at Hen
don, England.
?0. May 27?Smith, British aviator,
killed by fall or 125 feet at St. Peters?
burg.
61. May 2S?Cirri, Itallun aviator,
kiiled when aeroplane catches fire at
Voghere, Italy.
62. Juno 3?Quurez, killed at San
Pable, Brazil; feil on Juno 1.
63. June Ci?Marcel Pennot, dies at
Havana; fell on June 1.
64. June ??Lieutenant Buguc, a
French aviator, lost while attempting
illght over the Mediterranean from
Nice to Corsica.
65. Juno S?Marra, killed by Call of
300 feet at Rome.
j 66, 67. June 9?Schendel and Mechanic
; Voss, fall over 6,000 feet at Johannis?
thal; both killed.
j 68. June 9?Vlncenz Weisenbach.
killed ut Welnor Neustudt, Austria.
69, 70, 71. June IS?Captain Princeton,
T. Lo Martin and Landron wero burned
to death In midair.
I 72. June 29?Lieutenant Trcchon,
! killed while making first trip as pilot
j at Cholons-Sur-Marne.
I 73. July 14?French aviator Edounrd
l'allole. killed making exhibition fllsltt
at Algiers.
74. July 21?Mme. Denlz Moore, a
French woman, killed by 150-foot fall
at Etnmpes, France.
75. July 23?Joly, killed at Juvlsy
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I 76. July 23?M. Shlnansky, a passen?
ger, killed at Tsarskoe-Selo, Russia,
while Hying with M. Sluearenkou; the
latter was badly Injured.
77. August 1?Germal Napier, Eng?
lish avator, dashed to ground at Brook
lands, Eng.; passenger escapes with
injuries.
7S. August 15?William R. Badger,
crushed to death by his machine at
Chicago aviation meet.
79. August 15?St. Crolx Johnstone
falls Into I^Lko Michigan from height
of 1.000 foot during Chicago aviation
meet.
fsO. August 18?Theodoro Ridge, an
Englsh aviator, killed at Aldcrshot.
81. August 29?Lieutenant Zolotnehn.
a Russian military aviator, fell at St
Petersburg.
83. September 1?J. J. Frlsble, killed
by fall at Norton (Kan ) Pair Grounds;
went up In crippled machine because
spectators called him a faker.
S3. September 2?Lieutenant Jacques
do Grailly, a French army officer,
burned to death lnvhla machine, which
caught tire in midair, at Rigny-ln-Non
ncisa, France.
81. September 2?Captain de Camne.
another French army officer, crushed
by his monoplane at Nangls, France.
bS. September 3?M. Leforrelsler,
French aviator, fell 200 feet while fly?
ing in Spain.
S7, 8S. September 7?Lieutenant New.
mun, a German military aviator, fell
with passenger, M. Leconte, In Ger?
many; both were killed.
1 89. September 7?Carlos Tenaud dies
of Injuries received last February In
Peru.
I 90. September 12?Lieutenant Chotnrd,
i of the French army, fell 300 feet at
! Villscoublay, France.
BEDSLATS BREAK; TRAP
AND HOLD HER THREE DAYS
Neighbors Rvicue Delaware Woman,
victim of Strange Acci?
dent.
I Dover, Del., October l?.?Imprisoned
for three days In a wrecked bed, tvlth
In the sound of scores o' passersby,
but unable to make, herself heard, .Miss
Elizabeth Graham, of Kenton, was
rescued, but Is hovering between life
and death.
Miss Graham says she sat on tho bed
to undress Monday evening, when three
sjats dropped out and the bed. sink?
ing in tho middle, boro the woman
down and closed in over her. Her
.struggles to freo herself only on
tangled the bedding and covering
about the woman.
Tho following morning, her niece,
Mrs. Frunk Johns, culled as usual, but
could not get in and departed, believ?
ing her aunt had gone o.i a visit to
the country. On Thursday evening it
was found that sho was not in tho
country. Neighbors forced an entrance
into the house and found tho helpless
woman almost dead.
SHE UNEARTHS GARNETS
YooBg Woman Find? Fine Geras In a
Water Trench.
Hulmovllle, Pn.. October 15.?Fine
garnets have been discovered on a hill
near here, where a trench toad been
dug for water pipes. Miss Blanche
Pennlngton was tho nrst finder. Sev?
eral of the gems were sent to-a Phila?
delphia lapidary, who pronounced them
genuine and of the Turkish quality.
Previous to this garnets have been
found along the Keshaminy, but they
were not transparent enough to bo cut
Cor; Jewelry, ^
NAMES PHILA. PASTOR'S
SON AS CORESPONDENT
J. H. Colfclt, Judge Wlltbauk'? Son-ln
Lavt, Accused by Husband In
New York Suit.
New York, October 15.?Mrs. Marto
Vyse Raborg has filed suit In the Su?
preme Court for a divorce from
Thomas M. T. Raborg. a banker, at
111 Broadway. Mrs. Raborg charges
misconduct at 10 East Forty-fifth
Street last spring.
The defendant flle<j a counter claim
for divorce. In which ho charged mis?
conduct In Franco in tho last threo
years, und names Baron Glno do Mon
purg, the Viscount do Cadlcr de Veanco
and .Tame H, Colfclt.
Mr. Colfclt was graduated from
Princeton in 1S97, where he had a.
reputation as an athlete. He Is thu
son of the Doctor Colfelt, a noted.
Philadelphia minister, and married
Marlon F. Wlltbank, daughter of Judgo'
William Wlltbank, of Philadelphia/
the divorced wife of Gustav Heck?
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