Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
September 18, 1908
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NEW 400 SUITS Comprising the newest and most attractive offerings of the best New York Manufacturers as well as many new models after well known Paris design ers. As usual we are showing a large variety of single suits, each one with an individuality of its own and different from the ordinary. Model Suits at $45.00. $50.00, $58.00, $65.00, $75.00 and $95.00 Extremely attractive Suits in fitted and semi-fitted with all the new touches in collar, sleeve and pocket. Broadcloths, Serges, mannish stripes and mixtures At $25.00, $28.50, $32.50, $35.00 and $38.50 READ CAREFULLY Three Wonderful Values in Suits at $10.75, $15.00 and $16.75 Lot of Broadcloth Suits in navy and black, skirt and coat trimmed with satin bunds and buttons, Skinner satin lined. Broadcloth Suits in navy and black, coat 3C inches long and j handsomely trimmed with bands At $10.75 of satin and broadcloth, Skinner satin lined, velvet collar, gored skirt with fold, and two rows of buttons, At $15.00 Suits made of mannish stripes, trimmed with bands of Skinner satin and buttons, pannier pockets-, coat lined throughout with Skinner satin, gored skirt trimmed with satin bands. Easily a $25.00 value, At $16.75 We are showing in our New Dress Department Messaline Dancing and Afternoon Dresses in white, pink, light blue, lavender and black, at $18.50, $20.00. $25.00, $32.50, $35.00 and $37.50. New Tailored Waists in Cotton, Linen, Silk and Net. New Silk Dress Waists, new Lace Waists. Children’s Fall Coats, Misses’ Fall Junior Suits. Eastman Bros. Bancroft Congress and Brown Streets Portland, Maine slSdlt WRIGHT'S AEROPLANE MEETS WITH MISHAP. (Continued from Page One.) when It passed over the starting appmu tim for the first time. There was a six mile wind and the machine did not inn as smoothly as on its former flights, most of which were made in calm weather. The aernplanisls, however, apparently had control of the aerial flyer, which rose to a height of 7"> feet as it completed the second round of the field. This height was maintained on the third round. While the machine was turning at the southern end of the field, several thous and feet from the spectators,, someone shouted: "What Is that? Something fell." Immediately all eyes were on the aero plane and it was seen to turn over on Its left side and, pausing a moment, made a complete turn and then came swooping to the eartli lr. a cloud of dust. No effort on the part of tlie aviator could possibly have averted the accident. Planes end rudders were absolutely incapable of righting the machine when It had turned in that manner. Several officers who were standing mound the starting apparatus ordered tiia mounted soldiers over to the wreck, but spectators, soldiers, officers and newspa per men were already running across the field. It was fully a minute before any one reaehed the wreck. The mounted soldiers formed a cordon while others frenzledly endeavored to lift the machinery and wood that pinioned Wright ami Selfrldge to tiie ground. The lieutenant’s face was covered with blood and be was groaning and choking from Internal hemorrhages. Orville Wright lay bv '.tls side, his face ns pale as the mass of white muslin overhead. He was eon sclous and asked that the machine ho lifted off his leg. "Oh. hut It will hurt when they touch that leg.” said Mr. Wright. Piece after piece of the wooden frame woik was broken off as a half dozen men endeavor ed to free the Injured men. As soon ns they were extricated their clothes were loosened and their wounds bandaged. Attendants from the hospital hastened across the field to the- place where tlie> machine lay and as soon as possible Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Self rldge were laid on stretchers and carried to the hospital. The gasoline tank hud been pierced when the machine crashed to the ground and there was /ear that some person might come too near with a light ed cigar or cigarette and add an explo sion to the disaster. The soldiers, how ever, kjpt the crowd at a safe distanie. After a surgical examination it was announced at the hospital that Lieu tenant Selfrldge was in a critical con dition, having suffered a fracture at the base of the skull. Major Crosby, Major McCaw, Major Irelund and Captain Bailey, the army sugeons attending the injured men, gave out the following statement: "Mr. Wright has fractures of the left thigh and several ribs on the right side. He was much shocked, hut has reacted well. Lieutenant Selfridge re ceived a fracture of the base of the skull.” Some of the surgeons expressed the opinion that Lieutenant Selfridge prob ably would die. They took him to the operating room and removed the part of the broken skull over the left eye. which was causing convulsions. At 8.10 o’clock Lieutenant Selfridge died. He had not regained conscious ness. He was expecting his mother, who lives in San Francisco, to arrive in Washington this month. He is a nephew of Admiral Selfridge and has a brother who is an officer in the navy. Glenn H. Curtis of the Aerial Experi ment Association, notified Lieutenant Selfridge’s family in San Francisco. Dr. Howard W. Bailey, who attend ed Lieutenant Selfridge, made the first announcement of that officer's death. Just after the lieutenant had passed ;*.vay, the doctor came out of the room, and to those waiting in the hall said: "He is dead.” "His death," said the doctor, "was due to a compound fracture at the base of the skull. He never regained conscious ness from the moment he struck the ground, despite the heroic remedies which were administered. There was absolutely no '-esponse to the treatment given hint. He passed away peacefully. "Major Squire advised the family of the lieutenant's death, and some word is ex pected hourly as to whether they will come here or have the body sent to the Pacific coast for interment. We have to abide by the army regulations, which pre scribe that the war department shall be first advised The adjutant general has been notified and the body will not be removed from tlie- hospital until word is received front that otltcer.” Mr. Wright yesterday replaced the pro pellers which he had been using with an other pair, the blades of which are six inches longer. They were used for the first time in today’s disastrous flight, and many who have witnessed Mr. Wright's flights at Fort Myer believe the change of propellers caused the accident. An eli amination of the broken blade showed that it liad been snapped off at a point one-founrth of the distance from the hub. A deep indentation of the broken piece indicated that it had struck some oilier part of the aeroplane. Octav Chanute, the father of aeronautics in America, who came to Washington several days ago for the purpose of seeing Orville Wright's flights, examined the wreckage. He said that if the Wrights had used one propeller instead of two the result would have been at least as serious. Only this morning Mr. Wright bad been asked what the re sult would be if one of his propellers broke while the machine was in flight. "The other propeller would tend to turn the machine around,” he said, "but I would stop the motor and glide to the earth.” Major George O. Sqr’cr, chairman of the Signal Corps aeronautical board and acting chief signal officer of the army was one of flic first to sec Mr. Wright after his injuries had been dressed. The first words Mr. Wright uttered were: "I guess we won’t take dinner to night together. Major.” They had a dinner engagement for this evening. Mr. Wright’s remarks to those about him indicated that the shook which the news of the accident would cause his family was ins chief concern. fie was evidently also endeavoring to determine the cause of the accident. While the surgeons were at work set ting his leg. he asked an attendant to carry word to his assistant, Mr. Tay lor, to ask Him to examine the wreck ed machine to ascertain if there was anything wrong with the transmission. Mr. Taylor, after examining the wreck, stated that he could find nothing wrong. Among the eye witnesses was Charles E. Flint of New York, inter national representative of the Wright brothers. Air. Flint came over from New Yolk today to see the flight, and was accompanied to Fort Myer by Ad miral and Mrs. Brownson. Mr. Flint said tonight that the mishap would not iTiuse the Fort Myer flights to bo aban doned. They will be resumed, lie said, as soon as Mr. right has recovered and the machine repaired Several days ago, an admirer of the Wright brothers made application to a Washington insurance agent fur a life policy in favor of Orville Wright. The agency applied in the regular way to the home office. Today the agent received a letter from the offi cials of the company saying that "we cannot issue a policy in favor of Mr. Wright, or any one else in his line of work. We consider the hazzard too great at this time, but it is possible that in the future aerial navigation will reach a development which may change tills view.” Oflieers of the Signal Corps and other enthusiasts at Fort Myer think that today’s accident was not due to a faul ty principle, but to a defect in the pro peller, which was made of spruce. One of the members of tne Signal Corps board who had been conducting the tests, said: “Of course, this is no time to dis cuss such matters, but the resumption of the aeroplane trials will depend up on the length of time which it will take Mr. Wright to recover front his injuries. This accident will, of course, seriously hamper the possibility of se curing appropriations from Congress for the aeronautical work of the Signal Corps. The Wright brothers, however, have even more advanced ideas in re gard to aerial night, and if they con tinue their work, it is very probable that the effect of tills one accident will bo overcome.” The belief was expressed by a ser geant of the Signal Corps that the aero plane had been tampered with previ ous to its flight, but this is improbable because the machine had been closely guarded while at the fort. It was housed in a specially constructed shed and a guard kept strangers away botli day and night. The suggestion of foul play is discredited by all those ac quainted with methods of safeguarding the machine. Orville Wright had confidently hop ed aid expected to met all the require ments without a serious flaw develop ing in the machine his genius had de vised. He realized, however, the dan ger to which the work subjected him Tt was but a few days ago that he said the greatest danger which he had to face was his “own inexperience and the possibility that he may do some thing wrong in his flights." He commented on the change in the methods of operating the levers as compared with his previous machines, and pointed out that where the move ments in the old machine were in stinctive, the same was not the case in the last machine and that, with the latter, the operator had “To think, which is dangerous, on account of thF possibility of not thinking fast enough.” Mr Wriglit exercised extreme cau tion in starting his flights. Time and again he planned to make a flight, but as the hour lie had tentatively fixed ar rived he refused to take out his ma chine because of the unfavorable con ditions. In the first flight at Fort Myer. Wright made one of the mis takes he had feared and pulled a lever in the wrong direction, but fortunately the machine descended without dam age. “I have flown in a 20-mile breeze,” he said, “and I expect to do so again, but not until I get acquainted with the arrangements of seats and levers.” Nearly all the members of the Signal Corps aeroplane board witnessed to day’s accident. I.teutenant Thomas E. Selfridge was one of the most enthusiastic believers ill aeronautics among the oflicers ii tile military service. He was born ii San Francisco 26 years ago and wa: appointed to the Military Academy at West Point from tht state. He was appointed a second lieuenant in thf $220 and interest for the plaintiff. The :ase was a suit brought against fJeorge Marriner of Belmont for pay ment of a granite enclosure ordered by itint of the plaintiff and delivered. The caw of Shaw, Apl.. v«s. Stevens wus decided with a verdict or $3t> I'm plaint ill. In the ease of Treat by guardian vs M e-Cambridge, tiie jury gave a verdicl for the defence. THE PRE8IDENT. before him and Mrs. Roosevelt and with each the President shook hands and passed a few words of greeting and farewell. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Because of the announcement of the cases of yellow fever in Havana, the United States Marine hospital service in New Orleans, acting on orders from Washington Wednesday night put into effect a quarantine against all Cuban ports. That there Is ample supply of pulp wood 6in the country available for the paper in dustry to outlive this and ttie coming generation was the gist of the testimony of the witnesses before the congressional investigating committee in session at Menasha, Wis., Thursday. Claude E. IJavis of Cambridge was indictment by the Middlesex grand jury at Boston Thursday for man slaughter in connection with, the death of Mrs. Margaret Kilby, who was run over by his automobile in Cambridge, August 17. Tiie Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men Thursday at Bridge port, Conn., at its closing session, se lected Detroit, Mich., as the place of the Great Council session next year, Cleveland in 1910, Columbus, O., in 1911 and Cincinnati in 1912. Miss Helen Maloney, daughter of Martin Maloney of Philadelphia, was Thursday at New York granted a fi nal decree annulling her marriage to Arthur H. Osborne of New York City. This leaves Miss Maloney free to wed R. Clarkson, with whom she eloped to England, should she choose to do so. W. B. Dickson, M. P. P., of Albert county, whose departure a fortnight ago was followed by the issuance of an ab sconding debtor’s warrant at the instance of W. M. Mackay, a St. John lumber man whose agent he had been, returned to St. John, N. B.. unexpectedly Thursday and went to his home in Hillsboro. He said he would take steps to get his busi ness affairs in order and added: "If I did not think my affairs could be straight ened out I would not be coming back.” OAKLAND. Special at Marshall's grocery store Fri day and Saturday only, three 3-!b., full weight, Grandma’s Borax Washing Pow der soap, 25 cents. Seceral section men are at work at the Maxfield siding of the \V. O., where the track level is being raised about a foot. H. P. Chapman of Lewiston and Stephen Wing of Waterville were in town for a short time yesterday afternoon on busi ness. Dr. W. E. Whitney was in Madison yes terday for the purpose of performing an operation upon a patient. General Manager Morris McDonald of the M. C. R. R. was in town for a short time yesterday afternoon. Hamilton Lodge, D. of H., will give a sociable in A. O. U. W. hall Sept. 30. Miss Nettie Parsons left yesterday for a short visit with relatives and friends in Madison. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Greeley are visiting in town for a few days from their home in Henderson. F. Dtinkwine was here yesterday from North Wayne for a short business call. H. E. Mains and family left yesterday for their home, in California, after pass ing the summer with friends in Oakland and elsewhere. Miss Florence Ormiston has returned from her short visit with friends In Skow hegan. Forest Colhy was here yesterday for a short time from his home in Bingham. Miss Gertrude Bickford is working for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Freeman during the absence of Miss Kitty Huff. Charles Sawtelle and Russell Taylor were in Readfleld for the day yesterday. Mrs. Vina Allen lias returned to her home in Rumford Falls, after a visit with friends in Oakland. Misses Florence and Hazel Kelley of Belgrade W'ere in town yesterday for a short visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Ellis were in Read field for the day yesterday attending the fair. Mrs. Maud E. Bnrrill returned yesterday from Readfleld, where she has been for the past two days. John Adams was here yesterday for a short time from Norrldgewock on busi ness. Harvey Sawyer of Pittsfield was in town for a visit yesterday in his automo bile. Mrs. Richard Shaw and son, Richard, Jr., of Portland, who have been visiting here for several days, left yesterday for Greenville, where they will visit for a week or so before returning to their home. Deputy f-heriff M. L. Strickland was in Augusta on business for the day yester day. Miss Cora Briggs of Waterville and Geoige Tozier of that place were united in marriage at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pettee Wednesday evening by Rev. F. B. Schoonover, pastor of the Methodist church. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few close friends only. After the wedding refresh ments of Ice cream and cake to the wed ding guests. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Meadvflle, N. S„ are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Smith. Alice Hunton, Maud Shores, Earl Good win, Vernelle Dyer and Donald Sawtelle are in the entering class at Coburn this year. Three 2-lb., full weight packages new milled Minerva Rolled Oats at Marshall's Friday and Saturday, 25 cents. The pastor of the Methodist church will deliver the first of a special series of evening discourses Sunday evening, this one being entitled, "Martin Luther and His Times.” A first-class entertainment, shadow pantomime, recitations, etc., at Metho dist church vestry, Wednesday even ing. Sept. 23. It is expected that a well-known singer and teacher of Boston will render several selections. Ice cream and cake on sale. More than 1,200 English tradesmen are this year entitled to use the royal arms over their shop-fronts. PITTSFIELD. A hearing was held in the Pittsfield mu nicipal court Thursday in the case o Boyd M. Bean of Hartland, who brough suit against Guy Hill of Hartland 01 charge of assault and battery'. Mr. Beai claimed that while riding with his mother Mrs. George Bean, on the Hartland roar he met Guy Hill, who was driving witl George Bean. The four stopped and heU some conversation, and that Guy Hil grabbed him by the throat and struct him with a whip. Hill denied it. It wai claimed that George Bean, father 01 Boyd, walked on and didn’t know of thJ company with a young man. Sproul told the police that the lights on th* machine were all out and as it passed him in the glare of an arc light he ob served that the number on the car hS“ been removed. He lived with the fa'" ily for five years, is well acquainted with Miss Hilbert and is sure tbat the young woman he saw Thursdaf was the missing girl. BANISHED NAGGING HEADACHE Sherman, Me., Aug. i7* “I have used your ‘L. F.’ Atwood Bitters for headache, and always w> success." Yours truly, __ Mrs. B. C. Per* Everyone can enjoy immunity tr the ills that beset humanity bv niainw" ing the integrity of stomach, liver, els and blood with “L. F." AW* Bitters.* Their occasional BSf, body to a splendid condition of healtrn_ ■a remedy for any member of the hold they are ideal. 35c. at drug An Army of WOO Men Are employed In getting out t Boston Globe every day sure to read the Boston Dal® Globe tomorrow. i