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LACKOFOUDEKS
CAUSE OF WRECK
Train Crewi in Ohio Disaster Not
Supplied with Proper Advice,
is Charge.
DISPATCHER SMITH IS BLAMED
Employe Said to Have Tailed in Sup.
plyiny Correct Order.
INVESTIGATION NOW UNDER WAY
Officials of Railroad Will Sift Re
sponsibility to Core.
DEATH LIST IS NOW TWENTY-ONE
Two Injured Pmarntfri Die from In.
Juries and Other PatalHtea - Are '
Probable . Within Kew .
If aura.
CINCINNATI, O.. July B. Interest In
yesterday's disastrous wreck at Middle
town, O., In which more than a score of
Uvea were aacrlflccd, was transferred to
this city today.
A statement from J. W. Wall, plolet en
gineer of tha Big Tour passenger train
which crashed Into a freight train of tha
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railway,
placed tha blame for the wreck on Train
Dispatcher Hmlth of the latter system, at
Xayton, and in thin .he was partially coo
firmed by E. A. Gould of tha Cincinnati,
Hamilton ft Dayton.
.Wall exhibited four. train orders, ont one
of which gave any Indication that the
passenger train was to meet any other
train at Posttown, or any other station
between Dayton and Cincinnati.
These ordera, Wall added, were all that
ha bad to guide him the day of the. wreck.
He hud not only his own copies, but also
the duplicates Issued to .the. regular en
gineer of the Big Four train, the latter giv
ing them to Wall for safe keeping.
"I have an Idea that, some such reason
was responsible for the accident, but I
cannot say positively that ' It ' was," 'said
Superintendent Gould. "It looks as though
the failure of the passenger train to get
Certain Instructions caused the wreck.
Investigation to Proceed.
"But, .before I can' say anything definite
the Investigation will have to be carried
further.
"We will go to 'the bottom' Of the af
fair." Local officers of the Big Four road were
not yet willing to attempt to account of
ficially for the wreck. A "misunderstand
ing of orders" was mentioned by some, but
whose misunderstanding it waa they did
not state.
The attitude of the' Cincinnati. Hamilton
& Dayton officera wM taken to mean, how
ever, that the predicted. dispute, between the
two seta of officera over responsibility for
tintM not. iriateVlaltaa.' i -'. '
With the definite .ldeatlflcation of the
four unnamed bodies at Mlddelton all the
rlnctecn dead In that placa' were 'accounted
for. Two more victims .diad. early, today,
one at Dayton and ono at Hamilton. These
were John Rankin, SpVlrigTlela," 'O.'. 'and'
Evelyn Lloyd, Round Point. -Me., and their,
passing away made the death list twenty
one. ' Four others are scarcely expected o
aurvlve their hurts,
i
Chicago-New York
Auto Race Rules
Beven Days is Time Limit, and Con
testants May Land as Often
as They Like.
CHICAGO, July 6. Rules to govern the
proposed aeroplane race from New York
were made public here today by J. C. Shaf
fer, publisher' o the Chicago Evening Post.
The Post in conjunction with the New York
Times offers a prize of $25,000 for the race.
The contest la to begin at Chicago on Octo-
ber 8, with not leas than three entrants,
who must have prevloua records of sus-
talned flights of an hour or more. In case
of adverse weather the atart may be de
layed until October 15. The time limit for
the race is seven days, the contestant be.
. Ing allowed to make aa many stops as they
like. All must atart on the same day, the
Intervals between their taking flight to be
considered In determining the winner.
Should all leave the ground at the same
moment the winner will be he who first
lands In New York.
To win the price of $26,000 the winner
tnust make the flight before any flight of
the same or greater distance has been made
In any part of the country.
SENATOR BROWN NAMES
W. M. COOK AS CLERK
Oxlnnton Boy Hill Succeed Prank
Edgerton Ik This twpaclty at
( Washington.
.
KEARNEY, Neb., July B. (Special Tele
gram.) Senator Norrls Brown has an
nounced the appointment of W. M. Cook
of Lexington, Neb., as one of his clerks
to succeed Frank Edgerton of Lincoln,
who resigned his position to practice law,
after August 1. (senator Brown evpresses
great regret in losing Mr. Edgerton, but
expresses himself aa pleased In getting
Mr. Cook, who Is a aoa of the well known
lawyer of Lexington.
Senator Brown will leave tomorrow to
fill some speaking engagements In Iowa,
South Dakota and Minnesota and will not
return before the 20th, when ho tis on the
program for the Kearney chautaug.ua.
ILLINOIS WHEAT IS POOR
jfUate Board of Aurwultura Issues
Statement ' Review las; Crop
Conditions.
(SPRINGFIELD. III., July S.-The condi
tion of corn and of winter wheat In Illinois
la very poor, according to the bulletin
Issued this noon by the state board of agrl- i
culture regarding the condition, of the crop
en June 30.
The area of corn seeded Is the same at
last year, On June 30 the condition of the
crop "was 80 per cent In the northern dis
trict and 8$ per rent in the oentral and
southern districts of the state.
The condition of winter wheat In the
tale on June 20 Is reported aa being M per
cent of a seasonable average, befng 91 per
cent In northern Illinois, T9 per cent In cen
tral and SI per cent In southern Illinois.
The Hessian fly Is reported In about sixty
r'totiea
Balllinger at
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BEVI r
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at Buu
dags.. July B.-Secretary of
tlllnger arrived In Beverly
inched with President Taft
fit and tma afternoon wan
engagerfTn'a conference with the chief ex
ecutive on the subject of the rorganlsatlon
of the United States reclamation service.
Beginning of work under the new 12,000,000
Issue of certificates of Indebtedness author
ized to complete Irrigation projects In the
west also was discussed.
The usual crop of resignation rumors
came to Beverly with the secretary, but he
soon put a quietus on these.
"I am not a quitter and never have been,"
he declared. "1 don't bring along any resig
nation and don't Intend to leave any."
As soon as the reclamation work Is under
way Secretary Balllnger will leave Wash
ington for a visit to see several of the In
dian reservations and then wlJJ go home to
Seattle for a brief stay and an opportunity
to look over his private affairs, which have
been neglected for a year or more.
The conference with the president will
probably be concluded this afternoon and
Mr. Balllnger hopes to bo back In Wash
ington tomorrow.
Tho members of the new board of engin
eers appointed by. President Taft to ex
amine and report on the various projects
to be carried forward under the $30,000,000
fund are under orders to report to the
secretary of the Interior at the earliest
possible moment.
The secretary would not discuss today
whatever reference his call on the presi
dent might have on the status of F. II.
Newell, director of the reclamation service
or the part he is to play In the reorganiza
tion of that service. It Is no secret that
Mr. Balllnger Is anxious that the reclame?
tlon work shall be taken out of Mr. New
ell's hands. As a matter of fact this pur
pose seems already to have been accom
plished by act of congress.
Stock Market
Flurry is Due
to Many Causes
Death of Chief Justice Fuller, Rise in
Wheat and Bank Statement Fac
tors in Sharp Decline.
NEW YORK, July S. There was another
flurry in the stock market early today as
the Joint effect of a Jump in the price of
wheat, the death of Chief Justice Fuller
and the .threatened delay in the hearing in
the Sherman law cases, the discussion of a
strike of the : Pennsylvania raHway em:
ployes, and the impairment of cash hold
ing. -that- the nk-ertng- house banks dft-
closed by the weekly bank statement.
Stocks which are the favorite medium of
speculation suffered the most, Reading,'
Union and Southern Pacific, St. Paul,
Northern Pacific, Atchison antt United
State ' Steel losing from 2i to 4 points.
Prices then rebounded a fraction to a point.
The stock market was unsettled at times
during the day, once by a break of b in
Reading and later when American Smelting
was forced down 4. This placed the stocks
at the lowest level of the year but the rest
of the list held above last week's low
prices.
The resistance manifested veloped a de
mand from the shorts to cover and a rally
on the prices Bet In, which caused a firmer
tone in the late market, but with the deal
lnga very dull.
Rainfall Again
Pleases Nebraska
Showers Visit Large Portion of This
State and Wyoming, Growing
Steadily' Heavier.
Rainfall again blessed a large portion
of Nebraska and . Wyoming with Its crop
nourishing drops yesterday evening. The
fall covered a territory as far east aa
Silver Creek and waa particularly strong In
the region of North Platte.
At nlghtfaU It was reported the storm
waa growing steadily fiercer in the Wyo
ming district, and signs were at hand that
it would visit, with greater force, certain
portions of Nebraska,
This downfall Is considered by the farm
era aa a final godsend insuring fine crops
for the present season.
FORMER DIPLOMAT EXECUTED
German Official, Wko Murdered
Messenger and Bnraed Leajatloa
la Chile, Para Penally.
SANTIAGO. Chile, July 6. Wllhelm Beck
ert, former chancellor of the Oerman lega
tion, was shot here today for the murder of
a Chilean messenger of the legation on
February B, 1909.
Beckert embexzled funds of the legation
and attempted to cover up hia crime by
making it appear that he had been burned
to death. He murdered the messenger and
left the body in the legation building at
the same time disappearing himself. He
was captured before he could leave the
country and an examination of the body
disclosed II identity. The Oerman govern
ment waived Beckerfa diplomatic privileges
nd left the case to the Chilean courts.
White Jacks Scattered
All Over Farnam Street
One colored man, with a wagonload of
"Jacks'' spilled al lover Farnam . street
Tuesday morning, missed an automobile.
frightened a street car and finally Jumped
a milk wagon at Fourteenth and Farnam.
The wagon, which earned acaffolding aup
porta. waa driven by Joe Knott for W. T.
Mlsener, a contractor. The milk wagon
was driven by Wlnton Jensen of the River
side dairy. Neither driver was -hurt.
The Jacks, which are constructed of wood
and about elx feet hlgh.were piled upon
the wagon at Etghteenthand Douglas and
the wagon started south on - Eighteenth.
The lumber waa heaped up like an open
work Tower of Babel and began to away
HYDE'S SENTENCE
PBIS0NF0B LIFE
Kansas City Physician Draws the
Long Term for Murder of
Colonel Swope.
HARD LABOR FOR CONVICTED MAN
This is Form of Punishment Meted
Out by Judge Latshaw.
DOCTOR AND WIFE IN COURT
Couple Hold Hands Affectionately
Until Fate is Read.
APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT
J a dare Latuksw Refuses to Accept
Ball and Prisoner Will Remain
la ' Coanty' Jail ' Until Case
ia Reached.
KANSAS CITY. July 6. Dr. B. C. Hyde.
convicted of having poisoned Colonel
Thomas H. Swope. the millionaire philan
thropist, was sentenced to life imprison
ment at hard labor by Judge Ralph 8. Lat-
ahaw in the criminal court here this morn.
Ing
An appeal to the state supreme court waa
filed by Hyde'a attorneys and until it Is
taken up by the higher court, the prisoner
will remain in the county Jail here.
The noted cane was culled by Judge Lat
shaw aa soon as court was opened this
morning. The doctor and his wife, who had
Stood by him so faithfully, sat side by side
and held each other's hands. Judge Lat
shaw promptly overruled the motion for ar
rest of Judgment and commanded Dr. Hyde
to stand up. Before passing sentence he
asked the prisoner if he had anything to
say.
"My attorneys will talk for me," said Dr.
Hyde simply.
At this point Attorney Lucas for the de
fense arogq and told the court that he had
nothing to say thon. Aa Dr. Hyde remained
landing Judge Latshaw continued: "The
Judgment of the court. Dr. Hyde, is that
you be confined In the state penitentiary at
Jefferson City at hard labor for and during
the period of your natural life."
A moment later Dr. Hyde had resumed
his seat by bis wife at the attorneya' table.
His attorney asked the court to grant
ball. ' Thld Judge' Latshaw datd he could
not do and . then Mr. Lucas presented ao
affidavit for an appeal to the state supreme
court. ' This' waa accepted by Judge Lat
slvaw. a,nd . Hyde was remanded to the
county Jail.
The court said that tne prisoner would
be kept there until the supreme court had
passed finally upon the case. Aa the court
does not meet until the nrst week In Sep
tember and aa It has a neavy docket it ia
tho belief of the attorneya that the case
cannot be reached -for at least six months.
Fight Pictures
May Be Barred
Probability .That . Washington and
Baltimore Will Not Permit
Them to Be Shown.
WASHINGTON, July B.-Movlng pictures
of the Jeffries-Johnson fight may be barred
from the District of Columbia. Police
Chief Sylvester has announced that he will
do his utmost to prevent the films from
being shown here. He fears a repetition of
the race clashes which took place on the
atreeta yesterday when it became known
that the negro had won.
BALTIMORE, July 6. Backed by the au
thority of the Board of Police Comml
sloners. Marshal Farna will request Mayor
Mahool to prohibit the proposed exhibition
in Baltimore of the moving pictures of the
Jeffrles-Johnsonfight The mayor says
that with formal complaint before him he
will stop the pictures.
Postal Bank
Trustees to Meet
Members of Board Will Go to Bev
erly to Consult President
Taft.
WASHINGTON, July S. Any summer
meetings of the board of trustees of the
postal savings banks will be held at
Beverly. This haa been agreed upon by
the three members. Postmaster General
Hitchcock, Secretary of Treasury Mac
Veagh and Attorney General Wlckeraham.
No plana will be made for putting the
banka into operation until the board has
had an opportunity to talk over the matter
with the president. It Is not believed the
first of the postal banks can be opened
this year.
BOY DROWNED AT FORT DODGE
Geomar Davis, Fifteen Years Old,
I.osea Life In Des Moines River
While gwlmmtns.
FORT DODGE, la., July B.-(Speclal Tele
gram. ) Geomar Davis, 15 years old, son of
C. V. Davis, waa drowned yesterday In the
Des Molnea river. He dived Into a swlm-
mlng hole and failed to reappear. No
mark was found on his head and the cause
I of the fatality la a mystery.
aa It moved. Joe. to keep up hia own spirits,
yelled at the horses. They Jumped and the
ruin waa complete. As they turned into
Farnam street at a dead run throwing lum
ber and consternation In every direction,
Joe Jumped and aat down by the roadside
to watch the progress of hia pets through
the Farnam street traffic. Jensen's milk
wagon took the martyr's part and after
the Jacka were Uttered for four blocks, the
mad cavalcade waa stopped.
"The trouble with- them 'Jacks,' " said
Knott, "waa their color. Now, if they'd all
been black walnut, 'stead o' white pine,
they wouldn't a got acalred and they
wouldn't a fallen off. Black 'Jacks' don't
get aplUed like that no time."
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BUILDING TRADES TROUBLE
Structural Ironworkers Cause Walk
out at Des Moines.
CARPENTERS MAKING TROUBLE
Two Hundred Men Thrown Oat of
Work by Hock Island Road Re
cently Ordered Back, and
More Wanted.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)' '
DES MOINES, July 6. (Special . Tele
gram.) Des Moinei Is threatened with a
lockout In .the Building Trades that Would
seriously interfere with building operations..
Because a few 'nonunion structural Iron
workers were at, work on the extension of
the Equitable building, the carpenters
called out all their men. The contractors
claim that they had an agreement - with
the carpenters which -would forbid them
considering their relations to the .'steel,
workers, and tho, con'iuctors threaten to
retaliate. Tola-(a 4.,jpa, ta be -the u1t
minatlon of a 'arfci ' of . disagreements
which. It is believed, will, put a atop tem
porarily to building operations.
Approximately 200 men -who were thrown
out of work, two weeks ago by the Rock
Island railroad at Valley Junction because
of a retrenchment order resumed . work
again today. A full force of men la work
ing rtoday, and extra men will toe put to
work aa fast as they can be secured.
Opposes Fltcht Pictures.
Wilbur,'. Crafts, the "international re
form bureau," who has headquarters In
Washington to look after reform measures
In congress, spent the day In the city and
he spoke decisively against permitting
pictures of the prize fight to be shown in
moving picture theaters. He organised a
branch of his bureau here and a committee
was named to call upon the governor and
demand the strict enforcement of the Iowa
laws, under which no moving picture of
any Illegal thing can be shown. The mayor
of the city will also be asked to see that
no such pictures are to be shown. It is
believed the crusade will effectually prevent
use of price fight films In Iowa.
Colleae Classification I'hauares.
The State Board of Educational ex
aminers has decided upon a change next
year In the college classficatlon of Iowa,
dividing the colleges Into three ranks, ac
cording to quality of the work and strength
of the faculty and equipment. The present
plan is to class all colleges as "accredited
colleges" and all alike. The colleges are
given one year to adjust themselves to
the new rule and It Is expected that as a
result they will raise their standards.
No Repeal of Primary Law.
The political leaders are saying that the
action of the county conventions Saturday
In refraining generally from any con
demnation of the primary law has made It
certain there will be no effort made at
repeal of the law. There will be amend
ments of the law, as there were at the last
session, and some material changes, aa in
dicated by experience, but no repeal. Only
three or four counties mentioned the sys
tem adversely while a number deolared
for continuance of the law. The full con
trol of the state convention by the per
sona responsible for the passage of the law
makes It certain the state convention will
not act adversely.
Insane Man Kills Father,
HILL CITY, Kan., July 8. Buck Plant,
whi recently escaped from the Insane asy
lum at Parsons, Kan., went to the home
of George Plant, his ratner, here eariy to
rtnv and crushed the old man'a head with
hammer aa he lay asleep. Plant then cut
his father's throat from ear to ear. The
other members of the family escaped. Plant
was captured. Ten years ago he killed his
brother.
Home day
Thursday.
Real Estate Dealers have
prepared their best lists of
bargains in homes for to
morrow. Look at them.
r
Everyone ean and should own
their own home. The mono you
pay as rent will do It In a few
years. Under the easy term plan
you can purchase the kind of a
home you want and pay for It with
a email cash payment down bal
ance monthly like rent maybe
leas than you are now paying. In
a short time you own the home.
The Real Estate Brokers will
advertise their choiest home bar
Cains for sale In Thursday's Bee,
Day n the Woods
why men never seem to enpoy
Arguments in
Bleached Flour
Case Commence
Judge A. E. Helm of Wichita Says
Only Consumers Should Be Party
to Make Comnlaint.
KANSAS 'CITY, July 6. Arguments occu
pied, the atteutlon of the Jury in the
bleached flour trial in the federal court
here today." Pierce Butler of St Paul and
United States District Attorney Leslie
Lyons of this city argued for the govern
ment.' .Bruce Elliott of St. Louis and Judge
E. LTScarrltt of this city spoke for the
millers.
' Judge A. E. Helm of Wichita, Kan., also
argued for the millers. He said that al
though the government pure food and drag
act was intended for the consumers of the
-country's -food products, that In this case
the government had not introduced, as witnesses--any
consumer who had been in
jured by -eating -bread made from bleaohed
flour. lie initiated that the evidence had
failed to prove that the flour that had been
seised-had been adulterated or misbranded
as charged.
Pierce Butler said that eufficlent and
wholesome food are necessary for the pres
ervation and proper development of the
race. He said the defendants' own wit
nesses had failed to give any good reason
for the practice of bleaching flour.
"We contend that it Is unthinkable that
congress Intended to , permit minute
amounts of poUon to be added to any ar
ticle of food," Bald Mr. Butler, referring to
the terms of the national pure food statute,
"If some may be added to each kind o
food there can be no relief. The act cannot
be enforced and the government will be
helplesa to safeguard the public or prevent
fraud.
Funeral of Late
Justice Fuller
Services Will Be Held at Residence
Today and Body Will Be
Taken to Chicago.
SORRENTO, Me., July 6. -Messages of
condolence from friends of Chief Justice
Fuller, who died suddenly yesterday of
heart trouble, continued to arrive today
at Bar Harbor by the hundred. None of
these was made public, however, on re
quest of Mrs. Nathaniel Francis, the only
one of Mr. Fuller's five daughters, who
here.
A funeral service will be held at "Main
stay," the Fuller aummer residence to
morrow at S o'clock, conducted by Rev,
Jamea K. Freeman. The day of the funeral
in Chicago had not been decided.
SECRETARY DICKSON IN HAWAI
Head of War Department Says De
fenses ef Honolulu Will Be
Kztended.
HONOLULU, July 6.-Secretary of War
Dickinson at a banquet tendered him by the
commercial bodies of the city last night
aaid that the government entertained ambl
tlous plans for the extension of defenses of
Honolulu and contemplated a considerable
increase of the force at the military post
here, which would be made a permanent
garrison.
General Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the
bureau of insular affairs, said In an Inter
view that he was going to the Philippines
to Investigate fully the charges made In
connection with the disposal of friar lands,
Universities Are Too Much
Governed by Spirit of Times
BOSTON, July 5 -The National Educ a
tional association convention here was di
vided today Into eighteen aeperate meeting-,
each assigned to the consideration of a
specific topic. Three phases of child study
were developed by the kindergarten and
elementary achools departments In Joint
session. '
"We have learned that all of the so-call-J
naughtiness of children may be merely
danger signals Indicating disturbances
somewhere," said MaxmllKan P. E. Gross
man of Plalnfleld, N. J., discussing "Dan
ger Signals in - Young Children," In the
Child Study section. "The time may come
when there will be a science of parent
hood," be said. "Teachers should consider
nature?"
THIRTY-SIX BEFORE COURT
Those Who Celebrate Victory of
Black Man Take Medicine.
JOHNSON'S MOTHER IS PROUD
Looks Forward -with Kxnertaney
to
Return of Champion Bailors
le Fists In Norfolk
and Newport.
CHICAGO, July B.-Although Chicago is
the home of Jack Johnson and most of lit
colored population obast, truthfully or oth
erwise, of some acquaintance with him, the
celebration o fthe black man's victory did
not result In overburdening the various
branches of the municipal court today.
Those whose exhilaration resulted in
charges' of disorderly conduct and and as
sault and battery numbered exaotly thirty
six. The bluecoata were disponed to let tha
negroes '''have noi fling;," and mode few
arret!. ,' The .Judges,, too, let' the offenders
off lightly.
Mrs. Tiny Johnson, other of the cham
pion, received, the homage of friends and
strangera alike at her home, 3344 Wabash
avenue- , She' war 'particularly' proud of a
newspaper .clipping in which Johnson, after
the fight was quoted as saying:
"I want to get home to my mammy."
Sailors Vae Flats.
NORFOLK, Va., July 5. Nearly a score
of white United States sailors were fined
In the police court today from 3 to 2
and costs each for assaults on negroes dur
ing the last night's trouoie, following the
announcement o fthe outcome of the Johnson-Jeffries
fight.
NEWPORT,. 11. I., July B.-Twenty-four
fistic conflicts between negroes and white
men as a direct result of Jack Johnson's
victory, at Reno yesterday had been called
to the attention of the Newport police be
tween the time the Reno battle ended and
1 o'clock thla morning.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 6. Three
White militiamen from Mississippi charged
with attempting .to incite a riot with
negroije, following the Jeffries-Johnson
fight, were turned over to an officer of
their regiment In police court today.
. TAYLOR. Tex.. July 6. Two factlonx
among negroes engaged in a row over the
Jeffries-Johnson fight had the result that
George. Luck was killed and three others
shot. .
PHILADELPHIA, July B. More than 10j
whites and blacks, some with their head
bandaged or ' showing other evidence of
their participation in last night's ' race
riot, following Johnson's victory at Reno,
were stood up before police magistrates
today to receive punishment. As a rule,
the disturbers of the peace were released
With a fine, but those more seriously
Involved In the , riots were held In ball
for court or sent to the county prison
for short terms.
It waa a wild night among the rougher
element of colored people In the negro sec
tions, but no one was seriously hurt, either
In the riots or In the hilarious celetira
tions of the neg.-o champion's triumph.
The - disturbances were not confined to
any particular part of the city or public
parks, fighting breaking out nearly every
where that the two races Intermingled. Th
police were looking for trouble In the event
of Johnson's victory, and ruled with an
Iron hand when the trouble came. Clubs
were freely used In quelling the disturb
ances. WASHINGTON, July B.-In a fight late
last night resulting from clashes between
negroes and white men over the champion
ship battle at Reno, Thomas Mutdle, an
enlisted man of the United States marine
corps, had his throat cut and Is at the
casualty hospital In a serious condition
themselves students of child nature, not
child tamers."
That It la time gifted children be given
as much care as the defective and Ineffi
cient waa the statement of Superintendent
Robert J. Aley of Indiana.
"The ability to raise money, whether
from wealthy men or through atate legis
latures Is a sine qua non for the university
president," declares president Jamea Baker
of the University of Colorado, addressing
the meeting of the department of nlguer
education.
"The universities, he continued, "are
too much governed by the spirit of the
times and are compelled to measure every
thing too much by quantity rather than
quality,"
KING RI VALS AND
FANS LEAVE ItENO
Big Fighters and Tli;ir Followers
Winners and Losers Quit
Scene of Battle.
JOHNSON ENR0UTE TO CHICAGO
Black Champion, in Private Car, Due
in Windy City Tomorrow.
JETTRIES GOES BACK TO TARM
White Man Hundred Thousand
Richer, bat Spirit Crushed.
FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE AFFAIR
Winner nets Hundred Twenty. One
'thousand and l.oaer Hundred
Seventeen Thousand Pro
moters' Profits I erne.
RENO, July B. Jack Johnson, with his
bass viol, his trainers and bin camp equip
ment, la speeding toward Chicago lit his
special 'car, Kedomlo. on a. train that left
Heno soon after midnight and will reach
Chicago Thursday morning, lie Is under
contract to fill vaudeville engagements for
a time, ami says he will li glad to get
another fight soon, but so far us can be
learned, no man In tha world is really eager
to net Into the ring.
Jim Jeffries, the wealthy farmer, will
leave for his home In southern California,
on his special car, Uraymont, tonight. A
a result of the fight, he is prooubly S100.WO
richer, and the damage to his body and
the humiliation of his spirit will be healed
by time,
MoBt of the prize ring celebrities have de
parted, nnd Reno, yesterday the capital of
the wcirl l, has shrunk to Its normal stxe.
This talk among the sporting authorities,
who still remalnn here, deals with tho
amazing superiority of Johnson In yester
day's battle. It Is agreed that Johnson
could have put his man out much sooner,
and It Is ald 'that he wished to give the
moving picture men films of proper length.
Stories are told of attaches of Jeffries'
camp, who hedged at the last moment, be
ing dissatisfied with their man's conditio. l
and temper and placed bets on Johnson,
The negro population of Reno Is not nearly
no happy today as must be expected, for
many risked money on Jeffries. Johnson Is
not a hero amongst most of his race who
have met him.
Sam JJerger, manager for the defeated
champion, said today;
"Jeffries, of course. Is bitterly dlxup-
polnted. He feels as he said after the fight,
that tho weight of public opinion drove
him back into the ring and that his failure
may not be viewed leniently, although he
knows he did Ills beat.
Jeffries Will Hctarn to Farm.
"Jeffries 1b in good spirits, considering
hie disappointment. He' U going, back 'to
his qutot home lire. We expect to epeiid a
day or two in Satrr'ranclsoo and then go
south. If we don't make connections with
the railroad tonight, we will go down to
morrow. Bcrger eald that all of the losers' share
of the purse and picture money had been
turned over to Jeffries..
Jeffries went to the baths this morning
as usual. He kept away from the few
visitors who traveled out to the springs,
and did not care to make Any additional
statement. He has talked little of the fight
since he was brought blck to his cottage,
a beaten, bruised, blooding figure. As lie
walked around his house this morning, his
stride seemed noticeably unsteady, and his
big head hung down on his breast,
The swelling around his right eye was
evident and there were numerous slight
brulttes and contusions around his nose
and mouth, but his face showed little
discoloration, tha work of the rubbers and
trainers have gone far to removing the
signs of defeat.
Returning to the collage," Jeffrlea went
out on the lawn and aat down, his big
head hanging down and his eyes fixed on
i he ground. His every move stamped him
as a beaten and disheartened man. He
took no part In the talk about him and his
companions fell in with hit mood. The
little group sat In silence.
Mrs. Jeffries was hot to be seen. It was
said about the camp that she had com
pletely recovered the shock caused by her
husband's defeat, but the ' still feels the
strain.
Division of tho Prises.
Jack Join sun waa $120,000 richer when
Jim Jeffrlea went down for the last time In
yesterday's fight. Ha took 60 per cent of
the S1O1.O0O purse which amounted to S60,6UO.
a bonus of $10,000, and be told his picture
interests for $50,000.
Jeffries took a fortune out of the defeat
at Johnson's hands. He received 40 per
cent of the purse, amounting to $40,400, the
bonus of $10,000, and ha told his picture In
terests for $., making hia total $u;,08.
The owners of the picture films are calcu
lating on $1,000,000 profit
Interview with Rlckard.
"Well, lta all over and 1 arn happy to
day," was Tex Rlckard'a greeting to the
newspaper men when he came down to
breakfast. "It went through without a
hitch and we hold the world's record for
attendant, e, purso and receipts.
"I don't know how much money we took
in. The bank haa not finished counting it,
but I figure we will clear $100,000 on the
uate receipts besides our Interest In the
pictures. There were 30,000 people in the
arena. The seating capacity waa a iltllo
over 19.0U). All the seats were sold except
300 or 400, pokslble more, of the $30 and $40
places. But there were a couple of thou
sand standing around the upper rim of the
arena, so I am confident we hold the record
of a prlxe fight crowd In this country If not
In the world.
"We still hold a sixth Interest in the
pictures. We aold a sixth Interest before the
fight for $3S,333," and Rlckard took a check
for the amount from his coat pocket and
and handed It around.
"Aa it stands now, neither Johnson nor
Jeffries has any Interest la the pictures.
Jeffries sold his third for $J.G66 and Julin
son got $00,000 for his.
Crowd Is Orderly.
"I don't want to look back over the past
few wecka. It la too painful to think of.
I can forget it now that we came through
In such fine shape. It wat a wonderful
crowd in many ways. No one ever raw a
more orderly one. There was pi actually
no police protection, but In spite of this
20,000 men came here, went through every
tort of discomfort In the Way of travel,
loss of sleep and meal, sat In a broiling
sun for mo hours ana yet there was not
the least sign of disorder.
"The only time that thera waa anything
I like disorder waa when the crowd at tha