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Da The Sunday Dee ia the only THE WEATRO. Generally Fair Omaha newspaper that i fives its readers jottfes of colored four big comics. VOL. XLV NO. 170. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY Om Train, at Hotst Mwa stands, cto., 5a. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Oma Bee. HA ELY EDGAR HOWARD IS BADLY INJURED AS CAR STRIKES HIM Editor of Columbus Telegram Se ?rely Hurt When Automobile Knocks Him Down New Year's Night. IS THROWN AGAINST THE CURB SERBIAN KINO IN DRAMATIC FLIGHT FROM HIS COUNTRY This picture shows King Peter of Serbia, being assisted from his automobile to the back of his horse, during his flight across Serbia and Albania, before taking ship for Italy. The picture was sent from Scutari to Durazzo by aeroplane by our correspondent, who was a member of the king's Occupants of Machine Escape With out Being Recognized and Sheriff After Them. DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE 1 rOI.llMKI'S h.. .Inn. 2. fSnn- lal Telegram.) Edgar Howard, editor of the Columbus Telegram and one of the most, prominent dem ocrats of the slate, was severely hurt here New Year's night when he was struck and knocked down by an automobile. Howard had left his reRidence about 7 o'clock and was walking downtown. Sleet followed by a freeze had made the sidewalks slippery and I Mr. Howard was making the journey on the left hand eide of the street to pet firmer foothold. Thrown Aaralnat Curb. The automobile, which witnesses de clared contained three men and was hit ting up a high rate of rpeed on the wrong fide of the street, struck the editor from the rear and threw him against the curb. He suffered severe Benin wounds and wrenched his hack considerably. He was plrked up In a semi-conscious condition and taken to his home where he was de 1 Irons most of Saturday night. Simday he seemed to be Improving and the attending physicians announced that he would recover unless Interna! Injuries resulted. It is said there is a chance of the latter proving true. Even though no Internal injuries develop Mr. Howard will confined to his home for a week at least. Sheriff SeeVa Car. The automobile which struck Mr. How ard is thought to have been one from a nearby city. The occupants were not recognised by witnesses nor was the number secured, but the sheriff is at- I C Tilt A ' I IW MtVVl I 1 P - i I 5 , 4 i. jS. j ! J T uV Mir 1 i ' "'WISTWililinilllili-OTFinllllsilltiil ' . " 1 1 I i 7 & . - - - - ,...,.. jA : $ I til Sr. ....... s. . 1 S I t' :1 H Vv -Si,- HENRY FORD HOME WITH YIEW PEOPLE TO BLAMEOR WAR Pacificist Arriving at New York Asserts Masses of Europe Now Being Slaughtered Re sponsible. VOYAGE CHANGES HIS OPINION Manufacturer Has No Doubt of Eventual Success of His Peace Expedition. BAKER CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESSMAN Prominent Omaha Attorney Decides to Make Race for Repub lican Nomination. GIVES OUT HIS PLATFORM S . 11 irrt-'liilln T?T . I Judge Hen 8. Ilaker of Omaha yesterday announced his determin ation to stand for the republlcnn nomination for congressman from this district. The Judge is one of the promi , nent men of Omatw. w ho has risen i from the ranks of hardworking boys. THINKING TO FOLLOW TALKING ;. At the age of H years he started out for himself. He worked on NHW YORK, Jan. 2. Henry Ford,! farms over In Iowa, and did all who led the peace expedition which I kinds of labor until one day he left here December 4 on the steam-! graduated from the law school of PERSIA REPORTED SUNK UNWARNED; AMERICAN LOST Unofficial Dispatches from Cairo Say British Liner Torpedoed in Mediterranean With out Notice. GOES DOWN IN FIVE MINUTES ship, Oscar II, for Copenhagen, in the hope of brJjsging about a confer ence of neutral nations hta would end the war, arrived here today on the steamer. Bergensfjord. He confirmed cable reports that his return had been United States Consul McNeely Is Asserted to Have Perished. ABOUT 150 SURVIVORS LAND LONDON, Jan. 2. Unofficial dis- halplioa f ttm PnrU aaA iKni 4 Vi a the Iowa State university. I " ,"r " . ' . During all his varied legal and -""""i' -.-. political activities, 'as a result of which for many years he has been in the searching glare directed at a man in public l fc, the judge hastened by illness, but said it made ' has continued to make friends in all a difference of only a few days, as ' parties and factious by 1,1s upright he intended when he left to come ness, kindliness and ability. More back this month. j than one young lawyer attributes Mr. Ford declared his views regarding J successes w on in various cases to GOVERNOR RACE ON 1NEARNEST Interesting and Enlivening Devel opments Looked for Before Week is Over. BURKETT MAY BE CANDIDATE (From a Staff Corespondent.) UNCOL.N, Jan. 2. (Special.) Every body Jspredicting that before the first wulr nf Ha naw vAnp la AVr that there tempting to locate the car by Its de-,wm m aeUvlty , the poljtlcM world siTipt.on. IM M Nchpaska S concerned which Witnesses declare that after hitting , , lnter6stlng and eni,Venlng. Mr Howard, the man at the wheel threw Tne lbUty that former Senator on the Juice and made a speedy escape ! Burkett may enter the race for Justice Lamar Is Dead at Capital WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Joseph Rucker Lamar, associate Justice of the supreme court of the United States, died at his home here tonight after an lllneB of several months. He was 58 years old and had been on the supreme bench five years. up the otreet to the Lincoln highway and out of the city. Reception Held by Wilson and Bride the republican nomination for the United States senate with a plea that he be al lowed again to contest with Senator Gil bert M. Hitchcock, who beat him six years ago, has set the tongues to wag ging. It would complicate matters at least to the extent of producing a three-cor nered fight and inject a little uncertainty into the primary fight. - Fears of Too Many Cooks. Friends of candidates for the republican HOT SPRINGS. Vs., Jan. 2. President "Wilson held his first official New Tear's reception this evening In the lobby of the hotel here where he and Mrs. Wilson are spending their honeymoon. He shook nomination who are on the dry side are hand with about 500 persons and later beoomlng fearful that something is going was host at a public tea. . jto happen If the four dry candidates, Pol- The lin of cnllers. mostly country ' lard, McKelvle, Sutton and Madgett, per people from a radius of thirty miles about slst in all staying in to the end. 'Some of Hot Springs, was received by the presi- them have gone so far as to advocate the lent and Mrs. Wilson and as they stood getting together of the four men and before a fireplace near the hotel entrance drawing. straws to see which one shall Mr. Wilson greeted each cordially, and , run. smilingly Introduced his bride who was j It Is suggested that a large per cent of gowned in blue Georgette crepe with blue the republican vote is dry and with Just t t L lace sleeves and ahlgh collar. At the ta Mrs. Wilson oftlclated at a small table set apart for her and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson took a long motor ride and a three-mile walk today after rainstorm had driven them from the golf links. They motored to Warm .Springs, Vs.., and returned by a circuitous route. one of the four in the race it would be easy to win, but with the vote divided It simply means defeat for the four and the nomination of a wet candidate. Of course that Is looking at it from the Bryan standpoint that a man's qualifica tions for the office of governor depends wholly upon how he stands upon the pro hibition question. Some people are lnslst tlng that business ability in an executive Is a mora Important qualification than his attitude toward prohibition. Who Will Withdraw f Howeyer, the proposition arises as to which three of the four dry candidates will consent to eliminate themselves. All (From a Btaff Correspondent.) !IU' em aeciare mai wey are i n vu i.iwrni.M i.n Bn.MnTh. stay ana wai mey jonu can iw ev-irU tal ,ty of Nebraska is starting out the : nominated. That is the question which new year by feeling pretty chesty over bothering friends of the , plan just now it. 1915 record. Bank clearings increased until that is solved It . U .likely that from $109,207,345 In 1914, to 1119.043.782. in tho race will continue with Pollard Mc IM6. Legits in bank, increased from ' M Sutton and Madctt 8tHrlV'nS r . it.. anI flfxWtrA anH nnHHlhlV Lincoln Is Chesty Over Bank Record $12,242,884. Poet office re- HO.9ri8.4a7 to CtMiJis irom wi.i w -tw.oo. nmm , , I in a nnnnoltlnn .ales from 1383,575 to J3S4.851. Postal j . .. ... I There has a money order from Rt,M3 to j,sj,ij, nd parcel post packages Increased from H6.364 to the dry vote and George and possibly 'Clarence Miles of Hastings dividing up There has as yet no solution come to the very undesirable condition which con frA.t. th. if.nH.ri nf the democratic 'iuiv Whn K tri mnn or the Building permit, ran from $1,006,187 In KUbernatorlai nomination is the problem 1914 to $1,700,000 In 1915. and city, publ c whJcn , kecplng roany of them awake and suburban buildings from $1,400,000 to,n,8nU M ,g Bal(J noever that there is FAMINE IN POTASH AFFECTSJARMERS Secretary Houston Paints Gloomy Picture of Outlook for Fertilizers. v$2.484,500. General Dodge Is .Constantly Sinking;,"' General Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, la constantly sinking. Word from his bednlde at pres. time was that death may come at any moment. A decided change for the worse in his condition occurred Saturday night. hope that a solution will be found at the state democratic editorial banquet which will be held at the city auditorium in Lincoln on Thursday evening, the 11th. when everybody who has a bug crawling his head gear will be permitted to bring him out and put him on exhibition. That there will be a fine assortment of bugs is assured and that some of them may ex hibit some of the elements needed for the nomination is doubtless a fact, but whether they will be able to entirely meet the very peculiar situation remains to ba seen. The Weather Temperatar at Omaha - rtours. I m r TTTTV I 6 a.m. J 10a.m... yi7JW 11a.m... c i p. m... 4 p.m... ' ' 1p.m... Tcsterday. De fi ......rt ..X..25 27 2 .13 3a THOMPSON SEES HOPE FOR DRYS IN NEBRASKA "BILLY" SUNDAY ENTERSTRENTON Thousands Oreet Evangelist as He Arrives for Eeligious Cam paign in City. - "NO PIKER TOWN," HE SAYS TRENTON, N. J.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial Telegram.) "Billy" Sunday told 6,000 persons of all ages, sexes and creeds from thi city and a dosea surrounding towns that the reception given him here after he had alighted from the Chicago limited this after noon was the best in twenty years "I always thought Trenton was con servative," he yelled as he stood In the bay window of the Dolton man slon at Clfhton avenue and State street, "but I find It isn't. This is no piker town." "Ma" Sunday, with her face wreathed in smiles, clasped the evangelist about the neck as he talked for ten seconds to the cheering multitude. Mr. Sunday sat down to a beefsteak dinner at 6 p. m. It was prepared by Mrs. Emma Mae Foutts, the official housekeeper. He also ate heartily of baked beans and raw apples of which ho is very fond. Trip Is Fine. "The trip wa fine," he said between chaws on the beef. "Never felt better In sll my life," he cried out with vigor. "I don't want to talk too nsich now," he remarked. "I have seven weeks of that stuff ahead of me." The Sunday party reached the Clinton street station with the platform Jammed with a frensied mass of people. Wearing a steel gray hat and his usual fur collared black overcoat, the evangelist appeared husky, but thinner than when he spoke before the legislature here early last year. Ex-Asseir.blyman John E. GUI, Dr, Henry Collin Minton, chairman of the Sunday committee, and Samuel Haverstick, pres ident of the Chamber of Commerce, were with him along with "Ma." Winkers' band accompanied a massed choir of 2,M0 voices as Sunday was step ping into the automobile that was used by President Wilson when Inaugurated, Onward Christian Soldiers," be'.ng sung In mighty tones. Arriving at the house two blocks away, Sunday nimbly stepped from the tar, leaped up the steps, and along with his wife hurried to the second floor where he talked to the crowd. 'Brighten Up the Corner." sung by everybody, closed the most unique re ligious spectacle in the history of the c ty. One vt the side features of Sunday's arrival was the selling of thousands of bags of "Billy" Sunday peanuts by "Spader," a colored vendor, known to thousands of Princeton graduates and others. "Billy" rests while in seclusion tonight "to be ready to give the devil a battle" tomorrow. NITRATES ARE MUCH HIGHER WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. A gloomy view of prospects for fertilising next year's crops is presented in a statement issued today by Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture. Relief measures undertaken by the de partment since the European war dis rupted the American phosphate Industry and cut off potash imports from Ger many will help, the statement says, but they offer slim possibilities that the American farmer will get a small part of the fertilising materials necessary for his needs. Nitrogenous fertilisers alone will be available in the quantities needed. The secretary 'akes up first the potash supply . long . sine xhusted In the United" State, "by the -German embargo on shipments. Investigation, says his statement, has shown four sources of supply in this country, but none im mediately available. These are the kelp of the Pacific coast, alunlte deposits in Utah, feldspathio rocks in the east and the mud of Searles lake, California. Many Difficulties in Way. Manufacture from feldspar has been found to be feasible, but the cost is high. Development of Searles lake deposits presents technical difficulties, and title to the property is involved. Manufac turers are experimenting now, the state ment says, with alunlte. Kelp is offered as the best material. Three large con cerns have begun manufacture from kelp and government experts will be sent to the Pacific coast to aid in the experi mental work. Production will be slow for a long time, the secretary points out, and de mand for potash In other industries Is so great that none manufactured In the United States will be available for agri cultural purposes. His statement says: "The prices offered under existing conditions by the manufacturers of ar ticles will cause practically the entire output of these concerns to be diverted from the fertilizer industry. It would require ninety or more plants, costing approximately $00,000 and having an op erating capital of $25,000 each, to pro duce the quautlty needed for agriculture. This would involve the assumption that commercial phases of the problem were harmonious as could be desired assistance freely given by .ludpe Baker. Those persons who believe it e to Omaha represented In congress by a strong man, in con trast to the democratic record of this same office are among the first who are convinced of the merit of Judge Baker's candidacy, and will be the nucleus of his fol lowing. "Yes, I have fully made up my mind to bo a candidate for the republican nomination for congress of this district at the next primaries." said the Judge. "Have you formulated or have you any particular platform on which you are to go before the people?" he was asked the cause of the war have undergone a marked change. When he left, he said, he was of the opinion ttiat bankers, man ufacturers of munitions and armament were responsible, but he returns with the j would be an advanta belief that it Is the people themselves, and Nebraska to be r those now being slaughtered, who are responsible. Content o Re naled. The men doing the fighting have been too content to let those who rule them do their thinking, and they have not taken advantage of their divine right to say for themselves what they shall do and think, tho pacificist aserted. "Republics are no better than mon archies In this respect," he said. "Rven in the United States wo lot those whom we have elected to offlco be swerved from their duty. We do not assert our selves. Personally, I have been a voter thirty-one years, and In all that time I have voted only six tliW. and then be cause my wife made me." Of the eventual success of the peace mission, Mr. Ford declared he had no doubt. "The movement Is now organ ised and under way," he said. "People have been talking about It, and while some criticise, when people talk they think, and when they think they think right." May Charter Bnl. COPENHAGEN. Jan. S.-Vla London) After deciding to proceed to The Hague by sea, the manager of the Ford peace Party . todax. , made . effort to avoid tha necessity of. sailing through ths North sea with Its danger from mines. They called on the German minister and urged him to obtain permission for ths party to go to The Hague through Germany, but no assurances were received from him. The manager of the party have decided to charter a small vessel, at an expense of $00,0110 to go by sea to The Hague If consent to pass through Germany can not be obtained. In this event, only the members of the party whose presence is regarded as necessary will be taken on. The. others Including th ecollege students will be sent back to the United States from Copenhagen. Llndhaxm Returns. IjONDON, Jan. 2. A Reuter's dispatch from Copenhagen says that Mayor I.lnd- hagan of Stockholm, who arrived at Copenhagen last week to Join the peace expedition, returned to Stockholm today. Kight Norwegian delegates have Joined the party. The message says the members of the rarty were received by the American minister Dr. Maurice Egan. Plana Uncertain. Mr. Ford's future plans with respect to the peace expedition were unrertiln, he said. While ha had several Ideas In mind, he deemed It too early to speak of them. He left the party In charge of Gaston Plantlff, he stated In accord ance with his original plans, and de- Mediterranean on Thursday, was tor- pedoed wlthou twarning and sank in five minutes. Between 150 and 160 survivors have been landed at Alexandria, Kgypt. Robert N. McNeeley, American consul at Aden, Arabia, is believed lo have been drowned. Iluvtnn Man ftaved. fleutfrs Cairo correspondent makes the unreserved statement that Mr. McMc Neeley lost his life. Charles II. Grant of Hoston was saved. Details of tho sinking of the Persia came in slowly today, but such Informa tion as was received made it appear Unit the number of persons who escaped In tho four boats which were put off was larger than was hoped when the first news was received yesterday. Ths Penin sular & Oriental company, which owned tho Persia, announced this morning that 1S8 survivors had arrived at Alexandria. A Lloyd's dispatch gives the number as 1M, msde up of fifty-nine passengers of whom seventeen are women and ninety four members of the crew Including 159 Isaars. Ktrnrk Amidships. The survivors Include ten military of ficers and eight persons who are not Of course, I am a republican, and I , Ui Uum subjects. believe in the principles of the party. I j "The ship was struck amhrJMps on am In favor of protective tariff duties the port side at 1:10 p. in.," says Reuter's equal to the dlference of the cost of correspondent at 'Cairo. "She had dlsap labor In the production at home and peared completely by 1:15 p. m." abroad, with a reasonable profit to the i "Survivors say it was little short of home Industry and no more, and where a miracle that any one was' saved. the tariff Inures to the benefit of the ' There was no panic. Four boats were launched with the utmost promptitude. "The captain was drowned. When last seen he was swimming after the liner had plunged beneath ths surface." Both the Peninsular and Ori'ntal com pany and Reuter'. Cairo corre.pondent say that Mr. Grant has been landed at Alexandria, The steamship company this - afternoon - had received- no new. Oi Mr. McNeely's fate. Edward Rose of Denver, left the Per I sla at Gibraltar as was reported yes terday. manufacturer instead of the wage earner the tariff should be taken off. A pro tective tariff should he reduced to the minimum, keeping In mind a protection of our wage earners and producers. "I am also In favor of a rigid enforce ment of the Sherman anti-trust law. Guilt is personal. .. . . j , "I am In favor of government corpora tion control and regulation of all Inter state commerce business with the fol lowing provisions and prohibitions: (a) Prohibiting the Issuance of watered stock, (b) Property vatne of such cor porations to be their actual value; fran chise to be no part of such value, (c) Provisions for the publicity of all re ceipts and disbursements of such cor porations, (d) Provisions for regulating railroad rates and prohibiting rebates and discrimination In shipping. "I am in favor of government conserva tion of all Its natural reaourcea, that they may inure to tho benefit of al Ithe peo pla. "I am in favor of the right to petition congress without restriction to any class, ; regardless of their occupation and em,- ploymerit. "I am In favor of a separate bureau for the welfare of the children of the nation. "I believe in a reasonable and rational BAR A BOO, Wis.. Jan. J.-Al RIngllng. preparedness for the safety of our nation. years old. died here yesterday of bearina In mln,i that we are not and ! Brlght's disease. He had been ill about should not be a military nation. Our Serbian King Peter . Is Now at Saloniki LONDON, JaJn. King Peter of Ser bia, who reached Italy last week from Albania, is said by Reuter's Athens cor respondent to have arrived at Salontkl on a French battleship. He was accom panied by several Serbian ministers and officers. Al Singling Is Dead; Noted Circus Owner coast defenses should be adequate for all probable requirements. I do not favor a large standing army, but we should have facilities whereby a large army of educated and equipped men can be read ily called into service. "I believe the government so far as possible should manufacture its own mu- i spite all reports to the contrary, whrn ' nltlona of wsr." the party left the Oscar II., It wss as "When do jou Comparative Local Record. 1916. 1815. 1914. 1913. Highest today M 4 it: Loweat today 23 11 21 ti Mean temperature 30 21 SI 21 Precljttation 0 .0 .03 .0 Temperature and precipitation depart ' urea from the normal at Omaha since t March lat, and compared with the last ,ai wo yeara: JT Nlirnml lutiiliA r. I m n ra 91 Kxwm tor the dav 0 Total deficiency ince March 1. 1915. ...56 Normal precipitation ul Inch Itt-rU'lrncy for tho day 02 Inch Total itrvclpiiatloii alnie March 1.. 27.41 in. iH-ficii-ncy Kline March 1 l.M In. lH-flriiiy fr cor. iwrtod In 1ull. 3 47 In. Deficiency for cor. period In 1911.. 6.56 lu. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan. 2. (Special.) Accord ing to W. T. Thompson, chairman of the executive committee of the dry cam paign committee, there Is a pretty good chance that Nebraska mny go dry In 19W. However, Mr. Thompsun, like many 37 other campaign prophets, hsa an "if," which stands In the way to take the !!"!3.Jy out of life for the dry advocate, and the state will surely go dry "if" the dry people do not get over confident, and think they have got things all com ing their way, and lose out thereby. He charges that the wet element ha. had control of thing, for thirty years, but a change has taken place in the past two months, and business men and others who have heretofore been favor able to wet conditions are now openly for a change. He thlnka that Inasmuch as all territory around Nebraaka is now dry, that people fear that unless No tiranKa goe. usewise tne state will t r dumping ground for all that la undealr able in connection with wet conditions. BEATRICE BANKS PROTEST TAX ASSESSMENTS BEATRICE. Neb., Jan. J.-(Special.) Taxes amounting to $3,000, paid under protest byelght banks of Gage county, will stand on the tax books until the matter has been threshed out through the district court. The banks have ap pealed from the decision of the County Board of Supervisors. The banks claim the board lias no legal right to assess farm mortgages, while the board holds that It has. Ten cases of smallpox were reported at Wymore Friday, and ir any more new cases develop no services will be held in the churches Sunday, and the public schools will not be allowed ya resume after tho holiday vacation. It is also the intention of Mayor McMullen to close all the moving picture houxes. Nearly 100 boy scouts held a rabbit "feed" at the Young Men's Christian as soclation building New eYar's eve when they watched the old year out and the new year In. The rabnlta were killed by the boys Friday, twenty-three bring pre tared for I ho banquet. expect to file?" satisfactorily solved. Ttie department Is considering all phases of the situation.' Sulphuric Acid Hearer. The crippled state of the phosphate liv dustry Is attributed to tne high price of over the world. The nations doing the sulphuric acid, much of which is being fighting would be glad to stop If they j "The main Idea of the mlaMa n." flin tlnued Mr. Ford, "was to crystallize into j concrete form. Get the various ideas and j and hopes for advice, which prevail all "Perhaps within the jnxt ten days." Dr, Sun Reported Returning to China a year. Mr. Rlngllng was tne oinesi or the RIngllng brothers, circus owners, who have their winter headquarters here. Mr. RIngllng la survived by a widow. HAILSTORM FRIGHTENS PEOPLE OF TABLE ROCK used now In the manufacture of war munitions. The price has jumped from $5 to $25 a ton. Demand for the acid Is so heavy that abandoned plants are be ing refitted for its manufacture. The Bureau of Soils, meanwhile. Is experi menting with the manufacture of plios phorlo acid as a substitute for sulphuric. Nitrate prices have advanced since the war began, but there Is an abundant supply of nitrogenous fertilizing ma terial, and the department is endeavor ing to find methods to rhtmpen the cost of manufacture. The secretary concludes with a warning to farmers to conserve all fertilizing materials on the farm. He urges crop rotation, proiier use of fer tilisers and also use of time to increase productivity of the soil. Wreck Victims Will Sue Union Pacific BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. l.-(Speclal.)-Damage suits aggregating )JO0,(M0 will be filed against the Union Pacific company soon as a result of the wreck at Ran dolph, Kan., a few months ago, in which eleven people lost their lives, unless the claims presented by relatives of those killed are settled within the next few days. The claims run all the wsy from $2,000 to $5,000 each. but they are afraid could, I believe to let go. Fine Hunch of People. "Those who accompanied me on the Oscar II. were as fine a body of people for that particular mission as I could ssk. and the interested d-lega'cs that firat president of the republic of China, has ercaped from surveillance under which he Is said to have been held met us at Chrlstlanla were all good men. Toklo. Japan, for more than two years, I am simply financing and carrying out ,nd on n'8 bacK to China, accord as far as possible the work ss set under ln to a statement msde t day by Fo Sun. way last year at the meetln at Th son of the former president, who is a TABLE ROOK, Neb., Jan. J. (Spe cial.) A terrible electrical storm passed over hore at about 11 o'clock Friday night accompanied by loud peals of thun der and blinding flashes of lightning. Hail felt in great quantities and chunks of Ice, many of which were dlscemable on the walks and streets at daylight this 1 morning. There was a heavy fog at the T-Vnm TAirm Tn nin time and the darkness could almost bo X lUill XUJVlUj U ay dll fcltt Many weT9 bauy frightened at the i loud roar which came with the storm. A BBRKKLF V, '!.. Jan. 2 -Dr. Hun Yat ! Hz.llng rain fell nearly all night Ben, EIGHT THOUSAND ATTEND TIJUANA RACE OPENING TIJUANA. Mexico. Jan. i Despite ad verse weather conditions more than 8,0J persons attended the Inaugural race meet Hauge of the Women's International student In a senior class st the University of th, i,wrr California Jockey club here peace congress. This work ultimately will bilng Europe to Its sense., and stop the war. "If what I have done will bring peace only one day nearer 1 shall be more than repaid. Every day the war ia shortened will save Si.000 lives, and 30,000 lives will mean much toward restoring order and normal conditions. May Hrtam to Ksriipe, of California, following the receipt of the menage from his father. "Sham Cheung linen has been named ; provlHlonal head of the revolutionists as . ' he Is a military expert, " said Fo Sun to , day. "I do not think there Is any doubt ' of the success of the revolution as more than half of ths provinces are in open ' revolt against Yusn Shi Kal. I do not know exactly where my father is, but I todsy. A light rain had made the coursa soggy and slow time was recorded In each of the six events. Prominent sporting men from Los An geles and San Francisco and race track; enthusiasts from Juarez, New Orleana and eartern cities were here for the open ing. The meet will continue for 100 days. TECUMSEH BOY FINISHES . HIS TERM IN THE NAVY TECUMSEH, Neb., Jan. l- Special.) Kills F. Gay, son of Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Gay of Tecumseh, has Just finlahed a four years' enlixtnicnt In the United states navy and returned home. His dis charge was at Kan Francisco two week, aiso. Mi. Guy enlisted In Lincoln, Neb., four yeara ago. "If necessary I will a rain ia to Kurniw. presume that he is in China or on hla and If It will help matters I will charter there. He left Toklo several days another ship. I am not dolnr It for per- ' sgo." (foi.tii.ued on 'Pagef woColumnTwol According to prominent Chinese In San Francisco Dr. Sun has the confidence of Av,nl-n "D-l, T5..i. the republican factions, especially those lliiaLUUl JJUillUrUL in the southern provinces of China. Under State House BOSTON, Jan. 2. An unsuccessful at tempt to dynamite the state house wss made today A bomb containing four pounds of explosive was attached to a bsaement door and a fuse had been lighted, but the flsme apparently tiled before reaching the detonator. Had the exploalon occurred, in the opinion of the police the building would have been greatly damaged. The fact that tarred rope was used as a fuse, according to 1-iveHtist on indl ated that the bomb was the work of a novice. A scrub woman discovered the bomb this morning. The police took it to a sub urb and t litre discharged tue dynamite. FEWER FIRES IN CHICAGO j LAST YEAR THAN IN 19H ! CHICAGO, Jsn. S.-Ttie fire loss in Chicago In 1915 was $l,lt3.7!4, according to the report of Chief O'Connor. Clii- 1 cago's firemen responded to 13,631 alarms ! In 191.1, and in 1914 they made 14.977 runs. I This decrease of 1.436 fires was ascribed to three causes: The heavy rain during SISTERS ARE BURIED IN SAME GRAVE AT SIDNEY he summer months, the work of the flra , prevention bureau in sttmulatlng greater precautions against fire, the aresl and convictions of members of the "arson trust." FREDDIE WELSH OUTPOINTS ' WHITNEY WITH SOME EASE SIDNEY, la.. Jan. i.-SpecIal.)-There was a double funeral tn Sidney Friday when Louelta Mae Richards, aged 14 years, and her sister. Alma Maude Rich ards, aged 13 years, wre burled in the same grave. They died of scarlet fever. The younger one died first, and while 1 the undertaker was at the home prepar ing the body for burial, the older sister died. They were the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richards, who live six miles southesst of Kidney. There Is but one child left In the family, a younger daucbter. ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. l.-Freddle Wehth, lllihtweight champion, easily outpotntej Frank Whitney In a ten-round no-dc-clulon bout here last night. Whitney wa credited with one round, the fourth, sue during the remainder of the fight it su- waUUt iu not ax.teadii. birosalf.