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The Omaha Morning Bee m "* ——” 1 1 —*———■ 111 —— ■■ III ■ —————— —i——| I ■ ■■■- .1 ■ ..III - —- . ■ ...I I —————— — — ■» VOL. 52—NO. 208._SKS1 “ T'tS? ±mi„V._OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1923.* TWO CENTS Cold Wave In creasing in Intensity Three Below Zero Low Record in Omaha Wednesday; Drop to 10 Below Predicted. Spreads Over Country It wasn't 33 below' In Omaha yester day morning. It was only an 18 mile wind that made it feel that way, ac cording to the weatherman. Lowest ^y tual temperature recorded here was 3 below zero at 7 yesterday morning. Meteorologist M. V. Hobins, how ever, predicted that the mercury Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 14.— Trains were delayed throughout Wisconsin and the northwest to day as a result of the cold wave. Lake shipping was held up and every motor bus on the highways running out of Milwaukee sus pended service. Thermometers registered flvo degrees below zero. Oshkosh reported a blizzard and 10 below zero. It was impossible to get to Fond Du Lac by any means. At Burnett Junction a train was reported frozen to the tracks. It had to l>e chopped out of the ice by section hands. probably w ill drop to 10 below by i this morning. Prediction w-as fair and colder last | right, with continued cold weather | today. Luring the night, the wind reached \ n velocity of 30 miles an hour. Havre Coldest In l". S. Boldest place in the United States j ■was Havre. Mont., where the tcmpera iurc was 32 below zero. At Kdmonton, Banada, It was 34 below. Valentine was the coldest place re corded in Nebraska with 10 l5elow. Other temperatures were: North Platte. 8 below; Sioux City, 8 below, with a 38-mile wind; Miles City and Helena. Mont., 22 below; lies Moines, 4 below : Lavenport, 4 below: Keokuk, la.. 4 above; Charles City, la., 4 be ptipiv: Kansas City, Mo., 10 above. Light snow fell at North Platte and from 8 to 10 inches of snow was re-J ported In Minnesota. Snow also fell In i Chicago. Continued high pressure in the northwest is a certain Indication of more cold weather, according to Mr. Ilobtue. Cold Wave Increasing. t Chicago, l'eh. 14.— Winter's sever- | e.~t cold wave, that came down out of Alaska and the Canadian northwest, today still was increasing in intens- i ity and spreading rapldlly over the | tipper Mississippi valley and plains states, already having embraced the) northerly Rocky Mountain region ’ and the northwest. The cold wave, ushered Into the central plains states yesterday fcy heavy snowfall and high winds and 1 forcing the thermometer down several degrees an hour, is expected to con tinue through the remainder of tlm week, finally spreading through all sections east of the Mississippi ex cepting Florida and reaching maxi mum coldness Thursday, The line of ze ro temperature reach- . ed Illinois early today and is rap idly spreading cast and south. Havre, t Mont., reported 32 degrees below zero | at 7 a. in. and Williston, X. D., 28 below. Readings of 22 below were reported ; nt D.smurck, X. L)., and Sheridan, j Wyu.; Huron and Pierre, K. It.. 14 la low; Ht. Paul, Minn., 20 below; J>. canaba, Mich,. 8 below; Swift Cur" rent, Sisk., reported 30 below, and Calgary. Alta., 32 below. Two deaths were reported in Chi cago ns a result of the cold wave. Roads through the Dakotas, Iowa and parts of Xebraska were almost ^^npassible today because of heavy virifts of snow, caused by yesterday's heavy blizzard and the high winds. Kansas was In the grip of tempera utre which runged from 4 below In the northwestern lection to 9 degrees above iri the eastern. Kli/rard Sweeps Michigan. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 14.—One of the worst blizzards In recent years is sweeping Michigan today, lashing its fury pariiciriariy on the western part of the state, but riding eastward cgi Hie wings of n biting gale, beating down temperatures before It. All northbound trains out of Grand Rapids on the Per* Marquette were annulled this morning. The Pennsyl vania railroad this afternoon is trying to buck drifts with double headers. In the teeth of the gale blowing fresh off Rake Michigan, business was virtually halted in Muskegon. Railroad (Turn to Fag* Two. Column Four.! Step Toward Party Reunion Taken in (ereal Britain London, Feb. 14.—l—A step In the direction of a liberal reunion was achiever today when the Asqulthtan and Lloyd George parties agreed to submit a joint amendment to the ad coke the aid of the league of nations dress In reply to the speech from the Ihronr, urging the government to in to preserve peace In Europe. The joint amendment advocate* np polntmcnt by the league of a commis sion. in which the United States would t0r,n Invited to participate, to Investi gate Germany's capacity for repara tion payment and (lie best methods of securing such payment. The amendment will corns tip for discussion In the house committee atxt Monday*' 1 * 1 Nebraskan With U. S. Troof Didn’t Like to Leave Rhine* _ szs Doughboys Lived Like Kings on 600.000 Marks a Month —Beer Half a Cent a Glass. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 14.—(Special.)— Sgt. Otto F. Uehnst of Plattsmouth, Neb., the only Nebraska man among the Yanks who returned from the Rhine ami now are quartered at Fort Sereven, declared today he hated to come away. In glowing accents he told of the things J30, the monthly pay of the United States private, would buy in Germany. Beer, he said, was ’^-cent a glass; the best meal to be had could be pur- I chased for 20 cents; with the remain- | der of his 600,000 marks the doughboy j could rent himself a house and live j like a king. Nine Years’ Service. Sergeant Lehnst, a member of Com- i pany D, has nine years of service to I his credit—in Mexico, France and I Germany. He is in line for discharge in December of this year. “When our troops were ordered home it was just like breaking up a colony of good friends,’’ he declared. “All the enjoyments the country afforded were ours, and the Germans treated the Americans royally. “Our pay amounted to about 600,000 marks a month. This seemed like a fortune to the Germans, and it was. I think the German wives my buddicc brought back will find it pretty hard to live on that measly 30 bucks, when j they are used to living on such large | incomes over there. Respected by Germans. “The Germans respected an Amer ican more than they respected a rep resentative of any nation in Europe, because they knew they could get a square deal from an American. "The Germans are not going to re sist the French invasion c£ the Ruhr. They know it would be futile. But they have no love for the French. There is a great deal ot talk, but Ger many will not take steps to stop the invasion. "In a way. I am glad to get back home, but I hated to leave Germany, because it really was a picnic." Poor in Inited States Money. New York. Feb. 14.—"Millionaires” on the Rhine, but poor in American Orro r. lehns-t ] currency, six soldiers of (lie Amer ican occupation forces, who arrived Sunday on the transport, St. Mihiel, last night were provided with trans portation for themselves their wives and children to their homes in the ' west. Eighteen married veterans were dis charged today and investigation showed that only 12 had funds suffi cient for travel expenses. The Brooklyn chapter, Hed Cross, provided funds to send the six and ' their families to their homes In Eos Angeles, Cellar Kapids, la.; J^ake City, III.; St. l’aul, Minn.; Portland. Ore., and Saskatchewan. Canada. Management of Armour Company to Remain Same Three Prominent Bankers ill Be Added to Board of Directors, State ment Says. Chicago, Feb. 14.—A reported change in the management of Armour & Co in true only to the extent that .1. Ogden Armour, as previously an nounced, is retiring from the presi dency of the company to become chair man of the board of directors and that F. Edsou White, former vice presi dent, has become president, a stato nient issued at the office of Mr. Ar mour tonight said. The active management of the com pany will be lodged as at present, the statement said, adding that three bankers are to be added to the board of directors and that "other prominent men of wide experience in business affaire,” also are to be elected to the lmard. The bankers referred to are Ar thur Reynolds, president of the Con tinental and Commercial bank of « hl i ago: .Samuel Mf Roberts, president of tlie Metropolitan Trust company of New York, and Albert II. Wlggin. president of the Chase National bunk of New York. "This is in line with the policy of making Armour & Co. a public, rather than a private family corporation, and the financing now completed, is in line with this accomplishment," the statement contlneud. "The only arrangements contem plated with respect to the voting stock are for the purpose of facilitat ing the carrying out of Mr. Armour's lilans, and are to continue only so long as such of the stock as he may desire to dispose of to the officers and employes of the company and to the public remains undisposed of. "The management of the company Is to remain the same as at present, except that (he activities of the presi dency have been assumed by Mr. White and excppt for such changes as |nre Involved in carrying cm Mr. Ar | mour'a plan of conducting the busi ness in accordance with the alcove." Armour & Co. preferred shares drop ped 7 points to 86 today, upon an an nouncement of the arrangements for hanking participation in (he manage rntnt, but the stock made a good re eovery, closing ii 1 4 pnlni* net lower. The regular quarterly dividend on the stock was declared today. Measure to Huy Chilean Nitrates Virtually Killed Washington, Feb. 14.—A bill | proposing government, purchase of I ? 10,000,0(10 worth of Chilean ni I (rates for resale to American farmers ; for use In sowing the 1S24 crops vlr Jtually was killed today In the house. I The appropriation provision was stricken out on n point of order and with a fight In prospect, the houee adjourned Jury Receives Murder Case ot "Singing Mike’’ Alice Rinehart Shot Herself. Is Defense of Adanio— Spirited Arguments Hoard. The ia.se of Mike Auamo, alias "Singing Mike" I.al’ortc, charged with first degree murder, was given to a Jury in District Judge Goss’ court at 5 Wednesday afternoon. Adanio is charged with the murder of Alice Hinehart. The shooting took place at the I.lncoln apartments Dtp I cember K. after a party which began at Mike's spaghetti parlor, Seventh and Pacific streets. Attorneys for the slate and defense made spirited arguments yesterday. The testimony' of the defense rested at nooil. Adanio testified that the itinehart girl shot herself after n struggle in hrr apartment. Ailamo stated that the MK- ftirie hart accused him of flirting with girls ill his spaghetti parlor. "I was drunk," said Adamo. "and •tll'l not want to argue with her. .she pushed me aside and went to the dresser and got a revolver and In the struggle who shot herself ' Civil Service Rights Restored 17 Employes ashington, TYb. it An execu tivc order restoring the civil service rights of IT of tlie employes of the bureau of engraving and printing who wore removed nearly a year ago after an Investigation, w.t* issued fn dav from th*> White House. Tim order s#»t forth that the 17 In dividuals "who were separated from the bureau of engraving and print ing’* would be eligible to re enter any part of the government's classified service "in appropriate positions for a period of five years from March HI. 1922, on certificate of the civil service commission." Six additional former employes were declared by the order to be not eligible for ei entrance, sine# they had ; been retired uport annuity. Dry Officers Broudea»t Mann for Liquor Pirates Now Volk. Kelt. 14 llvinrhig belief tlint i uni pirates were autlve nt ora. untoins Mini prohibition ofllrliils tie flay brofidrauf n gciirinl ftlarbl for a "touiu trawler which wan reported to havn tubbed the Auxiliary schooner I’. .1. Mcl mighlln of nearly C.'iO.OOO worth of liquor off thr Jersey onn*t ' Sunday night, Nevada Repeals Dry Law. farnon City, Nev l'Vb II Th« Nevada etato senate Tuesday iHi^.f-d, 1.1 to r». tho Nevada inflthittvo prohlhl. lion lepeai act over Ills veto of (lov ^trnor Si r us ha in. ( „,-'Uion on Debt Plan Is Delayed Partial Agreement Reached for Final Vote on Refund- i ing Measure Next Friday. 1 Night Session Called Off Washington, Fob. H.—The senate failed to reach a vote on the British debt funding bill, as had been hoped by administration leaders, and also 1 i ailed off tho proposed night session, but negotiations providing for a final vote next Friday made material head way. Proposals for a vote Friday were I brought before the senate late in the day but a decision went over until Thursday. Democratic opposition com pelled the republican leaders to can cel tonight's proposed session, hut Senator Uobinson, democrat, Arkan sas. told the senate there was every prospect for an agreement to vote on Friday. Acceptance by republican leaders of the Uobinson amendment to limit the debt funding legislation to the agree ment with Great Britain and provide for acceptance of funding with other debtor nations by congress Instead of the president, as provided in the mea sure as passed by the house, smoothed the way for the scheduled passage of the hilt on Frfday. t Plan to I.iinit Debate Opposed. After private conferences, Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, In charge of the bill, proposed an agreement to limit all speeches to fi\o minut*-s after 2 Thursday afternoon. This was ob jected to by Senator Robinson, who said that while there was no dispo sition ho fur as he knew, to delay ac tion, several senators had planned to speak at length. He said there was not the slightest justification for a night session and after considerable sparring the coun ter proposition for a sots on Friday developed and went over for action until Thursday. Senator Walsh, democrat. Mas sachusetts. wiid the minority would agree to a vote on Friday but this met with objection from Senator Jones, republican, Washington in charge of the sidetracked shipping bill, who said he realized that every day’s delay made defeat of tho meas t*re easier. leaders trie Adoption. Jn today's debate, speeches were made by both party leaders. Senator l-odge of Massachusetts ajul I'nder wood of Alabama, strongly urging adoption of the Rritiah debt agree ment. Senator Underwood, however, made his supiiort of the bill contingent upon adoption of the itobinson amend ment. Both leaders emphasized the effect upon world stabilization tho agreement would have. Senator Hansdalt. democrat. I-ouisiaria, also urged passage of tho bill. Speeches criticising tho agreement w ere made by Senators Borah, repub lican, Idaho; Reed, democrat. Mis souri, and Ladd, republican, North Dakota. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, indicated he would vote for the bill and Senator I-add Was noncommittal, while a characteristic attack upon the funding plan was made by Senator Heed, who will resume his address Thursday. German City Won t Pay French Fine Bdlin. Kcli. 14.—‘0)—The munic ipality of Gelsenkirchen according to advices received here, hue declined to pay the fine or KWl.OOO.fiOO marks demanded by the French as penalty for the clash there between German police and French gendarmines on Monday. Gelsenkirchen, Keb. 14 —It is r< ported in French circles that severe penalties are to be Imposed in con sequence of a<-in of sabotage which have caused an Interference In tele graph and telephone communication with Paris. Similar penalties, it was said will b*’ effected at Bochum be cause the German authortlc* there have refused to permit the French to requisition motor cars. A threat to murder the chaufft ills If the auto- i mobiles are taken over has been re ported to the occupation officerr London. Fob# 14.—According to dlwpatches from French sources the object of yesterday’* temporary <»«• cupatlon of Gelsenkirchen, was the arrest of Hi* policemen concerned in the affray with French officer*. Tlmso dispatches say the six poller men will he court mart titled and that they are liable to the death sentence . Vi ilY of (•m.ill.t Dciifi-t Sue* Him for Dixorrr Jasmine Dunham, wife of Morris J|. Dunhnin, dentist in the Flint National Hank building. brought suit fordlvmvo against him In district court yesterday charging cruelty and nonaupport. Mrs. Dunham declares it is unsafe for her to continue to IIv«* with lor husband, and that he should not have the custody of their children, Klier laden. 0. and Uoliert Lewis. The Dunham* were married In Omaha October 1 ft. 1012, nccoidina to the i»oti tion I Melting / / u.s.^1 TRERSURy OEFlE»r \ t&rii S'olfefe gLHftoe cuwouSfc ^pj||j[ Defendant Taken Sick at Creamery Trial Discharged Aped Adviser for Waterloo Company Faints in Fed eral Huildinp—Stock Deals Revealed. Charles W. Burkland. one of the 12 defendants In the Waterloo Cream ery company trial, fell in ft faint in the corridor of the federla. building yesterday afternoon. He was carried into an office and revived Their t'nited Males Attorney Jan es C. Klns ler went Ivefore Federal Judge Ken nedy and ino\"d tliRt the charge against Burkland who is elderly, be dismissed. The dismissal was granted. Burkland. who has lived at Suther land. Neb . for 4. year*, was one of the advisory council formed by stockholders when affair* of the eon corn became precarious. Burkland * discharge leaves 10 men and one woman on trial. More rurcliasrr* Testify. Several purchasers of Waterloo creamery company stock testified to the mean* Ivy which they were In duced to buy. Joseph refers of Mrand Island, a retired farmer, said lie mortgaged bis farm to get money to buy shares, lie said W. II. Wilbur nnd Hubert Ryner. two of the defendants, came to him in 1320 and tried to sell him stock at $137.50 a share. He demurred. I-ati r he saw it advertised by the Omaha Stock A Bond exchange for $110 a share and bought 35 share* He testified that Ityner gave him three drinks of whisky when he called on him. Iteal Mailr Met ween Drinks. "You accepted the drinks, didn't you?" ash'd Attorney Thomas Allen for the defense, on cros examination. "t did." said Peiers. “You were glad to get them, weren't you?" "I always am." smiled Peters, and the court rang with laughter. "Was the conversation befoti or after you had the drinks'" -In between. 1 said Peters A (' Kocl of Saline county (old how he purchased stock after the agent hail made his acquaintance by taking some snapshots of the farm. O. \ Quaekenhtish of tSrsnd Island said he bought eight shares for his Wife. More than 1(a) Irltcis and circulars | sent out from (lie office of the Water loo Creamery company were legally Identified by Anna .lohnson, Connell niuffs. offp n employe of the company for flva years. She was on the wit nesa stand all morning. I'iirt of Drmer Mint Rohliery l.ool (initialed in St. Paul I Frit. 14 Pol Ur atinOUncanl tlm: t hr*? had ilcwtnlio Information Hint npproxlnmtoly fR.noo of thr $200 onfl lool taken l.v t U» liandlt band In Urn luhlan v of a federal reserve 'tank ttuok in front of ttm lienvcr mint l»«Hmnibri IS. has bi'*n olrrulated In st I’uul at small rtoihing storeu, ' 4.ar eUn-es and grr>nrrl** for lnc\ pensive ntlleles. Ttm money appeared In < III illation In SI, Paul sevrrnt noeke ago, according to the police. Dav's Activities J in Viashinitfon c The senate failed to reach a vote on the British debt funding bill, but considerable progress was made in negotiations looking to a final vote Friday. Protest of Jlaj. Gen. Adelbert Cronk hite and his friends to his recent re tirement by a War department order, it wits understood, may bad to a public investigation. President Hnrdlng, through ex*. -- utlve order, restored the civil service rights of 1' employes dismissed near ly a year ago front the bureau of en graving and printing. The census bureau reported that cotton manufacturing showed great er activity during January than at any previous tunc, the number of ac tive spindles exceeding Xa.tMHMHic for the first time. Senator Borah, republn an. Idaho. Introduced a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the senate that war should l>« * Outlawed." and proiiosing creation of a code of in. -a -.1 law and an international ecu. Clialrnmn i-asker announced that the shipping Imsrd would recommend to Presid nt llatdlng that he is«uo a proclamation placing the Philip pines under the American coastwise navigation law. provided the board could guarantee an adequate scrip« between the islands and American ports on all coasts. Howell to Address B Nai B nth Lodge It b. Howell, senator elect will make lus last talk in Omaha before his departure for Washington at an open meeting of the BNai B'rltii lotlge tonight in the Jewish Commun ity center. Nineteenth and Barnaul streets. A i for all open meetings of the lodge, a fine prog ram has been ar ranged by Harry Hapidus. chairman of the intellectual advancement com iniltee. The Ak-8ar Ben saxophone outfit, led by 'IX* " Waggoner, that delight ed thousands at the den the lust two years, wilt furnish music Abner Kalman, president of the lodge, announces that the public ta invited. Mail \\ milt'd for Murder in 1878 B«die\«'d in Oklahoma , Sacramento, Cat,, hob. 14. District Attornet J. J. Ilemlcraon »;i< ad'.set In it letter from Tlmrnaa !• Moore of Albion, Old , that a man said to bo Toni iJtwton. wanted for it murder here nearly 50 >eai* ago, ana believed to be under surveillance in Oklahoma. Troy Dye. puhljn administrator, and Kdwiml Anderson, a laborer, wire hanged for the murder of A, M Till!.* In 1ST* and l.awton, who aim was charged with the murder, nevet was captured I .aw ton was a gambler and w as charged with the actual shooting of Tull la after Anderson had hit Tullia on the head. l»ye was charged with having Instigated the killing in order to augment his fees ns public admin latratnr as ha would bats handle,! TulUs' estal# I Bryan Repeats Claim of Deficit to Legislature Answers Inquiry l*y Quoting State Treasurer*s Report —Ignores Taxes Now Due. l.meoln. Feb. 14 —<Sjk-< :al.) — Gov ernor Bryan submitted to the legis lature today his answer to its in quiry asking for definite information Supporting his <l.aiga that the re Uring deficit of 12.125.000 in the state treas ury. The evident o on this peart is t>rief. The governor quotes from the state treasurer s report of January 4. 1922, to show an oven'raf' of IS75.334.dT in ‘ partment figures to show SS40,300.5$ of accounts payablu on that date, and quotes a letter from Georg ■ Johnson, head of the departnient of public works, that on January IT there was $!.0S«.v3S fi2 of claim* outstanding on federal state aid road work These items total f*.«12.'.’9l *5. I.-ri.-l.ilive opponents of the gov ernor immediately charged that tho governor's statement was wholly mis rejiresentativo of the fact-. No ac count was taken, they so id. of lax -> due for the year lt>::' ai d which will be paid. They pointed out that the state receives the hulk of tax receipts several months afjer the close of the year f>r which the levy is made and that the treasury always touches a low point at or about January l. A proper statement including these tax receipts offset.-. they said, would show a surplus of $912.37®. Attention was also drawn to a state ment in Mr Johnson's report which the governor ignored, in which John son recite* that the federal govern ment owes the state a large sum for road work on which the state ad vanced money and for which it will be reimbursed In due time. The governor, in addition, cited ex tensive flguies to prove that by Janu ary 1, 1921, the deficit will 1 c $4 vh»0. ooo. In reaching this -total he In cluded th" I(140 C00 lulls pavable item twice and allowed for collection of only $.100,000 of 19.’J tax levy before l>eermlver SI. although past experi cnee indicates that this item should run double that amount. Siater of Mary MarSyviney (>oe- on Hunger Strike Dublin, Kota. 14.— i4>- - mi«.s Mary MucSwiney, who v »«* r< leased by the free state authorities today, follow inti her fin eat Monday. stated this eve ning that her sister. Annie, whs ar rested at Cork and has gone on huu y* r strike. Thirty other girls «)si were made prisoners, she said. I he Weather I m'eesst. Thur»dn> fiUi* mid ecrtinned cold. Hourly Teiupvralun > .* n. Hi , ..J y «. m« .4 * • IM -4 t* • m. I lw r »« « 11 • »»» 4 11* .........• 1 p. *»* ' •? P w * X p Ml, II 4 p. Mr IP .% p Mr 9 * p. n* * 1 p. Mr X ® i*' #*» IMUV.' 'J Big Blaze Th reatens to Spread Flamer- Furious in Three Sec tions of Building Hours After Breaking Out— Cauce l ndetermined. Three Firemen Injured F. - .n the Armour packing plan in South Omaha, which started from un un«^plt;ned <au»e early Wednes day tool ning, continued to burn with ev'-n greater fury last night. ' oncentration of a majority of th* i city s fire fighting forces was unabl* to subdue the flames in the dry salt and hog killing sections of the nor*5% building, known as Nos. 3T, IS and IS. Firemen aio'Confldent, however, that the flames will net spread to tr.* [ south building. Zro weather added to the hardship? f the firem*-: . Dense smoke and the | danger of falling wails added confu ; sion to the situation. At 8 30 last night f.reinen w ere lay ing lines of hose to turn on the lard refinery adjoining the hog-kill on th* "a»r. jn an endeavor to check th* fiam''. A firewall separates the two buildings. It is feared that if the lard house catches afire the flames will 1 get beyond control. Assistant Chief Collapses. Assistant Fire Chief M. J. Dincer. collapsed shortly before 4 yesterday afternoon and was taken to the Ar mour hospital. H.s leg was injured when an explosion occurred. Mike* Eelitr, captain of company Xo. 10. fell several feet and was stunned. John Bogacz, driver for N'o. 10. who was suffering from a slight attack of appendicitis, became worss and was forced to retire. Assistant F;re Chief John T. Coy!* said at 4 yesterday afternoon he be lieved the fire was fairly well under control and that there was no danger of It spreading. O. C. Willis, peroral manager of th* Armour plant, said he could not make even an approximate estimate of th® loss. I ut that it might be between $1,000,900 and J1.500.WO. t'oiered by Insurance. "Th® amount of Insurance fluctu ates with the amount of products on hand.’ said Mr. Willi*. “This is th® accumulating season, and the ware house* are pretty heavily stocked. I imagine it .» well covered by insur ance. however." The buildings ravaged by the fit® contain fresh and dry sausage a: 4 vied rr.ea'.s. The newer buliiing to the south of the burning structure contains the beef and sheep kills, sweet-pickle factory and smoked meats. Remote Product*. Ti . •• t'u’-.sand p anda of ' sir. ill stuff" were hauled from the latter building and sent to the country cue !• -ter* r:-.r,; the day, cf which 10 - 000 j iiids were tr„ k«*d to Council lJuff - and placed in ltock Island cars. The fire originated i*n the ninth floor of the sausage department ar.d spread rap.illy to lower floors and ad.i'» ■ g n . -* i f the build.i g. Mi re th. - a ? r® of firemen ts caper Injury cr death by what seemed a miracle at 11 when the nine-story brick wall nt the southwest comer of section No. 1? of the hog plant shirl the gc mnd, revealing a* ittsi-.c inferno within Mik. !!• ••• - ;u:'.s'.' captain of com puny No !1, w as injured shortly af'.ev ' i-o-;i xrh.le w ■eking in section IT. when ho ran a spike into his foot. He was taken to Nicholas Senn hospital, lb- lives at fS4y South Seventeenth street. Captain Thomas Casey, overcome by mioke earlier in the day, also was taken to Nicholas Senn. Four section* are involved in t'« fire. The f.rst two, IT and 1J, are f ve story brick buildings, used for cold storage purpose*. No. 1?. where the fire started, is a six siory brick struc ture with three decks, and was used ft* a pa usage factory. No. fl is a three s: ry bnck building and basement, where the lard refinery Is located. At titst it was hoped to confine th* tux* to section* IS and 33, where tl was discovered, but the Intense he..t. during the morning was slowly ex; • jc it* way through a thick fire wall mi a section IT, on the east end. il iter Tank* Krorrn. C - - -* er llopki who wae c » the sc ene of the fire at T:S0 yesterday morn;r . accompanied *cvera! flrerwvx ' the f of the budding. They d *» cuvcrcl ihe huge water tanks froneu, rondenng inoperative the interior , Turn In 1'«i« Two, Iks** llir 1 Sensational I oll.ijt'C Staged in Sugar Market N*'v lork, l*Vb. 11.—The sugar fi * tur<* f’.irkft c.l lapsed today a* sen sot Hum v 05 it Had advanced Tunisia* . Hi* fm; .« . >ev.«v| *« to TJ points lusher and tlun tumbled the math mum ttva point daily limit for rise etj f. II | M ribot Py the X»* Tork C«f« tee and Siicar exchange The market eWisl weak at net lo«a«k of If to 11 point*. ‘ he h; oak folloeed an announce* >"■ "t of the IVpartnii nt of I'emniereo that it* i <vt nt rtilnatr of |indiNa tion and consumption had hern erros eon*: v couxtrued as ni nine a •t.i_o .f thi* ; crop IVtoes ct '•.H as m,| taunt* of nisai ovnfMKt decline ! m tj Pip.iliy The rapidity of the icci i advance in commodity »i ! - \ ■ , - had ir lulled excited KpccuUUotk , %