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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1910)
unb ay. Bee. Omaha TAUT ORB 1 HE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska (leiierslly fair. For Iowa Tartly cloudy. For weather report ftp rase 2. NEWS SECTION FAOn on TO XIOET. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, JULY 3, lDlp-Stv IONS-FORTY PAOES. VOL. XI,-NO. 3. SIMJLK COPY . FIVE CENTS. -oumihg and Going in Omaha FINANCIAL SKY , APPEARS BRIGHT TTediction that the Kate Question it the Only One that Can Came Trouble. NOT SO HARMFUL AS PREDICTED Former Senator Clarke Decides to Go to France Wife of the Montana Man Quoted as Saying; She Does Not Like Amer icans Nor America. EFFORT TO KILL SALOONKEEPER Ewing Watterson Becomes Victim of a Murderous Religious Mania. BIG STAKE FOR FIGHT IS UP Last of the Hundred and One Thou sand is Given to Tim Sullivan at Noon. JOHNSON OBJECTS TO RING WITH MAiCULINt C0MTUKHNW LONG DEMENTED, GROWS VIOLENT tea 1 I Contended that the Commissioners Will Be Fair. JJO DESIRE TO CRIPPLE ROADS Crop Conditions Throughout West Are Favorable. SLUMP IN STOCKS UNCALLED FOR Reports of the Railroads for the aw Ftrat Ilnlf of the Year Nearly All Show Dlar Earn In are. NEW TORK. July 2. (Special Telegram.) There is much speculation as to what will be the tone of the stock market when It open Tueny. The absence of a aes aloii today gave yesterday's session a typical holiday. Thsrs waa a partial recovery yesterday ! from Thursday'e tremendous slump and aoma of the biggest Interests In Wall street ! are occrwfcted with lending their help to bolster up the market ' 1 A report from Chicago says a confer i anca baa been arrange with certain rall- road presidents and manufacturing inter , eat on the rate question. The rate ques tion la the most Important of a trio of causes which must cause some trouble. The other two are ware difficulties con fronting southern railroad ud the third la the condition of the crops. Two of these ' brtn the Interstate Commerce commission to the front aa an Important factor In af fairs. It la the commission that la trying to adjudicate an amicable settlement be tween western railroad and manufactur era by which a lower scale of freight rates may be put Into effect, and the commis alon ia Jro acting k the capacity of mediator la settling the differences be tween the Southern railway, the Seaboard Air Line Mid other southern roads and their employes, who are seeking a higher w scale. 'Weather conditions, upon which crops rely, are fa.vors.ble generally - throughout the northwest and the west, so there la little or no cause lor apprehension upon that score. Bees Period of Prosperity. Why sufficient alarm should be felt to cause stocks to go tumbling ia mysterious. General . conditions are good. In fact. Judge E. H. Gary, who la now en route to Suropa, asld before sailing that "We are now well into aa. era of unbounded proe- parity which should last without Intermis sion for ten years." Coming from such an eminent authority svs the chairman of the United States Steel oorporatlon, a statement auch aa thti car ries weight. The big bugaboo la the rate controversy. The change In the baala of rate making In tiie west will not be nearly aa harmful aa aoma people auppose. The commissioners who have the handling of this affair are not disposed to be aggressive. Nothing def inite will be done upon the spur of the moment to force the railroads Into new rate making. Rate making la 'going to move alowly. But, aa In all big affalra that affect many people and many big institu tions, something ntanglble plays its part, causing alarm where alarm Is silently giv ing rise to rumors. Bonds and the money market, which reflect material eventa and material affain., are both In a healthy tats. While the bond market la In auch a atate now that It offers a wide range of possibil ities, there la no stagnation. True, many bond houses are advertising standard bonds o fhlgh yield, but this does- not Indicate that money la stringent or that there Is possibility of a reflex of bad' tlmea. More than anything else, this seems to show i healthy condition; a condition when Invest tnents are at their best IOas to en York Banks. Call money has been quoted at S and S4 ter cent While the market baa been mark edly quiet, thls la a statement of affairs alwsys In evidence at the close of the first bait of the year. On the present week's currncy operations there has been a heavy losa to the New Tork banks. The banka received from Interior Institutions 17,197,000 the amount shipped direct to Interior Insti tutions waa 11,157,000. Upon operations with the United Htatea sub treasury the New Tork banka lost 13,428,000. Exports of cupper during June ran close to H,OO0,O00 pounds, a figure considerably larger than anticipated. Former Senator Clark of Montana, who la now in this city, speaka In the moat optimistic terms ct the copper outlook. Ex-Senator Clark predicts a healthy boom In the copper mar ket The National mines of Mexico haa de clared a dividend of S per cent on Ha pre ferred atock out of the earnings of the first alx months of this year. The Hill roads are finishing their fiscal jear with an lncreaaed gross over last year. Every road In the Hill ay stem has 1 - lehjeyed better earnings this year than last ear. Chesapeake A Ohio Is earning at the rate of M per cent, M., K. St T. preferred Is earning 10 per rent; Clover I-eaf preferred la earning 7 per cent; Chicago tk Alton la arnlpg I'per cent The gross of Atchison during Its fiscal tear will be a new recard. Illinois Central promises the year's sur plus to be 7.S per cent of Its stock. It Is estimated that Kansas City Southern baa earned Zht per cent on Ita common atock. Western Pacific has now begun to real te the hopes of Its promoters. Those Items culled from the railroad field how a prosperous condition, surely. The steel condition has taken on soma of th lassitude that generally characterizes I In the summer. Many of the big mills have shut down for the regular summer step Building conditions and railroad conditions In the east, however, are such that no alarm Is felt for ateel trade. Caau Count y Weaeam Dlea. UNION, Neb., July t (Special Telegram.) -Mrs. Oeorita Chappem, residing one and one-half miles west of this village, passed away this morning at S o'clock, the cause of her death le'.ng tuberculosis. She was about M yeare of age and bad been affected with the disease for several yeara. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:30 a. m.. at the Methodist Episcopal church at Ke hawka and lalcrmeut will be male near tbara 5 NEW TORK, July l-Special Telegram.) It Is reported and not denied that former I'nited States Senator William A. Clarke of Montana will make hia home in Pari Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and their two children arrived here Thursday on the White Star liner Teutonic Mr. Clarke said he and his family were going to Montana for a brief atay and then would return, to New York. After a short time bete they are going back to France. Mr.. Clarke's New Tork residence Is the costliest home and the most palatial In the world. It cost $3,000,000. Hut daughters are Miss Andree, aged 7, and Miss Hughett. sged 4. Miss Andree has spent all her life In France and neither of the children can speak English, although both are proficient in Spanish and French. Mrs. Clarke does not like America nor Americans and la determined that her children shall be reared as French girls. She declares that If she can prevent It they will never acquire the art of speaking the English language. Mrs. Clarke Is devoted to French life and has been urging Mr. Clarke for some time to dispose of his valuable copper possessions In Montana and move away to Frsnce. It waa reported that Mr. Clarke might try to go to the United States senate again from Montana, but he denies this. Said he: "I am out of politics for good and shall never again be a csndldste for any office. I have been disposing of eome of my busi ness enterprises also." This Is taken to Indicate that Mr. Clarke Is thinking seriously of giving up his resi dence In the United States and making hia permanent home In Paris. Mr. Clarke acquired ' his fortune Montana. in Roosevelt Puts End to Talk of Governorship He Writes Note to Utica Club Which Started Movement, Saving it is Impossible. UTICA. N. T.. July l-About ten days ago the RepubllcHii club of this city passed a resolution putt.ns forward the name of former President '.ooserelt as a nominee for governor l:i lais state. This resolution was. forwarded i Mr. Roosevelt June IS with a alatertu nt as to the character and standing of the lioIy which passed It. It appears mat Culunel Roosevelt wrote an immediate reply, but in some manner the letter wafuhseut and not untlr a day , or two ago did the eeeretary of the elub, Fred Adam of this city, receive the colonel's letter. The letter la a positive and unqualified declination of the proposed honor and la as follows; May I, through you, cordially thank the Republican club of Oneida, county for Its message of appreciative good will. Believe me. I appreciate It and I trust you will make the club understand that I do appreciate It But I also ask that the cli'b at one atop any agitation to have me nominated for governor. It would be an absolute Impossibility for roe to accept. W1U high regards, sincerely yours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Wounded Man Taken Hundred Miles in Wagon Lloyd MoGetrick of Fremont County Wyoming, Shot by Tom Hestand, is in Hospital at Lander. LANDER, Wyo., July 1 Speolal Tele- Gram. IJovd McOetrlck waa brought In from Upper Wind river In Fremont county suffering from four bullet wounds Inflicted by one Tom Hestand In a ahootlng affray over ditch trouble Thursday. Hestand came to Lander and gave himself up to the sheriff thla morning. McOetrlck and Hestand had been having trouble for some time and when Hestand tried to prevent McOetrlck from doing some work on the ditch on Hestand'a land the trouble started. A number of men wit nessed the shooting and conflicting stories are told as to who la to blame. McOetrlck resting easy after the tedloua trip of lot miles by wagon and la expected to re cover. NEW OFFICE IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT General Marshall A prole, ted Corneal! in Engineer to Secretary Balllnarer. WASHINGTON. July t The poaltlon of consulting engineer to the secretary of the interior In the reclamation service was create today by Secretary BaJlmger and Brigadier General William L. Marshall was appointed to the place. Tries to Save Plumber's Bill; Loses Purse In attempting to repair a waate water pipe In his home without calling a plumber, a resident at Thirty-third and Cuming streets lost '. In ths pipe and was forced to eunmon a plurrber to rescue the money la a ct two blocks away Friday. Her bert Wing. S227 Cuming street whose busi ness Is to fix deftctlve pipes and plumbing, to fifh money out of eewers and do all the other hlgh-prlcea Impoaalbilltles of the plumber's remarkable trade, was the man who got the odd summons. "This pipe Is In good shape now, re marked the man who called htm. "The only thing la. I dropped my purse, which con tained SICb. Into it and I can't Just figure out how to get ii Of course X have aoma very good tdcaa. but I thought I might as vi II get a plumber." "Bure; let'a get the money." aald Wing. Wing grasped the Idea aa though It were aa Inspiration. He stood quite still for several minutes, aerate hed his head and looked oer the aituatloa with a perplexed expression. Son of the Louisville Editor Shoots Michael Martin. THREE SHOTS AND ATM IS TRUE Some Words Are Passed and Shooting Be Tins. YOUNG MAN IS TAKEN TO JAIL Father Makes a Itslemest, Telling the Story of th Affliction from Which His Boa gaffers. K1XG8TON. N. T., July l.-Ewtng Wat terson, the son of Colonel Henry Watter son, the well known Louisville editor, waa arraigned today at Saugertles on a charge of assault In the first degree. It Is alleged that Watterson, who Is 43 years of age, shot and wounded Michael Martin, a saloon keeper, at Saugertles yes terday. An application for ball was refused by Police Justice Rowe and the prisoner was committed to the Kingston Jail for further examination next Thursday. The assistant district attorney oppojrd the application for ball becauae, be said, it was too early to determine whether com plications might render Msrtin'a condition serious. He declared that Watterson had struggled desperately with the officer who captured him and that two loaded revolvera were found on him after his arrest Public safety, he paid, demanded that each a man should be kept under restraint Watterson's counsel asked for a release on ball, because, be said, Martin's condition was not serious. The prisoner asked his father to spend the Fourth of July with him and It would be wrong, he said, to ask man of Colonel Watterson's age to pass day In a Jail. Watterson's counsel will renew his application for ball before Su preme Court Justice Betta later today. Victim of Kelisrlous Ma a la. NEW YORK. July i. Conflicting reports i to the Identity of the man who yesterday at Saugertles, N. Y., while apparently de mented shot and slightly wounded Michael Martin, a saloon proprietor, were cleared up today when It waa learned that Martin's assailant was Ewlng Watterson, eldest son of Colonel Henry Watterson of Louisville. Watterson Is under arrest at Saugertles. Colonel Watterson, who Is In this c.ty. was - apprised of his son's outbreak and plana to go to Saugertles late today or to morrow to look after the young man's In terests. From hlit. trie circumstances of the case were learned. Ewlng Watterson, bis father says, has for some years been the victim of a form of re ligious mania, which has failed to yield' to any treatment In the effort to better his son's condition . Colonel Watterson placed him for aome time on a ranch In the west and when this environment failed to result In Improvement bought him a farm In the Hudson river hills near Saugertlea, where It was hoped the air and quiet surround ings would benefit him. Shot Iirte Times. Ewlng Watterson, accoiGmg to the re ports from Saugertles, entered Martin's place of business yesterday and created a disturbance. After eome words with the proprietor Watterson opened fire, shooting Martin three tlmea. None of the bullets In flicted a serious Injury. Watteraon was locked up and word was sent to bla father In this city. 1 . From what could be learned of Colonel Watterson's plans It la expected that appli cation will be made to have the aon placed In a sanitarium. Hia mania had - never before manifested Itself In a violent form. Another aon of Colonel Watteraon, Har vey W. Watterson, waa killed In this city In November, 1908. by falling from the nineteenth floor of a Wall street office building. MORE BRIBERY INDICTMENTS Springfield Grand Jsry Returns Ad ditional Bills la Furniture Purchase gonadal. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. July 1 New Indict ments were returned today against State Senator X). W. Holatlaw of Iuka, State Senator 8. C. Pemberton of Oakland and Representative Joseph C. Clark of Van- dalta In the legislative bribery probe. They are charged with conspiracy to bribe In connection with the awarding of the con tract of the aenate and house furniture to the Ford & Johnson company of Chicago. There axe seventeen counts In each Indict ment The Holatlaw lndlotment will be no! led. Cadet Caught Chewing Gum. WASHINGTON, July 1-Chewlng gum Is resDonslble for the prematura - ending of the military career, of Overett Carle ton Crear of Albany, a cadet at West Point He denied that he waa chewing gum when asked by the officer of the guard. Papers which have Just teen reoeived at the War department show that Crear was tried and found guilty of rraklng a falsa statement and waa dismissed. Containing $105 "I tell you what let'a do," he saJd finally "You go down to the river and swim along the bank while I go and walk through the sewer. One of us will sure grab that money then." 'Seriously now," hassrded the customer, "that's a swell Idea, but don't you think we bad better take out all the plpesT" A queer expression came over Wtng'a face for a moment "That might help," ha aald: "but let's not." With, that the pluaaber led the way to the etreet and thence to a manhole. He lifted out the manhole Ud and gravely In serted the end of a ladder from his wagon. "I'll look around her for a minute, then we'll both go home to aupper," ha re marked. Suiting the action to the word, he climbed downward. A minute later he thrust his head forth again, "Say, let'a go down to the Henshaw for aupper," ha announced He then gravely banded over a very wet puree. It Is believed that ths customer got a little of the money In the fursev W fife. - ) Q r. roT) EL 5 i 'P Local BRYAN HAS NOTHING TO SAY Reaches Lincoln, but Declines to Talk Politics. ' i OUT OF TOUCH WITH S1TUATT0N Catll Ascertains What Has Takes Place, Will Sink No tatemeat. He Declares to Ques tioners. (From a Staft- Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb.. July 2. (Special Tele gram.) William J. -Bryan returned to Lin coln shortly before 6 o'clock this evening, having missed an earlier train In Chicago, feeling fine and looking fit to fight the battle of his life. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bryan and his grandson, Bradford Bryan Leavttt, who has ben In Germany. The little Leavltt girl Is now In Jamaica with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Owen. I have nothing to say," was the answer Mr. Bryan made to political questions. "I have not ben kept In touch with what has been going on here. I did not know that petitions were' being circulated for me to be a candidate for the senate. In fact I knw nothing of what has happened here. Until I have learned what haa taken place since I have been gone I shall aay nothing." The Byrans were met at the station by W. J. Bryan, Jr., -Miss Grace Bryan and C. W. Bryan. While ' atandlng ' near the fence which separates the tracks , from the passenger station a mother held her' little daughter up and- asked Mr. Bryan to ahake hands with ber. "She Is your most ardent ad mirer, Mr. Bryan," ahe aald. The presidential candidate shook the little one by the hand and thanked her, and then be epoke to several personal friends who were at the station Mr. Bryan' will -remain In Nebraska until July 14 and will return to attend the atate convention. Educators Begin Sessions in Boston National Convention Opens with Ad dress by President Swain of Swaxthmore College. . BOSTON, July t The first word to the gathering of teachers from all parts of the country in the forty-eighth annual con vention of the National Education associa tion, were spoken this forenoon In the New Old South church by - President Joseph Swain of Swarthmore college at the open ing aesalon of the national section. This section of the association, which Is distinct from the general sessions and from the eighteen different departments, discusses general topics, and today the first session was taken up by the report of the com mittee on exceptional children and the "Economlo Use of Education Plants." Jamea P. Van Syckle, superintendent of the achoola of Baltimore, opened the dis cussion of the first subject, and William H. Maxwell, superintendent of the schools of New York City, conducted the debate on the aecond. Two other sessions were scheduled for today, but the main work of the convention will not begin until Tues day, although there will be a meeting in the Harvard stadium In Cambridge on the afternoon of Independence day, at which Prealdent Taft will speak. There was a particularly energetlo crowd from .Chicago, which arrived today and which brought along a good alsed boom for Mrs. Ella Flagg Toung, auperlntendent of Chicago's schools, for president of the as sociation. Declaring that the use of a publto school building only from 9 to S o'clock five days a week, nine months in the year, was a waste of the people's money, Superin tendent William H. Maxwell of New York city, among other things, urged Its con tinuance during summer, vacation for atu- dents who failed of promotion In June. BRiirarvTG Events as Viewed by The Bee's Artist Size oi New Crop of Live Stock is Factor in Prices J. Ogden Armour Says Farm and Banch Will Decide Whether There Will Be Decrease. NEW TORK, July t-The farm and the ranch will decide whether there are to be any modificatlona of food prlcea in the near .future. In the opinion of J. Ogden Armour, who. with hia wife, arrived today on the steamer LaProvence, from an automobile tour In France. Mr. Armour said he would leats at once for Chicago. "I don't think theie will be a material chacge in prices until the new crop of corn Is harvested and until, I may add, we get a new crop of live atock," said Mr. Ar mour, when asked about possible reductions in food commodity prices. "The latter mat ter is one which ia seldom seen In Its true light I fear, by the general public. At any rate, It has not been given due significance In agttationa. which have sprung up re cently in regard to the prlcea of food sup plies." Mr. Armour characterized as "ridiculous and untrue" ' published reports that large quantities of meat were being held in stor age. Taft Will Take Real Vacation Executive Will Transaot No Business for Ten Days After Fourth of July. BEVERLEY, Mass., July I. After the celebration of a sane and safe Fourth of July a great silence is to fall over Beverly. For ten daya no one is to be permitted to aee President Taft on any pretext of busi ness. He will golf and motor and aall and have ten full days of enjoyment. Even Secretary Norton, who haa ably assisted the president In the rapid paoe he haa been going during the laat five or six weeks. Is leaving Monday, not to return until July 15. Mr. Norton will visit bis family at St James, Long Island, where he had taken a cottaga for the summer prior to leaving the Treasury department. President Taft played golf this morning at Myopia with his brother, Henry W. Taft of New York, who la visiting the w. J. Boardmans at Manchester. This afternoon the president had a call from former Representative Samuel L. Powera of Newton. Three Kansas Insurgents Call Upon Roosevelt OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July J.-Theodore Roosevelt, aa a "native Oyater," in hia own phrase, is to be mora sctlve this summer than fuanal naturalists bave hitherto found oysters, native or otherwise. Colonel Rooeevelt does not wish to hedge himself about with formalities, and at the same time, he haa work to do which de mands Hia time. Aocordlngly all visitors eome by appointment but alnce there la no executive office here to do the weeding out. appointments are made at ths colonel's editorial offloea In New York. An Important conference waa expected this afternoon with thre western In surgents, but (heir names were withheld until their actual arrival because appoint ments announced in advance do not always materialise. The colonel la painstaking In his Informal chats, not meant for direct quotation, to Indicate that he la not wooing Insuiitency.t Insurgents come to him; he does not summon them. Governor Hughes asked him for an expression of opinion ua t trr thx weights GENERAL MARSHALL NAMED Retired Army Officer Becomes a Con sulting Engineer. ENTERS RECLAMATION SERVICE C'reanloa of th. New Position Is Aee-ord with the Wishes of President Taft. In WASHINGTON, July 1-Brlgadler Oen eral William L. Marshall, who recently re tired as chief of engineers of the army, was appointed today consulting engineer to the secretary of the Interior in the re clamation service. The position was cre ated by Secretary Balllnger to assist him in solving the engineering problems In volved In completing reclamation projects now under way. It was said at the Interior department that the new office would not supplant F. H. Nowell, dlreetor of the reclamation service,, whose fste haa been the subtect of much speculation ever since the lint's were sharply drawer between the Garfield and Balllnger administrations of the de partment. It was stated that General Mar shall's appointment did not Indicate any change In the personnel of the field force of the reclamation service. Inasmuch as he would have no supervision or control over the operations of the service nor the de signing of construction work. He would act it was aald, in an advisory capacity to the secretary of the Interior In the work of completing reclamation projects. The creation of the .new position waa In accord with the wishes of ' the president and was In harmony. It was stated, with the plan of Inspection, by army engineers of existing reclamation projects, aa pro vided by the new law. That net provides for the appointment of a board of five engineers to be designated from the engi neer corps of the army to Inspect the reclamation work, reporting directly to the president Mr. Taft has the appointment of thla board now under consideration. The board will serve In an advisory capacity to the president while General Marshall will occupy a similar relation to the secre tary of the Interior. General Marshall, who In his new posi tion will receive a salary of $7,500 yearly, was placed on the retired list of the army June 11 last after a distinguished career aa an engineer. He was famous for his discovery of Marshall pass across the Rocky mountains to the gold placers of Marshall basin of the San Miguel river In Colorado. He participated In the construe. tlon of levees In Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, aupervised the work on the Hennepin canal for ten yeara and on fortifications near New York. direct primaries; he did not attempt to dictate. Usually the seekers of counsel ar rive by the noon train, take luncheon at Sagamore Hill, and leave the same after noon. Such guests as Oyater Bay desig nates as "big guns" come down late In the afternoon and stay all night Senator Joaeph H. Biistow and Repre sentatives E. H. Madison and Victor Mur dock, all of Kanaaa and all Insurgents, ar rived here at noon for s conference with Mr. Roosevelt. They will return thla after noon. . "Senator, will you bava anything te aay before your conference?" waa asked. "No," aald the aenator, "but we may have when we get back. If the colonel will let us." "Are you gentlemen Insurgents?" asked a reporter, anxious to be doubly sure of his facia. The senator grinned. "I suppose e might be mistaken for auch," be replied. Mr. Madison waa a member of the Bal-linger-Plnchot Investigating committee. Black Man Asks that Overhang Be Made Two Feet MUCH TALK, BUT FEW WAGERS Reno Crowd Discusses Merits of th Fighters, but Does Not Bet. PROMOTERS ON EASY STREET feat Sale la Larere and Blekard Tstl' mates Proflta at llnndred Taon aand Lowest Prleed geots Are Ten Uollara. RENO. July S. The $101 purse for ths Jeffries-Johnson battle, the irrtatest sum ever plarrd on a similar event. Is complete. Just st noon, an hour and a hnlf before the time set In the articles explrrd. Pro moter Te Rlrkard formally transf erred to Stakeholder Tim Sullivan IM.cyo. which was placed to Sulllvan'e credit In a loeal bank. There were no ceremonies In con nection with the act. The entire amount of the purse' is now under the personal care of the stakeholder, snd the matchmakers' agreement with the flKhteis hns been fulfilled. Sullivan received ti'0.000 when the article were signed. An additional J3r,tC0 was pta .! in a Sai Fran cisco bank and Isjiow being brotipht hers by a bank official. The confusion and general squabble over the details of the ting and the arena took a new angle this morning when Jack John son motored Into the city In search of Tag Rickard, Johnson iVrlared he was not satisfied with the overhang of the plat form outside the rones. The roped sjusrs Is twenty-two feet and the platform ItrelZ a little over twenty-threo feet. Johnson wantid more space beyond the ropes and was after Rlckard to see that an additional foot all around Is added, giving the usual two feet of platform beyond the ropes. The big nerro's appearance In town created much Interest. Johnson came In as the truest of IMck Shevlin. the Ya.e athlete. In the letter's car. No sooner hsd It stopped In front of Rlcka-d'a hotel than a curious throng Jammed about It. staring at the big black fighter, who sat In tho tonneau laughing and Joking apparently with no thought of the great battle but two days off. Johnson Looks I.Ike Ginnt. Whenever ho comes to town he drsees In a loose fitting square cut black suit, with aoft thtrt, open at the throat and a Panama hat This gatb accentuates hi size and he looms among the crowd, seem ingly as big as any other two men In sight, While he sat In the car today his "golden smile" flashed continually on the pictur esque throng pressing around htm. Rickard came down from his room about t o'clock. He looked as though he bad spent a restful night In spite of the worries and ever recurring obte!es that have con fronted him at almost every step. "Suppose you will be glad when Its all over, Tex." was suggested. Tou bet I will," said Rlckard, "but I feel fine today. Slept all nitrht" A swarm of "war" correspondents hsd already gathered In the hotel lobby. The began a flank movement on the promoter, but he evaded the rush and slipped across tha street to a cafe for breakfast - Fltsslmmons and SUnrkey. Every train going eaat and west today left many additlona to tha crowd of pros pective fight spectators already gathered here. ' A number of ring celebrities were due to arrive during the day. Including Bob Fitxalmmona and Tom Sharkey. Beaidea these, many sporting men from all pans of tbe country and large additlona to tha army of sporting writers and literary men already mobilised were expected. With early hours of the morning the city began to show something of the excited expectancy that will not paaa away until the fourth Is over. Heretofore there havj been few of the fight followers abroad be fore 10 o'clock In the forenoon, most cf the gossiping and before-the-flght argu ments being confined to the afternoon and evening and lasting until tbe wee tmt' hours of the morning. Today, fjwever, the hotel lobbies were crowded before , 'clock. , Crowds rushed to the depot to t : every train and tha clamor, welcome, resounded along tha platform as the cars disgorged their dusty travelera. Crowd Growing; Rapidly. "Well, how does It look, now?" waa tha first greeting from every new arrival, be cauae of the many and audden changea in the fight situation the last week, any one who has been out of touch with Ritio for two daya or more feared that some thing else might happen to bring about a change. "Everything fine and lu"-ly, assuring response to :. "Fighters ready, arena r. " was the re- icli queries:, and cromdt coming In every minute." Wliile her husband plu. at Mia Springs cottage and talked of u.v fishing trip, Mrs. Jamea J. Jrf fries. In the Inter ests of the family, rpent most of the morn ing In Reno, saving money In attorney a fees. For more than an hour she was In the office of the lawyer who drafted thy contract between Jeffries and the moving picture concern to which the former cham pion recently sold his share In the b'o giaph films, effecting a material reduction In the alse of the original SS.OOO fee claimed by the man of law for hia services. Not until he was seen by tha Associated Press representative at 12:30 o'clock and told of Johnson's visit to the arena Aid Promoter Rickard learn of the champion s complaint regarding the lack of space be tween the ring ropes and the edge of the platform. "The overhang," aald Rickard, "should be a foot and a half, but If that 1a nut enough I'll aee that It la extended." Much Talk, Few Wagers. ' While the gambling placea are well filled at all hours, tha scarcity of betters at tha commissioner's, headquarters Is some whs t surprising to the wagering fraternity. Bet ting Improved a bit last night, however. At Tom Corbett's it waa announced today that about Sla.OOv waa placed on Jeffries yester day at 10 to ('. With two exceptions tha amounta were under 12.000. Jim Corbelt hr.a SEi.OOO at hia brother's place to bet on Jet fries. A New York man has left 119,0-0. Botb wagers are tu be placed at prevailing odds. . But batting oonunlaslonera expect lai (