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OMAHA SfNDAY MnKNIMJ. .IANUAUY 1. 1 SIX SI ( ' 1 1( XS Til lUTY SIX IWdKS.
nincm: copy nvK cf.xtx.
Omaha
HE
OMAHA'S IMtOUl)
It ECOKD FOR 11)10
Life in All In Phases Shows Advance
mcnt During Year Juit
Clofed.
ACTIVE, HEALTHY GROWTH
,
JjanK Clearings Increase Nearly $100, -
00O.C0O in Twelve M.nths.
nrrnnv .-.-,
FACTORY OUTPUI ENORMOUS
11
Jobbing Trade from O.naha Increases
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-wcuijr "l"on-- I
REAL ESTATE ALSO ACTIVE
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Oscr Last Yrar Sn (harrhra
Have Drra Mailt Postal
llecelpta Larger.
I
1910. 109. 1
$833,971,807 1738.338.86:1 '
61,630.93 8 83, 779, 9711
Bank clearing!.
Bank daposlts.
Tactory output .
Jobbing- trad....
IWalty transfers...
Building permits.,
meltar output. . .
Fnblio works
a00.C60.390
133,363.000
16,373,455
8.380.998
88,000.OCO
885,881
191 OT8 COC
115 133 00o'
U,38l,38i '
7,304,140
30,384 J04 ,
883,471
LIt Stock Beoaipta Kaad.
1910. 1909.
CatU 1,333,633 1,134,618
Xogl 1.894.314 8,136,493
hp . . . , 8,984,870 8,187,014
43 hot 400 43 128.U00
Orala raoalpta, bu.
Grain hlpmanta, bu. 33.8M.600 34,46,6O0
Fortune smiled on Omaha In 1910.
Life In all Its phases In the metropolis
of the TraiiHiitlMfctHslppI raw advancement.
Active, healthy growth, far-reaching, but
una and conservative, la reflected In a
review of the year for all of the widely
varied Interests of the elty. Both com
mercially and socially Omaha has ad
vanced far since the clock began Ip mark
time on 1910.
Civic and Industrial development has
maintained, an even ratio with the pros
perous years thfit have gone before. The
prosperity of the city s Indicated by com
parative figures Is the natural and Inevita
ble yield of Judicious application of busi
ness principles and practices to business
opportunities. While the note of "boost"
ever sounds loud In Omaha, there Is no
artificial coloring. Omaha boosts because
It baa Vila goods.
Clearings Tell the Story.
Bank tlearlngs, so generally accepted as
direct indication of the commercial activ
ity of the nation's competing centers, show
Omaha ot 1910 nearly an even hundred
millions ahead of the Omaha of 1909. The
bank clearings and their Increase, while
of an Immediate significance to the finan
cial Institutions of the city, bespeak as
well th transaction of a mighty buatneea
by tha other commercial enterprises. The
total bank clearing" foe I91-Teha . th
Impressive figure of Ss32.971,i7-tha billion
dollar mark Is not far In tue future, in
view of the long stride of a hundred mil
lions made In th year just closed.
Factory outputs total S20O.668.5&0. an In
crease of approximately nine millions. To
the Induatrles which have piled up this !
striking total the gain of nine millions
means an Increased prosperity, which
must, through the employed, extend far
out among th ramifications of th city's
activities.
Growth of the territory tributary to
Omaha la Indicated In the increased sum I
of th year's totals for the jobbing trade.
Nearly twenty million dollars' worth of
goods was sold by the wholesalers here in
1910 above th sales of the year before.
This expansion In trade means, perhaps,
not a little of Increased consumption at
home. But most surely, th heads of th
business houses declare, the results of the
trade excursions and publicity . campaigns
ha been traced on the ledger.
Real Estate la Active.
The real estate which changed hands In
Omaha In the last twelve' month's' was
worth $3,000,000 more thajt thst . which was
tradad In the equivalent period preceding.
rr. - ,,m . 1 1 971 u: a a mnit tfti fit ,
.., - ".-.- -
property In Omaha In laid. . A. part of tills
fifteen millions stands for growth In value
of realty, while the rest of the gain must
b credited to a greater volume of busi
ness. Building permits for the yesr are
about $1,000,000 behind those of l!Xn, but hU
does not signify a decrease In the Imme
diate development of the, city. The year has
keen th completion of the most modern
skyscraper of which Omaha can boast, the
City National bank building at Sixteenth
and Harney street. Among other of the
more Important building projects brought
to realization during the new year wn the
Union Pacific headquarter building, the
Burlington freight depot and the new
power plant and car barns of the street
railway company.
Th completion of the Brandela tehater
and office building has added to the ho us
leg facilities for ths mu'liple. Interests of
th city and the Impresslveness of Seven
teenth street, which has tp the last, few
years assumed a more metropolitan aspect
with the march of the business center west-
ward. The Omaha National bank In Its
home Is representative of the progress
j . .... . , 1 , i ., t i .... .. l. ..
made by the financial houses of Otiisba.
itevelupment is Haiam-ed.
Meanwhile there are many building proj-
eta yet In the proeess of crystalization, j
while there sre numeroun altes soon , !
undergo improvement. The residence sec- j
ti.m of the city has been improved in a i
measur e.iusl to Hit
downtown district
"It ha not bern ;. highly profitable yearly ,,e,en Foul8en. 3224 Seward St
for the packers. n tne statement of! ,, .,,- v .u t- . , .. o.
th. manager of one o f.h. companies. re-!Al"D lt,,ter- 4,07 North Twenty-ninth St
ferrlng to the busine-s conditions during j Henry Relter, 2446 South Twentieth St
1910. This expression of opinion is con- Gladys Reeves, 1821 Urate St ,
firmed when the figures shonlng tie-pii.e
patd for th stock and th valu of the
output are examined. Ths live stock cost
$:!, 750,000 and the estimated alue of the
output la li'iVM'.oiO. t bowing a smaller
margin of profit than, for W9. For that
year the figures wet respectively $n.0uo,uoj I Miiinle A. Smith, 1402 South Sixteenth St
and $ni.ou.o.a. Th. high pr. of stock i-jGladv, Stanley. 2955 Farnam St
given as the reason for the bunlneRs not , ... . . .. t .... u.
having been so provable I... year as i J"r ' '! ' f! t o
during 1S. iAIviu Strouse, 1 407 North Sevtnteenth St
with the exception of hogs aiore s!oeu"elen I. Treplcr, 4421 Parker St
was slaughtered than In fhe prevlou year. ' Pearl C. Trobee, 1118 South Ninth St
The shortage in hogs is strains and may j Harold Thompson, 151S North Twenty-rixth St . . .
account for the pr.-vaUIng huh ,.rU-e of ! vl,.,or A. Thon.sen, 4736 North Thlrtv-eighth St,
purW. although the: Was a considerable; . .. . . . B.
drop from $10 K n lUrrh to $7 ) In lv.-em- I Agnes agner. 1309 fcouth StKOl.d St
ber. The number of boss s'ausht-ied In Anna Waters.'3806 South Sixteenth St
110 was 1S, and In l'09 :.Oi7 0iO Sheep
larrcasud from 1 lifcjX'O In 1 to I.X7.0UO In
""uiunue on Second Fags)
Two Fighters May
0 Same Revolver
Die; Wounded by
Man with Bullet in Bieast Wrests Gun i
from Aggrtssor and Tires Back
with Effect.
!
j K'l'ph Marlln. nraio. shot throuth thr
, brtoit hv llnry Smith. a white man.
j nati ho.i u,e revolver from the h.md of
""""am ni i wo shot bsrh
i ilh probably fatal oroni a v, in n fight
: o'clock Fntuiday afternoon at Thirteenth
' i.o-..st street.
j I!nil- nti'ii were romoiwl to the Km-r
: K""'y l''"""Hl nt "" r","r' """ Th":
inn' iti t-i Ileal condition.
Mi-. .Miirtln. nhn witnessed the shootln
end helped hrr wounded husband away
I from the mene, nays the r'"Ni m due to
. ouariel mi't nmnev ' . She de-
rlAi'cn hfr Inifl.aii"'-' ..aN " from his
absence a
t r n,n nl
t 1 o.ise, '
t ,,-
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estern round-
. " . ... . .
VV' einpiovea. intrusted
riive her for the absent
mn . o ..turned Krlday and learned
I I'l:' wv Si .d n-vrr rt clved the money.
Hhe Hal... I pun being told ly the foreman
that the latter had given the money to
SnilM, u,.i . l.. i.i... i
" m,vj ui c?iii.tMB ooure.
ln l'" altercation (hat followed Smith
" hipped out hi revolver and opened fire.
Martin doubl.TT up wllh pain on receiving
h"11"!. bt quickly grappled with hi
"sRullant. The two men wrestled out Into
111c jia in a di iony strugKic, .Martin In a
few aeconda getting the revolver
and '
ehootlng Smith twice.
Mr. Hmlth, colored, who also saw the
shooting, says ahe had the money for
'lcn Martin had come, but hnd not been
iv"n cl"""- to pay him before the fight
If. un.v tui III.
EIGHT COAL JVMNERS KILLED
Five Loaded Cars Run Down Incline
and strike far In Which Ten
Were It id In at.
BLL'BFIELT), W. Va.. Dec. 31. Eight
men. two Americans and six Italians, were
killed toda In Uck Fork mine near Mat
tewan, W. Va. The accident happened
while the victims were ascending In an
Incline mine car. A cable far above the
car snapped and five loaded cars shot
down the plane, crashing Into th car on
which the men were riding. The latest re
ports received here are that none of the
bodies had been recovered. Two other men
who were Injured are expected to die.
MORGAN EMPLOYES GET BONUS
Isnal New Year's Token of J. P. Mor
gan's Hanking Hoair Given
Those Employed.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.- (8peclsl Tele
gram.) All the employes of the banking
house of J. P. Morgan A Co. receivej to
day the usual bonuses.
All th lower grade clerks and employes
received 15 per cent of their salary for the
year, and all employes holding more
responsible positions received 33 per cent
uf. .their yearly ealarljes.
The Bee's Junior
his is
We Celebrate
mm
January 1, 1911.
SUNDAY,
Rant and Address.
Ida Alpern, 1401 North Twentieth St
Martin Barton, 2204 Poppleton Ave
Willard Bigney, 1502 North Eleventh St
Irma Blaha, 1704 South Tenth St:. ,
Kloretta Boyles, 318 North Fifteenth St
James Brennan, 1738 South Seventeenth St.
Elda Carlberg, 201 North Twentieth St. .... ,
Ralph. B, .Carter, 4915 Grant St
Alfred J. Carlson, 3209 Seward St
Thomas P. Coleman, 2329 South Thirty
' a.a a .1. m . ! .
muu vousiii. tu9 souiu iweniiem
Klcbard P. Cosgrove, 1Z2 .North Thirty-fourth St. . Franklin . .
Clarence Davis, 3013 Evans St ....Druid Hill.,
Edna Evers. 4421 North Twenty-fourth St Saratoga
William M. Ferryman, 1344 South Twenty-seventh S Park ....
John E. Forsell, 2314 North Twenty-first St.
Virginia J. Forbes. 3122 Wool worth Ave...
Sarah. Fox.. 2209 Charles St
Paul Earl Gilbert, 3 464 Fowler Av.......
John W. Glvin, 1811 Grace St
Louise R. Gleason, 2224 Farnam St
Esther Greenberg, 2421 Charles St
Ruth Hamilton, 4103 Davenport St
Dora Harms, 4149 Lake St
Frederick G. Heimrod, 4006 Seward St
Albert Hoeft, 330 North Thirty-sixth Ave...
Harold Jackson. 632 South Twenty-first St.
Ethel Keefe. 408 Walnut St
Esther Knapp, 1900 Spencer St
George Krelgler, Seventh and Boulevard...
Russell Koeh, 4110 North Twenty-fifth
De Loss Linch, 2614 Bristol St
new-;John Melvin, 4609 North Twenty-second
Mabel M. Miller, 141? South Sixteenth
..... . ... . - . . ,
I Nellie Moskowiti, 2014 North Nineteenth
Garnet t Nelson. 513o North Twenty-third St
Cnwnt o'Leary, J619 Dodge St
, , .
AllPe V"1' 2607 Hrl8,l St
Katherlue Penehansky. 13 31 North Twenty-first St.
Edward Peterson, 2308 North Twenty-sixth fct
betterment of the'ciyde Pierson, 26 42 Davenport St
Arthur Podolak. 1437 South Seventeenth
Abe Ruback, 1838 North Twentieth St
i Morris Rubin, 1456 South Thirteenth
Abe Savad, 411 North Twenty-second
(Ted Scotf, 4120 North Twenty-seventh
Merle Sims, 925 North Tweuty-Beventh
! Harry Wtneberg. 2212 Clark St
'julius Wolf. 2513 Grant St.
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Howard f. Wright, 1504 Blnnay St
NATION'S DEFICIT
TAKES 1UG DROP
New Yror Find Finances of United
States Treasury Far Im-
proved.
TWELVE MONTHS BEING CHANGE
Eighty-Six Million Dollars in the!
General Fund. I
CANAL AN ADDITIONAL DRAIN j
Showing is Considered Remarkable !
by Treasury Officials.
NOW ABLE TO KEEP EVEN KEEL
Secretary tonflrlued la Statement
that Trraaar) Is Able to Hold
Its Own Till AecMrltlra
Are loert.
WASHINGTON. De--. Sl.-The new year
finds the flnanca of tho Vnlted State"
treasury far Improved over the condition In
which the business of 1!)10 was begun. When
1909 began the treasury spent some $2t.K0,
W more than It had taken In. That sum
took no mote account of the extraordinary
expenses for the 1'anama canal.
The lieainnlnK of 1911 finds that deficit
reduced to Jo.uui.'.oeO and the total deficit.
including Panama expenditures, redueou to
almost S-6.""U.000 on all accounts, practically
the amount It was a year ago.
The year closes with about tS6.000.000 In
the general fund ai.d a working balance of
$a4,0"0.U)0 In the treasury ofrices. This is
considered by treasury officials a remark
able showing In spite of more than $130.
COO.OuO having been advanced oui of ordi
nary funds for the canal construction. The
showing seems to sustain Secretary Mac
Veaah's declaration that the treasury would
be able to keep an even keel until congress
pas.-ed legislation to allow an Issue of
securities upon the plans he had laid down.
Would Issae Bonds.
Such a plan at, Mr. MacVeagh and Sen
ator Aldrlch have to far worked out con
templates the Itiaue of $iO.O(a.000 or $1'H).
000,000 of Panama bonds, not to be available
for national bank circulation and at a rate
of Interest high enough to make them at
tractive to Investors. Such a plan promise
to develop Into legislation when congress
settles down to work. . .
Not only do the working balance and the
general fund show their strength after the
six months' strain, but the ordinary deficit
for the fiscal year has been actually re
duced. The close of the first month of the
fiscal year found the cash drawer out some
$9,000,000 on ordinary accounts. The first
half of the year closes with that reduced
to $, 000.000. although It has been as high
as $14,000,000 within thst time.. Close check
on expenditures with sdded. receipts In
tome quarters, which, however, have prob-
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FOREIGN COMMERCE GROWING
Total for the Year Will Be Nearly
Three and Half Billions,
BANNER YEAR IS EXCEEDED
Import Are Largest In Ulstorj . of
' Ceaatry, .but Eapsrta Show
Decrease of Several
Millions.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 The foreign
commerce of the Vnlted States for 1910. In
cluding both exports and importe. prom
ises to set a new record in the hHtory of
the nation. The eleven months ending -llh
November, for which the bureau of xttttls
tlcs of the Department of Commerce and
Labor has secured complete figures. ha.ve
brought the grand total of exports and Im
ports to the enormous sum of $3 063.3S4.9r-!.
Only the banner year of 1907 compares
with this figure. The total commerce for
the first eleven months of that year was
$3,047,234,045. The trade figures for Decem
ber, the closing month of this year, are ex
pected to swell the total of tho nation's
foreign commerce to nearly $J.lO0.i0.0u0.
The breaking of commercial records will
not apply to exports. The Imports will
reach the highest figure for any year In
the history of the 1 nlted States, but the
sum of the exports will probably fall $75,
000,000 short of that of 1.107. Notwithstand
ing this decline and the Increase In the ,ni
ports of the country the balance will still
be close to $.'iOO.OOO,000 in favor of the export
tide of the account.
The greater quantity of materials Im
ported Is due to the development of manu
facturing Industries which import crude
materials or Import articles partly manu
factured In order to complete the manu
facture In this country. The slower devel
opment of the export trade Is due mainly
to the fact that the l"n!ted States Is ex
porting a smaller quantity ot bre&'Htuffs
and other food products each year and li
mt nearly consuming Its total output of
such articles.
Th full years' figures for exports are ex
pected to b $1,840,000,000 and th Imports
Il.0o0.000.000. This Is an increase of fc per
cent In Imports over 1900 snd an Increase In
exports of 26 per cent over that year. The
Importation of crude materials and mate
rials fcr further manufacture more than
doubled In that time. On the export side
the value of the outgoing foodstuffs for 1910
Is but $340,000,000, compared with exports of
$340,000,000 of such products In 1900. This
Is a decline of morde than K5 er cent.
The export of manufactured articles, on
the other hand, shows a gain of 65 per cent
In the ten years.
ICENSUS OF TWO IOWA CITIES
I Hot Shenandoah and ClarlnAa Make
g Galas la Population Darin;
Last Decade,
I From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON'. Pec. SI. Special Tele
gram.) Th population of the following
Iowa cities was snnounced today.
Shenandoah. 4.97H, as compared with 3.573
In 1900 and 2.440 In IW,
t'larlnda. S.R32. as compared with $.176 In
1900 and 1. 12 in ISM.
MURDER NEAR KNOXVILLE, IA.
Hodj of Mrs. Klhel t.raham Is Found
la the Home ot J. II.
Tarker.
UK8 MOINK8. la.. Ie'c. SI. -lira. Kthel
Giaham. for tome time a resident of Knos
ville. was found dead today In the Imui
of J. H. Tucker, unmarried, near that
city. She had been ehot in the breaK witli
a repeating shotgun. Tucker had not been
located this afternoon.,
'Ihrt-e Mure Middle Itrtlua.
' WASHINGTON. leiv ill Three more
midshipmen at (lie naval a -adi-iny, retentlv
graduated, have rtMKoed from the naval
nervt.-e to envaKe In civil iuriiiln One of
, the threa Is Henry I", r'oi of n I .. jib,
I a pointed by Ktpreiiiatlv Bartholdu
Comiiig aud Going in Omaha
of the Week, as Viewed by The Bee's Artist.
Population of
Cities in Texas
Forty Municipalities Have More Than
Five Thousand Inhabitants
, Five Show Decrease.
WASHINGTON. Uto. 31. The municipal
ities In Texas having a population In ex
cess of 5,000, Increased thirteen In num
ber during the last ten years, there hav
ing been only twenty-seven ln 1900.
Two municipalities which In li00 had
more than 5,000 inhabitants, decreased In
population. These were Bonham and
Hrenham. Three others decreased. These
were Galveston, with a loss of SOf; Cor
slcana, with 630, and Gainesville, with 250.
Of the eight cities having an excess ot
25,000 Inhabitants, five showed a remark
able rate of Increase, being led by Fort
Worth with a 174.7 per cent Increase, El
Paso with 116.9 per cent and Dallas with
110 per cent.
SNOW IN NORTHERN ITALY
Knnr Persona Are Killed by Ava
lanche In the Maritime
Alp.
Tl'RIN, Italy, Dec. 31.-A very severe
winter with heavy snow Is causing many
disasters, especially In the province of
Cunea, where railway communication has
been In terrupted.
Many avalanches are reported. One
buried a house nesr Tends in the marl
lime Alps, killing four persons and In
juring two others, probably fatally. It
la feared that there have been other vic
tims. Throughout Cuneo the law courts have
suspended their sessions, as travel Is Im
possible. WHITE HEADS COAL MINERS
Prealdeat of Iowa t'alon Annoances
HI Election to Succeed Thomas
I.. Lewis. t
OSKALiOOSA, Is, Dec. 31. John T.
White, president of the Iowa Mine work
ers, today made a statement claiming .his
election to th presidency of the national
organisation. Mr. Whit stated that in
formation cording from reliable sources,
warrants him ln claiming th election over
Thomas I.. Lewis of Bridgeport. O., by
an overwhelming majority.
Carnegie Establishes a
Hero Fund for Germany
HKRLJN. Dec. 31. Announcement was
made that A ndrew Carnegie had given
$1 Z.'iOOOO for a "Carnegie fund'" for life
savera in Germany.
The conditions and purposes of the en
dowment are similar to those of the "hero
funds" previously established by the Amer
ican financier and philanthropist In the
I'nlted States, Knglaud and France. The
annual proceeds will be used for the bene
fit of those who have been Injured In the
performance of heroic act and In the event
of a hero's death, for th support of sur
viving dependents. A special provision is
made for the education of th children of
thoe who have tacrlflced their Uvea.
Soma time ago American Ambassador
Hill, at the rcuurst of Mr. Carnegie, ap
proached the emperor on the subject of
whether such a gift would be acceptable.
His iuajty thoroughly approved of the
project and In an autograph letter to the
donor enpresspd his deep interest Iti the
benefactor.
The necessary detalla were soon con
cluded and Hie fund :n the hands of the
inprror, who as Its patron appointed a
commission of the twelve to administer the
sn me.
The president of the lommisslon Is r.u
dulph von Valentine, chief of his majesty's
TAFT CONSIDERS JUDGESHIP
President Holds Series of Conferences
Over Question.
TO FELL SOUTH DAKOTA BENCH
Several Senators and Representative
Endorse Farorltee .Klgtht Candi
dates Named IVr Place and
Contest la Expected.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. V. C, Dec. 31.-(Spetlal
Telegram.) There was another conference
or a series of conferences over the South
Dakota Judgeship at the White House to
day. President Taft talked the subject over
with the members of the South Dakota dele
gation. Representatives Burke and Martin
took It up with him first. Then came Sena
tor Gamble. He was followed later In the
day by Senator Crawford.
The Indications are that there Is to be
a contest over this Judgeship, and it may
be prolonged. While present signs favor
the fortunes of James D. Klllott, former
United States attorney. It Is by no means
certain that Mr. Klllott 'will land the nomi
nation. When It became known that John
Emmett Carland was to be transferred
to the commerce court the names of at
least eight candidates were presented to the
president for consideration ln connection
with tho vacancy.
Senator Gamble came forward promptly
with an endorsement for Mr. Klllott Sena
tor Crawford was a little slow about It. but
he finally decided to recommend his politi
cal associate..
Taft to Consider Many.
In his conference with Representatives
Burke and Martin today, the president gave
his callers to understand that others than
those already mentioned would have con
sideration for the Judgeship. He Intimated
that he would be glad If the names of other
lawyers were placed before him. The
names of W. G. Rice, state circuit judge,
and A. W. Campbell of Aberdeen were then
suggested.
Burke called formally to recommend the
appointment of Lorlng E. Gaffy of Plerr.
and Mr. Burke expressed th hop that
Judg Gaffy would b named. It could not
b learned that th representatives Indi
cated a preference. Senator Gamble Is mak
ing a determined fight to secure th ap
pointment of Mr. Elliott. H has made
dally calls at the White Hous In behalf
of Mr. Elliott for two weeks or mora.
civil cabinet, and his associates include the
American ambassador and representatives
of the mining, railway, maritime and In
dustrial Interests of Germany and the med
ical profession. The benefits of th fund
will begin with th new year.
Germany now lias provision for the relief
of civil servants who have suffered through
heroism, and Mr. Carnegie's gift will muk
It possible to round out a general system of
benefaction.
This Is the fourth "hero fund" estab
lished by Mr. Carnegie. The original en
dowment was made ln April, 1904. when
$o,0tm,noo was placed In the hands of a
commission composed of twenty-one resi
dents of Pittsburg, who were Instructed to
use the annual proceeds of the fund In the
benefit of dependents of those losing their
lives In heroic effort to save their fellow
men or for heroes themselves If Injured
only. The beneficiaries war confined to
those associated with arts performed within
the I nlted States, Canada and New Found
land and the waters thereof.
In 19"S Mr. Carnegie gav $l.2,x),000 for
III creation of a hero fund In Great
Britain. In the following year li estab
lished a similar fund In France by the gift
of lJiX.t0. The total set apart for this
purpose Is now $9,500 000
HOXSEY AND
HSSANT
DIE 111 FALLS
"Swiss Cheese" Air Fails to Support
Aeroplanes and Aviators Lose
Lives.
ATMOSPHERE "FULL OF HOLES"
Short Drop in Case of Each Results in
Death.
LOS ANGELES AND NEW ORLEANS
Two Cities Are Saddened by Sudden
Fatal Accidents.
NOTABLE CAREERS SOON CLOSED
One Man Breaks Neck, the Other
Crushed Into Pulp.
BOTH WERE ON WAY TO GROUND
lloxaey First llerame Famvna hv
Taklnst llooorvelt for Fllaht Bonn
After Visit to Lincoln In
r tttemltrr.
AVIATION FATALITIES.
Finalities from aeroplane accidents:
1908.
September 17 Lieutenant Thomas R.
Selfridge, V. S. A., fell with Orvlll
Wright at Fort Myer, near Washing
ton. 1909.
September 7 Lcfevr fell at Javtsy-sur-Orge.
France.
September 7 Ena Ross, killed In
Rome.
September Captain Irfuls 1". Fer
ber fell at Boulogne, France.
December 6 Antonio Fernandes fell
1.000 feet at Nice, France, sfter motor
exploded.
1910.
January 4 Leon de Lagrange, at
Bordeaux, France, 'vhlle nmklng a turn
at high speed, fe'
April 2 Herbert Le Blon. Instatitiy
killed falling on rorka at San Bebas
tlan, Spain.
May IT Hauvette Mlchelln, at
Lyons, France, by colliding with
pylons, marking course.
June 2 Almlau tie Zotesly, at Buda
Featli, 1 in- ry. .. w .
Js.ne IS ".'luiddi'us Kohl, at Stettin,
Germany, falling 3i ti feet.
June 8 Eugene, Speyer. fell at San
Francisco.
JulyS Charles Wachter, at Rhelms,
France, dropping 500 feet.
July 10 Daniel Klnet, nt Ghent, Bel
gium, July 12 Charles Stewsrt Rolls, fell
at Bournemouth, Kngland. ,
August 3 Nicholas Klnet, at Brus
sels, Belgium, dropped B0 feet.
August 20 Marquis Vivaldi, lieuten
ant of Italian army.
August 27 A. Van Msssdyk, near
Arnhelm, Netherlands, sudden stoppage
of motor. ,
September 25 Edmond Perlott, Chst
teras, rFancs.
September ti George Chavles, at
DemoddosBola, Italy.
September 28 Plochman, at Mul-
hauson, Germany.
September 28 Haas, at Wellln, Ger
many. 'September 2S Captain Mastewlch, at
St. Petersburg, Russia, from height of
1.600 feet.
October 25 Lieutenant Madelot of
Doual, France.
October 25 Lieutenant Mente, at
Madgeburg, Germany, by machin turn
ing turtle.
October 27 Ferdlnes Blanchard, at
Issy lea Mollneaux, France.
October 27 Lieutenant Sagllettl, at
CentoxllOt Italy.
October 27 Ralph Johnstone, at
Denver, Colo. 1
December 17 Cecil Grace, flew from
Dover to Belgian frontier, crossing
English channel; has not been heard of
since.
December 2$ Alex Laffon, Paris,
Frsnce, falling 200 feet.
December 28 Marquis Mario, Paris,
France, falling $00 feet.
December $0 Lieutenant De Csu
mont rf th Eighth dragoons, killed at
Buc, Franc.
December $0 Oscar Erbslob and
four companions, near Opladen, Ger
many. December $1 John B. Molssnt, killed
by fall at New Orleans.
December 81 Arch Hoxsey, killed by
fall at Los AngeU
jon B. M o a-;. i' t s f Arch Hoxsey. avi
ators extraordinary, were killed yesterday.
Both fr-'.l out of th treacherous air with
their nirct-.Uu t rT,'l:er from a vast height,
-and Molivant's remaining minutes of life
were ho few e. 1o count as naught. Hox
sey was klDe-i instantly.
Moissant mt his death at :lv a. m., at
tempting to alight In a field a few mi lei
from ;.w Orleana, Iji, Hoxsey, who went
Into the air early in til afternoon at l.o
Angeles, lay at 2:12 p. m. a crushed, lllc
less mass, ln view of the thousands who
were watching the aviation tournament.
Thus the last day of 1910. In bringing the
total number of deaths of those who have
sought to emulate the birds to thirty-two.
capped the list with two of the most lllus
rlous of those airmen who have been writ
ing the history of aviation In the skies of
two continents.
Moissant' Career Notable.
Moissant. a t'hlcagoan by b'rth, after an
adventurous life In Central America, br
came Interested In aviation In Franca less
than a year ago. After soaring into pub
lic recognition by Id plucky flight from
Paris acrotis the Kngllah channel to lxn
don with a passenger and later finding
himself without a machine, by busing one
from a friend and within ten minutes
starting on his winning flight from Hel
mont paik. New York, a ound the Statue
of Liberty for a Mite of $10,000. Molsi-ant
(Continued on Second I'age.)