z The Omaha Sunday Bee,
WIATHEK FORECAST.
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For Iowa Shower; cooler.
VOL. XLI NO. 2.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1911-SIX SECttTONS-TIIIRTY-EIGHT TAGES.
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EXPRESS AFFAIRS
Coming and Going in Omaha
MONTH OF JUNE
BREAKSJECORDS
Saturday is Hottest Day But One for
the Summer, and Mercury Hits
v 102 Shortly After 2 O'clock.
STARTS EARLY IN THE MORN
Commission Orders Sweeping Investi
gation of All Companies Engaged
in Interstate Commerce.
ATTEMPT MADE TO FORESTALL IT
Corporations File New and Lower
The Sun Started Out the Day in a
Business Like and Torrid Humor.
NEBRASKA IS SWELTERING
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Tariffs Late Friday Afternoon.
INQUIRY TO. BE WIDE IN SCOPE
Effects of Bates, Classifications and
Regulations to Be Examined.
LEGALITY TO BE DETERMINED
timpl Be Made o Find If Any
Ar l.'ajnett Dlerrlaslnatory
1'ndnly Preferential or
Otherwise Vnlawfal.
eVASHINQTON, July 1. A sweeping In
vestigation of all of the exprexs com
panies! In the United Rtates affected by
the Interstate , commerce laws today was
ordered by the Interstate Commerce com
mission. ..
Evidently In anticipation of this action by
the commission, practically all the express
companies with the exception of the Long
Island, lute yesterday afternoon filed new
tariffs which are believed to bt material
reductions In rates. It wa said today that
It would require several months to com
pare these rates with those now In exist
ence. It was announced, however, that the
filing of the new rates would not affect
the proposed Investigation In any way.
This Investigation will bs one of the wid
est In scope ever undertaken by the com
mlexlon and not only will be conducted as
to rates, but will Include the practices,
accounts and revenues of the various com
panies.
More than a year ago a number of the
lending commercial organizations of the
country petitioned the commission for an
Investigation Into the rates and methods
of the express companies, and In Its order
today the commission save thst the Inquiry
la ordered "to determine whether such
rates, clsmlflcsttlnn. regulations, or prno
tlces. or any of them, are unlust or un
reasonable, or unluHtlv discriminatory, or
unduly preferential or prejudicial, or oth
erwlse In violation of the said act, and to
determine' the manner and method In which
the business of said express companies and
each of them is conducted."
1. 1st of Defendants.
Tne following carriers are named as par
ties defendant In the proceedings:
Adams, Amorlcun, Lorou ,h, Cnnadlun,
Canadian Northern, Davenport Masons,
Dodd A Cllds. lnmlaps, Karl ft Prews.
Globe, Great Northern, Morris, European
American, National New England, Now
York c Iloston Despatch, Northern, Fa
clflo. Southern. l?nlted States, Wells-Frgr,
v.estcoit and western Kxprees companies!
the Worconler Despatch, lr Co., Man
hattan ' Unlivery company, , and the New
England VenaKli company, "and ahto the
natural - persona above named and each
of them, who are engaged In such express
business' under the aiov4' names.'!.-. ,. .
. The reductions In express rates filed yes
terday are said to be Important only so
far as they effect what are known technic
ally as combination rates, that is, Instances
In which shipments are made by two com
panies to a final destination.
The proposed tariffs reduces the com
bined rate fifteen per cent. The proposed
riffs which are to become effective on
tuvust 1. Will be Included In the inquiry
Intftllutcd today by the commission. If
the inquiry should show that the reduc
tions are not. In their opinion, sufficient
to meet the requirements of express com
merce, they undoubtedly will "he further
reduced. .
Call for Hooka and Records.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl.. July 1. lidward
Thomas Ilatt. son of the late United State
senator from New York and an ! execu
tive of the ITnltrd Htates Kxprecs com
pany was ordered, today by mandate of
the state board of equalization to appear
here on July 10. with books and records
ef the company to Ustlfy concerning stocks
and bonds and other financial matters
whioli the state' board la considering In con
nection with ' the ' assessment of taxea
against tbe company.
Similar ordc-s were made applying to
Vice President and Traffic Manager Brad
ley of the American Kxpres company
whose office Is In New York, to R chard
Burr, general auditor of the Wells-Fargo
company , and such other oftclals of the
Wells-Fargo and Pacific companies who
may be able to enlighten the state board
with regard to recently made railroad con
tracts whereby tho Wells-Fargo Is to sup
lWi A the Pacific upon certain middle
western trunk lines.
Consrrrsa Adjoarna to Wednesday.
! A8HINGTON, July I Both houses of
congress met today but almo?t Immediately
adjourned until next Wednesday, . Many
member have left the city to deliver
Fourth ef July orations.
World's Aatossoblle Reeord.
LONDON, July I. A world's record for
automobiles was created at Paltburn by
the a today ny p. iioraino. the Italian
who covered 1111.13 mile In one ur . at
t:e Yorkshire Automobile club trials.
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BANDITS HOLD UP
EXPBESS TRAIN
Mail Car on the Pennsylvania Road
is Robbed and Clerk Seriously
Wounded in the Battle.
LARGE SUM OF MONEY SECURED
Volleys of Ballets' Are Fired at the
Passenarere ' When They Stick
Heads Oat of Windows to
Soe What's Going; On.
ERIE. Pa.. July 1. A hundred or more
farmers and every police officer In the
county and state police are searching
today for the train robbers who last night
held up and robbed train N-. 41 on the
Philadelphia and Erie branch of the Penn
sylvania lines In the most modern methods
of the "wild west."
The train was bound from Philadelphia
for . Chicago ' and was brought to a atop
sgainst ties and telephone poles piled on
the track at Wesley vllle, about five miles
from this city. The bandits rifled the mall
and express cars before they escaped, the
mall clerk waa shot and seriously wounded,
the conductor was stoned and many pas
sengers had narrow escapes from death or
wounds .by. bullets. i
The men who are searching for the rob
bers are heavily armed and an encounter
with any of the bandits will result In blood
shed. No accurate Information Is obtainable as
to the amount of loot the robbers secqred.
Reports that they got $25,000 which was
being shipped .to. this city by. the Adams
Kit press company were promptly denied by 1
the express company as well as the railroad
officials.
Obstruction on" Track.
The train was rounding Five-Mile curve 1
at reduced speed, - when Engineer Albert
Carty saw tbe obetruotKrtV on 1 he .track. In
the reflection' of the 'locomotive' headlight.
lie threw on the reverse and Just as the
locomotive crashed Into-tbe timber It came
to a atop. Had the train been running at
any kind of speed, railroad men say. It
would have been hurled down an embank
ment to rocks 200 feet below.
As the train stopped one of the robbers
boarded the locomotive. Carey jumped to
tho floor of the cab from his riding seat
and hurled coal at the man. The bandit
fired and Carey leaped to the ground and
struggled wtih the robber until another
came up and threw Carey over the embana-
mint. His clothing caught on a proturding
plank, and he escaped with' a wrenched
back.
C. H. Klock of this city., one of the mall
clerks, was first warned by the smashing
In of the mall .ar door. The gang Imme
diately opened fire on him. He emptied
two guns at the robbers' berore he fell with
a bullet through his hip.
Conductor .H. .D. Rpqney borrowed a re
volver from a passenger, but was felled
wtlh a stone. He crawled to a farmhouse.
He waa chased by farmers who thooght
he wa aune of the robbers and sought
refuge In a tree.
Finally Rooney rot to a telephone and
notified the railroad officials here, who dis
patched officers on a switch engine.
1-aale Anesg I'aaseaajere. '
The SOD passengers, when they learned
they were participating la a holdup of
yellow novel magnitude, became panic
stricken. Women screamed hysterically and
fainted. Heads thrust from the windows
were hastily pulled back and those that
ventured to leave hastened within the car
when dosens of shols belched fire along
the line of the train. The shooting toward
the passengers continued, and broken glass
from the windows fell tinkling to the track,
None of tbe passenger, however, waa hit
by the bullets, ' but the express agent on
the train, James Hart, received 'a bullet
In the side and was brought to a hospital
here. U waa said , the robbers fired too
shots. '
Cart O. Anderson of Renova, Pa., grap
pled with one ef the holdup men, and was
hurled over a steep embankment. He was
saved from serious Injury by catching on a
bush. Anderson says the man he tackled
was an Italian.
Detectives are of the opinion that the
highwaymen Intended the train to hit
tbe obstruction and go over the embank
ment to the bed of Four Mile creek, aearly
200 feet below.
! President and Family
Reach Summer Home
BEVERLY. Mass., July l.-Presldent
Taft and his family arrived here from
Washington this forenoon and want at ones
to tn( president's new summer home. Para-
matte.
lifJSTON.' July L-Prcaldent Taft and his
tamtly ou their way front Washington to
their new summer home at Beverly, ar.
! rived In Boston thla morning, an hour
hind scheduled time. The second section
the Washington Express, to which tholr
' rNnu car was attached., waa delayed n
j the way up to New Ene-land. by heavy
traffic Incident to the New London boat
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1 recra. ine ear wa awni areuna xns city
( to the Boston at Mama line. The president
will stay at Beverly until Hucday.
lawat Ctr Maa Kill by rU.
IOWA CITY, la.. July U Special Tele
gram.) Oecar M. Tiffany, pioneer, died
this morning as a result of a fail root a
cherry tree.
ATWOOD HJESJJYER GOTHAM
Ayiator Makes Daring Trip Above
, ' Financial District.
HALF ' CIRCLES SINGER TOWER
Trio from New London to Governor
Island Made In Little More Than
Three Honrs Many Sensa
tional Incidents.
NEW TORK. July 1. One of .the most
spectacular flights of American aviation
was ended at Governor's Island this morn
ing by Harry N. At wood, with a wonderful
half circle about the Singer tower, almost
grazing the roofs of the craggy skyscrapers
below. Nothing so daring has ever been
attempted by any aviator before. In
France the Eiffel tower has been circled.
but the ' baffling cross currents from
canyons and cliffs of lower Manhattan Is- j
land had hitherto daunted all American
aviators
Atwood rose from New London at seven
minute past T this morning with the In
tention , of flying down the Connecticut
shore and crossing Long Island sound to
the aviation field at Mlneola. When he
got Into the air he found his motor hum
ming so steadily and the air currents so
favorable that hia confidence grew and,
instead of crossing the sound, he turned
Inland off Mount Vernon, towered like
a falcon to - reconnoiter and headed for
Hell Gate and the mouth of the East river.
Below the aviator lay an uninterrupted
stretch of roof tope, to touch, any one of
which , would mean Instant destruction.
Below him stretched the narrow and tor
tuous cross of the river spanned by four
lofty bridges. '
; Crosse River Twice. .
As If playing .with Ms perils. Atwood
crossed the river, to Long Island City,
ear the Williamsburg' bridge, turned back
to Manhattan Island,' emsslne; the river a
second time, flew oyer the elly at no great
altitude to the lower end oi the inland,
circled the Blnger towvr. ' ' deflected his
eoiirae 'over" Trinity church, and eastward
tOuth of ','fhe ' Liberty fwnef and the new'
Bankers' .Trust1 bunaing tor"v7all street.
and hovered In smooth spirals for a .mo
ment over the amased. curb brokers In
Broad street below. "t :
Hitherto .It has been a principle strictly
held to by all aviators that whenever there
was a dangerous spot to cross, the higher
one could rise . tne safer. nut Atwood
made his turn of the Blnger tower at a
height of 525 feet from the street, a little
more than eighty feet below the pinnacle
of the tower and barely above the Jagged
Gothic roof of the City Investment build
ing, directly below and beside the tower.
The fluttering flag at the top ' of the
tower showed there was a wind blowing of
perhaps fifteen to twenty miles an hour
not enough to bother Atwood In his steady
going Wright-Burgess biplane. '
Trip Starts la Boston.
Atwood'a flight today is really a con
tinuation of his flight yesterday from
Squantum field. Boston, to New London.
Ills distance then was 13S mllea. covered In
two hours -and ten minutes. -The best
previous record was 106 miles, made by
P. C. Parmalee, a Wright pupil, with
Lieutenant Foulols, U. 8. A., as a pas
senger. Atwood carried his mechanician for
a companion yesterday, but did not repeat
the feat today. His distance this morning,
estimated from the map, was 1Z2 miles, and
his time three hours and twenty minutes.
At Bridgeport Atwood descended within
easy sight ef the amazed passengers Of a
moving train, crossed the tracka In front
of the locomotive, and, repeating the per
formance, made three complete circles of
the train before he resumed his sonth west
ward course.
"It's a pity I had to land." said At
wood,' "but I did.' After crossing tho Wil
liamsburg bridge, I ran -' out 'of gasoline
and landed In Long Island Cltr In a va
cant lot behind some gas tanks to take
on two gallons. There were very few peo
ple' there to see me, and I suppose most
of the city thought I had made' an unin
terrupted flight The fact' that I did not
will have aome effect on my chances for
the American records.
"People on. the street may have thought
I circled the Singer building, but that's
another mistake. I attempted It, but a
gust of wind caught me lust as I waa
rounding a corner and buffetted me back
ward so rudely that I did not dare push
the attempt. . '
"You tell me everybody Jn the city
thought I carried Fred Fleet, rnv mechani
cian, with me, that's another mistake. I
flew alone.
"My average speed I estimate roughly at
fifty-five mllea an hour."
TWO MORE HOUSE INQUIRIES
Proposal to Invrstlgate Efficiency of
Land Laws aad Laad Purchase
In WaahlaeTtoa,
WA8HINQTON. July L-Two more house
Investigations .were proposed today. Rep
resentative Baker of California., a demo
crat. Introduced a resolution providing for
an Investigation of the jubllc land laws
and their administration to determine prin
cipally whether the settlement of the west
has barn helped or retarded by Improper
or Inadequate law.
Representative Blaaon of Mississippi, by
resolution, proposed an Inquiry into Us
purchase of land lying between the capitol
and tho new union station, the acquirement
of which was antxioriaed by eoiigree far
avenue and parking purpose. It is said
the pries of tbe land has Increased from
about S3.bO3.000 to SS.000,000. Mr. Btssoa Far-
tlrularly lu that the Inquiry shall develop
whether or not any member of eeagrsss
la new or recently ha beaa Inlcreated ba
an f the property.
MANY OF LINES
EEADYT0 SETTLE
Official Announcement that Dockers'
Union in English Sailors' Strike
Will Be Reorganised.
CONFERENCE ON WAGE QUESTION
Tom Mann, Lender of the Strikers,
States that the Labor Difficul
ties Will Be Settled by
Monday or Tuesday.
LIVERPOOL, July L-It was officially
announced this evening that the Cunard,
the White Star and other "combine" lines
and the Harrison line had agreed to rec
ognise the dockera union and to attend a
a conference within a month for the set
tlement of the questions of wages and
condition of employment.
After an Interview with the chairman of
the Cu,nrad board today, Tom Mann, the
strike leader, informed a mass meeting of
strikers that the dispute would become set
tled by Monday or Tuesday.
Women nad Children Nerd Food.
HITLL, England, July 1. Hunger la se
riously troubling the strike situation and
the piteous appeals of women and children
for food would have precipitated before
now something akin to anarchy but for
the masses of police that have been sent
here from London and other cities.
Flour Is so scarce that the price has
Jumped beyond the reach ef the poor. 1 All
the Hull flour mills are closed and efforts
are being made to obtain supplies from the
outside, police protection being; promised
those whe bring in food. Strikers thronged
the streets early today.
. Twenty -eix steamers lire due within the
ncxV 'MW''di"jri' WW V,M- ttma 'Dt cargo,
but there Is no means of discharging It.
The railway and dock traffic is paralysed.
. . General Strike Threatened.
, LONDON. .July. 1. Today's report , from
a majority , of, the .British seaports 'em
phasise the growing gravity of the situa
tion created by the strike of the shipping
trade. Unless a settlement Is effected by
Monday, indications point to a general
strike by the members of the Transport
Workers' federation in ayympathy with
the seafaring comrades.
As the membership of the unions com
poHlng the Transport Workers' federation
Is upwards of 100,000, a decision on their
part to Join the ranks of the strikers would
mean one of the greatest Industrial con
flicts the workers of the United Kingdom
were ever Involved in.
The great difficulty in arranging terms
appeals to be due to the fact that on
neither side is there a central organisation
with power to enforce any agreements that
may be reached by the negotiators.
German Gunboat .,
Ordered to Morocco
Sending of the Panther to Agadir
Creates Astonishment in Semi
Official Circles in France.
BERLIN. July "1. Germany finally has
taken direct action In Morocco and or
dered the gunboat Panther to Agadir, the
most southern point of Morocco, twenty
three miles southeast of Cape Qhlr.
The step wss taken at the request of
German firms In south Morocco ' for pro
tection to the lives and property of Ger
mans residing In Morocco. It Is. stated
that unfriendly intention. toward Morocoo
are not involved.
PARIS, July 1. Astonishment Is the word
used in semi-official circle to describe
French feelings over the action of Germany
In sending a gunboat to Agadir, - Moroooo.
It Is declared that the move I not In ac
cord with the spirit of the Algeolras agree
ment or the French-German agreement of
February, 1909. which recognised Germany
aa having pre-eminent commercial rights
In Morocco, but France aa having pre
dominant political rights.
It Is pointed ou that France Is capable
ef maintaining order and protecting for
eign Interests in Morocco.
Carnegie Writes of
Wire Indictments
Steel King- Says Agitation Will Lead
to Fixing- of Prices by the Court
. of Commerce.'
LONDON, July 1. In reply to a requeat
for his opinion, Andrew Carnegie today ad
dressed the following telegram from his
Bklbo castle to the Associated Press:
"My view Is that the Indictment of the
directors of the steel wire companies Is
made In strict obedience with the law, but
the result of the trial will determine
whether It will be correct. The punishment
or release of the directors, however, is
of trifling moment.
"What we must recognise Is that com
binations do take place and these cannot
be allowed to determine price.' The eourt
t eommlrrlon which Is regulating every
charge will be found amply sufficient to
regrulate c ombinatlon. Ther can be only
one result ' all this agitation and that is
that the eourt of commerce will have ac
cess to all papers of Individual companies
and fix prices liberal and fair to the ac
tual capital Invested and fair to tbe con
sumer. "To this complexion (oust It come at
length."
TAFT NAMES CHARLTON JUDGE
Father of Porter Charlton Gets Judi
cial Office in Porto Rico.
APPOINTMENT GOES TO NEBRASKA
Made by Executive Wltboat Consul
tation with Any Representatives
of This State Davidson '
Leaves for Omaha.
(From a .Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Ppeclal Tele
gram.) Paul Charlton of Nebraska waa to
day nominated ' by the president to be
United States Judge for the District of
Porto Rico. Judge Charlton ha for many
years been connected with the State de
partment, recently being law officer of
the bureau of Insular affairs. Judge Charl
ton, it Is said, was originally appointed to
the office while a resident of Omaha. He
was a classmate of President Taft at Yale
In 1878. In making this appointment and
crediting the same to the state of Ne
braska the president did not consult Sena
tor Brown or any member of the Nebraska
delegation, so far as could be lmrned.
Judge Charlton is the father of Porter
Charlton, now In custody at Hoboken. N.
J., upon the charge of killing his wife at
Lake Como. Italy. ''
Davidson Takes Oath.
Dr. William M. Davidson officially as
sumed his duties as superintendent of the
Washington public schools.' taking the oath
of office this morning at a special meeting
of the Board of Education. '
Dr. Davidson will leave for Omaha to
night, to remain until some time In August,
a leave of absence having been granted to
him. '
George M. Ialrd of Lemon. 8. D., was
today ' appointed - a - special agent of the
general land office.
Carl Cramer of Columbus." yieb-.,' who has
been- spending the last - week In -Washington
sightseeing, left for home tday. . .
See's Counsel Says . ..
Girl Mentioned in
Damage Suit is Myth
Attorney for Apostle Says There is No
Such Individual as Hazel
Danner.
CHICAGO. July 1. When the trial of
Evelyn Arthur ee was resumed today In
Judge Honore's court Attorney Cantwell of
the defense declared that he would prove
Hasel Danner, whose father has filed a
damage suit for SuO.OOO against Bee, alleg
ing that the latter detained bar in his flat,
to be nonexistent, . .
For this purpose John . R. Rosen, a
lawyer was placed . in the witness chair,
but Rosen testified that he had Interviewed
Haxel several times shortly after the arrest
of See. . " .
' "A man claiming to be George Danner
appeared at my office, where I had been
told to watt the police captain. Max Dan
ner, and told me to start suit against See
for $50,000, stating that See had mistreated
Haxel Danner," related the witness. "That
suit Is now pending."
. He declared that he Is In Ignorance of
George Banner's present whereabouts.- Ac
cording to Attorney Cantwell, George Dan
ner is a brother of Police Captain Max
Danner.
AA the conclusion of this testimony, Mrs.
Felicia Rees, mother of Mona Rees, was
recalled by the defense. Mrs. Rees at once
gave a definition, of the "symbol of mys
tery" for the first time in the trial, al
though many other witnesses had been
asked te explain Its meaning.
"It la the mystery that lies between man
and God," she said. "It is something the
mortal mind cannot understand. It la tbe
seed that' Ilea loose behind- the blossom.
Every history has It symbol."
Mrs. Rees says the. question of sex was
never discussed In the presence of Mildred
Bridges by herself or others of "absolute
life." She said that she -was psrt author
of the "book of truth" and declared that
words in the "book of truth" dealing with
sex carried only the usual meanings. The
whole purpose of the book, she explained
meant that everyone should be "cured."
Changes had been made In the book since
she last saw It in See's flat, she declared.
' That Mildred Bridges came to Bee's
house with the permission of Mrs. Bridges
was another assertion made by the wit
ness. "Are you familiar with that portion of
Bee's book, 'there shall be born a new
racef "
"Yes. It .was published in a Paper by
See In HOC a year before he became Sc.
qualnted with Mildred Bridges."
Mrs. Rses testified that "absolute lifer
meant a life free of unselfishness, unkind
ness and mortal passion. She said that
free love waa not advocated.
"The new race Is to consist of the off
spring of people who are lawfully mar
ried," witness continued. "This offspring
would be purified of ail vice and passion
and make the world a better place."
Court waa adjourned until Monday.
Sarlaaa Raaaway at Friend.
FRIEND. Neb.. July 1 (Special.) A run
away team Friday afternoon while In town
rendered his carriage Into kindling wood
and threw FHHpp Berat against a tree.
Berst la a farmer residing five miles to
tbe northeast. His right ear was torn
away, the right wrist and a finger broken
and the flesh torn from th right hand. At
the time of writing Item had njt regained
consciousness and 1 sufferln: from con
cukaloa of tha bcala.
JUT THERE, SJS 1ZQWC
TWO EARTHQUAKE
SHOCKSARE FELT
Pacifio Coast Country and as Far
East as Western Nevada Feel the
Effect of the Earth Tremors.
ONLY TRIVIAL DAMAGE REPORTED
Business Portion of San Francisco
Gets a Bad Scare, People Paalo
Stricken Leave Balldlnge
aad Rash to Streets.
SAN FRANCISCO, July l.-Twe earth
quake shocks, the heaviest since the big
quake of 1906 and separated by only a few
seconds. Jarred the central portion of Cali
fornia and western Nevada today. The
first sharp shock, experienced approxi
mately at 2:01 o'clock, was followed within
a few seconds by one'of similar intensity,
each lasting about five seconds.
Only trivial damage has been reported
from any section, but in San Franclsoo and
other cities In the affected area panic
seised upon crowds In stores and restau
rants, and there waa a pell-mell exodus
from, the large buildings.
One peculiar feature of th earthquake
was that It did not appear to follow the
old "fault" In the earth's crust which has
been the playground of tremblers in the
nest, but extended from the seacoast east
ward to the Sierras, Including hitherto ex
empt' mountain areas. It was felt to the
northward of Sacramento, In the Sacra
mento valley, southward as far as Fresno
and to the east to Carson and Reno, Nee.,
the latter place experiencing the heaviest
shock In its history. '
Some slight damage waa don to build
ings in San Francisco. Heavy stones tot the
cornice of the ' Mechanics' hank building
were moved ellgbtly out alignment;
superficial -cracks were made In several
large office building's; cornices of the new
postofflre building were' disarranged and
minor darnage was done to the interior
walla of a number of other buildings.
Within a few seconds after the first
shock, many downtown stores were de
populated In a rush to the streets. Tele
phone and telegraph service was suspended
because of the operators deserting their
keys. Herbert Had ley, a lodging house In
mate, fell dead of fright and some cases of 1
hysteria or of cuts or bruises suffered in
the semi-panto were treated at the emer- ,
gency and other hospitals.
The deep booming reverberation which
usually marks disturbances of a wide
spread character accompanied the first
tremor,
. In San Francisco the groaning and creak
ing of the strained steel structures played
a larger part In frightening people than
did the tremors.
Clock la Stopped.
BERKELEY. Cel.. July L Two sharp
earthquake ahocks were felt her at i p. m.
At the observatory of the University of
California the mean time clock was stopped
for the first time since the earthquake
of 1909.
Lasts Ten Seconds at Stockton.
STOCKTON. Cal.. July 1. A sharp earth
quake occurred in thla city at' t o'clock
this afternoon, the vibrations lasting fully
ten seconds and were In a .north and south
direction. No damage has been reported.
ZVo Dnmaae at Krcsno.
FRESNO, Cal.. July t A sharp earth
quake shock occurred here at S o'clock.
No damage waa done.
At Ilea and Caraoa Cltr.
RENO. Nev.. July 1. A few people In
Reno felt the earthquake recorded on the
coast this afternoon. At Carson City the
shock was very sever. A session of the
federal court waa being held and th
chandeliers In tbe court room rocked to
and fro. Judge. Jury and attorneys rushed
from tbe chamber In fright No damage
haa been reported, however. '
Two Shock at Oakland.
OAKLAND. Cel.. July 1. Two earth
ouake shocks were felt here a few second
after S o'clock this afternoon. No damage
ha been reported.
Heavy Tremor at San Jose.
SAN JOSE. Cat.. July 1 San Jose was
shaken about S o'clock by the heaviest
tremor felt here since the earthquake of
iv o serious aamaare. however, was
done.
Fatal Pistol Duel
at Evansville, Ind.
R. H. Vandiverti of St. Joseph, Mo.,
Killed by Young Negro Who
Had a Grudge.
EVANSVILLE. Ind., July I. Robert II
Vandlvtrta. ti years eld. uf Ft. Joseph,
Mo., foreman of the construcilon gang o.i
a large steam ahevel plart b.lng treated
cere, was snot and killed today In a pistol
duel with Upton Hunt, a young negro
Hunt wia wounded three tlmee. Ills death
1 expicted. Hunt went to the factory
site te settle a grudge, and it la alleged
drew his revolver first. Vandiverta father
la the superintendent af aa insane asylum
at St. Joseph.
Naval Tralnl School Opened.
CHICAGO. July t The big- naval tret a
Ing school on tbe lake shore north of .'!:!
co. costing .1.itf.fta, was Infnrtna!:?
ofM-ned today by Rear Admiral Ron In
charge. The formal dedication wilt ti
pUce In the fall when Pi undent Taft WU1
b the principal speaker.
Reports from Out in the State Indi
cate Wide Wave of Heat
MISSOURI VALLEY IS BAKED
From River Towns and Chirna-o Cms
Reports of larreanlaa Snfferlns
and Annoyance from th
Hot, Dry Dare,
The temperature went as high Saturday
as It hss this summer and people who like
to think and talk about the weather will
have food for discussion In that fact that
the mercury In the government thermo
meter went up to 102 shortly after
o'clock. It dropped back again, however,
before S o'clock, hovering around lot for
more than two hours. Between 4 and S It
dropped three points and wsnt down to
97 at 7. The record of July 1 Is for l!o.
73 degrees, , for 1IW9, St degrees, for 1910,
93 degrees. .
The month set a new record for June
heat In this part of the country and the
degrees In excess of normal since March
1 now total Gf9. The normal temperature
for July 1 Is 75 degrees, 18 less than what
we actually received. The precipitation
since March 1 haa been only, a little more
than half what It should be normally,
although It has not been to dry a spring
as was meted out to Nebrsska last year.
Althqugh Its citlxens were still swelter
ing from the extreme heat of Friday, when
the temperature reached a maximum of
96, Omaha started In bright and early Sat
urday. At noon the maximum of Friday, 88
degrees, was reached, starting with tho
mark of SO at 7 in the morning. At 1
o'clock It had risen to 100.
But Omaha la not the only city Buffer
ing today. Kansas City. St. Louis and
Chicago all had marks near 90 at T o'clock
today. Kanaa Cltty had 80 degreea. Chi
cago, 80, and St. Louis, 78.
Cities Hotter Than Omaha.
Out In Nebraska there were many placea
with the thermometer ranging higher than
at Omaha at S o clock. Ashland had as.
Schuyler. 87; Sioux City, la.. 80; Lyons, S8;
Fremont. 90; Randolph, 88; Ravenna. 80;
Greeley Center, 86; Kearney, 87; Salem, ss;
Concordia, 88; Strang, 88.
The heat wave seemed to hang above the
immediate valley of the Missouri river, aa
the central parts of Nebraska and Iowa
and the western part of Nebraska were
fairly cool. Hot winds were reported all
over the atate. the ho bleuf air sweeping"
across the state like a furnace 'blast.
,-Whetljer or not It will bring danger to
the crops is a question of the hour worthy
or study. The recent rains over most of
the 'state will save the corn In places, but
It will undoubtedly burn out the greater'
part of the sprint grain that Is not already
Injured. Potatoes,' already at famine
prices, are In a state now where they need
rain and cool weather badly. -
Some hope for those sweltering ones In
the eastern part of the state Is held out
because last night three or four light sprin
kles of rain were felt In eastern Wyoming.
Sheridan, Toluca and Oreybult all had rain
and the ralncloud may travel this way.
WELSH
COM FIRMS
SUSPICIONS
Ilrllef that This Record Month Snn
tantlatrd. Although it may have occurred to soma
before this that the month of June Just
past was the hottest month of roses that
Omaha has enjoyed for some years past.
Forecaster Welsh In his monthly roefeoro- ,
logical summary turns guess and belief Into
fact by marking tbe mean temperature for
the month at 79 degrees. .
This la the highest mean teir.erat'jr
for the month of June in the -history of
the weather bureau In Omaha. A mean of
78 degrees registered In June, 1871, the year '
In which the bureau wa established her,
comes the nearest to the record established
lat month. '
Also another record waa broken In point
of the hottest day. Tbe 8th of the month,
when Old Sol drove the mercury up to a
mark of 102, holds the absolute maximum
Do you value the reputa
tion of your store?
You merchants, who
take pride in clean meth
ods and in the sterling
honesty of your goods,
what would you say if
you saw your clerks walk
ing up and down the street
in questionable company?
What would you say If your
employes' conversation recked
of scandal and general n as ti
neas? How long would you stand
It? .
Your beat salesman Is your
advertising. What about the
company your advertising
keeps? '
At the sacrifice of many
thousands of dollars, Tha Bee
long ago cleaned Its columns
of quack doctors, clairvoyants,
get-rlch-quick men and charle
tans generally.
It U likewise tbe rule with.
Tha Bee that news of crime and
scandal be either suppresavJ,
or given merely tbe small suae
It deserves as news.
Ta result Is that The Ec
finds Its way into thousand of
homes where ho other paper 1
permitted. The merchants of
Omaha are today able to walk
into more than four out of five
homes in Omaha through Tha
Bee In clean company,
Mr. Merchant, look yoirT.-i;
squarrly in the face aad Uil
yourself where you stand on
this question. Are yo for
clean and decent journalism?
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