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OMAILA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1911 TEN PAGES.
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HENRI C. BEATTIE
SATS NOT GDILTT
freniaet Kxn Charged with Harder
f Wife Amipaed at Cheater,
flald, Ho., for Murder.
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HZ9 TRIAL BEGETS AT OJTCI
ZtrtloB Vy Denfenae for .Poatpone
aient Orerruled by Judge,
AJTLAES WITH AGED FATHER
Dtxh Circlet Under Zyea Only Sign
of Soipente.
PEIS03TEK SEEKS UHCOliCEBJfED
Metlew fee Caatlaoaare for ae Week
la Overrated aii Defeadaat
FUila Kmt Gellty .epee
tetere Meet at.ad.
CHEBTERFIELD COURT HOCSB. Vs..
Aug. II Bareheaded, chewing rum and
smiling, Henry C. Seattle, Jr.. arrived at
the Chesterfield Court House In an automo
bile at M o'clock this morning to answer
the charge of killing his wlfs In a. motor
car on a turnpike near Richmond, a month
ago. Judge Walter A. Watson, arrived
shortly before the prisoner, to convene
court.
Beet Us s aaed father bad reached Ches
terfield half sn liour earlier. In cour.
father and eon aat aide by aide and ex
charged whispers. Peattle then baaan to
li k with hi lawyer.
Judge Wat ion spent several minutes talk
ing with the army official, newspaper cor
respondents and arranging eeaU.. Beattle
leaned over the old walnut railing and
talked lightly with those near him; the
oia istner ami ninn, iudiuii on
hair. Dark circles ahowed under the pris
oner's eyes, but he looked trim and self-,
poaaaased.
Swertatore Mast ataad.
The tiny room waa lammed aa the pro
ceeding began and to discourage tha curi
ous and idle, the court ordered that all
disinterested spectators stand up and re
main standing. Two women newspaper
writers were tha only white women in tha
)ard or court building.
Tha clerk formally called tha case for
the commonwealth and tha prosecution
asked that the prlaoner be arraigned.
A motion by the defense for postpone
ment till next Monday on the ground that
the defense was not ready for trial was
overruled by the court. Judge Watson aald
tl.at the matter of continuance might be
considered after tha trial bad begun. The
defense then moved that tha indictment be
quashed on the ground of error.
Brattle was arraigned and entered a
plea of not guilty.
N. W. Farley, a farmer, waa the flrat
Juror chosen.
Other farmers were added to the jury aa
follows:
Henry Covington, John T. Panle, T. L.
Wilson. A. M. Fetterolf, E. M. Baas arid
H. W. Fuqua.
An adjournment waa taken until t p. m.
Bnetah Binford M not appear at today's
proceedings. She may bo called aa a wit
ness during the trial, but today aha re
mained in a cell in Richmond, surrounded
by pictures of Beattle she baa no less
than forty-five in the Jail reading news
paper extras and professing: confidence of
hta acquittal.
BRAZILIAN STEAMSHIP
COMPAUY IS INSOLVENT
Baal af Brastl Foreclose Mortaa-e
a Cos sway Operettas; Fifty
Steamers.
RIO JANEIRO. Aug. 21. The Bank of
Brazil has foreclosed Its mortgage on the
LJoyd Braxileiro (Brazilian Rteemthlp
company.) This action. It la stated today,
was made necessary by the depreciation
la the shares of tha steamship company,
which has obligation totaling t6.000.0il0
gold. Bel fort Ylcera. a naval officer, has
been appointed temporary receiver for the
snipping firm.
Tha Lloyd Braxileiro owns soma fifty
vexaels and operates lines between New
York and Braalllan ports.
Battoa Factory Bora eel.
MTSCATINE. Ia.. Aug. XL-The cutting
department of the McKee a Bllsten Button
factory st Kelthsburg. 111., was destroyed
by Ore last night with a heavy loss. The
cause of the fire Is not known. The Me
Kee a Bllsten company operates the local
button plant.- at which the union employes
struck last Saturday.
Load Reclater at Ckeyea.e.
WASHINGTON. Au !L President Taft
tda.) nominated William K. I'haplln aa
register of the land office and William
c. I-rtr.lne as receiver of publlo money,
both at Cheyenne. Wyo.
The Weather.
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FOR IOWA Kair.
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0 a. m 70
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10 a. m 77
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Highest yesterday ICS K 1
I41 Vt-sterday 7X s
liiran temperature ?C N 78 lit
IripilUon u .07 .00 .71
Trimerarure and precipitation departures
from lite normal:
Normal temperature 71
Kxconc for the day i
Total excess slme Uarvh 1 7X1
Normal precipitation .It inch
Ief1elency for the day i Inch
1 otai rainfall ainco klarrh 1.... 06 Inches
Tefici-ncy nee March 1 11. TV Inches
tendency for oor. period, 11..1J Inchea
leflcloiicy twr cur. period. 1.. J. It Inches
Re iterts frosa Biatloaa al T P. at.
Station and State
of Weather. Ian. at. faU.
Cheyenne, clear m 70 .us
Ijavenport. clear 78 4
Ixnver. tloudy 74 T
Ls Moines, cloudy u M T
iKxise City, part cloudy... U M .On
Lander, clear 70 .
Nirth Platte, clear 74 u
Ctaiaha, part cltmdy 7 M .Mi
Puebtu, ra.n J M .tai
Rapid City, clear W) 71 .u
Bail Lake City, dear SO 0 ,t)
feaata r. cloudy 74 4 . Ju
Sioux City, clear so a4 .00
Valentine, clear 73 7 .00
T indicates trrce of prtcipttatlon.
U A. WkXCH. Loeal Forecaster.
Eight Killed and
Thirty Injured by
North Dakota Storm
Tornado Which Paasei Tour Mile
Booth of Sonrit Doea ExtenaiTe
Damage to Farm Building!.
MINTON, 3f. D-. An n -Telephone
oommuirlcatlona are cut eff and only
meager report have been received con
cerning the loss of life and property dam
age by the terrific storm that swept o-rer
the northwestern part of tha etate yester
day evening.
Eight persona are known to be dead and
more than 10 Injured. A partial Met of
the dead are as follows:
MARGUERITE CARLSON, near Sher
wood. MARTTS FRARBVRO. at the Car! An
derson home, three mllea west of West
hope JOHN PATTERSON , four mllea soutli of
Soures.
THREE MEMBERS of the Carlson fam
ily In Wheaton tovmshlp.
JEN N'T WRIOHT. daughter of T. E.
Wright, and a child of O. L. Has kins.
The seriously Injured Include Mrs. Brad
ley. Superior. Wis.. Mr. and Mrs. Hutch
inson of Antler. Mrs. Spry of Antler and
Adam Patterson, near Bouree.
WINNIPEG. Man.. Aug XL A dispatch
from Lrleton In the southwestern comer of
Manitoba near the boundary, states that
the tornado which came from tha west last
evening and swept a large stretch of coun
try killed two man at Elmore, N. D.. who
were la a barn that waa blown a own- a
number of othere were Injured, but none
fatally. At Sherwood and Antler, cloae to
tha boundary lino, four persona were killed,
eight fatally Injured and sight seriously
hurt.
Thousands of Eagles
Are Flying Into
San Francisco
BAN FRANCISCO. Ag. TL-Jefore night
fall It la expected there will be In thla city
fully 15.000 members of the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles and their friends, represent
ing every state In the union, their prin
cipal purpose being attendance on the
grand aerie that began today a week's ses
sion. All days the visitors arrived by every
train and special trains came today from
Cleveland. Pittsburg. Cincinnati and other
eastern cities.
The opening session is scheduled for to
night, but the delegates are busy today
preparing for the week's work. Taking
precedence of all that will come before the
convention Is the question of state au
tonomv. which really is interlocked with
the fight concerning the choice of a grand
president, the contest for thie office being
between Frank E. Hering of South Bend,
Ind.. and J. J. Cuaack of thla city, the
latter representing the insurgents.
The establishment of a woman's auxil
iary and the change of the minimum age
limit from a to-1 years are ether subjects
of importance that win coma before the
delegates.
Atwood Expects to
Keach Utica Today
LTON8, N. T., Aug. n Wall on his way
Into .New Tork stats tn bis aeroplane
fUght from St. Louis to New Tork, Harry
N. Atwood today prepared for a fly ninety
eight mllea from here to Utica. Hs said
ha probably would atop at Syracuse and
might detour over Auburn.
If he reaches Syracuse to-night ha will
hava flown 1.070 miles since ho left St.
Louis, a week ago today and he will have
23S miles still to fly before finishing in
New Tork City. ' He' has been In' the air
every day since be started and baa never
been compelled to lano because of any
emergency mora serious than tbs using
up of his gasoline. His dally record, not
Including today's plans, together with the
number of stops between the dally start
and finish is:
St. I,ouls to Chicago, two stops tft miles,
five hours snd 43 minutes.
Chicago to Elkhart, ind., no stops, 101
miles, X hours and 18 minutes.
Elkhart. Ind.. to Toledo, Ohio, one stop,
153 miles, t hours and M mlnutea
Toledo to Cleveland, two stops. 13 mllea,
I hours and 'JO minutes.
Cleveland to tswanville. Pa., no atop,
eighty-four mllea, two hours and seven
minutes.
Snanvllle to Buffalo. N. T.. one stop,
ninety-nine miles, two hours and twenty
five mlnutea.
Buffalo to Lyon. N. T-. no stop, 104
miles, two hours and eleven mlnutea.
One result of his flight Atwood says will
be to encourage long distance flying In
place of aviation meet.
"Aviation meets, ai they are managed
now. will aoon be a thing of the past," said
Atwood. "They Invite too many spectacular
attempts with fatal results. Man flight if
it Is to be developed along the line of prac
tical result, must be esaflnec to simple
flying. It Is more or edit to civilisation that
a man can fly acros tha continent than
that he can turn a flip-flop In the air."
Tomorrow night Atwood hopes to arrive
In Albany. From there on Wedneaday. ha
thinks he will be able to fly toNew Tork.
Taft Signs Resolution
Admitting Two States
Act of CongTfsi Admitting Arizona
and New Mexico Becomea
Law.
A number of cit liens from New Mexico
and Arlsona were among those who wit
nessed the signing. The president used
three different pens in order that soma of
the relic hunters might be satisfied.
When the resolution was laid on his desk,
he looked up at the crowd around him and
said:
"Has anybody read thlsr
Nobody answered and to make certain of
It. the president read the resolution him
aelf.
"Well, gentlemen. It's done," be said a he
put the last stroke on the parchment
Master Bakers Try to
Comhat Home Baking
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Aug. M. How best
to combat the Increasing tendency of house
wives to bake their own bread is one of the
principal topica to be discussed by the an
nual convention of thd National Association
of Master Bakers which opened hers today
with a preliminary meeting of the executive
commutes. Session will continue five
daya Mors than LOW delegates from tbs
Unted States. Canada and several from
Europe were expected to attend.
CONGRESS WILL
ADJOUBN TODAY
Deciaion Beached to End the ErtraoT.
dinary Seaaion at 3 O'Clock
Tneaday Afternoon.
WILL RECEIVE MB. TACT'S VETO
Cotton Tariff Beriaion Bill ia Bnthed
to White Home.
MEASURE IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Hove of BepreaentatiTea Limita re
bate to Four Honra.
CA5505 EN FIGHT 05 BULE
rersier Speaker Says Menkes "keald
Xet Bo ilea aired Tata aa
Asaeadaaeats tkat Had
Wet Bees Read.
aXUATB
tut at aeoa.
OoAgress will adjeara Tuesday afsao
af Oklahoma iatrodaoed reeela-
tloa to t vestige te saasss of 1BT paaie.
Statehood reeelntloa stgaed aa seat e
president,
la FoUetss af Wlseoasta spoke aa bis
reeolatloa fr goveraaieatal control for
alas sen railway.
alasloa aUl Kama 81 aoeoytea.
SClaortty twports smamlttoa oa arMtra-
ttn treaties. Va action.
Freaideat submitted three aissssgss oa
paalah was? aaval aarplolts aat great
Jtaa sarrsya.
BooassaA at SKM p. av nattl iM p. av,
sarklaT ttaaa aa tbs hoaaa.
BOTjn.
Met a 11 a. ss,
Ostaoa un takes ap wader rule for f oa
hoars debate wit siaotisraeata barred.
srotarj WUaoa severely ertUolae4
Dr. Wiley kef ere iBres-Ugatlsg' oeaatRM.
moarassatatiTa BaUth of Saw Tork
caarged Posttaaotor Orataar of Baffalo
with youttoal activity aac offlelat aaflt-
OarUy. aLaasachaaetta, latredaoed a
roselntloB looklaa; to traaa aerraomaat
with AJTsaUao.
WASHINGTON. Aug. H. Congress will
not adjourn until tomorrow, probably at
1 o'clock. After Vice President Sherman
and Speaker Clark signed the cotton
tariff revision bill tha senate adjourned
until noon tomorrow. The bill was rushed
to the Whits House, where ths presidential
veto awaits it.
The cotton bill was passed by the houae
late today. The ways were cleared for ox
pedltlon of tht Nil to President Taft for
his veto.
Tha National Monetary conunlssion will
close its work March tl next. Ths senate
today accepted the house amendments to
tho stnato measure and this was then
ready for the president's signature.
Members of both parties agread that It
would bo discourteous to ths president to
adjourn wHhout giving hln a aaaaco to
transmit to too bouse his veto of tha cot
ton bilL It was decided, however, that no
action would bo taken on tho veto mes
sage. Indications ars that congress wilt
wslt to receive the message and that If
It Is not aval labia tonight It will bo ready
by noon tomorrow.
To effect adjournment tonight Demo
cratic Leader Underwood asked unanimous
consent for immediate consideration of tbs
cotton bill, with debate limited to four
hours. Tho rules committee met and
brought In a rule to carry out Mr. Under
wood's plan, to which Republican Leader
Mann had agreed.
Flrt Over Oagr Rale
When tha house convened there waa al
most unanimous expression of desire of
members for adjournment tonight,
members for adjournment tonight, bat It
was problematical whether the cotton bill
with its senate amendments could be dis
posed of and printed In time to adjourn
before tomorrow.
Tho rule under which the Mil was taken
up barred any bouse amendments to ths
senate measure.
Representative Madison of Kansas. In
surgent republican, denounced the rule as
the most drastic ever offered tn tho house
of representatives.
Former Speaker Cannon, central figure
in the great rules revision battle at ths
last session of congress, also arraigned the
rule. He said It was unheard of to call
upon members to vote on twenty-five pages
of amendments which had not even bees
read.
Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin, re
publican insurgent, declared he opposed
"gag rule" and quoted from a speech by
uemocratlc Leader Underwood during con
sideration of the Payne bill to prove that
Mr. Underwood at that time contended
that tariff measures should be considered
schedule by schedule.
l aderwooel De feeds Rale.
Iemocrettc Leader Underwood opened
debate on tha bill with a vigorous defense
of the rule prohibiting amendments. Hs
aocused the republican leaders of bad
faith, reciting that ha brought In his reso
lution after a conference with Republican
Leader Mann and Representative Payne of
New Tork In which be waa given to under
stand that It was satisfactory to ths
minority.
Mr. Mann said he believed Mr. Under
wood had acted in good faith.
Mr. Payne explained that he had made
the agreement with Mr. Underwood snd
If there bad been one vote lacking to naaa
I ths rule, he would have voted aye."
The rule was adopted. 14S to 107, twenty
five democrats voting with ths republi
cans In ths negative.
Seaate Is Marbla Time.
Its work finished, the senate at I OS
O'clock recessed until I K o'clock this
afternoon to mark time on the kii.
J which was expected to pass the cotton
i tariff revision bill late this afternoon. This
i would permit the bill to be signed by tbe
speaker and vice president and hurried to
the president tonight for his veto.
CHARGES MADE AGAINST
VALENTINE AND HAUKE
1.41.. ra.mmtmte.er mm Aa.tat.at
Are Aeeaae4 ef If iaee.d act la
Of flee.
WASHINGTON, Aug. fL-Joaeph R.
Farr. formerly general superintendent of
logging In the Indian service, who recently
sued Commissioner of Indian Affairs nh-
- -
eri u. aienune lor sisader and libel, has
filed with tbe senate and houae committee
on Indiaa affairs charges of misconduct
tn office against Valentine and C. F.
Hauka, second assistant cetnmiaaluner ef
Indiaa affairs
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From ths Cleveland Leader.
LET PUBLIC OWN, THE ROADS
Senator La Follette Outlines Hia Flan
for DeTelopin? Alaaka.
WOULD BUY OUT THE ETTEBESTS
Fat the Reaearree of tb Territory
late the Heads ef a rsmtssloa
te Operate tor tbe Fab
He Beaeflt.
WASHINGTON, Aug. tl. Senator Robert
M. La Follette tn a speech came out openly
In favor of government ownership of the
railroad ox Alaaki and of governmental
control of ths natural resources of that
rich territory. In the course of his re
marks hs offered a bill which be Intro
duced four years ago, providing for the
leasing of all mineral rights In the United
States, although the measure was intended
to be applicable more especially to Alaska.
"Tha sensible and practical thing to do,"
hs said. "Is to create a Board of Public
Works for Alaska to be appointed by Che
president . and confirmed by the senate,
slmnar to ths Isthmian Coal commission.
This Board of Public Works sboald then
undertake not merely to build a railroad
from Controller bay to the coal fields, but
It should acquire all of ths railroads in
Alaska, and settle at once tbe policy of
governmental ownership..
Shewld Owa Oteer Utilities.
"It should similarly provide for the de
velopment of other public utilities, such as
ths telegraph and telephone. It should
ope rats and develop tha wharves, and
docks, and steamship Unas, If necessary to
deliver ths products of Alaska to ths
coast."
Justifying bis contention that the gov
ernment should engage In transportation
in Alaska and ths conservation of Its re
sources, Mr. La Follette pointed to the
work now being done on the Panama
canal. Ha said the solution of the trans
portation problem there, the elimination
of unsanitary conditions and tha better
ment of the Inhabitants showed what ths
American people could do, "when called
upon to meet a great emergency requiring
direct government control in the publio
Interest."
Time for Ielsloo.
"We are now required to decide which of
these two methods shall ths American peo
ple adopt In Alaska," he continued. "Up
te the present tune we hava been going
blindly along tbe road of the anthracite
coal combination, but It is possible for us
to accomplish permanently In Alaaka all
that Is being accomplished temporarily In
Panama."
Mr. La Follette Insisted that congress, in
its relation to the people, occupied the
asms position as did the board of directors
to the stockholders of a corporation.
Granting this to be true, he said, congress
owed It to the people to guard their inter
ests aa carefully as a corporation director
sefeguarda ths Interests of those who had
Invested in it stock.
Roosevelt Refuses
to Be Candidate
Former President Writes Letter to
Pittsburgh Editor Who Has Been
Trying to Launch Boom.
PITTSBURGH. Aug. tl. Former Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt in a letter to
Alexander P. Moore, editor of the Pitts
burgh Leader, made public today, says:
"I must ask not only you, but every
friend I nave to aee to It that no move
ment whatever is made to bring me for
ward for tho nomination In 1911 I should
esteem It a genuine calamity If such a
movement were undertaken."
The Leader has been advocating the
nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for president
In 1912.
Sentence of Harry
ForbesCommuted
Prue Fighter Who Assisted in Fake
Swindling Hatches Will Become
Deputy Sheriff in Chicago.
WASHINGTON. Ang. B. President Taft
today commuted the two-year sentence
snd flO.ffs) fine which was Imposed on
Harry Forbes, a Chicago prise fighter,
co0V,eted of connection with the famous
. ,h(ch conducted fake horse race
' a .
, anQ nit prise IUUI. revcrmi memDeri
of th, Kai bare received prison sentence
and Forbes was Instrumental in their
prosecution- Forbes will become a 6eputy
ahertff of Cook county. Illinois. The presi
dent commuted hi punishment to a fin
of pot
"Villian, unhand that Lady!"
Horse Thief Chased
Three Hundred Miles
Makes His Escape
Fosae Followa Han Who Stole Horse
and Buggy in Butte County, S. D.,
Four Daya and Nights.
SIOUX FALLS, a D.. Aug. 21 (Special.)
Sheriff Craven and a posse from Butte
county have returned to their homes after
a chase of 300 miles after a horsethlef, who.
notwithstanding the persistency of the of
ficers, succeeded In making his escape after
one of the most thrilling pursuits and man
hunts In the recent history of the north
western portion of the state.
For four days and nights the sheriff and
members of his posse were on the trail of
the fugitive, who was unusually shrewd and
by a succession of tricks succeeded in
throwing the officers off his direct trail.
Ths thief is wanted for the theft of a
horse and buggy from a rancher named
Hants living in Butta county. In his flight
the fugitive visited several ranches, but
left from one to three days ahead of his
pursuers. At one ranch he even was so
bold as to negotiate for the purchase of the
ranch, stating he would be back In a few
days and close negotistlons. Tbs officers
found where he had camped In a canyon
near ths frontier town of Ludlow, and from
which point he wslked to town and pur
chased some supplies.
All along ths route traveled the fugitive
hsd been Inquiring the road to Haley. N.
D.. and after being informed as to the
direction to Haley, and then would double
back on his trail and cut across the country
snd go tn an opposite direction. The sheriff
and his posse followed him to a point
eighteen miles south of Bowman and there
lost all trace of the fugitive, who may have
headed westward into Wyoming or north
westward Into Montana.
Peace officers over a wide extent of
country tn southwestern North Dakota,
northeastern Wyoming and southeastern
Montana hava been notified to keep a
watch for him, snd tho authorities of
Butte county yet are hopeful he may be
run down and captured.
Aviators Given Prize
Money in Chicago
Thomas Sopwith is Largest Winner
with $31,520 to Hia Credit
Beachey'a Altitude Corrected.
CHICAGO. Aug. n. -Officials of the In
ternational Aviation meet today announce
that a revised reading of the barograph
attached to the CurtUs biplane, when Lin
coln Beachey yesterday broke the world's
altitude record for aeroplanes, shows he
reached a height of 11.642 feet instead of
11.578. the unofficial reading given out last
night.
Ths success of ths meet as an exhibition
waa proven by the totalization of duration
figures showing that tbe airships had been
in the sir 206 hours, a minutes and IS sec
onds. Of these C. P. Rodgera was the
leader with 77 hours and 1 seconds. The
others who participated in the duration
prizes were:
Aviator. . Hours. Min. gee
W. G Beatty 24 U 18
O. A. Brtndley a 44 M
James Ward '
A. U Welsh 1
Lincoln Beachey 14
Here Himon 9
Thomas Sopwith
Eugene Ely- 1
4fl
14
The chief winners of the prise money
were Thomas Sopwith, 113.EJ0, Rodger.
fin.Tso; Lincoln Beachey, S11.K2; W. G.
Beatty, K.25. and A. L. Welh.
Automobile Upsets
on Elgin Speedway
ELGIN. Aug n.-R. H. Ireland, driver
of a Chicago Slaver, was probably fatal ly
Injured today on the Elgin speedway, and
hia mechanician was seriously UiJ.ired,
when his car was ditched as he turned
from the track to permit a following racer
to pas. Tbe mechanician. Frank O'Brien,
was badly bruised and cut. Ireland waa
unconscious when hs was lifted from be
neath the machine. Both men live In
Chicago.
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HEAVY DAMAGE FROM- STORM
Loss in Gage County From Wind
TwentyFive Thousand.
MANY BUILDING ABE DAMAGED
Two Seas ef C. A. Fslwell la Beatrice
Severely tkecked by Llahtalasjw
Heavy Leaa te Live Stock
la Many Places.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Aug. 21. tSpecial Tel
egram) The tornado which swept over this
section last night was more severe than
first reports indicated. Many barns were
unroofed, small bulldlns-s overturned and
trees uprooted. More than 100 mind mill in
the county were blown down.
Aaron Claussen. living three miles south
west of the city, lost his barn by the wind.
and fifty sheep were killed. The horns of
C. A. Fslwell In this city was struck by
lightning snd bis twp little sons who were
sleeping upstairs, were severely shocked.
Tbs lightning set the bed clothing oh fire,
but the flames were extinguished before
much damage was done.
In Elm township a farmer named Sykes
lost two silos valued at W The fruit crop
in many sections of the county was ruined,
and the electric light plant, telephone and
telegraph lines weer hard hit. Thousands
of sparrows perished In the storm.
The rainfall was 1.74 Inches. The property
damage will reach In the neighborhood of
121,008.
Banks for Twenty
First Class Postof f ices
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. Twenty first
rlsss postofflces were designated today by
Postmaster General Hitchcock as postal
savings banks. They were Pine Bluff.
Ark.; Los Angeles. Cal. ; Ptamford. Conn.;
Penaacols, Fla.; Macon. Ga-; Jollet. 111.;
Pes Moines, Ia.; Kansas City, Kan.; New
port. Ky.; Lynn, Mass.; Puluth, Minn.:
Hattlesburg. Ml.; Concord. N. H.; New
ark. N. J.; Wilmington, N. C; Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Fargo, N. D. ; Emtd. Okl.; Provi
dence, R. I., and Knoxville, Tenn.
At ths close of business August it, the
treasurer of the United States had ac
cepted from depository banks as security
for postal savings deposits bonds aggregat
ing $9.103.2ffl. The treasurer had on hand
bonds aggregating C.770,000, which aero
being Investigated.
In the first twelve dsys of their opera
tion the four first-class offices designated
as postal saving banks received In de
posits aggregate sums as follows:
New Tork City. KZ.'; Chicago, flOS.n;
Boston, t'X.TZ!; St. Louis, tl..!l.
GiltnerBank Robbers
Given 28 Years Each
Judge Corcoran Sentences Men Con
victed of Safe Blowing to Long;
Prison Term.
AURORA. Neb.. Aug. fl (Special Tele
gram.) Harry Forbes. Charles Tavlor and
John Evans, convicted of blowing a safe
at Oiltner. Neb., and securing $1.3, which
has never been recovered, will be taken to
the penitentiary tomorrow to serve twenty
elt'Jit years each. The motion of the de
fendants for a new trial was overruled to
day by Judge Corcoran.
Army Monoplane
Makes Fast Trip
FREDERICK. Md , Aug. H.-Running
through the air at almost a mile a min
ute a United etate army aeroplane came
into this city today from College Park. Md.,
bearing Captain C. Le F. Chandler and
Lieutenant H. H. Arnold, two v! the army's
corps of aviators on tne of the longest
trips yet made by a government machine
carrying a past-enirer. The two. officers cov
ered the forty-tao miles between the aero
drome at College Park, near Washington
and this city In forty-seven minutes.
FATHER OF M'MASTER GIRL
LIVIN GIN PENNSYLVANIA
kerlff nf Jokaao. Coaaty Receives
Word lorttlii Relative ef
Mardi-rrri t.trl.
TECCW8EH. Neh . Aug. iY (Special
Teleciani.) Sheriff K. L. Roberts received
u leleirram from llr. N. II. Mc&laster rt
Dalia. . D . this afternoon natir.g that
tile addres of Clem McMaster, father of
Miss Wauneta Laverne M: Master of Te
cumseh the murdered girl, 1 Whippn
street, Ntwcantle, Pa
WILSON REPLIES
TO DR. WILEY
Secretary of Agriculture Takes Stand
in House Pure Food Bureau
ControTeriy.
SAYS ESSENTIAL FACTS LEFT OUT
Material Matters Declared to Bi
Omitted by Chemist.
ORDER AGAINST SULPHUR DIOXIDE
Suspended Pending Inquiry at Re
quest of French Ambassador.
REPORT RUSBY ACCEPTED FEES
Birea Head Bald te Have Bert Paid
by Or. g Importer, te tret Advice
oa Samplee te Be Imported
i. Later.
BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON. Aug. n. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson testified before ths
house Investigating committee today that
he now had an Investigation under war
to ascertain the truth of a report that IV.
H. H. Rusby of New Tork, the drug ex
pert, wss paid fees by drug Importers to
give them advice on drug samples and
later passed on these drugs for ths gov
ernment. Secretary Wilson said that so
far an inspector bad reported one such In
stance. WASHINGTON, Aug. n. Kecrstary of
Agriculture Wilson, testifying today before
the house investigating committee, severely
criticised Dr. H. W. Wiley of Ibe bureau
of chemistry for his course In regard to
ths purs food and drug work and told in
a more or less general way of ths "family
troubles" which led to tbs recommendstlon
for Dr. Wiley's dismissal.
Secretary Wilson declared that Dr. Wiley
In his testimony before ths committee hsd
withheld material matters la regard to
the controversy over sulphur dloxoda In
fruit. He complained that Dr. Wiley did
not come to him to discuss subjects about
which be had talked freely to the Investi
gating committee, and promised to have a
little chat with ths chief of ths bureau
of chemistry when he returned from a
week's vacation. In appointing tbe pure
food and drug Inspection board and la
the creation of tha referee board Secretary
Wilson aald he considered Dr. Wiley had
been done a kindness rather than Insulted
as a chemist.
fays Wiley Employed Reeky.
Secretary Wilson shifted all responsibil
ity for the employment of Dr. II. S. Rusb
to Dr. Wiley.
Secretary Wilson said that Dr. Wiley
as without question the bead of tha
bureau. Asked about his object In creatine
a pure food and inspection board, the sec
retary said he felt more power attached tf
a board decision than to a one-man de
cision. "There are people who criticise me," sale,
ths secretary, "even as the president, Is
sometimes criticised, snd. If I remember
correctly, there were those who shouted
ss ths Savior passed by, "Crucify him.
crucify him,' so I wanted a board."
The witness was asked why he appointed
a "mixed board." consisting of two chem
ists, Dr. Wiley and Dr. Dunlap, snd a
lawyer. Solicitor McCabs,
"It may be that It was not necessary to
have a lawyer on the board because of the
the prosecutions which must bs psssed on
by the board," said the secretary. "It may
be that a farmer like me or you, Mr. Chair
man, could take a cass Into court, but I
don't believe we would do very well witlj
It."
"Has It worked out well?"
"I think you gentlemen have gone far
enough to ascertain that ths family has
not been as happy as It might have been."
The secretary was asked about bis phrase
in a letter touching the Indiana litigation
over bensoate of soda, in which he referred
to Solicitor McCabe and D. Dunlap as "our
people on the board."
Slack Frletlo. e. Board.
"Tou are pretty well aware that there
was friction on the board," replied the
secretary. "It would have been an Insult
to Dr. Wiley to consult blm In regard to
bensoate of soda."
"Why?" asked Representative Floyd ot
Arkansas.
Because be despised It and everything
In regard to It- He felt that his work was
reflected on, when we appointed the
referee board to reconsider the bensoate
of soda question, but It was not."
Secretary Wilson said hs consulted freely
with Dr. Wiley regarding appropriations
for the buieau of chemistry, but In years
like this, he was likely to say to all
bureaus:
"Now go a little slow with your esti
mates; thla is a democratic house."
He declared that be himself and not
Solicitor McCabe was responsibls for In
creasing the powers of the solicitor. He
denied that In so doing, bs was getting
back to the objectional one-man power.
Kxklblta Letter te W ller.
Secretary Wilson charged Dr. Wiley with
having kept facts from the committee la
testifying about the use of sulphur dioxide
in fruit. The secretary was asked abovt
the action of the government.
"Is that the case where Dr. Wiley said
he wrote me a protest against the action
of the pure food and drugs board and got
no answer?" asked Secretary Wilson.
"Yes, sir."
"Well, here is the letter."
Secretary Wilson read. He had told Dr.'
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