Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER IS. 1911-TEN PAGES.
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The
FORMER SENATOR
CARTER IS DEAD
Picturesque Character in National
Politics Dies at Washington
Home.
WAS TWICE MONTAWA RT.WATfVR
.. - . , t o I
j Mil iciB wpirca on marcn o,jTmv sre nearly full. On more meal at
This Year. ! Ak-f ar-Een's den tonight and there will
' I be an end to their feasts
WAS WELL SHOWN IN THE WEST I Ton'hi wl" ,n laft imtiaton night
, of Ak-Sar-Ben this vear. Samson and his
m . . .! helpers are planning to make It a good
vtutcr was unce tuiiimiin ui
Republican National Committee.
LIVED AT HELENA, MONTANA
Appointed hy President McKlnley
Board of ft. Loala Exposl
tloa and Wu Elected
, President of Board.
WIAEHINGTON. Sept. 17. Former
United States Senator Thorna Henry
Carter of Montana, for rnanv years a
otable and picturesque character In na
tional politic, once chairman of the Re
publican National. commute, and c:(hMtfr ;n the Den. tearing down the
lt year chairman of the American sec
tion of the International commission,
died at his home early today of Infec
tion of the lung. ' He was K! years old.
Mr. Carter had been under the care of
a phyalcian for months. He waa able to
go about, however, and his ailment, a
filling of the lung with clotted blood,
did tot become acute until about a week
ago. A Baltimore specialist was sum
moned last .Wednesday and at that time
the attending physician expressed con
fidence -In-the patient' recovery.- But
the msJsdy became worse and death re
sulted at S o'clock this morning. Mra.
Carter and their son. tudent at George
town unlverlty, were with him when he
died.
The funeral servtae will be held here
Tuesday at St. Paul's Catholic church.
The Interment will be at Mount Olivet
cemetery, thl city.
Mr. Carter had a remarkable career. It
extended over twenty-two year of con
gressional and official life at Washing
ton. Thl embraced eervlo as the first
representative elected from Montana, two
terms In the United States eenate and
executive positions as commissioner of
the general land office, chairman of the
republican national committee in the sec
end and unuccesful campaign of Benjav
In Harrison for the presidency, presi
dent of the 'United States commissioner
for tha Loulsana Purchase exposition at
St. Louis and since last March chairman
of the newly created "International Joint
commission. American section1. " and prac
tically . charged with Canadian boundary
matters. -
. -'Defeated Harbor Bill.
' An Ohloao by birth, an Iowan by adop
tion' and a Montanan long before that
territory was admitted to statehood. Mr.
Carter lumped to the front almost from
the outset of his work In congress.- Per
haps the B lost remarkable, of all hf
a big liver end harbor appropriation Dill
whloh ha regarded aa a political "grab"
measure during- the McKlnley administra
tion. .... . v
President McKlnley did not favor ths
bill, and Mr. Carter, always, a strong ad
ministration supporter, began a speech
against It at. 10:30 'o'clock at night and
talked continuously until noon ot the day
following, when the session of congress
expired. A a lieutenant of Senator Aid
rich, the republican leader of the senate
for many years, he also did notable work.
Mentioned for Bench.
At one time Mr. Carter was mentioned
a a possible successor ot Associate Jus
tice Moody of the supreme court of the
United States, and it waa said President
Taft had considered him for secretary of
the Interior to succeed Richard A. Bal
linger. Among , the , men suggested . as a
possible head of the republican national
committee for the campaign of 1312 the
former senator's name had been men
tioned.
His defeat by a democrat for re-election
to the senate caused Mr. Carter's ret Ire-
man t from the body March 4 last Preel
dent Taft then named him a member of
tha International commission. He framed
knd fought for conservation legislation
opposed extravagancu In irrigation pro
ject and campaigned for the Taft Canad
ian reciprocity bill.
The Pallbearer.
The honorary pallbearers will be Chief
Justice White and Associate Justice M'
Kenna of the United Statea supreme
court. James A. Tawney and Frank S
Btreetor. members of the Joint high com
mission; Senators . Brandegee, Penrose
and Crane, former Senator William E.
Chandler of New Hampshire. Hannis
Taylor of Washington and Attorney Gen
eral A. Q Galen ot Montana, who 1 now
In the east. ,
- Mr Carter was- well known to many
tn Nebraska because of his political af
filiations and because he at one time
operated In this state, having this terri
tory for the sale or a well-known book,
the "Footprints of Time "
The Weather.
Forecast ot the weather for Mondav
ar.d Tuesday:
For Nebraska Fair Monday, cooler east
portion: Tuesday fair.
Tot Iowa Fair and cooler Monday;
Tuesday fslr.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
l'n. wo. m
Hlihsl vetterdav o 91 SH M
. Lowest yesterday 73 S
Mean temperature H
precipitation C 00
Temoerature and precipitation
tures from tha normal:
Nurmal temperature
Exert for the day
Taii Y-Mf.A ainre March 1
h 77
oo . on
depsr-
U
7
. .10 inch
i 4j, inches
Sormal precipitation
Total rainfall since March 1
ijei ciency m-:' i.u i nn-u
14 do Inches
T-eficiency for cor. period 191' .13 41 Inches
&el:cieacy for cor. period. 1 .26 inch
.- Hur. Deg.
wi .senma- ,5a m "2
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V" t- ' m
--?r7 , Sa m 75
r yL' a. m 77
gjkfte. 11 a m 82
e-3 1 P m 87
2 p m 6
k i p. m. 1
Zpl 4 p. m 93
s p. m 92
PP p m M
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Final Initiation
at Samson's Den
Set for Tonight
Iflft Week of Kannibal Klan Will
Raise Year' Membership of
Ak-Sar-Ben to 2,000.
I the Kannlbal King and hi iray of
man - eating retainers nearly full or lnt!
on since It Is to be the last. There are
to be 2.000 paid members when the cur
tain rises for the final Gymkhana and
feast or Samson is going to know the
reason why. The edict has gone out that
unless there are brought In enough can
didates to raise the membert-hip to this
figure all the knight will be un
Knighed and their Knight shirts taken
from them. A an additional punishment,
there will be no hot welner sandwlche
and no tea and coffee. Samson's threat
already has had Its effect and there Is
little room for doubt that the goal of
2,ono will be gained.
The minute the Gvmkhana is ended a
force of men will start dismantellng the I
canvas wall and transforming the huge
building Into one great ball room or . of the Mountain View hotel and consumed
palace hall. The floats, which have been (a considerable portion of the town be
buildlng there will be hauled out Into the jforo it finally burned itself out. The
tent In which they will be kept until ; financial loss is about IJo.oiiO.
the ntght of the big electric parade. Long j The blaze was finally conquered by
before September 27, the opening night volunteers composed ot practically the
of Ak-Sar-Ben's annual fete, the ' Den entire population. In the front rankawaa
will be In ship shape and Samson and Aviator Robert G. Fowler, who Is pre-
hls helpers will have all their time to :
devote to completing the King's High
way. On this the work already has been
started, but there still Is much to be
done. September 25 will see everything In
readiness tor the big celebration and
only the scores of small details of the
coming of King Ak-Sar-Ben VII will re
main to demand Samson' attention.
Special Train Races
to Save the. Life of
Baby Kruttschnitt
Granddaughter of Julius Krutt
schnitt of Harriman Lines Saved
from Pneumonia Attack.
SAN ANTONia Tex , Sept. 17. -Barbara
Kruttschnitt will live. A wild 700
mlle train race from Aguas Calclentas,
Mexico, to San Antonio saved her life.
Barbara Is the 14-months-old daughter of
Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr.. son of Julius
Kruttschnitt, director of operation and
maintenance of the Harriman lines.
Toung Kruttschnitt Is . Identified with
the Guggenheim Interests.
The baby took HI with pneumonia and
physicians advised that, to save her life,
she be taken to a lower altitude. A spe
cial train was chartered and made the
TOO miles here in twenty-six hours of
lorHvaUtxAii
frl ijiitii la. pj'aa.i was harried
hospital and today physician
said the chances are all In favor of her
recovery.
Death List Mounts
to a Total of Ten
Lee Oldfield, Driver of Skidding
Auto on Syracuse Track, in
Serious Condition.
SYRACUSE. N. T-. Sept. 17 Harry
Bradley of Franklin. N. T., one of those
injured by Lee Oldfield car when It
crashed through the fence at the state
fair, died today. . His death brings the
list of dead up to ten. Half a dozen of
the score or more who sustained Injuries
aa a result of the accident We still on
the critical list.
Lee Oldfield. driver of the automobile,
is in a serious condition, with a fractured
rib and internal hurt. He is expected
to recover, however.
Soo Passenger Train
Kills Four Persons
Family of Postmaster Klein of Rock
Field, Wisconsin, in Severe
Accident.
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 17 Four members
of the family of Frank Klein, postmaster
and notary public of Rockfleld, Wis., and
a servant of the family, were killed when
Soo road passenger train No. 302. due In
Milwaukee at 6 50 p. m., struck their
double buggy near Germantown tonight
The dead:
MPS ANNA KLEIN. S7 years old.
JFRRY KLEIN". 7 vears old.
GRACE KLEIN, 11 -years old
WOMAN SERVANT, name unknown.
The injured:
Frank Klein. 41 vear old calp wound
and probable Internal Injuries.
Rubert Klein, 2 years old. slightly
bruited.
FIVE MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
National Printing; Plant at Rio
Janeiro Completely Destroyed
by Blase..
RIO JANEIRO, Sept. 17 The national
rrin'.'pp works were destroyed by fire
toda.'. Other valuable property was
burned and the damage Is estimated at
ti.OM.0O0.
Wife Fears for Her Life
When Murderer Escapes
COLUMBUS. O.. Sept 17-Mlchael
Sotoltskl. a murderer serving a life sen
tence, walked out of the Ohio penitentiary
today dtigulted In a tightfltttng coat and
a white shirtwaist belonging to the wife
of Wsrden John Jones. His features were
concealed under an old hat and a white
veil. Under the d.suUe he wore a gray
suit belonging to the warden'a son.
Soboleskt. m ho Is U years old. hsd been
a "trusty" for the last five months and
was accorded the freedom of the warden's
apartments, having the duty of pressing
the clothing ot the family, this being tn
accordance with his fuimer tiade of tailor.
Soboleskl waa sentenoed to the peniten
tiary for the murder ot an aged couple
AYIATOR HELPS
FIRE FIGHTERS
Fowler, Who it to Fly Oyer Sierras
Today, Nearly Victim of Blaze
at Colfax, Cal.
MOTHER ROUSES HIM IN HOTEL
Joins Volunteer Brigade and Does
Valiant Work.
THIRD ENTRANT UJO RACE
C. P. Rodgers Starts from New York,
Reaching Middletown.
WARD IS SIALLED AT 0WEG0
Motor Need Further Repair and
Will Probably Be Ready for
Jouruey Sniue Tiui Dar
ing; Today.
COLFAX. Ca.1., Sept.. 1 One man la
dead, another hover between life and
death, with both legs broken, as a conse
quence of his heroism, and a third Is
miffing, as the result of a fire probably
'of mct'ndiary origin, which broke out
here early this morning on the third floor
paring to scale the high Sierras tomor-
row on the third leg of his transconti
nental aeroplane trip.
John Wesley Dougger. a guest ot the
hotel, failed to awake and was burned to
death. Henry Hurst may be fataily In
jured. An unidentified man Is missing.
Hurst was In front of the building when
the. blaze broke out. He rushed into the
burning building and pulled guests out
of bed on the second and third floors.
Believing all were out of danger, Hurst
started for the stairs, to find then en
veloped In flames.
He ran tche front of the building and
plunged tf the sidewalk twenty-five feet
below. He was picked up with both legs
broken.
Aviator Fowler was awakened by bis
mother in his room at the hotel shortly
after the fire broke out, and, dressing
quickly, Joined the fighters.
New Contestant Starts.
NEW YORK. Sept. 17 C. P. Rodgers,
third aviator to start on the transconti
nental flight for the Hearst prize, rose
from the race track at Sheepshead Bay
this afternoon, swept in a wide circle
over the grounds, and then headed north
west until his white-winged flyer merged
into a 1 bank of clouds over the Jersey
meadows and disappeared.. He drove, a
Wright biplane and carried message
from Mayor Gaynor to the mayor of San
Francisco, and from the commanders of
the eastern division of the array and navy
to the commanders on the Pacific coast,
crossed Broadway at a height ot 3,000
feet and covered the mile from that point
across the river In less than a minute.
He was going as steadily as a clock when
he soared over the city and evidently
was not bothered by the "air holes" that
have troubled other aviators.
At 6:07 he was reported passing over
Campbell Hall Junction, sixty-six miles
from the start, headed for Middletown.
The aeroplane looked almost like a toy
at the starting grounds, as it measured
only thirty-eight feet from tip to tip.
while the aviator stands six feet four.
and weighs 192 pounds.
Reaches Middletown.
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y.. Sept. 17-After
an initial flight of about eighty miles
In his proposed aerial voyage from New
York to the Pacific coast. C. P. Rodgers,
the aviator, reached this city and landed
at 6 IS o'clock this evening.-- He had cov
ered the distance from the Sheepshead
Bay race track In one hour and fifty-
three minutes
Rodgers might have made better time
had he not mistaken the Erie and Jersey
line at Grey Court for that of the Erie
and followed the -tracks of the former
road for some distance
Despite his detour. Rodgers beat Into
the city by two minutes a special train
which had followed him from the time he
began crossing Jersey City. He will
spend the night here and make an early
morning start
Another Delay for Ward.
OSWEGO.- N. Y.. Sept. 17 James J.
Ward, coast to coast flyer, did not start
from here today because of delay In re
celvlng a new motor, which he had or
dered. The motor Is here tonight and
Ward expeots to have It placed In the
monoplane early tomorrow. He then
will attempt to fly to Buffalo. 187 miles
west of here. He will follow the Erie
tracks The aeroplane damaged In yes
terday's accident has been repaired and
except for the motor, was ready' for
flight today shortly after noon.
RODGETBS MAKER SWIFT SPEED
Travels Nearly Mile a Minute Oyer
Chesapeake Boy.
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Sept. 17.-Travellng
nearly a mile a minute, for the most part
over Chesapeake Bay, Lieutenant John
Rodgers, aviation Instructor at the
United Statea naval academy, today flew
from his home in Havre De Grace to the
navy aviation field, across the Severn
river from the naval academy. He cov-
(Conttnued on Seventh Page.)
of Toledo. O., June 22. 19-e.
TOLEDO. O. Sept. 17 Mrs Michael
Soboleskl, whose husband escaped from
the Ohio penitentiary this afternoon, is
at her home trembling In fear tonight
that her husband will ictum and kill her.
Police are guarding the house They also
are watching tha different railroad yards
tn an effort to catch the escaped mur
derer. Two weeks ago Mr. Soboleskl filftd
suit In common pleas court for divorce
from her hu.band Knowledge of thl
suit was conveyed to Sobolesl.l In prison
by the serving of notice of the suit. Mr
Soboleskl say she thinks her husband
then planned to escape and com here
and take her Ufa
MM mM0 ?0''f Ibm . .
From the Washington Herald.
MR. HARRIKTON ON HARMAN
Holt County Leader Renews Charges
Against Democratic Nominee.
CALLS HBI C0RP0BATI0N MAN
Proposes Plan for- 1912 Which He
Thinks Will Bring Bryan and
Harmony and Wilson to
Success.
M. F. Harrington of O'Nell returns to
his attack on Clarence E. Harmon, the
democratic candidte fo&. railway corn
mlsaloner In this jlSsUo Ths Bee:
' "NeVr Sepa-Ii ''lal""" T :'
Since the primary ' returns declared
Clarence E. Harman to be the democratic
nominee for railway commissioner, I have
had a multitude ot requests for a public
sta'ment bt my attitude upon his candi
dacy. These have been personal inquiries,
newspaper suggestions, letters and even
telegrams. That the opinion of a private
citizen, who has never been a candidate
for office and seeks none, should be thus
called for can only be explained upon the
ground that some of the public at least
have an Intense Interest in the election of
a man for railway commissioner who
will serve the people and not the rail
road a
What Nominated
Harman.
Harman was
The nomination of Mr.
brought about by Joint Influences:
t As I pointed out in an Interview be
fore the primaries, the opposition to him
was divided. There were three other can
didates. These three candidates In the
aggregate received about twice as many
votes aa Mr. Harman. but nevertheless
he had a plurality. The votes thus cast
against him show that even in a content
where the democratic primary vote was
light that the democratic voters are sound
at heart and that they were only defeated
because divided.
I The opposition given to Mr. Harman
on the primary ballot waa to hll advan
tage. a He and the railroads, who were be
hind him, by newspaper advertising and
thousands of personal letters, stirred up
a certain amount of sympathy for him on
the alleged ground that be was being
abused. This Is always the claim of cor
poration heelers whose records will not
bear investigation. To let the public
know the truth Is always treated as
abusive by the special Interests. In addi
tion to this. In the letters were enclosed
copies ot Mr. Herman's statement offer
ing to clear himself of Joeing a railroad
Janizary If given a chance to do so be
fore the state committee. Of course, the
state committee has no authority to
subpoena witnesses and very few citi
zens care to mix up in an affair of this
kind voluntarily. Te only place where
the truth could be learned was In a court
of justice. But In the short time that
lapsed before the primary the ordinary
voter did not always get to understand
this situation.
Dahlman and Harman Coupled.
4. The railroads and the most important
liquor Interests combined to nominate
Mr. Harman. It waa urged by them that
his principal opponent was W. J. Furse,
who was appointed to fill the railway
commlsalonershlp vacancy by Mr. Shall-
enberger and who had been Shallen
berger's private secretary. The liquor In
terests, unfriendly to Shallenberger, were
urged to "take a shot at Furse" In order
to get even with Shallenberger An
analysis of the vote will show that wher
ever a good vote was given Mr. Dahl
man In the primary last year that a light
vote waa given Mr. Harman in the pri
maries this year.
The democratic party is not entitled to
an existence unless it it to be the cham
pion of the people s rlgt ts. Up to this
ttme the great special Interests have been
camped within the republican party. They
now figure that the democrats are
"headed in" for Washii gton. and they
are unusually active In endeavoring to
secure rower and control within the dem
ocratic party. ., Their plan "will be to
divide the people and by division conquer.
Willing to Provr It.
The offer which I made before the pri
mary to prove in a court of Justice that
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Bringing 'Em Home!
Youthful Elopers.
Brought to Grief
By Angry Father
Manilla Boy and Man Who Assisted
Him to Get License Are Held
for Abduction.
Charging the abduction of his 15-yeai-old
daughter, Charles Robertson of Ma
nilla, la'., caused the arrest of William
Weaver, agtd 19, and Frank Howard,
aged 26, both of Manilla, at S o'clock
Sunday 'evening tn Plattemouth. fifteen
minutes after Weaver and Mildred Rob
ertson had" Bwtfrtt" tartsely W" ttreTf "aBeTt
and were married by the county judge.
Friday morning Weaver and Miss Rob
ertson eloped from Manilla and were as
sisted by Howard. They went to Persia,
la., but a license was refused them there.
They then went to Council Bluffs and
later came to Omaha and here, too, the
officials refused to grant the pair a
license. From Omaha the eloping couple
went to Plattemouth Saturday night. In
the evening, aided by testimony given
by Howard, they secured a license and
were married by the county Judge. A
few minutes later the couple were rec
ognized by descriptions sent broadcast
by the irate father tn Manilla, and he was
notified. He ordered that both men be
held on a charge of abduction. The girl
was placed on a train by a deputy sheriff
and was taken to her home.
Miss Robertson was formerly a tele
phone operator In Manilla, and Weaver
was the proprietor of a small restaurant.
His attentions to Miss Robertson met
with the displeasure of the father and
the elopment followed.
Base Ball Rooting
Goocl for Pastors
Bishop Quayle Declares More
Preachers Should Get Out on
the Bleachers.
KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Sept. 17. In an
address here today before a large audi
ence of preachers and laymen who are
attending the annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Bishop Wil
liam A. Quayle made a plea tor a greater
virility among pastors.
"It we had more men in the pulpits
of the Methodist church who would get
out on the base ball bleachers once In
a while and do a little Jaw exercise," he
said, "we would have more men in the
church. The church today wants big,
strong, brawny men in the pulpits. The
time has come when men, not women,
should support the church."
CZAR'S DAUGHTER TO WED
Grand Duchene Olga's Betrothal to
Heir Apparent of Bnlaarla
Announced.
SOFIA. Sept. 17. The anrroaching be
trothal Is announced of Prince Boris of
Bulgaria, the heir apparent, to Grand
Duchess Olga. the eldest daughter of
Emperor Nicholas
Carry Statue of Christ
to Stop the Flow of Lava
CATANIA Sept 17 Although the erup
tion of Mount Etna seems to be losing
some of its sctlvlty and the earthquakes
are less frequent in occurrence, the im
mediate flood of lava which has spread
down the mountain continues its work of
destruction There sre now five main
streams stretching for miles .over . the
country-
Prof. Rlcco. director of the observatory,
on the top of Mount Etna, says the
Initial speed of the lava at the mouth
of the crater has slightly diminished, lut
that Incandescent material Is still being
poured out fn perhaps as great S quan
tity aa on the first few days. Several
GRAVE FEARS FOR STOLYPIN
Russian Premier Shows Symptoms
of Peritonitis.
PHYSICIANS GREATLY ALARMED
Chnng-e for Worse Set tn Saturday
Night and No Improvement Is
Shown, According; to Later
Bulletins.
KIEV, Sept,-17. The condition of Pre
mler Stolypln, who was shot by Dmitry
Bogroff .at a gala performance In the
municipal theater ' Thursday night, Is
e aaeinsT- -ht -pwyste
has set in and the patient's heart action
haa considerably weakened. - A .. lengthy
bulletin . was prepared this afternoon by
ths physicians, in view of the change for
the worse, as it was denied advisable to
Inform the public of the true nature of
the premier's wounds. This bulletin was
aa follows:
A change for the worse in Premier
Stolypin's condition set in last evening.
Symptoms of local peritonitis wers no
ticed, with Indications of effusion of blood
under the diaphragm. At 6:30 o'clock this
morning the patient's temperature was
96.9, pulse 80, respiration 26 to 28. The
temperature two hpurs later was 98.6,
pulse 105, respiration 24 to 28.
'The bandages were removed at 10
o'clock and the mouth of the wound was
found to be In a satisfactory state. The
bullet was felt under the skin and re
moved, a local anesthetic being employed.
The patient stood the operation well in
every way."
The premier showed no Improvement
during the day, but the doctors hopefully
expressed the opinion that there was no
great cause for alarm. The midnight
bulletin, however, was not reassuring.
It read:
Late tonight M Stolypln Is still show
ing symptoms of peritonitis. Tempera
ture 9S, pulse 116 to 120, respiration 2S."
Sixteen-Year Girl
Tries to End Life
Lola Folden Attempts Suicide by
Drinking Laudanum, Due to
Despondency.
Away from home and despondent, Lola
Folden. 16 years old. attempted suicide at
11 o'clock last night by drinking laudnum
in her room at the California hotel. Six
teenth and California streets.
The girl came to Omaha from her home,
Courtland. Neb., three months ago and
has been employed as a maid at 2223
Dodge street. She was attended by Po
lice Surgeon C. H. Peppers. She will re
cover. RURAL CARRIERS AT SESSION
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 17 -Rural letter
carriers from all directions reached Mil
waukee today for the annual convention
which opens Tuesday. Among the speak
ers at the four days' meeting will be I .
V. De Craw, fourth assistant postmaster
general, and Congressman Victor L.
Berger.
cones have formed near the new craters,
varying from sixty-five to 100 feet in
height. A -new mount, 500 feet high, had
sprung up which ts emitting smoke and
cinders
A great procession of peetants. bearing
a statue of Christ, today marched In
front of the advancing lava, and offered
prayers for the Immediate cessation of the
fiow Hundreds prooeded to the home of
a blacksmith, where it was reported a
miracle had occurred. The lava had been
diverted from this house, and the peas
ants believed It due to a picture of a
saint banging on the door. But today
the lava stream again turned, completely
destroying the blacksmiths home.
TROOPS FIRE ON
VIEMARIOTERS
Savage Street Fighting: la Austrian
Capital as Result of High
Food Prices.
SOCIALISTS GIVE FREE REINS
Sufferers for Necessities of Life Are
in Open Warfare.v
SIX KILLED; 200 ARE INJURED
Cavalry Charges Made Frequently
Upon People.
LEADER DAVID STONED BY MOB
Socialist Seeks te Calm Crowd and
Is Beaten Into Unconsciousness
t May Proclaim State of
Slesre.
VIENNA. Sept. 17 -Traceable to the
high price of the necessaries of lite Hots
broke out todav and many persons were
killed 'or wounded Troops fired on the
mob, which had erected barricades In the
streets. There was a fierce exchange of
bullets and the soldiers were pelted with
all sorts of missiles. ,
Following a huge socialistic demonstra
tion outside the Rathhaus. held for the
purpose of protesting against the high
price of food. It became necessary to call
out troops to disperse the rioters. In
the early clashes flf'v of the rioters were
wounded and 100 arrested.
Fifty thousand persona were present at
the demonstration, and fiery speeches
were made, demanding that the govern- '
ment permit the Importation of foreign '
meat and take other measures to remedy,
the conditions which have resulted from,
the prohibitory Increase In . the price of
food products.
After the meeting a large procession
marched to the parliament buildings,
cheering for revolution and Portugal.'
Revolvers were fired in the air and then
the mob began stone throwing. The
windows of many public and private '
buildings, restaurants and tram cars and
street lamps were smashed.
Finally a squadron of dragoons and a
detachment of Infantry appeared on the
scene. They charged the rioters and dis
persed them. The mob reassembled,
however. In the suburbs which are occu
pied by the working class, where they
wrecked more property. The troops were
retained throughout the day guarding tha
Imperial palace and government buildings
and holding all approaches to the Inner
city.
' The' agitation is the culmination of
-months of bitter discontent over the
steady increase In the cost, not only of
food, but of lodging, clothes and all the
necessaries of life, and unless parliament
takes action It Is feared that the develop
ment of the disturbances will be serious.
. Mob la Savage Mood. '
-' The rioting was of a most determined
uRciauv lnnnmen pv rne arrearrre. 0-
cial account states that only one persoa
was killed by -a bayonet- thrust, several
wounded by a Volley and about sixty
seriously Injured.? It is believed that the
casualties were much higher.' Unofficial
reports say that 'six persons were killed
and more than 200 severely injured.
It appears that the socialist party, al
though they encouraged the demonstra
tion, had refused to take any responsi
bility for the maintenance ot order and
had ' appointed no committees to control
the proceedings. Hence everything de
volved upon the police, who, after show
ing praiseworthy patience and forbear
ance, became hard pressed and were
obliged to call for military aid. The ap
pearance of the troops Intensified the
wrath of the rioters, who shouted:
"We want no military. We want
bread"
Stone throwing became Incessant and
clashes between the police and the mob,
with cavalry charges, continued through-
ifui liis aiiciuuuu.
Stone Own Leader.
Besides smashing windows in all direc
tions, the mob completely wrecked a cafe
and demolished an automobile standing
In the street. The rioters tore down tha
palisading in the Rathhaus park, from
which theyv removed the seats to build
barricades. At the height of the disorder
the socialist leader. David, tried to calm
the crowd, but the lnfurated mob set
upon blm and beat him into unconscious
ness. He was removed to a hospital
streaming with blood.
All available cavalry were brought out
to line the streets and protect the public
buildings.
The rioting In the Ottakrlng quarter
was still more serious. Tram cars were
overturned and hops were wrecked. The
mob forced Its way into a school house
and dragged forth all the furniture Into
the street and burned it. The troop were
obliged twice to fire into the crowd and
many rioters fell.
It was near midnight before a sem
blance of order was restored. There are
fears of a renewal of the scenes tomorrow
morning. It Is rumored that the govern
ment will proclaim a minor state of self e
The emperor ' himself haa frequently
urg.-i the government to take steps to
st tbf ''Ise In prices.
Arranging Details
For Taft Visit
i-t'stls of the arrangements tor Presi
dent Taft visit to Omaha now await
the arrival of L C. Wheeler, the advance
special agent to whom they are to be
submitted, who Is expected today or to
morrow. Mr. Wheeler used to be sta
tioned In Omaha a' few years ago, when
he had charge of the government secret
service work In the land fraud Investiga
tions. The page of the printed Itinerary of the
presidential tour relating to Omaha has
been received, showing the railway ttme
schedule and outline of entertainment It
also gives a few salient facts about the
city, such a. census population, chief In
dustries, historical dates and so forth.
The local committee of arrangements will
hold a meeting today, the return of Sen
star. Hitchcock making a full attendance
possible' for the first time ."
-Wrecked Crew In Safety.
rUVTA ARKNA6. Chile. Rent. 17 The
captain and fifteen of the crew of the
German bark Thekla which was wrecked
last July on the rocks off Ststen island
near Terra Del Fueo, arrived hie U
dew on board a transport. Thev had
spent nearly two months on a df-crt
island and their sol means of subVs,m
were seals.
