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TIFT'S FRIENDS '
CONTKOLLN IOWA
ISMAY ORDERED
OFF BY OFFICER
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President's Suppoiters Succeed in
Organizing State Convention
Without Opposition.
DELEGATES ABE , BTSTBUCTED
They Are to Vote for the Benomiiuv
tion of President Taft
PERSONNEL OF THE BIO FOTJB
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Carroll, Perkins, Brewer and Bryan
Bepresent Iowa at Chicago.
CUMMINS ADMITS HXSj DEFEAT
President Ha Slxteeot at Twenty-
Six Delegatee la Natleaal Con
vention Three Dletrlet
Ceaveatioae Held.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. April J4.-Presl-dent
Taft alii have sixteen of Iowa's
twenty-six votes to the national repub
lican convention. 8enator Cummin,
admitting that hl trip from Washlng
toa to Iowa bad been Ineffective In stem
mine the tide for Taft. declared ha ex
pected atlll to b before th national con
vention at Chicago and that hi name
would be presented to that body by one
of the ten delegates In the atat In
structed for him.
When the convention reopened at 2:30 p.
m. after the noon recess the credentials
committee reported no contests. J. H. Tre
wtn of Cedar Rapids was elected perma
nent chairman of the convention Imme
diately following the recess without op
position. H was put forth by President
Tuft's supporters.
The convection elected as Taft dele-gates-at-large
the following:
Governor B. F. Carroll, George D. Per
kins of Sioux City, Luther It. Brewer of
Cedar Rapids and Jumes P. Bryan of
Creston hy a vote of 71 against 730 for
the Cummins ticket headed by State Sen
ator James H. "Allen of Pocahontas'
county. Alternates elected were Willis
stern of Logan, Willlsm Chamberlain of
Scott. 8. D. Hughea of Calhoun and 8. W.
Kalua of Delaware. ' ' -
Resolutions Instructing the four dele-gatea-at-large
to the national convention
to vote for the renomlnatlon of President
Tsft were .adopted and th convention
adjourned at 4 o'clock.
The program for the afternoon appeared
certain to go through as planned by th
Taft managers. Th four delegate-at-larg
In resolutions reported were InV
structed to support the president first,
last and all tne time.
During th noon recess there was some
talk In th lobbies of a possible effort t
stampede the convention this afternoon
to th standard of Theodore Roosevelt;
but If such a movement waa la develop
ment It exact plans war guarded by
th Iteostvttt supporters. '
' Caaa'arra Give it t sw
"It looks as ir war beaten." said
Senator A. & Cummins, just before th
stale convention opened. Ha will return
to Washington this afternoon.
"I have not been a very aotlv candi
date for the presidency,' be said to the
Associated Frees. "The boys here In Iowa
my friends said wanted to present my
name to the Chicago convention and I
consented without nuking th active can
vass which, apparently, wa expected of
me. -
"I atlll expect my name will b pre
sented to the national convention not
withstanding today's defeat I have been
knocked down and dragged out before,
but I don't believe anybody haa ever yet
aald that I would surrender when I' be
lieved I waa advocating th right.".
Three nlslrlrt Conventions.
Three district coaventlons were held
this morning. Two of them nominated
three delegate for Cummlna and one for
Taft. Tb results follow:
Second district: Rudolph Rehlfe and G.
W. French of Davenport Instructed for
Taft
Fourth district: Truman Potter. Mason
City and O. C. Wilson, a Ellweln. Al
ternates. P. at. Jewell, Deborah: V. 8.
Shafeo, New Hampton, instructed for
Cummlna.
Eleventh district: J. W. Hoapers, Or
ange City and W. P. Dawson, Aurella.
Instructed for Cummins.
RESOLUTION TO IMPEACH
JUDGE OWENS RULED OUT
SPRING FIELD. 111.. April itSenator
Madlgan's resolution and which nought to
lay the foundation for impeachment pro
ceedings against Judge John E. Owens of
Cook county was ruled out of order as not
being germane to the call for the special
session.' Senator Madigan at once In
troduced another resolution or a facetious
character, thanking Judge Owens for
turning back to the state 'as much of
Its property as It did." It, too, probably
am be ruled out.
. senator Forest Introduced a resolution
txargmg that the primary law has not
been properly enforced In Cook county
and calling for an Investigation. The
object of Forest resolution is the earn j
a mat sougnt ny tne ttamgan measure,
but the same objection, it Is believed, doe
not bold good, as tt Is considered ger
mane to that part of the call of the spe
cial session which relates to primary law
legislation.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ELECTS OFFICERS
NEW TORK. April St-The board of
directors of the Associated Frees elected
the following officer today:
President Frank B. Noyes, Washington
Star.
First Vice President-General Charles
H. Taylor. Boston Globe.
Second Vice President Crawford HID,
Denver Renubltcan.
Generai Manager and Secretary M. E.
Stone.
Treasurer J. R. TouatL
WESTINGHOUSE COMPANY
' ' CUTS LARGE MELON!
PITTSBVRGH. April H. stockholders
of the Weatingbouee Air Brake company I
today voted unanimously to approve the j
proposition of the board of .directors to
Increase the capital stock from tH .'
to g9.OM.tt. Later the board voted to
distribute the stock by a per cent
etoefc dividend. .
WILL STOP CENSUS FRAUDS
Director Dnrand Hopeful that Prose
cutions Will Be Successful -
SIXTY-SEVEN PEBSONS INDICTED
Mast at Three Here Pleaded Gwllty
r Made Defease -Ma'ay of '
One City Are Be
j Proeeeated.
WASHINGTON. D. C, April St-Dlree-tor
Durand of the bureau of the census.
Department of Commerce and Labor, la
hopeful that the result of the prosecutions
of census frauds will serve as a moat
effective deterrent against the repetition
of such frauds at any. future census,
not only In the dues la which prose
cutions have occurred, but throughout
the states in which these cities are lo
cated and In large measure throughout
the country. He thinks that asld from
tha wholesome fear which such prosecu
tions engender, it is obvious that the
people of any - city will hereafter hesi
tate to encourage the padding of th
census in view of the risk that, aa the
result of possible discovery, their city
may be subjected to ridicule and criti
cism. In his current annual report he states
that the exceptional care exercised at th
present census in investigating the work
of the enumerators resulted In the dis
covery of a very considerable number of
fraudulent overcounts, particularly ' in
cities in the northwestern states. In all
case where tha Investigations made by
the bureau Indicated a probability that
the overcounts of the population were due
to deliberate fraud, the facts were brought
to the attention of the department of Jus
tice. That department appointed a spe
cial attorney to Investigate and prosecute
such frauds. ' ...
Sixty-Seven Indicted.
Up to the end of December. 111,'. In
dictments had een returned In the ag
gregate against sixty-seven persona, -of
whom fifty-six were enumerators, eight
special agents appointed to assist super
visors and to direct enumerators, one the
mayor of a city, who waa charged with
conspiring with the enumerators and
others; one an attorney, charged with
Joining In the same conspiracy, an I one
the supervisor of the census for the dis
trict in which th city of Tacoma, Wash.,
is located. The great majority of tiioie
indicted have either pleaded guilty
nolo contendere. In the case of tha two
enumerator at Spokane, Wash., a jury
trial resulted In a verdict of nrt gulity.
In the case of on special agent, the gov
ernment decided not to push the 'prose
cution after Indictment Two enum
erator have been convicted on trial. The
cases against a email number of onunv
orators, the supervisor of the census at
Tacoma and various special agents who
assisted him. and three special agents In
Portland, Ore., remain to be tried.
Moat of th enumerators who have
pleaded guilty have received compara
tively light punlahment, the court r.
dently being of th opinion that their of
fens waa largely due ta tb pressure rf
public opinion demanding apadded enum
eration. In humeroua cases, however,
th prosecuting officer . have , .recom
mended very moderate ' Densities for
enumerator who furnished Information
by which prosecution could be-brought
against more responsible official. The
large number of enumerator who hav
pleaded guilty In Tacoma were each mu
lshed by a fin of SM and costs. Kom
other enumerators, however, have been
punished by tinea ranging from M to
SWt, and In a few cases imprisonment
for twenty-four to forty-eight hour. TB
mayor of th city of Superior, Wis., who
plsaded nolo contendere, wa fined I7M
snd costs, and an attorney of that city,
who was also charged with conspiracy
and pleaded nolo contendere, was- fined
fLMn and costs. ' On enumerator to
Portland, Ore., waa found guilty on trial.
waa sentenced to six months In Jail and
to pay, a fin of SlW and costs.
Taft Will Have
Big Majority in
tfew Hampshire
CONCORD. N. H., April Si A revision
of the figures In yesterday' republican
election for delegates' to tha atat and
district conventions on April X was at
tempted today by both the Taft and
Roosevelt campaign . managers, but In
each political camp the figures only
served to emphasis th victory of th
president '
Many little towns far to the north
and In th remotest localities still were
to be heard from at M a. m., but up to
that time flgurea at th Roosevelt head
quarter stood:
Taft, ; Koosevelt. at, with K dele-
gales tb be reported. .
Roosevelt leaders admitted that they
did not expect to hare a Nee Hamp
shire delegate to th Chicago convention.
The presidential preference' vote, as
tabulated at Roosevelt headquarters,
showed a Taft lead of loos in a total
vote of 39,000. Governor Base, tb Roose
velt leader, said that he waa not dis
couraged at tha result Although de
feated, those in sympathy with the
Roosevelt movement would, be thought
continue to fight shoulder to shoulder for
cleaner poll lira The Taft supporter
ware Jubilant over th victory and aald
it would hav a direct effm on tb
Massachusetts primaries next week. '
Paris Auto Bandits
Shoot Two Detectives
PARIS, April H One more crime waa
added this morning to the long list of
those recently committed by the gang of
bandit anarchists which Is terrorising
Paris. Assistant Buprintendent Jourle of
the Perls detective department was shot
dead and his comrade. Chief Inspector
Col mar. waa seriously wounded while
trying to arrest one of the gang named
Gxilot at Petit Ivry. a auburb of Paris
today. .
The bandit, after shooting the detec
tives succeeded In escaping, although he
waa pursued by a number of policemen
and civilians. It Is believed be waa
wounded by one of tha policemen.
Another double murder, waa that oX an
aged man and his wife, who as January
were beaten to death la tb village of
Thlals. on the Seine, haa been traced
definitely to tb bum gang of bandits,
and this brings th number of tbetr vic
tims to more than
Chief of the Steamer Line Told Hot
to Interfere with Handling '
of Lifeboat
STBONQ LANGUAGE WAS . USED
Harold Lowe Describes to Committee
Incidents of Disaster.
GIVE SAILORS CHANCE TO.W0KX
Isma Was Struggling at Boat in
Way that Delayed Hen.
DEO NOT KNOW WHO EE WAS
Head at LI a Waa Mae Kiel ted aad
Waa larerferiea with Lower
lag at Lifeboat a sa
ber Five.
WASHINGTON. April J4.-J. Bruce
Ismay. the chief official of the steamship
line, while on the Ill-fated Titanic,
waa ordered away from one of tha ship's
lifeboats while It was being lowered be
cause In' his excitement he waa Interfer
ing with the ship's officers.'
Language too objectionable to b re
peated aloud In the senate Inquiry Into
the Titanic disaster waa used by Harold
O. Lowe, the fifth officer of the- snip. '
-Lowe dramatically recited to th senate
Investigating . commute . how he. not
knowing that he was talking to the head
of the company which employed .him,
had told Ismay to "get to -. out of
here so that I can work." while Lowe
and other sailors were trying to lower
th first lifeboat, on tha starboard aide
of tha Titanic. . ,
Lowe declared that Ismay waa not
trying to get into th boat, but that he
was very much excited and wa Interfer
ing wtlh the proper lowering of th boat
Thl man 'Iamay)" aatd Low, "was
greatly excited. He waa hollerlngi lower
away, lower away, .lower away,' and I
wore at him .-to. order him back."
Lowe said that Ismay went back and
mad no reply to him. Low also testi
fied that he never would have known the
man waa Iamay If he (Low) had not
mot a steward on board th Carpnthla
who told him what he had dona and
asked him why h 'swore at Iamay.' "
health Reseats lalerrereae.
Senator Smith then arose and formally
announced that he wanted to meet an In
quiry that had arisen as to th purposes
of the committee.
' "It Is to get all of th facts attending
thl catastrophe," he said. "The aur
vlving officers, and men of tha ship are
not shipbuilders and If wa can get from
them what they know It .Is all that we
can expect. Now a word as to the plan,
U l,th Intention of th committee to
Inquire of a subjects, of Great rltaln
wb njsy be Inthis oountry and may
taew aaytklaf ad the dsaasess and to
kokt them hers until w hav learned all
tUttiUh. , V '' ' ;..'- !
"Thta course1 win be pushed Until tht
ootnmltte. eeoclode. It has-obtained all
possible and useful Information to a
proper understanding of thl disaster.
"Now, a word about th difficulty. To
th credit of moat at th officers and
members, of the erewf we hav .experi
enced little difficulty In securing Such
witnesses aa wa thought necessary, but
from the beginning until now there hae
been a voluntary, gratuitous, meddle
om attempt on the part of certain per
sons to influence the members of the
committee and to shape' ita procedure.
"Misrepresentations have been mad, I
have heard. I have not, however, read
the newapapera because I did not wish to
be prejudiced.
"The representatives of the press hav
all co-operated In every possible way to
lighten th burdens of tha commute.
"Th committee will not tolerat any
further attempt on the part of anyone
hap Its course. We shall proceed In
our own way and the Judgment of our
efforts well may be-withheld until thoae
who criticise our course msy have oppor
tunity to. examine the official record."
As Senator Smith delivered this an
nouncement he spoke emphatically and
punctuated bis remarks by pounding; tha
table with his fats. Afterward ha did
not give- any detailed explanation of what
actuated him to make th statement
British I alert ere ate aangeeted.
LONDON, April M.TRenewed Interest
la the American senile' Inquiry Into th
loss of the Titan! and the statue of th
senatorial court was evinced by several
members of the House of Commons today
and many questions were asked of Fran
cis Dyke Aeland. parliamentary under
secretary for foreign affaire. ,
Alexander MacCallum Scott, a Scottish
member, said: -
"Are you aware that those called re
fore th senate committee are not re
ceiving fair and honors ble treatment?
Will yon take alepa to secure fair, and
honorable treatment ' for British sub
jects?"
Mr. Acland replied:
"No such complaint haa been received
hy us. Surely In this sutler wa must
trust, aa I think we are right In doing.
to the good sense of the American pea- j
PI and w. do not desire to mterW
without absolute necessity.
Sydney Buxtoa. president of Board ot
Irade, announced that tha number of
women and children who had perished in
the Titanic disaster was 1st
Call for lateraatleaal Actlasu
WASHINGTON. April M -Germany baa
taken the lead In a movement to secure
grauer saieiy io passengers en th high
awes oy international agreement Count
Bernetorff. the German ambassador,
today Informed the tuts department that
the Imperial government believed that
tha time was now ripe for aa agreement
between all maritime nations. Germany
. (Continued on Second Page.)
the National Capital
. Wednesday. April X4, 10IS.
The Senate. . i j
In session st t p. m.
Titanic inquiry committee continued its
hearing. Fifth Officer Lowe testifying.
The House.
Met at noon. -
Considered bill providing territorial leg
islature for Alas . .
Froai the Denver Republican.
MEDIATORS JEGIN WORK
Kiapp "nd Ntiil Try to Find Com
mas Qrovnd for loads and Ken.
mXEK rAYOft ARBITRATION
Maee ' Kallre lakjeet at Wages
' . "en . In , Train ; Serving (' ;
Thrashed Oat Before) n ,
Ceaeral Board. '
,NEW TORK, April 54. -Charles P.
Nelll.' United Stales labor commissioner,
and, Judge, Martin, A. , Knapp of th
United Pistes eommrc court today took
up' th work ot meditation between tb
fifty railroads east of Chicago and north
of the Potomac rtvar and th engineers
over the question of increased wages.
There at indications that the railroads
will suggest that th whole matter be
threshed out before a general arbitra
tion board in the same manner that the
anthracite coal' situation waa one ad
Justed. The demands of th engineers R waa
generally reported today, are to be fol
lowed by demands for Increased wages
by' other railroad enTSjoyea and a general
arbitration board would be able to bring
out a aettlement of the possible wsge
problema
Commissioner Nelll will confer with
th railroad officials to ascertain their
position and reasons for refusing the de
mands for meres sed wsgea and to learn
what form the railroads desire the pro
posed arbitration ta take. Later Com
missioner Nelll or Judge Knapp will con
fer with tha engineers.' A comparison of
the positions of both side will then be
possible and the mediators will then
know whether.lt will be necessary to
submit the whole matter to an arbitra
tion board or not.
Harvester Combine
Negotiations Fail;
. . Suit Will Be Filed
WASHINGTON, April. St-Negotlatlons
between th government and the Inter
national Harvester company for the dis
solution ot that corporation under the
Sherman anti-trust law have practically
J Td.
likely to be filed next week.
On motion of Senator Johnston of Ala
bama th senate today adopted a resolu
tion directing the attorney general to
supply th senate with the Instructions;
given by President Roosevelt In UM eon- j
cerntag the proposed prosecution ot the i
International Harvester company and
also to giv the reasons for the abandon
ment at the Draeecutlon.
Editor Charged with
Murder Has Alibi
NOWATA. OkL, April M.-A1 Ms pre
liminary hearing here tomorrow, H. O.
Jeffrie, editor of a Nowata newspaper.
I"
y he expect to prove a complete
alibi and to be released from suspicion
ot having been connected with the kill
ing of Mrs. Irene Gehen.
Mrs. Oohesi Is the newspaper solicitor
w&oss body waa found in the woodland
near here April a Mr. Jeffries today
announced that hi wlf would testify
to his having; been at home the entire
night of the murder. ' Employes of a liv
ery stable, according to his statement.
wUI swear that ble horse and hi buggy
remained ta the ban all that night.
Primary Returns.
BKPIBI.ICA PRKrKlllCM K.
Fswsldea.
Thlrty-even counting complala.
Including C2 precinct, and - HI
icattaTlng precincts:
Taft U.oftO
Roosevelt 14,407
I Kollette 11,01
t altrd ataiee aeaaiar.
Twenty-five countlra, Including
413 precincts, and 63 gcatterlnc pre
cinct: Brown 21,180
Norrlg 33,066
Govqaar. . . ! ' i
Twenty-nln ooutitlea complete,
comprising 613 precincts, and 16)
scattering precincts:
Aldrlrh i 34,966
Newton 6.837 '
Thirty-five counties, Including 684
precincts, and 333 acattnrlng pre
cincts: '
National fassaaltteeiaiaa.
Roaewater 18.983
Howell 26,546
DKMOt'RATlt' PKKKKRK.NCK. .
President.
Tbirty-one counties. Including 464
precincts, and 29t scattering pra
clncta: Wilson ....' 8,044
Harmon 8,366
Clark 12,023
failed Slates Senator.
Twenty-two counties. Including
369 precinct, and 314 scattering
precincts:
Thompson 8,200
Sballenberger 13,689
Reed 4.376
Smith 2.030
Thirty-five counties. Including 660
precincts, snd 299 scaterlng pre
cincts: ....
Morehead 26.276
Metcalfe 23,084
Operators Will
Raise Wages and
the Price of Coal
NEW iORK, April M. The subcommit
tee which I arranging the terme of set
tlement In the anthracite situation has
raised the wage increase. It la reported,
from . 9 per cent to 1.21 peV cent and
may further Increase It. It la ssid that
th operators will agree to abolish the
conciliation hoard and substiiute a plan
by which grievance will be settled
directly with the men.
The sliding arsis will remain in force.
but the base. It Is reported, will be In-
creased from UM ta K7S.
The operators sre said to have ' In
formed the miners committee of their Mexico continued today to tell of har
Intentlon to raise the price ot coal. rowing experiences' with Mexican guer-
It la farther stated there will be no i
eight-hour day and no other concessions, j
Sheriff's Office is
Robbed by Burglar
Just Released
INTERNATIONAL FALLS. Minn,
April 24-The sheriffs office here was
robbed laat night by Edward Connelly,
who was released from the county Jail
yesterday afternoon after serving a sen
tence of twenty daya for attempted
burglary at Ray, Minn. Connelly broke
into tha office ot Sheriff Ferrer In the
court hooae and stole about W and j
several watchea, knives, etc.. belonging
to prisoner. He wa captured today and
again locked up
AND
OLYMPIC DELAYED BY STRIKE
Three Hundred Firemen Quit Ship
Juit Before' SallmJ; Time.""'
SAT LIFEBOAT! A1E UNSAFE
They Draaaad that laavas Boats
Be Replaced by Weodea' Oaea
Othe Mea Seeared t
Tak Their Plaeea.
SOUTHAMPTON. England,' fprll 34.
Thre hundred of the firemen and
greasera belonging to the orew of ths
Olympic struck fiv minute before th
Whit Btsr liner , wss due to sail today
fnr New Turk. The' men .deserted th
ship in a. body. They gave as their rea
son for striking that th collapsible life
boata Installed on the vessel were unsea
worthy. A deputation ut men employed In the
engine room of the Olympic waited oa
the offlccra of the ship and on Comman
der Clarke, the chief of the emigration
office In Southampton to whom they de
clared that the collapsible craft oa the
Olympic were flimsy.
They refused to aall unless wooden life
boats were substituted for the collaps
ible ones and so demanded that two ad
ditional seamen be signed on fur each
boat.
Commander ' Clarke argued with ths
men, explaining that It waa Imposslbi
to procure wooden lifeboats In time. He
assured them that he had previously of
ficially exsmlnrd all the collapsible boata
and was satisfied with Ihem.
Commander Clarke offered to take th
Olympic outalde the harbor and allow
any of the crew to select sny' host or
boata on board and he would pm.e by
demonstration that they were abao ttuly
aafe.
The men refused to be convini stid
left the ship n a body. One of lem
said he had punched his thum1) through
the csnvas of one of the new collapsible
boata
By pressing Into service all the avail
able engine room hands on the White
Star and American liner n port, the
Olympic was sble to proceed Jovn
Southampton water, where the officials
declared the requisite complement of
firemen, greasers and ere were waiting
and that It would soon bin Its voyage
The Olympic haa Lett i'ssacuger oa
board.
Mexican Guerillas
Torture and Murder
Wife of Settler!
OAI.VKSTON, April M.-Rrfugees from
mas and eei;-styled Insurrectoa In the I
southern republic
v . it. as. urns, an American attorney j
of Honolulu, and J. Flexen, an American ,
railroad engineer, declared never In their T
Hves hsd Ihey conceived of the cruelty !
to the living and th desecration ot the
dead they recently had witnessed in Mex-1
ko.
Lawyer Lima declares he personaliv I
knew of the torturing and murdering of .
the wife of a German settler by brigands. ;
The woman'a husband had given the
briganda all his money. They demanded '
more. Being refused, they 'tortured the
housewife, heaped indignities oa her then '
thrust her through with machete. Tbey j
compelled the German to witness his i
wife's dying moments,- while he was pow.
erless tb aid her.
Lima said this happened near tb capital
of Me
FIRE CONSUMES :
MUCH PROPERTY
Spectacular Blaze Does $150,000
Damage at Twentieth and
Harney Streets.
ACTOMOBHES A DESTROYED
Firemen Fight with Difficulty ia
Dangerous Position.
GUARD AMMTOITI0N EXPLODES
Blue First Noticed When DulT
Thud it Heard.
DJTLAltMABLE GOODS IODTTS
When Shells Eiplode la National .
Gaard Arsaarr - Taslasni Are
, Thrown la All Dire. .
Ilea.
One o fthe most, spectacular and dan
gerous fires thst haa occurred In Omaha
for a number ot years almost entirely
consumed the Thomas Cuslck block at
Twentieth and Harney streets early last
venlng. The blase originated In he .
second floor of the Cuslck paint shop
and within C half hour' the entire build
ing, whlct lenses the Omaha Posting
service, the Industrial garage, three com
panies of the Nebraska National Guard
and the Thomaa Cuslck Outdoor Adver
Using company, was enveloped In a thick
black smoke, which later broke Into A
blase causing a loss ot approximately
liso.ooe.
Twealr-Tkree A a lee Barn. .
The greatest loea will be to tha Indus
trial garage, which waa bousing twenty
three automobiles, valued at about II,
each. Of these onlsr three were aaved.
The damage to the armory will be about
tK.Os). according to Assistant Adjutant
General Gage. To the Omaha Posting
service Manager II. B. Johnson told Th
Bee the loss would not amount to vr
Horn, roughly estimating. The Cuslck:
company suffered a loss of approximately;
! . j; .
Th blsse was first noticed by K. II;
Wilson, manger ot the Lrglngton Auto
agency, who waa serosa tha street. Ha
say at about : he heard a dull thud,
which sounded as though an immense
cork had been pulled euddenly from a
monster bottle. He looked up and saw;
the second floor of the building, la toe
rear, a mass of black smoke. Ha at
tracted attention of other paasersby to It
and then ran around to the front, where
he assisted In getting three of the auto
mobiles out. Within a few mlnulea the
entire building waa a mass of black oil
smoke and even the firemen were wary
about entering"
General Alarm Saanded.
Fire company No. 1 waa the first t
respond and when Chief Baiter saw th
nature ot th bias h turned In a sea
rat alhr'm, bringing every available piece '
of fir fighting apparatus in th city to
th seen.
Th rear part of th building, which
house Ihe ' Omaha Peeling company,
waa tha first to be destroyed. Then th
fire' spread to th south .side, where A
huge quantity ot oil and other Inflam
mable slock wa kept. Kven a tha
flamea at Into these 1.000 rounds of
blank ammunition etored In th armory
began to pop In th heat and th matter
took on a more dangeroue aspect Tha
shells aa they exploded threw the brass
casings In every direction and the firemen
were In great danger, from this unseen
circumstance. The huge crowd that gath
ered waa also In danger from th ex
ploding shells and . an xtra detail of
police under the direction ot Sergeant
Hamuelson and Patrolman Bellman were
sent to tha acene to keep the spectator
from danger.
laaaraaee Risk Great.
It could not be elarned at aa early hour
whether or not any insurance waa car- .
rk-d on any ot the property. It wa
stated, however, that because of the fir
danger Ihe Insurance risk was great and
that Insurance companies were reluctant -about
raring for the tenants of the build
ing. For this reason It la believed that
tha entire loss will fall upon th owners.
A huge' tank of Unseed H on th top
floor near the center of the building waa
reached by fire Just aa tha firemen sup
posed th bias waa under control. In
an instant th sky for mile around waa
lighted up by a moat beautiful and spec
tarn lar sheet of flame.
The water pressure waa the worst tha
firemen have yet encountered and be
cause of 'this they were greatly handi
capped. Had the pressure been strong
when the firemen first appeared on the
scene the blase would doubtlessly ' have
been controlled with considerably lea
loaa of property.
Rlflea Are Dlachanred.
Quartermaster Captain Uelbert Low
says thai besides the 3.000 rounds at
blank ammunition there were about sixty
new model Springfield rlflea tor each of
Ihe companlee. These rlflea cost about
lis each.
The Industrial garage Is managed by
I-ouls Schmlts. tt0 Jiorth Thirty-fifth
street, who owns part Intereat in th
firm with three other men.
The building which houses all ot th
three concern I owned by Mrs. Francla
Nash. IKS) Burt street. It waa oris!-
There is no use in
being without v an
automobile.The streets
of Omaha are filled with
fine motor cars every
afternoon. Why don't
you own one? The Bee's
classified section, nnder
"Second-Hand Antos,"
contains many bargains
in machines that are
practically as good as
new, and the prices on
them are very low.
Look into these bar
gains. Tyler 1000.
hi