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TWENTY-ONE ARE
KILLED AS TRAIN
CRUSHES COACH
Double-Header Freight on Ligonier
Road Crashes Into Car Loaded
, with Excursionists.
Coming and Going in Omaha
AMERICANS GET
FINE LEAD IN THE
OLYMPIC GAMES
Eight Men from United Stetei Win
Places in Finals for Eight Hun
dred Meters Race. .
IMPACT OF COLLISION TERRIFIC
UPPINCOTT LOWERS , RECORD
'
Thirty Persons Are Injured, Prob
ably Many of Them Fatally.
COACH CRUMPLED LIKE PAPER
Of All on Board, Only One Person
Escapes Without Injuries.
ENGINE PLOWS THROUGH CAR
Passengers Are Shot Out Into Space
by Force of Shock.
MANY FALL UNDER THE ENGINES
Men and Women Returning from a
Fourth of July Excursion Ground
to Death Beneath Wheel of
Ponderous Machines.
LIGONIER, Pa., July 6.-Twenty-one
persons ' were killed, according to the
official list, in the accident on the Lig
onier Valley railroad last night when
a passenger coach on the little coal road
was crushed between two locomotives
on a steep grade. '.',' '
With the Latrobe and Ligonier hos
pitals overtaxed, nearly a score of in
, Jured are in Pittsburgh hospitals where
they were taken in special trains last
night. : - '
Of the' missing that were thought
to have been in the wreckage, all but
two were found ai. ong the list of In
jured. Of these latter, Mrs. Kettle Grey,
of Wilpen, and Roy Grey, a foster son,
were found In the wreckage this morning.
Struck by Freight Train.
' 'An overloaded passenger coach pushed
by an engine was struck by a double
header freight train of coal cars, crash
ing the coach : like paper and spreading
death and injury to all but one aboard
the train. . ' '
The accident 1 occurred at the- fair
grounds, one and one-half miles from
Ligonier, a summer resort. ' '
'The passenger train had started from
Ligonier. It consisted of an engine and
crach, the engine pushing the coach. The
freight train was made up of coal cart
and was being pulled by two heavy loco
motives - . . - ..IMS ..ti
The Jjmpact was terrific. The passenger
coach was practically laid open and the
passengers either crushed or thrown like
shot through the air.
The dead: ". . ' , '. ; '
GEORGE XW. HUBLET,, Pittsburgh,
civil' engineer; body crushed. .
.MATTHEW NIEPONT, Pittsburgh;
crushed. . .
MARY HODDT, Ligonier. . " '.
FRANK E. BEATTY, engineer; head
crushed, v '--
MRS. HARRY DILLON AND BABY,
Wilpen; crushed to death. ..
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Wilpen.. ,
FRANK M'CONNOUGHEY, Ligonier,
engineer; scalded to death. . -
GEORGE BYERS, Ligonier, fireman
crushed and scalded.
LOUISE T. RHODDY, aged S, McCance;
crushed.
ELIZABETH RHODDY, aged 13, a
rister.. i-
JOHN M. ANKNEY, Ligonier, fireman;
died on way to hospital.
MRS. M. ESSE, Wilpen.
THOMAS MURR, Latrobe; head crushed.
GEORGE TOSH, Wilpen; bddy smashed.
MIKE HUDOCK, Wilpen; side crushed.
FRANK OVERTON, aged 10, Wilpen;
mutilated.
MRS. JOHN OVERTON, mother of
Frank, died on train bound for Pittsburgh.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY, aged 12.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGNERS,
badly crushed.
Thirty Are Injured. ''
A majority of the injured, thirty in
all, were residents along the Wilpen
branch. They were brought to a hos
pital here, or sent to hospitals at Pitts
burgh, where it was found they were in a
critical condition. Among them were
Dr. J. B. Johnson of Ligonier, hurt in
ternally, will probably die.
Dr. C. A. Hamlll . of Ligonier, was
crushed and may die.
Walter Serena of McKeesport, Pa.,
clerk in a bank at that place, is in a
precarious condition.
The injuries of ' the others were ' all
severe, consisting of broken legs and
arms and eontussions.
The train wag- crowded, every seat In
(Continued on Second Page.)
; , The Weather ;
For Nebraska Fair tonight and Sun
day; warmer in extreme west portion.
r or Iowa Generally fair and continued
warm.
Temperature at Omaita Yesterday.
r-tm Hour. Dee.
I L K O TT, 7rt
I 1 Lit M . tt
' a 8 m 71
A 8 a. m 76
JftX, 10 a. m 81
nu a. m oo
12 m 86
1 n m 8X
IJfcA. TK S p. m.. 88
r I U J 4 p. m 90
Ji 6 p. m 91
i , fin. m 89
7 p. m. ...... ....... 88
Comparative Local Record.
v t, J912. 191L mo. 1909.
Highest yesterday.....,. 91 85 84 77
Lowest yesterday 70 68 71 62
Mean temperature ..... 80 7 78 70
Precipitation 01 T .01 .27
. Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 76
Excess for the day 4
TotaCdeficiency since March L 125
Normal precipitation 15 inch
Deficiency for the day 14 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. 8.48 inches
Deficiency since March 1 6.39 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1911. 7.62 inches
It IVVA
PARTI'S POSITION
IS PROGRESSIVE
Howard Ealdrige Says Not Necessary
to Go . Outside, to .Take
- . . Stand. .
PROGRESSIVES WILL CONTROL
Thinks that Wilson Will Not Be as
Strong in the West as Clark
Would Have Been if . '
Nominated. . '
"It is not necessary to go outside of
the republican " party , for progressive
measures," said Howard H Baldrige,
candidate for congressman on the repub
lican ticket, upon his return from he
east and Chicago, where he attended tha
"republican national convention '
. "The party will be in control of men
who favor progressive legislation and if
Mr. Roosevelt goes outside' of the jarty
to secure this legislation,. I think he will
make a mistake. . t
"It is to-be regretted- that the ticket
nominated , at the Chicago convention
was not such as to . appeal .to the .united
support of all the elements of the repub
lican party. It seems to me that a third
candidate would haveMlope, this, . It fur
ther seems a subject, of, .regret that Mr.
Rooseyejt. should make any attempt to
organize a party along; progressive lines
outside of the republican party. , . , . .
, "The republican party, ever since the
days of Lincoln has passed laws under
which the people of this country have
prospered and grown. AU the .beneficent
legislation for the last half century has
been obtained through the' republican
(arty and I am not willing to admit that
the party has outlived its usefulness. "The
party ought to progress an will progress,
but I am in favor of progress within the
party and not outside of it.
;'I shall conduct- the best campaign I
can along the lines that progressive legis
lation can be accomplished to the best
advantage through the republican party
and that those .bosses who stand in the
way of progress will be overridden.
"Governor-Wilson, in my judgment, is
not as strong a man before the people
of the west as Champ Clark. He is a
high type of a' school master In politics,
but is not likely to command the support
of the common people that Clark would
Superficially the democrats may seem to
be united, but the fierce contest at Balti
more has left wounds in some localities
that are likely to be as hard to heal as
some that were left at Chicago."
Conference Called
to Discuss Trend
of Journalism
MADISON,'. Wis., July fl.-The call for
the conference here July 29 to August' 1,
to "discuss modern journalism, its Ideals,
its trend and Its condition" asserts that
three important factors are influencing
modern , journalism. The capital required
to maintain a newspaper is constantly
increasing, says the call, with the result
that newspapers are frequently owned or
controlled by men with money rather
than with ideas; the returns from ad
vertising, are rapidly increasing, resulting
in a greater dependence on the adver
tising for maintenance and a . growing
endeavor by. the advertiser to Influence
the policies of the papers, and the news
paper is coming to be an Investment and
not infrequently Is run merely to serve
the business, social or political Interests
of its owners.
The call va Issued by the extension
division of the of the University of Wis
consin today. .
Among those who have signified their
purpose to attend are: Melville E. Stone,
general manager of the Associated Press;
W. J. Bryan. William Allen White, Nor
man Hapgood. editor of Collier's WeeRly;
Charles H. Grasty of the Baltimore Sun
and Fremont Older of the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. . ' . ' ' - ? " '
FIFTEEN OF INVINCIBLE
. CLUB VICTIMS OF CUPID
; ABERDEEN. S. p., July 8.-A few
years ago fifteen young women of Hur
ley, S.'D., organized a club which Uiey
duBbed the "Invlncibles," because all the
members claimed to be invlnclblo to the
darts of Cupid. The other day the right
members of theclub who still reside at
Hurley held a reunion. AU of them are
married save one. and the reunion was
held to permit this lone menibe.- to ac
knowledge she Is not lnvir.r,ble and to
announce her engagement , Of the seven
who no longer reside in Hurley, all are
married but one. She was the originator
and first president of the'clud, who !ater
moved to a Pacific coast state.
JOHNSON TELLS OF THE PLANS
Working Scheme of the California
Progressives Outlined.
WOULD GIVE THE STATE TO T. R.
Effort Will Be , Made - to Elect
Electors Who Will Be for the
Colonel in Presidential
Race.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 6.-Governor
Johnson gave out a statement of the
plans of the California progressive re
publicans today, after the conference of
state leaders yesterday, ......
The statement indicated that the. ro
gressives, as represented y the state
administration would, make every effort
to swing California's electoral vote' for
Roosevelt, and continues: ,
"Our presidential electors, under the
law, are selected by the candidates for
'the legislature chosen at direct primaries.
There is a wide divergence of opinion as
to whether candidates for presidential
electors can by petition be put on the
ticket by a party designation, or, If thus
put on the ticket, can be voted for In a
single group.' There are many who- in
sist that the only party designations that
can be used are republican, democratic
and socialist, 'T
"It has therefore been determined that
those candidates for the legislature in
he republican party who. are. progressive
shall agree H . they are sucoessf ul, to
nominate candidates for presidential elec
tors who will vote for Roosevelt for presf
dent . ' , ;- V 7 . '. '.
"In addition to making the fight for
candidates for the legislature that elec
tors favorable to Roosevelt shall be
nominated, petitions will be circulated, If
it can legally be done, to put Roosevelt
electors upon the ballot, In any event.
"The doubt upon this point is conceded.
Because of this doubt the -other course
is rendered necessary. At the next
session of the legislature we shall at
tempt to amend the , election laws so
that any party designation such as 'pro
gressive may with out question be put
upon the ballot by petition.
"It also ' was determined that repre
sentatives to the conference , at Chicago
next month should be elected by the dele
gates and alternates who attended 'the
Chicago convention, and that a full quota
from California should be sent there."
Commission Makes
Rules to Regulate
Milling in Transit
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Gross frauds
and violations of the law in the ex
ercise of the "milling and transit priv
leges" accorded to shippers, princi
pally in grain, grain products and lum
ber, have been revealed by the Inter
state Commerce commission's extensive
investigation on that subject just com
pleted. Railroads will be required to
establish drastic regulations to safe
guard the operation of the privileges
In the future. , ,
The commission holds that It possesses
adequate power under the law to regu
late transit pnvileges and may pre
scribe regulations that will free the
operation of transit privileges from any
Illegal practices.
Some carriers, ha vi attempted to con
form to transit regulations previously
made by the commission, while others
have practically Ignored them,
t "Thus," says the commission, "a con
dition of great inequality , has grown
up in the handling of grain and its pro
ducts under tariffs wording transit
privileges."
The rules laid down by the commission
for safeguarding trapslt privileges on
grain and grain products cover the
situation exhaustively and are required
to be established by the carriers by
August 15 and to be maintained In oper
ation for at least two years.
High Price of Beef .
Due to Slaughter ; ;
of Young Stock
DULUTH, July . "The cause that has
been raising and continues to raise the
price of beef and make it scarce is the
slaughtering of young calves," said
Marcus Ballanger, government live stock
Inspector. ' here today.
"There are 8,000,000 young calves being
killed every year . that average eighty
pounds apiece. If left fb grow another
year they would average 500 pounds
apiece; ' .
'But suppose " we had a law like
Argentine, which prohibits the killing of
female bovine- until they are T years old.
porterhouse steak would cease to be a
luxury. Beef is high because it is scarce.
HIGH SCHOOLS
ARE ABSTRACT
National Council of Education Se
' verely Criticises Present
Methods.
TOO BOOKISH AND SCHOLASTIC
Report Which ts Read by President
of Normal School Says Too Many
Teach rs Are Untrained Col- ,
iee Graduates.
CHICAGO, July 6. High school educa
tion throughout the United States was
branded as generally bookish, scholastic,
abstract and Inadequate to meet the prac
tical problems of life, in a report sub
mitted to the National Council of Educa
tion of - the National- Education associa
tion today. ' . . , . ..
The whole trouble with our high school
education, declared David Felmley, presi
dent of the state normal school at Nor
mal, 111., in reading the report, "is that
it Is regarded too much as merely a
preparation for the university. About all
the high school teachers,, are college
graduates, who have no adequate Knowl
edge of affairs outside of colleges.
. TWe. .tSlnkT-niore attention should be
given to the training of teachers from
among high school pupils."
Among those who prepared the report
were John R. Kirk, president of the
state normal school at Kirksvllle, Mo.,
and H. H. Seerley, president of the state
normal school. Cedar Falls, la,
J. Stanley Brown, Jollet, 111., high school
superintendent, a member of the com
mittee, dissented from some of the criti
cisms. Will Ask that the
Property Values of
the State Be Raised
; Because property valuations . in Doug
las county have been Increased $27,000,
000 by County Assessor Shrlver. and the
county equalization board the county
commissioners x will go before" the
state equalization board at Lincoln
with a demand that values over the
state be proportionately increased so that
Douglas county will not have to pay
more than its just share of state taxes.
The board of county commissioners has
authorized County Commissioner Frank
C. Best , to gar before the state board
when it convenes, July IS, and arrange'
for a hearing on application of Doug
las county for an Increased valuation of
property in other counties. When a date
for hearing is set, other members of the
Douglas county board and Assessor
Shrlver will go before the state board
to urge higher valuations.
Douglas county's valuation now is be
tween 1225,000,000 and t227.O0O.O0O. This, say
the . county commissioners, is none too
high for Douglas county, but is far
greater in proportion to actual' values
than the valuation elsewhere in the
state. The complaint is not that Doug
las county's valuations are too high, but
that those of .other counties are too low.
Omaha Creamery -Makes
NewRecord
A safe and sane Fourth ( brought to
one Omaha firm the greatest clngle
amount of business ever transacted in
the same length of time. The Alamito
Sanitary Dairy company has Just com
pleted figures for the business transacted
July. 2, which is the day they delivered
cream to the ice cream manufacturers
for Fourth business. Last Tuesday they
shipped out of Omaha over 2,000 gallons
of pure cream, sending it to manufac
turers of ice cream in Iowa and Nebraska.
Later, in the form of ice cream, it went
into -seven different states.
"This amount of cream," said Charles
F.. Sen wager, manager of the concern,
"is the product of over 4,009 cows and
required more than 600 milkers to care
for them. The herd would be ten miles
long if the cows were placed in a line
but I find on consulting our records this
vast amount of cream was produced by
nearly 500 different herds Jn this locality."
OLYMPIC GOES AGROUND,
; BUT IS NOT DAMAGED
NEW TORK, July l-The White Star
liner Olympic, with more than 0 pas
sengers In Its saloon and cabins, went
aground off Ellis Island today after veer
ing from its course to avoid a collision
with the yacht Viking Tugs quickly
surrounded it and pulled it clear. Un
damaged, it started on its voyage to
Europe,
IOWA READY FOR CONVENTION
Republican State Convention at Pes
Moines Kext Wednesday.
FOUR THOUSAJJD . EXTRA SEATS
Owing to Intense Interest, All Seats
Will Be Occupied Central ,
Committee to Be Pro- '
. srreMlve, ,
(From a Staff Correspondent)
DES MOINES, la,. July .-(Special
Telegram.) Final preparations were
completed today for the seating of re
publican state convention in the coliseum
next Wednesday, four thousand seats
will be offered for visitors and It Is
expected that owing, to the critical situa
tion in regard to. national affairs all the
seats will be . taken. .Calls .for district
meetings have .been .issued, at which time
a new central committee will be named
and it is now, regarded as certain . that
eight of the eleven members will be pro
gressives. Omnhan Wed iq Pes Moines.
A young Omaha couple married in thls
clty this evening took the precaution to
secure a license by mail, ' the first time
this has been done here. The groom sent
to a lawyer friend here th necessary
affidavits made in Omaha and on thsie
the license was issued. The couple were
John Blaha and Zllla Kenworthy, the
latter, formerly 'a r&alderK - of .Carlton,
Iowa. 7V-
Girl Charged with Theft of Watch.
Maude Barger, a girl of IS years, is in
jail awaiting trial on a charge of larceny
from the person, filed by O. F. Harlan,
a young man who says she took a watch
from him a few evenings ago while they
were - at a park. The girl denies 'fier
guilt and has taken the matter so iJ
ously'that she fainted away and it Is
feared will be unable to attend the hear
ing for some time.
Nelson Morris Blamed
by Coroner for Death
of William Reinhardt
WEBSTER CITT. Ia..-Speclal Tele
gram.) The coroner's Jury has fixed the
blame for the shooting of William Rein
hardt, the night of the Fourth on Nel
son Morris, a young clerk. Morris last
night fled the city and is still at large.
He fired the three shots according to the
story of two young women who were
out riding with him, to frighten a party
of drunks along the roadside.
Orozco Orders His
ArmyInto Sonora
OROZCOS HEADQUARTERS. Sauz,
Mexico, July 6. General Paeenal Orozco
today ordered the bulk of the rebel army
westward from here toward the Btate of
Sonora and Pacific coast towns, where it
is hoped to get ammunition and continue
the revolution. '
EL PASO, Texas, July 6. -Only 8,500
men are estimated as comprising the
remnant of the rebel Mexican army today.
Desertions because of lack of food and
money and federal triumph have greatly
reduced the insurrecto columns within
the last week. ' '
Already the rebel invasion of the state
of Sonora has been begun. Nearly 1,000
men . under General Emlllo Campa are
marching from Casas Grande on the
Mexican Northwestern , railroad toward
Bavlspe, one of the mountain passes lead
ing Into . Sonora. En route from Agua
Pfleta, opposite Douglas, Ariz., to check
them, is the federal column of 9,000 men.
under General Sanjtnes, who will make his
headquarters at Colonia Morelos, - near
the Sonora state line and fifty miles
south of the International border. .
AUTOMOBILE UPSET5
WHEN DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP
CLEAR LAKE, la., July t-Speclut)
The automobile which was being driven
by its owner Warren Herrlman, is In
wreck and ruin. The accident- occurred
yesterday morning at daybreak. ' Mr.
Herrlman had been out all night driving
Fourth of July celebrants to their homes.
When within a mile from- the city, tnd
after rounding a sharp . curve 'n the
road he fell asleep. Ten rods ahsad uf
him was a cement bridge spanning a ten-foot-deep
ravine. His wheel , t"'ned , a
little to the side of the road and struck
the approach and the car MirnH tuptlde
down into the ravine. Irani 3l'.n:tely it
caught fire" and was completely burned.
Mr. Herrlman don't know how - lie es
caped, but he knows he did. Ho is the
owner of a garage here and is con
sidered one of the safest drivers in the
country.
WILSON REGARDS
TARIFFAS ISSUE
Democratic Candidate Blames. , it
for the High Cost, of
' v:'- . living. -1
CENTER ,0F AIL TROUBLE
Says 'Trust and Other Question
Grow Out of It Will Discuss '
' It In All His Campaign
, ' Speeches.
SEA' GIRT, N. J., July 8.-Governor
Wilson expressed his opinion today that
the high cost of living Is the burning
issue of the hour and that "at ita heart
ilea the high protective tariff." It is an
Issue,, he said, that he expects te cover
fully in his Bpeech of acceptance and in
every campaign speech .that; he may
make. ' ' ,-' " ', ' " '' -'
"A; great many -of the trust questions
of the time have arisen out of the tar
iff," he. said. "The minute you get out
fiom the center the high tariff you get
into the , trust- question and' others." - '
"Do you Intend, governor," , he was
asked, "to take off your coat nd Ko to
the mat with Colonel Roosevelt on th
question?? ,;
. "That sounds decidedly stre&ous, doesn't
it," he commented, laughing. . -
' "'I intend to cover the matter in tny
speech of . acceptance - and my oompaign
speeches.-.'" ,;. : j'
".The most Interesting features' of my
mall today," he continued, "are the con
tributions. ' There, are ' perhaps , a doien
letters containing Checks. These are from
OS . to $100. 1 That pleases me greatly,, be
cause it is my idea of the, right kind ot
campaign fund. I think that the contlr
buttons should come !n small amounts
from unsolicited sources.".
James Hamilton Lewis wired from Chi
cago today that he would aid Governor
Wilson In securing the electoral vote of
Illinois, Iowa and Indiana.
Senator-elect 01 He James arrived In Sea
Girt today, to consult with Governor Wil
son in regard to the official notification
ceremonies.
Wednesday, August 7, at Sea Girt, was
fixed today as the date and place of Gov
ernor Wilson's formal notification of his
nomination. . Mr. James will be chairman
of the notification committee..
Impeachment Bill
Against Hanford is
Drawn by Committee
WASHINGTON, July .-The final draft
of the Impeachment Indictment against
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the com
merce court was approved today by the
house committee on judiciary. ' Chairman
Clayton will present it to the house Mon
day, ask for Immediate consideration and
submit a list of seven managers on the
part of the house to conduot that trial
before the senate.
SEATTLE, July 6-Judge Hanford's
person tl habits stjjl -were under investiga
tion "hen the house judiciary subcom
mittee "n;t ' today. ' ; Several witnesses
subpoenaed ivy the committee to testify
against the Judge are yet tobe heard.
Chairman Graham intimated yesterday
that the majority of the committee would
scrutinize the evidence offered and ex
clude' what was not material.
: Representative Hlgglns of Connecticut
has openly quarreled with nls colleagues
because of their policy of admitting, all
the evidence against Judge Hanford that
can be obtained and permitting Hanford's
counsel to Introduce only rebuttal.
Troops Beach Sparta
After Long March
SPARTA, Wis., July 6. -Members of the
provisional regiment cf Infantry of the
United States army who started on a $00
mile hike from , Dubuque, ,1a., June
arrived here today. No speed records were
broken in the thirty-three days tr.vel.
but much valuable Information about new
equipment and new tactics was gained.
'The Sixth cavalry was expected to ar
rive late today. . Monday .they will resume
their trip to the r military reservation,
where they will 'participate, in 'Joint
maneuvers July 15 to August 15.
EIGHT BODIES STILL !
1 UNJDENTIFIED ' AT CORNING
CORNING, N. T., July IwTwo more of
the forty-one persons killed In the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and. Western wreck
near here were Identified today. They are.
JOHN KENNEDY, Harrison. N. J.
JULES SAMPSON, 332 Central avenue,
Jersey City.
This leaves tight bodies to be identi
fied. ,
Penngylvanian Goes Hundred Meters .
:in Ten and Three-Fifths.
JOHN PAUL JONES QUALIFIES
Cornell Man is Not Pushed in Any
' Way in His Heat.
OPENLY - IS GREAT SPECTACLE
Ceremonies Begin with Parade of
Athletes of All Nations.
CHEERS FOR THE UNITED STATES
i ' .
It Has Largest and Finest Body of
Mea ' In Procession. Aside from
Norway and Sweden Kins
and Queen Present.
STOCKHOLM. July .-American nth
letes got off well in the lead in the
opening track events of . the Olympic
games here today. Thirty thousand
spectators, ' among them the Swedish'
royal family, cheered their respective
favorites to victory' while United States
entries annexed large share of the
firsts in the Initial heats of the 100 and
800-meter events. " Eight Americans,
four Englishmen and two Canadians won
places In the finals of the 800-meter rac&
Donald F. Llpplncott of the University
of Pennsylvania lowered the Olymplo
record by one-fifth of a second when he
won the sixteenth heat of the 100-meter
in 10 . seconds. Other Americans . who
won firsts in these heats were Ira
Courtney of the Seattle Athletlo club,
Ralph. C. Craig of the r. Detroit Young
Men's Christian . association, Howard
Drew, Springfield' (Mass.) High school;
P. 'C. Gerhardt, Olymplo Athletlo club,
San Francisco. Clarence S. Edmundson,
Seattle Athletlo association, was among
the firsts n the 800-meter event
In the ; SOO-meter race "preliminary
heats were won by five American athletes
and three others also qualified for further
competition by winning second places. It
Is noteworthy that the heat won by
John Paul Jones of Cornell was the slow
est' df an.' but he wits net pressed in any
way. ' . ' , i,
Melvln W. Sheppard Irish-American
Athletlo club, was defeated by
J. C. .Soutter 'of England . In his event
but was qualified for the final by getting
second" place, and the slow time in which
the heat 'was run, 2 minutes seconds.
indicated that he was 1 reserving himself
for bia later effort j , ,
A startling performance today was the
creation of a world record for javelin
throwing b B. Lemming of Sweden.
SpeeUcle Rarely Equalled.
. The Inauguration ot the Olymplo games
provided a spectacle ' which probably
has never been equalled In all the his
tory of athletics from the days of an
cient Greece. It was not only a beauti
ful and memorable scene, but a solemn
ceremony, which moved the spectators
deeply. .
The day was perfect There was a
clear, blue sky overhead. The great
stadium was tilled with 30,000 people of
all nationalities. The delicate colors ot .
the women's costumes and the bright
uniforms of the army officers In them- '
selves made a remarkable picture.
When the members of the Swedish
royal family entered tnetr gaily decorated
box at 11 o'clock all present stood with,
bared heads and gave a loud cheer, while
a call blown by a corps of trumpeters '
sounded far and wide and announced the
opening of the games.
A large group of slngeri then started
the Swedish national hymn, which was
joined In enthusiastically by many of
the spectators.
The entry of the athletic teams Into the
arena gave the spectators an opportunity
for a display of patriotism, which each
national delegation among them siezed
and gave voice to with all the power of
their lungs.
' Cheem for United States.
After the delegation of Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark, the team representing
the United States showed the largest and -finest
body of men fn the procession ana
the Stars and Stripes called forth by far
the heartiest welcome ot all the flags car
ried by the visitors. 1
The little file of three athletes follow-
A young man
"chased" about
O m a h a for three
weeks trying to get
an apartment of
three or four rooms.
- None of them were satis
factory. : He placed a small ad
vertisement ia Tbe Bee
."Wanted To Rent" col-
, umn and received ans
wers that located him in
an excellent : apartment
-AT THE PRICE HE
COULD AFFORD TO
PAY.
A word to the wise is
advertise.
Tyler 1000
Jpeflciency tor cor. penoa, isiu.u.is incnes
L. A. WELSH, Local Forcamer.
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