Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART ONE.
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VOL. XLin.-NO. 4.
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THREATSTO BLOWUP
AMEBIC
EMBASSY
ARE SENTTO WILSON
United States Ambassador at Once
Sends the Anonymous Note to
Mexican Foreign Office.
STUDENTS PLAN DEMONSTRATION
Energetic Protest Made Against
Meeting Called for Today.
ANTI-AMERICAN FEELING GROWS
Newspapers. Print Highly Sensa
tional Articles.
EL PAIS HINTS AT WAR SOON
It Saya Contest Slnut Come, but Ad
'Tlaea People to Ketp Unlet and
I lift TJnItea States Begin
Hostilities.
MEXtqGCtTY, July 12.-The American
ambassador protested energetically to the
Mexican government today against per
irilttlng another anti-American demon
st'ratlon.
An anonymous letter containing threats
to blow up he United ' States embassy
was received by Ambassador Henry
Lane WHson today and Immediately re
ferred to the Mexican foreign, office tot
Investigation.
As an Indication ot the fervor of pat
riotlain that has been aroused in Mexico
the Department of tho Interior an
nounced today that representatives- re
port 30,600 workmen had appealed to
the government for military instructions
in order that they might be ready to
fight for 'tho national existence.
Tire newspaper Ul Pals' saj's It has been
visited bjf a committee of women school
teachers who offered' to enter the ranks
of the army and fight In caso of an In
ternatlonal conflict.
Student Call Mas Meeting..
The student of tho federal capital are
organizing a meeting for Sunday In
which they have Invited the worklngmen
and all other classes '.to participate. Al
though the organization has cautioned
those who will participate to keep order,
there Is grave fear, on the part of con
servative .Mexicans and also among:' the
American colony that the demonstration
will provoko serioUs . troublo.
In splto of the protests of Ambassador
WllBon In regard to the attitude of the
newspapers, especially of El Pals, that
journal devotes it first page to the anti
American movement, Its articles' being
hlrhiv sensational. In As editorial" col-
umiVJt, eautfojls srudefceei W Utters
a war and- to leave the responsibility .to
the United States. Jt declares that a
"great wive of patriotic -enthusiasm has
been aroused tlirdughoUt the country."
Three Americana Released.
LAREDO, Tex,, July 12.-Perwnptory.
demands .by American authorities today
obtained the release of three remaining
American, prisoners held by constltu
tlonallst at Hidalgo, Mexico. Two Mex'.
can .cowboys who who had been taken
with the, Americana were freed. r
Tho party was escorted to the border
by United States Consul Garrett of
Neuvo Laredo, It was said the constitu
tionalists held the party for KO0O ran
som. The Americana released today were
the elder Ilaselrlgg, William Randolph
and Isaac Cade.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 12. American
Consul Luther Ellsworth at Pledraa
Negraa today received Instructions to- de
mand tho release of L. 1 D&vl and John
Rives, American prisoners of constltu
tlonallsu near" Monterey. Their place of
residence, is not known.
Hebelft Loit Apicrlcan Jllnea.
GUADALAJARA. Mexico, July 12.--Rebels
tdday, looted and burned the
camps of tho Boca Ancha Mining com
pany, a Chicago concern; and of the Gold
Standard Mining company, a Philadelphia
concern, In the Parnaso .district of , the
state of Jalisco. The buildings of the
Gold Standard" company were destroyed
and thosa of the Boca Ancha company
badly damaged. The American officials
escaped from the place before-the arrival
of the rebels.
B. C. Johnson, the English owner of tho
Alclhustal Haccienda, in the Autland dla
triot of .Jalisco, was driven off the place
by the rebels and is hiding with his wife
in the mountains. Orders have been sent
to the nearest droops to attempt to rescue
them,
Rebels cut off the fingers of the Mexi
can owner of art adjoining ranch with a
chisel because ha was unable to produce
$2,000 which they demanded,
Diaya A Uncle on Jnares.
EL PABO, Ten, July 12, Juarez of
flciala received a message from Chihua
hua today stating that the relief column
Of pascual Orozco. advancing, from the
south and repairing the railroad Into Chi
huahua, bad repulsed the rebels at Ma
puto, near Chihuahua, killing, 170.
Federal authorities stated that Venus
tlano Carranva, leader of the constltu
tloiuillsts In northern Mexico, had or
dered Pancho Villa net to attack, Juarez
for fear of causing American Interven
tion. .
NEW; MARRIAGE LAW IN , .
WISCONSIN IS A' FARCE
KEEN AH. Wis., July 12,-The new
Wisconsin marriage law. providing that,
at least one of the contracting parties to
every marriage roust have the consent
of one of the parents, caused trouble
yesterday" when Mrs. Elizabeth Shants
mann, W years old, a grandmother,
(ought to marry Fred Wellard of Apple
ton, IS years old. The local, justice re
quired that tha new law be enforced.
Mrs. Schatxmann brought her mother,
Mrs. Phlllplna Thebe, 81 years old, Into
court to consent to the marriage.
SEVEN MEN KILLED BY
EXPLOSION OF BOILER
PARIS. July It Seven men were killed
and nlnet Injured by a holler explosion In
a, brickyard at CbjUenayvjo the; Seine this
morning.
M ... in. m.tlAM that tlia tlrrlA la nftl I
t rj "VZr" .Z .ikr rK Trfcrpreentatlve controlling; - the Voter!
?,f!!lJJft must ' Inevitably bo
States.' titMVLto 6t W fa w .-.iL,, -to--Ure state for
ltstlf In the position ot navjnff proyoKe
LINCOLN PAYSF0R NAMES
So Asserts Colonel A. D. Fetterman
in Letter to Lincoln Paper.
UNIVERSITY MEN HELPING
Pettermnn Wan til to Know Why Lin
coln la So Worried Over Uxpen
Uture for nn Armory at
Nehrnnlm City.
Colonel A. D. Fetterman, Inspector
general of tho Nebraska National Quard,
comes back onco more .with a pronounce
', ment on the armory target, making the
charge In a Lincoln paper that refcren
dum petition circulators in Omaha are
being paid 2V4 cents a name, the opening
for his statement:
"It Is not Omaha men. who aro paying
this money, If I may rely upon the state
ment of Prof. L. B. Tuckerman of tho
state university, to the effect that the.
money for this project woa raised In
Lincoln, and that he was Implored by
W. L. Locke, editorial writer ou tho
State Journal, to come to Omaha to or
ganize tho campaign here.
Instead, it Is quite apparent that tho
whole dastardly attempt to injure the
Nebraska National Guard has been or
ganized at Lincoln, as a list of tho execu
tive council ot the Voters'- Legislative
League ot Nebraska, maae public In
Omaha for the first time this week. In
dicates that L. B. Aylsworth, A. L.
Weathterly, W. L. Locke and A. W.
Richardson, all of Lincoln, are among Its
members, and again relying upon Prof.
Tuckerman, Its actlvo managers.
Why Are They Worried t
Why. permit me to ask, are these four
gentlemen of Lincoln so much worried
about JIO.OOO being npeht elsewhere than
In Lincoln? Does not Lincoln, fattening
Upon the enormous, appropriations made
for the support of tho state university,
tho penitentiary, one of tho three asylums
for the Insane, the state capltol, the state
fair and perhaps a few more Institutions
feel that Its share of the state funds Is
sufficient? "Why this Insane Jealousy of
Nobraska City and of other cities that
may later ask for armory appropriations t
Why raise a slush fund and dragoon uni
versity .professors into their service to
Injure others?
"It cannot be with a patriotic motive,
elHe they would not rely largely upon the
Industrial Workers of the World and
other enemies of law and order, to flit
their petttlqns. It cannot bo to rebuke
log rolling, else. their voices would be
raised In- protest against every appro
priation for a Lincoln institution. It
cannot be In the cause of .progress, else
they would not run counter to tro spirit
and practice of the most progressive
states of the .union In the matter of
armory building. It cannot be for the
introduction of tho referendum, because
the, opponents ot the workmen's oompen
eatlen ia.w,are Invoking It
"it these -referendum jPetltldns are per
knitted to be' filed Lincoln, through Its
its, envious and. .unpatriotic attack upofi
the cltitetv soldiers of Nebraska to pro
mote .its ,owni selfish' ends."
Teachers Meet at
St. Paul Next Year
SALT LAKE CITY, July 12. After a
stormy session St Paul as the 191t con
vention city of the National Educational
society was selected by the board of til
rectors here today. The board also rec
ommended that next year's board of
directors name Oakland as the 1915 con
vention city.
The -board unanimously recommended
that an International congress ot educa
tion be held In connection with the
Panama-Pacific exposition in San Fran
cisco. A commission of thirty-four lead
ing educators of the 'United States, under
the chairmanship of P. P. Claxton, United
States commissioner of education, was
selected to have general charge of the
congress.
The board meeting was, the last busi
ness of the convention In this city. A
large delegation of teachers left for Yel
lowstone park today.
Billion Eggs on
Ice in New York
NEW YORK, July 12. More than 1,000.
000,000 eggs are on Ice, according to
the. report of forty-five public refriger
ators In the United States, Just issued.
Tho figures account for 2,fiS2,S0a cases In
storage, with thirty1 dozen eggs to the
Case, as compared with 3,330,600 cases last
year at this time. With storage eggs
priced at $7.26 a .case these early July
holdings this year are worth 2,411,126 at
wholesale. The average consumption
eggs in Greater New York la 3,000,009
dozen a week.
BROOKINGS WOMAN
IS' BURNED TO DEATH
MITCHELL, 8. D;. July 12.-SpeclaI.)-Mw.
Otio'Arneson was fatally burned at
tierhome In Brooking. Rising In th
morning be went Into the kitchen to
prepare breakfast, and In some way
her clothes caught from tho gasoline
stove, Mr. Arneson heard her cries and
took a blanket and followed his wife Into
the yard-4t. was two or three minutes be.
fore" he cpuid catch her. as she was
running wildly around' and was frenzied
wUh the pain. The clothes were entirely
burned from her body, and the flame
burned deep Into the flesh, especially on
the upper part or her body. She was re
moved to the hospital and lived until
lata in the evening. Mrs. lArneson wa
Ci years of age, and lived In the vicinity
of Haytt. a for 35 years, and where
Lshe was burled.
Or cut Contrast In Sklrta.
SHENANDOAH, la., July 12.-Specta!.)
-Or. "and "Mrs. W. C, Williamson of
Clarlnda, recently celebrated their forty,
fifth wedding anniversary. Pr. William
son Is pastor of the United Presbyterian
church arid 140 members ot the congre
gation surprised them. Mrs. Williamson.
In the spirit of the occasion, dragged
from tho depths of a trunk her brocaded
wedding gown, with hoops, and wore It
gaily. JIr skirt was six yards around
and her daughter's, beside her, fifty-six
inches, showing the laughable contra. t
between tho Old styles -and tha new.
IS
ASKET OF THE WORLD
Big Crops o;
Year
RAILBOADS
REPORTS
Lilies that Serve This Part of Country
Gathering Data.
HARVEST OVER IN SOUTH
Territory Below Platte River Proves
Up Earlier Reports.
BETTER THAN ' ESTIMATED
Arera(te Yield Over Many Dlatrlcta
thnt Wt-e Klrat Reported .Gloom
lly Show Surorlalngly Heavy
Arcraffca Per Acre.
Acting under Instructions from tho
general managers, agents of tho Bur
lington and Northwestern aro tolegruph
lng to - headquarters - Information rela
tive to the Tvheat yield In Nebraska;
Tho reports arenow. coming In rapidly
and give conditions of tho territory
around tho stations where tho respective
agents aro located. These reports Indi
cate that this year Nebraska Is going
to be tho bread' basket of the world and
that tho wheat It Is producing Is of a
quality unexcelled, Avelghing out from
K to 63 pounds per bushel.
The reports received by tho two rail
roads, up to date, mostly come -from the
portion of the state south of the Platte
river. In that section tho harvest Is
starting, and while ' little threshing has
been done, Indications are that the wheat
yield will bo fully up to that part of
tho state farther south. ' f
Actual llr'aulta.
Agents at stations on the Burlington
report tho following" yields: ;
Stations. Buslu.peracrrC'
Flattsmouth to Li ncoln ....... . . ivRs l
Greenwood to Lincoln aji4V TiS?
Dunbar' to Lincoln .Tj7.,f...i.'"a.
Poru to Gruff ytA'ai&S
Tecurftseh to Roca.. ,....fl.f4..,.nySBll
Sutton to Llncon "'A'iua?l
Hanvard to Inland f?....iil6,
Hastings and vicinity ,...,. .."Was
Juniata to Kencsaw ., lj
Lovcll to Kearney 1
Trumbull to Glltncr 21
HolcOmb to Columbus.............. 37
Seward to Waco..... 31
York and vicinity.., ,
liushton and vicinity..............
Northwestern yields are estimated as
follows:
Stations. . Bush, peracre.
Ccreseo and vicinity
Geneva, and ylclulty
Greaham and vicinity,...- i
Harvard and Vicinity-.'.... .. J9
Bruno and vicinity.,.. i,"?
l.n.r.n nrtA i ot 111 f V 25
Scribnir and Vlclnliy'.H'.'o-"?- jJ
-CVnlihif nnil vielnltv 88
, better T.han PreaDeofa.; T
The .stations reporting are widely scat
tered aridtvre said td pretty well Wprc
sent'tulljr tho whole of" the south halt
of tho state. '
. In Burington territory where tho iold
Is . reported at .t' and 15 bushels p.jsr
acre, two weeks ago. It was -aid that
the wheat would hardly pay for cut
Early In tho season, vout arOund Red
Cloud on the Burlington, Jt was said, tho
yield would bo very light. Indications
now are that while it will not bo a bum
per crop In Webster county. It will be far
above the average, so far ' as wheat Is
concerned.
Ci J, Piatt, living a few miles south
of Red Cloud, has threshed two fields
of wheat. One went.thlry and the other
thirty-six bushels per acre. James Mc
intosh, living north of town has finished
his 'threshing and his 100-acre field aver
aged ) twenty-six bushels to the acre.
Tho agent at Red Cloud writes that
after . talking with farmers he Is con
vinced that the average wheat yield In
Webster county will be eighteen to
twenty bushels per acre.
Saturday la always a dull day on tho
Omaha Grain exchange, but today close
to sixty cars of new wheat, came to mar
ket, a large portion of which waa con
signed direct. One hundred cars are
looked for Monday.
Will Give Poison
to Grasshoppers
dodge- CITY, Kan- July 12. Fanners
Aft MW
of western Kansas planned to begin a
campaign today to exterminate the
mvriads of grasshoppers, which, for sev
eral days, have threatened to destroy
the growing crops. A carload, of bran
mixed with 2.C00 pounds of poison has been
distributed among tha farmers. This
mixture will too scattered over every
r-.n field in which the oests are found.
Two state etomologists are here to su
perintend me worn.
MITCHELL ROMANCE WILL
CUUMINATe IN BOLIVIA
MITCHELL. S. D., July 12.-(Speclal.)
-Miss Bessie Dunn left the city todaj
for a long Journey to South America, and
will locate at Cochobamba. Bolivia,
where ahe will accept a position in the
Methodist Missionary college. Miss Dunn
graduated from Dakota Wesleyan uni
versity In June, and received her appoint
ment to the foreign missionary field at
the hands of tho Methodist Board of
Eduction. At the first South American
port Mlsa Dunn will be met by Frank
Beck, and the young people will be mar.
-a irr.m-riintf.lv and continue their
Journey on to Cochobamba. Jr. BecU
also graduated jrrom uauota weaieyan,
and the romance of their Uvea -which be
gan In college will bo consummated In
far off South America,
INVENTS AEROPLANE
THAT WILL NOT UPSET
NEW YORK. July i2.--Chrfatopber J.
Lake, one of the Inventors of the. "overt
keel" subroartno boat" ua-d In the United
States navy ha reported to the Aero
Club of America that he and his son.
Hlmon Lake have evolved a type ot
aeroplane which, . tested by being in.
verted at an altitude of elxty'feet, easily
r-rcovered Its balance and made a. cafe
and easy descent.
NEBRASKA
BREAD
Octavia vand' Vlclnrty-r.imiJJ;
Nora and vicinity....,. ."A?t 4
Goehmo and ivlclnity.., f-h''Jl
These
i,p3wrifor The Bee -by Powell.
MULHALL TELLS OF
. PIGHTIHGSE(lTOeS
Says Manufacturers finascei Sfettle
Against McCo
1XI?S PAID MIS XCEKTAT
'' rich MMVLtttteHetCaatlWt
' Xahor Leaa'tor tor Polit
ical Work.
.i .
.WASHINGTON, July l2.-Wth Mftrtin
Mulball, one-time chief lobbyist for the
National Association of Manufacturers,
as ,th prhte, the senate and house lobby
Investigators continued, their contest to
day for first testimony from tho star wit
ness. The senate won.
Surrounded by gUarda to ward off
subpoena servers from the house, Mul
hall continued his story before the senato
committed, reciting details of tho fight
he alleges the manufacturers financed to
beat Representative Hughes of New Jer
sey, now a senator; to re-elect Nelson
W. Aldrich as senator from Rhode Island
and re-elect former Representative Little
field of Maine.
Mulhall talked of "Inside" work and
"outside" work; of a bookkeeper at the
American Federation of Labor, whom he
charged with later becoming a paid spy
for the Manufacturers' association, and
of N. Carroll Downes, private" secrotary
to former Senator McComas of Maryland,
who he alleged was taking pay from the
Manufacturers' association when it was
trying to beat McComaa1 because ot his
eight-hour labor bills, liulhall's testi
mony may cover several days.
The house- committee, meanwhile foiled
In lis attempts to get first testimony from
Mulhall. made formal demand on the sen
ate committeo for Its list of witnesses yot
unheard and planned to meet later today
to discuss further action.
Slanufaoturera Want Representative
Mulhall finally resumed the stand and
took -up the Identification of his letters
which he began at last night's session,
Before he -could begin, however. Janus
A. Emery, counsel for tho Notional As.
toclatlon of Manufacturers, made a
formal request upon the committee for
the right of the association to be repre
ssed by an attorney, Robert McCarter,
former attorney general of New Jersey,
was presented as the. attorney.
Chairman Overmun aald the committeo
would decide later whether Mr. McCarter
should have the general privileges of any
attorney for the association.
Mulhall Identified more letters showing
his relations with Marshall Cushlntf, sec
retary of the association of manurao
turers. He testified he had an under-
standing with Cunning that he was to
receive $100 a week and ftO a week for
expenses lor "general field work ana
lobby work in Washington" his ar
rangement with Cushlng began in the
summer pf loot and he understood It to
be permanent, although he had nothing
in writing to bind the association.
Senator Secretary Bought.
Mulhall testified further of how he
worked to defeat the late Senator Mc
Comas of Maryland, although he pogod
as the aenators friend. He eald he had
received WO letters from Cushlng directed
against McComas.
"I turned Ihem over to Carroll Powns,
secretary to McComas,' he added.
"Bo you mean you delivered these let
ter against McComaa to his secretary?"
djynsunded Senator Reed.
" "Carroll Down waa In the pay of
Cushlng," replied the witness, who went
on 'to explain that he quarreled with
Cushlng because he was "buying out" the
secretary of a senator.
A letter to Senator Foraker September
19, 1KS4, referred to a suggestion that
Mulhall gq to Rhode Island to help Ben
ator AlUrich In his campaign. He tefrti
fled he went later at the request of At
drlch.
He asked me to get Into touch with
(.Continued on Page Two.)
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Good Old Tournament
L """ ' mi I . II I i"
Serious Riot Marks
Start of Orangemen's
Festival at Belfast
BELFAST, Ireland, July U Somewhat
serious rioting occurred here early this
morning at the -opening ot the celebra
tion of the Twelfth, the Orangemen's,
July festival IMan windowa v6re .broken
and a number ot potyMinen .anU .etyUliW
were' .Injured, two of them.Vo tseverely
t1iatKihey.:hfLa''.to bekR!JvToBJ6Bltal.'
1st first fought eaah other furiously and
then when a laffc-o body of police ap
peared and endeavored to separata them
Joltied forces and attacked the Police
men. The fight raged along the streets for an
hour arid a half. Sticks ware freely Used
by tho civilians, who also threw ebowora'-j
ot stories, accompanied by revolver ahots.
The policemen drew their Clubs arid
charged and hand-to-hand fighting went
on till 6 o'clock, when the crowds dis
persed. OnV one arrest was made, t
Jack Johnson's
Diamond Necklace
is Sold at Auction
CHICAGO, July 12. The diamond neck,
lace, composed of fifty-five atones weigh
ing from U to ITi carat, which belonged
to Jack Johnson's former white wife,
Etta Duryea, waa sold to a Jeweler today
for 12.100 at oabllo auction In the office
ot tho United" States marshal.' Govern
ment officials appraised the- necklace at
$3,0(0, although' Johnson bought it in
London for tl.te) at tho time, of the coronation-of
King George V,,
Johnson's wife wore the necklace at a
Qarty soon after their return to the
United States. It unusual brilliance .ex
cited comment and custom official In
Chicago investigated. Johnson waa tin
able to show that he had paid the duty
of (1.000 and tho necklace was seized.
The fighter claimed that his wife had
smuggled the necklace into this country
without hi knowledge.
Becker is Denied
Another Trial
NEW YORK, July 11 Charles Becker
application for a new trial on the charge
of murdering the gambler, Herman Ros
enthal, waa denied by Supreme Court
Justice Gotf today. Counsel had sought
to reopen the case on the ground of
newly discovered evidence.
Justice Goff. who Waa the trial Judge
la tho Becker case' and In the caea ot
the four gunmen also cinvlcted, held
that the former police lieutenant had had
a, fair trial before him and denied the
plea.
If relief comes to Becker now It must
bo through tho higher courts. For months
ho has been In the death house at Sing
Sing.
EIGHTEEN JH0USAND A
YEAR TOR RECEIVERS
ST. LOUIS, July It-Unlted States Clr.
cult Judge Sanborn today filed an order
i- . i. r-nnrt flzinir the salaries
III Ml"
of W. McNlxon. and William Riddle, new
receiver of the St, Louia & Ban ran.
clsco railroad at J1S.0CO a- yew.
The National Capital
Saturday, July 13 tOltt,
The Senate..
Not In session, meets Monday.
t iV., rnmmitin heard testimony of
Martin M. Mulhall
The lloune.
.... - . anil OHAllmA1 H t 1 ' f
jaai uvuu -- -
... a noon Tuesday.
ReVrativtaUvo Henry Jntroduc-d a, res.
oluUoa to renew money trust Inquiry. j
Days
IN ROASTS ONE
OF HOWELL'S RULES
Board Member mo ii- te CUlt
scales .Out in Opeu
Meetisf.
'$!'' Not like iet
Kear the Boaeal While "Uttaer
Flre' May Soon, tarda
oh Hw.fti.
' At what will probably be tho last
meeting of the Water board in whloh
he will participate D. J. O'Brien, who
resignation is In the hand ot the watet
commissioner, told R. Beeoher Howell
and his colleagues where to head -In at a
meeting yesterday afternoon.
One of O'Brien' .frjends, whose' name
ho did no wish to make public, had been
hard hit by one of tho Water board
fool rule. Under one of the regulations
tnado by Water Commissioner R. B,
Howell, tenant cannot have water turned
on until tho owner ot the premises slgne
on security for water bills.
This friend of O'Brien' rented a house
from a men who Is now In Europe. As
wa to have been expected, under the
Howell rulings the man was 'rofusod
water until tho owner ot the place signed
a security. In anger tho roan catted
on O'Brien and with little less anger
than hi friend O'Brien marched up to
tho water offices' and ordered the water
On, but he had to' glvo his own word
that he would pay the tenant')blll It the
tenant should ever refuse to pay.
"There is no Justice In such an Iron
clad rule a this," O'Brien told tho
water obard. "It works an undue hard
ship on water users. I see the necessity
of some rules, but this one Is too string
enf
Illatnea Wchafer.
"Attorney Webster made this ruling
about a year ago and it has been in cf
pot Blncer" mildly remonstrated a wa
ter, boarder.
."What If he did make It?" snapped
O'Brien. "Webater hasn't been always
right- He told u certain suit wero com
ing out thus and so and they didn't"
Wile no action was taken to remedy
the gross injury which result from this
regulation, O'Brien Insisted on remedial
regulation and tho matter is being con
aidered by the water commissioner, al
though action may be delayed until after
O'Brien' resignation takes effec', whlon
will be wjthtrt the next few days, it Is up.
derstood.
O'Brien ha frequently voiced bis de
termination to resign, but owimr tn tha
flg'ht for lower water rate he eald he
hated to quit under fire for fear of being
called a "wolsher." Now that the Water
board haa forced the water commissioner
to make two slight reductions of rate
O'Brien Is ready to quit.
W. If. Buchols will follow O'Brien, hi
resignation having been unofficially an
nounced several tlmoa recently. He, too,
decided to "stick under fire," but he
hastened the action "ST the board In
lowering rates so he could get out from
under the Howell yoke. He aald he was
aorry he had ever accepted a position
on the board,
Vincent Astor Gives
Picnic to the Poor
NEW YORK. July 12,-Vlncent Astor
began today to spend some of hla millions
In helping the women and children of
the tenement districts to an putlng. At
his expense a steamboat took 5.000 ot
tha poor for a sail to Bath beach today
under direction ot the Children' Aid
society, for a luncheon and frollo at the
seashore. It I the first of a series of
outing which Mr. Astor plans to extend
throughout the summer.
TROOPS FIRE ON MOB
IN BULGAR CAP1TAU
MANY PERSONS SLAIN
Government Offices at Sofia Are Rex
ported Stormed by Anjjry
Populace.
PALACE IS ALSO SURROUNDED
Rumors of Tumult Telegraphed to)
London from Vienna;
NEWSPAPERS ARE SUSPENDED
War Office Continues to Give Outj
Cheerful Bulletins.
PEOPLE SEPT IN IGNORANCE
Inhabitant Knew Nothtnir Until
Friday NlRht of Action Tnfcrn by
Rumanian Array tn Croa !
tuaf frontier.
LONDON, July 12. Rumors of tumults
tn Bofla are telegraphed by tho Vienna
correspondent of tho Central News, who
reports that a mob stormed tho govorrv
mont oftlcea and came into contact with
tho troops, who fired a volley killing
many people. It la also rumored that the
royal palace In surrounded.
A later mensajTO from Sofia, Kays that,
tha populace of the Bulgarian capital It
In Ignorance of tho actual military anal
political altuatlon in thd Balkan. Thq
government ban suspended the newH
papern so as to prevent nows of tha
spreading while) tho war office continues
to Issue reports ot tho success of tho But'
garlan armies In tho field.
Until last evening tho inhabitants ot
Sofia knew nothing ot tha action taken
by Rumania, whoso troops have crossed!
the Bulgarian frontier and occupied com
sldembla territory.
Automatic Cigar
Cutter is Unsanitary
WASHINGTON, July It-Warning to
tho pubilo against the use ot the auto
matlo cigar cutter on the ground that
it Is. an agency tor the spread of disease
Wa Issued today by tho United States
pubilo health sorvlco. Tho statement
points out that many smokers on pum
chasing a cfgaf and before clipping oft
the end place It between their lips whtta
paying for the purchase.
"This would oeem," the same declare,
"to be a very offecitve method of brtng
ing about the ntorchaha;a kioUtk soore-t!dn'-and
poslbl.ihe.jsprei of Infect
J!on.It la.- tligROsted i th4:thAU3ot audi
au'tdmatte Clipper ahouW-Keavoled'
the ptiplle on account ,otpbseiDllity thas,
diaeo muy bo epretufby them by
reason of tho nature and manner of theij
use."
BANKER WHO HELD SERVICES
IN BANK EACH DAY IS DEAD.
CHICAGO, July 12,-Samuol A. Kean,
for years a banker and bond dealer In
LaSalle street, known for his practice
of holding a brief religious service In hla
bank at the opening ot each buslneat
day, died yesterday at hla homo in,
Evanston, a suburb.
Hid firm waa prominent In the city';
business life twenty -year ago. iEach
morning, up to tlie time of hi retirement
from banking, Mr. Kean'u first act upon
entering hi bank, was to summon all
employee to hi privato office. He an
nounoed the number of a hymn, led th
Inglng, made an Introductory talk and
had employes take turn In reading the
day' lesson. Then ho itnerpreted It
for them, "
Mr. Kean waa 78 year old. 4 j
JURY0F LAWyERS WILL '
PASS ON DIVORCE CASE
.
NEW YORK. July 12.-A Jury cor
posed entirely of lawyers, although law
yers are ordinarily exempt from Jury
duty, will be tho novelty In the trial jier
next week of a suit for separation be
gun by Ida, Gabcl, a leading woman la
Eaststdo theater, against Max Gab,
an actor. Gabel has also entered acouni
ter claim for divorce! Supreme Court
Justice Goff, finding nearly fifty lawyer
In h court yesterday ready to or sua
motions, took the unprecedented step of
appointing twclvo of jthem to hear evi
dence In the divorce suit. The twelve:
chosen agreed to act,
AMATEUR AVIATOR FALLS
TWO HUNDRED FEET,
CHICAGO. Julv li B. Wfl!(r .n
amateur aviator, fell 200 feet when hq
attempted to fly yesterday from SU
i-nanea to isigin in a oipiane which ha
built himself. He will recover. Walters
had flown six mile when a puff of wind
turned his machine completely over iq
the air.
STANLEY DENIES CHARGE '
MADE BY DAVID LAMAR
WASHINGTON, July li-Representa-tlvo
Stanley of Kentucky, chairman ofi
the former Steel trust Investigation com
mlttee. today denied on the floor of tha
house testimony of David Lamar that
he (Lamar) had originated the resolo
tlon which resulted in tho inquiry. Stan
ley also denied that Henry B. Martin ot
the so-called antl-truet league had any
thing to do with It.
OMAHA POLICE ASKED TO
FIND DEAD BABYS PARENTS
BLAIR, Neb., July il (Special)-
Sheriff Oompton haa aaked the Omaha
police to - assist him In locating the.
parents of the 3-dayold baby found,
dead beside the Northwestern tracks)
near Arlington Thursday evening. Tho
body waa fuond wrapped In a. blanket
marked with the letter IX It must h&rc
been thrown from the west bound train.
Tha inquest haa been continued, until
Monday.