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The Omaha Daily Bee PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE. THE WEATHER. Fair; Warmer VOL. XLHL-NO. 105. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1913 TWENTY" PA'6e& SINGLE COP ST TWO CENTS. GOVERNOR SULZER IS REMOVED BY COURT OF IMPEACHMENT Vote to Inflict This Penalty on New York Exeoutive is Forty-Three to Twelve. HE MAY AGAIN HOLD OFFICE Ballot Against Disqualifying Him is Unanimous. SESSION OF THE COURT IS SHORT He is Found Not Guilty on the Last Four Articles. DECLINES TO DISCUSS VERDICT Depoaed Man la Silent When Told of the Result, bnt Sara lie May Knlte n Statement at a littler Time. ALBANY, N. V., .Oct. 17.-William Sul xer no longer Is governor of the state of New York. A few minutes befora noon today the high court of Impeachment, by a vote of 43 to 12 removed him from office. Sen ator Wende and Judge CulUn excused themselves from voting. The proposition of disqualifying Bulier from ever again holding a place of honor or trust In the state was voted down unanimously with' the exception that Judge Cull en again excused himself from recording his vote. The governor received the news of his removal In silence at the executive man sion, where he hod waited all morning to hear the resudt He said he might mako a- statement later: Prior to the vote on his disqualifica tion and removal, the last four articles of the Impeachment .charges, 6, 6, 7 and S, were unanimously voted out. Court' was In session little more than an hour. t was adjourned a minute after 11 o'clock. Martin M. Glynn of Albany, the acting governor, became governor. Robert F. Wagner of Now York, majority leader of the senate, became lieutenant governor. No official notice of removal was given Sulzer. A record oT the decision of th court was filed f with the secretary of state, thus complying with all the legal requirements to remove the governor. Sulxcr Preparing; StaterneVt. "Judge P. Cady Herrlck, chief counsel for the governor, said that blSMMjnneo tloi with tho case would terminate with the final vote. He also said he had re lWA to. the governor a statement the litter prepared several weeks ago, but which. Iferrlck, suppressed.. - Chester Piatt, the governor's secretary, told the newspaper men & .etatenteht w6uldle reaHjr probably, for usVtn-Vewj-Ijapers tohibf co)M' ftiWX&iisJ. ''The. governor" has prepared that In part," ho said, "but he will not put the finishing touches on It until after the verdict is In. It will not bo tho state-' ment which Judge Herrlck has had." On the statement of Senator Wagner "that there Is practically unanimity among the 'members of the court on the three articles on which we are now to vote," and his suggestion that It would "spare your honor fatigue," Judge Guil len on this vote, merely called he names of the members of the court and omitted the repeating of the formal questions which had featured the votes already taken. V '"Tfy opening of the morning session was delayed while the members of the senate and assembly were gathering, to adopt a, concurrent resolution to recess until Oc tober 22. It waa planned to reconvene then, adopt any supplemental financial 'measures deemed necessary and take Another recess until after eloctlon. This I'lan was adopted so that if the demo crats lose their majority In the assembly his fall some democratic policies planned for next year may be carried ,out 'before the present legislative year ends, acorsmeats of Ocean steamers. Port. Arrlrtd. Sailed. PUNT A ARENAS Anron JIONO KON'd. . . . Mnehuri CHBKBOUnO . . . Kron Print Wll'm UVEHPOOL....,..HYerfor4 QUBHBC Victorian HAN FRANCIS... Wllhtlralni........ NEW YORK. .... Oceanic..., MBW YORK.... Onwxr Knrfutnt BKATTI.E , Brule Dollar QUEENH TOWN.. Dominion 6YDKY 04aiiio The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs'and Vicinity -Saturday fair, with rising temperature Temperature at Oiuatia Yesterday. Hours. Dee. 6 a. m... ," 36 6 a. m 36 7 a. m.. 35 8 a, m 37 9 a. ni 40 10 a. m , 43 11 a. ni 47 12 m is , 51 M 49 SI 61 2 p. m a p. m 4 p. m..M,.,..a " .... ..... ... , 7 p. m DO 19 e p. m , Comparative Local Itecord. 191S. 191. 1911. 1310. ntzhest today S3 74 73 82 Lowest today 85 49 44 ft) Mean temperature 44 62 59 71 Precipitation . 00 -0) .CO .00 Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and compared with, the last twq vtara: Normal temperature 64 Deficiency for the day io Excess since March 1 611 Normal precipitation 08 Inches Dtfldency for the day..-,., OS Inch Precipitation since Mftffh 1... .30.11 inches Deficiency since Ware i .20 Inches pef clency cor, j1o4tt J H Inches Ueflclency cor.- period H1 H.57 Inches Beporta franTstatlpaa at 7 P. K. Station and Stats Temp High- Italn- of Weather. 7n m foil -oeyenne. snow ,83 Davenport, cloudy 49 Denver, cloudy 40 Dcs Molnos, cloudy 50 Dodge City, dear 44 Lander, clar , 42 North Platto, rain 40 Omaha, cloudy 50 Pueblo, rain 41 Rapid City, dear 4! ilt Lake City, cloudy.... 50 Hunta Fe, partly cloudy., 50 eheiidaru cloudy ., 40 BIoux City, clear 48 Valentine, clear St 3 4S 42 54 54 VI 51 K A 50 M 50 54 4J X Indicates trace of DreclDltatlon. L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. WARMEK Suffragist Explains Interest of Women in Judicial Fight PEOIUA, III., Oct. 17. Admission by Mrs. Medlll McCormlck that she and thi other Chicago, suffrage leaders. Interested themselves as Individuals In the Judicial campaign in the Fifth district because they feared for the equal suffrage law caused much comment In political circles today. Mrs. McCormlck said: ' "The woman's euffrago law Is not en tirely afe yet. The opposition Is work ing night and day. At the next election we will probably have a contest on our hands. We have taken tho law to half a doxen lawyers and we know that there Is ft technical point that may be miscon strued. "There Is no ust pretending that such things are not done; they are done and we women felt that we could not sit still when a Judge was to be chosen who will have as much power over Chicago as over the rest of the state." A woman who attended tho Chicago meeting asked Mrs. McCormlck If Ar thur H. Shay, the progressive candidate for whom the suffrage orators are stumping the district, would construe the law' In favor of the women If he Is elected to the supreme bench of the state. "I would not say that," replied Mrs. McCormlck. "A Judge cannot pledge him self before he hears a case. Howeyer. Mr. Shay's record shows that he leans to the human side of things and he would not be running on the progressive ticket It he disbelieved In equal suffrage." Senators Confuse Airship and Heirship and Ask Explanation WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Proposal to increase the number of clerks "for air ship work In the Indian office" brought a numb'er of senators to the senate sec retary's office today to learn why Sena tor Lane of Oregon had Introduced a bill providing for such an Innovation. The bill was read by title yesterday dur ing the senate session and momentarily escaped the notice of argus-eyed mem bers. ' ' "What the dickens are the Indians doing with aeroplanes?'' demanded one senator today. "And why do they need clerks to keep the wobbly things In the alrT" The senator was told that the reading clerk hod read the title of the bill cor rectly, which provided for more help to deaf up the "heirship work" that has piled' up in the bureau of Indian affairs. The eemtor jeft uddenlr after asking that the fact of bis visit be kspt 'qUiit Other senators who. stormed .in, to. de mand explanations, likewise made sud den and. (iulet t'lU,.wan the explana tion was forUieoraittf. . Man Who Encouraged . Suicide Pact Found . . Guilty pf Murder MUnFTtEBSBORO; Ark., Oct. 17.-F. O. Farrell. blind spiritualist charged with first degree murder In connection with the suicide Tact that resulted In the death of Mrs. T. J. Turner and Miss Rhoda Carter at Qlenwood, Ark., Sep tember IS, was convicted of murder In the' second degree today. During the trial T. J. Turner, the hus band,, admitted giving poison to the two women after the three had agreed to die together to end their despondency. He took some of the drug, but recovered. Turner said Farrell had encouraged the suicide pact through the medium of seances at the Turner home. At these seancea ho said his adopted son, who died In Mexico seven years ago, would return and appeal to them to commit suicide and Join him. It was the contention of the state that the motive of Farrell in bringing about the suicide pact was to secure posses sion of Turner's property. This, it was charged, had been deeded to Farrell by Turner. Demand for Wooden Shoes increasing WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Wooden shoes may yet become the vogue In the United States, for an announcement by the United States forest service today declared the Industry of manufacturing I such footgear had "reached considerable : proportions," while the wearers are not yet numbered among the B o'clock tea habitues or the darlings of the drawing rooms of salons, nevertheless the demand for foot covering peculiar to Holland is growing. "These shoes," the forest service offi cials declare, "cost from 60 to 75 cents a pair and are good for two years. They are worn by those who -have to work In cold or wet places, such as tanneries, breweries and livery stables, and by workmen In steel milts and glass fac tories who must walk on hot grates or floors. Farmers, too, are classed among 'the users," The discovery of the existence of this , Infant Industry was made when the serv ice experts undertook an Investigation Into the uses Into which beechwood was I put They found to their aorprlse that In the manufacture of shoes, dishes and household articles more than 500,000,000 board feet of the wood was utilized an nually. TABOR GIRL IS RUN OVER BY L0AD0F PICNICKERS TABOR, la., Oct. 17,-SDedal.)-Mlss Hazel Cook, a Tabor college student, was 'run over by a wagonload of students after dark last night as they were re turning from a college ptcnlo held in the bluffa west of Tabor. Miss Cook wa sitting on a hayrack with her feet over the outside when the wagon ran close to a post covered .With barbed wire. Miss Cook was pulled off by the wire and post and the wagon ran over her. She was taken to a. nearby house and a doc tor called, who 'found no bones broken and she Is in a fair way to recover. BRYAN JSjflft THE Secre5?y Says Only "Money Trust" Need Be Alarmed Because of Fending Bill. ALL OTHERS "SHOULD WORRY" Legitimate Banker, He Ascrts, Has Nothing to Fear. ADDRESS AT DAIRY GATHERING Nebraskan Principal Speaker at Con vention at Waterloo. SEES COST OF LIVING REDUCED Predicts Hint Underwood Meaanre M'lll llrlnir Substantial Ilonc flta to the American Conanmer, WATERLOO, la., Oct. 17.-Secretary of State Bryan declared here today that only tho "money trust has anything to fear from the currency legislation pec In? before congress." The legitimate banker, he added, baa nothing to fear. Mr. Bryan was tho principal speaker be fore the Iowa State Dairy association convention and Congress of Cattle Men. In an Interview given out to newspaper men, MrC Bryan predicted that the new tariff law wilt lower the cost of living, bring substantial benefits to consumers and "remove for a generation the fear that has been excited bofdry each elec tion by the advocates of protection." Difficult to Calculate. "I beltevo that the new tariff will lower the cost of living on some schedules more than on others," continued Mr, Bryan, In his interview with tho newspaper men. "Tho extent of the reduction is difficult to calculate In advance, because a num ber of factors enter Into tho situation. The tendency of a fall in ' prices is to Increase the demand, nijil an Increase In tho demand will to some extent check the fall. Then, again, the fall In prices tends to lncreoso'the demand for better qualities In goods, which ha to be jaken into consideration, "There has been a material reduction in ,the tariff on woolen goods, which means that part of 'the 'saving will go Into better quality. Less shoddy and more wool will b used. In predicating the future of this country as the con sequence of the tariff law, allowance milBt be mode for the chango In factors that conspire to produce the results. If prices are rising, a part of the reduction resulting from the tariff would be ab sorbed by the rie, hut Jt a ust be remem bered in such a case that but for the tariff Teductlorrthef price "woWt b-ettH greater." , Money hill Sure to Paa'a. , . Secretary Bryan declare'd ' there "-could bo ho' doubt of 'the passage of tiie cur rency hiU. In. tho senate. 'Ho pr.edlc.ted, tte hearing would close next week and the bill be reported to tho senate the week after. "Tho currency bill is growing in favor with the public as Its provisions are understood," Mr. Bryan said. "It Is a. remarkably successful effort in the way of constructive legislation. It safeguards the interests of the whole people and nt the same time gives so much real ad vantago to bankers In crises that they cannot afford to object to It, unless thoy have more Interest in controlling the country's business than In tho accommo dation of the public." Prosecution in Eaton Murder Trial Seeks for Missing Paper PLYMOUTH, Mais., Oft. 17.-A hint at evidence not yet received was given by the state at the continuation of the (rial for murder of Mrs. Jennie May Katon today. This had to do with a typewritten docu ment alleged to have disappeared from the Katon homo after the death of Read Admiral Eaton. Dorothy Alnsworth, tho younger of Mrs. Eaton's daughters, by an earlier marriage, was asked by Dis trict Attorney Barker, what she know of such a paper- The defense objected, whereupon the district attorney called on Mrs. Eaton's attorneys to produce the j document. The matter was not pressed, i but Mr. BaYker said he hoped to Intro- j duco the paper later. After the admiral's death a search was ! made for a will alleged, to have been made by the admiral after the date born by the will filed for probate, which left his prop erty tQ the widow and his stepdaughters. Woodruff Leaves Estate to Family NEW YORK, Oct. 17-Ttmothy T Woodruff, former lieutenant governor of ' New York, who died here last Sunday night, left his entire estate, valued at ', GOO,000 to tl.000,000, to his widow, Isabelle, and his son, John, to be divided equally' between them. The will, filed for pro-' bate today, was drawn in Byracuse, dated January 31, 1906, and la but six paragraphs , long. ' Two Women Burn to Death at Des Moines DES MONIES. Ia., Oct I7.-Mrs. Mills Aldrlch and her sister, Vera Hutsn, were burned to death here today In a tire which destroyed their home. The father of the two women narrowly escaped In trying . to save them, but failed. The National Capital Friday, October 17, luia . The Scnatr. Not In session; meets Saturday. Bank ing committee heard Prof. Jenks. The Jlouae. Met at noon and resumed fight for quorum. Mp X ' From the Minneapolis Journal. HUERTA CALM DIPLOMATS Dictator Will Make Statement to the Foreign Representatives. WILSON H THROUGH WITH HIM TrUImatloaa Vkmi 'United; Stajea Will Mars No FnrtkerNeirotlatlona X' rrlfU hn Military OhUtr tain of Mexico, I Washington; oot '17,-aenerai Huerta plans to Atembta the foreign dip lomats in Mexico, City today or tomor row, according to latest State department advices and make a statement of the present situation. No inkling of Huerta's purpose was contained in tbe dispatches. His statement will be received hero with the keenest Interest, though the adminis tration officials doubt that it will alter the situation. Those closest to the administration pol icy believe dealings with Huerta are practically ended and that peaceful measures to compose the situation will next be exerted In other directions. Spec, ulatton on the possibility and extent ' dealings with the constitutionalist heads has been revived by the present situa tion, but brings no definite statement from official quarters. ' President Wilson has from time to time said he would welcome Information of the purpose of the constitutionalists should they become successful by arms. There has been no direct communication, but the president Is expected to be In receipt of Information along these lines. One difficulty Is that the constitution alist chiefs are In various parts of tho republic and communication Is so slow that united action on any plun which might bo submitted would take aom? time to formulate. In the meantime the administration regards Huerta's promises for a solution by an election as violated and Is said to feel free to hear other proposals. The meeting of the diplomats In Mexico City Wednesday was Inconclusive and bound none of the participants to any definite course, according to other ad vices. Official dispatches today reported that the meeting "called for a discussion of tho situation in the republlo reached no collective opinion as to a solution of the probUms," The meeting was held at the German legation and, representatives of Or rat Britain, Spain, Germany, Austria, France, Russia, Norway and the United States were present. Friendliness Toward Itebela. Reports that the president was prepar ing to recognize the belligerency of the constitutionalists are based chiefly upon the friendly disposition toward them that has arisen among administration officials since Huerta's proclamation of dictator ship. The suggestion was carried to President Wilson by those upon whose Judgment he and Secretary Bryan have been guided to some extent In the past and while the attitude is one of waiting until October it arrives, it appeared to day that some move Indicating support (Continued on Page Five.) Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics with Tkc Sunday Bee Will He Let Down the Bars? -U. It tl !W! Name of Episcopal Church WiU Not Be Changed This Year NEW TORI?, OctH.Any probability that" tho name or the Prolestaiji Episco pal chureH ormHca .m.lgh.t be changed at (his general convention wis dlipoicfl pf today. by the house of .deputies, whkh hefd that It was' without JurlsdJitlo)! to; aci.on resolutions, proposing cnmrer in legal title of tho church. The committee on prayer .book recom- fnended delay In considering the memorial rom the diocese 6f California referring specifically to a change In the title pagb of the 'prayer book. This question should not be considered, the committee held, until disposition had been made of the proposal to amend the constitution so as to require tw6-thtrds vote to make the change. The houss of deputies voted for the in troduction of "five minutes of prayerful alienee" In observance of Good Friday at S p. rn., the hour of the death of Christ. The suggestion orifclnated with the diocese of PlttsburgU. The chancellors of the various dio ceses organized today and selected these officers: President, Judge Charles An drews, western New York; vice president, Oldeon C. Wilson, southern Ohio; secre tary. Qeorgo F. Henry, Iowa. Old Style V to Follow Roman Numerals Into Retirement WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-Secretary Mc Adoo directed today that hereafter the practice of 'using the old style V for U's In tho Inscriptions of public building be abandoned. The secretary felt that most Persons preferred the more common form of letter on public structures. In the In terest . of simplicity, the1 secretary re- j cently ordered that hereafter the practice of using Roman characters In designating the date of erection of public buildings be dropped and the ordinary figures of every-day use be substituted. Atlantic Women May Die of Poison ATLANTIC, la., Oct 17. (Special Tele gram.) Mr. and Mrs. U. R, Wesson and their four children ate roughen. rata for breakfast tills morning and all mem bers of the family are seriously III with Mrs. Wesson and her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Parker, at the point of death, The poison had been mixed several weeks ago and the family waa warned to be careful. The poison was then placed on a shelf In the kitchen. Last night one of th daughters mixed it wlth oatmeal ant all the members of the family ate It this morning. Physicians are In constant attendance and give hopo of saving ajl the sufferers. Mr. Wasson Is a pioneer lumber man of Atlantic, being manager of the Oreen bay Lumber company, Wednesday ho celebrated his twenty-fith wedding an niversary. The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Wasson are daughters. ANOTHER SURVIVOR OF I LIGHT BRIGADE IS DEAD j LONDON, Oct 17 Sir George Orby .Wombwell, tbe last of the officers who took part in the charge of the Light j Drigado at the battle of Balaklava in I October, 18G4, died today at the age of 1 61 years. He was a lieutenant In the Seventeenth Lancers during the Crimean 'war. In the famous charge two horses were killed under him. TEACHERS REGISTER TODAY Schoolma'ams Expeoted in Numbers at Booths. CROWDS IN0REASI AT TOWNS Trainmaster Nelaon" at'Rreke'R Bttvf ReCeivea Flotrrr Jfrom Fair la .ekeer Who SayV it Will BrlBaT Good Lutk. . IJROKDN BOW, Nsb. Ool. 17.-(SpfXial TIeBPam.)r-At the end of the fifth day of tho land opening at this nlaco the number of registrations nears the 12,000 mark, the number of applicants register' ing In the last twenty-fourt hours ending at 4 o'clock this afternoon being 8,101, a decided increase over yesterday. This" bringsjhe total registration to 11,6 since lost night Train No. 39, on tho Burlington, brought In 275, No. 37, 1(6 out of Orand Island) No, 41, 0; No. 43, 700, totaling 1,460 Preparations are being made by the city to entertain' a great crowd of Ne bra ska school teachers, who will bo horo for registration tonight and tomorrow. A man walked into the booth today, registered and received his application. He was directed to drop It in tho box and without further ado he walked across the room near the stove and dropped the envelop In the ooal box. It was recovered by an official and, tho applicant steered to the right place. Another jrofused to drop his application In the off'lclat box, claiming that It was the only thing he had to show for his money and he meant to keep It which hi did. yVhllo Trainmaster Nelson was super vising the Unloading of passengers from No. 39 a youn woman. stepped' from -a coach, selected a boutonalre from a. bou quet she was wearing and pinned It to tho official's coat, remarking that It was an omen of good luck and she hoped they would both draw homesteads located nearUach other. Tho trainmaster was ho embarrassed that ho tried to arrest a po liceman. Owing to the great number of departures train No. 41 tonight ran In two sections, and hereafter during the registration westbound No. 43 will also travel In two sections. Congress of Indians Makes Six Demands DKNV1SR. Colo.. Oct 17. -Six demands to be made upon congress was submitted at today's session of the annual conven tion of Secretary of the American In dians today. Debate as to adoption were still In. progress late this afternoon. The proposed demands follow: .First An exact deflnatlon of the legal status of the Indian. Second The opening of the United States court of claims to the Indian. Thlrd-lteorganUatlon of the school system. Fourth-Division of the funds held by the government among various tribes of Indians. CABINET MEMBERS GO TO SEE BATTLE PRACTICE t WA BH IN OTON, Oct 17.-Secret.rv n.n. lels. with SAretarles Garrison and Red-1 field and their wives, Mrs. Daniels, the Misses nurrelson, daughters of the post-i master general and Mrs. William Jen- ) nlngs Bryan left here today on the May. ' flower to see battle practice of the At-! lantlo fleet off the Virginia capes to morrow, President Wilson cancelled hi I plans to see the ships In action, because I of the currency situation In congress. White House officials ridiculed stories that the president cancelled his engage ment because of illness. GREAT DIRIGIBLE EXPLODES IN AIR ON INITIAL TRIP Largest and Newest Airship Built iot German Navy is Destroyed by Fire. TWENTY-SIX MEN ARE KILLED Only Survivor So Badly Burned Hi May Die. MANY VICTIMS ARE PROMINENT All Seven Members of Admiralty Trial Board Are Dead. MAKES A SPECTACULAR BLAZS Thousands of Peoule See Acoideat from Housetops. BODIES ABE HORRIBLY BURNED Hxploalon of Motor la Follorred bi; Flra Whloh Deatroya Balloon e((ea nnd Rets Flra to Tom of Gnaollne. - BERLIN, Oct. 17. The newest ana largest of the Zeppelin war airships, th "LII," was destroyed In midair by an explosion at 10:16 o'clock this morning. All butono of tho twenty-seven military, men on board, including the entire ad. ml rally trial board, waa killed. The disaster occurred Just above the main street of the city of Johannlstha). while the big dirigible, COO feet long, wait making a trial trip, preliminary to its acceptance oa flagship of the new Qer man aerial navy, Tho shattered hulk of the airship, n mass of biasing canvas and crumpled aluminum, dropped 900 feet Into ths publlo highway, Hundreds of person uho had been watching the flight from l-nrks and house toys rushed to th scene. Lieutenant Baron Von Bleuet of the Queen Augusta Grenadier guards, who wua making tho trip as a guest, was tho only survivor. He was badly Injured aai his conditlorl is critical. I Horilra Jlorrftilr Bnrned. Many of the bodies were so burned aA mangled as to be unrecognisable. The admiralty trial board consisted ot seven officers, -including Lieutenant Com mander Bhrtlsh 4 Senior' Lleutes. Frelyer of th,e 0rmanAtjMiyjU fly I a corps. The. JrahIp'a ,Urt, ., Capt,(. Oluth, it:vteeiitiv4eefrwftn In the eifflffer of'Cotitt ZeppWn. tfaval Construptorn , Neumann iukS rietiler and Nval Engineer husch . among hoe on board the ship. Lieutenant Commander Behnlsch was a cjos'ft. friend" of. the emperdr. He wia formerly navigating officer bf. the Im perial yacht Hohensollern and .later com mander of the cruiser fintMr, Lieutenant iWer ws kM ft favorite of Emperor William. He Va; formerly 'personal adjutant of Prlnbeilslbert, one of the eons of the emperpp tI servod with the prince on board1 a torpedo boat after studying with htm at the navel academy. Spectators who had been watchlnc thu impressive maneuvers of the LII from below suddenly tew the great gaa br burst Into flames end then fell. A sec-4 ond or two later the sound ot the ter rific explosion reached them. It waa impossible for some time to p proach the flaming dirigible, beneath, which tho membsra of the crew had been crushed and burned. A director Of one or the aviation com panies at the Johannlstnei aerodome was an eye witness of the disaster. He de J scribed it as follows) "I was In my office about BOO yards from tho scene of the accident when I was startled .by an explosion of extraor dinary .violence. My first thought was that an aeroplane had landed on the root of my building and that the gasoline tank had exploded. "I rushed a window and saw the. new dirigible In flames and pluming to ward the earth. The outer severing had been already- burned, off and the Inner ballooneta containing the gas had disap peared. "The naked alumni urn framework with its long center pieces, its Interlaced ribs and its tapering ends, and the gondolas containing the motors, beneath fell bov foremost When the skelton of the Im mense craft struck, the heavy gondola buried themselves in the ground." Coming so shortly after tho distraction of the LI", In a hurricane In the North sea on September 8, when fifteen men (Continued on Page Five.) fr Laws for runty In many states laws have been enacted to prevent thn adulteration of foods, and a few states have gone so far aa to legislate against any manu facturer, producer or distrib uter who tries to sell to the public merchandise other than foods that Is not what It Is supposed to be. The purposa of such laws Is beyond question good and much will be accomplished as a re sult of these activities But a faithful ancTobsorv tei reader ot the Bee's adver tising columns said with truth the- other day: "Personally, I have no trou ble in buying pure foods and sound, reliable merchandise. I know the town so well. Its 'stores, Its shops, its merchants, that I always feel sure at qual ity when I make a purchase of1 any kind. In my opinion. If neonle would be nartlculsr what they buy and where they 1 buy, the. need for special laws I to protect them would soon H J