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BY EARTHQUAKE
IN CALIFORNIA
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Alteration Observed in. Height
of Snowline on Mount San
; Jacinto; Stricken Towns
.Begin Reconstruction.
Hemet, CL, April 22. Hemet and
San Jacinto, which sustained heavy
damage in Sunday's earthquake, and
alight additional losses from shocks
tarty today, have begun the task of
repairing their injured homes, re
' building their shattered business dis
tricts and generally recovering from
the, dislocation of all normal activities
incident to the tremors. There is i
spirit of optimism abroad and a!
ready orders have gone forward for
building material with which to effect
repairs or replace destruction
Altitude Line Altered.
People here believe that since the
shocks the height of two of the three
peaks of Mount San Jacinto has been
changed. Formerly, they declare, the
central and northerly peaks were the
higher, while now the southern peak
is higher. Casual observation ap
pearj to confirm this belief. Old resi
dents dug in hastily-rescued trunks
today for photographs of the moun
tain made years ago to compare them
with pictures taken today, in an ct
fort to establish the truth of the the.
ory. There is a perceptible variation
in the height of the snow line on the
three peaks since the shocks
Sleeping in Open.
A : few of the braver residents
moved their beds into their houses
tonight, but others continued to sleep
on improvised couches in their front
1 yarns on in beds moved out yester
day.
Another personal injury due to the
earthquake came to light today. John
Shaver, one of the supervisor of
Riverside county, was sitting in a
rocking chair on the front porch of
his house when the shocks Degan.
After the first tremor had subsided
he found himself in the middle of his
front yard. Today he declared he
had broken two ribs somewhere in
his' transit from one location to the
other.
j ' ' Damage $500,000.
Los Angeles, April 22.-Nine earth
shdeks. severe in intensity, which be-
gai) yesterday at 3:32 p. m. and ex-
leiiuca over iiiiriy uuurs, apjicarcu i in
flight to have completed their work
of destruction, causing property dam
age?' roughly ! estimated at half a mil
lion dollars. Thirty hours of anxious
.waiting brought no further news of
damage in all of southern California,
which suffered most, or western Ari
zona and . Utah, slightly affected,
other thati .previously reported.
Hemet and San Jacinto, twin towns of
the' Broad valley between the San Ja
cinto and Santa Ana ranges, were half
wrecked in their business sections.
Flats glass valued at thousands of
iollars here, railroad water tanks at
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nine, and elsewhere, irrigation reser
voirs and canals and countless chim-
leys Suffered front the shock.
August Carlson, who came here ill
from Park City, Utah, and said by the
coroner to have died here last night
from nervous shock, and Frank .
Darnell, killed by a Jail from the
Santa Monica municipal pier, where
the crowd was thrown into panic by
the earthquake, were the only deaths
reported, a score sunerea minor in
juries, f. .
Governor Neville Laughs
At New Mexican Sandstorms
damp Coay, N. M., April 22.
(Special Telegram.) Governor Keith
Neville of Nebraska started back to
his home today. Governor Neville
laughed at , the sand storm stories
which he said worried the governors
of Minnesota and Iowa on their
visits here. Neville experienced a
severe sand storm or two while here
Increased Demand for
Oleomargarine During 1917
In spite of all the restrictions
placed on the sale of oleomargarine,
the statistics of manufacture show an
increased demand for the product dur
ing the last year, represented by an
output of nearly 235,000,000 pounds,
' according to figures compiled by the
American Mefical association.
Toreit Fire in Minnesota". .
Duluth, Minn., ; April 22. Reports
from Hibbing state that a forest fire,
which started yesterday, had gained
considerably and had reached a point
about three miles south of Hibbing.
The fire, it was stated, was threaten
ing the town of Brookville and had
surrounded Mitchell.
The Weather
For Nebraska Partly cloudy Tues
day ; weanesaay unsettled, probably
showers in south portion; not much
change in temperature. " 1 ,
Hourly Temperature.
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Dr.
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- Comparative Latal Sfnrd.
111S. 117. Ills. HIS
Hit-peat ywUry it SI ( 71
Lowest yesterday 44 is 4s o
Mean . ttmptratur 11 is . 14 t
fraeipltatlon St ' .00 .90 .
Temperature end praclpltatloa departures
rroin tha aartnat: -
. Normal temperature (
pendency lor ut eay 1
Tata! azocaa since March 1. 117
Vormal precipitation .......... .11 inch
wiiKivnuT ivr iw u y . .i int H
. Total rainfall line March 1 1.1 Inches
, Oeftcieney etnee March 1........L0S tnchaa
DefMlency (or aor. pariod. 1S17.. .11 Inch
. Oeftetoney for cor. period. 1SK..1.3 laches
' Xepwrta from Marians at 7 P. M.
tatioo. , 8Uta of Temp. Ulfh- Rain-
' I Weatbef. Ip.ni est
r ?heyenav cloudy. ...... .it 41
davenport, cloudy. ...... SI il
. rkAKMss 1.. . r m
Oea ICoIoes, cloudy, .,... it
Oo4fe City, clear to J
tadar, part cloudy It 12
Vorth Platte, rain. ......44 41
'imaha. part cloudy.. ...If It
Pueblo, cloudy ft 70
Rapid City." clear '..44 " 84
Salt tato. part cloudy. .(I S
ttanta Fs,jart Cloudy.. .6t ; if
-Mi'ridan. cloudy. ....... .41 ' " 46
t" ladicatrs trace of precipitation.
I ' & WEUIH. Matcorolociaa.
I Picturesque Scenes
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"Ramona" in
K ;i; 1 Jaciino, Cal., April 22. "Ra
woim." iilcal.siic Ind.an character
u.' lJiicn Hunt Jackson, wz. recalled
in the earthquake, when the home of
R. E. Strout fell in ru:r..i. It was there
that "Aunt Ri." one 01 the novel's
characters, lived, and it was there that
much of the novel was written by
Mrs. Jackson.
Burial in the ruins is "Ramona's
chair," a thing of romance and dear
to the hearts of many tourists.
Hemet was the scene of much of
the Indian romance.
"Aunt Ri," now dead, was in real
life a Mrs. Jordan, remembered by a
few of the oldest settlers.
Fortune played some queer tricks
FAMOUS GERMAN
AVIATOR KILLED
IN SOMME VALLEY
Captain Baron Von Richthofen,
Premier of Teuton Fliers.
Brings Down Last Allied
Plane.
(It j Associated Preen.)
London, April 22. Captain Baron
von Richthofen, the famous German
aviator, has been killed, Rcuter's cor
respondent at British headquarters re
ports. The captain was brought down in
the Somnic valley., His body was re
covered and will be buried today with
military honors.
Since Captain Boclke was shot
down in OctoLcr, 1916, Captain von
Richthofen has been the most promi
nent and successful German aviator.
On April 8 the German war office
Start today to buy
War Savings Stamps
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From Novel
Ruins After Quake
in the earthquake. A Chinese cook
in the Vosburg hotel was made indig
nant, almost to forgeti'uliiess of his
little English, when the shocks broke
all the freshly washed dishes from
the hotel's Su:iday dinner and left
quite safe piles of unwashed dinner
ware. The Eotliin block, once a two-story
brick building, lost its upper half in
a previous similarly destructive eartn
quake Christmas day, 1899. Yesterday
the shocks leveled the lower story.
A linotype machine in the office of
the San Jacinto Weekly Register, fac
ing in one direction before the earth
quake, faced in the opposite direction
afterward. Apparently the half turn
damaged it in no way.
announced that he had achieved his
78th aerial victory, although in this
as in previous citations he was not
credited explicitly with having
brought down an allied airplane.
Captain von Richthofen first came
into prominence as leader of the "fly
ing circus," a squadron of German
aviators which fought in a peculiar
circular formation, following each
other around so that in case one
was attacked the next flyer could
sweep the antagonist from the rear.
Recently Emperor William conferred
upon him the Order of the Red Eagle.
An official statement reporting aer
ial operations issued yesterday at Ber
lin said:
"Baron Richthofen, at the head of
his trusty chasing squadron, on Sat
urday gained his 79th and 80th vic
tories." Denver, Colo., April 22. Captain
Baron Max von Richthofen, famous
German aviator, reported killed on the
French front, was a nephew of Barom
ess Louise Richthofen, prominent
socially in Denver.
Baroness Richthofen was an English
woman prior to her marriage and is
one of the most active workers in
Colorado for Belgium and other al
lied war relief work. It was she who
originated the flag which is being sold
all over the country for the relief of
blind soldiers and sailors.
Hear this famous Victor artist!
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To hear Maud Powell is a privilege and an opportunity
which every music-lover will want to embrace. It presents
the unique opportunity of a direct personal observation of her
wonderful art for comparative consideration with her historic
Victor Records
Attend this concert and hear this great American violinist,
being particularly careful to observe the individual character
istics that so plainly identify her renditions.
Then go to any Victor dealer's and hear the Victor Records
by Maud Powell. You will readily appreciate that on the
Victrola you hear Maud Powell true to lifejust as you hear
her on the concert stage
That is why Maud Powell is an exclusive Victor artist one
of the mighty host of the world's greatest artists who have
chosen the Victrola as the only instrument able to reproduce
their art with the utmost fidelity.
There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $400.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
Important Notice. Victor Records and Victor Machines are scientifically coordinated and synchronized fa
the processes of manufacture, and their use, one with the other, is absolutely essential to a perfect reproduction.
haw Victor Racords d.aoutnt.d at H d.n oa the lit of aach month
SL0AN PRAISES
NEBRASKANS IN
ARBOR DAY TALK
Washington, April 21. (Special
Telegram.) Arbor day gave Rep
resentative Sloan a chance to call the
attention of the house to the fact that
"the tree planter state" as Nebraska
has come to be known, was the ori
ginator of Arbor day, now generally
observed throughout 'the country.
Mr. Sloan, who never loses an op
portunity to speak of the glories of
Nebraska, said that the late J. Ster
ling Morton, cabinet member, scholar,
philosopher and statesman, was the
founder of Arbor day.
"Pcnsylvania gave us Independence
day, new England, thanksgiving, the
Grand Army of the Republic. Decora
tion day, the toilling millions, Labor
day, but Nebraska gave to the Union
Arbor day," said Mr. Sloan. "It was
named after "Arbor Lodge," the home
of the Mortons on the banks of the
Missouri."
In conjunction with his fine com
pliments to J. Sterling Morton, Mr.
Sloan made the recent patriotic
proclamation of Acting Governor
Edgar Howard, calling upon the
people to celebrate Arbor day, a part
of his remarks prefacing them with
the fact that in the third Liberty
bond sale Nebraska had grandly gone
"over the top."
Congressman Nelson's Son
Goes in Draft Next Month
Madison, Wis.. April 22. Byron
Nelson, son of Congressman Nelson,
will go in the draft from Madison,
May 5. His name was certified by
the local board here today.
Nelson failed to register July 5 last
because he was a resident of Canada,
where he engaged in agricultural pur
suits. The draft board started an
action against him, but the court held
that Nelson, as a resident of another
country, was not compelled to reg
ister here, the ruling confirming to the
stand taken by the national hoard.
Later Nelson returned to Madison and
registered.
Holiday for Loan
Asked by McAdoo
Washington, April 22. All gov
ernors were asked today by Secre
tary McAdoo to declare next Friday
a state legal holiday, as President
Wilson has proclaimed it a national
holiday, to aid the Liberty day cele
bration, by which it is hoped to
boost sales of Liberty bonds well
along toward the 53,000,000,000
minimum.
Just as the nation's offering of
erty dollars passed ? 1,500,000,
000 today the St. Louis and Minne
apolis federal reserve district man
agers sent word that they had ex
ceeded their subscription quotas of
$130,000,000 and $105,000,000, re
spectively. Chief Justice Morrissey
Visits National Capital
Washington, April 22. (Special
Telegram.) Chief justice of the
supreme court of Nebraska, Andrew
M. Morrissey of Lincoln, who is
visiting Washington for the first time
was admitted to the supreme court
of the United States today on motion
of Ex-Senator Allen. Justice Mor
rissey, although born in New York,
never found it convenient to visit the
national capital until now and ris
friends here are doing everything to
make his visit an instructive one.
Nebraska Attorneys Argue
Case in U. S. Supreme Court
Washington, April 22. (Special
Telegram.) R. E. Evans of Dakota
City and W. D. Funk of Bloomfield,
are in Washington to argue the case
of John H. Fricderickson, against G.
11. Renard as executor of the estate
of Edward Renard on call tomorrow
in the supreme court. Ex-Senator W.
V. Allen is on the opposition side.
pridges Heads Missions.
Washington, April 22. Lieutenant
General G. T. M. Bridges, of the
British army, who recently arrived in
Washington, has been made prin
cipal military adviser of the British
ambassador and high commissioner,
and head of all British military mis
sions in the United States.
An excellent investment
and a patriotic duty
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U.S. MACHINE GUN
MEN BAG TWO BIG
LANES
Salvation Army Girls Forced
to Leave Canteen Posts in
Face of Hot German
Fire.
(By Associated Pr.)
With the American Army in France,
April 22. Two low-flying German
airplanes were brought down Satur
day by American machine gunners
during the German attack-in and about
Seicheprey, lortfivvcst of Toul.
The machine gunners who bagged
the Germans had been ordered to re
tire, butU'ley remained in their posi
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dark and Madison CHICAGO
Here's the Circulation
of the
Omaha Papers
On 41st From Davenport to Cas&
State of Nebraska
County of Douglas
sS
W. O. Gray being duly sworn, says that on April
6th he took a newspaper census of 41st street be
tween Davenport and Cass streets, Omaha, and that
there are 21 houses.
15 houses take THE BEE.
13 houses take the World-Herald.
13 houses take the News.
(Signed) W. O. GRAY.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn before me
this 6th day of April.
HILMA DAHLQUIST,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Another Block Tomorrow
Keep Your Eye On The Bee
IMPROVING EVERY DAX r
tion and fought effectively again si
the enemy aviators. " ' "
During the engagement the Ger
mans concentrated their artillery fire
on the American telephone and tele
graph wires, which were cut many
times. Couriers were forced to pass
through two or three barrages in or
der to maintain communication. In
the meantime- the men of the signal
corps- many of them smoking cigar
ets in face of a heavy bombardment,
restoring the wires almost as fast as
the enemy shells disrupted them.
Ambulance men ventured into No
Man's land during the thick of the
light and did heroic work fn gather
ing up wounded. One German, who
had offered to surrender, attempted
to explode a bomb on the ground as
three Americans approached him.
Trick- Is Discovered.
Another soldier, however, discov- -
ered the trick and hurled a grenade : 3
at the German. One of the German's ..?
legs was blown off and he died later,
a prisoner of the men he attempted
to blow up.
A village near the front lints which "i
the correspondent visited today tells
a mute tale of Saturday's fighting.
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