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1 6 PAGES 1 XUIIIKII •;:!■; 1 I\JLL<Jii. :)\) l^HilN I o I'Klt MONTH TORNADO SWEEPS OKLAHOMA TOWNS; 1 DEAD; 20 HURT Girl Seeks Safety in Cyclone Cel lar and Is Killed by Fall ing Timbers THREE VILLAGES DESTROYED Pauls Valley, Paoli and McCarthy in Path of Twister Laid in Hums rAspnciateil PreiM] PAUL'S VALLEY, < ikla., May 20.— Tornadoes and hail and rain storms traversed section! of Gar vin, Met'lain and Pontotoc i-ounties this evening, killing one poison, se-< vrrcly Injuring several others and practically devastating moo ucres. • The village of .McCarthy, eleven mlli b sbuthwesi of here, wan literally wiped out, buildings I><-111<jt ripped isit.> splinters. Mrs. George Dewberry, wife of 6 minister, was Injured by flying timbers, shr died in a few hour*. A little girl wbO had BOUghl refuge In a storm cave was seriously injured by timbers which penetrated the roor of the oave, Tin ■ 18-year-old daughter of Robert Clark, living in the same neigh borhood, was injured in a similar manner. The towns of Maysvllle -i-nd Paoli were reported to have been blown away, but communication with those points cannot bo established, The McCarthy tornado started three miles oast of the village, traveled in a northeasterly direction and spent Its force near Paul's Valley. Houses and barns were wrecked, fences blown away, many cattle and horses wore, killed, and crops worn beaten Into the earth by rain and hall. Nearly all the physicians of Paul's Valley have been called to the stricken district. A dispatch from Wynnewood tonight says the number of Injured at McCarthy will reach twenty. HAIL STORM DOES DAMAGE; STREAMS RISING RAPIDLY ADA, Okla., May 20. —A destructive hailstorm visited this section early this evening. Crop* an considerably dam aged. Miss Ruby KiiKlcnian, a tele phone operator, was seriously injured by falling hailstones. LIGHTNING KILLS ONC HOUSTON, Tex.. May 20.-Hoavy windstorms on the const list night and today blew down scores of houses and several substantial structures In a number of little towns. At Menumont oil derricks were overturned. One death by lightning is reported. OIL OPERATOR KILLED MADILL, Okla., May 20.— W. S. Lind say, an oil mill operator, was killed in a small tornado here this evening. Ten houses were blown away. MRS. CECIL CLYNE JOINS RENO DIVORCE SEEKERS Wife of Local Mining Engineer Al leges Extreme Cruelty (Special to Tho Herald) RENO, Nev., May 20.—Although Cecil B. Clyne, connected with the firm of Blaisdell company, 334 Pacific Electric building 1, Los Angeles, with apartments at the Hampden Arms, denied the pres ence of his wife in Reno, she tiled suit here tor divorce today, alleging extreme cruelty from September, lUOB, to June, 190! l, at J,os Angeles. Mrs. dyne was formerly Miss I3er tha Wlngato of Cleveland, from which city it is said (he ran away from home and married clyne, a mining engineer at Phoenix, Ariz., in March, 1905 Clyne is a prominent member of the Scottish society of*Ameriea. The complaint is sealed in order to prevent disclosure at present of tho specific nature of the charges oi 1 cru elty. Clyne is quite prominent In min ing circles in Southern Nevada. Since her advent into tile local di vorce colony Mrs. Clyne has resided in a fashionable apartment house, and lias participated freely in the social life of the city. It Is said that her suit will not be contested by her husband. VAULT DOORS STICK, AND BANK ROBBERY IS AVERTED SALT LAKE CITY, May 20.—The in ability of the cashier to-open the Inner doors of the vault saved the First Na tional bank of Laytona, a small town twenty miles from here, from looting today at tae hands of two daring rob bers. TUe men overpowered the town might watchman and compelled him to ad as guide to the home of the cashier, whom they marched before them to the bank. He, opened the outer door of the vault, but was unable to open the inner one. The robbers locked the cashier and watchman inside the outer door of the vault and made their escape. LEAVES BODY FOR DISSECTION SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—Having made provision that after his death his body should be ;»lven to some med ical ooQege for dissection, Sydney S. Brewster, who is supposed to have been a member of the New York prod uce exchange, committed suicide in his room at tile St. Francis hotel some time yesterday by shooting himself through the head. His body was found tonight by attendants. MRS. BELMONT REBUKED NKW YORK, May JO.—Mrs. O. H. p, Belmont, who conceived the Idea of iii corating on Memorial day the gi of noted suffragists, ims bean rebuked by tho antl-suffraglsti. Even the niigs Mho supplied air under t)io ban, the in. Us declaring the plan "a deu« i ration" and "a travesty on "patriot ism." LOS ANGELES HERALD Millions See Edward's Body Borne to Tomb INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY FORECAST*, I/O* AnicrN'N and vicinity—Cloudy Satur day; light south wind. .Minimum tempera ture ji-Klrrilay 63 degrees; minimum, 53. LOS ANGELES Public to flirt with comet's tall at Mt Lowe observatory. PAOB 3 Decision of Interstate commerce com mission holda Industrial tracks are terminals. page 4 Fifty children to bo given first com munion Sunday at at. Vincent de Paul church. PAGE 5 Mrs. Fischer again elected hoad of mis sionary society. PAGE 8 3ury decides Donovan Is not an em bezzler. • # - FAGB 8 Watchmen In city parks file referendum petition to stop abolishing their jobs. :.' ; *~ ■ PAOB 8 Bell, accused of perjury, Is freed. PAGE) 8 Los Angeles Democrats plan to make war on Nathan Cole. Jr., national commltteeman. PAGE) 9 Democratic leaders positive of i election • of Thomas Lee Woolwlne. PAGE 9 Heir to large estate protests support of grown children. PAGE-9 Sharp contests mark close of Episcopal convention. PAGE 9 County officers reported to have formed a $100,000 machine. . PAGB 13 Democrats will hold Important sessions at Long Beach May 28. fl PACK IS Brartner W. Lee and J. W. McKlnley talked of as candidates for United States senate. • PAGE 13 Albert M. Norton char/yea secretary of Jefferson club with representing other ' Interests In seeking state senatorshlp. PAGE 13 Former Governor Folk and Congressman Lloyd of Missouri to campaign in California. PAGE 13 Thousands crowd auditorium to attend memorial to late King Edward. PAGE 3 Young Woman's Christian association give pretty fiesta at Iluntlngton hall. PAGE 9 Candidates Whlffen and Stewart ad dress Good Government assembly In precinct 214. PAGE 9 Judgre Houser says perjured testimony I* given In four out of five divorce cases. PAGE 16 Churches. PAGE 6 Clubs and music. PAGE 6 Sports. PAGE 6 Markets and financial. PAGE 7 News of the courts. PAGE 8 Municipal affairs. PAGE 8 Minos and oil fields. „ PAGE 11 Building permits. PAGE 11 Citrus fruit. PAGE 11 Shipping. PAGE 11 Editorial and letter box. , PAGE 12 Around hotel corridors. PAGE 13 Noted men and women. PAGE 13 City brevities. PAGE 13 Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PAGE 14 Classified advertising. y,,;^ PAGES 14-15 SOUTH CALIFORNIA Harmony expected to prevail at Pasa- . dena board of trade election. PAGE 10 Frank Skelly held to answer to superior court for murder of his wife at Westminster. PAGE 10 Father Interferes in boys' quarrel and is fined for battery, t PAGE 10 Los Angeles delegation guests of honor at San Bernardino centennial cele * bration. PAGE 3 COAST Astronomers see Halley"» comet, tail and all, in west; tall makes It look like . fan-tailed pigeon. . ■ PAOEJ 1 Thousands see Greek Jump eighteen stories to his death. PAGE 16 EASTERN '£'{; £:%■ss*£■[ Life insurance companies to adopt new plan of arranging policy holders in squads. PAGE 3 Tornado destroys two Oklahoma towns; several lives lost; much damage to the crops reported. PAGE 1 Representative Ames startles house by fierce attack mn, Bereno Payne, chair man of ways and means committee, '.v t **• " PAGE 1 Presidents and managers of twelve western railroads to confer over de mands of yardmen who demand higher wages. - PAGE 1 Evidence in Hal linger- case all before congressional committee. PAGE 2 FOREIGN Funoral of King Edward seen by more than 2,500,000 people in ' London, the greatest In England's history; favorite ' horse and dog follow coffin. PAGE 1 MINING AND OIL American Oilfields finishes . 6000-barrel well In West Side. PAGE 11 Oil holdings In Coallnga sell at 13000 an acre. ■ PAGE 11 Big Bug makes last payment on pincers at Mayer, Aria. . I'AGE 11 —: —; : y . 'GUILTY!' FORMER GOVERNOR SAYS IN SMUGGLING CASE . NEW YORK, May 20.—Frank iW. Rollins, former governor of New Hampshire, | entered a formal plea of guilty before Judge Hand late this morning and his counsel made a plea for clemency. The court v imposed a tine of $2000, which the ex-governor paid at once In cash. The charjre was smuggling. r - -• J SATURDAY MORNING, 21, 1910. 'JACK, 1 KING EDWARD'S FAVORITE DOG, WHICH FOLLOWED Dl. RECTLY BEHIND THE GUN CARRIAGE ON WHICH WAS BORNE COFFIN CONTAINING HIS DEAD MASTER AMES DENOUNCES PAYNE; STARTLES CONGRESSMEN Solon Charges Chairman of Ways and Means Committee Buried Canadian Resolution WASHINGTON, May 20.—A sensation was sprung unexpectedly In the house late today by Representative Butler Ames, a Republican member from Mas sachusetts, when he obtained the floor for five minutes and proceeded to read a serios of letters that had passed between himself and Representative Sereno Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, and Republican floor leader. He scored Mr. Payne in strong language. The letters concerned a resolution introduced in the house March 31, by Mr. Ames, advocating that negotia tions be opened with Canada to es tablish closer commercial relations with that country. The resolution was referred to the ways and means committee and the author charged Mr, Payne refused to allow the committee to consider it, although he (Ames) presented a peti tion favoring it signed by 77 Republi can members. "On three separate days I approached your august person and asked verbally and politely for a hearing by your committee on my resolution,"-said Mr. Ames in one letter. "To my first re quest you arrogantly insisted that 'as far as you could find out, no one want ed the resolution and it was not good political' sense." "Believing your lack of courtesy was excusable and you were unable to un derstand or appreciate that many Re publican members of the house not only wanted the resolution adopted, but who, not yet having lost all touch with the present desires of the party and the country generally, did believe the resolution to be good political sense, I went to the unusual labor of circulating a petition which I inclose." MANY IIKITBLICANB SIGN Continuing, the letter said the peti tion was signed by seventy-seven Re publican members, but Mr. Payne had given it no consideration. It was re counted that Its author had seen a letter dictated In his presence by Pres ident Tuft and addressed to Mr. Payne favoring the resolution. Mr. Payne replied, saying: "The fact that seventy-seven men have signed your petition does not change the sit uation In regard to your resolution." After expressing surprise that the pe tition nf seventy-seven Republican members should be disregarded, Mr. Ames' letter continued: "Your whole attitude has so lacked in common courtesy and a proper sense of proportion I feel forced to make this written protest. Your letter, if freely translated-, should be Interpreted to road: 'The desires of many Republican members and the public be damned.' " When Mr. Ames had concluded Mr. Payne said he had Informed Mr. Ames he believed the president should take up the Canadian negotiations, and after that it would be time for congress to act. Continuing, he said: "Now. I stated that to the gentleman, not with mt hat in my hand, but as politely and suavely as I could. I dl* not exhibit any contempt Of the gentle man, who, i understand, is to be the next senator from Mas.-achusetts, if he gets Mites enough. I did not do any thing of that kind, but I treated him kindly." HEADS OF 12 ROADS TO CONFER WITH ROADMEN Failure to Reach Wage Agree ment May Cause Great Strike in West DENVER, Colo., May 20.—Presidents and managers of twelve big eastern railroads have been summoned to Den ver for a conference May 25 to take action on the demand of the yardmen, who insist that the roads put into effect at once the new wages and working rules adopted by the general managers' committee for Chicago and eastern territory. Leaders of the yardmen assert that unless the wages and rules are put into effect a strike may be declared on all of the western lines. ERIE RAILROAD ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH TRAINMEN NEW YORK, May 20.— J. O. Stuart, vice president of the Erie railroad, said today that all important points in dispute between the company and its conductor! and trainmen had been .settled satisfactorily. It was learned that the rates tentatively agreed on were to become effective June 1. The Baltimore & Ohio rates for freight crews become effective July 1. 1911; passenger crews, September 1, 1911. BEACHED SCHOONER TOWED TO SAFETY BY STEAMER Chas. R. Wilson Apparently Un damaged by Going Ashore SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—A re port received by the Merchants' ex change from the weather bureau ob server at Point Reyes states that the schooner Charles R. Wilson has gone ashore on the south side of Point Reyes. The schooner loft this port May 18 for Gray's Harbor, commanded by Captain Nelson and carrying a crew of about ten men. The schooner Despatch went to the assistance of the Wilson and succeeded in towing it off without any apparent damage. The crew is safe. ROOSEVELT MAY COMMAND SPANISH WAR VETERANS NEW YORK, May 20.—Theodore Roosevelt was mentioned today as a likely candidate for commander-ln chief of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, whose first meeting wil be held in New York tomorrow. Rear Admiral Oscar W. Parenholt of San Francisco is now eommander-ln chlef. SENATOR ROOT SAILS TODAY NEW YOHK, May M.—Senator Klihu Root will sail for Europe tomorrow. He goes abroad as one of the American commissioner! in the Newfoundland BaherlM dispute at The Hague. He passed an hour yesterday with Presi dent Toft before leaving Washington for New York. NINE MONARCHS FOLLOW COFFIN BEHIND KING'S HORSE AND DOG Pageant Greatest in London's History-More Than 6000 Persons Overcome While Watching the Spectacle LONDON, May 20. —Hero are some features of the greatest funeral cor i tege in tho history of' the British empire—that of King Edward to ■* day: More than 2,500,000 persons—tho greatest throng In London's history saw tho funeral procession. St. John's Ambulance society cared for 6014 cases—most of them heat prostrations. Nine crowned heads of Europe followed the coffin. They wore: -King Seorge V, Emperor William, King- Haakon of Norway. King George of Greece, King Alfonso of Spain, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Freder ick of Denmark, Kinig Manuel of Portugal and King Albert of Belgium. The crown princps and princesses, and lesser royalties, were too numerous for enumeration. Thirty thousand red-coated soldi ors, with rifles reversed and heads bowed, lined the streets of London through which the procession moved. The late king's favorite terrier, "Jack," and his charger, followed the coffin in which their master lay dead. LONDON, May 20.—Sovereigns and representatives of the powers of all tho world paid their last trib ute today to England great monarch, Edward 11, whose body now rests in St. George's chapel, Windsor castle, where the bones of Edward IV, the sixth and eighth Henrys, Charles I, the third and fourth Georges, and Wil liam IV, are entombed. Bright sunshine followed a night of thunderstorms that swept the city and soaked the funeral decorations that hung along the line of march, but had no deterrent effect on the gathering throngs who sought points of vantage from which to watch the passing of the cortege. London s millions filled the streets and open places as they have never be fore been filled, either at a funeral or festival. More than 2,500,000 persons lined the route of the funeral pro cession. The pageantry that marked the bur ial of Victoria was as naught com pared with the magnificence of today's Oeremony, which was splendid in Its accompaniments of gilded coaches, brilliant uniforms and decorations, far Surpassing the ceremony attending the removal of the king's body from Buck ingham palace to Westminster hall. The. procession today included nine sovereigns; a former president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, who alone was not In uniform; the heirs of several thrones, the members of the royal families, the officers of the house holds, the officials of the government, field marshals, generals and admirals, detachments of troops of all the Brit ish arms and representatives of for eign armies and navies in variagated uniforms, a solid phalanx of glittering color 30,000 REDCOATS I,INK STItEETS The lines of red-coated soldiers were drawn as on that other great occasion of England's mourning nine years ago, with arms reversed and regimental flags clipped to the ground. There was 30.000 of these soldiers, The vast throngs along the streets wire massed so tightly that those once caught, found it impossible to raovf. The great stands, covered with mourn ing emblems, wore crowded, the roof tops black, and through this multi tude, from among whom not a whisper arose, the gun carriage that bore the king s bodj;, moved to the strains of funeral marches, the tollln.gr °f bells and the booming of minute guns. • At Westminster hall, the widowed queen, to spend a last few moments beside the body of the king, was as sisted from her carriage by the Ger man emperor, upon whom the loss of his royal uncle has rested heavily. The emperor kissed the hand and cheek of Alexandra and passed her to her son, King Oeorgo. Here the queen mother, glancing up, caught sight of the king's charger, waiting to follow his master, and near at hand the king's favorite dog, "Jack," a terrier, and she faltered, gripping the arm of the king pathetically and gazing upon the ani mals Edward had loved so well. Then she entered the hall with King George, Emperor William and the duke of Connaught, there to offer a silent prayer and watch the removal of the coffin to the gun carriage. When the procession began moving the late king's charger and his favor ite terrier, the latter led by a High land soldier, followed directly behind the coffin of their dead master and just ahead of the imperial ensign. The booming of minute guns and the tolling of bells accompanied the move ment of the procession, while the bands (fiperlal to The HfraM) [Associated Press] in turn played the "Dead March from "Saul" and Chopin's "Funeral March." It is doubtful if so many people were ever before seen In London. At the Mall, In St. James street and at Hyde park the throng almost overwhelmed the procession. The police and soldiers had to fight to prevent the lines being swept away by the crush. Many bro ken limbs and other injuries were re ceived. Hundreds of persons fainted. The order of precedence of Sovereigns in the procession was governed by kin ship. The special envoys of the United States and France occupied the eighth carriage, and although former Presi dent Roosevelt was inconspicuous in the procession, King George gave him marked attention at the lunch in Wind sor castle after the funeral, seating him with eight other guests at his own table. The German emperor sat with the queen mother and Queen Mnry. What seemed to impress Mr. Roose velt was the demeanor of the people, the solemn dignity of the ceremony. From Paddington station the royal train carried the coffin and mourners to Windsor, while special trains wore filler! with officials and foreign repre sentatives. Bluejackets dragged the gun carriage through a line of purple to St. George's chapel, and there simple services were conducted by the archbishops of Can terbury and York, assisted by other prelates. King George, with Alexan dra on his arm, walked up the nave behind the cofiln with the German em peror and Queen Mary following. During the service the widowed queen moved to the foot of the cata falque and knelt, und Just before the coffin was lowered to the crypt King George placed on the coffin a royal standard. TIJOCKHSION STAKTS AT 9:50 The procession started from West minster hall at 9:50 o'clock, just as the first minute gun boomed. The oak en coflin, with the crown and cushion, regalia and insignia of. the Order of the Garter thereon, was borne on a gun carriage the same as was used at the funeral of Queen Victoria. The procession proceeded through Parliament street and Whitehall. The public buildings were heavily draped with black and purple throughout the route. Leaving the district of officialdom, the cortege passed through the hone guards' parade and thence along the Mall. The embassies and private resi dences, including those of leverai Americans on Carlton House terrace, overlooking the Mall, were heavily draped with mourning. From the Mall, the procession passed Marlborough house, emerging In St. James street, proceeding to Piccadilly and along that thoroughfare to Hyde Park corner, where it entered the park and passed along the popular drive to Marble arch. Emerging from the park, the pro cession followed Edgeware road to Ox ford and Cambridge terraces and turned up those wide thoroughfares, on either side of which, throughout their length of half a mile, were un broken stretches of temporarily erect ed stands filled to their capacity with black-garbed humanity. By arrangement between the West minster city council and I'addlnston borough council the. official signs of mourning along the route were uni form. Venetian masts with laurel wreaths at their tops had been erect ed at intervals. The route was lined with thousands of troops, behind whom wen massed countless thou sands of i>eople in deep black. Pave ments, balconies, windows and roofs were crowded. Every branch of the defensive forces (Continued on Pago Two} CENTS CI Vf'Tl? PYlT'Tirsj • i>ait.y «c. ON trains Be. Sill VJT-LiJl* vfl IJ-iO. MM)\V5r. ON TRAINS 10*. SCIENTISTS LIKEN HALLEY'S COMETTO FAN-TAILED PIGEON Tail Spread Out at End Through _ Several Degrees of an Arc and Easily Seen NOW FAR BEYOND OLD EARTH Hale Says Figures Alone Will Show Whether Earth Did Pierce Appendage [Associated Pr< i CARNEGIE OBSERVATORY, Mount Wilson, May 20.—T0 the BCientlflO star-gazers peering through the bit? telescopes Halley'a comet presented, a fantailed-pigeon appearance tonight. The wanderer's appendage was B] out at the end through several degrees of an arc, and despite the bright moon light Bhining upon the peak of Mount Wilson, above the clouds, appeared dis tinctly. The comet was an hour ami fifty minutes behind the sun. Director Hale said that tonight's ob servations show conclusively that the. comet has passed far beyond the earth and taken its tail with it. "I cannot say whether the earth passed through tile middle of the tail, or through any part of it," Dr. Hale added. "That matter cannot be defi nitely ascertained until a very careful comparison has been made of the ob servations taken in various parts of tha world 5-k) far as we are concerned, there has ben no indication that W9 passed through the tail." YERKES OBSBRVATORT, WIL LIAMS RAY. Wis., May 20.—Halley'a ' comet was under observation here from 7:40 to 8:35 tonight. Astronomers first observed it in the west through a four-inch telescope at 7:40. At 8:10 the phenomenon *vas visible to tha naked eye and remained so until it became lost behind a. cloud bank at 8:35 I>. m. It set at 9 o'clock. "The comet appeared as of tha brightness of a star of the second magnitude," said Prof. Edwin Frost. "No tail was observed. The exposures of the spectrum show principally a 'continuous spectrum, which means it is chiefly due to reflected sunlight. The gaseous constituents were less conspicuous than when in the morning sky and appeared faint. "The comet will be visible to tha naked eye tomorrow night from S to 9 p. m., in spite of a bright moon." NUCLEUS IS BRIGHTER THAN STAR OF FIRST MAGNITUDE Astronomers of Lick Observatory Get Good View SAN JOSE, May 20.—Director Camp bell of the Lick observatory gave out the following statement at 8:30 this evening: "The comet is brilliant in the west ern sky, the head being brighter than a first magnitude star. It was vislblo shortly after sunset. The tail can ba seen as of length 10 or 15 degrees, projected on the moonlit sky." The observatory is several hundred feet above the fog which envelops the (Continued on Page Three) HUNGRY MAN SENDS IN FIRE ALARM; GETS MEAL IN JAIL Says He Was Starving and Hit on Plan to Get Food DENVER. May 20.—A new, duty was imposed on tin- fire department yester day when Alfred Altman used a flra alarm box as ilrst aid to the hungry. Altman was found standing by the box when the fire wagons arrived. Ha admitted turning in an alarm and was placed under arrest. In police court the man declared: '[ was starving to death and when I happened to see the alarm box I turned in an alarm, because I thought maybe I would get something to eat." Altman was fined $120 and costs and committed to jail, where he is insured against hunger for some time. CLARA MORRIS, CRITICALLY ILL, WILL LOSE EYESIGHT (Special to The HeralJ) TONKERS. N. T., May 20.—There was a turn for the worse today in the condition of Mrs. F. C. Herriott, who was Clara Morris, actress. Tonight she is very low . A consultation of physi cians, including Drs. Miller, Leonard. Hartley and Markle of New York and Dr. Belcher of this city, was held at the Herriott home. At the end of tha conference one of the doctors said that all hope had now been abandoned of saving the eyesight of Mrs. Herriott. Effort is now being directed to prevent ing another relapse, which, should it occur, would doubtless result in the patient's death. Mrs. Herriott, it wa.s learned, does not wish to see anyone other than her husband, F. C. Herriott, and her aged mother, Mrs. Sarah Jane Morris, both of whom are in constant attendance at her bedside. SALT LAKE.RAILWAY EXTENDS ITS SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY, May 20.—TUo San Pedro, Loa Anm 1< n X- Salt Lako railroad today extended its regular train service from this .uul to Caliento, N'i'v. This extt nalon will admit of tbo operation ol the Ploch* branch, which leaves the main lino at Callente. since the flood of January, trains have !•■ ■• D run only to Aoona, thirty miles east of Caliente.