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ALBUQUEEQI TRA'V ARRIVALS No. i- m- No 4AV n Nu. 7 lex No. 8 6.4. X -No. 9-II.45 VV rX 4 WEATHER FORECAST 0ner, Colo., April 30-ToolgM fair, colifer southeast portion, frost, Saurdaj fair (4 WE GET THK NEWS PIRS VOLUME 24. ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO. FRIDAY. AFH1L tfO. ..) NUMNKK' 03 MANY STATES IN THE GRIP OF Tornadoes. Thunderstorms. Snow and Freakish Winds Are Common In East. MANY KILLED DOMIC THE NIGHT Tornadoes Visit Several Sections of trie South. Laying Waste Numerous Towns and Ir-Jurlnj Dozens of People. STORM ChiiMS'J. April 30. -Six . persons Were killed and liliy injured in Chi cayo and cm Iron.-, during lne storm lust ii i li t . according to !-i ports receiv ed l.j the coroni r ami tin- police. The li!t nt dead includes only those ofli Cially reported. It is believed that ic irauy more wi re taken care of pri ut. iy. Tlif storm conditions were some - I What improved today, although show ers ami thunderstorms, turning 13 snow flurries, are predicted for the luxt r.yi nty-four hourr. The telegraph compunk s expected to have their wires repaired soon but the. extent ot the damage is Mill In doubt. Hi ports from the south and south West indicate tliat there has been great loss of life. stock and property. The wires are down in Iowa, Missouri end Kansas. Telegraph service be tween the great news centers la great ly hampered and early improvement is entirely problematical. In the south the snow bus held up trains and gale on the lukea have hampered shipping. It Is reported that the town of Horn l-ake, Miss., has been, wiped out by a storm but ' the report is unconfirmed. It is hoped to have the train service wire mend ed by night. Was 1 rouklsli Storm. The storm seems to have been co extensive with Uie country and '.t broke all records for the number and variety of freakish disturbances. Fol lowing are some of them: ' A tornado blew away DUO feet of the west wall of the Northern In diana state prison at Michigan City and troops were mobilized to prevent trouble. A tidal wave in Lake Michigan has U'Jiie great damage at Waukcgan and Kenosha. Scores of dwellings in Chieapo wore damaged by the wind. In the height of the storm, a child was b rii in a baement in Chicagi and carried seven miles to safety, though the mother was knocked down repeatedly by the storm. She always managed to fall so as to protect the Child. k Six persons were killed in the vi- t cinity of Memphis, Tenn. Four lost their lives at Golden, Mo. A blixzard Is raging on the Great Lakes and snow plows are out in the northern tier of states. Little im provement Is expected In the next twenty-four hours. Thirty Were Killed. Atlanta, Oa., April 30. Between twenty and thirty persons are dead iu Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkan sas and scores are injured as a result t of the series of tornudoe last night. : Although more fatal to life than the northern storms, the southern ones Covered smaller territory. They Struck at widely scattered points at int'-rvals throughout yesterday and last night. The death list at ail early hour was as follows: At young Crossing, Tenn., 5. At Medina. Tenn., 3. At Horn Lake, Miss. 12. At Forest City Ark.. 2. At West Marion, Ark.. 1. During the night the telegraph Wires went down all over the souta, except in the Atlantic states. Colder In Kansas. .Wichita. April 30. A cold ohak wind from the north, heavy clouds And threatening rain, a twenty mile an Ikmii wind and a temperature of 40 degrees was the weather condi tion here today. The temperature has falhn from 74 since 4 o"clock yester day evening. Kills CoLimdo Fruit. Denver. April 30. Temperature as low as 28 is repord In the fruit re gion around tlrand Junction this morning and much damage has been done to trees. The owners are using murige pots to protect the fruit. The cold weather extends over th? moun tain region ami into the Tex-as Pan handle. Xine4y Were Hurt. Memphis," Tenn., April 30. The Storm broke here shortly after night fall, after a sultry afternoon. The first repot is came from the tornado belt of Arkansas, the scene of Lie recent Brlnkley storm. The wind cut ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY FROM SPRECKLES WAS FAILURE t , V r t -rw-M n?, 1 I ..-.si..i x-'fTfm . t V "- I I 'A - ,. .n-l.. ' J I, 'A. fi. r , . li,,) Vt.),1, ; ..' i '. v- ',--r.-y M i'.'., - ; A Sun Francisco. April 30. An attempt to extort n large sum of money from Rudolph. Spreckels, son of the late Claus Spreckels, was frustrated by detectives last night. According to the story told by Spreckels, ),e received an unonymous letter a few days ugo. telling him that he should pay $3,000 to the bearer of a note, who would rail, lietrrtives told Spreckels' butler to gjve u bundle of newspapers to the messenger. The man called us indicated by the letter and the detectives arrested him. Later they nrrested his confederate. FINISH TESTIMONY . AT ST. LOUIS TODAY nrilu-r IXiileme Will Jle Offirttl nt Chicago by I toads Against Low (fettle 1 talcs. St. Louis, Mo., April 30. The tak ing of testimony at St. Louis in the suit of railroads of the Southwest to restrain the interstate commerce com mission from putting into effect a reduction in cattle shipping rates has bun completed and James A. Kddon, commissioner to take testimony, has adjourned the hearing to Chicago, where further evidence will be heard. All roads doing cattle business from Texas und Southwestern points to St. Louis, Chicago, Is'ew Orleans, Umuha, Kansas City and St. Joseph, are plain tiffs in the case. They failed to ob tain a temporary injunction against the commission and testimony is now being taken in an effort to obtain a permanent injunction. a pathway jx half a mile wide, destroy I ing buildings and trees. In northern Arkansas ninety persons ure known t have been hurt. I lie storm passed within oiny j two miles of Horn Like, Mis-'., and' ripped buildings from their founili- Hons. The number of killed i- placed at twelve. Ho far as eould be n-en by railway trainmen, farm houses and ' i ottoii gin." are a mass of w reckage. I Several Killed. Liuisville, Ky., April 30. Several persons are reported killed in lat night's storm near Franklin. Tenn., and the town of Hillsboro. It is said that Hillsboro has been blown away. Much damage was reported from Cen tcrvillc and other nearby towns. Twenty Miles Wide. I'hiua, Ohio, April 30. A tornadj twenty miles wide struck this section this morning, causing $100,000 dam age. The path of destruction extends over several counties and damage was done to lite town of Piuua. Sid ney, Houston, Fletcher. St. Paris and Klrkwood. Titer,, was no loss of!ife. Springfield, Mo., April 30. A spe cial from Summerville says that a tornado passed there last night, kill ing two. injuring many and damag ing much property. Another gpeclu! trom Uolden says the tornado which struck there wiped the town off the map with the exception of one brick htore. Five are repotted killed. Nashville. Tenn., April 30.- Jit-j advices from Centn ville say that i score or more lives were lost in the storm which struck that town ami thi propertv damage is $lou,000. At Fayetville the storm razed manj residences trd killed three people. Carml. 111. April 30. A tornado swept through heie this morning, killing four persons and injuring many. The whole town was prac 1'ially destroyed. La Crosse, Wis. April 30. one of the heaviest snow storms of the win ter is raging here today. Four inch.-s of snow has fallen and the storm seems likely to continue all day. Superior. Wl.. April 30. A blizzard is raging here today and the snow is driven before a fifty mile wind. Pes Moines, vere storm is Iowa. April 30. A se blowing over northern 1 low a. VALUABLE DIAMOND . LOST ON FIRSI STREET It Wus tin. Object of Sciirolt Isr:. -Mglit and Tiniay and the Lnsa-r Oilers lUg lUnvard. To lose a two carat solitaire dia mond valued at $250. was the mis fortune last night of Mrs. J. K. Hur ley, wife of a well known writer of Insurance who resides at the Craige looming house. West Silver avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley and their daughter were returning to the Craige front dining at the Alvarado. They 1 ft the hotel on the First street side r.nd walked south on First street to Silver avenue and" to the Craige, half a block away. When they reached their apartments Mrs. Hurley discov ered that the large solitaire from her right ear was gone. The ear was bleeding and there was evidence that the band had been torn through the flesh. A search whs made last night immediately nfter the loss was dis covered but the stone could not be found. This morning the search was con tinued. Men were engaged all fore noon sweeping up the dirt in the Mreet in front of the Alvarado phar macy. The wind was blowing hard and Mrs. Hurley believes that the stone was torn from her ear as she crossed Hold avenue. A hard gust s-truek them Just as they crossed the street and Mrs. Hurley believes that the stone becmne entangled in her veil : ml was pulled off by the wind. The search failed to reveal, the lost gem. The dust In the street was swept and sifted but the stone could not be found. This afternoon Mrs. Hurley said that she was willing to 1 ay a reward eyual to the value of the stone to any one who would re turn it to her. It is a blue stone of unusual brilliancy and an exact like ness 'if the stone she wore in the left ear, BELIEVE SULTAN WILL BE EXECUTED He Is' to lie Tried by Court. Martbl for Instigating Mutiny and May Be Klsit. London. April 30. A local news agency today publishes a dispatch from Salonika F.uropean Turkey, saying it has been officially an nounced that Abdul Hamld. the de posed sultan, will be tried by court martial and that it is generally be lieved sentence of death will be puss- d on him. THE FROST KILLED FRUIT AT SANTA FE Only High W ind -revented the Total IN-Mrut-t ion of Crop in I'pper YtUlry. Santa Fe. X. M , April 30. For the third consecutive year the early fruit was killed by frost in the orchards of Santa Fe and tho upper Rio Grande valley, the temperature last night having bi-en down to twenty-nlx. A high wind reaching forty miles an hour, and low relative humidity pre vented the destruction from being total. BLACK HAND 1MSERS BURu'ED TEEM IN NEORK Because Grocer Wouldn't Pay Blackmail They Caused Death of Eight People. BABIES THROWN FROM THE WiiMS Hallways Were Soaked With Oil and Fire Spread Rapidly. Cutting off Escape of the Occu pants. New York, April 30. Fight per sons, five of them children, wer burned to death and fourteen others Injured In at; Incendiary fire In a fl ve st ory tenement house, at 37 Spring street, occupied by twenty ' families early today. The blaze followed the demand of members of the Black Hand society for the payment of $1, 000 blackmail. The Are spread through the build ing with startling rapidity as the hall ways were soaked with oil by the blackmailers. In the pnnic following the alarm, the tenants fought tholr wsy dow n fire escapes: or Jumped from the windows, while babies were thrown from windows to th arms of policemen below. ' Among the Injured, three1 children are not expected to recover. ' Jacob Cruck. proprietor ,of a gro cery store on the first f loori and own er of the building, received April 18. this letter: !, "We demand $1,000 or; death. P.ring it to Mott street. Ji thisinl is dead but the Ulack Hand lives." Jt was signed "Black Hand Society." Monday, Hruck . receive., another litter, similar In tone. lie turned both over to the police. TENNIS TOURNAMENT , BEGINS TOMORROW llHiHlicaiM Have Ilct-ii Arranged and KvcrylMHly Will Have au Cquul SlHnv In the duties. A meeting of the tennis tourna ment committee composed of Dr. 'Mnart, chairman; T. S. Woolsey and j Raymond It. Stamm, was held in the oflices f Dr. Smart last evening and final arrangements for the tourna ment which commences tomorrow af ternoon on the Central avenue courts, ' were completed. Partners have been chosen and opponents drawn by the contestants. The following handicaps have been given: I Mrs. Felix Lester und partner vs. Miss McMillen and partner. I Mrs. Collier and Miss Ferguson, ' handicap minus 15, vs. Mrs. Hubbs and Mrs. Lyons, handicap plus 30. Mrs. Peck and Miss Chllders, 'siratch, vs. Mrs. Merritt and Mlas lledrick, minus one half of 30. j Misses Willey and Strickler, minus 30, vs. Misses .Schuster and Heed, plus one half of 30. I Messrs. It. It. Stain in und Collier, minus one half of 30, vs. Messrs. Slurges and McKte, scratch. I Messrs. Newell and Jacoh.-on. 'scratch vs. Messrs. Itogers and Hing- Jand. minus 13. Dr. Smart and Dr. Elder, minus one i half of 15. vs. Hrouks and Merrill, minus 30. Messrs. Moore and Stroup, plus one half of 15. are scheduled to play the , v inneis of the last match. Messrs. Walia and .Smith. hair plus of 30. vs. McDonald and White 15. Mr. Woolsey and pal titer, vs. chad bourne and M;ia(fey, plus 3u. Van Snt and Barth, plus one half of 30. vs. Wheeler and Talbot, scratch. Danahy and Lundolfi, plus 30, vs. i Hertzi'g and Field, plus 15. j Lester and Staab, minus 30, vs. .French and Flier plus one half of 15. Feegans and partner vc. Hoy Stamm and McCroden, plus one half of 15. The membership of the Albutiutir . que Tennis club w hich is less than a .year uld, numbers nearly one hundred and that the organization is a success has plainly been shown during the last few months, when b-di an hour in the day elapsed but w hat some of the members were playing tennis on the row courts on Central avenue. The tournament, which commences tomorrow, will probably take a wek or ten days and the handicaps are so arranged that even the poorest play ers stand an equal show In the con test with the best. Plenty of benches have been provided on the grounds and all visitors will be cordially wel comed. The grounds will be reserved for the next week or ten days for the entries in the tournament f if practicing und playing. KTOI.i: SI.V Mill. SACKS. Spokane. Wash., Apr. I 30. Two bold robbers held up Northern Pa cific passenger train No. 3 last night at the point of revolvers and got away with six sacks of mall. KEEN FRAULEIN GETS BIG CONTRACT; AFTER ANOTHER NOW FROM JIM HILL 1 h w n,,-. - ,. it . icwr''-. .'.2 F11AILKIX CAHOLIXA STOKTR. ' Berlin. April 80. Pretty Fruuleln Carolina Stoete, who Kaiser WIthelm called "the cleverest young business woman In flermany,'' Is considering go ing over to the I'nited States and laying a little business proposition before K. It. Harrlman and Jim Hill. As she Is now doing for the Belgian state railways, she wants to collect the newspapers left In American railroad passenger coaches and convert them into pasteboard on which tickets can be printed. In exchange for the privilege she's willing to furnish the railroad with all the tickets It needs. There's money In this unique business. The company she heads over here Is earning 15 per cent per uimum on Its contruct with tlic Belgian state railways. scprii Lit A SUMMER CAPIIOl New .lersi y Wealthy t'itl.eiis I'lun It) Purclm- line lU'Hhli-nce for tlic President. New York. April 30. The plan of a number of New Jersey coast cities to present the nation with a summer capltol for the president has been given Impetus by the offer of J. H. Oreenhut. Long Branch and other cities had started a fund for the pur chase of "Shadow Lawn," the $1,000, 000 mansion built by the late John A. Mct'all, whin he was president of the New York Life Insurance com pany at West Knd, for the purpose of deeding the property to the gov ernment to be used us a summer White House for the president. Be fore the fund was completed Pres der.t Tnfl selected the place at Bev erly, Mass., and a few days ago Mr. Creenhut purchased the local prop erty, it is understood, for $300,000 not knowing the plans nf the coast cities. When he learned of these plans Mr. tlreenhut offered to sell the prop erty to the association of titles for t'.O.diio l.ss than he paid for it. thus making his donation to the project $50,000. This has given new life to the movement and it is cxiisctcd thet the fund for the purchase of the property will be completed. New Jersey rep resentatives in Congress have prom ised to see that the government ac cepts the gift. MOB LYNCHED THREE NEGROES FOR MURDER laers of IN-uty Sheriff Were Kx-ea-uleil Might Wit 111. ul I'n- duo Publicity. Fori Worth, Texas, April 30. A mob lynched three negroes lute last night at Marshall. Texas. The three men lynched had killed a deputy slierilf. They were: Creole Moore. Pie Hill and Mat Chase. They were charged with killing Deputy Sheriff Mark Hull, nan und wounding a con stable a few das ago for raiding a crap gtt me. No arrests have been made. HOLLAND REJOICES FOR HEIR TO THRONE Daughter Urn-it Karly TliU Morning to IllicbiUntt Akmiivs liuli-M'iiil-emv of lie Diileh. The Hague, April 30. W'ilhelmina, Queen of tin Netherlenils. gave birth to a daughter early this morning and the celebration is general over the kingdom. The political significance lies in the fact that Holland will con tinue Independent, now that there is an heir to the throne. F.vety town in the kingdom is celebrating the long waited birth of a child to her majesty. -S :V;:HJ?.i ..... - .v - .: FOR NEW HOSPITAL Will t.ivc $.-.00.0OH tu Start anil Add Certain Per Cent From Oil l"rotit Yearly. Oalveston, Texas, April 30. John W. tjiitis has decided to endow the Mary (Jutes hospital, which ho is to erect at Port Arthur, Texas, us a monument to the memory of his mother, with an accumulative fund, lie starts this fund with half a mil lion dollars and will udd to It every year 2 per cent of his net profits from oil, which it is understood will amount anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 pet ti unit tn. The fund will be Invested In Interest-bearing bond;) or other securities to bo designated by a board of trus tees. The hospital will be one of the best equipped In the world. Construc tion will begin iu n few weeks. It was originally planned to make the Institution self-sustaining, but Mr. (Jates says he wants to do what he can for suffering humanity, and only a nominal charge will he made for private rooms. BODY OF A WOMAN NAILED TO CROSS Nl reams In Turkey Carrhil lfic of Murdered tiirlstlaus to the Sea. Meraina, April 30. Merslna is un di r martial law und the Turkish au thorities ure maintaining order. The sanitary conditions are bad, there Is a lack of water und the bodies of dead animals fill the streets. A river which empties into the sea stil'. carries the bodies of dead Christians from the scenes of the massacres. Among the ghastly burdens of the river today was the body of a woman, nailed to ia cross. GARRETT'S SLAYER . ON TRIAL MONDAY I travel Will Appear IVefoii- Jury at Ijis Cruees and Iegal IWiltle Pi-om-lut tu lie Kxtitiug. Las Cruees. N. II.. April 30. -The trLi 1 of Wa.wie Brazil, charged with the murder of Pat Garrett, noted hunter of bud men. will begin In the district court here Monday, accord ing to present plans. A delay may be secured, however. District Attorney Mark It. Thomp son will prosecute the c.se und At torney H. It. Holt will defend Brazel. w ho at present is out on $lfl.(l"0 h-md. it ck n ii in ti:x s. Beaumont. Texas. April 30. Ad vices from Waterman say -that a race war has brok n out between the em ployes of the two saw mills there Two tre reported killed and six In jured. 1 COOLEY AND lECMl NAMED BY TAFT AS JUSTICES Appointments Sent to the Sen ate Today to Fill New Mexico Vacancies. BOTH ATTORNEYS OF GREAT PROMISE Cooley Was Member of Tennis Cabinet and Assistant Attorney General-Meccnam Mem ber of Upper House. Washington. t. C, April 30. Tha resident today sent to tho Senate the names ot Alford W. Cooley. woo was an assistant attorney general un der the Booscvclt administration, and Merrit C. Mechem, of Tucumoarl. J. M., a prominent attorney, to be Jus tices of the supreme court of New Mexico. It la understood both nominations will be promptly confirmed u it to slated they meet with the general ap proval or tno people of New Mexico. The name of Eiarncst w. iwi nu also sent to the Senate. Mr. Lewis Is to be a justice of the suureme court of Arixona. Mr. Cooley was originally a New Yorker but left that statu some vnn i ago to reside In New Mexico. He u a personal friend of President Roose velt ana a member of the "tennis cabinet." until forced by ill health to leave (Washington. Mr. Mecncm was a member of tho upper house of the last loelxlaturj of New Mexico and has a,r ttf.'iul "n iue.se two appointments will, it la said, fill the vacancies In the Sixth district and the recently created Ker- ' enth Judicial district. The assignment of district Judges is made by the supreme court of New Mexico. DECIDED THE COLO WASN'FJORTH $5,000 Judge Abbott Orders Jury to Jrlud fur lUtllroml, us Wonuin IMd Not JProvei Iter Case. After hearing the testimony of the plaintiff. Judge Abbott this after noon on a motion of the attorneys for the defendant. Instructed the Jury in the case of Florence KlUIson versus the Santa Fe, in a suit for $5,009 damages, to bring a verdict In favor of the Santa Fe, the plaintiff not huving proven her case. Miss Klllison caught cold while coming from Chicago to Albuquer que and brought suit against the rail road company for $5,000 damages. She alleges that she was forced to leave a tourist ci.r at Trinidad and wait for the second section of the Hume train, und while waiting she caught cidd. Previous to entering the tourist car she hud been riding in the chair car. When she left the chair car for the sleeper she left her wraps. Dur ing the time she was in the sleeper, the train was cut Into two sections, the chair cur on one and the sleep er in which she rode on the other. In the mornlg she had to wait for the train bearing her wraps. The law firm of Klock & Owen brought suit for her. Col. It. B. Twltchell. Col. K. W Dobson and Attorney Nellie Brewer appeared for the defendant company. New Suit IHed. Daniel Sweeney, a contractor, has brought suit against the Dominion Construction company, alleging dam ages in the sum of $15,000. The plain tiff alleges that he moved an outfit t horses and machinery here from Oklahoma to fill a contract with the defendant and the defendant violated the contract. MANY WILL ATTEND ALUMNI BANQUET Conner I'nlvorwily Students i"utii Rig 4'elelralloit Tills Yeur. From the number of acceptances received by the secretary of the I'ni erslty Alumni society the banquet which will he given at the Alvarado leiii the evening of May ( will be better attended than similar functions iu years past It Is expected that practically the , ntire membership w ill he pn sent. After the luimiuct a business -ei-fion will li held and the banqueters will then adjourn to the Woman's i ltiii w here a program of musical and other numbers will be given. Danc ing v i 1 1 follow the program.