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EXPLOSIONS KILL
100; HURT SCORES;
WRECK BARRACKS
Three Thousand Pounds of Dyna
mite Let Go While Being
Loaded in Wagons
OFFICERS' FAMILIES PERISH
Pinar Del Rio, Near Havana, Is
, Scene of Disaster—
tal Rushes Help ,
i [Associated Press]
HAVANA, May 18.—Two almost
simultaneous explosions of dyna
mite, supposed to consist of 3000
pounds, completely demolished the
rural guard barracks In the city of
Pinar del Rio this morning. Fully 100
persons were killed and nearly as many
wounded. '
Most of the dead are rural guards,
but the entire families of several of
ficers of the guards, it Is said, were
killed, as well as several employes of
the public works department and resi
dents of the city, on which fell a de
luge of masonry and debris.
It is not known whether the ex
plosion was an accident or was due
to an act of conspirators, but the
former hypothesis is considered the
more probable.
Several relief trains carrying sur
geons, officers and rural guards and
government officials started this
afternoon from Havana to the scene
of the catastrophe, 108 miles away.
Captain Alfredo Ravena and-Captain
Oaspar Betancourt of the garrison and
their families are reported to be burled
In the ruins.
The barracks was a massive build
ing- of Spanish construction and occu
pied an eminence in the outskirts of
the city. During the late Interven
tion It was the headquarters of the
eleventh United States cavalry.
In consequence of the alarm over
race disturbances, the government or
dered all dynamite In the vicinity In
the possession of contractors for road
construction and other public work to
be removed to the barracks for safe
keeping.
This afternoon the work of removing
the dynamite from the barracks for
shipment to Havana was begun by em
ployes of the public works department,
assisted by rural guards.
They were loading cases of the dyna
mite on wagons when the explosions
occurred. The central court In which
the work was goln on was strewn with
dead and wounded.
The work of exhuming tho dead and
searching for those who still miiy be
alive Is going on tonight, but It Is
greatly retarded by the destruction of
the electric light wires and the fear
that a quantity of unexploded dyna
mite may remain In the ruins.
FAMOUS BRITISH POLO
PLAYER ENDS HIS LIFE
Captain De Crespigny, Guest of
Lord Brassey. Shoots Self
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LONDON, May IS.—Capt. Claude
< Champion do Cresplgny of the Second
Life Guards, a member of the Hurling
ham club polo team, which recently
visited the United States, committed
suicide today by shooting.
The captain was found, revolver In
hand, seated at the roadside near
KliiKSCllffe, in Noarthamptonshlre.e
where he has been the guest of Lord
Brassey.
The suicide Is a son of Sir Claude
Champion do Cresplgny and was 37
years old. He served with the British
army in South Africa in IXIW-1900, and
with the West African frontier force in
1903. He was twice wounded and wafl
twice recommended by his command-
Ing officers for the Victoria cross.
NAVY LIEUTENANT TAKES
BRIDE ILL IN HOSPITAL
Daughter of Former Owner of a
San Antonio Daily Marries
SAN FRANCISCO, May IS.—ln a
flower decked room of St. Luke's hos
pital, Lieut. J. C. Walker, U. S. A.,
stood by lite bedsldeif Mrs. E. C. Jonei
yesterday as the Rev. A. C. Hans read
the. service that made the couple man
and wife. Ths wedding was to have
been celebrated last Saturday, but
was Interrupted by an attack of ap
pendicitis from which the bride was
sufficiently recovered yesterday to per
mit the holding of the ceremony.
Mrs. Walker is the daughter of the
late Col. Bryce, who was the editor
and owner of the San Antonio Ex
press, Texas. The groOm is a native of
Galveston.
LOS ANGELES REALTY MAN'S
WIFE IS GRANTED DIVORCE
Mrs. Ada V. Strong Separated
from F. M. Strong in the East
KANSAS CITY. May 18.—Mrs. Ada
V. Strong, for forty joars the wife of
P. M. Strong, a wealthy Los Angeles
real estate dealer, was given a decree
of divorce by Judge Thomas J. Seehorn
lipre today.
The woman charged her husband
with inconsiderate treatment. Amontr
ether allegations VU the Charge that
she was forced for live years to re
munerate her husband every month for
the money he spent on her.
The couple married in St. Joseph,
Mo., in 1870. Mrs. Strong is said to
m independent fortune.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORKCA.ST
I/on Angetee »nd vicinity—Fair Thursday ;
omtiih.l In morning;; Unlit south wind.
Maximum temperature yesterday 60 degrees j
minimum SO. __
LOS ANGELES
William Garland, president of th* Realty
board, Nubmits annual report. PAGE 3
Bait Lake railroad will reopen June 1. PAGE I
Nearly 200 persona make application for
farm lands In Palo Verde valley. PAGE 6
Clroelc play and Japanene lantern parade to
be given Friday afternoon and evening at
Y. W. C. A. fiesta. PAGE i
Father given child born to wife after she
had obtained Interlocutory decree of di
vorce from him. PAGE 13
Program for memorial service In honor of
late King Edward Is announced. PAGE 13
Court finds plaintiff In divorce suit against
Isaiah Smith was never wedded to him.
PAGE «
Psychic high priest refutes theft charge.
PAOHJ 8
President of the Merchants and Manufac
turers' association refuses to Investigate
roads. PAGE 8
Water companies fight charge* proposed by
board. PAGE 9
I-»orln A. ITnndley, aspirant for cont;re*s,
speaks on "Peace." PAGE 9
Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher believes Un
Angeles will get the Daptlst convention
for 1!>15. PAGE 9
Dr. Haynes to stuy foreign mine death
preventives. PAGE 9
Three-year-old-boy accidentally shot by
father, has narrow escape from death.
PAGE 1
Prof. Raumgardt says Pacific coast sus
tained shock of world's collision with
comet's tall. -;•:,•:• PAGE 2
Good Government organization to form
new club this viyk. PAGE 4
Good Government candidates for council
l.ssue statement regarding harbor and
power bonds. PAGE 4
Many reception committees which waited
the tall of Bailey's comet disap
pointed. PAGE -
Episcopal diocese of Txis Angeles opens
fifteenth annual convention. PAGE 14
Citrus fruit. PAGE 13
Shipping. PAGE IS
Theaters. PAGE D
Sports. PAGE «
Markets and financial. PAGE 7
News of {he courts. PAGE 8
Markets and oil. PAGES 10-11
Building permits. PAGE 11
Editorial. PAGE 12
Society, music, clubs. PAGE 12
Around hotel corridors. PAGE 13
City brevities. PAGE 13
Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PAGE 14
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
Municipal affairs. ' PAGE 16
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Santa Monica resident blames comet for
loss of olothea and money. PAGES 14
Ix>ng Beach board of education mem- • V
bers fall to agree on high school site.
PAGE 14
Pasadena board of trade will choosu
officers at meeting Monday night.
'."LL'Vtv" . PAOB 14
Scenes of early times mark San Ber
nardino's celebration. PAGE 9
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COAST
Earth passes through tall of Halley's comet
with practically no unusual manifesta
tion. . ■ . PAGE 1
Government geologists to leave for Alaska
to survey coal fields. PAGE 3
Comet, sun spots and quakes are un
allled says Hale. PAGE 1
EASTERN
Three thousand pounds of dynamite explode
near Havana, killing 100. PAGE 1
T.lcut. Col. Robert Ames to be court-mar
tialed at Manila PAGE 3
American survivors of earthquake at Car.
tago arrive In New York and describe
experiences. • PAGE 3
Report of sales Is exaggerated on stock
market. PAGE 7
Referendum taken as certainty In Den
ver. * PAGE 4
Regulars In senate abandon hope of
reaching agreement with Insurgents
and seek aid of Democrats on railroad
bill. PAGE 2
Miss Swift to marry Paymaster Auld,
whom she defended In court martial. ..
PAGE l
FOREIGN
Commander of American gunboat Pa
ducah prohibits bombardment of
Blueßelds. PAGE 2
MINING AND OIL
California gusher land eclipses all other oil
fields In the world. PAGE 10
Oil supply, If properly handled, can never
overtake the demand. PAOB 10
TRIES NEW REVOLVER;
LITTLE SON IS VICTIM
Child Has Narrow Escape from
, Death When Father Ex
periments with Gun
While examining a new automatic
pistol at his home, 1412 Rich street,
last evening U. Q. Hushes, superinten
dent of an Irrigation sans at Whlttler,
forgot there was a bullet left In the
chamber, pulled the trigger and sllot
his 3-year-old son Howard in the right
side of the abdomen.
Fortunately the shot was a glancing
one, and although it was first thought
the bullet had penetrated the body, ex
amination at the receiving hospital
.showed that a four-inch penetration
of the abdominal wall resulted. The
police surgeons state the child will
recover.
Hughes purchased the pistol yester
day and last night was studying Its
mechanism. He had removed the bul
lets from the magazine, not realizing
another remained in the chamber. Aa
he was pulling the trigger the child,
attracted by the click of the gun,
playfully toddled toward his father.
The baby was almost opposite when
the bullet in the chamber was dis
charged, penetrating the abdominal
wall, but not the cavity.
d lore leaving for the hospital the
father tossed his recently purchased
gun out of the window, vowing "never
again."
TO BE ROUGH RIDERS' GUEST
NKVV YORK, May IS. -Col. Theo
dnru Rooievelt has accepted the in
vitatlon of the National Roosevelt
Hough Rtderi association to be the
Buest of honor at v luncheon to be
given !n New York June 2"
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY I<>, 1910.
Principals in Naval Scandal
Which Led to Love Match
MISS DOROTHY HESLER AT LEFT
OF MISS MADELINE SWIFT, AND
PAYMASTER GEORGE P. AULDS
WEDDING 10 END
ROMANCE OF NAVY
Miss Swift to Wed Paymaster
Auld, Who Acted in Defense
of Her Friend
(Special to Tho HeraM)
BOSTON, May 18.—The announce
ment from Washington that Miss
Madeline Swift, daughter of Hear Ad
miral Swift, Is to wed George Percival
Auld. paymaster In the marine corps,
haa caused little surprise among Miss
Swift's friends here. Since Paymaster
Auld and Surgeon Robnett were court
martialed for knocking down Dr. E. S.
Cowles, a cousin of Hear Admiral
Cowled, because, as the accused men
charged, Dr. Cowles had Bpoke insinu
atingly of Miss Dorothy Hesler. a
Chicago friend of Misa Swift, who was
visiting In Maiden, It has been known
that Miss Swift had turned her af
fections from Harry Puer Storer of
Atlanta to Auld. when Storer arrived
in Boston to make arrangements for
the wedding he was informed that the
ceremony would be indefinitely post
poned, and at the court martial Miss
Swifts testimony that Dr. Cowles had
placed Miss Hesler in mi embarrassing
position aided materially in the de
fense of Auld and Robnett. Since the
trial of the two officers Miss Hesler
lias become the bride of Robnett and
the announcement of the approaching
marriage of Miss Bwlft and Auld will
complete the romance which started
when the prospective groom cham
pioned the friend of the bride-to-be.
BROTHERS TAKE SISTERS
AS BRIDES AT BURBANK
Phoenix Home Scene of Interest
ing Double Wedding
John A. Marxrr.iller. aged 26. and his
brother, Frederick Marxmiller, aged :!l
years, were the bridegrooms at a doublp
wedding at Burbank last evening.
Elisabeth and Hattie Phoenix, listens,
aged 16 and 18 years, respectively, were
the brides.
John, the eldest brother, and Eltaa
beth the youngest sister, piomised to go
throiwh life together while Frederick,
the youngest brother, was married to
Hattie, the elder of the sisters.
The Marxmiller brothers have been
courtlnr the sisters for Beveral months
and it was no secret to residents of.
Burbank that the couples would wed
The brothers are carpenter! and are
now planning to erect residences for
their brides.
The double ceremony was performed
at the Phoenix residence, which was
prettily decorated with plants and
flowers.
After a short honeymoon journey to
northern cities the happy young
couples will take up their residence In
Burbank.
BECOME BIG LEAGUER?
SWEETHEART SAYS NO!
OXFORD, Miss., May 18.—Rather
than lose his fiance, Robert Mitchell,
regarded by many as the best college
pitcher ever developed in the south,
will abandon the Idea of starring in the
professional field.
Young Mitchell had accepted terms
from Manager Chance for a trial with
the Chllago Nationals, and was to re
port before June 1.
His sweetheart, however, delivered
an ultimatum, and Mitchell has for
warded his letter of explanation to
Chance, telling htm that his days in
baseball are ended so far as a pro
fessional career Is concerned. (
KILLS BELF TO ESCAPE COMET
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., May 18.—
Telling his neighbors that he believed
the comet would destroy the earth to
night, and that he dirt not want t<> sea
the spectacle, Augustine Partial*, a
wealthy rancher, committed suicide to
day by drinking poison.
STOPS SHELLING
OF BLUEFIELDS
Commander of Gunboat Paducah
Orders No Bombardment
. by General Irias
■_.■-■. [Associated Press]
j WASHINGTON. May Com
mander , Gilmer of the United States
gunboat Paducah has served notice on
General Irias, who Is in command of
the Venus, that he will not permit a
bombardment of the city of Blueflelds,
Nicaragua, and 'he has also notified
General Estrada and . President Sf ad
riz that he will not permit any armed
conflict within the city.
These notices were sent after Irias
had given notice of his intention to
bombard the city should General Es
trada not surrender. '
General Estrada, It is learned, has
refused to comply with the demand for
surrender.
Mr. Moffat, consul nt Rlueflelds.
telegraphed yesterday that the Venus,
with 300 men and mounted guns on
board, had reached Bluefields.
A demand for the surrender of the
city and the customs house at the bluff
were made through the gunboat Padu
cah and the consulate. The demand
stated that if the surrender was re
fusal Bluefields would be bombarded.
Commander Oilmer served notice that
for the purpose of protecting the lives
and property of Americans ami other
foreigners in Bluetields he demanded
first that there should be no armed
conflict in the city: second, that only
such armed forces not exceeding 100
men lie allowed in Bluefields as were
necessary for purposes of police duty
uni.il a stable government was estab
lished) third, no bombardment of the
city be permitted, since then was no
armed force in Bluefields and such
bombardment would result only in the
destruction of the lives and property
of American and other foreign non
combatants.
Mr. Moffat also reports that Estrada
lias replied to Irias refusing to sur
render.
The steamship Dictator of New Or
leans was Just entering the port when
Mr. Moffat telegraphed and notice of
the blockade was being served on her
by the commander of the Venus.
CALIFORNIA DEPOSITORS
WILL BE PAID DIVIDENDS
Judge Seawell Discharges Order
Restraining Payment
SAN FRANCrSCO, May 18.—With the
consent of the rehabilitation commit
tee of the California Safe Deposit and
Trust company, Judge Be.iwell today
discharged the order restraining Re
ceiver Frank J. Symmes from paying
a 10 per cent dividend to the depositors
of the-wrecked bank. . .
At the suggestion. of the court the
receiver promised to pay the dividend
on May 27 on which date the attor
neys for the rehabllitators stated that
they would be ready to reopen the bank
with a payment to ■ the ■ depositors of
65 cents on the dollar. ,
It was announced in court that de
positors representing »3.000,000 had
consented to . the i rehabilitation ■ plan,
and that before May 27 it is hoped to
secure .the signatures of 75 per cent
of the people who had funds in the
bank. .:■• ,s ,•*.'■• V „..'"■'.'.:
GRADUATES AT 70 FROM
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
NEW YORK, May 18.—The oldest
theological student ever graduated
from the Union Theological seminary
here Is the Rev. Horoatune Jlnlshlan,
who has just received his diploma. Mr.
Jinlshian will be 70 years old In a few
months. His wife and five children
witnessed the graduation exercises.
He Is an Armenian, and is older than
any of the professors who taught him
during his work In the seminary, where
he has been a student for six years.
Girl Looking for
Comet is Slain by
Street Fighters
400 Italians Kne<lin Prayer
When Fire Ballon Ap
pears in the Sky
NEW YORK, May 18.—A child of n.
looking for the comet through a broken
bottle, the best telescope she had—was
shot during a street battle tonight in
Little Italy. Her ."-pine was snattered
and she will die. No arrests were
made.
In another street in the same quar
ter 400 Italians fell to their pi
i when they saw bearing down on them
from the heavens a bright ball of
flame. There was a panic, in which
many were trampled when the sup-
I aerolite exploded into small
fragments, Somebody had been unkind
enough on this, of all nights, to send
up a fire balloon.
KINGS ARRIVE FOR
EDWARD'S FUNERAL
Thousands See Dead Monarch,
but Doors Close on Levee
Miles Long
LONDON 1, May 18.—Thousands of
persons marched in double file on eith
er side of the catafalque on which rests
the coffin of Edward VII, passed
through Westminster hall today, and
when the doors were closed at 10 p. m.,
there were miles of them still in line.
Throughout the afternoon, Victoria
station was the scene of a constant
stream of. foreign .representatives ar
riving for the funeral, Kiu< Albert of
Belguim and Kinp Manuel of Portu
gal, were met by King Qorga and his
eldest son, the duke of Cornwall.
Other arrivals included the duke of
Aosta, representing King Victor Em
manuel of Italy: M. Plchon, the French
minister of foreign affairs, represent
ing President Fallieres, and King Fer
dinand of Bulgaria, the crown prince
of the Netherlands, Prince Charles of.
Sweden, two Chinese missions, head
ed by Princo Tsao Tao, brother of the
prince regent, and representatives of
various German principalities.
Most of these visitors went to West
minster hall after 10 o'clock at night,
when the hall was; closed to the pub
lic, to witness the lying-in-state, Queen
Mn iv accompanying the guests.
The German Imperial yacht llohen
zbllern arrived at Bhearness this even
ing, but at the emperor's request no
salutes were fired. The emperor will
land tomorrow morning and proceed
to London.
The official proerrnm of Friday's
ceremonial, which wns Issued tonight,
is a lengthy document, occupying five
or six column!-- in the newspapers.
Mr. Roosevelt, as special envoy of
the United Statrs. with M. Piehon,
Will ride in the eighth carriage in the
procession.
ROOSEVELT WILL ATTEND
KING EDWARD'S FUNERAL
Is Now Guest at House of Ambas
sador Reid
LONDON, May is.—Mr. Roosevelt is
seeing many personal friends at Dor
chester house, the home of Ambassador
Reid, but is going out very little and is
accepting no dinner invitations. On
Friday he Will he present at the funeral
Of King Edward in his capacity as a
special ambassador of the United
States. The appointment of Henry
White, former American ambassador to
Frame, as the diplomatic delegate from
the United States to the royal obse
quies, is regarded in court as a
thoughtful act by President Taft, be
hauae Mr. White had long known King
Edward.
Mr Roosevelt began the day with a
long talk with his old friend, Seth Bul
lock, deputy United Btates marshal in
South Dakota. Mr. Bullock had lunch
eon with Secretary Phillips of the
American embassy. During the fore
noon Mr. Roosevelt was received in
audience by King Frederick of Den
mark. Mr. White was received at the
same time by his majesty.
Colonel Roosevelt had an audience
also with King Haakon of Norway, and
met King George of Greece. With all
the members of the American special
embassy he wrote his name In the visi
tors' bwoks of the king of Spain, Prince
Henry of Prussia. Grand Duke Michael
and other royalties.
YEAR ON ROCK PILE
IS PRiEST'S PENANCE
OGDEN, Utah, May 18.—"Twelve
months on the rock pile" is the way
James Ambrose Ryan, unfrocked Cath
olic priest, who renounced his vow of
celibacy to espouse an Ogden telephone
girl at Denver more than a year ago,
describes the pantUKM he Intend! to
suffer in order to regain his standing
in the church.
This was Ryan's statement last
night. He has been released on bail
from the city Jail, where he was
placed Sunday after engaging in a fist
fight with the father of his wife.
He has employed an attorney to de
fend him on the charge of peace dis
turbing.
ROBBINS WltL DENY MARRIAGE
MEXICO CITY, May 18.—George C.
Robbins, whose extradition to Los An
geles on a charge of bigamy has been
asked through the American embassy
here and whose hearing was set for
May 20, will make the plea that suffi
cient proof has not boon adduced that
he was married to (lenevieve Lindsay,
who came to Mexico with him as his
bride and who as one of his recog
nized attorneys haß been aiding in the
preparation of the defense.
OTTVOTTT" POP TVQ* DAILY Se. ON TRAINS B«.
OXIMjrJL/Jlj jIUIO . si;M>AY Be. ON TRAINS 10&
COMET'S TAIL SPLIT
ASTRONOMER SAYS
SUN SPOTS.COMET,
QUAKES, UNALLIED
Director Hale of Carnegie Obser
vatory Makes Observations
of Ethereal Phenomena
OLD SOL MAY LIGHT UP COMET
Declares Recent Seismic Disturb
ances Are Not Traceable
to Sky Vagrant
r Associated Pressl
PASADENA, May 18.—While wait
ins for any manifestations of the
(limit's proximity, Director
George E. Hale of the Carnegie ob
servatory trained the big telescopes
and solar photographing apparatus
today on the spots that now mark the
sun's fare. He and his assistants
found one large group of spots located
approximately in the center of the sun,
a smaller group which Dr. Hale says
appears to be associated with the
larger and a single small spot stand
ing on the edge of the sun.
The total length of the largo group
is estimated to be about lOO.ftOO miles.
The penumbra or shadowy rims of the
spots were found to contain three umb
rae or Mark areas, one of which was
large than the other two. The smaller
group consists of one spot with two
umbrae and several smaller spots.
Previous photographs were taken of
the spots May 14 and these show the
groups of spots near the eastern edge
of the sun. Since then the larger spot
has greatly increased in size.
Til.' spots are of the tornado type—
vortices or whirling volumes of , in
tensely heated gases and metallic
vapor.' highly charged with electricity,
which produce strong magnetic fields,
Dr. Hale said. These fields might dis
turb the magnetism of the earth. But
Dr. Hale added that he did not think
the spots were responsible for recent
seismic- disturbances.
"You can say for me." he said, "that
there is not the slightest reason to
suppose that the sun spots have any
connection cither with recent earth
quakeS or the comet."
Dr. Hale added Inter that the spots
might have some effect in brightening
the comet.
"Eruptions associated with the large
spots like those we now have on the
sun," he said, "are supposed to send
out electrons. If they pass through
the comet they might increase its
brilliance perceptibly "
COMETAFFECTS WEATHER
DECIDES PRDF. RIGKARD
Santa Clara Astronomer Says the
Sunspots and Long-Tailed
Flyer Are Co-operative
SAN JOSE, May 18.—Prof. J»rome
S. Rlckard of the observatory of Santa
Clara college tonight issued the fol
lowing statement:
After two months of rest, the solar
surface is showing a recrudescence of
activity, worthy of a maximum period,
May IS, at 1 p. m., there could be seen
a large, Intensely blue-colored spot,
convex to lhe westward, concave to
the eastward, in shape nearly like a
half-moon.
As a master spot, it had a retinue of
fourteen little ones, or pores, follow
ing in the rear of the eastern sick-, led
by a vanguard of one taller and bigger
than the rest. It was about twelve
hours cast of the solar axis. West of
the north and south line through the
center of the sun, at a disc of a few
degrees, stood another group of three
spots, a big one and two small ones.
The first and larger group is, say,
eight degrees south latitude, and the
second about ten degrees same lati
tude.
The largest black spot measures 236,
--318 by 78,773 miles. The smaller group
appeared May 12 and was single; then
be. :inie, triple. The larger group was
first seen May 15 on eastern limb as
a family of seven, then of nine, May
16, or eight, May 17, filially of fifteen.
May 18.
Why this sudden change on the star
of day? It may be held, it has been
'hold, it is well nigh demonstrated, that
the rise and the wane of sun spots and
faculae is due to planetary influence.
The greatest of the world's long-ranee
forecasters Is going by the planets'
positions. I go by the sunspots and
faculae. Our dates always agree.
Therefore, planets and sunspots are
indlssolubly connected.
Halley's comet may be viewed and
ranks as a formative planet.
Therefore, it must have a reactive in
fluence on the sun and consequently
with the weather.
Two slight and short seismic mani
festations at 6:25 p. m., on the two in
struments.
SAYS DIAMETER OF SUN
SPOTS IS 150,000 MILES
ST. LOUIS, May 18.—Thirty sun
spots, one of which was estimated to
be 150,000 miles in diameter, were seen
by Father Martin S. Brennan, astron
omer at Kenrick seminary, this after
noon. The spots, according to Father
Brennan, indicate violent solar erup
tions.
"The spots on the sun," said Father
Brennan, "were in three groups. I saw
them at 2:30 o'clock. Twenty-six spots
were In one; three in another and one
(Continued on r««e Two)
CENTS
DIDN'T SEE IT, EH?
WELL WE WENT
THROUGH ALLRIGHT
Auroral Lights and Dim Glow the
Only Unusual Features
Observers Noted
TRIP REQUIRED FIVE HOURS
Nebulous Wanderer to Become
Visible Again Friday on Its
Way Into Space
[Associated Press}
WASHINGTON, May 19.—At
4 o'clock this' morning Asaph
Hall of the Naval observatory
here said the earth would not pass
through the comet's tail until
some time today.
PRINCETON, IK. a., May 18.—At » a. in.
I>r. Henry N. Russell, professor of astronomy
at Princeton university, declares that con
trary to general predictions, the earth haut
not yet passed through the tall of llalley'B
comet, lie said that towards the east a dis
tinct streak of light was visible, very much
similar to the milky way. lie declared tha
reason why the earth had not yet reached
the comet's tall Is that the tall is curved
away from the earth and although the head
of the comet has crossed the sun's disk by
four hours the tall will probably not reach
the earth until later In tbo niornlng.
THE comet came, the comet went,
and this old earth is no worsa
and no better, and thus far very
little wiser.
There was no collision, aa the super
stitious and the ignorant feared, and
now that the comet is headed auay
from us there will be no recurrence of
the manifestations of terror that were
recorded to all parts of the world.
The earth did pass through the tail
of the comet, but nobody suffered from
the deadly cyanogen gas. To the naked
eye the tail of the comet was indeed
"the veriest approach to nothing set
in the midst of naught."
None of the eastern observatories had
anything of note to report either dur
ing the day or the night. At Chicago
and at Williams Hay, Wis., where is
the great Yerkes telescope, the condi
tions for observations .seemed the best,
and the astronomers there were confi
dent the negative as well as the posi
tive results of their examination would
be of lasting scientific value.
1 The whole performance took little
more than five hours. Observers dif
fered as to the exact time, at which
the earth began to pass through the
comet's tail, but the opinion averaged
a moment between 10 and 11 o'clock at
night, eastern time.
The combined speed of the tall and
the earth was estimated at slightly
more than 46 miles a second, and the
breadth of the tall at about 1,000,000
miles.
Friday the comet will become visible
again, headed away from us with tha
tail sticking straight up out of the
western sky, a little above the spot
where the sun sinks. There will then
Ije no light from the rising sun to dim
the glory of the spectacle, and It is
likely to be far more majestic than in
the stages of the approach.
At the end of a month good by for
another 75 years.
DISTURBANCE ON SUN
MAY EXTEND TO EARTH
VALI.EJO, May 18.— Prof. T. J. J.
See of the United States naval observ
atory at Mare Island tonight reported
the following observations on sun
spots:
"Great sun spots were noted at 4 p.
m. here today. The largest spot waa
slightly northeast of the sun center.
and was made up of three parts rough
ly joined together by bridging, such as
characterizes complicated spots. This
seemed to indicate that the disturb
ance of the sun is destined to last sev
eral days. It appears to be Increasing
in magnitude, and to be of the vortex,
or whirlpool type, which often gives
rise to disturbances to the earth's mag
netism.
"The sun spots will reach the sun's
central meredian In another day or
two, and if any disturbance of the
earth's magnetism is to occur from
this cause, it is likely to come about
Friday. The spots now seen are not
believed to have any connection with
the comet, and if any aurorae or elec
tric effects occur tonight we should
probably ascribe them to the comet
rather than to the spots on the sun.
"The largest spot observed at Mare
Island was estimated to be 60,000 miles
long and 30,000 miles wide."
AURORAL LIGHTS DISPLAY
GREAT AT WILLIAMS BAY
WILLIAMS BAY, Wls., Yerkes Ob
servatory, May 18. —As the world
d through the tail of Hallcy's
comet, astronomers at tho Yerkes ob
servatory tonight secured photograph!
and accurate records of meteoric phen
omena and varyingl heavenly illumina
tion under atmospheric conditions
nearly perfect for work with camera
and telescope.
Although a spectacular display of
: -ora lights which reached across tha
f: y from east to west was observed
here, Prof. Frost, in charge of the ob
tservatory, and Prof. Mitchell of New
York, do not connect tho phenomena
directly with the comet.
"While the glow of tha corner* tall
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