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BREWERS MANAGE
TO DELIVER BEER
FOR SUNDAY TRADE
Strike Still on and No Prospect
for Settlement of the
Labor Troubles
EMPLOYERS FOR OPEN SHOP
Both Sides Declare They Are Pre
pared to Continue Industrial
War Indefinitely
fT\ HE Brewery Workers' strike is
1 ' still on and there are no signs of
-■- an early settlement. Yesterday
the several breweries affected made
their usual Saturday deliveries, to take
care of the Sunday trade In bottled
beers, which is always much heavier
than for any other day of the week.
In part deliveries were made by the
breweries and In some instances cus
tomers sent drays or express wagons
to the supply depots an/5 did their own
hauling.
Saloon men genoraiv were somewhat
reluctant yesterday about discussing
the effect the boycott declared against
local beers is iiaving on their business.
Some few of them reported that the
s;ile of beer shows a marked falling off;
others that the lemand seemed about
normal. At least one of the saloons
Which sells an eastern beer on draught
displayed placard.) yesterday announc
ing that fact prominently and advising
patrons against .he "unfair" beverages
sold elsewhere. it is said other raloons
handling beers not on the "unfair" list
will follow this example.
The local breweries without exception
Increased the number of their employes
yesterday, but admitted tnat they wore
unable to find men skilled in the work.
The brewers announce their determina
tion to stand for the "open shop," how
over, and predict that they will be able
to secure all the help they neea within
a few days.
The brewers have as yet made no
move to take the boycott into the
courts, but threaten to do SO should
it develop that the boycott Is hurting
their business, something they denied
strenuously yesterday, sayinfj they were
experiencing no difficulty in selling all
the beer they could make.
• A meeting- was held nt Labor Temple
last night to discuss the advisability
of calling out all union men couoerntsd
in any way with handling the, product
of local breweries. If this is done it
will involve among others a consider
able number of bartenders and waiters.
Some of the men on strike reported
last night that they had been unable to
collect from one of the breweries money
due then-, for wages. ' V- •
There were no disturbances yesterday
and aithwr-'k police were aselgnnj to
guard the breweries the strikers gave
them no cause for activity.
Eoth sun :■ to the controversy assert
tiu-ir w.'llinerness and ability to con
tinue the light Indefinitely.
LITTLE BOY SAVES GIRL
FROM DEATH UNDER TRAIN
Cars Pass Over but Do Not Harm
Tots Prone on Trestle Ties
PLAINFIEL.D, N. J., May 21.— Hazel
ll.n.hicks and Albeit Hurling, two
8 year-old Plainfleld children, owe their
lives to the boy's quirk presence of
mind in an emergency yesterday.
The two were crossing a railroad
trestle when a f;ist train approached.
There was no time for them to escape
from the bridge, and young Hurling
quickly threw his terrified girl com
panion prone on the ties, and crouched
flown l)"shle her, holding her tight to
Ihe heavy cross pieces, One hundred
bystanders at the station 500 feet away
Bhuddereß, fearing the children would
be lulled, but after the train passed
both jumped up unhurt.
NOT A WHIMPER AS DOCTOR
SEWS FORN SCALP ON TOT
Five-Year-Old, Conscious, En
dures 2-Hour Operation
SAN DIEGO, May 21.—Rare nerve
was shown by Kodney McGuffie,
5-year-old son of A. A. McGuffie, an
expressman, this afternoon. The little
fellow was run over by a garbage
wagon and his scalp was torn off. At
a hospital he endured without taking
an anaesthetic an operation lasting
two hours. His scalp was sewed on,
sixty stitches being necessary. Dur
ing the ordeal he did not even whim^
per. When it was over ho broke
silence, saying:
"Are you through, doctor?"
"Yes, I am through, my boy," was
the reply.
"I am so glad," said the little fel
low. He will recover.
FORMER BANK PRESIDENT
ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 21.—A
warrant wan issued today for tho ar
rest of H. .1 VVelty, former president
of the Home Security Savings bank,
Closed March 81, He is charged with
embesaling $10,000 June 4, 1907. Welty
has been missing for several months
and the Whatcom county commis
sioners have offered a reward of $500
for his apprehension.
SENATOR PENROSE ILL
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.—United
States Senator link's lVnrosu is oOl>*
valesclng at his residence bare, from un
attack of Blip Mid acute Indigestion
rious was the .senator's condition
nt first that four physicians were
summoned to his bedside. Tonight it
was said he would probably be able
to be about in a few days.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
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Log Angeles and vicinity—Cloudy Sunday;
light south wind. Minimum temperature
yesterday 08 decrees minimum, 54,
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LOS ANGELES
Sports. Section 3. I'AOISS 0-7
Editorial. Section 1. PAGE 6
Society and clubs. Section I, PAGES 8-10
Music. Section 3, PAGE 9
New* of the court». Section 1, PAGE! 9
Mines and oil fields. Section I, PAGES 14-15
Markets and financial. Section 3. PAGE 11
Automobiles. Section 3, PAGES 1-3
Dramatic. Suction 4, PAGE 1
Fraternal and secret orders.
Section 4. PAGE 2
Real estate. Section 2. PAGES 1-3
Classified advertising. Section 2, PAGES 5-10
Marriage licenses, births, deaths.
Section 2. PAGE 5
Brewery workers' strike still on, and no
prospect for settlement. Section "1, PAGE 1
Need of civil service shown at court
house, where Job holders are so busy
electioneering that they neglect their
work.. Section 1, PAGE 9
Secretary W. A. Spaldlng defends civil
service regulations In speech before
City club. C---'- Section 1, PAGE Si
Two medical students sue to compel
college to grant diplomas denied thorn
by faculty. Section 1, PAGE 0
Lincoln-Roosevelt league unlikely to
name man for district attorney, and
will support Woolwine, Democratic
candidate. Section 1, PAGE 7
Democratic committee pleased by high class
- of candidates that seek Indorsement for
county offices. Section 1, PAGE 7
Albert Lee Stephens, > judge of township
court, announces his candidacy for su
perior bench. . Section ], PAGE 7
W. D. Stephens accepts Indorsement of
- Lincoln-Roosevelt league in campaign for
congress. Section 1, PAGE 7
Fancy street lighting Is baffling problem
for city. Section 2, PAGE 11
Fast matches scheduled for Ml. Wash
ington tennis courts May 28-30.
Section 3. PAGE 7
News of the waterfront. Section 3. PAGE 10
Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher, pastor of
Temple Baptist church, takes bad fall
at Sunday school picnic.
Section 3, PAGE 9
-Kelly holdup bluff called by police.
Section 1. PAGE a
Geologist Mallory advances theory that
sun's rays shining through transpar
ent comet accounts for tail.
Section 1. PAGE 8
J. Ross Clark says Bait Lake road will
be open for thrown traffic June, 14.
Section 1. PAGE 11
Chairman of Democratic county com
mittee claims brewers and liquor deal
ers are backing 11. M. McDonald In
fight for stale senate. Section 1, PAGE I
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
A 1111 .'!.:;■ ■■: i.■ field meet at I'asadena
Is successful. Section 1. PAGE 10
Additional protection for bathers at
Ijong Ileaoh Installed by city.
Section 1, PAGE 13
Indian princess MAla book and ends car
thai at Bun Bernardino. ... .......
Section 1 1, PAGE 8
EASTERN '. .
James A. Patten makes $1,500,000 profit
on deal for SO.OOO bales cotton.
* i ;• Section 1, PAGE 1
Floods threaten Oklahoma regions,
swept by tornado; snow falls in Colo
rado. Section 1. PAGE 1
Circus tent catches fire at Schenectady,
N. V.; 15,000 persons march out In
perfect order; aeronaut falls 2000
feet. - Section 1, PAGE 1
Champ Clark attacks Payne- Aldrich
tariff bill In vigorous speech, showing
defects of measure. Section 1. PAGE 1
Representative Eugene Foas arraigns
Republican policy of protection and
Payne-Aldrlch bill; demands tariff re-
vißion. Section 1. PAGE 2
Henry M. Duffield elected commander
of naval and military order of Span
ish-American war. Section 1. PA OB 2
Cotton Kins Patten makes deal by
which hu clears (1.500,000.
Section 1. PAGE 1
Presbyterian assembly protests against
Jeffries-Johnson light. Section 1, PACE 2
Maryland solon calls sugar trust
crooked. Section 1, PAGE 2
FOREIGN
De 1.-esseps, French aviator, flies from
Calais to Dover. Section 1, PAGE 1
Caruso Insists on being paid 52500 for
singing for charity; then adds $1000
to It and glveg all to worthy cause.
Section 1. PAGE 1
Insurgent Generals Mena and Moncado
surround Nicaraguan forces un.li-r
Gen. Chavaris. Section 1, PAQB 1
Thousands of Jews to be driven from
li.mH'.s within month. Section V, PAGE 2
PATTEN GETS $1,500,000
PROFIT ON COTTON ORDER
NEW YORK, May 21—James A. Pat
ten received an order today for 80,000
bales of cotton, recently delivered to
him on May contracts, according to a
statement which the Tribune will print
tomorrow.
The order is said to come from for
eign spinners who have, allowed their
stocks to run low In the hope of getting
lower prices and is believed to be the
largest single commission ever placed
here.
The cotton 1b to be delivered at 15
cents a pound and it Is understood Mr.
Patten paid from 9 to 12 cents a pound
for it. His profit on the deal, which in
volved $3,000,000, is estimated at $1,
--500,000.
Opinion In tho cotton trade was that
15 cents was a moderate, rather than
an extortionate price. Brokers said
that spinners must have cotton and
that they would have paid almost any
price for it.
Spot cotton is now selling at 15.40
cents a pound. How much more May
cotton Mr. Patten has left, only he and
his confidants know.
FIFTEEN CALLED TO TESTIFY
AS TO LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 21.—Fifteen
persons were subpoenaed today to tes
tify before the Sangamon county
grand jury in connection with alleged
>f money In local option legisla
tion. Among- those who appear next
Tuesday are .lames K. Shields, head
of the Illunis Anti-saloon league; and
Brnest A. Scroggin, of this city, who
liiul charge of the Interests of the
leiShie during the last two sessions
of tho legislature.
15,000 MARCH OUT
OF BLAZING TENT IN
FIRE DRILL ORDER
Energetic Men and Cool Women
Prevent Great Tragedy as
Circus Canvas Burns
AERONAUT FALLS 2000 FEET
Parachute Opens Near Ground,
and He Escapes with
Only Broken Leg
Three amazing circus accident* hap
pened in the east yesterday, amazing
because each- ordinarily would have
meant a tragedy, yet no life was lost.
When a circus tent at Schenectady
caught fire 15,000 persons filed out In
perfect order. Near, Pltl»burg an aero
naut plunged 2000 feet before his para
cute opened. lie escaped with a broken
leg. Soon after (Ins accident the tent
of the cirrus with which he win ex
hibiting fell, following the collapse of a
portion of the grand stand. AH In the
tent were taken out. None was seriously
hurt. _^^___
(Associated Press]
SCHNECTADY, N. T., May 21.—
Barnum & Bailey's "big top," the
main tent of the circus, caught
fire here today from a cigar stump and
burned like an overturned hot-air bal
loon. Fifteen thousand persons, who
filled the seats to overflowing, filed out
like school children at drill.
Spectators first smelt the smoke, and
discovering the fire, began to beat it
with their coats. The blaze leaped
above their heads, and the next effort
to conquer it came from the circus em
ployes, who began to tear out huge
patches Of canvas. Their effort met
with no better success, for the flre,
eating upward, soon worked Its way to
the topmost peak.
Energetic men and cool women In
the crowd, aided by employes, assumed
direction of the audience and orderly
files were soon moving steally from the
exits. When a woman fainted or a
child shrieked shouts of reassurance
rose and Strong arms were instantly
ready for support.
Not a soul was hurt, not fin animal
Injured. The damage is estimated at
(10,0 I.
AERONAUT FALLS 2000 FEET:
ONLY INJURY IS BROKEN LEG
Plunges Almost to Ground Be-
fore Parachute Opens
PITTSBURG, May 21.—Five thou
sand persons saw' Oscar Lercy of
Percy, Okla., an aeronaut, fall 2000 feet
through the air today at Ellwood, Pa.,
near here, and escape with his life,
his only injury being a broken leg.
Leroy, who is -with a circus Which
was exhibiting there, had made a bal
loon ascension, but his parachute,
soaked witli rain, refused to open until
the aeronaut had almost reached the
ground.
An hour later, while the performance
was in progress, the grandstand sec
tion of seats collapsed, carrying down
women and children. Then the tent
fell over the struggling people, but,
while many were thrown into hyster
ics, none sustained serious injury.
The fire department and circus at
taches rescued those buried beneath
the water-soaked canvass.
INSURGENTS POCKET
NICARAGUAN FORCES
Generals Mena and Moncado
Hold General Chavaris
BLUEFIELDS, May 21.—"Have ene
my completely surrounded and cut oft
from ammunition and provisions. Ex
pect surrender at any time."
This was the message that came to
General Juan Estrada, leader of the
insurgent forces, from General Mena
today. The Estrada forces, under
Mena, according to the plan which
has been decided upon, executed their
first move yesterday at llama. General
Mena allowed General Chavaris of the
Madriz forces to close upon Kama,
when he moved a small body of his
fortes in a feint to attack Chuvaiis'
forces. At the same time General
Moncado, at the head of an Insurgent
force, made a forced march from
Muelle de Bueys, a distance of forty
miles west of Rama, and attacked
Ghavaris' ammunition and provision
train. The entire train, with 200,000
rounds of ammunition and a large
amount of provisions, was captured,
and Chevaris' supplies were cut off.
General Chavaris now holds a position
facing Kama, with General Mena at
his front and General Moncado at the
Genernl Ilena reports his loss in the
feint attack as small.
RICH OLD MAN ENDS LIFE
CLEVELAND, 0., May I.—The body
of Martin P. Case, president of the In
dependent Oil company and for a num
ber of years known in financial circles
as a wealthy man, was found in the
basement of his Clifton boulevard
home tonight. He had died of a bullet
wound, apparently self-inrlicted. He
was. 73 years of age. The despondency
of old age is thought to be the cause
of the supposed act.
BAR TIMID CO.EDS
ST. LOUIS, May 81.—The St. Louis
university has closed Its doom on fair
and timid co-eds, because they would
eliminate law definition! which un
necessarily frank.
Eight young women In this year's
class, however, will be permitted to
finish their studies.
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY L»2. 11)10.
NOTED TENOR FOOLS
CHARITY COMMITTEE
THEN GIVES BIG SUM
ENRICO CARUSO
PARIS IS TICKLED
BY CARUSO'S JOKE
Collects $2500 for Singing for
Charity, Then Adds $1000
and Returns All
(Special to The Herald)
PARIS, May 21.—Endlco Caruso kept
the organizers of the charity concert
at Trocadero hall, at which he sang
Thursday, on tenter hooks up to the
last minute wondering whether he
would sing or not. Ho was very much
annoyed. None of the committee had
taken the trouble to visit him to ask
his help, so he insisted upon receiving
his reguar fee.
To all who tried to make him give
up the idea of asking to be paid for a
charity affair he replied that he knew
better than anybody how much h«
ought to contribute, and with a broad
smile he pointed out that none of the
committee had given as much as they
expected him to give, namely, his usual
fee of $2500.
Kvcntually Countess Oreffulke agreed
to pay this sum after the concert.
Casuso counted the cash carefully, and
then adding a check for $1000 he re
turned the envelope to the countess,
saying he thought his contribution
ought to be $3500. Caruso is still smil
ing over his little joke.
MARYLAND SOLON CALLS
SUGAR TRUST 'CROOKED'
Administration Sales of Philippine
Friar Lands Is Under
Arraignment
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Arraign
ment of the administration's sale of
the Philippine friar lands and of the
activities of the so-called "sugar trust"
in that archipelago was made in the
house today by Mr. Covington of Mary
land.
He said everybody knew that the
Rockefellers controlled the Standard
Oil company and the oil fields, and that
the Havemeyers controlled the Ameri
can Sugar Kenning company, which he
denounced as "crooked," with a "cun
ning criminality unequaled in the
country."
He charged that the government sold
the "magnificent estate of 55,000 acres
of the San Jose estate on the dubious
opinion of an attorney general at one
third the price the government paid at
the time the lands were taken over
from the friars.
He referred to the activity in the sale
of the firm of Strong & Cadwallader of
New York, of which Henry W. Taft,
the president's brother, was a member.
MeKlnlay of California said it was
a remarkable proposition to say the
BUffar company would go 6000 miles to
get such lands.
MORGAN BUYING BANKS TO
FORM BIG CENTRAL CONCERN
President of Chicago Financial
House Makes Declaration
CHICAGO, May 21.—George E. Rob
erts, president of the Continental Na-
tional bank of Chicago, and James G.
Berry-hill of Dcs Moines debated the
question of the "Central Bank Plan"
before the members of the Hawkeyo
Fellowship club at luncheon here to
day.
Mr. Roberts delivered an extended
address, in which he said that J. P.
Morgan of New York had obtained
OontTOl of many banks preparatory to
the formation of a great central insti
tution.
"Among the cities that would prob
ably be represented," said Mr. Roberts,
"are Boston, New York. Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chi-
Milwaukeo, St. Paul, Minneapo
lis,. St. Louis, Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, New Orleans, Buffalo, At
lanta an,i Detroit."
"As a result," he continued, "danger
of a repetition of what occurred in the
panic of 1907 will be obviated."
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
TRANSPARENT FAKE
SAYS CHAMP CLARK
Leader of Democratic Minority
Gives Facts and Figures
to Support Charge
PEOPLE TRICKED BY G. 0. P.
Clothing Higher Instead of Lower,
and Made of Poorer Ma
terial, Says Speaker
[Associated Press]
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Repre
sentative Champ Clark of Mis
souri, leader, of the Democratic
minority, today delivered in the house
what is regarded aa the Democratic
keynote speech of the'euming congres
sional campaign. Mr. Clark hud pre
pared his address with great can; and
spoke at length, giving facts and fig
ures in support of his contention that
the tariff had not been honestly re
vised and that the Republican major
ity in congress had endeavored to
trick the people. Mr. Clark also paid
his respects, incidentally, to the $250,
--000 item in the sundry civil appropria
tion bill for the creation of a tariff
board:
"During this debate we have wit
nessed a spectacle perhaps without
parallel in the annals of congress.
First we heard the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Payne), the Republi
can floor leader, make a vitriolic at
tack on the speech of the Hon. Jona
than Prentiss Dolllver, a Republican
senator from lowa, recently delivered
in the city of Dcs Moines, both
speeches being upon the subject of
the tariff.
"Nobody appointed me to defend
Senator Dolliver. This much, however,
I will say for him: I have for years
regarded him as the greatest orator in
the Republican party. I would travel
far to hear a debate on the stump be
tween him and the gentlemen from
New Tork. When It was over, I am
certain that the country for a con
siderable distance around would be so
fairly saturated with oil that It would
be dangerous to strike a match In the
neighborhood, and it would not be oil
out of Mr. Dolliver's corporoslty.
BEVKRinOE ATTACKED XEXT
"The next day we heard the gontlo
man from Michigan (Mr. Fordney),
who is a Republican of high degree,
deliver most bitter and vlcloub assaults
Upon Senator Baverldge, the Republi
can bOBS of Indiana, on account of a
speech delivered recently at Indian
apolis.
"In milking' a speech In defense of his
tariff bill, Mr. Chairman Payne ap
peared to be performing a disagreeable
stunt. He did not exhibit his usual
enthusiasm or his old-time felicity of
expression. He appeared to be in about
as cheerful a frame of mind as a law
yer appointed by the court defending
without fee a man that he feels certain
will be convicted and hanged.
"The gentleman declared they put up
the tariff on hosiery, und as a conse
quence the price of hosiery has gone
down. He declared they put up the
tariff on wines, and as a consequence
the price of wines has gone down. He
seems to be playing both ends against
the middle, for it must be apparent to
any sane man that if putting up the
tariff on hosiery made the price of
hosiery go down, then by the same
logic putting up the tariff on wine
would Have made the price of wine go
down."
CM>THIXO lIIOHKK PRICED
Mr. Clark declared that the Payne
tariff had not reduced the price of
clothing, but had increased it, and re
sulted in a shoddier class of goods.
The speaker turned his attention to
President Taft, and after contrasting
the president's Winona speech with a
previous one, in which the president
said the tariff bill "was not a complete
compliance with the promises of the
Republican platform," Mr. Clark said:
"All the perfumes of 'Araby the
Blest' cannot sweeten the Payne-Ald
rii'h tariff bill to please the dainty nos
trils of the people. They believe it to
be the worst tariff bill ever passed by
the American congress. That Winona
speech was a serious wound which the
president Inflicted on his own popular
ity."
Turning to the woolen schedules,
which he said the president admitted
were too high, and facing the Republi
can side of the house, Mr. Clark ex
claimed:
"I have a fair proposition to make to
the president and to my Republican
friends which will promote harmony
and which will bring untold blessings
to the consumers in the land. It is that
the president send a message to con
gress, short and vigorous, which shows
that he means business, proposing sub
stantial reductions in the woolen goods
schedule. Let Mr. Chairman Payne re
port that bill from his committee and
put it on its passage, and without hav
ing consulted a single Democrat in the
house I will give bond for the proposi
tion that every Democrat will line up
and vote for it. If he will recommend
it it will go through the house and sen
ate with a whoop, and the people will
rise up and call him blessed."
RICH GOLD VEIN FOUND
IN JEWEL CREEK CANYON
AVEAVERVILL.E, Cal., May 21.—('."1 d
in large quantities has been discovered
in the Jewel Creek canyon, near Myers
vllle and all the ground in the imme
diate vicinity of the little stream has
been staked out by prospectors.
Ch-irles Heath, who had been pro»
ne-ting on Jewel creek for some time,
.struck a pocket which yielded $6000 in
seven days. Some of the pans he
washed Rave him as high as $1000.
Many have gone to the scene of the
strike.
LORIMER MAY DEMAND QUIZ
CHICAGO, May 21.—United States
Benator William Lorlmer left here lute
todaj for Washington, He refused to
affirm or deny the report Hiat he
would make a statement on the floor
of the lauate early in the week, and
then ask an Investigation by that body
of the bribery charges made concern
ing his election.
OTVPT T? f^OP I I<^*S • DAIf.T sr. ON TRAINS »«•.
oJLJMjrJ-i-CJ t/WIILO, SUNDAY S«. on TRAINS 10*.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
WHO PUNCHED HOLES
IN TARIFF MEASURE
CHAMP CLARK
MONOPLANE FLIES
CHANNEL IN FOG
Again French Aviator Makes
Aerial Voyage from Calais
to Dover
DOVER, England, May 21.—For the
second time within a year the English
channel was crossed today by an aero
plane, and again the honor rests with
France.
Count Jacques do Lesscps, a grand
son of the late Ferdinand de Lesseps,
the celebrated Franch engineer, driv
ing a monoplane of the same model
as that with which Louis Bleriot con
quered the straits July 25 last, dupli
cated his countryman's feat in a dense
fog today, starting at Calais and land
ing safely at Wyston Court farm.
Fifty minutes were consumed in the I
journey. Blerlot's time was thirty-three '
minute*
M. de Lesiseps intended making the j
trip from Calais to Dover and return
without lighting, in an effort to win
the Rulnart prize of JMOO, but the
mist compelled him to descend. He ex
pects to resume his flight at daylight.
Lieaving Calais amid the cheers of
an Immense crowd, the aviator sent
his monoplane up to a height of 400
feet and then headed It in the dirce
tion of Dover. When scarcely a mile
out from the French coast the "Scar.i
bee," as the monoplane is known, ml
lost to sight of tlie torpedo boat des
troyer Escopette, which was racing
underneath it to render aid should
the aviator fall.
M. de Lesseps" only means of reck
oning his whereabouts were the rays
of the sun, which dimly penetrated the
banks of the fog in which he was en
shroudod. He determined to keep on.
however, and in order to avoid the pos
sibility of colliding with the cliffs of
Dover he sent the monoplane to a
heig-ht of 1000 feet, at the same time
keeping it pointed in the direction in
which he believed the English coast
lay.
The Frenchman's courage soon was
rewarded by the sight of the gray
cliffs immediately beneath him. There
he stopped the whirring motor and let
the machine glide to earth, landing
without mishap at the Wynston Court
farm, a mile inland and midway be
tween Dover and Deal.
Pew saw the intrepid aviator come
to the ground, for when the news was
flashed from Calais that De I.esseps
had started, the crowds assembled on ■,
the field where Bleriot had descended i
in his epoch-making flight, expecting)
that the new seeker for cross-channel
honors would choose the same spot.
That was what De Lesseps intended to
do had not the fog Interfered.
CURTISS DROPS INTO LAKE
HAMMONDSPORT, N. V., May 21.—
CSlenn H. Curtlss made a flight of forty
minutes today, circling the northern
ond of Lake Keuka twenty-three times
and alighting purposely on the surface
of the lake in perfect safety. His
aeroplane retained its equilibrium and
was towed ashore uninjured.
IDENTITY OF WOMAN IN
LASCALLES CASE REVEALED
Mrs. Summerfield Shows Letters
from Man's First Wife
ASHEVTLLE, N. C. May 21.—The
mystery as to the identity of the wom
an who claimed and sent to Washing
ton the body of Sidney Lasceltea,
known to many in this country as
"Lord Beresford" and "Lord Douglas,"
has been partially cleared. She Is
known as Mrs. Summerfield.
Mrs. Summerfield carried letters from
the first wife of Lascelles authorizing
her to get the body from a local under
taker who had kept it for years. These
letters spoke in endearing terms of
Lascelles and described her three years
of marriage. She spoke of his singular
influence over women, and said he had
the voice of a Parsifal and the charm
and eloquence of a Disraeli.
LASCELLE'S BODY CREMATED
WASHINGTON, May 21.—The body
of Sidney Lascelles, who died eight
years ago in Ashevllle, N. C, charged
with being a bogus "Lord Beresford,"
a bigamist sixteen times over, and a
forger as well, was cremated here to
day, and much mystery surrounds the
disposition of the ashes.
The body was shipped here from
Asheville on Friday. Lascelles' wife
No. 1, said to be a woman of a promi
nent New York family, is said to have
ordered the cremation.
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DUFFIELD CHOSEN COMMANDER
NEW YORK, May 11.—-Henry M.
Duffleld, U. S. V. of Michigan, was
elected comninndpr-tn-chlef of the
Naval and Military Order of the Span
ish-American war at the sessions of
the national commandery today.
j^ CEIS TTS
FLOODS THREATEN
OKLAHOMA REGION
SWEPT BY TORNADO
Rain and Hail Storms Continue in
Southern and Southeastern
Parts of State
25 FARMS ARE DEVASTATED
Clothes Blown Off Seve-al Per
sons Injured When Town
Is Blotted Out
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07CI.AHOMA CITY. Okln., May 21.—
Severe electrical distur!'
heavy rains and damaging hail
storms are reported from over the
larger part of southern and south
east m Oklahoma tonight.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down in many places. High water is
threatening regions along the Arkan
sas, Washita, Canadian, Blue and Lit
tle rivers.
The severest storms are along Red
river. On the field left barren yester
day by the tornado that swept away
the town of McCarty, twenty-five de
molished farm houses were found to
day.
A Wynnewood physician reported to
day that In' had dressed the wounds of
eight Injured near McCarty. Some of
them had their clothes blown off. None
was seriously injured.
Two housei were wrecked at Paoli.
The town of Maysville remained intact.
A Severe storm visited Pauls Vall'-y
tonight. There mie no fatalities, how
ever. A heavy rain fell and many tele
graph and telephone wires are out of
commission.
SNOW FALLS IN COLORADO
AND THROUGHOUT WYOMING
Telegraph Wires Carried Down by
Weight of Flakes
DENVER, Colo., May 21.—A heavy
snowstorm prevails today all the way
from Northern Wyoming Into Southern
Colorado. The weather is compara
tively warm, and must of the snow
melts as it falls. In Denver the snow
storm w;is as heavy aa any Of last
winter. The Itorm will be of great
benefit to ranchers and stockmen.
Five inches of snow fell at Cheyenne,
WyO., and the Storm VOM said to bo
eeneral over that state. Telegraph
service west of Denver was seriously
crippled for a time, the wet snow pull
ing down the wires in many places.
A fall in temperature was reported
tonight from Northern Colorado and the
western slope. Greeley farmers ex
pected a freeze and fear its effects on
crops. Montrose reported a drop in
temperature that threatened young
fruit, and similar news came from I'a
chia and Palisades.
ELECTRICAL STORMS AND
HEAVY RAINS VISIT TEXAS
HOUSTON, Tex., May 21.—Heavy
rains, accompanied by severe winds,
hail and electrical displays, again vis
ited southwestern and central Texas
last night. At Gonzaies, Beto Her
nandez, a well known Alexiuan, was
killed by lightning. The streams are
rising rapidly and many levees in rice
fields have been washed away. Crops
in many sections have been greatly
benefited by the downpour.
HEAVY SNOWFALL DELAYS
RAILROADS AT TRINIDAD
TRINIDAD, Colo., May 21.—A heavy
.snowfall delayed railroad traffic and
threatens telephone and telegraphic
service In this section. The storm haa
prevailed ulnce noon today. Six inctv\i
of snow is reported in the mountains.
The snow is melting rapidly and tho
moisture means thousands of dollars
i i farmers and stockmen .in this BBC-
Uon In prospective crops and grasa
for stock.
FARM HOUSES DESTROYED
BLUFF CITY, K:is, May 21.—A tor
nado destroyed several farm houses,
barus,'orchards and crops in the east
ern part of Harper county last night.
No lives wire- lost.
SEVERE STORM HITS TOPEKA
TOPEKA, Kas., May 21.—A severe
storm in Clay county tonight did much
damage to crops, trees and outbuild
ings. Telegraph wires are down and
the full extent of the damage is not
known. J^J -
COMET HAS 2 TAILS; EARTH
PIERCED ONE, SAYS HUSSEY
Amazing Theory Offered as Re
sult of Investigation
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 21.—Prof.
W J. Hussey of the University of
Michigan said tonight that the cabin
gram from Johannesburg in connection
with photograph* made at the Michi
gan observatory explains the hitherto
contradictory reports as to the present
of the comet's tail in both the east
and west. m '_
"Our photographs," said Prof. Hus
sey, "Indicated two tails, one a short
bright one superimposed against a le«
distinct horizontal appendage, both ex
tending away from the sun.
"In view of the report that one tall
la now visible In the west and the other
In the east. It is probable the earth la
between these two tails, having passed
through one of them."