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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-19
Rural Guard Barracks in City
of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba,
Destroyed.
MAY HAVE BEEN PLOT.
BUT PROBABLY ACCIDENT
Three Thousand Pounds of by,
Mantle Means of Dealing
Death to Many.

HAVANA May lS.-Two almost sim
ultaneous explosions OF dynamite, sup
posed TO consist OF 5000 pounds, COM
nIetcIy demolished the rural guard bar
racks in the city of Pinar del Rio this
afternoon. Fully 100 persons were killed
and nearly as many wounded Most OF
the dead we're rural guards. but the en-
fire families of several officers OF the
rural guards. 1t Is reported, were Killed
also. as yell as seven employees OF the
public works departments and residents
OF the city,
II is not known whether the explosion
was an accident or was due 10 an act
of conspirators, but the former hypothe-
sis Is considered the more probable. Sew
eral relief trains carrying surgeons, Off
Gers and men of the rural guard and gov
eminent officials, started this afternoon
for Havana To- the scene OF the cataS-
trophe los miles away.
Captain Alfredo Ravena and Captain
Casper Betancourt of inc garrison anG
their families are reported 10 oe purled
in the ruins.
Old Spanish Building,
Tho barracks was y massive building
~ SnanIsh construction and occupied an
cmincnce in the outskirts OF the CITY,
During the late Intervention ~ was the
headquarters OF the b'e'eh'h p"ileu
States cavalry.
In consequence OF the cSclleinent over
rorc disturbances. tho government or
dcred ali dynamite in the vicinity in
the possession of contractors for road
construction and other public works 70
To,n,rr This afternoon the work of
remoylng the dynamite from the bar
racks for shipment to Havana ANA, was be be
i,-,,tmcni assisted by rural guards.
'e1'ir, The ,''' were loading cases OF tho dyna-
m,te on wagons when the explosions oc-
.,,rrod The central court whcr" the
Ill, III .,,s 1oInc on was strewn with dead
The work Of exhuming the Cead and
searching for those %ho , s''i ,I'ay sroo'c &c
T., retarded by the destruction OF the
nIoctrjc light wires and the fear that
n quantity of uneNploded dynamite may
rcmaIn in the ruins.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-19

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

balloon Thirteen years the world waited
I'm suspense for tidlngs from Andree, and
at last the silence was broken by a story
from the far north which led to the be-
lief that Andrea landed somewhere in the
polar regions, having made a safe flight,
and that he and his companions were killed
in fight with Eskimos. Just how near
the Andree balloon came to the North Pole
is a question that can never be fully es-
tablished, but there is interest enough in
the fact that he scared from Sweden over
into the polar region, even though he did
not touch in the immediate vicinity of the
much-sought and much discovered pole.
The use of ball. ons in war is a subject
that has been widely discusseG'-so much so
that readers of newspapers and magazines
are thoroughly posted. Here in Omaha, the
army has made numerous demonstrations
and Lieutenant Haskell and diriE!ole bal
loon from Fort Omaha were features Of
the Curtiss aviation meet.
Aviators by profession and laymen, who
take interest in aviation, answering the
assertion of skeptlcs that flying machines
can never become practical, cite the early
history Of the automobile. Even the youths
of the present generation can readily recall
the time when automobiles We're looked
upon as mere playthings fer short dis
tances about city streets. Now the prac-
tlcabiity of Tne automobile has been fully
strated-demonstrated to such extent
that even beer wagons glide swiftly about
without the aid of horses for drawing
power.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Transatlantic Telephony.

HE improved telephone between
London and Paris which, as re-
lated in a special cable. has
.f8f essSk aroused hopes that there may
$3.50 be before very long telephone
communication between London
and New York, is the application to a
cable Of the system for extending the
radius of telephones, perfected about ten
years ago by Prof, Pupin of Columbia Uni
Nersity. This cable has been laid by
Siemens Brothers OF London, to whom
Prof. Pupin sold his English patents The
device consists OF the reinforcement Of
the current IN telephone wires by coils OF
wire inserted at certain intervals. As soon
as ground cables were used for telephonlng
IL was found that the electric waves. which
transmit the vibrations OF the voice from
ono diaphragm TO the other, grow weak
through the effect OF the earth on the
current Unless the ground cable current
was re-enforced il became useless after
about twenty miles, and the limit OF long
distance telephoning seemed reached Then
II was discovered that II the telephone
was cut and a coil Of wire was introduced
between the two ends the current was
strengthened. Prof. Pupu developed this
idea and devised coils. consisting OF copper
wire wound over cores OF iron wire. lie
worked out also the Intervals at which
these coils should be placed, for II they
were 100 near together or too far apart
t"e Sounds carried by the telephone be-
Ctmc c infused. once he had Lrousht his
idea 10 perfection, It's application to any
Particular proolem became largely "A mat
te. OF mathematics. 1t was only necessary
10 X, his formula and decide ley il where
tn c-i5 should be located. rhey have
Len lUng used in the loEg-Gistarco telu-
lho.o circuits on this continent, both for
tne overhead and the ground lines, and the
INST application to submerged cables was
In Lake Constance, IN Switzerland The
question as TO the possibility Of tEe laying
Of All Atlantic telephone seems To- have
passed from the scientific to the CONNER
eial class OF problems. seys the Boston
Transcript There Is not much doubt among
scientists that one could be laid theoret-
ideally. but there are certain mechanical and
economic problems to be considered that
NVlAay make IL always dream. One diff
Guilty is the obstruction the coils would
cause 10 the unwinding OF the cable from
the drums ia the process OF laying. The
shape OF the coils IN a cable Is elongated
as much possible, but il VIII for all that
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

final finish. will eventually offer
swifter mode of travel than is possible
by land or water And aviation will be
safer after a while, the enthusiastic man
bird Will tell you. as If to support his
optimistic prophesy he calls our at
teation to the danger that has attended
every other means of travel thus far in
vented
IL all of the fatalities of aerial history
were compiled, dating from the time the
fearless Rozler made the first flight a
century and a quarter ago, the record
would assume burdensome proportions. for
the list is long. France has always, up to
within the last decade, taken the lead in
air navigation, but the United States is
now ahead of all other nations, and present
Indications denote that when at last the
air shall be conquered, If that time ever
comes, the glory of the achievement will
be another victory to the credit of Ameri-
can genius.
OF course there is a vast difference be-
tween the aeroplane of today and the old
fashioned balloon such as was used In the
early history of ballooning. In fact, bal
looming Is one thing, and aeroplaning is
quite another. Yet, after ALL it is kindred
proposition SO closely allied that it all
may fittingly be catalogued as aerial navi-
cation.
Getting back to further discussion of air
flights Of an earlier era, there comes to
mind the remarkable undertaking of An
dree, the intrepid Swede. who in the sum
mer of 1897 undertook a polar dash in a
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
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Vars Ready to Fig

have done to the man. who would dare
suggest such thing back in the fifties,
when the late y. ID. Jones loaned Omaha
his hat for a postoffice?
Yes, verify Omaha has been going
some
The Aero club of Nebraska has officers
as follows: President Colonel w. y. GLASS
ford vlce-presdent, j. J. Derlght; secre-
tary ]. NJ Guild. The directors are as
follows: Edgar Allen, J. ]. Derlght G.
G. Powell, T. r. Kimball, C. H. Pckens,
Colonel w. \. Gassford, Howard Bald
ridge Gould Detz and j. NJ. Guild.
Considered in the aggregate, Onlahas
aviation meet was a success. Actual
flights were made some records wero
broken and the crowds came-that covers
the main essentials of a successful meet.
One of the interesting bits of aviation
aftermath is the juvenile devotion to aerial
transportation that has been aroused
locally.
All over Omaha amateur avators are TO
be found-that is, they are would-be
avlators, hopeful that some day they may
aviate. They looked upon Curtiss as the
greatest man who ever visited Omaha, not
even excepting Buffalo Bill Cody.
Small boys were numerous at the aviation
meet and the lure of the air came to them
as a direct result of the visit of Curtiss,
Mars and Ely to Omaha.
And by way of climax comes the ad-
mission of the Omaha Aero club to the
national organization, thus placing Omaha
squarely on the aviation map.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

Then again there was a time in the
history of this country when there was
general doubt as to whether the locomo-
tive engine and steel rails could ever link
coast to coast, but that has long since
been done, and Is now regarded as a de-
cidedly commonplace achievement by those
who do not take the time to carefully
study the full significance of the under
taking r..i
So,- time must tell to what extent the
aeroplane is capable of practical use in
the transportation world. AS yet 1t is
merely used for demonstration purposes.
Who knows but someday the Omaha man
may go to bed in an alrshp berth at
night and land in New York for break
fast next morning.
That will be going some,' doubtfuly
suggests the skeptic, but then 1t must be
train-and they are common in modern
railroading-is going some" as compared
with the early-day steamboat speed such
as Nebraska pioneers knew.
Nebraska as a state and Omaha as a
city are well to the forefront in real mat
tiers. The Curtiss aviation meet was not
billed for Omaha by mere change presence
here of Curtiss or any of his represen-
tativcs. on the contrary, the meet was
given under the auspices of the Aero club
of Nebrsska-an organization devoted to
the study and expansion of aerial navi-
CATION.
An Air ship club for Omahal What
would the pioneers, who came by ox-team
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

be difficult to get a cable with these at
tached TO run as smoothly off the drum as
the ordinary telegraph cable. Then there
comes the question whether such tele-
phone would ever be a commercial success.
1t would be q very costly affair, and the
difference of five hours IN time between
England and the United States would
largely limit its usefulness With the ad-
vance In cable telegraphy and the as yet
undeveloped possibilities Of the wireless
telephone, it is doubted whether any COM
pany would actually consider so serious an
undertaking as the establishment Of an
under-ocean telephone with Europe
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

ground by a somewhat larger battery In
these circumstances Morse signals sent
from the surface were easily read on tho
telephone below, and speech was heard
with perfect distinctness. In the reverse
direction communication was readily ef-
fected geographically, but the transmission
of speech was not 50 good, perhaps on ac-
count Of defect IN the microphone trans
mltter. 1t is thought that this system
owing to its simplicity and comparative in
expenslveness will be suitable for short
range communication, as between island
forts and the mainland, between submarines
and vessels above them, and between the
various galleries and levels OF u colliery
and the surface
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

that aerial. navigation is new,
and so Impressed thousands
OF Omaha residents and thous-
14LlNGyA't ands more of Omaha visitors
- Jvurneyed out to Creighton
grounds last week to sec Glenn Curtiss
and his fellow aviators fly. The Ameri-
can public is ever on the alert for that
mystic something new" and Il is due to
huch wcll-detined trait that amusement
promoters have been able to acquire CO.
lVssal fortunes. The lure OF the air called
men over century ago, and man an
swered, but successful aviation is new
Man has been working air vehicles
Vyer hunuied years and still aviation
may be class.d as IN the cNperih, ntal
. stage.
history records that the first balloon
asv...h4On Vas made IL years ago by
fhatre de RUgler, a breAcLman. lie
butt balloon OF hsnt ahd AIRY sub
Aance, mfiated 1t with heated air and
F'ged away, crossing Tue l,,ef seine and
fnovering over the city OK Paris. Being
the very first OF ali public balloon III shts,
an awe-stricken crowd, inc.u44ls, every
rank from dgnatary to peasant, stood
gazing upward almost stricken dumb with
mute wonder.
Tho ascension was a success, although
1t came near ending in tragedy, for the
same fire that had sent the balloon up-
ward; smouldering In q brazier as the
flight was made, wormed it's way arouuL
until 1t ignited the flimsy body of the
vehicle. young nobeman, the Marquis
dArlanders, accompanied Rozer on MS
perllous journey, and when the marquis
saw the fire eating toward him he tired
to jump. Rozier restrained him, how
ever, and q little later the balloon came
to earth only partially burned, and both
Rozier and his companion escaped serious
injury.
Embroidered by his success at the initial eff
fort, Rozer, in June, 17S5, left Boulonge in an
air craft determined to sail across the
waters. He was accompanied by NJ. Roman.
As they flew in the direction OF England
and when at a point about 5000 feet in
the air, tho whole balloon became suddenly
enveloped in flame, and the aeronauts
Jumped. Their bodies crushed to a pulp,
were picked up "A short distance from
Boulogne. Thus we have In tabloid, the
story of the first balloon and the first
aerial tragedy.
That was over a century ago, and de-
spite the many casualties that have since
resulted from aerial experiments, un-
satisfied mankind is still endeavorng to
conquer transportation through the air.
But what Of it-supposc they do fly;
of what practical use is it," asks the
close to-earth practical business man.
, Whereat, the aviator comes back with
the prediction that in the course of time
flying machines Will DO as popular as
vehicles OF travel from one point to an
other; that the demand for speed has
gone TO it's limit in surface travel and
that the air ship, yet incomplete as to
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

Go into most any store these hot summer
days aud there you win find one or more
electric as very busy. These fans per
form the o. task Of keeping the rooms
cool and destroying the flies.
There is something about the electric fans
which flies dislike. Perhaps 1t IS the
TRANCE hunn.ng noise which reminds
them Of some. dire enemy, Perhaps it Is
the strong current Of air which makes
It difficult for fy to navigate. WhCt-
ever it IS, il has been proven that the
common electric fan is one Of the hest fly
d;ecouragers IN use today. A fan kept play
ing over piles OF fruit the soda fountain,
the candy case or ANY other part 90 the
store when Is ap, 80 lure the insects win
effectively drive them away.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
TcIowrIter Exchange.

The first telewritcr exchange was opened
Ia London the other day. The telewrter
Itself. except a5 to detail improvements, Is
not new, but brief outline OF It's prln-
tiplcs may nevertheless bee OF interest A
telewriter requires only Two wires, but
there are really two circuits. each wire
forming one. The pencil which writes tho
messages IS guided by or controls when
transmitting two links, the other ends Of
which are connected 20 tic ends OF two
arms fixed IKE cranks to the ends OF two
spudles. Hence n the pen Is moved over
the paper lis motion produces correspond
ing rotation in each OF the two splndles
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

quit the city. The following is the table
of municipal rates charged consumers:
Unlimited number Of calls, business
place ......................:.... .S30O5
Unlimited number OF calls, residence. 24.33
tive-party line covering 40 calls..... 1859
Unlimited calls, residence two-party
line OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1886
One thousand calls exclusive line...... A.33
The establishment of the municipal line
in Hun was fought openly at the outset by
the city council and the business element
In the city. 1t was argued that IL would
be impossible to compete with tine National
company, which already occupied the local
field. The people insisted on the project,
however and today the original opponents
Of the plan are warmest in It's praise. A.
compared with the net earnings Of the post
office telephone company, Hull makes a
great showing as the following quotations
from the London times show.
Turning TO the figures Of the telephone
branch OF the postoffca, we find that the
total telephone capital Of the postoffice il
sG,7ij1GO. Last years gross revenue was
sdcoC. o05.Gi. the working expenses $50, S9O5s,
leaving balance Of SiG,3t957 with which TO
pa interest and to allow for depreciation
. aud sinking fund. The profit balance y
only sc on the capital"
The cost Of maintaining telephone sta
tious by the yostoffice the National Tele-
phone company and the municipal inEtitu-
lions also rebounds to the credit Of the lat
Ter, as is shown by the following figures
Post Natl Tel Num-
office. Company. cipsl.
Cost per station......s 1855 % $l5320 sos. 20
Gross revenue per
station ,,..,......... 1914 so.H 19.H
Working EXPENSES
Der stgtiou..,....... 40 116i ll.49
Net revenue per
station ..,......... 9.ei 1888 s.Os
Thee results of municipal operation at
Han arc attracting wide attention through
out England and other municipalities are
seriously considering going into the tels-
phone business for themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

Although the electric light company main
tains that 10 cents per kilowatt hour is a
reRs1 nable charge for power to it's patrons.
relates the Raltim re Sun, the power plant
of Bernheimer Bros department store Is
making electric current to- rifle over
III cent. pei kll0Watt hour. NJ lsadorC {.
Wolf, a member OF the firm, H. speaking O,
the plant said:
"The people Of Baltimore should know
that we manufacture our OEn elcctr.c'ty at
cost tel times cheaper than the company
sells IT, a'aU that our service i- obsoU rely
dependable, We have our own plant ana
Il Is not such an elaborate plaay either.
but Il suits our requirements exactly.
believe that ii some of the merchants and
manufacturers now usins electric current
at 10 cents could see how much they could
save by establishing their own plants
there would be fewer people in Baltimore
using l0-cent electricity.
THE electric company could sell its cur
rent AT cents and sim make a handsome
Profit | know that If We can make f. az T..
cents tie electric company can make IL al
less than 1 cent because they make sl
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

merits easily be carried about by
man. The experiments were conducted in
the chalk caves at Chislehurst. England,
one set of instruments being ON the surface,
while the other was placed in one of the
innermost chambers of the workings, at a
level over 100 feet lower and at a distance
which was estimated at three-quarters Of
a mile In a direct line In the case of the
surface instrument the earth terminals we're
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

connected each to a pair OF thin brass rods
pushed a few inches into the ground, the
pairs being some twenty yards apart In
connection with the instrument under
ground, only two earth conductors were en-
ployed, consisting of two ordinary garden
forks pressed into the chalk about forty
five yards apart The current for the under
ground set was supplied by small eight
volt accumulator and for that above
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
Reduced Cost of Cable Messages.

Hans Knudsen the Danish inventor,
claims to have found method by which
cable messages may be sent at at least
one-third the present cost and at four times
the speed The old Morse code IS eliml-
mated and the words sent as written on a
machine like that used in sending ordinary
kilograms. The saving comes at the receive
ing end where a new instrument some
thing Ike typewriter, is placed ana auto
matically prints ue message Every inn
pulse sent over the wire is lhe same, SO
cables cannot be tapped successfully, FOR
all that would be necessary 10 confuse U've
taErers would bc the changing OF the posi-
ton OF the letters on the TWO keybuards.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

wireless Telephony and Telegraph.
y demonstration was given the other day
of a system of wireless telegraphy and
telephony by earth couduction, now being
introduced by the Helsby Wireless Tele-
graph company. In the system no aerial
masts or wires are needed, and the lnstru-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31

much more and their operations cover such
u large field"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-31
@MAI1ANS 1IrNGIE WITH
CHE. Av1ATORS

HERE If a popular idea afloat
that aerial. navigation is new,
and SO Impressed thousands
or Omaha residents and thous-
ands more of Omaha visitors
luurneYed ont TO CreI4hton
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-23
Mining Work
 at CourtIand

Visitors to the county seat from Courtland state that the various companies in the new mining camp are getting things in readiness for operations on more extensive scale than has prevailed since the respective companies have taken up holding there. The Great Vest ern company, one of the oldest operating concerns in that district, vii, commence to chip ore to the Dougla, smelters within the next few weeks. Ths Copper Queen and Calumet & Arizona people are still doing extensive development work and blocking out ore in the different mines. New machinery recently arrived in the camp from the east consigned to the Great Wes:6rn company in the way of cages and ore cars. This company also con- templates in the near future to erect cottages on the Great Western townsite for the use of its em- ployees- Besides tbese companies there are e number of individual claim owners who are busily en- gagged in developing ore bodies, and numerous strikes are reported daily of high grade copper ore.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-23
From Mondays Daily.

Mrs Por ter Mcdonald returned to Hereford today after . brief visit here of several dave.
 sup't. King and EP & s W officials were in Tombstone for a few hours today on sn inspection trip, returning to Douglas on the ? :35 p m. train.
 Msrcello Hernandez, who was sen- tenced tp seven years at Florence for msnslsughter, was ts ken to prison to- day by Deputy Sheriff Howe.
 Rev Simanson of Douglas. will hold special services at the Episcopal church tonight and a general invita- tion is extended the public to attend Rev Simanson is an able divine whose eloquence and logic has made him [ powerful factor for good in the vine- yard of the Lord.
 As the result of the settling of th' ground. it is ssid, the walls of thu territorial industrial school, located at Benson, are cracking badly, snt already five distinct cracks of consid- ersble size are plainly visible.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-23
Arrested for
 Smuggling Chinese

Conductor Clark and Brakeman Shine, two well known railroad men of the Tucson division, were taken from their trains at .Deming Saturday by United States Deputy Marshal J H Smith of Albuquerque, on @ charge of conspiracy to smuggle Chinese into the United States, according to a re- DOT, that reached Tucson yesterday.
 The arrest comes ss & sensation in railroad circles where the two men are well and favorably known. What the alleged evidence secured against them by the government amounts to is not known Citizen.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-23
Tucson Citizen
 Changes Hands

General Thomas F Wilson an nounced last evening that himse and associates have purchased the Citizen plant, and will hereafter con- duct it as an independent Republi- can newspaper. The deai is said to have been closed about 4 p m yester. day. Mrs Moore and Business Man. ager Monier have retired, or will re- tire, from the proprietorship and man sgement. General Wilson has been elected president of the newly or gsnized company. John Campbell, it is understood, will continue in the editorial management. The pa.ticu. lars of the deal could not at this time be ascertsined. but the above state- ment is said to contain the main facts in the case.-Star.