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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
ZERO AND HARD GALE IN EAST
New England Middle States Hit by
Cold Wave.
TWO DEATHS IN PHILADELPHIA
Most Severe weather in Two Years,
with High Winds, Grips Coast
stntes-west virginia
il FrIgid.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ALMOST every
state on the Atlantic seaboard from Mama
to Florida today is experiencing the cold
est weather they have had during the win
ter, while. the temperature in the west and
northwest is growing warmer.
Canton. N. Y. at 8 o'clock this morning
had a temperature that more nearly ap-
proximated the weather that exists at the
North Pole than any other place in the
United States. At Canton the official Their
momoter of the weather bureau indicated
% below zero.
The cold extends far into the south,
where tonight frost will be felt as far south
as northern Florida, weather officials say.
Warmer weather Is promised for tomorrow
throughout this section.
NEW YORK, Feb. New York city
struck the minimum In winter Stempera-
lures and Just about the maximum OF cold
weather discomfort and suffering today.
Records for the season were broken with
the registering of a temperature of 2 de-
grees above zero at s a. m. The lowest
point previously reached by the mercury
Of the official thermometer at the weather
bureau was 8 degrees above on January s..
Indications were for a continuation all
day Of the cold wave in It's severest form.
Along the Atlantic coast the wave Of
frigidity w1s felt to an extent not expert
enced for. several years, the combination
Of zero temperature with gales as hlgh as
those prevailing not often being recorded.
BOSTON, Feb. 1-Al New England is
shivering in the cold wave which blew
down Upon 1t yesterday from the north
west. In this city from midnight until 8
o'clock the temperature twas 8 degrees
below zero. q a. aM 90 - ps
PHILADELPHIA, Fen. T-ExtremeIy
cold weather. prevails today throughout
eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey and
Delaware. The bodies of two men were
found on the streets of this city during
the night, both having been frozen to
death.
In the anthracite coal regions the tenn
perature is below zero and in some Of the
mountain sections of Pennsylvania the
mercury fell to 10 degrees below.
The minimum temperature in Philade1-
phia was 5 degrees above zero at Z a. M,
the coolest weather recorded here since
February 8, 1908.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. west Vir-
ginia is experiencing the coolest weather
Of the winter. Official temperatures range
from 2 degrees above zero to 10 below. At
Morgantown a farmer was frozen to death
Sunday. The man was delivering a load
of feed and when his wagon tipped over he
was buried under heavy sacks. He could
not move and was dead when found in the
roadway early today.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08

DR.. B. c. Hyde against John G. Paxton,
executor of the estate Of Colonel Thomas
II. Swope.
The charge of libel is based upon a letter
written by Mr.. Paxton to Stewart r. FIem-
ing Of Columbia. Tenn, also an executor
Of the swope estate, and read last Thursday
by Mr.. Paxton in his deposition given in
another suit brought by Or. Hyde, demand
ing 5000. 900 from Or. Paxton and other de-
PENDANTS for alleged libel.
Or. Hyde filed three suits for damages,
as a result Of the Swope mystery. The first
suit, which demanded 100000 from Mr..
Paxton for alleged sllnder, was dismissed
by the court when DR.. Hyde's attorneys
tapplied for an order of dismissal to pre-
vent the attorneys Of the Swope family
from taking the dispositions Of important
witnesses In the case.
DIR. HektOen to Testify.
CHICAGO, Feb. DIR. Hektoen, one OF
the chemists who examined the vlsoera of
Colcnsl Thomas II. Swope and reported tha;
poison was found. left for Kansas City to-
night and will be present at the Inquest
there tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
CORPORATIONS BILL IN CONGRESS
NeVVlRnds in senate, Indicates He
VIII Fight Taft Measure.

WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-THE adminlstra-
tion bill providing for federal incorporation
of corporations engaged in interstate COM
merce was presented IN both branches Of
congress today. The introductions were
made by Senator Clark Of Wyoming and
Representative Parker OF New Jersey,
chairmen. respectively, Of the senate and
house committees on judiciary.
In the house reference OF the bill to the
judiciary committee was made without OBJ
lection, but in the senate Mr.. Newlands
opposed the second reading OF the bill and
gave notice that on tomorrow he would ask
to have IT referred to the committee on
interstate m
Mr.. Clark stated that the measure IN
volved legal points which oniy the judiciary
committee could deal with properly.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
school ENTERTAINMENT.

LOGAN, Ia. Feb. 7.-(special)-Friday
evening. February II, the Logan High
school pupils will give the play entitled
"Bsmeralda" at the opera house. h pro-
oeeds OF the play will be devoted to school
library purposes. Saturday evening, Feb
ruary IL, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. N. Berkeley will
entertain the senior class and high school
teachers of the Logan schools.
Last Friday evening the sophomore class
was entertained at the home Of Miss Edith
Brackeneys and Saturday evening the
seniors and teachers of the hig school
were entertained at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. S. Cobb. A very pleasant time is
reported by those in attendance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
May Be Body of
Nebraska TEACHER
Green Lavender of Topeka Believes
Woman Found Dead Wis His
Daughter.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. Z.-Green Lavender,
who lives here. believes the body Of the
woman found on Mount ~Tamalpais, near
San Francisco, on Friday, is HI of his
daughter, Miss Lena Lavender, who went
to the coast last September from st. Jo-
seph, Mo.
Miss Cavender's father heard from her
on September rs, and she then wrote from
Seattle that sine was going away and
asked the family not to write to her. She
had $1,000 in money when she left Topeka
and intended to go to Africa as a mis-
sionary. The description of the body found
In California tallies exactly with that Of
Miss Lavender She was 20 years old and
had been a teacher in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
DEATH RECORD.
Robert A. Wright.

ORD. Neb., Feb. z.-(speciaI.)-In the
death Of Robert a. Wright, which occurred
at his home in this city this morning. the
career OF one Of ord's most promising
and highly-respected young men. Is ended.
He was secretaTy-treasurer OF the Ord Mill
par and while at Lincoln several
weeks ago an abscess developed under his
shoulder blade. An operation was per-
formed by Lincoln doctors and he was
able to return home. but ne was In a
critical condition. Yesterday a second
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
MAY EXTEND TOURIST LIMIT
Return Time on cke Lengthened,
If Plan of Passenger Agents
Goes Through

w. H. Murray, assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the Union Pacific railroad.
has returned from a conference Of railway
passenger officials in Chicago.
A movement is on foot to extend the re-
turn limit OF tourist tickets which will
moan a big advantage to the buyer. Under
the existing rules a ticket to Pacific coast
points has a n~inety-day limit.
\ Under the proposed plan II will be pos
sible for the purchaser to remain in the
west nine months instead OF three. al
though, Of course. the ticket must be
bought on the regular dates Of sale.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
Fire Chief Dying
of Auto Injuries
Car Running Thirty-Five Miles an
Hour Crashes Into Tele-
phone Post.

KANSAS CITY. Feb. John u. Gaba-
thuler, chief of the fire department at In
dependence, Mo-, one Of the four persons
injured in a motor car accident near hide
pendence hast night. was today believed to
be dying.
]. h. Shauyhnessy, driver, and George w.
Asher and e. E. Went were also injured
In the accident.
The car was running thirty-five miles am
hour when the driver momentarfly lost
control and the machine dashed into a
telephone pole. The car was wrecked and
It's occupants thrown twenty feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
STILL ANOTHER ASKS A SLICE
Adeline WykOff Latest Applicant In
Court for share of Reward for
Capture of Bandits.

Adeline Wykoff, proprietor Of the room
ing house on Dodge street, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, at which
BIZ Matthews made his headquarters for
two or three days preceding and following
the robbery of the Overland Limited mail
train, has filed a suit In intervenor for
5000 against the Union Pacific railroad
as the portion of the reward offered for
Matthews.
She asserts that It was she who gave the
Information that led TO the apprehension,
arrest and conviction Of Matthews. and for
this reason she is entitled to the full re-
ward offered for Matthews.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
LEAVE THEIR GUNS AT HOME
Shooting and Hunting of Game Said
to Interfere with Their
Duties.

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE shooting
and hunting Of game by rural mail carriers
while they are officially employed on the
service of their routes, or the carrying Of
guns for that purpose, Is to be prohibited.
An order to this effect has beer issued by
the Postoffice department.
Complaints were received that delay in
the delivery and collection OF mall was
caused at certain places by the practice
Of carriers hunting and shooting game.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
BcIxmann in Kan.a. civ

DAVENPORT, Ia, Feb. 7.-(Speclal Tele-
gram)-John Eckmann, one Of the best
known citizens Of Davenport, who disap-
peared a week ago. has written his family
from Kansas City, where he says he is
boarding at 1915 West Fourth street. He
says he has no recollection how he got
there, The police Of several states have
been searching for him since he dropped
out Of sight here.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
A RacheIor,s Re1ec1Ion,

Give a man an inch of rope and hen
take an ell to hang himself.
The poorest sort of husband looks bet
ter to an old maid that none at all.
Anyhow, II women didn't have to stand
husbands II would be something worse.
The clearer ideas Of religion a man can
get out of the Bible the more he can
muddle them listening to sermons.
1t takes a. good deal of the edge off an
for a girl when there isn't
anybody left to whom she can tell it's a
secret.-New York Press. .,t-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
RomL su1pect Dead.

LONDON, Feb. IAProf. Martin Eken-
burg, the Swedish scientist who. on being
arrested in London last fall charged with
completely in several bomb outrages in
Sweden, became temporarily insane, but
was later committed for extradition to
Sweden, died suddenly in Brixton jail
today. The cause of his death is officially
attributed to apoplexy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
INSULAR PLACE FOR GILBERT
Made Vice Governor OF
Philippines, Position DecIinea by
MaROOn.

WASHINGTON. Feb. T-Newton w. GIL
bert OF Indiana has been appointed vice
governor OF the Philippines. a position de-
olined by Charles r.. Magoon. Charles B..
Elliott Of Minnesota, associate justice OF
the Philippine supreme court. has been APP
pointed a member OF the Philippine COM
mission and secretary Of and
police.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
WILL GO TO CHICAGO
President Wfn Celebrate 81. Pat
ricx'A Day with Irish OF
Chicago.

WASHINGTON. Feb. T.-President Taft
will celebrate st. Patriek's day with the
Irish at Chicago, having definitely ae-
eepted an invitation OF the Good Fellow
ship club Of that city. The president to-
day requested Representative Madden OF
Chicago to arrange the details OF the visit
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08

operation was performed. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow from the family
residence.
rev. Joseph A. Collins.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. REV. Joseph
A. Collins, a widely known minister Of the
United Presbyterian church, is dead at his
home here. aged 81 years. For twenty-five
years \he occupied p%astorates in western
Pennsylvania, Kansas and Chicago.
Mrs. Jennie Moore.
Mrs. Jennie Moore of Lyons died at the
Omaha General hospital Sunday. Her age
was 2S years. Her body will be sent to
Lyons today for interment.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
Dffference in Charges.

Raw silk imported from Italy Is valued
higher than that from the far east, and OF
the latter the silk from Japan is higher
than that from him Brazilian coffee
shows an import price little more than half
that Of coffee from the Dutch East In
dies, Java and Sumatra) but Guatemalan
coffee comes almost as high as the latter.
Before 1851, however, there was little DIFF
ference in price between coffee from Bra
zl and from the Dutch East Indies; in fact
for four out of. ten years the price Of
Brazilian coffee was the higher. In the
early nlnetles Cuban wrapper tobacco was
frequently valued below Sumatra wrapper;
In the five years ending 1908 the import
price of Cuban was 70 per cent higher. The
relative import prices of Cuban and Turk
ish filler tobacco var considerably from
year to year. Thus in 1903 and 1904 Turkish
was l2.5 per cent higher, but in the next
four years Cuban was invoiced at a rate
60 per cent higher than Turkish.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
Painting by American WOMEN,

PARIS, Feb. L~-Ambassador and Mrs.
Bacon today ~inaugurated an interesting
exhibition of paintings by American women
artists given under the auspices of Holy
Trinity lodge.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE nay

Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets
Druggists refund r.oney II IL fails to cure,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
IMPORTS OF FARM PRODUCTS
satisfies Reveal Gradual Increase
Year by Year.
GAIN MADE OVER POPULATION
~iccretsry of Agriculture shows that
Prices OF Foreign Grown Ma
teriaIs Have Advanced
Steadily.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-(Special)-The
farm products imported into the United
States during the fiscal year 1907-the
year Of highest record-amounted I'm value
to nearly 1927, 900, 900. The imports for
is0s were valued at $40. 900, 900 in round
numbers. and the average for the five
years 1901-1905 was a trifle over $455. 000,-
900. These and other interesting figures
appear in a bulletin recently Issued by
the sUnited states Department Of Agricul-
ture, which reviews the country's imports
OF farm products during a period reach
Ing back TO the middle of the last CEN
fury.
The farm products imported May be d.
vided into two general classes, CD those
which compete with products of farms in
this country, and az those which do not
so compete to any considerable extent
The first class, embracing such items as
sugar, tobacco, hay and hides and skins,
makes up a little less than half Of the
total. The principal items of the second
class are silk, coffee, tea, sisal grass. ma
nila fiber, Jute, bananas, c~ocoanuts and
Peruvian and Egyptian cotton.
Increase In Imports.
Farm products have always constituted
a large part OF our imports. but not the
@AN 80 NAAGN oaNh Apaa1N
hold In our export trade. In the sos only
about one-third OF our imports were farm
products. But their Importance gradually
increased, and in 1875 to the end of the
century agricultural products made up
Just about one-half of the total, in some
years rising above and in some years
falling below the 80 per cent line. Since
1900. however, while farm products have
continued to increase. the gain In imports
OF manufactures and other nona~sricultural
articles has been even greater, so that
only about 46 per cent of the total imports
since 1900 are to be classed as agricul-
tural.
BY comparing Imports with exports 1t is
found that for the five years 1sOl-l9Oo
our average exports of cotton, grain and
grain products exceeded by $74, 100000 our
total imports of products of the farm.
Gain on Population.
Imports Of agricultural products have
increased much faster than population
during the period covered by this review
In the period 1851-1S55 these imports av-
eraged in value $2.71 per capita; during
the five years 19o1-1905 the average was
5s7. OF this increase of S2.s6 per capita
SO cents was due to Increased imports OF
silk. Sc cents to packing house products,
Ak cents TO vegetable fibers, % cents to
coffee. 20 cents to WOOL, is cents to to-
bacco. II cents to all fruits. 10 cents to
cocoa and chocolate and I cents to veg
etable oils.
Comparing the two periods, 1S5l-lS56 ana
1sOl-1sO5, it il found that in fifty years i'm
ports of coffee increased from seven TO
twelve pounds per capita, Imports OF tea
from three-fourths. to one and two-tenths'
and imports Of sugar from seventeen TO
forty-six pounds per capita, while during
the half century imports of Manufactured
tobacco doubled and imports Of wool treo-
lnd
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
DR.. BRADBURY, the DENTIST
1906 st.,

$50" So ~no =. sos
Years Of experience with thousands of
cases for a variety. give us a standing at
our office AS DENTISTS, which you can
not afford TO miss. Our quick and easy
methods with the new, up-to-date ideas
Gold and porcelain crowns from $500;
plates that TIT from $500 to s12.50; Filings
from $1.oO; teeth extracted without pain:
nerves removed from teeth In one sitting
in such a manner that you are not aware
Of its being done. Teeth without plate a
speciality. Hundreds of satisfied people
Reference. banks and business houses.
~ years same location.
Best Work. Guaranteed 10 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08

Import prices shew some marked changes
Cheese rose from 8 cents a pound IN
1851 to 10 cents a pound in 1908, and po-
tatoes from 30 cents to 70 cents a bushel
during the same period. Manila hemp, i'm
ported direct from the Philippines, was
valued at SIC a ton in 1862, when first
recorded separately among the imports; 1t
has subsequently more than doubled In
price, being rated at $11 per ton In 1913.
Philippine sugar, on the other hand de-
spite Improvement in grade, fell from 20
cents to IL cents a pound during the fif-
ty-eight years under review, while Cuban
sugar declined from SO cents to 30 cents
a pound. Among the spices, pepper ad-
vanced from S.5 cents to 75 cents a pound
while nutmegs fell to 70 cents a pound, less
than one-fifth of the 50 cents recorded In
1osf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-23
Session Notable
For Achievement

As the present session OF Congress
draws 20 an end, a review OF its eight
months work shows that fl viii pass
into history with a record for the va
riety OF its activities as well as a rec
ord for important measures enacted.
Haste was made with exceeding sIoy.-
ness during the first six months of the
session. To looked for time as if tho
so-caHcd Administration program
would suffer emasculatiOn. If not defeat.
Yet, with the time for final action. a
vast amount OF important legislation
has been sent to the President for ap-
proval.
BY far the most important measure
enacted by the Sixty-hrst Congress is
the railroad bill This OvershaGows all
others, first because or the extension
Of the power OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and second. because
Of the action Of the railroads in pro-
posing sweeping freight rate increases.
IN the very face OF legislation which
was being designed to curb their power
90 alter freight charges at will
In the FIRST place the new law creates
court of commerce. which shall hear
appeals from the Interstate Commerce
Commission. tt authorizes the Depart
ment or Justice 90 prosecute appeals.
but allows shippers TO intervene for
the protection OF their interests. II
authorizes the commission TO regulate
telephone and telegraph companies en-
Continued on Page Nine)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-23
SEEKS PRESIDENTS HELP
TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE
Bohemian Held Up By "Policemans" at White House
Door Gets Icy Eye When He Insists Upon
Being Permitted TO Enter

WenzeI Jestral. originally from Bo-
hemia, but more recently lrr a small
farm near Fort Atchison. IC doesn't
like White House poIiceIn because
they won't take him IN 40 see Presi-
dent Taft on important bU5iness," as
he calls IT, He told a crowd this morn
ing i'm the portals Of the Executive Man
sion that he was disEUsted with the
United States and their barParous Gus
toms. and that he would hio himself
back 10 Bohemia. which he left some
years ago.
Wenzel, accompanied only by one
small black satchei-he said il con ain
ed change Of Hnen-struCk the city
yesterday from Iowa and went imnedi-
ately 10 the White House 10 see the
President Re said a -'pOlicemans' with
a big star on his coat told him 10 come
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-23
District Measures
Enacted into LaqyS
By J. FRED ESSARY.

While a vast majority Of measures
presented during the Congress just
closing affecting directly the people
Of the District or Columbia are yet IN
either the Senate or House commit
tees, there were some District bills
finally enacted into laws a hals
dozen or more acts Of general effect
are now on the statute books. More
than a score OF special bills passed.
Bills That Failed to Pass.
Those measures which excited the
greatest interest of the people Of
iuSton-sUch as the gas bill. the
hill imposing new liquor regulations.
tnat providing for universal transfers.
that regulating the loan shark busi-
ness. that c0nferrinE the power of a
corporation commission upon the Dis
egict Commissioners, and that rcor-
gaming the Department OF Charities
have been allowed TO sleep quietly
before INC committees or else rest i'm
Continued on Page NineJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-23
WEATHER BUREAU RECORD
SINCE MIDNIGHT

With practically the whole country
swelterIng under "a heat wave that is
uniformly near the 81 mark. weather Of
fcials today could give no encourage
mCnt for immediate relief.
In fact. they hold out less consolation
70 WashinEtOnians than TO ChicaSoans.
among whom the heat has caused forty
seven deaths to date. by declaring that
this section OF the country may be in
for long spell Of hot weather de-
pressing and e hausting.
The tiIst heat prostratiou OF the year
in Washington Ccurred early this morn
Ing, when Representative Henry A.
Barnhart. Democrat. of Rochester. Ind.
collapsed in his room AZ Congress Hall
Hotel Mr.. Barnhart was in q serious
condition when found. but has recov-
cred. The stories which reached the
Capital from other cities regarding the
oppressive heat showed conditions not
so bad a. those here
Prom Chicago cane the report early
that the thermometer registered 50. with
predictions that the mercury would pass
the 90 mark before night.
Hotter at Capita,
This would have seemed pretty cool in
Il degrees; at 10 o'clock So degrees, and
at n:35 o'clock 50 degrees.
While these were the official registra-
tions for Washington. there were dic-
ferent readings ct the little teIl-tale
Kicsk in front Of The Washington Times
office. The thermometer there. each
hour. read on an average four points
higher than the Weather Bureau ther-
mCmeter
That was the real, genuine heat of
Pennsylvania avenue. the heat Nash
inston really felt
After receiving reports from all sta
tions in every section Of the country.
the Weather Bureau issued the follow
ing forecast for the next twenty-four
hours
Continued warmer tonight and Fri
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