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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21

In connection with Excuse Ne" the
faree which comes TO the Brandess nm
Thursday. Friday and Saturday with 4
matinee on Saturday. the circumstances
OF tie plot and the execution OF the
stage manager Of the authors dsxixn.
ars responsible for a feature which,
while IL n not meant 10 be an adyertis.
ing feature. might very well be con.
ktrued a. such.
Al every performance a bracelet Is tos.
sed into the audience. and as the orna.
ment Is an attractive and comparatfvely
valuable one. 1t can be readily under.
stood that the success Of the farce. IN
Rupert Hughes. in addition 70 other pro.
duction expenses. Is likely TO cost M
Savage pretty price for arnIets thu,
thrssn away.
Al the scenes Of Excuse Me- are laI.
on en- overland limited train bound frur
Chicago 70 San Francisco. Among IN,
Passengers art a young army lieutenant
the young woman who r. to become ~
wife Just as soon as they can ma .
minister who VIII perform the ceremony
aud young woman who was engaged I,
ths officer before he pllghted his troll
70 biz fiances Of the moment. The erxt
~kns nancee wears 3 bracelet which va
the gift q the army officer. presents.
eufsns his oourtinx days. and IN. sigh
q the bracelet zrouses the jealousy o
the hrsde-to-be to the point where en-
refuses . further consider the OFFICER,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21

On Wednesday afternoon and evening
a. the Brandeis Miss Fitch viii present
the classes Of the Brandeis and Boyd
school Of Acting In series OF sketches
and dances At the matinee two sketches
andstw series OF dances. Including The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
FINDS A BALANCE.
Good Showing Made by School Treas
urer'S Report.

A balance is shown in all school
funds, according to the annual report
of the treasurer of the board. sub
nitted at the board of education meet
ing last night A condensed statement
follows:
General fund-July 1, 1911-Bal-
ance $2,2S9.60. July 1, 1912-Balance
on hand $6,970.S4.
Retirement fund-Transferred from
general fund $4,000.
Building fund Balance July 1,
1911, $1,153.29. July 1, 1912-Balance
$3,244.16.
interest and sinking fund-July 1,
1911-Balance $1O,7S2.24. July l,
1912-Balance $S,S1O.37.
However, the satisfaction at this did
not influence the request Of the state
Fair association to change the date OF
the opening of school in the fall which
falls on fair week. The request was
made to the board and declined.
The clerk was authorized to ask for
bids on the new Quinton Heights
building and the Potwin school build
ing. The bids are to be opened July
Is, when the contract will be awarded.
The resignation of Miss Virginia
Meade. teacher in the domestic science
department was received. She will
teach the same branches at K. S. A. c.,
Manhattan.
An additional salary of $500 q year
was granted H. f. Jett, supervisor of
penmanship at the high school to sup
ervise the same work in the grade
schools.
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The accident happened when Miss
Quimby and Willard were returning
from trip over Boston harbor to
Boston light, a distance of 20 miles in
all. The flight was made in 20 minutes.
The Bleriot, one of the latest models
of military aeroplanes, circled the avia-
ton field and SCARED out over the Savin
Hill Yacht club,A5ust outside the avia-
ton grounds. -
Heading back sinto the eight-mile
gusty wind, Miss Quimby Started TO
volplane. The angle was too sharp and
one of the gusts caught the tail of the
Perpendicular .
For an insta11ts1e there. Then
sharply outlined against the setting
sun, Willard was thrown clear to the
chassis, followed almost Immediately by
Miss Quimby. Hurting over and over
the two figures shot downward striking
the water 20 feet from shore They
splashed out of sight second before
the monoplane plunged down fifteen
feet away.
Sank in the Mud
1t was low tide and the water was
only five feet deep. Men from the
yacht club in motor boats were on the
spot quickly and 1eaping overheard,
dragged the bodies out of the mud into
which they had sunk deeply. Death
probably was instantaneous
Both bodies were badly crushed.
Several of Miss Quimby's bones were
broken and there were many large
bruises. Willard. who weighed 100
pounds, hit the water first and over
one eye there was cash from which
the blood was flowing. He, too, sus-
tanned several fractures and bruises.
The clothing of both filters was torn
and the bodies were so covered with
mud that it was several minutes be-
fore the doctors and nurses could de-
termine the full extent of the injuries
When the victims were brought
ashore in motor boats, the bodies were
laid on the ground on the edge of the
aviation field. The crowd which had
been witnessing the flights rushed
over, but a troop of state cavalry held
the people back while DR.. George
Sheahan, the field surgeon. with his
staff and nurse made hasty ex-
aminations.
In a few moments ambulances ar
rived and the victims were taken to
the Quincy hospital
Flying high overhead at the time
of the fall was Miss Blanche Stuart
Scott, another aviatrice. taking part
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TIDE HAS TURNED
Clark Delegates Begin to Re-
turn to First Love.
Had Regained Eight Votes
When Convention Adjourned.

Baltimore, July 1.-The deadlock in
the Democratic national convention
over a presidential nominee seemed
more complicated than ever when ad-
journment was taken at 12:43 a. m.
until noon today. Woodrow Wilson
had made steady gains during Mon
days balloting until he reached a high
water mark of 5011s votes on the thirty
ninth ballot. He remained stationary
or the fortieth ballot and then began to
lose ground.
The last ballot was the forty-second.
when Governor Wilson polled 494 votes.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb of his candidacy on the bal
lot where Wilson reached crest. He
went down to 1872 votes at that time,
but Immediately began to pick up and
had gone to 4SO when adjournment was
taken.
The speaker came over to Baltimore
during the evening and was a guest at
the home of Mayor Preston. near con-
vention hall. He returned to Washing
ton shortly before midnight.
The evening started auspiciously for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
LID MUST Be LOST.
Salinas Alligator Is Working Up the
River.

Salina, Kan, July 2.-There is big
alligator in the Smoky river and it
seems to be coming this way.
A year ago the big fellow was report
ed in the Republican river near Clay
Center About two or three weeks ago
he was seen in the Smoky Hill river
near Junction City. The Republican
and Smoky Hill meet at Junction City
and form the Kaw. The saurfan evil
IDENTIFY swan down the Republican and
then turned up in the Smoky Hill.
According to reports received, two
farmers saw the gator in the Smoky
above the Enterprise mill dam.
No one seems to know where he came
from. Several years ago two small
alligators escaped from the Tatro
greenhouse and got into the Smoky Hill
river. These were little fellows but as
the alligator grows very slowly, the
Tatro alligators are small yet, if living,
so that this big fellow coming towards
Salina cannot be one of them. The
Tatro alligators have never been seen
since they got out of the greenhouses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
Roads Preparing for Big Traf-
fic This Fall.
In Kansas, Nebraska and Okla
homa $4,000 Cars.
GETTING READY IN KANSAS
Rock Island and Santa Fe Buy
New Engines.
other Items of General Inter
est in Traffic World.

vrL farmers are not the only per-
.ons in kansas who are worrying
at,o1i, traffic and erop r latlolls l,liS
FaU The railroad officials IN Aope .
want If known that they nave WoIiiess
foo-vvorries over the preparation ol
the equipment for the li ~ eoToe
movement which is sure to come
Possibility that equipment ana ter
,,oinal facilities will not be in condltlol
adequately to meet the oennaHus "
Of fall traffic is causing concern among
all western railroad OFFICIALS not olllS
Roads of the middle West, particularly
those operating through this stare
Nebra ska and Oklahoma, are making
preparations for the greatest graih
movement they have ever had Estl-
mates made by traffic OFFICIALS OF sew
eral roads are that the wheat move
rnent alone in the above three states
win call for over 100000 cars.
Facing the prospect of this tremen-
dous traffic movement they have I'M
der active way plans to concentrate
every available car by the time gram
that the first grain movement ia Kan
sas alone will call into requ1sltfon
about AZ, 900 cars
To meet the general traffic demand
in prospects railroads are working
car repair shops at different points
added to the Santa Fe freight car shops
schedules in Topeka. Inquiries made
have elected assurances that there
will be adequate motive power to
handle necessary number of trains.
The Rock Island alone has ordered
about fifty new engines to be delivered
to it's Kansas division in few days;
the Santa Fe will have a number of
new locomotives to put into service,
and has practically rearranged its
schedule so as to have the maximum of
motive power available; Missouri Pa
cific will also put most Of it's new
equipment recently offered into service
when the grain movement begins.
Despite preparations under way, the
general belief obtains among traffic
officials that it will not be possible
for the roads to more than keep up
with volume of traffic. Keeping this
before Themselves they are providing
extra elevators and other storage facil-
tiles at all feasible points. A large
number of new grain elevators were
completed recently in Kansas, and
now, at principal forwarding points in
the grain belt, elevator men have con-
traced for warehouse space to store
sacked grain. = --a-tss sss-f p = $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
GO AFTER EVIDENCE.
Rebate Case Commissioners viii Be
Gone Six or Seven Weeks.

New York, July 2.-Among the pas
sengers booked on the outward bound
liner Mauretania today, We're the mem
bers of commission authorized by the
federal district court to take testimony
in England, Germany and France III
the governments prosecutions for re-
batting against George w Sheldon &
Co, forwarders, of Chicago; the Le-
high Valley and Baltimore & Ohio
railroads and others. Besides counsel
for the several defendants, the party
included United States Attorney Henry
A. Wise and Special Examiner George
Zengerle.
The commission will return about
August "a, and at the trial of the de-
PENDANTS the evidence taken abroad will
be read to the jury in the cases to
which it applies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02

/ got some Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
eura Ointment She tried to rub on
everything VIC put on so that we would sit
and hold her hands for two hours at time.
trying to give the medicine 3 chance to help
her, but after I washed it with Cuticura Soap
and then put on the Cuticura Ofntmens
they seemed to soothe her and she did not
try to rub them on. 1t was only a few
days before her face was all healed up.
and there has been no return Of the troubIe
since. We thought that baby's face would
surely be SCARED. but it is not" (Signed1
Mrs. W. J. Cleland. Jan. 3. 1912.
sold throughout the world. Liberal sample Of
each mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Adj
dress postcard "Cuticura. Dept.T. Boston
Tender-fsced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick. 25c. sample free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
CHANGES ON ROCK ISLAND.
designations in Iowa Cause Promo
tions and appointments.

A number of promotions and
changes have been announced by the
Rock Island officials in Topeka. A.
z. Wallace has been appointed super
1ntendent of the Minnesota division,
with headquarters at Cedar Rapids,
Ia. vice w. H. Given, resigned. F.
W. Rosser has been chosen superin-
tendent of the Dakota division, with
headquarters at Esthervil1e, Ia, vice
G. J. Wilson, resigned Mr.. Wallace
at present is assistant superintendent
of the Burlington at st. Paul Mr..
RoSSer has been trainmaster for some
time of the Illinois division of the
Rock Island, with headquarters at
Rock Island, Ill.
Vice President F. c. Macmillan of
the ST. Paul & Kansas City Short Line
railroad. having relinquished the title
of general manager, w. NJ. Whiten-
ton, general manager of the Rock Is
land, has been appointed to that posi-
ton. with headquarters at Des Moines,
Ia.
other changes are announced on the
St. Paul & Kansas city Short Line,
effective July L, 1912: T. Rumney
becomes assistant vice president, in
H --ubbell becomes superintendent of
telegraph. J. r. Pickering acting SUI
perintendent car service and o. Max
ey supervisor of weights, all with
headquarters at Chicago.
W. H. Peterson is appointed engi-
neer maintenance of way, with head
quarters at Des Moines, Ia, vice II.
L. Jackson, engineer, assigned to 9TH
er duties. J. B. fitzpatrick is APP
pointed mechanical superintendent,
with headquarters at Des Moines, Ia.
The position of superintendent of mo-
tive power is abolished.a and J. H. Rux-
ton is assigned to other duties A E.
Wallace is appointed superintendent
with headquarters at Cedar RAPIDS,
Ia. vice w. A. Sours, assigned to 9TH
err duties. F. J. Eas1ey is appointed
assistant general manager, with head
quarters at Des Moines. Ia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
IDLE CARS ARE DECREASING.
Increase in Railway Tonnage shown
in Last Report.


in Last Report.
A further indication of increase in
railroad tonnage was furnished when
the current statement of car SURPRISES
and shortages by the American rail-
way association disclosed that the car
surplus throughout the country had
been reduced June 20 last to 7S,464
cars.
The surplus June 6. of the present
year was $500 cars. June Il, 1911,
the surplus of cars in the United
States had reached g total of 165, SO
cars. The total car shortage June ~
of the present year was 5,746 cars,
while on June 81 1911, the shortage
recorded was 2,764 cars.
The decrease in surplus coal cars is
general throughout the country eX-
cept in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mlssls-
sippi. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, ore
gon, Idaho California, Arizona ana
Washington. The net decrease in TINS
class of equipment is 1896 cars.
There has been a net increase In poX
car surplus of 2,70O cars. There has
also been a decrease in miscellaneous
cars throughout the country
The current bulletin shows that,
compared with June 81, 1911, there is
a. decrease at present in the total sur
plus of 92.47O cars, of which 26,6O2 is
in box. 5S,566 in coal and 9,S42 In
miscellaneous cars.
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Wilson with the thirty-ffth ballot. and
on the thirty-ninth he had passed the
300 mark with one and one-half votes
to spare. Clark in the same ballots lost
eleven votes. On the fortieth call of the
roll. Wilson's '5GfK remained the same
and Clark gained a single vote. leaving
him 423. Meantime, the vote for Oscar
w: Underwood fluctuated within ten
votes of the 100 mark q
By the time the fortieth ballot had
been concluded, there was seemingly
no nope of a nomination during the
night. The delegates sat in a sort of
stupor. The roll-call clerks entered the
votes mechanically, often without wait
ing for the responses from the various
states. At the end of the fortieth ballot
a. tired Alabama delegate moved TO adj
Journ, but when a roll call on the mo-
ton was demanded by the Wilson
forces. he withdrew it.
Another attempt was made to ad-
Journ after the. forty-first ballot, and
again it failed.
The forty-first ballot showed a loss
of two for Wilson and a gain of one
for Clark.
When the vote was announced, an
other attempt was made to adjourn,
this time until IL o'clock today. BY
the time Maryland was reached on A
biz vote had been recorded against
it and was withdrawn.
Then, in great disorder, the forty
second roll call was begun.
AS the forty-second ballot proceed
ed the disorder grew until J. Hamil-
ton Lewis of Chicagos who was in the
chair, had trouble enforcing quiet.
The delegates insisted upon joking
Lewis and the convention roared with
laughter when Iowa's vote was an
nounced: Twelve for Clark. thirteen
for Wilson and one for the Hon. J.
Hamilton Lewis"
1t took Lewis several minutes 10
subdue the uproar, but finally he an
nounced:
please be as quiet as is consistent
with your convenience, gentlemen.
Let the roll call proceed"
When Michigan was reached, the
Clark cohorts cheered, for the speak
er gained six votes at the expense of
Wilson.
BY this time the delegates were so
tired of the proceedings that they
did not take things seriously. Every
occurrence or announcement that Of
fered the slightest excuse was made
the basis of a joke or greeted with
howls and jeers.
Governor Brewer of Mississippi, in
Mississippis twenty votes
for Underwood, sang the last syllable
of the name in a free, rich baritone.
He had been doing the same thing
throughout the evening, but this time
the delegates took it up in long,
loud roar.
''Who-o-o-o-o-" swept through the
hall. Some of the more musical dele
gates surrounded the roar with a Sc
ries of trills and cadenzas. Chairman
Lewis had a great deal of difficulty in
conQuering the noise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
Miss Harriet Quimby and Pas
senger Instantly Killed.
Thrown From Aeroplane by a
Gust of Wind.
DROP OF A THOUSAND FEEl
Bodies Buried Deep in Mud of
Dorchester Bay.
Had Been Flying at Rate Of a
Mile a Minute.

Boston, July miss Harriet Quimby,
of New York, the first woman to win
an aviator's license in America, and the
first woman to cross the English chan
mel in an aeroplane, was instantly killed
with her passenger, w. A. p Willard,
manager of the Boston aviation meet at
Atlantic City last night. when her
Bleriot monoplane fell into Dorchester
bay from a height of a thousand feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02

pimples and in two or
three hours time spread
to the size Of q silver dol
lar. Itspread to her eye.
Then water would run
from the pimples and
wherever that touched it
caused more sores until
nearly all one cheek and
up her nostrils were one
solid sore. She was very
fretful. She certainly
was 3 terrible looking
child. acknowledgements
to be Of any use. Then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
Y0UNG@ahD
NIOTHERSNs

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Good Rain in Cheyenne

+ St. Francis, Kan. July 2.-Cheyenne
county is again rejoicing over the rain.
ranging from II to inch, that fell over
the entire county Sunday night The
heavy rains that fell during June put
all small grain crops in splendid con-
dition and the rain of last night insures
one of the best crops that Cheyenn,
county has known in all her history.
A large acreage has been planted and
today, with the sun shining on her well
watered and verdant prairies Old Chey-
enne and her people smile in the joy
Gus prospect of prosperous times ahead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
TAFT is ENDORSED.
Big Ratification Tonight by .Rspubii-
cans of RooseyeIt's State

New York. July 2.-The Republican
ticket and platform adopted at Chicago
will be ratified by New York Republic
cans at a meeting to be held tonight at
the Republican club.
Several local assembly organizations
have already Endorsed the Taft ticket
and those which have not done so are
now planning to hold ratification meet
ings in the near future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
ON DUTY TOO LONG.
New York Officer Dies From Over
work at Equitable Fire.

New York, July 2.-Police Sergeant
James Farrell, of the New York force,
is dead at his home in Brooklyn of
heart failure, the result of exposure at
the fire which destroyed the Equitable
building on Lower Broadway nearly
six months ago. Farrell collapsed after
being on duty for nearly a hours, and
has been i'll ever since
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FIFTY KILLED IN june.
vehicles Also Injured 275 Seriously in
New York.

New York, July 2.-F1fty persons
were killed and 275 seriously injured
in June by vehicles in the streets OF
New York city. Automobiles killed rs
ana injured 1885, street cars killed 10
and injured 90, and wagons caused
the death of IA and the injury of %.
In June. 1911. automobiles caused the
death of IL persons; trolleys killed
and wagons IA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02

e e1sS ne months n IS about e o oeo UNI
der the same period in 1911 Southern
Pacific in its May report, shows gross
increased S422,922. With the line into
New Orleans cut off and bad floods
along the Rio Grande in western Tex
as, operating expenses have been
much above normal. The company
has a loss in net to May 81 of about
100000.
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feeling the irritable
ent he losing the nutrition needed make strength
Such shOnEd oferce's Golden Medical
Discovery
OrHans OF DIGESTION enrfches blood
inVf6Orafes he
s. STRENGTH
alcohoic medicine
thereby little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
BIG Loss On UNION PACIFIC.

-t-OAC II 1NAdOc
Poor Earning Showing.
Union Pacific. operating 375 miles
more road than last year. earned but
81 600 gross in May over 1911 and
with 83S miles more line now than in
May, 1910, it earned $561,OOO less
gross. It's expense account went UP
very rapidly in May. leaving S43S,OOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
SKIN ERUPTION
CANE ON CHEEK
Started in PimpIes. Nearly All One
Cheek Solid Sore. Very Fretful.
Used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. Face All Healed Up.

Kingsley, Mich Last May my thfr-
teen months old baby had a sore como on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
stork sinrles ono TlamiIx

Stork Singles Ont Family.
Rochester, N Y, July BABY girls
were born to Mrs. Charles Wright and
her daughter, Mrs. BENJAMIN Abel.
within six hours of each other last
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
No Man is Stronger
Z han His Stomach

a strong man is strong all No be
strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its
consequent indigestion, from some other disease
of the stomach and its associated or&ans which
pairs diseLton and nutrition For when the stomach
IS weak diseased there is loss of the nutrition
contained in food, which is source of all physical
strength. When 81 doesn't feel just right -
when he doesn't sleep well. has an uncomfortable
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