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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
Circulation Agent
Dies from Stroke Of
Apoplexy Sunday

Immediately after he suffered stroke
Of apoplexy. Myron Z. Thomas. a circuia-
tion agent for The Bee Publishing COM
pany. told an acquaintance that he was
is ing and that he wanted TO die In his
room at the Midland hotel. This was At
Fifteenth and csss streets about $50
o'clock.
W. J. Marshall. 1881 Park avenue, and
Oscar smith. s4io North Twenty-first
street. who picked Thomas from the
ground where he had fallen following the
stroke, started TO assist him to his hotel
at sixteenth and Chicago streets. When
nalf Hay to the hotel Thomas asked the
man 10 let him cit down on a bench N
Jefferson Square park. They did - and
while one was calling doctor he died
Thomas was about 20 years Of age and
had represented The Twentieth Century
Farmer and The Bee for several years,
He had been In the city only five DAYS,
though he had rented room q, the Mid
land Tor year. MN tf
An inquest may be held today BY
Coroner willis c. Crosby, who took
charge Of the body. It.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
B0RAn HOMESTEAD BILL
STILL IS IN CONFERENCE
tFrom staff Correspondent,


WASHINGTON. MAY 1s,-tspeclsl Teie-
gram.)-The Borah bill 10 still in confer
ence awaiting an agreement by the
senate conferees. II such agreement can
be reached. II In not all unlikely that
the conference committee will disagree.
Representative Mondeli Of the house
conferees said concerning the measure
''If tho people Of the west will stand
by their conferees, a three-yesr home-
stead bill can be eventually obtained
without surrendering TO the impossible
demand OF those whose real purposes
are TO retsin so far as Ia possible, all
land titles in the federal government
Lacking the courage TO declare against
homestead settlement, they seek TO dis
courage II by impossible limitations on
titles.
"A reduction Of the period OF residence
on homesteads from five 10 three years
would be helpful In a great many cases,
but We cannot afford 10 overturn our
entire land system to surrender the juris-
diction Of our states. 10 give our citizens
q title inviting lawsuits and subject 10
confiscstions. for this shortening OF the
homestead period.
1T 10 true that those who secure Isndi
under agricultural title do not expect 10
obtain minerals and reasonable care
should be exercised to make Il certain
that homestead lands DO not contain
minerals, before titles pass. But nothing
could be more disturbing to land values
or more likely 10 lead to confiiction. thar
a policy Of titles, under which prospect
| ing might be CARED on on a mans farm
at any time and under which at an,
time in the future. multiplicity Of rtIes
Of doubtful extent might be attached Il
the same tract OF land"
The senate conferees are insisting upor
| incorporating in the Borsh bill a pro
vision that I'm all existing and futur'
homestesds the settler shall have titl'
only to the surface. title TO minerals ant
water TO be reserved to the government
The house conferees are oppcsd 10 I
for the reason given by Mr.. Mondell
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
tuberculosis Serum
Found by Physician
Gives Immunity

CHICAGO. May ia.-In paper pre-
pared by DR.. Kari Won Ruck Of Ashe-
willie, n. c.. and read before the Chi
cago Medical society today. he announced
that he had discovered a serum, which
he believes gives immunity from tuher-
culosls.
The physician says his vaccine will Kill
the germs Of tuberculosis In q latent
stage and make the subject immune
from further ravages of the disease. Ex-
periments made on children and counter
experiments made on animals are said
TO have demonstrated the efficacy Of the
discovery. 3
''TheN preparation. which ! have made
ard used" said Dr. Won Ruck, contains
all the soluble proteid constituents Of a
tubercIe bacillus with the addition Of a
small amount Of fatty extractlves. II
would require much space to describe
the mode of preparation. but this shah
be done at an early date"
Dr. Won Ruck says his vaccine Is harm
less and powerful enough TO act by one
or two applications.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
Remains Of Seven
Bodies Are Buried
in One Casket

YANkToN, 8 D.. May is.-tspecisl)-
In one casket there arrived In Yankton
for burial the charred remains OF a hus-
band, his wife and their fife little chill
dren. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Peterson. for
merly OF olIn. this county, and their en-
tire family. burned TO death In their
little home on the family claim at Presho.
There was some doubt at first a. TO the
cause Of DEATH but this was removed on
a search Of the ruined house BY Martin
Olson. q brother. OF Mrs. Peterson. II
was found that an incubator had no
doubt set fire toethe house and the flames
were not discovered In time for the fam
w 10 escape death. The oldest girl had
Jumped out OF a window. evidently. AZ
her little chsrred form was found out
side the house. The bones OF the mother
were found near the kitchen stove. and
the remains OF the balance Of the family
about the house. The fire took place
at night and there are no witnesses to
the terrible fate that for the first time
In the history OF the state. had overtsken
a family OF seven by fire. The funeral
took place at Violin, near here.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
STEAMER SEIZED IN HARDoR
BATTLE PENDING IN MEXICO
Decisive Action h Expestea wtthir
Three Days--oresee Ceueen-
trstins His Army Near
Chfhsshsa.

NEW ORLEANS. May is.-rhe Montes
line steamship santona was sessed In the
hsrbor here tonight BY the United etates
revenue cutter payey. charged with vlo-
lsting the terms OF President Tsft's proc.
iamatipu Of March "a. prohibNlng the
shipment Of. arma and ammunition 70
Mexico. The santons, which hsA cleared
and saiied for Prosssc. hsx1co. had on
board iio.eoe rounds pf rsfls smnsyniscn
and ten ckses Of carbtnes.
Agents OF the stesmship company pro-
dnced copies OF the consular bins Of
lsding showing that the war munitions
aboard the .santonA were consigned .
the governor OF the state Of campechs.
Mexico. The ships manifest filed at the
custom house did not include these muni-
tlons. et UtN ,fE ss8 tsgs /
Captain Manson Of the cutter Davsy
placed crew aboard the santona and
the steamer will be detained pending re.
ceipt OF instructions from Washington. .
Captain y. C.. Boyd. master Of the
steamer, disclainied any knowisdse Of
the presence Of arms and ammunition
aboard until after he was under way,
when the mate informed him OF the ship
uhent, Captain Boyd was not taken into
custody.
Ell FAso. Tex. May is-The Mexican
federal government by . series Of msneu-
vers that are expected to come TO a eli
max in the next three days, hopes to deal
so crushing blow TO the insurrectc
movement In the north az to dlspcrse
the hitherto organized army OF rebels.
while General orosco. with 5ooD rebels.
Is holding strategic positions between Rel
lsno and Jiminez. and General Huerts.
with an equally strong force Of federals,
is only fifteen miles away today. press
Ing northwsrd TO attack the insurrectos
sharp fighting 10 now looked for all the
way to the American boraer. Juares
likely will fall into ths hands OF the
constituted government again.
Chill ahua, where there are hundreds
of American residents. will be cut of
from both the north and the south and
the government plans to drive orozcc
back into that city and force him from
all directions to surrender or take tC
I ia hills.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
Killing Of Dillon n
Gives Solution to
Murder Mystery

CHICAGO. May is.--Tbe killing OF c,
C. Dillon. by train near wilmette.
suburb. yesterday. probabiy partly solved
the Los Angeles murder mystery.
. After piecing together various eiues,
the police, tonight said they were con-
vinced the dead man was the mysssriops
Dillon. who had been sought by the Los
Angeles police as the murderer OF the
woman and that the woman 10 Mrs.
Bessie Jones. rtt1
several former acquaintAnees OF Mira
Jones today Identified a picture OF the
slain woman as that Of Mrs. Jones.
Until SIX weeks ago Dillon and Mrs.
Jones nved al ss2i Evanston avenuel Chi
caso He left and a few days later she
disappeared. Post cards. mailed from
Norfolk. Va. were received by acauaini-
ances from Mrs. Jones. Nothing has been
heard from her since. tl
shortly afterwards. Dilion's wife and
relatives here received postcards and let
ters from him. mailed in Denver and
Los Angeles. Friends testified at the In
quest today that Dillon returned from
Los Angeles last. Sunday.
The description Of the Dillon for
whom the California authorities have
been searching is almost Identical with
that Of the dead man. The tracks at
the point where the man was Killed are
elevated. and this led the police TO be-
lieve that the man voluntarily ended his
| life
One important link in the chain OF
evidence pointing to the identification
Of the dead woman Is lacking. Mrs.
Jones was not Catholic, while the
murdered woman wore the badge Of the
sodslity.
| Dillon. however. was . Catholic and
the police believe that he may have in
sisted that the woman wear the insignia
Of his church.
Mrs. Dillon. when found at the home
OF her brother-in-law late tonight, said
! she did not believe her husband had any
thing TO do with the alleged murder.
she averred she would be able to show
that he bought pair Of shoes In sacra-
mento. Cal. on May !. the date Of the
Los Angeles murder.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
Richeson Soothed by
Fourteen-H Sleep

BOSTON. May ls.-Fourteen hours Of
sound, refreshing sleep today served TO
transform Clarence V. T. Richeson. who
is awaiting the call to the death chair
in the Massachusetts state prison, from
hysteria 10 cslmness and apparent resig-
nation. Reports from the court house to-
hight indicated that the slayer Of Avis
LlnneIl was reEsining the remarkable
eomposure and self control which has
been the wonder Of all ~ho have studied
him.
Richeson this afternoon broke fast Of
thirty hours when he Joined his spiritual
adviser. Rev. Herbert s. johnson. and
Chaplain Stephens IN a substantial din
ner. II was the first food that had
passed his lips since he heard that all
hope of executive cIemeney had been
swept away.
That Richeson will not be wholly with.
out family friends on the last day or two
Of his life was Indicated when Attorney
Morse announced that brother Of ths
prisoner. Douglas L. Richeson, was or
his way from Chicago and would arrive
tomorrow He will be the only membef
Of the Richeson family who Will see the
murderer go to his death.
Information today that his body would
in all probability be buried beside tn,
grave OF hts mother in the family loi
in Virginia brought consolation to Richie
sen.
Applicstsen for the brain Of RIehesor
was made today BY an official Of thu
Harvard medical school. who desires T.
examine Il for abnormal features. Tn.
request viii - rsfsErsa v Rehesen'I
fsu,iI4
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
LEAGUE HEAD IN PHILADELPHIA
TIGERS WILL REFUSE TO PLAY
Another Patched Up Team Will
Take the Field.
PLAYERS ALL STAY TOGETHER
Issist, Cobb wss Fully Justified In
Hittinx Spectator In New York
Become More Guarded
a. Talk.

PHILADELPHIA. May is.-when Bar
johnson, president Of the American Base
Bah league. arrived here this afternoon
to investigate the strike Of the PLAYERS
Of the Detroit club he found no change
In the situation. Mr.. johnson said he
still stood pat on his action in sua-'
pending Ty Cobb. which caused the re-
volt OF the players. and the latter say
they will refuse to play for Detroit un-
less the suspension Ia lifted
Mr.. Johnson arrived in Philadelphia
from Cincinnati shortly after O'Clock
and. went Into conference with Hugh
Jennings, manager OF the Detroit team
What occurred at the meeting was not
made public. Mr.. johnson merely saying
he had had an extended talk with tn"
manager. He said he would not discuss
the matter further until the arrival her"
tonight Of Frank Navln. president Of the
Detroit club. Questioned as TO what
would occur tomorrow In event the DE-
trolt PLAYERS still refused to play ball,
Mr. johnson replied that Detroit prob
ably would put . team In the neld and
We will have the same kind OF game
a. that OF Yesterday"
During the afternoon Mr.. johnson met
and discussed the situation with Ben
shibe. president Of the Philadelphia
American league base ball club. and with
Connie Mack. It's manager.
The Detroit PLAYERS held meeting this
Afternoon and. while no announcement
vas made. several Of the players said
they would stick together and unless
Cobb was reinstated the PLAYERS wou's
not play tomorrow. The players insist
that Cobb was fully justified In httins
the spectator. Unlike yesterday. thf
players we're moro guarded IN their taiS
and were disinciinsd to discuss the ma
ter for publication. In groups they tool
trolley rides about the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
GIRLS DREAM RESPONSIBLE
FOR TROUBLES or PASTORS

DENVER. Colo. May is.-A Denver
girls dream is responsible for stories
reflecting upon the moral character Of
the Rev. @. =. Johnson Of Rockford. I'll.
for the alleged circulation Of which the
Rev. G. A. Young and A. C. Leafgren
OF this city have been asked 10 apologize
BY the Free Swedish church Of Rockford.
The young woman IN an affidavit here
confesses all she alleged was dream.
At the time she first told the stories
she was working in Rockford. Rev. 4
{. Leafgreu heard the stories and. II 5
said, asked the Rev. G. 4. foung TO JOIN
With him In an investigation. Mr.. Young
|it Is said. refused Rev. Mr.. Leafgren
then wrote letters to Rockford. which
fell into the hands ef snsmiss e the
Rockfesd minister.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20

The suit has q distinctly international
color. The Brazilian state Of Sac Pauio,
the greatest. coffee districtin the world.
is party to the agreements which are
declared unlawful In America.
The government holds that the %razil-
ian state was induced TO enact laws and
enter into agreements in connection with
the vaiorizatIon plan Of those interested
in maintaining and increasing the price Of
coffee. The fact that the alleged agree
ments and eanspirscies were not unlawful
in Brazil and were participated in by q
foreign state. the government holds, can
not justify the commission Of any act In
the United States TO restrain trade
The defendants are Herman sielcken OF
New York; Baron Bruno schrosder OF
J. Henry Schroeder & Co. Of Lcrdon;
Eduard Bunge Of Antwerp. l. Z. VI
conte De Touches Of Havre. DR.. Panic
da silva Prado OF Sac Panic. Theodore
willie OF Hamburg. The societe Generate
of Paris and the New York Dock CON-
pany.
| All the defendants except the last
named are members OF the valcrization
committee
william 7. Chsntlsnd. special assistant
| to the attorney general. who investigated
the alleged trust. has charge Of the gov
ernment.s case.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
Automobile Driver
Killed in Accident

YANKToN, S. D.. May le.-(specisi
TeIegram.)-James Hamilton. an sutomo-
bile dealer. aged 70 years. was Instantly
killed Saturday night in an accident
caused by the breaking Of wheel. Ham
ilton's neck was broken. He leaves a
wife and ten children. He was returning
from Mission HIN, where he took party
for q dance.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
The Weather

FOR NEBRASKA-Unsettl probably
local showers and somewhat cooler.
FOR IOWA Increasing cloudiness.
probably showers in west and central
FOR SOUTH Showers.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
SUIT AIMED AT COFFEE TRUST
Government Demands that valoriza'
ton Plan Be Declared Illegal.
ASK POWER 10 SELL SURPLUS
Federal cesrt nequesssd 10 Es,eia
commfttee from withheidins
Coffee from Market
Fsrnzil InvoIsed.

NEW YORK. May 1s.--Attorney General
wickershsm moved yesterday against the
so-called coffee trust or Brazilian yaloriz-
alton scheme. In a petition in equity
filed in the United states court here the
valorization plan Ia declared to be Nio'
lason Of the sherman antitrust law.
The court is asked TO decree the scheme
unlawful. to enjoln the valorization com
ulittee from Withholding coffee from the
market and to appoint a receiver to sell
the. s5oooo bags valued Al 100000. nov
alleged TO be stored In warehouses Of ths
New York Dock company.
The government also applied for a
temporary injunction restraining the
vsiorization committee from reuirvinS
or disposing Of coffee held In America
pending the termination OF the issue,
The members Of the valorisation com
mittee have agreed and conspired among
themselves, the government charges. tc
withhold from the market large Qusntitie.
OF coffee under their control for the pur
pose Of raising the price to an unnaturq
and unreasonable extent They have thus
attempted. 1t is declared. to restrain th'
coffee trade throughout the world. In
cluding Interstate and foreign commerce
Of the United States and to 'fnjure ant
defrsud the public for their own enrich
ment"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
Queen Louisa Faints
at Frederick 5 Coffin

coPENHAGEN. MAJ is-Dosager
Queen Louisa was 50 affected when
placing flowers on the late kings coffin
today that she tainted. When revived
the queen abandoned herself to her gr.ef.
she wished to remain besides the body
and King Christian and others had much
difficulty in persusdins hsf y ieays the
chapel
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-20
RepahIlr Cempany rsy. Zinc.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. May is.-The
Republic OIL company today paid &9yeo
fine custer Judgment to the clerk Of the
supreme court The company. which was
convicted Of violating the antitrust law,
viii not ask to be allowed to remain in
the state as II withdrew before the suit
Wa aee11eG 4- sF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
Needed Rubber Boots.

Arthur Symons. whose landscapes,
now being exhibited at the Vose gal
leries. Boylston street, are attracting
much attention, has a fund of anec-
dotes at the expense of members of his
profession. The other day he told OF
an artist who sold a landscape TO a
Boston lady.
After a time the lady tired of the
painting. saying that 1t lacked ANNA
ton. She summoned another artist
and said to him. "will you paint for
me man or woman on that road
that runs through the middleT
The artist agreed and had soon made
the addition. This artist happened to
be friend Of the original artist, and
so he told him what he had done.
IL had the nerve to alter landscape
of yours" he said lit was the one you
sold to Mrs Blank. She wanted
figure in It, so painted an old man
walking down the road"
"Road-what road? | don't remeni-
Der any road in that picture"
"Why, the road that runs through
the middle"
Fool. fool"' cried the first artist an
grily. "That isn't a road That's
river."-Boston Traveller.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
Gov MrADs POSITION.

We TAKE it 20 b a final determination
a Cos Msads part that under no cir
eamstanors can ! accept nomination
- representative Ia Congress from the
arst district az either the next special
- regular cungressional elections" al
thoaeh fsosnt events have led as to be
skepiieal sh0ut even such apparent final
lties 81 statement Nermouters viii take
hlm 81 his aofd and thus eliminate him
frum further consideration in connection
STA the oafor made vacant By Repre-
santafsso Posters drath in Washington
= fsW weeks ago. Governor Mead has
airra8y reearri > large measure Of OFF,
cal FsvfeFnrut 81 the hands Of his
fsliaW msu shoaKh 10 fact, % satisfy a
great msny msn and i is wondered at
81 saane people ~ Vermont that be
sheua srrk further honor in advanced
aEs.nl iff ~ ths close Of term as
aaaef sseeatfrp oi the state. And his an.
aeanaai astsu nor 20 run for this
ss.rs g representative 10 Congress, for
wttsh ~ has bern prominently men.
tsaass sesas % oeine.ae with that opin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
MONTPELIER HIT LATE
BUT HIT HARD
Principal Streets of City Were Flood
ed With Water-Several Boys Had
Narrow Escapes From
Drowning.

The food did not descend heavily on
Montpelier until last evening, but it
then came with surprising rapidity, so
rapidly, in fact, that pedestrians were
caught on the streets and had to take
hasty steps to reach dry ground. With
in twenty minutes after the water broke
over the right bank of the Winooski riv-
cr near the Montpelier 4 Wells River
railroad track, the principal streets of
the city were inundated and great dam
age had been done in the Easements of
the stores on State and Main streets
The total loss in Montpelier is esti.
mated at upwards Of S25,000.
The waters freed from the Winooski
river channel crossed the railroad tracks
and poured in torrent down Main
street to the corner of State street,
where they met the unrestrained waters
of the North branch the convergences
p;ling up the water and flooding the
store and house cellars to a big depth.
The entire length If Elm street and
Main street to the foot Of Clay hill were
under water, while flood poured down
State street The meadow residen-
tial district was likewise treated by the
flood.
The most exciting incident Of the flood
in either Barre or Montpelier was the
experience Of many boys who were gath,
cred on the swinging bridge over the Wi
nooski river near the carbarns and the
gas plant. A dozen youngsters were
watching the flood racing beneath them
when some driftwood hit one end Of
til, bridge snapped the steel cables and
turned the bridge partially bottom-side
up, Tony Lamperti and John Malnatt
came near being carried fown by the
flood; Daniel Murly was struck in the
face by swapping cable and Edward
Clark was hit BY beam cf the bridge
and considerably hurt This gave rise
to the report that three boys had been
drowned.
The stoneshed district south of the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad sta
tor was flooded ia the afternoon, as
was Berlin street from the Granite
street bridge to the Pioneer The street
on the other side Of the river was also
under water for considerable distance
Between Barre and Montpelier the river
its west bank and flooded
the Benjamin Falls meadow section. COW
ering the street car track at the same
time. Street damage in Montpelier is |
at $500 or $4,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
coon WORD FoR Q. A. PROUTY.

G0oD WORD FOR c. A. PRoUTY.
The following estimate of the value OF
. vsrmouter i from the Railway Age
Gazette and b here given. not in an at
tempt "a belttle anyone else, but to
show how highly Charles A. Prouty is
hsA throughout the country:
"The Railway age Gazette believes
that - NJ prouty ranks to-day in
point = character AMI IN point OF ability
among the very greatest public men OF
America There are some people who
think that Mr. Roosevelt has influenced
railway regulation IN this country more
than any other person. The man who
has pas his imprint most deeply on rail
wuy regulation Ia the United States is
not NJ Roosevelt. but Charles AFRO
proutv Ilis are mainly the ideas that
have ben embodied IN the act 10 reg
mlute commerce bis mainly the tone
that 70 % the present time has been
gwen e. the administration Of that law
Is the ntetstate commerce commission
An opinion somewhat similar TO that
has loug been held IA Mr. Prouty's own
state. and hence the evidence contained
is the above is very pleasing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08

The Burlington Free Press claims to
hsve good knowledge that there are to
b. rs Taft delegates 10 100 Roosevelt
dsisgate- IN the fret district convention
81 Darlington Tomorrow. III that is the
eass. the majority viii wipe out all the
nsjorfy wh.eh the Roosevelt supporters
are claiming IN the second district con.
tsntion. and viii therefore throw the
state eouvsntiou 20 Taft. The Taft sup
poFtsrs arr also claiming a majority in
tie second district convention; but there
are 20 many unpledgei delegates that
e is not possible to make positive asser-
tion either way, until the votes shall
have been east a. Montpelier to-mor-
roe.