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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
ESCAPES DEATH BY
VERY CLOSE MARGIN
Rodman Law, the "Human
Fly Inside Of Steel Rocket
Which Explodes.

NEW YORK, March 3.--A steel rocket
containing RoGman Law. the human
fly in which ne intended 10 be shot
$500 feet into the air. descending by a
parachute, exploded this afternoon when
500 pounds OF powder behind 1t was fired.
Law was hurled twenty-five feet from his
seat in the rocket. but was unhuct.
Protected by padding and 2 helmet.
Law climbed into the rocket with his
parachute and gave the order 10 lire
The fuse Was lighted and spiuttered for
thirty seconds, There was burst OF
flame. cloud OF smoke and a terrific
report Hundreds OF spectators strain
ing their eyes for a sight OF the great
rocket hurtlng through the air, saw 1t
leap forward Few feet and burst into
fragments.
Law was hurled violently through the
air and 10 the ground. For ten seconds
he was unconscious. Then lie got up
and looked around
Darn that thing" he exclaimed. ~
thought j was going up.
Panic spread among the spectators I'M
medlately after the explosion 1t seemed
inconceivable that Law could have es
capped being blown 10 bits, and several
woman became hysterlcnl. When those
who were managing the exploit reached
the scene they were surprised to flad
Law struggling on the ground In the
midst OF the scaffolding which had sup
ported the rocket. His miraculous es-
cape was explained by the fact that the
head OF the rocket on which ne stood
shoulder high in n hollow extension was
made of an extra thickness OF steel
The rest OF tho rocket. SIX feet in length
and two and q half feet In diameter was
blown TO atoms.
Law walked unassisted 10 n nearby
house TO have his burns dressed. Fe de-
ella red that lie would mako second at
tempt as soon IS another rocket could
be constructed by the moving picture in
terest which employed him.
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By Internat!ona News Service

BY Interna t!onal News Service,
NASHVILLE, Tenn. March ia
nj cyclone this afternoon swept
over middle Tennessee. causing
J. several deaths. doing many
thousand Of dollars damage
10 property and destroying many homes.
Telephone and Geographic wires arc
down all over the central part OF the
state and It is practically impossible to
communicate with the sections devastated
uy the storm.
Plessapt Grove, a hamlet OF several
hundred inhabitants in Maury county.
was practically wiped off the map. 1t
Is reported that three or four persons
were killed but the only one known to
be dead is George Williamson, n prom
lnent farmer. Every house In the place
was ra:ed. The J.. g. \ railroad sta
tion was ,orn into shreds. While a half
dozen per.ons within. waiting for the
train. ware urgaacured
p passenger train on the Duck River
branch oc tie 4. G. & 81. L. railroad Is
lost. So far ali efforts 10 communicate
with it have failed and IL Is feared that
II WIS Blown from the track and prob
ably destroyed.
Incoming passengers report that the
storm struck Lexington, Tenn, at 2:30
this afternoon. destroying the Scott no.
tel. damaging the court house and some
fifteen residences
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
BRITAIN BUILDS
MORE WARSHIPS
Naval Estimates for Fiscal Year
Total 1921 ,546. 800. a Decrease
of Nearly $4,000,0O0,

LONDON. March I3.-Thc British naval
estimates for i9I3-19If. which were an
nounced today. total S22l. $40. 500. as COM
pared with S225.371 900 last year
The new building progra mme provides
for Ave battleships, eight light cruisers
sixteen torpodoboat dcstroyers and a
number OF submarines
The personnel OF the navy Is 20 be IN
crcas ed to $4,000 officers and men.
There viii, be Under construction on
April eleven battleships, three battle
ship cruisers. thirteen light cruisers.
th!rty-fivn torpcdoboat destroyeis and
twenty-cne submarines. In the year now
closing four battieships, three bnttlcshlp
cruisers. I'VE light cruisers. nfteen de-
siroyers and two submarines We're cosn-
pleted
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
WILL COMPETE
WITH UTAH co
Western Colorado POW Ell Com
pany Incorporated With Cap
ital of $5,O00,00o.
Special TO The Tribune.

DENVER. Msrch iS.-I"c Western
Colorado Power COMPANY, Which pas been
incorporated with capital OF 5000, 600.
viii nc subsidiary of The Central Colo
RADIO Power company when the latter.
nov in the hands OF receivers. lis sold
and reorganiZed.
The incorpora tors and directors for
the Hrst YEAR are all lawyers assocI-
ated with w v. Hodges. attorney for
the receivers and with hughes 4 Dor
sey. counsel for the Bankers Trust com
puny. trustees under The mortgascA
The company VIII operate In sbuih-
western Colorado. where u Will rome
into co,nretJtion with tho Utah Powht &
Iaght company. which recently bur.
Chased lhe Telluride Power con2aSy
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Tornado at Peoria.

PEORIA, H. March ia wind storm
which swept oyer the counties OF Peoria.
Woodfor6 and Tazewell al o clock to-
night did damage estimated III several
thousand dollars, The wind at Peoria
reached velocity OF seventy miles an
hour Signs aid windows IN the business
district were broken and trees uprooted
In the outlying districts. Small buildings
were overturned, Both telephone and
telegraph communication is practically at
a standsiill. particularly few wires work
ing ou. of the city
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Reversal Of Form.

The tenth legislature has presented
complete reversal OF torm in the po'
sition occupied by the two houses. In
previous legislatures the senate has
been the orc 10 complete its business
first: this year the house has at all
times been In control OF the situation.
The senate turpcd up or inc last day
with great number OF bills originat-
mo with itself, while the house rested
ON its oars with a clean slate. AS
matter Of fact, tho house has been IN
a position 10 adjourn for more than
week. The highly efficient work of the
Judiciary committee Of the house was
responsible for this gratifying state or
affairs. That committee went TO work
vigorously ut the very outset OF the
session and held meetings daily asd
sometimes twice day. The house silt
ing committee. which Was the successor
to the judiciary COMMITTEES, worked
with 20 less energy than its predeees-
sor. The result Of it all was that the
house was always well up with its
work
While the senate yesterday killed
forty.six OF its own bills, the house
added 10 the number by killing as
many mnre
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Board of Equalization Has
Three New Members; Beers
Succeeds Tanner.

n TlNETG-THREE appointments to
nj various state departments and
IN state boards were made last
night by the governor, The ap,
pointments were received by the SEN
ate about 9 o'clock last night aud
promptly confirmed by unanimous vote
in open session.
The appointments Of the governor
make but few changes IN the personnel
of the governor official family, rs
nearly all of them are reappointments,
The most important changes made are
in the office Of the state engineer. the
state board of land commissioners and
the state board of equalization
W. D. Beers of Salt Lake is appointed
state engineer for four wears, 10 sue
cccd Caleb Tanner. Mr.. Beers for the
past two wears has been state road en-
gineer, acting under the direction ct
the state road commission. The work
OF the road commission has been some
what similar TO that of the state en-.
giueer, and Mr. Beers. who IS regarded
as an exceptionally competent engineer
is thoroughly familiar with the detail
OF the work of the state engineer.
W. D. Thaiu of Logan and NJ. NJ.
Steele. ST., OF Junction, retire az mem
bers of the state board OF land com
missioners. They are succeeded by
Judge John f. Cbidester Of Ricbfield
and T. \. Merrill OF Richmond Judge
Chidester has been district judge OF
the Sixth judicial district for the past
ten wears and is well known through
out the state. He was one OF the lead
ing candidates for the Republican nom
ination for congress last fall. Nh
Merrill is a prominent farmer and
land owner of Cache county.
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Approximately Sixty.
FIVE Measures Are Still
in the Hands of the
Governor Awaiting His
Approval or Rejection;
Money Appropriated
for Expositions.

'OR the first TING in the history
II OF Utah as state, legislative
4 assembly has adjourned on the
sixtieth dav of It's session. The tenth
assembly ran over its technically pre-
else constitutional time by eleven hours
and forty.five minutes. In doing that
it is held by many that it did not ex-
coed It's constitutional period of sixty
days. Others say Ge sixty days were
up at noon Yesterday. At any rate, the
legislature adjourned sine die on the
calendar da,c when it was supposed to
adjourn.
IN the senate the clock was stopped
at twerty minutes before - clock
noon In the house the speaker d-
rccted the sergeant.at.arms TO stop the
clock at seven minutes before noon, but
the house refused TO take the speak
er's viewpoint. and, on motion, the
clock was started again.
The last day Of the session was n
strenuous one in both houses. The
house slaughtered senate bills without
mercy: nor did it spare its own bills
in the final windup. IN the senate the
board was clear by ere motion to
strike out the cnacting clause of all the
bills appearing thereon. OF the mum
Der iha. went 20 defeat on the senate
calendar ouly ten were house bills and
fortv-six were senate bills,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Blizzard in Dakota.

PIERRE, S. d, March l3.--Thc most
severe snowstorm os the present winter
is prevailing here tonight. Reports from
other parts OF South Dakota indicate
that the storm is general over the state.
The temperature has dropped TO the
freezing point and with high northeast
wind dhe snow is drifting bedly.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
New Equalization Board.

The three members Of the state
board of equalization whose terms ey-
pire this year will be succeeded by new
members Of the hoard. The nov mem
hcrs are Amos Gabbott of salt Lake,
William BAILEY Of Nephi and Hardin
Bcnnion OF Ncrnai, The succeed
George \. Black. j. g. Hyde and j. Il.
Ne Aiiistcr. Amos Gabbott - former
county assessor of Salt Lake ccpaty,
and il thoroughly famiiia- with the
work cf the board. William Bailey is
a well. known rancher in Juab county.
Continued on Page Fcur).
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Swamped.

QUINCY, H., March 9 "A heavy wind
storm early this evening tore down wire
and broke windows. Several large boats
were broken loose from their moorings
in ihe bay and many, launches We're
swamped by the high waves
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
|EDERALS CROSS
LINE AND GIVE UP
hack Arms Before Our
Troopers; Secretary of
Wars Orders to Pro.
tect American Lives Re-
sults in Radical Action.

LAREDO. Tex, March st is
Eeported that Venustiano Carranza,
zpyernor of Coahuila, who revolted
agat1st the Huerta provisional
sovernmont, was captured and shot
his afternoon by federal troops
1nder General Trucy Aubert at a
Doint between BAHAMA and Mon
|lovs.
Official confirmation Of the ex-
Icution had not been obtained up
b 4 late hour.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
93 Appointments Made by Governor
Senate Confirms important Changes

New
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Many Measures introduced.

During the session ;herc wcrc nitro
duced IN the senate 26s bills ard about
fifteen memorials and resolutions.
House memoers offered us bills aud
dozen memorials and resolutions. VI
the number Of bills introduced ap'
proSimately loo were passed by botn
houses and sent 20 The governor. ol
these the governor has approved about
one third. leaving IN his hands some
thing like s;xty.fvc bills.
Propositions for nine constitutional
amendments were introduced al OF
them IN the senatc. None carried, so
there viii nc no constitutional changes
fr,ouAfn,,ed op Page rOur,A
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Loss Is Heavy.

EAST ST. LOUIS. IIl March IA
Three persons were hurt and consider
able property damage done by storm
which passed over JerseyYille thirty
miles northeast. carly tonight. Several
houses were wrecked.
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Two Fatally Injured.

MONTGOMERY CITY. Mo, March 10
Large property damage vas caused and
several persons injured. two believed ia
tally, by Il storm which swept Montgom-
erv county late today,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Lead Across Border.

an 49, 'esa dropped over The
n Wmh' many citizens narrowly
ava stray balls fell nito the
1y n,, some Penetrated houses.
4 '''sSinE Anericaus in ,hcir
thopsn. IN ihe Sonora town was
s <'s q adobe. o''''
esr,, Ssreson ,,' gave tho ordcr .or
"a '"ls morning. and the rebcls
:. some distance from tho
Vued On Pago Two.>
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
Case Goes 30 july.

NEW YORK, March lg.-red eral Judge
MAYER delivered today his charge 10 the
Jury, which, since November - lasi, has
been trying Julian hawthorne. JosiaI
Morton on charges OF using Tho mails Ia
defraud Investors In Canadian mining
stocks The case went to The jury tnis
afternoon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14
p Line and Quit.

ootegon succeeded in holding
n - "'e rom his men so that
Aosterlitzky and Reyes, with
''iSes. were able TO cross To The
states, where they surrendered
"' "!ioar u. Wilder. Fifth cav
A. arrived late 10 take command
e'ican troops. The Mexican
n ''.'c's Stacked their arms be-
~ american troopers and DIS
- 'nir'y wounded from either
A., ~ hospitals here. while the
e mesa land south of Mo-
.no attackers suffered most
4a,oh " Tue 1000 men who made
~ asainst the garrison OF 500
Ne number OF dead has not
Ht"iy estimated
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CYCLONE
Of 1878 KILLS
TH|RTY-THREE
Terrific Storm Sweeps Over
the Southern States, Leav-
ing Death and Ruin in
It's Wake.
WIRES DOWN; FULL
DETAILS LACKING
Illinois Struck by Tornado;
South Dakota in Grasp of
Worst Blizzard of
the Season.,

NEW ORLEANS, March IA
The death list in the storm that
swept several southern states yes
terday was raised to thirty-three
early this morning. Latest reports
of life loss came from near Allan
Ia, where five were killed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14

MONTEREY, Mexico. March 13.
~General Trucy Anbert, with 1900
1en, arrived from Saltillo yester-
~. and after a conference with
'enerals Trevino and Mier. left for
toucloya, whore he will continue
% campaigning against the Car
'nzsts, Monclova, Muzquiz and
|luldad Pofirio Diaz are still in
|1e hands Of the rebels.
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IWALES, AriZ., March l3.-Con.
stitutionalists overthrow the
federal garrison at Nogaies, So.
y tonight. and now are in posses.
Of the border town, after a fight
p continued with little abatement
tTelve hours. Casualties are esti-
N at 100 dead and twice as many
lded on both sides, though accu-
eount has not been made.
ryate Allen a. Umfleet. troop q,
q cavalry, L. s. A., was seriously
pded by rebel bullet while doing
e duty near the international line
The shot passed through his
from nose to ear. No other
'{icans we're injured.
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se Firing, Tate Orders.

y United States soldier was shot
py after ) O'Clock. when the at
Vas al its. height. Lieutenant
pol Tate, In charge Of the Fifth
'fy patrol, instantly sent word to
'si ooregon, in command Of the
tofees: "You have shot one Of
pen. Cease firing, or / shall be
you at once
ing same moment the firing from
'su'ars under Generals Kosterlit2,
nu Reyes slackened. By some
aeef'ed arrangement, Lieutenant
tate called his bugler and or.
MN TO sound the Mexican "ccase
order. The federal garrison
iy oocyed, but dcsultory firing
'nea 10 come from the besiegers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-14

JAMES L. SLAYDEN, con-
gresham from Texas, who may
be named ambassador To Mex
leo. He speaks Spanish with
great fuency.
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STOP

Stop making fun of us or leave
Paris. order TO Italian dancer.
Read in Sunday Tribune.
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n TINETYTHREE appointments to
nj various state departments and
| VI state boards were made last
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
TODAY MARKS BIRTH
OF MRS. S. ", CANS
Nonogenarian Surrounded by
Her Friends and Enjoying
the Best of Health.

Ninety years old today, with an un,
usually clear mind and enjoying the
hest of health. Mrs. S. w. Cans is cele.
brating the day at her apartments in
the Elberon. Assisting in the obser-
servation are members of her family
of this city, Richmond, and of Balti-
more.
/ Two sons, Isaac Cans, well known in
Washington commercial circles. and ia
cob Cans. prominent Richmond. Va,
commercial man with their families
Miss Rickie Cans. the only daughter:
a grandson, Walter Cans. and Mrs.
Moser, the eighty-one-year-old sister of
Mrs, Cans. of Baltimore. are helping to
celebrate the event
Mrs. Cans is one of a family of nine
brothers and sisters, and is the mother
of eleven children.
She numbers hosts of friends both
here and abroad. Former President
Roosevelt is a warm friend, and often
declared he derived more pleasure from
talking with her than any other person
of her age.
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
JAMES ". HARPER
! APOPLEXY VICTIM
Coal Dealer and Director Of
District National Bank
Found Dead Today. 4

James w. Harper. for years connect
ed with the Consolidation Coal Com
pany and director in the District Ma
tional Bank. died at his residence, 3039
y street northwest, last night. He
was discovered lying dead in an upper
room this morning, and it is believed
that he died before midnight Death
was caused by apoplexy. He sustain
ed a stroke last July.
Mr.. Harper was to be married to Miss
Catherine schultz, of Winchester, Va,
on November Il. Miss Schultz was no.
tilted of his death this morning Col.
Robert N. Harper, of the District Ma
tional Bank, brother OF the dead nan,
and Percy Thompson. of S2f7 r street
northwest, went Immediately to the n
street house and made arrangements
Tor the funeral.
Mr.. Harper will be buried at Lees
burg, Va, his old home, on Tuesday
morning. Funeral services will also be
held there. Mr.. Harper came to Wash
ington about twenty-five years ago. He
had Iifed in Georgetown the greater
part OF the time, and was a member of
Christ Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Harper left three brothers and a
sister, Col Robert n. Harper, of Wash
ington: Welles A. Harper, of Leesburg;
Or. Charles L. Harper, of Danville, Va,
and Mrs. r. c. vass, u Culpeper, Va.
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
Mind Tests at Dartmouth.

HANOVER, n. H., Oct. 26.-The $50
Dartmouth freshmen are to have their
minds tested in the latest scientific
manner. This is one Of the first at
tempts at measuring the effects of col
lege training, although similar tests
have been made In the more up-to-date
public schools for some time. The stu
dents at Hanover will hereafter be ex-
amined on entrance and before gradua-
ton. q.
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
TROOPERS IGNORE
BIG HORSE SHOW
Officers at Fort Myer Are So
Busy Preparing to Go South
That They Make No Entries.

Officers OF the Fifteenth Cavalry. now
stationed at Fort Myer, are so busily
occupied over the details of the garri-
SON change ordered by the War Depart
ment, whereby the Fifteenth will relieve
the Second Cavalry at Fort Bliss,
Texas, within a short time, that the
approach Of the New York horse show
is not creating the interest it usually
does at the army post.
1t is doubtful If there will be a single
entry from Fort Myer at the Madison
Square Garden show. as the Fifteenth
Cavalry expects to be shifting to Fort
Bliss about the. time Of the show, which
opens on November Is.
Russia is the first country to enter
horses for the International jumping
contests. and Norway is the first coun-
try to get a representative to New
York. British officers have entered a
number Of horses. Belgium will not
be represented this year. Several Euro
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
EOery Man His Gun
Automobile, Is Hope
~Aroused by hventor

NEW YORK. Oct. 96.-Bruce Ey.
tinge has aroused the hope here
that some day every man may
be his own automobile. Eytinge
appeared at tho electrical show
on roller skates. Suspended
from his shoulders we're elec.
trio storage batteries, connected
with small motors on the skates.
Eytinge turned q switch and the
skates started. He said the out
fit cost him about $50.
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
Declares White Slave
Law Covers All Cases

Mrs. Kate Waller Bennett national
president of the Florence Crittenden
League of Compassion, and president of
the National Council of Women, has
issued a statement in which she takes
issue with the decision OF Judge Pol
lock, Of the Federal court of Kansas
that the Mann white slave law cannot
be made to apply unless there is proof
of commercialism. The Mann act, Mrs
Bennett insists. reaches out to cover
the personal escapades of men and
women. That is the sort of law. she
declares, that the women of the country
want on the statute books, and the law
which their ballots will show they stand
for. She adds that there are already
enough voting women in the United
States to hold the political balance of
power.
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
Salt Goldfish Comes
Direct From Labrador

b GLOUCESTER, Mass, Oct. 26.-Capt.
Leonard Inkpen, twenty years old. mas
ter Of the British schooner Marjorie
n. Inkpen, of Burin, n. F., has brought
$4,000 pounds of salt Goldfish direct
from the Labrador coast to this city.
the first fare of green Goldfish" brought
here direct from the fishing banks in a
British vessel since the Underwood tar
if law went into effect.
- The fish were eagerly welcomed here.
as the supply Is short. Messages have
been sent to Burin saying that all the
rest of the catch can be used here, and
responses have been received that four
more cargoes from Labrador will be
sent here for market.
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
MRS.ELIZABETH M'CAFFERTY

Mrs. Elizabeth McCafferty, seventy
two years old, native of Baltimore, and
for nearly forty years resident of
Washington. died in her apartment in
the Carolina yesterday. Mrs. McCaffer-
y was a hat frame manufacturer here
for years, coming to Washington after
the. death of her husband. She was a
member of the Church of the Epiphany,
and leaves three step-children. Arthtr
McCafferty. of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing; Mrs. John Z. Brooks of
Washington; and Samuel McCafferty, OF
Baltimore. Funeral services will be
''eld at the Church of the Epiphany
tomorrow afternoon at , o'clock. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery
The Washington times., 1913-10-26
EXCURSION TRAINS
BRING IN 5000
Visitors From New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Come in Nine
Sections.

Three excursions, run in nine train
sections, brought about 5000 Pennsylva-
mans and New Jersey residents to
Washington today, to spend a busy day
sightseeing. The first arrivals were from
Newark, Elizabeth, Westfield and other
New Jersey points, and they came over
the Baltimore and Ohio road. The sec
ond excursion was from numerous
towns near Pottsville and Reading, Pa.
The third excursion was that of the
Pennsylvania lines, from Lancaster,
Harrisburg and other Pennsylvania
cities. Nearly 5000 visitors arrived be-
fore noon on the special trains.