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until February l, and will then estab.
lish home in Whitefsh. Miss Ethel
Hess will leave shortly for Notre Dame
university.
A fatal accident was reported about
noon today from Capt. Stevens ranch,
about three miles west of this city,
the victim being Oscar Peterson, who
at the time OF the accident was operat.
ing q corn shredder. 1t is impossible
at this writing to learn the particu.
lars of the Sad occurrence further than
that Peterson was In some way caught
in the driving belt of the machine and
crushed to death by being drawn
against q pulley. Coroner Wilfovd
Was notified of the accident and i'm.
mediatelv left for the scene.
From Fridays Daily
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Kelly,
OF this city, con.
81. G. Stevens, of Big Sandy, was
among todsy's arrivals.
A. L. Lewis, of Floweree, is Welt
ing with friends in this city.
Frank Laird. who has extensive
ranch and livestock interests in the
Sweet Grsss hills arrived today on q
business visit.
Arrivals from the Shonkin report
au unusually heavy snowfall In that
locality. The snow 10 about eighteen
inches deep on the level.
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THREATENLOCK0UT
To END BIG STRIKE
MATERIAL DEALERS plS0UsTED
WITH JURIsDlcTioNAL FIGHTS
OF MEN.

Chicago, July 2.-The building ma
terfal interests threaten to lock out
their 10000 employees within ten days
If before that time the building trades
unions do not settle the Jurisdictional
strikes which resulted two weeks ago
in the lockout of thirty thousand men
by the contractors. Construction
work on improvements valued at $780,
100000 has been tied up for two weeks.
Conditions in the building industry
for the last several years have been
unsatisfactory on account OF numerous
strikes upon buildings, principally be.
cause sof jurisdictional disputes be-
tween labor unions, = reads the resolu-
ton adopted last night by the material
men. These disputes have caused in.
Vulnerable and almost continuous
strikes upon the building interests In
general thereby causing serious flnan.
cial loss to builders, employers, own
ers and ourselves" g
The resolution then announces the
decision to call lockout II the pres
ent labor difiiculties are not adjusted
within ten days. A lockout by the
material interests would bring the
total OF men affected by the labor
trouble in Chicago up to $4,000.
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PAYS s250,000 FOR
BROKEN PROMISE !:
ACTRESS WINS SUIT IN WHICH
ENGLISH NoBLEMAN is
DEFENDANT.

London, July 1.-Two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars and all the costs
OF the suit is the price the Marquis OF
Northampton has agreed to pay to set
tie the suit for breach Of promise
brought against him by the actress.
Miss Daisy Markham, whose real name
ia Miss Violet Moss. The costs Will
amount to considerable sum on ao-
count OF the number Of distinguished
counsel on the case.
Marquis, better known as Earl
Compton. recently succeeded to the
title at the age Of 27. The plaintin Is
wei, known both in America and the
British isles under her stage name.
The young marquis had previously
offered $4,000 to settle the case and
many people thought Miss Markham
lnwise not to accept the offer.
When Miss Markham insisted on
proceeding with the suit. London COS
sips anticipated that she had sensa-
tional story to tell and interest In the
suit rose accordingly.
The damages paid today are the
heaviest for many years In breach OF
promise suit.
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WOMAN STRUGGLE
FOR LIFE USELESS
BODY or MURDER VICTIM IS
FOUND IN THE REAR OF A
CHICAGO STORE.

Chicago, July 2.-On q blood spat-
tered platform in the rear OF q store
at 7O1 West Madison street the body
OF a we'll dressed unidentified woman
about 35 years old was today found
by teamster, who after notifying the
night watchman disappeared. The
woman's jugular vein had been severed
and nearby was a bloody clasp knife
with three inch blade. She had ap.
parently struggled desperately for her
life.
Photographs were made Of bloody
finger prints on the platform. The
only other things that the police hope
may furnish clew to the murder is
black cloth band evidently from q
mans hat and found near the body.
The police do not believe that ROB
berry was the motive for the murder
as the assailant OF the woman did not
remove her gold necklace and locket,
plain gold ring and gold ring set with
q ruby. .
Andrew Dufrain, night watchman IN
the Volunteers OF America hotel, was
questioned by the police. Numerous
scratches on his right arm he said
were made by a cat.
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CONTINUED on Page So
F|NDsFORTUNE IN JEWELS
S8waa" From Robbery Of New York
Gem Dealers Located In Rail-
road Station.

New York, July 2.The more than
$4,000 worth OF jewelry stolen from
the Fifth avenue firm Of Udell and
Ballou was found here today in the
Pennsylvania railroad station. 1t was
IN q valise.
The jewels, among them blue dia.
mond OF great value, we're stolen some
time last Friday night during the ex.
citement caused by a fire. Arrests
were made but William Beck, young
repair clerk In the store when taken
TO police headquarters for questioning
jumped from q window Of the building
and fed. He had not been found this
morning. The Arm appraised its losses
NJ about 1880
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Continued on Page 5.
PLANS TO ENJ0|N STATE
Bidder Not Satisfied With AwardinQ
Of Vacuum Sweeper Contract
to Eastern Firm.

Des Moines. July 2.The state
executive council awarded a contract
for vacuum cleaner for the capitol
Monday.
The contract went to the Palm ma
chine Of Detroit at an expense to the
state of 1926 for an eight sweeper.
George W. Wilmer, manager Of the
Tuec company OF Des Moines. tho
lowest bidder, contemplates an In
junction to stop the auditor drawing
warrants to the Detroit company on
the ground that the council exceeded
its authority In awarding the contract
to the second highest instead Of ,ths
sixth and lowest bidder
six bids were received BY the coun-
Gil" said Mr.. Wilmer last night. Tho
Palm was the second highest at e4,2ee
for the eight sweeper and @3.638 for
the six sweeper machine.
"The Tuec company was the lowest
bidder at $3,47O for the eight sweeper
machine and 81 1886 for the six sweeper.
THAT is a differencelof 1896 on tho
machine taken by the council and the
1926 comes out Of the taxpayers Of the
state. 1t seems to me that would be
warranted in enjoining the carrying
out OF the contract on that basis.
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ISTHMIAN ROADS
EARNINGS FALL OFF

washington, D. c., July 2. Traffic
over the Panama and the Tehauntepec
railroads was $10,000.0O0 less in the
fiscal year just closed than last year
the total being about $4,000, 900. The
decrease was due it is explained to
reduction both in the price and guam
tity Of sugar from Hawaii to the east
ern coast OF the United States.
The traffic over the two roads in
1907, the year Of the opening Of the
Tehauntepec road was only 100000
but the earnings increased steadily
year by year with the one exception
named. The large growth has been in
west bound traffic from the Atlantic
and gulf frontage to the Pacific coast
and Hawaii.
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covERNoR OFFERS REWARD.

Chicago, July Gov. Clarke Of Iowa
has offered a reward OF 5000 for the
arrest Of Franz Meyer OF Oelwein, who
abducted Lizzie Huppertz, a girl Of IA
years, on June IS.
Meyer, whose wife Is said to be liv-
ing here, ran piano factory at 1921
Chicago avenue, Oak Park. He left
there in September. 1911 and started a
factory and repair shop In Oelwein.
The Huppertz girl was employed by
him and he boarded with her parents.
The two disappeared on June 1S.
Meyer Is As years Of age and his hair
is a trifle gray Lizzie Huppertz Is
feet 6 inches tall, though not yet IA
years of age. The two took an east
bound train in Oelwein on June 1s.
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KEOKUK FURNISHES
POWER TO ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, Mo-, July 2.-Electricity
generated by water power at the dam
across the Mississippi river at Keokuk
Iowa, was turned into the wires Of St
Louis yesterday and during the rush
hours two-thirds of the street cars in
the city were propelled by the new
current. All Industrial motors in the
city also were driven by the same
power.
BY the end Of the week, practi.
cally all the street car motors and
electric lights in St. Louis will be op
Grated by electricity generated by the
water power plant, 1877 miles away.
st. Louis Is the largest city in the
country to be supplied with electrical
energy produced by water power.
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WORLDS CHRISTIANS j
MEET AT PORTLAND

Portland, Ore, July 2.-The worlds
Christian citizenship conference again
met in sectional sessions this morning
to receive reports OF commissions. The
report on public education to the sec.
tional conferences on education was
presented by Chairman Henry Collin
Minton OF Trenton, N. j. DR.. James s.
Martin OF Pittsburgh, gave an address
on Religious Instruction in State
Educational institutions" and Rev. W.
r. McCauley, McKeesport, Pa, spoke
on "'The Bible in the Public School"
The prison reform conference was
presided over by Gov. Oswald West OF
Oregon, and the report OF the prison
reform commission was presented and
discussed by Gov. West and other
members
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.MEX|CANs HOLD AMERICAN
Appeal Sent to Washington to Secure
Liberty for Citizen Of tho United
States.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 2.--An appeal
was sent to the state department at
Washington today for the release OF l..
H. Morrison, Los Angeles man who
is held prisoner by the Mexican fed
eral forces. Morrison's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. j. D. Morrison, were informed
their son had been captured and taken
to prison in the state Of Sinaloa.
Morrison was in the employ OF q
construction company near Guaymas.
He was taken prisoner, according to
advices received here, while making
q trip from Guaymas to Hermosllo.
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FLIES
BOAT OVER LAKE
Chicago Youthful Aviator
Accomplishes Feat Just
to "Cool Off,"

Chicago, July 2.-Logan A. ("Jack")
Villas, a 20-year-old sportsman of Evan
ston, has the distinction of being the
first man to fly across Lake Michigan.
The feat was accomplished yester-
day in a flying boat. Not only did
young Villas carry passenger on the
record making journey, but he made
the trip from st. Joseph. Mich, to
Chicago distance Of over sixty
miles-in one hour and ten minutes.
Thousands of spectators at the ath-
letic games In Grant park witnessed
the bird mans arrival, and cheered as
the graceful craft Of air and water
glided down and settled gently on the
waves In the harbor. There was no
prize offered for the feat. Villas mere
ly made the trip to ''cool Off," as he
expressed 1t.
It was just 2:41 o'clock when the
start was made. Foam flew up on
both sides, the boat lurched as 1t
struck a large wave and a crowd OF
several hundred gathered on the beach
gave parting cheer.
Breeze Strikes Craft.
Up and up at an angle Of thirty de-
|srees it sped, until those on the shore
saw it finally disappear speck IN
the blaze of the sun.
As the boat climbed into the sky the
air at first became warmer and then
cooler At a height of $500 feet stiff
cold breeze struck the craft, and Bas-
tar buttoned his norfolk coat and turn
ed up the collar. Then suddenly the
craft gave lurch.
Currents" muttered Villas in his
companions ear, and shot the boat
higher. The planes did not become
level again until the craft had reached
q height Of 5000 feet. Then the ma
chine was righted again. Villas threw
open the throttle and the machine rae.
ed through the air at a seventy mile
an hour clip. It was freezing cold and
Bastar shivered in his seat as he
clutched the side of the body to steady
himself against the wind. S
I'VE saw Chicago first at about $3.50
o'clock" said Villas. 1t was q little
patch OF smoke This Increased in size
until at last we could make tout the
dark splotch on the horizon made by
the loop sky-scrapers. Then we began
to drop gradually to avoid changing
atmosphere too quickly and striking
cross currents too suddenly"
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BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE DAYS NEWS

MESSINA. SCILY-A slight eaTth-
quake shock lasting only few sec
onds caused considerable alarm here
today and this was increased by dis
tinct underground rumbling. Many OF
the inhabitants left their residences
and took to the open fields.
NEW YORK Equipped to spend three
wears in the arctic in inspection OF
Crocker land, the supposed continent
which Rear Admiral Peary believes
he discovered with the whaler Diana
was made ready to start north either
this afternoon or early tomorrow
DENVER, COLO Parties Of turner's
today invaded new sections OF the
mountains, on the third day OF their
recreation program. The turner's o.
ficially invaded the Pixies Peak re-
gion, others visited the Cripple Creek
mining district, while still others
spent the day at Glacier Lake.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH africa
A strike has broken out In the Rand
district which threatens to tie up the
entire gold mining industry OF South
Africa. The dispute arose from sim
pie question about working hours IN
the new Kleinfontein mines and from
there SId0uhAly SpA eau uAAsAt @~.o ~
uation became 50 serious that troops
were called out to protect property
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.-Benjamin
l.. Mckinley acting U. 8. attorney
here pending senatorial confirmation
of President Wilson's nomination OF
Thos. E. Hayden to succeed John L.
McNab, resigned, followed the action
OF his chief by rendering his resig-
nation. He gave as motive desire
to return to private practice.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska defeated In his ef-
for to attach to the tariff bill an
amendment for graduated tax on
tobacco production, withdrew today
from the democratic senate caucus.
The caucus voted down his amend
ment by a vote Of 23 to 1S and spir-
tied scene followed.
DOUGLAS, ARIZ.-By stating that the
battle OF Guaymas was still in pro-
gress, Gov. Pesquiera of Sonora adj
mitted in kilograms to the constitu-
tional junta here today that the re-
ports Of the capture of the seaport
by the rebels Monday was erroneous
The governor who returned to Her.
mosillo today from the front, wired
that the fighting at Guaymas was
hercer than ever.
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GUN CARRYING MADE
SERIOUS OFFENSE

Des Moines, July 2.-Men who have
been in the habit of packing a gat, !"
or in other words, carrying a revolver,
must either leave their hardware at
home under the pillow or take q chance
OF sojourning in the state penitentiary
for q two year term, after Friday. The
deadly weapons law, which provides
a fine OF $500 or two years imprison-
ment for carrying deadly weapons,
whether concealed or not, goes into
effect Independence day.
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new ANGLE IN
LOBBY INQUIRY
Man Appears and Admits
Truth in Part Of Charges
Made by Lovett.
DISCLAIMS INTENT
TO LEVY BLACKMAlL
Tells of Calling up Union
Pacific Officials in Inter-
ests Of Friends.

Warrington. D. c., July a. David
,amar 4 wall street operator, testl-
fled today before the senate ppus
committee that he was the man me1- :,
toned in the testimony OF ROBERT ?.
Loyett as having called wall stIee.
financiers on the telephone anu na''
mK impersonated congressman.
Lamar said Russell Sage authorizes
him to compel the Union pacnlc ~
nay the government $6S, S,Ooo.Ooo Al
bonds owing it. Lamar. with senator
Foraker. came to Washington ana con
ferred with President Mckinley.
1--WE were charged with being paiI
of ccnscienceless blackmailers, salu
Lamar. But that had no el1ect On
u.s." =.
When Sage retired from business IN
1eo1 on sase's recommendation Lamar
became associated with James \;
Kaene Lamar said he warned
Keene when the latter was buying
Union Pacific stock that the railroad
r,ould ruin him to get revenge lot
Iamar's previous activity. He detailed
ROW when Keene and his associates
had $4,000, 900 Union Pacific he TOOK
steps to enjoin the voting OF certain
stock 40 that e. H. Hartman would
be. compelled to buy Keene's stock az
hish figure. With Keene's authority
Ia retained Lauterback's law firm ana
paid $4,000. Lauterbach and Lamar
came is Washington, paid Foraker MS
fee and engaged him. u,
When. the I. Injunction was final!y
decided against Keene, Union Pacific
strrk went down and Keene and his
friends loaf most Of their fortunes. "As
: result Of the panic OF 1907, sara
Lamar, Hartman, Kuhn, Loeb q Co.
the National City bank and Morgan
4 CO. became bound together as Win
an iron band"
Makes Confession.
"For the purpose Of rendering my
friend Lauterbach a-service," he said,
"and to restore him to his former
friendly relation with Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. Jacob Schiff and the Union Pacific
officials. did have conversations over
the telephone with the Union Pacific
officials and others and In those con-
versations I did use the names OF
other persons. But there was no sug-
zestion Of fee to Mr.. Lauterbach. On
the strength OF these telephone mes
saxes Judge Lovett came here anu
charged that Edward Lauterbach had
tried to blackmail him."
The Lauterbach incident, he added
''paled Into insignificance' compared
with an $S2,0cO,000 forgery which ]
alleged was committed on the Union
Pacific books In 1901.
Charges Forgery.
II do not know who did It," said
Lamar. "the chairman of the board or
office boy, but ! do know this $82,000,-
900 was the fulcrum which enabled
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ROOSEVELT FOR BIG NAVY
Tells Progressive Leaders That Y. s
Must be Ready to Back Words
With Deeds.

Newport, R. l., July navy DAY
with which the progressive three day
conference opened today brought thou.
sands OF visitors to Newport to hear
Theodore Roosevelt speak twice; par.
take Of Rhode Island clam bake. lis
ten to speeches by several other pro-
gressive leaders and witness a drill
OF the navy apprentices at the naval
training station.
D. Leroy Dresser presided. The
navy was represented on the platform
by Rear Admiral Charles G. Badger,
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet, and other officers.
Among prominent progressives pres
ent were former United States Sena-
tor A. J. Beveridge, Oscar Strauss,
Clifford Pinchot, Herbert Knox Smith,
former Governor Bass of New Hamp-
shire, William Draper Lewis and
Joseph Walker.
Theodore Roosevelt addressed the
gathering on patriotism and national
honor, and made plea for the main
tenance Of adequate naval strength.
Congressman who vote against TWO
battleships year, he said, were "on a
level with men who voted against for
tifying Hawaii and our stations In the
West Indies. These men are unfit to
represent the American people, and
they by their actions invite national
disaster and humiliation"
He characterized as wicked any ad-
vocation Of arbitration where national
honor and interests are concerned, and
said that to enforce the Monroe Doc
trine, to retain Panama, Alaska and
our insular possessions, to determine
what aliens and on what terms they
shall come to this country demanded
the power to "back up our words with
deeds"
Talks Politics.
The demand made in the first nation
al platform of the progressive party
for regulation Of corporations and COM
binations to ''if<ure their doing justice
to their rivals, to their customers and
to their employees" has been en-
phasized, Theodore Roosevelt declared
this afternoon at the clambake which
opened the national conference OF the
progressive party, by what has oc-
CURED since election in the West Vir-
ginia bituminous coal fields.
In opening his speech, Colenel Roose-
welt pointed to the progressive platform
upon which he ran for the presidency
last fall as q document which uphold
ers OF social and industrial justice in
the future will recognize as one Of the
great documents of American political
history.
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CITY SEXES ICE. PLANTS
Mayor Of Cincinnati Takes Steps "a
Stop Misery Caused by Ex-
tended Strike.

Cincinnati, o., July 2.--The board Of
health today ordered the health officers
of Cincinnati to seize and operate all
Ice plants in the city and to use every
available means Of distributing Ice to
the general public.
Mayor Hunt sent a communication to
the board declaring that public en-
Iergency existed.
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Hot Sun Of 1913 Does What
Bullets of '63 Could
Not Accomplish.
BOTH ARMIES BEGIN
RETREAT HOMEWARD
Gettysburg Still Crowded,
Nevertheless, With Civil
War Soldiers.

Gettysburg, Pa, July 2.-The tide Of
invasion turned back from Gettysburg
today and the armies OF the blue and
gray began to melt away under the
compelling influence Of q torrid sun
and the discomforts Of camp life. Gen.
Hunter Light, U. s. A., in command
of the camp, estimates that more than
5000 veterans have gone and ex-
pressed the opinion that 10000 might
depart before midnight.
Most of them have looked over the
battlefield, shaken hands with COM
rades they knew in other regiments,
got another glimpse of their friends
regular army men were not sorry to
see the thousands go for the camp
was crowded beyond capacity and hun
dreds Of old men were being quartered
In tents that were for circuses, but not
slor sleeping purposes. Scores slept on
the ground and although the cooks
ruade strenuous efforts the mess tables
did not groan with food.
Hot Day In Sight.
There were no other reasons for
army rejoicing today for all indications
pointed to another unusually hot day.
The sun was not over the hills an
hour until the mercury was. around the
ninety mark and promised to soar
much higher. The veterans have stood
the heat in wonderful fashion, but any
time there Is protracted spell, scores
of real prostrations may result.
This Was military day. IN the big
tent with Col. Andrew Cowan of
Louisville, presiding. Major General
John B. Brooke Of Pennsylvania, was
the northern orator OF the day and
Sergeant John c. Scarborough Of North
Carolina, the Silver tongued' defend
er of the south. To Barry Bulky OF
Washington, D. c., was given the hon
or OF reading Lincoln's Gettysburg
address.
Seranade the "Rebs."
One OF the unadvertised reunions Of
the celebration occurred last night in
the confederate section of the camp.
Fife and drum corps in blue tramped
up and down the streets Of the confed-
crate part OF the city OF tents. They
stopped before the tents, played such
a fanfare as only drums and flies can
make, summoned forth the occupants
and shook hands, threw arms about the
gray shoulders and in dozen other
ways showed their feelings of friend
ship. They kept 1t up for hours and
visited practically every "reb" tent.
Their reception was as warm as their
greeting.
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HEAT CLAIMS VICTIMS

Iowa City, July O. Mrs. John
Beecher Is dead at Mercy hospital
here. the first local victim Of the
heat. Mrs. Beecher, who was SO years
old. was prostrated about 4 o'clock In
the afternoon and died shortly after s.
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PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES.

Centerville, July 2.-Lew 6alinger, .
leading Centerville merchant and
prominent public spirited citizen died
yesterday, aged 4s years. He was. =
member OF the city council and lAto
president Of the Retail Merchants -
soctatioH-
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Exp, os,oh - MYSTERY.

Buck Grove, July 2.-While Dan
Hemphill was driving his runabout the
acetylene tank exploded. There had
been no water IN the tank since Sun
day, and the cause Of the explosion Is q
profound mystery. But little damage
was done.