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FRENCH SAVANTSLAUD ROOSEVELT;

25000 CHEER HIMThrongs Pack Streets as Colonel

Speaks on Citizenship atthe Sorbonne

GfcTS BUST OF DEMOCRAT

Lincoln Ordered, but the Factory

Sends Jefferson, and T.R. Accepts '

HONOI-CT..U, April 23.—John'T. Mi-Cntchnin, the Chicago cartoonist andwriter, who was for some time witTheodore Known-It In Afrli-n, Is return-Ins; on th«» steamer Asia, ivhlrh arrivedhern total \u25a0

Mt-Ciitrhcon prpillrtu that Col. Boose-vrlt will again become president, anilstated that whenever the mutter win

mentioned In the hunting camps therolonel itiolihNl all participation In thediscussion of pullers, hut on one or twoocnulons remarked he had other workoutlined which would occupy him formany years to romp.

[Associated Press]

PARIS, April 23.— usei

ColonelRoosevelt's own words, todaymarked the crowning -of his ca-

reer as a man of letters. From noonuntil midnight he was the guest ofintellectual Paris, participating as amember at a-session of the Frenchacademy, delivering • a lecture "at theBorbonne, which, he said was the fore-most seat of learning In Europe beforeAmerica was discovered,' and remain-Ing as the guest of the faculty fordinner and the grand reception givenby the university In his honor.

Colonel Roosevelt's reception at theinstitute and that at tilt; Sorbonnewere equally impressive, but In a dif-ferent way. At the former he was in-troduced merely us a member and hetook a seat among his distinguishedconfreres, moat of whom have grownold in the service of science.

After listening to tile words of M.BoutrOUX, the president of the Acad-emy of Moral and Political Science,who spoke eloquently of Americanideals and character, of which, he said,Theodore Roosevelt • was the best - ex-ponent, ..the former president replied InFrench, his utterances arousing hisvenerable colleagues to unwonted ap-plause, ". .

A(ir \IMKI) 1»V CHEAT TIIHONO

At the Sorbonne no attempt wasmade to restrain the demonstrations.The tncado bristled with American andFrench flags and fully 25,000 personspacked the streets and acclaimed 'Col-onel Roosevelt on his arrival. - \u25a0 •

within the building enthusiasm wasunbounded, the vast crowd In the am-I hiiMptor -Interrupting again andurrnl^willi storms of applause as thespeaker defined the duties of Individ-ual citizenship in a republic, scorningthe Sluggard, cynics and Idle rich andpreaching the gospel of work, charac-ter and the strenuous life.

Several times he interjected observa-tions in French, and after he had- de-fined his attitude on the subject of hu-man rights and property rights, ho re-peated this In French, saying that itconstituted the crux of what he hadsaid, and he desired every one to under-stand him. His words In this collectionwore:

It) poult lon an rriCHrdu the nionled Inter-

e»U fan be put In n few wurils. In every

rivllized Hi.il.-ty property rights must bernri'fiilfj safeguarded. Ordinarily and in(he great majority of mar* human rights

and property rights are fundamentally, and.In list' lout; run. Identical) but when Itclearly appears that there l» a real \u25a0 conflict

between them, liuiniiit right* must have theupperbandi property belongs to man and not

man to property.He made his auditors clearly realize

that he considered republican Institu-tions still on trial both in America andFrance. The distinguished personagesoccupying seats on the eetrade, whoIncluded, besides the deans of the va-rious faculties Of the universities. Pre-mier Brland and his entire cabinet, andsuch men as Leon Bourgeois, formerpremier; Anatole Leroy Beaueaul, di-rector of the Institute of France; JulesFolneatre, Jules Claretle, Gabriel Han-otaux, Marquis .de Beguer, the. histo-rian, and Paul Deschanel, were eig-deiitly quite as much Impressed as tnn

students and other auditors In front,Joining heartily .in the applause, es-pecially when Mr. Roosevelt . spokeagainst race suicide and the necessity

for a nation to perpetuate itself, as oneof its principal duties. !> I

MISTAKK MAKE IN BUST \u25a0-,', {Following' the lecture. Vice Rector

Ward-, in behalf of the university, pre-sented Mr. Roosevelt with ' a bust ofJefferson and two vases made atSevres. A curious mistake had beenmade in the bust. A bust of Lincolnhad been ordered from the governmentfactory at 1 Sevres, but in some way oneof Jefferson had been made. M. Jus-serand, the French ambassador, hasarranged to have the original orderexecuted.

In replying to M. Boutroux beforethe Academy of Moral and PoliticalSciences, Mr. Roosevelt spoke inFrench. He said that he, would notdare to do so if he were not amongconferees, for he was certain of t,helrindulgence. . ~'"I cannot express how much I. havebeen touched by the honor you havepaid me," he said. "It is the crown-Ing of the career of a man of letters."

M. Boutroux. he said, had defined hismoral conception of life better than he.could himself and lie continued: , i\ \u25a0

"I have always tried to translate,

into action the moral principles which'must Inspire the life'of men. and I na-tions. There can he no economic civil-ization without morality. . Genius lanot essential, but only courage,; hon-esty sincerity and common sense. Menof genius, without these, qualities, area curse to ; a nation. They jdo ..moreharm than good." \u25a0•» > ' \u25a0) •<\u25a0 ,:f-\ •

Colonel Roosevelt £old of how he hadreceived ' the* Hewr dr MS Iflection 'to[he academy *while Vhunting*-; white

rhinos at the equator. \u25a0-*•• V<.;"I was living among naked savages,",

INDEX OF

HERALD'S NEWSTODAY

I'ORKCAST

For Ix>s An<r^l<»( and vicinity—Fair Sim-day; warm In the forenoon; cooler nt night;light north wind, changing to south. Maxi-mum temperature yesterday 100 degrees;

minimum li'iniH-rul 07 degree*

LOS ANGELESTen per cent of local auto drivers have

been arroßtotl In one year for violat-ing speed ordinance. Bectlon 3. PACU 11

Resignation* of highway commission-era demanded. Section 3, PAGE 12

Girl falls from swine at school picnicend sustains i>rolm,blo fracture of -skull and broken lug. Section 3, PACE 12

Autolst runs down old man, carries himto police station and then disap-pears. Section 3. PACUO 12

Cupid la strong for Long Beach, cayscounty clerks. Section 3. PAGE 12

Aspirants for legislative Jobs getting onthe firing line; Good Governmentmovement presents problem for ma-chines. Section 3, PAGE 12

Baby who swallowed safety pin and wasrushed here from Nevada for surgicaloperation, dies. Section l. I'AliK 10

Glendale planning Jlaytlme Jamboree.•> Section 2. PAGE IS

Thermometer registers 100 degrees;' records for April broken.

Section 1. PAGE 1Associated charities will make annual

tag day event similar to Klesta.Section 3. PAGE 10

Legal fight for control of million dollarHamilton Mining Co. begun. -

Section 1. PACE 10City council visits places where garbage

transfer station, may I"- located.Section 1. PAGE! 10

Scientists «ay If Hallcy^s comet hitsthe earth California will bear bruntof collision, .Section 1. PAGE I

Four bungalows In Boylo Heights areburned; entire neighborhood throat-ened; tire department has busy day.

Section 1. PAGE 10Editorial, letter box. Section 1, PAGE 6Marriage licenses, births, deaths.

Section 2, PASS 6Society, clubs. Section S, PAGES 8-10

Music. Section S. I1AGIO 9

Child's study circle. Section 2. PAGE 4

Heal estate. / Bectlon 2. PAGES 1-3

Classified advertising. Section 2, PAGES 5-11Building permits. Section 2, I'AGK 3

News of waterfront. Section 2. PAGE 14

News of the courts. Section 1. PAGE 10Municipal affairs. Section 1. PAGE 10

Sport*. Section I. PAGES 4-5

Markets, financial. Section 8. PAGE 11

Mines and oil fields. Section 2, PAGES 11-14

Theaters and dramatic criticism.Section 4, PAGES 1-2

Fraternal and secret ordors.Section 1. PAGE 3

City, brevltlea. Section I, PAGE 1

Some men, some women. Section 1, PAGE 7

In hotel corridors. Section 1. PAGE 7

Art notes. Section 3, PAGE 10

SOUTH CALIFORNIAPasadena hotel owners report most pros-

perous season sine* 1806; plan many Ira-\u25a0 provements. • Section 1. PAGE 11

Ore* ennsolMuiloa of Manhattan and Shake-speare 'Beach to further boulevard project.

Section 1, PAGE 11Edison company finally decides on Long

Beach power house site. Section 1, PAGE 11Indians rescue party of mirage-lured

travelers on desert. Section 1. KAGE, 11State board of education concludes ses-

sions at Itlverslde; superintendents tomeet Monday. Section 1. PAGE 11

COASTKowlng la Jeff's strength getter for a. jay. Section 3. PAGE 4Wezler, In tears, confesses murder of

Mrs. Batata Section 1. PAGE 1

EASTERNIndian Gaekwar will visit United States

in summer. Section l. PAGE 3

Waterloo barbers must keep hands out ofpatrons; mouths. Section 1, PAGE 3

Influx of foreigners Into United Stales In-creases heavily and immigration for fiscalyear of 11)10 may total 1,000.000.

Section 1, PAGE 3Warring Chinese tongs In New York delay

signing peace compact and, gunmen againhaunt alleys of oriental quarters. "--Section 1, PAGE 3

Deaths warn Hetty Green to drop workand take life easy. Section 1. PAGE 1

First week of Hyde trial closes with bothsides "confident; prosecution expects tospend 1200.000. • Section 1, PAGE 1

Freezing weather causes 13,000,000 crop lossIn ten states In middle west.

Section 1, PAGE 1Simple funeral services for Mark Twain

bald In Old Brick Presbyterian church.New York; body will be taken to Elmtra,New York. Section 1, PAGE 2

Qaoraa O. Smith swears Plnchot calledBatunaar a "yellow dog" during a con-versation with th« witness. Section 1, PAGE 1

Hotel Thomas. Cincinnati, burnc, andnix persons perish. Section 1, I'AOE 1

FOREIGNRiots In Ch%naab> cause alarm and flam-

Ing posters threaten death-to foreigners, r '\u25a0 t ',-j ' -VSefctlon 1. PAGE a

Roosevelt lectures before French savants atthe twenty-tlve thousand peoplemassed In streets cheer him.

- v Section 1, PAGE 1

NINE LIVES ARE LOST INCINCINNATI HOTEL FIRE

Two Bodies Taken from Ruins.Guests Rescued from Upper

Floors by Ladders

CINCINNATI, April 23.—Two bodieshave been recovered find it is believod

four more, at least, are in the ruinsof the Hotel Thoma, which burned atmidnight.

The bodieß of two men were foundin the ruined upper story. Uoth were

, fully dressed and probably had beensuffocated. The bodies were identiliedas those of "Walter O, Cameron, law-yer' and Harry Lawrence, a newspaper

.employe.The firemen are working to extricate

the bodies of two women guests of thehotel and thp bodie.s of five missing

employes are supposed to be in thecellar. ' '

The fire destroyed the hotel, a six-\u25a0tory building. For more than-.an hour |adjacent property, including: two the-aters, was in imminent peril. Guestson the upper floors were rescued withladders.

$200000 WILL BESPENT IN EFFORTTO CONVICT HYDE

Both Sides Are Confident as FirstWeek of Physician's Fight

for Life Ends

DEFENSE GAINS SOME GROUND

Nurse Makes Favorable Admis-sions in Course of Cross

Examination

[Associated Press]

KANSAS CITY, April 23.—The sec-ond week of the Hyde murdertrial closed here today with both

the defense and the prosecution pre-dicting ultimate victory.

Only two important witnesses havebeen examined so far. They are MissPearl Keller and Miss Anna Houlihan,who were nurses in the Swope residencewhen the tragedies were enacted.

Miss Keller, who Is considered thestate's star witness, told a straightand vigorous story which greatlypleased the prosecution. Attempts ofthe defense to break down her nar-rative were futile.

On the other hand, Miss Houlihan,whose cross-examination has no,t beencompleted, has buoyed up the hopes ofthe defense. Attorney Frank P. Walsh,chief counsel for Dr. Hyde, has un-der the direct coaching of Mrs. Hyde,been able to obtain some admissionsdamaging to the state's case from thewitness.

Two hundred thousand dollars Is theamount It Is estimated the county willspend before the trial Is completed.Some attorneys In the hearing e-lleve the case will not go to the Juryfor five or six weeks. Mr. Walsh saidtonight he thought the case would becompleted within five weeks.

The state has thirty-seven witnessesto call. How many the defense willsummon is only known to Mr. Walshand he will not tell.

Chief Interest now lies In the com-ing testimony of Mrs. Logan O.Swope and her daughter, Mrs. Hyde.Although the state was denied the priv-ilege of going into the private life ofDr. Hyde In Its opening statement, ithopes to throw some light on thisphase of the case later.

MBS. IITDB TO TESTIFY 'Mrs. Swope is the witness who is

depended upon to 'Brill- the physicianfrom the witness stand. In refutationof the stories told by Mrs. Swope'andMiss Keller the defense will offer Mrs.Hyde as a witness.

Judge Latshaw's ruling that everyphase of the Swope mystery may bedeveloped, In order, if possible to showmotive on the part of Dr. Hyde in con-nection with the alleged killing of Col-onel Swope, makes certain that ere thetrial has ended the public will haveheard all there Is to tell of the mys-tery.

Owing to attorneys in the Swopemurder case having made arrange-ments to take another deposition inDr. Hyde's libel suit this afternoonthere was only a morning session ofcourt today.

Miss Anna Houlihan, the nurse whooccupied the witness chair the greaterpart of the session yesterday, took thestand today. Her direct examination'was resumed by Assistant ProsecutorJames F. Reed.

Mr. Reed asked the nurse but a fewquestions regarding the illness of Mar-garet Swope. Attorney Walsh thentook the witness.

Mr. Walsh's first question was re-garding the box of candy which MissHoulihan testified yesterday that Dr.Hyde gave to Stella Swope Just sevendays before the young woman wasstricken with typhoid.

"Did you see Dr. Hyde give Stellathis candy?" asked Mr.1 Walsh. ,

"Yes, sir," she replied."Did you see her eat any of the

candy?"not.""I did not."

Miss Houlihan said she could not re-call the size of the box nor could shesay whether Dr. Hyde and his wife atethe candy at the house on the day thebox is said to have been presented toStella Swope. •"'-./ [

Using \u25a0& plot of the second floor ofthe Swope house, drawn by Dr. Hyde,Mr. Walsh developed that three per- jsons were ill on that floor and that theplumbing in the house had been tornout.

BURGLAR SHOT AND TAKENAFTER RUNNING BATTLE

STOCKTON, April 23.—After a run-ning tight between officers, Cltlaeni andtwo burglars, one of the robbers wasWounded and captured tonight.

A house near the residence of StateSenator John T. Lewis was entered lastnight by burglars, but they werefrightened away. Ttonight the two menreturned and before they could secureany loot neighbors surrounded thehouse and a pistol duel between thecrooks and four officers and citiren.stook place.

An unidentified burglar was shotthrough the hip*and lungs and cap-tured, but the other escaped after arunning fight, which created great ex-citement.

There is little hope of- the woundedburglar recovering.

POLICEMAN TAKES TAFT'S, COOK FROM WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, April 23.—PresidentTaft has lost his cook. She was ar-rested tonight in the kitchen of theWhite House by a White House pollee-'nian anil locked up for life in the bondsof wedlock.

Though taken by a policeman, Mar-tha Peterson, who has tickled thopalates of the executive family, didnot !4<> to Jail. She was taken Inm themansion by James Mulvey, a guardianof the White House.

The bride was succeeded in the WhiteHouse by Amelia Anderson. The presi-dent would consent to the marriaguonly upon condition that he should notbe without a cook.

Magnificent Structure toBe Dedicated by President

BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUB-

LICS, AND JOHN BARRETT, WHO

MADE THE BUILDING A POSSI.

BILITY.

HALL GROWS FROMBARRETT'S DREAM

Dedication American Republics'Building WillCrown Work

of Diplomat

WASHINGTON, April 23.—John T?:ir-

rett of the international bureau ofAmerican republics Is said to be one

of the happiest men In Washington atthis time, as next Tuesday, when Pres-ident Taft assists In the dedication ofthe new home for the bureau of Ameri-can republics his dream of years willhave been realized

Mr. Barrett, who is conceded to beone of the most "brilliant diplomats inAmerica, has been working assiduouslyfor years to secure a structure to housethe bureau of republics which shallbe commensurate with the importanceof the work carried on by the organi-zation. After many vexatious delays

and consider.!'ule '•, \ \u25a0'"!< on Jiisjpart ho has an n the comple-tion (ft a building that Is not only suf-ficiently large for the purpose to whichIt will be devoted, hut is a magnifi-cent monument to the work of thegreat statesman and an ornament toWashington

The dedication will take place nextTuesday, and will bo made the oeia- jsion for much ceremony. In the ex- i

ercUres attending the dedication, lie- Isiili s President Taft and other Ameri-can statesmen, representatives fromCentral and South American republicswill take an active part.

(Rpeelal to The Heral<l.)

SLEEPING FAMILYMENACED BY FIRE

Hobart Boulevard ResidenceBurns—Occupants Forced to

Flee in Nightclothes

S. A. D. Gray, Mrs. Cray and their10-year-Old son had narrow escapi?*

from death shortly after 12 o'clock thismorning:, when their residence at 961.Hobart boulevard was almost totnlly

destroyed by fire. The loss, about$4000, is covered by insurance. Thecause of the lire is undetermined.

Members of the family were sleep-Ing- when Mrs. Gray was awakenedby a dense cloud of smoke penetratingher bed chamber. Bhe hastily awaken-ed Mr. Gray and their son, and theyescaped from the pi'emises in theirnightclothep.

The lire originated in the attic, andis thought to have been caused by

defective electric light wiring. The,

residence was owned by J. W. Keyeaof Redondo. All of the Grays' effectswere destroyed.. \u25a0» « »

WEZLER, IN TEARS, TELLSOF KILLING MRS. SHULZ

Confessor Says Deed Result of

Woman's Refusal to~Re-

turn Children

TACOMA, April 23.—Completely un-nerved and. weeping hysterically.Charles J. We^ler, extradited fromSan Francisco Friday, in connectionwith the murder of Mrs. Frederick A.Schulz at Gig Harbor April 4, made alengthy signed confession this-evening,-\u25a0 Constant brooding over the loss ofhis two children, wl|o were taken awayfrom him -a-'year, ago,"'when his wifeobtained a divorce In Seattle, is given.by Wealer as the primary cause of themurder, In a 1500-word statement he

blames Mrs.. Schulz, his mother-in-law,lor having ; helped keep his childrenfrom him. :.-.- • . \u25a0 ,

Weeler 'lured Mrs. Schulz to Gig.Harbor with a decoy, letter In orderthat. he might make an appeal for hischildren. '< He says Mrs,- Schull refusedto make ', any arrangements and de-manded 13000 alimony for hoy. daughter.When she,refused declsivf.y to arguewith him Wezler says he lost all con-trol of himself and shot her down witha revolver.

'YELLOWDOG' GETSINTO PINCHOT CASE

Former Forester Accused of Vili-fying Ballinger in

Conversation

WASHINGTON, April 23.—An effort!was made by the "defense" In theBalllnger-Pinehot Investigation today

to show that Gifford Plnchot /and hisassistants had conspired to overthorwSecretary lialliiiKov because he opposed"Pinchot's way of conserving.".- ,y".,'

George Otis Smith, director of thegeological survey, occupied the standduring practically the entire day. Hismost interesting disclosure related to aconversation he had with Mr. Pinchotlast July In which the latter is said tohave characterized Mr. Balllnger as a,

"yellow dog" and to have threatened |to lead a fight against the secretary it'there was any criticism of former Sec-retary Qarfleld at the Spokane Irriga-tion congress.

Mr. smith also told of a talk withAssociate Forester O. W. Price last Sep-tember, while the latter was acting for-ester, in which Price is alleged tohave said that "we will get him (Bal-linger) one way or another."

Following his interview with Mr.Pinchot, Mr. Smith said he went to at-tend the Spokane congress, where thetight was precipitated over a chargethat Mr. Balling** had allowed the "in-terests" to grab a large number ofvaluable water power sites.

Mr. Smith excited great Interestamong members of the committee byreading a letter he wrote August 16,1909, to subordinates in his office herewhile he was on the way back fromthe Spokane congress, describing thetight. \u25a0 *

WHAT SMITH WIIOTE"The whole conservation movement

Is now linked up with Mr. Pinchot'sviews on the subject." wrote Mr.Smith, "so that orthodoxy in the causemeans agreement with Pinchot. As Ilook at it, any issue is to be raisedthat can be against Secretary Ballin-ger, not because of that issue, but be-cause Bellinger is to bo overthrownbecause he opposes Pinchot's way ofconservation.

"Now there was no criticism of Gar-fleld at Spokane, and yet the fightcame off as .planned. The congresswas organized, the Issues were shaped,the orators chosen, the newspapersprimed, in short, all guns were loaded.The result was that the power - sitegrab charge was defective, and theAlaskan coal charge went, off\u25a0 earlierthan planned."

After commenting on the' fact thatall the speeches made by those from

whom trouble had been expected were"in such good . taste," Mr. Smithwrote '.'that Governor Pardee hadstarted the trouble by speaking on"The Sins of Ballinger" instead of"Irrigation Interests of the People," on

which he wan announced to speak."Though he (Pardee)'told me he In-

tended 'nothing personal,' he insinuatedthat Ballinger was either a fdOl orknave, and rather Intimated the" lat-ter as his favorite hypothesis." v

SMITH ATTACKS' PAIIDBK .', . \u25a0

Mr. Smith said this occurred "Wednes-day afternoon and that when Mr. Bal-linger was ready to leave he asked himto stay. behind and refute Pardee's"misstatements" and to stand out inthe open against Pinchot and his asso-ciates. He added he spoke on Thurs-day morning, after several efforts hadbeen made to keep him off the plat-form. • •\u25a0 •'

"The governor and I avoided person-alities," continued Mr. Smith; "and con-tented ourselves with showing up eachother's falsehoods."

"The governor was there to fight

Pinchot's fight," he went on. "The biggrab shrunk every hour. and . Pardee'sinsincerity • made a bad Impression onmany delegates. I played the otherline and while I did not draw manytears Iwas successful enough to makethem gag me with a motion to adjourn.

"The Alaska story leaked, much tqthe disgust of Ballinger's enemies. I,I

am afraid that the woll-meaning con-servationists are using the devil's own-weapons to fight the Interests. Backof it all, try to hide it as they may, Isthe issue of win-tlier control shall beexecuted by legis! I, and the makingof law, or by administration. and theconstruction of law. I have yet tolearn . that any power Bites have beenstolen."

GALE SWEEPS LAKE MICHIGAN;COLD CAUSES LOSS OF MILLIONS;

SUN BEAMS ON CALIFORNIAApril Heat Records for Los An-

geles Are Smashed byWarm Wave

THERMOMETER REACHES 100

Cool Things Are Hot Sellers, and

Merchants Thrive in Con-sequence

OLDSOL, having taken a success-

ful trinl spin at the heat perform-ances Friday, opened up a few

mure notches yesterday and demol-

ished all known records for April heatin Los Angeles by shooting the mer-cury up to an even 100 degrees at 1:15

o'clock In the afternoon.It was a fine day for the soda foun-

tains and the .straw hat stores, and

the haberdashers were kept busy

-banding out summer underwear—theabbreviated kind, especially—the suits

cut decollete at both ends, being high-

ly popular. The three large Ice creamries of the city reported an aver-

age output of nearly WOO gallons each,

Of the best days they have everexperienced,

The records of the Los Angelesweatinr bureau office, which extendover '62 years, show two days in Aprilon which the mercury reached N de-grees, but the lUO mark had not beepreached, before. The previous Aprilrecords for Los Angeles were M de-grees on April 13, 1888, and 99 on thesame day ten years later, April 13, 189S.(he same mark was reached.

The lowest mark registered by thethermometer Friday night was UT de-grees at 8 o'clock in the morning, afterwhich Ihe mercury climbed steadilyuntil it registered 97 at 11 o'clock. Atnoon It was still 97, but at 1 o'clockthe needle on the recording thermom-eter in the office of the weather bu-reau on the eighth floor Of the Centralbuilding, connected electrically to >mercury tube on the roof, showed atemperature of 99 degrees, and fifteenminutes, later crawled up to the 100mark. At 2 o'clock It had droppedback to M, and about 3:30 the regularset breesa caused a considerable fur-ther drop.

The lack of fatalities which Los An-geles always enjoy* on days of ex-treme heat is due to the small per-i entage nt humidity In the atmosphere.it being only io degrees at noonterday, shortly afterward dropping to6. Although the heat k'Tt the shop-pns undiT the awnings on tbo sunnyside of the street it was a rare thingto see a man sufficiently oppressed bythe high temperature to have removedhis coat,

Mr. Wollaber, official forecaster forLos Angeles and vicinity, says thattoday will probably be considerablycooler, although there are no indica-tions of a tog, such as a few continuedhot days generally produce.

MERCURY RECORDS 102 DEGREES

SAN BERNARDINO, April 23.—Thehottest day of the year was reachedtoday, when the temperature soared to102 degrees. This is 2 degrees warmerthan yesterday. The entire week hasbeen of unusual heat, opening Mon-day with a temperature of 99,

98 AT SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, April 23.—The hotwave of yesterday was followed todayby a similar scorcher. The thermome-ter has registered temperatures rangingfrom 92 to 98 degrees each day.

Fruit Crops in Many States AreRuined by Freezing Tem-

peratures

BIG STEAMERS DRIVE ASHORE

Vessels Creep Into Chicago in aSnow Storm. Battered by

Wind and Wave

CHICAGO, April 23.— the most dl»---aMroim and far-reaching storm exper-ience In a generation, damage to bnd-(linic fruits, and crop* und vegetable!amounting- to more than $30,000,000, ha*been wrought In the middle went. Ex-pert* her». estimate the losxes In tenstates an follows: Illinois, $6,000,000; In-iliiiiii. 000.000: lovru, $10,000,000;Michigan, $1,000,000; Wisconsin, $3,000,---(MIO; IfSIMM. $1,000,000; Kentucky, $1,---.100.0410; Missouri, $2,000,000; Ohio, $300,---000; NvliruHku, $1,800,000.

The forecast of nnoiv flurries, con-tinued cold and northwest winds indi-cate further extensive damage.

CHICAGO, April 23.—The eastwardmoving- storm, manifested yester-day in rain and high winds, de-

veloped snow and freezing tempera-tures in the western lake region andin the upper Mississippi valley today.

In the friut belts of northern Indiana,western Michigan, Illinois, lowa, Mis-souri, Minnesota and Wisconsin, fruitwas damaged to the extent of millionsof dollars, according to reports fromthe I loin affected.

At Chicago, Milwaukee, Dubufjue andother cities in the path of the stormthe thermometer dropped from 22 to 23degrees over night.

Lake Michigan was lashed into afury. The Goodrich line steamer lowawas washed ashore between Kenoshaand Raclaa, \Sis., but was not serious-ly damaged. Her passenger list wa*small. The tug Z. T. Morford has beensant to her relief. It is not thoughtany serious damage has bee ndone, al-though, the vessel has been agroundsince i o'clock this morning.

The City of Benton Harbor of theGraham & Morton line arrived hereseveral hours late today after an all-night battle with the wind and waveson its way from St. Joseph, Mich. Onaccount of the blinding snow thesteamer was unable to locate the har-bor here early today, her Ice-encrustedhulk showing inside the river severalhours late.

The steamer Puritan, leaving Chicago

at 11:30 last night, bound across thelake, was beaten back to her dock, to-day by the gale. .

The small lumber steamer Cora wascaught thirty miles out by the str-rm,

and experienced the gravest danger inmaking her way back to her wharf.

The officialreport of the local weatherbureau states that the weather. in theGreat Lake region probably will con-tinue unsettled, with snow squalls.

MISSING PASADENAN ISDISCOAERED IN ST. LOUISCHICAGO, April 23.—Norman P.

Cummins, land owner of Chicago andPasadena, Cal., who mysteriously <Hh-appeared hete lust Wednesday morn-Ing with 18600 in cash and jewelry val-ued at $37,000, was found In St. Louislate today.

Cummins 1 wife, who for three days

has feared that her husband was dead,received news of his whereabouts in atelegram from St. Louis detectives. Noexplanation is given for his strange

disappearance.

DEATHS WARN HETTYGREEN TO DROP WORK

Realizes Age Is Telling and De-cides to Take Remainder

of Life Easy

NEW YORK, April 23.-Mrs. Hetty

Green, it is freely reported in financialCircles here, has decided to give up theactive management of her business af-fairs. The "richest woman in Amer-ica" admits that old age is creeping onher and taking warning by the recentdeaths of noted persons of approxi-mately her years, she will past asidebusiness burdens and take life com-paratively easy.

In selecting a successor she has Ig-nored her sun and selected her daugh-

ter airs Matthew Astor Wilkes, to

whom she will turn over $50,000,000 inholdings- The 'laughter is said tohave taken pattern after her mother inbusiness methods, and has inheritedHi > parent's shrewdness and acumen indealing with financial undertakings.

It is stated the younger woman willtake up Mrs. Green's business Inter-ests as soon as the proper legal re-

aulrements have been completed.

(Special to Tha Herald.)

COLD HALTS AVIATORTRYING FOR $50000

Graham White Encoynters Arctic

""'Winds While Attempting

186-Mile Flight

LONDON. April 23.—Graham Whlto,the English aviator, who started thismorning on a biplane flight fromWormwood Scrubbs, London, for Man-chester, in an attempt to win the prize

I of $50,000 offered by a morning news-pa per. had accomplished more thanhall the journey when compelled todescend on account of the Intense cold.

The distance between London andManchester is ISti miles, and under theterms of the prize offered only twodescents aro peimltted. White useda Farman biplane. He reached Rugby,the first stopping place, in two hoursand after an hour's rest reascended, in-tending to lly to Crewe, where he hauarranged to 'make his s.econd descent.A few miles north of Rugby the avi-ator encountered a cold north windand after completing 115 miles of thetrip he was compelled to alight.

Liter White decided that he wouldnot attempt a further flight tonight.

He expects, however, to start at 6o'clock in the morning In an effortto complete the distance in twenty-

four hours.

COLD WAVE IN FOUR STATESKANSAS CITY, Mo., April 23.—Freex-

Ing temperature prevailed last night

and early today In Kansas, In th«northern half of Missouri and general-ly throughout lowa and Nebraska.Damage to fruit is feared. The 'oldwave did not touch Oklahoma, Arkan-sas or Texas.

FRUIT GROWERS DISCOURAGEDGALESBUIV" - ."April 23.—The last

vestl-re of tho fruit growers' hope ilis-appesVed ln tnis * <einitv when a tero-peratufcj of 18 degrees above zero was

reached during the night.

COLD KILLS INDIANA FRUIT

LA PORTE, April 23.—The heavy-

frost and cold weatiiW last night %.ndthis morning is said to have killedpractically all the fruit in northernIndiana.

28 AT ST. LOUISST. LOUIS, April 23.—Todays tem-

perature, 28 degrees, was the lowestrecorded ln St. Louis on any date afterApril 20 ln aeventy-four yeara.

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