The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 1

Mnhml faming ADVERTISERS WHO WANT RESULTS USE THE EVENING PARER VOL LIII TEN PAGES MODESTO CALIFORNIA THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 19 1913 TEN PAGES No 149 MANY ARE KILLED IN COLLISION AT VALLEJO Electric Cars on Napa Valley Road President to Read Currency Bill to The House Monday City Must Complete Connecting Link On The State Highway It's not a disgrace to be poor but sometimes It is very Inconvenient and so it is with the city of Modesto in connection with the work that is before her to be done on the stretch of the state highway that lies within I he city limits The contract now being filled by Considine Bates on the stretch from about two miles south I of Modesto to the San Joaquin county line does not include the distance from the north end of the Tuolumne river bridge through the city to the I north limits near the brick yard on the Salida road and the question that is now before the city commissioners and will doubtless be the subject of For First Time British Cab- no little discussion at the next meet- i i ing of that body has to do with the met Members Are Called matter of funds as well as the kind Upon to Defend Their ofT roal fbe bum In an informal way the commis- rersonal Honesty In sioners have considered the matter Marconi Transaction and City Engineer Freitas has mm LUII1 1 1 aiJouLllUU about completed specifications for the I distance from the bridge across the -The debate on lrri8ation lateral at the west end of LONDON June 19 Male Suffragette Attempts to Stop Horse in Race and Is Fatally Injured-King and Queen Witness the Rash Act Come Together Head-On and Thirteen Are Killed and Thirty Injured-Indescribable Confusion Followed Bodies Are Horribly Mangled WASHINGTON June The president this afternoon finally completed (ho arrangements for the currency bill and hopes to personally read his currency massage in the house Monday Party leaders say it is impossible for the currency bill to pass at the special session It has been learned the president's message will declare that the tariff and currency bills are twin necessities and that the financial reform as proposed in the currency bill will insure safety from the effect of drastic tariff cuts and forestall a The bill will authorize the issue of a half billion of emergency currency based upon federal state and local bonds VALLEJO June 19 At least seven are known to be dead and many more injured as the result of a head-on collision between two electric cars on the Napa Valley railroad two miles from Vallejo at 9 this morning The cars met with terrific force on a curve Most of the dead are laborers who were going to their WASHINGTON June Sen- work on the road The cars were ator Works of California an- piled into a mass of smashed tim-1 nounced today that he was pre- YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DRINK BEER LONDON June 19 In the Gold Cup race today a male suffragette name unknown attempted to stop Tracery Bemont's entry at the Ascot track this afternoon The man was knocked down and fatally injured Both the king and queen witnessed the tragedy The man ran in front of Tracery which was leading the field and waving a suffragette flag shouted something about Miss Emily Davison who died a few days ago as a result of injuries which she sustained by throwing herself in front of the entry at the Derby Sir Thomas Pilkington's Prince Palatine won the race with Lofl Derby's Steadfast second and Samuel Faire's Aleppo third The attempt of the semi-crazed Miss Davison's created has added militancy approaching action authorities The arel the American Marconi shares con-1 ee(Tham to the northern city limits troversy on the floor of the house or 3 roa( same as that of the was resumed this morning Premier ptate highway Doubtless a concrete Asquith defended Attorney General bridge will be built across the lateral Sir Rufus Isaacs and Chancellor1311 a straightening of the road will Lloyd-George A vote is expected this raae at that point As for the evening The fate of the cabinet and Wretch of several hundred yards from bers Just what caused the accident has not been learned but it is supposed to have been due to a mistake in switching orders Because of the curve neither of the motormen could see the other car until a collision was inevitable One of the motor- paring a constitutional amend- ment forbidding the manufac- ture production or sale of dis- tilled alcoholics in America The amendment will not prevent the manufacture of beer or wines He will introduce the amend- ment in the senate Saturday IS men jumped and was severely injured This is the first step in the fight for nation-wide prohibition the Tuolumne bridge to the Seventh street paving how much of it will be concrete paving and how much macadamized road has not been decided The same is the case with Ninth street from the paving at the corner of north to the irrigation lateral In event the property owners demand paving as has been laid on but the other stuck to his post and was so severely mangled that his recovery is considered doubtful The cars were traveling at about 35 miles an hour when the accident occurred Investigating Committee Is After Every Man Mentioned in Letters Opposing Free Sugar Stone a Witness Today i WASHINGTON June The sen- ate lobby investigating committee may subpoena every public man mentioned in the letters written by those opposing free sugar which were read at session At this morning meeting Melville 'E Stone president of the Associated Press took the stand at his own request to explain the references to his news organization which wore contained in the let-' ters read yesterday President Lovett of the Union Pacific will be subpoenaed today The Oxnard-Palmer letters produced at the close of the morning session were the chief feature of an excitin day They cov- the liberal control result The controversy began yesterday when lor the first time in many years British cabinet members were compelled to defend their personal honesty The two ministers admitted that they had acted thoughtlessly and mistakenly although without dishonest intention and regretted their failure fpar nnon to divulge ail the facts when theyihe intersections This expense would a lIl0n had made their denials to the house bave to be met by voting bonds last October of buying English Mar- From an interview with Commis-i coni shares E'oner of Public Works George Perley Having finished their defense in i today it was learned that a decision man coming so soon after misguided efforts has a profound sensation which fuel to the flames of The dhnntry is rapidly a crisis wherein some drastic will have to be taken by the to suppress the outrages other Modesto streets the council is I emment officials however facing a lack of funds for building sow tn sterner GIANT Of asures as A HARD ONE TOjUNG GOVERNOR JOHNSON AGAIN RE PItlEVES JACOB OPPEN HEIAIER WHO WAS TO HANG TOMORROW AGREEMENTSEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ROT) VALLEJO June 19 Later reports show that twelve men and one little girl were killed and from 25 to 30 injured in the collision this morning The names of the dead as far as known are Ed Judd and Rable of Vallejo Paul Herbert of Napa Hunt Josky McQuaid Dayton Christ Karx and George Halsnorth of San Francisco Alfonso Salamont of Napa and Motorman Hough of Calistoga Indescribable confusion followed the crash Some of the bodies are horribly mangled is to he reached on the matter at an deference to the tradition that the SEAS COMPLETES VOYAGE i house should be left to discuss their ate an tbat an eort be conduct without the embarrassment complete the work on tho lovernorlof their presence they walked from roa 'w'tbln tlle city limits by the SACRAMENTO June 19 Johnson today reprieved Jacob A great cheer time Considine Bates finish their penheimer who was scheduled to be i from tijeir partisans followed them i contract which will be about the first ered a period from 1906 when Philip- hanged tomorrow for three weeks The resolution introduced by George the year In fact when bids are an appeal of his case to the Cave Unionist in behalf of the Op- Rdvertised for in the near future it pine free trade came up through the (lending ls probable that this firm will be remainder of the Roosevelt adminis- united States Supreme court V10 caPaten of Governor Johnson yesterday sent a I bate went no further than to express amonR the bidders for the work 1908 and into the Taft administration telegram to the United States Su- the regrets of the House at the trans-Most of the Oxnard letters werojpreme court inquiring as to the actions of the ministers and the lack written in long hand and signed status of the case of frankness displayed towards the Some of the Ringolsky Oppenheimer's at-bouse Palmer letters were typewritten car- torney recently appealed to the high- By expressing their regret there-! LIVES LOST IN NET IS AROUND TWO The News received the following special dispatch from the United Press at 4 this afternoon in regard to the situation on (lie Hetck Hetehy matter: WASHINGTON June 111 San Francisco and the Modestto-Turlock irrigation representatives have practically agreed on a basis of settlement of the Hetehy matter Tlie Interior Department will make final decision of the matter tonight It is thought that the House lands committee will get a unanimous petition for immediate action by Monday A CHICO HOTEL EIRE by agreeing with the resolution the two ministers spiked the guns of their bitterest opponents -who regarded the i case as an opportunity to make polit- ical capital est court of the nation for a reversal of Federal Judge Van Fleet's order denying a writ or error which was made recently Upon this decision attorney as a last resort appealed to the Supreme court and it is because no decision has been rendered by this tribunal that the reprieve was granted NEW YORK June The steamship Imperator the giant of the seas completed her maiden voyage last night arriving off the Sandy Hook bar at one hour and twelve minutest before midnight The new Hamburg-American liner the largest ship afloat crossed from Europe in the unofficial time of 6 days IS hours and 8 minutes She left Cherbourg "'ranee last Thursday morning and this morning at Hoboken docked at her first American berth She is anchored tonight at quarantine The Imperator is a $6500000 liner 900 feet in length 96 beam 103 feet in height and accommodates 5000 passengers She displaces 50000 tons Her speed is set at knots an hour bon copies but were identified Harry A Austin clerk in office Assurances that certain senators would he on the senate Philippine committee and that stone was being left unturned to get real on the house ways and means committee and that strong pressure could be and was being brought to bear upon members of both houses to accomplish various ends frequently in letters by Mr appeared AVIATOR KILLED BERLIN June 19 Aviator Kras- tel and his mechanician were killed near Johannestal this morning while! making an exhibition flight They fell sixty feet Mr and Mrs Callander and Jackson of Riverbank were I among the Modesto visitors today CHICO June 19 The Barber hotel three stories high burned at 1 o'clock this morning dander Loomis an'1 Bert Cullinger perished an'1 20 were injured some of whom may die Firemen and others worked heroically to sutc the lives of the Inmates The Diamond Match company's big plant had a narrow escape (I SAN FRANCISCO June Michael Gallo was on the stand all day in the trial of the policemen who are being tried for conspiracy He identified the bail bond which McPhee and Taylor had reduced from one thousand to twenty-five dollars to free two buncomen He went into long details about his relations with the police He was subjected to a severe cross-examination at the hands of attorneys for the defense but he remained unshaken in his testimony The conviction of the two policemen seems certain IS AT OUTS WITH A I WAGNER SIGNS LEASE FOR THE A I Wagner proprietor of the to formally open the hotel in time for had been changed materially in ac-Hotel Stockton this afternoon signed the Christmas holidays He will cordance with his own ideas the lease for the new Crow-Hogin furnish it luxuriously and when com- Wagner also confirmed the report hotel which will be known as the pleted it will be the best equipped that he had made arrangements at Hotel Modesto thus setting at rest hotel in the state bar none Sacramento to have the hostelry all rumors that the hotel would not Mr Wagner also stated that the called the Hotel Modesto and showed be completed Mr Wagner ehpects i plans for the interior of the building a document to confirm his statement Edward Eccleson of Oakland was in Modesto today and called at the county board of trade rooms Ho has ranch property in the Patterson district and 'is stocking it with Berkshire hogs BULGARIA TO THE FRONT WITH AN ULTIMATUM CONDITION SERIOUS LONDON June 19 The suffragettes declared today that the condition of Mrs Emeline Pankhurst is serious They state she is suffering front valvular heart trouble as the result of forcible feeding while being confined in jail Large Audiences StillJfRule At Big Chautauqua SAN FRANCISCO June Ritchie and Nolan split here today and Ritchie will hereafter manage himself The trouble started yesterday at ranch over finances The two came to San Francisco secretly last night argued all night made a financial settlement this morning and then parted Ritchie will meet Rivers on the Fourth as announced the split making no difference in the plans for the bout THEATRE Mr and Mrs A Cressey Mrs Crow and I Theobald are expected to return tonight from a trip by auto to Crockers VIENNA June 19 Bulgaria today i formally demanded that Servia evac- I uate immediately the Balkan terri-morning lecture by Professor yesterday afternoon at 4 clock by torj whieh is indisputably Bulgarian Stanton a two-hour concert by the Miss Fields on the high school lawn If gervia declines Bulgaria will oc- Tonight Etening 7:30 o'clock Concert The Georgia Jubilee Singers: lecture Carter Georgians this afternoon of and today and each day they will be cupv the territory immediatelv it is Crescent and the Julius plantation and camp meeting songs i given an insight into pleasures that earue(t the demand is based on a Caesar Nayptae of Athens and the Scion Indians' deer hunt at they have never before dreamed of treaty existing between Bulgaria and 4 o'clock under the direction of Miss and will be taught many things that Sevja before the war The demand Tomorrow Fields Tonight the Georgians will they will keep with them in days to Lecture Socialized Citizen" again appear to delight the audience come to help them in both play and Mr Stanton ith negro melodies as a prelude to work This is one of the best fea- Superior Judge Buck of San Mateo I The others who the ex- Afternoon Band concert: White the lecture by Julius Caesar Nayphe tures of the Chautauqua it gives county sitting for Judge Fulkerth in antination many of whom were from I City Band of Chicago on "The Crescent and the Cross" training where it will count in the the local Superior court and United the west side were Arthur A Stookei 4 o'clock Set on Indians deer hunt The day when completed will have future States Naturalization Examiner Fred- Otto Halverson Henry Timm Wil- habits of animals stories been one of good entertainment and Call of the crick Littleton of San Francisco liam Pratt August Brown Carl Band concert: hite educational benefit to the large audi- The lecture of Professor Stanton1 FRANKFORT -ON-THE-MA1N Ger-1 examined a large class of would-be Carlson Ferdinand Brown Arvid City Band Grand opera: Thavtu cnees that have had the pleasure of this morning on Call of the many June 19 Andrew Carnegie citizens this morning A large ma- Carlson George Nelson Gustaf Rus- Grand Opera Company with hand attending and be it said the attend- Times'' upheld the statement made 'the American financier who arrived jority of the applicants were admitted sell Fred Carson Jeppe Hoist Chris- accompaniment ance is surprising even the manage- yesterday by the News that those who here today- referred to the to citizenship among them being tian Holst Christian Hansen John ment of the event take the time to attend the morn- jubilee celebration as most glit- Hans Hansen Ernest I The offering today at the Modesto Seton Indians ing lectures will be welt repaid "The tering function I have ever attended THURSDAY NIGHT Dick Wilbur Co In Saturday and Sunday HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE Strata Kounias i Prion and Roderick Hamilton in my life IChautaqua has been the regular I The Seton Indians were organized i (Continued on Page 4).