The Wichita Beacon from Wichita, Kansas • Page 9

THE WICHITA BEACON PAGE NIKE SSI HOPE .011 urns of gas BETTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. T.lOliDAY, JANUARY 2, 1011. THE PUBLIC: The shortaqc of gas today is due to the very severe cold weather and to the breaking of one of the force pumps near Caney, Kansas; A11 large consumers have been cut off and repairs are being made at the pumping station and it is expected that conditions will be improved very soon. Electric Co ansas A Broken Force Pump and the Extreme Cold Weather Have Brought About the Low Gas Pressure. "Say, what's the matter with the gas?" "Hello, our gas pressure la off.

Can you tell how long It will he till it comes on again "What's the matter with your old gas company These and a hundred similar calls and complaints Kept the telephone girls at the office of the Kansas Has Kleetrie company busy from 7:110 o'clock this morning till everybody learned that it did mi good to complain. There was practically no gas pressure after this and in some parts of town it was entirely gone and residents were compelled to resort to coal fires, oil stoves and other makeshifts in order to keep warm. A great many persons ate cold lunches. The cause assigned by the gas company is the extreme cold and that a break occurred in one of the relay stations In the gas field during the night, and it was said this morning that it would likely take a good share of the day to repair It. Little hope of better conditions was offered before late this The gas company notified most of the factories and other heavy gas consumers last night that they would likely have to cease using gas, and this morning an imperative order was issued, but it did not seem to leave enough gas for domestic use, even then.

At noon the company issued the following statement: "Many complaints have been heard on account of the low pressure of the gas, which Is due largely to the severe cold weather. A force pump near fancy, Kansas, was also broken Saturday and this, coupled with the cold weather lias brought about the low pressure. The gas company is doing everything In its power to correct the trouble and Monday morning cut off all large consumers in order that the pressure might be strengthened where the use is allowed in homes of the city. The company expects to have conditions Improved in a short time." The gas failure, coupled with the cold weather has resulted in a heavy demand for coal and oil stoves, and every delivery wagon in the town has been kept busy hauling stoves and coal since quilt! early in the day. One wagon was seen starting out with five coal heaters, and It was not an uncommon sight to see two or three stoves at a time In a wagon which was being hurried to some locality where the demand for brat was i Si at corner suite on the sixth floor and consists of three private offices and a large library room.

COLD WF GIF: OLIVER T. WILDER DEAD. BITTING BLOCK IS DESTfiO FIE (Continued From Tage One.) 1 EN 0 pressure was very low. Mayor Davidson called the telephone central and asked them to notify every one to turn off their water faucets and use as littl ewater as possible. Mayor Davidson said: "The firemen liad worked hard.

They deserve great credit for (lie work they have been doing. The fire has been a hard one to fight and the fire hoys could not make much headway against it. The building was as dry as tinder and went like powder when it got started. The firoinen have been working under great difficulties. The cold weather has hindered them greatly in the progress of their work.

They are to be praised for the way they have stayed by their work." Oliver T. Wilder, one of AVlehlta's oldest citizens, 77 years of age, passed away at 11:110 o'clock last night at his home. 1001 South Lawrence avenue. He Is survived by his wife, Sarah M. Wilder.

The funeral will he held from the residence tomorrow morning at o'clock, Interment will he in Maple drove cemetery. The services will be conducted by Hev. 11. A. King, pastor of First Fnlversallst church, assisted by Wichita lodge, A.

F. and A. M. IT CAUGHT WICHITA PEOPLE UNAWARES YESTERDAY. WARREN, the Plumber Phone, Market, 1920 214 N.

Market SOME OF THEM PUT AltS BIRTH OF BANKRUPT SALE. then carried across Douglas avenue to the law offices of Stanley, Vermilion Evans, on Douglas avenue. Persons standing on Douglas avenue at Market street were constantly showered with sleet. When the water from the nozzles broke against th walls of the building, much of It was frozen. Douglas avenue for half a block east of Market street was coated with this sleet, which made footing precarious.

Money Left in Drawer. X'ntil noon it was hoped that the lower front part of the building could lie saved, and no effort was made to remove any of the clothing stock on the first floor. Hy that time the iimoke was so dense in the Etore lhat It was impossible to wive anything, even the cash drawer and contents ue-ing left to the flames. It is probable that a new building will soon be erected on the site of the Hitting block, as it is one of ho mint valuable sites in the city, valued at fully $50,000. II FROM ICE El I will sell at auction, for cash, the 6lh day of January, 1911, at o'clock a.

tn the stock and fixtures' ME Joo M. Miller, bankrupt, at 716 EasJ Douglas BvomiP, Wichita, Kansas. 8. M. TUCKER, TruHtee.

0 64-2t bodies of the couple were found In the Flosser resilience Saturday. Twlgg and Miss Klosser were to have been married laHt night. Tim result of the examination of candy anil chewing gum found In the Klusser home is awaited with Intense Interest. The theory that the poisoned chewing gum may have been the cause of the deaths finds many supporters. A piece of chewing gam was found In Twlgg's mouth but no vx plana I Ion is offered as to how the confection became poisoned or as lo how It was administered to Miss lOlosser.

WILLIAM MORRIS DEAD. William Henry Morris died yesterday al the St. Francis hospital from Injuries received several weeks ago in a fall at his home In Lorena, Kan. He was 7(1 years old. His leg was broken by the fall ami he was in.lured internally.

Funeral services will be held at Indianola tomorrow ami Inlernienl will be made in the cemetery at that place, lie was nil old soldier. MYSTERY IS DEEP AS EVER Some Think the Chewing Gum Found in the Man's Mouth Had Been Poisoned. Cumberland, 2. The mystery of the death id' Alius Floss, r' of this city and Churl. K.

Tulgg of Kyser. W. her fiance, appears as deep today as It did shortly utter the we shall continue to eat, walk, talk and. ride in automobiles. A marked Increase has taken pise In freight traffic of this country, for wherr-, an the number of Ions of freight carried one mile In was over 114 billions last year It was over 111 billions.

Forecaster Sullivan Says There Is Little Probability for Warmer Weather Until Tomorrow and Change Will Be Slight. Cold weather, the coldest in hoi years, caught the people of Wlehila unawares yesterday, and coupled with the low gas pressure has resulted hi no little discomfort to many. During the night tlie instrument at the weather observatory registered below Zero, which is two degrees colder than it was ill any time last winter. Karly yesterday morning the wind was in the south and the sun shone brightly, reminding one of spring, hut by o'clock the wind hail changed lo the norih and it grew sieadlly colder all day. Wider pipes in many houses froze by 4 o'clock vMerday afternoon, and no end of trouble has resulted from this cause The coldest weather last winter was on January 0, when a mark of one degree below zero was reached.

The sudden drop In temperature yesterday and last night was not surprising to II. Sullivan, the weather forecaster here, who last Saturday morning ventured the prediction that it would be below ID degrees above zero. Now Mr. Sullivan declares that there is little probability that it will be any warmer before tomorrow and even then the change will likely be slight. While it lias been cold hero, it may be some satisfaction to know that il was colder elsewhere.

I'or instance, at Kdmonton. North Alberta, it was 1U below, and nt Havre, it was lis, F.vcn at Ft. Worth, it was only in above this morning, with every Indication that it would bo as cold tluro by tomorrow as It Is here today. doesn't always heiir Iluddliig eeidiis frail. LQ3S OF BUG Richard Bird Was Fortunate as He Moved Into His New Quarters Saturday.

Several of the tenants of the Hitting building recently rented rooms in The Deacon building, but had put off moving. One of (he fortunate ones was Mellaril Bird, lawyer, who occupied rooms in the Hitting building about ten years. He moved Saturday. About the most serious loss among those who had leased rooms in the Heacon building and who had not moved, is the Farmers and Hankers Life Insurance company, which was to have moved tomorrow'. This company has leased the west end of the seventh floor of the iieacon building nnd will open its office there within a day or two.

The loss to this company will be principally in the delay and tin" necessity of restoring certain records and documents. The extent of this damage cannot be ascertained until access to Its safe can be had. In the desk of 10, H. Jewctt, the company's secretary, were some valuable, papers and numerous proxies received for use iit the annual meeting to be held January 18. These, however, call all be replaced by a little correspondence.

No voting man believes he ahall ever" din. John Ihizlltt. t.illhin Whlllng of Wellenley t'nl-Icrc lbs 'rviilnry. says that after death 1 Rosfon "otore 3 January Clearance of Boys' Books January Clearance of Mens Underwear At 10:30 O'clock It Was Known That the Building Was Doomed to Destruction. "The building is doomed," was the remark made by Al lirowncwell, assistant fire marshal, at 10:30 o'clock.

"The tire has gained such headway that the department will be unable to get It under control." Chief Hrnwnewoll was on the scene In the thickest of the danger all the time and kept his men working heroically. Hoy A. Ilucklcy, assistant city attorney, was one of the first to arrive tit A Handy Sleeping Tent. Convenient Shelter for Campers and Invalids. Scientific Jottings.

Professor Boyd Hawkins, one of the great authorities on the mammals of the Pleistocene or ice Age, Kays Tin: London in his lluxliy memorial lecture at the thcatvr of the Civil Service Commission, llurlington Hardens, marshaled the evidence which points to tlie fact that man first appeared in that epoch. The view of the higher antiquity of man based on the discovery of chipped flints in earlier ages has been rendered untenable, as it can be proved that these forms can be and imbed hive been, produced by natural agencies. The skull and thighbone found by M. Dubois In l'leistocen river deposit at Trinll. In Java, in I'rofossor Daw-kins regarded as belonging to a r.vil precursor of man, not only appearing el a point in the geological history where It was to be expected, hut In tropical region taken by Lord Avebury and others to have been the birthplace of the human race.

In Kurope. continued the professor, there is ample cvldeiie" of the existence of the ri man no I of the a e-dwellcr in tin- cveriM and in the liver valley of the Claeial ge over the whole region between the Mediterranean and the Halne, Kurope in the lee Age wns iiivnd diy-shod by the earliest men from the South by way of ilhral'ar and Sicily. The climate was then continental in character, with cold winters ami hot summers. The Ice Ago was undoubtedly of vast duration ami the entloi.lly of man is eer respond i ugly great; but, concluded the professor, "the more minutely 1 x-loiiine the event that have taken place smco man nppenre.1 In Kurope the is, ire profoundly am I impressed with Ihe vnstness of his antbpnty mid with tim futility of any altempt to com-pute It In terms of yeius." Three Hundred of the favorite Hooks fur hoys, "Alger's" "llenly's" and i diver Men's "Vellastic" nibbed Shirts and Draw. ers, fleece lined; regular 50c a garment.

npllcs" on Ihe Main Aisle (aide. In tills. OF IE FIRE January Clearance l'rlce, now 39c January Clearance j-j at the fire and start work. He took the Men's "Cooper Illlibed" nnd Inter-lock Knit Shirts and Drawers, fleece lined, first steamer to the scone and fired It uii. lie then took charge of Extra- nozzle on top of the Colonial theater The fire plug In front of the Slate Savings bank proved to be a dangerous spot.

Pedestrians walked along looking up at the fire In the Lilting block and didn't notice the miniature lake that had formed around the plug. regular 11.00 undergarments, at 79c About two hundred pairs regular 't no and Kid Cloves, tans, blacks, cj'avs ami whiten. Size lines are paitlv broken, i'rlccd tor and worked there until after 12 o'clock. The Cudahy fire company. Consisting of five men, volunteered Its assistance and was on the scene of the fire at 12 o'clock and worked with the city department.

building. Many people retold the history of the Hitting block ami how at one lime it had been consul, ri the skyscraper of Southern Kansas. Mayor C. L. Davidson was among the firemen helping ihciii.

Sin el car traffic was block. for seycal hoiir.s. No one uiiiid' il. Walking was Warner than riding on the street i ars. Cofl'ef.

was aiming the firemen lit noon. No cups were handy and the fire light) rs drank Ihe olfn 73c ipiick clearance this week The rold weather caused many of the firemen trouble. They would stand in one place playing a nozzle on the fire until their clothing would be frozen stiff, fireman 1 lousy fell in front of the building exhaust' from cold. He was immediately taken into from a half gallon bin kel. January Clearance of Warm Blankets 11 ri I'ieces F.xlru Large 11-4 Cotton Hlankels, natural gray with blue and pink borders.

Wool nap finish; regularly sold at $200 a pair. In the basement store this week Al pq lalr 0 I iwij January Clearance of Long Kimonos Five liozeii Full Length Klaiouog, nil colors and patterns In soft warm flannelette and fleeced Kimono Cloths; value ranging from J.75 up to M.50. In thin t'learanee Sale PI QO on second floor 0 I w0 January Clearance of Silk Ribbons tine Lot of Short Length All Slllt Thiln Color Itibbous; values up to 1 9c a yard. The firemen were not tin. only men who IhiikI.i th" fire.

Citizens were busy distributing gloves and caps to tlie incll. A pair of c.iiiv.in gli.MK would last about thru- tomtit' alter they were wd. Iliehard H. Lird. wlio offices in the Hitting block until Sa' in day.

i-pi id the morning congratulating buns. If on his timely removal to suite mioii building. Mr. Lird cxprc the fcn ileal sympathy tm Ihe tenants rf the binned biilldiili! wilh whom I had associated daily f'r m.iiiv Iff moves CHECKER TOURNAMENT Vila BEGIN TONIGHT The Kansas State Association Will Meet in the Y. M.

C. A. for the Fifth Annual Tourney. The fifth annual torn of tlm Kansas State I 'la cker association will open at o'clock tomorrow mornim? the Y. M.

C. A. hnlldit.it. The ornament will continue through Tuesday and Wcdmsd.iy and will 'i innsday with the plti.wng of the lin- It was mlginally intended Ihe tourney at Ihe rooms of the West Side Commercial Icagor, lllii. 'Icarauce I'l li e.

7c There, was an accident on an average of about one to the minute, but the only (lniuage that resulted was to Ihe pride (f the victims? Kvi ryone remarked about the similarity Al I'rownoweli, assistant chh of the fire department, showed to Santa Clans, ills face was covered with lie whiskers mnl Ids moustache was a series of Icicles. Ills i-yebrows were of the same white aiilislalice. lie was asked to thaw out but he said he did not have the time. There was some trouble ill getting Sam Hess out of the More when It was first diseoxered fail tho base, ment whs on fire. lb- s.lid that it was only a little Btnoke and that It could soon be put out.

He did Hot have bis store until clerks went In and lold I dm that lie bad to come out. lb- almost sulfocatcd. The rear ml of the block, with Ih" fire est apes mid stairways eoati ith Ice resembled Ihe main deck of a Norih pole vessel. The water fr'" In a few initiutis utter it luol b'Hi thrown on the bulldiint. The people who came hi on lie iliteri.rbalis loday could hardly wait lint II the cur had Mowed down Tin Said that tie suioke looked like nil of Wichita was burning.

Many people cm me In from the country to tci. the fin. C. W. Hitting, owner of Hie building.

sp nt most of the tune in the alley where the firemen were workn lb' was vtrv soPdi imn of tin condition of Hi" firemen and saw that i vi rj'Mic was thawed out who was mar tre- Ml g. The water ptcmire wai wink loonr Th" fin-nicn said that more pr'SMiic wo, i'd saved lie budding. Itoth I ti W-re Th" poll, i no Im I I the biiihloiB looked part of North oe in Th" lotig-tnibd no r. coats which iisualb ate p.i drfy Ml' cl of i.e. Th looil'l f' pe otdoil whs pel op when It whs thought that (he Walls uonM full hut under mid insisted on Kett'ne in tla danger roi, A report of liv- ir, on North Market Mr'! heMd to i tin out the crowd hich bml i-onc-aml the atrei IW hi' HIN) Wa Tt- fhambi fl nfftclol lewlnf place; arj It In on he tenth floor ic.m Wool Golf Gloves for women and tun si s.

Id. and colors; worth 'ale a pair. A sweeping clearance nt 33 January Clearance of Mens Shirts A swiiping reason end clearance of all Monarch'' Dollar Shirts. I'luin and pleated; nlbiehid cuffs; mat styles; peat i ffei Is in black and while and color. All sl.es and sleei.

hglhs. Our January fleir.iiin. 79C Noted Cluett Shirts of f)iud Madras hi laal tlKUriM and stripes. I'laill illld pleated. Tho li.ut 1 Shut ahieit lii Whhita offeieil lii this J.

dinar, aiaie Sale 4 4 01 ilb January Clearance of Wool Shirts Men's $1 Mi I 'binned SIMMs, all wool; gray iitid nay blue; all sixes iii hb Jamiatv 98c Men's Wool Shirts In nay blue, may and blown, all Mxis, Kular $1,75 Men's Wool Shirts IU.t all wool I I int. i la ul ar H.iil, In this Jan-li ny i irlttg Sab- 2 2 Mens Warm Comfortable Outing Gowns Tlarr's many a cold whiter nit ht hen tin i tiow ns or Sails Ili be the teal tiling. Men's $1-00 Outing Gowns, et Fie. Men's Outing Gowns, t.19. I' 00 Outing Pejtmts tt BSe, Men's L50 Outing Psjamss, at 1.19.

the store of (ireenfleld Hrolhers where he soon revived. It wan netessary for the street car company to stop traffic- over its Douglas avenue and Market street lines. The trolley wins Were all cut. The telephone wires, electric light wires and other wire strung through the alley back of building became so hxivilv laden wilh lee that they broke and fell. Two patrolmen were kept stationed at each end of the building to signal to the firemen In case the walls showed signs of lulling.

The lock In tin' top of the building kepi Koine until o'clock then II Mopped. The walls had be- II bullied from nround It anil it stood alone, CUDAHY COOQSTEO THE II PRESSURE Four Pumps Were Hooked On and the Pressure Was Raited 100 Pounds. The I'll' king lontpany gne nhi.tbb' 1'ffostatirn the fire fight-em by l.itehiMK their four lurg'' pumps to lie illy mains. I'or linure the pressure in (In. illy mulnt was onNly tlilrty-Nv pounds.

About o'eloi the pump were hooked on and the pressure as bouMed to pounds. The udahv i inp.tny wes nblf the this nsl' Inn- iik 1 1 plant wa tiol in tip. ration All ti power In the lg engine r. inn wax turned the piiinpM, Tb' eoiupiiny ues oil fin under its boiler ind wir; nnl himdb lipped by the shoring" of ga. Home bte-i of the nnHiiit.ini yi in bv the i oinpiiliy may l.n tjelnod from the fiiet timt iiuirn resmolr nit bin three buur.

TM rrrtir Is f-et long by Mly ttldo mul twenty -In ii In ri. It wan fail, holding II.U'Mi.iH rt Kaibma. Th water company had hern pump-ln miir wnt.r all night In at night. Ordinarll? in thi autnmer tor, Whiin fire out tho w-a'r li'iuEW avenue. I lie cold caused Ihe office) of llr iioocittiiin hangc tin- pi i- to Ihe V.

M. A. About 40 placers am I Had the Good Fortune to Svt Equipment. Now in Beacon Budding. Dr.

S. S. N- hie. who luti bien in Hilling building for luanv has ooi, lis offe to la a. bniliiintr, ir.

Noble lad Ho uo.iil fortune to fasi moM of a fiiiustiire eed dental i ipflpnicnt from Ih" tire I i broke out In liil'iiiK t'lil'ding llils morning Itlld be Will he able to (I "OlOe Ills pt Otice til II HI the new ipoi rtTS. Dr. Nobll's ti tli the east lid of He Mth i ,) life la M'i: tci, Fifty I'l. I'laiu Color Tiilfeta Hlhhons, i lo fi tin Ins wide; worth 20c and 2ac a yard. 1C.

Clearance I'rli lUM tine Lot of All Silk I'lalil nibbomi. worth and SOe ard. 4 I'learaiue l'rlce I WW January Clearance of Fancy Neckwear tine Lol Ijire Slock Collars, worth fiSe, T.V Mild fM'. Fn fh and i an. Qr January S.ilo Price t3C tine lad tirlental Line Coat Collars, worth very pretty.

QQf Ch aratiee Sale 'rie 03C Two lols of dainty White Neck Hut hen. nssoile.l Ptvles; ollar lengths at "f-4c and I While t.liieti and riipie Stock Collard. some with colored pearfs; rcsuliir rc ami kinds, 1 0 Trier In (lose lOw I'Olieipaln III the tiiuniar.M nt. Th vdl come from all of lie- Mate, Wellington piyer. live in-imilliccd that they v.iM hi In r- while three or four will come from tin M.tern port of Ihe stale, Th Marshall brotlurs of Havrbi i will among mi players on th- hettt" field.

A htislnr meet in ill (old lit tla' M. A. l.i eU.t rer for (be i on, Ins er an. I arrange ili tails of olrfymc. Prrsfdii't Frank Farm of this jty ill lit Hits tne (inc.

"We re epnling one of t'jo to.irmy In lb" htstotv of fio rlmloii." nob! president ini'ocr Pit piomihjr. "Checker playi rs rtl, ov. tin. s'at? lone ikru mora ii ten thl year nnl III wn compete nuiiinM. of leiirsc, ihu weather will hurt (it-lie hut for Hit In 40 player to nt tatdcg 9, oV'o tomorrow ncrni! 1F1D1H Will Found on the Sith Floor ef the Deacon Budding.

I A An.tdoii, who lost tiielr Inn lihtury find furniture will reopen one.) at utt number ti In th Ron ion building. This) I tho ivitttuafd th.