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ABERNATHY BOYS
ABE IK -BEW-YORK
Boys from Western Ranch Stir Up
People of the Eastern
' Metropolis.
TEH, 01 RIDE ACROSS COUUTRY
Meet President Taft and Pleased
with Reception.
YOUNGSTERS TO SEE THE SIGHTS
Early to Bed and Early to Rise the
While in Town.
FATHER ON HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
Bona Learn from Nature, bat "When
Old Enough They Will Eater
Harvard Colin to
Study.
From a Staff Correspondent.)
NEW TORK, June 12. (Special Tele
gramsThe Abernathy boy, Loul and
Temple, rode Into New York promptly on
time tonight and were greeted by their
father and a big crowd of New Yorker
with a Broadway welcome of the first
magnitude. They were as strong and
rugged looking as though they had not
finished the most remarkable journey ever
taken by two small boya. They paid little
attention to the crowd of admiring New
Yorkers who had gathered In the Hotel
Breslln to meet them, but they were mighty
glad to see their father, Captain Jack.
Bald Louis:
"You bet we'va had a fine trip. Every
body treated ua bully and we think Presi
dent Taft is great; don't we Temple?"
Temple was too tired to do more than
nod his head and look anxiously toward
the door for the waiter.
"Wish he'd hustle up with my grub," he
said. "I'm hungry."
"What's that I hear about the women
kissing youT" asked Mr. Abernathy of
Lou l.-t
"Naw, not me," he replied, with all the
scorn of 10 years of age. "I ain't no ladies'
man. Temp Is though. A woman kissed
him In Washington."
"Well, mebbe she did," retorted his
brother. "But I made her hand over two
bits for doing It."
It took the boys some time to finish
their supper because the Inquisitive persons
pestered them with questions, and, .being
very polite little lads, they answered them
all, even If they had to stop between
mouthful to do so.
Stopped for Dinner.
The boya left Trenton this morning and
took dinner at New Brunswick. Temple
didn't want to atop, but the . masterful
Louis jumped off his pony, . grabbed
Temple's mount by the bits, and, with his
queer impartiality, belabored the broncho
and .fls.;rMr: nntil-'Terople, thoroughly
disciplined tarrta sliding off the pinto' s wet
aide and followed his conqueror Into the
Mansion House. . In the course of the lunch
Temple made a cheerful but rough remark
of somewhat extremevquallty.
Louis' palm landed on Temple'a ear with
a swat that took the youngster off the
floor. Louis addressed the audience which
waa surveying the meal. "The kid didn't
learn that at home," he observed apolo
getically. "He picked that up along the
road." ,
Temple, rtd cheeked but silent, resumed
eating his meal and continued the con
versation -In more chastened terms.
The youngster's temper was merely s!lp
ping, as was shown by his Impatience with
the negro who held his horso when he
mounted on his way to New York. The
negro held on to the horse after the boy
was up.
"Leggo," shouted Temple. The roan did
not "leggo" quite quickly enough and the
boy slashed at him with hi whip. The
hostler dodged and the whip broke in halt
as It struck the saddle. The buy rode
off at a gallop after' his brother, leaving
a soramble of souvenir hunters behind. '
The trip to New York was without no.
tatle feature.
The boys wltl spend next week sight
seeing. Saturday when they ride up Broad-
Way and Fifth avenue with Colonel Roose
velt they wily be given almost as lively
a reception a the mighty hunter himself.
The opinion of the father of the boys,
10 and 6, who can make a ride on horso-
oack ot z.uuu miles, more than . calf way
aoross the continent, all by themselves, Is
; entitled to consideration when he speaks
Of tho beat way to educate children,
i i Proud of tils Bays.
Ht-re Is what Captain John R. Aber
nathy, marshul of Oklahoma and father of
the two boy, who this afternoon made
triumphal entrance into Greater New York
astride the cowpoules they have ridden
liere across country from their father's
ranch, has to say on the subject:
"Teach a boy self-reliance from the mo
1 ment he tumbles out of the cradle, keep
his traces taut and work well forward In
I his collar and ninety-nine times out of 100
his Independence will assert itself before
lie is It years old. Then guide him with
a flint, but tender hand; Instill Into him
the principle ot right and wrong, and the
rest lb easy. If there is no taint in his
I blood, and he doesn't poRgess a yellow
streak, lie win peveiop inio a rirm man
That's my rule, and If you don't think I've
taken the right track, talk to my boy
for five minutes and they'll convince you
that they are men In principles, even It
they are bnbles In years, God bles 'em.
"You see, Temple was Irs than ton
when his mother died. I was away from
my ranch -much of the time looking after
my duties as marshal and the boys had
to hustle for themselves. ' Their sleter,
K'tty Jo, had to mother them, and she
took Hie place at the head of the table
following her mother's death. She's coo
tiucttW the household affairs of the ranch
ever dne. The other girls are Goldle, 12
J'llH), (shea a girl, too. and named for
. Bie). S; Pearl, (. and Lucille, l.
"Of course, Louis, as the older of the
two boys, became the man of the house
Even hi sister, Kitty, defers to him, but
1 will say that ha doesn't assert his au
thorlty In an overbearing manner. Wh
Mrs. Abernathy died I called the children
around me and had a heart-to-heart taik
with them. 'Thty knew of my frequent
and protracted absence from the ranch
so I mapped out the work and gave each
his or her task. Even little Temple was
assigned to his dally task and he cheer
fully accepted it. Each was made to feel
that he or she were Important eo'f In
he ranch ' machinery.
"Each felt that unlesa they lived up to
tCoaiioued on Second Page.)
England Talks of 1
Result of Visit of
Mr. Roosevelt
Work to Be Taken Up and Efforts
Made to Formulate Plan for
International Peace.
LONDON, June' 11 One very Important
result of the visit to England of former
President Roosevelt, which has Just been
brought to a close, may be the advancement
of an alliance between Great Britain and
the United Slates for the maintenance of
International peace which la the earnest
hope of a large and Influential element In
this country. To Induce the liberal chiefs
to commit themselves to the principle will
be the consistent endeavor of a large num
ber p the ablest members of the party
T" iKlst that there Is no more im
'" ..rillfnr. nf XT r llAn.ftv.tt'. vial
id.
rtsoh Nlcoll, a Journalist of high
au.
out
: non-conformist circles through
Aom and much esteemed by
the .
Hhorti
lonallsts, set the ball rolling
?: the American statesman'
depart. k
After ,'i '1 analysis of Mr. Roose
velt ca. qualifications and having
asserted .o man counts for more
In the polv of the world," Nlcoll say:
"Mr. Roosevelt can help ua as no one else
can to achieve the next great atep to peace
an alliance between this country and
America."
In all likelihood Nlcoll and thoae who
think with him will take an early oppor
tunity to get a broad expression of opinion
here and In the United States a to the
best course to be pursued.
There Is no feeling on their pari against
Germany save art earnest desire for a clear
understanding between London and Ber
lin, but they say that "we cannot shut our
eyes to the facts." '
They feel the need of a "colossal Interna
tional will," to prevent the powers of de
struction from being brought into play.
They admit, however, that there is no pos
sibility of an Anglo-American alliance un
til Ireland Is conciliated.
King George Takes
Strong Position
New Ruler Insists on Every Possible
Move to Avoid Constitu
tional Crisis.
LONDON, June 11 King George has
taken a strong stand In regard to the con
stitutional crisis and on his Insistence a
conference between unionists . and liberal
leadera is to be held with a view to reach
lng aome conclusion which will end the
crisis.
King George's decision to call a halt to
the elements responsible for the war be
tween the Houses of Parliament has been
well received' by the , country, In some
quartera It I hailed as the act of a strong
man who knows his mind and who will
gof earlessly to the full length ot his con
stitutional powers. .
Inn o quarter Is there any auggestlon
that his Intervention savors In the last
degree; of partlanshlp.
That the session will be rounded out
without a constlutlonal crisis seems likely,
though the radicals profess profound In
dignatlon at Mr. Asquith's alleged willing
ness under certain conditions that the com'
mons" resolution aa to " the veto of the
lords be sent to the lords' committee hav
lng in hand the Rosebery scheme of re
form.
The air is filled with talk of comprom
ise and the press of the liberal moderates
hopes that the Irish demands will be "tern'
perate . and not unreasonable," and m
phaslaes "the great truth that In politics
honorable compromise la necessary for
advancement."
It is up to John Redmond.
MORE LAND FOR .HOMESTEADS
i
Proclamation by President Retarna
Mora Than Million Acres to
Settlement. '
WASHINGTON, June 12. By approving
the latest step In the reclassification ot
the national forests and public lands today
President Taft Increased the public domain
available to homestead entry by 1,182,816
acres and Increased the national forests
381.0O4 acres.
The proclamation which the president
signed eliminated 11,196 acres from the Gun
nluon forest, 6.640 acres from the Coche-
topa forest and 45,189 acres from the Un
compahgre forest, all In Colorado. All those
lands will be available to settlers.
The reclassification I .the government's
hope of stemming the tide of emigration
from the United States to the Canadian
northwest.
Secretary Balllnger bIbo made some addi
tions to the lands available for home
steads today when he designated 875.000
acres In Wyoming and nearly 4,000 acres In
Colorado aa available.
Preacher If It hy (hank of Coal.
BOONE, I., June 12. (Special Telegram.)
The Rev. George H. lisps. Baptist pax-
tor, was seriously injured yesterday while
standing at the coal chute of the Boone
Block Coal company. A chunk of coal
neighing 600 pounds fell, striking him on
the back. His conlltlon today Is critical.
New York Getting Ready to
Gamble on
NEW YORK. June 12.-8peelal Tele
gram.) "Curtis. to 1.
"Paulhan. S to 1.
'Wright. ihi to 1.
"Blerolt. 4 to 1.
"Hamilton. S to I."
The foregoing I the way tlio bookmak
er's blackboard Is apt to look before many
months hav passed.. Governor Hughes and
his antl-rt.ee track betting laws have prac
tically wiped out the business of the New
York bookmakers and they have turned to
the airship as a safe and sane mean of
peculation.
After a dosen or more men whose faces
are familiar In every betting ring In Amer
ica, gather at Hempstead plains, where
aviation trials are being held and , are
studying the machines and men as keenly
o ever they studied race horse and Jock
eys, they make bets between themselves
M to the performance of the maa-blrds,
LOOK FOR CROWD
ROOSEVELT DAY
Reception . Committee Planning for
Huge Jam in New York When
Traveler Returns.
MANY - BOATS FILL . HARBOR
Water Parade Will Be Feature of
Home Coming.
GOVERNORS TO SEND MEN
Cities Will Have Numerous Delegates
at Celebration.
ARMY AND NAVY UNION IN LINE
Request Made for Position la Line
Spanish War Veterans to Da
Included la the Bis;
Parade.
NEW YORK, June 12. Secretary Cosby
of the Roosevelt reception committee cetl-
matea that between 16,000 and 20,000 per
sons will be in line along Fifth avenue
next Saturday afternoon at tho time of
the parade, in honor of Theodore Roose
velt's return. R. A. Smith, chairman of
the harbor display committee, places the
estimate of boats at something over 100.
Many of the organizations will be in
uniform, or wear some insignia of their
order, and nearly all will have bands. To
each organisation comprising that 100 per
sons a block has been . assigned on Fifth
avenue. They will not march, but will
stand In their places as Colonel Roose
velt, the roughrlders, and other Spanish
war veterans go past. "
The Hamilton club of Chicago, under the I
leadership of John H. Batten, will send 100
members, who will go down the bay on the
steamship Commodore, and later have a
stand on Fifth avenue. The Pittsburg Busi
ness Men's association will send M0, mar
shaled by Colonel A. II. MOore. Omaha
will send a delegation, and Philadelphia
and Cincinnati will turn out other organi
sation. The Army and Navy union has asked for
a place for between 200 and 300; the Span
ish War Veterans, who are to march, will
turn out about 2,000, and the Roosevelt
Neighbors' association of Oyster Bay, to
gether with a delegation from the Nassau
County Board of Supervisors, will have 600
men. i
Representatives bf governor will be
given positions on the stand at the bat
tery, aa will the governors who are pre
ent. They will also go down the bay on
one of the cutter to greet the former
president. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
and Secretary of the Navy Meyer have
been assigned positions on the stand, and
will also go down the bay.
Among the gubernatorial representatives
will be F. E. Goodall of Spokane, Wash.,
who wlll represent .Governor. Hay. i
Immunity Bath
For Bribe Giver
Another Illinois Man Confesses "Dig
ging Up" Money to Kill
Fish Bill.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 12. Along
with more communications bearing addl
tlonal volunteera Information for State's
Attorney Burke came the first volunteer
witness of the Investigation lo the person
of J. D. McLean of Meredosia, who yester
day came Into tlie office of the state's at
torney and, not finding him in, bolted into
the grand jury room, where he was per
mitted to testify.
"Yes, I contributed to the fund, to kill the
fish bill,"- he said. "I gave the money
to Otto Schweer. ' He told me it was to
be used to defeat the bill. We have been
robbed every legislative year for ao long
that it la high time we axe doing some
thing to stop It. They come to ua and tell
us they have to have the money and there
Is nothing for us to do but dig. I told
them from the start that the thing for us
to do la to come and tell everything we
krow."
In his testimony McLean told of a meet
lng of fish dealer in Springfield during
the legislative session. They were told it
would take $1,000 to kill the fish bill. Af
ter he returned home ho waa informed
It would take $2,000. A little later it was
raised to $3,000 and finally they wera told
so he testified, that if they made it $4,00
a bill would be passed which would give
the fish dealers everytholng they wanted
In a legislative way.
RIDDER GUEST OF KAISER
!Sew York Kdltor and Ambassador
Hill Entertained at Luncheon
by Emperor. .
POTSDAM, Germany, June 12. Herrinn
Rldder of New York and David Jaync Hill
the American ambassador lunched today
with t!ia emperor and empresB. Iferr Von
schoen, the foreign minister, several mem
ber s of the Imperial family and officials
of the household also were present.- Mr,
Rldder later had a long conversation with
the emperor.
Air Ship Races
but their main purpose Is to iie up these
air races wun a view to making book
..... unura esiaDUBhed nj
of offering odds which will give them a
reasonable Income something like 2 to 1.
The big raca from New York to St. Loul
win prouBDiy oe aeiected aa the medlu
of Introducing the public into the SDort ,
backing It favorite In an air race with
professionals.
Sam Llchtenatein, who has been making
puuki un mo otw jura tracks for t. num.
ber or years, said today:
"I intend to make book on the flrt bis
air ru. iir j nu uhb looting with th
ponies any more. Hughes and hU bunc
hav put that business on th hum for fair,
We ve got to do something ad I don
know anything that standi a better chance
for a gamble than the airship. Befor
long they will be having regular meet and
this will give th boy a chauc to make
a Uvl.B)
What Jones used to do on
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
iVGULD MAKE DIVORCE CHEAP
Position Taken by Rev. Mr. Allen of
Tew York City.
NECESSITY OF MODERN CONDITION
Clerarr of Others Churehea Take
Different View and Would Make
Legal Separation Hard
to Secure.
NEW YORK, June l-Ppecial Telegram.)
"Cheap divorces for 'all and free divorce
for thoae who cannot pay." This Is th
startling position taken by Re?. John S.
Allen, pastor for the Marble Collegiate
church and one of the strongest churches
In, New York. Rev. Mr. Allen spoke
strongly in favor ot divorces at the recent
synod of the reformed church in America
and In an Interview today amplified his
position. He aald: .
'If I had my way an automatic divorce
law would be instituted. A court where It
waa possible to obtain a divorce absolutely
without cost. I would merely establish the
one simple requirement that v infidelity
would have to be proven. The moment the
njured party proved their Injury the di
vorce ,would go lntoxf,ytt "awtomatlcaHy, -,
I believe divorce la'jttso a-necessary -m
a civilised country aa marriage. What Is
more to the point.- ! believe- there always
will be divorce as leng as human being are
In existence,. The church, a well as the
state, might Just as well recognise this as
a fact. Dlvoroe will not be abolished. It is
a necessity of modern conditions.
Privilege Abased.
It la for the church to free herself from
the mediaeval quagmires of the past and
meet modern requirements "in a modern
manner. I do not mean to say our di
vorce laws, aa they are now, are aa they
should be. Unquestionably the privilege of
divorce in this country 1 greatly abused.
We hear a great deal of our so-called di
vorce evil, but the fermentation of it 1
not unlike our recent political upheaval,
merely a sign of an inward strife toward
something higher and purer.
We are In fact no leas moral than coun
tries whose divorce laws are not aa lax
as our own, and w are far more moral
than countries, which have no divorce law
at all.
'I would have aU blame or shadow re
moved from the person obtaining a divorce.
It should be clearly understood divorce is
an honorable and just Institution.
To distinguish the guilty from the in
nocent In a divorce case 1- would nave
the' plaintiff known as the 'dlvorcor and
the defendant as the 'divorcee.' If these
two term were aohered to in their correct
sense, society would gradually adjust itself
to a mental attitude .recognizing their dlf
ference."
Women's Limbs Broken.
STURGIS, 8. D June 13. (Special Tele
gramsMrs. Byron Hough and Mrs.
George Kentz of Strugis, each had a leg
broken this afternoon by being thrown out
of a buggy. There horse Decanie
frlKhened by passing a automobile In both
cases and their limbs were broken between
the knee and ankle.
Gas;e Preseate Credentials.
T.tsrtoN. June 12 Henry T. Gasre of
r-B iirnlu 11, recently anDolnted AmTi-
-n minister to Portugal, today presented
bis credentials to King Manual, i:u ic-
ctived him very coratsny.
People who can
get along very well
with second-hand
things, are watch
ing the For
columns of
Sale
The
Bee daily.
Every day someone is advertis
ing an article that they do not
need, and every day someone is
snapping up tbese articles.
You have something about the
house that you do not use.
What is it?
It has value.
Somebody wants It, and will pay
for it.
Call Douglas 238 and de
scribe it to the ad taker and
the will tell you what an ad
i will cost to sell it. --".r
, i ....I
And
Sleepless Man
Will Walk Rest
No More; Asleep
Alonzo ' Wire, for Twenty Years
Famous, Dies of Asthma in
New Jersey.
HACKETTSTOWN, N. J., June 12.
Alonco Wire, famous for twenty year as
th ' sleepless policeman, passed quietly
Into the final sleep tonight. Twenty years
ago Wire waa struck by lightning. The
shock deprived him at first of speech and
hearing, and when he subsequently re
gained them, left some subtile derange
ment of the nervous system which pre
vented him from sleeping. Doctor who
heard of hi case made elaborate tets,
but they never caught him napping, and
at last his assertion that he never slept,
gained gradual credence. He used toj lie
down to rest his body, but his eye re
mained open, and his brain always active.
Although never fully at rest, his health
seemed unimpaired, until he was attacked
by the bronchical asthma, from which he
died. -
South Dakota
Capitol Opening
aaBMnassnjanj
New Structure Will Be Dedicated
During; Conservation Congress
Late in June.
PIERRE, 8. D., June 11. (Special.)-It
has been definitely decided that the dedi
cation of the new state capital will occur
on one of the day of the conservation
meeting here the last of this month. Just
which day will be partially given to that
ceremony Is not certain, but It will likely
be on the first or second day of the meet
ing, June 29 or 30. Among those who will
certainly be upon the program, and whose
promises of being present have been se
cured are Governor Eberhardt of Min
nesota, eGorge Welsh of the Minnesota Im
migration department, F. E. Howe of
Washington, head of the Department of
Agricultural Education. A number of other
prominent men have made partial promises
to be here to take a part and have not aa
yet definitely accepted the invitation ex
tended to them. The committee in charge
of the work reports receipt of hundreds of
letters accepting appointments as delegates,
and promises of attendance. The whole
outlook at present I for one of the largest
gathering of business men of the state,
from all walks In life, which has ever
gathered in South .Dakota.
.A move la under way to hold at the same
time a conference of northwestern states
on the subject ot immigration, the principal
plan Is for a close organ.vatlon among the
state of the northeast to aecure a proper
share of immigration which Is largely be
ing directed toward the southwest as pres
ent by the close organisation of the great
rftllvxv rntnnAtiipa nnerRtlnv In that rwr
Sunday.'
of the union. The goveraora of the slates ""1. p'ace'' wnere wn8t8 PP" or old rub
of Wisconsin. Michigan, Minnesota. North , h acc'lmu"" lould be given a clean-
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska
will be asked to attend such a meeting,
or send representatives to take a part In
It. Every effort Is being put forward to
make the meeting one of the events of the
state.
Eleven Thousand for Wolf Scalps.
F1EURE, June 11. (Speclal.)-The wolf
bounty claims filed with the state auditor
to date have reached $11,742. A year ago
at the same date they were $12,662, and for
that year the claim, were allowed at 74
. , ...
cents on the dollar. This year they will
probably so a little higher.
Queen Alexandra Will Not
Leave Buckingham Palace
LONDON, June 12. (Special Cable.-A
royal domestlo crisis Is threatened. It la
said that Queen Alexandra refuses to give
up Buckingham palace for the use of King
George and Queen Mary.
The following paragraph appeared in one
of the staid Indon newspapers thl week,
doubtless with the sanction of the king.
"There is yet no Indication when Queen
Alexandra proposes to leave Buckingham
palace, but doubtless she will go later on
to Copenhagen with her Bister, th
dowager empress of Russia."
It Is believed that Queen Alexandra has
no Intention of leaving Buckingham palace
at once. It I reported from more than
one source that Queen Alexandra is a little
piqued at the attitude assumed by King
George and Queen Mary toward aome of
the Institutions which were nur and dear
to the late King Edwod.
Queen Alexandra within th last several
9 ' -
how he does it now!
PREVENTING FOURTH FIRES
Fire Commissioner Johnson Anxious
to Prevent Them.
ISSUES LETTER TO THE PUBLIC
Hopes to Awaken Men, Women and
Children to Need of Precaution
Democrats and Normal
School.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June 12.-(Speclal.)-A. V.
Johnson, fire commissioner, is anxious to
prevent loss of life and property by reason
of the celebration of July 4. To that end
he ha Issued the following statement:
"On July 4, 1909, the loss by fire directly
traceable to fireworks amounted to $20,000.
If every property owner and every parent
could be persuadade to pay some attention
to thla important matter, giving to their
employes, their tenants, their neighbors or
their children timely warning as to - the
protection of property from Fourth of July
loss, the loss of 1910 would undergo notice
able decrease.
"It is the special business ot the Ne
braska Fir commission to Impress upon
the general public facts that will .tend to
awaken men, women and children to' the
Importance of protecting property from loss
thVough fire. In anticipation,, therefor.
of the general celebration throughout Ne
braska July 4, the Nebraska Fire com mis
slon respectfully submits to the people of
this state these suggestions:
"First In the effort to preserve life and
protect property the place for the author!
ties to begin Is with the sellers . of fire.
works. Ordinances and lawa prohlbltine-
the sale ot the more dangerous variety of
fireworks may be enforced more readily
than orders seeking to regulate or prohibit
their use after they have been sold. Strict
supervision by authorities over places
where fireworks are being disposed of and
notice to dealers that the law will be en
forced to the letter will reduce the fire loss
to the minimum.
"Second Small children should not be
permitted by their parents or guardians to
handle fireworks or matches.
"Third All person using matches or
punk or lighted firecrackers should be care
ful to see that these do no tcontaln fire
and when they are thrown away they
should not be thrown in the vicinity of
inflammable material.
Be Watchful at Muht.
"Fourth Where fire works are exploded
in the evening particular care should be
taken that the place from which they arc
discharged Is clear of any debris or in
flamable material and that the locality
In which the spark or lights are likely
to fall la free from buildings that might
be destroyed.
"Fifth The "toy balloon" Is most danger
ous so far aa property Is concerned. If
this cannot be abolished altogether it
should not be permitted to be sent nr.
after the geenral public lias retired for
the night. ,
'Ulwtk All 1 ,
ut-iiar ways, lence corner
"1 wneie it is Impos
sioie to Clean up entirely, the premises
should be given a thorough drenching so
there will be no danger of any llehtwl
article carelessly thrown starting a bluxe.
"Seventh The mayors of several cIUps
have already commenced a systematic
campaign looking to the prevention of fire
loss on July 4. Their good example ouirht
I to be followed by the authorities of every
city ana village in the state. Prompt ac
tion should be. taken by these authorities
' " " 7 ,mlr
forts to enforce the common sen rule
(Continued on Second Page.)
days conveyed to the king the intelligence
that It- would require at least two months
for her to prepare and move her belongings
to her permanent town house at Marlbor
ough palace. This was apparently her
answer to the hint that she leave at her
earnest convenience. The queen mother
keeps th royal standard flying over Buck
ingham palace in defiance to etiquette for
th old usage, that the royal standard
shall only appear above the castle when It
houves th ruling powers of Great Britain.
Th snubbing of Queen Mary by Quern
Alexandra has furnished delectable gossip
to the wing of the court society Inimical
to the new queen. It Is Bald that Queen
Alexandra Is angry because Queen Mary
will not tolerate certain women who were
raised tp the social prestiK through the
efforts of the late King Edward. Indeed
it would appeur that the warfare In society
circles of the tew ciurt wUi tut three
cornered.
ONFEREES MAKE
RAPID PROGRESS
Belief Growing; Measure Will B(
Reported Back During Latter
Part ol This Week. i
LONG AND SHORT HAUL CLAUSE
Endeavor Being- Made to Rewriti
Provision.
CAPITALIZATION FEATURE TO GO
Both House and Senate Unable to
Agree- on It,
MANY RADICAL FEATURES STAY
Committee Finds Ther Will Prove
Acceptable President to Meet
Shippers of the West on
Monday.
WASHINGTON, June tl-Meetlngs of th
conference committee, which Is deallna
with the railroad bill have resulted, ac
cording to reliable Information, In such
rapid progress as to warrant the belief
that a report on the bill may be mad
to both houses ot congress by the middle
of this week or a day or two later. Thl
will, it is asserted, give abundant tlm
for the discussion on the report on th
floor of both chambers.
Reliable statements concerning the work
done In conference today Indicate that
much of the change to be Introduced Into
the bill will be seen at points, .where ther
had been comparatively little controversy
on the open floor. The bill contains a
number of Important provision that slipped
by without much debate, and which th
conferees feel they are safe in altering,
particularly a It would appear In certain
cases that those who urged these pro
visions did not recognise the large scop
they were giving to the measure.
Considerable anxiety is felt with respect
to the long and short haul clause provis
ions, as that which was passed by th
house Is considered unconstitutional and
that of the senate la held to be unwork
uble. An endeavor Is being made to re
write the long and short haul clause In
such a way as to conciliate all section.
The capitalisation seotlon will have to
go. President Taft has been eager for
some measure ot that sort, but there I
so . strong a combination In the senate
against the proposition that It cannot to
enacted.
nadlcal Featarea Stay In.
" There is a general agreement that It
will be necessary to retain most ot the,
radical features of the measure, upon
which there has been direct and heated
controversy in either house of congress, in
order that the conference report may not
be immediately rejected. Several ot tha
members, who voted . to send the bill to
conference In "the lower, chamber have In
formed Mr. Mann that unles there IS
substantial regard for the amendments
made on' the floor, they will be obliged to
change their votes, thereby throwing tha
balance of power Into the hand ot tho
who want to ' accept the senate bill ai
that measure stands. Moreover, there I a
feeling on the part of the conferee that
many of the radical amendment will not
be' a bad as they look.
The conferees are unquestlonatiiy word
ing toward the end' of getting a bill that
will be accepted by both house by re
taining as much as is necessary of th
radical portions of the bill while modify-,
lng or rejecting other thing that will at
tract less controversy when the report 1
made.
President Taft will meet the shippers'
committee from the west today and hear
what they have to say on the question of
the advance in rates. One thing that will
be discussed with considerable insistence
during the shippers vlsJt la the ultimate
Jurisdiction over the rate dispute.
Question of Jurisdiction.
The reference ot this matter after th
commission has dealt with the Issue, would
presumably be to the newly created court
of commerce, which Is provided for In
the bill now pending. Provision a to th
selection of the Judges who are to sit
on this court of commerce differ In the
two drafts of the bill which are now in
the hands of the conferee and it is open
to question whether the conferees will not
put back substantially tho original provls
ions of the Taft meaeure, respecting the
appointment of the court and the scops of
It Jurisdiction.
Should this be done some of the shippers
would by no meann be satisfied with the
Bltuatlon, aa It has been their feeling
from the genesis of the railroad bill during
the last winter, that the court provision
were Inadequate. In thl they were backed
by member of tha radical wing of the in
terstate commission. The view adopted
was that the provision of the bill wera
likely to curtail the power of the commis
sion In a very material degree and to
throw to a court, consisting of Judge to
be selected under conditions which wer
unsatisfactory to them, the ultimate powei
of . control in matters which preceding de
cisions on the part of the federal supreme
court had definitely secured to the com
mlHBlon. DEATH ENDS ROMANCE OF
"CANDY KID" AND HIS WIFE
Mrs. Maraaret l.eavltt Mmollen, Who
Married Jim Corbett's Chauf
feur, Dies,
NEW YORK, June 12. Three lines oi
agate type printed the news today that
death hud ended the romance of Margaret
L'-'avltt, the young heiress who ran away
from home last January to marry Joe Hmol
len, the "Candy Kid," formerly chauffeui
for Jim Corbett, the prisefighter.
The notice did not say where Mrs. Smol
len had died and the family refused to dis
cuss the case, but inasmuch as it was un
derstood that Mrs. Hmullen hud gon abroad
it was at first supposed that she had died
In Europe. It tecarne known tonight, how
ever, that she had died yesterday at I
private sanitarium in this city, whither she
had been taken frum a hotel on recom
mendation of a specialist of Bellevua hos
pital. , Margant Leavltt was the daughter of G.
Howland LtavHt, a inlllloraire of Ilayslde
U I., and was said to be worth $1,000,001) in
her own right. She fell In love with Smo.
len, who had left the service of Corbett to
become chauffeur fur her father, and when
her family disapproved, married blia
against their will lo Jersey -Jj