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    The ; Omaha Sunday Bee,
.NEWS SECTION
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nebraska Fair; rooter.
For Iowa Fair; coolrr.
I ' IVOL. Xl-N0. 48.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1911-SEVEN NKCTIONS FORTY-FOUR PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
I MINISTERS PAYOR
Coming and Going in Omaha
I PEACE IN MEXICO
STRICTSABBATH
iTesbyterian General ' Assembly
.Adopts Report of Committee with
i , JUevea Stringent Resolution.
majtz Object to "blue laws"
Tttor Sane Sunday, but Would Uot
. . Become Puritans.
TO COMEAT ONCE
Terms of Agreement Now Being Pre
pared and Announcement of
Terms Will Soon Be Made.
INSURGENTS IN THE CABINET
BIBLE'S TEACHINGS ARE QUOTED
Some Speak Earnestly in Favor of
Obeying Commandments.
TTOOTNG THE CLOCK BACKWARD
That la What Seme Mrmbtn Call
Attempt to Abel lah. Het Meal
end Traveller ea ldar
Rout ft a a 4 ay Paper a.
ATLANTIC? CITY. N. J.. Mar JO. The
report of the committee on Sabbath ob
servance with Ha stringent reoommenda
tlona aroused an animated discussion in
the Presbyterian It rn era I assembly today.
Many ministers opponed what they called
an attempt to go backward two centuries
and Impose a real old "blue law Sabbath"
on the twentieth century. They were
. for a aane Sunday, they said, but not ao
atrict a one aa the report called for.
The barring of traveling on Bund ay,
buying thing because you happened to
want them even If they were neceseary and
having no hot moals ao your servants could
I eat waa declared to be absurd and the as
embly waa urged to Ignore auch "trivial"
mattera. Others spoke earnestly In favor
of keeping the Sabbath as the command
ments ordered and the report with tta
eleven stringent resolutions was adopted.
Among the resolutions tmbodled In the
report waalme that college presidents and
faculties be required to abolish Monday
morning recitation so atudenta would not
' have to study on Sunday.
It waa decided to organise Sabbath ob
servance committees In each Presbytery
to co-operate with similar committees
from other denominations and with atate
and national organizations In preserving
the Lord's day.
Public officials are urrad in another
resolution to do their full duty to enforcing
Sunday closing lawa and Sunday news
papers ara denounced In unqualified terms.
t'ltr of Waaalnatea Criticised.
The report of the Sabbath observance
committee is severe on the city of Wash
ington. "The capital of our country has no Sun
day law," the report says, "and because
of the uity'a prominence In our national
life, should receive our first attention. On
Sunday retail stores ara open in many
parts of the city, building operation a and
street repairs going on according to the
will of the contractor; newspaper ara pub
lished, botb morning and afternoon, and
are carried out through the tt aa on
. other days. Theaters and 6-cew.t and 10
Cent "shows and saloons are in lull blast. ' '
. "Social Sunday doeecratlon has also much
Increased In Washington within the last
eight learn. . Dinners, receptions, teas,
muatcaloa, golf, etc., abound, are elabor
ately announced in the papers, and among
the guests- raenJ.iond are constantly seen
the nams of people active and even prom
inent 14 churoh circles.
"Sunday la a popular dinner and luncheon
day in Washington society. Some Wasb
lngtonlana place the blame fur it upon
the dlplomalio corps, whose 'continental
Sunday' la gaining ground with the smart
set of Washington. Nearly every Sunday
half a dosan smart breakfast at the
Chevy Chase club and an equal number of
big dinner parties; also match gulf games
under the aupervlslon of the club."
Advocates of.
Free Raw Wool
, Give Up Fight
Members of Committee Who Oppose
Views of Speaker Clark Agree
to Reduced Duty.
WASHINGTON, May JO.-Demooratio ad
vocates of free raw wool had completely
surrendered, it waa declared, whan the
houne waya and means committee today
continued the work of revising the tariff
on wool. Members of the committee who
had been fighting against Chairman V'nder
wood and Spew.lv.tr CUtvk to place raw wool
on the free list were aid to have agreed
to the' retention of a reduced duly.
Though the exact rates to be assessed
on raw wool and manufactured articlea
have not been disclosed the tentative bill
to be aubmltted to the democratic caucus
probably will ba a flat revenue measure,
with raw wool cut about W per cent or
More and manufactured articles reduced
from W to W per cent, dependent on the de
cision of the commission as to how low
the figure can go without aerloualy impair
ing the revenues.
A lively discussion of the bill Is expected
la the democratic caucus.
THE WEATHER.
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t mMratve Local Record.
1M1. li'IO tV M.
Hi lit t today ti T7 7 K7
lowe.t today M M 6? 87
Mrau temperature si ui 77
1'iecipltatlon T .02 .i .US
Teinperatur and precltatlnn departure
i on t tie normal:
Normal tempera! tire W
Ifu-it-ncy for the day t
Vital excess elme alaivh 1 4
Normal pi estimation H Inch
Wf u lency for i lie day 14 Inch
Total rainfall al:tce March 1. 1911. M Inchee
rvefii-tenry atnoe Man h 1.. 2 W Inrhe
1 fflo.iiov for cor. period. 11 . . .1 1 inches
VvlutetLcy for cor. period. Ia0. .142 Inches
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DENY I1UNDRMRUST HERE
Laundry Men Say Prices Are the Same
as Ten Tears Ago.
HOTELS PAYING HIGHER PRICES
Statement Made by Strata Sera For
merly the Lasndrr Did the Hotel
Work at Loee aad Had
to Chance.
Flat denial, accompanied by arguments,
la made by the Omaha laundrymon that an
organization exists among them to main
tain an arbitrary schedule of prices.
though many patrons Insist that a trust
does exist.
It is pointed out by some of the larger
patrons, auch as the hotels, that within
the last four Or five years prices have
gone up nearly 100 per cent for flat work.
This la met with the argument that form,
erly the laundries did this work at a loss,
and that It was absolutely necessary to
advance prices to make both ends meet.
There Is no denial of the fact that the
Omaha launderers are organised, hut they
explain that the purpose of the association
ia to promote friendly feeling, to exchange
credit Information, to study methods of
elevating the standard of the laundry busi
ness and to improve working conditions.
In this connection an article embraced In
the regulations of the club Is pointed out
by them: VI t shall be contrary to the ob
jects of this club for It te arrange any
schedule of pripea for laundry work or
to formulate any rules seeking to regu
late the business of the plants) which com
pos this club."
. . Hotel Price Cio Up.
The hotel managers are among those
who have been moat active in their be
lief that the Omaha launderle are In a
trust, citing that four or five years ago
fiat work was dona for about 0 cents a
hundred pounds, while at prevent laun
dries refuse to touch such work for less
than 71 cents. Aald from the argument
of the launderers that formerly this work
was done at a loss and it waa neceeaary
to advance prices, they are expected by the
hotel men to compete with a local sec
tarian Institution, which conducts a laun
dry, paying nothing for help or taxes.
Concerning the small patronage, which
Includes the washing of shirts, collars and
tha like, George M. Strain, president of the
Kimball laundries, says: "Our prices are
the same as (en years ago, except In a
few unimportant Instances." He then goes
on to explain that while the aama prices
have obtained for ten years everything else
baa gone up In price: "Where we used to
Lire labor for 85 per cent we are now pay
ing 50 per cent of our gross business. All
supplies used by laundriea have gone up
ttbout 20 per cent during the laat four or
five years.
"The standard of work Is vastly differ
ent now. Some of the laundriea are about
t cents below ua on shirts. Their quality
of work Is greatly Improved .and during
the last five and six years they have been
bringing their price up to the standard,
although there are still soma t-cent shirts
being done in town.
The laundry business is the only one la
all these years of high prices that has not
gone up. At the same time we are paying
more for everything that we buy hexes,
tissue and varloua other trimmings to Im
prove the quality of the work and to In
sure its delivery in perfect condition. Tet
we are getting the same prices as ten
jean sgo. There is aosoiuieiy no uu m
or concerted movement on the part of the
launderers of Omaha toward a combina
tion on prices. Such changes aa have been
mad by one or two of the men have been
due to changes in the plants and the bring
ing of them to a atandard of price and
quality of work which has prevailed for
year in other plants. But this has been
don Individually and without any agree
ment, and refer only to two plants which
make but a few minor changes in their
Hats. These changes have been In effect
fur some time.
Lieutenant Drees
Commits Suicide
Officer of Marine Corps Pound Dead
in Washington Hotel with Gas
Turned On.
WASHINGTON. May 30. Lieutenant
Franklin 11. Dree of th marine corpa.
who had been taking examinations for
promotion, waa found dead In Ms room to
day with a gaa tube In hla mouth. No
reason ia known for th suicide, but It . ia
believed he waa suffering from overwork.
Lieutenant Drees was born at Carroll.
Ia., and waa 20 year old. He had been
tutloned at tta Porfumouth Navy yards
and .also served at Anjnapolla, Panama,
the Philippines and Washington.
Atlantic Railroad to
Be Sold by July 24
ATLANTIC, la.. May .-tSpeclal Tele-gram.)-Kd
8. Harlan of th Iowa Trust
and Savings bank was today named re
ceiver of th Atlantic Northern A Southern
railroad by Judge V. R. Green. He 1
ordered to sell th road by July U. Th
bidding will b done ia front of the cjurt
house door at Atlantic at th hour of M
o'clock a. m. Mr. Harlan la treasurer et
th road. Th receivership waa ordered
April 27. but appointment haa just he
mad
Kllsillb!v KtiBZ - ffft
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Illinois Legislature
Adjourns After Day
and Night Session
Omnibus Appropriation Bill Carrying
More Than Eight Millions Passed
Early Saturday Morning.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May .-The forty,
seventh Illinois general assembly ended Its
1911 regular session at 1 o'clock this morn
ing after an all day and all night session.
The member of the ' legislature took a
recess until noon en Wednesday, May SL
At that time the members of the two
house will return to receive any nei-
aagea which Governor Deneen may have
to transmit regarding the bin passed,
and now In his hands for approval. By
recessing until May SI and adjourning' on
that day the constitutional tlm of ten
day after adjournment allotted to the
executive In which to pass on the bills Is
practically doubled. Bhortly before (
o&clock ti . morning botb house had
adopted the .report of the conference com
mittee on the omntbu appropriation bill,
which carries approximately 13,250,000 for
the ordinary contlngont - expenses of the
state government for th two years ' be
ginning July 1, next.
The bill requiring all state fee boards
and commissions to pay the money col
lected by them into the atate treasury waa
passed, th anti-public drinking cup bill
was paoaed and th hotel bill,, providing
for the appointment of a atat hotel in
spector waa .defeated. ...
Th house concurred In the senate
amendment to th resolution authorising
the appointment .. by the governor of a
commission of fly .member to codify th
corporation law:, ef .the state. ' . ;
Th corrupt practice act euletly died Just
befoi adjournmerrt . t ' v' '
Despite the fat that Mi TTa clocm". day
th house worked ilmoet continuous!) for
twenty-four hour, practically perfect or
der waa maintained by Speaker Adkina. '
Indictments Against .
George B. Cox Are
. Quashed by Court
Judge Dickson Finds Bills Charging
Republican Leader with Perjury
Defectire in Substance.
CINCINNATI, . O.. May SO. The Indict
ments charging perjury agalnat George
B. Cox, in connection with his testimony
regarding the payment of county . treas
urer ''gratuities," wr quashed by Judge
Dickson today.
Th county prosecutor at once moved
to take th caae to the higher courta on
an allegation of error in th finding of
Judg Dickson. ...
If the upper court find that there waa
no error then Cox atanda freed for all
tlm on th charge, . If th court ahould
hold ' that there waa error aufflclent to
Invalidate th decision. Cox's caae may
b brought before a subsequent grand
Jury and he may be reindicted.
Cox waa indicted' on February 21, and
hi case ha been fought before fifteen
Judges of'th common pie, circuit and
supreme courts of Ohio, the battle of
technicalities starting when Cox, charg
ing prejudice inert off th bench. Judge
Frank Gorman, then sitting In th crim
inal bench of tha court of common
pleaa. '
The motion' to quash . waa originally
mad before Judg Gorman, but it re
verted 'to Judge' Dickson when the lat
ter waa finally named to hear the caae.
Judge Dtakaon holds, In substance, that
In calling Cox before the grand Jury In
1I0S and compelling him to teatify there
and then Indicting him for perry be-
cut of that testimony, there was a
violation ef hla' constitutional right.
The Indictment agalnat Cox charged
that in testifying In 10 he declared
that he had received none of the' money
paid by various banks to county treas
urers as "gratuities" for the deposit of
eounty funds In the Institutions, tiie ex
.tenre of these g-atultles having been
brought out before th Drake Investi
gating commltte or the stats legisla
ture. Th grand Jury of January, 111, how
aver, charged that It had information
that he did receive Intereat money from
Tllden R. French and John H. Gibaon
while they were county treasurers, tbe
Indictment aaaerting that he vi given
JMI.&00 by Gibson and 117, 50 by French.
Ultimatum' Sent
to the Senate
Session Will Continue Throught "Dog
Days" if Votes Are Not Taken on
Three Measures Named.
WASHINGTON', May 20. -What I prac
tically an ultimatum was aered on tha
tenata today by th democratic leaders of
th hout Uiat there must be a vote In th
senate at this session on Canadian reci
procity, on the farmers' free Hat bill and
on th le.iaed wool tariff. Provided thee
teriiik are inrt th house will agree to a
rces trm July 1 to frtober 1 otherwise
U.e aenat will be held in cnmmuou n
ton throughout tbe dog day' by th
heuse refusing to adjourn.
SUCCESSOR T0MR. HALLEY
Samson Prepares a New Show to De
light the Visitors.
HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN A NAME
Working Crew Haa Had Rehearaala
aad On' Renae la Fixing; t'p All
Sorta of New Forms of
Torture.
Work In all departments of the kingdom
of the next ruler of Qulvera Is being
pushed with a vim and vigor that bodes
well for a reign more successful than any
other. The den Is undergoing a renovation
and a remodeling, the Ilk of which It haa
never seen before, and when the work Is
completed will present an appearance en
tirely changed. "Dad" Weaver and Gu
Renxe are working overtime figuring out
new and fiendish tortures for the Initiatory
season which opens on the first Monday In
June. But best of all la the showing made
In the membership, which now number
6f9, considered a remarkable record for thla
early stage of the game.
The new flint roof over the den, guaran
teed for ten years, haa been completed.
Two over coats of water proof cement laid
on metal lath are to go on the outside,
the contract having been let the latter
part of the week. '
Hitherto the work on the den haa been
haphazard, a hole having, been cut here
and a partition put there to ault the need
of the moment. Th renovation this year
la methodical and of a permanent nature.
The repair have been made much . more
extensive than at first contemplated. It
having been found necessary In order, to
keep the building ' In good condtlion and
to .lessen futur expense. ' i
Entrance the East.
The two wings on th east "side are to
b taken down and a lobby . entrance to
th1 east ' front erected, leading from the
Idtf&alk and providing an entrance to
both lower floors and gallery; also much
needed 'check rooms, dressing rooms, etc.
The outside will be finished. In Mission
style, Imparting a dignified and handsome
exterior to the old den, while the Inside
will be painted throughout, rewired and
lighted, and a new floor provided, one of
the moat urgent needs.
The opening comes on June B, when the
Nebraska Press association la to be en
tertained. The time of Immunity from the
Initiation haa been extended to Include
those who pay up at this time.
Th name of the uccessor to Mr. Halley
and hi pug-nosed comet has not been
definitely decided, although reheareala of
the working crew are being held.
Odd Fellows Will
Meet in Aberdeen, S. D.
Edna Dann of Centerrille is Elected
President of Rebekah Degree
at Sioux Falls.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May VS. (Special.)
On of th featurea of th closing ses
sions of the grand lodge meeting of th
Odd Fellow of South Dakota and
auxiliary organisation th' grand encamp
ment and th Rebekah assembly waa the
holding of a memorial service In honor of
member of the order who died during
the last year.
At a business session of the grand lodge
Aberdeen was chosen as the place for hold
ing next year'e meeting of the grand lodge
and auxiliary organisations. At a buelnees
aeaalon of the Rebekah assembly the fol
lowing officers were elected for the com
ing year:
President. Edna Dann, Centervllle; vie
president, Mrs. Flahbeck, Yankton: aecr
tary, Mre, Hattl B. Borland, Slaaeton;
treasurer, Mre. Atlanta Fuller. Lead. On
of th closing feature of th Rebekah as
sembly was th Installation of th new of
ficers. Th grand lodge elected Dr. A. BJ. Clough
of Madison, grand representative for two
year, and George W. Ladd of 8turgia,
grand representative for one year.
Breeze Brings Relief
to Suffering Chicago
CHICAGO, May M. -Refreshing breexes
today took the place of the death-dealing
hot spell which for nearly a week ha been
the rule in this section of the country.
Overcast akie i aided greatly in bringing
about a cessation of suffering. The drop
In temperature averaged about ten degrees
as compared with preceding days.
WASHINGTON". Mav 20.-Rellef tonight
from the hot wave was promised hy the
Weather bureau today throughout the
country east of the Mississippi. klasiern
New England, however, was promised
warmer weather. Frosts war reported
this morning In Wyoming and eastern
Colorado.
Joy Riders Run Down '
Two Girls and Escape
BAN FRANCISCO. May 20 -Struk by an
automobile containing a party of unidenti
fied Joyriders on th Ocean boulevard late
last night. Jeannette Hellburth. nsed 1-'
ear. was fatally ard Mir E.ir V Mm
seriously injured Filiowirs tne ac-ldent
tbe driver increa"1 the srefd of the r.ia
cntn and disappeared. The Inqured girls
were removed te a hospital where the
HaUbruln child died early today.
WILL UZEAl&ZIT ?
Rates on Live Stock
to Be Investigated
by Commission
Complaint of Discrimination by Okla
homa Opens Up the Entire
Question.
WASHINGTON, May 20. - Compla'nta
among the great meat packing Interests
of the middle west of discrimination In
freight ratea on cattle as between the big
packers, have led the Interstate Commerce
commission to undertake a complete
threshing out of the whole question of live
atock ratea from the west and southwest.
As a step toward thta Investigation, which
probably will not ba completed until next
fall, trie commission today suspended from
May 2f to September 21 next proposed new
rates from Fort Worth and other Texas
points to Oklahoma City. One of the points
In controversy involves the authority of
the commission to suspend a new rat
which Is a reduction from the existing rate.
This particular question will be taken up
Monday.
The Morris and Sulzberger packing in
terests have located large planta at Okla
homa City. They claim that they are be
ing discriminated against by the railroads
on cattle rates from Texas points and that
cheaper rate are quoted from Texas to
Chicago than from Texaa to Oklahoma
City.
Arrangements have been effected by the
Interstate Commerce Commission with the
trunk line carrier by which the latter
freight tariffs canceling allowances to so
called tap lines shall be reflled, to become
effective November 1, 1911.
James R. Gushing
Drops Dead from Heat
at Bellefontaipe, 0.
He Was Chairman of Boiler Makers'
Executive Committee and Was to
Attend Convention in Omaha.
BELLEFONTAINE, O.. May 30.-Sp.
olal Telegram.) James R. Cushlng, fore
man of the .boiler department of the Big
Four railway, dropped dead In the shop
her this afternoon from heat. He had
been boiler foreman of the Big Four for
thirty-three year at Delaware. Cleveland
and Bellefontalna shop. He was preparing
to go tonight to Omaha to the convention
of boilermakera. Ha was chairman of the
executive board of th national body.
Wells-Fargo Takes,
Ovei Pacific Express
Company Operating Over Missouri Pa
cific System to Be Absorbed
on July First.
NEW' TORK, May 20 Th Wells-Fargo
Express.- company .has arranged , to take
over after July 1, th bualness of the Pa
clflo Express company, which operatea
over the Missouri Pacific and tta affiliated
lines. The Missouri Pacific officials Issued
the following statement:
"It has been found that the aervlce of
th Pacific Express company, reatricted to
the Missouri Pacific and , th affiliated
lines, waa not to the beat interest of Its
shippers and could be better aerved by
aa xpr company reaching practically
all tha commercial centera In the United
State and foreign countries."
Vast Forest Fires
in Northern Japan
Number of Villages Destroyed and
Troops Called Out to Fight Line
of Fire Sixty Miles Long.
TOKIO, May K. Forest fires in Hok
kaido, the northernmost of the islands of
Japan, are uevaHtatirtg a vast territory
of th land. A number of villages already
have been destroyed. The troop have been
called out and every available man U
fighting the flames. The fire line Is al
most sixty miles In length. It la Impossible
thla afternoon to estimate the number of
fatalities or the amount of damages re
sulting from the conflagration.
TAFT POPULAR IN WEST
Prealdrnt'a Brother 'Ihluka He Will
Be Renominated and He
elected. NEW TORK, May .-Before saiilng
for Europe today Charles P. Taft declared
that the republicans would elect a prenident
next year and more than hinted that the
successful candidate would be hla brother.
In reply to a uestlon whether President
Taft would be nnuminated and re-elected
he said:
"Well, If I said I thought ao. you'd
think I'm prejudiced, hut let m tell you
that everything In the west is Indicative of
his bring the favorite among business
mi n."
WASHINGTON". May 2 Itepublu an Na
t'or.al I 'omnmteeman r'wll laton of
Arkanisi. v ho called at I he White liouke
toda'. t'ln I'n .i.Gent laft that he weuld
get the vote nf the ent!r southern deleua
tiou in th btxi reiuiLb v--auuu.
A WANT MEXREJ.
BIDS OPEN ON FALLS OFFICE
New York Contractor Submits Lowest
Figure for Proposed Wing.
CONGRESSMEN ARE ENTERTAINED
ecretarr of Interior Approvea Dp.
clslon ef t'oramiaaloner of Land
Office In the Baae-C'ooney
Appealed Caae.
'From a Htaff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 20. -(Special
Telegram.) The aecretary of the Interior
has approved the decision of the commis
sioner of the land office. In the caae of
Albert Busa against D. W. Cooney on ap
peal of the former, In dismissing his con
test agalnat the homestead entry of the lat
ter In the North Platte land district.
Blda were opened today at the Treasury
department for the construction of the ex
tension to the Sioux Falls S. D., postof
fke building. The bidders were as follows:
General Construction company. Milwaukee.
199,990; Dieter A Wenxel Construction Co.,
Joplln, Mo.. tlTg.Ut; Northern Conatructlon
company, Milwaukee, 2197,000; King Lum
ber company, Charlottesville, Va.. 1197,800;
J. P. Cullen. Jameetown, N. T., SI74.7M.
, James It. Wood of Ames, Ia., ha been
appointed a draughtsman In the War de
partment. The local chapter of the Phi Delta fra
ternity of thla city ' gave a reception and
smoker tonight at Rauschers In honor of
the members 'of congress who are mem
bers of Greek letter organtsatlona. There
were about fifteen Phi Deltas in all, In
congress, among them being Speaker
Champ Clark, Minority Leader Mann of
Illinois; Representatives Sloan of Nebras
ka, Pickett, Prouty and Peppe of Iowa.
Representative Klnan thta afternoon in
troduced a Joint resolution naming General
J. H. Culver of Mltford, Neb., aa auoceaeor
of Captain H. B. Palmer., deceased, on th
board of managers of the volunteer soldier'
homes. . . ,
It ia understood that Representative Lo
beck ia preparing a similar resolution fa
voring the aelectlon of Green of Omaha.
Two-Cent Rate Not
Yet Passed Upon
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
sues Statement Explaining Its
Action of Friday.
WASHINGTON. May J0.In further ex
planation of its action In granting on yes
terday permission to railroads operating In
Indiana, Ohio. Illinois and Michigan, to
marge mgncr rates for Interstate passen
ger business than for Interstate traffic, the
Jnteratate Commerce commission today
made It clear that It had not pasaed upon
the reasonableness of the S-cent a mil
rate imposed by several of the central
states. The railroad jar given until May
1, 1911 to ahow that the 3-cnt a mile rate
la Inadequate. In Ita formal order th com
mission says:
"Thla commission has never examined the
reasonableness of paasenger fares In this
territory and It neither has, nor expreasea
a opinion on the ubject. It is of the
opinion that these carriers have been re
mls in not having sooner instituted the
necesaary legal proceedings, if they pro
pose doing ao at all. It believed that finally
etate and Interstate fare ahould be brought
to the same general level, except where
transportation condition may Justify a dif
ference.". Litigation Over
Zorn Estate Ends
Circuit Court Gives Property to
Richard Zorn, Who is in Asylum
for Insane.
KANSAS CITT. Mo. May K.-An es
tate valued at I176.2W . ,oes to Richard
Zorn, now In tha asylum for the Insane
at bi. Joseph. Mo., through a decision In
the circuit court her today. These fig
ures represent practically all that is left
of a loOO.OOO estate left to tha wife of lr
I.ouls Zorn. Richard Zorn'a stepfather by
her father, Charlea D. Kltxen of Herman.
Mo. Dr. iiorn contended that his wlfj
gave th eatate to him when she died.
The public administrator, appointed guar
dian for th atepson, brought suit to re
cover It.
Dr. 'Corn spent the gerater part of his
wife's estate In the court. In 1W3 it was
charged that he murdered Albert Zechrest.
his tenant. This charge was dismissed re
cently by. the county prosecutor after
there had been four trials, resulting In
one conviction, one reversal by the state
supreme court and three hung Jurlea.
Dr. Zorn a stepson changed hl name to
Zorn after his mother' second marriage.
KILLS TWO WOMEN WITH AXE
LODiarille eero Day They Trifled
with Hint and He Wanted
Hevruae.
LO'-!SV!LLK. K)., May -Splitting the
skulls tt twn negro women with an axe
hiie thev slept t'dav Metthew Kelly, a
i r.egro. addressed a note to tha nolle cen
! Its sing tbe crime. W hn arrested Mat
thew aad the w.men had teen trifling
with him and that he killed them for re-teag.
Many Concessions to Be Made by the
' Old Government.
MANIFESTO IS TO BE ISSUED
Word to Be Sent to the Rebel Chiefs
that War Has Ended.
PRESIDENT DIAZ IS TO RESIGN
Present Fieratlie Ha Kent Word to
Madern that He Will Surrender
ttelna ef Power Before End
of Preaent Month.
JUAREZ. Mexico.. May 20. it seem quit
necessary that ome nnouncement or dec
laration of peace be made at once, said Dr.
Francisco Vasquez Gomex, head of th
rebel peace commission, dlscuaslng th re
port that pence would not be declared In
effect until Tresldent Dla actually re
signed. He Intimated the It might b done
some time today, after a conferenc with
Judge CarhaJal. the federal envoy.
"We had thought." continued Dr. Oome,
"that a peace agreement waa entirely un
necessary, as we could merely stand by
and witness the actual carrying out of the
various things we have demanded, but In
the meantime the army would be Idle nd
would have to be provisioned, and a wait of
ten or fifteen days might causa a danger
ous restlessness. Some kind of a manifesto
advising the various chiefs that peace tt
practically assured Is necessary. Thy
who are not on the ground and In touch
with the progress of our relation with th
government might feel disposed to prose
cute the rebellion.
"The declaration or manifesto of peaoa
should be the principal basis by which peace
really will have been effected. It should
record the fact that President Dlas has
publicly announced aa well aa personally
telegraphed Mr. Madero that he will resign
before the expiration of the present month.
What Manifesto Sheald Contain.
"It ahould note that tne revolutionist
have agreed that Senor de la Barra shall '
be provisional president and that stx of th
eight member of hi cabinet shall be s-.
lected by the revolutlonlsta Likewise It
should be announced that It M assured that
the Mexican conferees will pass laws ap
propriating money for Indemnities and pen
sions and granting freedom from political
prosecution on account of the revolt. The
fact that assurancea have been given that
four provisional governors, cnosen by th
revolutionists, will be Installed ahould b
registered and that eventually the gover
nor of other states will be named "
Dr. Gomes had an Informal talk with
Judg Carbajal, the federal peac nvoyi
early today and It la understood he trans
mitted the names of the stx men who fcav
been named by th rebel for .th near
cabinet announced by th Associated Press
laat night.
Insurgent Member of Cabinet,
"Senor Vaaqtiex Tagle, the minister of
Justice," said one of the Inaurrecto chiefs,
sketching briefly the statu of each man
tn th public eye of Mexico, "1 . a well
known lawyer In the City of Mexico. H
has had no political affiliation which 1 a
distinct advantage.
"General Raacon, th minister of war,
has the confidence of the army and though'
th rholce of th federal government, h
Is well liked by the revolutionist.
"Manuel t'alero. the mlniater of foment
t promotion of colonisation and industry)
haa had experience In that department he- ,
fore, having one been sub-secretary of
fomento. He Is now on of th moat eoa
splcuou of the Maderlsts In oongrea.
"Manuel Bonilla, mlniater of communist
tiona (public utilities and reads). Is a civil
engineer and likewise ba had xparlivo
In the work of hi department.
"Dr. Franciaco Vaaquaa Gomes, minister
of public instruction, has. of course, bees
one of th leading figures ia th revolu
tion, but for the department ef publlo
instruction he I particularly wall fitted.
H haa made a study of th educational
systems of England, France, Germany,
Swltserland, Spain and Japan.
"Emilo Vaaque Gomes, minister ot
gobernaclon (Interior administration), and
a brother of Dr. Gomes, ha practically
formed the anti-re-eleotlonist party In
Mexloo.
HKYK IS FOR BINDING PEACG
Ka-Mlnlater of War 1 Awaiting
, Order nt Havana.
HAVANA, May 20 General Bernardo
Reyes, the Mexican ex-minister of war,
today made a formal declaration to th
Aaaoclated Press that his suprem desire
is for binding peace, which can be secured
only by the laying aald of all personal
and partisan pretensions on th part of
both th government and the revolutlonlsta.
General Reyes Is awaiting further official
Information on the Mexican situation bee
fore leaving for horn.
"My supreme dealr at the present mo
ment." said the former secretary of war,
"is that by i oni cntratlnc the varloua fee- ,
Hons and arriving at n;;reenienta between !
the revolutionists nd the government thar I
may be established a peace, but not a ;
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