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The Omaha Daily Bee. A Home Newspaper The ptper that goes to the hornet bringi advertisers the best returns WEATHER FORECAST. For Nphraskn Fair. For I, Kut VOL. XL-NO. 307 OMAHA, MONDAY MOUSING, JUNK 12. 1!M t. TKN PA (I EN. SINUI.K PY TWO I'KXTS. four amerkun women fa : ;;ed -V'.. Only Limited Number, A. . ',t m Peeresses with Yankee B. to See Coronation. MANY HEART BURNINGS RESli; Wives of Those in Diplomatic Circle Lucky Ones. MRS. HAMMOND HAS PRECEDENCE Wife of Ambassador and Daughter Will Come Next. DIVORCEES BARRED BY QUEEN Oae Haadred Tlnwil People from tha United State Are Kiitfrtrd to Be la I.ob don et I.ONDON. June II (Special Cablegram.) There are Just four American women outside those who have married peer who will fee King Oeorge and Queen Mary crowned In Westminster abbey June 2. and there are grievous heartburning be cause of It. Of course there are thou sand of American women who will ee their majesties on the way to and from the abbey, but Just thee are to have the prtvllKe of witnessing the ceremony of the coronation itself; Mra. John Hay Hammond, wife of Pres ident Taft'a special imhnsmdnr; Mr Whltelaw Reld. wife nr the ambaasador; Mr. John Ward, formerly Mis Jean Reld. the ambassador daughter, who husband la an official of the coronation, and Mrs. William Phillip, whose husband la charge d'affaires at the American embassy. Women of American birth, who are now British peeresses, w-ho will be In attend ance at tha abbey, are: rucheaa of Manchester, Lady Declee. Lady Carrlngton. Viscountess Maidstone, duchess of Roxbury, marchioness of Duf firln. counteaa of Ancaster. countess of Essex. I.ady Chevle.more, countess of Uranard, countasa of Tankervllle. countess of Suffolk, Lady Abtnger, Lady Rltibie, countesa of Donoughmore. Lady Monson. Lady Lelth of Fyvle, Lady New-borough and Lady Paget. Soma Arc Debarred. Not all of tha American peeresses are In the Hat. foe soma of them have been In formed that they would be persona non rrata to tha queen for one reason or an other. The duchess of Marlborough, tha former "Misa Counsuela Vanderbllt, Is debarred by her marital troublea. Since ahe parted from her buaband aoma years ago aha has not been to court. Lady Aabburton, who was formerly Miss France Donnelly of New York, la abut out by her one time theatrical connec tions. 6e was one of the original Floro dora sestet in 190L ., Neither will the former Lady Randolph ' Churchill, who la a daughter of. Leonard Jaroi.ie ef Now ' York attend the corona- wallla she loat all clalni to the title. Lady Bagot, wtio was Miss Lillian May, a Washington belle, will alao be prevented from witnessing the ceremony because she la separated from her hus band. Because she married Martyn Kennard. a commoner, thus forfeiting her social tatus In the eyes of the court, the former Cora, countaaa of Strafford, who was Mrs. Samuel Colgate of New York, will be un able to be present. Dlrorreea Mast Stay Oat, In addition to these there are two fa mous leaders of American society whose octal entertainments the nobility have been (lad to attend in London, whom Queen Mary has barred because of their divorce. They are Mra. John Jacob tor, who haa a palatial home In Lon don, and who divorced John Jacob Astor (In 1110, and her cousin by marriage. Mrs. Waldorf Astor, the former Miss Nannie Langhorne. The duchess of Connaught, who la very Intimate with both American women, tried very hard to Induce Queen Mary to Invite them to the special gallery or stand In the abbey, but the queen de clined to make an exception In their case. None of the American peeresses will be accorded any special honors at the corona tion of George V, as was the case waon Edward was crowned. The latest eatiniate says that It l.-i 1 1 U u I V ha ' VMnnw - tA ..A, . - j 1 .v,vv Americans habitually paaalng half of the year in Europe will be here during coronation week, and quite as many more will have crossed tha Atlantic for the express pur pose." This may prove an ultra optimistic pre diction. According to the same authority the outlay In London of the average Amer ican will be "at leaat fifty pounda ster ling." This prophecy Is well within the mark. , Royal Gift tor rarargle, ST. PBTER8BURO. June H.-( Special Telegram.) The csar has Just sent aa a present to Andrew Carnegie two splendid wolf bounds from the Imperial kennels They have been shipped to New York accompanied by two keepers. The dogs have been trained to hunt wolvea and are rut her aavage to all but those they know. The Weather FOR NEBRASKA Fair. I'oK IOWA Fair. Tcmperatare at Omaha Y ester da Hour. Peg. j I a. m hi a. m I T a. m 67 I a m 73 j t a. m 78 1 10 a. m 1 1 It a. in M I 13 m tS I p. m M t p. m U S p. m si 4 p. m Hi 5 p. m 77 p. m 7 1 p. m 74 Caisaparatlve Lot-al Record. 1911. 110. 190 U0S. Highest yesterday H 7 ;j Ixiwext yeatrdty M I 14 Moan temperature K (2 ( Precipitation Ou .00 T 1 VI Temperature and precipitation departures f y 1 i i T from the normal: Normal temperature Kxceax for the div Total ecea vinre March 1 4C -Normal Dio.illll n H Inch 1 '.-ficleticy f .r the dav It Inch T'.ImI rainfall since Maich 1 I S3 inches I-.-ficten.-v since M-rh 1 4 12 inches I fU I. n y for cor. -rtod. !;.. 1 11 imiirs T muit-atee trace or precipitation L. A. WEL8H. Local Forecaster. Cigarette Smoking Increases Among School Children Boys and Girli of New York Slavey to Smoking Habit, According to Dr. Quackenboss. NEW YORK. June U.-fPpeclal Tele gram There I an alnrm'nir Increase of the cigarette hahlt among boys and girl of New Trk pubi c school, acroniln to rr. John D Quac'xenbur. Parents have brc,i:pht the'r ch.lriren to specialists In therapeutic autoMsK"sii.n to effect a cure by that method. "I have never had ro many rases as In 1he last three or four month." the doctor aid. "Recently I have treated a little 7-year-o'd boy and I linve also had several little Fir Is who were slaves 1o the habit. I cannot think of a more menacing evil than this and I am doing everything In my ro" o stop It. "Nobody realties how the child; en who aciulie the habit are influenced by it how their whole lives are ruined, as well as their mental and physical strength. "I am rather proud of my work with se-eral little boys. One child had acquired the habit from seeing his father smoke. Soon the son wns outdoing the father by smoking fifty cigarette a day. The little boy had a horror of nausea. It was this that helped me In my sucgesllnna. "I put him to sleep and then Impressed upon him the fa-t he would become vio lently 111 If he ever put a cigarette be I tween his lip. When he awakened from the hypnotic sleep he apparently had re covered from the habit. He was not as sailed by ary delre for the weed for a month or so, and then one day, seeing a corrpenlon smoking a cigarette, he was eeired with an uncmtrollable longing for it His friend extended the cigarette and the boy took It. But no sooner had he toi.'ched It to his Hps than he was taken violently 111 and, flinging the weed from him, he rushed home." Kenyon Asks Taf t to Remit Harlan Fine After Prison Term Senator from Iowa Seeks to Secure Clemency for Man Convicted of Peonage. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. June 11. (Special Tele gram.) Senator Kenyon yesterday called upon President Taft to urge remittance of the fine of $5,000 Imposed upon W. 8. Har lan, formerly of Audubon, la., who was re cently convicted of peonage in Georgia and sentenced to eighteen months In Jail, that sentence being commuted by the president to six months. Harlan has now served almost six months and Senator Kenyon and other former Iowa friend think his punish ment haa been sufficiently severe and seek remittance of the fine whlcb is attached to bis original commitment President Taft toM Senator -'Kenyon today be wouHHtalra the matter under advisement. The director of the census today Issued corrected figure of the census of Bloom ington village. Nebraska, aa follows: Bloomington village, Franklin county, 64; Bloomington village (part of), Bloomington township, 607; Bloomington village (part of), Oak Grove township, 47. Naponee village. Franklin county, l&E. Alfred H. Ettlng of David City and Miss Nellie Yates of this city were married Thursday at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Yates, by Rev. P. Williams. Only the Immediate members of the family were present. Im mediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Etting left for a northern trip to Include New York. Boston and other points, after which they will go to David City, where they expect to make their Yuture home. Hunting Germs in the Kansas Hotels Dr. Crumbine May Recommend that the Roller Towel Be Discarded in Sunflowet State. TOPEKA, Kan.. June 11. tSpecleJ Tele gram. The experts in the office of the State Board of Health went out last week and captured a number of roller towels that were being used In hotels In different parts of the state and they are now en gaged In making a census of the different kind.4 of germs upon them. From the result of the count of the bac terial population. It. Crumbine will make his recommendations to the board ss to what action shall be taken. It is expected he will recommend an order to be followed by a stringent law prohlb Ing the use of roller towels in public places. CHILDREN BITTEN BY MAD DOG Sow aad Daughter of A. C. Vtterback f llnroa, a. Il Taken to Cat, raao for Treatmeat. HURON, 8. !., June 11 (Special.) A few days since a pet Sg In the family of A. C. I'tterback was hltten by another dog, but no special attention was given the woynd. latter the Injured dog showed vign of vlcloimness and" a day or two lnce It bit two of Mr. Utterback's chil dren, one a bor. aed about ti years, and the other a rfrl less than 4 years of age. Mr. Utterback, who la a deputy for the Modern Woodmen of America, was absent from home at the time and was notified of the occurrence. He returned Imme diately and has taken both children to with rabies, but It Is thought that prompt action will prevent serious results to either of the children. GUESTS OF JUDGE GRAHAM Sis Bays Who Barak lata Baeo Ball Park, Nest Friday Will toe the Gasae. SAN FRANCISCO. June ll.-(Special Telegram ) "The Judgment of the court la that these boys appear at the league ball game next Friday afternoon as my guests." This was the sentence lmnoaed today by Superior Judge Graham, aJso president of the Pacific Coast Base f'all league, on six fro way -haired youngsters who were brought before him In the Juvenile court today for sneaking Into Recreation park and watching the ball gamea. "We ain't got no money to pay our way In. and we want to see the games," said the spokesman of the crowd. BKIEFAUMYTEBM FOR COLLEGE MEN General Leonard Wood Thinks Six Months' Enlistment Alter Gradua tion Good Plan. 1 SPECIAL ENLISTMENT IN VIEW ! Would Provide Separate Organization for the Purpose. FIELD SERVICE IS ESSENTIAL Would Give Nation Reserve of the Highest Value. . HELP MAN, ARMY AND NATION Not Definite Project Yet, bat Gen era 1 Reward Plaa Feasible and One that Weald Da Great Good. WASHINGTON, -une U.-(Sneclal Tele gram.) General I.eonard Wood believe he has solved the problem of giving the United States the best army In the world. In brief, the plan Is to give all the college graduates at least the rudiments of a mili tary training by an actual enlistment In the army for a term of six months or a year after graduation. The scheme Is merely tentative as yet and whether the enlistment of the college men should be compulsory, by act of congresa. or volun tary, ha not even been conaldered. General Wood points out that when In 1SS3 the army of the south needed men und more ammunition, the students of Vir ginia Military Institute (often called the West Point of th south), marched out In a body to the support of the confederacy. The ages of these young soldiers ranged from 14 to IS years, the majority of them being nearer 14 than 18. The service they rendered forms one of the bright pages of the history of the, civil war. General Wood s Idea Is to have every young man as he graduates from college, enlist In the regular army under a special enlistment for six months or a year, the choice of the period to be left to the re cruit. These young men are to have their own organization with the exception of the officers. Their service and discipline will be the same as those of the regular troops and will be In the field. They will be given close and open formation drills, camping and field work and -a full season of target range work with the regulation military rifle. "If every young- man graduating from college would enlist for six months and spend the time In the field, in a few years the United States could send several thou sand experienced soldiers Into service If the need should arise," said General Wood, today. "Such enlistment by the college man would belp him. the army, and the nation," Senator Lorimer is Preparing forFight One Million Pamphlets Being Printed for Distribution in Illinois, Con taining Personal History. CHICAGO, June 11. (Special Telegram.) Senator Lorimer la having printed 1.000. 000 pamphlets containing the speech which he delivered to the senate in his own defense when the report of the first In vestigation into his election was under consideration. The work la being done by a Chicago printing house. The pamphlets are Intended for distribution through out the state In order to Influence public opinion in the senator's favor. The pamphlets printed at the senator's own expense are to be mailed out with paid postage or else distributed by his friends. The preparation of the pamphlets Is thought to have an Important connection with the senator's plans for the future. It is believed to Indicate that in case he is unseated following the new ' Investiga tion Just beginning, or in case he decides to resign on the ground that he cannot expect a fair bearing, he will make an Immediate appeal to the voters of the state for political rehabilitation. It Is apparent that the senator la get ting ready for a big fight, and one that he expects to begin soon. Eccentric Widow is Seriously 111 Mrs. Winchester, in Magnificent House in California, is a Nervous Wreck. SAN JOSK. CaJ., June lL-(Bpeclal Telegram.) Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester, the eccentric widow of the Inventor of repeating rifles, who was president of the Winchester Arms company, lies se riously 111 at Lanada Villa, the country home, where ahe has lived for twenty years In "The House of Mystery." In the earthquake of 1906, Mra Win cheater's home was partly destroyed and ever since she has suffered from severe nervous trouble. She Is 78 years old. In the center of a magnificent estate of several hundred acres, Mrs. Winchester yesrs ago ordered the erection of a mag nificent dwelling, unlike any known in America There was a rumor that she had received a message from the spirit world, warning her that all would be well so long as the sound of hammers did not cease about her. The house Is now foO feet long and the highest tower rises seven stories. The doors and windows are draped In white satin and rare ob jects of art from India and France fill the rooms. THIEVES BUSY AT PRIZE FIGHT Thirty Empty Porketbooke Foaad aa Floor of Areas, at Hasasaoad, ladlana. HAMMOND. Ind , June 11 Thirty empty pocket books found on the floor of the arena after the close of the Clabby-Brown fight here last night spelled the last of prise fighting In this city. The Board of Police Commissioners tonight Issued an order forbidding any bouts In the future. The thieves, according to Chief of Police Peter Austgen, worked In an organised gang. A half dozen houses were robbed, and dosens of men lost wallets and vu.ua ble stick pins during the fight. One thief took a pocketbook. removed the bank roll and tossed it over the beads of the crowd. The book fell at the feet of the chief of police. Almost the same condition prevailed at Racine, Wis., at a fight there recently and the mayor forbade any more Cghu. The From the Washington Evening Star. FRANKLIN WINS ENDURANGE Leads the Other Cart at the End of Five-Hour Eace. ONE MAN BADLY INJURED l Norgaard Haa Hla Bknll Fractored wr,tv'aVar " Tire Barala and f ar ' Pitches Dnni Emkialosrat at the Speedway. Boyd Russell, driving a Franklin car, was first In the five-hour endurance race at the Speedway Sunday afternoon, with McNay. driving a Cutting, second, and Carl Smith, In a Hupmobile, third. The races were marred by one accident which nearly resulted In the death of F. Nygaard, mechanician ma Cadillac, which was being driven by his brother. The oar had been running smoothly for over an hour when It was noticed that one of the tires was well worn. It was the Intention to stop on the next round for a change of tire. When the car had reached the eighth pole the front tire gave way and the car pitched Into the air and rolled down the embankment Inside the track. A crowd soon rushed to the scene and the ambu lance which was present hurried Nygaard to Wise Meir.orlal hospital. Physicians sttendlng F. Nygaard. whose skull was fractured at the base of the brain In an accident at the speedway yes terday report their patient in a dangerous condition. Nygaard did not regain con sciousness after being pleked up from the ditch. His brother, L. Nygaard. was only slightly Injured ,a fracture of the collar bone being his most serious hurt. Both men sre at the Wise Memorial hospital. Souvenir hunters got In their work as soon as the Cadllac car went Into the ditch and although Sheriff Rrailey was soon on the spot they srsbbed everything thnt was loose on the car and made away with It. Russell and his Franklin car made a dis tance of 236 miles in the five hours. PRISONER CONCEALS REVOLVER Charles Leroy and Pan ( nrnmlni "aid to Have Plotted Deatrnrtlou of Officer. BEAVER CITY. Neb. June 11 (Special Telegram ) Sheriff Sevier arrived at noon from Nelson with Chsrles Leroy and Dan Cummlngs, who sre charged with robbing the house of Ben Bailey at Edison Decora tion day. They were arrested at Superior with the stolen goods in their possession. While in Jail at Nelson, it is nald they planned to shoot Sheriff Sevier before their arrival here. A fellow prisoner gave the Information. After thHr departure a mes sage was sent and at Red Cloud the pris oners were searched. On the train an automatic pistol was found in the laced top of one of the hunting shoes worn by Cummins, which he had managed to con ceal since his arrest. Wife of British Startles NEW TORK. June 11. (Spe-ial Tele gram.) Mra. Mortimer Hancock, wife of Captain B. Mortimer Pay son Hanro k of the British army, stationed at Bombay, India, daughter of V. S. Battle, U. 8. N.. of AsheWlle, N. C, and cousin of former Assistant District Attorney Gordon Battle, has been creating commotion In lobbies and dining room of big hotels for the last three days. Twice ahe has appeared in dif ferent hotels with a sleek, fat white rat. which answers to the name of Jamea, cavorting about her nck. The latest appearance in public of Mrs. Hancock and the rat was at the liaza this afternoon. There came near being a small feminine riot. Hardly had Mrs. Hancock taken her seat In the tea room than the Interrupted June Ceremony. Depew Has a Joke on Newspaper Men of New York Minister it Taken ' for the Former Senator, Who Afterwards Talks of Trusts and Handling of Them. NEW YORK, June 11. (Special Tele gramsFormer Senator Chauncey M. De pew had the Joke on the newspaper men today as he sailed for Europe on the An-erican liner Philadelphia and he en Joyed It. Among the passengers was Rev. Edward Lequler, an Episcopal minister, who Is almost an exact counterpart of Mr. Depew. The newspaper men gathered about the puzzled clergyman and to his amazement began to ply him with ques tions about the trust decisions, the steel Inquiry and the like, Mr. Depew, with Mrs. Depew and her sister. Miss Mildred Palmer, taking in the situation with keen enjoyment. After the newspaper men had discovered their mistake Senator Depew enjoyed a great laugh at their expense. He chuckled over the way, as he said. Judge Gary has taken the wind out of the sails of the con gressional commit tee that Is investigating the trust. The steel Investigation Is a good thing." said the ex-senator. "It Is a good thing because It gives Judge Gary a chance to tell how to run big corporation. "I think Judge Gary got the bulge on the commission. They started In with the idea that they, democrats, were going to get after the steel corporation and have plenty of campaign material to use next ytar. Instead Judge Gary has gone further than thy have dared to go. We have always overrated government control, but I have never dared to talk of the government rurnlng them. If the government runs our department we would have chaos, and why? Because they could not be run long by political appointees. "I believe In government control and su pervision and publicity. I have never gone aa far aa Judge Gary has gone, "If the government ran the United States corporation everybody employed would be discharged whenever a new con gress came In." BODIES OF 3,000 UNION SOLDIERS TO BE MOVED lateraeat Will Be Made la National Cemetery at Plaevllle, I. a. Three Months Required. ALEXANDRIA, IaV, June 11 -Three thousand, two hundred and nineteen bodies of federal soldiers burled In cemeteries In different parts of Texas are to be moved to Ptnevllle. La, near here, for reburlaJ in the national cemetery at that place. The work of disinterment, transportation and reburlal will be begun within ten days and will require about three months to complete. Officer Gotham with Pet usual quiet of the main hall was broken by screams of a score of women. Out of the room they tumbled, each clutching her skirls In the old time -'mercy, there's a mouse!" fashion. While the officials were looking. Mrs. Hancock arose and, with the rat still re taining his perch, went to the telephone, where the rat took up a position close to her ear. There was a hurried conference of hotel officials and it was decided that Mrs. Hancock must be requested to keep her rat out of sight if she were to remain in the hotel. Mrs. Hancock aeemed hurt when thla news was conveyed to her. and with the greatest reluctance sbs aecietad James In ber bag. WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE Sisters of Lillian Graham, Who Shot Stokes, Start for New York. WILL HELP CLEAR UP MYSTERY aid Jo-Have I in porta at Letters that ' Hhfi Showa Will Have a Bear lag I'poa the Caaae of the Shooting. NEW YORK, June ll.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Sisters of Lillian Graham, the young i-euttle girl who, with Ethel Con rad, is locked up here on the charge of shooting Millionaire W. E. D. Stokes, are hurrying to her defense, according to a btatenunt made today by counsel repre senting the young women. Mrs. John Singleton, sister of Miss Gra ham and a society woman of Los Angeles, Is on her way to New York, from London, with important papers bearing upon the case. These letters, it is said, will not only gain freedom for the two young women, but will also clear away the mys tery which surrounds the case. Mrs. Singleton's husband is a wealthy California, being the proprietor of the "Yellow Astor" mine. He, It Is said, will back the two prisoners to the limit in their defense. What the papers Mrs. Singleton is said to be bringing are the lawyers will not say. "But there won't be any trouble about clearing the girls when they are sub mitted In evidence," one of the attorneys is reported to have declared. , Mrs. Singleton is believed to know the cauae of the ahootlng. She was a patron of the Ansonia hotel, which Is owned by Stokes, several months ago and Is ac quainted with him. .Mrs. Alice Andrews of Los Angeles, an other siMer, will bs with Mrs. Griffin to morrow. Mrs. Andrews started from tier home In California to her slHter's support as soon aa h beard of the young woman's trouble. It la said she bears a message from John Singleton, her brother-in-law, whose guest Mlsa Graham was at hla beautiful home. Singleton court. Just out side Los Angelas, for a number of years before she went to Paris for the Brst time. Other friends of Miss Graham, whose names are withheld, have come to her with aunplcion and Lawyer Phelps, her counsel, baa announced h has at his command un limited means for the defense of both girls. Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Nage.1 today moved from their flat in No. 77 West Eighty-fifth street. Mrs. Nsgel Is the mother of Ethel Conrad. The publicity of the Stokes shoot ing, it Is said, caused Nagel to reek a home elsewhere. Mrs.. Nagel confirmed yesterday the rtport that she will stick to her daughter. "Ethel was a quite home loving girl." she said. "And though 1 partly lost sight of her after she took up istage work, no one can make me believe she Is guilty of a premedlated attempt to take human life. Such an act la enurely foreign to ber nature." "I hope my friends in Washington and California will not Judge my case until all the evidence Is in," said Miss Graham to day. "When the whole story is told In court they will, I am sure, find there Is not as much to condemn as may now ap pear." Miss Graham appears to feel her position koenly, but hi comforted by the news that her sister Is on her way to her side. It waa announced at the hospital today that all danger of blood poisoning had passed and that Stokes would soon be able to leave. Stokes' counsel said today that his ball would be set at I2&.W for each of the young women. Stokes, It is said. Is still deter mined to push tha case without mercv k,,. j there is a growing impression that the case will not be pressed hard. If It should be there is likely to be some sensational developments. Fraterally lleaa Haras. ITHACA. N. Y.. June 10 The Sigma Alpha EpHilon fraternity house burned to the ground tonight, entailing a 'on of about $Ji.(M. Burning embers threatened the Alpha Delta Phi lodge, but students guarded It with streams of water. .NATIONAL H0A1) BOON T0 PEOPLE Dream of John Ja:ob Astor to See Great Automobile Highway Across United States. MEANS BIG FORTUNE FOR MANY Would Save to Own Country Much that is Spent Abroad. CONTINENT PATHWAYS ATTRACT Americans Bevel in Auto Roads Built in France. HOME MIGHT BE AS ATTRACTIVE Roads Once Unlit Would Kxert Tre mendous Influence In Develop Ins: srllnas TraTrraed Would Mean Millions. I.ONDON. June 11 (Special Cablegram.) A great automobile highway across the United States from tb Atlantic to the Pacific, and another from the lakes to the gulf. That Is the dream of Colonel John .lacob Astor, American munt-mllllon-aire, which he hopes to turn Into a reality before many years. In fact, he Is even now at work on a scheme for the coast to c.mat road, and upon his return to tho United States ex pects to have his plan sufficiently ad vanced to take the initial stepa toward securing the co-operation of wealthy auto mobile owners, municipal, state and na tional governments for the building of the roadbed. While the route, of course, ha not been even tentatively laid out, Colonel Astor'a Idea is to have It start from New York, and, tapping the principal cities, go through to some point on the coast, and build a similar road along the coast from Los Angeles to Seattle. At Kspreas Trala Speed. The road la to be primarily for the use of automobiles, and Is to be divided si as to permit not only leisurely touring, but setting aside a portion of the road tor that purpose will permit alao traveling at express speed between the larger cities. In dibcussing the plan Colonel Astor said: "Perfectly built road between the At lantic and Pacific and between the lakes and the gulf would mean millions of dollars saved to the United State which are now spent In Europe. It would be difficult to tell Just how many millions of American men are drawn to France alone by Its splendid automobile roads. "The automobile has become a neces sity to the man of wealth, and he Is com pelled to go where he can get the most enjoyment with his machine. He comes I to Europe and more especially to France. No country has more beautiful scenery than the United titai.es, but the roads pre vent the enjoyment of tbe attraction by the automoblllsta, "If the ruads Intersecting the country were-built,, tadr. tntrntetlouv Wlaence in developing the sections they .traverse. In attracting tourists with money and In bringing In new capital for the develop ment of their resources would result In a comparatively short time in the extension of the good roads system until every sec tion of the country Is covered. This work must be Inaugurated by wealthy Americans who love their country and take pleasure In automoblling. I shall con tribute liberally to the movement and there are many others who will Join. "When Americans make up their mind a thing Is worth having, they are not backward about furnishing the cash. Wit ness when San Francisco raised several millions for its exposition. "I am not ready to talk definite plans, but In a broad way my Idea would be to divide the country Into sections, having strong men who are Willing to spend thtlr own money as an earnest of their Interest In charge of each section. I have no douK that city and fctate aid would be fart It eming when the matter was properly pre sented, and at the right time I believe the interest and aid of the national gov ernment could be secured. With the wo:k being pushed with vigor In all these sec tions It would not take long to comple'a the Unking of the various sections of the courtry by splendid roads, which would have almost. If not quite, as far-reachlug effects on the national progress of the United States as the building of the first trunk line railroada." HARVARD CLUBS' MEET ENDS .ew Officers for Vear Kleeted la Afternoon aad fonrrutloa loaea with Baaqnrt. ST. FAUL. Minn.. June 11. -The fif teenth annual convention of tbe Associ ated Harvard clubs ended tonight with the annual banquet at the St. Paul hotel. The following officers were elected In the afternoon at Lake Mlnnetonka: Rev Mlnot Simons, class of '91, of Cleveland. O. president; C. Barde of Min neapolis, '01. secretary; Parely W. Herrlck. 04, nf Cleveland, treasurer. The vice presidents chosen for the different states are: Eastern states, Orln Roberts. ', Bos ton; central atatea, Kellogg Fairbanks. '90, Chicago; southwestern state. A. T. Perkins, '87, St. Ixuis; western states, C. F.. Edson, -SS, Denver; southern states, R. B. Montgomery, '01, New Orleans; Paciflo coast, Valentine May, 5, Seattle. Howard Elliott, president of the North, ern Pacific railway, acted as toaatmaater at the banquet. Among the speakers wen President Lowell of Harvard, J. J. Meyers of MaMsachuaetla, J. K. Houmer of Min neapolis, George H. Markham of St. Louis. F. W. Dewart of Spokane, Wash.. Valen tine H. May of Spokane, J. J. Storrow of Boston and Mitchell D. Ollansbe of Chi cago. LINERS WAITING FOR COAL Strike of Portera at Soufaamateav it Tying l Maay Largo Vraacla. SOUTHAMPTON. England. Vune . Th White Star line today yielded to the de mands of the seamen snd agreed to pay a crew for the Olympic the same rate of wages as are received by the crews of tbe Mauretanic and Lusitania. The strike of coal porters became serious today. A number of outside laborers wh bad been brought heie quit work, claim ing they had been Induced to take tha place of the strikers through false pretenses. The Idle men are appealing to the oa,' .porters at other port to Join with then .In launching a general strike. ! The port Is overcrowded with lUsara wait ' Ing for coaL