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The Omaha- Daily Bee. ADvEKTISk$ CAN COVER Omaha with 'one paper The Bee. WEATHER rOHECAST. For Nebraska Fair. Yor Iowa Fair. VOL. XLl-NO J. OMAHA. TUESDAY MOltXlXO, JUNK L'O, 1911-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CJUHT ORDERS lUUKbub' j'HIAL '; V ' r V Judjc .,u.e That DeciQes aka '' ' Ap?Cftr' ' : MOTION TO QUAefl OVi. W Attempt to Have All Indictm. ' Aiide Fails. V ' HIOE COURT DECISION Effort to Have Standard Ruling- Apply .to Pretest Case. CASE WILL COME UP IN OCTOBER Derision nm an Marprlae to At tornrys fnr lloth Proseratlon and Del ee Attorneys ot Itelaar In C oart In Time. CHICAGO. Juna 19. Judge George A. Cnrnenter In the I'nlted States district court today drilled a motion of J. Ogden Arnwiur and nine . other Chicago packers for a rehearing of their motion to quash indictments charging violation of the Sherman ' antl-truat act. This means the packer roust stand trial. . No written opinion had been prepared by Judge Carpenter and he gave no reason for his finding. It In now expected the trial will be reached about next Oqtober. The latest motion of the packers for a rehearing- of their motion to quash 1 the tndlrtment wns baaed upon recent deci sions of the ITnlted Btatea supreme court In Mi Standard Oil and American Tobacco cants that the worijj "unreasonable" had been held within the meaning of the stat ute. Tha counsel for the packers held that there had been no "unreasonable" restraint of the packing Industry and that a new hearing: should 'be granted. They also pleaded that the provisions of the Sher man a.-t were too Indefinite to warrant the return of Indictments, or prosecution Tor alleged vlol&ilon of Its Inhibitions. The decision today came as a surprise to attorneys for. both the prosecution snd tha defense and neither representatives of the government or the packers wera In court when H waa made. The packers under, indictment and who wera moved nearer to trial by tha decision today. Are: J. ' 6gden Armour, president of Armour fc Co. Louis K. Swift, president of Bwlft 4k Co. Edward F. Swift, vice president of Swift Co. s' '' Charles II. Swift, director of Bwlft Co. Edward Ttlden, president of the National 'Packing company. - ' , Arthur Meeker, general manager of Arm our 'at Co. , ' Edward Morris, president of Morris St Co. .. . Francis A.' Fowler, ' director of Swift 4k Co. ...'.-.' Thpma t. Connors, superintendent of Armour 4k Co.'- " ' t .- . i . . ' Louts H Heymen, ' manager of Morris Scientists to Come . ' to Qmaha to Inquire ::IntaStprageofEggs ITHACA. N. Y,l J una 1.-An Investlga tlcp of tha eold storage gg fcr tha govern ment will be conducted thla summer by JYof.. W. A. Stocking of Cornell university, a bacteriologist of not. Tha Investigation WlU t made at Omaha with several experts from tha government offices In Washington assisting. The Investigators propose to find .out particularly what kind of eggs should be placed Iq storage tonsure the best keep ing qualities.' COUNT G1ZYCK1 FILES" REPLY Title Haabaaa af Farmer Ckloaaro . Wa Dealaa All Charajca la , ' Bill tor Dlvaroe. CHICAGO, June 19. Count Josef Gisyckl today' tnsda a general denial .to charges Of daatrtton made by Counteaa - Eleanor Uyckl. formerly Miss Eleanor Patterson of Chicago, in a suit for divorce recently filed here by. her. In Count Gisyckl's answer, ' filed In tha circuit court, he charged that she deserted him, taking (heir child with her. He alao denied his wife's fharges that he had been guilty of Indis cretions. . Tha marriage of the count to Miss Pat terson ' took plsce at Washington. D. C, in 1906. Tha count .claims that he was granted a divorce from his wife In Vienna on Sep tember I. JblO, and asked on that account that he bill be dismissed. The Weather For Nebraska Fair. ; l"""r Iowa Fair. ..85 83 Unfaci.( lcal atecara.' WU. I91. ISUB. isos. Highest today 87 M 85 W lowest today 4 74 &l 62 Mean temperature 84 74 72 Precipitation- w &) T . .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures fruiM vv uutniK. : Normal temperature 71 Excess for tne day t Total excess since March I.', S0 Normal precipitation 1 Inch !rfloler.cy for the day ,1 Inch Total rainfall since March 1.... 7.u6 Inchea lrtvlency smca March 1 5.06 Inches IefU'lancy for cor. rxsrtod !!".. .:'4 Inches Uetlclaiicy for cor. period IXT. . 1.02 Inches Station and Slats of Weather. Cheyenne, cloudy Davenport, clear Uover, cloudy ! Moines, cloudy Wodre City, dear Uaudar, part cloudy Cmaha clear Pueblo, rlear Rapid City, clear alt Lake City, clear.. ant a re, cloudy Shxrtdsn cloudy )toux City, rlear Temp. Yea- Rain T p. m. terday. fall. 80 84 54 8i 88 8t 87 88 Ml 7. .71 .84 . .74 .86 .ft! . .88 .i SO 88 88 valentine, clear X Indicates trace of precipitation. U A. W tLBU. Lotai swacasts. V0T?J v ' 10 a.m... P, 11 ' ra 1 p. m... ii , 7 p. m... , i .' I I p. ra... Millions of Frauds in Importation of Cutlery Government Loics large Sum. on Un dervaluation of Knives and Razors fpi Germany. WASHINGTON. June !!. Frauds amount ing to several million dollar In duties on Importations of cutlery durln the last few " ears have b n discovered by set-ret ents of the customs srrvlce who have x'fn working In this country and In the S'llngen district of Germany, whence moat or the Imports come to the i niteti Mates. j Secretary of the Tieamiry Mace3Bh be-f-ar. the investigation several months ago. It Is not sufficiently completed to say what action may be taken to recover the duties of which It Is alleged the government has been defrauded. Neither Is It known if there would be criminal prosecutions. Customs officials say the peculiar con struction of the cutlery schedule of the tariff has piven opportunity for Immense fiauds on comparatively small undervalua tions. A seizure of cutlery made in New York on Saturday illustrates that fact. In forty-three cases of cutlery entered as hav ing a value of (10.243. an undervaluation of only $mW waa found, but on that one selstire the government has been defrauded of $.1,307 hi duties. The duty on cutlery is hlsh. The customs nervlce has been hampered In Its work by the lack of expert evidence for the government. The special customs agentirhave collected from the Colllngen district complete samples of every kind of cutlery which comes to the United States. An organized campaign of searchers and selxures will he prosecuted from now on In an effort to check up the fraud. Root Will defend His Amendment to Reciprocity Bill Senator Will Make Address Wednes day, But Will Not Reply to Speech of President Taft in Chicago. WASHINGTON. D. C. June 1.-Presi-dent. Taft's Chicago speech in support of Canadian reciprocity and against the Root amendment to tho bill now before the senate came in for criticism In the senate today. Senator Root in announcing that he would speak Wednesday in support of his amendment, said he would decline to dis cuss the president's published objections to It. He said he did not believe newspaper reports of the president's remarks should ba the subject of debate In the senate. "It will be a long time before I will ad mit1 that the president can traverse the country, discuss matters and still be ex empt from replies on the floor of the senate," said Senator Bailey. Senator Root expressed the belief that the bill without his amendment was so drawn that ths section relating to paper and pulp wood would go into Immediate effect when the president signs . the Mil, without awaiting Canadian ratification of the agreement. Senator Lodge, added that all nations which . ara accorded "favored nation" treatment by this country would ba enabled to claim free markets for their pulp and paper In this country. Senator Cummins and others expressed their doubt that any portion of the measure would become effective before Canada had ratified the agreement. American Yachts Win Race at Kiel Yankee Boats Make Clean sweep in Sonder Class, Taking First, Sec ond and Third Places. KIEL, Germany, June 19. The American yachts made a clean sweep in the first of the International yacht races for Bon der boats here today, the Beaver, Clma and the Blbllot. all Americans, finishing In tha order named. The vialtlng racers were only seconds apart at the goal. The German competi tors, Tilly XIV, the Sechund III and the Wannssee. In this order, were all behind. The Beaver, the winner, owned and was sailed by J. C. Eustace. George C. Dadney and George Nichols of the Eastern Yacht club. The wind was brisk at the start, but later moderated and a smooth sea favored the Americans. The victory, which inaugurated "Kiel week," was a brilliant one. The race was over a triangular course, twlcs around. Founder of Absolute Life Outline Defense Evelyn Arthur See S.yi He is Victim of Conspiracy of Press and Police All Charges Denied. .. m CHICAGO, June 19,-Counsel for Evelyn .. ta Arthur See, founder of the "Absolute Life" .,74 1 cult and now charged with abduction of .,77 I Mildred Bridges, outlined the plan of de .. 79 fense when his trial was resumed today. .. SO The attorneys declared 8ea was being made .. 82 the victim of a conspiracy by police and . . 82 press. 1 "We will show the teaching of "the haollltA tlfft1 - nil,. l a.-!.. M . Wiert E. Cantwell. -and that Mildred nMl. fu ,.iu nLiiirii.v , i , ,wa. not enticed away from her home, but was lert at See s with the full consent of 85 I her parents." Much of the opening statements of tha defense was devoted to an attack on Stephen Bridges, father of Mildred Bridges. Men Pay Fines for Wrong Use of Mails Kev. Norman Plass and Charles H. Brooks Produce Five Thousand in Bills. BOSTON. June 19.-A roll of 16,000 in bills waa thrown down In front of the counsel for Rev. Norman Plass, former president and Charles H. Brook, general manager of the Redeemable Investment company in tha United States district court today when fines of 52.500 were impoted upon the twa officers, who pleaded guilty last week to using the malls in a scheme to defroud. After the money had been turned over to tha clerk of the court, the two defendants walked out of court. John I Traphagen. assistant treasurer, w'tll be sentenced next sea, TAFTS OBSERVE S1LVERWEDMXG Twenty-Five Years Ago Young Wedded Miss Helen Herron, School Teacher. CINCINNATI PEOPLE COME FIRST Celebration Begins With Arrival of Delegation of Thirty-Piv.. PRESENTS CONTINUE TO POUR IN Expressmen Are Kept Busy During Dady Delivering Packages. LUNCHEON AT CHEVY CHASE CLUB White Honse elaborately Decorated for Iteceptton Tonight Presents of Cabinet Members and "' Other .Notables. ' '!' ' WASHINGTON. June I'.l.-Presldent Taft and Mrs. Taft paassed their silver wed ding today. Twenty-five years ago Wil liam II. Tft married Miss Helen Herron at her father'a home In Cincinnati. Mr. Taft was a young lawyer. Miss Herron had been a school teacher. . Today, In the i " -y .-e.eoraieu in. qua.icr I century of married life, during which Mr. Jm" ..l.,.. com missioner or tne rmnpptnes, secretary oi war and president. The celehratlon helran this morning with the arrival of a delegation from the Com mercial club of Cincinnati, thirty-five strong. Many of them called at the White House soon after arriving, but others greeted the president at a luncheon they had arranced In Ills honor at the Chevy Chase club. The reception occurred tonight. It waa held on the ground In the rear of the White House. Kin borate F.leetrlral F.fferta. Both inside and outside every preparation had been made today for the reception. Every angle and corner of the White House was festooned with electric lights and a searchlight, mounted nearby, played upon the fountain, near which the presi dent and Mrs. Taft received. Six thousand lights were used In preparing for the dis play. Japanese lanterns added to the plc turesqueneKS. One spotlight was used to throw In relief the Amerlcal flag that floats over the White House, when the president Is at home. At the suggestion of Mrs. Taft, a cluster of silvered Incandescent lamps form ing the figures 'lSSil-lSll" was put up to day on the lawn near the point where the gueBts were received. Expressmen were still busy today de livering presents at the White House. They have come from every section of the coun try and former President and Mrs. Roose velt have sent an antique silver bowl. In addition to the silver service sent by the senate the vice president and Mrs. Sherman Individually sent a tail silver vase, marked with - the monograms of ths president and Mr. Taft. The speaker of the house and Mrs. Clark sent twenty five American Beauty roses, fpue foe each year of the married life of the recipients. The bouse sent three dosen silver service plates. The secretary of state and Mrs. Knox sent a massive silver vase for Amer ican Beauty roses. Ulfta of Cabinet Members. - From the secretary of the treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh, the President and' Mrs. Taft received a fruit platter of silver, de signed by Mrs. MacVeagh. and intended for state dinners. It la oblong in shape, two feet wide and very deep, with an In ner rim of gold. At either end Is a spread eagle with the coat of arms of the United Btatea. The gifts of the Secretary of War and Mrs. Stimson Is a tall silver vase and a sil ver tray. The Attorney General and Mrs. Wlckersham have sent a large repousse silver Jewel case. It Is rare piece of work manship. From the postmaster general there Is a handsome silver vase. Inscribed with the Initials of the President and Mrs. Taft and the date. Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer have sent a loving cup. There are gifts of silver from all tho other members of the cabinet. Charles D. Nor ton, former secretary of , the President, and Mrs. Norton sent a sliver Jewel oase. Former Speaker Cannon sent a large bunch of American Beauty roses. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cram of Bangor, Me., old camping friends of the President and Mrs, Taft, sent one of the best salmon ever caught In the Penobscot river. Many other gifts, some of great beauty, and. all of much Interest have been received by ths President and Mrs. Taft during the last few days, Bryee Pays Call. British Ambassador Bryce made a call at tha White House to express ths congratu lations of the king and queen of England. The emperor of Germany cabled: "I beg you to accept my sincere congratu lations on the occasion of your silver wed ding." President Fallieres of Franca cabled: "At ths time your excellency Is celebrat ing your stiver wedding I beg of you to kindly present my respectful congratula tions to Mra Taft and to accept my most coroiai wisnes ror your happiness." ' Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan cabled: "On the auspicious occasion of your oet j lency's silver wedding I beg to express my sinu-rre congratulations as well as my best wishes for your continued good health snd I wen Deing. ' From Kin VWn. c . . . - "vi 4ifn, iciiuei or iiaiy, i , . . . . . . - B A'Ionu.t' "PH"- King Frederick of ! "Tnt 15. ...'!!4 President Aroaemena of Panama also came congratulations. Dynamite Stored in Safe of Suspect Mayor BEM1DJI, Minn., June 19. Unsuccessful efforts to capture tha bank robber who waa wounded when detectivea, who had laid a trap for him and his comrades when they broke into the postofflcs at Puposky early yesterday morning, 'and tha discovery of dynsmlte In tha safe of Dr. D. T. Dumaa, mayor of Cass Lake, said by detec tives to be at the head of an organised band of criminals, wera ths two leading features of the case today. The Dumas safe was to have been openeo by an expert from St. Psul, but at tha last moment Dr. Dumas, who is at liberty on ball, consented to give tha officers ths combination. Six sticks of dynamite. an j four dynamite capa were found. An fn. davit has been made by T. Dugas, a Cass Lake hardware merchant, that on Thurs day of last week he sold Dr. Dumas tif teru sticks of dynamite. Detectives alU ge that Dumas cooked the nitroglycerin from ulna Ucka for use at Puposky. From tha Boston Herald. THREE AYIATORS ARE KILLED Bace from Paris to London and Re turn Haa Tragic Start. AIRMEN RESTING i IN LIEGE Fifteen of the Fifty Machines Reach1 Belgian City .Early Thla Mora. I ne I.andronee Car Takes Fire In the Air. LIEGE. Belgium. June 19 The avaltors who accomplished tha perilous first stage of the European circuit race are resting" here today. Tomorrow ' the second flight will be attempted. Rain, fell heavy, the weather being in keeping with the spirits of the airmen, who -are much depressed aver the series of fatalltiea which marred the sport at Its Inauguration yesterday. 1 News of the frightful accidents preceded the aviators here. Captain Priocatau and M. Landron were burned to death In mid air following me explosion of their motors. M. Le Martatn waa crushed to death when his machine became unruly and struck a tree near Chateau Thierry, soon after tho start from Paris. M. Lotidaln, Oscar Mor Ison and M. Morln also dropped to ths ground, but ' were . less seriously hurt. Qaabevt Will Heeover. A report from Bolssnn. France, says Gaubert a lcnilKla..f'Ja.y Is ..satisfactory and unless there areunexpected complica tions, his recovery seems assured. Seven of the' contestant arrived here yesterday and eight others , this morning. The latter had met with temporary mis haps, causing delays. They arrived here as follows: . Kimmerllng, 4.54 a. m.; Tabu teau, 5:68 a. m.; Prevost, 6:34 a. m..; Wynmalen, 6:40 a. m.; Amerigo, 7:42 a. m.; Bathla, 7:64 a. m.; Glbert, 8:C0 a. m.; Verrept, 8:36 a. m... The second stage of the race Is from Liege to Utrecht, 210 kilometers (130 miles), which will bring the successful ones a tptal of 342 miles from Paris. Death of I.andron. Further details of the death of Landron have been received from Chateau-Thierry. The aviator, who was but 23 years old, was flying at a height estimated at from 1,800 to 3,000 feet over the viallage of Epieds, when suddently the villagers . were horri fied ts see the machine and aviator en veloped In flames. Then there was heard a faint' report of an explosion and the ball of fire pitched eastward, turning over and over at It fell. The 'aviator was hurled from his seat clear of the flames, which streamed fifty feet behind the areoplane. The machine waa still burning when the wreckage dropped Into a wheat field. 1 . The body of Landron had struck the ground nearby. Villagers hurried to the scene with a fire engine, but the gasoline blazed away for a quarter of an hour after their arrival. Landron was dead. Both legs and one arm were broken and the chin was shattered. His face had been scorched and his clothes were burned. The body was carried to the municipal building, there to await identification and ths wishes of ths unfortunate airman's friends. Fifty Aviators Start. Tha race so unhappily begun Is to cover a course from Paris to London and return, a total distance of nearly 1,000 miles. Ths prises aggregate $94,000. Fifty aviators started, of whom thirty -eight were civilians and twelve army officers, assigned to aviation service. Tan of tha number never got beyond the limits of the maneuvering field. Three mora wera killed on tha first stage of ths flight and several others wars Injured. A great throng witnessed the start from the aviation field at Vlncennes early yester day morning, snd the efforts of the police snd soldiers to hold the curious crowd In check resulted In minor Injuries to many. Later, Le Saaeur arrived here. Contenet on approaching this city, turned from his course and circled about a church steeple in a suburb. As he completed the exhibi tion he lost control of his machine and tumbled down into a field of rye. He was uninjured, though his aeroplane was smashed. Eight Persons Killed by Soldiers in Austria Detachment of Troops Fires Volley Into Mob of Election Rioters at Drohobyo. VIENNA. June 13.-Elght persons were killed and two others fatally Injured when troops fired a volley Into a crowd of elec tion rioters at Drohobyo today. Factional fights were In progress when the soldiers srrlved snd the mob stoned the troops. The latter replied with their rifles. slaader Salt . at lawn City. IOWA CITT. la.. June 19.-t8peclal.) Miss Emma Rlcord, daughter of the lata mayor, postmaster and member of ths leg islature, Jacob Rlcord. was sued hers today by two girls. Marls and Nellie Costal, for 12,400. They allege she circulated vtls re- Inoru oonoarul&aT I haw. Are Wo Come to This? Senator Lea Gives Quart of Blood to Save Wife's Life Operation Performed in Washington Hospital is Successful and Wo man is Recovering. WASHINGTON, June 19. Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee and his young wife are patients In Georgetown university hospital today, the latter In a serious condition from an operation performed on Saturday while the senator Is In a weakened con dition due to the transfusion of blood from his veins to those of his wife In what 'Is believed to have been a successful effort to save her life. Following the operation, Mrs. Lea's strength rapidly declined, and It seemed for a time that she -would be able to live but a few hours longer. There had been much loss of blood and It was believed that only by transfusion could strength be re stored. Senator Lea at once submitted to the opening of an artery In his ai m. Sen ator Lea was rapidly gaining In strength today. - It Is .said that nearly a quart of blood was transferred. Mrs, Lea Is now thought to be on the road to recovery. . 1 ; Insurrect'o Troops Qo to Casas Qrandas They Will Recapture Town Which Was Occupied By Band of Magon istas Sunday. EL PASO, Tex., June 19. Three hundred Insurrecto troops left Juares early this morning for Casas Grandes, 150 miles south, where the town was taken Sunday by a band of "Unreconstructed" Magonlstas. The last of the Insurrecto troops in that vicinity marched to Chihuahua Saturday when Pancho Villa and his command were absent. There 1s to be no campaign against the Magonlstas In Lower California, for the reason that ths Magonlstas and other so cialists are not going to fight any more. Francisco I. Madero telegraphed General Villjoen today to cease preparations for taking, an army to Lower California. MEXI-O CITY, June 19. General Fran cisco I. Madero today ordered Emilia Za pata, chief of the lnsurractos in the stats of Morelos, to come to Mexico City and answer charges made against him by a Morelos commission. If the charges are proved Zapata may be court-martialed. General Ambroslo Flgueroa today became chief of the Mexican rurales. First Human Remains Taken from Maine . . Workman Finds Coral Encrusted Forearm Bone on Spar Beck of Wreck of Battleship. HAVANA, June U.-Ths first human' parts to ba recovered from ths wrack of ths American battleship Maine wera dis covered . today when workmen removing mud and debris from the spar deck just forward . from the after-superstructures discovered the blackened and ooral en crusted bones of a left forearm and right foot. The bones were taken in charge by an undertaker and placed - In a receptacle aboard the collier Leon Idas. Of course, there Is nothing to suggest Identification, but it Is hoped that this may be estab lished by the subsequent discovery of other objects In the Immediate' vicinity. The water in the cofferdam enclosing tho wreck had been lowered thirteen feet below normal this forenoon. A superflolal examination of the moat recently uncov ered portions has tended aomewhat to re vive the hope that It will prove possible to float the after half or more of the hull. House Democrats Will Not Consider the Pension Bill WASHINGTON. June W.-The democrats of the house decided to adjourn rather than take up legislation outaide of that which the party had decided in caucus should be considered ut this session. An effort was made when the house met to bring up a pension bill introduced by Representative Anderson of Ohio, which would add 143.000,. M a year to the present pension -oil. This bill had the rlglit of way t today under the discharge of committee rule. The demo crats are unwilling to consider the measure and forced adjournment by a strict party vote. AA.Jr- I PAYING COMBINE IS CHARGE Contest Over Material Brings Allega tions Before City Council. BRICK MEN IN THE DEFENSIVE Fraud In One Case and Excessive ' Prices In Another the Acrnssa tlon aad Matter Is Sent to Committee. Charges that fraud was used In getting signatures to designate the character of material for paving Forty-second street from Cuming to Hamilton, and that the "combine" boosted the price of brick pav ing, after Burlington block had been named In the petition for changing the character of paving of Ninth street from Douglas, to Howard streets were made yes terday afternoon In the meeting of com mittee of the whole of the city council. M. O. Cunningham, representing property owners In the Forty-sec6nd street district, declared that the contract should not be awarded to the successful bidder. Charles Fanning, because fraud had been em ployed.. . Affidavits, which seek to prove tha charges of Cunningham have been filed, and are with the paving and sewer ing committee. One signed by J. F. Daly, states that a promoter for the brick- con tractors approached ' Dr. A. ' T: " Hunt, a property owner, and offered to rebate' him the difference between the cost of asphalt and brick paving If he. Hunt, would hlgn for brick. Not knowing that such pro ceedlngs were Illegal, the affidavit states that Hunt signed for the brick petition when he really favored asphalt. The af fidavit was mode by Daly, who deposes that Dr. Hunt told him the facts in the case. Daly is an employe of M. Ford, a con tractor, who lays both brick and asphalt paving. Two other affidavits, both signed by Katherlne Dineen, another property owner, and sworn to on the same date, April 21, concern John J. Mahoney, clerk of the police court. One seta out that Mahoney asked the affiant to sign for brick, Btatlng that the signature would make no difference In the outcome ao the asphalt petition had a majority of sign ers in the district. This affidavit was taken by John F. Daly. A resolution, seeking to award the con tract for the Ninth street Job, was re ferred to the paving and sewering commit tee and the city sttorney, along with the petition. Another affidavit, signed by Mrs." Qulnn and acknowledged before a different at torney, states that she signed the petition on request of Mr. Mahoney of her own free will. John C. Breen, representing Fanning, con tended that the petition was regular and for that reason, the council could do naught save award the contract. No sooner had the squabble been settled by referring the matter to the paving and sewering committee, than Byron O. Bur bank, representing the Carpenter Paper company, threw a bomb Into ths council by declaring that tha pavers had combined and boosted the prices of brick paving on Ninth street from 66 cents to SI cants a square yard. Burbank contended that ths bids should ba rejected, not because tha proceedings were Irregular, but because tha prices were excessive, "The designation of ths character of tha material precludes competitive bidding," said Burbank. "This council does not have to let a contract, simply because the bids have been sent in. Members of the council can reject all bids if they desire. When this petition was circulated It designated Purlngton block. As soon os sufficient signatures were obtained the contractors took ad vantage of the fact and boosted the price. It Is a rank injustice for contractors to boost prices because taxpayers have des ignated their material." Breen answered Burbank by saying that there was but one of two things to do either to let the contract to Fanning or deject the bids. "The petition Is suffi cient," ha said. City Attorney Hlne gave the same opin ion, saying that under the charter, the brand of brick could be designated In an ordinance, but the brand of any other material could not. Harry Brome, representing the other property owners, then made a plea against tna award to Fanning, Insisting that the combine precluded such a thing as com petitive bidding. "You say. before the council that there is a combine existing?" Interjected Breen. "Yes, and I can provs It, too, and will prove -It when the time comes." replied Brome. "Other contractors aslda from Fanning and Hugh Murphy have tried to get Purlngton blocks and could not. "But I am here to discuss this phase of the question," continued Brome. "I am here to protest against the awarding of the contract. When the time comes to prove that there Is a combine, that will ha' established." On the request of Mrs. C. E. Ktiibus, the Daughters of the American Revolution TEN MILLIONS FOR 11AVKMKYER ' Promoter of Sugar liust is Given This Amount in StocK for, Senr- ices as Organizer. HOW THE IRit;- WAS TURNED : James H. Post Organized National Re fining Co. at His Instance. ' AMERICAN BUc iiL PREFERRED Ten Million Common Stock is There ' Turned Over to Havemeyer. HIS FAMILY tiiJLL HOLDS IT in the Meantime it Has raid Tvn aad Half MIHInna In Dltldenria Upltser Tells of Wplftht Frnnit. WASHINGTON June ill With two sep- i nrate committees of the house delving Into the history and operations of the American Sugsr Refining company and other sugar corporations, there were brought out today i surprising tnles of rlchea made over night j and i,nrdld stories of alleged frauds against the government. . , Tho special "PiiRnr trust" Investigating. committee continued Its Inquiry Into the J formation and workings of the big sugar corporations having before It as a wllncsa James H. Post, president of the National Sugar Refining company of New Jersey. The committee on exiwndltiires In the ( Treasury department bepan work on an other angle of the Investigation, that of , the recent weighing frauds at the port of ,Ncw York, questioning Oliver Spltser, one of the Amerlcan'a dock superintendents. who wss convicted and later pardoned by . i the president. Mr. Post told how II. O. Havemeyer had been rewarded for forming the National Sugar Refining company of New Jersey by stock in the refinery worth HO.OOO.OiiO, stock which since had earned In dividends I3.60,- MO more. Mr. Post insisted that the 110. 000.000 did not represent only a promoter'a profit. Pressed for some explanation of' what It did represent he finally answered: "Well, here were three refineries put to gether." Asked how Havemeyer got possession of the stock, the witness laconically replied: n ' I sent it to him a few days after I re ceived it." Spltser told the committee on expendi tures In the Tressury department the en tire history of tho sugar weighing frauds, describing dishonest Weighing schemes em ployed on the sugar docks as far back at 1885.. " ' Denies Attempt to Fix Prlres. That the government hos erred In Its facts In the - formal petition seeking tha dissolution of the American Sugar Refin ing company, was tha declaration of James II. Post, president of the National Sugar Refining company of New Jeraey, when ha appeared today . before the house "Sugar trust" Investigating committee. Mr. Post denied the allegation contained In. the government's petition that Jia was rhe -agency through' which that" In UM an attempt was nmIt!,Vf"t1ti gTWv resinlng companies to control the sugar market. ; Chairman Hardwlck of the commlttea questioned Mr. Post as to the alleged plan ner in which he, as the head of tha Na tional Sugar Refining company In ISM, ef fected a deal by which his company and the American Sugar company agreed to limit the output of refined sugar and fix prices. "There Is no foundation for that," de clared Mr. Post. I.artce Body of Water. The organization of the New Jersey cor poration was taken up. The capitalisation of the new company, Mr. Post testified, was $20,000,000, divided equally between pre ferred and common stock. The companies taken In were capitalized at between tJ, 000,000 nnd $4,000,000. "And the difference was Water?" Inquired Mr. Hardwlck. "No." wss the reply. "Ths companies had valuable properties." , The property 'of the New fork Soger Refining company, one of tha companies bought, Mr. Post said, waa worth 12,600.000, while only 11126.000 was paid for It. "Why was that?" Chairman Hardwlck. asked. "it was because . competition had been keen." , "And this organization was effected to avoid competition?" "It had that effect." Ten million dollars of common stock that has earned 12.600,000 of dividends was tha personal reward given H. O. Havemeyer for combining "three very good refiner ies," and thus creating the National Sugar, Refining company, according to Mr. Post. Foat acted as Havemeyer' s agent In tha organisation of tho company. . . When Mr. Post was called upon to testify, about tha Issuance of tho $10,000,000 of com-. mon stock, his attorney, A. H. Larkln, objected. "I recognise your power, but appeal to your sense of justice." said the attorney. He explained that the validity of tha $10,000,000 Issue was now a subject of liti gation and the testimony of Mr. Post might prejudice tha case. Praaaoter's Profit Largt, Chairman Hardwlck retorted that there had been an intimation that the $10,000,00' waa "promoter'a profit." "I believe that tha American people are entitled to know whether this stock ha been watered," he added. "It seems to ni that congrebs ought tu have this Informa tion on which possibly to base curatlf legislation." . . Representative Fordney was opposed f requiring the witness to testify, but th committee decided to require an snswer. Mr. Post then explained that He as un disclosed agent for Mr. Havemeyer, worker Base Ball Tickets. Bound trip tickets to Lake Alunawa. Quart bricks ice cream. of Dalzell'B Boxes of O'Brien's Candy. All alveo away free to tboM till flDd their names Id tha want ad a. Read the want ad a every day, your name wilt appear sometime, may be more than once. j No puzzles to aolve nor subscript Hone to get Just read the want ad.. Turn to the want ad pace i' now. - (Continued on Second Page.) V.