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“By living with tbe Arabs, doing as
they did, and moving with thorn In
their migrations," writes Douglas Car
ruthers In the Geographical Journal. "I
obtained an Insight into their mode or
life and customs. 1 learned „how to
drink coffee a la Arab, and, most difl
«ult of all, how to sit still all day
long doing nothing. I found this last
most trying, more especially because
It was cold. A Bedouin tent Is a draft?
Klace at the best, but in midwinter It
i almost unbearable. On two occa
sions there was snow on the desert.
We used to feed out of a huge, round
dish, 10 of us at a time. The fare was
Camels' milk and bread in the morning
and in the evening we generally had
meat and rice, cooked with an enorm
ous amount of fat. During the day we
appeased our hunger by sipping strong
black coffee. At night there was al
ways a largo group of men in the tent
bf the sheik and talk was carried on
far Into the night _
Forty-three automobile accidents
were reported to the police of Chicago
In two weeks, according to figures
fathered by Chief of Police Steward.
he mishaps resulted in thirty-eight
persons being Injured. Thirty of the
accidents were collisions between auto
mobiles. This, Chief Steward asserts,
•hows the carelessness of chauffeurs ana
the need of better legislation to regu
late them. “The automobile problem
is a serious one,” said Chief Steward.
“Most of the accidents either are
caused by negligence or careless driv
ing. There is need of better legisla
tion to regulate the automobile and the
chauffeur.” _______
The people of the New England
Itates are proverbial for their "enera
tion of trees and in these davs of
Iruthless destruction of woods it is re
freshing in the extreme to hear of a
Case like the resident of Kennebunk
tort, Me., who, rather than to disturb
n old tree which grew on his farm
opon a site desired for the location of
• barn, built the structure around the
free. The barn wall completely cir
cumscribes the tree, but lies at suffici
ent distance to give the tree plenty of
lir. The age of this particular tree
Cl not accurately known, but it is one
>f a pair which is said to have been
full grown trees at the time of the
revolution. _ _
The pine Is the greatest American
free. It has been of the widest use, is
host in demand and has enriched its
tens of thousands of men The most
fashionable tourist and health resorts
b the south are in the "piney woods”
feglons—vide Aiken. 8 C.; Pinehurst,
N. C.; Thomasville, Ga., and others. It
Is the resinous quality of the ozone that
Ittacts the health and pleasure seek
irs. Also the piney woods country af
fords the finest of fruits, vegetables and
melons. Living is cheap among the
sines, health good and the people well
fed. _ __
An authority on alcohol stills says
that there are 20,000 farm stills in oper
ation on as many farms in Germany.
The German government permits the
(armor to produce a certain amount of
grain or potato alcohol, the amount de
pending upon the size and location of
(he farm and the annual demand for
[he product, upon the payment of a re
|uced revenue tax. Alcohol distilled In
Ixcess of the quantity allowed is sub
ject to the higher rate or taxation. De
natured alcohol, however, Is not sub
ject to any tax. _
Countess Szechenyl (nee Vanderbilt
*f New York), has made, In the name
>f' her husband, Count Ladlslaus
Bzechenyi, a gift to the Academy of
Sciences at Budapest of 600,000 crowns
($120,000) for endowing chairs In for
»ign universities for instruction In the
Hungarian language, history, literature
and law, In order to obtain recognition
»f the Hungarian nationality the world
over.
The United States is easily first as
regards the length of her telegraph
lines, being 1,160,965 miles, or about
three times as much as Great Britain
*r France, which have 386,358 and $91,
(75 miles of wire, respectively. Ger
many has the largest telegraph system
In Europe, 401,039 miles. Russia, with
Siberia Included, has only 402,371 miles
tf wire.
The latest Jewelry novelty in Ger
many is a special type of ring for di
rorced and widowed persons. The
llaim set forth for these curious Inno
rations in rings is that they save the
wearers, especially the feminine aex.
trom embarrassing or painful explana
tions, and delicately inform other In
terested persons of their clrcum -
Itances. __
The finishing touches have Just been
Raced on the exterior of "the model
power plant of the world”—a $1,500,000
Itructure erected by the United States
government a stones throw from the
japltol at Washington. This station Is
lo furnish heat, light and power to the
pntlre group of Immense government
buildings on Capitol hill.
Since the introduction of taxicabs in
Wew York city four years ago, the
dme honored hansom has been grud
tally disappearing from Manhattan's
treets. Of the hundreds of these ve
hicles that were at one time a feature
»t life in the busy city orly a few re
main.
Merchants In the south have awak
ened to the value of rural telephone
lines, and are seeking to develop them
with a view to increasing their trade
among the rural population. In certali
sections they have made large contri
butions to aid the farmers In bulldinj
their UneB._ _ _
News has been received of flghtlnj
a. the Kogoro and Attakka districts o
northern Nigeria. Bees play an lm
nortant part In the warfare with thes
Nigerian tribes. The villagers on retlr
Ing before an enemy excite the bee
and let them loose, and woe betide th
jnan who is attacked by them In th
labyrinths of cactus which surroundei
the villages. _
Speaking of the comet as a "celes
tial wanderer," when Its orbit is flxei
and known and its pluce in the heav
•ns determined at any time, is abou
as correct as speaking of a "dash t
the pole" when the dasher is doin,
well to make 10 miles a day.
It is said the Professor Karl Harries
«f the University of Kiel, has produce
a synthetic rubber. Attempts such a
this huve been made time and tim<
but with no commercial success.
Life Insurance has made great prog
.ess in Japan, and there are alread
42 -companies operating there, near!
one-foui th us many as in England.
The tourist in London has his choic
Of 3.228 omnibuses, 4,825 hansoms. 3,65
four-whelers, to say nothing of hun
dreds of taxicabs.
Astronomers discover an average c
three comets a year, but few pf thei
ore visible .to the unaided eye.
NEBRASKA BANKING
INSTITUTIONS SHOW
STRONG FEATURES
beposits Show an Increase of
$4,481,273.45 Over Last
. Year’s Statement.
Lincoln, Neb„ June 14.—The abstract
of the condition of the Incorporated,
private and saving hanks of the state
of Nebraska, at the close of business
ion the 11th day of May, 1910, shoiys
• gratifying condition as follows:
Number of banks reporting, 662:
average reserve, 27 per cent; deposit
ors, 225,420.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts .$69,044,318.25
Overdrafts . 645,128.04
Bonds, securities, judgments,
clglms, etc. 588,291.92
Due from hanks . 16,112,154.44
.Banking house, furniture and
fixtures . 2,408.903.58
Other real estate . 176,828,60
Current expenses and taxes
paid . 961,461.69
Other assets . 61,746.89
Cash .4,627,648.83
Total .$94,516,382.21
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In.$12,269,740.00
Surplus fund . 2,246,449.45
Undivided profits . 2,342,399.87
Dividends unpaid . 25.251.13
Deposits . 76,964,166.39
Notes and hills rediscounted_ 66,364.46
Bills payable . 612,011.00
Totals .$94,616,382.21
The report runs: This department
feels like congratulating the people of
Nebraska on the unexpected strong
showing made by the hanks at this
time. In view of the wide spread and
unusually large Investments made In
lands and otherwise, It would be natur
al to expect an unusually heavy drain
on the deposits of the banks of the
state. Such does not seem to have
been the case, as the decrease from the
statement made February 12, 1910, the
date of the high water mark for de
posits In the history of the state,
shows about $1,000,000, and the in
crease over a year ago Is $4,481,273.45.
In the loan Item the Increase between
this and the previous call, Is $1,712,
181.77, and between this and a similar
statement a year ago shows an In
crease of $8,866,760.54. The fact that
this statement Is made at the close of
a period marked by unusually heavy
Investments, the showing Is certainly
gratifying.
The average reserve a year ago was
32 per cent, at the last previous call
30 per cent, and this statement shows
^an average reserve of 27 per cent.
The actual cash on hand In the
banks Is shown by this report to be
$4,627,648.82, an Increase of almost
$200,000 since February 12, 1910.
- The notes and bills rediscounted and
bills payable are $678,375.46, an In
crease of but $113,164.42 since the Feb
ruary, 1910, report.
This Is the beginning of the season
when loans decrease and deposits In
crease, so that while the condition of
the banks Is strong at this time, it will
grow stronger from now on until fall.
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FATHER’S WIDOW GENEROUS
WITH LONG LOST SON
Fremont, Neb., June 14.—Edward
Murphy, the "lost heir” who came
from Troy, N. Y., to claim a portion of
the estate left by his father, the late
James Murphy, did not come in vain.
He left lust evening for New York with
a deed to half the Maple township farm
in his pocket. The settlement was
made Thursday at Wahdo, where Mrs.
Murphy, the widow, is staying with her
sister. She summoned the claimant's
attorney to the Saunders county town
Thursday morning and he returned in
the afternoon with the deed. By the
terms of the will, James Murphy left
his entire estate, valued at $15,000, to
his second wife, cutting off his son,
Edward, who he had not seen for 40
years, without a cent. Mrs. Murphy
said Thursday that she had come to
the conclusion that Mr. Murphy’s son,
her stepson, should have an equal share
In the property. By giving him the
deed to half of the 120-acre farm she
saved the necessity of going into the
courts in an attempt to break the
will.
MONUMENT ON TRAIL.
Kearney, Neb., June 14.—The first
monument in Nebraska to mark the
old Oregon trail has been erected here
by the Fort Kearney chapter of the
Daughters of the.American Revolution.
At the unveiling of the monument,
which was marked by impressive cere
monies and a large crowd from the
surrounding country, it was presented
by the chapter to the city of Kear
ney.
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HORTICULTURISTS AT WYMORE
Lincoln, Neb., June 14.—The State
Horticultural society will hold its sum
mer meeting at Wymore, July 20 and
21. The society Is required by law to
hold two meetings annually. Fruit crop
conditions will be discussed.
SEATTLE IS SWEPT BY
A DISASTROUS BLAZE
Fire Breaks Out on Water Front
During Storm and Does
Oreat Damage.
Seattle, Wash., June 14.—Fire that
broke out on the northern water front
during a storm last night was carried
; to a district to the eastward, thickly
t covered by wooden buildings, and in a
. short time 20 acres were ablaze, caus
> ing a loss of $1,000,000, und making 500
. people homeless.
i The fire, starting at Railroad avenue
s and Battery street, destroyed all the
) buildings on six city blocks and picked
1 out a wooden house here und there In
the surrounding district not entirely
fire-swept. Alarming reports of loss of
. life were reported among the crowds
1 outside the tire lines, but so far as can
. be learned there were no fatalities,
t Sixty horses were burned in a stable
> on Railroad avenue,
f Tile district had long been considered
a dangerous risk, and rates were so
high that most of the light wooden
, buildings carried little or no insurance
I DEATH FOR ASSASSIN.
, London, June 14.—Official advices
from calio, Egypt. Btate that the court
of cessation there today confirmed the
. sentence of death im>.sed upon the stu
, dent, Wardani, who shot and killed
y Boutros Pacha Ghali, the Egyptian
premier and minister of foreign affairs'
9 TO BOND UNIVERSITY.
0 Washington, June 14.—Tile trustees
. of the George Washington university
have decided to Issue $105,000 of second
mortgage bonds on the real estate oi
f the institution. They hope thereby tc
II tide the university over its present
. financial crisis.
GOLDEN RULE WORKS
WELL WITH DRUNKS;
CUTS OFF ONE-HALF
Tried for a Month and Now in
Effect as One «f the Ordi
nances of Omaha.
Omaha. Neb., June 11—A month ago.
when Chief of Police Donahue appeared
before the fire and police commission
and asked to b<^allowed to give the
"golden rule” plan a trial in dealing
with drunkards, the members were in
clined to laugh at the idea, contending
that a drunken man was more in need
of a cell in the jail than an applica
tion of the golden rule.
However, the arguments of Chief
Donahue carried weight, and he was
authorized to give the plan a trial of
a month. The month has expired, and
now the "Golden Rule” is in full force
and effect as any ordinance of the city.
In Omaha, as in most other,, cities,
there are certain respectable citizens
who now and then look top long upon
the wine. In the past, when friends
did not happen along to take care of
them, they have been placed in the
patrol wagon and carried to Jail, there
to remain until sober. Now, however,
Instead of making nuisances of them
selves upon the streets, or going to Jail,
they are put into police automobiles
and taken home, where the wives and
members of their families learn of their
real condition.
Chief Donahue says the "Golden
Rule” method in dealing with
"drunks” has reduced drunkenness
fully 50 per cent in the single month
that the new order of things has been
in operation, and that it is working so
well it will be continued.
With reference to common drunkards
there is no "Golden Rule.” They are
taken to jail, especially those without
homes, where they remain until the
following morning, when they appear
In court and take the usual fine.
VIOLENT DEATHS FOR THREE
SONS IN ONE YEAR
Nebraska City, Neb., June 11.—A
strange fatality has followed the sons
of Dr. Thompson of this city, three oi
them, all men, having met violent
deaths during the year. The father,
broken in health and bowed with grief,
has sought and secured refuge in the
Soldiers’ home.
Ten months ago, Morris, the oldest
son, fell from a railroad bridge and his
neck was broken. A month later,
George was killed in a railroad wreck
in Montana, and a week ago, Curtis, the
third and last son of the family, went
into the basement of his house here,
and cutting his throat with a pocket
knife, bled to death before he was dis
covered.
PEARY TO CONTEST
LAWSUIT OF FRANCKE
Row Among Polar Explorers
Will Be Fought Out in Ger
man Courts.
Berlin, June 11.—Commander Robert
E. Peary, who was served here yester
day with papers in a suit brought by
Rudolph Francke, left for London this
morning. The American explorer had
nothing to add today to his statement
of last night that he had placed the
matter of the litigation in the hands of
American Ambassador Hill.
Francke was associated with Fred
erick A. Cook In north polar ex
plorations and alleges that Peary, found
him ill at Etah and took advantage of
his condition to take his collection of
furs and walrus and narwhale teeth
as the price for transporting him home,
ward. Francke demands $10,000 as the
value of the Arctic products which he
claims to have handed over to the com
mander.
The suit was brought in the Berlin
courts, notice of the action being served
on Peary when he arrived here yester
day to fill a lecture engagement.
Later It was learned that while here
Commander Peary said to a friend that
he would contend that the German
courts had no jurisdiction, as he had
no property or domicile here. He had
anticipated, he said, that the box of
fice receipts at Philharmonic hall,
where he lectured last night, would be
attached and he was rather surprised
that they were not.
The case will come up on June 28.
Mr. Peary has arranged to be repre
sented in court by an attorney. He
expects to sail from England for New
York on Saturday.
THREE LOSE LIVES IN
A WRECK IN MISSOURI
St. Louis, June 11.—Three men were
killed, two perhaps fatally injured and
six others seriously hurt when the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
fast mail train for Texas was wrecked
near the city limits early today. The
train left the track and crashed
through the walls of a building of the
Miller Manufacturing company. The
dead and injured were members of the
train crew or worked In the mail cars.
No passengers were carried on th*
train.
The dead:
WALTER A. DOUGLAS, engineer.
ROBERT D. SHEPPARD, fireman.
JASPER L. LASTER, mail clerk.
The injured who are believed to be
dying are Thomas A. Couman, brake
man and T. J. Wiggins, postal clerk.
The wreck was caused by the engine
Jumping the track while going around
a curve.
YOUNG KERENS BETTER.
St. Louis, June 11.—Richard C. Ker
ens, Jr„ son of the United States am
bassador to Austria-Hungary, who was
taken to the city hospital last night,
unconscious from an overdose of par
aldehyde, was sufficiently recovered
this morning to be removed to his
home.
DIAZ HONORS KAISER.
Berlin, June 11.—Emperor William
has received an autograph letter from
President Diaz, of Mexico, asking him
to accept the Grand Cordon of the
newly instituted order of the Mexican
Eagle. His majesty accepted the
decoration in a cordial response.
PANIC IN NICARAGUA.
Washington, June 11.—Official dis
patches from Managua, Nicaragua
j state that the war is fact reducing
; western Nicaragua to a state of panic.
The exportation of fruit products has
been prohibited and money exchange
4 la rapidly Increasing.
MRS. DORA E. DOXEY,
LIBERATED BY JURY,
VISITS HJRMER HOME
Refuses to Talk About Murder
Trial and Future Home Not
Yet Decided.
Omaha, Neb., June 9.—Mrs. Dora E.
Doxey, fourftl not guilty of the charge
erf murdering William J. Erder by a
St. Louis Jury Fridaysand now at lib
erty under bonds pending her trial on
a bigamy charge, was in Omaha a
short time yesterday.
Mrs. Doxey is naturally an attrac
tive looking woman, although her Ap
pearance plainly Indicated the nervous
strain under which she has been dur
ing the sensational trial which resulted
in her acquittal on the murder charge.
"No, I do not want to talk about it.
I am making a hurried trip to Colum
bus and will leave there today," was
the response given a reporter who
asked her if she had any comment to
offer on the proceedings at St. Louis.
"The papers have said a great" deal
and I have nothing further to say.”
Wearing a large black hat, white
waist and dark skirt, the woman un
happily prominent in the public eye
for several months was the subject
of many curious glances at the Union
station when her personality became
noised about.
She arrived in' Omaha accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Grace Latham, of
this city, leaving for Columbus on
Union Pacific passenger No. 17 at
12:40 o’clock.
Mrs. Doxey would not intimate where
she will make her home in the future,
but has repeatedly stated that she will
not again live with Dr. Doxey.
WANTS ALIMONY BOOSTED
TO MEET HIGH PRICES
Lincoln, Neb., June 9.—Because the
cost of living has increased, Mrs. Ger
trude E. Miller has petitioned the dis
trict court to Increase her alimony al
lowance above the $15 a month fixed
by t-he court five years ago, when her
decree was granted.
Her former husband, Clarence Mil
ler, in charge of an implement house
here, has remarried, and has been dila
tory about sending her the $15 even.
She now wants $20 and says that this
will scarcely equal the original sum,
since the price of necessaries has gone
above 40 per cent more than when she
first received the award.
RUTH BRYAN LEAVITT-OWEN’S
FURNITURE IS SHIPPED
Lincoln, Neb., June 9.—A drayload of
furniture belonging to Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Leavitt-Owen, which has been stored In
the Commoner building for some time,
has been shipped to Jamaica, where she
and her husband will live. For several
years preceding her recent marriage
Mrs. Owen lived at Falrview with her
parents and the furniture which she
brought back from Denver has not been
In use. Part of It is included in the
consignment to Jamaica.
OXFORD GIVES COL.
ROOSEVELT A DEGREE
)istinguished American Deliv
ers the Romanes Lecture at
the Historic University.
Oxford, England, June 9.—For
mer President Theodore Roosevelt was
the guest of Oxford today. He deliv
ered the Romanes lecture at the Uni
versity of Oxford and the university
conferred upon him the honorary de
gree of doctor of civil law.
The lecture and the conferment con
stituted the big feature of the day,
but It did not complete the program,
which was about as crowded as any
that the distinguished American has
undertaken In his European travels.
The Romanes lectureship at Oxford
was named for George John Romanes,
who was born at Kingston, Can., on
May 20, 1848, and died at Oxford In
1894. He gained celebrity as a natural
ist and Fullerian professor of physiol
ogy at the royal institution. The first
encumbent of the chair, occupied this
year by Mr. Roosevelt, was William E.
Gladstone, who in 1892 lectured on
"Medieval Universities.”
Lord Curzon, chancellor of the uni
versity, and who delivered the Romanes
lecture In 1907, presided at the exer
cises today.
TAFT URGES LAW BE
EFFECTIVE AT ONCE
Compromise With Railroads
Will Cause Amendment of
Pending Bill.
Washington, June 9.—President Taft
today sent a special message to Con
gress In which he recommended that
the clause In the new railroad bill
which gives the Interstate Commerce
commission power to investigate and
suspend increased rates filed by the
railroads be modified so as to take ef
fect Immediately upon signing of the
act.
As it stands in the bill, the provision
would not take effect for 60 days.
The president bases his request upon
the agreement he reached with the
railroads yesterday whereby they
agreed to withdraw all Increased rates
until v>e new law is signed.
As to how the act is to be amended,
whether in conference or by joint res
olution, the president left to the discre
tion of Congress.
ANTI-JAPS MAY RISE.
Vladivostok, Russia, June 8.—An
anti-Japanese rising of serious propor
tions is being plotted, it is reported
In north Korea by Koreans who are
opposed to the annexation of Korea
Japan, and who are the enemies of the
Japanese generally.
MACCABEES MEETING.
Kalamazoo, Mich., June 8.—The
twenty-second national convention of
the Knights of the Modern Maccabees
began here today with more than 3.000
delegates in attendance, and nearly the
same number registered for the fourth
Great Hive review of the Ladles of the
Modern Maccabees.
WASHINGTON—That there was an
attempt made by a Japanese anarchist
to assassinate one or more members of
the cabinet, as reported from Tokio,
was denied yesterday at the Japanese
embassy.___ __
WOMAN’S EVIDENCE IS
AGAINST THE JANITOR
She Tells of Seeing Wendling
and Little Kellner Girl in
the Church.
Louisville, Ky„ June 11.—The one
missing link of evidence necessary to
establish the fact that Alma Kellner
was last seen alive in St. John’s Cath
olic church, was obtained last night by
Frank Fehr, the murdered child's uncle.
Mrs. Rosa Staeuble, who lives a few
blocks from the scene of the murder,
will be called today at the coroner’s
Inquest.
She was probably the last person save
the murderer who saw the child
alive. Mrs. Staeuble says Joseph Wend
ling, the missing janitor, who is be
ing sought in connection with the mur
der. was in the church when she left,
and that she noticed him moving about
the church several times during her
stay of a quarter of an hour, and that
she had remarked at the close attention
he paid to the little girl, who was on
her knees praying.
Mrs. Staeuble's story and the finding
of a bloody knife and bloody razor
among the effects of Wendling arc the
latest developments In the case.
WRECKED STEAMER IS
SINKING IN LAKE ERIE
Cleveland, O.. June 11.—The steamer
A. L. Hopkins is sinking in Lake Erie
three miles east of Colchester lights,
according to a wireless message re
ceived here.
It is reported that the Hopkins and
the steamer Syracuse collided last night
near Southeast Shoals, and that the
Syracuse took the Hopkins in tow.
The steamer City of St. Ignace
sighted the damaged boats near the
mouth of the Detroit river and sent out
the call for assistance.
The tug Aldridge met the Hopkins
and is now towing the vessel to De
troit.
Toledo, O., June 11.—Steamers A. L.
Hopkins and Syracuse collided early
this morning near Southeast Shoal
lightship. The Syracuse, which was
not damaged, took the Hopkins in tow
to the mouth of the Detroit river,
where she was met by the tug Al
dridge.
MARRIED MAN DRIVEN
TO MURDER BY LOVE
Slays Girl Who Rejected His At
tentions and Then Ends
Own Life.
Chicago, June 11.—Unrequited love
Is believed to have prompted Frank L.
Campbell to slay Miss Lena Hansen
and kill himself last night. At a lone
ly spot in the southwestern part of the
city Miss Hansen was shot twice while
on her way home after dark. Both
bullets pierced her heart. Campbell,
with a photograph of the dead woman
in his pocket, was found early today
shot to death about 500 feet from
where Miss Hansen met death. He
was 31 years old and she two years
younger.
Campbell, who was married and the
father of a 3-year-old daughter, was
foreman of a starch manufactory. Miss
Hansen was employed in the label de
partment of the same establishment.
AVIATOR SUSTAINS HARD
FALL IN TOPEKA FLIGHT
Topeka, Kan., June 11.—J. C. Mars,
the aviator, fell 50 feet with his Curtiss
biplane while making an exhibition
flight this forenoon. His machine was
caught in a gust of wind while making
a turn and captized. The aeroplane
was broken, but Mr. Mars was unhurt.
He walked back to the aviation field
unaided.
Mars says that notwithstanding the
accident he will continue nis flight to
morrow. He attribute^ his fall to an
air current caused by a railroad train
which passed near the path of his
flight. The wheels of the aeroplane
stuck in the soft mud when it struck
the earth, and it captized smashing
the lowe plane.
LEPROSY SPREADING,
DECLARESA DOCTOR
Speaker at Medical Association
Sounds Alarming Note
About the Disease.
St. Louis. June 11.—Officers wero
elected at the Cist annual session of
the American Medical association to
day, and the standing committees,
which were announced by President
William H. Welch, were confirmed by
the house of delegates.
In the section on dermatology a paper
by Drs. Isadore Dyer and Ralph Hop
kins, of New Orleans, contained the an
nouncement that leprosy is spreading to
nearly every state in the union, and
that no concerted method of caring for
lepers is practiced. Officials were ac
cused of neglecting the quarantine
laws.
The importance of the prevention of
infant mortality was impressed on the
delegates at the section on preventive
medicine and public health. Drs. Gott
reid Koehler and St. Clair Drake, of
Chicago, reported that one-third of all
deaths in children in Chicago are
among children under 5 years of age,
and a large percentage of these are
from preventable causes. Seven other
sectional meetings were held.
This afternoon those attending the
convention witnessed a double balloor
ascension.
The national beverage of the Japa
nese, sake, has a much more powerful
effect on them than on Europeans or
\mericans.
BRITISH EDITOR DIES.
London, June 11.—Sir George Newnes.
the founder of the Westminster Ga
zette Titbits and the Strand Maeaalne
and the donor of the international
chess trophy bearing his name, died to
day. Sir George was born March 13,
1851, and formerly was a liberal mem
ber of parliament, representing Swan
sea town. He was the son of a Derby
shire clergyman.
Under the law of Mexico the national
hymn may be played only on occasions
when the chief executive of the nation
or the governor of a state is present
ROADS WILL CANCEL /
THEIR HIGHER RATES
After Conference With Presi.
dent Taft, Peace Pact Is
Agreed Upon.
Washington, June 10.—A complete
Agreement between the government and
the recently enjoined railroads of the
Western Trunk Line association was
reached at a White House conference
which lasted more than four hours yes
terday afternoon. The railroads rep
resented agreed to withdraw all rate*
increases filed to be effective on or!
after June 1, and agreed to file nol
more increases until the bill in con
gress, which gives the Interstate Com
merce commission power to investigate*
and suspend increases that are notj
Justified, becomes a law and goes into*
effect.
The following statement was prepared!
.and given out:
| "E. P. Ripley, president of the*
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad:
company; Walter D. Kaines, acting*
chairman of the executive board of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad,
company; Frederick A. Delano, presi
dent of the Wabash Railroad company,,
and S. M. Felton, president of the Chi
cago Great Western Railroad company.
a committee representing the 24 rail-*
road companies defendant in a suit!
brought by the government in Mis-'
souri, in which Judge Dyer granted an*
injunction restraining increases in*
ratfcs, met the president and the at
torney general today, pursuant to a re-!
'quest sent to the president a few days*
■ago. |
“The president stated to these gentle-i
men at the outset that the purpose of!
the suit was to prevent the proposed!
rate increases (which under the exist-'
ing law could not be investigated at!
all until after they had become effec-i
tive) so as to preserve the statutes
until the new statute could be passed!
and the commission should have the
power to investigate rate advances as
soon as announced and before becoming
effective.
"He stated further that he thought
the railroad companies must withdraw
the tariffs enjoined and all other tariffs*
filed by them, effective on or after Jun«
1, 1910, and that none of them ought
to file any new tariffs involvirg rata
advances until the new law should be
passed, assuming that it would be
passed at the present session of con
gress.
“After the conference the railroad
companies announced that they would1
adopt the view expressed by the presi
dent and thereupon the president stated
that if they did so his purpose in bring-*
ing the suit would be accomplished,
and such result being accomplished^
he saw no occasion for pressing the;
suit and the same would be with-i
drawn.”
The rate Increases specified in the*
injunction suit against the railroads in
the western association did not cover
all of the increases filed with the com
imission.
The railroads agreed to withdraw all
the increases planned for June 1 of
after-.
FISH LEGISLATION IS
CAUSE OFJIG GRAFT
Probe at Springfield Is Unearth
ing More Crookedness
Among Solons.
Springfield, 111., June 10—While States
Attorney Burke was unearthing im
portant evidence In Beardstown last
night to assist the grand jury to
day in further inquiry into the “jack-!
pot,” which Frank Traut admits he
handled in Springfield, but which he
now insists he spent legitimately. As- a
sistant State’s Attorney T. J. Sullivan! ^
found additional evidence in Havana.
More subpenaes will be issued when
the prosecutor and his aslstants meet
today to check up the new evidence.
That T. K. Condit, cashier of the First
National bank, of Beardstown, took
Mr. Burke to his bank last night, of-!
fered every assistance and unhesitat
ingly exposed all the records relative,
to the fisheries bill fund deposited there,
adds to the importance attached to
Condit’s appearance with his records
before the grand Jury today.
His records, according to the state's
attorney, show that at least $2,075 was
sent to Springfield to Frank J. Traut,
of Beardstown, nine days before the
close of the session of the legislature.
Charles Cole, a fish dealer of Beards
town, is also expected to testify to
day.
OFFICE OF CORONER
SCORED BY A DOCTOR
Speaker at Medical Association
Declares It Should Be
Abolished.
St. Louis. June 10.—The abolishment
of the office of coroner was urged by
Dr. E. J. Goodwin, editor of the Mis
souri State Medical association journal,
before the American Medical associa
tion in its second session here today.
He presented a resolution asking the
association, through its house of dele
gates. to favor the passage of state
laws giving the medical functions of
the present eoroner'B office into the
hands of a medical examiner, and the,
judicial functions into the hands of the
prosecuting attorney.
Twelve sections of the convention
met this morning. The resignation of
Dr. F. George Simmons as general sec
retary of the house of delegates was.
accepted.
NEW YORK—Mrs. William Jennings
Rryan sailed Saturday for Liverpool to
join her husband in Edingurgh where
they will attend the world’s missionary
conference.
MILITARY ACADEMY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Norwalk, Conn., June 10—The greater
portion of the main building of the Sel-,
leek military academy was destroyed*
by fire early today, compelling the 75.
students to seek shelter for the re-‘
mainder of the night at the Norwalk
hotel.
The building was erected some 25 >,
years ago by Rev. Charles M. Sel leek,
who died two years ago. A'large num
ber of the students are foreigners.