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GREAT DREADNAUGHT NEVADA IS LAUNCHED New Fighter Carries 10 14 Inch Guns That Fire 1,400 Pound Shells. Quincv, Mass.. July 13.—Turbine en gines and oil fuel will furnish the mo tive power of the 27.500-ton battleship Nevada to be launched at the yards of the Pore River Shipbuilding company today. This latest addition to the United States navy is a sister ship of the Oklahoma, launched at Camden. N. J., last March. It is expected that she will be placed in commission next Jan uary. The Ne\^da lias a length over all of 583 feet, beam 95 feet, and mean draft of 28% feet, and her estimated speed is 20% knots an hour. The arrangement of the main battery of 10 14-inch guns will be different from that on any other American bat tleship. Two turrets will carry two guns each and two others will have three guns each, an arrangement which It is thought will give a concentration of fire superior to that of the five two gun turrets exemplified in the New York and the Texas. The weight of armor is greater than that carried by any ship previously built for the navy. The muzzle energy of the 14-inch guns to be carried on the Nevada is about 66.000 foot tons and Its shell will weigh 1,400 pounds. Secretary Daniels, of the navy de partment, Assistant Secretary Roose velt. Gov. Tasker L. Oddle, of Nevada, and Sfyintor Pittman of that state, were uie principal guests at the launching. The sponsor was Governor Oddic's niece, Eleanor Ann Siebert, 10 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Siebert, of Reno. GRANT MORE TIME TO ADJUST RATES Washington, June 13—The effective date of the Interstate Commerce com mission's intermountain rate orders, recently sustained by the supreme court, has been advanced to October 1. to enable the railroads to compile and publish the tariffs to be put into effect. Slight modifications of the zone bounary lines fixed in the orglnal or der have been made to make the zones tf on diagonal traffic from the Lake Su ' perior region to the south Pacific coast and from Galveston to the north Pacific coast conform to the zones al ready fixed in the tariffs applicable to class rates. At a hearing early in October the railroads will be afforded an opportun ity to show that on certain articles which take a through rate to the Pa cific coast of $1 or less for carloads and $2 or less for less than carloads, greater relief ought to be granted. This traffic is heavy, bulk shipments, much of which is now carried by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The carriers in terms have agreed to abide by the conclusions of the com mission on that hearing by January 1. Some articles excepted from the operation of the long and short haul provision of the law after October 1 follow: Sulphite of ammonia, cholo ride and carbide of calcium, canned fruits, corned meats, tobacco, tomatoes, green coffee, cotton piece goods, hard ware and tools, pig iron. structural iron, iron fence, iron posts, iron pipe, wire fencing, paints, paper, rice, radia tors, sectional boilers, pig and slab tin, and insulated copper wire. LOSES BANK ROLL FIGHTING SNAKES Brooklynite Who Tackled Rattlers Has To Walk Home. Middletown, N. Y„ July 13.—"I lost $325 trying to kill rattlesnakes, and now \I am going to walk back to my home in Brooklyn,” explained a man about 45 years old, who said he is Ezra Sel len, here today. Sellen said he started for a walk from his boarding place yesterdoy, encoun tered a lot of rattlesnakes, killed some, fled from the others, waded a stream and then missed his roll of bills. He said he had just money enough left to ride to this city and took the State road out of town. CLAIM GOETHALS GAVE RIGHT TOj’RINT STORY San Francisco, July 13.—The defense of Charles K. Field, editor of Sunset Magazine, and of three others accused with him of having disclosed military secrets of the United States by the publication of an illustrated article re vealing Panama canal fortifications, will be that the pictures were taken and the aeroplane flight across the is thmus' was made with the permission uf Col. George W. Goethals, in com mand of the Panama zone. This was stated when the men appeared before a. United States commissioner today. Mr. Field, Robert Fowler, an aviator, Riley E. Scott, author of the article und Ray Duhem, a moving picture man were arrested yesterday at the instance pf tile war department acting through John W. Preston, United States attor ney here. No bail was required and they were released on their reeogniz ince. When the case was called today be fore Francis I. Krull, United States commissioner, it was continued until August 10. "Colonel Goethals not only gave us permission," said Fowler in protesting his innocence, but he wished us the best of luck and said he hoped the pic tures would turn out well.” I'Lttuec U N UC K GUN I KUL. Washington, July 13.—Surgeon Cen tral Blue and other officers of the pub lic health service have assured Secre tary McAdoo that the bubonic plague Infection is well under control at New Orleans and the situation there Is not a menace to international shipping, l’he state department was asked today to urge Honduras, Costa Rica and Haiti to raise their quarantine. SPECIALS AT NATIONAL. In addition to the regular program the management of the National theater will offer for three days start ing Monday of next week The Jacksons, a refined aerial act. and on Thursday for three days will offer Cecil Burley, a violinist, with Fred l'oote at the piano. MRS. PANKHURST OUT. I.ondon. July 11.—Mrs. Emmeline / Pankhurst, the militant suffraget \f‘ leader, who was arrested on July x at the office of the Women's Social and Political union, was agair released from Holloway jail today. SKIN-TIGHT CLOTHES FOR FASHIONABLE MEN English Models to Predominate Next Winter, Design ers Decree. Atlantfc City. N. J.. July 13.—Amer ican men who protoss to follow fash ion's decree will wear suits of the Eng lish form fitting models this fall and winter, according to the standards ap proved today at the opening session of the National Association of Manufac turing Clothiers' and Designers' con vention. The opinion of ail delegates was unanimous in approving of the form lifting styles and their decrees are ac repted without question by most of the leading clothing manufacturers. Overcoats will have the “French back" and will be double breasted, but ton-through variety. The balmaacan. so popular last sea son, also was Improved and with slight modifications will be again worn this fall. Coats are to be single breasted, cut in very snugly at the waist line, and just a trifle shorter than last season, with soft roll lapels and three buttons. Trousers are to be shapely and of medium width. Several delegates were of the opinion that the popularity cf the new dance was responsible for the demand for form fitting clothing. OPEN SESSION OF SENATE DEMANDED IN WARBURG CASE Washington. D. O., July 13.--Op». ponents Jones and Warburg for the federal reserve board plan a big fight for open Instead of secret sessions when the Senate considers them. Sena tors Kenyon and Cummins will join in demanding public sessions. Senator Kenyon said: "Combinations could not stand scrutiny in public session as few sena tors will defend them in the open.” He will renew his movement to have the secret Senate session abolished. Democratic senators who purpose standing by President Wilson in his fight for confirmation of the nomina tion of Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, as a member of the federal reserve board, were engaged today . In prepara tion for the contest when it reaches the Senate through the unfavorable recommendation voted by the bank ing and currency committee. It is conceded that a battle royal is ahead, in which the president will be forced to clash with some members of his own party. Wilson Stands Pat. As to the action of the committee in deciding to postpone further consider ation of the nomination of Paul M. Warburg, of New York, unless he changes his mihd and decides to ac cept the committee’s invitation to ap pear before it and submit, to question ing, there were few actual develop ments today. At the White House it still was evident that the president had determined to champion Mr. Warburg’s nomination to the end, the New York banker having agreed to let his name stand should the committee not insist on his appearance. This action, how ever, is taken as an indication that the committee purposes to insist on his appearance and to do nothing further with regard to his nomination until he is heard from. There was a sugges tion current about the capitol that an understanding might be reached as to just what the committee wants to know from Mr. Warburg, and the banker was informed that there is no desire to pry into personal affairs to an extent that It might be embarrassing to his clients, but the committee merely wished to satisfy itself that there were no pres ent obstructions to his qualification. Upon such a basis, some senators thought, Mr. Warburg might consent to appear. TRADE COMMISSION BILL COMPLETED BY COMMITTEE Washington, July 13.—-Determined to perfect the administration anti-trust bills by Monday if possible, the Senate judiciary and interstate commerce committee labored long today, the Sen ate having adjourned until Monday to give ample opportunity for the work. The interstate commerce committee succeeded in perfecting the interstate trade commission bill already before the Senate, adding two important amendments and determining not to amend the much-questioned section five, in which unfair competition is de clared unlawful. The amendments to the commission hill agreed to by the committee, provide: “That no order of the proposed trade commission for or against a corpora tion shall be used as evidence in any subsequent prosecution brought against a corporation under the Sherman laws. "That nothing in the act to create tile trade commission shall he construed as amending the Sherman act nor in any way affecting the provisions of that act as it stands on the statute books.” During the discussion of the first amendment some of the senators thought it would be well to permit the admission of orders favorable to cor porations in case of subsequent con viction, merely for the consideration of the court in mitigating sentence. An effort may yet be made to have :his incorporation in the bill. The second amendment was submit ted by Chairman Newlanis because of widespread claims tnat tin proposed measure would weaken tile Sherman act. In revising the Clayton omnibus trust bill as it passed the House, the Senate judiciary committee today struck out section 3. which would make It unlawful for an owner, operator or transporter of the products of any mine, oil or gas will, reduction works, refinery or hydro-electric plant or for any person selling such products to refuse arbitrarily to sell the product to any responsible person applying for it. It was held by the committee that such a provision established a dan gerous precedent in legislation, par ticularly because It strikes at one gen eral line of industry. Other amend ments are planned to the sections re lating to price discrimination, price fixing and labor. The Interstate Commerce committee hoped to have the railroad securities control bill reported by Monday at the latest. MRS. CARMAN IS AIDING ATTORNEY FOR DEFENSE Miticola, X. Y., July 11.—Mrs. Flor ence Conklin Carman, charged with the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, was engaged today in going over the testi mony given at the coroner's inquest, with her attorney, George M. Levy. Carman nas aided him greatly. Mr. Levy said. In analyzing the testimony which caused her arrest. REDFIELD EXPLAINS DECREASED EXPORTS Balance of Trade Will Show Slump—Imports Are Greater. Washington. July 13.—In connection ■with “the recent phenomenon of an ex cess of imports over exports in April and May,” the department of commerce in a statement on the commerce of the world and international balance of trade, announced that the net export balance of the United States probably would exceed $400,000,000 for the cur rent fiscal year. This would be about $250,000,000 less than last year's bal ance. The department pointed out that a large proportion of the oldor and more advanced nations show an excess of imports over exports of merchandise. Canada shows a balance on the Import side, but nearly all other American countries show larger exports. "The world's commerce, as far ns as certainable,” the department s state ment said, “approximates $40,000,000. 000 imports being $21,000,000,000 and exports $19,000,000,000. The excess of $2 000.000,000 on the import side is ac counted for in part by the fact that many importing nations include in their import values the cost of inland freight, insurance and other charges and in. some degree, to the closer security of import values, which are frequently the basis of customs revenue. Ob viously the figures have no reference to purchases by travelers and invisible trade settlements, usually omitted from statements of commerce but necessarily constituting an important factor in the balance sheet of nations.” ERROR OF SEAMAN WRECKED EMPRESS INQUIRY REVEALS Quebec, Julv 13—The collier Storstad is held to blame for the Empress of Ire land disaster in the findings of the wreck commission handed down today. The commission holds that the disaster was due to the Storstad'B change of course ordered by the third officer without instructions from the first of ficer who was in charge of the collier at the time. The Empress was sunk in the St. Lawrence on May 29 with a loss of more than 1,000 lives. The inquiry into the disaster was be gun in Quebec on June 16 by a com mission composed of Lord Mersey, formerly presiding justice of the British admiralty court; Sir Adolpho Routhier, of Quebec and Chief Justice McLeod of Now Brunswick. The com missioners were assisted in their work by Commander F. W. Osborne, of the British royal naval reserve; Prof. John Welsh, of New Castle, England; Cap tain Demers, of the dominion wreck commission and Engineer Commander Howe, of the Canadian naval service. Commander Caborne and Professor Welch were nominated by the British board of trade. Lord Mersey also pre sided over the inquiry into the Titantic disaster. The collier’s third officer held re sponsible was Alfred Tuftenes. He was on the bridge when the crash oc curred and the reports holds that he was wrong and negligent in keeping the navigation of the vessel in his own hands and failing to call the captain when he saw the fog coming on. The report says the disaster was not due to any special characteristics of the St. Lawrence. It was a disaster which might have occurred in any river in similar circumstances. The report notes a radical conflict in the testimony of officiers of the Em press and of the Storstad. "The witnesses from the Storstad," reads the rgport, "says they were ap proaching so as to pass red to red, while those from the Empresrf say they were approaching so as to pass green to green. The stoxies are irreconcil able.' We have therefore thought H advisable to found our conclusions al most entirely on the evev.ts spoken of by the witnesses and on their probable sequence in order to arrive at a so lution of the difficulty. "We have come to the conclusion that Mr. Tuftenes was mistaken if ha supposed there was any intention on the part of the Empress to pass port to port or that she in fact, by her lights manifested the intention of doing so; but it appears to us to be a mistake which would have been of no con sequence if both ships subsequently had kept their courses. "Shortly after the ships came In the position of green to green as claimed by Captain Randell or red to red as claimed by the Mr. Tuftenes, the fog shut them out from each other and it was while both were enveloped in the fog that the course of one or the other was changed and the collison brought about. Therefore the question ns to who is to blame resolves Itself into a simple issue, namely, which of the ships changed her course during the fog. "There is In our opinion no ground for saying that the course of the Em press of Ireland was over changed in the sense that the wheel was wilfully moved, but as the hearing proceeded another explanation was propounded, namely, that the vessel changed her course, not by reason of any wilful al teration of her wheel, but in conse quence of some uncontrollable move ment." This, it was suggested might have been due to an Insufficient area of rudder or some mishap to the steering gear. but. "says the report,” we are of the opinion that the allegations as to ttieir conditions are not well found ed,” CONSERVATIVE FORCES WIN OUT IN MANITOBA Winnipeg, Man., July 1$.—Although returns from yesterday’s provisional election were not complete early today, the re-election of the government of Sir Rodmond Roblln and a conserva tive. or government legislature, seemed assured. Outlying communities were slow in reporting results, and it was believed the exact strength of the con servatives in the legislature would not be known for a day or two. Returns up to early today gave the government forces 23 of the 4G seats, and the pro gressives or liberals, 21, with the re maining two still in doubt. REAL ESTATE MEN TO MEET IN LOS ANGELES Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 11.—Los An geles today defeated Seattle for the honor of entertaining next year's con vention of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges. The association elected Thomas Sh'.llcross. Philadelphia, president, while W. \V. Mines. Los Angeles, and Samuel Collyer, Seattle, were among the vice presidents chosen. Byron Hastings, Omaha, was elected treas urer. PENNSYLVANIA LINE BUYING EQUIPMENT Orders 1,000 Cars and 81 En gines—Shops Swamped —Labor Scarce. Altoona. Pa., July 11.—With every lepartment of the Altoona shops, the Industrial center of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, working full time uid many departments working over time, this city Is enjoying an unsur passed era of prosperity. Within the last few days additional irders for engines and cars have been placed with the shops here, and enough work Is now on hand to keep all de partments working for at least a year. An order for 81 freight engines, the Argest ever used by the Pennsylvania. Pas been placed with the Juniata shops, while an order has just been placed vlth the car shops for 1,000 nil steel lox cnrs, the most costly equipment of ts kind ever ordered by the railroad. Some months ago there was a slight mspension In the Altoona shops and tbout 1,200 men were laid off. Within he last 10 days practically all of these nen have returned to work, while ad lltlonsl mechanics have been employed Irom other cities. In fart, the conditions of Altoona lave Improved to such an extent that iontractors who are carrying on largo iperatlons about Altoona are experl inclng a great shortage In the labor narket. NATION NOW WITH HIM, SAYS WILSON Washington, D. r. July 11—President ft'ilson believes that business men are ioming around to the administration's Hew of anti-trust legislation and are Villing and ready that the program laid >ut be put through during the present lesslon of congress. He made this plain to callers following his talk yes terday with Henry Ford, the millionaire tuiomobile manufacturer, and other representatives of business. Mr. Wilson said business men have peen uneasy over the possibility that in attempt will be made to be too ex plicit in definitions of illegal trade practices. He gave it as his opinion, bowever, that the fifth section of the Newlands trade commission bill, which makes illegal unfair practices in trade lovers the desired ground very well. He Indicated opposition to empowering the commission to glvo opinions on the Illegality of certain practices, re marking that some men wanted im munity baths in advance. As a result of his recent con ferences, the president told callers he knows more about the attitude of business than Ue did before and he be lieves that their attitude is not hostile to anti-trust legislation. The average business man, he declares, Is in favor of having things put on a definite plan. TRUST PROGRAM WILL BE PUT UP TO SENATE MONDAY Washington, D. C., July 11.—Consid eration of the trade commission bill. Initial measure of the administration anti-trust program, was abruptly halt ed last night and the Senate adjourned antil Monday to allow the perfection of the remainder of the trust legisla tion in committee. Majority Leadei Kern announced that the entire pro gram of the administration would be laid before the Senate Monday. Meanwhile the Judiciary committee will endeavor to complete its perfect ing of the Clayton bill, amending the anti-trust law\ and the interstate com merce committee will prepare its re port on the Rayburn bill, authorizing the Interstate Commerce commission to regulate Issues of railroad securi ties. Numerous amendments to both measures are under discussion, the Committees are endeavoring to recon cile conflicting contentions in the Sen ate and at the same time keep the bills within the lines approved by President tVilson. The decision to Interrupt the consid eration of the trade commission hill Came at the end of a day of parlia mentary and legislative gymnastics ir Ihe Senate. Once the entire democratic llde was forced to vote down a proposa. lo continue consideration of the trade Commission bill. By a vote of 35 to If the Senate displaced the antl-trusl measure and took up the harbors anc rivers bill, in the face of a well organ (zed filibuster conducted by Senator! Kenyon, Burton and others. ■ ^— CALLS WILSON THEORIST; TOWNSEND WAXES BITTER Washington, July 11.—President Wll |on and his trust program were round ly criticised by Senators Townsend anc Clapp. Both attacked th,e general con Jitions In the Senate surrounding thi trust bills, and Senator Clapp declarer that a "power outside of the chamber' Was responsible for the failure of thi Senate to attend to business. Senator Townsend said the peopb wanted congress to quit and go home "Business is sick and all the psycho logical mental healers cannot cure It,' lie said, "and especially will It not re cover as long as it Is made the shut [lecock of political weavers. "Much of the legislation alr.ead; written Into law anil now in the pro Cess of enactment Is an impeachmen »f the Intelligence and Independence o congress, for it never would have beei enacted If the national legislature hai followed the dictates of Its own judg ment as to what was best and neces lary for the good of the people. "I will not charge the president wltl being unpatriotic or insincere. I do as lert. however, that he Is a theorist whi: without constructive business exper ience of his own, nevertheless flies ini Ihe face of all experience and Insist >n driving his docile congressional ad lerents on to dangerous and untenabl {rounds." Senator Clapp declared that trus legislation was in no way the outeom If collective judgment, and integrity o (ongress. but was "handed to thi body, a cut and dried proposition, to ipproval." WILSON GOING TO MAT WiTH SENATI WashinKton. July 11.—President Wll ion will make no nomination for tli federal reserve board in plate of Pal FOUR PERSONS PERISH IN BOATING ACCIDEN Bradford, Ont., July 10.—In a boal tng accident on the Grand river la: night Thomas Garnet, a wealthy fa fit er, his two children and a maid. In: their lives. The oilier oreuparti* of ll boat, a farm hand, swam :ish«ie nr gave the alarm, but the bon. j.nd i occupants had disap. r.»r* . when : arrived. The twn ch . t a were 10 and 8 year* Warburg, of New York, until the Sen ate takes definite action on his name. Mr. Wilson proposes thus to placo the responsibility on the Senate for leav ing the board Incomplete. That Is the president's position in bis fight with the Senate over Mr. Warburg’s nomi nation as expressed today by officials in his confidence. Mr. Warburg has finally decided that he will not appear personally before the banking commit tee to bo crossexamlned and the presi dent Is backing him In that stand. The nomination of Thomas D. Jones, which the banking commute has voted to report adversely, Is In a different position A fight for hls confirmation may be conducted In a minority report. Opposition to Jones. Opposition to Mr. Jones was based upon the fact that he Is a director of the International Harvester company, now being sued by the government as a combination In restraint of trade and Illegal under the Sherman anti-trust act. Senators T-ee of Maryland, Hollis. Pomerenee and Shafroth, all demo crats,, voted to make a favorable re port on this nomlnatloln, while Sen ators Hit-, hcoek and Heed, democrats, and Bristow, Nelson, Crawford, Weeks and McLean, republicans, voted for an unfavorable report. The vote came after a long discussion of the testimony given by Mr. Jones when he appeared before the committee early In the week. There wus little criticism of Mr. Jones other than that ho was a director of the harvester company, but several members are said to have declared they could not conscientiously approve a man connected with a concern now be ing prosecuted. Stress was laid on the fact that some of the acts of the harvester company complained of In the government's bill asking for Its dissolution were com mitted since April, 1900, when Mr. Jones became a director. Objection to Warburq. Objection to Mr. Warburg so far Is based upon an entirely different reason. The committee has asked him to ap pear and submit to questions about his business connections. He has refused, and the question as now viewed by the Senate is whether It should confirm any man who will not accept such an invitation. The first teat of strength cn the War burg nomination may come Monday, when a resolution will be reported from the Senate rules committee increasing the membership of the banking com mittee. This resolution did not receive the approval of the rules committee, but will be brought to the floor any how, and Its appearance may lead to the debate which will disclose some of the feeling in the Senate toward the nomination. The president made It clear that he did not take the same view of Mr. Jones testimony before the banking committee as some of Its members took, and said the committee's state ment about what Jones said made him distrust Its accuracy. Acting Chairman Hitchcock made this answer: “The Jones testimony has been printed confidentially, and I am sure the president can have a copy of It If h.e asks the executive clerk of the Sen ate for It.” /X_ m*' i . A ~"■ i * • 'Mill IU After receipt of a telegram from Mr. Warburg, it was said by officials close to the president that an active fight would be made for the confirmation. It was declared that should the banking committee fail to report the nomina tion favorably the president expects the Senate as a whole to act. The committee’s action on these two nominations was taken in the face of a determined effort on the part of the president to obtain approval, of them. In his conference with the newspaper men yesterdsv the president made it clear that he would continue the fight. It was pointed out that in insisting on confirmation of Warburg the pres ident was running into Uie question of Senate prerogatives and might find many votes against him which would otherwise be on his side. The Senate has grumbled for years about the in vasion of its prerogatives by presi dents, and in this case many senators feel they have found an issue on which they can stand together. Senator Lewis, of Illinois, is conduct ing the fight for the confirmation of Jones. It was understood that he counts ppon a majority of two to put the nomination through, but it is con ceded that even a half doxen senators might delay confirmation for many weeks, if not defeat it entirely. A real campaign to put the Jones nomination through might cause the Senate to abandon its work on anti-trust legis lation and keep in executive session most of the time. POLICE ASKED TO UNRAVEL MYSTERY Atlanta. Ga.. July 11.—Loral postal and police officials, whose aid has been enlisted by Mrs. J. W. Nelms in an effort to unravel the mystery Bur rounding the disappearance of her two daughters. Mrs. Elolse Dennis and Miss Beatrice Nelms, today admitted the problem still Is baffling. Mrs. Nelms stated the note from 1 San Francisco, in which Mrs. Dennis is said to have asserted that she had killed her sister in New Orleans and intended to kill her brother, Marshall Nelms, was typewritten, but bore the written signature "Elolse Nelms Den niB.” She added that she was con vinced her daughter signed It. A new element of confusion was in jected into the case by press dis patches today which stated that Vlc , tor Innes, a Nevada lawyer, said to have assisted Mrs. Dennis in obtaining ; her divorce, was married and had moved to Seattle with his family. Mrs. Nelms after reading these dispatches said she and her daughters had be lieved Innes unmarried and that Mrs. Dennis was engaged to marry him when she left Atlanta. Local police are endeavoring to trace an express package shipped to Miss Beatrice Nelms in care of Mrs. Margaret Mims at San Antonio, Tex. LITTLE ROCK BANKERS | TO LIQUIDATE AFFAIRS * Little Rock. Ark, July 11.—Stock holders of the State National bank which recently closed Its doors, last night decided to liquidate the bank's affairs through a committee of their _ members. H. M Johnson, of St. Louis, - former cashier of the bank, was elected liquidator. National Bank Examiner W. W. - Smith recently reported to comptroller e of the currency, Williams, that tha ,1 hank was solvent. • CROPS ARE BETTER. - Washington. D. C., July 10.—Crops of I the United States on July 1 were In about 1.4 per cent better condition than - their composite 10-year average on that daiic ‘‘List year," said a depart ment of agriculture bulletin, “the July - i condition of all crops was 1.7 below 1 the 10-year average, but prospects de •' ■ lined ps the season advanced, the No li | vember. or final reports, last year be •“ | ing 0 7 per cent below the 10-yeai ‘•i average. Consequently present con J ! ditlons are about 8.7 per cent bettei • dun the outturn of cross last year." ABSENCE OF MOTHER PUZZLING TO CHILD Little Daughter Asks Mrs. Car man, Held for Murder, Why She Stays Away. Mlneola. N. Y.. July 11.—Mrs. Flor ence Carmah locked up in the Nassau Jail here as the alleged assassin of Mrs. Louise Bailey, received a letter today from her 12-year-old daughter. Elizabeth who testified at the last ses sion of the inquest in an effort to strengthen an alibi for her mother. The letter read: Dear Mama: We all think of you al ways. I don't quite know why you can't come home. If I don’t see you very soon I'll write and ask Mr. Pettit (the sheriff) why youfdo not come home. Your loving daughter, Elisabeth. Mrs. Carman will be arraigned for examination Monday. Freeport. N. Y., July 11.—The nam* of Clarence S. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph & Cable company ap pears among the 2S men called for the grand Jury which will consider evidence against Mrs. Florence Carman, a sus pect In the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey. Farmers, merchants, contrac tors, real estate agents and several wealthy residents of Nassau county make up the remainder. MEAT WILLSOAR TO EVEN HIGHER PRICES Scarcity of Cattle Will Cause Further Advance, the Packers Declare. Chicago, July 11.—Meat prices will rise above the record figures of recent years despite the huge grain crop, ac cording to packing house representa tives who today asserted that the pres ent scarcity of cattle and the effect of dry weather on grazing lands will more than offset the enormouB grain yield. A price of 16 cents to the butcher wa» predicted ns an early possibility and It was pointed out by one of the packing house men that cattle are now higher than for some time. Scarcity of gross fed cattle was referred to as a factor In the predicted advance. The dry summer In the west last year, one of the representatives of the packers said, wns one of the chief causes of the scanty supply on hoof and another declared that the demand for meat exceeded the supply and nat urally caused prices to advance. AH agreed that meat prices Bhowed slgni of rising. -- ♦ « ■ .—«*.* J CLAIM FILIPINOS PLAN REVOLUTION AGAINST AMERICA Washington, D. C„ July 11.—Reports »t Insurrection threatened In the Philippines are regarded as serious by Representative Towner, who Is ranking member of the Philippines committee In the House and In close touch with Insular affairs. Judge Towner said today there could be no question of tho deep dissatisfac tion of the Filipinos with the failure of. the American government to assure them Independence. Il4j Is convinced there Is plotting under the surface to put Agulnaldo at the head of the in dependence movement and crush Os meno and Quezon, more conservative leaders. Story Is Credited. According to the story which hae gained circulation and which Is given considerable credence In Washington, the Filipinos are planning a general uprising and a simultaneous attack on all Americans and American officials throughout the provinces. The alleged plan is said to Involve these points: The landing of arms Imported prin cipally from Japan at points In Luzon remote from the American army gar risons. The cutting of the cable on the eve of the contemplated insurrection. The assassination of Americans In Manila and throughout the islands. Army officers who have seen service In the Philippines profess to believe there Is such an Insurrectionary plot on foot. Secretary of War Garrison and Gen. Frank McIntyre, chief of tho bureau of Insular affairs, denied hav ing any knowledge of the alleged plot. It Is known, however, that steps have been taken to have these reports In vestigated by Governor General Harri son. Views of Leaders. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the Senate committee on the Philippines, said he favored grant ing the islands independence as soon as they are ready for It. "I am not prepared at tills time, how ever," said Senator Hitchcock, “to pro pose legislation which will fix a definite date for the granting of Independence. I think the process will be a long and a slow one before the islands are made ready." Representative Jones, of Virginia, thinks the islands can be made ready in a few years, eight at the most. On the other hand Congressman Towner, ranking republican member of the House Insular affairs committee, says It will be many years before they are ready for self-government. Mr. Town er is opposed to any legislation now which may serve to provoke trouble. He believes the Jones bill will accom plish no good, while It may precipitate trouble. WILL BUILD TRAMWAY ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS Toronto, Ont., July 11.—A Spanish company Incorporated at Bilbao, Spain, with Canadian headquarters in Toronto has obtained concessions from tho Niagara Falls Power commission to construct and operate an aerial tram way across the whirlpool rapids at Niagara Fulls. Tho span wUl be 1, 180 feet, the longest of Sts klWl in tho world, and will be utilized for pas senger traffic. The car will be sus pended by six huge cables. STATE GOLF FINALS TODAY. Ottumwa. Ia., July 10.—Arthur Bart lett. Ottumwa, vs. Ralph Rider, Deo Moines, and J. I.. Bever, Cedar Rap ids. vs. Purdue Sheldon. Keokuk, ap peared In the state golf semi-final* here today. _ _ HEAD OF BRAVES DEAD. Boston. Mass.. July 10.—C. James Connelly, vice president of the Boston National League Baseball i lub, died 5 suddenly of heart disease today. He ^ was formerly a member of the state beard of Insanity. J