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TITE (VMATTA PAIIA" BEEt MONDAY, AMIL 0, 1903. Shameless way. Alora baking powder hi yesrs or life. I am anxious the Isw shall VACATIONS STAY DESERTION poisonous." stand." VOTES TO PROTECT PUBLIC Lieutenant Governor Le af Missouri Dir Hits tbe "Alnm TMte," 1 saaaaa asanas . GiVZS 1113 REASONS FOR HIS STAND Biroac I. tier treat JMIaanart Faysl class of HIst Prefesslaaal ataad In larrl lllaa la Fire resltlea. B. E. rtnlry. M. D., Chsrleeton, Mo., of date. August . 1901, mm: "Alum In baking powder I Injurious to health, and the manufacture should be pro hibited by law." R. M. Bradburr. M. P.. Msryvllle. Mo., of data August 30. 1901, sy: "The law excluding alum (rem all ar ticles of food should stand and not bo re pealed. Tbera la no doubt that these alum compounds, when Incorporated with food, aro Injurious." ' fbo Interest of the public In what la known aa the "alum fight" la wide spread The Missouri legislature baa been tho great storm center of the controversy during tha last few months, but tho outside world baa not been by any means disinterested. Every effort baa been made by tha "alum trust" a comhlnatlon of alum baking pow der manufacturers to repeal tha law which prohibits tha manufacture and aala of these articles In Missouri. ' The agents of tha trust and the politicians seem to bare car ried on tho controversy somewhat regard less of the Interests of those who have tha most at stake tha public. Tha repeal act ailed, and tha manufacture of alum baking powdera la tha atate la still a misde meanor. Pablle rotaaalnar. Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee, having been criticised for voting apon a tie In the senate against the sale of alum baking powders, does not hesitate to give his Tea aona. In a vigorous communication to the 8t. Louie papers he says: "I could not only da so -consistently, but conscientiously. I am the publisher, and have for yeara been tha editor, of two trade papers In the food-product line, have studied the aubject carefully and believe that I know it. I have maintained for many years that alum la a harmful and unwholesome food admixture, and voted to put a label on the cans, so that those who believe aa I do, that alum In any quantity introduced Into the human etomach le a poison, can know what they are buying and eating, if we must continue to at all permit public poisoning for profit. lajarloae Effects. "Many seem to share my views, and espe cially those competent to judge. No one Is so capable of eattmatlng the effect of an article of food upon the human system aa j. practicing and experienced physician. They are much more competent In that respect than analytical chemists, tor the physician almost dally diagnoses conditions of injurious effects of food products, while chemists give their opinions from a knowl edge of probable effects. The one Is theo retical, tha other practical. "Knowing that thla question waa coming up at this session, I concluded last August to ascertain the sentiment of the physi cians of Missouri on this subject. Prom a meuicai directory 1 seieciea one poysiciau In each county who, from the information given in the directory, had graduated at a well known aad reputable medical college, and usually a man of aome years' practice, without any knowledge of his politics. I wrote a circular letter to 114 physicians, there being that many counties In Mis souri, asking their attention to the law, which waa in effect, prohibiting the use of alum In baking powder or any other food . product, and asking whether or not they thought it should be repealed. Among many ethers I received the fol lowing replies, of which publication waa not prohibited. Out of the entire number of replies received only one or two vaguely stated that they thought the law should he repealed for political reasons. Oplaloaa af Physicians. The following replies are from physicians of Missouri, men in whose hands the lives and health of our Cltlsens era eonatantlv placed, and In whose Judgment I have ab solute confidence, and In whose honesty and sincerity I most earnestly believe: A. M. Conway, M. D., Columbia, Mo., says, ot flats August 18, 1902: "Alum Is undoubtedly deleterious to the human system. Borne Individuals resist Its eSect more than others, but continued uae will gradually Impair the healthful func tions. It Is a powerful astringent, and, therefore, poisonous. I would, therefore, recommend that the law be not repealed. T. W. Foster, M. D., Butler, Mo., under date of August 27, 1902, say a: "Alum In baking povdor Is deleterious and harmful to the health, f would suggest that you attempt to defeat the repeal of the 1 present law, believing It to be for the wel- ,vire and health of the people." Car) Brockbauaen, M. D., Merman, Mo. t date September I, 1902, says: "Alum is considered by all good au thorities one of the mineral poisons. Its total or partial aubstltution for cream of tartar In baking powder la an adulteration and an injury to health, and ahould be pro mnitea oy law. ' MM-. TD. Clalborn, M. D., Waynesvllle, Mo., ot aaie September . 1902, says: "The bill prohibiting the sale of alum baking powder meets my hearty annroval. "The eating of bread containing alum for a protracted time will certainly produce oonatipatlon, aa well aa numerous other diseases." T. V. Baldwin, M. D.. Forsyth, Mo., of date September 10, 1902, says: "In my opinion slum In baking powder is Injurious. I Indorse the action ot the legislature in prohibiting the . sdnilxfure of alum In baking-powder compounds and trust the law will not be repealed." . Elton S. Smith. M. D.. 8tockton, Mo., ot date August 29, 1902, says: "The use ot alum In baking powder or any food product is undoubtedly Injurious to health and la ao considered by nearly all phyaiclans and chemists, especially those who have Investigated tbe subject. In my opinion Its use In any article ot food ahould be prohibited." George M. Moore, M. D., Linn Creek, Mo., of date August 29, 1902, says: "I am opposed to the use of alum In baking powder for several reaaona. Flrat. the local irritant effect upon the mucous membrane ot the alimentary canal, etomach and intestines. Second, It cauaea conatlpa- Ion and Incident ill health. Third, litera ture telle that it will eonstrlnge the minute blood vessela. It ahould not be used In food products." J. K. Cantrell, M. D., Alton, Mo., of date August 29, 1902, saya: "No burnt alum baking powder ahould be en the market. I - heartily indorae the present law from tbe fact that I know that alum baking powdera are unhealthy. Alum arreata digestion, a tops peristalsis and causes constipation. It also arrests secretions, especially of the mucous sur faces of the stomach. It la a graatro-ln-teatinal Irritant and ahould never ba used In preparations of food. I think the pres ent law la a good protection. It ahould not be repealed." w. E. Bell, physician and surgeon of Osceola. Mo., of date August 28. 1902. says I am pleased to see you taking an In terest in this matter of food adulteration There need be no uncertainty as to alum In baking powder. When brought In contact with the mucoua membrane of the atomach It produces whitening and con striction, thus obstructing the action of the grastlc glands, largely stops the flow of the digestive fluids that are necessary In the digestion and assimilation of food. This Is a very potent cause of the Indigestion and ayapepsla to prevalent in this country. It la In its local action, not Ita constitu tional effect that alum does great Injury. it is to the Interest of our people that this law be not repealed." M. B. Chandler. M. D., West Plains, Mo., ot date August 28, 102, saya: "The use of alum In food should be strictly prohibited by law and he law snouia da enforced, as alum certainly lays the foundation for most of our stomach troubles, and it certainly should be made a penitentiary offense to incorporate It In our food In any manner. The law should be enforced, not repealed." 8. Elliott-Woods, M. D., Jackson. Mo., says: "I think It would be a serious thing if the Isw would be repealed, as It his so much good In It and nothing bad. When I was a student at the St. Louis College of Phar macy In IMS I made a series of tests for alum In baking powder and lis harmfulness and wrote my tbesla on that aubject. "I am a firm believer In pure and whole some food products, and would consider It a great calamity if tbe restrictions were repealed. I sincerely bope that tha bill will atand and not fall." L'lysses O. Miller, M. D., ot Union, Mo., of date August 28, 1902, says: "Alum, when used In sufficient quantities and for a sufficient length of time. Is In jurious, there can be no doubt, and herein lies the danger In baking powder containing alum. Any law, therefore, prohibiting las uae for such purposes Is desirable. Permit me to say that you are to be commended for Interesting yourself In such a laudable purpose as the prevention of food adultera tion, a queatlon In which we all are vitally Interested." Doctor William Carson, Shelbyvllle, Mo ot date August 28, 1902, says: "The law of 1898, In regard to pure food. is a step In the right direction, and Instead of being repealed should have more strin gent amendments added, so as to preclude the possibility of having any excuse what ever for using alum in sny form at all, not only In baking powder, but In bakers' bread or pastry, aa it ia dangerously injurloua to health." Thomas H. Egbert, M. D., of Kennett Mo., of date August 28, 1902, says: "Continued use of alum will cause consti pation, Impotency, loss of procreatlve power and other serious complaints. It should not be used In baking powder or bread or any food product." J. A. B. Adcock. M. D.. of Warrennhnrr Mo., member of the State Board of Health, of date September 18, 1902, aaye: I think the use of alum In baklnc now- der la running a useless risk, as a very small amount of alum taken Into the sys tem daily would be hurtful to many per sons, and the law prohibiting its se works no hardship to any consumer, therefore lot the law stand." C. 8. Austin, A. M.. M. D.. of Carrollton. Mo., of date August 30, 1902, says: xou may quote me aa being onoosed to the uae of alum in anything which roes into the stomach. 'TIs true that In baking powder It may be inflnetislmal In quantity, yet the contlnuoua and conatant use ia very liable to produce irreparable structural changea and Injury." Dr. John W. Angle, assistant physician at State Hospital for Insane. Nevada, Mo., or aate August 30, 1902, aays: ."I am fully convinced that the adultera tion of baking powder with alum or am monia Is very deleterious to tbe health and believe that the law prohibiting the use or alum in any food product ahould not be repealed. "I stand ready to lend ray aid to assist In making tbe law even stronger than It Is. "As to the toxic effects of alum, that has been known to housewivea for. many yeara back, and you will find that old grandmoth ers have used ft In a mixture of sorghum to produce vomiting in cases of croup in chil dren. It Is very weakening, produces ex cess of nsusea and the reaction of the vagus rerve readily explains ita Irritant action on the mucoua membrane of the stomach." J. R. Boyd. M. D.. Springfield. Mo., head physician for the Modern Woodmen ot America, ot date November 26, 1902. aays: "In reply to your letter, received some time ago, would say that the law ahould atand. Alum, even In minute doses, la an irritant to healthy tissues. Some people consume a large amount of bread, espe cially the poorer claae of people, and they would be, from obvious reasons, ths great, est Sufferers. I trust that you will be able to prevent tho repeal of the law." E. C. Parish. M. D.. Memphis, Mo., of date October 21. 1902. says: "Alum, according to Potter, an editor ot therapeutics and materia medlca, is aa as trlngent. coagulating albumen, atlmulatlng muscular contraction. "It coagulates pepsin and arrests digest tlon, stops peristalsis snd usually causes constipation. If taken Into the etomach for a length of time It will be Injurious. "Many eminent authorltlea condemn its use In food. I have opposed such use of It for many years." D. A. Tarnell. If. D.. Versailles, Mo., of asie august is, isvi, says: a "I consider alum. If taken continuously Jf'uto the syatem, very deleterious. It 4s rongly astringent and will cause atrophy and finally almost complete obliteration ot tbe gaatrle tubules, with consequent anemia snd constipation. "I consider it very unhealthiul and it should be excluded from all articles of food." Dr. H. Bartens, Lexington, Mo., af date August 10, 1903, says: "Any and every baking powder centals alum ought to be prohibited by law 'n this and every ether atate. Food adulters Una U this country Ls carried ea be a J. W. Hendrlx, M. D., New London, Mo.. of date August 28, 1902, says: "I am forever against alum in every way aa a food mixture, especially In tbe making of bread. It producea inflammation of the walla of the stomach and bowela and Anally if the uae la persisted in the result will be death. Let the law stand." Dr. J. A. McComb, Lebanon, Mo., of date October t. 1902, saya; "I hold that commercialism Is transcend ing Ita legitimate province when It In any way Interferea in the problem of pure diet. It la ours to suggest and that of com mercial people to do the bidding of con scientious chemists, physiologists, hyglen ists and physicians. If alum be injurious to the human system, then no considera tion of cheapness hss any place In the prob lem. "That it la injurious has been held by the chemist, with his mortar, breaker and t tube; the phyloglst. with the micro scope: by the physician, with his years of experience in watching cause and effect. The ten physicians of Lebanon, Mo., are a unit in saying that alum la not good for use In baking powder, ao you have ten opinions Instead of one." Dr. L. T. Hall of Potoal, Mo., of date August 29, 1902, aays: I am, of course, aware of the deleterious effects of alum upon tbe human system and the dangeroua consequences attendant upon ita constant and protracted uae, even In small quantlttea, tor illustration. In our dally food. It la a wise law that protecta the public by prohibiting tbe manufacture ot harmful Ingredients Into food producta. It la to be hoped that no backward atep will be taken along tbla line." Q. Q. Bragg. M. Vf.. Huntsvllle, Mo., of date August 29, 1902, aays: "I heartily approve of tbe bill passed In 1898 prohibiting the use ot alum In baking powders. "The phosphate and cream ot tartar bak ing powdera are much more wholesome and even if not so cheap, when it comes to taking things into our system the best Is not too good. "I am opposed to the repeal of the law of 1898 and will do all I can to sustain same." Dr. John A. Crum of California, Mo., of date August 28. 1902, says: "Kindly permit me to- say that I am honestly satisfied with the law aa It now atanda for the health ot the people." In the Interests ot the People. These letters are, aa aaid, from Missouri physicians of education and experience Written In the interest, of no baking pow. der trust, but In the Interest of the most sacred of all trusts, the health and happi ness of the people ot this state, to me, a state officer, sworn to foster and care for the happiness of the people. They are only a small number of the en tire number, and such testimony ls what has given me that "alum distaste," not alum taste, which we have heard about. I would hang my head in shame and re sign my office before I would cast a vote giving to a Job lot of public poisoners for profit the right to continue to curse and afflict the people of this state with their fraudulent, deceptive, lying, poisonous prep arations. I again repeat that the man who know ingly and willfully puts upon ,the market poisonous and harmful food preparations Is away from home every day that he is outside the walls of the penitentiary. Proud of Act. When the bill to label baking powdera came up aa a aubstltute to the repeal bill. I cast the deciding vote In Its favor, not only to prevent the entire repeal of the measure, which was imminent and which would, have been a great publlo calafnlty, but in order that the people chould know what they were putting Into their stom achs, snd I am prouder of It than of any act that I have heretofore done in publlo office. I have tha utmost respect and esteem for the gentlemen ot the legislature and the senate who voted for the repeal bill. I look upon their action as the result of misinformation, and as a surrender to a tales political cry raised by a lot of repub lican alum baking powder manufacturers snd poisoners of Chicago and the east, who have for yeara regarded Missouri aa the dumping ground for their Infamous com pounds, t The reputable and respectable manufae turers of Missouri hsve long since discon tinued making alum baking powder and no such concern Is now engaged in it in the atate. ' I beg to assure the general publlo and the physicians especially of Missouri who have Informed me of their views and ad vised me that despite abuse, misrepre sentation and lies, I have been faithful to my trust and to the preservation of the public health, and that If any law which permits the use of alum in food product passes this assembly. It will provide under heavy penalty that the article shall be labeled "alum," so tbat the people will know the risk they are taking tn eating it. JOHN A. LEE. Havj Department Arranges Eea-cnatlv Long Ha'.idays for Enlisted Men, ROOSEVELT FAMILY RE'URNi HOME Civil Service Commission Shows e- rea. af Work aa Applied to Gov ernment Laborers by Keeping; Oat Men with Mere Poll. WASHINGTON, April 6. The men of the battleship squadron are to be given a net leave ot tec dnye when the vessels are docked for repairs In about a month and a half. This squadron la made up of Kear- sarge, Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts, In diana and Iowa. The men on Maine also will be given similar leave. When tbe vessels of the squadron reach the mouth of Chesapeake bay from tbe south, where they have been during the winter, they are to be reviewed by Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Taylor, the chief of the bureau of navigation, after which most of them will proceed to the northern navy yards for docking and repairs. The department feels the men sre entitled to this vacation after their long winter work. Hereafter It will be. the aim to allow the enlisted men two reasonable long vacations each year, one after the winter and an other after the summer's work Is finished. Incidentally, the officials think the double vacation will tend to diminish desertions. Ketehsm le Improving-. Representative John H. Ketcham of New York, who has been ill for some time, was taken to New York today. Though some what improved the patient Bhowed the ef fects of his sickness and was still weak. He waa accompanied by several relatives, a physician and two trained nurses. Mrs, llooaevelt Returns Home. Mrs. Roosevelt and her children, who have been on a cruise on Mayflower, re turned to Washington this afternoon. A carriage from the White House met the party at the boat and drove thorn home. All the family are well and greatly bene fited by tbe week's outing. Miss Alice Roosevelt returned to Wash ington tonight from her visit to Governor Hunt's family in Porto Rico. Government Laborers Improve. The Civil Service commission today gave out the following statement as to the work ing ot the recently established regulations for the appointment of laborers in the de partmenta: Regulations to govern the appointment of unclassified laborers in the department in accordance with the president's order of July 3, 19u2, have been auupted fjr tour departments as well us lor the Smith sonian Institution and the government printing ofnee. Officers charged with the execution of the system agree that it affords relief from HDLillcatlons tor appointments bailed on other consideration than the needs of the service. In determining the rela tive fitness of applicants, physical quali fications are probably the most important.. i'hyslclans of the force of the commission rate each applicant on his physical con dltion. Age is another element affecting the general rating of applicants, as are also industry and adaptability. The treasury department :s one of those in which the system has been longest es tablished. Its register and board on Marcn 4 was header1 by six eligible) entitiej to preference by reason ot their military or naval service, ot wnom nv aireaay nave been appointed. The twenty-four ellg.blei nextrin line have general averages running from 9i to 93.80 per cent. On physical con dition they are rated at 98 and omy four or them are over 40 years or age. Thcee are rollowed by sixty, the lowest having a general average of 91.10 and all having a rating of 95 on physical condition. Onlv nine or tnese sixty are over 40 years oi ago. The entire register contains 2X nama of persons with a general i average oi V0 or more. - , v" CAUGHT IN HOTEL LOBBIES Travelers Tell of Their Observations la Different Parts of the Country. TEAM DRIVERS ASK. MORE Their Association Has Decided aa Raises ta Be Demanded of Employers. The Team Drivers' association has form ulated Ita demand for wages for the coming year, showing a slight advance. Under tho new schedule coal dealers will pay (0 cents per ton for delivering coal within ths close district, which lies within the boundaries ot the Belt line; for a certain distance beyond tbat line ths cost will be 95 oents a ton, while to tbe city limits the charge will be $1.25 per ton. For half tons the prices, according to distance, will be 45 cents, 70 cents snd 95 cents. Tbe wagoa for men and teams employed In grading will be 45 cents an hour, agatnat S7V4 centa last yesr, and the' Increase ot wagea of men employed by transfer com panies will be between 85 and $10. . Thomas 1 Wilson, vice president of the Machinists' union, ls In Kanaaa City for tha purpose of settling ths strike of that union on the Ksnsaa City Southern. It la aaid in the union that It la probable he will advise the local unions to return to work until ths Union Pacific strike is set tied.. The men on the Kansaa City South ern are demanding 3 cents per hour In crease In wages. William Qrleb of iha Machinists', union accompanied Mr. Wilson. A screen is being built between the lobby and the stairway at Labor temple. Ths Hodcsrrlers' unions will meet this evening snd it Is sxpected that soms steps will be taken to reach an understanding with the employing contractors. O. W. Stephens. M. D.. Montgomery City. Mo., ot date August 28, 1902, says: "Alum baking powders have a slow, un dermining action on ths health of ths user, vitiating the secretions, thereby starving tbe blood and tbe nerves, leading to a long train of diseases. I consider alum baking powder mors harmful than strych nia, arsenle or other polaona, because they are uaed only for a specific time, while baking powders aster daily lata ass tor Broke His Haad. 8. E- Rose of 1415 Webster street, droppel Into ths police station long ensuah v-a. taiday afternoon to have a bone In ha rtgbt nana sat. wnicn ne claimed to have broken upon the person ot an antaaonl.t In a fight. As no complaint had been made by the other party, Ross was not ar rested. Far Beating, Hie Wife. J. M. Barber, living at Fourteenth and Ohio streets., was rreted last r.lfcht on a charge of beating hi wife. Ita ai sent Into the station from tha box at B.xlaenth and Corov streets, this belna the third trip of the wagon to this turner during t&e evening; ,iWn , iiiimiiiM W ) m 1 1 la fifyl$ 'ao7! Ia a Product of the Dos sv Av7 V 1 S?Hh IUos Plantations. This y-nfM $ ifSLJ beautiful spot with Its I rVWlW' magnificlent tropical fk fiTfjS vegetation, produces a , , gTZ . . .. .- ...... ... fA,u - . ..al v '- f mi nun - uj mm, r iiiaanniMinn 1 i VJT Sua Is a product of the Dos IUos Plantations. This beautiful spot with its magnif icient tropical vegetation, produces a coffee unequalled for deliciousness, flavor and purity. Connois seurs pronounce it the finest coffee in the world. It vir tually goes from Tree to your Table as Dos Rios Coffee is grown and roasted by the Mexican Gulf Agricultural' Co. who also pack it in sealed air tight canisters, guaran teeing it from adultera tion. You will find each cup of Dos Rios Coffee uniform and containing all the luxuries con tained in a good cup of coffee. For sale at all the leading grocers. A XXW BOOKLET OF CHOICE KKCIPXg IN KACH CAM. "There is going to be one of the prettiest little election contests In Beatrice next Tuesday that ever baa happened down there," observed Frank Barclay at the Millard yesterday evening just prior to his return to Beatrice from a visit In Chicago. "I think that the republican candidate for mayor, M. E. Sbults, will be elocted with out a doubt. But the high license and no license question la going to cut a big figure. Tbe proposition of license or no license is to be voted for on the regular ticket. There Is a pretty fair division of sentiment on the question, and Dr. McCleery, the no-llcenae candidate, is strong with tbe church ele ment, snd there has been no end to re vlvals and temperance agitation there tor the last several weeka. They have been holding street, church and hall meetings until the town ls greatly worked up over the question. I am not a prophet, but I am looking for some funny things to hap pen there Tuesday. Ths republicans and high license people will need every vote they can get." T.- H. Gryder of Thermopolls, Wyo., Is an Omaha visitor. He Is largely Interested In tbe boree raising Industry In tbe Big Horn basin, and says of horse vnatters there: "We are raising mostly t-'e Hambletonlan and Morgan breed there, which are an off shoot of the early Oregon and California stock. This cross we call the Bashaw breed and the horses will run from 950 to 1,250 pounds. They make a first-class all purpose horse and we can sell about all we raise of them. The horses range mostly In the mountain districts, and practically take care of themselves the winter through We do not feed them at all except In very rare cases. Our principal markets are Kansas points and 8t. Louis. In an agri cultural way the basin is promising big things for the future. Winter wheat and rye are doing magnificently, and we raise some of the finest potatoes there that grow. Thermopolis is ninety miles south of Cody City, and about 140 northwest ot Casper, and a like distance from Lander, and about 180 tulles east of Yellowstone Park. There le an abundance ot coal In there, some copper and excellent oil Indi cations. All of these Industries will be de veloped shortly on an extensive scale." B. F. Hartrlgg of the vicinity of Fort Laramie, Wyo., and an authority on Wyo ming game and fish laws, wss an Omaha visitor yesterday, and said on that sub ject: "There Is considerable misunder standing regarding tbe new fish law of Wyoming. Tbe law makes tbe open aeason for trout fishing begin June 1, except in the Big Horn and North Platte rivers and their tributaries. Tbs best trout fishing streams in the stats are the Shoshone, a tributary ot tbe Big Horn, and the Lara mie river, a tributary of the North Platte, hence tbe aeason begins along these streams May 1. Some of tbe finest hunting In the stats ls In the mountain sheep dis tricts. In the Wind river canon country. The mountain sheep are becoming more plentiful under tbe hunting restriction law, but they are an extremely ahy animal and It takes a good long range shot to get one of them. Deer and elk are becoming more plentiful, and the herds of sntelope srs si no perceptibly Increasing over In tbe Wind river section." "We are looking for a big boom In the oil producing Industry In the Big Horn country this year," ssld E. F. Itlg of Buffalo. Wyo., last evening. "A number of Buffalo peo ple are interested In the Cody Oil and De velopment company, and think there is a i prospect ot a blf strike there," TALK AMERICAN RELATIONS Poltxal and Social Scientist Will Meet on Friday. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA THE THEME Many Papers Are scheduled Dealing; with Problems Confronting; Va rious Repnbllcs of West ern Hemisphere. PHILADELPHIA, April 6. The seventh annual meeting of the American Academy ot Political and Social Science will be held In thla city ou Friday and Saturday, 'April 17 and 18. The general topic for discua alon will be "Tbe United States snd Latin- America," and men prominent in diplo matic circles, both In thla country and in Latin America, will speak on the relations of the United States to South and Central America. On Friday afternoon, April 17, W. W. Rockhill. director of the International Bureau of American Republics; John Baa aett Moore, former acting secretary of state, and William I. Buchanan, formerly United States minister to Argentine and delegate to the Pan-American conference, will discuss "International Arbitration on the American Continent." Talcott Williams of Philadelphia will deliver an address on "Ethnic Composition as a Factor in Latin American Republics." The work of ths academy ls to be re viewed by Prof. L. S. Rowe, president ot tbe academy, on Friday evening, and he will be followed by Frauds B. Loom Is, first assistant secretary of state and former minister to Portugal and Venezuela, who will deliver the annual address. "Trade Relatione With Latin-America," ls to be discussed on Saturday morning, April 18, by Dr. William P. Wilson of the Commercial Museums. On Saturday after noon Charles R. Flint ot New York, Han nia Taylor, former United Statea minister to Spain; George Win field Scott, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Clifford S. Walton, counsel of tbe Chilean Claims commission are to 1cuss "The Policy ot the United States In Conflicts Between Eu rope snd Latin America." At this meeting the delicate and complicated problems aris ing from the recent Venezuelan controversy are to be discussed. Ernest Nelson of tbs Argentine Republic, Frederic Emory of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, and Wil fred H. Schoff ot the Commercial Museums, sre to deliver addreases on tbs "Commer cial Relatione Between the United Statea and the Republics to the South." One of the addresses in which great In terest ia manifested is that to be delivered by United Statea Senator Cullom, chairman of tbe senate committee on foreign rela tions, who will speak on Saturday evening on "The Community of Interests of tho United States snd Latin America." Benor Alvarez Calderon, minister of Peru; benor Quesada,- tbe Cuban minister; SeLor Ber nardo Calvo, minister of Ccsta Rica, and Senor Veloi Ooltlcoa of the bureau of American republics, will discuss tbs rela tions of tbetr respective countries toward each other and toward ths United States. A Urge number of members from other cities have already signified their intention to be present, and i ls expected the ses sions will exert-! an Important Influence in moulding public opinion and policy. The Manufacturers' club, commercial museums and ether prominent Philadelphia organizations have arranged receptions in the intervals between risslons. I a. Mt Haiti 17a Cund's Peerless The BEER of Good Cheer. A beverage for people who prefer the best. The result of years of effort to improve upon the best foreign and domestic beers in every essential for absolute purity and healthfulness. JOHN GUND BREWING CO.. U Crowe, Wis. Omaha Branch, 207 South 13th Street, Telephones 2344 and A2945 Where There's a Chance. ... A chance in all any fair-minded man wants. Give him that and he is hutistied. If he is a farmer, his idea of a chance is: (rood soil, fair prices for land, good climate and a suOicient painful. At the present time Oklahoma comes nearer filling those requirements than any other Beetion of tho United States, (Jo and see for yourself. lIomeKeekers ex cursion April 7 and 21; one fare plus 2 for the round trip. - G. A. Rutherford, D. P. A. 1323 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Stole Kroplorr'a liorse and Haggr, Thomas B. MrPherson of 7H1 Park ave nue, yevlerday reported to the police Ihit his recently diHchurged hired man, Hnrrli by name, had taken a bursa aud open buggy from his barn and in company with a man in aoliller clothes driven away snd nothing further of the outfit had been seen. In the evening word was rectlveil from Ft. Crook saying that the men hid been arreated there on the military reser vation. Berseatit Oibbona and Detective t'onahue were sent down to bring th pris oners and Tls to l lie city. Thirty-second street were arrested yoater oay afternoon for gambling. The tl,er belnK bucked was ot the rrsp game tariety. Three In a Quarrel. Elmer Jones, originally of Pittsburg. Pa., will Ihis morning expluln In poll, court why he cut -tho eyelid of Kate Beardtley's riht eye with his list yesterday evering in a Icdttlng house at Kleventh and iJodge streets, thereby cautiing his arrest on a charge of assault and battery. Kate waa alo brought in to have her eye patchel up and to sober down. Mangle Riley, win placed a minor pun In the affilr. will HiKW.T t(t a charge of belna drunk and dUiurblng the peace by fighting. For Shooting; the Boaes. Henry Bryan of 1T North Twenty-fifth avenue aotl A. AJucbuier of fc North ONLY CLOSESTWO SALOONS Reformer Broateh Exercises His I'owrr Once More aa a Warning-. Mr. Broatch's police bosrd was not so strong in its sporadic Blocumb law policy yesterday, only two places being actually closed up at midnight and kept In this forlorn condition until this morning. These were tbe saloon of Nels Petersen, 1401 Webster street, and the bar of the Prague hotel, both placta selling Btors beer. It is said tbat Mr. Broateh had intended clos ing quite r. number of places, but for sows reason this was not dona.