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NEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. The Omaha Daily Bee. The Best Foreign News Service will be found In THE SUNDAY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOUSING, JUNE 17, 1005 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TIIHEE CENTS. I .. ! ......... - s7 . a-. ii a n t WARRANTS FOR MASK uaimim ..... . . V 1 J sPATl. Ua i ffA MA nTH Tfin in Philadelphia Crookedness Andlenee by HI Holl- 8tato . Added to Rnral Tree Delif- erj District in Omaha. RUMORS OF ADDITIONAL SENSATIONS Mayor Weaver Holds an Extended Confer ence with Hii Attorney!. PATHFINDER DAM CONTRACT IS LET ROME. June 16. Tha pope today received In private audience the Mont tie v. J. J. Keane, archbishop of Dubuque, la. The audience took nlace In the Drlvate library of the pope who had the archblahop alt Pile Bridge to lie Built Over North next to him. Hla holiness spoke In the moat cordial, manner for half an hour, dis- DURHAM MAY Statement that Leader f Eepiblioan Or ganization ii to Be Proseented. ANOTHER OFFICER TENDERS RESIGNATION Oarer Roll, Assistant Commlaaloner of Highway, Retiree I'nder Vlre Former Secretary Root ArrlTea. playing great Interest In the report of the work of the diocese repreaented by the BE ARRESTED I arcnDlsnoD ana Inqulrea about me conui- bishop Keane, having thanked the pope for a telegram Bent by him to the con vention of Catholic Temperance aoclctlea, held at Cedar Falla, la., hi hollnesa em phasized the Importance of Inducing the American people to abstain from Intoxi cating ttquors and practice the fundamental vlrtuea of temperance. The pope Bent hla blessing to the temperance workers, not only of Dubuque, but of the entire United States. The conversation having turned on the subject of the papal note, regarding the ex- Platte River to Shortea the Haul of Material for Bin Dam. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 16.-(8peclal Tele gramsThe postmaster general has or dered the state of Iowa detached from the St. Louis division and made part of the Omaha division of the rural free delivery service effective July 1. The Omaha division will then consist of the states ct Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma and Indian Territories, and the St. Louis divis ion of the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and 'Texas. It Bids on Patbflnder Dam. was announced at the geological elusive singing of sacred music by male choirs In the Catholic churches of the survey today that bids lor consiruc- VHILADELPHIA. June 11 Additional 1 United States, the pope declared that while tion of the Pathfinder dam. In connection arrests are expected as a result of the 1 the note enunciated the principle of the with the North Platte Irrigation project startling disclosures made yesterday at rules to be followed, he fully accepted the in Wyoming, were orencd at Denver yes the hearing of the caae of Select Council- 'fact that its practical application must be terday, and the lowest bid was that of W. man Frank H. Caveu, who la under $2,500 1 gradual and slow. The pontiff said that C. Bradbury, $364,940. The secretary of the ball on charges of being unlawfully In- knowing Archbishop Keane to be a per- Interior has advertised for bids for the teiested In city contract. I sonal friend of President Roosevelt he construction of a pile bridge 350 feet long At an early hour today Mayor weaver 1 would beg him to present to the president across the North Platte river, about was in conference with two of his legal 1 nig "respectful and affectionate good wishes I twenty-five miles southwest .of 'Casper advlse.-s, ex-Judge Oordon and Joseph A. I both for Mr. Rooseveit and his country." 1 Wyo. Cement and other material for the Auerbach of New York, representing the I After his audience with the pope, the dam and related works are to be dellv committee of seventy In the city reform I archbishop, who had already paid his re- ered at Casper, and the proposed bridge organisation. I spects to Cardinal Merry Del Val, the Is on the shortest route by ten miles be- Peislstent rumor are In circulation to paDa secretary of state visited Cardinal tween that point and the Pathfinder dam. the effect that the men whose arrests are Rampolla, formal papal secretary of state, Blus will be received at the office of the being considered. If they have not aireauy wltn wnom he had a long and Interest- United States reclamation service at Cas- been decided upon, are: State Insurance ln conversation. per until June 29 and particulars may be Commissioner I. W. Durham, State Senator ArchbishoD Keane will leave Rome Mon- obtained from the constructing engineer, Jamea P. McNichol. former Director of I day next jor Ead Nauhelm, where he will Charles E. Wells, at Casper. The direct Public works Peter E. Costello, jonn vv. remaln three weeks. He expects to be In advantage which will result from the con Hill, wnose resignation aa cniei. oi mo tha i-nted States bv the end of August, structlon of the brklKO and consequent iratlon bureau was accepted yesterday shortening of the route over which ce Vjby Mayor Weaver Immediately after the I RnllUlFR Rl rrPFrlS MF HlSSF ment and supplies must be hauled, should or two men who were employed as In French Premier Definitely Decides to Hold Fore lav n Portfolio Dur ing His Regime. PARIS, June 16 p. m. Premier Rou- vler announced at a meeting of the Coun- apectors on various portions of the filtra tion work. Former Bcretary of War Root of counsel for Mayor Weaver arrived here this after noon from New York, went Immediately to the city hall, where he went Into con ference with the mayor and the advisory ell of Ministers held at the Elysee palace . board of fourteen citizens. Oscar Noll, I at noon today that he had definitely de j4vnslstAnt commissioner of highways, ten-1 elded permanently to retain the portfolio Ted bis resignation today ana u was no- oi ioreign anairs ana reunquisn mat oi ceDted by the mavor. Noll has been under I finance. The successor of M. Rouvier as suapension since the beginning of the gas I minister of finance will be designated to lease fight. I night or tomorrow. The mayor's advisory board was In ses- I A decree nominating M. Rouvier minister sion In the executive's office when Mr. I of foreign affairs will appear In the lour Root arrived. Wayne MacVeagh was ad- I nal official tomorrow. His decision to re mltted to the conference shortly after Mr. main in the ministry of foreign affairs was Root's arrival. the result of the earnest request of Pres- After the conference had been In progress ldent Loubat and his colleagues, who de- for about an hour the mayor, accompanied sired his strong hand at the helm during ty Messrs. Root and MacVeagh, emergea the difficult negotiations with Germany from hla office. . 1 over Morocco. The status of these negotla materially reduce the cost of the dam, Postal Matters. These changes In postmasters' salaries were announced today: Nebraska, Platts mouth, decreased from $2,200 to 12.100. Iowa: Increase. Buffalo Center. $1,100 to $1,300; Centervllle, $2,300 to $2,4u0; Clinton, $2,800 to $2,900; Humeston, $1,200 to $1,300; Sioux City, $3,400 to 3,50; West Union, $1,700 to $1,800. Decrease, Charter Oak and Grand Junction, 1,300 to $1,200; Manilla and Mo nona, $1,300 to $1,100. Ella J. Macy has been appointed post master at Macy, Hardin county, vice Isaac Macy dead. JURISDICTION OF LABOR UNIONS Executive Council Spend Day Adjust lng Disputes Between Rival Bodies. LUTHERANS MAY BE UNITED Interest Shown In Report of Commit tee on Closer In Ion of i Branches. PITTSBURG, June 16.-The delegates to the general synod of the Evangelical Luth eran Church In America were early In their seats today, as much Interest was mani fested In the report of the committee on closer union with the various branches of the Lutheran church, which It was expected would be presented. There are three leading synods In the denomination namely, tie general synod, general council and the general synod, south which many members wish to see united and it is believed the report of the committee will make the way clear. Lead ing members said today, however, that the union would not come about this year, but that the committee will be continued from year to year until the union was effected. When the session resumed the report of the Board of Home Missions was called for. This report showed a deficit of $7,707, and within a short time a sum sufficient to meet It was raised. During the discussion of the home mis sions report, which ocevipled most of the afternoon, a resolution was adopted after a vigorous discussion, stating: That In the Judgment of the general synod It is Inexpedient and unwise for the agents or the church cnargea wltn the ad ministration of Its benevelent operations. to be under the necessity of so frequently coming before the church with special ap peals to liquidate Indebtedness, and it would hereby declare that It is conclusive that the Hoard of Hnn Missions should limit Its administration of the works to the means which it may reasonable expect to be at its disposal through the ordinary channels. The debate on the resolution was especially warm, because a collection dur ing the morning amounting to several thousands had been taken up or pledged from among the delegates to make up the deficit reported by the home mission board, Another resolution waa adopted calling upon the pastorh to use their efforts to raise the full apportionment of 28 cents -per member for home missions. I. S. Earlca Runyon of the New York and New Jersey synod made the statement that the church had neglected missionary work In New York and New Jersey and that as a consequence many of the leading Lutherans, especially In New York City, had been drawn away and had Joined other churches. He said: We are losing the best young men of the Lutheran congregations In the country who come to New York to live and work, be cause we have not cnurcnes enough to cover the ground and these men drift away Into other denominations. If you had be gun home mission work there fifty years ago and saved these young men, who now stand at the head of financial and commer cial Institutions, New York could have been giving you millions. Rev. Charles G. Heckert, president of Wittenberg college, Springfield, O., reported that the Women's Home and Foreign Mis slonary societies had In two years raised a revenue of $90,000 and on account of their twenty-fifth anniversary had raised a spe cial Jubilee fund of $29,000. A meeting was held in the evening devoted to addresses and music. DIPLOMAS GIVEN THE CLASS High School Graduates Presented with Their Bhtepesint by Beard. EXERCISES ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION Orpheum Theater Crowded to Doore by People Who Enjoy the Pro gram of Addresses and Music. RPRANTON Pn . Jnnrt 1 Tnrtnv's nes- Dlrector Potter today Issued an order to tlons continues to give the French officials . thB ...,, a. fhB .mBr the police which compels them to appear great solicitude, aa no progress Is being ,oan Federatlo ot Tbor was practically before the assessors ana nave sincKen i maae ana me parties are aimuui at ma from me nsi nrvoiwi any n..in -i-nn.a pom. oi naviTi rnu-uni a " - controversy among the engineers, firemen In their Judgment ehould not be on auch After leaving the Elayee palace M. Rou- and Drewerv workers. A. gtrasser, as a Hat. Tier returned to the Foreign office, where roDresentatlv. of the American Federation he received Dr. Motono, the Japanese Qf conducted an Investigation and VETERANS MARCH IN REVIEW minuter, who had requested a meeting for hear,ng , ma caj)e ,n gt Lou,9 tWQ weekg 1.11x3 yuifuaro va, vj n v - I ago. ramm,, .r.uv w i..a The reprrsentatlves of the Amalgamated lug at Washington. Later in the day it Meat Cutters and Butcher workmen ap- was repuneu uit&i iu. mcuuu, jncociu The phrase "largest class in the history of" Is getting worn out when applied to the groups of young men and women grad uated annually by the Omaha High school, for the number gains every commence ment over the one preceding. The com mencement held laat night at the Orpheum theater before as many persons as the playhouse would hold was for a class of 175, there being 106 girls and seventy boys. It was a very pretty commencement In many ways, the entire program being In the hands of the class, with the exceptions of the customary speeches by the superln tondent and the nrenldent of the Board of Education and the Invocation. Decorations I ,,on'' were simple but effective, consisting mostly of cut flowers and palms and a Bhowlng of the class colors, red and white. The grad uates wore the orthodox black caps and gowns and were arranged In tiers on the stage, with the members of the board and the faculty and the honor students forming the line nearest the footlights. A cool evening contributed to the enjoyment of the immense audience, which waa In a mood to applaud wth great vigor. Superintendent Davidson's Pride. "I am proud of thla class," said Superin tendent of Instruction Davidson in present ing it to the president of the school board for the bestowal of diplomas. "It Is the product of one of the best high schools In one of the best cities of one of the best states In the union. It la a school that la able to teach Hi students more than Har vard and Yale taught their students half a century ago. In thla connection I would call your attention to the remarkable prog ress of education, and the object lesson that the most backward of nations in this respect has Just had in the Sea of Japan. That the masses of our country are en lightened and educated is due to the splen did teaching forces of the public schools. I wish to repeat what I aald last year, that money spent on the public schools Is not an expenditure, but an Investment. Behold your Investment." THE BEE BULLETIN. Fnrecnat of the Wmthrri Thunder "howera Cooler In F.est and South Portlnnat Sunday, probably Kalr and Warmer. 1 Warrants Out for rhllndelphlnnn. Iowa Added to l.lenrllen's Work. Itlali School Hrnduntlna- Kxerelses. Ready for xt Step for Peace. 9 Japa Get Around Russian Finnic. President Starts More Reforms. New Feature in Chlcaao Strike. 5 Alleae Elevators Are In Trnst. News from All Parts of Nebraska. 4 Water Company Answers Board. Bnslneaa College Men Talk. H Affairs at South Omaha. 6 Women Refuse to Censure Press. Records for Paving Are Broken. T Commercial Review of the Week. Relations Over Morocco Strained. 8 Helreaa Marrlea Car Conductor. 9 Negro Troops In I nele Sain'a Army lO Editorial. It Breen Condemns Automobile Law. Capt. Klrkman Gets Three Years. 12 Sporting Events of the Day. 13 Financial and Commercial. IS Council llluDs and Iowa News. PLAN FOR ARMISTICE t it Provable That irotoool Will Be Ne gotiated in Manchuria, 0YAMA AND LINEVITCH TO ACT Armies Most Directly Affeoted and Work Can Be Done Best There. WILL SPOIL SOME SUMMER VACATIONS Diplomats at Washington Look Forward to Bui; Time at Peace Conference. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg. B a. m H 1 p. m Tl a, m tiH 2 p. m VI T a. in HH H p. m TU 8 a. m 70 4 p. in T3 9 n. m 73 B p. m 74 lO a. m Tit O p. in 73 It a. m 74 7 p. m 73 13 m . 70 8 p. in O p. m . . . . U8 Crowds Visit Louisville to Sea Old Confederates in Parade at Reanlon. LOUISVILLE. June It Beeath their shot-riddled battle flags and to the thrill under secretary of finance, would be ap pointed minister of finance. Later advices show that M. Merlou's ap pointment as minister of finance la re- i .fnin, of.-ntxie." tht had,eher.d garded aa certain and that Premier Rouvier them on to victory or defeat, the veterans tomorrow will present the new minister to erg of gan FranclBCO the Gag Workers pea red before the executive council and requested the appointment of a special or ganizer. President Gompera was author ized to comply. In the .case of the protest of the engi neers against the local union of gas work who wore the gray marched today in re view before thousands of people gathered In Kentucky' chief city to do them honor. Bowed with age and mingling the scars of battle with the marks of time and con- clous perhaps that for many of their num ber thla would be the last review, the veterans donned their uniforms, unfurled their banners and with heads erect as ears would permit "fell In," ready to take President Loubet. DOUBLE HANGING IN COLORADO Frederick Arnold and Newton An drews Executed for Murder of Mrs. Youngblood, union No. 9640 of San Francisco was directed to grant withdrawal cards to en gineers, the same to be deposited with local union No. 86, International Union of Steam Engineers, said Gas Workers' union to eliminate the provision In its agreement covering the wages of Engineers' and Gas Workers' union No. 9840; to co-operate with local union Nq. 86, International Union of Steam Engineers, In making agreements CANYON CITY, Colo., June 16.-Freder- their part in the laat event of the fifteenth aKed n at the Btate penll covering wages, hours, etc., of engineers tentiary here today for the murder of Mrs Amanda Youngblood la Denver two years ago. In today's parade and were the objects of admlttea flrlnK a 8hot durtng the gtruggie Thirty-Three Year. Separated, and at the Youngblood home, but declared annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans. Many of the captured battle flags recently returned by the government were carried Interest and veneration. employed In the San Francisco gasworks. WIFE FINDS HUSBAND AGAIN CARDINAL GIBBONS FUND Mgr. O'Connell Presents the Annual Report of Catljrlto Valverslty at Washington. WASHINGTON. June 16. An Interesting portion of the sixteenth annual report of Mgr. J. D. O'Connell, the rector of the Catholic university, Just presented. Is tho list of names which makes up the "Cardinal Gibbons" fund, and Includes J. Plerpont Morgan, who gave $10,000; Senator Aldrlch, who gave $2,500; Senators George P. Wet more of Rhode Island, Wlnthrop H. Crane of Massachusetts, John F. Dryden of New Jersev, Thomas Kearns of Utah, Vice President Fairbanks and Cornelius N. Bliss, who each gave $1,000. The fund has reached $S2,900 and Is led by Cardinal Gibbons, who contributed $11,000. Mgr. O'Connell records that a funded debt of $150,000 and two annuities amounting to $5,482 stand against the assets, which he gives as $1,225,304. In giving the total as sets the rector explains that the figures do not Include the claims of the university to property formerly owned by Thomas E. Waggaman, the former treasurer, who went Into bankruptcy, or the values of se curities given it by him. From Mr. Wag gaman, however, items aggregating la amount $54,405 are recorded among the as sets. 1 They Include Interest on various notes and mony from sale of property. CRIMMINS APPROVES PLANS Equitable Policyholders' Committee Endorsee Reorganisation of So. olety Through Trustees. The parade, which formed at First and th.t lhe bull6t ..nt the celllna. wlth. Main streets, was in three grand divisions. t ,,.., .nvM. . Ml(1 ha u.. vprv oomprlsing the Transmlsslsslppl depart- drunk at the Ume and d,d not reaUe what ent of the Army of Northern Virginia l n ilia iirisiriiiiiiii in inn ai inr tr l. liio Tennessee. Colonel Bennett H. Young, commander ot the Kentucky division, was the chief marshal and the following were In command of the three divisions: Gcn sral W. I Cabell, Texas, the Transmls llsslppl department; General G. Irvine Walker, Bouth Carolina, the Department of Northern Virginia; General Clement A. Evana, the Army of Tennessee. At the head of the column as special guest of the reunion rode General Joe Wheeler, in citizen's dress and Jefferson Hay Davis grandson ot the president of the confederacy. They were escorted by Wheeler' cavalry. Next came the commander-in-chief. General Stephen D. Lee ind Staff. The distinguished leader wai cheered at every turn. Then followed carriage containing Miss Carrie Peyton Wheeler, sponsor for the louth, and her maids of honor. The TransmlsslBslppl department, headed by Its famoua commander. General W. L. Cabell of Texaa, led the veterans, a St. Louis camp In the Missouri division having the place of honor. The Texas division, General A. M. Van Zandt, waa numerically strong and waa given many cheer. Three veteran marching In the parade were overcome by heat, but all will re cover. Many other fell out of line before reach ing the reviewing tand. WOODMEN CLERKS IN COUNCIL Preliminary Meeting: at the Biennial Ion at Head Camp Open la Milwaukee Today. MILWAUKEE, Jun 16. The local camp of the Clerks' Association of the Modern Woodmen of America meet tomorrow, this being the first meeting of the Woodmen convention to be held la this city during the coming week. It Is expected that 1,000 Selegato from th thirty-eight states and territories in tne jurisaiciion win oe pres tnt. The association will elect national off! :er and make recommendations to the na tlonal executive body, which will meet on Tuesday next. F. H. Norllng of Kansas City will succeed H. B. Hoyt of Seattle, Wash., a president, Hoyt declining to be a candidate. Secretary C. T. Copeland of Lima. O., ana Treasurer C It. T. Klepen of Omaha. Neb., will be re-elected without op position. The feature of the first day' sesHlon of th clerks will be the address of Major C. W. Hawea, head clerk ot th ilodoiu Woodmen society. was being done. Arnold had nothing to eay. The crime for which Arnold and An drews were executed tonight was the mur der of Mrs. Amanda Youngblood In Den ver on New Years' eve two years ago. Arnold, Andrews and another youth named Charles Peters tried to rob the Y'oung- blood store and met with resistance. Mrs. Youngblood was shot and killed. The three men were arrested, tried and sentenced to death. Peters became Insane and thereby escaped the death penalty. RECOVER STOLEN SECURITIES Convict Reveal Hiding; Place of Pa pers Valued at 9&O4.OO0, Taken from Express Train. BELLINGHAM. Wash., June 16.-Through the agency of Jake Terry, who once was a cell mate of Bill Miner In the penitentiary at San Quentin, Cal., securities having a face value of VSiil.WO taken from a safe of the Dominion Express company in the robbery of a Canadian Pacific train at Mission Junction last September, have been recovered. Miner, who is now at large, is said to have given the Information which made the recovery possible at a meeting with Terry near Olympla, Wash. It was through relatives of Miner here that the meeting between the two men was ar ranged. Terry is authority for the stale ment that Miner will not be arrested. though the arrest of other persons for com plicity in the robbery is probable. Terry, among other things, aald: 'I knew that the Canadian Pacific train waa to be robbed before the robbery took place." II Has Raised a Second Large Family. TRENTON, Mo., June 16.-(Speclai Tele gram.) A. B. Brooks, an old and well known resident of this city, admitted to day that Mrs. B. Brooks of Omaha, Neb., was his lawful wife, although he had mar ried another and raised a family of grown children since he last saw her. Mrs. Brook wa abandoned at her home In Rome, la., 'thirty-three years ago. Since that time she reared and educated a fam ily of seven, and is now an old woman. She had never heard from her lost huB band since he left, but succeeded In locat ing him by writing to the pension depart ment at Washington. Brooks is a pensioner and the depart ment promptly furnished his address. The object of her visit, she said, waa not to make trouble, and she indicated no Inten tion of prosecuting the erring husband. She expects, however, to set up a claim against hla property. She and her son-in-law, G. W. Straley of Omaha, were even entertained at the Brooks' home during their stay, and there were no dramatic scenes at the meeting. Brooks and his later wif have separated. He admit the entire story and claim that when he re married he thought his wife to be dead. ILLINOIS BANKER INDICTED Bookkeeper at Pari Charged with Wrecking . Bank Bulldlnc With Dynamite. PARIS, 111., June 16. Five Indictment were returned by the grand Jury today against Walter W. Juntgen, bookkeeper in the Edgar County National bank of this city, charged with wrecking the bank with dynamite on Wednesday of lust week. The five counts are similar in charac ter, each charging malicious , destruction of property, the state's attorney declar ing that at present there is no evidence on which to base an Indictment for burglary or embesilement. Juntgen, who I th son of a prominent physician, furnished bona la 130,000 CASK OF 0IL EXPLODES Accident In Factory at McKeesport, Pa., Result In Fatal Injury of Four men. PITTSBURG, June 1H. Through the ex plosion of a cask of oil at the plant of the National Tube company at McKeesport to night four men were burned so seriously that they will die. They are: John Slowyeck. Joe Burblleg. Malvoa Ure. Gus Davis. These men, with several other laborer, were moving a cask of oil containing about fifteen gallons from one point to another In the mill yard. On account of the dark ness the men carried torches and In some way the oil was Ignited from one of the torches. There was an explosion and the blazing oil was showered over the workmen. DENIAL FROM SENATOR CLARK Railway Magnate say There Ha Been No ptsasjreement Between Him and Harrlmaa. BUTTE, Mont., June 16. Senator XV. A. Clark today Issued a signed statement in regard to the existing relations between himself and E. It. Harrlmaa with respect to the traffic, arrangement of the San Pedro, Salt Lake & Lo Angeles railroad and the Southern Pacific railroad. Senator Chirk said: There has been no disagreement between Mr. Harrlman and myself, and our rela tions have been of the most harmonious character. A disagreement between the traffic managers of the respective roads concerning interchange of business in southern California will be considered in MELVILLE W. MILLER RETIRES Assistant Secretary of Interior Re sign and I Succeeded by Jesse Wilson. WASHINGTON, June 16. Assistant Secre tary Melville W. Miller of the Department of the Interior has presented Ms resignation to the president and it ha been accepted. The president haa appointed Jesse Wilson of Indiana to succeed Mr. Miller. RENSSELAER. Ind., June 16. Jesse E. Wilson, who has been appointed assistant secretary of the Interior to succeed Mel ville W. Miller, Is a practicing attorney In this city. Mr. Wilson was born In Owen county, Indiana, October 4, 1867. In 1894 he was graduated from Indiana university at Bloomlngton. New York very soon by the executive com- miute. ana i am cunnuent will be ad justed. Senator Clark makes a vigorous denial of certain statements that hav been pub lished in regard to him, a follows: First The discovery to have been tricked In anv manner. Second The declaration on my part of a tight to the bluer end. Third Disagreement a to the construc tion or urancn roans. Fourth Stipulations that would urevent either partv from building branches south of Salt Lake. The general policy agreed upon is to build branches wbsu bcriuauaut busluea will l,W4TUl lb MUTUAL LIFE IN A, BANK Kew York laanrance Company Boy Stock la a San FrancUco Concern, BAN FRANCISCO, Jun lS.-The Bank of California of thla city has sold to the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York 6.000 shares of Its Increased capital stock at $375 a share, the sum involved in the transaction being $1,175,000. The deal doe not involve any change in the dlrec torate of the bank. William Babcock, one of the bank' directors, is also a director ot the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York. He will represent th luur anc corporation la th baak, President Christie' Address. Before he gave out the sheepskins President Christie made a speech of some length, partly to the graduates and partly to the audience. Hs told the class that It had but placed Its foot on the first round of a ladder ot a life of toll, but he hoped its members would get Inspiration from their public school life and graduation. He urged them to cultivate ideals and to strive to live up to them. He told the audience that citizens are indebted to the public schools for the strength and prosperity of the country In which they live; said that the rcsponslbll Ity of serving upon the School board Is as great as the shouldering of a musket 1n a time of war, and urged the elimination of politics and ttje selection of intelligent gentlemen for the board. He complimented the teachers, saying they were doing the greatest work of any class in the world Incidentally he remarked that "We have good men on the Board of Education now but they can't serve always." The amphitheater on the stage was re moved so that the class could execute a pretty march in receiving the diplomas. Beginning- of the Program. The high school orchestra, under the leadership of Stanley Letovsky, Jr., opened the program with a well played selection from "Woodland." The invocation was made by Rev. S. D. Dutcher of the First Christian church. Mr. W. H. Butts, chair man of the high school committee, them presented the certificates of proficiency in military training to thirty-one cadet offi cers of the class, who marched upon the stago In full dress with white duck trous ers. Carl B. Van Sant delivered the first oration, having the subject. "Loyalty to an Ideal." The orator found that honesty, simplic ity and an earnest desire to promote the welfare of all classes - distinguished tho founders of the republic, and that they not only preached but lived the principle of the equality of man. Religious liberty, he said, is still safeguarded in the United States, but he found the ideals In social life greatly changed and altogether for the worse. Simplicity, Mr. van Bant aeciarea, no longer exists and even conceptions ot honesty have undergone a great change, wealth having become the dominant fac tor of most live accompanied by extrava gant luxury. He deplored trusts and as serted that bribery and corruption are rampant even In national Hie, and, finally, that the "boasted government for, by and of the people has become merely a form." In her essay on "The Cross of War," Mlus Pearl Roberts described the formation of the Red Cross society by Clara Barton and Its subsequent development and per fection, terming It woman' work in war. She told of the risk of life and the sacrifices In service for the good of humanity und pictured the Red Cross angel of mercy on the battlefield. v George Eliot's Power. Miss Constance G. Buddenberg'a essay concerned "George Eliot' Power to Arouse Sympathy," resorting mainly to a careful analysis of the novelist's characters to prove tho argument of her theme. She said that Eliot has the power to give the reader a true understanding of men and women, gaining cause for her characte.-s by depicting the struggle between the good and the evil In them. The essay showed, also, how Eltot had brought about prac tice in the doctrine of sympathy and char ity for the loser in the moral fight u:h as had never been known before. The senior octet, composed of boy, sang a selection from "Robin Hood" in a man ner to gain applause that would have amounted to three encores for professional vocalist. Mr. Jame II. McCulloch discussed "The Man and the Hour" In his oration, showing how the occasion always brings forth the man fit to grapple with It. His illustra tions were taken from the history of the republlo and included Washington, Hamil ton and Lincoln, but he related something of the crises ot the church, and about tha writer who regenerated literature when It had fallen to low estates. "Today Amer ica is passing through a commercial and political crisis' said Mr. McCulloch, "and aa the hour' need approaches men are coming forth to meet them. Theodore Roosevelt Is the great man for this hour. He and men like him who are coming for ward will stamp out corruption. With men like Folk In the south and LaFollette in the north our country will be saved. But the real heed of today la not so much for a man as it 1 for men." Mis Elizabeth Rolofson Idolized her sub- NEW YORK, June 16. Today's session of the executive committee of the Equitable Board of Directors was devoted to routine business. At the conclusion Chairman Mor ton said that until the Hendricks report Is given out the action of the committee will be conservative. It is not now ex pected that the report will be made public before next Monday or Tuesday. The committee of policyholders, of which John D. Crlmmlns is chairman and which was organized to secure the mutuallzaUon of the Equitable society, today adopted a resolution declaring It to be the opinion of that committee that the "voting truat waa a sure and honest administration of the society's affairs, In the Interest of tho policyholders, and in view of the delay In the consummation of mutuallzaUon, the present plan Is entitled to the support of the policyholders of the society." The Crlmmlns statement concluded with the following: In our opinion the policyholders can with every commence maintain their policies wun the full assurance that every omlga' tlon of the society will be fully met. We commend to all who hold the interests of the society at heart officers, directors policyholders and agents that, forgetting past oir.erences, tney give to the socie'y the loyalty and support which has made it one of the foremost financial institutions of the world. Alexander S. Bacon, counsel for Roland W. Dufort, and other policyholder!) tcJy made an attack on tne recent transfer of the majority ot the Equitable stock by James H. Hyde to Thomas F. Ryan. Mr. Bacon said' "I am not aure, however, that there has been any bona flde sale of the Hyde stock. The fact of the price that Is said to have been paid having been published is sio prima facie evidence of such sale. I be lieve that the policyholders will shortly find that they have been thrown from the frying pan' into the fire. If this is really a sale, dummy trustees would be obliged to vote for dummy directors. The twenty eight directors to represent the policyhold ers will be really selected by the manage ment through their agents, who will ceade to be agents very quickly If they don't In fluence the policyholders to select the right directors. The policyholders know only lhe local agents, but the mutual management Is far less responsible than a stock man agement for the stockholders, being in terested as far as their stock Is concerned, have at any rate something at stake." NEW LAWS IN MISSOURI Important Enactment by Last Leg islature Become Effective at Midnight. ST. LOUIS. June 16. The legal interval since the adjournment of the last state legislature having expired at midnight, many new laws, the fruits of the last ses sion of the general assembly, some of which are far-reaching In their scope, be came effective. In addition to the repeal and substitute for the breeders' law, by which pool sell ing on horse races is made a felony, the most important of the new statutes are as follows: Forbidding dramshop keepers to sell liquors to minors, even on written order from parents. Prohibiting the sale or shipment of game found In the state and limiting the length of fish which may be caught, and prevent ing the sale of feathers of song or ln sectlverous bird or their use upon head wear. Placing negotiable instrument on same basis as in other states. Providing for re-organlzatton of the Na- I tlonal cuard. Establishing a sanitarium for consump I tlves. SAMUEL GREASON ACQUITTED Xegro Associate of White Murderess Officially Said to Be Not Guilty. READING, Pa., June 18. Samuel Greason, colored, was today acquitted of the murder of John Edwards. Mrs. Kate Edwards, wife of the murdered man, whose testimony convicted Greason over three years ago, today completely exonerated him. Edwards was murdered nearly four years ago and Greason was arrested several month later. His death warrant has been Issued ten times and his case has developed Into one of the most remarkable murder trials In this state. J Mrs. Edwards, the mother of Greason's child, is under sentence of death and it is expected that the governor will fix the date of her execution within a ahort time. It waa postponed several months ago ao that ahe could be used a a witness at Greason's trial. (Continued a Second Pag.) Movement of Ocean Vessels June 10, At New York Sailed Cretlc, for Queens town. At Queenstown Arrhed: Cymric, from Boxton. At Dover Sailed: Hamburg, for New York. At Naples Arrived: Romanic, from Bos ton: Prlnzess Irene, from New York. At Hum burg Arrived: Thessulia, for New York. At Plymouth Arrived: Bleucher, from New York. At Liverpool Sailed: Celtic, fur New 4Tork. , PRESIDENT HAS SEEN MANY STATESMEN Interested Parties Call at Whit House at AH Hour to Con fer with Him Regarding Eastern Situation. WASHINGTON, D. C. Juno 16. Alone c& the plains of Manchuria, midway betwoen the two great armies, the Russian and Japanese commanders will meet to sign the armistice which will pave the way for the Washington conference If the present tentative program Is followed. Exchanges on these points are now In progress be tween Tokio and St. Petersburg via Wash ington, but no final conclusion has been reached. It was first thought a prelimin ary protocol might be signod a! Washing ton providing for a temporary cessation of hostilities, but In view of the fact that this concerns directly the armies in tho field It Is believed that the belligerents will agree that arrangement of the armistice be best entrusted to Llnevitch and Oyama, the respective commanders-in-chief, who In such event would be telegraphed special powers to sign. The time limit for the armistice has not been fixed, but it will be comparatively brief, that the progroa ot the conference may bo assisted as much a possible. Prior to the signing of the armistice, how ever, will come the official announcement of the Russian and Japanese plenipoten tiaries. Russia has Indicated that its mis sion will be headed by M. Nelldoff, the am bassador nt Paris, and It Is understood that the emperor has requested Marquis Ito to head the Japanese mission, although the distinguished president of the Privy Coun cil, so far as Is known here, has not finally accepted. Only his health would cause him to decline, In which event Field Marshal Yamagata probably would be selected In his place. Neither country has suggested the names of the other plenipotentiaries, nor has tho number finally been agreed upon, though the belief tonight I that there will bo three on a side. With Marquis Ito, it is believed will come one ot the great statesmen of Japan, who has wide diplomatic experience, and Mr. Takahlra, the Japanese minister, it I sug gested here, may be named a the third plenipotentiary. Another Important detail which ha been the subject of Informal conversation' at the "White 'louse is the language to be used at the conference. Russia will ask that the French language he used; Japan will exprcBs a preference for English, and In recognition of the courtesies to be ex tended the plenipotentiaries by the Wash ington government, diplomats believe the English language, if not accepted aa the official language, will be used Jointly with the Russian, the proceedings of the con ference being recorded in both tongues. "The Washington Conference.' Already the epoch making meeting to be held between the plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan to discuss means of ending the war has received a name. In dispatches to Europe from embassies and legations here It Is briefly termed: "The Washington con ference." The announcement of the selection ot Washington as the scene of the peace making has caused practically the entire diplomatic con) to suspend indefinitely it program for the summer. Despite the re iteration of both belligerents that they propose to negotiate directly with one an other, the European powers are preparing to follow each step of the negotiations as closely and as Intelligently as cautious and reaerved plenipotentiaries will permit, and to Jo this European envoys must be on the ground. The informal annonncement In the White House that after convening here the plenipotentiaries were oppressed by the heat they would probably adjourn to some watering place In New England, has aroused the hope of the envoys of tha neutral powers that such will be the de cision. Among the diplomats whose plan probably will be disarranged by the com ing conference are M. Jusserand, th French ambassador, who. If he goes to France this month as ho ha planned, must return in time for the conference; Baron Speck von Sternberg, who ha planned to spend his leave In Germany, and Sir Morti mer Durand, the British ambassador, who already had closed his embassy here when the preliminary negotiations necessitated his return from Lenox. If the conference does not convene until September some of the diplomats will make brief visits to Europe, mainly for the purpose of getting In touch with their respective governments. Lively Dny for Diplomat. This will not be the first time the diplo matic corps has been kept in Washington in the summer because ot important nego tiations. The preliminary peace negotla. tlons immediately after the war will) Spain and the I.oxer troubles and subsequent negotiations In the summer of IJou demonstrated to them the mid-summer conditions here. Diplomatic activity in the last few week ha exceeded the record established dur ing the Venezuelan negotiation in the winter of 1&03 and ha recalled vividly the scents immediately following the ending ot the war with Spuln. There has been con ferences at tha White House morning, afternoon and evening, the subject of peace negotiations naturally taking precedence over all other official business at the ex ecutive offices. Not only has the president sent frequently for diplomats directly or Indirectly Interested in the controversy, but a small circle of diplomats, including Count Causinl, tho Russian ambassador, and M. Takahlra, the Japunese minister; Baron von Sternberg, the German ambassador; M. Juaserand, the French ambassador; Blr Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador, and La ron Mayor des Planches, the Italian amUiHsador, have culled at the White House at all hour of the day and until 11 o'clock at night to discuss peace, the presi dent giving a greut deul of Ills time to the question. Iri this way the White House Is informed duiiy not only of what Japan wishes Russia to know ind vice versa, bJt ot the views and suggestions of European capital generally. Next to the belligerent themselves, Ger many ha shown the moat keen interest la