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The
WELLHAK'S AIRSHIP
American Explorer Describes New
Vehicle for Trip to Pole.
TO MAKE TRIAL TRIP IN JULY
Start on Actual Journey Will Take
Place Before September.
FIVE MEN IN THE EXPEDITION
Last Tear's Work Was Failure, but
Gave Valuable Experience.
BALLOON IS GREATLY ENLARGED
Lifting; Power Ha Been Increased by
Three Thousand Pounds Novel
Schema for Carry-In E
caaa Food Supply.
CHRrSTIANIA. June 18.-Speclal.)-The
greatest Interest la being taken through
out Norway in the airship experiments of
Walter Wellinan, the Amerlran who is
contemplating an airship dash to the north
pole a la Jules Vorne. According to tha
present plans of Mr. Wellman during the
first week of July there will be trials of
the airship until It la domonstrated that
the latter la ready for the voyage. The
start for the pole will be made on the
first favorable opportunity afterward,
probably between July 2D and August 10,
but If necessary Mr. Wellman Is prepared
to start as late as August 20. Th mem
bers of the expedition are: Mr. Walter
Wellman, Major Hearsay (executive officer
and scientific observer), who haa been
sent over by the United States govern
ment; Chief Engineer Vannerman, Dr.
Fowler Csurgeon) and M. Gaston Hervleu,
the aeronautical engineer and the only
Frenchman on the staff. About thirty man
constitute the total expeditionary force,
though, of course, some of these are sail
ors and mechanics and have nothing to do
with the expedition besides aiding n hand
ling the balloon, car, gear, etc, at Tromso
and at Spitsbergen.
Explorer Discusses Project.
Discussing bis plans, the American ex
plorer said:
"There was no question of last year's
expedition having been a failure. An en
ormous amount of work bad to bo dona,
at Spitsbergen work which waa found to
be too much for one ahort Arctic summer.
"Thla year on arriving at Spitsbergen
there la 1(1 tie work to be done In the matter
of the erecting of buildings. We have con
structed an entirely new airship, with which
we hope to accomplish the , end we have
In view, namely an aerial Journey from
Spitsbergen to the pole and back. One of
the most Important changes we have ef
fected baa been the enlargment of the bal
f loon Of the airship. This haa been made
i eighteen feet longer and Its .lifting power
I Increased by, 8,000 pounds, giving a total
lifting fores of 19,500 poundk The balloon
Is 184 feet long and fifty-two feel. In its
greatest diameter. Its cubic volume being
206,000 feet. 'With the single exception of
Count' Zeppelin's airship this Is the larg
est evr built.
The next Important change In our last
year's equipment la that we have built
an entirely new car and mechanical
equipment, all of that used having been
discarded. The new car consists of a
frame, work of ateol tubing 116 feet long,
ten feet high and eight feet broad. This
la auspended close under the balloon at
such distance that those standing on the
top of the car can easily reach the balloon.
The keel or backbone of the airship con
sists of a steel tank elghtee- Inches In
diameter and 118 feet In length with a
capacity for holding 1.200 gallons of petroL
The top of thla tank will be really the deck
of our ahlp. By thla disposition we make
tha weight of the tank, which Is about 1,000
pounds, do double duty, for It la not only
a aafe reservoir for our petrol, but at the
same time gives rigidity tj the atructure
of the ship Thla tank la divided Into four
teen compartments to prevent the danger
of explosion, and the petrol can be pumped
frem any section of thla tank so aa to trim
the ahlp. I
Ship Constructed for Stability. I
The car Is enclosed with tightly-stretched i
silk, tb two sides forming a vertical plane j
and the wide roof a horlxontal plane, all !
constructed for giving stability to the ship
' In the air. At the stern of the vessel la a
rudder of some 800 square feet in the form
of a bicycle wheel, which denptte Its great
slse only weighs thirty pounds. A little
forward of the center Is placed a very
heavy motor, built for endurance and
safety, of seventy-horsepower and having a
weight of 900 pound, which la warranted
to run constantly and steadily for as many
hours aa we wish. In thla new airship
the propellers, which are of the aame type
aa thoae used In French military airships,
are placed In the center of either slds of
the vessel. They consist of two blades of
steel eleven feet la diameter, ar.d capable
of ISO revolutions per minute.
"The living quarters of the airship are In
tiianglar bunk-like spaces within the en
Vised ear. These are capable of aecom
fnedattng ten or twelve men, twelve doge,
together with our provisions and equipment.
Btapeoded from the roof of the airship and
running on light rails Is a tank contain
. Ing 000 pounds of provisions which , by
means of a windless In the navigating i-oora
ran be run the entire length of the car,
eo as to aupply our food wherever neees
l sary. and also to balance the ship. The
total wrelght of the steel car and tank is
1.200 pounds. The motors, screws and
machinery welch 1.B60 pounds. We carry
In our tank S.800 pounds of petrol capable
nf ninntnv the tnntr,r fnr IKn V. n i a
normal speed of fourteen knots per hour, j
giving iiuiua vi wuun irom me iiquip
duel of 2.100 knots.
Matutalue the Equilibrium. x
The weight of the earrn we carry dim-
U4.k.. A- AM f.Vt ,
by the consumption of petrol for the motor,
while the loss of lifting rower bv leakage
of gas through the skin of the balloon will
probably not exceed 1 pounds per dsy. '
The net result of this Is that we have on
an average day 4G0 pounds to M0 pounds of ;
lifting force no longer required, and repre- !
tenting filet so much gas to be disposed of
and to maintain the equilibrium of the j
ihlp. Ordinarily the surplus gss would be I
'allowed to escape through the valves, but :
Y Inasmuch aa hydrogen haa a very high
jalorlrtc power we have thought It a pity
ta waste good fuel, and by actual expert- '
ments we have found tha we ran burn the '
surplus hydrogen In our motor, with the '
result that we have a further thirty hour
of motoring from waste gas, giving a total
f 180 hours at fourteen knots per hour. I
Chat is to say we have a total radius of i
action of 1600 mll-e or double the distance
from eur base to the pole and back agatn.
jOouUoued en B sound fag.).
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DOKZSTIO.
Telegram from Steve Adams to Hay
wood at Denver asking for money ad
mitted In evidence at Boise trial, also
drafts sent from Western Fedoratlon of
Miners to "Jack" Simpklns, who aid.vj
Orchard in killing Steunenberg. X, Fags 8
Argumenta In federal court at Kansas
City by Attorney General Hadley and
Frank Hagerman In the 2-cont Tare anl
maximum rate Injunction case. X, Fag 1
Postmaster General Meyer haa decldej
to enlarge the money order branch of the
postal service by extending It to smaller
efflcee. x, Page 4
Launch of the Mlnneaota has been
raised from the surface and bears im
prints of collision with some inetalllo
Object. Body of fireman recovered.
X. Page 1
Union Pacific stockholders at Salt Lake
City Issue $100,000,000 new stock to pay
old and expected indebtedness for Im
provements of the system. X, Page I
A director of the . Union Pacific road
In an Interview In New York says that
the agreement with the Rock Island and
his road was legal In every way as re
gards the use of the Alton road, and that
now the Rock Island is violating the law,
having a competing line. X, page a
Mayor Schmlti of Ban Francisco Is de
nied ball after a formal hearing and or
dered to Jail. j. Page 1
Japanese officials confer over American
situation and admit that In latest report
there waa no cause for alarm. X, Page 1
Russian lower house of Parliament asks
for more time to consider evidence against
the social democrats, and there is possi
bility that crisis may be averted by the
delay. x. Page 4
Second aeaslon of The Hague peace con
ference la brief, but pleasing to repre
sentatives of the nations. Eulogy of
President Roosevelt delivered. X, Pag 1
Big dam at Chambers' lake bursts and
fear Is entertained for settlers along the
Cache le Poudre river. . .. X, Pag 1
British ambassador la making a study
of conditions In tha oil fields of the south
west , ' ' " X, Paga i
Texas lumber king algna $8,500,000 bond
for the Watera-Pleroe Oil company In Its
appeal. Paga a
Ipterstata Commerce commission lssuoi
order compelling railroads to make a
monthly report showing net earnings.
X, Fags a
' Department of tha Interior makes clear
the meaning of the order with respect to
second homestead filings, none being per
mitted where relinquished after April 28.
1804. x, Pag 1
Great Northern Oriental Limited train
wrecked while traveling at high speed at
Palermo, N. D, and fifteen reported In
jured; none killed. Train rolled off track
and waa burned by explosion of gas.
X, Pag 1
STZBXVAIKA.
Reports for the first six months of the
fiscal year show cost of maintaining state
Institutions about the aame as last year.
Nebraska haa candidate for commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Re
public, X, Pag 3
LOG AX.
Teat of the law will be mad to deter
mine whether or not bulk of eatate of
lata Herman Kountse escapes the Inherit
ance tax. XX, Pag
W. J. G Kenyon saya hla dutlra as gen
eral manager of the Illinois Tunnel com
pany have begun, but he will remain at
the Union Stock yards until his successor
Is named. X, Paga
W. L. Park, superintendent of Union
Pacific, announce that Omaha will get
no more Rock Springe coal, aa that com
modity will hereafter b reserved exclu
sively for favored customers further west.
H. Pag
Papa-cy, on of the most desperate
characters of the southwest, wanted for
murler of Walter the Kid. said to be
cornered by federal officials at Cut-oft
camp. x, Page
Supreme court of Wyoming upholds de
cision of lowsr court la settlement of the
Lelter-Pratt estate. X, Page S
aposvf noTxoar.
Results of the ball games;
T Omaha vs. Sioux Clt
5 Pueblo vs. lies Moinei
ft Lincoln vs. Denver -2
4 Pittsburg vs. New Tork 8.
. 4 Boston vs. St. Louis 1.
8 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati S.
4 Chicago vs. Brooklyn J.
10 Washington vs. Detroit 0.
t Nsw York vs. Chicago 0.
4 St. Louis vs. Boston 0.
5 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland 8.
4-Columbus vs. Kansas City 8.
4 Minneapolis vs. Indianapolis 8.
1-2 Toledo vs. Mil waukee 0-0.
I St. Paul vs. Louisville T.
Pag I
xom siOTioi.
In the Home Section of this number
will be found Buster Brown; The Busy
Bees' Own Page; Intimate Notes on Birds
at Nesting and Mating Time; Chances tor
Commerce In Northern Africa; Nebraska
Girl In Oklahoma Politics; Bathing Suits
for the Summer; Gowns to Wear for
e'hotograph; What Women Ar Doing;
Fluffy Ruffles. gig Page
KACAson ax on o v.
In the Magaxlna Section of this Numb-ir
will be found an Interesting historic.!
sketch of the German colonists who set
tled at Grand Island fifty years ago; pass
Ing of Dewey'e Flagship; Week with the
Omaha Trade Boosters In tha Northwest;
Orewth of the Omaha High School; Gos
sip of Plays and Players; Musical Note
and Comment; Along th Long Trail In
Canada. Bis Pagee
BXAX. B STATS AJTS aTXUXjrO.
Ftva hundred and forty-seven new
bouses ar under course of construction
In Omaha, having been started within
thirty days, XX, Pag T
Inquiry for real aetata keeps steady and
dealers report many transactions of more
than passing Interest. XX, Pag
Fred Cummins, who won the Rosewater
scholarship, ta a boy worthy of ths honor.
XX, Pag
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RULERS OF FASHION
Keen Rivalry in Paris for Place of
Arbiter of This Realm.
DESCENDANTS OF WORTH CLEVER
Give the Paqnins Close Race for
Leadership in Capital.
GAINED POSITION BY DEGREES
French Wine Growers' Revolt is Most
Peculiar Movement
BATTLING THOSE WHO STUDY IT
Iany Believe that Adnltrratlon of
Product, First C'aosed by Poor
Yield, Is Real Reason of
the Troable.
PARIS, June 15,-Special.)-Anythtn
which concerns the kings of fashion Inter
ests the Parisian public, and one might al
most say the entire world. If the world Is
noi governed Dy me nue ae is raix n is i
leanx lea Dy it. lne rsquins, ine worms,
the Doucets, the Beers, the Grunwaldts,
the Davids, the Laferrleres and Redferns
dictate to tho women, and the latter of
course are not without their influence upon
tne worm, fans naa naa many Kings oi
fashion and arbiters of taste, from Plngat,
Who imposed his mantles; worm, wno anoi-
lshed the crinoline, and Madame Roger,
who held her ground against all rivals In
the days of the Third Empire and finally
vanquished the Malson Aurelly, which had
till then been supreme.
Among the most formidable rivals of
Paquln are the sons and the grandsons of
tho famous old Worth; M. Beer, who still
stubbornly holds out in the southern right
hand comer of the Place Vendome against
Messrs. Bechoff and David, who have es
tablished their stronghold In the northern
left hand corner of the aame square;
Doeutllet and Cheruit, who are intrenched
In the remaining availabln space around
Napoleon's brass column, and finally M.
Doucet, the patriarch among the high
priests of the temple of fashion, who haa
grown gray ln the handling of chiffons.
M. Doucet Is as discreet as the third Na
poleon and haa been aa successful as the
first. There la of course no St. Helena
awaiting him. and he will probably to hla
dying day remain ln possession of his
native haunt at the top of the Rue de la
Paix. He refuses, moreover, to be made
the subject of publicity outside the circle
of his fair clients, and when asked about
the history of his house put It all In one
sentence: "Say that It waa founded ln 1315
and that It la standing still."
Descendants Object to Publicity.
The sons and the grandsons of the cele
brated old Worth, who wo the first In
faet to achlev fame the world over In
his specialty, are more communicative.
though they atso object to too much pub
licity. . Yhe Worths never advertise and
never aell their models or, doelgn. They
are hi thla reapect the moat conservative
of the French costumiers. The house la
nevertheless prosperous, so much so that
they, lke Paquln, feel the need of more
room. They are seriously considering a
Iplan Just now for adding three more
atorlea to the building they now occupy ot
5 and 7 Rue de la Palx and where their by the courts ror sianaer ana UDei ny t,aay
father and grandfather established them- Rose Horton Clarke. The action was be
selves Just forty-eight years ago. They j gun at Prince's skating rink. She claimed
would like very much to move into the to be a distant relative of his, and the
Champs-Elysees quarter, but how they are ( friendship developed until it became some
going to Induce their supply agents and what disagreeable, owing to the fact that
merchants of silk to follow them without her ladyship, a woman of 60, and a strong
advertising la a question. They really de-
pend upon hundreds of providers of this
description who are centered round the j duke did not quite see ins way to accept
Rue de la Palx. ' such a proposal and a feeling of coolness
The Worth establishment, as la well ; sprang up between them. Then, It was
known, has been Inherited by Messrs. alleged. Lady Clarke made slanderous state
Philip and Gaoton Worth, the sons of the j menta about the duke and sent several
famous couturier, with whom the grand- ! offensive post cards. The duke demanded
sons, M. John and M. Jacques, the aona
of Gaston Worth, are also associated.
Charles F. Worth by the way was the son
of a solicitor. H cam to Paris without
a penny In his pocket and had had merely
a small experience In a London draper's
shop to rely upon. Yet strangely enough
this Englishman Came ln a very short time
to be th dictator of fashion, not only in
Paris, but the World over. He died com
paratively speaking, at an early age In
1895, and hla aona and grandsons hava
maintained th credit of the house. To
this day It la difficult for all rivals to
match them, much less oust them from tha
vantage which they possess.
They employ any number of premlerera,
that la, bodice fitters, skirt fitters, wrap
makers, tailors, lingerie ladles and a host
of needle workers. Their object. Is1 not so
much to supply a great number aa a dis
tinguished set of customers and In thla
they have certainly succeeded. A visit to
their fitting room , reminds one of some
of Jean Beraud'k famous pictures, for not
only have tbey a wonderfully distinguished
clientele, but their models look down upon
all other models. To be a model at Worth's
la the acme of a yemg pretty girl' a
ambition. Indeed one . va Uem "walk a
queen,' bedecked with rrt gr.-V and Jewels
and Imagining themiwivM 4ichessea and
countesses for th moment.
Reasons for Win Grower' Revolt.
.Experts are atlll trying to find the real
reason of th wine crisis in the south.
The question seems to be baffllngly com
plicated. ' Adulteration may be one cause;
but who began It? Here is an authority
affirming that th worst offenders have
been the southern wine growers them
selves. It la claimed that when the
phylloxera destroyed their vines they
planted American Tinea and prospered only
too well. They planted twloe as many
vines aa they had before and crushed
large quantities of win, but th wine
proved to be of poor quality. One year It
waa so poor that ' th experts themselves
declared It to be no better than artific
ially mad wine. That was the growers'
undoing. If the quality were the same
why trouble only to press the grape and
why not manufacture wine also? In 1003
many districts of th south ar quoted
aa having trebled their output of wine
by adulteration. From one eatate which
produces 4.000 hectolitre naturally, ac
tually 18.000 hectolitre of alleged win
were sold. The south now cries,
"Death to fraud!" but It was Itself
adulterating furiously four year
ago. Som of th former worst
offenders ar i4 to be among th fore
most champions of th pur win cam
paigns of today. Th results of tha glut
of th wtn are shown by a atngl typical
detail. In southern garrison towns troopers
are not charged by the glaas, but by time,
and at the am s ling rate of S cents per hour.
for that price and during that time each
trooper can put down as much wine aa he
(Cont'iuad att Second Pag.
RACE
I.eartlns;
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PERL,
most amu,
.6. (Special.) One of the
15 Ahd suggestive comments 111
the Germaiv press on the alleged rivalry
between Great Britain tnd Germany Is the
following passage taken from the Rhenish-Westphallan
Gasette, a leading Ger
man Journal of aggressively patrlotlo
views:
"Two players are sitting opposite to one
another enaaaed In a stubborn contest on
'he- Kuropean chess board. One of them
( (Edward VII.) Is a cool, calculating and
l quiet player, while the other (William IT.)
, is young, fun of vivacity, the revereo of
calculating, rich In ideas and fantastic
imagination.
"There is no longer any doubt which of
these players will gain the victory so long
as the chess board is confined to diplomacy.
William II. Is already checkmated.
"None of all those princes and kings
whom he visited In the earlier years of his
reign and whose friendship he gained have
remained true to htm except the aged
emperor of Austria, Francis Joseph and
the proprietor of the greatest gambling hell
In the world (the reigning prince of Mona
co.) All of the others have quitted their
seats at the German emperor's banqueting
) table, some noisily and others noiselessly
I because so to speak the political culslno
j offereij thcra ln Dern no iungfT euWcrt
j jQ tne;r tastes,
"All the marks of friendship, nil tho
words of praise, all the presents, all the
orders and the decorations which the Ger
man emperor has dealt out so lavishly to
forcigncrs Bnj cven his own passionate
prayt.r, nav8 Deen fruitless and William
n now remalns In Isolated eminence.
HOLD ANNUAL MARRIAGE FAIR
Belgian Fete Day Haa Resulted
Twenty-Seven Engagements
Up to Date.
la
BRUSSELS, June 15. (Speclal.)-Twenty-seven
engagements are already announced
as the result of the annual marriage fair
held at Ecausslnes on Whit Monday. There
are other indications that at least a dozen
other bachelors who attended the fair will
be married in the near future. Every eli
gible bachelor who arrived at Eucaaslnes
on Whit Monday had to sign the gold-lettered
register at the town hall and give
an account of his parentage, his present
position and future prospects. Then they
assembled at the gayly decorated market
place, which was crowded with sympathetic
spectators, some of whom had chosen
wives at former fair.
The local band played a languishing "ber
ceuso" from a platform In tho center of
the square, after which the members of
the guild, dressed in pretty spring cos
tumes, ascended the platform and their
president. Mile. Glende, welcomed the
bachelors In a graceful little speech. Then
the maidens and the bachelors went to
luncheon at the town hall, where they
spent the afternoon in chatting and
dancing. In the evening tha streets were
brilliantly Illuminated, .,
DUKE DAMAGED BY A WOMAN
Jstdgment In English Court for He
Spiteful Remarks After Refusal
of Her Proposal.
LONDON, June 15. (Special.) The Duke
de Pleneuf haa at last been awarded 81,250 .
, minded person as wen, proposed to the
: duke, who was a young man or w. The
an apology, and thla being refused, he In
stituted proceedings.
The duke. In his evidence, described the
growth of the friendship and Lady Clarke's
proposal.
"What did yon say?" Inquired counsel.
"I smiled and told her that I was already
engaged, and that I thought she was a little
bit too old," the duke replied.
"Waa she very indignant T"
"She waa very."
WILL HOLD MOROCCAN TRADE
German Company with Heavy Bark
imm Formed to Acquire Laud
ln Country.
BERLIN, June 15. (Special. )-That Ger
many Intends to extend its commercial
Interests ln Morocco wtih rapidity Is ap
parent from the fact that a German trade
register announces the formation of a lim
ited liability company with an initial cap
ital of 22,500,000 to acquire land In the coun
try. The amount of the capital conveys
no adequate Idea of the great financial
resources behind this company; for It was
brought into existence by the Berliner
Handelsgesellshaft, one of th foremost
banks ln Germany, and Dr. Treltel, the
managing director. Is merely a deputy for
Herr Furatenburg, on of the leading
financiers ln thla country.
The Handelsgesellschaft, with its many
millions of capital, may be regarded aa the
real promoter of the new enterprise ln
Morocco, which thus assumes dimensions
of fsr greater extent and importance. It
may be safely asserted that any enter
prise ln which Herr Furstenburg Is the
leading spirit is certain to be baaed on bold
and ambitious schemes ef development.
BACHELORS AV0ID DANCING
Records Show that Greatest Nuinhev
f Proposals Are Made During
Pastime.
PAR18, June 16. tSpeclal.) "Dancing Is
the finest matrimonial agent In the world,"
says the International Academy of Authors
and Masters of Choregraphy, and proves It.
"How did you meet your wife or your
sweetheart?" waa the question put by 1.09C
dancing masters the world over to 1,097,508
benedicts, married or about to marry.
Among them 75 per cent replied that they
had popped the question while sitting out
the dances. Taken by countries the high
est proportion of what ln the language ot
the Academy one may rail the choreo
graphlo engagements la found In Germany,
where only 8 per cent did not meet their
wives at dancea. In Franca S3 per cent of
th husbands were led Into matrimony
through choreography. In England the pro
portion Is CC p.r cent. Norway alone ap
pears not to need dancing as an encourage
ment to murrtage, fur the percentage there
la only 88. Tha moral for bachelors who
would flee temptation would appear to be,
"Don't daac)
GERMANY IS I'
Second International Conference
Begins at The Hague.
j OPENING CEREMONY IS
BRIEF
Delegates Are Welcomed by the
Dutch rorein Minister.
M. NEL7D0FF IS
PRESIDING
Russian Delegate Says Disarmament
is Unattainable.
TRIBUTE IS PAID
ROOSEVELT
Rulers of Other Nations Not Included
In Compliment Day Unpropl-
tlons, bat Delegates Arc
- Pleased.
THE HAGUE. Juno 15.-A drlxsllng,
overcast day ushered In the second peace
conierencc. i ne oppressing weainer eon-
dltlnns, however, did not prevent the gov
ernment of The Netherlands from trying to
give the city a gala appearance. The red,
white and blue flag of Holland, side by
side with the orange standard of the House
of Nassau, was hoisted over every public
building and many private residences flew
the national colors. Fortunately, the clouds
began to break toward noon and the people
soon gathered to witness the arrival of
the distinguished foreigners at the ancient
portals of the Blnnenhof, within the walls
of which Is located the old castle ln which
the sittings of the conference will be held,
devoid, however, of pomp and glitter. As
upon the occasion of the first conference,
the government of the Netherlands, ln or
der to lay stress upon the peaoeful char
acter and objects of the conference, espe
cially requested tho delegates and military
and naval attaches not to appear In uni
form or wear any Insignia of their rank. ,
M. Nelldoff opened the conference today
by affirming that universal peace and dis
armament were unattainable. The utter
ances of the Russian statesman, although
pessimistic to the extent referred to, were
hopeful when later he said he believed that
a better method for the Judicial adjustment
of disputes was possible, even though all
conflicts between nations were no more j raised to the surface and the body of one
avoidable than conflicts between Individ- of the firemen found. The search for the
uals. other bodies Is being continued.
In the course of hla address M. Nelldoff I NORFOLK. Va., June 15.-The govern
greatly pleased the American delegates by ' mcnt tugs Alice and Mohawk left the navy
the high tributes which he paid to Presl- . J"1"1 to5 tow,n lBre derrick,
dent Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie, not ' whlRh wlU """ the ,au"eh of the battle
montlonlng any other countries or ruTers. j BhlD M,nnef.!' J ?L Ut"
The reference to President Roosevelt in I of Hampton road,
the speeche. of both Dr. Van TeU Van ! n twenty-seven feet of water .where he
. , ... . j , . . i . launch went down persumahly after having
Ooudraln, the Netherlands' foreign minis- . . ...,H m .h. . n k.
ter, and M. Nelldoff were greeted with
round, of applause. The whole ceremony
lasted hardly twenty minutes, when th
conference adjourned until Wednesday.
Tea was served In the main hall knd ln
the committee rooms after the adjourn
ment. Will Not Consider Disarmament.
WASHINGTON, June 16. It is stated on
authority that the American delegates to
The Hague conference will not bring up
for discussion the question of limitation
of armaments. That matter la regarded aa
a purely European question at present, and
as the result of a year's work by Prof.
De Martens at the various capitals of Eu
rope has been to thresh out pretty thor
oughly the whole matter and make evident
the fact that at least four of the great i
powers are averse to the consideration of J
the disarmanent question, the Washington
government regards itself aa relieved from
the necessity of bringing this matter to
the for. It Is the opinion here also that
the subject of limitation of armament will
not now be broached by any of the power
represented at The Hague conference.
UNION PACIFIC STOCK ISSUE
Stockholders Meeting at Salt Lake
City Creates Hundred Million
Mora Paper.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 15. At a spec
ial stockholders' meeting of the Union Pa
cific railway company here today It was
decided to Issue 8100,000,000 In new stock.
The issue is for the purpose of meeting
the expenses ot Improvements, present and
prospective, along th line of th Union
Pacific
When Vic President William D. Cornish
of the Union Pacific company and Secre
tary Alexander Millar of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific companies went Into
session here today with other representa
tives of EX H. Harrlman In a speclul stock
holders' meeting It was expected that action
on the object for which the meeting was
called, namely, to vote on the Issuance
of frtO.OOO.OOO ln new stock of the Union
Pacific, would be purely perfunctory. To
day's special meeting waa arranged at a
recent meeting of the board of directors
of the Union Pacific held ln New York.
It waa understood before today's meeting
began that all necessary steps for the pro
posed stock Issue had been taken and that
E. H. Harrlman, who controls the majority
of the stock to be voted, had approved th
issue. The meeting waa held ln the offices
of Vice President Bancroft of th Oregon
Short Line. Most of th stock represented
was voted by proxy.
SECRETARY TAFJ IS BETTER
After Day of Rest He Will Leave St.
Paul for Sioux Falls and
Northwest.
ST. PAUL, June 15. Secretary Tart, who
became suddenly 111 at Fort Snelllng yes
terday, la much better today. Mr. Taft
told the doctor that last night was the
first ln three weeks In which he had had a
good night's rest. Mr. J. C. Hill, whose
guest the secretary Is, Informed the As
sociated Press that Mr., Taft felt well
enough to continue on the trip thla morn
ing. "But," said Mr. Hill, "we have pre
vailed upon him to remain here quietly to
day aa we believe a whole day of quiet will
fully restore him. Th secretary will Uav
tonight for Sioux Falls and other north
western points."
STRIKE SEEMS INEVITABLE
Chicago Parkin; House Teamster
Have Hedaced Iemaad, but to
Mo Avail.
CHICAGO, June 15. Ftnel preparations
were begun today for a strlke.of the pack
ing house teamsters. The teamstera have
reduced their demand of an Increase of
four cents an hour to on and one half
cents. The peckers have offered an In
crease to certain teamsters, but not a gen
eral raise to all. This is unsatisfactory to
the men, and a sulks on Monday appears
tnevltabl
SCHMITZ APPLIES FOR BAIL
Formal Application for Release Made
la akailgre Dunne's loert
bs- Jllaror.
BAN FRANCISCO, June 15 -Thls morn-
1 ing a formal motion for the release of
. Mayor Schnilts under bonds was arsui'd
j before JtidRe Dunne, sn Informal motion
i 10 mat erreot presetit.l by counsel yester
day being denied. Tho motion for Schmltxs
admission to ball was based on the ground
tliat he Is charged with duties that he can
not perform If he remains In the custody
of the sheriff. The court In denying tho
' ,nforniBl motion, advised counsel that while.
he would listen to arguments on the formal
! motion If the prisoner chose to present It,
that If any variation from the regular pro
cedure were grantod by the court It would
be only an unusual showing. It Is under-
! stood that the question of policy, as well as
'aW W"' "ov'rn n attitude of the prosecu-
wwn in me mailer U ll'linrilluiR inni wi
convicted mayor be admitted to ball. If
It be decided thnt public sentiment is In
favor of permitting the mayor to go at
liberty on ball, the district attorney's of
fice will so recommend. If, on the con
trary, the prosecution determines that It
would be wiser to have Schmlts confined
; to the county Jail, he will be refused ball
i bv Jlldse Dunne. Thin Intter cmlrne would
necessitate tha taking of the matter be-
fore either a Judge of tho court of appeals,
or one of the Justices of the supremo
court.
Pending the decision of the court,
Schmlti was ln charge of the sheriff and
last night he was confined In the Branch
county Jail.
Bail for Mayor Schmltt, convicted of
extortion, waa refused today by Judge
Dunne when formal application was made
by the mayor's counsel. Sentence will be
pronounced on June 27.
Judge Dunne then called the sheriff be
fore him and said that Schmltz was not to
be allowed his liberty, but was to be con
fined In Jail unless upon orders of court.
Counsel for Schmlts then obtained an
order allowing Schmlts to be out of Jail,
though ln custody, until 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
LAUNCH HAS BEEN .RAISED
Body of One of Firemen Found lu
Boat, Also Portion of Tow
ing Hawser.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Secretary Met
calf has Just received a long distance tele
phone message from Admiral Berry, com
manding the Norfolk Navy yard, saying
that the Minnesota's launch has been
tug and barge. The divers last night
rope, nd cab,e, t0 tne mUe
i and lmmediately upon the arrival of the
derrick work was begun.
Eleven caskets are ready for th reoep- j mm psr rate bill reducing thl jZZ
tton ef tbe bodies. The plana ar to. carry senger rale from t cents to 2 cents, at
the bodies of those lost to the Minnesota ! tempting to put It In such form that it
and there to shroud them and the II Wall cou,ld ,onlr ?e enforced by the criminal law
ana there to snroua mom, ana the llkell- j Bnd the enforcement thereof could not b
IIUW1 1 mi iiwj wm mtrii ud uruuglll 10
til naval hospital in Portsmouth and from
there shipped as directed by the victims'
relatives. The "tell tale" piece of towing
hawser reponea rouna Dy tne aivers, who i "i me roiurn io wnich the rail-
discovered the launch last night will be ffVh edeTSl wrt S while "tTa."
held for comparison with the hawser of j no legislature could pass any law to ln
the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk j torefere with or prevent the determination
railroad bare, which. Is rennrte1 tn h.ve ot that Question.
passed through Hampton Roads about the
time of the disaster. The flags of all tho
vessels of the Atlantic fleet, which remain
In Hampton Road are half-masted.
SECOND HOMESTEAD ENTRIES
General Land Office Issues Circular
Showing How These May lie
Made.
WASHINGTON. June 15. The general
land office, with the approval of the secre
tary of the Interior has Issued a circular
to th local land offices and the public
generally relating to the matter of al
lowances of second homestead entries. The
only general law under which second home
stead entries may be allowed Is that of
April 28, 1904, which Is only applicable to
those parties who made and lost, forfeited
or abandoned their entries prior to the
date of the act because of an honest mis
take as to the character of the land or an
unavoidable complication of personal or
business affairs. Full Instructions are
given In the circular aa to the proofs
wnicn mum oe suomniea Dy tnose wno De-
lleve themselves entitled to second home-!
stead entries. The department holds that j
it la without authority to allow second en- I
trie, to those who forfeited their entries i
subsequent to April 28, 1904. or to allow !
second homestead entry in any case where !
a valid, original entry was made In the
absence of legislation expressly authoris
ing seoond homestead entries.
BRYCE STUDYING OIL CAMP
Declines to Make Statement Concern
log; Constitution of Now State
f . Oklahoma,
TULSA, I. T., Jun 15. James Bryca,
ambassador from Great Britain, will spend
today In this field studying th oil in
dustry. During the. day a reception will
be tendered him by the people of Tulsa.
Mr. Bryce has made a thorough study of
the constitution of the new state of Okla
homa, but declines to express an opinion
regarding it. At Muskogee last night,
following a day's trip that took him to
Vlnlta and Tahlequah, he said:
"The American people have shown ability
for self-government greater than any peo
ple on earth."
At Tahlequah, the capital of the Chero
kee nation, Mr. Bryce spent much time ln
studying the ancient customs of the In
dians and especially Impressed with with
the gallery of portraits of old chiefs, de
claring that their faces were younger than
those of any other race of man.
ORIENTAL LIMITED WRECKED
Crack Train oa Great Northern Gsei
Into Ditch from Spread
lag Ralls.
MI NOT, N. D., June 15. Great Northern
passenger train No. t the Oriental limited.
was wrecKea ana Durnea toaay at falermo,
N' ?"Ml Tltronl,wrm0 DISINFECT TELEPHONES
saya that nobody waa killed and that one
woman and two men were badly hurt rreurh Government Makes Order that
The trains passed Palermo at high speed. Inspections Khali Be Mad at
A short distance east of Palermo a spread-! Regular Intervals.
Ing rail threw the .engine and every carj PARIS. June .-8peclul.)-Th French
from the track and the entire train plunged government has ordered all public tele.
Intn tit rittfh 'The fmrm linniitlQtul ... . . w.. , , ,
j .... ... .... - - - - v. u.j
miuuan mn t-iiiun vi ivi
and all of them were consumed. Nearly j
all of th passengers escaped without M-1
lious Injur
RATE LAW HEARING
Missouri Two-Cent Case Argrued
Before Judge McPherson.
j QUESTION
OF JURISDICTION
Railroad Attorneys Insist that Fed
eral Order Has Precedence.
HADLEY APPEARS FOR THE STATE
Attorney General Says No Federal
Questions Are Involved.
STATE CAN MAKE ITS OWN LAWS
Railroads Voluntarily negln Boalneoa
Within Its Jurisdiction and
Must Be Bound br Its
Statutes.
KANSAS CITY, June 15. Tudgo Smith
McPherson, In the district court here thla
afternoon heard the arguments noh
of the state and the eighteen Missouri
railroads Involved ln th actions concern
ing the enforcement of the two cent pas
senger fare and the maximum freight rat
acts. '
Herbert 8. Hadley, attorney general of
Missouri, who arrived this morning from
Jefferson City directed the case for
the state and was assisted by John C.
Kennlsh, assistant attorney, general and
F. W. Ihman of St. Louts, and San
ford Ladd of Kansas City, special counsel
for the stste. Mr. Hadley held a con
ference this morning with the state's conn,
sel and mapped out their plan of action.
Attitude of Rn 1 1 roads.
Frank Hagerman, counsel for th rail
ways, outlined their position as follows:
The Minnesota, Texas, North and South
Dakota rate cuses have established ths
law to be that while the legislature may
fix rates It can only do so to the extent
that they shall be fixed ln such reason
able sum as to Insure a reasonable return
upon the money Invested. This rUht
Is constitutional and of It the railroad com
panies cannot bb deprived. In Fltla vs.
McQhee. 172 U. 8. bid the supreme court
held that If a maximum rate law simply
mdo a violation thereof a crime and no
officer was charged with any special duty
relative to the enforcement thereof the
Injunction would not llo but the validity
of the law would have to be contested In
a defense In a criminal proceeding. This
would permit passengers to he carried at
the reduced rale and the railroads if suc
cessful could not recover It back. If en
Joined ths court would refuse security to
refund to passengers if the state finally
prevailed.
Refers to I. aw of IPOS.
In 1K05 the legislature of Missouri passed
a maximum freight rate bill, to enjoin
which railroads of the stale filled bills,
obtained temporary Injunctions and took
testimony, the cases being sot for before
the master for argument upon June 18. At
Its session in It repealed the 1B05 law
j except a.
I to the extent that the governor In his
to
rates
s De
dal message Indicated that he thought they
I enjoined penning a Hearing OS tO Its Un
reasonableness.
The railroads presented an application to
file an Hinetideii nA nrlr.l,1uni.l win i
j the pending cases upon the theory that the
Refers to Procedure.
Besides this there are many special duties
to be performed by the railroad commis
sioners and ottorney general In reference to
passenger rates. The nenaltles -M,.h
crue are reuulred to be specially collected
I s&&rtlXXlZZ?hyi
civil remedies. Therefor besides making
the railroad commissioners and attorney
uT-i.-iKinui me county juages
and county treasurers are also named, aa
well as certain passengers who travel upon
the roads, the latter being sued aa a class
upon the theory that an adjudication of
their rights can be determined In this rase
Notice having been given of the applica
tion for leave to file the amended and sup
plemental bill, a restraining order was
asked against the defendants pending a
hearing, the court desiring to hear arru
ments thereon of Its own motion entered
an order maintaining the status quo by en.
Joining the railroad companies from nuttln
In the rates pending the determination of
Position of the State. .
Mr. Hadley. in opposing the application
of the railroads for leave to file a supple
mental bill asking for a temporary In
junction, restainlng the board of railroad
commissioners and himself from enforc
ing tne maximum freight law and . th
io cent passenger law, enacted In
said In Dart:
1907,
The right of the complainants to file a
fipi'l"rn-nt bill In this case goes directly
at. V fedorTl court." Jurl8d,ct,on the
The people of the state of Missouri hi
I!?r'r ov';r's"n r,l'"J'lty. I'v fixed cer-
-... ....... ,,,.,BIll raies ana a two
cent passenger rate. Upon Thursday and
n-u... . i . . .
riiuay ine couns oor tha star. mi.
aouri Issued a temporary restraining order
on the application of the state, enjoin
ing the railroads from refusing to com
ply with the provisions of these laws
oi l
j no ruumans enjoinca navs voluntarily
come within ths state of Missouri nH .
gagea in Dusiness here. The courts of
animnuuri are now ready TO
speedy determination of the
are noi
reaay xo proceeq to a
me ou
uestlona
a
o wnemer mese
net tier these
laws ahould or should
not be enforced. But the railroads are
asking . that the stale officials be en
Joined, upon the ex-parts affidavit of an
employe of the several railroad companies
from enforcing the law of the state. The
Jurisdiction of the state courts ln this
matter is co-extensive with tha Jurladlc.
tlon of th federal courts and In ordor
to maintain, without controversy. Is our
dual system of state and federal sov
erlegnty the Jurisdiction of the state court
should be recognized and respected.
If complainants are to be granted th
order asked for, the legislature nf a sov
ereign state can he kept In constant tute
lage by the federal courts. Such a con
dition would be destructive of our system
and form of government and overthrow
that sovereignity which Is reserved bv th
states under the provisions of th federal
Jurisdiction.
ST. LOUIS, June 15. A special to th
. Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City says
t C. W. Thomas, a prominent business man
; of this city, unexpectedly got the benefit of
' the 2-cent rate law last night by riding
free on the Missouri Pacific railroad from
St. Louis. He said to the conductor: "I
tender you In the presence of these wit
nesses the fare from St. Louis to Jefferson
City at the rate of 2 cents a mile.. You can
J accept it or put me off."
j The conductor, not wishing to enter Into
a possible legal entanglement, permitted
ThoUiaa to ride the 126 miles free.
,niiin it, u rnrniuiif turn n r iti f u in! lli-
ecie,i at resuiar interval In the rutjre.
Ths precaution Is due to a Paris business
man having caught a skin dlseas through
using on ef th publlo li)truinoola