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8 TTTE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. APRIL 29. 1009. 1AH TALKS AURAS I DINNER President Principal Speaker at Ban quet of Umion League Club. TEIBUIE TO HIS PREDECESSOR Only Military Uenlua ! I wder afnod Heal Problem af War Peonlo Saw Areelate 9en lliDMla of Oraat'and l.ee. FHtLAiKLPMIA. April 2.-Presldent Taft tonight vti Ihr principal speaker t th Grant iiMhday dinner of the I'nlon league l(k ihl city and paid a striking tribute to the soldier-president. Mr. Tft wa sharply crltlclied a year ago because of crtaln of hl reference to General Grant, and he took advantage of tonight' opportunity to expresa anew hla admira tion for. General Grant. a a man, aa a soldier and a chief executive of the Vnlted (Halea. . The president . rcaciwd Philadelphia at c u n m Th. was a delar enreute from Washington of nearly "an .hour, caused by the breaking of drairhead n the coupling of two of the car on the regular New Tork expreea. to which ; Ma private car 'Independence' waa attaohed. The train wa not an unuaually heavy one and the fact that tha coupling gave way two cara In front of hla own brought out consid erable good-natured chaff, for tha preal dent. i The president, accampanted by Captain Archibald Butt, hla military aide, waa met at Broad atreet by an Imnienae throng. The may from the station to the 1'nlon League club waa lined with thousanda of rlt'cena. who cheered the preetdent voclfer oualy.' ft waa .the moat notable greeting Mr. Taft has experienced since hla Inau guration, lie acknowledged the cheers and plaudits of the throng by constantly lift ing his hat. At the club home the preet dent held a reception fOT more tlinn an hour, some 2,000 of I'nlon league members shaking handa with him. perch of President Taft. The banquet hall of the club, where about V sat at the tables, waa profusely decor? ated with flowers, flaga and electrlo lights. General Horace Porter of New Tork and Jamea T. Hope, president rf the I'nion league, were among the speakers who pre ceded Preeldent Taft. The latter, following hla almoat Invariable custom, spoke ex temporaneously. . Mr. Tuft spoke it times In a half qulsalcal manner and there waa frequent laughter, as wall aa applause, at hla reference to political condition in the south. After making complimentary references to the t'nlon league s patrV tic support of the union nrmy at the outbreak of the civil war and during Ita continuance, Mr. Taft said: "It la peculiarly fitting that thl club each year ahould celebrate the birthday of that man who then waa coming Into proml r.er.ce and upon whom hung, It would aeem. the whole destinies of this nation. "It Is not for me. In the. presence of ft gentleman who knew him, who served with, him, who ran the .risk of life and death with him. to desennt upon Ma life, hla peculiar virtues, or rU length attempt to picture, hla character to thla company. But trine- are certain things with respect to General Grant that today dome back with referrpce to our rKnln life. They said that. Grant had not the military genlua HAt other general dlaplayed In the war. To m.v mind hit mind and brain represented the ery genius . f the war to suppreta the rebellion, because It waa hi mind that grasped the thought that until we had fought It out wlth;oor brave opponents and tret fieni in the' field' and fought them na aoldlers;1 tint!' ye convinced them by our strength that the battle waa hopeless, we i.'uuld - not expt to have a united country, und' therefore ' from the time he began In Belmont until he accepted tha surrender f Lev at Appomattox he fought not cllies, not points of etrategy, but he fought, the enemy, and lie fought and fought and fougot until he wore out the opposition, because only by wearing them cut criuld he hope to brine; about the condi tion In which there should be complete peace.' tApplue.) . Spirit af Appomattox. "What I wtali particularly to dwell upon tonight 1 the aplrlt of that peace at Ap pomattox, represented on the one nand by the magnanimity of Grant and by tha elf-rest ralnt and courage and far-sighted patriotism I for that It was) on tha part of Le tn bringing tha struggle to a fin ish. That aplrlt at Appomattox la today, I trust, triumphant. Between the two leaders It existed when the terma of the surrender were signed, but It was Im possible under the conditions that that spirit ahould control and make itself im mediately manifest between the two sec tions. Tha conditions were such that that could not be. - The remnants of A Slater?, th. distressed condition of the I south and the feelings that had been j wrought between the two sections could j noi ne iiuwnni vy ire nirre expression 01 two such leadera aa Grant and tee, a Jt waa necessary. I suppose, that we should go through that thirty or forty yeare In order that the rent which made to the foundations of our country and of our civilization should b reunited In a common country with a common spirit. C lo.er t ales lnalble. "But what I mean to point out la that! that spirit we now rejoice In, aa we find between the two sections no remaining Mtternesa, Is a spirit that aa between the two great commanders, existed the day that they shook hands and signed the terma of surrender. It la a matter that I hae very much at heart. I believe it la possible to make the two sections even closer together. The south Is a more homogeneous people than we. Kml-a-ratlon Into thla country spread over the north and weat, not Into the south, and the aouth preserved Its traditions longer than did we In the north. Added to thit trait and quality of thelra was the fact that for a long time the traces of war and the sufferlnga from war were pres ent to them and alwaya they have present the colored race to bring back recollec tions of the strife. All la Sanaa Business Boat. Prosperity haa come to the aouth. Some changes, I fear are necessary , In fixed economic principles to promote the busi ness of the aouth. We are all In the aame boat In a more emphatic aenae than we ever were before in the history of the counttry. t mean bualneas boat and they of the south, especially their bualnesa men are trembling In the balance of doubt aa to Juet where they are politically (laughter). In that condition t feel certain that the next decade or two decades will bring about a change In their political vlewa, not necessarily to qualify thorn for membership In the I'nlon . Ieague club (laughter), but such as to fit them for In dependent action and at timea to be win ning when opportunity offera to vote for a different candidate from him who la supported by the solid aouth. Not a Itepnbllraa speech. "I am not making a republican speech and t am not apeaklng from a republican atandpolnt; at least, 1 hope I can separate myaelf from that - disposition natural to one who went through the laat campaign. Speaking from the atandpolnt, 1 hope, of real patriotic Interest In my country I look forward Into the next decade, not with the hope that the south shall become republican and make the country all repub lican, I think a good opposition, a good strong patriot opposition la necessary to make the republican party, if It la to con trol the government, useful to the people and a defeat at times would not hurt It. What I am looking forward to la a divi sion In the parties In the south, so that there ahall be tolerance of political opin ion there, ao that in their atate govern ment and In their national affaire, there ahall be more than one political creed tn be aubacribed to and supported I believe . that generally through the stfuth the men who are not actively engaged . in ' politics woudn recognise that end as one devoutly to be wished. Sly Dig; at Critics. "In expressing these desires 1 am quite conscious that my motives are likely to be misconstrued, or, at least, that 1 ahall have attributed to me rather more politi cal1 policy than patriotic desire, but, never theless, I persist in expressing It. and while some of my friends from the south, who represent that section In congress and In the aenate, are constantly throwing cold water on my attempt to encourage a little Independence of political thinking In the aouth and saying that it la hopeless for me to attempt to bring about a change In that regard, they will excuse me If I attribute to them a little of that' political prejudice that they think Is actuating me (laughter) and It la possible they would not welcome that division or political opin ion In the aouth with all the fervor of some other patrlota In that section who do not hold now the position of representa tive and aenator in Washington. But, however it Is, I feci certain that the real spirit of Appomattox la marching on and that it Is infualng Itself In the people of the south aa It was long ago Infuaed in the people of the north and that we are growing cloaeT and closer together and that It will manifest Itself ln.,polltlcal In dependence the country overt- so that we ahall know each other by sections In po litical mattera, but by difference only In principles. "Now. my friends. I had not prepared a speech tonight. I felt sure that when I got Into thla presence and felt the electric fluid of patriotism, of republicanism and of the sweet association that la handed down within these walls of the g-reat men that have atood here and addressed you. that I ahould bo able to aay aomething to explain why I am here. 1 thank you." Bee want ada are buslnesc boosters. P. v vO ) Mf CARROLL TALKS OF LAWS Iowa's GoTernor Comments on Many .; Enforcement Features. EDUCATIONAL ACT IMPORTANT Fire la Heart of Des Moines Dorlaaj fiale Close Call for Many Business later est. tr'rom a Staff Corrsponrtent.i DES MOINES. April IP. (BpeclaL)-Gov-ernor Carroll signed the last bill enacted by the thirty-third general assembly to day. He gave out the following Interview: "The Importance of the legislation of the recent session of the general assembly will be better appt eclated a few months from now than It la at the preaent time. More bills have been passed by the thirty-third general assembly than were passed by the thlrty-aecond. and some of them are equally Important with any measures passed In re cent yeaTB. Scarcely a more Important measure haa ever been enacted than the law creating the State Board of Educa tion. It has a great bearing, not only upon the State university, the Agricultural college and the Slate Teachera' college, but In a sense It affecta our entire educa tional system, and the success or the fail ure of the measure la one of deep con cern. "No session of the legislature haa ever passed so many statutes with regard to law enforcement aa the aeaslon which has Just closed. The law authorizing the dis trict Judge to remove officials for neglect of duty puts If within the power of every community to have the .lawa properly en forced, and I doubt not but that great good Is going to come from thla legisla tion. A matter of no email Importance to the traveling public la the law providing for hotel Inspection. Thla measure la per haps not eo popular among the hotel peo ple, hut the traveling men of the country, especially those who muat necessarily spend a great portion of their Uvea In tbe hotels of the atate, feel and appreciate the Im portance of thla meaaure. "I believe aleo that very much good will result from the establishment of the con servation commission, which has been pro vided for by recent enactment. Another measure of great Importance to the farm ing Interests la that of the establishment of a plant for the production of hog aerum aa a preventative of hog cholera. Thla la somewhat experimental aa yet. but It bears about the same relation to the hog Inter ests aa the tuberculin teat does to the cat tle Intereste. Secretary Wilson of the Ag ricultural department la very much Inter ested In this matter and believes that it la going to result in great good to the coun try generally. Stringent Anti-Trust Law. "One of the most stringent anti-trust laws enacted by any atate In the union was passed by the recent session of our legislature and will doubtless go a long ways toward protecting the people against the formation of these organisa tions. "The entire military code of the stale waa revised and placed upon a plan In harmony with the national law pertain ing to ,the regular army. The guard of the state will better appreciate the change in our military code than will our civil ians, who are not so familiar with guard mattera. The bill authorising the execu tive council to remove officials for gross neglect of duty, for malleasance or mis feasance In office, for corruption, etc., will also tend to give ua better services and bring about a better regard for offi cial positions. "Statutes were also enacted looking to the better protection of the labor Inter eats of the state, especially tn the mutter of the assumption of risks. The Im provements In the drainage lawa and the, amendments to the primary election laws are worthy of notice and are of general Interest. "Many Important matters failed to pass during the recent session of the general assembly, but public attention has been called to them and the g.eiund work has been laid for effective legislation In the future. Among the more important ones and those which will doubtlesa be up for consideration at future sessions of our legislature are the bills for the estab lishment of a better system of road making; the consolidation of various de partments of the atate government; the abolition of the per diem system of com pensation wherever the aame can be dis pensed with; a revision of the school lawa and of the tax lawa of the atate; tha public utilities bill; the flxtng of definite salaries tn lieu of the per diem snd other methods of compensation and the enlargement and beautifying of the capltol grounda. all of which will, and ought to, demand public attention during the next two years." Harrow Reran for lira Molars, The people of Des Moines feel that the city had a very narrow escape from a fire which would have laid waste a large part of the business section of the city. The miracle Is that under all circumstances the fire department kept the fire under control It started r.ear Sixth and Ixetist In the Doody block about S o'clock at night. There was a fierce gale blowing In the direction of a business section completely covered with old buildings. The Boody block waa eight stories high and very nar row. It had recently been occupied by a paint and wall paper bouse and there was a large mount of oil In the upper stories. Soon after the fire started this oil ex ploded, producing several fearful ahock which completely blew off the top of the building. The burning walls fell upon sur rounding buildings and soon there wa a great fire raging In almost all of a com pletely covered business block. It was good luck that soon thereafter the wind slowed down so that It was pos sible to confine the fire to the half dosen buildings In the vicinity of the Boody block. A number of person living in an adjoin, j Ing block ; narrowly escaped before the falling walls cruthed In the roof over their heads. One fireman, Marlln Tew. was Injured resculg a young woman from the building. The total loan Is about tlGO.). NEW ACADRMV FOR CI.IWTOX Prasrliras Slatera Will Build Large Addition to Preaent Property. CLINTON. Ia.. April 28. (Special. ) A new $100,000 academy will probably be erected here tills fall for the Sisters of St. Francis, commonly known aa the Fran ciscan Sisters, on beautiful Mt. Alverno. a large hall which overlooks this city. The constant Increase In the number of board ing pupils lias made the erection of the building net-esary and oermlBslon o con struct the academy was recently .riven by Archbishop Kearie of Dubuqvie. When the structure Is completed, which will be this fall or rarly next spring, the present academy will be converted Into a mother house and the new bidding will tak-; the plnce of the present convent. The order, for which Cllntrn Is the hcndo.ua tcrs, ha conventa In Vail, Tamn, Hnwardn, Rook Valley. Akron, Denlson, Anthrn, Lourdes, Cresco, retersville and Epworth, la.; Ster ling, Roehclle, Taluca and Macomb, III.; Dixon, Neb., and New Straltavllle O. IOWA W. C. T. V. WORKER DEAD Mrs. Mary Aldrlch, for Maay Tears Head of I'nlon In State. Soccnmbs. FORT DODGE. Ia.. "April 28-(8peclal Telegram.) Mrs. Mary Aldrlch, aged 7. cfled Wednesday at 8 o'clock at Sidney, N. T., after many months' Illness due to a general breakdown. She was one of the brightest women ever In Iowa and for many years was atate president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union. She was a sister of Captain W. H. Johnaton of Fort Dodge. Philippine Veterans Reunion. CRE8TON. Ia.. , April 28. -(Special.)- The Fifty-first regiment of the Iowa Na tional guard waa In session here yester day, over 100 veterans being present. The reunion was held in the court house and the business meeting In the afternoon was presided over by Captain Keating, commander of the Army of the Philip pines. The Fifty-first was the only Iowa regiment that took part In the real fight during the Spanish-American war, snd many reminiscences were recalled that made tha reunion particularly gratifying to the members. Telegrams from Absent members who could not be present were received and read and the evening was given over to a camp-fire and' snooker'. " ' - A committee wlufappolnted to compile a roster and history of- the Fifty-first organization, composed of Adjutant Gen eral Guy E. I.oki. Dr. Wilbur Conklln and Captain Brewer of Corning. Red Oak was selected for the next re union meeting place and Major Dan Turner of Corning was elected com mander; Guy S. Brewer of Des Moines, vice commander; Kd Okey of Corning, corresponding secretary; Frank Grounds of Greenfield, recording aecretary; W. S. Conklln of Des Moines, treasurer; Ed Merrltt of Emerson, surgeon general, and H. H. Hubbell of Oskaloosa, chaplain. Dean of Women Realams. IOWA CITY. Ia., April 28. (Special.) Mrs. Mable M. V'olUnd. acting dean of women of the University of Iowa, has re signed, the resignation to take effect next September. The art came aa a surprise to the many friends of Mrs. Volland. Many rumors have been circulated on ihe campua of changes In the college faculty this year, and It has been predicted that several of the prominent professors would leave the university this year. 1'ntil Mrs. Volland s action, there waa no verification of the numerous reports circulated alnce the mak ing out of the budget by the Board of Regents. Off YTvMi TJsja I'nysessjiT AW.? (j&L? inlaid Vi:iaifilf MtlUiH-AYfii sa (BCMUJ) FIVE PERSONS ARE DROWNED Fool Rocks Launch Near Oakland, Cal., and Three Lives Are Lost. TUG RUN DOWN SMALL BOAT Fisherman Fall Asleep and Two More Are DrownedRailroad A ntomo bile Strikes Dog; and la Overturned. OAKLAND. Cal.. April 38. Five persons were drowned near Black Diamond, ac cording to advices received here tonight. A party of twenty-five excursionists waa returning from a nearby resort when one of the party began rocking the launch and three were drowned. Later two men In another boat were fishing and fell asleep. They were run down by a tug and drowned. The excursionists drowned were: STEVE CROPPB. 21 years old. JACK LATIMER, aged . FRED 8HAPANA, engineer of launch. Those run down and drowned: LOCI3 GRILLACD. SALVADOR GRILLAUD. Automobile Strikes Do. BONNE TERRE, Mo., April 28.-Herns Hoblitzell wa killed and two other men were badly Injured w:hen a railroad auto mobile atruck a dog on the track of tbe Mississippi River & Bonne Tcrre railway a mile aouth' of Plattln this afternoon. The automobile waa overturned and the occu pants burled under the machine. R. R. 8. Parsons, superintendent of the St. Joseph Lead company and second vice president of the railroad, and H. M. Fau quier, trainmaster, were the injured. The chauffeur and a guest of Mr. Parsons were uninjured. Hoblitsell was a brother-in-law of Paraons, who owned the automobile. GRAND JURY TO LOOK INTO RECENT LYNCHING AT ADA Two Handred Witnesses Will Re Ex amined In Effort to Catch Leaders of Mob. ADA, Okl., April 18. A special grand Jury ordered by Governor Haskell in investigate the lynching here on April 19 of 'James Miller, Jesse West, Joseph Allen and W. T. Burrell. the cattlemen, for the murder of A. A. Bobbin, a I'nlted States deputy marshal, convened here today. Attorney General Weat will conduct the examination of witnesses. More than 200 witnesses have been summoned and every effort will, It is said, be made to secure Indictments against tbe )cdera ot tlw mob at Ira . During the last twenty-four hour there has been talk of another lynching. Thl talk centered around the fact that Oscar Tellar and Edward and David Johnson, all three of whom were taken to Tecumseh Jail for safe keeping several days ago have been returned to Ada. Peller, who la a young boy. la being held a an alleged accesaory to the murder of Bobbltt. and It was hia confeslon that is believed to have been the primary rauae of the lynching of the quartet of cattlemen. The Johnson hrothera are charged with tho brutal murder of I. H. P'.tnam, at Allen, laat January, and up to this time there has been no trial in their case. IMEiMvLL iPtLMn! sBTff t. $. aw -"it :ees'4.-Ti s Jury Secured for Hains Case Lunacy Commission May Be Ap pointed to Determine Mental Condition of Defendant. FLUSHING. N. T., April 28.-The Jury that is to try Captain Peter C. Halne for the murder of William E. Anni. his one time friend, waa finally completed today. It took Just seven day to aelect the twelve men and In that time 450 talesmen were called and examined. The a: ate will present Its case, beginning tomorrow, and from that, time- on the case will move expedi tiously. The Jurymen ar a tailor, real estate dealer, tlnvmlth," retired farmer, lithographer, contractor, electrician, Insur ance agent, music teacher, printer, gar ment cutter and elevator man. All of the Jurymen are married except Otto Nicholas, who la 27 years old and the youngest In the Jury box. The defense has fought all along for married men and per emptorily challenged the few bachelors who have qualified. Captain Hains haa taken no part In se lecting the twelve men who will decide his fate, and will remain silent throughout the proceedings. His lawyers contend that he is Insane now, aa he waa for months be fore he killed Annis. The Idea that a lunacy commission will be appointed to pas on the captain' present mental condi tion 1 dominant. COLORADO TO PAY CAMPAIGN EXPENSES Governor Slain Bill Requiring; Statu to Contribute to All Po litical Parties. DENVER. Colo., April .-Governor Shafroth today algned the expensea bill passed by the recent legislature and the unique measure become a law In ninety day. The bill provides the state shall contribute for campaign expensea every two years, 25 cent for each vote caat at the preceding general election, the sum to be divided among the political parties ac cording to the vote caat for their respec tive candidate for governor. PEACE IN HARD COAL FIELDS Miners and Operators Expert to Sign Three-Year Contract Thurs day Afternoon. SCRANTON, Pa.. April 2S.-The trl-di-Irlct convention of the anthracite mine worker, which will tomorrow ratify the proposed agreement that I expected to be signed by the representatives of the men and the mine operators in Philadelphia on Thursday, met this afternoon, organised and adjourned until ' tomorrow morning, when the committee, of seven will lay the agreement before the delegates. The leadera of the union fully expect the agreement will be signed by both sides on Thursday, then ensuring Industrial peace In the hard coal field of Pennsyl vania for another three years. Bee want ads are business booster. The National prestige of Uncoda Biscuit is baked in. The moment you take a biscuit from the pack age; as soon as you taste it, the reason be comes apparent why so many hundred millions of packages of Unccda Biscuit have been bought by the American people. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY 0k IS I v --3 - -4s.xtv.. aim i i it Students Forced to Cut Cartoons Drake Unirersity Annual Expurgated by Order of Faculty for Some Caustio Art. DES MOINE& Ia.. April St. The annual edition of ths "Qua," Drake university student publication, was confiscated tonight by the faculty and Ita editor threatened with possible expulsion units two objec tionable cartoons were, withdrawn. . The edition wa published at a coat - of $3,000 and th student board" of editors finally agreed to expurgate the edition and to night the offensive cartoons of Dean Frederick Norton of College of Liberal Arts ana miss nessia urir.arau, a avuuent In the medical department, were cut out of 1,2(0 copies. The cartoona reflected upon Dean Nor ton' methods in class and Miss Grlng- raa S criticism "t venma mrmovri 01 ner class. Florida House Endorses Bryan -"- - Lower Branch of " Legislature Re bukes Congressman Clark for ' Criticising Nebraskaa. TA-LLAHASSE. Fla., April 2S.-The Florida houae ot representative today adopting a resolution endorsing the "demo cracy ot the matchless and peerless leader of the democratic party. William Jennings Bryan." This was considered a rebuke to Congressman Clark of Florida, who recently criticised Mr. Bryan in a speech In con gress. Governor Gilchrist-will entertain .Mr. Bryan on the occasion of the Nebraakah'i visit to Florida to make answer to th criticism of Representative Clark. Mr. Bryan haa accepted tie Invitation of the general assembly to address that body, but has not yet fixed a date. ALLEGED SWINDLERS ARRESTED IN SEATTLE Directory nana; I Charged with. wladllttaT Business Men Out of Million Dollars. SEATTLE. Wash., April .-The Chicago police say George B. Kerth and N. Law rence, under arrest here, charged with swindling, are members of a band that has rubbed eastern business men of 11.000,000 by a fake directory scheme In the last ten year. Detective Sausman and ZAmmrr of Chicago, arrived here today to take the prisoner back to that city. According to Sausman and ZImmer the men pretended to publish a business di rectory, solicited merchants to sign an agreement to pay express charge on a complimentary copy of the book, changed this agreement by inserting line which made it an advertising contract and then collected the amount named In the con tract, the merchant generally submitting