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VOL. XXXVIII XO. 28.5.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOIIN1XO, MAY 12, 1000 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COTY TWO CENTS.
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GOOD PROGRESS
ON TARIFF RILL
Amendment by Committee on Fi
nance Are Upheld in Senate by
Substantial M'ritiei.
r"
CHINAWARE S IS UP
Water Company
Wins Hydrant
Case at St. Paul
CAPTAIN HAINES
FOUND GUILTY
Slayer of William C. Annis is Con
victed of Manslaughter in
the First Degree.
Wonders of Electricity
MOTOR BALLOON
TO FONT OMAHA
,cr-s "
pFaCuSfcP) I I
Chief Signal Officer General James
Allen Orders Dirigible No. 1
Sent Here Immediately.
CHANGE OF PLANS NECESSARY
Tests and Experiments for Fort Myer
Are Transferred to Omaha.
Court of Appeals Affinni Judgment
Against City of Omaha for
Over $100,000.
-.fC' .
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BOTH SIDES ARE SURPRISED
i Decrease
ust.
Rate on Eartht
OBJECT LESSON B v SCOTT
Senator Who Makes Glas . " ,uotes
Wholesale Price;'
PROFITS OF DEALERS ENORMOUS
IVtrhrrs Wd by Fnetnry for Mr
etits nmrn Cost Forty CriiU
F.nrh at Metall--Prlcee
i mr I nilrr Protection.
WASHINGTON. May 11. Huhstantlal
promts wan made In tb- consideration of
the tariff hill today, the umcmlments of
tiie intnmillw nn finance being upheld by
the senate by aubKtantlal majorities.
A feature of the day's session wan a gen
ernl discussion concerning the great dis
parity between wholesale nnd retail prices
f.f commodities. Republican senators de
clared that this difference win to great
to demonstrnte Mint the duty levied
by a protective tariff had small effect on
the price pnld by the consumer.
This feature of the discussion wa rre
rlpltntrrt by Senator Ecott himself, a glass
tnanufitrturer.
The schedule covering the products of
lend was passed over upcn the sugges
tion of Henatoi- Aldrlch. because he said
the finance committee desire to make some
changes In the dutlca as previously recom
mended. The section relating to lime stone rock
asphalt was at first amnndod by reducing
tie duty M per cent under the present
law. but later, on motion of Mr. Beverldge,
who suggested that perhaps that article
should go on the free list, the paragraph
was temporarily passed over.
The schedule relating to mica was also
passed over. Mr. Aldrlch saying the com
mitter desired to reconsider that para
graph, as It was not now satisfied whether
the duty should he increared or whether
the article should be placed on the free
list.
Cam ml n on.Cblna.ware.
When the schedules relating to china
ware and earthenware was reached, Mr.
Cummlna suggested that two-thirds of tnw
chlnaware used In this country was Im
ported, while M per cent of the earthen
ware used waa of domestic manufacture,
and added that ho proposed lntw, to offer
un amendment to reduce the rate on eaxth
enwareAi ifr.iiJvliJrlch .eaid. that the two
article had 'been" classified together and
given the same duty since 1W3, even the
Wilson bill making no change in the classi
fication. As a result of an understanding reached
hereafter the achate will finally adopt each
paragraph of the bill as reached, unless
passed over by agreement, and no further
opportunity will be had to amend the meas
ure until it has reached the parliamentary
Status of being before the senate.
peaking in fuvor of a reduction of the
dutiea on steel and eurthenwnre as a means
of giving the people generally cheaper
goods of that Kind, Mr. Bacon offered
an amendment reducing the rate from 60
to 36 per cent ad valorem.
Plating that this Industry exemplified the
lest Influences of the protective tariff sys
tems, by encouraging home production,
while at the same time being submitted to
a lively competition from abroad, Mr. Dol
liver said he would vote against this pro
posed decrease of duty.
Mr. Aldrlch said that the revenue re
ceived from the china and earthenware
schedules waa t6.0W.0nO, the Importations
amounting in .ono,ono.
Mr. Bacon's amendment waa defeated, 26
to M. Senator I .a Follette being the only
republican who voted In the affirmative
with the democrats
Explaining that he desired a rate of duty
on common crockeryware which reduce Its
oust to the consumer, Mr. Bacon offered
another amendment to reduce the rate from
So per cent ad valorem as It mood In the
bill, to 40 x r cent, it-was voted down,
(0 to St.
When, the Klaus schedule waa reached,
Mr. rVoit made a plea for protection of the
glusa industry.
Object lesson by Scott.
Taking from the shelf on his desk one
piece of glansware after another and hold
ing them up In full view of the senate Mr.
Srott gave an objeot lesson In the cheap
ness of the ware.
"Heie," Is a half gallon pitcher we sell
for 90 cents a doxen. It sells at retail
for about 4o rents apiece."
Senators and visitors In the galleriee
tuned their necks to see the sample held
r.Ieft hy Mr. Scott.
"Here ngaln." he said. "Is a tumbler.
When 1 first went Into the glass business
this tumbler retailed at JI.60 a dosen. Now
we sell It for II tents a dozen, less than 1
cent a piece. Here, is a glass dish to bo
boiht In any store for To cents a doien.
"if we keep on we will soon be paying
reople to carry this glassware away.
Here Is another goblet that formerly sold
for M a doien mid which now under protec
tion Sells for IS cents a doien."
Then holding up a picture of an eleven
story building. Mr. Scott said it was the
business place of the wholesaler and re
taller of ulxs'ware and he added that the
men who owned the building had made
more money than all the glass manufac
turers. Vr. Hale took advantage of Mr. Scott's
exhibition to make a point In support of
the Protective policy as a whole.
TAFT AND TRAVIS PLAY GOLF
President aad l-'erraer rhasnploa Will
He Pair la fere some ea
v Satwrday.
WASHINGTON. Msy ll.-Presldent Taft
tomorrow will play the roost notable game
of golf In his career up to this time, when,
jeired with Walter J. Travis, the former
national champion, he will engage In a
fojrsome against General Clarence Ed
wards, chief of the Insular bureau of the
War department, and E. Oden Horetm.nn.
one of the cracks of the Chevy Cbaae club.
The gams will be -for blood
Amendment by Mr.
ST. PAUL, Mint... May U.-Speeial Tele
gram.; The Omaha Water company won
a victory In the hydrant rentals case
against the the city of Omaha, In the cir
cuit court of appeals In an opinion which
affirms the decision of Judge T. C. Munger
giving the compar ,'udnmt nt for over S10O,
OUO for the rental jt hydrants.
The case was originally tried before
Judge W. H. Munger, who found for the
city. The case waa appealed and the cir
cuit court of appeals reversed the lower
court and ordered a retrial. Judge T. C.
Mungur heard the case the second time
and gave Judgment to the Water company
for the amount claimed. This decision is
now affirmed.
The same questions are tavolved In sev
eral other cases.
The circuit court is upheld in holding
that at the second trial there was not suf
ficient evidence for the consideration of
the Jury that the water company had,
under facts conceded to exist, failed In
substantially performing its obligations
under the ordinance contracts.
The court says that without restating
the opinions of the lower court or men
tioning additional evidence received, when
the case was appealed oefure, it Is suffi
cient to say It thinks the circuit court was
right. The proof was, says the court, that
the water company had substantially per
formed Its contract and there was no sub
stantial evidence to the contrary.
The decision will have the effect of in
definitely postponing the four other hydrant
rental cases n jw pending In the United
States circuit court at Omaha, All of
these cases are for approximately $00,000
each. The sixth of these cases was filed
In the Omaha federal court In January,
1908. a case being filed each six months.
Another will be due for filing June 1.
Belle Fourche
Land Office
Opens July 1
Commissioner of the General Office
Has Issued His Proclamation
to That Effect.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May 11. The commls
slonre of the geneml land office has Is
sued a proclamation declaring that the
Belle Fnurche land district, with office at
Belle Fourche, 8. D., will be ready for
business July 1. This will be of great bene
fit to farmers urder the government pro
ject, as' there la a great ideal of business
with the land office on account of amend
ing emtrles to comply with farm unit maps,
payment of water rights and application
for water.
On Mrtrch Tt the secretary of the Interior
approved the preliminary farm unit plats
covering portions of the Belle Fourche
project not already opntd under order
of June 21. 1907. These plats have been
filed with the land office and persons who
have entries can now amend them and can
get on the land on which they belong.
There tire still a number of farms open
for fllVr.g on In the Belle Fourche project,
for which water Is now ready for delivery.
Actor Proves
He is a Rogue
Shrewd English Thespian Rakes Up
Old Law to Avoid Jury
Service.
LONDON, May U. An actor who was
summoned today to serve on a Jury made
the successful plea that under the law he
was a "rogue and vagabend," and there
fore ineligible.
In support of his contention he produced
an old act of Parliament which never has
been repealed. Ths Judge hastily perused
this act and had to admit thit the actor
was not qualified to sit on a Jury.
ALLIANCE MAN IN TROUBLE
Arrested for Passing Worthless
Checks, aya Relative May Have
Shifted Accounts.
CHICAGO, III., May lL-(Rpeclal Tele
gram.) T. G. Ganson. formerly engaged in
the hotel business In Alliance, Neb., under
arrest for passing worthless cheeks, has
been placed In a peculiar predicament, If
his story told to Municipal Judge Hume Is
true. Gannon was granted a continuance
until tomorrow pending the arrival of re
ports from the Alliance National bank.
According to Ganson his brother-in-law
had access to his bank account, and when
a check given the Wellington hotel waj
returned marked "No funds," he explained
that his relative may have transferred their
account to another bank.
Young Women Play Child
Games in the City Hall
Skipping lightly over the floor, bowing to
one another and singing childish songs,
thirty young women otherwise dignified
daily play childhood gomes in the top flour
of the city hall.
"The king of France marched up the
hill." sings half the women as they march
half way to meet the others, and then, re
tracing their steps, the other half march
out and sing: "They waved their banners
to the breese," and then retreat In turn.
"Who wtil you choose to pull away?"
sings one aide In another game.
"We'll choose Mary to pull away," re
plied the other and than the champions of
tbe two sides step put from among their
associates and, grasping one another's
hands, pull with might and main, the loser
being taken captive to the other side. The
game le then repeated.
"Pump, pump, pull away," "Ring around
the rosy," "Drop the handkerchief" and
many o.her games deaa to the heart of the
Best District Attorney Hoped for Was
a Disagreement.
JURY OUT BUT THREE HOURS
Four Ballots Taken and Panel was
Epually Divided on First Three.
WILL MOVE FOR NEW TRIAL
Defense Will Allee That Jury Waa
ot Properly Hoarded and Tbat
Verdict la Not Warranted
by tbe fevldence.
FIfSHING. N. V.. My ll.-Cnptaln
Peter C. Hains, Jr.. V. S. A., tonight faces,
a prison term of from one to twenty years.
Despite the testimony submitted by the
defense as tending to show insanity, he
was convicted late today of manslaughter
In the first degree for killing William E.
Annis at the Bayslde Yacht club last
August.
Quietly following the young army offi
cer's conviction, his counsel announced
that they would produce affidavits to show
that the Jury had not been properly
guarded during the trial, and upon this)
allegation will urg? that a new trial he
granted. Those affidavits' will be submit
ted on Monday, the time net for passing
sentence, and for any motions that the de
fendant's counsel desire to make. There
will, of course, he the usual motions to
set aside the verdict aa against the weight
of evidence and contrary to law, but the
unguarded Jury feature is the only de
parture from the usual proceedure look
ing to a new trial.
Both Sides Surprised.
Panlel O'Reilly of counsel, defense, said:
"There was no evidence In this case to
warrant a verdict of mcnslaughtor. It
shoald either have been murder In the
first degree or acquittal on the ground of
Insanity. The Jurors were permitted to
roam about the county In an automobile
and go right to the verge of the scene of
the homicide, which Is clearly against the
law. We will have affidavits to prove
that such Is the rase, and also that the
Jurors wertpermltted to leave the Jurisdic
tion of tho county, and have been on gov
ernment property at Fort Totten. all of
which will he urged as a ground for set
ting aside the verdict.'
Tha conviction, after the Jury had been
out less than three hours came as a sur
prle It hart been expected that a verdict
of acquittal on the ground of Insanity, or
a disagreement would rosult.
No one was no wore surprised than Dis
trict Attorney Dewltt. who had said all he
could hnpe for waa a disagreement.
Unlike the scenes attending the trial of
Thornton Hains, the defendant's brother,
who was acquitted of complicity In the
crime, there waa no demonstration In court
when the verdlet was rendered.
Defendant I.lttle Affected,
Captain Hains . stood up and faced the
Jury, squaring his shoulders, thrown back
In military fashion, while Foreman Elund-1
ling recited the verdict. As he heard the
decision of the Jurors, Hains face was as
white as chalk. He stood for a few mo
ments motionless, staring at the Jury after
he heard the verdict. Then one of his
lawyers touched hint and ho quickly sat
down.
A few momenta later, apparently little
affected by the verdict," he walked from
the court room with a steady step, between
his two lawyers, and was taken back to
the Queen's county Jail.
In Htriking contra-st was the grief of his
aged father. General Peter C. Hains and
his brother. Major John Power Haines.
For a moment they sat as if dazed, then
broke down and wept. The captain's
mother waa not in court, having returned
to New York early in the afternoon. This
precaution waa taken both, because of the
uncertainty of the duration of the Jury's
deliberations and to shield her from tho
shiM k. General Hains, however, quickly
communicated the verdict to her over the
telephone. ,
Poor Ballots Taken.
After the Jury waa discharged. Juror No.
t. William Craft, auid four ballots were
taken. On the first three ballots six voted
for murder in the first degree ond six for
acquittal on the ground of insanity. On
the fourth ballot the compromtae of man
slaughter In the first degree was reached.
Little consideration was given to the ex
pert testimony. Juror Craft said. They
believed, he continued, that Mrs. Claudia
Hains, the defendmt's wife had made a
confession to her husband of Improper re
lations with Annis and that Annis deserved
his fnte. but none of them would consider
the unwritten law and therefore the man
slaughter verdict resulted.
Mrs. Annis was not In court today. She
was in court yesterday during the sum
ming up of the defense, but at no time
waa CHlled as a witness.
smaller children, are played with H
Postofice" Is about the only game not
played in the city hall.
Hut the thirty young women who gather
each afternoon on the top floor of the
city's municipal building to play games of
their childhood do not do so from choice
or for the fun of playing. They play the
games to refresh their memory and to
learn new ones that can be taught to real
children, for the young women are mem
bers of the school teachers' training close
and. the playing of games Is as much a
part of their training to "teach the young
idea how to shoot." as is the learning of
rigid rules of pedagogy. Ira. Chittenden
and Mrs Cooper, the Instructresses, gen
erally have their "girls" play the games
behind closed doors, but an exception was
made Monday and a few outsiders were
allowed to see the young women play as
they did eighteen or twenty years ago.
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4 l
From the Chicago Tribune.
GENERAL STRIKE IN PARIS
Postal Employes' Committee Orders
Suspension of Work.
PREPARATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
Wireless Telegraphy ajad .Automobiles
Will Be t sell to Inssre Move
ment of Message and
Letters.
BI I.I.UTI.
PARIS, May 11. The federal committee
of the postal employes tonight voted and
Issued an order for a general strike.
MARSEILLES. May 11. The military and
civil authorities, with the nld of the Cham
ber of Commerce, have completed arrange
ments for wireless telegraphy and auto
mobile service to insure the continuation
of the transmission of telegrams and letters
In case of a strike.
LYONS. France. May 11. The local post
men have Issued a final appeal to parlia
ment against the government's "failure to
keep its promises."
NO GRAND JURY AT TULSA
Work of Select Ins; Jorora Will Prob
ably ot End I'ntll
Wednesday.
TULSA, Ok!.. May 1"1. Another effort
was made in the federal court here today
to complete the grand Jury that is to re
investigate the Muskogee town lots. In
volving Governor Haskell and others.
Eleven qualified yesterday and five others
were needed. Judge Marshall yesterday
gave counsel for defense the privilege of
participating in the selection of the Jury,
but they did not take advantage of the
offer. The Jury may not be completed till
Wednesday and the presentation of testi
mony probably will not be begun before
Thursday.
SNYDER HEADS STATE CLUBS
Washington Correspondent for The
Bee Elected President of l.f
of Republican Oraanlsatlons.
WASHINGTON, May '. FMgar C. Sny
der, Washington correspondent of The
Omaha Bee, has been elected president of
the League of Republican State Clubs,
which comprises numerous state organiza
tions In this city.
Watch the pen
hies and the dollars
will take care of
themselves. The
thrifty watch trie
wnt ads.
Watch the want ad a, they make
th pennies that grow to 4oUar,
When yon keep thlnca you don't
need they axe worth Veea every
year.
There are a lot of people
-who know this who want to
sell all sorts of thing cheap.
They sell them through Bee
want ads. All yon have to do
Is to keep reading the want
ads. Ton will find! yon can
save a lot of atoiiey by bnyiag
wkai u dvdvftSwd lhEa
"tsr
i
Wrights Back
to Make Tests
Will Go to Dayton to Work on Gov
ernment Aeroplanes and Then
to Washing-ton, -
NEW YORK. May ll.-Wilbur Wright and
Orville Wright, the aeronauts, were pas
sengers on board the steamer Kron Prin
xessln Cecllie, which arrived here today.
Considerable concern as to the accident
which befell Lieutenant Calderara of the
Italian navy In falling from the Wright
Aeroplane at Home on Thursday last waa
manifested by the Wright brothers on
reaching the quarantine station. After sat
isfying themselves as to the extent of the
lieutenant's injuries, the brothers said they
would go aa soon as possible to their home
in Dayton, O., where the aeroplanes In
tended for use of the government service
are completed. From Dayton they said
they Intended to proceed to Washington
to test the aeroplanes tinder the direction
of government representatives. The Wright
brothers united in saying they had no in
tention of making secret experiments. Fol
lowing the completion of their work in
Waahington they announced they expected
to return to Europe to continue their con
tracts already made with private Individ
ual A large party of friends boarded the
Kron Prlniessln Cecille at Quarantine,
greeted the aeronauts and accompanied
them to the landing at Hoboken.
Prominent Iowan
is Found Dead
Friends of J. F. Doty of West Lib
erty Think He Was Murdered
in Store.
WEST LIBERTY, la., May ll.-Shot
through the throat, J. F. Doty, prominent
hardware merchant of this city, wss found
dead In his store this morning at 6 o'clock.
Doty was missing from his home last night
and this morning a search was started.
Friends are at a loss to assign any reason
for committing suicide and believe he waa
murdered. An investigation is on foot to
solve the mystery. Doty was formerly
vice president of the State Hardware Deal
ers' association and is a member of the
board of directors of the Hardware Mer
chants 'Insurance company. He waa iS
years of age and leaves a wife and two
daughters, one of whom is a student In the
I'niverslty of Chicago,
House Runs Away and is
Stopped by a Lamppost
Looking out of the windows of the Jean
club at Twenty-fourth and Harney streets
Tuesday morning, young women saw a
house running down street, sig-zaggtng
from one side to another as though It had
been out all night and was returning home
a little weak in the knees.
On down toward tha city went the house,
past the Wise Memorial hospital and the
Metropolitan club house, no one apparently
guiding its course aa it sped along at a
good gait.
"If s haunted." screamed one of the girls
m the Jean club house. "Don't tell me
there Is no such a thing aa spooka That
old house ts being carried away by gboeta.
It ts so full of them."
Crossing Twenty-third street, a number
of pedestrians looked up Harney street
when they heard a peculiar grating and
screeching. They saw a house bearing
down en them and fled for cover.
F. D. Wead eaw It. He is In the real
estate bujlnei Mi reaaoned, tbual TbM
YORK CAPTURED BY VETERANS
Annual Encampment Draws Many Old
Soldiers and Friends.
GRAND WELCOME GIVEN VISITORS
treete Profusely Decorated aad
Plana Made to Provide All Sorts
of Pleasure and Entertain
ment by the Cltlsens.
YORK, Neb.. May 11. (Special Telegram.)
Thia evening the city of York business
streets are a continuous mass of red,
white and blue, and Old Glory is waiving
from the tops ofhll the public buildings
and many of the business houses, welcom
ing the hundreds of Grand Army of the
Republic -eterans. who arrived today. Long
before the time for opening the exercises
the large Methodist church waa filled to
overflowing.
The exercises commenced with music by
civil war musicians and Invocation by Rev
C. Cliff, followed by patriotic songs. Major
W. L. Klrkpatrlck In his address of wel
come told how York considered It an honor
and a pleasure to have living participants
of one of the fiercest and bloodiest wars
In history. President Woods of the York
Commercial club on behalf of the business
men of York welcomed the veterans, wives
and daughters to beautiful York, assuring
them that everything would be done for
their entertainment.
The addresses were responded to by
members of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic, an address by the national president
of the Woman's Relief corps and an ad
dress by Mrs. Abble Adams, after which
a general reception was held.
Parade to Be Feature.
Tomorrow promises to be the record day.
The parade, led by the York Commercial
Club band, followed by school children
and students of the various colleges. In
which several bands and drum corps and
others will participate, will be one of the
greatest and best parades ever given in
honor of the veterans at a O. A. R. en
campment. Our citizens have in every way provided
for the reception end entertainment In
the way for which York has become fa
mous. The streets are decorated In honor
of the heroep, and each home has dis
played the old flag so treasured by Its
guests. Already the boys are keelng step
with the fife and drum, and the stirring
scenes of nearly half a century ago are
being told and retold, awakening and re-
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
Is a small house and It ha got ashamed
of itself among all thi'Se big house arid Is
Imply hunting a lot for itself." With this
the real estate dealer drove on.
At about Twenty-second street the house
concluded to stop. It headed In for the
north curb and struck it a severe blow, as
though it Intended climbing the terrace and
snuggling close to some of tho big build
ings. In doing this It ran over a lamp post
or two, and there It stopped as uncon
cerned aa though nothing had happened.
The house wss being moved up Harney
street and waa held fast by a rope. Strong
wind against it is supposed to have in
creased the weight to such an extent that
the rope snapped and the house started
down hill on its truck. It was fortunate
for wires and telephone tables that It was
a small structure, or it would have put
the cross town car line at Twenty-fourth
street out Of business an 'I disconnected a
few neighborhoods (rout the telephone ex-cbafixe.
FIVE EXPERTS ARE COMING
Lamb. Fonlo, Dickenson and Winter
to Accompany Machine.
ELABORATE PROGRAM OUTLINED
Trials Will Include Wireless Tele
phone and Telearaph Expert
merits and 1 e of Dirigibles
for Purposes nt Attack.
WASHINGTON. May ll.-Owing to the
failure of congress to provide funds for
the construction of a gas plant and boiler
house tit the Fort Myer acidome, General
James Allen, chief officer of the Signal
corps has .been forced to change his plans
for the aeronautical trials and tests at
Kott Myer Ibis summer.
The nrmy motor balloon, purchased last
fall, will be shipped Immediately to Fort
Omaha, where a modern hydrogen gas
plant Hnd a hangar or balloon house has
been erected. Within ten days the balloon
detachment and Lieutenants Ijihm, Foulo,
Winter. Bamberger and Dlckerson of the
aeronautic division will go to Fort Omaha.
In the meantime free flights will be made
In the signal corps spherical balloon Ho. 1J,
which has a capacity of 36.0OO cubto feet of
gns and can carry three men. Lieutenants
Iahm and Foulo will return to Washington
for the aeroplant tripe after instructing the
other officers In the handling of the dirig
ible. General Allen had planned to conduct
numerous experiments with thn dirigible
at Fort Myer, Including rxhaustive tests
with wlrvUss telephone and telegraph. He
had also planned to co-operate with the
Artillery corps In conducting various teats
to demonstrate the feasibility of using
dirigibles for purposes of attack. The
change In the program for tha balloon
flight will not Interfere in the plans for
tho Wright Brothers and Herring aeroplane
trials at Kort Myer.
Minden Boy
Confesses to
Bank Robbery
Said to Have Implicated Two Men
Who Left Minden Hurriedly ,,
in an Automobile.
MINDEN, Neb., May lt.-tepeclal Tele
gram. ) By the arrest oat Alma of Regnnr
Aahe.l, Jr., of Minden, it is believed the
mystery of tho Kcene and Heartwellbank
roblx-ilcs Inst fall and winter and of a
large number of minor crimes has been
solved.
According to the report received here,
Aabel has confessed to the sholff of Har
lan county and haa implicated as his ac
complices two men named Galloway and
Crow, who have been living here for
several months.
Following the receipt of the news of the
confeBHlon here Galloway and Crow hired
an automobile and speeded to Kenrney,
where they took the train and have not
been apprehended yet. The Harlan county
sheriff yesterday telephoned the sheriff
here that he would bo over In an tuto
moblln to arrest some Mltidnn men, but re
fused to divulge the names of the men
he wanted. Bufore he arrived Galloway
and Crow got wind of wht waa going on
and skipped In the motor car. Crow haa
posed here as a foot racer, while Galloway
has had no apparent occupation.
It Is snld Aabel In till confession told
the sheriff that he waa the custodian of
the stolen property and lhat he kept it In
a barn at some point In Harlan county. .
Aabel comes from a very fine family here
and his arret has caused a sensation.
The Keene county bank robbery was
pulled off Uiat November, while the one at
Heartwell whs near the holidays.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONGRESS
IS IN SESSION AT BOSTON
Leading Bishops, Clergymen and Lay
men from 411 Parts of Country
Dlacusa Problems.
BOSTON. Mass., May U. With many of
the leading bishops, rectors and laymen of
the Episcopal church present from all pert
of the country, the twenty-seventh annual
national Episcopal Church congress was
opened in this city today. The congress
will bo in session four dys.
The congress, which has no legislative
function, is held principal.';- to provide a
forum where subjects of Interest to the
church may be discussed
Among the clergymen attending Is Hens
ley Herbert Hennon, canon of Westmin
ster and rector of St. Margarets, London.
England. Canon Henson Is one of the
strongest advocates In the English church
of the doctrine of closer relationship be
tween the Episcopal and other Prottstant
churches. Ha will speak before the con
gress on this Kubjert.
The congress assembled for its first
meeting shortly before noon at Trinity
church, where a holy communion service
was hld. Following this the opening ad
drees whs delivered by Right Rev. Dr
Edward M. I'arker, bishop coadjutor of
New Hampshire.
Except for today's meeting at Trinity
church, the congress sessions will be held
at Tremont temple.
CONDUCTORS MEET AT BOSTON
Crund Division Begins Ten Days Bra
silia with Thousands of Dele
Italea Present.
COLt-THBl'S, O., May 11 The ninth bi
ennial convention of the Natlonsl Brother
hood of Hallway Trainmen opened today.
After Grand Master W. G. of Cleve
land, had called the M0 delegutes to order,
announcement of various committees waa
made and adjournment taken to this after
noon. There has been a gain of more thai:
Lois) members during tbe last twe years
and tbe membership bow umber
I