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The Omaha Daily Bee The omaiia Dee Koea to th botnni la rnad by th women Mils goods for advertisers. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nehrasks- Partly clmirty: howrfc For low a Generally f Mir : luenl ihon For vraihfr report see page J. VOL. XXXIX NO. 7. OMAIIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1009-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS CHINAMAN TELLS MORE OFMUIiDEH Under Pressure of Influential Coun tryman, He Talki with Free doom to Police. SENATE RAISES Fourth Will Be Big Day for Air at Broken Bow LIVES ARE LOST IN MINE FIRE Anybody Want a Reliable Dog? DUTY 0N1UMBER .r-: Schedule, as Adopted, is Higher Than Seventeen Men Are Killed and Six teen Injured in Terrible Penn sylvania Calamity. House Rate and Lower Than Dingley Rate. Rev. C. W. Savidge Will Pull the Eagle's Tail and Prof. Sorenson Go Up in Balloon. TREELESS STATES PROTEST HE DIDN'T SEE ACTUAL DEED DEAD ARE MOSTLY FOREIGNERS Arrived, However, on Scene After it Occurred. Just GIRL IS GIVEN A GOOD Those Who KnOW Her Best Bel fe" fVJr, W-. tt i. Conduct Was Upright. " 1 C0R0B0RATED BY THE CELESTIAi " ' Country la Bring; Sooared, Thnt Far without tarru, for Lroa Line, Slayer of the Girl. X i:V Ton K, X. Y.. June 23.-Aftr a day of conflicting statements, the district attorney' offloe, acting under Instructions from Mr. Jerome, and the police depart ment under orders from Commissioner Blnglium, refused tonight to discuss fur ther what progress had been made In the seurch for Leon Ling, the Chinaman, who Is wanted for the. murder of Klsle Slgel, whose body was found in a trunk In a room over an F.lghth avenue chop auey restaurant last Friday night. Nor would they discuss the results of the exrmlnatlon of Chung Sin, I,eon Ling's former roommate, who has been variously reported to have witnessed the crime, to have aided In roping the trunk, and finally merely to have seen the girl's body. There, have been hourly reports of clues from all parts of the country, but none of them, on close examination, brings the authorities any nearer to the murdered. What progress has been made with Chung Bin, who underwent this afternoon another four houra of cross-questioning at the hands of Captain Carey and his men of the homicide bureau, and Mr. Ward of the district attorney's office, la due as much as anything to the offices of Quon Vlck Nam, a Chinese merchant, who vol unteered as an Interpreter, and In whom the police have every confidence. Chung; Sin Must Tell Truth. It Is said that he told Chung Fin. with an earnestness that carried conviction, that no Chinese society would aid him In sup pressing the fact or In concealing Leon Ling; that on the contrary, every China man of Influence and responsibility In the country, felt that the case was bringing dlserpute on their race and they were all united with the police In efforts to run down the murderer. With more to gain than to lose by the truth. Chlng Pin talked freely. IX not tiankiy.'bu'he .lias ,f)pt been actually Im plicated In the crime Itself. This Is In dicated. by the fact that he la tonight, still held In the house of detention for wit nesses, and not In the Tombs, charged with being an accessory In the murder. Whatever be the whole truth concerning the Information. Chung Pin yields, It Is practically all the police have to go on Chu Gain, the restaurant proprietor and admirer of th;e dead girl, of whom Leon Ling was Jealous, Is out on 11,000 ball pumped dry; the other restaurant keener, Sun Leung, anil his waiters and cook, above whose "place the body was found also are out on ball for $100: and the lesser Importance attached to their knowledge Is measured by the small amount. Thus the case revolves around Chung Kin, at flint thought to have told so much but whoso alleged confession became far lens sensational upon further lnvestlga ttona. Arrived After Murder To all ouestlons he reiterates that he occupied the room next to that of Leon and that on the afternoon, June 9, the day of the minder, he wakened early after natural deep to find Leon standing be side him. Ieon was In trouble and wanted hula Chung Sin soon understood why when he saw the body lying across th bid. There was blood on the mouth, and a stained handkerchief was stuffed be tween the lips. The features, he said, were strained md blackened, but he saw no rope around the neck. Leon explained to ' hint that the girl bit her tongue and bled to death. Asked If that seemed plausible to him, Chung Sin admitted that he felt terrified and that his first impulse was to get uot of the houre as soon as he could. Before he left, however, Leon borrowed $200 from him. he said. They both belonged to th same secret society, he explained, and he felt bound by his oath to do that much for a fellow member, Then, he said, he had hurried to the room of his cousin, with the Intention of paesln the night, bi't his curiosity got the bette of him, and after two uneasy houra, h sneaked back to the house, climbed the i airs, lifted himself to where he could peer through the transom, ana saw me room empty save for the trunk. That was nough for him. ell hurried back to his auukln and slept there that night The couhln, when questioned, substantiated the story. The next day he left for Amsterdam, N. Y.. to work near where he was laterJ arrested. Give Girl Good Nasse. Those who knew Elsie Slgel beat believe that she was sincere In her mlHslon work and her relations with the Chinese up to the day of her death. Mra. Florence Todd of the Bowery settlement for girls has never varied from her assertion of that belief. Chu Gain, who lived In terror of his Jealous rival. Leon Ling, and had known both the girl and her mother for years. U of the same belief. Assistant District At torney Ward Is Inclined to the theory of Quon Tick Nam, the interpreter, who thinks that the girl was lured to Leon's room by a report of his feigned .illness, and there chloroformed, after Leon had been augered by her coldness and her re fusal to see no more of Chu Gain, his ealthter rival. The chloroform, Quon believes, worked too well. end when Leon found he could not revive Elsie, he bound her with a cord and wedged the body Into the trunk. In support of thla theory la the pathetic and moving prayer written on a mission letter head which the girl left for her mother on the day she went to her death. It seems lrapolbie, it la argued, that a girl going (Continued on Second Page.) III. I'm rt H nt T.iltf 1 . 1 - V. . 1.1.- ' day of soaring at Broken now. Rev. Charles W. Savldge, the Omaha preacher who has married 1.800 couples, In going to make a regular old-time, dyed-ln-the-wool tralght-from-the-shotilder pa uu, ... . uui; n()wcn i nfre. wore ,ver' h" may lnJect lnto thaf oration a 'ord or ' about his new scheme to help ily ouIb to find their mates. ,-rof." r. nr,m the villuRe blRCk. n ' Berwyn, who recently made an 1 'T!"1" !,Tpt to rP9ch ,,Paven ' -ship, will also be at this Fourth of triotic Fourth of July speech there. More elcbration. He announces that he -j. k n ascension In a Vi!! on. It recalled that he rose to a height me 3.000 feet In his aeroplane, but ad no sooner risen to this lofty pinnacle than he descended even more swlftlv than arose. And when he had arrived on earth again both he and his airship were much the worse for the wear. He escaped eath because the fragments of his ship broke the force of the decline. It may be stated by way of parenthesis that It Is a misnomer to refer to Prof. Sorenson as the village blacksmith. To be precise and keep within the pale of the facts It should be stated that he was, once pon a time, the village blacksmith at Berwyn, but la now known In his commun ity as "V. Sorenson, Professor of Aero nautics." Prof. Sorenson had scarcely touched terra flrma In his recent effort than he pro claimed his determination to repeat the at tempt until, forsooth, he had achieved the nal of his ambition demonstrated the practical utility of his sailing vessel. Hev. Mr. Savldge says he Is glad to learn of the professor's plans to be at Broken Bow. And now he will make a llftle ascent, Just a sort of holiday flight as It were, at Broken Bow on the Fourth and have on exhibition his wonderful aeroplane, the creature of his own skill and genius which Is yet to bear him to heavenlv heights ever yet explored by the Wright brothers. "I'm going to do a little soaring on my own account there that day," says the parson, "and If this brother wants to come long and Join me, why 1 say, God bless him the more the merrier." Missouri River Rate Case Heard Judge McHugh and Others Appear in Chicago in the Injunction Suit CHICAGO, June ZJ.-Flnal arguments In the Missouri river Ya-te case Injunction were begun here today In the United States circuit court, with Judge Grosscup, Judge Baker and Judge Kohlsaat on the bench. The case is regarded as highly Important, as tt is alleged that the order of the In terstate Commerce commission reducing the rate between Mississippi and Missouri rivers on shipments originating east of Buffalo or Pittsburg and consigned west of the Missouri is revolutionary in princi ple. An Injunction temporarily restraining the enforcement of the commission's order was obtained last November and It was on a motion by the commission to dissolve this order that arguments were heard to day. Luther M. Walther. special assistant to the attorney general, appeared for the commission, while W. D. McHugh of Omaha and 8. A. Lynde argued In be half of the complaining railroads. C. H. Fyffe, representing the Central Freight Shippers' association, made the opening ar gument, his clients being co-complalnants. Tremors Shake Coast Towns No Damage Reported from California, Where Several Shocks Are Felt. GRASS VALLEY, Cal., June 23. An earthquake, the most severe shock ex perienced here in several years, occurred at 11:25 o'clock last night. A second and lighter shock came at 11:49. Reports from Marysvtlle, Nevada City, Chico and Colfax ay that those towns also were shaken. No damage has been reported. RENO, Nev., June 23. An earthquake shock was felt here at 11:24 last night. While It was one of the heaviest ex perienced here, no damage was done. This section of the country has heretofore been considered as being out of the earthquake one, and In late years, at least, no, serious earthquake has been recorded. Craig Says Creosote Block Pavement Is Omaha's Need CXty Engineer Craig la In favor of creo sote block pavement and will gladly fur nish plansvand specification for this kind of paving as instructed by the city. council. Property owners have the power to designate the kind of paving they wish laid on the street abutting their property and as creosote block paving coats more than either brick or asphalt they may hesitate to designate this material. The engineer says It would not . be In his province to attempt to Influence property owners in favor of any particular kind of pavlr.g, but hopes the people of Omaha will not confuse the new cresote block pav ing with the old cedar block paving proved so disastrous In this and many other cities. Mr. Clalg says In the last few years millions of square yards of cresote block paving has been ' laid In American cities and that this In Itself is It best endorse ment. He refers to Eratl Brandeis. the late Edward Rosewater, and other who have been abroad and who complimented for eign capital on th excellence of their paving, and cresote block 1 extensively used In Europe. While cresote block 1 more costly than other kld. It Is nur (Calamity it Caused by Uiual Explo- sion of Inline Gas. BLACK DAMP BLOCKS RESCUE It Pours in Mouth of Shaft and Pre vents Entrance. PATHETIC SCENES WITNESSED Agonised Relatives Crowd Aroand Mouth of Mine and Retard Work of Relief Explosion. Starts Fire. WE1IRCM. Pa.. June 23 As the result of an expiation of gas In mine No. 4, of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke company, shortly after T o'clock this morning, seven teen miners were killed and sixteen In jured. With the exception of one, those killed were foreigners. With few excep tions those injured were Americans. Twelve of the more seriously were taken to Spangler hospital. It was stated ail would probably recover. Inspector Joseph- Williams of Altoona, with a party, entered the mine shortly after 8 o'clock for the purpose of ascertain ing If any one was yet entombed. Super tluit while the mine has been regarded as nongaseous, the explosion was due to the Intendent A. M. Johnson stated tonight ignition of a pocket of gas by the open lamp of a miner. Free of Gas Hitherto. "The mine has been so free of gas for the last six years," said the superintendent, "that the state Inspectors have permitted the use of open lamps. With seventeen dead v and sixteen injured I am of the opinion that everyone has been accounted for who entered the mine today." The mine has only been operating two days each week, Tuesday and Friday. Those In the mine today had entered the shaft for their dally allowance of coal for family use. Grouped about the slope en trance of the mine Just before the explo sion were several Italians. When the ter rific subterranean upheaval of rock and deadly gas spouted skyward, these Italians were caught. Terribly burned and maimed, they rushed about the settlement crying for aid. The cries and sound of hissing mine gas at the entrance of the mine brought the entire town to the scene. Frantic Crowd Gathers. Superintendent W. N. Johnson, backed by the office force of the company, stood at the mine entrance and held back the frantic women, whose relatives were vn- tombed. The first man to reach the surface was A. L. Johnson, son of the superintendent. Young Johnson had been In a lower head ing. There were burns on his arms, body and neck, and tonight It was stated he had inhaled flame. He Is one of the few very seriously injured. Following the superintendent's son came two Italians, their faces burned to a crisp. They were attended by the mine physician. Women Volunteer as Rescuers. Superintendent Johnson called for volun teers to enter the mine. In the volunteer ranks stood several women. These were ordered back. With wet handkerchiefs tied over their faoe, the first squad of the re lief party started down fne shaft. Of the eight who started, four came back Jn alded. The others, overcome with black damp, were pulled to the surface with ropes. A second and a third party entered, only to be driven back by deadly gases. Oxygen, sent by the Cambria Steel works, aided the searchers, and with safety hel mets, a fourth rescue party succeeded In bringing twelve bodies to the surface. Late In the afternoon five more bodies were re covered. In twos and threes the Injured were found and lifted to the mouth of the mine. and then hastily taken to the temporary hospital established at the company store. They were later removed to the Spangler hospital, twenty-six miles from Wehrum. Late tonight all but two rooms of the mine had been thoroughly searched, and It was announced that It was thought no more bodies-were In the mine. THREE SHOT IN QUARREL Assistant at Ohio University Kills Broher-ln-l.a w. Wife and Himself. COLUMBUS, O., June 23. William Reed Puyear, assistant electrical engineer at the Ohio State university, today shot and killed his brother-in-law, Fred West, fatally wounded his wife and then ran to the attlo, while the police were after him and sent a bullet Into his brain. The tragedy resulted from a qi.arrel. - sanitary and la easier on horses' feet, said Mr. Craig. "Stone and brick block paving in the 'loop' district of Chicago la being re placed with oresote block," said City En gineer Craig, "Minneapolis has laid blocks I and blocks of It, and on lower Broadway, New York, where there la more travel In a week than there la here In a year you will find nothing but cresote block. Everywhere It ha given the beat of satis faction, does not crack like asphalt or chip off like brick, la a smooth as asphalt and as noiseless, and Is by far the best pave ment to be had today. "Why, even In the town of Sioux City cresote block has been laid on th prin cipal business street Fourth and anyone who has been there will tell you he never saw a prettier pavement. This was laid In th summer of 190t and I a smooth today a a dance floor. Fort Dodge ha put down block of It, and In Des Moines, the home of th brick block, there Is more creeotr block paving than ny other kind. "If cresote block 1 good for these small town a well a for th cities, would It not be good for Omaha?" From the Milwaukee Sentinel. STILL BOOST SHIP SUBSIDY Merchant Marine League Plans An other Legislative Campaign. PRESIDENT TAFT AT DINNER Speaker Cannon Is Guest of Honor Bill Provide for "Free Ships," and Will Be Introduced In Congress Today. WASHINGTON, June 23. Ship subsidy was revived, and a new form of campaign was Inaugurated at a dinner jrrven at the New Wlllard hotel tonight. A new bill has been prepared. It wIlT-lje Introduced In the house on Thursday oyRpiaoat1v' Humphrey of Washington and In the senate by some friend of ship subsidy, probably Senator Galllnger. Speaker Cannon was the guest of honor at the dinner. President Taft gave en couragement to the promoters of the meas ure by dropping In upon the diners shortly after 9 o'clock, remaining for a short time. The hosts were officials and members of the Merchant Marine league, with head quarters at Cleveland, O. , The avowed purpose of the dinner was to persuade President Taft, Speaker Cannon and the. republican leaders that the new Humphrey bill should be made part of the republican legislative campaign next winter. Officers of the league explained to their guests the details of a remarkable organisa tion with members In 200 of the 391 con gressional districts to create a sentiment In behalf of the Humphrey bill. They offered to turn this organization to the advantage of the republican party In the next campaign. Free Khlps Provided For. The two novel features of the Humphrey bill are free shlpB and a new system of tonnage taxes At present Americans own ing foreign-built ships are not permitted to fly the American flag over them, or have them admitted to American registry, unless they are more than half rebuilt In Ameri can shipyards. The bill proposes to admit to American i registry foreign-built ships of B.000 gross tons or more, when owned by Americans. These ships are to be restricted to foreign trade, or trade with the Philippine and Hawaiian islands, and are to be barred from the coastwise trade and from mail compensation under the act of 1801, or the Humphrey act. Ybe ai'.vm wm wm wm wm wm wm The tonnage taxes in waters of this hem isphere are to be reduced, while tonnage taxes In the Trans-Atlantic trade and in the eastern trade are to be materially In creased. The reciprocal law relating to tonnage taxes la repealed by this bill. This will mean an Increase estimated at a mil lion dollars in tonnage taxes to be paid by foreign ship owners, and It Is expected to decrease the tonnage taxes now paid by American ships, which trade chiefly in la cal waters. Further than this, a rebate of SO per cent of ell tonnage taxes will be allowed American ships, which carry American boys or apprentices to be trained in sea manship. Sahsldy Feature of BUI. The other features of the bill are the same as those of the last two or three mall subsidy bills to be Introduced. Thla (Continued on Second Page.) Are you looking for a rodm? An easy way is not to wear out shoe leather but to look through the list of rooms offered for rent on the want ad pages of The Bee. There you will find practically a complete directory of the de sirable rooms, with sufficient information to enable you to judge which will meet your requirements. Then, by in specting these, you will be 6ure to find what you want. Have you read the want ads. yet today? ' frfrT- ' j Brown Presents Pressmen's Note to the Senate Nebraska Senator Asks for Considera tion of Their Appeal for. Free Paper and Free Pulp. (From a Staff Correspondent.) ' WASHINGTON. June 23 (Special Tele gram.) Senator Brown today received a telegram from the International Printing pressmen and assistants union of North America, which supported his statements on the floor of the senate that men who w-orkon American papers want duties on paper and rnllp reduced. The union I In session at Omaha and Its telegram was an appeal to the finance committee of the senate to take the duty from print paper and pulp. Senator Brown presented this telegram to the senate and asked for con sideration. He stated that the men now meeting In Omaha represent 22,000 of the most Intelligent of laborers of America. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska, St. Paul, route J, William S. Potts, carrier; Ralph Bowers, substitute. Iowa, Oska loosa, route S, George Bartlow, carrier; Gilbert Slsk, substitute; Ruthven, route 3, Lloyd E. Wagner, carrier; M. P. Hlg gans, substitute. South Daxota, Delmont, routes 2 and 3, Oliver B. Warren, carrier; Lloyd L. Warren, substitute; Jeffersen, route 3, Thomas W. Collins, carrier; John R. Collins, substitute. The civil service commission announces fall examinations for positions In depart ment service at Washington will be held, as follows: Nebraska: Omaha, Septem ber S, 2L October 13; Beatrice, September 15; Grand Island, September 8, 20, October 13; Lincoln, September 8, 18, October IS. Iowa: Ames, September 8. October IS; Burlington, September 23, October 13; Cedar Rapids, September 24; Davenport, September 8, October 13; Des Moines, Sep tember 8, 22, October 13; Dubuque, Sep tember 8, 27, October 13; Iowa City, Sep tember 8, October 13; Mason City, Septem ber 8, 28, October 13; Sioux City, Septem ber 8, 17, October 13; Waterloo, Septem ber 26. South Dakota: Aberdeen, Sep tember 8. 15. October 13; Deadwood, Sep tember 8. 15, October 13; Sioux Falls, Sep tember 8, 23, October 13; Watertown, Sep tember 8, October 13. GYPSY KING WANTS OUT OF JAIL AT ST. JOSEPH Joseph Adams, Held by Authorities, Asserts There Is a Conspiracy Against Him. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 23. Arguments for a writ of habeas corpus for the re lease from Jail of Joseph Adams, the "gypay king," head of a large band Of gypsies, near V;"ndBor, Ont., who has been confined in the Jail at St. Joseph, Mo., since March 15, were heard by Judge John F. Philips in the federal court here today. Adams la resisting extradition to Windsor, Ont.. where he Is alleged to have eeuren money under false pretenses. Th.ypy king alleges conspiracy. Decision on th writ was reserved until late this afternoon. Six Armed Men &teal Water; Millions of Gallons Taken COIJRADO SPRINGS. Colo., June 23. Slx armed men, supposedly from Victor, Colo., early thla morning held up Care taker Arthur of the Colorado Springs water system, opened the flood gates on Pike's Peak and turned 174,000.000 gallons of water Into the Victor reservoir. Caretaker Ar thur was held a prisoner for some time, while the water was being run off. but finally managed to elude h(s captor and telephoned to this city for help. Sheriff Blrdsall of El Paso county with a posse of ten armed men. Including deputies and detective, Immediately left for the scene of the holdup. Th water supplies for Colorado Springs and the Cripple Creek district r located on the slopes of Pike' Peak and disputes over them are frequent cause of friction between the two cities. It seem that Vlo- DROWNED IN LAKE RILLARNEY American and English Tourists Meet Death in. Water. BOAT IS SWAMPED IN GALE Two Victims CHna to Oar, hnt Die In SlaM of Rescuers Before They Can Be Benched Names of Victims. KILLARNEY, Ireland. June 23. A large rowboat carrying five American and four English tourists, and four Irish boatmen, was swamped in a gale while crossing lower Klllarney lake this afternoon. All of the tourists, and two of the boatmen were drowned. The" victims were: Mrs. A. A. Hilton and son of Tkcoma, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Long head or Loughead of Boston; Miss M. H. Catum or Cotum of Massachusetts (town not known): Rev. B. Barton and sister of London; Miss Florence Wilkinson and cousin of Brentwood, and Boatmen ' Con Tooney and Con Gleason. None of the bodies were recovered. The boat was a four-oared craft, used for taking visitors about the lake. Most of the passengers were guests at the Great Southern hotel. The party started out thts'yinornlng sight seeing. When the lower lake was reached It was found that a heavy wind from the northwest was blowing. Several other boats that had started over the same course put back. It was not long before anxiety began to be felt concerning the boat which had continued on the course, and searchers who put out when the wind had died down little discovered It overturned, 'With two of the boatmen clinging to the keel. Rev. Mr. Barton and two of the women could be seen In the distance, supported by an oar, but they sank before the rescuers could reach them. The others already had disappeared. The two boatmen who were saved were too exhausted to give an account of th accident. BOSTON, Mass., June 23. Two of the persons drowned today In Lower Klllarney lake undoubtedly are Robert C. Loughhead, head of the teaming firm of C. Butler & Co., of this city and Mrs. Loughead. The Lougheads were prominent residence of Charlestpwn and were well known In Methodist church circles. They left here on April 22 for a tour of the British isles. Identity of Taconia Victims. TACOMA, Wash., June 23. Mrs. A. Hilton, who with her son was drowned in Lake IKllarney, was the wife of A. A. Hilton of this city. Mr. Hilton Is the general manager of the Griffin Car Wheel Works at South Tacoma and the family has been prominent In social circles. Mr. Hilton was shown the Associated Press dispatch containing the sad new Just as he was preparing to leave for New York to meet his wife and son, who were to all from Liverpool, Jun 26. Hill Held to Grand Jnry. IOWA CITY. Ia., June 23. (Special Tele gram.) Levi Hill, who shot hi wlfa and boy and then tried to kill himself, was bound over to the grand Jury today under a 12,500 bond. His attorney Indicate hi defense will be Insanity. tor la short of water this year, although Colorado Springs ha an ample supply, having 900.000,000 gallons left after th theft of thla morning. LAW TESTERS WANT PARDON Men Convicted Under Locke Horse Haco Statute Ask Freedom front Penalty. NEW YORK. June J3.-Formal appllca - tlon for the pardon of Placlde Froggero, W. W. Lyles and R. M. Sheffield, con victed of violating th Lock law by con ducting a "teat" horse race at City Park track her a fw month ago 1 among th petition submitted to th state board of pardon yesterday. Several cltlxens who led the fight for the passage ot th Lock law signed th petition. McCumber of Dakota Fights Vainly for Lower Tariff. COAL SCHEDULE IS ADOPTED Southern Democratio Senators Ask Higher Duty on Pineapples. WANT INDUSTRY PROTECTED Florida Men Ask for Duty lllaher Uven Than Aldrlch la Willing; to Give ThemDevelopments of Day In Tariff Fight. WASHINGTON, June .-In unexpect edly short order the senate today took up and disposed of the lumber schedule. and then, entering upon discussion of pine apples, put behind it the provision regulat ing the rates of duty on that article. Mr. Aldrlch asked that the lumber sched ule should receive first attention. He had no sooner taken his seat than Senator McCumber, who, In the Interest of the treeleis northwest has been a persistent advocate of free lumber, arose and pre sented an amendment reducing the finance committee's rates of 11.50 per thousand on sawed lumber to the house rate of $1 per thousand. This was generally recognised as a test proposition, as sawed lumber has been the bone of contention from the beginning. The North Dakota senator did not find It worth while to enter Into any argument. The result was against him, and was another triumph for the Aldrlch rates, the vote standing 24 In favor and 44 against the reduced rate. The Dingley rate Is $2 per thousand. Another test csme on the proposition to make a rate of $1.26 per thousand on lum ber, with a general change In the differ entials, and on this vote the finance com mittee was also liberally supported. The entire wood schedule, making reductions of about 25 per cent from the present rates, and Increasing the house rates of the pend ing bill to about the same extent, was then agreed to. Conl "chednle Fixed. The senate also adopted the coal schedule today. Through Mr. Aldrlch, the finance committee reported a schedule, which, Mr. Aldrlch. stated, reduced the house rate on bituminous coal 7 cents a ton, the house rate being 67 cents a ton, and the senate rate 60 cents. An effort was made to re- duce the duty to 40 cents a ton. but this failed, and the schedule as reported by the committee was adopted. The sailing was not so smooth when It came to pineapple. Th contention In this connection wag for higher rates, and came from democratio sources. The ob jectors In this case werfl Senator Tal Uaferro and Fletcher of Florida. The house had fixed a duty of S cent per cubic foot on pineapples In barrels, and of 88 per thousand, but th senate committee on finance reduced this rate to 7 cents and $7, respectively, thus restoring the provision of the Dingley law. ' Mr. Talllaferro presented an amendment restoring the house rate, but changing the other portions of the provisions so as to require the payment of half a cent a pound for pineapples In bulk. The contention was for and against this Increase, and the fight was maintained by senators repre senting pineapple state on one side and Senators Smith and Rayner of Maryland, In whose states there are large pineapple canning establishments, on the other. Dis avowing all championship of th oanners, the Maryland senators made a strenuous fight on general principle against the In crease of the duty. Mr. Rayner charged the republican party with bad faith In promising to lower tariff duties. Flaht on Lumber Schedules. The first lumber vote was on an amend ment by Senator McCumber proposing the rate of 11 per 1,000 on sawed lumber Instead of the rat decided upon by the finance committee, which was 81,50 per 1,000. The committee was sustained, 44 to 24. There was a demand for th aye and nays and the ballot resulted In a total of 68 votes. Of the affirmative vote only ten were cast by democrat, as follow: Bank- head, Clay, Davis, Gore, Hughea, Johnston, McLaurln, Overman, Paynter and Tillman. The republicans who cast their vote In support of the amendment were Bever Idge, Brtstow, Brown, Burkett. Burton, Carter, Clapp, Crawford, Cummin, Curtis, Gamble. La Follette, MoCumber and Nel son. The democrat voting against the amendment were Bacon, Bailey, Chamber lain, Fletcher, Foster, Martin, Money, Sim mons, Smith of Maryland, Taliaferro and Taylor. Insisting that the differential on planed or finished lumber by th finance commit tee were unnecessarily high, Mr. McCumber offered an amendment reducing them 8SH per cent and reducing th duty on sawed lumber ft. 25 per 1,000 feet.- Action on this amendment was not so prompt n on th preceding. Several speeches were made. Mr. McCumber' amendment was rejected by 30 to 49. On this vote 8enator Dol liver, Dupont and Johnson, republicans, who had voted no on the former ballot, changed to the affirmative, a did Senator Bacon. Owen, Rayner and Stone, democrat. This was a gain of seven, but a Senator Bank head, who had cast his vote In the affirma tive on the previous ballot failed to vote on the second ballot, this reduced the net gain to six. The editions to the negative vote were due largely to the arrival of senators who had not previously been In th cham ber. The entire schedule relating to wood and manufactures of wood was agreed to and. without stopping, the senate proceeded to the consideration of other sc hedule. Pleads for Pineapple Daty. Insisting that a higher rate of duty was needed to make the pineapple Industry prosperous In Florida, Mr. Fletcher, the new Florida senator, became Involved In a controversy that appeared to be embar rassing. He had hesitated to place Ma advocacy of the higher duty on any ground th., f . revenus Drodu.-.r s.n.1 M, ,.,nn .,, M. ,.. .........rt th.t h. waa losing their tupport because they were only Inclined to vote for his amendment a a policy of , protecting an American In dustry. By 34 to 30, after a long discussion. Sena tor Tallfaferro's amendment Increasing th duty on pineapple waa adopted. Thla was a defeat for th finance committee, but It waa noticeable that vara! of th mam-
