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VOL. XXXIX NO. 7.
OMAIIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1009-TWELVE PAGES.
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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.
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C0R0B0RATED BY THE CELESTIAi
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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-
