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- The Omaha Daily Ber TIIE OMAHA DEE S . V Ia th n" powerful business ' 1 i Ketter In the west, because It goes WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For town Fair. For wowther report soe raiso 3. to the homes of poor and rich. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 25. OMAHA, TIIUKSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1009 TWELVE PAGES. SINUI.E COPY TWO CENTS KAISER SELECTS NEW CHANCELLOR Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg- Choice of Von Buelow, Is New German Prime Minister. Plans for the Omaha Medical College Plant CUSTOMS C0UKT IS AGREED UPON House Conferees Accept SenateV Pro vision, Which Creates New Judicial Tribunal. LARGE SALARIES FOR JUDGES Committee Accepts Designs Submitted by Boston Firm of Architects. t n 1 I. CONSERVATIVE AND NONPARTISAN Cabinet Change Regarded -a to ward Ministerial Respon , EMPEROR PERFORMS IN TC Converses with Old and New c Minister in Full View. S VON BUELOW EXPLAINS PO. " Elections, In Prnrnt Circumstances, He HmTm, Would Have Inrrmard Strength of Socialist Forces. Ho Crltlclars Conserve Uvea. BERLIN, July 14.-Prlnce Von Buelow, chancellor of the empire retired from of fice today, and was succeeded by Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg. The latter was suc ceeded by Herr Delbrueck as minister of me interior and vies Chancellor Herr Sydow, secretary of the Imperial treasury. has been appointed to the Department of commerce, while Herr Wermuth, under secretary for the Interior Is the new sec retary of the treasury, Herr Von Trott Zu Zolx. president of the province of Bran denburg, succeeded Ludwlg Holla, Prus sian minister of publlo Instruction, who has retired owing- to ill health. Various other minor changes have re sulted from the conferences which the emperor had with his admlnlsterlal ad visers. The emperor, departing from all court traditions, transacted the business per taining to the change of chancellors with the broadest publicity. For three hours his majesty received Prince Von Buelow upon a small garden terrace between the palace and an arm of the Spree, In view of a great crowd of spectstors, who had gathered on electors bridge, some fifty or sixty yards away, and In Bergstrasse on the other side of the narrow stream. All Dune In Pnbllo. ADcut 10 o clock In the morning the emperor appeared on the terrace walking alone. A servant soon announced Prince Von Buelow. The emperor greeted the prince warmly, and together they promenaded the lawn. The emperor, who wore an admiral's uniform, several times took off his cap and waved It. After twenty minutes his majesty, screened from the publlo behind the thick shrubbery, embraced the prince and waved his hand affectionately as the latter withdrew. Dr. . Von Bethmann-Hollweg then ap peared. The emperor walked and talked with him for half an hour, gesticulating frequently and In an animated way. Later his majesty received . in audience several members' of ' the federal' council from the kingdoms of Bavaria, Wurtemburg and Saxony. Finally he received together Herr Del Drueck of the Interior department, Herr Syrtow, secretary of the Imperial treasury, and Herr Wermuth and Herr Vcn Trott Zols. The emperor presented the retiring chan cellor with the order of the Blsck Eagle, set in diamonds, and with it a cordial letter, which is published in the official gazette, expressing his majesty's reluctance at parting with his chancellor and sub scribing himself, "Your grateful sovereign." Political Aspect Important. The political aspects of the change aro Important. Frlnoe von Buelow Is the first German chancellor who has been com pelled to leave office because of an ad verse parliamentary majority. Caprlvl fell, It Is true, partly on account of conserva tive opposition, but not through direct parliamentary defeat. . The change today Is regarded by the liberals as a long step towsrds ministerial responsibility to the relchstag. It wuj brought about, oddly enough, by the con servatives and clericals, parties opposed in principle to an absolute parliamentary system. They, In co-operation with eighteen Polish members, whose policy Is opposition to all governments, were able to defeat Chancellor von Buelow's finance measure by eight votes. The chancellor could have remained In office had he accepted the coalition's finance bill, with the direct legacy duties eliminated, but he chose rather to retire. rir Chancellor Nonpartisan. Dr. Von Hethmann-Holweg In his politi cal principles is a mild conservative, but hi Is most particular In the application to hi traditional policy that the servants of tho crown must be nonpartisan. While le was district governor of Bromberg, the cont-ervative interests sought to use his Influence In a local election and to his t.uest'.oner Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg exclaimed Indignantly: "I am an adminis trative official without an election agent." The new chancellor's speeches on so c.al questions since he has been minister of the ttiterlor have been liberal In tone. In a conversation today with a repre sentative of a Hamburg newspaper. Prince Von Buelow. commenting on the fact that he had been reproached with want of eour- ace In not dissolving the Reichstag, ex plali.ed thai ho had not taken such a step because elections In the present state of public opinion would have resulted In In creasing the forces of socialism and the new house would not have passed the fi nance bill. The conservatives had made the mistake, from which they and the country would suffer, of refusing the In heritance tax. They had made that rea sonable property tax the issue on which the parly wsb to stand or fall. "I have been able," Prince Von Buelow continued, "to overcome the socialists and give them a siriaJ-y.ng defeat at the elections with out reporting to repressive police meas ures." PIRATE SHIP IS DESTROYED Veeecl opposed to Have Captured . American Bent to Bottom. WASHINOTON, July 14.-The annihila tion of the pirate ship, together with lis crew which was supposed to have cap tured an VAmerlcan cttlsen In the watera of British North Borneo, was reported to the State department today by the British .mhaaador. The destruction was the u hi. meteaty'S ship Merlin. This information reached the ambassador through the government of British North mention wS md of th Ajusrloaa held by the pirates (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 14. (Special Telegram.) Plans for the university medical school and hospital to be erected In Omaha drawn by Schipley, Rutan & Cool edge of Boston were accepted by the special com mittee appointed by the Board of Regents of the university. Architects of Nebraska and from all parts of the country were invited to com pete and did compete for the work, but the plans accepted were thought by the ommittee to be the best submitted. The plans call for ten buildings to he constructed at a cost of tl.DOO.OOO. The buildings will cover four blocks at Forty second and Dewey avenue. The buildings will be erected in a quadrangle connected by arcades and classic In design. The entire construction will consist of a central building with a dome and four wings to be used as a general hospital, the buildings on the corners to be angular and used for the following purposes Child Saving hospital. Orthopedic hospl. tal, Women's hospital and laboratory. The other four will be used for administrative purposes and will be smaller In dimensions. The power plant will be In a separate building outside of the quadrangle. The ground. Is now being graded and work will begin Immediately on the Child Sav ing hospital. The material out of which the building will be constructed has not yet been selected. The firm which drew these plans also drew the plans for the Harvard medical college and hospital, said to be the finest in the world, constructed at a cost of 12,000,000. The commltte which made the selection Is composed of Dean Richards, of the college of engineering of the uni versity; Superintendent of Construction C. H. Owlns, of the university; Thomas R. Kimball, architect, Omaha, and Dr. Palmer Flnlay of Omaha. For three days the committee held a session In Omaha and tonight came to Lincoln and after a conference with Chancellor Avery, adopted the plans of the Boston firm. The committee had full power to act. Wyoming Man Is Officer of Elks D. J. Preston of Rawlins is Made Leading Knight Harmony Now Prevails. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 14. The grand lodge of Elks completed Its list of new officers today by the election of D. J. Preston of liawllns, Wyo., as grand loyal knight. Following the opening of the grand lodge today August Herrmann of Cincinnati, O., defeated candidate for grand exalted ruler, addressed the lodge and thanked those who supported him. He cordially shook the hand of James U. Sam mis of Lemars, Ia, the successful candidate. The matter of the disposition of the fund of 100,000 now In the hands of the treasurer, which was contributed by various lodges for the benefit of the San Francisco earth quake sufferers, was taken up. A reso lution asking that the fund be put in the hands of subordinate lodges was tabled. and thus the money Is left In the hands of the grand lodge to be used for an emergency. Shot Trying to Save Husband Bride Seriously Injured While At tempting to Keep Spouse from Killing Self. NEW YORK, July 14. Shot In a struggle to gain possession of the revolver with which her husband was trying to commit suicide. Edward J. Helmuth's young bride lies seriously wounded In a hospital. Hel muth died today from a self-lnfllcted wound. Helmuth, who is 14 years old, was def-pondent because he had been out of work almost ever since his marriage four months ago. When he seized a revolver and declared he was going to "end It all" his wife tried to wrest the weapon from him. LIBERTY DAY IN FRANCE General Picquart Falls from Horae During- Celebration of Fall of Baatlle. PARIS, July 14-Oeneral Picquart, French minister of war, was thrown from his horse during the annual military re view today at Long Champs, which was one of the features of the celebration of July 14, the national fete day In Paris. General Picquart was not hurt and re mounted his horse and the review contin ued. During the maneuvers two dirigible balloons, the Kepubllque and the Vllle De Nancy, sailed over the field. The national fete Is being celebrated throughout France In the usual manner. NEW ORLEANS, July 14 An extensive celebration of the fall of the baatlle was held today In New Orleans. Carries Wife and Baby Out of Burning Building Awakened by the cries and choking of his -year-old baby boy, Bert Peek, night watchman at the factory of the Oniahn Boiler Compound company, IMS Maple street, found two stories of the building on fire and his wife suffocating beside him. Picking up the woman and their child in his arms, he staggered to the stairway and made his way to the street, calling the fire department. Both Peek and his wife were only tem porarily affected by the smoke that filled the building, but tht llttli boy was mors seriously affected. But he has recovered somewhat. Fully $X damage a as done to tha build BIG ADVANCE IN PRICE OF WHEAT July Delivery Goes Up Seven Cents On Chicago Board of Trade, Clos ing at $1.27. CROP REPORT RESPONSIBLE Recent Rainfall In Kansas and Mis souri Indicate Small Harvest. PATTEN DEAL MAY BE REPEATED "Shorts" Are Alarmed Over Situation Confronting Them. MUCH TURMOIL IN THE PIT Floor Goes I'p Ten and Twenty Cents Higher Aa Reaolt of Ralae In 'Wheat Wild Shoots Accom pany Advance. CHICAGO, July 14 Wheat for July deliv ery advanced 7 cents during a stormy ses sion on the Board of Trade today, estab lishing a new high record mark for the season and giving promise of a repetition of the recent deal headed by James A. Patten and his colleagues In the May op tion. The top mark reached by the July delivery today was 11.27, compared with 11.20, the closing figures of the previous day. The Immediate cause of the buying flurry which resulted In the sensational advance was the additional rainfall last night in Kansas and Missouri, where the new crop of wheat Is now being harvested or Is awaiting the visit of the thresher, and dis patches from other harvesting wheat ship ping seotions of the country telling of dam age to the new crop by excessive rains. Moat Heporta Indicate Shortage. Numerous reports were received fiom points In Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, which claimed that the wheat already harvested la sprouting in the shocks owing to the unfavorable weather conditions. The official forecast for tomor row for the principal wheat growing states In this country predicts additional thunder storms over a wide area throughout the central and western states. A large "sleeping" short Interest has ex lsted for some time In the July option and the action of the market today Indicated that many of these traders had awakened to the serious aspect of the situation. Lead ing warehouse men and professional traders are said to be the principal shorts. The elevator men weeks ago bought wheat In the fields In Kansas, Oklahoma and other winter wheat states and "hedged" against their country purchases by selling July In this market. Since that time wet weather has interfered with threshing operations and prevented quick delivery of the new crop In Chicago and the southeastern markets. , Patten Demands Wheat. There Is practically no wheat suitable for delivery on contracts In this city at the present time and what little there Is belongs to the Patten Interests. The leader of this clique succeeded In merchandising the grain delivered to him during the clos ing days of the May corner and he now demands the wheat sold to him for this month's delivery. When shorts went to him early In the day with offers of settlement. It is claimed, they were told to buy the grain In the pit. The attempt to carry out this line of action was the cause of the 7-cent bulge. Twice during the day the pit was thrown Into a turmoil, first when 5 cents was added to the price of the July delivery dur ing the first half hour of trading and again near the close when two more points were added to the total. Demand was so fierce at the start that the price between sales jumped from "4 cent to 1 cent at a leap. Wild shouts arose when the price touched 11.26, and predictions were freely made that SI. DO would be reached before the end of the month. The market closed at almost 'the top, final quotations on July being recorded at $1.264&1.20-. As a result of the sharp ad vance In wheat prices flour was marked up 10jf20 cents for the best descriptions of old wheat variety while new wheat flour was advanoed 10 cents per barrel. Enormous Sum is Asked of Trust Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Louisiana and Mississippi Sued for $14,184,000. JACKSON. Miss., July l.-The Retail Lumber Dealers' association of Mississippi and Louisiana was sued today in the chancery court of Holmes county at Lex Ingtun. Miss., under the anti-trust statute for the recovery of penalties aggregating $14,184,000 The suit, which was filed by At torney General J. B. Stirling, Is the largest single Item of litigation ever brought In Mississippi, although the amount sought to be collected Is the minimum under the statute. It Is alleged the offending agree ment was entered Into on March 14, 1906. ty tne seventy-two concerns which are admitted members of the association. The state seeks through the suit to recover $197,000 from each of the concerns, alleging they entered Into an agreement not to pur chase lumber from several manufacturers which sell also to the consumer. ing, stock and other material In the struc ture. And William H. Mallory. 212 North Eighteenth street who Is president of the manufacturing company, is keenly regret ting a bit forgetfulnee that caused him to overlook renewing his fire Insurance poll cles when trey expired July . No Insur ance was In force. Firemen are puxxled by the nature and cause of the fire. The cause has not yet been discovered by the chief. Several horses and wagons In a nearby barn narrowly as raped destruction and had to be taken to other quarters until tne fire was und; control , it Wkkmm "WELL, MOTHER, I SEE BY From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. CHINESE TO CONCEAL LEON Government Said to Have Ordered Protection by Oriental Societies. CONSUL'S REPORT PAYORS HIM Says Klale Slsrrl Went .to Chinaman's Room and Killed Herself, Leon Fleeing- Through. Fear of Mob. DENVETt, Colo., July 14.-That Elsie Slgel took poison wtth suicidal intent in Leon Ling's room In New York city is the statement made In the official court bulletin of Peking. China, a copy of which has reached Denver. This statement is made In a report to the Chinese govern ment by the Chinese consul In New York city, who was ordered te Investigate the reported murder of Elsie Slgel by Leon Ling. The bulletin was " translated by Lee Wing, a leader of the Chinese colony In Denver. According to Lee. when this re port went to Peking, orders were Issued by the head of the Chinese Masons, who acted with the consent of the government. that the fugitive Ling should be protected by all Chinese all ove-rb world. Chinese consuls In America were se cretly communicated with, -and until ac knowledgment Is made by the New York police authorities that Leon Ling was not responsible for the death of . Miss Slgel, he will be protected. A Chinese newspaper, having the Chinese government's sanction, has reached Den ver, In which the report of the Chinese consul In New York Is printed lit full. This report followed an Investigation made at the direction of the Peking authorities The report states that Elsie Slgel came to Leon Ling's room and, In a moment of desperation, took her own life by poison Ling, the report states, was absent at the time and found the dead body upon hi return. Frightened by the discovery, he called Chung Sin, and advised him that should he (Ling) tell the truth to the police regarding tho finding of the body he would not be believed and probably would be lynched. Frightened by this view of the case, Ling adopted desperate efforts to dispose of the body and conceal his own wherabouts. The report of the Chinese consul at New York embodying these statements was sent to Peking more than three weeks ago. The report is evidently regarded by the Chinese authorities as revealing the true facts of the rase and the Chinese Masons are given permission and encouraged to conceal Leon Ling. A member of the Chinese colony here said today: 'Only God can find Leon Ling now. He is under the protection of Masons and Is being aided by them In his effort to escape the police. Unless further facts come to light proving his guilt, he will never be delivered to the officers by his own people." The Chinese here intimate that any as surance by the Chinese government that the Chinese of this country will aid In the search for the fugitive should be taken with a grain of salt. FORBIDS STRIKE IN KANSAS President Lewis of Inlteii Mine Workers Calls Off Walkout at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG. July 14 In an official com munication today, Thomas L. Lewis, na tional president of the United Mine Work ers of America, forbids a strike of lR.OOO men employed at the Pittsburg Coal com pany called by local officials for tomorrow The pulling power of a want ad de pends as much on the way it is writ ten as the big dis play ad. You must tell enough to the reader bo he will want what you have to offer whether it is a home for 6ale or a posi tion. Make it as attractive as the facts warrant. Most everyone reads the want ads every day, so it depends largely on what you say and how you say it. Have you read the want ads yet today? THE PAPERS WE'VE SAVED South Dakota Fraternal Order Would Retaliate Home Guardians Ask Exclusion of Five Iowa Companies Because It Is Barred from That State. PIERRE, 8. D.. July 14. (Special Tele gram.) In the hearing before Insurance Commissioner Basford today the Home Guardians of Mitchell, a South Dakota fraternal company, asked for the exclusion of the Modern Brotherhood of America, Mystic Tollers, Homesteaders and Yeomen, all Iowa companies, from the state. It appears the South Dakota company was barred from Iowa on the ground that Its rates were not up to those provided by the fraternal congress as adequate. They all agreed that the above-named Iowa com panles were not requiring such rates and asked for their exclusion from this state In retaliation. After an all-day hearing Insurance Commissioner Basford an nounced that he would withhold his de cision pending examination of law points raised In the hearing, but would say that he did not expect to give a decision which would affect licenses already given to the defendant companies, but could not say what he would hold m regard to licenses for future years. Widow Kept Away From the Funeral Mrs. Sayler, Wife of the Murdered Banker, Not Permitted by Sheriff to Attend Ceremony. WATSEKA, 111., July 14 Mrs. J. B. Say ler, widow of the banker who was shot and killed by Dr. Miller Sunday at Cres rent City, was not allowed to attend her husband's funeral today. The sheriff, who has her n custody on the supposition that she may have been an accomplice of her husband's slayer, kept her away from the funeral because her attendance would probably subject her to Insult, and might revive talk of lynching Dr. Miller. The funeral of Mr. Sayler, which was held at Crescent City, was largely at tended. Many floral tributes were made by friends of the dead man. Golda Sayler, his daughter, was chief mourner. Dr. Miller, who killed Sayler, has writ ten a letter to his wife, who is now with her people at Blalrsvllle, Pa., with her parents, asking her to come to him. The contents of the letter have not been made public. BLAIRSVILLE. Pa., July 14. Mrs. Mil ler, wife of the slayer of Banker Sayler at Crescent City, III., Is here, and says that If her husband asks her to go to him she will comply with his request, and for give his alleged infidelity to her. Mrs. Miller says she has known for two years of the relations between her hus band and Mrs. Sayler. but, like Mr. Say ler, that she kept silent on account of her children. She says she made one appeal to Mrs. Sayler to break off the relation with her husband, and that Mrs. Sayler merely laughed In her face. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITOL Rural Mall Carriers Are Appointed In Nebraska, Iowa, und South Dakota. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July 14. (Special Tele gram.) Rural carriers appointed: Ne braska, Wellfleet, routes 1 and 2, Harry Mooney, carrier; Edwin L. Mooney, sub stitute. Iowa, Maquoketa, route 1, O. E. Doran, carrier; Burt Shaw, substitute. South Dakota, Glenham, routs 1, James N. Kaln, carrier; Clara A. Kaln, substitute. Fight Growing Fiercer in Streets of Persian Capital TEHERAN, July 14. The fight from the streets of Teheran that has been going on since the nationalist forces mads their entry Into the capital yesterday morning, became more serious at midnight last night when the Persian Cossacks opened a heavy artillery fire on the nationalists, who at that hour attempted to rush the Cossacks' position from the north and east. The nationalists succeeding in occupying a garden close to the house of Colonel Liak off, the military commander of Teheran, where they are now being snelled by the Cossacks. Rifle and artillery fire has been practi cally continuous since yesterday morning. WALL STREET AGAIN." MARVIN ARRIVES IN OMAHA Suspected Leader In the Overland Limited Holdup Is Here. REFUSES TO SAY ONE WORD Marvin Is Turned Over To I'nlted States Marshal Warner Br Mar shal Bremer and Deputy Sherlf Dyer of Idaho. O. W. Marvin, alias Bill Matthews, the fifth suspect In the Overland Limited mall robbery, arrived In Omaha at 5 o'clock Wednesday evening In charge of Deputy United States Marshal E. W. Beemer of Boise, Idaho, and Deputy Sher iff, C. W. Dyer of Twin Falls county, Idaho. The party was met at the Union station by United Slates Marshal Warner, Archie Rossetter of the Ptnkerton detective agency, and two Omaha police officers. Marvin was heavily Ironed, having an "Oregon boot" on his right leg and was double handcuffed. He wore a brown suit and brown derby hat. He Is a man of medium slse, rather stocklly built, dark hair and beard, the latter of about ten day's growth. He was hurried to the police patrol wagon that was In waiting. and with the officers was driven to the county Jail, and formally turned over to United States Marshal Warner. His leg Irons and handcuffs were removed In the Jailer's office, and he was then given Into the custody of Sheriff Bralley. Marvin was very reticent and declined to sub mit to any sort of an Interview. Shortly after arriving at the county Jail, his attor ney, Harry B. Fleharty, had a short con ference with him. "Bill Matthews Is not much given to talking." said Marshal Beemer. "He had very little to say all the trip down from Boise. We had no trouble with htm what ever. We left Boise at noon Monday, and got away without any of his friends know. Ing about It, as the Impression had gone out that we had started with him Satur day, and we didn't care to remove the Impression." Officers Well Known. Both Marshal Beemer, who, by the way. Is a distant relative of the late Warden Beemer of Nebraska, and Deputy Sheriff Dyer of Twin Falls, are typical western ers, and old time residents of Idaho. Each of them is over six feet tall, and have beep handling criminals in Idaho for twenty or more years. Deputy Sheriff Dyer had charge of Mat thews at Buhl and Tain Falls. "Bill Is a bad man with a bad record," said finer Iff Dyer, "and he has a lot of friends In Idaho who would not hesitate to assist In his rescue, so we had to keep a pretty good watch over him. We are glad he Is here In Omaha." Marshal Beemer has been a resident of Boise for forty-one years, and ranks as one of the most efficient officers In that state aa well as In the northwest. He had charge of Mover. Haywood and Pettlbone at Boise during their Incarceration at Boise, and during their trials. "Orchard Is still In the penitentiary at Boise and Is making a pretty good cooper," said Mar shal Beemer. After Matthews had been safely cared for In the county Jail Marshal Beemer Sheriff Dyer and Marshal Warner went up to the United States marshal's office where the formal receipts for the noted prisoner were exchanged and an Inventory of his effects taken.- Among the effects was a murderous looking 44-caIlber revolver with ammunition, ihe same that Marvin or Matthews had lying on the table beside him when he was arrested at Buhl, Idaho several weeks ago. He had about $100 In money, Including a check for fi0 In his valise. The letter that he had been writ ing and tried to destroy when arrested Is also among his effects. The letter was In complete anl contained nothing of an (Continued on Second Page.) Soldiers of the Shah from Sultanabad have approached to within three miles of the city, and are now shelling Bakarlstan, the quarter cf the city where the parliament building Is situated. It Is reported this morning that the Shah's troops are en deavoring to enter the city by one of the northern gates. Slpahdar and Sadarassad. the nationalist leaders, have Just transmitted the follow ing message to the British and Russian representatives: "In spite of the fact that the Russian flag la flying over the house of Colonel Llakoff, nationalist forces are being fired on by Persian Cossacks under the root of lb la how Original Amount of $10,000 Annually Fixed By Committee. CONFEREES AT STICKING POINT Maximum and Minimum Provisions Objectionable to House. LA F0LLETTE CONDEMNS BILL Avernare Increase of Duties, He De clarer, la R.BR Per Cent Declares It to De President's Duty to Veto It. WASHINGTON, July 14.-Strenuous ob Jectlons were raised by the house members of the tariff conference today to the sen.ito provision In the maximum and minimum feature of the tariff bill which gives to the president authority to employ such porsina as he may desire to aid him In enforcing the tariff laws and which will be useful to congress In tariff legislation In the fu ture. This opposition was all that prevented the adoption of practically all the sections dealing with administration. Customs Court Approved. The provision which provides for tho establishment of a court of customs ap peals was adopted. It Is Intended that this court shall deal with all cases of appeal from the board of general appraisers and that Its Judgments shall be final. The salaries of the five Judges were fixed al $10,000. Instead of $7,000, as provided by a senate amendment adopted after the court feature had been reported from the senati committee on finance. The senate maximum and minimum pro vision was discussed throughout the after noon session. When adjournment was taken at 6:30 o'clock this provision had been agreed upon tentatively aa a sub stitute for the house feature, with the exception of :ho privilege of the employ ment of tariff experts. The house con ferees tool: the position that the ways and means committee and the senate finance committee have the Investigation of tariff matters as their special province. President Wanta Experts. Several of the senate conferees made the assertion that President Taft desired to have the right to employ such experts for the purpose of assisting him In tho dis charge of duties Imposed upon him by the maximum and minimum feature. They de clared also that the president favors the appointment of a tariff commission. These arguments were not sufficient to Induce the house conferees to abandon their objection. The senate administration act, which was drawn for the purpose of preventing undervaluation of Imported articles not In common use In the country of manufac ture, also was adopted. This feature pro vides machinery for ascertaining values when there Is no foreign market to be used as a basis, customs omciais are author ized to determine the value of such Im ports In the country, and to make deduc tions, covering transportation and Insur ance and cost of making sales or com missions, according to whether the goods were bought outright or were consigned to dealers In this country. Argument Over Drawback. The drawback provision is still tha sub ject of dispute. Agreement that the pro vision of the Dlngley law should be re enacted in the place of the house provi sion had almost been reached, when the house conferees Insisted that a provision should be added requiring exportaltons to be made within three years In order to gain the benefit of the drawback. This feature was a part of the provision adopted by the house, which Md also eliminated the necessity for Identifying the imported raw material In the manufactured product offered for export. The senate conferees insisted that the removal of the identification clause opened the door to fraud and that the three-year provision narrowed the drawback In such a manner that It would work a hardship to manufacturers who availed themselves of the drawback privilege. The conferee representing the two branches of congress 'split up on this question, and It was laid aside for consideration later. The house provision allowing a draw back to the amount of the Internal rev enue tax paid on domestic! alcohol used In articles such as perfumes and cos metics manufactured for the foreign trade was agreed to tentatively. It will be In corporated In the drawback provision as finally adopted. Increases In DHL Through Senator La Follette tthe bureau of statistics of the Department of Com merce and Labor has presented to congress an analysis of the Increases and decreases of the Payne-Aldrlch bill: Summarizing this analysis, Mr. La Toi lette says: "According to the figures supplied f the bureau, the bill as passed by the senate on the basis of the Importations of 1907, leaves unchanged the duties on Im ports of the value of f460.10S.OOS or 47.6S per cent. Duties are Increased on imports of the value of $149,716,619 or Z1.U per cent, while the decreases affect Imports of the value of $'J6.ao,619 or 1S.84 per cent. The average Increase of the entire bill la 6.66 per cent. "As the Payne bill passed the house, ac cording to the estimates of Chal.maa Payne, the Increases on the basis of Im portations of 1906 affected Imports vakted at less than $46,000, OuO." Senator I-a Follette declared "unless tr rates of the bill are greatly reduced In conference the bill should be vetoed, as In Its present form It Is a violation f the promise made to the people to gen erally reduce existing rates." President Mas Faith. The president today demonstrated his conviction that the tariff bill will be In Its last stages by the end of next week by the announcement that If the bill was not ready for his action by that time he would be obliged to cancel his engagement to at tend the Confederate veterans' reunion at Fisher's Hill, Va., on Saturday, July J4. Mr. Taft several days ago promised tha Virginia senators that he would attend the Fisher Hill gathering If the date would be arranged within the next tea days.