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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For Iowa Cooler. For weftthor report e rago 2. NEWS SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO 10. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 31. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1909-TWENTY PACKS. KINC.LE COPY TWO CENTS TARIFF FIGHT ' UP INTHE AIR President Taft ii Told of Difficulties 't Which Beset Hi Plan of Revision. IS LEFT TO THE CONFEREES They Are to Secure the Best Results They Can. MUCH TROUBLE IN EACH HOUSE ' Free Raw Material" is Sticking Point with Solons. 4 DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE Mrnbrra of Conference Committee and Other Prominent Statesmen DlieiH Situation with Prraldent. WASHINGTON. July 21. The Jfthtte House dinner and conference, at which tariff conferees and the president's closest advisers were brougbt together tonight in the effort to settle differences regarding the tariff bill, ended at 11:30, with the dis putes over raw materials no nearer adjust ment than they were before the dinner invitations were received. Only one question was determined beyond aDDeal and that was that the conferees will have to settle their own differences. Pains were taken, however, to convey the Impression that this decision Is not indica tive of any absence of appreciation of the president's efforts. It merely confirmed what the "elder statesmen" had asserted from the first that tariff-making Is trad ing and the shrewdest dealer and the strongest section is bound to get the best of the argument. That this truism Is responsible for the Insurgent movements In the house and senate, and party revolts in middle western states, does not alter the situation. Dill lp In the Air. Briefly staled, the representatives of the house and senate practically admitted that they were unable to forecast the outcome. Senator Aldrich spoke for the senate and Speaker Cannon and Representative Dwlght, republican whip, for the house. Mr. Dwlght spoke of the insurgent move ment organized by the "anti-free raw ma terial" faction in the house, but he was not ready to estimate the strength of the element. Representative Payne expressed the opinion that a conference report carrying frws Iron ore, coal, hides and oil could be adopted In the house, but, he said, he had not canvassed the situation. Sens tor Aldrich was very positive In the opinion that such a report would fall In the senate, but he thought there could be reductions made In the senate rates, with perhaps Iron ore and oil transferred to the free list without endangering Us adoption. Trraldent Doesn't Press Point. Apparently the president realised that the time had not arrived to call for a de cision on the subject of raw materials. It Is stated that he did not press the representatives of either house or senate for more definite statements of the sltua tlon in their respective branches of the congress. The customs court and the corporation tax amendments were discussed at length. Most of those present agreed with Presi dent Taft that the customs court should be situated in Washington, since it Is to be a court of appeals, whose decisions will be final. Senator Hale dissented from this opinion on the ground that a large ma Jorlty of the cases originate In New York and the evidence Is more readily avail able In that city. Attorney General Wlck- eraham and Secretary Root, who drew the amendment, favored New York as head quarters for the court. To Canvass Both Honaes. The discussion of the corporation tax dealt with the revenue it will produce and the general effect of the tax from a po litical point of view. Some of the conferees said, after the dinner, that no conference report 'would be signed until both houses had been canvassed to the probability of Its being accepted. No one can say how much this will delay adjournment of the tariff session. The dinner was served on the western torrnce, or roof of the low-lying structure which connects the White House proper with the executive offices. The long dining table was set in a mini ature grove of bay freer, with great boxes of geraniums and other growing plants surmounting the sidewalks which extend two or three feet above the level of the roof and make a garoVn enclosure of the terrs.ee. The president and his guests mule nine n at the table. Only Heunhllrana There. In announcing his Invitation to the con feree to dinner the president followed the custom at the cripltol of including vlthln that term only the republican mem bers of the conference committee All of these were present tonight with the ex ceptlon of Senator Cullom of Illinois, who Is detained at Atlantic City by the serious illness of his wife. From the senate came Messrs. Aldrich, Hale, Burrows and Pen rose. From the house were Messrs. Payne, Palzell. McCall. Boutell. Calderhead and Fordney. To meet the conferee the president In vited Vice President Sherman, Secretary f the Treasury MacVeagh, Attorney Gen nal Wlckersham, Speaker Cannon, Sena tor Crane, Senator Root and Representative Dwlght of New York, republican "whip" of the house. These are the men wltu whom the presi dent has consulted most freely on the sub Is Jbf the tariff and it was felt that If Mous aatlsfac-try working arrangment rould not be made as a result of tonight's meeting, hope of an early solution of the tariff tangle would be remote. The real discussion of tariff matters did not begin until after dinner was disposed of. It was said to havs been' one of the moat carefull jr prepared banquets ever served from the famous old White House kitchens, and It was do fault of the president, his steward or his old Virginia darkey" cook If the men of the tariff lommlsslon were not in an amiable mood a hen the meal w as done. It waa well along toward I o'clock when the dinner began. The White Houxe iCoUuu4 ea gaoeaA faiM President Taft Means All He Says on Tariff Senator Brown of Nebraska Gives Hopeful Interview After Lony Talk with Executive. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. July 21. (Special Tele gramsFor an hour or more last night President Taft and Senator Brown were In conference over several phrases of the tariff, with particular reference to the cor poration tax amendment and the duration of Its operation. President Taft picked up Senator Brown for an automobile ride. later returning to the White House for a heart-to-heart talk over the tariff situa tion. Senator Penrose has been persistent In his objection to the corporation tax bill running Indefinitely. He has urged that Us limitation be fixed at two years. Sen ator Brown, having charge of the Income tax amendment to the constitution, which has brought him consplcuouly Into the limelight because he won where other men failed, was asked to state his position of the "progressives" as to the limitation on the corporation tax amendment. It did not take the senntor very long to state where he stood. He was aenlnsl limitation and in favor of the publicity which must grow out of the corporation tax. President Taft agreed with the junior senator from Nebraska, and then the talk drifted to a general discussion of the tense situation facing the conferees on the tsrtff. "The president Is determined to have the tax taken off raw materials." said Senator Brown, "and In taking up the fight which the progressive wing of the republican party made In the senate, and In which we got licked, he la showing his knowledge of what the country Is demand ing. I never saw a man more In earnest to do his full duty than President Taft showed last night. He displayed a knowl edge of tariff schedules that to mo seemed amazing. He was armed with facts and figures, and his reasons for demanding that the conferees make a better bill than the senate passed were unanswerable. Of course, should he succeed In getting oil, coal, hides and Iron ore on the free list. It would necessarily follow that the tariff on the finished products wotTcl have to be reduced also. President Taft is mak ing a fight for reduction, and If he suc ceeds, as I believe he will, he will be entitled to the praise of the American people, for in all of the tariff bills preced ing the present one there has never been shown that Independence of thought which the consideration of the bill now In, confer ence has brought forth." Senator Brown has accepted an Invita tion of colored people of Omaha and vicin ity to address them on the afternoon of I September 22. at the Auditorium, In honor of tbe signing of the emancipation procla mation by President Lincoln. W. J. John son Is chairman of the committee arrang ing the celebration. O. C. Anderson of West Point and George D. Ayers of Lincoln are in the city. Bids were opened today at the Treasury department for the construction oi me pabllo building at Shenandoah, la. The bidders were as follows: Interstate (on- Btructlon company, Saginaw, Mich., 158.637; nartlett & Kling, Cedar Rapids, la., $58,500; King Lumber company, Charlotte- vllle, Va., 150,950; General Construction company, Milwaukee. Wis., tK7,930: Charles W. Gindele company, Chicago, $55,975. The Northern Construction company of Milwaukee has been awarded the contract for the construction of the public build ing at Rawlins. Wyo., at $71,700. The postmaster general today announced the number of promotions made In clerks and carriers in postoffices as follows: Omaha, Neb.: Clerks, Eeven. $S0O to $900; carriers, five, t00 to $:); seventeen, $900 to $1,000; twelve, $1,000 to $1,100; one, $1,000 to $1,100; seven. $1,100 to $1,200. Pes Moines, la.: Clerks, six. $600 to $SOO; four. J WO to $900; twenty, $000 to $1,000; fifteen, $1,000 to $1,100; seven, $1,100 to $1,200; carriers, one. $500 to $800; two, JR00 to $000; two, $900 to $1,000. Harry B. Durham of Lincoln has been appointed a land law clerk In the land office service at a salary of $1,200 per annum. STJTT0N CASDRAGS ALONG Another Officer C.lvea Teatlmonr that Sutton Took Ills Own Life. ANNAPOLIS. July 21. When the Naval Board of Inquiry, which is Investigating the death of Lieutenant James N. Sutton of Portland, Ore., finished Its third day's session In the naval academy auditorium today only four witnesses out of the fif teen subpoenaed by the government had been examined. In a few minor points, referring princi pally to the dtvcrlptton of the Immediate scene of the tragedy, Henry E. Pavls, chief counsel for the Suttons, showed dis crepancies In Lieutenant Wllllng's testi mony at this and the former Inquiry. In essential particulars Lieutenant Wllllng's story differed little brother officers. from that of his Steel Strike Has Resolved Itself Into Waiting Game PITTSBURG, July Il.-The strike of the employes of tho Pressed Steel Car company has resolved Itself Into a waiting game on the part of both strikers and car com pany officials. After two conferences today, held in the chambers of Judge Marshall Brown, be tween counsel for the car company and counsel for the strikers. It was announced that nothing approaching a settlement had been reached. The conferences were ex plained as attempts on the part of the strikers to show the company's officials as evidences of graft, under pay and gen eral abuse received at the hands of minor employes of the car company at the Bohoanvilla plant. Attorney Real, appear ing for the car company, stated that the strikers' complaints. In a large degree, were misunderstandings with the time keepers. The strikers declare they will continue the strike until they receive satisfaction. They pledge Uiauive to coudnct the BOURGEOIS MAY MAKECABINET President Fallieres Will Ask Him to Take Place of Clemenceau as Prime Minister. HEALTH MAY FORCE REFUSAL Effort to Resolidify Republican "Bloc" and Continue Policies. PROTECTIONISTS ARE ACTIVE Their Choice for Head of Minority is M. Millerand. M. BRIAND IS SECOND CHOICE Approaching: Visit of Csar of Rnaala to Cherbourg Makes Immediate Selection of Ministers Imperative. PARIS, July 21,-Presldent Fallieres to morrow will offer the premiership to Leon Bourgeois, former minister of foreign af fairs. This decision waa reached late tonight, but as M. Bourgeois is not expected to reach Paris from Hamburg until tomorrow his actual attitude with regard to the ap pointment Is not known. Parliamentary circles, however, foresee that he will de cline the honor, as his health Is far from robust. Nevertheless, the cabinet crisis promises to be of short duration. M. Clemenceau, the late premier; M. Du host, president of the senate, and M. Brls- slon, president of the Chamber of Deputies, as a unit have counselled President Fal lieres that M. Brtand, minister of Justice and worship, Is the most available man after M. Bourgeois, and It la understood that M. Brland Is the president's second choice. Clemenceaa'a Defeat Peraonal. The parliamentary leaders of the major ity told President Fallieres today that M. Clemenceau's defeat was a personal re proof directed against the premier for his attack upon M. Pelcasse and that It would not check the policies of the gov ernment, which should be continued. M. Brland, after Clemenceau, la the most conspicuous member of the retiring cab lnet. Although the temper of the Senate Is described as rather cold to the elevation of M. Brland, the attitude of the Chamber Is said to be symapthetlc. If he Is named as premier It Is expected that he will Im mediately reconstruct M. Clemenceau's ministry, with Clemenceau omitted, and commit himself to following up the pro gram of reforms laid down by the Clemen ceau cabinet. On account of the Importance of the elections in 1910, M. Brland, like his pre decessor, would probably select the portJ folio of minister of the Interior, 'nd In view of the Important policies p'-ndlng and the wisdom of retaining the ministers In the old departments, few shifts In the previous cabinet are anticipated. M. Call laux. minister of finance, who Is directing the battle for Income tax and old age pensions: M. Cruppl, who Is plunged In the tariff; M. PIchon, whose foreign poli cies satisfy the republican "bloc;" M. Vivian!, minister of labor, and M. Ruau, minister of agriculture, are all slated for retention, although the reappointment of MM. Plcquart. Plckard and MIIlles-LacroIx to the portfolios of war, the navy and the colonies, respectively, Is less certain, and Is not anticipated. Bonrgrnli Advlaers TTneertaln. On the other hand, should M. Bourgeois accept the premiership, the personnel of the cabinet would be more difficult to establish, but It Is believed that his In cumbency would not affect the present policies of the government. The entire political world remains com pletely stupefied at M. Clemenceau's ac tion yesterday. No one can believe that an old campaigner like Clemenceau did not realize what he was doing and for this reason many advance the theory that he deliberately planned his own downfall. The general opinion la summed up by M. Rochefort, editor of the Patrle, who say s : Clemenceau had overthrown so many ministers that he believed It proper to overthrow himself. He committed suicide by firing several phrases at his own head." The members of the Right, which ln eludes the royalists and the Catholic ele ment, are Intensely pleased with the over throw of M. Clemenceau, but they are not likely to profit greatly by the present sit uatlon. Aside from M. Bourgolse, the only possible combination having more con servative tendencies which has a chance of succeeding is one with M. Polncare as chief and M. Delcasse as minister of ma rine. Thia combination results chiefly from the prominence M. Delcasse took In the events leading up to M. Clemenceau's downfall, when Delcasse hotly retorted to Clemenceau's slighting allusions to the French humiliations In the Moroccan con troversy. The approaching visit of the czar to Cherbourg renders an Immediate solution of the crisis imperative, as President Fal lieres cannot take tne members cf the re- tiring cabinet with hlm to Cherbourg at the time tho official greeting of France is I extended to the Russian ruler. strike from now on without violence or re sort to riot. The hearings of the alleged strike lead ers, arrested last week on charges of In citing to riot and threatening to kill, are scheduled for tomorrow. Few men were at work at the car com pany plant today. BUTLER. Pa., July a.-Deeplte the as surances of the officials of the Standard Steel company, through Father Baczewaki, that as soon as conditions warranted an increase In wages would be granted Its employes, the striking worklngmen at the plants of the car company, tha Butler Wheal company and tha Standard Forged Wheel company, lata today voted to re main idle until their employers signed a written agreement, granting them Im mediate Increase In wages and refunds on back rentals of company houses. Tha car and wheel companies declare they will attempt to operate their plants tomorrow and, U necessary, will bring In OUUldS BXOm The ,0 . From the New York Evening Mall. BREWER ON THE INCOME TAX Jurist Says it "Will Tax States Out of Their Vitality." OPPOSES BIO 4.RMY - AND NAVY Declares Woman Suffrage Question Cannot Be Ignored, and that South Mnat Settle Negro Question. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 21.-Justice David J. Brewer of the United States su preme court, in an address before the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance com pany's agents, expressed himself on the in come tax, saying. In part: "Under the hue and cry of today ws must have an Income, tax, and if power to 'ax all incomes is given the government we will see the states taxed, not out of their ex istence, but out of their vitality. The idea leads up to the question of placing the en tire power In the control of the nation, and the state Is left out of the matter." Referring to the public debt. Justice Brewer said: "At the close of the civil war we began paying the debts of that war and we Kept on paying them. Owing to the unwise at titude of the political leaders and the pres ident who spoke of 'me and my navy," we have plied up public debts for vessels which will rust before they are used. "So far as possible I believe every gener ation should pay Its own debts. We should not pile up debts for the future to take care of. The only thing we should be guarded against Is the wickedness of the bankers and Wall street speculators who get up a panic. The Almighty Is going to require of us to continue to strive and do our best, and we shall yet see the picture of honest men doing honest business." Discussing the negro question, Justice Brewer said: "There Is a negro question that we in the north cannot control, and this question must be controlled by our friends In the isouth. It Is our duty to encourage them In Its solution. "Then there Is the question of female franchise. This Is a question that cannot i be Ignored. They are appealing to our in I te"gence, and we must meet it and talk It. If It is for the Interest or tne gentler (Continued on Second rase.) If there is one en terprise on earth that a "quitter" should leave sever ly alone, it is adver tising. To make a success of advertising, one. must be prepared to stick, like a barnacle on a boat's bottom. He should know before be begins It that be must spend money lots of It. Somebody must tell him that he cannot hope to reap results com mensurate with his expenditure early In the game. Advertising doea not jerk; it pulls. It begins very gently at first, but the pull is steady. It increases day by day and year by year until it exerts an irresistible power. John .Wannamakeri Promise of Prosperity Roosevelt Has Narrow Escape From Beasts Dozen Furious Hippopotami Surround Skiff, but He Drives Them Off, Killing- Two. NAIVASHA. British East Africa, July 21. Colonel Roosevelt had an exciting ex perience yesterday while shooting hippo potami. At 9 o'clock in the morning he went out on Lake Nalvasha In a rowboat, accompanied by two natives. After rowing some distance the boat was surrounded by a dozen hippopotami, which attacked the boat, some of them diving under and strik ing the bottom of it with their backs. The natives became terrorized, but Mr. Roose velt was not dismayed, and selecting the finest bull and the largest cow, killed them. Eventually the rest of the animals were driven off, Mr. Roosevelt arriving at camp at 3 o'clock this morning after towing home the spoil with a launch which was sent out to search for the rowboat. Kermlt Roosevelt has arrived at Nalva sha, but the rest of the expedition will not reach here until tomorrow. i Edmund Seller of Riverside. Cal.. the zoologist of the expedition, caught a 130 pound leopard In a wire trap this morning. Four Arc Accused of Sayler Murder Grand Jury Indicts Dr. Miller, Mrs. Sayler and Two of Her Relatives. WATSEKA, III., July 21 The special grand Jury called to investigate the mur der of John B. Paylor at Crescent City on July 11 late today indicted Pr. William Miller, Mrs. J. B. Sayler and John Grun den on a charge of murder. Ira Orunden was indicted as an accessory after the fact. It is thought a special term of court will be called to try the cases, In which event it is probable a motion will be made for a change of venue to another county. There were only a few persons In the court room when the grand Jury filed In shortly after 4 o'clock, but when the grand Jury reported its deliberations and findings there was a murmur of approval among- the few spectators. Dr. Miller. Mrs. Saylor and the two Grundens will be arraigned tomorrow morning. Secretary Ferguson Has Heaps of Trouble Daily Secretary Ferguson of the contest board of the Glldden tour has been having troubles of his own, and these troubles have worked him up to a stage where ho Is about ready to quit. The eagerness of the manufacturers of automobiles to make a good showing in the Glldden tour is reflected in their agent. who accompany the tour, and each night when the contest board meets to pass on penalties, there Is a continual wrangling. This has become too strong for the secre tary and Wednesday night at Council Bluffs he was heard to remark: "If these isn't less of this butting In, I am going to quit this tour and return east." Tbe trials of Secretary Ferguson, who is aUo starter, have been legion and culmi nated Tuesday evening, when his car broke down and he was thrown against a barb wire fence and as a consequence wears heavy bandages on his arm. His troubles started over a quarrel of two lire firms for tbe privilege of furatau. GALVESTON SAVED BY WALL Wild Hurricane Attacks City, Doing: Little Damage. NOT A SINGLE LIFE IS LOST Some Portions of City ot Protected by Wall Are Flooded Ample Warning; Given of Storm'a Coming;, GALVESTON, Tex., July 21.-Fortifled behind its seventeen-foot sea wall and elevated to a point above the danger line, Galveston today passed safely through a hurricane, which resembled somewhat In Intensity the disastrous storm of 1900. Part of the Island upon which the city Is situated was again inundated, the over flowing sea water reaching a height of seven or more feet. That portion of the Island which has been protected suffered comparatively little harm. No lives were 'ost in or Immediately around Galveston, and the property damage will not be very large. Sweeping westward the tropical storm, which had been central over the gulf for twenty-four hours or more, struck Gal veston shortly after 11 o'clock. The wind attained a velocity of sixty-eight miles an hour and shifted to the northeast, heaving the waters of Galveston bay up against the island, and flooding that section which had not been raised. The water backed up into the main streets of the city and for a time heavy loss was feared. The principal damage, however, was confined to the beach front, where bath houses and pleas ure piers were swept away, but shipping was undisturbed- City Had Warning;. A hurricane for east Texas was forecasted at the district weather bureau at New Or leans early this morning and warnings dent out When the wind and rain In all their Intensity arrived several hours later, they found Galveston prepared. The In habitants of the few scattered houses In the low section of the Island had already sought safety and the vessels which had cleared and prepared to sail were riding at anchor In the hay. The fury of the storm was soon abated and the anxiety of those who entertained fears of another tidal wave was ih'is early relieved. Small boys paddling around In the flooded streets, even before the heavy wind had died down, presented a scene which was calculated to dispel the alarm felt by even the most timid. So short was the duration of the storm (Continued on Second Page.) Ing his car with tires. One leading firm contracted with the maker of the car to put on certain tires and to keep the ear In tires on the trip. Another firm con tracted with the secretary to furnish him tires. As a consequence the kind of tires on the starter's car were changed three times before the car went Into the ditch Tuesday and had to be sent back to the factory. The start was made from Detroit with 'a certain tire. At Chicago the owner of tho car, who had made the other contract, had the tires changed. The wires were kept hot trying to settle the difficulty, ami when nearlng St. Paul a stop was made and the tires were changed again. Because of his Injuries the secretary will make the run from Omaha to Denver on the Union Pacific train, and will not let tha tire proposition worry him any more. Meanwhile the contestants are beating It over the road and each comes In with hlb little tale of woe fur tbe secretory U Lev. GLIDDENITES AT COUNCIL BLUFFS Tourists Pull Into Control Far Ahead of Time Set for Their Arrival. GOOD ROADS TEMPT HIGH SPEED Fast Run from Fort Dodge Makes Day Notable. PENALTIES RESULT FROM HURRI Many Cars Suffer as Result of the Scorching Bursts. PEOPLE WELCOME THE TOURISTS Great Crowd on Streets to See th Motorlata Arrive and Muck Interest Shown la Their Movements. Speeding over the best roads they havt encountered on the trip, the Glldden tour ists yesterday covered the 19 miles between Fort Podge and Council Bluffs In the fast est time of the trip, but with the number of cars suffering penalties the largest of the tour. Finding the Iowa roads much better thnn had been anticipated, some of the heavier machines sped along at the rate of sev enty miles an hour. The pilot car, carrying Pal Lewis, was the first Into Council Bluffs, arriving at the Grand hotel at 1:61 p. m., being an hour and nine minutes ahead of schedule time. Eight cars suffered penalties during he day, they being Chalmers-Petrolt No. 3, Mollne No. 100, Glide No. 10. Jewel No. 111, Premier No. KX Jewel No. 7, Marmon No. 4 and Mollne No. 102. Mlahnps A ton a the Way. Two of the cars figured In accidents on the run. The Studebaker No. R0 ran Into a stretch of gumbo near Pana and was forced to call upon a Northwestern wreck ing train for assistance. The train crew at tached a long rope to the auto and pulled It out with the aid of the railroad engine. This CRr contained a group of four news paper representatives. On this side of Penlson the Jewel ma chine No. 10 ran Into a ditch In trying to avoid frightening a farmer's horse and In jured one of Its rear tires. All the cars, with the exception of the Chalmers-Petrolt. arrived at tho checking station in Council Rluffs on time. This car was forced to undergo repairs enroute and came In late. The running time allowed by the contest board between Fort Podge and Council Bluffs was nine hours and forty-eight minutes. Cars taking overtime for making the run were penalized 1 per cent for each minute they were tardy. Ran Away from l.ncey. Pr. T. B. Laccy, president of the Iowa Automobile association, met the tourists at Fort Podge Tuesday afternoon and started out with the pilot car for Council Bluffs yesterday morning. Ha kept apace with Lewis for several miles, but was several miles behind when they reached Council Bluffs. The citizens of Council Bluffs took a half holiday In the afternoon to receive the Glldden autolsts and decorated all the busi ness houses along the main streets and the residences around the park, where the cars were quartered for the night. Not many of the Council Bluffs owners of machines lined up on Broadway to greet the tourists. Very few cars, In fact, were taken out by the Council Bluffs people. Crowds to Greet Tnnrlsta. The main streets of the olty were filled with hundreds of men and women anxious to see the contestants. At the corner of Broadway and First avenue where the checking stand with Pilot Pal Lewis, was located, the assistance of the police was necessary to keep the way clear. After the pilot car the first car to arrive was the Premier, No. 99, the chairman's auto, with Frank B. Hower, chairman of the contest board; 8. B. Stevens, member of tho contest board, and Charles J. Glldden, founder of the Glldden tours, aboard. Studebaker car No. 97, with R. J. May, M. C. Reves and E. J. Menke in II, fol lowed the chairman's car. The four Ple.ice- Arrows In the contest were the next ma chines to check In. All these cars arrived before 2:30 p. m. The other cars checked In rapidly until 3:30. when about five had not yet reported. The rest, with one exception, wero all at the Grand hotel by 6:15, when the checking station was removed to the Pullman train on the Northwestern tracks. . (lose Guard on Can. As fast us the cars checked In they were parked close to the Grand hotel on First avenue, which was roped off for a block and guarded by twenty policeman, under the personal direction of Chief Richmond. This park for the cars waa so closely guarded that nobody without a special or der from Chairman Hower, countersigned by the chief of police, could enter It. Many of the men In the auto party were forced to get orders from their chairman before they could enter this stretch where their cars were quartered. The Pullman supply car arrived on time from Fort Dodge and was side-tracked at the foot of First avenuo. Here most of the Gllddenl.sts repaired for supper shortly be fore 6. This train consisted of six Pullman sleepers, two diners and a baggage car. Welcome for the Toarlats. At the Grand hotel the local committee of the Council Bluffs club had quarters and here and at the Elks club, next door to the hotel, the thirsty Ollddenlsts were royally entertained us fast as they checked In at Pilot Lewis' car. A goodly bunch of Council Bluff Elk Mere on hand and took part In showing the visitors a splendid time. All drivers of machines and members of the conust board were delighted over the day's run to Council Bluffs. The original route called for a trip of but ISO miles, but bad roads caused a detour of sixteen mile and lengihened the route to 196 miles. This addition did not dlxpleate the tourlxts, but on the other hand made them enjoy the longer rld and better rmda. Glldden I. Ikes the Itoada, Charles J. Gild len. after whom the tour Is named an Uehl'hted with the ro.-ds. "The roads between here and Fori Dodge are the best we have struck. I call them fiilr roads ,for I class roads as excellent, good, fair, bad and wretched. The roads today were not good, but they were fa I.. I'ntil this tiip today we had bad bad roads." Chairman Hower was not quite as en thusiastic ever the low road as ktr. Olid