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VOL. XXXIX-NO. 34.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1P011.
SINGLE COPY TWO CKNTS
BOOSTS OMAHA
AND NEBRASKA
Noted Newspaper Correspondent Telli
' of PrngneritTr nt This Citv
Robbery Story is
Held to Be Untrue
AERONAUT STIRS
OLD DOVER TOWN
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and State.
HOW THEY WITHSTOOD PANIC
William E. Curtis Visits is Section
and Tells What ' . w.
FARMER IS COMING
ATE
Germs of Enormous Fortun
Exist Here at Home.
SrLENDID WORDS FOR OMAR.
Itrrortls Oronlli of ladustrles and
TTella of City's Wonderful Devel
opmrnl In the Last
Few Years.
William K. Curtis, the notd correspond
ent of the Chicago Record-Herald, who
recently spnt Home time In Nebraska, had
the following letter In Sunday' edition
of his paper:
It s evident that the people of Nebraska
dll not mind the recent panic, for during
the year 1908 there were 17.990 farm mort
pnges paid off and canceled, representing
a value of $126,357,791. and 16.6V! new farm
mortgage!! were recorded, representing a
value of till. .2. 057. leaving a tidy balance
of nhout $90,(100,000 to the credit of pros
perity. In 1907 there were 17.4M mortgages re
corded, representing a value of $:i4.903.S4S,
and 19.6.11, representing a value of $26.8M.00(.
canceled.
During the year 1908 the assessed value
of Improved farm property In the state was
$14.r.m.0r0, an Increase from ?129,3''iR.22X in
1907. which was very good for a, panic year.
During the same time the assessed alue
of unimproved farm property Increased
from $16,651,469 in 1907 to $19,963,321 In 1W.
The population of Nebraska Is now about
1,250.000, and the assessed wealth Is .tln,
S65.S1S, an average of nearly $279 per capita,
men. women and children.
The area of the state If about M.mo.OOO
acres, of which 36.000,000 are susceptible of
cultivation, but only 2,178,773 are now under
the plow. About 10,000,000 acres of the total
area are seml-arld, but are capable of pro
ducing crops under the careful processes
of dry farming or by irrigation.
Advances to Third Place.
During the last year Nebraska has ad
vanced from the fourth to the third place
In the list of corn producers, having passed
Missouri by 2,000.000 bushels, and has ad
vanced to the fourth place among the
wheat producing states. The following
little table will show where It stands:
Corn. Wheat. Total,
........ -'Ttitstiels: Ruehela. RiiHhcl
Illinois 29S.RM.flOO 30.212.000 47n.20l.000
Iowa 2X7.4r.O0O 8,068,000 420.52S.OOO
Nebraska ......205.767,000 44.29.1.000 310,273,0(10
Kansas IM.200,000 79.2X2.000 262.348,000
Missouri 20S.634.000 22.260,000 239.612.000
Minnesota 46.S35.000 CS.557,000 208,521,000
South Dakota.. 67.677.000 37.862.000 lri2.0H6.ono
North Dakota.. $.866,000 68.42S.OU0 123,783.000
You will see from the above that Ne
braska Is the third grain producing state
In the country, and It Is, also, advancing
rapidly in hay, alfalfa and potatoes. Dur
ing the year 1908, Nebraska produced 6,667,-
va ions oi nay, vaiuea at M1,30N,437, as
analnst 4,011.648 tons, valued at $23,641,687, in
1907. The alfalfa crop Increased 20 per cent
and the potato crop 31 per cent during the
year, while th total value of all the farm
crops of Nebraska advanced In value from
$170,519,767. In 1907. to l213.480.9S8, in 1908.
inn is not entirely due to a greater
acreage or a greater yield, but a large part
of the difference hat coma out of the
pockets of th consumers, all of whom
rcallro that It costs more to do their mar
Ketlng than It did a few years ago, but
do not appreciate how much of their good
money goes Into the bank accounts of that
cluss to whom we have been accustomed
to offer our sympathy and call "the horny
handed sons of toil."
Where the Farmer I.anaha.
During the rrcrnt discussion of the tariff
bill we heard a good deal about the neg
lect of the rights of the consumer. We
have been told repeatedly that the robber
barons among the manufacturers are pro
tected by high duties at the expense of the
consumer, but I have not thus far heard
any one who has been audacious enough
to defend the rights of the poor consumer
against these rubber barons of farmerti on
here, who are living In luxury, and rldii. .
around In automobiles, piling up In tin
banks the price we poor city people are
compelled to pay them for everything we
at. and some of the things we wear.
For example, the price of wool this year
on the ranch is St cents a pound, where It
was only 1$ cents last year, and the differ
ence pays the entire cost of production.
The experts calculate that it costs a dollar
a year to care for a sheep, and this year
there Is an average advance of a dollar per
sheep In the value of the wool over 1908.
In 1904 the maximum price of wheat In
Omaha was 80 cents a bushel; during the
first six months of 190S the price of wheat
has ranged from $7 cents to $1.33 a bushel.
In ltfuO the maximum price of corn was
48 cents a bushel; in 1907 It ranged from
45 to 57 tents; In 1904 It ranged from 51
to 75 cents, and during the first six months
of lb It has ranged from 63 to 71 cents.
Not more than five years ago 40 cents was
considered bonansa price for corn, but the
quotations here show that it has not. sold
below 40 cents within that time.
And you can appreciate how the farmers
are accumulating wealth simply by adding
the Increased price to the increased produc
tion of corn, wheat and every other sort of
high-priced staple that la raised out here.
Advance ta Prices.
People who patronise the city markets
have noticed the advance In the price of
eggs and butter during the last few years
and they complain bitterly to the butcher
th rocry "n about It, but the
t 1er has pocketed the advance. The offl
c. Quotations of the Omaha market show
that the average prices of butter and egg
In this center of the greatest production
In the world during the last five years have
advanced a follows:
Butter,
per pound.
1 Ut cents
1W 24 cents
l1" $7 cents
1 25 cents
Im t cents
Eggs.
per dunen.
17 cents
14 cents
17 cents
1 cents
21 H ceuts
The first thing you know the consumers
of ibis country will fee combining to put
ewa the farmers, to strangle the "cor-
tCentlnued en Beoond Page.)
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PIOUX FALLS. S. P., July 25. (Special.)
Bates & Parllman, local attorneys who
represent creditors In the case, have re
ceived a copy of the findings of Henry A.
Muller, referee In bankruptcy. In the fam
ous case of J. C. Cantonwlne. formerly en
gaged In the general merchandise business
at Armour, who became Involved In finan
cial difficulties soon after claiming that
on the night of September 18 last he had
been robbed of $35,300 In cash. He alleged
that at the time of the robbery he had in
he little safe in his store $33,000 In bills,
XiO In gold and $300 In silver, and that
-safe was burglarized and the money
f fried lA-av.
In his findings Referee Muller holds that
the story of burglars entering and robbing
the safe Is false and untrue, and that the
claim was a part of a conspiracy on the
part Of Cantonwlne and his wife, Maggie
Cantonwlne, to conceal the money for the
purpose of cheating his creditors of the
sum, which the referee maintains now Is
In their possession and wrongfully with
held from the trustee.
The referee orders that Cantonwlne and
his wife forthwith pay to the trustee the
sum of $12,500 of the amount which was al-
eged to have been stolen; that the trus
tee Is entitled to Judgment setting aside cer
tain conveyances by which Cantonwine
transferred property to his wife, and re
quiring J. C. Cantonwlne and his wife, both
of whom were defendants In the action, to
deliver to the trustees notes described In
the findings and which were given by Can
tonwlne to his wife to secure alleged loans
of money made by her to him.
Admen Gather
at Louisville
Convention of Associated Ad Clubs
Next Month Will Be an Im
portant Meeting.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. July 25. Announce
ment has been made of the make-up of
the committee on newspapers of the Asso
ciated Advertising Clubs of America, which
will held Its fifth annual convention in
this city August 25, 26 and 27. The con
vention will bring together more than a
thousand "live wires" In the advertising
world, and the press of the country will
take a big part in It.
The newspaper committee Is composed of
the following: George W. Mason, Omaha
Bee. chairman; Louis Wiley, New York
Times; C. C. Rose water, Omaha Bee;
Henry Watterson, Louisville Courier- Jour
nal; A. P. Johnson, Chicago Record-Herald;
F. P. Glass, Montgomery Advertiser;
Charles W. Hornlck, San Francisco Call;
M. B. Foster, Houston Chronicle; La Fay
ette Young, Dea Moines Capitol; W. Mo
Kay Barbour, Minneapolis Tribune; Harry
M. Coudrey, United States congressman
from Missouri; Lester L. Jones, Chicago
Journal, and Clark HoweU, Atlanta Con
stitution. Advertising clubs which are expected to
have representatives at the Louisville con
vention are located in Fort Smith, Ark.;
Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San
Francisco, Cal.; Jacksonville, Fla. ; At
lanta, Savannah, Ga. ; Chicago, Decatur,
Springfield, 111.; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Des
Moines, Sioux City, la.; Atchison, Leaven
worth, Topeka, Wichita, Kan.; Louisville,
Ky.; Boston, Mass.; Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Mich.; Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minn.; Kan
sas City, Sedalla, St. Joseph, St. Louis,
Mo.; Omaha, Lincoln1, Neb.; Trenton, N.
J.; Buffalo, New York, N. Y.; Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Dayton, Oklahoma City,
Okl.; Portland, Ore.; Philadelphia, Pa.;
Knoxvllle, Memphis, Nashville, Tenn. ;
Dallas, Tex.; Salt Lake City, Utah.; Seat
tle, Spokane, Walla Walla, Wash.; Hunt
ington, W. Va. ; Madison, Milwaukee, Wis.,
and Winnipeg, Can.
FUNERAL OF PROF. BYERS
Services In Des Moines Over Body
of Iowa Educator Who Died
In London.
DES MOINES. July 2S.-In a drlxxllng
rain today the funeral services were held
over the body of the late Prof. Lawrence
M. Byers of the law department of the
University of Iowa, who died in a dental
chair In London last week.
The funeral rites were held at St. Helen's,
the palatial home of Major 8. H. M. Byers,
pt Terrace Drive, Des Moines. Professors
tioni the University of Iowa and other
dXh'gulshed men attended the services,
which were conducted by Dr. A. L. Frlsble
of ttis city. Dean Charles N. Gregory of
Iowa's law department represented the
school, and with Mrs. A. W. Swalm, wife
of the consul at Southampton, England,
delivered orations.
Interment will be In the family lot at
Oskaloosa tomorrow noon.
NEW TILE CONCERN FOR OMAHA
Location la sought by tourers from
Uncle Joe Cannon's Town
In Illinois.
Tile may be manufactured In Omaha soon j
by a Danville, III., firm. The proprietor
of an Illinois factory has commissioned his
cousin, Emil Schlpporelt, to secure If pos
sible a suitable location In this city for a
factory. Henry Wyman is the manufac
turer from "Uncle Joe" Cannon's town and
a week spent in the city with his cousin
convinced him that Omaha would be a
good place In which to establish a branch
concern.
South Dakota Bankrupt Ordered
Pay Over Funds He Says
Were Stolen.
Royal Standard Floats
Over Reid's Residence
6ILSO, England. July 25. The royal
standard floats over Ambassador Reid's
reeldence at West Park, and Its precincts
were the center of attraction today for the
country people who came from miles
around. The king and queen, with the
American ambassador and Mrs. Reid and
several of the other guests, attended serv
ices at Sllso church this morning and re
celved an ovation. A guard of honor, com-1
posed of several corps of boy scouts from
neighboring villages, was drawn up outside
the church and saluted the party whep. It
entered.
Frenchman in White-Winged Airship
Descends on Seaport from
Clouds.
TAKES LESS THAN HALF HOUR
Travels More Than Twice as Fast as
Any Mail Boat.
IS ONLY ONCE OUT OF SIGHT
Louis Bleriot, Successful Aviator,
Wears Honors Modestly.
STEALS MARCH ON HIS RIVALS
Is First to Accomplish Feat and
Wins Flre-Thonsand-Dollar Prise
Offered by London
Paper.
DOVER, July 2fi. This sleepy seaport
town experienced the keenest thrill known
In a generation, when at sunrise this morn
ing a white winged, bird-like machine, with
loudly humming motor, swept out from the
haze obscuring the sea toward the distant
French coast, and circling twice above the
chalky cliffs of Dover, alighted on English
soli.
A Frenchman, Louie Bleriot, portly and
red mustached, calmly descended from the
addle, limping on a bandaged foot, which
had been burned on his previous overland
flight. Immediately two compatriots, who
had been waving a big trl-rolored flag as
a signal for the landing place, fell upon
him enthusiastically, embracing him and
pounding him on the back. They, with a
few soldiers and others who happened to
chance on the scene, were the only per
sons to witness the performance of a re
markable feat.
Fastest Trip on Record.
Bleriot left Les Baraques, three miles
from, Calais, about 4:30 a. m. on one of tho
smallest monoplanes ever used. He crossed
the channel in a little less than half an
hour, twice as swiftly as the fastest mall
boat.
His speed averaged more than forty-five
miles an hour, sometimes It approximated
sixty miles. He kept about 250 feet above
the sea level, and for ten minutes, while
about mldchannel, was out of sight of both
coasts and the French torpedo destroyer
which followed htm, with his wife and
friends aboard.
The wind was blowing about twenty miles
an hour and the sea waa choppy. The
aviator was swathed in a single garment
of drilling. Impervious to the wind, which
covered him from the top of his head to
his feet, only his face showing. He wore
also a cork life belt.
Story of the Voyage.
An eye-witness of the landing thus de
scribes It:
"Very early tn the morning a wireless
message was received from Calais that
Bleriot Intended to make the flight. Then,
In quick succession, came the news that
he had left land; that ha was flying high
and was fast making toward Dover. It
was expected that he would land west
of Dover, but from the direction taken
It was soon evident that he would alight
to the eastward.
"Only a few minutes after the wireless an
nouncing the start the laconic message,
'Out of sight,' was received at Dover.
Hardly had this been transcribed when
the keen-eyed coast guard, scanning the
sea with his telescope, shouted that
Bleriot waa within sight.
"Hastening to the cliff, east of the bay,
I was fortunate enough to arrive Just a
moment before the airship, which was fly
ing like a gigantle hawk. The craft ap
proached the cliff, growing larger every
Instant. The noise of the engine was
audible In a moment, so swiftly did It
come.
"Bleriot swooped overhead, glancing from
right to left, and then turned his machine
to the east and came to the ground In the
meadow. It circled with consummate ease
and made the landing gracefully, but even
though It touched the land lightly It was
slightly damaged."
By his achievement today Bleriot won the
prize of $5,000 offered by the London Daily
Mail for the first flight across the English
channel and stole a march on his rivals,
Hubert Latham and Count De Lambert,
both of whom had hoped to make the at
tempt today.
Dlerlot Wears Honors Modestly.
Bleriot, who speaks a little English, de
scribed his remarkable flight very mod
estly: "I arose at S o'clock," he said, "arid went
to the aeroplane shed. Finding everything
in order on the trial spin, I decided to
make the flight. The French torpedo boat
destroyer, which was In attendance, was
signalled, and It put out about four miles.
Then I rose In the air and steered directly
for Dover. After ten minutes I was out
of sight of land and had left the warship
well behind.
"For a few minutes I could not see either
coast, nor any boat. I tried to keep at an
average height of 250 feet. I might easily
have gone higher, but it would have served
no purpose. This waa about the right
height. I thought, to clear the Dover
cliffs safely.
"The machine dipped toward the water
several times. I put on more petrol once.
I estimate that the propellers were going
from 1,200 to 1.400 revolutions a minute.
The first objects I saw were ships off the
English coast, and then I observed Deal,
and I discovered that the wind was car
rying me thither. I veered to the south
ward to Dover castle, and then saw friends
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Thousands of spectators, many of whom
and swarmed on fencee and trees, cheering
the king. The church was filled with
parishioners and tenants of the estates, the
service lasting an hour. At the close the
choir sang the national anthem and the
people outside took up the hymn.
The royal party on emerging found diffi
culty In forcing a way through the crowd.
Before returning to Mr. Reid's residence,
the king Inspected the scouts.
The afternoon waa ahowery and the am
bassador had several of the local gentry
n to have lea with the king.
. came on bicycles, crowded about the chist '
Another
From the New York Mall.
TIPPED THE LID, LIT IN JAIL
Experience of Two Dealers Who
Thought to Relieve Thirst.
OFFICERS RAID DRINKING PLACES
Mary Novark and P. J. Chrlntenaen
Will Be Arraigned This Morning;
on Chsrg of Violating;
Sloeamb Lsr,
Two alleged vlolaters of the Ploeumb law
were arrested by the police Sunday morn
ing, when a house on lower Capitol avenue
and a saloon at 623 Pacific street were
raided. Mrs. Mary Novack, 1008 Capitol
avenue, is held on the charge of violating
the law by selling liquor on Sunday, and
P. J. Chrlstensen, the saloon man, Is
charged with keeping his saloon open on
Sunday.
Police Sergeant Samuelson and Officers
Morgan and Drlscoll made the arrests.
Mrs. Novack's place had been raided a
number of times for various causes within
the last year or two, once on the charge
of violating the law in connection with
the sale of liquor. The police say that
Chrlstensen was warned a week ago
against Sunday liquor sales.
Acting City Prosecutor TePoel got busy
Sunday as a result of the numerous ar
rests made yesterday and the day before.
It Is expected complaints on the liquor
cases will be ready for filing In police
court this morning.
Thirteen Inmates Taken.
Eight men found In the Novack place
were arrested, on the charge of being
Inmates of a disorderly house ,when the
place was raided by the officers. Similar
charges were placed against five taken
out of the Chrlstensen saloon. All the
persons arrested were released on bonds
for appearance in court this morning.
Four cases of bottled beer from the No
vack house and a basket of bottled goods
from the saloon were confiscated by the
police.
Convictions In these cases would result
In fines of $100 each for the proprietors.
The Inmates will probably escape with
light fines, aa In previous cases, or may
be used as witnesses for the state.
With yesterday's arrests, six saloon
cases have so far been made out this
month by the police, who have detailed
men every Sunday for the work, and are
carefully watching for Slocumb law vio
lators. Of the six cases, two have resulted
in convictions, two cases were dismissed
and two are yet to be disposed of.
0MAHANS ON THE AMERIKA
II. H. Baldrlgre and Davis Family
Sail front New York
Saturday.
NEW TORK, July 26 (Special.) Among
the cabin passengers who sailed for Europe
Saturday on the Hamburg-American line
steamer Amerlka were: Howard 11. Bald
rige, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Davis, MIbs
Helen Davis, Miss Elizabeth Davis, Miss
Menle Davis, Mrs. Mary Grace Rogers,
Mrs. S. D. Barkalow, Miss Caroline Bark
alow, all of Omaha.
You want an
Automobile, why
not sell that horse
and buggy?
Many live dealers are ready
to make you a price. You have
a whole lot of them before you
on the want ad page under the
classification of "Live Stock
For Sale." Act now, don't
put it off.
Have you read tbo want ads vet
Candidate for the Simple Life
Arrested on Charge
of Oil Stock Fraud
Prominent Marshalltown Real Estate
Dealer Has Two Complaints
Against Him.
MARSHALLTOWN, la., July 26. (Spe
cial.) Al. J. Hlnecker, a well known land
owner an real estate trader of this elty,
was arrested twice today on charges filed
by James Grant, a wealthy retired farmer,
who charges him with cheating by false
pretenses. In each case Hlnecker was ar
raigned he pleaded not guilty, and gave
bonds in the sum of $1,000 for his appear
ance. No date has been set for the hear
ings. In one case Grant alleges that
Henecker employed George L. Small, for
merly of State Center, to go to Grant and
tell him that he, Smith, represented the
Belcit OH company of Belolt, Kan., and
that If Grant would secure from Henecker
62,000 shares of the company's stock, which
It had been trying to buy of Henecker, but
could not, the oil company would purchase
the stock of Grant for $7,500. Grant, taking
the bait, traded Hlnecker 280 acres of Mis
souri land and $100 in cash for the stock.
Then he awoke to find the oil stock not
worth the paper It was printed on. It Is
alleged that Hlnecker deeded 120 acres of
the land to Smith for acting as go-between.
In the other case, Grant alleges that he
traded Hlnecker a stock of merchandise
worth $4,000 for 180 acres of land In Kos
suth county. Grant alleges that Hlnecker
represented that the land was encumbered
to the extent of $5,700, when in fact It had
five mortgages on it, aggregating $7,000 in
addition to a special assessment for drain
age against it of $1,500 more.
Forty-Two Hurt
in Big Four Wreck
Fast Passenger Train is Derailed
Near Zionsville, Ind. Several
Coaches Overturned.
INDIANAPOLIS. July 25 Forty-two per
sons were Injured today In the wreck of a
Big Four passenger train south bound at
zionsville, Ind. All but six passengers,
who were brought to hospitals In Indian
apolis, were able to continue to their desti
nations. The baggage car and the coaches
behind It left the track while the train waa
running fifty miles un hour. The locomo
tive held to the rails. Several coaches
turned over. There were 200 passengers on
the train and those uninjured took the
injured out of the car windows.
St. Louis Man Kills Himself.
ST. LOUIS, July 25.-J. B. Kelly, superin
tendent of a steel plant here, committed sui
cide tonight by cutting his throat at 'he
Hamilton hotel, a fashionable West End
establishment. Domestic difficulties are
said to have prompted the deed.
Former Lady of White House
Dies At An Advanced Age
WINCHESTER, Va., July 25 -Mrs. Eliza
beth Taylor Dandrldge, aged 88 years,
daughter of President Zachary Taylor,
twelfth president of the United States, died
htre this evening after a brief Illness.
Mrs. Dandrldge was the third daughter
of General Taylor and was born at Fort
Hnelllng, Minn., April 20, 1824, and was 8fi
years old. Death was due to- heart disease,
following a long period of illness. She will
be burled here Tuesday,
Mrs. Dandrldge, at the age of 19 years,
was married to Major William W. S. Bliss,
a mumber of her father's staff In the
Mexican war, who later became his private
SIX KILLED ON WABASH ROAD
Passenger Train Crashes Through
Bridge Near Kansas City.
THREE ARE SERIOUSLY HURT
Flood Waters Gradually Undermine
Railroad Tracks Fire Cars and
Engine Go Into Mis
souri River. -
KANSAS CITY, July 25,-SIx lives lost
and three persons perhaps fatally injured
is the result of the wreck of Wabash road
passenger train No. 4 when It plunged into
the Missouri river thirty miles east of
here last night.
The dead:
CHARLES FLOWERS, engineer, Kansas
City.
LOUIS BOND, fireman, Moberly, Mo.
HARRY ECKERT, baggageman, St.
Louis.
DANIF.L, 2-year-old son of F. T. KING,
Eldoo, Mo.
CHARLES ANTHONY, laborer.
JESSE OLDHAM, laborer.
Injured:
Frank Gardner, Mount Vernon, O.
Mrs. S. S. Hackett, Orrlck, Mo.
Miss Irene Dorton, Orrlck, Mo.
Others Who Were Injured.
Among the Injured whe ere expected to
recover are:
P. W. Saathoff, St. Louis, cut about the
head and side bruised.
Peter Nau, Cleveland, O., head bruised
and arm dislocated.
Jacob Steinfeld, Cleveland, O., severe
blow on head.
Geo. Metcalf, Cedar Rapids, la., collar
bone broken.
F. L. Coles, Nashville, Tenn., left shoul
der sprained.
Mrs. C. Trupp, Dayton, O., side and back
Injured.
Grover Young, Pana, 111., back wrenched.
The train left Kansas City at 9 o'clock
Saturday night and was due In St. Louis
ten hours later. Of the eight cars which
made up the train, fjve and the engine are
now In the river, with the water coveting
all of them' except one end of the Des
Moines sleeper. A deadhead Pullman,
mall, baggage, day coach and sleeper fol
lowed the engine Into the stream. The
chair car and two Pullmans alone remained
uninjured.
Water Undermines Roadbed.
At the scene ot the wreck the river
makes a bend and the railroad follows It.
For days the flood waters have been un
dermining the roadbed, making it too weak
to hold up the heavy trains. Three hours
before the wreck a freight train of forty
five loaded cars passed the point safely.
No. 4 started across the same bit of track.
Fifty feet of the roadbed suddenly col
lapsed and engine and cars plied one on
the other In the water.
The train was running fourteen miles an
hour, but the telescoping of. the cars al
lowed the three rear cars to stop so grad
ually that their occupants were hardly
shaken.
Eight mall clerks were saved only by
the fact that the roof of their car was
torn off and allowed them to get out on
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secretary. After her father's Inauguration
Mrs. Bliss, or "Miss Betty," as she was
popularly called, became mistress of the
White House, It was said of her that she
"did the honors of the establishment with
the grace of a duchers."
After the death of her father, sixteen
months after his Inauguration, and the
death of her husband in 1863, she spent
several years In retirement the later mar
ried Philip P. Dandrldge, a member of a
prominent Virginia family, whose death oc
curred twenty-eight years ago.
Mrs. Dandridge's eldest sister, Sarah
Knox Taylor, was the first wife of Jeffer-
sou Davis, president f the confederacy.
TARIFF LEADERS
IN SHARP CLASH
Aldrich and Tayne Exchange Bitter
Words at Meeting of
Conferees.
QUARREL IS OVER HIDE RATE
Payne Backs Taft's Demand for Aboli
tion of Duty.
WESTERNERS FIGHTING HARD
Hold Conference and Demand Leather
on Free List.
SOME DUTIES ARE AGREED ON
Oil la to Re Free, and Coal, I. amber
and Iron Ore Are to Lie
Materially Re
duced. WASHINGTON, July 25 -Bitter wonl
between Senator Aldrlih and Representa
tive Payne Juxt before the close of an
hour's session of the tariff conferees to
day, following a three hours' session, today
are reported to have followed an attempt
on the part of the former to compel a vote
on a motion to make hides dutiable at 7'j
per cent, half of the existing rate.
The session was adjourned until tomorrow
at 2:30. with the hide and leatlur tariff
still unsettled. From the variety of re
ports concerning the Incident, none of
which ran be confirmed. It appears that
the senate leader waa angered by frequent
statements made by the house leader that
the country and the president were In sym
pathy with the action of the house in put
ting hides on the free list, and that he
does not propose to be governed by what
a majority of the conferees thought about
the question.
A formal motion fixing 7V4 per cent as
tne rate to be fixed on hides waa made yes
terday. At that time Mr. Payne Is re
ported to have said that he could not
consent to the taking of a vote. Ha
asserted that the sentiment of the country
was In favor of free hides and referred to
the expressions of the president on the
subject. The motion was not pressed, but
it was pending today. During the forenoon
sesHlon today, the conferees discussed the
parliamentary situation, but tonight the
motion waa renewed. Mr. Payne is said to
have reiterated his position with Increased
emphasis.
A ill rich Upbraids Payne.
Mr. Aldiich Is reported to have up
braided Mr. Payne for his "obstinacy" and
to have said he was tired of "dlstatorial"
methods to defeat the will of a majority
of the conferees. Mr. Payne was unre
lenting. When It was seen that nothing
could be done, Mr. Payne's signature be
ing necessary for the pairing of a report,
the conference adjourned.
The Intense feeling exhibited leaked out
through confidences given by conferees to ,
other members of congress. After the ad
journment of the conference tonight the
house members continued In session, and
It was decided that a canvass should be
made tomorrow to ascertain the sentiment
in the house concerning a rule of that
character.
Advocates of Duty Confer.
While the house conferees were In ses
sion another conference attended by Sena
tors Warren and Clark of Wyoming, Suth
erland. Borah and Dick was held. Earlier
In the day Senators Smoot and Carter had
met with their western associates. These
senators decided that they would Insist
upon the shoe men fulfilling their agree
ment to permit leather goods to go on the
free list In return for like treatment of
hides.
No predictions are made as to when the
conference report win am nmuo iu ui
house. Until tonight It was thought the
report would be ready on Tueeday.
During the hearings before the house
committee boot and shoe men declared they
were willing to have their manufactures
put on the free list if hides were made
free. When the bill reached the senate
hides were taken from the free list, where
they had ben placed by the house, and
made dutiable at lfi per oent ad valorem,
as under the Dlngley law. This waa ac
complished after a hard fight, and the
senators from states Interested In protecU
ing hides declared that they would be
willing to have hides made free if boots
end shoes and other leather products were
made free.
Neither Side la Earnest.
From the attitude of both Interests It now
appars that neither meant what they said.
We want the boot and shoe men to make
good," said Senator Warren at the eoncli-
slon of the conference In which he par
ticipated. "They made their bluff, now
let them live up to their agreetnent.
Some of the other senators at UuU con
ference expressed the opinion that Presi
dent Taft would have more dlffloulty on
greatly reducing the duties on leather than
In putting hides on the free list, if be con
tends for the former with aa much (ore
as he has contended for the latter.
None of the other controversies which re
main unsettled Is thought to Involve In
superable dlfflculUes. When the subject
of hides and leather le gotten out of the
way the feeling is that all other subjects
could be disposed of In an houn,
Some Duties Are FtxesL
It Is settled that coal would be made
dutiable at 45 cents a ton, print paper at
$3.75 a ton, Iron ore at 16 cents a ton, oil
free, lumber at $1.25 or $1.50 per 1,000 feet
with the senate differentials, and gloves
and hosiery at rates slightly under the ad
vances made by the house over the Dlng
ley rates.
The Philippine schedule waa amended to
day with a view to making certain the
prevention of the use of the Philippine
Islands to obtain free admission to the
United States of goods manufactured in
the Islands from Imported materials.
TAFT FIRM FOR FRKK BIDES
lie Sets Ills Foot Down that Thsy
Mast lie Duty Free.
WASHINGTON, July 2f. Sunday brought
nocessation of President Taft's tariff
activities.
His conferences with house and senate
leaders covered practically the entire day.
Even the customary Sunday afternoon ride
through the parks was cancelled. Although
he admitted to several of his callers today
that the situation was not all that could
be desired, the president expressed the hope
that another twenty-four heure would suf
fice to straighten out the tangle la the
conference and the report of the oouferess
would be iicsvuUd la the bouse a Tuee
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