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The Omaha Daily' Bee TlIE Omaiia dee cJrnn, reliable twcpaper t6t la RimittM to oach god oyery bom. WEATHER FORECAST, For KebraaKa Local showers. For Iowa Local shower. For weather report toe nage . VOL. XXXIX-NO. 33. OMAIIA, TUESDAY MORNING, .1ULY 27, 1D09-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS Important Suit for Rebate on Freight Paid Contractor Will Sue Omaha Road for Money Paid on Rate Held to Be Excessive. HEYBURN STANDS FIRM AS A BOCK Idaho Senator Will Not Join His Western Colleagues in Fight for Free Hides. STICKING POINT IN CONFERENCE When Adjusted Bill Can Quickly Be Sent to President HOUSE MAY TAKE A TEST VOTE BATTLE RESUMED WITH THE MOORS Spanish Forces Under General Marina Again Attack Moorish Tribesmen. RIGID PRESS CENSORSHIP lv i FIGHT ON HIDES ' IS WAXING WARM I Conferees Will Put Article on Free Lit, but Western Senators Pre. pare for Trouble. AGAINST CONFERENCE REPORT Several Soloni for Duty Fint, Last nd All tht Tin- MAY ASK TAFT TO m OTES - That is Trump Card Whic. rees Have in Reserve c c r TO REDUCE RATE ON 1 - R . , ThU ai Certain Row, tf II Made t'ndatlable Adjoerament -Now Itrmi Farther Awtr ' Than Em. WASHINGTON. July W.-Hlde will be put on th free list if boot and shoes and other manufacture of leather are reduced below the ratea fixed by the houae bill. Unless the advocates of free htdea are able to carry out this bargain, the whole pro gram la to be called off. A decision to thin effect was reached by the tariff conferees today. The confereea adjourned tonight until 11 a. m. tomorrow, but the houae membera will assemble half an hour earlier so Lhat they may lay their plana for executing their part of the Agreement. It la expected t.iat they will have a report from the house leadera aa to the possibility of panning a rule conferring jurisdiction upon them to agree to lower ratea on leather than those named In the house bill.- Senator Aldrich hea Informed senators from northwestern statea that he will not oonsent to the abolition of the duty on hides unlaas there la a material cut In the rates on boota and ahoea and other leather gooda. In no other way, he aald, can he get the votea necessary for the adoption of the report In the senate If It carries free hide. Senators from cattle raising statea have insisted that the only way consumer can get any benefits frora the removal of the protection on hides will be by cor responding reduction In the dutlea on boota and shoes and harness. Mar Pot It Is to Taft. If. for any reason, parliamentary or otherwise anything should occur to upset the plan to give the confereea Jurisdiction to adopt rata lower than those named by either the house or the senate the confer ence oommlttee Is holding what la regard. -d as a trump oard, In reserve. This provides for the preparation of a conference report putting- hides on the free lint and reducing the ratea on shoes and other leather manu factures. The report, It la said, then would be pre sented to President Taft with the statement 'that thc.eonftraaa .bad. not .been Able to mi ster sufficient ' votes to assure Us adoption, and It-would devolve upon Presi dent Taft to prooure the necessary support for the program. In the event of failure, according to promoters of this suggestion, the confereea would submit a report plac ing a small duty on hides and the house rates on leather. ,The president would be asked to get the necessary votes In the house to Insure the passage of such a pro gram by that body. Reluctance to Oppose President. Obnoxious aa such a plan would be to most of the conferee. It Is aald to have henn suggested In all seriousness. Few of the conferees believe that It will be In cumbent upon them to resort to such tac tics, however, for all of them realise that the criticisms, usuolly heaped upon mem bera who oppose the administration view, mshs men hesitate to combat the presi dent's will. On that account, It Is gener ally believed that the compromise giving cheap rates on shoos and other manu factures of leather In return for free hides will be adopted, Senator Warren said today that the west ern senators would not be representing thntr states If they were to consent to the abolition of the duty on hides tn the in terest of the manufacturers of shoes and other leather goods, unless manufacturers tn New England and other eastern states are compelled to oonoede lower rates on leather products. While the western sen ators take the position that the removal of the duty on hides will be Injurious to the cattle business, some of them say they will withdraw thstr protests, because of the Insistence of President Taft, If reductions are made all along the line In the leather schedule. Program of Conferees. Tbe program on which the conferees are working la as follows: Hide free, as provided by the house, agalnat the senate rate of M per cent ad valorem. Bole leather. S per cent, the same as tn th house bill, as against the senate rate of 14 per cent. Dressed upper leather, TH per cent, as agalnat IS per cent In both the house and aenata bills. Boots and ahoea, 10 per cent, aa against It per cent In the house bill and 20 per Cent tn th senate bill. Saddlery and harness 90 per cent, as against SS per cent In the house bill and 40 per cent In the senate bill. According to Senator Warren, the story that beat packers are engaging extensively In the tanning business), and will be the principal beneftolarlea of a duty on hides, has been used by the "free hid lobby" In manufacturing sentiment against the pro tection asked by th rattle Industry. U submitted figures to Senator Aldiich to be used la refuting this argument. Mr. War ren declared that the three largest packer In th United Statea annually tan LUM hides, Which, he said. Is only 7 per cent of tbe i entire domestic production. He denied that the beef packers are able to control th leather market. Opposltloa V rree Hides. s nature who were entrusted with the tVW of canvassing th senate, reported to day that it wo old be Impossible to adopt report providing for free hides. These senator conferred with some of the house leaders, and were Inforiaed that under present conditions It la Just as Impossible to pass a report through the house with out free hide. This information was com municated to the conferee and convinced them that It would be futile to spend any mora Uma trying to roach aa agreement, unless asncesatong were mad te the cattle Interests in th form of reduction in leather. According to th leader tonight the plan (CoaUnued. oa Beettod Pag.) Bull was filed yesterday In the district court by C. S. Elgutter, against the Chi cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis Omaha rail way on behalf of the George W. Craig com pany of Omaha to determine whether or not a shipper can recover damages after paying rates which the state raUway commission has declared excesnlve. In llnJT the Oeorge W. Craig company had a contract to do fifteen miles of pav ing In Florence and It . was neoessary tn order to complete the work to ship aboat SS.WO.OOO pounds of crushed rock. Ths rate over the Minneapolis & Omaha previous to 1W7 hod been SC per car load, but before these large shipments were made. It was raised to cent per hundred pounds. Tht made a difference of from $10 to SIS per oar load. The contractor protested to ihe State RaUway commission, and after a long consideration of the case a decision was handed down In June of this year declaring the S-cent rate excessive and ordering the fixed rate of 1 cent per hundred pounds. This would have made a difference to tbe Craig company of about $3,660 on their shipment and for that amount they are In tending to sue. The railroad company had a right to pro test the decision of the commission within thirty days and take the matter into court, but did not and have established the 1 cent rate a official. On the ground that the ex cess over this paid by them should be re turned under the ruling of the commission, the Craig company files Its suit. A similar suit for $1,000 will be filed by the Florence Lumber company for a similar case In which the rate on lumber was changed from lVs cent per hundred to 4 cent and then reduced again by the commission. The aettlement of the sutta Is very Im portant Inasmuch as It may determine whether or not shipment money paid over to a transportation company after a pro test has been made on a rate which Is afterwards declared unreasonable by the commission can be recovered by the shipper. Suicide Club is Disclosed by Death Cleveland Young People Believed to Have Made Pact to Kill Themselves. CLEVELAND, O., July 16. A club com posed of disheartened factory employes, ad vocating suicide as the only means of at taining tho peace of mind they crave and to escape the torment of their dally grind, Is believed to exist here. This fact was advanced today by the parents of Mine Rebecca Roeeohek, IS year)' oM, who was found dead In Gordon park yesterday. In addition to this the relatives believed another girl, a companion of Miss Bose ohek. will end her life within the next few days. The mother of the second girl says she overheard her daughter and Miss Bose ohek planning to kill themselves. According to those who know of the habits of Miss Bosechek the club consisted of six girls, four young men and a man and his wife. Most of them are employed In cloak factories. Yesterday after the death of Miss Bose chek became known several young men and women called at the Boseobek home to obtain books and newspaper clippings whloh the girl had tn her room and which she would not let her parents see. The girl 1 known to have met with these young people at meetings held at various places. They are known to have read morbid lit erature and discussed death as the only relief for their woes. Flight Ends at Savannah, 111. Balloon University City, Out After Lahm Cup, Alights Near Home. BT. LOUIS. July M. Th balloon Uni versity City, in which John Berry, pilot; John J. McCullough and John S. Thurman ascended here last night In an effort to capture the Lahm cup, landed tht morning at 9:30 o'clock at Savannah, 111.,' after' being In the air eleven and a half hours. BODY IS NOT CLARKS0N Corpse Taken from Chleaaro Canal at First Thoosht to ' Be Ills. CHICAGO. July M. The body of a well dressed roan which was taken frora the drainage canal today, led the police to think tor a time that they had solved the problem of the whereabouts of Joseph R Clarkson, former Judge of Kenosha, Wis., who has been missing for several days. Friends of Clarkson' hurried ' to the morgue tonight, and after viewing the body, declared that It wai not that of Clarkson. Local Democrats Defy State Supreme Court Are the J. Minerals of Douglas county in contempt of court? Mayor Dahlman says he does not know and does not core. Assistant City Attorney Dunn says he hope so, and Comptroller Lobeck says he think contempt proceed ing would stand. Boss Flynn says be Is not worrying In th least, as he did not vote for th resolutions adopted Saturday by th dsmoorats to county convention. These resolutions "deplored ths unseemly action of Judges of th supreme court" in holding th "nonpartisan" Judiciary law unconstitutional, this ruling being termed by the democrats as an attempt to over throw th will of th people Th resolu tions oontaln the staUment that th Judge themselves eeoh has an Interest of 177.000 In ths outoome of th election and th ruling nullifies a law "demanded by th Lower Schedule on Finished Leather Goods Proposed. NEBRASKANS WITH PRESIDENT Barkett and Brown are In Line With the Policy of the Execntlve In the Matter of Revision Downward. (From a 6taff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. July 26. (Special Tele gram.) Free hide continues to be th real stumbling block In th way of an agreement between the senate and house conferees on the tariff bill. And, strange to say, Senator Heyburn of Idaho Is the one recalcitrant holding out for a duty on htdea among western senators whose states grow more hides by 100 per cent than does Idaho. Western senatora, and Included In that category are Smoot and Sutherland of Utah, Carter and Dixon of Montana, Warren and Clark of, Wyoming and Borah of Idaho, wUl yield the question of duty on hides if the boot and shoe manufac turers of New England will agree to a reduction of the duty on leather and leather goo below the houae schedule. It I understood that every one of the senator mentioned, who have stood un alterably for duty on hides, will abandon their position, providing the manufacturers of New England will submit to a cut on finished product commensurate with their concession. But Heyburn is stubborn, and has been labored with not only by his own delegation, but by the president, to yield his objection In view of other favor able schedules, Including lead, sine and wool, in which his state is most vitally Interested. Honse May Vote en Schedule. While on the faoe of things but little progress was made today by the conferees, this one thing seems almost certain to happen, that either by resolution or by rule, the house, when tt meet tomorrow, will be called upon to vote on a lower finished product schedule affecting boot and shoes than was contained In the house bill. For several hours today Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee had the boot and shoe schedule under consideration with experts of the Treasury department and representatives of that !n dustry with a view of shaping up a para graph that ' would be acceptable to those senators who have made a fight against free hMea, and that resolution la expected to be presented tomorrow to the house, cr Inter In the week should some unex pected obstruction present itself to delay Its Introduction. Nebraska Senatora Consistent. . The Nebraska senators havs been con sistently supporting tho tariff on hides, but are willing to accept free hides provid ing suitable reductions are made on the boot and shoe schedule. They have been closely tn touch wtlh the president tn hie fight for substantial reduction, and If the bill now framed up shows decreases In the steel, woolen and cotton schedules from the senate bill, together wtlh free oil, free Iron ore, free hides and a substantial reduction on boots and shoes, as some of the conferees p red lot. It would not be surprising to find the Nebraska senators voting for the bill, thereby supporting the hands of the president. Depends on the Shoe Men. It Is expected the boot and shoe Industry will make a stubborn fight to keep the duty on the finished product. Should tho manufacturers command any considerable following tt Is hard to predict when con gress will get away. Should the New England shoe manufacturers agree to a lower rate it is believed the conferees could reach an agreement tn twenty-four hours and congress adjourn by August 4. But there Is seemingly no possibility of this occurring. "Uncle Joe" Cannon made a bet today that congress would not adjourn until Au gust 15. That may glv an idea of the situation tonight. Hlnshnw Names Brass. Congressman Hlnnhaw has named Philip F. Bross of Wahoo supervisor of the census for the Fourth Nebraska district. Mr. Bross Is a son of Rev. II. Bross, a former commander of th Grand Army of Ne braska. He Is a University of Nebraska graduate and late secretary of th repub lican courtty oommlttee of Saunders county. The senate today confirmed the nomina tion of Ferd Relchmann to be nutm.i at Dallas, S. D. George M. Nattlnger of Omaha and R. M. Gillan of Auburn arrived in Washing ton today, en route to the annual conven tion or building and loan associations to be held In Philadelphia this week. (Continued on Second Page.) people and calculated to elevate th dig nity, honor and usefulness of the courts " "I don't know whether th resolutions w adopted are In contempt of th su preme court and I don't care, either," said Mayor Dahlman. "I had a hand in It, and will be In Lincoln Tuesday and would Just as soon be haled up for eon tempt pro oeedlng a not." Assistant City Attorney Dunn sold: "I hop we are in contempt, for then it would help th party. I would ilk to see them arrest ths entire county delegation when It arrive In Llnooln to attend the conven tion. They ought to have John Reagan there to prosecute," "None of this martyr business for me," said Boss Flynn. "I wash my hands of all complicity, as I had nothing to do with ths resolution and did sot vote either way." From the Washington Star. DELEGATES REACH LINCOLN Advance Guard for Today's Conven tion Indicates Good Attendance. LITTLE FRICTION ANTICIPATED lew State Committee Well Selected and It Will Probably Orsranlse Tonight Few Democrats Here. (From a Kraft r(1rTwpondetit.) -LINCOLN. Neb.. Jure zft rfmrtl Tel.. gram.) The advanee guard of delegates to tne republican state convention reached Lincoln tonight nd brought Information that a fairly good attendance will ho nn hand tomorrow. Otoe county sent word through WUl Hayward that the entire sixteen delegates from that county would be on hand, and Douglas county Is ex pected to send e. treat m.trrttv .r it. delegation. : i The indications are tonlsrht there arm be no friction at all in the convention. the only chance for anv rurtlnn h.in over the delinquent assessments of some of the state affairs. But a fluht nv that la remote. The resolutions will Drobahlv he to a committee, and tonlsrht It Is enflni. pated that several bouquets will be dls- iriDuiea in tne resolutions, and that the convention will have no serlnim dlffer.r.. over the adoption. Whedon Will Preside, C. O. Whedon him heen nleotju mand and J. M. O'Neill HMrstirv nf th. convention, and no doubt this organisa tion will be made permanent. The new state committee win he aiw.ti tomorrow and It will hold a meeting to morrow night, and It ma.v select a chair man at that meeting, after a consulta tion with the various candidates. Both the republican and the demnrratln conventions will be free from anv rnuMi from the Nebraska Temperance union. The executive committee of this new organiza tion met tonight and passed a resolution that It would not ask any convention to take a stand on the liquor question this year, but next year It expected each po litical party to endorse county option In Its platform. The Douglas delegation will meet at the Lincoln hotel at 11 o'clock In the mornlnsr and organize. Few Democrats in Town. James Bradv of Boone countv and four others from Boone and John M. Gilchrist of Omaha tonight represent the delegates to tho democratic state convention to be held tomorrow. Judge George P. Loomia has been selected temporary chairman, and If he gets to town he probably will also serve as permanent chairman. Senator Brady and Mr. Gilchrist were unable to say what would haDnen at the convention tomorrow other than It would be peaceful and quiet and harmonious. The democrats' may have a hard flrht over the selection of a chairman of the state committee because so many of the members of the party are anxious for Tom Allen to let loose, and Mr. Allen has signi fied that he Is anxious to retire. The Job probably will be offered to Chris. Onion. ther at the request of Governor Shailen- berger. There are as many little ads under the head of "Annouce ments," as there are big ads in the whole paper. Don't overlook them if you are a close buyer or if you want to be well posted as to the best places to buy. Have you read tbe want adg yet today T THEY'RE OFF I B ank Cashier Steals Large Sum and Flees Leaves Note Saying He Has Gone Forever and Slips Quietly Away. TIPTON, Ind., July M. The First Na tional bank of this city, one of the old financial Inatitutiona of northern Indiana, la closed and Its assistant cashier, Noah R. Marker, has disappeared, taking with him between SO,0OG and StiO.000, which was all the cash that was In th bank's vaults at th close of business last Saturday afternoon. Marker, after sweeping together the money, set the time lock on the Bate so that It could not be opened until 9 o'clock this morning, and left the city on a trac tion car for Indianapolis at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, telling his wife that he would spend Sunday with his father and mother In Indianapolis. Nothing more has been heard from him here. Marker left a note 'on the desk of his brother, William Marker, cashier of the bank, saying that he had gone forever, and that he had taken enough money to pay his expenses. The fact that he had emptied the cash box of nearly $00,000 was not known until the time lock gave admittance to the vault this morning. Whether or not Marker had previously taken money from the bank's funds, and had covered up th defalcations by making false entries In th books, cannot be known until the arrival of a national bank examiner. The dlreotors of the bank to day decided to suspend the bank's opera tion until th bank examiner shall have taken charge of the books. Marker had been connected with the bank nineteen years. He was th repub lican candidate for mayor of the city four years ago, J)d was defeated. He was an active church member. He Is B6 years old, and has a wife and two children. Collector Loeb Lays Down Law "There Will Be no More Kow-towing to the Bich," He Declares Firmly. NEW YORK, July 26 "There will be no more kow-towing to the rich by the customs agents of this port," announced Collector William I.ofb, Jr., today, "no more skip-through-easy subserviency. Heretofore the poor school teacher who had taken a frugal trip abroad has had all the worst of It, but from now on we are going to have quicker clearances, more revenue and fewer disgruntled cltlxens." V.y placing customs desks on both pas senger decks of Incoming liners, Instead of on only one, aa formerly. Mr. Loeb was recently able to clear the Lusltanla In one hour, agcinst a past average of three, and he says hj expects eventually to cut the lime to thirty minutes. "I f'cl proud," he added, "that while we have lessened ths clearing time two thirds, we have Increased the customs re ceipts 100 per cent." Dinner Dates and Races Occupy Time of Roosevelts NAIROBI, British Kast Africa, July to.- Colonel Rocuievelt and his son Kermit have accepted a number of dinner engagement in their honor for the next ten days. On July 29 Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit will din with the stewards ot the East African Turf club. Kermit has secured swveral mounts in the races to be run her on Thursday and Saturday. The lluosevelt party will leave Nairobi OBJECT TO OCCUPATION TAX Corporations Appear Before Council and ask Modifications. PASTEURIZED MLLK UP AGAIN Arguments on Roth Sides Listened te and Matter Pnt Off Until Next Week When It May Be Settled. Public service franchlsed corporations will not accept the new occupation tax without demurrer. Representatives of two corporations" appeared" "" bPfrrrs the ' cltr' council oommlttee of the whole Monday afternoon to protest against the ordinances as drawn and amended, and a representa tive of a third appeared to ask that the ordinances be put over for another week. Judge Ben 8. Baker appeared for the Independent Telephone company and alleged discrimination. Attorney Edgar Morsman appeared for the Nebraska Tele phone company, with the assertion that the city has no right tn place a tax on toll service. President O. W. Wattles ap peared for the Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Railway company, and asked that action be deferred for one week. The opuncll listened to the emissaries from th corporations, but took no action. Councilman Berka, chairman of the Ju diciary committee, having charge of the ordinance, said that the city attorney, to whom they were referred, would bo un able to have the measures In shape be fore Tuesday evening of next week. At that time they will come up for final passage. Lewis Pleads for Street Railway. Tht brought forth objection from 8. Arlon Lewis, who said he represented the West Leavenworth Improvement club. Mr. Lewis said he wlBhed to be heard again before the ordinances were to come up for final passage, and when Chairman Funk houser said that now was the time, he asked that leniency be ahown the atreet railway company. He said that he was afraid that If tbe ordinances were passed wtth the S per cent tax provision the com pany would not build ths extension to Elmwood park, and asked that the council wait until the extension Is built. Councilman Bridges replied to this re quest by reminding Mr. Lewis that the street railway company promised this ex tension to certain membera of the last legislature, providing they would defeat the amendment to the charter compelling the company to pave streets between the tracks. This charter amendment was cut out and therefor the extension will be built, argued the councilman. Further promises from the company would avail nothing, he said. Pastnerlsed Milk. The council tackled the pasteurised milk problem again, but after listening to long arguments from both sides, postponed action until next week. A resolution pre vailed that no argument be received at the next meeting, but that the council be left free to thresh out the question alone. The council voted to allow City Elec trician Michaelsen a third assistant In spector during the busy season. The electrician showed the council that his dc partment Is self-sustaining, that about 6U0 more Inspection were mode during the first six months of 1909 than during the same period last year, and that It Is Im possible to get over the ground with only (Continued on Second Page.) August S for Nalvasha. a atop being mad at Kljabe, forty-tour miles northwest of this town, where Mr. Roosevelt will lay the foundation stone of a new building to be erected by the African Inland mission, an American organisation. Edmund Heller, the soologlst of the Roosovelt expedition, arrived here this morning with specimens obtained by th expedition on th shore of Lake Nalvasha. Th collection will be packed her and for warded te th Smithsonian Institution. Madrid Newspapers Mast Submit Their Dispatches to Military. BAD QUARTERMASTER SERVICB Spaniards Were Badly Handicapped in Fight of July 23. SOLDIERS EXHIBIT BRAVER! Only Their fnnrasre Prevented Ca lamitous Disaster Madrid Greatly Disturbed Over War Itaatlon. MAnitm, July M. Fighting between th Spanish forces under General Marina and Moorish tribesmen was resumed outside ot Melllla at 9 o'clock last nlht. General I.lnnres. minister of war, tn an Interview today announced that the mo bilisation of Spanish troops would soon reach 24.000, thereby bringing General Ma rina's effective force up to 40.000 men, but on account of the extent of territory on the Hlff coast to be covered he considered It doubtful whether that number would suffice, and consequently the formation of new brigades would continue. General OroKO's division and the Gibraltar brigade will leave here today for the Hlff coast. General Linares declare General Marina enjoyed the full confldutice of th govern ment and that he would remain In com mand and be given every man he asked for. Rigid Press Censorship. The Madrid newspapers have been no tified that hereafter they will not be al lowed to print special dispatches from the seat of war until their accuracy has been confirmed by the general staff. Foreign correspondents are forbidden to telegraph any except official news. The government denies tt Intends to sus pend the constitutional guarantees In Cata lonia and other provinces. BARCELONA, via the Frontier, July X. In order to prevent further anti-war manifestations, the police and a mounted civil guard are patrolling the streets with orders to disperse crowds by force. Qaartermaster Service Poor. HENDAYE, France, July S6.-A minis terial circular has reaohed the Spanish provincial governors, instructing them to stop all communications for the Interior or abroad relating to military operations and movements of troops. Th governors are also reported ordered to suppress pop ular manifestations. All susplolous dis patches are held up. The entire liberal press Is protesting against these measures. Mall advices received here from Madrid say that the quartermaster's service during "the fighting outside Aleltlle July a was defective. Th troops repeatedly ran out of ammunition and were forced to fall back. The battery was useless and mo mentarily fell Into the enemy's hands. Only the bravery of the men, who fought with bayonets and clubbed muskets, prevented a disaster. The Heraldo intimates that the state of siege will be extended to other fipanlsh provinces. Great excite ment and apprehension are reported at Madrid. BARCELONA, July 20.-A general strlkt was declared here today as a protest against the Spantsh-Moroocan war. Th government replied by proclaiming a state of siege, which Is equivalent to martial .aw. Riot Call Ends Colored Convention Brothers of Friendship Tries to Hold Convention at St. Paul, bat Factions Fight. ST. PAUL. Minn., July 36. Bitterness be tween factions resulted In a riot when the Brothers of Friendship, a colored organisa tion attempted to begin It annual national convention here this morning. Both fac tions tried to obtain possession of th old state capltol, where th meetings were scheduled to be held, and there was a hand-to-hand conflict on th steps. A riot call was sent In and police reserves and an ambulance were sent to th scene. The police soon quelled the riot, which was bloodless, and Walter M. Farmer of Illinois, claimant of th title of grand master of the organlxatldn, wms ejected. The order is now In session. The Sisters of the Mysterious Tea are also in session here. EDITOR IS F0UND DYING Oklahoma Newspaper Man Weulea Mysterleaely la Office at Tela. TULSA. Okl., July 16. Mark Baseett, editor of the Dally News, who was found wounded In a printing office her yester day, was still unoonsclous today. His chances of recovery are slight. The police are undecided as to whether Bassett at tempted suicide or was attacked by som one with murderous intent. There seem to have been no Cause for suicide. AVIATORS ARE DECORATED Wright Brothers and Henry Karmaa Rerogulsed by I.egloa of Honor. PARIS. July 26 Orvllle and Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanlsts of Pay ton, O., and Henry Farnam, th English aeronaut, were today decorated with tbe Legion ot Honor for their achievements in aviation. Hart O. Berg, the European busi ness manager of tbe Wright brothers, and Alberto Fantoa-Dumont, the Braalllan aeronaut, were promoted to officers of the Legion of Honor. PENSION FOR FORMER SHAH Persian (ioverumeii t Offers Ex-Rale Annuity of $43,ooi for Leav ing Country. TEHERAN. Julv M -The new Pen Ian government 1 prepared to offer Moham med All Mlria. th x-ahah of Persia, oa annual pension of SlxVOOQ on coruUtiaa that h leaves Persia without delay.