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VOL. XXXIX NO. o7.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKXIXU, AUGUST '2, HHVJ SIXTEEN PAGES.
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PUBLIC LANDS
Transmissitsippi Congress Pastes Res
olution Introduced by Senator
Patterson.
' CONTROVERSY BREAKS OUT ANEW
Hog Cholera
Serum Proved
to Be Success
STEAMER BUKNS
KEARPEOKT
TAFT ARRANGES
TRIP TO MEXICO
,.a:
Fred Swain, Bound for LaSa V
tally Destroyed Six Miles North
of City Friday Afternoon.
He Will Exchange Visits with Pres
ident Diaz at Juarez and El
Paso October 16.
Experiments of Federal Officials at
Kansas City Show it Renders
Animals Immune.
PASSENGERS THROWN INTO RIVER
AMBASSADOR BRINGS MESSAGE
f
Colorado Man Denies that it is Attack
on Pinchot.
COMPROMISE IS AGREED TO
Resolution Commending Forestry
l Reserve Policy is Attacked.
SPEAKER CANNON IS SCORED
Jada-e Itrlford Krfrri to II I m aa a
Medieval Monarch anil Political
rur Uovrrnor Hartley
Mukni AddrrM.
DENVER. Aug. 20. The attatlnn ever
I the Colorado forest rfwi vp and the activi
ty of Olfford Pinchot broke Into open flro
'before the TransmlHslsslppI congress thin
afternoon and after a hut debate a resolu
tion calling upon congress fur a law de
claring f'r division of the agricultural,
Imlneial and forest IhikIk passed.
Th resolution was the one presented by
1 former Senator Patterson of Colorado. It
' hud hern In committee fur two day and
the feeling was abroad that It was an overt
attack on Pinchot and thin assertion was
made on the floor by Frank Gowdy of
I lienver, who opposed the artlon.
Mr. Patterson said he had no Intention
i of attaoklr.g Mr. Pinchot and wanted
merely a settlement of the Pinchot con-
troveray tn which It ha been chfged that
Mr. Pinchot has overlooked technicalities
In reserving forest lands.
Instantly the floor was alive with pros
, peotlve speakers for and against the reaolu
I tlon and It continued to be so until Mr.
dowdy offered an amendment commending
tht forest policies of the administration.
' This was accepted by Mr. Patterson and In
i turn Mr. Oowdv acoepted the Patterson
' resolution. Both were passed. This Is
regarded as stopping the forestry dispute
which has, been the factor moat feared
through the session.
Several Resolutions Adopted.
The resolutions committee presented a
j partial report and the clauses on the fol
a lowing subjects were adopted:
That tli lnoome tax measure become a
law.
That a tariff commission of experts be
placed In service.
I That congress pass a law regulating? the
I Use of gracing lands.
That Alaska be given a territorial Uegls-
latur.
J That congress pass a law preventing the
collection of fedeial. liquor revenue lit
I prohibition territory.
That aid be extended American shipping.
Address by Governor Hadley,
Ths principal speaker of the afternoon
' "Was Governor Hadley of Missouri, who
dealt with the rat question In his stats.
Governor Hadley declared the railway re
bates and not the tariff is the mother of
trusts. He said one man was responsible
for putting a quietus on ths rate evil with
, such force that It has not shown Its head
' since, and that man was Roosevelt.
lie was hot In favor of government own
, eifhip of railroads, but would rather see
thts than th government owned by rall
. roads. H declared the answer to the rate
-o iiueatiM lie In mailing navigable the great
T lUand waterway.
Itlur Cssaos Scored.
"Unol Joe" ' Cannon and bis "political
' household," the speaker of the hous being
referred to as the medieval monarch and
, the political czar of congress, cam In for a
coring before the Tranamlsslsslppl con
gress this morning when former Judge J. B
Delford of Colorado sought to show (hat th
commercial congress is dominated by "spe
cial interests."
Judgs Dvlford charged that the delegates
toyrhe congress are being herded into con
vention halls once a year and made to
"listen to essays." carefully prepared for
the "Infantile mind," and then made to
vote th action with regard to public
measures claimed by the few leaders.
t's th us of millions of people
Vest of the Mississippi being represented
' If they have to sit still and be injected
; with a few spoonsmul of prepared rhetoric?
j If this Is going to continue w may as well
quit. If w are going to pattern this con-
gross after ths fashion of our Illustrious
, national house and lis political czar let
; Somebody say so and lay down the rules
j In black and white."
' Judg Uelford gained his point for his
, motion that hereafter th rule be amended
j so as to glv an hour each day for the
free discussion of whatevtr subject may
1 be uppermost In the mind Vf th delegate
; desiring to speak, was sdopK'd.
John W. Mllllken f ColoraSo, was th
principal speaker et the morning session.
t dealt with improved conditions tn ths
northwest with respect to Irrigation and
the reclamation of arid lands.
More Power Sites Withdraws).
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Pursuant to
the direction of Secretary Ballinger, Acting
Kccrelarjr of th Interior Pierce today with
drew from entry for temporary power sites
2 u."', acres of land along the White river
in the atat f Utah. Thete withdrawals
will be reported to oougr In order thut
proper legislation may b enacted to prv-st-i'v
th sites to the government and pre
vent monopolies.
China and Japan
Agree on Road
Antony-Mukden Controversy Clones
with Signing of Memorandum
by Two Coontriea.
fl
1 1TXKIO, Aug. Si. Th mainoranduxa
S-gnsd at Mokdea. Manchuria. August M.
by reprvniativa of the Japaoieue and
Chtoiea government, prwctlea-'ly closes Ui
A atong-M okden olnmj. According
tu the lernai of this vroderrtajMilcg China
ar to afitnd J.ia every Uano la
Ui rccoutru-Uon u th Aeiaog-K aVdea
airu Ad withdraw) ail It ufcjMtioawv
An offuaal rtmi m i irnnattoa
newer this atea ou dsrs its
m tf (h aveamlnrtrin atuua A naisat 4.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 2V-That hogs,
by being Innoculated with the rum dis
rovrrert by Ir. M. Dorset, a government
specialist are Immune from cholera, has
been demonstrated to the satisfaction of
I'nited States government officials who
have been conducting a test at the Kan
sas City stock yards.
Dr. L R. Baker, chief of the inspection
department of the government In Kansas
City, who conducted the tests, assisted by
Dr. J. E. Cooper, Inspector in charge and
V. B. Nile of the government experi
mental station at Ames, will Immediately
make a report to the secretary of agricul
ture ahowing the complete success of the
test.
At the beginning of the test thirty days
ago. thirty-five hogs were placed In an
Isolated pen, twenty-two of them having
been Innoculated with the serum. Four
of the remainder were Innoculated with
virulent cholera blood and nine were given
no treatment at all.
The test ended today and the following
report was made public:
"The thirteen hogs which were not Im
munized, died of cholera during the test,
while the twenty-two that had been given
the serum are alive and perfectly healthy.
The Immunized hogs were subjected to
every form of exposure to cholera. The
carcasses of the untreated hogs that died
In the pens were allowed to remain In the
pens with the immunised animals as long
as two or three days.
Arrest Lover ot
Girl Murdered
in Chinatown
Former Sweetheart Said to Have
Sworn Bow Kum's Death When
She Wed Rival.
NEW YORK. Aug. 30 -When Bow Kum,
the Chinese woman murdered in Pell street
here on Sunday last, married Chin Ling in
Han Francisco and fled with him to Chi
cago, she signed her death warrant, ac
cording to Chin Ling's story, which the
police say has been borne out by their In
vestigations, leading them to arrest today
two Chinese, one of whom had been named
by Chin Ling as having threatened his life
and that of his bride.
The Chinese arrested today were Chu
Wall, a laundryman, and Lou Tong, both
living In Pell street.
In making them prisoners the police
based their action on Chin Ling's story
that Lou Tong was th girl's admirer In
San Francisco, but that he had practically
abandoned her there and then Chin Ling
had found her and married her; that Lou
Tong afterwards demanded the girl from
him and that to escape him the two fled
to Chicago, and when Lou Tong followed
them there, continued their flight to New
York, where the persistent Lou Tong soon
appeared and, according to Chin Ling,
threatened that If Chin Ling did not give
up his bride both Ling and the girl would
be murdered.
A third resident of Pell street, known as
Lea Who, was arrested In Brooklyn later
in the day tnd was held under $2,."00 bail
us a material witness.
Three Drowned
at Burlington
Fireworks Set Fire to Launch and
Two Women and Man Jump
Into River.
BURLINGTON, la., Aug. 20. Two women
and one man, whose names are not known,
were drowned tonight by Jumping Into the
Mississippi river from a burning launch.
During the exhibition of fireworks on the
river tonight the powder on the supply
barge accidentally was exploded. A launch
containing four people was set on fire and
the occupants. In order to escape the
flames. Jumped into the river. One girl was
saved, but the three others were drowned.
Mrs. Marshall Jordan and Mrs. I. D. Con
nover of Mount PUasant, la., were the
women drowned.
The accident was witnessed by several
thousand people, who for a time believed
that it was a part of the program, for
the set plec of fireworks represented
the destruction of a ship, with people
Jumping Into th water.
Th celebration was In connection with
a local river carnival.
TAFT, JR., IN BOAT WRECK
President' Bon sal Engineer Injured
in Boy' Dory .ewr
Sal a in.
8ALEM, Mass., Aug. 2a It became
known today that Charley Taft, the pres
ident's son and an engineer from the pres
ident's yacht. Sylph, were upset In the
lad's dory' off Salem yesterday afternoon
and received a ducking. They dun to the
overturned craft until a boat from the
Bylph put out to them. The Taft dory is
a non-slnkable craft.
Suffragettes in Violent
Conflict with Police
LONDON, Aug. 30. There were suffra-
I tt disturbances at sever ai n,.iiti.-.i
meetings In th British Isles tonight. The
women mad determined efforts to invad
at. Aidrw hall. Olasguw, and a crowd
of British sympathiser.! cam into violent
conflict with th police, which rulted In
riotous scene. Several of th suffragettes
wur ar nested for throwing stone through
th wludowa at th hall, and ulnar
breaches at th peace.
Secretary of War Haitian, while d
rti ii g r, mi ring at LiverpcxJ this evav
tog was gi ily disturb by a aaiabar at
sutca, rh took up a p. salt inn on
th ro of an adjamm bolidtas aad
ntuwjd arfca throuar. tb wtodosra of
All Eventually Rescued and Only Two
Are Injured.
MANY R0WB0ATS TO RESCUE
When Gang Plank is Lowered Fifteen
Fall Into Water.
ENGINEER IS LAST TO LEAVE
How boat
Take
In
Which la 1-eft for 11 In
Klre While lie Is Work
at Pumps lie la Seri
ously Burned.
TKORIA. 111.. Aug. 30. The steamer Fred
Swain, Captain Verne Bwaln In command,
of the Peoria and Lasalle Packet company,
leaving the port of Peoria for Lasalle at 3
o'clock this afternoon, with twenty-five
passengers and a crew cf fifteen aboard,
caught fire off the Avery Manufacturing
company's plant In .Averyvllle, at S:20
o'clock, and was burned to the water's
edge, after being piloted into four feet of
water amidst a patch of small willow trees
opposite the Peoria Strawboard plant,
about 600 yards above where the fire orig
inated. No livrts were lost and but two people
were Injured, one seriously.
The injured:
Joseph Casrlder. Paducah. Ky., engineer,
seriously binned about the face and body.
Charles Relcheberger, Peoria, 111., right
arm broken.
The loss Is eatimated at T,,000, J.10.000 of
wl.ich is on the vessel. Several of 'he
passengers lost all of their personal be
longings. The escapes from the burning vessel were
miraculous. The majority of the passengers
were women and children and when the
fire was discovered Issuing from a state
room on th second deck panic reigned. To
add to the horror the ropes mipportlns
the Immerso gang plank which had bcea
laid to enable those aboard to board the
score of row boats that had hurriedly been
put out from shore, broke, letting about
fifteen people including several women and
children, Into the water. Tom Powers, a
saloonlst of this city and E. A. Caron of
Worcester, Mass., both of whom were on
the plank, in an effort to quiet the panic
stricken people, each saved the lives of
two children, half carrying and half swim
ming with the littls tots on their backs
and shoulders to Old Tree Slumps, to
await the arrival of rescuers.
The fire was discovered by Mrs. Eugene
Furbish, cabin girl, on opening the door of
a state room. n at once spread the alarm,
but all efforts to subdue the flames proved
fruitless, the fire spreading with alarming
rapidity. Captain Swain, on realising that
all hopes for the vessel were gone ordered
pilot Marine Huston to bring the boats
and Instructed his crew to deal out live
preservers. Engineer Casrlder, after at
tending to his boiler, guarding against an
explosion, went to his pumps, remaining
there until the flames licked him abuut
the face and body. To save his life he
left, to find a row boat which had been
left for him had caught afire from the
burning steamer. He got into the boat,
however, and boating the flames from him
and rowing hard managed to get to shore.
He was taken to a hospital.
Woman Cries Fire.
William Bittle, a prominent hardware
merchant of Peoria,, with his son, Harold,
lifter being rescued by a motor boat, said:
"I. with my son, was sitting on the
front end of the second deck, when I
heard a little girl remark to her mother:
'Mamma, look at the fire!' The woman
turned In her chair and, on sighting the
flame, shrieked: "The boat's afire..' In
stantly a panic ensued, all making a rush
to the lower deck. When the gang plank
was lowered, after the boat was sent into
the willows, all scrambled upon It and all
were plunged Into the water when the ca
bles were parted by the flames. I grabbed
my boy and for awhile thought that surely
we would both be lost, but I managed to
climb on a small willow- tree until rescued.
The shrieking of the women and the piti
ful cries for help by the children were
awful. It was a miracle that all escaped."
Mrs. Mamie Pries, who, with Miss Eliza
beth and Hazel Allen, all of Chlllicothe,
111., were the first to be brought ashore
from the burning steamer, described the
scene following the outbreak of the fire:
"Everybody was screaming and trying to
get hold of everybody else; on frantic
woman almost tore my dress off. I was
among the first to get on the gang plank
and with the Misses Allen boarded a row
boat Just before the gang plank fell Into
th water."
Owner at Scene of Disaster.
D. M. Swain of Stillwater, Minn., owner
of the steamer, was In the Avery Manu
facturing plant at' the time the steamer
caught fire and aided in rescuing the pas
sengers and crew to the shore. His son
Verne, captain of the vessel, was the
lust to leave the burning ship and was
warmly congratulated by his a god father
on reaching shore. Efforts were made by
Peoria and Averyvllle fire departments to
save the hull of the boat, but the handicap
was too great and the steamer will be
a total loss.
th hall
rested.
Sevcen of the women were ar-
U LASIX) W. Aug. W Three ralnsoaked
and beuumbed suffragettes were this aft
ernoon dislodged from th roof of St. An
drew' hail, wher th earl of Crewe, aeo
retary of stat fur the colonies, spoke to
night ( Strict orders bad been issued to exclude
ail wotnvn from th mealing, so the suf
rasettes decided to brrak Into the building
through tbe trapdoor on the rvof. In the
midd.e of th night th three woman as
sured a ladder and cilmbed to th roaf
where they hid behind a chimney. Whan
diaoorwred thay war nearly polishing from
wet ud. ould.
MIGHT
From the New Tork Herald.
WORKOUT FOR AEROPLANES
Machines Entered in French Races
Take Trial Spins.
CURTISS IS GIVEN OVATION
American Mnkes KliKht of Seven
Minnies and Says lie Is Ready
Wriitht Machines Do Sev
eral Stunt.
RHEIMS, Aug. 20. Aeroplanes, flying In
straight lines, making wide turns or wheel
ing abruptly, traveling slow and fast and
low and high, was the striking spectacle
offered 15,000 persons on th Field of Beth
eny today. Two slight accidents occurred.
M. bumanest, driving an Antoinette ma
chine, came to the ground sidewlse and
broke one of the runners of his aeroplane,
and M. Goffroy, in an Esnuult-Pelterle
monplane, had accomplished a flight of a
kilometer when the machine struck a
hedge, demolishing Its propeller. It will re
quire two days to .repair this latter Injury.
This was the second lafK practice day be
fore the commencement of the prize flights
of aviation week, and many of the aviators
took advantage of the beautiful weather to
try out their craft. Glenn H. Curtlss. the
only American who Is to compote, was
given an ovation after a flight of seven
minutes. Although the motor of his ma
chine was a bit erratic, the bl-plane sped
straight without swaying. Mr. Curtlss de
clared that he was ready for the races.
, Hubert Latham also was applauded for a
spectacular flight of ten minutes, and the
crowd broke Into cheers as M. Blerlot,
driving a small four-horse monoplane,
made a series of maneuvers during which
he demonstrated his masterful hand at av
iation. ,
Summer Make I. on a; Trip.
M. Summer, who recently, though un
officially, beat Wilbur Wright's record for
duration of flight, speeded across the plain
during the afternoon and was lost to sight
In the haze. It was thought by spectators
that h had descended, but after a lapse
of time he suddenly reappeared. When
he landed he announced that he had made
a voyage to ths village of Vlnne and re
turn. During the evening there was some wind,
but Count Lambert and M. Lefebvre, both
piloting Wright bl-planes, braved the breeze
and simultaneously made evolutions which
demonstrated the ease and facility with
which machines of the Wright model may
be sailed. Lefebvre In handling his craft
wheeled abruptly over the heads of the
spectators.
George B. Cockburn, the British aviator,
and Henry Firman and M. Fournler all
brought out their machines during the
afternoon, but only practiced starts.
The aviators are chuckling tonight over
an offer received by Augustus Post, sec
retary of the Aero Club of America, from
a Frenchman weighing 2TiO pounds, who
says he will give 100 to each and every
aeroplanlst who will take him with them
in their flights.
British Ministers to See Flights.
LONDON, Aug. 20. David Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer, and Winston
Spencer Churchill, president of, the Board
of Trade, started tonight on a motor trip
to P.helms to witness the aviation contests
next week.
I'eorln Wlni Balloon Rape.
PEORIA. 111., Aug. 30 According to of
ficial reports received by President Eu
gene Brown of the Peoria Air Craft club
(Continued on Second Page.)
Please bring your
Sunday Want-Ads
in as early as possi
ble Saturday.
They nr received for Strnday as
late as 8:30 p. m. Saturday, but
It la beat to get them In early to
Insure proper classification.
If you cannot conie down
town use the telephone.
Call Douglaa 238 and ask
for thj .Waul -Ad DuoarLment.
HAVE WORSE THINGS THROWN AT HIM.
, '
Birmingham
Tired of Being
Made the Goat
Dismissed Loan Clerk Implicated in
"Stock Swindle Says He Acted
Under Orders.
NEW TORK, Aug. 20. Sterling Birming
ham, the dismissed loan clerk of the Wind
sor Trust company, said today through his
counsel that he was "tired of being made
the goat." An Investigation was what he
woifld most welcome; It would give him
the chance to show that throughout his
connection with the loan of 150.000 to M. M.
Joyce, a broker for F. Augustus Helnze,
he had acted under orders from his su
periors. , ' ,.
The grand Jury Is arrxious to determine
this point, as It was on the affidavit of
President Young that Birmingham was to
day arraigned In police court, charged with
a misdemeanor In accepting J2o0 as a fee
for .his services In. pushing the loan
through. His ball nvas set.'at fcOO, which
he found no -difficulty in furnishing, . for
further examination next Tuesday.
Three other men who are now under in
dictment appeared before Judge Muhiueen
today Charles Katz, president of the East
ern Brewing company; A. D. S. Adams of
Boston, and Walter T. Clark, a note
oroKer. in iiam s case tne reccras 01 uie
court of general sessions, which show that
he has been previously indicted for for
gery and has done time at Elmlra, were
today produced before the grand Jury,
which may now proceed against him as a
second offender.
Adahis' bail was set at $12,000 more than
he could find and the Boston broker is
therefore spending the nlghi In the Tombs.
KaU had to furnish $25,000 and Clark's ball
of $12,000 was continued. At request of
counsel, pleading In all three cases was
postponed until next Tuesday.
The present attitude of the district at
torney's office is that nothing criminal has
been proved against the trust company or
its officers. Admitting that the trust com
pany knew the principals to the loan were
to remain strangers, the district attorney
holds that there Is no evidence thus far to
show that the officers connived at the dis
appearance of the collateral, which subse
quently turned up for sale on the curb.
Harriman to Rest
in His Own Home
Object of Early Return to Receive
Conveniences Not Found in
Hotels.
NEW TORK. Aug. 20. E. H. Harriman'
return from his European trip at this
time earlier than expected Is simply to
admit of his obtaining in his own home,
amidst comforts and conveniences Im
possible to secure in .European hotels, the
rest be needs after his treatment abroad,
according to Alexander Millar, secretary
of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railroads, who has been abroad with Mr.
Harriman. Mr. Millar arrived today on
the steamer Mauretanla.
"Mr. Harrlman's health is by no means
as bad as Is supposed on this side." said
Mr. Millar. "I do not think he will take
any prominent part In business for a few
weeks after his arrival here."
Roosevelt Receives
Many Freak Requests
NIAROBI. British East Africa, Friday, knowing that there are no tigers in Africa
July 2. Theodore Roosevelt has received
many letters from the United States con
taining all kind of requests with which
It is Impossible to comply and which it in
equally Impossible for blm to answer, lit
has no ine to whom he can dictate htm
correspondence or who does typewriting
for him, and he has been obliged to leave
the great bulk of these letters unanswered
Th petitions are of every conceivable
nature. Including requests for live wild
animals for zoological gardens; for skins
of dead animals, for large snaxea, for
birds' eggs, for teeth and daws of 'ions
aud tlgois lib writers svldenlly uot
BEST PAGEANT THIS AUTUMN
Most Brilliant Military Parade Ever
Seen in West for the King.
UNCLE SAM TO SEND TROOPS
War Department, Ihrooah General
Morton, 'Will Help Ak-Sar-Ben
Entertain Ills lloate of
Subjects.
King Ak-Par-Brn will have the most
brilliant military pageant ever seen in the
west when Uncle Sam sends all his va-
rious troops to Omaha during the fall
festivities.
General Morton, who has taken a spe
cial interest in the realm of Ak-Sar-Bon
has received word from the War depart
ment that two battalions of the Thlr
teenth Infantry will be added to the assign
ment. of troops which take part in the
parade and In the other military maneuvers
planned for festival week.
' This last assignment will make a total
of about 4.000 troops and 2,.00 horses which
will march through the streets of Omaha,
and Samson Is already preparing for the
extra rush of people who will lie on hand
to witness the military proxram.
When General Charles Morton spoke at
the don ori military night a few weeks ago.
' j)e
assured the loyal subjects of the king
that he would do all in his power to give
Omaha a real military pageant. He has
done his part. The soldiers are ordered to
be here.
Last year at St. Joseph with only this
military show, the city could scarcely hold
the people who flocked In to see the troops,
and Ak-Sar-Ben is putting on this mag
nificent display as but one of the many at
tractions which will be offered during thu
week. Crowds are sure to flock to Omaha to
ee the soldiers who are ready to' go for Li i
to do battle for ITncle Sam.
Another Interesting feature of the mili
tary display will be the artillery section
with the men mounted on horses. Arrange
ments are being made to have the troops
of the various departments of the army
go through their maneuvers on the parade
grounds of either Fort Crook or Fort
Omaha. Last year the cavalry gave a
drill at Fort Omaha, and the parade
grounds were lined with thousands anxious
to see the soldiers go through their for
mations. Father Killed,
Child Unhurt
Both Were Taken from Pilot of En
gine Which Struck Their
Buggy.
READING. Mich.. Aug. 20. Otis Glery
and his wife of Clear Lake, Ind.. were
killed early today by a Lake Shore train
while driving over a crossing near Mont
gomery, Mich. Their S-year-old daughter,
who was in the buggy with them, was not
injured.
Mrs. Glcry was thrown some distance
from the track and killed. The child and
her father were picked up by the pilot of
the engine. When the train was stopped
Giery was dying from his injuries and close
beside him on the pilot lay the child un
hurt. and that it would utterly spoil the value
of any specimen whether for scientific or
other purposes to mutilate it by taking
out the claws and teeth), requests for
plants, for picture post curds, which are
naturally not to be found In the frlcan
wilderness, and for all kinds of other ob
jects, Including even pickled meat aud
dried meat of game.
Not only Is it l: possible for such re
quests to be granted, but It is impose: Lie
for Colonel Roosevelt even to attempt to
answer the letters making them. The
time he has for writing la more than oc
cupied by the work he does lor a New
York magazine.
Mexican Executive Will Cross Bridge
and Make First Call.
CONFERS WITH WICKERSHAM
Plans for Proposed Changes in Com
merce Laws Discussed.
BIG PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED
Scheme to Secure t o-opr rn 1 ton of
All Department In Kn forcing
Anti-Trust I. an to lie
Worked tint.
BEVERLY, Mss., Aug. 30-li csideiit
Taft today accepted an imitation to vlsl!
Mexico on October Hi next, when he will
exchange visits with President Diaz of
Mexico at El Paso Culdad Juarez. Scnor Do
La Kami, the Mexican ambassador, 1km
sonally conveyed a message from President
Dius to President Tuft today.
Incidentally the a mbnssador briefly dis
cussed with the president tho situation In
Central America, where It Is reported that
there is considerable unrest over the repot I
that the United States and Mexico, acting
In common, may exert a still stronger In
fluence for the settlement of the constantly
ari.slng difficulties among the little repub
lics by amicable meaiiH, and thus end fre
quent wars and revolutions. '
The auihassiidor declared at the conclu
sion of his Interview that thore was little
of political Interest in his visit. Later, how
ever, he sent a series of long cables in
cipher to the City of Mexico.
President Taft is looking forward with
keen delight to his meeting with President
Diaz. He expressed last winter a desire
for a personal Interview with the man who
for so long has been at the head of the
southern republic, and the meeting was ar
ranged for on the occasion of the presi
dent's trip through the south. President
Diaz first will visit Mr. Taft In El Paso.
Then the president, crossing the brldg'i
over the Rio Grande?, will return the, call
in the quaint Mexlcou vIIIukp of Cludad
Juarez. United States troops will bo gath
ered at Kl Paso and Mexican troops ot
Cludad Juarez.
Confers with Ickrrahnni.
President Taft had a brief talk with
Attorney General Wickersham this after
noon, but put off until tomorrow the seri
ous consideration of tho outline of pro
posed changes In the Interstate commerce
and anti-trust laws, which Mr. Wicker
sham has been considering and which he
will lay before a commission of govern
ment officials, selected by Mr. Taft In
New York City next week.
Mr. Wickersham will also take up the
re organization of the department of Jus
tice of the bureau of corporations In the
Department of Commerce and Labor and
of the Interstate Commerce, commission,
looking to effective co-operation of these
agencies In order to secure a more tapid
and certain enforcement of the laws af
fecting Interstate luilrouds and Industrial
combinations.
The president and ttie attorney general
will go over the matters under discussion
only In u broad, general way, for the de
tails remain to be worked out. The com
mission, which will meet In New York to
begin consideration of iho recommenda
tions they hope to have ready for tho
president when he return.-, to Washington
in November, includes Attt.-ney General
Wickersham, Secretary Nagel of he De
partment of Commerce and Labor, So
licitor General Bowers, Keptesenlatlves
Townsend of Michigan, one of the authors
of the Esch-Tow nsend rate bill, and
Messrs. Knapp and l'rouly of the Inter
state Commerce commission.
Hlu Problem lo Sole.
The attorney general declared today that
the problem to bo dealt with was a big
one, to be approachod u'Ui much delibera
tion. The president regards the formula
tion of the needed cluuiges Into practical
shape as creative work of the highest or
der. The amendments to hep roposed, he
declared, are Just us necessary In - the
protection of legitimate business as In the.
clinching of reforms begun under the lust
administration.
Relief of the railroads from certain re
strictions of the anti-trust law will be
utged. On tbe other hand. President Taft
regards his administration as pledged to
legislation looking to a proper federal su
pervision and restriction to prevent ex
cessive issues of boilds and stocks by com
panies owning and operating Interstate
commerce railroads. Some method of con
trolling holding companies Is to be de
vised. Trip lu Sailboat.
The president and Mrs. Taft had their
first sail on the yacht Sylph this after
noon. The Sylph headed up Cluster way
and they did not return to anchor until
after 7 o'clock.
President Taft today received a delega
tion of citizens 1 m Augusta, Ga , who
came to tulk over with blin some of the
details of hbt trip to Augusta and to Co
lumbus, S. C, early in November. The
prci-tduiit will attend slate, (airs In both
cities.
President Taft defeated Secretary of the
Navy Meyer at gulf this morulng by 4 up.
It was officially announced tonight that
th Itlneniiy for Mr. Taft's trip is clo&tiV
No further changes tun be made in th -schedule
Jap Officials to
Come to Omaha
Commercial Commissioners Will Visit
City on Tour November
Six,
ST. PAUL, Minn., Au. J0- Thn official
Itinerary of the party of Japanos commer
cial commissioners and zperts In com
mercial lirios which will travel through
twenty-four states of this oountry, was
given out here today. Th party will he
composed of fifteen commissioners and
fifteen commercial ex perls.
They will arrive in Seattle on ths
steamer Minneuota September t The pauty
will stop a', Karu.aji City November t,
Omaha, November , und Dcurar, Novaut
lr I .