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unday Bee. FAiT ONE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For Iowa Fair. For weather report iee page 2. 1 NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO I t - ' r i VOU XXXIX-NO. 15. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1900-TEN SECTIONS EIGHTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The Omaha n TAFT CONFERS WITH PINCIIOT At IU Conclusion Both Officials Is sue Statements Regarding Al- eyed Controversy. T0RE3TER WILL NOT RESIGN President Sayt Hit Services Are of Great Vain to People. NO REFLECTION ON PINCHOT .Letter to Ballinger in No Way In- I tended to Affect Him. y MORE OF ROOSEVELT POLICIES ( Ii.ef Kaeratlve- Reiterates Hli (Mate, int That He Will Ask Com I!m to Make Nereaaary I Iihim la Law, a . .T LAKE CITY, Sept. 26 -An a reeult o several lone conferences with Chief Forester (31 f ford Plnchot here today, Preel dent Taft tonight canned to be Issued a Statement In which It was declared that never at any time during- the Ballinger Plnchot controversy haa the president In tended to reflect upon Mr. Plnchot. and In which Mr. Taft takra a more forward aland than ever In favor of the Kooaevelt policies for conservation of natural resources. T' I. . H.AlAM. I .1... . I . 1 . f be done In the way of reclamation of arid lSAjs must be done within the law; but eMunoea his Intention of applying to con- grVs for aucb confirmatory and enabling legislation as will put the Roosevelt poll eles on the firmest possible basis. Mr. Pinchat, before leaving tonight for Washington, also Issued a statement In which he makes public a portion of Presi dent Teft'a letter written to the ohlet for ester at tbe time the letter to Secretary Ballinger was dictated. The president said be hoped Mr. Plnchot would not find reason In the Bellinger letter for resigning. "I shall not resign," declared Mr. Plnchot, and he adds that he Is going to continue to serve the government along the same line he baa pursued In tbe past, concluding wun the statement: "1 believe In equality of opportunity and the Roosevelt policies and I propose to sta.id for them as long as I have tbe strength to stand for anything." President's Itstentst. Mr. Plnchot's statement was shown to tbe president before It waa given out The president's statement follows: "la view of the published statements that the letter of tbe president to Secre tary Bellinger waa to be considered in some way a reflection on Mr. Plnchot, the preetdent today authorised the publication of the following: "That at the time he wrote the letter to secretary Ballinger lie aJao wrote a letter to Mr. Plnchot. semiring blm tfcat the conclusions stated therein were not In tended In aoy way to reflect on blm; that the president deenwx Mr. Plnchot's con tinuance In the public se:vlce as of the utmost value; that he exfctsd to continue tbe Roosevelt policies . t to the con nerva tion of resources. Including the reclama tion of arid lands and preservation of our forests and tbe proper restrictions In re spect to tbe use of coal lands and water sites aa well as the improvement of our waterways and to ask oongresa for aucb confirmatory and enabling legislation M would put the execution of these policies en the firmest basis; and that he would deem It a great loos, if, in respect to the matters with which Mr. Plnchot had been concerned the administration should be ; denied the benefit of bis further service." j Mr. rtnehot's Statement. ft Mr. Plnehot'a statement, which was made k public at the same time, follows: I "At the suggestion of tbe precedent, I make pub! la the following extracts from A hla letter to me mentioned In the state- went he has Just authorised: " 'I wish you to know that I havs the Utmost confidence In your conscientious desire to serve the government and the public. In the IntenHlty of yir purpose to "d,. achieve success In the matter of conserva tion of natural resources, and In the Im mense value of what you have done and propose to do with reference to forestry ; and kindred methods of conservstlon, and that I am thoroughly In sympathy with ail nf these Dollcles and I propose to do everything I can to maintain them, Inelet l friar only that the action for which I be T cams responsible or for which my adminis tration becomes responsible, shall be within the law. M 'I should consider It one of the great est losses that my administration could sustain If you to leave It, and I sincerely hope you will not think my ac tion In writing the enclosed letter to Secre tary Ballinger la reason for your taking a step of this character.' Will Wot Rrstga. "These expressions by the president, which are moet kind toward me, and most favorable toward my work, aa well as the 0T statement authorised by him, define TTTs attitude toward the conservation policies with convincing clearness. "I shall not resign, but shall remain In the government service. I shall -give my best efforts In the future, as in the part to promote the conservation and develop er mint of our forests, waters, lands and minerals and to defend the conservation " policies whenever the need arises. I espe--, dully shall continue to advocate the con trol of water power monopoly In the public Interest and tbe use of our institutions, laws and natural resources for the benefit of the plain people. I believe In equality pf opportunity and the Roosevelt policies and I propose to stand for them as long as I have the strength to stand for any thing " It wa thought yesterday that the meet ing here of the president. Secretary Bel linger and Mr. Plnchot might call out some Vurther statement from Mr. Taft. Mr. Ptnthot came on especially from California to seek an Interview with the president. With the exception of the meeting at the station yesterday, when neither attempted to speak to the other. Secretary Ballinger ard Mr. Plnchot were not thrown In eon tact during their stay in Salt I-ake City, alltager Stays Iadeere. Mr. Plnchot attended several functions i Vlon' wlth th Party escorting the presl P gsnt today, but Mr. Ballinger, pleading a sore throat, remained Indoors most of the time. His private secretary met him here and bs devoted much of his tlms to dis posing of buslneaa matt era , , Mr. Ballinger had no comment to make tonight on tbe latest phase of the dlscus- tCvnUnusd, juo Second Pal , Miser Starves With Quantity of Money at Hand Cincinnati Man Discovered Lead in Squalid Room, Though He Was Wealthy Man. CINCINNATI. O., Sept. When the body of Christopher Kuhn. aged 8, a cab inet maker, was discovered last evening In his squalid room. Investigation showed that the man had been dead since Septem ber t, when, according to neighbors, he ap parently died of starvation. Secreted In the room were many thousands of dollars worth of securities and deeds to property. There were keye to a safety deposit box In the City Hall bank and a bank book showing he had on deposit $1,100. Search for Slayer of Six Persons Warrant Issued for Desperate Charac ter at Hurley, W. Va Three Suspects Released. BLUEFIELD. W. Va., Bept. . War rants were Issued today for a desperate character whose name Is withheld by the authorities, charged with the murder last Wednesday at Hurley, Va., of George Meadows, his wife, mother-in-law and three children. The man under suspicion has a wound on Ma leg which he explains was received In cutting down a tree, but which Is be lieved to have been Inflicted by Meadows In the desperate fight for his life. The man la In West Virginia and officers have gone tonight to get him. It Is feared he will not submit peaceably to arrest. Suspicion of connection with the crime, which was placed upon Silas Blankershlp and his two sons, who were trailed to their home In the mountains by bloodhounds, waa entirely removed at yesterday's hear ing when they proved an alibi and were released. COMPLAINT ON LUMBER RATES South Dakota Dealers Appeal to tbe Interstate Commerce Com mlseloa. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. (8peclal Telegram.) The Lemmon Lumber com pany of Lemmon, 8. D., today filed a complaint with .the interstate Commerce commission, against the Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Chicago, Milwaukee St Puget Sound railroad companies, alleg ing unjust and unreasonable freight charges on certain ahlpments made by them over defendant railway companies' lines In October, 1807. J. A. Wlnkel Company, engaged in the lumber and building material bual nesa at Hettinger, 8. also filed com plaint with the Interatate Commerce com mission Rgalnst the same railway com panies, alleging excessive charges on a shipment from Minneapolis to Mobiidge, S. V., and from Mobrldge to Hetttnger, and demanding reparation with Interest from October 28, 1(07. Rural carriers' appointed: Nebraska: Berwtn, route 1, John C. Harley carrier, Jamea Craig, substitute. South Dakota: Tyndall. route 4, Frank A. Hampton, car rier; no substitute. Weeslngton Springs, route 2. Charlie F. Turner, carrier; Louis T. E. Turner, substitute. Ralph M. Whitney has been appointed postmaster at Burkmere, Faulk county, S. V.. vice J. A. Smith resigned. GERMAN EDITORS ARE COMING Western Association Derides to Hold Its Neat Convention la Omaha. BURLINGTV.N. Ia., Sept. . The Ger-man-American Editorial Association of ths West today decided upon Omaha as the next meeting place. Prohibition was denounced in a resolu tion and a movement was set on root looping to the formation of a national organisation. The following officers were elected: President. A. Peterson. Davenport, la.; first vice president. J. L. Peters, Omaha; secretary, Henry Heinz, Muscatine. Ia.; treasurer, Augustus Hilmer, New Hamp ton, Ia. INSANE INCENDIARY IN JAIL Philip Hlela Is Charted with Set tle Fire to Matty If At GtsbstIIU, lad. EVANS VI LLE, Ind., Sept. 26. Charges with having set fire to thirty-seven build ings in the last three weeks, causing a total loss o f300.0a, Philip Klein, 40 years old, was arrested today. The polios say Klein is Insane. He baa been a loiterer about the coal mines. Dr. Cook Tells Meeting NEW HAVEN. Conn., Sept. 26.-In an In terview given to the New Haven Register in New York last night. Dr. F. A. Cook told of his meeting with Harry Whitney in the Arctic. The explorer said he waa on his way south and when within five milea of Annotok was surprised to see several men approaching. "It was," continued Dr. Cook, "Harry Whitney and some of the Eaklmos with him on his hunt. It was r?i first time I had ever ren Mr. Whitney and he had to introduce himself. He then told me of wintering at my quarters, and told me that Commander Peary was up north and that he had spotted my party over the fee. That was the first I had heard of Peary being there. 'We went to tho supply house, and I told Mr. Whitney I had been to tbe pole. In dlscus.ng my route, it occurred to me that as Mr. Whitney expected a veeeel to come fur him. It would bs a good plan to send to America my documents and In struments on bis ship, because of their greater safety of transport by water. He read:! a rreed to do so. and when he oomea I am sure they will be aboard In good shape, "Mr. Whitney and sayeelf put In two days at the atorsoouaa, and then I started for my final tramp to the port whero I oauli ship torn etvUlanjUtwi. itew- tf set NAVAL PAGEANT ON THEIIUDSON Five Million People See the First Spectacle of Double Centen nial Celebration. HUDSON AND ' FULTON MEET Commanders of Quaint Crafts Clasp Hands on Reviewing Stand. NIGHT PARADE ABANDONED Last of Fifteen Miles of Ships Still Coming Down River at Sunset ILLUMINATION IS MAGNIFICENT Two Billion C'aadlepower Csed la Great Display Whlrh Made the RlTer aad City As White Aa Day, NEW YORK. Sept. 2S -Henry Hudson, who melted from view 300 years ago Into those Arctic mists from which two Ameri can discoverers have but lately returned, walked his quarterdeck again today and. in s-a boots and plumed hat, surveyed the changes aloft and ashore that make his second visit to these shores scarcely less memorable than his first His reincarnation or, to be strictly ac curate, Ms Impersonation today, the re production of his ship, the Half Moon, and their twentieth century tour of seeing New York are expressions of those recurrent themes of historical contrast and instruc tion by pageant In which the central idea of the Hudson-Fulton celebration germi nated. With New York harbor and Manhattan Island for a stnge, the play opened today for a week's run and will for another week show at lesser cities snd towns along the route that Hudson traveled. Hadsoa aad Fnltoa. Hudson was an English adventurer out fitted from Dutch funds and master of a mixed crew. England and Holland are today after America the nations sharing most prominently in the celebration, al though twenty-one in all have sent their envoys and five others their ships of war. Fulton's voyage of adventure over the same course to test the power of steam came Just 200 years later. His name today follows that of Hudson on the program aa the reproduction nf the Clermont fol lowed the reproduction of the Half Moon on the waters of the harbor. The two little ships, once so weighty with achievement before a marvelling world, are now mere toys, for an older and mors sophisticated civilisation made their rounds today of the warships assembled to do them honor, with a thousand merchant ships and pleasure craft trailing behind them In a parade fifteen miles long; sa luted the national and the international flags of peace; were officially received by the city and the Hudson-Fulton commis sion with the other visiting notables, and tonight were to have repeated the eotirse, but In view of delays there was no formal night parade, although the river was as white as day from the glare of hundreds of searchlights from on shore and afloat. Their sisterly progress was marred by but one accident a slight collision early In tho morning by which the Clermont lost a lit tle paint and the Half Moon an anchor chain. There was no excitement worthy the mention because of the accident and very little delay. Weather Man Makes Good. The weather man made good his promise. At I a. m. rain had ceased to fall and a brilliant day of Intensely blue sky and scintillating sunlight appeared. The winds had cleared the skies as the rains had cleansed the streets, the city was washed, dressed and flushed with expectancy. Every morning train and ferry brought Its hundreds and Its thousands. By 10 o'clock the streets were crowded, by 11 Jammed and by noon the city held one of the greatest crowds that hag been assem bled anywhere for any purpose. Conserva tive estimate tonight place the numbers of those who witnessed the naval parades from the shores of Staten island, Brooklyn, ths Palisades and New Jersey at 6,000,000. Crowd la Greatest Show. Impressive aa were the - ships of w ar, spurting fire and smoke from their sides In one series of salutes after another, suf ficient as was the parade that swept about them In a great crescent, the crowd was more majestic yet. It drew the gi eater shaie of comment from the 750.000 who are estimated to have watched It from excur slon steamers, tug boats, sailing craft and even canoes. Looking up one could see that the cliff of skyscrapers on Manhattan Island wore an unaccustomed fringe of black human heads. Every window was filled, every roof was lined. Wharves, pier ends, lighters, ferryboats, the sterns of ocean liners, tbe water front, the docks. (Continued on Fifth Page.) of His with Whitney of records is with Mr. Whitney and another set with myself." PORTLAND, Ml, Sept. 26. "Henry Whitney does not play any part, ons way or another in my evidence regarding Dr. Cook's claim of first reaching the pole." said Commander Peary to a score of newspaper men at his summer horns to day. He said that he was unable to say In what way Whitney is conncted with tbe controversy. He haa received no word from Whitney since the latter arrived yesterday at Indian Harbor in the Jennie and he says that he haa no Intention of attempting to communicate with him. Whitney, be said, wia with him on the Roosevelt from August 17th to 24th. but never told him that Dr. Cook had dis covered the pole, nor did he know that any one on ths Roosevelt knew it until he received a message from tho Asso ciated press. HALIFAX. BepL SS. "Harry Whitney, of New Haven, who waa with Dr. Fred erica A. Cook, at Annotok and to whom Dr. Cook Is said to bavs given a de tailed account of his trip to the pole, has sent a wireless message from Indian Harbor, Labrador, In answer to the ques tion: "Did Cook reach ths polr saying: M havs o teaaos; to .doubt Cook's s Mill 'THf OP", From the New York World. SOLDIERS NOW ON WAY HERE Thousands of Regulars enroute for Omaha Forts. DES MOINES DRILLS REPEATED Sixteenth Infantry Breaks World's Records aad Wlas Big: Prises In Toaraament Jost Over at Iowa Capitol. DES MOINES. Ia.. Sept. 25. (Special Telegram.) The Sixteenth Infantry from Fort Crook carried off a large portion of the honors at the closing day of the big military tournament which has been in progress here this week. Ths tourna ment has been a magnificent success, with total gross receipts of $35,000, . ex poneek $16,000 and net receipts to troops of $20,000. The troops will leave today to camp at Fort Omaha, .where the same drills will be given. The cavalry division will leave for Omaha Sunday morning and ride over land, reaching Omaha Saturday. The Six teenth Infantry departs by train and should reach Omaha Monday afternoon. The regiment will go to Fort Crook for two days and tt will then march to Fort Omaha to be In camp for the big military tournament which 6,200 of Uncle Sam's troops will give for the benefit of ths visitors to the fall festivities at Omaha. Dinars to General Mortoa. The officers of the different regiments attending thla tournament held a meeting this afternoon and deckled to tender a complimentary dinner to Oeneral Charles Morton, commander of the Department of the Missouri, at the Rome the evening of October 17. The Sixteenth Infantry wall scaling team broke the world's record oday, sealing in 0:00:26 The record waa made by the Third battalion. The team belonging to the Second battalion was second, Just one-fifth of a second slower. In the Butts manual competition the Sixteenth Infantry won over the Thir teenth and the soldiers got a considerable sum of money. The final standing of the tournament was Sixteenth Infantry, t points; Thir teenth infantry, points; Seventh cav alry, 6 points. When It was found that ths Fort Crook regiment had won it paraded before the 14,000 people who had gathered and received vociferous ap plause. The Sixteenth also won the tent pitch ing contest, making a record of 2:16 for the entire battalion. The engineers from Fort Leavenworth, who will exhibit their skill at Fort (Continued on Second Page.) The event of the middle west, Ak-Sar-Ben Week, is at hand, Omaha's proud boast "The Best of Care" and entertainment for its guests will again assert itself. In the classified section of today's paper on the special pages "Omaha Merchants Who Offer Unusual Bargains to Ak-Sar-Ben Visitors" is a list of those who are adept In mak ing their guests comfortable and who offer them bargains that are greater than many offers la 4ther jxurtJ I UOa edit) aJ- FOR BOTH ALIKE World Remains In Usual State Triune Immersionists Greatly Disop pointed Because End Did Not Come as Scheduled. WEST DCXBL'RY. Mass., SrpL 26. "Oh, Lord, don't disappoint us," prayed the Triune Immersionists at intervals during the meeting which they held throughuut last night in "The Bethel,"' but their prayers remained unanswered today, for the world was still Intact. While there was no note of real waver ing among the members of the Latter Re gn of the Apostollo church there waa a tend ency among some of thetn. today to Inti mate that published stories concerning the time set for the end were not exactly In accordance with their beliefs and that they would not be surprised If It were delayed. Indeed, several who have been In attend ance on the meetings for the last few days left for their homes today. A large pro portion of the "elect" nevertheless re mained firm in their conviction that the latest "revelation" Uiat the "wicked" would be destroyed by the peeling off of the earth's crust at some time betwen 6 p. m. yesterday and the same hour today was authentic. The women and the children particularly were exhausted. It wad evi dent that a suspension of active proceed ings would be necessary today. LEGAL CLASH IN MONTANA ssnvBawaaaan State Officials Prepare to Take For cible Possession of Land Held By Forestry Service. HELENA, Mont., Sept. 25. Forcible measures to recover land now In the possession of the United States forest of ficials were decided upon by the state board of land commissioners today. The land In controversy was aold by the state to the Oreat Northern railway. The foreatry officials and warned all persons against the purchase, built a fence around the tract and set It apart for "adminis trative purposes." The bureau Instructed the state land agent to "go at once Into the field and take with him such assistance as Is neces sary to oust from the tract of land In question all trespassers and persons assert ing rights against the state of Montana." Aurora Stops Wire Service Around World NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Gripped by the mysterious "aurora" telegraph wires prac tical! all over the world were paralysed. Frifn early morning until night communica tion was erratic and at times cut off en tirely between certain points. Old telegraph operators called It the "au rora," for blrlllant northern llghta usually follow such an electrical phenomenon. The first break came shortly before 7 a. m., eastern standard time, or noon at Greenwich, and for the next five hurs tel egraph T.lre chiefs from Uoston to Chi cago wrestled with the strange force. That the disturbance was world-wide was shown by Kuropean dispatches whkh tuld of similar trouble of lines on the continent. as well as on the submarine cables. The crtst of the wave In the eastern part of this country seems to have hern reai heu shortly before noon and after that the wires began to act more rationally. MUM, thers were frequent throbs during the late afternoon and evening. Because similar disturbances have been noticed during the maximum sun spot pe riod, which was reached about a year ago. some astronomers have conjectured that these so-called storms originated In the cen ter of life of the solar system, the electro magnetic waves being simply pulsations from soms mightier disturbances on ths sun. LONDON, Sept. ax-Tbs w bole Ultgraphlc DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP EXPLODES French Military Balloon Bursts at Altitude of 6C0 Feet. F0UE MEN DISTANTLY KILLED Wrecked Car and Envelope Drop and All On Board Are Crashed to Death Accident Ocears Star Moallas. MOUL1NS, France, Sept. 25. While pass ing over the National road, which leads from Paris to Antlbes, and when at a height of between W0 and 009 feet, the French dirigible military balloon Hupub llque exploded this morning and fell to the ground. The four men on board were killed. They were: CAPTAIN MARCHAL. LIEUTENANT PhAURE. SI.'ULl El'THNANT V1NCENOT. SUBLIEUTENANT REUX. It was the Intention of Captain Marchal, who was In charge of the airship, to stop at Nevors and an automobile containing mechanics- was following the balloon. It was almost directly beneath It when the disaster occurred. The car fell straight down, carrying the fluttering remnants of the envelope, and the occupants were burled beneath the wreckaKe. All were dead ex cept Lieutenant Phaure, but he lived only a few minutes after being removed. The bodies were transported to the Chateau d'Avrllly, the property of the Marquis d Chavannes. Lieutenant Tlxler, who was In command of the automobile, says that the balloon suddenly burst and collapsed. It seemed to oscillate violently a moment prior to this, as though It had been struck, and It fell with the rapidity of a stone. When he reached the wreckage the car was com pletely covered with the envelope and not a sound came from beneath. With the aid of the Marquis de Chavannes and peasants, who hurried from the surrounding fields, the envelope waa removed. The spectacle was appalling. The car had been literally crushed and amid the mas of tangled steel and wire every man except i'haure could be seen at Ills post. Captain Marchal was in a sitting posture, his body thrown back and his eyes wide open. The bodies of the sublieutenants lay beneath tho cylinder of the motor. Phaure's body was lying halt outside, as possibly he had (Continued Os Second Page.) system of the United Kingdom and all cable service are seriously affected by the magnello storm experienced here soon after noon today. The underground wiies suf fered more than the overhead wires, Mie telephone system being little affected. The last occasion on which the wires were similarly put out of working order here was six years ago. The trouble is at tributed by cable experts to the aurora brealis. CHICAGO. Kept. 25. Violent electrical earth currents, believed to emanate from the aurora boreal is. today disturbed the j telegraph service over the entire country, and for a time stilled the ticking of Instru- ments In the offices of the great telegraph I companies. Whlls the drift of the cur rents noticeable In cities from Han Fran cisco. Seattle, Omaha, through - Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburg to New York was apparently to the east, Its strength was lit tle more pronounced In one section of the country than another. Father Rlgge of Creighton university U of the opinion the disturbance arises from what la known as a magnetle storm du to ths unequal distribution of beat on the earth's surface, eauslng currents of elec tricity. He says be has not witnessed any displays of tho aurora, though a whota year ago there waa a very bright display. STRIKE END SEEMS NEAR Settlement May Be Evolved From Conferences Today and Both Sides Express Such Hope. MAYORS' MEETING FItTJITFUL Following the Third One, Ray of Light Penetrates Cloud. WATTLES FORESEES PEACE Says He Believes Deliberations Sun day Will Produce It. PRATT SAYS HE IS WILLING Union Leader Will Take Company at Its Published Word. BAN ON STREET SPEAKING City Anthnrltles Announce No Per mill, Rat Grant Permission for Meeting; This Afternoon at F.lh eenth and Harney Lot. BOOBZSS Or THE ITBIII1. After third eonn'cll of mayors and Wat ties announcement was mads sad of strike might corns today. Meeting will be held today at 3 p. m. between mayors, eon noil committee, Wat tles snd street railway directorate. rollowlng this meeting statement will bs submitted by company to strikers. trlaers meet at 8 p. m. to act on com pany's overtures. O. O. Pratt, for strlksrs, says they will settle at once If Wattles will stand by his published statement to waive all bat closed shop proposition. Ken get permit for open air mooting at Eighteenth and Barney at a p. m. Extra preoantions taken to prevent rioting which would mar settlement pro ceedings. Today will be eventful In the street car strike and may mark Its close. Confer ences Involving the contending factions and city officials are scheduled which hold in them the possibility of complete adjust ment and final settlement and an end to the harassing Inconveniences to which Omaha has been subjected for a week. Mayor Dalilmati and Chief of Polios Donahue have taken precautions to mini mise trouble today. The mayor, at the chief's suggestion. Issued a prohibition yes terday against any street or out-of-door meeting, and Chief Donahue appealed to all people who have no business on down town streets to stay off them. ' The police and sheriff's forces are going to bend every energy to see that no untoward Inci dent transpires to mar the peaceful pro ceedings looking, to a settlement of the strike. Both parties to the strike express the hope that negotiations may not fall of peace. Yesterday afternoon, however, ths mayor granted a permit for a mass meeting at Klghteenth and Harney streets at 1 p. m. At the close of the third conference be tween the five tnuyurs and President Wat tles of the street railway company strong hopes were expressed by the chief execu tives that the strike would be settled Hun day afternoon. President attics had said Just before the conie.ence that he hoped all differences would be adjusted by Hunaay afternoon at the latest. The mayors, the board of directors of tho strtet railway company and ths special c-'mniittee of tho city council will meet ' . this afternoon at 3 o'clock In the office I lf . V. U ,.,..1 rolluBU .....1,.. .... II - ..... gcstlons made by the mayors to Mr, Wat tles will be taken up with the board of di rectors and at the close of the session It la hoped by all concerned that announcement may be madeof concessions that will put an end to the strike. The strikers will meet at Labor temple at D p. m. to consider the statement, front the company. The councilmanlc committee which haa been Invited to the conference consists of Councilman Fuukhouser, Burmelster and Berks. "We have gone over all phases of tho situation," said Mayor Dahlman, who aoted as spokesman, for the conferees to tbe newspaper men after the conference closed, "and we believe we have made some progress. At the meeting Sunday the mutters we have discussed will be taken up with the board of directors and after the meeting Is over we will Issue a written statement embodying what the street oar company will offer the men as an Induce ment to return to work. We bavs strong hopes that all differences will be adjusted." Bltaatlon ts Brighter. "The situation is brighter than It baa been at any time," declared Mayor Tracy of Benson and tho other chief executives agreed that the prospects for a settlement were better than they have been since the strike began. Mr. Wattles emerged from the mayor'e private office at 1 o'clock after a twe hours' session. Hs declined to say any thing as to what took place or U make any statement. "Mayor Dahlman will make ths state ment for ths rest of us," he said. After Mayor Dahlman had made hla statement to the press, C. O. Pratt and Ben (.'ominous, representing the street car men, were called Into the office and Intro dtrCed to the chief executlvea While he wotrld make no statement after , the cunfeience adjourned, before It began Mr. Wattles ttppeured hopeful for a settle ment, "1 have been in a constant series of con ferences from morning till night," he said, "and we have discussed the different phasee of the situation with all parties in terested, so that when we reach a conclu sion we hope It will be final and will be acceptable to all parties Interested. I hope we will evolve a final adjustment by some time tomorrow afternoon at least. We are ail doing what we can to bring about a settlement." I p to Wattles, Says Pratt. "The settlement of the strike Is now all up u- l'rtsldrnt Wattles of the street rail way company," says C. O. Pratt, chairman f the International executive board of the carmen's union. "Mr. WettMs In a published statement tas: 'Let no one be deceived. It i refer lng to the strike) was called for the pur pose of forcing the officers of the street railway company to violate their solemn promises to their nonunion men. As this r .