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The Omaha Daily Bee r WEATHER FORECAST. For Ncbritska Snow flurries. For Iowa Partly cloudy: co1dr. Tor wcMhrr report see pago I. NEWS SECTION PACES 1 TO 10. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOL. XXXIX NO. 120. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1 DUD TW EN T Y PAGES. 3 JAPANESE ARE 0MA1LVSGUESTS Gates of City Swing Wide Today to Welcome Notables from Far East. ' i i UNION MEN AND f LIQU011QUESTI0N Possibility that Relation! of Labor to Saloons May Be Discussed in Convention. Crazy Man Tries to Wreck Trains Because of Speed Herman Hnebner, Recently Released from Iowa Asylnm, Caught Near Gibbon. SUGAR OFFICIAL UNDERARltEST James F. Bendernagel, Former Head of Largest Trust Plant, Charged with Fraud. ROYAL GREETING IS ASSURED TEMPERANCE MEETING SUNDAY RESIGNED THURSDAY RIGHT if V F Rev. Mr. Stelzle, John Mitchell and John B. Lennon to Talk. GOMPERS WOULD AVOID DEBATE Preacher-Delegate and Head of Bar tenders' Union Confer. LATTER OUTLINES HIS PLANS Sara lie Will Attempt to Get Unions to Stop Holding Mrrllnid la the Bark Hooma of Saloona. TORONTO, Nov. 12. During the five days the American Federation of Labor has been In session there has been much suppressed speculation as to the attitude the conven tion miKht take on the question of labor and the saloon. When It v.us announced early In the week that a temperance mass meeting 1 would be held Sunday, under the auspice of the labor department of the Presby terian church, the delegates representing tli International Union of the United lrewery Workmen, the Hotel and Restaur ant Kmployes' International alliance and hi Bartenders' International League of America began to canvass the situation quietly as to whether the liquor question was likely to reach the floor of the convention. Kev. Charles Stelzle, a fraternal delegate "iitm the federal council of the Church of Christ In America, and a warm advocate of the principles of trades unionism, has been advocating the establishment of a temperance brotherhood among the trades unions and will preside at Sunday's meet ing. In the event of an attack by resolution or otherwise In the convention, the repre sentatives of the liquor Interests count on the support of the Clkarmakers' Interna tional Union of America, In whose delega tion Is Samuel Compere, president of the federation. Edward Hlrsch, president of the Balti more Federation of Labor, also Is credited with being an opponent qf the Stelzle pro gram. Stelsla and SnlHvnn. It la understood, however, that. President Gompera la anxious to avoid a debate on the liquor question on the floor of the convention, and he waa Instrumental to tiay in bringing about a meeting between , Jerry Sullivan, representing the Bartend ora" union, and Mr. Stelzle. .They had a talk during which Mr. Stelzle gave Mr Sullivan to understand that his plana at HtUnent contemplate' ari Utterrrpt to get """ tradea unions to stop holding meetings In back rooms of saloons. President, Qompera, It Is said, ha agreed to lend hlB aupport to a resolution n- f dorslng the erection of labor temples and other places for holding labor union meet ings. I Bunday'a meeting will be addressed by Rev. Mr. Stelzle, John Mitchell and John B. Lennon, treasurer of the federation. Mr. Lennon Is understaod to take the atti tude that the 'use of liquor by working- fi men affects the rate of wages because It lowers the degree of efficiency of the men, and Mr. Mitchell will discuss the contention that Increased wages and shorter hours mean added profits to the saloons. Uouipera on Contempt Caae. Committee meetings occupied the ma jority of the dolegatea during the greater part of the day following a brief session of the convention this morning at which president Qompera waa called upon by f ne of the delegates to discuss the status of tha present contempt proceedings aa a result of which Mr. Oompers, John Mitch ell and Frank Morrison may have to serve terms In Jail. Mr. Qompera ald the question of an ap-R-al and the line of defense will be di cussed at a conference between the to- fendants and their counsel to be held aoon after the convention adjourns. This con ference In all probability will take place In New York on November 13. Mr. Gompera declared that Justice Wright was guilty of "outrageous conduct In so cruelly excoriating the honest con- J.nat of the three citizens who undertook ii test tho law and In Imposing unusual sentences." . , Mr. Gompera said there were three ways In which the case could reach the supreme- court of the United States, by writ of error, by writ of certiorari or by writ of habeas corpus after the defend ants had been placed In Jail. "Either we have the right of free speech and free press or we have not," said Mr. Gompers. "and we want the court to say so. Whether we will go to Jail I do not know. I have an abiding faith In the Jus lice of our cause, and I can only express the hope that the higher courts or our land will Immortalize themselves by the reincarnation of the magna charter and the constitution of the United States." An appeal for moral and financial as sistance from the striking garment work en In St. Louis was read and deferred, several resolutions were presented, and at 10:40 o'clock the convention adjourned until tomorrov Japanese in I Kansas City Commission Inspects Packing Plants and Factories and Will Leave for Omaha Tonight. XX.VSAS CITY, Nov. ll.-The honorary commercial commission from Japan spent t xlay In Kanras City. Following a drive over the city aa the guests of the Com ma! cial club, the visitors inspected a packing housd and several factnrlra In the vest bottoms. They also vllsted the West tort Hl;h bohool. wiure Baron Nalbu Kanda delivered a short address. Mis. L. M. t'lrn Jennlng, wife of the seo elary of the IVmnverelal club, entertained :he women of tie party at the Country olub and later tuey attended a party at tha home of Mrs. Nelson. The J art a ill Wave bera for Omaha SaulgiX GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Nov. 12.-fPpe-clal Telegram.) The heads of the operating department of the Union Pacific for the Grand Island-North Platte division, ar? against resting easier. For three davs there has been unusual anxiety because ! of evidences of an attempt to wr:ck trains I between this city and Kearney. I The first evidences was found a mile and I a half east of Alda, when several bolts and spikes were fastened on the track In such a manner that the rail would have spread If, Indeed, the engine of a fast moving train were not thrown from the track. The track maintatner discovered the obstruction and removed It. Later, another attempt was discovered, and the theory at first adopted that It waa the work of unthinking school chil dren was dropped. Traces of a strange man were found, and after a three days' search the man was picked up near Gib bon. He was Herman Heubner, a man recently released from an asy'.jm In Iowa, and who escaped from relatives while they were passlnp through Grand Ixland on the train. After the first attempts he started south to the river, wandered through the brush to Gibbon, exposed to the weather night and day, and there reappeared. By this time the(sectlon men were posted all along the line ..and today, when he reappeared, was taken Into custoJy. Ho stated th.it the Union Pacific was running its trains too fast and he Intended to wreck a few to demonstrate the .unsafe condition In which the passengers were. Heavy Snow Covers West Six Inches Reported at Some Points in Mountain States Nebraska Also Visited. DENVER, Nov. 12. A heavy, wet snow la falling today over Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, southern Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona. Pueblo and Colorado Springs report six inches of snow. LEXINGTON, Neb., Nov. 12. (Special Telegram.) Dawson county was visited by a heavy snowfall, which began during the forenoon. Six Inches fell by evening. This is the 'list moisture for three months and will Insure a crop of winter wheat. BEATRICE, Nob., Nov. 12. (Special Tele- frrsm.i-A rnM ruin hm ha.n f.lltn v. n ( Qf day w)a beneficial to winter wheat. The tempera ture Is falling this evening. -..For some time yesterday afternoon It looked as though winter had set in In. real earnest In Omaha, there being quite a fall of snow, which soon turned to a steadv rainfall. At T o'clock the weather hurean had recorded .Li of an Inch. Tho snow was noi the first of tha season, a trace being recorded on October 11, but by no means so heavy as that of yesterday. At the weather bureau last night It was stated that a storm of no small proportions, coming from the southwest, was about centered over this locality. Snow flurries were predicted before morning. Warriner Wreck in Bodily Health Big Four Defaulter in Serious Con dition as a Result of the Exposure. , . , CTVPTWATT Ci K'n 1 Rrnlcen in health and aplrlts, and almost a physical wreck, in the condition of Charles L. War- riner. deposed local treasurer, charged with the shortage of $S43.H) In his accounts with the Big Four railroad, according to the statement of friends. At the offices of the Big .Four railroad the belief was expressed that there would be no more Important developments In the case, so far as the Cincinnati offices were concerned and-that its sequel will come from the general offices of the New York Central system In New York. INCREASING SUPPLY OF WEAT Amount Harvested In Six Coun tries Grovra Folly One Sixth. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-There has been an Increase of nearly 300.000,000 bush els, or fully one-sixth, In the production of wheat recently harvested In six coun tries In the northern hemisphere, which In l'JOS produced practically two-thirds of the world's supply. The figures are gathered from the latest estimate published of the production for each country. How to Float Flags of Japan and United States a Puzzle Plans for decorating various public build ings of tha city In honor of the Japanese commissioners has occasioned a lively scramble fur facts as to the proier method of floating the flags of the two nations. "Shall the Stars and Stripes be hoisted above the colors of Japan, or whether 'tis nobler to float the foreign ensign above the flag of tha United States army as a mark of courtesy to the Imperial visitors," Is the question. Telephone wires to Fort Crook to old Fort Omaha and to the headquarters of the Department of the Missouri have been kept hot with queries regarding army etiquette in the matter. General Charles Morton, commander of tie Department of the Missouri; Colonel Cornelius Gardener, In command at Fort Crook, and Colonel W. A. Glassford, In command of the signal corps at Fort Omaha, have been besieged with requtsis for Information. In all rases their answer is as follows: "There Is no army regulation about the matter, but custom prevails. The flag of tba United States Is never lowered. No foreign flag shall be hoisted above the na tional ensign. As a matter of respect to tha Japanese visitors It Is a matter of army ellquetta to float the colors of the two nations at the same level and this custom He is Accused of Complicity in Short Weight Conspiracy. GIVES CASH BOND OF $5,000 Produces the Necessary Amount from Roll in Vest Pocket. FIRST BIG FISH IN THE NET Fire Other Members of the So-Cniled ni Mi" Are Named la the Indictment. Which la Baaed on One Shipment. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. After months of quiet work behind the scenes by the gov ernment Investigators, who have been scrutinizing the ins and outs of the com plicated sugar Import frauds, there came suddenly today the Indictment and arrest of an imnortant former officer of the American Sugar Refining company charged lth conspiracy to defraud the govern- ment by false weighing of sugar. The man arrested Is James P. Bondernagel, for more than thirty years superintendent of the Havemyer & Elder refinery In Williams burg, tho largest plant of the-American Sugar Rflnlng company. It was regarded as significant that Bendernagel's resigna tion from this responsible position was an nounced by thecompany only yesterday." He was arrested this afternoon. When arraigned before United States Commissioner. Benedict and asked to give fj.OOO bail for his appearance at an exam ination set for next Monday, he produced a roll of bills from a waistcoat pocket and counted out the required amount In cash. The Indictment returned against Bender nugtl Is of the blanket variety, Including In 'lis terms also the so-called "Big Six" Oliver Spltzer, Thomas Kehoe, Edward A. Boyle, Jean M. Voelker, John R. Coyle and Patrick J. Hennessey, all of whom have been previously Indicted on similar charges. The six were Bendernagel's as sociates In the capacity of agents and boss weighers at the Williamsburg plant.. The specific charges against Benderna gel are that he defrauded the government out of duty to the amount of 11,694 In con nection with the false entry of the 9,000,-100-pound sugar cargo of the steamer Eva, which arrived from Cuba on August 24, 1907. A little more than 100,000 pounds was clipped off i the real weight of the cargo when the customs charges were computed, according to the Indictment. At one point the indictment refers to Uie old charges made against four members or the "Big Six,'' alleging the use of fraud ulent devloea on tha scales used at the docks to short weigh sugar for the pur pose of avoiding customs charges. It was lit connection with these charges that the government last spring recovered 12,135,000 In duties and penalties. LIVE STOCK MEN IN CHICAGO Dr. A. T. Peters of Lincoln One of Speakers at National Con vention. CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-The National As sociation of Live Stock Breeders and Raisers will hold Its annual convention on December 2, In the hall over the Drovers Deposit National bank, stock yards, Chi cago. The subject of appointing a strong committee to go before congress end urge a liberal appropriation for the Department of Agriculture bureau of animal Industry, for the purpose of preventing and eradi cating tuberculosis, hog cholera and plague, anthrax, sheep scabies, ticks, etc., will be 'agitated. It will also recommend proper ! reimbursement to the breeder and raiser t?r .fea SU6talnF' y condemnation. Dr. M' w- "averel, Wisconsin university, will I peak on "Tuberculosis;" Dr. A. T. Peters, Nebraska university. "Hog Cholera and riague;" Prof. E. S. Good, Kentucky Ex periment station, "Sheep Scabies and An thrax;" Hon. W. C. Giltner, Eminence. Ky., "Cattle Ticks." Other prominent speakers will address the convention. TEN ALLEGED GAMBLERS FINED Youna- Men of Prominent Madrid, la., Families Caught la 11.-id. BOONE, la., Nov. 12 Special Tele gram.) Ten young men of prominent Ma drid families, John Kennedy, Fred Cum mlngs, Nathan Powell, Mennes Olson. Isaac Hoop, Albert Olson, Arthur Morrell, Ernest Anderson, were fined by Mayor Lawbaugh for gambling, being found In an alleged gambling joint. John Johnson, owner of the building, was acquitted of the charge of maintaining a gambling house. The defendants will appeal case to district court. Is generally followed, but in no case should the emblem of our country be lowered to the flag of a foreigner." Down at the Union and Burlington depots the station masters were perhaps the first to be puzzled In the matter of decorations. Army officers settled the question. -In the Burlington station the flags of the two nations have been hung on the level, In most cases with the stars and stripes flanked on either side by the crimson and white of the Japanese empire. Naval etiquette differs somewhat from the customs of the military forces. When aji American warship enters a foreign port It Is the custom to hoist the flag of the foreigner to the main mast while the salute Is fired. When the salute Is an swered the colors of tha forelga nation are lowered and the Stars and Stripes are hoisted to tha top of the pole. On land where single flagstaff are used. :is In the case of the Union station or lubllc buildings, the flag of America should ; hoisted singly. When Vie Japanese '.anded at Seattle there was considerable feeling among tha members of the party be :ause the Stars and Stripea had been aolsted above tha flag of Japan. Other I tics have since profited by that occurence. w v- tWC (r) ,h -ows From the Denver Tost. NEITHER PITY PR MERCY Prosecutor Paints Mme. Steinheil in Blackest of Colors. M. AUBLtf WILL REPLY TODAY Probability that Defendant Will Slake Address to Jury Several Weak Polnta la State's Caae. PARIS, Nov. 12. The entire session of the Steinheil murder case today was taken up with an Impassioned plea by Judge Ad vocate General Trouard Rlolle for the con viction of the woman who Is charged with having killed her husband and her step mother, and by reason of the fact that Mme. Stelnhell's counsel, M. Aubln, Is yet to be heard, doubt has arisen whether tho fate of the woman will be given Into the hands of the Jury tomorrow. The proseoutor showed neither pity nor mercy In his address to the Jury. He painted the accused woman in the black est of colors aa the most wicked type of woman, a born liar and as one whose whole life, before and after the crime, Jus tified the presumption of her guilt. He developed the theory that after the rich and generous lover, Chouanard, abandoned her In 1907, Mme. Steinheil realized she was almost at the end of her tether, and said when she got Maurice Borderel In her clutches she was determined to hold him, even at the price of murder. Say DorRiara Are Myths. Against Mme. Stelnhell's story that burg lars had committed the crime, the prose cutor Insisted that they were myths, and he undertook to reconstruct the scene that actually happened, claiming that while the accused woman and her accomplices were tielng Mme. Japy, M. Steinheil was aroused by the noUe and Jumped out of bed. There upon they attacked and killed, him, and re turning to Mme. Japy's room found her in a bad plight. M. Trouard Rlolle even undertook to ae count for the stopping of the clock in the Steinheil home after the murder, advanc ing the theory that Mme. Steinheil, In her anguish, could not endure the ticking. An expert testified during the trial that tho clock had been stopped by hand as It was being wound up. The argument of'M. Trouard Rlolle left the Impression that the testimony upon which It was based was too conflicting and that Ms fine-spun presumptions were too precise, having him vulnerable to his antagonist, M. Aubin. The latter scored heavily at the "conclusion of the prose cutor's adifss when he challenged M. Trouard Rlolle to name Marietta Wolf, the cook In the Steinheil home, and ber son, Alexandre, whom throughout the argu ment M. Trouard Rlolle had hinted at ai being the accomplices of Mme. Steinheil. Woman to Address Jnrj, Throughout the day Mme. Steinheil ssemed terribly depressed. Not once did she Interrupt the proceedings, though fre quently she clinched her fists and showed s:gns of anger when the prosecutor made particularly odious Insinuations agalnrt her. It is understood that at the conclu sion of M. Aubln's address Mme. S'.eln hell Intends to take advantage of the priv ilege accorded an accused person and ad dress the ury In her own behalf. This would make a dramatic climax and it Is expfcied have a powerful Influence on the ury, which tonight is reported to bo evenly divide.! as to her guilt or innocence. Two things must be remembered in con ni c Ion wlin a Frennh verdict. First, the maority vcte prevails, the foreman of the ury having two votes if there be a tie; second, that the urors ar? not confined, but are permitted to return to their homes at night, where they are subjected to the posslbla influence of their wives. It U notorious that whereas a majority of the men favor the acquittal of Mme. Stein htll, the women are practically unanimous In the belief that she Is guilty. Mme. Steinheil is being deluged with let ters of every character, many of them con taining offers of marriage if she is ac quitted. Enterprising theatrical managers are trying to arrange for her Immediate appearance on the stage after release, one having offered 12,000 for thirty appearances. Mme. Steinheil la represented aa having thrown these lettera away la ft rags. NO 0VfL5S IN IT FOR THIS Janitor of Bank Under Arrest for Aiding Robber Negro Chauffeur Shot by New Albany Bandit is Not Expected to Live. NEW ALB ANT. Ind., Nov. 12. The Jani tor of tha Merchanta National bank was arrested today pending an Investigation Into his reported complicity with Thomas Jefferson Hall, In an attempt to rob the bank .and the shooting of Cashier Fawcett, President Woodward and Jamea Tuckor; a chauffeur yesterday. The condition of John K. Woodward, president of the Merchants National bank of New Albany, and Jamea Tucker, the negro chauffeur, who were wounded yester day by Hall, the boy bandit of Louis ville, In the latter's sensational attempt to rob the bank, waa practically unchanged today. President Woodward Is In serious condition. The negro Is not expected to live. Hall, the bandit, who was arrested later for tha murder of J. Hangary Fawcett, the cashier bf the bank, takes his arrest coolly. Ills stepmother, who visited him early today, was asked what sort of novels the bov read. "Oh, I don't know their names," waa the reply, "but he always kept three or four new ones In he house, As fast as one was read, he would trade It for another. He was never without them." The boy's father says the lad Is not Insane. "He la Just mean." NATIONAL GRANGE OPPOSES CENTRAL BANK Resolutions Psmcd at Ilea Moines Meeting Declare Idea Dangerous and Condemn It. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Nov. 12. (Special TelegramsAt- the meeting of the National Grange today resolutions were passed con demning the Idea of a central bank as a revival of a dangerous proposition which once raised Its head, but was killed by the veto of a brave president. As representtnu 1.000.000 people, the Grange resolutions un alterably oppose the Idea. EH Hardin, ex-chlef of : detectives -f Iowa, who Is under sentence to the peni tentiary for spiriting away witnessis wanted In a suit here, may bo pardoned by Governor Carroll, on condition that Hardin never return to Iowa. If he should return he will be sent to the penitentiary. Hardin Is now working In a wholesale fruit house in California. HOGS UP - THIRTY PER CENT This la Average Advance Over One Yenr Ago, Says Depart ment. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-A SO per cent Increase In the price of hogs at western markets over a year ago Is the average reported by the Department o' Agriculture as prevailing on or aboi.i November 1. Cattlo were approximately 18 per cent higher. Move for Deep Waterways Makes Demand for Engineers WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. -With the In - ctease of interest In the improvement of waterways ana tne construction or tne Panama canal claiming 7 per cent of his officers, General Marshall, chief of en gineers of the United States army, has begun a campaign for an Increase In the number of officers In the corps of en gineers. Instead of 188 officers he says there should be at least 248 with Its pres ent enlistment. Should the enlistment be Increased ss recommended still larger num bers of gtflcari will be needed DAY! BOY BANDIT SHOOTS HIMSELF Earl Bullock Robs Bank at Eudora, Kan., Second Time Within Month DRIVEN TO BAY B Y POSSE Probably Fatallv Wounds Himself After Fntlle Effort to Escape Bank Cashier la Shot Through Jaw. EUDORA, Kan., Nov. 12. Driven to bay by an armed mob, Karl Bullock, tho 17- j ear-old bandit, of Lawrence, Kan., who twice within the last month haa robbed the Eudora State bank, murdered a police man and shot another man, probably fatally wounded himself In an attempt to commit suicide near here this afternoon. Bullock's attempted suicide followed h's second robbery of a bank here today and his shooting of Fred Starr, cashier of the Kaw Valley State bank of Eudora, who was In the Eudora State bank with his day's clearings. Accompanied by William McKay, 15 years old, of Jacksonville, Fla., Bullock held up tho bank. Although Starr offered no resistance to the holdup, Bul lock shot him through the Jaw. Snatching more than SSOO, Bullock fled, followed by his companion. Each youth he" two re volvers. Harry Wilson, cashier of the robbed bank, sprend the alarm and a crow-d of citizens, armed with shotguns, rifles and revolvers, pursued the boy bandit across the fields. In attempting to swim the Kaw river the boys lost ground and a few minutes later the mob was at their heels. McKay surrendered, but Bullock, wrenching the revolvers from his falter ing partner's hands, sped Into a patch of wood. John Miller, a farmer In no way con nected with the pursuit, stepped Into Bul lock's path and the boy, thinking htm an enemy, fired. His shots mlssod Miller and the posse, seeing the youth was ready to shoot, fired a score of shots at him. Bul lock returned the fire. But realizing he was about to be captured he shot him self through the head. Meantime the crowd threatened to lynch McKay. Officers hurried him to Law rence In an aatomoblle and placed him in Jail. Bullock's previous holdup of the Eudora bank and the murder of Policeman Wil son Prlngle took place on October 11. While In charge of D. 8. Woods, a deputy sheriff of Lawrence, who arrested the boy on a charge of robbing a second hand store, Bullock drew two revolvers and forced Woods and Cashier Wilson Into the bar k vault. Snatching between S00 and tl.'OO he fled. That night Prlngle was shot while at tempting to arrest Bullock at his home In Lawrence. Prlngle went to the door and called for Bullock. His answer va a rain of bullets which swept him down. He died In a few days. Efforts to locate Bullock were useless. He was reported to be In hiding In a wood near his home. Hamsun Jt. table. CHICAGO. Nov. li-Ramson K. Cable, former president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, died today. Mr. Cable was a director of the Rock Island road and many affiliated lines. I There are elKht members of the Japan- , An Increase in the number of noncom-I 'S8 I'riiamcnt In the. party, one of the missioned officers was recommended. The!1'0"" of aru' . ot ''"u"" e. abashment of a grade In the corps to j be known as "military oversoer" or "en- ) listed specialist," was recommended. These i , , ' men would be assigned to work requiring special skill in the various companies, and to each seacoast fort, as foreman of en gineer construction aid working parties. Estimates for river and harbor Improve ment during tha coming fiscal year amounting to $27,0.'8.037 and 'not Including over t9.0OC.000 for continuing contracts,, wer Included in the repoaf Special Train is Due from Kansas City at 7:50 O'clock. MANY FEATURES ARE ARRANGED Party Will Be Met by Reception Committee at Burlington Station. DAY WILL BE UNUSUALLY BUSY Party Will See City from Aotomnbltea and Will VlevT McKcen'a Motor Shopa Ilanqnet In Evening; at Commercial Club. i Orr.nha today swings wide Its gaes c the honorary commerclr-J commissioners of pan. A special train of nine Pullmans will steam Into the Burlington stattlon at 7:.r.O o'clock this morning and from that hour until early Sunday morning, when the palatial train leaves for Denver, no sionr will be left unturned to entertain (he distinguished visitors from beyond the sf as. High officials of the state and of the city, tmmbc:s of tho Commercial club and society women of Omaha will oln In ex tending to the noled Japanese a hearty welcome and a d ly's entertainment has bten planned lhat will keep the visitors busy during their stay In tne city. An Informal reception will be held at the r urllngton station at 9 o'clock shortly after the arrival of the special from Kansas City. Governor A. C. Shnllenbergrr will welcome tho visitors on behnlf of the stat of Nebraska and Mayor J. C. Pahlmaii will voice tho greetings of Omaha. Colonel W. F. Cody will be one of the visitor! In tho city to o!n Ir the welcome. Attractive f ntrrnm Arranged. Throughout the day and evening a va rled program has been arranged. Tin women In the party will be entertained In various ways. Prominent society women have olned forces and they will be as sisted by Mrs. A. C. Shnllenbcrger, wlf of Governor SI nllenberger, and Mrs. W, J. Bryan of Lincoln, At noon they will have luncheon at tin home of Mrs. C. N. Dletz and during tho afternoon they will visit the homes oi J. 11. Millard, L. L. Kountze and later at the home of George A. Joslyn, where they will listen to an organ recital. They will be entertained at dinner, after which the women will witness the show at the Orpheum from boxes. Following the reception at the station the following program has been announced for the day's entertainment by tha Omaha Commercial club: 9:30 A. M Take McKecn motor cars for visit to and ln.,pct.on of Union Pacific snops and M( Kten Motor Car works,. Lemons, ration of elec.ric control of teu ton electrical storage Lattery truck at 11. a) o'clock. Car started, operated and stopped from a distance by r wireless system. Leave shops at 12 o'clock for Florence. li-.lQ P. M. Inspection of settling basins and pumping station of the Omaha Water W orks company. Luncheon will be served In the pumping station, Mlnne-Luxa, at I o'clock. Liave water works at I:4.i o'clock. On way bai k will be seen a demonstration by T. P. Stroud & Co.'s dirt moving ma chinery in operation. 2.4.S P. M Visit to Lane cut-off, thence through stock yards and packing housu d 1b . i let, Souin Omaha, and back to Union depot, Omaha, arriving there at S.M o'clock. K:.;o P. M. Automobiles will be at Union depot to take tho commissioners around the cltv. Run will take In wholesale, re tall and residence portions, boulevards and parks. Visit Linlnger art nailery Klght emth and Davenport streeta) enroute, and leach residence of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Joslyn, Thirty-ninth and Davenport streets, at 4:30 o'clock for a brief muslcalo. Rdturu to depot not later than 5:15 o'clook. Banquet at Commercial Club. Automobiles will be at the Union station at 6 o'clock, where the train will then bo standing ready for the trip westward over the Union Pacific to carry the party up town. A formal reception will be tendered In the Commercial club rooms at 6:3J o'clock, and at 7 o'clock the formal ban quet will be served. Tills will end the day's festivities. A special edition of the beautiful Omaha booklet, with special cover for the occasion, has been printed, and one will be glvea to each visitor at the club rooms. The key t the city will also be presented to eae,i, tho "stiver keys with "Omaha" In ecroll. The menu card at the banquet In the even ing will also be a handsome souvenir of the visit to the Gate City. In addition to these, each visitor will be handed a pack age of postal cards of Omaha, Including one with a portrait of W. J. Bryan, and another of his home at Lincoln. The two speakers of the evening at the banquet Saturday night at the Commercial club rooms will be W. J. Bryan and F. I Hallrr, regent-elect of the University of Nebranka. Assisting in the reception of the noted visitors will be Governor Shallen- berger. Dr. Frederick II. Millener has his big truck at the Union pacific shops all ready to demonstrate the use "of wireless clic trlclty In handling power from a distance. As the Japanese have a special committee to Investigate electricity and the transir.ln sion of control, this will be nion Interest ing, as Dr. Milli ner Is the plnncer In this work. His success in lighting the Audi torium from tho government station at Fort Omaha last spring during the elec trical show has attracted attention all over the country. 1'ersonael of the Commission. There are fifiy-eight Japanese in the party, of whom thirty-nine are commis sioners, tlilrteeii are private secretaries and six ore women. Five of the women accompany their husbands and one, Miss TakanasW, Is a niei-e of Uaron Shlbusuwa, the head of the party. The women dress In their native costumes and have received marked social attentions upon the Pacific coast and In all the eastern and mlddln western cities thus far visited. The women are the Baroness Shitiusawa, Baroness Kanda. Mudame Midzuno, Madame ilorl koshl, Madame Tukl and Miss Tukanashl. inn houses of Jaoan are r. Diesented-that of Baron Shlbuaawa by the baron In per son, and that of Mitsui Co. by Mr. KetiZ) Iwahara, Its managing director. Six other extensive bankers are also in the party. Nearly every line of Industry and com merce Is represented In the commission, Including ownership and management of electric railways, shipbuilding, manufac turing of silk and cotton fabrics, export ing and Importing and stock brokerage. The professions of law arid medicine are