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VOL. XXXIX NV 239.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH '24, l nr TWELVE PAGES.
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Some Progress Made toward EettU
ment of Philadelphia Trouble
in All-Night Conference.
COMBATTING LEADERS PRESENT
Transit Officert, Labor Chiefs and
State Senator All There.
MEN APPROVE CHIEFS' ACTION
Motormen and Conductors in Mass
Meeting" Endorse Stand. '
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE IS DYING
Thirty-Five Thonuind Memberu of
tha Textile Worker' Union Be
tr to Work State Eseco
tlT Connell Meet.
PHILADELPHIA. March 23 Although
participants In the conference between
atrlke leaders, transit company, directors
and politicians, which were conferred with
today, stated no . agreement had been
reached and that a settlement of the street
rar strike waa not yet In sight. It Is be
Ilevcd a step toward a aettlement of the
difficulty has been taken.
The conference was hald In the residence
of Oeorge P. Karle, ona of the represent
ative of the city on the board of direc
tors for tha transit company. For the
first time all the principal labor leaders
wea brought together and discussed with
numbers . of the board of directors their
stand In th controversy between the car
men and the tranalt company. Several of
tha national officers of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electrio Railway
Employes, as well as tho members of the
committer of ten which has charge of the
local mpathetlo atrlke were present
Start Senator Jamea P. McNIchol and
Frank Beeney, chief of the bureau of ele
vator Inspection at cltyi hall and former
president of tha Central Labor union, was
alao in attendance. ;
Conference Holds Late.
It was after S o'clock before the last of
th conferees had left Earle'a residence.
I Every one was reticent In dlsouestng the
. meeting, although, Pnsldept W. D. Mahon,
president of th carmen' union and Sena
tor McNIchol both stated that a settlement
la not yet In sight
As the aettlement of the street car men s
trouble continue to be delayed, th leaders
of th general sympathetic strike are find
In: It harder to keep their followers In
line. - '
The textile workers ln: Kensington who,
together with the members of th allied
. building trades formed tha backbone of the
e-enaral strike, resumed work today. The
textile ' union represent about 38,000 . per
It is generally agreed Breton labor leaders
and others Xtxui Xtic .general im iu m
v tha ear, men was not a aucoessful move.
The executive eouricll of the state federa
tion of . labor, will, however, meet at
"Wllkea-Barr today to consider further the
question of calling a state-wide strike.
Stssi Br ' Leaden.
At a mass meeting of the striking motor-
men and conductors, held this afternoon,
the stand of their leaders In refusing to ac
cept the proposition made by the company
through Mayor Reyburn was endorsed and
It was voted not to return to work until
the company agreed to give the men back
thlr -old runs, thereby preserving their
rights of seniority.
C O. Pratt, the national organiser, told
the carmen not to worry about tha smypa
thetle strikers who were returning to work
In such large numbers. He said it was
best for them to go back and give the car
men their flnnncial support.
A special conference of the department
chiefs was held In the mayor's office In
the city hall today at which it waa de
cided to Introduce In councils a bill ap
propriating $10,000 to pay the special police
men who have barn on duty since the strike
and 3100,000 for Incidental expenses In con
nection with th strike.
State-Wide Strike Postponed.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 23. Presi
dent Qreenawalt of the Stat Federation
t Labor this afternoon gave out a, state
iJmt that there would be no state-wide
strike as long as there was a possibility
of a Jettlement of the street car men's
strike In Philadelphia.
President Qreenawalt was surprised and
somewhat disappointed today when ha
read the strike news from Philadelphia.
Be said: "It's too bad."
- Asked what effeot the action of the 25,000
textile worker of Philadelphia In voting
to go back to work would hav on the
deliberations of the executive committee In
' this city, Mr. Qreenawalt said:
"None."
WINNEBAGO BILL, PASSES
Eeaat Takes Favorable Action ' oa
Meaaare Admitting; Them Be
fore Court of Claim.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
' WASHINGTON. March .-(Spec!al Tel
egram.) The senate committee on Indian
kttalra today made a favorable report on
Sena'or Brown'a bill grntlng the Winne
bago Indians In Nebraska the right to take
their claim against the general govern
ment to the court of claim.
The senat today passed Senator Brown's
bill providing that lands owned by the
Omaha Indian In Nebraska ehlefly lying
111 Thurston county shall hereafter be
placed on the county tax list and subject
to the same rat of taxation as may be
exacted from white owner of realty.
Rural carrier appointed are a follows:
t Nebraska Axtelfc rout S, W. 8. Rl&Ve
Dian, carrier; Eva G. Btakeman, substitute.
. South Dakota Watertown, route (, John
W. Marston, carrier; Antonla Lt Marston,
aubstltute.
Excelsior Spring- Btrslsg,
KANSAS CITY. March 23.-Kxcellor
Springs, Mo., the famous watering place,
twenty-six mllee northeast of her, is re
pvrtid to b In danger of destruction by
fire. Thirteen buildings hav already
feuded. Firemen hav left here tj fight
tliUame.
Parmer Commit Suicide.
MI TOH ELL fi. 1).. March . (Special.)
Jacob Bchrntdt, a farmer, resident fcf thU
eouitf.? f "T over a quarter of a ceatury,
t ended his life by th shotgun rout. ' He
placed th musake of th gun In til mouth
and pulM th trigger wfaii aeoted on th
PEACE HOVERS
OYER STRIKE
Dr. Cook Broke,
Funds All Gone,
& Also His Health
,.riorer Coming to New York, Writes
His Wife, and Will Lead
Simple Life.
BKLL1NOHAM, Wash.. March 23.-Dr.
William H. Axtell. a personal friend of
Frederick A. Cook, today received a letter
from Mrs., Cook, dated Valparaiso, Chile,
In which she says the explorer Is broken
In health, without fund and unable to
continue his fight to establish his claim
that ha discovered the pole. Dr. ' Axtell
Id today :
Mr. Cook tells m In her letter that
Cook made considerable money out of his
trip when he first arrived In New York,
but that he spent it In defending himself
against bitter attacks from his enemies
before th Copenhagen decision was mada
public
"Cook left New York later to escape
criticism, says Mrs. Cook, and to go before
tha T-oard of inquiry at Copenhagen as his
own representative. Then Mrs. Cook fol
lowed him, met blm In England, where
she found him a, nervous wreck and
very 111.
She writes that it waa bar fault that
Cook did not appear publicly at th time
he was unfavorably reported on. She took
him to Holland, Franoe, Italy, and then
to Spain, where they embarked far Buenos
Ayres.
'From Buenos Ayres they went around
Cap Horn to Chile. Cook is still very 111
and will be In no condition to make the
fight for th honors which, he says, should
hav been his."
Dr. Axtell added that, according to the
letter, the explorer and his family will ar
rive quietly in New York tomorrow and
will settle down for a quiet life.
Mrs. Cook says, ha continued, "that her
husband has no fund with, which to go
to the Arctio regions after the proofs re
quired by the University of Copenhagen,
and that If he had the necessary cash, he
knows of no one he could trust to do the
work for him."
Sixty Thousand
Loss at North Bend
Fire Started by High Wind Takes
Elevator, Lumber Yard and
' - ' Other Buildings.
, FREMONT, Neb., March 23. (Special
Telegram.) A bad fire broke out at North
Bond shortly before noon today and before
It was finally under control, at 4 p. m.,
buildings and their contents of the value
of StO.000 were destroyed.. The fire caught
presumably from a spark from a locotnor
tiva In Dowling A Purcell' elevator near
the southeast, corner of the. town , and.
driven, by th south wind which-was blow
Ing ft gale, spread to tlje Chearney ft Wat-
on lumber yards and oal shadM. which
wer soon on Xlre. ft then crossed the
street and wiped out a row of frame build
ings ocoupled by. Tom Langdon as a hotel
ajid. restaurant arid the North Bend bowl
ing alleys. .Two storage buildings and a
big Ice house were also burned. Chearney
& Watson's big Implement warehouse was
saved with hard work.
The First National" bank . building,
Hearst's furniture store and a number of
the principal business buildings of the
town were on fire a number of times, but
were saved.. The occupant of a good many
buildings began preparations to move out
what they could. The Fremont fire de
partment arrived at 1:30 with additional
equipment and twenty-five men and did
good work. The heaviest losers are Dowl
ing. & Purcell and Chearney & Watson.
The loss Is estimated at 160,000. - The total
Insurance is said to be about 140.000, but
th exact amount cannot be learned.
Engine Starts
Prairie Fire
Sparks from Locomotive Near Cairo,
Neb., Cause Big Damage
from Blaze.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 23.-(Spe-
clal Telegram.) Sparks from a Burlington
engine set fire to the prairie three miles
northwest of Cairo this afternoon and In
a short time the fire was beyond apparent
control. While this la in th sandhill re
gion and the country Is not so thickly
settled, considerable damage Is believed to
hav been done. At 4 o'clock all errort
to head off the fire' was useless and the
efforts of the pople of th vicinity were
confined to keeping the fire from spread
ing east and west. It was feared that It
would cover the entire territory to the
Loup river, five miles distant, but at 9
o'clock It was reported' from Cairo that
no reflection in the iky Is visible and the
fire la believed to have burned Itself out.
Two barns and one house are said to
have been destroyed, together with quite a
number of stacks of hay.
A territory three by five miles was
burned. '
LITTLE GIRL BURNS TO DEATH
Child la Cremated in Home Mother
and Two Other !Sarrowlr
Escape.
GARDEN CITY, Kan., March II Ida, the
15-year-old daughter of W. H. Brown, was
burned to death and two other children and
their mother had narrow escapes from
death In a fire thut destroyed the gnv(,r
Moon rtaurant building here today. The
wrman and tier three children wer sleep
ing upstair when th fire brpke out.
Death in Belgian Cloister
Enriches Poor Omaha Family
Five year Mra Margaret Cousin ha been Omaha of hi life In Europe, and tho peo-
toillng for th aupport of her five little
children, striving to kotp up th horn at
S230tt South Sixth street, where their .father
died, leaving them In penury. ' Now,
through th death In a Belgian cloister
of Alme Jean Cousin, a relative, that
Ren Cousin hsd , never mentioned to his
wife, they received a 'legacy of fi.OuO.
Now there will b shoes and school books
In plenty for little Jean and fnuslo lessons
for Maria
Ren Cousin never told hi family In
GRAFT SCANDAL
STILLG110WING
Nine More Take "Immunity Baths"
in Pittsburg; Conspiracy Case,
Involving Twenty-nine Men.
ONE PENITENT WEEPS LIKE CHILD
Wasson Breaks Down and "Captain"
Klein Tries, to Sooth Him.
HEARING SLATED FOR MONDAY
Indicted Ones to Receive Early Trial
Following Confessions.
ANTI-JURY FIXING CRUSADE
petetylves tlert ,to Catch Persons
Bribery Money and Five Sns
pert Are Oasted from the
Court House.
PITTSBURG, March 23. Nine morn men,
conscience-stricken over taking money for
their votes, appeared before Judgo R. S.
Frazer today, and, telling all they knew
of the cnuncllmanio graft conspiracy, had
sentence postponed.
Besides these nine, William Brand, former
president of tho common council and one
of the ringleaders, according to those who
confessed, . has also made a confession.
which Is In th hands of th district at
torney. J. C. Wasson, who Is In the peni
tentiary, made his confession to the grand
Jury today. He wept like a child during
his recital, while John F. Klein, the arch
confessor, tried to sooth him. 1
With complete statements from Brand,
Warson and Klein, who were the principals
In the conspiracy, according to their own
statements, It is snld the district attorney
Is ready to proceed against the bribe
givers and although no names are given
out Wasson' statement is said to Implicate
some prominent men.
Trial Set for Monday.
Th opportunity to confess voluntarily
and receive postponed sentences or "Im
munity" has passed for those that have
not come forward. Those that have been
indicted will be brought to trial. The first
trial will begin Monday.
Already an anti-Jury fixing crusado has
been started by the district attorney.- To
day five men were literally yanked from
the court room by county- detectives. It Ib
snld they were busy with bribery money
for Jurors about the court house corridors.
Etch man was put through a severe ex
oirlratlon and arrests are predicted of a
number -of others known' about the court
house to be Jury fixers. 1 "
No Indictments were handed down by the
grand Jury today, although they - have
sufficient evidence, for - true b(lla against
mora than-half a hundred. These will
come along, according to the aeslftant
district attorney, before the end of the
I Week. T?e tndiatmenta, It. Is wki,, w!ll
bring Into the graft crusade bankers, real
estate men and manufacturers.
Twetjr-nla' "Bath" Given..
At noon today twenty-nine, former and
sixty members of the municipal legislative
machine of the city of Greater Pittsburg
had received Immunity at the hands of a
Judge and the prosecuting attorneys.
Those caught In the public prosecutor's
dragnet from now on. It Is said, will be
prosecuted to the ullest extent of the law.
With the , full confession of two of the
ring leaders of the graft councils of 19?8
and the confession of William Brand,
former president of the common councils,
expected hourly, material Is hi the hands
of the district attorney to indict many
mere persons for grafting.
Joseph C. Wasson, now a convict and
formerly a select councilman; Captain John
Klein, formerly councilman and now under
penitentiary sentence, and William Brand,
also a convicted grafter, are the men on
whom the district attorney Is relying for
his final probe into municipal rottenness.
.
Labor Leader
Asked to Leave
City Council of Franklin, N. H., Takes
. New Method to Prevent Strike
of Paper Makers.
FRANKLIN, N. H. March 23.-The ma
chinery of the city government waa em
ployed today to prevent a strike of the In
ternattonal Paper Mill employee here. The
city council requested John If. Malln, presi
dent of the International Sulphite Paper
and Paper Mill Workers' union to leave
town.
RUMFORD FALLS. Me., March 23.
George J. Schneider, vice president of the
International Brotherhood of Paper Work
ers, who with president John H. Malin, of
th International Sulphite Pulp and Papr
Mill Worker', was "deported" recently by
a committee of cltixens, . returned today.
He waa accompanied by Mr. Burns, who
waa said to be a lawyer and to represent
the American Federation of Labor.
STOCK LAW AND TERMINALS
Judge Htner of St. Lonls Take New
View of th Tweatr-Elsht-Hour
Aet. .
8T. LOUIS, March 23 Judge Rlner of the
United State court of appeals today held
a federal twenty-eight-hour food and water
law relating to the shipments of live stock
does not hold against a terminal railroad
company, unless th terminal company de
lays the shipment the full time on It own
track. , .t,I
pie h had left behind him. Aunt Almee,
th nun in Belgian, wa not known to her
nelce and nephews In Omaha until she
became their benefactor at her death In
February In the cloister at Brussels.
Life haa been a hard struggle for Mra
Cousin. At times ah ha worked out by
day. When th car of her children would
not permit her leaving home, ah took In
washings. Under no conditions would she
give up her children or allow them to be
separated. Now th task will be an easier
on.
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From tha Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CONGER A SOCIAL SUICIDE
New York State Senator Called This
in Lawyer's Address.
BRIBERY CASE GOES TO JURY
Alld'a Fate Rest with Fortr-nlne
Fellow Representative Juror
Warned Aaalnst XeatleptluK
Public Opinion.
ALBANY, N. Y., March 23. "A hero, a
martyr, a political, and social suicide for
the good of his country."
This was the- wreath placed upon th
head of Senator Benn Conger today by his
chief counsel, , James W. Osborne, ' when
concluding his summing up In the senate's
investigation of Conger' bribery charges
against Senator Allda, and left his client's
case In the hands of the Jury of forty-nln
senator. Conger sat . with hi wife and
hi ion beside blm. '
'Tv heard some say that Benn Conger
is a bad as Joe AUdfi." 'Mr. Oaborne be
gan. "Now eourageMa "yje tiHagev i t our
race. " But is there one of you -that has got
the courage Congeriha one of you, who
would do what Conger has done? Not one.
I wouldn't. '
"Would I leave for my children, and for
my children' children the stain. he' bound
to leave upon them for all time? Think of
It and tell me why did Conger: do it?
Conger got nothing out of it but sorrow
and misery and all that he'll ever feel is
the thorns that press down on his head.
He' believed that his country's cause and
his country's good was greater than any
thing he might sacrifice. No matter what
happens to Allda, Conger haa committed
an' act of suicide, politically and socially,
for his country's good." ' .
Both Osborne and Judge Augusta Van
Wyck, 'who delivered the first half of the
closing argument for Conger this morning,
warned the senators against neglecting pub
lic opinion. . "
"Public indignation cannot be kept out
of this court room," aHsertcd Osborne.
"Throughout the length of this United
States I see a revival of public conosclence.
I see It In Washington, I see It In Albany;
thank God, I even see It in that last ex
pected place, Pittsburg." '
Although there was some talk today of
a change in the program, the senate still
plans not to vote on the question of sus
taining the Conger charges until Tuesday,
March 29.
PRINCETON MEN IN
A MUSICAL COMEDY
University Trlangrle Club Will Give
Bntertalnment In Title in
Middle State.
PRINCETON, N. J... March 23. The Tri
angle club of Princeton university left here
In private car today for ad extended west
ern trip with seventy-five undergraduates,
constituting the cast, chorus, orchestra,
electricians, stage director, etc., of "His
Honor, The Sultan,", a musical comedy.
The play will be presented tonight in
Newark, tomorrow at Washington, Friday
at Indianapolis, Saturday at St. Louis,
Monday at Chicago and Tuesday at Pitts
burg, under the auspices of the various
alumni associations. The libretto was writ
ten by Cyrus McCormick 191S, a son of
Cyrus H. McCormick "79 of Chicago. The
music is the composition (Jf E. Paul Nevln,
1912 of New York, a son of the late Albert
Nevln, the composer.
At St. Iouls on Saturday, the club will
participate In the program of the Western
Association of Princeton clubs, which
meets there. President Woodrow Wilson
being the chief speaker of the convention.
Lsmei In Wall Street, Cause Suicide.
PHILADELPHIA, March 23 While a
train on which lie waa a paHsentter was
pulling into the station here tuday Wlllluin
H. wanbermT. advertlHlrg nutnatter of a
big Chetntit street departmunt store. nhot
end killed himself. A letter addrem-ed to
hie wlfo stated that he hnd met with re
verse in Wall street speculation.
This is moving and
house cleaning sea
son. You are Interested in it in one
way or another. It is made easy
by those dealers in that line. Road
the column today! Moving and
House Cleaning., It will help you
to do what you are thinking of
doing.
.Phone Douglas 233 and an
accommodating staff will at
tend to you in a jiffy.
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THE NEW WAY I
Two More Wreck
Victims Are Dead
at Marshalltown
Total' Number of Fatalities in Rock
Island Disaster is Now
Forty-Nine.
MARSHALLTOWN, la., March l$.-Two
victlmB of the wreck of the Rock Island
"Twin City Express" died In Marsha41town
hospital today, Increasing the list of
fatalities to forty-nln.'
Additional dead:
A. H. HAEGEL, Waterloo, wire chief
Iowa Telephone company.
' CHARLES E. DAVIS, Minneapolis,
. AddKlonal Identified dead:
MRS. ANNIE HOUSTMAN.
MRS. MARY E. PARRISH. Sedalia, Mo.
Milton Parrlsh. her husband, first Iden
tified as G. W. Blair, Sedalia, mlao la among
the dead. A card bearing Blair's name waa
found on th body, but Identification seems
quH -poMUve a that of Parrlsh and hi
- i - - -
WTCO( . -.i . ' .......
Partial identification baa been made of
Mr. Arthur Nolta, Muscatine.
Th body of on woman remain uniden
tified, of which the following 1 a deecrlp
tlon: Height about five feet six Inches, weight
about 100 pound; age from 60 to 66 years,
gray hair, large mole on right aid of
neck.
L. M. Wallln, Waahburn, N. D. la in a
serious condition and death is expected.
He Is suffering from a fractured skull.
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Harness Makers
Wait on Bosses
Secretary of United Brotherhood Says
Strikers Will Meet Employ-
ers Half Way.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March ?3.-.T. J.
Ffelffer, secretary of the United Brother
hood of Leather Workers ori Horse Goods,
announced today that, he had received re
ports from Waco, Tex., and Denver that a
number of union men had been re-employed
In those cltiea today by leather
manufacturers who have granted the de
mands of the union.
Secretary Pfetffer said that the strikers
were willing to meet the manufacturers
half-way in an effort to settle the strike.
'We are watting for the National Sad
dlery Manufacturers' association to make
a reasonable proposition," he said.
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POULTRY DEALERS INDICTED
BUI Against Member of Allea-ed
Combine that Fixe Price
' for Live Fowl.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Thlrty to thlrty-
ftv Indictments have been found against
the head of the poultry trade in this city
by the graend Jury, which ha been In
vestigating the charges that th live poul
try dealer fixed price.
Roosevelt Will
of Rumors
j -
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, March 23. Colonel
Roosevelt was asked today whether it wa
true, as reported from Washington, that
he had summoned Gifford Pinchot. the de
posed chief forester of the United States,
to meet hlra at Naples or some other Eu
ropean point for a conference concerning
the Balllnger-Plnchot -controverey and th
present conservation policy of the adminis
tration. The inquiry, however, brought no re
sponse other than Mr. Roosevelt was con
sistently holding to his determination, an
nounced a ho emerged from the Jungle,
not to answer any question on any matter
personal or political.
Cable advices received here state that
Mr. Pinchot will reach Hamburg on the
steamer President Grant next Monday. It
la also stated that Mr. Pinchot sailed for
Europe at the request of Mr. Roosevelt
and that the latter proposes to learn first
hand bow his friend became Involved In
th quarrel with Secretary Balllnger, which
spilt, tha conservation force Into two fac
tions, tha on opposed to Mr. Pinchot re
ceiving the support of President Taft.
Thes cahli advlcVs wer laid before
Colonel Roosevelt, but while there I rea
son to believe he was Interested in them
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GENERAL BELL BADLY BURT
Auto in Which Chief of Staff is Rid
ing is Hit by Trolley Car.
MRS. HERBERT J. SL0CUM KILLED
Wife of Junior Inspector General of
Department of Kami Crushed to
Death Husband I Nephew
of Mr. Sag;.
WAPHINGTON.March 23.-MAjur be,.
eral Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the
United States army, who was injured to
day In an automobile accident In which
Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum, wife of Major
Slocum, U. 8. A waa killed, was reported
tonight to be resting comfortably. One of
his rib wa broken and he suffered some
scalp wounds, but no Internal Injuries have
been discovered and. no complications of
ahy sort have Set In
' Major Slocum, -who Is a member of the
Seventeenth cavalry and now stationed at
Governor' Island, New York, arrived to-.
plght.'wijh his son. JeVmanei who t also
ft Governor' Islanfl, and Theodore, a stu
dent at Princeton University. He' was met
at the train by Inspector General Darling
ton! almost a life-long friend, and Colonel
Crowder, of the Judge advocate general's
office, and Lieutenant Colonel Kean, an as
sistant to the surgeon general. ,
No further arrangements have been made
for the funeral of Mrs. Slocum than that
the body- will be taken after the Inquest
tomorrow to the home of her birth, Ossln
nlng, N. Y. Mr. and Mr. Robinson, the
latter a sister of Mr. Slocum, and Miss
Robinson of New York also arrived here
tonight.
. General Wood I Shocked.
NEW YORK, March 23. Major General
Leonard Wood, In command of the De
partment of the East and who Is slated
to succeed General Belr as chief of staff
of the army on April 22, was deeply
shocked today when Informed of the acci
dent at Washington.
It' is probable that General Wood, In
the event of General Bell being Incapaci
tated, will go to Washington immediately
and assume the administration of the
army.
Mrs. Slocum, who waa killed, was the
wife of Major Slocum of the Seventh
cavalry, and he has been statiooned here
on Governor's Island a Junior inspector
general of the Department of the East.
Major Slocum Is a brother of Major
Stephen L. H. Slocum, United States mili
tary attache at St. Petersburg, and a
nephew of Mrs. Russell Sage. Their
father, Mrs. Sage' brother. Is an admin
istrator of the Russell Sage estate. Mrs.
Mrs. Stephen Slocum Is now west with Mrs.
Sage, but they are on their way home.
"Mrs. Herbert Slocum went to Wash
ington only a few days ago-to visit Gen
eral Bell and his family," said General
Wood today. "She took her two little
sons with her. She wks a Miss Brandreth
of the New York family. The entire army
will regret her death. She waa one of the7
finest and ( most lovable womtn I ever
knew, and she enjoyed tho esteem of all."
Stork Exrhangr Will Close.
NEW YORK, March 23.-The New York
Stock exchange will bo oloscd on Good Frl
Jny and Saturday of this week.
Not Talk
About Pinchot
they elicited no word Indicating the atti
tude of the former president In the matter
or whether he would concern himself with
a matter of Such moment to the adminis
tration of President Taft and the repub
Ucan party.
As the time approaches for Colonel Roose
velt's arrival at Cairo there I much talk
of the. polio arrangement for hi safety
and convenience. With characteristic as
surance of being able to take care of him
self the colonel does not desire police pro
tection, th Idea of which la not at all to
his liking. However, th British authori
ties have prepared for any eventallty and
do not propose that their distinguished
guest shall be subjected to any Inconven
ience or annoyance.
This morning the Roosevelt's visited the
temple of Luxor and Karnak, and this af
ternoon Mr. Roosevelt planned to address
the American mission school. Mr. Roose
velt wa much Interested in th tomb of
th king visited.
- Last night' dance at th winter palace
wa an enjoyable affair. Kermlt Roose
velt and Miss Ethel participated.
The Indication are that Colonel Roose
velt will receive a splendid welcome at
Cairo.
WORK BEGINS IN .
HOUSE CAUCUS
Republicans Get Together First on
Kales Committee Election, with
Most All Insurgents Present,
TENTATIVE SELECTIONS ALL MADU
Dalzell, Smith, Fassett, Lonjworth,
Laurence and Kahn Favored.
INSURGENTS APPEAR PLEASED
Little Hostile Talk Heard in Repub
lican Ranks During- Day.
Representative Kltajrcrald th Bon
of Contention for riaoe on Rule
Committee Dlarontrnt Ap
parent Anions; Leader.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Repuolican
met In conference at 8 o'clock tonight to
choose their member of the new rule
committee. Practically all the Insurgent
were present. Speaker Cnnon was In th
room at the time, but It Is understood will
not participate In the caucus. Indications
show that there will be little or no con
tent. From all sources It seemed to be tho
perioral opinion that the following repub
licans would be named; ,
Dalzell (I'a), Hmlth (la). Fassett (X.
Y.), Longworth (O.), Lawrence( Mass.),
Kahn (Cal.).
The tentative selections are arranged In
the order of their probable choice. There
is no doubt about the first two, who are
members of tho present rules committee.
Fassett and Longworth are practically cer
tain. Lawrence and Knhn are mure, in
doubt, but if they are not chosen th
places may be filled by McCull of Mass
achusetts and Smith of California. Tho
latter is not satlnfaclory to the Insurgents,
however.
Insnrnent Well Pleaned.
The Insurgents today see.aed fairly well
pleased with the outlook. The personnol
of the above-named committee Is satisfac
tory to most of them. Vnero was littla
hostile talke among them toduy.
Unexpected signs of revolt have appeared
In the democratic camp. Ilepresontalve
Fitzgerald of New York Is the bone of con
tention. He led the band of twenty-threo
democrats off "the reservation" at the be
ginning of the present session of congress,
when they left the .leadership of Champ
Clark and voted with the republicans for
the adoption of the present rules.
Now that it is proposed to allow Mr.
Fitzgerald to retain hlo place on the new
committee by electing him in tho demo
cratic caucus Thursday night, signs of dis
content are making their appearance. .
Fltsaerald's Place,
i The fact that Fitzgerald votod with th
party consistently during tho recent tur
moil has greatly mtlgattd what waa re
garded as hi Mimnr . offense In the eye
of the- Clark followere Representative A.
Mitchell- Palmer of Pennsylvania has besn
mentioned oa a possibility for Fitzgerald'
scat on the' comrrtlttccT. ...
' When reports were circulated about tho
house that a "slate" had been prepared for
tonight's caucus there were somtf emphatlo
expressions of disapproval from regular i
publicans. "I want to tell you .that no slate will go
then," said Representative Madden of Illi
nois. Representative Kronmlller, also a "regu
lar," was somewhat wroth over any sug
gestion of a slate.
"I om opposed to any such move," h
said, "and will fight It."
A conference of the republican repurn
sentatlves of the border states, Including
Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, West Ir-
jglnia and other states, was called for 4
o'clock this afternoon to determine upon
their action in tonight's caucus.
KEN YON
SrtCEEDS
ELMS
Iowa Man' TVomtiiatlon to Be Assist
ant Attorney General Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, March 23 The senate
today confirmed the nomination of William
S. Kenyon of Iowa, to be assistant to tho
attorney general.
V ' J
Oxford Wins
Boat Race by
Three Lengths
Cambridge Rowers Defeated in Hol
low Fashion in Time Slower
Than Last Year.
PUTNEY, England, March 23,-Oxford
defeated Cambridge In tha annual eight
oared rowing race over the championship
course from Putney to Norlhlake In hollow
fashion today by three length. The time
was 20 minutes, 14 seconds. Last year Ox
ford won by three and one-half lengths,
in 13 minutes and CO seconds.
For the first mile the light bluet put up
a good fight and flattered their adherent
for a few minutes, but tnereafter th race
wa s procession, the only question being
how far ahead the favorites would be at
the winning point. ,
The Inter-vnrsity race wa never rowed
under more favorable weather oondltion.
It was a perfect spring day, the sun shin
ing brilliantly while there wa hardly
ripple on th Thames. There was practi
cally no choice In stations. Despite th
early hour of the start and the fact that
the contest was on Wednesday Instead of
on a Saturday as haa been usual, tha
crowd In attendance was quite up to th
usual standard. At points along th river
from which even a glimpse of the passing
boat could be obtained, were lined with
spectator, while, a always, a float of
launches and pleasure craft followed In th
wake of the shells.
The Oxonians remained strong favorite
among the riverside men, and In the betting
had the advantage of thirty-five pounds la
weight; but undaunted by these fact and
lack of popular confidence in their repre
sentatives, the Cambrldgltes turned out
in force and cheered encouragement to th
wearers of the light blu.
The official time of th winning craw at
the varlou point pn th coutve wa a
follow:
. Start 12:26; first mile 4 minutes, It sec
onds; Hamersmlth bridge, 7 minute, 41
seconds; t'hlswick church, II mlnuU-s, is)
seconds; Barnes hr-ldus, It minutes, 44 sec
onds; flulah, 20 minutes, 14 seconds.
According to th English practlc th
time of th dtifeated crew waa not taaaa.