Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 24, 1910, Image 1
Omaha Daily Bee.' The WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska Fair and warmer. For Iowa Fair and warmer. For weather report see page 2. THE OMAHA DEE a clean, reliable newspaper that la admitted to each and erery home OMAHA, TUKKIIAY MOUSING, MAY 24, 1910 TWELVK l'AUES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. xxxix-m 2111. MANY DEVICES , F0RC1IEATING Government Plays Its Trump Card in Prosecution of Sugar Official-. OLIVER SPITZER IS CALLED Man Convicted Last February Par doned bv President. Brokers Secure Duplicate Loans on Grain Receipts FRAUDS COMMENCED IN 1894 Bag: of First Used to Manipu late Scales. . TWO KINDS OF SPRING f ER Albany and Chica Grain Firm in Financial Tangle "Which Prom ises Sensation. greater navy is VOTED BYSENATE Appropriation Bill is Passed Provid ing Big Addition to Sea Fighting lorce. ri. i. WltnrH rll Wnsjes to It Welwhers nllh Money Knr II I in lr Mr. aesbrneht, . -J of the DrfruJanls. V ' N'KW YORK, May 23. The trtim. . In tho prosecution of Charles II. . secretary of the American SuKar Rek.ulng Company, was played at the opening of tho Sufiar trust underweighlng conspiracy trial today when Irosecutor Stlmson railed aa the government's first witness Oliver Bpitzer, superintendent of the WH llamsburg dorks who some months ago was convicted of underweighlng and sen tence! to two yeara In the federal peni tentiary at Atlanta. When Spttcer took the aland. John B. gtanghfleld for the defense claimed that under the federal statute Spltser, as a convicted rnan. could not testify. The sensation of the trial was then created by the declaration In court that Spltser had been pardoned, by President Taf t. Helke Is on V'&l In the United States clr- cult court, with five former employes of the American Sugar Refining company, on the charge of conspiring to defraud the government by underwelghlng cargoes of sugar Imports. Witnesses have testified to the discovery of fraudulent devices on the sugar docks at Williamsburg, whereby, it was alleged,' employes of the so-called Sonar trust manipulated the scales so aa to bring fbou underweights. On evidence of Richard Parr, a govern ment Inspector, who made a raid on the sugar docks In November, 1907. and others, Spltser, who waa the dock superintendent at the time and for some years previous, waa convicted, with four checkers em ployed under him, of coanectlon with th conspiracy to perpetrate frauds whereby . the government was cheated out of mll- . lions of dollars In sugar 4 u ties. The four checkers Boyle, Ooyls, Kehoe and Hennessey were seat to the Black- . well Island penitentiary for a year. Spltser gov two years in Atlanta. He protested Ignorance of frauds on tbe docks. Men "higher up" were sought, and Helke, the secretary of the trust, and rest-F eatfbracfil. ttia refinery superln- tehdeat, were indicted. With them on trial now, besides four other former company eheokers. Is Jamas K, Besvlernagel, tbe re finery cashier, who was tried with Spltser and tha others. . The Jury disagreed as to whether Beudai n.el ' had a part In 1 the 1 conspiracy, and It was decided to retry him. Big "of Lead Firs De-rice. As Bpltaer testified to the underwelffhlng frauds on the docks It was developed that President Taft granted him an unoondl tlonal pardon on May 19. 1 Spltser went back to the years 1894 and 1835, when, be said, on investigation he suade developed the fact that the check ers vera affecting the weights on raw V sugar toy placing small bags of lead on the beams of the soalea, causing the rec orded weights to drop below the actual, often as much as forty pounds on each draft In addition, Spltser said It was also the ' practice to stuff paper underneath the floors of tha scales for the earns purpose. lie said that whan Deputy Surveyor of Customs Vail took office, these devices were abandoned and the use of the steel corset spring was begun a ad continued Spltxer demonstrated In court the use of the bags of load. . He. walked over to the sample scale, which is one of the govern' ment's exhibits in. tbe case, and Indicated , ou the beam the placa wheru the bag was i 'impended. Testlfyinf regarding the use if rhe wire spring, which superceded the t bag of lead, Spltzer :ild that two styles of springs were used, a heavy one first and then a spring considerably lighter In weigh I, wording to members of the firm, lp lnstea(1 of two, the senate today passed statement from him about the!the naval appropriation bill. "The bill ALBANY. N. T., May 23Through the al leged manipulation of warehouse receipts, the firm of Durant A Elmore, grain merahants with offices In Albany, Chicago, Buffalo and Boston, has become Involved In a financial tangle, which promises sen sational developments. The National Com mercial bunk of Albany holds the com pany's paper for IIWO.OOO; the FlrBt National bank has $77,200 ard many thousands more are said to have been secured from out I of town Institutions. According to a statement by Vice Presi dent James If. Perkins of the National Commercial bank, the company Is "hope lessly Involved." "We are Informed," said Mr. Perkins, "that eight or nine banks hold tho firm's paper, besides grain com mission brokers with whom the firm lias dealt and a Dumbest of Individuals." , The exact condition of the firm's affairs not known, but an examination Is under v;ay. Gibson Oliver, treasurer of the com pany, has charge of affairs at Its Albany office, a but no shortage Is forthcoming. Edwin Moore, who was summoned from Chicago, Is as sisting In the examination. The scheme by which the money Is al leged to have-been secured was a simple one. Aa soon as a car load of grain was shipped from Chlcagd for the local firm, the manager received a warehouse receipt. This was In the regular course of business. Later on' the warehouse receipts are raid to have been so manipulated as to make possible the heavy loans from the banks on the bUls aa security. Tbe man whose duty Is said to have bean to take up the warehouse receipts when the grain waa actually delivered by the railroad company. It la alleged, did not do ao and hence the genuine bills were used over again. President Frederick A. Mead of the First National bank aald today bis bank holds $77,200 of the Durant & Elmlre paper, bear ing the personal endorsement of Messrs. Durant, Elmore and Oliver and secured by original bills of lading deposited as collat eral security for the loans. Careful Investigation led him to believe that the bank would be amply protected from any loss. The Durant A Elmore company Is under stood to have grain In Onoonta and In Boston valued at about (100,000 and much additional grain In transit from the west TWO BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT Monsters Will Be of Dreadnaught Type and Cost Millions. SUBMARINE SQUADRON APPROVED Torpedo Boats ' and Destroyers Ara Included in Provisions. CONDITIONS ABE TACKED TO BILL . i Work of Construction Is to He DIs. trlbnted and Mast Be. Built Indrr the Elsht-llour ' LlTT, WASHINGTON, May ' 23.-Votlng down, 2i to 39. an amendment offered by Mr. Burton to authorize only one new battle- 4 ( i Spotter's testimony regarding the weight lessening device of the newspapers under neath the scale was a new development liclke listened to Spltzer'a testimony with tense interest. Spltser talked freely about the frauds, by , which tho government was robbed of mil x lions of dollars. Ho eaid the use of th steel springs was stoppcet after the supra trust had paid the rebate to the govern ment as a result of the federal court. In reply to an Interrogation of the prose cution If lie had ever reported tho weigh ing frauds to anyone, Spltzer replied he hud' Informed a man tunned Leroy, who worked In the Wall street office of the sugar trust. Spltzer told of conversations he had with former cashier Jomes F. Hondernagel and ex-f uprrlntendent Frank W. Gorbracht, two of the defendants. The witness said when lie wanted to raise any of the checkers' wages he was obliged to put the matter before Bendernagel and Oerbracht. The government weighers wore favorites, over those of tho city weighers In .the matter of wages. He said every effort possible i made to conceal this from the other work ers on the dock. Frauds Stopped 1 Telephone. Spltzer said that In the fall of 1S06 he re oelved a telcphuu message which causod a letting up In the frauds. He said ho did i know who sent the message, which ned lilni to be cartful of the wlrj springs a3 the government was watchlnz tho dorks. fej:Vltser aid that following the raid In jS'ovMiiber. 1907, by the government he was Informed by Mr. Oerbracht that the weigh ers and himself would be taken rare of. "When the six welirhers were discharged, what happened?" "I paid them the same wages every week at my home," replied Mr. Spltzer, who sa .1 he money was given 1 1m each week by Mr. Oerbracht who left It In a pnckige at h s asrage. 'When did this money cease" "When I was sentenced last February," si sweitd Mr. Spltser. ' A'l'"' '"l1 h kn'w Secretary liclke, but Trial of Mrs. Doxey Begins at St. Louis Columbus, Neb., Woman is Arraigned on Charge, of Murdering Wil : liaa J. Erder. ST. LOUW, May 21 Mrs. Dora Elisabeth Doxey, who, with) her hunband. Dr. Lorea B. Doxey, is tinder Indictment . on the charge of murdering William . J. - Erder, Whom ft Is altered she married, was placed on trial here today. Tbe defense asked a severance of the trials and the state elected to try the woman first It la charged that Wnlle ahe was the wife of Erder, and also that of Doxey, ahe poisoned Erder with axsenlo. It developed at the coroner's Inquest that Erder ate heartily of a blackberry pie shortly before bis fatal Illness. Erder died In convulsions July 10, 1909, and shortly after It is charged that Mrs. Doxey sent Erder-s furniture to the home of Doxey In Columbus, Neb., and collected Erdrs life insurance. Mrs. Doxey, In an Interview last week, admitted sue married Erder while ahe was the wife of Doxey. She said she was not responsible for her acta, as she was under the Influence of morphine which her hus band sent her. HI nee she has been In Jail here she has been cured of the drug habit. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict that Doxey had a "guilty knowledge" of Erder's death. Last December the grand Jury returned indict ments. The defense will -claim that Erder took patent medicines. Mrs. Doxey has an nounced sho will not live with her husband again. "1 will do nothing out, of spite toward Dr. Doxey," Mrs. Doxey said, "but I ex pect to protect myself. He and I are quits forever, whatever Is tho outcome of this easo." Mrs. Doxy's father, Jefferson Fuller, of Joy, 111., and her sister, Mrs. 1). M. Morris of Evanston, III., took seats near the pris oner. When t lie examination of veniremen began, Mrs. Doxey bit her lips and clenched her hands. Tho defenso obtained, by the court rul ing, the names of the witnesses the slate had suppressed. ' The defenso filed an application for a chnime of venue from J mine McQuillan's court. Tho cuse wss sent to Judge Grimms' division for Immediate trial. carries an appropriation of almost 1134,000,. 000. It was before- the senate for two rlnvs'. the 'debate being confined- almost exclu sively to the battleship' question. ! Two Important amendments were adopted today. One of them, offered by Senator Johnston, appropriates S4n,000 for the pur chase of torpedo boats "whoso vitals are below the normal load line,", the-other by Senator Jones, eliminating railroad; county and municipal bonds . from the securities which may bo deposited by contractors. The naval Increase for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, provided by the bill, is as follows: Two first-class battleships, to cost not exceeding $8,000,000 each, and when equipped with armor and armament about 12,EOO,000 each; two fleet colliers, to cost not exceeding 11,000,000 each; five sub marine torpedo boats, not exceeding a to tal of $2,500,000; b!x torpedo boat destroy ers, cost hot exceeding $750,000 each. Senate More Generous. The house bill provided for only four submaries and no torpedo boat destroyers. The senate also added a provision that not more than one of the battleships should be built by the same company. The provi sion rnserted In the house requiring that the battleships and fleet colliers should be built under the "eight-hour law" was re tained by the senate. The closing hour of the debate served to elicit two Important historical revelations by -Senator Depew, which were given from his own store of information. One of them bore on the war with Spain and the other on the Venezuolan embrogllo with Great Britain In' the second administration of President Cleveland. ' The statement re garding . the Spanish was elicited' by an assertion by .Senator Heyaurn that the people themselves did not want wars,' but ge-iMTslly Tfrere compelled by theTV rulers to submit to them. Taking issue with the Idaho senator, Mr. Depew said that popular demand had forced the war with Spain on the country and that President McKlnley was opposed to It- He asserted that terms as favorable could have been obtained from Spain with out a conflict as with war "Does not the senator belief that but for the pressure of that time the presi dent would hve negotiated Spain off the American continent?" asked Mr. Hale'. 1 do," responded the New York senator "1 know of my own knowledge that' Spain was prepared to abandon Cuba and Porto Rico to prevent humiliation if it could bo assured in advance of the acceptance of the proposition.' He said President McKlnley had not been a strong enough personality to resist the popular will. Mr. Depew also related some history concerning the Venezuelan episode of tho first Cleveland administration. "An intimate who was also an intimate friend of Ird Salisbury, then the British prime minister,' he sad, "told mo that when the president's message was promul gated Lord Salisbury said to him,. ' be lieve that on account of the rancor coming down from the revolutionary war and ac centuated by certain occurences in the civil war, .America means to have a war with Great Britain at snmo time and I be lieve now Is the best time, when America has no navy. "The view of tho prime minister wus overruled by Queen Victoria, but If Iord Sall.sbui-y had the powers possessed by some of tho English prime ministers the Irsuc certainly would have been tried eiut." Mr. Depew used tho last Incident to en force nn argument In favor of a strong navy and for the present authorization f two new battleships of the DroadnouKht type. Mr. Ileyburn expressed the opinion that there should be a eont limed increase of the navy until the completion of tho Pan ama canal. The democrats voting for two battle ships were Clarke of Arkansas, Mclnery of Ioiilslana and Taylor. The republicans voting for one battleship were lirlstow-, Burton, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins, Dixon, Dolliver, Hale, LaFollette and Page. ?' ' 1 .sssssssasssssSSaBSWSBSsasssSsazaa sss BAILR0ADS AHE . N0TSLEEPING Evidence Accumulating that the Battle for Better Rates Is Just Beginning. SHIPPERS BEING URGED TO QUIT Intimations Gently Conveyed that Kicking is Dangerous. PURCHASING AGENTS ARE BUSY In Meeting Today the Missouri River Towns Will Be Heard. SUGAR AND COFFEE ALSO GO UP Whatrrr Action Is Taken Most lie at Once, as the Advanced Schedule of Rates Takes Effect In On M'crk. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Getting Into Full Swing. NORMS ANDHINSHAWREFUSE! Alleged Slaver of Jane Adams is Arraigned Nebraskana Will Not Agree to Caucus on Savings Bill. MASSACHUSETTS MAN HAS CALL Follows PrecedVtit to Have Majority Party Arr on Postal Savings Bank Measure Before Gen eral Discussion. Showers of Mrtrnrs at Bonne, la. BOONE. la.. May 23. -(Special Telegram.) This morning small meteors struck B lone at Eleventh und Monroe streets, greatly ex citing people In that neighborhood. Con ductor W. B. Harris has small portions of this ratu of minute meteors. The sub stanco is In the form of coal, apparently partly burned, it ts DeHevea the par ticles are from the tail of Halley's comet. ALBERT J. SNELL FOUND DEAD S, t pJJontlnutd ou Second rage) (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. May 23.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Representative Norrls and . Hen shaw have refused to sign a caucus call for the meeting of republicans next Wed nesday evening to consider the postal sav ings bank bill. Others of the insurgents to refuse to go into caucus are: Davis and Nelson of Minnesota If-pee and Lenroot of Wisconsin, Poindextr of Washington. Haugen of Iowa, Cronna of North Dakota ana rew others, who did not even have s chance to refuse to sign the call. Representative Weeks of Massachusetts, chairman of the house committee on post offices and postroadB, In asking for a Caucus on such important measure Is fol lowing precedent extending over fifty years. He is asking for consideration of the bill by the -majority charged with leglsatlon and if a majority should approve he will ask for a rule from the rules committee, which will prevent amendments being offered to the measuer as reported from the com mittee. ' It Is expected that republicans will re spond enmasse to the call for a caucus and will meet the demands of the Insurgents, who are holding out for a mandatory pro vision, requiring funds to be retained In communities In which they originate, more than half way. The call was not presented to Represen tative Polndexter of Washington, and one or two other "Insurgents." The Insurgents base their action upon their desire not to be bound by the result of a secret caucus as they preferred to see tho bill considered on the floor of the house.- ' Chairman Weeks of the committee on postoffiees and postroads said today that he had not doubht the bill would be made In the caucus Wednesday night. He said it was the purpose to allow the freest dis cussion and amendment of the bill then, and later (o bring It Into the house under a Hpeclal rule which would not permit of amendment on the floor. It was pointed out that a combination of democrats and republicans might de feat an attempt to bring such a rule Into the houso and Mr. Weeks admitted It was easily possible. If the bill were thrown open to amendment on the floor, Mr. Weeks expressed the fear that It might be picked to pieces with amendments such as was done In the case of the railroad bill. He contended that the Mil was a good o:ie in its present form. Senator Burkett will leave Washington Saturday to be present at tho memorial ex ercises under the ousplces of the Grand Army of the Republic at Lincoln on Mon day. Tho senator makes the principal speech on that occasion. The secretary of the treasjry has awarded the contract for the construction of the public building at Ottumwa, la., to Bart- lett & Klug of Cedar Rapids, la., for William Seyler, Who is Charged with Causing Death of Girl, is on Trial at Atlantic City. MATS LANDING, N. J., May 23. Charged with having been responsible for the death of Jane Adams, IS years old, at the Million Dollar pier in Atlantic City on the night of February 4, William Sey ler was called to face a jury In the At lantic county court. The disappearance of Jane Adams and the finding of her body In the surf nine days later created a sensation in this seotlon of New Jersey. Seyler, who is a young married man of Atlantic City, accompanied Jane Adams to a. moving picture show on -the pier. They were accompanied by Seyler'a brother, Orvie, and Miss Adams" sister Alloe, both younger than the principals In the tragedy. Later in the evening Seyler and Jane Adams went to the ocean end of the pier and the younger pair returned to- their homes. Jane Adams never returned home and the following day the two Seylers dis appeared. On February 13 the body of Jane was found In the surf at Chelsea, Suspicion having been directed to the Seylers, search was made for them and a week later they were found In Peters burg, Va. William Seyler denied all knowl edge of the death of the girl, but later confessed, declaring, It la alleged, that Jane Adams met her death accidentally while with him near the end of the pier. Iowa Will Take Action to Stop Raise in Rates Railroad Commission, Will Ask Attor ney General to Bring Suit to En join Advances. ' DES MOINES, la,. May 23. The Iowa Railroad commission today officially an announced that It will ask Attorney Gen eral Byers to bring suit before the Inter state Commerce commission If any of the railroads try to make effective the higher interstate rates which they have announced for tho first of the coming month. If the railroads do not restore the rates which have already been raised, the commission will take the same action. The proposed action Is the result of a complaint filed today by the Western Grocer's company. Ai. oriicial statement to the railroads was Issued. BOOSTERS GET TOWN DEPOT Wayside Will Have Occasion to Re member Visit. NORTHWEST ON FRIENDLY TERMS Fine Exhibition of Spirit Shown at Chadron, Hay Springs, Hush f vllle, Gordon and Valentine. LONG PINE, Neb., May 23. (Special Tel egramsAs a result of the visit of the Omaha boosters to Wayside the people of I that new Nebraska town will get a depot. General Manager Frank Walters of the Northwestern says so, and the visit will be long remembered by the citizens. Way side gave the trade excursionists the wel come into Nebraska and It was such' an enthusiastic .one, so many people ' coming In from the surrounding country that the railroad officials were convinced the town needed .a depot. When the train pulled in Just before 7 o'clock an anvil was booming and a dozen young women, living on claims from five to twelve miles distant, appeared on horse back, some racing along with the train to reach the station on time. Then the new depot proposition was sprung. The citizens surrounded S. F. Miller, the general freight and passenger agent, and placed In his hands a petition signed by more than one hundred, ask ing for a depot and an agent, The Omaha business men were also asked for a phy sician, lawyer and drug store and a bank. General .Manager, Walters Joined the party at Chadrpn. The Boosters presented the petition and declared they endorsed it and Wayside surely deserved a depot Judging from the spirit of the place, and number of good people living around it. "I will give them the depot If you will furnish the bank, drug store, physician ana lawyer," said Mr. Wattler. we win give them a bank," said David Lole. There s no better place for a bank and in less than a year Wayside shall have a bank. "The deal is dosed," said the railroad man.' "Wayside gets a depot as .. vmlI ,cl UJ, lvl u jn a year or less we win build." Thus, the excursion, running in Nebraska, has scattered sunshine all the way. The experience at Wayside is one of tho visible evidences that Omaha trade excursions are not alone good for Omaha, but a boon to the country through which they pass. The business men of Omaha mean what they waysiae win get some Omaha money Son of Murdereu Millionaire Dies n Itoointnic House In Chlracn. CHICAGO, May 23. Albert J. Snell. son 'lM000- of the millionaire. Amos J. Snell, whose j E- - Kendall of Santeo, Neb., has been murder here In 18 created a widespread j appointed an expert farmer at Umatilla sensation, was found dead In bed at a!Inl"'", -Agency, Oregon. rooming house here today. ! Speed Censor's Juvenile Appearance Causes Tangle Slnco he has taken to the assignment of the street car men. Each turned a of . arresting automobile speeders. Police man Eddie Morgan declares he can pass as anything but a policeman. "Pretty soon some wise conductor will tell me I'm under age," the officer re roarkd In aggravation. Morfcan'B trouble over personal' appear ance grew out of the. refusal of several street ca' conductors to accept him as a free police passenger. Garbed In dist-cov-ered clothing, commonplace cap and high motorcyclo boots, the officer aroused sus picion. On four occasions Intdde of a week, he declared, conductors had demanded to see his star after he had told them he was a member of the fcree. Even a glimpse of the star was hardly sufficient for several searching scrutiny upon their passenger, and, according to Morgan, turned up their nose. "I still don't think you're an officer," one of them said, related Morgan. Would you like me to arrest you as I proof?" I asked him. Ho decided on sec ond thought he didn't need any more prcof. I Morgan's predicament broul t several i Jokes on his h?ad at the station. "Maybu you ain't big enough," reuiarkej a uni formed man. "I'm as big as 1 look, sonny," retorted Moigan. "Do yon want any proof?" "Vou're plenty big," sooihlngly remarked another officer. "Trouble with you is Morgan, you're too clever looking." A little want ad in today's Bee will find you a reliable servant. It will find the houso you wish to rent or buy. It will secure a position for you. It will gell whatever you offer. It brings landlord and tenant together borrower and lender face to (are and does a thousand and one things that would be difficult, to do any other way. Any ad 3 times, one cent a word. Call Douglas 238 and the ad taker will write your notice and place It for you. Everybody Heads Eoe Want Ad- DANISH CABINET RESIGNS Members Will Hand Designations to Kins; on Ketnrn from London. COPENHAGEN, May 23. At a meeting of the cabinet today the ministers author ized Premier .ahle to hand their resigna tions to King Frederick Immediately on his return from London. In the recent elections the contest turned on the question of defense and tho radicals, through whom the government had. secured the dissolution of tho Folkethlng In order to get the defense bill of l!Ktt amended, were defeated.' The premier and the minister of the Interior were re-elected, but the min isters of worship ar.d commerce were not. invested there as a result of the visit Many other small stations have attracted ciiual attention. Chadron, Hay Springs, Rushvllle, Gordon, Valentine, Alnsworth vied with each other to see which town coUld give the Omaha viistors the best reception and before the day was half done It waa evident the towns along, the Northwestern line recognize what Omaha Is doing for the state of Nebraska, even as Omaha recognizes Its debt to the small towns and farms of the state. It was necessary for A. W. Jefferla to "make a talk" at every station. When the shippers of tho Missouri river valley meet at the Omaha Commercial club today they will find that the railroads have been on the Job since the rate meeting in Chicago last week. Evidence of the efforts of the railroads to Induce shippers to Individually nullify their action taken In resolutions passed at the Chicago meeting will be shown at the meeting. This evidence has come into the possession of the leaders of the present movement of the shippers In the form of correspondence from a railway purchasing aRent. In this correspeindence tho railroads are good buyers of goods. At the same time weekly railroad organi have appeared with long argumentative articles placing emphasis on the same statements. At the meeting today at the Commercial club, It Is expected that all of the im portant cities on the Missouri river, from Kansas City to Sioux City, will be repre sented. Invitations to those in many other cities in Nebraska, lowa and to the east ward liave been issued. E. J. McVann of the Commercial club's traffic bureau, has received acceptance from many of tho shippers, whlio others who have made no reply are probably to be here. "What the action of the meeting will be I do not know," said Mr. McVann. "The meeting represents a collection of Indi viduals, not an organization." The schedule of advanced rates filed with the Interstate Commerce commission be comes effective one week from the date of the Omaha meeting. Action to be taken will necessarily have to bo Immediate. The plans now are to make the meeting open to the press and pUDllo, as was the Chicago meeting last weak. That a meeting was held by the railroad attorneys with reference to the rats agita tion among the shippers waa reported yes terday. This waa denied by each of ths Omaha railroad attorneys approached.. 'There wart no meeting- of that kind." said James E, Kelby, general solicitor for tho Burlington, "The whole affair Is s, tempest fn a teapot and the agitation can not be serious." Copies of Letters Secured. Copies of a letter Sent out by the rail roads to shippers following the. hostile declarations of the Chicago meeting have found their way into the possession of. Mr. McVann. Following is a specimen of the letter and enclosed "ready mods" reply which the receiving shipper is expected to slitn and mall back, or else tell why he will not: Chicago & Enstern Illinois Railroad Co., Evansvilie & Terre Haute Railroad Co., Old (,'olnney hulldlnir, Chicago, May 18, 1910. T. J. Powell. Purchasing Agent, Gentle man: If you feel as we presume you do that business of the country cannot flour ish unless th railroads are able to pur chase freely, you will doubtless be willing to slun the enclosed and return to me promptly. If unwilling to sign, please return the blank to me with statement to that effect. Yours very truly, T. J. POWELL, Purchasing anent. We recognize the fact that our business Is largely affected by the amount of ma terial that railways purchase, which Is now reduced to a minimum, and at con sequently minimum prices, because their net earnings are and will be reduced by the great Increase In operating cost, and It Is almost Impossible on their prospective earnings to present a good reason for In vestors to purchase their securities, or make loans. The only way to change tTils situation Is to Increase their earnings, now and prospectively, by an advance In rates. We do not endorse or advocate unrea sonable advances, but we deprecate any movement In opposition to the proposed advances that Is based upon a denial of business reasons or puts forth deductions that are misleading, Incorrect or unfair, aa lias been done. The condition exists; It must be remedied both In the Interest of the railroads and ourselves; and Jus tice, after calm and careful .analysis, is all we ask for, and it cannot be obtained by appeals that are born of general pre judice, Isolated conditions, or personal opinions. Snow Storm In IS'ew Mexico. ALnrqrKRQrE, N.-M.. May 22-North-eastern New Mexico Is In the grip of a heavy snowstorm tonight. The storm, evi dently a continuation of the one that swept southeastern Colorado yesterday, Is cen tered at Kolsoin. It is feared great loss of live stock will result. Favor Postal Kavlnas Ilanks. CLINTON. Mass.. May 22.-Resutlons favoring postal savings banks were passed today by delegates representing 8.000 mem tieis of the New Klin I a ml division of the National German-American alliance at the annual convention here today. Southern Presbyterians Divide on Divorce Rules LEWISnUIUJ, W. Vo., May 2!l.-One of the big fights of the Southern Presbyterian assembly v. as Inaugurated today when the committee on marriauo and divorce was called upon to repoit. Sei divergent were the views of its members that attempts to procure a majority report were abandoned. Dr. W. T. BoKgs, Atlanta", (la., and Dr. W. Joplln, Red Sprint's, N. C, submitted a report recommending radical changes in the confession of faith. Dr. Russell Cecil, rt'ehniond. Va., anj Dr. H. Fleming sub mitted a substitute report, recommending that no changes 'be mud. Dr. Boggs wanted to debar jiolygamlsts from baptism and the Lord's supper. lr. Cecil wss In favor of missionaries exercis ing discretion In etxendlng membership (0 heathen polygamlsts, claiming that great hardships would result froin reuirlnK ing discretion In extending membership (0 family. Dr. Boggs met this with the state ment that It was the duty of the church to care for those cast off. Dr. Boggs opposed the church's continu ing to allow "willful desertion" as a cause of divorce;. MORE HATES AIIK ADVANCED Sharp Increase on Snsrar anNI 1 utfee Are Announced. WASHINGTON, May 23.-A sharp in crease In rail and sea freight ' rates on sugar and coffee from Atlantic seaboard points to destinations In the western trunk linn territory was announced today by ' the filing of tariffs with tho Interstate Commerce commission, making increases on those commodities ranging from 16 per cent to 44 per cent. Tlui tariffs were filed by Mr. Uosiner. as agent of the Western Trunk Line as sociate v and will become effective on June 30, l'JIO. The increased rates will apply to coffee and suasr In car loadit moving from New' Yolk, Baltimore, Phila delphia and Boston, to Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Kansas City and OinfcVia. The common points of those cities all have tho baiiie rates. Fixim New York to Duluth an advance on suKar is made from 3ti to 42 cents a hundred pounds,' 17 per cent on coffee from 31 to 42 rents, 3 per cent. From New York to St. Paul and Min 'M to 42 cents a hundred pounds, 38 per cint; and coffee 27 per cent. From New Yjrl, to Kansas City and Omaha auKar is ad vanced 30 r cent and coffee 83 pef cen From Baltimore to Kansas City sr Omaha, the advance ou both sugar ai coffee is 39 per cent. From Phlladelpl, to those points the advance on both hua and coffee Is 3S per cent. From Phlladelpl. to those points the advance on both eofl and sugsr Is Sit per cent. From Bo to Duluth the adVanue on sugar is Pi p cent and on voffee S per cant. Fro...