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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee. NEWS SECTION WEATHER FORECAST. For Nrbrnskii (.! nornlly fair, for Iowa 0MUT:lll.v fair. For weather rrport spc page 2. PAGE5 1 TO 10. VOL. XXXIX-NO.- 313. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1910 TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. DRUG MEN ASSAIL LIQUOR DEALERS I Pharmacists Voice Oppsition Dealeri Who Make Business of Alcoholics. to OFFICERS CnOSEN TOR YEAR George B. Christoff of Norfolk Hon ored with Presidency. STRUGGLE OVER STATE BOARD I : 7. E. Harper, 7. F. Hoy and C. S. Bauin. Chosen for Commission. CONVENTION COMES TO CLOSE TYeoy- In th Annnnl Meeting Sue crufnl In Every Way bltot at Urnft by Durtori, Prenldent. Coorge B. Clnlstoff, Norfolk. First vice president, II. L. Xrcltzlncer, 1'rcmont. Second vice president, J. G. Meier. Weep ' Ing Water. 'i'hlrd vice president, D. C. Weber, Arl'ng ton. Fourth Vice president. Dr. R. A. Toyman, Lincoln.. . Fifth vice president, 0. B. Florj'. rawnee. Treasurer, D. D. Adami, Nehawka. Secretary, J. O. McHrlde, Stella. With the election of these officer the twenty-ninth annual convention of the Ne braska State Pharmaceutical association adjourned Friday afternoon after one of the best meetings In its history. All the officers were elected without a strussle, but thoro was a good content over the se lection of 'three persons to be, recom mended to- tha -Stater fharmacy board aa a member of the board of examiners: In pharmacy. One of the three will ultl , mately be named. The five candidates wero J. E. Harper, Clearwater J. E. Hoy, Wood Rtver; C. S. Eaum, Omaha; Otto Bradshaw, Lincoln; Wrs. B. C. llellman. Sterling;. Tha assembled druggists did not show themselves wildly gallant on the vote for Mrs. Hellman, who was not elected. The winning three were Harper, Hoy and Baum. ' ' ' Tha onventlon adopted the usual resolu tions f thanks for entertainment - here, laying particular stress on the work dona by tha publicity bureau of the Commercial club. ; - ' 1 . Caatema I.lqnor Sellers. "There are many so-called drug stores In the state of Nebraska whose principal business la the-sale of-booze." said Dean Thorp of, Crelghton university to assem bled druggists Friday .morning, "and they are bringing a stigma upon all of us. Some thing should ba dune.f . Dean . Thoi p'a words- ware- greeted wlth 'loud applause, rot his suirgstlon of' a'" remedy, waa nut discussed because tha time allotted, for round table discussion had coma to an end. 'Many' men qualify as registered phar macist," Dean Thorp had said, 'simply tor tha purpose of eelling boose. I know it. you know 1U Wa all do. They are not tier today. They are at home selling liquor. What we ought to do It this: When it pan be shown that a drug store exists primarily tor this purpose, the llcensa of the proprietor aa a registered pharmacist ought to be revoked and we should niuve for legislative power to this result." Giving of fees to physicians was discussed by O. C.'Bcckwith. "A previous speaker Ik said it does nut exist," said Mr. Beck Vith. "I know it does, because yeara ago I did it myself, and since then I have seen Indubitable avldence of such a practice. ,Why one druggist in Plattamouth openly confessed to me the other day that ha la doing It right along. nap Doctors' Rakeoff. , "When I , fim started business twenty three yea is ago, a physician cama to me and demanded that I give him 26 per cent of all prescriptions he sent me. "I tried'lt a year and when another drug gist offered him S3 per cent I went out of the fe-splUtlng business for good. But think of now It affects the druggist. In comes a man to mo and says, 'My wife is feeling awful sick, do you know a good . doctor r "1 send blm to a physician who gets his patronage through my influence. The doctor' writes a . prescription. The man comes to me to have it filled and then tha doctor comet demanding, 26 per cent of my sale. "The only thing for us to do Is to refuse to cringe to physicians. It's graft, petty graft, and can ba broken up only in, the nay I did; resolutely quit doing it." ' The convention heard a number of ' papers In the . morning. Gregg McBrtde, au 8-year-old boy of Stella, son of tha as aociatlon's secretary, read a plea of his own composition for early closing and Oscar Ward of Sr. Paul lscussed 'Scien tific Salesmanship." ; He was - embarassed when he had concluded by a demand from Mr. Clearing that he give a practical lllus 'tratlon of how to make sales, but O. W. I, 1 ecHwith of Falls City rushed Into the breach, and saved the day. . Women of the convention enjoyed an automobile trip Frldiiy and a luncheon at the Happy Hollow club. A group of twelve autos, arranged for by the publicity bu . of the Coinmlrclal club, carried the editors back and forth. These visiting entertainment here. COURT' RECORD AT CHEYENNE Keajro Convicted of Attarktaa; Girl Mill Appeal Several Minor ' - ' Offenders Sentenced. CHETCNNE, Wyo., June' 17. (Special.) Judgo -R. N. Matron hR9 passed sentence open tha following and they hnve been btken to the slate penitentiary at Rawlins: Ray ' McDonald, burslary, ' ore Vtar; Elmer Bland, . cmbeaslement. flft- en to tighteon months; Rlckari Griffin, forgery, fifteen to seventeen months; Charlet G. tllller. grand larceny, thirteen to sixteen nonths: Gwrgo 8. Johnston, , obtaining mnh.v under false pr.tcns, twelve to fifteen moaths. Edwin Horan pleaded guilty to simple assault and Marcus E. Strouaa pleaded Hiilty to obtaining money on a worthless llitck. Doth will be sentenced In a few Says. ' ,T)ha attorneys for Jam -a Towell, convicted C-f pu I Jting Miss Hattl') Poyre, have been Jff'H daya in which' to file teir mo , S!iLJor rtew trial. The penalty for 0U' crime Is Imprisonment of from sua to fourteen year at bard labor. Man Who Voted for'Lorimer Says He Was Rewarded Representative Who Received Thou sand Dollars from Lee O'Neil Brown Cross-Examinsd. CHICAGO, June 17. The direct avldence of the state against Lee O'Neil Browne, charged with buying legislative votes for United Slates Senator Lorimer. may be completed by tonight. Representative Beck meyer, who admitted receiving $1,000 after voting for Lorimer, finished his testimony today and Representative Michael Link, whose story was expected to be analogous to that of Beckmeyer, waa called to the stand. Beckmeyer was cross-examined by At torney O'Ponnell. Ha said that a day or two before tha election of Lorimer the gen eral talk about the legislature was that "there waa something In it," lor those who voted for Lorimer. Ha said that to friends he had referred to the money received from Browne as a reward, not as a bribe. "What did Browne say to you the day before Lorimer was elected?' asked States Attorney Wayman. Browne said: " 'You cannot afford . to quit the bunch now. Stay w ith us.' " I Attorney Forrest of the defense brought out that Beckmeyer had told U. N. Welch, a friend, that ha would vote for any one to defeat Senator Hopkins. - At ona stage of the balloting he had promised to vote for Speaker Shurtleff. Link is a farmer, 11 year old. He de clared that he voted for Lorimer because he liked Lorlmer's position on the deep water project, and because Lorimer per sonally asked for his vote. He was prom ised no reward, but later was given $1,000, he aald, by Browne In the Southern hotel In St. Louis. Mlsa Mollis Vandever of East St. Louio, 111.,' waa called by 'the prosecution. She was the stenographer for 'Representative Charles A. White. The state rested Its case this afternoon and Judge McSurely adjourned court until Monday morning. Opposition to Postal Bank Bill is Developing Insurgent Republicans and Democrats in Senate Insist . that House Measure Go 'to Conference. WASHINGTON,. June. 1,7. It was devel oped on tha floor of the senate today that opposition to the program for concurrence by the senate In the ouse bill to create postal savings banks would not. ba con-; fined the democrat.' ''insurgent" repub licans are opposed to the house bill,, and fjutle a formidable fores Is preparing to Insist that the bill be sent to conference. "But tt might be rmpoeslble for Tha 'con ferees to reach an agreement this session," said. Senator 6 moat to Senator Cummins, who hod euggosted that there should be changes In ' the house measure. "Even that would be preferable to taking the bill aa tt Is," sadd the Iowa senator. 'The conferees could make their report to the next session and no great loss would result to the country by reason of the de lay." Senator Curtis had a letter from bankers In Kan.'as . Indicating that under the laws of that state no bank, either st-vte or na tional, could accept the deposits offered by postal banks. The failure of the house bill which is obnoxious to the laws la force In Kansas, and perhaps some other stater, j la that The banks would be required, under tha proposed law, to furnish sec irli.es' for the protection of deposits made by the postal banks. This was declared to be prejudicial to other depositors. Carried to Death on Cowcatcher Peter Riggs of Bennington is Struck by Train and Carried, to Next Town. Poter Rlggs, a farmer living near Ben nington, waa carried a mile on tho cow catcher of an ' engine wHl i. juries that oaused tits death a few minuses later, when the train struck his wagon Wednesday evening. Mr.. Riggs was driving over a crossing between Bennington and Irving ton when the accident occurred. Hia horses were bath instantly killed, but tha man himself .lived until tha train stopped at Irvlnirton. Mr. Riggs Is sur vived by a wife and four children. Woman Ninety-Nine Years Old Takes First R. R. Ride After living ninety-nine years without having ridden on a railroad train, -Mrs. Catherine Shull of Gretna decided she ought to make a little trip. So ane embarked not wKhout nervousness on the Burlington' and dime to Omaha. "Mercy, mo!" 'exclaimed tha old lady when the cars came to a sudden stop. "It's sort of shaky for these old bonea of mine. Are wa In any danger?" she . Inquired of a fellow traveler. . . "This train goes faster than a stage coach, but I don't know that It Is so much mora comfortable on a train. I 'suppose Omaha won't be' recognisable at all when I get there. When I passed through It over half a century ago, there were Just three houses there. ' Now I understand it Is quite a citified place.". Mrs Shull had a new sensation almost every minute from the time she started her Journey until she had returned to her home, which Is a mile from Grena. Friends met her at tha Burlington station In Omaha and helped her into an automobile. Mrs. Shull entered without, nervousne. "Of course, I've aeon this sort of contraption running around, but I haven't ever ridden in them before. What do I have to do? Just sit etUir" , . . A little later tha aged passenger re marked, smilingly: "How can you sit still when you are bumping over these stones. Country roads are a good deal smoother than this." GOVERNOR WILL STOP BOUT TODAY California's Chief Executive Takes Definite Action to Cancel Lang ford-Kaufman Eight. ORDERS OUT NATIONAL GUARD Later He Rescinds Command, with Promise of Other Aid. OFFICERS STATIONED AT RING Adjutant General to Call Out Militia if Necessary, BIG MATCH GOES TO GOLD FIELD Arrangements Are Under W'r Transfer Jeffries-Johnson Con test to Nevada Mining Town. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 17.-On the promise of District Attorney Flckert and Chief of Tollce Martin of this city that they would stop the Langford-Kaufman fight tomorrow afternoon. Governor Gil lette announced at 4:46 p. m., that he would rescind his order calling out the militia. The governor stated, however, that the adjutant general would be at the ringside, and troops within call in case the fight was not stopped. SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.-Gollfleld, Nev will be the battle ground for thn Jef fries-Johnson heavyweight championship on July 4, If the business men of that place are sincere In their "offer of 1120,000 guar antee telegraphed to Tex Rlckard by Morris Sullivan, a merchant of the mining camp. Rlckard arose today determined to take the match to Nrvada and when the first telegram he opened contained the Goldfield offer, the promoter immediately announced to the Associated Press that unless some other Nevada town makes a better offer the big fight would take place la tha min ing camp. Governor Will Call 'ftfllltla. At a conference attended by Governor GUIett, Adjutant General Louck, Colonel Piphy of the governor's staff, and an of ficer of the regular army plana were made today to call out the state militia to stop the Langford-Kaufman fight tomorrow. The conference was held In the office of Attorney General Webb, and although they would not talk, the conferees would 'not deny that actlbn bad been ' taken. ! Promoter Lbuls Blot of the Langford Kaufman fight, after hearing the gov ernor's decision declr red that; he would hold, the contest, as '"he had advertised It and compel the ' troops to . atop '' the fight" ''-' Attorney General Bnsy, ,' The attorney geiarai's office was b;jy today preparing depositions which will he filed later in tha day to support a motion ftr a temporary order restraining the promoters and principals of tha Kauf-man-Langford match from ' proceeding with the twenty-round fight scheduled for tomorrow afternoon In this city. Governor Gillett said today that ha w'll take no further action about the Jeffries Johnson fight until that official has ex hausted all possible court procedure. That Webb will take no immediate action In regard to the Jeffries-Johnson contest was made certain today when Assistant Attorney General Benjamin announced that nothli.j would be done In that direction until the Langford-Kaufman Injunction mo tion is disposed of by the superior court. This statement Is believed to have been the final step leading to Rlckard's de cision to take tha fight to Nevada, as ho ,,ad prevlougly diar that he would not uait longer than Friday for a clear cut decision of the question. Ha had already expressed himself as not being satisfied with using tha Langford-Kaufman match as a test case. OKLAHOMA CASE GOES OVER Federal Coar. Will Hear Application for Injunction to Prevent Cap ital Removal Monday. GUTHRIE, iOkl., June 17. Because of In ability to secure a special federal Judge to hear the case today. Judge J. II. Cot ternll here postponed to Monday, June SO, tha hearing of the .application of Guthrie for a temporary injunction restraining the state executive officers from transferring the state records to Oklahoma City or transacting the state's official business there. ' Judge Ralph Campbell of Muskogee has been assigned to the case. Hlu Klwrll Commits Suicide. . NEW YORK, June 17 Theodora Elwell, giuntlnelce of a Brooklyn philanthropist. James K. Elwell, daughter of J. I). Elwell, a member of a New York Stock exchange firm and a graducte of RadcllffD college, hanged herself today In an abandoned gymnasium in Brooklyn. She had suffered from melancholia following an Illness. When tha motor car reached a stretch of usphalt pavement, Mrs. Shull declared "this Is a good deal better." The buildings of the central part of the city Impressed Mrs. Shull a great deal. "Too tall for comfort," , was her verdict on the City National skyscraper. "I don't thlplt I'd care to be on the top floor. Sup pose fire broke out?" Her attention was called .to the fact that the building is fire proof. With re spect' to this she went home, It is to be feared, a trifle' skeptical. . Mrs. Shull resolutely declined to ride In aa elevator in the New York Lire (Omaha National) building. "How many people there are In the world," was ope of her exclamations when she gated at passing pedestrians every where. "Guess this la bigger than Gretna," she added by way of a Joke. Her final verdict was that city Ufa is startling and novel, and those who live in a city may ilka it, but for herself, a snug little farm houie not too far from a amall town. But Mrs. Shull is glad she made the trip. Mrs. Shull's ride to and from Gretna' was deamed something of an event to the con ductor of the line, and he reported the matter to Lurllngton headquarters, where Mrs. t-hull has aroused more conversation than railroad rates or improvements iu Wyoming. o voir ' ' Xt& vv k? )L O vD- - ' vv - , : '-vi : - . IV M. '. " 'e ' -' ' " H'lll Mil IBIIIIS IIIIIISI IIMIIIBMIIWMll ' ' " 4 I LAST Of THE LARGE CLASSES Two High' School Graduations Each Year Hereafter. 272 - GRADUATED ' . LAST - NIGHT Small , Girls pistrlbnted . Diplomas. (. Doing1 Ajfay with tfce Hjld Time ; "Manita" Orpbenm The-, . ater Crowded. " --.!". The graduation of a class of ITS students from the Omaha High school last night at the Orpheum theater marked the end of large graduation classes as compared with those of the last few years. Hereafter two graduations a year will be the rule in Omaha, in February and in June. A num ber of students will be prepared to graduate next February when the first mid-term graduation will be held. In place of the old tlme'march" of the tOaduatea to receive their . diplomas, the uheepsklns were distributed by a number of little girls. As the names of the graduates were tailed P resident Kennedy of tho school board handed out the rolls to the little girls who in turn passed them to the own ers. ... The Orpheum waa crowded some time be fore 6 o'clock, the hour for opening the program. Many were unable to secure seats and were obliged to stand during the whole ovening. The program in detail was as follows: . . Overture Orchestra. - invocation Rev. T. II. Hanna. presentation of cadet certificates. Dr. Jolin H. Vance, chairman of the teachers' committee. Oration "Success as Determined by Serv ice, " Richard .Barnes. , . Piano Solo Caprice Espegnol, (Moskow ski), Helen Taylor. . Essay "A trip Through the Canadian Rockies," Kutli bbeldon. i Essay "Tne Avtrage . Man," Nellie El- gutter. Selection-Orchestra. Violin Solo Hejre Katl, (Hubay) Jennie Underlnnd. Essay "The Literature of Israel," Marie Gordon. Oration "The Conservation of the High School Student's Energy," .Stewart Gould. Piano Solo Eleventh Kliapsody, (Liszt) Florence Rhoades. Essay A Plea for, the Graduation Es- tay, Irma Uross. . . WOMAN IS FATALLY INJURED Mrs. Lawrence Juines . of Marshall- town, In,, Is Struck lr Iowa Central Train. MARSH ALLTOWN, la., June 17. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mrs. Lawrence James, a deaf mute aged 45, was fatally Injured this morning when an Iowa Central passenger train struck her while she was walking o.i the track near a street crossing in this city. She leaves a husband and six small children. People who can ge.t along very well with second-hand things, are watch ing the For Sale columns of Th Bee daily. Every day gonieona Is advertis ing au article that they do not need, and every day tomeoue ia snapping up theee articles. You have something about the bouae that you do not use. What Is It? It Las value. , Somebody wants it, and will pay tor it.' Call Douglas 23S and de scribe it to the ad taker, and 6be will tell you what an ad j will cost to-sell it. He's Back Today. '' Search for Body of Paul Charlton Without Result Divers Spend Day' in Bottom of Lake Como, but Fail to Find Trace ' MMsing- Han..: COM.O. ' Italy, June 17. Throughout the day the divers searched the bottom of Lake Como In' the vicinity where the body of Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton was found, but their work was fruitless. They failed not only to discover the body of the husband. Porter Charlton, whom many believed to have been murdered by the slayer of his wife, but brought up noth ing from the water's depth that shed any light on the mystery. The police have doubled their efforts toward the collection, of evidence that the young bank clerk la still alive. , Constantino Ispolutoff, the casual ac quaintance of the Charltons, who is re puted to be in the sevret service' of the Russian government, remains in custody, but has, been given a respite by the exam ine Judges. Heat Prostrations in Windy City Weather Bureau Reports Temperature of. 84 at Noon and Still Rising . Street Level Much Hotter. CHICAGO, June 17. Prostrations due to oppressive -heat were numerous. throughout the .city today.. Shortly . before, noon the weather bureau reported 84 degrees and ris ing, while at the street: level as high as 92 degrees was registered. One prostration oc curred In a crowded ptrect t car, another among a gang of laborers in a trench and Beveral in the parks where thousands of women and' children fled in search of relief. ORIENTAL LIMITED . CROSSES - BURNING BRIDGE Train Carrying Japanese Prlnre aud Princess Haa Narrow Kscape from Wreck.' - . , . , I ST. PAUL, June 17. Traveling , thirty miles an hour, the Oriental limited, the fast-Burlington train from Chicago to St Paul, carrying Prince Kushlml, cousin of the epiperor. of Japan, and Princess Push Imi, early today shot out onto-he bridge which spans the.' Wisconsin while the struc tore was burning. ' The fire was not discovered until too 'late to stop the train and .the engineer kept steam on until his train had run the gaunt let. Then ho applied the brakes, and mem bers of tho. train crew with fire. extinguish ers and buckets, of water foughtcthe fire. The Mnzi' jmis extinguished before much damag. was done.i The train arrived In St. Paul this afternoon more, than two hours late. . , . ; . i i ,i . i . j , 1 , ....... Government Testimony in Bleached Flour Case All In KANSAS CITY, June 17.-The general belief Is that the bleached flour. case being tried here In the United States district min t will require, at least another week's time. With the government's side con cluded . today, the millers say. that they i an furni-h al of the necessary evidence with fewer than half the witnesses plated on t lie stand by the government. More than two weeks have been required to' take the testimony of government wit nesses. . , The government finished Its tcslmony at noon. Dr. Scott B. Child of Kansas City, testified that nltrlte-s and nitrates in bloacUed flour would hive a tendency to FOUR MEN DROWN NEAR CODY Motor Boat Containing Five Recla mation Employes is Upset. ALL CLING TO ' THE . CRAFT One by One They Are Bennmlted by Ice Cold Water nnd Drop Into . Lake One Man Survives the Mght. CODY, Wyo., June 17. (Special Tele gram.) The lake former by the backing of the Shoshonl river behind the recently completed , government dam, tight miles above Cody, claimed Its first victims last night. .Ralph C. Soper, A. C. Downey, Don Calkins and a young mtfn named Soul were drowned while trying a new motor boat. A fifth man named Collins was saved by clinging all night to the boat.' In the early morning his cries were heard at the reclamation camp across the river. ' All' five were of the employ of the re clamation service, Soper and Downey be ing engineers. Downey was from Fort Collins, ' Cof.;' Soul from 'Rutte, and Don Calkins was the eldest son of J. K. Calkin's, one of the owners and editors of the' Park County Enterprise of this place. A ' high wirid sprang up and tho boat capsized while they were turning it. They all citing to 'the boat at first but as the hours -went by they become numb by the water-whlch Is from -the melting snow In the mountains and dropped off, one by one,, until only Collins remained. They Btarted at half-past eight in the evening and Collins' cries was-the first intimation the camp had that they had not returned. The. lake l filling fast-ami Is very deep in the center where the accident occurred. The bodies have not been found. WYOMING - NEEDING - WATER Lack ' of Italn ' Is Urylnit ' v Range Irrlscatora Ferl ' ' Kffects. VP CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 17. (Special.) Repof ts from all sections of Wyoming tell of 'drted-up rangei, burned grass, dried-up creeks, lack of water for irrigated farms nnd urgent need of rain In the dry farming districts. Tho last winter was one of the worst 1n Wyoming, and yet the spring and early summer has-been devoid of sufficient moisture 'to- insure range grass and crops. An "occasional shower visits -this or that section of the state almost daily, but the 'rain 'la -purely local and does llttlo good. Cheycnno Is -well supplied with water, there -being sufficient In the Granite Springs reservoir to run the city and Fort Russell .for nearly two years without any Additional water running Into the big lake in the mountains. . The city and post are using about 1,000,000. gallons of water per day. '.,.... Yesterday the city, authorities turned on the new. water supply, the. water coining direct from the big reservoir In the moun tains, through huge pipes to the c'.ty. Tho pressure. Is very strong. .iin:-'uir : In, plenty for irrigation and for fighting fires. ... limit the dlgentibillty of bread rnado from the flour. He said the nitrites would tend to delay digestion and that some of the bread would not be digested at all. On cross-exa.nlnatloii he admitted that air and water contain nitrites and that a person would Inevitably take nitrites Into his stomach while eating bread made from bleached flour as his saliva would cotntaln nitrite. ' Dr. Robert T. Sloan of this cWy estlfli-d th.it th customary use of food containing nitrites -by an individual would make him lev reslsteivt to fatigue and infectious dis eases and that It would be more difficult fur him to retain his natural vigor. ROOSEVELT HOME, IDOL 0FAMEKICJ Distinguished Traveler Aboard Kais erin Auguste Victoria, Due in Port Today. WIRELESS BRINGS SHIP'S NEWS Messages Indicate that Vessel Will Dock at Early Hour. GRAND NAVAL PARADE PLANNEL Eighty Warships Fall in Line Behind Former President. ENTIRE NATION GIVES WELCOME Xew "Vork Thronged vrlih Kiultn!. astlo People from Various Parts of Hutted Statea, and Kven from Alaska. NEW YORK. June 17.-Clonl ThwiJ Roosevelt is today fast ncarlng New York, ' where a welcoming demonstration awaits him tomorrow on his return from foreign lands. A wireless dispatch from the ate.m.ht.. Kalserin Auguste Victoria, with rnh.n.i Roosevelt and his family aboard, stated that the liner was 433 miles east of Ambrose channel lightship at 6 o'clock this morning ""'""i ununr orainary conditions, would bring the steamship off tha Sandy Hook reacnes at ? o'clock tomorrow morning, Weather conditions for the welcoming seomed bad this morning. A milky fos wnicn rainy screened the bay and a slant ness drizzle made New York a sodden spot today, but the weather map held out a little prospect of clearing. Fog at sea might delay the Kalserin Augusta Victoria, but as tho program doea nm ti n .,.'. . steamship to be In Quarantine until S o'clock. Captain Ruscr has some leeway In time. "There will be no postponement of any of tomorow's program on account of fog, rain or anything else In the weather lino If the Kaserln Augusta Victoria gets in on time," was the statement made by the re ception committee today. All Preparations Completed. All preparations for the former presi dent's welcome has been completed. When the vessel drops anchor off quarantine Colonel Roosevelt and his family will go aboard the revenue cutter Manhattan for breakfast, after which they will be trans ferred to tho larger cutter Androscoggin, which will lead the water parade up tho Hudson and "back to the battery, where Mayor Gaynor wljl welcome the returning hunter. Tho exercises at the Battery will be fol lowed by a parade up Rroadway and Fifth avenue, visiting organisations hav ing positions assigned them along tha line of march. Colonel Roosevelt goes to (Us home Jn Oyster Ray late In the arternoon. All incoming trains brought lare num bers of visitors to the city today. i iweniy-one guns, the national salute 111 greet former President Roosevelt a iia fht-t enters the outer harbor of New Voi k' on his return to this country, Tho battleship South Caro.lna to bo sta tioned in the Ambrose channel, will thus notify the expectant city that the Kalserin Auguste Victoria and Its distinguished pas senger is close at hand, at last. In completion of the naval demonstration that will follow, Chairman R. A. C. Smith of tho harbor display committee, an nounced tonight the list of vessels and the line formation. Final instructions also wero given to all cuptaina. Eighty warships harbor patrol boats and other ateamert will take official-part in the parade ur the Hudson river and back to thai Rat tery. ' In addition a flotilla of 150 merchant steamers will carry sightseers down the bay to witness the transfer of Colonel Roosevelt from the ocean liner to the Androscoggin, the revenue cutter that will bear, tha welcoming party and Colonel' Roosevelt in the parade. As the former president boards tho Androscoggin, a second salute win announce that he is once more under the American flag. For two minutes following the com bined flotillas will join In a blast of whistles. Dlu W'elcome Ashore. Escorted by revenue steamers, pollc patrol boats, the South Carolina, five tor pedo boat destroyers and the government dispatch boat Dolphin, the Androscoggin v. ill lead the river parade. When Colonel Roosevelt Is landed at the battery the formal welcome by Mayor Gaynor will pro ceed. His speech and that by Mr. Roose velt will bo the only addresses, and tho land parade will start immediately. Former Governor Bet.Jamln U. Odell an nounced last night that he had declined to serve on the committee to receive Colonel Roosevelt, appointed by Chairman Tlniorhy L. Woodruff of the republican state committee. Ha had no explanations to make. Announcement was made In the afternoon that Governor Hughes, who will be unahlo to take part in Saturday's' demonstration, had appointed Adjutant General Verbeck rs his- representative. . Mr. Verbeck will go down tho bay on the revenue cutter Man hattan with Collector Loeb and board tha Kalserin Augusta Victoria. Ilov for Mrs. ltooievrlt. ' The ex-presldent's wife and children will occupy a private box at the battery while the speeches are being made there. The reeeption committee has solved thu problem oi iinaing a way of escorting Mrs. Roosa- . Vl " liru8h the crowds to and from the I utx "y eonstrui-tlng a private entrance under I lie grand stand leudlng directly to the box. For this purpose tlio revenue cut ter Manhattan, with Mrs. Roosevelt und her party aboard, will dock at the fire de partment's wharf directly opposite the en entrance. Tho weather buie-au today make's the fol lowing local weather forecast: "Showers this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Satuid.iy. Warmer Saturday, Light to moderate variable winds, becom ing westerly." Invitations to Speak oecllned. STEAMER KAIS ERIN AUGUSTE VIC TORIA. June 17. (Via Wireless to Slas consett, Musi.) As tha steamer Kalserin Auguste Victoria, with Theodora Roose velt on board, approached New York the former president euaitinund to receive In vitations to deliver spauches. All of these Invitations will be declined. With tho exception of three occasions Colonel Roosevelt has ii;t met muny oC the. pasengers on the steamer. . These oo coHlona were at the services last Sunday and ou lust Tuesday, when U held a re-