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VOL. XLNO. 52.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1911 SKVEN SECTIONS-SIXTY PAGES.
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The . Omaha
SUFFRAGISTS IN
LONDONPAUADE
Forty to Sixty Thousand Women in
a Procession that it Fire
Miles Long.
tLTLTTANT AND NONMILTTAHT
All Questions of Cute Art Thrown to
the Winds.
MANY CHARACTERS PORTRAYED
Females Garbed es Queens and Scrub
Women Rub Shoulders.
LANCES A5D EARNERS EJ LINE
Described mm thr tire test Drmnitffc
tlM In flnppitrt of Woman Snf
fragr that the World Una .
ICver Seen.
I-OVT'ON. June J" -Tli procession of
mffrazl:' w!irti traversed th streets of
Coming and Going in Omha
ICE MEN DEFEND
FIXED SOIIEDULE
Small Peddler Sells Product for Less
Than Scale Exacted by Big
Companies.
( sgltzd EVERY 'cwz. zzmr)
OTHER CITIES SELL CHEAPER
Omaha Distributors Put Blame on
Short Harvest Season.
PRICES FIXED EARLY IN YEAR
r
Lord .i this evenlnir. prior to th mwllm I
at Albert bull. was rrobanlv justly ne
st r:b';rt by "General" Mm. Drummond th
"f rtt prorepslon of women In support
of th suffrage mjvmr.t th world has
arm seen."
From l't.'KV to on.MO women, according to
th va-v'ne. fsMmr.a. marched In th five
mile proves -'.(in. which started at tha Vic
toria f.n h.iii1miit. whlnh leads aairt from
Weetmlii-ter br!lg . ard proceeded along
th coronation n -i'o to Kennirtor.
Militant and turn militant auffrsgettea
combined tn Hits rci-arlon; all ourstti'n of
c : tttb vr P'it -'de. and queens, op thow
garbed to rprennt such characters as
ltnadlcaa. Catherine of Arniron. Mary.
Queen of 9- t?. end Omi-n Victoria, rubb-d I
shoulders with fellow workers In the suf
fro ci::-i frrn th swat shop of Whlt
chaiel. t.: ndreds of hlwto-le oharactsra from tho
errly arris down to fimnt Vlotorlana Ilka
Charlotte Frinta. Oiace Darling, Jenny
Lind a. V!. TrownlnfT wr portrayed.
Povcn hundred, women who had bon 1m
irlsoned for the caus formed a striking
fe.ituie or the . Pageant. 'They carried
lancee with brtnnern and the suffragette
colors. There -were many Americans tit
the rankd. Miss Inea Mulholland rode at
the head of the brigade. Gertrude Elliott,
th American actrs. was another parader.
Mia Uryce. a daughter of John A.
Hryce, a member of the House of Com
mons, and a n!ee of the British' ambassa
dor at Washington, was at the head of on
contingent. Other prominent women In
cluded Ann) Beaant; president of tb
Thvosophlual society; Sarah Grand, th
novelist; Princess Phuleep Singh, Mrs. Wil
liam a. Cavendish Bentlnck. Lady Frances
Balfour. sister-in-law ' of tha unionist
trader; Mrs. MHHcent . O. Fawcett, Mrs.
Kmmelloe Pankhurst and Mlaa Sylvia
Pankhurst -
One ' brtgad) waa made up of women
plpera In highland costume, who played a
Stirring march, white scores of banda led
different contingent. . ', '
MORMON BAPTISM AT SEA
Holiday Makers at Sdrlad, Kmm
laaid, tee Two Yui( Waiasem
Immrraed.
LONDON", Jur IT. (8peclal Teletram.)
Thouianda of hohiay makers on Roker
llnach, Sunderland, witnessed a Mormon
baptism at sea.
After addressing a great crowd, tha
Mormon missionary, who wore aelther
coat nor veat, suddenly walked Into tha
aea, leading by tha hand two pretty young
women, attired in white summer cos
tumes. When tha water was on a level
with their, shoulders, they slipped and
th . missionary made a number of ges
tures, put his arms around th waists of
tha damsela and Immersed them. Th
dripping trio then marched back to th
' beach, singing joyful hallelujahs.
Before ha left th Mormon addressed
a few words to th crowd on th virtues
of baptism.
ROBINSON BEHIND THE BARS
'Two) Venra la Minnesota Penitentiary
tot Franaalent l's of
the Malls.
ST. PAUL, June 17. Tonight Herbert F.
Robinson will be behind th bars of th
Minnesota penitentiary to begin serving
a senteno of two years for fraudulent us
of th mails. In connection with a broker
age business.
Hoblnson was sentenced by Judge Pag
Morris in th United States district court
at Minneapolis, three years ago, but while
out on S1U.0C0 ball, .fled. He was brought
to Bt. Paul today front Montreal in charge
of special agents of th Department of
Justice,
STEAMSHIF STEWARDS QUIT
Men In Maria Depart af Soata-
era Paelflo Threat t Take a
sea and Steker Alans;.
NBW YORK. June lT.-Flfty stewards of
tb steamship Momua, plying between New
York and New Orleans in the marine de
partment of the Southern Pacific railroad
truck today. They said they would take
forty others with them and that 190 sea
men, stokers and coal pasars would fol
low. The men quit work without disorder.
The Weather
, Temp rat are at Oataha Yesterday
Hour.
Deg.
... M
... 7
... 6
- t.wi4rl Local Raoard.
lU. Via, lso UM.
Highest yeaterday T7 tl 7t Tl
I...KMI yeeterd&y US t 4
Mean temperature 71 fto 71 M
PrvcipitaUun ti T . .11
Temperature and precipitation departures
from uif uuiina,:
Normal temperature 7J
li.-riiieney for in nay 1
Total excess since March 1 toe
isurmai precipitation it Inch
Exrees for the day tm-h
Precipitation sine March 1 70S Inches
Dt'ficlenc) since March 1 1.7! inches
Iirflclency fur eor. period In 9Y ! Inches
Ih ticiem y fvr cnr. rld In 14.3 6 Inchee
T indicate trace of precipitation.
L. A. W KLalL Lucal Forocaalar.
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BEADY ?
GENERAL DIAZ FEELS GRIEVED
Former President of Mexico Gives
Out a Statement.
OLD MAN PHYSICALLY ENFEEBLED
Forvettlaa; tfc Merits of His Admin
istration, People Allrwd Them
erlv to Re Draciced 1st si
nvolatlonarr Move. ,
CORUNNA. Spain June 17. Physically
enfeebled and sick at heart. General Por
flrto llas. an xile from the republic of
which he waa the chief builder, at laat has
yielded to an impulse of self-defense. In a
formal statement he justified his adminis
tration as president of Mexico and re
proached his countrymen for what ha de
scribes as their Ingratitude.
The expression, the first of a personal
nature since ha was forced from ' office,
waa made on board tha steamer Tplranga
during .th .brief stop. In .this harbor last
night, Dlas had received the governor of
Corunna and the commandant of the port,
who, with their staffs, had boarded tha
Vessel at the' direction 'at he ' government
to present th greetings of Spain and tha
Mexican consul.
When Dlas waa approached by news
paper reporters, at flrsj. he asked to be
exoused. pleading . indisposition, and ex
plaining that " though tha troublesome
tooth had been extracted, he still suf
fered from an abscess of the lower Jaw,
However, after some dtsousslon with his
party, th following statement was given
to the Frabra Agenlca, tha official press
association of Spain:
General Dlas is saddened by th recent
event In Mexico and th ingratitude of
his countrymen.
"He voluntarily sacrificed his ambition
in th hop of obtaining tranquillity for
th nation, foreseeing that If be continued
to defend his cause .fea-might efford a
pretext for Intervention.
"Th bitterness and deep disappointment
whleh he felt waa mitigated by the warmth
of the manifestation of sympathy on big
departure from Vera Cms,
'Much baa been said about a military
dictatorship, but can on thus define a
regime which rested on an army reduced to'
M.9U0 men?
"General Dlas, when ha assumed power,
bad to deal with conditions requiring
nergy, but afterwards th nation ripened
and was more able to direct itself consti
tutionally. Gencal Dlax's later poll lies
were Interpreted by his adversaries aa a
sign of weakness.
"General Dlas, confident of the good
sense of th people, thought that the agita
tion would disappear, but the people, easily
forgetting the merits of the Dlas admin
lstratlon, allowed themselves to be dragged
Into a revolutionary movement."
During th night tha Tplranga departed
for Santander and Havre. Aocordlng to
tha present plana Dlas will land at Havre
and go with his family to Switserland.
King and Queen Are
Now Back in London
Coronation . Festivities Now in Full
Swing- and Are to Continue
. Until July. -
LONDON. June 17. The coronation festi
vities were fully Inaugurated with th re
turn today of tha king and queen to Buck
ingham palao from Windsor, and th func
tions oonnected with th central event of
next Thursday will crowd upon on an
other . until July 1. when th court will
again leave London. Samltat marked
tha arrival of their majesties In th metro-
polls, th procession from Paddlngton ata
tlon to Buckingham palace consisting of
landaus drawn by four bays with postll
lions and escorted by th Royal Horse
Guarda'
Large crowds every where welcomed. th
king and queen with hearty cheering.
John Haya Hammond, special ambassa
dor from th United States, will make his
official entry into tha city Monday noon.
arriving from tha country, where he is
spending the-week end.
No More Men Are
Wanted for Harvest
Director Karris Warns Men Not to
Come to Kansas Looking
for Work.
TOPEKA, Kan., June 17.-Cbarlea Harris,
director of the state fre employment bu
reau, has issued a warning today to men
who are planning to com to Kansas to
work In the harvest fields.
Mr. Harris says th demand baa been
supplied and that hundreds of men for
whom there is no work are flocking to
th stat.
RAILROADS GET AN INJUNCTION
i
Plfty raataaale la Ohla Caart la Ef.
fart t Prevent Car Dsaar
rnst Order.
COLUMBUS, O. Jun 17-Judg E. B.
Dillon of th common pleaa court, today
granted the temporary injunction asked for
by fifty railroads of tha stat. preventing
the State Railroad commission from en
forcing Its recently promulgated orders
concerning car demurrage and making
them apply to Interstate as wall as stats
business.
EOOKLOYEF&'
WITNESSES TO BE SUMMONED
Entire Illinois Legislature to Appear
in Lorimer Investigation.
TO HEAR M'CORMICK AND YATES
laforaaatloa ' t Be gongnt Relative
ta Colleetlea and Disposition of
Maadrwd Thoasand-Dollar
lash Fnad.
WASHINGTON, June 17. The Lorimer
Investigating committee of th senate to
day practically decided to summon as wit
ne'3S in the Inquiry tha entire member
ship of the Illinois legislature which elected
Senator Lorimer.
Cyrus H. MoCormlck, president of the
International Harvester' company, and
former Governor Richard Yatea of Illinois,
will be heard by tha committee Tuesday.
Mr. McCormlck will be .Questioned aa to
his knowledge of the collection and dis
position of the 1100.000 fund, alleged to have
been used in procuring th election of Mr.
Lorimer. Mr. . Yates will be Interrogated
concerning his knowledge of the so-oalled
'Jackpot" fund In the Illinois legislature.
The decision to summon - as witnesses
practically all the Illinois legislature In
dicate tha committee proposes to examine
every on having the slightest knowledge
of the facts surrounding tb election of
Mr. Lorimer. ' '
Burns and Hossick
; Are Both Indicted
Indianapolis Grand Jury Returns
. , True Bills in MoNamara Kid
1 , ; ntpiajt Case.
INDIANAJOLIS. Jun 17. Dotectlv W.
J. Bums and James Hoesick, a detective of
Los Angeles, wer Indicted on charges of
kidnaping John J. McNamara, secretary of
tb International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers from this
city and McNamara was indicted on
charges of conspiracy to dynamite by tha
Marion county grand Jury today.
In all tha grand Jury returned eight in
dictments, but named only the three men
In the charges. Three of tha indictments
ar against McNamara, who la in Jail In
Los Angeles, where he waa taken after be
ing arrested In this city April" 22. On In
dictment charges him with conspiracy to
dynamite Industrial work on' the Peoria 4
Pekin Union railroad at Peoria, 111., and
th other two are said to be for storing
dynamite In this city. .
Tha other five Indictments are against
Detective Bums, who Is . under $10,000 ball
to the local grand Jury, and Detective Hos
sick of Los Angeles, who haa not been ar
rested.
Governor Marshall, who honored tha
requisition for McNamara, "acted clearly
within the law and did in tha premises
what he should have done," according to
th grand Jury's report.
Fatal Shooting on
Oregon Short Line
Idaho Sheriff Fatally Wounded and
Conductor Killed by an Un
known Man.
SALT LA KB CITY, June 17.-An Idaho
county sheriff, whose nam has not yet
been learned, waa shot and fatally wounded
today and Conductor Kldd waa shot and
killed on a southbound Oregon Short Line
train at Spencer, Idaho, by an unknown
man. Only meager particulars have been
received her of th tragedy. '
Tn sheriff boarded th train at 'High
Bridge and arrested two . man. Whan th
train reached Spanoar, the sheriff put his
prisoners In th smoking car and began
to search them. He took two pistols from
on of than and while he was) reaching
out for handouffa, one of th mea grabbed
up a pistol and shot tha sheriff through
th abdomen. Th eonductor seised th
man, who turned th platol on th con
ductor and killed him.
Th prisoners then pulled the bell cord
and when th train stopped sufficiently.
Jumped off and fled. A poaa is in pur
suit. Conduct of Burdge
Keeps Him from Bar
State Bar Commission' Sustains Find
ings of Doug-las Bar Committee
in Hit Case.
Charles C. Durdge. collection agent, will
be denied the privilege of practicing law
in Nebraska, aocordlng to the State Bar
commission's findings Saturday on testi
mony against the character of Burdga
Cbsrgaa against him were filed by Har
rison H. Bowes, an Omaha attorney, and
a committee from the Douglas County Bar
association confirmed him. Burdge's peti
tion for admission to the bar will be re
ported upon adversely to th supreme
court, according to the findings of the com
mission. Burdg was accused of lack of
preparation and other faults, and ths com
mission found that he had kept blank
summonses from ths court of P. C. Cald
well, South Omaha, Justice of the peace,
and had sent them out ts frighten creditors
lot paying debts, ,,v
CONTEST Z3TDS
ROBBERS LOOT THE MAIL CAR
Shasta Limited on Southern Pacific
ia Held Up.
I jaaaea.aa
PtWeX WORK AND NO SHOT FIRED
Stacks of Letters Cat Oaea aad Vnm-
teate Raswekes, After Which
Mea Dtaasiaear Dowa
Streets af Yoaealla.
DRAIN, Ore.. June 17. The south bound
Shasta limited train on th Southern Pa
cific, which left Portland at o'clock last
night was held up and the mall car robbed
by two highwaymen at 11:15 p. m., between
Drain and Yoncalla. The robbers entered
the car, held up the olerks and looted the
mail. They atopped the train at Yoncalla
and mad their escape. Posses are search
ing for them west of Yoncalla this morn
ing. Although the two robbers brandished
their revolvers, not a shot was fired. Tha
mall clerks found themselves helpless be
fore the weapons of the highwaymen. One
robber held them covered while the other
ripped open the mall sacks and ransacked
their contents. It Is not known how much
booty was secured.
As the train neared Yoncalla one of the
highwaymen pulled the emergency . signal
and the train was stopped. Tha robbers
then leaped from the mall car and disap
peared down the village street.
The first intimation the mail clerka had
of the attack waa when th door of th
car swung open and they found themselves
faced by the highwaymen. None attarnnted
resistance aa the intruders pr' - -t
the looting or tne saexs. ,
Officers and Bherlff Georgi at
Roseburg were' notified an', . .es wer
Immediately started in pursW of th rob
bers.
Premier Laurier Sees
. .No Cause for Alarm
Canada Would Trade with Mother
Country, but Not with Her
Alone.
LONDON, June 17. At a luncheon presided
over by A. J. Balfour, today, Sir Wfifred
Laurier, premier of Canada, told the big
gathering of British statesmen and over
seas premiers that the reciprocity agree
ment between the United States and
Canada need cause no alarm to any one.
Canada, he said, wished to trade with
the mother country in preference to other
lands, but that did not mean that it should
treat with her alone. Whatever privileges
were granted to other countries would be
given equally to England.
"In Canada," he added, "the policy of
British preference has been hoisted to the
top of the mast and there It will stay
whatever Great Britain does or does not
do."
President Smith is
Not Able to Attend
Head of Mormon Church Not Anxious
to Appear as Witness in Sugar
Trust Investigation.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, June 17.-JO-seph
F. Smith, president of the Mormon
church, has telegraphed tha chairman of
the house sugar investigating committee
that his obligations here make It difficult
for him to appear aa a witness before the
committee by Jun 22. In addition he was
not In health to go to Washington, being
a sufferer from rheumatism. Tha men In
the managaement of tha Utah-Idaho sugar
Industry could, ha said, give all the in
formation ha could and more in detail.
Mr. Smith's messag was tn reepons to
one from Chairman Hard wick of tha com
mittee asking If Mr. Smith were willing to
go to Washington without subpoena.
Two of Seven Bird
Men Given Places
Lindpinter and Bueohner In at Fin
ish in the Air Race from
Hamburg.
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KIFTIa Qermaay. June 17. Seven aviators
arrived here today from Hamburg, cover
ing th fourth stag of th national avia
tion circuit race course, Llndpalnter and
Buerhner, however, are tha only competi
tor who have made the flight from Ber
lin to this place within the prescribed time
set for the various stages. -
The aviators will remain hers on week,
taking part in dally contests, which will
be a feature of th program for tha en
tertainment of ths American warship
crews.
Boy Falls Dead on
Horns of Angry Bull
t .
Spanish Shepherd Climbs Electrio
Standard to Escape Animal and
, Grasps Live Wire.
MADRID. Jun J7 (Special Cable
gram.) Francises Pradlllo, a 16-year-old
shepherd, running from an angry bull
near Seville, climbed an electric standard
to escape. He touched a live wire and
fall dead on th horns of th bulL
GEORGE KNOTT FOUND GUILTY
In Returning- Verdict Jury Recom
mends Judicial Clemency.
PRISONER TO DEMAND RETRIAL
Aewnaed af Ft rat Denrc Mardrr la
Kllllas Wlfa Poll aw I a Daaee,
bat Verdict Is far Maa
slaaaSiter. George Knott was foTjnd guilty of man
slaughter by a ' Jury which had ben out
since noon Friday, In a verdict returned at
6:30 o'clock last evening. The Jury recom
mended "the lightest possible sentence at
the discretion of the court." A new trial
will be asked for by Knott's attorney, A.
S. Rltchl.
Knott was on trial charged with first
degree murder for the shooting of his wife,
which occurred on the Burlington tracks
near Fifth and Williams streets on the
evening of April 10. George Graham, en
gineer on a late pas;enger, saw a man an
swering Knott's description fire a number
of times with a shotgun at a woman and
testified that he heard her groans aa he
went by. When he arrived at the station
he notified the police. The authorities
found Mrs. Knott dying, her body riddled
with 196 shota, aa afterward counted.
Knott was found beside her with their
little girl. On the witness stand the pris
oner testified that the shooting was acci
dental. According to his story he asked
his wlfa to come home win htm from
"Granny" Brown'a, across the tracks near
tha river. Th Knotts lived at Fifth and
Williams streets. . She refused, but fol
lowed later. Ha got home first and re
turned with a gun. They met In the dark
ness. Knott assarted that there was a
man with her, who ' opened fir on him
first. ' He shot but hit his 'wife because
of th darkness.
His story waa slightly confused and die
agreed In soma Important details with a
statement he signed - shortly after' th
crime. . ' ' ." : .
James P. English, county attorney, In his
closing speech, ridiculed Knott's story as
ridiculous and the unknown man with his
wife as a mythical personage. '
Knott waa a switchman.
House Continues to
Discuss Wool Bill
Chairman Underwood Expects a Vote
Will Be Taken Next Tuesday
or Wednesday.
WASHINGTON. Jun 17. With a view
to clearing the atmosphere of speeches on
the wool tariff revision bill, the house to
day resumed general debate on the meas
ure. with the probability that . another
night session will be- held.
While the house is , facing the problem
of ahuttlng off sugar orators, the senate
was forced to remain Idle today because
senators had not prepared speeches on the
Cankdlan reciprocity bill. This condition
will be remedied by Monday, however, for
a half dosen 1 speeches, practically all
against the agreement are In course; of
preparation and some senator even will
devote several hours tomorrow to round
tng of periods and polishing the rough
places In their arguments.
Ther were no committees of Importance
In session today at either end of ' the
capital, th house committees Investigat
ing th Industries of steer and sugar hav
ing adjourned until Monday.
Representative Stephens of Mississippi
was th first speaker . for , tb wool MIL
A vota on th measure, according to
Chairman Underwood of th ways and
means oommlttee, probably will be reached
by Next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Diaz Has No Feeling
Against Uncle Sam
United States is in No Way Re
sponsible for Resignation
of Office.
PARIS, Junl?. A dlaatch to the Temps
from St Bebastln says that General Dlas
declared at Vigo that his resignation of th
presidency of Mexico was his final service
to his fatherland, as he had been con
vinced by his friends that only through his
wtthdrawsl could peace be restored. Never
theless he believed that he could have re
mained and won over the revolutionists.
When he left Mexico th treasury reserve
totaled about 131,000.000. whloh he believed
would now be squandered by th revolu
tionists. In conclusion, General Diss Insisted that
the United Statea was in no way responsi
ble for his resignation. '
ONE CENT POSTAGE POSSIBLE
Itateaneett by Cewles, Whe Appears
Before Committee an Poetof.
flee aad Poet Bead.
WASHINGTON, Jun 17. Efficient ad
ministration of modern transportation is
all that la necessary Unmake possible 1
cent postage at once, according to tha
testimony of Jsmes L. Cowles, secretary
of th Postal Progress lesgue, who ap
peared before th committee on postofflc
and post roada
He urged tha passage of a parrels post
and aald that practically 'all tha people of
the country are In favor nf it with the
exception of th express companies. '
SILYER WEDDING AT CAPITOL
Presient and Mrs. Taft Receive Many
Messages of Good Will.
HEARTFELT TRIBUTE OF NATION
Thirty-Three Years Agra Mrs. Taft,
Tkea a Yeaaa- Olrl, Attended Sil
ver Jubilee of President and
Mrs. Hayes.
(BY MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
WASHINGTON June 17. (Special Tele
gram.) While the ceremonlea attending the
coronation of King George and Queen Mary
next week will be on a scale of far greater
magnitude and magnificence than the silver
wedding anniversary of President and Mrs.
William H. Taft, it will In no sense be a
mora spontaneous and heartfult tribute
of a great nation's affection for those who
have been called to rule over Its destinies.
It haa been my fortune to observe closely
many Important functions snd I can recall
none where ther has been heartier desire
on the part of ths whole people, of all con
ditions, to show the Interest and good
wishes for the continued welfare and hap
piness df this typical American family. This
Is evidenced not alone by the great number
of presents received, but by the thousands
of letters that have swelled the White
House malls offering congratulations. They
ar from th great, and from the humble,
the rich and the poor, but all breathe the
same spirit of good will.
President and Mrs. Taft have every rea
son to feel proud and happy at these ac
cumulated evidences of the high esteem In
which they are held by their country 'peo
ple. The splendid reception which will for
mally mark the sliver jubilee of the Tafta
held on Monday will emphasis th mes
sage of th presents and the lettera.
Only once before, If I am correct In
my. hiatory, has a silver .wedding been
celebrated In the White House,- That 'Was
on December, SO, 1877, when President and
Mrs. Hayes celebrated the twenty-fifth an
niversary of their wedding. .
It is a curious coincidence that Mrs.
Taft-then Miss Helen N, Herron. daughter
of President Hayes' law partner, a beautl
fui young girl was a guest at th Hayes
reception. It Is reported that Miss Herron
on that occasion poklngly remarked to the
president that she would never marry a
man who would not become president of
the United States.
The whole nation Is glad that aha has
fulfilled her girlish ambition.
Princely Presents
Given to a Bride
One Hundred Thousand Check to
. Miss Sheedy When She
Weds Burden.
DENVER, June 17. Misa Florence Sheedy
bf Denver and I Townsend Burden of New
York, were married at noon today at the
residence of Dennis Sheedy, father of the
bride, In this city.
Never In the history of Denver haa a
bride received such princely presents. Den
nis Sheedy gave his daughter a check for
100,000, with which to furnish her New
York home and other expensive presents
In alillnn t T Piu.n nt Vow Ynrk
father of the groom presented the young
oouple with a 136.000 silver table service.
The wedding ceremony was performed
by Bishop M. T. Burke of St. Joseph, Mo.
Tobacco Company is
Willing to Be Good
Inst-ad of Asking for Rehearing it
Will Submit a Plan for Re
organization. WASHINGTON, June 17. It Is under
stood at the Department of Justice that
the American Tobacco company will not
file application for a rehearing In the
supreme court, aa it haa permission to
do any time before June 29, according to
the court's order.
Lelancy Nlcoll and W. W. Fuller, the
company's attorneya, will soon have an
other' conference with Attorney Oeneral
Wtckeraham, at which they will probably
submit some plsn for a reorganisation.
TAFT INVITED TO MITCHELL
oath Daketans Hope to Get Presi
dent te Visit State Despite
Declination of Haroa Bid.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Special ,Tele
gram.) Following the receipt of President
Taft's declination of tha invitation ex
tended to him to visit th Huron, 8. D..
Stat fair, Penators Gamble and Crawford
and Representative Burke today presented
the president with an Invitation to visit
ths Mitchell. S. D., Corn exposition, which
will be held September IS to SO. The pre-1-dent
said he would take the invitation un
der consideration and the South Dakota
members arc hopeful that because of his
Kansas trip, September 18 to 28, he will
be able to accept The Invitation to
Mitchell, though given several days ago
to th South Dakota members for pre
sentation to th president, arrived later
than ths Invitation te Huron, and thsy
waited accordingly for tha president's d
rlslon on tha Huron invitation before pre-a commute appointed by Governor Croth
sentlng ths Mitchell Corn exposition bid. I erg for th purpose.
Local Consumers Pay More Than
Anyone in Middle West
KANSAS CITY HAS LOW FIGURE
l.oval Dealers Give Explanation that
Mlsaonrl City lee Men Ar I.nalac
Money on Prodnet They
Offer for "ale.
rues or ion to covstmma
Omaha BO cents
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Dee Moines.
Topeka
St. Joseph . .
. .40 eerta
40 cents
40 cents
.30 So 40 eeatsj
Kansas City .
At Topeka a rebate of a pr cent Is al
lowed purchasers who pay in advance foe
eonpon hooks.
Ice dealers explain to The Be why that
commodity costs more In Omaha than In
othr cltis of th middle went. The con
sumer pays from 20 to 27 pr cant more
for Ice in Omaha then he does in Kan
sas City, Pes Moines, Sioux City, St. Jo
soph or Denver.
Weather condition of last winter wer
responsible, say dalrs, for th xlstlnf
shortage, which maks It necessary t
ship Ice from Clear Lake and other
fields. The larger companlss, for In-,
stanc the Omaha Ire and Cold Storage,
i and the People's Ice and Cold Storage
companies, charge 15.00 a thousand to th
domestic ronsumr, whereas last year a
half-ton book could have ben bought for
tl. Penptte this price charged by th
larger companies, the small peddlers who
buy their stock from the larger eompa
nls thn sell It to the consumer for,!
cents a hundred pounds. This situation 1
acknowledged by msnarr. '
H. A. Colvln, general manager for the
Omaha Ice snd Cold Storag company, ex
plained It thualy:
"The one-price system to all consum
ers, In our opinion. Is fairer than the
graduated scale. The man who has room
for 100 pounds in his ics chest gets tha
supply cheaper than the man whq has
twenty-five pounda We pride ourselves
In the fact that our wagons supply our
customers at any time of the day or night
at any time of the year. So when wa saw
that there was going to be a marked
shortage In the store houses this year,
one price waa fixed early in th season,
so that ther would be no necessity of
making two or three - Increases as . th
season progresses. These peddlers com
here and buy of us, and they, perhsps, will
deliver H Jh.elr customers for a month
j or su. cue men mey win quit, wneress
I our customers have ths sssuranc .that
they will be supplied at any time they
need Ice." .
"Just Why Is It that every other city
, reiated , 8,e to Omaha haa cheap lc
this summer, while it haa increased In
price hereT" Mr. Colvln was asked. ,
Open Winter Blamed.
"Because of the open winter," he replied.
"For a radius of 260 miles from Omaha
I there was no ice harvest. There were only
! fourteen harvest days In the last seaaon.
when, to assure a full crop, there shoiild
be at least two cuttings of that length
of time.
"Added to the fact that ther waa only
one freese to assurs a aupply. Carter lake
was five and one-half feet lower than
usual, thereby depreciating tha cutting sur
face. The normal lea crop for Omaha, J
should estimate, would be about 428,000
tons. It Is at leaat 10 per cent short this
year. Ws now are shipping In from ths
outside to supply our trade. On one ship
ment received yesterday ther was
shrinkage of 38 per cent on one car. That
means an addition to the price to the con
sumer. Then the packing housea tak up a
big amount of lue, and th railroads. Th
situation here Is not unusual, for every
five or six years we have a failure. In
1908 the price went to 60 cents a hundred."
The fiO cent scalu was put Into effect by
all Ice dealers on May 1, Mr. Colvln said.
He declared, however, that this price wa
bY the initiative of each company to-
dlvldually, as far hs he was aware.
"Wa figured what our supply would be
and set a price whloh would obtain
throughout ' th season, sven though w
were forced to ship in," he added.
"Is there an association or organisation,
of ice dealera in Omaha, where th Inter
ests of th trad ar discussed T' Mr. Col
vln was asked.
Organisation Is Dealed.
"No, absolutely no," hs cried.
William R. Wood, secretary and gen
eral manager of the People's Ice and Cold
Storage company, said that conditions in
other cities were not comparable to those
In Omaha.
"Why la it that they sell lc so much
cheaper in Kansas City thau you do
here?" he was asked.
"I see The Bee printed an article giving
the prices there. But you did not learn
of the real conditions. There Is not an
Ice plant in Kansas City that la making
money. Many of them are on the verge
of bankruptcy. There are too many ther..
The public should expect a company to
get a reasonable return on the capital and
effort Invested.
"Artificial Ice plants are a losing propo
sition if they are depended upon entirely.
Four or flv successive good lc crops
would put a 500,000 plant out of business.
"W advanced the price to 60 cents a
hundred on May 1. I can assurs you that
that will ba th only Increase this year.
"No, there was, no agreement between
the dealera when ths price was Increased.
Ws hear through our drivers and other
source what other companies ar charging
and act accordingly." '.
SILVER PUNCH BOWL FOR TAFT
Maryland Selects Its Present for th
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
of tha President.
BALTIMORE, June 17. An embossed Sti
ver waiter, a silver punch bowl and a
handsome silver ladle are th gifts of ths
people of Maryland to President and Mrs.
Tsft on th silver anniversary of their
marriage. Tha gift wss selected today by
i