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UMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1911 TWELVE PAGES.
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HAVrfAIGYEKJH,
TO HUM' TRUST
Sou of Late Sugar King Will Battle
with Aionoyoly Hu Father
Built Up.
TELLS PLANS TO COMMITTEE
Young Man Wanti to MaUe Career
for Himself.
EEFEjSDS
FATHER'S MEMORY
He Says Hit Sire Acted from Philan
thropic Motives. .
WISHES TO CONTROL NATIONAL
If (onrt Gives II I m Right to Vntsf
Common Mock He Will Make
Company Competitor of
the American.
AV.VRITTXOTON. June 20 -With all the
frankness of youth. Horace Havemeyer,
the 25-voar-nld son of the late autrnr klmr.
11. X Havemeyer. todav told the house j
"mnr trust"' Investigating committee of
his plans to flcht the so-called trust hla
father h.id li'illt tip. Incidentally young
Havemeyer defendd every action of his
father and arored tho.e who today would
condemn him.
In brief, the p!an of Mr. Havemeyer la
to proourp from the courts the right to
Vote IIO.OTVM" worth of common stock In
th" National Sucar Rcf'nlnp; company, now
In the name of .lames H. Post, buy
enough of the preferred stock of the com
pany to make a mnjorlty Interest and
then manage tho company In opposition to
the American Sugar Refining company.
"I want to make a career for mysalf."
declared the youna millionaire. "I have
no Interest In the American company and
no sympathy with those who are running
It nnw '
Then he defended hla father's' record and
expressed hla idea that a combination of
commercial concerna was a "good thing"
and that Industrial advancement of the
United States waa due to "trusts." 1
ISIder Havemeyer a Philanthropist.
Mr. Havemeyer declared It as his belief
that his father acted from philanthropic
motives In organizing the first sugar
combination In 187. "He told my aunt,"
he said, "that the companies would either
Co 'busted' or be taken Into, a combina
tion." The reaaon his father aold hla holdings In
the American 'Sugar Refining company,
when he waa president, the son said, was
because he did not want any one to say
he was managing the American for hla
personal benefit. Young Havemeyer said
hla mother told him this waa hla father's
Idea. i '
"About the only person' father talked
, affairs with was my. mother or my
aunt. Once a man I think his name waa
White said father was managing the com
pany for his personal benef.t. It made-hint
so sick he decided to get rid of his stock.
He had been getting 1100,000 salary as
president, but waa the only man who ever
succeeded In running the American, and
fhey have not had pne Mkhlm' slncei:
Mr. Havemeyer declared' the combination
of three companies Into the National Sugar
Refining company had the effect of in
creasing trade. . ,
"And decreasing competition?" suggested
Chairman Hardwlck.
"Oh, J, will admit that competition was
reduced," the witness said, "but through
the National the properties were made able
to compete harder with outalde companies."
How He Left American Company.
Hla retirement from the directorate of
the American Sugar Refining company was
explained by young Havemeyer at the re
quest of Chairman Hardwlck.
"I' went west on a trip and when I
returned." said Mr. Havemeyer. "I had
made up my mind that I wanted to take
anaT:tlve interest In the National Sugar
Refining company. I wanted to make a
career for myself along that line.
"I went to Mr. Thomas, who was then
at the head of the American, and told him
of my plans and notified him that on
January 1, 1911, I Intended to retire from
the directorate of the American.
"Then, more aa a courtesy than any
thing else, I went to Hr. Poat, who waa
preMdent of the National and told him that
1 wished to terminate the contract whereby
the B. H. Howell Son and company
handled the National buslnesa."
"Why did you want It cancelled?" asked
Mr. Hardwlck. '
' "Because I thought the stockholders
could manage Ita business better."
Mr. Havemeyer said he did not get very
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The Weather
For Nebraska Generally fair.
For lowa Generally fair.
Tempers. tare at Omaha Yeaterda
5 a. m
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Highest yesterday.. W 85 87 87
lowest yenteruay 71 W 6
Mian temperature 7 81 it 7
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Normal temperature .'. 71
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Total excesa since March 1 6U
Normal precipitation
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ICxceas for the day 18 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 7.06 Inches
Mticluncy since March 1 1.28 Inches
lKficlency for cor. period, 1910.. t.ii Inches
Ueflvleucy for cor. period, 1.. 3.20 Inches
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U A. WL8U. Local JTorecaatar.
Women and Girls
Crowd Court Room
at Trial of See
Extracts of Books Written by Apostle
of Absolute Life Placed in Evi
dence in Kidnaping Case.
CHICAGO. June 20 -A long line of -people,
school girls ami bova and women,
young and middle asl struiirrled for an
hour todav to ge Into the court room whi
the trial of Evelyn Arthur See. founder of
the Absolute I.lfe cult, charged with ahr
ductlon, was resumed. Scores were turned
awny.
Manuscripts of two of Poe'a book 4 con
taining the hletory of the cult, on of them
written In lull, were itdmltted as evident.
ilvl tness and mother of the girl, for whose
I .fellrgrd abduction Pee Is being tried, filed
V answer to the divorce sill! recently be-
Vrfnn by her husband. In which charges of
undue Intimacy with Pee were contained.
Bridges left hla wife ooon after the ex
posure of the See cult and the subsequent
Indictment of See.
In her answer. Mrs. Bridges chanted that
he left her wlihout reasonable cause, j
Prosecutor Burnham then read Into the
record a number of extracts from See's
books. See, apenklng of the spirit of
wisdom, personified in his own body said:
"I am he, whom It was announced would
come to lead you unto him whom all men
seek. I am now supreme for by me all
must be led unto Him who sent me "
The prosecutor read many pages through
which Pee claimed to be a divine agent
for the purpose of purifying the world and
creating a new race of men and women,
all to be physically and spiritually per
fect. Mildred Bridges, with whose abduction
See is charged, and Mona Rees, aJno taken
In the police raid, were I barred from the
court room during the reading of the ab
stracts. Prosecutor Burnham quottng Pee. showed
that Ml'dred Bridges waa called his chosen
one, "his treasure." and "the Idol of his
heart." Her mother was highly praised
for giving her to him and promised the
greatest glory in the next world.
Mildred waa spoken of aa "the highest
In this body," as containing all the vir
tues of all, the strength of the strength
of all, the aweetneaa of the sweetness of
all, the gentle grace of the gentle grace of
all, the Queen among women, the wife of
the Lord, the wife of See's spirit and other
equally - glowing terms. She was, the
book aald. the fulfillment of the work of
the "Absolute Life," being the family, the
home and the married life, from which the
new race waa to spring.
Of Mona Rces, See wrote, according to
Burnham, that Mona first learned Absolute
Life in Portland, Ore., through corres
pondence with her mother, Felltia, who
waa the first person to understand, to
accept and to receive Absolute Life. She
came to Chicago In 1907, to aid In compiling
the books.
Murder at Thorndale
... Followed by Lynching
Mexican Boy Stabs Owner of Garage
j , ' and Mob Hangs Him, to Pole .
) with Trace Chain. . '.
' THORNDALE. Tex.. June 20.-The Whit
fling of a atlck led to the killing of Charles
Zeltung, a garage ownar and the sub
sequent lynching of a Mexican youth here
last night. Whether the boy was a citizen
of the United States or Mexico Is not
known. The sheriff of Milam county Is on
bis way to Thorndale to Investigate.
The Mexican, a lad of about 18 years of
age, whose name has not been ascertained,
was sitting on the sidewalk in front of
Zeltung's garage early last night In
dustriously wielding his pocket knife and
making a pile of shavings. Zeltung pro
tested against the Uttering up or the en
trance to his place of business and ordered
the youth to stop. This, according to by
standers, angered the Mexican, and he
stabbed Zeltung through the heart.
The youth was arrested and lodged In the
town jail. Shortly after nightfall a mob
of about 100 men gathered, stormed the
prison and secured the Mexican with little
difficulty.
Some of the party went for ropes, but
others of the party were Impatient and
held up a farmer who was driving a load
of watermelons to market.
The team was unhitched and the four
trace chains fastened together. One end
of the chain was fastened about the neck
of the youth . and another boy climbed
a telephone pole, throwing the free end
over a beam. The Mexican waa hoisted
about six feet from tho ground and the
free end , waa made fast to a foot spike
on the pole.
The crowd quickly dispersed, but the
body hanged for an hour before It waa
lowered. The lynching occurred on the
principal street of Thorndale.
fJlG FIRE AT MARICOPA, CAL
Chief f the rtre Department Killed
and Several Persons Are)
lnjared.
BAKERSFTELD, Cal., June SO.-Fred
Ball, business man of Maricopa and chief
of the fire department, waa killed by a
live electric wire while fighting the fire
that destroyed half of the buslneas section
of Maricopa at 1 o'clock thta morning.
Many fire fighters were Injured by falling
timbers. The loss will reach mors than
1100.000.
Harry Velau Locates Friend
Who Finds' Harry's Cash Box
Three scintillating golden links festooned
across the folds of a luminous red necktie
which fell from a large knot at the front
button of his celluloid collar, caused Harry
Velau of Hastings, Okl., to tose 815 yes
terday afternoon.
Harry, a young farmer with 115 acrea of
cotton land near Hastings, waa walling
with hla mother at the union atatlon tot
a train to Hartford, 8. Is
He stood with hands ir. bis pockets In
tently studying the Ulterior decorations of
the union passenger station, when he was
accosted by a handsomely groomed gentle
man who slapped hla back and grasped his
band, crying: "Why, beilo. I aee you are
aa Odd Fellow. Let a go to the ball
game."
Such friendliness at once overwhelmed
Harry and be consented. At the game he
learned that hla sew found acquaintance
had two vallaes containing jewelry at an
express office, but he did not have enough
CEREMONY GIVEN
IN A REHEARSAL
Preliminary Practice for Coronation
Depicts Event Practically as it
ts Event Practically as it . . 1
Will Be Thursday.
CROWDED PROGRAM FOR THE VL.
King and Queen Receive Envoys from
Foreign Lands,
SHAKESPEAREAN BALL NOTABLE
Their Majesties and Members of
Royalty Present.
STATE BANQUET IS ELABORATE
John Mara Hmnmoai Has Aadlenco
with the Kin and Alao Take
Luncheon with Princes
l.onlse.
LONDON. June 20 -A full dress rehearsal
of the coronation ceremony, the reception
of envoys from foreign lands by the king
and queen at Buckingham palace, the state
banquet to royal guests and representa
tives of heads of states and the Shakes
pearean ball at Albert hall hade up to
day's crowded program of events directly
connected with the crowning of King
George and. Queen Mary.
The Coronation rehearsal depleted hte
ceremony practically as It will be performed
on Thursday.
The Shakespearean ball was a notable
affair, as King George and Queen Mary
and nearly all the members of the royalty
were present.
The state banquet at Buckingham palace
tonight was the most elaborate of the
kind ever given In London. The famous
Windsor gold plate waa used.
John Hays Hammond, special United
States ambassador, had a well filled day.
With Mrs. Hammond he lunched at Ken
sington palace, the guests of Prlnceas
Louise, who is an old fried of the Ham
monds. At the luncheon he met Prince
Henry of Battenburg and a email party.
Thla afternoon Mr. Hammond had an
audience with the king at Buckingham
palace.
Mr. and Mra. Hammond attended the
atate banquet, later going to the great
Shakespearean ball at Albert hall.
. At last night's banquet at Buckingham
palace, given by the king and queen to the
special representatives of the varloua pow
ers, Mr. Hammond took the Princess Alex
andra of Teck, the queen'a sister-in-law.
Stated at the an me table' with the American
special ambassador were Prince Henry of
Prussia; the Chinese Prince Asal-Chlen,
eldest aon of the regent of China; the
hereditary princess of Saxe-Melnlnj who
la a alster of Emperor William, the
prince of Monaco.
The fleet of foreign warshlpa here for the
coronation was made complete this morn
ing by the arrival of the German cruiser
Stone Der Tun. Sixteen nations are repre
sented at Spithead. The American battle
ship Delaware takes the premier place both
In the matter of size and armament.
STRIKES, ITIES TP MANY SHIPS)
Many Visitors Will Be Vnable to See
. . . . Blsj Naval Review.
LONDON. June 20. The seamen's strike
is playing havoc with the plana of those
who had arranged to wltnesa the great
naval review by King George at Spithead
on Saturday.
The Union Castle lino and the Royal Mall
steam packet line have announced that
each was obliged to withdraw four nt
big ships which had been chartered to at-
tend thtt sea pageant.
These ships long ago sold out their en-
tire accommodationa for Saturday
pt-iiuui uioim iittiu:B is reported as hav
ing occurred at Glasgow. Strikers stormed
a shed where non-unionists were working.
They were dispersed by the police who used
their clubs upon rioters.
LIVERPOOL, June 20. The Cunard,
White Star and Allen lines today conceded
tne advances demanded by the striking
seaman and arranged a compromise on
other polnta with the strikers.
BILL TO AMEND DRUG ACT
Proposal to Prohibit Falae or Mia.
leading; Statements of Curative
Qualities ot Medicines.
WASHINGTON, June . Representative
ments as to the curative value of a medic
amendment to the pure food and drugs
act, prohibiting false and mis?adlng state
ments as to the curative value of a medi
Inal preparation on patent medicine
labels.
The bill is designed to strengthen the law
following the recent decision by the su
preme court of the United States In the
Johnson case, In which It was held that
patent medicines were "mlsbranded'' only
when misleading or false statements were
made on the labels aa to the quality,
quantity or purity of the ingredients.
"The bill," said Mr. Shirley, "Is intended
to make the pure food law embrace those
cases of Interstate shipments of worthless
medicines and drugs fraudulently held to
the public as possessing curative prop
erties." Rev. Clyde Oow Denied New Trial.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. June SO T
Rev. Clyde Gow. who Is serving a four)
,ri. stunt-nee in me penitentiary in con-
nectlon with the He.th nt ml. r i i.
Gleuson of Lincoln county, was denied a
rehearing of hla appeal by the supreme
court today.
money "with him" to pay the express
charges to get them out.
They talked It over, returning from the
ball game, and by the time they had
reached Fifteenth and Douglas streets.
Harry discovered that he could help hla
lodge brother out of the difficulty. He had
IIS in bis pocket, which would Just pay the
farta for hla mother and himself, to Hart
ford. But at the depot hla new found
friend had another valise ot money. Harry
could and did lend him the US, on the
promise that It would be returned when
they again reached the station.
Harry handed over his money and hi
friend, telling him to wait In front of the
Continental building, hurried off with tbs
money. Harry waited, but his friend came
not, and he started out to find a real Odd
Fellow from whom to borrow money to pay
the lares of hla mother and himself on to
Hartford, where he ia taking her for her
health.
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
LORIMER CASE IS REOPENED
Cyrus H. McCormick is Asked About
Hundred Thousand Fund.
TELLS OF TAli. WITH FUNK
General Manager ol Harvester Trast
Bald Edward Hlnea Asked Him
to Chip In to Elect Lorl
mer Senator.
WASHINGTON, June 20.' Little but hear
say evidence was brought out today when
the senate Lorlmer Investigating committee
held ita Initial hearing In the Inquiry that
la to go deep Into the charges of corrup
tion in the election of the Junior senator
from Illinois.
Cyrus H. McCormick, president of the
International Harvester company, was be
for the committee to tell what he knew
of the collection of a HOO.OnO fund alleged
to have been used In Lorlmer's behalf. He
testified that Clarence S. Funk, general
manager of the company, had told htm of
activity in behalf of Lorlmer and that their
co-operation had been Invited by Edward
Htnes of the Hlnes Lumber company to
contribute to the election fund.., - v
' William J Hynes, who requested permis
sion to appear as personal counsel for Ed-
j ward Hlnes, objected to the line of ques
tioning. He was overruled.
"What did Mr. Funk say to you?" asked
John H. Marble, one of the counsel for
the committee.
"Mr. Funk came to me In my office."
said McCormick, "and said that Mr. Hlnes
at the Union League club In Chicago had
approached him on the subject of our com-
1 P,ny making a contribution. The object
i was to obtain a contributor to a fund which
j ne understood was to be made to recoup
expenditures In connection with the elec-
j tlon of Senator Lorlmer. . Mr. Funk told
I n,m tnat n,s ujtestIon could not be con-
sldered. I told him I was glad that he had
declined and that practically ended the in
cident." i
Tllden'a Name Mentioned.
Mr. Marble took the lead In the question
ing of Mr. McCormick.
"Are you a relative of Mr. Medill Mc-
LCormlck of Chicago Tribune?" TTe asked.
"Tea. Mr. McCormick la the son of a
cousin of mine. We are good friends, but
are not related in business or politics."
The witness said he had never met Sena
tor Lorlmer, and when questioned as to
difficulties about taxea, admitted that he
had had some, but had not connected
Lorlmer with them.
Asked If Mr. Funk had mentioned any
other persons In connection with the col
lection of the fund, Mr. McCormick replied
that he had brought in the name of Mr.
Tllden of the National Packing company.
Mr. MoCormlck then told of subsequent In
terviews with Mr. Funk.
As' to the editorial In the Chicago Record
Herald concerning the alleged fund ot 1100,
000 In behalf of Senator Lorlmer, the wit
ness said that at about the tlms the
article appeared Mr. Funk had told hlm'hs
had given the facta to H. H. Kohlaaat, the
editor of that paper had said that he had
advised that Mr. Rohlsaat be relieved from
his pledge of secrecy,
"I did not think that Mr. Kohlsaat should
go to Jail," aald Mr. McCormick, "and
consequently advised that he be authorized
to give the source of his Information,"
Second Interview with Hlnes.
Mr. McCormick said that Funk had told
him of a second Interview with Hlnea, and
that Hlnes had sought him out to tell him
that he had not meant that hla suggestion
of the $10,000 contribution would be taken
I ..Hnu.lv
Benousiy.
( "I felt rather Indignant and so did Mr.
Funk," replied Mr. McCormick when asked
If he had been shocked by Mr. Funk's
revelation.
"Do you not think that you ahould have
given the information In the previous In
quiry?" asked Chairman Dillingham.
The wltnesa replied that while he con
sidered the matter an important one, he
had not felt Impelled to testify.
"It did not seem to me to be my duty
to go before the committee," he said; "I
did not follow all the details."
"Then your only Interest was in keeping
Kohlsaat out of Jail?"
"No, but the gravity of the situation waa
such that I felt that ws should Interfere
In Mr. Kohlsaat'a behalf. I had heard of
other funds In connection with political
elections and I had supposed that there
would be plenty of evidence."
Mr. McCormick aald he had heard among
others of the "Jackpot" fund of which there
had been common talk for years. His
company had never been called upon to
contribute to the fund, he added, although
It had varioua applications to contribute to
auch funda in other states.
He aald hla knowledge concerning the
"jackpot" was not hearsay.
The witness said he had had no prefer
ence for any senatorial candidate in the
election of 190t.
Recalling the testimony of Mr. Funic be-
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The "Bonehead!"
DEUh'fMI
Peddlers Start
Riot in Randolph
Street Market
Chicago Vegetable Venders Upset the
Wagons of Men Who Refuse to
Join in Strike.
CHICAGO, June 20. Peddlers who have
gone on strike hoping to force the repeal of
an anli-nolse ordinance preventing them
crying their wares today began acta of
violence to force lesa demonstrative mem
bers of the tribe to Join them. When the
peddlers appeared at the big Randolph
street market at daylight wagona were
overturned, fruit and vegetables scattered
about and drivers who refused to strike
were driven from their wagona. 'A number
of riot calls were received by the police
and more than a score of arrests had been
made before the strikers deserted the
market place. In most Instances police
found It necessary to us their cluba and
nearly all of the prisoners suffered minor
cuta and bruises. There Is said to be 10,
600 peddlers' In the . city. The anti-noise
ordinance waa passed for the benefit of
night workers, of whom there ate thou
sands here and whose days of rest were
broken by the cries of the peddlers.
The fruit men yesterday planned to
march to the city hall and present their
demands to Mayor Harrison, but the
parade waa prevented ny the police.
One man was killed in the riots today.
George Metropolis, with eight other ped
dlers, constituting one of the wrecking
gangs, waa shot and killed " by George
Burpulas, when the gang tried to pull
Burpulas from his wagon and force him to
join the strike Burpulas with the eight
vreckcrs, were arrested.
Lincoln Saloon Men
Face Longer Delay
Appeal of Anti-Saloon League Prom
ises to Prevent Opening in Cap
ital City Until July.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. June 20. (Special.) Through
the excise board yesterday granted a total
of fifteen Itcenaes, thla morning's session,
at which Superintendent Potilson of the
Anti-Saloon league filed an appeal from the
decision of the board, dlnclosed the fact
that another aunusual delay Is to occur
before bright, spots will greeet thirsty
travelers in the capltol city.
Aa the matter now stands until the dial
trlct court disposes, of all the legal points
involved, which may not be until late in
July, at the end of the present term, the
only possible way In which saloon men can
avoid delay Is In the withdrawal of At
torney Guile's appeal.
NEW YORK STRIKE MAY SPREAD
Head of teamen's Union Says Ulti
matum Will Expire at Mid.
night.
NEW YORK. June 80. Henry P. Oriffln,
vice president of the International Seamen'a
union, said thla afternoon that a requeat for
a conference had been sent to all coast
wise lines entering this port and that,
unless en agreement was reached before
midnight tonight a general strike would
bo called tomorrow.
His ultimatum had no visible effect ort
the management of the Morgan line,
against which the present strike Is directed.
The company's ship. El Norte, sailed for
Galveaton today with a full crew of fifty
two men.
H. A. Stevenson Finds Brother
Long Separated From Family
H. A. Stevenson, 4230 Ersklne street, city
sslesman for the Standard Oil company,
has found his brother, from whom he was
separated more than thirty years ago.'
The Stevenson home In Omaha will be
the scene of a reunion within the next tew
weeks, for O. J. Stevenson of Milwaukee,
the long lost brother, and Carl Stevenson
' Junction City, Kaa.. the third brother,
coming nere tor a visit.
The mother of the three men died at
Magnolia, la., at the family borne In X88L
Whei the home waa broken up II. A.
Steenaon's father left him. a small child,
at Magnolia with hla grandparents, who
reared him. The fi.'.hr then removed to
Michigan, leaving Ortle with a family of
friends In Chicago, who adopted him. This
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WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND LINE
Fast Train Carrying Company Offi
cials Derailed Near Topeka.
ONE WOMAN SERIOUSLY HURT
She Is Wife of Vice President F. D.
Melcher, Who Was Alao Sllgrhtly
Injured General Super.
Intendent Injured.
TOPEKA, Kan.. June 20.-F. O. Melcher
of Chicago, vice president of the Hock
Island, was slightly hurt and Mrs. Melcher
waa seriously but not fatally Injured by
the derailment of Mr. Melcher's special
car near McKarland at 2 o'clock this after
noon. Several Pullman passengers were
slightly injured. It Is believed none seri
ously. The train. No. 2S. Is due In To
peka at 2:30. In It were the private cars
of Vice President Melcher and General
Manager A. E. Sweet. Both of the cars
left the track, aa did the two Pullmans.
G. W. Roark of Herlngton, general auper
tntendent, waa slightly Injured by being
struck by a chair. Mra. . Melcher- and the
other Injured passengers were taken to a'
farm houae. She la suffering from shock.
Mr. Melcher was Injured about the head,
O, H. Lewis, general superintendent of
the Rock Island, was slightly Injured by
flying timbers. A. E. Sweet, general man
ager, whose private car waa derailed, was
not Injured.
General Manager Sweet escaped injury.
Vice President Melcher's Injuries consist
of bruises and lacerations of the head and
face. He Is, however, reported to be di
recting the work of rescue. Mra. Melcher
is Injured Internally and Is being cared
for by physicians. A 12-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mra. Melcher waa alightly
hurt. Physllcans and officials of the com
pany have left for the scene of the wreck.
Besides the two private cars, the wrecked
train carried two Pullman sleeping cars,
a combination smoking car and chair car
and a baggage car. The train la called
the St. Louis. Colorado & Paciflo Coast
express. It left Denver last night.
Fifty Millions
of New Telephone
Stock to Be Issued
.
Money is to Be Used for Extension of
Plants of Bell System Outside of
State of New York.
BOSTON, June 30. -A stock issue of $50 1
OOO.ono was authorized by the American
Telephone and Telegraph company today.
An official statement announced the fol
lowing: "The proceeds of the Issue of capital
stock will be mainly used to provide the
companies of the Bell system outside of the
state of New York with funds for current
and ordinary construction and extension
of plant and will be represented In the
treasury of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company by the spare capital
or the capital advance notea of such corn
pan lea."
On announcement of the new issue the
stock of the American Telephone broke
three points to US.
BOSTON, June 20. The New England
Telephone and Telegraph company has de
clared a quarterly dividend ot 14 per cent
Increasing the annual rate from 6 per cent
to T per cent.
Elks Meeting; In Most City.
SIOUX CITY, Ia. 'June 30.-Elk from
all parts of Iowa began arriving In Sioux
City this morning to attend the annual
state convention of the order. The day
was devoted to reception of visitors. The
city la clad In gala dress. '
family removed to Ohio with the child.,
going thence to Milwaukee. After, the boy
waa taken from Chicago, hla whereabouts
was a mystery to his relatives.
Mr. ' Stevenson's father took Carl, the
baby, to Junction City, Kan., where he
grew to manhood. He la now a prosperous
contractor.
H. A. and Carl Stevenson made many ef
forts to find the lost brother. O. J. Steven
son happened to engage In correspondence
with relatlvea In Iowa, aa a reault of the
similarity of names and, comparing notes,
lesrned of the whereabouts of his two
brothers.
H. A. Stevenson said last night he
had exchanged letters with his brother In
Milwaukee, but as yet knew nothing as to
bis ocsupation or the events of his life.
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UNDERWOOD WOOL
BILLJS PASSED
Measnre Revising Schedule K of
Fayne-Aldrich Law Goes Through
House, 221 to 110.
PARTY LINES SOMEWHAT BROKEN
Number of Insurgent Republicans
Vote with the Democrats.
TAFT SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE
Report of Tariff Board Will Not Bt
Ready Until December.
HOUSE HAS AVAILABLE FACTS
Inquiry Has Taken World-Wide
Scope and Any Farther State
ment at This Time Mlat
De Misleading;.
BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON. .Tune ;o.-The house to
day passed the Tnderwood wool tariff re
vision bill. 221 to 100. a number of repub
llcan Insurgents voting with the demorrate.
WASHINGTON , June 20 In a special
message to the house of representatives to
day. Mr. Taft elated that the tariff boaid
would not be ready to submit a compre
hensive report on woolen and cotton sched
ules of the tariff law until December next.
The president's' message was called ottt
by a house resolution requesting him to
transmit at once all of the Information
procured by the tariff board relating to
wool and the manufacture of wool. Mr.
Taft Included In his message a statement
from the tariff board as to tho status of
Its inquiry and also a atatement by
committee of the National Tariff Commis
sion association which recently conducted,
an Investigation of the methods of the
tariff board. This report was highly com
mendatory of the board's work.
Mr. Taft's message found the house en
gaged in final discussion of the Under
wood tariff revision bill. Immediately on
convening consideration of the measure
was begun under the rule limiting debate
to five mlnutea to each speaker.
President Taft said he transmitted the
house resolution to the board, which. In
reply, prepared a statement enclosed. .
Available Flanree Already In.
In thla statement the board said that
statistics compiled by it from tho latest
available foreign and domestic sources cov
ering the production, distribution and con
sumption of raw wool and woolen manufac
turers had already been transmitted, on
request, to the ways and means committee
of the house and used by It. The board
declares It la conducting an Inquiry which
Involves original research work that . ia
world wide In scope. A large amount of
material has already been obtained.
"Thla Incomplete Information," the board
says, "necessarily la fragmentary In char- .
acter and If transmitted to congress would
be not only of doubtful utility, but actually
misleading. We shall develop the essential
facta In relation to both the wool and
cotton schedules in time for forwarding
to congress next December,' and 1 In . this
endeavor we are not only working to the
limit of the present appropriation, but to
the utmost capacity of our entire force."
No Further -Information Ready.
The president says in part:
"This language and an examination of
the detailed account of what the board la
doing, contained therein will show that
they have no further Information than that
which has already been transmitted to the
committee on ways and meana In any
form or condition proper for transmission.
"The board of experts was first engaged
In assisting the executive In the discharge
of his duties under the maximum . and
minimum clause of the Payne tariff bill.
Its attention was then directed to accumu
lation of Information for use In connection
with the reciprocity agreement made with
Canada and especially the comparative cost
of commodities In Canada and In the
United Statea, the price of labor and par
ticularly farm labor In the two countries
and the cost of producing papera and wood
pulp on both sides of the boundary.
The sundry civil appropriation act
of last year provided that If a
tariff commission or board was estab
lished. It should report on the wool
schedule by the first of December. The
tariff commission bill was lost, but under
the discretionary power vested In me. I
appointed a board aa near like the one de-
scribed In the bill which waa lost as
possible a non-partisan board of five mem
bersand I directed them to make the
examination Into achedule, its meaning and
the coat of production of wool and of
woolens In this country and abroad, and
to have their report ready by the first ot
December.
Will Be Ready In December.
"The board of experta reports to me that
they will have a full and complete re
port on tha 'subject of schedule K and its
contents, the cost of production of wool
and woolens at home and abroad and also
upon the same facta In respect to the cot
ton schedule by the first of December
next, when I shall be glad to submit both
to the congress.
"Meantime the board la not in a position
to transmit anything except what has
already been sent to the ways and means
committee.
"In order that congress may more fully
understand what the board of experts la
engaged In, I transmit In connection with
their atatement a report by a committee ot
the National Tariff Commission association
which applied to me for permission to In
vestigate the methods of procedure of tha
board ot experts and the scope and pro.
gress of the work.
"Their Judgment is shown in the follow
ing paragraph:
" 'We believe that the value of the work
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