unday Bee NEWS SECTION For Nbrtk rrobably showers. Fcr Iowa Probably howr. PAGLS ONE TO EIGHT. VOL, XLI NO. 1. OMAHA, SUNDAY M OK XING, JCNK 25. 1911 FIVK 'SECTIONS THIRTV-KIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The Omaha KOHLSAAT GIVES HIS TESTIMONY Record-Herald Editor Before EeuU Committee Investigating Elec tion cf Lorimer. XNEW OF ATTEMPT TO HOLD 1st last August the Entire Story V?u Told to Colonel Rooseyelt. NAME OF BOOT IS BROUGHT 0 La Follette and Cullom Are Mention? 4 in New L'ght UNCLE JOE CANNON'S NAKE HEARD Private life af Illlael Senate U Ideal and that II llae Feaabt Twfil) Years far Larl- mrrlaa. " VCA"?l"i'C;TiN. June II Many figures of nations! irom'n nc were brought tnto the !.rlinT inrettstlon today for th first tbne when !Icimti K. Knhlesat ed for 1 i-tih'lvhiT i if th Ceil' ago Reo rd- ' mittrp -l :t rc th" flection of Sen- sVo- Lc m r . Former i indderit nevelt's name wai i llr.krd 'th the InvestiKatlon rnhen Mr. Kntils&ai tvi f.1 t'.at lat August he told Colmicl P.oov-elt the entire story of the) llffTFd a U erupt of V. M. Hlne.e to e-jlloct j t1,.'0 from Clarence s. Funk, general ! .manager of U.e Intei nrtimal 'Hirtwlcr rcnipon.. I i-elritJberr thoi'e who hud con- i i t tSutil K4.0i "to mt Lo;ltner across at PORTSMOUTH. England, June 14. Thla S'l ilnrf W." lit l.n of secrecv was . wax th day of ship and aallora. The 'Hfd on thr foiinc. !reai1ent. but Mr. j king and queen and the foreign repre Kchl'aat terttftrd fVne! Rrfevelt wrote ! aenttlve at th coronation left the cap- h'.m that he u c tned. becju of Mr. Kohl aat'a Inforrf ation. to attend th Hamllt-n club dinner In (l lcaeo later, in August. 1 '10. If I ft l-nt-r i to he there. The Roo vet letfr will be placed In the taotd of the hearing. Tbi- nann of Srnn t j 5 Rct. I-a. Folli-tte and Cullum were ment.oned In a new light, j Mr. Kohlsaat testified that he had In formed thet renatora. Ief re the aenate , I'iskciI on the Ijoilmer case, of the conver ' ration Ih which Funk had told him of J Uinta' alleged a tempt to collect money. To thcae men, Mr KohSaat dd not men tion naniea. bocauae he considered hlm " aelf nndor a pledge of aecrecy to Mr. Funk not to do ao. Mr. 45hlaat men tioned Senator Cullom' name only at tbe cloee of the day'a aeaalon. I'aaann and Tavfaey Meatlaae. 1 Former Bpeaker Cannon and former , Repreaentatlre Tawne of Minnesota flg I ured (n the day'a teetlmony. Judge Han ecy, counael for Senator Liorimer. aaked the wltneaa If Senator Lffrimer in 101 did not drop a legal - ault against , Mr. Kohlnaat berauae Cannon 'and Tawney InM IiIm I. v. e.aMJ If Mimf . w.M Hnl done the Chicago Record-Herald would nnt auppprt Rooaevert for president In 104. ."That la ao rldleuloaa that M.aimeer, "is' needed to It," declared Mr. Kohlaaat. Tlia wltneaa underwent a. long cjoaa-ex-amlnatlofl by coaoael . for Senator Lorl tner. He waa naked if be did- not tell the Funk atory to every newspaper in. Chi cago. The wttneas aald that he could pot remember If he bad, although he had apoken of it without mentioning names to several person He was asked If he had not given IK to every measlne that ' was friendly to him. Mr. Kohlsaat denied that he had done so. -Uldn't you give It to one of the editors of J he Outlook?" Inquired Judge Hanecy. t "No, air." "Didn't you give It to Theodore Roose velt T' "Oh, yea." A striking feature of Mr. Kohlsaat's testimony waa repeated statements that he found much to admire in Senator Lorl mer'a private life. He referred to the ronator'e life a Ideal "What t have been fighting for twenty years ie Lorlmerlsm," he declared. "Lorlmerlam" he defined aa an "'af filiation and co-operation and cohesion of democrats and republicans for party pelf and for private pelf. Mr. Kohlsaat further testified that he had written an account of the conversation be tween himself and Funk, but without men tioning Funk's name to Senators La, Fol lette and Root. M Thla was done at the request of Wal ter I Fisher, now' secretary of the interior, and others. "Senator Root wrote me In reply," said - the witness, "and thanked me for the In formation. He aald It bad generally In formed him in making his speech against Lorimer on the floor of the senate "What" exclaimed Senator Gamble, trnble, "do j were in- i you mean to say that senators fiueooed In arriving at their decision by matters not evidence T I did not discuss that question with Sen ator Koot," replied Mr. Kohlsaat. Mr. Kohlsaat said that beeldes Colonel Roosevelt he had only divulged Mr. Funk's name In connection wtlh the conversation to Victor F. Lawson and to Mrs. Kohlsaat. sea a at laaalry Braadeard. The scope of the Inquiry was materially widened today when the committee de- (Continued on Second Pae.t The Weather FOR XEKRAPK A Probfcblv showers. FOll IOWA Probably showers. 1 era rx-ra tare a ... 4. asaparatlva Laval B eeard. 111. 11. UU 'JOB. Iliahest yeoterday M M at M lxweat yesterday 71 71 SJ 61 Mean temperature M M 74 ,i Prat Mutton e aft T .00 Temperature and precipitation departure ftueti norma . Normal temperature Fxceas for the iav Total eTcess since March 1. . Norma! preelection I ef jrlrney fi ths dy pTrll4iatlon since si a' eh 1.. In-f uienoy aime March 1 74 M SU It inch 1 Inch T G inches t M inehee IvriieiM-v f jr our. irnoi la VMe k llncnea It, tu leiict fur out. prnod In IMS I X) laches T indicates trace M pcerti4tat'n. L. A. NV tLtli. Local Forecaster. t Oraaaa Testeirday. I I f I Hour. rW. ' orW- f A'ow t m:::::::::::::::: 3 I J WAT VI I I a. m 7 v e ' I a. m SO . rj a. m u j rO.Y4 - " - "- r V. I 13 m sn P I jIiL 1 m l-T p m T- sif p" m J22WV p. ta ta' p. m T p. aa l oa. rsia! I J I ' -- .- . i i i -r- v t iab- - a w . r c . a - kv i ii i - wr ail rr -at NAYAL REVIEW OFF SPITHEAD Kin? and Queen and Coronation Gueits Attend Water Function. MANY NATIONS REPRESENTED Handred'a of Urrnt FIBtlB M- chlnea Art Maorra la Raadatead, Orvvarlaa; aa Area of F.lh trea naare Mllra Ital and rame here for the (treat naval review off Kplthead. Fine weather put the flniahlnic touches on one of the moat mag nificent diaplaya of the week. Their matoMIe. ai-companled by tha offl- ' rial envoj-a of other countrrea, came from Inlon by apeclal train. The king wore an admlrafa uniform with a riband of the Order of the Garter. The prince of Wale was In a midshlp man'a uniform. The queen, Prlnceaa Mary and nearly all of the royal ladies were dressed In navy blue. Many special trains were run from Lon don, carrying Indian princes, peers and peeresses, members of Parliament, lords of the admiralty and diplomats. The regular and the excursion trains arriving during the morning added numbers to the thou sands already gathered here from all parts of the world. evrateea Katlaaa Restreaeated. Seventeen nations were, retresented In the vessels moored in S pithead roadstead. In the English channel between the main land and the Isle of Wight. Of the number ten were battleships of the Dreadnaught class from the British navy, and , one visiting in slse and armament was the American battleship pelaware. The British dreadnoughts were the Colos asv -Neptum,- iiarenva,-' Colltngwood," BC Vincent, Vanguard, TemeraJre. Superb and Dreadnought. With these were four Brit Ins cruisers of the invincible class, tha In defatigable, the - Inflexible, the indomla atabte and the Invincible. . Other foreign powers sent veeeels of the pre-dreadnought type. FYance waa represented by the Dan ton Japan by the armored cruiser Kuraraa, Austria by the Radetxky. Italy by the mored cruiser Ban Marco, Russia by the ar mored cruiser Roseia,- Spain "by the cruiser Rein ' lie genie. Argentina by the cruiser. Buenos Ay res, Chile by the cruiser Chacabuoo. Sweden by the armored cruiser Fylgia,' Turkey by , the " cruiser Hamldleh, China by the cruiser Hal Chi. Denmark by the armored cruu-er Wolfert Fischer, the Netherlands by the armored cruiser Jacob Van Heemskerck, and Nor way by , the armored cruiser ' Eldsvold. Greece sent the armored cruiser Georgioa Aerof. Maadred Reveals. British Shlpa. In addition to the official representatives of the seventeen visiting nations, there were secondary vessels from Japan, Italy and Chile. Various types of - warships added to the British units of dreadnaughts and invincible made the total British con- Ungent 170 ships. All the vessels In ths roadstead, including the foreign warships and excursion .steamers with spectators, ere moored in lines supplemented by shorter tines of submarine and torpedo boats. Tha fleet occupied an area, of about eighteen square miles. LIMITATION TO TEACHERS' PENSIONS CRITICISED Baptist SpeaJirr fays Prafesea Bhaald at Be Asked ta Desert Prlaelsla for Stipend. PHILADELPHIA. June U. "No r oh man has the right te ask us to desert our principles for the sake of an old age pen sion." declared the Rev. E. M. Hoteat. president of the FVirman university at Greenville, 8. C. at today's eesslon of ths BapUst World alliance. The vast audience applauded the sentiment expressed, and after his address Mr. Hoteat said his criticism was directed against Andrew Carnegie because of the provisions at tached to the Ironmaster's teachers' pen sion fund excluding from participation in the fund colleges which Impoke any th- e loglcal teat- A resolution Introduced by Rev. 8. 8. Baton of Dea Moinea. la., calling attention to evils, wsa adopted. Tbe evils in cluded the liquor traffic throughout the white slavery, slavery In Africa, traff c in China and many social REBELLION IN LOWER CALIFORNIA IS ENDED SljLaat Party af laaarreetea Will lar. raeral Jr II Held. WASHINGTON. June It With the e-c-ptlon ot "General" Jack Mosby and two cosnpanlons, the Insurreatos who surren dered to the American military authont'ee In California after having been driven to the border by Mexican federal soldiers, wltl be ordered released by the War de partment Mosby and two Insurrrctos will be turned over to the t'nlted States mar shal at San Diego, who holds a warrant for their arrest. Geaeral Hl'a. commander of t Depart aneat of California, today telegraphed the W ar ' department that a party of inaur rectoa near Tecarte. Mexico, is expected to surrender soon. When they lay dots Ihetr arms the aimed rebellion in Lower California will be fractieally ended. J - - - - 1 a a ii ii.il! OH. 1 DON'T ENOW ? MRS. SEE DENOUNCES ARTHUR Wife of "Prophet" Declare. Cult is Free Love and Nothing Else. WITNESS AGAINST HER HUSBAND Three Mothers Said to Hare Carolled Fifty l.lttle ftlrla. Who Are to Form Rearae Cansaalttee to ave Teacher. CHICAGO. June 24 Fpectal Telegram) Following the trip hammer blows of the Mate In ripping the 'mask off See's love cult, the. wife of the "prophet" today de livered a cruRhlng blow to the man on trial for abducting Mildred Bridges. Mra. Evelyn Arthur Pee. wife of the founder of "absolute life." and who Is seeking a divorce, held the "revealer" up to room and declared his creed to be based on free love. Mrs. See declared. That See. Inatead of being a spiritual man of Godly attributes, was a sensualist; that his sex teachings in the "book of truth," Instead of being Inspired, had their origin in his carnal Bind: that his power over Mona Rees and Mildred Bridges was attained by constantly drumming Into their cars the claim that he could not rin that all his relations were spiritual; that. In stead of being humble and meek, he was an archegotist, whose mind brooked no op position. Declares Hie F.sre Is Great. "His ego Is so great," said Mrs. See, "that I could not move him. I saw him start deliberately on the road that I fore saw waa going to lead to his ruin. He wanted to take me. his wife, as a shield for him, but I saw the pemlcieusness of his doctrine and the' sensuality behind them, and refused to follow." - The prophet of "absolute life," : whose teachings are said to have caused three mothers to consign their daughters to his keeping, ts said to . have enrolled fifty little girls aa a "rescue committee," . . . See plans to have these children, dressed In white, storm the witness stand In Judge Honore's court In order to build for hn a reputation for decency.. Tbe girls are members of See's Junior . commonwealth. He wishes them to tell the jury that the teachings they received were not demoralia. ar-Tmg. nor a subtle defense of free love. See's Plaa ta Save Hlsnaelf. See's Idea to call fifty little girls as witness was announced today In an effort to offset ' the effect of the unmasking of "absolute life." aa a free love cult by the reading of See's "secret Bible." . Driven - to desperation by the crushing blow .delivered by Assistant State's Attor ney Burnham with the introduction of the sensational secret Bible, .the king of the Racine avenue "Love Jungle," made fran tic appeals to his lawyers today to rush the trial and demanded that they over come the great stride made by the state in its efforts to land the free love advo cate behind prison bars. Never In the annals of the Cook county criminal courts has such sensational testi mony figured In a criminal trial as was brought out with tbe reading of the cult Bible, known as "Bock 11" Women and girls who occupied seats in the court room hung their heads and many of them left It was predicted today that the trial, as a result of the unexpected revelations al ready made by the state, would consume all next week and probably a longer time. Nebraska Delegation Will See Hitchcock Another Call Will Be Made in Interest of Hail Division for Omaha. From a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. June J4 (Special Tel- I 'ffam. ) Ropresentatlve Sloan has been lrmnte1 two weexr leave or absence and left for home last night prior to leaving he had a conference with Senator Brown in regard to making a final appeal to Postmaster General Hitchcock to desig nate Omaha as headquarters for the new railway mall division. Senator Brown and others are quietly at work upon the mat ter, and when Postmaater General Hitch cock returns Monday he will receive a call from the Nebraska delegation. Representative Lobeck of Omaha ham been named a member of the special aub commlttee of the house district committee to Investigate all branches of the district government and look into th conduct of the local public service corporations. Blda were received today at the Treas ury department for th construction of th public building at Lead. 8. D. The loweat bidder was Dexter it Wenxel of Wichita. Kan., if limestone Is used, 177. tfS. and for sandstone I7X.442. Civil service examinations will b held July J for rural carriers at Ellis and Murray, Neb. TRACTION EMPLOYES AT "PITTSBURG, KAN- STRIKE laterarbaa Llaes ta Japlla aad sev eral Other Mlalaa Tewae Are Tied I p. F1TTFBCRG. Kan.. June ll-InaN'rty t obtain a satisfactory adjustment of th wsge scale caused ron motor-men and con ductors In the employ of the Joplla 4t PHUburg Electric Railway company to strike today. As a result inter-urban aerr lee to Joplin. Mo.; Columbus, Otrard. Mul berry and Cherokee. Kan., and twenty other towns and mining camps is tied ton. Coming and Going in Omaha NEBRASKA BANK GUARANTY Secretary Boyse Send- Notice of First Assessment to Bankers. PAYMENT DUE ON FIRST .OF JULY Baaka' Capital or Sarplne Nat Avail able tor Faraaeat, bat Faad Maat Cosae frosa ladlvlded Profits or Asaeaasaeat. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June M (Special Telegram.) Secretary Royse of the State Banking board today, from reports sent in from 658 state banks, finds that there are $o6,t&2, 56s. 72 of average dally deposits subject to the guaranty deposit law. As computed by Secretary Royse, one-fourfh of 1 per cent of that amount, to be levied as the urst assessment under the new law, will net an initial guaranty fund of S16S.623.S2. Subse quent payments will be made In similar amounts every six months for the next eighteen months. The assessment will be due and apayable July 1. Secretary Royse has Informed bankers that the banks' capital or surplus must not be reduced In order to meet the provisions of the law, but emphasises the fact that the guaranty assessment Is to be taxed against the undivided profits. Should there be Insufficient, assessments must be made against the stockholders to make up the required amount In his letter to the bankers the secretary further order a regular meeting of the board of directors of each Institution to be held some time during the first ten days of July, so that a thorough examination ot the banks affairs ran be made subject to th pro visions of the new law. Senate. Gjommittee Approves the House;;. Statehood Resolution Provides that People of New Mexico and Arizona Vot Arin on Cer tain Parts of Constitutions. . WASHINGTON. June 24. The senate committee on territories today voted six to three to report favorably the house resolu tion admitting New Mexico and Arizona to statehood, with the - provision . that the Arisona constitution, containing the Judi ciary recall, shall be submitted - to the people. Slight amendments to the house resolution were made. If the senate accepts the house resolution and it becomes a law the people of the two territories will be sssured of statehood. The resubmission of the portions of the two constitutions ts Intended only to give the voters another opportunity to say whether In the case of Arizona they desired the right tp recall their Judges and In that of New Mexico, whether they are satisfied with tbe strict provisions against amendment. It Is provided that whatever the vote, the in struments shall become effective. Will Veto Reciprocity Bill if it is Amended President is Reported to Have Made ' This Statement Over Telephone to Several Senators. WASHINGTON. June U-lt became. known at the capltol today that President Taft talking over the long distance tele phone from Provident- last night repeated to several senators his determination to veto the Canadian reciprocity bill In case any amendment is added to It Senators accept the president's ultimatum on reciprocity -as applicable to modifica tions which might be made at the Instance of republicans as well as democrats and say that It would have the effect of pre venting any agreementa on amendments for tariff changes. Many senators have re ceived telegrams and letters announcing a purpose on the part of th farmers to test the constitutionality of the proposed rec iprocity law If It receives less than a two thirds majority In the senate This position is taken on the ground that as the bll carried Into effect the provisions of a treaty. It should receive the vote In the senate necessary to render a treaty oper ative. Friends of the measure do not con cede the point, but they are claiming the two-thirds. Acimonious Debate in Woodmen Circle Supreme Guardian Charged on Floor of Convention with Carrying Grandchild on Pay Boll. ROCHESTER. N. T.. Jan 4. -Sovereign camp. Woodmen of th World, and Su preme Forest circle today wound up their biennial convention, which has been In progress here two weeks. Th closing de liberations were marked by seveial acrimonious debates, especially la the For st circle, the supreme clerk charging the supreme guardian with hating signed checks for amounts aggregating M.W without the knowledge or consent of the supreme clerk. The supreme guardian sJs was charged with having kept her grand child, aged years, on th payroll aa a clerk and deputy. IF TH2KJS COULD E KEVTF!I BURKETT NAMED IN INQUIRY f aii Hardwick Asks as to Alleged Change of Front on Sugar. REFERS TO SCOTT'S BLUFF PLANT Chairman Eaplalaa that Foraser Ne braska lesatsr Flrat Was Reported to Be Meed l'p with Brlstev. WASHINGTON. June 54 -The Inquiry into the Colorado group of beet sugar fac tories, controlled by the American Sugar Refining company through the Great West em Sugar company, was concluded today by the house "sugar trust" Investigating committee. Next week the sugar trust's interests in California Industrie will be taken up. John D. Spreckels will be a witness, as also will Claus Sprockets upon his return from Europe. Further insight Into the relations of the Mormon church and the American Sugar Refining company will be sought Monday from Prophet Joseph F. Smith, head of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. Both Prophet Smith, who is president of the Utah-Idaho Sugar com pany, and holds as trustee ot the people nearly M.000 shares of sugar stock, and Bishop Nibley, business manager of the church, are enroute here. Rarkett'a Name Brnasrt la. President Chester S. Morey of the Great Western Sugsr company waa the only wit ness today. Chairman Hardwick brou ,t In the name of former I'nlted States Sena tor Burkett of Nebraska by questioning Mr. Morey about the Great Westerns establishment of a beet sugar factory at Scott's Bluff. Neb. "Had you heard It currently reported during the sugar tariff negotiations in 190V asked Mr. Hardwick. "that Senator Bnrkett had changed front on th sugar tariff and voted for dutyT "No, I had not heard If "Do you know whether the Information that a beet sugar factory was to b es tablished at Scotubluff had anything to ed in Influencing the vote of any Western sen ator on the sugar tariff?" "No. said Mr. Morey. "I don't see how that could have been ' because of the fac tory at Scottsbluff was not established un til after the passage of the tariff bill." Mr. Hardwick explained that Mr. Burkett first was reported to be lined up with Senator Brlstow and other republicans who wanted to reduce the tariff on sugar and that when people in his state became In terested In a beet sugar proposition he changed his mind. Mr. Morey said he knew nothing about It The witness declared that there was no agreements or understandings between the Colorado group of sugar factories Wi ths Utah or California groups as to sell ing territory, prices, etc Removal of the tariff on sugar, Mr. Morey said, would kill the beet sugar business. "Would a considerable tariff reduction affect the business T' Representative Malby asked. "It certainly would.. We are running on a close margin now and tariff reduction would certainly operate to our disadvan tage." Fisheries Agents Drowned in Sight of Their Wives Boat in Which H. L. Hahn of Spring Field, S. D., and H. B. Chichester Are Sailing is Overturned. WASHINGTON. June "4 Drowned be fore tha eyes of their wives, who were helpless to save them, was the fate of Walter L Hahn of Springfield, 8. D-. and Ii. B. Chichester of Eagle Pass. Tex., gov ernment fisheries agenta In Alaska, whose deaths were reported May XI. DetaHs received today by Fish Commis sioner Bows Indicate that Chichester and Hahn took their wive out for a sail from St Paul island. Alaska. Their boat cap sized in a squall. The two men succeeded In rescuing their wives and placed there exhausted on the bottom of the upturned boat . Weakened by their efforts in saving the women, their strength soon gave out and they sank. Mrs. Chichester and Mrs. Hahn I were reruMl m-.r.! Km ir- I t - by natives. EXCITING SCENES IN TRIAL OF CAMORRISTS Prlaaaer Charge that Wltaeeeea aad ' laforaser Prpared Evtacaee Tea;eiheT. VITERBO. June S4.-The Can-iorrtrt trial today was eliciting. Gluliano, a marshal of Carabineer and bead of the prison guard at Poaiuoll,-. near Naples, where many of th prisoner had been confined, waa Interrogated. He gave a list of the Canonists who, hs asserted, attended the banquet at Bag noli, when, according to the proa scut! on. th death of Gennaro Cuoc colo aad bis wlf waa determined upon. The defense was quick to note that the names of the accused were given by J.h witnesses tat th aam sequenc as they ap peared In the list introduced by the la former, Gennaro Abbatemaggio, and they noisily charged that the witness and the Informer bad prepared their list together. Gluliano was also confronted by Enrico Alfano. th alleged directing spirit of the Camorra. resulting only In an exchange ot Insults and accusation a. POEWINS- AC QUAUTIAyCE MONDELL ON COAL LANDS Wyoming Congressman Criticises Pol icy of Interior Department. LETTER TO SECRETARY FISHER Charges that Hlh Prlrea Asked Are Not Legal and that People ef West Maat Par Tea Mara far Coal. (From a Staff CorrefcpnndenO WASHINGTON. June S4 (Speclal.l-The following la a copy of a letter which Con gressman Mondell of Wyoming addressed to Secretary Fisher on the status of coal lands of the I'nlted States: "Hon. Walter L Fisher. Secretary of the Interior. Sir: Prior to 1R7J the public coal lands of the I'm.'ed States were disposed f without taking Into consideration the question as to whether or not they con tained coal, and therefore all the lands con taining anthracite ar.d bituminous coal In Illinois, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky. Maryland. Michigan, Missouri. Ohio, Penn sylvania. Tennessee. V Irs In la and West Virginia, and moat of such lands in Ala bama, passed into private ownership as agricultural lands and at nominal prices. "In 1S73 congress passed the coal land law, providing for the sale of coat lands at not less thsn $10 per acre where such lands were more than fifteen mile from a com pleted railroad and not less than $3 per acre tor such lands ss were within fifteen miles of a railroad, and from that time until 1J07 coal lands were sold at the prices named In the law. "In 1907 the policy of considering th price of SK and SiO per acre fixed by law the minimum price and of selling coal lands at a classified price In excess of the mini mum waa adopted. For a time the classified price were not generally greatly In excess of th minimum price, but gradually thoart prices nave been increased by reclassifies- 1 tlon (In 'some cases tbe same lands have been classified three times) and by higher original classifications until, according to a statement made by the director of the! geological survey, the classification of 14. 472.601 sores, made prior to March SI. 1811. had raised the valuation of these lsnds from C.440.61S, under the minimum prices fixed by law, to SflCS.43S.842, under classification. Many Valaatloaa Exreedlaa-ly nigh. "Tbe mere statement of an Increase In valuation to nearly three times that fixed by the statute does not. however, give an adequate Idea of. the .actual conditions In the fields where coal Is being mined, for tn such localities the classified price Is from -ten to twenty-five times the statute price. Tbe comparatively low average In crease In valuation Is due to the fact that much of the land which has been classified contains, or It is believed to contain, thin veins or deposits of low grade lignite coal, having no present market value and not salable at any price as coal land. These lands have largely been classified at or near the minimum price, thus keeping down the general average. On the other hand in all of the fields where the coal is of suffi ciently high grade to be workable, or is being worked, the prices even for lands far from means of transportation have been In creased from the minimum fixed by law to from 1160 to Saw per acre. Whatever one's views may be aa to tha pYoper Interpretation of the coal land law. and therefore, as to authority of executive officers to fix prices above those contained in the statute, there Is much force In the argument that the value of coal-bearing land differs so widely and the temptation to large holdings, particularly In fields of exceptional quality. Is so great that a graduated price rather than a flat rate Is the better from the standpoint of public policy. However, as it has never been the policy of the government to attempt to se cure sn exorbitant price for Its lands by creating a land monopoly. It would seem logical that under a system of valuation the price should be fixed with a view of discouraging the acquisition of lands for speculative purposes, rather than with the intent of capitalizing th necessities of citizens who must have coal of which the government has a monopoly. Earlier Frlees Net Exeeaalve. "The first prices fixed under classifica tion were in the main not excessive, though quite high enough to discourage purchase except with a view of Immediate develop ment, and therefore though the policy In volved a questionable exercise of executive authority, there was a general disposition In the country affected to withhold criti cism and give ths new policy a fair trial. Tbe reclassifications and Increased valua tions, however, have placed coal lands at such prohibitive figures and contemplate such a serious burden on western com munities thst th people of the public coal land states bav become thoroughly aroused over the situation, and as th representative of the people of one of the states whose citizens are suffering and are certain to suffer more from the effect of the present policy I feel It my . duty to call these matters to your attention. In the hope that the present policy may be radically modified. "The valuation which bav been fixe on public coal lands tn Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Utah. New Mexico and other western state are. tn my opinion, so be yond all reason and Justification that I find it difficult to discus th subject In aa entirely dispassionate and respectful way. for to characterize tha policy and procedure which has beea pursued In wbst I believe te be a fitting manner would re quire the use of language more forceful and pointed than I care to use la a com munication of this character. If th sltua- (Continued on Second Paga) HARRIMAN LINES WIN MERGER SUIT United States Circuit Court Decides that Combination of Union and Southern Pacifio is Legal. OPINION IS BY JUDGE ADAMS Southern Pacific is Not Dependent on Union Pacifio for Outlet. ROADS WERE NOT COMPETITORS Court Says No Direct or Substantial B'straint of Traffic. BILL IS ORDERED DISMISSED Jadae Hook File DlawatlnsT Oplalaa, la Which He Hay Government Made Case aad laarlea Should laaae. . FT. LOfTf. June ?r-Tb I'nlted States circuit court of the Eighth district today handed down sn opinion that tha purchaa of the So ithern Pacific by th T'nlon Pa cific "did not amount to a direct and sub stantial restraint or either Interstate or In ternational eommerce." f The reoent decision of the I'nlted State supreme court In the Standard Oil can was cited among others by Judge Elmer B. Adams, who wrote the majority opinion. Supreme Court Justice Willis Vsndevanter, while circuit Judge ot the Eighth district, participated In the hearing, deliberation and conclusion In the caxe and concurred In the opinion. Judge William C. Hook filed a dissenting opinion. Oplnlea la hy Jadge Adaaas. The majority decision was written by Judge Elmer B. Adams and waa mailed to the clerk of the court here.' The only ques tion, reads the opinion, was this: Wag) the Union Pacific company, extending only from Omaha and Kansas City on the east to Ogden cn the west, a competing Una prior to 1X1 for transcontinental business with the Southern Pacific company, whoa line extends from New York on the eas over the sea to New Orleans and thence by rsil to San Francisco and Portland on the west. "While the Cnlnn Pacific was entirely dejiendent upon the. Southern Pacific for Its connection westward, th Southern Pacifio was not at all deendcnt upon the Union Pacific for Its connection eastward," reads the majority opinion. . "Our conclusion.' continued the. opinion, "is that all the facts of this case con sidered In their natural, reasonable and pr set leal aspect and given their appropriate relative signification do not make th Union Pacifio a substantial competitor for transcontinental business with th Southara, Pacific railway in or prior to th year 1U "We therefore pass to a consideration on some lees Important matters relied upon by tbe government to establish destruction of competition between those companies. . Direct or sabstaat 11 ..Jtra&cnlaL. "Certainly tbe desire to appropriate th trifling business done by the Southern Pa cific on the minor lines or to suppress a competition in traffic which was In th aggregate of such a small proportion could not have been tha Inspiration ot th vit outlay involved In the purchaa ot the Huntington stock. . It did not amount to a direct and substantial restraint of either Interstate or International commerce. Thla la not sufficient to bring It within th con demnatlon of the ant-trust law. "This concludes consideration of the ef fect of the transaction chiefly relied upon by the government In this case. But It U contended thst the purchase by th Union Pacific of a controlling Interest tn th stock of th Northern Pacific company -waa also violative of the antl-truat law. -, "Without dwelling on the reason for th purchase of this stock, disclosed In th preceding statement of facts, it Is suf ficient to say that If any controlling Inter est was thereby acquired. It was lost worn time before this suit wss Instituted and that none of that stock Is now held by, or fur tbe Union Pacific company. , "Aa there Is no showing of any like am bitious project In this respect for th fu ture, we fall to discover any opportunity or reason Tor tbe injunctive relief on this ac count" Relation with Saata Pa. Ths court held also that the Investment of the Harriman lines in the Santa F waa not for acquiring control and that If It was for obtaining Inside Information con cerning the operation of a great competitor they chose a lawful way for doing It "The conclusions of fact dispose ef this esse," the opinion concluded, "without th necessity of determining the question much debated In brief and argument whether securing control of the Southern Paclfla company by purchasing stock of Individual owner could In any view of the case have contravened the anti-trust law. On the facta of this case, with all their reasonable and fair Inference, we conclude that th government has failed to substantiate th averments of Its bill. "Mr. Justice Vandeventer. while a cir cuit Judge, participated tn the bearing, de liberation and conclusion In this case and h now concurs In this opinion. i "Th bill must bs dismissed and a decree will be entered to that effect" No Change la Rates. Tbe merger, according to tha court did not cause a change In rates no complainta ot discrimination and no conspiracy. Con cerning the feature th opinion read: "Tbe proof show that after Usui, as well as before the rates for transcontinental ttaffie were the aams over both tha Union Pacific and Southern Pacific line. "There has sine then been with respect to either of these lines, no Impairment af service, no discontinuance of erforta to satisfy the public and no complaints ot Base Ball Tickets. Bound trip tickets to Lake -Manawa. Quart bricks of Dalzell'a ice cream. Boxes, of O'Brien's Candj.' 11 given away rr to thoa ik find thalr nam ta tha wast 4a Read tb want ad vry "jm3 jr your nam will appear aooaatlk. iV may m nor than one. .W V M ' W VW, W VU KTI tlon to tt Jut read tha ada. Turn, to th want a4 pa so. waai r