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    The Omaha Daily
Bee
Whose Birthday Today?
Tomr noy'a and Girl's or Thesr
little Friend and riaymat).
MaatJn I'lge of Each Isene,
WFATHER FORECAST.
For Nebraska Fa.tr:
For Iowa Fair.
warmer.
VOL. XU-NO. 28.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULV 21., 1911 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
KEYNOLIT .TELLS
OF FAMOit ' AOTE
Relate How Hines Consul v ',Him
as to How to Deliver Adi v
tration's Message.
WIEHE ATTACKS W. BURGLE
Says Cook Would Perjure Himself to
Injure Hines.
MORE LUMBERMEN ON STAND
bereral Witnesses Deny Hearing
Remarks on Flyer.
RECALLS ONE FORMER RUMOR
ll'l'rllr Keely Mala to Have (iottm
Representative Krkmjrr Drunk
nod Secored t'oiuprotnls
Ins Plore.
WASHINGTON. July 19 -George M.
lies nolds. president of the Continental
Commercial National bank of Chicago,
who wan reported to have Uuollncd the
treasury portfolio In the Taft administra
tion, today told the senate Lorimer com
mittee that hi- knew of Kdward nines de
livering an alleged mespaxe from the ad
ministration at Washington to Governor
Deneen to aid Lorlmer's election. He re
nted how nine on trio day of Lorlmer's
i lection con null fd with him tui ho wto de
liver tlio niffBage to Deneen.
C. F. Wlehe. secretary of the Edward
lllries Lumber company, said that William
Uurgets of Duluth, Minn., was an "abso
lute liar" If he testified to what wita read
u-s Hurgess' testimony. Hurgcsa had said
Wlehe told him on the Winnipeg flyer
March 7, 1911, that he subscribed (10,000 to
u Lorimer election fund.
Wlehe t'hnraree "Frame tp."
Wlehe told the committee he belloved
thero was a "frame up" between Burgess
und W. H. Cook. The latter recently testi
fied that Kdward nines telephoned from
Ins room 10 Chicago the duy Lorimer was
elected that Mines would be down to
Springfield with all the money necessary
for Lorlmer's election. Wlehe said he be
lieved Cook would perjure himself to In
jure Hlnes.
Wlehe denied lie ever heard of the
"Father Green incident" as Burgess related
it. Wlehe, however, recalled a rumor that
Detective Keely of the slate attorney's
office In Chicago complained to Father
Green about the work assigned to him In
the Lorimer case and that Keely got Rep
resentative Beckemyer ' drunk and that
Ueckemyer was taken down to the red
light district and a compromising photo
graph shown him when he would not
testify aa wanted.
Samuel J. Cusson of Virginia, Minn., a
stockholder In the Edward Hlnes Lumber
company; John B, Price, a lumberman of
Seattle, Wash., and B. A. Johnson, for
merly of the American Lumberman of Chi
cago, tol(l of being pn the. Winnipeg flyer,
but denied having heard the remarks attri
buted to Wlehe.
Part of Cardiff, Wales,
Sealed Up by Strike
Coal Trimmers Quit Work and Sea
men Refuse to Sign Contracts
Even at Advanced Rates.
CARDIFF, Walea, July 19 At a mass
meeting of all claasea of workers today It
wns resolved to seal up thla port until the
ship owners recognise the Seamen'a union.
In pursuance of thla decision the .coal
trimmers and other workers quit and the
seamen are refusing to algn even at ad
vanned ratea. The business of the port la
paralyzed.
Up to late ths afternoon no disorder had
occurred. The police appear to have the
xituatlon In hand.
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DIE OF PLAGUE
LONDON, July 19. According to figure
received In thla city the death from the
plague In India have reached the enormoua
total of 660.690 for the half year ended on
June 30. The dlseaaa baa taken auch a hold
on that eountry that lta ravages are little
heard of except through the occasional of
ficial atattstlca. The British India office
In recent reports stated that the epidemic
wm particularly virulent thla year and that
the most persistent efforts to stamp it out
failed to effect a permanent Improvement
In the situation.
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair and warmer.
For Iowa Fair.
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9 a. m
10 a. m
11 a. in
12 m
1 p. m
I p. in
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4 p. m
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6 p. in
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Deg,
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Comparative Local Record.
1!U. 1910. 1309 190S.
Hiuhcsl yesterday 79 U 90 79
I uWrtt yesterday f9 64 73 SI
Mean temperature 69 74 82 72
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from tha normal:
Normal temperature 77
Deficiency for the dav g
Total excess since March 1 666
Normal precipitation IS Inch
Deficiency for the day 15 inch
Total rainfall since March 1 MS Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1. 51 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period In 1910.12 W Inches
Excels for cor. period In 1909.... .06 Inch
Reports from Mat loaa at T P. M.
Station and 6tate Temp. High- Rain-
of Weather. T p. in. est. (all.
Chevenne, clear 66 68 .10
Davenport, clear W 82 .01
Denver, pt. cloudy 70 72 T
Des Moines, clear .... Ts W .00
Dodge City, cloudy H TO II
Lander, clear.. SO W .03
North Platte, clear 6 - M- T
Omaha, clear 79 79 .00
Puebio. cloudy 70 72 .06
a;t Lake City, clear t - M .00
Santa Fe, cloudy 63 7 .
riheridan. cloudy 7i 78 T
Sioux City, clear 76 7S .
Valentine, clear 74 78 T
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Promoter Ryan is
Ready to Testify in
Controller Bay Case
Issues Statement in Which He Em
phatically Denies All Knowledge
of "Dick to Dick" Letter.
NEW YORK. July 19 Richard S. Ryan,
promoter of the Controller Hay railroad,
while preparing to go to Washington today
In answer to a subpoena Isued by the house
committee Investigating the Alaskan con
troversy made a flat denial that he had
written the "Dick to Dick" letter. Mr.
Ryan said he did not know President Taft's
brother nor did he know former Secretary
of the Interior Balllnger well enough to
addles him except by his formal title.
Mr. ltyan said that the firm he was
Identified with had no connection with
the GugKeiiheim Interests, cither directly
or Indirectly, so fur as he knew.
"We warned land In Alaska that we were
willing to Improve ut our own expense,"
snld Mr. Ryan, ' arid there wan nothing to
suggest a grab In our proposition."
"Well, when 1 cume down to the elimina
tion contest In Alaska, did I go to Sec
retary Halllnger? No. 1 went to the man
who could handle the matter Secretary
Wilson. Who, 1 ask you, la In charge of
the forestry? Mr. lialllnKer la not. Mr.
Wilson la at the final lineup.
"There was never a time that I tried to
get one foot of ground at Controller Bay
In Alaska that the request was not abso
lutely on the level. I never tried to use
one bit of senatorial, social or any other
interest In advancing my requests. Every
thing wan based on pure justice.
"And now, one last word:
"I never wrote such a letter, auch a
postscript or such an address. I do not
know Secretary Balllnger well enough to
address him by any name excepting his
formal title. I do not know President
Taft'a brother even by sight and could not
possibly refer to" him. This note, made
public by this woman, seems to me to be
something craxy."
Wilson May Take
No Action on the
Dr. Wiley Matter
Indications that Secretary of Agricul
ture Will Make No Recommenda
tion to the President.
WASHINGTON. July 19. Secretary Wll-
aon of the Department of Agriculture today
sUll had before him all the papera bearing
on the chargea against Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemlatry.
He haa not determined yet wnetner ne
will make a recommendation In the matter
to the president. It may be that he will
let the president act without suggestion
from the department.
Secretary Wilson paid a two-minute visit
to President Taft at the White House thla
afternoon. He- declared ha did not discuss
the Wiley oase and that it might he several
daya before he made his recommendations,
if any, In the case to the prealdent-
I have other thlnga to do," said the
acretary as he left the White House.
DULUTH. Minn., July . with an ad
dress by Attorney General Wlckersham thla
afternoon aa the feature the program of
the Mlnneaota State Bar association today
waa crowded with Interest for the S00 dele
gates in attendance.
Attorney General Wlckersham In an In
terview today said:
'I have nothing to aay in regard to either
the Alaskan or Dr. Wiley mattera. I have
been trying to get thlnga of that aort out
of my mind for the time being. The last
two. or three weeks have been strenuous
ones and I am looking forward to a vaca
tion, although I do not know when I will
have a chance to take It Meanwhile, I
don't want anything like Alaska or the
Wiley matter to bother me."
Judge McPherson
Asks E. G. Lewis
Many Questions
Federal Judge Wants to Know Where
Promoter Got the Money and
What He Did with It.
ST. LOUIS, July 19. Judge Smith Mc
Pherson of Red Oak. Ia.. sitting with
Judge Dyer, In the United States circuit
court today. In the hearing of the Lewis
receivership cases, made a painstaking ef
fort by a aeries of questions to find out
where E. Q. Lewis got the money he used
in promoting his numerous enterprises and
what he had done with It
He fired his categorical Inquiries at At
tomey Eugene Angert, who was In court
as representative of the re-organlzatlnn
syndicate opposing a blanket receivership
for all the Lewis companies. Angert eon
fessed that the tangles of Lewis' affairs
had been too great a problem for him to
solve In the few months he had devoted to
the case thus far.
Angert said the People's Savings Trust
company now waa unable to pay In caah
a certificate deposit for $S0,000 held by the
University Heights Realty and Develop
ment company. He Insisted, however, that
the trust company was solvent
Stephenson Charges
Will Come Up Today
Senate Elections Committee Scheduled
to Take Up Wisconsin
Man's Case.
WASHINGTON. July 19 The senate
elections committee will meet tomorrow
and It Is aald will take up the charges
concerning the election of Senator Steph
enson of Wisconsin.
CINCINNATI POLICE PREVENT
LYNCHING IN CENTER OF CITY
CINCINNATI. O. Juiy 19. Quick action
by tha police averted what gave promise
of being a lynching In the aaater of the
city last night, when policemen reacued a
negro named Charlea Lawrence - from an
enraged crowd at Vine and Opera Place
shortly after midnight
It la alleged that Lawrence accosted Miss
Belle Dougherty, 19 years old, and dragged
her Into an alley. Byatandara reacued the
girl, whose cries for aid attracted several
hundred persons.
'The negro waa captured and almost
beaten to death before the offlcera could
get to him. lie ts la a critical condition.
DOYLE SAYS FIRE
BUG TRUST EXISTS
Illinois State Fire Marshal Asserts
Kansas City is Headquarters for
Countrywide Organization.
BIG ARSON CONSPIRACY IS PI-AN
Fifteen Men Said to Be Responsible
for the Scheme.
STATE OFFICIALS NOW UNITING
Ten Legs of Octopus Extend Into
Dozen Cities.
TWO MEMBERS ALREADY IN J ALL
Fire l,n la United States Amounts
to Five Hundred Dollars a Mlnate
Arson Problem Important
Issne.
CHICAGO. July 19 That there exlata a
gigantic, country-wide arson trust, with
headquarters in Kansas City and repre
sentatives In nearly all the large cities, the
members or wmcn nave a Business oi
setting firo to buildings to enable the
ownera to collect large sums of Insurance,
was the sensational charge made today
by State Fire Marshal C. J. Doyle In an
address delivered before the Chicago Asso
ciation of Commerce.
"The country Is facing one of the most
gigantic, organized arson conspiracies the
world has ever known," said State Fire
Marshal Doyle. "The state fire marshals
of Illinois have united with the state fire
marshals of Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio to wipe out the band of fifteen man
at the bottom of thla arson conspiracy.
"The head of the fire bug trust la In
Kansas city, from which city the opera
tions of the entire gang Is operated. The
ten legs of this octopus has extended, aa
the daring of those behind the plot has
grown, Into a doxen or more cities. They
have been found at work In Bloomlngton
and Springfield, 111.; PlttBburg, Pa.: Cleve
land, New Tork, Buffalo, St. Louis and
other cities.
"Two of the gang have been convicted
nd are now Imprisoned In a southern city.
The others will be behind the bars before
long if we are successful In following the
clues we are now working on.
"The fire-bug problem la one of the most
Important which confronts the country.
Even without the cases of arson, the fire
losses of the country are appalling. The
fire loss In this country amounts to about
$500 a minute. In Chicago the loaa is
15,000,000 a year, while In Boston the annual
loss does not exceed 1200,000. We need to
adopt the fire protection plana of European
cities."
Murder Charges
Against Chicago
,,r ; Labor.Men Fail
Star Witness for Prosecution Admits
that He Served Time in Prison
and Was Insane.
CHICAGO, July 19.-8tate'a Attorney
Wyman today nolle proeaed the cases filed
against Simon Odell, James Garvin and
Thomas Kearney, the Chicago labor lead
ers Indicted for the murder of Vincent
Altman, who was shot in the Brigga
house bar March 22 as the result of a
fued between rival factlonsoflaborunlona.
Three labor chiefs were released from
custody Immediately after the cases were
dismissed.
The action was precipitated by the col
lapse of the state's case when Frank Par
dee of Denver, the prosecution's star wit
ness, admitted on cross-examination that
he had served time In a penitentiary and
had been an Inmate of an insane asylum
for two years. "
Maurice Enright Is still under Indict
ment for the murder of Altman and la
being held without ball.
Senator Smoot Has
Wool Tariff Measure
Utah Man Introduces Substitute for
Underwood and La Follette Bills
Now Fending.
WASHINGTON. July 19.-Senator Smoot
of Utah today Introduced his wool tariff
bill, which Is expected to have the support
of the republicans of the senate. If any
wool revision Is agreed upon. He said his
bill was not an "administration measure,"
but repreaented hla own vlewa of what re
duction could be made In the wool tariff
without destroying American Industries.
Senator Clark of Wyoming asked Senator
Smoot If he thought the senate would pass
any wool tariff revision bill before It re
ceived the report of the tariff board. Mr.
Smoot said he hoped not, but that state
ments mads by republicans in reciprocity
debate had convinced him that a majority
of the aenate favored a wool tariff re
vision. He offered his bill aa a substitute for the
Underwood and La Follette bills.
MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION
FIRM TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS
W. H. Dickinson and Company, Wko
Handled Peavey Option, Is Trans
ferrin: It la Trades.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 19.-W. H. Dickin
son & Co., grain commission mer
chants of Minneapolis and Sioux Falls, S.
D., which handled the major portion of the
Minneapolis option business of the Peavey
Grain compsny of Chicago, will follow the
example of the Peavey Grain company, and
go out of business. Hallet Carey com
pany, Minneapolis, today took over $150,000
open tradea of Dickinson.
KILLS WIFE FOR BURGLAR
Geora-e Golden of Wlekboro gkoota
Wosnaa Wkom Ha Mistook
for Tklef.
KTTTANNING, Pa.. July 19.-Thlnklng
his wife was a burglar, George Golden, a
leading merchant of Wlckboro, near here,
ahot and killed her during the night. The
half erased husband la under the care of
a physician. Many burglaries have been
committed In the vicinity of Oolden'a home
recently, and when he was aroused from
heavy sleep by his wife pulling down a
window he reached under his pillow for
hla pistol and fired,
Will the Quacks and Dopes Get Dr.
From the New Terk World.
AFTER SDGARCOMBINE FACTS
Subcommittee Appointed with Power
to Examine Books and Records.
MR, THOMAS RESUMES STAND
President of Aarrlcii dacir Com
pany Says Tariff la Canae of
Kicker Price for Snatar Here
Tkan In England.
NEW TORK. July 19. More aecreta of
the American Sugar Refining company,
known as the augar trust, were expected
to develop today when W. B. Thomas,
chairman of the board of directors, resumed
the atand at the second day's session of
the special congressional committee's In
vestigation. Several members of the com
mittee were anxious to go further Into the
details of the conference between H. O.
Havemeyer and John Arbuckle, which ter
minated the great augar war. Mr. Thomas)
testified yesterday that he waa at the
Havemeyer home at the time of the con
ference, but did not hear what waa said.
A subcommittee wil go to Mohonk lake to
take Arbuckle' s testimony as he Is too 111
to appear here.
Isbesmnlttes' Annooneed.
Before Congressman Sulser started to
question Mr, Thomas, Chairman Hardwick
announced the appointment of a aubcom
mlttee composed of Representatives Sulser,
Malby, Jacoway and Hinds with authority
to examine and Investigate aU of the booka.
records and correspondence of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining- oonany erfcerevsr Jo
sated. t6 vlalt Aey "plants. 46 employ any
experts or assistants necessary and report
to the whole committee. i
Mr. Sulser got Mr. Thomas first to say
that hla company could manufacture augar
here aa cheaply, or nearly ao, aa it could
be made In any other country. It waa owing
to the tariff, he thought, that the price of
augar here la higher than In England.
Mr. Thomas said the American made less
than GO per cent of the sugar In thla coun
try, and that It, therefore, la not a
monopoly.
Representative Jacoway asked Mr.
Thomas why they increased Its capital
from 175,000,000 to 890,000.000.
"To take an Interest In about thirty
three beet sugar refineries," waa the reply.
Mr. Thomaa aald that the work of ac
quiring the beet augar Interests waa done
exclusively by H. O. Havemeyer, who
waa not In the habit of consulting anyone
else about augar company tr ansae tlona.
Doea Not Boycott Iadependenta.
Mr. Jacoway asked Mr. Thomaa If the
American waa not In the habit of boycot
ting any Independent who went Into the
Louisiana market to buy augar.
"Absolutely no," waa the reply.
In reference to the agreement between
the American Sugar Refining company
and the American Beet Sugar company
In 1902 to pool selling Interests, Mr. Thomaa
aald John E. Parsons had told hla company
that the agreement waa not In violation of
the Sherman antl-truat law, but that when
Secretary McVeagh Informed hla company
it waa a violation of the law the agree
ment waa abrogated.
"You have about 10,000 women stock
holders In New England?"
"When prosecution threatened your com
pany did not you and your associates un
load most of your own sugar on these
New England women T"
"Not at all."
Mr. Jacoway aaked the witness if hla
company waa not In eonatant warfare with
the raw augar production of Louisiana,
"Tea, we are competitors."
"Is that why you advertised In trade
papers that raw augar la unhealthy and
has a bug In ItT"
"I know nothing about these advertlae-
menta," answered the witness, but he waa
Instructed to get the Information for the
committee.
"Ia It not a fact that there la S50.000 ot
water In the capital stock of the American
company and that It haa been attempting
to pay dividends on 890,000.000 of stock out
of earnings on not more than $40,000,000 of
actual property T"
"Oh, I could not aay that," aald Mr,
Thomas.
Denies Controlling; Price.
Mr. Thomaa admitted that he had no
knowledge of any smaller company making
active war on the American In the last
twenty years, excepting the Arbuckles, but
he would not admit that the American con
trolled the prr&e.
"Are directors of the American who favor
selling that company's beet augar stock
In favor of removing the tariff from
sugar?" aaked Mr. Malby.
"Yea. Certainly because the low tariff
on augar would hurt bet augar atock,"
said Mr. Malby.
Mr. Thomaa Insisted the American did
not control the Great Western Beet Sugar
company ot Colorado, but Mr. Malby
brought out that with the holdings of the
Havemeyer estate they controlled about
two-thlrda of that company. The Ameri
can, aald Mr. Thomaa, also holds 60 par
cent of the Spreckela Intereata In Califor
nia. Mr. Thomaa aald that any effort to con
trol the augai bjslnesa had been a complete
failure.,
"Since we started to aell our beet augar
holdings we have sold 8U.000.000 of our
8J5.OjO.uuO Intereata In auch Industry," said
Mr. Thomas. "Of thla $12,000,000, 84.000.OW
was sold before Mr. Havemeyer'a death."
Americans in
Lower California
Want Protection
Ranchers Who Are Being Threatened
by So-Called Mexican Liberals
Appeal to Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 19. American
ranchers In Lower California are being
threatened by the so-called Mexican lib
erals there. The United States today re
quested the government of Mexico to af
ford them adequate protection.
The State department's attention was
drawn to the situation In a telegram from
the American consul at Enxenada who re
ported that Americana had been molested
and had appealed to him for assistance.
Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City was
Immediately Instructed to take up the
matter with President De La Barra.
The renewal of a delicate situation In
Lower California has Increased the anxiety
of the administration over recent develop
ments In Mexico. Conditions In that part of
the . country were threatening several
months ago, but with the termination of
the revolution, Mexico was given permis
sion to send troops across American terri
tory to quell the Independent move there.
The armed and so-called socialistic rebel
lion, however, died out before the soldiers
reached the scene. Since then It had been
supposed that pbace and contentment had
aettled on that quarter of Mexico and that
tha lives and property. American cltiseaa
aeourfe,
SAN DIEGO, Cel., July 19. One hundred
Mexican troops have been ordered from
Enxenada to the district around Alamo,
where a email band of rebela or bandits ia
aald to be operating, according to informa
tion received today from Enxenada. Scout
ing parties are said to be scattered through
out the peninsula to restore law and or
der. Discovery of Cholera
Carriers Complicates
Fight on Disease
NEW TORK, July 19.-The health offlcera
not only of New Tork. but of the whole
country may be aaked to help repel the
threatened Invasion of Aslatlo cholera. The
discovery of five "cholera carriers" among
the 600 Immigrants undergoing bacteriologi
cal examination at quarantine emphasized
what Health Officer Doty haa aatd about
the difficulty of oonflnlng the disease to
the quarantine hospitals or ports of entry.
Dr. Doty Is conferring with Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman. head , of the United States
marine hospital service to plan how the
country may be protected against "car
riers" who harbor the germa while them
selves free from their Ill-effects. A system
of general observation Is contemplated, ao
that even after the "carrier" la released
from quarantine the health authorities of
the placs where he settles may watch for
possible transmission of the disease.
The case of these cholera carriers pre
sents a pusile. As yet the health authorl-
tles have not decided how aoon It will be
safe to permit them to be at large. Only
the careful system of bacteriological ex
amination put Into effect here where
cholera appeared could, it la aald, have de
tected the presence of cholera germa In
these apparently V ilthy persons.
The following bulletin relating to the
cholera situation waa given out at Quaran
tine at a. m.i
"At Hoffman Island thla morning, Dom
inic! Panticellt, 85 years old, one of the
steerage passengers of the steamer Moltke,
was taken alck with symptoms auspicious
of cholera At the Swinburne Island hospi
tal no further deaths have occurred. On
board the Anchor Line steamer Perugia
conditions are satisfactory."
Girls Who Shot Stokes
Plead Not Gulty
Their Attorneys Are Granted Ten Days
to Change Pleas or Make Any
Motions.
NEW TORK, July 19.-Pleae of not guilty
on all three counta were entered today by
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad to tha
charge of shooting W. E. D. Stokes. They
were Indicted yesterday for attempted
murder and assault In the first and thtrd
degrees. Their counsel was granted ten
days In which to change the pleas or to
make any motlona The ball bond of $5,000
In each case was continued. The trial
probably will occur in October.
ELLISON ENGAGES IN
COLONIZATION WORK
Western Passenger Agent of Great
Nor.kdra Gee. loon to tan
Land Company.
1 ST PAT'I. Minn . ill V 19 .Snecinl R J.
Ellison, general paasenger agent of the
Great Northern, announces that he will
leave the railroad on August t to take a
position with the Luae Land company, one
of the biggest colonisation concerns in the
country
Wiley's Goat?
REYOLT IN HAITI SPREADS
Indications that Rebels Will Soon
Take Capital.
SITUATION IS GROWING WORSE
Government Troopa Defeated Near
Cape Haltlea and This Important
Post Is Now Also
Threatened.
WASHINGTON. July 19.-The revolution
In Haiti Is spreading so rapidly that It Is
believed here to be doubtful If the capital
of the Island republic will much longer
remain In possession of President Simon.
The political situation steadily Is grow
ing worse, according to the commander of
the United States gunboat Petrel, now In
Haltlen waters, for the protection of Amer
icans. His report to the Navy department
today Indicates that all of the department
of the north except Cape Haltlen and Fort
Llberte, Is controlled by the revolutionists.
These Important ports are threatened, how
ever, as the rebels defeated the govern
ment troops July 18, near Cape Haltlen,
Because of the precarious situation at
Gonalves, the second important city of the
republic, where the revolutionists are In
power, the Petrel sailed for that place
today.
The navy department today cabled the
commanding officer of the Peoria station
boat at San Juan, . Porto Rico, to proceed
Immediately to Cape Haltlen, where it
probably will arrive tomorrow. The cruis
ers from Boston wll sail direct to . Fort
u Prince; - It probably will make the trip
in about five daya
PORT AU PRLVCH, Haiti, July 19.
The revolutionists have occupied St. Marco
and are marching on Archaliale, a port
eighteen miles northwest of this city. The
government has assembled two divisions of
troops at Archahale to oppose the enemy.
The cruiser Antolne Simon has been re
paired and is proceeding to the threatened
port
Minority Report
on Day Picture Case
Republicans Denounce Attempt to
Remove Michael and Morrison
from Office.
WASHINGTON. July 19.-Denounclng the
report of the majority members of the spe
cial house committee that Investigated the
transactions Involving the portrait of for
mer Secretary of State Hay as a partisan
attempt to accuse republican officials with
out evidence, the minority report of the
committee was submitted to the house to
day signed by Represaiitatlves TUson of
Connecticut and Wedemeyer of Michigan.
The majority report, recommending the
dismissal of former Chief Clerk Michael of
the State department and Thomaa Morri
son, present disbursing clerk, was assailed
by the minority as "a weak partisan effort
to make scandal."
"It Is an attempt," say the minority re
port, "to besmirch the memory of one of
our greatest secretaries of state, the late
John Hay.
"The effort to condemn Michael without
a chance to be heard la Itself a scandal,
nor la there a particle of evidence of wrong
doing by Morrison."
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
KICKED BY HORSE
Hon. Frederick E. White of Soatk
Ragllsk la la a Critical Con
dition. SOUTH ENGLISH. Ia, July 19-Former
Congressman Frederick E. White la In a
critical condition at hla home near here
aa the result of being kicked In the breast
by a horse when he waa unhitching hla
team from a mower. Mr. White waa dem
ocratic candidate for governor of Iowa a
few yeara ago and about twenty yeara ago
represented the Sixth Iowa district In con
gress for two yeara
CLERK ATTACKS REPORTER
Oklakoma City Official Charged svltk
Beating Up Man Who Wanted
to See Records.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., July 19.-T. J.
Beatty, clerk of the superior court here,
waa arrested today following an assault
upon Jack Stevens, a reporter for the Okla
homa City Times. Stevens was beaten Into
unconsciousness, several rlbe belli g broken.
The assault la aald to be the reault of a
mandamua suit brought to compel Beatty
to ahow tha papers In a court suit
TWO COMMITTEES FOR WILSON
Democrats of Peaaaylvaala Divided
on Otker Qaes.loaa, bat Not
os Presldeat.
HARRISBURG, Pa, July 19 The two
democratic state committees met here to
day and, all attempts at harmony falling,
they held separate sessions.
Both, however, passed resolutions en
dorsing Governor Wood row Wilson of New
Jersey aa the party candidate for preaident
for next year.
m. MOWN WITH
PRESIDENT TAFT
Scnor Senator from Nebraska Makes
Adiress in Favor of Reciprocity
Measure.
DEEP SORROW FOR INSURGENTS
Praise for Democrats Who Are
Patriotically Supporting- Bill.
WORKS ALSO FAVORS AGREEMENT
California Senator Says Nothing in it
that Will Hurt Farmers.
KENY0N AND STONE ALSO SPEAK
Ions Senator Thinks Bill Might Hnrt
Aarlcnltarnl Interests, Wklle
Missouri Man Kays It Is
All Right.
WASHINGTON. July 19. -Criticism of hla
Insurgent republican colleagues In the sen
ate for opposing Canadian reciprocity, and
praise of the democratlo party for "having
the moral courage and patriotism to sup
port and sustain a republican president."
characterized a speerh today of Benator
Rrown of Nebrnska. tn ravor of the re
ciprocity measure.
"I want to express my grief, my profound
grief." Senator Brown declared, "becauae
the bill does not have the aupport of aome
of my friends In thla body whom 1 know
at heart are In favor of lower dutlea. I
do not complain of them. I do not charge
them with Insincerity because I know them
to be sincere. But I simply cannot under
stand them.
Tries to Be Consistent.
I It la bevond my comprehension to ap
preciate how In one session of congress I
could vote for lower duties. In the next
mmainn fnvnr a revision of the tariff a
schedule at a time and at a third aession
be against this proposition, which, while it
i. n nvMnn nf a slnirle schedule, ia
a revision of a few schedules, not with all
the countries of the world, but witn one
country; a plan that I believe marks the
beginning of the end of extortionate tariff
dutlea In this country."
The speaker declared that It waa not
t-, T.ft "hut a stubborn and lo
quacious senate that la responsible for the
extra session.'
it. t.AA tha nresldent from chargea
that he waa taking too much part In leg
islation.
Supports the President.
"I honor the day when any president
asserts his legislative aa well aa hla ex
ecutive power," he aald. "Thoae preal
denta were greatest who exerclaed to the
fulleat their leglalatlve aa well aa
their executive power. The reaaon for thla
la that the legislative branch of the gov
ernment, for some reason or other, haa
been a disappointment to the pooplfc who
own the government The people have de
pended In every emeraeney. and moat .
times without dlrnc4nrn"frt. Upon" te
force, character and VtiltlatWa tha .aa-. ,
ecutlve." v j -
Senator Brown aald that when he found
Edward Hlnes, whom he described as the
"head of the Lumber Trust and the
manipulator of leglaletures," opposed to
the measure, "In the name of and for the
sake of the farmers of thla country. I
began to think that there muet be aome
thlng In thla bill which ought to com
mand the respect and aupport of every
honest man.
"This bill," he concluded, "la the corner
stone of a new tariff aystem. which will
put an end forever, I hope, to unneces
sary and excessive dutlea"
Works Is for Measnre.
Senator Works of California, Inaurgent
republican, urged the passage of the Cana
dian reciprocity bill In a vigorous speech.
He expreased the belief that reciprocity
would not injure the farming Interests of
the nation except to cause some temporary
disturbance In border states, which would
soon adjust themselves.
Senator Works said he did not believe
President Taft had used undue Influence to
secure the passage of the reciprocity bill
through congress and that Mr. Taft was
"too good a lawyer to overstep well recog
nized bounds."
Attempta to amend the bill were obvious
attempts to defeat reciprocity as a whole,
said Mr Works who defended the bill as
"fair and Just and of lasting benefit to the
country."
Kenroa Aaralnst Bill.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, also clasaed aa
an insurgent republican, spoke against
reciprocity. Ha announced that while he
was not convinced the agreement would
work Injury to the agricultural intereata
there aeemed to be doubt on that question
and he deemed It hla duty to vote against
It Senator Kenyon paid hla respects to the
"race for riches and vulgar display.''
"We see some of our representatives at
the coronation of a king," he said, "trying
to outdo aristocracy, even to wearing knee
breeches, if necessary, to ape royalty."
Turning again to the tariff, he urged a re
duction of the wool dutlea aa more Impor
tant than the reciprocity bill.
Senator Kenyon alao advocated the cut
ting off of aome of the numeroua govern-
. .Amn.l.J.n. V. . V, k ma I A h,d 1,1-0-
II 1 1 n 1 1 tuiiiiiitnoivti. .,. ,.w - " r - -vlded
"aoft bertha for public men repu
I dlated by their conatltuents."
Senator Stone of Missouri, during the
afternoon gave the senate some Informa
tion as to "why a democrat should support
the Canadian reciprocity bill." "
He said that the Idea that the bill was
not entitled to democratlo aupport becauae
a republican prtsldent proposed it waa "a
narrow and partisan view.' "
"He had accepted the bill, he aald, because
on Investigation he had found It worthy
of democratic support."
"In Its principles, he said, "It Is an em
bodiment of an old democratlo policy."
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