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f t ' Fhe Omaha Daily Bee. Looking Backward Th's Day In Omaha rr tr in Thu Age WXATHER, FORECAST. Tor NeNradka Fair. For Iowa Fair. nsitorlal Page sf ImI VOL. XLI NO. 32. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1911 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. tV f.i r. U 5s 4 ! rREMIERASQUITH ( IS HOWLED DOWN "Wild Scenes of Disorder Mark At tempt to Move Consideration of Veto Bill Amendments. DDI LASTS KIARLY AH HOUR Speaker Lowther Finall-" rfnspcnda the SiUiags Until 1 t'w. V CiOWD TH1 - V SE x.fc7 Ar; Anxious to He. -ct Tar-ma nf tVa T71tir.itT!T- - V v" KHiu ACTIVELY KTZa. Meurrk la Aasiona to'Avold'Swa In Howae of reera with Jlew Cr- tlone in! la Trjlat to lessee tea tela la Vivid. LONDON, July it rcenes of wild dls evicr :rsrhed tn session r-f ths Ilo-se of Cerr.n.ons tenia. Half a 4nen times the l.-emter rose to fnove consideration c tna lores amendments to the, parliamentary b.ll and each time he iru lwwll down by a dn so terrllic that the apeaker htd dif tlcplty in making himself heard as he ap pealed to b to Fid to observe parliamen tary decorum. Aja,n Aaquith ereayed to apeak, but was unable to prevail against the uproar. After trying- rainly for three-quarters of sn hour to set a hearing, Prem.er Asqutth cut ahort his projected apeech and amid a hubbub declared that If the lords would not consent to restore the veto bill even with resAonabls amendmenta, to substan tially Ita orlctnal form, the government would be compelled to Invoke the exerc-e of the roal prerogative for the creation of new peers. A. J. Ba'four replied that the government br thla one stroke 'had uaed the preroga tive of the crown to destroy the eeoond shamber. Others attempted to apeaJt but were howled down and unable to restore order. Speaker Lowther decided the sit ting suspended until tomorrow. peers Crave the Hewae. No par.Aaieatary event of modern times has so quickened the public pulse as the present pol.Ucal cf.sia arlaing from the veto blil and anxiety to know tha exact terms of Premier Asqulth's ultimatum to the peers crowded the house In a way not before for many itara. The roeoibvrs of the lower chamber, us ually so decorous, gave vent to their feel ings by rising and cheering frantically and wavtn. handkerchiefs as their respective leaders entered. There waa soma groans front", the' unionists banc has Intermingled with aa occasional shout of "traitor' when Asqullh made his appearance. The opening scenes of tha hlstorlo seasioa were among the stormiest ever witnessed In the house. As he. rose t speak the P ra mi ar waa encouraged by a rear of applause from the radical, Irish and labor beaches, but an answering volley of cheers came from the opposition, while a email group of stafldpsAJJa; nfl T " rtrattor, "trai tor, tialtor," until speaker Lowther warned them to conU-el themselves. ' Prominent among the disorderly ones waa ' Lord Hugh Cecil, the conservative tree trader from Oxford university, who inces santly chanted "divide, divide, divide." The radical members appealed to the speaker to metaphorically turn him out. , Frederick E. bmlta. unionist tor the Wal ton division of Liverpool. Injected the claim that the unionists were entitled to protest to this fashion, if they thought that the cabinet had degraded the political life of the country. i Haar. Ckter foe Stodssoadl Thla led to a renewal of the outbreak. Meanwhile Premier Asquuh stood at the table , waiting a lull In tha storm. Hla first word, however, waa a signal tor an other cyclone and for twenty minutes the premier stood, unable to get a word In. Cries of "hurrah for Redmond, the real lie tni. " suddenly broke out from the con servative benches. "We will listen to Red mond." they added. The British aristocracy, was the scorn ful reply of the radicals, "look at 'em." Sir Udward.yklanry Carson, unionist for Dublin, then 'moved adjournment The speaker said he would be delighted to en tertain the mo tic a. but the proceedings had not started. Again and again Aaquith tried to speak, but a whirlwind of cnes drowned his voice. "Divide, divide, let us know the terms ot the bargain, write another letter," "toe the line" were among the favorite shouts. A strong appeal by the speaker finally Continued on Second Page.) ' The Weather For Nebraska Fair. Far Iowa Fair. Hour. S a. m a. m T a. m .. S a, m Deg. .... M S4 at ' a. m. .....m...... (3 it a. i4 . 1 a. m. (j U m- 4 1 p. m... at P- m a S p. m (7 4 p. m M 5 p. m M 4 P BLtsatH T p. m U t p. m T.. . M iaaiaaraUTe Lral Record. 1IL 1910. IS. 1S0S ...... 7 M S3 M H rrheet yesterday... Tuiwest yealarday.... Si. a it teinpsrature... e. mliatiun ...... M 7 J i z n T .UO .M .w .90 Temperature ssd predpUatloa departures from tna normal i Normal temraiure Defickmcy for the day T'Hal ao-eai Mrvoo March 1... Normal precipitation... leflcjocy for tae day Total rainfall since March 1. Trx ficlancv alnce alarch 1 TT . U a .14 Inch .14 Inch S K Inches ! Inches Defick-ncy for cor. period. 1910... U ( Inches DtttK-irnvy for cor. period, lie... .61 Inch Heserts fraau atatloM at T P. St. Station and Stats Temp. High- Raln- ef Weather. T p Cheyenne, pt. cloudy tavenport. clear le.i er. pt. cloudy r i Motnea, pt. cloudy.... Loi:e City, clear alji.ier clear Nona Platte, clear On.aha. pt. clouviy pj'lio. cloudy Xip.J City, clear Sit Lata City, pc cloudy. Bmri fr'e. rlatkiy nr.dttU clear S:oux City, t'lr, Valentine, near.. 1' iufli4:jfttae trace of ar l i ni j ia sax we. V vo Ly w MwneAr n. sr V" w-w a'ni' tY' i m. om. fail, as w .M M T a w . . 7 T T4 7 .SO 7J 74 . . 7 71 ... .a 7) .0 7 70 .00 6a 7 M 4 M .w M M .14 TJ 74 . g . 7 . 71 71 A) dpltatloa. U A- WtioH, lacsJ recaate. Two Killed in , Family Fight at Jackson, Ky. William Simms and His Wife Are Killed by Their Son-in-Law, Nor. real Allen, LEXINGTON. Ky.. July 24. Specials from Jackon. Ky., today give particulars of a femll- flrht at fnuth Quicksand. ' near Jackson. Sunday In which two per I sors were killed snii snother seriously i v-ourded. The victims were William ! Klrrms and his wife. Mm. Ellxa Simms. I who were killed, and Alonso Allen, who was seriously wounded. Normal Allen, a son-in-law nf the dead couple, and a brother of Alcnxo, Is at le rare. The Aliens, it Is said, attacked the old people because of some grievances of the cii-ln-lw. That Mrs. S!mrr.s waa foremost In the shooting was the statement of A! into Al len, who was brought to Leximrton today. Allen said that he and his brmhr went t the Simms home on an Invitation and that as they, entered Simms and his wife began Trine at "them." After he w-j wounded four times,, he said. ; his brother hot and killed Mrs. Simms and then killed her husband. Wickersham Denies Charge of Wickersham Attorney General Tells House Com mittee that He Has Not Shielded Alaskan Criminals. WASHINGTON. July t4. Attorney Gen eral Wickersham today branded as false hoods the charges of Delegate Wickersham of Alaska, that the attorney general had "shielded Alasksn criminals" and had al lowed tbs statute of limitations to run In an alleged coal contract fraud case. These aid other emphatic disclaimers were made before the house committee on the Judiciary as an answer to the delegate'a allegations. The attorney general said . that the "proof which the delegate has given him In the coal case consisted of aa affidavit by H. J. Douglas, formerly auditor of the Alaskan syndicate. This purported to show thst a conspiracy had been entered Into by the North went am Commercial company and the John J. Sesnor company to get con tracts for supplying coal to government forts la Alaska. The Douglas arfldlvft referred to alleged affidavits made by Captain Jarvis, who waa head of the Alaska Syndicate company and who recently committed suicide In Seattle and by John H. Bullock, who waa president of the Seanor company. The attorney general said that Special Assistant Attorney General McNamara. who was sent to Alaska to Investigate the case, found no such affidavits and that tha War department records fall to show any thing of the sort aa claimed. The attorney general said the statute of limitations in the coal oontract case -wvuld not ruxt out nam March. WS. WASHINGTON. Jury 4-Representative Littleton a" Hew Terk (dernooraO amid Dalecata Wlakershan either should with draw or confirm hla recent charges that the' attorney general "purposely shielded and ' defended tha Alaska eradicate crim inate from punishment for crimes against the government," In Instances where he (the delegate) personally gave tha evidence which would Justify tndtotmenta. "I am here to make good," declared Del egate Wickersham. "Well. then, make good." snapped the attorney general. "Here la a man who accuses everybody from Senator Nelson down. Let him prove it. Es eaa't do If." The delegate replied It would require eev eral days to prepare" hla evidence, and al though be had . written to the attorney general In April. 1910. and laid before him moot of the matters he had never received a reply. As to tha alleged coal frauds the attor ney general said hla department still waa Investigating the case and ha would be glad to get any further Information. The attorney general also defended Sena tor Nelson from the charge by Delegate Wickersham that there "had been Jo packing la the senate committee on Judiciary." ' County Assessor Gets Eight , Years in Prison Convicted of Hiring Accepted a Bribe for Reducing an Assess ment. OAKLAND, CaL. July ti-Former County Assessor Henry P. Dalton waa sentenced today to asi ra eight years la the state penitentiary at San Quentla. fol lowing his conviction of bavins; accepted a bribe of SS,0( from tha Spring Valley Water company In consideration of which he. was to reduce the corporation's as sessments In this county. Pope Pius is 111 and Suspends Audiences ROME. July Si. Pops Plus has taken cold and la suffering from a sore throat as well aa experiencing the tnooavwnlenoe of hoarscseea. Dr. Ettora Marchlafavs, conaulting physician to his holiness, visited the latter today in . company . with Dr. Giuseppe Pettaed, tha pontiffs private physician. They found that tha patient had a slight rise la temperature and or dered that hla audiences for tbs present be abandoned. It la believed that the pope would be restored altar a fsw days rest. BROWN GIVES IMITATION Aaka IsmUry WHsaa to Attend 3To kruaa ataie ravlr Xext leaker. -' (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jury St. (Special Tale gram.) Senator Brown today presented to the secretary of agriculture aa Invitation to attend the state fair at Lincoln In Sep tember. He waa assured by the secretary that ha would very gladly accept the In vitation If his engagements would permit and would be able to say definitely la a few days. Senator Brown feeis satisfied tha secretary will be able to attead. P.- sTanerson Taylor of Nebraska, United States consul at Stavaager, Norway, ac companied by hia wife, arrived la Wash ington today. Consul Taylor and wife Uava tonight for Aubura, Neb, DEMOCRATS SEEK TO MUZZLE FIGHT Every Effort Made at Fremont to Keep Dogs of War in Leach at Convention. HARMON PICTURES EVERYWHERE Windows Are Plastered with Pictures of the Ohio Candidate. J DELEGATES FLOCK TO LINCOLN President Taft's Stand on Reciprocity Pleasing in West. BIO ATTENDANCE AT MEETING Every-thlns; Propltlowa for Actio tTaat Will Retire raited Froat Part of fteowbllcaas of Ne. bimska. CFrom a Staff Correspondent.) FREMONT, Neb.. Jnly 14. (Special Tale eram.) Vnlees some Handy Andy of the Bryan household misunderstands his or ders, there will be no fight worthy the name In the democrat stats convention tomorrow. That something good In that line was generally expected Is Indicated by the crowd of press men on the ground thta eveenlng. Soma lows papers have representatives here and they are busily seeking for sensations. Shallenberger's conference with Mayor Dahlman last week has borne result In the certainty with which the former governor announced this evening that "the trouble has all blown away." Shallenberger, Harrington. Stats Chair man Byrnes and some other leaders con- en lent to Columbus held a conference there Sunday evening. It la understood snd ths consensus of agreement was "let the sleeping dogs die." Close followers of Dahlman have been given the tip that he la satisfied to rest on his Omaha resolutions and when he arrived this evening with Tom Flynn, Colonel Fanning and George Rogers he let that Impression prevail. Hanaaa Pietare Everywhee-e. It only needa a swivel tongue, though, to start a row. One possibility of a break away from the peace agreement appears tcday In tha plastering of Fremont store fronts with large pictures of Governor Harmon of Ohio accompanied by flatter ing comment printed underneath. The Fre mont Herald window and those of ths Platte Valley Zeltung blase with Harmon lithographs and thla la true of a great majority of the stores. Over against this was ths declaration of Judges Sutherland and Dean, aa soon aa tney arrived that sentiment Is strong among their people. Denial Is made that any organisation Is responsible for the Harmon lithographs and j those seeking to excuse them Insist that ! Mark Perkins, editor of the democratic Fremont Herald, sent to Columbus. O, for the. lithographs., printed and placed them at bis own expense. But' they will stay tip , to greet "Charley" Bryam wheat ho ar i rtves Tuesday snoraW. H haa reserved jfooms aa a gathering -place for tha Bryaa fasJlemherwr Reads Reewlatiotaa. While no announcement la vet mada flat. ) ernor 8hallenberger will be chairman of the resolutions committee. The Bryan men will be allowed to name the members of the committee from the First district and the Dahlman men to pick the members from the Second district. Other districts will be permitted to name their members of thla body. The resolutions are likely to be short and formal. As ths convention does not meet until I o'clock and half of the dele gates will be In tonight ther eta Just a chance that old coals will be kindled to a dangerous heat during ths discussions tonight and in the morning. One anti Bryan man declared at the hotel head Quarters this evening: "We must make the east and south understand we no longer worship Bryan." Hs waa not a delegate, however. DELE6ATGI FLOCK TO LISC4LN Attendance; at RennbUeaa Convention Will Be Largo This Year. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July . (Special. Scores of delegates to the republican stats conven tion, which Is to be held In this city Tues day, have arrived here and every train la bringing in more. That there will be a far larger attendance than waa predicted by. the state central committee when It met hero a few weeks ago Is now aa as sured tae. Chairman Huae natter and Sec retary Douglas of that committee assert that the recent copious rains over the stats have played nd small part In renewing the people's Interest la the affair, and to this they attribute largely the fact that all of the eounlea are o be represened by larger delegariotia than had the weather contin ued hot and dry. Talk as to the big gathering centers on tha possibility of the convention making a presidential endorsement. Many of the delegates who have arrived here assert that tha sentiment In their part of the state la In favor of tha convention endors ing President Tart aa to tha larger part of hit administration, without necessarily commending him to the future considera tion of tha people. They declare that the fine-haired distinction between the two could not possibly be Interpreted as an af front to the Intelligence of the voters. In sofar aa they are given the opportunity to express a presidential preference next spring under the provisions of the new pri mary act. Reciprocity Plays Part. Reciprocity plays no small part In ths discussions In and about hotel lobbies. Not all of those who represent farming com munities agree on the workings ot tbs new trade agreement, some of them maintain ing that Its ultimata benefits to the west ern people would be such aa a overshadow any temporary reverses that might be felt at first by them. Ths fact that soma of Ita atancbest supporters Insist that It mesne a downward revision of hs tariff Is bearing wight with many of the repub licans, who declare they will not act hastily tn the matter. Most notloeabls among the sentiment of the early arrivals at the convention Is the feeling displayed for President Taft aa opposed to that d I play for him when the ronventloa waa held here a year ago. Men who openly condemned hhn at that time and were almost harsh la thstr mani festations of disapproval at hla actions, now assert they may have been Impulsive in expressing their views of the executive Others who assert they have never had a (Continued on Second Page.) WW mm For the WHO CAN AU VM QUtSTlOrl COB.fiTt.T. From the Minneapolis Journal. BIG FIRE LN CONSTANTINOPLE - essaeBsnssssmn Fire Thousand Homes in Ancient Quarter of Stamboul Burned. TWO SQUARE MILES DEVASTATED Fir Which Breaks Oat In Several Places at Saaae Tlsae Probably Started by Pottrlcal la. eendlavies. GREAT FIRES. 1835. December 16, New York C47 buildings burned; loss, $17, 500,000. 1842. May 21, Hamburg 1,980 bouses burned, 21,526 persons ren dered homeless; loss, $85,000,000. 1848, August 16, Constantinople 2.500 shops and 500 houses burned; loss, $15,000,000. 1849. May 18. St. Loupis Halt ot business portion of city de stroyed; loss, $3,000,000. 1852, July 8, Montreal 15,000 persons rendered homeless; loss, $5,000,000. 1861, December 12, Charleston, S. C. Most of city destroyed; loss, $10,000,000. 1866, July 4, Portland, Me. 2,000 families rendered homeless; started by firecracker; loss, $10, 000.000. 1870, June 6, Constantinople Greater part of Pera (about 7,000 houses) . destroyed; loss, $25,000 - 000. 1871, October 8. Chicago 18, 000 buildings, coveriss nearly five square miles; loss $165,000,000. 1871, Notember 9, Boston Sixty acres, containing 748 houses, destroyed; loss, $70,000,000. 1875, October 26, Virginia City, Sev. City almost destroyed; loss, $7,500,000. 1876, September 3. St. Hyacinth, Canada 80 stores and 560 build ings; loss. $15,000,000. 1882, Kingston, Jamaica Wharves and 800 buildings; loss, $10,000,000. 1900, April 27. Ottawa, Canada Loss. $10,000,000. 1901. May 3, Jacksonville, Fla. Loss, $9,000,000. 1904, February 7, Baltimore 70 blocks, containing 2,500 buildings, destroyed; loss, $50,000,000. 1906, April 18, San Francisco Loss, $350,000,000. 1908, April 12, Chelsea, Mass. Loss. $6,000,000. CONSTANTINOPLE. July 24. The con flagration which started yesterday after noon continued until S o'clock this morn ing, by which Urns the flames were gotten under control, but practically because there was no further fuel In their path. The disaster was ths greatest since the great fire in Pera. ths European quarter In Wi lt is believed that the present firs was tbo work of political incendiaries. It broke out simultaneously at several points In Stamboul, the ancient city, while the peo ple were celebrating the anniversary of the new constitution. Ths most formid able blase flared up near the ministry of war and was borne by a strong north wind through ths residential section of the southern coast. From ths square In front of the war ministry east of the center of Stamboul to tha Sea of Marmora on the south, practically nothing waa left standing. Two Mean MUea Devastated. Two square miles of ths city was de vastated. It, is roughly estimated that over L000 houses were destroyed. The greater number of these were wooden buildings, but several Important stone structures were ruined. The Kuropeaa quarter, across the Golden Horn, te the north and east, was at no time In danger, owing to the contrary di rection of the wind. StamaouL having tha Sea of Marmora (Continued on Second Paga) lite I Is This the Answer? ' WHAT ISATARIFF? DEFINE TARIFF FOR REVENUE? . r-.sYie Aun fnDERPlMr"? Would vou. VISION Ihf YOU HLC I I I rAr I un- DARjwHEN IS FREE RAW . yy'. . rnnDP Ol v DONE? LA KHVi if" THE THREE WERE YOU EVER rANV V v ARE YOO FOR ASANE FOURTH T Should we titer popular senator DO YOU KNOW Democratic Senators Will Caucus on Wool Indications that They Will Decide to Support the House Bill Instead of the La Follette Bill. WASHINGTON. July 14. The democratic senators have decided to hold a caucus tomorrow or Wednesday to decide on wool tariff revision. Democratlo leaders are contenting. tlartrwaVreg to vote on the house wool bill and to refrain from passing ths La Follette wool bill, though senatorial advocates of the La Follette bill are In the majority. Many conferences have been held among democrats and Insurgents to day and the question Is monopolising ths attention of senators. Debate on the Underwood revision' bill from the house, beginning after routine business today, will run until the vote next Thursday, The senate Is going ahead with the pro gram agreed on for clearing up all Im portant business. When the wool vote baa been taken up Thursday debate on the free list bill will begin and that measure will be voted on August L Then will come the home reapportion ment bill, with a vote on August S, to be followed by the statehood measure, to be voted on August 7. Ths house will meet again Wednesday to take up cotton revision. Gompers and Mitchell Plead Not Guilty Labor Leaders Charged with Contempt nead immunity under Stat ute of Limitation. WASHINGTON. Jnly 24 In lieu of for mal answers ' to the contempt charges aggaJnst them, Messrs. Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, today en tered oral pleas of "not guilty before Justics Wright of the District supreme court. They also entered a plea ot Im munity under the statute of limitations and attacked the court for not having In stituted the proceedings within ths statu tory time limit Further hearing was post poned for ten days. Declaring that tha attack made noon him before a congressional committee by President Samuel Gompers of ths Ameri can Federation of Labor left him no alternative 'but to proceed with the trial to the end. Justice Wright of the district supreme court today reiterated his refusal to certify the contempt cases of the three labor leaders. Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, to soma other member of the court. Counsel for ths defendants again noted aa exception. Justice Wright overruled the motions for bills of particulars, hold ing that the charges as framed by the prosecuting committee would sufficiently specify. MYSTERIOUS PLAGUE IS KILLING BLUE PIKE Flab Which Foraas Large Pavrt of Caleb la Lake Erie Threatened with Extletloa. BUFFALO, N. T.. July Si. Blue pike, which farm a large part of the catch In Lake Erie, are threatened with extinction. A mysterious plague, which baffles experts oa fish, la killing thousands of them, and dead fish are being washed ashore In great numbers. H. C. Crosaley, special lake warden for Laks Erie, la making an Investigation. He finds that tha small fish are dying from a fungus growth oa the gilla Ths large fish are not affected. Ths unusually low temperature of tho water la believed to be one of tho causes. Ballooa la neoreloa Baetaesa. . BADEN BADEN. July 24. The dirigible bailooa Bchwaben I arrived here today from Friedricbabafen and was turned over to an aeruj navigation company by which It will operate fur six weeks in excursion tug his to Gotha and Berlin. VAN. JL-X . j j answ nit hl..:illl.l,HTTil m44Zr?L . know atarifp- re- .irJ CO-ORDINATE ka L5? 1 SENATOR ALDRICH kfri nmnei q X.yVV aVfc1 a asi BINES BRINGS IN BODTELL Unsigned Note from Former Congress man Causes a Sensation, SAYS TAFT WAS FOB, L0B1MEB President Took This View After tna Illinois Man Explained that Factions Ceald I'atte mm. dtteaa-o Man. WASHINGTON, July ti,-Edward Hlnes of Chicago caused a sensation today by testifying before the senate committee that Representative Henry S.'Boutell of Illinois, now American minister to Switzerland, told him that President Taft regarded Lorimer as an acceptable senatorial candi date and anxious' to have him elected and would be very glad to assist In hla election. Today's session of the committee began with Attorney Hanecy, counsel for Senator Lorimer, questioning Hlnes further about his trips to New York last winter, when the Lorimer election Issue waa pending be fore the senate. Hines testified that on one ot these New York trips he called on E. H. Gary ot the United States Steel corporation to see about the price ot stock In a Colorado Iron concern. Hines Prodaeea Paper. Suddenly at the instance of his counsel, Mr. Hines produced a sheet of papsr with out letter and without signature or date, but which Mr. Hlnes swore waa In Mr. Boutell's handwriting. The sheet contained these words: "I should like to have the senator know who was the only man In Washington who went to tne president In his behalf and bring off (sic) tha goods." Mr. Hines declared that the senator re ferred to was Senator Lorimer and that his election to the senate was ths subject of the note. The witness explained that he waa sura of his explanation, because a little while after he got the note from Mr. ' Boutell he had a conversation with him which cleared the matter up. Mr. Hlnes declared that In thla conversation Mr. Boutell said he had gons to see Presi dent Taft and had told him that Lorimer seemed to be the only man oa whom ths factions could unite. Mr. Hlnes continued: "Mr. Boutell said that after he told the president of Larimer's capabilities and of the ability of the factions to unite on him he (the president) said that ha was very anxious to have a senator sleeted from Illinois and that Mr. Lorimer was very acceptable to him and that he would do all ha could to assist In electing him." Kern Asks A boat Letter. "When did you find this supposed let ter f asked Senator Kern of Indiana. "I found It yesterday In going through my papers." '"Did you not hsvs It when you testified a few days ago?" "Tea.' Mr. Hlnes explained that the sheet nf paper had been enclosed to him In another letter from Mr. Boutell Ths letter waa brought from Chicago with a bundle of papers, Mr. Hlnes testified. Does not ths letter with which thla sheet was sent show ths date?" "Well, aa this sheet was rearardiMt mv personal affairs It was separated from the letter In which U came." "Why did not Mr. Boutell writ. thi. - ths rest of the letter T" asked Senator Jones. , 'I don't Just know." "Wasn't there room?" "I cannot say at thla time." "When was It written?" "Sometime after Mr. Lorlmer'a i-tin Tou will notice a water mark on thla I-..-. by which It might be traced." Hines testified that Mr. Bnut.n-. i.ii. with the president was two or three weeks before Lorimer was elected. Mr. Hlnes testified that at that tune Mr. Boutell had given up hope of being elected himself. Later. Mr. Hlnes placed the date of the alleged talk between Boutell and the president as probably not more than ten dsys before Lorimer's election. Mr. Hlnes In his previous testimony had said that former Senator Aid rich had told (Continued on Second Page.) FREIGHT RATE TO PACIFIC COAST TO SUFFEn DEEP CUT Interstate Commerce Com.nmion De cides Cases Involving principle Ad rerse to Bailroads' Claims. BZDUCTION ABOUT 0XE-THIED Intennountain Territory to Get Most of the Immediate Benefit. STRIKES OUT BACK HAUL CHARGES Kates Based oa Straight Interpreta tion of long- and Short Hani. WATE& COMPETITION HCUEES Pacifi: Coast Points to Enjoy Present Locality Advantage. ROADS TO ADJUST THE TAR UTS Codtaslsaloa Fixes Limits and leaves Details to Be Worked Owl by the Cora pa ales Affeeted ny the) New Order. WASHINGTON. July St. Decisions of Jsr reachlug importance were announced late today by the Interstate Commerce commis sion. They affect directly all freight rates between the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific ooaxt. Particularly, they affect the rates In the territory lying between Denver and Pacific coast points. The rates to this lnter-mountaln territory heretofore have been mads without any definite relation to the water-competitive rates to the Pactflo coast, the extent ot the discrimination being entirely opttonal with the carriers. By ths opinions handed down today the commission has attampted to ar rive at a definite relation of the rates to the noncompetitive points ss compared with those to the coast, and haa laid down the extent to which the rates to Interior points may exceed ths coast rates. In all the cases decided the carriers are given until October 15 to file tariffs with the commission constructed In accordance with the views set forth In ths opinions. The net result of the decisions will be to give lower rates on all west-bound trans continental traffic to cities In ths Inter Rocky mountain territory. To all Intents and purposes the back-haul rates from Pa cific coast terminals to cities in tha Rocky mountain territory are wiped out and tha service rendered by tbo carriers will be paid by shippers substantially on a strict Inter pretation of the long-and-ahort-haui pro. . vision of ths existing law. ' -Warn ttW:Cseaiewesa ffolde. Tha commiraloa holds' ' IS tha so-called Reno case that traffia originating at Chi cago and in Chicago territory moving under commodity rates may hare a rate 7 per cent higher to Intermediate points than that Imposed on freight originating in Chi cago and Chicago territory destined to tho Pacific coast terminals. . From Buffalo Pittsburg territory the rates may rise above those demanded from tha same points to Pacific coast terminals to tho sxtent of 15 per cent; while from New Tork and trunk line territory the rates charged shall not exceed 23 per cent over Pacific coast ter minal rates. These are the first decisions announced by the commission in which a definite prin ciple tn respect of ths krag-and-short-haul provision Is laid down. WhDe the opinions fully recognise the influence of water com petition, to a marked extent they draw a line upon ' Indiscriminate "market" com petition. The effect of tha decisions will be to notify the carriers thst they wUl be allowed to meet water competition to a reasonable extent, but that tho location of markets hereafter will be left more to the play of commercial causes tbsa to the will of the trafflo managers of railways. Cases Involved, Ths cases Involved are those of the City of Spokane against ths Northern Pacific Railway company, known popularly aa the "Spokane Rate Case"; the Commercial club of Salt Laks City, against ths Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fs Railway company and others; the Railroad Commission of Nevada against the Southern Pacific company and others; and the Maricopa County Commer cial club agalnt ths Santa Fe, Prescott A Phoenix Railway company and other car riers. Inasmuch aa the cases generally dove tall Into one another the commission an nounces Its decisions In two opinions, in brief ths commission takes ths view which tt took In its opinions of ths same cases announced a year ago last June. At that Urns the commission said It would maka no order respecting ths rates which It sug gested might be put Into effect until It had had opportunity to determine from reports made to It by the carriers of tbs probable effect of the suggested rates. Meantime the carriers have submitted ta ths commis sion their earnings under the old rates and what would havs been their earnings under the rates proposed by tha ci..! These tabulated statements have convinced me commission that the ratea determined upon by the commission in Ita decision of Juns 7. 1310, are generally fair an4 -bl- The commission ears that there l. no reason why those rates should not now be established, "Sines ths promulgation of that opinion," Quart bricks ofDal zell's Ice Cream. Boies of O'Brien's Candj. Bound trip tickets to Lake Manawa. All given . away free to those who find their names la tha want ada. Read tha want ads tvary day, your name wUl appear sometime, may be more than once. No puzzles to solve nor sub script' cms to get just read tha want ad. . Turn to the want ad pag now.