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The Omaha Daily Bee. NEWS SECTION PAOIS ONE TO TEN WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy VOL. XLI-NO. 112. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOKN1XU. OCTOBER 2C, 1U11-SIXTKKN BAUDS. SINULIO COPY TWO CENTS. The Democratic Procession of Native Sons IMPERIAL ARMY IS DRIVEN BACK twenty-One Thousand Chinese Troops Defeated in Mountain Passes by Insurgents. rWO MORE CAPITALS ARE TAKEN MILLIONAIRE WHO IS BACKING TAFT DEPARTS FUR WISCONSIN President Says Farewell to Minne sota and Leaves for Home of the Enemy. GIVES ADVICE TO STUDENTS VARIED PROGRAM D1UWSTJIR0NGS THE FORWARD MOVEMENT. Wednesday Developes Into Greatest Day at the Omaha Land Exposition. COAST AND VALLEY UNITED Men Chang: and Kwsi-Lin Are Now in Hands of Revolutionists. Suggests "Barbaric Yells" Are Not Useful Activities. . East and West Crowds Exchange Greetings at Land Show. UTAH AND , CALIFORNIA MEET REBELS OCCUPY CHANG-CHOW POVERTY IS AID TO SUCCESS' ( TojiE ( vym t err 20 h (mvj Mil rhis Gives Them Control of Peking Hankow Railroad. SHANGHAI MAY FALL SOON Taotai Removes II In Household to tar Foreign CM y Imperial Fleet Retreating; Down ' lang Tsc IUver. SAX FRANCISCO. Oct. 23. Advices of In Important and perhaps decided rebel victory over the main body of the Im perial army on the mountain passes sep arating Hupeh and Hunan provinces, were received here today by the Chinese Free Press. The message which came trom Hong Kong Bald that General Yin rchnng. In command of the 11,000 royal ist troops and 160 guna, was driven back by General Li Yuen Hung with 15,000 (rebels. The defeated army at last re ports was entrenching Itself In the city f Wu Blng Kwan. Two More Capitals Occupied. PEKING, Oct. 25. Men-Chang, capital of the province of Klang SI and Kwsl- j UD, capuai oi euiow, nave gone over to tha rebels. The' last named Is strongly fortllled and commands the lintrance to Po Yang lake. Serious dis turbances are reported to have accom panied the assassination of tha Tartar general at Canton. The legation guards wave been Increased. A wireless dibpatch received by the German ligation states that the rebels Advanced to Seven Mile Creek today and engaged the enemy In an extended srlr mlsh. The rebels subsequently retired a short distance. The mes.-iage adds that It la Impossible as yet to estimate., the Importance of the engagement. Advices from the revolutionary headquarters, at tifferant points show that the rebels everywhere are carefully avoiding ex tessoa. Revolutionists Take Chang-Choir. SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 25. The cap ture of Chang-Ciiou by the revolution ists was announced in dispatches wmcti reached this city shortly atter noon to day. From a strategic point of view this city should prove of great value to the rebels. It la the Junction of the Kal Fung and Peking Hunkow railroads and Is located 260 miles north of Hankow, (ta. capture apparently cuts off from Peking all the Imperial troops now gath ered around Hankow and Wu Chang. Today's news from tha lower Yang Tse valley was all discouraging to the gov ernment. With Klu Klang In undisputed possession of the rebels the Imperial fleet has retreated on down the river, some of the vessels being reported as far east us Wu Ilu. Conditions are ominous not only In Wu Hu, but In Nanking. Most of the Manchu officials have left these two cities and are crowding into Shan ghai, where every hotel Is already filled with refugees. The taotai of Shanghai today became so alarmed over the possibility of the seces sion of the native city to the rebels that he removed his household to the foreign settlement. The taotai of Nanking has lilbo put himself under the same protec tion. The city of Su Chow Is In panio owing to the revolutionary threats of 8.000 weavers, whose wages have been unpaid for a long time. Revolutionary agents here announced that the Insurgents expect to establish their headquarters at Klu Klang, which will probably be the revolutionary Capi tol. Yuan Man of the Hour. The probable attitude of Yuan Shi Kal, Whose "lame foot" prevented acceptance (Continued on Second Page ) The Weather For Nebraska Rain or Snow. For Iowa Mostly cloudy; cooler east portion. Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Degree. 5 a, m 40 fl a. m 34 I m as 8 a. ni H7 9 a. m 3S 10 a. m 4j II a. m 4.j 12 m 4s 1 P. ni 4 3 P- m 6i J P. m 5 4 p. m $ 5 p. m f, H p.m 4 1 P. m 4" S 1- ni 4j When It comH ta pitching that pitcher aura baa limi Banders- A. It Maggy's halt UtMra. (Mora apologia.) Comparative l.oral Record. 1911. 1910. 190. IMj Highest yesterday Ci 7 64 U l0ent yesterday 87 41 i 3 Mean temperature 44. f M 3 Precipitation 00 .01 .00 .C Temperature and precipitation de partures truni the normal: Nurmai tempei attire 4 Deficiency for the . day t i Total escess s'nee March 1 "7 Normal prec ipitation 07 Inch Deficiency for the day u7 inch Total rainfall since March 1... .12.74 Inches Dwiciency since .Mai en i 14.1.' incut Deficiency for cor. period, 1!10. .13.14 inch Deficiency for cor. period, lsua.. 2 18 inches Heporta from Stations at 7 I M. Station and Temp. High- Rain. State of Weather. 7 p in. ext. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy 3J ;a .Ot Davenport, clear 4rt DJ .Oi Denver, clear 43 4i .00 Iea Uolnea. cloudy 4i i'-i .Of lender, cloudy 34 S!t T North Platte, cloudy.... 4:! 44 .Of Omaha, cloudy 47 57 .0 Ptiuhlo. clear 52 & .if Rapid City, snowing 4 2 .T Salt Lake City, cloudy.. 64 til . Fanta Fe, part cloudy.... M v .0 Sheridan, snowing JO 3"- .' tsioux City, cloudy 40 4H ,v" Ye'entlne. snowing SO 84 T "T" indicates far of precipitation. L. A. WKLSil, Local Forecaster. Every Feature Remains at Land R. A. LONG. Indications that Dr.Knabe May Have Committed Suicide INDIANAPOLIS, lud., Oct. L'5. Detec tives today took to police headquarters for examination Augusta Knabe, cousin, and Katherlne McPherson, assistant to Dr. Helen Knabe, former state bacteriolo gist, who was found dead with her throat slashed In her apartmont early yesterday. Why there was a delay of over an hour In summoning the police after Dr. Knabe' s body was found by Mlts Mc pherson and what were the conditions in detail were questions put to the two woman. After Miss McPherson entered Dr. Knabe'a flat and saw her body with a gaping wound in the throat, she said she first called by telephone Augusta Knabe from her home In a distant part of the city, The dead woman. Miss McPherson said, was lying on the bed. on her back, without covering. Her night dress was wadded under her arms. Miss McPherson added that she pulled the night-dress down over Dr. Knabe'a body before the arrival of physicians, Whom she summoned before tha police were notified. This action, the detectives say, would explain the presence of blood on Dr. Knabe'a left leg, for tha nlghtflress was soaked with blood. Miss McPherson and Miss Knabe were in the house where the body of Dr. Knabo lay for nearly an hour before the arrival of Dr. Ernest Reyer, who was the first of Dr. Knabe'a other friends to enter the apartment. Miss McPherson called MLsb Knabe and Dr. Reyer and other physicians by a telephone situated at the foot of the bed on which Dr. Knabe'a body lay. She denied emphatically, as did MIhs Knabe, that she saw a knife that might have been used In killing the phy sician. , The detectives today turned to investi gation of a theory that Dr. Knabe may have ended her own life and that some of her friends who gathered In the flat before the police Inquiry got under way may have sought to take away evidence of aulclde. Detectives sold they had learned that Dr. Knabe had been despondent because she was in debt. Jefferson Haynes, negro 'anltor of the building tn which Dr. Knabe lived was further questioned by the police today. Kline Says Harriman Shopmen Have Strike Practically Won Now CHICAGO, Oct. 2u.-Tho present strike of shopmen on the Harriman lines was forced on the men by Wall street, ac cording to James W. Kline, president of the International Hrotherhod of Black smiths, In an address today before 3,000 strikers at the Illinois Central plant at Bumslde. Further, Mr. Kline said that Julius Kruttschnttt had admitted to him tho truth of his assertion. Mr. Kruttschnil'i siild he was following the Instruction of the board of di rectors, said Mr. Kl'ne. Wall street though we were ready to back down. The discrnii.natlon was begun against tho Harriman lines, until the men were forced to go out. "We have the strike practically won." Selecting Jury to Try Dr. Hyde KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Oct 23.-Wlth three men tacitly accepted Jurrymen In the box the examination of veniremen In the second trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, charged with poisoning Coloned Thomas H. Swobe. was resumed today. Of the three men retained It was expected that '1. W. Smith would soon be excused !lnce he was passed by both sides he has ppealed to Judge B. 12. Porterfleld, who presides, to be released. So well known re his views on the case, says Bmlth. hat it la folly to think he would make a .air juryman. It Is evident that much trouble will be had In obtaining a Jury. Of tho eighteen nen examined yesterday all of them save .ne had read much ubout the case and uad formed fixed opinions or were op posed to capital punishment. Forty men of tha original venire remained to be examined when court opened today. WALSH'S BODY BURIED IN OAKLAND 'CEMETERY CHICAGO. Oct 15. Scores of men prom inent In business and politics today at tended the funeral of John It. Walsh, the former ChlcaBo banker, who died eight days after being paroled from the fed eral prison at Ieavenworth, Kan. Former employee of Mr, Walsh's bank acted as pallbearera. rubllo services were held at tha family residence, followed by private services at Oakwood cemetery. While the funeral was being held work 'n all stona quarries at Bedford, Ind., where Mr. Walsh had extensive interests, was suspended. Rich Man's Son Without Incentive i for Real Effort. ; MAKES PLEA FOR FAIRNESS Deplores Artlon of Ilase) Hall Crowds In Attempting; to Pot Visitors at Disadvantage by Insulting; Remarks. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 25. President Taft tonight bade, farewell to Minnesota and dctnrtcd for the real home of the enemy Washington. Heforo leaving Mr. Taft expressed lils gratitude for the reception granted him here and In Minneapolis. His speech to night was on the arbitration treaties and was devoid of politics. The president arrived In St. Paul after a two hours' automobile ride from Min neapolis. Ho was taken to Minnehaha falls, to Fort Snelllng, to the State Sol diers' home and to other points of Interest on the way. In addition to Ids speech on peace here tonight, tho president made two Important addresses during the day. One waa on tho subject of the Panama canel, at the luncheon of the oYung Men's Republican club of Minneapolis, and the other was a talk filled with homely advice to tha young men and women students of the University of Minnesota. Poverty Good for Yoone Men. To the latter the president suggested that the activities of college life might better be devoted to more elevating sub wta than "barbaric yells." and he also declared that the young man who started j In life without means waa tar oeuer equipped tlan the rich man's son with an Income sufficient to live without work ing. The president made a plea for fairness In sport whether It be on the college grid Iron or the professional ball field. He deplored the action of base ball crowds In particular In attempting to put the visiting team at a disadvantage by insulting remarks and cat-calls hurled from grandstand and bleachers. "I love base ball," exclaimed the presi dent, "but I also love a fair deal." The president's remarks about college yells was called forth by the greeting he received from the Minnesota students under the leadership of "cheer leaders" who Jumped In front of Mr. Taft and went through various gyrations. Advlee to Students. The president spoke generally of the responsibility of university men and women. "For In these days I muBt not leave the latter out," he explained. "Univer sity men go out Into the world without any money as a rule, said Mr. lan, "and those who have not money usually i serve the public best. If there Is any-j thing that Is a burden, If. there Is any- j thing that Is an obstacle, If there la any- thing that it Is difficult for a young man to overcome, It Is an income that will enable him to live, without work. "You don't applaud that enthusiasti cally," he added with a smile. "You would like to try it the other way. dui I am giving you the benefit of real ex perience. You look about after you have ben out of college twenty-five years and pick out, If you can, a single man that has mode a real success and had a great deal to live upon when he loft college, if vnn find him. he la entitled to a great deal more credit than you are If you have had to hustle In order to get enougn to eat. for ha has had to overcome more omstacles and more difficulty than you." TRIAL OF LEE KRAMPE FOR MURDER BEGINS AT NEWTON NEWTON, la., Oct. 30. The Jury that Is to try Leo Krampe. charged with first degree murder for killing Miss Matilda Hermsmeler, was secured and tha open ing statements were made by County At torney Mowry. and Attorney B. J. Bla mon, representing the prisoner, today. The murder waj one of the most cold blooded crimes ever committed in cen tral Iowa and the trial Is attracting widespread Interest. Miss Hermsmeler, a middle aged woman, lived alone near Baxter. She was found murdered by relatives who anie from Laurel to see her on Febru try 24. Death was due to a bullet ound, and It Is supposed that she had teen dead for several days when the body was discovered. Suspicion fell on Krampe, who was arrested and who Is alleged to have made a partial con fcsnlon Implicating Al Guest, an old man of Baxter. Ell Harding, a Des Moines detective, who was employed, claims to have secured much evidence against Krampe, but he died a few months ago. Much money and valuable documents, supposed to have been In the house, were missing when the place wa searched, but a few days later part of the documents were mysteriously re turned. RODGERS' BIPLANE WRECKED, OPERATOR IS UNINJURED 8POFFORD. Tex., Oct. 2B.-The biplane of C. P. Kodgers, the coast-to-coast avi ator, was wrecked near here early today as the aviator attempted to take the air, tha smash occurring before ha left the ground. Tha machine hit a hillock. It will take at least three days to make repulra. Kodgers as unhurt. Bandit Hetarna stolen Money. IOWA CITY, la., Oct. 25.-Kpeclal. Robbed one week ago by a highwayman of her handbar; and fifty dollars In silver. Mrs. William Howard twukn this morn ing to find her property In the mall box on her front porch. WANTS ALASKA COMMISSION President of Mining Congress Says Exact Information is Needed. WOULD ELIMINATE ALL FRAUDS SnKigestlon Mada that Otr'ps He Taken to Protect Investors Against Fake Stock delU Ina; Schemes. CHICAGO, Oct. 26. A government com mission or a special congressional com mittee to make a thorough Investigation ot Aiaskan conaitions was urged by John Derne of Salt Lake City, president oi the American Mining congress, today, "ihese men should not bolster up thu views of any set of men," lie said, "liui ihcy snouiu have tno soie purposv 01 geiling lniounauon ao the United Htatea touiu act liiieiiigenliy In training au Aiaakan policy." Preaiuem Derne reviewed mining con ditions 01 paot years and made numerous kuggaaiion tor pumiig tne lnuusiry on a aounuur basis. "First, the American. .uiq jia cougress can pertorm no miiui aernoe," he saiu, "man to eliminate mill ing trauua ana to see that ine invruiui toil a square ueal. io tins end, wa am uesiroua mat l ne eastern coal mineia aiiold aiiy tnenibeivea mure heartily wiiu me western metal miners. "Their Inieitwu are luenllcal and In the union wouiu be louna me airenaih to ikiiy out the reforms the congress ha uiiuertaaen. "ilia true status of the Alaskan situa tion seems hard to tind out. The con Dieting blaitincnli received are uljcon ceiling to a man who is trying to aeep nuiioeil in a judicial frame ot uiinu. vv nat wo need more than anything viae is accurate, rename, unuiuaed informa tion. 1 am convinced tne Lulled Biutca government will uo justice to AiaKa soon as It has aata and actual conuinuns. "oil aptitofiiuiii MLep 10 acane una in formation would bo inaue by tne appoint ment of a special commission. "There can bo no real objection to a national forestry policy. We give our -nua.itlcd approval to any well directed etiorts to prevent forest fires and avuid uamoga from Injudicious deforestation. 1 Uon t believe tho majority of western mining men are impressed with the wis dom of a plan to lease coal and oil lands. "What to ao with our water powers Is a harder question. The most Important thing Is not to mako these water powers a source of revenue to the government. but to provide that the water can be ob tained by those who need It at the lowest possible rale. "There Is a broad conservation that has particular force In the mining Industry. The waste In mining Is something enor mous and, unlike forestry waste. It can not be replaced. I have heard that 60 per cent of coal la left In the Dilnes be cause It does not pay to clean up. Ac cording to this we are wasting half a bil lion dollars worth ot coal a yar." Wilson McFarland is Charged With Murder NEWARK. N. J., Oct. SC. Th Essex county grand Jury returned an Indictment this afternoon charging Wilson McFar land with the murder of his wife, Evelyn, who died of cyanide of potassium pois oning at her home here on the night of October IT. SHERIDAN NOMINATES ITS FIRST COMMISSIONERS SHERIDAN, Wyo., Oct. 26. (Special Telegram.) J. F. Hoop and Charles A. Kutcher, both leading members ot the Sheridan county bar, were yesterday nominated for mayor at Sheridan'- first primary election under commission form of government. Seven candidates made the race. Of the nineteen candidates for he two coriimlsslonerahlps George O. Carroll, Fred S. Eckwall, Sherman D. Cunfleld and J. A. Church were the four who polled the highest vote and will ac cordingly enter the finals to be deter mined November 7. Two are business men, one a railroad employe and the other the present city water commlsloner. Great Interest was taken In the election and a heavy vote waa recorded in spits of Inclement weather. Sheridan will be the first city In the state to operate un der the commission form of government. Show Until S.M.Butler, Driver of Glidden Tour Car, is Killed at Tipton, 6a. T1FTON, CJa., Oct. 2r..-8. M. P.utler of New York City was Instantly killed near his home this morning when thu auto mobile which he wns driving In the Glid den tour was overturned. T. J. Walker and his wife were hurt. Butler waa chairman of the contest board of the American Automobile as sociation. Walker Is the referee of the Glidden tour now In progress. The ac cident was caused by a break in the steering gear. The car was wrecked and Mr. Dutler waa Instantly killed. Referee Walkcr'e Injuries are believed to be serious. Mrs. Walker's arm was brokon. Tho Injured were carried to a Tlfton hospital. Referee Walker In president of tha California Automobile association and had been selected as referee for tha Glidden tour on Its run from New York to Jacksonville. , The machine was running at good speed when tho steering apparatus went wrong. The automobile turned a somer sault and settled on Its side. Mr. Walker suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken collar bono. Charles F. Kellman of Rochester, N. Y., was In the car but escaped with slight Bruises. Poison Container Not Buried with Body of Miss Linnell BOSTON, Oct. 23. The vial or container in which Miss Avis Linnell received the cyanide of potassium which caused her death was not burled with her body. This possibility which led to the exhumation of the body from Its grave In Hyannls waa disproved at the examination made onrly this morning by Medical Examiner Timothy Leary. Following an examination the body was today sent back to Hyannls and again burled. The examination of the body was held In the early morning at the city hospital morgue, continuing about an hour and a half. The medical examiner denied that there had been an autopsy. Applications of the defense to have rep resentatives at tho autopsy, which was supposed to be held today, were not de cided upon yesterday, Judge Murray re serving his decision until 9 a. m. today. Whether this had anything to do with holding the examination at such an early hour Is not known. PIONEER HURON EDITOR DIES AT TAMPA. FLORIDA HURON, S. D., Oct. 2u.(Hpeclal.) James B. Cogan, formerly ot this city, died at Tampa, Fla., Suturduy, the result of a paralytlo stroke which occurred tha day previous. Mr. Cogan was for many years a resident of Huron, locating hero In 1HS3. Ha established the Journal at Wolsey and edited that paper for a number of years. 1-ater ho came to Huron and tor many years was editor and proprietor of the Huron Herald Democrat. He waa appointed postmaster by President Cleveland and served four years. Disposing of his newspaper plant he engaged In tha grocery business and continue in It for ten years or more. Mr. Cogan with tiLs wife and son, Claire, went to Florida a year ago, hoping that a change of conditions and climate would be helpful to his falling health. He was well known throughout the state. BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH BY CAVE-IN OF BANK PIERRE, B. D., Oct. 20.-(opecial.)-WUlle, tha 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Crook, near Midland, lost his life this week while at play along the banks of Hal river. With a party of little friends he was digging fossil shells from the bank of 'tho atream and the other children were washing them in the water. While at this work a large section of the bank caved off, burying him. His little companions by hard work managed to get out his body and washed the blood from his face, but as he would not answer them they reported the trouble at tha house. An examination showed that the skull waa' badly crushed and he probably met Instant death. Closing Hour. Come THROW PASTOROUT WINDOW Factions in Denver Presbyterian Church Have Fist Fight. MELEE LASTS FOR TEN MINUTES Several Men Mlahtly Hart, Amonif Them st Few Pfgermikfr-" Women no Into Hysterics and Flee front Room. DENVER, Colo., Oct. 26,-Rev. W. 8. Rudolph Is nursing various cuts and bruises, and a number of other members of tho Union Presbyterian church are using soothing lotions today as a result of ten minutes of lively fisticuffs over church aflalrs. During the melee the pastor waa thrown through a window. Dr. Rudolph with a number of his friends were sitting quietly In the rear of tha auditorium of tha church, while trustees and other church workers ar. ralgned the pastor In severe terms for attempting to retain . possession of tha church after he had resigned from the board ot governors. Then a motion was carried to go Into executive acsalnn In a room adjoining tha church and tha pastor and his frtends InferentlaJly were Invited to absent them selves. Dr. Rudolph, however, led his cohorts around to a back door and entered the room. A fight Immediately became gen eral. Women In hysterica bolted Into the open air, while a doxen or mora men punched at each other In grim and al most silent earnestness, several oi mem becoming Involved while attempting to act as peacemakers. Says Lorimer Made Deal with Democrats Three Years Ago CHICAGO. Oct. 20.-Tha election ot William Lorimer to the United States senate waa today characterised aa "the greatest strateglo democratic victory in Illinois In years" by Thomas Tippit, ror mer leader of a democratlo faction In the Illinois leglvluture. Tipplt's assertion waa made on t..o wit ness stand before the committee of United States senators Investigating tha Lorimer case. iiurinir his testimony Tippit revealed a secret deal made by Lorimer In 180S, in which LorlniiT agreed witn the ex ecutive commit too of the state demo cratlo organization to support Adlal Ste venson, democrat, for governor. Allen Fowler Kills J.W.Bundy in Street at Trinidad, Colo. TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 25 -AUan Fow ler. former city treasuier. Is In custody today facing a charge of murder. Last night Fowler met his dauffhters, Garnet, aged 22 years, and Ruby, aged 1, walk ing with J. W. Uundy, manager of a local novelty works. Although the street was crowded Fowler without warning leaped at Bundy and stabbed hint to the heart. The latter died within ten minutes. Brush Reported Seriously 111 NEW YORK. Oct. 21.-John T. Brush has gone to Chicago without waiting to se the New York National league base ball club, of which he Is president, play the final games ot the world'a series. Ha left yesterday. It was reported that he waa seriously 111. Mr. Brush Is accus tomed to spend each winter In San An tonio. This fall he delayed hla departure on account of tha world's series, but left on peremptory orders from his physician. Zapatistas Kill 200 Mexican Soldiers MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23.-Accordlng to tha best Information obtainable the eight eenth battalion of federals, numbering 200 men, was wiped out by the Zapatistas In yesterday's fighting. The Departments of War and tha Interior decline to make public the facts. President Roscwater Dwells Upon Bonds of Friendship. GOVERNOR SPRY IN RESPONSE thief F.xreutive of Mormon Com. inanity Bpenks of Woman Siif frnB" and fajn It la ( Kind that Makes Home. With Its great and varied pro;iam Wednesday was a ly at the (imah.-i Land show that will long be rcmr.iilicred. From morning until mldnlpht tha tltnn was taken up with events thai, drew thousands, many of whom ciiino from Mates other than Nebraska. It was an occasion upon which tho residents of California extended fraternal greetings to those of the Missouri vslley, and those from tho fertile valleys ot Utah mingled with friends and neighbors whom they knew more than half a century ugo In Nebraska and tho lands tying to the east. Wednesday was Collfornla day; It wns Utah day; It waa Western Development association day; it was Woman's club dny, as well as being the occasion upon which tho I.and show management made the hundreds of students of Crclghton college feel at home. The Utah people held their exercises during the afternoon, while those from California entertained with an excellent program at night. Tho I'lnh day exercises were held In the north balcony of the main hall ami opened with a selection by the Hawaiian quintet, followed by the address of wel- cotno by President Charles C. Rosewater of the Land show, who by way of Intro duction spoke of the bonds of friendship that have existed between the people of Utah and Nebraska for more than fifty years. He spoke of the Utah people as bring the pioneers who during tha 4a crossed the plains, going from Council Bluffs and Florence and settling In the Salt Lake valley. Ha referred io them aa the pioneers In irrigation, man who were the tlrat to combine the soil and the water, and, aided by Utah sunshme, carved out a section of country that has long been prosperous. Irrigation In Utah. Referring to irrigation In Utah tha speaker said that It waa there that tha first lessons In Irrigation were taught, a barren waste having been conquered and mads to. blossom with alfalfa, grain, ap ples and peaches, In concluding lie added that It waa a pleasure to welcome Utah and Its cltliens and all others represent ing the state, feeling that tha bonda of friendship that had existed ao long would bo forged still stronger. Governor Spry, responding to the wel oome ot President Rosewater, atated that tha bond of filcndshlp between Utah and Nebraska, enpuc.ally so far as the east end ot the last named state waa con cerned, had always been strong, for from Omaha and the little city of Florence, to the north tha pioneer of Utah first started on their journey through a track less wilderness of mora than 1,000 miles In order to reach a place that they felt would be a refuge. It was on July 21, 184T, that VA men and three women, most ot them pushing little hand carts, left Florence and biased tho way for western civilization. Later, and atter reaching their destination, with others who followed, the peoplo fur nished the bass of supplies for tha emi grants to California. Pioneers Discover Gold. It was these young pioneers who wera tha first to discover gold In the vicinity ot Butter's mill In Cailtornla, and it was those who first selllod In Utah that turned the waters ot City creek Into their lands that waior might mo.aien the land and grow their potatoes and other crops. Speaking t)f woman suffrage In Utah the governor said that It existed, but fy reason thereof there was no cause for alarm. It, he added, was not ot the mili tant kind, but lnatead ot tho kind that makea bettor homes and better boys and girls who are to become tha citizens of the future. RcferiUig to tha resources of Utah, Governor Spry explained that the state has. the laigost copper mtn In tha world, uavlng during the .asl year produced 60. juj tons of lbs value ot tl5o.uuu.tM, and j.uoo men ore employed. Tha Park City in.nes, he continued, have yielded Uf, uou.uuo and have paid out JtO.O'Jo.o in divi dends, "and thsse are but a few ot tho uig things of Utah." Aa tu the people, the governor referred to tlicin a being of the agricultural class and In proof ot the statement he proudly pointed down to the Utah exhibit at the wost side ot tha balcony on tho main floor. Land, h continued, still remains Tickets to Ameri can Theater. Boxes of O'Brien's Candy. balzell'B Ico Cream lirickx AH ar give; away free u those who Had ttMir names la it want ada. Read to want ao every day, your nam will appear some tiai. may b more tuau once. No puxtios to solve nor sub. criptlons io set Just read tbi waul adt Turu to to want aJ pates tbr you will find nearly every Business nouse Is lb city rmr resented. This Week