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BEST SPORTING NEWS Right in The Bee day by day. Full box scores of all big leagues. Sport cartoons that hit the bullseye. HE Omaha AILY Bee THE WEATHER. Generally Fair VOL. XLI-XO. 49. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 191 L TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY TAVO CENTS. HOUSE PASSES BILL REVISING WOOL DUTY LIVE WIRE AT THE MEETING OF THE STATIONERS. RECORD SMASHED Auyh R. Has a Show OVER VETO. OF TAFT Ruling Not Counting Votes of Those Who Answer "Present" Ac complishes It. MARGIN OF BUT FIVE BALLOTS Announcement Creates Wild Scene j on Floor of Chamber. ! SUGAR CONiEREES DISAGREE Expected to Mark End of Effort to Change Schedule. EXCISE TAX BILL WILL WAIT Democratic ami Progressive Leaders Do Not Helleve AVool Tariff Ulil tan Be Passed In the scuutc. vliiiiir I Bf SOARING BEEF South Dmaha Market Sees Highest Price Since Civil War Paid for Cattle. CRESTON MAN MAKES BIG SALE r x Li WASHINGTON, Aug 13.-By a narrow margain of five votes the house today passed the wool tariff revision bill over President's Tafts veto. The vote, 174 to SO, was made possible only b; the defec tion of twenty-one republicans who voted with the democrats. The announcement of democratic su cess created a wild scene in the house and amid great confusion the republican leaders protested that Speaker Clark must count as voting ten members who answered ''present'' to their names, u ruling which would have defeated the democratic program by overcoming the five-vote margin and making Impossible the recording of the necesary two-thirds vote of the house. This the speaker de clined to do. Less than an hour after the wool bill had been repassed in the house the con ferees on the sugar tariff bill met and disagreed. They determined to report to the house and senate that it had been found impossible to reach a compromise between the Underwood and Lodge-Bris-tcw bills. This action is expected to mtrk the end of sugar tariff consideration In the pres ent session, and the excise tax bill, whic?t was framed to make up revenues that would have been lost by the reduction of the sugar tariff, also probably will remain in conference when congress ad journs. "While democratic and progressive lead ers of the senate do not believe the wool bill can be passed In that body over the president's veto, they will continue the demand for action on th,.otton tariff measure. jSDWAttl. WF.IS, Mw - .;. Mich. Work on Missouri wubttt: Ijecatur Ordered" to Start at Once WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. U.-tSps-cial Telegram.) Citizens at Decatur are anxious to have Immediate action taken by the War department so that tho fund of $8,000 set aside from the $75,000 appro priation for the upper Missouri may be used at. once in preventing the river from cutting into the town. Representative Stephens has been hot on the trail of the department to secure needed relief. The engineer's office has just con firmed the recommendation of Major Sctiultz that $S,000 be expended and he has been instructed to take steps to be gin work at once. SUICIDE PACT BELIEVED TO BE ONLY A RUSE CLEVELAND. O. Aug. 13.-Relat!ves of William E. Shively, well-to-do contractor, and his pretty stenographer. Miss Ruby Carr, reported yesterday to have drowned themselves in Lake Erie, near Put-In Bay, as a result of suicide pact, today declared their belief that the coifple were alive. They allege that clotnes left on the lake shore were meant to deceive. Mrs. Shively says Shlvely wrote her from Put-In Bay that he would not come back to Cleveland. Conduct of Hays in . Everglades Land Cases Criticized 'WASHINGTON. Aug. U'.-Assistant Sec retary Hays of the Department of Agri culture comes in for adverse criticism In the report of the Moss committee of the house, which investigated tho Florida Everglades land charges and other affairs in the department. His operations in North Carolina with J. O. Wright, a for mer employe, are deprecated and the re port hints that impeachment proceedings were narrowly escaped. Secretary Wilson Is not condemned for the Everglades affair, in which it was charged that land agents had used their influenct at the department to prevent the presentation of official reports un favorable to the project. Ixiose man agement is charged against the depart ment, however. In that connection. The handling of business In the office of ex periment stations also Is condemned. Elliott and Morehouse, two employes of the department, who were discharged on technical grounds following the publica tion of the Everglades charges and who have since been indicted, are left to the courts. Representative Sloan is preparing a sup plemental repoit in which he expects to defend the administration of the depart ment Both reports "will be submitted to the house this week. Steels Bring E. T. Graham $10.35 Per Hundred for Eighteen. ONLY NICKEL UNDER CHICAGO Last Previous Record Now Exceeded by Thirty-Five Cents. COMPARISON WIIH WAR PRICES ( OPERATION ON EUGENE GRACE IS UNSUCCESSFUL ATLANTA. Ga.. Aug. 13.-The opera tion performed today upon Eugene Grace in the hope of finding the bullet which caused paralysis of his lower Vmbs, was unsuccessful. Grace claimed his wife shot him. On trial Mi's. Grace was acquitted and recently returned to Philadelphia. MANAGER OF BURLINGTON LINES IN IOWA RESIGNS MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13. F E. How ard, general manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy lines east of the Missouri river, today announced he would resign, his resignation to take ef- J feet September 1. ist Convention Meets in Parlor of Hotel ST.. LOUIS, Aug. IS. -Not more than 100 Relegates to the populist national con vention are expected by National Chair man James H. Ferriss c' Joliet, III., when the session is convened at 10 o'clock this morning at the St. James lou-l. Four years ago when the convention met here a theater was necessary to accommodate the delegates. This year th parlor of a small hotel will be ample s,icice. Although the populists have always ad vocated woman suffrage, an effort will be made this year for the first time to in corporate an endorsement of woman suf frage in the platform. Little opps-itiun is expected. As it Is improbable that a national ticket will be named; chief interest will be in the adoption of a platform. That congress shall Issue all moi:-y ami regu late the value and volume is h plank which Feriss will try to put through. Although Nebraska populists will try to obtain an indorsement of YV.udtow Wilton, the majority of dele?nt de clare that neithes Rocsevelt nor Wilson will be indorsed. Supply Now Smaller Than Supply . ThrnPurchaslna; Power of Dollar n Greater Than nt that Time. Every beef price record in the annals of stock yards history was broken yes terday on the South Omaha market with the sale of a shipment of choice fed cattle at $10.35 per hundred. E. T Gra ham of Creston received this price for eighteen head of well fi.iisiiol branded western steers that averaged l,t57 pounds. Besides breaking all uords on tho South Omaha market, the transaction lie comes even more remarkable when com parisons are made with beef values dur- In war times. Along In the 'Ms, when the political situation in this country had reached a crisis, live stock became valua ble enough to be sold by troy weight, but no quotable trade existed. Veterans tell of cattle selling around $12 and $13 rer hundred, w;t! hogs at relatively lofty figures, but, until recently, cattle have remained comfortably below the $10 mark. Supply is Smaller. The $10.35 sale means that the supply of beef cattle Is smaller, when matched with the demand, than It has been since the civil war. At that period, the purchasing power of a dollar was considerably less than at present, so that the popular wall against the high cost of living seems to be fully justified. The new Omaha rec ord exceeds the last one made only a short time ago by 35 cents, and ap proaches withn 5 cents of the American record hung up at Chicago this week. Incidentally, Mr. Graham has probably broken more records In his stock feeding experience than any other single man n the United States. The. cattle were pur chased by Swift and Company and sold by Clay, Robinsofo & Co. Comparison Are Interesting. In connection with the current lofty price? fr llve stock, supply comparisons are interesting. Receipts of cattle at Kansas City, St. Loula, St. Josapl), Omaha, -Chicago and - Sioux City from January 1 to date are approximately toO.000 short of the corresponding period of 1911. The season of most liberal mar keting, when the ranges and pastures of the west turn off their grass beef, is now at Tiand, but the movement to :uh markets up to date has not attained appreciable proportions in comparison with other seasons. All reports from the northwest indicato an abundance of feed throughout the grazing sections and advance Informa tion is indicative of a smaller movement to market than In recent years. Drouth and short feed forced the marketing from the ranges for the last two seasons. Thli year conditions are reversed, llano li and range men having ample forage, will carry everything but their most mature beef stock over for greater growth and weight. LARGEST MULE IN WORLD IS BURNED TO DEATH ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 13.-W. H. Warrens livery barn at Trenton. Mo., burned today, loss $75,000. . The largest mule In the world was among the stook destroyed. It weighed. ,C8lv pounds. - The Weather For Nebraska Generally fair; cooler east portion. For Iowa Generally fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hours. Des. TTfl 8 a. m 71 b 6 a. m 70 7a.m... 72 r, ft a. m 73 A 9 a. m 76 M, KEYS ' "J L ZD. m is 4 p. m 74 7 p. m 77 ( p. m. 76 t - JUL 4 1 . AMilS-ite Mrs.Bogges' Hat and Purse Found in Boat Near Fort Gage, 111. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 13.-A woman's Panama hat. gloves, purse and night robe were almost positively identified today as the property of Mrs. Ethel Keating Bogges, who dbrippeared in Kansas City August 2. The articles were brought here today by detectives from Fort Gage, III., eighty-five miles south of St. Ixiuis, where they were found In a boat in the Mississippi river. The Identification was made by tele phone bv T. J. Keating of Columbus, O., in talking with a local manager of a detective agency. Mi. Keating received a description of the property and he told the detective the articles were those of his daughter. FOLLOWS HORSE THIEF T SEVENTY-ONE MILES MITCHELL, S. X)., Aug. 13. -(Special Telegram.) Sheriff John Berry of this city followed a horse thief seventy-one miles and overtook him within a few mites of Sioux Falls. He was brought back lo this city thir afternoon and win have a hearing tomorrow afternoon. He gave tho name of Tom Green, and his home at Kansas City. The horse and buggy were hitched in front of the resi dence of C. F.-Raymond, a mile cast of town, Saturday night and it was tie re that Green took poosession of the rig. The horse and buggy were valued at XM. SCHURMAN APPOINTED MINISTER TO GREECE Washington; ' Aug. is.-president Taft today sent to the senate the nomi nation of Jacob Gould Schurmann, pres ident of-Cornell university, to be." min ister from the United States to Greece and Montenegro, and tl.at of Chris topher Kalahan to be receiver of public moneys at Vancouver, Wash. HILLES ANNOUNCES LIST OF MEMBERS 0 F HIS ADVISORY BOARD Men Who Will Assist National Re publican Committee in Directing Campaign Meet in Gotham. WILLIAM BARNES IS CHAIRMAN From the Minneapolis Journal. TELLS SCHEPPS NOT TO TALK Attorney for Alleged Paymaster of Gunmen Goes to Hot Springs. THREE MEN ARE HIGHER UP Lawyer, Hotel Proprietor and Police Officials Are Said to Be at Head of the Graft Syndicate.. Rockhill Offered Post of Adviser to Chinese Republic WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. -Unofficially It is known here that overtures have been going on between President Yaun Shi Kal and Mr. Rockhill, the American am bassador to Turkey, looking to the ..p pointment of the latter as adviser to the new Chinese republic. These have not yet progressed far enough to warrant Mr. Rockhill's resignation, but :t is know he is giving the offer serious con sideration. Mr. Rockhill Is regarded as being thor oughly conversant with Chinese 1'ovnn mental methods. In addition to a seiv- Ice of three years as minister In Peking ( following the boxer uprising, Mr. Rock hill was secretary to the American lega tion at Peking. About a decade before this he made extensive explorations of the interior of country, penetrating Thibet ! as a pioneer, which adventure formed the basis of what is regarded as a text book on that then little known country. If Mr. Rockhill does not accept the Chinese offer, it is expected that soma European statesman will be appointed. Minnesota Has Bull Moose Heads for Sale ST. PAUL. Minn., Aug. 13. -The Minne sota state game and fish commission has for Bale twenty-one bull moose heads guaranteed to give satisfaction to the most ardent supporter of the progressive party. They will be s-ld by P. A. Rider, executive agent at the state capitol. from $76 to $150 each. First come, first served. The heads are mounted by the commis sion after being seized by wardens, who found the animals in the possession of hunters out of season. , NEW YORK, Aug. U.-Bernard H. Sandler, counsel for Sam Schepps, alleged "paymaster" of the gun men who killed Herman Rosenthnl, complicated the situ ation today by hurriedly leaving for Hot Springs and warning Schepps not to start for New York until his arrival. Schepps had said that - ho oi:!d walva extradition and come home at once with Assistant District -Attorney . Rubin and a detective who are on their way to take him into custody. Before leaving tar the southwest Sandler sent Schepps this telegram: "Don't talk to Rubin or any other person and don't kave for New York until I arrlxe." Mr. Sandler offered no explanation of why he had taken this action. Three Men Higher I p. Bialckmail extorted from gambling and disorderly houses In New Yrk City is sale! to find Its way into the pockets of three men "higher up" who are the real heads of the graft syndicate that provides police protection for a price to the under world. Information has been placed In the hands of District Attorney Whitman by private detectives working with him on the Rosenthal case that theso men "higher up" are a lawyer, a hotel pro prietor, who claims strong political af filiations, and a police of tidal. Two police inspectors also are said to be profiting richly from graft. District Attorney Whitman is now con vinced that "Baid Jack" Rose told the truth when he said that at least $2,400,000 was collected from gambling houses In one section of New York City alone. District Attorney Whitman ii said to have been furnished with a list of names of prominent persons who played in vari ous gambling houses. It is said these persons may be subpoenaed to give In formation. "Bald Jack" Rose, "Bridgie" Webber and Harry Vallon are to be. taken be- i fore the grand jury today and If the work ef that body can be completed a blanket indictment charging seevn men The National Capital Tuesday, August 13, 11)12. The Senate. Convened at lb a. m. Resumed consideration of, poatofflce ap propriation bill, with a demand to vote upon It at 4 p. m. j Senator "KeHnj.-i trtffn i" rrt-riolu'tl on for Investigation of operation of Inter state Commerce law since Its enactment. Representative Lloy-3. tha'rman or 190S democratic congressional committee .testi fied before campaign lund investigating committee. The House. Convened at noon. Began reconsideration of wool tariff revision bill with two hours' debate with an attempt to pass it over Presld mt Taft's veto. STATIONERS LOSE NO TIME Revolutionists Are Driven Back from Managua CORINTO, Nicaragua, Aug. 13 (Via Llb ertad and Galveston). The government tmops at Managua succeeded in repuUIng the attacks of the revolutionary army under Generals Luis Mena and Zeledon. Their victory, however, was not pro nounced. The bombardment of the city was discontinued today, but It is thought only temporarily. The American marines and bluejackets at the legat'.on are all well. elegniphlc communication between here and Managua was restored this morning. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13,-The collier Justin, with 360 marines aboard from Tanama will not reach Corlnto until to morrow, according to the revised esti mate of the Navy department. Captain Tergunc of the Annapolis re ported the rebels had given notice of a bombardment from the northeast for Au gust 13 (today). (Continued on Page Two.) YOUTHS WHO CONSPIRED TO KILL KITCHENER CONVICTED i i CAIRO. Egjpt, Aug. U-The trial today of three youths who were arrested July i 2 for being concerned In a plot to assas- ' sinate Viscount Kitchener, the British ! agent and consul general in Egypt, re sulted In all of them bein found guilty. One was sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor, While the other two were sent to prison for fifteen years without hard labor. It was . stated during the hearing that the reading of seditious lit erature had incited them to tie con spiracy. - . - Senator Albert B. Cummins had been piloting a constituent around the capitol building during a recent session. Finally, having work to do on the floor, the senator conducted his charge to the senate gallery and left him to wait. After waiting for what seemed to him a terribly Ion? time, the constituent ap proached the gallery doorkeeper. "My name Is Dunlup," the visitor said to the fellow, "and I'm goin' out tcr git a drink, i thought I'd better tell you so I can g'.t back. I'm a friend of Cum mins'." "All right," replied the doorkeeper, "but In case I'm not here when you come back and to prevent any mistake, 11! give you the senate password." In great astonishment Dunlap Inquired, "what's the word? . "ldlosj ncrasy." "What?" "Idiosyncrasy." repeated the doorkeeper soberly. "I guess I'll stay In," said the visitor, "an' wait fer Cummin." - . . Negro Charged with the Killing of a Denver Woman DENVER, Colo., Aug 13.-ln the arrest late last night of a negro named H. J. Jones, 65 years old, the police believe t hey have the murderer of Miss Sigiie Carlzen, the music teacher who was killed Friday night In Aurora, a suburb. When the place where he lives wns searched an axe, the blade and handle covered with blood, was found. Ulood stains were found also on the under clothing of the negro. Jones explains tfte bloody axe by declaring he killed a chicken Sunday, but he is unable to ex plain the spots on his underclothes. Fifteen Men Killed When a Slag Bank Caves in on Them DORTMUND, Germany, Aug. 13.-Twenty-slx workmen were buried today by the fall of a slag bank at an Iron works in file suburbs of the city. Fif teen bodies have been recovered ;ind It Is believed that all the men perished. The rescuing parties succeeded in ex tricating eleven of the iron workers alive. The total death list Is fifteen. GIRL SIX YEARS' OLD DROWNS HERSELF IN WELL COOKSVIlLE, Tenn.. Aug. 13.-Ruby Slagle. years old, of Double Springs ppillcil acid on her face. A doctor told her she "never would be pretty again." An hour later the child's lifeless body waa found at tit bottom of a -well. Convention Speed Records Broken in Performing Day'i Work. VAUDEVILLE AS ENTERTAINMENT Mayor-' Daalman Wrlooraea t'ouven , Hon Members Advertising Ad vised In Paper by Largest Manufacturer. The National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers, assembled in eighth annual convention at the Rome hotel, has demonstrated that Its members are the most expeditious convention holders In the world. The first business sessions of the organisation begari yesterday morning and were continued yesterday afternoon with some of the fastest and cleanest work Omaha has seen In the way of convention business meetings. President M?!llngton Lockwood called the convention to order at 10 o'clock yes terday morning and without any further ado tho invocation was pronounced. Mayor Dahlman gave his address . of welcome and everybody's report was In, from that of the president to that of the auditor, In time which would seem to have been beaten only by the man who said "Jack Robinson." Something unheard of in convention fashions was the total absence of those who object to anything and everything and the delegates who desire all matters to be referred to committees for con siderable incubation and final verbose re ports. The National Stationers and Manufac turers have shown they can do things and do them well and in a hurry. Objections Are Curiosities. . Remarkable as it may seem, tliero was not an objection to the president's ap pointments to the nominating committee. President Lockwood read off these names: Harry W. Rogers of New York City, chairman; W. E. Milllgan of San Antonio, Tex., W. E. Smith and C. A. Stevens of Chicago, Charles E. Moyer of Omaha, H. J. Williams of Buffalo, George A. Savoy of Holyoke, Mass. Every man seemed lo have been raised Just to be a member of that committee If the pleasure of the invention may count for anyting. And then there was the report of the executive committee. It did not have much to repoit other than that wo meet ings had been held and they had been principally occupied in the acceptance of new members and the ousting of those wis) had neglected to pay dues. Five of these latter, the report read, had been reinstated. Ralph S. Bauer, chairman 6f the pro gram committee, was called upon to read the address of Charles H. Marshall of Philadelphia, the largest manufacturer of stationery supplies in the United States. Marshall was scheduled to be in Omaha to deliver the address entitled, "Adver tising a Retail Business." Word came that he was unable to be here and Ms paper was turned over to ho read. This largo stationery advertiser ad vised: "Use of newspapers for a quick introduction. Do not look upon money spent In advertising as a gamble. The honest exploitation of goods in good ad vertising mediums means the greatest success In the business world." Many other such thoughts expressed eplgramatically were included In the pMper, with which the convention was so pleased that a motion was unanimously adopted that it be placed In the minutes of tho assembly. The stationers and manufacturers were entertained last night by a specially prepared vaudeville entertainment at the Rome summer garden. Both men and women attended. There will be a meeting this morning of Name of Treasurer Will Be An nounced in Few Days. LEADERS GATHER IN CHICAGO Chairmen of Three Parties Reach the Windy City Wednesday. REPUBLICAN OFFICES OPEN Executive Committee Will Hold Con ference In Morning .til Want Vote of the Women In the Mnffrase States. (Continued on Second Page.) NEW YORK, Aug. U-Chairman Charles D. Hllles of the national repub llcan committee today announced the names of the advisory committee of the national committee. William Barnes, Jr., chairman of the republican state com mittee is chairman. Mr. Hllles said he probably would b able to announce the name of the treas urer of the national committee when u returned from Chicago, whither he anc Secretary Reynolds went today to assist in opening the Chicago headquarters ol the Taft cninalgn. The members of the advisory committee which met today are as follows: Senator Theodore E. Burton, Ohio. State Senator Colonel Austin Colgate New Jersey; Thomas H. Devine, Colo rado; Governor Phillip lne Goldsborough Maryland; John Hays Hammond. Josept B. Wealing, Indiana, former United State! district attorney; Adolph Lewtsohn, New York; Henry F. Llppllt, senator frotr Indiana; Herbert 'Parsons, New York; Samuel L. Powers, former congressman from Massachusetts; Ellhu Root, senatoi from New York; John Wanamaker, Pennsylvania; George R. Sheldon, treas urer republican national committee in VM; Otto E. Stiffen, Missouri; and Fred W. Upham, Illinois. Leaders Gather tu f'hlcaao. CHICAGO. Aug. 13.-Chalrmen .and leaders of the three political parties re publican democrat and progressive will be In Chicago tomorrow to take first eteps in the active campaign for votes at the November election. , , s , Permanent republican-headquarters at the Auditorium - hotel are already open, with' David -W. Mulvane of Kansas .as director In charge. Permanent progressive headquarters will be opened tomorrow at the Hotel La Salle and It Is expected that a location for the democratic headquar ters will have been decided upon by to morrow night. Charles I). I 111 lea. chairman of the re publican campaign executive committee telegraphed today that he would arrlvt tomorrow. Senator Dixon, progressive chairman, Is expected to return to Chi cago from New York at the same time and Chairman McCombs of the demo cratic committee also will be on hand. Director Mulvane announced a meetini of the executive committee for tomorrow morning. The following are expected tc attend: Charles D. 1 lilies, chairman; James B. Reynolds, secretary; Walter H Wilson, assistant treasurer; John C Eversman, assistant secretary, and Johr T. Adams of Iowa, Charles B. Warren o; Michigan, Roy O. West of Illinois, Thomas K. Nledrtnghaus of Missouri uni T. A. Marlow of Montana. All Want Women Vote. A hard fight for the votes of womet in suffrage states and for the influence of women in other states will be made by all parties. The progressives seem to thing they have the early advantage, be cause of the suffrage plank 1: their plat form and the influenco of such womet as Miss Jane Addams In their support o: the new party. Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch prominent Illinois suffrage advocate, to- (Continued on Second Page.) Noted Composer of Musical Works Dead PARIS, Aug. 13.-Jullen Emlle Frederic Massenet, tho well known musical com poser, died at his home this morning a' the age of 70. He had been suffeiins . for a long time from cancer, but his death was sudden and unexpected. Arr.ong M. Massenet's more noted works were "Le Cid," "Manon" and "Thais." He established his reputation In 1872 will "Don Caesar de Bazan." Among others oj his notable works were a four-act opera "La Rol de Lahore" and "La Navarraise"' and he also composed many oratorios anc cantatas. Ho was a grand officer of the Legion of Honor and a member of the French Institute. Your real estate advertising ought to appear in The Bee every week. There is no paper in the west that brings greater returns on this kind of advertising than does The Bee. The Bee is the recognized leader. A want ad in this paper does not cost much, and yet it brings returns that are amazing. You can ill afford to let your real es tate go unmentioned in the classified sections of this paper. Try a Bee want ad and be convinced - Tyler 1000