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VOL. XLI-NO. 250.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1913 SIXTEEN ' PAGES.
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WORK OF CLEANING
UP CITY TO BEGIN
IN EARNEST TODAY
five Thousand Men to Assault the
Tornado Zone Early This
Morning.
CITY HALL MEETING PLACE
Arc to Be Assigned to Districts
Where They Will Labor.
HOPE TO FINISH IN ONE DAY
Tools for Conducting Campaign Are
to Be Supplied.
CORPOBATIONS SEND EMPLOYES
Free Meals Arc to He Served and
He mo vii 1 or Debris is to Con
tinue During: the En
tire Day.
If, the 5,000 men turn out to help clean
up the wreckage of tho tornado district
today, as they arc expected to do, In tho
minds of some members of the committee
thero will not be very uch to do Sunday.
In spite of this fact tho comlttee la plan
ntng the work of cleaning up for a two
days' Job. Tho mayor has declared Satur
day and Sunday cleanup days, and In
spite of protests from some churches
these days stand as tho cleanup days..
So, after thousands work all day Satur
day, thousands moro are expected to
flock to the tornado zonSSunday morning
to finish the work.
Persons who have not visited the de
vastated district for nearly a, wck .until
yesterday wero surprised to find what
wonderful work had already been done
In tho way of cleaning up. Bctnls park
docs not look as it did ten days ago. It
has already been cleaned and cleared of
rubbish, and the grass lawns throughout
the part are smooth and neat. The
broken down trees have been dragged
away. The branches and brush have
been cut off and the trunks have been
plied up at the side of the roadways, or
have, been hauled away.
Home Owners nnay.
Dozens of homo owners have not waited
for the public to get In and help clean up,
but have got their ow nlawns and have
already cleaned them. .
In oplte of tho work that has been
going on In spots, thousands of tons of
rubbish and slivered timbers still litter j
the storm-swept area, and somewhere
between, 4,000 and 6,000 men are expected
this morning to buckle Into the work of
cleaning ;up.
The committee has had no trouble In
getting the consent of the dozens of the
larger ,employers;to c!ose,thelr businesses
Saturday and send their niep to the work
In tho tornado, district---Major. Jlart.iiari!
hftsJpferWd'v lunch for 6..00) .workman.
Orelghton university, the Omaha High
school and tho High School of Commerce
will, furnish 700 young men and boys.
A Saturday Is the lightest, day of the
week at the "union stock yards In South
Omaha, a very large force of men can be
spared there, and Manager Buckingham
of the stock yards has Indicated that he
will send a largo force of hutkles.
Tho railroads will send from 400 to 500
men' from their freight houses, and the
University of Omaha expects to turn out
fifty students.
Meet nt City Unit.
It Is the belief of W. 8. Jardine, b
charge of the work, that If 5,000 workmen
can be thrown Into, the tornado district
early this morning and will work
hard throughout, the day the district wlU
be cleared of debris and Sunday may be
a rest day, Unless, however, the oebrli.
Is cleared Saturday the committee In
charge of clearing the district will call
for volunteers for Sunday.
Individuals or business firm 1'it yet
assigned to work in the clean-up army
may receive allotment from Mr. Jardine
If application Is made at the city hall at
7 o'clock Saturday morning. Transporta
tion and tools with which to work will
be provided and arrangements made for
giving the workmen lunch.
In the dining room of tho North Pres
byterian church Saturday noon & women
of the church will serve lunch to 200 ot
those who go out clearing up the wreck
age left behind by the tornado. The
lunch will take on all the proportions of
a real dinner. '
Volunteers working In the tornado zone
cast of Twenty-fourth and north of lai
street will eat at the North Presbyterian
church. y
The Sunday school room of St Mark's
English Lutheran church. Twentieth and
Burdette streets, will be turned' into a
temporary restaurant Saturday and bun.
flay for the benefit of the "cleanup day"
workers. Dinner will bo given on both
lays by the women of the church.
Committee Ciets Some Cash.
A. D. Brandels. C. E. Yost, Arthur C.
Smith and 3. L. Kennedy have returned
from Chicago, where they went as a
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The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicin
ity Fair and warmer.
Temperature' nt Omntau Yesterday,
Hours. Deg.
5 a. m 33
6 a. m ,,. 23
7 a. m 3S
8 a. m 3S
9 a, m , .. 39
0 a, m 41
11 a. m 43
12 m 46
1 p. m 48
2 p, m 50
3 p. m 50
4 p, m.... 53
5 p. m 52
6 p. m 62
7 p. m 61
8 p. m ,. 43
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MARTIN DEFENDS THE BOARD
Attorney General Makes Address to
the House.
POWER PROVISION IS EXPLAINED
Resolution to Rxpnnne Criticism of
Irrljratlpn Ilonrd from Ilecord
noes Over Under Objections
from McAllister.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., April 4.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Attorney General Martin ap
peared before the houso this morning
and answered tho marge and criticisms
made against the State Bonn! of Irriga
tion by a special committee ot the house.
After tho conclusion of his address, and
following a defense of tho committee by
Representative McAllister, Its chairman,
a resolution was Introduced by Repro
sentatlvo Richardson to expunge from
the records any reflection upon tho Irri
gation bcxrd. Representative Norton ob
jected to the rerolutlon at this time and
It went over under the rules until to
morrow.' (urn Over Report.
In his talk Mr. Martin said tho house
adopted a report of the special water
committee which charges tho State oBard
of Irrigation with granting certain water
rights without considering" the welfare
of the state and further charges these
grants were made In bold defiance to the
peoples rights at tho Issuance of such
rights Is a crlmo against the people of
tho state. Tho report Is a lengthy .onb
and contains many charges of a de
famatory and scandalous nature. The
report deals with many other matters
and as I under stand was not discussed,
but simply passed tho house In a per
functory manner."
"I was not called before the commlttco
and -asked concerning the law governing
water rights or tho facts In relation
thereto.
"The report so far as It relates to this
subject shows that the committee labored
under a misunderstanding of the fact and
a misconception of tho law as It stands
today. The truth Is the State Board of
Irrigation has no power to grant water
power franchises In perpetuity for or for
any length of time and it never has
granted or attempted to grant any such
rights. The law making body -Is the only
power that can grlyit water rights. The
law reads as follows:
" 'The rights to divert unappropriated
water of every natural stream for
beneficial use shall never be dented. Sec
tion 6451 compiled statutes 1911.'
" "When certain filing fees have been
paid by the applicant and It Is found
that there Is unappropriated water In the
source of supply named In the application
It Is made tho duty of the board through
Its secretary to approvo the application.
Section 6435 complied statutes 1811.
No Grant In Perpetuity.
"The approval of tho application does
not grant any water right In perpetuity.
It simply allows the apllcont to proceed,
to work upon his, project. No ancroorla.
,tion.f water can bo secured until the
projeerisrifb1!nne"tedVnd, the water ap
plied to .beneficial Use, and when so
applied tho law makes It tho duty of Iho
boaifc tp Issue a certificate stating the,
amount of water so used, and when it
ceases to be lised for the purpose for
which It applies the law expressly malMs
It revert to the state. Henco no author
ity is conferred upon the board to grant
any water right whatever, but inch
(Continued on Page Three.)
)
Mrs, Woodward and
Mr, Costiglio Are
Accused of Murder
CHICKASAW, Okl., April 4.-Mrs. R. S.
Woodward and John Costiglio were ar
rested today, charged with the murder by
poison of Mrs. Woodward's husband, who
died a week ago. At the time of his
death Mrs. Woodward said her husband
succumbed to ptomaine poisoning after
eating a few sardines. He had been 111
a few days. Woodward's body has beenJ
disinterred and the stomach sent to the
state chemist for analysis.
Following Woodward's death relatives
hired detectives. Their Investigations led
to today's arrests. Woodward had been
a grocer here for several years and was
widely known. He was 30 years old. His
wife was of about the same age. He
left a 210,000 Insurance policy In his wife's
favor.
Body of Morgan is N
Transferred to Ship
HAVRE, France, April 4. The body of
the late J. Plerpont Morgan arrived here
today from Rome and was transferred
to the liner, France,' for transportation
to Now York.
Military honors were accorded during
the transfer of the body from the train
to the steamer. A battalion of infantry
formed an escort, headed by the regimen
tal bandj which played Chopin's
"Funeral March." The regimental flags,
draped with mourning emblems, were car
ried behind the coffin.
A mortuary chapel was arranged on
board tho France for tho reception of
the coffin. The chapel was hung with
black velvet, fringed with gold.
House Progressives
Nominate Murdock
WASHINGTON. April 4.-Progresstve
Representative Victor Murdock of Kan
sas was unanimously elected by tho
progressive caucus here today as Its can
didate for speaker of the house. Thir
teen representatives attended and the af
filiation of four representatives who
have not yet reached Washington a
announced. Representative Hr W. Tem
ple of Pennsylvania was chosen perma
nent chairman of the caucus.
COMPENSATION BILL
REViVEDJN SENATE
Measure Drafted by Subcommittee of
Senate Substituted After Day
of Argument.
WOULD FORGET DIFFERENCES
Kemp Advises Senators to Work
Toward Common End.
FARMERS ARE NOT INCLUDED
Elective Measure and Does Not
Take in Small Firms.
OLLIS BILL GOES WITH IT
Recommended n Drafted hy Vnlley
Member to Provide for litn
ployern' Insurance.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 4. (Special.) A new
worklngmen's compensation and em
ployers' liability act was sprung on tho
senate today when Senator Hoagland ot
Llcoln moved that a bill prepared by
a subcommittee of the Judiciary commit
tee, consisting of Heasty, Saunders dnd
Cordeal, should' bo substituted in place
of S. F. 1, Introduced by him at the
beginning of the session and now on
tho general file. v
Kemp explained thatt ho bill did not
meet his aproval In full, an the house
had voted down a bill Intended to envur
the same subject and he believed the
members should forget their personal
wishes lit regard to the bill and get to
gether on tills measure. Both parties, ho
said, had put themselves on record as
favoring a compensation bill and It
looked to him that If there was any
legislation put through at this session
It , would have to come through this
bill, and It should be passed and cent
over to the houso In Umo for them to
consider It.
Makes Act Elective.
Hoasty said the measure was olcc'.lva
and did not Include farming or domestic
lines, neither did It Include retail ar
wholesalo firms employing less than five
persons. The law would not com
pulsory, If tho employer electod to stay
out, then the three defenses contributory
negllgonce, fellow servant and assump
tion of risk would bo taken from itm.
Tho result would be that all employers
would come under the act If the em
ploye elects to stay out, then the em
ployer, would be entitled to tho three de
fenses. It makes the compensation In
case ot Injury sure to the Injured and1 he
does not hara to depend upon the courts
to get what Is coming to him.
The bill s' said to be In substance the
majority report of tho commission ap
pointed by Governor Aldrich two year
ago to prepare a compensation measure,
with a few amendments added- ,
)rilered"KnKroiitra.,-rwJ
After discussing the bill for most of
the day with very little change It wai
ordered engrossed for third reading with
out a dissenting vote.
S. F. 273, the Ollls bill, was also or
dered engrossed for third reading, being
a companion bill to No. J, - and provide
for an employers' mutual Insurance com
pany. The success of No. 1 was duo to
an understanding that No. 273 should ac
company It on Its trip through the house.
H. R. 76, prohibiting the marriage of
whites to Indians or Japanese or Chinese,
Noj 267 by Nichols, requiring affidavits
on' titles to realty, shall be considered
prima facie evidence In perfecting Ittle;
No. 122 by Buckner, giving board of
health Jurisdiction over the 'e of drink
ing, and No. 44 by Lee of Douglas em
powering Omaha to vote bonds of ilW.000
for purchase of Auditorium and fixing
methods for payment of paving adjacent
to parks,? were, among those engrossed
for third reading. '
Tho senate adjourned until 2 o'clock
Monday.
house: tkums avith disorder
Speaker Refuse to Listen to Mo
tions tor a Time.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April 4. (Special Telegram.)
Disorder In the house today became so
rampant that Speaker Kelley laid down
his gavel, leaned back In his chair and
began to read, refusing to hear any one
of the dozen motions mado or to recognize
any would-be speaker. Finally he did
take notice of Van Deusen, who moved
to adjourn until Monday morning. The
speaker Informed the house that he did
not propose to stand up and try to do
business against tho constant buzz of
the members.
This quieted the members for a while
'and then once again disorder broke out
and the speaker pointed to one corner
of the room where several members wero
talking and said, "You men will either
keep order or I will have you put out
of here."
Later Bollen moved that the speaker
be given authority to expel from the
house for the balance of the day, any
mmberr whose conduct was such that
the speaker thought he deserved to be
expelled. During a strenuous discussion
of this motion It was Wought out that
some of the members whose ears are not
attuned to the lanquage of the gutter
are Insulted every day by others who
use the language of the gutter snipe.
Trumble closed an Impassioned speech
with this: "You are sent here as gentle
men; for God's sake act as gentlemen."
Others thought the motion was a re
flection on the ability of the speaker to
keep order. The Introducer atsured the
house this was not the cane. Then the
question was raised whether this au.
thorlty could be transferred to the speaker
by the house and the motion was tabled
Tho house refused to accept the report
of the conference commute on adjourn
mnt and the senate committee failed to
(Continued on Page Three.)
The
From tho Minneapolis Journal,
SUFFRAGISTS USE BOMBS
Attempt to Blow Up Railroad Sta
tion Does Little Damage.
EMPTY CARS ARE DYNAMITED
Home Secretary Cnrtly Refuses Re
quest for Physician to Examine
Miss Emerson Four Months
' for Mis Rockln.
;LONDON, April 4. Warnings Were sent
outtoday by the directorates of all tho
railroad systems In the United Kingdom
to the effect that militant suffrAgettes
had threatened to burn stations In vari
ous parts of the country. Patrols-win
be stationed at all stations and in tun
nels. ,
Some empty trains were dynamited
near Stockport. Cheshire. In the course
of the night. Suffragettes are wspecto'l
of having committed the outrage. A
ctfrilster of exploslvo had been placed un.
der a seat In one of the cars with a quan
tity of fire lighters saturated with oil.
The forco of the explosion splintered sev
eral cars.
There was also an attempt during the
night to blow Up Oxted- station In Surrey
on tho London. Brighton & South Coast
railway, but the damage caused hy tho
explosion was" Inconsiderable. A travel
ing .basket was found In a lavatory con
taining an elaborately devised Infernal
machine to go off at 3 a. m. and explode
a charge of gunpowder and several cans
of gasoline. Apparently the gunpowder
exploded without lighting the petrol. A
revolver was found which apparently had
been dropped during a hurried flUht.
Mm. Emerson' Request Refused.
Reginald McKenna, the British home
secretary, today curtly refused to perm't
the physician chosen by Mrs. Emerson
of Jackson, Mich,, to examine her daugh
ter Zelle, the militant suffragette now In
prison for window smashing 4nd sup
posed to be suffering from results of
forcible feeding.
Secretary McKenna's reply to Mrs. Em
erson's request was as follows;
"I regret that I cannot grant your ro-
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Four Men Hanged
at Montgomery, Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 4. Two
white men and two negroes, all convicted
of murder, were hanged today in tne Jail
here.
The first to mount the scaffold was U
Walter Jones, white, sentenced fur the
murder of Sloan Rowan lnA riliroad
train here. The rope slipper and Jones
was not pronounced dead until thirty-six
minutes later. Persons whq witnessed
tho execution said deputies ero' com
pelled to hold Jones' body away from
the floor. ,
Arnold Gilmer, white, who wjs exe
cuted next, died In seven minutes. Gil
mer was condemned for the murder cf
Mrs. Lucille Tlppetts.
John Adams, a negro, who killed a pa
trolman, was pronounced dead four ml'
utea after the trap was sprung. Sixteen
minutes was required for the exucutlon
of Coleman German, a negro, was killed
his wlfo. ,
Luther Burbank 5up
plement with Tomor
row's Sunday Bee,
EnthusiasticJSsfcer
Alleged Murderer is
Taken After (Mse
of Sixteen Months
TOMS RIVER, N. J., April 4.-W. h
Leehan, formerly employed as a private,
secretary oy airs, k, , liorno ot jltla
burgh, Is In Jail here today charged With
tho murder of Mrs. Charles L. Turner
of Lakewood, N, J who Was the wife
ot nil cinploye on the estate of George
J. Gould. ,
En April 20, 1911, Mrs. Turner's body
s found In a clump of woods at Lake
wood, tho face beaten Into tho earth,
tho skull fractured. She had apparently
battled for her honor before she died.
Leehan lived at Lakewood at the time,
but subsequently moved to Whlto Plains,
N. J., He Is married.
Prlvato detectives hava been on tho pris
oner's trail for sixteen months. One ot
them gained his confidence, and lured
him Into New Jersey for arrest. He col
lupscd, but denied his guilt.
Dr. Derby and Miss
Roosevelt Married
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., April 4. Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt, was married hero today In
Christ Episcopal church at noon to Dr.
Richard Derby of New York. Two hun
dred close friends and relatives of tho
bride and bridegroom saw the ceremony.
Rev. Dr. Georgo 13. Talmadge. pastor
of the local church, assisted by Rev. Dr.
Cotton Smith of Washington, and Rev.
Dr. Endlcott Pcabody of Groton, Mass.,
Performed the ceremony. Tho bride's at
tendants were tho Misses Helen Caster,
Josephine Osborn, Margaret Tucker, Mary
Derby and Cornelia Longdon. Tho bride
groom's brother, Roger A. Derby, was
bet man. '
Mr. and Mrs. Derby will salt for Europe
tomorrow.
New Jersey Puts
Ban on Long Hatpins
TRENTON, N.. J.. April 4.-'In the
future It will be unlawful In this stats
to wear hat pins unless their points are
guarded. Governor Fielder signed a bill
yesterday which becomes effective Im
mediately making It an act ot disor
derly conduct, punishable by a fine of
from W to $20. for any person 'To wear
In a public placo any device capable of
lacerating the flesh of another person,
unless tho point Is sufficiently guarded."
The law also provides that half tho
flno collected shall go to the person
making tho complaint against an .of
fender. SEVERAI BUILDINGS
IN 0SKAL00SA BURNED
OSKALQOSA. la., April 4. -Flro here
early today, said to be of Incendiary
origin, destroyed the Woodln building, the
Congregational church and several ad
joining buildings. The total loss Is es
timated at S7S.O0O.
MRS. GERHART'S DEATH
IS DUE TO ACCIDENT
ST. LOUIS, April 4. The deputy cor
oner whq Investigated the death by poison
Tuesday of Mrs. Julia MocFarlane Gor-
hart, returned a verdict today that death
was accidental, having taken an overdoso
of poison In an attompt to Induce sleep.
CAIRO FACES NEW DANGER
Mississippi Eats Into Levee on West
Side of Town.
OHIO RIVER IS AGAIN RISING
Wind from South Acta aa Deterrent
to Current- U rent Suffering
Anionic Refugees Back of
Sluivrnertovrn. '
BULLETIN. .
MEMPJUS, Terin., April 4. Attelephone
inessago from Hickman, Ky., says that
tho city levco there went out shortly after
13:3o today, flooding the factory districts.
No loss of llfo was reported.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Todays spe
cial flood bulletin says:
"Tho crest of the lower Ohio flood Is
In tho vicinity of Evansvlllc, Ind., where
the stage of the river Friday morning
was 4.2 feet, 13.2 feet above flood stago.
Tho river at Cairo continues to riso
slowly and Is now at a stage of 64.7 'feet,
a rise ot .2 of a foot since Thursday
morning.
"The Mississippi river at .Cairo con
tinues to rise slowly."
Nov Dauircr nt Cnlro.
CAIRO, III., April 4. Anxiety to pre
vent tho levee from breaking on the Ohio
river sldo of Cairo led citizens today to
overlook temporarily danger from the
Mississippi. The result was that a foroe
of workmen had to be rushed to the west
loveo today, ai a washout was theatcned
bctweei; Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth
streets.
High winds had caused the river to
out Into tho bank to such an extent that
danger was Imminent before the fact was
discovered.
Several hundred bags ot sand wero hur
riedly carried from the Ohio river loveo.
By the transfer, which was mado In
automobiles, further erosion of the bank
was prevented for the time.
The flood on the Mississippi sde s well
below the levee top. Water which has
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Russia is Said to
Be Standing Back
of Montenegro
VIENNA, April 4.-Llttle Montot wo's
defiance ot the powers Is the ubji-t of
a series ot hysterical outbursts lit the
newspapers here. There, are Indloatlons,
the Austrian editors fcollove. that umo
of tho powers are not uupportl'uc the
program agreed upon for the coercion
of Montenegro. The finger of suspicion
points particularly at Russia.
All the papers print today an appar
ently Inspired declaration announcing
that Austria-Hungary expects to act Inde
pendently against Montenegro, '.n cate the
naval demonstration by the powers Is In
sufficient. One editor adds that "the city of Scu
tari must belong to tho future -:tate ot
AJbanla with or without tho consent of
Europe."
The Relnchpost declares that .f Russia
prefera to see things otherwise arranged,
the whole work of tho ambassadorial
conference In London will be null and
void.
It Is stated here that during thu ie
cent fighting In the vicinity of Scutari
the Montenegrin and Servian besieging
armies lost 2,000 killed and the same num
ber wounded.
FREE WOOL, FREE
STEEL HAILS
LOW DUM SUGAR
President Wilson and Leaden in
Both Houses of Congress Agree
on Tariff Program.
FINAL DRAFTt OF NEW BILL
Ways and Means Committee Will Be
Ready to Report.
DIFFERENCE ON MINOR POINTS
Senato Finanoe Committeo Will
Again Confer with Wilson.
LOUISIANA SENATORS BALK
They Say Their Constituent Cannot
Compete irlth flncnr from Cnbn
Wilson you id Remove
All Duty Soon.
WASHINGTON, April 4. With FresM
dent Wilson and congressional leaders
practically agreed upon free wool ana"
very low duty on sugar, eventually to
become free, the wayn and means conn
mlttee today began drawing a report oq
the new tariff bill, estimating the loss
of revenue from the now ratea at JS0,
000,000 a year. Tho revenue from the ln
come tax will be estimated at a liko
amount, to be derived in this way:
Incomes of J4.O0O to J20.000, 1 per cent
120,000 to 0,000, 3 per cent; S50.0W Ui ;T0(V
000, 3 per cent; alt over 1100,000 Per oent
flat tax on corporations, 2 per cent The
exemption will be on all Income under
14,000. The Income tax provision now
stands this way and Is not expected to
be changed.
Among the numerous additions to th
free list will be steel rails. Cuts Trill be
mado all along tho line on the metal
schedule.
After the senate finance committee ro-i
viewed tho bill today a subcommittee
went into conference with Chairman Un
derwood of the ways and moans com
mlttee. There la now believed to be a
general agreement all around,
When the conference was endid it wai
announced that a complete agreement
was hoped for, tho.ugh there might ba
some delay on the houso. Tho finance
committeo will meet again Sunday prior
to a further conforonco with President
Wllsc-n.
President Wilson would like to see free
sugar, but recognizes that a concession
may bo necessary to southern planters
and would consent to a duty of' practic
ally 1 cent net a pound, provided all duty
be removed within three years. This
would mean for tho present a duty ot
1.39 to al countries except Cuba.
If the president -can arrive at a pon
cluslon with the Louisiana, senators on
the' schedule, thero will ' be criougH votes,
It K generally assumed to pass a tariff
bill with free wool. On all other, sched
ules there Is a substantial agreement
between the president and congress.
Tho president has been told that either
free wool or free sugar might pass, but
that both could not. This was tho
status today of the Informal tariff con
ferences between the president and mem
bers of congress.
The president canvassed the situation
today first with Representative Brous
sard, senator-elect from Louisiana. Mr.
Broussard told the president that al
though his constituents could stand a
tariff cut they believed the sugar In
dustry of Louisiana would be destroyed
by cornplote removal of tho duty. The
president declared he had no doslro to
destroy any1 business, but he hoped that
within three years such a readjustment
of the sugar business In Louisiana could
be affected that the rest of the United
States could have free sugar and the
Louisiana planters could take part In. the
Industry. This Mr. Bloussard said, wasr
a practical question which he would have
to discuss further with the business men
ot his state.
Canvassing Senate.
The president has been canvassing the
senate and has a general Idea to the
extent to which a free sugar or free wool
bill wquld be opposed. He expected to
hear mqre definitely of the attitudo of
the senate after the senate finance com
mittee met today to Ijear reports from
Senators Simmons, Hoke Smith, qton
and Kern, all of whom conferred with
the president last night. The ways and
means committee also resumed Its delib
erations. Chairman Underwood ox
lected to have much to guide his com
mittee when he received the report of
the democratic senators and the revemm
committee of both houses and chocked
up on Just where they stood.
Seriator Simmons and Chairman Under
wood each expressed the hope that a
tariff bllt might be Introduced by tho
ways and means committee and ho
passed In both houses without material
change. Such a bill, all are agreed,
must have tho approval of the prgsl-
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