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    The Omaha Daily Bee
THE KEE'S
Daily Sport Extra
THE WEATHER.
Fair; Warm
BEST OP AliL
VOL. XLII-NO. 313.
OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MOltNLNG, JUNE 18, 1913SIXTEEN PAGES.
SINGLE
COPY TWO CENTS.
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AND ONE MAN GIVEN
PRISON SENTENCES
Cuffragette Leaders Found Quilty of
Malicious Conspiracy to
I Damage Property.
THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE
Terms Vary in Length from Six to
Twenty-One Months.
MISS KENNEY WILLING TO DIE
Accused Suffragette Makes Impas
sioned Talk to Jury.
IWOMEN CROWD COURT ROOM
Speaker Says She U n Rebel null
Will Remain n Rebel Until
Women Are Given (he
Ballot.
LONDON, June H.-SIx of the most
prominent leaders of" the militant suf
ragettes' organization and one of their
male supporters were today found guilty
it the Central criminal court of con
spiracy to commit malicious ydamago to
: property. The trial ,has lasted several
lays.
The women were officials of the
Women's Social and Political union, while
the man was Edward Clayton, an ana
lytical chemist.
The Jury handed In a recommendation
for mercy In the cases of Miss Lake,
Miss Lennox and Miss Barrett.
The sentences Imposed on the militant
suffragists ' were: Miss Annie Kenney,
eighteen months; Mrs. Beatrice Saunders,
fifteen months; Miss Harriet Kerr,
twelve months; Miss Rachel Barrett,
'nine months; Miss Agnes Lake and Miss
Laura Lennox, six months each; Kdwy
Clayton, twenty-one months. , (
-All the prisoners were committed to
theNthlrd division, which entails hard
labor. '
Bach defendant was ordered to pay one
seventh of the costB of the prosecution
and. was bound over to keejtUhe peace
for a year after the period of imprison
ment. With the exception of Mrs. Saunders
all the women loudly proclaimed their
Intention of going on a "hunger strike."
atlna Kenny t Defiant.
An Impassioned speech in defense of
the outrages committed by militant suf
'fragettes was delivered by Miss Annie
Kenney.
Her address served to enliven the pro
ceedings and her concluding words
created a great impression.
"If I have got to die to get the vote,"
she Bald,' "I will die willingly, whatever
the .verdict of; the JUry today." "
Greater interest was taken In today's
proceedings than in any previous stage
of the trial. The entrance of the accused
.Miss Harriet Kerrr"Mlss Agnes Lake.
Miss Rachael Barrett. Mrs. Beatrice
Saunders, Miss Annie Kenney, Miss Laura
Lennox and Bdwy Clayton, chemical ad
viser to the suffragettes found the court
crowded. Women formed the majority 3f
the audience, among them being Mrs.
Winton Spencer Churchill, wife Of the
first lord of the admiralty, and Miss
Violet Asqulth, daghter of the premier.
Precedents for Rebellion.
Miss Annie Kenney, in her speech, as
serted that the action of the Ulster
unionists and the speeches of cabinet
ministers, who, she said, had asserted
that the unenfranchised were Justified in
rebelling in order to get their grievances
remedied furnished ample warrant for
the course -pursued by the militant suf
fragettes. "If further Justification were neces
sary," she said, '.'the trickery and treach
ery of cabinet minister's, who have
hunted and hounded the women from pil
lar to post, supplied It. The present gov
ernment has tt blacker record In' the
question of women suffrage than any
other. xIt has treated the aspirations of
the women more abominably than any
British government since 1867.
"As for myself I belong to the working
class. At the age of 10 I was a half
timer in a factory. I Joined the suffrage
movement because of the terribly cruel
conditions under which women worked
In the British Isles,
"I am a rebel and a rebel I shall re
main until women receive the vote. If.
like Miss Davison, it should be necessary
for me to sacrifice my life, then I shan't
gladly die."
ANOTHER
MARCH
PLANNED
American Women Will Tramp front
New York to Washing-ton.
NEW TORK. June 17. Women suffra
gists, undaunted by the summer weather,
are laying plans f6r another great march
upon the national capital. The start
from New York will be made on or
about August 1, -when suffragists from
many other parts of the country will
bear down on Washington to drive to
a victorious finish, the recent favorable
report of the senate committee on suf
frage. A number of members of the Men's
League for Equal suffrage have already
agreed to Join the women in the pilgrim
mage and they are organizing a troop
of cavalry. The league will also .test
',ts hlstrlonlo powers along the way, sev
eral suffrage plays being now under
consideration by a committee.
BR1DGIE WEBBER ABLE
TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK. June 17.-"BrIdgie" , Web
ber, a witness against former Police
Lieutenant Charles S. Becker, the con
victed Instigator of the murder of Her
man Rosenthal, was able today to leave
the hospital where be had been since
early Saturday morning, when he was
stabbed In the back under mysterious
circumstances. Fears that the knife
used might have been poisoned were
groundless, and it Is believed there is
no further danger of complications, Web'
ber has steadfastly refused to tell any.
thins more of the stabbing than that it
vru tome unknown "kid." -who attacked
him on the street Just after he had left
a party at Sam Paul's eas tilde restau
rant
SIX M1LITAN
Bond Holders and
Contractors Buy
Atlantic Railroad
ATLANTIC. Ia., Juno 17.-(Speclal.)-A
decree of sale of the north end of
the Atlantic Northorn & Southern rail
road toj. A. McWald, acting for the
first mortgage bond holders of the north
end and to Abclcs & Taussig preferred
creditors of the south end, the bid of
the former being JS7.C00 and of the lat
ter $9S,O0o was entered of record In the
district court of Cass county, Monday
by Judge Arthur, who came here In ac
cordance with the agreement entered Into
Saturday with the various attorneys in
the case by Judge Itockafellow.
This finally disposes of the sale of the
Atlantic Northern & Southern if the
Abeles &- Taussig bid Is made good on
August 9, which it no doubt will be, and
ends a controversy whtch has extended
over a period of more than two years, or
over since the Shaw bid of 1102,000 was
made.
Attorney IUed stated in court that the
Abeles & Taussig company, would be
glad to sell the south end of the road for
the amount of the claims their bid pro
tected, and that It was not their Inten
tion to "Junk it." If they do not sell it
they will put Its operation Into the hands
of Borne one versed in the operation of
railroads and thus give to the south end
people for the monoy that they have
put In to the road the transportation fa
cilities, they desire and need of whtch
flist Induced them to Invest In it.
Tho north end will bo operated under
the direction of the bondholders.
Furay Sees Again;
Home After Weeks
in the Hospital
After ten weeks In St. Joseph's hos
pital, ex-City Treasurer Frank A. Fumy
went home yesterday to complete his re
cuperation. His malady,, which was ag
gravated by his part in tho tornado
relief work, was pronounced hemoprhago
of the arteries of the eyes, and for a
while threatened hfs vision, The report,
however, that his eyesight had been
completely destroyed proves to have been
wholly fictitious, as he can already sea.
with his left eye, and the physicians ex
pect restoration of sight to the other
eye shortly. His Improvement Is so
marked that It Is not necessary tc .kcp
him longer In the hospital.
Kaiser Recognizes
Huerta Government
MEXICO CITY, June" 17. An aittogruph
letter from the German empsror, recog
nising -the Mexican administration was
placed in the hands of provisional Presi
dent Huerta today by llerr Von Kar
dorff, the charge d'affaires, of the Ger
man legation.
DOUGLAS; Ariz.. Junr 17. Mexican
federal soldiers, disguised as laborers,
have been crossing, the border between
Columbus, N. M and Nogalcs, Ariz., In
small ' groups. Little attention was at
tracted until today It was learned that
i riearly 200 of these men are organising in
I the mountains Bouth of this border point
with the supposed purpose of cutting the
railways and harrasslng the state troops
controlling the entire northern portion
of the state of Sonora. The expeditions
are said to have been organized at El
Paso, Tex.
American refugees arriving here report
a critical condition In' both Insurgent and
federal camps In southern Sonora, where
smallpox is prevalent. Poor sanitation Is
blamed.
Mining men report thefts of minerals
from American properties. - Squatter
operators, with crude smelting facilities,
are said to be converting the silver and
gold ores Into a form which can be smug
gled out of the country.
Bulgarian Troops
Dying of Cholera
SALONIKI. June 17..-Cholera Is mak
ing alarming progress among the Bulgar
ian tro.ops stationed at various points In
Macedonia. Hundreds of cases are re
ported at military hospitals and many of
them result fatally. The cjvll population
of the districts Is also much affected.
Most of the Inhabitants of the villages
occupied by Servian troops In Macedonia
are volunteering In great numbers for
service with the Servian array.
Dlspatches from Petrltlch state that the
Bulgarian regular troops arriving there
from TchataUa and Bulalr, have pillaged
all the houses and-massacred the Inmates.
Killed by Electric
Trap Set for Cats
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 17.-HaroId
Wlltock, IS years old. was killed last
night while testing a contrivance he had
arranged to kill cats which had been
making war on chickens at the rear ot
a neighbor's home. Wlltock had rigged
up an electric wire across the top of a ! WttV Alaska.
fdamoT' zMca he 'asSl gr&sra
a dynamo In tho house. While trying , Dr. Muller was read.
to ascertain whether it would do the
deadly work IntenOed. he accidentally
completed a circuit and fell dead from
the fence.
PRESS ASSOCIATION MAY
CREATE AD BUREAU
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. June
17. Closer organization and the con
sideration ot effective methods of
promoting the business Interests of
the members with possibly the estab
lishment of an advertising agency,
were urged by A. D. Sloffett of Elwood,
Ind., president of the National Press
Association ot America, at the opening
session of the twenty-eighth annual con
vention of the association here today.
"Changed and changing conditions have
created a demand for something more
than mere association," said President
Moffett. "The low rates paid for adver
tising by the middlemen and the large
profits made through it Is well known.
There Is a growing and persistent be
lief among our members that an agency
for the handling erf foreign advertising
should b established."
OPERATORS PRESENT
THEIR SIDE OF CASE
West Virginia Coal Mine Owners
Call Score of Witnesses
Before Committee.
LAST DAY AT CHARLESTON
Hearing Will End Tonight Inves
tigators to Washington.
UNABLE TO STAY ANY LONGER
Their Presence Demanded in Capital
by Political Situation..
MINERS ARE QUITTING WORK
Union Official Call Meeting for the
New River District StrtUe Will
Probably lie Declared .In
Some Mines.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 17. With
scores of wlnesses culled to tell the mine
operators' tide of the labor controversy
In the Paint creek and Cabin creek dls
trlsts, the senate hearings here will end
tomorrow night. Senator Swanson. chair
man of the committee, declared that
the situation In Washington demanded
the presence of the committee and that
It would be necessary to leave Charles
ton at the earliest possible moment..
The porators proceeded today with the
witnesses thoy had called, culling out
the most important ones in order that
the record may be as full as possible be
fore the committee leav.es. Those wit
nesses who are not given an opportunity
to appear here will be taken to Washing
ton. Condition In Hills.
News of critical conditions in the hills
continue to come In to Charleston today.
Although union officials declared they
were doing their best to keep the men
on Paint creek and Cabin creek a,t work,
they asserted that some fifty men who
participated In strike meetings on Sun
day were discharged and that the men
were rapidly quitting work, The opera
tors in town said they were having no
difficulty in runnng their plants.
The union officials have called a meet
ing for tomorrow of the executive board
of district No. 29, which ''covers the big
New lllver coal field. They declare that
a strike will undoutedlye fvot'ejl on at
an or tne mines in the New River field
which fall to come to an agreement with
the union.
Lawyer and Senntor In now.
A wordy controversy between C. C,
Watts of counsel for the operators, and
Senator Martlno enlivened the opening
of today's session. Senator Martlne was
examining Dr. J. W. Ashby, physician
for the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal
company, as' to sanitary conditions In
the strike zone. Dr. Ashby said sanitary
conditions were as "good "as " they were
(Continued on Page Two.)
St, Louis Telephone
Operators Strike
ST LOUIS,, June 11. Girl telephone
operators In the employ of the South
western Telephone company (Bell) struck
today. Officials of the company said that
less than 60 per cent of the girls quit
work, but union officials say the strike
affected all the Bell exchanges In the
city.
Conflicting reports were given out at
company and"unlon headquarters as to
the number of girls who walked out. At
union headquarters, It was said, all the
twenty-three operators at the Sidney ex
change had quit work. Tho company re
ported that only seven had struck there.
Trouble between the Bell company and
Its St. Louis employes had been brewing
for several weeks and early today It
was apparent that a crisis was near.
Norfolk Man Cuts
Off Toe With Razor
NORFOLK, Neb., June 17. (Special.)
S. H. Lehman of Port Rowan, Ont, a
traveling man who has been located In
thlsvlclnlty for the past eleven years, i
stopped shaving today and examined the I
big toe of his right foot. He found that
member had turned black. He then de-
, Uberately cut the toe from the foot with
two slashes of the razor. He -was re-
i moved to the sreneral hosnltal in thls'nnnv will receive another wage increase,
j city, where larger portions of the Infected
toe were removed.
The National Capital
Tueoday, June 17, 1013.
The .Sennte.
Met at noon.
Finance committee democrats continued
consideration of tariff bill schedules.
Senator Smith (Mich.) and Colt, testi
fied before lobby investigating commit
tee. Senator Chamberlain introduced bill to
t authorize building of government
rail-
President Wilson nominated Thomas
Nelota ambassador to Italy, and
i EhA' 8t0Va"' " a mln"',er t0 8wIuer-
I Senator Owen Introduced resolution to
direct the secretary of commerce to In-
vestlgate whether the price of oil in Okla
homa was bolng artificially fixed.
Senator Hitchcock Introduced amend
ments to tariff bill placing a graduated
income tax on 100,K,O0O corporations
controlling more than one-quarter of the
production In their respective lines.
Senator Borah demanded Immediate leg
islation on behalf ot homestead entrymen
Oregon, Idaho and other western states.
The House.
Met at noon.
Representative Henry George, jr.,
Twenty-first New York district, sworn In.
' Request of Representative Hegry r
printing 10O.O0U copies of money trust In-'
vestlgatlon committee's report objected to.
Representative Humphrey Introduced
bill to prevent representatives elected
to fill an unexpired term from drawing
salary from time seat was vacant.
Representative Campbell Introduced
bill to reduce number of representatives
to 223 after March 3, 1J17
Representative Copley Introduced a
child labor bill.
Representative Bryan discussed forestry
and defended Pinchot conservation poli
cies. Adjourned at 1;U p. to. until Boon
Friday,
A THv. ,
Drawn for The Bee by Powell,
YA6UE CHARGE BY. LOYETT
Union Paoifio Chairman Approached
by Certain Men.
OFFERED TO MAKE SETTLEMENT
They Bald Dissolution Matter Gonial
Be Arranged If He Would
Only Employ Certain
Lawyers.
NEW YORK. June 17,-Judge Roberts
Lovett. chairman of the. Union Pacific
company. Issued a long statement In
'NewYckiBfternoon; -faytng Irf ef
fect, that the Union Paclflo and South
ern Pacific auth6ritles have been ap
proached by various persons unnamed,
professing to have Influence, which they
would bring to bear in the matter of
the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific dis
solution proceedings, provided the rail
road employed certain lawyers.
He added that these offers were In
variably rejected, ' as the result of which,
presumably, many rumors were circulated
reflecting on the Union Pacifio-Bduthern
Pacific management and motives.
"Every time, that w have had any
plan connected with Union Pacific-Southern
Paclfla dissolution," said Judge Lov
ett, "I think that wlthouj a single ex
ception we have calls from parties pur
porting to bo able to exert great in
fluence with congress and In other
places. All sorts of emissaries have come
to me with the story that they could
accomplish all sorts of things for us if
we would employ certain lawyers.
"l have refused to see any of these
parties and I don't believe a single word
they have said about what they can ac
complish for us. Following these com
munications there was generally some
sort of a rumor nppearlng In the press
which I could not help but connect with
these parties."
Philadelphia Traction
Men G-iven a Eaise
PHILADELPHIA, June 17. More than
7,000 motormeh and conductors employed
by the Philadelphia rapid transit com-
the second in two months, on JUly 1. In-
stead of September 1, as announced some
time ago. The new scale provides a max
imum wage ot 29 cents an hour for men
who have been In the employ of the com
pany for five years and over, while new
men receive J cents, with one cent addi
tional for each year of service. In June,
1911, following the strike of 1510, the max
imum wage was 23 cents an hour. The
Increase has come through the setting
apart of a certain percentage at the com
pany's Income.
Man's Neck Broken
by Fall of Four Feet
PHILADELPHIA, June 17.-On the an
nlversary of a fall of forty feet in which
he escaped Injury, Hugh Walker, n
painter M years old, was killed yester
day by falling only four feet. . During
the last fifteen years he has had falls of
fifteen to twenty-five feet, each tlma
escaping Injury. The only times he was
Injured was when he fell a few feet from
a porch root and received a fractured
skull and on another occasion tumbling
off a fence, when three of his ribs and
his jaw were fraotured. Yesterday as
Walker neared, the bottom of his ladder
ho tripped and fell to the ground, break
ing his neck.
M0ULINAIS FLIES FROM
PARIS TO ST. PETERSBURG
ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.-A 1,000
mlle trip by aeroplane from Paris to St.
Petersburg was completed at 11:25 o'clock
this morning by the French, aviator,
Marcel G. Brlndejono des Moulinals, Who
covered the last 300-mlle lap of his Jour
ney in three and a half hours In the fact
cf a strong- head wind.
r and Ever
row
Final Order Asked
in Orient Railroad
Receivership Case
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June 17.-Appllca-catlon
for n final decree In the receiver
ship of the Kanssa City, Mexico & Orlont
i all way to make possible, the sale of the
railway was filed today befuro Judge
Pollock of the federal court In Kansas
City, Kan., by attorneys for the United
States and Mexican Trust company and
the bondholders of the road.
' About 21,00p,000 of bonds are outstand
ing against1 thc-Toad.fc-lt vri expected ithe
road will be sold to the highest bidder.
A new company to buy the Orient" Prop
erties has been In tho process of organ
ization for soverul weeks, and today's
action was expected to haoterflts forma
tion. Jttdgu Pollock appointed receivers
for tho Orient March 7, last year.
At the time the Orient Went Into re
reivers' hands its officials attributed a
large share of their difficulties to money
conditions, especially In tho matter of
being unable, to got loans. For months
thereafter an effort was made to rehabili
tate the affairs of tho railway. Last De
cember Edward Dickinson ,was deposed
as general manager of tho road nnd M.
J. Knelly, once a division superintendent
of the Rock Island, was put In his pluce.
This change was attributed to reported
discord among tho many receivers.
Nebraska Service
Company Denies '
Insolvency Charge
NORFOLK. Neb,, Juno 17.-(Speclal
Telegram.) An answer w'ns filed In fed
eral court here this morning by tho Iowa
Nebraska Public Service company to the
Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed
against that company several weeks ago,
The answer alleges that tho company has
never been Insolvent and that the prop
erty of the company Is sufficient to pay
all debts. The answer asks for a hearing
by Jury on the Issue of the company's
Insolvency. George W. Johnston, the re
ceiver appointed for the company by the
district court, Is In Norfolk, having full
charge ot the Nebraska plants of the
company.
Cincinnati Ice Men
Demand More Pay
CINCINNATI. O., June 17. This city I
facing an Ice famine as a result of an
ultimatum issued tonight by Ice wagon
drivers and helpers to the Ice manufac
turers and deliverers. The men demand
an Increase of pay and Sundays off. Ia
T, McArthur ot Indianapolis, who has
organized an union among ,the men said
that they will walk out Wednesday un
less their demands are granted. Presi
dent Cullom of the Cincinnati Ire De
livery company said that tho strike has
been anticipated and that the demands of
the men will be refused.
FEDERAL CIRCUIT JUDGE
RULES UMPIRE OFF FIELD
HAMILTON, Mass., June 17. When a
Judge of the United States circuit court
ruled the umpire oft the field In a ball
game here yesterday he almost pre
clpltated a riot. Spectators rushed upon
the field and threatened that they would
vote for the recall of Judges unless the
decision were reversed, but the Judge
was firm and the umpire. Dean Ezra R.
Thayer ot the Harvard law school, had
to retire. The ruling was made by
Judge George A. Carpenter of Chicago,
who was captain of the Mud Turtles
playing the Babbits for the championship
of the twenty-fifth anniversary outing
ot Harvard, 'S3. Benjamin Carpenter, a
brother of the Judge continued as urn
plraand the Mud Turtles finally won
by a score estimated at 26 to 23. Lurz
Anderson, former ambassador to Japan,
captained th Rabbits.
HITCHCOCK HAS A NEW PLAN
Nebraska Senator Submits Substi
tute for Tobacco Trust Idea.
TAX FOR ALL BIG CORPORATIONS
Hate Will lie llnsetl on Amonnt of
the Total Product of Industry
Controlled by Bo-Called
Trout.
WASHINGTON, June '17,-A graduato
Income Jax on corporations having a cap
ltul slock of more than 1100,000,000 and
controlling more than one-rourth of tho
production of their respective lines, was
proposed to the finance committee today
by Senator Hltchcoox nom the floor ot
tho nemtto. Ho stated that because tho
commltteo hod rejected his proposal to
levy a special tax upon the "tobacco
trust," ho offered the new amendment aa
a substitute,
"1 proposo to take three amendments to
the democratic caucus, It the finance
commltteo rejects them, and to carry
them to tho floor of the senate itself, If
necossary," declared the Nebraska sena
tor as he faced Chairman Simmons of
tho flnanco committee.
Senator Hitchcock explained that his
now proposal to tax the "trusts" pro
vided that on corporations controlling'
one-third of the production the tax-would
bo 15 per cent of their net annual profits
and on those controlling 60 per cent, a
tax of 25 per cent.
"New York papers have denounced my
tobacco tax as socialistic," said Sena
tor Hitchcock. "I am ready to accept
anything socialistic If It will do the
work. I don't think when we are faced
with big corporations monopolizing pro
ducts In defiance of law and public opin
ion and tde spirit of decrees, of courts,
wo should be too squeamish about the
mithod adopted for dealing with them."
The amendment was formally referred
to the finance committee.
Today the committee approved a change
lit the sundries schedule modifying the
clauso In the Underwood bill which pro
hibits the Importation of feathers from
all wild birds. The senate amendment
will admit feathers of birds killed for
edible, purposes or pestiferous birds. The
prohibition on aigrettes remains in the
bill.
CUItniCNCY MnASUItK FRIDAY
Administration II 111 Will Re Intro,
dueeil by Sir. Glass.
WASHINGTON, June 17.-The currency
reform plan will be presented to the
houso In un administration bill by Rep
resentative Glass of Virginia, chairman Bt
the house banking and currency com
mittee, on Friday. Mr. Glass planned
to confor again toduy with President
Wilson, although the bill is now
for all purposes complete. President
Wilson's message Is to be presented to
the house Friday and the delay in the
Introduction of the bill Is to permit
precedence to the message.
Meantime those opposed to currency
legislation at this session are conferring
over the course to pursue; their par
ticular desire being to avoid any move
that would tend to break party harmony.
Representatives Henry of Texas, and
Neoley of Kansas are, urging an col
leagues the appointment of 'another spe
cial committee to Inquire into tho work
ings of tho so-called money trust.
Hot Wave Will Last
for Two More Days
WASHINGTON, June 17.-Th heat
wave prevailing from the Rocky moun
tains tp tne Atlantlo coast promises to
continue for the nixt forty-eight hours.
The only parts of the heut stricken ter
ritory where any relief may be expeoted
are the middle Atlantic states, southern
New England, the upper Ohio valley
and the south portion ot the lake region.
Slightly lower temperature tonight and
AVednesday are forecasted for them.
Today promised high temperatures al
most everywhere east of Denver.
TS
BEFORE
IT
Smith of Michigan Says All Interests
Have Right to Present Their
n. Side.
INFLUENCES NOT "INSIDIOUS"
Declares Labor and .Temperance
People Represented at Capital.
PUBLISHERS ON GROUND, ALSO
Senator Asserts He Was Against
Free Print Paper, However.
TOO MUCH OF A PROTECTIONIST
Witness Avers Presidents Are Jnstl
flcil In Attempt to Use Tttetr
Influence lpitt Con
Ureal. WASHINGTON. Jmw 17-Seimt0r Wll
Ham Altlen Smith of Michigan declared
before tho ttenuto looby Investigating
committee today that the clause lit th
sundry civil bill, now h uniting P'-cbI
dent WlUon'ii Nlgnnture, exempting Iuuit
uiiIoiir and farmers' organizations from
prosecution under tho- Sherman nntl
trust law, represented the work of a
lobby.
Tho American Federation of Labor,
he it ec I a red, had lobbied fur the, exemp
tions, although Samuel GompersAho sen
ator said, admitted to him that It was
class legislation, a term Former President
Tuft applied - In vetoing the bill lan
spring.
"Tho very bill on the president's desk
t lit h morning," he snld, "was put through
by a lobby of labor organisations, they
know there Is class legislation In it
Samuel Uompcrs admitted to me it was
class legislation and that Is the kind ot
lobby I think exists.
"Ot course, the American Federation ot
Labor 1ms a lobby here. 1 don't con
demn It, They have a right to be here,
xo havo tho sugar people and the steel
people and tho others. I think there is
a very considerable lobby hero; there al
ways has1- been and always will be, and
1thlnk tt Is appropriate and has a right
(o bo hero.
"In everything I have done here 1 have
encountered tho lobby It doesn't do mo
any harm. I encountered It In the Tltanlu
Investigation and tho Mexican revolution.
They are here and they. have a right to
be here."
Senator Smith added ho knew John Nor
rla of tho "newspaper people" had been
here for free print paper,
"He was for It and I was agnlmt it,
said tho senator. "1 own a paper, bqt
I'm more of a protectionist than a news
paper man.'.' He added that the "tern
prranco people' had malutalntU a lobby
in Washington.
"You don't attach any odious sig
nificance to the lobby, o you?" asked
Senator Smith. "I don't; it is often un
wise, but these people have a right to
be here nnd to be heard."
Senator Smith said he approved of the
use of Influence by presidents. He said
that every president since Cleveland had
undertaken to Influence legislation, and
Kdded that If he had been In the White
Houso ho would have done the same
thing.
JUNE BRIDE ATTEMPTS
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
IOWA CITY. Ia.. Juno 17.-( Special. )-
Mrs, Minnie Williamson, a June brldo
of a few days, attempted to tako her
own life hero today by swallowing
strychnine. Immediately after taking tho
poison, she repented, and her screams
nlnrmed her family, who sent for u
doctor. By tho time the physician ar
rived with his stomach pump, however,
Mrs. Williamson had changod her mind
again, and fought fiercely against the
use of the pump. The poison was re
moved In time to save her lite. What
caused the act is not known. Her hus
band is a young doctor, a recent grad
uate ot the state university.
IRWIN BROTHERS PRESENT
FIRST SHOW OF SEASON
SIDNEY, Neb., Juna 17.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Tm Initial performance of Ir
win Brothers' Cheyenne frontier wild
west show attracted people forMOO miles
today to this city. Over 200 arn connected
with the company. One hundred and
fifty automobiles came from Cheyenne
and thirty-five from Sterling, Colo, Most
ot the talent Is from Wyoming' and Ne
braska and every performer received an
ovation. Tho attendance was 4.K00,
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iu your uueuwuii
EVERYBODY