Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
RETURNING HOME
Foreign Affairs Office Gives Figures
on Migration for February.
WOMAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Mrs. Leo BaumaBn, wife of New York
Merchant, Run DOwn-PrOpOsi-
tiOn TO Hold Missouri state
Fair in Gotham.

NEW YORK. March Tx. Yamasaki,
acting consul general OF Japan. announced
today that the report Of the Department
Of Foreign Affairs OF Japan, which has
just been cabled to him, shows that during
February 1909, ninety-four more Japa-
nese returned home than entered the main
land Of the United States and Afty-two
Japanese returned home than entered Ha-
wall. Mr.. Yamasaki states that the mode
Of travel showed that the largest proper
ton of these Japanese returning home
were Of the working class. The following
figures showing the emigration and I'M
migration of the japanese for last month
are as follows:
Passengers from Japan 70 the United
States, exclusive Of Hawaii. first-class
cabin. 9: ~second-class cabin, %; steerage'
SO. Total 11e.
Passengers from japan to Hawaii first
class cabin. none: second-class cabin, u
Storage. SO. Total. &C..
Passengers returning from the United
S ates TO Japan. first cabin, 20; second
cabin. 30: steerage, 15S. Total, 213.
Passengers from Hawaii to Japan, FIRST
and second cabin. none; steerage, lis. To-
tai. lis,
Woman Killed by Automobile.
Mrs. Leo wife of a wealthy
New York furniture dealer. was struck and
killed tonight by an automobile owned by
FULLY c. Estee. a flour merchant.
Mrs. and her i-year-old son
were waiting for a street car at a corner
in the Bronx. Just as the car reached the
corner and they turned to board 1t the
Estee automobile swung out of the dark
ness from a cross street.
The mother saw her danger just In time
to throw her weight against the child,
pushing him against the street car, so that
the automobile hit him only a giancing
blow. His injuries as a result were slight.
Mrs. Baumann herself was thrown thirty
feet across the street. dying of her injuries
a few minutes later.
Missouri Fair In New York.
The Missouri society of New York has APP
pealed to Governor Hadley of Missouri for
an appropriation of 81. 200 with which to
defray the expenses of an exhibition of the
resources Of the state of Missouri to be
held in New York.
The project outlined Is for a Missouri
state fair held in some such hall as Madi-
son Square garden here in which the
products of commerce, agriculture, indus
try, science and art of Missouri would be
placed on view.
In their letter to Governor Hadley,
! Messrs. w. Hepburn Russell, Burton
Thompson and S. NJ. Gardenhire, who COM
pose the of local Missourians,
suggest that the matter be brought before
the legislature of the safe.
subway Interests Separate.
Announcement was made today that Will
liam Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS system, had
ceased to be chief consulting engineer of
the McAdoo tunnel enterprise. and had re-
tired from the board of directors of the
Hudson companies which built the Hudson
tunnels and terminal buildings. With the
retirement of Mr.. Parsons from the Hud-
sons companies, the McAdoo and Inter
borough interests, which are competing for
local subway franchises have severed all
relations with each other.
Prominent Lawyer Disbarred.
Alexander Michaelson. partner of Carl
Fischer-Hansen. the lawyer who pleaded
guilty to attempting to bride a witness and
is now serving a year in the penitentiary,
was dlsbarred by the appellate division of
the supreme court today. Michaelson was
Jointly indicted with Fischer-Hansen on a
charge of attempted bribery. District At
torney Jerome has dropped further criminal
proceedings against Michaelson, in view of
the lawyers agreement to accept disbar-
ment.