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Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
IMPORTS SHOW A DECREASE
Falling OFF Of Thirty-Two Millions
in Eleven Months.
REDUCTION IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Manufacturers Materials Lead, but
Luxuries Also SHOW q Les-ened
Demand for the Foreign
Article.

WASHINGTON. June H.-Imports dur
ing the eleven months ending with
May. 1911. show a reduction in values
of a large share Of the manufacturers
materials imported. also a reduction in
Injuries, according to a statement lust
issued by the bureau OF statistics of the
Department Of Commerce and Labor Wool
shows q fall from S50,Oo0OOo in the eleven
months ending with May, 1910. to So, 600 900
IN the corresponding months OF 1911. hides
and skins from S1d5o 900 TO 50 ooo.OpO
india rubber from se5.5o0.O0O to 81 $50 O0a
nbers from 80. 200 TO 81. $4,000. leaf
tobacco from SIS, 80 900 to s24 5000. lumber
from s175o0.ooo TO 100000. dressed furs
from Sfo,3Sa.o 900 70 T50o,oO0 fur skins from
nL25o,Ooo TO sl3 80. 900. pig from from a little
less than ss,o0o,ooO to $500 900. copper ore
from q little more than 100000 TO IS 800 600
feathers from ss.oO0OOo to 10000 and pulp
woods from Ss.5oooOO to a little less than
100000
OF the manufacturers materials showing
an increase in value imported during the
period in question raw silk advanced from
sslOoooOO TO s6s,oOo.oOo in value. tin from
about s2sOOO,oOO to S3s,Oco.Ooo. pig copper
from SIS. S5s.0Oo to so. 80. 600. raw cotton
from S15,Ss3,OOO 70 S2so0OOO0 and wood pulp
from $40 10000 to s12. 10000.
OF the articles which may properly be
elassed as Injuries diamonds show a de-
cline from SS7.25O.OoO to ssO5OO.OOO. cham
payne from 100000 to 100000. silk Iaees
from 10000 TO SS.5O0OOo. cotton Iaces from
sS4. 10000 to k34.OOO,OOO. while art works
showed an increase from SO. 200 In value
to S21.5OoOOo
The following table shows the principal
articles imported with their values in May.
1911. and the eleven months ending with
May compared with the corresponding
periods OF the preceding year. in millions
of dollars:
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
GirI Hurt an AutomobfIe Wreelx.

MASON CITY, Ia. June 27-(speciaI -
Miss Vera HAmmett OF Clear Lake was
seriously injured In the wreck Of an auto
mobile last night In the auto were three
young women and George johnson, who
was driving tho machine While running
az high speed the auto skidded 10 one side
Of the street. causing II TO turn turtle. The
two young women IN the rear seat were
thrown free OF the auto and were not
seriously injured. Miss Hammett. who was
IN the front seat with the driver. was
caught beneath the machine and her chest
was quite badly crushed Two ribs were
broken and there was a slight puncture Of
the lung. She was Immediately brought
TO this city and placed IN the City Park
hospital The auto was left by the aide OF
the road during the remainder OF the night
and some one stole two tires from the
machine and two rims.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28

How you may ptSzft BY H. Take FoIey
Kidney Pills MrA r. O. whiting. s7
WiIi0w *. Mkr0n. o.. rays; For some
sNio bad VERY seriosn case Of kidney
sJUabis and ] sutferNd WIKI backAchss ans
dizzy headaches. had sEScl<s floating -
TIRE my syea and eslt an tired out AID
miserable ! say Foses Kidney Pills adj
according 10 dirseti0us ana results showed
alsaost AZ OEes. The ps-sa and dizzy head
aches lect me. my sysss&ht became sisaz
and to-day ! can say j am well woman.
thanks 70 Foley Kidney F11As." Far sale
~ al drSxgistA
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
Conductor Crushed
Under Boxed Piano
E. T. Munson Instantly Killed by
Fall Of Instrument from
Wagon Monday.

:STHERvIILE, Ia, June E.-~Cspecial)
r. r. Munson. a resident OF this city and
conductor for the Minneapolis q ST. Louis
railroad. was instantly killed at . O'Clock
yesterday morning. while helping unload a
piano, out OF box car. at the Minneapolis
q ST. Louis depot here.
Mr.. Munson and two other men had Just
unloaded the piano onto a small station
truck wagon when 1t slid off sideways onto
the platform. knocking Mr.. Munson over
and pinning him down under It. breaking
his neck. causing death instantly.
Mr.. Munson was about 80 years Of age
and has been a resident OF Baskerville a
number OF years. Besides a widow, one
son. Clyde. and one daughter, Minnie, are
left 20 mourn his sudden demise
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
STALEI TO BE BIGAMIST
Marriage Of Man 60 Cousin, Though
On Advice of Counsel, Held
90 Re ueGaL.
fFron . So CorrespondentN

gram.l-Though contending that he had
been advised by the deputy county attor-
ney OF Douglas county that a marriage
With his first cousin was legal. Alfred T
Staley. f7rmerly OF Omaha now OF this
county. wss hard hit by an opinion handed
down by the supreme court today. in which
the decision Of the lower court adjuging
him guilty Of bigamy was affirmed
Arguments By Staley's counsel that his
Intentions were good bore no weight with
the e5urt. which said that Intention, inso-
far As the crime OF bigAmy was eoFssrnsd.
did not count IN the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
John Kovane Drowned
Near Storm Lake
Young Man Swimming in Little Sioux
River is Caught in q
Whirlpool.

STORM LAKE Ia. June H.-(Special
Telegram)- John Kovane. Oldest son Of Mr.
and Mrs. James Kovane Of Scott township,
was drowned in the Little Sioux river Just
east of Sioux Rapids yesterday evening.
He and five companions were fishing, and
firing OF that they started to swim the
river. John struck a whirlpool caused by
high water and was pulled under and did
not come up He was "a years of age and
had lived in this vicinity all his life.
This 10 the third drowning in this vicinity
in year. George Bernard drowned on
July last Early this spring Edwin Grun-
her was drowned while skating on the lake.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
Two Fiahermen sII..inr.

CLEAR LAKE. Ia. June H.-(speeiALD -
A number OF people were quite q little
worked up last night. Two parties. early
In the morning, hired rowboat and went
out fishing. Late In the afternoon their
boat was picked up drifting and inside was
a fine pike and good lunch basket. The
boat had been paid for. and the question L.
What became Of the meng 1t hasn't been
solved yet. although no one has been rs-
ported missing. The bOatmAn ala not
know their names or where they were
from
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
Happie.t Girl in Lincoln.

A Lincoln CNeb) Eiri writes, = had
been ailing Tor some time with chronis con-
stiparion and stomach trouble ] began
taking chamberlains stomach and Liver
Tablets and In three days I was able To
oe up and got better right along am
tie prOudest girl In Lincoln % nnd such
good nedicina@ For sale b. al daalern.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
HOTEL CASE is FINISHED
Judge TrOup TAkea OmA Prosecution
Under Amusement in Dis
frfeT Courf

Arguments were finished yesterday
afternoon in the Oma hotel case. prose
euted by the county attorney under the
Albert act, which has been on hearing
before Judge Troup in district court for
the past week. Judge Troup has taken
his ruling under Amusement
Louis PrenieA. as proprietor Of the hotel.
was the only one Of the half dozen par
ties made defendants in suits to contest
the case on = question OF fact
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
rhnd Entn strrrhnine Ptn.-

MONTICELLO. Ia. June 27.-walter NIL
Ter. the 14-mOnths-oId son Of Mr.. and Mrs
J. ]. Miller OF Hopkins secured several
strychnine pills last night and ate them
The child died within an hour
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28

ALGOSA. Ia. June Z7.-(speeiaI.l -Mru-
Joseph H. ASIDE was very seriously and II
may prove fatally hurt when abe and her
four children we're thrown from q buggy
near here when the horse she was driving
ran away Both arms and one leg we're
fractured.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
Most wonderful Healing.

After suffering many years with a sore
Amos King. Port Byron. N. Y, was cured
by Bucklen's Arnica Salve &c. For sale
by Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-28
TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
Reaches the Live stock Men.
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
HANIBURG-AMERICAN

LondoE-Parts-Ha
Ifennsy isAniA. July T. ''Pres Grant July 2
AHasfisA. -. July Is "'Prea Lincoln July -
"hlt1-LAriton Ia { arte Restaurant
1seeold cabin oaly- twin call a. Boulokna
S'Wih eau At Plymouth and Chsrbo1rE
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

now I'd fly with him to the ends of
the EARTH
Would you. Fidena?" said some one
behind her, and she turned and gasped.
Andrew"
Let me look at you" He drew her up
from the bench You're still a little,
little timid thing" he said. as she shrank
from him. Phoebe Perkins has been
teAlng me some things 'F1delia- I wonder
II sne guessed the truth
Il don't know" Miss F1dela fa1tered.
She told me that you had laid out this
garden of love because you had missed
romance in your own life, and she told
me you cried the night that I left, FL
He bent over her, and, suddenly Miss
b1delias ulnid Miss Fidelia, who had been
taught TO hide her feelings, broke away
suddenly from all bonds.
There hasn't been minute in all these
years that haven't thought of you, An
drew, she cried. 'And when / made
my garden, it was always you and myself
saw in it as we might have been-it was
for you made my garden of love, An
drew
And after a little while, when
rapturouSly he had renewed his vows of
his youth, she leaned over and looked at
the cupid in the fountain
Look, Andrew" she said joyously, "he
isn't sneering at me now, he's laughing,
because at last we're reunited. "-(Copy-
rtghted, 1871 by Associated Literary
PreSS.)
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
DUsTLEss ROAD MATERIALS.

Dust prevention and road preserVa-
ton are almost inseparable subjects in
the study of good roads. so insistently
demanding the attention of road en-
gineers and chemists interested in
modern road construction. Therefore
the bulletin of the United States de-
partment of agriculture on methods for
the examination of bituminous road
materials, prepared by the office of
public roads, and issued as No. SO of
that series, which contains complete
descriptions of the methods of ex-
animation for that class of materials,
as employed at present by that office,
should materially further the adoption
of standard methods, a matter which
is of the utmost Importance at this
time.
These methods are presented in such
a form that any intelligent person may.
with a little practice and the proper
equipment, make such examination
With this object in view the bulletin
describes the various tests in greater
detail than would have been necessary
for the use of chemists, and illustra-
tions are presented of practically all
the apparatus required. Also a list of
the necessary equipment for a small
laboratory about to engage in the
routine testing and inspection Of btu
mems is given. The maximum cost. ex-
elusive of platinum ware, solvents and
chemicals, would not exceed $500, and
probably could be purchased cheaper
by securing bids on the entire equip
ment from several drug supply houses.
For the aextraction of bituminous ag-
gregates, the recovery OF the bitumen,
and examination of the aggregates. an
additional outlay of s125 would be
necessary, but this expense seems to be
entirely within the means Of most road
commissioners, charged with the con-
struction and maintenance of public
roads.
1t is to be regretted that no standard
method for examining bituminous road
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

materials have been generally adopted,
as the necessity for such standards has
become imperative. The office of pub
lie roads has given considerable atten-
tion to this matter, both with respect
to Investigations conducted in its
laboratories and through cooperation
with certain technical societies inter
ested in the testing of materials. While
it is realized that the scheme of ex-
animation presented is by no means
perfect, and may in the future be i'm
proved. it has nevertheless been of
great service in classifying bituminous
road materials and determining their
suitability for use according to various
methods of application and construc-
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25


Civil service messenger boys at $40
week are a failure r. A. Widow
son, secretary to the civil service COM
mission, says so, and adds that he
would like to find an exception to his
rule.
While he is seeking for one to prove
that he is wrong, the work of his office
is piling up, and he is forced to have
$40 a week clerks to do the bulk Of his
messenger work
Good messenger boys at SO a week
are impossible" he says. you can
take a youngster working for a corpor-
alton at $3 a week, work him like a
dog, kick him around, abuse him in
every way, and he sticks closer than a
brother.
But one Of these young princes that
condescend to take the civil service
examination? Well, should say not.
They have been pampered and petted
and then they are no good to me or to
themselves"
The trouble. according to Mr.. wild
owson, is that the boys cannot stand
prosperity.
Used to receiving small wages and
SIN oking cigarettes with the rest of the
gang, they soon take to smoking cigars
and playing poker when their envel-
ope contains $40 instead Of IS.
In the meantime, If you know a
young boy whose head is guaranteed
not to swell and who is ambitious to
make $S4O year-that Is the pro-
m motional salary to which an office boy
can attain-send him to see Mr.. Wild
owson in a hurry.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFron the Atchison Globe.I
So many things probably will
happen.
No man should be too busy to tie
his own neekties-
Mispronouncfng vaudeville" doesn't
strike US as a very serious offense.
Babies, as a rule, seem to get the
least enjoyment out of a baby show.
Unless a man is drinking. he isn't
greatly exercised over a drinking song.
A boy doesn't have much stomach
trouble, considering his efforts to ac-
quire It.
Ever strike you that "pest house"
is a miserable name for any sort Of
Do most of your dreaming at night,
or wait until too old for other employ
ment.
About the only excuse for the tennis
racquet is that mans hands ought to
be calloused.
There is, we learn, such thing as
cultured buttermilk, but none Of it
tastes that way.
Possibly there are buildings, too,
that manage to get a pretty good start
without dedication.
Few of US, either, attain that dis
tinction a policeman feels when he
makes his first arrest.
There is no doubt about being cor
daily invited if ore is expected to pay
when he gets there
Church people say there isn't any
thing like a new suit or hat to break
up backsliding of women.
It takes some speakers quite awhile
to get started, but stopping is the
really difficult achievement.
When the weather man attempts to
satisfy a duck hunter, he can't expect
to give general satisfaction.
Still, one can't blame a long dis
tance aviator for staying on earth for
quite awhile when he alights.
While a life sentence may be worse
than hanging, Communication from the
latter to the former isn't often re-
fused.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
Feline KiIIs go Bats.

After former Commissioner Of Mont
gomery County D. K Graber and Alex
ander c. Yorke had nearly burned
down Yorke's house in an attempt to
kill with sulphur several hundred bats
which infested the dwelling, a wan
dering feline has, during the past two
months, exterminated the vampires.
Since May 1 this ownerless cat has
spent hour after hour each evening on
the porch at a place midway between
tree and the corner of the house,
through which open avenue the bats
were wont to fly. Scores of spectators
have watched the cat put up her paw
and bring down bat as the latter flew
by From two to FIVE have been killed
every evening. The cat ate her quarry,
and more than $50 bats were killed by
the feline.-Pennsburg (Pa-) dispatch
to the Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
QUAKER MEDrTATToNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.l
Also the early bird catches pneu-
monia-
Always pay compliments and you
won't be forced to eat your own words
Every woman realizes that there %
always room at the top-for a new
hat
Some people are always in too much
of a hurry to really accomplish any
thing.
Some people don't mind q mosquito
bite any more than the prichlngs OF
conscience
NO, Maude dear; it isn't absolutely
necessary to use egg coal in the cook
ing Of an omelette.
Some people are always looking for
trouble, and are never satisfied with
it when they find It.
We are told that like cures like.
and yet a woman generally admires
man because he admires her.
Even after she grows up girl man
ages to keep a warm place In her heart
for the ice cream man.
The UPS and downs OF life demon
skrafe that IL is only a step from the
heights Of folly to the depths Of de-
spair-
Muggins-"She is young and pretty.
and vet she calls herself a lone widow"
Buggins-"Well, she won't be alone
long"
BIobbs-''Poor old Guzzler Is begin
ming to have pipe dreams" Slobbs-
He ought TO see a doctor" Biobbs-
Yes or a plumber"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

Mayor Billiard thinks he has reasons
to protest because some woman called
him up on the phone recently for the
mere purpose of getting the correct
time The mayor ought to put in a
few hours in newspaper office. Not
so long ago a woman called this Office
on the phone and wanted to know
right off the bat and in a hurry how
many Union and Confederate soldiers
were killed in the battle of Gettysburg
and how many on each side were
Wounded.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
LAYHAWKER JOTS

No, Maude, dear, answers the as
! Economical editor of the Lawrence
Journal World, it isn't the dipper that
causes the moon to get fun.
We note. says the Greenleaf Senti-
mel, that the town Of Paradise has pc
titioned for a new road We don't
know whether they want a new road
to Paradise or new road out.
Something in the nature of when
in-doubt-leave-o OUT item in the Mel
vern Review: Mrs. Mollie -- (nee
MiIler) arrived this week for a visit
to Frank Frazer's family and other
| relatives.
Attention is called by the Emporia
Gazette to the fact that "it will soon
be the coal dealers turn to dance and
sing Likewise will the ice man be
packing his duds for a pleasant sea-
son at some expensive winter resort.
An Atchison woman, relates the
Globe, who is decidedly skinny was
giving her dressmaker instructions to
pad her new fall dress, so as to give
her a better figure. BE sure" she
said. ito put in everything that the
Lord left OUT
Related by Florence Bulletin: A lit
tie Florence girl who had been in the
tent to see the chimpanzee or 1.-THE
Missing Link" in talking of it said,
'sOh-h. it was the awfu1lest looking
thing; you could hardly look at it. 1t
looked Just like a man." Hows that
for you?
Several papers over the state have
been advocating the use of vacuum
street cleaners. Well, we don't know
much about their advisabflity for such
work, admits the Osawatomie Graphic,
but We know every town has enough
vacuum" loafers to keep the streets
clean if they were just put at it.
Ralph Faxon appears to be running
out of material for his serial editorials
on Soft Water and Concrete Bridges,
which have been running in his Gar
den City Telegram for more than
year Chapter DCXLVI on Soft Water
contained but six words, while Chapter
DCXXXVI was a trifle more volumin-
Gus, containing seven words
The women of the town are all gone
half crazy over the new crocheted
sleep while one is in process, reports
the Junction City Republic. The in
lection has even spread to the county
JAIL where Mrs. King and Maud Black, |
two colored prisoner have taken up
the fad and are accommodating a supply |
of Christmas presents for their friends. |
A robin hops along on the lawn, |
stops, cocks his head to one side like |
he was listening, makes dive with his |
bill and brings up a worm. A writer /
in the Youths Companion claims that
when the bird seems to be listening /
that that is just what he is doing; tkat |
he hears the earth worm digging. You |
needn't believe it if you don't want to. |
We can't prove it.-Jewell Repubn- |
can.
A Beloit merchant has the right
idea, thinks the BeIoit Call When
asked how he felt when he saw one
of his friends coming out of a COM
petitor's place of business, he said:
''Why I feel good, walk over, grasp
his hand. inquire about the wife, ba-
bies and the sore toe he had the win
ter before, and the next time he wants
anything in my line he comes to my
store,
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

yers,'' Mr.. Wickersham, however, has
been more successful in proceeding
against the illegal and unreasonable
combinations of capital in the country
than were all the other lawyers in the
various presidential cabinets during
the twenty odd yeads that the Sher-
man law has been on the statute
books. And it is likely that the other
corporation lawyers" in the Taft cab
met have given aid and advice to Mr..
Wickersham in building up his pro-
gram of legal procedure that has been
SO successful against the trusts.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
Not Up to specIfcations.

Thorns instead of roses composed
the engagement bouquet of Dr. S. P.
Morgan, of Murphysboro, Ill, who
1ourneyed to Carmi yesterday to meet
an unknown woman correspondent
from Boonvi1le, Ind, for the purpose
of marrying her
When they met at the depot the
Hoosier girl threw up her hands in dis
may The doctor was 70 years old,
hard of hearing, and infrm. The IN
diana girl was 20. She claimed the
doctor sent a photograph taken many
years ago and had led her to believe
it represented his present. looks.
The doctor vainly sought to iron out
his wrinkles, but the girl took the first
train for home She refused to tell
her name.=Carmf (IlL) dispatch to
Indianapolis News.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
THE OLD COUPLE.


Over the soft grass
saw the old couple pass.
Slowly they walked and stood
Close to the budding wood.
Surely 1t seemed they were stung
BY the thought OF how fair and young
The whole earth looked beside
A gray old bridegroom and bride.
No! for the Towering mold
Beneath them was centuries old;
The skies that smiled above
Were old as Eden and love;
And of all the forest trees
IN the woodland families
The Oldest were most fair
And wore the happiest air.
The aged stars in the blue
In the beauty OF spring we're new,
And the aged hearts In the wood
BY the spirit of spring were renewed
-Ethelywn Wetherald, in Minneapolis
Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many people are sharp only as
to their tongues.
y X
Nor is it ever possible to graduate
from the school of experience.
y n y
Any number of folk seem well con-
tent to let truth remain at the bot
tom of the well.
# X X
Pianos would not be so annoying IL
more of the people who own them ac-
tually knew how to play them.
X X
Even the real thing in the way of
love letters sound exceedingly silly
after the parties who exchanged them
have been married for some time.