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Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
ROOT TALKS ON RECIPROCITY
New York Senator Says Bill is in
Interest of All Glasses.
TARIFF ON FOOD NOT NEEDED
Speaker Says There Has Been Decided
(, RevulsioB, of Feelins Among
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WASHINGTON, June 21.-Senator Root
of New York, formally opened the Cana
dian reciprocity debate In the senate today
He announced that he favored the agree
ment and defended President Taft's course
in negotiating it. declaring that in no way
had he exceeded his authority. Mr. Root
also spoke In favor of his amendment to
the wood pulp and paper provision of the
bill to which President Taft is opposed on
the ground that 1t might jeopardize the
entire agreement
He insisted that the president had fol-
lowed the practice ordinarily followed by
the diplomatic and executive officers of
the government in giving assurance TO
other governments that certain things
would or would not be done.
This is in no sense treaty. 1t is one
OF those informal temporary arrangements
made between executives of two govern
rf1ents for the effective conduct of negotia-
tions in regard to internal affairs.
'T think the farmers OF the country are
unduly apprehensive. l believe this re-
ciprocity agreement will be for the best
and permanent interest OF our country"
The senator made direct reply to repub-
lican senators who had intimated that the
passage of the measure would be followed
by reprisals that might result in the pulling
down OF the protective tariff system.
When those men and their constituents
view the subject later, calmly, in the inter
est of the whole country" said Mr. Root,
they will forget their revenges and vote
in accordance with their principles"
Change I'm Sentiment. ~.
Senator Root said no one could be blind
to the change OF sentiment in the country
upon the tariff question.
There is not the least possibility, unless
| there is another revolution, of sentiment
said Senator Root that the people will
ever permit their cost of living to be In
creased by duties on their ordinary food
stuffs when the consumption equals the
limit Of their ordinary production in this
| country"
Senator Bailey asked why the tariff
should be retained on clothing II removed
| from food products.
Senator Root answered that food was the
| greater necessity.
| But clothing is as essential as food, -
persisted Mr.. Bailey. 'Tf we go withou-
food we starve; II we go without clothing
we freeze"
Not now" interjected Mr.. Root mop.
ping his brow amid laughter.
"WelH insisted Mr.. Bailey, 'ff we Rt
without clething now we are arrested ano
sent 10 Jail There Is no law compelling
anyone 20 eat. but there is a law compel
ling him TO go clothed.
Senator Root said the protection on in
dustry and manufacturing had been at th,
base OF the protective system.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
Initiative Would
Invite Chaos and
Turmoil Without End
Secretary Kagel Makes Above State
ment in Address at Brown Uni
Z versity Commencement.

VIDENCE, r. l.. June 2l.-Charles
a. secretary of commerce and labor
W. today made the recipient of the honor
ary degree of doctor of laws from Brown
university.
There can be no time for promising
than this TO have every man understand
your government and to take his place
somewhere In the column. be It IN the
ranks or at the head" said Secretary
Nagei in his address, in which he discussed
the proposed Arizona constitution and
spoke Of the bill for popular election Of
United States senators.
"The initiative sounds plausible" said
Secretary Nagel, The basis of the sug-
gestions is that legislative bodies do not
respond to the actual demands Of the peo-
pie. think Il may be said with perfect
safety that II there is a weakness in repre-
sentative bodies today 1t is their too ready
response to superficial popular demand.
The flood OF suggestions for legislation
constitutes nothing more or less than the
effort to please spasmodic popular feeling. -
Secretary Nagei said the referendum had
been applied In some measure at all times
"whenever fundamental principles are in
volved. constitutions. bond issues OF conse-
quence. charters, or any questions which
go to the heart Of a system" he pointed
out such questions have been submitted
to popular vote. But the right in a small
percentage Of voters to have submitted to
popular vote any measure adopted by a
representative body would in my judgment
invite chaos and turmoil without end.
garded by many as the most promising
The recall said the secretary, rs re-
suggestion" lie said that It was closely
related to the syste min vogue where a
majority of officials are elected for terms
so short that II they had any ambition for
continued service they are to all interests
and purposes subject to recall now.
MY impression" he said rs that the
first effect OF the recall will be to dis
courage competent men. even more than
now is the case. from consenting to serve
the public"
Concluding, Secretary Nagel said that the
direct primary applied to the election OF
United States senators had undoubted ad-
vantage. chiefly In that II would relieve
the legislature from the burden and the
embarrassment Of making selection and
would leave II free to devote itself to tn,
more immediate purposes OF state legisla'
tlon. always assuming that this functioE
was still to be left to the legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
EDITORIAL CLUB IN
SAN FRANCISCO HELD UP
Thousand Dollars Taken from Five
Men Playing Cards Early Wednes-
day Morning.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2l--At the COM
mand hands up" five men playing cards
at the so-called Editorial club early this
morning looked up to find themselves COW
cred by revolvers in the hands of two
masked men who stood in the doorway.
"Cut out the comedy" said one OF the
players as he pressed his cards tight
against his shirt front. this is serious"
you bet it's serious" replied one OF the
masked men. Put up your hands or wen
blow your heads off"
+. c. Briggs, one Of the players. was slow
to comply and he was stunned and seri-
ously hurt by a blow on the head from
the butt of a revolver. The robbers then
relieved their victims OF money and valu-
ables totaling more than 5000, locked the
card players into two closets, cut the tele-
phone wires and escaped.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
More Irregularities
in Day Picture Bill
Artist Says He Was Paid on March 20,
1904, and Voucher is lated Jan !
uary Is, 1904.

WASHINGTON. June 2i--Aibert Rosen-
thai. the painter who created a sensation
recently by testifying before the house
state department Expenditures committee
that he received only 500 for portrait Of
former Secretary Day. voucher for which
was for 81. $50. appeared before the commit
tee again today. He said he received his
money on March q, 1904. The voucher for
$3.50 was dated January 1s 1904. and
Thomas Morrison. disbursing clerk Of the
State department, has testified that he paid
former Chief Clerk Michael the full amount
on that date. Ira K Moore OF the company
who furnished $50 frame for the Day
portrait. told the committee that his bill
was not paid until some time in June,
1904
Mr.. Michael now consul general at Cal
cutta, may be called upon TO explain the
delay in paying the bills and ten what he
knows about the voucher.
Mr.. Rosenthal Identified a statement OF
explanation attached TO the portrait
voucher, saying that he had written It for
Mr.. DENLY. then chief clerk OF the State
department, in 1906. when the discrepancy
between the amount authorised by the
voucher and the amount paid was discov-
cred. He was sure the date February 2s
1906, written on the document was correct
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
TAFT AT YALE COMMENCEMENT
President Makes Short Address at
Graduating Exercises.
OIL AND TOBACCO DECISIONS
Executive Says They Lay Down Line
of plrtinet,oi Not pifficuit
for Honesss Msn 20
Follow.

NEW HAVEN, June H.-The 210th COM
today when diplomas were awarded TO
s97 men who had completed courses. Presi-
dent William II; Taft Joined the members
of the corporation, of which he is a fell
low. Among honorary degrees conferred
were:
Master of Arts Walter McChntock,
known for his lectures on the BlackfOot
Indians, into which tribe he has been
adopted; Miss Mabel Boardman, of the Ma
tional Red Cross society.
Doctor of Letters-John Muir, naturalist
of California
Doctor of Laws-Joseph Rucker Lamar,
associate justice of the supreme court of
the United States; George Edgar Vincent,
Yale, 'S5, president of the Minnesota uni
versity.
The alumni dinner was held in the me-
mortal hall. President Hadley presided, at
his right hand, President Taft
The speakers were President Taft
Charles P. Howland. 81, former President
Timothy Dwight of the university; Presi-
dent Vincent of the University of Mime
sofa and Justice Lamar.
President Taft declared that the decisions
of the United States supreme court in the
Standard OIL and American Tobacco cases
have pointed clear road over which the
honest business man can travel in safety
It was the first public reference the presi
dent has made to these decisions.
II believe these decisions" said th'
president, have done and will continue Il
do great good to all the business of thu
country and that they have laid down {
line Of distinction that It is not difficult
for honest business men to follow"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
HAvEMEYBR DEPENDS TRUSTS
Son of Late Sugar Magnate Approves
Unreasonable Combinations"

son OF Late sugar MnGnate Approves
Unreasonable Combinations"
WASHINGTON, June collaborating
his defense on trusts and the combinations
Of sugar companies. Horace Havemeyer.
son OF the late II. o. Havemeyer, organ
izer of the so-called sugar trust" today
continued his testimony before the house
sugar committee.
The witness limited his approval how
ever. to reasonable combinations" He
declared that combinations were reason
able when they took In small companies
that were liable to 90 into bankruptcy.
He classed the National Sugar Refining
company In which he is seeking In the
courts to establish his control as reason
able"
Mr.. Havemeyer expressed belief that
the consumer OF sugar had benefited by
the creation of the combinations because
the producing cost had been reduced.
The price of sugar is governed by the
law OF supply and demand" declared Mr..
Havemeyer.
England Is the cheapest place in the
world In which sugar may be purchased,
the witness said.
| why IS that: because of free trader
inquired Representative Fordney.
"Wen, 1 don't know--I haven't made a
study of that" remarked the young
millionaire.
Representative Malby went through this
list Of refining companies taken into the
first trust, In lss7 and asked Mr.. Have
tmeyer to estimate the value of the origi.
nal plants. The witness smilingly replied
! that at the time of the merger he was
one year old and had no personal knowl.
edge OF the values; neither was he able
to form accurate estimation from informa.
ton lately acquired.
Mr.. Havemeyer repeated that he con.
sidered reasonable combinations a good
thing.
IT think the Interstate Commerce com.
mission exercises a very fatherly care
over the railroads." he said. 'Other big
corporations might be regulated in some
similar way
Charles B. Warren Of Detroit president
and general counsel OF the Michigan
Sugar Refining company of Saginaw
Mich, was the next witness.
Mr.. Warren told the committee that th'
Michigan Sugar Refining company, bee
sugar industry. operated six sugar factories
Bay City Peninsula, Alma, Saginaw
Valley, Sebewang and Sanilac refineries
The stockholders of each refinery, h'
said. had turned their stock over to rep
resentatives OF a committee OF bushes:
wen, who effected the organization OF tn
new company. In August, 1906, he added
the firm was capitalized at s62.5e0. II
October OF the same year, the articles o
incorporation were amended and the com
pany authorised to Issue 35, ,0oo.eo9 in pre-
ferred stock and $7,6OO.oO0 in common
stock OF this about s11,OOe,OOs had beei
issued.
Negotiations conducted by Henry Q
Havemeyer and the American Sugar Re
filming company TO acquire the Mich
isan companies were described in detail
In 1906 the holdings for Havemeye
amounted to 271.s4o shares.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
LONG HAUL CASE ARGUED
Railroads seek ts Shsw that Higher
Charge for shorter Haul Ia
All night.

CHICAGO. June n.-AttOrneys for west-
ern railroads today argued before Henry
rhurten special examiner for the Inter-
state Commerce. c9mmisElhn to show why
they should NOT be allowed to maintain
their present differences IN freight rates
for long and sliert hauls. wherein the long
hauls are cheaper. The RATES involved are
on Irain. coal. lumber and live stock.
Tho railroads directly. eqneerned are the
Chicago a Northwestern. the Chicago. Bur
lngton a Quincy. the Chicago. NIlwaukee
y 81, Paul. the Chicago Rock Island &
Pacific. the Minneapolis 4 ST. Louis and
the Iowa Central
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
Three Young Men
of Parkston Drown
Death Comes to Them in Jim River
at Milltown When They Get
Into Deep Hole.

MITCHELL. 8, D.. June n.-(special Tel
egram.)-rhree young men were drowned
late this afternoon in the Jim river at
Milltown, In Hutchinson county Their
names are Joseph. Adleman. Henry Zenh-
fenning and Frank Ntva. who resided at
Parkstown. They were swimming at the
dam near the big milL .ahd getting into q
hole fifteen feet deep they were, unable to
swim out The three went down as they
tried to help each other
Their cries brought the help of the Rus
sian men living near there and the bodies
were recovered within an hour. The ages
Of the young men were between IS ana n
years and one Of them was to be married
shortly Their bodies we're taken to Paks-
town this evening.
Zenhfenning was employed by the Fuller
| ton Lumber company.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Rose BrueISnan OF LStShsF, 8. u,
Dies from Poison Taken Sew
eral Days Ago.

MITCHELL, 8. D.. June zl.-tspecial).--
Mrs Rose Bruckman Of Letcher died this
morning as the result OF an attempt at
suicide, which occurred few days ago.
She has been conducting a millinery es-
tablishment at Letcher, and she got into
financial tfoubles. Mrs Bruckman gave
her little daughter a dose OF poison first
TO put her out OF the way, and she then
took the poison herself and then shot
herself through the stomach. Men pass
ing by the house and not seeing the wo-
man around attempted TO go in when they
were met at the door by the little girl
who had partly recovered from the poison
and told Of the attempted suicide. Efforts
TO restore the woman we're fruitless and
she died this morning. The body win be
taken back to Wisconsin for interment
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
CORN is FREE FROM WEEDS
Hot Weather of Recent Date Just the
Thing for It.
WINTER WHEAT DOING WELL
Eighty-Five Per Cent Crop on Four
Million Acres.
Its BAD IN SOME SECTIONS
Potatoes in some Parts of the state
DEMONSTRATORS Are Also I'm
Need of More Rain to
Save Them.

Raised IN spirit by the heavy rains OF
last week the Nebra ska farmer today IL
talking big crops and the biggest harvests,
in history. Corn came through without
a scratch and the damage 10 winter wheat
and spring grains win be variable
Burlington and Northwestern crop re-
ports for the state for the last week
show good growth in the big L0ooooo
acre crop Of winter wheat and indicate
that in a week or ten days the farmers
win begin harvesting. An IS per cent crop
is expected in the eastern part OF the
state within a radius OF sixty miles OF
Omaha and from 20 to IS per cent for 100
miles west Of here tft
Oats, barley. rye and other spring grains
are reported wiped out on farms west OF
Lincoln. Rsvenna and Grand Island. Small
crops will be harvested IN the eastern
part OF the state
Potatoes have heen much damaged and
crops will be light at the most. Pastures
and meadows are very dry and IN noed OF
rain in spite of last weeks precipitation.
Fruit seems to be the only crop besides
corn that came through nicely. strawber-
ries were cut short and other small fruit
win not be as large az might have been
expected but cherries were more than
plentiful and the apple and peach prospect
is good 4att ~
Range grass on tho Sheridan, Alliance
and Sterling divisions OF the Burlington IL
dry and will need rain soon.
But damage to other crops 10 far out
weighed by the good done the corn. The
abnormaliy high temperature encouraged
a growth far In advance OF the usual sire
at this time Of year and the dry weather
has allowed the formers 20 keep II very
clean OF weeds and grass. Cultivation this
year is really no problem and with ad-
ditional rain in the coming week the corn
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
Governor Miller
Given Promotion
Head of Battle Mountain Sanitsrium
,' is Made Inspector General Of
Soldiers Home.

HOT SPRINGS. S. D.. June H.-(Special
Telegram )-Governor Miller of the Battle
Mountain sanitarium today received orders
relieving him from command of that insti-
tuition, the order to take effect on August
l. Governor Miller. who has been In COM
mand of the sanitarium for the last two
years and five months, has been appointed
inspector general and chief surgeon of all
the national homes and sanitariums. He
will be succeeded at the Battle Mountain
sanitarium by Captain ]. A. Mattison. first
assistant surgeon of the Mount Branch
sanitarium. gF-r
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
OPINION BY JUDGE LANSIEe
Finding Handed Down at Whining
ton, Del, Late in Afternoon.
COMBINATION MUST DISSOLVE
Twenty Eight of Forty Three Defend.
ants Found Guilty.
OTHER FIFTEEN ARE INNOCENT
Part of Defendant Corporations Are
Not Party to Combination in RE-
straint of Trude-suit Filed
Four Years Ago.

WILMINGTON, Del. June 1.-The fed
eral government won its suit 10 dissolve
the alleged powder trust in a decision
handed down here late this afternoon by
Judge Lanning in the United States cir
cult court for the district Of Delaware.
The suit was Instituted in 1907 under the
Sherman antitrust act against forty-three
corporate and individual defendants. The
court dismissed the petition as to fifteen
defendants and held that the other twenty
eight were IN a combination TO restrain
interstate commerce and that the combina-
tion be dissolved
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
Handcuff Queen
Had Bunch of Keys
Concealed in Hands
Break of Tank on Stage Discomfits
Woman of Mystery and Nearly
browns Orchestra.
81 z 80 .S-,Fa

SAN MATEo. 9cal.s9 June zisHTw6 tIiots-
and gallons of water, released by break
In a tank on the stage of a local theater
last night nearly drowned the members
OF the orchestra and discomfited a hand
cuffed queen who had been mystifying
audiences by the apparently easy manner
In which she freed herself from steel
shackles.
As she was making her customary pose
before entering the tank in which she was
to release herself there was crash and
the glass front gave way. The handcuff
queen was swept off her feet by the
deuge and just before she tainted she
flung her Inanacled hands in the air and
from them hurled into the audience the
bunch OF keys.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
WHEAT HARVEST UNDER WAY
Dry, Hot Weather Brings IL Two
Weeks Ahead of Time.

Dry, Hot Weather Brings IL Two
Weeks Ahead of Time.
CLAY CENTER. Neb,. June A.-(spe-
ciaD-The harvesting OF whsat In this
county is now in full blast The harvest
IS at ie$st tw6 weeks sArlisre thsn ever
known bsfdfs owing 10 the dry weather
which has pbs4aiied inytlifs county since
spring. Wheat Is reported TO be fairly
well filled. and It is estimated that Il
will average from twelve to fifteen bustels
per acre. Tho oats crop is an entire
failure. A rain would not help It. The
corn is looking fine. and win be able to
stand this weather for at least two weeks.
The pastures are dried up.
GENEVA, June H.-Dry weather con-
tinues. There has been no rain for two
weeks. No crops seem to be suffering
severely except potatoes.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
EIIsa Parade in sIouz CITY

SIOUX CITY, Ia. June H.--A parade in
which 200 Eiks marched was the big fes-
ture Of today at the state convention Of
Iowa Eiks. This afternoon a monster Bo-
hemiaa lunch VIM be served at North Riv-
erside George Rsddick OF Iowa City and
Bert KeltE Of Iowa City are in the race
for state president
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
YORK GETS A POSTAL BANK
Nebraska Town among Fifty New
Depositortes Named by POST
master General Hitchcock.

WASHINGTON, June A-Postmaster
General Hitchcock today named fifty pos
tai savings repositories. making the num-
Der to date 500. Among the newly desig-
mated offices which win receive deposits
July Is are: Iowa Falls, Storm Lake. Ia;
York, Neb.i Webster. g. d.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
The Weather

For Nebraska-Fair; continued warm.
For Iowa-Fair; continued warm.
rempr rn ture at Omaha Yesterday,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
Base Ball Tickets.
Round trip tickets to Lake
Mnnawa.
Quart bricks of Dalzell's
ice cream.

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Read the want ads every day.
your name Will appear sometime
may be more than once.
No puzzles to solve nor subscrtp.
tions TO get-tust read the wan;
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Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-22
WEATHER FORECAST

For Nebraska-Fair
For IowA-Fair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-07
PRESIDENT CALLS CONGRESS-
ATTENTION TO RUSSIANS

Washington, d. c., Dec 7.-Presi-
dent Taft today sent a message to
congress, in which he outlined the
present state of the governments re-
lations with foreign nations.
In this message he calls attention
to the recent refusal of Russia to is
sue passports to American Jews as
follows:
by direction of the state depart
ment, our ambassador to Russia has
recently been having serious confer
ences with the minister Of foreign af-
fairs in Russia, with the view of Sc
curing a clearer understanding of the
construction of the treaty of 1882,
with notifications of existing Russian
regulations which are found to inter
fere in any way with full recognition
of the rights of American citizens,
under the treaty.
Il believe the government of Rus
sla is addressing itself seriously to
the needs of changing the present
practices, under the treaty"
The president also urges the senate
to ratify, as soon as possible, the
Franco o-Britain-American peace treaty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-07
RECORD BROKEN
FOR POOR CROPS
But Uncle Sans Farm Pro-
ducts Are Worth Over
5 Billions
Has Sufficient Stuff for Nations
Needs and Is FOrty-fOur Millions
Richer by Shortage.

Wash ngton, d. c., Dec. DE
claring that the last crop season was
replete with adverse conditions, that
broke all previous records and put a
severe test the truth of the assertion
that the nations varied climate, soil
and crops, make nation wide crop
calamity impossible, Secretary James
Wilson. of the department of agricul-
ture, today submitted his annual re-
port to President Taft. Despite these
discouraging facts, however, the Sec
retary states that America raised suf-
ficient crops to meet all her needs
and will have surplus left.
All crops, except cotton. fall below
the average for the past five years.
Cotton shows a twenty-five per cent
increase over the average for that pc
riod
Despite this shortage, the crops this
year are worth s5,504. 100000, which
is $44. 100000 more than the value
of the larger crops of 1910.
The hay crop is valued at 500 000,-
900 and wheat, with 656 900, 900 BUSH
els, is worth s600,000,000