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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Cotton Tariff Bill
is Reintroduced
by Underwood

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Representative
Underwood. at the direction of democratic
members of the ways and means -com,
mittee, today reintroduced the cotton
tariff revision bill which was, passed by
the house and senate at the extra ses-
sion of congress and vetoed by President
Taft. t~
The democrats claim the bill would re
duce the average ad valorem cotton duties
TO 706 per cent as against an ad va
loren Of 45.15 per cent in 1911 and 4S.12
in 1910. The ways and means committee
will report the bill favorably to the house
early next week. .at -.-..- -.
The democrats estimate that the reve
nues from the bill during the first year
of it's operation would be about $1O,5O0 600.
compared with $19,0O00OO in 1910 and $12.
100000 in 1911. In it's behalf they claim
the cost of cotton clothing to the con-
sumers would be reduced by $s0,OOO0Oo.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Civil War Depicted
in Series of Photos
Distributed by Bee

The famous Brady pictures Of the civi
and only recently found In an attic in Q
tumble-down New York shack, are to bt
seen by the readers Of The Omaha Bee
The pictures, accompanied by a graphica
written story of explanation by Prof
Henry w. Elson cf Ohio university will
be given to The Bee readers for ten cents
accompanied by civil war coupon, which
is being printed in every issue of this
paper.
The small amount Of money charged for
these supplementNis the bare cost of dis,
tributon. The supplements will be issued
every Sunday for sixteen weeks, COM
mencing today. They are in booklet form
neatly bound, and the paper is Of good
strong texture, which can be bound when
tho sixteen parts are complete, making a
beautiful book.
In these booklets are hundreds OF vivid
photographs actually taken In civil war
times, The sixteen parts comprise the
complete history of the civil war. Each
part Is thrilling story In itself, In every
Part appears the full account OF one or
more OF the worlds greatest battles. The
title Of the booklets Is igThe Civili War
Through the Camera Each picture,
though taken fifty years ago and at the
very front. are clear and wonderful. and
would do justice to a modern photo
grapher.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
President of United
States League Goes
Into Bankruptcy

PHILADELPHIA. June William Alb.
bott Whitman, sr., Of Reading, Pa, presi,
dent of the United States Base Bali
league, today filed petition of voluntary
bankruptcy in the United States district
court mere. His liabilities are placed al
s53 sos and his assets at $4,000 The assets
include the Reading base ball park, valued
at $4,000. Among the liabilities is an item
of 1910 due as salary to players of the
Reading team. A hearing on the petition
will be held at Reading on June s.
READING, Pa, June William Alb
bott whitman, president Of the United
States Base Ball league, issued the follow
ing statement:
This step is taken for the protectioi:
Of those of my creditors who have honest
claims that might have been jeopardized
when they became due had the combina~
tion OF organized base ball and political
forces that had been organized t" trim me
succeeded In carrying out the plans that
will bc exposed IA . few days"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
WATERS STRIKE SPREADING
Three Thousand Employees of
Twenty-Five Hotels Quit.
KITCHEN CREWS ARE GOING OUT
Patrons Of Uptown Hotels Form a
League to Limit Tips to Ten
Per Cent of the
Total Bill.

NEW YORK, June 1.-The strike OF
5000 or more walters. affecting twenty
nine hotels, restaurants and clubs.
threatens to spread further today, for
the strike leaders say that before night
fall employees in other hotels will be
called out. Several kitchen crews have
quit work.
The hotel men say that before they win
recognize the walters union they will
shut down their establishments. Leaders
of the striking walters say the engineers,
firemen and other hotel employees may be
called out, AM.
Places Of the strikers are being filled
by strike breakers from other cities, and
though the strike is causing the hotel
owners great inconvenience, they said
they were able to take care OF their reg
ular patrons. More than 1000 negroes
are waiting to be called into service from
the south, but whether they will be 'eiit
for has not been determined, Two hotels
have already filled the strikers PAGES
with negroes.
There has been virtually no svioience
during the strike, Patrons to the number
Of 100 or more OF certain uptown hotels
have made up an informal league and
hereafter will limit the size of tips to 10
per cent OF the bill.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
c. R. Gray Becomes
President of the
l. y Great Northern

ST. PAUL, June 1.--Carl g. Gay as
sumed his duties as president of the
Great Northern railroad in place OF Louis
w. Hill today. Mr. Gray spent most cf
the day in conference with Mr.. Hill and
other officials.
II Is said that immediate changes nre
not contemplated, but 1t is regarded 10
likely that during the next few months
there will be some sort OF reorganiza,
ton.
L. w. Hill continues as director Of the
system and it is understood that he will
soon be elected chairman to succeed
James J. Hill. Denial is made of reports
that l.. w. Hill In the future will devot ,
his entire time to the exploitation of de-
velopment enterprises in Oregon or to
the Hill ore properties. In the capacity
of chairman of the board of directors
Mr.. Hill, 1t is said, will continue to have
an active interest in the railroad prop
critics.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Will Look Into -
High Price Of Meat

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The high
prices of meat probably will be invests
gated soon by the federal government
An inquiry to supplement the previous
Investigations into the packing business
is being planned at the Department OF
Justice. The soaring prices of meat and
the question of whether the country's
meat supply may be controlled in viola
ton of the Sherman law has been called
to the attention of the department hy
individuals and also by Representative
Edwards bill directing the attorney gen.
eral to make an investigation.
Whatever may be done in this regard
it was thought today that Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham will direct compre
hensiye investigation to find If the soar
ing prices of meat are due to any viola-
tons of the antitrust law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Rodgers to Present
Baldwin's Name
at Baltimore

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. May 1.-The
name Of Governor Simeon e. Baldwin OF
this state will be presented to the DEM
oeratic national convection at Baltimore
by Dean Henry Wade Rogers Of the
Yale Law school. who will be guest OF
the state delegation and who when the
time comes for the nomination speeches.
will sit in the convention by virtue OF a
proxy.
Dean Rogers has been in Minneapolis
for a month attending the Methodist con-
vention but Is due home Monday. His
acceptance Of the invitation to make the
nominating speech is contained in a mes
sage to Major Lewis E. stoddard, a
member OF the delegation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
GU UMMINS WOULD
BE DARK HORSE
Iowa Senator Says He Expects
to Be Compromise Can
didate.
ILLINOIS MEN AT OYSTER BAY
Twelve Delegates Discuss Selection
of Next National ommitteeman
from sucker State with
the Colonel.

DES MONIES, Ia, June 1.-The ques-
ton Of who is to place me In nomination
before the national convention at Chicago
has not been decided. 1t may not be ne.
cessary. We are waiting to see how the
presidential situation turns
This was the significant statement OF
Senator Albert B. Cummins to the Asso-
ciated Press today In answer to a aues-
tion as to who is TO present his name
before the Chicago convention.
Senator Cummins. who is here to ad-
dress a mass meeting tonight on behalf
Of Senator w. S. Kenyon, said the matter
of presenting his name to the republican
convention, probably would be settled
within the next week.
1.-THE majority OF the delegates tn the
national convention already have their
minds made up as to who they will vote
for as a. third candidate In the event
neither President Taft nor Colonel Roose-
welt Is nominated" said Senator Cum
minis.
There is no need for organization of
my candidacy at Chicago. II 1t comes,
1t will come no matter what my friends
might do between now and the time for
the roll CALL. Neither Taft nor Roose-
yelt has enough votes to nominate The
contests before the national committee
at Chicago are Of paramount Importance.
There. lies the control of the convention.
Although majority of the members Of
the national committee are Taft men, !
am confident every contest will be settled
on it's merits and every delegate seated
will be fairly entitled to his vote in the
convention.
Definite claims that Lafayette Young,
editor of the Des Moines Capital, would
receive the republican nomination for
United States senator over Senator W
S. Kenyon by from 1900 to 1900 votes
were made at noon today by his man.
ayers. The Kenyon managers gave out
a statement, but made no prediction as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02

| medicine. .s
my attention has been called to thu
attached cutting from your newspaper
| Whoever invented this tale must have
been trying to gauge me by his owr
measure, Mr.. Bryan's request for press
seat was not turned down by rue. bu,
just the contrary. as he will doubtless
gratuitous tender Of your alternate
ticket. Although the growing demand
will soon call a halt, have not yet
turned down a single request, but have
even voluntarily offered to take care Of
my successful competitor for my place on
the national corpmittee. You, therefore,
either have been innocently imposed upon
or are indulging in pure fiction, and II
you want to be as fair as you say you do,
you will correct your misstatement and
take back your uncalled-for fling
The fact with reference to Mr.. Bryan is
that he has engaged to cover the con-
vention for the New York World and
some other newspapers Mr.. Bryan's per-
sonal appli cat tions reached me onahe very
day that the sprass section fallo lotmeflt was
made, so, forwarded II by wire, assur-
ing him that IL 5it was too late, I would
see personally that he was provided with
a seat from a vantage point outside OF
the press section, in the event he was
not to occupy one Of the six places ac-
corded to the New York World.
Relief for Apprehensive Spirits.
For fear some one may yet be appre-
hensive that my probable successor on
the committee may not get past the door
keeper, | will say, to assuags the sus-
pense, that more than ten days ago
be glad to have him designated for one
of the honorary positions on the conven-
ton staff that would give him access to
the floor where the delegates sit, If he so
desired, and had this response In which
he as politely conveys his acceptance of
that offer: . f
Il shall be pleased to be designated for
an honorary position on the official cor
vention staff as kindly suggested in your
letter of May 49,"
This information ought to afford grca.
relief in certain quarters from which
symptoms of solicitude have been ema
mating. .
Badges Most Beautiful Ever.
] have received sample Of the badge
which participants In the convention will
wear, and II is safe to say that 1t is the
handsomest in design and workmanship
ever furnished for any political conven.
ton. The crossbar at the top represents
two draped flags, with the dome of the
capitol In the background, and bears a
panel to carry the inscription Delegate"
or Alternate or "Sergeant-at-Arms" as
the case may be. Below, suspended from
a linked chain, is handsome bas relief
of Abraham Lincoln, upon
which rests an eagle with outstretcheJ
wings. The flags and the panel and the
border of The medallion are all beauu-
fully eHamelled in color, .the inscription
Of tho border being. Republican National
Convention, Chicago. 1912" The wholo
badge is set off by pendant ribbon of
red, white and blue that extends below
the medallion. The color Of the ribbon
and the metal finish of the badges viii
vary according to the official classified.
ion of the persons who are to wear them
The badges will be distributed to those
who are entitled. to. them along with their
tickets. "a -.s.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
DIVISION OF sPREcKELS
ESTATE is ORDERED

SAN FRANCISCO. June Ito facilitate
an appeal to the supreme court of the
United States. Superior Judge Coffey for
mally has ordered the Spreckels estate
distributed according to the terms of the
will Of the late Claus spreckels. The
notice of appeal was filed Immediately
after entering the order for distribution.
The proceedings mark the passing OF
the will contest from the state and
county courts. where the s5.00o00o worth
Of property bequeathed to Rudolph and
Claus spreckels. 1r.. and the daughter,
Emma Ferris, has been kept for several
years by the two other sons, A. 3. and
John d. Spreckels.
The latter two were ignored in the
will, EE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
DarroW Trial is
Adjourned to Monday

Los ANGELES, Cal. June L. Because
OF the death last night Of c. S. McNutt,
who had been associated With the de-
fense, the trial Of Clarence b. Darrow,
charged with jury brlblng, was adjourned
until Monday. IL was learned that job
Hartman, Former socialist candidate toi'
mayor Of Los Angeles. was summoned
as n witness for, the state yesterday
lie was served Immediately following
the testimony Of Bert H, Franklin,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02

No one will venture to dispute the as
sertion that more interest is -sbeins
evinced in the coming Chicago eonven
ton that ever before in any sinila
| political gathering. If doubt existed
anywhere on this point, believe
could easily dispel it by producing ocular
evidence of the avalanche Of applications
for convention tickets for which l hav'
requests from several hundred Nebraska
people, all wanting to attend and al
convinced they should have preference.
! am going over to Chicago this weel
to be on the ground for the whole period
Of the convention, including the prelim.
mary meeting of the national committee
called to pass ON the contests, and an
going to give readers Of The Bee from
time to time, il not every day, gome
inside views and sidelights in response
to this great. growing public interest.
What I write will appear under my
name in the same position and page OF
the paper. and / invite. all who are in
terested to- watch for these letters.
As to the eTiclket supply.
Right now, as already intimated, the
fiercest contest seems TO be ceatered on
the question of tickets. There are a few
more than 11,000 seats In the Coliseum,
Of which 5000 will be occupied by the
delegates, the alternates, the officers of
press. Some 1900 more go to the local
Chicago committee for the subscribers to
the fund that pays the convention ex-
penses. That leaves less than 5000 spec
tators' seats to answer the general de-
mand. The allotment of these tickets
will probably be the same as 1t was four
years ago, being one extra ticket to each
delegate, minimum of fifteen to each
national committeeman, and fifty to each
member of the executive committee No
days before the convention, and none will
be mailed out, at least. not by me, to
take a chance on them going astray or
not being used. The tickets will have to
be applied for in person in Chicago, and
there will be no left-overs. More than
that, the tickets are separable into one
admission for each session of the con-
vention, of which there will be not less
than four, and it will be necessary to
split the tickets in this way in order to
make them go around.
Punctuing a Few Fakes.
Some one down in Lincoln started a
fairy tale that Taft boosters there were
already supplied by me with tickets, and
a statement to that effect appeared in
the Lincoln Journal. Immediately wired
the Journal this message which it
printed yesterday:
Please correct your misstatements as
to parties having already received con-
vention tickets from me. No tickets have
yet been issued to me, much less given
out by me-
Another fake about convention tickets
came to notice in a publication In the
Beaver City Times-Tribune, charging me
with having turned down "A request by
Mr.. Bryan for a press ticket, and offer
ing him the ticket of the editor of that
weekly newspaper who is one of the
alternates-elect. I sent this letter to the
Beaver City editor, which l give him
credit for printing. although he tries to
take the edge off his Misrepresentation
by adding that progressive republicans
have been rnisrepresented so much that
should be able to take little of my own
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
CUBA INSURGENTS
Defeated IN AN
ALi-DAY BATTLE
Government Troops Beat Cuban
Rebels in Fight Near Palma
Soriano Friday.
ARTILLERY WORKS HAVOC
Mountain Guns Used by Troops with
Terrible Effect.
HUNDRED F0RTY-FIvE DEAD
Bodies of Eighteen Women Found
Among the Victims.
AMERICAN HELD FOE RANSOM
Collister Wheeler, Owner of Ranch,
Taken by Rebels.
Collister Wheeler, Owner of Ranch,
Taken by Rebels.
HaLLIDAY WILL INVESTIGATE
American Consul at Santiago II
Looking Into situation at Dali
auiri--Luis Gomez Placed
Under Arrest.

SANTIAGO, June lit is reported to-
day that a. battle at Malaga, near
Palma Soriano, yesterday resulted In q
victory for the government troops under
General Mendieta. The mountain artillery
was used with terrific effect. One hun
dred and twenty-seven rebels and eight
cen women who had encamped with them
were killed.
American Held for Ransom.
1t was reported here today that Col
lister Wheeler, an American, who owns
a ranch near Daquiri, has been captured
by negro insurgents and held for ransom.
The United States gunboat Paducah re-
mained off Daiqutri today, but did not
land marines, Firing continued all night
around the paiquiri mines, where the
government has strong detachment A
sergeant of rurales was killed in the
fighting. The miners are abandoning
thels work and the mines probably will
10 closed tomorrow.
Holiday VIII Investigate.
The American consui. air. Holiday, left
this morning for Daiquiri to Investigate
the situation there. which is considered
critical.
The United States gunboat Nashville at
Nipe hay has not landed marines. The
Spanlsh-American Iron company has
asked for the protection of it's property,
valued at s6,Oo0oa, at FELTON,, near Nipe
bay. Y s
Luis Gomez, who Is charged with being
an important censpirator In the revolt,
was at once arrested while attempting
to embark on the steamer Julia for Santo
Domingo. Other important arrests, In
Guiding those of two high officials. are
expected 1t is said.
= Battle Lasts All Day.
HAVANA, June 1.-The government
today received a dispatch from Santiago
stating that it had Just been reported
there that the columns under Colonel
vaiente and Colonel Valiant struck the
rebels yesterday morning. the fight con-
tinuing into the evening. The artillery
wrought havoc among the insurgents.
The Losses and scene of the battle are
not given.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Mother of Sixteen
Asks for Divorce

VIRGINIA, Mimi. June with eight
nicely dressed children, Of which she i,
the mother, Mrs. Maryana Zygoysk! ap
peared in court here today to prosecute
her case for divorce against her husband,
Alex zygovski. The eight children ae.
cornpanying the woman are only half OF
her entire family. The other eight hav.
died The living range in age from 21
years To 2h years. She alleges cruelty
ON the part of her husband. who is a
miner
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
IOWA COMMERCIAL
TRAVELLERS ELECT

BURLINGTON, Ia, P.ae 1.-The Iowa
United Commercial Travellers associa
ton convention closed today. Des Moines
was named as place of meeting In
1913 on June 8. y, ...s
Resolutions were adopted opposing the
parcels post,
Officers elected were d. G. Thompson.
Burlington. grand counselor; c. E. Rose
mond, Independence, junior counselor; II.
f. Doran. past grand counselor; II. w.
Couant, Sheldon. grand secretary; James
Hunt Des Moines, grand treasurer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Boy Shoots Self
at a Salvation
Army Meeting

MARsHALLTOWN, Ia, June Ire
spending to a call for testimony at a
Salvation Army meeting here last night
Bert Drew, aged 16, arose to his feet and
said: I'm not q Christian, but have
been raised in a Christian home. I've
got godly mother, and in order to save
her further trouble" With this state
ment Drew pulled revolver from his
pocket and fired bullet through hia
breast over the heart. He probably will
die.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
Kills His Wife and
Himself and Shoots
Mother -in-LaW

BUFFALO, June 1--G E. Staples. a
well-to-do farmer of Angola, twenty miles
west of this city. today shot his wife,
motherin-iaw Mrs. NJ. Fillmore Brown,
and then himself. Mrs. Brown and the
murderer died instantly. Physicians say
Mrs. Staples will die.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
REDFlElD WILLING TO
RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, June AT the solic-
itation Of his friends in the house Rep
resentatve Redfield OF Brooklyn, N. Y.
today announced he would permit his
name to be presented to the democratic
national convention as a candidate for
the vice presidential nomination. IL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
The House.

Met at ii a. m.
On District of Columbia legislation.
Democratic Leader Underwood reintro-
duced cotton tariff bill, vetoed during
the extra session,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
ROOT SOAKER" IN
THE GRAIN BELT
Farmers Rejoice Over Rain, Whose
Value Reaches Millions Of
Dollars.
COMES AT AN 0PpORTUNE TIME
While Rain Extends Into Ran
sas, Missouri and West
crn Iowa.

Rain that by farmers. grain and rail-
soaker," was general over all Of Ne.
braska, except the northwestern section
1t began shortly after midnight and con
tinued well into Saturday. Not only die
this rain visit the most of the grair
raising section of Nebraska, but II passed
over the whole of northern Kansas, north
ern Missouri and western Iowa, where
precipitation was badly needed.
According to railroad men, the la'n
was worth millions of dollars to the
sections visited, as It practically assures
a full crop OF small grain and will start
corn well on its way That is came just
In time 20 be of the greatest possible
benefit to the growing crop Is conceded
as there were many localities where II
Is said grain was beginning to show
the effects OF the long spell Of dry wea'
ther,
Lightest In Omaha. ~.
On the Burlington system, reports told
of rainfalls of from one to two inches all
through southern Iowa, Along the r.ver
line from Omaha to Rulo, the fall at
this city more than one-half inch was
the lightTst At Plattsmouth there was
an inch and one-half of rain, whilc from
there down to St Joseph and far out
into the country on either side of the
line, II exceeded two inches.
Through the South Platte country, along
the Burlington, there was no ra n west
of McCook, but from there east to
Omaha. the precipitation was from one
half Of two inches. There was an inch
around Ashland, Table Rock Tecumseh,
Burchard and Salem.
The Rock Island reports showed con
tinuous rains all the way from Omaha
to PhilHpsburg, Kan. There was an incl
at Fairbury and from an inch to two
inches from there west, while across the
river in Iowa, as far east as Grinnell,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
The National Capital
Saturday, June 1, 1912.
The Senate,

NIbI at HOOII,
Legislative. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill retaining the commerce.
court which the house voted to abolish,
reported by appropriations committee.
Miscellaneous business taken up.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-02
The Weather

FOR NEBASKA-Fair, warmer.
FOR IOWA-Fair, warmer,
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