Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 14, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE & clean, reliable newspaper that is admitted to each and every home. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XXXVII-—NO. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL For For lowa—Showere ¥ WEATHER FORECAST. Nebraska -Inereasing cloudiness. or weathar report see page S 14, 1909—TWELVE PAGES, SINGLE CorYy TWO CENTS DEMOCRATS MAY |Fraternals Must EVERAL FIRES TURKISH ARMY ASK MORE TIME General Debate on the Tariff Bill in Senate Will Probably Not Begin Until Monday. WILL NOT RETURN BILL TO HOUSE Sentence it Seeks to Change Stricken Out by Senate Committee, VIEWS OF ALDRICH AMENDMENTS House Members Inclined to Doubt Statements About Necessities. SEVERAL TRADING FEATURES Belief that Many of the Made by Seante Committee Are intended for Use In Con- ference Committee. WASHI April 13— Before the scuata meels on Thursday there will be a session of the finance committee to de- ternfing whether the minority will be ready to take up general dsbate on the tariff bill that day. From Informal discussions of the bill between republican and demo- members the indications are that the minority will ask for an extension of time until Monday of next week. If they should do 80 the request would be granted Ly the republican senate leaders. Senntor Aldrich will make a brief state- ment 1o the sonate when it meets Thurs- day. when he will explain the revenue pro- dueing features In the amendments to the ¥ bl siveady reported. He does not expect 10 accupy more than half an hoor addros the senate. ‘ Not Return BilL I'he most e from the house asking that the Payne bill be retarned for a correction of the potroleum sch:dule will be received Thursday 1n view of the fact that the LIl had en referred to the finance com- mlitee, umended and reported back tu the sonate, It not ifkely that the bill will be permitted to go back to the house. Sen- ste leaders take the position that there is no necessity for the return of the bill to the house, as the finance committee in- tends to offer amendments on the floor to the petroleum schedule which will en- tirely efface the error which crept into the bill at the time it was passed by the wiouse. That portion of the bill to which the words “and its products,”” are to be added by the clerk of the house, have been stricken out by the senate committee, and it would be necessary for the senate to amend the corvection desired by the house. It is therefore thought to be unneccssary waste of time to return it. House View of te Bill In the house the statement that the Aldrich amendments to the Payne bill tond Lo increase the dutles on luxuries and reduce tbem o negossities is taken with grafh of salt. It {8 ‘pointed out by the republican members of the ways and fmeans committee that the necessities which are reduced are spices and cocoa, which the ways and means committee made dutiable for revenue purposes. On the other hand, corf, wheat, barley, rye and other agricultural products, many of which are used on the breakfast table, have been greatly Increased. While the in- creasedl duties 6n cheap gloves and hosiery have been taken Off by the senate finance commifttee, the general opinion prevailing in the house is that the amendment to re- store the Dingley rates is Intended partly at least for use in conforence. Several other changes made by the senate com- mittee are inteipreted to be for the pur- pose of obtaining satisfactory compromises when the bill is in conference. The strik- ing out of the retaliatory provision on Turkish tobacco and the restoration of the Dingley schedule on wool are suggested as offering possibllitics In this respect. The duty on lops, which was considerably reduced by the ways dnd means committee and restored by senate commitice 18 deprecated by some members as prohibi- u f use n Ol Representatives Active, Representative Vresland of New York and others who have endeavored to obtain protection for petroleum are actively en- gaged In Impressing the members of the senate with thelr views. The new provision placed in the bill by the senate committee, which imposes a duty of % per cent, ad valorem, upon for- clgn buflt yachts and pleasure boats pur chased by American citizens is held to be unconstitutional by members of the house ways and means committee. “We devoted an entire day to the dis- cussion of such a duty,” said ome of the prominent republlican members of that committes today and we decided that it was not for us to propose such actlon. The supreme court of the United States has decided that a yacht cannot be fm- ported and therefore we decided not include such @ provision in the bl The democratic senators will hold a conference tomorrow to decide their course of action with reference to the bill. Senator Elkins still criticises the bul, He sald today that it was not in accord with President T ¢ outline of a bill. Charlie Potter Flees from Home Former Omahan Resigns $5,000 Job and Leaves Milwaukee Because of Domestic Trouble. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 13.(Special.)— Resigning & %000 job as court reporter Nere In Judge Carpenter's probate c Ghdrles A. Potter, formerly a court re- porter In Omisha, quietly left Milwaukee, | evading officers sent to watch the depots by his wife. Domestic trouble Is supposcd 10 be the cause of his leaving. Before he left Potter sald good-bye to his landlady and told her she would never see him again, Then, with only a sult- case, he took an Interurban car and left the city while the oficers were watching the depots for him. Before leaving he caretully finished a transcript of the evi- dence taken by him im court. Mr. Potter came to Mllwaukee three yeArs ago from Omaha, where he had been employed as & court and general re- porter for & number of years. Changes | to | Not Be Run Close Corporations State Auditor Barton Lays Down This ation with Respect to surance Companies, Staff Correspondent.) LINC 11 Barton fl the Insur: {In Nebraska | foree the rul the Royal High 13.—(Spectal.)—Auditor | in his fight to clean up | antes doing business | he will strictly en- supreme court in | fase that the inher- | ent right to enactiivs for the government | of & fraternal soclety 1s in Its stock- | holders. The court held that a representa- { tive form of government means one con- | ducted and constituted by the agency of | delegates chosen by the people. The auditor has begun with the Ben- | | Hur and has notified that fraternal organi- | zation that It must have a representative | | form of government. This soclety has per- mitted committees appointed by the su- | preme chief which vote on bylaws to be | adopted the same as delegates are per- mitted to vote and the number of commit- teemen appointed is always in excess of the number of representatives elected by subordinate tribes. The auditor says in his letter to John C. Snyder, supreme scribe, I want the right of appointment either stricken out or the representation increased so that the delegates elected by the people will be con- siderably int he majority and would pre- fer as you express it, to have a courteous and kindly arrangement of the affalr with- out parading it before the departments of other states, but will be frank with you and say that If we cannot bring It about in this manner, T will take It up with the departments of the states, in which you do business, and ask for an united effort.” John C. Snyder, the supreme seribe, say it Is the desire of his organization to con- form to the desires of the different state | departments and to cohduct the soclety strictly in the Interest of its members. Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Captain of Schoomer Who Landed | Chinamen at Marbleheud Given One Year. BOSTON, April 13—That the schooner Bonita {llegally landed thirty-three China-| men from Nova Scotia at Marblehead so quietly ono summer evening three yea ago that the Inhabitants of the old fishing town thought the visitors had been on a plenic was admitted by Goodman Phildps ' of this city In the United States district court today when he pleaded gullty to | charge of smuggling and was sentenced to one year In prison. Phillips, who was arrested a few years | #g0 on a similar charge, was indicted by the United Btates grand jury in March on two: counts. 1He pleaded guitty” to Both, the second charging him with conspircy to smuggle, but that one was placed on file. Lawyers Will Get Two-Thirds of Fine Only One-Third of Million Dollar Penalty Taken from 0il Com- pany Goes to State, WASHINGTON, April 13.—The mandate of the supreme court of the United States in the Waters-Plerce Oil company cases was lssued today. It fs addressed to the attorney general of Texas, and upon lts ar- rival will be authority for the collection of the $1,600,000 fine Imposed by the state courts upon the company. About two-thirds {of the sum will be divided among the Taw. yers who prosecuted the cases, while the |remainder will go to the state. I Marked Money : Found on Officialf‘ Chicago Examining Plumber Arrested on Charge of Taking a | Bribe. { { CHICAGO, April 13—Hugh H. Smith, a |member of the city board of examining | | plumbers ana well known in municipal poli- | tics, was arrested today on a charge of ex- | torting @ bribe. Tho arrest was made In the city hall by detectives from the state's attorney’s office. Fifty dollars in marked | bills, alleged to have been given Smith by | |George Heney, who was, he says, informed that he must pay the sum in order to get & plumber's license, is sald to have been taken from Smith's person. | Militia Guards | talo on every $100 dollars. IN ROCHESTER Damage in Different Sections of the City Amounts to Half Million, HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS What is Saved of Household Effects. ONE GIRL REPORTED MISSING Mayor Edgerton Issues an Appeal for Relief Funds. THE RAIN AIDS FIREMEN 0'clock the Heavy Downpour at Six Assists in Extingul - Flames, but Adds Greatly to the Saffering. ROCHESTER. N. Y., April 13.—Swept along in the face pf a twenty-five mile gale, fire today destroyed several mections of the city and did damage estimated at $600,00. For a time It was thought that a great portion of the city would be de- stroyed, and ald was summoned from Buf- and Syracuse. Tonight 100 familiés were homeless and militiamen guarded what little the people saved of their house- hold effects. Mayor Edgerton has issued a call for relief funds for these families. Some of them are quartered in precinct Kouses and a large number spent the night in & public school, A heavy rain set in at 6 p'clock tonight and while it heiped extinguish the smoul- dering ruins, it was hardship on the home- less. Thieving was stopped by the mllitia. Because of the numerous fires which Rochester has had lately, the Board of Fire Underwriters has Increased rates here on all bulldings cxcept dwellings, 2 cents The increase went into effect today. One girl is reported missing. She worked in the burned Palmer buflding. A woman went violently insane from fear, as her home was in the path of the flames. She was sent to a hospital. The Rochester militia is on duty in the streets and help has been summoned from the Buffalo and Syracuse fire departments. The fire broke out in the Selden bullding, A four-story structure at the cormer of Gibbs and Main streets. That buliding is in ruins. The flames leaped from it to St. Peter's church In Grove street and then to the big Jewish synagogue, the B'Rith Kodesh temple. St. Peter's was saved, but the temple is ruined. Apartment houses ;nn Grove street valued at $100,000 were swept away and then the flames attacked a score or more of residences on that and adjoin- Ing streets and is now spreading to others, Fully 150 families have moved out from the path of the flames. Numerous houses are burning, without a single stream of water to eheck the progress of the fire About the same time fire broke out in the First Reformed church on Nassau streef, in another section of the city and about one mile removed. Only company could be spared for this fire and the church soon fell a prey to the flames, which spread to residences and are now sweeping the street, the residents moving out as fast as the flames approach. Maybray on Way to Des Moines!| Alleged Fake Race Swindler Leaves | Little Rock in Charge of Guard, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 18.—J. C. Maybray, the leader of the alleged fake raco and wrestling' swindlers, left here early today for Des Moines, Ta., in charge of Deputy United States Marshals Burris and Caron. HARRIMAN YACHT IN GALE Boat with Railro: Reaches Magnates Aboard Pensacola After Tr PENSACOLA, Fla., April 13—E. H. Har- rman's yacht, the Sultana,” arrived in Pensacola this morning, after a rough trip from Tampa. The party will leave at noon today for Chicago, main in Pensacola for a few days to make necessary repairs. Mr. Harriman himself is not in the party. Onkl OAKLAND, Natioj toce d Bank is Closed. Cal., April 13—The al bank of this city closed its doors Special Bank Examiner Roerback has taken charge of the Institution and will wind up ite affairs. There is due to de- positors the sum of $525,000, which the bank officers are confident will be pald in fuil. That an Omaha policeman, who was re- garded as a crack shot with firearms, has deserted his post of duty on the police torce and has gone to Oklahoma to hunt | for Crazy Snake, has been suggested by | the unaccountable disappearance since | April 3 of Patrolman Martin Lavelle, No. 43 of “Omaha's finest.” On the night of April 3, Lavelle phoned Police Captain Dunn that he | | would be unable to report for duty on ac- | count of being Ill. Supposing that the mat- ter was of the usual nature, Captain Dunn marked Lavelle absent on sick leave and & day or so later sent Sergeant SBamuelson to the Northwestern hotel, Bixteenth and Webster streets, where the officer has made his home, to inquire about his health, | The “sick” officer had mot been at the | hotel for two or three days and had not been sick, 8o far as the clerk knew. With this information on which to work, and remembering that Lavelle had often been joked about his interest in the recent | movements of Crasy Snake and his band {and about his ability In target practice, it | | was yentured by some of the officers that | perhaps the missing policeman had taken | & notion to go to Oklahoma himself. | Further inquiries gave ground to the | idea, as It was found that Lavelle was seen | once last week and was thought to be pre- | v tele- .Di;i Omaila Fbliceman Put the Fixin’ to Crazy Snake raring to go south. Although the five ser- geants of the police department and many of the patrolmen have been looking for the missing oficer since he disappeared nothing further has been seen or heard of him. A big “D" stands opposite his name in the roll book, signifying “deserted.” Lavelle is about 3 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches tall, welghs 210 pounds and is of sturdy builld. His hair Is brown and his mustache sandy. He is a single man. E the press dispatch eame announcing the probabllity of Crazy Snake’s being" shot killed and burled, the question has arisen 1d Lavelle put the fixin® to the chief? 4 ne answer: “Must have, for the chief was allve and defying everybody and everything until Lavelle left." The big policemen who have stoed shou'der to shoulder with this man Lavello | step back, draw themselves to their full ature and survey thelr towering forms in ardent pride—proud that they did sery- ice with the man who ran to earth the In- dian chief who defled everybody else for weeks. But they are all filled with the fear that some day they'll wake up and Lavelle will walk into the station, step up to the desk and say: “Give me a chew, Patsy: gee, but 1 had & fine fishing trip down there af Cut-0ff." one fire | 145 a day, | srafting in the legislature, and if I should but the yacht will re- | | Union | 00 From the New York World. TANGLED. iy SENATORS TAKE FANCY TRIPS Howell Goes to Honolulu and Others Are Away, TANNER MAY GO TO EUROPE Tired Out Working for the People at Pittance of Five Deollars a Day = Pay Your Own Board. state senator from ebraska democratic Does it pay to be Douglas county in & legislature? Solah. State Sendior Howell hui Teft -fof Hono'| luly, uty, |'stor Springs, Mo., and is reported as con- State Senator Tanner ix at Excel- templating a trip to Burope, and State Sen- ator Ransom, now at another health resort, is said to be planing a Cuban tour. The *hard winter's work” on the small pay of $ per day, out of which they had to pay all their expenses, proved too much for the triumvirate from this county, and {all of them felt the need of a protracted rest. Be that as it may, however, the senators have “flown the coop.” The members of the lower house, as far as known, are all In Omaha, and some of them say they did not come back from Lincoln with enough money to take trips. “What can you expect a fellow to do on asked Jim Connolly. “I did no take a trip you would know mighty well that I got something that did not belong to me. I'm going back to Riverview park again, and that will constitute my sight- seeln House Members Fall Down. Walter P. Thomas also says he failed to save up enough money with which to take a trip to Honolulu, the Bermudas or even Excelsior Springs. Bob Holmes denies that he saved a penny, and Bill Shoemaker says he came back poorer than he went. But all these men were In the house, not the senate. Senator and Mrs. Howell, with their youngest daughter, left Sunday for Hono- lulu, expecting to be gone five or six weeks. They left the city rather suddenly and few of the friends of the senator were permitted a parting handclasp or a chance to say good-bye. 1 know papa’s planning on taking a nice long trip somewhere," “but T don't know where he's going. Papa is ut Excelsior Springs now, having a good time.” Senator Tanner, the member from South Omaha, went to the Springs several days ago and his young son said he is not ex- pected home until the first of the month “and then I suppose he will be going away | again,” he said. Senator Ransom Is out of the city at present. Mrs. Ransom sald she did not know as there was any truth in the re- port that her husband Is planning a trip to Europe; that he had not consuited her on the subject, BACK AT THE OLD STAND The business office of The Bee is to be found again in the ground floor corner of the Bee Building, which has le:n enlarged and re- fitted to accommodate the growing needs of the office force and patrons. Entrance from Farnam street. said Doc Tanner's | Hill and Harriman . Agree on Pacific Coast Situation Two agnates Will Jointly Use Terminals Into Portland— Feud is Denied. BT. PAUL, April 13.—Louls W. HIll, pres- Ident of the Great Northern rallroad, re- turned today from a visit to the Pacific coast and almost the first thing he had to say after he reached his office was that the last remaining difficuity of.operation between the Harriman and Hill interests on the coast had been settled by an agreement between himself and E. H. Harriman by which the Hill road would secure a part ownership in the terminal at Portland, and €0 in there as a bedfellow with the Har- riman interests. Incidentally, he declared that the Har- riman-Hill feud, so-called, was remarkable only for its non-existence. “There never was any Harriman-Hill feud,” he sald. “That was all a newspaper dream. Certainly there has been and will continue to be a sharp competition. That's | trus of every business. There have been | business contentions between the Harri- man and Hill interests. That's natural enough, isn't it, considering the Immediate amount of capital invested and the terri tory covered and the business handied.” “What about the much-talked of fight of the Hill interests to keep Harriman out of eBattle?" “All nonsense. Two years ago we cut off @ strip of our property and sold it to Har- riman to let him Into Seattle and did it so quickly there was hardly a ripple. The transfer was made without anyone know- | ing it CHESTER WINS ENDURANCE Scout Crulser Defeats Salem and Bir- | mingham in Twenty-Four- Hour W 1 NEWPORT, R. L. April 13.—The scout crulser Chester won the twenty-four-hour endurance run at full speed, defeating the | Salem and Birmingham, according to & wircless message picked here today. | The trial ended at 10:4 a. m., chronometor | time. | Big Rrokerage Firm F NEW YORK, April 18.—An involuntary petition in bankruptey was filed In the United States district court here today against the brokerage firm of Ennis & Stoppani, members of the Consolidated Btock exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. The liabilities are alleged in_the petition to be $1.600,000 and the assets $400,- 0. Lindsay Russell was appointed re- celver. | Francisco from ghe five and carthquake of | | designers. | the decpest | by the population during their awful trial FRANCE PRESENTS MEDAL Gift is to Commemorate the Restora- tion of San Francisco, ANOTHER IN A LONG SERIES For Century and a Quarter Two Friendly Nations Have Marked Great Evemts by Tokens of This Kind. WASHINGTON, April 13—A medal in golG, the gift of the French government, commemorative of the restoration of San three yoars ugo, is to be presented in per- son to the authorities of that city by Am- bassador Jusserand between May 20 and %. The wedal was designed by Louls Bottee, winner of ancient prize of Rome and one of the best known French medal On one side is depicted al- legorically the city of San Francisco lay- ing aside its shroud and issuing forth from the ruins, while on the other is repre- sented France presenting a branch of laurel to America The medal is offered to the American people and the city of San Irancisco as a token of sympathy and admiration by the French republic, M. Jusserand in letter asking the offices of Secretary Kn: in informing the San Francisco authorities ot the instructions he has received, gave a brief history of the incldents and mo- tives which inspired his government in presenting the medal Congress In 1904 directed that a single gold medal be struck to commemorate the th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin and presented to the French re- public. M. Jusserand received It from Sec- | retary Root at Philadelphia about three ars ago and the ambassador in his re- sponse expressed the earnest hope that one of the next medals to be struck would commemorate the resurrection of San Franclsco, the disaster to which awakened grief in every French heart and admiration for the manliness displayed | a Continuing, M Mr. Knox, sald ““The words which I spoke thus and under the influence of the emotion called by event turned out to agree s> exactly with the sentiment of my country that the gov ernment of the republic at once appropri- ated them as its own, It consequently clded to justify them, while at time the inhabitants of he de gion were, on heir part, seiting about to restore thelr city in its original beauty with the energy and success which it had been €0 casy to predict “In conformity, therefore, with the wish Jusserand n his letter to that | the same tated e (Continued on Second Page.) CHICAGO, April 13.—Wheat for delivery in May, July and September established | new high record marks at the opening of the Board of Trade today. May wheat, the available supply of which |1s in the hands of one man, who also Is | the owner of millions of bushels of “‘paper wheat for which shorts will have to settio | at his own price, opened with small sales {at from $1.27 to $1.28. The latter price s |3 cents better than the most sanguine pre- | diction made two months ago by the lead- ing bull. It is 8 cents over the price he | publicly declared at that time would be reached. July rose early to $1.17%, an ad- vance cver yesterday of lsc. September touched $1.00%, a gain of T@lc overnight. The Liverpool market furnished the bull news of the hour. Wheat there, after the prolonged Easter holiday, faithfully re- flected conditions on this side of the At- lantic and prices were marked up 34@%4 Other European markets advanced sympa- | thetically. The real Influence, however, was & general bellef which has been stub- bornly forcing itself on the average trader that there s & world wide shortage of the sreat staple cereal. Reports of favorable weather for the growing crop in the winter | wheat beit was ignored. The bull leader ! May Wheat Three Cents Above Hj_gfihems; Predictions| | tracts of Ennis & Stoppan! | sion was quoted to the effect that it will take three or four years for the wheat acrcage, encouraged by high prices, to inc ficiently to force the market level. The opening flurry sald, to the ase suf- to a lower in May closing out of was due, it is the May con- the brokers f New York and Chicago, against whom an | involuntary petition in bankruptey was flled In New York today. The amount in- volved here is sald not to have been large, NEW YORK, April 13- Excitement fore'gn markets, with a big advance Lverpool after the holidays, caused an roar and new high records In the wheat market today May Jumped 3134 and July sold at $1.24%. or 1ic last night, with heavy buying by commis- houses and foreigners a feature. Later the market broke Zigc a bushel under lieavy realizing and reports that the Chj cago bulls were selling late months on the in in up local 2 to over improved weather. | Apple Crop Threatened. CHILLICOTHE, Mo.. April 15.—A heavy snow fell in this part of Missourl yester- day. The temperature dropped to below the freesing point. Fears are enterrained that the large apple and peach orchards in the section will be slightly damaged. {Two Battalions |the necessary { and | ress. | of parllamentary government IS IN REVOLT 6f Troops Leave Ministry of War and Surround House of Parliament. DEMAND DISMISSAL OF OFFICIALS Objections to Grand Vigier, President of Chamber and War Minister, PANIC SEIZES THE PEOPLE Business Houses Throughout Constan- tinople Hurriedly Closed. STARTLING RUMORS ARE CURRENT Stralned Relations for Several Weels Were Result of Young Party te Control Pablic Aftairs, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13 —Serious disturbances of a revolutionary character have broken out here. The situation is grave. The mutinous trgops are demonstrating against the bullding of Parllament. Panic has seized the people of Constantinople, and all through the city shops are being hurrfedly closed FRANKFORT, April 13.—"Constantinople has been in full revolution since early this morning.” declares the Constantinople cor- respondent of the Frankfurter Zeltung. “Two battalions of troops quartered in the Ministry of War marched out at dawn, headed by their oficers, and proceeded via Divan and Joul streets to the mosque of St. Sophia, from which point they sur- rounded the bullding of Parliament. They demand the dismissal of the grand visler, the president of the chamber and the min- ister of war." VIENNA, April 18.~8tartling rumors are current here to the effect that Constantino- ple today Is in the throes of a grave revo- lutionary movement. The information thus far received is meager, but it s reported that several thousand mutinous troops have surrounded the bullding of Parliament and that the whole capital is In & state of dangerous ex- cltement, Another report says that the minlstry of war bullding has been occupled by the in- surgents and that the minister has fled. Situntion ix Grave. LONDON, April 13.—~The only news ts reach London up to 12:3 today of the sit- uation at Constantinople was contained In a code message which set forth that serious disturbances’ of a revolutionary character had broken out and the sitnation was grave. This message was accepted here as | for shadowing a dangeraus upheaval Neither the Forelgn office, the Turkish embassy nor the banks with Constantinopie conncetlons had any further information. It i known, however, that the situitim has been extremely strained for several weeks ‘owing to the great bitterhiess be- {tween the committee of unfon and progtess” and the libernls. Tha liberals resent lattempts of the committ=e to control pul affalrs. The murder of Hassan Fehm! Bffendl, editor of the liberal newspaper Serbesti, on April 7 is thought here to have been the climax of this political feud. The editor was shot and killed by an unknown man as he was entering his off'ce, and a gov- ernment officls accompanyng him was wounded. The Serbesti had been carrying on campalgn against the cominittee of unfon and progress, in other words, the young Turks. Violent demonstrations hoth in Par'ia- ment and in the streeta adjacent followed the killing of the editor. The giand vizier and the president of the chamber wer: obliged to harangue the crowds outside and ssure them that justice would be done. The ciiamber accepted an interpelation de- nouncing the crime as a polit'eal murder and calling upon the government to taie steps to apprehend the as- sassin. The present gra Hilmi Pasha. He office on February 1 vizler of Turkey i was appointed to ihis 14 in succession (o | Kiamil Pasha. Hilmi Pasha was formerly minister of the interfor and before holding this offics he served as inspector general of Mace- donia. Ali Riza Pasha is minister of war marine and is grand master of ar- These and the other chunges in the eabinet that took place In February showed the absolute control of the po- litical situation by the Young Turks party, or committee of union and proa- whieh virtually imposed on the sul- tan a ministry of its own nominees. The committee on February 14 publicly repudiated any intention to overthrow the sultan or to install a military dictator ship, but the crisis and its outcome was then regarded as not promising well for the stability of the throne or the success It has been @ question how the moderate elements of the empire would regard this assumption of absolute power by an firresponsible committee The committee of union and progress conslstently opposed Klamil Pasha, Hilm! Pasha's predecessor. 1t suspected him of belng too considerate of palace influence and complained of his slowness In con- ducting the negotiations with Austro- Hungary Bulgaria On April 3 Kiamil Pasha issued a state- ent in which he (anfllln(:I'd the comiuit- tee of and progress, to whose machinatfons attributed the vo of censure in the Turkish Parll nt and the consequent downfall of his cabinet. The irresponsible interference of this comunit- tee, Kigmll Pasha declared, bad neuiral- ed the efforts of the government and it permitted to continue would serivudsly tillery and union he | endanger the future of the country. Death of Wife Causes Suicide Lumber Merchant of Muskogee Takes Carbolic Acid—Was For- mer Iowan. MUSKOGEE, & lumber merchant aged cide In his at the here today by drinking acid. Boyles left a note declaring his act was due to grief over the death of his wife re- cently. e formerly was prominent in the lumber business in Keokuk and Ceateryiiie Ja, and In Kansas Okl., Apri) 13.-M. L. Boyles, mmitted sui- room Vendome ho!