Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 12, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE goes to the homes 48 read by the women—sells goods for advertisers. VOL. XXXVII--NO. 283, OMAHA, G00D PROGRESS | 0N TARIFF mLLl Amendments by Committee on Fi- nance Are Upheld in Senate by Substantial M~ ‘yrities. 2 CHINAWARE S E Amendment by Mr, Rate on Earthe OBJECT LESSON BY ' SCOTT ! Senator Who Makes Glas anotes Wholesale Prices, 1 | city PROFITS OF DEALERS ENORMOUS ... | hers Soid hy Factory for \‘In-n; Cents n Dozen Cost Forty Cents ‘neh at Retal crense Under Protection. Prices De- 1 consider Substantial | tion of WASHINGTON. May prokiess was made in the tari(f bill today, the amendm the committee on finance being ur the senate by substantial majorities A feature of the day's sesslon was a gen- neerning great dis- esale and retail prices senators de- eral discussion ¢ the hetween wh mmodities. Republican that this dQifference was so great demonstrate that the duty levied by 4 protective tariff had small effect on | the price pald by the consumer This feature of the discussion was pre- cipitated hy Senator Scott himself, a glass manufacturer. - dule parity covering the products of lead was passed over upon the sugges- tlon of Benator Aldrich, because he sald the finance committee desire to make some changes In the duties aa previously recom- mended The section Th veluting to lime stone rock asphalt was at first amended by reducing tre duty 50 per cent under the present law, but later, on motiod of Mr. Beverldge, who suggested that perhaps that article should g0 on the free list, the paragraph was temporarily passed over. | The schedule relating to mica was also passed over, Mr. Aldrich saylng the com- mittes desired to reconsider that para- graph, as it was not now satistied whether the duty should be Increased or whether the article should be placed on the froe st Cummins on_Chinaware. When the schedules relating to china- ware and earthenware was reached, Mr. Cummins suggested that two-thirds of toe chinaware used in this country was lm- | ported, while 80 per cent of the earthen- ware used was of domestlc manufacture, and added that he proposed later, to offer an ameddment to reduce the rate on earth- | enware.s MY, AlINIch spid that the two articles had been classified together and given the same duty since 1883, even the | Wilson bill making no change in the classi- | fication. | As @ result of an understanding reached hereafter the senate will finally adopt each | paragraph of the bill as reached, unless | passed over by agreement, and no further opportunity will be had to amend the meas- ure until it has reached the parilamentary | status of belng before the senate | Bpeaking In favor of a reduction of the duties on steel and earthenware as a4 means of giving the people generally cheaper | goods of that kind, Mr. Bacon offered | an amendment reducing the rate from & to 3 per cent ad valorem | Stating that this industry exemplified the lest Influences of the protective tarif sy tems, by encouraging home production, while at the same time being submitted to a lively competition from abroad, Mr. Dol- liver mald he would vote agatnst this pro- posed decrcase of duty | Mr. Aldrich said that the revenue re- ! celved from the china and earthenware | schedules was $6,000,000, the importations | amounting to 39,600,000, | Mr. Bacon's amendment was defeated, % | to B4, Senator La Follette being the only | republican who voted in the affirmative | with the democrats Explaining that he desired a rate of duty | on common crockeryware which reduce its | cost (o the consumer, Mr. Bacon offered | mnother amendment to reduce the rate from B per cent ad valorem as it stood in the | bill, to ¥ per cent 1t was voted down, | W to 1 | When the schedule was reached, | Mr. 8cott made a plea for protection of the | &luss industry | Object Lesson by Scott. | Taking from the shelf on his desk one plece of glassware after another and hold- ing them up in full view of the senate Mr. | Scott gave an objeot lesson in the cheap- | ness of the ware. H “Here,” {s & half gallon pitcher we sell | for 8 cents a domen. It sells at retail for about # cents aplece.” enators and visitors in the galleries cruned their necks to see the sample held | ft by Mr. Scott “Here agaln, When 1 first w this tumbler said it nto the glass businces lled at §$260 a dozen. Now | we sell it for 11 cents a dozen, less than 1| cent & plece. Here is a glass dish to bought In any storé for 70 cents a dozen “If we keep on we will soon he paying | reaple to this glassware away Here is & goblet that formerly sold for 88 a dozen and which now under protec- tion sells for 25 cents a doven Then holding up a pleture of an eleven- story bullding. Mr. Scott said it was the business place of the wholesaler and re- tatler of glassware and he added that the men who owned the had made | he 18 a tumbler. carry ther building more money than All the glass manufac- | Skipping lightly over the floor, bowing to , smaller children, are played with {ome another and singing childish songs, | ‘Postofice’ turers b exht Hale took advantage of Mr. Scott's | tion to make a point in support of the prot po! as a whole | TAFT AND TRAVIS PLAY GOLF‘ President and Former Champlon Will | He Pair in Foresome on Saturday. ! WASHINGTON, May 11.—President Taft tomorrow will play the most notable game Of golf In his career up to this time, when, palred with Waiter J. Travis, the former natlonal champlon, he will engage In a foursome against General Clarence E4- Wwards. chief of the insular bureau of the War department, and E. Oden Horstmann, one of the cracks of the Chevy Chase club. The game will be “for blood." a | ana gave judgment to the Water company | now affirmed | that at the second trial there was not suf | stantial evidence | payment | ports from Water Company Wins Hydrant | Case at St. Paul| Court of Appeals Affirms Judgment | Against City of Omaha for Over $100,000. i ST. PAUL, Minn., May 11 gram.) (Special Tele- | The Omaha Water company won | victory in the hydrant renta case agalnst the the city of Omaha, in the cir cuit court of appeals In an opinion which | affirms the decision of Judge T. C. .\l\m.vr‘ KIVINg the compan - ‘udgment for over $100,- 000 for the rental of hydrants. The case was originally tried before Judge W. H. Munger, who found for the he case was appealed and the cir- court of appeals reversed the lower | and ordered a retrial. Judge T. C.| Munger heard the case the second time | uit court for the amount claimed. This decision is | The same questions are involved in sev- eral other cases. The circuit court is upheld in holding ficlent evidence for the consideration of the jury that the water company had, | under facts conceded to exist, fafled in substantially performing fts obligation under the ordinance contracts. The says that without restating the oplnions of the lower court or men- tioning additional evidence recelved, when | the case was appealed oefore, it is suffi- clent to say it thinks the circuit court was right. The proof was, says the court, that the water company had substantially pe formed Its contract and there was no sub- to the contrary The decision will have the effect of in- definitely postponing the four other hydrant rental cases now pending in the United States clrcult court at Omaha. Al of these cases are for approximately $30,000 each. The sixth of these cases was filed in the Omaha federal court In January, 1906, & case being filed each six months. Another will be due for filing June 1. Belle Fourche Land Office Opens July 1| court Commissioner of the General Office Has Issued His Proclamation to That Effect. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 1l.~The commis- slonre of the gencral land office has is- sued a proclamation declaring that the Belle Fourche land district, with office at Belle Fourche, 8. D., will be ready for business July 1. Thix will be of great bene- it o farmers urder the government pro- Ject, as’ therc is @ great deal of business with the land office on account of amend- | ing entries to comply with farm unit maps, of watér rights and application for water. & | On March 77 the secrétary of the interior | approved the preliminary farm unit plats | covering portions of the Belle Fourche | profect not nlready opened under order | of June 21, 197. These plats have been | flled with the land office and persons who | have entries can now amend them and can | get on the land on which they belong. Thero are still & number of farms open for filing on in the Belle Fourche p tor which water 15 now ready for delivery. Acto | r Proves : He is a Rogue| 1 Shrewd English Thespian Rakes Up 0ld Law to Avoid Jury | Service. | LONDON, May 1L.—An actor who was summoned today to serve on n jury made the successtul plea that under the law he | was a “rogue and vagabcnd,” and there- | fore fneltgible | In support of his contentlon he produced an old act of Parllament which never has been repealed. The judge hastly perused | this act and had to admit that the actor | was not qualified to sit on a jury ALLIANCE MAN _IN TROUBLE Arrested for Passing Worthless Checks, Says Relative May Have Shifted Accounts, CHICAGO, 1Il, May 1L—(Special Tele- | gram.)—-T. G. Ganson, formerly engaged in | the hotel business in Alliance, Neb., under | arrest for passing worthless checks, hall been placed In & pecullar predicament, if his story told to Municipal Judge Hume 18 | true. Ganson was granted a continuance untfl tomorrow pending the arrival of re- the Alllance National bank. | According to Ganson his brother-in-law had access to his bank account, and when a check given the hotel was returned marked “Ni he explained | that his relative may have transferred their | account to another bank. | Annts | the homicide, which is clearly against the | flaw, | who | jury, squaring his shoulders, thrown back | | decision of the jurors, ! his two tele | acquittal CAPTAIN HAINES FOUND GUILTY Slayer of William C. Annis is Con- victed of Manslaughter in the First Degree. BOTH SIDES ARE SURPRISED Best District Attorney Hoped for Wi a Disagreement. | JURY OUT BUT THREE HOURS | Four Ballots Taken and Panel was| Epually Divided on First Three. | | WILL MOVE FOR NEW TRIAL | Defense Will Allege That Jury Was | Not Properly Guarded and That Verdict 1a Not Warranted by the Evidence. FLUSHING, N. Y Peter C. Hains, jr.. U a prison term of from one to twenty years. Desplte submitted by the defense as show he was convicted late to of mansiaughter in the first degree for killing Willlam E. at the Bayside Yacht club last May 11.—Captain S. A, tonight faces, the testimony tending to insanity, August. Quietly followinfg the young army offi- cer's conviction, his announced that they would produce affldavits to show that the jury had not been properly guarded during the trial, and upon this allegation will urge that a new trial be granted. Those affidsvits will be submit- ted on Monday, time for passing sentence, and for any motions that the de- fendant's counsel desite to make. There will, of course, he tha usual motions to set aside the verdict as against the welght of evidence and contrary to law, but the unguarded jury feature is the only de- parture from the usual proceedure look- Ing to a new trial counsal the Both Sides Surprised. Danfel O'Rellly of counsel, defense, said: ““There was no evidence In this case to| warrant & verdict of menslaughter. It should elther have been murder in the | first degree or mcquittal on the ground of insanity. The jurors were permitted to roam ahout the county in an automobile | and go right to the verge of the scene of | We will have affidavits to prove | that such\is the case, and also that the { Jurors wergpermitted to leave the jurisdic- tion of the county, and have been on gov- ernment property at Fort Totten, all of which will be urged as a ground for set- ting aside the verdict.” The conviction, after the jury had been | out less than three hours came as a sur- prige. 1t had been expected that u verdict of acquittal on the ground of insanity, or a disagreement would result No one was no more surprised than Dis- trict Attorney Dewitt, who had said all he could hope for was a disagreement. Unlike the scenes attending the trial of Thornton Hains, the defendant's brother, | was acquitted of complicity in the crime, there was no demonstration in court f the verdiet was rendered. | Defendant Little Affected, | Captain Halns stood up and faced the | when in mititary fashion, while Foreman Sund-1 | ling recited the verdict. As he heard li|e| Hains face was as | He stood for a few mo- | staring at the jury after | Then one of his and he quickly sat | white as chalk ments motionless, he heard the verdict lawyers touched him down. A few moments later, affected by the verdict, apparently he walked little from the court room with a steady step, hetween | lawyers, and was taken back to the Queen's county jafl, In striking contrast waa the grief of his | aged father, General Peter C. Hains and his brother, Major John Power Halnes. For & moment they sat as if dazed, then broke down and wept. The ocaptain's mother was not in court, having returned to New York early in the afternoon. This precaiition was taken both, because of the uncertainty of the duration of the jury's deliberations and to shield her from the shock. General Halus, however, quickly communicated the verdict to her over the | ‘hone. | Four Ballots Taken. After the jury was discharged,juror No. 6, Willlam Craft, said four ballots were taken. On the first three ballots six voted for murder in the first degree and six for on the ground of insanity. On the fourth ballot the compromise of man- slaughter In the first degree was reached. Little consideration was given to the e pert testimony or Craft sald. They believed, he continued, that Mrs. Claudia Hains, the defendant's wife had made a confession to her husband of improper re- | lations with Annis and that Annis deserved | his fate, but none of them would consider the unwritten law and therefore the man- siaughter verdiet resulted Mrs. Annis was not in court was court yesterday during ming of the defenss, but at was called as a witness today. She the sum- no time in 'Young Women Play bhild Games in the City Hall thirty young women—otherwise dignified daily play childhood games in the top floor of the city hall The king of France marched up the | hill," sings half the women as they march | half way to meet the others, and then, re- | tracing their steps, the other half march | out and sing: “They waved their banners | to the breeze,” and then retreat in turn. ‘Whoe will you choose to pull away sings one side in another game. | “We'll choosé Mary to pull away,” re- | plied the other and then the champions of the two #ides Mtep out from among thelr associates and, grasping one another's hands, pull with might and mnain, the loser being taken captive to the other side. The | game is then repeated. | “Pump, pump, pull away, ing around the rosy” “Drop the Wandkerchief” and many oiher games du, to the heart of the | bers of the school teachers' training class o5t is about the only game not played In the city hall | But the thirty young women who gather each afterncon on the top floor of the cliy’s municipal building to play games of their chiddhood do not do so from choice or for the fun of playing. They play the | games to refresh their memory and (o learn new ones that can be taught to real children, for the young women are mem- and the playing of games is as much a part of their training to “teach the young | idea how to shoot.” as is the learning of | rigid rules of pedagogy. Mrs. Chittenden and Mrs. Cooper, the instructre: gen- erally have their “girls” play the games behind closed doors, but an exception was | made Monday and a few outsiders were | allowed to see the young women play as | they did eighteen or twenty years ago. 1 \ WEDNESDAY | ger, | Omanha MORNING, MAY 12, 1909—-TWELVE PAGES. WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska - Thundershowers. For lowa—\Warmer ather report see page From the Chicago Tribume. GENERAL STRIEE IN PARIS Postal Employes’ Committee Orders Suspension of Work. PREPARATIONS OF GOVERNMENT Wireless Telegraphy d" Automobiles Will Be Used to Insure Move- ment of Messages and Letters, BULLETIN, PARIS, May 11.—The federal of the postal employes tonight tssued an order for a general strike. committee voted and MARSEILLES, May 11.—The military and clvil authoritles, with the ald of the Cham- ber of Commerce, have completed arrange- ments for wireless telegraphy and auto- moblle service to insure the continuation of the transmission of telegrams and letters in case of a strike LYONS, France, May 11.—The local p men have issued a final appeal to parlia- ment against the government's “fallure to keep its promises.” NO GRAND JURY AT TULSA Work of Selecting Jurors Will Prob- ably Not End Until Wednesday. TULSA, OklL, May M.—Another effort was made in the federal court here today to complete the grand jury that is to re- investigate the Muskogee town lots, in- volving Governor Haskell and others Eleven quallfied yesterday and five others Judge Marshall yesterday ge the privilege of were needed gave counsel for defe participating in the selection of the jury, but they did not take advantage of the offer. The jury may not be completed till Wednesday and the presentation of testi- mony probably will not be begun before Thursday |SNYDER HEADS STATE CLUBS Washington Correspondent for The Bee Elected President of League of Republican Organizations. . spondent Pdgar C. Sny- of The WASHINGTON Washington Bee, has been elected president of the League of Republican State Clubs, which comprises numerous state organiza- tions this city May in Watch the pen- nies and the dollars will take care of themselves. The thrifty watch the want ads. ‘Watch the want ads, they meke the pennies that grow to doHars. When you keep things you dem't need they are worth less every year. There are a lot ?f people who know this who want to sell all sorts of things cheap. They sell them through Bee want ads. All you have to do is to keep reading the want ads. You' will find you can save a lot of money.by buying what is-sdvestised thene,. | zessin Cecilie, Wrights Back to Make Tests Will Go to Dayton to Work on Gov- | ernment Aeroplanes and Then to Washington, | NEW YORK, May 11.—Wilbur Wright and Orvilla Wright, the aeronauts, were pas- sengers on board the steamer Kron Prin- which arrived here today. concern s to the accident which befell Lieutenant Calderara of the Italian navy in falling from the Wright Acroplane at Rome on Thursday last was manifested by the Wright brothers on reaching the quarantine station. After sat- isfying themselves as to the extent of the lioutenant's njuries, the brothers said they would go as soon as possible to thelr home n Dayton, O, Where the aeroplanes in- tended for use of the government service are completed. From Dayton they said they intended to proceed to Washington 10 test the aeroplanes under the direction of government representatives. The Wright brothers united In sayIng they had no in- tention of making secret experiments. Fol- lowing the completion of their work in Washington they announced they expected to return to Europe to contlnue their con- tracts already made with private Individ- uals. A large party of friends boarded the Kron Prinzessin Cecllle at Quarantine, greeted the aeronauts and accompanied them to the landing at Hoboken. Considerable Prominent lowan i1s Found Dead| Friends of J. F. Doty of West Lib- erty Think He Was Murdered in Store. WEST LIBERTY, la, May 11.—Shot through the throat, J. F. Doty, prominent hardware merchant of this city, was found dead in his store this morning at 6 o'clock. Doty was missing from his home last night and this morning a search was started Friends are at a loss to assign any reasoa for committing suicide and believe he was murdered. An Investigation is on foot to | solve the mystery. Doty was formerly vice president of the State Hardware Deal ers' assoclation and is a member of the board of directors of the Hardware Mer- chants 'Insurance company. He was &8 vears of age and leaves a wife and two daughters, one of whom Is a student in the University of Chicago. YORK CAPTURED BY VETERANS Annual Encampment Draws Many 0ld Soldiers and Friends. GRAND WELCOME GIVEN VISITORS Streets Profusely Decorated Plans Made to Provide All Sorts of Pleasure and Entert ment by the Citizens. YORK, Neb., May 11.—(8pecial Telegram.) —This evening the city of York business streets are & continuous mass of red, white and hlue, and Old Glory is waiving from the tops of /Al the public bulldings and many of the business houses, welcom- ing the hundreds of Grand Army of Republic veterans, who arrived today. Long before tha time for opening the exerclses the large Methodist church was filled overflowing. The exercises commenced with music by civil war musiclans and invocation by Rev C. Clift, followed by patrlotic songs. Major W. L. Kirkpatrick in his address of w come told how York considered it an honor and a pleasure to have living participants of one of thé flercest and bloodiest wars in history. Rresident Woods of the York Commercial club on behalf of the business men of York welcomed the veterans, wives and daughters to beautiful York, assuring them that everything would be done for thelr entertainment. The addresses were responded to by members of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic, an address by the national president of the Woman's Rellef corps and an ad- dress by Mrs. Abble Adams, after which & general reception was held the to Parade to Be Feature. Tomorrow promises to be the record day The parade, led by the York Com: Club band, followed by school and students of clal hildren colleges, in the various which several bands and drum corps and | others will participate, will be one of the greatest and best parades ever given in honor of the veterans at a G. A. R. en- campment. Our citizens have in every way provided for the reception and entertainment in the way for which York has become fa- mous. The streets are decorated in honor of the heross, and cach home played the old flag so treasured by its Buests. A dy the boys are keeing step with the fife and drum, and the stirring ecenes of nearly half a century ago being told and retold, awakening are and re (Continued on Second Page.) House Runs Away and is Stopped by a Lamppost Looking out of the windows of the Jean club at Twenty-fourth and Hamey streets | Tuesday morning, young women saw & house running down street, ig-2agging | from one side to another as though it had been out all night and was returning home & little weak in the knees On down toward the city went the house, past the Wise Memorial hospital and the Metropolitan club house, no one apparently | guiding its course as it sped along at a good gait. “It's haunted,” screamed one of the g in the Jean club house. “Don't tell me thers is no such a thing as spooks. That 0ld house is being carried away by ghosts, it 1s so tull of them.” Crossing Twenty-third street, a number of pedestrians looked up Harney street when they heard a pecullar grating and screeching. They saw & house bearing down on them and fled for cover. F. D. Wead saw it. He fs in the real | simply hunting a lot for Is a small house and it has got ashamod of itself among all these big house and Ia selt.” With this the real estate dealer drove o At about Twenty-second s concluded to stop. It headed north curb and struck it blow, though it intended climbing the terrace and snuggling close to some of the big build- ings. In doing this it ran over a lamp post or two, and there It stopped as uncon- cerned as though nothing had happened The house was being moved up Harney street and was held fast by a rope. Strong wind against it Is supposed to have in- creased the welght to such an extent that the rope snapped and the house started down hill on its truck. It was fortunatg for wires and telephone cables that it was @ small structure, or it would put the cross tOWn car line at Twenty-fourth street out, Of business and disconnected a few nelghborhoods from the telephone ex- n eet the house the as in for a severe have estate business and reasoned thusi "That | change, has dis- | IMOTOR BALLOON . T0 FORT OMAHA Chief Signal Officer General James Allen Orders Dirigible No. 1 Sent Here Immediately. |CHANGE OF PLANS NECESSARY | Tests and Experiments for Fort Myer | Are Transferred to Omaha. ‘PIVE EXPERTS ARE COMING | Lamb, Foulo, Dickenson and Winter | to Accompany Machine. ; ELABORATE PROGRAM OUTLINED Will Include Wireleas Teles an; Telegraph ments and Use of Dirigibles for Puarposes of Attack, one Experis WASHINGTON, May 11 ~Owing to the falinre ngress provide funds for the construction of a gas plant and boller house at the Fort Myer aerdome, General James Allen, chlef officor of the Signal corps has been forced to change his plans tor acronautical trials and tests at Fort Myer this summer The army motor balloon, purchased last fall, will be shipped immediately to Fort Omaha, where a modern hydrogen gas plant and a hangar or balloon house has been erocted. Within ten days the balloon detachment and Lieutenants Lahm, Foulo, Winter, Bamberger and Dickerson of the | aeronautic division will go to Port Omaha | In the meantime free flights will be made in the signal corps sphérieal balloon 60. 11, | which has a capacity of 3,000 cublo feet of gAs and can carry three men. Lieutenants Lahm and ulo will return to Washington for the aeroplant trips after instructing the | other officers in the handiing of the dirig- { ible. General numerous at Fort with wir Allen had planned to conduet experiments with tha dirlgible Myer, including exhaustive tests ess telephone and telegraph. He had also planned to co-operate with the { Artillery corps in conducting vamous tests to demonstrate the feasibility of using | dirigibles for purposes of attack. The | change In the program for the balioon | flights will not interfere in the plans for | the Wright Brothers and Herring acroplane | trials at Fort Myer. Minden Boy Confesses to Bank Robbery Said to Have Implicated Two Men Who Left Minden Hurriedly in an Automobile, MINDEN, Neb. May il.—(Epecial Tele- m.)—By the arrest oat Alma of Reégner Aabel, jr.. of Minden, it is belleved the mystery of the Keene and Heartwellbank robberics last fall and winter and of' a large number of minor crimes has been solved According to the report recelved Here, | Aabel has confessed to the sheiff of Har- lan county and has implicated as his ac- | complices two men named Galloway and Crow, who have been living here for several months ’ Following the receipt of the news of the confesslon here Galloway and Crow hired an automoblle and speeded to Kearney, where they took the train and have not been apprehended yet. The Harlan county eheriff yesterday telephoned the sheriff here that he would be over in an auto- mobile to arrest some Minden men, but re | tused to divuige the names of the men he wanted. Before he arrived Galloway and Crow got wind of what was going on |and skipped In the motor car. Crow has posed here as a foot ra while Galloway |has had no apparent oeceupation. It Is sald Aabel in his confession told { the sheriff that he was the custodian of { the stolen property and that he kept it in la barn at some point in Harlan county | Aabel comes from a very fine family here and his arrest has caused a sensation The Keene county bank robbery was pulled off last November, while the one at Heartwell was near the hollday EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONGRESS | IS IN SESSION AT BOSTON 1 | Leading Bishops, Clergymen and Lay- | men from All Parts of Country Discuss Problems. | BOSTON. Mass., May 11.—-With many of the leading bishops, rectors and laymen of the Eplscopal chureh present from all parts of the country, thé twenty-seventh annual national Eplscopsl Chureh congr was | opened in this city today. The congress will be in session four days. The congress, which has no function held principally to forum subjects of be discussed Among the clergymen attending is Hens- ley Herbert Henson, eanon of Westmin and rector of 8t. Margarets, London. Brgland. Canon Henson is one of the strongest advocates in the English church of the doctrine of closer relationship be- tween the Eplscopal and other Protestant churches. He will speak before the con- gress on this subject The congress assembled meeting shortly before church, where a holy was he Following delive legislative provide a interest to the is where church may ster for noon its first at Trinity communion service this the opening ad- by Right Rev. Dr blshop coadjutor of dress was red Edward M New Hampshire Except for today's meeting at Trinity church, the congress sessibns will be held at Tremont t CONDUCTORS MEET AT BOSTON G Parker, nple and Division Begins Ten Days’ Ses- sion with Thousands of Dele- wates Presen COLUMBUS, O. May 1.—The ninth bi- ennial convention of the National ‘Brother- hood of Rallway Tralnmen opened today After Grand Master W. G. Lee of Cleve- land, had calied the 500 delegates to order, announcement of various committees was | made and adjournment taken to this after- noon. There has been a gain of more thar 2,000 members during the last twe pears and the membership now numbers 301,000,