Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1909, Page 1

" 18 ¥ \ — 4 b § . LIQUOR QUESTION e ' EIEWS SECTION, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Snow flurries. For lowa—Partly cloudy: colder. For weather report see page 3. VOL. XXXIX-—NO. 129. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1909—TWENTY PAGES. s1 AG—LL CoPrY TWO CENTS. UNION MEN AND | | Possibility that Relations of Labor to | Saloons May Be Discussed in Convention. | TEMPERANCE MEETING SUNDAY | | Rev. Mr, Stelzle, John Mitchell and John B. Lennon to Talk. GOMPERS WOULD AVOID DEBATE Preacher-Delegate and Head of Bar- tenders’ Union Confer. LATTER OUTLINES HIS PLANS Says He Wil All(l-l;i to Get Uni I‘ to Steop Holdin Meetings the Back Hooms of Smloons. | TORONTO, Nov. 12.—During the five days | the American Federation of Labor has been In session there has been much suppressed | #peculation as to the attitude the conven- | tion might take on the question of iabor | and the saloon. When it was announced early in the week that a temperance mass meeting | would be heid Bunday, under the auspices of the labor department of the Presby- térian church, the delegates representing the International Union of the United Brewery Workmen, the Hotel and Restaur- ant Employes’ International alllance and A% Bartenders' International League of | "7 America began to canvass the situation | quletly as to whether the liquor question was llkely to reach the floor of the con- | vention. | l Rev. Charies Stelzle, a fraternal delegate | heam the federal council of the Church of | Christ in America, and a warm advocate of the principles of trades unionism, has been advocating the establishment of a temperance brotherhood among the trades unfons and will preside at Sunday's meel- ing. In the event of an attack by resolution or otherwise in the convention, the repre- sentatives of the liquor Interests unt on the support of the Clkarmakers' Interna- tional Union of America, in whose delega- ton is Samuel Gompers, president of the federation. i Edward Hirsch, president of the Baltl-| more Federation of Labor, also is credited | with being an opponent of the Stelzie pro- gram. Stelzle and Sulftvan, It 18 understood, however, that, President Gompers Is anxlous to avold a debate on the liquor question on the ftloor of the convention, and he was instrumental to-| day In bringing about a meeting between Jerry Sullivan, representing the Bartend- | ors’ union, and Mr. Stelzle. They had a telk durfng which Mr. smu;‘e gave Sullivan to understand that his plans : __pdemenit contemplite’ Wi Weeerpt to get des unions to stop holding meetings in ack rooms of saloons. President, Gompers, it is said, has agreed to lend his support to a resolution en- # dorsing the erection of labor temples and other places for holding labor union meet- ings. | Sunday's meeting will be addressed by Rev. Mr. Steizle, John Mitchell and John B. Lennon, treasurer of the federation. Mr. Lennon Is understood to take the atti- | tude that the/use of llquor by working- men affects the rate of wages because it lowers the degree of efficlency of the men, and Mr. Mitchell will discuss the contention that increased wages and shorter hours mean added profits to the saloons. Gompers on Contempt Case. Committee meetings occupled the ma- jority of the delcgates during the greater part of the day following a brief session of the convention this morning at which resident Gompers was called upon by ne of the delegates to discuss the status ¢ the present contempt proceedings as a result of which Mr. Gompers, John Mitch- | ell and Frank Morrison may have to serve terms in Mr. Gompers 8ald the question of an ap- k] and the line of defense will be dis- ssed at a gonference bétween the de- fendants and their counsel to be held soon after the convention adjourns. This con-| ference in all probability will take place in New York on Noyember 23. Mr. Gompers declared that Justice Wright was gullty of “outrageous conduct ‘: s0 cruelly excoriating the honest con- ) 4 t of the three citizens who undertook test the law and in imposing unusual sentences.” Mr. Gompers said there were three ways In which the case could reach the su- preme court of the United States, by writ of error, by writ of certiorari or by writ of habeas corpus after the defend- ants had been placed in Jjall. “Either we have the right of free speech and free press or we have not,”” sald Mr. Gompers, “and we want the court to say | #0. Whether we will go to jail I do not| know. I have an abiding faith In the jus- | tice of our causé, and I can only express the hope that the higher courts of our land will immortalize themselves by the velncarnation of the magna charter and | the constitution of the United States.” ° An appeal for moral and financial as- sistance from the striking garment work- ers in St. Louls was read and deferred, several resolutions were presented, and at 10:40 o'clock the convention adjourned unti tomorrov:. Japanese in 1) Kansas City Commission Imspects Packing Plants and Factories and Will Leave for Omaha Tonight. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 12—The honorary commercial commission from Japan spent today in Kansas City. Followlng a drive over the city as the guests of the Com- mercial club, the visitors inspected a packing house and several factories in the yest bottoms. They also viisted the West- jort Migh school, wiere Baron Naibu Kanda dellvered a short address _ Mrs. E. M. Clendenning, wife of the sec- ‘otary of the Commercial club, entertained e women of the party at the Country oclub_and later they attended & party at the home of Mrs. Nelson. .‘wfl( will leave here for Omaha ’ Jail. | Crazy Man Tries Because of Speed Herman Huebner, Recently Released from Iowa Asylum, Caught Near Gibbon. GRAND ISLAND, Neb, Nov. 12.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—The heads of the operaitng department of the Unlon Pacific for the Grand Island-North Platte division, ar against resting easler. For three davs there has been unusual anxlety because of evidences of an attempt to wreck tralns between this city and Kearney. The first evidences was found a mile and a half east of Alda, when several bolts and spikes were fastened on the track in such a ner that the rall would have spread If, Indeed, the engine of a fast moving train not thrown from the track. The track maintainer discovered the obstruction and removed it. Later, another attempt was discovered, and the theory at first adopted that it was the work of unthinking school chil- dren was drojped. Traces of a strange man were found, and after a three day search the man was picked up near Gib- bon. He was Herman,Heubner, a man recently released from an asy'am in Towa and who escaped from relatives while they were passing throygh Grand Island on the were | train. After the first attempts he started south to the river, wandered through the brush to Gibbon, exposed to the weather night and day, and there reappeared. By this time the section men were posted all along the line (and today, when he reappeared, was taken into custody. He stated that the Union Pacific was running its trains too fast and he intended to wreck a few to demonstrate the unsafe condition in which the passengers were, Heavy Snow Covers West in Mountain States—Nebraska Also Visited, DENVER, Nov. 12—A heavy, wet snow Is falling today over Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, southern Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona. Pueblo and Colorado Springs report six inches of snow. LEXINGTON, Neb., Nov. 12.—(Special Telegram.)—Dawson county was visited by & heavy snowfall, which began during the forenoon. Six inches fell by evening. This Is the first molsture for three months and will insure a crop of winter wheat, BEATRICE, Neb,, Nov. 12.—(Special Tele- gram.)=-A cold rain has been falling here most of the day. The moisture will be beneficlal to winter wheat. The tempera- ture Is falling this evening. . For some time yesterday afternodn it earnest in Omaha, there being quite a fall of snow, which soon turned to a steady rainfall. At 7 o'clpck the weather bureau had recorded .63 of an inch. The snow was no. the first of the season, a trace being 50 heavy as that of yesterday. At the weather bureau last night it was stafed that a storm of no small proportions, coming from the southwest, was about centered over this locality. Snow flurries were predicted before morning. Warriner Wreck in Bodily Health Big Four Defaulter in Serious Con- dition as a Result of the Exposure. CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 12.—Broken In health and spirits, and almost a physical wreck, in the condition of Charles L. War- riner, deposed local treasurer, charged with the shortage of $643,000 in his accounts with the Big Four rallroad, according to the statement of friends At the offices of the Big ¥our railroad the bellef was expressed that there would be no more important developments in the case, 80 far as the Cincinnati offices were concerned and-that its sequel will come from the general offices of the New York Central system in New York. INCREASING SUPPLY OF WEAT Amount Harvested in Six tries Grows Fully One- Sixth, WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-There ha been an increase of nearly 300,000,000 bush- els, or fully one-sixth, In the production of wheat recently harvested In six coun- tries in the northern hemisphere, which in 198 produced practically two-thirds of the world's supply. The figures are gathered from the latest estimate published of the production for each country. Coun- y Man Tries [SUGAR OFFICLAL | to Wreck Trains | i | Six Inches Reported at Some Points | loaked as though winter had set in fn'real | recorded on October 11, but by no means | UNDER ARREST | James F. Bendernagel, Former Head ‘ of Largest Trust Plant, Charged | with Fraud. RESIGNED THURSDAY NIGHT | He is Accused of Complicity in Short| Weight Conspiracy. GIVES CASH BOND OF $5,000) | Produces the Necessary Amount fromi Roll in Vest Pocket. FIRST BIG FISH IN THE NET| Five Other Members of the !oa('-“fll“ “Dig Six” Are in the Indictment, Which is Based on One Shipment. amed NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—After months of quiet work behind the scenes by the gov- ernment investigators, who have befnl | scrutinizing the ins and outs of the com- | | plicatea sugar import frauds, there came | suddenly today the indictment and arrest | |ot an important former officer of the | American Sugar Refining company charged with conspiracy to defraud the govern- | ment by false weighing of sugar. The man | {arrested Is James I. Bendernagel, for move | than _thirty years superintendent of the | Havemyer & Elder refinery in Williams- | burg, the largest plant of the‘ American | Sugar Refining company. It was regarded as significant that Bendernagel's resigna- tion from this responsible position was an- | nounced by thecompany only yesterday. | He was arrested this afternoon. Wien arralgned before United States | Commissioner. Benedict and asked to glye /#5000 bail for his appearance at an exam- |mnation set for next Monday, he produced |& roll of bills from a waistcoat pocket and |connted out the required amount in cash. The indictment returned agalnst Bender- | nagel s of the blanket variety, including Z |in fIts terms also the: so-called “Big Six''— Oliver Spitzer, Thomas Kehoe, Edward A. Boyle, Jean M. Voelker, Jobn R. Coyle and Patrick J. Hennessey, all of whom have been previously indicted on similar charges. The six were Bendernagel's as- e From the Denver Post. S | NO ONE ELSES /N IT FORTHIS DAY ! soclates In the capacity of agents and boss weighers at the Willlamsburg plant. The specific charges against Benderna- | gel are that he defrauded the government out of duty to the amount of $1,604 In con- | nection with the false entry of the 9,000,- (00-pound sugar cargo of the steamer Eva, which arrived from Cuba on August 24, 1907. A little more than 100,000 pounds was clipped off, the real welght of the cargo when the customs charges were computed, according to the indictment. At one point the indictment refers to the old charges made agalnst four members of the “Big Six," alleging the use of fraud- ulent devices on the scales used at the docks to short weigh sugar for the pur- pose of avolding customs charges, It wi in connection with these charges that the government last spring recovered 32,135,000 in duties and penalties. LIVE STOCK MEN IN CHICAGO Dr. NEITHER PITY NOR MERCY Prosecutor Paints Mme. Steinheil in Blackest of Colors. Janitor of Bank Under Arrest for Aiding Robber Negro Chauffeur Shot by New Albany Bandit is Not Expected to Live, NEW ALBANY. Ind., Nov. 12.—The jani- tor of the Merchants National bank was arrested today pending an Investigation into his reported tomplicity with Thomas Jefferson Hall, in an attempt to rob the bank and the shooting of Cashler Fawcett, President Woodward and James Tucker, M. AUBIN WILL REPLY TODAY Probability that Defendant Will Make Address to Jury—Several Weak Points in State’s Cane. s PARIS, Nov. 12—The entire session of the Steinhell murder case today was taken up with an impassioned plea by Judge Ad- voeate General Trouard Riolle for the con- | viction of the woman who Is charged with |a chauffeur yesterday. having killed her husband and her step-| The condition of John K. Woodward, | mother, and by reason of the fact that|president of the Merchants National bank A. T. Peters of Lincoln Ome of Mme, Steinhell's counsel, M. Aubin, is yet [of New Albany, and James Tucker, the Speakers at National Con= to be heard, doubt has arisen whether the |negro chauffeur, who were wounded yester- vention. fate of the woman will be given into the |day by Hall, the boy bandit of Louls- hands of the jury tomorrow. ville, in the jatter's sensational attempt The prosecutor showed neither pity nor | (o rob the bank, was practically unchanged mercy In his address to the jury. He|(qqay. President Woodward is in serlous Ralsers will hold its annual convention on |Palnted the accused woman in the black- | congition. The negro ig not expected to December 2, in the hall over the Drovers st of colors—as the most wicked type of | jyq [ CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—The Natlonal As- soclation of Live Stock Breeders and is not (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Nov. 12—(Special Tele- gram.)—At. the meeting of the Natlonal Grange today resolutions were passed con- demning the idea of a central bank as a revival of a dangerous proposition which once raised its head, but was killed by the veto of a brave president. As representing 1,000,000 people, the Grange resolutions un- | alterably oppose the idea. Eli Hardin, ex-chlet of detectives «f ‘r Plans for decorating various public build- ings of the city In honor of the Japanese commissioners has occasioned a lively scramble for facts as to the proper method of floating the flags of the two nations. “Shall the Stars and Stripes be holsted above the colors of Japan, or whether ‘tis nobler to float the forelyn ensign above the flag of the United States army as a mark of courtesy to the Imperial visitors, | is the question. Telephone wires to Fort Crook to old | Fort Omaha and to the headquarters of the Department of the Missouri have been kept hot with queries regarding army etiquette in the matter, General Charles Morton, commander of the Department of the Missouri; Colonel Cornelius Gardener, in commaund at Fort Crook, and Colonel W. A. Glassford, in command of the signal corps at Fort Omaha, have been besleged with requests for information. In all cases thelr answer is as follows: ‘“There Is no army regulation about the matter, but custom prevhils. The flag of the United States is never lowered. No forelgn flag shall be hoisted above the na- tional enslgn. As a matter of respect to the Japanese visitors It Is a matter of army eliguette to float the colors of the two nations at the same level and this custom How to Float Flags of Japan and United HOGS UP THIRTY PER CENT This Is Average Advance Over One Year Ago, Says Depart- ment, WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—A % per cent increase In the price of hogs at western | markets over a year ago is the average | reported by the Department of Agriculture as prevailing on or abo.c November 1. Cattle approximately 18 higher. wery Towa, who I8 under sentence to the penl- | per cent! BOY BANDIT SHOOTS HIMSELF Earl Bullock Robs Bank at Eudora, Kan,, Second Time Within Month. DRIVEN TO BAY B Y POSSE Probably Fatally Wous Atter Futl Bank s Himself Effort to Escape— Cashier is Shot Through Jaw. EUDORA, Kan.,, Nov. 12—Driven to bay by an armed mob, Earl Bullock, the 17- year-old bandit, of Lawrence, Kan., who twice within the last month has robbed the Budora State bank, murdered a police- man and shot another man, probably fatally wounded himself in an attempt to commit sulcide near here this afternoon. Bullock's attempted sulcide followed his second robbery of a bank here today and his shooting of Fred Starr, cashier of the Kaw Valley State bank of Rudora, who was In the Eudora State bank with his day's clearings. Accompanied by Willlam McKay, 15 years old, of Jacksonville, Fla., Bullock held up tho bank. Although Starr offcred no resistance to the holdup, Bul- lock shot him through the jaw. Snatching more than $500, Bullock fled, followed by his companion. Each youth hal two re- volvers. Harry Wilson, cashier of the robbed bank, spread the alarm and a croyd of cltizens, armed with shotguns, rifies and revolvers, pursued the boy bandit across the fields. In attempting to swim the Kaw river the boys lost ground and a few minutes later the mob was at their heels. McKay surrendered, but Bullock, wrenching the revolvers from his falter- | wood. John Miller, a farmer in no way con- nected with the pursuit, stepped into Bul- lock's path and the boy, thinking him an enemy, fired. His shots missed Miller and the posse, seeing the youth was ready to shoot, fired a score of shots at him. Bul- lock returned the fire. But realizing he was about to be captured he shot him- self through the head. Meantime the crowd threatened to lynch McKay. Officers hurried him to Law- rence in an aytomobile and placed him in jail Bullock’s previous holdup of the Eudora bank and the murder of Policeman Wil- |son Pringle took place on Oetober 11. While in charge of D. S Woods, a {deputy sheriff of Lawrenee, who arrested |the boy on a charge of robbing a second- | hand store, Bullock drew two revolvers and forced Woods and Cashier Wilson into the bark vault. Snatching between $500 and 1$1,000 he fled That night {tempting to Pringle was shot while arrest Bullock at his home |in Lawrence. Pringle went to the door and called for Bullock. His answer was a rain of bullets which swept him down. He dled In a few da; ' | Efforis to locate Bullock were useless. | He was reported to be in hiding in a wood near his home. Ramson R. Cable, CHICAGO, Nov. 1Z—Ramson R. former president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, died today. Mr able was a director of the Rock Island road and many affiliated lines. Cable, | Deposit National bank, stock yards, Chi- Woman, a born llar and as one whose| ) the bandlt, who was arrested later cago. The subject of appointing & strong | Whole life, before and after the crime, Jus- | s ¢y murder of J. Hangary Fawcett, the committee to go before congress and urge | tified the presumption of her guilt. He | . gyior ot the bank, takes his arrest & liberal appropriation for the Department |J¢Veloped the theory that atter the rich| .,y rijy stepmother, who visited him of Agriculture bureau of animal industey, | 870 Benerous lover, Chouanard, abandoned |\ "4oqay, was asked what sort of novels for the purpose of preventing and eradi- [ NcT I 107, Mme. Stelnhell realized she was | (), by read. eating tuberculosts, hog cholera and plague, | ot s g O O BT e e *hit | OB, I don't know their name nthrax, shéep scablos, ticks, etc., WII be | aitehes the was dotermined (o nold him | FePIY. “but he always kept three or four Pagitated. It will also recommend proper ieven at the price of murder. ' |new ones in he house, As fast as one | reimbursement to the ‘breeder and raiser was read, he would trade it for another. {for losses sustained by condemnation. Dr. | ay Burglads Are Myths. He was never without them.” M. W. Ravenel, Wisconsin university, will | Against Mme. Stelnhell's story that burg- | The boy's father says the lad | speak ‘on *“Tuberculosis;” Dr. A. T. Peters, |1r% had committed the crime, the prose- |(nane, “He is just mean.” Nebraska university, “Hog Cholera and f“‘°’ d’“”"‘: that they ywe myths, ‘:“': Plagu . E. 8. G 5o | he undertook to reconstruct the scene thal : Bt :h;‘:‘:,c::::ui:; X | actually happened, clalming that while ine | NATIONAL GRANGE thrax;" Hon, W. C. Giltaor, Eiminenos, | 000568, woman and her accomplioes wefo OPPOSES CENTRAL BANK Ky., *Cattle Ticks.” Other proi b ot ey — y speakers will address the convt:tlur:.‘nent | by the noise and jumped out of bed. There- | oo i1y ¢jgns Paswed at Des Motnes {upon they attackeg and killed him, and re o SR L by el TS turning to Mme. Japy's room found her in TEN ALLEGED GAMBLERS FINED |."ua piignt. and Comdemn It. . |" M. Trouard Riolle even undertook to ae- Young Men of Prominent Madrid,|count for the stopping of the clock in the Ia, Families Caught in | Steinhell home after the murder, advanc- Raid, ing thé theory that Mme. Steinhell, in her e angulsh, could not endure the ticking. An BOONE, Ia, Nov. 12—(Special Tele-|expert testified during the trial that the gram.)—Ten young men of prominent Ma- |clock had been stopped by hand as it was | drid families, John Kennedy, Fred Cum- |being wound up. mings, Nathan Powell, Mennes Olson, | The argument of'M. Trouard Riolle left Isaac Hoop, Albert Olson, Arthur Morrell, |the Impression that the testimony upon Ernest Anderson, were fined by Mayor |WhiCh it was based was too conflieting Lawbaugh for gambling, belng found in |®Nd that his fine-spun presumptions were an alleged gambling joint. John Johnson, | 100 Preclse, leaving him vufnerable to his owner of the bullding, was acquittea of |*P!8onist, M. Aubin. The latter scored| .00 " gor epiriting away witnessos the charge of maintalning a gambling |I¢2YIY at the “conclusion .].r ]""’ 4""\f | wanted tn a sult here, may be pardoned by house. The defendants will appeal case to \;:,r‘::lrn:dan:"l'l:.m“r:::e hh:":,;:‘_”x: 1t. the | Governor Carroll, on condition that Hardin district court. 3 e ol the | ever roturn to Towa. If he should-return "A‘;::,,::,,,'."““'7‘:,’,:‘"::,',.,:,‘:::::},l“"?\._:'"a:,‘;:j | he Will be sent to the penitentiary. Hardin |ment M. Trouard Riolle had hinted at as [!¢ now working in a wholcsale fruit houve |being the accopplices of Mme. Stelnhell in California. | Woman to Address Jury, | Throughout the day Mme. Stelnhell States a PuZZl |ssemea terribly depressed. Not once did |she Interrupt the proceedings, though fre- [cuently she clinched her fists and showed signs of anger when the prosecutor made | | Is generally followed, but in no case|parilcularly odlous insinuations against should the emblem of our country be|her. It is understood that at the conclu- | lowered to the tlag of a foreigner.” [sion of M. Aubln's address Mme. Stein- Down at the Unlon and Burlington |hell intends to take advantage of the priv- depols the station masters were perhaps |lloge accorded an accused person and ad- the first to be puszied in the matter of |dress the ury in her own behalf. This | decoratlons. Army officers settled the |would make a dramatic climax and It Is | | question. “In the Burlington station the |expected have a powerful influence on the | | flags of the two nations have been hung ury, which tonight is reported to be evenly | on the level, In most cases with the stars [divided as to her gullt or innocence. and stripes flanked on either side by the| Two things must be remembered in con crimson and white of the Japanese empire. |nec fon wiih & French verdict. First, the Naval etiquette differs somewhat from |maority vote prevails, the foreman of the the customs of the military forces. When |ury having two votes if there be a ue,{ aj American warship enters a foreign port [second, that the urors ars not confined, | it Is the custom to hoist the flag of the but are permitted to return to their homes | foreigner to the main mast while the at night, where they are subjected to the | salute is fired. When the salute s an-|possible influence of thelr wives. It 15| WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—With the in- swered the colors of the forelgh nation are notorious that whereas a majority of the [o ease of interest In the Improvement of owered and the Stars and Stripes are|men favor the acquittal of Mme. Stein- waterways and the construction of | Panama canal claiming 7 )olncerl, General Marshall, chief of en- of every character, many of them con- (gineers of the United States army, has talning offers of marriage if she Is ac- begun a campaign for an incre; in the anded at Seattle there was considerable |quitted. Enterprising theatrica] managers number of officers In the corps of en- feeling among the members of the party be. |are trylng to arrange for her immediate |gineers. Instead of 188 officers he sy ause the Stars and Stripes had been |appearance on the stage after release, one |there should be at least 248 with its pres noisted above the flag of Japan. Other [having offered §2,000 for thirty appearances. [ent enlistment. Should the enlistment be Ities have since profited by that ocour- |Mme. Steinhefl ls represented as having |increased as recommended still larger num- ence thrown these letters away I & rage, bers of officers will be needed the per cent of his hoisted to the top of the pole. hell, the women are practically unanimous On land where single flagstatfs are used, | in the belief that she is gullty. 15 in the case of the Union station or| Mme. Steinheil is being deluged with let- public bulldings, the flag of America should | te: be holsted singly. When the .lup-nml Move for Deep Waterways Makes Demand for Engineers An inerease in the number of noneom- missioned officers was recommended. The es.ablishment of a grade In the corps to be known as “military overseer” or ‘“‘en- listed specialist,” was recommended. These |men would be assigned to work requiring [special skill in the varlous companies, and {to each seacoast fort, as foreman of en- gineer construction apd working parties. | Estimates for river and harbor improy ment during the coming fiscal year amounting to $27,028,087 and ‘not Inciuding over $),000,000 for continuing contracts, wers |included in the repow ing partner's hands, sped Into a patch of | |JAPANESE ARE OMAHA'S GUESTS Gates of City Swing Wide Today to Welcome Notables from Far East. ROYAL GREETING IS ASSURED Special Train is Due from Kansas City at 7:50 O'clock. MANY FEATURES ARE ARRANGED Party Will Be Met by Reception Committee at Burlington Station. DAY WILL BE UNUSUALLY BUSY arty Will See City from Automobiles and Will View McKeen's Motor ops—Banquet in Evening at Commercial Clab. Omaha today swings wide its gaes tc the honorary commercial commissioners of Japan. A spectal train of nine Pullmans will steam into the Burlington stattion at 7:00 o'clock this morning and from that hour until early Sunday morning, when the palatial train leaves for no ston: will be left unturned to entertain the distinguished visitors from beyond the seas, High officlals of the state and of the city, members of the Commercial club and soclety women of Omaha will oin In ex- tending to the noted Japanese a hearty welecome and a day's entertainment has been planned that will keep the visitors busy during thelr stay In tne city. An informal reception will be held at the Eurlington station at § o'clock shortly after the ‘arrival of the speeial from Kansas City. Governor A. C. Shallenberger will welcome the visitors on behalf of the state of Nebraska and Mayor J. C. Dahlman will volce the greetings of Omaha. Colone! W. F. Cody will be one of the visitors in the city to oin ir the welcome. Attractive / ogram Arrange Throughout the day and evening @ va rled program has been arranged. Th women in the party will be entertained In various ways. Promincent soclety women have olned forces and they will be as sisted by Mrs. A. C. Shallenberger, wifc of Governor, Siallenberger, and Mrs, W, J. Bryan of Lincoln, At noon they will have luncheon at the home of Mrs. C. N. Dietz and during tha afternoon they will visit the hothes of J. H. Millard, L. L. Kountze and later at the home of George A. Joslyn, where they will listen to an organ recital. They will be entertained at dinner, after which the women will witness the show at the Orpheum from boxes. Following (he reception at the station the following program has been announced for the day's entertainment by the Omaha Commercial club: 9:30 A. M.—Take Mcifeen motor cars for visit {0 and inspection of Union Pacific shops and McKeen Mofor Car works. Dedions.ration of eleciric control of ten ton electrical storage batiery truek at 11. o'clock. Car started, operated and stopped from a distance by a wireless sysiem. Leave shops at 12 o'clock for Florence. 12:50 P. M.—Inspection of settiing bi and pumping station of the Omaha Works company, Luncheon will be served in the pumping station, Minne-Lusa, at L o'clock. Leave water works at 1:45 o'clock. On way back will be seen a demonstraton o, . Stroud & Co.'s dirt moving ma- Denver, n operation, 2:45 P. M.—Visit 10 Lane cut-off, thence through stock vards ‘and packing house {disuiet, Soutn Omaha, and back to Union |depot al arriving there at 8:30 o'clo 5:30 P. M.—Automoblles will be at Union )t to take the commissioners afound Run will take in wholesale, re- residence portions, boulevards and parks. Visit Lininger art gallery Bight- ecnth and Davenport strects) enroute, and 1each residence of Mr. and Mrs. Georxe A. Joslyn, Thirty-ninth and Davenport strees, ai 4:30 o'clock for a brief musicale, Return to depot not later than 5:15 o'clook. Banquet at Commercial Club. Automoblles will be at the Unlon station at 6 o'clock, wheré the train will then be | standing ready for the trip westward over |the Unlon Pacific to carry the party up- [town. A formal reception will be tendered |in the Commercial club rooms at 6:3 |o'clock, and at 7 o'clock the formal ban- quet will be served. This will end the day's festivitles. A special edition of the beautiful Omaha | booklet, with special cover for the occasion, has been printed, and one will be given to each visitor at the club rooms. The key to the city will also be presonted to eaen, the ‘sliver keys with “Omaha™ in ceroll, The menu card at the banquet in the even- ing will also be a handsome souvenir of the visit to the Gate City. In addition to these, each visitor will be handed a pack- age of postal cards of Omaha, Including one with a portrait of W. J. Bryan, and another of his home at Lincoln. The two speakers of the evening at the banquet Saturday night at the Commercial club rooms will be W. J. Bryan and F. L. Haller, regent-clect of the University of Nebra: Assisting 1n the reception of the noted visitors will be Governor Shallen- berger. Dr. Frederick H. Millener has his big truck at the Unlon ific shops all ready to demonstrate th of wireless else- tricity In handling power from a distaneo, As the Japanese have a speclal committee to Investigate electricity and the transn sion of control, this will be most Interest- ing, as Dr. Millener Is the ploncer in this | work. His st in lighting the Audi- torium from government statlon at | Fort Omaha spring during the elec trical show has attracted attention all over the country FPersonnel Th party use the last of e are fifuy of whom sioners, thirteen are |ana six are women. Five of the women laccompany their husbands and one, Miss Takanasl¥, 18 a niece of Baron Shibusawa, {the head of the party. The women dres helr native costumes and have received d social attentions upon the Paclfic ast and In all the eastern and middie western cities thus far visited. The women are the Baroness Shibusawa, aroness Kanda, Madame Midzuno, Madame Horl- | koshi, Madame Tuki and Miss Takanashi. There are elght members of the Japan- jese Parilament In the party, one of thy House of Peers and seven of the House of Representatives. The two great bank- ing houses of Japan are represented—that of Baron Shibusawa by the baron in per- and that of Mitsul & Co, by Mr. Kehzo Iwahara, Its managing director. Six other extensive bankers are also in the party {Nearly every line of industry and com- | merce is represcnted In the commission, | including ownership and management of |electric rallways, shipbullding, manuf; | turing of silk und cotton fabrics, export- |ing and importing and stock brokerage. | The professions of law and medicine are the Commission, ght Japanese in the thirty-nine are commis- private retaries son,