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

PART ONE S SECTION ® PAGES1 TO 8 XXXIX~NO. VOL. 29 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, HUNDREDS OF MINERS DEAD| Awful Loss of Life in Mine of St. Paul | Coal Company at Cherry, | Illinois. | FLAMES cuT OFF ESCAPE Over Two Hundred and Fifty Men Are_Probably Dead. i CAGE MAED TRIPS THROUGH mn‘; Last Time it Brought Up Eight Dead Bodies. ENTRANCE TO MINE SEALED One Estimate Helow "laces Number of Men rt Four Hundred Sixty— Vietims Were nt Work on Three Levels. BULLETIN. SPRING VALLEY, Iil, Nov. 18.—At 8:10 p. m. City Attorney Hallorin, who has just arrived from the scene of the mine explo- slon at Cherry, says that it is estimated that 460 men have been killed in the explo- sion. Efforts at rescue have been aban- doned, it is declared, and the mine closed. OHERRY, Il Nov. 8. ~Eight bodies have leen taken from the mine of the St. Paul Cgal company, where moreé than 20 men are imprisoned and probably scores dead The bodies were taken from the shaft whife a fire was burning fiercely in the interior and gmoke pouring in dense volumes from the mouth of the plant. They grere put on cages and lifted to the surface by un known heroes who may have sacrificed their lives in a vain effort to save them. The known dead are: “JOHN BUMBY, mine veperintendent. ALEXANDER NORBERG, foreman third Y{$AAC LEWIS, a visitor 1 nthe mine. JOHN PUBINSKI, miner. FOUR UNIDENTIFED MEN. The cntrance to the mine has been boarded over in an effort to check the flames raging in the interior. This h cheeked all hope of escape to the surface by the imprisoned miners. In the three veins of the ming, one 30 feet below the surface, the miners are Imprisoned and thelr only chance for life is to retreat back to the ends of the veins, where enough air may exist to preserve their fves until help coemes. All Eseape Cut Off. The fans of the mine are stopped, the wires all burned out and the mouth sealed to smother the flames, The first explosion ocourred shortly after § o'clock. In some unknown manner it communicated to other seciions of the mine-and in-less than ten minuts I hope of escape seemed shul woff trom the miners. ' While smoke and even Jets of flames #swept up through the entrance of the mine, the cage which carried the miners to their work continued to ascend and descend. The first loads were about a score of min- ers who escaped with no worse injurfes than burns or bruises received in the rush for safety. The last trip of the cage was made when the bodles of the mine superintendent and his assistants arose. The men were dead when the car reached the surface. Those about the pit mouth expressed the beliet that they were dead or dying when placed in the cage. None survived to tell the story of the trip. A half hour after the explosion occurred the mouth of the shaft was surrounded by hundreds of frantic women, childfen and men, Many tried to enter the mine, but gave up after the first effort, or were car- ried away unconscious from the smoke and escaping fumes by their companions. For Imost two hours officlals of the mine and esidents of Cherry tried to devise means. to help the imprisoned miners. Mouth of Mine Sealed. At last it was decided, that the only way to check the flames was to ‘board over the entrance to the mine. The opening was almost hermetrically sealed and the cover- Ing will not be removed until tomorrow morning, Until that time nothing but sur- mise can be made of the number of vie- tims. The most optimistic of the watchers do not belleve that less than 100 are dead. | The mine Is the only one in Cherry and | more than half the male population are employed in It. Thee veins extend from he main shaft, the lowest being more than teet below the surface. It Is known that men were at work on all three velns. Cherry is located fiftegd miles north- west of La Salle and is almost inaccessible by wire. The news of the explosion did not reach Spring Valley until four hours after Ita_ocourrence. Suffragette Armed with Horsewhip ( Winston Churchill Attacked by Woman at Bristol Sta- tion, BRISTOL, Eng, Nov. 13.—A wild-eyed suffragette armed with a horsewhip at- tacked Winston Spencer Churchill here this afternoon and it only after & strugs! that she was restraingd. Churehill and his wife had just arrived by train and were leaving the rallroad station when the woman suddenly darted out from the crowd and commenced to Dbelabor the oablnet member with a rawhide. Churchill promptly selzed his assailant and succeeded in wrenching the whip from her hands after a sharp struggle, during which the two barely escaped falling from the platform to the tracks below. The trophy 1S now In the posscssiop of Mrs. Churehill. The militant suffragette was arrested and imprisoned. She refused to give her nafe. lon the convention floor. | ticral bank, with the Cairo i1s Quiet; Militia Will Be Ordered Home| Special Grand Jury May Be Called to Consider Indictment of Mob Leaders. CAIRO, 1ll, Nov. 18.—Orders for the de- mobilization of the Fourth regiment of the Tiiinols National Guard, which has oceupied Cairo since early yesterday, were confi- dently expected by the commanders of the organization this morning. The absen:e {1ast night of any sign of a disposition to renew mob rule and the safe arrival ay ,.43 s His Special Agents at Work | Kankakee of Arthur Alexander, who wy escorted from here late yesterday by £ companies of militia, led both the local ai state authorities to belleve that there was no chance of further disturbance in this city. Alexandler, who is suspected of complic Ity in the murder of Annle Pelley, is the | only individual in whom members of the mob now have any Interest. The an nounced intention of Sheriff Davis and Gerieral Wells was to land the negro at some point so far removed from Cairo that no attempt could be made to take|t him from the properly constituted peace authorities, and it i€ the general opinion here that this object was fully accom plished by the journey to Kankakee. Whether a speclal grand jury is to be summoned to consider possible charges against members of the mob may also be determined today. Under present conditions of public opin fon, it Is conceded by the local peace au- thorities that the chancos of obtaining in- dictments against .members of Thursday night's mob are remote. Labor Sunday Plan of Unions i o s w in hi Resolution at Toronto Meeting Pro- vides for Religious Services for Workers’ Cause. o h to place. TORONTO, Nov. 13.—'"Labor Sunday” is| The report sent broadcast that the sug: & suggestion laid before the American Fed- eration of Labor In a resolution intro- duced at today's session ny Secretary Frank Morrison. The resolution would designate the first Sunday In September of each year as the occasion when the churches of America devote some part of the day to a 'presentation of the labor question. It also recommends that various central and local labor bodles be requested to co-operate in every legitimate way with ministers who thus observe labor’s day. A resolution offered by the American Federation of Musiclans asks that the American. Fegderation of Labor petition congress to appgint a speclal committee to_Investigate the methods employed 'by the stezl Industry in malntaining indus- trial conditions, and that if it is found that the tariff, instead of being used Lo maintain American industrial conditions, Is turned Into the pocketa or the employ- ers the tariff on steel be suspended. Following the arrival from New York of John Spargo and Robert Hunter, well- known workers In the soclalistic fleld, Frank Hayes, a delegate from the United Mine Workers, introduced a resolution de- claring for the socialistic economic pro- gram. This resolution s expected to give the soclalistic element of the convention an opportunity to discuss their propaganda a al 1 in The resolution providing for an assess- ment of 2 cents per year from each mem- | ber of the federation for the creation of a national defense fund was voted down. The convention adjourned until Monday. hi o) Uncle Joe Crazy, Says H. Ridder New York Newspaper Man Denies Alleged Statement of Speaker Regarding Pledges. NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Herman Ridder of the New York Staats Zeltung, having had his attention called to a statemerc at- tributed to Speaker Cannon to the effect that Mr, Ridder had promised Mr. Cannon the support of certain prominent New York newspapers, Including his own, in the national campaign, if the duty on wood pulp was removed, sald today: ‘“The story is absolutely false. Cannon must be crasy to make such an absurd statement. I did not pledge him the sup- port even of my own paper and never talked to him -about seeuring newspaper support in any shape or manner.’ YOUNG ROBBER IS INDICTED yho Shot West Albany Banker is Held by the Grand Jury. — WEST ALBANY, Ind, Nov. 13.—The |t Floyd county grand jury today returned an indictment against Thomas Jefferson Hoal, charging him with murder in the first degree, in having shot Jacob H Fawcett, cashler of the Merchants Na purpose of robbery. |t Boy # }the flat General evidence through his corps of special agents the is understood the lar treasury officlals that the acts alleged to have been mitted are outlgfed by thorities are which occurred in frauds, was broken open. secured are sald to have been taken. | tormer something of the burglary. | Three Inches Fal by SUGAR SCANDAL WILL BE PROBED Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh Orders Investigation of Customs House Fraud, WILL REORGANIZE INSPECTORS sted in Weighing Deal Prosecuted. . GENERAL TO ADD " Collecting Evidence. |+00KING INTO THEFT OF PAPERS Desk of Special Agent Parr, Who Has Been Working on Case, Broken Open and Memoranda Stolen. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Secretary of he Treasury MacVeagh has come out with statement that not only wili he robe to the bottom the scandal growing ut of the frauds comnutted In the New York customs kouse by the so-called sugar trust renovate the entire business. he will shoulder all the responsibility for and its agent, but he proposes to He declares uch a campalgn. It has developed also that the Depart- ment of Justice 1s working in conjunction the Treasury department. Attorney Wickersham has been gathering ith nd the evidence is being worked up by legal experts. Secretary MacVeagh, however, indicates that he is going further than merely seek- who It re- ng to discover and punish those ave been gullty of past wrong doins. to be his purpose to rganize the force of inspectors who'kept close check on the general force in ast years. These inspectors will be re- ruited with tried and trusted men, famil- with the workings of the customs ouses and they will be shifted from place trust actually owes the government 330, 000,000, instead of the $2,135000 in unpald uties and which It pald under duress, the clare is absurd. The same offielals point out that a most careful examination of the books of the New York customs house was made and that every cent due the government Was ccounted for. Official Nearly Ready. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—United States At- torney . Wise, dcting. upon Insiructions re- celved from Attorney General Wickersham, |18 today preparing to appeal from the de- cision of Judge Holt, recently rendered in the United States elrcult court here, which praciically frees the direstors and officers of the American Sugar Refining company from prosecutlon In connection with the Pennsylvania Refining company shutdown, which the federal grand jury charged had been brought against it by coescion cited by the so-called “trust.” Judge Holt's decision exempis those in- tcted from prosecution on the grounds com- the statute of mitation. It became known today that federal au- investigating & burglary the new custom house n January, 1808, The desk of Special ad been working on Agent Parr, who the sugar welghing Various mem- randa and data of evidence that he had A to know treasury agent Is said Aeroplane Flies Just Like Bird Nebraska Farmer Contracts for Man- | ufacture of Machine with Flapping Wings, NORFOLK, Neb., Nov. 13.—(Special Tele- gram.)—David Smith, & farmer from Be- vere, contract to W. C. Aplman, a Norfolk me- | .gi0q in each othor, because he had a wite chanic ‘today to build & plane, four years and has just patented machine s worked by bioycle and the win paid Ahlman $100 as evidence of good falth. | RAIN WIDESPREAD IN WEST| Garfield county, Nebraska, gave a which Smith has been invenung The pedaling flap up and down. Smith During Forenoon at Topeka—Drouth Broken in Tex TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 13—The rainfall in | Topeka, which continued throughout the | ight and during the forenoon, amounted o nearly three inches. The Santa Fe re- | ports rains all over the Kansas lines, with snow and cold In the western section. EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 13—A drouth of everal months' duration has been broken snow and rain. The heaviest rain in wo years fell in western Texas. Woman’s Age Her Secret in the Occident or Orient! The characteristic traits of the eternal feminine vary little in the America woman and the dainty daughters of flowery Nip- pon. The reluctance of woman to disclose that secret of secrets, her age, a was ex- Att he polige station Churchill's assall- ant was registered as Therese Guernett She was smartly gowned. The officers who made the arrest sald the woman broke through the police line at the station plat- form and bringing down the lash of & dog- whip upon the minister's head, shouted: “Take that, you brute." Churchill's hat broke the force of the biow, but the !ash curled about his face and left a red mark. As the policd seized the woman, she polnted scornfully at the minister's dented hat and while her face el with excitement, cried: emplitied prettily in a charming evasion of a prying interviewer's questions by Baroness Kanda. “My first trip abroad,” ventured the chic Uttle woman. “I wanted to accompany my husband in his travels long ago,” she answered in reply when asked if Janpane: women were In the habit of following | their liege lords about. “But I have such & large family at home that I could not Wl lea “How many children have you?' asked. was | o tion. tho party Her faultless pompadour, as though it might have been the art of the most modish of America’s beauty shops. Not one hair of the smoothly mass of brown strayed over the smooth brow of the graceful and petit baroness, “Just a little tot,” suggested the prying one. What is the age of the oldest?” The little Japanese woman smiled with sudden crafty glance of comprehension. She appeared not to have heard the ques- When it was repeated the baroness | looked out across the railroad yards at| big puffing locomotive, “It rained last night,” she said. The baroness as do all the women of wears native Japanese costumes. however, looks ranged Baron Kanda is a member of the faculty f the Peers' school in Toklo. He is a raduste of Amherst college and a mem- what you've gotten, and you will | ‘“There are eight," answered the baroness |ber of the alumni association. He com- from British | with pride. The youngest is ¢ years old |pleted his course at Amherst Wwenty-five » wars new style aero- | 1909—--SIX SECTIONS—THIRTY | | From the Minneapolis Journal. T. R—I CAN WRITE MORE WORDS. CLUE IN CLEMINSON CASE Woman Admits Alleged Murderer Was Interested in Her. SAID DOCTOR WAS VERY BLUE Denies, However, that She Suggested to Him that He Give His Wite Chloroform to Get Rid of Her. CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—Interest of spec- tators at the trial of Dr. Haldane Clemin- son, charged with the murder of his wife | was raised to s high pitch today when Miss Anna Kolb, one of the principal wit- ness for the state, testitied. Miss Kolb stated that she first met the | doctor when he called on a professional visit. She said Cleminson attended her while she was sick in May, 1909, “Did you not make appointments with Dr. Cleminson?’ asked State Attorney | Northrup. “Yes," replied the witness. “How were they made?" “By telephone.” “Is it not true that Dr. Cleminson pald half of your room rent?" “No; he did not have any money.” “In reply to & question, the witness stated that following the death of Mrs Cleminson, she first met the doctor at the Shefficld avenue police station, three or | four days later. “What 6id he say to you?" torney Northrup, “He said, ‘The least you say, about this the better,’ " replied the witnes: Mics Kolb stated that she did not, until atout six months after thelr first meeting, lkr\nw that Cleminson was married. On ons | occasion, rhe sald, the that they must not get too deeply Inter- asked At- and two ehfldren. | Assistant State Attorney Northrup handed | the witness a typewritten paper and asked {her to read it to herself. After she had réad it the witness identified it as a ntate- ment she had made to Captain Kane at the Sheffield avenue police station. *Did you not say In this statement that | you told a Mrs, Raymond ihat Dr. Clemin- son had been living with you for some time?" asked Attorney Northrup. ‘“Yes," replied the witress. “Did you not say in this statement that once you visited Dr. Cleminson and he was feeling blue. He sald on that oceasion that he was afraid his wife's people would find out that he was living with other women and that he also sald to You that he dia not want to lese her, as she had the money and you not say to him then, ‘Why | dor’t you ehloroform her? * | The witness hesitated, and | excitealy | “No, no; then replied it's a lie.” |Children Killed by Lightning |House Struck and Burned While | Mother is Stunned—Tornado | at Newton. | SALINA. Kan., Nov. 13—Two small chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lemons living at Hill City, near here, were burned to death today when fire resulting from a iightning stroke destroyed home. Mrs. Lemons, who was at the barn, was stunned by the bolt, and when she recovered consclousness the house was In flames and the babies dead. She Is now in a critical condition. Lemons was not t home. NEWTON, Kan., Nov. 13.—Several houses were unroofed and more than a dozen barns demolished by a tornado that struck Hesston, & small town ten miles north of here, last night. No lives were lost. CALUMET, Mich., Nov. 13—Bight inches of snow fell last night on the Kewocens pecinsule. Deer hunters are flocking into the woods, while (n Lake Superior all veasels are seeking sheite doctor sald to her | the Lemons | ; Among |the court were Henrl Rochefort, the veteran i free-lance journalist, whose attempts to give Never Heard of Congressman or Senator Man Who Has Been Here for Thirteen Years Fails to Get Naturaliza- A tion Papers. CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—Judge Landis of the United States district court today found a'man who had lived In the United States for thirteen years and never had heard of a congressman or a senator. Helinrich Werle was being examined by Judge Landis for naturalization. “Who makes the laws?' asked Judge Landis. Werle shook his head negatively. { “Did you ever hear of a congressman?" the court Inquired. “No," sald Werle, who appeared as a man on trial for some serious offense, “Did you ever hear of a senator”” “No,"" was the answer, “I never did. Judge Landis thereupon continued examination in order to glve the man an opportunity to Investigate the principles of republican government, and Werle left the court room with a sigh of rellef, feel- Ing as though acquitted of a crime. Roosevelt Writes Party 1s Well Message is Received Directly from the Former President at Mombeasa. MOMBASA, British East Africa, Nov. 13 ~News of the American hunting expedition was reecived here today direct from Colo- nel Roosevelt. The message states that there is nothing whatever wrong with the party. NAIROBI, British East Africa, Nov. 13. —Major Mearns and J. Aldon Loring, the naturalist, have arrived here with a splen- aia collection of photographs, birds and mammals. Both men are In excellent health. In his climb of Mount Kenya, Lor- ing reached an altitude of 16,500 feet. He will go to Lucania HIll Monday. Major Mearns will remain here to pack the spec- imens for shipment to America. Three Years for Lamprecht. CLEVELAND, Nov. 13.—George O. Lamprecht, former member and manager of Lamprecht Brothers & Company, brokers, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary today. Lamprecht's conviction was the coytcome of the fail- ure of the brokerage firm over & year ago with liabllities aggregating $1,500.- 000. the | REBELS' VERSION OF BATTLE Assert Zelaya's Troops Became Panic Stricken and Retreated. ESTRADA STILL HOLDS EAST Revolutionists Say Provisional Gov- ernment ix tioure and Recogni- tion by Unifed States § Expected, COLON, Nov. 13.—A wireless message from Bluefields, the headquarters of the provisional government established by General Estrada, leader of the Nicaraguan rebellion, glves the rebel version of the recent fighting near the Costa Rican bor- der. The message says the news was re- celved at Blueflelds from Colorado bay, Costa Rica, and continues: “Flerce fighting took place on the 10th and 1th at a point near Colorado bay and the San Juan river. General Toledo, with several hundred who had Invaded Costa Rlca territory in order to attack the Nicaraguan rebels who were entrenched along the San Juan river (which forms the boundary between the two republics), was forced by Costa Rica to recross Into Nicaragua. “Toledo forthwith attacked troops under General Nicaraguan side of the river. The gov- ernment army repeatedly assaulted the po- sitions of the rebels. “Although outnumbered, General Cham- orro responded with great effect. After the rebel thirty-six hours of desperate fighting Presi- | Zelaya's troops Lecame panic-stri sl ken, Both s lost heavily in killed and wounded, “General Estrada still holds all the ter- ritory east of the elghty-fifth parallel (that Is the eastern half of Nicaragua) ex- cept & few miles on the San Juan river. “The provisional government is maintained in an orderly manner, and It is expected the United States will soon recognize the government of Kstrada as an independent republic. WASHINGTON, Nov. ireytown Thursday after their defeat the Nicaraguan revolutionists dynamited the two government vessels, the Managua and the Norma, ships of about 30 tons bur- den each, and burned various places in the city. This information s contained in a dispatch peceived at the Nicaraguan legation here today from President Zelaya, Towa Judges Will Resign. BOONE, Ia, Nov. I13.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Judge C. G. Lee of Ames, judge of the court of this district, will, within a short time, tender his resignation, giving il health a# the cause. During the last week he conducted court at Fort Dodge, |and has been in very poor health. PARIS, Nov. 13.—The public today awaits with confidence the acquittal of Ma:- gherita Steinhell. Gullty or ihnocent, the | impression is general that the state has |not made out a case against her Originally charging that she murdered !both her painter husband, Adolphe Steln- | hell, and her step-mother, Madame Japy | the prosecution moditied its allegations as the trial progressed, finally eliminating the | charge of patricide and admitting that | the accused woman might have been an | accomplice rather than the prineipal | the death of her husband \ In case of her acquittal, her friends {have arranged to spirit the widow away to some qulet place in the country, where she may recuperate from the effects of | her trying ordeal ( those who gained admi in lon to the tragedy political color have gone far to excite popular interest in the case; several well known dramatists and playwrights and & dosen other celebritles,' ™ ‘Paris Sure of Acquittal ‘ in Mme. Steinheil Case Marletta Wolf, the former cook in the Steinhefl household, and her son, Alex- andre, both of whom bLad testified for the defense, contributed to the general cltement today with grandiloquent bursts of indignation. When court first convened Marietta forced her way into the court room and attempted to reach the judge's bench, but she was seized by the police and uncere. monlously dragged out of the piace. The moment the proceedings again were ex- out- opened Marietta Wolf, accompanied by her | attornky, found entrance and, pushing her way to the bar, demanded in a loud voiee that, whereas, she had been mentioned as an accomplice, she be now heard A sharp wrangle between M. Aubin and Judge Advocate Trouard Riolle, followed, the latter finally declining to “designate the woman. M. Aubin replied *“1 shall take note of these facts." The report continues ourrent that both Marietta and Alexandre Wolf are in im- minent dsnger of arvest. e S government troops | Chamorro on the b ) °INE | other climes. 13.—Before leaving | WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska-—Snow For lowa—Rain or snow For weather report see page 5. COPY FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE HAVE BIG BUSY DAY Mikado's Commissioners Conolude Their Omaha Visit at Commer- cial Club Banquet Board. |HEAR BRYAN AND HALLER SPEAK | ll‘omer Extols Peace Between Na- tions, Latter Business Relations. WOMEN SHARE PLEASURE OF MEN Enterteined by Some Leading Society Folk of Omaha. |MOTORS AND WIRELESS BIG HIT |One Industrial King Buy cen Them Nippon Determines to MoKeen Cars When He at the The Mikado's commercial commissioners spent a big, busy day in Omaha yesterday, mixing pleasure with their business of ‘NH\]\IK'R commercial, industrial and edu- cational interests and winding up their visit at the Commercial club banquet In the evening, when Willlam J. Bryan, a particu- llar friend of the Japanese people, and Frank L. Haller were the orators. A constant rain poured all day and into the night, but the sturdy little men from the Flowery Kingdom—yes, and their he- role women folk—insisted they did not mind rain and refused to allow any detail of the city's program to be altered for them. The presence of Mr. Bryan among the Japanese had a sentimental interest. It i a matter of public knowledge that a young Japanese some years ago became enamored | of democracy as he read it in the speeches and writings of Mr. Bryan, and avowed his determination of coming to thix country to study democracy, =0 that he might be- come a leader among his own people, He , wrote to Mr. Bryan of his fantastic dream, and Mr. Bryan tried to dissuade him from coming. But he came. One day Mr. Bry- an's doorbell rang. Mrs. Bryan answered it. There stood the little brown man, Today this young man, educated in Lin- coln through Mr. Bryan's Instrumentality, is In Japan doing well, and to him In his address last night Mr. Bryan conveyed his well wishes through the distinguished rep- resentatives from his country. Mr. Haller, in his addvess, discussed “Our Commercial Relations with Japan.' Both speakers provoked repeated applause trom thelr eminent auditors. Arrive in Their Palace. Aboard one of the most paiatial trains ever coupled up on an American rallway, the honorary commercial commissioners of Japan arrived at the Burlington station at 7:85 in the morning, fifteen minutes ahead of the regular Kaneas City limited. Soon after the special steamed into the tradn sheds a reception committee from { the Commercial club boarded the train to welccire the strangers to Omaha. | The comtilttee was headed by Gould Dietz and * mgluded Bdgar H. Alien, W. H. Bucholz, Davia Cole, F. L. Haller, ¥, W. Judson, M. C. Peters, C. C. Rosewater, Hverett. | Buckingham, Colonel W. F. Cody, B. B. |Brando, H. K. Burket, G. E. Haverstick, | Joseph Kelley, Harry Weller, Dan B, Ful- flor, Willlam H. 3 |Clement Chase, W. R. McKeen; jr., R. B. | Bush, C. N. Dletz, L. E. Sperry and a dozen Japanese merchants from Omaha. |3. M. Guild, who went to'St. Louls to mect the commissioners, accompanied them to Kansas City and thence to Omaha. 1™ As the re presentatives of Omaha boarded the Pullmans and extended to the notabls subjects of tne Mikado the hand of Omaha's friendship, enthusiasm and happi- ness marked the swarthy countenances of | the Japanese. All were up early, with the | exception of the women in the party, and | hud breakfasted before 8:30 o'clock. | Received by Governor. | The formal reccption was held In the large east room of the Burlington statlon, which was decorated with fiaks of Japan and the United States. The visiting Jap- anese were first Introduced to Governor | Shallenberger, Mayor Dahiman And Colonel W. F. Cody who, with the more prominent | of the Japanese, then formed in a recetving line when the business men of Omaha were | introduced to the distinguished forelgners. Governor Shallenberger welcomed the | commissioners in behalf of the state of ebraska. He sald that Nebraska re- jolced with other commonweaiths in wel- coming such distingulshed visitors from “Nebraska is differant from most of the states you have visited in that it is depend- ent mostly upon agriculture and yet we | remarkable in the fact that in eomparison with our population we produce as much {wealth per capita as any state In the | union,” sald Governor Shallenberger. “We | produce annually $00,000,00 worth of proe | ducts a year with a population of 1,250,000, |an amount equal to the annual gold pro- duction of the world. Omaha is the great | market for our agricultural products and | we are a wonderfully independent state. | “While I might apologize for the rain, I must add that jt makes the people of the slate smile because when it rains our wealth is increased. We call this God's country and we welcome you to t." ) An interpretor repeated Governor Shaly lenberger's speech In full for tne benetit ot the Japanese who do mot understand ll-nghnh Both (he governor and the in. terpreter were roundly applauded by the Japanese. Mayor Welcomes to City, I “You eome 1o vs as representatives of £y most wonderful nation and we are glad {to welcome you to our city,” sald Mayor Dahiman in epeaking for the eity of {Omaha. “You are now In a eity reeog- |nized as being the metropolis of the rieh- |est country on the face of the earth.” | Mayor Dahlman then told the yisitors of the resources of Omaha and of the big |institutions which they would find wiihin |the city gates “We are proud to honor this distinguished | delegation,”” said the mayor, “and we want you to go away feellng that the peopls of Omaha are glad you came. 1 take great | pleasure in turning the keys of the city |over to you for today.” | The mayor's speech by an interproter. Baron Shibusawa, the Harriman of Japan, responded to the addresses of welcome in his natlve tongue and his speech was re- peated in lish by Asumoto, editor of the Japan Times | The baron said was also repeated that he hoped Omahu {would not hold him responsible for the {rain, but yet he would be glad to have the |tarmers of Nebraska give him due creait | for bringing it up trom Kanses City. with him. He waid he rejoiced In the grear prosperity of Nebraska and the west, of which Omaha was the gateway. He sald Poctrar s e (Continued on Fourth Pagey