Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1910, Page 1

«_+y to the remarks ot both Mr. NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 10. } THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEATHER FORECAST Fer Nebraske—Showers in east For lowa— Local showers For weather report see Pago 2 VOL. XXXIX—NO. 295, OMAHA, SATURDAY ARGUMENTS IN Mr, Brandeis and Mr. Pepper Open for the “Prosecution” and Mr. Ver- trees for the ‘“Defense.” 1] LATTER DENOUNCES NEWSPAPERS Begins His Address by Charging Re- porters with Being Unfair. {Tfll APPEALS TO COMMITTEE }h Members Are Asked to Lay Aside s Political Considerations. SAYS SECRETARY UNSAFE MAN | \ Mr. not Brandels Insists Ballinger Can- Be Depended Carry Out Conserv Policy. Upon to » ! WASHINGTON, May 21.—In opening his argument before the Ballinger-Pinchot in- vestigating committee. Attorney Vertrees, counsel for Mr. Ballinger, today made a seathing denunciation of the press for its atitude toward this case and sald the only commandment thé newspaper men seemed to obey was: “Give ué this day our dally bread.” Mr, Olmsted interrupted to inquire what commandment that was and Mr. Vertrees Teplied amid Jaughter: “The eleventh.” Speaking slowly and smiling on the com- mittee, Mr. Vertrees, counsel for Secretary Ballinger, then began his reply to counsel on the other side of the case. *I cannat but admire the sublimity of his jaith,” he sald, referring to the statements Auu made by Mr. Pepper. Then, referring Brandeis and “One of these men told us what an irres- vlute and wishy-washy man Secretary Bal- linger was. Thut was the argument of Mr. Brandels. Now the other gentleman, Mr. Pepper, finds him a resolute man absolutely dominating and controlling every man around him. S0 you see the difficulty 1 am in endeavoring to answer arguments like this. “What I shall say shall be addressed to this table and not that one,” indicating first the committee table and then the press table. Roust for the Pre: “What the committee expects I8 a knowl- edge of this case as it will be given them through their chosen representative here and not those arguments which reporters catch for the putpors of putting Into the wpapers for the people to read,”” continued Mr. Vertrees. y ¥ MF. Vertrees then proceeded to pay his Tenpects to the pres “On the whole, 1t seems to me,” he sald, that they (the reporters) seem to be sub- ject to the criticism .that goes with the injustice which they may do to those they assault and impugn. I do not say that this so-callod press has risen like a Juminary in heaven. I rather belleve that they appeal to men's prejudices rather than to tho ocultivation of their under- standing. “Eleventh Commandment.” “There 18 one part of the Lord's mandments to which ‘they seem to fully attend, ‘Glve us this day our bread'—they write that which gives their daily bread “May 1 Interrupt,” interposed Represen- tative Olmstead, “t¢ inquire which one of ten commandments that is?" "‘Lookm‘ down on the table abashed and wmiling In embaryassment, Mr. Vertrees re- ned silent untll the dyink out of the of laughter called forth from specta- tors and members of the committee by the question he cduld not answer. Te then re- plied with a smile: “The eleventh. Then appealing to the committee to put aside every political consideration in the de- termination of the case against Mr., Bal- linger, Mr. Vertreds suggested that.at a time llke the present In such a case as the committee was called on to decide, they should all be republicans and all democrats QMr. Pepper, he continued: -, com- care- dally them unging the act of” Mr. Ballinger' 0 ential stenographer to whom he re- i as “This creature Kerby, in mak- ing public informiation bearing on the preparation of the Lawler memorandum, Mr. Vertrees' drew ‘the conclusfon that having testified to no more than he . after his long and confidential re- lation with Secretary Ballinger, really pald & high tribute to the character of Mr. Bal- ‘linge! Brandeis for Prosecutio In summing up the case of the so-called “prosecution,” Attorney Louls D. Bran- dels, coungel for L. R. Glavis, . declared that it had been conclusively established that Secretary Ballinger Is not a man “so gealously devoted to the interests of the common people, 50 vigilant and resolute in resisting’ the insidiols agsregation of the special interests that he may be safely de- pended on to earry forward the broad policy ¢ conservation of our national resources.” 1Y “That he !s subject to far severer eriti- elsm we firmly belleve,” added Mr. Bran- “els. §_ Mn Brandeis spoke for about two hour: reserving half an hour for closing after Attorney Vertrees had addressed the com- mittee on behalf of Mr. Ballinger. He re- ferred to Mr. Glavis as “the ideal public servant” and to Gifford Pinchot oL character so high us to b the suspicion of self seeking. Kerby's Aet De He vigorously detendea the action of Gtenographer Froderick M. Kerby in mak- ng public confidential informatior of the Interlor departivent bearing on the prepa- nz of the Lawler amendment and said a.er itlelse Kerby for this aetion involves i misconception of the nature of our 3 nment."" HE secrefary of the Interior, the trustes . gorVihe people of the public domain should Bave the abliity to stand up against every- ¥ should be viglant,” declared Mr. { 'Would anyone think of dubbing ‘pur present secretary onewall” Bal- Jinger? Instead of being unswerving he to pressure; yields to not only in ots, but Also in statement, be It written or spoken, “This Investigation has been referred to #5 & struggle for conservation, a struggle § the special interest. It is that, but r more. In lts essence, it Is the le tor oy, the struggle for " t the overpowering politically as well as } the ~ BALLINGER CASE | f! the | great aifficulty | of the submarine was cru |lon. A flotilla of torpedo bo: | collision. French Submarine Torn from Mud Bed by Current {'recked Warship, with Its Twenty- Seven Dead, is Vagrant in Un- derwaters of Channel. LONDON, May 2.—The French sub- marine Pluviose, with its crew of twenty- seven dead, is today a vagrant in the urderwaters of the English channel. For way for the raising of the 450-ton welght, when the wounded war craft, under the pressure of the swift lower current, shook Itself free from Its mud moorings nd drifted away. Late this afternoon it had not been again located CALAIS, France, May #.—Hope that any of the twenty-se men imprisoned in the French submarine Pluviose, which was sunk by the Pas De Calals off here yester- day, survive was all but abandoned this afternoon. Reports made by the divers who, under are attempting ination of the wreck Indica an exam- te that the hull ed in the col s and dredg of divers worked vainly throughout the night to raise the vessel from its bed 100 feet below the surface Strong currents interfered greatly with the operations and at noon today little had been accomplished. The steamer Pas Do Calals sighted the periscope of the Pluviose some seventy feet ahead and backed, but too late to avoid & The lookout, wWho first saw the periscope, sald today that he had never seen such an instrument before, and mis- took it for a buoy. The report that the Pluviose was operating beneath the chan- nel steamer in furtherance of its practice in torpedolng passing vessels is not gen- erally credited. with the force Arsenic Found in All of Erder’s Vital Orgau. This SutementTMade by Dean Warren of Washington Med- ical College. ST. LOUIS, May 2.—Dr. Willlam H. Warren, dean of the medical department of Washington university, took the wit- ness stand at noon today Mrs. Dora B. Doxey on firat degree murder and told how he found enough arsenic in the organs of Willlam J. Erder to have caused death There was arsenic in every organ, he said. Mrs. Doxey listened unmoved to this testimony which followed on the heels of Dr. J. A. Hartman's statement that in performing the autopsy he found no trace of a disense which could have emused nat- ural death. Dr. Warren found 297 millograms of arsenic trioxide in the brain, stomach, kid- in the trial of the . charge of neys, - liver and Intestines. The organs welghed 4,658 grains. Arsenic, Dr. Warren testified, has never been found by him in normal bodies. On cross-examination Dr, Warren sald Erder's organs were In fAlr shape. He tound no morphine, which Dr. Friedeberg had testified he prescribed. By a court ruling this afternodn Jeffer- son Fuller of Joy, Ill, and Mrs, D. M Morris of Evanston, Ill, father and sister of Mrs. Doxey, were permitted to be In the court room during the taking of the testimony. They had been excluded be- cause they are to testify, Mrs, Grace Latham of Omaha, a sister of the accused, will be here soon to com- fort Mrs. Doxey, Mrs. Morris sald. Madriz Forces Invest Bluefields Only City that is in Control of the Estrada Faction Surrounded by Nicaraguan Army. WASHINGTON, May 2.—The Madriz forces have completely surrounded the city of Bluefields, the last stronghold of the Estrada faction in Nicaragua, according to a cablegram recelved at the Navy depart- ment today from Captain Gilmore of the United States gunboat Paducah. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Session Which Began Today in Phila- delphia Will Consider Sev- eral Big Problems. PHILADELPHIA, May 27.—Consideration of the representative ministerial rellef, church publications and Sunday schools took up most of today's sessions of the gen- eral assembly of the Unjted Presbyterian this city, The varlous committees of the assembly today are at work on the questions referred to them yesterday. Among the more im- portant of these are closer relation with the other Presbyterlan churghes; the part to be played by the church ng the working classes; revision of the book of Psalms and a change in the book of church government. Unless these reports have been made on Monday or Tuesday next the assembly will consider only church matters of a routine nature. urs the divers had struggled to prepare | Church of North Amerlod, now meeting in | HICAGO WHEAT | May Values Drop Three @%s Early in Day and Rally After Wild Scare, ‘\LFS!EI LONGS ARE UNLOADING | Bulls Sell Their Holdings and Appar- I ently Pocket Losses. | VIOLENCE SHOWN AT OPENING | “Pit Fairly Seethes, with Prices Vary- : ing from One to Two. | |MOTHER NATURE PLAYS TRUMP This is the Way Traders Refer to| Beating Received by Bolls— | Crop News Largely a | | Factor, CHICAGO, May 27.~Wheat was demoral- | ized again today. To yesterday's slump of | from 4% cents in September ] May the market at the bottom " | #hortly befor the close, showed extreme | losses of 2% cents in September to | cents in May. The close showed an average | rally from thé bottom of about 1% cents. | | of 5 ce %@ This was due largely to the fact that the market was sold to a standstill, The market was violent at the opening and | registered further declines during the first hour and a half of trading. The pit fairly | seethed. Prices of the same option varied | simultaneously in different parts of the| ¥it by a cent In September and a cent | and a half in May. May wheat, closing last night at $1.06@1.06%, fell to $1.03 as dis- couraged longs of lesser magnitude un- | joaded and pocketed their losses. July and September were sold in immense quanti- ‘o an extent by foreigners. Septem- )sing last nignt at 93 cents, dropped ents, a loss since Wednesday of July sold at 93% cents, as com- 4 cents at the cloge yester- 18 of 6% cents In two days. ills have been whipped by ola Mother Nature, as traders put it. Bulls loaded up with wheat early in the season, when prospects as viewed by them looked dublous for adequate world crops. But in the United States the rains descended and the sun shone to such purpose that the gloom was lifted from apparently blighted prospects. Europe predicted unusual crops, and even far-away India took arms against the bulls, with predictions of a record-breaking harvest. It is almost axiomatic among speculators that the trader ‘who cannot execute a quick, right-about-face, in pace with shirt- ing developments, will not last long In eny market. The big bulls in wheat seerm to hold to this rule, Having lost time {n pougiic out their Loldings when nature point the way. Sugar Defendants Plead Guilty Three of the Six Men Indicted with Heike Change Pleas When Prosecution Rests Case. . NEW YORK, May 27.—Three of the de- fendants in the sugar underweighting con- spiracy trial, pleaded guilty, thelr coun- gel, Henry H. Cochrane, announced today. Shortly atter the opening of the trial today, when the prosecution announced that it rested Its case, counsel for Walker, Halllgan and Voelker withdrew thelr former pleas of mnot gullty to all the charges. Sentence was deferred. Court was then adjourned untll next Tuesday. These three were fellow employes of the four cMeckers convicted last winter for complicity in the frauds on the Willlams burg docks of the American Sugar Re- fining company. All of them worked un- der Oliver Spitzer. Counsel for the three men who had de- cided to give up the fight, today withdrew thelr plea of not guilty as soon as the sovernment after Introducing some new testimony answered that it closed it case, Sentence will be passed on them later, Court was adfourned till Tuesday next, Judge Martin denying formal motions for the dismissal of the the remag Indictments against ning three defendants. JESSE OVERSTREET IS DEAD Former Chairman of House Commit- tee on Postoffices Dies at His Home in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, May 2l.—Jesse Over-| street, who represented this, the Seventh district of Indlana, In congress from 1596 to | 198, died today at his home in this after a long {liness. | Mr. Overstreet was chairman of the com mittee on postoffices and post roads during | his service In congress and was the author of the gold standard law passed In 1000, | He then became a member of the national | monetary commission. He was of the republican campaign from 1598 to 1904, A sweeping democratic victory county two years ago retired Mr, | street in favor of Charles A. Korbly, Mr. Overstreet was born at Fi {Ind., December 14, 180, city secretary committee in this Ovy -anklin, Waking, Standing over the bed of ‘his Intended vietims, throwing & flashlight all about them, & burglar passed as a spirit in the home of Jacob Milder, 1107 Davenport street, Thursday night. “Wake up, Jacob, whispered Mrs. Milder, as she nudged her sleeping hus- band and stared at the apparition, a burglar in the house. matter—burglar “There’ you're dreaming. The burglar took the hint in ample time and vanished from the room. Bpirit, burglar or friend of evil-whatever the midnight visitant was—he got away with some small chavge and & fountaln pen Wife Dreams of Burglars, from the room of Benjamin, a son, when he departed from the house. ““There was a burglar in my room last night,” remarked Benjamin when he came to the breakfast table. “He got all the money I had In my pockets and a foun- taln pen and broke my bureau glass. Must have come In through the window." “Now, Jacob, what do you say now?' Mrs. Milder sald reproachfully. *“That burglar was standirg right by the bed and you could have caught him easy.” Mr. Milder was confronted by an over- whelming line of evidence from both wite and son and he finally admitted his discernment of & spirit had been faulty. RO his | MORNING, MAY 28, 1910 —TWENTY PAGE MYISPERKING HAS\BEEN OVERESTIMATEDYS AND THE GOOD 1T Bl HASIDONE EXOGGERATED" y From the Washington Star. ews Note: ERDMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY Is Charged by State with Assault with Intent to Kill, MORE EVIDENCE IS COMING IN Offer of Reward by Mr. Dennison Brings In More Witnesses Who i the im to Know of Dynamite Eplsode. Frank Erdman, the man held on sus- plelon of having placed the infernal ma- chine on Tom Dennison's porch, was ar- ralgned on a charge of assault with in- tent to kil before Judge Crawford Fri- day morning. Erdman pleaded “‘not gullty” and said he was willing to face ‘a pre- liminary hearing next Friday. The charge against Erdman carries with it a penalty of from two to fifteen years it convicted. Captain Savage signed as complaining witness against the prisoner. Deputy Circult Attorney' Plattl’ acted as prosecutor, Iman was subjected to an inquisition for a half hour Friday morning, through which he maintained a complete denial of guilt. The prisoner advanced an alibi con- cerning his movements during the time the dynamite bomb is supposed to have been placed on the Dennison porch. ¥ He declared he was at the Calumet res- taurant from 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock Sun- day afternoon, and was in his room from 1 o'clock to § o'clock Sunday afternoon, on the day the attempt at dynamiting was made. 2 Acting Chief Mostyn was furnished with considerable more evidence Friday that Erdman had known Tom Dennison and had threatened his lfe. C. M. Valentine, a lawyer and dealer in land at Chadron, Neb., visited the captain and recounted in- terviews he had with Erdman at Ghadron, In which the suspect freely announced his intention of returning to Omaha and kill- ing Dennison. The threats were made about flve weeks ago, according to Mr. Valentine. Captain Mostyn also said that five per- sons have been found who say they can recognize Erdman’s suitcase and revolver and will call at the station Friday night or Saturday and inspect the instruments which ) made up the infernal machine of which Erdman is thought the maker. Cap- tain Mostyn stated the witnesses are resi- dents of Crawford, Neb., but declined to mention thelr names. The acting chief declared there 1s a grist of Information coming in dally against Erdman and that it was his opinion the evidence would prove to be of a direct and damning nature, and not circumstantial, as has been thought. “The public is aroused over the dyna- mitg: affair,’ sald Captain Mostyn, “and do of persons have volunteered to fur- nish_various sorts of information against the man who is thought to have sought Dennison's - life. Three women living in the vicinity of the Dennison home appeared at the police station and positively identified Erdman as a man seen lurking about the house on Sunday morning. Danish Cabinet Resigns. COPENHAG May 2.—The resigna- tion of the cabinet, whose policy of defense falled to recelve support in the recent election was placed before King Frederick by Premier Zahle today. ~His majesty asked the ministers to continue thelr du- ties pending the selection of their suce Finds it All Truel— From 7:30 A. M. to 7:30 P. M. to- day is time to get your want ad in to- morrow’s Bee. Don’t wait, Don’t hesitate. Phone Douglas 238, if you T dido't want him, anyway,” he sald, at o can’t come to the office, and | it will be taken care of. Mr. Bryan disclaims praise as VG an orator. World’s Record for Twelve-Inch Guns Crew of Forward Turret Scores Six- teen Bullseyes in Sixteen Shots Fired Within Five Minutes. . by South Carolina NORFOLK, Va., May 27.—A new world’'s record for big guns shooting, which inef- OMAHA THE BUTTER TOWN Chicago Commission Men Peevish Be- cause Packers Buy Direct. BUYING NOW FOR STORAGE David Cole Says that Packers Have Cut Out (he” Comminsion Men, to the Advantage of the Omaha Market. dentally emphasizes the superiority of | United States naval marksmenship, has| Disappointed Chicago commission men [iust been made by the new battleship|@nd the loks of dominating power by the South Carolina. With its forward target hits out of ‘sixteen shots in'four min- utes and fifty-one seconds. Attorney General Thompson Speaks Nebraskan Addresses State Law Offi- cers on Rates and Powers of Railroad Commissions. of attorneys general today. In his talk on the federal railroad blll homa, made an attack on some of its pro. vislons. Talking of the:proposed amend ment eliminating a clduse « which. migh take from the state all their power, he: said tionary, {ll-advised and infernal. and to those who propose it." W, T. Thompson, attorney general o Nebraska, in discussing railroad rate mak ing this afternoon, spoke in behalf of con sumers as well as of, the rallroads, business men and shippers, “Most of the rates,’’ he. sald, ‘“especl been artfully ingrafted on us by, gentle manly rate makers behind guns and mdsks. The rate question from the con sumers' standpoint is really the vital ques. ton -which demands Investigation.” terfan general assembly today practically exonerated the New York synod in the clal committee was a compromise. turret twelve-inch guns It made sixteen “bull's-eye ST. PAUL, Minn, May 27.—Election of officers and selection of the nmext conven- tion city and report of the committee on resolutions were the most important mat- ters to come before the national assembly Charles West, attorney general.of Okla- rallway commissions it was' “revolu- Not only that, it s dangerous both to the railroads the ally interstato rates, would appear to have NEW YORK SYNOD EXONERATED Presbyterian Assembly Takes Action on the So-Called Black Heresy Case. ATLANTIC CITY. May 27.—The Presby- Black heresy case. The report of the jud|- Elgin board are held by Omaha butter men to be the actuating causes of the declara- tion of war which E. L, McAdam, as leader, has declared against the packers who are buying the butter output here. “We are selling our butter direct to the packers,” said Davld Cole, referring to the Chicago fuss. ‘“‘Heretofore the packers bought their butter through the Chicago commission dealers in large quantities and now these dealers have lost the business. Mr. Cole did not apparently attach any great significance to the deciaration of McAdams that they would force the price of butter to $1 a pound and drive the pack- ers out of the butter business. “The packers are buying our butter and that is all there is too it,” said the Omaha creamery man. “I don't know what Elgin 1s golng to do about it atthe meeting to be held Saturday.” The move on the part of the Omaha but- ter men in selling direct to the packers Is in line with Mr. Cole’s position announced some weeks 8go, when he insisted t thero was no reason why Omaha should not be the one great butter market. Butter is now being stored by the pack- ers. They are paying an average price of 28 cents a pound, about 2 cents higher than at this time last year. According to the dealers here the packers arc bdying in relatively the same quantities that they have for the. last two years, t £ Protests. Against Congressmen from States in Middle West Are Being Flooded with Telegrams. d WASHINGTON, May 2.—A flood of tele- grams reached the house. today against the proposed increase in railroad rates which have. been announced to b come effective on June' 1. Nearly every member ' from Iowa,. Mimmesota,* Nebraska, Kansas and other states in the middlc west was told in.the dispatches that the proposed Increase would prove a great hardship to consumers by ' ddaing to the cost ‘of llving and that business would be seriously injured, President T aft WASHINGTON, May 27.—President Tafi today sent to Chairman Tawney of house committee on appropriations a lette: expressing deep resentment at the criti clsms passed by democrats in of the president. The president says he {s especlally dis. tressed by “suggested reflection on south. ern hospitality.” The president’s letter follows: THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, May ‘27.-My Dear Mr. Tawney: expenses of the president took yesterday I think it s & legitimate argument in favo: and many others press the acceptance of | Invitations to visit thelr section and dis. | indicates the opinion on people, that one of the duties of the presi. dent is to visit the people in their homes. “But the Intimation or suggestion tha the acceptance by with him in their respective districts o states was & reason why they should nof the house debate yesterday on the traveling expenses | 1 am deeply grieved over the phase which the discussion of appropriation for the traveling of such an appropriation that congressmen | tricts, because the urgency of such requests the part of the congressmen of the president’s invitation to travel on the train ‘Resents Criticism of Democrats t)vote thely free opinion on the question of the | such an appropriation is to me a most pain. | r ful ope. “In, traveling on the train they were not recelving my hospitality—they were only making a little more elaborate the cordial welcome which they as representatives of their- districts wished to glve. he feature of the discussion yesterday which was especlally distressful to me wag a suggested reflection on southern hospi- tality. . The intimation that somewhere in the south board was charged has no foun. dation. in fact, and I never heard it int|. mated until I saw It In this morning's | paper. “In all my experiences, and I have en- Joyed the hospitality of many sections and countries of the world, I never had a more cordial, generous, open and lavish wel- come than I had in the southern states during my trip and the siightest hint that puts me in he attitude of & critic of thag hospitality glves me great pain, “I am golng to take the liberty of mak. ing this letter to you public.' Very sin. cerely yours, “WILLIAM H. TAFT.” ““Hon. James A. Tawney, House of Rep- resentatives. r t t v t Raise in Rates| protesting | COPY TWO CENTS. BROWN SUGGESTS CTAFT AMENDMENT chbmska Senator Throws Bomb Into | Senate When Vote on Railroad Bill Was in Sight. RELATES TO STOCK OWNERSHIP Will Take Place of Section Twelve, Cause of Debate. MEMBERS THROWN IN CONFUSION | | | Delay in Final Passage of Measure Certain to Result. BILL BETTER THAN PRESENT LAW | Rondw, as Measure Now Stands, Can- not Ralse Hates Withou Per- mins of Interstate Com- | e nixxion. (From a Staff Correspondent.) | WASHINGTON, May (Special Telo- gram)—Just when the final voto on the | valiroad bill seemed Imminent and when the clouds had shown a rift ‘of suhlight and when everyb y seomingly thought the long debate wa n end, Senator Brown of Nebraska I an amendment (o | take the place of section 12 of the bill, and which now threatens to continue the debate 1t present for an indefinite period. Mr. Brown of- fered his amendment almost at the close of the day's procecdings and which o Juired the senate that it declded to adjourn In order to look at it in cold type. Senator Brown's amendment fs a8 follow: “That no railroad corporation which Is a comgucn carrier, subject to the law to regulate commerce approved February 4, 1887, as amended, shall her.atier acquire directly or indirectly any, interest of what- soever kind in the capltal stock or pur- |chase or lease a raflroad of any railroad | qorporation owning or operating a lne of raflroad which 18 directly and substantially competitive with such first named corpora- tion to which such acts to regulate com applies, and such corporation {which acquirss any interest in the capital stock or twhich purchases or leas:s a rail- road- coptrary to this section or which holds or retains any interest in the capital stock or in a rallroad hercafter acquired in viclation of this section shall be fined 6,000 for each day or part of day during which it holds or retains such interest un- lawfully acquired.” Senutor Brown's amendment, which was offered as’'a clarifying proposition to the other section of the bill, plunged the senate in confusion. An adjournment was the only way out of the seeming difficuity. It came like a thunder clap from a clear sky, wholly unexpected, yet, at the same time, with the welght of President Taft behind it, for as Senator Brown said to The Bee correspondent, . the amendment was sub- stantlally in the terms of the president and that President Taft regerded the amend- ment as essential in order that the bill might be perfect as possible In all its parts. merce any se Mensure Sten Forward, The bill as it stands today If nothing else is added to It, is a tremendous step for- ward in the regulation of the railroads and not only railroads, but telegraphe and tele- phones within the purview of the law. It also provided for the ut the long and short haul fea a tae wearl- some debate Is more thao co nasated for ]v\llh this feature uddcd to the Hill, Under ‘the amendment of the senate, rail- roads can not ralre raicd without pormis- sion of the Inter Cominerce commis- sion, and that body has cleven monthp in which to declde Ing laws railroads can Commerce commi s Under the exist- otify the Interstato they will raise rates at a certain fixed time and rates wiil be ralsed because laterstate Commeree commission’ has not the power to prohibit such ralses. All this is corrceted bill, and wit ha long and prohibiting rallroads to raise rates and with telegraphs and telephones placed under the gperation of the law, the country will wake {up some morning and fina the railroad rate bill passed which will demonsirate that President Taft is working out hls eampaign emedial legiglation In a most offec 55101 d the under the present short haul claus \ Senator Cummins, when he floor late this afternoon .was me off the all In" over Senator Brown's amendment, and he could ¢ nothing except to predict an Indefinite perlod of debate on the amendment. More conservative members of the senate, however, belleve that a vote can be had on th bill certainly by the middle of next week | Dolliver Amend nt Deaten. | The Dolllver amendment to the raflroad bill, to provide for federal regulation of the uance of rallroad securitics so as to pres- ver reapitalization defeated )( 16 nate today nineteen to forty seven. | As soon as the rafiroad bill was in was taken up today Sepator Dolliver formally pre- i sented his amendment designed to take the place of the capitafization sections which were eliminated yesterday. His pro- vision related entirely to the question of the issuance of stocks and bonds and cov- | erea ten printed pages. The especial object of the amendment was to place such restrictions on the fs- suance of securities as would prevent abuses. This amendment embodled the views of the insurgents and while they had no hope of gelting favorable action, they mani- fested much interest in the proceeding, They wanted to place “people on record." Senator Dolliver took the tloor to plain his provision An amendment to the rallroad bill troduced by Benator La Follette to put telegraph, telephone and cable companics except wireless, under the Interstate com- merce act was adopted by the senate with- out & roll « | exe | in- | Mau. WASHINGTON, May 21.—President Taft today appoluted his secretary, Fred Warner Carpenter of Sauk-Center, Minn., as mid- Ister to Morocco (o succeed I, Percival Dodge. It is likely that the president will appoint Rudolph Forester, present as | ant secretary to succeed Carpenter. | | Nomi Sent to Nenate, WASHI May 21.—President Taft toduy sent to the senate mominations in cluding the following: United States Judges—Eastern Texas Gordon Russell; United States atto Minnesota district, Charles C. Houpt: celver of public moneys, Glenwood Springs, Cola, Willam B. Wallace.