Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 10, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerful to the homes of poor dnd rich. business getter in the west, because it goes THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. _— WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska— Fait * For lowa— Probably showers. For weather report see page 2 VOL. XXXIX—NO. 30¢ SUGAR MEN'S FATE| RESTS WITH JURY Charles R. Heike and Two Former Subordinates Await Decision in Fraud Case. LAWYERS FINISH SUMMING UP“ “Heike Never Drew Breath of Pesti- lential Air,” Says Defense. BLAME TRACED TO CEMETERY Guilt Put on Shoulders of H. 0. Have- meyer, Deceased Officer. STATES OBJECT OF PROSECUTION Attorney Stanebfield Deelares that Fight el is Being Made on Pri Defendant as Man Higher Up. ~Charles R. Heike, ot American Sugar Kefining company, and his two former subordinates on trial with him, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government by fraudulent welghing of sugar imports, will know soon whether the law holds them gulity or in- nocent Mr. Lexow today followed the general line of argument adopted by the defense and brought into prominence the name of the late H. O. Havemeyer, up to the time of his @eath, shortly after the discovery of the sugar frauds 1 would not like to say the memory of the dead, said Mr. Lexow, but 1 am suge there is mot the slightest doubt in the mind o1 any one here that . O. Havemeye~ knew every detail down LW secretary YORK, June 9 anything against to the minutest item of what took place in | the refinery. Gerbracht he ordered about \) \ ke one of the office bdys. ‘ Defends Accused Man, “Helke never drew @ breath of the pes- filential alr of the sugar docks” said At- torney Stauchtfield, who followed Mr Lexow aul summed up for the accused secretary. “He was not contaminated by the frauds. Mr. Stimson waunts to convict this man so that Mr, Wickersham can tell the public he has convicted the man higher up,” con- tinued the attorney, pointing to Heike. He added that Helke was only a salaried em- ploye. “Where did. Spitzer get 1t?" Stanchfield, alluding to the $166,000 he sald the evidence showed Ollver Spitzer de- posited in the banks within six years. “He didn't get it from the sugar company. Mr. Stanchfield did not make it clear at the time where he thought Spitzer's thou- sands came from while he was drawing 36 a teek from the sugar company, Mr. Stimson summied up the government's case, taking up the evidence hit by bit and welding it into what he contended was o compiete Shal).ef proot against the three detendants. e HARRY COOPER EXPIRES AS RESULT OF FALL Man Injured from: Shock Expires at St. Joseph's Hospital—Identity Not Fally Disclosed. Harry Cooper dled yesterday afternoon in St Josepll's hospital having remained unconsclous since the evening of May when he was admitted to the institution following & fall on the pavement at Twenty-tirst and Cuming streets. ? 18 supposed he came to the city from e cried Mr. tman, Neb., This was the address on nvelope found in & pocket but no fur- ther proof of identification has yet been obtained. The fall which culminated in the man's death followed a shove by John Schell, a machinist in the employ of the street car company, who lives at 8015 South Thirty-tirst street. According to Schell's story, Cooper had been so persistent In begging that he shook him off while he was holding his arm. He fell on the pavement and was picked up unconsclous. After the case had Leen Investigated by County Attor- ney Euglish, Schell was released from the city jall. Coroner Crosby hes taken charge of the body and will direct a post mortem to ascertaln the cause of death fim‘ is belleved to be a fracture of the he of the skull. DOCTORS ELECT OFFICERS onn B Murphy of Chicazo v ¢ . Prosidént of American Medical Ansoctation. BT. LOUIS, Mo, June §.~Otficers elected at the sixty-first annual wen were sesslon of the American Medical assoclation today | and the standing committees, announced by President Welch, were confirmed by the house of delegates. Dr. John B, Murphy of Chicago was elected prekident and Dr. George H Simmons of Chicago sccretary In the section on dermatology paper Drs, lsadore Dyer and Ralph Hopkins New Orleans contained the announce- ment that leprosy Is spreading to nearly every stute in the union and that no con certed meghod of caring for lepers is prac ticed. Officlals were accused of neglecting the quarantine laws. The Importance of the prevention of in- fant mortality was impressed upon the delegates at the section on preventive medicine and publle health. Drs. Gottfried Koehler and C. St. Clair Drake of Chi- cAgo reported that one-third of all deaths among childern in’ Chicago are among chil- dren under & years of age and a large percentage of these are from preventable causes. Seven other sectional meetings were held. This afterncon those attending the con- wvention witnessed a double balloon ascen- slon, E’EWEIS END CONVENTION Pian to Promote Adoption o tional Laber Agreement | Approyed. —_— WASHINGTON, June $.—Endorsing a proposal that the organized brewing in- dustry offer actlve assistance to govern- ment authorities in devising measures for the regulation of the retail liquor traffic and approving a plan to promote the adoption of a national labor agreement fnd & lonal arbitration agreement, the ik nual convention of the United Hiat wers' assoclation adjourned which Willlam H. N~ | at White House' 1| in | condition were | i OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1910-TWELVE PAGES. Harrison Says He Was Rebuffed | I |New York Representative Charges ! President Refused to See Him After Making Appointment. | | WASHINGTON, June 9.-Representative Francis Burton Harrison of New York jtoday that he had recelved a rebuff at the | | White House from President Taft | ‘ ny with Representative Gold- | fogle, his colleagye, and Kellih of Massa- chusetts, Mr. 2"rison escorted a delega- { tion of Jew \s to the White House | to talk with yident about using his Kood offices | ting the massacre of | Jews in Russh % | After the pary ‘2".‘ |is suid, Secretaks form Mr. Hart @ | declined to see hini% ‘% | When asked for th ¥ % | ated the president, My | I have none to gived's abput that of the presid. No explanation of the !had be aited some time, it »~ on privately in- % At the president | A which actu- hon sald: Aght inquire > “Ason episode n obtained from the White House up to p. m. There was a general dis- position to connect the affair with Mr Harrison's resolution introduced in the house several weeks ago and later with- | drawn, calling on the attorney general for srmation in regard to his summary of t1s Glavis charges against Secretary Bal- wnger. Secretary |on the subject probably later in the day. Representative dignant when he { Norton said that a statement would be made Harrison was very in- returned to the capitol over the refusal of the president to see him, inasmuch, he sald, as he had made the appolntment with the president two days ago and had received no warning that he was to be publicly humiliated. Mr. Harrison is a democrat and Is serv- ing his seccord term. |Train Strikes Funeral Coach| | Minister and Three Other Persons Returning from Service Killed at Haverstraw, N, Y. HAVERSTRAW Y., June 9.—Four persons were killed and one seriously in- Jured here today when a locomotive struck a coach returning from a funeral. The vic- tims were Wiliiam Bebee of Haverstraw, Rev. A. Romath, pastor of the Methodist church of New City, and Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Siefred of New City, killed, and Mrs, Perry Kessler, critically injured. Stabs His Divorced Wife and Selt Paul Muehle Fatally Wounds Woman ‘Who Was to Marry Another Man Saturday. | —_ | KANSAS CITY, June 9.—Jéalous because | his divorced wife was to marry another man next Saturday, Paul Muehle went to her home in this clty today and stabbed her several times. He then slashed him- self In an attempt to commit suicide. Hulllj are now in the General hospital in a dying Attending ' physicians stated | that Muehle may live, but that the woman probably will dia, OSHKOSH FARMER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HOTEL W. Van dition % Newkirk in Oritical Con- from G Polsoning and May Die, CHICAGO, June 9.—(Special Telegram.)— J. W. Van Newkirk, a wealthy farmer from | Oshkosh, Neb., was found unconscious today | from gas polsoning at Grace hotel. A gas | | jet was partiy open. Mr. Van Newkirk was | rushed to the county hospital, where little hope was held for his recovery. The police | were unable to ascertain from the circum- | stances whether the occurrence had been accidental or otherwise. Mr. Van Newkirk retired early and hotel employes noticed the light was extinguished before mid- night. At an early bour the night watch- man smelled escaping gas and forced open the door. GSANTER SCHEME FOILED | Judge Day Says He Has No Claim by Reason of Adverse ession. Anton Gsanter had a little plan of eam- palgn against the Northwestern rallroad, but it was knocked into a cocked hat by ‘HAS ALREADY PASSED SENATE | | ings banks, BANK MEASURE IS | PASSED BY HOUSE| Savings Bill, as Framed by Repub- lican Caucus, Favored by Vote of 192 to 113. Democratic Substitute Turned Down | by Heavy Vote Against It. | RAILROAD BILL IS DISCUSSED Senate Leaders Hold Conference with President Taft on Stocks. | HAVE LITTLE HOPE FOR SECTION‘ Statement Made that Provision fin | House Measure Covering Issu- ance of Honds Will Lose Out. e W WASHINGTON, June 9.~The postal sav- ings bank bill, as framed by the republican caucus of the house, was passed tonight,| the vote.being 182 to 113, The bill aiready | has passed the senate. | The democratic substitute for the postal savings bank bill was defeated in the house by & vote of 196 to 113. tepresentative Sims of Tennessee, deter- mined that a quorum of the house should listen to the debate on the postal savin bank bill, made the point of “no quorum' as soon as the journal had been read in that body today. Mr. Sims also desired to provide an au- dienco for Representative Moon of his state, who was prepared to speak against the biil of the majority and the substitute of the minority providing for postal sav- Mr. Moon being opposed to any plan for the establishment of postal banks. Railrond Bill Discussed. Senate leaders today told President Taft that there was little or no chance of pass- ing through the senate the provision in the house rallroad. bill /providing for su- pervision of the lssuance of stocks and bonds by the Interstate Commerce commis- slo The president had expressed the hope that this provision might be contained in the railroad bill as finally adopted. There seems little likelihood that the senate con- terees will accept the provision. The senate today sustained the action of the committee on appropriations, striking out the house provision in the sundry civil bill relleving labor organizations from prosecution under the anti-trust law, 34 o 16, Millers Tell More of Bleached Flour Men from Spring Wheat Belt Say that Bread from Bleached Product is Inferior. - KANSAS CITY, June 9.—Direct testimony and the cross-examining of witnesses still claim entire attention In the bleached flour case being tried in the United States cir cult court here. Several revelations re- garding the alleged bad effects of flour after its treatment to the bleaching pro- cess, characterlzed yesterday's session. Merton F. Dennison of Red Wing, Minn,, a miller, testified that dough made fromy bleached flour was less elastic than that made from unbleached flour. Willlam Graham, a miller of Groton, S. D., testitied that he had used a bleaching process for two years i his mill. He had not used the Alsop process, but on that treated the flour similarly in bleaching. He sald that his experiments had proven that using a given amount of flour the un- bleached product gave a better volume of bread than the bleached and that the bread made from the unbleached flour re- tained the natural flavor of the wheat, but that the bread made from the bleached product was less palatable, He sald that new wheat was more yellow than old wheat and that bread made from new wheat was not so good as that made from old wheat. He said that flour made from new wheat when bleached was whiter than unbleached flour made from old wheat WESTERN SHIPPERS WILL ! NOT GO TO WASHINGTON | Committee Which Met in Chic | Judge Day in district court who denied the injunction Gsanter prayed for. | Gsanter owned {wo lots at the corner of | Thirteenth and Chicago streets, one facing | Thirteenth and the other lot abutting on | Chicago. He sold these two lots to the| railroad “as surveyed, platted and re- corded.” Then he proceeded to fenee In a strip on Thirteenth and & strip on Chi- go outside the boundarles of these lots, | He asserted title by adverse possession and when the road sousht to bufld a iine | agonally across the two lots from the Thir- | | teenth street side, Geanter filed a petition for an injunction. Thirteenth street s not open, but the attorneys for the road showed |that a street s platted there. By the rul- ing of the court Gsanter will be unable to collect from the road for the use of the street. Decides to Abandon Visit to the President. CHICAGO, June 9.—The joint committee of western shippers and Illinols Manufac- turers’ asscolation, which had planned a trip to Washington to consult with Presi- dent Taft over his attitude toward the re- cent attempt to advance rates, disbanded today and postpcned the trip. 1 WASHINGTON, June 9.—Representatives | of the rallroads east of Chicago and north of the Ollo river at a conference held here today decided that the advanced freight rates should be filed as effective August pending the enactment of the raliroad | bill now in conference. If for any reason | bill should not become a law by Au- gust 1 a further postponement of the date will be granted. he | Omaha has a eabman who doesn't mind the rain—in fact, he rather enjoys it, and has & reputation about the Unlon station of never being driven from the seat of his omnibus by & rain storm. Other cabbies blanket thelr horses and seek refuge within the walting room of the station, but Bob Garrett prefers to sit upon his cab and get drenched. Wednesday morning while the moisture pouring down in big drops—in sheets, in fact—the other cabbles left their horses in the rain, but sought for themselves the protection of the station. Not so with Bob Garrett. He sat perched upou the seat of lmc Omaha Tranefer company’s omnibus fThis Cabby Likes Rain | Better Than Sunshinej for two hours In the pouring rain. below his seat was a small sign which | read, ““The Only Way,” but his fellow cab- men took exception to this motto and de- clared that Garrett's method of holding | fort was the only way for a man who didn't know enough to come in out of the rain, “The only way to drive Bob from his seat,” said one of the cabbles, “is to pour on the sunshine full blast. He don't like the sunshine and wiil duck for cover, but he seems to take glory In sitting in the | Directly | versity participated | i(i'(t N( i l U WEATHER (e il Il " I 0 I v L il A%y now? J \ a v R \ \ \ 7 M‘ From the Washington Herald. WALLACE HEADS WORKERS Omaha Man Chosen President at Beatrice Meeting, TEN THOUSAND FUND IN SIGHT Twenty-Five Hundred Raised an Six Thousand Appprtioned Various Countlew—Parade Ends Sesston. \ BEATRICE, Neb., June 9.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The business sesslon of the State Sunday School conventlon' clowed-this afi- ernoon with the election: 8 these officers: President—G. G. Wallace of Omaha. Vice President—R. J. Wightman of York. Recording Secretary—C. C. Westcott, Plattsmouth. Treasurcr—E. €. Babcock, Lincomh. DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENTS, Teachers' Training—Rev. J. M. Kersey, of Omah Falrbury. iit—B. G. Dawson, Intermediate—Mrs. W. E. McCloud, York. Beaver City. Home—Mrs. Frank Roof, Pastors—Rev. R. A. Schell, Hastings. Missionary—Rev. F. G. Knauer, Nelson. Temperance—Rev. J. D. M. Buckner, Uni- Place. Visitation—Rev. Mr. Clark, Lexington. DIVISION DIRECTORS. Western District—S. K. Warrlck, Bluet. North Central-0. O. Central—H. Lomax, Broken,How East Central~J. R. Hanna, Wreelsy. Northeast—J. D. Haskell, Wakefield, and 0. R. Merdiih, Norfolk, East Division—J]. F. Smith, Omaha; I. P. Gage, Fremon C. Gilland, David City: Bert A. Wilcox, Omaha. Southeastern ' Division—L. Lincoln; E. D. Wright, Burdick, Nehawka. South ' Division—F, Dick, Crete; J. C. Southwestern DIV Mindan. Resolutions were passed expressing ap- preciation at the entertalnment afforded. The principal speakers today were Mrs. Mary Bryner of Chicago, Edward Dennison of Omaha and Prof. Eichhorn. The matter of ralsing $10000 for Sunday school work In the state was discussed, and $2500 in pledges was secured, $5,000 being apportioned to the various counties, leav- ing $1,500 yet to eb raised. The sum of $1,00 was subscribed for a memoral to Mrs. Haynes, late superintendent of ele- mentary work in the state. This evening a monste by the Beatrice Military band, was heid, in by more than 1,000 men, rying {lags and banuers. Fxcursion trains from Wymore, Fairbury and other points brought nearly 100 people to the city to witness the parade and attend the closing session. Tho convention closed tonight with ad- dresses Rev. W. D. Stem of Kansas City and Willlam Brown, general se tary. The crowd was so large that many could not get into the church. The weather has nothing to do with it. Advertise. In rain or shine advertise. D Scott's Snyder. O'Neill. C. Oberlies. eBatrice; G. L. A. Hunt, Aurora: J McLucas, Fairbury. jior—W. "E. Nichol % parade, headed hy hy If you want to sell a thing, tell everybody about it. People read your ad more in gloomy weather than fair. Now 18 a splendid time to get a good servent. It {8 a good time to secure a desirable place. Use 100,000 people read Use these little want ads. them freely. them. Bee want ads will rent your prop- erty, sell your land, find bargains for you, start you in business, take you out of business. They will do a thousand and one gervices that can't be done any other way. Call Douglas 238 and a cheerful staff will wait upon Bob will sit for hours in a heavy rain and rain. 1 prefer to get in out of the wet, but you couldn't drive him from his seat” | you. | that it was on Yire. Million Dollars | for Princeton Board of Trustees Announces that University Will Get Big Addi- tion to Endowment, PRINCETON, N. J., June 9.—As a re- sult of a special meeting of the board of trustees of Princeton university to- day the institution will acquire about §1,- 160,000 in gifts. The bulk of this comes as a renewal of the offer made by Wil- liam Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati and Lrings to an end the controversy over the ‘wite bf the graduate college. Mr. Proctor, in May, 199, offered the university $#00,00 on condition that the alumni raise an equal amount. During the controversy over the site Mr. Proc- tor's gift was withdrawn. With the re- newal of the gift the half million to be given by the alumni is sald to be assured in pledges. Mrs. Russell Sage, it was announced, has given $150,00 to add to the dormi- torles already donated by her and to bull a great memorial tower 160 feel high on the campus. The bequest by the late Isaac C. Wyman of Salem, Mass., variously estimated at from $2,000,000 to $4,- 000,000, it 1s sald, was the direct cause of the closing of the breach over the gradu- ate college site, which was the chiet con- dition of the original proctor offer. Leavenworth Woman Murdered Mrs, Elizabeth Schultz, Aged 74, is Killed by Robbers, Who Set Fire to House. LEAVENWORTH, Kan, June 9.—Eliza- beth Schults, & weaithy widow, 74 years old, was found murdered In her home within a block of the police station here early today. It is believed robbery was the motive of the murderer, who set fire to the house after killlng the woman and ransacking the premises. The victim's body was badly burned. A policeman passing the house dlscovered Knowing that the aged woman lived alone, he broke down the front door and found that a hole had been burned in the floor of a front room over the cellar. He rushed Into the cellar and extinguished the fire and then dis- covered the nude body of the woman there. The woman's arms were partly burned | off and the body badly charred. It is sald that Mrs. Schultz was worth $500,000 and that she kept a large sum In her house. RIVERS BILL GOES THROUGH Senate Adopts Conference Report on Measure by Forty-Five to Twelve, WASHINGTON, June 9.—The conference VESSEY JlePS INTO LEAD Governor of South Dakota Appar- ently Forges Ahead of Egan. LATE RETURNS FAVOR INCUMBm “Independent” Republican, However, Still Clatms Election In His Favor ~—Stalwarts Concede “Pro- Rressive” Victory. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., June 9.—Returns from forty-one out of fifty-seven counties .lve Vesvey, progressive, for governor, .18,- W0, Egan, independent, 17,142; Elrod, stal- wart, 14,491 © George W. Egan, independ- ent republican candidate for governor. stili claims he carried the state by not less| than 300. The officlal count may be| ry to settle the dispute. g The indications are that the stalwart republicans have renominated Congressmen Martin and Burke. A report from Huron| says: “Chalrman Richards, manager of the| progressive republican campaign 'declares emphatically that the returns Justity the statement that Governor Vessey is nomi- nated by a substantial plurality, While no figures are given the chairman states his declaration based on authentic re- turns regardiess of claims made by the| oposition aud that the officlal count will confirm his statement.” Later returns make no material change as to congressional candidates, Thorsen and Schrader running quite evenly and| somewhat In advance of Martin and Burke. ABERDEEN, 8. D, June 9.—Chalrman John C. Simmins and Secretary T. B. Rob- erts of the stlwart camapign committee concede the nomination of Governor Ves- sey for governor, late returns giving him a lead over Egan, Kellner Girl Last Seen in Church Woman Remembers Seeing Her Kneeling Saying Prayers Day She Disappeared. LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 9 missing link of evidence necessary to es- tablish the fact that Alma Keliner was| last seen alive in St. John's Catholic church | was obtalned last night by Frank Fehr, the murdered child's uncle. Mrs. Rosa Staeuble, who llves a few blocks from the soene of the murder, will be called today at the coronor's inquest She was probabiy the last person save the murderer who saw the child alive. Mrs. | Stacuble says Joseph Wendling, the miss- | ing janitor, who s belng sought in connec- tion with the murder, was in the church when she left and that she hoticed him moving about the church several times dur- ing her stay of a quarter of an hour, and | that she had remarked at the close atten- tion he pald to the little girl, who was on her knees praying. Mrs. Staeuble’s story and the finding of | bloody knife and bloody razor among The one a report on the river and ‘harbor bill was adopted in the senate by a vote of 45 to 12 the effects of Wendling are the latest de- velopments In the vase, Mr. Wickershan; Speaks of the Value of NAZARETH, Pa, June 9.-—Because President Taft's desire to have of Attorney | General Wickersham in Washington during the conference on the railroad bill the pro- | gram for the commencement exercises of | Nazareth Hall Military academy, at which the attorney general delivered the prin. cipal address, was somewhat disarranged. | Mr. Wickersham was to have been among | the last speakers, but received a telegram | from the president summoning him at once to the conference. The attorney general immediately prepared to leave for Wash- | ington, but a later message Informed hlm‘ that the meeting had been postponed unti] | | 4 o'clock. The attorney general, who was graduated | from the academy In 1573, spoke on *The Value of Thoroughness.” He said, in part “The besetting sin of our people today Thoroughness 1s superficiality; we are too often cont with doing a thing, as we say enough’ Let me Impress on thought that nothing is ‘well can be better done. A few weeks ago I | attended & banquet glven In New York to the great English general, Lord Kitchener In replylng to the toast in his honor, ne spoke of a visit he had just made to the United States Military academy at wegt Point and he sald that what struck him there was the thoroughness with which the work of the cadets was done “That was the quality which had ajs. tinguished the fllustrious general himselt in his own work and by means of which he had been enabled to reconquer the Soudan and 80 end the, ten years' relgn of terror in ent ‘well | the | enough’ that | you | United totfice fc Central Africa, and the application of that same quality enabled the English to finally | subdue the Boers in South Africa.” BAILEY ROARS AT THE RIVERS BILL Senator from Texas Insists that He and Others Were Treated Unfairly. |OVATION AWAITS JUDGE SMITH Republicans Will Welcome Him Back from His Victory, |JOHN F. LACY ON THE OUTCOME Former Congressman from Sixth Iowtl Gives His Opinion, ’ MAURICE D. O'CONNELL RESIGNS | lowa Man Who Has Been Solloitor the Years ot Treasury for Thirteen Gt Over HI oftice, (From a Staff Correspondent.) ASHINGTON, June 9.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Notwithstand the combined efforts of Senators Balley, Beveridge and Burton to send the rivers and harbor appropria- tion bill back to conference with instruc- tions to the senate conferees to have re- stored in the bill certain provisions which were knocked out In jolnt conference, the senate refused, by a vote of 4 to 13, to follow the lead of the senators Indicated and ratified the action of the conferees. Senator Bailey In Lis strictures on the bill was particulurly severe agalnst certain army engineers who, he sald, knew n. more about u commerclal proposition tha.i a goat. He said that Senator Burton had been punished by the senate committee <. commerce by discontinuing appropria.ic.i waterways commission and that e was to be siill further punished becauss he had the temerity to critcize the meas- ure Senator Balley's assertion was Indig- nantly denled by Senator Martin of Vir- ginla, who s minority member of the con- ference committee. It Is expected that the house will take up the conference report on the blll tomorrow, now that the sen- ate by an overwhelming vote has ratified the action of Its conferees. Both Senators Burkett and Brown voted for the confer- ence report, as did Senators Dolliver of Towa and Gamble and Crawford of Bouth Dakota. Ovation for Smith. Te regular republicans of the house are preparing to give Judge Walter I. Smith of Council Bluffs a great ovation when he ap- pears on the floor tomorrow. His friends made a special effort to be present today when the house assembled, rather expeoting Representative Smith would put in an ap- pearance. So enthusiastic are they over the Vi y of the Council Bluffs statesman that it would not be surprising it he should be carried by sowme of his more athletic admirers (o the speaker's rostram and w speech ‘demanded. A rather healthy beom for 8mith for the speakership has alréady developed in the regulars' camp, as few expect Cannon to be a candidate for re- fon, and the general popularity of Mr. Smith leads his friends to think he will be the strongest candidate they, can muster, The progressive members from lowa are uncertain a8 to what their attituds on Smith's candidacy will be, but it s thought they will ultimately fall in line for him, Ex-Representative John F. Lacy of Towa, of many callers at the White House today, was pleased with the out- come of the republican primaries in Towa. He has been one of the jeuders of “Stand- patters” in that state and for years| was the bulls-eye for Cummins' marksmer “We have won a great victory In Iowa,” be said, “and are now In a fair way to rid ourselves of the domination of United States scrators who undertake to dictate to the people of the state from here. Advices are that we will control sIx of the en congressiohal districts and the full control of the coming state convention and state organization. That ought to be sufficient tos how that lowa republicans do not care to be told from Washington how they must do or what they must sa Mnurice Maurice D, been solictor thirteen years Taft today, accepted Mr bore date one we O0'Connell Resigns, O'Connell of Towa, who has of treasury for the last has resigned. President in o highly eulogistic letter, O'Connell's resignation which of June 1. Mr. O'Connell's resignation is wholly voluntary and when his term s up in October he will leave his wife for & trip to the far east, t of jolning his daughter, wife Condon of the coast artillery, in the Philippines. Mrs, Condon s the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell and the parents prefer being with her to re- maining in Washington, Mr. O'Connell Is of the best-known men In lowa. He practiced law In that state for twenty years and was frequently honored by federal appointments. He was States Attorney In Jowa under President Arthur and was re-appointed to that position by President Harrison. As solicitor of treasury, Mr. O'Connell has served longer than any other solicltor in the history of the offige, which was es- tablished elghty years ago. One solieitor held office elght years, but Mr. O'Connell will have served more than thirteen, by Oetober with with obj of Major Money for praskn Buildings, The public bulldings bill which Chairman Barthold will n oa few days, will something like §200,000 for Nebraska, the largest individual item being the post- McCook, the home of Representa- tive ris. Other Jtems in the bill for Nebraska are wholly business propositions up matters carried In previous carry closing bllls. Death of Mrs, After an fllness Knapa. of several weeks, Mrs. Maria H. Knapp, wife of Dr. Seaman A. Kripp of bureau of plant industry, United Department of Agriculture, died last night at 8:30 o'clock at the fam- ily residence, 1216 Crittenden street, nortn- of a complication of discases. Mra, Knapp was 76 years old. She s survived by her widower and five children, who are Bradford Knapp, conneeted with the de- partment of agriculture; Prof. Homan Knapp of the State Agricultural college, Ames, lowa; Major F. A. Knapp, Lake Charles, La.; Mrs. A. M. Mayo, Lake Charles, La., and Mrs. O. J. Fay, Des Moines, lowa. Dr. and Mrs. Knapp, with their Bradford, came to Washington years ago from Ames, lawa, Mrs, Knapp was @ member of the Foundry Methodist Episcopal chureh. The body will be taken Ames today and buriel held at the old holue- ates west son two services will be | stead on Bunday,