THE NEWS, Domestic State Senator .Tames F. Shaw, the millionaire traction magnate, ol Salem, Slais., 1 1 1 1 a suit for absolute divorce against his wife, Not tie K Shaw. Mr? names M. Keno Marble, their former chauffeur, os corespond ent, and asks for custody of their boy, Kldredgo. Saaw. F. Augimt Helnze filed a demurrer to the indictment found against him last week by the Federal Grand Jury, charging Mm with misappropriating about $2. 2f0, 000. Mrs. Jennie Carlton, the wife of a retired scu captain, and supposed to bo demented, killed her two children by cuttine, their throats and then ended her !ife. The Western I'ncll'r Railroad Idaced nn order for 4 0 engines of the consolidated typo wltn the America Locomotive Com pin. v. John Sykee, a lawyer, of Trenton, N. J., a sentenced to 16 years In prison on rhiir;;" of forgery ant einhezr.1ci.icni. William Adler, recently convicted of misappropriating funds of the now defunct State National Bank of N"w Orleans, wns sentenced to nerve rlx years in the federal prison. Francis J. Nugent, treasurer of the John C. Nugent Company, of Roches ter. Ih under arrest on the charge of forging tho namo of the It A. Short) Shoe Company, of York, i'a. Justice Gerald signed an interlocu tory decree of divorce run linilng the findings of Referee Edward O. Whit akcr In favor of Helen Kelly Could against Frank Could. The members of the International League of Press Cluhs sailed on tho uteamor Rermudinu to attend th' eighteenth annual convention at lierm u da Albert House, j", years old. Jumped from the Wlllin:n.-:lnirg bridge, a dis tance of 13 few, Into tho Fast. Hiver and escaped practically unscnthed. Several Mahoning County, Ohio, officials are chareed with taking il legal fees, accordinK to the report of Examiners II. 15. Sane and J. L. Fecko. President .lames II. liaker, of tho Fnivcrslty of Colorado, made a strong Idea for the study of tho Bible in state colleges. J. J. Jusserand, French amassador to the t'nited States, will visit the Alaska - Yukon Pacific Exposition about June 12. The Philippine fieneral Assem bly adopted resolutions declaring in favor of the Independence of the is lands. The Japanese Chamber of Com merce, in its tour of the United States next September, may visit California. Helen Cortelyou, the nine-year-old daughter of George II. Cortelyou, died nt Huntington, L. I. The lieaviest rain of the year broke the drouth in West Texas and the Panhandle. Live poultry Is selling In Chicago at the highest price paid in many years. Magon. Villareal and Klvcra, the Mexican revolutionists convicted In the federal court of violating the neu trality laws in directing nn armed ex Tied It Ion Into Mexico, were Bentence.l to 18 months each In the territorial prison. Associate Justice Harlan, of the United States Supremo Court Is among the candidates for moderator of the general assembly of the Pres byterian Church, to meet at Denver. Marion Dwight I'ortner, nllas Wil- 1 Uatn Wells, of Oxford. Miss., was ar- , rested In Paris at the request of the 1 American authorities. He Is charged with forgcrv. Enough opium to cause death was ! found on ("apt. Peter C. Halns vhon ; be reached Sing Sing. Jersey City in to have a baseball team composed of clergymen. The H. C. Frick Company has re- lighted l.O'iO coke ovens. I oreign The Court at Caracas, Venezuela, has dismissed the charge against fornvr President Castro of complicity In a plot to nssa' t hiate Juan Vicente Gomez at tho time the latter wai acting president of Venezuela. It was reported that Abdul Hamld, the deposed Sultun of Turkey, hns transferred bank deposits nggregat log $5,000,000 to the government. According to recently compile Japanese Htutistlcn there are r!),00 Japanese in the United States, 53 per cent, of whom are in California. Twenty members of the Japanese Parliament and six directors of the Japanese Combination have been ar rested for Irregularities. It is propot-.ed to Increase tho num ber of French Imttloshlps to 38, In suring France fourth plaeo among the naval powers. Geologists have made discoveries la Mexico showing that man In habited America In the stone ago. The body of Oorgo Meredith, th sovtdist, was cremated at Working. England. The Sultan of Turkey, In his ad dress to tho new Chamber of Depu ties, declared that there would be no more disturbances or massacres In Aslnflc Turkey. Personal apologies from President Dovllla, of Honduras, together wlt'i ample monetary satisfaction, close the trouble between Mexico and Hon duras. The conditions at Adnna, Aslatlr Turkey, are Improving nnd the gov ernment is completing preparation to send the Armenians to their home. A ball was given at Jlnotepe, Nica ragua, by President Zelaya In honor of the officers of the American cruiser Albany, now on the coast. Tbe Congress on European Feder ation, which has been In session la Homo, decided to organize a porma aent bureau of federation. Samuel Iewl has been offered the portfolio of foreign secretary In th Panama Cabinet, made vacant by ih death of J. A. Arango. In a conflict between a detachment of police and a body of workmen In Paris five policemen were wounded. lieutenant General Stoessel and Itear Admiral Nebogatoff were re leased from the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, In St. Petersburg. The Canadian Express Company's office In Truno, N. H , was looted of $t, S00 lu cash by robbers, who held u the clerk. The Allan Line steamer Mongoli an, with hundreds of passengers aboard, was caught In an Ice Jam aS BL Johns, N. F. Hornier President Iloosevelt killed a bin rhinoceros and also a hippopota mus at the McV'Jlaa ranch. In East Africa THE BAMO TS VANISH ftFIER TRAIH ROBBERY Police Say They Must Have Used An Auto. A HOLDUP ON THE UNION PACIFIC. Empty Mall Pouches Are Found, But There Is Yet Xo due To The Hob. bers $.1,(100 Apiece Is Offered Ity The Hnllroails For Kncli Man Cap tured The Holdup Occurred Only Half A Mile Out Of Omaha Pas sengers .Not Harmed, Omaha. Neb. (Special). Although the poliee and the sheriff have had large tones of men scouring the country around the scene of the hold up of a t' n ion Pacific passenger train mar O'naha, when seven sacks of mail were secured, little progress has been made toward tracing the rob bers. Two empty mall pouches were found near Forty-third and Jackson Streets, which lend the police to be lieve that the robbers came towards Omaha. All four of the men wore long raincoats and were masked. The police believe they had either an automobile or a fast horse. The fact that only two of the rilled pouches have been found Indicates that they were in, no hurry to divide their loot. The train robbed was No. 2, east bound, known as tho Overland Limi ted, and the hold-up occurred Just before midnight. 'The train was de tained but lilteen in I ii nt cm and left Omaha for Chicago on time. The robbery took place within a mile of the city liml's. Two of the robbers, who had evidently gotten on at a town farther west, climbed on the engine with drawn revolvers and forced the engineer to stop the train. The crew was ordered out of the cab, and two of the robbers stood guard while the other two es corted the engineer nnd fireman to the rear. The quartet were appar ently wdl acquainted with the ground, as they forced tho train to stop in a deep cut. . There were eight clerks In tho mail car nnd they were forced to open the door. The chief clerk was singled out and asked to point out the reg istered mail. This he did and the robbers gathered up seven pouches and the leader then remarked: "This Is all wo can get into our automobile." They left the scene quickly, walk ing down the track 300 feet and clambering out of the cut. A continuous fusilade was kept up, evidently to Intimidate passengers and crew. A llagman who went to the rear narrowly escaped being shot. Several passengers who bad not re tired started to get out of tho vesti bules, but in no uncertain tones the robbers ordered them back Into the cars. Tho registered pouches were all destined to Eastern points, the great er part for Chicago and New York. Clerk Whitmore says that tho pouch es were among the less important of the registered mail. The robber who entered the car asked for the "bank mail." but whether there was any great amount of money in the pouches Is not known. The I'nlon Pacilie officials at. once offered a reward of $.".0II0 each for the capture of the robbers and a big force of police nnd deputies from Omaha and South Omaha started in search of them. The automobile theory is strength ened by the discovery of .a greasy glove where the two empty mail pouches were found. The police be lieve It belonged to a chauffeur. A signal lire was burning near Where the robberv occurred, evident ly as a signal for the robbers on the train to execute their designs. Xhe spot where tho hold-up occurred U only two blocks from where Kddic Cudahy was kept a prisoner arter being kidnapped several years ago. i Conductor Wallace said that he never thought of a train robbery at such a point when the train stopped. (SHOOTS HIS FATHKK IF.AI. Promptly 1 1 leaded Ity Coroner's Jury For Acting In Self-Defense. Mobile. Ala. (Special). D. E. McLnuehlln shot nnd instantly kill ed his father, A. W. Mcl.auchlln, at the home of the father. In Dacka tunna. this county. It Is said that the father, being under the Influence of liquor, had threatened to kill his wife and other members of the family, and they sent for young Mcl.auchlln to come and protect them. Mcl.auchlln, senior, nccordlng to report, became enraged at his son and ndvanceii on him with a double barreled shotgun, uttering threats, whereupon young McLauchllii drew his pistol and fired. A coroner's Jury released young McLauehlln. Knys Woman Forced Him To Crime. Indlanola, Miss. (Special). Jesse Scott, a young farmer, who, according to officers, confessed to the murder of W. I,. Kmbrey ut the suggestion of the latter' wife, was brought here and placed In Jail. Mrs. Kmbrey haj been phice.l under arrest. Scott In his confession stated that ho met Kmbrey In an open pasture, and aft er some discussion forced him at the point of a revolver to go to a cypress brake and there shot him four times. Scott claims that Mrs. Kmbrey threatened to kill him if ho did not commit the crime. Sees Her Husband Killed. Camden, N. J. (Special). In the presence of his wife and young son, George Zeil, a resident of Wlli'ams town, N. J., near here, was Instantly killed when a revolver exploded In the pocket of a hunting Jacket which be was throwing over his shoulder, the bullet entering hW heart. S5-1I was an agent for an Insurance' company and bad been transferred to Itiver Slde, N. J., and the shooting occur red while the household furniture was being placed in moving vans. Color l.lno Not Legal. Washington, D.' C. (Special). Un just discrimination between tbe white and colored passengers paying the same fare Is not legally permissible by a railway, according to a decision of tho Interstate Commerce Commis sion, announced In the case of Win field F. Coart against the Southern Railway. It was not shown by the testimony that the complainant bad been discriminated against or that h bad less adequate accommodation than the white passengers. Tbe com plaint, therefore, was dismissed. II. H. ROGERS STRICKEN SUDDENLY WITH APOPLEXY Passes Away Before Physician Reach es His Side. Death a Great Shcck lo Friends si He Hid Been at His Office the Day before-Wss Vice President of the Sttndsrd Oil Company, Builder of I he $40,000,000 Virginian Railway and Organ ztr of Amalgamated Cop. ptr Company-Gave to Native Town. New York (Special). Henry II, Rogers, vice president of the Stand ard Oil Company, moving spirit In tho organization of the Amalgamated Copper Company, builder of railroad and philanthropist, died at his home hero at 7.20 o'clock A. M from a stroke of apoplexy. Death came a little more than an hour after Mr. Rogers had risen for the day. men tioning to his wife that he was feel ing 111. At 7 o'clock he -lapsed Into unconsciousness, and before the fam ily physician arrived ho was dead. Mr. Rogers was 69 years old. Mrs. Rogers, three married daughters, a son. II. H. Rogers, Jr., and Dr. W. J. Pulley, a physician, who was hasti ly summoned, were at tho bedside when the end came. While Mr. Rogers' death was sud den and unexpected, he had been in indifferent health since ho suf fered an apoplectic stroke In 1907 and was almost constantly under a physician's care. Ills end at this fine, however, was a great shock to his family and business associates. In the evening he vl.llod the homes In this city of two of his sons-in-law, Urban H. Hrotighton and Wil liam H. Cop, where he played with his grandchildren, nnd later return ed to his home for what proved the last mortal sleep of his great career. News of the financier's death did not become generally known till about two hours after It occurred. Tho Stock Exchange had not open ed when the report renched Wall Street, but with the ripening there was hardly an appreciable effect on tho market. Afler a decline, nt first, in the. stocks in which he was popularly supposed to be Interested, conditions rapidly adjusted them selves, confirming, in a way, that Mr. Rogers had In the laBt few months anticipated death and with drawn from the market. It Is known, in fact, that he had taken steps to safeguard his Inter ests by placing his direct holdings In various corporations In other hands. Fpnn whose shoulders bla burdens will rest hereafter Is prob lematical, although close friends ol the family were Inclined to think that this duty will fall to his son-in-law, Urban H. Uroughton. KILLED HF.lt CHILDREN. A rlHENT TO OR. WITHERSPOOM Bronze Statue of the Patriot and Theologian. IN FRONT OF CHRUCH OF COVENANT Impressive Services At Tho levell ing In Washington Tributes Paid To The SlRner Of The De claration Of Independence Anil The Lender Of His Chur.oh In The t'nited Stales. Wife Of Itctlrcd Sea Captain Sup posed To lie Demented. Easthnmpton, Ct. , (Special). Mrs. Jennie Carsten, 3S years old, wife of Louis Carsten, formerly a sea captain, killed two of her chil dren and herself at the Carsten farm, near here. 3ho cut tho throats of the children and then her own. She also flashed the throat of a third child, a boy, and while ho Is In an extremely critical condition, he may recover. It is believed that Mrs. Carsten was out of her mind. The dead children are Louis, aged 10 yenrs, and Virginia, aged 10 months. John, tho wounded boy, is seven years old. Mrs. Carsten lived long enough to reply to her husband when he asked tho reason for her nets: "I wanted to die, and I wanted to take the children with me. I didn't wnnt to leave them." It was staled by her husband that she had been subject to mental trouble, and that she had at one time had treatment in a Western sanlta rlum. They had moved to tho country from Brooklyn, N. Y., last November for quiet. Captain Carsten was formerly commanding officer of the Pacific Mail Lino steamer. TOMB HF.NFATII LAWN. Weiill by .Mining Man Also To Have A Casket Of Copper. Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). Per mission to build a tomb beneath the lawn of his luxurious home, on St. Mark Boulevard, Coeur d'Alene Street, as a future burial place for himself and wife, was granted by tho city trustees of O can Park, a suburb, to Knnls F. Kellner, a wealthy mining man and broker. Mr. Kellner, who Is president of the Globe Hank and Saving Compnny, at Globe, Ariz., says that he has se cured the consent of his neighbors to the plan, and that In his will he will provide for Inning his body placed In a casket made from Ari zona copper. The only outward sign that graves are beneath the lawn will be a bead stono or monument made from Ari zona porphyry. To Stop Snlo Of Cigarette. Springfield. III. (Special). The House, by n vote of S9 to 2, passed a bill to prohibit tho manufacture or sale of cigarettes. Tho penalty for a first offense Is a fine of 1 10 to ft 00 and a jail sentence of one to 30 days. Subsequent violations are punishable by a fine of from $100 to $.ri00 and Imprisonment of ten days '"JI months. Anna Held To Retire. New York (Special). Before sail ing for Europe Anna Held aboard the Kronprlnzemln Cecile gave out a slat men t saying that she would probably retire from the stage after nest season. She had been success ful In her career and Investments, the actress said, anil . had amassed $1,000,000. Miss Held said that she would settle down to a home life, and that most of her time would be spent in New York City. Groom, 18; Ilrlde, 7. Addls-Adebs (Special). Prince Lid J Jeassu, tbe 13-year-old grand son of King Menellk, was publicly proclaimed heir to tbe Abyssinian tbone in the presence of many chiefs and 20,000 soldiers. Prince Lid J Jeassu was married two days ago to Princess Ilomalne, the seven-year-old granddaughter of the late Km per or John aud niece of Km press Talttou. The marriage was described as of great Importance po litically, as It united the two dynas ties of powerful chiefs Washington, D. C, (Special). In the presence of a distinguished gath ering the statue of leev. Dr. John Wltlierspoon, the famous Scotch Presbyterian clergyman, one time president of Princeton University, a signer of tho Declaration of Inde pendence nnd a member of the "Con tinental Congress, was unveiled with appropriate exercises. The ceremonies Incident to the unveiling were conducted In the Church of the Covenant. In front of which the Ptntue haB been erected. John W. Foster, former Secretary of State, chnlrmnn of the Hoard of Trustees of the Wltherspoon Me morial Association, presided, and de livered an address, extolling the life and character of the revolutionary patriot. Rev. Dr. Joro Wltherspoon, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Richmond, Va., a lineal descendant of Wltherspoon, deliv ered tho Invocation, while tho bene diction was pronounced by Rev. David A. Wood, of Gettysburg, Pa., another descendant. The opening address was made by James llryco, the British ambassa dor, on "Tho Contributions of Scot land to America," and he was followed by President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton University, whose subject was "The Review of the Life and Service of Wlther spoon." Vice President Sherman also made a short, address. In paying tribute to a member of tho nation which forms a part of the kingdom he represents, Ambas sador Hryce called Wltherspoon a "remarkable man In all his three characters of pastor, politician and college president." The statuo un veiled stands almost opposite the entrance to the British Embassy here. TWENTY ARE INJURED IN ft CWCtGO RUZE Gas Explosion Wrecks Building and Starts fire. Mother, Unable To llcarh Stairway, llurh Baby Into The Outstretched Arms Of Horrified CrowdInfant Unhurt, But Woman, Following In Wild Iap, Is Injured Firemen Have Narrow Kscape, WOMAV IN A DUKIi. Gen. I.ongstreet's Widow Exchanges Shots With A Burglar. Gainesville, Ga. (Special). Mrs. Helen D. Longstreot, wjdow of the Confederate general and postmaster of this place, fought a duel with a man whom sho discovered In her tome about 2 o'clock A. M. Mrs. Longstreet was awakened by a noise in the house. She secured a pistol and went to investigate. When she entered the dining-room Bhe saw a ninn trying to open a closet In which table silver was kept. She called to him and the man turned nnd ran for a window. Mrs. Longstreet opened fire and tho man drew a plHtol and llred once. Mrs. Longstreet continued firing at the fleeing mnn until her pistol was empty. She thinks sho hit tho man, as after one shot he staggered and nearly fell. OVEIt A ItlLI.IOX. Chicago (Special). Twenty or more persons were Injured, some of them seriously, by dropping from secopd-story windows in a fire start ing from a gas explosion, which de stroyed the Toledo Flats. Sixty-fifth Street and Minerva Avenue, The first explosion occurred in the basement and was followed by others in various parts of the building. Fire broke out in several quarters and halls and stairways became choked with flames and smoke. Those in the building were thrown into a panic. Mrs. E, C. Updegraff. who occu pied a flat on the second floor, rush ed to a window, hold ng her four-year-old aby In her arms. Her screams attracted a crowd and, lean ing out of the window, Mrs. Upde 1 graft dropped the child, who fell safely Into a dozen upst retched arms. Mrs. Updegraff herself then climb ed out and, after hanging to the ledge, dropped. She was seriously In jured. Mrs. A. Elmore, a third floor ten ant, also was Injured bv jump'ng from a second-story window. Mrs. C. Ballard, ald to be deaf and dumb, who lived on the fourth floor, wns as sisted to safety by oilier occupants or tho building. John Miller, Jani tor of the building, was in the base ment. He was severely burned by the first explosion and was-taken to a hospital. His condition is said to lie serious. Harry Ripley, a furni lure salesman, who moved Into tho building a few days ago. escaped from tho second floor. Mrs. Cath erine Garmody escaped through the hall and was severely burned. She nnd an elderly woman, whose name could not be learned and who Jump ed from a second-story window, were taken to hospitals. The explo sions which followed that in the basement blew out nearly every win dow in the building, and within half an hour of the first explosion the entire building was a mass of flames. Among those who escaped was a Mrs. Hern. She rushed Into- the street, carrying her pet parrot. Then she realized that while saving tho bird sho had forgotten her mother, K9 years old. She rushed back Into the flames, but fainted before she had gone far. Meanwhile her mother had reached the lower floor nnd both women were rescued by a neighbor. Tho monetary loss Is placed at $75,-000. Official Tabulation Of The Appropri ations Of Lust Session. Washington, D. C. (Special). The publication required by law giv ing the total of appropriations made by Congress each session was Issued showing that the last regular session appropriated a grand total of $1, 044,401,857. In addition to the specific appropriations contracts were authorized requiring future appro priations or $26,080,875. These In clude fortifications In the Philippines, battleships, colliers, torpedo boat de stroyers, submarine torpedo boats and improvement of rivers and har bors. There wero 10,120 new offi cers and employments specifically au thorized and 6.243 abolished, making a net Increase of 3,877, calling for annual salaries aggregating $5,672, 009. The publication is the Joint work of Thomas P. Cleaves and .lames C. Courts, clerks respectively of the Senate and House committees on Appropriations. ItooKevelts Keep I'p Hunts. Nairobi, Africa. (Special). Theo doro Roosevelt and his son Kermlt continue their hunting excursions from tho camp on the Heat ley ranch, on Hi" Nairobi RlvU Two bull buffaloes have fallen before therr guns. One, the bigger of the two, was brought down by Mr. Roosevelt alone, bMo the other was bagged by Mr. Roosevelt and Kermlt together. Washburn As Commissioner. Washington, D. O. (Special). President Taft announced the nomi nation of William 8- Washburn, of Now York, as civil service commis sioner, vice James T. Williams, re signed. Ho was for years a civil ser vice commission employe here and served as civil service commissioner In the Philippines under Mr. Taft. Today's nomination is based on his Philippine record. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE The Sues Canal paid England $5, 250,000 In dividends last year. Copper exports continue to run close-to 1,000,000 pounds a day. Crop reports were quite favorable, but May wheat again sold up to $1.30 a bushel. Gold exports continue, $750,000 being engaged for one bank for Ar gentine. Vanderbllt railroads are said to require $50,000,000 more cash dur ing the year. The Mines Company of America has cut its dividend in half by declar ing a quarterly 4 per cent. Hereto fore the annual rate has been 24 per oent. The street bears that some of the stock of tbe Goldflold Consolidated which a syndicate bought from Unit ed States Senator Nixon, has recently been sold In the open market. The New York Stock Exchange has taken steps to prevent members from having any business relations with Consolidated Exchange mem bers, and it will go further and try to prevent any curb transactions by stock exchange members. COUNT WON I LOSES AGAIN. Children To Remain In The Princess De Kngnn's Custody. Paris (Special). M: Sellgman, a representative of tho Department of Justice, presented his conclusions In the Castellane-Sagan suit In favor of the defendant. On December 30 of last year, the French court handed down a decision that the three sons of Count BonI de Castcllane remain In the custody of their mother, the present Princess de Sagan. The Count, however, appealed from this decision In May of this year and" this appeal has since been argued. M. Sellgman said that the evidence submitted showed that the Princess de Sagan had been Irreproachable before marriage and that she bad slnco remained a good wife and mother. Consequently, he recom mended that this court confirm the decision of the lower court giving her the custody of the children. The Princess de Sagan was Miss Anna Gould, of New York. She mar ried Count Bonl de Castellane, but divorced him and later married his cousin, Prince de Bagan. WHITE FACE INN BURNS. Lake Placid, N. Y. (Special). White Face Inn, on the west shore of Lake Placid, one of the best known hotels In the Adirondack region, was burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The hotel had not yet been opened for the season and was occupied only by a watchman. It was for many years known as-"the West Side," but was rebuilt in modern style about 10 years ago nnd then given its present name. Prompt assistance from the village prevented the destruction of a number of adjacent camps and cottages. The property Is said to rave been fully insured. Jailed For Using Spoiled Eggs, New York (Special) - Justices Mclnerny, O'Keefe and Forker, of the Court of Special Sessions, Brook lyn, sentenced Herman Katz, owner of a butter and egg store at 143 Moore Street, that borough, and Phil ip Friedman, a baker, at 151 Thomp son Street, to 60 days In jail for respectively selling and using spoil ed, eggs. This is the first time In the history of the city that offenders have been sentenced to Jail for such violations. May Wheat Touches $1.81 U. ' Chicago (Special). May wheat touched the highest point in 11 years Friday when it sold on the Chicago Board for $1.31 M. Shorts were forced to buy at this high fig ure, and tbe Patten crowd is said to have let go a goodly bunch of grain at the high mark in order to allow the delivery of certain orders. When May went skylarking the other con tracts followed, July going from $1.18Vk. at 11 o'clock, to $1.16Ts, at 1 o'clock. Tooth A Foot In Diameter. Chicago (Special). The tooth ot prehistoric animal which must have been, according to scientists, ;60 or 60 feet long, as tall as a small build ing, and with a mouth big enough to bite off tbe top of an ordinary tree, was brought to this city from Sycamore, III., where It was found by Alex Stroberg, a (urmer. Tbe tooth we'ghs more tban 10 pounds and measures almost a foot in di ameter. It will be placed in the Field Museum. I GiVE IHE NATION GOOD HIGHWAYS Don't Frepare For War That Is Not Coming. VICE PRESIDEN I SHERMAN SPEAKS. In An Address Before The Nntlonnl Good Bonds Congress Mr. Sher man Urges Development Of In land Commerce - He Believes The Best Preparation For Possible Fu ture Hostilities Is Good Railroads, Good CnnnM And Good Bonds Other Addresses. Baltimore, Md. (Special). "Give the nation good highways." said Vice President James S. Sherman, of the United States, at the National Good Roads Congress In McCoy Hall, Johns Hopkins University, "and we shall be the strongest nation in the world." "We have been successful at arms," continued Mr. Sherman, "when we have had to report to arms, and we shall be successful If a re sort to arms Is necessary. Ap plause. Thank God, we . have no war In prospect. Applause. We are assured of .peace for decades to come. We are looking to our commercial- Interests. We aro develop Ing our Industries. The best way to develop these industries Is to build Improved highways. Give us quick, easy and rapid transit over the high ways." These nnd other arguments Mr. Sherman ndvanced for systematic improvement of the highways of tho country. He wns most attentively heard and enthusiastically applauded by an Interested audience. In which, among others, were Governor Crothcrs, Mnyor Mahool, Col. W. H. Beasley, of North Carolina; Mr. George Ward Cook, or Boston; Mr. H. w. McAfee, of Kansas; Mr. Jacob W. Hook, Mayor Harper, of Salisbury, Md., and Mr. Victor Cushwa, of Washing ton County, Md. In the audience were two or three hundred public school children of Baltimore, who had been invited t,o be present. Vice President Sherman shook hands with the children. He patted the hoys on the back and told them that when they got. old enough they m'ght bo United States senators, congressmen, govenors, mayors and even vie? pres idents, he said. Mr. Sherman's Siieech. Col. W. F, Beasley was presiding when Vice President Sherman enter ed the hall. There wero cheers when Mr. Sherman wa3 recognized, and there were more cheers when he wa Introduced. Here Is his speech In full: I did not bring this weather with me. Applause. I am compelled to return to Washington at once and to cntch a rear car. The witty Irish man said that the best way to avoid rear-end collisions Is to cut off the rear car. Applause. I asked Mr. Jackson what I should talk about. He said talk about Ave minutes. I am here today to advocate good roads. I was delighted to see your hard and clean streets ns I came to your congress. We are not, how ever, doing all we ought to do for our highways. England, Germany, France, Switzerland and other Euro pean countries are far ahead of us In Improvement of our public roads. It Is an Interesting fact that we sur pass Europe, and. Indeed, tho whole world In our railroad mileage. We are producing millions upon millions of bushels of wheat aud corn every year. What is the use of these vast products if we have no means of transportation to mar kets? We have our railroad facili ties. Why should we not have bard public roads as accessories to our steam railroads and to our steam boats? Wo are producing two-thirds of the breadstuffs of the world. Wo have only one-thirtieth of the na tional debts of the world. We are educating 17,000,000 children In our public schools every year. Twenty five years ago England was produc ing more steel than we were. Now we are producing more Bteel than England -and other European na tions. So great Is our country that we havo no means of comparison with any single country. To demonstrate our bigness we have to compare our nation with whole groups of other nations. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Aeroplanes In Baces, Juvlsy, France (Special). Sixty thousand persons attended the aero plane race meeting at the aero drome here. A high wind preva'led and tho contest was greatly marred thereby. Leon Delagrange made a flight of 10 minutes for the $1,000 prize, hut as he did not use his own machine It has not been definite ly decided to make the award to him. There were no other competi tors in this event. Convicted Of Hilling Mother. Erie. Pa. (Special). Guilty of murder In the second degree was the verdict returned against Delmar Young for killing his mother. The case was concluded and was given to the jury at midnight. At 6 A. M. the verdict was reached and at 9.15 o'clock court was convened to receive It. It is understood the attorneys will ask for a new trial. . Mutiny In .lull. Chicago (Special). Mutiny of 400 prisoners in the county jail is said to have followed tbe release of half of that number from solitary confinement and a fight. In which men and guards engaged. Although reports of tbe flgbt were denied by Chief Assistant Jailer Sweeney, he said that S00 men are now locked In cells and will not be allowed the freedom of the corridors. Shouts of prisoners were beard outside and crowds gathered In front of the ja'.l. Austria To Tax Barhelors. Vienna (Special). In tbe Reich rath tho Finance Minister, in a speech dealing with the budget, an nounced a plan for new taxes, Including supplementary Income tax on bachelors, widows and child less married couples, and alsd on matches and Increment land values. Under the new taxes, be said, $18.000.000 would be reallied. President Taft nominated Charles B. Elliot, of Minnesota, to be associ ate Justice ot the Supreme Court of the Philippine Inlands. A delegation of the National Oyi. ter Association discussed with Secre tary Wilson and the Pure Food Com. mission various phases of the oyster question Secretary of the Navy Meyer con cluded his conference with the com mandants of the various Eastern Navy yards, Brigadier General John B. Kerr was placed on the retired list on hl own application. The Senate refused to raise t he. duty on quebraco, but raised the rate on white lead. Capt. 'Samuel p. Comly, a mcmbm of the Lighthouse" Board, has beer selected to command the fourth dlv. slon of the American fleet, relieving Rear Admiral William P. Potter. Active negotiations looking to Ana) settlement of the Emery claim which hns been a cause of diplomats trouble between this country uni Nicaragua, will be begun at once. A test case to bo made In Omaha, as soon as arrangements can h perfected, of the decision of Secretiirj of Agriculture Wilson In the bleached flour case. The cruiser Des Moines, which hat been In Central American and Wsi Indian waters for sometime, has beeo ordered north for repairs. Extensive preparations aro being made at the State Department for the entertainment of Vice Admiral Uiiii, ot Japan. Numerous appointments to federal offices were mad9 by the President among tlicm being that of William Williams for comm'ssloner ot immi gration at New York. Hereafter no placards ran be pub licly displayed lu Washington which aro lewd. Indecent or vulgar, ut which present the commission of crime. The- special service squadron, com posed of tho battleships Maine, Ida ho, Mlsslsnlppl and New Hampshire, will be disbanded May 31. President Taft's first Southern trip was begun when he left the White House for tho Union Stat'on cn route for Petersburg, Va. General readjustment of freight rates on the Big Four Railroad sys tem was ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Walter Ell Clark, of Connecticut, to be governor of Alaska. The resignation of L'cutemint Comamnder James E. Walker, U. S N., has been accepted by the Presi dent. President Taft has appointed Os car L. Whhtelaw as assistant treas urer of the United Statps at St. Louis. Kmmu Goldman Silenced. New York (Special). Although she proposed to discuss nothing more revolutionary than "The Mod ern Drama as a Disseminator of Radi cal Thought," Emma Goldman was prevented by tho police Sunday from addressing a crowd of several hun dred . persons In a hall In Harlem The police had difficulty In dispersing those who had paid for admission and in one instance, at least, had to resort to mows. Shoots Bretber-In-Law Dead. Easton, Pa. (Special). Victor Graver shot and killed his brother- in-law, Wilson Beers, at the former's home at Moorestown, this county. T-he men had been on bad terms fc.r some time. Beers broke Into Crav er's house and was entering his bed room when Graver shot him. Plea Fer Castro's Brother. Wlllemstad, Curacao (Special). Colestlno Castro, brother of tbe Ven ezuelan cx-Presldent, who arrived here with his wife from Europe, ha requested the Venezuelan govern ment to permit him to proceed to Caracas. A Gold Key For Taft. Washington, D. C. (Spoc'al). President Taft is to open the Yukon Alaska Exposition at Seattle Juno 1 with a splendid gold telegraphio key presented to him by Secretary Balllnger and the congressional del egation from Washington. The l.cy Is mountedon Alaska marble and is ornamented with 22 handsome gold nuggets from Alaska. The key will be connected with the White Hou?e telegraph wires and the President will touch It on the day of opening. Big Blaze In Washington. Washington, D. C. (8pecal). In a spectacular fire. In which the flames leaped far above the highest nearby structures and were plainly visible from the Capitol and other places throughout the city, the lum ber plant of Martin Wlegand, at 4 51 465 Maryland Avenue, Southwest, was burned, w th a loss ot $100, 000, partially Insured. The confla gration, which called out most of tbe engine companies of tbe city, threat ened the Wlegand residence, adjoin ing, and other buildings on th block. Fireman P. J. Holllhan wa Injured by a fall'ng beam, and was treated at the Emergency Hospital for a lacerated wound of tho scalp. Seaboard Iteorgaulxation Plan. New York (Special). it became known here that the reorganization plan of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, which road now is in the bands of receivers, is about coraploted and will be Issued within a short time. It is understood that an assessment will be made on tbe stock, of which there .are outstanding $37,019,400 common and $23,894,100 preferred. The $12,775,000 first mortgage 4 per cent, bonds will be rich need for new 4 per cent, refunding bonds, while other existing bonds will bs exchanged for a new form of bonds. Kansas' Drastic Whisky Law. Topeka, Kan. (Special). Hence forth It Is a crime to drink Intoxi cating liquor even from your own bottle In the State of Kansas. The law, which Is said to be tbe most drastlo In existence, was passed by tbe last legislature in su endeavor to supplement the prohibition 1 la" violations, which have beim notorl- ' ous. The new Isw Is now in effect. Until a year or two ago "Joints' were openly conducted In ToptUs, Leavenworth, Wichita, Kansas City and others of the larcer cities of the state under a system if muni rlcal Sites.
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