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! J I a NOT A ROBBER BUT ONLY IN HARD LUCK Instead of breaking into the Tro laundry as he was charged when ar rested. Harry Lilly doclarod lo Judge I Reeder this morning that lie awoke ' Friday evening and found himself I locked in the building and was tr I ing to get out when he was dlscov- j ered by the engineer He said ho I was drunk but believes that ho went to the plare before closing time to get some laundry' and WR8 locked in while he had dropped off to sleep. The first charge placed against Lilly was that of burglary hut that was withdrawn and he faced the court this morning with a charge of trespass i, against him He told such a long straightforward story of hard liu k that Judge Reeder took the case under I According to Lilly's story he had been working at the ahops but he could not make more than $50 to $6't a month. His wife, he said, was in a delicate condition and demanded Died ical attention His wife's condition prevented her sewing the small gar ments needed Consequently he was obliged to pay a higher price for the work done. When he found that ho was running behind he sent his wife to her home In Pocatello last week and he intend ed to follow after receiving his pay on Friday His check as only $32 and of thiB amount $17 .50 went to his grocer for provisions. He said that be had taken a few drinks to drown his trouble and does not remember distinctly what happened after, a I though he said that when the engi neer found him In the laundry Me remembered that he felt pleased to find one other rn the building The $12 50 found on him after his ar j rest was the remainder of the check j Nothing was missed from the laundry except a package of washed articles I THOMAS LEVER HAS NARROW ESCAPE Fright caused by securing a shock frorn a telephone acted upon the heart of Guard Thomas Lever of the c t v police force this morning and for LI minutes the veteran policeman was; thought to be dead. He regained consciousness .however and was re-1 moved to his home. 236 West Twenty tcond street where, after a rest, ac cording to Dr. Paul Ingebrctson, he will completely recover. Mr Lever had answered a telephone call at the station about 10 30 and. upon hanging up ih? receiver cried out to Jailer Hagbert Anderson that he had received a shock He twist ed in the chair twice and then fe'l back as though dead Jailer Anderson oiled for assist ance and. while Dr Ingebrctson was being called, bathed the bead of the unconscious man with cold water, I end unloosened his clothing When the dector arrived preliminary tests ' were made upon the heart and then the guard was carried to the office of the chief and placed on the sofa For several minutes he seemed life- ! less as the physician worked over1 Mm. Slowly he regained conscious ness and soon was able to sit up on the lounge The ambulance w hicli had been called to take him to the i hospital, was sent back to ihe livery Although dazed, Mr . Lever was I able to tell what had happened He stated that he had receUed a shock from the metal part of the mouthpiece w hen he hung up the receiver, but he remembered nothing more. Dr. Ingebrctson stated that the shock of electricity was not sufficient to do damage to the system but the fright caused by the shock had act ed on the heart. oo ORCHARDISTS' ij 1 COLD STORAGE : 1 APPLES The success of cold storage of ap ples has been demonstrated by the experience of the orchardists in the Payette valley, according lo the re ports received in the local otfice of the Pacific Fruit Express compan While the apple market was poor in the fall, the apple growers stored 100 cars in a lare private owned storage plant at Payette and have been selling their crop now at. fancy prices There are still 30 cars of the apples in good conditon to be moved by the express fompanv to the mar kets of the east where prices are reported exceedingly good. I I f OVERLAND TRIP 1 OF 400 I WILES I After an absence of about two years In the vicinity of Shoshone, on Wind river. Wyoming. C C Browr and family have returned to Ogden. Mr Brown traveled overland, a dis (nnce of about 400 mile1? requiring five weeks to make the trip It was difficult to get over the high ranges, due to heavy snow At South Pass he was delayed a number of days and his team was the first to cross thai divide this spring. The people of the Wind river se tion. says Mr. Brown are prosperous and the outlook for the country is bright Farming and sloc k raising are the principal industries. h"'ji Jefferson City, Mo, May H Con- struction of a new $3,500,000 state cnpitol for Missouri hegan here today Sgn It is said that the building will be Wm ready for occupancy by the close of jfc"fl, Governor Major's administration. OFFICER DRAWS GUN ON OGDEN BANKER James Pingree. cashier of the Pin gree National bank, received a new experience yesterday ufternoon when be was arrested for alleged Breeding ai Kaysvllle by a deputy sheriff who nourished a large revolver to create an Impression. The charge of speed ing was not pressed, however Mr Plngrec made known his Intention of filing n complaint against the deptll for drawing his gun, and the depu ty compromised with the banker He agreed not to press the charge pro viding the banker did not file a com plaint against him "There were eight of us in the an tomohile. myself and family." said Mr Pingree, when approached on the in ter today. 'This deputy sheriff, Les ter Gleason. told us we were arrested and directed us to the home of run tlce George W Barnes It was whlH were turning in front of the judge . home that the gun play was present ed." When asked why the deputy bail drawn a revolver. Mr I'mgree stated that he did not know unless It was through reading dime novels The deputy, he said. Is a young man, ami apparently Is inexperienced Mr Pingree snld that after the mat ter had been presented before the Jus tice, the young deputy had taken off his gun. declaring that he will never wear it again during his rcUvitie6 as speed marshal. "That was the first time I ever had such an experience with a revolver b it I would like to let the matter drop." concluded Mr Pingree io SOCIETY SEGO LILY THIMBLE CLUB Mrs May I rrv will be hostess to Sego Lily Thimble Inn at her home, fM4 Arden avenue, tomorrow after noon W C. T U MEETING The ladies of the Fourth ward W. C t fj will meet at 2 30 tomorrow I afternoon with Mrs. (' S Fuller at ber home, 2040 Monroe avenue. B. Y P U. MEETING. The B. Y. P. 1 monthly business I meeting will be held tonight at the home of Miss Ruth Johnson, 520 T wenty -third street at 8 o'clock Fte- ports of various committees will be read and other business transacted Refreshments will be st. r ed and 8 i-ocial hour enjoved. FELLOW LOST HIS HOME ! NUMBER i fter several days of peace and quiet, the mourners' bench in polh 1 court this morning was almost filled with unfortunates, most of whom had fallen from a high seat on the water i wagon and had hit the ground with .i thump. William itest.ill, charged with drunkenness owed his arrest to the fact that he mistook the number ol his home. He told the Judge that he i Ihed at 24'J Twenty-sixth street and was arrested there last night. The police officer, however, stated that I Restall was taken in charge while trying lo enter a house at 255 on the same street and his attempts lo get J to his lodging had frightened the wo I men of the house. He was extreme ly penitent for what he did but the judge held that the circumstances were serious and sentenced Restall to I five clays. Will. am Meyers had come Irom Lo gan where he Is employed as a drug clerk to see his mother and incident ally vl6ited some saloons. He Baid that he had the keys of the drug store in his pocket and would undoubtedly lose his job as a result of his "tear " for he was scheduled to open the store in Logan this morning A lec ture and a six months suspended sentence was recorded A suspended sentence was record ed In the case of R. D. Auhton. He bore two "shiners ' and a bruised lip i as a ' result of his experience with .John Barleycorn According to his story, ne had been accosted by some men who asked him to drink with them from a bottle As a chaser, he claims the bunch jumped on him and gave him a drubbing The judge held that Ashton had received sufficient , punishment and dismissed him. The case of Fredricu Sousa. charg ed with vagrancy, was continued un til ,ui interpreter can be secured (Charles Saunders, charged with , drunkenness, was given a suspended sentence oo GREAT FALLS IS PLAYING OGDEN Manager Hester and his bunch of Ureal Falls ball players arrived from Salt Lake this morning and opened the second series of the season, with Ogden at Glen wood park this after noon. The batteries for today's game are Williams and Gibson for Great Falls and lireen and Perkins for Ogden. After pitching IS Innings for Great Falls on Sunday in Salt Lake. Delhi the famous coast league pitcher, re turned to Los Angeles but Hester sta ted today that he would join the squad before long. uu The state of New York has U5 fae tory inspectors, and women hold such positions for factories of all kinc's where women are employed. They are required to enforce rigid laws as U) sanitation, entilation without drafts, the prohibition of overcrowd ing the workers and comfort while at work. THE OGDEN STANDARD, OGDEN, UTAH TUESDAY. MAY 6. 1913. "RUSSIA'S STAND AGAINST MONTENEGRO LESSENS LIKELIHOOD OF j WAR; LITTLE KINGDOM HAD COUNTED ON AID FROM GREAT BEAR H&S- '' BHM -9 Czar of Russia, and map showing stage of conflict in case of European war. Russia's course in advising Mon'o negro to abandon Scutari and sub mit to the demands of the powers has lessened the likelihood of a Fu ropean war Montenegro's defiance oT Austria came from tbe belief that In case of i rouble with her big neighbo, on I he north she would have the aid of Russia. Xov that there ts no Iohl: er any hope of getting help from thL Tuanor. Montenegro submitted to tie demands of the powers. Observers of the situation arc .igreed thai Russii's presenl attitude means the SkiT has abandoned his at tempi to hold a port on the Adri atic WORLD'S MARKETS WALL STREET New York. May 6. Improvement of the loreign markets had no influence j on trading here today, DOtwItbstand ing the ready response which stocks ; trade yesterday to the rise abroad The hesitating lone at Hie opening in dicated that foreign news was losing its force and bears raided the list Developments at home favored short selling The closing down of several textile mills and the persistent weak aess of the Harriman shares tended ' spread pessimistic feeling. Receni campaigns against the short Interest put the niarkd m ;i i .s favorable pu sltlon to oppose protessional selling, and the bears met little opposition. London bought some stocks at the opening, but the purchases from this onrce v, ere not heavy enough to have more than a parsing Influence Bonds were easier. First prices of stoek9 today dis closed irregular changes The Har rlman shares and Pennsylvania Were higher. Missouri Pacific and Cana dian Pacific rose a point each The copper group moved up on rather ! large buyinc Lack of support to Harrimans de terred buyers and induced short sell I ing which cost Reading a point, and Steel half as much Beet sugar was strong and Ruinley preferred rose substantialh Weakness of standard stocks left many of the minor properties in a ra ther vulnerable position and when the bears put out tentative selling or ders, prices gave way sharply. Un derwood Typewriter and Virgin in -Snr-olina Chemical issues reached new low records The market closed weak. When the break, in Southern Pacific reached four points, 94 5-8. the low est in five years, the general market gave way more abruptly High priced railroad stocks scored losses of 1 to - points and some industrials were much weaker. Traders sold the Harriman stocks at will, Southern Pacific laliing 3 1-4 and I'nion Pacific 8 points. Active selling also went on In other parts of the list. International Metropoli tan preferred gave way 3 points; I Reading and Steel l and numerous j other shares a point or more. The halt to the improvement in the bond market and the unmistakable slowing up of business helped bearish Benti ment Chicago Grain. 'hlcago Ma 6. lowering of when allies today was a conse quence of additional good rains In the winter wheat belt. Cables came half to ."-8d off because of federal Russian and American crop sdvlces Practical settlement of the Scutari episode also was a weakening factor Opening figures Bbowed declines of a shade to 3-Sc. July started l-B8 l-t3-Sc off at 90 1-Sff to 1-ic. and weakened to 89 3-47-8c. (oii) .howed iiiie nervousness I o" er ethics were offset b good de mand here. July opened i-8c off at 55 l-2c. dipped to j" 1-1 and reacted to 55 l-2rfi5-$c. Oats were easy with other gains.' July opened a shade lower at '.1 l-2jj 5-xc, and dropped to 84 l-4c Provisions opened irregular, 2 l-2c higher to 10c lower Buyinc of lard later gave a firm tone to the market. Inly first prices Pork, 119.46 to 19 55 Lard 110 82 1-2 to 10.86 Ribs. $11 07 1-2. Wheat decrease of more than eleven million bushels in the world B visible supply failed to check the decline. The close was weak with July at 1 1-Sc net loss at S!) 1-4 and 8ft 3-Sc Corn Selling pressure developed l i ter and prices again weakened The close was weak with July at 55c, a net decline of 6-Sc. Kansas City Livestock- Kansas City, Mo , May 6. Cattle Receipts, 7,000; market 10c: higher, native steers, 7.008.75; southern steers. 6.80 (0 8. 00; southern cows and heifers, 4.757.26; native cows and heifers. 1.2698.60; Blockers and feed ers. 6.507.85; bulls. 6.757.50; salves, 6.60 10.00; western steers, 6.76 8.25; western cows. 4.257 25. Hogs Receipts 8,000; market steady, bulk. 8.25 8.86; heavy. 8.208 8 30. packers and butchers. B 25 8.40; light, 8.80O8.49; pigs, 7.2507.76. ' 7 TV 5ERVIA ' ADRIATIC JKf MP - SuipL MOWSTIR STRAIT Of XCPM? OTRANTO UV IONIAN cg?r i Sheep - Receipts, 9,000; muttons. ". i)nfa i". 7"' Colorado lambs. 7 25tfi 8 f0. range wethers and yearlings. 5 50f? ;7 25, range ewes. 6.75'36.5o Omaha Livestock South Omaha, Neb.. May 6 --Cat lie: Receipts, 500. Market lower Native steers S7.50a8.7S; cows and heifers, S6.00a7.75; w estern steers, $i; 75a8 15; Texas steers. $R.OOa7fi5: cows and heifers. 85 75a7.50, calves, $ 75 aft 75 Hogs Receipts. In.oon Market lower Heavy, $8.15aS.25. light. $8 -25a8.30; pigs. $7.00a8.OO; bulk of sales, $8 29a8.26 Sheep Receipts. 8,000 Market lower Yearlings, 7.00a7.76; wethers. $G.40a6S5; lambs, $8 00a 8 50. Chicago Livestock. Chicago. May ' Hogs. Receipts 1 '..mill Market strong to 10c high er. Bulk, $8.40a8.50; light, $8.30a8. 00, mixed, $8.20a8.55: heavy. $71 aS45. rough. $7.30aS.10; pigs. 86-60 aS.50. Cattle. Receipts 2.500 Market steady lo strong. Beeves. S7.S0a910; T as steers. Si 8ua7 ' . western 87.00a8.20; siockers and feeders. ?6. 10&8.10; cows -tnd heifers, 4.00a8. 35 cahes $."oaft on Sheep. Receipts 20.000 Market .soak and 15c to 30c lower than last week's close Natice, $5 H0a7 05 ; wes' ern. $6O0a7.10. yearlings, $6.35.0,7.' SO: lambs, native $6.40a8.60; western $6 50a8.60 Kansas City LKeotock. Kansus City. Mo. May ti--Cattle: Receipts 8,0u0, ' including 200 south erns. Market strong to 10c higher Native steers, S7.25aS.75: southern Steers, $6.10a8.00 J southern cows and heifers, $4 50a7.75, native cows. $4 25 aS50; stockers and feeders. 86 50ax -00; bulls. S6.00a7.76; alves, S6.50s 10.00 ; western steers, 56 75a8 10: west ern cows, $1.50a7.25 Hogs Receipts r;,ni!(i Market strong Bulk. S8.30aS 40; heavy, $8.25 as 36; packers and butchers. $8. 30a $.45: light. $S.35a8.45: pigs 87 00s7 75 Sheep: Receipts 9,000. Markel steady to strong Muttons 5.00a6 60; Colorado lambs. 6.75a8.60; range wethers and yearlings, $5.50a7.25 range ewes. $5 00a6 25 Wool. St Louis. May 5. Wool Steady ; northern and western mediums L6(0 19; light burrv. P'.-TjlK. slight burr 14w i.r, Si Louis. May 6. Lead, lower, $4 25. Spelter, dull $5 35 Lead Steady, $1 (0 bid Spelter Weak 85 506.55. Antimony Dull; Cooksons 89.00 Iron Quiet No 1 southern, $17 Jr. 17.76, Money New York: May 6- Prime mercan tll paper, 56 1-2 per cent; Bterllng exchange steady with actual business in bankers' hills at $4.83 20 for 60 day bills and at $4 86 70 for demand. Commercial bills 1 1 s:; Bar silver, 60c. Mexican dollars. 4c c.overnmeni bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular. uonej on cnii stesdy, - 1 - c t' cent; ruling rate. 2 1-2 pel cent; clos ing bid. 2 3-4 per cent, offered at 2 7-8 per cent. Time loans easier: 60 days 3 1-2 Q 3 3 1 per cont; 90 days, 3 8 44 per cent; months 4 l-44 1-2 per cent. SUGAR. New York. May 6 - Raw sugar steady. Muscovado, 2.862.89; cen trifugal, S3.3B39; molasses sugar, 52.61(9 2 64. Refined, quiet New York. Mav 6 Copper Firm Standard spot to July $15.00 (fi 16 50; electrolytic. 816.75; lake, $15.87; cast ing. $15.60 Tin-Strong. Spot and May $'U" (a 50.50 ; June. $49.87 50.12; July. 49.2549.50. -; u" ENTERTAIN VISITORS I Nt v York. Mav 6. Aside from a forenoon conference of the sub-committee, no set program was arranged today for the delegates to the Inter national Conference on the proposed celeh ration of 100 years of peace among English -speaking peoples The delegates were Invited to luncheon as th guests of Henrj Clews and will be entertained at din ner tonight by Cornelius anderbilt. state news" BUILDING BOO M ON IN POCATELLO CITY Pocatello. Ida. May Since the I le&nup of the hoot ledgers' joint by the grand Jury here recently, manv of the old land marks are leing re I modeled Saloons are helng changed to other business houses and many of these are on the best business cor ners in the city The Board of Trade saloon propertv on the corner of East Centet and North First avenue will be occupied in a week by Leo Lewis a well known clothier Roth sides of the building fronting the streets are fit ted with solid plate glass. The Re ception har on West Center is heint; remodeled for the use of the Don nelley Shoe company The old "Q. P corner is heine converted into a modern cigar store by FTederieh Mnrph The old Senate saloon building on North First is being built oer for a new east side store for H. A Jacobs, one of the loading dry goods men in the state. Pocatello is experiencing a building boom There are at least ten large mi rcantile stores being built, three large apartment houses and more i ban a hundred dwelling houses. Be ld s this the extensive work carried on her. bi the Oregon Short Line makes the demand for laborers more ihan can be supplied BOOSTERS HUSTLE Logan, Mav 5, -The Roosters club today completed arrangements for re ceiving the visitors who will come here on the big boosting excursion on May 12. The club is advertising the affair in the other parts of the country and a big crowd- from out side of Ixygan is expected Helds land Is sure to be an attraction and thousands will hear the concert scheduled to take place In front of i In i.-i'.ern.ieli' m ih. r-arh eening. Either Mayor H. G Hsyball or Presi dent Leroy Cardon of the Boosters club will deliver the address oi wel come. The meeting will then be turn ed over to the visitors The big ball, to take place in the Auditorium af ter the meeting, Is arranged for and nearh- everything is in readiness for the excursionists. FIVE BOYS FINED FOR ROBBING BIRDS' NESTS Brlgham City, May 6. Five boys, 5( ns of well known citizens and all under age, we're fined $r. this even inc in Judge Figg.n's court for rob bing the nests of wild ducks and -se j,, rru. FwampK southwest ol the city rhej were apprehended by I persons from this city and Came Yar den J. Knudsi n was notified He made ,i hurried run In an automobile and mel the boys, who were In a wagon They had in their possession numerous settings of eggs which they Intended to hatch out with hens, a 8 well as a live goose The goose was thrown from the wagon upon the approach Of tbe warden Each DO) B : lino. Including costs aggregated $16 75. WILL KEEP MOTHERS' DAY Provo. Ma) 5 Mothers day will be observed here next Sunday under the auspices Of the federated clubs of the The committee In charge is working hard to make this meeting a grand success Music for this even! will be furnished by Professors A c Lund and J it Boshard A prize i offered by the state Federation of Woman's clubs for the best essay on "Mother." lo he submitted by pupils from the eighth grade White carna tions will be the emblem and will be displayed throughout the city Satur day by the business houses EVIDENCE FOR COBIA IS HEARD BY JURY Brlgham Citv- May 5 The state rested its case Saturday evening In the murder trial of W. N. Cobia. I charged with the murder of James N Morris at Rosette, Januarv 21 At- torqey Halverson for the defense made his opening address to the jur ard this morning the taking of test I -1 mony was commenced fot the de fense. The following witnesses were ex amined todsv and all testified as to j tho reputation of the defendant Co bia. John G Qhadwlck, F. V ( lark. I David Hirschi, J. W. Callahan, Adam I T-aren and Anna Newman, their tes limonv bringing out the fact that. i Cobia had a good roputation so far ae known The defense also stlpula- i te,i that several witnesses Irom South Carolina Cobia's home state. whoe depositions had been procured, would testily if they were in court that defendant's reputation whs good. A Mcnonald testified that he rode from Helton to a point near Rosette with Cobia on the night Morris was shot He swore- that the gun Cobia used was his. That they had used It ; llong the road to shoot rabbits, and that it bad failed to work half the time, and that Cobln said he could fix the gun for McDonald, and then took the gun and flfl rounds of am munition. McDonald testified that he and Co bia drank one pint of whiskey and two bottles of beer on the road to 1 Rosette from Kelton. Dr R A. Peorse, who aided with post mortem on the body of Morris, gae brief tea- ' timony. Bishop Jacob Kunsler. father-In -I law of Cobia related the atory of the ; shooting on the stand this afternoon after be had witnessed M himself Hla : ?tor differed with the testimony of state's witnesses in that he stated 3 ! W Morris had struck Cobia with the handle before the second shot was fired It was the second shot that killed Morris OO SALT LAKE j CATHOLIC FATHER TO LEARN OF THE MORMON CHURCH Salt Lake. May fi Traveling direct from the seal of the Roman Catholic church at Rome. Rev P 11 Donncllv after two years' trip through Alaska land Canada lecturing against socc1 Ism lias arrived in Salt Lake assign Sd to learn aboul the Mormon church ! direct from If? heads Father Donnel ly was In conference with Anthon H, Lund and C Y Penrose of the First presidency and C W Nibley. presid ing bishop, for several hours ester day. in my lectures I say that all churches thai tench of Christ have some good in them and often durins nr. eighteen yearR of lecturing In I England I have been asked if that is en nf tup Mormon church" he said I Many are the detrimental stories that I run riot In England about the Mor ' mons. "1 asked for an Interview with the heads of the Mormon church and was not only granted It by them, but was cordlall received I am sorry to say that I did not get to meet the presi dent of the buroh, Joseph F. Smith, as he is in Los ngoles "I see great good in the Mormon religion and ninny of its teachings are beautiful to me Especially is thai of baptizing for the dead very beautiful and impressive "I think that it is wonderful how the masses of the believers in Mor monism contribute their tithe lo the church. When s man In our church or in fact any other church, drops a nickel in the collection plate he thinks that he has done a great and self-sacrificing deed "I expect to let hire on Mormonism when I return to England and in my lectures I will be able to dispel manv of the evil impressions about that church. I have promised to send a copy of my first lecture on Mormon ism back to this city 1 am sure that when I lecture on Mormonism in Eng land there will be enough reporters there to g' what 1 have to say wop! for word " Father Donnelly leaves today for ; Seattle, from which place he will cross into Canada and again begin his lec tures against socialism SUPREME COURT SAYS TRIAL MUST BE GIVEN Salt Lake, May fi On the appli cation of the Tooele Meat fc Gro cery company, the supreme court yesterday issued a writ of mandate directing Judge C VY. Morse to re scind his order dismissing the com pany's appeal from a judgment en tered In favor of the Elite Candy com pany In the justice court and to try the case. The Tooele company appealed on the ground that it had not been given proper notice of the judgment enter al In the justice court. Judge Morse dismissed the appeal because it had not been taken within the statutory time. In view of the showing that due notice of Judgment had not been giv- n In the justice court the supreme court orders a trial. SPILLS KEG OF SULPHURIC ACID Salt Lake, May 0 Consternation reigned for a few minutes in the of fice of the city board of health yes terdnv afternoon when a deliveryman l from the Mine & Smelter Supply com- ; pany dropped a three-gallon keg con lalning sulphuric acid just inside the doorway. The powerful liquid spreud like water over the floor and there was a hasty departure for places of safety on the part of everybody present The deliverv man got his ; shoes wet and forthwith proceeded hastily to discard those articles of pedal apparel as though they were two hot bricks He left In his stock ing feet, carrying what remained of his shoes for the acid eats leather as though It were a favorite delicacy Everybody In the health department ufflce went about holding their noses for the rest of the afternoon No j real damage was done except to the I dellveryman's shoes oo TODAY IN CONGRESS Washington, May 6 The day in cougress Senate. Terrilories committee resumed hearing on Alaskan problems, Gif ford Pinchot testifying that private interests has held up legislation which would have developed Alaska. House. Resumed reading of tariff bill un der lfvo-minute debate rule, contin uing on free list. ou WOOL TRADING LIGHT Boston. May fi Trading In domes tic wool continues along narrow lines and in small-sized lots. Values are easy and buyers apparently control prices Less actively is reported In the west and in some localities bid ders have practically ceased opera tions. The best sale of the week was 200.000 pounds of Montana half-blood at 21 centu- WORLD RAGS COME TO U.S. Representative Mon dele Offers an Amend ment providing That All Rags Imported Must Be Cleaned and Sterialized People Will Be in Rags Washington. Mav fi. The adminis trative and Income tax features of the tariff bill remained to be dis posed of today when the house con 1 rened. Both Bectlons are Important portions of the bill with many pagps of details that puzzle new members, hut their adoption virtually intact was confidently counted upon by Democratic leaders The preferential of five per cent upon foreign goods brought in mer Ican bottoms and the strenuous ob lections of Insurance companies against the income tax on the ground th.T the policy holders will be ulti mately burdened with greater pre miums, were Issued ahead when tho bill was taken up One chance lo be urged on the In come tax in i be senate is to provide that the Bhall be levied upon tlv income of the calendar years after I'M.", but to apply this year only from th riate of the ratification of the constitutional amendment on Febru ary 23. Rags of the World Representative Monde)) got permis sion to offer an amendment proiding that all rags imported must be clean ed and sterilized, and delivered a diatribe on democratic rags." 'The Demoerats propose to admit free of duty," he r-hoiited, "the ratrs of the world Rngs from the Harems of Turkey, racs from the slums of London, rags from the Purlieus of Naples, and Rome, rags from cholera and bubonic plauee camps of the Balkan peninsula will he iven to our people free. I know of nothing more logical in a Democratic tariff bill than free rag- We must have the raes Of all the world to come here to clothe our people, driven from em ployment hy tho Democratic tarift rates." Representative Underwood pointed OUl thai Mr. Mondoll's amendment was unnecessary because the rags were cleaned before being admitted to this country. As the bill approaches its day for passage in the house, the senate is completing plans for its considera tion Many Republican senators have drafted amendments. Senator Sher man, of Illinois, has one to provide that no provisions of the income tax shall apply to any insurance com pany or association which conducts its business solely on mutual plan and only for the benefit of its policy holders or members Republicans from the northwest at tacked the free wheat and flour pro visions of the bill. Representative Underwood defend ed free flour, declaring that the north west would not be injured, and an amendment to the bill was defeated. Efforts to take iumber from the free list and alter the wood pulp and print paper schedules were finally defeated. A Democratic-Republican love feast was held as consideration of the tax ing provisions of the bill drew to a close The occasion was the birthday of Representative Underwood. Minority Leader Mann announced that he wished to put aside partisan feeling for a time and talk personally. He told the house that fifty-one years ago "one of the ablest men In public life first saw the light of day," and congratulated the Democratic party and the American people thai during the 51 years of his life, there has grown to greatness and bigness the able gentleman from Alabama, Mr. Underwood. Amid a roar of applause from both sides of the chamber, Mr. Underwood thanked Mr Mann for his congratula tions. In n short time consideration of the remaining paragraphs of the free list was completed and the income tax section of the bill was reached CHILDREN ARE TO GIVE AN ! OPERA t ; Marina Hunter, musical director of A the citv schools, is busily engaged just now drilling the grade 6tudents for the opera, ' Pioneer," which will 06 p presented Maj 2n Miss Hunter expects to have many as 600 pupils and the produc tlon will likely be among the nest of , its kind ever given in the city, not r withstanding the fnct that the one giv- S en last year was a great success Children from the First to the Eighth grades will take part In th musical. jj SHOULD DIVIDE BOOKS BY WEIGHT c c Xew York, May 6 Lewis Ash. a cigarmaker who died recentlv. pro- p'j vided In his will that if his daugh ters could not agree on the equid 1 division ot his library the books should be weighed, ,ind thus eoualb' apportioned. The odd provision is one . Red by Mrs Amanda Chase. M who. declaring that her lather was of unsound mind. Is contesting a codicil 4 to the will which gives $.?5."00 to jpci Mrs Nathalie Mav. another dam:h ter, cutting off Mrs Chase. ;' oo i San Francisco. Maj C The ne ne United States submarine torepdo boat . ,j H I was launched here today. M'ss Jl Leslie Jean Meakin of Montreal. Can- Hfcj aria, christened the submarine ana pr( qualifies for membership in the Spon- js sors club, composed of young WOIf1.' ism en who have christened war vessel j 00 t( Arizona has recentlv adopted a la that prohibits any ailen from beinF employed on any public work within Sw its Jurisdiction.