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unday Bee. f NEWS SECTION TAGM ONI TO EIGHT WEATHER FORECAST. Kor Nebraska - Genr-rallr fair For low a---t;r-nerll.v flr. For weather report see pane 2. i ) I ITOU XT,-NO. 33. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUXIXO. JAXtTAKY '20. lull MX Sl-XTIOXS-TIHHTV KKJIIT PAfiKS. six(ii,; copy kivi: cents. The Omaha 1 ( i HOUSE WILL TALK OVEU INITIATIVE ' Hatfield BUI Favored in Committee, Coming in bpecial Oraer ( Wednesday, fiZNATE HALTS BETWEEN SILLS tTiral Measurea in Upper House and Choice Not Made. FLANS FOB STATE INVESTMENT Representative Potts Hopes to Bring Local Securities First. APPROPRIATIONS TO HAVE CALL Financ (nnlllrr Busily EBBae-ed Draft la; Balsrtes Measure and Hopes ! Hti It Intro duced al Early Oal. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 18 Special.) The Initia tive and referendum bill knows as H. Tt. 1. which was Introduced by Representative Hatfield of Lancaster county, will be. If passed, (he most important act of the coming week for the legislature, unless some new situation arises. The bill Is to be a special order of hut-lness for the meet ing of Wednesday afternoon and the whole question of the Inlllatlve method of legis lation will he dscused and debated. At the meeting of the committee on Judiciary when the bill was discussed there were only to votes aeainst It. Gross man of Douglas opposed It because It pro vides a low percentane for the Initiative. The bill la so drawn that 10 per cent of the Voters of the ttate. o distributed as to Include C per cent of ti:e voters In each of two-fifths of tlie counties In the state may Install a tiieasuie. Five percent of the voters order a referendum action on any bill. If tllntillitiied hi the fame way. Sagl of Valine voted against It also, because he does- not believe In the principle. Ha offered to vote fur It If the friends of the bill would moke the percentage fifty In stead of five, knowing that no supporter of the proposition would airee to that. He maintains that not only his own views, nit the beliefs of his constltutents are I opposed to It. Attltnrie of Sena!. The same bill an the Hatfield bill, repre senting the measure supported by the Hi red Legislation league, was brought up In the senate by .kllcs of Butler. Another direct IcclHlallon bill was presented b Albert of Pintle. This bill is sill) awaiting the action of the committee and when they are both brought up from the committee on constitutional amendments, the commit tee of the whole will decide their fate. The senate Is likely to await the action of the house before going ahead on Its own responsibility In the matter. rolls lltlnvrlmn! Rill. The house committed on Judiciary has de el'led to recommend for passage the Potts reinvestment blJtr.Ji4.jrt, 40. a measure widen ' will seriously (-'hangt the financial system of the atate. The author, Potta of riwnffl, a ineiniwr ok me nisjorny, cli as a rn for it the fact that Net.ra.k. ha. invested ao heaxiiy in the bond of other) states while citiea and towns tn the state j are anxious to disivose of bend Issue. The j investments. acooruing 10 a siaiemem is- sued January 10, Included bonds of Ala bama, $1,0tW,0f); California. $.v:3.t)t'; Colorado. $.r.,0fl0; Delaware. $'-'0,000; Iduho. 1700,000; lioulslana. $.'7.0: Maryland. SI5O.O0O; Mas rschuretts, S'SB.flOU; Minnesota. $100,000; MIs- 1 vlsalppl, $,'.67,010; North Carolina. ",00r; f Tennrasee, 17WI.200; t tali. $10,000. Total. $4flMVW The rcaaon for the proposed change In 1 The Harriman banker would not confirm policy is given In this section of the bill, j (h foregoing statement. Indeed, the im Nehraska trust funds should first seek ( preaslon created was that no financing has Investment In afe Nebraska aecurlties. yet heen put through. No claim Is made theteby Riving; employment to labor and : lnal lne ,n ms y,orn fnany PRr,Cd and capital at home and developing and beau- j .Blcd, but that the negotiations will be tlfying our commonwealth, and the Board 1 carried to a successful conclusion Is con of Educational I anda and Kunda has cx- ; fidontly anticipated. The amount pro preased desire to operate to thla end." j poed, $50.0ti0,0U0. la the same aa the Penn- Th bill was amended to provide that no .yWania placed in Paris four vears ano. more than $l,00u,u.0 shall be Invested In the bonds of . any one city and with that change win probably pass. Salary Ullt U Utiuit Drawn. The biennial salary bill, which pays the aalarlea of all the employes of the atate, la now occupying the attention of tho members of the finance ways and means committee, of which (Jallagher of Cuming j la chairman. The aalary bill has often j been left by the finance committee until the forty daa for introd.iclng bills Is al - Bioat up to give the lawmakers a chance to Cieate new office If thuy care to. This jtar. however, both the salary bill and the I general appropriation 1 bill will be drawn I eorly and brought beforu the house. IhatJ the middle of the wevk will see tills bill on the floor la the hope of the legislative euthiiHlasta. Nearly every department in the state litiust Is asking a few Increases In salaries and a few new employes. The requests that have been made to the committee are as follows, all amounts covering two years' expenditure: Adjutant general, salary increases. ..$ 2. iS 1 '(innttiAMi.inr oi ia.ii.il. iiftrv In creases a Two now factory insi.ictots - kUcrciarv 01 slate, new clerk on cor- poratbin taxi's Auditor. Increase and new clerks.... Attorney i;eniel, deputy increase and new asaixtanl fcupreme court, imrease anil new librarian V.'O; ttatlev t-ouiuurtHion. o.iiee neip it btate veterinarian, ineicaae and new assistant 4.i-'i Noitolk asylum. nev sinUtant doctor Industrial school. Kcainrv . Industrial Si Intnl. t;cnee fcl'ool for the I eat. Omaha, new UachTS e'cnool lor the blind I M ! 3 tot ' :'0) Total liO t'lt tlrlc Mai Past tllllluo. The total appropr'uiioii for s.!aiies mad' St the lust soviioti Kii" '. The bill to In lh hnds o.' ill" c iiiin.ttcr for the srsslon mv ery rasll- p:- the one million ri'sik. The next problem for the cumm ttcc w II be the maintenance bill, which ran to I.' I-VOI Isst lime, and will be much I laiter for this birnnium If all the depuit-! lie no which r unt additional approprla lio'u gel anywhere lusr what they ask . since lust week the follow ing new ap- j propr alums liaxe bien asked for. : II H. 11. by .ans of Vdmi. for a j launcirv at the Haslint'S a lu:n. . . $ J5.0 . 11 R. ifJI bv Clark of Chtrrv. to lav traveling txin("s for district Judges II R L'.ti. l Lridigh of Otoe, for a iniiiiiy fair department In the agrl- eiuiora1 deiiartment .. 11 U lA hv l.iver of Imuglas. tor in epileptic hospital H R ti'.. by Taylor uf Hltchcink, lor askistants to the stair cn om log I at I 4 0)0 SO. 000 50.000 J.S'10 (Continued on Second Psge ) Custer Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Starting Blaze Sheriff Kennedy Takes Wi'am Moore in Charge, FolJ ire- Row s .. , .c'W.v . BROKEN BOW Tlerram.)-Qr- StiAf-lff- IT..... , tal .nV" ...ed by . e. recently of this place, .ri-n . 1 at Ravenna rged with burning lata thla afterno the Custer count '..ourt house on the night of .Tanuarv 11, last year. The sheriff will leave here tonight and take hla prisoner from Ravenna to Orand Island, where he will be kept In close confinement until the Preliminary hearing. The officer, who have been working; on the case for some time, claim they have enough evidence against Moore to Implicate him to the fullest. Moore recently moved from here to Seneca, where he proposed starting a pool hall. He was arrested a short time ago with others In connection with some rob bery cases and In the general mlxup words were uttered by some of the gang that strengthened the officers' belief that Moors was the man they wanted In connection with the court house fire. One Important witness Is now In Iowa and Sheriff Kennedy will go there after him as soon as he has safely landed his prisoner In Jail. Carter Harrison Enters the Race for Mayor of Chicago States His Platform, Favoring Initia tive, Referendum Recall, Subway, Municipal Ownership. CH ICAflO. ,lHn. 2X.-'Sperlal Telegram 1 Carter H. Harrison Issued today the plat form on which lie will run for mayor of Chlcngo. It contains Initiative, referendum, recall, aubway and municipal ownership planks. At the same time Mr. Harrison gave out an Interview In which he reserved the i"ght to become an Independent candidate If de fcated at the primaries He declined to say that he would support the democratic J nominee. "I place my citizenship above party or faction," said Mr. Harrison, "and I shall not pledse myself In advance to support a candidate when 1 do not know who that rand'dale Is going to be. 1 would not do such a tiring even to be mayor of Chicago. "If the primary is fair I will not run as an Independent. If. however, there is corruption I shall do whatever I think best. I should feel bound to run against a candidate for whom a $r.00,0no campaign fund had been collected and apent." Southern Pacific Figuring Upon Sale - - of Bonds in Paris .... -sr-vi- e t 11 . ... Tlit7 Millions of Dollars of Securities of Harriman Eoad Expected to Be Taken by French Bankers. VKVV YORK. Jan 2d -fRuecisI Telearam.l From authoritative sources It la learned that a powerful group of Trench banks la negotiating to supply the Southern Pacific with $Ti;,iiOii.ono. No official announcement la expected for several weeks, but already tentative arrangements have been made f,. (hft flotation of the loan The security will take the form of bonds. One view of the arrangements now under way is that the money could undoubtedly be utilised advantageously, should the "merger suit" be decided adversely to the Harriman Interests. Harmon Addresses United Mine Workers i . K ri ralJ.f Members flhier W.ori b Governor Because He Called Troops in Strike. COLI'.M BCS. O., Jan. . Governor liar- n,n) lo,y audresed tlie l ulled Mine1 ; Woikere of America in convention here. 1 Oh lections were raised by a few soclalla- tic delegates on the ground that Governor Harmon had called out state troops to break the street car strike in this city, but these were overruled by President Lewis, and at the conclusion of the ad dress all efforts on the part of these dele gatea to ask the governor questions or - X), speak were suppressed Dy tne presidents '! gavel i . . . ... . j members of the convention should be willlng t hear from men in an stations ; of life and get their opinions on matters I affecting the welfare oi the American peo- ; . 1' - Bernard Sachsse While Secretary of Meeting tin the annivei ai'v his wife's dea'.h and almost at the fame hour In which she passed awav. vcara old. eoddculy Heinard actise, died during a turning of the tieiman .,11 aiiLV at t.ie Uerman Home last n'Bht. Mr. oachsse was acting as secretary c.f the meeting, and the dediu convulsions came upon hltn while he was trancr!llng the minutes In his record The laise attendance of men was staitled in their deliberations upon seeing the aged secietary release the pencil he was uting In the mludle of a word and lLwly diop faio forward on tlie iabie. Ilia frame trembled for several minutes and death cam :thln a talf hour at about s.lu o'tlitk- lir. F. J. Schleier was summoned to the seen, but M' i-.ch." Is thought to have pased away before the physician arrived. Ir. kchlelei- ano'-:nrd lhal apoplex. i..iiii- . ihe t-au.e of death. 'f'n I coroner baa been notified and it la thought ihe will huld an Inqucal BECIPKOCITY" IS TO BEAN ISSUE Bill Looking to irade Agreement Between Imited States and Canada is Introduced. 1 1N LINE WITH TAFT'S MESSAGE McCall of Massachusetts Fathers the Movement in House. WILL LEAD IN PUSHING MEASURE Proposed Law Goes to Committee on Ways and Means. st CONSIDERATION EXPECTED SOON First Mot of th Commit! Will It ! n!rmln If Any Hearings W ill Be Heard, When and W ho W ill B Called. WASHINGTON, Jan. CS.-To carry into effect the terms of the reciprocity agree ment, concluded by representatives of Can ada and the t'nlted States last Thursday and which was placed before congress that day by President Taft with a spe cial message, urging legislation, the first move was made today when Representative McCall of Massachussetts, a member of the ways and means committee of the house presented the administration bill on the subject. The bill . was referred to the committee on ways and means, which will take It up next week. President ,Taft Indicated today that he was not worrying about the fate of the agreement. In his opinion It Is now tip to the people of the U'nlted States to decide Whether they want It or not. He declared he had advocated other measures which the people did not favor and he would bow to their will. The president Is anxiously watching the press of the country to ascertain the senti ment for or against the proposed recipro city. Met all W ill I'aah Mens-re. The Introduction of the bill by the Mas xachuasctts member. Instead of by Mr. Payne of New York, chairman of the ways and means committee, occasioned comment. It Is Interpreted to Indicate that Mr. McCall will take a leading part In enKlnecrlng Its progress on the floor of the house. While members of the com mittee decline to discuss their protective attitude on the measure, It has become fairly well established that the bill to put the new rates Into effect will pas through the committee and come out on the floor of tlje house within a comparatively short time. The first move of the committee will be to determine if any hearings will be held on the measure. It is the opinion of sev eral members that If certain delegations, representing securities affected by the lowering of tariff rates wish to be heard, an opportunity will be afforded them be fore final action. There will be .no openlnf -ofiW itra to all the tariff arguments that might be Introduced for and against the terms! of the new commercial arrangement. Members of the committee believe the farts on the various Hems were fully elicited in the hearings held during; the preparation of the Payne-Aldrlch bill and that to renew extensive hearings upon the reciprocity agreement would needlessly de lay its consideration. Nnl,ert to Ameadmeot. The form of the McCall bill Is such that Its future roiiHlderatlon la a matter of un certainty al present. As a bill to raise revenue, it will be 'subject to amendment and change, unless a rule of cloture is first put through the house prohibiting them and froclng a vote upon the reci procity agreement aa a whole. The negotiations , with Canada resulted In a definite and concrete arrangement which cannot be changed In any particular, without upsetting the effectiveness of the whole agreement. For this reason tt Is the opinion that the ways and means- com mittee and the rules committee will have to prepare a rule to precede the bill Into the house, providing for its consideration aa a whole and without amendment. The impression has been strengthened that President Taft's determination to secure action at this session Is such that he will resort to an extra session if It be comes necevsary to bring the matter to final consideration In congress. lne extra session talk has caused no little worry at the capllol. The leaders of the houae frankly do not believe It will be necessary even In the light of the short time remaining in this session, to dispose of the trade agreement. If defeat comes for "the measure. It Is expected In the senate. The members of the house, after a fairly ! careful poll by the minority, are apparently 1 disposed to accept the treaty and to sun. port It In debate and with their votes According to a democratic member of the ways and means committee, the dem ocrats are likely to accept the bill without serious attempt to amend It. They look upon it both as a tariff change In line with the democratic Ideas and as a serious attempt on in eparl or a republican presi- dent to take the tariff out of politics ! Representative McCall has been the sub- ' PCt of some speculation because he com. frol , lUU ,nat has complained bitterly 1 . (Continued on Second Page) Expires I To facilitate a better co-ordination in Mr. achse was an old settler of Hodge 1 public works the committee has consoll ctiunty. He was born In a piovtnce of ' dated under the bureau of yards and docks (ieimiDj snd esme t, this country at an ! all the public works of the entire naval es tsrl age. During the last few years he ' tablishment in the interest of efficiency and las condoned the business of notary in ! economy. Under this tad the bill makes the olfltes of .l!im Wapplch and has the following appropriations for 19U: alwsvs bten active as secretary of tne! Pearl Harbor naval station, designed to German alliance. He made his home at be the principal naval station In the Pa 12) Meredith avenue. Mis. O. K. Shukert. I clflc. $,.'tJ.0L, together with $ou.0o0 for a a daughter. a ihe only surviving relative, j loo-tun floating crane for use there; a pro Mr. Bachske apparently had been In the vision increasing by $mJ0.0OU the limit of best of health during the day and appeared I cost of the floating crane at Hontot.; re to be In good spirits, badness cam over j pairs and pitsurvslion at navy ) aruu and htm, though, in Ihe afternoon, when he nations and appropriation lor the ..iotis iema:l.ed to a friend that U,e day was the navv vardu and stations ranging from fli.-t a'.nlveisary of his wlfes death. The funeral will he held at : oYlock Sun day afternoon from the home of hl daugh ter. Mrs. O. K. Shukert. at 2.vat Larimure avenue J. oh IIsikW will be la charge of the services Slid the Intel iv.ent w ill he Forest l-sn cemetery. Th pellheaiers 1 111 i ohn.n .,.. ., .k. t. "'4S of V e fir in. A NT A'O COPZ , Events NAVAL BILL IS REPORTED Committee Would Build Two Battle ships at Twelve Million Each. FOURTEEN OTHER BOATS WANTED Measure " Carries II - aad Trren-Ir-Flv Mlllloa oUare Woal Drop Klght-Hour Clause from Contincla. WASHINGTON. Jan. 5S.-Carrylng a total of $lKi.421.M8. the naval appropriation bill was reported to the house toflsy by Chairman Foss of the naval affairs com mittee. The bill carries $S,92U1 less than the current appropriation and $2,044,821 lesa than estimates submitted by the Navy de partment. The Increase of the naval program calls for an appropriation of $3l.270.SHi, of which $15,832,9:$ for the first year Is Inserted In the present bill. This Increase contem plates two battleships of 27,OX) tons at $11, 03,408 each; two colliers at $1.(XiO.OO0 each; eight torpedo boat destroyers at $S2i.O00 and four submarines at $500,000 each. The cost as given Is estimated on the basis of build ing by private contract without restriction. The bill Increases the limit of cost of the battleship Florida, now being built at the New York navy yard, for hull and machinery exclusive of armor arid arma ment from $6,000,000 to $6,500,000. . Would Drop Etdtat-Hour Clans. The cause of the extra expense Is that the bill repeals the provisions In last year'a naval act which authorised one battleship to be built In a navy yard. The contract for the Florida's sister ship was let by con tract well within Ihe limit of ' cost, while the estimates for building the Florida, for all purposes the same ship, in the navy yard, exceeded the limit of cost for hull machinery by $l,WO.0OO. or a total of $7,500.- Ou. Both these ships are directed to be built under the eight-hour law restrictions. The committee recommends repeal of this re quirement and also of provision that no more than one of the battleships provided for In last year's naval act shall be built by the same contracting party. The committee recommends that the col lier authorized in the naval act of 19u8 to be built in a Pacific coast navy yard be constructed by private contract with a cost limit of $1.0u0.000, against an estimated navy yard cost of $l.S00.O0O. Owing to an Increased number of officers and rl."e In the pay of many officers, due to length of service, an increase of $1,403, !!0 In the pay of navy Is provided for. An Incresse of $1j0.0iI for torpedoes and appliances Is made. The subject of the discontinuance of the bureau of equipment under the reorganiza tion of the department which has given rise to prolonged controversy is dismissed by t the committee with tne recommendation at the trial of the present system be ex- nded for another year in order to test it thoroughly. fc.wl.iM) to $!." Tlu: department 4 1 ecommendalion for coal depota at strangle points was cut in half Oklahoma Millionaire Dead. M I'SXt r: K. Okl . Jan. ieoi rorge and pi W. I l ames, millionaire oil opetatoi kJelll of ,nt. ,'oinmeicial National Hank of Uuakoge. died loaay at Mont Carlo ''' '' ( " I -1 i Coming and Going in Omaha 0 r A DAY OFF v 1 miATi p , . c t of the Week, as Viewed by The Bee's Artist. Aberdeen Asks Square Deal for the. Railway Mail Clerks Cornmerci&iJCiub Points Out to De 4 partment Enormous Increases in ' Traffic to Be Handled. ABERDEEN, S. tt., Jan. 2S (Special.) The Aberdeen .' Commercial club took hand In the agitation for a better postal service and a "square desl"' for the rail way mail clerks today by sending the fol lowing telegram to the South Dakota sen ators and representatives at Washington; Owing to the difficulties between the postal department and the railway mall clerks, our service Is badly crippled and Is growing worse. It Is not up to standard under normal conditions. The trains are hauling hack unsorted malt frequently. We suggest that you Increase the cost of post age on ma?azlne advertising Instead of cutting the cleiks In the service. We fur ther suggest that the present difficulties be investigated and an equitable adjustment be made at once. ' A HKflDKKN COMMKRCIAL CLUB The work of the railway mall service on the Aberdeen line has been vastly Increased within the past few months by the addi tion of the pouch mall service on the branch lines of the Milwaukee road west of the. Missouri river In South Dakota. On those lines there Is no railway mall clerk, the postmasters simply placing the mall in pouches to be worked when It reaches the main line. Some of the towns on the branch lines are of good sire, and the additional work made adds considerably to the task confronting the railway mall clerks. SPANISH LEGATION DENIES REPORTS ABOUT ALFONSO It Bare Hrport that Ha Will Leave talac Was started br Anil. Dnaa!l Influences. WASHINGTON. Jan. "8 The attention of the Spanish legation having been at tracted by certain publications to the ef fect that domestic Infeleclty has brought about an estrangement between King Al fonso and his royal spouse, Queen Vic toria, Mlnlater Rleno today entered an eaiphatlc denial of the story. The rumors of a separation are be'leved by him to have been set afloat by anti dynastic Influences. SHERIDAN GROWS RAPIDLY Population of t Ity lu Wyoming- In creases More Than Five Fold In Decade. WASH 1NCJTON. Jan. ?.-Populition sta tistics of the thirteenth census announced today Include: Cities. Klierldan. Wyo I'reseott Ariz Fort Clbson. tiki Koek Sprtncs, Wyo Special census H4j7. 1910 (ON 1 Stt &.77S 1900. I 6.M) 3,r.v. 1.061 4.on7 More Rumors of of the Long NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. Developments In the xearch for Miss Dorothy Arnold, the iiisiiik heiress. Included the report of additional letters demanding a ransom for the young woman's return, a reported dec laration by Deputy Police Commissioner Fix nil that he believed the girl had not bren I armed and would return home in a few days an I that announcement Mifs Arnold's broiler, who had that If en abroad on a secret uiitaion lnce tier dis appearance was on the v back to New Yolk. Potli Hie puilee ami Ihe lawyer' directing the starch ot Ihe theory that M ss Arnold is I eld for itnxom John S. Keith of Mr. Arnold s legal adlor, - ZL. VER SI TI - rii r cor riTTo rv TWO HEADS ARE BKTTER ATTACK AMERICAN CONSULS Embassy Protests Against Conduct of Turkish Soldiers. VESSEL FLIES AMERICAN FLAG Matlny Anions Soldier 'wao Were Passencera Provoke Protests from Officials and Tier Are Assaulted. CONSTANTINOPLE Jan. tt. J. Hldgely Carter, who has been placed at the head of the American embassy with the rank of minister plenipotentiary pending the appointment of a successor to Ambas sador Straus resigned today, lodged a protest with the porte against the assault and Indignities to whlcn the American consular representatives at Beirut and Alexandretta were recently subjected. It appears that a sergeant instigated a mutiny among fifty Turkish soldiers who were being transported oi the steamer New Jersey. When that vessel reached Al exandretta It was flying the American flag and the American consular agent, John T. Persitlany, went on board to In vestigate. There he was set upon by the soldiers and driven from the ahlp. During the attack hla hand was cut and his coat torn off. Refuse to Surrender Leader. The local police have arrested some of the svldlers but the captain of the New Jersey refused to surrender the ring lead er. The vessel proceeded to Smyrna where there was a second row. At this stage of the quarrel the American consul-general Ernst L. Harris, took a hand with the re suit that he waa roundly abused by the factions. However, he brought about the arrest of the sergeant. When the news of the trouble reached I Salonlkl, the shipping men declsred a boycott against the owners of the New Jersey. Acting upon sdvlces the American em bassy her promptly took the matter up with the Turkish government. Declare Ilorcoit. SALON1KI, Turkey, Jan. '28. The Sal onlkl boycott committee today declared a boycott against the steamers of the Mall-Packet-Archlpellago line and the boatmen and lighter men attempted to prevent the loading of the company's steamer Olym pla The authorities acted promptly and placem Kerln Agha, the dictator of the organization under arrest. The trouble started In a mlxup between the crew of the steamer New Jersey and a detachment of Turkish soldiers, which the vessel wae I'nlted States and so Involved the Ameri can consul gerieral at Smyrna. E. I. Har ris, and the American consular agent at Alexandretta. Persitlany, In the row. The owneis of tlie New Jersey and Ulmpia are described as an American company. If the New Jertfj under Ihe r-tars and and OI;mpla tail stripes, no warrant (Continued on Second Page 1 Whereabouts Missing Heiress rterlrd his belief that letters were written by blackmail?! s. If they were taken seri ously, he aid, th searchers would face the untenable theory that Miss Arnold was held for ransom by four different persons Mr. Keith was disinclined also to credit tlie reputed theory of the police that Mis Arnold would return home shortly. There were no freh clews In the case, nor ik 1 there nvthli:g on which to babe such theory so far as he kne . The tnp of John Arnold, the missing giri' brother, to Europe, w hlrh was made soon sfier M s Arnold ill'appeaied. had nothlns to do with the search, Mr. Keith declarel lie said ihe young man went etnuad in j Uie interest of hit father's business. BIG LAND SHOW IMUISlUUiVMANY I Exhibitors from All Sections Tell of the Great Success of the Undertaking. VISITORS ARE ALL PLEASED Tell in No Uncertain Terms of Show a Greatness. CLOSES WITH HUGE CROWDS Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben and Boy Scouts Attract Attention. SHOW FULFILLS ITS MISSION All Cult In Saying lhal Wany Will Be Attracted lo Western Lands neennar of Ihe Numerous Hxhlnlta nl the hnw. The curtain fell on the first Omaha I.nnd show lnt night at 11 o clock. For ten days the opportunities of tha west were set forth to thousands of vis- Iters from sll sections of the country. The close of the show found It a success In the eyes of both ethlhltors and visitors. Yesterday afternoon three boy scout troops of the .city attended and per formed their drills. The hoys were in uniform. The boys of the Young Men's Christian association attended In a body last night. A drill team put on the setting-up exercises on the stage. Members of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben attended the show last night Musical numbers were given by a nsret from tha cast of the last Ak-Sar-Ben Initiatory farce. The attendance for the closing hours of the show was In keeping with that of the das that had. gone before. Many Omaha people came In to see the show at the eleventh hour, while hundreds cam to Omaha for the week-end to see the show from neighboring towns. Special farewell programs were given by the Land show concert band, the Hawaiian alngers and Miss Nettle Relter. cornet soloist. The Indians brought to the show from the Rosebud country by Jackson Brothers of the Western Town Site company of Dallas put on their Isst dance with much Jingling of bells and show of finery. II one Is for th Show. Jacob II. Gable traveling agent of the Northwestern railway, who has been at the Ind show with the alfalfa exhibit, declares that the show Is the greatest thing of the kind ever given in Omaha. "It has set the people to, thinking." said he. "and it will aitrely bring many set tlers to the western ststea. I have heen connected with exhibits for th last twenty yesrs and never have I seen so much Interest shown aa at this show." WMIber Walker of Oakland, a booster for the Land show who lectured dally In the interests of his stste. sent th fol lowing message last night.. To Oaklsnd Tribune, Oakland. W!1: Omaha Land show closed tonight -crowded to the doors. California gener ally, Alameda county particularly, re ceived great publicity. Our exhibit at tracted great attention. Two lectures on Alameda county dally. Perfectly fled with management. All well and happy. Home next week to Ood's country. fchrriil la Pleased. H. Q. Shedd of this city, formerly secre tary of the Nebraska state commission to the St. Louis exposition and on of th commissioners from Nebraska to the Fort land exposition. Is enthusiastic over th show. "1 am more than pleased with the re sults obtained by the Land show held dur ing the last ten days," said Mr. Shedd yes terday. "Realising a full month ago th strenuous efforts that were being made by The Omaha Boe and The Twentieth Century Farmer In this movement, I felt confident of Ita success, but I am proud to say that in attendance and Interest show 11 In the various exhibits the show has ex ceeded all expectations. As far as the Shedd Investment company, which repre sents Costilla Irrigated lands In the San Luis valley, and the Bhedd-Slzer company, which has several large tracts of irrigated land in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming, are concerned, I can truthfully say th re sults hav far exceeded any slmlla' exhibi tions where our companies have been rep resented. We have come In contact wtlli the very best farmers and Investors In the Missouri valley country and we Uftd that the Interest aroused in the district ia wlde- I spread. f rom our experience 1 leei inai tne pro- molers of the Omaha 1-and show are to be congratulated In confining the show to ex hibits produced from the states of the west of Omaha, which Is the natural gateway to the Intermountaln country Immediately west and northwest of Nebraska and the city is bound to feel the Influence of this show slung all trade lines. For Instsnce, the Big Horn Banln looks to Omaha and South Omaha as Its market, and I believe that closer business relations between this rapidly growing district In northern Wy. oming and business men of Omaha will be ' established as one of the results of the show. Demand for Land Steady. "Another fact demonstrated by this I -and show, aa well as those recently held In Chicago and 1'lttabuig. is that the demand for good Irrigated farm land is a steady and continuing one. which lias been little affected by the tightening of the money market last summer and autumn. The financial condition last autumn, to be suie, eliminated lo a considerable extent tlie pure speculator In farm lands, but that Is a con dition welcomed by the conscientious 10I Hi lling rompanies like our own, which are seeking the acual settlera for the rich Irri gated districts In lne San Luis vaiiev and the Big Horn Hasln. These settlera we find from among those farmef who have sold on their eastern iHnds at blah pines win, desire more extensive holdings for then I children; among renters on the farms, w ho hav e saved from $l.jXi to $2 5no, but are un able to buy the high priced eastern lands and among many salaried men In the cities, who have saved some money, but feel their Inability to stand the constantly increasing cost of city living without sacrificing their catefully accumulated savings. To thene persons, who are actually seel'.lng new locutions, with wider opportunities Omaha's Land show has been of great educational value In setting before them In miniature, as It were, the advantage and resources of those new districts in the west, which sre full of opportunities fur the man of pluck and energy." Omaha Kkyn I. rails ill. "I have attended all the big land shows and without exception the Unarm sh ivv leads all for the courteous tr.atui-ni if iilv-d by the exhibitors ami Die smj.i i and agreeable manner in which It u