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ROOSEVELT AND CLARK WINNERS MFMORIAL FOR E.BRANDEIS Final Tribute Paid o Omaha Citizen Lost on Titanic. Omaha, April 22 A final tribute of flowers, sacred bongs and words of praise 'ami legret was paid Omaha's well beloved citizen, limit Brandeis, wbo met death bravely with J.600 oth ers when the ill fated steamship Ti tanic sank, at the Brandeis theater. The theater held an assemblage the like of which never before gatherid there and 1 000 were turned away lor lack of room. Poor and rich, low and high, gath- i ercd at tlio place or mourning, a saa- I ,1. I 1..., ......1 Y Ki.UU.mt 'it lit (I lltmu Ullt (MVJIIU Ul 1"J uiiiiiaiu, tacepssl'ul and tender-hearted Omahan who met death with a heroism that be- quvr.thed liia Iriends aud relatives a sacred heritage. The Mise was smothered with fra- Omaha April 22.-Additional re- grant flowers, symbols of sorrow sent turns from the Nebraska primary elec- b' commercial and civic ogrnlzations . 1 prifi innumerable menus. An uiumineu lo.trait of the dead faced the audi- Nebraska' Primaryl Election Re sults Definitely Known. H0RH1S LEADS FOR SENATE. Congressman Indorsed by Voters to Succeed Brown Shallenberger Will Have Support of Democrats More- head Defeats Metcalfe. REPUBLICANS IN HOT FIGHT; i than any other th.it has evor been launched oy ten city. , The cltv'M fights vith the public service corporations nave an neen 'six norths' wars." Every season has seen some nig case in court. I Foley Guilty of Sirwple Assault. ' .Tamer T. Fo'.ev, trudtural t iron Warm Contest on tor Cji1rol ;? . . ( ier, a nonunion steel worker, on the flf vtalP nOnVPIltinn Soven'h street viaduct in Des Moines, Ul Oldie bUIKIIIIUU. Jwnsf0uadgui!ty of simple assault and battery bv a jurv in Judge Brennan's EACH SIDE CLAIMS VICTORY. : maximum for the charge on which he I was convicted, thirty days In jail and I costs. Judjie Drennan was highly dis- Decision of Contests in Four Counties satisfied with the verdict, but had to Will Determine Instruction of Dele-' accept it. He told the Jury the pun ishment was too trifling in tne taee of the farts. Another County In Bryan Column. Nine counties held Democratic con- PROSE RESUMED IN WASHINGTON Scene o! Investigation ot Titan ic Disaster Is Changed. , tions have not altered the relative po iiinns nf th learilnir candidates for the principal positions. Roosevelt's e from .the renter of the stage, majority over all continues to grow; ; Furled flags, leaning at half-mast, riarv hn thA npmnrratie indorse-! had been p.aced at each side of the ment; Norrls is slightly ahead Brown for the indorsement for United States senator on the Republican tlck- Des Moines, April 22. Iowa Repub licans have scueduled before them foi this week another state convention and if it comes up to the preliminary 0f siase a no. over me Doxes. DECISION 15 FOR DONAHUE ventlons to elect delegates to the state convention at Burlington May 1C. imu,i Davis. Favette and Guthrie counties advertising matter it will bo an inter lttd f chnmD ciri, Piym. eating event in state politics. There ,mth 1nstrctod for Governor Wilson, are 1,481 delegates entitled to seats in'TjlICa8 countv put W. J. Bryan In front the convention. It will have before it . ,hft twn nth. -nndldates. Musca- but one duty, that of selecting fout ,... indorsed the sneaker, but did not delegates to the Republican national instruct. Humboldt. Lucas and Ida ct, and Shallenberger has a lead over. lc ticket that seems to be safe. New- the ton polled a considerable number of votes for the office of governor on the Republican ticket. On the Democratic ticket Morehead has a commanding lead over Metcalfe. For national com mitteeman the Republicans selected R. B. Howell and the Democrats P. L. reme Court Refuses to oust Omaha Chief of Police. Lincoln, April 22. The action brought to ou.st John J. Donahue from the office of chief of police of Omaha failed in the supreme court. The opinion had been anticipated for some and every time the court handed down opinions lately it had been thought this case would certainly be among Hall. No returns have been tabulated yet on the state officers below govern- them. The result shows the reason oi or. nor on the candidates for electors,1 the delay, for the court is thoroughly delegates at large, district delegates' divided on the question. The majority or congressman outside of the Second opinion was written by Sedgwick and district, where Howard Baldrlge won concurred in by Fawcett and Dames juuge neese arrivt-u ul me same iuu elusions, but by a different course of the nomination. The returns from the state up to date are: Republican. President Taft, 9,233; Roosevelt, 26,515; La Follette, 8,255. Senator Norris.18,396; Brown.17,574. Howell,1 National Committeeman 16,167; Rosewater, 12,860. Democratic. President Clark, 9,752; Harmon, lf 47; Wilson, 6,653. Governor Morehead, 11,581; Met-, calfe, 9,313. Senator Shallenberger, 4.021; Reed,1 798; Thompson, 2,854; Smith. 336. Encampment Omitted. Owing to the lateness of the season' the annual encampment of the cadets' at the state farm will be omitted this year. The weather is not suitable for an encampment and the condition of , school work later In the year pre cluded the possibility of holding It at a latter date. Instead of the encamp ' ment there will be drills, the annual competitive drill between the Work-1 her regiment of the farm school and the Pershing rifles of the academic de partment. This will be held on the sin here ltv camDus. Thursday will occur the removed competitive company drill, to be judged by regular army officers from Fort Crook, followed by a review of the cadets and presentation of prizes "by Governor Aldrlch. I reasoning and Judge Hamer concurred in part and dissented in part from the opinion of the majority. He holds that the chief should not be removed for the reason that sufficient cause for removal had not been shown by the evidence. Judge Rose wrote a dis sentlng opinion, which was concurred in by Letton, holding that Mr. Dona hue should be ousted from office. SECOND TRIAL OF WILLIAM FLEGE Murder Case Is Removed to Pen der on Change ot Venue. Pender, Neb., April 22. The second trial of the Flege murder case will be tomorrow. The case wat from Dixon county on a change of venue, the motion for which alleged that William Flege, on ac count of the bitter feeling against him could not have an Impartial trial in I Dixon county. This motion wa I strongly opposed by the state an more than 270 affidavits were present I ed on both sides Details of Double Tragedy at Omaha The body of Louise Flege, member Will Be Brought Out. of a well known family of Logan town Omaha. April 22. An Inquest will ship, was found in her own yard. June be held this afternoon by Coroner 30, 1910, with bullet holes in her head Crosby to determine the cause and and breast. After weeks of Investtga nature of the deaths of Mrs. Eva Muse tion on the part of detectives, com and Florence Ranks, colored women, rlalnt was filed In Justice Myers" court alleged to have been murdered by at Ponca, July 27, 1910, charging Will James D. Mur.e, colored. j iam Flege with the murder of his sis Details of the bloody fight which ter, Louise, who had been his house MUSE INQUEST TO BEHELD took place In the Muse home between Muse and the two women, of thelt death, the setting afire of the curtains and beds and the murderous attacks upon Captain Henry J. Jaacks and Assistant Chief Dcneen will be brought out. The statements made at the Inquest will be taken down and used in the trial of Muse for murder .Muse was resting easily at St. Jo reph's hospital, though his varlou? wounds bother him considerably. Pugtley Advises Rolling of Ground. Omaha, April 22. Farmers of Ne braska, who have planted wlntei wheat and which is affected by the cracking of the ground should not be keeper. Their parents being dead and both unmarried, they had lived to gether several years. The preliminary hearing was on July 29 and 30 and Flege was held to the district court in bonds In the sum of $15,000, which he furnished. He was arraigned an tried In the district court Nov. 29 to Dec. 10, 1910, found guilty of murder In the second degree and on Dec. 14 was given a life sentence by Judge Graves. He was taken to the peniten tiary on Dec. 15. His attorneys ap pealed his case to the supreme court and on May 9, 1911, he was released pending his appeal by order of the su preme court under bond of $25,000. In December, 1911, the case was re versed and remanded for trial. Flege gates at Large to State Convention at Cedar Rapids, LAX CONDITIONS ABE INDICATED THE WEATHER. The Yi-RtllnR-s below are taken at th Hurlinittoii depot, where the ther mometer 1h iiliiceil unite similar to those used by Slates weather bureau: a. in iJ I I p. m. ... 18 2. V. Forecast. Nebraska conditions the I'nited 10 a. Ill . ill, 56 09 I'm w bu I fair. cooler -Fair Monday. ami ,-oine-Tuesday, convention. It is probable that nearly every delegates will be present, oi the convention !s admitted on both sides to be so close that nobody knows who will control. The temporary chairman Is C. M. Thomas of Ma quoketa, a regular Republican, se lected by the state committee some time ago Unless possibly there IB a contest against the regular delegates from Osceola county there will be nc contest before the convention and thai delegation Is the smallest in the state It was a square contest between tht regular Republicans of Iowa in sup port of Senator Cummins and theii long-time opponents in support ol President Taft. The Taft commlttet placed the entire matter in the hands of John T. Adams of Dubuque, while Senator Cummins' secretary did the work that was done for him. Closeness of Convention, There can be no doubt whatever ol the closeness of the Btate convention between the two factions. The con vention majority is 741. The regulart claim just 741 for their total vote on the face of the returns. Mr. Adamt claims for Taft 774 delegates, or thir ty-three more than a majority. The difference lies in Pottawattamie Franklin, Webster and Dallas coun ties. There !s a disagreement as tc conditions In the delegation from Pot tawattamie, the difference amounting to about a dozen votes. In Franklin only three votes are in question. In Dallas and Webster the situation Is complicated by the fact that. In these counties Senator Kenyon and Lleuten ant Governor Clarke are candidatet for offices and each side expects then, to deliver votes In the state conven tion. Both delegations were original ly reported as rolld for the progres did not tie their delegates to any can didate. To Welcome New Bishop. Preparations are being made for a royal welcome to Bishop Dowling when he reaches Des Moines, May 1, to assume his new duties In charge of the new see. All the Catholic societies will participate in the ceremonies and the new bishop will be escorted from the train to his new residence with a parade. There will be a banquet and other ceremonies. Better Protection From Fire. Better fire protection for Iowa was recommended at the meeting of the Iowa Fire Prevention -association In Des Moines, which Is making a thor ough Investigation of conditions throughout the state. The committee of inspection reports that fire preven tion In general is badly neglected and that they have only fifty more towns to investigate. Pellett Bee Inspector. Frank C. Pellett of Atlantic was named bee Inspector of Iowa by Gov ernor Carroll, who hopes to Increase the honev business of this state. The inspector must serve without pay. SQUATTERS USING UNIVERSITY LAND Institution Derives No Revenue From mi ol 2,200 Acres. Iowa City, April 22. With the belie! slves, but it t now claimed that Tafl that a large part of its 2,200 acres of will get. fifteen out of Webster and Iowa university farm land has bee eight out of Dallns. Aside from these1 squatted upon, and desiring to find out four counties there are delegation! what the remainder is worth, the state from six or seven other counties not hoaiu u education will conduct an in instructed, and there may be delegates vestisation on behalf of the University thereon whose Position is not vet fil'lv if Imvn This li nd had lain nractlcal defined. iv untouched so far aa university su pervision U concerned, for more than forty years, and the records are ex tieme.ly faulty. Senator Larubcrt of the finance com mittee of tho board spent last week making a personal tour over Appa noose and Davis counties, and the re sults which he reported to the com mittee were not flattering. Senator Lambert says that of the 800 or 1,000 acres which, tne university owns in too fast to nlow It under, Fays Pro fessor C. W. Pugsley of the Nebraska ' was brought before tha district court experiment station. Professor Pug.i Dec. 11 at Ponca and held In $25,000 ley has authorized the publicity bu reau of the Commercial club to spread the information throughout the slate that the condition of the ground it : not as ertt'eal as some might think, j However, he advises the rolling of the, ground with a corrugated roller, II possible. bonds to appear at the March term foi trial and at that time the change ol venue to Thurston county was granted. ENGLISH PRESIDENT T. P.. The convention Is to be held al Cednr Rapids on Wednesday. Already seven district convention havo been held. Four of them carries for Taft and three for Cummins. The' other four will divide evenly between the two candidates, so that out of the district delegates Taft will have twelve and Cummins ten. If Cummin controls the stnte convention he will have fourteen at Chicago; If Taft con 1rols, he will have sixteen at Chicago Appanoose county, most consists of irom lowa. in case i art controls u.t ( Elated tracts of forty acres, general aeiegation .lonn t. Adams will bt ir tne roUKhest part elected nnuonai committeeman. o( greater value he found to Senator Cummins will be at tho u i k. noiihi,nrinr fnrm. who Cedar Rapids convention. There will nad ha7y notions as to the ownership, also bo a notabje gathering of Iowa 0no fiirmer had been cultivating sixty Republicans Senator Kenyon, Gov ' acres of unv,.r8ity land for as many ernor Carroll, W. P. Hepburn, Lleuten-; yeara a8 hfl C0lllJ reniember. uiu uovernor i;inrie, senator froun foot, Congressman Woods and others w 8eed Corn Controversy. An interesting controversy that is sure to be valuable to the state has been started anent the agitation fot seed corn testing and the procuring of new seed corn. This Is because of the statements repeated again by John Cownie along the line he has been advocntlng for many years. PROFESSOR HUNT IS FOUND Flour Thievej Busy In Broken Bow. Broken Bow Neb of thieves operating in town seems to be spectalizirrr on flav.f. Twice with in the last few days warehouses be lor.sing to two "neery firmi have birn limken Into during the night and a qtiantityt of. flour taken, probab'y 1. SOO pounds In all. A streak of flour leading from the warehouse through the alley east to Eighth avenue showed the direction taken by the thieves on their last marauding expe dition, but at this point all traces were lost. There Is no clue. Kearney Gets Next Year's Gathering Without Contest I Omaha, April 22. S. S. English ol April 22 A gang "'"coin wan uunuuuouHiy eieciea pres mem oi uio rteurusKu travelers rro ef tlve association at tjie business ses s!on of the state convention at the Rome hotel. He succeeds F. A. Hoi brook of Omaha. Other officers chos en: L B. Adams, York, first vice president; H. J. Duncan, Kearney, sec ond vice president; H. S. Chernlss, Omaha, third vice president; E. A. Bailey, Lincoln, fourth vice president; Sam Erskine, Grand Island, fifth vice president; Charles L Hooper, Oma ha, re-elected secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held at Kearney. There was no contest State Sunday School Workers to Meet Omaha, April 22. Preliminary plans' are being made for the annual conven-1 Woman Educator Tries Suicide. tion of the Nebraska Sunday School Tecumseh, Neb., April 22. Miss association, which will be held in Mary Emerson, a well known educator Omaha on June 18, 19 and 20. The of- of this county, took two doses of pol fleers of the organization are antlci-', son with suicidal Intent and the at patlng an attendance of 1,600, the va- tending physicians say she cannot rious county organizations throughout live. Miss Emerson Is fifty four years the state having sent assurances of of age. She is a graduate of the Peru representative delegations. The meet- normal and taught methematles In lngs will be held in the First M. EL' that Institution for several years. De- church. spondency was the tause. Missing Rockford Man Is Discovered In California. Mason City, la., April 22. Professor William M. Hurt, formerly member of the faculty of Memorial university and more recently accountant and salesmnn for the Rockford Brick and Mr. Cow-1 Tile comnnnv of Rockford. Ia.. has nie represents the practical farmers ' hPen located at near Los Angeles, and their views as to the seed corn After a strange disappearance, question. He has been for many years , From the Information received here the Iowa representative of the agricul- professor Hurt reached California only tural department and for more than , three or four days ago. Where he has forty years has been a successful Iowa neen n the meantime is not known, farmer. While a member of the board ' jie waH last seen at Rockford early of control he made of the farms at the m Ftebrtiarv. Iowa Institution models of their Developments of Importance Are Un earthed by Senate Committee Is may and Franklin to Testify Sur viving Members of Crew Subpoenaed. Washington, April 22. The senate Invalidation of the Titanic disaster as resumed here today. J. Bruce Is- may and V. A. S. Franklin, chief oQl- ers of the White Star line, and more than a score of officers and crew of the sunken vessel will appear"before be committee. Incident to the suddea close of the bearing in New York wus tho story of Harold S. Bride, the second and only surviving wireless operator of the Ti tanic. His tale was one of suffering and death. He told of the final plunge of the vessel. Us captaln'8 end was also revealed. He leaped from the bridge when the waters were closing over the ship. Bride told the committee that the German fhlp Frankfurt responded promptly to the Tltanlc's distress sig nals, but that Instead of the Frank furt rushing to the relief of the Brit ish ship the German steamer's wire less operator repeatedly asked what was the matter. So persistently was this inquiry pounded Into the ears of Phillips, the Tltanlc's chief operator, that he Indignantly replied to the Ger man, "You are a fool." Bride testimony also indicated that the Frankfurt was nearer to the Ti tanic than the Cnrpathia. That (he Tltanlc's officers were cog nizant that tnree mammoth Icebergs menaced their pathway and that they were given more than six hours' warn ing on Sunday afternoon by the Call- fornlan, was told by Bride. He de clared that as early as 4:30 o'clock the Californian called him, with an "ice report." He said that at the time he was busy writing a report and that he Ignored the call. Half an hour later he heard the Californian call the Baltic, begging to give her the report He then took it. transcribed it and gave It to the officer on the Tltanlc's bridge. First News of Disaster, Alexander Gordon, a former engi neer of the White Star line, declared that the White Star officials knew as early as 3:30 a. m. Monday that the Titanic was sinking. If it shall prove necessary, in order to determine definitely the time that the White Star officials received the first news that the Titanic had gone down, the senate Investigating com mittee will subpoena the officers ol the Western Union and Postal Tele graph companies to produce all tha business they handled that dealt with that subject That the scene In the dining room on Sunday night was the gayest ot the voyage, as has been persistently "eported, was confirmed by Assistant Steward Thomas Whltely, who told ol he dinner served at 7 o'clock, at which the general toast was "The Mighty Titanic." Much wine was dis posed of and preparations had been made for a banquet In New York upon the arrival of the Titanic to celebrate the record breaking trip of the great est steamship In the world. Story of First S. O. 3. The myrtery which has so far sur rounded the message which was Mon day morning caught by the Baltic giv ing tho first news of the Tltanlc's fate was dispelled when Harold S. Cot- tarn, wireless operator of the Car pathla, was put on the stand and gave his testimony of the happenings ol that fateful Sunday night. Cottam had told the commltjee that he had sent a message to the Battle telling of the sinking of tho White Star liner. A movement Is on foot to erect Miltable memorial In memory of Ma jor Archie Butt, the president's aide, who went down with the boat. Although Vice President Ismay branded the tory as absurd, Major Godfrey Peuchen of Toronto has reit erated his charge that the managing dl rector was criminally negligent In not making an effort to avoid Icebergs TORNADOES KILL THIRTY-TWO Violent Storms Strike Illinois and Indiana. . HUNDRED AND FIFTY INJURED. Twelve Found Dead at Bush., III., and Nine at Morocco, Ind Village of Waupansee Reported Demolished. Five Killed at Wlllsvllle. Thirty-two persons are known to be. dead, half a score are so severely in jured that they may die, and a hun dred and flfiy others hurt in two tor nadoes which swept over southern Illi nois in one instance and across north em Illinois into Indiana in t)j' other. Twelve were killed at Bush, 111., flv at Wlllsvllle, three at Reddick. Ill five at Grant Park, 111., and uine at Morocco, Ind. Others may be found beneath the. reckage of what was Bush, every building being demolished. Forty lo ured from that town alone were brought Into Murphysboro, where the storm severely Injured three. Waupansee, a village near Coal City, III., is reported demolished. Nelson Hulse, wife and daughter were crushed to death under a house when it was blown down at Reddick. The dead at Morocco are Mrtv Charles Rice and four young children, Frank Rice, a son, and wife; Mrs. Ca sie Smart and Infant sister. THREE LOSE THEIR LIVES , Farm Houses Wrecked and Many Per sons Injured In Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, April 22. Three persons are known to have been killed. at least a score injured and man) farm houses and village dwellings were wrecked when a tornado, which formed In the vicinity of Yukon, neat Oklahoma City, swept in a northeast erly direction through the counties oi Oklahoma and Logan. Fifty houses were demolished at th town of HenneBy. Two women wert killed. At Perry one man was killed and twenty persons reported to have boon Injured, several of whom will die At the same town twenty five bull lngs, including a stone business struc ture and a school house, were com pletely wrecked. Numerous buildings were unroofed and residents of the lit tie town wero panic stricken. Near Yukon a school house was de mollshed All of the children hav been accounted for. Four distinct "twisters" formed sir ultaneously between Yukon, Dover. Kingfisher and Hennesy, according tt advices Trom Yukon. They merged near that town and swept to the north east. ' T t kind. He takes Issue with Professor Holden Bnd urges that seed corn Will Sell Centervllle Waterworks. Ottumwa, la., April 22. Senator ihould be gathered In time In the field John F. Webber of Ottumwa has been and he saved In a room not exposed to appointed special master In chancery tne freezing of winter, and then that to sell the Centervllle waterworks, the testing be made In soil. Thou- The plant hr.s bea unable to pay In sands of fanners have Joined In sup-'tercst M bonds amounting to 80,000, porting him in his position and a mer- There Is approximately $33,000 in In- ry controversy Is raging, May Bi Another Six Months' The fight for Five Lose Lives In Mine Explosion. Madisonvllle, Ky., April 22. Explo sions of gas In the Coal City com pa. ny's mine at the edge of this cltj set the mine on fire and caused tht death of five men, Joseph Hollo well a mine foreman, and four negroes. Flames are shooting up from tho en try. Only tho five men were In the mine and no hope Is entertained thai they are alive. tcrest unpaid. War. i utiumwa Drummers to iiko nana. fight for possession of tho; rmn,,o i- inrii os-Tbo rm.im. waterworks by the city of Des Moines,' wa Unted Commerdal TraVelers will which will open May 7, promises to be. ,aV-1ftn ,,n,A,pa ,rnn and lh It Is pre- Mftv-fn nrth rcrtmpntal hand to tho grand council meeting In Durlington, another "six months' war." dieted that under favorable conditions the end may be reached by October or November. H. W. Byers, corpora tion counsal, and R. O. Brennan, city solicitor, wl'l conduct the case for the city before the condemnation court. Witnesses and experts are be ing engaged by the city to give testi mony. For i complete presentation of the case, testimony will be given on every detail of the business. May- May 30 to June 1. An effort will be made to land the 1913 meeting of the drummers. Cash for Trans-Iowa Road. Marengo, la., April 22. For the pur pose of keeping the rlver-to-rlver road In shape this year, Poweshiek county contributed $100 cash to the maintenance of the association. Eight or Hannn declares that It Is one of other counties have pledged a similar more tiwi importance io ues Moines amount, making a total of 900. Sixty-four Bodies Recovered. St. Johns, N. F April 22. Sixty four bodies have been r"overed by the cable steamer J'jji .'v Bennett, which has been searchin. the vicinity of the Titanic dlsnster, arcordlng to a report that reached this city. It Is said a number of bodies which were recovered were sunk again, as they were without Identification marks. The sixty-four bodies recovered are re garded as Identifiable. Those that were sunk were presumably In a condition making their preservation Impossible. 15 DROWN AS LEVeTbREAKS Rumors of Heavy Losses of Life In Mississippi Not Confirmed. New Orleans, April 22. That the Mississippi flood Is claiming Its toll of human lives In greater proportion In the lower valley than in the upper seemed certain from reports. Rumors of heavy loss of life could not be con firmed and apparently are uutrue. Fifteen negroes were drowned near Penolt, Miss., In the rush of water caused by the break of the Buelah Invee. DR Herman Grccdor, Graduate Vctincary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board Calls Answered Promptly Phone 378 White, Plattamouth Do You want an AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experience, Ability, Judgement. Telegraph or write ROBERT VIKII1S0II, Dunbar, Neb. Dates made at this office or the Murray State Bank. Rates Reasonable