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NEW UNION STATION IS DEMANDED
‘ 'V*?nV, . ot. - .
Bonus Bill^
Is Passed
by Hoifse
Measure Provides for Paid
Up 20-Year Endowment In
surance Policies—Vote
Is 355 to 54.
To Cost $2jl9,000,000
Washington, March J8.—The house
today for the third time in four years
passed a soldier bonus bill. The vote
was 355 to 54, and was taken after
40 minutes' debate.
Twenty speakers took the floor.
>* “Die-hards” of both parties declared
against the measure on principle,
while proponents argued It was a
measure which could become a law.
The measure provides for paidup
20-year endowment life insurance poli
cies and cash payments to veterans
entitled to not more than J50 In ad
justed service credit. Provision of
the old bill for vocational training
and farm and home aid are elimi
nated. ,
Provisions Changed.
The insurance provision is some
what different from the deferred pay
ment certificates proposed in the old
bill", and because of these changes
the measure faces an Involved situa
tion in the senate. Members of that
body have asked time to study the
new bill, while others already have
prepared different proposals. The
finance committee, to which the meas
urs will be referred. Is now occupied
with tlie tax reduction bill.
Chairman Green of the ways and
means committee, who introduced the
bill, reminded the house during the
debate preceding the vote, that the
two previous measures had not been
enacted into law “for reason known
to all,” and insisted this measure
' will and must become law.”
Able to Override Velo.
The vote today showed 82 more
than the two-thirds necessary to pass
a bill over a veto. Although veterans,
liirtieularly on the democratic side,
l Itif'ly assailed the measure because
*• it failed to carry a.i option for full
- Ii payments, only 20 democrats and
0:, republicans voted against. It.
Analysis of the vote showed 177 demo
i-rats, 175 republicans ami the three
fnii-iiendents voting for the measure,
hour members voted present and nine
tiW not vote.
The muximum cost of the bill is
estimated at $2,1 Iff,000.000, spread
ever 20 years. The highest annual
maximum cost would come in the
first year and Is estimated at $135,
(ii o.ooo. The bill provides for an ap
propriation not to exceed $100,000,000
for next year to meet the cost of the
pleasure.
Trenton Hires Indians
to Re-Enact Massacre
Trenton. Neb., March 18.—The
Commercial club has the plans well
under way for the second celebra
tion of the Massacre canyon anni
versary August 4. 5. and 6. Fifty-one
years ago next August this frightful
massacre occurred in a canyon a
.short distance from Trenton. Rome
of the Indians who took part in the
massacre were present last August. A
band of Indians have been engaged
to come this year.
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We Have
With Us
Today
Dr/John llaynrs Holmes
At Hotel Fontei.'lle
Pastor nr Community Church, New
Inrlt City.
Dr. John Havnee Holmes, who ad
dressed Lions rluh and Unitarian Lay
men’s league yesterday, was boin lri
Philadelphia, November 29. 1S79. Al
though he Is only a fetv months more
than 44 years old, he has von a na
tional reputation as a public speaker,
author and thinker.
He obtained his A. B. degree from
Harvard and wns ordained and In
stalled aa minister of the Third Re
ligious society (Unitarian) at Dor
chester, Maas., March 2. 1904. He
lias served ss pastor of the Com
munlty church, New York city, since
February, 1907.
"Who’s Who," authority on emi
nent men and women of the Cmted
States, gives a list of societies and
oiganlzationa will, which Dr. Holmes
has been Identified In honorrd posi
tions. lie was president of the Uni
tarian Fellowahlp for Boris! Justice
and president of tha Unitarian Tern
pern nee society.
Ha left the Unitarian ehuren In
1919 to become rn Independent. He
Is author of "Marriage and Divorce,"
"Religion for Today,” “New Wars
for Old," "Thu Grail of Life,” ' la
Death the End,” and other book*. II'
** la editor of Unity, Chicago, anl
assistant editor of The World Tonior
row. New - York. His hobby is
music.
Dr. Holmes has traveled across the
country several times on lecture
tours, and has heen *n nearly every
^gtste of the union. He spoke here
three year* ago.
Making Fh ,y\ N.\* .c riavens
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Rohrers Job
Filled for Time
by Worthington
Supervisor Froip Washington
Now Here to Take Charge
of Prohibition Direc*
tor’s Office.
By P. V. POWELL,
Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Washington, March 18.—A field
supervisor, J. T. Worthington of
Washington, will act as federal pro
hibition director for Nebraska pend
ing selection of a Nebraska man for
that position. This was announced
today by Federal Prohibition Direc
tor Haynes. Worthington is now in
Omaha. "
"We will take our time in selecting
a successor." Haynes said. "And will
consult with the two United States
senators before we make our final
decision.
“I wrote a letter to Mr^Uohrer on
March 14 saying that while we felt
he was in entire sympathy with the
service anil there was absolutely no
malfeasance of office proved against
him I thought it would be for the
good of the service for him to retire
at a date to bn set by him. I have
received no reply to that letter, and.
of course, don't know when he in
tends to make his resignation effec
tive."
Both Senators Howell and Norris
were in an yncommunicatlve niood
concerning Rohrer’a successor. How
ell, It is knowV was much wrought
up when he heard that an attempt
was being made to force resignation
of Bob Samardlck front the federal
prohibition force and requested that
officials notify him In advance of any
action contemplated against Samar
dick. If Samardlck wants the Job
and Haynes Is willing to release him
from his present position. It is prob
able Howell will recommend Samar
dick. So far ns known Norris is not
averse to Samardlck.
There Is some talk of appointing
James Nickerson of Omaha, while (5u*
Hyers of Havelock and .T. Dean Ring
er of Omaha are others wh6se ap
polntment has been considered.
When Rohrer was appointed, Nor
rle called In the entire Nebraska del
egatlon and each member was given
a vote for his choice. However, How
ell has objected to this procedure and
It Is probable that Norris must net
directly In cooperation with Howell
In choosing a new prohibition direc
tor.
Justice Wilbur Confirmed.
Washington, March IS.—'The norm
lnatlnn of Curtis D. Wllhur, of Cali
fornia, to be secretary of the navy,
wsa ccnflrmed by the senate t#day.
President Coolldge. upon learning
of the senate's action, Immediately
advised Justice Wilbur who has been
awaiting confirmation before leaving
his home In California for Washing
ton.
York Pioneer Dies.
York. Neb., March IS.— Mrs. Mar
gsret Choffeh #1, died at the home of
her son after a lingering Illness. Bur
ial will be at Thayer In the Rose cent
etery. Mrs. Choffel was born In
France, and was one of the oldest rea
, identa of this county.
Congressman Who
Will Face Grand Jury
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The Day in
Washington
The house passed the soldier bon
us hiir. 335 to St.
The sennte confirmed the nom
ination of Curtis I». Wilbur to be
secretary of the wrty.
The Navy department announced
a program of Btrkt eronoiily for
future administration of navai oil
lands.
Attorney General Daugherty is
sued another statement summing
up Ills activities in the Department
of Justice.
President Cnolldge*dec ided to ash
agricultural credit corporation to as
sist northwestern wheat growers to
diversify their crops.
The Department of Agriculture
said the agricultural outlook for
this year indicated that farmers
wore undertaking a normal produc
tion program.
Arbitration treaties between the
I nltcd States and sixteen oilier
American nations were favorably
reported by the senate foreign re
lations committee.
The senate approved a constitu
tional amendment which would
have newly elected congresses and
presidents take office In January
folhiwlng tliclr election.
Oil, Daugherty and related sub
Jecto were debated In a senate flare
up with Senator Borah, republican.
Idaho, sounding a warning against
abandonment of executive duties
for ‘‘grand Jury” proceedings.
Tlie Daugherty committee exam
ined Will A. Hit, former secretary
to Governor Whitman of New 3oil,,
chiefly in relation to prize fight
films and whisky withdrawals;
heard Maco Steward, n Texas at
torney, charge failure to prosecute
lotteries and summoned Secretaries
Mellon and Works to hi(|iilre into
the machinery of cnminunlrnthig
| confidential Information depart
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Knutson Is Held
for Grand Jury
Preliminary Hearing Given
Congressman Facing *
Grave Charges.
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Washington. March II,—After a
preliminary hearing of more than
five hours In a crowded little Vir
ginia courtroom, Representative Har
old Knutaon, Minnesota, and Leroy
M. Hull, a 19 year-old government
employe, today were held for the
grand jury on grave chargee pre
ferred against them by two Arlington
county police officers.
Judge Harry Thomaa. withheld l»
spance of a formal holding order to
give them opportunity to arrange
new bond. Each has been held In
$5,000 bond for the preliminary hear
ing. which the court refuaed to re
duce on motion of state Senator
Frank L. Ball of Virginia, of de
fense counsel.
In addition to Senator Ball. Knut
son was represented by Representa
tive Larson and Newton, both of
Minnesota, and Thomas C. Bradley,
Washington attorney.
Four witnesses were heard during
the day. John Wise and John R.
Burke, the officers who made the
arrests on the night of March I on
the outskirts of Washington; I-oui*
Zimmerman, brother-in-law of Burke,
and driver of the officers’ car when
the arrest was made, and Harry
Woodyard, Jailed.
Wise, the first witness, testified as
to the conditions under which the nr
rpsts were made when he nnd Burke
came up on Knutson's car parked
shout 150 feet from the main road.
He told of "offers" made to him by
Knutson, “to settle out of court” say
ing the "offers" were refused.
Declaring proof of the rhragen had
been established, the state's sttorney
rested after Wise's testimony, but
Was met with replies hy ^defense at
torneys that In view of the serious
ness of the charges witnesses should
be railed.
Burke and •Hmmerman, called by
tlia defenae, described Ilia rlrcunt
stances of th# arrests substantially
as did Wise.
•Judge Thomas held Knutson and
Hull for th# grand Jury session
which Is to he held April il.
$50,000 Mirnation Suit
Dismissed at Beatrice
Special Ol.patch to The Omaha lice.
Beatrice, Neb, March IS.—The
jr.n.oon suit for damages brought
against Mrs. Alice Bowman and son,
llarry. hy F. Henry l-eaboig, who
charge* them with alienating Ills
wife* affections, soon after she waa
divorced from him, was dismissed In
I ho district court here, as plaintiff
failed to rIv# security for costs In
the css#.
Oldest Inmate of Home Dies
York. Nob., M.'irrh 18. — Funeral nrr
vice# for Stimuli T.luht \voro held nt
the *tafe Odd Fellow# home lit chniffe
of TV. LtiHiti IT. IVWolf of fbc M i-;.
church, followed bv burial In Orem
w ood ceniclei \.
Mr. TJght wm 71 and the oideat
rcaldcDl of the home In point of con
Minion* acrvbc. having boon there
for II yejir*. lb* dime to tin home
from «.!cne\n Him uni)' ■urvivinu itl
^ativt it a nlect in California
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NationTired
<
of Inquiries,
Says Borah
Warns Congress It Must Re
sume Constructive Legisla
tion to Relieve Distres
ing Conditions.
Sees Disaster for All
Washington, March Is —The senate
heard another fanfare of oratory to
day, running the scaie of all of the
dlsolosdres of Its Investigators, and
then listened to a solemn warning
that the people back home soon may
demand that congress forego Its
"grand Jury” pursuits and address
itself to a program of constructive
legislation.
Ths Coolidge-McLean telegrams,
the Dempsey-Carpentler fight films,
Roxie Stinson and Secretary Fall’s
troublesome 1100,000, all played their
parte In a renewed discussion of the
oil and Daugherty Inquiries, launched
from the democratic side of the cham
ber bray Senators Neely of West Vir
ginia, Caraway of Arkansas, and
Heflin of Alabama.
The warning was sounded by Sen
ator Borah, republican, Idaho, ad
dressing not only the democrats, hut
the senators on hi sown side, predict
ing that unless the present "objectless
program” gave way to more positive
remedial measures, the session would
end without tax legislation, and with
other important duties but half per
formed.
Must Make Record Now.'
“The next campaign Will not be
won on the platform written at Cleve
land,” said Senator Borah to his party
leaders. "We..must make our record
here If we are anxious to continue In
power.”
Senator Borah Invited attention to
what Is going on outside Washlng
■ ton while the senate Is Investigating
and debating, and called on the re
publican leaders in particular to give
more of their attention to pressing
needs over wide sections of the coun
try.
"Homes are being sold,” he aald,
"business la embarrassed, and farms
are passing from their owners be
cause of taxes. Squally distressing
Is the agricultural problem. In one
county in the northwest *.000 Items
of property of farmers recently have
been offered for sale.”
Big Community House
Planned Near Union
Union. Neb., March 1*.—City folk*
will have nothlny on ths memfers of
the "Noble SI* Hundred,” a com
munity club In the neighborhood of
Union, with the materializing of It*
plans for a large community house
and recreation grounds this summer,
work on which already has been
alerted.
The building, with a large recep
tion hall, a spacious kitchen and cloak
room, stone fireplace and oak floor,
la to be constructed of natlfe grown
black oak logs, presenting a rustic ex
terior and finished Interior appear
ance. A wide veranda la to be built
the entire length of the houee.
The site choseq is one of the most
picturesque In Cass county, being a
few hundred yards from the Missouri
river on a grassy rise of ground
shaded by grand old oaks and pro
tected from the winter winds on the
north by the bluff* dotted her* and
there with young cedars. Tradition
has It thla very ground waa the scene
of numerous Indian battles.
The "Noble Six Hundred" alub has
centered Its activities In yeans past at
the Sclota school house.
Coal Miner Accused
of Shooting Five Men
Thermopolls. Wyo., March 18.—
James Briggs, coal miner. Is under
arrest here charged with the shoot
ing Sunday night of five miner* at
Gebo, a large mining camp near here.
The wounded are: Chris Radno
vlch, shot three time in the breast
and arm; William Kapp, shot In the
groin, seriously wounded; Mika Ra<l
lotg shot in nrm; George Rndnovich.
flesh wound across stomach; Wiley
Bassett. shot In shoulder.
Briggs blazed away Into the crowd
of'men with a large revolver, It Is
alleged, when he Interceded In be
half of a friend who was engaged In
a fist fight with one of the group.
After emptying Ills weapon once he
reloaded and fired again.
Sheriff Scott Itazen charges the or
igin of the fight to an old feud lie
tween Hie foreign miners and the
group of which BGggs is s member.
Senate Confirms Gibson.
Washington, March 18.—Ths nom
{nation of Hugh S. OI boon to be niln
later to Switzerland wna confirmed by
the senate today.
Married in Conneil Bluffs.
Tht following per*nn» obtained mar*]
rlaa# ||< fiisfi in Council Mluff* 'e*t*r«1a\
William H*rltnn Main* Cliv, Neb ...*!
Harriet Nlemever, Nurprlue. Neb ... . Cl
Morat Kinn*' Oiimlm A 4a
flartrii'l Browi Mchlaoi K 1
Holier! Jour*. Switiiun. N*li
Hlan-h* H''iin»lil»t Hwnnt'in N*h '
Theodor* She’lberir < 2 r IH W o I«! It '*«
Marlhn Mr\c*-* lliimphtev N-.-b ■
.1 K W!>ml* Council Mluff .■
\rllda «’nnn«'llv. Council Mluff* .
Kddta J*r#rv, Sf Michael. Neb .
Mn* Miahon Murwell Neb
Malhlaa Morif* li-sfior Nab
\uibev Mr"' tleneva, Neb
Marlin Cnnku* Cadar H*nld« I* '
I Uarlruda Ma^ikumj «r. Ctdar BaiMdr U 19
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The Best Sport
> - ■ ■— - - An Editorial
“The United States is the best
sport among the nations. It knows
how to make war well, but more
important, it knows how to make
peace well.” This statement by
I)r. A. W. Evans before the week
ly dinner of the Ad-Sell League
illustrates the habit of Americans
in refusing to bear grudges. It
is particularly appropriate at this
time when the citizens of Omaha
are raising a fund for the use
of undernourished and starving
children in Germany.
There are 7,000,000 under
nourished German children. Two
million German children who are
actually starving. Of these near
ly two hundred thousand are
slowly dying and are beyond sav
ing. Hundreds of thousands more
-.are daily slipping into this class
of hopeless ones.
They are suffering from tuber
culosis, from rickets, from
anemia, from pellagra and all the
other dread diseases that slowly
sap and kill.
America, the good sport of the
nations, cannot and will not with
hold its helping hand.
The nation that, after the
civil war, thrilled to the words of
that healing hymn, “the blue and
the tgray,” is thrilling again at
the healing solvent of childhood’s
appeal.
In Omaha, in Nebraska, “out
where the ties of home are a wee
bit tighter” this healing influence
is at work. Every where, through
out city and state the response
to the appeal for starving Ger
man children is expressing itself.
As America is the good sport of
the nations Omaha and Nebraska
are the good sports of th» nation
Daugherty Kept
Oil Stoek Account,
Committee Told
Brokers” Books Show Attorney
General Merely Changed
Name—Slemp Also
Involved.
Washington, March IS—Attorney
General Daugherty and Albert B. Fall
figured eeparately In two new chap
ter* written today into the record of
the oil committee a* the senate In
vestigators renewed thehr long public
duest for all of the facte connected
with the leasing of the naval oil re
serves.
Owe story was that on the day the
Sinclair lease of Teapot Dome was
announced officially, Daugherty
changed his margin account In Sin
clair oil stock at a Washington brok
erage house from his own name to
that of W. V. Spald, a member of the
firm, who then was carrying a-lerge
account for Jesse W. Smith, personal
friend and confidant of the attorney
general.
The other chapter had to do with
still another apparent attempt by
Fall to conceal through the statement
of an old friend that he had obtained
$100,000 from Edwerd L. Doheny.
California oil magnate, late In 1921
when he enlarged and improved his
Mew Mexico ranch holdings.
Slemp Involved in Mock Deals.
Besides the dealings the attorney
general had In oil stocks, the com
mittee obtained from Its expert ac
countant, Ixiuis F. Bond, detailed ac
counts of transactions in oil stocks by
two senators. Curtis of Kansas, as
slstant republican leader in the sen
ate, and Elkins of West Virginia, and
five members and former members of
the house. Including C. Bascom
Slemp, new secretary to President
Coolidgre.
Both the stock transactions and the
story of Prince McKinney of Cleve
land, that Fall sought to have him
agree to say he had loaned the for
mer Interior secretary money will be
followed up by the committee. Mem
bers regard McKinney's statement to
day one of the more Important thnt
has been developed in connection with
the oil lease*.
FALL'S SOVIVLAW
CALI-S OX MrKI.NXET
The witness said he had not an
swered the Kali letter and that Clar
ence C. Chase, ami in law of Kail, had
railed upon him at Cleveland a day
or two after Thanksgiving dav. which
was November ’9, to Hike up the sub
Ject.
Asked If he had the Kali letter, Mc
Kinney said ha hud destroyed It,
"when Dohony testified that he him
self had made the loan."
At the time Chase visited McKIn
nev. the committee was seeking the
source of the funds which Kali evi
dently had received and the latter
was preparing to coma to Washing
ton to testify, according to telegrams
placed Into the record There Is evi
dence of a. conference between Fall
and Chase at Chicago In early Decern*
her after which the former secretary
went to New York and then to Atlan
tic City, where Kdward It. McLean
agreed lo say that he had loaned Kail
$ 1 oo.aoo Instead of giving him unused
checks aggregating $100,000.
Around the tlmo of his call on Mr
Kinnrv, Chase, for whom a subpoena
was Issued today, was In communl
oation with d. W Zc\e<r' personal
counsel to Harry K, Sinclair. Krom
Chicago on Hecemlier 1. lie sent lo
Zcvrly at Washington tills telegram:
"Will l.e dcliied In arrival account
going to Cleveland from here '
Two days later Kail wired Xeyelx
here that lie was preparing lo conic
to Washington to testify and added:
"Chase should have reached i'le\i
land S ' i n nlshi V c \ou in ton- h
with him.' Notify him. ' I
Gateway to West
Needs Better Depot,
Resolution Declares
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Chamber of Commerce Puts Force Behind Statement That
Heavy Traffic Makes Necessary Improved Facilities—
John L. Kennedy Authorized by Executive
Committee to Start Movement.
Only Three Cities Rank Higher as Rail Centers
Omaha, ranking fourth as a railroad center, wants a
new union station adequate to its traffic.
With ten trunk lines centering here, and 22 branches
converging on the city, Omaha feels that it is entitled to
a modern station such as that recently erected in St. Paul.
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce, bent on having
Omaha live up to its reputation as the gateway to the west,
has set about obtaining a new union station,
Banker Who Will
Pick Station Boosters
. Jt^kn.
Kennedy
Railroad Heads Refuse
to Greet Depot Project
With Any Enthusiasm
Discussion of ths new station
project was cautious in railroad
circles.
Cart R. Gray, president of the
Union Pacific railway company does
not appear to favor a union station.
When asked for his opinion In re
gard to the question; "Do you not
think It would Increase the efficiency
and economy of all roads In Omaha? ’
he repiled.
"Don't think it would. No.'*
E. Flynn, general manager of the
Omaha offices of the Chicago. Bur
lington * Quincy Railroad company
Is of the stJtie opinion.
"We already have a station which
Is serving Omaha well,*’ he said. If
this new project, of whlco I nave
oeard very little, goes torough. It will
mean scapplng a fine building."
He denied neports that his company
about to spend about $250,000 for
Improvement of the Burlington sta
tion.
"We thoOght at first to Increase
the scope of the dining room, but we
shall certainly not do even lh*t If
the cost Is very high," he said.
Idea of a subway connecting the
present Union depot to The Burling
ton station Is riolculel by trainmen.
"The public would have Just as
many steps to take." they says, “If
It wont under Instead of over the
tracks." _
Attempt to put trains from the
Union and Burlington etations under
one roof was made during the wax.
and according to Mr. Flynn of the
Burlington. It proved impractical.
Tliere are now three railroad
terminals in Omaha, and several
amall way stations, st Florence, in
Mouth Omaha and at Thivty-eecond
and T'oppleton avenue.
Through trains and limited trains
are accommodated by the two stations
on Tenth sticet. IjOc&'i trslns on the
Northwestern run out of the Webster
Street station.
Two Hip Coyote* Netted
in Wolf Hunt nt Lindsay
JJndanv, Neb . March IS —The wolf
hunt aouth and en*t of Undaay. tak
ins in a territory about five tilth'*
aqmre. netted the hunter*' two bin
coyote*. Sportsmen seem to be un-j
able to decide whether one i* a coyote
or a wolf. It ha* the coat amt *ir.e
of a wolf bill the head of a coyote.
Joe Heller promoted the hunt, lie
My* there will be two more if the
weather permit*, a email on* next
Sunday and another larser one next
w eck.
The Weather
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I VacMitatl**n, In* h*»« and hun*1rr.1h»
Total T Total aint a January !% S IS
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The campaign to secure n new
union station for Omaha hae been
begun by the traffle bureau of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce. With
the approval of the matter by the
executive committee of the chamber
yesterday afternoon, the movement,
will be actively launched at once by
a committee to be appointed by John
h. Kennedy, chairman of the latter
group.
"Present facilities for handling
mail, express and passengers in
Omaha are inadequate," a resolu
tion passed by the governing com
mittee of the traffic bureau last
Thursday declare*,” and we believe
the time is propitious for urging
immediate construction of union
station in keeping with Omaha's
Present Stations Built
Quarter Century Ago
The present Union station was
built In 1900. Burlington station.
Just south, was opened about the
same time.
First Union Pacific depot was at
Ninth and Chicago streets in 1SSS.
Three years later It was abandoned
for one between Tenth and Elev
enth streets on the south side of
Leavenworth street. In 1&73 a
frame building was erected at
Tenth and Marcy street. The old
"cowshed” station was built two
years later,
s
north and position as a railroad ren
ter." Th* resolution si« signed by
eleven prominent business men of
the city who are members of the
Traffic bureau's governing board.
They are: F. 8. Knapp, cliairman;
Thomas A. Fry. vice chairman; C.
E. Childs, manager; W. D. Hosford.
P. C. Hyson, G. C. Kiddoo, W.
Boyd Smith. J. A. Sunderland.
Bober* Trimble, C. M. Wilhelm and
H. 8. Weller.
That the railroads must In ary
event spend large sums for enlarge
ments of their inadequate quarter*
i nthe present union station is con
sidered on# of the strong factors in
making the movement for the new
station successful. The need for the
new and larger station has long been
felt, but in th# paat few year# It
wae not thought advantageous
push the matter because the railroad*
were not In a position th*n to build.
Earnings of th# carriers have been
improving and since the United State*
supreme court has held that the re
capture clause of the transportation
act is constitutional, the earriere
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One Hundred Mail
Trains Here Daily
Omaha Is th* fourth railroad
center In th* United State*. Only
Chicago, Kaneaa City and St
Louie rank ahead of It in traffic.
Omaha has 100 mall train* dally
com* to Its depot*.
Omaha haa 10 trunk and U
branch lines.
It la th* eastern terminus of the
Union Pacific railroad.
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probably will be mere willing to spend
money on etich permanent Improve
ments than they have In the past,
the traffic bureau points out In lta
resolution.
"Omaha certainly needs a new un
ion station," John L. Kennedy, chair
man of the chamber * executive com
mittee declared. "While we went to
piny fair with the railroads. It is
urgent that we make this movement
decisive. As fourth railroad center of
the country. Omaha deserves adequate
facilities for its passenger, mall and
express service. We do not feel that
the demand at this time 1* unreason
able and ai-* confident that the rail
road* will art favorably on It."
Bluffs Man Found Dead.
Theodore T jeyer. Oreston hotel.
Council Bluffs, was found dead in the
street tn front of !?* South Main
etreot. Council Bluffs, yesterday
morning.
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Harrington If ill He
Factory Site Because
of "Sunny Side I p"
Hartitiitton. Neb. March 1' A re
cent Installment of "Sunni s .v 1 '
in The Omaha Pee hi Will M.
M tui'tn. relating *t- es* ni . f
TlnrttnKton as a beautiful and pro
gf sMie community center U M T
Cumin? of flysses, who has tmented
a device to l>e used In stain elei.c
;ov« to decide on Hurtinfton aa the
aide for hi* factory
Mr. CunitPff haa made overture* tr\
the eorontervlal club here statins
that he had tmented a eh kites* rle
valor bucket .md suss -tod the found
ins of the II. t ilnston Chokelcsa
Hlviatoi contpouj.*