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STRIKE IN CHICAGO
eamsters roycoii on man uraer nouse
SIS
to
r i m ism r
may involve iwenty iuousana jaen.
SYMPATHY FOR GARMENT WORKERS
Driven Expect to Close Twenty-Eight
Shops to Nonunion Labor.
EXPRESS COMPANIES ARE INVOLVED
Men Who Refuse to Deliver Packages to
Ward A Co. Are Discharged.
PICKETS SURROUND BIG BUILDING
Drivers Who Attempt to Move
W'cgono In Drlir of Order of
Strikers Are Roughly
Handled.
CHICAGO, April 7.-Chlcago Is again In
the throe of a struggle between capital
and labor unions. Aa on former occasions
the unions have resorted to the use of the
union teamsters to bring them victory In
the struggle, which tonight promises to
pread to many branches of the teaming
industries of Chicago.
. The present struggle had Its beginning
In a strike several months ago of a few
hundred garment workers employed by the
mall order house of Montgomery, War &
Co. The closed shop Is t'e Issue and
order to bring th firm to -ho term of
the union a strike of the 200 drivers and
tosmuters employed by the concern wi-s
calird out today.
As vaa always beon the cas In t..e past
when the teamsters were called on to as
sist by a sympathetic strike, th-s down
town streets of Chicago today were Uie
scenes of disorders which followed fast on
ach other wncn an attempt was made to
iver goods with nonunion drivers. Many
teamsters, garment workers and their
friends filled the streets and many clashes
with the police occurred. In several In
stances It was necessary for the police to
arrost a number of the belligerents before
the blockades could be lifted.
Although the police worked Incessantly
oil day to keep the streets clear in the
vicinity of the Ward building the crowd
became so dense at one time during the
ay that all trafllc was blockaded. Forty
policemen charged the crowd, using their
clubs, and the rioters were Anally dls
Iersed and during the remainder of the
afternoon the streets about the building
were kept clear.
Mar Involve Twenty Thousand Men.
Two hundred teamsters, employed by
Montgomery, Ward & Co.. here, struck
today In sympathy with the garment work
ers, who have been In a struggle with
employers tor four months. In the belief
of many labor leaders today's strike is the
beginning of a great contest that may in
volve 20.000 drivers.
The movement against Montgomery,
Ward & Co. Is an opening wedge by which
the teamsters hop to bring success to the
garment workers in an effort to establish
closed shops. There ar twenty-eight em
ploying clothing makers in the city and it
Is the purpote to extend the teamsters'
strike gradually until It Includes all of tha
twenty-eight firms. Indications are that
the itrike will not stop even then, but will
involve many other branches of the team
ing Industry.
Strike pickets of the Teamsters' union
surrounded the building of Montgomery,
Ward & Co. here today and drivers with
consignments of goods for that firm were
stopped and turned back.
Expressmen to De Involved.
Drivers of express wagons were ordered
by the labor officials not to unload pack
ages at the company's freight platform.
The same order applied to drivers of other
unions, the chief ones Involved being the
coal, truck and baggage and package de
liveries. A resolution of the Railroad Express as
sociation to carry out orders for Mont-
,romery. Ward & Co. and to discharge any
Jfc T . I'l Will , , iirigiu 1.W
Fiat firm was put to the test when A. r.
Meyers, a driver for Wells, Fargo Co.,
was about to turn and drive away at the
command of union men in the street.
Superintendent Reed of the express com
pany hailed the wagon and ordered Meyers
to make the delivery. Meyers said he was
afraid of the pickets. He was immediately
discharged. Mr. Reed himself unloaded the
wagon.
Business Agent J. B. Barry of the Ex
inoPress Drivers' union has declared that he
TClll order a strike of all express drivers.
f? Is reported that the association of gen
eral agents of express companies entering
C hicago are holding nonunion men In readi
ness for such an emergency.
Drivers Roughly Handled.
Pickets and strike sympathizers gave 8.
If. Phillips, manager for L. Feder, a manu
facturer of women's wrappers, a lively
chase through tha streets following a de
livery by him of goods to the strike bound
firm. Feder's drivers refuacd to make the
delivery. When the wagon left the police
protected sons about the building It was
followed by a crowd of men and boys.
Philips distanced his pursuers.
John Olsen, a licensed expressman, was
loss fortunate than Fedcrs' manager. Olson,
after delivering four boxes of goods, was
set upon Dy the pickets, who climbed to
the seat and pulled Olsen to the ground
and handled him roughly. Two big trucks
were sent out by Montgomery, Ward &
Co. about noon to move goods from the
Word building in Michigan avenue, near
Madison stieet, to the railway freight
hoube ut Ki.izle and North Stats streets.
Two patrol wagons filled with police ac
companied the trucks, one preceding at
tho other following the wagon.
Several police left the patrol wagon and
cleared a passage for the trucka. The
. crowa mranwniie increased rapiuiy ana
soon over 1.000 persons, jeering and yelling,
surrounded the patrol wagon and trucks
following them to the Ward building. While
the trucks were being loaded the crowd
continued to grow, and by the time the
drivers were ready to start for the freight
house It Is estimated that fully 1500 per
sons had gathered around the wagon.
A serious blockade of the north end of
State street bridge was broken by Aa-
jlatant Chief of Police Bchueltler, only
after a number or teamsters and other
- y.ilitr. jinn m Tiguiuu. us"l wim ins
crowd a path was cleared for tha trucks.
The stable was clofed Immediately. In re
turning to Montgomery, Wurd & Co.'s sta
ples difficulties were encountered. At Cass
and Indiana streets nearly 5.000 persons
made a conceited tush toward l lie stithl.'S
to brad on the wagons, the police, after
a vigorous light with the crowd, cleared
me-
ks
DELCASSE TALKS OF MOROCCO
French Minister ) that There la
So thansje In the
Proa ram.
PARIS, April 7.-Koreign Minister Dol
casse, answering questions In the Chamber
of Deputies today relative to the status of
Morocco, said the policy which the na
tional Interests of France required it to
pursOe had long been fully known. When
that policy was consecrated by certain In
ternational agreements public opinion here
and abroad approved of the accords as
further guarantees of bringing order and
security to Morocco, while at the same
time favoring the Interests of the entire
world and giving no cause for resentment
from any quarter.
Continuing, the foreign minister said:
"In dealing with Morocco France invoked
Its lengthy frontier along Morocco and also
sacracflces and damages resulting from the
Incessant troubles In the region of Mo
rocco, together with the avowed weakness
of tho Moroccan government and its ap
peal to our consuls for support. We sei
to make the Moroccan authortles under
stand the practical advantages of having
the nominal precarious authority of the
sultan fortified and extended so that the
condition of the population may be
ameliorated by security and respect given
to their customs and beliefs. We put this
before them mildly as friends, patiently,
also, as becomes neighbors, not having
need of a precipitate solution, and we will
continue our task with the tranquillity of
people who are wronging no one and who
contemplate nothing wrong to the interests
of anyone."
"Having repeatedly taken this view, 1
feel no embarrassment In repeating what
may d'sslpate all misunderstanding If, de
spite :ormr declarations, any such misun
derstanding still exists.
M. Jaures, the socialist leader, congratu
lated M. Delcasse oi. his staterrct and
-aid he hoped that the recent misunder
standing would be fpeed!ly dissipated.
Guyot de VUlencuve (nationalist-republican)
created excitement by declaring that
It was essential to remove a misunder
standing which could mean peace or war.
Violent protestations followed this state
ment, which the pusident checked, and the
debute was closed.
PARIS POUCK DISCOVER A PLOT
Do Not Knovr Whether Africa or
France is Object of Conspiracy.
PARIS, April 7. The Investigations of
the secret police have not yet determined
whether the arms and uniforms recently
seized in tne suburbs of Paris were In
tended for a chimerical African expedition
or a seditious movement against the gov
ernment. Statements made by Deputy
Rabler tend to show the existence of a
plot. M. Rabler recently received letters
warning him that a number of determined
men were planning a surprise movement.
He at first dismissed the letters, but he
recently decided to submit them to Min
ister of the Interior Etienne, who turned
them over to the police. One of the let
ters says a prominent general was at the
head of the movement, which included one
cabinet member.
According to hla letter, the necessary
arms, uniforms and equipments were ready
and recruiting was going on among the
colonial troops. It was reported that
Premier Roumier received similar warn
ings. However, If the plot actually ex
isted it appears to have been nipped in the
bud by the activity of the police. The af
fair gives rise to much sensational con
jecture, including a rumor printed by the
Patrl that the house of Colonel Marchand
of Fastioda fame, who Is now in Morocco,
was searched by the police, which the fam
ily and police indignantly deny. The news
papers make veiled allusions to many
prominent generals and civilians who it
Is claimed had a hand in the affair. A re
port was circulated by a minor news
agency today that General De Negrler is
under surveillance and that former War
Minister Cavalgnac has been summoned
before the authorities in connection with
the Investigation Into the military plot. It
Is discredited, however, owing to the fact
that both the general and M. Cavalgnac
are abroad. The same agency published a
rumor that It was part of the conspirators'
plan to Imprison President Loubet in a
house situated in the Bois de Boulogne.
An officer from the garrison of Roche
fort, who sent a warning letter to M.
Ranbler, has been summoned to appear be
fore the Investigating officers here and
also three other officers said to be con
versant with the affair.
The police searched a house in the out
skirts of Paris, where rifles were said to
have been collected, but did not succeed In
finding any rifles.
ITALIA KPVQ CITS Al'STRI A
Emperor Hefers to Triple Alliance,
bat Not Victor Rmmanonl.
VIENNA. April 7. The Neue Frele Presse
today, commenting on the toasts exchanged
by King Vlrtor Emmanuel and Emperor
William at the banquet at Naples yester
day. In a calmly worded editorial calls
attention to the fact that Emperor Wil
liam referred to the triple alliance as a
strong guarantee of peace and says King
Victor Emmanuel spoke strongly and sin
cerely In the same general terms, but re
ferred to only two powers, Italy and Ger
many. Each monarch knew what the
others would say before the toasts were
uttered and consequently each of the mon
archs, the Neue Frele Presse argues, meant
a different alliance when he spoke.
The fact that King Victor Emmanuel
avoided referring to Austria is beginning
to bring out interesting comment and spec
ulation here.
Commons Sits All Night.
LONDON. April 7 -The House of Com
mons, which sut all night discussing the
army bill, not adjourning until 9:15 a. m.,
resumed its labors at noon today, when
the bill legalizing marriage with a de
ceased wife's sister came up for Its an
nual discussion. The effect of the nineteen
hour session, however, was seen in the va
cant benches and It was an hour after the
usual time of opening before a quorum
was secured.
After an scademlc discussion In which
Lord Hugh Cecil and other opponents of
the measure contended that It transgressed
the fundamental laws of British morality.
the bill passed its second reading by 149
to M votes. The deceased wife's sister
bill has already passed the House of Com
mons seven, times, but there Is no evi
dence that it will be more cordially re
ceived In the House of Lords, where It has
always been defeated, than heretofore.
I a yisoiuup ngui wir i-nug, Clear
the path. The stables were closed Imm
X diutely following the entrance of the true
,Jhd wus kept locked
Following by only a few hours a vicious
(Contlnueed on Second Page )
ftrrniaae May Make Treaty.
TlNfllKR. Atirll 7. It is renrlil that
! German mission headed liv fount vnn
i Tatienbach-Ashold, former minister of Ger
j many to Morocco, will shortly proceed to
Fez and arrange a special Germnn-Moroc-'
can commercial treaty, the proponed terms
! of which are already on their way to Fez.
1 .
Traction Line Tied In for Tases.
KPIUXUFIEI.n. -. April 7 County
Treasurer P. M Stewart lo collect SLIM)
taxes, attached th Hprlngtleld & We.nern
ruilroad, a part of tho Appleyaid system,
today. A cat was chained to the track
to stop all iraffia
EARTIIOUAKE KILLS MAM
Nearly Five Hundred Indian Soldiers En
tombed by Collapse of Barracks,
TH0USANBS OF NATIVES ARE DEAD
From Twenty to Thirty Ter Cent of
the Inhabitants ot Villages
Surrounding Dharmsala
Perish.
CALCUTTA, April 7. It now appears
that too of the Seventh Gurkhas were killed
at the Dharmsala cantonment by the col
lapse of a stone barrack building In conse
quence of the recent earthquake. In addi
tion twenty members of the First battalion
and fifty members of the Second battalion
of the First Gurkhas were killed, while It
Is roughly calculated that from 20 to 30
per cent of the native population of the
surrounding villages were killed.
In addition to the Europeans already re
ported killed at Dharmsala, seven children
of Europeans are said to have perished.
Ilnmorcd Destrnctlon ot City.
T HORB, Indl., Arrll 7 -Four hundred
and seven'y men of Gurkha regiments
w. e buried alive as. a result of the earth
quake at the inn station of Dharmsala,
according to the latest Information from
that plr.ee. The report adds that It Is Im
possible to rescue the entombed men.
The greatest difficulty Is experienced In
p.ocurlng news from Dharmsala. The tel
egriph staff at the station there was prac
tically wiped out and a temporary office
has been opened thirteen miles from the
town, but the facilities are most scanty.
Tho Kangra valley Is believed to have been
devastated and It Is repo-ted that the town
of Knngrn was reduced to ruins with great
loss of life. No confirmation of the report
Is obtainable, as the telegraph station at
Kangra Is wrecked.
A private telegram received here say
the whole town of Palnmpur, containing
about 50,000 Inhabitants, has been leveled
to the ground, and that not a single build
ing Is left standing. This announcement
has not been confirmed.
Three Missionaries Killed.
LONDON, April 7. A telegram received
by the Churtu Missionary society In Ixin
don from Lahore, India, reports that three
of tho society's representatives at Kanray
Rev. H. F. Howland, Mtb. Daueble and
Miss Lorbeer were killed by the fall of
the mission house there during the recent
earthquake. All the other missionaries in
Punjab are believed to be snfe.
GOETT1NGEN, Prussia, April 7.-The In
dian earthquake was registered with re
markable precision by the seismograph at
tho geographical Institute here. The earth
oscillated one millimeter.
JURY GETS INSIDE FACTS
Former Secretary for R. C. Swift Tells
of nasi
ess Methods
Parker
leat
EQUITABLE HGHT NOT OVER
Stockholder Asks Injunction to Pre
vent Directors from Carrying
Ont New Plan,
NEW YORK, April 7.-Legal action which
may have for Its purpose the defeat of the
recently determined plans for the mutuall
zatlon of the Equitable Life Assurance
society was taken today, when Franklin B.
Lord of the law firm of Lord, Day A Lord,
of Wall street, owner of a few shares In
the stock of the society, made an applica
tion to the special term of the supreme
court In Brooklyn for an Injunction re
straining the society from amending Its
charter on the lines agreed on at the
meeting of the board of directors held yes
terday, that agreement being that the pol
icyholders should have the right to elect
twenty-eight of the fifty-two directors and
the stockholders only twenty-four directors
Instead of the whole board of fifty-two. It
Is asserted by Mr. Lord that as the plan
deprives the stockholders of the control
of the society an .Injury would be inflicted
on the stock.
Mr. Lord's suit puts him in the position
of a nonassentlng stockholder to the plan
to mutualtze, the Equitable Life.
Argument on the petition for the injunc
tion will be made tomorrow in the special
term of the supreme court of Kings county,
probably before Justice Maddox. Should a
temporary injunction be granted the mu
tuallzatlon plan of the Equitable will be
fought in tho courts.
- . V -
CHICAGO. Apr'' ' v,, .wrs of the fed
eral grand Jur Investigating the
Beef trust '. -ced In possession of
"Inside" .on today by Myron C.
Baker, for the Boston Elevated
railroad, for two years private secre
tary to Eviward C. Swftt, vice president of
Swift and Company. Mr. Baker was ques
tioned for nearly two hours, and is said
to have furnish a greit deal of Informa
tion concerning the inner workings of the
big meat packing firms.
In answer to questions, ifter leaving the
Jury room,. Mr. Baker reclared he had
told the truth and that from the action of
the Jurors, It was appar. nt to him that
they had already decided on what action
will be taken against the packers. It was
persistently rumored ab'juk the federal of
fices, where the Jury is sitting, that
preparations are making io return Indict
ments within a short time, but whether
tho indictments will chsite violation of
the anti-trust laws, perjur or Interference
with witnesses, could not be ascertained.
"I believe that the Jurors have made up
their minds In this matter," said Mr.
Baker. "They seem to understand the
situation and we got along well together.
I was not a.-tked If anyone had approached
me, or anything along that line, so I sup
pose they know what I have been doing
since I came to Chicago."
"Did you tell anything that might Injure
the cause of the packers?" Mr. Baker was
asked.
"Yes, I think I did. I told everything I
knew and it was the truth. I testified for
almost two hours."
"Did you present any documentary evi
dence?" he was asked.
"No, I did not," was the reply, accom
panied try a significant motion toward his
forehead. , . .
Tho Jury adjourned tonlgtft. until morning.
The demurrer to the indictments against
T. J. Connors, Armour ft Co.'s general
superintendent, on charges-of interfering
with witnesses, will be cajled tomorrow
morning and argued before ;Judge Landla.
The argument will be on th4 demurrer for
the quashing of the indictment.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MINISTERS
Bishop Berry Tells Them to Call I'non
Women of Their Consresratlona
When Husbands Are at Home.
NEWARK. N. J., April 7. Toung min
isters today were cautioned by Bishop Jo
seph E. Berry of Buffalo, at the Newark
conference of the Metho.Hst Episcopal
church to talk sparingly of 'women and to
make their pastoral calls lit the evening,
when the wife was surrounded by her hus
band and children. The bishop declared
that the afternoon call on women of the
congregation when the women were likely
to be alone should be frowned upon. He
declared that the confidence placed in min
isters admitted them to the homes of the
best families in the land aid that anyone
who violated this confidence, or betrayed it
In any way was not a rfinfiiter, but
scoundrel.
ICE PLANT BOILER EXPLODES
Accident at Los Angeles Canses In
jury ot Two Men and Property
Loss of UHMIO'J. '
LOS ANGELES, April 7. The big boiler
of the Union Ice works at Second and Ala
meda streets blew up today, seriously In
juring two employes and setting fire to the
plant, which was destroyed. The fire
caused damage estimated at $100,000. Mark
Hazel, one of the employes, had a miracu
lous escape from death In the explosion.
He had been near the boiler and was
hurled In a great burst of flame against
an adjacent wall. With his clothing on
fire he managed to drag himself outside
the building, where he was picked up by
others and rolled In the sand until the
flames were extinguished. He wus badly
bruised and burned, but probably will recover.
BISHOP COMMENDS PUGILISTS
Candidates for Ministry Told They
May Imitate Tralulnsr Methods
of Fighters with Profit.
NEW YORK. April 7. In an address to- j
day to the candidates for admission into
the Uethodlst ministry and the New York
conference. Bishop Hamilton of San Fran- !
Cisco, presiding officer of the convention,
said the successful preacher must be a
man of the world. He warned them not
to bother about heresy or become heresy
hunters, and declared that there was too
much philosophy and too little scripture
in the study of doctrine. He told them to
give the man with the hypothesis about
the Bible the right-of-way if he had the
proper spirit, but not to accept all they
heard.
"Above all," said the bishop, "don't
preach it unless you know what you are
talking about. The Methodist church docs
and Is expected .to furnish the gospel for
all other churches."
In recommending to the candidates the
aamomuon xor tasting, me oisnop inn-
mated that certain acts or prize fighters
might be observed and emulated with good
results.
"Out where I live," said he, "men who
stand up and strike one another's faces
for S35.O00 of the gate receipts go away
for weeks before and take care of their
bodies so they can withstand the strain ot
the conflict."
SCANDAL AT WEST POINT
Men Accused of Selling; Defective
Electrical gappllea to Academy
I'ader Arrest.
HIGHLAND FALLS, N. Y., April 7.-A
discovery by United States secret service
agents of extensive frauds perpetrated in
the electric supply department of the West
Point military academy was followed to
day by arrests on warrants Issued today
by United States Commissioner Shields of
New York of Charles I-aubenhelmer and
John O. Metzger, electrical engineer of
New burn; Frank Dornberger of West Point
and Charles Dlller, a saloonkeeper of
Highland Falls. Dornberger has been chief
electrician f r the past twelve year.i. The
prisoners were charged with conspiracy
against the United flutes government In
having ciused to lie condemned and sold
electrical supplli s and with having resold
them to the academy as new goods. The
prisoners were placed under bonds to ap
pear before Commissioner Shields in Xkw
York on April 1
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JUDGE DUNNE IN NEW YORK
Chicago'! Mayor-Elect Eiplaina Flat form
for Purchase of Traction Lines,
RECORD IN LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS
Fonda for Financing Deal Will Be
Raised by Pledging; Income, Tan
gible Properly and Twenty
Tear Franchise.
NEW YORK, April 7-Fresh from his
triumph in the recent municipal election,
Mayor-elect Edward F. Dunne of Chicago
came to New York today and tonight ad
dressed a large meeting In Coopen Union
hall under the auspices of the Municipal
Ownership league of New York City. He
told how he expected to carry out his
pledges made In his recent campaign In
Chicago to attain municipal ownership of
all the benefits, as he conceived them, of
city control of public utilities and closed
with congratulations to the local league
on being pioneers In the movement in New
York.
His speech was enthusiastically received.
Recent agitation In New Yotk for munici
pal ownership added Interest to Judge
Dunne's utterances. James Graham Phelps
Stokes, vice president of the league, pre
sided. lodge Dunne's Address.
Judge Dunne raid In par:
Men of the cast, we bring you tidings
of great )ny from the men of the west.
The exploitation of public property by pri
vate capital, with its attendant greed, ex
tortion and corruption, has had its day
in American cities, but that day Is about
to end. Next Monday Chicago starts upon
her mission nt dislodging private capital
from the control of our street car system.
She has succeeded In the operation of her
waterworks system In paying some fKOOO,
onu for Its equipment, has lent I5,0"0.ooo from
that department to the sewer system, Is
today giving the cheapest water of prob
ably any city In America, and ha a cash
surplus of nearlv fl,iH),000. She has so
managed her electric light plant that she
has reduced the cost of arc lamps from
$123 to about $M per arc lamp per annum.
She Is operating both departments as well
as her police, fire and educational depart
ments, without scandal, graft or corrup
tion, besides cheapening the cost of utili
ties furnished to the public. She will have
the same record of success In relation to
her street car system.
Municipal Ownership a Success,
The citizens of Chicago have been edu
cated up to the fact that a municipality
can operate any of the public utilities with
much greater satisfaction to the people
than can the same utilities be operated by
private capitalists. They have learned
wherever a city in any portion of the civi
lized world has taken over the operation
of Its waterworks, gas plant, electric light
plant or street railway system, that in
eery case, when fairly tried, the cost of
this utility to the public has been reduced,
the wages of the men who operate them In
creased, the day reduced and more effi
cient service rendered.
The only two serious objections raised
during the recent struggle In Chicago
against public ownership of public utilities
are:
That It would tend to build up a great
political mnchlne. None of the friends of
municipal ownership in Chicago or else
where advocates the ownership and opera
tion of any utility by munlclpalties unless
In connection therewith there Is a civil
service law under which all applicants for
position, Irrespective of politics, will be
treated exactly alike and under which Just
and reasonable tests will be applied to pub
lic servants, to ascertain their fitness to
perform the work entailed upon them.
The only other serious objection urged In
Chicago was that the municipality had no
monev. There Is no force whatever In the
objection. The operation of these utilities,
either by public or private persons. Is a
valuable privilege. We propose to raise all
the money necessary to purchase an up-to-date
street car system upon certificates
which are special or limited promises to
pay out of the income collected from the
system.
Scheme of Finance.
I'nder the law of the state of Illinois
theso certificates are termed street car
certificates and are secured In thre ways:
First By the pledge of all of the Income
of the municipal railway plant, this Income
being unlimited as to time.
Second These certificates are secured by
a mortgage which conveys all of the tan
gible property in the transportation de
partment of the city, both real, personal
and mixed, and every kind of property
used In the transportation department.
Third These certificates are secured by
twenty-year franchise.
This ?curlty, In my Judgment, is much
better security than the private companies
In the past have been able to offer, either
to their stock err bondholders. Private com
panies in the past have been able to sell
stocks and bonds aggregating in value
IU7.OiXI.0O0 when their tangible property was
worth less than $7,000,000. If they could
raise four times the value of the tangible
property upon an expiring franchise, can
any sensible man for a moment hesitate
as to what amount of money the city of
Chicago can raise upon the security here
inbefore mentioned?
Not an I'ntrled Theory.
The operation of public utilities by mu
nicipalities Is no untried theory. Where
ever a municipality has taken over a pub
lic utility, as to this utility corruption and
bribery case. There in no motive for the
corruption of an alderman in case of a
utility operated by the public.
If good results nave been secured In tho
cities of Europe and Australia, why cannot
they be secured In the cities of New York
and Chicago, and the other cities of Amer
ica? The men or parties who charge the
citizens of Chicago, or of New Yoi k, with
being so inefficient. Incapable or dishonest
ns to be unable to own and operate their
own utilities, frame an Indictment against
the citizens of these communities whieh our
people will answer at the polls with a ver
dict of "Not guilty."
The movement In favor of municipal
ownership of all public utilities has taken
deep root among the Intelligent people of
this country. It is no passing sentiment.
It is here to stay. Municipal ownership
and operation of these utilities and govern
mental ownership of railways, telegraphs
and express transportation is a practical
question upon which the people must pass
within a very short time, and the politic
ians and parties who ignore this sentiment
must be prepared for a short-lived career
before the people.
HARVARD TO SEND A PARTY
Astronomers to Go to South Africa
to Observe Krllpse
of Sun.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., April 7 -Prof. Wll
Uara H. Pickering, director of the Harvard
Astronomical observatory, has decided to
observe the eclipse of the sun on August
30 from northern Africa. He will use one
of the small telescopes of the observatory,
which will be set upon an eminence at
Phllllpavllle, Algeria. Prof. Pickering
will devote particular attention to the
many Indentations on the sun's edge.
The lenses and photographic apparatus of
the observatory have been loaned to the
Lick observatory of California, which wUI
send out three expeditions to observe the
eclipse, one to Labrador, one to Spain and
a third to Egypt. ,
GOLD DISCOVERY IN WYOMING
Rich Depoelts of Yellow Metal Found
In Vicinity of Kendall,
I'latah County,
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 7. A. J. Par
shall of the I'nlled States geological ur
vey, who arTlved here today, confirms the
report of the discovery of rich gold de
poslta near Kendall L'lntah county, Wyom
ing. This country Is similar In nature to
Tonopuh, Nev. Prospectors are gathering
St points near the new mineral deld and
a rush for locations will be made a soon
aa trails are clear of snow.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for JehrasWa Fair tatorrlay
and Sundayi Colder Sunday.
Pnae.
1 Strike In rhlraao l ooks Serious.
Innlnn Rarthqunke Kills Many.
Itnnne on Mnnlclpnl Ownership.
President Visits the Alamo.
S Rnsainn Police Search Cemeteries.
Russians Rrpnlse the Japanese.
3 ctcs from All Parts of Nebraska.
Shonts Talks of Cannl Work.
4 Northwestern to Rnlld to Usiler.
Youth ticls Fxprrlenee In World.
R .Woman's Work In Mission Field.
I'm ln rrncram for the Year.
5 Tax Injnnrtlrn In Supreme Court.
Jndge Trnnp Denies fhe l-ansmaare,
Omnha's tirrat Rnllrilna; Record.
T l.eaarue to Room Merchant Marine,
Cost of I'rodnclniv Cas l,la;hta.
Tralnlnar the Sons of Rich Men.
. B How t.'rcat Loans re Xea-otlnteri.
Story of Hot Mailt on the Plains.
lO F.illtorlal.
It Affairs at Sonth Omaha.
Thieves Ransack llussle's House.
13 Commercial Review of the Week.
Sporttnsr Krents of the Day.
IA Financial and Commercial.
IB Council Rluffa and Iowa News.
Latter Day Saints Repair Temple.
Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayt
Hour- Dc. Hour. Deg.
i SA 1 p. m RT
" m S.1 8 p. m no
7 m JU s p. ra (12
S a. m ..... , Jtil 4 p. m 04
B 40 R p. m OH
10 a. m 4.1 O p. m 64
11 m 4H 7 p. m ta
I m R3 H p. m ltd
9 p. ra , so
BIG INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY
Kansas Producers Will Lay Pipe Line
to Kansas City and Build
Refinery There.
CHANl'TE, Kan., April 7.-Representa-tlves
of thirty Independent oil companies
which control three-fourths of the nil pro
duction of Kansas, met here today and de
cided to form n company representing 7,
000,000 of Invested capital to build a fuel oil
pipe line from the Kansas oil field to Kan
sas City, and to construct a refinery and
storage tanks In that city.
The company to be formed will be the
only one which will compete with the
Standard Oil company for the markets of
the middle west.
The producers decided that a consolida
tion of all their interests Is the only sal
vation of the independent operators In Kan
sas. Two months ago the producers ap
pointed a committee to Investigate the fuel
oil market at Kansas City and the cost of
a pipe line to that point. The report of
this committee today Influenced the pro
ducers to form a company and commence
the construction of a pipe line and refinery
at once. The Standard Oil company. It is
said, had a force of men here today watch
ing the proceedings of the independent pro
ducers. The Standard forces announced
that the presence of these people was
merely a coincidence. There were present
at the meeting today representatives of
companies opratlng in the Indian Territory,
but only Kansas companies will be repre
sented In the company to be organlred.
It Is believed that the organization of
the Independent operators Into a company
will inwure a market for the Kansas pro
ducers Independent of the Standard oil
company.
SPEAR IS AGAIN INDICTED
Additional Charsre Placed A gal nut
Cashier of the Defnnct
Oberlln Dank.
CLEVELAND, O., April 7. -The United
States grand Jury today returned an addi
tional Indictment against A. B. Spear,
cashier of the closed Citizens National bank
of Oberlln, which failed because of Mrs.
Chadwlck s operations. The additional in
dictment was returned on uccount of al
leged new facts In connection with the
manner" In which Spear is said to have
made falne entries and affidavits about the
bank's funds.
The grand Jury also returned a Joint in
dictment against Spenr and Mrs. Chad wick
in which the latter is charged with aiding
and abetting Spear In making false entries.
The Jury aleo reported another Indictment
against President Ohllger and Chairman of
the Board of Directors Zimmerman of the
foiled National bank of Wooster, O. It Is
charged that they made false entries in
tho bank's books and also false entries In
a report to the comptroller of the currency.
SUNDAY LAW AT ST. LOUIS
Excise Commissioner Making; Investi
gation Preparatory to (losing
Saloons One Day m Week.
ST. LOUIS, April 7. Governor Folk and
Thomas E. Mulvlhlll, excise commissioner
of St. Louis, are investigating the inter
pretation of the state law governing the
closing of saloons on Sunday, and Com
missioner Mulvlhlll declares that he 'will
enforce the law.
Just when St. Louis will become "dry"
on Sunday is not yet decided, as Mr. Mul
vlhlll says: "I want to be sure that I
shall be successful in enforcing the law
and hence I wish to make my preparations
deliberately."
GET-RICH-QUICKARTIST GONE
Montana Officers Seeking; Mining
Promoter Who Promised Subscrib
ers (iovrromeut Bonds Free.
BUTTK. Mont., April 7. Federal officers
are looking for Henry A. Everett, propri
etor of the Imperial Globe Mining and
Leasing company. The company In alleged
to have secured a total of about 135.0 10
from nearly too patrons, principally fann
ers of Missouri, North Dakota, South Da
kota, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska.
The special induciment held out to Invest
ors Is said to have been a promise, that
they would receive several thousand dollars
worth of government bonds fiee.
Movements of Ocean Vessels April T.
At Auckland Arrived: Sierra, from San
Francisco.
At New York-Sailed: Celtic, for IJver
pool; Mesabn. for London.
At IJverpool Arrived: Haltln, from New
York. Siiiled: (Vdrlc, fur New York.
At Naples Salh'd: Napolltan Prince, for
New York.
At Cherbourg Arrived: Barbarossa, from
New York.
At Genoa Arrived : Cltta dl Mllano, from
New York; I'rlni Oakar, from New York;
I'rliizcHS Irnno, from New York. Balled:
Nord America, for New York.
At lliivit Arrived: l.i bretague, from
Nvw York.
At Hai'iburg Arrived: Patricia, from
New York.
At Mm .He Hulled: Virginian, for St.
Juh.-i, X. H.
At opcnhagi ii Sailed: Oscar II, for
New York.
At Puma del Gads Arrived: Canoplc,
from BuMon.
At ilt rnltar Arrived: Blavonla, from
New York.
At I -on don-Sailed: Ammjn, fur Ban
T:" i .... .
g IIUVIIW,
VISITS THE ALAMO
Chief Execntite Dcliyera an Address at tha
Teiaa Temple of Freedom.
SAN ANTONIO DRESSED IN GALA ATTIRE
Commander of the Rough Eiders QiTen a
Patriotio Welcome.
RECEPTION AT THE FAIR GROUNDS
President Exclusive Guest of Heroes of San
Jnan in Afternoon.
GER0NIM0 TO MEET THE GREAT FATHER
Famous Indian Chieftain Who Is
Prisoner of War at Fort Bill
Will Plead for Hla
Freedom.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. April 7.-Vlth
San Antonio richly decorated with pa
trlotlc emblems, flags of all sizes and like
nesses of the president and the streets
filled with cheering throngs of people,
Theodore Roosevelt today could not mis
take the hearty welcome accordod him.
Enormous crowds of people greeted him
along the route of the procession from
Fort Sain Houston to Alamo plaza, where
an address of welcome was delivered and
a response made. The people felt that
they had as their guest not only tha
president of the United States, but a man
toward whom tho people of Sari Antonio
feel especially friendly on account of the
fact that it was here that the Hough
Rider regiment was orgnnlsed.
The president was delighted with the
reception. He was kept busy bowing right
and left acknowledging the outbursts of
enthusiasm. It is seven years since Pres
ident Roosevelt left Son Antonio with his
rough riders. "No human being dreamed
that after that I would return as presi
dent of the United States," he said in a
short address at the railway station.
President's Duay Day.
Today was a busy one for the president.
The day began with a reception at the
train. This formality was soon over, and
the president and party proceeded to the
parade grounds of the post, where the
troops in Fort Sam Houston wero re
viewed. This interesting ceremony over,
the start was mndo for the city. From the
moment the procession of troops, carriages,
police and rough riders swept out of toe
gates of the post Into Grayson street until
the president entered the gates of the
fair grounds to go Into camp with the
rough riders, he was the recipient of
hearty greetings.
A spectacular scene occurred at Travels
park, where 8.000 school children cheered
the president and sang "America," while ft
band played the national air.
In Alamo plaza, within the shadow of
the old Alamo, which the president had
seven years ago said filled him with a de
termination to do nothing to reflect on the
heroes who died there, he was greoted In
a manner which touched him. Ills arrival
was the signal for a burst of cheering
which lasted until after he had taken his
seat on the stand and- which was renewed
when he rose to respond to the address of
welcome by Alderman Klrkpatrick.
The President's Speech.
The president's speech was frequently
punctured by applause. Ho was pleased
that San Antonio agreed with him In his
Ideas on race suicide. He noted with sat
isfaction the attentions Texans were pay
ing to education. The law of the worthy
life, the effort Is a cause worthy of striv
ing for was his theme. Ills reception
throughout Texns had touched him, he said.
The president said, In part:
Mr. Mavnr, Mr. Klrkpatrick, and you. My
Fellow Americans of This Mighty Common
wealth: i thank you for the way In which
1 have been greeted today. You can hardly
imuglne how much it means to me to cnmi
back lo San Antonio In this way and to be
received as you have received me.
' I remember well seven years ago when
we were raising this regiment, of tiding In
here one day to see tin: Alamo and going
away feeling that come what would 1 was
going to iry to handle myself so that nu
lsgiaco should come to the memory of
the Americana who died there. I want you
to remember that ours was a volunteer
regiment and a small war and that we do
not claim any credit for what we did more
than falls to the lot of any number of
other people. All we ask of you Is to be
lieve tnat we tried to show the spirit which
would have made us do the kind of a Job
that you of the civil war did, If the need
had nriiien.
It Is fifteen years ago that I first cam-i
here, simply passing through as any num
ber of travelers pass through and paw It.
Seven years ago when I came here 1 was
strictly on husineHs. When wo got back
that vear from Santiago 1 said lo one of
the officers of the regiment. "Now we
have got to have a reunion of the Rough
Riders in San Antonio." All kinds of
things happened In between. I have led
mlddlinii busy life myself since and now
at hint the chance has come to mako good
the promise and to have those of the regi
ment who are able to come here together
In the city where the regiment was raised
to greet one another and talk over the
past. In a sense we can claim that that
regiment was a typical American body. We
had men who inherited wealth and men
who all their lives long had earned each
day's bread by that day's toll. We had
men of every grade soclslly; men who
worked with their heads, men who worked
with their hands; men of all the types that
our country produces, but each of them
managed to get In on his worth as a man
only and content to be Judged purely by
what ho could show himself to be.
Lesson of Brotherhood.
It has always seemed to mc that one of
the greaU'xi itosoiiH lautjht n tne civil war
was i iio lettion ot biuuaei huou. You, my
lrnnds, who wore the blue, you, my
friends, who wore the gray, each ot you
when he went onward to imttlo, when lie
whs concerned about the man on his right
hand and tlio man on ln.s leu, was not con
cerned about what the man's ancestry was,
not us to liow he vtoisnipeu h.t uiaaei,
nut as to what hie proiuHiiou v. as, or h.s
means: what you wanted to know was
whether he would stand pat. if ho did you
wero tor him and lie did not you were
against him. The same thlitgs tnat were
true In the great war Is tru In time of
peace. This government, emphatically by
the puople, for tho people and of the peo
ple. Now, besides applauding that sentiment,
let us live up to it. it mu two sides to it.
In the first place. It applies In a doz.n
different dliccilons. It ui pi! h, for Insiam e,
In reference to cieed. U have, a right lo
ask that our neighbor doex Ids duty toward
God or man. but we have no business to
dictate to him how he shall woiehlp hi
maker and no business to discriminate lor
or agalnat him because of the way In
which he docs it. In the same way, if a
man Is a decent citizen he Is a de-eat citi
zen whether he Is rich or poor. To Judge
from suniM of the tulk you occanlonally
hear, a man cannot be a square man If
he Is lien. Remember always that you
listen at your peril to any man who would
seek to Inflame you against your fellow
Cltl7.cn because he Is better off. Agsln, a
In tho civil war, come back to eoiiHldont
tliins about your bunkle.
You did not care whether he was a
banker or a bricklayer. If he was n lunker
h" was nil right If ho was a good fellow. If
he. did hi duly In camp, If be did not
straKlo on the march, if he old not drop
his sliare of the Joint plunder on the march
and then expect yon to share yours with
him at fhe end of the day h whs all right.
You wanted him to carry his part and If ho
did It you were for him.
Square Deal for All.
Now apply that In civil life. If the rich
man does not do tils duty cinch Mm, and I
will beip uu just as Isr as i can. Hut,
