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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII XO. 170. OMAIIA, THURSDAY MOKNINO, JANUARY 1D08. SINGLE COPY TWO CHXTS. ATTIIE WHITE 1I0USE New Year's Rece- n of President it i Brilli notion. DIPLOMATS Hi. Vi 'HE LUTE re Re- Niceties of Official L. ligiously Obser MEMBERS OF THE CABIN! .oSIST Informal Reception to Receiving Party Precedei Regular Function. GOWNS OF -WOMEN ELABORATE Mm. RftowTrH Wore Maanlflrent (Mtmif of Old Bine Mitt aad Carried Ronqaet of White Rosea. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Theodore Rninf velt today officiated for the seventh time sa prealdrnt of the United States at the New Year' reception at the White House. Assisting him In exchanging the saluta tions of the season were Mrs. Roosevelt and tha members and women of the cabi net. The niceties of diplomatic etlouet were religiously observed In the conduct of that part of the reception which has grown during the last hundred years more and more to partake largely of the nature of an official function. Without the appear- nd. r9 nr.anDnratn.tit the nrevlHent ' trreeted first the vice prfsldent and the members of his cabinet and then eneh for eign nation represented In the person of ambassador or minister, the Judiciary, through the personnel cf the supreme court bench and the Judges of the local federal and district courts; senators and repre sentatives of congress; officers of the army, navy, marine corps and militia of the tMstrlct of Columbia; heads of government , bureaus and members of the government I UII1III WOIOJIB, UIBlil.iimn ' tit.. ,.,, ... eluding the Society or Cincinnati, Altec Club of 1874. Associated Veterans of the I War of 1844-47, Military Orr of the I,oyal ' i I n-mr. A i-m nf the Reniibllr. Medal of Honor Legion, Union Veteran Ieg'on. Union Veterans' union, Society of , . i . a-.tn. Cnanleh War Vtpr. ans, Army ana navy uniun, mmon:,.,. . 1 Sops of the American Revolution and Old ee Inhabitants' Association of the District J ' , t of Columbia. People Mnnd la Line. And then the public. Gathering In a con ' atantly lengthening line at the west gate ti the White House grounds the people had stood since. 9 o'clock in the morning. It was 1 o'clock when the gate were opened to admit them. The line. kept Intact by a special detail of police, now extended In double column for two blocks up Penn sylvania avenue and for two blocks down Seventeenth street, past the State, War and j- navy aepunnicrii. uunuinii. n " Xff holiday hiwir nd Impretia of T good feeling on the president, who, after more than four hours of handshaking, ex rtped exhilaration rathpr than pxhaustlon, Impressive In Its dignity, Interesting in Its personality, animating In its plctur esqueness, the reception was a composite View of twentieth century civilisation on dress parade. To review It In its entirety requires a look at the preliminaries. The ' president and Mrs. Roosevelt occupied the hour preceding the stroke of 11 in receiv ing and entertaining the numbers of the 1 cabinet and those specially Invited to mem- , bershlp in the receiving party, in the library on the upper floor. Diplomats, Judges, legislators and army officers gnt le ered In conveisatlonal groups in the state dining room. Hie red coated marina band, banked like the pot.ed foliage on eithor side of the entrance In the lofty lobby, with Its whlta marble floor, furnished the stage setting for the receiving party. The red, blue and green parlors, forming con necting links between the state dining room on the west and the past, were fragrant With cut flowers effectively placed, flerelvlns Party Ready. It was In the Blue parlor or state room that the receiving party took position shortly after 11 o'clock. Trumpeters her alded the approach of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt down the gray white mar ble stairs and to the hands rendition of "Hall to the Chief the reception began. Leisurely and with no semblance of for mality those in the state dining room passed through the Red parlor into the presence of the president. The receiving party formed the arc of a circle filling the large how window opening to the south. They faced a wide door to the corridor n lohhv. thus viewing and in view of the scenes and throngs there. Introduc tions were made to the president by Colonel Charles 8. Bromwell. superln Undent of public buildings and ground. and to Mrs. Roosevelt by Captain Frank R. McCoy, military aide to the president. Leaving the Blue parlor the route of exit was through the Green parlor, the Kaat room, down the stairs to the "social an nex" and east gate. Gewna of the Wontea. The costumes of Mrs. Roosevelt and the ladles of the cabinet were strikingly handsome and the blends of color and ' contrasts were particularly Impressive. Mrs. Roosevelt was gowned In old blue Marquette, the skirt full and a frame of velvet ribbon of bow knots and garland making a trimming which reached ha'.f way up to the belt. A yoke of lace and half sleeves of ruffled lace were the finishing tourhes. She wore a diamond necklace and other ornaments and car ried a bouquet of white roses. Mrs. Fairbanks had on a flowered crepe de rhlne, very full and fluffy, the design being a pattern of pink roses over white. Mrs. Root wore a becomingly designed costume of p'ule gray chiffon, with deep border of gray lace about the hem. Mrs. Cortelyou more an elegant whit satin with broad folds around the skirt, the bodice nearly all lace. Mrs. Meyer was In black and white Striped Uce over white, trimmed with touches cf black velvet. Mrs. Garfield had on a handsome gown Of dark plum velvet etretllveiy trimmed In Uce. ' Mrs. Bonaparte wore a splendid mauve satin, the coat with long skirts of Irish crochet lace. Mra. Metcalf had on a most becoming gown of Irish crochet and old lace. Mrs. Straus wore a pink liberty satli trimmed In lace. Mrs. Loeb was costumed In an orchid liberty satin and white lace. t'haaaro la Diplomatic Coras. Numerous changes In the diplomatic corp hava occurred during tha year, so that for quite a number of the foreign representa tives In Washington It was their first New Tear experience at the White House. (Continued on Second Page.) NEGORES FR1ENDL YTO TAFT Resolution Passed by Emaaclaatloa Day Mass Meeting; In Mobile. MOBILB. Ala., Jan. 1. Ten theusand colored people gathered today and cele brated emancipation day with a monster meeting. Rev. B. F. Wheeler was the prin cipal speaker. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That we, the colored people of Mobile, Ala., pledge our continual allegiance te the fearless leader and faithful cham pion of the third term movement In the per son of the Hon Frank H. Hitchcock, tirst assistant postmaster general. And we con sider Secretary of War Taft fortunate In securing such a man ns Mr. Hitchcock to manage his Interests in the southern statpa. We will now feel much more friendly In the future to the Taft movement than we have In the past. Resolved. Whereas, we have heard that within the last few days nn efforts has been made to recognise individuals connected with the former Lily White movement with a vies,- of reviving the Lily White party In Alabama, we do enter our most solemn pro test against any Individual or Individuals or organisation that will In any degree give aid or comfort to the Itly White party In this state, and further resolve that we will Inform our brothers In the northern states ss soon as we know of any presidential can didate recognizing the Lily White movement in the south, so that both In the primary election and In the vote for president they may cast their votes and influence against any candidate who recognizes the Lily White party. ROBBERS 0 FCAR LINE FOUND Police of Rochester Locate Mlaslnar Money. Other Loot and Burg lars' Tools. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 1. Frank Whitney and George Carlisle are under arrest here today as a sequel to the robbery yesterday by three men in an automobile of a box containing of the receipts of the Rochester Street Railway company. The plunder was taken to the homo of the brother-in-law of one of the party. When the house was searched a suit case was found In which was all the missing money, a lot of silverware and a set of burglar trools. When Carlisle later entered the house and saw the detectives and sheriff's officers he fired two shots at Detective Wledman and In a hand to hand tight was badly beaten. The silverware bears the marks of the Fifth avenue hotel in New York City. The police think that Carlisle Is from New York City. He Is about 20 years old. Whit ney Is about 2f. The third man Is known to the police, who hope to arrest him soon. WOMAN AMBULANCE SURGF.ON Brooklyn Has One Who Won Severe Competitive Ex amination. Oat In NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Brooklyn had Us first glimpse of a woman ambulance sur geon today, when Dr. Mary Merrltt an swered calls from the Williamsburg hos pital. Dr. Merrltt Is a prep'osResalng young woman of 23, who won the post of ambu lance surgeon after a competitive examina tion In which thirty-four men fresh from college entered. Dr. Merrltt is a resident of Nyack, N. Y., and a graduate of Cor nell. During her college life she was known as an expert oarswoman. Largest tow on record (tteamer Will Leave Louisville With Kqnlvalent of Twenty-One-Mlle Freight Train. IXriSVILLE. Ky.. Jan. l.-When tho steamer Sprague leaves on Its next south ern trip In a few days. It will take south one of the largeot tows ever pulled by a single boat on the Ohio or Mlwslssippl rivers. Tbe tow will consist of forty-five coal boats, seven barges, two fuel boats and one model harge. It will be nearly 300 Teet wide and 2,000 feet long, and will carry l,r(r,000 bushels of Coal. This. If loaded Into ordinary freight cars, would make a train over twenty-one miles long. SUIT FILED AGAINST MAYOR Mayor of Leavenworth Must Defend Himself Against Chargea of Prohibitionists. TOPF.KA. Kan., Jan. 1. A suit to oust Peter Everhardy from office as irsyor of Ijenvenworth and a citation for Police Captain T. J. Taylor to appear before the supreme court on the charge ot con tempt were filed In the supreme court today by Fred S. Jackson, attorney gcneial. I". Is charged that Everhardy has not enforced the prohibitory law. Captain Taylor, It is charged, has violated the order of tho court by accepting money from jolntlst In lieu of license fees. M ASS ACHl'SISTTS KKSIOX OPE Many Important Question Will Come Refore Solona. BOSTON, Jan. 1. The 12sKh great and general court, as the legislature of Massa chusetts Is formally known, was convened today and orders wero adopted for the Inauguration tomorrow of Oovernor Curtis Guild and Lieutenant Oovernor Draper. An unusual amount of business already awaits action by the legislature. Five bills opposing the mergers of the Boston Maine with the New York, New Haven Ac Hartford railroad has been filed and other measures bearing on the same matter are anticipated. In addition, half a dozen commissions authorized by the last legislature which have been sitting since last summer on questions of taxation, labor. Industrial education, commerce and Industry. Insur ance, labor and savings banks will report and suggest numerous modifications of the present laws. Mra Joriiitn Discharged. M ARSUALLTOWN, la.. Jan. 1 Special.) Mrs. W. F. Jordon, superintendent of the Union mission and wife ef President Jordon of the mission, who ass the complainant who brought the sensational chargea against Chaplain Jesxe Cole of the Iowa Soldiers' home at the recent Methodist Soldiers' home at the recent Methodist church trial of Colo at Hubbard, was to day discharged from the soldiers' home by Commandant Horton. Mra. Jordon wan dis charged for circulating through the women's dormitory the scandalous affida vits which were the bavis of the charges Jordon brought agunst Cole. Another cause of Mrs. Jordan's expulsion was state ments she has made that her husband, who was discharged from the home some time ago, was grossly mistreated when he was a patient ln th hospital. At the church trial Cole was acquitted and exonerated on every charge. afOTKafXaTTa OT OCKAJt mAMBMTT. Port. NEW YORK .. SEW YORK .. ROTTKHMAM PLYMorTH PIRAKt'4 .... BBHiES . ... rHERUOl'RO Art14. . Madonna . aatlaa. . . . . Llluria. riarlda. . Kbtrinn ....... . 1J11 . Slcwtaa Ptinoa. . broslau Pkilaaelskla CEScl BOSTON ..lhcrlas .. PltlLADKLmiA. Frisians Nora HUGHES FOR SAFE METHODS Governor of New York Delivers Hit Message to Legislature. OPPOSES RACE TRACK GAMBLING Calls oa I .a rr makers to Regnlae Cor poration a and Prevent Dishon est Practices Among Flnanelrra. ALBANY. N dred and thirty-first annual session of the New York state legislature began at noon today. James W. Wadsworth, Jr.. was re elected speaker of the assembly. The econd annual message pf Governor Hughes was the feature of chief Imprest. The messnge of Oovernor Hughes con talnes many Important recommendations. Chief among these, In the light of certain conditions disclosed by the recent financial upheaval. Is a recommendation regarding the amendment of the law relating to banks and trust companies. In bringing this matter to the attention of tho legisla tors the governor urged them to adopt every practicable means "to prevent repeti tion of reprehensible practices and to as sure the proper management of the finan cial Institutions chartered and supervised by the state, upon whose stability and prosperity the Interests of our people in every walk of life so largely depend." Another Important recommendation has as Its object the complete eupprossion of race track gambling throughout the state. Direct nomination at primaries and a simplified form of ballot are urged In the message and recommendations also are made for better provision for the care and protection of emigrants. Restrain loon Bankers. With reference to the banking laws the message says : Recent events have demonstrated the necessity for providing effective means for preventing the exploitation of banks and trust companies and the acquisition and use of a control of a number of institu tions to facilitate selfish schemes opposed to sound banking. If suitable restrictions are Imposed in explicit form and with ap propriate penalities, Insuring adequate knowledge and proper action on the port of the board of directors with regard to loans and other transactions: Drevontlna: the deposits of moneys of one Institution witn another in oruer that the oflteers. di rectors, or stockholders of the former may obtain desired credits from the latter; limit ing tne amount which may be loaned by any bank or trust company upon the stock of another financial Institution; reducing the amount which may be loaned upon collateral to any one interest and erect ing proper salegunrds against loins and investments ln aid of schemes of promotion represented by unmarketable securities, and If in addition suitable means are provided for the enforcement of the rulings of the superintendent of banks with rpgard to Im proper or unsafe practices, the security or our financial Institutions and the con fidence which springs from Just reliance upon their proper management will greatly be strengthened. Reserves of Trost Companies. It Is apparent that existence of demand obligations requires reserves to be main tained and that they have the salutary tendency to prevent an undue expunnion of credits. With regard to trust com panies, however, the matter of reserves Is a phase of larger question. It was not contemplated by the law relating to trust companies that they should engage In the SHme business as banks. .In - practlc., however, they have engaged In' the bank ing business upon a large scale and the moneys deposited with them are for the mot part payable on demand. Whatever reserves or other restric tions may be deemed advisable with ref erence to demand deponlts in the case of a bank should be equally obligatory with reference to the same sort of deposits In the cane of a trust company. The- governor recommends that pro vision be made for liquidation of Insolv ent banking Institutions under the super vision of the superintendent of banks. Extreme caution In' making any chang?a ln the present Insurance law- is urged by the governor. He says that while any suggestions of additions should receive proper consideration no changes should be made unless It clearly appears that they are needed to conserve the Interests of the policy holders. He also uggesti the advisability of providing for the liquidation under the supervision of the superintendent of insurance of Insolvent Insurance corporations ln the same man ner as Is proposed for the liquidation of banking Institutions. More Power for Commission. The enlargement of scope of the pub lic service commission's law proposed in the message would provide for the ex tension of the act to Include telephone and telegraph companies In addition to the corporations already under super vlhlon. Such extension of the act would bring the telegraph and telephone com panies under regulation as to rates, serv ice and other matters similar to that which obtains ln case of the corporations at present subject to the law. The gov ernor recommends that the extension of Jurisdiction shall take effect on October 1. 1908. The question of bovine tuberculosis la re ferred to as one which requires serious at tention. "The disease Is spreading, says the message, "and we not only suffer from what may be called Its natural Increase, but the measures that are taken In neigh boring communities for their own protec tion have made our state the recipient on a large scale of tuberculous cattle which have been rejected elsewhere. Inspection of meat to Insure local protection, particu larly with regard to the disposition of re jected animals, la a necessary supplement to federal Inspection In connection with Interstate commerce." In discussing race track betting Governor Hughes recites the constitutional provision forbidding lotteries, pool selling, book mak ing or any other form of gambling within the state and empowering the legislature to tlx penalties therefor, and the amendment to the penal coda which prescribed the pun ishment for pool selling at race tracks, for feiture of the money paid by the better to be recovered. The message continues "The constitution makes no exception ot race tracks. I recommend that the legis lature carry out the clear direction of the people without discrimination. In connec tion with the repeal of the existing execu tion I recommend that the offenst-s de scribed In the pnpal code should be pun ished by imprisonment and that the alter native of fines should be abolished." BULLOCK GUEST OF PRESIDENT goalh Dakotau Spends .New Year's W ith Ilia Old II Dalian (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Jan. l.-(8pecial Tele gTam.) Captain Beth Bullock. I'nlted States marvhal with headquarters at Deadwood, S. D., with hla wife, is house guest of President Roosevelt over New Year's. Cap tain Bullock Is an old friend and hunting companion of President Roosevelt and came to Washington not only aa a guest of the president, but Incidentally to call et t tie Department of Justice regarding aome mat ters relative to the conduct of his office aa I'nlted States marshal. At tha White House reception today Mra. Beth Bullock was In the receiving line in compacy with the ladles of the cabinet. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Hour. Deg. i a. m & a. m 19 7 a. m 18 R a. m 17 a m 17 10 a. rn 18 11 a. m 21 12 m V, 1 p. m !i I p. m IS 3 p. m 37 4 p. m iA 8 p. m 3tt p. m ia 7 p. m 34 p. m XI p. m 32 FLYING ONLY FOR EXPERTS Henry Far man Pro res It May Be Ac. rompllnhed, hnt He Finds It niftlcalt. PARIS, Jan. 1. Henry Farnam. who on Monday flew a kilometer In a closed circle ln his flying machine, says he expects the year 1!W8 to witness great advance In aero nautics. "Twelve months from now," he said, "we will have aeroplanes which will fly ten or twelve miles easily without once touching the earth. I don't believe, however, that flying will ever become the sport of the masses. It will be too difficult for most people to learn." VOl fl FOLK gfRPHMK FRILX Daairhter of . C. Blake of Omnha and Mitrshnlltorvn Man Married. M ARSUALLTOWN, la., Jan. 1.-(Spe-clal.) Slipping away from their homes early ln the morning. Miss Edna Blake and Mr. Leon Will, two very well known young people of this city, eloped to Cedar Rapids Monday and wero married there In the aft ernoon. A telegram from them today brought the news of their marriage and whereabouts to relatives ln this city. Miss Blake Is 18 and Is the daughter of S. C. Blake, an Omaha plumber, and Mrs. Tlllle B. Blake of this city. Mr. and Mrs. lilake do not live together. Miss Blake Is an ex ceedingly handsome and popular young woman. Mr. Will Is the son of Mrs. W. F. Will. He Is 24. The young people's rela tives, when seen today, denied emphatically that there was any opposition to the young people getting married. They also said that they knew the couple had Intended to marry, but they had no Idea when the wed ding was to be. The telegram stated that Will and his bride would go from Cedar Rapids to Chicago to visit relatives. They are expected home some time this week. MICH BULDI.NU LV FAIRRVRY IVnmber of Business Blocks and Resi dences Galore. FAIRBURY, Neb., Jan. t ( Special.) The new buildings erected ln Fairbury dur ing 1907 cost a total of (174.000. Hie brick structures cost IsO.SiO, Including the Boone hotel building, 45,000; the Bonham Na tional bank building, S16,0G0, and an addi tion to the Fairbury Iron Works which cost 1 10,000. New dwellings cost J74.O0O, and SlS.aoO was expended for additions to dwel lings built previous to 1907. Barns and shop cost Ib.aiiO. There are a number of dwellings In course of erection which are not. timed la th -lTiat, aa thny are not completed. Tho basement of the new Catholic church, ' of which the contract price la $18,300, is finished and covered over until spring, when work will commence on the superstructure. The amount of con crete sidewalks, crossings and curbing Is greater than any previous year, and tho city has recently finished twelve-foot con crete arches across Eighth and across F Btreets, and built a reinforced concrete bridge with sidewalks on tho street lead ing to the city park. Gift for Huron College. Hl'RON, 8. D., Jan. 1. (Special.) Mrs. Elisabeth Voorhees, In whose honor the girls' dormitory at Huron Is named, has presented Dr. Q. H. French, president of the Institution, $2,000 to be applied on cur rent expenses. Mrs. Voorhees also prom ises to present the collfge with $15,000 for the purpose of defraying some Indebted ness against Voorhees hall, erected In honor of her late husband, Ralph Voor hees, who gave the institution $150,000. Dr. French returned a few days since from New York, where he had been In the in terests of the college, and Is much en couraged with the prospects of liberal do nations to Huron college within the next year. Hot Springs Business Change. HOT SPRINGS, 8. I)., Jan. l.-(SpeclaL) F. B. Smith, who has been In the livery business here for over twenty years, today sold out his business to Bert I'ndVrhlll, who has taken possession. Mr. Smith came to the Black Hills in 1877 and is Vice president of the Black Hills Pioneer association. He says he does not believe he will actively engage ln business again anywhere, but will spend the reMt of his days visiting around with his married chil dren and other relatives. His removal from the Springs will seem like the re moval of an old landmark. F.lka Barn I'n Rig; Mortgage. Hl'RON. 8. D.. Jan. 1. (Special. )-An evening or two since Huron lodge No. 444, Benevolent Order of Klks, celebrated the burning of a $;0.ti0 mortgage on Its club room here with an entertaining program. L4-s than four years ago the Klks or ganization ef this city was In debt more than $10.0(0, the result of building one of the handsomest club rooms in this part of the northwest. The order Is now en tirely out of debt and bus real estate and other property to the value ef .,( or more. The membership Is nearly 600. ' Burllnglou Reduces Force, CRKSTON. la., Jan. I.-iSp cial. One of the heaviest cuts in Its force of employes at this point that has ever been made was announced last evenit g at Burl'ngton head quarters at this point. Not content with the recent red .ictl m amors I lie shop men here, a large number of extra gangs and bridge crews were struck off the com pany's pay rolls. Ti e section men ct this point are also cut down to about half of their Btrenslh. The greater part of the men thrown out of work will not be re quired ak-ain till spring. The recent re ductions at this point by the Burlington ar. being keenly felt by the men hcr and a great deal of hardship will probably result among them by reason of their enforced Idleness. faaaat In shaft aad Killed. YANKTON, S. D., Jan. 1. (Special Tele gram ) Early New Yecr'a morning John Cap, a Bohemian, was caught by a broker belt at the cedent works and hurled around the main shaft to instant death. His botv was terribly mangled and his duthl'it.' s'rlpped into rthlxin. His body was fnurrt after the accident hiy'i overhead on a brace beam of the roof. He was assisting in lay ing a belt at the time of tha accident. (., leavea a mother la the old country and a brother In Omaha, BALLOON RACE FROM OMAHA Charles K. Glidden Proposes to Make a Try for Distance Record. HOPES TO GET AS FAR AS BOSTON Investigation Leads lllm to Conclu sion That Omnha Is the Beat Place from Which to Make the Start on the l.ung Trip. BOSTON. Mass., Jan. l.-Speclal Tele gram.) For his great effort to break the world a balfoon record, both for distance and speed, by sailing from Omaha to Bos ton, Charles K. Glidden, the millionaire world-touring autoist, ordered today the largest balloon ever built, to be ready for delivery early In the summer. Mr. Glidden said today that he had chosen Omaha as the starting place because It Is almost on a direct line east and west with Boston, and he Is enthusiastically certain that his supreme effort ln the annals of aerial navigation will bo successfully ac complished. The trip will be made with the firm reso lution on the part of the daring navigator not to make a single stop, and also what Is most remarkable and without precedent In aeronautics. It Is proposed that the trip shall be made without communicating to establish location, or for any other reason, with the earth below. I,eo Btevens has the contract to build the baloon. It will be R.OOO cubic feet larger than the big government balloon flnlshel by Stevens for the War department last summer. It will be possible to carry with entire comfort fifteen persons and ample provisions for the entire trip, although Mr. Glidden now expects to carry no passengers. Mr. Stevens will probably go as pilot and II. H. Clayton of the Blue Hill observatory will direct the balloon as to air currents. Mr. Clayton was with Erbsloch In the Ger man Pommnrn, who won the International trophy and It is largely due to the observa tions made by him during that trip that determined Mr. Glidden to make the sail from Omaha to Boston. Hopes to Beat All Records. "The Pommern," said Mr. Clayton to night, "by straight line covered a distance of r,2 miles and actually traveled DC0 miles. If we succeed In the Omaha-Boston trip we will travel double that distance and beat by a wide margin the record made by DeVeaux ln his 1,300 mile sail from Paris to a point In Russia." "If we get as good a balloon and the gas ln Omaha Is as good as that we got ln St. Louis, I can sew no reason why we do not stand an excellent chance of estab lishing a record and winning the Lamh cup offered for the longest aerial trip In this country." The plan Is to make the passage at an altitude of about two miles. At that dis tance the areonauta sa ythern Is an almost Invariable current from west to eust of a velocity In the winter of about thirty miles and at the time they will sail abiut twenty or twenty-five miles. They figure they will be able to maintain an average speed of twenty miles for the tntlre voy age. In the St. Louis trip communication was made with the earth several times and In order to accomplish this feat without com munication, the innovation will be at tempted of taking latitude and longitude as la done at sea. At night tha compass will be used . and during the day It Is thought the direction may be learnpd with out the compass. LESS TROUBLE FOR ASIATICS Japnn Begins Year With Effort to Get Right on Inimlajrallon Problem. TOKIO. Jan. 1. The dispach of the mem orandum on the emigration question by. the foreign oflice to the American embassy was the last official act of the Japaneso government ln the year 1907. This Is con sidered to be significant of a desire on the part of the government to commence the year 190R under better auspices. In fact this has been admitted by an official of tho Japaneso government to the Associated Press. He said: "We have every reason to believe that tho details of our administration and future control of the emigration question will be satisfactory to the American government. "President Roosevelt wanted Japan to act promptly and our memorandum Is the result of much careful work and investiga tion. "While doubtless some changes will be made before the matter Is llnally disposed of. we are of the opinion that the last official act of 1907 will make the dawn of lftiS brighter in both countries." RECTOR'S WIFE IS UNDECIDED Mra. Cooke Will Not Say Whether She Intends to Prefer ha rices. HARTFORD. Conn . Jan. I. Mrs Cooke, wife of Rev. J. Knode Cooke, who aban doned his family and has fled with a girl to S.tn Francisco, where he has been located, was asked today If she contem plated making charges against her hus band. "It Is a very serious matter," she said "and I could hardly determine what course to taki without counsel with the members of my family. It would seem that the Nassau county fllclals should take the initiative. My husband's crime Is not against me. It Is airalnst thp girl, .-igalnat the church and against God. if Dihtrict Attorney Coles wants me to prefer charges perhaps he will communicate with inr, and then I shall have to consider nhat Is befit to be done." ZERO WEATHERJN WISCONSIN Coldest Weather of Winter Brings Mercury Down In 'ller of Northern State-. LACROSSE. Wis', Jan. 1. -Today brought the coldest weather of tha winter thus far in the northwest. At Wisconsin and south ern Minnesota points the first zero weather of he reason was experienced. At o'clock the temperature at Lacrosse was xero, at Duluth 2 below, at Wllllston. N. D., lj he low und at Winnipeg 10 below. The Mississippi river was frozen over today at Lacrosse and other upper river points. This was the latest date on record for the river to be closed by Ice. ROOSEVELT BORN AT EL PASO One of Triplets Who Come to Mr. aad Mra. I'. II. llnlter ln:k, EL PASO. Tex.. J..n. 1 -Triplets, a b iy ml two gtrls. were born last night to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Butterbaugh of this city. Tha father la a railroad engineer. He will nam hla son Roosevelt. EXPLOSION IN STEEL MILL Two Mea Killed and Thirteen Injured hy Accident Nesr Pltsbnrg. Are riTTPBl'RG. Jan. 1 Two men were klllixl and thirteen others were seriously Injured by nn explosion In converter No. 3 of the Ktlgar Thomson plant of the I'nlted States Steel corporation at North Uraddovk about seven miles east of hero today. The dead: PAl'I. KI R1SCK. uged 30 years. Brad dock. STICPHKN DOVIA1I. nged X years. Brad dock. Six of tle Injured were Americans and the others Slavs. All were removed to a hos pital In this city, where It la said their In juries were not serious. No official state ment nn the cause of the explosion has been Issued, but old Converter mill men say the cause could hardly be other than that some of the molten metal sifted through the soapstone lining of the converter and came In contact with the steel sheathing which perhaps was damp. When the explosion occurred the bottom of the converter dropped out, throwing fifteen tons of molten metal Into tho pit. where fifteen men were working with ladles. There was no explosion when the hot mass of steel struck the bottom of the pit, but Instead flames of burning gas were sent up, which burned the men In the pit. The two men who were killed had leen working under tho converter and their bodies were ter ribly mangled. The force of the explosion Mew the sheet Iron roof off of the con verting mill and caused two of the walls to collapse, besides breaking all of the windows ln buildings In the vicinity and partially destroying the engine house and warehouse near the converting mill. ON TRIAL FORANCIENT CRIME Henry Shlpman, After Twenty Yenra In Aaylnm, Will Be Held for Mnrder. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. In the Tombs, awaiting trial for murder, Is Henry Ship man, aged h2, who shot and killed Mrs. Josephine Mason In this city about twenty yrars ago. Shipnian was the son, of a Rochester physician, who died leaving a fortune, it Is said. Shlpman was adjudged insane and sent to Matteawan. The case attracted wide attention at tho time. Ship man was discharged from Matteawan In stitution recently and soon he will be p'accd on trial. MANITOBA BUYS TELEPHONES Provincial Government Purrhnaes Bell System and Will Oper erate It. WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 1. Announce ment Is made by the provincial government that the Hell Telephone system In Mani toba hud been purchased by the govern ment. The price paid was $3,300,000. The government will assume control on Jan uary 15 and the system will be operated by a commission. HYMENEAL Ureyer-Isrnel. CEDAR FAL.LS. la., Jan. 1. (Special.) The marriage last evening In this city of Miss Sara Grace Israel, the younger daugh ter of the late Max Israel, and Mr. Samuel Dreyer of Chicago attracted a number of guests from Chicago, Aurora, 111., Fort Wayne, Ind., Iowa Falls and Waterloo. The officiating minister was Dr. 8. Kein schreiger of Davenport und the wedding was one of the most elaborate ever wit nessed In this city. DIPLOMATS' OPTIMISTIC VIF.WS Continental Ministers Think Year Will Re One of Serenity. BERLIN, Jan. 1. The Ixkal Anzleger today publishes a series of Interviews with tho AmbussudoiH in Berlin of tho United States, Great Britain, Spain, France, Aus tria, Hungary and Turkey and the minis ters represented most of the other na tions of the world, relative to the condition of international relations at the beginning of the yer 1308. Charlemagne Tower, the American am bassador said: "It gives me great satisfaction to be ablo to declare that the long standing good re lations between the I'nlted States and Germany have become closer. If possible, during the last year, as a .result of the efforts of both governments. The under standing reached between the American tariff commission and representatives of the German government has resulted In an agreement which will facilitate commerce and it Is to he hoped that the trade rela tions of the two nations will expand and strengthen on the basis of this agreement. "The exchange of German and American professors, an outcome of an idea of Em peror William has had a stimulating effect In the culture and science and has brought the learned men and the students of Germnny and the I'nlted States Into closer touch. As n result there has grown up a better mutual understanding of the peculi arities of each people and the Idea of the emperoro In which he Inaugurated this movement thus has been fulfillment. "The other diplomats whose views are quoted all entertain the most satisfactory opinion concerning the outlook for this ypar." KAISKICS t.OOII WII.I. TO TEDDY w Year's Heerptlon at Berlin At tended by Diplomats. BERLIN. Jan. 1. -Emperor William and the empress received today the New Year congratulations of the ambassadors ac credited to Rerlin. In response to the fe licitations offered by Ambassador Tower his majesty sent his good wishes for the New Year to President Roosevelt and the American people. In the course of his fun- versatioii the emperor reproached Mr. I Tower pleasantly for having announced hip i Intention of n-signlng. lie said he would ! detain Mr. and Mrs. Tower In Germany at I least until after yachting week at Kiel, the end of June, and he Invited the ambassador and his wife to come to Kiel. Mr. and Mra. Tower gave a reception to I I the American colony In Berlin this after- ; noun. Several huntlred persons were pres- Hit. t'ualrr BanUa Are Firm. BROKEN BOW. Neb.. Jaji. l.-(Hpeclal ) The total di posits of the Punter county banks Is almost H. '.(" und the rash re serve of thtso banks is more than ivy.ooo The exact figures show 41 4 per cent of the total deposits to be held In cash at the time tlie statements were made. There are twenty tanks In Custer county, of wldcli seventeen ate m.t.1 liji.ka und thre. art tiutlutial I a::ks. The amount of cash reterve required of state bunks is 15 per cent of the total d,-osiUi, while the reserve of tiie national banks muat be iu jar cent of the total dvpuait. OMAHA IX BEST YEAR City Faces Cycle of Greatest Develop ment, is Popular Belief. GAINS GREAT IMPETUS FB0M 1907 Business Men Sure It Will Reach 200 000 Population in 1910. MUCH BUILDING IS NOW GOING ON Harriman is Expected to Erect Union Pacific Headquarters. DWELLINGS FOR THOUSANDS MORE Relief In Congestion of Homes for Worklna Pele Vital Klement In Reckoning- on Plana for tha Katnre. t nle.s Otnahans are rainbow chasers and have mistaken shadow for substance, the year of 1W will be the best year for steady business, Increase of population and growth of industries in tho history of the city, in the J'idgment of conservative business men. Omaha has wagered that Sofl.ooo persons will be making homes in Omaha In just two ears from the present dav. An.1 Omaha expects to win. its there Is more work to do In the city than ever and plans are mndo for Industries which will give nn army of workers an opportunity to ninke moiey In the city and the workers come wherever work Is needed. More workers mean more homes nnd some 1,500 more homes meuns a population of SUO.noO. That'g the solution. Almost icou Individual residences were built during 1W, which makes room for 1,(X0 more families. Already there Is a prospect that rents will decline been us of the large number building new homes, and unless the houses vacated fill up at once a slump In rents Is expected. Diagnosis of the Cnse. Keeling tho pulse of Omaha on New Year's day, the case Is diagnosed some thing like this: "Money is flowing through the arteries and veins and the banks have plenty of more to pump In when needed. "Real estate for Improvement nnd Invest ment Is !n such demand that the savings and loan associations cannot supply money fast enough to build homes and make Im provements. "Business outlook with the wholesalers suggests stationary conditions for about four weeks, when the spring business will open ln good shape. "Grain will begin to pour Into Omaha at once and continue until trains are actually blockaded by storms, almost a whole year's crop being yet In the country. "Building pluns have never been more extensive, and when spring opena an aver age of more than $,W.noo per day will be spent for building material and labor. "Prospects are bright for a boat Hue on the Missouri liver, which will enable Omaha manufacturers to bring In raw ma terial by wuter and ship out by the same route, reducing the cost of transportation to nnd from the seaboard to about one seventh of the rail rate." While 13"7 was a record breaker In many lines. It is said to be down In history ns the "Greut Year of Talk." Experts of trade misjudged the situation, but the eyes of Omaha business men are open to the real trend of events scheduled to take place during the con-lug twelve months. Army of Trade Kvnngela. Not Intoxicated with the talk of big pros perity, an army of Omaha traveling men leave for their "runs" Thursday and Frl duy, wtiile a few will not jump Into the harness until Monday. Rut things will fly when the "boya" get into the field. Many of the wholesale houses have given dinners and held meetings to talk the general situa tion over with their men. When the con sensus of opinion was taken, almost every traveling man 111 Omnha voted "Things ara bully." Many promlned to get more orders than a yeur ago. Just to "show up ths calamity howlers," and no such a well trained army eVer entered the Held aa will embark from Omnha during the next few days to keep the promises they have made to the houses they represent. Now that tho holidays are over and tha banking situation Is In normal condition, the club of fifty business men, organized In October for tho promotion and encourage ment of Industries, Is expectpd to do some definite work to secure cereal mills, which they declare are as much needed to go hand In hand with the gram market as the packing houses were needed to Join with the live stock market and make the most of the resources of the surrounding territory. Factory Town of the West. Figures for the year of i:i7 proved tha possibility of Omaha becoming the factory town of the west. With coul already com ing to the city at a low rHte, tho promised steamboat lines will make fuel even rheaper. while the loup river power pro ject, should It materialize, will furnish power to hundreds of factories. Far years It has been said, "Omaha sella everything to the territory surrounding It," but during KM business men declare It will be said, "Omaha makes everything and buys everv kind of raw material produced in the territory " Hope exists that the Cnlon Pacific Rail road company will erect the new headquar ters building during the year. The build ing will cost utmost II, ",(. Just how Mr. llarrlman feels about the financial situa tion Is recorded In an euatern magazine, which quotes the railioud magnate aa fol lows: "This l: going to have some effect on grncrui bun Incus during the early part of 1!hK, but I am not at all worried about the outlook. As a result of the panic aome shrinkage has taken place, but no more than will do good. It will make It possi ble to secure cheaper bibor and cheaper money, for there will be less demand for both." Hanker Looks for Building;. "Mr. Harriman is very likely to take ad vuntag" of the situation ami erect the of fice building during the coming year," said an Omaha banker. "I believe he la right and there la rciiuni to believe steady Im provement of railroad properties will go ahead when splng opens." Rut plans have been made for some tJ.bOO,. () of new buildings without mentioning the Colon Pacific building. Many of them have been started. Home of the larger ones are: George H. I e Incubator factory, six stories, 30x132. .1100,000 St. Joseph s llohpital North wli.g 2,V).0"iO Northwestern Freight Depot Duplicate vi one i i; t ino., ti. 1 10(,'J0! Frank M W . k.f -Three-Htory u it-i o.ent houric, F.lgh- teentii and J-i-ltson IX. 00 National Printing Company Five stories, 44x13.:, Twelfth and Hor de W.OUk
