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HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 190S. X NEWr OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office 15 Scott Street WARM FICnT AT ELECTION Democrat! Appear to Think They Have a Show to Win. KO i APPARENT BASIS FOB HOPE Considerable Opsjoaltloa Has Dewel oped te the Scfceol Tea Prewoal ttoa, Mur Talukla Taxes Arc Already Toe High. Mors than ordinary Interest appears to hsve been aroused over, the school election to be held today and republican and demo rrnU alike are preparing for active work At the poll. There ! no doubt but that the democrat are fostering some hop for the election of their candidates, because of a supposed split among tho republican over the superintendent of achoola. That some dissatisfaction with the policy of the superintendent of achoola baa arisen In cer tain quarter haa been manifested recently, but It Is doubtful If It la of such Importance as to hare any effect on the result of the election today. There seems no reason why the two republican candidates, J. P. Hess and N. P. Anderson, should not be re-elected by safe majorities. Mr. Hess has served several terms on the board, one as president, and Is thoroughly familiar with the needs of the public schools of the city. He Is progressive In his Ideas and It waa mainly due to his efforts that manual training was estab lished In the Council Bluffs schools. Mr. Anderson's experience as a contractor and builder has been of Invaluable assistance ... to the board and hla place as chairman of the committee on buildings and grounds would be hard te fill. His experience In - his line of business' has. It is generaly . - conceded, been the means of aavlng much .expense In the repairing of school build ings and erecting additions to them. Harry J. MeGee, the republican candl , , date for school treasurer. Is a well known ,,, business man,; who has been a citlsen of Council Bluffs since 1871 As a, man of I family he has always taken an active In , terest In the schools of the city and his ., many friends anticipate his election today i,, by a handsome majority. 1 ' Opposition ta School Levy.- There 1s little doubt but there will be more or less opposition to the proposition to levy a tax of 3),000 for additional school room In the eastern part of the city. Last year a tax of $20,000 was voted for a new school In the western part of the city and ' there are many who oomplaln of the al- ready high rate of taxation. At the same .- time those familiar with the situation " realise the necessity In the near future of additional facilities for the school children of that section of the city lying east of the ' Pierce street school. x The proposition upon which the people v will be asked to vote today Is as follows: Shall there be levied upon the taxable property of the Independent school district of Council Biuffs a tax of M).000 for the school house fund for the purpose of pro viding further acnool rooms for the accom modation of achool children in the eastern fait of the city, and to procure an addt lonal site. If necessary, the site, It a new one is procured, to be one other than what Is known as the 'Cluusen" property? Federal Conrt Today. The March term of United States court will be convened tomorrow by Judge Smith McPherson. The grand Jury will be 1m pannelled Tuesday, but the trial Jury Is not summoned until Wednesday. , There are a number of Important cases on the docket, but It is not known whether they will oome to trial at this term. Judge McPherson is expected to decide whether tho suit brought against the Standard Oil company and others for the deaths of Mrs. Ines Chapman, and three daughters re sulting from an explosion of kerosene oil Books That Book Business Tor Shoe Men trows (thee Company's Illustrated "Hlstarr of the White House" Is Maklagt Bl Basin ess for the' Retailers. - has. tkos. jFrrzatoBT, vi r&xs. tho. nrmuon. ,i, ) On of the must original and effective business makers for shoe retailers that has buen brought Mil In many years, Is now te- Ing offered to "White House" customers by . the Brown Shoe Company, of 8t. Louli tho . most progressive and up-to-date manufa? turers of high-grade footwear In America. t-Thla firm la always on the lookout for bust- neas-gettlng advertising Ideas for the bene fit of lis customers, and for this purpose hss recently Issued .'ry interesting little ''publication entitled, "i"li Hlatory of the 1 V-lilt iliouw,'' which It wishes to place in v the hands of all shoe dealers throughout , , the country. The books come In four hadsomely bound and printed volumes, are beautifully lllus- t re led and coutaln a complete and Inter- - esttng history of White House life from ' Washington's time to the present. Accu rals reproductions of fsmous lwlmlngs and photographs of Presidents and their wives ,,. are , shown, and Interesting bits of gossip ; about 'the various occupants of the Fresi vr drnt's Mansion, traditions and stories are retold In an entertaining manner. These books are furnished free by the Brown 8lioe Company, to the trade, who In turn give them sway to their patrons. .'With eat h supply the Brown Shoe Com y pany also rends an attractive colored . poster to be hung In the store, which sets forth that the merchant will give one J- volume of the M-agage to ea'h turchaor i of a pair of White House Shoes. In this volume Is the notation that the remaining three volumes of the set may be obtained - by I forwarding 10 cents to the Brown ;bhoe Company In St. Louis. For the bene fit of those who do not happen to be rondy at thlei time to purchase a pair of -'shoes.' the Brown Shoe Company states i: that H will send the entire set, postpaid, , on the receipt of Si cents In stamps or silver. The BroWa Shoe Company reports that a very largo number of ita customers have already taken advantage of the oppor tunity to profit by thia high-grade ad . vertUlna. and that all these dealers state - that the books have proved remarkably effective In bringing customers Into the store. The demand for these books Is constantly Increasing, and more and more people In every town are being made con . verts to the superior White House line of . rhr.rs by tha cUvsr advertising of this excellent f 'Hit wear which la contained In this Interesting little publication. The Brown bhoe Cumgiuiy wishes every shoe 'dealer In the country to take advan tage of this remarkably profitable oppor tunity, as the new trade which will be , cured to merchants everywhere by the illustrated "History of the White Houii" will be Invarinbly kept by the high qual ity of tho White - House Shoe, and the taraiUJul satUfacuon jWhKU they give I v -rprr. ' ""1; ' ' f s ".-,.. ., ; BLUFFS Both 'Phones 43. at Plsgah, Is., Is to be tried so fsr as the Standard Oil company is concerned In the federal court here or In the district court at Logan, wheer the action waa begun. A temporary Injunction restraining further prosecution of the suit In the Harrison county district court waa Issued soma time ago by Judge McPherson and the heearlng Is expected to com up at this term on the application of the Standard Oil company for a permanent restraining order. Judge Macy of the district court denied the peti tion of the Standard Oil company for a transfer to the United States court. In this suit $20,000 Is asked for the death of Mrs. Chapman and $10,000 each for the death of her three children. Another matter to come before the Court at this term Is the petition of creditors to declare the firm of J. L. Maurer & Co.. conducting general stores In Vllllsca and Webster City, this state, and Schuyler, Neb., bankrupt. William Amd of this city was recently appointed - receiver of the firm. ARRAXGINO FOR TAFT BANQUET Accommodations Provided for Two - Handrea Forty. Cards announoing the annual banquet of the Commercial club to be held Tuesday evening, April T, at the Grand hotel, at which Secretary of War Taft will be the guest of honor, are being sent out by Sec retary Reed. General Granville M. Dodge will preside as toaatmaater, and besides Secretary Taft the speakers will be Hon. Lafayette Toung of Des Moines, Charles A. Dickson of Sioux City and Congressman W. I. Smith of this city. According to present plans the-banquet will be for U0 persons and the plates have been set at U. The committee In charge has prepared a diagram of the banquet hall showing the seating arrangements. At the south end of the hall will be the table for the speakers while the remainder of the guests will be seated at forty-one round tables, which will extend Into the hall way and ordinary. These tables will be arranged to accommodate six persons and those desiring to be seated together can so arrange by communicating with Secretary Seed. MINOR MKIfTION. Davla, drugs. Stockert sells carpets. Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer. For Sale cheap, vacant lot, 609 8. 8th St. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 97. Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. 339. For rent, unfurnished rooms, 231 Main St, Cameraa and photographic supplies, Alexander's Art store," 833 Broadway. ENROLL IN WESTERN IOWA COL LEGE. A "SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY." Free! See the pictures we are giving away to purchasers of frames for them. Alexander s, 333 Broadway. We save your clothes. Get wise and call up 314, both 'phones. The change will do you good. Bluff City Laundry. B. 8. Maben of Grlswold, secretary of the Iowa State Bible society, will meet with the Ministerial association at its session this morning. Tou can get better coal for less money from William Welch, 1 North Main. The reason why is because he sells for cash. Both 'phones 128. Yard 'phone. Bell 977. John W. Blake of Atlantic, Cass county, notified his democratic friends in this city yesterday that he would be a candidate at the state convention In Cedar Kaplds for delegate to the national convention in Den ver from the Ninth congressional district. The West nd Improvement club has ap pointed a -committee, consisting of Presi dent W. H. James and Secretary C. C. Clifton, to wait upon the street railway company with a request that pupils of the hjgh school be granted a round-trip fare of 6 cents from any point In the city. The funeral of Louis Beckman, the North western railroad section hand who was killed In the local yards Saturday morning, will be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon from Cutler's undertaking rooms. Burial will be In Wslnut Hill cemetery. Dr. V. L. Treynor has decided that an Inquest is un necessary. . The entertainment committee of the Coun cil Bluffs lodge of Elks, is arranging the program for the annual "stag" social, to be held Friday evening of this week. On Wednesday evening Coleman and Nourse will give another concert at the clubhouse, to which members are. Invited to bring their wives. The Ladies' Missionary society of the First Congregational church will meet ThutBday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. H. Bloomer, 729 First avenue. The class for Christian culture will meet Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock In the church par lors. The midweek service will be held Wednesday evening at 7:o o'clock In the lecture room. The choir will meet for 'e hearsal Friday evening In the lecture room at & o'clock. Word has been received here that the Dally Democrat of Atlantic, Caas county, will make Its appearance today as a re publican newspaper. The publisher Is Charles F. Chase, who ia well known In this city, having at one time been associated with the nuw defunct Council Bluffs Globe. Mr. Chase was until recently a strong Cummins man, but It Is announced that hla paper, on becoming republican, will support Senator Allison. The body of Wilbur B. Mason, who died July 17, 19"6, In St. Louis, and waa buried in Sullivan, MO., will be disinterred and brought to this city next Sunday for burial In the family lot In Falrvlew cemetery. Mr. Mason, who was 80 years of age, served through the Philippine campaign as a memDer or company L,. Klrst Nebraska volunteers, and the funeral next Sunday, which will be held from Woodrlng's under- taxing rooms, win ne in charge or Com pany L. Mr. Mason left a widow, who re sides In Benson, Neb., and a mot hoc. Mrs. L. Mason, who resides at 70s South Eight eenth street, Omaha. The family formerly iivra in council rwuris. Allison Forres Tarry Taft. ATLANTIC, la-, March 9. (Special.) The township primaries were held yeaterdny all over Cass county to select delegates to attend the county convention here next Saturday. There were some spirited fights over the delegates to be selected, the progressives and standpatters making strenuous efforts to control each delega tion. In many of the townships, however, there was no fight and the Allison men defeated Instructions for Cumins in all but three of the precinct where the fight waa made. The complexion of the dele gates selected to the county convention on the senatorial question Is overwhelmingly in fsvor of Allison and his friends will con trol the convention next Saturday. W. A. Dowell of near Cumberland has announced hla candidacy for the office of representa tive In opposition to John W. Scott. Mr. Dowell la a progressive and a brother of Senator Dowell of Polk county. His entry Into the fight will make a warm campaign out of what hitherto had been expected to be merely a test of popularity of the vari ous candidates, a the contest for represent atives at once aligns the progressives and standpatters In battle. GOOD NEWS FOR POOR PEOPLE Diamond Monopoly ' May Dissolve aad the Sparklers Became Cheaper. LONDON, March 9. There Is a probaWl Ity, according to the Dally Mall, that the Diamond monopoly win be - brikta tip througn the nonrenewal at the contra t which expire thla month between the Pre mier Diamond Mining company and the Diamond syndicate which hitherto has taken the output of both the Premier had the De Beer companies. In case the eon- tract 1 not renewed war will be declared by the Premier company against the Di Beer. SEEDS FILLED WITil WEEDS One Canie Why Iowa Fields Have Speckled Appearance. STATE BOARD IS INVESTIGATING Sympathy Expressed for Dr. Mae Dlarmld awe Dope ef Shrewd Man. Ia Bauahlagr Bsslnes at Marshall town. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DEH MOINES, March 9. (Special.) While a committee of the State Board of Agricul ture Is Investigating to ascertain what weeds are prevalent In the state and what weeds are doing the greatest amount o' damage, the 8tate Food and Dairy Commis sioner' department is busy examining sam ples of seeds from all sections of the state to determine their purity. IL R, Wright, the commlss'oner, haa as sistants busy doing nothing but examine samples of seeds which are sent to him. Much of this seed I that kept at store for sale for seeding purposes and much of It la found to contain a very high per cent of weed seed. Clover seed, especially, which Is always scarce and hard to get Is found to be filled with weed seeds. Often times It I purposely adulterated, but most often it I believed to contain weed seed simply because It Is taken from fields which are filled with weeds. It takes about eight pounds of clover seed to seed an acre of lar.3. Clover sead costs 20 cents or more a pound and to Is ex pensive. When a farmer buys clover seed which Is half weed seeds and dirt ha In reality pays 20 cents for half a pound or 40 cents a pound. He is not only robbed on the price, but his field is filled with weeds. There are samples of clover seed fre quently received at the state food and dairy commissioner's office which are half weed seeds and dirt. There are samples there which contain a large amount of quack grass, which has proven so damaging tj farms in northern Iowa. In some care In northern Iowa this quack grass has spread over entire farms, making It Impossible to raise anything till the weed Is killed out and It haa cost as high a $20 an acre to kill It out. Weeds Kot Native to Stale. A committee of the State Board of Agri culture headed by ex-Governor Packard of Marshalltown has discovered that most of the weeds that are now causing the farmers of Iowa so much trouble have spread over tho state during the last twenty years. Thoee causing the most damage are weeds that are not native to the state, but have been brought In. Many of tho worst of these weeds made their appearance only a decade ago and are now found In every section of the state. It Is therefore necessary to get to work t stamp the weeds out at once. Commissioner H. R- Wright has mailed to every newspaper In the state a card call ing attention to the agricultural reM U and the necessity for vigilance In killing out the weeds. This card says concerning the law: "It prohibits the sale of seeds con taining quack grass, Canadian thistle, wild oats, the dodders and corn cockle. Stand ards of purity and viability are fixed which the seeds must attain, or falling which the lots of seeds must, when sold, bear labels showing the names and percentages of im purities. The absence of such label Indicates that the seeds are up to the standards and true to name. The sale of seeds not up to standards and not properly lare'el it of seed containing quack grass, etc Is pro hibited under penalty of $100. "Samples may be sent to the undersigned for analysis, for which the law fixes a fee of 60 cents each. Samples have already been received showing fifteen different kinds of weeds present In an aggregate of 38 per cent by weight, and samples hsve been sent In from dealerw for in spection showing more than 0 per cent of Impurities. The purchase of such seed would double the cost of the seed, to say nothing of the injury resulting from the sowing of the weed seeds. The buyer should insist upon a guarantee from his seed dealer that the seed complies with the standards of the statute." When the samples are received by the department it Is put through sieves of various sizes to separate the seeds. Most of the separation can be done In that way. Weed seeds of the same slxe as the grain are then further separated from the sam ple by picking It over. In that way all the Impurities can be removed. The vital ity of the seed Is, however, also an Im portant feature, and this is determined by other means. Sympathy for MsrDlsrmld. Officials who nave come in contact with Dr. Stuart B. MacDlarmld, the Omaha man who is under arrest for Illegal banking in the Green Mountain Savings bank, of which he was president, are beginning to feel considerable sympathy for the young man. Dr. MacDlarmld Is a physician and 1 M years old, though he looks to be 36.' He was a practicing physician in Omaha be fore Collins got him to go Into the banklrlg business. i In the examination of MacDlarmld in the preliminary trial at Marshalltown It de veloped that MacDlarmld had simply done everything that Collins had asked him to do regardless of what It was. Now Mao Dlarmld la held to the grand Jury and Collins is at large, as Is also Miss Edwards, the auditor. As MacDlarmld tells the story, Collins came to him and told him if he would act as president of some banks he waa about to start he would make him worth $100,000 In ten years. MacDlarmld professed to know nothing about banking, but Collins told him that didn't matter and that all he had to do was to visit the towns where they would start banks and let the people know that he was president of the bank. He said that Miss Edwards, the auditor,. ympsffigs El'mrsfSenna Cleanses the System Ej tect uaUy.Dispcls Colds and tleaA aches dao to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts Iruly as a Laxative. De&t forMenvt)tnen and CKild' ren-Vbunand Ola, 1o et its iieneficial Effects Always buy tke Genuine wlucli lias ihe full I name of The Lorn- pany CALIFORNIA pa Syrup Co. by Mvuaa 2 oaujucturoL printed on the front ef rery package. : SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUCGIST& would tend to the technical part of the bank work. Then they started three bank and Mac Dlarmld spent his time traveling from one bank to the other. Collins Instructed the hotel at Marshalltown to give MacDlarmld anything he wanted. Including money, and they did. MacDlarmld lived In magnificent splendor, with utter childlike confidence In Collins. He even signed in blank twenty one certificates of deposit on the Green Mountain Savings bank and gave them to Collins. It haa developed, that Collins filled these out for amounts In the neigh borhood of $2,(100 each and ha been trying to negotiate their sale, but thus far has not succeeded, j Warrants are out for the arrest of Col lins and Miss Edwards, the auditor of the three banks, but their whereabouts has not been discovered thus far. Collin acted only a a humble stockholder In the thres hanks. EVPOHSK JAMIE'ON FOR CONGRESS Democrats ef Paare Coaaty Take Actloa at Clarlada Meeting. SHENANDOAH, la.. March .-(8peclal.) One of the biggest democratic mass con ventions held In Page county for a good many year waa the one at Clartnda Fri day afternoon. It wa a mas convention nd wa called for the purpose of select ing twelve delegates and twelve alternate to the state convention at Cedar Rapid on March 26, and to confer about a county ticket and other matter. ' Knox Alexan der wa chosen chairman of the meeting and Editor Robinson of the Page County Democrat was chosen secretary. The following twelve delegate were chosen. W. D. Jamleson. J. J.- Reddy, J, J. Dun negan, J. J. Doty, Thomas W. Keenan, Maxie Jewet.t, O. B. Holton, William Qulst, W. L. Annan, 8. A. Gllllhan, N. W. Kline and H. H. Murphy. The following are the twelve alternates chosen: John A. Peterson. J. R. Ratekln. G. W. Peterson, L. T. Falk. H. H. Brockman. nenry Annan, Sam Mann. William Good man, J. B. McNerney, Perry Darby, D. Tharpe and Riley McCllntock. Following the selection of delegates and alternates was a discussion relative to the county candidates, snd It waa decided to talk over the general situation and select a county ticket and have the petition un der the new primary law made out and signed right there and the following were selected by this convention as the can didates on the county ticket, the petition being signed t.p: Representative P, C. Darby. Treasurer J. H. Drlftmler. Sheriff W. L. Annan. County Attorney Fred Fischer. Auditor O. B. Holton. Recorder Frank Fox. Surveyor Fred Cain. Coroner A. H. King. Supervisor (term beginning January 1, 190ft) A. W. Murphy. Supervisor (term beginning January, 1910) F. N. McCurdy. This seemed to be about the only prac tical course to be pursued by the minority party when It , la In a great minority, as It Is In this eounty. It requires forty signatures to petition In this county to get any place on the primary ballot. The following resoluttona were passed unanimously after endorsing Bryan: Resolved. That the county convention here assembled does hereby heartily en dorse tho candidacy of Senator W. D. Jamleson for congress, knowing that hla every act in the state senate has been for the people and against all corporate and railroad abuses, he having been In strumental In enacting Into a law the Joint freight rate bill, the 2-cent passenger rate and other i reform measures which have been of so great material Interest to the people of Jowa. We heartily com mend the action of the township com mitteemen In the resolutions In which they endorse the candidacy of Sensator Jamle son at their meeting on February 18. Resolved. That we hereby endorse J. J. Dunnegan of Fage county as a delegate to the national convention, knowing him to be a democrat worthy of honor. Resolved, That we heartily endorse Dr. J. W. Reynolds of Creston. Ia., aa a mem ber of . the state committee from this (Eighth) district. Iowa News Notes. MARSHALLTOWN The annnual elec tion of the Independent school district of this city will be held Monday. There is no opposition to the re-election of L. C. Abbott and T. I. Wassen, present members of the board. biONEY-The democrats of Fremont county will hold a convention In Sidney, Marcli 16, tor the purpose of selecting tnir teen delegutes to the state convention in Cedar Kaplds, March M. The democrat of Fremont are tor Bran. SIDNEY The Sun of Sidney, which set last fall, has risen again, with the name of Owen P. Stewart as editor and pub lisher. The bun Is republican In politics and leans toward the progressive wing of the party. It is a singular fact that while Fremont la a democratic county, only one of its eight newspapers, the Sidney Herald, la democratic , MARSHALLTOWN-James Lancaster of this city yesterday filed suit for $10,000 against James Ferneau, a contractor and house-mover, who lives here. Lancaster's petition alleges that he lost a hand by hav ing It crushed under a building which Fer neau was moving in Indian Harbor, Ind.. last October. Ferneau is charged with neg ligence In not safeguarding his employe. SHENANDOAH Wednesday morning of last v week tho wedding of Miss Olinda Schwarts to Mr. Clyde O. Wiles took place at the nome of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Schwarts, In the country near this city. The ceremony waa performed by Rev. G. A. Hendrlckson, pastor of the Christian church at Bedford. These young people are well known in this community and will go to housekeeping at once near lorktown. FORT DODGE Fort Dotige Is to have another plaster board factory. One of the gypsum plaster companies operntlng in this city has announced that It will put up a new plant this summer having a capac ty of many thousands of boards per day. This plant will be the second of Its kind near this city. Plaster board Is used as a sub stitute for lath In building operations. It is said to be having a wide use becausj or the present scarcity of wood. The present plaster board factory and the one to be built will take the plaster from the mills as soon as it Is manufactured. SHENANDOAH C. D. Gordon pf Oska lnosa has been In this city for two or three days making preliminary arrangements for the establishment of a new Iron foundry here. He has negotiated with Mr. Ed Welch for a piece of the lattfir's ground near the Wabash depot, and will erect a large brick building on It for the works. When he frets his building completed and hla business started he will employ from eight to ten men. There la a big local de mand In Shenandoah among our factories for the product of Iron foundries, and a food deal of the business will be secured rom out of town. Mr. Gordon expects to get the business in operation within a com paratively short time. MARSHALLTOWN Nelson Wlnans. a former street railway employe and business man of this city, his brother, Fenton Wl nans, and the latter's wife, of Chicago, were arrested vesterday at Elgin. III., on a charge of shoplifting. When their baggaxe was searched several hundred dollars' worth of dry goods and merchandise belonging to retail stores of Elgin, Aurora, Freeport. Galesburg, Onlncy and Kankakee. I1L, and Janesville, Wis., .and Keokuk. Ia.. were found. Nelson Wlnans confessed. The men sre being held In iail in default of $3,000 bail each. The woman was released on rash ball of HO0. Nd.on Wlnans, It was learned todav, left here In company with his brother, Fenton. and the latter's wife a little more than ten davs ago. Friends here received word from him from Keokuk. Qulncy. Galesburg. Aurora and Elgin. He formerly was nronrietor of a groeerv stnre rear the 8ldler' Home. He has a wife and two children living here. FORT PODGF Ths Fiftv-slxth regiment, town Na'lonal Guard hsnd of th' 'ity haa teen chosen the nfflclsl brd from the T'nl'e1 States to play st th Dominion fair at Calaarv. Algeria Cansda, Jnv 4 to . Inciurlve. The Canadians chose th e mu-lrs,! orranlastlon aft-r roniderln msnv of the beet rmislrat o-ganlst'ons of tfce ror'hwr.f. The Flftv-slxth rer'nvnt bsnd w--r t- In dinsnr.ie snd to St. Ixiu's "n ss ts official band for the Modern Wood". J'e cause of the Calcsrv trl" to he sk" w the band, the lonveat t'l" r"inrier hsve ever t-r the stste nvl't'a ene m -meet will r-obably be fostpen d ur.tll the band's return. - (' OMAHA IS GROWING BETTER . A. Benton Sajt Every Say Sees Better Moral Sentiment. FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESS Philosophical Society Hears Address oa Law Eaforremeat la Omaha aad the New Coadl tlens. That Omaha Is a cleaner and better city morally every day It grows older and has made the most remarkable progress toward the mlllenlum of law enforcement during the last five years waa the state ment of E. A. Benaon before the Philo sophical society Sunday afternoon when speaking on "Law Enforcement In Omaha." Twice a republican candidate for mayor of Omaha, Mr. Benson has Investigated t.ie moral atmosphere .of the city and ay there la absolutely no desire to re turn to the "wide open" policy under any administration and that not one tenth of the voters, would favor the Sun day saloon and wine room theater which were permitted In the city only a few year ago. He believes that the closing of the cribs and Arcade in the proscribed district will greatly lessen the social evil, regardless of those who hold that the same amount of crime will exist and be scattered over the city. "The grand ' Jurr has just pointed out to us flagrant evils that still exist," he said. "The Jury says they can be abated by existing laws. Our officials are not expected to do Impossible things, but they have been shown that they can abate grave evils, and with the present moral sentiment of the community to urge them to their duty they dare not Ignore it and Omaha Is in the way for better things. Complex System of Laws. - "A city is the most complex of all hu man social organization and hence la governed by the most complex and varied laws.. The dally life of every citlsen la more or less Influenced by these com plex law. The community la affected In a thousand ways by them. Vice touches elbow to elbow with virtue, scholarship with Ignorance, personal interest and selfishness with public policy, so that the multitude of ,laws are hard to enforce, and many of them should not be enforced because of their Impracticability. Many of these laws were enacted when condi tions were materially different In the community. The city Is like a river made up of a thousand different cur rents. Localities are governed by their special environments and Interests and with ever changing plans and want a varied as the constituents comprising the whole organisation. Someone digs up an old and forgotten law, good In Its time, but which cannot be applied to the new conditions and demands its enforcement. Such laws should be repealed or left to the oblivion In which they have been burled No law Is made except by the wlli of the people. The man who vio la j a law Is not a good cltixen, but most men favor the strict adherence to Uwi and try to abide by them. There la fctcu reason to object to the enforce ment of obsolete laws. Law 1 the ex pression of the will of the people at the time the law waa enacted. But conditions are constantly changing. Laws to be ef fective should be made to meet existing conditions." The meeting was presided over by J. Edward Keyes, who began the afternoon meeting with a vocal solo, "The Lost Chord," which waa well rendered and sincerely applauded. Mr. Benson's address was frequently applauded, and upon its close a general discussion of Its' various topics waa had, many members and visi tors participating In the discussion. COMMUNISM PROVES FAILURE Dateh Experimenter Bays It I Im practicable When Applied ta the Masses. NEW YORK, March . Presenting his views on practical communism as a remedy for aoclologlc conditions before the Civic Forum at Carnegie hall tonight, Frederlk Van Eeden, the sociologist, poet and founder of the communist colony In Wal den, Holland, declared that common pos session of the soli was utterly worthless unless the community to which ' the soil belonged was well organised. Mr. Eeden said: "Private ownership In the hands of a good landlord Is eminently preferable to common ownership in the hand of a badly trained and poorly organized community. "Organisation, strict, powerful, function ating organisation, that Is the all-commanding condition of communism, and of land communism In the first place. In an absolutely perfect organisation to which the human race will perhaps adapt Itself In a thousand years, the idea of private property or possession will have lost Its meaning altogether." MAG00N IS BACK IN HAVANA People Give Him a Great Welcome Whea He Appears on the Street. HAVANA, March 9.-Governor Magoon arrived home this morning on the United States revenue cutter Hatuey. He was re ceived with a national salute from the guns of Cabanas fortress. This afternoon the governor rede In an automobile in the carnival recession through the Prado. being showered with confetti amid shouts of "Viva Magooa." 7M ' jm&M fffr. Always Backed ASEB Always Backed by Quality u i i i r i s x i J I 1 AA I I ., . . . . .. 1 should obviously mean, when it's beer talk, uniformly backed by the highest grade ingre dients that have a place in honest brewing f l kx'Hl I "0ulcl obviously mean, when its beef talk, But Quality talk Purity talk ii not the whole story. .There's that Blatz individual merit that is developed by the Blatz process alone, and which is, after all, the real reason why Blatz Beer is so peculiarly' satisfying and gratifying. Try any of the Blatz brands, whether on draught or in bottles, and i character and quality beyond btjAtb coarr asrr, ioa-io Doogu at., cor. Mother takes a Cascaret and baby gets the benefit It is easy to supply, in this natural way, all the laxative a baby needs. An' exclusive milk diet tend$ to conitipation with all of ns.. So does inactivity. Without exercise, without coarse food and fruit and trreen vegetables, our bowels are never active. Is it any wonder that nursing baby, who cannot yet walk, needs the help of a laxative? . All babies do, as you know. When baby grows older, his different foods will do what Cascarets 'do for the bowels. When baby can walk and play and be active, eiercise will take the place of a laxative. ' - But, until then, a gentle laxative Is almost a constant necessity. All mothers know that. . It isn't necessary to glva the laxative direct to tha ftsby. It is better If the mother takes it. , . Then the baby gets its laxative as part of its food. And the mother ia helped at the same time. But use nothing but Cascarets. , They are gentle and natural purely vegetable. No Irritation, no harsh Bess, no griping. Cascarets are candy tablets. They are sold by all druggists, but never In bulk.' Be sure to get the genuine, with C C C on every tablet. Tho price is 50 cenU, 23 cents and Ten Cents per Box. s FOUNDER OF REPUBLIC HERE William S. George, with Some Citi zens, Welcomed to Omaha. new nnnoB republic in west Beecess of Instltetloa ta New York Leads to Plan for Ranch oa Same Plan In Call ferata. William R. George, founder of tha, "Jun ior Republic of Freevllle, N. T.," with a party of "cltlsens," spent Sunday 'rnornlng In Omaha, leaving at noon for Ban For- nando, Cal., where the California Oeorge Junior Republic will be located. The party waa given an automobile ride around Omaha by Judge Lee 8. Estelle, Howard H. Baldrlge and Mogy Bernstein. The Oeorge party consisted of William It. Oeorge, Nathaniel L. Bedford, superintend ent of the new colony, and his wife, Mrs. Norcross and Harry Leroy, a crack athlete of the republic Among the cltlsens, whose ages range from It to 17 years, were nine boys and three girls. The boys were Hymen Schamen, Pittsburg; John Buckley, New York; John Livingston, Clnclnnatus, N. T.; Oeorge Bushbtl, Pittsburg; Ernest Hover, Perfleld, N. J.; Elmer Jones, Buffalo. The girls were Miss May Holsteln, Buffalo; Miss Jenny Llndfest, Newburgh, N. T., and Miss Blanch Lamont, Philadelphia. Mr. Oeorge said the work waa started In connection with juvenile court work and has been worked out until the colony at Fret-vllle I quite an institution and doing a world of good, some of the members leav ing to attend Cornell university and other institutions. "The - boys are all large enough to work, and a large farm or ranch will be operated which will nearly pay ex penses. President at Sixteen. "An organisation ef the boys is formed, the boy holding all the office, and the president of the republic is Elmer Jones, a lad of 16 summers," said Mr. Oeorge, who added that other states were" taking an Interest In the work and were planning to form organisations along similar lines. "The California Oeorge Junior Republic association of Los Angeles, Cat, waa In corporated in 1907, for the purpose of found ing a republic at San Fernando, Los An geles county, about twenty-two miles from the city of Los Angeles. The association owns and controls 100 acres of land and suitable buildings for the housing of the colony. "The colony wa started August IT, 1907 at the training school ' at Freevllle, and consists of nine boys and three girls, whose ages range from 14 to IS average is a housekeeper, the superintendent and hi wife. "Bedford I 23 year old, entered the Junior Republic at Freevllle at IS. ha been continuously in the employ of republics ever since, being assistant superintendent at Annapolis Junction, Md., 1908; Freevllle 1505 (J. and had charge of the work at Litchfield, 1908-7, and now goes to Cali fornia to take the uperlntendency of the ranch there." After the automobile ride, the "cltlsens" were taken to the Rome hotel, where Rome Miller gave the party a luncheon. Mayor Dahlman was sent for and made a speech of welcome, and Rome Miller also re sponded to calls from the cltlsens of the republic. Fearful fllanahter of deadly microbes occurs when throat and lung diseases are treated with Dr. King's New Discovery. 60c snd $1.00. Sold by Beaton Drug Co. Only He Per Boa, Bat, My How They work. Red Cross -- Cough Drops. Try them. you will De sure of a beer of i compare. wiOLiiixi dzilesi at, rnoue d. aeeg, oua u PROBABLY FATALLY STABBEff Row Between Austrian at Graalag Camp Has Berlon Re sults. Haying imbibed a qusnUty of "whlti lime," or alcohol, during the day Sunday, four Austrlana employed by KHpatrtcl Bros, at camp No. S. on the Lane cut-oft started a battle royal about o'clock last evening, and as a result 8. TurkuUe re ceived a probably fatal atab wound In tin abdomen and M. Blokovlch suffered a long cut over the right eye. The two men wh did the cutting, brother, Dan Detlltb alia M. Bertl, and Jovan Detllth. alia F. Tanok, made their escape toward Soutf Omaha. From the story told by Blakovlch It ai pears that 111 feeling had existed betweei Turkulja and Dan Detllth, aa the lattei had always assumed the role of bully oi the camp, and recently took a revolve) away from TurkuUa. The police tatlon waa notified Immedi ately following the scrap and Bmergencj Officer Hell and Police Surgeon Fltsglbbont drove to the camp. The wounded men war attended to and Turkulja was brought U Thirty-second street and the railroad track . on a switch engine, from where he was removed to a hospital in the police ambu lance. Officers went ' out after the two men charged with doing the cutting Monday morning, but up to a late hour they had not yet been captured. Turkulja' wounds were dressed by Police Burgeon Fltsglbbon and Dr. 3 C. Henry. He la In a aerlou condition. THE AMERICAN IDEA No Distinction on Account of Drcit at the St Regis, . . ' I . . REWORK'S HOME-LIKE HOTEL Recently, w are told, the manager et a fashionable restaurant refused to allow an Earl and hi Countess to eat In- the dining-room becauss they were not attlreX In regulation evening dress. It 1 a pleas ure to be able to state that auch snobbk. nesa doe no prevail In New York hotel restaurant. Even at the St. Regis, whlcr set the pace In matter of dress an etiquette, the wearing of a buslneaa sut4 bars no one from admission or service The business man who come to New Tork without an elaborate wardrobe ne4 have no misgiving. At the St. Regis h will get' quite aa good service and bt made to feel just aa much at home In hit business suit of an evening as though h wore the costume approved by eoclety. The St Regis is emphatically an Ameis lean hotel, and 1 conducted In accordance with American Idea. Confort Is tha key. note and homellkenesa Is the symphonj In this inviting palace of rest and re fresment. It Is an Ideal stopping plac for all who appreciate good living at t fair coat, a place where one always feeli at home. We are wont to say and think, "There's no place like home," but timet have changed alnce the old song wat written, and many have discovered that It Is possible to find elsewhere a place llk home In every good particular, but unllkt home In matter of cares and annoyances Such a place Is the St. Regis, New York. Whether you go to the metropolis foi a day or two on business, or for a weel or month on pleasure bent, make the Bt Regis your home. The restaurant chargei are moderate and a good room may bi had at M a day or one with bath at 15 (It for two persons), or a parlor, bedroom and bath for fit. moderate Price 10 'til ii Povclcr H, 000 (10 will be tm tat skftMiW bftnreubtrUnoeiisJur.uiuM h '""iH In 1 hinisTtL 'Vxt, Wlnslew Boetulng Cyru"i i WTIirrc 'lEKTHISrt. wiih PFKFECT prcf-ESiOf vT eXJTIIKBih('IMlA HrHf NKiueaCMS.AIjQTs sil pain i ruiiFS wink rou renii for IIAkhHiZA. Boll l.jr rsri wi in. worm, stirs ana s.s i-ir Mrs Wius t'w's H-j.thliiic Bjrur," sua Uks no o41,r kind. :T-r.v. cent, s ixitu, (hiisDt4 uudr the jut prnw A-t, Jim, KMb.ine. (t.TlT Knmr AN OLD ANI W&?L THliLli HhMXDXt ss. A Have your engraving done in 'Omaha no better work anywhere. Baker Bros. Engraving Co. Barker Block, Omasa, snd othar drag bsbtt sre poslMrelr eared br HSBIT1MA. Fur LyiMMlvruLlo . ulsrns iu4e sent to any drag habitue lr IWsaa maiL lu-iralar prlc. b DO par boula a A SCI3 I oar dntiKl.l or by mail la i-lals wreppar. elta caeaileal C e .. gt. Lewis. e.