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' VOL. XXX VII I NO. 243.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1 909 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE Cory TWO CENTS.
HOUSE DEBATES
OILSCHEDJE
Smith and Vreeland Deny that ' ' i
TWO HOUSES
God and Destiny
Call Castro to
Venezuela Job
NEW RAILWAY
MA1LD1V1SI0N
Senator Brown Expects to Get Bill
Through CongTess Establish
INBEADLOCK
Both Branches of the Legislature Not
tcrvailing Duty ii in Interest
of Standard Company. -
Agreed on the Physical
Valuation Bil!,
mer President Announces He Will
, tmplish Mission Even Though
-'it Involves Revolution.
ing One in Omaha.
PROTECTS SMALL PRODUCERS
SENATE WANTS ONLY RAILROADS
MORE INTEREST ON DEPOSITS
; 1 1 III II II I'll III
New York Man- Sayt He Acted at
Request of Constituents.
AIMED AT OIL FROM MEXICO
Free Oil Would Enable Refineri to
Cut Pricet of Crude Product.
SENATE BILL NEARLY READY
Finance (nmnit Mays t Can
' Itesort Within Three Dir
Will Try to Eliminate
I ndervalaatlona.
WASH1 NQTON, March 26. A voluntary
admission by Mr. Vreeland of New York
that he was to soma extent reaponaible for
tha retention In the Payne tariff Mil at the
countervailing duty on oil was the crimax
of the day a discussion of the tariff In the
houae today. Mr. Vreeland had sat for
nome time and heard varloua lnalntiatlona
that that duty which aome have character
ized as- a "Joker," waa to be levied aolely
in the Interest of the Btandard Oil com
pany. This he denied and explained that
his action was In response to requests from
thousands of his oil producing constituents
and In behalf of 600,000 others engaged In
the same business. Tha debate on the oil
schedule called forth some bitter criticism
of the Standard Oil company by Mr. Kus-
termann of Wisconsin and .others.
In the course of the day numerous
speeches were made touching the tariff
question generally and many of the sched
ules In particular.
K aster man a oa OH Duties.
Mr. Kustermann of Wisconsin opposed the
countervailing duty on oil, which, ha ar
gued, had enabled the Btandard Oil com
pany to sell oil In England at from I to 4
rents a gallon less than In ths United
State. lie declared that he had received
positive assurance that that feature of
the Dlngley bill would be omitted from the
Payne bill.
"Tha people," he said, "were thus left
at the mercy of that ver-hingry monop
oly.". Reply In to Mr. Randall of Texas, Mr.
Kustermann !' ha waa not prepared to
state that tha position of John D. Rocke
feller in tha last election had something to
do with the oil schedule. If, he asserted,
any one wished to find a soul In the Btand
ard Oil company he would make a serious
mistake, . '
That no one for some time knew of the
presence In the Dlngley bill of the so-called
"oil Joker' was tha statement of Mr.
Cooper of Wisconsin. How It was put In,
tie Hutu., he did net know, "but . It was put
in with the Tinow1edge"of but a very few
members ot cither the house or senate."
Protect OH Prodaoer.
While declaring he waa not defending
the Btandard Oil company, Mr. Smith (Cal.)
said It had no advantage over others In the
refining of oil. lie argued that the pro
duction of crude oil In the t'nltcd States
was the business of the comparatively
small capitalist. Those producers, ha de
clared, needed the duty In order that they
might realise a fair profit. Not iRussla,
but Moxlcui he said, was the competitor
of the United States, and Mexico waa the
place where the Standard Oil company
would go to buy oil if the duty were taken
off, and leave the American oil producer
with his Wells shut down, lie Instated that
the duty In no sense was In the Interest
of the Btandard Oil company as a refiner
and transporter of oil, but was In the in
terest of the producer.
At thla Junoturs Mr. Vreeland (N. Y.)
rose and said that to aome extent he was
responsible for that duty In the Payne bill.
"I did it." ha declared, "In response to
requests from thousands of men la my
district engaged In producing oil. I did it
tn behalf of 6JJ0.00O American cltlsena en
gaged In producing oil every day of the
year. I did not do It In behalf of the
Standard OH company."
Tha bill was then laid aside and the house
adjourned.
senate Bill .rarly Ready.
Members of tba senate committee on
finance reasserted today that Uiey would
be ready to report a tariff bill whenever
the house passed the Payne bill. TheyH
were Informed that that time would not be
more than ten days or two weeks distant
In all probability, and Senator Aldrlch re
plied that the committee could be ready In
three days If necessary. With every day's
consideration of the Payne bill, the senate
committee Is Impressed with the fact that
it hews close to the lines of the Dlngley
Mil, and as a result the work of fhe com
mute is rouoh simplified. The changes to
be made tn the measure will be far fewer
in number than was at first anticipated.
Ths closest attention la being paid to the
administrative features of tha bill and an
especial effort will be made to avoid the
possibility of undervaluation of Imports
audi as caused disturbances a few years
, ago over the Importation of fin potteries
from Franc.
Another question which Is concerning the
finance committee Is the rearrangement of
schedules on related articles. Among tees
bis pig Iron and the manufactured prod
ucts of pig Iron. Under the Payne bill
soma fsar la expected that there la too
great a almllaxlty In the reductions of these
related articles, and that Instead of the
dost rod Importation of Iron In pigs the man
ufactured products may be Imported In too
great competition with American manufac
tures. While no agreement has been
leached by tha senate committee the In
dication la that the rats on ths manufac
tured articles may be somewhat Increased.
A proposition has been submitted to the
finance committee on ths subject of lumber
which mas received with some favor. It
provides for the free Importation of dimen
sioned lumbwr, but with tba continuance
of tha duty on cull logs from which lumber
of an Interior grada is manufactured.
l1iMUt and Waul.
Complaint also baa been filed with the
committee against the more than 100 ptr
cent lncra of duty oa cocoa and uhoco-
lata. Statements have ben submitted show
ing that coooa, and chocolate are being
used mur and mora every year as break
fast bvraga and that the 'ncreaaed duty
mill compel the consumer ta pay much more
for these articles.
While no agreement baa been reached re-
(Continued on Second Pag.)
Piiv March V Clprlann Castro, the
former president cf Venesuela, an4 tha
members of his party went to Bordeaux
today.
At the railroad station 8enor Castro con
fided to a small group of Venesuelan ad
herents and admirers his Intention of re
establishing his power In Veneiuela by a
revolution should this be necessary. After
entering the car, where he donned the
celebrated gold embroidered skull cap that
figured In every description of Castro when
he was an occupant of the yellow houae
at Caracas, the deposed president of
Venezuela leaned from a window and
apoke to "his countrymen with an earnest
ness and passion which left no doubt In
their minds that he was convinced that
he was another Napoleon returning from
Elba to reconquer his country.
"Like Francis I, all Is lost save honor,"
Castro declared.
"I am going back to Venesuela. My
country needs me and my mission Is
there."
In conclusion, Castro denounced as lies
the stories of his fabulous wealth, and
said tin was not even rich enough to re
main In Europe, where, furthermore, life
has no attraction for him. Ills Impas
sioned nature, he explained, yearned for ac
tivity and forced him again Into the
tumult. As the train pulled out of the
ststlon Castro's parting words were:
"I believe thst God and destiny call me
back to Veneiuela. I intend to accomplish
my mission there, even though It involves
revolution."
Thirty-One
Sentenced to
Death in Russia
Military Courts in Czar's Domain Are
Busy Condemning Political
Prisoners.
ST. PETERSBURG,, March 25. Twenty-
two death sentences passed upon political
prisoners were confirmed today by the
supremo military court. Fifteen of these
were convicted of an attempt to escape
from the Irkutsk prison when a prison
guard was killed.
At tha first trial the court-martial ac
quitted eight of sixteen, but the supreme
court set aside the verdict, and at the sec
ond trial all sixteen were sentenced to
death. One of the number, a woman, es
caped. The other prisoners, whose sen
tences were confirmed today, were con
victed of being implicated In a shooting
affray t Irbit-I -which. a palV:mad wjm
killed.
Death sentences also were Imposed on
two convicted persons at Klov, two at
Saratov and one each at Kharkov, Ufa,
Proskurov, Yekaterinoslav and Moscow,
making a total for the day of thirty-one.
Mrs. Yerkes Asks
for a Receiver
Widow of Street Car Magnate Also
Attacks Executor Owsley in
Petition at Chicago.
CHICAGO, March 25-Mary Adelaide
Yerkes, widow of the late Charles T.
Yerkes, today filed suit in the superior
court for the appointment of a receiver
for the Yerkes estate as well as to enjoin
Louis Owsley, executor of the estate, from
applying for letters testamentary In New
York City tomorrow. Mra. Yerkes also
asks the appointment of a trustee to handle
the estate until It can safely be turned over
to the trustees appointed under the will.
The bill in many respects is similar to
that recently disposed of in the probata
court, where Mrs. Yerkes was unsuccessful
In her effort to have Owsley discharged
as excoutor.
MARSHALL TO TRY HASKELL
I tab Jadge Will Preside at Hearing;
of Oklahoma Town Lot
v Cases.
MU8KOO10K. Okl March . Judge John
A. Marshall, United States Judge for ths
district court of Utah, has been named by
Judge Sanborn of the United State circuit
court of appeals, to preside at tho
trial of the cases of Governor Chsrles N.
Hask-v1 and other prominent Oklahomans
Indicted for the Muskogee town lot fraud.
Robbers Hold Up Occupants
of Pullman in Denver Yards
DENVER, March S&. Two highwaymen
entered a Pullman car In the Denver & Rio
Grande yards at West Denver early this
morning, held up the passengers, six In
number, and the conductor and porter and
got away with about 4400 In cash. The
only woman passenger, Mrs. N. H. Kui
sey of Boothbay Harbor,- Me., was not mo
lested. The car was part of Denver A Rio
Grand train No. 4, which was held up at
Military Junction a few weeks ago. The
train was several hour late In reaching
Denver and the passengers of the Pullman
sen not awakened, but ths car was backed
down Into the yards at West Denver.
About five minutes after the engine had
been detaobed James V. Bruce, the colored
porter was dragged out of his berth by two
masked men, who at the point of revolvers
marched him to Hi end of tl. car, threat
ening to kill him If he mad an outcry.
The smaller of tb two men then stood
guard over Bruce while the other man,
on by one, awoke the other occupants
of th oar, beginning with th conductor,
T. C. Mover; lined them up with tb por
ter and searched their clothe.
N. U- Husssy of Boothbay Harbor. Me.,
was robbed of $H9. Mrs. Huasey was sleep
ing In an adjoining berth, but. In response
to Mr. Husssy 's pleading, ah was not dis
turbed. William N. Wallace of Muscatine,
la, waa rUvd of (142; C. W. Griffey,
Congressman Martin Has a Bill to
Regulate Corporations.
AIMED TO PREVENT MONOPOLY
Also Proposes to Regulate the Capi
talization of Them.
TAKES QUESTION UP WITH TAFT
Flatht Over the Post mastership at
McCook Is flettled by Appoint
ment of ,on Cone Other
Matters at Capital.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Msrch . (Special Tele
gramsSenator Norrls Brown introduced
a bill today creating an additional division
in the railway mall service, with head
quarters at Omaha. It is understood the
hill has the support of the Postoffle de
partment and will In all probability become
a law at the next session, -
He also Introduced a bill to amend the
national banking laws which. If passed,
will give to the government Interest on
governmental deposits at 2 per rent, per
annum Instead of 1 per cent. Since May 27
last the government has collected over
SSOft.rtiO In Interest at 1 per cent on govern
ment deposits. If Senator Brown's bill Is
parsed It will bring to the government an
Income of at least $1,000,000 a year.
' Regulation of Corporations.
Representative Martin of South Dakota,
author of the resolution under which the
operations of the Beef trust were Investi
gated by the commissioner of corporations,
and later prosecuted In the federal courts,
has prepared a bill applying drastic regula
tions to Interstate corporatlons.
It is aimed particularly at those corpora
tions handling food and fuel supplies. It
provides that before a corporation shall
engine In commerce' between the states It
shall secure a license from the fedoral gov
ernment showing first that It Is not operat
ing In restraint of trade, that It la not a
monopoly and that it is not over capitalized.
Authority is given the secretary of com
merce and labor to examine the bonks of
all corporations, and In addition corpora
tlons are required to make annual reports
to the government. Representative Martin,
who has discussed the terms of the bill
with President Taft, said today:
"Close study of the corporate conditions
and the tendency toward unlawful com
binations has convinced nie that more ef
fective supervision of tha large corpora
tions engaged in Interstate commerce by
Way of federal regosvUoa Is necessury In
order to properly enforce our anti-trust
laws. There has been considerable clamor
from corporation sources for the repeal, or
radical modification of the antl-trast act
by amendments. My judgment is that what
we need In this line Is not a repeal, but a
more rigid enforcement of our anti-trust
laws. The amendments required should be
chiefly to compel observance of the law.
Make tha penalty for violation of the law
so severs that It would become more prof
itable for the corporations to do business
according to It than In violation of It.
"Public opinion at the present time ap
pears to be divided between some new
arguments that are developing to the effect
that we must have monopolies under our
present condition of commerce, and those
who hold to the old ideas that monopolies
ars vicious In our modern oemmercial con
ditions, as under the common law. I hold
to the old-fashioned Idea that free com
petition is as necessary in this day and
age as formerly and that private monopoly
In any form is vicious and against the best
Interests of the people."
MeCwik Postmaster Named.
The president sent to the senate' today
the nomination of Lon CAme as postmaster
at McCook, Neb., and J. W. Jarnagln as
postmaster at Cedar Falls, la.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska. Oook,
route 2, Daniel V. Piatt, carrier: John M.
Piatt, substitute; Indianola, route S Roy
Smith, carrier; Norman W. Baker, substi
tute. South Dakota, Artesian, route S, Lewis
A. Braa. carrier; Oscar A. Larson, substi
tute; Mount Vernon, route 8, Fred W. Hill,
carrier; Lorenzo, El Marple, substitute.
Andrew Fellentreter has been appointed
postmaster at Heck a. Hooker county, Neb.,
Tloe Charles C. Lee, resigned.
First Lieutenant James 8. Kennedy,
medical reserve corps, Is relieved from duty
at Port Omaha, effective upon the arrival
of Major L. Ollohrlst, medical corps, at
that post, and will then proceed to Port
Sam Houston for duty.
general manager of the Alta Mining and
Smelting company of Florence, Arli., was
relieved of 1110, and A. W. Forrest of Co
lumbus, () . gave up about $100.
The robbers made a systematic search
of th car, even turning up the mattresses
of th berths, but took nothing but money.
Aftsr completing their work the robbers
marched th passengers, conductor and por
ter Into the compartment at on end of the
car. closed th door upon them and then
rushed to th other end of the car and
Jumped off..
So far no trace of the robbers have been
found.
VON BUELOW ON THIN JCE
Position of (rerma u Chancellor En
dangered hy Crisis In Finan
cial attention.
BERLIN. March 25. -The view prevails
In ths Reichstag today that th position
of Chancellor von Buslow Is seriously en
dangered. It became apparent in th House
yesterday that the chancellor's eoaJttlon of
th conservative, liberal and radical parties
had n ached a crisis over the scheme of
financial reform. But th chancellor is
never so admit and capable as whsn In
great difficulty, and his friends srs con fl
oe nt that he will be able to overcome the
prtsvnl crisis.
An
From the Washington Evening Star.
BOYLE AND WIFE INDICTED
Pair Are Charged with Kidnaping
Willie Whitla.
SENSATION PAILS TO COME OUT
Woman Prove Not to Be One Whose
Arrest Would Caa.se Scandal
Upper Circle
of
CLEVELAND, O . ikfiT.: -"n, -puntv
VELAND, O . -UhI?
grand Jury ha Just' rvporr mf" lmlkant
against James H. Boyle and Helen Boyle,
alias Faulkner, charging them with black
mail. The charge Is based on the payment
of 110.000 ransom y James P. Whitla for
the recovery 6f his son, Willie, here last
Monday. '
The last doubt In the minds of the police
as to the Identity of the man was removed
today when Thomas F. Boyle of Sharon
visited the prisoner. He said the prisoner
Is his brother James.
Thomas arrived early today and had a
long visit with his brother, in the presence
of Chief of Police Kohler. Arrangements
were made between the brothers to obtain
an attorney for the prisoner and prepare
his defense. '
The prisoner's brother also saw Mrs.
Boyle, but could say nothing regarding her
other than that she Is the wife of James
Boyle. He said he knew nothing of her
and that she Is unknown tn Sharon.
J.. P. Whitla, father of Willie, accompa
nied by Chief of Police Crain of Sharon,
called upon Chief Kohler today to arrange
the details for prosecuting Boyle and his
wife.
Mr. Whitla said he would lend every ef
fort to this end and expressed his desire
to work In harmony with the officials.
Sensation Will Not Materialise.
SHARON, Pa., March 25 An air of
what might have happened" permeates
the Whitla kidnaping case today. Yester
day and last night sensational disclosures
were expected to occur in Cleveland, but
Jt waa apparent today that none of these
anticipated developments are going to ma
terialise. Willie the kidnaping Incident
was exciting, developments hinted at yes
terday would have been startling. Thoy did
not come, and while everything pointed
for a time In that direction, deductions
were wrong.
Th womani under arrest is net the one
whose identification would have csused a
great sensation in the abduction case. It Is
believed now that she is some western
woman who married Boyle and is unknown
to members of the Whitla family.
Although there is little probability of
James H. Boyle and his mysterious wife
being brought here from Cleveland, all
Sharon anxiously awaits their return today.
Every train arriving from Cleveland Is
closely x watched.
A rumor waa current that an attempt
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Doyou want to pay
for your spring bon
net without asking
your husband or
father for the
money?
Id every household there la fur
nit or, itorM, clothes, carpets,
books, gas fixtures, tools, razors,
docs, desks, clocks heaven only
knows what all that you no longer
need, but that some would buy at a
prlca.
Sell it what is the use of
keeping it T A Bee want ad
will sell it. Turn it into money.
No time like the present to do
things. DflUtadajr,
Earnest Student of the Tariff Question
Four Men Killed,
Five Badly Hurt
Wall Left Standing After Fire in
Chicago Falls Upon Gang of
Workmen.
CHICAGO, March 2S. Four men were
killed and five were seriously Injured and
a dosen others narrowly escaped injury
today when a part of a thirty-five-foot
brick wall, left standing after a fir a
month ago. which destroyed the butterin
Fjapt o Swift and Company, crashed
down bn them without warning.
The men were working near tha rulnti
of the Darling & Co.'s fertilizing plant.
They were laying foundations for a new
building a few feet from tho tottering
wall of the butterine plant when the wall
fell, burying the victims under tons of
bricks. It Is thought that the wind blew
the wall over:
The dead:
R. A. SCHMIDT, secretary of the R. A.
Schmidt company, contractors, which had
charge of the work on the Darling &
Co.'s ruins. He was 40 years old.
JAMES HERBERT. 25 years old, la
borer. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN. probably
laborers.
Two other laborers are missing.
Teddy is Absent
From First Meal
Sea Rolling Heavily and Kermit and
Loring Are Reported
Seasick.
ON BOARD STEAMSHIP HAMBURG AT
SEA, Wednesday, Marrh 25. (Via Marconi
Wireless to Slaconsett.) The ship is rolling
this afternoon in a considerable swell end
a number of the passengers are seasick.
Mr. Roosevelt did not partake of lunch
today and he spent th afternoon In his
stateroom reading.
Kermit Roosevelt and J. Alden Loring,
another member of the party, are seasick.
Branding Hoars Not C'rnel.
CHICAGO. March 25 Pstrlrk Bren
nan. president of the Independent Parking
company, charged with cruelty to animals
in branding hogs Instead of tagging them,
was found not guilty l a jury in the
municipal court today. Brennan con
tended that It is more humane to carve
the letter "I. P. V." on a hog's back than
to pierce its ears for a tag, as the animal
uaually lacerated Itself in trying to tear
out the tug.
Primary Election Ruling
Will Be
Judge Itedick of the district court will
rule Saturday morning whether or not
Mayor Dahlman's primary election judges
and clerks may serve. The question was
argued yesterday afternoon before Judge
Redick on the petition for an injunction
brought by E. P. Berryman, Harry Zlm
man and J. P. Breen to enjoin City Clerk
Dan Butler from turning over the ballots
and ballot boxes to the Dahlman-named
men. These were Illegally confirmed In
the position Tuesday evening by ths city
council.
The petition brought by one democratic
and two republican candidates for the
nomination as a mayoralty candidate was
filed but a few hours before It was argued
by W. M. Uiller and J. P. Breen In behalf
of the petitioners and by City Attorney
Burnam and Assistant City Attorney Dunn
for Butler and Dahlman.
In favor of the injunction Breen and
Ciller cited tho Nebraska statute which
ays that "all primary elections shall be
presided over by the same judgea and
clerks of elections now prevldod by law to
preside over general elections." These, th
statutes provide, shall lie named by th
clerk of the district urt. and It is de
clared that they shall be those Judgea and
clerks who served at tha last November
elt-ctton.
In opposition Burnam and Dunn argnsd
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Lorillard, Wife of Tobacco Mag
nate, Kills Self in Washington.
ACT DUE TO DESPONDENCY
Family Says Death 1 Dae to Heart
Disease, Despite Verdict of Cor
oner of Suicide by Gas
Poisoning;.
WASHINGTON. March 25. Weary of the
gay whirl' of society 'and fac to face as
ah believed with years of physical suffer
ing, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard. Jr., aged 48, wife
of tho tobacco magnate, committed suicide
by asphyxiation at her home near the fash
ionable Dupotit Circle In this city today
Her tragic death has shocked the first so-
cial circles of the capital as nothing else
In years. Tonight the members of the
Lorillard family, famous because of its
wealth, are gathering here to mourn over
the unexpected blow. In spite of the cor
oner's certificate of death by suicide mem-
bers of the family declare that Mrs. Loril
lard died of heart failure.
The death was made more dramatic by
occurring only a few hours after Mr. and
Mrs. Lorillard had been tho guests of Mrs.
Townsend, on Massachusetts avenue, at a
dinner given In honor of Lady Paget. In
fact. It Is believed that as soon as Mrs.
Lorillard arrived at her home at 2030 Hill
yer Place, shortly after midnight this morn
Ing, she began to prepare for her death.
Batler Finds Body.
About 8:30 o'clock this morning the butler
in the Lorillard residence detected an odor
of gas permeating th rooms. With little
difficulty tha origin of the fumes was
traced to Mrs. Lorlllard's apartments
Opening the door of the bath room, just
off of her suite, the butler was horrified
to behold the body of the mistress of the
house stretched out lifeless on the floor.
Tho alarm given by the butler brought
Mr. Lorillard from his apartments across
the hall. Together they carried the limp
body to Mrs. Lorlllard's room.
Panic stricken, the servant was dis
patched for a doctor, while Mr. lorillard
attempted to revive his wife by means of
artificial respiration. Dr. M. K. Cuthbcrt
the family physician, was summoned and
arrived about the sam time that Dr. H. H,
Deale was admitted to the resident. Both
resorted to every scientific method within
their power to restore life, but after an
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Given Saturday
from the ordinance of the city of Omaha,
which provides that at city elections the
mayor and city council shall name the offi
cials. That the state law supersedes this
Is the contention of counsel for the petition.
The petition recites:
"That the present and acting mayor of
the said city of Omaha, one James C. Dahl
man, illegally and without authority of
law submitted and caused to be sub
mitted at and to a session of the city
council Tuesday. March 23, a Hat of names
of persons to act as Judges and clerks of
elections In all the respective voting pre
cincts of all the twelve wards rf the city,
the said precincts being fifty-four In num
ber. "And that the city council, contrary to
law and without authority to do so, voted
a confirmation and thereby completed and
authorised the appointment of the persons
named in th said list, and that the said
defendant Is proceeding to notify them to
appear at the said precincts and to take
chsrge of tha ballot boxes and to conduct
th election.
"But these plaintiffs will show to the
court that under th laws of this Stat the
judges and clerks of elections appointed
and selected by th clerk of tha district
court at th last general November elec
tion, preceding a primary, ar th judges
and clerks designated by law for and at th
aforesaid primary election,"
Other Branch Desires to Include All
Public Service Corporations.
CONFERENCE FINALLY ORDERED
Chance of Conference Committees
Getting Together Are Slight.
SOUTH OMAHA CHARTER PASSES
Lacks the Kmererenry Clause, 1 T n it -
ever, as Friends Con Id
Master Knongh Votes to
Carry This Through.
(Worn a Staff Correspondent.)
LfNCOLN. March 25. (Special. 1-The
senate today refused to concur In house
amendments to the physical valuation bill
and unless the house changes Its position
on this hill there promises to he a deadlock
of goodly proportions. A conference com
mittee consisting of Senators Ollls, Mlllor
and Tanner was appointed on the bill and
as the latter two named men are the spon
sors for the two charter bills which the
house mutilated and as Senator Ollls Is
Introducer of the physical valuation hill,
thero Is small chance of the senate reced
ing from Its position on the measure ami
consenting to the Incorporation of the of
fensive stock yards and public service cor
poration amendments which the house at
tached to the measure.
The railroad committee today reported in
favor of nonconcurrence In the house
amendments to the bill and the senate
agreed by a vote of 32 to 0. Senator Ollls,
evidently afraid of a fight over this matter.
prepared a long report on the measure, In
which he gave Its history showing It had
been Introduced by himself, agreed to by
the Joint committee of the houss and senate
with the stock yards and street railway com
panies eliminated and that In this form thn
senate had passed th bill. Later the
house taking it up, Incorporated a grist of
amendments providing for physical valua
tion of stock yards, street railways and
all municipal companies furnishing elec
tricity, gas snd water In addition to the
railroad companies. He said this was mil
for tho best interests of the measure Inns
much as tha railway comnilslson would
have all It could do to ascertain the phys
ical valuation of railroads, telegraph, tele
phone and express companies, let alone
taking In the other companies which tho
house sought to Include. He ssld th bill
was patterned after the Wtaoonaln plan and
that the valuation In Wisconsin had stood
the test of the courts snd was generally
recognised as being accural. Thq law In
that state had provided for valuation of
railroads merely and had not included a
single, other corporation. He believed the
bill as amended In the house would com
plicate tho work of the commission and
congest the duties of the board to such a
degree th aim of Yhe measure would be
defeated by the amount of labor eutailcd.
What It Will Cost.
Senator Myers suggusted that since tha
stabs was practically furnishing an Inven
tory of railroad property the roads should
be mado to bear a part of the expense.
Senator Ollis said thin had been considered
and rejected. Tho matter of expense was
important. Tho liouro tn taking this up
had allowed 140,000 and had even thought
of allowing only 2fi,0u0. Senator Ollis
thought these sums for too low and said
an allpwance of between IWO.Ono and $126,000
was necessary to have the work done as it
should be done.
Senator King referred to the manner in
which the bill had been referred to tha
railroad Committee on Its return from tho
house, when, he raid, tho usual proodura
would have been to take It up at once and
either concur or not concur and appoint
a conference committee, as was being done
at the present time. However, he declared,
he waa opposed to loading down the com
mission with a lot of work that'll would
not do and he favored taking out th
house amendment. However, the stock
yards owned thirty-five miles of railroad
track and should be valued.
Senator Howell declared the st'-ck yards
amendment had been gone over in the
senate when the bill was first considered
and the senule had decided not to call
for the valuation of theso and similar
small and stub lines of track.
After a unanimous vote for non-concur-ietl
the senate on motion of Ponohnn of
Holt elected Ollix, Miller and Tanner us
the conference committee, at which Senator
King demurred, declaring It an unusuul
procedure to take tin' appointment of these
committees out of the hands of the chair.
The lieutenant governor was of the opinion
the carrying of thla motion would take a
suspension of the rules, but the senators
did not think so and tho chair did not
IllMlKt.
When the physical valuation bill came
back to the house from th senate without
the house amendments, the following con
ference committee was appointed to meet
with the senate committee: Sink, Pllger
and Iiwrence. Klllou of Oage moved to
Instruct the committee to offer an amend
ment to provide that the railroads shall
pay one-half of the cost of the Investiga
tion to determine the physical valuation
of the roads. The motion by Killcn was
promptly tabled. '
More of the Kearney Matter.
Members of the Board of Education
who are familiar with the procedure at
the time the Kearney Normal school
building was erected derlsre thst C. II.
Uregg, who was referred to In yester
day's debate In the senate as a stock
holder of the hardware firm which hld
the contract for fixtures for the school
building, did not become a member of the
company until several months sfter the
firm secured the contract for th sup
plies and that statements made by sena
tors that he was In any way Interested
acre nut with the full knowledge of th
fads.
It was aUo stated that the patent which
Dr. Thomas mads for manufacturing ce
ment blocks wait the outcome of observa
tions made while the school building was
being constructed ami that Dr. Thomas
had nothing whatever to do with the
building of th school. As a mattar of
fact, It is said that Dr. Thomas, having
Invented an appliance for mixing oil with
th surfao coating of cmnt bloeks lu
Ihfclr manufacture lo prsvot their ab-
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