The Omaha, ' Daily Bee the Omaha dee Ii the most powerful buttaess Hotter In tha weat, beeaasa It (toes to the home of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. Fr Nehraaka Unsettled. For Iowa Fair. For weather report se rg 3. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, j APRIL 21, 1000 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOL XXXVIII NO. 'J(J3. UNITED STATES SENDS WARSHIPS Cabinet Decides to Dispatch Special Cruiser Squadron to Turkish Wat- GO DIRECT V XAJTDRETTA ' North Carolina a - ana Are Se lected for vice. J, , TO REPORT TO Al i T CONSUL Death of Two Missio "' t Adana is Conflrn ..--''' MINNESOTA MAN KILLED AT TABIZ Homer Bnakervllle, Formerly a Teacher la Freh-tertaa Mlssloa, Shot While Aiding- Reva lattaalst. WASHINGTON. April 1. To afford 11 protection possible to American clti aens and their Interests In Turkey, the administration has decided to dispatch special cruiser squadron to that country.- This wa decided upon by the cabl ent today and after Its adjournment an nouncement of the Intention was made public, It was explained that this action was not taken because of any particularly alarming news that had been received but simply as a precautionary measure, It Being deemed wise In the present emer gency to have suitable American naval representation In or near the disturbed districts. The moral effect of the pres nee of American war vessels will be beneficial. It Is pointed out. The squadron will consist of the ar mored cruisers North Carolina and Mon tana, new at Gtuantanamo, Cuba, umlor command of Captains Marshall and Rey nolds, respectively. Their immediate ob jective point will be Alexandretta, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, which Is In close proximity to Tarsus and Adana, where serious trouble has occurred. From Alexandretta the marines on these ves sels may be available for any active work In assisting Americans In trouble In the surrounding districts. Captain Marshall, who will be In command of the squadron, will report to the Ameri can consul at Alexandretta for any serv ices that he may be called upon to per form. The vessels also win be avail able for dispatch to other places In Turk Ish waters should conditions make their present necessary.' The vessels will top at Gibraltar for Instructions. It is hoped at the State department that the situation will be welj under the control of the Turkish authorities very soon and that there will be no necessity for any demonstration by the naval authorities. It was first suggested that the scout cruiser squadron, made up of the Sulcm, Birmingham and Chestsr. be utilised for Ms aalaston, hut h far that the bflVrrs ' of the Birmingham are undergoing repairs ill make Its Immediate departure impossi ble. , ' fteqaerts fer Prateetlea. The principal Information coming to the department today from Ambassador Irish man at Constantinople was that there was no Indication of any premeditated attack upon foreigner. During the day Secretary Knox received several requests that the department use Its efforts to see that American church Interests were given ade quate protection In the disturbed district. One came from the chairman of the foreign missions committee of the Presbytery of Westchester county. New Tork, and an, other from the superintendent of the Ar nienlsn Orphanage at Reading. Pa. The department already has taken steps to In sure protection to American missionary and other Interests. Although Americans are In danger in Turkey, there la re Indication of premedi tated attacks on foreigners, according to Stat department advices from Ambassador Irishman. Mr. Lelshman confirms the deaths ef twe missionaries, Rogers and Maurer, killed at Adana while trying to save the burning home of a Turkish wo man. The presence of Kngtlsh, French and Italian warships, the ambassador says, will have salutary effects In the present dis turbed condition. At Constantinople marines from the dif ferent warships have landed to guard the em.bHBsW'. Unfortunately the American gunboat Scorpion, the regular station ship at Constantinople, which went to Italian prrta following the earthquake. Is now at Naples having its hollers fixed. In the present crisis ths ambassador says the central government is much hampered by a lack of troop at Constantinople. AMERICAN KIL1.RO AT TABRIZ Vii Presbyter la Teacher Charaea with Beta; RerolatienUt. TABRIZ, Persia, April 20. An American named Baskervlll. who until recently was a teacher In the Presbyterian school here, was killed outside Tabrls this morning while leading a sortie of nationalists from the city. Tlio object of the expedition wss to open a way for the bringing In of pro visions, of which the city stands greatly In need. It ws not successful. The St' u Hon here Is desperate. The Christians of TabrU ar arming themselves nd will put up a strong defense during the bloody disorders that are expected to bteak out any day. . The English residents have sent a tele gram to Foreign Secretary Gray at London appealing for Immediate help. The Rus sians have taken refuge at the RussUn consulate. ABHINOTON. April JO.-An American banted Baskervtll. a teacher in the Pres byterian boys' school at Tabrls, who had been accused of complicity In the revolu tionary movement, waa killed In battle to day, according to a dispatch from Consul Ioty at Tabrii. The Presbyterisn mission disavowed the arts of Bsskervllle and he resigned from tits mission. IOWA LAUNDRYMEN ORGANIZE tat Association Farmed at Cedar Haata ta I'ltkt Hostile l.egtalatlaa. SaBBSsaSBJSBBB CEDAR RAPID I-x. April Js.-A state association of laundrymen was organised her t avert 'Inimical legislation and to f'Sht the manufacture of shoddy goods. T. J. Kimball of Waterloo waa chosen president. kl Marker Draws Tare, 1 RONTON, O . April SO By rot king a swiff while erossing the Ohio river toUy four persons ware thrown Into the water knd Frank Matoey and Allc around wer drowned. Drinking Cups Upon Railroad Trains Doomed Nebraska ' Lines Practically Given Permission to Abolish Tme for Public Health. (From a Staff Corresponding LINCOLN, April 20. (Special.) It 1 probable the drinking cups on railroad trains will soon he a thin,; of the past. Following the example of the Missouri Paclflr. the Union Pacific, Burlington anil Northwestern this morning applied to the commission for an order directing them to abolish the drinking cup. The action of the railroad companies Is the result of the Order of the State Board of Health to abolish the public drinking cup. as the board held It was a menace to the health of the public. The commission will not Issue the or der, but It Informed the railroads that If they adopted such a rule the commis sion would not object. Prof. Whips Boy, Dad Whips Prof. Sheriff at Julesburg Has to Interfere in Altercation Over Punish mint of Lad. Jt'LEBBUna. Colo . April 20 (Special. ) A few days ago Prof. Howard, superintend ent of the public schools, whipped young John Llddle. son of a prosperous ranchman, very severely so much so that the laJ had to stay in bed several days and the skin came off with his underclothing. A meeting of the school board and the teachers of the school, together with Prof. Howard and Llddle, to Investigate the mat ter, was held, when Mr. Llddle and the professor got Into an altercation and the sheriff had to be called in to separate the belligerents. Some of the teachers fainted and It took some time to quell the disturb ance. Mr. Llddle. father of the lad, says he will have the professor arrested for assault. Public sentiment Is somewhst divided on the matter. The lad Is still In bed from the effects of the punishment. Crowd Watches Bandits Escape Four Men Who Rob Bank at Badger, la,, Make Their Getaway on Handcar. BADGER la., April 20.-8pedal Tele gram.) While people of the town, awak ened by the explosion, watched them, four robbers who had Just looted the safe of the Badger Saving bank escaped on a handcar at 1 o'clock this morning. The safe In the bank was blown and $1,600 principally In gold and silver was taken. Four charges of nltro-glycerine were used In the safe. The four men came to town on a hand car on the Minneapolis & St. Louis road and left oy the sama means. The handcar was discarded north of Fort Dodge. No very good clues have yet been found and all suspicious characters In this ' part of the country are being arrested. Five of Crew Are Lost on Lake Steamer Eber Ward Goes Down Near Mackinaw City Ten Are Rescued. MACKINAW CITT, Mich.. April SO. The steamer Eber Ward sank In Lake Michigan six miles west of here today. Five of the crew wer drowned and ten were saved. The Ward was a small steamer ewned by D. M. Ferry & Co. of Detroit. It left Milwaukee several days ago on its first trip of the season, loaded with grain. Shortly before entering the straits ef Mackinaw today the steamer crashed into an unusually heavy Ice flow. It sank im mediately In deep water. BUYS EXPELLED OIL COMPANY Hoastoa Concern Will Take Over the Prapertr a( Waters-Pierre Corparatloa. HOCSTON, Tex., April It was au thoritatively announced here today that the Houston Oil company will soon take over the Waters-Pierce company's Texas prop erty. Ths company will maintain Its head quarters here. Income Tax to Be the Target in Tariff Contest in Senate WASHINGTON. Arril 20,-It 1 vtdent from the activity of opponents and sup porters of the Income tax proposition to ascertain the atrongth of the other that this question will furnish the sharpest con test to be waged in the annate during the tariff revision session of congress. In view of ths fact that the democrats ar said to be unanimous for an Income tax measure the leaders of the "Insurgent'" republican faction appear to be confident of victory. On the other hand, opponents of the in come tax Idea sssert that the democrats are not united and declared that some of the strength for Internal taxes will be lost the moment senators are convinced that tli pending bill will produce sufficient reve nues for the need of the government. Among the republicans declared to be in favor of an income tax are Senator Borah, Brown, Burkett, Clapp. Crawford, Cummins, Dixon, Gamble, GumuMilmlm, LaFolletU and Nelson. In addition to these, aome of the Insurgent are claiming Senators Jones, Bourne, Hayburn, Johnson of North Dakota and Dolliver. If the vote of all of these senator should be case for an income tax provision they would be mors than sufficient to psss It In the sen ate unless a break should occur In the democratic ranks. Ths burden of senator Aid rich's speech In the senste yesterday was an effort to how that additional Internal taxes ar not needed U provide for to c Derating ex SULTAN WILL NOT RESIST Abdul Ha mid Reported to Hare Ordered That Not a Shot Be Fired. . ABDICATION RUMORS PERSIST More Reports That Sultan ia Ready to Quit. LONG SESSION OF CABINET Demands of the Constitutionalists Being: Considered. CAPITAL SURROUNDED BY TROOPS Farts Are All la the Hand at Vong Tarka ana Gestral MoTemeat . la Expected to PI are Boon. Take BULLETIN. CONSTANTINOPLE, April .-The rumors that the sultan's abdication is pending are heard persistently In Constan tinople today. According to the latest re ports his majesty Is ready to turn over the throne provided his conditions are accepted. It la apparent that Tewfik Pasha, the grand vlxler, has withdrawn his resigna tion, for after a prolonged audience with the sultan this morning, he summoned the csbinet to dlseuss the demands of the army of Investment. The cabinet Is now in telegraphic com munication with Huanl Pasha, the com mander of the constitutional forces. Constantinople la quiet. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20.-The popu lation of the Turkish capital awoke thia morning to find the pickets of . the con stitutional forces, who have surrounded the city to make the sultan guarantee the continuation of constitutional government, within calling distance of the old walls that flank the capital on Its south side. The constitutionalist lines extend In a wide seml-clrcle around three-quarters of the city, Pera, Oaiata and Btamboul, and every hour they are becoming longer. AH road outside of the capital are occupied by the Investing forces, whose twelve-mile front can be traced distinctly, but move ment of the highways has been practically unaffected except that now and then travelers are stopped and questioned and aome time taken before the commander of the nearest outpost. 8everai of the foreign military attaches In Constantinople rode out this morning and visited friends among the Turkish officers, who command battalions of the constitutionalists, and had an excellent opportunity to observe the condition of the troop. They were amazed at the excel lence and completeness of the equipment, and the high state of eflclency of the field telegraph system, the hospitals and the supply trains. The men are well fed, con fident of ultimate suoces and under excel lent discipline. All requisitions made upon the people for food or animals are paid for In cash. The Italian attache counted thirty machine guns and another u-.tlltary observer learned of the presence of a division of sixty field guns attended by well-mounted troopers. At noon yesterday the con stitutionalists numbered about 20.000; at noon today they were mors than 26,000 strong. No Delay la Oecapatloa. The occupation of.the city will not be de layed long. It may take place tonight or thf, movement may be deferred for another twenty-four hours. General Huanl, commsndlng the ermy of Investment, ssys thst as he will have to patrol a city of a million people. In which there are many dangerous mob elements, he must have at his command enough men to do this work carefully and well and not only to take the city, but to Uold It. In' the meantime no preparation! are being made within the city to offer re sistance to the army of constitutionalists. The sultan remains secluded at Ylldiz Kiosk. To all appearances hs Is showing little activity. With the exception of Tewfik Pasha, the present grand vlxler, h" has received none of his ministers for forty-eight hours; but Tewfik Pssha, the calm and tried counselor of many a time of stress, has spent tne thirty out of the last forty-etfht hours with his Imperial master. He Is constantly summoned to lie palace. He may Just have returned from a four-hour audience with the aultan t his home In Pera. which la sums dis- '.snce from the palace, wheu another mounted messenger from his majesty will summon him to further conference. It is through Tewfik Pasha alone that the sui te n's attitude and mind are made known to the other ministers, the officials of the (Continued on Second Page.) penses of the government. His argument came as a surprise to many senators, for it had been accepted as true that more revenues than the pending bill would raise are to be required annually for the next few years at least- The chairman of the finance cemmittee told his colleagues that he waa willing to stake his reputation upon the Payne bill as amended by the senate committee. His confidence In tk measure impressed some of his colleague who were Inclined toward an. Income tax. After the senate had adjourned for the day he was pressed with questions concerning his fig ures. it is declared that aome of the doubtful republicans again became sup porter of the amended bill. Leader of both faction were busy on the floor and again today canvassing the sen ate for and bgalnst the income tsx measure. The opponents used the argument that every dollar raised from taxes on Incomes must be at the expense of protected in dustries ana tnat tne attack would be made first upon western products. They argued further that it would mean the complete revision of the tariff and a resort Ing to many experiment which might prove unsafe. In any event. It wa declared that if thia course aaa followed It would mean an entire summers work. This character of argument appeared to ahake ths enthusiasm of some of the supporters of the Income tax idea, but the leaders of this faction were still of the opinion that they would win. "Waltz Copyright, 1909, by the Mail and Express Company. ATTACH ON CE5SUS SERVICE Senators Say Famed Clerks Are Given Promotions. TT- VOTE DOWN CONFERENCE RETORT taper Body. Stands Pat aa Mr run. ber'a Amendment Requiring Res idence la State from Which Applicants Are Appointed WASHINGTON. April. UO.-By an aye and nay vote the senate today rejocled the con ference report on the census bill because of Its failure to include the McCumber amendment requiring applicants for civil service employment to reside In the states claimed by them as their homes. That the census office has has In It em ploy In one bureau the wife of a secretary of k member of congress, the wive of two officials of the War department and the wife of a prominent official In the Treasury department was the charge made today by Senator McCumber In criticising the conference report on the census bill. "Promotion," he said, "seems to be almost wholly for women who have husbands In the departments. Thia is getting to be a city of official families holding positions under the government." Mr. McCumber said the census bill as agreed to did not differ materially from the measure which was vetoed In the last congress by President Roosevelt. Accord ing to the provisions of the bill, he said, employes of the government w not ap portioned among the several states. The fact is that whole families are employed In government departments credited to states which the younger members of the families have never seen. "Ninety per cent," Raid Mr. McCumber, "of officials in the departments In the city of Washington are residents of tills city and the other 10 per cent may be said to bo residents of the other portions of the country. If we were to apply the rules of apportionment to the civil service the city of Washington would have 2 per rent and the remaining officials would bo from the ststes. Amendment a Necessity. Mr. McCumber urged the necssity of his (Continued on Second Page.) Beautify your lawns and gardens, at the same time help to make Omaha the garden spot of the west. On our classified page, uuder the caption of "For Garden and Lawn," is a direc tory of reliable florists and nurserymen, people who have been established for years and who are building up a per manent business in Omaha. Bewara of peddlers and canvas era, they are often uorellab'e. here to day and gone tomorrow. Deal with the men who advertise, a they merit your patronage and are alwaya here and ran only suc ceed by furnishing what they prom ise. Have you read the want ads. yet today? Me Around Again, Nelsie!" .1 Political War Among Medics Charges Filed Against-Former- Ne vbriakan in Tight in American Medical Association.1 CHICAGO. III., April 20.-(Spcclal Tele gram.) War on the so-called "political machine" in the American Medical associa tion baa crystalized Into charges to secure the expulsion of Dr. G. H. Simmons, secre tary of the association and editor of its official journal and alleged head of the so called machine. The charges, drawn by Dr. Frank Lydston, leader of the faction which seeks to eliminate politics from tho association, have been mailed to Dr. M. Z. Albro, secretary of the American Medical society. The charges set forth that while prac ticing at Lincoln, Simmons regularly ad vertised in newspapers about a sanitarium he was conducting, that tie guaranteed cures and that be obtained a diploma from Rush Medical college by peculiar methods. HARRCLD, S. fJIAS BAD FIRE Damage Estimated at 23,000, Five Balldlnic Bring; Consented Starts la Livery Bars, PIERRE, S. D.. April 20. (Special Tele gram.) Fire last nlgnt did damage to the amount of about (3,000 at the town of Harrold, thirty miles east of here. The flames destroyed the Woodruff atore, the postofflce, the Summerslde building, Stewart' real estate offlc and th Beavan livery, in which building It started. How much Insurance wa carried Is not known st present. Patten is a Philanthropist, Says W. C. Sunderland "Jii.i 'fallen ts neither a criminal nor a I .peculator In wheat. He' a philanthropist and & good man, as well as being a wise one and the friend of the farmers, who have been trying for years to make a profit raising wheat. 1 cannot understand those men who attack ratten in this present deal In wheat, as he Is doing Just as he always lias done no different." This Is the estimate of the head of the firm of Patten & Bartlett. which Patten's friend, W. C. Sunderland of Omaha, holds, and which he -Is not afraid to tell his cus tomers. Almost every day every member of the Grain exchange, drops Into "Bill" Sunder land's office on the grain dealers' floor of the Branch Is building to get the "dope" on the markets. There are a lot of other places where quotations come In and the ticker ticks the best rsrt of the day. But the dealers always get to "Bill's" one a day and aome of the others don't get visits once a week. "Bill" Sutherland Is a friend of "Jim" Patten. Patten's wires come Into the 8underlund office and Patten ft Bartlett give orders to buy Nebraska wheat, some times offering prices which make other dealers bid snd Increase the else of the Nebraska farmer's roll until It would choke a tunnel. "The Influence of Jim Patten on the price of Iowa and Nebraska wheat ought to Vd enough to make every farmer and Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson a friend of Jim Patten." said Mr. Sunderlaud Tues day when he read more attaxka on his friend Patten. "He's a caah grain buyer, boys, and nut a speculator b lying on margins without expecting to have a bushel delivered. Time and again he has dern onstrated that by buying Nebraska wheat aud paying casii lor it. The price t LICENSE FIGHT IN DAKOTA Mitchell Reyerses Itself and Wets Win by Forty-Seven. PIERRE ; DRY FOR FIRST TIME Majority af Tare Votes Dora Work la Korthera CMyOnly On Ticket In Field at Stnrgls. MITCITELL. 8. D., April 20.-( Special Telegram.) Today this city reversed itself on the prohibition vote of a year ago, when the town went dry by 31 majority. The majority In favor of license today was fl. The fight was close and exciting, the wets claiming ths victory by 200 before th election. Sewer bonds were voted upon to the amount of 150,00 and carried by a majority of 400. C. D. Hardy, C. W. Adams, P. H. Kellcy and A. H. Doyle were elected alder men for two-year terms. Fort IMerre Without Salons. 1 IERRE, S. D April 20.-(Special Tele gram.) For the first time in the history of without the old town. Fort Pierre is to be saloons, the town having gone dry election today. It waa a warm fight and license was defeated by only 3 votes, but the Influences against license are such that they will see that there Is to be no fudging by the saloon men. The town also voted for 12,000 of school building bonds. The aldermen elected today were Fl C. Klnley, J. J. Palton, J. B. Mallory, Louis Greenough. The qeustions at issue were Ucer.se and appropriation of $26,000 for a (Continued on Second Page.) pays when his Judgment, based on In formation he collects at his own expense, has Inspired the farmera of Nebraska to increase their acreage of wheat. He Is doing that right now, and everyone know Nebraska ought to grow mora wheat. There's a miller standing right there In from Hastings who doesn't know where he Is going to get wheat enough to keep his mill running. "Now Patten found out for himself that the world'a supply of wheat was short last fall. He has men In every country where wheat Is grown who know .what they are talking about. He does not gather his atatiatlcs from postmasters as Secretary Wilson does, but lie spends his money securing experts In his employ Is Snow, the former head of the bureau under Wilson, which gather crop statistics. Snow knows how bad the Department of Agriculture gathers Information and lie has helped Patten organise a system which beats the department for reliability. "Patten found out wheat was scares and began to buy It and have it delivered Just as men buy city lots when they believe a certain part of the city Is going to see a boom, ration was right. 'Tsma' Jim was wrong and Patten Is paying what wheat is worth and selling it for what real wheat Is worth to make real bread to feed a world which would not be hungry If bread earners wer little more Intelligent and Industrious. "This Patten deal Is not Ilk the other deals. It's a corner without being a cor ner,' siys Mr. Sunderland. "This man Patten would not start a big speculative deal Just to be smart snd show his cun ning. He Is a great wheat merchant, buy ing and selling, snd that' all. He ha been a big help to the farmera and they are getting th benefit of hi foresight and knowledf.' DASHING 15EA11 RAII0N WHEAT Balls Are Without a leader and 0n slaught Results in Big1 Slump in July Delivery. SMALL MARGINS WIPED OUT Traders Who Expected Fatten to Sup port Market Disappointed. SHORTS TAKE THEIR PROFITS Drop Follows Accumulation of Bear- ish News. RUSSIAN SHIPMENTS ARE HEAVY Rain a Koalhwest Aid Wlntet Wheat, aad Fine Sieedlna Weather In North Inaare Bsaptf Spring; Crop. t CHICAGO. April 0.-Bulls In wheat wer leaderless today and a dashing bear raid wrought considerable confusion In the pit where July, closing at J1.12S, showed a net loss of S'&SAjC. J The raid weeded out small Snarglned traders, enabling a lot of profit-taking by shorts, not to mention the reinstatement of long lines previously disposed of at a higher figure. "It old Mot Iter Earth warning Patten et al that Secretary Wilson knows some thing about crops himself," said the bears. "It's Just a natural swing of th specu lation pendulum. There has been a long continued advance; the reaction is only natural," said tho bull. "Why didn't the Patten crowd support the market?" was a question frequently put by small speculators who had pinned their faith to the Patten position and ex pected that the bull leader would take care that prices did not run away. "Because it's none of Patten' business," came the answer from the Patten aides. '.'He has a lot of wheat, but he la not manipulating prices. He knows thst con ditions will take care of the price. He has neither made nor unmade prices and has no responsibility In the matter." Whether Patten purchases wer msde Is a matter for conjecture, although there was an unconfirmed report that the bull leader bought heavily at the decline and stopped July before It got beyond SLUU In .ts headlong tumble. Customers of the Patten house, however, declare that there waa nothing through out the day to Indicate that the leading trader had taken any Interest In th mar ket. Apparently he left It to It fate, al though his eye seldom left the blackboard where quotations are marked up. Hears In wheat made another sensational drive at the market today. July sank an extreme six cent under the point of yes terday and May followed suit. Th ticker crdfte'd Patten 'and allies with support ing at the decline, but confirmation, either direct or suggestive, was lacking. . Today' slump followed an accumulation of bearish news, yesterday and today. Among the Influences was remarkably heavy Russian shipments last week, rain in the southwest and a report that seeding In the northwest would be completed this wek, with prospect for a bumper crop. The market seemed weak all day, but what looked like bull demoralization was reserved for the closing half hour. At the opening today the decline of late yesterday continued. May wss fcfrlc under the pre vious close and July VoHc to lSl'c. This opening loss was sufficient to bring out further stop-loss order, under which July declined to 11.14 U and May to $ 1 . 2 6 T . Then came the crash. July tum bled to $1.12 and May to $1.52 H. The close was weak, with July iSf? J4 cents under yesterday' close at S1.12H and May 2T4 cents down at w. S. Wood Sells Kansas City Bank to St. Louis Man Disposes of Interest in Bank of Com merce to J. Wilson Perry for Large Sum. KANSAS CITT. Aril SO.-J. Wilson Perry of St. Louis, today purchased the entire Interest, amounting to $1,400,000 of Dr. W. B. Woods of Kansss City In the National Bank of Commerce ef this city and later Mr. Perry was elected president of th bank to succeed David T. Beala. William L. Buechle of 8U Joseph, state bank examiner for Missouri, waa today also elected vice-president to succeed Wil liam T. Kemper of Kansas City, and Mr. Perry and George E. Nicholson wr elected to fill vacancies in th directorate. This ends a long contest over possession, of th bank. The bank failed la th fail of 1D07 with $34,000,000 deposit.. It wa re organized later and re-opened with William B. Rldgeley as its president,, the latter having resigned the position of com troller of the currency to accept th posi tion. Subsequently Mr. Rldgely was ousted when Dr. Woods aecured control of the Institution, with which he had for year been president. Mr. Nicholson Is from tola. Kan. Court Annuls Alabama Law Statute Prohibiting- Corporations from Going to Federal Court Declared Bad. MONTGOMKRV. Ala., ApHI jn.-The Ala bama Htate law inovlding for annulling th licenses of foreign corporation which take cases from state to federal courts wa to day dec'ared unconstitutional by Judge Thomas C. Jones in the United States dis trict court. omlaatlons by President. WASHINGTON. April 20 Th president today made the following nomination: Kitvuy exlraordlnarv and minister pleni potentiary to Colombia, Klllolt Northcoit of West Virginia. 1'nited tttaf attorneys for th western district of Wlwmisirt. Uorga If. For don of Wlwonsln; for the soul hern district of West Virginia, Harold A. Kits ad rVt Vlr-aiuiw