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VOL. XXXIX NO. 84.
OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1009 TEN PAGES.
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TAFT TALKS ON
INCWE TAXES
Executive Discusses This Feature of
the Tariff Bill in Hi Speech
v in Denver.
DEFENDS CORPORATION TAX
Says it Containi Many of Beit
Features of English Law.
WOULD CHANGE CON. ttON
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'States Are Asked to Ratif, Vt osi
tion for Amendmel '-.
BALLTN&ER
JOIS
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President riwlpoon Ills Add.
( nnnrriillon Polley I mil
Hfiichu Knit Lake City "
or Spokane.
I'.'A'VKr:. . tp.. 21 -Making his way
still liirihn- west, president Tuft arrived
In Denver this afternoon and tonight In
the Denver Auditorium, where a year ago
' Mr. Hryan was nominated as his opponent
I in the presidential race, faced a etowd
of thousands that In Ita noisy welcome and
continuous enthusiasm recalled tome of
the Kernel of convention week.
' President Taft, switching from his pur
pose to discuss the question of the con
servation of natural resources In IiIh Den
ver speech, elected tonight to take up the
itnnrultiin taw uHua1 . ...
Jjy.vrie tariff bill and to defend It as
fguinst the proposition to impose a direct
, Income tax, which he' acknowledged seemed
likely to pass the senate when the corpora-
tlon tax was devised as a compromise. The
president strongly urged that all the states
t atifkittH oiliint II. .. n ..... - .a .
t the constitution.' however, to make an in-
"conie tax possible iu time. of Deed.
llalllnver Join Party.
'. Mr. Taft was Joined her today by the
etctclaty of the Interior, Mr. Balllnger,
who will accompany him on a part of the
: trip through the fur northwest. It Is
' likely that the president desired a further
conference, with Mr. Balllnger, whose con
duct uf the Interior department he re
cently upheld In a long- letter called out
by the Balllnger-Plnchot controversy, .be
fore making a final exposition of the aims
and object of thla administration aa to
..the conservation of this service. Mr. Taft
i piobably will not take up the subject now
until he reaches Bait Lake City, where ha
spends Friday and Saturday, or he may
wait until he arrives at Spokane, where,
at t h lrrfiHflnn rr fr '. kjt . 1 1 1
l'lnchot controversy really had its public
ailing.
II r( Form of 1 aroma Tax.
. the president tonight declared that the
corporation tax was in Itself the best
form of income tax that could be levied,
and pointed out that it contained many of
the beet features of the Income tax law
"-of England. In urging states ta vole .for
the amendment-In tinr conltutlon per-I
c mniing ine levy or direct income tax
without apportioning the levy among the
atates according to their population, the
president declared that It would be poasl
ble so to amend the corporation tax so aa
to Include within ita scope every desired
feature of an income tax except the levy
upon income derived from actual salary
and professional services. The president
. ald he opposed a direct Income tax ex
cept in cases of emergency, and he be
lieved It to be a prim fault In the fed
eral constitution that no provision Is
made for a dlrsot lev to meet war-time
or other extraordinary expenses. Mr.
Taft declared that it was the supreme
oourt decision declaring unconstitutional
the Income tax law passed by a demo
cratic congress some year ago that pre
vented the leader In oongrssa during the
session recently closed from Including In
the corporation tax measure a provision
for a levy upon bond and bondholders.
To tax bond would result In the reduc
tion of the rat of interest and hence this
re ill ted In .a direct tax upon the Individ
ual holders of the bonds and cam in con
tact with the decision of the court that
no direct tax oould be levied by the na-
, tlonol government without the resulting
apportionment of the proceed among the
atates.
Experience of England.
The president baaed his argument in
favor of the corporation tax. aa compared
to the direct income tax. almost entirely
upon the results of the Income tax in
England. "
tin pointed out that the tax there is not
a direct levy, surh as was recently de
feated In th senate only through a com
promise, but that It laid Uie tax upon the
Income before it came Into the hands of
the Individual. The English tax 1 levied
first on the declared dividends of corpora
tions, secondly on rents before leaving the
ands of tenants and third on the in
dividual directly. It was found In England
that a direct Income tax at 10 per cent
did not produce as much revenue as the
present method of taxation at I per cent,
fhla, h declared, Illustrated th premium
f that th direct tax places on perjury and
concealment.
it Is a question, th president declared,
whether Incomes from earned salaries and
from professional work ahould b taxed as
tieavily aa Income derived from Invest
ments or not taxed at alL The latter, ha
(aid. wa the effect of th corporation tax.
Hefereao Tariff.
At the auditorium tonight, after a few
preliminary remark. Mr. Taft touched
briefly oa th tariff, aaylng that while a
revision had been deemed essential, . there
was also a deflolt In the treasury to be
met. Tl.ta partly will be met by a cut of
forty minion ta fifty million In th appro
priations u a mad by congress and
parity of th lnoom from ths new cor
poration tax law. Mr. Taft aaid he had
favored at first an inheritance tax, but
th objection that th atates had pre-empted
t that field, had sufficient weight to defeat
the proposition.
The presldsnt entlnued: -A part of the
. republicana and ail of tit democrat of
th senate united la pressing tor consid
eration a general income ix on Individ
ual throughout th United States. Th
, law Wa aa Dear aa It could b mad to
that lnoom tax law which had one been
considered by th supreme court sum. t.n
years age ana wnion was held to be uu
constitutional by a vol of fiv to four.
J It wa conceded that th tax would prob
ably raise 1150,000,000 to I100.OOQ.000,
which was far la excess of th need of
the government If th tariff bill was to
retain lis seneral form, aa proposed, and
o to produce revenues whioh should be
, reasonably expected. Our friends, the
t democrats,' favorsd th Income tax with
tw V aubaUtuting It for th U-tiltl
as an Income-producing measure, thus
minimising the effect of the tsrlff In pro
moting the Industries of the country. In
other words, the passage of the Income
tax bill would have lent support probably
to the proposition to have a tariff for
revenu? only and would have Interfered
with the protective policy to which the
republican party Is pledged.
Question of t'oastltatlanallty.
"One further objection to the Income
tax amendment was that It had been de
clared unconstitutional by the supreme
court and to Invoke a second decision upon
that Issue was to question the uniformity
of the decisions of the supreme court and
to drag the court Into a political discus
sion which, whatever its decision, could
not make for its standing as an Impartial
tribunal 'before the people. It Indicated a
diversity of view between congress and
th court two co-ordinate branches with
reference to the constitutionality of the
law which It seemed unwise to perpetuate
In a formal statute. But the income tax
amendment seemed quite likely to pass by
vote of all the democrats and a sufficient
number of republicans. Therefore, those
w ho were opposed to the income tax
amendment looked about to see if a com
promise could not be proposed less ob
jectionable than the Income tax amend
ment, which would satisfy enough repub
licans who were Inclined to favor the in
come tax to prevent the passage of that
amendment. Such a compromise was found
In the present corporation tax and also
the Joint resolution already referred to,
proposing an amendment of the federal
constitution to the states authorizing the
general government to impose an Income
tax without imposing It as a direct taxa
tion according to the proposition of the
' Mates.
i Tax Upon Success.
"The provisions for the corporation tax In
: the bill exempt all corporations whose nt
income does not exceed $f,000. It Is, there
, fore, In effect an Income tax; that is It
I taxes earnings actually made. It is a tax
I upon success and not failure.
"Th most objectionable feature of n
direct Income tax Is the premium upon
perjury whlcn it offers to those who are
willing to conceal their Income a matter
not at all difficult to do and who thus sub
ject to a much heavier proportionate bur
den those who are conscientious In making
their returns and who pay their tax as the
law Intended. So great was this evil In
the levy of an Income tax in England that
when that tax Imposed directly upon in
dividuals as was proposed here In the so
called Income tax amendment bill, it was
found that the proceeds of the tax at 10
per cent were less than the proceeds of an
Income tax of 5 per cent Imposed as our
corporation tax is, not upon the Individuals
directly, but upon the Income before it
comes Into their hands. This is a practical
argument in favor of corporation income
tax as against an individual Income tax,
that is altogether unanswerable.
"In England, after a hundred years of
experience, the income tax Is levied In only
exceptional Instances on the Individual di
rectly. It Is first levied on the declared
dividends of ; corporations; secondly, on
rents before they leave the hands of the
tenants, and, finally, on the Individual
with respect to matters that are not cov
ered by rents and corporate investments.
Another distinction whieji la made in the
English law, and which commends itself
to everyone with a sens of Justice, Is
that the Income tax on passive and perm
arrant - Investments, . Irka th stocks and
bonds in a corporation, should be higher
than on earned Incomes that la, Incomes
earned by the services of the Individual
as salary or as a professional Income.
Earned Incomes thus described are really
the proceeds of an application of the cap
ital, of Individuals, whlah Is being con
sumed and will be entirely used up at
the end of his professional life of twenty
or thirty years'.- whereas the Income from
corporate and business Investments will
continue permanently without regard as to
whether the owner Uvea or dies, and will
pass on by succession of law undiminished
and without increasing capital. This dis
tinction Justifies making a difference be
tween a tax upon the Income of corpor
ations and that of Individuals where they
earn their Income by services, either by
making the rate less or by not taking the
earned Income at all. The latter is the ef
fect of the corporation tax."
No Tax on Corporation Bonds.
"Another criticism of the corporation tax
in the present bill Is that only shares of
stock In corporate enterprises are thus
taxed and that those who own bonds se
cured by mortgages upon the entire prop
erty or plant of the corporation do not pay
any tax at all. This Is true and the defect
was fully recognized by those who drafted
the corporation tax. They would have
been glad If possible to Impose a tax upon
the bondholders who are only less Interested
In Uie earnings and success of the corpora
tions than are stockholders, but the diffi
culty of Including them and of collecting
frohi the corporation before the payment
of interest on the bonds, an Income tax
proportioned to a percentage of the interest
to be paid on the bonds, was that congress
could nut force a corporation to recoup It
self in th payment of such a tax from
the Interest to be paid, because thus to
Impose a tax upon the bondholder propor
tioned to the Interest he received would be
In violation of th constitution as Inter
; preted by the supreme court as an Income
tax not apportioned among the states.
Chance for Change.
"Now, if the proposed amendment to the
constitution authorising the imposition of
an Income tax without apportioning it
among the states according to population
passes, it would be possible to add to our
corporation tax the feature of imposing a
tax upon the bonded interest In that cor-
poration by a percentage tax on Interest to
be paid, thus reducing the amount of in
terest which the corporation would pay to
I the bondholders to th extent of the tax
collected. This would make the corporation
tax a more beneficial measure and one
reaching interests that ought to be reached
because under modern systems of financing
corporations the bondholders and stock
holders are all of them In a sense Joint
Investors and a corporation Income tax
ought to Include tbem all. Under the con
ditions that existed with reference to the
constitution It seems to me clear that the
corporation tax is an equitable burden, one
reaching actlv business, not too heavy
to retard It, but enough to collect a sub
stantial revenue from those who are suc
cessful In business.
Tax Easily Collected.
"It Is a tax easily collected one that no
oorporatlon can escape on In which par
Jury cannot play any important part at
all In an effort to escape.
"Another feature of It la that Incidently,
it will glv th federal government an
opportunity to aecura most valuable Infor
mation In respaot to th conduct of cor
porations, thair actual financial conditions,
which they are required to show In general
turms in a public return. In addition, the
low provides the means, under proper limi
tations, of investigating fully and in detail
their count of business.
"This Is to be dona only after the com-
iConuiiued on Second fag.)
HURRICANE IS ON
ITS WAY NORTH
Great Storm Which Caused So Much
Damage in South is Central
in Illinois.
SFREADS OVER WIDE AREA
Territory East' of Rockies and South
of Chicago Affected.
FIVE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS
Two Men Killed at Jackson and Two
Boats Sunk at Vicksburg.
GREAT DAMAGE TO FORESTS
Thoasands of Acre of Virgin Pine
In Mississippi Leveled Many
Folata Along; Calf Still
Isolated.
CHICAGO. Sept. 21. A severe storm
reached this city at nightfall and has
steadily increased in violence. According
to the local weather bureau It Is th fore
runner of the storm which wrought such
havoc In the south last night and today. It
is expected to reach Its height here early
tomorrow morning, and a steady precipi
tation is promised until tomorrow after
noon. The center of the storm at 9 o'clock
was In southern Illinois and Missouri, and
it Is advancing steadily northward.
The local forecaster said that the pres
ent storm spreads over a tremendous ter
ritory and Is almost a record-breaker for
the area covered. It extends practically
from the Atlantic ocean to the Rocky
mountains and from Chicago to New Or
leans tonight. Storm signals were dis
played all over the Great Lakes today.
Enormous Losses In Soath.
MEMPHIS. Sept. 21.-Central last night
in Mississippi and sweeping north at the
rate of 200 miles a day, the hurricane which
devastated the gulf coast and left a trail
of wreck, and ruin through four states,
continues on its course with unabated fury.
Of the ruin It has wrought no one can
give an estimate. In New Orleans alone
five are known to be dead, and 11,000,000
will not repair the damage to he beautiful
Crescent City. It Is said that plate glass
alone will cost $100,000. to replace.
From the little summer colonies on the
Louisiana and Mississippi gulf coast come
tales of frightful devastation and fears
that many lives hav been lost. The
wealthy summer' tourists, who own pleas
ure craft, are wont to spend much -time
on them, and It Is possible that many have
been -lost. 1-tiloxl, the Mecca of the wealthy.
Is still without communication, and Its
fats Is unknown. Jackson Is still cut off
from the coast points. The dome of the
capltol at Jackson was wrecked and the
old capltol unroofed. The streets were
a tangle of live wires and the fall of
the trees and debris made the highways
Impassable.
At Vlcksburg two vessels were sunk and
a" third was 'driven' ashm1. Their "passen
gers were rescued. One vessel lies across
the channel and has blocked navigation.
In the pretty harbors of Pascagoula and
Bayou St. Louis many slips are empty
and the torn moorings tell of the fury of
the wind and waves. Bath houses, pa
vilions, yacht slips and pleasure resorts
that were nightly brilliantly Illuminated
and the rendezvous for those who sought
relaxation and amusement on the famous
gulf coast are washed away and not a
timber' remains to mark their locations.
And the story has not yet been completed.
Five Dead at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 21 (Via Hat
tlesburg. Miss.) The tropical hurricane
which yesterday swept the gulf coast of
Louisiana and Mississippi caused the death
of at least five persons and a property
loss of perhaps more than Jl. 000.000. New
Orleans was practically shut out from
communication with the outside world for
twenty-four hour. The arrangement of
railroad schedules has not yet been righted
and it Is problematic when trains will
arrive on anything like regular time. The
actual property damage to New Orleans
will exceed 1250.000.
Details of the reported Inundated sections
of Placquemlne and St. Bernard parishes
are still lacking. Fifteen young men who
were among passengers on the Louisville
and Nashville train which has been tied
up at Chef Mentur, La., since yesterday
morning, left that place at daybreak this
morning and started for New Orleans along
the truck of the railroad. For seven miles
they fought their way against heavy odds '
and were forced to wade ana swim across '
Aunrnl D'B chnn I, Tk.v u a in.li,, I
picked up In an exhausted condition by a
relief train that was unable to get any
farther out than a point about one mile
this side of Mechaud station. The party
upon their arrival here reported that over
400 passengers, lnculdlng many women and
children, are still tied up ata Chef Men
teur, without anything to eat. A relief
train and a small steamboat have been
sent to the seen.
Two Dead at Jackson.
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 21. An equlnoci
tial hurricane of great intensity swept up
ward from th Mississippi coast last night
carrying death and destruction in Its wake.
Several live hav been lost and prop
erty damage to the extent of several mil
lion dollars. Incurred.
Charles Clayton and Karl Wooster, black
smiths, were caught beneath falling walls
and killed. Hundreds of buildings were
unroofed. The east dome of the capltol
building was crushed In and daamage
caused amounting to severaal thousand
dollar. ..
Several sections of th old capltol build
ing roof were carried hundreds of yards.
The stables at the faair grounds were
demolished and several exhibit buildings
badly damaged.
Viigln forests of yellow pine, represent
ing one-third of the wealth of the stale,
were laid low and It Is believed thaat the
timber destruction will equal. If It does not
exceed, that of four years ago when more
than S.000.0UO worth of timber was fslled.
I'p to o'clock tonight it had been Im
possible to form an Idea of the extent of
the storm.
MOBILE, La., Sept. U Some loss of life
la reported In th vicinity of Chef Menteur,
La. The hurricane was sever ata Gulf
port, Miss., waves coming aver th mam
moth pier and water going Into the city,
doing considerable damage.
At Hllloxt, Miss., the big bridge over
the bay. used by the Louisville & Nash
ville, is out of commission and some ship
ping has been damaged.
Nothing south of Gulf port ha been
heard from and In this locality th burii
caa la aupposed to hav centered.
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Leader.
From the Cleveland
GOVERNOR J0I1NS0N IS DEAD
Minnesota's Chief Executive Expires
Early Tuesday Morning.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
Prominent Figure la Western Poll
tics and Regsrdeil by Many as
a, Probable Presidential
Candidate.
ROCHESTER, Minn.. Sept 21. Governor
John A. Johnson. hree times elected
governor of Minnesota, a candidate for
the democratic nomination for president of
the United States in 1908, and lookod upon
by many throughout the country as the
probable national standard bearer In 1912,
died at St. Mary's hospital here at 3:25
o'clock this morning, following an opera
tion last Wednesday.
After battling against death for almost a
week the governor's life had a peaceful
ending. Grouped about his bedside when
the end came were Mrs. Johnson, Miss
Sullivan, her personal friend; the attending
physicians and two nurses.
The last thing Governor Johnson did be
fore lapsing into unconsciousness one and
a half hours before his death, was to take
his wife's hand and weakly whisper: "Well,
Nora, I made a good fight, but I guess
I've got to go." Then as th last gleam of
Intelligence began to fliiikeii pressed her
hand gently to his cheek In. a parting
caress.
Mayor Thompson then issued a proclama
tion declaring the town to be In a state of
public mourning and flags were flying at
half mast from the city buildings, school
houses and many private buildings.
Bdy Taken to St. Panl.
?T. PAUL. Minn.. Sept. 21. One of the
most remarkable tributes ever paid to the
memory of a public man In Minnesota was
accorded the late Governor Johnson todaay.
From the hour that the governor's death
was first publicly announced by the tolling
of a school bell In Rochester, all usual
public activity was abandoned. All banks,
stores and offices were closed and the
bullrflng8 draaped In black and purple
crep.
Governor Johnson's body was escorted to
the special Chicago, Great Western train
by a throng of citizens from every walk
of life. On the train were Mrs. Johnson,
a few of her personal friends, state offi
cers nnd friends of the late governor. As
the cortege passed down the street leading
to the station, the escort lined upon on
either side with bared heads and the hun
dreds of people around the depot showed
a like respect. Mayor Thompson had pro
claimed It a day of public mounrnlng. The
mayor and counctlmen acted as pall
bearers.
All the way along the route to St. Paul
flags were at half-mast and the buildings
draped with crepe. At Zombrota the entire
population of the town appeared to be at
the station. A touching feature was the
appearance of a large number of school
children lined up along the platform, eachj
provided with the 'national colors, which
were pointed downward. Similar receptions
were accorded the special train at other
points along the route.
Arranariuruta for Fnneral.
Upon Its arrival In St. Paul the train was
met by detachments of all the local com
panies of the National Guard and an escort
of police. In spite of a heavy downpour
of rain, a multitude of people swarmed I
around the train and the procession to the
state capltol, with the mjlitla acting as
escort, was witnessed by thousands of
people. '
I'pon arrival at the capltol the body was
placed In the rotunda, where It will lie in
state until tomorrow afternoon. Four com
missioned officers of the National Guard,
four sergeants, four corporals and four
(Continued on Ninth Psge.)
Many a woman
makes herspending
money by using
Bee Want Ads. Are
of th
you one
emr
Don't let old things accumulate
sell them. Don't buy something
new when you can find a bargain
in one for which aome one hag no
farther use. It make no differ
enc what It ia a laundry stove,
or a piano.
Everybody reads the Bee
want ad pages. They are the
bargain hunter's best hunting
ground. Buy or Bell the
cheap little want ads certainly
do ths businei
-The Dog "World Ilns Its
Fifty Jurors
Discharged in
Chicago Case
States Attorney Wayman's Action
Results in Order Qiven by.
Judge McEwen.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-State'e Attorney
Wayman's sensational charges of Jury tam
pering resulted today In the discharge of
another venire of fifty men. This action
was taken by Judge McEwan at the In
stance of counsl for the defense In the
case of Gustav Meyers, charged with per
jury. Mr. Whitman learned today that certain
members "drawn" today for the Otcober
grand Jury were close friends to certain
others who were members of the Septem
ber inquisitorial body. In fact, It is declared
that successive grand Juries were bound
each to each by a mobile clique, some
members of, which were always to be
found In the grand Jury room.
It was declared today that representa
tives of Interests believed to have been at
the bottom of the alleged manipulation
have disappeared.
Mr. "VVayman is known to have obtained
at least one confession' touching the scan
dal and It is believed he has secured one or
two in addition torlav.
Aberdeen Ready
for Land Seekers
Superintendent Whitten Expected
Soon, When Details of Registra
tion Will Be Fixed. -
ABERDEEN. S. D., Sept. 21. (Special.)
James W. Wltten, superintendent of the
registration and drawing for the lands on
the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock
reservations, Is expected to arrive In Ab
erdeen oa the morning of Thursday, Sep
tember 23, for the purpose of establishing
his headquarters here, to remain until
after the drawing takes place, beginning
October 2. Upon his arrival he will confer
with the members of the Brown County
Notarial association. He will also discuss
with the mayor and the city authorities
the best methods for preserving order dur
ing the registration.
The people of Aberdeen are showing a
disposition .) meet Superintendent Wltten
more than half way In the way of com
plying with his suggestions regarding pro
viding food and lodging for the thousands
of visitors at reasonable rates. Aberdeen
entertained a great many thousand people
at the Dakota homecoming in June, and
much of the machinery of management
used at that time will be brought Into
play during the registration.
A central secretary will direct the regis
tration crowds to places where they can
procure lodging, and the price will be im
parted so they will know JuBt what the
charge will be. The restaurants are em
ploying extra forces to care for the hungry
hordes expeditiously, one restaurant alone
advertising for forty extra waiters and
cooks for that purpose. In addition there
will be eating stands at every vacant spaoe
In the business section of town. On Min
neapolis man has rented a vacant block,
which he will cover with tents. Others are
placing tents on smaller areas, in which
cheap, but comfortable, lodging can be
procured. There will be no lack of amuse
ments to entertain the crowds. The South
Dakota State band will play all during the
registration, there will be shows at th
opera house, two numbers of a celebrated
lecture course will be given and there will
be many other attractions.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Major Davison Relieved of Daty
Own Request with .Nebraska
Militia.
at
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Major Lorenzo P. Davison, re
tired, at his own request Is relieved from
duty with the organized mllltla of Ne
braska. D. R. Doty of Webster City, Clark Mc
Gllver of Albla, George T. Perrlnger 'of
Charlton, Ralph B. Dodd of Emerson and
Warren P. Pulse of Slgourney, la., have
been appointed railway mall clerks.
Nebraska postmasters appointed: La
vaca, Cherry county, William H Turner,
vice J. Fairhead. resigned; Pine Camp,
Keya Paha county, Oliver P. Hollenbeck,
vice N. F. Bruce, resigned.
J. Frank Boston has been appointed rural
carrier for route 1 at Oskaloosa, I.
The land office today issued a statement
regarding money It had received from th
sale of public lands In various states dur
ing the fiscal year, which closed June 30.
The public land sold in Nebraska during
that year brought into the United States
treasury 1173.155; Iowa, 1f4; South Dakota,
11. Ota, lit; and Wyoming, $466,304
Heroes, Too.
VOTE CHANGE IN DELEGATES
Associated Fraternities of America
Take Important Action.
LARGER SOCIETIES GET MORE MEN
J. Donovan of Detroit Slated for
.Next President, with ti'llllam
Koch of Des .Moines
Vice President.
By a unanimous vote the Associated
Fraternities of America decided yesterday
afternoon to rhanste the constitution so
that the larger societies will have five dele
gates and the smaller from five down, ac
cording to the number of members.
The action of the society Is important
because the Joining of the Associated Fra
ternities by the Koyal Neighbors and the
Modern Woodmen was contingent thereon.
The Question of a change In dues was
also discussed at length.
E. J. Donovan of Detroit Is slated to be
come the-next president of the organiza
tion. For vice president, the position Dono
van now holds, William Koch of Des
Moines is on the slate. J. C. Root, whose
years as president expires with this con
vention, will probably be honored by being
made a member of the executive council.
There la iittla likelihood that there will be
any fight In the convention over these
honors.
Mr. Donovan Is president of the Ideal
Reserve and Koch Is grand foreman of
the Yeomen.
The convention heard addresses' by Sen
ator Rurkett and former Governor Sheldon,
and then got down to the question of
amending the constitution.
Both Burkett and Sheldon had kindly
words to say of fraternal Insurance. Sen
ator Burkett urged Insistence on the fra
ternal spirit In these societies as distin
guished from the Insurance end. He urged
emphatically the' carrying out of all prom
ises made by societies at their Inception.
Senator Burkett, In conclusion, told how
glad he is that he Is an American, and
declared that "this Is the greatest country
on earth."
Governor Sheldon paid a tribute to J. C
Root In beginning and then discussed the
sociological effect of fraternal organiza
tions, declaring that ' every community is
better, every home happier, the lives of
all men made contented In a community
when a fiaternlty has been established
there. So that men are not then living
only for themselves and their families, but
living to be a benefit to their fellow men."
The convention at the afternoon session
resumed the discussion of delegate attend
ance and dues.
The convention may hold an open meet
ing at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion Thursday night, when John J. Lentz
of Ohio, an eloquent speaker and former
congressman, will make an address. The
meeting has not been absolutely settled
upon.
Vanderbilts
Agree to Part
Wiliam K., Jr., and His Wife Comelos: Kam,as City, H3 cents; SU Joseph, S3
to Terms and Will Hereafter
Live Apart
NEW YORK. Sept. 21-Wllllam K. Van
derbllt, Jr., donor, of the Va.iderbilt cup
for aiomoblle races, and his wife, formerly
Miss Virginia Fair of San Francisco, hav
signed a separation agreement, according
to an afternoon newspaper. Mrs. Vander-
bllt la now returning from Europe wii h !
her two children, Maurlel and William K
Vandfrbllt III. It is expected the separa
tion will be announced formally as soon as
Mrs. Vanderbllt reaches New York. Ef
forts were made by Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont,
mother of Mi. Vanderbllt, and Mrs. Her
man Oelrlchs, sister of Mrs. Vanderbllt, to
avert tha separation.
An ti-Jewish
Riots Begin
Twenty-Five Persons Reported Killed
as Result of Demonstration
at Kiev.
LONDON. Sept. 21. -A special dispatch
received from Kiev, Russia, says that anti
Jewish rioting broke out In that city today
and that as a result twenty persons have
been killed and several hundred Injured. I
ui7 oi tnv uftiier laiauy.
Teut Tlaer shot.
SAPULPA, Okl., Sept. 21. -Tom Tiger,
the ownar of much Oklahoma oil lund.
whose trial on a charge of murder wa
set for today, was shot early today by
another Indian named "bkeeier" and mor
tally wounded.
Pat trow a Maakrapt.
CHICAGO. Sept. H. Spial Telegram.)
Pat Ctow' creditors filed an Involun
tary bankrupty petition. Assets ax placed
at ttevi liaUUUle. Sl,CuQ.
CITY DADS TRY
TO END STRIKE
Both Sides Present Case to Mayor
and Council in Effort to
Settle.
CONFERENCE IN VAIN SO FAR
Strikers Offer to Arbitrate, Wattles
Says He Won't.
"WE'VE NOTHING TO ARBITRATE"
Council Hears Report of Special Com
mittee at Nieht Session.
DAY SERVICE IS ALMOST NORMAL
More Cars re Pat on, but Xo
Wheels Torn After T O'clock,
Company Fearing; Disorder
After Dark..
Efforts put forth by the mayor and the
city council to bruitf about a settlement
of the street car strike have already begun
to bear fruit anil members of the council
stated last evening that they believed the
atmosphere Is clearing and that a settle
ment Is not far off.
This Is the result of all-dny conferences
held yesterday by the council h repre
sentatives of both sides In the fmlit, private
conferences by the mayor with both sides,
then an executive meeting of the council
with the mayor, and finally another con
ference with President Wattles of the street
car company. This last conference was
held between the president and Counctlmen
Hurmester, lierka and Funkhouser. mem
bers of a special committee appointed by
the whole body to watt on the head of
the company with a proposal for settle
ment. Committee lfna Faith.
This special committee reported to th
whole council In regular session last even
ing that they believed their mission had
not been In vain and that It Is probable
that normal conditions will soon be re
sumed. Several suggestions were made to
President Wattles and he agreed to take
them up with his directors this morning.
Anoiher special meeting of the; committee
will he heM some time during the day and
at this meeting Mr. Wattles will report
the action of his directors.
.The president promised the council com
mittee, according to Mr. Funkhouser, that
the company would not impoit any more
men to run its cars and that If affairs
could be amicably settled all old em
ployes, excepting those who may have
committed depredations, will be taken back.
He made no promises regarding pay at
this time, but In the meeting of the coun
cil In the morning he said that the com
pany would raise the pay of Its employes
the minute It was able so to do and that
It would be only ton glad to change ita
runs any way ths street car men might
themselves suggest.
t'onncll Hears Both Sides.
Mayor Dahlman has held several eon
ferences both will- . Mr. Wattles and' of
ficials representing the strikers, but falling
in accomplishing any desired result h
asked the council to take a hand In th
hope it could do something. The council
Invited officials of the company and a
committee from the employes to meet with
It, and this meeting was held In the coun
cil chamber this morning. It was attended
by hundreds of sympathizers of both sides.
Mayor Dahlman was present and opened
the discussion, but the councllmen took
Utile part other than to Inject an occa
sional question.
The side of the street car men was heard
first, a committee composed of Charles O.
1ear, president of the local union, Dave
Turney and 1'. J. Lonihan being the spokes
men. They told of the conferences held be
fore the strike and their effort to do every
thing posslblo to avert a strike, asking
not so much for more pay aa for more
agreeable runs and saying that the whole
! question is that of humane treatment.
Lear and I.enihan both declared they
would take their oath that President Wat
iles said, "Had It not been for the hounds
and grafters iu the city hall I would hav
raised the pay of the men and would have
divided with them the JtW.OOO assessed by
the city against the company by th new
occupation tax." This statement was de
nied In toto by Wattles.
Hely on Published Itrrord.
In his argument before the council, Wat-
! ties referred repeatedly to th record of
the conference meeting, published in ths
daily ores, and when his turn cam to
talk C. O. Pi ait, at the head of Inn
! strikers' movement, also urged people to
read this published record.
Wattles referred to a number of other
cities where the pay of street car men is
lets than that In Omaha, th maximum
oh v In these cities being, per hour, aa fol-
cents; Des Mollies, 24 cents; the Twin
Cities. 26 cents; Milwaukee, U cents, and
St, Louis. Si cents. The maximum in
Omaha is 26 cents.
"No employe has to take -a 'swing' run
unless he wants to; th man' hav the pick
of the runs, and the company will ac
cept any change in the runs th men can
sugaest," said Mr. Wattles, "Th company
owes the people of the city good and oon-
tlnued servh e and the authorities owe pro
tection lo property and to employes. W
may have to com to a tragedy to settle
this matter right, but even though that
tragedy occurs and I wake up on the other
shore, I can leei happy that 1 did what
was riuht."
Mi. l'ratt replied to Mr. Wattle and
asked why he Is afraid to arbitral If he
wants to be fulr. "We court arbitration,"
he said and read an extract from President
Tafl's speech in Chicago, wher he went
on record as beieg lr sympathy with or
ganized labor. "1 came to Omaha on a
mission of peaca, and not until after th
men had voted to strike did I counsel or.
ganizatlon," said the head of th strikers.
So Arbitration, lay Wattle.
In his talk to the council In thla first
meeting president Wattles said that he
would not consent to arbitrate because th
company had nothing to arbitrate, and.
furuiur, advised the mayor and oeuucllmen
that they were wasting lime In talking
about the situation, aa they could do noth-
0n tt,. other side, the couunitte rep
lesenling the strikers said they wanted
arbitration, that they were for peace and
no violence.
This last statement was In reply to a
statement by Mr. Wattles that his Uf
bad been frequently tnrealened.
"I am here to tell you thut there will be
serious difficulty this afleinooi,, and that
there will be serious lioolie if n.n,e actwn
is not taken btfoie then." Mr. Wattle told
th councllmen In this first meeting.
Th cenfereno lasted aU fjrsnuou, luX