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Fhe Omaha Bee. unday "nTATHEa FORECAST. For Npr.ka. F!r. warmer. For loa Fair. roll. F( r iali:er rr, rt pare 2 NEWS SECTION PAGSS 1 lO I VOL XXXIX NO. 27. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1IW-SIX SECTIONS FOKTY-FOrii TAOES. single (xnv five cents. i REPORT AGAINST DR. COOK'S CLAIM Ir:I:'2iiary Examination cf Record Loet Kot Show that He Beached the Pole. iaia is kot surncizsr Icjilzs Opinion at Copenhagen it Uz.dirg-oirg Cliiigc. lOIIGIZS 07 FACULTY ASGBY ILejrct Iipreised that Report Wat Hade Public. , 1TA2Y HAS UOTHUG TO SAY rcmmai4rr Seniles Broadly Whfi .UVfd for Statemrat aad Remains fWleat Dr. Cook till Misslsc. rornVHACEN. Dec. IF -The Associated Press In lr.forrued by a high authority thai the committee of the T"rl ersty of Copen .t?tn is lis yilir.ilnsry exa-rination of his rwwJii failed to clif-cover proof that rr. I Frederick A. Ook reached the North pole. A preliminary report a as made by the t-xamiiilng committee t a secret session of vhe consistory of the -univers.ty today., The consist ?ry listened to the report, which provoked an animated discussion. It ap- j peam that the data so far submitted li not ' held sufficient to establish the explorer's claims. The result of today a discussion was a reauei. on the part of the crrirlttf y l'uiu the 00 mm! ;tee continue Its wot a. The uni versity body will leave to the Investigator proper the matter tf making public later the results of their Inquiries. Ia ths meantime It la announced by as official of the university, the consistory will not make public ar.y communication based op Information received orally from the committee at today's meeting. Popular opinion here appears to hare undergore a gradual charge. From the be ginning of the controversy the populace of Copenhagen has been decidedly pro-Cook. Patriotism has strengthened this sentiment. Recent developmerts. however, have been disappointing and t"dsy the' general im presslon prevails that Dr. Cook's papers, as Eubm.tted. do not constiruta proof that he discovered the North pole. Reaort la Keat Ireret. The report n as presented by Rector Torp. but lta nature was carefully guarded from others than members of th eoneie tory. The latter are pledged to secrecy. It iu admitted. how;ver, that the work thus far accomplished I. ad provoked an animated debate arrxng the university of ficials. To the r.e wspa men "trrtor Torp saidij ' u cv,;BMe a ..rk Intuit yet fla-1 Ished. I cannot tell bow lut It will on-j tlnue. km 1 hop the tb rrs-ilt -an be j made pubje before New T ar's . l'.oth the merr. he r of the onsinory aid the com- mtltee have been forbidden rtrictly 10 Bnake pabllc anything regarding vhai hns beta I eiocompliwhed thus fr by Uie inv.-rti I ga' rs " i It is learned that several members ,) the university consistory are exceedirigly anrrT.- of the preliminary report, on of them eJpresf'mg regret that the 13:11- tvreity had not waited until T'T Crick's claim that h" reached the pole bid been proved btfore honi'ring him. Peary Saatlew, bat ia Mleat. NEW TOIIK, Iec. li. Commander Rob- ert E, Ptary smUcd broadly today when! Informed that a Copenhagen dispatch had j been received quoting a paragraph of the University of Copenhagen in it. prelim inary examination of lr. Cook's records, and failing to find proof that the physi cian had found the North pole. And that smile was the only answer that Commander Peary made to the Information mhei im parted to him at the Hotel Imperial. "Absolutely nothing to say," said Com roande Peary. Efforts to locate, Dr. Frederick A, Cook, renewed today, were fruitless. Hi. former counsel, K. Wellington Wack, declared he had neither seen nor lieard anything of Dr. Cook since November B. "I believe, a I have from the first, that Dr. Coi.k Is in Europe," said Mr, Wack, . rapk leal Kwriety I Art. WASHINGTON. IX-c. IS. Inienae interest was manifested here taday by officiala of the N ational Geographical society in the I Alloa B. Parker of New Tork, presiding preliminary reptirt of the committee of and delivering the principal addreas of the University of Copenhagen that it had I eulogy, the merobera of the bar of the failed to find proof substantiating Dr. supreme court of the United States met Cook's claim that he had found the North i In the supreme court rooms at the capitol fxtie April H. lHWi. None, however, would i shortly after 11 o'clock today and atrmit hlmseif to be Quoted. adopted resolutions on the death of Rufus As soon as official announcement Is made I w- Peckham. associate justice of the su iif the conclusions of the university's exm- jpreme court. itue. the National Gpraphical tociety J To assemblage of distinguished members will lake prompt measures to bring to a!' the bar was called to order by Solici ted the woi'M-wide controve rsy as to the , ,or General Uoyd W. Bower, w ho moved Tindlng of the North pole fcv deroat. Jing j lt selection of Judge Parker to pr Hide. Jrom lr. Cook absolute proof of his claim. Jud Parker announced the appolnt Failing to receive convincing proof the B1,rl o1 " co"1 of twelve member. locitty will proclaim Commuiier Peary aa ; ' i uletide Cncer for Europeans Ycr Seven Million Do Han ia Pottal Cidtrt Sent Across Atlantic Thii Korth. M;V TOKK. Ihc ltNever befctre has u much Tuletide money guac ecruas the Atlantic to cheer the people of other lands as a as sent this year, according to the 'igures eoii.pJed sime December L by Post- Xtasirr E. M. Mi.rgan. Ouigjing steamers have carried away orders anxunting to t:,fC4.".. ir.cree of C i.lS over the sum sent lust year. Nearly t .'W.i attt to Br.at Britain alor.e. atile Italy's i-ple were remem ber, i tih tl.T2.ia. in gifu. large and enmll. In the nun.-ber of money orders there a as a gain of iw.ll ovr U-Mi. MiKDEN MAN IS BADLY HURT! I H. Mnaaer falta froaa TrmJa at 1-a I'orie aad Breaks a Vm. LA POHTK, Ind.. Dee. Is. eSpecial Tele gram. While ahghung from a Lake Chore traiu last r-lght L M. Sluaer of Mmdea, Neb, a:!p;d and fell Hia leg a as broken by the fall, a hteh, with Internal Injuries, .jnekt 1,1. ot.rvd.ttoa crtt.eL Mr. Sleseer Is 7 leara old and commander of the BUbdrn Grand Army of the Republic post Jury Indicts Both Doxcys for Murder of Erdcr Columbia Doctor it Arretted oa Bench Warrant After Int Bill it Voted. FT. LOtT, Dec. Charged with nrur- ! der In the first degree In connection i'h the death last July of William J. Erder. Ir. Loren B. Icxejr of Columbus, Neb., ai.d his wife, I xra K. Ioxey, are tonight held In U.e city Jail. No communication may pax between them escept In writing and that only after the Jailer )uu approved the missivea. They ar charged wit) responsibility for the death here on Ju'y 10, last, of William J. Erder. who died after a brief illness. Mrs. tHixey. It Is charged, was married to Erder a few weeks before his death. Analysis of Erder's viscera revealed con siderable arsenic therein. The information of the circuit attorney upon which Mrs. Doey wss brought here from Nebraska charged that Erder a as given po.son In his food. The court's action was taken on the application of Harry Rosskopf, assistant circuit attorney, who appeared In open court and announced that Indictments had been found against Ir. and Mrs. Doxey. He then aked that the warrants ! I Issued, adding that the Indictments would be returned Into court as soon as they had been drawn up and verified. This w-ill take several days. Both prisoners today asserted their in nocence of the chargfs lodged against them. They added that their attorney haJ Instructed them not to discuss tha case. As the Missouri statutes do not recognute accenoris to crime as such. Dr. Dcxey s 'hareed with being a principal, although he k as rot In St. L.ouis when Erder was taken ill. The circuit attorney's office asserts that evidence will be produced to show that fce was In communication with Mre. Dozey while ahe. r.ccording to the charges, was ministering to Eider as the latter wife. Viae Kat Erder, alster of the dead man, asserted that her efforts to solve the myatery of her brother's death will not cease. "I will do all In m- power to furnieh evflerce needed by the prosecution." said Miss Erder. "When I first repined the matter to the police I was told that the burden of proof was on me. I hare pro duced the xroof thus fsr and I will atill tsJte part In the case. Howell Reported To Be Slated for Job Held by Goss Freteiit Dittrict Attorney Pindt "St . irtika ttuiatori lined Vf for Another Omaha Han. . tFroaa a f taff Porraapondon t ) .1 - WASHINGTON. Dec Fpe trial Tele- Cara-V-Charles A. Gosa. United States dls- "' lwr ,ur " "oir.B fIer hl 'l1 point meat to the position he nw hold. a which. eplre. early in Jan- uary, i aot sneeung with the success he , anticipated, Ut baa ascertained that Sen I aior Brown la backing F. 8. Howell of j Omaha for the place, and Senator Burkett ! la not enthusiastic la his behalf, la view i of the early adjournment of congress for the holidays, bo nomination Is anticipated until early In the near year, but when the nomination comes tn, those who are wise predict that F. S. Howell will be the man named. S. R, Rush, who has proaeeuted the land fraud cases ia w hich Bartlett. Richards and others have, been convicted. saJd today he was in Washington for the purpose of go ing over the records in the Oklahoma land eases. Parker in Eul gy of Justice Peckham Bar of Supreme Court Meett and Adoptt Resolution! of Eespect WA9HINGTCN. Dec. ItWith Judge the bar. with United States Senator Elihu Root as chairman, to draft resol u- i Hons of respect. The resolutions w ere I presented later and paid a high eompll- j ,o :h u,'yriBv. ..... i m uuiiKim v nil i 1 1 n, rqnuuuni luf reisolullons. "and the effect of - his work have' contributed powerfully to promote j that respect for law and for the court tot our country which underlie, all ot our lrjst',ulVoB"- Kids on Warpath Make Victims of Show Police A gang of young desperadoea. or maybe they were only "playing Indian," was bombarding the audience on the parquet floor of the corn expoeita ball with helled corn. A detail ef lusty poliormea were sent to quell the mischief-makers of this children's day riot. The brave officer, were nut to ( rout by a volley of the stinging grains. Th P vem, armed wit. pea snoot era. held their lofty tortreas la the top bos above the crowded ba'oonjr. The mighty battle was fought tn view of thou sands of laughing; people and the polios were U-glortoualy repulsed, baffled and beetan. General Deoipeey. In charge ef the at terktl.g force, sitting at headquarters, re ceived the report ef the couriers bringing tidings of defeat with a mighty oath and a frowa like the one that mad the duke w eliitigtoa CONGRESS MAKES GOODPROGBESS 2ore Butinett Transacted Prior to Holiday Recest Than it MASY BILLS A5D EXSOLUTIOXS Army Bill and District of Columbia Bill Pending in Eonte. TWO BAILFOAD ACTS PASSED Omnibnt Pension Eillt, Carrying 467 Claimi, Go Through Home. OPPOSITION TO 11A55 BILL MtaieHtr Will File V I !- Report CaadeaDBlas the "Wklte slave" Meuire aa I eatl tatlonal. WAF1T1NGTON. Tec, It. Far bertter progress h being made with legislation In the hot:- than u anticipated Before r-c.r.gress convened. It was predicted that .here wou d be little or no activity prior to the holiday adjournment and that the j aiFrioxltio- to dp but a small amount of ; business would probably characterlie the entire session. Since the house convened on December 6. however, a great number of lmrxrtant bills and resolutions have been introduced, two important measures have been yassed ard s number of others have been reported and r.re under consideration in the house. a.11 a total of 1 16 house bills. 1S5 house resolutions, ninety-five ylnt reso u tlors and twenty-Fix concurrent resolu tions have been Introduced. Two measure for railroad regulstion. bearing the name of Representative Each of Wisconsin, have re-esed the bouse. Two omnibus pension bills, carrying a total of C7 claims, have also passed. Two Important piece of legislation arc now pending, the District of Columbia appropriation bill and the Penams cax.a: government reorganisation measure. The army appropriation bill, carrying upwards of 1100 (IT- W. Is out of the military com mittee and the Immigration committee Is preparing to report its bin resTjlatlng the "white slave" traffic There will be a vigorous minority re port by four democratic members of the heese committee on Interstate and foreign commerce on the Mann white slave" bill. which was practieaUy acted on by a ma jority of tht committee today. The mi nority r. port. whJch will be written by Rep resentative Richardson of Alabama, will usert that the whole matter Is one to be handled by the tmmigritlon committee, that the Interstate Commerce eimmlsaioo has no jurisdiction whatever and that the Mana bill, which alms at the suppression of the traffic by means of regulation of lntentats commerce. Is nnconstltutionaJ and gross violation of the right of states to regulate the mortis of, their own In habitants. The minority report wT.l be signed by Repreeeu.tatlvee Richardson of Alabama, Bartlett of Georgia, AdamSon of Georgia and Tettrs of Massachusetts. This piece ot legislation," said Repre sentative Richardson today, "I characterise a the worst piece of cant and hypocrisy that has lately been perpetrated by the republican psrty- Because the majority be lieves that it is in relation to a subject upon which we dare not offer objection to any kind of regulation, they purpose to enact a law that lets down the bars as far as invading the rights of state's are con cerned. If this bill becomes a law, the federal government can go to any extent In enforcing the regulation of the morals and health of any state." Car Service Cede Esdereed. Recognising the great benefits to be de rived from uniformity in car service regula tions, the Interstate Commerce commission today added its Influence to the sew code of rules recently adopted by the National Association of Railroad Commissioners. In a statement issued, the commission say: "We endorse the rules adopted by the national association and recommend that they be made effective on Interstate trans portation throughout the country. This action is, of course, subject to the right and duty of the commission to Inquire into the legality or reasonableness ef any rule or rules which an ay be made the subject of complaint." WALSH ATTACKS VERDICT Chleage Bauaker Fllew AsiBlloatloa fee Writ ef Certiorari froaa SaerrBKe Crt. WASHINGTON. Dee. lS.-Compla:nlr.g that the verdict In his case was "repug nant." because of the fact that a number of the counts against him in his trial in the United States courts of Illinois were baed on the same transaction, the Chios j banker. John R- Walsh, today filed in the ; supreme court of the United States his petition for a writ of certiorari, w hich. If granted, would have the effect of bringing the record in the case to the supreme court for skneral review. A motion for the allowance of the petition probably will be entered In the court next Monday. The presentation of the matter a ill have the effect of staying the execu- ,ion 01 "-fr woer of imprisonment. Turn, boys, turn," be commanded, head ing the aouad oa the way back. Just then he received a stinging pellet in his ear and turned la time to see a scout from the juvenile enemy taking to cover ha the wheat field behind the alfalfa house. The tiny cabin was sttrrounded and, after a siege which lasted four whole minute, the lone defender stood against General Dempsey forces. Meanwhile Detective Walker, ink rare and Intrepid daring, single handed and armed only with s strona- voice, had re duced te quietude the raging scene about the upper box In the exposition kali. The battle was over. Prisoners war ex changed and the children declared a truce ntil more mischief turned up. - "Lot of fun for those little rascals." re marked Sergeant Dempeey. when be got ef . to the bollce station where be could tuda I amliea. d m: umd&m Ami frjjZAYtt 6 S2'J".f jZ' From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. BILL TO TAX INDIAN LAND Senator Broira Will Soon Introduce Meaiure Fully Appiovtd. RED MEJT THEMSELVES FOB IT Jeaater Gamble IaterTlewa Secretary Balllna-er Dlapoaltlem ( Vnallotted laidi la Da kota ReaerTatioaa. (From a Staff Correspondent.) "WASHINGTON. Dec IS. t5p-ciU Tele gramsSenator Norris Brown believes that the Omaha Indians as well aa the white people of Thurston county are In favor of the taxation of Indian lands. On Monday he will introduce a bill, which, if fcnacifcd. will place all those lands on the tax liFt of 1H8. taxes to be paid out of the proceeds from lands if the Indians themselves neglect or refuse to pay them. The bill author.se the secret.ary of the Interior to pay thete taxes out of moneys in his hands or sub ject to his order which has come from rentals. The bill has the approval of Senator Clc pp. chairman, bf the senate committee on Itidian affairs. &e w-U ac the approval o! Aaelctaiit Secreta-T of it.: Interior Plerc John G&nnoa of Pender and 11 L. Keeft of .Walthla. now In Waar-tiea. Jutre alo .proved of lu While at the Omaha reservation last sum mer. Assistant Commissioner Fred II- Ab bott attended a council at which many jetdlng members of the tribe spoke aid were unanimous in favoring taxation ol thesr lands. They declared that the in crease in value that wouid come in lh development and opening up of the reserva tions would more than compensate them for tuts they would have to pay. Protest Aa-alast Ceaaelldattoa. The Commercial club of Waithiil today pretexted against the ootsolidation of the Omaha and Winnebago agencies and the appointment of but one superintendent. However, the department has fully decided to have but one admlnietraUve office after Jaruary 1. Senator Gamble today had a conference with Secretary of the Interior EalLnger regarding his bills authorizing the salt and disposition of the surplus and unl ;otVed lands in the Standing R-ck and Cheyenne River Indian reeervai.orn in South Dakota. Senator Gamble suggested that Major McLaughlin be assigned to treat with the Indians of these retea-rations looking to galnit.g their consent to the term, cf several b.lla, and Secretaiy Bellinger will doubtles. accept the sugges tion and a&slgn Major McLaughlin to the task. The following fourth-class poet&ff.eej be come presidential office on January 1 nejxt, with salaries of postmasters as lnd.cated: Nebraska Arcadia, Campbell. Clarkson, tLtuO. Bethany. Bredshaw. Croflon, Decatur, Dillon. Giltner. H.y Springs. HemlRgford, Rising City, Shelby, Silver Creek. Wall hill, Wauneia. Wtsurn. H.100. Grant, Herman. May wood. Niobrara, Re publican City, Utica, Wiuside, Wolbach, J1.000. lo a Conrad. Edrewood. Garden Grove, M&ena. New Virginia. Oicford. Srieffielcl, Sprirville. Tnroli, Catana, H.luO. Cambridge. Cturdan. Ielmar, Delta, EarHilie. Early, G.lman. H.ou. Scuth Dakota Frederick. Marlon, Tripp, tl.0. Eurke. Car.asto:a, Frankfort. Garretson, Hecla. Hcnrj', Mobriige. Willow Lake, Wil mot. 11,100. Alpena, Kennebec. Leola. Oacoms, fLffO Lemuel B. Hartley was today appointed astmaater at Atden. Borne county, Ne- postrr. braska. vice M Kur.kJe, re signed. The want ad pages are particularly in teresting to Christ mas shoppers Before you start out on tout chopping tour look over the classification Christmas Iiints," on the first want ad. page. There you will find a large number of Omaha mer chants, who are offering sug gestions of things, which they have, which are appropriate for Cbristnias presents. Many little things, out of the ordi nary, are mentioned there. Hava yog, read its tut aU, yet, today I ,'V'V - 1 .':,' f.V Pitv the Christinas "Grouch" Roosevelt and Party Leave for Hunt in Uganda Trip Will Take Them Into Wildett and Most Dangerous Field of Exploration. NAIROBI, British East Africa, Dec. 11 Today the American Hunting and Scientific expedition began what may be termed as the second stage of Its Journey into the interior of Africa. The objective point Is GondtAera, Uganda, which, it is expected will be reached on February 17. Colonel Roosevelt and his associates were given a cordial send off as they boarded the train at noon for Kisumu. Arriving at that port tomorrow the party will board the stetmer Clement Hiil and cross Vic toria Nyanxa to Entebbe. With 'he passage of the lake, the Ameri cans will have left behind them British East Africa and enter the Uganda pro tectorate the wildest and most beautiful, perhaps the most dangerous and certainly the most Interesting field of their explora tions. AH were in the best of health when they aet forth today In search of new i-oboueat!!. At Entebbe. Colonel Roosevelt and Kermlt will oe eutertamed at the boas of the governor, proceeding oa Thurada by motor Car to 'Kampala, at the beao. of the lake, where they will rejoin the others of the party, who in -the meantime will have arrived at that place by steamer. At Kampala the hunt wiil be organised and on December 2. the invasion tnai will bring thein into the province of the Nile will be begun. H Oldest Grandchild is Seventy er Jewish Woman Who Wat Born in finssia 115 Yeart Ago Diet in Kew York. PHILADELPHIA, Dee. li Born tn the eighteenth century, in the province of Kiev, Russia, Mra. Brayne Makedensk died at the Jewish Sheltering Home last night at the ape cf 115 years. Mrs. Makedenskl had nineteen children, several of whom are still living, and is sur vived ty about In descendants, scattered over the world, but most of them living in the United States. The eldest grandchild is 70. He is Abraham Makedenskl of New Tork. Mrs. Makedenskl often spoke of an honor l-ertowed upon her by Cxar Nicholas I of Russia, when he gave her a sovereign seventy-five years ago when her parents kept an inn. The Csar stopped at the inn for a few hour, one day and was so pleased with his trea:ment that he gave Mrs. Make denfkl a medal. Mrs. Vakedenfki and her family moved to America twenty yeart ago. POET WATSON IS IN HIDING Said to Have Disappeared Bride Beraaae of Aaqaltk Attack. rltk NEW TORK, Dec It William Watson. the English poet, and his Irish bride have . dinapiMar-ed and beyond the fact that they , have left the hotel where they registered on their arrival here a few weeks ago, none of their friends her know what has become cf them. It Is said the coet was annoyed by the spotlight of publicity which his explanation identifying Mrs. and Miss Asqulth. wife and daughter of the British premier, as the persons attacked In his pwm. centered upon him. 1 5 i f Mrs. Martin Hysterical When Arraigned in Court NEW TORK Dee. IK. Mra. Caroline B. Martin, mother of Ocey Snead. created a scene in the Tombs police court when sks was arraigned today on a charge of mar der. Denied permission to make statement. Mr. Martin, a ho was cot represented by i counsel, declared she meant to hav ber rights, and resisted the court officer.' ef forts to quiet her. She was led screaming out of the room. Mr. Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead. mother and aunt, respectively, of the East Orange bathtub victim, were both ar raigned. The prisoners both manifestly dreaded tb ordeal. It was knowa that recent revelations have convinced Prosecutor Mott of Essex count j', a her Ocey &ad, fit r ii SALOON LICENSES REVOKED Henthatr, Bone and Windsor Bart Closed by Police Board. ACTIOS FOLLOWS COUET DECISION age Redirk Deales Iajaaetlea aad Cosamlsalva fckate I Salooas Ckief Doaaae Called Before Goveraor. Sitting a a license board Saturday after noon. Mayor Dahlman and Polioe Com missioners Hunter and V apple h revoked the saloon license, of Rome Miller, T. J. O'Brien. Lent. & William, and Louis Ren tf row, aa a. oonseiuence of Judge Redick'. decision. . The revocation Is to be enforced "at1 once," according to the resolution adopted, which further provides that the chief of police ia at once to proceed to notify the parties concerned. The chief said he would at once serve the notice ;o close and this was done. Miller's license was for the bar In Hotel Rome. O'Brien's for Hotel Henshaw, Ren frew's for the Windsor hotel, on Tenth street, and Lent. Williams for 1S Far nara street. Before the resolution for revocation was offered Mayor DaUruea said aS parties had agreed that the decision In one case should govern In all. The board had at that time expressed its. determination to set Immediately on the court'- decision being rendered, and was now prepared to do so. "A. men of honor, we have but ens course to pursue. said Commissioner Wap pich, and Commissioner Hunter agreed. Thereupon Commissioner Wappich offered the formal resolution and it prevailed by the vote, of the three members of the board present. Commissioners Hoye and Karbach were oetameo rrom tse special meeting lay ousi- ntss. I- Is understood. Bedirk Deales lalax-tloa. Judge Redick handed down his decision In the rooming, dissolving the order previously iasued to restrain the police board and denying a new order that would prevent the board from taking action. Briefly stated Judge Redick'. decision Is as follows: The only Question Involved Is that of the jurisdiction of the police court and this on '.l.a point that the statute order, penalties greater than the amount provided for the polioe court to impose, or the sum of $100. A c 7 It is arcued by attorneys for the de- ! . w?u,a UM t0 "vantage when he re fendant that revocation of the license, j ,Ud ,0 ,he fTm- which is ordered to ensue, is a penalty 01"' tut lht fc:5,l compliment . could and is puni.hment additional to the fine "mrl foT tn' t,ow 'tse:f- " cI ,oo mr PfTj,, poeslble. It wa. a fin- Judge Redick declared that the police I l"'a ''how' wlth ,he t' twenty court doe. not revoke the license and that I T-Tf 'n T i'h twelve last U.e lioet.se Is not revoked until the board Jrtr" Th N,br"k i roads. ho. "Furthermrre." said the court, "It was not the lnf-ntion of the legislature to re voke the license ss part of the penalty and punishment, but as a measure of protec tion to the public in the future." Co art Veait DerliUa. Judge Redick read from a written de- elsion In announcing hi. decision. In ad- dltlon to the points .t.ted he referred to the arguments of the defendants that the supreme court and other courts have frequently used the word "penalty" in a colloquial sense and Implied that the consequences of a conviction are part of the "petfiAJty" or punishment therefor. "This is not. nevertheles." said the court, "an exact and proclae use of the word and the consequences' are not neces sarily the legal penalty' which the court oiajr imjK. iw acTuai penalty w men inc' poles court does and did Impose tn thee ; particular cases wae the fine of $100 - While the C. M. Lent case wa. the one really argued before Judge Redick. his ml- ing aa on the Rome Miller rase, for this I (Continued on Second Page ) your.g victim of the tragedy met ber death, that he will have no difficulty In securing their extradition. This evidence Is largely that which the! prosecutor has unearthed In the tin boxes ,n(J a.,UtM ,ecr,UrT cf rlcuor, which Mr Martin left with the clerk In . u4 ,n u,e rf,vernor. expressed the aam. the Hotel Bayard, where she wa. arrested, j opinio , tri,1r Cpln),n B1U ,.ve Every document, the prose-Tutor insists. ! weight." sal I Mr .Wattles. "Il strengthens his conviction that Mrs. Snead wft., lr)(Jf.ed a finished show tl.it con was not a suirida. tained more good things than most people) n. iaya stress on me raci tr.at not one of the letters supposedly tn Ocey Snead'. handwriting found among Mrs. Martin', effect, had been mallod. All are written oa fresh Botrpeprr and apparently had been little handled. Mr. Mott declares careful comparison baa satisfied hint that If th aot found with the coithlng of the bathtub victim was in her kendwrtUng Ihes letters Were sot. SUCCESS CROWNS OLD KING CORN Gatet Close on Third National tition, Ending Two Weea.v cf Activity. ' 1T0PLE S VE EDICT IS WELL DOSE Fire Governor and Other Sotablea Toice Wordt of ApyrovaL JACK FEOST FOE OF KING CCEJJ Frigid Weather Kept Down Attend ance to Certain Decree. KAXY DiTOSTAJrT C0XVL5TI0X3 -m, lBaileneBt Dealers, Itlvee Bonatera Held ealoB laltera freaa Wide Ha a re of Terri tory teaae to Oaaakaw Corn Is stni kir.c. The thi"d National Corn expos'tlon 1. ever find tre big builJir.g Is being dis mtmled cf ell the beautiful products of the soil which have adorred the Auditorium at.d snnex for the last two a ecks. All who ssw the rhow pr jounced It great. During the two eeeks of the corn show Omaha ha hern called uon to entertain a lost of people, and. although there has been no cong'tstion on the streets, the j crowds have been steady ard ail the hotels jlaie been overtaxed for tl.a two week. tf the show. Not only has the corn ex position been an attraction, but three targe conventions have been held during tha prorress of the show. Tiri1 came the American Breeders" association, with learned rrrn from all over the country, then the Mid-Wt Implement Iealers tasociation and the Missouri River Naviga tion congress with large following.. All thtse oorrhined to rraUe Omaha a burr spot for two weeks. Great men have been sttrncted to Oma'.ia by the Nat'or.sl Corn exposition. And all Lave said the show was great. " Notable Mea ay Well Done. Jtmes J. Hill, head cf the ;rnt trans portation llT.es of the northwest. nd hil sir, I- W. Hill, jirerldent of the Great Northern, rrrnt a das- at the show anl were loud In their praise of its merits and the good it was doing for the tillers of the eon. Willett M Hays, assistant secretary of agriculture, stayed In Omaha nearly a wee in attendance at the corn .tfiow and the American Breeders' association, and said that he never saw a show which was ae highly educational. He ss1d that It was really a short course which no farmer who could possibly reach Omaha could afford V miss. Governors or five r-tates have been to the Corn show and each was liberal In the Biemsui ef praise eTtpresaed for the work that had been done by the directors of the show In gathering a splendid array of the products of the pell and of the special work being done by the universities snd the ag ricultural colleges and experimental farms to better the yields and the conditions of the farmer. Fire Governors Praise Skow. Governor -Tr.hn T:UeV f Vai, t , ; he . ela(J fce M come tht , marveled at the wonderful exhibits that had been collected. Governor Veev of South rttkm i j be never dreamed such an educaUonal ex- , hibit could be gathered together under th. head of an agricultural display. Governor Shafroth of Colorado was pleased and was not afraid to say so, and he went back home and hustled up a fl.Ot oat. trophy which his state had pronUaa for th' lt ai'-r j GovfrT)c"' Brooks did no! visit Omaha i'"" lhe ht,ow oined. t-ut was here a short ) e tor4s- b1 1J he would do all poa- i b,e ,0 bo0,t the ho- Wyoming was cn hand with splendid exhibits. Governor Sha'lenberger of Nebraska made the rounds of the Com show and said ! lhBl he haJ " T things which evrr. were against the attendance, and, combined wits the extreme cold, kept thousands aaay who might otherwise hav come. Wlatry Blasta ITnrt Atteadaaee. The first four days of the opening week were about as dlsarreeable as weather ever gets In Nebraska. It warmed slightly Fri day and Saturday, but when the last we-ek j of the show opened and thousands of farm- , ers had made up their minds to come to tmaha the w Inter blasts a ere again turned j loose from the far north and this section of the country was again visited hv about as bad weather as one could imaeine. Cocld you blame the farmer for not leav ing the stock at home in aero weather? It was diragreeable for even the city men. sho travel on the street cr. "I lhink the attendance ha. been re markably good considering the extremely com ana dlaarrwable weather," said T. F. Fturgesa, general manager of the National Ce.rn exposition. "Ther has been scarcely day that the thermometer has not been ranging around the sero mark and still cur halls and aisles have been fa'rly well filled. The surprilng fart to me la that so many thouaanda hove come from the outside In spite of the weather. There is not a hotel In Omaha but that ha. been crowded during the entire two week, of the Corn show. Hundreds of rooms were supplied through the s.ency cf the Information bureau ct. the Young Men's Christian as- I soe istlon." i G. W. Wstllee, president of the Na tional Corn exposition, said that a show cnust be good when so msny experts 1a I the agricultural field without exception i pronounce It great. , , H11 ..... fK. .... ... ; were able to discover in the time they spent In looklr.g st the different exhibits "The weather wa. ur-fortunstely, sgainst ua or ws would have filled Omaha with visiters as It has never leen filled before. There seem to be no doubt but that Omaha las col) e ted the best shew of its kind that a as ever gathered to gether; I mean the greatest egrisultuia show aiot-j eJutatlonal line. .