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ALASKA COAL
Four'Tatt Bills
Sure of Passage
By This Congress
President Certain of Commerce,
Poital Banks, Anti-Injunction
and Statehood Measures.
STORMY SCENE
At the Auto Show
1I0NK! HONK! FOB
IN REICHSTAG
1H0 AUTO SHOW
Qugenbeira-JIorgan Syn-
Socialist Speakers Interpellate Chan
cellor on Effect of His Anti
Suffrage Speech.
Exhibition of Horseless Vehioles
aie lesunei ueiore senate
Committee on Territories.
Opens Monday Night at
the Auditorium. .
ITNN1NGIIAM GROUP VALUABLE
RIOTS GROW OUT OF PROTEST I
AEROPLANE TO SOAR ABOVE ALL
Fhe Omaha
I TMaarfWou 1 ( i'm suae you 1 I ' rmet i mik I ( ' ' ' "1
i I llvliftutaiit I 1 uiOut nun . , I I f . .... I I nutui Mv- I ' v . " 1 I IW1 T wrr
l,.tm,c7,v' WrecaVri. L .Va.auot Stm. - U ..a-"yT rc.aV
foal Can Be Mined at Net Profit of
Twenty-Five Millioni.
SYNDICATE - PRICE IS SMALL
Quarter Million Was to Be Paid for
Half Interest.
LOCATING
COPPER
CLAIMS
latereatlaa; Statement as to How
l,aad' Oecapled by Bonaaaa
Croop Wm , Ob
tained. "'WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. For a few
hours today the aenate commltteee on ter
ritories furnished art attraction In the
way of developments relative to Alaska
coal lands which fairly entitled It to rival
Interest the Balllnger-Plnchot Investi
gation. Manager Stephen Birch of the Guggenheim-Morgan
syndicate again was the
wiln.B. mnA fur tt lhApt tlma hi. rftl(1 off
i figures concerning the value of the coal
'in the -Cunningham and the Alaska coal
and copper mines that were quite caleu-
lated to cause the heads of the members
of the committee to swim. Placing the
tonnage In the Cunningham mlnea at
160,000,000. he said that the coal could
probably be taken out aa to net a profit of
125.000.000.
' This statement taken In connection with
the fact that the syndicate had agreed to
pay only $360,000 for half of the prop
erty aroused much Interest,
Mr. Birch placed the probable output of
the entire Behrlng river coal district, of
which the Cunningham group la a part, at
600,000,000 tona, with a net value oof
"$200,000,000 and a gross value of 1900,-
000,000.
Loeatlnsr Copper Clalma.
Ar. there was another portion of Mr.
Bl'rih's tentlmony which attracted even
more attention than that relating to the
coal mines. It had deference o his efforts
to extend the holdings of the Alaska
Coal and Copper company In the Bonanxa
group of copper mlnea, before It was ac
quired by the Guggenheim-Morgan syndl
rate. Reanondlna- to auentlons from Sen
ator Frailer, Mr.. Birch aald that 'some of
the land now ebraced In that group had
been located by himself through the use
of hla own name and the names of other
ktockholedrs of the company.'
"Dld the company furnish the money to
pay for the claims?" asked Mr. Orailor.
Mr. 'Birch' responded that It had, done so
and mentioned some of the atockholdera
whose names had been so used.
"They were mere dummies, were they
Dot?" asked the Tennessee Henator.'.
"No Indeed," . responded the witness,
"fteey were Interested In the property,
looted claim myself." . .
"Was there an understanding with the
company that these claims should be
turned over?" Mr. Frairier was asked.
"There waa no such understanding," waa
the reply, "I was there as manager and !
went ahead to make the locations to pro
tect the company."
Land Waa Desirable.
Asked If he had received any compenaa
tlon for this service, Mr. Birch replied that
he had not except Insofar as he had re
celvtd pay for hla general work for the
company.
"The land was desirable and the law was
complied 'With In all our proceedings," he
said.
Testifying concerning the Guggenheim
Morgan options on the Cunningham mines,
Mr. Birch aald that It covered only a half
Interest, The Cunningham people retaining
the remainder. The syndicate had agreed
he aald, to pay JIKO.OuO and to furnish trans
portatlon. The company was to be cap!
tallied, for $6,000,000. He estimated that It
would cost $1.75 per ton to mine the coal
and was of the opinion that It could be
marketed, at a profit of 50 centa per ton.
L .Some of the vein In the Cunningham
Vr-oup, he said, were tan or twelve feet
thick, but i still were not so large as fhe
vclne In some of the other mines In the
district. He denied emphatically that the
"syndicate had used any Influence to have
the patents to the mlnea Issued.
"Interested? Of course we are," he said,
"but we have not tried to Influence the
government."
Km Lobbyist Employed.
' 'in emphatic terms Mr. Birch denied that
the syndicate had ever employed a lobbyist
to represent it In Washington and he made
the denial apectflo as to Governor Hoggart,
Delegate Wickersham and Major Richard
son of the army, who has been stationed
in the territory many years In charge of
road work. He said that after he left the
bench and before he waa elected to con
gress Judge Wickersham had made applica
tion to be employed as attorney by the
syndicate, but that aa hla application had
not been favorably acted upon.
t Mr. Wickersham, who waa present read
hla letter, requesting 'employment. In It
he atated merely that having ,feft the
bench he wna In poHltlon to represent the
company If his services should be desired.
He stated Chat he had read the letter for
the purpose of making It plain that he had
not tried to hold up the combination.
Delegate Wickersham had demanded the
right to cross-examine Mr. Birch, but the
, committee hold that he could ask his
questions only through the committee It
self. After the explanations concerning his
application for employment he did not
pre his request.
M.
IIOIT OS STAND
Attorney tieneral far Porta Hlca
. failed to Corroborate Claris.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-The case for
the prosecution in the Balllnger-Plnchot
Inquiry has practically been closed: When
The committee adjourned this afternoon
until Filday next. Mr. Braadrl stated there
was some corroborative evidence yet to be
produced, and that Clifford Plnchot prob
I hhly would want to make statement be-
'"r he rould announce that hla case waa
ended. Mr. Plnchot waa to have taken the
. -iSed thin afternoon, but could not be found
outing tne lunrneon rini.
The day's proceedings begu.n with the un
expected announcement that the cross
examination of Louis I'- Ulavls waa ended.
Henry M. Hoyt. attorney general for Porto
Rico. f called to the stand to corroborate
that portion of Ulavls' testimony In which
(Continued on Second f'ageg
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19,-Four adminis
tration measures are assured of passage at
this session of congress. President Taft
told cullers today that he felt certain the
amendments to the Interstate commerce
act, the postal savings bank bill, the antl
Injunotlon propositions and the statehood
bill will go through.
The situation now seems to portend that
the Alaska legislative council bill, the fed
eral incorporation bill and several other
measures desired by the president will
either fall by the wayside or be laid upon
the shelf for another time.
Some senators are Inclined to view the
statehood bill from a partisan standpoint.
They fear they will be making four dem
ocratic senators and 'some democratic rep
resentatives In passing the bill. The presi
dent, however, wishes to stand by the re
publican national platform of two years
ago, which guaranteed statehood to Arl
on and New Mexico.
Roosevelt Visits
in Paris First
Will Reach the French Capital in
April and Go to Berlin
in May.
BERLIN, Feb. 19. Former President
Roosevelt, replying to an official inquiry
telegraphed to the Foreign office from
Gondokoro today that he expected to be
in Berlin between May 1 and May 11,
coming hera from Paris, which city, con
trary to expectations here, he will visit
first. He will be In tha French capital
during the last few days of April.
Mr. Roonevelt has an engagement in
London for May 15 and so will be obliged
to leave Berlin a day or two before that
date. Nothing has been decided as. yet
regarding the manner In which, the dis
tinguished American will be entertained
here.
GONDOKORO, Feb. 19. Colonel Roose
velt and hla son, Kermlt, started out this
morning on the steamer Redjaf for a
week's shooting along the banks of the
Bar-El-Jabel. This trip was Interrupted
yesterday by the Redjaf running on a
sandbank. . .
Carrncn Strike
in Philadelphia
Men Are Turning In Cars and Refus
ing to Take Them 0ut
Again. . '
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19. A street car
strike was suddenly declared here today
by the Amalgamated Association of Street,
and Electric Railway Employes. The strike
followed the dlsoharge last night, and today
by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
of several hundred men "for the good of
the service."
C. Q. Pratt, national organlier of the
Amalgamated association, claimed that 700
men had been dismissed, but this was de
nted by the officials of the company, who
declared that not one-fifth of that num
ber had been discharged.
Negotiations for a new agreement to take
the place of the one now In force on June
1 had been In progress for some time, but
were broken off this week when the com
pany refused to agree to treat with the
Amalgamated association, but reserved the
right to meet committees from a rival or
ganisation GUN DROPS FROM POCKET AND '
KILLS A COLORED MINER
Fatal Aeeldent Happena wnue tie
la Stooping Over to
Shovel Coal.
BOONE. Ia.. Feb. 19. (Special Telegram.)
William Sweet, a colored miner at Scan
dia. while stooping over to shovel up a
pall of coal, accidentally shot himself,
causing instant, death. He carried a 44
callber revolver In his Inside vest pocket,
and as he stooped this fell to the ground
and Its discharge followed, the bullet sev
ering an artery.
HOG PRICES FALLING OFF
Chicago Market la Five to Ten Cents
Lower Than the Day
Before.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Prices for live hogs
fell off from 6 to 10 cents at the stock
yards today, the top notch being S9.S7H
per hundredweight, still exceeding any
figures paid In the open market for hogs
since 1870, when the 110 hog waa reached.
Mrs. Mary Svacina, at 101,
is Still Hale and Happy
The world has moved through lta cycle
101 times, the revolution that sought to
make the Cxech people free , has taken
its beginning, fallen and been forgotten;
the maps of many nations have been
ohatiged since September t, IMS, the day
that Mrs. Mary Svacina was born In the
little hamlet of Zuhorany in Bohemta.
Unregretful of the years that have gone,
she Is today sitting In her home at HIT
South Fourteenth street, reading the Bible
that aha brought to Omaha with her forty
yeara ago from Bohemia. It Is within a
few years of a century since she as a
girl first turned Its pages.
Alona and refusing assistance or the
care of others aha maintains her house
hold. 81nce her husband, Martin Svacina,
sr., died here thirty-five yeara past, ahe
has lived alone and she will be alone to
the end. Her sons and her grandchildren
live nearby and aha welcomes them lo her
home as vlaltors. But she will live alone
and be mistress of her own home. When
one haa her own home for three-quarters
of a century or more It gta to be a habit.
Five or her eleven children are living.
Her eldest son. John. Jr., a mere atrip
pllng youth of M years, who lives In South
Omaha. Is a freuuent visitor. Often he haa
sought to persuade her to live at his home
Government is Blamed for the Use of
Force. ii
DEMONSTRATORS NOT AHMED
Speaker Says Bloodshed Clings to
Fingers of Chancellor.
HINT AT STRONGER METHODS
If Ministry t'ontlnaes Its Opposition
to I'nlversal Suffrage Itevo- .
lotion In Snre to
Come.
BERLIN, Feb. 19. Today's session of the
Reichstag opened with a stormy scene,
growing out of an Interpellation by the
socialists a?klng Chancellor Bethinann-von
Hollweg what had Induced him In his
Prussian suffrage speech In the Diet to
attack universal suffrage as guaranteed by
the imperial constitution.
Dr. Frank, socllaltst, referring to the
chancellor's' remark that a democratic
franchise exercised an evil and degenerat
ing Influence upon political morals, in
quired whether the Reichstag was willing
to hear such a criticism of universal suf
frage from the chancellor. ,
Vice President Spahn called Frank to
order.
Chancellor JJethmann-von Hollweg as
sured the house that the universal suffrage
of the empire was secure from any at
tacks by the Imperial government or the
Bundesrath.
Deputy Lebbous, social 1st, alluded to the
recent street demonstrations and said that
the socialists meant to continue the pro
test and that they were not to blame, for
the rioting at Halle, Neumemrten. and
Frankfort, but rather that the police ware
responsible because they liad-J'nierf-ered
with peaceably disposed crowds.- ,,Tpe po
lice, he said, had used arms against un
armed people, wounding and massacrelnar
women and children and aged persons.
"The fault," he added, "is with the ruling
powers and the blood shed at Frankfort
and Neumenster clings to the fingers of
the chanoellor. The socialists will con
tinue making demonstrations in the streets,
and perhaps, will use stronger methods. We
will bring It to pass that tne Prussian
people obtained universal suffrage against
the opposition of the government and the
parties supporting it.
( "If that results, in violence as h prob
able .then a revolution of the people would
be Justified. The English Stuarts ana tne
French "Bourbons perished In an attempt
to'uae force against, victorious and, popular
movements and precisely so will any suoh
movement be crushed by the powers of the
people. If you let matters proceed bo
far the people will be ready."
The speech caused a prolonged common
throughout tha house. Vice President
Spahn, as Herr Lebebour concluded, called
him to order for his atatement that the
blood shed In the rioting was upon the
hands of chancellor.; v
HEBRON MAN DIES ON TRAIN
Dr. .Lewie B. Hoghn Kxptres Near
La Junta, Colo. Valuables
Taken from Person.
DENVER. Feb. 19. (Special Telegram.)
Dr. Lewis B. Hughes of Hebron died
todav on a Santa Fe train near La
Junta, Colo., while enroute from Los An
geles to his Nebraska home. Hardly had
the physician's body become relaxed In
death when the Pullman conductor was
seen to take rings and other : valuable!
from the dead man. The conductor Is un
der arrest at La Junta.
The body of Dr. Hughes was taken from
the train at La Junta and Is being pre
pared to end east for burial. .The doctor
went west In quest of health, but, finding
that death waa Inevitable, he was return
ing home to straighten up some business
affairs and see hla family before the end.
MACVEAGH WILL NOT QUIT
Denial of Storr Secretary of Treasary
Will Reslava Because of III
Health.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. At the Trees
ury department today the positive state
ment was made that there was no basis
for the report that Secretary MacVeagh
was contemplating retiring from office bo
cause of ill health.
A cold in the throat has kept the secre
tary Indoors for more than a week, but
he Is keeping in close touch with depart
ment matters. He is gradually recovering
his strength.
where he might watch over her, but she
declines.
"I'll stay here at home. I've been here
a long time and I'll tay here close to
the good church of St. Wencelaus," she
answers to the patois of the Csech that
they spoke In Bohemia a- hundred years
ago whon ahe was young.
Then there ia Peter, the 66-year-old
baby of the family, who runs a grocery
nearby, and Jacob, a retired grocer of 82,
who lives a few squares away, and ahe
gets letters from her eldest sou, Martin,
Jr., who Is spending the 5th year of his
boyhood up Seattle way on the coast. So
It len't so lonely after all for this widow
of 101 years.
A few days ago Mrs. Svacina became
slightly 111. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Peter Svacina, called. Inquiring about her
health and Insisting that a physician
should be called. The aged woman refused
and is recovering on her 6wn strength.
In the days when Mrs. Svacina was
young they spoke a different dialect In
Bohemia. It was the heritage, of the
Caach'a, the predominant strain. Today
she stands In the unique position of having
come near to outgrowing her language,
and now ahe understands only the mem
bers of her on family with complete
clearness. . .
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4,? 1 on mum M Pe-taeo cast) ) ti7 & yMJt, - C f1
r:
o- boHt M,r a I - MWpri.tV! I A SSX, ' ) f4iS!2 I,
h,tT.Kt N0 4ft r.r,J.Vr. I TOOT fO Of y TtlSXfHt't I IT f f Jl'
Which Illustrates the. Fallacy, of Getting a Prospective Buyer Excited.
From Motor Topics. . ,
INDIAN BILL IN THE HOUSE
Three Hours' Debate on Amendment
to Abolish Warehouses.
..A - V , -
FITZGERALD LEADS FIGHT
New Yorker Sara Proposed Change
Would Prevent Proper Inspec
tion of Supplies and Open
Door to Graft.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The Indian
appropriation bill occupied the attention
of the house during six hours today. Most
of the debate was upon an amendment for
the abolition of Indian warehouses in New
York, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and San
Francisco. The house adjourned until Mon
day without taking action on that question.
"At a time when the Department of the
Interior Is under the gravest charges and
under a cloud ' these recommendations
should not have weight here," declared
Representative Fitzgerald of New York In
opposing the amendment for the abolition
of Indian warehouses.
Burke Proposes Amendment.
The proposed change in the method of
making purchases for the Indian office had
the approval of the secretary of the in
terior. The amendment was proposed by
Chairman Burke of the committee, who re
ported the measure to the house. By Its
terms five Indian warehouses at New York,
St. Louts, Chicago, Omaha and San Fran
cisco would not be maintained unless the
secretary of the Interior should deem it
advisable to do so. '
"Now thles new secretary," confined Mr.
Fltxgerald, 'with a desire to lmprvcoe tie
public ecrvice In so, many ways, while he
1h being Investigated under charges, from
which I hope' he will be exonerated, but
which up to this tlrae are a cloud upon
him, should not be cited here upon pro
posed legislation, the only effect of
which would be to Introduce to the In
dian service the most extensive system
of graft and fraud which the country has
ever experienced." ,
Debate Lasts Three Hours.
I Mr. Fitzgerald's reference to the sec
retary of the Interior was made near the
end of a three-hours' debate, during
which Representatives Parsons oof New
York, "Bartl oldt of St. Louis Hitchcock
of Nebraska, Kahn of California upheld
the existing warehouse system; white
Burke of South Dakotts, Miller of Minne
sota and Saunders of Virginia were prom
inent In advocating their abolition. Rep-
! resentatlve Mann of Illinois Joined the an
tagonists of the warehouse system.
The burden of Mr. FlUgerald's opposi
tion to the amendment waa that by ahlp
plng supplies direct to reservations the
present effective aystem of Inspection
would be destroyed and in that way ex
tensive fraud would be made possible.
Chairman Burke, preferring to defer ac
tion on the amendment until Monday,
sought an-y adjournment which waa only
reached after a roll call of the house had
demontsrated the absence of a quorum.
The thousands up
on thousands, and
thousands, who
dive into the sea of
Bee Want Ads.
tomorrow morning from early
candle licet until late at night
represent every class.
They want isometbiDg.
They will find it in The Bee,
most likely.- .
Bank President,
Former Convict,
Kills Himself
Body of John F. Johnson, Who Em
bezzled $550,000, Found
in River. .
LOGAN9PORT. Ind., F,eb. 19. The body
of John F. Johnson, former president of
the State National bank of this city was
found floating In the Wabash river today.
Johnson served six years In prison fol
lowing a confession that he had embeszled
1560.000. - It Is presumed that he committed
suicide.
Packers Will Be
. Taken to Jersey
Prosecutor at Jersey City Says Capias
Will Be Issued When Bills
1 Are Returned.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. "If the National
Packing company and its directors are In
dicted, capiases will be Issued for the In
dicted men and they will 'be brought to
New Jersey for trial," declared Assistant
Prosecutor McCarthy of Hudson county
today.
"I have heard It said." added Mr. Mc
Carthy, "that J. Ogden Armo,ur, one of the
company directors said If wewant him we
will have to come after him. Well, whether
he said that or not, If he Is Indicted we
will go after him all right. He may be
sure of that."
Kenneth K. McLaren, resident director of
the National Packing company called at
the county court house In Jersey City today
and put point blank to Prosecutor Garven
the question whether or not the officers of
the company had been or were to' be In
dicted. The prosecutor appeared annoyed
at Mr. McLaren's call and Informed the
latter that he could give him no informa
tion, whatever, on the subject.
SHIP AND CREW ARE LOST
Italian Boat fioea Dowa Off English
toast with Twenty on
Board.
QVEKNSTOWN. Feb. 19. The Italian
ship F. S. Ciampa, with('all of its crew,
waa lost In a gale off Dunwredy bay. The
wreckage came ashore today. It is under
stood that the crew numbered twenty.
Some of the bodies have been recovered.
Tillman May Get Well,. but
Will Lose Power of Speech
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. -The condition
of Senator Ben R. Tillman of South Caro
lina, who Ilea 111 with paralysis, continues
extremely grave. He passed a fairly quiet
night and the only unfavorable symptom
which developed was the loss of conscious
ness shortly before midnight. No change In
his condition In this respect occurred with
the break of day. He waa unable to recog
nise any one this morning, and this In
creased the sorrowful burden of tha loved
Ones surrounding him. '
Dr. lickford said today that the senator
had a Chance of recovery, but that was
about all. It la not believed there Is any
Immediate danger of a fatal turn In hla
Illness. But even should he recover, tbe
Inability to articulate will be the saddest
feature of bis illness. In all probability. It
la aaid, he will not completely regain the
power of speech and will never again be
able to rolce bis honest convictions by tbe
PACKERS YET HOPE FOR PEACE
Believe Railroads Will See Injustice
of Raising Beef Rates.
RELY MUCH ON GREAT WESTERN
Claim that IfJThls ropular Ilallroad
' Wilt ' Stand, Pat on Prearat
Rates Thee- and Omaha
1 Will Vet Wla.
The packers of Omaha are yet hopeful
that the railroads will see the "error of
their way" and rescind the order to in
crease the freight rate on dressed beef
from Omaha to Chicago. But If the rail
roads do not tome to this view of the
question then, the packers admit, they will
have to take what steps they may to pro
tect their business and defeat the effort of
the railroads to secure a greater rate.
Th packers are counting strongly on the
Great Western In this crisis. They believe
that In the event of the other roads refus
ing to yield, they can ultimately win out
If tha Great Western will stand by Its
guns and not Join Its competitors. They
are relying much on this resource and they
believe, In view of the splendid victories
the Great Western has won for the people
in the past,; that It will prove true to lta
colors in thla fight. They declare the
Great Western cannot afford at this late
day to go Into any such move.
Any railroad that can Jump into Omaha
agalnat the tremendous odds that con
fronted the Great Western and establish
a grain market certainly' can withstand
the attacks of competing lines In such an
emergency as the present one, is the way
the packers put It; They recall, also,
how the Great Western stood out against
the former Increases In meat rates and
gained by It.
Break It with Revenue f
"But," said a packing man, who has
much to do with rates, "It Is something of
an anomaly when you come to talk of
putting a road out of business by' loading
onto It all the dressed beef traffic out of
a packing center like Omaha. Why, the
records show" that the Great Western's rev
enues on this class of freight are greater
per ton per mile than the genera) average
revenue. This Is the most profitable sort
of . traffic . How, then, are you going to
bankrupt a road by feeding It with such
traffic, if the road can care for the ton
nage, .aa I believe it can?"
The packers admit that The Bee hit the
nail on the head In Its original story of
thla situation when It said that It was
(Continued on Second Page.)
vitriolic Invective for which lie has be
come noted throughout the land,
. Henry C. and Bailie May Tillman, son and
daughter of the aenator, reached their
father's bedside early today. They were
summoned by telegraph yesterday after
noon from Greenwood,' Si C, The senator's
wife and their eldest son, Benjamin H.
Tillman, Jr., have both been with him since
the Inception of hla Illness,
The apartments of the popular southerner
are being beselged by Inquiries delivered In
person and by telephone, from his countless
friends throughout the country. No sooner
had word of the aenator's serious condition
gone forth than messages of sympathy be
gan te arrive. Always worthy opponent,
he possessed the happy faculty of maintain
ing the respect and love of a throng who
differed with him in political faith and
republicans and democrats alike are among
the anxious Inquirers.
Two Aerial Ships Will Be Special
' Scenio Wonders.
CABS OF EVERY MAKE.ANS COLOR
Between Two and Three Hundred
Samples to .Feast Eyes Upon.
EXPOSITION OPEN ENTIRE WEEK
Special Night Set Aalda for Coaaeil
Blaffa, Boata Omaha aad l.tacola
-floeletr to ReaT Taaradar
Dallr B Coaeerte.
When the buglers stationed In the top
most gallery of the Auditorium blow their
calls, at 7:30 Monday evening to announce
the opening of the fifth annual auto
mobile show the management promlaea
everything will be In readiness and that
the show will be the most beautiful and
complete of any similar exposition ever
held In the west.
Thla year there are fifty-one exhibitors
and some of these have two or three
different makes of cars, and aa each
booth will hold on an averageof five
cars, there will be about 2o0 cars at the
show. In the basement are ten con
cerns showing motor trucks.'. On the
arena floor will be thirty-one dealers and
five miscellaneous concerns and on the
stage five accessory men will exhibit
their wares. ' v
No money or time has been spared In
preparation for the show. Before the
opening of the year Clarke O. Powell,
member of the executive committee of the
association, made a round of the factories
in fhe east to Interest the manufacturers
In the show. The Item of decorations
amounts to almost double that used last
year, and even then It was a most beauti
ful show.
The committee on decorations has
changed the color scheme to green and
white from the purple and white which
haa been used for some yeara, as it was
found the green , will ahow up better under
the glare of the electrio lights. As usual
a great number of small lights will be
used and all exhibits will be In the fuU
light
Al rah I pa' Salt Above Aatesnahlles.
Two aeroplanes will be exhibited, being
suspended from the ceiling, and a apeolal
lighting effect will be used to show theoe
off to the best advantage. The lights will
be used to a large extent during the day
also.
In the matter of floor decorations It la
the purpose of tha committee to follow the -
general plan of the last few shows. Thla
year there will be a center aisle, and this
will give a better chance to decorate and
will give a better Impression to the visitor
entering for the first time. A liberal use
of palms will help to set off the scheme of
decoration.
After the opening day the Auditorium will
be open all day as well as in the evening,
but on Monday the show will not open until
7:30 In the evening. Mayor Dahlman will
deliver an address for the opening of the
show and a band concert will follow from
8 to 10:90. For the balance of tha week
each day has been given a special Sig
nificance as follows:
Tuesday Council Bluffs night, band con
cert. Wednesday South Omaha night, band
concert.
Thursday Night Society night, band con
cert. Friday Night Lincoln night, band con
cert. Saturday Night Band concert; close of
show.
Reports from traveling men who have
been making the state ate to tha effect
that there will be a great movement of
country dealers to Omaha all week. Nearly
every town in the state has one or more
automobile dealers, and they will aelze thla
opportunity to secure their cars for the
season.
Ouiuha Keeps Up Fast Pace. '
No Industry of recent yean has seen
such giants stride aa that of the automo
bile industry and Omaha haa kept pace
with the rest of the country. From a start
of one tittle second-hand car twelve years
ago the number has Increased until today
Omaha has about 700 self-propelling ve
hicles of different kinds with the number
Increasing every day.
Automobiles have had a great influence
on the city life of the Gate City and many
Improvements In streets are credited to
the automobiles. Many people did not
realize the way the streets of Omaha were
running down some yeara ago until they
bos an to. ride around In the benrlne bug-,
gles and then they became active. The
automobile owners as a rule are an In
fluential class of cltlaens and when they
got busy they forced many Improvements
which might otherwise have waited many
years. Broken street, where paving had
been neglected were connected up and
many streets were resurfaced.
While Omaha hasbeen a little backward
In the matter of buying large numbers of
motor trucks for commercial purposes, still
some of the experimental vehicles have
been bought. The manufacturers of these
claim they are now past the experimental
etage and are ready to sell machines which
will stand the hard wear and tear of city
lire. If such be the case Omaha whole
salers and. Jobbers will soon be In Una and
! the number will Increase rapidly.
GRAND JURY FAILS TO INDICT
ACCUSED COUNTY ATTORNEY
Political Opponents of faerinaye'e
Hay 'Now Ask for Ills tieuoval
. front Office.
MARflHALLTOWN, Ia , Feb. l.-(Spe-ciul
Telgram.) After being In aession tea
days, the special grand Jury, led by At
torney General H. W. Byera, which has
been Investigating the charges made
against County Attorney J. II. Kgermayer
that he accepted money from saloon keep
era for promised Immunity In liquor ease
prosecutions, reported to the district court
thla morning that It haa nothing to report.
Failure of the grand Jury to return indict
ments is considered a vindication of county
attorney by hla friends. Hla political op
ponents are threatening to si art proceed
ings to remove him from office.
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Kelaya to Madrid.
VIGO, Hpaln. Feb. l.-Kormr President
Zelaya of Nicaragua left here today fo
Madrid,