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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1910 TWELVE PAGES.
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TOL. XXXLX-NO. 214.
STREET CARS STOP
ffl PHILADELPHIA
All Attempt to GiTe Traction Service
it Abandoned Before
Dark.
COMPANY WILL THY AGAIN TODAY
Officers Say it Hat Enough Men and
Demand Protection, s .
MAY CALL OUT
STATE
mayor iioldi Further C-s nee
with Governor Stuarw
1 o
MORE TALK OF GENERAL - E
T'nlona Rnriit Arrest of. Or i
rratt on Chararra, They SaT",5
TrimM I'p He la He-ji"-leased
Bond.
Harry Covvduroy .
Is Out and Ugly
Charges Arc In
Resigns on Demand of City Engineer
Craig, with Whom Accusations
Are Lodged.
GRAIN TRADERS
. GIVE THEIR SIDE
Vice President Merrill of Chicago
'Board and Inspector Culver of
Toledo Chief Witnesses.
TRADING IN FUTURES DEFENDED
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21 All street
cam have been withdrawn from the streeta
of Philadelphia for the night.
Following a conference with Gov. Stuart
at the Union League , thin afteroon.
Mayor Reyburn held a consultation with
the hea.1 e)f the various city departments
and decided to prepare to call on the gov
ernor for the en t lip state mllltla In caae
the police tomorro.find them.-wslvee unable
to cope with the rioters.
The crurlal pclnt In the situation prom
Iw to develop tomorrow. The company
will attempt to start their cars on tha reg
ular schedule and. If the police do not
Klve them adnquate protection, will demand j
that the mayor forward to the governor
the request for state troops.
The general atrlka ordered by President
Murphy today may also materialise. C. O.
Pratt, the national organiser of the litreet
car men. after his release on bail today,
held a conference with President Murphy,
at which he Is reported to have urged
tho Inexpediency of a general strike, but
Murphy, at the close of the conference,
stated that he still believed that a general
trlke la Inevitable. Of the 200.000 or more
member of the labor union, In this city,
SIMtno have already voted to go on atrike,
iJ-(irdlng to the secretary of the Central
Labor Union. Whether the leaders who are
opposing a general strike will be able to
defer & walkout tomorrow la problematic.
A delegation of labor leaders left for Wash
lngton thla afternoon to consult with Sen
ator Penrose and urge hint to use his In
fluence toward a peaceable settlement.
Pratt Released on Ilond.
' After spending the night In a cell at
tha city hall, Pratt was given a hearing In
tha Central police court and -held In $3,000
boll. Kb waa charged with 'riot, inciting to
riot and conspiracy.
Before Pratt's case waa heard, a number
of alleged rlotera wera given hearings. 'Two
at them, were held" yjt.h,oit) hall to- await
the result of 'injuries' received by a police
man tn one of yesterday's clashes.
Small Riot at Uerraantown.
Among other serious disturbance of tha
--day waa a small riot at Oermantown and
lJ-hlgh, avenues In the northern part of
the olty, .. A large crowd had gathered,
throwtrr mlsiilea at the few cars In
City Engineer Craig h'aa received and ac
cepted the resignation of Harry Cowduroy.
The resignation Is aald to have been de
manded by the city engineer last Baturday.
but Cowduroy Insists ha, voluntarily ten
dered It to avoid placing the engineer In an
awkward position. Mr. Craig Is In Chicago
attending a convention of city engineers
and councllmen, and will be away until
Friday or Saturday.
Harry Cowduroy has been for several
years foreman of the asphalt street repair
gang, fend It Is through John Martin, a
teamster working on these repairs, that
the charges are said to have been pre
sented to the city engineer. Martin asserts
that Cowduroy has frequently directed him
to load and haul material from different
points about the city to the home of the
foreman at 117 South Twenty-ninth avenue.
Martin la alleged to have made a state
ment of times, places and character and
amount of alleged stolen material to the
city engineer. He says the work for Cow
duroy was done on city time, and that name
of the material hauled to the Cowduroy
place was city material; also that all the
work done for the foreman at his home wa
done on city time and paid for by the city.
He also alleges that material was. sold
from city premises and the money taken by
the foremnn, and that sand.. cement, paving
brick, broken rock, hitching posts, kind
ling wood and other stuff waa hauled by
him from various locations to the home of
Cowduroy or Ms relatives.
Gust Thoren, a mason, living at 8007 Web
ster street, is also brought Into the case
with an affidavit corroborating In some
respects the story of Martin.
Cowduroy denies any wrongdoing, except
that he admits selling street waste, like
broken asphalt, and keeping the money. He
Insists this Is a usual thing among street
foremen everywhere. He also claims that
whatever new material be took to his place
was bought amd paid for by aim, and names
the flrma he purchased frotrC likewise that
whatever work was done for him by Martin
or any other city employe he paid for out
of his own pocket.
Speculators Fill Gap Between Pro
ducer and Consumer. N
PICKELL CAUSE OF BIG SENSATION
Chicago Editor Says Bucketshops Are
Back of Scott Bill.
WOULD AID CANADIAN MARKETS
Wltaeaeea Inalat that Ban on Trad
ing; In Fat area Would Drive
Soma Dealers Ae-rosa the
Border.
operation. . ,
Finally one car . came along
with two
poltcTricn, who fired their pistols In tha
, air. Fortunately no one was hit. but the
shots attracted a larger crowd. Mounted
policemen galloping up swung their clubs
right and left and when the melee waa
' over some of the men had lacerated acaJps.
One man's arm waa broken by a police
man's dub.
This riot occurred -on 'the edge of Ken
sington, one of the world's great mill dis
trict. The state fenclbles, numbering
about 200 men. equipped with guns and
boyoneta, were aent Into that territory
this morning.
Mnrpajr Mar Be Arrested.
Murphy said he had heard the rumor of
tha Issuance of a. warrant for him and
declared he waa ready for it at any time.
"They can serve It whenever they want
to." ha said, "and the response of the
union workmen will be awlft and sure."
Efforts of some of Pratt'a friends to see
him during the morning were made Im
possible by yie police. The central atatlon
and central police eourt are on the sixth
floor of the big city hall, but no one Is
permitted above tha fifth floor. .
The orders wtre rigid and hundreds of
men and boya arrested yesterday and last
night for participating tn the disorder were
given hearings without the presence of
friends. t
During the morning hours there was tha
usual atoning of car In several parts of
A'hfc city In which no one was seriously
liurt Tha most serious trouble occurred
tn tha northeast section, when two boys
were shot by a policeman, It Is aald. One
of the youths was struck In the cheat by' a
bullet and waa seriously wounded.
le Cffort lit Peace. V,
Mo hand has yet been raised In an effort
to bring about a peaceful settlement of tha
trlke. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company tays it Is a fight to tha end. This
la also the declaration of the union. The
company Is running cars on tha principal
lines, but the service Is not regular and but
few people venture to ride.
The political situation in Philadelphia
must hot bo forgotten. The president of
tha Central Labor union. Murphy, waa last
fall m candidate for city treasurer on the
ticket of the, William Penn party, tha re
form organliation that has made bitter
war on the dominant political organisation
lit Philadelphia. . Murphy was badly de
feated it the pulls. Politics has also played
a part ln the management of the street
railway system, tha local leaders taking
' active Interest in It.
Brigadier General Wendell p. Bowman,
commander of the First brigade. National
Guard of Pennsylvania, and Henry Clay,
director of the department of public safety,
went Into conference at 11 o'clock. As they
discussed yesterday the advisability of hav
ing tha troops ready for instant call. It Is
presumed their, conference today had to
do with the same subject.
Minnesota Regents
May Call Roosevelt
Ex-PreBident May Be Offered Presi
dency of University on Return
from Africa.
-MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 22. (Spe
cial.) Theodore Roowoveit, ex-president of
the United State, haa been suggested as
president of the University of Minnesota
by the. Bellman, a wlU-knpwnJocl monthly
publication, and the ' regenta of the state
university.' Though the Tftgenta refuse to
(We 'out any of tha results of their sllb
eratlona. tl la known that they are consid
ering the proposition seriously. Twin "City
business men are enthusiastic In favor of
the ex-president aa head ot the growing
northwestern school.
Mr. Roosevelt has accepted an invitation
to visit the Twin Citlea In October,' when
he will speak before the Minnesota, Educa
tional Association. If the regenta decide to
make him the offer of tho place here, If
will be made at, that time.
legitimate
British Oppose '
- . Knox's Court
Foreign Office Hostile to Clothing
Tribunal with Power to Arbi
. trate Between Nations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. . AfWr several
months, consideration the British foreign
office haa returned a reply that. In general
terma, la unfavorable to Secretary Knox's
proposition to clothe the highrfcourt, to be
created, as the result of tho international
maritime conference at London, with power
to arbitrate dlfferencea between the powers
signatory to The Hague convention.
The nature of 'the British objection can
not yet be learned, but it la believed they
are not basic, and the way may yet be
opened by subsequent negotiations which
will clear away certain doubts in the
British mind aa to tha scope of the pro
posed new ''court.
I
BQ0NE SCHOOL MAN QUITS
J. C. King, Loag City Superintendent,
Preaeats Resignation and Works
for Pahllahlna; Hons.
RAILROAD BILL DELAYED
Administration M rasa re will ot Be
Ready to Report for Two
4 Weeks.
, WASHINGTON. I'eb i:-The adminis
tration railroad bill all! rot ba lexdy t
be Krorted to the house for two weeks,
according ti tha statement of Chairman
Mann of the cuicmitt-e on intni-Mate and
tortljrA commerce today. The senate com
mlttoJ expected to complete Ita work on
tha bill today-
BOONE, la., Feb. 22. (Special Telegram.)
J. C. King, superintendent of tpe Boone
schools for many years, resigned this morn
itujr and the board accepted tha resignation
with regret. Mr. King will be released
April 1. He goes to Chicago to accept I
position with the Newaon company, educa
tlonal publishers, In an editorial and pro
motlng capacity. He will return here May
1 to close up the school year. He Is one of
the best known educators In tha central
west. Nothing has been done about a suc
cessor, but it is rumored Prof. Marshall,
the present principal of the school, may be
chosen.
WASHINGTON, Feb. M.-Graln ex
changes today closed their side of the case
In the movement to abolish transactions in
futures. , The committee has yet to hear
the "Insurgent" wing of the New York
Cotton exchange and a delegation from the
New Orleana Cotton exchange, which' doea
not agree to all of the statements made by
the ruling faction. These hearlnga probably
will be held some time next week, after
which the committee will be ready to vote
upon the proposed legislation. '
Vice President Merrill of the Chicago
Board of Trade, Edward H. Culver, chief
grain Inspector at Toledo, and president
of the, Chief Inspectors' National associa
tion; J. Ralph Pickell, editor of the Na
tional Hay' and Grain Reporter ' of Chi
cago; J. W. Snyder of Baltimore, E.' T.
Cushing of New York, all 1n opposition to
the Scott bill and other similar measures,
and Representative Gronna of North Da
kota, in advocacy of It, were today's' wit
nesses. Would Aid Canadian Markets.
Mr.' Culver read a telegram from Frank
I. King of Toledo, pointing out that the
United States haa no monopoly on trading
in grain futures; that Winnipeg and other
Canadian marketa would expand rapidly
If congress should restrict- American grain
trade, and suggesting that congress should
not confuse bets made in vucketshops, or
puts and calls, with grain contracts for
future delivery made upon
boards of trade.
"There la as much difference between reg
ular boards of trade and bucket shops," he t
said, "aa between national and faro banks."
Mr. Pickell therw a bomb Into camp by
declaring that the bucket ahops are bi-
hlnd the Scott bill. Pickell Is a neighbor
of Scott.' Mr.1' Scott expecting a sinister
Interpretation,' asked wpeat he meant.
Mr. Pickell explained that ha -meant that
the bucket shops, barred by state legisla
tion, favored legislation to . restrict or
abolish the exchanges. Mr. Pickell read
a lette rfrom the Kansas Grain Dealers'
association urging that the Scott bill be
enacted into law.
Merrill Is Star Wltnesa.
Mr Merrill wu a. star nrllnpuH Vnr
Mhtrty-two years he had been a member
of the Board of Trade, he said, and never
had executed a speculative transaction.
He declared the decision of the supreme
court In the Christy case had given the
Chicago Board of Trade a 'clean bill of
health and he believed the Scott bill waa
unconstitutional. He said There Is alwaya
an Intent to receive or deliver in Ita trans
actions, that hedging of grain Is an ab
solute certainty to the banker, that specu
lator fill a gap between the producer
and the conaumer.
Chairman Scott again read the market
letter to which- he referred last week aa
sent from a member of the Chicago board,
and containing extravagant, objectionable
statements. Mr. Merrill agreed that the
statementa were undignified and said that
ihoy appeal to the small speculators, Who
are undesirable on the board, as- they are
,not equipped for transacting business. He
said probably 80 per cent of the Chicago
board agreed In this view. It waa a mat
ter of a private business and It was hardly
feasible to establish a censorship of such
letters, though there haa been Borne talk
of righting the evil. Chairman Scott
thought action was feasible and suggested
that tha elimination of such ' objection
able matter would go far toward doing
away with the criticisms of the board.
There was no complaint, suggested Mr.
Scott, aa to tha purely legitimate hedging
transactions.
Qpeculatl-re Bnalneaa Small.
Mr. Merrill, replying to the chairman, de
clared the withdrawal of the class of trade
that usea the board In the same way aa
It would uae the bucket shops Involved too
small a business to be felt on the Chicago
board.
"If tha Scott bill," aaked Representative
Burleson, "confines itself exclusively to
transactions where the buyer has no In
tent to receive or the seller to deliver, then
you have no objection to the Scott bill?"
"Not If that Is the provision of that
1111. but It la not. And, let me say that
no Insurance scheme could work In place
of hedging. The biggest speculators or
gambler or bettor la tha Insurance company
which bets the face ot Its policy against
the premium. The percentage of the com
panies that fall Is larger than tha percent
age of speculators."
The Sphinx
STONE IN PLACE
AT COURT HOUSE
Ceremonies at New Million-Dollar
Structure Do' Not Stop for
Weather.
NOT A HITCH MADE IN PROGRAM
"naananaaaaai
Pioneers Send Delegation Only to
Attend Ceremony.
From the St. Louis Times.
GEN. BILLY KIERSTEAD LEADS
Marches at Head of Old-Timers as
Marshal of Day.
GRAND RUSH TO GET IN BOX
loon tr t'ommlaalonera, Judge Ka telle
and Probation Officer Kindly Do
nate Their Photos na Candi
dates for Immortal Kara,
IRISH DEFER DECAPITATION
Will Not Deliver Death Blow to Min
istry During Budget Fight.
WAR TO END, SAYS UALFOUR
' 1 1 i t
Caloalst Leader Pronaibra We "VtsTat
on Financial- Veaaarcavr fcnt' '
Bitter 'BatH for Lardt' -Prlvllearee.
-n
Shacklctord
Worries About
Notes in Bank
Congressman from Missouri Has Res
' r olution Inquiring Into. Issue .
V". - of Paper.
LONDON. Feb. '82. The political atmos
phere continued fceavy when Parliament
reassembled today, tout a ray of hope ap
peared with the announcement that the na
tionalists earlier In the day had -decided
not to move an amendment to the address
In reply to the speech from the throne.
The text of the nationalist resolution fol
lows;
"Resolved, That having regard for the
supreme Importance of the constitutional
struggle going on between the two houses
of Parliament, .and being convinced that
the primary business of thla Parliament
was to act on the mandate given In the
general election and proceed forthwith to
limit the veto power now exercised by the
House of Lords over all progreaslve legis
lation, the Irish party decidea not to
complicate that great Issue by moving an
amendment to the address, or by balloting
for bills and motlona during the present
session."
This decision waa accepted generally to
mean that 'although John Redmond, the
nationalist leader, had rendered Judgment
against the government, he and his follow
ers had decided to defer the execution of
the sentence and not to throw out the
cabinet over tha budget, while abstaining
from supporting the financial measure, as
they- abstained in the last Parliament.
Home rule for Ireland la the stake for
which the nationalists are playing.
Ke Compromise, Say a1 alfonr.
In a speech at a political luncheon to
day Arthur J. Balfour, leader of the op
position In the House ot Commons, also
helped to clear tha atmosphere by Inti
mating that the unionists did not propose
to throw any unnecessary difficulties In
the way of the government In dealing with
the Impending problem of finance, the so
lution of which waa necessary for the car
rying on of the administration, though he
added:
'When It comes to larger problems In
volving matters of principle concerning
the House of Lords, there can be neither
a compromise nor an arrangement."
Upon the resumption of debate' In the
House of Commons George N. Barns, chair
man of the parliamentary labor party.
aligned the laborltes with the nationalists
and demanded further assurance? that
Old Boreas Resists the
Hoisting of Old Glory
"Hats off, tha flag goes by," Is calculated
to thrill tha true American heart at the
proper ttme. In tha right place. '
"Hats off when the flag goes aloft." was
tha more familiar tune to the Janitors of
the Omaha public schools Tuesflay morn
ing. .
It is the rule on legal holidays to send the
Btara and Stripes to the maathead on all
publlo schools. Usually this chore Is a
mere detail In tha day's work, Thla year It
waa a struggle comparable only to the
taak of keeping the Hag floating high In
battle.
Aa soon as the banner waa made fast
to the halliards and the brave Janitors
essayed to hoist away the wild wind took
hold of the starry folds and whipped them
about in wild abandon. The man wb could
hold his hat. his temper, haul hard on the
I mala halliards and elevate his flag to tn
peak, while standing on the exposed root
of a achool building ha was doing some
work.
On a windy day a big flag made fast on
only one aide acts In the unexpected and
dlabolio faahlon of the untrained stove
pipe of old. The flagman's legs, arms.
face, everything, la In the way of the
sweep of tha hurrtcane-llk flapping piece
of bunting. For the time being it lose the
lovable charaotarlatlca of Old Glory and
takes on tha annoying features of Old
Nick.
However, be It aald to tha undying credit
of the janitors of the Omaha schools, they
did aend tha flags aloft to whip aaueily In
tha bllssardly breeses; or.o aa Father
Otorge cast a spirit eye on tha far of kls
beloved nation he folded his wings com-
portably with tha thought that ail waa
well in Omaha,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22--Whether the
banka of the United States are getting
ready to issue emergency currency . is a
question that is puzzling Representative
Shackleford of Missouri, who today intro
duced In the house n resolution calling on
the secretary of the treasury for Informa
tion bearing on the subject.
Mr. Shackleford had heard unofficially
that under the emergency act of May 90,
1908, the bureau of engraving and printing
printed 11,132,100.990 of this currency and
that S44t.4KI.S60 of that amount was issued
to banks in the ordinary course of busi
ness. This left $687,697,140 of emeregncy cur
rency In possession of the Treasury de
partment on February 2, 1910.
Mr. Shackleford wanted the secretary of
the treasury 'to inform the house as fol
lows:
What national currency associations
have been formed under the emergency
currency, act. '
What amount of circulating notes have
been Issued to banks under the provisions
of that act on February 1. 1910.
To what banks It has bec-n issued.
Have the securities upon which such
circulating notes have been issued been
set forth In the daily statement , of the
United States treasurer? 1
Have such circulating notes issued to
banks been shown In the circulation state
ment Issued monthly by the Treasury department?
WICKERSHAM GIVES FACTS
Attorney General Discusses Railroad
Bill with Senate Committee.
SESSION IS MOST INSTRUCTIVE
Opponents and- Supporters of mil Say
tle''lTlearln t"p Situation and
Ask Him to Appear Again
i Today-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Several hours
again were devoted by the senate commit
tee, on Interstate commerce today in lis
tening to Attorney General Wlckersham
expound his views concerning necessary
amendments to the Interstate commerce
law. It had been expected he would com
plete his explanation of the administration
railroad bill .today In time to permit the
making of a report to the Benate. Members
of the committee were so much Interested
in what ho had to say that they Invited
Mm to come back again tomorrow. It is
not now expected that the bill will be re
ported until late in the week.
Every phase of the railroad rate question
The corner-stone of the new 11,000,009
Iouglas county court house was formally
laid yesterday afternoon with all the pomp
and ceremony that a grand lodge of tfce
Anclant Free and Accepted Order of Ma
sons can muster. Cllll winds and a stead
ily dropping thermometer did not detract
from the Imprefslveneps of the ceremony,
although the severity ot the weather did
result In a smull attendance of pioneers
and of the general puhllo than would other
wise have been the case.
At 2:45 p. m. a procession formed at the
Masonic Temple, and thence marched to
the northeast corner of the new court
house building. Hughes' band, playing a
lively march, led the parade, and following
the band came a delegation from the Doug
las County Association of Nebraska Pio
neers. These had been elected to represent
the association on a vote that the pioneers,
I as a body, remain In the warm rooms of
tho temple. W. L. Kle.rstead selected tho
delegation, which Included, besides himself,
JudKC Ijea Estelle. Fred B. Lowe, Goodley
Brucker. James Radman and John prexel.
The Masons were headed by Alpha Mor
gan, as marshal of the grand lodge, and
Ernest H. James, as marshal of Nebraska
lodge No. 1.
rand Master in Charge.
At the scene of the corner-stone laying,
Grand Master Michael Dowllng, clad like
the others tn full regalia, had oharge of
the ceremonies. Speechmaklng did not
lengthen these. First there waa read tha
Invitation to perform the ceremony sent
by the Board of County Commissioners, tha
four members of which were present, these
bflng Fred Bruning, O. J. Plckard, P. i.
Tralnor and Jeff W. Bedford. Very Rev.
George A. Beecher. who was chaplain of
the day, read the Twenty-fourth Psalm and
an invocation, and following this tha T. K.
quartet sang "The Most Excellent Maater."
Next the list of articles contained In tha
copper box- within tha ,corn,er-stone.' was
Ttien the corner-stone Jtseif was lowered
and laid according to the Masonic cere- i
mony, the trowel being handled by Grand
Moster Dowllng. When the quartet had
sung "The Flag Without Stain" Mr. Dowl
lng gave the formal explanation of the
Implements of Masonry. There followed
next formal testing of th stone and
formal pronouncement that It had been well
laid. The whole audience Joined. In sing
ing "America." and with a benediction,
from the grand chaplain the exercises came
to an end.
Seek Fame Tritli Photoa.
City and county officials witnessed the
ceremony, with the Roard of County Com
missioners prominently In evidence, for the
new court house !h -building under Its Juris
diction. The four members of the county
board threw out a little hostage to Im
mortal fame in the morning by consigning
touched on in the amendments proposed pnoiograpn oi i i-
by the administration measure Is recelv
(Continued on Second P:.g.
Moving Pictures
for Insane Asylum
State Board Will Use Machine as
Method of Amusing the
Patients.
LINCOLN, Feb. 22. The State Board of
Public Lands and Buildings - will buy a
moving picture machine for the amusement
of the Insane patients at the Norfolk asy
lum. Superintendent J. P. Perclval says
that these pictures appear to sooth pa
tients and that they can watch them with
out the exciting effects Incident to other
forma of diversion.
box, which contained records to be sealed
Vip in .the corner-stone.
All the records and papors exhumed from
the cornerstone of the old building aro
contained In the new record box and a host
of new records besides.
There was a grand scramble In the last
few hours to 'get records deposited. Judge
Estelle aent down a picture of himself, of
Probation Officers Bernstein and Carver
and ,of three Juvenile court "caeos." Also
the box contains a copy of an address by
ing attention and practically all of the
members of the committee have taken part
in the examination of the attorney general.
Supporters and opponents of the bill alike
united in the statement that the sessions
are the most Instructive that they have
ever attended and that the views of Mr.
Wiokersham will be helpful In debate in
tho bill after It Is reported to the senate.
While the majority of the. membera of
the committee will vote to rtDort the ad
ministration bill with very few changes I Judge Estelle on "The Law's Relays."
It rST likely that Senators Cummins and The Douglas County Association of Ne
Clapp, and perhapa one or two of the braska Pioneers and the various Mason'o
democratic membera may dissent and bodies came to ba with numerous rec
brlng in tha Cummins' bill as a minority ords, publications and lists of officers, and
report.
Publl chearlngs were closed today by
the house committee on Interstate com
merce which is considering the adminis
tration bill, but Chairman Mann expressed
the opinion that no report could be made
for a fortnight or more. Executive aes
slons on the bill will be begun by the
house committee next Friday.
The basis for the bill, which will be
reported by the.fiouse committee, la the
administration, but Mr. Mann will urge
that features of his bill, which are not
Included In the administration measure be
incorporated In it. The Mann bill omits
the proposed court of commerce.
William R. Wheeler, former assistant
scretary of the Department of Commerce
and Labor and now manager of the traffic
bureau of the Merchants' association of
(Continued on Second Page.)
Automobile Deal
ers are giving inter
estingspecifications of the cars exhibited
at the show today.
Cars of all classes---pleasure and
commercial machines trucks and
delivery wagons larg i ud small
gasoline cars and stepxers.
Look them over. They are
correct and are inportant to
prospective buyers.
Bargains in new ears repair
ing and painting is also shown
under this classification.
Watch this classlfl atlon every
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Burnett Needed Money to
Fix Others, Says Conger
ALBANY, N. T.. Feb. 22.-Fuller details
aa to the alleged corrupt use of money In
Influencing legislation here In 1901 are now
ltkely to be brought out in the investiga
tion by the senate of the charge by Senator
Conger that In 1901, when he and 8uiator
Jotham P. Allds both were members of
the assembly, that Allds and others were
given money In behalf of the American
Bridge company aid other bridge building
concerna.
When the senate went Into committee of
tha whole and Senator Conger returned to
the witness stand. Senator Davis, presiding,
announced he would permit Senator Conger
to answer the question, asked before- ad
journment Friday, regarding his knowledge
of the distribution of the 14.000 alleged to
have been handed to Assemblyman Jean
L. Burnett at the time, aa asserted by
Conger, that Allds waa given 11.000.
The stenographer th" -epeated the ques
tion Senator Wain wright asked last Friday:
"Did either Burnett or your brother state
to you at any time whether Burnet waa
to keep that money himself or whether he
waa to divide it up with others?"
"Yes, ho did," answered Conger. "My
brother told me," continued the witness,
"that Mr. Burnett claimed he would have
to have a considerable sum of money; that
he would have to take, care of the chair
man of the International affairs committee
and others on the floor, but did not tell
me their names."
The chairman of the assembly committee
on Internal affairs in I'M was Goorge VV.
Doughty, republican of Queens county. He
Is the fourth legislator to be definitely
ronnocted by Conger's testimony with the
boodle fund of $4,000.
Conger was -then Interrogated regarding
his allegation that the bridge companies
were asked In 1S06 to send a "protection
fund" of lin.000 to Albany.
The witness said he thought a part of
the fund was raised, but that no member
of the legislature had been paid any of It.
Tha money ha aald, waa returned a t'.'
bddm aina. ' ' V
most Omaha dally and weekly publications
sent in copies of their publications. A
curious contribution to the ohest is a Lin
coln penny. Kmployes In the court house,
not desiring to be left out In the Cold,
sent In lists ot their names.
All Get In the Mat.
All the high and low city officials havs
their names In, too. A full list of the
new records, publications, memorials and
souvenlra In the copper box Is as follows:
Deposited by the grand lodge:
Proceedings of the grand lodge. Ancient .
Free and Aocepted Masons ot Nebraska,
I 1909.
Proceedings of the grand chapter Royal
Arch Mas3ns of Nebraska for 1908.
Proceedings of the grand commandery
Knights Templar of Nebrarka for lm
Proceedings of tha grand council of Royal
and Select Master. IMS.
Law offreemasonry In Nebraska, edition
1908.
' Sjuvenlr volume, semi-centennial grand
lodge Ancient Free and. Accepted Masoni
of Nebraska, 1907.
History of the organisation of the Ne
braska MaKonlo home, published in 1907. ,
Button of George W. Llninger, lodge No.
268, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
with portraits of Past Grand Master Lln
inger, who laid the cornerstone ot the
Douglas county court house October ,
188?.
Copy of record of annual menttng of Nc
brskka Masonic homo.
Monitor and ceremonies of the Anclfnt
Free and Accepted Masons, copy of roster
of NebraHka Veteran Freemasons, consti
tution of Nebraska Veteran Freemasons,
button of Knight Templar of Nebraska,
by Frank White, grand secretary.
Lfst of county cferka of Duuglas county
from 1H67 to 190H, Inclusive.
Annual report of the Cuunty clerk of
DougUu county, Nebraska, for tho year
1909.
loiffslr of the fWanlon.
Houvfcnlr of tho occasion, with compli
ments of John Orient.
Official program Memorial day of Grand
Army. May 30, i:m
Official roster city officials of the
et t Omaha, 19 to 1)11.
. ox Ora. . f Tiny u earavr