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he Omaha Sxj vabt oira WEATHER FOKECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For Iowa Fair; colder. For wp titer report page t. JDJbb. NEWS SECTION ' nam owm to nan. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 37. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEItttUAKY 27 1910 SEVEN SECTIONS-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. r nday I, r SAYS BALLINGEU DECEIVED TAET Gifford Pinchot on Witness Stand Makes Bristling Charge Against Secretary of Interior. ' DAY EEPLETE WITH SENSATIONS Unfaithful Public Servant, He Sayi, Endangered Its Property. if DISLOYALTY AND FALSEHOOD f Secretary Accused of Makin? Three Statements Absolutely Untrue. PLEADS TOR CHANGES IN LAW Would Have Statute Amfndrd to Make Impossible Sacrifice of Pahlla Welfare aa Charged In Paat. WASHINGTON, Fod. SC. With Olfford Pinchot on the witness stand, the Bal- JlngerPlnchot Inquiry entered It second phase today. The dismissed chief forestor, before being sworn, dramatically declared that when his story had been told the coun try would demand a verdict "In harmony 4j'h the general conviction that the eec- if'.'ary of the Interior haa been unfaithful both to the public whoe, property he has endangered, and to the president, who he has deceived." L. R. Olavls, the Cunningham coal claims and Attorney BranuVIs all stood aside to make rno-n for Mr. Pinchot, for Attorney 0v)rge . Wharton Tapper, ' hla personal counsel, and hla story of Secretary Bal llpger's dealings nlth the water power Klteu of tha public domain. Mf. Pinchot accused Secretary Bslllnger of havlntf mad. an explanation of his con duct to the president ' that waa "essen tially falne." He charged him with being a "dangerous enemy to conservation." He charged him with having made a state ment shown by undisputed documentary evidence to be absolutely false In three es sential particulars." He charged hlin with having willfully deceived 'the piej-idcnt and of being dis loyal to tha proklr-rt. Day Replete with Sensations. JAiS I'lnc.hot's first hours on the witness it and were as rti-Ute with sensations as had been Jromired and the crowd hung Intently on every word that fell from his lips. A trifle nervous at first, Mr. Pinchot soon became accustomed to his surround ings and maintained a confident poise thereafter. , ' Hla recital had not progressed very far, however, when there came an objection from Mr. Balllnger's attorney aa to the witness repealing conversations with Pres ident Taft. It was contended that the re lation of these conversations would put the president tn an attitude where he would either have to remain allant or else appear V'fnre tha committee aa a witness, which it was declared would be undesirable. The 'question was argued for some time and during the couiuo of hla statement of the matter the attorney fur Mr. Pinchot ad wirrWl that President Taft, in a letter wrltivii Kubsequont to tha conversation, had (leei.ired that hls recollection of what transpired at the interview differed In some particulars from that of Mr. Pinchot. The matter was put over for consideration by the committee and it la expected that a decision will be announced when the next session Is held Tuesday morning. Believes In tiluvla. Mr. Pinchot followed up the vigorous at tack mudo upon Secretary lialllnger in his qpenlng statement by announcing that he fully believed In Special Agent-jUluvis and was convinced that all Olavls had said was true. Ho characterized UlavLs as a "faithful public servant," and declared that the facta which he prfsented proved that Mr. Bollinger had bom unfaithful to his trust as the guardian of public property of enormous value. The conversation on movement; began under the administration Of President Roosevelt was progressing splendidly up to the time thut President Taft and Secretary Balllnger came Into office, declared Mr. Pinchot. He dcolared that within a month thereafter Secretary Balllnger had practl vcally broken the backbone of the central kWeii of the conservation movement by re Vtnrlng previously withdrawn waterpower sites to the public domain and laying them open to privato appropriation and monopol- i lstlc control. Orders Land Hestored. Mr. Pinchot charged that when the restor . atlons were made Mr. Bulllnger gave no hint that he would re-withdraw ha power Sites, and that, aa a matter of fact, he did njtt re-wlthdraw any of them until after M?. Pluohol had gone to tha president and made a vigorous protest. i The restorations by Mr. Balllnger were made without any Investigation of the sub ject whatever, said Mr. Pinchot, and li charged the secretary with having d- Wwr ately ordered the officers of the reclama tion service, against their will, to reoo.n mend that some of the restorations should be made. Mr. Pinchot declared that Di rector Newell of the reclamation service would be called as one of his witnesses to prove his charges gainst Secret .11 y Bal llnger. The former secretary of , tne In terior, James R. Clarfleld, It was snnutml would be one of Mr. Plnchot'i backers. I President la Involved. One of the most dramatic Incidents of the day was left for the last half hour of t.ie session, when Mr. Pinchot declared tiiut there was no such decision by ;he co-.in-troller of the treasury as had been tied by President Taft In his letter of ?.p'-m-ber 13, to Secretary IalllnRr, dis missing the Olavls charges and .iiithirls Ing the removal of Olavls from he rv'ce of the United States. The president had contended tua: M. Balllnger had acted under a decision .f the comptroller, whloh permitted of no p ppeal, when he had abrogated a co-operative agreement with the Agricultural de partment whereby the forest service was given control of the forest reserves on In dian lands. . Mr. Pinchot admitted that there was an opinion by the comptroller which for tsde tho detail of a clerk from the forest service to the Indian officer, but ha con .Unded that It had nothing to do with the L"rk of the forest service In the Held. TIr. Plnchot's Implication that President Taft had etther been mlled or utterly mistaken brought out a rapid fire of questions from Senator Root, Sutherland and Mher members of the committee. They r sd Into tha record the various de risions of the comptroller, which they (Continued OA Second Fag.) Gompcrs Hostile to Injunction Bill in House Labor Leader Says Moon Measure Will Not Fill Requirements Hits Sherman Law. WASHINGTON. Feb. M.-Samuel Oomp ers. president of the American Federation of Labor, told Attorney General Wicker- sham yesterday that the Moon bill, now under consideration by the Judiciary com mittee of the house, was a pro-Injunction measure, that It did not fulfill the purposes of tho republican platform on the injunc tion question and that It would give statu tory authority for the Issuance of Injunc tions. The proposed bill, Mr. Gompers argued, would take away the base on which the organized labor movement In America was founded. The American labor movement, he said, was constructive In character, based upon American Ideals. "If our constructive and conservative labor movement Is outlawed," he said, "It will give way to another movement, not constructive and not conservative In char acter. The labor movement la not a trust. None of Its achievements In behalf of Its members and society at large can properly ba confounded with the pernicious and selfjsh activities of the Illegal trusts." The Sherman anti-trust law. Mr. Gomp ers averred, should be "amended or ended." The relation between employers and employes, he said, could not be con sidered as a property right unlesn It were held that the employer had a vested right In the labor of a workman. Negro Confesses to Killing Four Is Then Secretly Arraigned, Sentenced to Life and Hurried to Prison. riTTSBURG, Kan.. Feb. 26. Gidr Thomas, alias Ed Young, a negro 26 years old, con fessed at Glrard, near here, last night, to the murder of William Bork, a white farmer, the latter's wife and child and an other nogro. He was arraigned secretly last night, pleaded guilty, was sentenced to Imprisonment for life and waa taken to the penitentiary at Lansing today. Thomas implicated Kd Challes, another negro, who was arrested with him. Challes was hurried away to the Jail at Fort Scott, Kan., for safe keeping. Besides the four murders, Thomas con fessed that he and Chailes had committed numerous highway robberies. . Thomas and Challes were arrested tn Glrard last Thursday, but because of tha feeling aroused by the crimes with which they are charged, their arrest was kept a secret. " The crimes were the most brutal evor committed in this section. The bodies of William Bork, his wife and child were fqund In a lonely region seven miles north of Pittsburg on November 28 last. The Borks had been on a visit to a neighboring town and were returning home In a buggy when attacked. Boy, Kidnaped on f. Railroad Speeder Baird of Aberdeen Finds Son in Minnesota Friend of Divorced Wife Suspected. ABERDEEN, S. D., Feb. 26. (Special Telegram.) A. Balrd, whose 10-year-old son was kidnaped Thursday afternoon, re turned this, morning from Breckenrldgo, Minn., accompanied by the boy. The boy says a man called at the school house and told him ha would take him to see his mother and brother. They walked out of town a mile and a' half and then were given a ride on a railroad speeder to Plana, S. P., where they took the train to Breck enridge. The man got away. 's Laird states the man Is Henry Voghta, a former St. Paul motorman, who, he clalmB, Is the man who eloped with his divorced wife. Voghta told a merchant at Plana that he was a mail carrier In Chi cago, but formerly was a carrier at St. Paul. He said he Intended going to Great Falls, Mont., to live on a claim. Balrd of fers a S200 reward for Voghta'a arrant. BELMONT GETSHIS LICENSE New York Millionaire Secures Permit to Wed Hlu Hobaon "Late Friday. NEW YORK, Feb. 26. It was loomed to day that the marriage license bureau In the city hall had been kept open after hours last night for tho Issuance of a marriage license to Auguut Belmont and Eleanor Elsie Robson. the actress, whose engagement waa recently announced. Mr, Belmont made the arrangement by tele phone. In the application for the license Mr. Belmont gave his age aa 67 years, while Miss Robson's age was given as SI. Great Northern to Spend Six Million. ST. PAL'U Feb. 26. It was announced to day at headquarters here that the Oreat Northern railway has planned an expendi ture of about $6,000,000 this year for addi tional equipment. Wappich Makes Big Hit Auctioning Off Fire Steeds Fire and Police Commissioner W. F. Wappich la considering the acceptance of an offer to enter the list- of auctioneers at the South Omaha stock yards. Commissioner Wappich officiated as auc tioneer at the sale of nine condemned horses of the fire department) and some stockmen who saw him in action wert ex ceedingly pleased with his methods of get ting all that was 'coming to the city. Some of the animals were 'not In the best of physical condition, yet Wappich strung the buyers along so well that he registered an average of $162 a head. The lowest prie receive for any animal was $130, and from this the prices ranged up to $m "That fellow can make good as aa auc tioneer anywhere," said an experienced stockman who attended the sale and se cured two or three of the horses sold. "I don't rare If he la a lawyer. He can make better money selling high grade stock. He haa the proper vocabulary, knows how to hit the right chord and can take money DOUGLAS COUNTY GROWING FAST Makes Rapid Expansion in Commer cial and Financial Dealings, as Figures Show. SECRET HELD IN CORNERSTONE Widely Varying Stories Told by Court House Depositories. HAVERLY'S REPORT INTERESTING Shows $1,604,042 Paid Out During the Last Year. ADMINISTRATION COSTS MORE Comparison of Cost of Running; County In 183 and 1009 la Story of Development of Western Enterprise. Douglas county, In Its commercial and financial dealings. Is expanding very rap idly. It has a payroll that Indicates big business, makes purchases that run Into money like the buying end of a wholesale houso and gives out contracts enough to keep many hundreds of people busy all the year round, and to allow some profit to tho contractors. The annual report of County Clerk D. M Haverly, now In the hands of the printer. makes a decidedly Interesting showing. A copy of this report was deposited In the cornerstone of the new court house. Com' pared to the business done In 1882. whan the cornerstone of the present structure was laid, the report reads like the tabu Ip.ted statement of tho growth of a great commercial or manufacturing Institution. 'Amount Pnld Ont In 1900. The amount paid out by County Treas urer Furay during 1908 for various purposes totaled Sl,ti04,042.86, Itemized as follows: State moneys .' 2S2.770.56 County general fund warranta .. ai9,S23 3.1 County road fund warrants 48,486.71 County bridgo.fund warrants .... 63,3Stii.06 County bond sink, fund warrants 47.SS3.60 County soldiers' relief warrants. 9,262.41 County court house warrants.... 151,753 W Labor receipts 141.00 Permanent roads 87,613 03 City and village orders 186.501.17 Special school district orders. 145.410.14 School bond fnd coupons.. 36.S8S.53 1,729.08 1,006.60 977.18 906.25 64,623.88 84.110.44 81,840.36 I To test taxes settiea Refunds Appraisers' fees acct. lnh. tax.. Fees high sohool orders School apportionment orders.... Redemptions Salaries co. treas. office Total ..S1.604.042.S6 Money to Start New Year. On January 6, this year, there was a balance in the county treasury of S4ti7,647.90. Of this amount $2,824.17 was cash In the, drawer; 1101,112 was Invested . In county warranta; 1201383.64 waa In the new court house building fund; 56.3I represented taxes paid under protest; $Sl,69f.44 waa In the bond sinking fund, and the. balance was credited to forty-six different funds. Available In principal funds for warrants were the following amounts: Oeneral fund, $111,727.44: road fund, $13.2S0.I5; bridge fund, $6,466.30; soldiers' - relief,. $4,784 SO; permanent roads (Inheritance tax), $11, 268.11. During the year claims were paid from the general fund to the amount of $391, 48.97; from the road fund, $35,31703; from the bridge fund, $;2.712.70; from the, bond sinking fund, $47,883.50; county hospital, $172,368.41 ; permanent roads, $74,840.62. Total of claims paid during yeir from all funds, $855,693.92. Claims were rejected to' the amount of $23,201.98, claims wore pending January 1 to tho amount of $35,220.59, and warrants had been Issued for $797,171.35. Close of 1008. At the close of business for' the year 1908 there waa In the treasury $435,387.28, and tax collections during 1.109 were as follows: Collections $ 930. 3f 8 64 School lnnd 676.40 South Omaha city tax Omaha city tax.... . Redemptions V, Miscellaneous fees Mipcellaneous moneys Taxes paid under protest... Docket foes, Omaha 3.343 10 83.689.49 78.873 29 2. 47'. 57 535.642.86 1,33.. 58 , 9.50 Total ; $1,636,303.48 In the Inheritance tax fund, which Is de voted exclusively to the Improvement of permanent roads outside tho limits of In corporated cities and towns, there was available January J, 190J, $7,932.09. Collec tions from estates probated during 1909 amounted to $19,153.72. The largest amount collected was from the estate of Herman Kountse, 8,OSO; second largest amount from the estate of Lew W. Hill. $5,328.53. The smallest Inheritance tax paid during the year was $44.. Besides the amount paid out of this fund for actual road work, $977.18 went to appraisers of estates, leaving a balance available Jan uary 6, 1910. of $11,268.11. 1 Total Aasesaed Valuation. The total assessed valuation of Douglas county for 1909 was $35,768,843, based on one-fifth valuation, and the tax levies for various purposea were in the following amounts: For state purposes, S.S mills, $196,728.64. of which $35,768 84 went to the university. County levy 15 mills. $536,532.64. School dlatrjct tax. $114,991.47, (of which $13,223.62 went into bond fund and $4.641. S5 was for free hth school tax. Village tax, $24,538.41; Benson tops the (Continued on Second Page.) out of a fellow's pocket for something he may not exactly want better than many a man who is a professional auctioneer." Some rather amusing Incidents occurred after the sale of certain of the old fire horses. They have been used to taking their exerclne within-a block or wo of the stations, and those from the house at Eighteenth and Harney have never gone beyond Suventeenth east and Nineteenth west on their exercise trips. When their new owners mounted them to take them home two of the horses bucked when they had got beyond their ordinary points of travel, and It required good horsemanship to handle them and gel them headed for the country, farmers being the purchasers. Others balked and expressed feelings of deep regret when they were being driven by their old quarters In the different fire houses, plainly Indicating that Omaha looked so good to them, especially the Omaha fire houses, they did not want to leave. s. TTf"-j-ii);i.!iVrN i-v, i. t. a js,f.'.-7 , ,,av i ivx'y jr.ii i aim. M "Yes, It's Tough Old Man, I've Nad a Spell Frem the Cleveland leader. RICHARDS LETTER FORGERY One in World-Herald Committing Fremonter to Prohibition Fraud. LETIEE WAS ALSO SENT TO BEE Editor of TTls Paper, Snapeetlns; Prand, Wrote to L. D. Richards lila Denunciation of. the Forgery Followed. L. D. RlchardsIof Fremont declares that the letter published In the World-Herald over his signature, committing him to the advocacy ct state-wide prohibition, Is a "fraud and forgery from start to finish." ' This letter quotes Mr. Richards as com mending the stand of former Governor Sheldon In advocating state-wide prohibi tion and saying that had either he or Sheldon come out thus boldly for a dry policy when running for governor cf Ne' bras k a he would have been elected. The World-Herald not only iprinted this forgery In its editorial columns, but made It the subject of its lead editorial for the day and the occasion for reading a char acteristic eurtaln locture to the republicans In general and Sheldon and Richards in particular.1 ; But the editor of the World-Herald was not the only man to whom a copy of this spurious letter was sent. The- editor of The Bee received one, as well. But the edi tor of The Bee suspected on the face of the U lng that It was. a fake and a forgery, and tiflk occatlon, before venturing to use it, to wrtte Mr. Richards and ask htm If he had written and sent out such letter. Fraud and Forgery. Here is Mr Rlchard'si answer: "FREMONT, Neb., Feb! 25, 1910. Hon. Vic tor Rosewater, Editor of The Bee, Omaha, Neb. , De4r . Mr. Rosewater: I thank you for the courtesy of yoir Inquiry of the 24th Inst, regarding the Vuthentlclty of a typewritten letter and typewritten signa ture, and replying therete would say that the whole thing Is a fraud and forgery from Btart to finish. "I notice the World-Herald published the letter with editorial comment and that It appeared also In the State Journal without magnifying it very much. "I called up ' Mr. Newbranch ahd told him that I was going to write him and asked him If he would give my letter prom inence on the editorial page. I am enclos ing you herewith carbon copy of the New branch letter. "Again thanking you for your considera tion, I am, Very truly yours, ' "U V. RICHARDS." Letter to World-Herald. ' Here Is the copy of the letter Mr. Rich ards sent to H. E. Newbranch, editor of the World-Herald, to which he made reference: "February 23, 1910. "Pear Mr. Newbranch: "The World-Herald In this , morning' Issue published a letter on Its editorial page purporting to come from me, upon which you comment freely and apparently with aome satisfaction. Is this a part of the political game? v "I never saw this letter and know ahso lutely nothing about It. It Is a fraul and forgery from start to finish, and I am surprised that the World-Herald should be so unfair as to publish a typewritten letter with a typewritten signature without as certaining the facts. "I say typewritten, for Mr. Rosewater of The Bee received a similar letter and had the courtesy to write to me befora publishing, asking If the letter was au thentic. "I cannot understand the motive that inspired the writer of the letter. I am try ing to bo respectable and lead the simple life, and to have such an Injustice perpe trated makes me feel that my efforts In that direction are vain. I do not mind saying, however, that I am not a prohibi tionist and never have been. I believe In the S!ocu.mh law, rigidly , enforced, and in the republican 8 o'clock closing law. "If you receive otheV letters In the fu ture purporting to come from me, please remember that you have a telephone In the office, and It will cost you only SO cents to verify." The thousands up on thousands, and thousands, who dive into the sea of Bee Want Ads. ' tomorrow morning from earjy candle llglit until late at eight, represent every claaa. Tliey want something. They will find it in The Bee, most likely. , If you have an ad and can't get . down to The De office, and bavo a 'phone, call Douglas 238 and it will be all right But do It early. Suit to Nullify ' Packing Trust's Jersey Charter Prosecutor Garven Anounces He Will Start Action Next Week, Fol lowing Indictments. NEW TORK. Feb. 2fl. A petition to nullify the charter of the National Pack ing company, one of the corporations in dicted yesterday for conspiracy to raise the price of meat by the Hudson county, New Jersey, grand Jury, will be filed next week by Prosecutor Garven of Jersey City. "I see that, according to dispatches from Chicago, the packers there regard this prosecution as a joke," said Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county, New Jersey, to day, alluding to the Indictments of the companies and individuals In the alleged beef trust, ' found by the grand Jury In Jersey City yesterday. "Well they will Tlnd out before we gt through that this Is a serlouu matter and the laugh will be on U)e beef barons and not on me," con tinued the prosecutor. Mr. Garven declared there would be further evidence ready for submission to the grand jury when It meets on Wednes day next. . Taft's Message Urgcs Merger Bill President Presents Plan for Reduc tion, of Ages' of rKaval Officers. WASHINGTON. Feb. ,26. President Taft today sent a special (message to congress urging legislation for the Improvement of the personnel of the navy. The president's message outlines a bill prepared by Secretary Meyer, which would reduce the ages of the senior officers and reorranlze the line. The president declares that the linn of the navy Is In an abnormal condition be cause of past legislation nnd that under the conditions existing young officers will have little opportunity for promotion for years to come. ' The effect of the measure which Secre tary Meyer has prepared and which the president approves would be to promoto officers to the grade of .captain at the average age of 46 or 47 years apd to the grade of rear admiral at the age of 54 to 55 and make the average of all rear ad mirals about 58. Tscharlovsky to Have Open Trial 1 1 N Government is Issuing Tickets of Admission to the Court Eoom. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26. The belief that the trial of Nicholas Vaslllevltch Tsrhalkovsky and Mme. Breshko-Breshkov- skaya would be open Is confirmed. The court officials are Issuing admission tickets, as the court room Is small. Mme. Breghkovskaya's lawyer, Prince Erlstoff, says his client will not be pres ent. The defense, while not denying revolu tionary activity on her part, will meroly point out alleged errors In the lndlotment when she Is called to plead. Florida Fruit Hates Lower. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Rates on ship ments of fruit and vegetables from Florida points to points in the north and west were today ordered reduced by the. Interstate Commerce commission. , The reduction amounts approximately to 6 per cent. Wounded Cared For in Rude Hut by Flicker of Candle NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26. Staff corre spondence of the Associated Press from Iilueflelds under data of February 10, and received by mall steamer today, describes the condition of the wounded after the battle of Santa Clara. At I o'clock at night a cattle ranch called Yulu was reached. There were two cots In the house. One of these he Amer icans, solicitously aided by Nicaraguan of ficers, secured for Colonel Oabrlel Conrad of Louisiana, who had been wounded. The couches rested on bare ground. Pigs scurried out of doors, and a general air of the stable yard prevailed. A man shot through the stomach groaned ceaselessly on the second cot. A native shot through tho leg crawled under his cot and another beside It Just outside of the door an other, wth part of his face shot away, Z7i of It Myself." RIOTING IN PHILADELPHIA Passengers and Crews of Street Cars Attacked by Mobs. POLICEMAN BADLY BEATEN Man Who Was Carrying; Unconscious Woman from Car la Awtaalted John J. Murphy Released on Bonds. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16. After a day of almost complete tranquility, several small riots Woke out In Kensington late today, when young men attacked cars run by nonunion men. In one of the aK.ays passengers were attacked by itrlke sym pathizers. A motorman was dragged from his car and badly beaten and several police men were roughly handled, but do one seriously Injured. The most serious affair occurred ulout 6 o'clock at Front street and Susquehanna avenue. Pnnt street, a business tho;oui;h fare. Is alwvys crowded Saturdays with u holiday crowd. Toward evening the crowd there was beyond the contrl of he oeal police force and stopped a car at the Inter section of the streets. . The crowd tried to reach the nonunion crew, and .thougn the lone policeman who . was protecting the crew fought bravely, several men dragged htm Into the streets Hie rtvoivnr wa taken from his' pocket,' his club was wrested (rrim his hand and he waa given a severe bent- The conductor managed to get away, but tho motorman was not so fortunate. He fired several shots from a revolver, but all went wild and he was pulled from tho car and also beaten. Other policemen waded lntc tho mob, but reluotant to draw their revolvers because of the women and chil dren, . caught In tha crowd, fought with their clubs. "Here comes the state cops I" some one yelled and there was a movement to break away. - A half dozen mounted police galloped along Front street and charged intql the crowd. They drove up on the sidewalk, smashed right and left with their hickory sticks and gradually forced the mob back. Men, -women and children were treated alike. No guns were drawn by the t ropers, but they made good use of their riot sticks and the rioters realizing the troopers were not to be trifled with were soon on, the run. Woman Struck with Brick. During the fight a woman passenger. Mrs. J. C. Ehler, was struok with a brick and rendered unconscious. Walter Graham, another passenger, who tried to carry her from the car, was attacked by the mob and roughly handlod, but managed to carry the woman Into a drug store. A half a dozen people were hurt by the policemen's clubs and sent to hospitals to have their wounds dressed, after which they were taken Into custody, charged with rioting. The other disturbance In Kensing ton was not serious. The first trouble In the negro section oc curred today, where a crowd threw mis siles at cars. Policemen quickly scattered the crowd. The arrest and arraignment of John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union, on a charge of Inciting to riot and the disorder noted marked the eighth day of the strike. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit company slightly Increased the number of cars In operation and several lines In outlying sections were opened for the first time. An Increased number of ears is In operation tonight. Whether or not a strike of all organised labor In Philadelphia will be called next week will probably be decided at tomor row's meeting of the Central Labor union. It la said that the worklngmen are not unanimous on the proposition. President Murphy is In favor of a general walkout. Murphy Released on Bond. John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union, arrested last night, charged (Continued on Second Page.) moaned Ihe name of a saint. Some of the native wounded had been brought along on native hammocks and others stoically walked. On a crude bed, Dr. Castillo, working by the light of a candle, drestd the wounds. Sam Drebbln of Philadelphia and Panama, a veteran of the Philippines and highly capable forager, had lifted some one's chlckin dinner from the table as he passed through I'uebla Vlego. This now fur nished a much needed broth for the wounded. It was not long before the doctor's can dle had been exhausted and tha crude house with Its suffering men was left In darkness, save fur a flicker of light from the fir outside., where the broth had been warmed. All that medical aid could do unJer the circumstances had beea done. FIRST STEP TO STOP I5EEF KATES Executive Committee of Live Stock Exchange Begins the Fight for the Omaha Market. APPEAL TO REASON OF RAILROADS Adopt Resolutions Showing the Inde fensible Injustice of Move. WILL FOLLOW THIS UP IF IT FAILS Hare Co-operation of Powerful Busi ness Interests Affected. SIOUX CITY WILL ALSO JOIN IN Resolutions Addressed to the Iliirllna ton, Siortknnlrrs and Rock Island, Chief Conspirators In This Plot of Commercial Assassination. Omnha, South Omaha and tho Immense live stock and packing interests of Ne braska, took their, first step In s. move ment designed to restrain the actl m of the railroads in raising the rate on dressed beef between Omaha and Chicago, thus discriminating against this city and Sioux City In favor of Kansss City and St. Joseph, yesterday afternoon by adapting a resolution amounting to an appeal to the reason of the railroads, to their sense, of Judgment and fair play In behalf of theso cities, this state, the tributary country and tho great business of live stock pro duction and Its kindred Interests. The resolutions are addressed to the Bur lington, Northwestern and Rock Island railroads. If theso resolutions fall upon deaf ears, if these railroads refuse to re organize the tremndous Injury they are about to Inflict upon people and Industries that have contributed so vastly to their enrichment and the enrichment of other railroads, this step will be quickly followed by another, and If that falls by another, and so the campaign of defense will be waged until the victory Is won and the offending railroads brought into submlSr slon. j Strong; Men Take the Lend. These resolutions were adopted by the executive committee of the 4outh Omaha Live Stock exchange, which met at the' Commercial club. Represented In that meeting was the Cudahy Packing com pany, the buyers, shippers and other large interests. , Thomas D. McPherson, president of the exchange; A. F. Ktryker, secretary1, Everett Buckingham, general manager and J. A). McN'aughton, traf'io man of the Cud ahy' company, were active tn the meeting. The situation was canvassed from "every conceivable standpoint and some very em phatic sentiments were expressed, all com Ing to. tha common focus that the rail roads had Invited the biggest fight they ever had on their hands In this part of tha west by planning this unwarranted dis crimination on Omaha and Bloux City, i Tha resolutions adoptod ring with dec larations of the most vital concern. They show that the lonly possible excuse tha railroads can offer for their action la a selfish desire to Increase their already plethoric revenues. Thoy show, vtoo, that this avarice Is not restrained even by tha fact that Omaha, Nebraska and tributary territory have contributed millions to tha financial prowess of these same railroads. They show that the packers, live stock men and allied Interests have not only paid millions to the railroads for ship ment of live stock and droeaed meat, but have poured other millions into their cof fers for tho 'transportation of materials and articles used In the maintenance, and upkep of these businesses. Thoy show, too, that If the railroads carry out their dire threat the ultimate effect wtU bo to deprive the stock raiser of this section of the Omaha, market which has actually made his business for these years. Carefully Planned Campaign. The campaign of opposition la carefully laid out and will be systematically promul gated as the attitude of the railroads renders necessary. . Sioux City, which Is a sufferer with Omaha, will lend Its co operation and every town in the state of Nebraska and adjacent country will fail In line. Here are the resolutions in full: "Whereas, The action of the Burlington, Northwestern and the Rock Island rail roads, tn publishing their Intention to ad vance rates 6 cents par 100 pounds upon packing house products from South Omaha to Chicago, when destined east, notwith standing the fact that the rates now ef fective will still remain in force at Kans.is City and St. Joseph, will cause many thou sands of head of live stock which nr now, and will hereafter be raised and fed in ter ritory clearly tributary to1 South Omaha, to move to markets located on the lowee river: and, "Whereas, Much live stock will be forced to Chicago which should be slaughtered or sold at Omaha, because of the fact U.at the difference in freight rates betwesn Oj. cago and the eastern markets and 0-.ns.ha and the eastern markets will be 23 cents per 100 pounds In favor- of Chicago, and the balance of the through rates from Omaha on practically all of the live stock origi nating at points 200 miles or more west of Omaha Is' not to exceed 17 cents per 100 pounds this In face of the fact that Chi cago today Is but lSVj cents per lo6 pounds nearer the eastern market than la Omaha on packing house products; and, Cannot Be Justified. "Whereas, This discriminatory Increase on packing houso product rates cannot be upheld if any Just consideration is to ba accorded the magnificent Interests at Omaha which can continue ro exist only so long as the freight adjustments between this and other competitive points are based on fairness to our Industries; and, "Wrureas, This raise In rates seems to be the culmination of a carefully thought out plan of the railroads to force live stock and kindred products from tha territory west of the Missouri river to use the rail roads serving this territory to the greatest extent possible, giving no consideration whatever to the Interests of the to-k-ralser or feeder, or to the walfare and suc cess of those who have made Omaha the market place of the entire west and north west at the expense of millions of dollars Invested In stock yards, lacking houses, banks, etc.; and, "Whereas. The railroads seem bent upon makliig this advance In rates, regim" of the resulting Injury to Omaha, evil t the poKslble extent of crippling thla mar ket, which has done so much to enhanoe the value of every acre of land lying In territory tributary to Omaha and which hat made possible the marketing of live stock