he Omaha . Baily Bee.
THE OMAHA DEE
roes to tb homo la read by the
women tells goods for adTertlsers.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Kor NehrnsVa Fair.
For Iowa Fair.
Ft r wouihor report see par 2.
VOL. XXXIX-No. 222.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH .4, 1910 TWELVE PAGES.
COUNCILS IGNORE
.(TROLLEY STRIKE
Philadelphia Officials Will Take No
Action Looking to Aibitmting
Differences.
MAYOR ADVISES AOAIXST IT
Sayi Law Provides Court for Settling
Such Controversies.
UNION LEADERS ARE INDICTED
Murphy and Pratt Charged with Riot
ing and Inciting to Riot.
WILL STRIKE ORDER BE OBEYED T
Official Assert Small Prrrrntisr of
Workmen Will Herd the Com.
niand to Walk Oat Fri
day Mht.
PHILADELPHIA, March S. For the
first time In five years the citizens were
excluded, from the. sessions of their chosen
representatives this afternoon. An hour
before tho time of convening the Select
and Common councils, a vnst crowd hud
gathered on tho fourth floor of the city
hall, but policemen kept all snvo tho coun-
cllmen, reporters and a few privileged per-
eons outsldo the r;uto which leads to the
council chambers.
The grand Jury this afternoon returned
Indictments agaliiHt John J. Murphy, presi
dent of the Central ljibor union, and C. O.
Pratt, organizer of the car men's union.
Murphy Is charged with rioting and In
citing to riot; Pratt with rioting, Inctlng
to rot and conspruey.
Mcaauae of the mayor.
Tho strlko was practically Ignored by
both councils. A message from Mayor
Reyburn reviewed tho situation briefly and
stated his policy of non-interference In
these words;
"It Is not tho city's duty, nor yours or
mine, to Interfere between tho Philadelphia
Kapld Transit Company and Its employes.
The courts of law are available for the re
dress of any reul gtievancej which either
may have against the ottier. No reason
Slsts, nor can exist, In proper cases, why
y and all other disputants should not
submit their differences to tho courts or
adjust their disputes between themselves.
It Is of the utmost Importance, however,
for the good name of our city and for the
safety of Us citizens, that no steps should
bo taken by your honorable, bodies or by
uny others which would undo or would
In any way or manner Interfere with that
which has already been done or lead any
person to think, or beltebe, that he can by
tho aid of the machinery of the executive
or legislative branches of the municipal
government, enforce any demand not cog
nisable In the courts or voluntarily adjust
able between the parties.
"Any.. attempt, hov.cvorhonPBt It may be,
which tends to draw uwuy Ji'uiu the parties
themselves, or from the Judiciary the de
termination of disputes, which under the
constitution and laws of the commonwealth
, ut 6 entrusted to them, necessarily weakens
and Impairs our form of government and
til the present caso would but tend to pro
long the agitation that will delay the resto
ration 'of full Bervice by the transit com
pany. This the publto Is entitled to have
and I confidently believe by the continu
ance of present peaceful conditions it will
soon be fully restored,
"In bringing about peace and good order
I rely on tho co-operation and aid of coun
cils and the support of all law abiding cit
izens.''
All retltloua Referred.
That tho council were In entire accord
with tho view of tho mayor In the fore
gong was mado evident by the absence of
any action or discussion relative to th
crisis. Several pettons from busness men's
associations and trades unions bearing on
tne strike were heard wthout comment A
resoluton from the eCntral Labor unon.
signed by John J. Murphy, the president,
raquestlnn arbitration, was Introduced In
tho common council by James Clough, a
member from the Thirtieth ward, "by re
quest." as he explained. It was referred
to the law committee.
In select council Thomas McFarland pre
f aented a resolution Instructing Mayor Rey
burn, William H. Carpenter and George II.
Karle, the city's representatives on tho
Philadelphia Rapid Transit board of di
rectors, to demand the submsslon by tho
vohipany to arbitration.
Councilman Henry J. Tralnor" Immedi
ately moved that the resolution be tabled.
Ha said ho was Informed that an act of the
, Jeslslaturo of ls!3 permitted either party In
dispute over wages to carry his case to
The court of common pleas and that this
gave the striking carmen an adequate rem
edy la law. The motion to table was car
ried with only a few dissenting voices.
Satire by McFarland.
Mr. McFarland twice attempted there
after to gain the privilege of the floor In
order to present another resolution, but
President Haslett refused to recognise him.
Tnl" resolution satirically called upon
"our peerless leader. Contractor James p.
JlcNlooll, who Is now sojourning In sunny
Florida undor the sheltering palms, In com
pany with certain Influential republican and
democratic members of the councils, and
tho founders of the Worklngmen League
Party to Immediately return and Issue the
necessary orders to Reyburn and Clay to
olisnge their belligerent attitude."
Falling to tiring this resolution officially
to the attention of the council, Mr. McFar
land distributed typewritten copies to his
colleagues after adjournment
Director of Public Safety Clay today
wrote the president of the builders' ex
Change directing that all building materials
neur plans under course or construction
be moved from the streets by tomorrow
night. This Is to prevent riotous ptn-sons
from securing missiles for use against the
poMce and trolley cars.
The director also Issued an official no
tice to industrial establishments thro-ugn-out
the city calling attention to the "duty
of preventing the strees from being filled
wlh grva crowds, which may be Influenced
to acts of disorder and lawlessness by irr
sponsllile persons.
tomuany Scoata Arbitration,.
Arbitration has be-n scout, d by the Pnil-
tdelphla Rapid Transit company officials,
t:io city's representatives on the hoard of
titreetors of the company, and. In fact, by
rrncucauy all persons connected in pn
official capacity with the transit company.
The action taken at the meeting of the
Central Labor union last night, whin that
oiganlzatlon made final preparations to
carry 'the threatened sympathetic strike
(Continued on Second Page)
Cummins-Clapp
Make Report on
Railroad Bill
Insurgel
ubers atif Committee
ce Court and Other
Tight .
Peal 2 &
r. .
Taft Heasure.
r-.
WASHING
the admlnlsti1 T
pair the efflcl
and that the t V
mcrce which tk V.V
moan an expert
sary," Senators t
rch 3. Declaring that
Uroad bill would len
gths existing statute
of a court of com
ire Involves would
'wholly unncces-
s and Clapp today
submitted the mliiorlty report of the sen
ate Interstate commerce, committee.
The report holds that the creation of a
court, the sole work of which would be
to try rullroud cases, would foe fundamen
tally wrong and reminds the senate of "the
tremendous Influences which will Inevita
bly surround the selection of such a tri
bunal. " In the last three and a half years,
the minority report asserts, there have been
just twenty-six cases In which such a court
would have had Jurisdiction.
In pointing out some of tho things the
senators think make the bill ineffective,
they declare It should Include all corpora
tion common carriers and that there Is
nothing to prevent a holding corporatalon
from Issuing all tho stocks and bonds It
may plouse.
What Is termed tho most "objectlonible
and harmful feature' la the proposed de
parture from tho method of defending suits
j brought by carriers to mako Inoperative
the orders of the commission,
Tho minority senators claim that the
section to govern consolidation of railway
lines would permit water and rail routes
to consolidate; would allow a railroad to
I buy up a competitive steamship lino and
that In effect all the railroads In the
United Stntes could be merged under a
slnglo corporation, provided they would be
operated by eleetrio power.
Sonators Cummins and Clapp reported to
further amend the existing law to make
all holding corporations como under the
Jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce
commission and would mako the term
"common carrier" embrace all corporations
having a controlling Interest In a common
carrier.
Court Upholds
Elevation Fee in
Pcavey Case
Judge Sanborn Enjoins Order Prohib
; iting Roads from Making Allow
ance to Elevators.
KANSAS CITY. March 8.-In a decision
handed down here today the United States
circuit court permanently enjoined the In
terstate Commerce commission from en
forcing an order prohibiting railroads and
other carriers from allowing compensation
to owners and operators of elevators for
elevation and trunsfer of grain in transit.
' The decision was given by Judge Satif
born and was concurred in by Judges
Hook and Adams.
' The Injunction suit was filed In St. Louis
by the Peavey Elevator company, which
was supported In its petition by commer
cial bodies of Kansas City, Omaha and
other cities In the middle west.
Tho Interstate Commerce commission
Issued the order prohibiting the owners of
elevators from receiving compensation for
the elevation and transfer of grain in tran
sit on the theory that such action amounted
to a rebate.
The order had. It was alleged, been most
detrimental to the business of elevators,
the total valuo of which is millions of dol
lars. The decision today rays that "the order
of the Interstate Commerce commission
which prohibits the allowance or payment
by carriers of all compensation to owners
and operators of elevators for the elevation
and transfer of grain In transit la beyond
the delegated power of the commission."
PROF. ROSS' FRIENDS
THINK HIM SCAPEGOAT
Visit of Emm Goldman to Madlaon
Createa BlKareet Kind of Vnl
veralty Sensation.
MADISON, Wis., March 3. (Special Tele
gram.) There is a growing belief here that
Prof. Ross, who came to Wisconsin from
Nebraska university and Who was yester
day censured for his connection with the
visits to Madison of Emma Goldman and
Parker Sercomb, will refuse to retain his
placo on the faculty in the face of the re
proof of the Board of Regents. His friends
are outspoken in the belief that he Is being
mado a scapegoat for the entire affair. He
is no more to blame, they believe, for the
visit of Emma Goldman than any other
member of the faculty and his friends re
sent the censure, saying that the report of
the Board of Visitors, which investigated
the entire affair, was so framed as to be
come a whitewash of the university Itself,
and that Prof. Ross was censured so that
the sentiment In the state resulting from
the affair might be satisfied by some sacri
fice. In other words, rPof. Ross' friends
believe that he Is carrying the burden
which should have fallen to President Van
Hlse as head of ths university.
Tjr Cobb- 'a Salary Nine Thousand.
AUGUSTA, da.. March S Tyrus Cohh
received and signed his contract with tho
Detroit American league ball club yester
day. Cobb's contract calls for a salary of
9.0U0 annually for three years.
Noisy Solons Plan to Get
Two1 Jobs and Knife Shally
Trcnmore Cone of Saunders county and
E. B. Quackenbush of Nemaba county,
belligerent fuslonlsts in the house of the
1907 legislature, are said to be in a com
tlno against the re-election of Governor
Shallenberger, which. Incidentally, con
templates their own elevation to office.
Cone would be state railway commissioner
and Quackenbush attorney general.
Cone Is quoted as saying that he secured
a majority of the mrmbers of the house
and senate petitioning the governor to
convene the legislature in special a?sion
to enact the Initiative and referendum and
that despite the fact that Shallcnberger
had faithfully promised to Issue the call
If a majority of the legislators made this
WILL LOOK INTO
OLEOJNDUSTRY
Judge Landis Orders Pederal Grand
Jury in Chicago to Make
Investigation.
TESTIMONY
IS
STARTLING
Moonshiners in Chicago Had Organi
zation to Maintain Prices. ,
RATE CUTTER IS SLUGGED
Association Refused to Reimburse
Witness Who Paid Thug.
MOXLEY'S NAME MENTIONED
Conarrrsaman from Sixth Illinois Dis
trict anil Other Prominent Makers
Are Mentioned In the
Testimony.
CHICAGO. March 8. Federal grand Jury
Investigation of the oleomargarine industry
In this city was ordered by Judge K. M.
Landis In the United States district court
late this afternoon, after the court had
listened to testimony given by three men
who had pleaded guilty to charges of
violating the Internal revenue law relating
to the coloring of oleomargarine. The
name of William J. Moxlcy, congressman
from the Sixth Illinois district, as well as
those of other prominent manufacturers of
the product figured In the hearing.
The testimony upon thii astlon was based,
was given by Samuel Drlesbach, Daniel
Borta and William Broadwell, dealers In
oleomargarine in this city. Broadwell jv-as
sentenced to six years In the federal prison
at Fort Leavenworth and fined $15,000 by
Judge Landis on Monday, but after hearing
the story of the three men, the court di
rected United States Marshal Hoy not to
execute the sentenpe until further notice.
The sentence of Drlesbach and Bortz was
deferred.
F.our Thoaaand Founds a Day.
Broadwell, who gave the most startling
testimony, appeared as a witness on his
own account and acknowledged that he
did so without any hope of leniency. Ha
told of purchasing the white oleomargarine
from manufacturers, who, he said, furnished
him with the coloring, and of his selling
the illegally colored product to restaurant
keepers, hospitals and hotels. More than
half of the total output of the oleomargar
ine factories In Chicago is sold to "moon
shiners," according to tho testimony of
Broadwell.
Pays for Slairslna-.
Samuel Drlesbach told the court In de
tail the course pursued by him and others
In mixing and selling oleomargarine. He
declared that in 1908 he mixed oleomargar
ine In different places on the west side of
this .city, principally In barns. He said that
he went under the name of Jersey Creamery
Company and mixed about ten tubs a day.
At one point In the story he told of be
ing in a barn mixing the fcroduet when the
place was raided -and he escaped by means
of a sscret stairway which had bon built
for that emergency. Drlesbach said that
the oleomargarine "moonshiners" had an
organization to maintain high prices and
that one of the members had been
"slugged" because he out prices. The wit
ness complained that he had paid the
sluggers and had not been able to get iw
Imbursements from the "moonshiners" as
sociation. The witness declared that In the last year
he had assisted in disposing cf about 4,000
pounas or uniawrully colored oleomargarine
ally. .
Dodo-ln Revenue Collectors.
William Broadwell, who gave the most
Important testimony, occupied the stand
during tho afternon session. After telling
how he happened to get Into the business
of coloring oleomargarine, witness de
scribed methods used to "dodge" revenue
collectors." At one time he said ho had
fifteen tubs' of oleomargarine stored at
the Moxley plant and when the revenue
collector made a raid of his placo he had
the stuff shifted around from place to
place.
The witness said he was president of the
Association of "Oleomargarine Moonshin
ers, which was ore-anlzed In mm ti;
ganlzatlon kept books concerning the)-
dealings, but finally the members decided
to nave the books burned.
Broadwell testified an employe of the
Moxley concern showed him how to use the
coloring.
It Is expected the grand Jury Investiga
tion will begin on Monday.
CHARGED WITH THEFT OF
LARGE SUM FROM ESTATE
Mosea Levlne of Loa An ore Irs Koand
Living; with Rnaslan Family
in Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, S. D.. March S.-(Speclal i
Telegram.) Moses Levlne, arrested here by
Deputy Sheriff Shaffer and Deputy United
States Marshal McVeigh on an embezzle-!
ment charge at the request of authorities
at Los Angeles, Cal., will be held pending
the arrival of requisition from California.
Levlne Is accused of stealing $11,000 from a
California estate of which he was receiver.
He came here last Sunday and registered
at the Ward hotel. He claimed the room
assigned him was not good enough and
left. The officers later located him with
a Russian family in the suburbs of the
city. Upon confirmation of the description
of Levlne with the Aberdeen man, he was
arrested.
request "he back-tracked when
Wa tnnlr
the petition to him, and that Isn't the flrbt
time ne nas double-crossed us."
So Cone and Quackenbush and their
friends don't care If Shallenberger "gets
It in the neck." They have a man for
governor In their little combine, but they
are not disclosing his name. Cone admits,
however, that this man is not one of ths
essential spokes In the wheel of political
fortune by which he and Quackenbush ex
pect to roll Into the state house.
"Shallenberger has fooled the people as
cleverly as a man could, but he caa't fool
them again," is Cone's avowed belief. "We
know he Is lined up with the corporations
and liquor trade and he can't hoodwink us
any morV
:p,N AFRICA
' 0' U.sjj
" J
From the Minneapolis Journal.
RAILROAD DEADS TO GUTHRIE
Oklahoma Will Call Sixteen of Most
Prominent Into Court.
WOULD LEARN VALUATIONS
List Iirlndea Gonld, Ripley, Wlnehell,
Mads and Many Imwr Offi
ciate HJ mmmtuK -Into
. ."V
GUTHRIE. March 1 Sixteen railway of
ficials. Including -several of the most prom
inent In the United) States, are to be served
with subpoenaes Issued this morning by
the corporation commission of Oklahoma,
demanding their presence In Outhrle March
15, as witnesses in the freight rate .Inves
tigation now in progress here, v
The list Includes George J. Gould, presi
dent St. Louis, Iron Mountain. & Southern
railway. New York; J. A. Edsonr, president
of the Kansas City Southern railway, Kan
sas City; E. P. Ripley, president of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway,
Chicago; B. L. WlncheA, president of the
St Louis & San Francisco railway, St.
Louis; H. U. Mudge, president of the Rock
Island lines, Chicago; George H. Crosby,
vice president, secretary and treasurer.
Rock Island lines, Chicago; F. H. Hamil
ton, secretary and treasurer, St. Louis &
San Francisco railway, St. Louis; C. N.
Whitehead, secretary and treasurer, Mis
souri, Karsas & Texas railway; E. L. Cope
land, secretary and treasurer, Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, Topeka, Kan.; A. C.
Torbert, secretary and treasurer, Gulf
Railroad & Santa Fe, Galveston, Tex.;
Frank Kell, president Wichita Falls &
Northwestern railway, Wichita Falls, Tex.;
A. H. Caley, secretary and treasurer, St.
Louis Iron Mountain & Southern, New
York; G. C. Hand, secretary and transfer
agent, Kansas City Southern, New York;
A. A. Allen, president. Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railway, St. Louis; F. G. Pettlbone,
vice president and general manager. Gulf
Colorado & Santa Fe, Galveston, Tex.; C
A. Morse, foTmer chief engineer, Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway, Topeka, Kan.
The presence of these officials Is de
manded by the state of Oklahoma In an ef
fort to get responsible officials on record
as to the valuation of the various proper
ties in Oklahoma which they represent.
The state wants this Information in perfect
ing Its refutation of the findings forming
the basis for the recent federal Injunction
Issued by Judge Hook In St. Louis, restrain
ing the Oklahoma corporation commission
from enforcing the freight rates that have
been established in Oklahoma during the
last twenty-two months.
FIFTY MORE BODIES
I
Corpses Will Be Removed from St. I
Paul Mine nt Cherry,
111.,
Today.
PEORIA, March
Richard Newsam In
3. Mine Inspecto-
telephone message j
from Cherry, III., late today said fifty o-
sixty bodies have been found in the mam
north entrance of the St. Paul mine and
will be removed tomorrow.
Easter is in sight.
It is, not too early
to begin to prepare
for it.
TherV will be hundreds of things
necessary. Hundreds of dealers
have received Easter finery and are
ready to display it.
In the "For Easter Column"
in the Want Ad Page, will bo
found their announcements.
About everything required is
listed there.
Have you looked them overt
A Natural History Study.
Sixty Killed
by Explosion
in Alaska Mine
Twenty-Three Bodies Have Already
Been. Recovered -Many Others
Are Injured.
JUNEAU, Alaska, March 3.-Slxty are
dead and many injured as the result of a
magazine explosion In the main shaft of
the Treadwell mine today.
Xwenty-three bodies have been recovered
Many Towns at
Pierre Meeting
South Dakota Navigation Convention
Will Draw Delegates from All
Along River.
PIERRE. S. D., March 3. (Special.) The
committees In chargo of the work of pro
motion of the state meeting of dep water
ways, which will be held at this city
March 30 and 31 has beeVi busy slnco its
selection, and Is receiving a great deal of
encouragement. C. E. DcLand, who was
selected to secure speakers for the occa
sion has received ' assurance from the
Omaha Commercial club, that It will have
representatives at the meeting. The of
ficers of the Mississippi Valley Transporta
tion company, with headquarters at St.
Louis have notified Mr. DeLand of their
Intention to be represented. Commercial
clubs at Kansas City, Sioux City and other
river towns say they will be represented,
and a representative of the National Rivers
and Harbors congress will be In attendance.
Besides the lono question of navigation,
other matters closely connected with move
ment of freight by water are being In
vestigated, and will bo discussed among thj
possibilities of benefits from river naviga
tion. One of theso Is the proper handling
of the lignite coals which are obtainable all
along tho river.
CLEMENCY ASKE DF0R
BY DAKOTA PARDON BOARD
State Body Aska that Charlee Haynea
, De Not llanaed, bat Given
Life Term.
PIERRE. S. D., March 3. (Ppecial Telc-
- gram.)-The Slate Pardon board today rec
F0UND ! ommonded clemency In the case of Charles
Hayes, sentenced to bo hanged In Lawrence
county on March 13, recommending a com
mutation to Ufa Imprisonment. They rccom
mended pardons for Leroy Nath, sentenced
on a burglary charge; for Marvin Stanley,
sentenced from Lincoln county on an arson
charge. They recommended a transfer from
the penitentiary to tho reform school of
Joo Dunn, sent from Lincoln county on an
arson charge.
Roosevelt Given Freedom of
City of London by Council
LONDON', March 3. The court of common
council today unanimously adopted a reso
lution conferring the honorary, freedom of
the city on Theodore Roosevelt, In recogni
tion of the "distinguished manner In which
he filled the office of president of the
United States and fcr the eminent service
which he rendered t e cause of civilisa
tion and the promotion of amicable rela
tions between foreign ' nations."
Mr. Roosevelt will vlilt London the mid
dle of May.
KHARTUM, Sudan, March 3.-Colonel
Roosevelt and his part; left Mongolia to
day for Lake No, where Colonel Roosevelt
may take a shot at tln antelopes of that
vicinity. (
TAFT ON OHIO POLITICS
President Disclaims AH Interference
with Affairs at Home.
NO CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR
Mr. Ellis Released at Reqaest of
Leaders and with Cnderatnudlna;
that lie Doea Not He pre
sent President.
CLEVELAND, O., March 3.-In a letter
to H. D. Davis, United States marshal
here, President Taft, denies any responsi
bility for the recent election of former
assistant to the attorney general. Wade
H. Ellis, as chairman of the Ohio re
publican executive committee. The letter
received today follows:
, "The White Houso, Washington, Feb
ruary 28, 1910.
"My Dear Mr1. Davis: I have your letter
of February 26, In which you refer to criti
cisms of ma for interfering In Ohio poli
tics by suggesting the selection of Wado
H. Ellis as chairman of the republican
executive committee Of Ohio.
"I am glad to have tho opportunity of
assuring you '.hat I am not In the slightest
degree responses for the selection of
Wade H. Ellis as chairman of the repub
lican executive committee of Ohio.
"The natonal committeeman, Mr. oVrys,
and the head of the central commlttao,
Mr. rBown, and Mf. Williams, who was
chairman of the'oxedutlve committee, came
to Washington, and after what I assumed
was a canvass. of the state, notified me
tiat for the general goed of the party I
should release Mr. Wade 11. EUIh from his
position In tho Department of Justice
(where ha was doing excellent work) and
allow . him to leave tho government ser
vice' In order to succeed Mr. Williams as
head of the executive committee.
"Most reluctantly did I do this and I
did It also with the express understanding
that I did not deslia to Interfere wth local
police, n Oho; that I had no ciioce for
governor, and that, though Mr. Ellis might
succeed to the chairmanship, he would noA,
whllo there, represent me or act upon
my suggestions."
"What I ani most anxious about Is that
the republicans of Ohio shall have full and
free expression with respect to the plat
form that they shall adopt and also us
to the Candidates to be selected.
i ao not tnnik that theer Is now in j
the state any Influence of an organized
character that would seek to prevent such '
a full and free expression o fthe republic- !
..,. -r. loMuj. i onaii neitner have the
power nor the Inclination myself to exert
any Influence of this kind. Sincerely yours,
"WILLIAM H. TAFT." '
Mlaaourl lco Shaky.
PIERRE, 8. D., March 3. (Special Tele
gram.) The Ice on the Missouri river be
came so shaky today that hacks stopped
crossing on the Ice. Bad river has broken
open and Is piling ice out onto tho Mis
souri, forming a dam at the mouth of the
t-nibller stream.
The party Is due here, according to the
local understanding, on March 17.
NAPLKri, March 3 -Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt and Mlxs Ethel, returning from an ex
cursion to Capri today, found a message
from Colonel Hoooevelt awaiting them. Tim
message stated that Colonel Roosevelt had
made no change In his plans. He exacts
to arrive here during the first week of
April and will go to Rome to call on King
Victor Emmanuel and the pope. He will
then proceed to Paris, where he Is due on
April IS.
GENEVA. Swltxerland. March S.-Former
President Roosevelt and Brutas J. Clay,
former American minister to Swltxerland,
weie today appointed corresponding mem
bers of the Geneva National Institute,
ROADS OPPOSED
TO INSPECTION
Railway Men Hostile to Federal
Inquiry Into Condition of
Locomotive Boilers.
BURKETTS MEASURE MAKES STIR
Many Objections to Provisions of
Second Draft.
CHANCE FOR IRRIGATION WORK
r
Bill for Thirty Million Certificates
in House.
OMAHA RESOLUTIONS PUT IN
Con cress Hears Appeal for Grab
Stake Ilomeatend I.btt and for
Money to Stop Kncroach
ment of Mtaaonrl.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 3. (Special Tclo
gram.) .Interest In amended Kurkett bill
providing for federal Inspection of locomo
tive boilers shown by a large number of
persons present at today's hearing of tho
subcommittee of the Interstate commerce
committee over which Senator Cummins of
Iowa presided. It is porslble that the new
bill Introduced by Senator Kurkett with the
advice of tho attorney general may have
been responsible for tho large attendance,
but railroad officials and their attorneys
were there In large numbers and the way
these attorneys went after things Indicated
that they didn't like the new bill any more
than they (lid the flrat measure, which
Senator Burkett Introduced.
The time was too short for finishing
statements of the subcommittee by various
railroads and the hearing was continued
until tomorrow morning at 19 o'clock. The
railroads in their statement followed tho
same general line of argument as to suf
ficiency of Inspection already given the
locomotives by their Inspectors and urged
again that there was no necessity for
federal inspection.
Vice President Kendrick of the Santa Fe
railway was on tho stand tho great part of
the time, and later a representative of tho
Missouri Pacific railroad testified as to the
Inspection followodon their lines. Some of
his statements were rather sharply criti
cised by members qf the subcommittee, one
admission lh particular, that their boilers
were often Inspected only after flues had
blon out.
In all testimony given there was a gen
eral tone of criticism as to the present
draft of the bill. After tho hearing was
over one of the senators had a Utile Im
promptu conference with the railroad offi
cials and urged them to draw a bill that
did satlsgy them If they were! not entirely
pleased with the present measure. It was
gathered from this conference however,
that no bill providing for federal inspeo- '
tion of bM'.drs woulbachely. satisfac
tory to the railroads.
They are opposed to federal Inspection,
though they admitted that In all probabil
ity they would have to submit to it.
Irrigation Bll Under Way.
Tho bill providing for an issuance of
S.10,000,000 bonds, chargable to the irrigation
fund, to carry to completion various pro
jects which have been started by the
reclamation service and not yet completed
will this week be taken up before the '
ways and means committee, to whom the '
bill was- referred today by a committee of
fifteen, headed by Representative Mondell
of Wyoming. This committee 1 composed
of one representative In the house of rep
resentatives from each of fifteen states
whire Irrigation or reclamation projects
have been started and where successful
completion of such projects Is sought.
There will bo a preliminary meeting of
this committee In a few days to frame up
a mode of procedure as to the moat ef
fective methods to bo adopted to convince
the ways and means' committee that the
proposed bond Issue s a good and whole
some thing. From a preliminary canvass
of the situation. Representative Klnkald
of Nebraska today said he believed ob
jections which some members of the ways
and means committee have openly avowed
to the bond issue for reclamation projects
will be overcome.
t'oat of Dmlnsse.
Senator Brown from the committee on
Indian affairs today reported favorably a
bill of Senator Burkett Increasing the cost
of drainage of lands in drainage dlstrlot
No. 1, Thurston county, Nebraska, from
37 to 33.B0 per acre. This drainage district
was created four years ago through the
efforts of Mr. Burk4t and Includes land
In the Sac and Fox trtbe of Indians In
Hlchurdson county, provision being made
that the cost of drainage should be as
sessed against the lands benefited.
It was found that the original bill which
provided for $7 an acre assessment would
not qulto cover the amount, neoessary for
proper execution of the project, and It was
therefore found necessary to Increase the
cost to 9.50 par acre. In his report Senator
Brown referred to a letter of recommenda
tion from the secretary of the Interior fa
voring the Increased cost. The secretary
stated that It will bo highly Important to
the Indians as well as to their white neigh
bors that this drainage projec should bo
constructed at an early dats and that the
department believed that Indians- should
pay their fair proportion of the cost. He
therefore recommended passago of the hill.
Senator Burkett said he expected to have
the bill passed within a day or two.
tirnb Stake Homesteads.
Senator Burkett filed resolutions this
morning from Central,- Labor unions of
Omaha and Lincoln urging the passage of
tho "grub-tdake homestead" bl'J which tho
senator Introduced last week. Great Inter
est Is taken In this measure by various
labor organizations of the country and they
are sending petitions to senators and con
gressmen from all parts of the United
States favoring Its passage.
The senators filed also resolutions from
the Leather Workers union of Fremont.
Neb., asking that the olght hour law be
extendent to Include all work on govern
ment contracts. It Is stated In the reso
lutions that some contractors or sub-contractors
who have government contracts,
require twelve and In some Instances four
tean hours a day from their employes en
gaged on government Contracts, and the
pasage of the senate bill Is urged to en
force the eight hour regulation for all
government work.
The settlers on government land In the
North Platte reclamation project have writ
ten to Senator Burkett that they favor
proposed $.W,O3,0U0 bond Issue to complote
the lrrlgutlon project under way, and ask
ing also that they be granted patents after
