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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ATOIL 24. 1010.
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COTTON MEN ALLEGE FARE
Importers Arer Three Million Dollar
Fraud Through Forged Bills.
rAHZSICA5 FIS1I GOES BARKEUPT
Alaeaaaa ronpair Fereed
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LIVERPOOL. April a-There was
SttDMtiiTD In Cottonopoli yenterday, born of
'tdely c!rcu1atr4 atctetorau that forced
billa of ladins for cotton, purporting to
har ahlpped from the fnltrd Stat-,
k4 bB uncoverrd. rba alleged fraudu
lent rtwthoda, It araa said., involvad eottoo
valued at t2.a.O0Q, and In addition to
thlrtjr Urerpool coneerca. it aas stated.
several coniineniai cotton bouaea era
heavy loaera.
The Echo eaya that tha method pf uHins
na oUeced felfa hill o lading ni to
ppen? iao-alnila cu-rler a aisaatxraa to
bill of lad ir aent. with drafts to this sUa
f before the"cottoa Wa artlvcred by canirra
- end that Importers In many cuaea paJd such
irafls. ATheft tha practical was discovered
..tha steamship companies withheld, deiireries
until tha bills of lading ere." verified. The
Kcho aays ad ' Investlfratlon made by lm
. iwters shows that not only were a number
of there bills of lading spurious, but there
"'f-a actually no cotton acainst soma of
them.
X ' SfnitaUotial reporta of the failura of
Knight. Tancey A Co.. which heavily bit
- Liverpool cotton houses, added to the ex-
cHctncnt. . . . . .
p " . . riraa IteBne Baakrapt.
A cable dispatch froa !Cew Orleana
wtilci fell like an exploeion of dynamite
"" said thai Knleht. Yancey A Co. were short
In Liverpool COCO bales. In Havre S.000
bales iwt In Genoa .0i0 balea. This would
a V make a total losa at current quotations of
ovar S3.6iw.eao.
In Liiverpool twenty -six firms are be
- -lieved to hava been affected by the failure.
' A majority of them hare large amounts of
" capital and will he able to tide over the
- ituailon, but a few will be seriously hit.
I The beads of soma of tha bouaea In
Uvarpool will proceed to tha United
States by tha first tamer available to
. loeatisia the aiiuation. No losa aa a ra-
suit f the failura Is likely to fall 'upon
Enxlirh bankers, who are amply secured.
While . tha cotton n-.arktt today was
deeply atirrtd by the situation. Its effect
on prices waa not great. Tha directors
of the . Liverpool Cotton association met
during the day and diacuased tha affair.
Or. a reoult of this meeting has been to
I i v M the movement initiated by tha n,
iJJ.iUon in 130! to follow tha aama practice-
as portajna In tha com trade in con
nection with. the lsmie of bills of lading.
The hope la expressed bare that tha set
tlement of the affairs of Knight. Tancry
X Co. will realize lX'.OW.
ATLANTA. G. Aprtt a Southern rep.
MISCHIEF LVKKU
a Sorprlaa la Sxeoklys.
. An adult's food that caa save a babr
f roves ttself to be nourishing and easily
' digested sod good for &ig and little folks.
V " A Brooklyn man aays:
"Wherf baby was about eleven months
" old ha began to grow thin and pale. This
" wa. at first, attributed ta heat and the
fart that ills taeth mere coming, but. ii
reality, the poor little thing was start
ing, bis another's milk not being suffl
- - ctaot nourishment.
- "Ona day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, I auggested that my wife
try film on Orape-Nuts. She soaked two
;taapoocfula In a saucer with a little
augar and warm milk. This baby ate so
c . ravenously that she fixed a second which,
Re likewise finished.
V "It was not many days before be forgot
all about being nursed, and has ainca
lived aiinost exclusively on Grp-Nut.
" Today the boy Is strong and robust, and
aa cute a mischief-maker as a thirteen
months old baby Is expected to be.
"w hv put before him other foods.
'but he Mill lave none f them, evidently
' preftrlr.g to stick to that which did him
... - o much good his old friend Urape-Nuia
isa thla letter any way yo wish, for
ay wife and I caa never pr.Ue Graj
. lata enough after tha fcr'.ghtnaaa It l.as
urought to oar household."
Ori-Nuti Is not made fur a tby
- kxtd. but experience aith thcusands of
tables ahowa It to be among the ttl.
if not e.ittrely tha txst In uee. Blng a
acleatif-o prevaratlon of Katura's grains.
It lit ecualiy effecllva as a body aud brain
builder for rrosn-uin
Head tha litUe book. The Rokd la
Wrilvilie.-' In H'kKS. "There's a Rson."
Bvar raad taa abava letter I A asw aaa
avpaaxa froa Una ta Vjxm. They r gea
atua, true, fi JX af baauut tateraat,
Missive $20 Solid Oak
SIDEBOAIU)
Qnay $M075
Terms 231 Cnsli, COc Weekly
Sold on 30 Days' FREE TRIAL
Positively the most wonderful SIDE
BOARD value that you ever saw. Just
think of it, a MASSIVE, HIGHLY
POLISHED SIDEBOARD, made of
SOLID OAK, is offered you at a most
remarkably low price. These elegant
sideboards have two small drawers, one
being plush lined for silverware, a large
linen drawer and commodious lower
compartment. The French bevel plate
mirror is of high brilliancy. The entire
sideboard is highly ornamented with
deep rich carvings. Remember they are
actually worth $20, but 11 7 C
the special price is only tjJllil U vP
Til EH TO PAT THE CXIO WAT
ISIS -17 -1 0, FARHAUST.-
"IHB STORJB THAT'S iL'AKK ALL OVKtt.
reaentatlvea of NeW Tork and European j
cotton firms who rushed. to Decatur, Ala.,
to Investigate tha failure of Knight. Tan
cay 4c Co. declared today that tra-nsactlona
involving millions which preceded and pre
cipitated the crash may end tn prosecu
tions in tha federal courts.
It U alleged that irregular bills of lad
log attached to drafts for heavy amounts
wero sent to 'Xew Tork and big cotton
housfs in Europe. New Tork firms, it is
believed, have lost about fl.O09.OO0. while
Kuropear. houses may hava lost between
.0C.M) and $a.rj0.ooo. It is predicted h,re
tfcst tha failure m ill tend to revolution lxe
tha cotton business in this country by de
stroying tha confidence, of buyera in bills
of lading, which hitherto have been
honored as If they were actual . cotton.
On of the vkiiting agents, referring to the
system used In dealing in cotton, said:
' "Let ua say that a long eetablls&ed
cotton firm is doing business tn Atlanta,
Tha buyers for thia firm go out Into the
country and contract for cotton. " Let ua
say that thay buy . 10ft bales at Iecaxur,
another K at Macao and a third 100 at
Hogan. Thia cotton la shipped to At
lanta to the compress and local bills of
lading; are taken , from -.ach - town to
Atlanta. : At AUactav the' Us tafc are
gradd and fy tut bales takenr jfrom
iXrc&iur's shipment and ten from another
and mixed, it la graded to ault tha mar
ket to which It la -to be ahipped. - It is
rebaJed.
Hww Bllla Art Hawdlew.
"Sow the railroads give a' through rata
from Decatur to Liverpool, let us say.
So tha firm takes the local bill of lading
for 1C0 a!ea from Decatur and gets in
exchange from, tha railroad, a through bill
from Decatur to Liverpool for KO bales,
when as a matter of fact only ten of the
109 Decatur bales hava been used. When
this la repeated indefinitely. It can be aeen
ha possibilities there are for fraud.
"Then &ain, business here is done largely
an credit, on the honesty of the shipper. A
shipper gets blar.k bills of lading from a
railway agent and coolly forges the agent s
signature to them, otton is sold altogether
lit .outs or . i&atng. Henc tne bills are
negotiable paper la any cotton market.
Let tha shipper be A big one; let him tell tha
agent that be has cotton to ship, and re
Quirea ftvo cars at once, it ta possible- that
the cars are not available at once, so, to
satisfy the shipper the agent may prepare
bills of lading tor the cotton to be shipped
and It may never be shipped. But the
bills may be negotiated at any cotton
center."
Loral cotton men are Inclined to rejoice
at tha new that Urerpool cotton brokers
are tha heavy losers. They say that
tha Liverpool men, counting on receiving
from America cotton bought at a very
low figure, have shipped back to America
larga quar.titi of cotton to break the
American market. If the Liverpool men
hava been deceived by forged bills of lad
ing the local men claim the shortage of
cotton in England will cause tha shut
domn of tha mills there.
. Iaweattat Km II are.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 21-everal
legal and other representaUvea of English
and American cotton firms are In Birm-Ir-gham,
investigating tha filing of a
vol ii ataxy petition ' In bankruptcy by
Knight, Yancey A Co. of Decatur, Ala.
Among those here arc representatives of
Minoprie. Forgxa 4c Co Liverpool; Baker
Paton company,. New Orleans; J. J. Wa
liatr.s company, Liverpool; WUson A Alison,
Galveston; Alexander Ecclas A Co.. Liver
pool; Penoefather A- Co., Liverpool, ar.d
L. C. Worret. Galveston.
Thtrs fcaa been some intimation tht the
legal reprcsontativea are investigating
tha alleged presence of forged bills of lading
for cotton. The representatives hers are
Just from Decatur and the statement It
ma4e that very little Information la secured
from . the firm. Several trac&actions are
under careful lnveatifation, the outcome
cf which Is not Intimated.
DEATH NOTICE APPEARS
AND PUZZLES CORONER
laseaarrafst la Draver Paper la
Wttaeat Reeerd, aad There-,
fore Sesateleaa.
TENTER. April a.-Coroner MrOovern
of Denver county is puiilirg over a death
notice. It appeared In a Welnee'ay anorn
Ir.g paper as fuilowa:
Tid Fltapatrick. audienly. Elward J.
Pitxpatrick. la-ermeot private Baltimore
papt.-a please copy."
No record of tha death cf KdaaVd J.
Fitx;atrick appeara In the o'flce of the
health department, la the coronrs ortce
r at the office of any c?me:ery In the
vicinity cf Inver. At the c'd.-e of In 4
paptr that published the notue U wa aael
a stranger paid for the advert:ameat.
-Dtr ( faesainUi'1
is r.ever wriitea of thoe who cure coughs
ar.d colds with lr. King's New rScovry.
GuxratiiMd. S.c atj 11 U For' sate by
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Right, 5 Rooms
Furnished Com-I
plete for
$59.50
Terns, $4 Monthly.
GIRL'S SLATER MUST DIE
Albert Wolter Convicted of Harder of
Butli Wheeler.
ELECTRIC CHAIR THE PENALTY
Vostk Shows Easattasi Wheat Fate
is Asseisrel Jsry Makes
Qalck Wark with
Declsloa.
NEW YORK. April 3. Albert Wolter.
degenerate youth of 19 years, who gloated
over lewd pictures and was "craxy" about
women, must die In the electric chair for
the murder of Ruth Wheeler, a pretty 15-
year-old stenographer. After only one hour
asd fifty minutes of deliberation a jury
in the court of special s?ss.on found him
guilty In the first degree at 10:80 o'clock
last night, bringing to a dose a trial
marked by Its swift movement and Its
testimony of horror.
The boy's lawyer; tad with douer.c
that Wolter was too tenlrr hearted to' hurt
a cat. but twelve men dendel tosignt
that he had strangled Ruth Wheeler and
thrust ber while yet alive in bis fireplace.
where, soaked with oil. her crump: e-i body
writhed and burned.
With tha same waxed-face indifference
that he had ahown throughout the trial.
v oiler evinced no emotion when tha ver
dict was announced. With a.mojt inhuman
complacency be had been sound asleep In
tis ceil while tha jury was deliberating.
Ha will be sentenced on Wednesday.
The jurors themselvea showed emotion,
while tha boy who must die showed none.
hea asked if they had found a verdict.
WUliam V. Kulp, foreman, answered tn a
shaking voice, "Wa have," and announced
they had found Wolter gu Ky of murder
in tha first degree. All eyes immediately
shifted toward the prisoner, ' but be waa
as stolid as a pleee of stone. '
No relatives of the murderer wera In
court to hear tha verdict. His aged par
ents were In court during tha afternoon.
Wolter refused to talk.
"I don't want to talk tonight. I'm tired
and I want to get a little good sleep first.'
The last chapter In the fight to save
Wolter from tha electric chair began when
Wallace D. Scott, Ms lawyer, began aom
ming up for the defense. Wolter hlmseit
was the chief witneas and remained on
the atand three hours.
Bey'a Mather la Ceert.
Aa Mr. Scott began. Woltere pa rents ap
peared in the court room for the f rst
time since the trial btgan. The mother
burst Into convulsive sobbing when she
saw her boy led into the court room.
"Circumstantial evidence la very danger
ous evidence upon ahlch to convict." said
Attorney Scott. "Instances have occurred
where men have beea mistakenly con
victed. This boy hasn't nerve enough to
kill a cat. let alone a human being. -
"He is not a great criminal.- said As
sistant District Attorney Moss. "Ho is a
,eroiii criminal a perverted character
aca a scourge to the community.
Ttiere la no unexplained circumstances
nere, continued. "There waa nav
case in which every circumstance was ao
uigQ(-poiotea.
eas exactly 7:10 when Juar. r.t.
ended bis charge and the jury filed out.
The crowd today was the largest In the
criminal court building since Harry Thaw
as on trial for his life, Men and women
tivrgled for places, gowua were torn and
disarranged and hats were crushed In the
fight for points of vantage.
When Wolter xu 11 x.. 1. ,
! on
- m nia eel
young woman pressed f.-..i
attempted to hand him a rose. A court
offic.r brushed her aside. "
lbert L Montgomery, lessee of a flat
... Ua, loa4y loJ(, judM F(mt
er
....it,, caa received
letter
f.ring him too If h. wcuid testify to .ub"
satiation of the evidence of v.,I
of
vidence of Katie
Mueller.
Ruth Wheeler waa killed March St. Pall-
" - " or tier body la
1. ir.i
the flre-
j-.. ..llrr cul u ajwrt mnJ Mt
nrau wrapp
m eunan on a
rro escape, from
where It was ouahed
-arch SS ad p.aced on trial Monday last.
He d.nied ever kneeing Ruth Whaeltr
but testimony showed she had beer
'" nis expecting to obuin
a stews rap l,er.
work as
PAT CROWE IS HELD UP
Former Ohle Coavlrt la Charged with
Robbioa Allt-ae Kldaaper at
Maasriela.
MANSFIELD. O.. April Zt-i'at Crowe,
the alletrd kvlaaper of Ertdte Cudahy and
i later evan:rlit, was held up and robbed
j here ifci-l n'.ght. Today Crowe f:Ul a
I cimp'.tlnt agalnj-t John Burrs, a paroled
iOt.M reformatory prtaor.tr. who is held In
b
Saath Dakataat Qaatea freaa Ft
velt'e Meaaaa-e ItrOa la -pert
af Tvwffle Aarree
eats.
WASHINGTON. April a Beginning its
eesaioa at 11 o'clock yesterday tn aa en
tanglement over tha question of a quorum,
tha senate adjourned a few minutes before S
o'clock, because It waa unable to muster
a sufficient number of Its members to con
tinue business. Tha debate on tha section
of the bill permitting railroada ta enter
into traffic agreements continued througn
out the afternoon, the principal partiet
pents being Senators Crawford, Sutherland,
Clapp, Cummins, Eiklr.s and Carter. For
tha most part the controversy partook ol
what to a layman should b considered
bair-rplltucg. tha chief contention being
over the point as to whether the provision
In tha Crawford amendment making Agree
ment "subject to the approval of the
Interstate Commerce commission." baa the
e.'tect of requiring thia approval before the
agreements take effect. -
After the proa and cons of th's questlrm
had been presented at some length It ap
peared for a few moments aa though a
vote - might be obtained. The ayaa and
noa had been ordered when tvmator Dol
liver expressed a desire to be heard on the
amendment. Aa be Cid not want to pro
ceed at ao late an hour, some friendly
senator raised the point of no quorum.
Rett t all Ordered.
Only forty-four senators responded to
their names and tha senate waa compelled
to close IU session at an eajLer hour than
Mr. Klktn desired. Ha tried to obtain aa
order for another 11 o'clock meeting, but
aa the call of tha senate bad begun ho
waa ruled out of order. Tha senate will
not meet tomorrow until 11 o'clock, th
usual hour.
Quoting from tha annual message of
President Roosevelt In 190 In support of
tha proposition that the railroads should
be permitted to enter Into traffic agree
ments. Senator Crawford of South Dakota
today asserted that Mr. Rooaevelt waa still
a "living force notwithstanding bo may
not be president."
Senator Crawford quoted from two
other messages of President rajoaevelt
and contended that tha republican plat
form of 101 declaring for agreements "made
subject to tha approval of the Interstate
Commerce commission waa In accord with
tha Roosevelt views.
Senator Clapp pointed out that Mr.
Roosevelt's declaration bad specifically
favored tha "previous approval of the
commission.
Working Aarreeaaeata.
Mr. Crawford asserted no lawyer of
standing would contend that under the
pending amendment working agreements
subject to the approval of the Interstate
commerce commission would be valuable
without such approval. Mr. Clapp under
took to say that both Senators A Id rich and
Elktna had so construed the possibilities.
In reply to a question from Mr. Crawford,
however, Mr. Elkins said ha had been In
correctly quoted. Mr. "Aldrich waa not then
In the chamber.
Mr. Crawford said be' and tha minority
of the. committee of the Interstate Com
merce commission differed xs to the practi
cability of having the commission pass oai
every Item in rata schedules made In con
formity "with traffic agreements.
"But If the ratea are unreasonable, "
Interjected Senator Jones of Wa-hington,
"the public must go on paying them."
Senator Carter of Montana, supporting
Mr. Crawford's position, would nave the
ratea filed with the agreements. Senator
Elkins called attention to the fact that if
found unreasonable any schedule sub
mitted to the commteslon could be sus
pended, under the terms of tha bill. . The
agreement would bind only the railroads.
He "said If followed to Its 'legitimate
conclusion the Cummins amendment would
allow the commission to fix ratea all over
the country and tear down one community
at tbe expense .of the other. " j
Mr. Crawford, resuming his speech." said
hla purpose was to bring the railroads
under the supervision of law In matters
In which there was ' abuses ' under tha
present law. Ho said" that not Until the
bill was entirely completed could he' say
that fca waa for the measure as an
entirety.
After tha South Dakota senator had con
cluded. Mr. Sutherland spoke In advocacy
of the Crawford amendment. He agreed
with a view expressed by Mr. Carter that
necessarily the commission would require
tha filing with t-ech agreement of the rates
provided under It, and that In many canoe
the rates would be examined before the
approval of the commission.
Bankers Meet
at Columbus
Twelfth. Annual Meeting of Group
Two Held, with Orer Hundred
Attending'.
COLUMBUS. Neb.. April (Special Tel
egram.) tiroup No. 2. Nebraska Bankers'
association, comprising the counties " of
Washington. Dodge, Colfax. Platte, Boone,
Nance. Polk. Butler ani S&undrrs. held
their twelfth annual meeting in this city
yesterday. Practically ail the towes in the
district were represented. 170 bankers be
ing present The morning and afternoon
business sessions were held la the Toung
Men's Christian association building and
th
is evening a banquet waa served to tha,
visitors at the Meennercbor ball.
E. R. Guroey of Frtmonl was toast
master and the principal speakers were
E. E. Lyle of Wahoo asd J. W. Whelpton
of Ogallala.
Representativea from Omaha. South
Omaha. Chicago and Kansaa City ware
pffsent at tha meeting. Officers elected
are: F. 11. Clarldge, Blair, presidenti K.
E. Lyle, Wahoo. vice president; A. R.
Miller. Columbus, secretary.
NEW PETITIONS NECESSARY
Aavlicatlea at Jeaa F. SehrnJer far
Maaaaaaua aa Petltlaa Tereed
Oewra.
PIERRE. 8. D.. April a 5pec!e1 Tele
tram )-Ia tha application of John F.
Schrader for a writ of mandamus to earn
pel the secretary - of state to accept the
petition, placing himself la nominate as
a eacdi!ai from the Second Congressional
district, the court unanimously held this
afternoon that tle secretary had taken
proper procedure ia rejecting the petition
of Schrader and that of Thomas Thorson,
who attempu-d to f.le for the first djtricL
Tha comentioa waa that tha referendum
will not apply to such a law, ut the court
held differently. This means that three
two candidates will have to file new peti
tions to get lh-lr names upon the primary
ba'.lor
In the Schmoller & Mneller Name Contest will be made by the
following Committee of Judge?, at the Schmoller & Mueller Piano
Company's building at Omaha, on the evening of Tuesday, April
26, at 8:30 P.M.
j Mr. T. h. Davi9 Cashier First National Bank, Omaha
I Mr. WYIL Ostenberg President, Scottsbluff National Bank
1 Mr. Herman Peters Proprietor, Merchants Hotel, Omaha
Mr. Frank M. Furay City and County Treasurer, Omaha
Mr. Dan Butler.:..".. : City Clerk, Omaha
The pdblic at large and all contestants are cordially invited
to be present:
. Names of the successful contestants will be announced in the
columns of this paper, "Wednesday evening, April 27.
To All contestants we dalr to extend a hearty and sincere vote of thanks
for the Intense Interest shown In this content. The announcement of award
will once again demonstrate the determination of the Schmoller & Mueller
Piano company to make good lu ever? promise.
leSsiisIIer & Mueller Pissiele.
MARINE LEAGUE ON GRILL
Secretary Pentoa is Prodded with
Question! Italia? Iaveitigatica.
ADMITS BENEFITS TO KEXEEELS
a lee Sayo that Mea Were ei
tat Irwn asi Steel Trade as4
Profited r Baeeldy Tn
teetloa. WASHINGTON. April XL The direct
interest of members of the executlTO com
mittee of the Merchant Marine league of
the United Ptatea in tha legislation which
tuer urged for tha restoration of the mer
chant marine waa brought out at Friday's
hearing before the house ship subsidy in-,
vestigating eommlttea.
Prosecuting Attorney Ralston, counsel
for Representative Steenerson of .Minne
sota, the aggrieved member under tha
league'a propaganda, prodded Secretary
Pen ton of the league aa to the effects of
the second clause of the Humphreys bilL
The witness .admitted a larga proportion
of the members of the committee and
other officials wera engaged In the produc
tion or transportation of Iron ore cr steel
and would be thereby benefitted by the
additional protection of the large Increase
in the tonnage dues on .Vessels entering
from certain ccuntrie. " , " .
Mr. Penton said that irw of the matter
had not occurred to htm before, nor did
he believe that tha question of pecuniary
cr direct Interest of any kind hafd occurred
to any of the officials mentioned.
Attorney Ralston wanted to know about
the published reference in "The American
Flag." the league's organ, to "representa
tives of tha foreign shipping-combination,
in and out of congress." , " v
"Who do you mean' by 'of congress'?' "
demanded Ralston.
"That appllee to Representative SteeneN
Son," replied' the wltnesa. "We felt from
his attitude and his bluer attack on the
league that bis motive waa not worthy,
that he was Interested on" the other sidf
of the question. " " ,
Penton declared the foreign Interests
dominated - tha Merchants', association of
New Tork and that the league would prove
that acents hava beea in Washington
working In the Interest of foreign shipping.
meaning thereby the members of 'he Mer
chants association, 'who bad appeerr-d be
fore the merchant marine committee of the
bouse. ,
"Appeared regularly at a hearing"""
"Tea sir."'" ' '
Mr. Raleton asked, fccetlously If It waa
tha witness conception of a lobby.
Mr. Ptnton admitted that ha had a high
opinion of tha Integrity of rongreaa. despite
"Tbs American Flag's" publication of
references to "sinister and corrupting to'
fluecces" and to colossal "foreign lobbies.
He pointed out that no publication endorses
all that It publishes.
Mr. Penton said that If Senator Barton
had charged that the merchant marine bill
waa "tainted" ho had aald what Wat un
true.
He identified letters that bad peeeed be
tween the league and Repreeentativa Bor
land of Missouri in which Mr. Borland bad
declined to receive a copy of, "Tha Ameri
can Flag" on the ground that it abused
tne second class mail privileges, and a
reply from' the league that If that was In
tended aa . aa . Insult 1 to . the league the
December number, about to issue, might
pay Its respects to him.
AMBASSADOR AT IOWA " CITT
Hea. jraatee Brrrc Will Address Cea
wweatloa Meaaay Evealaa.
IOWA CITT, la., April a-Speclal.-
Amabasaador James Bryce will be met at
the train by the University of Iowa stu-
dent regiment Monday afternoon at 1:06
taooruA to president George E. Mao-
Laan'a residence at tha bead of Clinton
street. He will then be the guest of honor
at a dinner given by President MacLeaa
that evening. Tha members of the Board
of Education and tba college presidents of
tha state have beea invited to thia func
tion. Ia the evening at I o'clock the forty
fourth annual convocation will be held tn
tha univers.ty's auditorium. Ambassador
Bryco will give the address of tha evening
and will speak oa a subject of interest to
the students, especially though tha town
people will be Invited.
Agalaat haalflsal Owraershla.
LAKE CITT. Ia., April . tpeetal -O.
E- Brownell of this city, in hla annual
address before the convention of the Iowa
Electrical association at Sioux City thia
week, of which aaaoclation ha Is president,
took the stand that municipal ownership of
public service corporations haa no I proved
satisfactory and declared that publie seatl
mrnl is becoming more disposed to give
the private corporations more considerate
treatmerX He aald that municipal author
ities are not ao peraiatent In making the
bolder of a public service grant sorry he
took the franchise. Ht also touened lightly
an the public service commission p'jLa pro
posed by i. I', aammls and aald that tola
would be submitted to their deliberationa
uvler. Mr. Brownell ia tha proprietor of
tar Lake Ctt electrio lighuivg p. act. .
1311-1313 Faxnam Street.
Arbor Day Dinner
at Nebraska City,
Home of Mortons
Local Proddcts Te&tt Served Under
Aoipicet of Commercial Club -.
Om&a en Speak.
NEBRASKA CITT, Neb.. April a -Special
Telegram. About 150 guests enjoyed
the home products banquet given at tha
Eagles' hall last night under the auspices of
the Nebraska City Commercial club. It
waa In the nature of an Arbor day cele
bration.
Tha principal speakers were Joy Morton
of Chicago. Oeneral Charles T. Mander
son of Omaha. U. W. Wakeley of Omaha
and O. C. Morton. John W. Steinhart. Rev.
F. M. 8lsson and H. H. Banks of Nebraska
City.
TABOR HAS EXPLANATION
OF LOSS DUE THE POLICE l
Hears- Gaoewla Ceaaplalaa g-2,300
Certificate Haa Btea Takea
froa His Reeaa.
George Tabor. 1 North Fifteenth
street, was arrested Friday night by Offi
cers Goodrich and Newman to explain the
losa of a solid gold watch, a silver watch
and a certificate of deposit for CM on the
Nebraska National bank, from the room
of Henry Goodwin aV 3a North Fifteenth
Street.
Goodwin reported the theft car liar In the
day and tha allegation Is that Tabor
broke into his room while. he waa out at
work. .. -
CARRIED : KN1FEJN - HIS BOOT
Maw Arreatee for Ahaaiaa; Faaally
. . JIaa We'aaoa Ceaeeale la
) Fraw'tler Style.
' John "b. '. Rothv whottvs at SMt Harney
street, a bookkeeper, was takea Into cus
tody last night., by 'Officer. Fleming, and
charged with abusing . his family. -Roth
was arrested following several complaints
at the police station, and hit. wife atatad
that be threatened her life with a butcher
knife and a pair of pincers. Both weapons
were handed -over to the officer. .When
Roth was. searched at the station a pen
knife was discovered concealed In one of
hla boots. -.:'.-",.
Bee Wants Ads. Prbdoor Beet Results.
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a Mr. treorge Kir.g. leputy eiientt ot
Rensselaer Co, N. T, for years was J
a well-known merchant of Troy. Ia a a
letter from No. 4 King BU. Troy. N.J
a I .. he wrltee:
'sraaa cured be from what the
a teeters weje afraid wowlA tera lato a
Bright' dissaaa. after I had Buffered
with eetarrh ef tha hlaaAea aad kid- a
way trouble.
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Eight bottles made ma a well man
and were worth mora than a thouaaad a
dollars t me. e
1 eamaot speak tea highly cf tt. zt
a ta stw feu years alaee X waa) troaVled,
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Addresa Medical Department. The
Peruna Co. Colunsbua. O.
Railroad Man '
Expresses Views
on Public Issues
Bailey Wagftner Talk Freely About
Politics, Men asd Event from
Democratic Point
General Counsel Bailey P. Waggener of
tha Missouri Pacific railroad and former
democratic leader In Kansas was In
Omaha Friday and said that he f avora
Rooaevelt for the next president of the
United KUtea and would like to aee Bryan
In 'the senate. Now that be baa retired
from active politics, he thinks that tha
railroads should keep out of. po tiles and
that the railroada and people should get
together for mutual Interests.
"I am Inclined to -think;" said Mr. Wag
gener, "that I would like to vote for
Rooaevelt for our next president. He'a tha
biggest man thia country ever produced
wn'n f,rPPfHj Into the White House
Things had come to such a paaa that cap
ital was getting too important and a man
like Roosevelt was beaded to put a check
to It. He on.y asked for law enforcement
and t don't ..remimber of ever hearing a
railroad man say, anything serious In op
position to Mr. Roosevelt.
"Bryan ought to be la the United States
senate, and I hope that fee will run for tha
place. He'a an able orator, a debater, and
In many respecta a. statesman, and it
would be aa honor to Nebraska to hava a
man like Bryan In the senate. I hope
ha runs."
Speaking of the poslflon of railroada with
regard to politics, he said: "I think that
railroada. should keep out of politic. It'a
true that .lhelr Interests In the past hava
been on the defensive, but the people and
the ral roads ought to get nearer together.
Each r.ceda the other, and what helps on
ultimately helps the other. If tha rail
roads would keep out of politics tha feel
ing that they are back of every candidate
for office would soon die out. Tha people
are. at the bottom, fair, and If given a
chance they will act fairly, ao I think the
railroads wou d gain in the end If they
would keep entirely out of politics."
Mr. Waggener is in Orraha in the Inter
ests of the road In tha matter of building
viaducts In the city. He Waa accompanied
by Superintendent D. C 'Benardi and C .
Smith, bridge enginrer.
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Bea Want Ads Produce Best Reeulta.
OY PE-RIWVA-
CATARRH of the kljneys that Is
what makee people have weak
backs. It is catarrh of the kidneys.
TU kidney is being grsduaJly destroyed
by this derangemenL
Tha mucous membrane lining of tha
kidney is Inflamed ulceratel
Tha catarrhal predaeta are Irritative,
aad are aapptag away tha vitality af
the kilaey, w-kioh xaaksa tha back
weak.
This cauaea people to becoma ofl be
fore their time holding on to their
backs unable to stoop orer without psla
and having sudden cramps In the niua
clea of the back.
Catarrh of the kidneys tt.et ia what
la ailing them.
A course af Vwraaa la what they aeea
eetera tha klAaeya hare becoa& par
riMitlt aaetrsvea.