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The Omaha Daily Bee. WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska Generally fair. For Iowa Generally fair. For weather report so paRO 3. The Omaha dee i the most powerful business getter In the treat, because It gos to the hornet of poor and rich. 4 VOL. XXXIX -NO. 22. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1910-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. NEBRASKA TOWNS GREET BOOSTERS SSsasSsaskams Cornhusker Delegations from Thriv ing Western Communitiei Wel come Trade Excursionists. Nebraska Editors Invited to Bellevue Omaha Centennial HATE COMPLAINT- LAW'S HAND FALLS HEAVILYON 1IEIKE Government Lawyers Believe Thev Have Big Fund of Evidence Against Him. TO WASHINGTON GEORGE V. Shippers Decide on Plea for Action of ENCIANU Against Roads by Attorney General. Col. T. W. McCullough, in His Invita tion, Reples to Unkind Things Mayor Love Says About Omaha. WILL MET HIM ON TUESDAY LEA YE LONG PINE IN MORNING I UiM -xXl . VI. . ( V ( Ban! and Reception Committee Meet Special Train at Bas&ett. BATTLE CREEK DOES ITS PART Young Women of Town Receive with Arms Full of Flowers. ONE HOUR'S 8T0P AT NORFOLK Plalnvlevr and t'relthton Follow Next In Order, lloth Turning; Out F.niuaase with tilud Hands of Welcome. CT.niOHTON. Neb.. May 24. (Special j salti . - as exploited by the pub Telegram.) One by ono tho town along . ,lu servie ' ,.iirailonB, controlled by Its tho line from Long Pine to Crelphton have; worst elenwht and in a bad way generally, done their stunts; all havo received the When Colonel T. W. McCullough Invited Omaha trade excursionists with unusual the editors ti attend the centennial cele marks of friendship and co-opeiatlon be- bratlon at Bellevuo he took exceptions to twocn tho farina and tho great market the mayor's remarks about Omaha and center on the eastern l.order has been the! iplrlt of tho day. Leaving Long Pino decorated with Ak-Sar-Ben colors tlie truiu ha pulled Into town uftcr town where merchants had made a special effort to show how much Omaha supplier, wholo window displays being; devoted to Omaha products and the Boosters havo decided to offer a prim of $100 when they mado their next trip for the best window decorated with Omaha miiHo goods. If thla prize had been of I fercd on. the present trip It would have been with difficulty that tho Judgea decided, but the town of Johnstown would have been in on tho money. Unssett had tho pleasure of pulling the Hooter out of bed owing to a mistake of time. The porters were instructed to wake the Boosters at 6:V Central time, hut the tialnmen maintained Mountain time and It was 0:45 before the porters began calling. This made an embarrassing situation at Hatsett and it was not until the chucking of a hay press was heard and the playing of a local band of unvsual strength that Hie Boosters realised peoplo were waiting to drag them out of bed. School children from the public and parochial schools of O'Neill formed the escort in that city and the Omaha visitors passed between two long llnea to the clly where a Jollification U.rttng over half an hour was held while Die Omaha band played patriotic Irish alia. Yoaaar Women Give Welcome. Battle Creek had one of the pretty stunt! of tho trip and cheered the Boosters up on a long day's work when twenty-ono towns were on the schedule. Young women In white wtre the .reception ''committee arrtlT,K,mla" -Oberaven they met the train with their amis full of white carnations shipped to Battle Creek lor the occasion. Kvery Bitoster was given t least two of the flowet and there were enough to give each a bouciuet. Arriving at Norfolk a few minutes behind time because a water tank rope broke the siren whistle, the party put on the big march of the day and visited friends In that city for more than an hour. The Norfolk News, published by W. N. Huse & Hons, Issued a special edition of the poper con taining the Omaha news and a big boost for the Boosters. This edition was sent to the train and every member of the party received a copy with tho compliments of the publishers. Tho paper was especially welcome, containing as It did the story of a) the railroad rate meeting of the transporta tlon ilnterests of Omaha and their decision to act In the present situation. Leaving Norfolk the party was met by the entertainment committee of the Plain view Commercial club, headed by O. K. Kngler, president of the Commercial club, and Mayor A. B. Schoenauer. Other mem bers of the committee were: F. W. Ehinger, P. D. Corrall, F. C. Holbert. P. F. Boynes and E. W. Barnes. Plainview gave the Omahans a cordial reception, then the Crelghton committee boarded the train. Dr. C. C. Johnson, mayor of Crelghton, headed the party. Others were: W. it. Green, W. It. Kirk, P. J. Winters, R. M. Peyton, O. 1. Wert, and W A. Meserve, president of iae CrelKhtoii Commercial club It was a genuine Crelghton welcome which awaited tbs Boosters at Crelghton. Mayor Johnson, J. F. Green, city attorney, and W. II. Green of the Crelghton Liberal are all Crelghton L liulvertlty men and tho yellow and black were the colors with which the town was dsoorated. Crow for t'reiahton.' At tha committee meeting the Omahans trot badges of the old college colors with "Crow for Crelghton" and an American rooster on a medallion, which held the ribbons. Crelghton Is set on a hill. Vp this Hie boosters climbed in automobiles provided by the citissns and tha moving picture show Is being given in a big tent provided by the Crelghton people for the purpose, whlia the Omaha baud is playing German, Irish and American national alts to meet the needs of $ cosmopolitan population. Whllo the Omahans unloaded souvenirs the Crelghton people had hundreds of badges, reading; "A bieaer. better and cleaner Crelghton," tha city slogan since ayor Johnson took Ills seat. Word has Just been received of whut Pallas, 8. D., irttends to do to the boost ers when they return to South Dakota tomorrow. This city has a ger.lnlno bar becue planned and though tho train is scheduled to leavo there at 10 o'clock to morrow evening and arrive in Omaha at S: o'clock Thursday morning. It is be lieved something will be arranged to keep tho party In l 'alias all night. General Manager Frank Walters of the ..rthwcstern Is an fnepleel and Roseb enthusiast over tho bud country, whether hd Is in on the ileal or not to have the engines utolen or crippled Is not kjjown L'V is looking Wise and telling about the wonderful resources of the Rosebud country. ' lav He Uditors. STUART. Neb.. May ;i.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Enthusiastic over Nebraska and realising a never before the possibilities and room for settlers In tho northwest see. tlon, the Omaha boosters today sent a long wire to the Nebraska Press association nieeting In IJnroln. Inviting the editors to meet In Omaha next year and assist in working out a campaign for systematic ad vertising and immigration work. 0 The t Die trade excursionists have found that by South Dakota has been h rapid strides Is because every (Continued on Pag IX (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. May 24.-(.Special.)-The Ne brasku. Press association, which begun it annual session here this mornlntj, listened to un address of welcome by Mayor Love the annual message by President Ludl, and attended the opening of the Lincoln In dustrial exposition, which was opened by an address by oGvcrnor Shallenberger. During tho afternoon a round table was -dueled in which most of the members he association had their say. In ad- A. L. Bixby read the annual poem, created considerable amusement. Love in his address of welcome t!.'. -tlcally the same things that he hni "j. other conventions which lie has wcl( i, re, particularly the electrical assocl. V vhlch took exceptions to the remark. bussing Lincoln and Omaha. assured them that If they came to Omaha on that occasion and did not have - the lime of their lives ha would not charge them a cunt for staying. lie expressed regret that Mayor Lovo was not present to bo et right in mind as to conditions in Omaha, and said that Omaha was not governed by its "worst" clement, but was a clean city, ns well governed as any in the country; its public service corporations are not In charge of Its affairs and do not exploit it. lie closed by expressing the hepe that the good things that had been said of Lincoln were as true as were the unkind things said of Omaha untrue. C. S. Paine read his annual report show ing the work that Is being done by the State Historical society and Inviting the assistance of the edtors to keep up interest by publishing stories of old settlers and pioneers which will be of value in the future as well . as interesting now. Mr. Paine said he Is keeping on file the news papers of the state to the number of 442 and these are in the basement of the newly stared historical building. Mr. Paine urged the Importance of the centen nial celebration to be held In Bellevue and Omaha and urged the editors to acquaint their readers with the details of the com. ing event. Among those who gave addresses in the afternoon were the following Paper, "The Local Field; an Investment, an Asset, ana a responsibility." Miss Hor ence K. Reynolds, Minden News. Address. "Conservation and Publicity Prof U. K. Condra. University of Nebraska. Paper, "How it Works In the - Smallest Linotype Town in Nebraska," R. D. Wilson. Iteport of secretary-treasurer. " Hound table. H. o. Taylor of the Central city isonparell in charge. (a) "Circulation," F. O. Edgecombe, Geneva Signal. ib "Paragraphs," Adam Breede, Hastings 1 nnune. (c) "Foreign Advertising," W. N. Huse, iNortniK news. Address, "Advertising to the Farmers,' S. R. McKelvIe, Nebraska Farmer, Lin coin. Late In the afternoon the editors partook of a picnic lunch given by the university at the state farm. At mgtit they visited the auditorium and looked at the "goods made in Lincoln." The youngest editor In attendance If not the youngest In the state is Archie Donovan of the Star-Malt at Madison. This young editor Is not yet 18 years old. but' his paper, according to the other editors, is kept well up to the high standard It at talned under the management of John Don ovan, the father of Archie Donovan. This is the first time young Donovan has at tended the association as a full fledged editor, though he has frequently visited the conventions with his father. Of course there were some politics dis cussed by the editors. James Elliott, editor of the West Point Republican and post master of West Point, has secured from the secretary of state filing papers and he said he probably would file his name as a candidate for ocngrcrs In tho Third dis trict, though he has not fully determined tho matter in his own mind. Several of the democrate editors are very mnch Impressed wltn Willis H. Reed of Madison and some of them talked of boom ing him for the democratic nomination for I'nlted States senator. Mr. Reed, so his sponsors said, has dono valiant service for the democratic party without reward and he is seriously considering getting Into the rnce. Copies of an address delivered by him at a democratic banquet held at Emer son were circulated among the editors by his admirers. A portion of that printed speech was a denunciation of tho practice of the Government in doing commercial printing. W. F. Beushausen of Loup City, editor of the Sherman County Times-Independent, is on hand with his candidacy for the dem ocratic nomination for land commissioner and Charles W, Pool, speaker of the house of representatives. Is hero with his boom for the democratic nomination for secre tary of state. House Votes Cash for Tariff Facts Strict Party Vjte Backs Tawney Amendment Appropriating Quarter Million. WASHINGTON.! May l.-By .a strict party vote of 110 to t3 the Tawney amend ment appropriating ?lVl.(VTn to enable the president to obtain tariff ..facts was adopted. Just previous to this actio:i tho house by IMi to tit rejected the Fitzgerald amendment reducing this amount to S"3,0u0. Sells Same Horse Five Times and Leaves Town One young man who wis la Omaha for is la Omaha for thriving business a short time did a most in horsctrading and then left the city, presumably for Chicago. Being a nephew of a contractor he seemed to be above aua plclon and was Ihua able to sell the same Worse five times, thus realising suuugh SPITZER IS THE STAR WITNESS His Testimony, However, Hurts Sugar Company's Cashier Also. MORE SENSATIONS ABE EXPECTED Interesting Developments May Folow Cross-Examination of Men. EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS ALLEGED From Present Indications Frauds Were Directed Tonnrd Larue Ship Owners as Well as I'ncle Sain. NEW YORK, May 24.-Although the gov ernment's star witness, Oliver Spltxer, the former dockmaster who walked out of the Atlanta penitentiary, where he had been sent after bossing for years the sugar weighing frauds on the Williamsburg docks, had a most Interesting story to tell yes terday, it la rot ' mainly on his evidence that the government relies In its effort to convict Charles R. Helke, the American Sugar Refining company's secretary, of a part in the conspiracy fraud. The veteran sugar company cnmloye Indeed hardly threw, a single new ray of light' on the trial that Is claimed to lay in the direction of Ilelke's offices from the scene of the frauds on the docks. His testimony rather had to do with James F. Bendernaegel, the refinery cashier, and Ernest F. Ger- bacht, the superintendent, both of whom are on trial with Helke, together with three other former employes of the company. The government, It Is believed, has not yet shown Its full hand against Helke. Little of the evidence has pointed directly the way of the trust secretary. As the "highest up" man so far prosecuted, how ever, the government Is thought not to be likely to neglect any point that might bear against him. Further evidence regarding his alleged part In or knowledge of the frauds Is expected, and today, with Spitzer, it was believed might afford a good oppor tunity for presenting it. Whalley on Stand. When Edward Whalley took the stand to testify for the government at the opening of the session, the president of the Amerl can Sugar Refining company, W. B. Thomas, and one of the trust's directors, Dr. Samuel D. Hooker of Philadelphia, sat behind Helke. Whalley is a special treasury agent, who was with the other Investigators, Parr and Brseezinskl when the famous raid on the" sugar dock was made 10 1907 and the fraudulent weighing devices Were dlscov ered. The government's contention that the city weighers' weights were employed in the commercial calculations of the trust and those of the government weighters made use of only for payment of duties was backed up by John A. Thompson, for the last twenty-five years a bookkeeper In the company's Wall street offices. George H. Becker, a clerk in the Wall street offices, testified that the sugar trust used the government weights quite often on which to pay the freight charges, but the ship owners became aware of the fuct and the practice was stopped. This was the first testimony introduced lending to show that the alleged frauds In underweighlng were not directed solely ugalnBt the government. Wholesale Liquor- Dealers in Session Delegates to National Convention in Cincinnati Says Prohibition Wave is Receding. CINCINNATI. 6 May 24. Confident that the prohibition wave Is receding, SCO delegates to the fifteenth annual conven tion of the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association began a threo days' resslon hero today. United action against prohibitory and local option laws and the enactment of statutes providing for model licenses for and strict regulation of liquor selling, were advocated at the opening session as the key note of the gathering. After discussing tho Internal affairs of the organization. Secretary Joseph Do Bai told the convention that It should advocate universal license nnd regulatory laws. Emit Nathan of St. Louis made an ad dress on "Organization.'.' ' Roosevelt Calls on Queen Mother Former President Has Long Conver sation with Her Ma ie sty at Buckingham Palace. LONDON, May 21.-Queen Mother Alex andra received Mr. Roosevelt at Bucking ham pnlaco today. The two had a long chat, durlnu which her majesty told the former president how much she appreciated tho sympathy exhibited for her in America at tho time of her bereavement. Decree for Commander Peary. EDINBURGH, May N.-Commander Rob ert E. Peary received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from tho University of Edinburgh today. The conferment was mado before a distinguished company that givo the American explorer a cordial wel come. i money to make a get-a-way. , Henry Agnew, Si. South Twenty-seromi street, was one of the victims, and he bought the horse for 10 and a gold watch. Brown complained to the police Tuesday morning and afterwards 'eft for a Justice of the peace and filed a complaint. From the Minneapolis Journal. NOXIOUS GAS CAUSES DEATH C. C. Dickinson, Former President of Carnegie Trust Company,; is Dead. MYSTERY SURROUNDS INCIDENT Financier Went te Srraaiom to Wit ness Chemical Kxpcrlmeot Ki. . plosion Occurred Which Suffocated Him. NEW YORK, May 24.-Charles Courter Dickinson, former president of the Carnegie Trust company, writer on many financial subjects and largely known In the finan cial world, died today In "a hospital here as a result of inhaling noxious gases, fol lowing an explosion In a chemical labor atory. The banker, dn cotnpany wtlh his brother, n. j. uicKinson, ana a friend, went to Scranton a week ago to witness an ex periment in a laboratory. The brother of the dead banker said there was an explo sion and the room was filled with gas The banker, gasping for breath, was re moved to a hotel and later brought to this city. The friend of Mr. Dickinson, whose name has not been made known, also was brought to this city and his con dition Is serious. No information has so far been obtained ocncernlng the nature of the experiment. S. C. Dickinton said that some time ago ho and his brother were Invited to go to Scranton to witness an experiment with a new chemical. They left New York on Monday of last week and went to the laboratory with their friend. There they met the chemist who was to perform tho experiment. "I lingered in tho main room of tho laboratory," ho said, "after my brother and our friend went Into the small room where te chemicals wero being prepared. The chemist called out to mo to come, as thoy were ready. I started to go into the other room and Just then thero was an explosion. "I rushed in nnd found all three men gasping for breath and almost uncon scious. Tho room was filled with a strange, stifling gas. My brother was taken to a hospital and kept there over night. As ho did not improve he was brought to a hospital hero the next day. ."Tho cano was a strange ono. My brother's lungs becaino congested Just as uiuusii no mio EuutTiiiK irom pneumonia and his condition baffled every treatment which physicians could devise." Mr. Dickinson, who was 40 years old, was the founder of the Carnegie Trust company and after tho retirement of Leu He. M. Shaw In 1908 he became its president, retiring last December, following an ac cident and series of singular physical af flictions. The accident of lact year oc curred after his borne wns thrown against a boulder as lie was riding In Central park and Mrr Dickinson's Jaw was frac tured, bis noro crushed and he was so badly injured Internally that It was fenrod he could not live, but he recovered. A little want ad in today's Bee will find you a r"eliablo servant. it will find the boufco you wish to rent or buy. It will secure a rioaitlon for you. It will sill whatever you offer. It brings landlord and tenant together borrower and lender face to face and does a thousand and one things that would Uo difficult, to do any other way. Any ad 3 times, ono cent a word. Call Douglas 23S and the ad taker will write your notice aud place it for you. Everybody Reads Bee Want Ads. "LET GEORGE DO IT." Riot Among Striking Miners at Pittston Several Men Wounded in Two Fights with' Officers Ten Thousand Idle in Anthracite Region. SCRANTON, Pa., May 24. A riot broke out among Btriking miners at No. 14 col liery of the Pennsylvania Coal company near Pittston today following an attempt of a posse of state police, headed by Ser geant Henning, to disperse a crowd of Italians who threatened others when a work train reached the colliery. Sheriff Rodda of Lucerne county hurried to the colliery on the outbreak of the trouble and, was shot at, but escaped the bulK.ts, though a thrown coupling pin gave him a scalp wound. One foreigner, Peter Sura, was so badly clubbed'by state policemen that he may die in the Pittston hospital, where Sheriff Rodda hurried with him in an automobile, and also had his own. wound dressed. State Trooper Jasper Oftedach was caught under his horse, which was felled by a blow on the head, and he was badly clubbed before other troopers drove oft his assail ants. He was removed to the Wyoming barracks in a serious condition. The riot was finally quelled and another ono broke at the Ewln colliery, a mile away, but the rioters there dispersed when troopers arrived. Tho strike spread today to the Butler, the Hlllsido and tho Central collieries of the Pennsylvania Coal company, leaving only tho Barnum mlno of that company In that district at work. Already 10,000 mine work ers aro Involved, the trouble started with men striking at No. 0 colliery because of excessive dockage and short weighing. The board of conciliation of the United Mine Workers at a session yesterday dis approved of the strike The strikers are mostly nonunion men and therefore not amenable to union authority. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY TAKES UP REPRESENTATION niscnastou of Ovrrtare to Ilcdvce (be Number of Commission ers Besrlns. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., May 24.-Thr question whether the representation in the c-enernl nssnmblv shall be reduced will be I - taken up today by the Presbyterian com missioners, the matters having been post poned from yesterday. It Is generally agreed among the leaders In the assembly that the representation should be reduced, but there Is a wide difference of opinion as to the methods of reduction. The report of tho board of missions for freedmen, which Is on the program for the day, expresses satisfaction that the reports of tho board 'for tho last year are the largest In Its history. T:ie total receipts ero Jl"07,793, an Increase of $'?2,2Sj over tho previous year. If tha report of tho executive commis sion is adopted tho assembly will appro priate n;oro than $2,.V0,000 for the boards and permanent agencies. The appropria tions recommended are as follows: Foreign missions, l,10!,CiC; home mis sions, $703,107; freedmen, $1"9.G79; Sunday school work, 1.',4,MS; ministerial relief, $1, !ta7; church erection, I7S.C12; education, r,i. 4.77, college board, JT0.371; temperance, (17.-76S. Woman Washes Her Rat in Gasoline; Explosion Follows SIOUX CITY. Ia., May Jl-Mrs. Joseph T. Patton of Onawa, la. . who was burned ) erterdiy afte noon wb le i il.lng out a rat, used In her hair, in gasoline, and was hur ried to a hospital in this city following tne accident, died this morning. While she was heating curling irons in an alcohol BRS. DOXET'S JUDGES NAMED Panel From Which Jury is to Be Se lected Completed. WOMEN CROWD COURT ROOM Prisoner Gle Way to Tears While Sister and aFthar Make ua. . , '..' ' fcf fort to Comfort Her. ST. LOUIS, May 24. The Jury panel of forty-seven, from which is to be selecttd twelve men who will decide whether Mrs. Dora E. Doxey is guilty or Innocent of the charge of poisoning her alleged husband William J. Erder, was completed late this afternoon. The defense announced It will take twenty-four hours to scratch twenty names from the panel finished today. The state will challenge fifteen. Tho taking of tea timony will begin Thursday. Mrs. Doxlo broke down during the after noon, after hearing threo veniremen de clare in succession they would show her no more mercy than a man should she be proved guilty. She sobbed violently sev eral minutes. When it became apparent that Mrs Doxey was about to give way to tears, Mrs. D. M. Morris of Evanston, 111., her sister, patted her on the shoulder, whis pering to her. But the caress apparently hastened the tears Instead of averting them. It was the second time Mrs. Doxey wept today, Her manner changed from smiles to tears when she was taken into the court room after the noon recess. Her smiles followed her suggestion to the dep uty sheriff that he charge 2.5 cents look at her. Kh suggested he split the profits with her. nr'lher Consoles Her. Jefferson Fuller of Joy, 111., Mrs. Doxey father, was Immediately beside his daugh ter and whispered words of encourage ment. The greatest number of challenges were offered by the state In the two days the veniremen were examined. The chal lenges were ugalnst men who expressed sympathy for a woman In trouble. Scores of women took their luncheons with them to Judge Grimm's court In order that they might not have to surrender their scats at the noon reces. Some men took lunches, too. Women formed the majority of tho crowd in the room. Some were well attired. Dr. L. B. Doxey, the prisoner's husband, who Is also under lndictme"nt, was kept In his cell today. He will not b taken Into court while his wife is on trial. Emphatic declarations of sympathy for women charged with crimes were made, bv two veniremen In their examination. The circuit attorney, following his custom, challenged the prospective Jurymen who said they would not convict a woman on circumstantial evidence. , Mrs. Doxey appeared more composed this morning a.i Khc took her r.eat beside her at torneys and the examination of veniremen proceeded. What appeared to be the pur pose of both the stato and the defense to place married men between the ages of 2. and 45 years, was apparent from the line of questions propounded to the talesmen. Thu first questions asked during the morning usually were, "Are you married?" . and "How old are you?" If the prospective Juror confessed to being more than 45 years I old, an effort Immediately was made to I disqualify him. stove she brought a bowl of gasoline 4nto the room and placed In on the ta'ble with the stove. While sho was cleaning the rat the fumes from the gasdllua became Ignited and an explosion occurred. Mrs Patton was a member of a traveling show troupe and formerly lived In Kaneas City. Delegation Leaves for East to Make Personal Call. i FIGHT AND FINANCE TALK Fail to Agree on Fund to Support Filing of Suit. ' ANNOUNCED PLAN MODIFIED Civil Action and Contempt Proceed ings Pat Off Indeflnltelr Fifty Are In At tendance. The shippers are to take action against the l'Hllroads to prevent the enforcement of Increased rates, according to a decision reached at the meeting held at the Omaha Commercial club yesterday. A delegation representing the committee appointed at this meeting is to meet In Washington on Tuesday next. They propose to file com plaint with the attorney general of tho I'nlted States alleging an illegal combin ation in restraint of trade. All of the Missouri river cities with the exception of St. Louis were represented In the meeting. There was llttlo of dis-; pute In the meeting, but the steps pro posed and the movement to give them financial backing grew weaker as the meeting progressed. From the determination expressed at the morning meeting to vigorously start both civil and criminal actions based on the alleged combination of the roads for the making of higher rates and further prosecution for contempt of an order of the United States supreme court made some years past the afternoon session resulted In the decision to make a com plaint to the attorney general. 1 The shippers now propose to enlist the activities of their representatives In con gress by telegrsph. A plan was made to shower the capital with night letters call ing attention to their complaint and the meeting to be held at the Millard hotel In Washington on Tuesday. Smith Outline's Position. A. C. Smith of Omaha, as chairman of the committee named in the morning, made a vigorous statement of the situation at the afternoon meeting. "If we are going to fight at all," said Mr. Smith, "we must fight our best. I say that, too, without wishing to go on record as favoring any line of action. But we -must either go through with It or lay down. ' " "It may as well be known here and now -that to make ik fight means a long fight and the expemT.tura of a large amount of money." "Well." rejoined someone in the crowd, "if we don't spend It that way the rail hoads will take It away from us." "Yes," agreed Mr. Smith, "but they are so graceful about It. Litigation Is brought In lumps and freight Increases come a lit tle at a time." H. G. Wilson, a Kansas City traffic man, expressed a bit of feeling that proved amusing to the committee members at the meeting. "Do you realize that this means start ing criminal prosecutions against our friends among the railroad menT" he sug gested. "Of course I do not care, but I want everyone here to understand It," h added. "Nobody will be hanged over this," was the answer he got. ' Several times the financing of th( pro posed opposition to the rate Increase was brought up during the meeting and as often it passed Without final consideration. Glenn Saves Day. At last John M. Glenn, secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers' association saved the day by volunteering to make an ef fort to get the legal side of the work cared for at no cost to the shippers by the law yers for his association. In the event tha, he Ih able to do this, a similar effort will be made with the legal staff of the Na tional Association of Vehicle manufac turers. Just who will be at that meeting Ik Washington on Tuesday Is not yet deter mined. E. J. McVann of the Omaha Com mercial club's traffic bureau will probably represent the shippers here. O. B. Wilson and George Rlcharda of Kansas are ex liected to attend the meeting In behalf of the shippers of their city. With several members of the committee attendance at the meeting Is largely tentative, it Is at least certain that Omaha, Kansas City, Duluth, Chicago, Bloux City, BL Joseph and Minneapolis will be represented there. In the course of an address to the ship pers In the afternoon, Mr. McVann de clared that he did not have the least doubt that there was a rate making com bination among the railroads. "In fact," he declared, "I understand that they have so far forgotten their former caution that they now vote on their rale agreements by open motion." Step to Higher nates. Several of the shippers expressed the opinion that if the present schedule of In creased rates was allowed to stand It would bo but a short time until even higher rates would be put In effect. The meeting closed late In the afternoon and most of the shippers departed at once for their homes. i The members of the committee of repre sentation, which held the afternoon meet Ing, were: Omaha, A. C. Smith. Kaunas City. W, B. Richards. Sioux City, W. 8. Knapp. St. Jot-eph. II. U. Krake. Atch's.in. J. B. Slllman. Council Bluffs. F. S. Empkle. Lincoln, W. A. Sellcck. Chicago, W. J. Evans. Duluth. F. A. Patrick. Milwaukee, Charles Zlelka. Minneapolis, George H. Patrick. St. Paul. F. S. Pool. Dvflulle Plaa. Tho meeting camo to a definite plan oi action when J. H. Rushton. president of ths Fairmont Creamery company, declared for tho invoking of the inw. "Thue la only ono way to meet thli situation." said Mr. Rushton, "that la to iiitit It like m'-n ;n the courts. You aa arbitrate and the railroads will put yoi h
