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VOL. XL-NO. 43.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNINU, AUGUST 8, 1910-TKX PAGES.
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ARE BUSINESSLIKE IN PROCEDURE
Wifi and Sheriffs, bat Are less
Formal Than Here.
TRIALS HURRIED RIGHT ALONG
4 Greatest Respect is Shown Toward
Members of Jury.
HO CHOSS-EZAMINATICN ALLOWED
Newspapers Are Not Permitted to
Express an Opinion After the
Cut Trial Has Com
menced. LONDON. Aug. T.-CSpevlal Telegram.)
John D. Lawson of St Louis and Edwin R.
Keedy of Chicago, who have bcon In I Lon
don to study the proceedings of the London
criminal! court for the American Institute
of Law and Criminology And the American
Bar association, hnve completed their inves
tigation and their report Is almost in shape
for presentation. They brought credentials
from President Taft which secured for
them every aid from the English courta.,
The reports will sky In part:
"England has a more business like way
of procedure. Although they have outward
evidences of form in the way of wigs, sher
iffs and the like, they really are less fomal
than we.
"The most striking differences In the sys
tems are the quick manner in selecting
Juries and the short time botween sentence
and final Judgment on appeal..
"We begun our work by reading the news
paper accounts, then going to the police
courts and following the cases through to
th court of appeals. One such case was
cTideted in six weeks. In another, a mur
der case, the date of hanging was fixed
three months after the crime, all this, not
withstanding that every person has the
right of appeal.
"One difference we noted was the absence
pf challenging of Jurors. England allows no
fishing by cross examination, apparently
considering it no more necessary to examine
a Juror than a Judge.
"We think one reason fir the American
conditions is that the prosecuting officers
re pigeon-holed. Newspapers are respon-
to take up hew things and the old-ones
are pigeon-holed. Newspapers are respon
sible for some of the conditions found In
Asncrican courts, English papers are for
bidden to express an opinion of a case after
J the trial commences. The result is that
' the reports from the London papers are
frequently cited In court. i
"One special Incident In Birmingham in
terested vs. The judges were kept waiting
for -the. grand Jury tq bring in a bill, having
abrolutery -notlng on "the docket to try.
Then two bills were brought in and the
prisoner was brought to trial immediately,
"A new trial granted In America on tech
nicalities of form Is turned down In the
English courts.
"We hope that the committee appointed
, to hear our reports will Inaugurate a
movement before all the state legislatures'
to bring about much needed remedies." '
When the reports of the visiting Amerl
c'jn are completed a copy will be sent to
I-resldent Taft with a view to Inaugurating
reforrns in the United States courts as well
as in the state courts.
PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE MADE
OF WASHINGTON'S WILL
Poor Likenesses of Doenment Author
ised No Duplicates Will Be
Allowed.
WASHINGTON,' Aug. 6,-Four photo
graphs of the will of George Washington,
which la preserved in the office of the clerk
of Fairfax county, Virginia, may be made
by the librarian Of congress. In accordance
with an order issued by Judge Thornton
I f the Sixteenth judicial district.
IJNo duplicates' of any kind are to be
made now or at any other time, according
to the order. Two of the photographs are
to be placed In the library of congress.
The other two will be delivered to the clerk
of Fairfax county to be preserved with
the records of his office.. They must be
made in the presence of Mr. Berwick, tha
expert who restored the will as far as
possible to Its original condition. The will
was penned by Washington in 1719, the year
be died. .
AUTO TURNS TURTLE AND
INJURES ENTIRE FAMILY
aloha. Knapp and family Are Hurled
luto a Barber Wire
Fence.
MADISON, Neb.. Aug. 7.-Siecial Tele-
gTam.) John Knapp, wife and four chil
dren of Green Garden miraculously es
caped Instant death lust evening when
their automobile turned turtle while going
at a high rate, of speed. Thejj were on
their way home from this city and were
burled with terrific force Into a barbed
wire fence. Mr. Knapp had several ribs
broken and Internal injuries. Mrs. Knapp
fractured a leg and a sun had an arm
broken, while all were painfully lacerated,
except a little girl, who was uninjured.
Vne car w-as badly wrecked.
MINING CONGRESS DELEGATES
Vovernor Veasey Appoints Men to
Represent South Dakota a
l.us Angeles. ,
PIERRE, 8. II.. Aug. 6.-(Speclal.) Gov
ernor Veascy has appointed aa delegates to
the thirteenth annual mining corgrem. to
meet at Los AngHes on September 24 to
October t, J. A. Boland of Keystone, C. C.
Christiansen of Rapid City. Warren H.
Owen of Rochford, T. R. Baldwin of Dead
wood, B. 8. Jamison of Dead wood. William
O'Brien of Lead. Nick Treweek of Iead,
Fred Hale of Lead. Bruce C. Tatea of Lead
and James A. Clark of Rapid City.
Snake Bite Fatal to Boy.
riERRE, . D., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Maurice, the 4-ycnr-old son of C. M.
Welracti, living near Smith, in western
Stanley county, waa bitten by a rattlesnake
last Sunday while playing about the farm
and death followed before a physician
could be secured to assist In caring for
the child. The body was taken to the old
borne ftf toe parent at Carml. I1L. for
Now Face to Face
with Navigation
of Air Edison
ntor Sayi Time j, at Hand and
v-renirTs Motive I'owtr or
Wireless Character.
NEW YOR.C Aug. 7.-(Spoclal Telegram.)
Thomas A. Ediscn, in a signed statement,
said today:
"We are faco to faco with aerial navi
gation tare to face with It on a scale
of which wo have never dreamed. In ten
years flying machines will be used to carry
the malls. They will carry passengers, too.
They will go at a speed of 100 miles an
hour.
"There Is no doubt of it. Anything within
reason can be accomplished. The commer
cially successful flying machine Is within
reason. Ask me If man ever jumped from
the earth to the moon and I will reply
'No,' because It Is not within reason. Dut
the flying machine that's different. It's
Kot to co mo.
"I never saw an Invention develop more
rapidly. I wish mine would come that
way; mine come hard.
"The flying machines In which the United
States will carry the mailH ten years from
now, will be small just as small as they
can be, and do the business. The smaller
they are the less resistance they will offer
to the air, but they will have powerful
engines and will go at great speed. ,
"They will travel 100 miles an hour.
Eventually, they will go a. great deal faster.
The flying machine need not be especially
dangerous to human life and will not be.
We put fenders on street cars to prevent
them from killing people and In the same
manner we shall equip flying machines
with a safety device by which means they
will slowly descend to the ground In event
of accident to the machinery.
"I don't know how to do It. but a method
will yet be found of wlrelessly transmit
ting electric energy from the earth to the
motor of a machine in mld-alr. There
is no reason to believe it cannot be done."
Eleven Millions
for Biggest Ship
Gigantio Battleship Cruiser Lion is
launched at Devonport, England
Has Record for Size.
LONDON, Aug. 7.-Speclal Cablegram.)
The gigantio battleship cruiser Lion was
launched yesterday at Devenport It Is
the greatest battleship afloat, exceeding all
exisung areadnaughts in size, speed and
armament.
The Lion Is officially described as an
armored cruiser. It is superior to every
battleship in. the world, however, and Is
the naval marvel. of the yeai.
The Lion is the first naval vessel to bo
armed with eight of the hew 13.5-inch guns,
which are arranged in four barWrea nn
the center line of the ship.
TBe guns will fire projectiles of L3
pounds ar distance -of-. fi.OoS varrim.. ti.
projectiles will penetrate twenty-two-inch
armor. The vessel has a displacement of
tons. The length Is -700 feet and the
breadth eighty-eight feet. The horse power
of the Lion is 70.000 and. the speed will be
thirty knots. The Lion Is the flfteenTn
British dreadnaught to be launched. It
was constructed In eight months and cost
110,875,000.
CHINAMAN VIEWS WORLD
THR0UGHAN0THER'S EYE
Cornea, of Woman Grafted Into Optle
and Slant a Now Pos
sible. NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-Ltterally seeing
through another's eyes. Sing Long, the
Chinaman, on whose eyeball the cord of
a woman's eye was recently grafted, will
return to Flower hospital early next week
fop an artificial' nunii. The tra
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cornea Is working properly, but the pupil
or curiam or tne eye Is not adjusted to
its new surroundings and must be reshaped.
This second operation is accounted trivial
by the surgeon who performed the first
one, and he already considers his success
assured.
There Is little likelihood, however, that
It will ever become fashionable to exchange
the cornea of one shade for another to
match the complexion, for all such opera
tions must depend, as did this one, on find
ing a subject forced by accident to sacri
fice an eye, which though Injured, is still
healthy aa to the cornea.
MRS. RICKER WILL TRY
TO GET NAME ON BALLOT
Sends Appeal to One Thoaaaad Male
Voters to Help Her In
Predicament.
CONCORD, N. H.. Aug. 7.-(Speclal Tele-
gTam.) Mrs. Marllla Rlcker, who desires
to stand at the primary In September as
a candidate for governor and who was
barred from the official ballot by the re
cent decision of the attorney general, has
adopted new tactics and will endeavor to
get her name on the official ballot In No
vember by means of nomination papers.
For this purpose she has, through her
attorney, issued an appeal to 1,000 male
voters of the state to come to her assist
ance and to procure their signatures.
Blanks have been pent broadcast over the
state.
Denver Father Little Late
to Stop Eloping Daughter
NEW TORK. Aug. 7 (Special Telegram.)
Henry W. Waterman of Denver missed
catching his eloping daughter by a few
minutes. Just after the Red Cross steamer
Bornu had cast off her lines yesterday
a taxlcab dashed up to the pier and a
stout elderly man Jumpel down and ran
to the pier shouting: "Stop the ship! Stop
the ship! Give mo back my daughter!"
The Bornu was then in the stream. On
the deck stood a young man and woman
waving handkerchiefs to the crowd which
had gathered to see friends pall for St
Johns. N. F.
"I'll make you pay for this, you young
robber," yelled the old man.
When he saw ha was helplesa, the Irate
gentleman said: ' i
"My name is Henry W, Waterman of
Denver. Colo., and that young man with
her is SuuaA dial mm ( Ma i
METEOR ROARS
LIKET1I UNDER
Mysterious Rumbling in Heavens
Startles People in Many Towns
in Two States.
CLAP OF THUNDER IN CLEAR SKY
Explosion is the Theory of Council
Bluffs People.
IT SHAKES BUILDINGS THERE
Air Vibrates in Quick, Short Ominous
Undulations.
POLICE BESIEGED WITH CALLS
They Are I'nable to Explain the Caae,
JVot Having; Ran Across Any .
Vagrant Phenomena Dor
Ins; the. Day..
Many Omaha and CounclljBluffs people
yesterday . thought they realised the act
uality of the old saw, "A clap of thunder
out of a clear sky," and many do not know
any better yet
At 2:13 p. tn by the watoh of a careful
observer, a long, rumbling sound was
heard, and, though the sun was shining
brightly and the sky was as clear as crys
tal. It could be accounted for In Crnaba
no other way than aa thunder, and thoee
who looked away off to the extreme north
west, where faint clouds fringed the hori
zon, seized upon this as proof of their
theory, but In Council Bluffs the effect
and theory were both different. That city
seemed to be nearer to the phenomenon
and many of .the lowans were certain it
waa an explosion, for' it actually shook
buildings . and seemed to make the sir
vibrate of . short, . quick undulations, then
gradually died down In a long, rumbling
roar like thunder. But not a cloud was
visible In its direction and It could not be
satisfactorily explained as thunder, so the
theory that It was a gigantio meteor was
advanced. Towns and cities for a wide
radius around Council Bluffs were com
municated with and no information of any
explosion could be obtained.
The sound appeared to come from the
northeast and die away still further In
that direction. But little attention waa
paid to it until Inquiries began to come to
the Bluffs and Omaha from surrounding;
towns, from Manawa to Missouri Valley.
At Crescent and Honey Creek the shock
was reported to be very heavy, aa it was
also at Loveland, four miles from Missouri
valley.
At the Council Bluffs station which was
shaken, the first impression waa that it
was an earthquake, was shared by Ser
geant NloolJ, who remembers numerous ex
periences 'with earthquakes in southern
California, but when . more than twenty
calls from the city and surrounding coun
try, all detailing the earn. -frnpreeittnna, that
the sound and the- vWratlons appeared to
come from the upper atmosphere, the earth
quake theory 'was abandoned for the be
lief that it was simply a crash of thunder.
Later as the calls continued to come from
points as far as twenty-five miles north of
Council Bluffs, all Indicating that the sound
came from northwest of those points, the
thunder theory was dropped and gave
place to the belief that the Jar came from
an enormous meteor that struck the at
mosphere In this vicinity and traveled
northwest
report from Honey Creek says a farmer
saw a brilliant flash or light In the north
west high In the clear sky, but it was gone
before he could tufti around and locate It,
followed immediately by the heavy Jar.
No further information to confirm the
meteor theory beyond the fact that the
jarring force of the explosion appeared to
be equally heavy at all points where the
phenomonon was reported.
' If It was a metor It was a very large
one and probably reached th earth several
hundred miles northwest of this point
PROMINENT I0WAN IS DEAD
Senator John Alfred Erlcsotc Passes
Awns- After Operation foK..v
Appendicitis.
f BOONE. Ia., Aug. 7.-8pecial Telegran.)
senator Charles John Alfred Kr'cson, leg
islative philanthropist, doner of the i-'rlc-son
library, president of the city tank,
died this morning at 11, as a result of an
operation for appendicitis.
He had been home one week from a
four months' trip around the world, on
which he enjoyed the best of health. The
operation was performed Wednesday. He
leaves one daughter, Rena, who was called
from a sanitarium at St. Louis, to the
bedside.
FAILS AT RUSH FOR LIBERTY
Prisoner In the Madlaon Jail Who
Tries to Escape Is Foiled by
Jailer's Wife and Son.
MADISON, Neb., Aug. 7. (Special Tele
gram.) Joseph Teutan, held ns an accom
plice of Ed Manning, now serving a sen
tence for theft in the state penitentiary,
attempted to escape from the county Jail
late last evening during the absence of
Deputy Sheriff Smith, but was foiled by
the plucky resistance of Mr. Smith's wife
and son, who fought desperately with him
and finally overpowered him.
"My daugther, Agnea, Is 23 years old
and ought to know better than to run away
without telling me where she was going.
But It Is all his work and I'll make him
pay for it. I never did like him."
Waterman said that Curley had been pay
ing attention to his daughter for some
time, but that he disapproved of the young
man. who he said, was somewhat shy in
this World's goods.
On Monday they disappeared and after
considerable questioning he learned that
they had taken a train for Chicago. He
followed them there and learned that they
were married Thursday and that they had
come on to New York.
The Red Croaa company promised to help
him and will have a message handed to
the couple when the Bornu reaches St.
Johns. . .
OLD SOLDIERS. IN CONGRESS
. ssesssm i
Veterans of the Great War Are Not
, . Numerous There.
NUMBER STEADILY . GROWS LESS
Passage of Years Sees Representation
of Men Who Fought In 61-03
Dwindling; to Vanishing
Point.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (8peclal.)-Vet-erans
of the great war of 1861-65 who have
been honored with public office are grow
ing fewer just as tha ranks of their com
rades in the private walks of life are sadly
diminishing. The number of veterans of.
that war in congress is less than at any
time since the year following cessation of
hostilities.
At the beginning of the present congress
the veterans o fthe war holding seats were:
Senate: Union Bulkeley of Connecticut,
Burrows, of Mlehlfi&tC ' lu. - f out of Dela
ware, Nelson of Minnesota, Elkltis and
Bcott of West Virginia, Warner of Missouri
and Warren of Wyoming, a total of eight.
Confederate Boeon of Georgia, Bankhead
of Alabama, Daniel of Virginia,' Johnson
of Alabama, McEnery of Louisiana, ' Mo
Laurln of Mississippi. Martin of Virginia,
Money of Mississippi and Tallferro " of
Florida, a total of nine.
House of Representatives: Union Alex
ander of New York. Barclay, Bingham and
Graham of Pennsylvania; Bradley of New
York, Calderhead of Kansas, Capron of
Rhode Island, Gardner of New Jersey,
Holllngsworth, Kelfer and Sherwood of
Ohio; Howell of New Jersey, 'Hull of Iowa,
Morgan of Missouri and Wiley of New
Jersey, a total of fifteen. Confederate
Eatoptual of Louisiana, Gorden of Tennes
see, Jones and Lamb of Virginia, ' Living
ston of Georgia, Riohardson of Alabama,
Splght of Mississippi, Talbott of Maryland
and Taylor of Alabama, a total of nine.
Tax Former Congresses.
This gives a total of rorty veterans of
the war in the senate and house at the be
ginning of the present , congress. Their
number has been reduced by three through
the death of Senators Daniel, McEnery. and
iMcLaurln. It will be seen from these fig
ures that but 7 per cent of the membership
of the Sixty-first congress were Veterans
of the civil war. Nearly half the member
ship of congress twenty years ago were
union and confederate veterans. In the
congress at that time the Fifty-first there
were twenty-seven confederate veterans in
the senate and nine union veterans, while
In the house there were seventy confed
erate veterans and forty-two union veter
ans. Considerably over half the members
from the southern states were confederate
veterans.
Nearly half, or 44 per cent of the mem
bership of the Flftfy-flrst congress were
veterans of the war. Men who entered the
army In 1861-65, when In their teens,' are
now old men, many of them great-grandfathers.
The average age of the veterans
of the senate Is 69 years. The average
uge of the veterans of the house Is 67 years.
Thus, the average age of these . veteran
statesmen, when the war began in 1861, was
19 years. The oldest union veteran Is Gen
eral Isaac R. Sherwood, representing the
Ninth Ohio district, who is 75. The oldest
confederate veteran Is Private Leonldos F.
Livingston of the Fifth Georgia district 78.
The youngest union veteran is Representa
tive Alexander of New York 64 years old.
The youngest confederate veteran Is Rep
resentative George W. Taylor of Alabama
61 years old. The highest ranking veteran
of the union army is J. Warrtvn Kelfer of
Ohio, who was a major general of volun
teers. Sherwood of Ohio and Bingham of
Pennsylvania were brigadier generals. The
highest ranking confederate veteran In con
gress Is Oeorge W. Gordon of Tennessee,
who was a brigadier general, and who Is
now commander-in-chief of the Confeder
ate Veterans' association.
The next congress will see a still further
reduction of the number of war veterans
In congress. Senators Money and Taliaferro
retiring, will reduce the number of con
federate veterans, and the defeat of Rep
resentatives Hull of Iowa, and Colderhead
of Kansas, will cut down the representation
of union - veterans In congress. The con
federate veterans will recover one in the
probable election of Charles M. Stedman,
the democratic candidate for the house In
the Fifth North Carolina district
Change la Monetary Commission.
One death and five relreraents of promi
nent members will make a serious inroad
upon the membership of the finance com
mittee of the senate after the 4th of next
March. The chlarman of the committee,
Senator Aldrlch, and Senators Hale and
Flint republicans, .will retire at the doss
of their urma next March, as will Ben-
(Continued on Second Page.)
Deep Sea Scandal
Holdup Men Shoot
Banker Near Home
Off Farnam Street
Another Man Beaten Up and Robbed
. Third Gives Up Valuables to
Save His Life.
One man will probably die. another was
seriously beaten up and robbed, and a third
was robbed, as the result of the revived
Saturday night raids by highwaymen in
the clty.' W. A. C. Johnson, who rooms at
the' home of - Mrs. Alice McCormick, 208
south Thirty-third street, is lying danger
ously Injured In the Wise hospital as the
result of an encounter at 10:50 last night
at Thirty-third and Farnam streets, with
two men who held him up and attempted
to' rob him.' 1
Mr. - Johnson Is cashier of the Packers'
National bank of South Omaha. ' '
Only meager details can be obtained of
the affair as Mr, Johnson wa hejhg pre
pared for," the operating , table, r when iie
gasped out the particulars of the attack.
He said he was going home and had just
a few moments before left Deputy County
Attorney Coad. he suddenly was con
fronted by two men. Neither had masks,
and but one had a gun. They called to him
to put up his hands when he threw him
self forward and knocked down the man
who held the weapon. Tiie next moment
he felt the sting of a bullet striking
him In ' the left side. When he fell the
men ran off and almost Immediately
Dr. Connel) ran up to him. Dr. Connell,
It appears, was coming east on Farnam
when he heard the shot. He waa imme
diately, joined by Will Coad, who also had
been alarmed by the shooting, and by a
young man named Austin, who was coming
by in his automobile.
On examination the doctors discovered
that the bullet had entered the breast Just
below the nipple. Passing through a rib.
It went through the spleen and Just glanced
off the spine. After a prolonged operation
they were successful ln extracting the
bullet and Dr. connell Sunday said
that Mr. Johnson had an even chance to
live. There is, however, he said, the
danger of peritonitis developing.
Charles. F. Frenzer,. 2568 Burt street, was
accosted at about 11:30 o'clock last night
by two men with masks, one having a gun
and another a knife, on Twenty-fifth ave
nue,, between 'Burt and Cuming streets, and
robbed of between $7 and 8.
Charlie Stevens, a well known piano
tuner, who Uvea at the Vincent hotel, was
carried into the police station with his fsce
blackened and bruised and both eyes closed.
He was walking from Courtland Beach to
the Rod and Gun club when he was as
saulted by two men. Stevens was seen
lying in the grass by the side of the street
railway track by Motorman G. L. Saunders
and Cunductor H. W. Balllnger.
'Attempt to Break Jail.
MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) Using a pair of old scissors, James
Pokasta and Barney Halverson, who are
being held to await the grand Jury in
vestigation on a charge of stealing pigs,
attempted to dig their way out of ' the
county Jail , last night and this morning.
The attempted delivery was frustrated this
morning when Sheriff A. A. Nicholson
made his dally Inspection. The two men
had cut a section out of the steel window
casing and had pried out half a dozen
bricks when they were discovered at work.
Big Baltic Carries Man
Away from His Daughter
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-(Speclal Telegram.)
Miss Margaret Coleman, 18 years old, of
Los Angeles, who was to sail on the Baltic
with her father, James Coleman, on a visit
to Ireland, was left ashore owing to a pe
culiar combination of circumstances yes
terday. Father and daughter had a lot of friends
In this city to see them off. Coleman was
a bit nervous and a short time before the
sailing hour went aboard to have hia ticket
stamped, taking his daughter's ticket with
him. He thought his daughter was aboard
whll she and her friends supposed that he
was ashore. They became very nervous,
and learned at last, by 'describing Coleman,
that he had gone on the ship. Miss Cole
man attempted to rush up the gangplank,
but the watchman would not believe her
story that her father had her ticket and
the girl was not allowed to board the
steamer. Her friends were Indignant, and
became generously Inclined as the gang
TWO AUSTRIANS MURDERED
John Otlice, a South Omaha Grader,
I is the Murderer.
QUICKLY CAPTURED IN OMAHA
Double Mnrder Committed with Big
Knife Sunday Afternoon and Is
Said to Have Resulted
from m Carouse.
Mike Otlice, otherwise known as Mike Ar
lclh. stabbed Anton Corner and John Nick
ellvltch, Sunday afternoon at about . 3
o'clock near Thirty-ninth and B streets,
South Omaha. He killed both men by well
directed blows with a deer foot handled
hunting knife.
Otlice attacked Nlckellvitch first and
stabbed him to the heart, and later, as
Corner was attempting to flee, he ran after
him and stabbed him three times, one
wound waa In the back of the head, one
on the-cheek and the fatal thrust was
through the jugular vein. V
Th ' ''Hilling' occoreff ' after the men had
been' Celebrating all of Saturday night
and had been drinking quantities of beer.
Otlice had been working 'Sunday morning
and soon Inter after he returned to the
boarding car at Thrty-nlnth and B streets,
the trouble began. All the men concerned
were graders.- . .
After the murder Ollce compelled two
other men of the camp to accompany him
to Omaha. Theoe were Nick and Joe Ho
dlk. They first took a Hanscom park car,
which Otlice compelled his companions to
board at the point of his revolver. This
led to s, rumor that the car had been held
up, but nothing of this kind was reported
at the Ames aveune barn. A messenger
boy named E. R. Latham, living at 1020
Douglas street, saw the for which Otlice
used to ' compel hlo companions to ac
company him, and followed on his wheel.
Otlice Claims Self-Defense.
When taken to South Omaha last night
Otlice said that bad blood has existed be
tween him and tha other two for some
time and that while he was working they
were at the boarding camp and got drunk
and quarreflsome. When he returned thry
nagged him until he was angry and re
sented It. Then, he said, they both at
tacked him, and as he was not able to
fight them both he resorted to his knife.
Deputy Coroner B, J. Lark In took charge
of the bodies and said that death must
have been almost instantaneous in each
case. In the case of Nlckellvitch, who was
stabbed through the heart, there waa a
large . purple . discoloration of his chin,
showing where he had fallen heavily on
his face on the floor of the car.
The coroner also found five or six open
cases of beer in the car and evidence of
heavy drinking. . The men had been cele
brating all of Saturday night.
Several men were arrested as witnesses
of the murder. These were Peter Miller,
Peter Mltskey, Louis Patlch and George
Marklich. All the men at this boarding
camp were under Fred Hansen, foreman.
MURDERER " CAITGHT ITT OMAHA
Trailed hy Messenger Boy, Otlice
Is Easily Take In.
OHIce was captured In Omaha by
Officer Vanderford at Thirteenth and
Nicholas streets about 1:30 o'clock. Trailed
through Omaha and up the Illinois Central
tracks by a messenger boy named Latham,
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plank waa- hauled ashore and the ship
waa backed out of her slip.
i'l'll'give $5 to hire a tug," said one.
Othere promised 5 each until $50 had
been pledged. .
Superintendent Wright heard of what was
going oo and said he thought it would be
all right If the girl could climb the side
of the ship,
"I'd climb the rock of Gibraltar," said
Miss Coleman.
Mr, Wright talked it over with another
official of the line and It was decided it
would not be safe to let the girl board ths
high sided Baltic from a tug.
Miss Coleman was told that, a wireless
message would be sent to the Baltic and If
it appeared that .the father had his daugh
ter's ticket, as she said, Margaret would
be allowed to go on the next ship of the
line or some allied iine. Her friends prom
lsed to be her hosts in New York until ths
JAPAN 'HAS HAD
ENOUGH OP-WAK
Baron Oura, in New York, Says His
Country Feels Friendly Toward
United States.
TOO BUSY TO THINK OF FIGHTING
Devoting Entire Energies to Upbuild-
in of the Country.
JAPANESE OPPORTUNITIES GREAT
People Now Hare No Desire to Leave
the Islands.
AMAZED AT SIGHTS IN AMERICA
Methods of Doing Business Sn Swift
thut They Astonish Man from
Orient Who Finds Them
Too Strenuous.
NEW YORK. Auir. 7 (Rnrrlnl T,lrm l
"It Is more foolish than the most foollsl)
of fables, this supposition that Japan may
seek war with the United States; I do
not know how to laugh at it seriously
enough."
As he Paid that tnrlav llarnn Ouia imllM
and then, after' shaking his head, as If
to emphasize his expression of the absurd
ity of the proposition, laughed heartily In
further ridicule of It. He snoka with oh-
vlcus sincerity and conviction, adding:
"The very notion of war between Japan
and the United States is contrary to the
now InKialned spirit of our people. Re
spect, affection those words are not strong
enough to describe the feeling of the Jap
anese for this country. Our people ven
erate the United States.
"We all look upon this country, simply
and naturally, aa tha ereat and klndiv
friend of our nation the friend who haa
guided and helped us In our labors toward
civilization. There are none In my country
who do not recognize the debt we owe to
America and love her for It. Moreover,
our hands are full. Japan has many big
problems before her at home. The last of
our thoughts is for war. For aggressive
war we have no thought at all."
Ainaaed at What He Sees.
Baron Kanetake' Oura, Japanese minister
of state for agriculture, commerce and In
dustry, who was minister of communica
tions during the war with Russia and had
charge of all the arrangements for trans
portation and communication pertaining to
the great conflict leaves today on hia way
for Pittsburg, Chicago and home. Already
he is amazed at what he has seen here.
The baron came from London, where. he
has been acting as president of the Anglo
Japanese exhibition. He is a keen advo
cate of expositions, and believes the show
In London Is doing; much to further trade
between Japan and Great Britain.
"You accuse us qf piling up armaments,"
he said, "but you-are setting us ths -""
.re.pie -ionmuat dir ai y jy is what .
the othof nation say to us; and we can- '
not help ourselves, It is nor for us to be
gin, but wo . would follow.
"We want no more war, la our genera
tion we have had two wars,. Our wounds
are recent; we know only too Well the pain
and cost of even successful war; we know
the inhumanity of war and Hi iniP
civilization; we have problems enough at
noma to solve without seeking to make
more."
"Among your people Is there not a de
sire to Immigrate to the United States?"
he was asked.
"At one time there was Uch a desire.
Labor with us Is cheap. Our people heard
of the chances In this country and, nat
urally, many wanted to embrace them.
But now the opportunities at home are very
large.
No Soreness Against A merlon.
"Therein lies one of our greatest prob
lem. But there Is no soreness against
America because we ask our people to re
main at home. You forget that with us
It has become an instinct for home and
country before all else. . v'
"Our Industries are developing so rap
Idly it Is Incumbent upon us to retain our
labor. We have not enough. All over the
agricultural population a rushing to the
growing cities. Already the danger exists
that the prosperity of our trades will in
jure our stapls lndustry-grlculture. We ,
too, will soon need our "back to the farm'
movement, so serious Is this problem be
coming. "It has been said, and erroneously, that
Japanese women of the oountry are de
spised and downtrodden.
"On the contrary, the Women are at
progressive and Interested in tha clvlo
movements aa the women of the Occident.
Why, we have women reporters, too
"The empress of Japan has gone Into
history for their politic! nd Industrial
genius, and we are likewise responsible to
the women of our country for our litera
ture. "At present we owe our schools, reforms
and the added Impetus given to educa
tional Interests to our women, who are
now striving for their property rights just
as the suffragettes are doing here
"I think the women of Japan are not
s. eager for suffrage as the. Europe
women, but suffrage win come to
sooner or later.
"This morning." hs continued. "I was In
your business dlstrlct-what you call down
town. Never have t seen anything like It
Of course it is all very big-much bigger
than anything we have at home. But tha
difference Is not only that: It Is the won
derful speed that Impressed me.
Finds the Pace Swift.
"We Japanese have always thought our
selves nimble with our fingers and out
wits. But we are still plodding In ox-carts
while you Americans are riding in aero
planes. In your ways of doing business, 1
mean. You work at an electrlo pressure.
You have no laggards, or et least they
are not visible. When they fall behind, do
they crawl Into the bushes and die rather
than not appear In ths first rankt
"It aeems to me that you must have a
marvelous physical strength to stand the
pace you set. We Japanese have endurance
but we could not stand your business life.
We would be desd or Insane, The lightning
when It strikes Is no swifter than the form
ation of a business enterprise among you.
Your former great president called It the
strenuous life. I should name It the speedy
life.
"There is no need for the Americana to
be jealous of the Japanese commercially.
The Japanese merchant can never catch up
with the American.
"For myself I do not care for so much
acted. It is In tore t las; to observe, as g
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