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The Omaha Daily Bee NEWS SECTION WEATHER FORECAST. For Nrbrnskn I nsrltlnl; wanner. For Iuwh I ' I! 't I led ; warmer. For weather report see phRo L'. PAGES ONE TO EIGHT Vol,. SI, Xo. OMAHA. 1'IHDAV MuUNIMi. .lANTAKY SLXTKKX !(JKS. SINCLK I'UI'Y TWO I'KNTS. MAKERS OF LAWS ! TAKE LIFE EASY : i Nebraska Legislature Shows Little Inclination to Hustle on Its Business. s EXPENSE BELLS FOR SESSION PASS House Appropriates Hundred Thou sand to Meet Pay Roll. ELECTION CONTEST IS DELAYED ! . .Tt . . In f - .Vi commiuee wans on Attorney tor iuc Bepubli:an Contestee. SENATE SITS FOR SHORT TIIIE ( oaslders Xrirrnl Mrlinrri In t mm nltler nf the Whole and Take HrrrM I Bill Friday V Ith oil Art Ion. (From a laff Correspondent LINCOLN, an. 1. (Special )- A con tinued dislike for business in being manl- frsted by the .legislature snd the only ac- j tuel activity' Thursday on the floor waa from 10 to II by the house and from 11 to noon by . the senate. The house passed i two first bills, these appropriating the money necessary for the session. IIoi.se. roll l. appropriating 'A' for salaries of legislators and assistant and house roll 'I2. appropriating M.n for stationery and Incidental expenses. The aenste concurred In this expenditure of IlOO.oon. These two bills are the expense bills always passed first by every session of the legislature and no other actual laws liava been made The resolution of ttcrde of Klrhardaon for referring the decision on the locution of the t'anama exposition, once reconsidered, to a committee waa passed and Gerdc hlm aelf made chairman. The other members are Prince, father of the San Francisco res olution, Hopodsky, Norton, Sanborn, Nelr and Taylor of Merrick. lax Ferret mil. The ln estimation of the house commit tee on privileges und elections, which was to have been h Id this afternoon to deter mine the right of Henry Seheele, wet dem ocrat, to tha seat from Reward, which is claimed by Wcrtman, dry republican, was nostooned because of tha absence of At-I torney Nerval. representing Wertman. j Tl . maa Darnell, attorney for the Anti- j rialoon league, waa present, and his un- called-fifr uppeaiance caused some resent- ment anion the members of the commit - tee, although the Anti-Saloon league la In- Allegiance to arbitration as a principle tensely Inteieitrd In the case and Is moved ! w" Mature of the report of the resolu by the belief that upon the decision ofi,,0", committee. Fir and cedar producers tha contest rests the fafe of county option fre urged to Influence transportation co n In the house. The matter will be taken up, I'anles to obtain for cedar prooueors the again Tuesday, (me dry member of the committee remarked Thursday morning: "As far aa 1 am concerned and I think aa far aa most of the other committeemen are concerned, the wet and dry question will not be allowed to play any part In this Investigation. The man who got the most votes In that district will get the aeat, Whether be la wet or dry, democrat or republican." ' The senate in Its morning meeting re solved Itself Into a committee of the whole and, with gelleok of I-ancater In the chair, considered a number of bills for third reading and ordered them engrossed. A number of unusual and Interesting bills were Introduced Into the house Tuesday, among which was II. R. 15S by Quacken bush of Nemaha. The bill amende the laws relating to the collection of delinquent taxea and provides the tax authority In any city or county to hire tax experts or "tax ferrets" to collect delinquent amounts. II. R. 184 by McKlaalck of Gage gives extra compensation to county attorneys for get ting Judgements agalnat eatates for delin quent taxes. The tax ferret system Is In Mgue In Iowa and reaulta In the hiring of ; representatives from corporations which ; have a well developed system of collecting taxes to bring In the delinquent funds and who can follow the property holder who owes the tax anywhere that he may go In changing his residence. U. R. 14H bv Lvans of Adams county la an anti-treat law and provides a fine of f I0t for any peisuii who shall give away In an j -manner or by any device any Intoxicating ' . WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. The National liquor, tin second conviction tha culprit i Board of Trade today substantially en losea hla license altogether. j dorsed the principles of the Aldrlch plan Assessors Mvrt Itrtrauv I'oninillter. j of monetary reform by adopting the resolu The senate and house commltteea on reve- I tlona offered by the Chamber of Commerce one and taxation met Thursday afternoon I of the state of New Tork, the Merchants' and heard the arguments of the assessors' ' association of New York and the New York association for a number of new lavta re- Produce exchange, recommending a "con gardlng their work, most of which will be tral banking organization. " Tentative plans embodied In the bill that will be Introduced were drawn for a monetary league of Into the house by Chairman McKUsick. j business men soon to be organized by the The assessuis want their office elective . national board. for four years and ask two-urm elective Frank I. I.al.anne of Philadelphia was offices for precinct assessors. They also H-ied president today, wanted an Inc reasrs In salary amounting ; to about $300 a year all along the schedule SUN A TK Ml 0I1OHT TIUK Hoar ftprat la Montlae Work. I'euilliia Measures. (Krom a Staff Correspondent.! LINCOLN, Jan. 19. (Special. I The P- pnpi latlon bill- fi om tln house w brought to the senate when It convened t II o'clock bv th. clerk of the hous. Maxwell. 22 years old, the elder or the Following this announcement the secretary wo' d,ed ,0iay ,n ",e h0"!'"'1 at Jollet. read an Invitation from the Nebraska St te I 'rhe ,l,er girl' Fr,,Ua Kamka' who 'orm''-'V Corn Show association officer to attend "lnger 1,1 ",,aM ,hpter ln Joll', the exhibit going on at the Auditorium. I """ botl1 W "ved- wa" not PC, The invitations from various military i lo "v hro,";h ,he ""V crganliatlons to the memorial services for! Tl,e lrU 1,ad been "rrM,1 on fhare the late Hrigodi.r C. neral K. . lnidlev. of "'""n furB at n'ont- I'. 8. A. were alo re-elved. The senate 1 " had filanned to ntiend this memorial and had agreed to adiourn Friday aftern wn for that purpose. Tne sen Ices in Si. l'aul's church will be under the aisplcrs of the Ciiind Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion, Nebraska National (luurd. Knigh'.s '1'emplais. Scottish Rite Masons and the I'nlversity of Nebraska. Thirty-one reyldenis of Lancaster county presented a petition through S enator Hi own protesting against any contemplated legis lation requiring a license fee from m-dlc ne w axons. They declared that they norc able to buy veterinary and family medi cines from these wagons at good pries a id ilia' th:' store dealera are Irving to fore the comixtlng wagons out of the business Seventeen new bills were introduced and S. K. N'os. UO. 1. .'. is! and 64 were givtn a t.eond leading and referred to proper committees. Senator Skllei, chaiinian on ronatituti ihI anirndments. recommended the placing f K F No I. en iniative and referendum, on the general file, and No 7 was also placed for third reading. The senate then went Into coiiiuiirv e of (Continued on Second Page.) Legislators Agree 011 Go$ ou . Bill at Lincoln ' T J T A ivCBucn 01 ury xorces come 10 Decision on Measure They Will t Back This Session. From a Staff Cnrerpondent LIN("OL:t. Jan. l?.- Special TfleTram.) The leaders of dry force In both house nil senate of hoth democratic and repub- bran parties agreed tonight upon the es ; scntlal features nf a hill which will he drawn Immediately and presented In the fenate by Ollls and In the house hy Nor ton. Hoth Ollla and Norton are dem- joc.r Thirty or more men attended what wan termed tjie raiicua on the county option i hill and wtlh no evidence of party feeling ' or disagreement decided to have a bill j drafted similar to the counts option tneus- ure that failed last session and push It through the legislature if possible. The lat session's bill, known in the house a the Hod hill, M. R. ?V. and In the senate aa the Miller bill. S. 1". i"0. pro vided for submitting the question to a county tin the petition of 10 per cent of the voters and when the county decided the decision stood for two Venn. The bill for this session will probably provide for a 30 per cent petition and a three-year limit on a decision elllur w I.V. tl la also probable that the advantaKe will be, with the prohibition ovters In the division of a unit, so that If a county goes dry no town In It can no wet. but If a county goes wet any town in it may de clare Itself dry. The measure of Poulson and the Anti Saloon league was not mentioned nor given the least considei atlon In the meet ing as far as could be learned. Lumbermen Elect Officers for Year Twenty-First Annual Convention Closes at St. Paul Iowa Men Prominent. ST. PAt'L. Minn.. Jan. 19. Kndlng its twenty-first annual convention todav. the Northwestern Lumbermen's association elected the following officers: President, W. R. Wood, Parker. 8. !.; vice president, Charlea Webster. Wancoma. ,a- director to fill unexpired term of 1 - Initrarii. resigned. K. G. Ftlnn. Minneapolis; directors for three years, C. r '"ioine. rennng presioent, i.'es Moinos, la. John W. Barry, Cedar Rapids, la. !1' - M Porter, Oskaloosa. Ja sar.ie freight rate as for fir and spruce. Western Implement Men Elect Officers Retail Dealers' Association Chooses Kansas Man as President Mead is Vice President. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 19.-C. G. Cochran of Plalnvllle. Kan., waa elected president, and Harry Mead of Vlneta. Okl.. vice president, of the Western Retail Imple ment and Vehicle Dealers' association here today. The new directors elected were: W. T. Osborn, Gallatin. Mo.; J. If. Taylor. Columbia. Mo.; a. W. Collins, Belleville, Kan.; P. Westmacott, Hutehln stn, Kan. These directors hold over: C. F. Miller, Fort Scott, Kan.; F. C. Hood, Pittsburg, Kan.; H. D. Skinner, Braymer, Mo.; W. M. Vlckery. Blackwell. Okl. The association Is composed of dealers In Missouri, Kansaa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE ENDORSESjJLDRICH PLAN Reaolatlons Offered br Three New York Commercial Associations Art Adopted. YOUNG WOMAN DIES OF BURNS Miss fttrlla. Maxwell of Jollet, Mho ! Art Fire to Jail at l.euiont, j ,1IL la Dead. I CHICACO. Jan. 19 Death resulted today fiom a fire started last night by two girls imprisoned In the Leniont (III ) Jail who attempted to commit suicide. Miss Stella He Took Alice Longworth to Sea in Hawaiian War Canoe The man who took Alice Roosevelt Long worth out to sea ao far that a revenue cutter was sent to the rescue Is at the Ijtnd Show. This enterprudng and daring oung man la W. S. Kills, tenor of the Hawaiian octet.' Mr. Kills, despite his fair features and altogether American name, la a full-blooded I Hawaiian. He has been a musiclsn since childhood and has spent much of his later ears In traveling In the I'nlted States. When the Ixmgworths reached Hawaii In their tour of the world ha was en i x Uhted with a part of their entertainment. ! "his mss shortly after the Roosevelt-Long-i worth w eddtng. Mr. tills arranged to take the pair out In a real Hawaiian war canoe for a swift rldo over the placid waves of tha bay. 'The trip proved so highly enjoyable that 'the newly we.ts forgot time and dates. IMOKTOX STKH'KEX ! WITH APOPLEXY i President of Equitabl; Life Assurance Society Drops Dead Suddenly on Street. FALLS IN FRONT OF HOTEL i Wife Reaches His Side Shortly Before Death Comes. FORMER RESIDENT OF NEBRASKA Son of J. Sterling Morton, Pioneer Settler of State. PROMINENT EN PUBLIC LIFE I'nrmrr Member of Roosevelt's Cabinet Kicrteil Ills Influence In atlonal 4 rfnlrs Noted for Hnslneaa Sagacity and Ability. I j NKW YOltK. Jan. Ifl.-raul Morton. president of the Kipiltahle Life Assurance Isoclrty. dropped doad tonight of apoplexy. Mr. Morton was strli-ken In front of the ' Motel Kovmour. at 50 West Forty-fifth ! street, and was hurriedly taken Inside. His wife was summoned and arrived shortly before he died. Paul Morton was born In Petro't. Mav 12. 1S."7. He was the son of J. Sterling Morton, who was secretary of" agriculture from IKM to 1.T.I7. and Caroline Joy Morton. He entered active business life with the Burlington system In Pecemher, 1S72. and remained with the company until February 1, 1M0. Mr. Morton began as clerk In the land office of the Burlington & Missouri rall K.od at Burlington. He served successively aa assistant general freight agent and gen eral passenger agent and ended as general freight agent of the Chicago, Burlington Qulncy railway. Mr. Morton became vice president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company and then president of the White Breast Fuel company from 1S!X to im. He next assumed the office of third vice rirsldent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santo Fe railroad and In he became second vice president of the railroad. His first public office was that of secre tary, of the Navy from July 1. l!Mt, to July 1. 1905. In the cabinet of President Roosevelt. He was president of the Kuultable Life Assurance company since l?0i) td the time of his death. March 15, 1'nO, lie was chosen vice president of the PanSmerlcan railroad. Pining the Inst year of his life Mr. Morton made his resi dence at 844 Fifth avenue. New York. Congressman Hull Prevails Upon Taft to Sidetrack Son Head of Military Affairs Committee Advises that Colonel Crowder. Be Given Place. 'I From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-tSpeclal Tele gram) Judge Advocate General Davis will retire on February 12 and Colonel K. II. Crowder will be appointed to succeed him. IJeutenant Cotonel Hull of Des Moines, son of Representative Hull, will be promoted to a full colonelcy and be as signed to Washington as assistant Judge advocate general. It appears that Lieutenant Colonel Hull wu urged by friends and practically had the endorsement of the federal staff to succeed General Davis. When this reached the' ears of ' Representative Hull he promptly told his son that he for one would not stand for anything looking to Jump ing a young man over the head of a senior, especially as that tienlor was eminently qualified, physically and mentally, to fill tha position and Representative Hull there upon hied himself to the White House and urged upon the president the advisability of promoting Colonel Crowder, which Pres ident Taft ultimately agreed to do. Joseph C. Van Lent of Muscatine, la., an enthusiastic political amateur, predicts that Albert F. Dawson, retiring represent ative for the Second district, will be elected senator to succeed the late Scnatoi Dolllver and rays a movement la now on foot to bring this about. Senator Warren called up and had passed thla morning a bill introduced by himself which grants a right-of-way to the Colorado Railroad company through a certain portion of the Fort D. A. Russell military reservation at Cheyenne. The bill also gives to the county of Laramie a right-of-way for a county road through the reservation. ' Represertatlve Hull today introduced a bill which provides for tha issuance of badges of honor to officers and enlisted men of the clyil war who during their service were confined as prisoners of war. Buch badges are to be prepared under the direction of the fcecretary of war and to coat not to exceed So each. The bill carries an appropdatlon of SIOO.UR). rhysleal Valuation BUI In Kaasas. TOPKKA. Kan., Jan. IS. A bill pro viding for the physical valuation of rail roads was introduced In the lower Kansa.1 legislatuie today. In the senate hy a vote of t i M the sixteenth amendment to the constitution of the I'nlted States, which confers on congress the right to levy an Income tax, was ratified. The time for the sailing of the big Mongolian fame and the Longwortha were not to be found. After Impatient waiting an Inquiry was started. The next thing started was a revenue cutter. Far out to ea. that is. several miles out the war canoe with the Long worths aboard was found. Mr. Kilts was Interrupted In the middle of a soft, plaintive native song 'We'll finish the song first," remarked Mrs. Longworth. In answer to the summons to the waiting ship. The song was finished. "Mrs. iiongwnrth In one real sports woman." aaid Mr. Kills, as he recalled the Incident. Kills and his company have been appear ing In vaudeville all over the I'nlted Htates. At the Seattle exposition and at the Chicago" land show the Hawaiian singers were among the most popular attractions if F&mf ,Vlr.Vr- i-'f 'fW& " X-''W u &f, mm- S) From the Philadelphia Inquirer. NET EARNINGS OF RAILROADS Clifford Thorne Speaks for Meat Pro ducers in Rate Hearing. RAIL SECURITIES ARE HIGHEP Price of stock! of Forty I, radios; Cor porallona Advance More Than Hundred Per Cent In rtecade. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19-"No con! versy ever existed before when the st;i between opposing parties waa so huge hi-. Oils one. measured by the cold standard ; of dollars and cents." I Clifford Thorne. counsel for the Meat! Producers' association of the middle west j today characterised, the Inquiry before tf.a , Interstate Commerce commission Into me! proposed advance of freight ratea. "Shippers and consumers wsnt to see the ; railroad companies crow and prosper, ne declared. "We are willing to bi iiWcral In the truest sense, but the rhargca exacted by the roads must be reasonable. "If you permit a alight Increase in either official classification territory or 'n west ern trunk line territory, two results will follow: . . "The existing schedule rates v 11 1 be adopted as a reasonable cal . wi.hut hav ing been Investigated nnd tho present il ltallxation of the companies will be ac cepted as representing tholr value." Railroad Valors Increase. Mr. Thorne satd during the last ten years the average market prices of com modities, at wholesale, had Increased about U per cent, while, the average market prices of shares of forty transportation companies increased 106 per cent, which he held to be a remarkable demonstration that the railroad bdalnesa had been profit able. "I have compiled tha flrgures represent ing the net earnings of American railways during the last twenty years," said Mr. Thorne, "and after subtracting all oper ating expenses and all taxea, I find that for the year ending June 30, 1910, the Amer ican railways had a net income amounting to over 70,0u0,000 greater than ever before In their entire history. I find that tha net earnings of American railways have not only Increased In grosx but they have Increased for every train hauled one mile and for every mile of railroad." Three Deductions Made. As a result of his Investigations, Mr. Thorne made these three assertions: First The credit of railway companies Is as good or better than that of any other class' of public service, or Industrial com panies ln the United States. Second Railway securities are more at tractive to actual Investors and have In creased In value more rapidly during the last decade than any other class. Thlid The earnings of our railroads above all operating expenses and all taxes, have been Increasing steadily during the last twenty years and last year waa tne most prosperous year In the history of American railroads. "In thla case If you deny the right to a general advance you know and I know that the prosperity of these companies is bound to keep on Increasing." l onin Mpeaks for Stockmen. In concluding his argument begun yester day. 8. . R. Cowan, representing the live stock Interests of the west and southwest, maintained that It was the duty of the commission to differentiate . between the eastern and western rate cases. He main tained that the commission was bound to pass on the reasonableness of each Indi vidual rate. Francis B. James of Cincinnati, repre senting the shippers' committee, made the next argument. It is a matter of say, 20 cents, or a little better To get a hearing through the want ad columns of the Bee. Thousands are using these little treasures daily to the very best ad vantage. They get servants Tbey rent rooms They seeure positions They find what is lost They get an owner for what is found. They do a thousand and one ser vices that you can't do- Call TyUr 1000. The Vindication of Your Uncle , jf rY -Ar r Clark Nominated for Speaker of House by Democratic Caucus Missourian Accepts Endorsement Lloyd Presents Name and it is Approved by Acclamation. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 Representative hamp Clark of Missouri was unanimously csen democratic nominee for the speaker ip of the next house at the democratic iicus tonight. His nomination was by acclamation. Representative Lloyd of Mis souri making the nominating speech. Accepting endorsement of the caucus for the speakership of the next house of repre sentatives. Champ Clark of Missouri made a brief speech, bespeaking his thangn and desire for liberality of consideration for old and new members. "From the bottom of my heart 1 thank you for your generous endorsement for the high office of speaker of the house oT rep resentatives," he said. "I shall endeavor lo discharge the duties of that great posi tion so fairly, so Justly and so Impartially that you will never have cause to regret what you have Just done. "This caucus waa called for the purpose of selecting the democratic contingent of the ways and menas committee for the Blxty-second congress In order to expedite tariff legislation by procuring as speedily as possible the data on which to base a bill or bills which we believe will promote the prosperity of the whole country and give a new impetus to every legitimate business undertaking within the broad con fines of the republic. The quicker our plana are formulated and known tha bet ter for all concerned." Casks of Champagne Poured in Gutter Serious Disturbances in Wine Districts of France Due to Poor Crops and Small Wages. PARIS, Jan. 1. The series of wine riots which have broken out in .tha Champagne district Is seriously occupying the atten tion of the government which today decided to despatch troops to end the disturbances In the Rhelms region where the local au thorities are helpless. Although the misery of the, wine workers resulting from poor crops and small wages Is recognized officially. It is pointed out that large sums, already have been ap pointed by the parliament to alleviate the sufferings. Last night 2.000 men and women from the surrounding country marched Into Hau Devlin carrying red banners and singing revolutionary airs. They broke' Into several wine cellars, and smashing the casks, poured the contents, valued at thousands of dollars into the streets until the thorough fares ran with champagne. Thousands of bottlea of wine were emptied Into a creek. GOLD MEDAL FOR ELLEN TERRY Ulsllna-alabed Services of Artreaa Recogrnlsed by Founders oi Mew Theater. NEW YORK. Jan. 19 Tn recognition of distinguished services to dramatic art Mrs. Ellen Terrv, the English actress, was pre sented with a gold medal this afternoon by the founders of the New theater. To Miss Terry falls the dual distinction of being the first woman and the first Hrltlsh subject so honored. The only other medal presented by the founders was be stowed on Ir. Horace Howard Furness, the author. Major General Wood Revises Army Practice Regulations WASHINGTON, Jan '-Mith a view to perfecting the practical training of the army of the I'nlted States so that the American soldier may be prepared In time of peace for his actual duties In war. Major Gent-ral Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, has issued a general order revising to some extent the practice regulations now In vogue. The prim ipal change Is a decrease in the I number of practical marches yearly In order that this part of the training of the soldiers may not he given more attention than Its Importance Justifies. The change will permit the devotion of more time to the other elements of field training, par Joseph VnT IT FUNti WeT' - s . n cnFrt newts, oust Wivo rrw own riftrre ? DEMOCRATS TAKE BITTER DOSE Member of Own Party Dips Pen in Bile. RANK AND FILE TERMED "WORMS" t'ancna Denounced aa ('old Peek for the Comlna; Caucus, a Feast of Male IHshes" l.plstle Head In House. WASHINGTON. Jan. .-Representative ("aider, a New York republican, created a sensation In the house by reading an open letter of Representative Pies of Texas, a democrat, attacking the democratic caucus and dubbing It a "cold deck for the com ing caucus, a feast of stale dishes." A call of the house forced a full attend ance of democrats. Republicans had passed word around of the plan to read the letter to the house while the roll call was on and the house and galleries were crowded. When the reading of the letter was be gun Representative Helfln of Alabama tried to head It off by making a point of order that the letter was not gerinano to the pending postofflce appropriation bill, but was promptly overruled. Letter (noses l.nuahtcr. As the reading continued, with the ridi cule it thrust on the democratic leaders, who were denounced In sarcastic terms for distributing the committee spoils, there whs freuent uproarious laughter. The letter denounced the caucus as a "frame up" and the democrats who supinely fell down "be fore these self-sustained successors nf Cae sar" as "fellow worms." as "Catlllnes In cog.," and declared that the handful of men who framed up the committee rewards were "early birds, Catlllnes In miniature, usurpers and conspirators," "who impu dently stuck this cut and dried sliAe under the noses of gentlemen." The letter held that It waa cruel mock ery to summon the new members to Wash ington merely to vote as they were told. "Worms Inclined to turn will have an op portunity at the caucus," read the letter, which added that the symbol of union "would be a ring In the nose." The democrats made no immediate re sponse, Mr. Borland of Missouri merely re ferring to the Incident aa a waste of time. Kconomjr Policy Criticised. Postmaster General Hitchcock's economy of administration ln the Postoffice depart ment came In for sharp criticism at the hands of several members of the house of representatives today during the con sideration of the postofflce appropriation bill. , Representatives Rmall of North Carolina, Uartlett of Georgia, Borland of Missouri and Saunders of Virginia on the democratic side and Representative Kteenerson of Min nesota on the republican aide, declared that the economy plana were seriously affect ing the efficiency of the postal service, es pecially on the rural free delivery and star routes and took Issue with the offi cials of the Postofflce department that the postal deficit was being wiped out without detriment to the service. Mr. Small declared that the rural service ! was discriminated against and that while the department did not hesitate to create a deficiency In one branch of the ser vice, It was declining to spend Sl.Tuo.OOO of the appropriation allowed by ocngress for an Increase ln the rural routes. Mr. Small asserted that when congress provided for additional service its will should not be thwarted by executive ac tion. Opening un In (anal Fight. The opening gun In the fight for the for- (Continued on Second Page.) ticularly the target range practice, camp ing and maneuvers. In future the practice marches will he three In number for any one year under ordinary ( lrcumstanci s. Instead of seven aa It usually the case at present. The three ! marchea will be held during the present j year assigned especially to practical In I structlnn which generally extends from I April 1 to November 1. The flrat practice march will be made hy I companies and w ill last from three to six days; the second march will be made by ' battailous for the same period; and the third man b all) be made by an entire garrison covering a period from six to ten I days. 'XEWSPAl'ER MEN (Ji KSTS OF SHOW Several Hundred Employes of News papers at Exhibit on Occasion of Press Night. iWIDE TERRITORY REPRESENTED New Arrivals Continue to Swell j Attendance at Affair. ! COLORADO EXHIBIT IS LARGEST i Visitors Find Impressive Spectacle Covering Entire Stage. 'RANGE OF DISPLAY IS GREAT Western h ll l Put I f et HnnllHi liiu IIbIIj. fler mill l'.(rnlni -Indian Talk In Indlnu. Prournm for Friday. State I .uinlirrmcn's Association d.iy. OiuhIih 1 1 lull Si hool dsy. South li.ikotn ImlUn lmil il.iv. From I to H In the iifterno n liicli school children will be admit tell for 10 cent" L' 'M V. M. Lecture on -,lnsoiis." 4 Hn I'. .M - I llusti nia Inillnn dunce. ln.rliiB the afternooii and evening Miss !or Antoinette Itelter will entertain the audience with cornet solos. sppearniK at o'clock In the afternoon "id ' o'clock In the evening. Last nlRlit the newspaper men of the three cities f Oninha. South Omaha and Council Bluffs were entertained a't the Land Show. Tress night whs without spe cial program. The opportunity was given the newspaper employes to look over tbe khew and choose at will what they ould enjoy. A stiiUins program by Hie Hawaiian octette was presented in the course of the evening. The regular j-crles of educational Icrtures were delivered by the I And Fhow t-peiikers In the two halls devoted to Ihc purpose. Arrivals for the show were numerous eslerdiiy. A liuge number of peisons from the small towns In the enstorn part of Nebraska and the western districts n Iowa arrived, many of them to remain through the show. Several hundred of the employes of the newspnpers of the three cities were guests of the management of the show Ihs! night. i Alfred I'atek. commlsloner of Immigra tion and secretary of the Colorado Slate Board of Immigration, nrrived Thursday morning. Mr. Pptek Is an enthuslastlo ex ponent of the Land show Idea. "We never misH a show. ' said Mr. i'atek. "The state makes an annual appropriation for the purpose of our office We spend I that in Interesting people looking for new homes. We have found that the land shows give us the best opportunity to put the'nd vantagea of Colorado before the people "The Omaha ahow Is particularly Im portant to us ln that It Is a western tihow devoted entirely and exclusively to the In terests of the west. "It Is Interesting to note In connection with the work of the board that nearly 10 per cent of the Inquiries received states that the Inquirers would come to Colorado on a certain date either to buy or to In vestigate the land which especially ap pealed to them. A larga majority of the hotneaflekers call nt our office before they determine upon a location." - The Colorado exhibit la one of the larg est at the ahow. The entire stage of the Auditorium Is occupied by the displays from that state. The irrigation exhibit and the panorama tn miniature forms the back ground of the stage. Mr. Patek li representative of Governor Shafroth at he show and will deliver an address on Colorado day, January "X. Chief Yellow Horse of the Ogallala Sioux, at the Land show as a part of the showing being made by the Jackson brothera of Dallas, S. P., appears each afternoon and evening. He executes a real Indian dance on the stage for the edification of the vis itors. Yellow Horse comes from the Rose bud agency. At the exercises on the opening night the chief was Introduced by Fred A. Shank of the I.and show management to deliver an address. The chief was hardly prepared for the occasion, but he proceeded to make remarks In hla native tongue. While the speech was far from Intel ligible to those who did not study Sioux at college it wsb so much of a hit that Yellow Horse has agreed to deliver a short talk In Indian on Indians each day. The Minnesota road exhibit Is attracting a largo measure of Interest at the show. Strangely enough the women In attendance are particularly Interested In the roads display. John 11. Mullen, assistant engineer to the state highway commission of Min nesota is in charge of this display. His share In the show Is practically a con tinuous lecture at the exhibit. A aeries of rapid fire questions from farmers inter ested In the building of roads keeps him occupied. F.I. LOW 1IOKSK DIHIX'IS UlMI Thiols llnnd (an (et Along; Heller When He Swings the Baton. Because Chief Yellow Horse met a lot of Omaha business men. Ak-Sar-Hen mem bers and citizens a year ago. and had occa- i skin lo lead the band on the boosters' trip. the director of tlio band at the Omaha j Land Shw is in ( onslderable trouble. Yel i low Horse shoved the director aside on I Wednesday night and usurped the functions i of director, declaring "You no good; nie lead band.'' and since that incident has become obsessed with the Idea that Hi band cannot accomplish Wagner, Harris Cohen or common ordinary ragtime unless he goes through the motions of directing them. Yellow Horse Is a perquisite of the west ern Townsite exhibit, but since his dis covery of the band doesn't spend much time there. The Indian chief was a visitor In Omaha at the Ak-Sar-Hen festival of a year ago and happened to be here In time to accompany the boostets on their trip from here to Derrick and Pallas, S. I. On that occasion be acquired considerable local note from leaping the band. IIK.II St lllllll. DIM) Til Pl.t Son III Omaha Institution lo He llepre. sen led Muslcluiis alnrua. R. H. Johnson, pi Incipal of the commer cial department of the Soutii innalia High school, has completed arrangement Willi the manax'is of the Laud Show for Hih musical entertainment to be given during the afternoon and evening of Saturday n coanectlou with the South Hiiiaha public fcclmol children's day. He announces ihut a program will be given bv the South Omaha High school orchestra, which N one of t lie ftnr.it musical organlzal Ions In tliu