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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
