The Omaha Daily Bee NEWS SECTION tkOU OSfE TO EIOKT WEATHER FOBECAST. I'or N'hrnKki l-'ulr. warmer. For I'jlr, "'firmer. Top weather report rvv I'df," v. VOl. XI,-No. Ish. OMAHA, Tl'KSDAV MOItNINU, .IANIAUV l!11 Sl.YIT.KN IWUKS. SI MILK COPY TWO (KNTS. -1 V I GOVERNOR ASKS SOLOJiSFOK CASH Beads Comunication to Leg-islature for tro Food Inspection Appro priation. fUOOESTS MEMORIAL TO C0N0RES3 Vffnld Back Koy to Establish Monu ment on Homestead. IS HONOR 07 GALUSHA GROW Exposition Contest Comet Up Before fore Hause Committee. SOUTH OMAHA CHARTER BELL IS IN .'letrlellBn' Mrmrr tr Introduced Hefara llease m4 tpmlr Inrnmf Tat Rill le Favored la (From a ".tuff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, .fun. tl.-f.ipuclnnftovrrnnr Aldrtch took hand In legislation today by sanding messages on two minor matters which ! wants taken up. one for an extra j rood Inspection appropriation and the other for a memorial to he sent to congress on the founding of a national park In (lage county. The park Is to be established as a monu ment lo (lalusha A. (Irow and will be on the alte of the Daniel Freeman homestead. the first homestead ever laken out under ! the national homestead law. The bill for ll was Introduced In congress by Repre sentative lllnshaw. Tha governor advised the appointment of either H Hegole or It. J. Kllpatrlck of eliatrlce to take the message to congTesa. When the messages were presented to the senate Jansen of Cage moved that tha wishes of tho governor b carried out as soon as possible and that a member be appointed to present tha petition In Wash ington, Thirteen new hills were Introduced In the house Monday afternoon and there was short session of the committee of the whole with (Jerdes aa chairman. The pur chase of Cobber's statutes became again point for controversy and after the com mittee of the whole had recommended that the hill pass w h en provide for their pur- hsse. several members tried to get a re consideration. The relative merits of San Francisco and New Orleans were thrashed out before the committee of the house on this question at the Koal hotel tonight. Representatives of the two expositions are on the ground. Other committees are busily preparing re porta which will get a few of the 200 bills on thor way to their final disposition. Tha program of Tuesday la made of. cele brating for the most part. About aeventy flva members of tha house will take the train to Omaha tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, spend tha morning and lunch at tha stock yards, visit the Land fhow in the afternoon and dlna at the Commercial club In tha eevnlng The aenata will also Join In tha trip. Tile new bills of the day In the house Included tha new charter for Houth Omaha which was Introduced ! Kulla, two meas urea to prevent throwing of sharp objects J Freight cara loaded with gasoline ad In the roads to Injure automobile tires and Joined the burning building, and before It two redistill ting bills. Bushee of Kimball Introduced the Hoagland bill In the house, which will give Douglas county fourteen representatives and four senators, and Malrau of Madison brought up an Indepen dent measure. In the senate several new bills were In- troduced and the absence of nine mem-1 bera did not prevent the passage of Impor- , ant measures Among these were M. It. ! and Vt (the appropriation blllsi, 8. F. Bklleee bill raising the agea of Jurors from S3 to $.1 per da ; 8. F. 3, giving unin corporated religious bodies the right to sell real aatata. and 8. F. 24. which amends tha coda to allow an appeal from a derision In which tha awarded damagea are only SI. and - r. . which is a bill to ratify the ronetltutlonal amendment for a federal In come tat The aenate precipitated a warm debate when It began to discuss the question of going to Omaha tomorrow, hut finally after milch pro and conning decided to risk tha possible damage to their reputa tions from the criticism for dilatory tac tic. . genator Albert it-marked that the only reason he needed for going uaa that ha wanted to go and that he would vote yas with no better reason than that. R Bll.l.a l THK I.FlilSI.ATI HK ftaalli Oaaaba Ikmur Uraurr Makes lis tii'raar, (From a Staff Correspondent ) I. I$XI.N. Jn 23.' Special. )-Tlie fol lowing ".bills were Introduced today In the houae:. II. It. bv Bulla of Douglas The South Omaha charter. Kmergency. M H. U, bv Baker of York To correct a Arf-rt In the anti-pans law whereby It beenmea necessary to prove use of such rasa. Changes the word "and'' to "or." H. II IH. by Hurray of fawnee I'ro vtdrs that In rlti,- of less than .V0 the Clly shall not be liable for Inlurlea caused Jv defective streets and aldewalks unless written notice of such d.i. ct shall have i twen filed at least ten days before auch I a cldent II K 2-4. bv M.M.d. of Custer Provides I for the licensing of pool ..ml bowling alleys! outside the coriMirat. limits of cities. j II. K Zf: b l.awr. nr. of 1 Hi-.ige Amends ' eialnaae laws of In-I -o t!itt rountv hoards j rnnv lev not t.. i xv.-ed mills for 'mh- ; unction or improvement of uraintgcl dit.-he. and providing that bonds may be j Issued bv I lie (oiinly not to exce.d ten j )esrs in length of time Kmerip ncy. ' H.kl stebtuna of Dawson -Pro-j Mhlis throwing itlnss. nails, tacks, etc.. I which mav be injurious to uiitomobilra Into pubi c highways A misdemeanor. M It .No ,1. bv Moore of Red Willow ITuhla for the appointment l.y the dia- triet court of Se-ial rountv attoim-vs lo I bae cnarge i't special matters, whether the regular official is disabled or not. II l: No ) Johnxon of Johnson I'rm in.v for a Mpoint ment by tha governor tf a paiole off.cer who shall have super vision of paioies at the i -em t rn t la ry , sal arv t- be 9.;, s toon r.fnei Kencv. II It bv liuidin of Harlan - IhiI oit-'iii li I -r hIc 01 iel estate snail l ..nlitia llep.ai the present utaiuis leUlllllg IVIllU. i III wntiiig II It So '.'Hi. l.v Puis of Cass Prohits tloov.111, ol.'ti uciio n I;. to blKhwavs wluni may liuvi e i.ui .111 uule tirri., fine t lo f i1 inn aeliev II H N ..I bv Puis ..f 1 'a Provides t'al when ntrv roads are blm-kad.d . ,"" ' with mi 11 ali'l t l. .- dutv of the road j his friends some of his thrilling experi av?rar t. turn ,ou toe riei y h tHirloaid lo J C'ear a.sv u. i, snow Anvbo.lv refusing ' ''ea In last night s big fire. tne rli soall Imi liable to a fine of 110 I "However." says .Mr. Saunders, "my es- I J ru t. iwr holil. fl iiu til Ultl ivt ' ..,. ... mora ehllhtu than Ihrlillliu I road f ind t It No .'!. t. llu.l.re of Klllll.all- prop,.! rvdist. i.-iinic of tatr into repre sentative and .'l !..,'.' illatrlcO II It S.k !. 1.) Matru t.f Ma.tiun-A rlltriettn bill Tha foil.. wins Ml were intrvxiu. ed and rea I for tba first lime in the senate. w F f l s.nl..r M-.rel.rad bnl for 1 a. t re nting 10 lekal piit.ii. atlons and alters aii.1 i-rov i.t'nrf for the manner of u'oatin in) n Sr. oni Pag ) Panvillo Grand Jury Begins Inquiry Into Alleged Vote Buying Two Newspaper Men Testify That City Attorney Jones Told Them He Bought Votes for Sheriff. DANVILLF. 111., Jan. 21-Vermillion county's Investigation Into the alleged buy ing and selling of votea In the last ejection, has atarteil. It. 11. Frankenberger. a re porter for the Commercial Newa. a Danville newspaper, went before the grand Jury to day and accused City Attorney Frank V. .lone of having openly admitted that he, .Tone, bought votes. i Frankenberger told the grand Jury the same story whlrh. published last Saturday, brought forth prompt denial from City At torney Jones and Sheriff John T. Shepard. for whom Frankenberger said under oath Jones admitted buying the votes The con versation In which alleged admission of Jones took place was related by the news paper man to the grand Jury. (J. A. Martin, a newspaper man from Indianapolis, told the same story to the grand Jury as did Frankenberger. Frank enberger told the Investigators that Jonea had rented a small room In the rear of the butcher shop of H. M. Martin; that here. 0,1 'he last election day. Jones met a hum ber or voters approximately seventy-two Instructed them how to v.ote and paid them; that later. Martin, who Is Frankenberger's father-in-law, and not related to the news paper man from Indianapolis, asked for and was shown the list of men Jonea la alleged to have paid, and that his (Mar- ,ln n"me "PPearlng thereon for 15 aa office rental, was erased; that Martin had told his story to Frankenberger and the telling was the reporter's only knowledge of this much of tha story. Former County Judge Murray Clark, In answer to a subpoena, went before the grand Jury late today In connection with alleged election frauds. W. C. Brown, a Danville election com missioner, also appeared before the grand Jury late today. When Isaac Woodyard. foreman of the grand Jury, arrived here today, ha aaid: "We are going at this thing right, I can tell you. If anybody has made any Confessions we will know It. Everyone whom I think knows about this thing will be asked to tell about it. Subpoenas for wit nesses cannot be served before tomorrow , afternoon. The two witnesses this after noon nr voluntarv." Division Offices of the Milwaukee at Aberdeen Burned Traffic on Division is Tied Up Until Wires Can Be Restored Loss Es timated at $200,000. ABERDEEN, 8. D.. Jan. 2J. (Special Telegram.) Explosion of an oil heater In the Milwaukee freight depot at 8 o'clock thia morning started a fire which de stroyed the freight dcr.t. division officea headquarters building and the pavsenger station. The contents of tha freight depot ' and offices Is a total loss. could be moved two barrels of gasoline ex plodcd, spreading the flames to nearby structures. The movement of trains on the entlra Montevideo division for 230 miles la tied up until the wlrea can he restored. Division Freight Agent O. F. Walter estl- matea the loss of freight buildings and records at 1200.000. In the passenger station the records and tickets were saved An hour after the Milwaukee fire broke out, a blaze atarted in the basement of a three-story brick building of the Crocker & Owen Furniture store, In the heart of the business i--ectlon, but Is under control. The building and atock waa badly dam aged from smoke and water. COLLISION NEARKANSAS CITY Several Paaaenitrrs Injared When Great Western and Northwest- ern Trains Collide. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 23. One hundred I passengers were shaken up, but none was ; dangerously hurt, when a Chicago Great I Western train, known as the Pes Moines 'special, and a Kansas Olty Northwestern .train, both north-bound, collided In Kan leas City, Kan., today. The Great Western train was approaching a bridge over the Kansas river and the other train, which was switching, barked ita rear roaches di rectly In front of the Des Moines train. The most seriously Injured were: Samuel Martin, traveling salesman of Ilolslngton. Kan-, head and face cut. W. K. Purcell of K annas City, brakeman, seriously bruised. Raymond C. Swan, postal clerk, Kanaaa City, leg broken, badly bruised. F. V. Slnkenfelt, salesman for Chicago company of Winfleld, Kan., Internally In jured. Purcell waa riding on the engine of the Chicago Great Western train and was thrown fifty feet. nmtnv CHARLTON AGAIN IN COURT . . ' . . Habeas Corpna Proceedings Instituted hr Ills Father Heard by Judge Mellstabh. , k, TRFNTON. V. J.. Jn. IT -The habeas corpus proceedings Instituted by Paul Chsrlton to prevent the extradition of hi , ,.,., i,i , .,,. s"n Vi,Ttfr hr""n- " ,,al ' ,an'1 trial for the murder of his Wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, came up again le- f j d ellli,nb ,n th, rnltfli states . circuit rourt here today. Porter t harlton was In court. , Sherman Saunders 'Flees from the Fire in Pyjamas Sherman Saunders of the grain firm of Munderland rUiunders In the Hiandei ' bull, Una- livea on the fourth floor of the 1 . ....... . .,. ,,,i waa clot lied only In my robe de null. I tell ui the way that col. I did blow around the eaves waa ftr from pleasant "I might have been sleeping vet if a fireman hadn't awakened me The room waa full of smoke and I didn't atop for any dress suits I should sav not. I kIiii plv went down the fire escape. Hetter a t-alr of pvjairaa and a whole stlu ilian any undertaker'a winding shta 1NSUKGENTS akb UNDER NEW VIMl Number of Republicans in Congress and Out Form National Progressive League. SENATOR BOURNE IS PRESIDENT Meeting of Organization Held at Home of La Follette. BROWN OF NEBRASKA IS SIGNER Says all Declarations but One are in Nebraska Platform. MAY BE USED FOR PURPOSE Governor Aldrtrh of ebraeka. Ooer nor Carey of Wyoming; and Representative- orris Are Among; Other giornera. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan SJ. (Special Tele gramsThe organization of Senator Joha than Bourne, Jr., of Oregon Into the National Progressive Republican league was accomplished at a meeting of progres sive republicans held at the residence of Senator IFollette last Saturday night. Preparatory to the meeting four members, who are slgnera to the declaration of prin ciple which waa given the country today held a little private seance in the rata of tha I'nlon station Saturday afternoon, whera over broiled lobsters and things which go with that "bird" discussed the scope of the organization and the program formulated. Tha gentlemen whose names are attached to the declaration of prlnclplea. Including Senators Brown of Nebraska and Cummins of Iowa, Representatives Norrla of Ne braska and Hubbard and Hansen of Iowa, were secret lv to a degree today aa to where the meeting waa held resulting In tha formation of tha progressiva republican league. Point to Prlnrlplea. Frankly they were averse to dlsousslng the matter In any form, contenting them sclvea with pointing to that portion of the declaration of principles relating to "popu lar government." which advocates the fol lowing: The election of the Cnited States senators by direct vote of the people. Direct primaries for the nomination of all elective official!.. The direct election of delegates to na tional conventions with opportunity for the voter to express his choice for president and vice president. Amendment to state constitutions provid ing for the, Inltlatlvi and referendum and recall. A thoroughgoing corrupt practices act. All In Nebraska Platform. Senator Brown, whose name Is affixed to the declaration of principles, said that the five "principles" for which the league con tended were all embodied In the last plat form of the republican party of Nebraska with the single, excepton of that providing for trier election of delegates to national conventions by the direct vote of the peo ple with opportunity for the voter to ex press his choice for president and vice president. He disavowed any ulterior pur pose whatsoever In the formation of the national republican progressive league ex cept to bring about what progressive re publicans havt, been contending for for years, that "popular government Is funda mental" and should take precedence of all other questions. Bark of Senator Brown s frank dis avowal, however, there la believed to lurk a dpepseated purpose to control state dele gations,, and may be the purpose to go so far aa to antagontie the renomlnatlon of President Taft. Circulated Boarne'a Speech. Senator Bourne, who la president of the new league which waa born on Saturday night last at the home of the "prince of progressives," Senator I -a Follette, la am ply able to finance the league, one of whose cardinal purposes la to circulate Senator Bourne'a speech on "popular gov ernment" along the lines of ,the Oregon plans. The launching of the national republican progressive league at this particular time la looked upon with grave question, not withstanding the open declaration of prln rlplea disavowing any Interest In any per son other than those who are linked to the rauae of brlngln gabout "personal gov ernment." Aldrlcb Consulted. In view of the fact that Governor AJdrtch of Nebraska and Governor Carey of Wyo ming have been consulted and have allied themselves with the movement there is every reason to believe that the organiza tion of thia new league has been going on for weeks, and It may be designed by lta patron salnta to play a no-lnconsequentlal part In the coming national election. Jt will be Interesting to watch how wide the movement will extend between now and the next national republican convention. Officers Klected. The following officers were elected: President Bcriator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Oregon. First Vice President Repreaentatlve George W. Norris. Nebraska. Second Vice President Governor Chase Osborne. Michigan. Treasurer iiarlea R. Crane, Chicago. Executive Committee-Senator Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota; Senator Joseph I Hris tow. Kansas: Representative K. H. Hub bard, Iowa: Representative Irvine I.. I.en root, Wisconsin: Representative-elect Wil liam Kent. California: Giffnrd linchot. Pennsylvania; George I... Record, New Jer- (Continued on Third Page.) "I wasn't soared tion. like Falstaff. frightened, though, tiiat makes me sort Fry of Houtli Omalii I simply used diarre Siune of them were I eaw one esrapade of iroepy yet. Frank 1 didn't like the looks of the f moke out In the corridor, so Instead of running around to the fire era. whlrh opened from the next room, he tried the ledge outside bis window. It was only about four Inches wide, lie took a run ning Mart along the ledge and carried by Ida momentum Jumped for the escape Fortunately be got It." Marlon I'ay, Herbert Sears and Milton lloyd. playing In the "Fire CommlHlon cra" at tha Orpheum. went hark to bed as soon aa the smoke had rleaied away and eiiv.yed their beauty sleep as f nothing bad ha)pened. Where af The OAff land ' ' cr-aa,-.... tv rye , PVLI.MRN From the Denver Post. ONE KILLED IN MILLARD FIRE Thoma J. Field, Sioux City Hotel Clerk, Loses Hit Life. FIVE OTHERS SUFFER INJURIES Many liar1 Narrow Kara pea Corri dors Filled With Smoke lie fore the tineata Are A waUened federal liana- From Windows. UEMI AMI IISJI HKII. The deadi THOMAS J. miLD, dark at the Howard hotel, Btoux City 1 auffooated. The injured 1 E. 3. strahl, X.lnooLn, leg- broken and handa badly bnrned. W. H. Stevena. St. Joaeph, Mo., aalas man National Biscuit company; orarooma by amoke. B. J. Oreelsy, Chicago, overcome by smoke; taken to the Omaha Oaneral hospi tal In an unoonsoloua condition. John W. Cathoart, St. Louis, osrootne by smoke. T. J. Campbell, plpeman hoaecart so, 3, band badly lacerated. rlre loaa 9S,ooo. One man lost his life, four were com pletely overcome by smoke and another sustained a broken leg. In a fire which broke out In the Millard hotel at 8:30 yester day morning, damaging the hole! to the extent of about $10,000. The fire was under control at 4 o'rlock. The origin of the fire la not known, but It Is presumed to have been caused by de fective wiring In the kitchen. Breaking out at an hour when the guests were Bleeping soundly and filling the corridors with dense amoke before It was discovered, the con flagration greatly Imperiled the Uvea of the 300 guests, and It Is ronsldcred remarkable that a panic was averted. The Injured were taken lo tho Omaha General hospital In ,the police ambulance and were attended by I'ra. 11. U. and T. T. Harris. In effecting the rescue of John W. Cath cart, who was overcome in his room on the third floor, Fireman H. Klllott wa overcome, but revived on the street ahortly after. Clerk Sees the Blase. The blase was discovered about S:30 by Pam Carhart. night clerk at the Kodge hotel. Mr. Carhart had occasion to visit a atore room Just behind Ills office and directly across the alley from the Millard. He noticed smoke streaming from the win dows and at once called up the night clerk at the Millard, who Bounded the house alarm Immediately. Carhart then called the fire department. As aoon aa Chief Salter arrived at the fire he ordered out every piece of apparatua In the city. Scene of the greatest confualon prevailed throughout the. lobby and corridora of the hotel, while on the mtslde many thrilling escapes were being effected. One woman was seen to hang from the window sill for over two minutes before a ladder could be placed to receive her. Lowered from V'lndon. Mr. and Mra. Kdward Silver, who were asleep on the third floor when the alarm waa sounded found the hallway Impassable and sought to escape from the window by means of a rope. Silver lowered his wife to the street and then tying the rope to the leg of a dresser attempted to let himself down. Hefore he had released his hold on the window sill the dresser waa over turned and Silver was forced to climb back Into hla room. Before a ladder waa at to receive him, the door of Ida room had taken fire and Silver waa nearly overcome by amoke. E. J. Strahl of Lincoln lost his grip on the rope by which he waa attempting to make hla escape and fell a distance of aeveral feet to tha atreet, sustaining a broken leg. Police Captain M. P. Dempsey had a aquad of officers on the scene, who did very effective rescue work, greatly aiding the gueata In reaching the lower floors. The principal damage to the hotel is In the dining room and In the corridora and rooms directly over it. While the flames were confined to a comparatively email area, they were hard to get at becauae of the dense amoke which filled the halls and rooms. FleMs Know a In Omaha. Thomas J. Fields, who lost hi life n the fire,' waa a former Omaha man, and was formerly Instructor at the I'nlveralty of Wisconsin. He was enroute from San Francisco, where he bad been visiting his mother, and had stopped over In Omaha for a few daya to visit Harry Hall, em ployed at tliH hotel. He was head clerk at the Howard hotel at Sioux City and at one time was clerk at the Paxton in t una ha. Strahl of Lincoln received a broken leg In hla attempt to escape. He aelzed a rope fire escape and slid from his win dow and being blinded by smoke and par tially unconscious when he made the leap, he burned hln bunds on the rope severely and ' fell a considerable dlatanre. He waa taken to the hospital. , Mrs. I'unn. wife of a federal official, crippled with rheumatism, was carried out front room 31 In safety. A nutnbir of other guest were overcome by smoke so that they were revived with difficulty, but o far aa Is known all others escaped without Injury. Clerk A. J. Van Cut said last night that he had delected an odor of smoke at about 1 30 o'clock, lie told a bellboy to make a thorough sear, h at the time, but nothing waa discovered. Later on, Mr. Van Colt Continued on Pag Two i I "S. V-.. x-. f 1 Xfvf.JiM al SANA, Are tho "Rubes" of Yesteryear? 'TK(WB IH Tow Evidence of Alleged 1 Conspiracy Ruled out of Sclienk Case Action of Court ii Regarded as Severe Blow to Defense Both Sides Submit Instructions. WHEF.LINO. W. Va.. Jan. Il-An abrupt stop was pot to the taking of testimony In the rase of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Srhenit at 10:16 a. m. The slato then an nounced that no more witnesses were to he put on In rebuttal. This followed an Important ruling of Judge.!.. H. Jordan, who. on motion of Prosecutor J. B. Handlnn, ruled that testi mony of Mrs. Jane Hedges, the only wit ness offered by the defense to show the alleged conspiracy of the Schenk fam ly to rid themselves of the defendant, should be stricken from the rerord Thia order Of the rourt rompletely knocked out the conspiracy allegation, weakening the case put up by the defenne. Mrs. Hedges had testified that Albert Schenk had said to her: "John has bought ills wife a $.000 automobile. Every time she goes out in It I hope she will break her nerk. I will leave no stone unturned lit rid the family of that woman." Ir. Myers, who was the atar witness for the state, had testified that Mrs. Schenk bought the poison from him after John O. Schenk came back from Kurope and that she attempted to buy arsenic poison on the morning after the defendant hud of fered the detective nurse 11.000 to give Schenk the poison. I'r. Morrison testified that Dr. Myers waa an employe of lr. Thomas M. His kins, a brother-in-law of John Schenk, and who was also alleged lo have been Im plicated In the "conspiracy." The defense excepted to both rulings and court took a recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon to receive copies of the Instruc tions from both aides. Those of the state had already been prepared, -hut the defense was taken unawares and asked time to re port. Handlan offered eleven instructions for tho state, to nine of which there were ob jections. Attorney J. J. P. O'Rrlen was 111, but appeared In the court room before ad journment and presented thirty separate Instructions for the defense. One waa overruled and two sustained when court took a recess. Eleven Persons Killed in Wreck in Wales Pasieng-er Train Bearing Miners' Del egates is Telescoped by a Freight Train. CARDIFF, Walea. Jan. 2.1.-A pas-ouger train collided with a coal train at Hopkins town, near Pontypridd, today. Three of the coaches were telescoped and man) paaengers were killed or Injured. Soldiers recovered the I odles of el-ht 1 en and three children fro.i. the wreckdjj. Those on the train Included it ounlur of miners, who were on th;.r way to !,i i. don for a conference with the mine owners. FOUR PERSONS CREMATED NEAR MASON CITY' IA. J. C. Jeasea and Three Children H rn ed Death Wkn Rsploaloa Seta Fire to Itnoae. MASON CITY, la., Jan. IS J. C. Jensen and three children were cremated and Mrs. Jensen escaped with three other children, all badly burned, when a fire, which started by pouring gasoline over kindling, consumed the Jensen home located eight miles north of Northwood, this morning. The bodies of three were found in the dehrla burned to a crisp. Hundred Mexican Soldiers Killed in Three Days' Fight PRESIDIO, Tex. Jan. 13-tVla Marfa. Tex , Jan. 23 ) More than 100 soldiers were killed In a throe-day battle between the Mexican federal tnvops and Insurrectos In the mountains between OJInaga and Cuch illio Parrado. The government troops were caught In a trap and were mowed down by the bullets which awept their ranks from three direc tions. The Insurrectos occupied the cliffs and the soldiers were in the road with only one way of escaping and that blocked Of the 30 men who went Into the pass only forty escaped, so far as known They Joined the column under Colonel Dorantes. he rev ulutlonb-ts' los was only five men killed, according to their reports The fightinK starlet January l'i. when a small band of Insurrectos were routed at Covama A column of .) soldiers pur sued the fleeing Insurrectos and ran Into the trap. 1 1 1 9m c ioru BIG COLLEGES WILL MERGE Bellevue Committe Acts Favorably on Consolidation With Omaha U. BUT FIVE DISSENTING VOTES Plana for I ombluatlnn Hate Hern I nder War for More lass a War Final Action la F.lperted This A f ternnnn. The board of trustees of Hellevue rol lege, aciln a upon the report of the rom inlttee which has been ro-operallng with a like committee from the I'rilvcrslly of Omaha hoard of trustees, voted yesterday by a good majority to consolidate Hellevue college with Hie Cnlverslly of Omaha. The vote lo merge was carried with the proviso Ihwt the trustees of the other In stitution take the same action tomorrow upon the report of lis committee. That they will do'so Is virtually assured. If the consolidation becomes a fait It will be the beginning of the end of a year long fight. Commit I era from the I'nlver alty of OmahA and Hellevue have been ailing Jointly upon the matter through a subcommittee of four since last July. The Hellevue board adopted the report of lta committee by a vote of fourteen to five. The dissenting votes were raat by Hon. II. T. Clark, Judge A. ! Button. Oscar Kelaer, Mr. Bursch and Dr, Ernest. The full quota of the board waa not pres ent. The committee that has been repreaent Ing the Bellevue end Is made up of J W. Wattles, chairmen; C. M. Wllhelm. II. H Maxwel, C. F. Melirew and J. D. Haskell of Wayne. A Hlmllflr committee of five appointed by the I'nlveralty of Omaha trusters last sum mer with the Bellevue committee will re port to their hoard today. The personnel la Judge Howard Kennedy, chairman; J. W. Hayward. Paul W. Kuhns, J. F. Flack and O. t Redlck. The two committees to facilitate matters have been acting Jointly through tha me dium of a subcommittee composed of two from each. Of this committee O. W. Wat tles was chairman and C. M. Wllhelm the other Hellevue member. Judge Howard Kennedy and J. W. Hayward aerved for the Cnlverslly of Omaha. Neither Presi dent 8. W. Stookey of Bellevue nor any of the trustees of that Institution will make statements concerning the future mndltion of affalra, sayln gthat It Is too early to predict anything. The vote for consolidation, If concurred In by tha unl veralty, they Bay, Is only a blanket propo sition. Details will have to be worked out later. Dr. Robert MacKenxle of the college board of the Presbyterian church was present at the meeting of Bellevue trus tees yesterday and will be at the uni versity meeting today. Just what attitude he assumes towards the proposed affilia tion Is not known. "As a repreaentatlve of the college board, I am back of any Presbyterian Institu tion," Is the doctor's rather enigmatic re ply to all questions as to where his Influ ence lies. Omnibus Claims Bill Rejected by House War Depredations Measure, Involving About Three Millions is Killed for Another Session. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. -Tha nmnlhtiB claims bill aggregating approximately Om.miO embracing reparation mostly for damages In the south In connection with war depredations was killed for thia ver sion by the bouse committee on claims tr day which, after a sub committee Investi gation Indefinitely postponed action. It Is believed that about 100 Insurrectos were engaged. A detainment of Insurrectos waa seen after the fight with thirty-two raptured Mauser rifles. The battle lasted all of January 17 and 1 Colonel Dorantea advanced from ojinaga with reinforcements. He rlrrled about, avoiding the deadly paaa and en tered the mountains from the west. He discovered the Insurrectos and a continuous fight for two daya followed. Dorantea then retired Into the foothills and he Is now awaiting reinforcements. l.ast night another column of loo soldiers left Oilnaga for the relief of Dorantes. Several wounded Insurrectos and a num ber of wounded soldiers have been taken to San Juan. The , insurrectos had cared for the wounded soldiers, treating them with the same roiialdrratton shown their men. There are about suo soldiers and armed rltiiena of the government forces near OJtnaca and the Insurrectos have about Die same number In the dlatrluL ICLTV ENTERTAINS ! STATE fcUUrtS Delegation lo jutim un j v V. Hi ..1.. . c in ine City hc iu u vMOt i.us ! ivioihnu. ARE TO BE 1.. .lY 1REATLD j Visit to South Onn.iiA ctotk Yards Ihis 1 Moi'nins. DINNER AND Lr-rTION FOLLOW Then the Business itcn Will Get Busy at Night. IOWANS HAVE A GREAT DAY Hpei'lal PronrHtti I nrrlril Oof fur finest From the llnivkee tstr Miavt Delivers 1 11 terca I nu I .crt ore. Nebraska'. oinlr l.-Ki-lnt hi t will lir the gueat of Oinalia lodnv . The ilcleKiitlon. Ill strong, will arrive In the cltv nt in a m. I A busy dny lias been arrnnupd for the llnuulshed visitor Tlie Column cImI rlnh of iim.ilm. 'lie Com mercial club of South liiu.-ili.i and the Ijvnd show officials will Join In -iitertulnln-,' tin men who make the laus of thin rot, inn n wealth. I'pon the arrival of tin- ilrli-aiitlon Hi.. South Omaha club will take rhargr and pilot the members through the mysteries of the South Omaha stuck yards. Dinner will be served In Houlh Oinnhu. after which the visitors will he turned over to the Ijmd show entertanment committee. Tuesday afternoon will be devoted lo the visit to the Land show. The Otnnjia Commercial club opens Ita doora at p. m. for the entertainment of the visitors. A reception followed by a dinner has been . arranged by the Oaiahn business men. II lay I u 11 for lovvnns. ( Iowa day at the Land show was given emphasis by a special program lasl night. Maurice Connelly of Dubuque and . Prof. P. U. llolclen of Ames, the principal speak ers last tilglit. arrived Monday morning. Their shnre In the program was conrrrned largely with Iowa and the relation of the work of the lnri allow and development movement toward the Inlereat of the state. Prof. Thomaa Hhaw, expert In agricul ture for the Hill system, associate editor of the Dakota Farmer, arrived from St. Paul Monday morning. He will lecture' each day the remainder of the week. "The effects of the Land ahow ought to be frit In the statistics on food products." declared Trof. Shaw. "The agricultural development of the west Is one of the real steps toward a solution of the high coat of living problem. "In Oregon they have 10,000.000 acres of sagebrush that ought to be producing food. "I estimate that In the territory covered by the Land ahow here there Is a total area of not lesa than I'i.0n0.0ti0 acree yet to le made productive. That much land will produce a -great deal of food. AH that la required to make that land productive la scientific agriculture. The land will produce If it la treated right." Inrrraaed Winter Wheat Area. Prof. Phaw . Is striving to Increase tha area which ran be made to grow winter wheat. Hla methods have made It possible to grow winter wheat far Into the territory where It has been Impossible hitherto. There are several thousand arres of winter wheat within a few miles of Moorhead and . Fargo which give ocular demonstration of the success of hla methods. "It will ultimately be possible to grow winter wheat aa far up as the north bank of the Saskatchewan river," said Prof. Hhaw. "Winter wheat will mean a great deal In the northwest, too. Winter wheat will Increase the yield about 60 per cent. On my experimental projects we have been getting from twenty to forty bushels to the acre. 'The cultivation of winter wheat accom plished more than one purpose For one thing It helps to keep down the weeds and clean the land. Also It divides the time of crop sowing for the farmer. "There ia no question but that winter . wheat can be made to grow and give good yields In any part of the northwest if it la given the right kind of protection. It is but a question of getting it atarted. "Out at Cut Bank, Mont., we liave grown a twenty-bushel crop under dry farming methods where the total rainfall for tha year was but six Inches. This waa In the year between September 1. 190B, to Septem ber 1, 1110. During the growing season there waa but three and one-half Inchee of rain." Mllleaer Urtm trowels. Dr. F. H. Millener'a wirelesa telegraph and telephone demonstration on the atage of the Auditorium la one of the most at tractive of the dally featurea of tha show. The latest demonstration put on by Dr. MUlener la of the talking arc light. Tha talking are la an important part of the wirelesa telephone equipment. The arc light actually talks. The arc light repro duces words spoken Into a telephone trans mitter. At the same time the arc light generale wirelesa waves which travel in Infinite' circles In all directions like the waves (it a pond disturbed by a pebble. A series of arcs over tile atage of the Auditorium will show this function of the wireless phone lo the Land Show crowds. BICKI.UV ATT HA CIS ATTiv.TlU. Wonder Who the Ulatlnitnlaheal Uta. Ilemaa with the silk Tile Is. Clad in a tall silk hat and the other de tails vf drers necessary to his, eastern Idea of proper Sunday diets, L. W. Buckley, director of special day events at the Land Show, strode down Farnam street on his way to the Auditorium. "IMpe the Kink wid de tile," snickered a newsle. "Bet that'a Uuv. Aldrich." "Don't look like dat to me." je Joined an other. "Dat'B Bob Fltaslmmune. ley papa said he'd gone to farming t list's some farm layout he's wcartu" all right." "Youse all wrong.", chimed a third. "Thai's the leader of the Hawaiian orches tra." Mr. Buckley appealed at the Land Siiovv a few houra later wearing a common, plain, ordinary derby hat No. no, never attain will Director of Spe cial Events of the Western Land Products Exhibit Buckley wear a silk hat in Omaha. HAII.rtOtU M EN IIT THK SHOW 1'romliieat Officials to lie Here Tars- day to look (tier K.xhlblia. I Omaha will be host to a number of the I important railroad men of the west Tues I day. In conjunction with the Hallroad Da at the Laud show. A parly of officials of the Northwestern and of the Omaha road will be in Tuesday morning, K. 11. Aishhsjk,