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VOL. XI, -NO 1!'4.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING.
.JANCAKY
31. TWKIAK PAOIX
sin(,ki: rorv two cknts.
TARIFF UUAUD IS
FA YOKED IN HOUSE;
Movement to Strike Out Enacting)
Clause Eeieated. Two to One
Passa go Regarded Certain. i
DEMOCRATS SPLIT ON THE BILL!
" ;
Are Unable to Find One Man to Reju-
late Time.
PAYNE POKES FUN AT THEM
j ..
Champ Resents Little Joke by Repub -
jj ,
llCan Leader.
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V T.IJIB.K SPEAKS FOR MEASURE
n.iiu.ratlr l.rader Mara lie
W nl, i
1
Kitra XrMlon f rorr- Aaerrta
He lleslres Reciprocity with
titer Itepahllcs.
WAS1MNOTON, Jan. 30. Representative
ral7ell of Pennsylvania of the committee
en rulea presented In the l.o-"e late today
a special rule for the Immediate considera
tion of the bill providing for a permanent
tariff board of five members.
r.. .... ..,..,i of the rule Repre-I
sentatlvo Champ Tlsrk. leader of the demo-'
rratlc mlnorltv. declared amid applause
that he. was in favor of the tariff board as
provided In the. hill.
Representative Fitzgerald Indicated a spilt
In the demociatic ranks over the bill by
rising In opposition to ft. He accused
President Taf I , of an Illegal act In ap
pointing the existing board, declaring that
It was not authorised by law.
, v I
fleneral debate on the bill began a
o'clock and It was agreed that final action ;
would bo Uken on the measure before ad-
Journment tonight.
A test vote In the house at 7:4l p. m. on
a motion to strike out tho enacting clause
of the tariff board bill resulted In the de
feat of the motion on division by 1" to !5.
A yea and nay vote then was demanded. I
On the yea and nay vote the motion was :
defeated 1V4 to 92. This was regarded as
Insuring; the ultimate passage of the W J clInly Kriin(, Jurv investigation of vote
before adjournment tonight. ; traffic Inless one of the witnesses sum-
Drranrrata ltlffrr. ; ironed to appear late In the day sees fit to
C.eneral debate on the rule and aubse- remember more of the details of Illegal vot
quently on the bill Itself soon developed a In or enough Information Is gained to
decided difference of opinion on the demo- warrant the grand Jury at the regular
rratlc. aide, although the democratic mem- ' nlshtly conference tonight In believing the
here of thn ways and means committee had , hoped-for "breakdown" may come tntnor
voted with the republicans In reporting It. row. th eend of this part of the Invcstiga-
Rcpresentatlve Dalxell of Pennsylvania ! tion Is expected to come Friday,
and Chairman Payn of the ways and ' There are still some routine matters to
nieana committee explained
briefly the
provisions of the measure.
r.ome qurtuion aroo as 10 who mumm ir t
In charae of the democratic time during .
general debate-whether It should be a j
posed to It. ThlH set autn of the 'repub-
llesns to laughing. I
"1 hope," said Air. Payne, "that the
, gentlemen on tho other aid, whoever they 1
are. can get together on some gentleman 1
ji whom .it'. uksi.cantMiac.-;. .w - -
, . 'hamp t'lark, who already had Indicated I
that he favored the bill, was; on hbt feet
"
'A little more of that kind of 'gab' on
your side, he rotorteo notiy, ;-anu .jour
bill la dead."
"Kill It. kill It," shouted a dorrn demo
crats. It was finally agreed that Mr. Payne of
New York and Mr. Harrison of New York
should control the time, the latter In oppo
sition.
After Mr. Payne had earnestly urged the !
onssage of the bill. Mrv Clark took the i
Sour. . !
Mark Talks on Hill.
"For some time." he aald, "there has
been a proposition pending In the I'nited
Hates In a sort of nebulous way for a
tariff commission that Is. an Institution
Intended to undertake to fix rates. I was
opposed to that lust year and I am op
posed to that this year, because It Is
It I. t,ii..tir bo,.Ai,s. thn ennMittu -
ullotlc
tion of the I'nited 8tatea absolutely pre-
eludes such a performance. Ho much for
that.
"There Is pending here now a proposition
to establlbh a tuhff board that is to have
apeelfled function. These functions are to
gut her Information and collate It. Last
year the proposition concerning a similar
loard was that It should report to the
president of the I'nIUu States.
"I said then, and 1 voiced the sentiments
of a good many persons, that the demo
crats did not bbjeet to Information from
any source on tha tariff question or any
other question and that If you were going
to have a tariff board It oi.t,ht to report to
the house. I do not know that It would
do very much good. 1 do not believe It
would do very much harm. If any.
"Th proposition for a tariff board has
rin. If any.
been so amended ln thia pending bill that
th board shall reort to the senate or
report to the president, or report to the
house. x
"On the motion of democrats In the com
mittee It waa fixed that the house shall
be competent or able to direct the subjects
that this board shall Investigae. That
makes an entirely different situation. I
Noted for that bill In the committee. I am
going to vote for It here.
"Uf course there I no use to conceal
what the condition Is. We have got the
bouse after March 4 and we proiHisv to
carry out In good faith the promise to
revise the tariff and ue arc gulug to do It
ust as soon as we tun.
Wants Klra el,n
Personally I would like very well to j
se an titra c .lon of ( .iiim. but there'
la only one lua.t en the face of the taith j
who can call an c.,a seie-lon of congi cw
and that Is the president. If the evening
pa wra are to be believed he Is goin to
call an rxtru -.-anion um. us In. kci hla
ItrciiHToclty scheme, through this congress.
"He has adopted one inure democratic
principle. Give him time enough and he
will adopt them ull. While h 1.- urgin a
reciprocity treaty wtlh
am iieaitib In feor o)
( 'anada,
that. I
and i
wish be
t. on!. I extend i:s CLicratlons so as to hit,
in our sIMei icpiibiU mi the bouth. erery
ne of them In the western henlephei e.
llcw
in- I ie the 'bipartisan' accurately.
Si li thins as u iijup-i. tl ai board Is aa
1...... ....... ii. .. ... .... ... i ..i.i. - ... .,
"u""1 " i - ou
Hx It so thurv would ho three democrat
and two republicans on that board at once.
hi.l that we miim-l have; Lot on the 4tu
"I March. ISP.3. we can tit t-rce democrats
to voill- lh.', rwiuoll. .n. lil that I. lh'
this board will then M..I..I.
"If the presldint will apin.m five of the .
Ust n-rn he can find 1 think It will be I
ai.ie lo collate much Information. Hut l'
aul this lindoisiandli.g. that if he ap-1
'Conilnurd on Second Pa;a. )
'Labor Contempt
Case Argued Before
the Supreme Court
Alton B- Contends that Evi-
dence Does Not Show Any Viola
tion of Court's Order.
WAS!N(:TON.7.Wpiir. of ,,,.
Ing each othir. hut forced by the law to
continue, the iiueks stove and itange com-
I any of St. I.011I and the American reo
' eratlon of Labor presented an unusual
spectacle tixlay In the supreme court of the
rnUen s.,.es.
i kncielca once. h" ' "nda at present, the
. dir-t . m to right to the
end the charges I T- - ntempt of court
(brought during t V ; of a labor war
y the cororatlor i r t the officials of
the union. On the : .e of the peculiar
! equation w III dcpcrl
ur Samuel Uom
dcratlon. must
Mitchell, vice
pors. president of .
iM.ml b venr In I141 -
I president, nine monl Frank Morrl-
son, secretary, six rr. r-
I Just before court aii " last week tho
original contest betwi i company and
the federation hid conic to a close by the
court ascertaining that the latter was no
longer boycotting the former.
' Alton B. Parker addressed tha court In
: behalf of the men now tinuer sentence for '
. contempt
The attorney declared that no
' v,rtVn(-' Presented to the court below ;
t I'""" that the American Federation!!,
h official organ of the American Fcdera-
on or t.abor, containing the name or the :
Pucks Stove an I Range company on the
"We Don't I'alroniie list.'" had been dis
tributed In violation of the injunction.
J. J. I'arllngton spoke in opposition to
the position taken by Mr. Parker.
Danville Grand Jury
Waiting for Break
Inquisitors Hope that Some Witness
Summoned in Bribery Case Will
Be Able to Remember.
DANV1LLK. til.. Jan. 30.-Thi Is the
ri x' np n-r" fin V rif tha Vfrml I linn
be looked over and this will require two or
! three days. The Investigators will then
hiok over couiuy inin:riy ana anjogrn untu I
the day before the spring election, this
being Judge E. It. K. Kimbrough'a plan for !
SiM uUer Charles Adkins of tho Illinois
leulsluture spent Sunday here looking up
the matter for the corrupt practices act to
be passed by thia session of the legislature,
1 ..
p nt1f rt ' A tqti o cj let "" y
X U.JJ. but Xll Uildo lo
, et .
on Anxious Seat
Town on Straits of Magellan that De
pends Largely on Ocean Traffic
Fears Effect of Canal.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Anxiety Is be
ing felt at Punla Arenas. Chile, the south
ernmost city In the world, over the possi
ble tflects of 'he opening of the Panama
canal on traffic through the straits of
Magellan, according to United States Com
mercial Agent John M. Turner, who has !
1 been louring Chile and Peru. All vessels
j passing between the east and west have
been accustomed to stop at Punta Arenas
to coal. The town, which has a population
of lift), paved streets, large stores and
many public Improvements, has thrived
particularly as a result of the ocean traffic
I wl'i. h may be diverted to the canal. Mr.
j Turner attributes the friendly sentiment In
Peru toward the I'nited States to the com
paratively large Investment of American
capital In that country and to the number
10. Aineralcns residing there.
NO ELECTION IN COLORADO
Democrats Arc utlna for Miie Can
didates nnd Hrpablirans
for Five.
rENVKIt. Jan 30. tine feature of Inter
est marked today's ballot for I'nited States
senator. Senator llecker of Denver, who
lins been voting for Ppeer, changing his
vote to Adams. No election resulted from
the ballot, which was as follows:
1 Democrats Adams. Martin, 2; M
j Democrats-Adams. Martin, z; Mau-
' P'n. 1; O Donnell. 3; Sliafroth. 1; tpeer, 2H;
alor, I; Thomas. 5: Ward, 5.
Heiniblicni.s Dawson. 1; McCreary, 1;
Northcutt. 1; Vaile. 1: Gowdy, J7
Neceseary to choice, tl.
NATIONAL CORN SHOW OPENS
l.inrmor llarmou Will Make Formal
Address of Welcome at Kserrlsrs
This KvrnliiK.
COLI'MHl'S. O.. Jan. 3 The National
Corn show opened today at the exposition
ro:nria with a fair attendance. the
v.iathe- belnv- perfect. The official open
ing exercises will be held tonight at which
Governor Harmon and others will make
aildresres. Fight building hold the ex
hibits. The show will last two weeks and
President Tuft will make an address the
afternoon of February 10.
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: ID -1 I I frtA nT" VI 1 T1 Cf
i lJlfci JJi.ll. L11C OLI LlLLlllLl
I '
Pigeon,
Who designed the dove, tin: i mbletn of
piace.
i V It Wll-on
traffic officer at Slxie. nth
Fartiam stret. wants to knew He
i. ,,.. ., k
waa af suited Monday afternoon by
Irate piKein whilf in line ef duty.
1 ' I'.lb I'.ill." the sirutilns cock plgeun.
jround
... .. ...
iiu.u no ine ci:iei us u;a ui.e iruunu
about the time tu t orrictr Wtl.on v.as as-
' rKr.td there as in first traffic officer of
tiu elty. llton. ln fact, was the man'
who took upon himself the duty of giving,
the bird his name. '
the on h for ve.r. I,n -i
Icon of mascot at ixt.nth and Farnam I
smets. "Hill" ha i-ewral more lives than
cat. Th.- tick of traffic at the. rush
hours n!wa has found the bird at his
busiest, parading about the iros-mg aln-
glorloualy purttd up and crooning.
The policeman in
Ins own gt title and
VOLCANO CAUSES
BIG LOSSOF LIFE
Eruption of Mt. Taal Reported to
Hare Destroyed Three Hundred
Natives in Vicinity.
FIRES CLAIM MANY PERSONS
All Towns Near Manila Suffer More
or Less Damage.
PEOPLE SEEK HILLS FOR SAFETY
Island Sinks Five Feet and Water
Sweeps Shores.
FIVE VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED
fcraptlon, Which lomlili Largely of
Ikowrn of Mot Mod, la Accom
panied by Have Tidal
Wur,
DI'I.I.KTIX.
MANILA. Jan. SO An American school
teacher, who lias traversed the west shore
of Lake Taal. telegraphs that five small
villages were destroyed by the tidal wava
and that not lpa than 200 iirntift have
been km i h.t .-1..1..L.- m. w.r.
burned In fires started bv molten masses.
A constabulary relief detachment reports
twelve persons were drowned and one killed
b lightning at Tallsay and that three per
sons were drowned at I.emery. The gov
ernment Is hurrying; a relief train to the
scene.
MANILA. Jan. .10. Twenty natives were
drowned In the tidal wave that accom
panied the volcanic outbreak of Mount
Taal, according to reports received by the
local papers.
All ol the towns within a radius of
twenty miles were more or less damaged
by the sh wer of mud and stones.
The eruptions continued today. The sky
was cloudless and there was no wind, but
the muddy rain fell steadily. Tho natives
have abandonee their village homes In the
vicinity of Lake Taal and sought refuge In
the hills.
HUes In Center of Lake.
Mount Taal rlaes In the center of Lake
Taal. a body of water not more than fif
teen miles In circumference. It Is thirty
four miles from this city, from which
dense clouds of smoke rising from the
crater are plainly visible.
The observatory authorities believe that
Manila Is In no danger, but there Is some
alarm among the natives, who recall the
destruction caused by Mount Mayon, the
other volcuno of Luson, In 1W7. 80 far,
1 however, Mayon has shown no threatening
' disturbance.
1 n
... ' l',cnc,
V"l ?. violent eruption
" 1 inn vuiumiu lHiana
apiared to sing five feet and the waters
of the lake rising, swept the shorts a mile
Inland, carrying away the bamboo shacks
and catching a wore of natives. Others
riving; In the vicinity had taken warning
and fled at the first rumblings of the
volcano. Th-' towns Of Taal, Lomory and
Pallt-ay seem to have suffered most.
History of Volcano. '
Mount Taal rlsea 1,060 feet from the
center of Lake Taal, province of Batangas,
Lnton. It Is the second volcano In Im
portance In Luson and haa experienced
eight , violent disturbances preceding the
presnt One since 1709. It has been more
or leas active from time Immemorial.
Its most destructive eruptions occurred in
1754. and continued for a period of six
months, causing much loss of life and
enormous destruction of property. There
were lesa serious outbreaks In 1S08 and
1873,
In 1769 Mount Mayon was In eruption for
two months, destroying the towns of Cag
saua. and Mallpao, together with several
villages. In 1814 It burst forth again, de
stroying five tewns. ' Another eruption
occurred In Many, 1897. when 400 persons
lost their lUes. The latest outbreak, less
severe, was In March, 19UU.
IOWA DEADLOCK UNCHANGED
Democrat Consider Scattering- Their
Votes Anion a Republican
Progressives.
DE3 MOINES, la. Jan. SO-Th day'a
vote on I'nited States senator In the leg
islature was as follows:
Kenyon. 38; Young. 32; Funk, 21; Porter
Idem.). 28: Absent, 28.
Necessary to elect 65.
Democrats In the Iowa legislature are
planning a caucus tonight to determine
whether to cast their votes for I'nited
States senator for various democratic lead
era or whether to scatter them among the
republicans so as to confuse the latter.
Heretofore the democratic vote has gone
lo Claude K. Porter, who today requested
that other democrats be given a compli
mentary ballot. There Is no indication of
a break In the senatorial deadlock today.
MURDER NEAR FORT PIERRE
Homesteader Named Miles Is Shot la
the Back Throouh Window
of Cabin.
PIKP.RF. S. D.. Jan. 30.-A homesteader
named Miles was found murdered In his
cabin, five miles from Fort Pierre, last
night. He had been shot In the back, the
asrassin firing through a window. a
neighbor who la missing is being sought by
the authorities.
Assaults Officer
i (Mpiomatic way never disputed with the
i P'seou. ne ann.,1 lias taken a guaiUlan'si
" ,e ,!l 1,1 ,nw ""rt " hilc oln,?'' I'ions
' 11,1 lr-B'c death among the
b,Ui"1' automobiles and evuriying im-Uvs-
iiiaiis at the street corner "UiH" alwajs
made his uay with grave uiioncern in
io!ity. .i,,lit has ever found him the boes
' "
. . m ....
oost 'ur up in the cornices of Hi
Omaha Xatluial pack building.
Monday afternooi, the brak came. Offl-
-nauierieniiy Mepped on Bill's
lU" A e" -'d ul'''- 'uld have
' ": '"' W' "Hi. who lias
been Ladl.. Bp ,l. d and long overfed.
lie fie into the astounded officer's face
and beat him over the bridge of the nose
with a powerful wink- I
Wiison saved himself from the bird afier
a struggle and much clubbing Now all
beta are off, Liill haa lost his friend,
From the Cleveland Plain Healer.
M'CURDY ALIGHTS IN THE SEA
Aviator Unable to Finish Trip from
Key West to Havana..
FINE START, MADE IN STILL ALU
When Wlthla Thirty Miles of C nlian
Coast Hla Supply of l.abrleatlns;
Oil ;lvr tint Picked ls
hy n Boat.
HAVANA. Jan. 30. Within ten miles of
the Cuban coast and bur a short distance
farther from his goal, the Camp Columbia
aviation field. J. A. D. McCurdy. the
Canadian aviator, ran out of lubricating oil
today and was compelled to abandon a
magnificent flight from Key AYest, Fla.
When he saw that he could not quite
reach the port. McCurdy alighted on th
waters and the pontoons with which It
was equipped floated the aeroplane until
the destroyer Paulding had overtaken the
erlal craft.
McCurdy and hla biplane were taken on
board.
At first It was thought the laviator could
make a new start front the fleck of the de
stroyer, but this proved Impracticable and
the Paulding brought', the outfit Into th
harbor.
McCurdy had .covered approlxmtealy
eighty mile when" he wj'-'oUllnod to de
scend, and though -he failed to meet the
requirements of the competition, ho accom
plished a feat unprecedented In cross seas
flying. Compared with the eighteen-mile
flight across the English channel, today's
performance stands out as far more re
markable. Sea and Air Calm,
KEY WEST, Kla Jan. iS. After a week
of nerve wracking anxiety, aviator J. A. D.
McCurdy. In a Curtlss biplane started on
hla much-heralded flight from Key West
to Havana at 7:32 o'clock thia morning.
At Key West a light breeze was blowing
and the sea was smooth. Similar reports
came by wireless from Havana and Mc
1 uroy, wnose iur.. ..u .,
. . , . 1.. 1 ., -
naustea i a ween 01 uiouo naiuiiA,
quickly decided to make the flight
Early this morning orders were Issued
to the government boats at Key West and
they Immediately took their positions ten
miles apart. When word came by wireless
from the torpedo boat destroyer Roe that 1
the boats were stationed, McCurdy got
ready to make the flight.
An order was Tosted to raise the Amer
i..n (lag to the top of the wireless mast
as a signal that the weather conditions
were such aa to permit the flight. At 6:49
a m. there was not enough wind to move
"he flag.
While the last details were being looked no i rials today "was demonntraied by the
after McCurdy etood calmly smoking a j 'act that there were forty-three absentees,
pipe At 0:45 a. m., the machine waa rolled j Governor Dlx today declared that he had
n to place and five minutes after the big ! talked with none of the leaders regarding
steam whistle at the Ice factory woke up ' the senatorahlp situation since he went to
the town with a tremendous blast. It Is Thompson last Sunday. A handful of up
estimated that fully 10.000 people saw theiatate legislator who have been voting for
start. McCurdy took his place In the ma- ' Sheehan said today that if the deadlock
chine an assistant oiled the propeller and j held until Wednesday they expected to
then gave It a number of whirls.
Four men held the machine while Mc
Curdy tested his motor by starting and
stopping It. The motor was started and
the machine was off at a fast rait. l ran
nearly 500 feet and then raised In the air
towards the east.
McCurdy circled the harbor at an eleva
tion of 500 feet. He made a second circuit
at an elevation of 1.000 feet and at 7:33
o'clock the flag dropped and McCurdy
crossed the line over the wlrelese station,
going at the rate of nearly sixty miles an
hour. In ten minutes he waa out of sight
over San Key, ten miles away.
Hefore starting McCurdy put on a life
buoy and carefully Inspected the pontoons
which has been attached to the machine to
keep It afloat In case he had to descend
I to the water
I Hundred and Twrlie Miles
HAVANA, Cuba. Jan. S0.-A11 Havana
and the surrounding country for many
...
(Continued on Sectnd Page.)
With thc Automo
bile Show nearly
here, interest in
automobilesis at its
height.
Besides pushing their 1910 mod
els, dealers are making some at
tractive offerings in used machines
Oil the first want ad itae
totlav, under the classification
'AUTOMOMLES," is a larpe
list of bargains offered by
. Omaha and Council liluffs
dealers.
Have ou read the want ads to
day T
A Game of Giveaway,
It's your move, John!"
Sign Torn Loose
by Wind Falls
Upon Shoppers
Two Men and a Girl Killed and Sev
eral Hurt by Unusual Accident
in Philadelphia. v
PHILADELPHIA. Pa" Jan. 30. -Death
stepped down on a crowd of shoppers In
busy Market street today when a big
street metal sign waa blown from a high
roof and fell among them, killing two
men and a girl. A half dosen other per
sons were Injured, several seriously.
The dead:
JOHN KLLIS. Philadelphia.
HKNRT HAHN.. Philadelphia.
MISS HL'TH SKYBOLD. Philadelphia.
The sign waa about twenty feet wide and
ten feet high and stood on the roof of a
!lour gtory bunding ln the h.art of thc re.
tall shopping district. It was wrenched
from its fastenings by the high wind.
Eleventh Ballot
Taken hr New York
It is Without Result and-There -is
Much Indefinite Talk About
Compromise.
ALBANY. N. Y., Jan. 30,-Leglslators
who returned today for the eleventh ballot
on United States senator found leas ap
parent prospect of a break ln the dead
lock than when they went home at the
beginning of the three-day truce last Fri
day. The fact that Charlea F. Murphy and
Wlll'am F. heehan arrived from New
York last night together and apparently on
the best of terms, had a' discouraging ef
fect on the report that the Tammany
leader was preparing to desert the cundi-
date. Nothing that Mr. . Murphy or Mr.
Sheehan said could be construed to sup
port this supposition.
Talk of "compromise candidates" con
tinued, the latest name to receive atten
tion being that of Justice Victor Dowlins
of New York.
The eleventh ballot follows:
Democrats: Kheehan, 07; Khepard, 10;
.. 9 nlvnn 1 1 1 1 In..... 4. , V 11 I
. ....w.., ,
- Van Santvoord, 2; Parker. 1; Taylor, 1;
w""'n Sulson' Kepubncana: Depew,
T' vot cttBt-
i That the New York democrats anticipated
send a delegation 4o the government to
point out their conviction that Mr.
Bheehan'a election waa Impossible and ask
him to Interfere for the good of the
party."
GRANT BACK FROM PORTO RICO
General Speaks la Highest Terms of
Efficiency of the Native
Hea-lmeata.
NEW YORK, Jan. SO.-MaJor General
Frederick D. Grant, U. 8. A., who re
turned today on the steamer Coamo, from
a trip to Porto Klca. had nothing but
j Prtt,se ' ,r , V . ..
""ted ,Prto Rlc ,n 1 ne of, d,Utf'
! Porto Rh an regiment. I have nothing but
'. Praise ror mem, wiry ...... mi. .n....
I al,le soldiers, excellent In field work and
l discipline.
Big Anti-Japanese Riot on
Broadway Causes Uproar
j NEW YORK. Jan. 29 A thousand men
land women marching down liroadway to
' nltht behind a largo anarchistic banner
I t-iought out the police reserves, w hose
I forcible arrest of the alleged leadera caused
i a small riot
followed a meeting in
i i ne "
.... ....... it i ff. .1 1.-.U .l u iiirllm. In a
I Kaat bide hall at which speakers had de -
'uounced the execution In Toklo last week
of a dosen persons cn.ii.jeu wuu plotting
'against the Mfe of Japans emperor. It is
alleged the irowd was .ut.cliing on to the
Japanese consulate to make a further dem
onstration there, when Policeman Hellly
Mgrued the crowd rounding Into liroadway.
According to the officer, the parailura
filled the street for two blocks back, bear
ing a big red flag in their tanks. Men
Hid women fta the outside rank wr
KINKAID WILL HOLD THE FORT
Sixth District Congressman Says Post
at Crawford Not in Danger.
THINKS TOWN WILL GET RELIEF
Timber Lake Likely to Ciet Land Of
fice After Aberdeen t ox Is Pout,
master at Howe Brown
to speak,
iFTom a 8taff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-tSpeelat Tele
gram.) Congressman Klnkaid said today
that some of the reports concerning the
action of the military committee on the
bills Introduced by Senator Brown and
himself to appropriate $25,000 to the city
of Crawford to help construct a new water
works system In order to avoid pollution
of the water by sewage from Fort Itohlnson
were much exaggerated. Judge Klnkaid
said he had advocated the appropriation
before the committee and not at all to a
single member of thc committee outside of
the committee room; that he did not "rush
to the committee room" on hearing of the
adverse deci.d.m and promise to desist
pressing the appropriation further to pre
vent the abandonment of the post, aa al
leged In some of the accounts; that . he
did not go td the committee room,' and (hat
the committee had adjourned before he
learned of the decision.
As a piatter of course the congressman
regarded the proposal of the committee to
discontinue the post as facetiously made,
as at almost every presentation he had
made of the different bills ho lias had
panned affecting Fort Itoblnson and Fort
Niobrara some member of the committee
has bantered him with the question whether
the garrison - In question had better not
be abandoned, yet the committee has never
taken any such action as to any military
post In the United .States during his entire
service. He called attention to the fact
that under the Koosevclt administration it
had been settled that Fort Koblnson should
be a permanent' post and that about 7lK).000
had been expended upon improvements of
a permanent character since that time.
Klnkaid Maya Clear Case.
Congressman Klnkaid had no apology to
make for advocating the appropriations; It
is so clear a case against thc government
that if it were a private Individual instead
of the government that had polluted the
water, redress would already have men se
cured In the courts both by Injunction and
by recovery of damages sustained. He is
satisfied justice will be secured either
through congress or by legal proceedings
and that ho has been advised by the city
attorney of Ciawlord, J. K. Porter, that
legal proceedings will shortly be brought
to protect the city from the post aewage.
Thc bill for this appropriation was rec-
ominended by the army officers on the
ground and later sanctioned by the secre
tary of war as an economic measure fur
the government, they recognizing the tact
that It would cost much mure to eliminate
the nuisance by septic tanks ur by exten
sion of the aewerage system, which It Is the
duty of the government to do, than It will
to extend the city water system above the
fort sewerage, which Is the purinise of this
appropriation, the government to pay one
half and the city the other half.
Heuiovul uf Aberdeen.
The matter of the removal of the United
States land office from Aberdeen, S. D.,
which was heard before the department on
Wednesday uf last week, will be disposed
of by Thursday of the present week and
action taken thereon. It cannot be learned
what the action of the department may
be, but it louka likely that the office will
be locatid west of the river at a point
adjacent to the lands at either Isabel or
limner i.aKe. as limner Lake la a gov-i
eminent tow unite and the points are not
(Continued on Page Two.)
handing out circulars in Italian and Km
man to the onlookers and the paradeis
seemed to vie lo oialo one another n
slioultlng. "Kill the Japanese," lould be
plainly heard. ,
The lone officer stepped In the path of
the approaching mass and demand-l if
n I . . . .
iney nau a Pel lint to parade A . i. ...
1 ,he Vais bearer tclf,oU ,. re(J ,jn
. another man and bolted through the , iwd
Hellly Was alter him and finally
the fugitive ln the hallway of an office
building.
The Hag bearer gave hi name as Henja
inin Welnsteln, a HuUn tailor of Jirook
lsn. The crowd on amp i lotous when they
learned of his ispture and threatened the
IKilice. who had now arrived fr(-e. One
woman who sought to s:,aich Welristein
away from Hie officer waa arrested.
CONSTITUTION TO
STAY UNCHANGED
Nebraska Senate Votes Down Proposi
tion for Convention to Change
Fundamental Law of State.
LAWYERS ARE STRONG FOR MOVE
Vote on Question Defeated, Eighteen
to Fourteen.
VOLP HAS RAISE IN PAY IN MIND
Has Bill that Would Give Senators
Thousand Dollars.
C0LT0N 0PF0SED TO RECIPROCITY
1 ork loan!)- Iteoubllran Member In
trodoce Heolatln laatrvcttnar
rbinka Itelruatlou on This
Matter Mot 4eted t'poa.
(Prom a Utaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. 3. Special. )-The seiiat"
decided against a constitutional convention
this afternoon by a vote of IS to 14. when
S. V. 18. Introduced hy Kemp of Merrick,
came up In committee o fthe whole. Tho
question brought out more long speeches
and earnest argument than has been
aroused by any question yet before the
senate, and seemed to be very largely a
discussion between laywers and the laity
The lawyers, led by Kemp, the author of
the bill, thirteen strong, with all the aria
of Jury persuasion, fried to get for them
selves a chance to tinker with the Nebraska
fundamental law, but they were short one
of their own number. Bron of Ijiacaslor,
and were able to win over but two re
cruit.". When th chill was brought up in commit
tee of the whole Kemp reviewed Hie his
tory of the present constitution, allowing
how It had been drawn for a sipulatlon of
much lesa extent than the present popula
tion of Nebraska. Bklles averred that
amendments . would patch It up aa effi
caciously as any convention could do. Ken
ator Albert declared that there Is a strong
sentiment among the rural cltiicns of the
state for a new fundamental law, In which
he waa backed In tho remarks of Senators
Hoagland, Jnnsen, who spoke an a farmer
and not as a lawyer; Cordcal and Tlbbels.
Bclleck and Placek lawyers forsook the
cause and spoke against it and llartos took
the chance to remark that If the overwork
ing of the governor was one thing that
the gentlemen wished to remedy ther was
no cause for alarm as he ha plenty of
time to write extra messages.
Senator Ollls stated his belief that It
would give corporate Interests a chanoe to
change the law by corrupting the conven
tion. The senate will tomorrow take up the
Initiative and referendum bill, which Is to
be made a special order In tho house for
Wednesday.
olpp Wonld Pay Solons More,
Among the new bills that were brought
uuUiihs upper liouso la the surprising one
from Senator Volpp, which pYvlfl for a
complete reorganisation with a salary of
$1,000 for senators and representatives and
a four-year term to members of the senate. '
This bill is senate file 147 and can be ex
pected to produce some excitement later
on unless an economic spirited committee
pigeonholes 11.
The senate passed a resolution thanking
thc citizens of Omaha and South Onuiia
for the entertainment offorded on the re
cent trip to the stock yards and the Land
show and decided to at end t lie lecture to
be given ln Representative hall Tuesday
morning by Daniel Chester French, the
sculptor who la In Lincoln to finish ar
rangements for thc statute of Abraham
Lincoln, which la to be placed on the elate
house grounds.
The debates in the house committee of
the whole were not so long nor so con
centrated os the one discussion in t sen
ate, but the bill introduced by I .eld Ik h of
otoe for the purpose of preventing cross
country travelers from making long stops
ln any one place brough out aome opposi
tion. It was explained aa a measure to
prevent the Infesting of neighborhoods by
gypsies and such folk and will prohalv
pass. The Hatfield board of control bill
calling for the appointment of a board
to care for neglected and dependent chil
dren was amended and discussed and fin
ally recommended for passage.
Several resolutions were ottered against
the bill which has been Introduced to
prohibit gift schemes and trading stamps.
J whether carried on h.v church societies or
commercial companies.
Nrnnte Nulurlea Are Bellied.
Throe committees of the senate, the
special committee on salary Increases, the
accounts and expenditures committee and
the employes' committee, nut this after
noon and settled the troubled question ol'
employes salaries. The stenographers,
whose pay is not fixed by the statutes,
will get $4 a day and no overtime. Sev
eral minor employes, whose wages aie
not Included, will be raised in a rlmlla,
manner, but the sergeunl-at-arins. bill
clerks and such ctficials whose wage 4
have been fixed by law, must be content
with their 'i a day. The pages are de
nied their lucreabc to J-'i, but will (jet their
tegular fl.fiO with M cnts a day overtime,
making their pay fj a day,
Calloia Opposes licriprocll
Col ton of York, a republl-aii In the house.
Introduced a resolution urging thai the
legislature let Nebraska's representatives
In congress know that Its members are op
posed to the pioposed flee tariff regula
tions between Canada mid the I luted
Slates, whereby the cheap farm land;!
would be placed in direct ' .impel il ion with
thc higher priced farm hind of our own
middle west."
The icholutlon was laid uur for liiu
Moeiall. n at tomorrow' a .strsloiiH.
A I. II Kit 'I'
iti; ti:h ii. ii lin t.
I'lnte I nunt) ennlor Introducer
Duiillhot Meusiire ill Nf H I'orm.
i From a !-'taff Correspondent .i
LINCOLN. Jan. SI. i Special. I The rela
tion and lilM'iission that was uroiid In
Omaha two ciur aKo over th" bill Intro
duced by Ixinalioe of Holt, providing for
thc regulation of all public service corpora
tions by the State Hallway comnili sin. wt'.l
not be rep u'.ei. this schmIi n btiauc Omaha
as a city of t tl metropolitan class Is ex
eluded from Its action. Senator Albert of
Platte county, author of the bill, modelled
It very closely upon the bill cf last Hem-Ion
by Senator lionahoe of II. ill. but excluded
Omaha. Senator .li..it sua of bis bill:
"It Is dclanol to Intel fi re with the oil
laKinK of the xinaller cities In the state,
which are suffering from the petty public
sen ice corjMiralU'ns. Thore who are op
poking the bill are lua.le op almost rnllnl
of two cla-s. fi. iii,ii who are spokesiut ri fur
these corporations, aid those who Join tiw