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MILKOADS LOSE
BOTII KATE CASES
Interstate Commerce Commission Dii
pproTes Proposed Advances Aggre
gating $27,000,000 Per Year.
INCLUDES WESTERN COMMODITIES
Tariffs of Southwestern Roads Are
Reduced on Lower Classes.
KUST BE CANCELLED MARCH 10 1
Will Suspend Raises by Formal Older
if Companies Disobey.
INCREASED REVENUES NEEDED
CbImIi ttarrlri torn Railroads
Meed Larger Income Carriers
Make Pewerfal Plea la Weal
t 51s Avail.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23-The Interstate
Commerce commission has decided against
tha railroads .In both the "eastern" and
the "western" iaar. The decision was
handed down late this afternoon.
I'ropnwl advances In clsss freight rates
In official damnification territory, aggre
gating anions; all the railways In the terri
tory approximately S-7.OO.0W) a year, were
disapproved by the commission.
In the cae Involving the Increases by
the railroads in western trunk line terri
tory the commission also declined to ap
prove the proponed advances In commodity
rates.
The rarriera In both cases are required
to camel on or before March 10 their ad
vanced tariff and restore their former
rates, which are the rates now In effect.
If this tequlremenl be not compiled with
the comrnlatiton will Issue a formal order
suspending the proposed advances and put
ting Into effect the existing rates for at
least twg years
oof arresters Rates Changred.
In the case of- the railroad commission
of Texas against the Atchison, Topeka
Hunta He railway and other carriers known
popularly aa the southwestern rate rase,
the commission declined to disturb the
commodity rates or tha flrst-clasa rates
complained of. The defendanta are ordered
to reduce the second clasa ratea, which
were Increased from $1.21 to 11. 2S. to 11.28.
In the remaining classes the defendants
are required to restore the ratea In effect
before the Increased ratea ware published.
This la tha disposition made by the Inter
state Commerce) commission of the most
Important caaea ever brought to Ita atten
tion. In a sense the decisions were In tha
nature of a aurprlHe to railroad officials
and other experts who had followed cloaely
the proceedings, a majority of whom be
lieved tha commission would grant aome
increases to the western lines, if not to the
astern.
Mora Ree-erano deeded.
Tiie commission concede that tn the
case of aome of the roade Increased revenue.
In needed. In the eastern casta, the com
mission was embarrassed by the admitted
fact that aeveral of the lines In the terri
tory were paying good' dividends upon ex
isting rates, while other carriers In the
same territory were barely able to make
both ends meet a few of them scarcely
mora.
In the western case the carriers entered
a powerful plea for Increased revenue in
order that they might have additional
money to put Into Improvements and bet
terments, which would enable them to
handle with greater facility the constantly
Increasing traffic of tha country.
The ' same argument was advanced In
support of the proposed advances In of
ficial classification territory, but Commls
aloner Frouty. who wrote the opinion In
tha eastern case, aaya:
"This argument does not appeal to ua.
We doubt the practical difficulty aug
gested that of obtaining by loan auflclent
money to finance tha roads) and were It
true, that It la not apparent that the gen
eral public ahould stand responsible for
the .mistakes which have been made in
financing these railroad systems."
. History ef Cases.
1 ' Roth the eastern and western cases were
brought to public attention In the spring
of 1910. Just prior to the enactment of
the existing Interstate commerce law,
which. In part, became effective on June
18. 1910. the railways of official classifica
tion territory forty-one In all and those
of Western Trunk Uni association terrl-,
lory filed with the commission tariffs'
making Increases In their freight rates.
The tariffa filed by the eaalern lines In
creased the first clasa rate between New
Terk and Chicago points 16 cents a hun
dred pound, from To centa to 0 cents;
and made proportional advances on the
other five claaiea. Borne advances also
were made on commodity rates, but the
great bulk of the commodity tonnage of
freight was not disturbed.
The proposed advances affected approxi
mately It per cent of the total freight ton
nage. Approximately the same amount of
tonnage waa affected by the Increasea
v proposed by the western lines, but the
olasa rates were not affected In any way.
Commodltlea alone were Increased, the
average advance on about 10 different
artlclea be In substantially IS per cent, tha
Increase varying from about 4 per cent
In some cases to Bo per cent In others.
Abbott Starts West
for Contract Lettings
Assistant Commissioner Will Coma to
Omaha for Sale to.Be Held
April Eleventh.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3-Asaitant Com
anlssioner K. H. Abbott of the bureau of
laJian affairs left tor the west oday. He
Will assume charge of tin letting of con
tracts for supplies for Indian bervlce. tne
af which l!l be held at Chicago In March
and tha other at Omaha on April 11 He
will alto look into conditions tn a numt.tr
f tnd'an reeervatlons In Colorado, Utah
ad other states.
CHINESE VILLAGE IS
DEPOPULATED 8Y PLAGUE
All luhahllaala of sasall Tew a i
Harbin Are ! Dead frana
Drena Disease.
tT. PF.TEFISBCIUI. eb 21 A telsgram
from Harbin reports (he grewaome dis
covery of a Chinese village near there, in
which Ike entire population was dead from
tae plague. Manj bodies lay In the open air
4 wsre covered with eaow
Derelict Warship
Ashore on Rocks
Off Scilly Islands
Condemned French Cruiser Which
Broke Away from Tujs Two
Weeks Ago Finds Port.
IAJNOON. Feb. la-The old French war
ship Richelieu, which for a fortnight had
been drifting about, a derelict dangerou
to navigation, found port today on the
rocks off the ricllly Islands. The craftwas
sighted by the life saving crews, who first
thought that a transatlantic liner had gone
ashore, but hen a lifeboat reached the
acene f-he crew recognized the French
fighter.
The Richelieu was being towed to Hol
land, where It was to Have ben broken
up, when, two weeks ago. In a gsle It tore
loose from the ttias. A few days ago It
was repotted as sighted In the track of
transatlantic liners, 1X mllea west of
Qiieenstoan. Some apprehension had been
felt In msrlne circles and the news that
the derelict was fast on the rocka off Scllly
Islnnds was welcomed by mariners here.
The vagrant craft struck on 5outh
Bishop Island. Yesterday the Rtesmer La
Provence, bound from New York for
Havre, reported by wireless that It had
sighted a derelict supposed to be the Rich
elieu in latitude 49.41. longitude 7.19, Just
west of the Hdlly Islands.
Hale Will Withdraw
Opposition to New
- Treaty with Japan
Secretary of State Knox Explains
Provisions of the Agreement to
Senator From Maine.
WASHINGTON, Keb. 23. Secretary of
State Knox today talked with Senator Hale
concerning the tariff feature of the new
Japanese treaty and as a result It was
stated that the latter would withdraw
his objections to ratification.
Anxious that the California legislature
shall take no action Inimical to the new
Japanese treaty, president Taft today tele
graphed to Governor Johnson asking him
to explain the arrangement to the legis
lature. The president In his message saye:
"The treaty and the assurances from
Japan as to the continuance of the re
cent agreement are exactly audi aa you
approved when the secretary of state and
I explained them to you." '
Representative Hayes of California had
read In the house the resolutions adopted
by the California legislature protesting
agalnat the new treaty. Mr. Hayes aaya
ho could not understand why the govern
ment had dropped the provision, regarding
a restriction of Immigration and declared
the new treaty ahould be amended In that
respect.
Joint Committee on :
Printing Sustained
Valley Paper Company's Suit for In
':. junction Helatite to Contract
with Government Dismissed. , !
WASHINGTON. Feb. .-,The congres
sional joint committee on printing la law
fully conducted, according to the opinion
rendered today by Justice Gould of the
district supreme court. In which he directs
the dismissal of a proceeding for Injunc
tion brought by the Valley Paper'company
of Holyoke-. Mass., to restrain the public
printer from making any purchases under
contracts approved by the committee aa at
present constituted.
The case was an outgrowth of the pro
ceeding for mandamus instituted by tha
Valley Paper company against the Joint
committee on printing to compel considera
tion of a bid to furnish paper for govern
ment use.
Delegate Wickersham
Attacks Mr. Mondell
Alaskan Strikes Wyoming Man Sev
eral Blowaand He Returns
Them.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Mr. Wfcker
sham, delegate In congress from Alaska,
late today attacked Representative Mondell
of Wyoming on the floor of the house dur
ing the discussion of a bill for the leasing
of coal lands In Alaaka.
After lulling Mr. ' Mondell a liar Mr.
Wickersham made a rush at him while be
waa aeated and struck him several blows.
The house waa In an uproar Jn an In
stant. Representative Olmsted, who was
In the speakers chair, called loudly for
the aergeant-at-arroa, but before he ar
rived a score or more of members had
baken hold of tha two men who were by
this time engaged in a lively fight. It
required six or seven men to separata the
combatanta.
MRS. SARAH ROOT IS DEAD
Sister f Mrs. William P. gweeser (
Omaha, Peases Awag nl
l.aranle.
I-ARAMIE. Wyo.. Feb. 21-(.Speclal Tele
gram.! Mi s. arah Root, sister of Mrs.
Willlem F. Sweeaey of Omaha and mother
of Mrs. Harriet Laccy and C. B. Moot
ot this city, died here thla afternoon. She
was bom In New Jersv in lecmher, 'JiTi,
and went with l.er husband and .two sons
to Omaha in IS.', where her daughter waa
born. One son. the late William Hoot,
wts tr.e man who la generally given the
credit for brtnglng Mill Ne to the atten
tion of the public through Hill Nye's news
paper, the Boomerang of this city. Mrs.
William Root H now manager of Root's
opera house snd the only active oman
billposter In the wo: Id. Interment will be
In the I-aranile cerr.otery.
Repays Four-Dollar Loan With
One Thousand Dollars Interest
NORTH PLATTK. Neb.. Feb 3. (Spe
cial.) Last PrpumUr a man who gave
hia name as l. J. (jmi'an. and bo stated
he was a 'theatrical an or. approached V.
T. Itcdniond.' tbe presiding officer of the
Knights of Columbus of thla city, and aald
that he was so financially embarrassed
that he would like Iw get a loaa uf . H
CALLS FOR PROBE
OF COFFEE TRUST
Congressman Norris of Nebraska
Startles Capital and New York by
Two Resolutions.
KNOW WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES
Asks if President and Attorney Gen
eral Have Investigated.
J. P. MORGAN & CO. IN THE DEAL
Said to .Have Arranged with 'Brazil
for Coffee Control.
AFFECTS STOCK MARKET QUICKLY
Representative Front Ike Fifth Ills
trlct nje Looked Into Matter
and Convinced chcme Fi
nanced Here.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3S.- Special Tele
giom.) Congressmen Oeorge W. Norris of
the Fifth Nebraska district introduced two
sweeping resolutions todiiy 111 the house
calling upon the State department and the
attorney, general to Inform congress what
can be done to relievo tho people of the
country from tho so-called coffwe trust,
which. Mr. Norrla alleges, is ao powerful
that no ordinary means will reach it. and
ths by reason of this ,-trust" the Cnlted
States is the chief victim ot its operations.
The resolutions assert the existence of
monopolistic control of the coffee market
by a Hiaxillan . producing interest, and
Americans and Europeans Interested with
them, and call upon the president rnd the
attorney general of the ITnlted States to
report whether any Investigation of the
matter has been Instituted by the govern
ment. The action was taken without re
mark and the resolutions went automatic
ally to committee.
Affect Coffee Market.
The resolutions attracted no attention In
the house, and Washington heard tonight
with considerable surprise that rumors of
their Introduction had In some degree af
fected the New York coffee tnurkot.
It is hardly likely that cither lommlttee
will report the resolutions at this late
day In tha session, but Mr, Norris, under
the existing suspension of tha rules, could
seek to have them taken up in the house
if, after a reasonable time, the committees
fall to act upon them.
Mr. Norris said he had. been looking Into
the subject for some time and that he hud
the namea of thoee who he said had en
tered Into the arrangement with BrasH for
the coffee control. J. P. Morgan Co. and
the City National and the First National
banks of New York City, he eald, con
stituted the American end of "the great
schema that has financed the deal.".
Ilia Capital Involved.
This Interest, Mr.( Norris said, involved
r5.'j00,0()0 of capital, ofwhlch SS.OOO.OOu each
was subscribed In London and France, 10,.
000.000 each In America and Germany and
i,0oe.000, tn Holland. , . .
Tha scheme, .a Mr.,'J."orriB outlined It,
was that tha state of Sao Paulo issue $23,
00O.0CO of 3 per cent bonds of which this
foreign syndicate took up.' Brazil guaran
teed these bonds and provided a surtax of
S fiancs a bag. which the agreement, pro
vided was to be remitted to these Interests
In the bond syndicate, and provided for a
committee of seven men, six of whom were
to be Selected by the financiers In the syn
dicate and one by the Brazilian government
itself, the committee to control the sale and
disposition of the coffee from Brasll.
POSTAGE Ht.SOt.l TIONS ARRIVE
Action
of Nebraska Kaene Trans
mitted to Senators.
From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. (Special Tele
gram.) The Nebraska senators today re
ceived copies of resolutions passed by the
postmasters' convention of Nebraska, urg
ing the adoption of the recommendation of
Postmaster General Hitchcock raising the
ratea of postage on second class matter,
and also recommending that all postmasters
be placed under the civil service.
Miss Blanche M. Kinaler and Miss
Moore of Omaha are alghtseelng In Wash
ington and are stopping at the Normandy.
Mlsa Hamilton, sister of Frank Hamilton
of Omaha. Is at the. Grafton and will spend
several days here.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Friend of Lincoln
are guests of Senator and Mrs. Burkett.
They will be In the city until Saturday.
Mrs. L. R. Tomerene of Lincoln Is paying
a visit to J. R. Webster. Bhe will be
here until early in March, when she will
go to Florida to aee her aon, who la at
tending V military academy in the south.
Mrs. Pomerena la a cousin of Senator-elect
Atlee Pomerene. in which home in Ohio
she recently was a guest.
Frank Harrison of Lincoln and his
brother. W. H. Harrison, of Grand Island,
are In 'the city. They arrived last night
and are to return west tomorrow.
Congressman Klnkald haa been III for ten
daye of grip, but Is slowly mending. His
correspondence has been unusually heavy
during this session, especially in matters
pertaining to Irrigation and homestead
lands snd the additional work, together
nith his Illness, haa taxed his strength.
Postmasters appointed are as follows:
Nebraska Deloit. Holt county. Grover C.
Matwn, vice K. 1 Shortt resigned.
South Dakota Ixvell. Meade county, Mrs.
Nellie ullnger. vice Nelle Haueaaler, mar
ried. Rural carriers appointed: Iowa routes
Henderson, route 1, Luther Clarke, car
rier; Charlie Wilds, substitute. . Osceola,
route . Edward Ktrlckler. carrier; Maud
Strlckler, substitute.
Canadian Pacific Grants Raise.
WINNIPKC. Manttoha. Feb. It.- As a re
sult of negotiations lasting six . weeks the
Canadian Pacific railway today announced
a aage increase to employes amounting to
over ll.OO.at'rt a year. The employes
principally affected are I he passenger and
freight conductors and brakemen.
from the order, la order that he might get
to Uiand Island to Join 4 traveling com
pany there. Hia request was honored and
nothing further was heard from him until
a few days ago wneo a draft waa received
by the order for 11.004. with a letter stat
ing that the borrower of the H returned
that with 1 000 In additloa. to be used fr
the'go4 of lt vider hia
. 'V
1 .. aask jm
vi Av AWW
a - x
IUI tm i II ,J Y i 1 ft
"As long as father's willing for you to have one, momsey, why not get a good one?"
From Tha Cleveland Plain Dealer.
WAITING FOR THE NEXT MOVE
Postmaster is Concealing the Worried
Look of Some Time Ago.
IILL0TS0N 13 HELD A HERO
Precedent In Case la ait New Orleans.
Where Postmaster Was Fired
and Carriers Given Their
Old Honlrs.
The postofftce still wears an air of ex
pectancy aa to what will be tho next step
growing out of the charges 'preferred by
Letter Carrier Tlllotaon agalnat Postmaster
Thomaa with the Crvll Service eommiselon.
The postmaster la succeeding better In con- ! cubs by cities and counties In which same
ceallng the worried look which was In evi-', are located, the city license being 1100 and
dence before, and la trying hard to show j tn county license $150. Under this lnw,
all the subordinates how much be , thinks i licensed Incorporated clubs may condu t
of them now.- , A ', twenty-five-round boula, the rounds lasting
There Is naturally a division of , opinion 1 no' longer than three minutes each, with
In postoffloe circles aa to what the out-! on'"mlnut" rests between. .
come will be. One of the carriers wh The Cheytpne Athletic club has already
puts great faith In Thomaa' ability to pull i Incorporated, and If Governor Carer doee
himaelf our a a 'hole ventures thee v. 1 rtt ..Veto, the .bilr- they- will . Immediately
marks: ' j stage some very Important bouts, It being
"The postmaster will come out ot thlsjthe Intention to bring the topnoichers of
all right. Just as he got way with theb aeveral divisions to thla city. ;
original protests against his , appointment
and with the complaints of Ma pernicious
political activity last fall. He boasts that
he la solid with all the postofftce Inspectors
and that when one cornea to town be Is
the first to hold out tha glad hand, and
alvaya sees them off at tha station.' This
effort to atand In with the inspectora has,
perhaps, led In part lo hla present trouble
so far as It arises from discrimination
against the old employes hore. Although
he had led all of ua 10 believe a promotion
would be made when the Ames avenue
station waa opened. Instead he went to
Lincoln and brought the postoffice mspec
tor located there over for this place. Jump -
lng every one In' the Omaha poetofflce torj
ai entire outsider. But the postmaster la j
a great one to mane promises uu w
vate those from whom he wants favors,
and that Is why I believe ha will persuade
those w ho put up the campaign pot to pro
tect him In expectation of atandlng In."
- Injures the Serlye.
Another carrier, likewise willing to talk
only on assurance of keeping "hla IdenUty
In confidence, decries the . explanation of
Postmaster Thomaa that the transfer of
TlUotson waa for tha good of the service,
and asaerts that the service Is Injured In
..h f helned by the arbitrary changing
round of carriera for peraonal and pol!tl-
t cal reasons lireapecllve of etnciency.
I "Any one with brains," lie declared.
ahould know full well that thia means
poor eervjee. The better the carrier be
comes acquainted with his route, and Ha
people, the better aervlce he can give. :
the people only knew tha way the mall is j
delayed they would rise In their might j
against this way of doing business.
"Jn aome caaee. but not very often, car
riera are taken off their routes, but It it
generally don only when there are com
plainta and reporta of- Inefficiency, and it
ia then dona for the good of the aervice.
But aa 1 understand in Tllloteon a case,
and In the other carrier, they were both
giving perfect satisfaction. Bert McMahlll,
the carrier who was forced to trade with
Tlllotson. Is a young man. and hla route
was made to conform to nla physical abil
ity to handle. On the other hand, "Dan"
Tillotson Is not only an old man iu the
service, but is it years old. ilia route,
according to (be policy of the departpient.
was made to conform with his physical
I ai.mtv ie handle it. and the act of Just
trading these two men from one route to
tContlnued on Second Page.)
Are your rooms
rented?
Arc they paying
you?
You can make them do It
The Bee ran turn them into ailver
doltarg for you.
I Call Tyler 1000 and tell the ad
taker all about it.
She will prepare a notice for you
that will bring; reaulfa. Sbe will tell
joj bow long to advertlae and how
to aave money on your advertising.
Pon t wait.
Don't healtste.
Everybody reada Bee want adg.
Tyler 1000.
At the Auto Show
Wyoming Legislature
Passes Bill to Permit
Prize Fighting
Cheyenne Club Will Stage Several Big
Boats if Measure is Signed by
Governor Carey.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 23. -(Special. )
Wyoming now legalizes boxing matches
where conducted bV Incorporated clubs,
carrying licenses Issued by the city and
county in which the club la located, the
nemt legislature having passed a law
which is now awaiting Governor Carey'a
approval, providing for the licensing of
Americans in Japan
Pass Resolutions
Meeting Held in Yokohama Refutes
- Reports that Sentiment is Hostile
to United States.
TOKJO. Feb. :2.-rWcdnesday-A meeting
of Americana resident In Japan was held
In Yokohama recently In the interest of
ne international peace movement. .Among
the business done was the adoption of a
resolution designed to refute the reports
mat pudiic sentiment in this country Is
hostile to the L'nlted states as follows: .
"Resolved. That. In our opinion, the peo
ple of Jupan have at all times entertained
the most friendly and cordial sentiments
toward' the government' and people of the
ITnlted' Statea and that ' there never lias
been nor Is now any feeling but of confi
dence and gratitude. We believe, upon
evldenc which cannot be doubted, that
there la not to be found In the Japanese
empire any wish or thought other than to
maintain tha most friendly and cordial re.
lations with the republic of the lipited
Statea, and that any representations to the
contrary, wherever emanating and from
whatever cause proceeding, 'are baeele-a
calumnies which. If uncontradicted, can
only result in vaat material losses to the
people' of both governments and In creat
ing an unhappy prejudice between them."
Sundry Civil Bill .
Reported to House
Committee Cuti Fourteen Million from
Eitimatei Three Million for
Fortifyirtij Canal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. The sundry
civil appropriation bill, carrying a total of
Iliu.&aoTvSl. Including 13.000.000 for fortifying
the Panama canal, was completed by, the
appropriations committee today and imme
diately reported to the house. This Is a
cut of I14.4M.50S from the estimates.
DYNAMITE SUSPECT
ARRESTED IN HOT SPRINGS
Man. Wanted In I.os Angeles In Con
nection with Blowing I n of ews
Paper Plant, laplared.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Feb. 21 A man
believed to be M- A. Schmidt, suspected of
being one of the men who dynamited the
Times building la Los Angeles, wga arrested
here today. .
Police Round Up Robbers
of Southern Railway Train
OAIN8 V1LLK. 0, Feb. 23. Three men
have been arrested and more than f;',uOO
In money and Jewelry haa been recovered
aa a result of a three daa search for tbe
gang nhtch held up and robbed the South
era railway f't mail train at White Hut
phi, r (Springs last Saturday morning. Two
have confessed.
It la the belief of the officers of the
expresa and railway companies that the en
tire gang haa been rounded up. but their
identity haa not been determined. Following
tiie capture of a man aupposed to be one
CUMMINS CALLS FOR FACTS
Move of Iowa Senator Foreshadows
Fight Over Reciprocity.
WANTS AGREEMENT AMENDED
Parnoae la to Pnt on Free l.lat Thlnga
Which the Farmer Bars ne Well
s Thlnaa that He
Prmdnres.
WASH1NUTON, Feb. 23. A resolution
calling on the president to submit to the
senate all tho Information he has bearing
on the Canadian reciprocity agreement, to
gether with the data and statistics gathered
by the tariff board, was offered today In
tho senate by Mr. Cummins and adopted.
An ' amendment making the request "If
consistent with the public w-elfare" waa
adopted. . j
That a determined effort will be made
on the: floor of the senate to amend the
MoCall bill gnd that the movement w III re- J
ceive the support of a considerable number
of republicans, both regular and Insur
gents1 became apparent after Mr. Cummins'
resolution has been submitted.
. The . resolution received the approval of
several old guard senators and especially
nf Heuator Hale, who said he waa in sym
pathy with the Idea In that It might lead
to entirely new negotiations with Canada.'
. Thla statement waa In response to a frank
avowal by Mr. Cummins that he purposed I lng committee which haa under consldei a
to offer amendmenta to the McCall bill to ! tlon the Taylor bill' regulating the stock
the end that articles which farmera have yards, recommended that a committee go
to buy shall be reduced to the plane of j for Information and Metzger bf Cas. Uml
products of the soil which ate put on the sey .of Webster and Nutrmann ( Caa.
free list by the Canadian agreement. J were named. They' expect iu leave for
The Cummins resolution specifically Omaha tonlcht or tomorrow illuming and
caned for the tariff board s data on pulp
wood and paper, wool, whether raw or
manufactured: . woolen thread, cloth end
clothing; cotton thread, cloth and clothlns,
carpets, boots and shoes, pig Iron. Iron ore,
manufactures of Iron or steel, coal, wheal.
Hour and lumber.
Later agricultural Implementa were In
cluded at the suggestion of Senator lion.
The resolution did not tt forth that
some of the articles specifically mentioned
did not come within the terms of the
reciprocity agreement and Senator Snioot
called attention to that fact.
.. "The senator from Utah haa accurately
guessed my purpose." responded Mr. Cum
mins. Continuing he said he waa aware
that he had Included a number of articles
which the farmer haa to buy on which no
reduction of duty Is proposed, tie said he
Intended to offer amendmenta covr-rlng the j
UiliiKM mentioned, ao that If there Is to be
a free list with Canada It. fchall Include
aiticles tha farmer buya as well as aitlcleij
lie raises. .
Contempt Charge
Against Geo. B, Cox
Judge Gorman Appoints Committee
from Bar to Fats on Criticiimi
of Court.
CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. Sl-Judge Gor
man of the court of common pleas made
good today hla announcement yesterday of
Intention to appoint a committee of at
torneys to Investigate and, posrlbly, pros
ecute George H. Cox and a morning news
paper for contempt pf court because of
Cox's statement regarding the grand Jury
which Indicted him Tuesday. The Judge
named the committee before the crowded
court room this morning, the members be
ing Kdward Barton, Aaron A. Ferris and
Clyde P. Johnson. ,
DEEMER CONTINUES TO GAIN
'wa Jndae Iterelves Flfly-Klghf
Votes for I nltea Kiatca -Kenator.
DBS MOINES, Feb. 22 -Today's Joint
ballot on senator resulted: Deemer, ug,
Kenyon. 42; Wallace, 1; Porter (dern ), M;
absent, 4; necessary to elect, 77.
of the robbers about four miles from luhlo.
n.ga esrly yesterday two were arrested
thla morning by a posse. The men were
surprised on a road about fourteen miles
from I'ahloneca and offered little resist
ance. Neariy tlO la cash and Jewelry valued at
betaeen M)0 and M waa found. They re
fused to give their names. While they
kept their identity secret, they said the
man arrested earlier nesr l'ahlonega waa
one ot tha ring leaders and was knonn as
John V. Aadersua. .
HOUSE DECIDES
UPON. INITIATIVE
Direct law Measure Recommenrkd
for Passgge in Lower Body With
out Dissenting Vote.
TEN FER CENT PETITION IN EACH
Five Per Cent Petition for Referring
All Laws to People.
CLAUSE RELATES TO AMENDMENTS
i House Bill Requires Larger Per Cent
to Initial Them.
STOCK YARDS DECISION PUT OFF
.. Halt Inr Two !rnatsr lele
. IHacnsalnn a ad final let Ion on
Hill
rreellna Corporation
Delayed In Seuate.
(From a Staff
LINCOLN. Feb. 9 -,s,.Im1. -The ,.
Illative and referendum law went otic n.oiv
,,, (unnoHtii.n In the
h.iuwe of repiesei, (stive this inm-ning
"hen the houwe version of It WHs iw.nn-iPfncl-d
for psairc. Thlt. hcI,.,i was a.i
coaiplislicl without a ili.-Mrntlni.- it,. -.i
I the house will pa, It a u Mantis wl(lii:
; a f t w da. h.
The senate Mil lK now in the luc'nds ot
the Judiciary committee and timet. K lii.
pii.d of. An effort will ho mad, to .-nu
the house bill to the governor for xigiihiii.
When the hills started .ut t ho;- wrv
alike, coming from the name source, fjen
resentatlve Hstfiekl and the IMiecl I.ejilN.
letlon Icsgue. but now that the houi-e lias
decided to pa.sK a bill that dirfcta In some
f'KHntlHl paitlcularK from the ivenste hill
already passed. It Income a i(iie-tln
what form the . measure will take as it
finally passes. , -
How Illlls Differ. '
The houe bill differs from (he senate
bill in two provision. Hoth IiIUsS .have a
10 per cent petition evenly distributed aa a
bafts for Initiating legislation ami a & pe.
cent peUtion for referring. the house hill
has a provision that bills Initiating con
stitutional amendments shall hav,. a li
per cent petition, a. provision lacking In
the senate bill. The senate bill lias the
Skilea amendment, which provides that
tiie majority of votes cast In favor of a
bill must be not only a majority of the
otea cast upon the measure, but must bo
also 35 per cent or more of the total num
ber of votes cast at the election.- !'
house has a similar provision In the bill
which It will pass, but the restriction refeiH
only to constitutional amendments.
The house haa now the advantage In
settling the fate of the two bills, as it has
Its own bill for paasaga and the scna-jj
bill la In tho hands of the house commit
tee on Judiciary. This committee can kill
fhe senate bill by Indefinite postponement
kml -then try ta aet.lta we, bill .tin ouro
the upper house.
Committee for Slock Yards.
Tlie ljouae- thla hiornlng Interrupted
the debate upon tha Initiative and referen
dum long enough' to appoint a -co-mrnlttes
of three to goto Omaha and investigate
'the stock yards. .The live atock and tfran-
) - - - -
be back to report Monday. Taylor ot liltch
coclf, author of the bill, tried to hav the
committee1 suggestion . refused, asserting
that it was Intended to smother the bill,
but he was voted dowu.
' Mrs. Morten's l etter.
The secretary of tho senate received a
letter from Mrs. psul Morton thanking
the senate for the resolution adopted by
that body on the death of her husband,
Paul Morton.
HOI HI IS FOH II R 1 DGfci LKVY
Measure Recommended to Pass to .414
Counts- Boards.
(From a Staff Correspondent,)
LINCOLN. Feb. 23.-(8peclal.)-Thla after
noon the house took up the consideration
of minor biils and succeeded In recommend-
ng for passage Cronin'a bill to provide for
a one-fifth mill levy to support county
boards In building bridges. Thecounty
boards are allowed to apply to the State
i Hoard of 11 filiation for helo In bullrttue- anv
bridge over a stream more than '173 feat
In length. The committee of the hole dis
cussed the bill offered by Fries of Howard
making mortgages taxable aa Interest on
real estate and put It over for further" qon
aideratlon. II R. 79, by Quackenbush. waa defeated
on third reading. It provided that all law
ers with casee before tha supreme court
should furnish the court with printed ab
stracts of the evidence, t
11. R. 170, by Mast, giving telephone com
panies right-of-aay. provided they put up
their poles within six feet of the road
boundary and the wires ' at least twenty
feet high, was also killed at third leading.
The Omaha Investigation committee of
the house called a meeting for tonight
which Is to be held secretly and is not ex
pected lo i each any conclusion upon tlis
report.
In tiie committee of the whole the fol
lowing action was taken: ' '
H. R. 90. by Fries of Howard, providing
that real estate shall be taxed agdliibt the
owner only for the equity of tiie owner
therein and the incumbrance shall he taxd
agalunt the holder thereof, paased bv for
further consideration after a motion to In
definitely postpone had been defeated,
H. K. It74. by Cronln of Holt, providing for
state levy of one fifth of a mill for mat.
aid In the construction and maintenance
en nnani over us i eei jn length, recom
mended for paHKage.
STUCK YARD BILL (HA.NGRD
Meaenre Made Mild Affair ana
Re-
comnlttrd In Forlorn lions'.
(From a Miff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb.- ii. (Special.)- A long,
tiresome wait for two absent senators tried
the patience of member of the upper
house this afternoon until it was finally
decided to wait until tomorrow morning
before coming to a decision upon the Ollla
stock yards bill.
The amendments offered by tlllia and
Albert were dlecursed at the beginning
of the afternoon session and Alheit'a
smendtnent was finally sdopted; Thla took
from the bill everything but the ad'.lsory
power of the fctate Hallway commission,
leaving no provision for a pli.vslcal valua
tion and no penalty for nonobserv snot.
The amendment offered by the author of
the bill ellinlnaUng the physical valuation
leaving (lie rest of the bill ln'a t aa
kiLUd. The committee of tha whole then