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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee
WORK OX T. V'T
WlLLSTAR'iV')S
Cltirrcui Underwood Expe v
cnU on Committee to b
Tail Week.
HOPE FOR PLAN BY APRa-" 4
Former Bank Officer S0LDIEK8 BR1X6
Declared to Be Guilty 1 v V Tn ,nnY yvc
I in the Federal Court . h uy llL 1 LXA 0
, , . . . . . . Twenty-Six Hundred Men Land from
j L. S. ktf tager Accused of Buying and Trtn m to ri&ht ,npiter ,
. Selling- Stolen Postage ! Planus !
Stamps. ! " j
FIRST RAINFALL IN MANY WEEKS i
Eventually
Nsftsger. formerly pte"tlent of the Fourth
1 National hank of Wlc r.lt.a. was found
( guilt) by a Jiry tn the fedeial court here
.today of hiving and selling stolen post.
atan.pg. The offense In p nihable b a
i mmimuro sentence of flee years In prison
and a f'.ne of ." .
Nsfixiter bouht the sim. from Ft nk Concrete Structures at Galveston on
I. Kurt, formerly chief of police here. The i Line with Sea Wall
stamps had been stolen from Kir.i pot- J ' ,
1'allstian r.t tvlrhlo who I nndpr senteni'e
HUGE BAKERY AT SAN ANTONIO
for robbing the Milan. Kan., postuffhe and
nd
Doubt Whether Questions Will Be
Riders on Bill.
HEARINGS WELL BE DEMANDED
Men at Fort Crockett Spend Weary
Night in Dog- Tents. '
NEW BUILDINGS NOW OCCUPIED
Certainty Manufacturing Interests
Will Ask for Them.
MAJORITY IS FOR RECIPROCITY
easar 1 HI Be latrevdneed by
Chairman t'nderwnnd and wt by
rirfuHaa Peters, aa Ha a
Been nttctnnted.
I
TTAFniNGTOV. Mt"-h 1.-Chairman j
r"rdrwood exreet the democratic mem- .
here of the house committee on wavs and
means wl'l begin work on tariff some tln
this week, and that by the time the ex- ,
tmordlnary session Is convene! on April !
4 soma pi an will have been mapped out '
to govern tha procedure after tha bill to j
carry out the Canadian reciprocity aire-
ment has been framed. The most complex-
question to come before the com- j
mittee Is whether any tariff questions
will be placed upon tha Canadian bill as
riders, or whether such schedules as the
committee decides should be revised, shall
be treated aa sepa'ate Treasures.
The certainty that hearings will be de
manded by producing and manufactur
ing Interests affected by any proposed re
vision of tha tariff may determine the
committee not to complicate the Canadian
question with consideration of such sched
ules as wool and woolens, cotton or agri
cultural Implements. The majority la a
unit In fsvor of the Canadian agreement
and It Is believed the decision will be to
keep It seperate from other tariff mat
ters, and take up schedules after the Ca
nadian bill has been sent to the senate.
BStl Ceases fraas Vnderwond.
Contrary to the general report. Rep
resentative Peters of Massachusetts will
not Introduce the Canadian bill to be
prevented almost Immediately . upon the
convening of the special session to carry
out the terms of the agreement.
That honor will fall to Chairman Under
wood, following the practice of having
revenue measures presented by the chair
mas of the ways and means committee.
The bill, however, will be the one framed
In the committee and will be known as
a committee measure.
Althought the prospect are that the
Canadian bill will not carry general taiiff
ret Irfo a a .;"ider. H-Is not Improvable
also has been con I' ted cf b'.vlng
.selling stolen postage stamps.
, The former banker s defense was that he
did not know the stamps had been stolen.
' He admitted purchasing them at a dis-
i count.
Burt recently pleaded g illty to buying
.and selling stolen s.amps. waving trial.
Callahan is said to have obtained the
stamps from Hoy Tempieton and Edward
Karl, who are under senteace for robbing
'the postof flees at Hope and BurdUk. Kan:
! Sentence probably will be passed on
Division Kitchen FVialpped with
Facilities t'nesnmnted for the
Field Idlers Ready for
Immediate servtee.
Btll.ETIV.
WASHINGTON'. March 1S.-M mister
Finance I.iirantour arrived In Mexico Cityi
this evening, according to a message re- j
ce ved b Mexican Ambassador de !a Barra. j
GAI.VBSTON. Tex.. March l?.-r.ain fe!l 1
Naftsser. Burt snJ Callahan this week. It I in torrents at Fort Crockett last nipht arid ,'
Is understood there will be no sppeal In ! almost drowned out the ; soldirs who!
Nafixger s rase if only a fine la Imposed. ! arrived yesterday from the north on tran- I
ports and spent the night under the Inad-'J
P Q 1 i f nm a Parontcj i equate shelter of t'.elr dog tents. It a a-,
UalllUi ilia 1 aiUiitO the first time It had rained here in ek!
Fl An-rr rV.;i :,ld th downpour occurrerl at the worst)
LtJCU nWaV UilllU possible time for the ne arrived troocs j
j ! before they could get their biff tents up
- . . . c. ttj'I Several large tents acre blown down and
Ordinary Transfer. Such u is Used in ' 8ma,. on t ,lood vm
Conveying Land, is the
Form Used.
IjOS ANGELES. March 1 (Special Tel
egram. I Georjre and Gladys Phllyaw.
deeded aaay their 19-month-old baby boy.
m a document filed yesterday with the
county recorder. According to the terms
of the deed, which as made similar to
the ordinary kind transferring real
estate, the parents of the child convey
"all their right, title and Interest in Noel
Ernest Fhilyaw, toRether with all heredita
ments and appurtenances, to have and to
hold." to Mrs. Rosalie de Frie.ta..
Even a consideration is named In the
deed, which is described as "love and
affection and better protection."
SIOUX FALLS GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. aad Mr. Saeaorl Hrrsert Cele
brate Fiftieth ttilienirr
' Taaay.
KIOCX FAIO.S. P D. March l-pc-eial.)
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Herbert of this
city, pioneer residents of this port'on of j
the northwest, will he the principals in a)
golden wedding anniversary celebration, i
i practicalls- uninhabitable. Thouph most of
j the soldiers were soaked to the skin, they
came tip smiling when reveille sounded this
j morning and entered with enthusiasm into
I the work of setting their camp in order
"We had a pretty toush nicht of it '
remarked one of the soldiers, "but It was
not nearly so bad as those eipht da- s
aboard th- transport." It seemed that
the discomfort of the votnge were due
more to overcrow ding than to routfi
father, although a heavy sa was en
countered the third day out.
Rail Reon UrLUl.
Rail room was lacking more than any
thing else, according to all reports, man'
of the best soldiers showing themselves
to be the poorest sailors by hanging over
the side most of the tlmc-
Those who could eat on the trip down the
coast did not appear to be especially fond
of the fare, which consisted principally,
according to one of the men. of steamed
beef and beaaa.
But all trie hardships were forgotten by
dinner time when the men had their first
meal In camp. It was a pretty good Sun-
i LEGISLATORS TO
PLAN (JOOU ROADS
Early Discussion of Bills with This
j Aim Mated at Sute
I House.
SOME ACTION FOR HIGHWAYS
Long Continued Agitation Certain to
I Bear Fruit.
WANT STATE HIGHWAY HEAD
State Enjineer to Be in Charge of
General Work.
OBJECTION TO AID FROM FUBLIC
pTvrn t 9.9. LxHitt
MANY COAL LANDS IN WEST Samuel A. Dutcher
i Ma xr Tlarro TVirnTirn
Coal Tonnage Will Foot Up Into the A'AU,J xxt v imvu
Billions of Tons. HlTTlSfi t 1T1 K.lVPr
SYSTEM OF SALE IS CHANGED
Sawae l.aad that Formerly eH at Ten
d Tssentr lolIra o w ftold I p
to Fear and sis HsiJrrd
an trre.
day dinner at that under the drcura-, WASHINGTON
stances.
consisting cf roast beef, brown acre, of
gravy, haoon. boiled potatoes and coffee. ! wned by ,-n.,e
rne eo,uipmeni rr-scii-a r.mtj mn
March 1 Jver 7.W.-
1n the west is still
The coal tonnave
la-is
which will take p'aoe at the family home j ,. ,r1l ua , ,. !f tbls )arS ia sfnp. rn be Ts-
lomorrow. ' "
Guests including relatives and old-time i
Overcoat and Letters Found on
Union Pacific Bridge Indicate
Suicide.
His overcoat flying from an arch of the
I'nlon Paelfic bridge together with letters
of farewell to his wife and friends point
to the suicide of Samuel A. Dutcher of Swg
Cuming street I'utoher was In the em
ploy of the real estate firm of Hastings &
Heydcn ano Ms accounts so far as ran
with Canada.
tend with, but the men arranged the camp 'f red only in hundreds of billions of tons, j be learned at this date are In fair shape.
I he peculiar part or the disappearance of
the ni.in was his studied precautions to
have himself accounted a suicide. Some
time ago his wife separated from him for
It all! go a great deal farther than the
i. i-.tt l.iu .hteh n.e.1 th. honae In the! . ' . ... .. . I with light hfarta some tracts are or Immense value, con
' , rnenas rrom various pans or tne i nneci , .-,. ,H.hi- i t j . t,
last session. At the same time the McCall im.,h- v.k .,. a,i..i 1 ort Crockett reservation Is prohabl jlmjnins b1s of the highest grade coal.
bill will be followed so far as It was de- i I a (rir casts and from England and 1 ",l
signed to carry out the terme of the agree- , (Scotland. r expected to be Present and
ment
tween the measures probably will be In i cf jig kind In the history
the nature of an additional provision
which would give the president power
to enter Into freer commercial relations
with Canada retarding articles not named
by the agreement.
Ballt an Dlaaley Plan.
Such a paragraph may be built upon the
PSt-
of what Is now South Ihtkota. Some of I
the guee's will be persons whom Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert have not seen since their
childhood days.
Mr. Herbert Is 77 years of aee. while
Mrs. Herbert Is 7".. Both are enjoying
m.ie square ana is ei oi :.,,. for,y- and even eihtv feet
or more In thickness. The old way was
to tell the coal land, regardless of value,
at the absurd price of liO an acre if it
was more than fifteen miles from a rail
road or at tJ) if within that limit. The
present way is to measure up the coal In
an acre and sell the land on the coal ton-
i garrison there since the great storm of
! September. !. but the government has
been constructing fine concrete barracks.
j Several of the buildings are ready now.
i
Batterlea on Water Frew t.
The grade of the reservation has been
raised to the level of the great concrete
wall put up since the storm to aei me ha-ia As a result coal land lias been
iit-uiiu bii'i r" w v v-k-.i mi- iiunivii.ua wa Three gun ana moriar oauencs une ,
n-ra nm
ih. msier ironi.
Biipadier tieneral Mills, commanding tn
other wetldinc anni eraarie&.
plan of Section t of the Dlnglcy act. That, f generations in the family and 1:
provision anown as me imam wuun, en- , iH , remarkable circumstance that thus 'briade now ln camp; Brigadier General
abled the preaioent wunoui consuita.ion i fa, ,ne h.s not b. , rinizi(. death in Garhn(rton. inspector general of the army,
with congress to enter Into negotiations i ne faliy. Mr. and Mrs llerlrt came to!and tre commanding off'eers of the three
1th other couDtiic for mutual tariff I Sou,h i.jkota thirty-five years ago. i.eelments had a nlnformal conference this
concessions on certain stipulated article. ! . lafternoon. Men and equipment were re-
even to e extent of auspending h.o-.ftlPie TAKE TO THE WIRELESS 'nnrted to have arrived in good shape and
lutely tha Imposition and collection of
dutlea. I baldens nf Kansas OrnnUe n tlnb
Most of the democrat in congress are' Baa Take lp stndy In High
In favor of absolute free trade with Can- i Scbtola.
a da, but the realize they have not the
power to legislate to that end. Their courx I KANSAS CITY. Kan . Marc h 13 -Spe-would
be. theiettiie, to put the authority j 0ial Telegram. i-Tlie Kansas City (Kan )
In the hands c; the- p'csident to exercise
ai SJch time as Canada, by' action of Its
parliament, rr.ifc-tii consent. Such a pro
vision. It Is aald. would not ln any way
Involve the existing sgreement.
The Intioductiori t.f such a provision ln
the Canadian bill mlpht necessitate a very
alight shanse in tlie agreement itself. That
agreement was luxttcrncd af t' r the lan
guage of the 1'ir.j.U. act la'.ljer than tne
later Pa ne-A Id rich uct.
HiEh school has the only club cf girls
studying wireless telegraphy in the world.
The membership is limited to twenty-f ve
The club is known as the "Girls' Wire
less Club." and as the Chinese are the
oldeet nation In scientific research, the
jilub decided to choose for Its motto the
letters that Indicate the words of its
1 name In that language. To be sure that
' no mistake be made, they sent to the
it'h r.ese consul at Washington for these
Details of Plan. j letters.
L nJcr tiie former tl.e words, article the i "We are learning the Morse code and
growth, product or manufacture of" were, most of us can write it already," Miss;
prepared for service
Some of the soldiers brought cots and
trunk chests, w Men were not unloaded
from the transports, however. A few of
the officers came away from their posts
without their field uniforms, such short
notice they had.
The new anvals will be given a day or
two to straighten up their camp and after
that they will be put to the daily drill
grind a hich the first regiment has been
going through for a week.
high as Hi"J an acre and In one
tract at even Sx an acre, since March
4. K'J, the geological survey has classified
by individual forty-acre tracts .:27.1h
acres of government coal lands, with a
total valuation of V1r..(el. and this,
added to the results of former work, gives
a total of i;.oCA acres classified as coal
landx. at a valuation of VC7.olS.IU At the
JIO-UP minimum rate these lands would
have a valuation of I.Ts.S-.i-C which
shows a net gain to the government of
nearly Sou.000.wO. It may be noted that
the proceeds of coil land sales are all de
posited to the credit of the Irrigation
"reclamation fund"
The scheme under wluch this geological
classification and tonnage valuation hat
been worked out is remarkably accurate
and scientific The w .rk inolved In the
held by drc:sii.na of the neiieial appraisers
to be too broad. They permitted the In
UwtijctK'n of aiticles which were assem
bled in a foreign country, comprised of
liart manufactured in countiles to winch
the conc-cfrioti was not intended to apply.
Ccti.liaru e of tld fact was take'i by the
fiamers of the Fayne-Aldrlch law and the
wold "w hilly" i) made a prefix to the
words "the grvwin. product or manufac
ture of"
The rffirct was to rial row the application
ff the law to the oiifrtna! intent of con
sists. The Ckiiadian ag! eeruent, as
t-fc'utiated by the to lountrie. do a not
se the word "h oily." .Man of the turif'
Continued on S n.nd I'age
Mildred I-ennert, press agent, said. "We
have not aked the bos to tell us cne
thing."
The high school building is equipped
with a wireless on Its tower, as are all
the high school buildings ln Kansas City
and adjacent c'ties.
The camp remains absolutely free from
sickness, but nevertheless every precaution
la being taken to ward off disease. Gen-
eral Mills set a good example yesterday
to the officers ln the brigade by bating
his arm to the surgeon's needle for an
Initial Injection of typhoid germs
Hut Dlitslon Bakery.
ANTONIO. Tex.. March 1 No
.classification of the nation's coal fields Is
SAN
feature of the so-called maneuver camp
here attracts more attention than the
division bakery. The bakery can turn out
SVOOu two-pound loaves daliy. and la at
present delivering about half that quantity.
(Continued on Second Page.)
The Weather
For Neiita... -I tite.i ed
lor Iowa rsir.
Tenipernlorv at liiaakii
Police Arrest Cock Fighters,
Spoiling Some "Real Sport"
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A c k ng main, the first that has come
In the attention of the lo.al authorities
In .-litem ien and also one of the
, bii.-,cst co. k r.titliig tournaments ever
ihe J In Omaha was pievented by the timely
:,i.al of the police ln the pit at Hibbler s
jiark Saturday night.
by the police and the main bout between a
victor over lwele Cocks from Sioux City
and a Red Pile game fighter with as en
viable a record aa shortly thereafter, aa it
took the curtain raiaera to "uncouple" their
opponents
Sergeants Sigwart and aladen and Offi-
'j wer.t -e hl men were laKen xrom cne v-rs aikhoc, no-jiunui ana rtoscoe
p!ai e. whii h is la tne bcseinent of the ' tnuth wet.t to the scene on a car. Near
vi.n ii.g paw!lon of tlie patk to the police i ing the place they saw many meo get on
laliun. where an ordinary charge of being the car carrying gunny aacks, perforated
an "inn. ale of a djioiderly" hoi.se was ' suit caaea and a few who openly carried
pl.ed against each cne. tach was re- J rooaters beneatu their arms. These gentle-
iaeJ on a S-V bond lu appear in police meu iou jietiun) on ut-n cue Kucmen
ui.i t tomorrow morning ; di.mounted from the car at Hibbler a park.
Twenty-one game and well trained The officers reai htd the p.t at SO. but
taarn fiom the men at'O"'" o aoine uiu-n in cne progiam the
quacy is the ready acceptance of the ton
nage estimates and valuations by the coal
land purchasers and the fact that the geo
logical survey is constantly receiving ap
plications and petitions to have various
coal tracts so classified In addition this
administration has withdrawn Cltuic
acres of probable ooal land as A result
of geological field examinations and has
restored to agricultural entry lsOXi.tMl
acres found to be non-coal in character.
A single Montana withdrawal, made last
July. Included 20,.W6 acres. The coal
tonnage of this area Is almost Incredible.
A single forty-acre tract, for example.
contains over Z.iM.wO tons of coai. The
present outstanding withdrawals awaiting
geological classification aggregate bO,A7,6S
acres.
Uriti Oil Land Withdrawal.
Another public fuel resource ln whose
conservation t.'ncle t-am Is taking an ac
tive Interest Is oil. Many of the public land
slates are underlain with petroleum de
posits; natural gas alao la a frequent asso
ciate resource. The geological survey esti
mate reported two years ago to the Na
tional Conservation commission of the ol!
contained tn the California deposits alone,
places the figure as high as t.&Ki.OiftOO bar-
reasons which she refuses to divulge. She
says, however, that In her opinion his mind
has been sffected for some time.
In a letter to his wife Dutcher refers to
family troubles and says that "I have
made all the trouble I am going to caufe
in this world." He notified his wife that
he had paid his insurance and that he had
deposited 1H0 to her credit.
Another letter directed to his room
mate B. F. Hutchlns. Intimated his in
tention of drowning himself.
Mrs. tmtcherv who resides at Zt) Fowler
aenue with the family of Mrs. N. Hoajc
laiid. was ln an hysterical condition Sun
day afternoon. From what could be
gathered in a conversation with George
Hoagland Mrs. liutrher Is not altogether
persuaded of her husband a death. It Is
known that he has a brother in Oklahoma
and from a coneraation had with his room
mate recently It would seem that Dutcher
was anxious to have hia disappearance
cloaked under the guise of suicide.
' XniwWer of Members Hectare Flan t.i
tpproprlate lirnrrnl Fnnds for
tiny on? Is Net Wl.f
Move.
1 i From n StMff 'oi reMiondT'
I I.lNO.'l.N. Mar. h )' - r -!a' - Th.
Rood roiiV ler.i'at ion c.iv, ir-r,t.
j session of th leuij-lature bnr le,n pr-
!ra rt?i to ennct f.-- .r oral we.V wi'l
pfobablv he rliVfM cf Mcndnv hfterro,.-.
Th five hiUs drawn up bv tne t"His!
! Jo ni comrritte p., and '-idsr.
I wh rh w.'.s made uv cf lo h -ntors s d
t err. senta; i es have been n'a ir a sr'CiSl
older for the onv and ill e laWcn up In
committee cf th" w lio'e.
The bills. H. TL ... T1 7: snd '.77.
embody several different rsiems of ro-1
overeeinR anl It Is nt trohai.le tht all
of them will be pHei. Tin piowHn or
all the ottiers dptnd tn s--m t.n; uion
! ttbe enactment of li II. . w h' h e-.ta-j
lishes a s'ale highway commits on Tb-s
j commission Is to have the cnu.n- r of tlie
I s.ate txmirl of irrigation s its ntln,-'r
j and the memlwrs piisil m the itoccrnor. lti
(attorney general and the conMnisioner of
public lands nn-l cci'ldtrss. Thr-e depu v
! hichiray comm si'neis r" ti do the r.
i ecutive work of th commission,
i
VA hat Hills I'rov Me.
The oth.r hills Include s iate a-d meas
I ure a bill to provide f ,r the collection of
a county road fund one to allow the com
mutation of the road labor tax at S a
day nnd one to provld, for county road
commisslcner and dep'ii.
, T . , r, i . I The state aid bill is the one upon which
Moss and Lindland Complete Evidence , a fifh( pivbBlv w .
Against Postmaster. pr-niM" of giving help o-it of the state trea?--
- i ury to different counties which may need
EXAMINED i exti a funds to develop their roads would
j amount to aloui JlOu.frm a ear. The Mil.
Snreeyor ef Cnatnnsa One nf IjisI j as (irinn. gives tne county noara or ra n
county the Kwer to send resolutions to the
state highway commission asking for the
THOMAS INQUIRY CONCLUDED
CADET TAYLOR IS
Called Defendnnt Aanln A
seira Tern Repnrte tn Be
Fortbromlnn".
ARTFUL DODGER ARRESTED
Police of Twenty titles Hnse
I pon Man Arrested la
ew York.
Claim
NEW YORK, March IS A small man
arraigned in police court here today was
identified by detectives as a perso nknown
to the police of twenty cities as "the art
ful dodgc-r." Sheriff II. C. Langum of
Hamilton county, M:nn.. who Identified
the prisoner said he fled after securing bail
in a caxe of alleged burglary at a Minne
apolis hotel.
lie wait committed to Jail to await ex
tradition I avers. He was arrested as "Petei
S Ward," but his right name is not known.
Complete testimony coverln gevery
of the Thomas-Tillotson controversy Is now
In the hands of Secretary Moss and Inspec
tor T-ind land. and. the next step wilt be in
a lolnt consideration of the case by the
Civil Service commission and the Postof
fice department.
The Inquisitors finished their work here
Sunday at noon, after nine days of dill
gent pursuit of evidence designed to prove
that Postmaster Thomas used his official
position to "shake down" subordinates. As j
son as the evidence can be transcribed one ,
copy will be sent to the Pofctofflce depart-
ment by Inspector IJndiand and another
copy w ill be laid before the Civil Service
commission by Secretary Moss.
tome surprise was caused Sunday when
It became known that Cadet Taylor was
before the Inquisitors, presumably to testify
to what he knew of one phase nf Thomas'
activity before the November election last
year. Appearing haggard and worn Post
master Thomaa was recalled, and to the
last resisted the serious charges preferred
against him. Assistant Postmaster Wool
ard who was present when AV. A. Kelly
delivered the Thomaa jackpot to the post
master, was among those who testified
during the closing hours of the Investiga
tion. Dan Tlllotson was also placed on the
stand again..'
At the conclusion of the investigation
Moss and Lindland bade goodby to Mr.
Tlllotson and asked him If he were satis
fied with the handling of the case. He re
plied that be had absolutely no complaint
to make.
"I hate every reason to believe that Moss
and Lindland went Into the matter thor
oughly, taking up each phase of the con
troversy and sifting It to the bottom. They
improvement of any srftlon of road In
Its county outside of an Incorporated
j village of city. If the stnte board ap
hase i prove the count v loaniM,nds In a survey
of the road and plans and specifications
of the improvement!". The road Improve
ment district 1 niad" up then by the
county horfnl and alt-lands abutting -upon
Hie adjacent to the new road are embraced
In the diMilct. The owners of these lands
are charged with li per cent of the cost of
the Improvement. A rrotpst from ot) per
cent of these property owners will hold
up the Improvement indefinitely.
After the improvement Is made the state
pays one-half of the bill. The other half
Is paid by the county, whl-h may Issue
bonds, assess benefits and make a spe
cial a-ssecsinent of IS per cent upon prop
erty owners within the omprovement dis
trict. The Joint committee submitted thus bill
with the hope that it would k. but sev
eral memlH-rs of the committee are in
doubt a to its feasibility ' and I t is ex
pected to develope a fight at least.
Derltnghoff Heplles.
George A. Berlinghoff. Hate architect,
whose competency has been seriously at
tacked in the reports of the house com
mittee on asylum and senate commit
tee on public lands and buildings, haa
made his reply In a letter published to
day. He staled what he considers the
real reason for the apparant mistakes for
which he is blamed and charges the whole
trouble to a conspiracy in Which he In
volves three legislators and three Omaha
architects. He says:
"Aa near as he can learn the conspirators
began open work at a meeting held In
Omaha the Sunday following the visit of
the senate Committee to Norfolk, among
the persons present Ix-ii g a senator, two
pursued their work with tact, keenness ' members of the house and three architects
and persistence, and I feel that my chsrgcs,of Omaha and it was there planned and
against Mr. Thomas have been t horouphly i dec ided to attack the writer by having a
sustained." said Mr. Tlllotson. .resolution introduced condemning the work
At present it is Impossible to determine at Norfolk This resolution was. he under,
how much time will have elapsed before , i-tovd, written by one of the architects;
the controversy la ended. Several weeks i at lcaM this architect made thia statement
may be required to put the testimony In tn Lincoln, arid It Is a weil known fact
shape for presentation to the official heads , that two of these architects are candidates
at Washington, and when it does reach j for the state work.
, "A resolution was Introduced in the
; senate, and it was ther decided to hold
an investigation, a fact Which a '-corded
Iwell with the writer s wishes.- as he had
i repeatedly asked his attomes to. If possi
ble secure this Investigation, but they
have failed, and It Is now come to tha
(Continued on Second Page )
Andrew Carnegie Declares
Japan Uncle Sam's Friend wzr1-1-
"He was Informed that one of the sen-
XEW TORK. March 19 (Special Tele
gram ) 'The man who fears war with
Japan might as well wear lightning rods
down his back to save himself from a
stroke."
This was the statement made by An-
Arttmr I (. rn.L.i. In an Inl.rv-I.w t rA a V In
rels. although this is admittedly conserva-i , ' .
.... ... .1 which he decried the alarmist reports of
Japanese designs against the United Slates.
"First." aa.d Mr. Carnegie, "it would be
i.an'.ei iers
1 1 re
ti. police station, but wee as cjulckly re- j ieuiues oeti noi uegun ana ti.ey were
jined btcrniM- there was no place in the foiced to take what they could get. More
jail f then.. There weie so Busy crow- than fifty men arrived at ti place after
lug. Tapping lighter that one In rich cell t"e police. - They were not placed under
would have canted au overflow snd more J arrest.
than one in ca b cell wou'd have nivant a More than a doxen pairs of steel spurs
grand free for all ruosur fight. j taken from the "sports at the
The tvaaeinent in the dd. ing pavilion elation. These weapons are about two
at the laik had ln fitted up aa an Inches bn.g and aa sharp as needles. They
an.phtti.e-ater. a sn.ai! pit being staged In j are plac ed on the trimmed natural spurs
Highest !d.
I ' est tenia .
Mean ie:nkrature ..
I'rect;lLaiion
Temperature and
i.t-a:
Normal temperature
Kxcess for II. e da .. . .
lotal eicch since March
N rival t ci..ii .on
lllcLrni. t -r tr.e- dak
T, Hi prc-e.p tat on since March 1...
1 --. i ) i l tic glare !i 1 ... ....
precipitaiion
I
tive. Careful geological examination h
been made of the western oil fields, and
public examination has been made of the
western oil fields, and public oil-land with
drawals now- aggregate j72 acres in
California. Oregon. Wyoming. Ctah. New
Mexico. Colorado and Louisiana. These
withdrawals are made in aid of proposed
legislation, the present gold-placer law
under which ol! or gas land must be ac
quired being absurdly inadequate and also
ih criiler. I l.e tuui nan.ent
been an Interstate affair, there being
'l. ' haiuplon cocks with ttielr owners piesent
wln.a jfiorn 6ux City. 1 Molcea. Kansas City
4 lr ' and numerous sniail towns la Nebraska,
. ici nrri
1 t o-ni for
iXKercy fcr cxi.
L. X. LI.
l-ert.,.1 n !' ,t inc
h noi m ! .
Ml. Lak ai r'orec
. .ill nc ti
. lOc- i j
rcaacer. J
Iowa and M ssoui-t
Tha jTenmunar.es" weie te ha
at o'clock acooidmg to the tip
was to have of the biros t the seconds and are aa
deadiy ln a rooster combat as swords
among men. A trained cock van handle
these artificial apurs with the same scien
tific dexterity with which a prixe fighter
uses his gloes.
It Is said that the rock fanciers had
wagered hundreds of dol.ais oa tte main.
e begun
received
impossible for Japan to trans-fer an army
to our shores so great as to be formidable.
Before her ships could possibly have
readied here we would have filled our har
bors with deadly explosives and defy them
to land. That falling, if soma should land,
we would 'welcome them with bloody
hands to hospitable graes
"la-t me make one remark about Jan&n
providing no mean, for the government to, (h. wuma th.t disturb men lik.
retain an oil supply for the navy In which Hobeo Wta of war mllh J(pu u
every new ship is now equipped with oil- nw, hmllT, .hnul(1 v- rPm.nih,1.w,
that Japan was not altogether victorious
I ln the war with Russia, and when she
asked for an Indemnity of PjOU " utVi Russia
almnlv smllw1 .nil A iH n . . t bii. i-.nl
hv Ih. sn)Av1rsl anrcv In ' iC nf n.ntww.11 .
. i v.. , i , . , ' But Jspan has no desire to fignt
legislation have Included thousand', of , ' .
..... , . . . . . America, her best fnend. e were
linnrrtuw. nimuicstii mailt; uuring DC .
last two years cover 11 streams in twelve
. . n iC I 1-1 114 m 1 A.!? V A r r-a
, sake her. Mie is our s'aijncliest friend and
Even the class if nation of agricultural ,
... . the man who f. an war with Japan might
Isnd In the west has devolved upon the' ,, v . M ' .
, , . ,. . . . . . as well w ear lightning rods doss his back
geological survey, and lSo..hu acres have . . . .
" " , ." .. ; to aae himself from a stroke,
been designated during the last two eais! ,. , .
' 'Japan has no desire fo war with any
nauon. bne is intent upoa ueveloiung ber
huming furnaces.
C'aaservlagc Pnblle Usltr Pntwera.
Water-power withdrawals on public lands
first to welcome Japan into the brother-
l hood of nation, and will be the last to for-
tCutiuavaBd en Second Paga
, ators made the statement that this In-
re0L.rce, paying off her debt and reducing
her onerous burden of taxation. The recent j
action of President Taft in amending oar R j p n 'c
treaty with Japan wherein It gave offense LI ICI1 b
to that cation Is another tribute to his i
.km... , m . ! 1
umij aa n siaientrian. ii japan were to I Tn(l V
attack the L'nited States, it is claimed that tlwtJ
her first more would be to annex the Phil- J e-j-. i
tppinaa. lrce louav
"If Jatan should take the Philinuinea
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pears in The Bee's
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for which we paid S-AnO, OHO. there would be
no cause for tears. The acquisition of that
country was one of he greatest mistake J
ever made by this government, as the pre. .
ent shows, and the future will ahow still I
more clearly. The reason alleged for our j
taking of the Philippines ess that tier-i
mary would lake them if we didn't. A
man aho knows anything at all about the
situation in the east now or then Is aware
that Great Britain, mlfh bir bane of aup
pl.ea at Hocg Kotgi V miles from Manila,
would as soon have allowed Germany to
make her naval base there as she would
allow her to make one at Kingston, Ireland
or Liverpool."
"How about Guam and the Hawaiian
nth j Islands, which Japan would sure! try to
the take as bases cf supplies? '
"The Japanese are aa likely to take pos
session ss the star are to fall. Again
let me say. I am convinced, having been
In Japan and having seen its people with
my wn eyes, we have no better friends ln
the world than they and th recent defer
ence to their senalbfllues wlil touch that
sensitive people greatly."
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