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    THE IJKK: OMAHA. SATURDAY. MAY 6. 1011.
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Council Bluffs.
Minor Mention
h Council Bluffa Office of
The Omaha . la at IS Irett
tract. Both rbo 44.
Iavl. drugs.
I'orrlkans. undertakers. Phone 1U.
FACHT HKKR AT ROUEH8 BLFKET.
Woodrlng I'nderlaking company. Tel. 18.
I.- Is Cutler, funeral director. Phone 7.
H'RE UOLD WEDDING R1NU-LEK-FKllT8.
r Call 142, J. J. Klein Co.. lor a caaa of
Viund a f'eerlesa Beer.
8c the new 1911 wall paper patterna at
Borwlck a. 211 South Main afreet.
Alesli ba s made like new In our repair
dtpaitmcrit. Lfferl'a Bin Jewelry etore.
site Kach f ramed plcturea worth up to
U-'A) on aale thl week. Faubl Art nop.
Occulists' prescription accurately tilled
the aama day at Lf fert a Big Jewelry
fetor.
Have your glaaaea fitted or repaired by
J. W. Terry, optician. 411 Broadway, office
with QeurK Oerner.
Pet Zimmerman, a well-known farmer
or Lincoln towrisMp, waa In the city yes
terday on business.
K.d li. Burke, raHhler of the State Sav
ing bank at Walnut, and W. r. Bankey
ol the name place were Council Uluffs
visitors yesterday.
The Woman's Hellef corpa will meet at
the tJrand Army hall In the Youn Men a
Christian association building thin after
noon at 1 o'clock. Matters In relation to
the observance of Memorial day will prob
ably be diacuaaed.
Rev. Edaai Price, oaator nf the First
Christian church, returned yesterday from
r.sceisior springs, ho., accompanied oy
Mri. Price, who went there three weeks
tgo for her health, br returns very much
Improved In health.
Benjamin Hassan, an Arav, created a
1st urbane on a car curbing from ntnaha
yesterday afternoon and waa arrested
upon complaint of the conductor. He will
appear in police court thla afternoon to
ai.awer a Charge of being disorderly.
Franoia Moran and J. H. Mayne, former
county aurveyor, left yesterday for Hock
Springs. W'yo., wher they will take a
stage and travel 150 miles through the
Mountains to reach th locality where they
nave been engaged to do aom Important
surveying. They expect to be gon several
months.
There will be a general meeting of the
members and officer of th Mid-West
Poultry association thla evening at No. 3
fire station. The member will discuss
aeveral mattera relating to th financial
and other affaire of the association, in
finding the bonds to be fUed for the eec-f'Vntsj-y-treasurer
and adoption of the artl-
flea of Incorporation. Th flrat atepa wUl
also be taken In the matter of the chicken
show to be held In th Auditorium next
Lecembr.
Two small fires occurred yesterday
afternoon that occasioned th presence of
th firemen, first at the horn of John
ftmith, 2106 Avenue A, wher an Ironing
board had caught fir. The other alarm
ram from th residence of Lou Marcua,
3 First avenue. Neighbor aaw amok
pouring from th house and when they
went to th place found no one at horn.
i he firemen found a blase between th
wall of on of th Inner partition that
inaa golr
tiive des
lamag i
ing witn enough energy aoon to
eatxoyed th houae. Only nominal
waa don.
W. A. Crone we returned yesterday from
Dee Moines, wher he attended the alate
meeting of th Modern Woodmen of
America, mere were iw delegate elected
or the convention and thev were all thi
but two. Mr. Oronewea was elaaiad una
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of the delegate to attend the national
convention which meet at Buffalo on
June Zl. Iowa will be represented. In this
convention by elxty-flv delegate; They
are selected from each congressional dis
trict in proportion to the number of dele
sate In th stat convention. I The
Eleventh district gets five under thla ap-
injruonmvni. in oiner tour are: J. vv.
Gardiner of Atlantlo, J. M. Herlbet of Red
Dale, T. R Smous of Olenwood and J. T.
Eoner of Stuart. Each delegate Is allowed
t a day for expenses. They wil be gone
about, ten day. .
Th grand Jury, evnlch has been tn ses
sion all week, expect to make a partial
Dort 'tomorrow, returnlnr a number of
IctmetiU. " A number or the city offl-'
dels have been called upon to testify tn
relation to - th short tigs of former City
Clerk. CasAdy, who la under arrest and
ut on bonda tor th shortage that was
disclosed In his office by State Municipal
JCxtTrrlner Cox. Th bonding company ha
pot mad good th ahortag of about
B7,nf indicated and for payment of which
a demand wa mad more than a month
ago by Mayor Maloney. It Is aald th
company Is awaiting th action of th
grand Jury before paying over th money.
The hop that th shortage wil be ttiade
good by Mr. Caasdy' relatives has not
mo abandoned, and th belief la that
I hie will be don regardless of th action
t th grand Jury.
Judge Woodruff yesterday forwarded hie
decision on the application of the Lena
Construction company for a modification
f th court's decree granting J. M. Pulien
a permanent injunction . restraining the
1 Ana company from proceeding with the
construction of th Nishnabotna ditch
upon the contract awarded him by th
Board of County Supervisors. Th appeal
tor moomcauon was oasea on tn aie
covery that th court' decree failed to re
quire a bond from Pullsn. Th modifica
tion granted yesterday require Pullen to
file a bond Tor 2.5u within three daya,
( otherwise th original decree will be an
nulled, liana wi awarded the contract
upon his hid of aa'OOth part of 1 per cent
below th lowest hid. The court held that
thla bid was void and th contract Illegal.
The county board met yesterday and de
cided to convene again on May II and In
struct the county auditor to advertise for
new bids. The unfortunate legal entangle
ments will delay the beginning of con
struction work on th big ditch until prob
ably soma time In th autumn.. .
Wedding Rlngs-lt-is-a karat gold, all
widtha, all alses. from UM upwards, ac
cording to weight, at Leffert'a Big Jewelry
(tor. -. ' . . .
Bring your disabled watches to Leffert s.
W are watch Inspector for eli big rail
roads, that means we are compelled to
have only th beef watchmaker. Tour
fin watch will be mad ss good as new
and adjusted to perfect time keeping wben
it leave our-hand. (OS Broadway, Do
not mistake th place.
PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY
Veteran Cannot Resist Taking Fart,
Thsngh City A seam as
' rrntr.
Old aoMiera ar beginning to think of the
responsibilities of Memorial ady, only four
weeks ahead. Although th city council,
by a resolution adopted three years ago.
assumed th obligation of taking from th
veterans all responsibilities for th ob
servance of th day, even to th extent of
providing carriages to take them to and
from th cemetery end furnishing all th
flowers required to decorate th graves,
th old soldiers themaelve cannot refrain
from assisting In preparatlona for the
vent It has been discussed at all of their
meetings recently.
Mayor Maloney expeets to appoint a
committee of members of th city council
at th next meeting Monday night to pro
vide the program and another commute
to take car of th finance, both oora-
mlters acting In conjunction with cltlxens
who will also b appointed. Th program
commltte will provide speaker and all
ef th features of th program. Th serv
ices will be held In Falrmount park during
tha afternoon and If bad weather should
happen to fall on that dat then th
auditorium or th armory.
Th Union Veteran Legion will this year
again aasume th responsibility of honor
ing It dead comrade and win conduct
services la Walnut Hill cemetery, proba
bly In th forenoon. In time to permit th
member to attend th meeting in th
park. A call was Issued yesterday for a
meeting of all member of Encampment
No. . t. Union Veteran Legion, and Its
woman's auxiliary to meet tn their ball on
Broadway at 8 o'clock this afternoon to
mak arrangements for th memorial serr
Ice. The auxiliary will furnish refresh
ments at tha close of th meeting.
Council Bluffs.
WATER WAIVER RECEIVED
Company Complies with Demand of
Legal Department.
CITY TAKES CHARGE JULY . 1
Ne Qaeatlon A host Kale of Bonda In
f htraao May 15, When Money
for Betterments Will Be
on Hand,
Waiver of the right to appeal from the
finding of the court of - condemnation by
all of the parties Interested financially In
the Council Bluffs waterworks . waa filed
yesterday In the office of Clerk Brown of
the district court, thus fully complying with
the resolution passed by th city council
at the meeting on Monday night. April 24.
making the acceptance of the award con
ditional upon the filing of this waiver
within fifteen days.
Th waiver wss signed In New York on
April 8 and waa algned, Council Bluffs
Waterworks company, by George 8. Wright,
vice president, and Edward W. Hnrt. re
ceiver." the Farmers' Ixian and Trust com
pany, trustee, by E. R. Marston, president.
and Edward P. Lyon, sole surviving trustee;
the Metropolitan Trust company, by Bray-
ton Ives, president. The trust companies''
slgnaturee are attested by the respective
secretaries, A. V. Heely and George N.
Hartman.
The waiver la In the terms Indicated bv
the city aa being necessary and fully com
pllea with all of th condition Imposed by
the council's resolution of acceptance.
Bonds Will Re Hold.
Thla act carrlea with It the acceptance of
the award by all of the representatives of
the water company and removes the laat
possible bar for the Immediate acquisition
of the plant. There Is no question that the
H0.0O) water bonda will be sold In Chicago
on May 15. The money will then be Im
mediately paid over to the company and the
title to the plant and all Ita appurtenances
will pass to the city. The amount to be
paid la 1610,500. Including the amount now
In the waterworka sinking fund, the city
will have available for extensiona and bet-
termente about I12O.00O. Thla will be drawn
upon for work to be executed between now
and July 1, when the city will take actual
possession of the plant. The plant cannot
b operated municipally sooner than that
without lose, as the company has collected
the greater part of the water bills for the
quarter between April and July. The July
to October quarter Is the most profitable
of th year.
Who first beholds the light of day
In spring's sweet flowery month of May;
And weara an emerald all her life
Shall be a loved and happy wife.
Tha May-born will find happiness by
wearing one of Leffert'a pretty emerald
rings. We have something new to show
you, and th prices ar surprisingly low.
Do se them.
When your eye ar troubling you do
not delay tn having them fitted by th
best optometrist In the state, at Leffert'a.
Jewelers and opticians.
Mrs. Ida May Smith
Gets $2,000 Verdict
Woman Injured by Stepping" in Hole
in Plank .Crosiing Receives
v r Ooodly Sum.":"
A verdict of tS.OQO was returned at 10
o'clock last night by th Jury In th dis
trict court that , has heard Ah evidence
In th suit of Mr. Ida May smith against
th city.
On October ft. 1K0, Mrs. . Smith pain
fully apralned : her ankle . by stepping Into
a hoi In a plank crossing at Twelfth
street and Avenue A. The Injury was suf
ficiently serious that when City Physician
Tubbs was sent to her horn to examine
her on December 10 he found her unabl
to walk.
A photograph of th defective wait
showing th big crack and th cavity be
neath. Into which her foot slipped, helped
materially in bringing about the big ver
dict. Mrs. Smith sued for tn.OOO. city
Attorney Kimball said last night that he
considered th verdict excessive and that
It would be taken to th supreme court.
Far Rent.
Four thousand squars feet floor space,
with fin front office or store room In new
brick building on Illinois Central trackage.
Eighteenth and Broadway. Be Counoll
Bluffa Remedy company.
Old Jewelry repaired and remodeled at
a email coat. Bring In your discarded
Jewelry and talk It over. Cash paid for
old gold. Leffert's Big Jewelry stors.
EAGLES HAVE HOUSE WARMING
Into New Qaarter Wkll Their
New Bnlldln Is Betas
Erected.
Th Council Fluff Eagles will dedicate
their new hall at 1.16 Broadway tonight by
real genuine house-warming, partici
pated In by at least 600 local member and
a number of out-of-town Eagle. Th Ben
son (Neb.) aerl will be present to th
number of 100 and will b th guests of th
Counoll Bluffs organisation.
Th Eagle hav moved from their for
mer location on Pearl street on aooount
of th expiration of th leas on th Clark
building and also for th purpose of cav
ing about 1100 a month In rent and operat
ing expense). A rental of 185 a month was
paid for ths hall In the Clark, building and
th other expenses were correspondingly
heavy. Th hall that will now b oc
cupUd until th new building on North
Mala street Is completed Is fully aa larg
and th rental la only 120 a month. It wa
formerly uaed by th Maccabee and th
Woodmen of th World. It I o arranged
that It Is admirably adapted to ths re
quirement of th Eagle and th admin
istration expense will be reduced to th
minimum.
It will b at least a year befor th
Eagle can complete their new (60,000
building on North Main street and they
hav leased th Broadway hall for that
period. They flgur that they will av
at leaat 11.000 by the deal, which will go a
long way toward buying furnltur for th
new building. Th Red Men, Brotherhood
of Trainmen and aeveral other organisa
tion hav subleased, using th hall on
dates that do not conflict with tha Eagles,
and this Inoom will be added to th
Eagles' building fund. Th meeting to
night will be th first tlm they hav uad
th new hall.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel 3Ml Night. L-lTOt
Marrtaaje Liee
Marriage license were issued yesterday
to th following named persona:
Nam and Residence. Age
aeorgd Blundy, Cropay. Ill
Mallnda A. Longland. Anthony, Kan.... t
Andrew E. Anderson. OUcego 14
Clara Anna, Brartleboro, Vt
Drink Budwler, King of Bottled Bear.
Council Bluffs.
Council Considers
Assessment Roll
Member Go Orer City List and Hake
Notations with Respect to
Valuation! Placed.
The city council continued Ita sessions
laat night aa a board of equalization, with
City Assesaor Hardin present to explain
th assessment rolls. It Is not the purpose
of the council to make any changea In the
amounta returned by the assessor at ths
present time. A the books are scanned
and the assessment examined notations
are made .wher th asssment appears
too low with th purpose of raising the
amounts later.
There ar four huge book to le gone
through, containing the real estate and
peraonal assessments levied against every
property owner In the cTty. So far the
hoard haa succeeded In examining one of
these books each night by Industriously
keeping at th Job until nearly midnight.
Aldermen Tounkerman and Evana alt at
the clerk's desk on either side of Asses
sor Hardin, reading aloud the schedules.
Ths other aldermen have nothing to do but
loll In their chairs and listen. When an
assessment appears too low or too high
It la discussed for a few minutes by all
the members and a decision reached con
cerning th notation to be mads by Clerk
Duff.
Among th notations made last night
wa the assessment of S10.00 against the
Independent Telephone company. This ap
peared to be too low and will probably be
raised. No one appeared last night to
protest.
Lawn Mowers We have a big line the
Leader. t3; the Liberty, I4.M; Electro, 11(0;
Ureat American, ball bearing, $11. P. C.
DeVol Hardware Co.. 504 Broadway.
L. E, Mercer Promoted
to Be City Agent
Wabwh, Freight Clerk Will Become
General Agent in Council
Bluffs. ' '
L. K. Mercer, chief clerk In the Wabash
freight office, has been promoted to the
position of city freight and passenger
agent of the company in Council Bluufs.
The promotion 1 mad possible by the
appointment of R. H. Martin, who has long
held the position, to fill the place made
vacant In th division freight agent'a office
In Omaha by the recent death of Mr.
Corey. The changes went Into effect yes
terday. Mr. Mercer haa been chief clerk In the
local freight office for the last two years.
Prior to that time he waa assistant to
General Agent Charles J. Sayles. Mr. Mer
cer la very popular and will bring to the
discharge of hi new dutlea valuable ex
perience and energy.
Real Estate Transfer.
Real est at transfers as reported to The
Be May 4. by the Pottawatamle County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
M. Marcua and wife to 3. C. Doner.
west 88 ft. of lota 1 and 2. block 19.
Cochran's add. to Council Bluffa, la.,
w. d ,....$ 4,000
Darwin H. Cooley to Flrat Baptist
church, lot F, Melons' add. to
Council Fluffs, la, q. c. d 1
Oluf Jensen and wife to L. A. An-
dims, five lot In block 3, 6, 8 and
ui. in v ngnt s add. to Council
Bluffs. Iai w. d
L. A. Andrus snd wife to A. O. Mc
Cann, five lots In block S. 6, 8 and
13, Wright's add. to Council Blufft,
8,000
la., w. a
3,000
Iowa Townslte company to Olga A.
Quirk, lots 13 and 14, block 6, Mc
Clelland, la., w. d
Olgs A. Quick and husband to George
Quick, lots 13 and 14, block 6, Mc
Clelland, la., w. d
Ada B. Waddell and husband to Mary
U Everett, lota 13 and 14. block IT,
and lot 4. block 24, Beer's sub.,
Council Bluffs, la., q. c. d
176
Total, seven transfers ,
, 310,178
Soathwestern Iowa Clrcalt.
CRESTON, la.. May 6. (Special.) Pro
grams for the Southweatern Iowa Short
Ship Racing circuit ar out for tha season
of 191 L Red Oak, Shenandoah and Ne
braska City ar represented tn the circuit,
with date as follows: Red Oak, August
8-U; Shenandoah, August 15-18; Nebraska
City, August 22-2.
The purse and classes are: Trotting,
MS. 1:30, 1:30; pacing, free-for-all, 2:18 and
3:26, all for 3400 and 3300 each for 3-year-olds
and under, trotters or pacers, 6 per
cent to enter.
Tries tn Street Car Strike.
FORT DODGE, la.. May 6.-Spec1al Tel
egram.) A true ha been declared be
tween striking street car employes here
and th Fort Dodge, De Moines & South
ern, ownera of the city ayatem, who prom
ise a decision on the wage question within
flv days. Th demand of the employes
for passe on th city line 1 granted.
Baloen Stay at Boone.
BOON EX la., May 6 (Special Telegram.)
The Board of Supervisors this morning
finished th canvass of th saloon petition
her and found only eight name to be
taken ft, leaving aeveral hundred over
enough to keep saloons her for th next
flv years. This !s a big victory for ths
liquor Intareats.
Iowa New Note.
CRESTON-FIr In Dodge township last
nle'ht destroyed tt fin barn of Frank
Hues.
E8THERVILLE John, th 18-year-old
son of Mr. ard Mr. J. H. Patterson of
near Haifa, Bmmet county, committed
suicide yesterday by shooting hlmnelf In
th head.
CRESTON Th banker' convention of
tha Ninth district wa held at Osceola
yesterday and today. A large attendance
of banker wa In evidence and the citl
sena of Osceola mad an extra effort for
their entertainment,
TABOR Th trustee of Tabor college
hav secured the services of Prof. Owen U
Lovan of Leander Clark college, Toledo,
for th coming college year He will have
charge of chemlatry and physics and will
be athletic director.
IOWA CITT Prof. Arthur Falrbank of
Boston has been secured to deliver th an
nual addresa of th Phi Beta Kappa so
ciety at th University of Iowa Tuesday
evening, Jun 11 Th annual banquet of
th Iowa chapter will b bald May 12.
TABOR Th Tabor school board has re
elected toe present teachers for th coming
achool yar with on exception. Superin
tendent O. Hammeraley a salary I to be
31. lull next yar, being an advance of SluO.
The teacher ar Misses Sutton, Swanson,
Klddoo, Christy, Ivory, Hopkins and Keed.
IOWA CITT Memorial xrclea to th
memory of th late Dr. CUvln, hand of
th department of geology at th Uni
versity of Iowa, and at on tlm stat geo
logist of Iowa, took th plac of th regu
lar assembly xrcaaa her Wednesday.
Prof. S. W. Wllluton of Chicago university
delivered th principal addrea.
CRESTON Prof. Ralph Harden, sclenc
teach. r in th Crmton High school, has
resigned his position hei. to take effect
at th close of th achool year, and ha
accepted a position at canon City, Colo.
In connection with hi work there he will
also hav charg of th claaae In military
drill.
DBN1SON Th wife of Leon Vasaar
let editor of the Weet Bid Journal, died
uddeiily la thla city yeelerdav. 8h bad
become th mother of her fifth child one
wek before. 8h wa sitting up in bed
t eat her dinner when ah fell back dead
Sh wa a slater of Mrs. George Dolliaoo
of Pomona. Mo : Mrs. K I.. Lyman of
Hsseett. N-h., snd John Mcfort of Audu
bon, I. Mrs Vr was a graduate of
the iMinlap, la., schools.
CHES'P N Mrs. Klannery. an aired
woman of this tilacv. was stricken with
paraivxl yesterday and her coinlltlon Is
(onsldered critic'. llr son, 1". Fiannry,
was stricken with apoplexy last 8iiiiilnv
ancl was burlivl yesterday. His d-ath
caud a shock to the tigod woman, re
sulting in her lllnrss.
HFMSiK-A barrel nf 1insed nil raudit
fire In the bafement of the It Knaul drus;
etore. which Joins the First National bank.
County Treasurer louls Evers; a mer-
hant. W. H. Otto end Policeman J. H. Mc
Clellan and members of the fire depart
ment were badly burned while trying to
remove it from the cellar.
I'ENISON A. J. Wood, who has been
the representativt of the Northwestern
road here for two wars, hsj been trans
ferred to Tama, where he takes the place
of T. W. Hill, who Is retired on a pension
after forty years of service. The new
agent at Penlson Is W. W. Wolf, who
comes from Mount Vernon, la.
SMEN'A N IX) A "i The senior class of the
hitch achool haa been suspended from
school Indefinitely for absenting them
selves from school. The whole class, with
the exception of four nw-nibers, went on a
lark Tuesday afternoon, walking to Farra
gut and hnck. They were hauled upon the
carpet Wednesday morning hv Superin
tendent Wheeler and suspended until fur
ther notice. Shenandoah may have a small
graduating class.
CRESTOV Crt ston ral'mad offices have
received official notice of the appointment
of B. H. reer to the position of superin
tendent of the Hannibal division of the
Burlington road. v.ith headquarters at
Hannibal, and of T. K. Knight a as
sistant, with lieadouarters at St. Louis.
By thla change the , office of superin-
i. imeiu oi lerminsiH is Hooiisiion anu Here
after the St. louls terminals will he
operated as part of the Hannibal division.
S.F.Kalk Admitted to
Annapolis Academy
One Hundred and Forty Candidates
Accepted by Board from Three
Hundred and Fifty.
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. May 5. One hundred
and forty candidates for admission to the
naval academy as midshipmen were ac
cepted by the academic board at the acad
emy from among the 3S0 who took the
mental tests In Washington n mia-April.
Ths list of aiiccesstul youths waa posted
hers today and included principals and
alternate from moat of the states In the
union.
Among the successful candidates are the
following, their physical examinations to
b held later: '
Nebraska Stanton F. Kalk.
TexaB John H. Chapman. Soloman F.
Clark, Dallas D. Dupre. James M. Lewis.
Illinois Ulenn w. BriKgs, Homer II.
Harrison, - Frank C. Huntoon. Edward V.
M. Isaacs, Louis R Moore. George W.
Backet. Walter J. Tlgnn,. Henry O. Tovey.
-:aiiiornia Kicnard W. Hatea. Uarner A.
Beckett. Phillip M. Flsrher. William
Grenat, Alexander G. Hatch, Wealey J.
Bchorner Albert G. Simpson.
Missouri Joseph P. Hluck. Henrv W.
Bond, Robert C. Neville, Oharlea F. Os
born. II. L. Douglas, Herbert W. Wiley.
Iowa Horace D. Clarke, Donald M. Dal
ton. Homer W. Graf, Myron J. Walker,
Walter H. Sltz.
Kansas Paul L. Dyer, Nathaniel M. Big
man. Claud Vickerey.
Oklahoma L. G. Essley, Finney B.
Smith.
Washington Forest K. Llbenaii.
Nevada John C. Lusk, Wlufred H. A.
Pike, Jr.
Oregon Albert B. Mason.
Idaho A. li. Stephen.
WITNESS SAYS DIET2 REFUSED
SEVERAL OFFERS OF IMMUNITY
Deputy Asserts . He Heard Accused
Man Tell Thnrbahn of Shooting;
at lllra.
HATWARD. Wis., May 6.-Colonel .O". O.
Munson, font er secretary to the governor,
and former Attorney General F. L. Gil
bert testified for tha state thla afternoon
that John F.' Diets, on trial here for mur
der, knew what the consequencea of his
refusal of the governor's compromise
proposition would be at th tlm h was
"holding the fort" and that he refused
tentative offers of immunity made by
them.
On cross-examination Diets failed to get
an admission from either of them that he
had said he would accept If they proved
their Identity.
Colonel Munson said he wrote at least
10.000 letter In connection with the Diets
case while he waa secretary to Governor
Davidson. Six deputies testified thl
morning that In their opinion Diets fired
the shot that killed Oscar Harp.
Tli flrat direct evidence that Diets did
any shooting cam from Deputy Con
Hollen, who said he heard Diets tell Head
Deputy Thorbahn he had shot at him
twice. The stats has sbout fifteen mors
witnesses to examine and hopes to finish
Its case by Saturday noon.
YORK BOOSTING NEW ROAD
Meeting; t ailed for May 13 to Interest
Public 'In I.lncoln-Orand
Island Project.
TORK, Neb., May 8 iSpeclal.) At
meeting of th Tork County Automobile
club held laat evening In the room of
the Commercial club a motion was unanl
mously carried to call a convention at
Tork on May 12 to Interest every town and
city, every commercial club and all owner
of automobiles to build an automobile road
from Lincoln to Grand Island, and main
tain th road In first class condition so
that this road will be on of th main
thoroughfares to th west. Committees
were appointed to canvas among th busi
ness men end automobile owners In all th
town and aecur thair co-operation and at
tendance to thla meeting.
Th Tork Commercial club Is backing
th movement and will assist In every way
to mak th good work that la started a
success. Th meeting appointed A. Chris
tian as delegate to represent the Tork
County Automobile club at a meeting to
b held In Holdrege. A good road from
Grand Island to Lincoln, Joining with th
proposed road from Lincoln to Nebraska
City and thence south and also from Lin
coin to Omaha, will mak th rout pro
posed on of th beat across ths state It
la expected that the Lincoln Commercial
rlub and all commercial organizations
along ths propossd route will take an
active lntereat. The convention will be
held at Tork on May 13 at 3 o'clock p. m.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE MEETS
Delegates from Seven States Attend
First Session ef Northwestern
Organisation.
MET .EN A. Mont.. May R- Delegate
from Minnesota, North and South Dakota
Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana
wer present when th first eeselon of th
Northwestern Development league wa
called to order here today by G. EX Mat
thews, president of th Commercial Secre
taries Association of Montana. Mr. Mat
thews said th leagu wa organised to
develop th northwest He urged that a
land show be held at St. Paul or Minne
apolis-next fall.
Th delegate wer welcomed by Gov
ernor Norn and th response waa mad
by Governor Eberhart of Minnesota, Th
latter advocated convention by th states
comprising th leagu for ths purpose of
drafting uniform laws regarding employ
ers' liability and other general legislation.
II also extended aa Invitation for th
leagu to hold Its next session at St. Paul
O. B. Matthews of Lewlston, Mont, wa
elected temporary chairman and C. E.
Mead of Helena temporary secretary. .
21 BILLS; FOR DYNAMITING
John and James McNamara and Ortie
McManigal Charged with Murder.
M'MANIGAL TILE CHIEF WITNESS
Cireat Secrecy In Proceedings of the
tiraad Jury -Defendants Are t
Be Arraigned la Conrt
Soon.
I-OS A NO ELI'S. May 5 -Te, enty-one new
Indictments, according to reliable authority,
were brought yesterday by the grand Jury
against .Inmes and 'John McNamara and
Ortle Mc.Manigal. Nineteen of the Indict
ments. It Is understood, are against the
Mcfmaraa aione and charpe them with
murder In connection with the blowing up
of the Los Angeles Times newspaper riant
on October I. and the consequent deaths of
twenty-cine men. The other two are said
to be ar-alnst McManigal as principal and
the McNairara brothers as accomplices In
the Llenelljn Iron works' explosion on
Christmas day, in which no one was
killed.
The Inquisitors completed their work at
dusk and the tnle Mils ordered will not be
filed In court until tomorrow morning. The
prisoners will be arraigned tomorrow after
noon and a date will then he set for them
to enter their pleas.
McManigal was the principal witness
heard by the Brand Jurors about whose
movement, and meeting place a veil of
secrecy was thrown. When the Jurymen
assembled, they were told to go quietly
one by one so aa not to attract attention,
to the Jury room of J u litre Willis' court In
the hall of Justice, next to the counfy Jail.
In the regular grand Jury room dummy
Jurymen wore quartered while bailiffs
mounted guard at the door.
Then witnehsea were directed to Judge
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Willis court room. When McManigal wa
summoned he waa taken ftomhle cell and
thence escorted over the bridge leading
from the prison Into the hall of Juatlce
and the Jury rwm. He was examined for
more than two hours. Immediately after
ward the grand Jury adjourned.
District Attorney Fredericks said the In
dlctments ordered were so numerous that
they could not be drafted in time for pre
sentation In court today.
No one connected with th defense of
(he labor leader and hla brother had offi
cial Information tonight that th de
fendants would be arraigned tomorrow.
Attorney I,er Rarpaport said he had not
been so notified by the district attorney.
Other Testify t.etore Jry.
The grand Jury heard several witnesses
besides McManigal. Among them were
en.ployea and officials of the Llewellyn
Iron works and Paul Stuperlch, proprie
tor of a hotel at S.iusnllto, Cat., which tha
alleged dynamiter, known aa J. B. Fryce,
visited befor the wrecking of the newspa
per plant. N
Another wltnese waa Douglas Burrowes,
partner of Howard llixter in th owner
ship of the launch Pastime, which, accord
ing to the detectives, waa used to trans
port the dynamite by th alleged con
spirators. Stuperlch and Burrowea went Into th
jail this morning, accompanied by th dls
tilct attorney and a stenographer. Mrs.
stuperlch and her two daughters went
witli them. Janus McNamara was taken
before the party and It 1 asserted that
Stuperlch snd his wife and Burrowes all
Identified him as the man they had known J
in Oakland and ausallto as Jame B.
Bryce.
Ilordwell May ot Try Case.
Although It had been announced, with
apparent finality, that Judge Bordwell
would try the alleged dynamltera. It was
not definitely stated until tonight that the
new Indictments would be returned In his
department of the superior Court Even
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Partial List of Prize Winners, Last Contest
David Mill, 26th and Lake, Omaha; Charles H. Hunt, S804
N. 18th, Omaha; Emella Pederaen, S319 N. 22d, Omaha; Mrs.
Charles O. Hutchlnge, Roland apartment, Omaha; Mis J. Ellin.
2662 Harney, Omaha; T. W. 6pafard. 21t and Z, 8outh Omaha;
Hon. Adolph Plata, Sohuyier, Neb.; L F. Ahl, Doreheeter, Neb.J
John E. Hanson, Wayne, Nek.l Jullu Fleer, Council Bluffa, la.;
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Blanohe Hamilton, Plymouth, III.J Theodore Klubunde, Irvlngton,
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OOKDITIOIII AMD RULE.
every man, woman and oMld In th IT Red Btataa. xopt those connected la
to the on sending In to natt and most original correct answer
b )u, 9u w wn nng inm our osieiog
saves to the piano buyers these nornvou
deal wtth th manufacturer direct.
Contest olose t p. m. 10ay 10th, 1011.
Inoorr lorated, authorised capital MOt.eOO.
Fasffi6iijEf0li
yet some doubt Is expressed that tha ea4
will reach th trial stage befor BordwerU
Judge Bordwell called the editor ef th
newspaper and manacer of the pres as
sociations into a conference. He aald b
was anxious tht the prisoner should
have a trial In which there should not b
snythlng savoring of unfairness and asked
their co-operation.
The Indictments ordered today by th
grand Jury, according to the dlatrtct at
torney, are to n place ths three true hill
which were hastily drafted and filed April
IS. after James McNamara and MrMan'gal
were tsken Into custody at Detroit.
Another set of Indictments, twenty-three
in number, retunied last December, re
main on file. What will be done with theog
could not be learned tonight.
OMAHA BANKER RETURNS
FROM FOREIGN CLIMES
Mr. anil Mrs. Henry W. latea Vlalt
the Pyramid and Other Inter
esting Places.
From vialtlng Egyptian mummies In th
boudlera which they have occupied for th
last three or four doxen centuries. Henry
W. Tatea and Mrs. Yatea of Omaha hav
returned to a more modern world nd
their home. In company with General Lud
Ington of New York Mr. and Mr. Tate
toured Spain, Algiers, Egypt, Palestine,
Constantinople. Athens, Rome. Nice. Pari.
Ixindon, th Riviera and other place In
northern Africa and southern Europ.
Omahana were met t different stage of
th Journey, including O. W. Megeath,
whom they saw In Cairo.
Mr. Yatea was much Impressed with th
ancient trappings and surroundings of th
mummified bodies of the ancient kings.
He saw tombs where bodies forty centuries
old lay In the glare of very modern elec
trlo lights at Luxor, Egypt, and traveled
across the Sahara deaert for miles to visit
fsmous mausoleums.
awarded a prise. Tou may win th
Tou ar ur t win a prise.
In addition te the
above prlie a beau
tiful souvenir will be
piven each contest
ant FREE.
WITH REAL PRIZES
(M Feotory-t-Hom Benin;
profit. This 1 th only stor
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