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INSURGENTS LOSE
FIGdTJN HOUSE
Attempt to Set Aside Hann'i Nomi
natjoa of Campbell for Com--'
mittee on Bales Fails.
DEFEATED BY SIXTY VOTES
Eegular Succeeds Late E. H. Madi
son, Proreuive, of Kansas.
DEMOCRATS DIVIDE OS ISSUE
Underwood's A&vice to Support
Minority Leader Disregarded.
2.0RBIS LEADS LOSING SIDE
Krttwkaa Attacks Caoeaa Method
f Sasslag Cesssalttees aad Rlcht
( Either Party ta Prevent
Opea Neaslnatlea
WASHINGTON, mix. lL-Repubican In;
surgents met defeat In the house today
In an attempt to upset Republican-Leader
Mann's power to name all republican can
didate! (or places oa the home commu
te?. Led by Representative Noribi of Ne
braska, who managed the great rule
tight of the previous congress, tlie in
surgents tried to Be' aside Mr. Mann's
nomination of Phllli B. Campbell of
Kansas, regular, to succeed the late E.
II. Madison. Insurgent, on tne commit!
on rules, and to nominate In his place
Victor MBurdock of Kansas, an In
surgent Opposed by both democratic and repub
' Ucau. kaJers, the Insurgent attempt was
beaten by a vote of I'm to WT. 01 tne Wl
votes can In favor of Mr. MurdocK IS
were republican and 81 democratic; while
M7 republican votes were cast against tna
proposed substitution,
Tna republican who favored substitut
ing Sir. Murdoch's name In place of that
wt Mr. Campbell were:
Akin. New York; Cooper, Davidson.
Cary. Eech. Lenroot, Morse and Nelson,
Wisconsin; Anderson. Davis ad Lind
bergh, Minnesota; French, Idaho; Hau
gen, Hubbard. W oods, Orcen and Prouty.
Iowa; Hcgeaen. North tkota; Lafteily,
Oregon; La Follett and Wrburton,
tVasnlngton; Norrls, Nebraska; ..
Young , and Jackson, Kansas, and
Stephens, California.
' Issnmst SBtor. Maaa.
The nomination of Murdock by Norrla
came after the nomination of Campbell
by Democratic Leader Underwood, who
Informed tha house that Mr. Campbell's
name had been presented to him by Mr.
Mann. -Mr. Underwood exkorted tha dem
ocrats to uphold tha republican, leader,
aaom the republican caucus had autnor
ised to select commutes members for tha
republican ski. -
Representative Norrls attacked both the
caucus method of selecting eommltteaa
(s4 lb right of either party to prevent
open nominations on the floor. atr.,l"n-
ocrwood declared nemwieHoo groan- the
Door of tha bouse would destroy eotne
pietely the helanr of ooramitteeg and
that the authority of someone to pats on.
appointment must be recognised.
Notwithstanding hi attitude, many
democrats voted with tha ineurgent.
Following tha defeat of Representative
Murdock for the commute place, tha
houss elected Mr. Campbell. Tha Insur
gent representation on the rule commit
tee was thus reduced to one, Represent
tlve Lenroot of Wisconsin.
Representative Norrla followed his first
defeat with a resolution for tha appoint
ment of Representative Warburton of
Washington, Insurgent, a a member of
the special sugar Investigating committee
of which tha late Representative Madison
was alas a member. Thl resolution waa
tabled on the motion cf Democratic Leader
Underwood. 1 to M. Tha Insurgents
could not muster enough votes to fore
a roll call oir-rhe question.
PORTUGUESE OFFICIALS
BURNED ALIVE BY NATIVES
LISBON (Via Frontier), Jan. 11. Hor
rible atrodtlea have been committed by
tne tribes In Portuguese Africa during- a
rising of tha native there, according; to
a dispatch received today from Angola by
the Seculo. A number of Portuguese
officials who vers captured by them
war burned aliv.
The National Capital
Tharsdar, Jaaearr 193-
Ihe Senate.
In session at 3 pm.
Lorlmer election Inquiry resumed with
Senator Ijorlroer attain on the stand. Lay
largely devoted to reading from Chicago
papers.
Interstate commerce committee con
tinued neuritis; c-n trust problems.
Baron lGa.1 chosen to preside over the
senate during three dsys' absence of Vice
President Sherman.
tialllnger N. II. announced lie would
auk next Tuesday for a vote to choose a
permanent president pro tern.
Burton tO.i ir.tnduced monetary com
mission's bill.
Elections committee postponed consid
eration of report on charges affecting
Senator iHephenson'a election until Jau
uary IS-
.ujourncd at S:w p. m. until 2 p. nv
Monday.
The House.
Met atnoon.
Insurgent fight over Republican Leader
Mann a selection nf regular republics n as
successor to Madison of Kansas, Insur
gent, on rule committee.
Andrew Carnegie continued testimony
before steel trust Inquiry committee- le
clared day of competition had passed.
Sur trust Innuirv resumed, wtth W .
P. Willelt of New York A teohnUal witness-
Sneaker Cla.it' friends claim the first
Instructed deleastes for hlnl In the selec
tion of presidential delegates in the Sev
enth Kansas district.
X'onia iNeh.l urged rules committee to
report '- bill to take postal service out
of politics.
House sustained Republican Leader
Mann's right to name republican members
of committees. ,
Adjourned at 5:i p. m. until noon Friday.
FIX P1UCES AND
MAINTAIN THEM
Andrew Carnegie Tells Senate Com
mittee that Day -of Competi
tion is Passed.
MASUFACTTJEEBS ABLE TO AGBEE
;Savs They Hold Meetings and Make
Out Schedules.
Jones Still Sticks to His Cold Morning Plunges
SHOULD BE REGULATED BY LAW
Parks Implicates
Seven Men in Plot
to Blow Up Hall
LOS ANGELES, Jan. ll.-"Conner told
me that Ourey. Mlrner, himself. Bender,
Maple and Charles Steven planned to
dynamite tha Halt of Records, and that
he. with Bender and Maple, were told to
do the work."
This statement by Maniell Parks was
today s contribution by the state to the
sensation of tha trial of Bert Conner,
charged with conspiracy to destroy the
Hall of Records.
Ounrcy Is the man whose name was
brought Into connection with the letter
Introduced In evidence yesterday, as Con
ner asked for money with which, to get
out of the country.
The Mlsner named by Parks is E. A.
Mlsner, an official of the organised me
chanics who walked out of the Harnman
railroad shop last year.
Stevens, whose first name Is Charles,
Is serving a two-year term In fan Quen-
ttn for having beaten a strikebreaker em
ployed by the Llewellyn Iron works.
Parks declared that tb men were on
the Iron workers' iuik committee and
thst Conner' Information was given to
him My 1 baa he met the prisoner on
the way to Needle.
Industries Heed System Like that of
Railroad Traffic.
PROTECTION IS HOT NEEDED
The Weather
For Nebraska Continued cold, with
snow .flurries. .
For lowa-Oenerally fair and continued
cold.
Trssperatare at Ossake Yesterday.
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lowest yesterday J
Mean temperature g
PraclpltaUon "
Temperature anJ precipitation
tures lrom tne -normal:
.Nsimai lemperatar W
Ixflclencr for the day S2
Total azossa alaca Marck 1. JKi
jxur:t.al iMvCiwauo- S3 inch
I lelioiency for the day as Inch
lolal rainfall since Marca 1..U S Inches
ICj(liBcy sine March 1 11.56 Inches
laflclency fur cor. period. Ila.l4.7 Inches
xcss far cor. period, IMS.... t. laches
Iteasseta flwaa (tatlaava at t T. M.
button and Stat Temp, High- Raln-
f . eather. 7 am. est. fail.
heyenne, cloudy 4 t .lit
iMvenport cloudy 4 T
Denver, cloudy...- 4 Z -l
Lies Maines. part cloudy 14 g ."
liudcs City, cioudr K 4 .as
1 tinder, clear -m g
North Piatt, cloudy.....
umiU, clear. 14
Pircbie, dear X
Rapid Clqr. clear 1
Saa Lake City. daar.... C
Santa Fe, clear
Sheridan, snowing 4
Moux City, clear is
Valentine, dear a
Indicates below sera.
L. A. VYtL&H. Local Forecaster.
Object to Lodge's
. Treaty-Uompromise
aBiiuvuivn, n. u.-ira
intendment to the resolution for ratifica
tion of the arbitration treaties with Oreat
Britain and Franc has stirred unex
pected opposition from democratic Sena--m.
it m ravored bv three-fourth of
the republican senators, who accept It as
a happy compromise of all difference.
The amendment, presented at the for
eign relation committee meeting yester
day, wa Introduced by Mr. Lodge In
executive session of the senate today.
nefnra tha Lodes? modification was sug
gested seven or eight democratic senators
had Indicated willingness to support
the treaties, some without amendment
and other with amendment, which would
reserve from arbitration all questions In
volving strictly American subjects. These
democrats todayslook the position that
tha Lodge amendment conflicted with the
treaties themselves - Consequently, these
senators object to It a a practical nulli
fication of the treaties' vital parts.
The last c'aus of article S cf the
treaties provide for final determination
of the Justiciability of actions by tha Joint
high commission. These other democratic
Mutnn m-hn dHin the treaties amended
contended today that a course preferable
to the Lodz amendment wouia e to
onrit entirely the last clause of article
I as originally was suggested by the ma
jority of the foreign relation committee.
Their argument waa that the effect of the
amntanc of tha amendment would be
to restore all the senate' prerogatives of
ratification and confirmation.
The reoubllcan senators are not strong
.nnnrh Is nut throuah the treatlea with
out considerable democratic assistance.
and soma concern wa expressed a to
tb attitude of 'democratic senator who
heretofore have been classed as friendly
to the treaties.
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Seven Are Burned
to Death in Gotham
NEW YORK, Jan. ll.-Seven live ere
believed to have been lost In a fire which
gutted a thros-story frame building oa
Bronxdale avenue early today. Those
supposed to have perished in the flames,
which spread so rapidly through the
wooden structure that the firemen say
that none could have escaped, are Thomas
McOonough. his wife and five boarders.
whose names are unknown to the police.
The origin of the tire Is unknown. There
I little chance of Identifying the bodies,
as they probably have been burned to
cinders, ' i
KNOX DISCUSSES LODGE
RATIFICATION AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1L "It Is a mis
take," said Secretary Knox today, "to
allege that the resolution of ratification
of the peace treaties proposed by Senator
Lodge Involves a surrender by the ad
ministration or the seriate of any position
they bold in respect to tha treatlea. The
senate objection to the 'third article of the
treaties waa that it could fee construed
ta take away the senate' power to ap
prove or disapprove a special agreement
for arbitration after the commission had
reported the difference arbitrable under
he first artlcla.
"The administration a position was that
It could not be so construed.'
Steel Klagt Kara There Is Ka Danger
f Farelgm Steel Flaadlagt the
Asaertcaai Market If Duty
la Lowered.
WASHINGTON'. Jan, ll-Andrew Car
negie, continuing his testimony before
the house steel trust committee today,
declared that tha day of competition had
passed because of the ability of manu
facturers to fix and maintain prices.
"Men. ' lie said, "have been abl to sit
down and agree to fix price and main
tain them."
"Do you bellev that the situation to
day destroys competition?" he wa
asked.
"Certainly."
"That men In these corporation meet
some where today to fix and maintain
price r
"I think that t obvious."
Mr. Carnegie was asked It he agreed
today with view h expressed two years
ago, urging government control of cor
poration and regulation of price.
"I still sdhjre to them," he nwered.
"I believe the government should regu
late maximum prices."
"Don't you think It an unfortunate
condition"
I think the time has arrived when
that I necessary and I point to the Inter
state Commerce commission, which has
I brought order, peace, and Justice out of
chaos In the railroad business.'
, Preteeilea Net Needed.
Mr. turnegle declared that he never had
any Idea the American people would per
mit the organisation of such trusts as
hard grown up In thl country without
government regulation. The Ironmaster
said he did not know the Bhemian law
Interfered with Ills company's enaaging
in pools. lie said he would not punish
millionaires, a example to other mil
lionaires, because they had done some
thing In Ignorance of law.
"That would be vindictive," ha said.
Mr. Carnegie reiterated hi tariff, views.
He declared that the steel Industry needed
no protective tariff and that congress
Seed hare no fear that foreign steel
would flood th Ajnericin market,
y - Helped Orawals Industry,
The Ironmaster was In a happy
tram of mind when ha reached.th com
mltte room and as an yesterday he
proved an attraction, drawing a large
audience.- tie told the chairman bsfor
the proceedings began that h hoped the
committee could conclude with aim today
a he wished to return to New York.
Represenaatlve Brail of TtJ.as began
Questioning Mr. Carnegie.
"You were connected with the Iron and
(teal business altogether for about forty
year, were you not?" he asked.
"Yes, sir."
' "You found It at the beginning a small
business?"
"Yes very small."
"And' you left It business dominating
the business of the world r'
"Yes, In steel."
"In th early years you found the busi
ness disintegrated r
"Yes."
"And you left a business greatly Im
proved, greatly extended, with all Its
attributes, the ore. th trnsporttlon.
th coal and other faotlltles assembled
and practically dominated by on great
corporation"
"Admirably stated." said Mr. Csrnegle.
K rrosjreae Reeeatly.
"Has there been the same giade of
progress In the steel business since the
United States Steel corporation got hold
of the Industry 7"
"I don't believe that any corporation
can manage a business like a partner
ship. When we were partners I felt
that we could run around corporations.
You take thirty-five young men Inter
ested In watching even a leak in a
spigot and no corporation can compete
with such an organization in any busi
ness. "George Perkins came lo me one day
and said: 'Mr. Carnegie, you once told
me about your partnership organisation
and I thought it was foolifii. Now. I
know you were right.',
"it Is the same thing with th man
wuo.owna tbe land and tills It. Take
Iowa, for inatance. When a young man
I went to Iowa on a holiday. There I
saw those beautiful farms, those homes
of a triumphant democracy. Those
young men owned their lands, their
homes. Great Caesar, what can a big
farming corporation do against such a
condition as that?
The man who owns the land la a
man, the equal oS any other man In a
triumphant democracy. Why, I have
loved Iowa ever since t. saw that
Picture."
Haw Me Bewared Baslness.
Mr. Carnegie gave the committee sev.
eral Illustrations of his power to get
business when he was in the steel mar
ket.
Why, take rails, for Instance," be con
tinued. "I had many close friend In
the railroad business. 1 remember only
tbe l nlon Pacific had asked for bids for
W.OM tons of rails and the bids were to
tie opened at Omaha. All my competitors
acre out there. I walked over to Sidney
union of tbe Union Pacifle In New York.
I bad done the I'neon Pacific a favor
once; I got them a loan of something
like . in Philadelphia, and tny
elected me and George M. Pullman di
rectors.
"I told Dillon about the blda aad
asked him if the Carnegie rails wei- sat
isfactory. He said they were. .
"1 said, 1 want the Union Pacific to do
business with me and 1 U give you tbe
lowest price."
He raid, 'All right. Carnegie and I
rot th contract.
"Now. what's the use of a corporation
Frum the Clevulatid Plain Dealer.
HIDE IS NOT PART OF STEER
Packers Make Ho Credit for it in
Estimating Cost
MOYEB COHIIHTrES TESTIMONY
He ara There Are Xe Records by
Which He tan Detrrsalae Dale
When tbe Practice
Started.
CHICAUO. Jan. ll.-IIenry Moyer, rx-
I pert accountant In charge of figuring th
teat cost of slaughtered animal for Ar
mour gt Co., resumed th witness stand
today In th trial of the ten Chicago pack
er. f , '
District. Attorney WUkrreon jaanilnucd,
th direct xaminallon. ,
"Can you tell u when the practice of
making credit allowance Mr hided was
abandoned 1y the packers In figuring th
test cost of cattle" he asked.
"I cannot remember the date," replied
Moyer. '
"Yesterday I asked you to took at your
record In an effort ta refresh your mem
ory on the question of hides."
'There are no records on the subject
callable." said the witness.
Moyer produced a bundle or printed
forms which h said were used In figur
ing the test cost of cattle In Armour i
Co.' offices. H said there had been
no change In the style of printed forms
used In fix or seven yeses.
Moyer explained In detail the method
employed In figuring the test cost givlnj
sll the Item entered (gainst th carcass
beginning with a killing charge of !.
per head.
He then enumerated the credit allow-
a.ices deducted for by-products. He sakl
thst different credits for bj -product j were
figured In the "memorandum" or "red"
coat and the "last" or "test" cast.
JKFFERHON CITY. Mo.. Jan. 11.
Former Judge Daniel Dillon of St. Lout,
special commissioner for the supreme
court in the state's ouster suit against
the St. Louis Dressed Beef snd Provi
sion company and the Hammond Pack,
ing company, today continued the hear
ing to March 4. Attorneys fur the de
fendants secured the continuance be
cause of -he Inability of President Tlldrn
of the Nstlonal Packing company to be
present. Tiiden is one of the packers
now on trial in tlie federal court In Chi
cago. Ou stipulation the evidence tsken
in tlie prellininsry hearlnKs on which the
ouster proceedings was based was ac
cepted as evidence.
(Continued on Second Page.)
President Taft's
Cold is Much Better
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. -President
Taft's eold waa much Improved today and
although he remained In bis study In the
executive mansion he was able to receive
a few callers and spend several hours In
disposing of correspondence. It wss said
the president expected to attend the
cabinet dinner, given by Secretary of the
Treasurer McVeagh tonight.
Sargent School House
Burns; Children All
Escape by Pire Drill
BAHOKNT. Neb., Jan. U.-48peclal Tel
egram.) At 1 o'clock tills afternoon
mok was seen Issuing from the floor
in the sss'mbly room of the high school
snd by prompt action of tb assistant.
Mis Brodrtrk. a panic was avilded by
use of the fire drill. The fire waa caused
by a defective chimney and started In
the wall.
Normal trainer were tatting an esam
Initlon In th elasa room and left the
building down th fire escape.
Th fir department responded promptly
and removed th plan aad book rases
tclthajt Injury; Water caused more aewl--at
than th fir. Th building as
fully Insured. For the present the high
school will b conducted In two of th
churches. Tho structure wss of frame
construction and hid ten rooms. It was
valued at K,tK.
Kidnaping Charge
Against Burns is
Without Merit
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. ll.-Ietertlve
William J. Burns, waa not sullir cf the
crime of kidnaping, when he raptured
John J. McNamara here and took him to
California last April. Federal Judge An
derson Indicated todsy thst such would be
hi ruling. Tb Judge said the case against
Burns wss without merit.
Professor Stuart
Heads Princeton Uni
PRINCETON, N. J .'Jsn. II. Dr. John
Orfer Hlbben Stuart, professor of logic.
tuuw; - inmimn in rnnceiun I
university by the board of trustees of the !
institution. Ho succeods Woodrow Wll- i
son, who resigned the presidency In the
fell of 19f to make the run for governor
of New Jersey.
Ambassador Bacon
. . Resigns His Post
PARIS. Jan. 11. Robert Hacnn. ambas
sador of the United States at Paris, eon
firms the report of his resignstlon. 'Am
bassador Bacon' letter In which he an
nounce his resignation to President Tsft
Is due to reach tbe president at Washing
ton today. i
Sir. Bacon' especially refrained from
making his retirement public, as he de
sired th first announcemvnt to com
from Harvard university, which yester
day chose him to be a fellow In place of
Juurfe Lowell, deceased.
Ambassador Baeen said ha wished his
friends to know that there were no ul
terior motives fr.r bis resignation. He
had beer for seventeen years a member
of the board of overseers and could not,
be said, decline the honor of becoming a
fellow of Harvard, which he considered
to be the bent sing e Influence for good
In America.
Is your resignation at this time Influ
enced by tne presidential election?" be
was asked.
"No." was the decided answer. "I have
no Intention of entering politics. My re
lations with President Taft are mojl
friendly and cordial. This. Moreover. I
have voiced In my letter of resignation."
Mr. Baron was appointed ambassador
to France on December a, MM. lie had
,.evlously been assistant secretary nf
state from January 17. not, until March a.
WO). He was graduated from Harvard
in use.
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
ASKS FOR HOLLOWAY
AUSTIN. Tex.. Jan. 11. Governor Col-
quette today requested the governor of
Illinois to grant requisition for Frank
Hol!oway. alias Robert Huntlcr. arrested
In Chicago and wanted in Wlltnrger
county In connection with the robbery of
tbe bank at Harrold. Holloway recently
made startling confessions Implicating
himself In various robberies.
Fire in Chicago
Board of Trade
CHICAGO. Jan. 11. Fir stsrted shortly
before t o'clock m the Board of Trade
building. The flames wer discovered In
th southwestern corner of the basement.
Two calls for engines were sent In wbea
the first detachment of firemen failed to
extinguish the flames.
WOMAN AND DAUGHTER
FOUND DEAD IN HOME
MINNEAPOUS. Jan. II. - Mrs, Uay
Phillips, wife of a member of tbe Minne
apolis fir department, and her 4-year-old
daughter Grace were found dead la their
home today under circumstance which
so far have baffled the police and coroner. J
GNAWING INTENSIFIES
Severe Weather Beported from All
Sections of West
FOBECASTS HOT EHC0UBAOIH0
Fifteen Degree Belesr Brre I Us
ee reed nt Klaht O'clock Last
Ma hi Rallreada Still
Off Hehrdale.
While train are running . nearer to
schedule than at any time during the
last week, railroad men believe that they
are entering upon the severest eold spell
of th season. From a quarter
com repetta of continued dsqp a ()
Dentures.
' The "Mllwguked hss advice from along
th rSige sound 11 n that Urougn Mon
tana and portion of Idaho degrees
below sera ha been reached snd th
mercury la still going down. Along th
same line In ton, around Charles City
and Calmtr, last night ! degree below
sera waa reached. Th Una from Aber
deen west to th Missouri river In South
Iiakota report a pronounced drop In
temperature last night, many of th ther
mometers thl morning registering M nd
26 below aero.
On the Nebraska division of th Union
Pacific there wa a light snow Wednes
day night and yesterday morning Tern
perature ranged from t I II below aero.
North Piatt vicinity seemed to he the
coldest, while at Grand Island. Central
City, Columbus and Fremont tempera
ture range from I to IS below. West
of North Platte there la a slight modera
tion, throughout Wyoming the tempera
ture being from I to S3 degrees above
aero. On the Kansas divisions the range
of temperature I from S below I II
above. In Colorado yesterday there was
a variety of weather. At Denver It waa A
above while out In the mountains, l0 miles
est and northwest. It waa far below
aero.
elaw at All Palate.
' Along th Burlington It IS cold, not
place reporting temperature above aero.
On the Wymote division .temperature
rang from 4 to I below v. McCook, S t
W: Omaha, S to li. Alliance. 4 to Is, and
Sheridan, I to ft Thar I a stiff wind
and th snow I drifting.
The Northwestern reports a moder
ately heavy fall of light mow In Wyom
ing and western Nebraska. Through
this section It Is colder than It ha been
In several days. It I below sera every
where, these temperature 'being re
ported: Winner. 1. Norfvjk, IS: Chadron,
10. and from tang Pine, west, from 12
to IS.
North of the Black Hills. In th Bell
Fourch country and up toward th
Milwaukee Puget Mound line, th tem
perature range from St to at below.
Mince Wednesday the temperature In
Omaha has been going gradually down,
until S o'clock last nlirht, when the mer
cury In Forecaster Welsh' thermometer
registered IS degree below aero. The
forecaster doe not see any relief at
present.
e Relief la Mint.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. "Mo moderation of
consequence can yet be predicted." said
Weatler Forecaster Cox today when he
Was asked regarding th prospect of aa
end soon to the cold wave.
The severest temperature reported was
at Pemb-a. N. Ii.. 44 dugro below aero,
thl morning. St. Louis expected S below
tonight. -.
La C'roese. Wis., reported the eleventh
day of continued below sere weather.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. ll.-Eaatern Missouri
an 1 southern .Illinois suffered from a
bllxsard today. A heavy mow was ac
companied by a high wind aad a tem
per it ure almost at the sera mark.
Locally street car schedules were dis
arranged and all other traffic alma
stopped.
Tbe water shortage waa partly relieved
by the Mississippi river freesing ever at
the water works Intake and putting aa
end to the floating Ice which caused much
trouble.
Railroad Official wed! Iw.
OKKAT BEND, Ran, Jan. 1 "--Superintendent
Kurnand aad Trainmaster Asa
craft, Atchison, Topeka at Santa Fe offl
dais, who came here yesterday from To
peka to Investigate complaints of poet
RDRALISTS NEAR
CONVENTION END
Farmers and Co-operative Associa
tion Select Officer for Hext
Twelve Months.
TO MEET IH OMAHA TH .1913
Visitors Betnra Thanks to Women,
at Home Doing the Chores,
LIHCOLH HAS BOOSTS THIS ClTi
Declares that Delegates Beceive
Better Treatment Here.
ELE7AT0B KEN 15 A SCBAP
Dele as tea ef Allied OriBwUatlese
Will Ce Seath Ossaha Today,
Taklaa Dinner af Steele
Kxehaag Halt.
New officers Farmers' Congress:
President 1 C. Lawson. Clarka.
Vic President!. D. Ream, Broken
Bow.
Second Vice President Frank TannU
hill. Norfolk.
Third Vic President J. B. Orinneil.
Secretary-Treasurer W. S. Delano,
Lincoln.
Near Officers Ca-Osssratlee Aaa'a.
President J. S. Cansday. Mlnden.
vu. 1. 1.4. K' 1 uikhHl Juniata-
Secretary-treasurer J. W. Short hill,
Hampton.
I Hrerinr (. J. Pettrson. Teksmah;
Hans Selk, Elgin: J. S, Canady Mlnden;
K. P. Hubbard, Juniata; 1. W. Shorthlll,
Hampton.
By mora than three-fourth majority,
Omaha waa selected by the Farmers'
Co-operative Oral and Llv stock Stat
association aa the place (or seat rw -meeting.
.. - , -
, Thl. the election of officers, whose)
names are gives above, and a unanlmoua
vol of think to th women who stayed
at home to milk th sown and feed the
plra while the farmers cam to Omaha,
were tha features of yesterday's eon.
veatlon of farmer at th Ram. Tha
vote to tbe Women waa made oa motion
of E. E. Price of Hucklejr. seconded by
kl P. Hubbard of Juniata, who admitted
that he waa as named of hating come
away from home, tearing tha "women
folk to do the chores," with th tnrrcury
below aero.
Mr. Price said It wa the women who
had made the convention a success In
splta of th fact thai but ana woman waa
present at th session. II said If th
women hadn't been willing to do th
chores, th men ooudn't nave come to
Omaha., i
Ossaha lavltee Retera.
r v. rarrissi, nwnssrr w, iiw s-wwiwis
bureau of th Omaha Commerciel eiub,
and C. Vincent of th Omaha Grain ex
change tendered Omaha' Invitation to
the farmer tor next year. An Invitation
from th Llnooia Commercial club waa
read by J, S. Caniday. Tb nomination
Stockham. - , 1 1 1 - i ii
MS-tM l- I. f .-. I .1. ,f-.,,
, vnsie yfuiusiwmi witw ,.
better ear of us than th Lincoln Com
rnerclal eluk did." sa Mr. Rlter. fH'i
aght td eome hack an thl aeeountj and
because Omaha I th rc we snarkec
our (rain and llv stock. W should visit
th Oram Sxchang s often aa we can."
Llaeeln Man BeeMrt Ossaha.
"I am a Lincoln man, and t would Ilk
lo see you come to Lincoln, but I believe
It would be Is your Interest to meet again.
In Omaha, aa you af being given better
ccomniedatlon and greater considera
tion In Omaha than would be possible lit
Lincoln." said F. O. Odell of Lincoln.
O. C. Noble of Crete and K. F. Hub
bard of Juniata also spoke for Omaha,
It I likely that th Nebraska Farmers
ongreas and tha Nebraska Rural Llfa
commission, holding their convention
Jointly wtth the co-opera tree grain men,
will select Omaha for their ISIS meeting
sine tb (rain men have dona so.
taa Foretell Deareselea,
At the general afternoon meeting of
tbe allied organisations th co-operatlva
men and the Farmers' congress Willis E. '
Reed of Madison delivered an address) or
price. Helen tiflo Investigation, he said, "
shews that prices of a given commodity
rise and fall In cycle of certain duration
with such regularity that Inflation and
depression can be foretold. He suggested
that th farm men advocate that tha
government Investigate tb fact of thaw
cycles and make them public Thl, ha
aid. would ware people against making
their contracts fall due In lime of de
pression and would avert wholesale bank ''
ruptctea.'
Tb afternoon aeaassa of tb co-oper
ative men waa taken up with a lively dis
cussion aa to whether tha manager of a
farnsar elevator, net an owner of stock ,
la th company, should be a member of
th association. In ttss scrap. J. W.
Shorthlll of Hampton and O. T. Brigg
of Cook, who had bean elected directors
at the morning wesson, resigned beceilse
they wer not Mock owner. Then a i
proposed asaen intent at tha constltutloa
to make elevator managers, w nether
stack holders or not. eligible to member.
ship waa voted down. Mr. Shorthlll qual
ified at once by buying Mock from th .
president of his company, the transaction'
taking place before the eye at th dels-
gate. Mr. Brigg wa unable to quel, i
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Boxes of
O'Brien s Candy
aad
Dalzell's Ice
Cream Bricks
Given away each ' day la
lb want ada lo those IlndiBa
toelr name.
Head tbe wiet ada each
d7. t T don't set prixa
ton will probably find o -seining
id Termed that anuaaig
in jo a. '
Each day these prlxe ar
ctlered. no puxx.es to aolva aa
aubacitpuoos to set ao tills g
sat floajnf your Bam. It mm
kyieax sou tima.