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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 3.; 1912.
TEDDY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS jPacker Tells How
! Fresh Beef is Sold
by Branch Houses
Former President Writes Article on
" Subject for Magazine.
WOHZN SHOULD DECIDE ISSUE
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Campbell, Col., ebony,
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ALASKA ANDJPUBLIC DOMAIN
President Send Special Heiuga to
. ' Congress oa Subject
ADVISES BUHDISQ EAUEOAD
dmuriii that Iteelsaaatlaa Law
Steaded la Admit Pinal
hwl at Kad at Three
Inn1 aa.'
WASH1MOTOS. Feb. t-Prestdent Taft
today sent In congress hla promised mas
Bk.tr on Alaska ami lh public domain In
general In limine the construction of
a government railroad, a commission form
of government and other needed leglala
tloa (or I He far-aaay territory. President
Taft declared there waa nothing In the
history oT Ine l'nlted HUlea which af
forded such Just reason for rrttlclani aa
tha failure of the federal government
to extend tha aenent of 11a fostering
car to Alaska,
"I am not In favor of government own
ership where the same certainty ar.d effi
ciency f am Ice ran be bad by private
enterprise." said the preatdertt. -hot I
think the condition presented In Alaaka
are of auch a character ae to warrant
the government, for the purpose of en
couraging tte development of that vajt
and remarkable territory, to build and
san a trunk line railroad, which H ran
leaae on terms vhlch may be varied and
changed to meet tike growing prosperity
and development of the territory."
President Tafi said there was little
likelihood that the Morgau-UugKenhelm
Interests would open up a railroad under
the present conditions In Alaska.
The president would have a commtastoa
form of government fur Alaska, one-halt
of tbe commission to be elected and the
other half appointed by the President.
A leasing system waa proposed by the
president for government coal and phos
phate lands in. Auuta. as well as la to
I sited stale.
Rtfrlaaeaflsw Laws.
The reclamation laws of the Vnlted
States aboutd be modified, in the opinion
of tbe president, so that a homesteader
might be granted a patent at the end of
five years of cultivation and three years
of occupation: The president also would
rettere homesteaders from the require
ment of occupation at a time when the
condition of the land would make it bur
densome aad difficult.
following a auggeetion of Secretary of
the Interior Fisher,' President Taft de
clared In bis message that tha control of
water power sites should remain In the
aatkmal government ' "rather than
turned over to lb states. Ha would bat e
the sites disponed of by direct lease from
tbe government, the rental to be used In
improvement of stream and for the
aenent of the local community where the
power sites were located. Tbe preeideat
weald give to tha states tha right to reg
ulala the rates at which the convened
power was sold. Tha proper diapostttoa
of water power sitae has bees aae of the
most serious subjects discussed by eon
servarionists. President Taft believes Ulat
the nasi ng eve tern be. now suggests Is
tbe best aolsttea ef tbe problem, that It
would mean boneaty of administration
and tbn prevention of abuses which a
monopoly of absolute ownership In pri
vate parsons or companies would make
possible.
Cadets Escape Over
Walls of Academy
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Feb. l-atupposrdly
dlacoursged by their showing In the semi
annual examinations hist ended, a num
ber of midshipmen at tha Naval academy
Indulged In a wild "PTStiefctng" party
orer the walla and Into Annapolis tonight.
' There was a general formation" after
which cadet erf leers and Untenant
Buchanan and bowman, aided by the
force of watchmen who police tbe yard,
were sent out to picket the big govern
ment enclosure.
Vp to MK o'clock Seven youths had
keen apprehended as they triad to creep
back to tbe 1 dormitories and were
marched to the disciplinary department
under arrest. ...
NEW" YORK. Feb. I. -Theodore Roose
velt discusses -Women's flights: ami the
Dories of Both Men and Women.'' In an
editorial in ths current issue of The Out
look. He aays let part:
"Much. Indeed, hse America owcl to
the fact that Its two gTveteit men.
Washington and Lincoln, though they
did not neglect riRhts. were even more
concerned with duties.
"I believe In swnai'i rlsim. 1 be
lieve even more earnestly In the per
formance of duty he both men and
women; for unless the average man snd
the average woman live Uvea of duty, not
only our democracy, but civilisation It
self sill perish. I believe In equality of
rights as between man and woman, but
also a full and emphatic recognition of
the fact that normally there cannot be
Identity of functions. Indeed, there must
normally be complete dlssiralliarlty of
function between them, and the effort to
I ignore thla pr tent fact Is silly. I believe
In woman's suffrage wherever the women
want It. Where they do not want It. the
uftraite should not be forced on them.
I think that It would bs well to let the
women themselves, and only the women,
vote at some special election as to
whether they do or do not wish 10 vote
as a permanent possession. Jn other
words, this la peculiarly a case for the
referendum to those moat directly af
fectedthat Is. tlis women themselves
should be entirely content to abide the
decision, either wsy; though I do not
think that the damage prophesied from
woman's voting would corn, or has come
where It baa been tried, I also think
that very much less effect would be pro
duced, one way or tne other, than the
enthusiasts believe. In other words, I do
not regard ths movement as anything
like as important as either Us extreme
friends or extreme opponents think. It
Is so much less. Important than msny
other reforms that t have never N-en
able to take a very heated interest In It.
Roast top affraa'eltes.
"If the woman suffrage movement
were to be judged only by those advocates
of It who discredit themselves and their
sex by disorderly antics' In public and
who astall the foundations of private and
public morality in their endeavor, not to
raise the sense of moral duty In men.
but to lower the sense of moral duty In
women. I should certainly oppose the
movement. But I do not believe these un
desirable apostles are In any. way to be
accepted as exponents of the cause, and
I call attention to the fact that they are
prominent, not In the region where
woman suffrage doea exist, but In re
gions where It does not exist.
"I pin my faith to woman suffragists
of the type of the late Julia Ward Hows.
Julia Ward Howe waa one of the fore
most rltlsens of this republic: she ren
dered service to the people such as few
men In any generation render; and yet
she did, first of all, her full duly In the
Intimate borne re'atlons tbst must take
precedence of sll ether relations
"In our western atstea where the suf
frage has been given te women, I am un
able to see that any great difference has
been caused, as compared with neighbor
ing states of similar social and Industrial
conditions, wrkers womea hava not the
suffrage, let, what slight changes have
occurred hava been for the better and
not for tbe worse.
"I most earnestly desire to emphasise
my feeling that tha question of woman
suffrage la anlmportant compared to the
great fundamental questions that go to
ths root of right conduct as regards both
men and women. There should bs equal
ity of rights and duties, but not Identity
of function, and with tha man, as wlta
ths woman, ths prima duties are those
relsted to the home and the family.
The supreme Imparts nee and high po
sition of the woman of the type of Julia
Ward Howe cannot be materially In
creased by the posssssion of tbe ballot.
I am glad that the good, a lie and brave
mother should have the ballot I am es
pecially glad If Its possession will add to
the high dignity of her position In tbe
eyes of men. But I cannot conceive of
any man's aow falling te hold such a
mother as mora worthy of respect than
aay man, or than any other woman.
In the long run, aad taken as a wliole.
men and womea will go up or go down
together, and all reforms of first-class
Importance must look toward raising both
men and womea to a higher level, alike
as regards tha things of the body aad
as regards the things of tbe soul"
CHICAGO. Keb. l-betslla of tbe meth-
Icd of distribution la the dressed beef
1 business were explained to the Jury In
I the pstkers' trial today by . John G.
! Wheeler. suerintendent of branch houses
! for the National Packing; company.
I Monthly reports,' he said, were made by
each branen house manager showing tbe
number f pounds of dressed beet handled
together with the margin aad average
selling price. From these fig" ires a trial
balance waa prepared each month show?
ing the net profits at each branch' hours.
Branch house managera were paid a
fixed sslsry, but each house waa allowed
for evpenre .V cente a hundred pounds
on all -lieeed beef sold, Mr. Waeoler
said. 'I'iiis commission is expected to cover
every item of expense, even bad debts.
Included in the operation of the house,
according to tha witness. On cross-exam-iratlon
by Attorney Ralph Crews,
Wheeler raid that at a score or more of
the company's branch houses tn tbe south
and went no dressed beef Is sold, the busi
ness being limited to market provifHinf.
The witness said that It cost from
ta,m to H0.4M to build and equip a
branch house, of which there are 17 extending-
from Boston to Denver.
At many of the larger branch bouses,
bo said. Iiidii and bacon shipped from
the packing plant In pickle were smoked
and ssusege was manufactured. These ac
tivities subjected, the branch house to
daily inspection by government offUcsU.
Joseph J. Welch, chief- ef shipping In
the beef department of the O. II. Ham- j
mond Co. plant of the National pack- j
Ing company at Chicago from lfut to 1111,
was tbe next witness called by the gov- j
eminent - . i. !
Elevators at Head
of Lakes Crowded
DCLl'Tll. Minn, Feb. I.-Present pros
pects are that thora will bs auuLOOg
bushels of grain In the Dulutb and ke 1
parlor and the Port Arthur and Port Wil
liam elevators at the opening of naviga
tion next spring, counting the amount j
In vends In storage at the latter points I
Tnla Is ssid to be unprecedented. .
Winnipeg eatimstes that the volume of I
Canadian grain of the present crop that j
will be sent east via the American head j
of the lakes for next spring will range
from lv.a,a tn ll..0i bushels. It j
would seem. Winnipeg nays, that the j
wheat region of western Canada Is being
developed more rapidly than are the
facilities for storing and shipping. Ele
vator construction In Canada promises Is
be large during tha year. ,
Loss of Fortune
, Cause of Suicide
DfcADWOOP. K. D reb. 1 .-Charles W.
Fuller, formerly a wealthy prospector,
killed himself today at Krlstlns. a mining
camp, by shooting himself In the heart
pulling th trigger with airing which
he bad tied to a toe. The loss of hie
fortune Is supposed to have caused tbe
suicide. '
4 Creel Mistake
is to neglect a cold or eougn. Dr. King a
Naw Discovery cures them and may life
rent consumption. Car and U.Ot. Par wis
by Beaton Drug Co. t.
CIGARETTES BARRED TO 1
FRAT YOUTHS UNDER 18
RUCHKHTER. N. I.. Keb. t-Karl A.
Rates of By rectus, president of the Grand
Interfarternlty Council of the United
States, which Includes 471 chspters and
13SSJS members, has Issued this order, re
ceived here today:
"Acting upon a favorable vote by the
National Board ot Education advisers. 1
hereby order all members under II years
of axe at all tbe chapters of all the fra
ternities la the t'nlted States to refrain
from smoking cigarettes under pain of
ten days sua pension of the chapter and
unless satisfactory measures are enforced
within ten days after complaint la taken
up by this body, absolute expulsion ot tha
entire fraternity of which the offender
la a member."
Sherman Says Taft
Gains Rapidly
WASHINGTON. Feb. I. -Vice President
Sherman at tha White llouss today addrd
his comment to that of other republican
leaders who believe President Taft will
be renominated and re-elected.
"The situation so far as Preeideat Taft
Is concerned has Improved wonderfully
in the last four weeks," said bs. "Uurkig
thrse weeks ef Ibat time It was under
the surface; In tha last week the Im
provement has been above the surface.
I never had a doubt as to tha renoml
nalloa ot President Taft '
"Tbe republican party wins Its victories
in November and not In February. His
tory will repeat Itself this year," Mr.
Sherman concluded. .
OPERATORS AND MINERS
CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS
INDIANAPUUS. Feb. 1-Negotiatlene
with mine owners for a ware contract
In ths bituminous coal fields will be
continued, It was decided today by the
t'nlted Mine, workers eonventtoa whirs
adjourned after electing eieats Is the
Worldo . Mining congress and to the
Western Federation of Miners, and
selecting Indianapolis tor tha neat Bast
ing place.
The convention adopted the report of
the president of the confers nee com
mittee providing before any wage con
tract ran be signed It must bs submitted
to a referendum vote of tbe whole menf
berehlp. . .
The delegatea to I he world's mining
congress are Adolpb Ocnner. 'Illinois, aad
George lackey. Indiana, for 11!, and
John Moore, Ohio, and Duncan McDonald,
Illinois, for IDIX Ths delegates to ths
western miners' convention are Frank
Cameron, Iowa, and James Lord, Illinois.
IOWA GIRLS AND BOYS GIVEN
DIPLOMAS IN WASHINGTON
WAPHIN'OTtIn. Feb. t-Mlas Lots Ed
monds, aged 11. the prise bread baker of
Iowa, and ten boys, this year's champion
corn growers from the same state, were
presented today by Secretary ot Agricul
ture Wilson with diplomas In recognition
ot their work. Their trip to Washington
was part ot the reward they received for
bsklng the best bread and raising the
most corn to tha acre.
CHICAGO PACKER FILES SUIT
FOR DIVORCE IN NEW YORK
XRW YORK. Feb. 2. -Papers were filsd
In the supreme coart today la the suit
for an absolute divorce which Charles
P. Mac Donald, the wealthy Chi cage
Parker and member of the firm of Armour
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.1
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$48.75 value. 2 inch posts,
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hnglisu lacquer,
choice, at .....
$291'
gK 1
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choice
5490
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$35.00 value, as illustrated, 2
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Urge piste mirror,
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FEBRUARY SALE BAR
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a r. ' x v ear m v M i
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lreSK. 45 lbs. 7 If,
$10 value, fl'"
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Biaauoa f C H
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Ssoslslor relt
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14.76
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Brussels aVaga, It
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'I large mirror
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si
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Table ft., ex
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iow7';.$l7
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$38.00 Leather Parlor Suite, 3-pieces $19.50
$19 59
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11.10 Made of
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piste mirror I 440
great big value I a,
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REDUCED ONE-THIRD to ONE-HALF
i issj si I ii - V '.- - 1 7-
tlB Kltchsa Cabinet eras
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1414-16-18
D0US1AS
STREET
gt Co la Drill gl nc against hhj srlfa. Mrs.
Anns Edwards afacDonald, daughter of
Congressaiaa Edwards of Michigan. Mrs.
Mac Donald has started a counter suit
against her kssband. No names of co
respondents are given sr either Mrs.
slacDonald or bar husband, nor arw any
dates given of tha alleged actg of infidelity.
BARTH0LDT ELECTION
CONTEST HEARING BEGIN0
WASHINGTON. Feb. t-"l was elected
by approximately VMO votes. Throw out
every fraudulent vote claimed agatast me
and you will aot redues my majority mors
than votes," said Dr. Richard Bar-
tnoldt of 8t. Louis, Mo., to the houfce com
mittee on elections today when Ills con
test with Chsrles 1. Maurrr, democrat,
was called up.
Mr. Maurer's petition recited that each
of lsa voters was bought by two bottles
of beer. Bartholdt stated that be had
paid his own election expenses.
CRAWFORD MAN IS
ASPHYXIATED AT LEAD
LEAD. B. V.. Feb. t.-(?peclal Tele
gram.! Gas escaping from a jet In his
room causes the accidental death here
teat night of C. F. lursser, .known aa a
piano tuner through South Dakota, Wyo
ming and Nebraska. lie was K yearn
old and leaves a wife In Crawford, Neb..
bis home.
SOLDIER DIES FROM
DRINKING WOOD ALCOHOL
STirRGIS. 8. D., Feb. 2. -(Special Tele
gram) James F. Griffin, aged 17 years,
member of the hospital corps of the
Twelfth cavalry, died yesterday after- ',
noon at Fort Meade from drinking wood
alcohol. His parents live in Belleville,
11U The body Is being held hers until '
the parents can be heard from.
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