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Looking Backward This Day in Omaha norty TwMty Tea Tim Ac m Soitmial rags at eaeh knt The Omaha Daily Bee .weather roR.fi Probably &now VOL. XLI-NQ. 203. OMAIIA, FRIDAY MOBXIXG, FEBRUAKY 9, 1912-TWELVE PAGES. . , SIXGLE COPY , TWO CENTS. BRl'AN DISLlKEi CAUCUS ACTIOS Kebraikaa Fear Proposed InTesti gatioi of Money Trait Will Prove a Farce. WAS MTsra BY WAIL STREETjJ Some Member of Party Controlled by Predatory Interest. SEVERAL STRONG TEEMS USED Statement Ends with Praise for Mr. Henry of Texas. HE HOPES FOR THE BEST The National Capital Tharsday, Febrwary lt-I. The Senate. In session at J p. m. l.o rimer ejection Investigation hearings continued with prospects ot early term ination. Manufacturers. iiM-tadlne- Charles M. Schwab, discussed steel tarUC before finance committee. Senator Reed ef If laaourl In a statement Insisted Missouri democratic convention should Instruct for Governor roi in ac cordance, with resolution ot m eoaven- It Cessaalttee Make Pewsapt anal Tlansik Investigation He Will Re Surprised ana Delighted. L ' 8AM BENITO. Tex.. Feb. I "I fear the Investigation will prove a (area, If the bank (Of commute begins t once and makes a prompt and thorough In vestigation I shall b both surprised and delighted." 80 declared W.' J. Bryan today la com menting en the result of last night's democratic caucus over th proposed In vestigation of th so-called money trust "Misled by Wall street," "Under th control of the predatory Interests and "Democrats whose sympathies) are with th money trust" were some of th terms used by Mr. Bryan. In bis statement. which ends with praise for R. U Henry of Texas, th house member whoa pro posal to Investigate th "money trust' by. a epecial committee was voted down ' by last Bight's caucus. Demaerata Are I'afartaaate, Mr. Bryan's statement says: - "It la th mlafortun ot th party to have some member who can be misled by Wall street and it la still greater mlsfortun to bav soma members who are as completely under th control ot tho predatory interests as any of th re publicans. " If th banking committe begins at one and makes a prompt and thorough Investigation I shall be both surprised and delighted. Congressman Henry has - mad a splendid fight and Ms efforts will be more appreciated It th. banking committee is found, as I bMv it will be, to be under th control ot Wall street." ; " Wants Mere Fewer tar Committee. "WASHINGTON, Feb. l-Representativs Fujo ot Louisiana, chairman ot th houss committe on banking ant currency, to which th democratic caucus last night referred the proposed Investigation of th "money trust," ilcc.a ' today that he would introduce a .uUon to In- to leara If tacxs is' a nwli) trust is th Vnlted SWtes. , . "NO SURRENDER," SAYS -1 THE GALLANT COLONEL To attend th national conference ot Ituosevelt boomers. Colonel John O. Telser goes to Chicago today and the public la duly apprised that h Is still head and front t th Roosevelt column In Nebraska by this statement: "Then was no surrender ot Roosevelt forces to th men la charge of th La Follett organisation. All, such talk Is pur buncombe to try and kick up a row. Th Roosevelt men will be as numerous on that ticket as th La Follett men. If th La Follett men on Monday do not recognise our half of th delegates snd insist on a fool plurality vote that In effect would be a three-cornered fight. It . would mean a real thre-cornred flgta resulting In separata delegate. There was not a word said by Governor Aid rich or Mr. Harrison at our conference that could be used aa a basis for today's re ports about any such surrender. I feel sura, however, there will be no occasion for a call of a Roosevelt meeting as I believe th La Follett men are not under the dominitlon of Mr. Corrlck ot Cosad." Fall Press Wtgss Fatal. PIERRE. & D Feb. 1 (Special Tel, gram.) C. F. Hilgenbecker, en of th pioneer residents ot this county, died at th hospital In this dry today after lying unconscious sine his injury from tailing from a load of bay th first ofyh week. The Weather FOR NEBRASKA I'nsettled. probably snow flurries; rising temperature. FOR IOWA Unsettled, probably SJSOW flurries; rising temperature. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour, i a. m... s a. m... Deg. .....lt V.'.'.u ..u Ta. t a. m... a. m... M a. m... 11 a. m.., M m..... 1 a. m... J p. m u p. m 11 ' 4 p. m M k p. m 14 p. m H 7 p. m. 11 I p. m .11 Comparative Lerml Record. Wit. WL 151. 190S Highest yesterday 3 42 34 40 lowest yesterday I W 21 28 Mean temperature 13 31 28 34 Precipitation 00 M .as .21 'ieoveratire and precipitauoa aepar tt:res from the normal: Normal temperature ....................... K ivnoleney tor th day a Total excess since siarcn i. IS 11. 254 Normal precipitation .at inch lJcficiency for the dsy.. .44 Inch Total rainfall since March 1....1I i inches lieticiejicy since Hsrch 1 13.73 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1911.. 16. 46 Inches Excess for cor. period, IK.... 4. Inches Heaarts trass tatiema at T P, The House. M. mt MM. l.abor conditions in steal trust sub sidiaries discussed before steel trust in- Representative McKlnley (III.) re-elected chairman repubucaa congiussiu palgn committee. , . . t MAttiiMa committee for mally ordered complete Investigation of Florida Everglades land case. Chairman Fujo announced he would in troduce resolution venting banking com mittee with plenary powers tor Its pro posed "money trust invesusi . i..k . n. a hefnr territories com mittee government railroads, navigation aids and ftsh protection e1Uon-.. Arguments sgalnst federal Injunctions In labor boycott mad btfora Judiciary committee. 1 trill atihnnenaed to testify be fore steel' tru;t investigating committee Moiaisy. ' Ftrsaed resolution-requiring secretary of mar to furnish full informstion of cost snd military value ot army Posts recommended abandoned. Debate on Hay army reorganization bllL - House Republicans Organize for the Next Campaign WASHINGTON, Feb. l-Representa- Uve William B. McKlnley ot Illinois was re-elected chairman of th republican conaressloaal committe today. The other officers were ejected: Repreeentetive Charts Burke ot South Dakota, vie chairman; Representatlv J, Hampton Moore ot Pennsylvania.- sec retary, succeeding th late II. C. Louden slsger of New Jersey; Representative Oeorgs W. Fatrchlld of New York, treas urer; Representatlv William J. Brown ing of New Jersey, auditor; Henry Cas soa ot Wisconsin, assistant secretary; John C. Kvarsmao of Illinois, assistant treasurer; Francis Curtis of Massachu setts, director of the literary bureau. Resolutions on the death ot Mr. Louaen- slsger were adopted. Harmony ' seemed to prevail In the meeting. Representative Frank P. Woods of Iowa, an insurgent, placed Chairman McKlnley In nomination.' Mr. McKlnley declared ba expected there would be a republican majority ot forty-one in th house under th re-apportionment f Appointed to th executive committe wsr: Representatlv Charles H. Burke, South. Dakota; Oeorg H. Utter, Rhode Island; Frank P. Woods, Iowa; James 1L Davidson; Wisconsin; J. H. Hampton Moor. Pennsylvania; John ,W. Weeks, Massachusetts;, Jfc.Wi, Hs4gso0. North Dakota; Richard Barthold, Missouri; Oeorg W. Fairchlld. New York, and. J, C. Needhara, California. IRISH HOME ROLE BILL EXPLAINED Winston Spencer Churchill it Given Mixed Reception by People of Belfast RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SECURED Island Will Be Given Control of Its Own Finances. Operator Says Hines Offered Her Bribe for Look at Message WASHINGTON, Feb. a-Helen Severs, tslegraph operator at a local hotel, swore before th Senator Lortmer -committee today that about twe weeks ago Edward Hines offered her money It aha would 1st him tea a message Detective Bailey had Just sent to H. K. Kerr ot Detroit, Mich, "He said hs would put something In my paw it I would let him see the message," she said. "Hs cam back and I saw the green in tha band. "I told him I would not be bribed to do wrong." said Miss Severs. Dr. J. P. Jupp of Toronto, Ont.,- was calltd to testify that McOowan was not In th room with detectives at the hour they gwor he admitted having received money tor "perjuring-' himself. C. F. Wish, secretary of th Edward Hines Lumber company, told, of his dealings with young McOowan, He said ha knew a subpoena would not bring McOowaa from Canada to Washington and it seemed reasonable to pay him for his actual losses. Denver Girl Knocks Out Bandit With a Hot Custard Pie DENVER. Col, Feb. t-A masked bandit came to grief early today when be was bit squarely la the face with a hot custard pi wbll be was looting the cash drawer ta a downtown restaurant her. Th robbery occurred about 4 'dock. Just as th robber entered th place. Mrs. Ina Mouat, in charge of th place at night, walked forward from th kitchen in tb rear. In each hand sh carried a 1 steaming hot custary pie. 1 "Hold tap your bands," demanded tb robber. . "I wont drop the pies for any villain Uk you." she said. "Don't you move." th holdup man said as be turned toward tb cash register. The soft part of the hot pie struck him squarely. Tb robber dashed through the kitchen Into a back alley and disappeared. 7 p. m. . M 33 ... t ....... 34 Eta lion and Stat .1 rwvr. Cheyenne, cloody Davenport, clear .... Iienver, dear le Moines, dear Dodge City, eeiar.... Lander, cloudy Nona PUtts. cloudy . 24 Omaha, dear 13 Pueblo, snowing Rapid City, part dondy 1 Salt Lake City. p, cloudy 44 Santa Fa, clsar 4 Sheridan, cloudy 24 Sioux City, celar 1 Valentine, ctoody 24 Jems. High- Bain- M 34 12 3 34 28 15 3 4 48 24 12 2 fall. . U A. WiXSH. Local Forecaster. Tarring Case is on Trial at Albert Lea ALBERT LEA, Minn, Feb. t-Tb tflal ot eleven men charged with having In cited a riot and tarred and feathered Dr. J. P. Freeman at Olennvllle, near North wood, la, last April, opened before Judge Kingtesy her today. Tb defendants are Frank Donek, Fred Holman, Walter Knutson, William Swan son. Frank Flusak, Norman Hill, O. C. Hanson, & T. KUpatrick, Roy Ecert. Harry Kirkpatrlck and John Nelson. This la tb Second trial, tb first having been dismissed because attorney for tb de fendants represented Dr. Freeman's wife la a divorce proceeding. Tb tarring of tb physician Is alleged to have been don at sight after he bad been engaged la aa altercation with bis wife. REDMOND FOLLOWS SPEAKER nationalist Leader Endorses All Utterances of Minister. THREATENING CROWD AT HOTEL Admission ta Groaads la by Ticket and Valaalsta Are Exe?ldeeV- Bodies at TTwaps Held la Reserve. BELFAST, Feb. I Religious freedom will be secured, a representation fair to all parties In tbe Irish Parliament wUI b guaranteed, laws and taxes unjust to any party will be guarded against and Ireland will control ita own finances un. der the terms of th horns rule bill. These features were announced by Win ston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, ,who outlined th proposed measure for tha first time In a speech her today. Tha armed forces in Ireland are to be controlled by tha Imperial government and th Imperial government will continue Its land purchase and pensions scheme. Th dauses relative to religious freedom and taxes, it Is expected, will be Inserted to relieve th anxiety among the Protestants of Ulster. Th government's horn nil bill, Mr. Churchill said, would tit into a general scheme of parliamentary devolution lead ing ultimately to th federation of the empire. That was the only way to free th Houss of Common frcm Its present congestion. RedasMd Endorses Bill. John Redmond, tha nationalist leader, followed with a flva-mlnut speech, In which hs said that he accepted every word of Mr. Churchill's noble speech. Th gift of th Irish Parliament would be mad on th clear Understanding that the power conferred would not be abused. Otherwise It was tb baunden duty ot the Imperial Parliament to interfere. Mr. Churchill arrived this morning with his wlfs at the central station and was given a somewhat mixed reception. A number of Orangemen who had gath ered at the station greeted blm with groan and boas, but they were drowned In th hearty cheers of th large crowd of Liberals and Nationalists, There wss no ' dlsturbaaos and tb large foro of polio on duty In tb station had an easy task t sel-turm. - ' , Unlamlses Paswefe tose-Ms. - In th ours ot the morning a crew t Unionists paraded th street carrying an effigy of Mr. Churchill to which was attached a placard bearing th words "Down with .Churchill! No Home Rule!" They proceeded to th hotel where Mr. and Mrs. Churchill are staying and sang th natloaalanthem, after which they dispersed without disorder. Thar wss no marked excitement among tb workers of th city today. A few small crowds, however, were scattsrsd her and there, anxious- to aes th first lord of th admiralty and ta watch th movements of the military. .- Rail fell tha whoi morning. Th foot ball ground, where th meeting Is to b hdd is swamp and tha saturated can vass marque In which Mr. Churchill Is to speak has sagged threateningly several times. For preserving th peace detachments of police bav been posted sverywhsre and th troops are held in readiness In their quarters, -Matter looked ugly for a moment when Mr. and Mrs. ChurchuT started for the plac where the meeC-Tg to bsxheld. A great crowd which ha I gathered out- aide th hotel appealed twined to rush Mr. Churchill's motor car and tried to block Its passage, but escorting cars packed with detective succeeded ta work ing a wsy through th groaning throng and got th Churchill safely away. Craaas a ad Hisses, Mr. Churchill and John K, Redmond, th - Nationalist leader, reached the marque safely. Their Journey through tbs streets wss marked by nothing more serious than outburst ot groans and hisses. To guard against an Invasion by ths Unionists only ticket bolder were ad mitted to the grounds. Inside th marque effigies bearing tbe labels "Carson and Londonderry Turn coats and Traitors" swung from poles. Bodies of- Infantry and dragoons were stationed a short distance from the marquee, in readiness for emergencies. Tb polios challenged every no whs tried to pass into the grounds. Occasional bands ot rowdy youths marched by with banner bearing tbe words "liu Horn Rule I Down With Churchill!' "An' she's gona meet me right after school!" Arsenal Employes' Accept New Cards DAVENPORT, la, Feb. S.-Tb threat ened strlks of tbe employes of the Rock Island arsenal collapsed today when cards were offered to a few employ and wars accepted. Tb machinists' union, on of tb strongest organtxatlons at the arsenal, notified Commandant Burr that Its mem bers would accept th cards. It la expected that other organizations will do likewise. Cards were Issued to only a few of tbe mea today. Their intro duction mill be by degrees. Th action oa th part ot th machin ists followed telegraphic Instructions from their national officer. From th Cleveland Leader. GOLDIE W11JJAMS MURDERED Body of Missing- Grand Island Girl Found in Vacant House, HAD BEEN BEATER TO .DEATH City Is Excited and Fosse Are Kw Heeling far th M srderer . Reward far Arrest Will Be Offered. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Feb. l-(Hpe- clal Telegram.) Th disappearance ot W year-old Qoldle Williams is no longer s mystery. It was cleared away by the revelation at noon today of th most horrible crime ever perpetrated In this county. Under several sacks of lime. then covered by a door. In a vacant bousa which I being remodeled, the torn, bruised snd beaten body of the little girl wss found. A scantling near by, bloody, and with soms of tits girl's hair matted to It, mutely told of the struggle of th helpless little girl to sav berstlf from ths demented tw de generate man Into whose power sh had. childlike, "placed herself by ths promise ir sh went With him ot a pair ot skates. Tester-daye excitement over the kidnsp- lnB M Atllv tutlnanll 1. f , .r.nM Th body was found shortly before 1 o'clock today, when th owner of the house, accompanied by a workman, went to ths pla?e to open ths window with tha view of having ventilation dry out the plastering. The house Is one of a number searched yesterday, but th door' and plastering referred to bed not been re moved. There is no clue to th per petrator of th crime, but nothing will be left undone by th obmmunlty to ap- prshsnd .h man. Money is being raised for a liberal reward. search tew Mnrdeiwr. Th earch waa this noon transformed from one for th girl and her captor to one for th captor alone, but It baa not abated In thoroughness or seal. Yester day ths town was canvassed from bouse to houss; todsy posses era making a hunt through tha surrounding country, looking la every farnt- houss and out buildings. All day yesterday and last night from the time th fir bell brought out th dtlssns to Join In th bunt MO people have been petroling th vicinity. It Is believed to be certain that lynching will follow If th murderer ta caught estrefc Fraeea, Faille. Finding th body only momentarily stopped th work of looking up every possible clue to tb stranger, th descrip tions ot which slightly vary, agreeing, however, as to his having a dark stubby mustache and a pug noaa snd wearing a gray gray cap and dark overcoat. It has been definitely ascertained that ha was a peddler In dry good and thread-, lines, and It Is believed he was In th city but a dsy. If that long, before approaching th little glrL , All afternoon and evening polio offl oersar sheriff's deputies have been mak ing automobile runs to nearoy towns where men .answering th description In a genera! way had been seen, none of tbes trips blng successful. On man was arrested and partly Iden tifier by th little sister ot tb dead girl, but when ths painters wha had seen the men in company with ths dead girl snd had talked to Mm for soms minutes were asked they declared positively b wss not ths man. Th police station is constantly sur rounded by a crowd ot men inquiring for the latest developments. Th country hss offered a reward of ESS, and tb slate wiU offer 230. Tb Inquest was held tonight At the le- quest of the family th body will not be ssea by anyone not directly concerned. CaveraosWe) Offer Reward. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb, S. (Special Tele gram.) Governor Aldricb. on his return to ths dt tomorrow. It wss stated at his office, will offer a reward of 330 for the apprehension of the murdered ot little Goldla Williams of Grand Island. PRICE OF SILVER HIGHEST SINCE NINETEEN SEVEN NEW YORK. Feb. a Commercial bar silver today advanced to IH cents an ounce, the highest price) sloe November, 137. This is th fourth succeslv rise In the metal thus tar this month. RAN FRANCISCO, Feb. (.-Bankers her explain today's rias of 1 cent la the pries of silver as due to tb prospect of larger demand at tb opening ot tb Chi nes republic. LANCASTER JUROR DEMANDS COURT HOUSE FIRE ESCAPE - (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 1 (Special.) A Juror in the district court this morning asked ths presiding Judga to bars a Orescaps put on th building, so ta case ot firs be might escape from tbe tbird story, where tbe Jury is looked bp at night. He saya that tb ball ft la supposed to be awake and sitting near tb door, but experience demonstrates th Jurors bare some trouMe getting htm at night it they want anything. Tb court beard tb plea, but took no action Gompers Re-states His Position on the Right of Free Speech WASHINGTON, Feb. t-'Th speeches. I made during 1M were In support of ths candidate and th party which promised the labor movement relief from the sys tem of federal Injunctions which hss grown upon us. , They voiced my political beliefs. I mads those speeches berauss I believe In the right of free speech. If. because ot the exercise ot that right, I must go to Jail, and I woSild feel tbs loss of my liberty keenly, I will face that Jell sentence and will not flinch." Samuel Oompers, president ot th Amer ican Federation ot Labor, mads that ststement todsy la ths supreme court of the District of Columbia, where he Is on trial for contempt, lie admitted that hs had mad speeches In Indianapolis and Baltimore, whleh attorneys prosecut ing insist wsr contempt of court I . At Indianapolis, h waa reported to has said: . 1 "I sm enjoined from dbmiejinr" W1 case Iths flunks Ktov company case). I rosy, go ta Jail for discussing it But 1 shall discus It, It I do not I ahaW ex plode." . ... Chinese Republicans Suggest Changes in Throne's Proposals . PEKl.NO, Feb. S.-In spit of tb opti mistic re porta- circulated In government circles, it Is known that ths republicans suggest modification ot nearly all of Tuan Shi Kal's proposals. Ths revolutionaries ara beginning. It seems, to suspect Yuan Shi Kal's terms ara so drawn up as to provide an easy avenue for reversion to a monarchy after a loan baa been arranged, order restored and th republican forces disbanded. I.ONDON. Feb. a. Tha sntl-forelgn feeling Is spreading everywhere in China, according to a news agency dispatch re ceived her today from Tien Tsln. A larg Japanese tore tended today at Dalny, owing to th situation la Man churia having become worse. At lfu Chow th Chines troop have completely looted th city because they have not received their pay, but th lives snd property of foreigners ar regarded as safe. Roosevelt Says He Will Not Desert the . . Progressive Cause NEW TOHrf, Feb. t-"I don't believe thst sven my bitterest enemies will ssy thst I wsa ever a deserter," said Colonel Roosevelt to A. P. Moore, publisher ot th Pittsburgh Leadectoday. according to an interview given out this afternoon by Mr. Modra. "Ton can say to lha progressives," Mr. Roosevelt Is quoted by Mr. Moor as saying, "that I will not desert tha cause and that they will find m fighting side by side with them to th finish." Both Guggenheims . Like Court' Ruling CHICAGO, Feb. (.-Counsel on both sides Mi th Guggenheim divorce tangle today Insist that they have beea upheld In a ruling ot Judge Wlndes In tb drcult court which sustained some of th pleas of William Ouggenheim, who Is resisting the efforts of his former wife, Mrs. Grace B. Guggenheim, to have set aside a di vorce granted her la Chicago In 1ML Counsel for Mrs. Guggenheim declared that J t waa absurd to say that his client had lost. A a exactly contrary position waa taken by counsel for Mr. Guggen heim, who Interpreted th opinion of tb Judge as disposing ot th ess so far as tb circuit court Is concerned. King Frederick is Much Better COPENHAGEN, Feb. t-Tb reassur ing bulletin as te the condition of Kmg Frederick wss issued by tb physicians ta attendance today. It says: The king bad a quiet night Th In flammation of tb lungs hi diminishing. His majesty general condition is satisfactory." MORSE BACKJN NEW YORK Bank Wrecker Will Rest at Home Before Trip broad. KEEPS IMPASSIVE COUNTENANCE Farmer Federal (eavlrt Meteras ta era at Hla Conviction Haddled I s la Wheel t hair aad ays Kotblsa. ' 11 NI4W YORK. Teh. t-Chsrle W. Morse, bank wrecker and Recently a federal convict, came back tonight to tbs scene of his former triumphs and his conviction, crumpled up in a wheel chair, silent and Impassive as a Isy figure. With his whits fsced wlfs at hla sld hs wss pushed through the curious throngs at tha Pennsylvania station, lifted quickly Into a Itxlcab and whisked away to his horn at U7 W4l Fifty eighth street to rtmsin tor a week or tn days before starting (or Had Nalheim. uermsny, where hs eipects to regain his health, whleh physicians ssy prison lite US shattered. -" 1 If Mors felt any sis Hon at hi boms coming lie did not show It. . Not once did he open his lips during th trip bi the wheel chair from train to taxlceb. He did net even raise his head, but sat with hands limp on his chsir srm. Thus he passed stolidly through ths crowd, a fur-trimmed ovsroosi collar partly shield ing his far. j Crowd Awalta Trala, Th train from Atlanta, where Mr, Morse served leas than two years of bis fifteen-year sentence, was mora ihsn an hour lata. Reporters and photographers by th score awaited lis coming, and as It swept Into the station at there was a rush to the fron) exit of th Pullman car bearing the Morse party. Prepara tions for his detrslnmsnt bad been care fully made. A wheel chair was rolled up snd Moras wss ulrkly Installed In It Then cams a crash and a burst of flame. Everybody Jumped, while Mores brsnk back Into the ehslr. A photo grapher had Uken the first flashlight ot the returning bsiikrr, Mrs. Morse looked anxiously at her husband as ths smoke cleared and pressed closs to th chsir as It wsa wheeled away. Her face was ashen. But shs said nothing. In th waiting room of th station a greater crowd awaited Morse. As the gstes swung open a battery of flashlights was. turned loose and tha fuallad con tinued aa ba was wheeled to bis taxi cab. Moras blinked, but In bis face there was nothing which ths onlooker might read. Efforts Continued in Behalf of Judge Hook by ffis Friends WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-t4rplt reports thst President Taft had determined to ap point (secretary Nagel to the supreme court bench friends of Vnlted Ststee Judge William C. Hook today continued their efforta In his bebslf. Representative Anthony of Kansas, took to the White house today an analysis of Judge Hook's opinion in the Oklahoma Jim Crow" esse. It wss that decision which was ssld to bavs eliminated-Judge Hook from th president' list of possible appointees. Some K aniens expressed the optn!n today that Judge Hook's opinion In the 'Jim Crow" case bad been presented to the president by those friendly to soma other candidate. Mr. Anthony said hla analysis would present to th president another flew of tba case. Many Drowned by Floods in Portugal LISBON. Feb. t-The number of vlc ms ot th floods M Portugal ts not yet known, bat It will be large. Large numbers ot Injured are being cared for in hospitals in th flooded districts. Tb river Tsgus la a raging torrent carrying seaward corpses and merchan dise ot 'all kinds. Many barges which wsr anchored In tbs navigable section of Tsgus wsr sunk st tb first onslaught of th flood current; others were swept seaward with a great mass of debris from tbs upper part ot th river. Including uprooted trees and th bodies of cattle and Hve stock. Crops through th flooded district are ruined and all communication by wire Is severed. Tb chamber today voted SjOV.WS to aid victims of ths disaster. EDITORS ASKED ABOUTRDMORS Grand Jury Inserts Probe Into Al leged Holdup of Druggist! and Saloonists. KAKBACH IS PLACED Off STAHD Six Reporters Summoned to Appear Today to Tell What They Know. BBIBEBT DROPPED FOB TIME Attorney Blackburn, Who Gathered Evidence, Before Jury an Hoar. AIL WITNESSES ARE RETICENT Cessaslsslsaer Karaaeh Who Is Ft ret Wlrneea Called la Vgdy Basse . Feat. re ef Prablag . Seeado Mprh Time la Jary Iteess. Subnoenaa for six newspaper reporters and one saloonkeeper to appesr before th Douglas county grand Jury today wer I saued yesterday afternoon as a re sult ot the grand Jury's examination ot Harvey New branch, editor of tha World Herald; Victor I'.osewater, editor ot Tha Bes; and Joseph Polcar. editor of th Dally News. These witnesses were tx smlned regarding the "ugly rumors" about the granting of Honor licenses to saloonkeepers and druggists. Examination ot tha witnesses for whom subpoenas wer Issued yesterday will ba begun some time this morning. They ar Kenneth B. Cameron and lllle Green test of th World-Herald; Anthony M. taster ling and C. Mason Tould ot Th Bee; Fred A. Carey and F. Eugene .i-ker. man of the Dally News; and Jo Hoff man, proprietor ot a saloon at Ninth and Douglas streets. Charles J. Ksrbach. a member tt tha Board of Firs and Polle Commissioners, ' told th grand Jury what h know about ths rumors regsrdlng liquor licenses jea lerday afternoon, and waa thoroughly ex amined regarding the board's expend itures for supplies tor ths police and firs departments. It was tb first tee-" tlmony of this natur given the grand Jury. He resumed his testimony st tha beginning of tha afternoon sitting and re mslned oa th stand until nearly I' o'clock. Ksrbach wss followed n'th witness stand by Arthur Pugh, editor of th raiainr, wno was in the jury room about a halt hour. Both Ksroa.li and Pugh refused to discuss their test.niony. Attorney Thomas W, Blackburn, who has Uken a leading part In gathering evi dence In the matter of he streH rail war company Jury bribery charges, was ths next and last witness of ths after noon. The grand Jury adjwmcd until this morning after havlnu devoted an, hour Jo Illsckburn'a examination. Rasaar Frwh Inserted. Frob of th "ugly rumors" that saloon keepers aad . druagtsts,. seeking liquor licenses paid money not required by tew In order to secure licenses and thst mors money was paid than ever reached tit public treasury was begun according t schedul by th Douglas county grand Jury yesurdsy morning. Tha grand jury temporarily dropped Ita Investigation of chsrges ot Jury bribing In cases In which the street railway com pany has been Interested. Arthur W, Gross, former clsira agent and attorney for the street railway com pany, who lias been implicated In. the Jury bribing charges, asked th grand Jury to subpoena and imln th eleven other petit Jurors who served with John A. Knmmerllng In a case In which Ksm merllng says hs and others were bribed. Jim Alien, private detective, who ad mitted to tbe Jury bribing investigating committee of the Bar association that ha took Kemmerllng 10 Council Bluffs snd kept him In a hotel there while search was being msda for him, was th first witness bsfor th grand jury. Allan aa tha (Hand. Alias waa on tha witness stsnd a half hour. During his examination John ' A. Kemmerllng waited outside th grand Jury room. When Allan's exsmlnatlon waa finished Kemmerllng was told hs might go boms and If the grand Jury Wanted him during th day tt would send for him. Th grand Jury then began its probe of th "ugly rumors." Harvey Ncwbranch. editor at tha World-Herald, and Joseph Polcar, editor ot the Dolly News, wsra placed on th witness stand tor fifteen minutes sach. Victor Rosewater, editor of Th Bee, waa placed on th stand and kept there tor more than half aa bour. He waa succeeded by Cbarles J. Karbach. a member of th Board of Fir and Police Commlssionsrs, whose examination bad not been concluded when th noon recess waa taken. OMAHA HOTEL REGISTER EVIDENCE IN SNEEO CASE FORT WORTH, Feb. l-When the de fense resumed Ita effort today to dear John Beall Sneed, the Amarlllo banker, accused ot tbs murder of Captain A. G. Boyce, which cam after th elopement of Boyos'a son with t-need' a wife, tb prisoner wss accompanied to court by bis two Utile children. This waa their firs appearance In th court room. Their mother ts not attending tbs trial. Th defease Introduced photographs ef page from Omaha, and Winnipeg hotel registers to show thst young Boyoa and Mrs. Hneed stopped as man and wife In thoss cities when they eloped. Use the tele phone. When you hay anything around tho bouse) to sell, a room to rent, a boas for sale, when you want something, when In need of competent help, dm Tho Be Want Ada. An ad will cost you only a few cent (one cent a word If run two or more times). 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