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iPENNSEIVANIA
'.FLYER JVRECKED
Tart Trai from Chicairo.to New
? Tork it Derailed at Warrior -
? ' Ridjje, Pa. ,
FOUR I DEAD, MANY HJURED
Train Wat Behind Time and Wat
Running Rapidly.
TOTE STEEL CAES ARE UPSET
Two locomotive and Postal Car
Stay om Rail.
y'
C056RESSHA5 SLOAI ABOARD
. XttoukUi Wha Waa Returning la
Waaklastaa, la ralnJereeV Cea
tniMH Maadeli at Wye-
'-v-- ... Bias la Also lakers.
The National Capital
Hie Senate. f :
In fsion it k m. -
Flnam-e committr continued betirinff
or at! tariff m talon bill.
,The House.
JVmocrats ttr blnc urj;4 fraim
a n 4 take up wool tariff bill before uir
Hu!a roiniitt avuthorlwi fvorW
report of rwjo resolution for money Uut
lnvesti ai Km,
Aerlcu'iutal department aircuUir let
ter on Florida BvrfJadi mipprossion
bnuj-rht abuu; lnvestlKt.oa jwroduwi at
hearing.
Meel forpomtlon a care of Its employe
ras axplafned t Stanley contmttteo by
Director Peivhal Roberta. Jr.
4 'orreapoDdeace on Panaman indeperxl-erx-e
prcduced before foretfn affair com
mittee in hearing on Rainay reao)ui.tt
to reimbursa Colombia.
Debate continued on army appropria
tion bill. Foreign affairs committee to
recommend two month)' extension of
Burton law regulating Niagara falls
water diversion to sennit condition of
permanent tec illation..
PIERCE WINS. FIRST ROUND
em.
ALTOONA. Pa.. Feb. It-Four passen
gers vara killed and twenty-five others
Injured today when the Pennsylvania
limit ad express, which left Chicago at
p. m. yesterday and-which was dua
la Now Tork st : p. m. today, was
wrecked at Warriors Ridge. Pa.
' The train left Altoona one hour and
area minutes lata It carried a postal
car and tan ateal pasarager ears drawn
by- two locomotives.
Walla passing Warriors Ridge station
the two looomotlvee and the postal car
broke away from the rest of the train
and ran ahead a Quarter at a mile. The
remainder of the train unset or fell, all
the ear falling oa their sides except
, he ewnbtnatlan car. next 'to the postal,
which wan -only partly overturned.
'"The derallmenr of the care broke the
telegraph wires and communication with
, warriors Ridge le greatly hampered. The
Huntingdon hospital this afternoon aent
a request la Altoona and Harrleburg for
, twelve or more nurses to attend the In-
Jured. , i , t.
Coeai'ssesaa gloaa aa Train.
A partial Hit of passengers whs ee-
caped Injury Includes congressmen Mon-
detrof Wyoming and Sloan 'of Nebraska,
feruuon Commissioner MBride of Wh
. ington and 8. Kern. Mcpherson, Kan. '
. y-At railroad man here said the wreck
--Vss caused by ana of locomotlvai drop-
plnf Its equalising bar on the tracks-
The first car paseed over It safely but
the aeoond car struck IX. causing this
car and, all the others to lump the track
and' turn over. The cars slid down the
river bank,' but , did not go Into the
water. -, 1
. . Partial Mat at Vtetleaa.
The dead In the, morgue at Huntingdon
re: .
HARRT A. MASS. New Tork.
MRS. JOHN B. TAVBNNEB, Wash
lagtoa. D. Oh , - '
COLORED JtAJD.. name wot. known.
Oae body Is supposed to be under the
aoa
another ear wttan the wrcik accurred
and after the crash found his bother,
lira, John Tnvenner. dead In 'the
wreakaga.' They fasd been visiting at
Cordova, III. V'i
. Among the Injured are Mr. and' Mrs.
B. 8.. Stevens, Parsons,. Kansas, badly
bruised. ...
J. 8. ' Johnson. M4 West Eleventh
avenue. Denver, Colo., badly shaken up
and bruised.
W. f. Bain, Polo, III., shaken and
back hurt '
; CaaareaaaHia Caatlaa Trip.'
i HARJUSBUKU, Pa.. Feb. U.-A train
bearing some of the passengers who
escaped unhurt or with minor injuries
passed through here late this afternoon.
Among them were Congressman htondell
et Wyoming and Congressman Sloan of
Nebraska, They were In the rear rar
and were thrown from their aeata. but
were not Injured. 1 They proceeded to
Washington.
lira. Gertrude Fleischer of Artsona and
Nathan Epstein of Fort Worth, Tex.,
en route to New Tork, said their car
turned' over three times. They crawled
through a window to safety.
C. C Hamlin of Colorado Springs, a
nephew of Senator Clark of Wyoming,
waa slightly Injured, but continued on his
way. Ha was hurled over several seats.
Congrenmsn Mondell . told a ' thrilling
story, of the accident.
1 was sitting In the observation car
with Coagreasmaa Bloaa when there
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The Weather
fair; moder
moderate
For Nebraska Generally
ate temperature.
For Iowa Generally fair;
.temperature.
Tesaaeratare at Osaaha Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
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1 p. m...:..
p. m.
4 p. m.
I p. m.
C p. m
7 p. m.'....
5 p. m.
raatparatlvg ;Xeeal Record.
int. mo. m.
Highest yesterday li a 43 v 4l
Loaset yesterday. ....... 13 Ss 3 4
Mean temperature." 37 44 33 2
. PredpltaUon at M T M
Temperature and predpttatJoa' depar
turee from the normal: v
Normal tenperature. 34
Kxceas for the day I
Total exooss since' llareh 1 B3
Normal preciduUoc .at Inch
, Defldeoey for the iay inch
Fifht ior Control' of Waten-Pierce
Oil Company Segin. ,
BOCXEFEIXER VOTES REJECTED
Pierce Held. 'Ttrm aa Opaaaltlsa
Slate Ineligible eeaaee Tkey
Are Beards af Cem
aetlag raatpaalee.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15,-Beaten on the face
of the returns of the annual stockhold
ers' election by the Standard Oil-Rockefeller
Interests for the control of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company. Henry Clay
Pierce and his associates laid the ground
work today for a legal fight for the con
trol of the corporation.
Through one of thd representatives of
the Pierce Interests a statement was given
out attacking the good faith of the Stand
ard Oil Interests In complying with the
decree of dissolution of the United States
supreme court and the. supreme court of
Missouri ousting the Standard from this
state, and rcnarglng that the. Individuals
charged In the government ' suit with
conspiracy In restraint of trade were try
ing to perpetuate the oil trust la a new
fornk
The . fight between . .the Pierce and
Rockefeller Interests for control of .the
Waters-Pierce company was taken Into
court today upon , a writ of mandamus
by the Rockefeller Interests to compel
the tellers appointed by -Pierce to count
the ballots offered by the Standard Oil-
Rockefeller stockholders through at. M.
VanBuren ' and Walter F. Taylor -as
proxies " . . ,
The Pierce representatives charged that
the Standard Oil-Rockefeller interests
conspiring not oaly ta perpetuate
the oil trust in the United States, but
that they were planning to (at control af
the all business at aleiloe. ' 1
ensTT Set aee
Whea"t"h iiockhdlders met. Attorney
Walter F. Taylor of the counsel for the
Slanders 00. Interests and K. M. Van
BUreH, son-in-law . et .John D. ArchboM,
who Waa a director and ana af the prin
cipal owners' of Standard- Oil, offered to
vote the shares of stock owned by Arch
bold, Pierce filed a written protest and
the ballots were refused.
The Standard Interests wished to vote
the stock for three directors, Robert W.
Stewart of Chicago, an attorney for the
Standard OH Company of Indiana; George
W. Mayer of Kansas City, manager of
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
at Kansas City, and Charles If. Adams,
now secretary and treasurer of the Wat-
ers-Pleroe company.
Pierce's protest was bottomed upon the
legal fact that Stewart and Mayer were
the representatives of a competitive cor
poration, the Standard Oil Company of,
Indiana, which was controlled by Arch-
bold, Rockefeller and their associates.
Pierce's protest declared that by res-
son of the connection or Mayer ant
Stewart with the Standard of Indiana
they were Ineligible as directors of the
Waters-Pierce company both under the
decree of the supreme conrt of the
United States and of the supreme court
of Missouri. . i
. Tvfa Mlalea Proposed.
The Standard Oil Interests-had planned
to elect Stewart president of the Waters
Pierce company to succeed Clay Arthur
Pierce, son of H. Cay Pierce. Mayer
was stated for vice president: under
Standard control and Adams was to be
re-elected- secretary and treasurer. The
Pierce board of directors proposed waa
H. C. Pierce, C, A, Pierce. C. P. Ackert.
Andrew M. Flnlay and George T. Priest.
When the polls were closed H. Clay
Pierce declared the directors proposed by
blm bad been elected. The new directors
Immediately re-elecfed If. Clsy , Pierce
chairman of the board. Clay Arthur
kPieree president snd Andrew M. Finlay
vice preeiovni. . icb jk. jiuajiie, wuv
was on the Standard slate for a director.
was ousted as secretary and treasurer
and T. F. Lyon was elected as his successor.
All of the ballots cast by the Standard
Oil-Rockefeller Interests, were rejected.
Plumber Jobber
Says Combine Made
All Prices Uniform
DETROIT,' Feb. IS. Charlrs a. Hlrsch
flejd, a New Tork plumbing Jobber, testi
fied -for the government m the bath tub
trust hearing today that prior to the
final aareemeat signed by the defendant
Boanafacturere In May, Bis, be had- been
buying plumbing supplies at different
Total rainfall since March i"."ll7i Kh I Prices, but after the agreement Js said ta
t Deficiency since March 1 M.st inches have been made be received notice that
a befldeacy for cor. period. 1910.-14 at Inches ' . M oi. f orteeo arron) on or the
r Eieeas for oor. period, 4- Inches T
keport. (res. autloa. at T p. M. i Mametarers hue effect Jen.
aSetien ul Tnm Hlek. . r J-
acate ar w earner, i p. m.
Cnee'onae, part cloudy.... 34
i rmveasart, cloudy... 13
Daaver, part elowrr
. ' bee Mnlnea, cloody
iwdge city, raiaiag. at
lender, elandy at
Kertk Plane, cl-ar.... et
t IWh. rLuiv el
Pueoio. dear. at et
Rapid City, oait ekoay.. at 41
Salt Lake Cty. at- rloudy 44 at
Saata Fa, part cloody 4 44
Sheridan, cloudy . ..... 34 43
poox City, clear x:
ait. fill.
4.' .at
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- .41
34 - '.CO
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GROSS INDICTED
BY GRAND JUIU
True Bill Returned by Investi-ptting
Body oa the. Char-re of Jury
Bribin-r.
INDIciltXSIS ARE KEPT SECRET
GrOM Comet Voluntarily, to Conrt
and Furnishes Bond.
TRIAL AT THIS TERM OF COURT
Two Count Contained "in Charge
Preferred in the Cue.
RESULT OF FZ1QCERIIKQ AFFAIR
Fear ladtetateata la All Itelaraed,
One af Which Lies Agalaat
Barber, Who Is Aeeaerd at
Wife Abaadeameal.
Arthur W. Gross, former claim agent
and assistant attorney for the street rail
day company, wst indicted for Juror brib
ery by the, Douglas county grand Jury at
noon yesterday. The Indictment Is the
suit of exposures of alleged bribery of
John A. Kemmerllng, a contracting
mason, In October, IMS, when Kemmer
llng was serving on a petit Jury In the
personal damage suit at Mrs. B. M. West
against the street railway company.
. The Indictment against Gross and three
other Indictments were presented to Judge
Abraham U Button of the district court
at noon. AU Information regarding all the
Indictments waa withheld from the press
by Judge Sutton, Clerk of the District
Sourt Robert Smith, members ot the
grand Jury and Deputy County Attorney
Magney and Special Assisting Attorney
Charles A. Ooas ,
Though ha entertained no fear that
Grass might flee upon learning that he
had been Indicted, Judge 8uton thought
It would be aa well to follow the custom
of keeping secret all Indictments until ar
rests at the Indicted persons.
Warranto Prepared.
Warrants for arrests of the persona
named In the Indictments were prepared
In the office of the clerk of the district
court and delivered to the sheriff a office
At I o'clock Chief Deputy Sheriff W. A.
Foster telephoned to Gross at the street
railway company's general offices, noti
fied him ot his Indictment and asked him
ta come before Judge Sutton immediately.
Grose, appeared before Judge Button at
I:. He was accompanied by Attorney W.
F. Oarley, whom he had employed to
represent and defend him. Frank Hamil
ton, vice president af the street railway
oompeny, and W. A. Smith, second vice
president and general manager.
Gross waived aereioa of warrant- for
arrest and was admitted ta ban in the
sum of Ks00, furnished by Hamilton and
Smith. i . ,
Gross. UI be tried scant lmf dtsriig
tfte preamf terra' OT roOTv" probably wHMs
six weeks. ' it . 1
The Indictment against Oroas contains
two aoeoants,. the first charging offering
of a bribe to Juror Kemmerllng and the
second, paying him a Bribe -of For
each of these crime the penalty la one
to five years In the penitentiary, but
when e-rdefendant la convicted on both
counts It la customary for the sentences
to be made to run concurrently, -
The Kemmerllng bribery exposure waa
the result of an erroneous telephone call.
After the Jury In the West case had dis
agreed someone telephoned to Attorney
Charles A. Goes snd teld him Juror Kent-'
merllng wanted the rest of his money
as he could get out ot town. What the
man Bald was enough to arouse does'
suspicions and he continued the conver
sation long enough to learn that Kem-l
merllng expected (W. He ssld he would
take him the money. Goes then telephoned
H. C. Brorae, counsel for Mrs. West
Brotne furnished Goes 130 and Ooas de
livered the money to Kemmerllng, taking
his receipt for the smount.
The matter waa laid before Judge W. A
Redlck.-before whom the West case had
been tried. . He Issued a capias for Kem
merllng. Kemmerllng was spirited to
Council-Bluffs and hid there for ten days.
He says this was done by employes of
the street railway company. He came Into
court, gave himself up and was tried and
convicted for contempt of court. He was
sent to the county Jail for three months
and fined. Gross was tried' tor contempt
of court by Judge Redlck and the charge
dismissed by ths court. . .
Ke..erll..-e reafeasloa.
Subsequently Kemmerllng made a coa
fesslon Implicating Gross. He said bis
friend meant to telephone to Gross, but
misread the telephone directory and got
Charles A. Goes on the wire.
The Omaha Bar association appointed a
committee to investigate the matters con
tained In Kennnerilngs confession and
other matters in connection with alleged
bribery ot Jurors by ths street railway
company. Ths committee waa Instructed
to stsrt proceedings to oust the company
from the state If It should think such ac
tion advisable. The committee compro
mised with the company. The company
discharged Gross and the committee rec
ommended that no further action be
laxea unless tne company should tall to
HOOSIER TALKS
ON GOVERNMENT
Declare that Solution Lie Within
Method Adopted by Switzerland.
RECALL ASD THE REFERESDTQ
By Its Power Wonder Have Beei
. Worked by Little Government
JUST USE OSE BIO FAMILY
Ex-Senator of Indiana Say thr.t Un
certainty Keep America Bf ck. .
TELLS OF METHODS 13 GERMANY
Declarea that Cerwaaey ,Hs Devrl
aaed a atleaal Parpaae He
aeake al Pa 1 1 am per rial
Now Nolo: , Coniular report ajr that Chinamen are cutting oft queues and there I a heavy demand
for American hat. '' '
Fro re1 the Washington Slar. ' ' ' ' " ' "
.Tip;. ELE CP. PRESIDENT
PremleUndef Manchu Regime Will
Head Chinese Republic. ,
DR. t Sim TAT SES ' RESIQNS
atleasl Assembly Decides that ths
Pravlsleaal Capital at the New ,
Ceteraserat Will Be
a la Haaklag.
NANKING. China. Feb. lfc-The na
tional assembly! thla afternoon! unani
mously elected Tusn Shi Kal president
of ths republic and then decided that the
provisional capital shall.be Nsnklng.
fr. Sun Tst Sen'e resignation of the
presidency ot the Chinese . republic wss
accepted by Ihe national assembly on
condition that both hs and the present
cabinet hold office until the new presi
dent and cabinet take aver their duties.
la ths letter to the assembly, in which
he offers to lay down the office of chief
executive. Dr. Ben says:
"Tusn Shi Ksl hss declared that he
srineres unconditionally to the national
cause. He would surely prove a loyalfl
servant of the stste. Besides thia. Yuan
ehl Kal la a man ot constructive ability
upon whom our united nation, looks with
the hope' that he ' will bring about the
consolidation of Its Interests. .The hap
piness of our country depends upon your
choice. Farewell."
- The national assembly afterwards
passed a resolution paying great tribute
to' Dr. Sun, aa follows: '
"Puch sn example of purity of purpose
and eelf-acrlflce is unparalleled his
tory. It wss solely due lo his msg
asnlmlty and modesty that northern
China waa won over." . .
Kimmel's Sister
Pays White is Not.
Her Brother
Locomotive .Rolls 4 ; v,
-Itown-ilmbanlcment
and Kills Four Men
SALT UAKB C1TT. Feb. li.-Flv. men
were killed, . one faulty and three
slightly Injured when a locomotive draw
ing three cars loaded wtlh ore Jumped
the track, rolled down a hill seventy
five feet and crashed through the roof of
the Citterns Stste bank and ths Bingham
Dye works at Bingham. Utah, thla morn
ing. Three ot the men killed were sleep
ing; In the dye shop. -
According to the ysrdmsster at Bing
ham, Knglneer Fred Annla Inst control of
his engine and it left the track al , a
sharp curve directly over Ihe business
section of the town.
The tender of the locomotive fell
squarely on the bed In which C, W.
Lewie, proprietor of the dye (hup and one
man, yet unidentified were sleeping.
Rvery bone-In- their bodies were broken.
Engineer Annie and Felix I.ombard a
boiler -washer, riding with him on' Che
enflne, were killed.
Annla was a new man on the road and
was returning- to town from Ma first
trip t the mlnef when tha accident 'Oc
curred, The track waa on a 7 -per, cent
grade and the" train was travsling- at a
high rats of speed when tha engine, left'
the rails Three stores were completely
wrecked snd the back and of the bank
building demotlahed. - t
"Flag af Hepubllr Piles la Rome.
. ROME. Feb. Je.-The Chinese legation
here today for the first Urns hoisted the
republican' flag. , The minlater also offi
cially artnounced the proclamation of the
republic .Many callers went to tha lega
tion to offer their congratulations.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. Ii-When the Klmmrl !
Insurance case opened In tne United
States district court here thle morning.
Bruce L. Coaner, a railroad conductor of
Oklahoma, was put on the stand to per
mit sttomeys for the Insurance company
keep a promise to see that there should , "' ,h'r eroawxamlnatlon
be no Juror bribery In the future. The bar 1
association concurred In Ihe committee's
report.
Coaner declared on the stsnd yesterday
that the man -w4io says he Is Sleorge A.
Klmiael, the missing Arkanaas City, Kao.,
banker at no other thaa Turkey" White,
a tramp railroader of Oklahoma.
Cosner, when cross examined today, re
iterated that the claimant la the maa be
"This a an outrage, but I Am not wor
ried," said Mr. tiroes. "I will be entirely
vlndketed as soon ss I am given a- trial
and I Will ask that I have a hnriM'if
the earliest time that a trial can be ar- i knrw " Turt"T'' Wlt,L nnjltted
ranged. I have nothing to fear. Thla la ' "rte' another "Turkey" White, who.
the result of activities of certain lawyers'""'' ' "ferent own -from the
who seek to make trouble for me and BT Ulahnant. . Mrs. Edna Jtonalett, sieter af
employers, when there are no facta uGor etlmmel. followed Cocas aa a
warrant such action. Before a Jury I will w1,n"- bem" testify While,
be vindicated, because I will have aa!"" clmlrrsautt, entered the court room ac
nrM ,(, tti wwi vir leemnaaied by a private detective. Mrs
portnnity I hare not bad before tne "o"1' tsetlfled that kite riaiman was
not her brother ana soei potatea ant frees
grand Jury."
MAN AND WOMAN LYNCHED
' NEAR MARSHALL TEXAS,
MASa-aXJTex. Feb. B. A mob
en tine, cleex - 42
hasirans traces oof orortrntsOon. '
ae. A. WELSH, Locai iereraatsx.
a. Java arrasa the
J, i Panola county fmr. it vase hearsed here
in today. The majuia had Dved at the same
' ' honse with Tenme Snsed. the . young
eesre wbe shot and killed PaalrSuaaga,
while anas, t
PRICE OF ARTIFICIAL
ICE RISES IN NEW YORK
NEW TOIUC Fee, li The price af arti
ficial Ice here la to be advanced 3 oar
otm ar from at to ftJ a toe oa Mxrcb
t. lawWhaiTTsTmg that fhars has been
Jati i sand this year a rererd crop et the
isrrnral urudanv KoOoe at O
has beta gjrea be pjuCt-jws ta
photographs ths difference In the looks
of the two men.
TaftWill Reverse
LandOrder Made
By Predecessor
WABlilNUTON, -Feb. U.-Doubt as to
the reality' of an executive order signed
by Theodore Roosevelt two days bsfore
he left the White House baa caused -the
transfer back from the forest service lo
the Department of the Interior ot more
than IStn.afll acres of Indian forest land
in California, New Mexico and Artsona.
Pjestdent Teft. lt Is thought, tomorrow
will sign .the executive orders reversing
the action of his predecessor.
STREET CARS AND U3HTS
SUBJECTS OF DISCUSSION
sale dealers. I uconalnty ot the esKtaok
and prospects of a bis coal strike, oae of
the tnanufscturers said, wire resptonsibJe
Aa Important rnertJiT af ens Hsv
nsoxftls - Park Jsspimemca; elsfs wfll be
held FtUbt e-e-saiDg a: Hh-s; It!emo-ris.:
I eticrti. The etak wfn orcrde awn what
action ta to be taken a rearard ta the rx
tension ot the street car II rw In the north
end of towa asm the laataiaatloa at Bears
A'
Flat Increases Made,
' in Prices of Beef
CHICAGO, Feb. Is. -store telegrama
ahow:ng that-flat increases In the price
of draased beef were made by Armour A
Co- .wHJboat regard to the grade of the
Product were read to the Jury In the
pad-art trial today.
H. A. Rossell. nmaager af the beef
; sales department ef Armoar A Ca, ad
I miutd having senl the m aangie. bni de
Inted that Use prartire of makln-: fla. in-
CTiWee was geaseraU foOowad.
One of ihe leie-sT-ana read a the Jotry
was Va followa: .
Om-A'Jtt July 14. Itls-RswIeTson. N.
iums-anirtng today we will add as
cents to rwmrn on braaea hoasee,
. h A. JL
BIDS FOj OMAHA STRUCTOP
ReftnU Look Over Bin Print for
' Medic! Collif.
CONTRACT FOR LAW BUILDINO
C. S. Allee Rc-eleetetl Presldeat at
Board af Regeala taw Two Tears
I.larela Aradeaay Aaearaed .
by Big Schaol. '
"tFrom a Staff Correspondent.! ; '
-L1NI-OLN. Feb, IS -(Special telegiam.)
-The contract for the new law building
at ths I'hivsrslty ot Nehrsaka waa 'let at
the regular February meeting of the
Hoard of Regents todsy to ths Assen
mscher company for IM.IM. Ths appro
priation' was PO.OW). There was a wide
variance In Ihe blda, so thst oonaldissble
debate ensued before the contract was
let, aome. mem sera of the board propoalng
to call for new bids.
The rontract for tha electrical wlrlns
of lbs new building was lei to the John-
stop, nectno company of Omaha for
11.(2. . The archltecU were Initructed to
prepare new specifications for tha nlumb.
jng, heating and ventilation and all blda
n, meae were rejeciea. ' ne Dion era will
,he, asked to prepare new eetlmatee under
specifications calling for lass, expensive
equipment. j , j ... ,j,
Omaha Plane approved. .
The plana for the new buildlns at tha
Omaha Medlcsl college were approved
and the property committee Instructed to
advertise tor bids ss soon aa the details
of ths plans are completed. All of the
regents were present at the meeting ex
cept' Regent I'ouplsnd, who Is In Call-fi-rirta,
and Regent Haller, who Is la
Florlds.
In accordance with the by-laws of the
board requiring reorganisation Ihe first
February meeting after ths rrgentlsl
election, the following reorganisation Vui
effected:
Hegent Allen was re-elected prea'ient
of the 'board' for two years. ' President
Allen then announced the following com
mittees, which were confirmed by the
bosrd: '
Kircutlve-Kegent Allen, chairman, ex.
officio. Regenta Haller and Lyford.
Finance Hegent Anderson, chairman:
Regents I.yford and HalKc.
- property-Hegent Whltmore. chairman
Resenta i.yford and t-oupland.
I iiduatiial Resent Coupiand. chairman
Regents Whltmore and Anderson,
tppelataeeate Caaflrssed.
The following ad Interim sDonintm.ni.
by ths chancellor were confirmed'.
A. C. Ion-meeker. In agricultural en-
alneenne: i. Mivrt W Hai i , ...
Ueorge H. biacsatone. In engineering; H
L. Nye, Clara Ullouen, m noeerr: R A.
Graham. In the work of the museum;
jo..n h. Meyer in rea-letrar'a office
Harry af. Miliar, In purenaaing axent'a
otllcc; Mr. T. A. Klesedbarh. In charge
of the department vacated by Prof. Mont
gomery., waa given the title et aeaiatant
piwcwur w, waewrimcntai eerronomy.
Regenta Andereoa. Wkttmo-re and Lyford
were appointed a committee with power to
act la purenaaing land tor tha Culbertsna
aubetatloa.
It was voted to defer any farther con
tideratioa et the nilroad a witch and)
new appfwprlatloas by the keTtXators are
available.
The lexents fo-rmally aothoi laad the nee
of the university praftaaiiii and ether em
pkryes en the good seed com train. Tats
actios will cease se extns expiissj to ike
suie. Any speakers eecac-ed tkreogk anl
vefsrtT au-aTScee waa are sat ea raen-aer
aaJary for the inadtaile-a w-fB be paid for
by the caanmerriaJ elaha hacking the eo-
RnaMul said It
m -rants par Uk pnt-mda aver the
orandum cost or imi ileal -eciae aent
karsaaJ " g " 1 4 ,
Suyerlateadent taor-ga E. Mama at Ke-
BJaailaiifl ea aeoaad . PageJ
Slieakliig of "Civic Advancement In
Switarrmnd'1 Albert J. Beverhlge declared
before ato school learners of Omaha at
the Boyd theater yesterday afternoon thst
the hierory of the little Kuropeaa repub
lic wss much like our own. He compare!
the Instttuttone of the two countries and
contended that Ihe Swiss people, because
of their love ot liberty. Justice and home
were destined to become world leaders ot
progress.' ' .
' There Is one thing, however, they can
not understand." said Mr, Bsverldge, "and
that la why the courts In the United
States should have power lo overthrow
laws made by the repreeeatatlves of the
people." In Swltaerland he ssld the power
et the courts had been absorbed by the
people upon the adoption of the Initiative
and referendum, which has wrought gov
ernmental, aortal and Induelilsl wonders.
,,;uaa- Igt HI etaoln shnllueeeselitee
"They have saed the party phase and
are getting beyond the constitutional
phase," he said, ref-rrlng to the political
advancement and he social welfare ef
the Swlaa. The Mfp'io.or aju.oo voters by
a petition of '.0o ak for a law to be
eubmltted lo a papular vote; and political
"boMlam has been so thoroughly de
throned that party lines are obliterated
In a camiialgn fur public good. Thus,
he pointed out. had the govcriinu-nt come
into control of the water power, the great
eat asset of Syltaerlaml; lied taken over
the ownership af Ihe railroads and street
railways, which now run at a profit
and a reduced expense to the patron.
Pure food laws have been adoptd and
in free for thirty yesrs, embodying
practically the same things toward which
we are now struggling. Schools have
come under governmental control moro
dlrecth- than anywhere else, and school
laws malle what we would term radical
demands. Teachers are required to take
their pupils for 'l ramus through the
wends, on vacation when the lee at re
straint Is exercised! a phyilelaa eeee
that every enlldls lit ood physical aeo,
rrtton, eepewgl rare being lakes at Ihe
teeth.
Child labor lews more atnnxrni tnan
wa kava contemplated have bees secured,
despite th moat severe opposition. These
laws and changea have aol been secured
In a day, for the Swiss mind, peculiarly
eoastltuted aa It la. Is patient, but when
once made up nothing will change It.
"It 1 a saying." sold the speaker, "that
you ean buy anything a Mwlas hss but
his vote. Thst lis deems a cacred right.
And he casts II, net ae a man merely,
but as Ihe representative of a family."
' lr Demand tor Ssffreae.
'There are no- women proletariat in
Swltaerland." said Mr. Beverldge. 'Whk-h
he decided was large the cause a fthere
being no "women euffrage" agitation
there. "Women ren do all the voting,
ae far as I am concerned. ' he said, but
declared. that In Swltaerland there waa aa
demand for women's rights' and even
thing, the head of the house resting the
ballott after tha family had passed Judg
ment and decided how he ought to vote.
Mr. Beverldge s time waa devoted almost
exclusively to description of social and
political oondlllona la Swltaerland and to
outlining the reforms worked through the
Initiative and referendum. He wanted to
est the Swlaa light In the minds of thosa
who bad not studied them as a people.
They are about the most radical aud
war-like people- in the world," he con
cluded,, "and spend proportionately mora
money hrmllltsry preparations and equlp
menta than Germany.
In speaking with the leading men ot
the Swiss repubile Mr. Beverldge said
thsy were of one oplslon regarding their
military statue. Their liberty had been
secured by the sword and must be kei t
br the a word la ease any adjacent nation
want to war, for ths land of the Swlaa
could not remain neutral territory.
'Is It sot true that the hands of a hun
Beveridge, speaking en the 8herman antl-.
trust law yesterday before the Commer
cial club on "Unity of Method and Pur
pose the Next Great Need of American
Business."
"I'll leave H ta any two ot yon busi
ness men If you ran go Into tha aext
room for a conference and come cut
iabsolutely certain that -yea are- not law
breakers. "Oermeny does not put the ball and
chain on her baelneea men. No, she puts
wlnge on the feet- of Industry. She goes
directly after tha evils of capital. Instead
of trying to destroy capital itself. Or
sanlxattoa of capltaf Is ttcceaaary. Busi
ness men moat agree among themselves
or buetneee oaanot go an- Overcapitalisa
tion does not exist In Germany. The
German buetneee maa la given to know
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