Looking Backward Ttus Day In Omtki ' ..ds:iw The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHEZ FORECASX. Generally Fair VOL. XLI-Np. 213. OMAHA, FRIDAY MOUSING, FEBRUARY 1912-FOURTEEX I'.UiKS. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. TIFT WILE REPLTlThe National Capital (SENATOR KERN TO ROOSEVELT President Will Answer Addrtu Made by Predecessor in Colum bus Wednesday Homing. WILL PEISIHT C1EAE CUT ISSUE Executive Will Point Ont Differ ences in Political Creeds. Tbarsdar, Febrnary I a, WILL MAZE SEVERAL SPEECHES Pint of Sepes" Probably Will. Be j , Hade t Toledo. ... EZTE59S TRIP ' TO CHICAGO Prealdeat llaa Dates la Sew York, Kaglaad aaa Oh la aaa llaa KeaiMU tar .passac la ' Mr Other 8 lata. . WASHINGTON, . .Fab. S. President Taft wll! reoly to Colootl Theodore Boossvett's. Cohimbw speech. .Although tha piaaldaDt will malt ix direct attack an Mr Ilooseeelt, anil aRbavtftk ssdmlnis tration offlrlalt refuse to discuss tha tatter's Columbus speech, Mtt'tsscams sina today that tlie preldeaU would tn war to speech and present clear-cut tests between hia poUttcaJ creed and that at hi predeceaaor; Mr. Tatt'e anawtr wlU not be made all la one speech, but between the present and tha last of March he lit many speaking engag" menu Uiat will' be utilised for this pur- PreaMeot Tft Is. as ssld. fait that Colonel Roosevelt had at list siren hta an apaertiiaity to roaka bla position -clear without Indulging In any personal at tacks. With many of tha doctrine the former president enunciated at Colum bus. President Tift la In agreement: to others be U known to be unalterably j0 poaed. Among those are tha innltlatlv and referendum, the recall of Judges and tha recall of Judicial decisions. Taft Will Speak . rk lease. Tha president has speaking engag meats In New Tork. Ohio, Chlcaso and New England aad It Is possible tint others will be malt for him. .', The president today extended his forth coming trip to Chicago. He will stop h Toledo, a, and apeak to the Chamber of Commerce there tha ntfnt of Marsh a In Toledo he will probably make the first speech of a series that will reply ta Rc-osevelt. Maay telegrams reached the White House today asking the president to stop oa hi way to Chicago and other addi tion than the Toledo speech - may be made le Senate.' Met at noon. Washington'. farewell sddrcss read by Senator Kem. President. In mexsage transmitting post master general's annual rcimrt augaesliug government ownership of telegraphs, whk-h the president said he did not favor; and second claw mail matter commit, ion's report recommending Increase of s-ni class rate to 2 cents, which the president approved. Met at noon. Wire products manufacturers protested against steel tariff bill before finance committee. Adjourned at I;; p. m. until 2 p. m. Monday. The House. B.ll on unanimous consent calendar were considered. Washington's farewell address rcsd by Representative Clerk of Florida. President's imssagj read. READSADDRESS Upper House of Congress Again Hears Washington's Farewell Message to the People. i COMPLIMENT TO INDIAHIAnI Happy TVys in View for. China Mystery Surrounds Shooting of Oirl at Hutchinson ROOSKVEI.T'S HAT Vt THR ItlSe Teddy Prassleea . Mare Definite llstiaul Maaday. ' CUiVsXA.NU. U. Feb. JS.-' My hat It la-tnewHogc - .... . ,t That Is what Theodore Roosevelt said fcera tonight when an ad mi ring Clex stand friend sought to learn whether ha was a candidate for the republican nomination for the presidency. During the brief stay of .Colonel Roose velt tn Cleveland W. F. Elrlck, well knonn locally In politic, greeted the former president, whom he knew well. "1 want a direct answer, colonel." ae.ld Mr. Bliick. "All your friends want to know and asnt to know now whether ou are to be a candidate." "My hat is In the ring," replied Colon J lloossvelt. "Vou will have my ansaer Monday." Belief in tha political doctrines or the "progressives" waa reiterated today by Mr. Roosevetti who made four speeches In Ohio. It was his first trip of the kind since the aeries of Journeys shortly after his return from Africa In Wlo. A mixture of snow and rain fell steadily until nearly nightfall, but Colonel Rooee velt was welcomed by crowds wherever be went. On the trsln between Columbus and Cleveland late todsy Colonel Itoosevelt conferred at length with a number of politicians leading the Roosevelt move ment In this state. Among them were A. U Qarford of Elyrta. member of the Roosevelt national committee; Nathaniel C, Wright of Cleveland, chairman of the Roosevelt national publicity committee and Judge M. Wanamaker of Akron. James R. Gar He Id. secretary of the In terior In the Roosevelt cabinet, and Frank C. Knox, chairman of the repub lican state committee of Michigan, also talked with Colonel Roosevelt and la Columbus he saw Walter Brown, chair man of the Ohio republican atale central committee. HUTCHINSON. Kan.. Feb. a-Inverll-gatlon of the mysterious death of Miss Edna Meleon. ward of tha late Dr. E. K. Richardson took on a new color today when tha fact that the girl waa a spirit ualist was advanced In support of the theory that she was a suicide. Miss Mel son's body, shot through the head was found In thd home of her weslthy guar dian last Saturday. It waa a strange Infatuation, the police say, that bound the X-year-okl girl to the white haired man of "J. When he died of heart disease three weeks ago. Miss Melton threw herself upon the body, crying: "Oh, my darling, speak to me," and never ceased to mourn him untU her own death. "What have I to live for? I loved him and 1 can never love another," she told Mrs. W. C. Hutchinson, according to testimony at ths coroner's Inquest, "ours were twin spirits If mlns la so lonely without bis. what must be the sorrow of his spirit wandering alone :n the strange other world, celling me to come over?" To her sister, Kffle, who found her body end called the police, she requested that she be burled by tha side of her guardian. The wish was carried out. The day before her death she made her will Against the theory of suicide Coroner Williams has advanced the fact tha bul let entered the left side of the head above the ear. The girl was right banded. The coroner said she could not have fired the bullet, which took a forward course and came out st the front of the bead. There wens no powder bums upon the body. Tha weapon used waa a revolver from the dresser drawer In ths girl's room. Testimony by the coroner and txpert physicians has caused authorities to re ject the suicide theory advanced by rela tives and neighbors, search, was continued today for a strange man who Is said to have entered the Richardson home an hour before tha girl waa found dead. Niles'Paper Maker Identifies White as George Kimmel Vice President Selects Opponent in Last Campaign for Honor. MASONS 60 TO MOUNT VERNON WILSON IS ALSO 1 THE BIG tieveraer Sara Hat Was la f irst aad His Head) Waa la It. KANSAS ClTr. Feb. S.-"My bat was la the ring first, and my head was In ft," said Oovernor Woodrnw Wilson of New Jersey here today when his attea- 8T. Ull'IS, Mo.. Feb. a.-In a depo sition read to the Jury In the Kimmel ease before? Judge- Amldon today. Anson K. Byther, a paper manufacturer of Nlles. SlVh , tfstrfred that he-saw Ororge A. Kimmel at his mother's home In Mies, Mich., twice after the time Kim mel Is said to have disappeared, which was In lsW. He said ha wss absolutely sure that the clslmant Is George A. Kimmel. Byther deposed Hint lie had known Kimmel many years, having been a de positor in the First National bank of Nilea of which Kimmel was a teller, lie saw the claimant In Nlles last September and asserts he Is absolutely sure the man is Kimmel. The bank to which he referred. is the one Involved In the present litigation. Byther said his home adjoins the home stead in Nlles In which Klmmel's mother lives. At first he fixed the time when he said he saw Kimmel there as three, four or five years after the man's dis appearance In IS. Then he said it was some time either In IMS or nut. One night within that time he said he saw Kimmel looking Into a window at his mother's home, but that the man dis appeared when be saw the witness look ing at him. A night or two later, he aaid. he saw Kimmel Inside the house. The men was In a lighted room, he assarted, so that he could easily recognise him. Five Contests Held 4 in District Debates iConliuuctl oa Second Page. The Weather LINCOLN, Feb. --(Special )-! he dis trict debates in the first series of the fifth annual mhImii ,.f th VAkn.ka lit,. School Debating league will be held to-i.ebn,a? "r? 1 President Taft Lays Wreath on Tomb of First President. EXERCISES IN MANY CIIIEf Ambassador Jasseraad at Fraatee, la Address la Chlraao, Kmahaataes Washlaatoa'a Wards la Favor uf Peace. WASHINGTON. Feb. r.v-tJcorge Wash ington's declaration ogsinst a third ter:u was loudly spi'lsuded In the house today when the first president's fuewell ad dress waa read. Vice President Sherman's drlgi:Uou of rVnator K;rn to read the address In the senate was an unusual compliment, the Inspiration of which wss the feci that Mr. Sherman and Mr. Kern were rival candidates for vice president In Itm. President Taft. Senators Stanton and Martin of Virginia and members of the Alexandria-Washington lodge of Masons, of which General Washington was the first master. Journeyed to Mount Ver non this afternoon and President Taft laid a wreath on ths tomb of Washington. Kxerelaee at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. K-A part of the annual Washington's birthday exer cises at the rnlverrity of Pennsylvania today was the conferring of honorary degrees. Horace Harmon Lurton, associate Jus tice of the supreme court of the United titstss, doctor of laws, and William J. Mayo. Rochester, Minn., aurgeon, doctor of laws, were among those honored. Jaaarraad swake la (hleaao. CHICAUO, Feb. r.-Meetlngs In cele bration of Washington's birthday here were stsged by the I'nion League club today In the Auditorium theater. The morning meeting was addressed by Jean Adrlen Antolna Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador to th Vnlted states, who took for his subject "What France was for Washington; What Washington Is for France." Ambassador Jusserand spoke uf the words of Washington in favor of peace and said: "On this matter of auch paramount importance, not only to your country and mine, we may, I hope, consider In Franoe that our republic would deserve the ap proval of ths departed leader," latae (availed la tie ilea. MnVXll'O CITV. Feb. Jl.-A bronse statue of George Washington by Pompco CoppinJ, the gift of th American resi dents of th city to Mexico In commemo ration of the centennial of the -Mexican republic, was unveiled today in the pres ence of President Msdcro and the mem bers of the Mexican csblnet. The statue has been erected in the residential district and Is placed on a pedestal of polished marble. The figure Itself Is ten. feet.bidl. The presentation addres.t wss msde by Henry lane W'llsun. ambassador of the 1'nltcd Stales, to which President Madcro responded. tea t elehrslloas la London. LONDON. Feb. 2. -The American wo. men residents In london provided two entertainments today In celebration uf Washington's birthday. The Society of American Women gath ered at Sunderland house, the residence of the duchess of Marlborough. The duches.r of Marlborough presided st the meeting. The American members of the Ladies' Lyceum club held an "at home" at the club. I !"V T I sH J I .st J V' Spwifc -".bss MmLi Are ?tliku I t'f- rT Ee7 -Sifj, i WING Ttfi CCl li J wry GET A CHJVCSE BUY A AT 1 1 w trrtPfr Mr our $VJw-v:J $1 I r A 'Mk x mm I TRADE BOOSTED BY AUTO SHOW Auto Dealers, Merchants and Hotel Men Are Well Pleased with Eesults. i BEATS AK-SAR-BEN. SAYS PETERS 'Crowds Bigger Then We Could ! Anticipate, Says Powell. I MAJORITY WANT TO OWN AUTO Door Beceini. Swelled by Inciease in local Attendance. j AUTOMOBILE ROW VERY LIVELY I I'ach tiarage llaa Several llrlvera Wha Are Kept Uasr Trylas; j Out tars for t'roser- lite buyers. Just wait until they got From the Denver Republican. that new republic working on a real republic basis. TAFT NOT FOR POSTAL WIRES, New York Police Blame Chauffeurs For Robberies Iowa Labor Leader Renews Attack on Chancellor Pitney DE.1 MOINES, la. Feb. ai-Presldent A. L. Crick of th Iowa Federation of Labor today declared that Chancellor Mahlon I'Hney, who has been nominated to succeed Justice Hsrlan on ths sup preme bench by President Taft, was "very much Ilka his father" In his ideas on mssters and servants. He asld that he could not possibly be mistaken In his chsrges against the chancellor, de nials of which wero made by the tatter's friends hut night. "If It is true that Chancellor Pitney's father rendered the decision which I quoted the other day," said Mr. Crick teniae, "will the chancellor or his friends deny that he wote an opinion on this same subject much more pronounced in For Nebraska Fair ; snow southwest portion. For Iowa Fair; warmer. Trsaperatare a: Vssaha Vestrrday. .IF' Hour. Deg a. m m.... a. m is a. m :n t a. m. ii hi a. m zi Ham i: ro s I p. m m i p. ra st J P. m 3i 4 p. m c P. m t P. m 41 T p. m St S p. m Caasaaratlve' Laral Sleewea. uur. nil. iit. But. Highest yesterday 42 SS U 41 Lowest yesterday " l S Meaa temperature S X PreclDltatMn -4S Temperaiure and preciplUtion depar- j (ma frvra the normal: Normal temperature. St Excess for the day 4 Tela! excess since March I -SS I Normal precipitation f inch t LnrVseatT for the day Winch j Total rainfall atnee March 1..SI Tl Irv hrs rwMi efnee March 1 !J.1orttee I Ijefiesittcy for cor. period. 1Sl.lt.tt tm Bee Xivm Sne roe. nrriod. ? 4. in. tl 1. A. W iXJH. Local rnracastcr. 1 morrow on "the desirability of the cloaed shop" one in the central district, two in the eastern, one in the northwestern and one In the southwestern. The contests are as follows, the- school named first arguing the affirmative (for the cloaed shop): Central District Geneva and York at Geneva. Eastern District South Omaha and Fre mont at South Omaha. Kastern and Kast-Central District Blair and Ashland at Blair. Northwestern ate as forcibly as I can that Chancellor Pitney, whom President Taft desires to place on the suprems bench, is the con- sistent enemy of the workingman." Mr. t'riek quoted a decision from the nth Atlantic Reporter, psge 3SZ, which ! he declared Chancellor Pitney wrote In i February. IU, as follows: "That to create the relation of master and servant It Is not necesssry that there should be a contract In wilting, or even verbal, between them to work for any parttruisr leiigin 01 tune; tnat the re President Not in Favor of Buying Telegraph Systems. HIGHER POSTAGE ON PAPERS Recommendation of Postmaster Gea rral to Doable Ratea on slrcond-Clase Matter Is Approved. WASHINGTON. Feb. Si. - President Taft today informed congress that he did not approve of Poatmsstet- General Hitchcock's suggestiun that the govern ment buy and operate all telegraph linos as sn adiunct uf the postal system. Mr. Taft said that If It could be shown that the public wou'd benefit by receiving service at a les ptice than Is now paid he might think differently of the plan, but that he was not convinced such would be the effect. After referring to the practical wiping out of the postal deficit and other features uf Mr. Hitchcock's, administra tion ( affairs, Air. Ts.fi. In transmuting the'Poslofrice department's report Is con gress today, said: Ther la only one recommendation in which I cannot agree that ta one which recommends that the telegraph lines In the t'nltcd States should be made a part of the putal system and operated . In cuiijuiictlun with the mall system. This presents a question of government owner ship of public utilities w h.ch are now be ing conducted by private enterprlsea un der franchisee from the government. "I believe that the true principle is thst private enterprise should be permitted to carry on such public utilities under due regulation as to rates by proper author ity rather thon that the government should itself conduct them. This prlncl. pie I favor because I do not think It in accordance with the liest policy thus greatly to Increase Ihn body of public servants. ('aid ot t'fceapea Scrs, Ice. "Of course, If it could be shown that telegraph service could be furnished to the public at a less price than it Is now furnished to the public by ti-legrspb com panies, and Willi eiual efficiency, the argument might be a strong one In favor of the adoption of the proposition. But I am not satisfied from any evidence that if these properties were taken over by the government they could be managed any more economically or any more efficiently or that tins would enable the govern ment to furnish service ,at any smaller rate than the public axe now required to puy by private companies.' The president found much, he said,. to commend in Mr. Hitchcock s department. "I cannot speak with too great empha a!s, uf the improvement in tiie Pustofflco Department under the present mansKement." aaid the president. He showed that there was a surplus of 15,1181:: at the i,d of the last fiscal year, computed with a deficit of SU.iTy. 77.047 two jeara before. This waa to be accounted for, the president pointed out, not by reductions of force or numbers of puatufflces or tilari.H, but by scientific economy. Sir. Taft aiiprircd the adoption of a parcels !ost r -commended by Mr.' Hitch cock; said H at the placing of assistant postmsslers In the civil service should be followed hy placing under the classi fied service of postmaster and commended the postal savings system. Preparations are being made, he said, to establish this system st shout tn.fSf) fourth c'ass offices. istrictr-Chadron and; . . Crawford at Crawford. 1 ration exists wnen one person is willing Southwestern District-Beaver City and ' rom oay to aay to worn iQr another land that other perron desires the labor .and makes his business arrangements Cxfoid at Beaver ICty. FIFTY THODSAND DOLLARS accordingly.' NKW YORK. Feb. S.-A sharp nolle supervision of titles h chauffeurs Is bring urged by members of the police depsrt men! as a means of preventing and check, ing the numerous automobile robberies Which are being perpetrated dally by binds of motor car highwaymen. In vestigation of taxlrab chauffeurs In ths city shows that no less than twenty li censed chauffeurs have served terms In stale's prison, while over 161) chauffeurs are said to have criminal records. The detection of crimes, such as the recent holdups of bank messengers, it made extremely difficult by the taxleab, which s used as a "getaway." Many of tha chauffeurs with criminal records came here as strikebreakers, and whlls the police know them they era powerless to do anything unless the ehauffrura are detected In ths act of committing a crime MINISTER OSPIMA RECALLED " .ii as s a Colombia Officially Disavows In sulting Rota to State Department HOT AUTHORIZED 15 ART WAY Official Statement Saya It Daes Wat Represent resit lea af t.avera taent ar gentlsseat af the People. . , WORTH OF GEMS STOLEN i PUGILIST HURT IN FIGHT IN CLEVELAND IS DEAD PAN FRANCISCO. Cel.. Feb. 2.-A col- I lection of diamonds and pearls, valued j at A"aO. waa stolen from Mrs. Eugene ('!- VKLAND. de Sabia. at her apartments In a local j Eftis. the negro hotel here early yesterday. O.. Feb. r -Charles welterweight pugilist, ! The Jewels who fell unconscious at the start of the J had been worn to the annual Mardl Graa ! sixth round of his bout with Joe Motto ball, a asMahle society event, at the same ! here Tuesday night, died today at a hos- botel. and bad been left oa the chif fonier by Mrs. De Sabia when she re tired. Her husband, entering the room an hour later, discovered the theft, which did sot become known until today. Assong the gjema stokta waa a diamond Uara.a pearl Tsroora, a dsxmossf fsraceiat, aereral dtamwen finger rtnga. stno ear rings ass a djegjojag atralsBd 1vt aent asd rhaiS pltai- It waa thought at first that a blow over the heart, received by Ellis, waa th cause of bis condition, but examination showed that be was suffering from cerebral hem orrhages. Police say that Motto will not be ar rested unless someone swars out a war rant. A warrant aaa (sat sat HIGHKIt POITAGIC ON P.tPCHS President Approves Rrcawsarndstloa f Pastataetrr General. WASHINGTON'. Feb. S.-Presidcnt Taft today approved and forwarded to congress the report uf the tcmmlsjnoii on second cless mail matter recommend ing that the postal rate 'un magazine and new-tpapers be raircd from 1 cent to 1 cents a pound. Postmaster General Hitchcock origin ally recommended a 4-cent rate, but later changed this to Z. The com mission finds that the cot of handling secund class matter Is about cnt a pound, in approving the '-cent t rate, however. President Taft declsre that the business enterprises of the publishers of periodicals have been built up on the basis of the 1-cent rate and therefore it would be manifestly unfair to put into immediate effect larger Increase In postsge. As to the effect of the proposed In from 1 to - cents BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. !. -General Pedro Nel Oaptna. Colombian minister to the 1'nltcd states, was recalled by the Colombian government this morning. The action of th Colombian government was taken because neither It nor the Colombian, people upholds th position tsken by the Colombian minister at Wash ington In notifying th.- State department thst the proposed visit to Colombia of Secretary of State Knog would be Inop portune, owing to ths fact that Colombia's clalma In connection with Panama have not yet been arbitrated. The notification given by the Colom bian government today says that General Ciepina la "separated" from his Dost at Washington and that th Incident between Colombia and the United States la thus closed. Colomble. It continues, will msmts'n her International policy. Houston's Fire Loss is Six and a Half Million Dollars IlOi STOV. FVb. C-Th total vm n Houston HTfat fir wa JM.. with total in sura me of Kfc . ThM flurM wrr taken from nearly com p let com pilation today uf local. inuranc mem. Salvage from tha burned dtatrtct Is counted on to reduce th actval fnaur- anc-e payment to itaarly $Z,M.OU0l Tha ).000 bales of cotton, rapresentlnf about $M9,ik) till smoked today in tha burned a.ea. Cotton men assart a con siderable amount of tba good stalls mlKht ta saved from tha Interior of partly burned baks. Firemen poured water In to the smbldermc ruins of tba burned area all nlcbt. but this mora Ins; smvke and Faroes still sputtered from the debrii. in the ruuis uf a smaJl pavckiiif house a tviai.nty of herns alutetl a , J filed, trends of negroes who detected the aroma of Ok fring ham from afar off, liurtisd to asit tn Its salvage. The infant child of Charles Iaor. m was retcfued through his mother's daring. H1 live, physicians aay today. The child, buffeting from meoingltls, was left in bla cradle when tba fire bore down on the Favor bom. Mrs. Faroe brok aaay from guardi and rescued the Infant juvt as the flames reached her borne. GOLD NUGGET FOUND IN -DUCK'S CROP IN IOWA CITY IOWA - ITT, la., Feb. gold n g- gei worth 17, found tn the crop of a duck killed on a furm west of here, has caused considerable excitement In un: erslty circles. Mlaerologlsts at the unl- I verHly who assayed the nugget, maid to day that a pocket of gold may have Ivn deposited on the sandy ofl of the pound faim during some of the uphea.als of President Taft quotes from the report t l fM The nugget was brought to the UaUteJsUly last iiucuJaS tCu.tU.uetl oii aiecoud raf WOODMEN ASSAIL HEAD CAMP Strenuous Scenes Mark Opening of Rational Insurgent Assembly. REARING REFUSED TO SULLIYAH Saadaa llellvera Ueaaarlatl.a af Officials af , Head fa sap aad Ratea Adopted at t hkracs Three Hnadreal Atlrad. allNNKAKll.lJ'. Feb. S.-Ktrcnuoua acenes marked Ih opening here thla afternoon of the seen on of ths National Woodmen assembly. In which officers of the head ramp of th Modern Woodmen of America were bitterly swelled; action Is km at the head camp convention re cently held In Chicago wsa severely crit icised, and John Hulllvan of Kansas City, chairman of th law commute of th head camp, was denied th privilege of the floor, although he declared he held credentials from his horn organisation. About So Woodmen from various states o( tlis sglddls wast ar attending th as sembly,, which., waa organlafd U,dvl nlaa Is pretest against rates adopted at Ih Chloaga pieetlng. Th ekhnag came at Ih chute of the speech of John U Bundon of ktlaneapoll, Wha led th tight at Chicago against th adoption of Ih rale. "It Is up to you men to sa tile or der,", h said, after delivering a' de nunciation of the officials of th head ramp and th rates adopted at Chicago. "It Is up to you. W bod men. at the a rcutlv session to be held tomorrow, to spprova the plans which will release the Woodmen from tha unjust burdens which Ih head camps have unwisely shoulders, I upon them." Aitarka hnlllsa. Turning his attention directly lo Sir. nulllvan. he inudo a bitter attack upon him, closing with the statement: "I am satisfied that Hi last head camp has been held where th committees ar not composed of delegates, and, therefore, Mr, Chairman, I move that the delegates whos credtnttals hsv. been approved by the committee of tills nvseintly, resolve themselves Into a permanent organisation and that those delegates r,hu favor t In action taken at the Chicago convention be excused. " j Tlin Question ta: lnetsmly seconded and the previojs question moved, when Mr. Kulllvsn raised a point of personal irlvllei, but snihist cries of "throw him 0'it" and "he's not a delegate," Dan, K. Itlchter of Minneapolis, acting chairman, refused to recognise him and apparently Mr. Kundon's motion wss sdopted. Mr. Sullivan, hoc. ever, attended th ses sion until Its close. In the election of ofiicets tii nam of John U gundon first wss presented aa temporary chairman, but he declined and C. W. Ln of Des lolnrs nominated Kegel of Lyons, Is., a mem'ifr of the first camp of the Woodmen, aho mi unanimously chosen. F. l Prksst of IJncoiii, Neb., was chosen temporary secret! j. Ths re maining sesslou was given ocr lo an "esperienos" meeting. In whk-b the rates and bead officer of th erdcr s dc- Bounced. j Demands la Made. According Is Mr. Rich tor, resolutions j will be adopted at Ihe'eiecutlv session tomorrow, stating Just what demand will be mad of th head camp in the ay of readjustment of present rates "There are three plans to be considered. I believe." he sold. "Th first Is whether there shall be an Increase at all over tnel old rate'; the second whether there shsil 1 more than S per cent, and the third whether it will not be advisable to allow the Chicago convention rats to spply lo old members at th age of entry Into th order Instead of attained aged January. 191?, when the rates adopted by tha bead camp ar to go into effect. This last plan .ill about double th rates. -A committee then will be chosen from the assemb'y to so the head camp officers st Rock Island and ask them to call an other session to consider our demands snd readjust the rate. If this la rafiud us. It I difficult to say Just what w a ill do. but It ta my belief that It will be tsken lo the federal court to obtaia aa Injunction." Th delegates were (jests tortgn:. at a banquet given by local Woodman. ' .-a.;sT:tv'' Li u- r.i. i to express tta fccllns cf local su;o:il-::: ileuler ove the sirccecv of the s-w::;l minusl Omaha aiifomobilc how. "Juuiiiiit'' would b a nettcr wcrd. "Iiiterrs: in th ho I, rrc.c liian ew'it the most srn::ui!itf oi u:i v u'-l niicioate." Cc.iRj I'oweil, in-iT.I inu.i.'S'.i- uf ths show, las! lui ll. 'T!l! r; ;i.r . s. , iii t. l.i'i- nets has a c. ,ul l.ol-t on the IhopIc. Wl-l". v.c s.:: v ii-i-m it.:tl ? out in the th. t I. ii..i.n:. t peoi'le v.rr. co.iu:i. tu lu'i tiiuvv, v lit, I no means of kin'Stintf that such jn iminrirvc croad would tvai a Is here. ' Herman 11. Peters, proprietor of the .Merchants hold, says the sul.niohllu huw has brought more business to his hostelry than did the Ak-iar-Uru festivi ties List fJ'. The hut.'ls are full of visitors and several l.ave platted cots.lu t'te lis its to accommodate the overflow. As lh publicity buirau of the Omaha 'oninuivlal club did mu-.h to piomolo sr!vunc. imbUcily of the shoa, and ss il.v auton.obllc ttealcra are rconlus sucU great Isnrfll. it Is augiresled hy tie directors of the publicity buresi thst stibscrlptiens for the support of th bureau aould be In order from the auto mobile men. Nut only are great crowda coming from varloua parts of the slate to the show, but they are buying crowd". Practically every man who. his corns from any dis tance If hent on selerllng a car. Attend ance of Omaha People, also, 4s better than ever, before, and the dcur receipts ar awelled accordingly. (teres Ar Belling Uaads, Tha mercsnllls establishments of ths city are gratified over the business that has come ss a result of th show. Tiot only are they selling clothes for motoring to llio automobile enthusiasts, but they re dlsinslng of sll sorts of srasonabl good to both men and women visitor In Omaha. Things ar lively en a-itoinoolle row. Attar tha prospective purchaser has de elded at the show what sort ot car b Nke he Is taken to th oaraaw of soma dealer and shown how th auto works Sn th road, sjevtuul drivers st each garag ar kept busy trying out machines fur those who Want lo buy. Th fact that yesterday was a legal holiday had no perceptible effect on ths automobile show, unlers It was lo swell the crowd. Prom the time the doors a ere opened si s'olook In th morning until well toward inldulght the Audi ted lum wss filled with visitors Inspecting tin various exhibits. Two excellent pro grams for the entertainment of visitors were given by Neble's concert orchestra, one In the sftrrnoon and one In th evening. GOETHALS SAYS SLIDES IN CUT ARE UNIMPORTANT NKW YORK. Pen. 2. -"The earth slldss reported to hsv occurred st L'uktbra cut are uf no especial importance or cutis ouence." declared Colonel Ueorg W. Uoelha's, chief engineer or the Panama canal. Just before suiting today for Ham burg. "Those slides ar of fiegueut occur renae," he added. - "V have planned for theru. I don't regard th latl one as amounting to a grear deal. In fact I am rnth-r sorry you buthered n:e by telling me about It." THROWS HATCHET AND KILLS HIS OWN CHILD KHI.lilNDL'n, Wb.. Feb. ii-An-geied by the presentation of rent bill by ths son of his landlord H. P. tjintlh of this city threw a hatchet at the boy, but missel him and hit Smith's S-month-old child, held In lis mother's arms. The b'ada Inflicted r. a-'it five Inches long in the bsby's hesd and the child Is near dra'Ji. Fmlth was arrested and ia al most crs:y with grief. Wsssaa ta Aesswirfea. KT. ICIS. Keb. a -Mrs. Clara Murray was acquitted today of a c-.aigs of murdering her husband. Sh shot alas a lib a cat rifle last October, sfler. ac cording to her iBiitwy, a bad kkswd nsr. ah sua aba did not kaaw ths rifts Baying or Selhn Vou will always fiud that want ads in The Bee got results that are most ttttUfactory. Men with money to buy or men look ing for really good busi ness chances turn to the classified columns of this paper. The best opiortuu ities are there. If you want to buy, you will find ex actly what you desire under the "Business Chances" heading. If you wish to sell, insert an ad tlrere your results trill amaze. For a few pennies you cm do this, and you receive dollars in return. Others Get Results, so tou ar eartala to do squally well. Boo want ad. arw tfc ; easiest way Ue quickest snd th most satisfactory. It saearjx money (or 70a to road aad) ago Be want ads. . Trj it wbiis i T J