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OMAHA, FRIDAY MORXIXG, MARCH 22, 1!)12-TVELYE PAGES.
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BILL FOR TARIFF
ON WOOLIN HOUSE
Democrat ok Wtyi and Keani Com
suttee Decide to Reintroduce
Measure Passed Last Year.
SZ5AXE AMESTJitEHTS 02OTTED
Otherwise it it Some as Vetoed by
., Pmidtnt Till
20 PER CEKT 05 RAW MATERIAL
Twenty-One Million Dollar Expected
From This Souroe.
MINORITY WILL DRAW BUI
It PnrMtM WIU CMtem wttk tkc
Iteeeaaeaeadatleaa af Tariff Beard
m Pi ovlatoaa af Demo
cratic BUI.
WASHINGTON. Karen SL-Tba demo
cratic member of tba wars and means
commute determined today to reintro
dare In the houa the same woo tariff
rerlaton bill that u Introduced last
summer, which after being- revised In
conference was vetoed by President Taft.
The committee first considered a bill
that would correspond to the conference
report, but finally decided unanimously
to Introduce their own hill, which put
a duty of 30 per cent on raw wool.
Chairman Underwood dropped the bill
In the basket as he entered the house
today.
The decision followed an examination
of the tariff board' statistic a analysed
by Chairman Underwood and compared
with the data In puesesslon of the com
mittee. Free wool champion were con
vinced that a free wool bill could not he
proposed sincerely because there waa ju
mean to raise the C1.W0.WII revenue that
would be lost by Its passage.
It waa even decided there should be no
democratic caucuses on the bill, which
will obviate a fight by the free wool ad ,
herents, though when the bill cornea up
on the floor they may make a stand.
The action of the democratic leader Is
In the face of the report of the tariff
board, which cam to the nous but De
cember. - President Tail In his veto last
summer urged that there had been then
no report from the tariff board oa the
subject.
! BUI ta Sot Cheesed.
"It was determined to Introduce the
111 just a we Introduced it last sum
mer, carrying a 30 per cent ad valorem
duty en raw wool, a reduction of about
M par cent from the duties of the Payne
Aldrkh law," said Chairman Underwood.
The bill differs from the bill vetoed by
the president principally In the duty as
eased an raw wool. Tba house bill car
ried at par cent, but after tba confer-'
ence. U house leaders yielded and the
bill aa finally passed carried a a per
cent (JutX-on raw wool-,, . .-
Other schedule of the bill Introduced
re: '(.,,, ;
Combed wools. per cent , .'
Terns, wholly ar. ln part of wool, 3D
per oenl
Cloths, knit fabrics, flt not woven and
manufactures of wool, ) per cent.
Blankets and flannels, valued above s
cents' a pound, 46 per cent.
Women's and children's dress goods,
etc.. 4s per cent.
Ready made clothing, 45 per cent.
Webbings, bandings, beltings, braids,
etc S5 per cent. -
Carpets, , B and W per cent, accord
ing t grade.
Minority members of the wsys and
mean committee are planning to Intro
doc a wool bill to conform to the report
cf the tariff board.
Senate Refuses to
Abolish Army Posts
WASHINGTON, March a. -The senate
ha frowned on the proposal to abolish
about twenty-five army posts, declared
by the War department to be of no use,
and when It report the army appropria
tion bill tomorrow that and other pro vi
sions will be stricken out.
The house proposition to cut the cav
alry down to ten regiments, make all en
listments five years and consolidate sev
' era! bureaus la tbs War department will
be reported adversely.
The senate military affair committee
added SCTS.OM for equipment of coast ar
tillery com panic f the militia.
The Weather
For Nebraska: Fair; rising temper
ature. For Iowa: Fair: rising temperature,
Teaaperwtar at Ossaau Testerday.
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Deficiency for the day t Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. i.44 inches
Excess since Mare 1 l.2 Inches
Deficiency for oor. period, IU. .at Inch
Deficiency far Cor. period, mo. .K Inch
Mi perta IrM Itatieae at T P. Jf.
Station and State Temp. High Ftaln-
ef w tea a sr. 7 pm. looev. fall.
Cheyenne, clear 3 28
Davenport, dear Zl as
Denver, clear 2 ' 30
Dea Moines, dear 30 8
lander, clear 11 1C
North Platte, clear. ZS
Omaha, ciear. 3 S .
Pueblo, clear M M
Bapld City, dear ... If Si
Salt Lake City, clear ' H
Santa Fe, clear 42 t
Sheridan. Hear 2 M
Sioux -City, dear 1(
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The National Capital
Thwraday, March SI, tOlS.
The Senate.
Finance committee continued hearings
en chemical tariff revision blil.
Contingent expenses committee agreed
to provide funos fur investigating of po
litical activity of poetofrice inspectors
called for In Bristow resolution.
The House.
Passed bill giving president power to
remove federal court clerks.
Chairman I'nderaood of ways and
- - t , in r-ViK-eO same woM
tariff revision bill, placing 30 per cent
duty en raw wool, aa waa vetoed by
President Taft last session.
A..oned resolution authorizing govern
ment participation in exposition a, Colum
bia, s. C. IMS.
Money trust investigation committee de
rided to examine directorates, director
relationship and stock books of national
banks as first move.
Representative Jones Introduced bill
proposing "probationary Independence"
for Filipinos from tU to 1921.
Passed bill extending parole law to
"life'' prisoners In federal penitentiaries
after fifteen veers Denal servitude.
Representative Henna Introduced two
mils to meet "legaiisea monopoly occa
sion of supreme court.
WAGE BILL WINS
SEC0NDKEAD1NG
English House of Commons Passes
Measure by Majority of Kore
Than One Hundred.
GREAT INTEREST IS EXHIBITED
Records Broken for Crowds- in Gal
leries of Chamber. ;
MANY ENTOMBED IN MINE
About a Hundred Ken Caught by Ex
plosion in Oklahoma.
TWENTY-FOUR RESCUED ALIVE
Thirty-Mae Bedlee Recovered aad It
' Is reared All Below Are Dead
Ceveraasrat Experts Saper
vising Mearae Work.
McCURTAN. Okl.. March n.-L'p te tola
afternoon twenty-four men have been
rescued alive from the Sana Bols mine,
which caved hi yesterday afternoon after
an explosion. Thirty-nine unrecognised
bodies have been taken out Estimates
place the number still In the mine at from
twenty-nloe to fifty-three.
This morning volunteers cam, from
nearby mine and the rescue parties were
more systematically organised under the
direction of mining experts from tbs
government station at McAleater. Before
nightfall It Is expected that practically
every recess In the mine will be pene
trated. The cause of the explosion has not been
definitely determined. Stat Mine In
spector Boyle la of the opinion that gas
was .responsible. There was but littlo
dust In ths mine, he declare. An In
spection of the property waa planned for
last Saturday, but waa deferred because
th mine waa not being worked last week.
An order waa Issued forbidding anyone
to approach the mine. When new of
this spread ths crowds near th mine,
already grlef-etrlcken, succumbed to
wild manifestations of grief.
Asks Hearing on
Kick. Made Against
' Lobeck as Populist
The feflowtng ' eorreapoodenca ' that
Passed yesterday It aslf-expleirtory:
LMCOIVf, March Sk-Mr. Victor Boe
water, Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir; . Re
plying to your favor of the Uth Instsnt,
aa a protest against placing the name
of C. O. Lobeck on th official primary
ballot a oandtdal of the people Inde
pendent party, 1 regret that your protest
waa not filed In time, aa I would hava
been rlad to take this .matter up for you,
but the fact that Mr. Lobeck s filing
waa made on the lfith Instant, and yuur
protest not received until 1X0 o'clock hi
the morning of the.toth, precludes the
possibility of entertaining th protest a
th law require that It should be filed
three day after the filing of the appli
cation to have the name placed on the
ballot. Tours truly. ADDbMJN WAITS.
Heeretsry of Htate.
OMAHA. March tl.-Hon. Addison Wsit,
Secretary of Htate: My Dear 8lr Ac
knowledging your letter poaunaraed at
M M thie morning from Lincoln, saying
my Droteet against Piscina the name of
C. O. Lobeck on the official primary bal
lot as csnaiaaie ok tne people s inde
pendent party was not filed in time per
mit me to submit the following:
First It waa filed in time under vour
own ruling, having been mailed at
Omaha on tne arternoon or March a,
with speciar delivery stamp to Insure Its
reaching your office the same day. I
have no doubt the postofflce records will
show that It would hava been so deliv
ered If your office had been open. I
cannot see bow. by closing your office,
you can cut abort the three days time
which the law allows,
-t Tour ruling is erroneous in counting
an Intervening Sunday as one of the three
days. It you were correct In thle, a can
didate by filing oa a Thursday could make
the limit two daya, and nullify the law
through knowledge that your office is not
open on Sunday. Counting out Sunday,
my protest waa in your hands within the
three daya.
I therefore ask you to set a dsy for a
hearing on .thla protest, and to notify the
parties aa the primary law - require.
Very truly your.
VICTOR ROBEWATER.
PRESIDENT, LONG OF
TABOR COLLEGE RESIGNS
TABOR,. Ia., March tL (Special.) Dr.
Frederick A. Long, president of Tabor
college, presented hi resignation to ths
trustee at a meeting held yesterday and
it waa accepted. Dr. Long stated that
he believed that for the best Interest
ol all a change should be made In
the admlaiatratlon, thereby leaving him
free to re-enter the ministry which waa
his enoeen life work.- Appropriate resolu
tions wore passed by 'the board highly
commending President Long for tils faith
ful and valued service in behalf of th
college and expressing a heartfelt In
terest, la hi future work and success.
President Long will probably serve until
the end of the -college year ka June. '
The resignation of E. A. Read, trustee,
from Shenandoah, was read and ac
cepted. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon
Robert W. Gammon, secretary of - the
Congregational Sunday School and Pub
lication society for Illinois. Many mat
ters of vital Importance were necessarily
poatponed to be acted upon at the ad
)oomd meet ring in. April.
CRISIS IN BRITISH LABOR WAR
Fearteea Be rales Exeeetce.
MEXICO CITY. March tL Fourteen cf
the twenty-three members of the rural
guards who mutinied last Tuesday . at
Tlalnepantla were shot today. The exe
cutions were carried out under the sus
penses of guarantees. . - -
Cseat DsuauaaTS by It eras ta Texas.
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., March ft
Several counties In northern Texas aad
southern Oklahoma were swept by a
windstorm hurt nlgbt The daman ia
estimated at SU0.OJO, half of tt in the oil
nera at xjeetra, lex. no one was killed
or fatally Injured, so far aa known.
Laborites and Nationalists Tote with
the Government.
BALFOUR OPENS "TEE DEBATE
I'aloalst Leader Says Men. Strange
aad ferteeteea Spevlacle le
Presented te People (
the Ceeutrj.
LONDON, March SL-England's House
of Commons passed the second reading
of th minimum wage bill tonight by a
vote of St to 225. Ijtborltea and nation
alists voted with the government.
The gravity of Great Urttaln a national
peril, arising from the labor war, which
Arthur J. Balfour, the unionist statesman,
characterised as passing in magnitude
anything thia country had hitherto experi
enced, waa reflected In the tense atmos
phere of the House of Common.
The house had not been so crowded for
year, Every gallery waa packed.
Premier Aaqulth formally moved th
second reading of th bill and then yielded
the floor to Mr. Balfour, who moved It
rejection.
"Th country." said Mr. Balfour, "has
never before been faced with a crisis
uch as this. We are witnessing the new,
strange and portentous spectscle of a
elngle organisation, acting within It
legal power, threatening to paralyse th
whole trade of the country."
Mr. Balfour said ha recognised the earn
estnesa of Premier Aaqulth efforts, but
declared: Ther never has been a graver
case of a government deceiving Itself and
deceiving the House of Commons."
Labor Leader Charged with Treason.
MANCHESTER. England, March 3.
Tom Mann, tha well known labor leader,
today waa remanded by tUe Ml ford mag
istrates, when ha waa brought up oa the
charge of "feloniously, maliciously and
advisedly publishing certain printed mat
ter, called the Syndicalist, endeavoring
to persuade the persons serving In the
force of his majesty, tba king, on land
or sea, from their duty and allegiance to
his majesty apd Inducing tha said per
sons to commit traitorous and mutinous
practice.' Ball waa refused.
Pitched Battl ta Sestlaad.
GLASGOW. Scotland,. March IL-Many
head were broken today in pitched bat
tle which occurred at Klrkoonnel. ta
immfrleabu-e, between etrlklng miner
and tha. peUee. Th police routed the
miner, of whom tea jsore arrested. Th
mlnsrs, Incensed at avnunloBiat' resum
ing werk, had attacked them and were
beating them severely when th police ap
peared and charged, using their club
freely. '
House Passes Bill to
Makefc Court Clerks
Turn Over Funds
WASHINGTON. March a.-Chlrman
Clayton of the Judiciary committee de
clared on the floor of the house today
that more than twenty clerk of federal
courts In the United States are embex
slera of court funds and still retain their
place because the existing law was so
framed that they could not be reached.
Mr. Clayton urged an amendment of th
law to permit the president of the United
States to remove such offending clerks.
"Do I understand that clerks of federal
courts are withholding court money, re
fusing to make an accounting and re
taining their places?" asked Representa
tive Ooldfogle.
Precisely." said Mr. Clayton. The
president himself In his letter urging the
amendment of tha law stated that this
condition of things exist."
The bill wss passed.
Who Discovered the Pole?
Dr. Wiley Arouses
Ire of Drug Men
WASHINGTON, March 21. Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, appearing as a private dtisen
before the pure food board In adrocacy
of a regulation guarding very strictly the
us and sale of opium, morphine, cocaine
and other habit-forming drugs, aroused
the anger of drug representatives by re
ferring to them sa "dopera" A bested
argument ensued and for a moment tt
looked aa It blows might be passed.
1
Mabray Eeleased by
Kansas City Police
KANSAS CITT, Mo., March a.-John
C. Mabray, former head of a syndicate
of race track swindlers, who was taken
Into custody here last night for Investt
gstion, wss released today. -
"There Is no charge pending against
Mabray,' said Chief of Police Griffin.
OIL COMPANY PAYS AMOUNT
OF FINE TO STOCKHOLDERS
NEW TORK. March a. The Standard
Oil company of Indiana today declared a
stock dividend of 2900 per cent, payable
to stock of record of April L This action
follows a recent Increase In the company's
capital nock from Si.tO0.0n to $n.(m.ooo.
the additional CS.OJ0.U00 being given to
shareholders aa a stock dividend.
EDWARD CUMSEY, PROMINENT
CATTLEMAN. KILLS HIMSELF
BELLE FOURCHE, 8. D., March SL
UM dead body of Edward Cumsey, aged
47, formerly a well known cattleman of
South Dakota, was found here today. It
ia believed he committed suicide while
temporarily Insane.
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PASTOR DEMANDS
TESTATFDiNERAL
Rev. A. J. Wane Preaches Sermon
at Burial of Fanner Blunt
Sear Springfield.
LXHOCENT MUST BE PROTECTED'
Calls for Court Suit to Determine I
Right of Officers' Act - ,
GOVERNOR TALKS OF REWARD !
.1
Widow Xust Claim It or Recipients
Xust Give it to Her. t
CHOICE OF WARDEN EXPLAINED
From the Brooklyn Eagl.
7
ROOSEVELT WIU COME VEST
Colonel Decides to Kake Address in
St. Louis Tuesday.
LA FOIXETTE IS lIAKINa PLANS
Seealor le Arraaglag te Make Tear
of Mate VkerT irfrert Prl- ' '
saarr Kleatloat Will
i Be Held,
NEW TORK. March Sl.-Colonel Roose
velt decided today to make n ppcal
direct to th voter of Main and accepted
nn Invitation to sneak In Portland on
Saturday night ft a mass meeting.
Colonel Kooaevelt said "today he had
also sccepted an invitation from the Mil
lion club of St. Louis to attend a lunch
next Tuesday. "'
nfsissser Seats at C'wateatioa,
INDIANAPOLIS, March S.-Jlairy a
New, chairman of th subcommittee on
arrangementa of the republican national
committee, today announced- that all ap
plications from newspapers for seats in
the press section at the republican na
tional convention next June should be
made at once and addressed to Charles
S. Albert, chairman of the standing com
mittee of correspondents, senate pre
gallery, Washington, D. C.
l.a Pollette Plaaalag t'asapalga. .
WASHINGTON, March M.-Senator La
Follette on hla return to Washington to
day took up plans for tha extension of
campaign work he is to dd In th next
few week In state where direct presi
dential primaries are to be held. 1 Sen
ator La Follette Is In excellent physical
condition and expects to taka the stump
again within a short time.
Primary- Bill la Mlchlaaa.
LANSING, Mich., March tl.-Tlia Mich
igan house today passed an Immediate
effect presidential preference primary bill.
Th measure la now before the senate,
where it waa defeated during the previous
session.
Notice from Outlaws
Advises Strangers
to Avoid the Hills
H1LLSVILLE. Vs.. March :i.-Hll!e-vlile
waa excited today over a report
that party of th Allen or their sym
patMsera rode to a point within three
mile of Hlllsvlll and placed a notice
of their own beside the governor' pro
clamstlon offering rewards for the
wanted clansmen, dead or alive Thia I
th notice said to hive been posted: -
To Those Who Hsve Made it Their
Concern. We have plenty of srms nd
bullets. We know how to use them
These hills are an unhealthy place for
strangers to visit. Remember, this; you
csn get us In the end, maybe, but we
will get you first.
GREY WAS COUNTEFEITER '
WHO LIVED IN BEATRICE
BEATRICE. Neb.. March 3.-1. Special
Telegram.) It became known today that
"Shorty" Taylor, or Gray, one of . the
convicts who escaped from the peniten
tiary snd waa killed by a posse near
Oretna March 12, formerly lived in West
Beatrice. Ho was arrested twenty-two
years ago by a deputy United States
marshal 1 woo learned that he was a
member of a gang of counterfeiters, and
was sent up for a short term. He went
under the name of John Gray .walls hers.
Objections Made
to Nebraska Plan
to Defeat Harmon
WASHINGTON. March Jl.-The resolu
tion given cut by eienstor Gore In Dee
Moines yesterday claiming to voice th
demand of ome-e' th democrat in Ne
braska that Speaker Clark withdraw in
favor of Wood row Wilson in that Stat
so that Governor Judson Harmon might
be prevented from rapturing the Ne
braska delegation to the national con
vention, provoked criticism and attack
from the national manager of both th
Clark and Harmon headquarter her today.
"According to the resolution." said for
mer Representative Robert II. Gordon,
manager of the Harmon headquarter,
"the Wilson men In Nebraska denounce
a conspiracy in which Clark la alleged to
be a twrty and then seek to form a con
spiracy agalnat Harmon with Clark as
a welcome partk-lpanL" ,
Managers of ths Clark headquarter
here declare that ths resolution 'given
out by Senator Gore yesterday .did not
represent th desire of th progressive
or Bryan democrats in Nebraska,
Indiana Democrats
Instruct Delegates
for Marshall
INDIANAPOLIS. March H.-The thirty
delegate from Indiana to the democratic
national convention were Instructed In
the' platform adopted by the.atate con
vention today to present to that body the
name of Governor Thomas R. Marshal!
aa th "first and only choice of ths de
mocracy of Indiana for th nomination
of president."
Mrs. Vermilya Placed
on Trial for Murder
CHICAGO. March n.-Mr. Louise Ver
milya, accused of poisoning one after an
other several men who had boarded with
her and had Insured their lives In her
favor, was placed on trial today for the
murder of Richard T. Smith, a collector
for the Illinois Central railroad. A chem
ical analysis of the organs of his body
disclosed a large quantity of poison In
the viscera.
Th accused woman had to be wheeled
In on a reclining chair Into the court
room. She was unable to walk, her an
kle having, been paralysed owing to
drugs which aha swallowed In' aa at
tempt to commit suicide after her' ar
rest. ,
WISCONSIN COW SOLD FOR
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
OCONOMOWOC. Wis., March V
Twelve hundred dollars, a record price
for a Wisconsin cow, was paid by Charles
D. Ettlnger of Tlnley Park, 111, to M.
IL Ticl.ener for Thelma Glen wood, a Na
tional Dairy show champion, at th sec
nd sale of the Westmoreland Guernsey
farm, which was attended by 100 buyer
I f the north central state. Thelma Glen-
wood ha a record of TM pounds of butter
for one year.
Oaaaha Man te Marry.
CHICAGO. March Il-tr'pccUl Tele
gram.) Herman A. Oeffinger of Omaha
was licensed here today to marry Mis
Else 1 lease of Bern berk, Germany.
! LUNGER NE WVICE PRESIDENT
OF EQUITABLE LIFE COMPANY
NEW TORK, March Zl.-John B. Lunger
waa elected vice president of the Equits
ble Life Assurance society today, filling
a vacancy which has existed sine shortly
after the death of Paul Morton., the so
ciety' president, more than a year ago.
DAN CAIXAHANIS ARRESTED
Kan Charged with Three Diamond
Robberies Caught at St. Louis.
CHARGED WITH MINT OIXEI
He ta Bald ta Be Leage el Oeag
skat Took Sean from Mrs.
Orassaaead's Slat ea
tteasaahlp Asaerlka, ' ,
ST. LOUI8, Mo., March' tl.-Daniel
Callahan was arrested today by postof
flce Inspectors, who say he Is wanted for
complicity In three diamond robberle
aggregating IIJO.WU, In th robbery a
postofflc aub-statlon In St.1 Louis' and
other thefts. '
Postofrfc Inspector Bunsen, wno made
the arrest, ssys Callahan la being held
as the leader of th gang which stole
I10O.OUO worth of dlsmonds from Mrs.
Maldwln lrummond's state room on the
steamship Amerlka In February, Hll, and
which bound and gagged two men and
stole 110.000 worth of Jewels from Ed
ward Albertl store In Chicago In April,
111, and killed a man In getting away. -
' Arrest Dae la Accident.
Callahan's capture was the result of a
peculiar chain of circumstances. Bunsen,
who has been looking for Callahan for
eighteen months for the postofflce rub-
bery. wss eating In a restaurant, when
he noticed that an Index finger of a man
opposite him was missing at ths' first'
joint Hs then saw ths resemblance be
tween a photograph of Callahan and tha
man opposite him. ' ' '
With th aid of a city detective, Bun
sen arrested Callahan and his compan
ion, who gavs the name of Charles F.
Miller. Callahan denied hla Identity,
and, according to the city detective, tried
to bribe .Bunsen.
Callahan' name also baa been given to
the federal authorities a the -leader of
the gang which entered HpaukHng A- Co.'s
warehouse In Chicago In February, ml.
and stole S10.0N worth of jewelry. It Is
known thst Callahan was under arrest
In London eight month ago.' How, ha
gained hla freedom Is not known here.
Howard fur hi arrest tggregsts 116,000.
Members of ths gang, who were con
victed for the Albertl robbery." are said
to have told th federal author! tie 'that
Callahan was th leader. . .
State Exeeatlve Insists Neither Pell-
tire or ttellgleas Afrtltatlaaa .
Were Ceassdered la Maklaa- "'
AppelBtsseat of M click.
Chinese Women Are ' "...
Given Right to Vote
SAN FRANCISCO, March IL-Bqual
suffrage waa granted to the women of
China yesterday by the Parliament 'at
Nanking, according to a cablegram re
ceived her today. The law will become
effective Immediately.
Women voter will be subjected to th
same restrictions as men and must be
able to read and write and also be prop
erty owner and at least 30 year old.
Tlk Tug Ting, who has been called
the Mrs. Pankhurafof China, was elected
a member of the Parliament yesterday
from Canton province. She is a college
graduate.
HAYES ELECTED SECRETARY
OF NORMAL PRESIDENTS
CHICAGO, March -a. Presidents of
ninety normal schools In fourteen state
today listened to an outline of the "Wis
consin experiment" of providing the state
university freshman - and sophomore
course at all the normal schools In the
state by Charles McKenney of the Mil
wsukee Normal school.
L. C. Lord of Charleston. III., was
elected president and D. W. Hayes of
Peru, Neb., was elected secretary of the
Normal School Presidents' association.
The funeral of Roy Blunt, who Wat
killed by the officer Mcnday .while they
were trying to captur th three escaped
convict, was held at tha Plattford
church at Springfield yesterday morning.
Rev. A. J. Warns of the Methodist Epis
copal church of -'Springfield officiated.
Five hundred people came from all parti
of th country to attend.
"Thla man was prematurely smitten
down we tsar by those whose sworn duty
wo have been led to believe la first and
foremost to protect the Innocent, to pre
serve and protect the life aad liberties of
our citlsens." said tn minister. "I have
no sympathy with wrongdoer; criminal
must be csptunred and be made captlv
for th sake of society, but In the Uglit
of all th evidence in this aad rase every.
thing could have keen aroom pushed U
good Judgment, patience and Profound re
gard for th safety of th Innocent party
had been present in th mind of those
who hid flaunted their sens of duty;
courage snd heroism In th Matenenti
mad to th press relative to this case- .
"Som are asking. 'Dee office delegate
th right to commit crime r Before som
tribunal In Nebraska thla question should ,
be determined.'
Th Modern Woodmen of America, ef
which Mr. Blunt was a member, took 1
part In th rite and the following Wood-.
men wore pallbearers: Thome Nelson, '
John S weenie, Jr.: Perry Glover, Lewi
Boose. Julius Ruff and Guy Fish, rntsr- 1
ment was mad la th Springfield cra
tery. , -' . -
Dlspeattlea of Reward.
Suggestions keep coming to Oovemor
Aldrtch from avery direction that th re
ward offered by him la behalf of th
state tor th capture of tn Mcapcd con
vtcta be paid to tha unfortunate widow of
Roy Blint. Th flv men directly con
cerned In th final of th tragic affair,
and who claim to th reward are gen
erally considered ta be paramount, have
each made th asm suggestion of waiv
ing their rights. In addltlag, t this tk
governor Is in reostpt ef wuaieroee letter)
snd telephone suggestion along thl Hoe.
On petition containing about JW names'
reached th onto trek) tin town of Cad-man-
.'.,.
In regard to the the governor points
out (bat ha has nothing ta da with th1
disposal ot th reward, but auggeota that '
th only way It can reach th widow k
for her to establish a right to all or a
portion of It, or for those who are en
titled to It to draw the money and turn.
It ovr to her.'
Caveraor Defend Appelate
at.
Governor Aldrlch yesterday la com
menting on th criticism In eertals) euart
ers ot hi appointment of S. M. Mellek
a warden of too penitentiary, said that
much of It waa 4 J either to misinforma
tion or willful perversion of the truth.
Among these are the statement ot one
Omaha paper that th appointment was
purely a political one and that the prison
reform association, nor any of tta offic
ers had been consulted.
Th governor asserts that neither poll
Ilea nor religious affiliation were con
sidered in making th appointment tut
'on the contrary be had advised with,
many citlsens on the matter before mak
ing the appointment and that these men
and women were of different politic!
faith. They alio (eluded a number ot
active worker and several officer of
th prison reform association. Among.,
th latter be mention W. K. Hardy.
Rev. M. A. Bullock and W. M. Glfford;
th later two, particularly active In the
work. Among other whoa advice waa
sought and who recommended the ap
pointment war A. J. Sawyer, Mrs. Heald
ot the Women's Christian Temperance
Union, Mrs. King and Mrs, White of
University Place, prominent women social
workers and Rev. Dr. Roach of 8t.
Pful' Methodist church. . To governor
said that under ordinary circumstance :
Ji might, and probably would have con
sulted more person than b did, " but
condition rendered It Imperative thgt
omethmg be done at once.
' Som changes already mad and othera
to", be made at once t the-penitentiary
have been announced. Among them I
the appointment of a new guard named
Stevens. He Is a young man of SS, and
"highly recommended by the' governor. X
civilian eaook will be Installed at the
prison and also a civilian engineer. Th
Remember that
your want ad in
The Omaha Sun
day Bee will find
more readers than.;
an ad in . all the
other Omaha
Sunday papers
combined.
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