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The Omaha Daily Bee AO Tie News All The Tine Ta Bee rrrse Its readers a daUy UMO Of the happen Is sw st th wa nrii WEATHER FORECAST Fait; -Warmer VOL. XLI-NO. 249. OMAIU, AVEDXESDAY MOKXIXG, -SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. .vV TWO RIVERS ARE RISLNGAT CAIRO The Optomistic Season UNION PACIFIC IS FIKST ROAD OPEN TAFT ttlijjftAVE CLEAB MAJOiUTr Secretary Hillia Says President Will lot Eire to Depend Upon Cos tested Seats for lominatiom. COM3CTTEE JUS ARE FOR HM. Report That Rational Body F-Ton , Sooierelt u Denied. MUriSOTA REJECTS PRIM All Republican Committee Find There . it no Law to Register Votes. . cosTEunoH will be mat le Aetloa ( Ceaaltte U Take M Vic tory tor Stat Ad .iMUCmtlon Fare Clark aad La. S"l lest Pile la Maaaarhaoeta. WASHINGTON. April !.-Scretary to the President C. D. Mlllea today Issued a statement declaring that a majority ot the republics,!! national committee Is aligned with President Tart and against Colonel Roosevelt. The statement, which is denial ol a report to the contrary, fol lows: "Tlio members of the national comroit .. tea In overwlietmtng majority. ar sup ' porting the candidacy of President Tuft. . This la demonstrated by letters, tele grams. Interviews and publlo statements. In which the members have made their position perfectly clear. We are confi dent that the committee will decide all contests fairly and on their merits. All we ask la mat We shall be given a real square deal. "But President Taft's renomlnation will not depend oa the decision ot the con tests. He will have a larga majority of uncontested delegates." RrpaklleaM Reject Frtsaartea. ST. PACU A-U t-The presidential preferential primary plan waa turned down at a meeting of tha state republi can committee hers today. On a motion to table a resolution providing for the plan tha vote stood: Aye, B; nay. 7; not voting. Tito state convention will be held In Minneapolis May It. The rejection ot the presidential resolu tion Is looked on as a victory for the state StnMBtratlon forces. Opponent declared .stare waa no law In Minnesota whereby av ftrealdential preferenoa vote might legs- be recorded on primary ballots, while progressives pleaded that tha attorney general bad declared such expression valid. State Senator George If. Sullivan ot Stillwater argued that North Dakota primaries had Shawn tha inefficiency of tba primary system. ' "Tha democrats do not come Into our CtHPasca-saM uU'vea. "but they ' do oeme Into our primaries.' ' - - C. M. Rlchter, Wiarrmah taTtne IfroIreT-' alve executive committee, said today tba governor would be asked to convene .the legislature la exraordlnary session to pssa a presidential preference- primary bill. Clark Flies la Maaoaehaeetto, BOSTON, April .-Papers placing the name of Champ Clark on the democratic presidential primary list today were filed, but with no Mat ot delegates, although George Fred Williams, a Clark supporter, baa nominated himself as a candidate for one of the delegates-a -large. Senator La Fbllette 'a name was filed In the republican column without a list ot delegates. Full lists for delegatea-at-larg and for ...k .4laf am. ll I with Taft's name, and Roosevelt leaders Mlod papers for delegates-st-lsrgs and tor every district It looks as If Tatt were sure of tba two delegates from the First district through Roosevelt and La Pol let te lead era not making nominations there. The time limit tor filing expired today. TWO MORE SIOUX ARE CHARGED WIT HMURDER SlSrJ-TON. S. D April t-fwo more Sioux Indians, Peter Seven Brothers and Jesse Wlcetamaia, are ht Jail here, ac cused of complicity in the murder of Ro land Judlach, the 17-year-old boy ot Brown's Valley, Minn., whose body was found on a ranch near here a short time ago. Five now are held In connection with th crime. The Weather For Nebraska Fair; warmer west por- on. For Iowa Fair; not much change temperature. . nr il ir. an K Is beast yesterday at el 74 ST Lewes, ywaurdar fl 3 41 SI Mean tesnpers ur ti i a PreciBltathja Jtv ja) Ji Temperature and nei'lta s aan daai torva fnxn tbe aonnaU - Normal temveraxure ,. 4 l"eflaea-T for the day... Total aarlrtmy loc Marcs 1 in Normal prectpitsttoa . JT Inch Iiefleiocy tor toe d y Total raiataJI sine March Ioeas store March I JK tD -B USttKhas .at inen Deficiency for cor. period. lu J inch ItaftcicBcy tor tat. period. BIalai inch Step as as Fwaaa Statlewa as f a aa. Station and Staaa Tamp, Klga- sr of Weather. 7 i- Da. taU. PavenDort. clear . 4S w Jn le Moines, e,mx. Iwdge Uti, clear . a at a c; il ( M ( f ' U fl ewar . . i! North PIMte, p. ceud e i:jta. ik. ehiuaty it Pttrbi. etaar J kgttd Cny. dear d elt a City. -. at ' e nte V eirar is ISioox City, etear .rr., rrnrir M Valentino, eiear t A. WELSIC Laoal Ftacszter. Hour., Deg. f f I a. as m -.ETV - til I i, tO... ......... SI rull l'i " a. m K WSJ Jl 1 a- m s TJ11 m V7 " J a. m W-'N . TE" ii oi ,wJ J 11 m m Av-J A la. ..... S rJIv n AV ifliu. J 1 P- m- 17 4 m u r. J a p. m . u idtti f5") n. m ll ij icx i m S p- m . Pass nasally I aral stecawoV GREAT STROGGLE FOR YOTES Wisconsin Elects Delegates to the Rational Convention. WARM FIGHT OK HT CHICAGO Mirr Irowa-el Kaaeaa tlty la Can didate far Me-Kteetloa aa Plat form Deaaaadlac Maatelpa 1 Ownership af Light Plant. MILWAUKEE. Wis., April t-The greatest struggle for votes In years began in Milwaukee this morning at o'clock, when tbe polls opened for the election ot a municipal ticket, board ot aldermen and delegates to the republican and dem ocratic national conventions. Nonpartisans wera endeavoring to dis place tbe socialist city administration and followers ot Taft and La Follette and Wilson and Clark were fighting for rep resentation at tbe national conventions. h lease Valla aa Hoed laaae. CHICAGO. April i.-At the municipal election held hero today voters selected thirty-six aldermen and passed on bond issues aggregating flo.Wu,uM for tbe construction of an outer harbor, bathing beaches, a new contagious diseases hos pital and other Improvements. There was a spirited contest between There Is a spirited contest between the supporters of Mayor Harrison and friends of National Democratic Committeeman Roger C. Sullivan In nearly every ward. It was the first municipal election since the recent reiltltrktlne ot ward bound aries. Several laaaes ia Kansas City. KANSAS CITV, Mo.. April t-Fair weather brought out a heavy early vole in the .election to cbooae an entire city ticket, including a mayor and twenty- four counctlmen. A proposition to in crease the city tax levy for the purpose of sddlng to the ia 'axles of teachers also was placed before the voters. Mayor Darius A. Brown was a candidate for re Dariua A. Brown is a candidate for re election on a platform declaring for mu nicipal ownerahlp of gas and electric light plants. Henry L. Jost. democratic can didate for mayor, la an assistant prose cuting attorney ot Jackson county. Heavy Vale la ft. Joseph. ST. J08KPH, Mo.. April I-Wlth fair weather an unusually heavy vote was polled St the municipal election hers today. The early vole Indicated that Charles A. Pfelffer, republican, would defeat Mayor A. P. Clayton, democrat. who Is running for a third term. La Follette Vote Big; Bading Beats Seidel MILWAUKEE!, Wis., April 1 Monroe oounty, the first ot the seventy-one coun ties In tlis state to report the results of the presidential preference primary today, gave La Follette a large plurality. The Milwaukee Sentinel declares that Bading, nonpartisan candidate for mayor, has defeated Beidet, socialist candidate, bya plurality ot ,0. ; Repcstrorn several counties laj.jjja.. nortnern part or ins state snow La FolleUe and Wood row. Wilson leading la the preference prims ry. -Complete returns from the first fifty precincts out of a total of 144 give Bading a plurality of &, over Seidel. ANNUAL CONVENTION BEGINS STUDY OF BOOK OF MORMON KANSAS CITT. Mo., April t-Wlth MO delegates from vsrlous parts of the coun try sttendlng. the annual convention of Zion's Religious Literary society ot the reorganised churches of tha Latter Day Saints began at Independence, Mo., today. J. A. Ounaolly of Loroonl, la., presided. The purpose of the society Is to train the members ot the church In the study of the Book of Mormon. Tha secretary's report showed that the totsl membership Is 10.457 and that l.9 new members joined tbe society In the hut year. HAMILTON COUNTY DECLARES FOR CUMMINS WEBSTER CITT, la., April I -(Special Telegram,) Hamilton county republicans In convention this afternoon selected Cummins delegations to state and Tenth district conventions. Tha convention was quite lively, both local insurgent factions clashing for control. The National Capital Tarsday, April S, 1013. The 8enate. In session S p. m. Senators-eiect Smith and Asburst of Arlsona and Fall and Catron ut New Mexico took oath ol orrtce. Cotton buyers oppose before agricul tural committee bl I to regulate selling at oottoa futures. General dward, insular bureau enier, toid finance committee tree sugar would bankrupt pcrto Ricaa producers and planters. - Majority report on Cumaalna hill to give Independent tobaca coanpanles right la appeal to the supreme court af toe United Statee from the federal decree approving the reorgaaixatMm of the Ajnerteaa Tobacco company, conteaoa that congress has na right to intervene Wool tariff a I pa said hy boose yester day referred te senate finance committee. Army appropriation but carrying ta,1li. 711 reported. Adopted Lodge reaat-jtloa requesting pneuoent t furnish all informatioa re garding reported Japanese actmtj at Mav uena ry. Lower Caiifjrnia. Senator Root sreaeutro Ne York prouure exebaaga caeatee"s rosnrulrn urglijg rvtaiiat'jry actJoa araiaet Bridao Vv eat indiea on aceM of t&etr ps aa pertire redartiaa of duty at Oour. TislLstse. Vet at nooa. pressrat Taft ht li apal tuuue elate apropnauvo OT lauul u Jact n tewee ea aLamssi Jul sriiwaiwa meca to pi event tvnxm- Caiot daxzmae. LEnarstaaa cinamon-ve giwrranirwa fwror. fiy repuxM a ew as amwia aiaerwaza Han res av and sw eaaa tea at oaaa Ssr aprMa a.s'aa Med nut ! ntl g mnckar Or-1 iutd an m Saul epea s aamnnsa ur ecMve Ds aainuiiii t Ifiaraant. Km tow-Missal a Mil -i aibit Biawiiua TifliTai with u haceo prodUKta. levers and aauhow a-mnmlue dhtigasT o report favorably Bprtattauve Rana--ieii'e appropriating bV tto- an igth- m.ng leveaa la aUanawnpi. -Iiamirt andJ ijhiu Hvera, Agrlftiltural ovaiudttise srsTin haartog ea Basil ermoa ball. Weather Bareaa Predicts Oreatest Flood in History of the Lower Hiisissippi. PBXVIOUS RECORDS BROSHT Heavy Raini Continue and Further Rise ii Expected. LEVEE BREAKS AT HICKMAN Mississippi Fours Current Eight Feet Seep Through Kentucky Town. TWO THOUSAND ARE HOMELESS Patrol Soaads 'arlni and It ta Brllevrd There la -No Lvaa at Life Food Supply la tihort. ' W ASHINGTON, April ?.-In a special forecast late today tlio weather bureau experts here picdlcKd the floods In the lower Mlrstoslppl valley would be the greatest in the history if the levees along the banks hold. Very heavy rains on tlio Tennessee. Cumberland and lower Ohio watersheds have caused the Mississippi to rise rapidly. At Cairo, 111., a stage of 64 5 feet Is predicted for Wet'ncsdsy with a pos sibility of 5 feet In Tour or rive days. At Memphis, a stae of feet Is pre dicted In five -or six days with possibly a hieher stage It the levees hold. Above High 'Water Mark at Cairo. CAIRO, 111.. April t lUdlrosds and the vltlsens cf Carlo co-operated today In attempting to keep the Ohio and Mis sissippi rivers out of Carlo, Cltlscna quit their business and aided In patrol ling the levees north of hers In tha dralnsge districts. The railroads brought hundreds of men here for' emergency work. The river gauge reglstsred M.S feel today, 1.1 feet higher than previous records. The Indications are that the river will rise to H feet later In the week. The levies which protect Carlo, will stand M feet of water. The Mississippi has spread over the low lands of southeastern Missouri end nothing but water ran be seen on the Missouri side of the river here. ST. LOUIS, April :.-The rise ot the Mississippi river at St. Loula apparently has been checked temporarily. The gauge today reglstsred fc.l feet, the same ss yesterday. The river la not exieoted to rise untU the flood In the Missouri reaches bars later In ths week. Hecstpt here tills afternoon of a pre diction from Washington that the rvers hero will within ssveral days reach a height ut fifty-sis feel, threw the out sells of Cairo Into a panla and started an exodus from the city. Many women and children were put on afternoon, trains and mure prepared te leavsj, A'lt! levees ars UV v 444ift JmtiiM sallse. apart, -4 ssatat aol more than they cannot be mads high enough to keep bach tlte predleted rise. Weather Observer Barron of Cairo this afternoon said that the breaking of levees at lllokman, Ky lias relieved Cairo from any present denser of a serious flood. The lllokman leves also protected Lake county, Tennessee, and tills section, aocordlng to Ihs westher ob server, wtll be flooded. Levee at Itlekaina llreaas, HICKMAN, nr., April 1,-Liawn today revealed something of the damage dens here but night whan the flood waters of tba Mlestsslppl river breached the West Hickman levee and poured a eurrent eight feet deep through the town. From hill le hill the river flows this morning, severing farms and flooding stores and factories, Two thousand persons ars hoaislees. With th. somlng of dsytlght tin work of earing r tbe refugees waa taken up, T'y wsrs temporarily sheltered by ths residents at Uie highlands last night and the nls shipped by the stats military will .erlvs today. Organisation of Ihs eomrot Deary is - giving mush aoneern, Mueh of the feed supply was destroyed In the rush of water and there are not enough provisions en band to Isst ths refugees through ths week, Tha west end of the Irvee went out about K o'clock Isst night, at a point where II wss supposed to be strongest. Men who had been working in relays for four days to reinforce ths levee stood by their poets all day In a driving rain. Soma of them had gone hems to rest, and meet of the Inhabitants were In bed wbea the crash eama The patrol st once sounded the warn ing elgnal agreed upon, then sprang Into the boats wbkth had bean moored lor this snMrgsney fines tba tight against the river bos an, and rowed aoroes ths lowlands on ths crest af tbe flood. All ths workers and these whose homes wera endangered re u bed Ilia bills In safety, awl there was inurb dlstrees amons the woman and children before thsy were housed for ths night At aadnlght residents an the Missouri shore opposite Hickman were warned to flee, as tlie levee there waa In Immlnuut danger of going out. The water la two feet higher than ever before recorded, aad at expected te rata twa test mora, "Above Keewr d Mark al Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn, April .While the flood tituatton had keen aggravated by rains ot yesterday and last night there had been ne break ht the Miaslslppt levee today. Altlesngh the strain la great axa(BSt ths upper portion of the St. Fran cis le i at In Arsnasaa, opposite Mem scna, both ths gnvernment and levee hoard offHahi express eonfldenca today thar win he abta to hold s casus. Una Leva es hi thai district. T!s water tram the break ot th knaUl la e asacg Bayoa Ganroaa, which pro tects ths BTWiands at tba ctty. enatton rs te snaats dli,ii;rti;t ta rest rata of that snoiaa. on some af (ha streets tint wa o Si sis that dasa. Two tasdtetad dse sf forty an- that, sa ns asoat ay cks weaxnar barjata win arid g a my s Om 4 maga siraidy dona In aha asHK Tha gangs Bidsy tesjstsied fL snow itig a nae af ss n-aRtbs sinaa tba haw. D dins, tia highest aver ramidisL aUelnst as Kaaeaa CBy, KJUXaas CITT. Mow April 1. SBth ttta Miasssirl and Kanaas rtrars etnrttnuad to rise here today, but the g"isi niuent sMautier tureeaster add they would be- (Continued oa Seennl Px, ge. "rom the Cleveland Plsln Dealer. BILL TO CUTEXPRESS RATES Measure Introduced in House Pro vides for Zone System. TEN CENTS MINIMUM CHARGE Hate la Be Twa Crate a Toaad on Small I'arkages Betweea Polate Leee Traa S30 Miles Apart. WASHINGTON, April I -The house In terstate and foreign commerce commit tee today reported favorably a bill to amend the law giving ths Interstate commerce commission authority over ex press companies. Provision would be made for rule xones, the charges vary ing according to the distance the .lack age wss carried from ths point of origin. A closs working arrangement also would be provided between the express com panies and the rural free delivery sys tem of the pustofflce department. The bill would govera the transporta tion of packages not exceeding eleven pounds In weight and with a valuation of SW or Iras. No allowance would be made for cxpenae or transfer from one expreas company to another. The rates would be fixed as follows: Between any two points In the United States more than 2.0ft) miles aiiert It cents per pound; not more than' t. miles apart. cents: not more thsn Ml miles apart. S cents; not more thsn so miles apart, 4 cents, snd between points not more than S miles apart, 2 cents per pound. It Is provided, however, that no ex prrss company shall be compelled to accept for transportation any package at a charge less thsn 1 .cents. The provision for co-ope ration between the expreaa companies snd the rursl free delivery routes la the most dis cussed feature. Ki press matter destined for a farmer living on a rursl msll route would be delivered by the express agent at the nearest point to Its desti nation where, provided the shipper had attached the necessary postage. It would be turned over to the msll csrrler. through the regular channels, for de livery. Rural carriers likewise would be authorised to accept matter on which postage had been paid for delivery to the expreas company. Failure of any express company to carry out ths provisions of the lew would be punished by a fine In each case of Slot and attorney's fees, together with such damages aa the person aggrieved might collect In court. Mob in Arkansas Lynches Wrong Man FORT SMITH. Ark.. April I -Investigation of a lynching, in which It Is said the wrong negro wss hanged, re sulted today In the ctty council removing Chief of Police Barry. Mght Captain Smart, eight patrolemen, abolishing the detective bureau and dismissing Chief Detective Ptthcock. Witnesses st the hearing said the polios did not try to protect the black. County authorities aay tbey hare evidence that the negro lynched wss not armed when Deputy Cms table Andrew Carr was shot. Soon after Carr was shot the suspected negro was lynched. Carr died today. Italy Blockades Two Red Sea Ports FE1UM, Red Sea, April 1-Tfce captain of ths Italian erutser Ilemoete today pro claimed a blockade ot tha porta of Leo he and Sallf, oa tha Temea coast at the Ked sea, and alro of Kamaran Island, ths cable station, which cost awcta various titles en the Arabian shore with Egypt The Italian war vessel has ae red the ennnertions hy cable between lOunaraa and the Arabian mainland. ; The Brttiab steamer Woodcock has been arrested by ths Italians In the vtdm'ty of Canhcla hersitaa It was trans porting contraband. EDWARD O'CONNOR TERRY, BRITISH ACTOR, IS DEAD LOSDO.V, April l-Cdwsrd Terry, the acuat, who has been suffering far some time with asm-Ids, died ay at Baauav. Snrrxx. ased J ears. -award O'Connor Terry was ana af rhe moat papular actors an ths British staaa. an which he had appeared almoat ennrisw- uoualy tor nearly halt a oaatiu . Ha war a writer ot dlsrtnrtVin and had ti-vclod uraeely la. India, Australia and. Soitrri Africa, Inquiry Lorimer Case Testimony Is Abandoned CHIt'AUO, April 1-Federal Investiga tion of the testimony of witnesses before the Lorimer senate committee cams to an snd today. The grand jury, which was to have Inquired Into Ihs testimony of some of the witnesses with a view of determining whether perjury was com mitted, was discharged on what waa said to have been ordcra from Washington. Ths report of the senate committee in the Lorimer Inquiry and the verdict nt the Jury In the packers' trial absolving the packers from criminality are be lieved to have been the controlling fac tors In Ihe decision to dismiss the federal grand Jury. The order discharging the regular grand Jury waa quietly entered on the court records and almoat before ths genera' public waa aware that the Inveatlgaiinn had ceased the Jurors drew their psv vouchers snd left for their homes. It Is expected that the special grand Jury which is now In session will com plete Its labors and be discharged within two weeks. None of the federal officials would dis cuss tlis dlsrhargs of ths grand Jury or comment on the reasons for its being dissolved. - - Hagerman Speaks for Roads Fighting Missouri Rate Law WASHINGTON. April --Frank Hager man of Kansas City, Mo., speaking for the eighteen railroads fighting tha vslid Ity of the Missouri msxlmum freight and S-cent passenger rates before the supreme court of the United Stales, today dis cussed means of distributing the cost of doing business between Interstate and In trastate traffic. The problem arises In all the stats rste esses where It Is claimed the stste rates are confiscatory. It wss argued by Mr. Hagerman that the proper buds for distribution should be the revenue obtelned from Interstste, as compared with Intrastate commerce and not a ton mile basis ss proposed by ths stste. This wss ths second day ot Ihe argu ment on the Missouri rates. After Mr. Hsgerman closed. Senator B. Ladd made the first address to ths court on behalf of the state. Louisiana Negress Confesses Murder of Seventeen Persons LAFAYETTE. La.. April t -Clementine Barnabet, a half-blood negress, told a story here today thai the police suthort ties say tbey accept as clearing the mys tery veiling tbe hilling of twenty negroes in southwest Louisiana and which It Is said gsvs clues thst will fix ths guilt for fifteen other night assassinations of blocks In Louisiana and Texas. From Clementine's story It appears she led a mysterious negro cult, the mem bers ot which performed the rites of "human sacrifice." The negress dec is red shs killed seven teen of tbe victims with her awn hands. Five Prisoners Make Escape from Court Room at St. Louis 8T. LOUIS, April 1 Five men, one 1 confessed murderer, and four charged with burglaries and robberies escaped from Judge Wilson A. Taylor's court room while court was in session oa the third floor of the municipal courts build ing today. They were la a cage adjoining ths court room. Tbe men crawled through a small doer In tha rear of the cage to the window sill, then walked along a narrow ledge to another window twenty feet away, re-entered tha building aad escaped. James Keller, who killed sis wffs last Christmas era, waa ana at tbe prisoners who eacaped. UAH AND WOMAN KILLED BY GASOLINE EXPLOSION MEADE, Kssw April tTha exolnaiho of a gasoline tank In tbstr a I hauas near here tomsy Srsngrit Instant asth ta Mr. ant MMi X. R. JDIla- Tha nam wsa mown oft nut ths Interior of ths dunsut demolished by lira. Tha Mlllara eama bars from Atkinson, TIL,, sigh teen months ago and Bled oa a claim. YOTERS DECIDE CITY ISSUES Rebratksnt Hold Their Annual Mu nicipal Elections. THIRTY VOTES CAST 15 VALLEY rloed-Swrpt Tew a Derides ta be Dry Remainder at the Tear Baaeroft Deoldea ta Hrmala met. VALLHr. Ness April --Special Tele gram,) Hut thirty votes were cast In the election held here today. Two members of the old board were re-elected, and It will be dry, the same ss last year. C B. Nichols, a democrat, will In all prob ability be reappointed mayor. FKNDKK, Neb., April l- Special Tele gram. VTha lluuor question wss not voted on here today, as ths town wiU stsy wet Tha cttlaens' ticket and so cialists hsd It out and tha former won out. Heyne, Conway aad Albert sun were elected for the hoard. At this time It Is not know who will be appointed mayor. BANCROFT. Neb.. April --(Special Telegram.) Ths Initiative and referendum-were voted on her today for the first time. There wera 1st votes oast and ths town went feet hy.elghteeg majority. The Hires oirw members elected for 'the bfutfV-wiW TcpmilharoiT ' ." CLAY CENTER, Nsb.. April l -(Special Tolrgism.)-J. K. Wheeler will be the next mayor of Clay Center. Llrenss was not an sue, hut ths lows will be dry. Democrats Win in South Omaha for the City Offices. ( Thomas Iloctor, democrat, waa elected mayor ot South Omaha at the election Jield at that place yesterday. J. 4. Ull- lln. democrat, waa re-elected treasurer and Perry Wheeler, republican, was probably elected clork. Ryan and Plvonka, democratic members of the Fire and Police Board, who wera Monday Indicted by ths grand Jury, were re-elected. Jsck Wslters won out In ths First ward and John Franek In the Second. The successful candtdata were: Mayor, Tom Iloctor, dem. Treasurer, John Olllln, dem. Clerk, 1'erry Wheeler, rep. Tax commissioner, Jerry Fltsgerald, dem. illy attorney, Ilenrv Murphy, rep. Kire and Police board, John Hysn. dem., Joe Plvonka, dem. Coundlfnen First ward. Jack Walters, dem.; Second ward, John Franek, dem.; Third ward. Tom Alcon. dem.: Fourth ward, John III he, rep.; Fifth ward, Steve Wawrysinklewlca. rep.: Sixth wsrd, J. Williams, rep.; Seventh ward, llenrv llartnoit, rep. The complexion of ths council politically rrmalna as It was before. City Clerk Good of the Indicted men was made the goat fur the administration. San Diego Police Confiscte Papers BAN 111 BOO. CaX. April I -Ths police have confiscated numerous copies of ths Ssn Francisco Bulletin ot March which contained a fuU pags article headed "gag laws against free speech in San lhego. fifteen men Were arrested late yesterday while sagsged Ur selling the papers. Fourteen of them wars re leased later. Chief sf Polios Wilson said ths Bulletin hsd been placed by th authorities hers In th same category with two other pub lications the ssle of which had been for bid den. Both sr organ of ths Industrial Work ers of ths World, so published at New castle, Pa., and tha other at Beettle. Mexican Insurgents Are Attacking Parral JI--NEZ. Mexico. April --The bat tle tor sasuusaon ot the important ctty at Parral hissu this mnrrrlrig Pilars! Casnpa sooted hn nam In th hills aaar tha ctty and aa arUUary duel segaj a. Tha city k e f-ued ST Oanarals Sate sd T TO wttk a ft ml Sere 1 eat ma I tuny rha oaqamr af ass fty fnr neat s repair exsra- aftar tha day as Build a with as at tha TtotKtry at which place has been r rmmad a Sasaral sure from Tsrraoa ssiajasary track a. easing ed snumsrt. Was aseu saath toaay tn rsssiw. TwentT-Rre Trains Tied Vn Since, Saturday Are Given a Fresh Start FSXSHETS ARE ALSO ST AS TED Becedin Waters Show Devastation Which Ha Been Wrought. PROVISION TRACTS RUSHED Fronertr 'lost is Hear- at Soma Points in Stats. LAKE KARAWA FULL OF WATER Sertawrotera aad Barllagtoa Hop ta Have Their Llaea Open tar Servlee hy Today ta Re-Kstaa-llsh Kearalar See tea. The I'nlon Pacific wss tbe first road to get Its trains to operating aver tha flood-stricken district out ot Omaha. Tester-day aftemooa at 1 o'clock tea pu n- Kr trains which have bean tied up here for the last two or three days wera started west la a pen session shout fit- teen minutes apart. Other roads hops to hsvs bridges and washouts repaired ss thst trains may bo running today. When the outgohag Umok Pacific trains reached Fremont the fifteen trains whlcd had been, marooned there were started east. Trains oa several of the lines are still being detoured. with no particular re- card for tlms schedules, snd ssveral days will have elapsed before conditions ars hack to normal. As soon as ths congestion of passenger trains was reduced freights wera started CJt from Omaha, carrying food, provi sions and coal to tbe sufferers slong tba Union Pacific la ths flooded sections. Ths first trains started from Omaha wera fruit, provisions and beer. Much Property Deetroyed. Receding waters In ths flooded dis tricts along ths Plstts and Kikhorn re vtal S scene of vast destruction, tha worst la ths history at Nebraska. Streets In ths stricken towns ars Uttered with debris, snd In some places ths topog raphy ot farms has been entirely changed. Water stands, and In soma In stance Is still running In ths lowlands, and ssveral days will have elapsed be fore commerce and traffic Is restored ta normal. Heavy lea at Serf elk. A conservative estimate ot flood dam age In the business section of Norfolk Is HI, OMW Mad I son county bridges wera damaged Is ths extent of aj.Wa, and It la probahla ens block ot paving la Norfolk will be reutld, In other towns ths dam age Is much greater. F leads have ss filled Lake Msaawa that N has heart Hers ssaxT to blast out" Us dam In Mosquito creek, which was built for ths purpose ot filling ths lake with back water. i 'Wats Hlak al Maaawa. Tha laks will contain a larger amount nf water this year thari for many s as suns. It Is the Intention ol the ma agent t to put In stirs Vachtlng and bathing facili ties, and otherwise improve ths laks for pleasure purposes. When the park will open has not been ' snneuneed. L. If. Bsmett, lessee and manager. Is sxpscted soon to return from Florida and begin plans tor tha coming Fremeat ta Aot salkly. A report come from Fremont thst along ths Plstts river til low farm lands were badly damaged by the strand current snd floating lea and In plaoea covered from sis Inches to a foot with sand. Damages ta bridges and read In Dodge county may reach 1120,00. A special meeting ot th county hoard I ordered for tomorrow and the state art bo aaked to help lo replace ths longer bridges. A part ot tha dlks built by a drainage district lo cut th water oft from th north -channel I gone and tha channel which runs across Frsatobt Islsnd, looks like a permanent on. Th lave slso built by th drainage district sxtendlng slong tha old north bank won ot town wss only washed out a Utile in on place. There la likely to be strut ous opposition lo spending sny mora money on the dike. Elkhsra Still -tetag. It waa reported from Arlington last night that the Elkoora was still rising. Tha Northwestern hsd a his gang work-' Ing on their bndg at Fremont all day, hut crossing wss found Imposslbla. Tha Platte at Fremont wss normal Isst night. James Suttaa and WIU Jurgansaa tipped out of a boat In attempting to cross east ot Fremont and savsd their Uvea by hanging ta a tree five hours. Suttou Somewhere there is an excellent real estate Investment for J ou. It is there ia some orci, and you may Had it by looking through the . want ad9 of The Bee. The best real es tate investments are ad vertised in The Bee. 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