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The Omaha Daily Bee 1912 Presidential Cimptid WEATHER FORECAST Keep np with the puM'from Fair. day to day by reading Tho Be VOIT XLI-NO. .281. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORXIXG, MAY 10, 1912 YELVE 'PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. JUDGES THROW . STEELSUIT OUT Application to Prerent Destruction At W AAAM s) a rAMMt1A TTM V aVwVVVAUap VI VV1 TV- UWH aVlaT- duim in new Jersey. BROUGHT 15 FEDERAL COURT Three Member on Bench Unite in Writing Opinion. EV1DEHCE IS BIO CASE SOUGHT Gorenunent Desired to Prosecute Trust to It Dissolution. KO WRONG DTTEHTIOK IS SHOWS Order Agalast Aa Wire aad steel (empaar, Whtek Berecd . Book-, ia A lie wed ta " " Stand. cation la the United States district orart hra tar an Injunction to restrain th Vetted States Steel corporation and a number of its subsidiary concerns from the destruction of books ind papers which might bs used la evidence la ths suit of ths government tor th disso lution ol th steal corporation, was dis missed In a per curiam opinion filed br Judge Gray. Hutrtngtori and MePhereon, except as to th American Steel and Wire Co.. oas ot th at eel corpora float subsidiary concerns. . ' Th opinion which Is brief, after, speak ing ot th application ears: -No svldsac Is of tared that such de struction la ' threatened. . and It need hardly be said that evidence ke easen. .1.1 , M. .Ith.V U. oused or convicted of what would be In substance a criminal Interference with th courts of Justice. - Oaa Bit at Evidence. "The saotloa la supported almost wholly by th fart that after certain proaeeutlon In th soutliern district of -New. Tort cam to an end." a number ot persona belonlng to til Amerlcssv Steel and Wire company that had been furnished by the company to the government tor us ta such prosecution, and had been returned to Its possession wers destroyed by on of Its officers. ; -Wlille we are ssllsfled that this de struction was without ertl Intent, the fact remains that the destruction took place and ha la he reason why. so far as th ateel and trs company Is concerned, the restraining order previously grsntsd should be continued." Th opinion then goes' on to say that It t not shown that th other defen dant war ia any respect connected with Its acta and that without evidence ths court cannot grant th present petition. The petition. Is therefor refused except as t steel and wire company, but the government la given ponuWatom ta re new the psttuw II ot say time counsel shall dealr 111011 step as aicassary r destrsM. ---- V;' taken Uoeanseat Were Destroyed. Th oat ot th destruction at tb doe. unwnta Ui 'the Jackson wit tool casta by officials ol ths. American Stssl and Wire company waa fixed today aa some time la November last by, George A. Cragln. an afflclal ot th company. He gav testimony to this effect at a con tinuation ot the hearing before Commis sioner Henry P. Brown In th govern, ment's suit to dlssolv th United Stales Steel corporation. Tola evidence was re larded aa of Importance ta th govern ment s esse. Inasmuch aa Ilia pending suit wss illed oa October M, but the ques tion as to when the order to destroy th papers waa given Is still to be cleared up. Cragln said today that Vice President Beaches of th srlr eompuny, who gav the order, had visited hire la Worcester, Mass., twice "either in October or No vember." . - , . Contractor. Killed by a Woman, Who Commits-Suicide LOS ANGELES, C-U. May l-XHfr WaUur. a wealthy contractor wha ra- rst Im -inUaei aa Isal-wPak Mat tt t teats tmf. V-ruatj Wlllflf tlU aW woa "" vat - --. erameat work at the turns Irrigation dam. was shot and killed Sunday Bight by Mrs. Anna Dawey of Haskell. O., said to b th daughter at a former eongrugs man. Mrs. Dewey oosimltted suicide. m , ' The trsgedy occurred la the apartments of ths womaa. probably last Saturday, but th bodies vera not found nd yes terday, when a police1 investigation re vealed the fast that at th time of his death Walker was hostile for a recon dilation with his wife. Th coroner Is sued certificates ot death by murder and suicide. - -'-j -Mrs. Dewey separated from her Bas r is months ago- SOCIALIST DEPUTY EJECTED FROM THE PRUSSIAN DIET BERLIN. May I -The long standing conflict . between Preatdeat Baron Voa Brffa and six socialists ot th Prussian Diet resulted today la th celling at pe es to the Diet chamber. Where they ijectad Deputy Beccha-dt. who repeatedly bad interrupted aa s-tl-eociellal speaker. Th president ernerea hint te as seated, and aa his refusal aeciarea mm axciuaea Trom the session. Borcaarw rerueea to withdraw had the ssistoa waa suspended while a lievteasat and lour, policemen carried him, violent and struggling, to toe street. ,j: The Weather Far Nebraska:' Generally fair ansotUed sMtbeaat aorUoa. : ror Iowa. Increasing ckrudlnei probaal showers south portion. except wtth Hours. a. m. t a. m. I a. m It1-.:::::: at a. m II a. m. . , U m. 1 P. as. ' Deg. ...... my ..... a TJ M :!:::: 5 M J p. ai... Tjf) ! S: St:z 15i - .... tl .... n M .. 7 .... 1 ,...v-s 1 9. P. SB.., TITANIG BULKHEADS OPENED Testimony of Engineer Billon Xty Be Important THOUSAKD EES WEBE 15 WATEB Sara Ha Had Bera wist atlas About Tweaty Mlaatea Whea Ha W as ricked Is Washlagitaa' Heart., Re.pe.ed. ' 1 v LONDON. May a-Kvldenc that th doors-of four water-tight bulkheads had been opened after having been closed from the bridge wss Introduced today at the British wrack commlssloa'a Inquiry Into th loss ot the Titanic This was dona, according to Thomas Dillon ot the engineers staff In order that th engine crew might reach th pumps In th boiler room No. I The men did not go into bailor room No. a. because there .was too much water there. In fact the water waa leaking through into boiler room No. 4. Dillon said he swam about for twenty mtmitea before being rescued and saw at least 1.0M ether men swimming or floating on the surface buoyed up by lite preservers. Ha saw no women la ths water. The conduct of J. Bruce lamay, man aging director ot the International Ma rina, after th accident was mentioned for the first time during the British Investi gation and waa described by James Johnson, a atsward, as having been ex emplary. Johnson, who left the ship In No. t emergency host, a small dingy, wss asked why titer were , not more women la th boat. He replied that they would oof gat Into H. Mr. lemay. tha witness said, triad to Indue tha women to cater th dingy, but they refused, whereupon aa escorted them to larger boats. "He did everything an Englishman could do. Johnson added. . Wasktaartea ' Heartap; Itaaaeard. WASHINGTON. May .-The Titan1 Inquiry was reopened by the senate In vestigating committee today to permit testimony by Maurice U Farrsll of New Tork City, managing news editor ot Dow. Jones A Co. A number ot affidavits snd letters were read Into the record, rnclud mg a ststsment of Dr. P. C. Qultsrau of Toronto, a psssenger on the steamer Mount Tempi. Senator William Alden Smith of Michi gan, chairman ot th subcommittee, was alone la questioning Mr. Fsrreu, wha was called to throw light on reports that war circulated during ths dsy of Monday, April la. before th night dispatches showed ths appalling extent of the acci dent. Mr. Farrell made a formal atalement. .explaining that th reports his company published cams chiefly from th office ot th Whit Star line, the Laffah news bureau and the Boston aawa bureau. said the duplication ot messages flying back and forth led to their erroneous construction as confirmatory evidence, and that th chances of error Increased aa the reports went through different channels. H said that at a. m. on ths fateful Monday roportsr received In fortpatlon. from. JA'hH Biar Tepreeenta tlves in their New Tork office which was summarised oa th Dow, Jones A Co. news ticker aa follows: "Officers at th White War tin stated at I a'cloek this morning that passengers on the Tltanlo wars being taken oft In boats and that there waa no danger of loss of life.' Tha Baltic and Virginian, (hey stated, wer standing by to assist In ths rescue." Mr. Jtu-rell added: "To the lay mind "standing by conveyed th meaning that tha vessels wer ta th immediate vtctiw lty hoJdlnr themselves ta readiness ta render aid. Its una. however, appears ta have aaaa In Um technical nautical sense. indicating that tha vassals had received tha C Q. IK, responded to tt and had headed thetr course toward the Titanic." BassbaivAssarleaa gtalasarea. BERLIN, May (.-Warned by tha Tl Uals catastrophe, the Hamburg-American Steamship company has dlsconttnLod any self-Insurance ot Its awn ships and bs rel insured all tha ships of ths Hamburg American tine against total loaa or seri ous wreckage. v Thai plaa was announced today In tha prospectus ot a new stock issue ot tha company. . Papers Sold Under Police Guard in All Parts of Chicago CHICAGO. Msy S -Quiet reigned in the newspaper strike today and papers were sold under polios guard In practically every part ot th city. A number ot stareotyper who went oa a sympathetic atnke after the press men Nralked out, appHed for reinstatement on two afternoon newspapers and It la ex pected that ethers win follow their ex ample la ths near future. All the newspapers have practically full crews of pressmen and stereotype ra at work and mora editions were published today than at any time sine th be ginning of the striae. John 0'Neil street oar conductor, waa arrested for taking newspapers from th hand ot passengers boarding his car, but was later allowed t go with a warning. Several newsboys were arrested for go ing through a West side elevated train grabbing newspapers out of th hands ot Workmen Driven from Mines in the i Wyoming District PHIUELPHIA. May4 1 -The first dis turbance tn th Wyoming region owuried today at Lnsern bosough near Wilkes ban, when foreigners armed with sticks and stones attacked workmen and earn pel led the coal washsry fef ths Pain Coal company t suspend operation. On workman was cut about tha and A crowd at am, womaa and boys at lacked ssea engaged ta tha fir roams and oa repair work at a colliery near North Per an ten. Tw of the worksMa required th services of phyaidana. Hers the crowd fell back only before tve horses of th troopers. At another col llery ta North Seraatsa a fireman was ssrloasly lafncsd when attacked by awn and bow . . TELLS BRYAN TO PEODOCE FACTS Governor Harmon Wires Hebrtukin to Publish letter Which Ha Savi Se Has. FLATLY IE5IES ALL CHABGES Says Ho Money Was Spent in Effort to Get Votes for Him. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ALL Ia His Telegram He Says He Wants Facts Bevealed. TAJT WILL BETUB5 MOSDAT Ha Will Be Pellowed Oartasj Part f ' Twar of State by Haass veil -La rellette Will A lea Make Spaeckea. ' COLUMBUS, a, Msy 1 Governor Jud son Harmon today sent a telegram In William Jennings Bryan further denying charges mads by Mr. Brysn at rind lay yesterday that friends ot ths governor had tried to purchase Bryan delegates In IMS. Ha said: "I repeat that a ons authorised by me or with my knowledge or consent ever tried to purchase delegate, t never beard of such a thing except from your state ment yesterday. At ths date you men tion I had accepted ths nomination for governor and waa making no effort for the presidential nomination. If you bav a letter showing what you say, why don't you publish It? Ths people are entitled to the facta, and I wish them to br known." President Retarsa Monday. National politics only simmered in this ststs todsy after the finish of President Tafts three-day tour and prior to th In vasion of candidates scheduled to begin their final campaigns bera next week. Tha president will return Sunday, accord ing to present plane, and Monday Is to bs followed by Colonel RooseveH. Cam paign managers for Senator La Follelt have announced that he Is to hake a final tour of tha stats prior to th primary lection. May a. In th democratic ranks there la much activity and many candidal are making plans for speaking tours. William J. Brysn today ,1s finishing a three days invasion of the stats In which he hss been attacking the candidacy of Governor Harmon. At Governor Mar. mon's headquarters It hss bean reported the chief executive wss working out his Itinerary, which would cover all the points at Which Bryan has spoken and would also Inalud the larger cities ot the atata. A report gained circulation during ths visit of President Ttt that Governor Weodrow W4Ia was also planning ta tour Ohio, although no eure official sa Bounooment has been made. . - Tha petitions of Oevemor Harmon and Governor Wlleoa only bav been circu lated. . , . , Mr. Bryan In hi two toura ot tha state has urged democrats to vote for th New Jersey executive. Tart Coafera with Mehlslry. WASHINGTON. May .-President Taft arrived In Washington this afternoon for a twenty-four-hour stay. Tomorrow svsnlng ha will start tor Princeton, N. J. Dtreetor McKlaley of the Taft cam paign headquarters boarded th presi dent's train at Bait! mors and conferred with his chief during ths rid to Wash. Ington. Roaaevelt Shaald Have Maryland. BALTIMORE, May I. -Governor Phil lip Lee GoMsborough. one of th leaders ot tha republican party ot Maryland, to day declared that he advocated sending a delegation to the national oenventton that would rote for Colonel Roosevelt aa long as there was chance ot his receiving the nomination. Governor OoldaboraugH said: "Colonel Roosevelt won tha preferential vol In the prtmarle In this state Isst Monday and the will of the people should prevail. I was on the Taft side and we toss." Texaa la for Reoeevelt. DALLAS. Tex., Msy t. Texas conven tion returns todsy left the results, both democratic and republican, exactly where (hey were yesterday. Wood row Wilson swept the state and Theodora Roosevelt galnsd a dear lead over Taft. With twenty counties yet to be beard "roan, returns received up to this after Boon from Tuesday's democratic county conventions, give Wilson SU; Harmon. Ml; Clark. 47; contested, 1; unlnstructed. a. Wilson's majority In state conven tion, it ' Republican returns from all except forty -seven counties show In th state convention: Roosevelt, 7t; Taft, ); urdn strueted. 44; contested. It Nominally III votes control the repub lican aonvontloa. but a smaller number msy control on account ot failure of some counties to bold oonventtons. Kansas City Saloons Cut Out Schooners - and Can Trade KANSAS CITY. May -As tha brew eries her have today begun the delivery of beer wHb nonunloa drivers H Is ex pected th onioa. bartenders win be added to thp Bomber of anioa men who ars sow en strike aa the result of the walkout ot th brewery wagoa drivers. Tha bar tenders s re expected to take up ths matter some tin today. Another result of tha strike is that many of th saloons hav ceased serving "schooners," or avgs glasses, and con fining themselves only to "roong once." Ia tins way, ft b thought th aurplus bow oa band ta breweries eea be mads to last longer. The cansamer. however, suf fers id .many cases. Also th saloons hav derided that 'lean" beer will not be sold until after ths strike. Brewery managers say they are mak ing headway against ths strike. One msa sger said hs bad It men at work and expected ta have a tun crew in a day r two. The other managers ars squally op timistic. Oa the other hand the strikers are confident of winning the tight. . , How From the Washington Star. VISIT FIRST CAPITAL OF OHIO Comtitntion Makers Adjourn from Columbus to Chillioothe. HI8T0EIC SPOTS AKE INSPECTED Delegates Gather A beat , Table Where riret Canetltatlaa Waa Sla-aed Haadred aad Tea ' Years Ago. , . CHILUCOTHB, 0. May (.-Ohio's eon etltutlod maksrs todsy turned back to th spot where the first charter laws of th stat Were drafted 110 year ago. To pay homage itu th makers of th state's first history, delegates, employes and at laches vf th fourth constitutional con vention moved In a body from Columbus to this (sty, Ohio's first capital. Ths court room In Ross ooonty court house, whsra th session wsa held, occu pies ths ground where the tint ruts house stood. Many of Ita -furnishings are scarcely less historic than Ita loca tion, i . The long oak table at which President Blgelow presided sj the same table on whiob. the first constitution of tha slats was signed. Above th table hung the Mg bell which swung In the tower it th first state house. It hss best In the rella room of the present capital for fifty years, but was brought (its todny. On the walls of ths court room hu it pictures of ths first governors a.'id many mem bers of the first constitutional conven tion. The original records of th first convention were also on dtsplsy. , No business was expected of the dele gates. Historic Spate Mailed. Ths St. Clair bouse, where the then Governor St. Clair escaped from a mob led by Michael Baldwin, member of ths first constitutional convention, waa vis ited. Visits also were mads to the Clin ton house, where British officers wer paroled after Perry's victory on Lske Kris; to tha cemetery hill, the burial place of four governors, Including Gov ernor Tiffin, the first ststs executive: Cook's house, built In UW with th first iron bars brought to ths slate, and to ths little mill sits where flour was first made la th stat. Th first Ohio constitutional conven tion met November L UOt, and finished Its work on ths Mth at the same month. Thla city remained the ststs capital from 1SDI te 104, and agala from Ull to Ull Th eld stats nones stood until Utt, when It was torn down. In IMS ChllUcothe eras th capital of th northwest terri tory. - , Votes to Abolish Court of Commerce WASHINGTON, May SV-Th house to day voted UO to a) to abolleh th United States Court of Commerce, many repub licans voting with ths democrats, cases now pending before the court under the abolition provision contained" la th leg islative, executive aad Judiciary appro priation bin would be transferred to the various federal district courts having competent Jurisdiction. The National Capital The radar, May , I0IZ. The Senate. Met at noon. Began consideration of rtvara aad har bor approprtatkas bill. ' Titanic Inquiry was reopened. M. L Farrell, news editor ot s Wsll street ticker, testifying regarding misleading reports. The House. Met st 11 a. m. Resumed consideTStloa of legislative, executivs and Judicial sppropristlon bill. Chairman Pujo of so-calied money trust Investigating committee snnounced that banks were rasponding fully to coatauc tss's Inquiries. the Straw Hat Pioneer r'OJ New Roads and Other Louisiana Towns Are Threatened by Flood NKW ROADS, I. Msy .-By tearing away 1.4W tret of ths south end of the Torres crevasse, a wall of water from elsht to ton feet deep and half a mile tn width la todsy bearing down upon the already overflowed greg ot Point Coupee. St. Andre and Several at her partakes. . New Roads, heretofore couldared sree- tlcall safs from Ihs Terras flood Is rapidly becoming flooded. Boats are be ing built and other preparations made by th townspeople for a hurried exit. ' . This section of the pariah being thickly settled much rescue work will be re quired. Motor boat and skiffs are being concentrated her by th government representatives. In some Instances the officers confiscated boat and are holding them In readiness. . Farmers, driving their live stork In ad vance of the flood arrived here early to day from tha country around Fordoch. They report that hundreds of persons marooned In their home la that vicinity and are In argent need ot relief. Motor hosts wers unable to reach that district yesterday. Looters In skiffs ars reported to be reaping rich harvest In the Inundated country. Many houses from which their occupants were hastily driven hav been broken open and robbed. Th alas of ths families among th refugee la surprising. Ons robust whits woman had sixteen children strung out attar her when she climbed down the steps of a rsllst train today. Mothers with eight, nins or ten children are numerous among ths people coming from Polnte Coupe parish. New York Banks Adopting Finger Print System NEW TORK, May l.-The finger print system for th Identification and th protection of depositors- Is being rapidly adopted by New Tork banks. Ths North Side bank Is tha latest Institution to adopt th finger print system, regarding which Secretary Arthur E. Klrsch said today: ' "It Is not ths Bsrtlllon system used by the police, but was devised by an English man named P. A. Flack, who for fifteen years wsssemployed by the British gov ernment at Singapore, India. Instead of ths thumb, w take the Imprint of three finger ot the right hand th tips of th Index, middle and third fingers. "We provide blanks for our depositors upon which they writs) their signatures and leave their finger prints. 'These w keep on file, to have la eases st emargency. as when, for Instance, ths genuineness of a algnatura may be ques tioned. W hav yet to com across a depositor who objects ta this." Three Killed by Explosion in Steel Mill "at Cleveland CLEVELAND, a. May a-Thre men wer killed and some twenty eerloutly injured shortly after midnight by aa ex plosion at ths central furnace ot th American Steal and Wire company. It is thought some ot th injure t will 41. Th explosion occurred when a furnace wsa being cleaned out prep ra to it to closing down tor ths night It is thought to hav followed contact of a wnrkmsns torch with aa accumulation ot gas. Identifies Hon of th dead, save In th ease of John Zelach, wag rendered im possible because ths bodies w?.- burned and charred. Firs broke out and the flames mad crnsidersbls headway before they wtr extinguished. , . ' Feels r) u 7e- V az j s v i -sail V-cwA . A WOMEN WOOLDBE MINISTERS Question of Their Ordination to Be Taken Up by Methodists. AMUSEMENTS 8TJXL TO THE FOSE Mora Messertale Submitted an Thla Psoposltlea Tfsaa aa Any Other Term Preeldlas Kldrr May k-ay Agala B Official, ', - MINNRAPOUS, Minn., May C-avare of memorials ars pouring Into th gendral conference of tn Methodist Episcopal church lit session here, aad probably be fore the final adjournment alUWIT) ap pear before the conference for final ac tion. - Par In tb Isad Is that relating to ths famous paragraph MS of th church disci pi Ins, which prohibits dan sing, card playing and kindred amusements. That this section will be amended at the present session to leave th question to th "eonsclsnce" of tha Individual mem ber. Is ths bellst ot many of tha dele gates. . Another memorial which has appeared frequently In th church records la that changing the nam of th "district super Intandent" bark to that ot "presiding elder." The latter waa In us until ths change was mads at Baltimore four years ago, and It Is claimed by many that the new name has not proved satisfactory. That Ihera Is a suffrage! ts movement In tha shurch has been shown by the In troduction of a memorial which asks that women be licensed to preach. A number of years ago a rule waa adopted forbid ding the ordaining of a womaa minister, but It Is probable the question again will bs discussed at tb preeant session. Kavera Bishop far Nrarroes. Tb advisability of amendment of the constitution of tha Methodist Episcopal church to provide for bishops for ths negro race In the rotted States waa rso ommendsd at the business session of the general conference today by tha com mission appointed to Investigate the matter. The report of the committee was referred. It wss declared that the constitution of the church did not permit the election of a negro bishop exclusively for negro conferences as any bishop elected must bs a "general superintendent." For this reason ths committee advocated the change In the constitution. Rev. - Dr. E. J. Jones of New Orleans, prominently has been mentioned aa tha probable choice for negro bishop If th conference finally approves a Changs In tha constitution. ' Other Baataese Traassvated. Included In the action ot th business session oX tb conference today is: Asked for reports upon loss of profit of different church papers. Referred resolution endorsing "every lawful endeavor to Improve condition of workers and to secure a Hring wage,' and opposing child labor and kmc hours of woman labor. Mada the second Sunday In May hence forth tb "Mothers day" ot th church. Asked report of rules committee en election ot all officers wtlh exception of bishops by May IS, If .possible. Commended the universal peaea project and lauded President Taft tor his part In urging of worldwide peace. An attempt alio waa and to ask tor an Investigation of alleged dancing, smoking, card playing and theater going In church schools, but th conference re fused to consider it. f The report of the Wotnan'e Horn Mis sionary society snowed that ths society now has 119, 1M members, an Increase of more than X.oae. - LO.tO STEP TOWARD UNION Fraternal Delexate fro Ckarck Bawtk Olvea Great Reecpclea. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May I.-. Spe cial Correspondence. 1 The union ot ths two great branches ot Methodism In the United states was materially furthered (Continued oa Second page.) ASSIGNMENT OF THE PORTFOLIOS Newly Elected. City Commissioners Meet and Agree Upon the Diitn-.. bution of Departments. ' ' a - DAHLMA5 TO COITITNUE MAYOU Butler Will Look After Finances aai Byder Draws the Police. FOE AND WATEB TO WITHJEU, XcGoTcra Pnblio Improvements and Hummel Parks and Property. FD1ST UEETISO HELD MONDAY Ryder, as Spakossaaa, Stats aalsatlea Will Be With View ' ta lasprovlag Efficiency W heaever Passible. Jaaaee 0. TOahlssaa. aaayer aad head at Ispartsasat el paelie affairs. Saa a. aUar. tenartauat ef aooeuto aad fleas ess. Joka t. atydsr. dspasttasas ef police. seal sextos aad pablis safety. Charts M. Wttaaell, department at fire proteettea aad water supply. A. a Mngel, dspartxaeat el (treat aleaalag aad malatoasxaoo. Thosssa Motrerera, spertxaaat at pss-, lie tmproeamsata, t. B. msjsubsI, oapartaaeat at parka aad awhile property. The foregone are th asslgnmsma drawn by ths members of tb new city Thursday afternoon, following a luncheon at which all th new councllmen ware present. After th masting, which con tinued from I to 4 o'clock. Mr. Ryder said there waa an entire absence ot friction. "We went over pretty thoroughly th alt. uatloa w are about to faoe," said Nr. Ryder, "and mada the assignments Indi cated. Naturally, some of tha commis-atonora-aisct had a preference, and some hsd to give way and take the depart, menta assigned to them by tha general concetwus of opinion. Ws discussed a good many detalla touching th general course to he followed when we have taken possession of tb department. . - Hap far 0d Revolts. "It la sufficient to say at this Um w hav decided to go about reorganisation of departments with th serious purpose In mind to better them wherever possi ble. As to methods of doing public bust, nesa aad getting good results, ths seven found no difficulty la agreeing. Wa hope that as ths weeks and months pass to be able to con vino the dtixens of Omaha that ws appreciate tha honor con r f erred oa us and that w will strivs to meet their expectation." Mr. Ryder also lav out th announce ment that Thomas J. Klynn, ths present street oommlMlajW, la to ba named aa city clerk. It was considered pexossssrf t fill this pises st eac. as ths present slip clerk is a member of ta sew oom- Th new commission Will heM Ita first aieatlng la th council ehambsr at M a'cloek Monday morning.. At that'tltn Mayor Dahlaiea will ba formally chose to the position hs bow holds, and tha other comnusstoaera will be Ilka wis formally assigned, to their depart man ta, Mr. Flynn will ba sleeted to tha clerk ship and will b sworn la at otto. Today and tomorrow th commissioner will til their bonds, aftsr having there) approved by a Judge of the district court, thus putting themselves In a position let step into authority In th various de part menta Immediately following th first meeting. For tha present, th oomml. sionsrs will noia a puoue every '.aura-, dsy evening. In tha council chamber. Mr. Ryder announced tor his colleague that until further notice all heads ef de partments, or deputies In charge, wilt proceed with their regular duties under the direction ot th mayor. Th new commissioners hava decided te) go to Des Moines next week and Investi gate th working of the commissi oa plaa there. They will spend a day or tar etudylng tha plan in operation and will then return .and assume th duties of their off less. JEW COUNCIL GOES IN MONDAY. City Attorney Kales Cwssasiaataar 1 , Farm la Vagae Tbea. City Attorney John A. Rina has ruled that according to ths provisions of th new commission form law th commissioners-elect should assume office next "There la no conflict. In my opinion.' said th city attorney, "between tha pro visions In tha law and the seven council men can meet Monday, organise and aa soon aa feasible take over tb affairs at th city." Th only thing that would keep tha new men out ot offlc until th latter part of th month, said th city attorney, would There' tome of your old furniture that you wilt not need not want- in your new home. Better sellit now, and get a good price for it.x There is no -use of hav-x ing useless . pieces of furniture littering , up your home and pre venting you from beau- tifyingit. Sell them throufh a Boo want ad. Th coat m bot a few pennies. It nay ehaaco that you wish to buy son aecondhasd p I o e a from aomebodf who wishes to sell. . Ask for them through a Be waat ad. The Um ta now. . Too . probably will get . what you waat Im-D.etliate.l7. ' Try. ... Tyler 1000