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The Omaha Daily Bee To Sell Quickly Sell your secotul hand urlkles through The Hco classified col nmns. It Is the profltuble wny. THE WEATHER. Snow; Colder VOL. XLll-XO. J1S. OMAHA, TlintSDAY MOKN1NU, KlfiURrAHV 127, 15M.? FOriiTIOKN PAtlKS. SINGLK copy two cents. STAGE COMPLETELY FOR NEW REVOLT IN Governor of Conhuila Issues Procla mation Denouncing Huerta Gov ernment as Spurious. TELEGRAM IS SENT TATT Says Constitutional Rulers Duly Elected Were Assassinated. CALLED CRIME AND TREASON United States is Urged Not Recognize Huerta Regime. to GREAT ACTIVITY AT EAGLE PASS Government In MnUInn Arrmme mentn to Protect Ainerlenim Mextcnnn Flee Acrnin niver. EAGLE PASS. Tex.. Feb. 26. Tho ntnge Is completely set tudny along the border opposlto tills section of Texas for a new Mexican revolt, that of Gover nor V. Carrnnza of tlio state of Coahu lla Ho has officially proclaimed the Huerta government "spurious." Many Mexicans nre fleeing to the American side for protection. Colonel Emllto Carranza with 200 volun teers, is preparing to resist a detachment of federals supporting Huerta, said to do south of Plcdras Negras. Last night Colonel Carranza captured twenty-five federals several miles below the city. Today he sent a detachment to Lay Va cas, the Mexican town opposlto Del Rio, Tex. United States troops arc preparing to protect .Americans on tho bonier in ense this latest revolt Imperils them. Cap tain BIgler Is here In chargo of a squad of thirty federal cavalrymen and a mil troop of United States cavalry from Foit Clark Is duo hero this afternoon. Governor Carranza Is reported to be In the vicinity of MoncloVa, Mex. He today wired -President Taft and President-elect iWllson the following: "The Mexican nation condemns tho vil lainous coup d'etat which has deprived It of its constitutional rulers who wero cowardly assassinated, but Is awaro that Its institutions arc alive and Is disposed to sustain them. I am certain that both tho government and your excellency, as well as that of your successor, will not accept the spurious government which Huerta Is attempting to establish upon crime and treason, but will proceed with circumspection toward the social und po litical Interests of our country. ' Skirmish Sfenr Ilnnpltm. DOUGLAS. Ariz., Feb. 26. An attempt to disarm former Madoro volunteers at A gua Prlcta early today resulted In a sharp skirmish In tho darkness before dawn. Most of tho volunteers escaped to -th'iitVoavIng their arms. Quiet was restored today. About 100 of the former Madero Insur- rcctos escaped Into Arizona. Mono arc I, known to have been killed. Tho order to disarm the men came directly from ucn eral Huerta, It Is said. The men were jiot offered an opportunity to give up arms peacefully, as at Juarez. The reg ular trqops seized the volunteers' bar Tacks. At Fronteras, below Agnn. Prleta, two regulars and one volunteer soldier were killed when a similar attempt was made. The Maderlstaa escaped. The Maderlstas at Fronteras wero under General Padillo, secretary oi tho state of Sonora, who Is reported to be organizing forces to con test the provisional presidency ot Huerta. I.nnri Control .Inures. 'EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 26. With the uis. arming yesterday .of the former Madero volunteers the. regular army holda power at Juarez. Colonel Manuel Lands, the reg ular army officer who commanded the regular troops today, was made military mayor of the border town and a recent city election cancelled. The Mexican .Central railway has been cut again near Jlmlncz. Traffic s open, however, from Juarez to Chihuahua City. The Twenty-second Infantry begun mov ing today from Fort Biles. El Paso busi ness men who protested at the removal of the Infantry and artillery to Galves ton, appear satisfied at tho explanation (Continued on Pago Tjvo.) The Weather For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Snow; much colder. Temperature- nt Oiiinim Yesterday. Hour. Deg. 0 a. m.. 24 fi a. m... 24 7 a. m 24 Ha. in. 9 a. ml t 21 10 a. m 21 11 a.- m 21 12 m 23 1 p. m 22 P. in 3 p. in ,.. 20 4 p. m 21 5 p. m 21 f. p. m 20 8 p! m'.!!!!!'.!!!!! 18i , """!"" i Comparative I.ocul lleconl. 1913. 1912. mi. 1910. Highest yesterday 24 22 31 27 lowest yesterday 20 13 22 U Mean temperature 22 18 28 28 Precipitation T .24 .00 .1)0 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature 27 Deficiency for the day s Total excess since March-1 379 Normal precipitation 03 inch Deficiency for tho day 02 inch Total rainfall since March 1... .26.20 Inches Deficiency since March 1 4.39 Inches IHftctency for cor, period. 1911.13.19 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1910.13.76 Inches Reports from Station wt 7 I. M. Button and State Tempera- High- Rain ot Weather. ture. est fall. .18 .M .08 V .01 .00 .14 T T .04 .18 .W .01 Cheyenne, snow it Davenport, snow , 26 Denver, snow IS Des Moines, cloudy, 24 Dodge City, cloudy........ IS Lander, pt. cloudy... 10 16 21 28 24 11 16 34 28 10 31 X 10 16 -North piatte, snow....,,., 12 Omaha, cloudy 20 Pueblo, biiow 34 Rapid City, snow 6 Salt I -ike City. snow.... 2C Bants. Fe, oloudy 36 Sheridan, snow 10' Kloux City, clear 10 Valentine, snow 2 .0t 6 T indicates trace of precipitation U A. WELSH. Local Forecaster. iMrs.Panklmrst Will Begin Hunger Strike; More Wires Are Out KPSOM. England. Feb. 26. Mrs. Km mellne Pankhurst. tho militant stiffrn getto leader, was committed for trial by tho polleo magistrate here today on tit chargo of Inciting person! to commit malicious damage to property. Her de fense was reserved for tho trial nt the assizes. Mrs. Pankhurst was detained In prison, ball being refused, because she would not agree to rofraln from political activ ities pending trial. Tho prisoner said that she would forth with begin a "hunger strike." Sho added: "If I am still ullve when the assizes commence It will bo a dying Wotpan whq will bo tried." A raid on the telephone and railroad telegraph wires was carried out curly today by militant suffragettes In several parts of England. Many lines wero cut and communication today was rendered difficult. The 'court house was ablaze with the suffragette colors and many militant uf fraglsts wero present. The prosecutor, a social officer from the treasury department, declared Mrs. Pankhurst was a self-confessed accessory to the explosion which destroyed Chan cellor Lloyd-Georgo'n country house. "A more abominable and cruel outrage prob ably had never been conceived," he urged. He read extracts from Mrs. Pnuk huist's speeches as evidence that she had been "seditiously plotting and con spiring to commit outrages on property and persons with the avowed object of overawing tho public and rendering the lives of prominent men Intolerable. House Committee Against Compromise With Oleo Makers WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Separate ;i ports on tho Investigation ot tho contro versy between the Treasury department and manufacturers of oleomargarine as to tho rate of their tax during 1911 nd 1M2 have been submitted to tho house by tho committee on Treasury ueptttmcnt expenditures. Representative Cox ot Indianapolis, the chairman, hns reported that the rflauu facturers used a colored cottonseed oil, known as fulvls oil, golden yellow, nutter oil and other preparations which sub jected the product to 10 cents a pound Instead of one-quarter ot 1 cent. Mr. Cox recommended against accepting by the department of S1O1.O0O as compromise settlement,; and urged tlat tho depart ment flno the manufacturers J1.246.62S. Representatives Gooke, Lobeck and Callaway, the majority of the committee, reremmended that the department bring a test suit for the full amount, all tho parties to agree to. abide by Judgment. Representatives Hill ane Young, the re publican minority, reported that the queB Hon of recovery was In the hands ot the executive department, but that If iioccb sary there should either be a test tasa os-a. coinprornlso of-the whouVm'attcr. Two Hundred Killed and Wounded by an Explosion in Spain GIJON, Spain Feb. 26,-Upwards of 200 people were killed or wounded by the ill-timed explosion ot a charge of 7,000 pounds of black powder which had been laid yesterday by government engineers with tho object of razing an enormous block of rojjk. An Immense concourse of townspeople has gathered to witness tho demolition of the hill separating Gljon frbm the coaling harbor of Muse!, a mlla and a half distant. The object of the operation was to cut a roadway and tluia avoid the present long detour. At tho hour fixed the fuse was lighted and the explosion occurrea. But Instead of tho rock being blasted, hundreds of tons of clay nnd small stones were hurled llko artillery projectiles among the as sembled spectators. Whole families were mowed down. Many of the engineers and municipal ottlcals were killed. Twenty-four bodies had been recovered this afternoon, but It Is considered cer tain the total fatalities will far exceed this number Dr. Friedmann is Arranging to Make Tests of His Serum .WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-Surgcon Gen eral Bhie of the public-health service has arranged for tests in the government's hygienic laboratory" here of the Fried mann vaccine for pulmonary tubercolosls. which was dollvered yesterday to Dr. Milton H. Foster of tho service, In New York by Dr. Friedmann when ho landed from Germany. Surgeon General Blue sajd today that when the vaccine was received In Wash ington it would first be subjected to rigid laboratory tests and to tests upon linltnftlfl ntlfl ellltllr nuoriln Tf ih..n nA Bat,sfaolory tno vaccina, will be sent to 4,10 Public health serflce sanltorlum nt Fort Stanton, N. M., for actual tests upon sufferers from pulmonary tubercu losis. TO PRIBIL0FF ISLANDS MANY FUR SEAL'S ON WAY SKATTL13, Wash., Feb. 26. More fur seals are reported swimming north to I the breeding grounds on the Prlblloff Islands than have been seen In Alaaskan waters In many years. Wlille the halibut schooner Albatross, In today, was off Bonllla. Its captain sighted a dozen schools. The movement Is not only larger, but earlier than usual. MADERO'S LIFE INSURED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRFD THOUSAND i VKItA crtrz. Feb. S6.-U was learned here today that Sonora Madero, widow of the late president, holds life Insurance policies amounting to several hundred thousand dollars taken out with Ameri can companies TUFT IN MESSAGE ADVOCATES BUDGET President Argues for Reform in Method of Making Federal ... ..ti Appropriations, rt other wurmrav United StatJ fcMJS1ircat Nation Lacking' Tcfinitc System. IMMEDIATE LAW NOT EXPECTED Numerous Advantages to Be Gained by Change in Estimates. DEFINITE PROGRAM IS NEEDED Mnnj- Methods SiiKKenteil by Whirl! Kfflolenoy of tfovernment Cnn He Inurenneil ntul the Ki pennrn Ueerenxed, WASHINGTON. Feb. rf.-Presldent Taft today sent to congress his much dis cussed "budget" message. He recom mends tho adoption of a budget system of relating proposed expenditures to ex pected revenues and declares that con gress will bo greatly benefited by having before It such a statemtn before It be gan the annual grind upon appropriation hills. Tho I'nlted States, tho president writes, Is tho only great nation in the world which does not use the budget system and In consequence It "may.be said to bo without plan or program.'! Ho Indicates that owing to the late day nt which he Is able to transmit his message he expects llttlo legislation on the topic from tho present congress. TnUes Full Responsibility. Tho president takes full responsibility for the message upon himself. Congress In tho last civil bill directed tho secretary of the treasury to submit estimates here after In tho old way. Mr. Taft pointed out, however, that ho had directed tho secretary of the treasury to agree with the directions of congress and also lo send to him for Information for a budget message. Ho referred congress also to the portion of the constitution which requires hlni from time to time to recommend such measures as he shall deem neces sary and expedient A1 vnntnKeft, of Plnn. Pome of the advantages of the budget system as pointed out by the president are: ' A means of- locating responsibility for estlmatcH In keeping with revenues. A means of allowing congress to se how much gross It wilt have to spend before It begins nproprlatlng' for encli de partment or dcfall of government ma chinery. Because It would furnish congress nnd the public with ready rcferenco to report? and detalled..rrcords of account. Because It would produce an adequate organization for assembling and classi fying Information to bo usod In telling the country what, has be en dono and of the government's future needs. To aid In working with a well defined, purpose In many bureaus hitherto organ ized but directed under nn Inconsistent nnd lll-dpflncd program. To cancel tho nation's debt through a sinking fund and to eliminate the deficit, which Is slowly growing. .Uniting; Knml Commission. To carry out tho budget plan, to re duce the deficit and fixed charges against the government, tho president proposed: To create a sinking fund commission to consist of the chairman of the finance committee of the senate, tho chairman of the house wayH und means committee, tho attorney general and tho secretary of tho treasury, with tho comptroller of tho treasury as tho annual auditor of the (Continued on Page Two.) Senate Passes the Measure to Create Department of Labor WASHINGTON, Fob. 26. The bill to create a department of labor with a cab inet officer at Its head pased the sen ate today after less than an hour's con sideration. Tho measuro had previously passed the house, but amendments In the scnato will require Its perfection In con ference before It Is presented to Presi dent Taft. The filibuster carried on last night by Senators Guggenhehner and Gronna vas not resumed today. One amendment would put the new cnll drcn's bureau under direction of tho sec retary of labor. Tho division of Immi gratlon and naturalization would be sep arated Into two bureaus and the present bureau of labor would be known nn tho bureau Of labor statistics. The division of Information of the present Depart ment of Commorce and Iahor also wouid go Into tho new department. Dying Man Records His Heart Beats PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Feb. 36. With a stethoscope applied to his ears, Karl W. Schneider, a manufacturer or surgical In struments, yesterday listened to hh heart record Its dying beats after he had pierced that organ with a steel lance. Near the body, which "was discovered. In the rear of his store, the police found a piece of paper on which was wrltton the figures -l" and ending with "86." Deputy Coroner McKeeveer believes this Is the recond of the pulsations Schneider had strength to record boforo his death. He was 48 years old and had been in poor health. Two-Battleship Program Defeated WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The tw oat--tleshlp program favoraably roportwl by thu house naval committee wan dHfeiwe-1 today In the house sitting as a comniitleo of tho whole. An amendment to appro prlatn for one battleship only went through, 144 to ill. A majority of tie de.jnoo.ratH voted for the amendment, wlnl tlio republltans were almost mildly against it. p WW' yUTXJMOBIUlL?bAH 1 kqdl&n't tams V ON& A3 A From the Chicago News. BLACK LIST J(S MAINTAINED Probe Committee Uncovers One Rea son for High Cost of Living. PRODUCE MEN ARE """NAMED Snmll Ilenlers Are l'nl nn the I.lnt If They Do Not l'- Their IIIIU l- Thursday nt Knt'li Week. That tho Produce exchange In Omaha, an organization of produce commission men,, operates a "black list" system against the small retailers In the city l the trend of tho testimony of six wit nesses taken beforo thn house qomipjttcc of the state legislature probing the high cost of living. The commlt!.e:l wo.'.ti qt-Jhe Millard hotel. They will bo at Work most of the week. , . The names of tbe witnesses are belhK shielded by the commltteo for the pres ent. Ono witness, In the retail grocery business for the Inst twenty-ono years. said lie lias bought eggs 100 miles out In the country for B cents per dozen less than ho had to pay for them here from thn members of tho Produeo exchango. It cost 15 cents per crate to ship the eggs here from that polrtt. The witness said he had taken the matter up with tho sec retary of the Produce exchange, and had been told by the secretary that the cot of handling .reduced tho profit so that It was doubtful whether any member of the exchange made moro than 1V4 cents per dozen on the eggs. Must I'hj- qalek. In regard to tho black list, the witnesses all agreed that If thpy did not pay their bills to the produce men by Thursday they wero placed on the 'blacklist," and that after that they were unable to get supplies from any produce man In the exchange except It was sent C O. D. "Docs It do one any hurni lo be on tho blacklist?" ono witness wns asked. "Well, It don't do you much good," was the prompt reply. "No matter how good your credit Is elsewhera If you have foiled to pay your bill to the produce man by a certain date you are cut out by all of them." Impose Fines. It was brought out that the Produce exchango operates under strict rules In this regard and that fines are Imposed on members if they should give credit to a man after he has been placed on the "blacklist." It was also brought out that a man Is nimble to learn which member has turned his name for the blacklist, or which member he owes, if ho may happen to know, Ono witness, told of having gone to buy somo produce, mid-having been told he was on the black list, and thik his goods would have to bo, sent .C. O. D. Ho said he went to the secretary to find who ho owed that ho might fix up the obligation In order to restore his standing. Tho secretary refused to tell him. He went back to the commission man a second amj a third time and was finally told: "It's all right. You are fixed up now. You are not on the blacklht any more. ' I In nt for Sumn Denier. It Is held by some that this is a system of making It disagreeable for tho smaller retailer and of making it more difficult for him to do business. It Is held that It Is a system that works In favor-of the larger retailer, who Is ulwayB able to pay his weekly bills promptly, and i thus get the advantage of prompt de livery of goods ho orders with no ques tions nsked. One witness said he had no knowl edge of a combination among the produce men to hold prices to a certain level, but he did know that he always had to pay the same price for eggs, butter and other stapls produce no matter which of the many ptoduco inon In the exchange he went to for his goods. A nut her witness testified he knew It to be a -fact that the produce msn raised on the price of eggs and butter the mo ment cold weather set In for a day or moro without rgard to how much might bo coming In or not coming In on that day. HhIsc I'rlffM f'i'Ht. "They raised a vent a dozen on eggs the first thine this morning," he said. "I Continued on Page Two.) (-THEM A LITTLE cO NS IO ECi AT OH-y 'fcsQ The Tkeoiy of Evolution Worked Out BUT THEN, IF A WAN WA5 PA'MILV Lawyer Accused by Dr. Russell in Thaw Case Makes Denial ALHANY. N. Y.. Feb. 2".-Iohn Nlchol son Aiihut, the lawyer accused uy Ur, .lohn W. Husscll, superintendent of .Mat ten wim hospital, of lmvliiR offered nlm a brlho of $20,00) to release Harry K Thaw, was a witness today before Gov ernor Suiter's committee of Inquiry, Anhut, who was formerly a Michigan state senator, told ot meeting Dr. IUi8sel often and of discussing tho Thaw case. He said l)r. Husscll recommended lilm to Thaw, from whoso iment Anhut received Zi,0P), which was tu be returned unln( thr"7nwyrr succeeded In freeing Tlm.w. Anhut said that Husscll asked where he (Rtiiuolj) "would camrt In," nnd tt tatoi' llussnll asked him If he would bo satisfied with IM. Anhut, said: "If Dr, Uussell hud In his mind that he nqs to receive any money, such n propo sition wan not In my mind. I would not oven glvo lilm a Christmas present, oe cuuso It might look like n bribe. When 1 saw that Russell wanted money 1 dropped tho subject. and left him.' Tho lawyer denied buying jsctl Gover nor Sulzcr's name In connection with the Thaw case. Powers of Europe Decline to Accept .Request of Turkey CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26.-The mission to Iondon of lbrnblm lliiklil Pasha on behalf of the Ottoman govern ment has failed. His object was to per. Hiiade tho powers to support the claim of Turkey to the retention of Adrlo.no pie. He was, however, unable to prevail on the powers to accept tho porte's note as a basis for fresh peace negotiations and ho had no authority tu go beyond the proposals contained In that document. Although somo members of tho Turkish cabinet aro In favor of peace, tho war element show's no tendency to weaken Its attitude. Military operations aro still confined to skirmishes at various points along thu front. , Fighting on any extended scale Is Im probable for tho present, owing to the Inclemency of the weather. General Castro is Mb i'm willing to (make sacrifices J Welcomed to Cuba!: HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 20,-General Clp riano Castro, former dictator of Ven ezuela, arrived here today on board the i steamer Saratoga from New York and was greeted enthusiastically by the' populace. No opposition was offered to his landing. The Immigration officials nfforded lilm all possible facilities. A flotilla of tugs and launches, orowded I with people, met the Saratoga off Mor occo castle and accompanied It to Its anchorage. On hoard one tug was the municipal band, lent by the mayor of Huvajia,, which played the Cuban .nd Vcnozulcan nntional anthems. Another tug wus occupied by a committee of Cuban veterans. Guneral Castro landed on Han Juan wharf where ty people were gathered, As he passed through the crowd he raised his hat pud M-peated several time "Viva" for the Cuban nation. The people responded with cheer for Castro. The entire crowd followed the visitor. who drove In nn automobile decorated with the Venezuelan colors, to his hotel. ' whero General Rafael Reyes, ox-)resldout of Columbia, ulso resides. j Hiirthiinnke In Vcmi V.rulniitl, I WHl.LINGTON. N. 'A., Feb. 2,1,-WIWi .t jici'Oi't n h of artillery discharged a iu'TVj jtiatthiiuako. shook this city today, terror jlzlug Inhabitants, slutklng down chlmimy and duuiaglug muny houfces. Nobody wvi I killed, tlyiugh inucy woru cut hv fnllliu uncus iroju tint uippieu cmnnwim. jiu klipek was the mert vr felt In New Zi aland. J AUTO SHOW DRAWS ELITE Society Turns Out in Large Numbers to Sec Latest Models. DRESS SUITS IN EVIDENCE Many Snlennien mill Miulnacr "Mpriiee" I'p for the Oernntoii Woninii liny (,'nr and Unit It Delivered nt (litre. .Society night nt the Automobile show brought out a largo crowd. Hundreds enme to the exhibit In their cars, which filled thn street In front ot tho Audito rium. Tho' crowd of tho evening showed distinctly In dress tho fact tlmt the "upper ten" was out In full force. All cars wero subjented to a llttlo extra pol lulling for the evening, ri,nd tho 'snlcgmeiV and inanagerfl wefo besidn their cars In full dress suits In ninny Instances The show continues to draw Its crowds In thn afternoon nnd evening, From. noon until S;30 hi the evening the aisles In the great Auditorium nro packed with spectators and tho salesmen and demon strntors ato kept busy answering ques tions. From that hour unHI practically 7 o'clock tho building Is less crowded when tho demonstrators ger a llttlo hi entiling spell. Token L'nr Home. There Is ono car less at the show than thcro was Tuesdayv Hlid all because of a woman. Tho woman became enamored of a big six-cylinder Hudson limousine exhibited by tho Guy L. Smith company, nnd of course she bought It. Hho bought tho one right there on tho floor and she would have no other. Hho did not stop at that. Vhe Insisted that It bo moved off the floor nnd sent to her homo, as who was not going to havo It on exhibi tion any longer for fear It would get scratched, fa tho Hudson Is now miss Ing. Ray W. Royer. special representative of tho Inter-State, is hero from Muncle. Ind demonstrating tho features of the new Inter State cars, lie cnlls attention to tho general trend toward a lower wheel Instead of toward u higher, ui was tho tendency a few years ago. 'Within another year," he says, "there will bo no wheel made over thirty-six Inches. The lohg spring Is replacing the higher wheel as It takes awuy tho shock of ruts In tho road, llesldcs, tho tires are ,helng made larger to 'distribute ths weight of tho car over tho Hurfaco of the ground. Another thing that Is In jilcmiand tiow Is the racy, low, roomy I car. People are demanding more and more that their cars look as much llko racer as possible and still glvo them plenty of room in tho body. It Is a mere matter of taste, but the builders will all have to come to It sooner or luter." Feiidirr Mllent Clinln. C. K. Grlslnger Is showing a classy Palgo "M." featuring especially the unit powor plant, the Gray-Dals lighting and starting system and tho silent chain. There Is u great tendency at present toward the elimination of the noise that usually accompanies nutomoblllng. L. W. Hamper of the Orr Motor com pany Is showing the merits of tho con trol board of the Packard "3S." The control board on the steering column lights all the lights, the starter, and ail Justs tho carbureter. It places the whole mastery of the car within tho reach Of the man at the wheel. Tho Ford people havo been a llttlo dis appointed In not getting their tSOO six. passenger 'town car here for the exhibit up to this time. They have qn exhibition their two-passtnser runabout and their ! 'Ivcpassongor touring car. but the town 1 r. t'"y 8B- ' 'ielaycd In transit. I ...in Tonight will be South Omaha night. i REDUCED RATE ON LEMONS WILL STAND WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Tie Inter state Commerce commlstkin's order in ducing rates on lemons from Ctillfjrnu tV Qastora citlrs from 11. IS to ?l i hull diod pounds wus wistaiiud today by the cmmnwcii court ami tho uPlioul )f tin. railroads whs dismissed. DEMOS THREATENED WITH DIME VENGEANCE BYLOBBYMOUTHPIECE Members of Party at Lincoln Who Dare Oppose Water Board Bill Come Under Ban. TRY TO BRING IN SUBURBS Want Smaller Towns to Help Bear Water Works Load. SAY CITY OWNERSHIP AT STAKE Effort to Make This Question in One of Different Kind. CONTROL BOARD IN THE AIR If Sennle Should nefnse (o Confirm Some of (Joternor'n Appointees, No tlonttl He Wool. I lie Relieved. (From a Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN. Feb. .-tSpeclal.)-In its efforts to help tho Omalm Wntcr board to set Its fingers n round the throats tf the neighboring towns, by the passage of tho Onishn wntcr district bin. the Omaha World-Herald has stnrtcd on A campaign of abuse of democratic mem bers, whom It hns -so far been unable to control nnd theso members have been notified that unless they come ncross and listen to the volco of the mouthpiece of tho water board lobby, they mRy expect to be discredited nt home and abroad by this sheet. This was the statement of avery prom inent democratic member of the house this morning. Those down here advocating the organ ization of the greater water district snv that Omaha made a bnd bargain when It pld something llkn $8,000,000 for the water plant nnd they Insist that tho neighboring small towns nnd the stock yards of South Omaha should he made to bear pait of the burdens ndded by rea son of tho frightful mistake made by the peoplo of Omaha. Thtse self-constituted guardians of Omaha's Wter board do not iidmlt they constitute tho same bunch that engineered (ho denl whereby the water compnny sold out nt such on enormous price. Those on tho ouutdo say. If they fathered the prop osition which hns been so costly to the taxpayers of Omaha, why Isn't the prop ciltlon they aro now trying to put across equally as dangerous nnd as rrprohen Bible. These setf-proteotlng guardians of tho Omnhit taxpayers nro using the most des picable measured to hoodwlng the otit-in-tho-stRte members of tho house. They nro telling them only tho stock yards and blif packing Interests 'are opposing the bill, Tlity- decline to ndmlt the good peo plo of the llttlo towns around Oninlu have anything at stake In the matter They are Just yelling "corporations, cor porations, ti lists." and they have oven dragged Into tho fight the question of municipal ownership. They nre trying to make It appear that every member who opposes this bill Is opposed to municipal ownership. Incidentally democrat who havo been threatened by the Oir.nhn sheet are wise to the fact that the owner of the World- Herald will very shortly be asking favors at tho liahds of'tho democratic parly nnd hs members thereof In good starring they suy two can work at tho game of '-get even" and tho democrats of the state will havo tho last say. It would be embarrassing for the senate to refuse to confirm tho appointment of tho members of tho board of control, still thero Is no question that If one or tlVo of them were rejected Governor Morrhead would be relieved of some embarrassment himself Democrats are very much op posed to nt least one member of tho board, while several republicans nnd democrats uro after the scalp of tho republican mem ber. If two of tho names nro rejected, Governor Morohead will have done hit duty, and luter he muy be able to satisfy all factious of his purty tiy sending In other names. .HTHKNTII INVrcsTIUATINIi HODV LeiflslnHve Committer In Find Pin J round for Convicts. (From a Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN, Feb. 26.-(SpeciBl.)-Thour u resolution has been prepared for almost a week providing for tho Investigation of the charge that the democratic state com mittee violated the corrupt practices act In the late campaign, no one has Intro duced it yet. nothtr grand Jury Is tc get busy r I gut awuy to look Into the penl tcntlary. This bunch of "plnkes" Is tt look Into tho kitchen and other portions of the Institution and report on the feasi bility of establishing a nice playground for the convicts. Anderson of Hoyd .In troduced tho resolution und It was adopted without comment. This makes tho 'steenth Investigating committee to be started out fclouthlng by the house. NEVER AGAIN will today's opportu nities i-oturn if you do not grasp them now it is your loss. Your greatest oppor tunity this minuto is tho chance to get your want ad in The Sunday Boo. Phono it now hoforo you forget. Tyler 1000