The Omaha Da
Looking Backward
This day In Oninhn, ten, twenty
and thirty , years ngo. Sco our
Kditnrinl pngo.
THE WEATHER.
Snow; Colder
ArOL. XLLI-NO. 235.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAUCU 1, 1
SINGLE COL'Y TWO CENTS
Bee
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nBSBI-'EEN PAOKS.
UNITED STATES WILL
NOT ASK BANKERS TO
SEEK CHINESE LOAN
President and Aides Consider $125,
000,000' Deal for Two
Hours.
NEW REPUBLIC NEEDS MONEY
Intimation Bankers Should Show
Substantial Friendship.
WILL NOT RECOMMEND IT
Other Nations Loaning to Celestial
Kingdom.
BANKERS ASKED FOR ADVICE
Conditions Seem to Toueli n Inde
pendence of Clilnn, mid Adminis
tration Doen Not Htutic
lm illicit t loii.
WASHINGTON. March 11--President
Wilson tonight In a statement, approved
by his cabinet utter two hours of dlr
cusston, announced thnt his udmlnUtra
tlon had declined to request thi group of
American bankers to continue their nego
tiations for participation In the
000,000 loan desired by the Chinese gov
- eminent.
The statement follows:
'Wa are Informed that at the request
of the last administration a certain group
Of American bankers undertook to par
ticipate. In the loan now desired by the
government of China (approximately
$125,(100.000.) Our government wished
American bankers to participate along
with the bankers of other nations, be
cause It desired that the (rood will of the
United States towards China would be
exhibited . In this practical way, that
American, capital should have access to
that great country, and that the United
States should be In a position to slmrc
with the other powers any political re
sponsibilities that might be associated
with the development of the foreign re
lations of China In connection with her
industrial nid commercial enterprises.
Thes present administration has been
' asked by this group of bankers whether
it would also request them to participate
In the loan. Tho representatives of the
bankers through whom the administra
tion was approached declared that they
would continue to seek their share of the
loan under the, proposed agreements only
If expressly requested to do so by tho
Kovernment.
Condltlonn Not Approved.
The administration has declined to
make such request because It did not ap
prove tho conditions of tho loan qr the
Implications ot. reeponslbillt yon Its own
part winch It wasf plainly told would ba
Involved In the request., . r .
The -condition of "the'loan seem to up
the administrative
Independence of China itself, and this
administration does not feel that it ought
even by Implication to be a party to those
conditions. Tho responsibility on Its part
which woUld be Implied in requesting
, tho bankers to undertake tho loan might
conceivably go the length In some un
happy contingency of forcible Interfer
ence In tho financial and even the political
affairs of that Brent Oriental state. Just
now awakening to a consciousness of Its
power and ItH obligations to the people.
The conditions Kvlude not only the pledg
Ing of particular tuxes, some of them
antiquated and burdensome, to secure the
loan, but also the administration of those
taxes by foreign agents. The responsibil
ity on the part of our government Im
plied In the encouragement of a loan
thus secured and administered Is plain
enough und Is obnoxious to the principles'
upon which the government of our peo
ple rests.
Willing to Aid Chinese, j
The government of the United States is
not only willing, but sarnestly desirous
of aiding the great Chinese m-ontn in
every way that Is consistent with their
uutrummeled development and Its own
Immemorial principles. The nwakenlng
of the peoplo of China to a consciousness
of their possibilities under free govern
ment is the most significant. If not tho
moat momentous, event of our genera
tion With this movement nnd aspiration
tho American people are In profound sym
pathy. They certainly wish to partici
pate, and participate very generously. In
oponlng to. tho Chinese and to the use of
this world tho almost untouched and per
haps unrivalled resources of China.
"The government of the United States
is earnestly desirous of promoting thi
most extended and Intimate trade rela
tionships between this country and the
Chinese republic. The proaent adminis
tration will urge nnd support the legis
lative measures necessary to give, Amerl
can merchants, manufacturers, contrac
tors and engineers, the banking and other
financial facilities which they now lack,
und without which they are ut a serious
disadvantage as compared with theh' In
dustrial and commercll rivals. This Is It
duty. This Is the main material Interesr
or Us cltirens In the development of
China. Our Interests are those of the
open door-a door of friendship and mu
tual advantage. This Is the only door we
care to enter,"
ASSAULT CASE AT
MADISON IS DISMISSED
MADISON. Neb,, March IS. (Spbcit.l -The.
oaso of Stato of Nebraska ugn'nst
Harrison L. Carter, charged with ac
costing the 16-year-old daughter of Night
Policeman W. J. O'Brien of' NorfolU -m
the, streets of Norfolk ono night last
week, was heard before County Judrfe
MoDuf fee yesterday -afternoon, .'art tr Is
a r traveling collector for some Kansas
City agency, s Witnesses for the ftate
were W. J. O'Brien and daughts- Bessie.
Irene Mills und Ruby Whit; for the de
fondant Byron Weeko and Frank Km.
County Attorney Kotuilngsteln uppeared
for the state and II. F. Uarn-mrt for He
defense. Judge McDuffe dlsmUse-l the
qase for want of evidence to vuVnia the
charge. County Attorney Koenlgsijln at
once had Carter arrested on the charge
of .assault and the hearing was vet fur
April ; and ball was fixed at J200, unlch
vas liven.
I MR. BRYAN HASNO MESSAGE
j Secretary Refuses to Advise Illinois
Legislators,
i . i -.
i
1 RESPONSIBILITY IS THEIRS
Address In Mnde Immediately After
Secretary of Slate Und Wlt
need l'riill ten llntlol
for Nenntor.
SPRlNGl'lKlD. 111., March 18.Secro
tary of Mate. Bryan, who, It believed,
carries the uuthoilty of the Wilson ad
ministration to settle tie democratic
fight over the Illinois scnatorshlp, de
i lined today to dismiss the matter before
the regular ballot was taken. Previous
to th vote he held no conference on the
subject, It was declared, except the ono
on the way hero from Chicago. In thnf
conference Mr. Hryan, Governor Dunno,
Colonel Lewis, the democratic primary
choice for senator, and William I. O'Oon
mil, the governor's political advisor, took
purt. Mr. llryau Indicated thnt he had
not committee either himself or the fed
eral administration.
Tho eleventh Joint bullot on the long
term United States scnatorshlp resulted
In no choice, despite Mr. Bryan's pres
ence. The lenders wore t Y. Sherman,
republican, with 71; J. H. tcwls, dem
ocrat, with S5. and Trunk Funk, progres
sive, with 2i. v
The secretary of xtute had no "secret
message" from President Wilson, -inent
the Illinois senatorial situation, he told
tho Joint session of the Illinois legisla
ture. Mr. Hryan nsserted that he came
more as a prlvato citizen, "speaking to
thosn who are Invested with great re
sponsibility," than as an official of the
federal government. Mr. Hryan heard
the vote on tho enntorshlps which re
sulted In no choice for either the long or
the short term.
llenpoiiKlliill ty In Theirs.
Only In the most general terms did
Secretary Hryan refer to the complex Il
linois political problem, nnd then chiefly
as an Illustration of citizenship duties.
"I am not here to tell you what you
ought to do," he said. "I decllno to tell,
even If I am asked, for two reasons.
"In the first place the responsibility Is
not upon me, It is upon you. In the sec
ond place your knowltdge must be more
complete than mine. Ono from the out
side must rely on those who communicate
to him and If their communication Is for
any reason Incomplete or Inaccurate, he
then Is not well Informed."
Concerning President Wilson's attitude,
Mr. Bryan said:
"I came with no secret message from
tho executive. Tho president represents
the Ideal of publlcfty In politics, not the
Ideal of secrecy,"
Convict's Testimony
May Save Skyer of
"Paddythe Priest"
NEW TORK, March 18,-John Morris
sey, a convict In Dannemora state prison,
will bo brougjithore next Monday, It was
announced ttFthe district attorney's i f.
flco today, to tell what he knows of the
killing of Patrick McBrcen, ''faddy lj,0
Priest." for whose murder John Mulraney
was to have been electrocuted nt Sing
Sing this morning. Mulrnnney was
granted a sixty-day reprieve by Governor
Sulzer yesterday.
William A. MoCabe, an agent of the
state prison department, received a letter
today from Morrls.ey, who declared that,
he stood outside of "McBreen's Tenth,
avenue saloon, heard the fatal shots
fired, and saw two men run from the
place. Neither of the men was Mulraney,
Morrlsey wrote. '
Morbidness of Girls
Due to Lack of Air
and Sunshine
PARIS. March IS. A rertnln n,n,hi.l
hess among girls and women, whioh r.
bo heavily on modern llfo Is duo to lads
or sun. air and sunshine, according to
r-roi. maiijon or Nice, the chief speaker
at today's session of the physical educa
tion congress. "Sun bathing, air bathing
and. frequent physlcnl exercise In loose
garments aro Indispenslblo to good
health and good temper In women," de-clared-tho
lecturer. In a later part of hU
address he urged that tho girl pupils In
high schools ought to be taught tho ele
ments of knowledge fitting them for
motheri!.
Women to Besiege
the Extra Session
WASHINGTON, March 18. Demanding
a constitutional amendment to enfran
chise women, the National American
Woman Suffrage association Is planning
to besiege congress at the extra session
as never before.
As a preliminary movement the asso
ciation has planned a monster mass
meeting In n local theater on the morn
ing of April 7. when the extra session
convenes. There are to. be many speak
ers of reputation and the definite pro
gram wnt be outlined for 'the nnslaugnt
on congress.
When the extra hosslon begins there U
to bo In Washington one of the greafil
gatherings of women, advocates of equil
suffrage the capital has ever wltncseu.
It was announced at suffrage headquar
ters today. From every congressional
district In the union there will come nt
least one woman and thero also will be
nt least two representatives. ut-largo iron
each state. They are to bring f-om the.r
districts and states the demand tor a
suffrage amendment.
GABRIEL DOG TEAM WINS
HUNDRED-MILE RACE
NOME. Alaska. March 18. The 100 mile j
dog team race over the snow trail from
rtolomon t Council was won ystoiday I
by the Gsbrlel dogs In twelve luuis.
forty minutes and two eco.wij; Chris
tlansen was second and Akuguk u m.
tlve driver, third. The taco was olotc.
the three team running together nM the J
way. The 412-mile Ail AlmV.t twecp. I
stake, dog tenm race, the classle event of
the north, probable will bo run A pill 3.
Thu pursj will bo ll.uU).
E
LEFT IN THE BILL
Senate Spends Day Disoussing
Measure andtRefuses to Elim
inate Provision.
DECIDE THIS IS VITAL CLAUSE
Number Hold Stricter Insurance
Regulation Imperative.
WOULD PROHIBIT REBATES
Stringent Provision Incorporated to
This End.
REGULATE FRATERNAL BODIES
Section Adopted thnt Kxpllcltl)- Pro
vides thnt Hyery Society Under
This llend Must Hnve Hep
renentnt 1 vc Government.
(Krom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb.. March 1$. (.Special.) -The
code Insurance bill will probably not
bo able to recognize Itself when It be
comes n law, If It ever reaches that tintl
stage. The senate worked away on th)
bill nnd finally reached the end, but went
back again, and when the noon recejs
was tnken were amending portions ot
tho bill whips .required fixing up to
correspond with the changes made in
going through the first time.
The fight of the afternoon came on an
amendment by Uushee striking out all ot
the section creating an Insuraice hoard
consisting of the governor, attorney gen
eral and auditor, to hnvo charge ot tne
Insurance departments
Ileasty salo that the senate might just
as well kill the bill altogether as to kill
this section.
"If this' section Is stricken out 1 will
vote against the bill," said he.
Hoagland of Lincoln objecto dto creat
ing a hew 'board at an additional ex-!
pense to the state whe nthere had been
nothing Bhown lrithe conduct of the In
surance department under the state au
ditor to warrant any change.
"The bt," said be, "calls for an actu
ary nt a salary of W.600 and one or more
Insurance Inspectors at W.000 each, " He
thought that It was all a, useless expense
and was saddling on to other state ottl
cers more work when the people had
voted to create a board of control to
take the work off of the same officers.
Hoard Stnys In Dill.
Kemp said that It had been sold that
the creation of this board was a reflec
tion upon the state auditor. He wished
to say that there was no reflection upon
tho stato auditor. The state auditor was
Just entering upon his duties, nnd there
fore 1 could be no reflection Upon him.
Mncfarland' wanted ' to know why U was
necessary to go to all thlq extra expense
upon the people when 'tho' department
had been fipqducted In the pastsntlsfac
torlly. ' . rv.
Dodge said that the department ot In
surance always had been handled In a
yery weak manlier, aild he thought It
was tome to create a hoard Who would
(Continued onPage Two.)
Wilson is in Favor
of Budget System
WASHINGTON. March lS.-Presldent
Wilson Is In favor of a budget system
for tho conduct of tho government fi
nances. He made public today a letter
written on January 30 from Trenton to
Senator Tillman, expressing the hope
thrit a budget system might be worked
out after he got to Washington. Presi
dent Wilson wrote In part:
"Kver since I was a youngster I have
been deeply Interested 111 our method of
financial legislation. One of the objects
I shall have most in mind when I get to
Washington will be conferences with my
legislative colleugties there with' a view
to bringing some budget system Into ex
istence. This business of building up the
expense of tho nation, piece by piece,
will certainly lead ub to error and per
haps embarrassment."
This prbmlses to be a quiet week so
cially nt the White House. President
Wilson will observe holy week. He wrote
a letter to n, friend today declining an
invitation to a theater, saying that ho
would be glad to go some other time.
French Cabinet is
Defeated and Resigns
PAItlK. .March IS.-Preinler Brland and
all the members of his cabinet handed
their resignations to President Polncaro
at the Pulnco of the Blysee at 7 o'clock
this evening.
Tho French government under the
premiership of Aristlde Brlande was de.
feated today on a vote of contldenco,
during u debate In the senate.
Tho vote against the government was
161 to 128. It was taken during debate on
n bill for reforming the system of elec
toral representation for the Chamber of
Deputies. Tho measure known as the
"proportional represcntaun bill," was
put-id by the Chamber of Deputies last
July. Tho Brland cabinet mot Its Wuter
loo in tho upper house today on an
amendment Introduced by a republican
liberal, Paul Peytrul.
The vote on the amendment was ad
verse to the government and Brland Im
mediately demanded a vote of confidence.
He was defeated. The sitting was bus.
pended and the cabinet retired to draw
up Joint resignations. They wero loudly
cheered by the premier's supporters.
Hundred and Thirty
Mi Tl firs TmnHsnfiP.fi
HUNDRRSON, Pa., March l?.-One hun
rtrrd and tl.lrtv miner are Imprisoned to
duy In a oonl mine of the Pittsburgh Coal
company at Bket. near lire, because
of a cave-In which has clogged tile mouth
of tho shaft. Reports from the mine
stated that the men have been unatilo
to make their way out through u,e nir
shaft, though there have been no fatali
ties. It was expected the men would bo
released soon.
Drawn for Tho Uee by Powell
NAME BOARD OF CONTROL
Judge Kennedy, Ex-Governor Hol
comb and Henry Gerdes Chosen.
SENATE CONFIRMS APPOINTEES
Selection of Jadsre Kennedy l.enves
Vncnncy on District Bench In
IJouirla County, Which
Governor Is to Kill.
(From a Staff Correspondent-)
IilNCOLN, March I8.-(8peclal.)Henry
Gerdes of Richardson county, Judgn How
ard Kennedy of Omalm and ex-Governor
Silas A. Ilolcornb o'f Custer county com
pose tjie.jitrw board of .coqtiol appointed
by Governor Mo'rohead today and con
firmed by- tho senate this afternoon,
.-.Gerdes gets the six-year torm, Kennedy,
thn republican, the four-year term and
Holcomb the two-year term.
Before announcing the appointments
Governor Morehcad held a consultation
with a number, df tho senators, after
which tho republicans ot the senate de
cided nt a caucus to support the ap
pointees. Whlln In Omahu yesterday
Governor Morehcad secured the consent
of Judge Ktnnedy to serve on tho board.
His acceptance means tho governor will
appoint a district Judge to fill till- va
cancy thus created. The now appointee,
ot course, will bo a democrat.
The new board takes the place of the
one recently appointed by the governor
and turned down by the senate, composed
of Henry Gerdes, Charles Gregg and
Charles Graft.
Of the new board, Gerdes served In sev
eral sessions ot the legislature and Is n
resident of Governor Morehead's homo
town. Judge Kennedy has become well
known over tho state by reason of his
activity In connection with tho Juvenile
court. Judge Holcomb has served the
state as district Judge, governor and bu
premo Judge. For a. number of years he
has been afflicted with rhoumntlsm nnd
his health has suffered severely. A. few
years ago he went to the northwest for
a while, hoping that a change of climate
would be beneficial .to him. His hopes,
however, wero In vain. His friends say,
however, he is sufficiently vigorous to
make a useful member of the new board.
Ho resides at Broken Bow.
The bills outlining the duties of the
board of control are still pending, several
In the house and one or two In the sen
ate. It Is expected Mi salary will be
12,600 or W0 for each member, who will
bo reqlured to devote their entire time to
the work.
Tho action of tho senate In refusing to
confirm the first board presented by the
governor met with the approval of the.
democrats of tlm Third district, or at
least some of them. A committee ot
thirty-three of them sent to Senator Kohl
a bouquet with li nftte to tho effect that
they congratulated him In refusing to
vote for the confirmation of a democrat
"foisted upon the people by Brother
Charlie," What hand "Brother Charlie
had in the naming of this board Is yet
to be shown.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
, TAKE THE CHOICE OFFICES
WASHINGTON March 18.-Democratlc
senators began today to seize upon the
choice off'lce and committee rooms that
have been occupied by the republicans for
years, The work of moving will be
pushed, In order that the new occupants
muy be comfortably settled by the tlm
the extra session convenes, April 7,
Practically every democratic senator
will move.
Senator O'Gormun of New York, who
has had to be ratlsftcd with an office In
a fur off earner of tho office building
under tho republican ruglnm will moVo
Into tho quarters formerly occupied by
Senator Penrose In the capltol. The lat
ter will move Into the office building.
Stnator I.odKe will exchange offices with
Siimtor Tlllmun, Senator Ovrn an will
ccuipy the suite formerly used hy Sen
ator Crane. Senator rilminous will liuve
tho luxuilous apartments of former Sen
ator Aldrloh, Senator Hacon, as head of
tho foreign affairs committee, today
moved Into Senator Cullom's of I Ice, and
vo It Is all along tho line.
Welcome Home!
Haight Keeps His
Name Out of Dummy
Coal Corporation
CHICAGO. March 18,-James A lluighr,
on attorney of Seattle, testified In tlio
Alaska land fraud case today concerning
a letter In which A. C. Frost, n defend
ant, asked hhn to organize the AlaskA
Coal company, capitalized at HO,(O0,
"I want this done so In no wise to con
nect my personality with It or nnyono
Interested In tho Alaska Central Runway
company, und for that reason would not
like to have even your mime r.ppour In
the organization," wrote Froet. ' 1 wulit
this ijono to hold the, name Al:ukn Coal
company.
A -week later, according toulm doon1
mentury evidence Introduced llnight !c-
plled that he had the organization under
way.
A. A. Davfson, quo of the dummy entty
men. was kept busy on the witness stum!
Identifying letters written by himself and
Frank Watson, another defendant.
Ope ot the main points of the delcns,
It Is said, will bo that nono of the uumtuy
entrymcn thus far heard have claimed
that they were under contract to turn
tho cnl Isnds over to Frost.
Boy Who Passed
Saws to Prisoners
in Jail Shot in Leg
DENVER, Colo., March ,18.-Georgo
Davis, aged 19 years. Is in tho county
hospital today with u bullet In Ills right
leg as tho result of an attempt last night
to release three friends from the city Jail
with saws and nitroglycerin.
Frank Howard, Arthur Donn nnd John
Ryan, his friends, wero locked up some
days ago. Dean Is awaiting extradition
to Salli)u, Kan., on a forgery chargn,
Davis called at the city Jail last night
und was permitted to talk to them.
Police officials, warned of an attempted
Jall-brcak, saw Davis pass a bundle of
saws to tho prisoners and a small bottle
to Howard. t
Davis then engaged the officers In con
versation to dlstruct their attention from
tho prisoners. When the latter made a
break, having Bawed the bars ot their
cell doors, Policeman Gaven fired on
Davis, who led tho way, bringing him
down with a bullet In his leg. City de
tectives Kunced uion Howard, Dean and
Ryun, Thereupon It was discovered that
tho small bottle Davis had passed to
Howard contained sufficient explosive to
wreck tho Jail.
Hearing in Contempt
Case Against Editor
Nelson is Begun.
KANSAS C1TV, Mo., March IS.-Hour-
ing In the contempt case ngalnst William
R. Nelson, editor and owner of the Kan
sas City Star, wero begun here lodiiy
bolero Charles C. Crow, commissioner
appointed by the Missouri supremo court.
Mr. Nelson was cited for contempt last
month by Judge Joseph A. Guthilo of
the circuit comt, following tho publica
tion of an article criticising a luwyer for
his fee In a case settled out of eouit.
Judge Guthrie found the veteran editor
gulity, sentenced him to one day In Jail
and ordered him Incarcerated Immediately.
Mr. Nelson avoided going to Jail by
obtaining u writ of habeas corpus from ;
tho Kancas City court of appeals. The,
latter court released lilm on personal
bond and certified the case to the su
premo court.
Eighty Small Ships j
Sunk by Hurricane;
HAMBl'RG, Germany. Maich 11
Illlfhty shins., mailllv small nruft. wnn
sunk off this city early today in u south
westerly liurrloune. Twelve deaths hava
ul ready been reported and It is thought
tbut the death list may reach fifty persons.
VIOLATES H0MERULE SPIRIT
Water District Bill for Omaha De
nounced by Charter Commission.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
MeiiHiire no Saw Before NebrnitUn
I.eKlslnlure nn I'njiintlf led Inter
ferenee In Purely l.oenl
Affairs.
Voting unanlmuusly, tho City Clmrtcr
commission ut Its first public .business
session yesterday adopted a resolution
denouncing senuto file No. 17, ft bill cre
ating a metropolitan wutcr district, at. n
violation pf the BPlrlt of tp.ii home rule
constlfittlonul iiinondmont and iin,.uujutl
fltd Interference by the legislature In
purely local affairs. A copy of the reso
lutlon will bo forwarded to tho UkIhIii
tu ic
Stato Senator John 15. Regan Intro
duced tho resolution. "There Is nothing
personal In this," ho said, "I huve
worked for homo rule, behoving thnt
when we attained It wo would reuliy
huvo tho right to govern our affairs.
This bill I conceive to bo n violation of
tho spirit nnd the principle of homo rule.
Without prejudice toward nnlone, with
out attempting to stir up strife, 1 bo
lleve this commission ought to stand on
Its djgnlty and nsk tho legislature not
to Interfere."
Itenxon fur llimle. j
W. I. Klerstead said there was reason
for haste, us the bill was now ready to
be placed upon Its third reading.
J. H. Rennet sold ho was ready to vote
and C. 1,. Sliainp urged the 'piniHtge ot
tho measure. Carl Herring objoctod to
certain defalle, saying ho did not under
stand the bill Sufficiently to Justify u
vote In favor of thu resolution, which
set forth the provisions, as Interpreted,
In detail.
Victor Rosewater, chairman of the
commission, sustained the objections,
saying the resolution, had he drafted It,
would have laid more stress upon 'lie
principle of homo rule, which was vio
lated, than upon tho provisions of tho
bill. This suggestion met with r,ic.r,
nnd with n concluding speech by l"-r. 15.
Holovtchlncr, who snld tho peoplo hud
oxprusicd themselves on the proposition
by defeating by u substantial majority 1
.the Water board's candliluto for he win
mission, and a final word by Hepatol
Regan, the vote was taken and tre ruso- I
lutlon adopted as follows: !
The Resolution.
Whorous, The city of Omaha Iihh elected
to proceed under the constitutional
amendment authorizing cities to frumu a
chut ter for their own government1 and n
cniirier convention uas neen culled und l
members to such convention huvu been j
elected to prepare a charter for the city i
of Omaha; and, ,
Wheieas, The city of Omaha has here
tofnro purchased tho water plant of said
sulci city und has paid therefor by thai
Issuance of bonds the sum of $G,K.O0O,
for the payment of which bonds the credit 1
of sold city Is pledged; und,
Whereas, Thelo has been Introduced In
tho leglxlHture or the state of Nebraska !
senate file No. 17. which senate file seekM '
to 0. elite a metrnunlltnn wuler 1lutrl,.t 1
eiiibiuulng within its limits territory out-!
side of the city of Omaha, und which !
gives the control of the wnter plant of I
the city of Omaha to the authorities of I
sal (I district, thus deprhlng thu city of i
Omahu of the power to regulate und man- i
uko tho water plunt by a Homo rule cluir- 1
ter; therofoio, bo It i
Rosolved, By tho cluuter convention of!
tho city of Omaha that senate fllu No. 17 t
bo condemned for the following reasons: .
1. It Is contrary to the spirit of the !
constitution authorizing titles to frnine .
their own charter and iiiiiiuigo thulr own I
Internal affairs. ;
2. It takes the control of the wnter !
Plant, tho property of tho city of Omahu, ,
fiom the people of said city and places I
It in the bunds of u boutd elected, not by !
the city, but by u dlstilct comprising1
within Its limits telrritory other than the '
city of Omaha; therefor.-, be It further i
Resolved, Thnt this convention heruby .
requests the members of the legislature
to do ull In thulr power to defeat tho '
pannage of said senuto file No. 17. und
leave the solving of ull qusstions ton-1
uected with the water works of Omaha t
to the people of Omahu, who ure In touch -with
local conditions., ' .
miinttlfe Are .Nitmeil. !
Chuliiuun Koiuwuter unnuuut'ed tile up
polutmuut or the following ooininltttwe, ;
und tlm appointments were appr.iv.xl: .
1'utilli: Affairs-Regan, uiiali limn; Klnr
stoud, Motoulfe.
(Continued on Page Two.;
KING OF GREEC
ASSASSINATED ill
CITY OF SALON
Greek Monarch Who Has Been in
Personal Command of Army
in Field is Killed.
! WAS THERE FOR THREE MONTHS
', Monarch Went There in December
to Meet King Ferdinand.
ON THRONE HALF A CENTURY
He Was Elected King Fifty Years
Ago Today.
I HE WAS MARRIED IN YEAR 1867
Widow Niece of Late Alexander II
of Russia.
EARLY REIGN WAS" PEACEFUL
An Attempt Wits .Mnde to Annnnst
nste Hint nnd 111k DmiRhter
.Mnrle, Hiidii After lime
of Wnr of IHII7.
LONDON, March 18.-Two men nt
.tacked the king from behind In Hid
street, Ono ot them shot him and ho
died In half an hour. One of the as
sultants, Alexander Schlrns, is supposed,
to be. demented. All monsurcH for liu
preservation of onlcr havo been tnken by
tho Greek authorities.
Queen oMthcr Alexandrn, sister of KlnS
George of Greece, received official news
at 10 o'clock this evening that .ho
Girclnu monnrch hnd boon assassinated
nt Sulonlkl.
8AI.ONIKI, Mnrch 18.-Klng George ot
Greece wns assassinated hero this after
noon.
King George, who had. tnken personal
command of his troops during the earlier
period of the war, had been hero since.
December, when tho TurlslMh fortrcVs was
occupied by Greeks after a short sclgc.
The ntleen of Greece alHn hnjt been her.t
npd-hns-pnld greatiattcntlon" to tho card g
of the sick and wounded.
King George In December had a meet
ing here with King Ferdinand of Bul
garia to discuss tho fate of tho captured
Turkish territory ofter tho war.
Censor Holds lliiek Nevrs.
LONDON, March lS.-Tho news ot ho
assassination of King Georgo came from
Hie correspondent of the Greek seml-of-flctul
news agency nt Snlolilkl. It was
tiled In Sulonlkl at 6:35 p. m.
It la believed here tho censorship la
preventing tho dispatch of details.
Both the Greek embnssy nnd the British
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Xcvndn I'niiirn Home Rule
CARSON CITY, NeV., Murch 17 Tlio
Nevada senuto passed u resolution today
favoilng homo rule In Ireland. It Is to
ho transmitted to Premier Asqulth und
John Redmond.
TO THE PROPERTY
OWNER.
What is .your agent
doing? Is he making his
best effoft to sell your
property?
Hnvo you boon doing
YOUR part to aid him Hi
BocurliiB n buyor? Have you
allowed your agont a certain
amount or monoy to upend
In ndvortlslnu your prop
erty, or Is ho supposed to
upend his money in adver
tising It?
TODAY'S most active
agents, ns well ns owners
who linndlo tholr own prop
erty deals, havo some kind,
of property llstod--in theso
real estate columns TODAY.
Is YOUR property men
tioned hore?
TOMORROW'S most ac
tive agents for property for
sale will havo somothinp;
listed In theso columns TO
MORROW. Will YOURS bo
there?
If selling through an
agent, phono hhn to
"speed up" mid get a
huycr through an ad in
these columns tomor
row. If handling your
own property, get husy
yourself and send your
ad to The Be.e in-time
for tomorrow's issue.
Tyler 1000.