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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, liU.'J FOl'liTKKN PAUKK.
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CALIFORNIA ALIEN
LAND ACTMAY STAND
TEST OF THE COURTS
Bill Passed by Lower House Drawn
Along Lines of Federal Statute
on Subject.
NEVER QUESTIONED BY ANYONE
Has Been Enforoed in District of
Columbia for Years.
STATE DEPARTMENT WAITING
No Action Can Be Taken Until Bill
Passes Senate.
MORE PROTESTS ARE SENT IN
Tpl,-rniii Comes frmii Ainerlcitn
Anlntle Annoolntlmi ill Vokolinuui
Wilson Dlnctisnca Mutter
with Lnno iiml Houston.
WASHINGTON, April lG.-Tho alien
land-holding bill us passed by tlie lower
house of tin- California legislature yester
day In Its utnendetl foini Is regarded by
the officials here as much more diffi
cult than the original meiiBUre for tin
Japanese government to oppose success
fully, for the reason that It now closely
follows the lines of the alien ownership
act which for the last decade baa been
strictly enforced In the District of
Columbia and the territories of the United
States without objection from foreign
rountrlefl.
To lodge un objection to the measure
bused on strict equity probably It would
be necessary for tho Jupanese govern
ment by decree to extend to American
residents In Jupan the right to acquire
property In fee simple, a privilege which,
though Intended to be conferred by treaty
so far has been withheld In general ap
plication. The attitude of tho administration and
of tho Japanese embassy here. In Hplto
of yesterday's action of the California
assembly, must continue to be one of ob
servation at this stage, because a gener
ally similar bill, though different In de
tail, remains to be finally passed in the
California senate Then there must be a
conference to reconcile the differences
between the two houses and back of it
all Is tho action of the governor of Cal
ifornia. Stnte Department WnttiiiK.
While tho situation Is In Its present
stage there Is no official ground for
action on the part of the administration
or the Japanese embassy, though no at
tempt ia made to disguise the fact that
privately every effort Is being set forth
to bring tho alien land-holdlns bill Into
an unobjectionable shape.
Tho American Asiatic Association of
Japan, from Its headquarters at Yoko-.
huuia. has cabled to the American Asiatic
association In this country:
"On account of serious unfriendly ael
tatlon throughout Japan, due to proposed
California legislation, strongly reconv
mend Bending United States ambassador
also concerted action against legislation
adverse to Japan. Otherwise American
lnterestswlll Buffer severely."
Secretary Bryan conferred with PresI
dent Wilson today about tho develop
ments In tho California legislature. No
announcement was made, but the pres!
dent arranged also to see Secretaries
Lane of the Interior and Secretary Hous
ton of the Agricultural departments later
In the day to dUcuss the situation. Mr.
Lane halls from California, while Mr.
Houston has given much study to alien
land questions. .
MnrUlucr Time In California.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., April 16. Tho leg.
lslature marked time today on the antl
nllen land-ownership legislation, tho sen
ate bill being at the bottom of the upper
house fllo and not to be reached today
unless very late. The bill passed yester
day by tho lower house was sent today
to the senate commlttco on Judiciary.
Senator Blrdsall, one of tho sponsors
for Hie senate bill, said today:
"Personally I am for any alien land
ownership Mil that will keep out the
Jupanese and If we can save time by put
ting through .the assembly bill I will
advocate that course. There Is no radical
difference in the two bills except In the
corporation ownership clause, I under
stand." TWO ICEBERGS SIGHTED
BY REVENUE GUTTER
WASHINGTON, April 16. Two great
Icebergs 100 miles north of the transat
lantic steam-htp lanes and moving south
ward were discovered by the revenue cut
ter Seneca on April 13, according to a de
layed wireless dispatch to the revenue
cutter service today. One berg was In
latitude 44.36 and longitude 49.09. The
other was eleven miles west of that posi
tion. .
EX-GOVERNOR VESSEY'S
PROPERTY IS ATTACHED
PIERRE, S. D, April 16. (Special Tele
gTam.) The financial entanglements of
ex-Governor Vessey resulted In an at
tachment being placed against his house
hold goods when nn attempt was made to
take them out of storage here for re
moval to Chicago. The attachment was
filed by a local bank.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday.
For Omaha Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Fair tonight and probably Thursday;
cooler Thursday.
Temperature
at Omaha.
Hour. Temp.
5 a. m 65
6 a. m 61
7 a. nt C5
8 a. m 68
9 a. m , 64
10 a. in C9
U a. m 73
12 m. 75
1 P. m 77
lp. m 79
l p. ra si
OMAHA GAS BILL FAVORED i
Senate Overrides Efforts of Dodge
at Defeat.
DOLLAR OAS FOR THIS CITY i
t'nlvorslty Amiroiirlntlon Mrnnrr
llnitKltiK In Ilnlnnee, Doubt El
Utiim Which Site Will
Oet Monrr.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April 16. (Special Tele
gram.) Ownership of the Omaha gas
plant and an amendment to tho appro
priation bill calling for HD0.0C0 for a new
building for the university on the down
tuwu campus had the center of the stage
this afternoon In the senate.
Houso roll No. 336 gives the city of
Omaha the right to grant a franchise
to tho gas company and fixes the price
of gas at Jl per l.OuO feet. Dodge sought
to kill the bill by offering u motion that
the bill be Indefinitely postponed. Ho
said Omaha wnuted to buy the gas plant
nnd this bill would give the company an
additional franchise after the present
ono hod expired, which would run over
five years longer. He said the bill was
ItiBtlgutcd by the present city commission
which was dominated by the Dahlmun
democracy of Douglas county and a com
mission which, "to say the least had not
yet made good."
DoiIkp Loam Ont.
Senator Dodge declared the present
valuation of the gas plant was less than
J2.C00.000, but was capitalized for $0,000,
000 and if this legislature passed this
bill It countenanced an Issue of $4,000,000
of watered stock.
The motion to postpono Indefinitely
was lost.
Dodgo then attempted to amend the
bill by offering several amendments and
Orossman charged him with trying to
kill the bill by amending It to death.
Only one amendment, however, carried,
to give the people of Omaha a right to
vote every five years whether they could
buy the plant.
Dodgo tried to make tho proposition of
ownership of the plant based on a major
ity of all votes cast at a general elec
tion. This was defeated.
Then ho offered another that It should
(Continued on Page Two.)
Keepers of Small
Resorts Imitate
Hotels and Cafes
CHICAGO, April 16. The Illinois senate
vice committee before leaving for Spring
field last night set to work several In
vestigators whose duties were specified
as obtaining evidence from cafes which I
are considered by slumming parties
"places to be seen," theaters and the big
gest hotels In the city. They will keep
a special watch for lewd or suggestive
songs or. entertainments of any sort.
"When we question the owncrTir ' a
small or an acknowledged 'shady' place,"
said Lieutenant Governor O'Hara. "tho
owner always says: 'Why, they do this
at such and such a theater, or at this
restaurant or hotel, why can't IT' and
the fellow Is right. For why can't he?
The answer ought to bo that he can't,
and the theater or hotel and cafe owner
cannot."
Gante Predicts Early
Downfall of Huerta
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Franclsco
Gonzales Gante, confidential agent of the
constitutionalist revolution In Mexico to
day established headquarters here and
Issued a statement predicting the down
fall of the Huerta government and the
capture of Mexico City by the Carranza
forces. He declared that Huerta had
surrounded himself with 3,500 Infantry at
tho national palace, while Felix Diaz had
encamped practically all the federal ar
tillery on his prlvnto estate.
NEW ORLEANS. April 16. A cable
gram denying that Mexican rebels had
taken Tamplco wns received hero today
by Consul General Ornclas from Fran
cIeco De La Uarra, Mexican minister of
foreign affairs. Press dispatches Sunday
night ntated federal "Irregular" troops
under tho brothers Cedlllo, had revolted
and taken Tamplco and Cardenas.
0, R. Crane Calls
at White House
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Charles R.
Crane of Chicago, who Is known to be
foremost among those whom President
Wilson has under consideration for ap
pointment as ambassador to Russia, was
a White House caller today and the ex
ecutive offices wero very mum about
the subject of his visit.
Secretary Bryan, however, who was a
caller about the same time, and who was
asked about the Incumbency of the pro
sent ambassador, Curtis Guild, said Mr.
Guild had been granted a two-months'
leave of absence on account of his
health.
Those familiar with procedure In tho
diplomatic service thought It unlikely
that Mr. Guild wodld take a two-months'
leave If ho were soon to be supplanted,
and also recalled that Mr. Crane, on a
t jnner occasion, had let It be known that
his business affairs would not permit
of his absence from the United States
for a little while to come, Ono con
clusion drawn, and which White House
officials declined to comment upon, was
that the plan was for Mr. Guild to con
tinue for a while.
Mr. Crane was appointed ambassador
to China by Former President Taft, but
was recalled before he sailed from San
Francisco. The Incident and Its eventu
alities made quite a little stir.
DOW CITY MAN IS KILLED
BY NORTHWESTERN TRAIN
DENISON, la., April 16. Special Tele
gram.) George Bill, an old-time resident
of this county, wa killed at a North
western railroad crossing Just north ot
Dow City on Tuesday night. He wan
returning to his home when the engine
struck the back of his carriage, killing
him instantly-
PARTY ORGAN ROAST
MADDENSME
Legislators Finish JuT
Prodding and Then H
selves Roundly Dent?
GRATITUDE HAS
Members Sharpening Knives for
Senatorial Owner Thereof.
NORTON POINTS OUT DEFECTS
Would Have Committee Look Into
Procedure.
JOINT BODY TO
Appropriation to He Provided for
Expenses of Intostlnntors, Who
Are to Report to tiovernor
l-Mrst of Next Year.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 16. (Special.)
Now. this democratic house of represent
atives Is mad mad all tuo way through.
It has been criticised and abused by tho
mouthpiece of tho Omaha Water board,
whose lobby got the members to violate
the principle most dear to the heart of
tho democratic party "Lot the people
rule."
After using the members until It was
through with them, the sheet came out
In an editorial this morning abusing tho
members for their Incompetency. Tho
members liken the editorial to the dog
whic.i bit the hand that fed It.
Those who know the sheet, of course,
are not surprised that It would lead the
members wrong and then abuse thoni
for doing wrong. They expect to nurse
the grudge until Senator Hitchcock asks
for a re-e'ectlon. Hut, of course, this
will not wlpo from their records the fact
that they voted for a bill to take from
the people tho right to control their
purely local affairs. The members who
were led wrong, by tho World-Herald will
have to make their own answers to their
constituents, and tho senatorial-Water
board mouthpleco by Its editorial thlB
morning has Berved notlco that no help
can bo expected from that quurter, even
though it was promised before the water
bill was passed.
Application to Mr. Potts and a few
others with political ambitions no doubt
will bring forth an opinion of tho way
the paper has double-crossed them.
Norton to the Rescue.
Rut even tho fact that the democratic
members of the houso are mad does not
prevent them from thinking they are
competent to tell Just how laws should
bo made, so this morning Mr. Norton
introduced
a resolution, which was
adopted, pointing out the defects In the
present system and providing for tho ap
pointment of a committee of three to In
vestigate the things mentioned and re
port to the next legislature. Though
many believe the "" present' 'sysfeln Is
wrong, yet they Insist this legislature
cannot excuse Itself for Its incompetency
.(Continued on Page Three.)
Bishop Duffy of New
Diocese of Kearney
is Consecrated
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 16. Rev.
James A. Duffy, rector of St. Mary's
cathedral here slnco 1904, was today con
secrated bishop of the newly created
Catholic diocese at Kearney, Neb. The
ceremony took plact "in St. Mary's
' cathedral In the presence of an Imposing
assemblage of Catholic clergy. Arch
bishop James K. Ktene of Dubuque, la.,
celebrated pontifical high mass and the
consecrators were Bishop McGovern of
Cheyenne and Bishop Scanncll of Omaha
Fifteen bishops and about fifty prleats
were present.
Bishop Duffy Is 39 years old. His 'Irst
appointment was assistant In the church
of the Immaculate Conception, Minne
apolis. KEARNEY, Neb.. April 16.-(Speclal.)
Bishop Duffy, who was ordained at Chey
enne today, will como to Kearney, April
22, where Installation services will be
held In the St. James cathedral on
Wednesday. April 23. A large number
of clergymen ond priests are to be pres
cnt. The services will begin with sol
emn high mass at 10:30 In the morning.
Arrangements are being made by local
Catholics to give Bishop Duffy a public
reception at tho opera house on tho even
ing following his Installation. An ad
dress of welcome will be delivered by
Governor Morehead and a number of
Kearney's leading citizens. Including
Judge Oldham. On the afternoon fol
lowing tho reception there will be a din
ner tendered the bishop at the Midway
hoUl.
Willis L. Moore, Head
of Weather Bureau,
Removed from Office
WASHINGTON. April 16. Willis U
Moore, chief of the weather bureau,
whoso resignation has been In President
Wilson's hands to become effective July
1, was summarily removed from office
today, charged with "serlouB Irregulari
ties.
This announcement was made at
the White House while a conference was
In progress between Secretary Houston
and President Wilson.
Estelle Suit Goes
to Fremont Jury
FREMONT. Neb., April 16. (Special
Telegram.) The libel suit of Judge Es
telle against the Omaha Dally News went
to the Jury at 6 o'clock this evening.
The entire day, as well as most of yes
terday afternoon, was taken up with the
arguments. Frank Dolseal opened the
case for the plaintiff. Judge Loomls then
spoke for the defendant, Felman. He wan
followed by I. J. Dunn and Senator Nor
rls Brown. T. J. Mahoney closed for the
plaintiff.
It Is doubtful If a verdict Is reached tonight
IIPhT lf(9W A LITTLE, TOO
.mlllo
NO PLACE ST- .K ,V!Tms.
INQUIRE I tS..E- L. T C r
Drawn for The Heo by I'owull.
AFTER FUNDS FOR 6, A, R.
Committee is Out Soliciting Guaran
tee from Business Men.
WOULD BRING MANY TO OMAHA
Stnrt Wim Mnde to I. mill This Nn
tlonnl Ineuniiment Before the
Tornnilo Occupied Atten
tion of All.
Hotel men, retail dealers and local
member of tho Grand Arnif' ci the Re
public wero yesterday getting subscrip
tions for the entertainment of the na
tional encampment, which will ho brought
to Omaha If fcJO.OOO or 128.000 can be
raised
Business Interests In Council Bluffs
wero solicited by tho workers yester
day and according to Richard Kitchen,
proprietor of tho Paxton, $309 was raised
over there. Whether or not the amount
can be raised, will not be known until
the solicitors get together today and make
their reports.
Manager Parrlsh of the publicity bu
reau says a few thousand dollars was
raised prior to tho tornado for the en
campment, but ho has received no report
as to the exact amount subscribed slnco
then. The bureau will not extend the
invitation unless nt least 117,000 Is raised
The executive committee of the "national
Grand Army of the Republic Is awaiting
Omaha's answer nnd has extended the
time for receiving the Invitation to Thurs
day morning.
Much enthusiasm Is lent to the work
of soliciting funds becnuse of the great
numbers of men the encampment would
bring to Omaha. Thero would bo at
least 125,000 delegates ut tho encampment,
practically doubling Omaha's population.
Some of those solicited are declaring
that Omaha has not the hotel facilities
to caro for such a gathering, but the
solicitors are giving the answer that no
city In tho world has such facilities. Tho
delegates are cared for In tents pitched
In parks and open places about tho city.
Such an arrangement would add to the
plcturesqueness of the city, they declare,
and would further advertise Omaha In
the motion pictures of the parks nnd
boulevards.
Prof, 0. A. Johnson
Goes to Panama
LAWRENCE, Knn.. April 16.-Prof. C
A. Johnson of the school of engineering
at tho University of Kansas will leave
May I for Panama. The governor has
engaged him to lay out the electrical
power and control circuit which will
operate tho canal machinery. Prof
Johnson has been In the university elec
trical engineering department slnco 1911.
NEW RULING MADE BY
.COMMERCE COMMISSION
WASU1NGTON, April Ui.-Movlng pic
ture films are placed by the Interstate
m w. ieBor- .,i
nangeroun ana innnmamo articles, ana
shippers are hereafter required to pack
them In "spark proof metal cases, en
closed In strong and tight wooden or
fibre board loxes or palls."
Somo other rulings of tho commission
today were equally Important tu the gen
eral public.
It was held unlawful for a telegraph
company to pay to the firm or house
In whose building a telegraph office Is
located, any commission on Its own busi
ness. The order of the commission requir
ing railroads in central passenger terri
tory by May L 1613, to bring their pas
senger tariffs Into harmony with the
long and short haul provision of the law,
has been extended until May 1, 1914.
Nurses may not be considered as num
bers of the "families" of railroad em
ployes who are entitled, under tho law.
to free transportation.
Let Everybody Help
COTTRELL 6IYES CONFESSION
Secretary of Y. M. C. A.
Firing Building.
Admits
DETAILS THE FIVE ATTEMPTS
inutility ClinrKeil nnil the Vouiin
SI ii n to lie (liven n lleurliiK
Before I lie Communion
Toility.
W. 1C. Cottrell, secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association In Council
Bluffs, made a full written confession
Monday afternoon, assuming the chief re
sponsibility for the five attempts to de
stroy by fire the building, detailing nil of
tho Incidents connected with each at
tempt. He hns been closely guarded since
and no other uctlon taken for the reason
that It Is believed ho Is Insane, it was
desired to secure the presence hero of
his father. C. 13. Cottrell, a lumber mer
chant at Curtice, O. The father arrived
hero at 11. o'clock yesterday and nfter a
short conference with his son filed an
Information charging Insanity.
The young man was brought before the
Insunlty board yesterday afternoon nnd
the hearing adjourned until 9 o'clock this
morning.
In his confession Cottrell Impllcutcd two
men located later nt South Omaha.
Cottrell was suspected almost from the
first of being the Incendiary, hut the
thought seemed so preposterous thnt It
was not seriously entertained until nfter
the third attempt had been nlhdn, when
the fire was set In four places In the
basement. Bath towels, saturated wllh
kerosene oil, were found, nfter tho flrn
men had extinguished the flames, Jammed
above the psdlutors, which, In tho base
ment, are swung from tho celling flat
wise, nnd all had been lighted. Three of
them set fire to the floor iibovo and badly
damaged tho gymnasium. Investigations
made Immediately after this fire point l
clearly to Cottrell as the Incendiary.
Ileuril ly Mrs. Wheeler,
Mrs. Wheeler, who lives on the opposite
corner of First avenue and South Sev
enth street from the association build
ing, wns unable to' sleep that night and
was awake when tho firemen came ut 2:30
o'clock. Fifteen minutes before the ulurnt
was turned In she heard a man runnltg
from the direction of the building. He
seemed to bo In the middle of the street
and wns running west. Ho continued
west until he reached the alio la the
rear of her house. She heard him run
ning south In this alley until ho could
turn east. In the still night air she heard
him distinctly thus traverse the block
lying south of the association building.
Fifteen minutes afterward tho firemen
came.
Five minutes before tho alarm came,
Cottrell came north on Pearl street and
passed a policeman on the corner of Pearl
and Broadway. He continued west on
Broadway to Shawler's restaurant, a few
doois from the corner, whero he entered
and asked for something to rat, saying
he was too rent lorn- to sleep and that ho
"had been waiklng fust to work off his
nervousness. A minute later the hose
wagons dashed past. He was standing
by the telephone, hut asked Shuwler to
call up and find where the fire was. He
started away on thn run again when told
It wits the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation building.
After the firemen extinguished the
flames they found the current was off
tho wires In the basement, and finding
the feed wires nil right, went Into Cot
trell's office on the first floor, where the
fuse box Is located, and found the fuse
plugs had been unscrewed from the base
ment system. Cottrell was present and
when questioned his left hand mechani
cally pulled open a drawer In his desk,
where the fuses hod bcn hidden. Cot
trell could not explain their presence
there.
The Fourth Attentat,
Ttife fourth attempt to destroy the build
ing was made a week ago Sunday night.
Eight gas Jets In the Grand Army hall,
(Continued on Page Two.)
TO SAYE LOTS TO OWNERS
Plan is Being Worked Out to Save
Property of Tornado Victims.
TOWLE'S SCHEME IS ACCEPTED
Nome of the I,onn ('oiiinnnlen Are
Slow, Alleging the Iimtirnnee
Companies: llnve Not
Mmle Settlement.
Foreclosure of mortgages In thn tor
nndu swept district will likely b very
largely avoided and. most persons who
liiul a mortgage ugalnitt tholr places will
he permitted to keep their lots by a sys
tern of settlement urnveil it by some
ot the loan companies. John W. Towlo,
In chnrgo of the reconstruction desk In
connection with tho relief committee
work nt tho Auditorium, has word from
somo of tho loan companies that settle
ment will bo made that will save the lot
to the borrower.
The scheme Is In line with that sug
gested by Mr. Towlo In an Interview a
few days ago. It is that tho mortgngn
shall bo left to stand ngatiiBt the bor
rower In the sumo amount as before tho
storm, thnt the lot shall bo appraised,
and that the Insurance company on the
blanket policy shall then pay tho differ
ence between tho appraised value of the
lot and the amount of the loan. This
money paid by tho Insurance company
Instead of going to tho loan company,
shall then be turned over directly to tho
owner of tho lot to bo used In rebuilding
thn home, which he must still pay for In
accordance with tho stipulations of the
original mortguge.
When this Is dono the relief committee
through Its construction department, will,
In muny cases, come to tho aid of tho
owner to help him build his house. In
enses whero moro money Is needed than
the Insurance company has pnld.
Several representatives of jtho build
ing and loan associations called upon
Mr. Towlo, talked the mutter over at
great length, and agreed to this plan.
The result Is that a dozen cases are
already being negotiated In accordance
with tho plan. Somo of the loan com
panies, on the other hand, are very slow
at making arrangements for a settle
ment, claiming that tho Insurnnco com
panies carrying their blanket rlBks have
not yet made settlement with them.
Suit Against Coffee
Trust to Be Dropped
WASHINGTON. April 16. -The anti
trust suit against the Brazilian valoriza
tion BChetne the so-called coffee trust
will be dismission within a few days by
Attorney General Mclteynolds as a ro
Bult of definite assurances from the Bra
zilian government that the 900,000 bags of
coffee, valued at 110,000,000, stored In New
York, have been sold to bona fide pur
chasers. SOUTH DAKOTA TOWN VOTES
WHO SHALL RUN SALOONS
SIOUX FALLS. S D.. April 16.-By a
novel use of tho bul'ot two saloon keep
ers were selected today for the village
of Klk Point, In I'nlon county. A statu
law limits saloons to one for each 000
Inhabitants In a town and Klk Point
faced the loss of three of Its five drink
ing places. It was decided that the se
lection of the pair of saloon keepers
should bo by ballot. There were tlx
candidates. P. O. Kelly and W. W.
Gulllaume wore declared elected.
Norwich, Conn., Ilnnk Closed.
WASHINGTON. April 16.-The First
National bank of Norwich, Conn., was
closed today by order of Its directors
and National Bank Examiner N S. Dean
has been placed In charge. Advices to
the comptroller of the currency say that
the bunk was closed because ot the re
lations of Us president with a failed com.
merclal concern.
POPE'S CONDITION
NOT IMPROVING, AS
DOCTORSjORECAST
His Holiness Suffers Another Re
lapse, Attended by Violent
Coughing Spells.
LAWYER COMES TO DRAW WILL
This is Taken to Indicate that
Vatican Fears Worst.
TAKES LITTLE NOURISHMENT
Eggs Bcnten in Wine Only Thing
Stomach Will Retain.
PONTIFF'S STRENGTH LEAVING
I'rlvnte Information Nnj Tempem
tu re Not So II lull, lint Ilia (len
ernl Condition (irowlnir
Store Merlons,
I
IlUI.IiUTI.V.
ROME, April 16.-1:35 p. m. The popo
had an alarming couching spell this
morning, almost coughing to suffocation.
Tho attack was followed by such ex
haustion that those attending the pontiff
feared tho worst.
5:15 p. in. Subsequent to tho excess of
coughing tho po) had a period of de-
piosslon. but after a rest ho appoarod
relieved. At this hour the condition ot
his holiness Is considered stationary.
ROME. April 16,-Tho aggravation
which occurred last evening In tho con
dition of tho pope reached Its climax
after midnight, and then gradually woro
off In tho cnrly morning hours.
When Prof. Mnrchlafava entered tho
sick room this morning, Just before 7:51
o'clock, the fever had entirely disap
peared. Tho expectoration, which had
been nbundnnt during tho night, was
considered by the profcrsor to be some
whnt better, both In color and In sub
stance. Tho Injections administered by
Dr. Amlcl In tho course ot tho night
had produced the desired effect of keep
ing up tho strength ot tho patient's heart,
although the general weukriess had In
creased. The pontiff was able to take somo nour
ishment. Ho greatly enjoyed some yolk
of eggs beaten up In Marsala wine and
old brnndy, a decoction much liked by
Italians. Prof. Marchlafava gave a fresh
prescription this morning, aiming at
facilitating expectoration. The professor
Insisted on complete rest and udded:
"Each patient must, nbovo all, be his
own physician."
I.nwyer Comes to Draw "Will.
The lawyer, Patriarch, w'..o represents
tho holy see, was summoned to the Vati
can this morning. The same lawyer
drew up the last testament of Popo Leo
XI II, and tho Inforenco la thnt he has
been usked to do tho same for Popa
Phis X.
The lawyer, Patrlurca, was summoned
after Prof. Marchlnfava, the pope's phy
sician, had a lonfj conference with Car
dinal Merry Del Val, tho papal secretary
of state.
Earlier In tho morning the pope's sis
ters entered the vutlcan nnd were re
ceived by Mgr. Paiolm, tho popo'a
nephew, who held them waiting In an
ante chamber until the doctors had ended
their visit. They then'enterod the pope's
chamber. Later they adjourned to an
adjoining chapel, where they heurd two
marses.
Prlvnto btit reliable Information as to
the pope's condition this morning Is that
tyhlle he Is without fover today, he Is
much weaker than at this time yester.
day. If his lllnets continues in Its pres.
ent course he will bo weaker each day.
Even If tho bronchial affection does not
develop Into actual pneumonia. It Is
doubtful how long the constitution oC
tho patient ran hold out.
Martin's Whereabouts
is Still a Mystery
IONDON, April 16. The mystery of tha
whereabouts of the lost Joseph W. Mar
tin of Memphis, Tenn., Is still awaiting:
a solution, all tho "clows" brought to
the notice of tho police since his disap
pearance on April 3 having proved fal
lacious. The Scotland Yurd authorities
havo practically discarded tho theory
that he has been a victim of foul play,
but aro at a loss to find a reason why
he should havo vanished so completely.
Tho Amorlcan detective, Burns, Is work
ing Intently on the "Spanish clew," which
originated In Barcelonn. IU was formally
Introduced to the officials of Scotland.
Yard this morning by Irwin B. Laugh'lln,
charge d'affaires ot tho United States
embassy.
When Omahans
Think of
Renting
Apartments,
Business
Locutions,
Desk room,
Halls,
Warehouses,
Etc., Etc.,
they remember"-
"Thin ia
The Paper
That Printed the Ad
That Rented
The House
That Jack Built."
Tho Beo Want Ads are,
Besult Want Ads.
Tyler 1000.
