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The Omaha Daily Bee HERE AGAIN! MUTT AND JEFF YOU CAN'T LOSE US THE WEATHER Showers; Windy VOL. XLII-NO. 279. HISTORIANS WOULD ERECT MONUMENTTO OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE .President Webster of State His torical Society Urges Memorial to City's Namesake. WOULD HAVE CHIEFTAIN STATUE Was-In-Ga-Sabe Should Be Shown as He Lived and Died. LEWIS AND CLARK WERE FIRST Well Known Explorers Head Long List of Conquests. THWAITES REVIEWS RED MEN Oari Rack to Earliest Days, AVhen They Traded Valuable Animal Felts with the Northmen Under Eric. General John Leo Webster lr. his an nual address as president ol the Ne braska Historical society utged that a monument be erected at Omaha, perhaps 01. the high school grounds, In memory of the Omaha Indian tribe, the trlbo whose name the city bears. After reviewing the history of Omaha, the history of the site for ages beforo the city was built here amT"ho history of the great Indian chief, Blackbird, Gen eral Webster sold: "It seems regrettable that our peoplo have been, so long neglectful of what Eeems an obligation to construct a me morial to that Indian tribe whoso name we have taken. I hopo this historical meeting will stir ua to Immediate activ ity to erect, In front of this Jl.OOO.qoo school building, an equestrjan statue to that historic chieftain, Wash-ln-ga-sabe. It should represent him as he lived and as he died, seated on his favorite war horse with hand outstretched, gazing over the wide expanse of the valley, tracing the meandering course of the river, watching for the approach of the whltn man's canoe. "Why should not this modern city of Omaha, become the site for many monu ments which In marble and In bronze should chronicle the story of the dis covery, the conquest and development of the great west? "But a little more than a century ago the Lewis and Clark expedition, to Which Dr. Thwaltes has given a lasting p'ace In our country's annals, passed up the Missouri river within sight of where this building stands. It was but u few - miles from here that Lewis and Clark held a conference with the Indian tribes, which had the primal character of a treaty of trade, qf peace and of good will. Better "here 'at this gateway to the west Jthan. anywhere else' there, should be erocted a memorial of the beginning of that expedition Into the vast wilder ness, with its rivers; and its valUyB, and its plains -and Its mountains'. The First to .Come. "The Lewis and Clark expedition was the commencement of a series of inva sions of conquest and of discovery which opened to civilization nearly one-half of the American continent and ultimately added to the American union about one third of Its states and which will ulti mately contain one-half of Its popula tion. Since then there followed the As torlan expedition, the migration of the Mormons from Nauvoo to our adjoin ing city of Florence and from thence to the far-off Utah valley, the migration of miners to the gold fields of Colorado and of California and the early settlers to Oregon. "There followed after these, as of necessity, the overland stage coach and the long wagon trains of the freighters, taking Omaha as a starting point and going westward through the long Platte valley. "These pioneers are entitled to more than passing notice. They awakened the west from its primeval sleep of countless ages. That which was a waste and a soil tudu they made a part of the empire of man, and now ruled by tho supremacy of national law. IMatorlani Welcomed. "Why should not Omaha erect a grand bronze monument to the pioneer, with a thrill of discovery In his eye, with the spirit of adventure and courage In his expression, wtlh a strength of limb and body, with the gleam of hope and con quest In his features, and with a scroll In his hand on which should be written, "I have opened and redeemed the west and given It to my country for the future home of many millions of my countrymen yet to be." "In the name of the old city of Omaha we welcome you historians. In the .mme of the new city of Omaha we welcome you historians. In the name of hlsto'c Omaha in all of Us grandeur yet to be, we welcome you historians." Dr. Tlinrnltes Talks of Trail. Dr. Reuben Gold Thwaltes of the Wis consin Historical society and president of the Mississippi Valley Historical a&socla ton. took "At the Meeting of the Tmllb" as his subject at the opening of the Joint session of the association with the Ne braska History Teachers' association yes terday, He began with the first recorded In cident of the American fur trade at the time when the exchange of red cloth for valuable animal pelts were made by the Indian with the Northmen that sailed under Eric, the Red. He traced the de velopment of the traffic in furs on this continent from that day and .brought It down to the day when the traffic led to the fortification of the strongnold, Macklnao, by the French Canadians as the base for most of such trade from tlw Mississippi valley. The speaker pointed out tho importance of this stronghold and outlined the social life of this metropolis in the early days. The Infor mation Is gained- from a recently dis covered old parish register kept by the Jesuits and their missionaries which re veals, something of social customs from 1693 to 1821. President Thwaltes mode It plain from the record of baptisms, that common law marriages were common throughout the great wilderness, betwen whites and In dians, an even blacks; but that, when- (Continued on Page Two.) Historians of Mississippi Valley in Omaha fMNCI5A&V1P30N 4ECY. HOUSE PASSESTA.RIFF BILL Underwood Revenue Measure Carries by Vote of 281 to 139. EFFORTS . TO AMEND .-FUTILE One ProKresilve nnd Two Ilepub II can Attempts to Provide Clinngea Overwhelmingly Rejected. WASHINGTON. May 8.-The Under wood tariff bill was passed by the house this afternoon by a vote of 281 to 139. One progressive, and two. republican attempts- tb amend the bill had been . re jected by overwhelming votes' before the final votn -was-reuched. 0,'Hara Says Charge Against Him is Part of Conspiracy CHICAGO, May 7. Tho missing register of a Chicago hotel which figures In the secret affadavlt presented In the stated senate yesterday attacking the morality! of Lieutenant Governor O'Haro, chair man of the vice commission was found today. The affidavit was presented by Deputy Sheriff Richard M. Sullivan, but It was made by another person whose Identity Is somewhat obscure so far as the public Is concerned. It was produced upon the Insistence of the lieutenant governor, who declares that It Is part of a con spiracy formed In the Underworld by per sons whose Incomes were threatened by his crusade against vice. The affadavlt Is said to state that last January O'Hara and a. prominent young Woman of Springfield registered .at the Hotel Sherman as "T. M. Duncan and wife." A Springfield mllllpnalre and an other woman, said to have registered as "J, J. Miller aid wife" are alleged to have shared the Duncan" suite. A hand, writing expert wlH compare the slgna tures of "Duncan" and with that of O'Hara. Graham Flour is Officially Defined WASHINGTON, May 8. Having learned that many so-called "graham flours" on the market contain the sweepings from the mill and that they often Contain "red dog," the lowest grade of flour produced, as well as bran and other by-products, the United States bureau of - chemistry has defined true graham flo-Jr as "un bolted wheat meal, made ftom sound, fully matured, air-dried wheat." This Is the report of an extensive investigation just ended. It Is held that the mixtures should be labeled "Imitation graham flour." This distinction Is ndt compelled by pure food distinction, but ' is advised- by the bureau of chemistry, "to maintain the Integrity of the trade." Woman Cuts Throats . of Her Baby Girls PHILADELPHIA. May 8. Arising from the bed In which she, her. husband and two Infant daughters were sleeping at their home In the southern section of this city, Mrs. Mary . Kulasa. 31 years old, early today obtained a long butcher knife and cut the babies' throats. She accomplished the deed so quietly that the slumbering man was not -aroused. .The woman had been 111 and It Is sup posed became suddenly Insane. INDIANA OWLS FILE APPEAL IN KEOKUK CASE KEOKUK, la., May 8, The decision of Judge McPherson In the Injunction suit pf J. W. Talbott and the Jndlana Order of Owls against the Independent organ isation In Keokuk, which Is conceded the right to use the word "Owls" In Its title, will be reviewed by the United States circuit court of appeals. An appeal was filed today. OMAHA, FRIDAY White Plague Fight Retarded by Method of Dr. Friedmann WASHINGTON. May 8.-One of the ad verse factors that are retarding the pre vention of the "white plague" was the characterization applied to Dr. F. V. Frledmann's tuberculosis yaecitlej, by President Homer Folks In- lilsfipehlhy address today at the meeting of the"NV tlonal Association for the Study and Pre vention of Tuberculosis. "Nothing like the series of. events." said the speaker,, "which followed the an nouncement of .the 'Friedmann cure In Berlin hai'hlthertp occurred. In. the tuber culosis campaign Only those, who have been engaged from, day to day In induc ing stale and local authorities to approp riate rund.,a'n, appreciate how vastly more difficult this task has been made in the last few months by the extremely effective press agents of Dr. Friedmann. Thus far.lt has not been evident to me as a layman that any of those who have had to do with the subject In this country have won much credit. "When the Friedmann 'cure' has taken Us legitimate place and perchance, has been forgotten, we shall remember those processions coming from everywhere, whom the announcement of the 'cure' summoned to our vision." Fire Companies Attack Missouri Quo Warranto Suit JEFFERSON CITY. Mo May 8.-At-torneys for the first Insurance companies that have ceased writing business in this state owing to the anti-trust Insurance law, today, filed In. the supreme court demurrers to the quo warranto proceed ings instituted by Attorney General Bar ker. Tho attorneys assert the attorney general has not set forth a cause of action and' ask the court to dismiss the temporary order. ' Judge Thomas Bates of Chicago, and Frederick N. Judson, representing the Insurance companies, and cx-Go'vcrnor Fblk of Missouri, representing St. Louis business organizations, conferred with At torney General Barker today, but only legal phases of the matter were discussed, It was said. iTie supreme court granted thn com. panles ten days In which to file briefs and the attorney general seven days thereafter to reply. Attorney Barker said that the suits against com panies continuing business in the state would be dismissed. Superintendent of Insurance Revelln re ceived word today from another company mat it would not quit the state. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Presented at Court LONDON. May 8 The kins and nn..n held court at Buckingham Palace last night. The Americans present were Adrian Iselln and Miss Louise Isrlln. Mrs. Charles Edward Greenough and Miss Helen Mario Stuart all, of New York, and Mrs. Ella Wheeler- Wilcox of Connecticut. Mrs. Wilcox said afterward that she was greatly Impressed with the splendor and elegance of the assemblage, and par ticularly by the great preDonderancn of youthful and beautiful women. KANSAS GIRL TO MARRY A FRENCH MILLIONAIRE SENECA, Kan., May 8.-The engage ment ot Miss Frances Scovlll of Seneca and Walter De Mumm of Paris, million aire manufacturer and sportsman, has been announced to Seneca friends of the bride-to-be. Mlra Scovlll Is the daughter of C. C. Scovlll, president of the Citizens' State bank of 8eneca. Since her grad uation from the high school here some ten years ago she has spent most of her time In travel In Europe and now she Is In Switzerland. It was at a Swiss winter resort that she became acquainted with De Mumm. The date set for the wedding I. June I In .London. MORNING, MAY 9, 1913 17Em Drawn for The Dee by Powell. TROOP TRAINJS BLOWN UP Many Mexican Federals Killed Near Alamos. -f MINE PLANTED UNDER TRACK Federals Are- Defeated In Battle Newr Guar man, with Loss of KlKhty Urn timurgrnta Are Reinforced., liOGALKS, May 8.-A troop train bear;. Ing 250 federal soldiers was destroyed with dynamite and most of the passengurn .,!-. l... ...1 . 1 ..1 m Kiuea, saiu an oiiiciui state report re ceived here today. The disaster bc'dtirrgl near the Bonoca.lnatoa state line. " The federals were on the way from San Bias to Alamos, when Intercepted by the Insurgents, who had planted mines along the tracks. Federals Defeated, Nearly 2,000 uncivilised Yaqul Indians have Joined the state troops, said the re port. United States army offlcors here today h-ard nothing of the reported capturu of the war aeroplane below Tucson and con tinued their search for the missing ma chine. ' DOUGLAS, Ariz., May 8. Federal forces lost In a battle yesterday at Santa Itosa near Quay mas, according to ar rivals heretoday. The government lost thirty-eight men killed and forty-two taken' prisoners, besides ISO rifles and ammunition, whllo the state forces lost ten killed and twenty wounded. Colonel Alvarado and -700 w.ell armed men, more than half of whom wero ro ciuited from the nearby mines, left Cananea today to hasten to assist the Insurgents Investing Guaymas. , KlRht Involved In Plot. LOS ANGELES, May 8. Eight men, In cluding several American aviation en thusiasts, are Involved In the alleged plan to furnish Mexican rebels an aeropHne corps,' which resulted yesterday In the arrest of Dldler Masson and his marhln tst, Thomas Dean, at Tucson, on chart? of violation of the neutrality laws. 1 This was the statement today of Dudley W, Robinson, assistant United States attor ney, who ordered the arrest of the French aviator and Dean, a British subject. According to Robinson and Mexican Consul Plna y Cuevas, the plans of the rebel agents have been known to tho federal authorities here ever slnoe they opened negotiations to purchase flying machines for use in the war against Huerta. The rebel agents, Including several Americans, laid their plans in Pasadena, It was stated, and had offered J65,'0X tor the services of an aviator and an aero plane for three months In Son or a, Robinson declared mat there was no complaint or suspicion against Glenn Martin, the aviator, who sold the machine which was captured yesterday by United States deputy marshals thirty miles rnuth of Tucson. He said, however, that .note arrests might be expected today. Van M. Griffith, secretary of the Aero Club of Southern California, received a telegram today from Masson, In which he said thot he would appeal to the French ambassador at Washington. Sorority Girl Stops Runaway Team IOWA CITY, la., May I.-(Special.) Miss Anna Bock,, a well 'known co-ed and sorority girl at the University of Iowa, today performed a felt of life saving which Is supposed to be strictly within the domain of the stronger sex. While walking down one of the streets of Iowa City Miss Hock saw a runaway team, hitched to a delivery wagon, tear ing down the pavement. The team could not be controlled by the driver, a young boy. Miss Rock ran Into the street and seized the horses by the bridles, hanging on until they stopped. A bad bruise on one hand was the only Injury she received. - TWELVE PAGES. Music Hath Charms ITSI - J1IGH JCTfOOZ "STtfDNTS HAVE EEETT COTiPJSriWG FOX JW273EXS 'W The National Capital Tliurdn, May H, 101:1. The Senate. Not In session: meets at 2 p. m. Friday, Commerce committee referred La Fol lotte's Involuntary servitude bill for hear Ings during present flesh. -n and ordered favorable report on nomination ot Jo seph E. Davles as commissioner ot cor porations. Hearings on Alaskan problems before territories committee was resumed. 1 ' The House, In session, at' i p. m. to complete con sideration and vote on tariff hill. DAMAGE IS FIVE MILLIONS This is Estimate of Property De stroyed by Suffragettes. GENERAL DRUMM0ND FAINTS One of Leaders tn Alleged Conspir acy Has to Ro Carried front Court Room More Threats Made. LONDON, May 8. The damage to prop erty In the British Isles caused by the militant suffragettes during the last three months, amounts to more than 15,000,000, according to an official estimate made today by the authorities at Scotland Yard, To this sum, they say, must be added the Increased cost of protecting lives and property. Three detectives have been as signed to watch over each membor of the cabinet at all times, while all sus pected persons are shadowed by plain clothes men, and Alt public -buildings have been placed under special guard. Figured at this rate, the suffragette activities are costing the country at least 125,000,000 a year. Advanced members ot the fighting sis terhood declared today that the "events of the last few days are to be replaced by worse things to come." More Threats Mnilr. Votes fpr Women, the woman suffrage newspaper, edited by Mr. and Mrs. Pet hick Lawrence, says today: "We see before the country a period ot disorders such as has not been known for decades, perhaps for centuries. We see a prospect of violence being answered by violence tn a terrible crescendo. We foresee the llkllhood of crimes being sym pathized with if not condoned and ap proved by many of the most respected law abiding members of the community." The police authorities are greatly con cerned about the Increase of bomb at tacks on buildings. Another of these out rages was attempted at Tottenham, In the northeast of London this morning. (Continued on Page Two.) Sunday Closing Bill is Defeated SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 8.-The Sun day closing bill prohibiting the sale ot liquor on Sundays and hol'days was beaten In the senate otter a short debate today by a vote of 6 ayes a.id 20 noes. The measure had come from the com mittee on public morals with a favorable recommendation. SLIT SKIRTS BARRED FROM LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 8. "Silt skirts" cannot be worn In Los Angeles schools by students. The order caused the absenco from the Polytechnlo High school today of Misses Levne and Leon ltas Parker, sisters, who were told'to go homo and change their raiment when they entered their claps room with ankles twinkling through vents in their skirts. Principal W. A. Dunnes order was vlg. orously protested by fellow students ot thi Parker girls, who accused the princi pal of discrimination In that he allowed a young woman employed In the school offices to wear suoh a skirt- SINGLE WOOL IS COMING TO OMAHA More is Being Sent Here for Storage Than for Some Time. EASTERN ROADS WANT HAUL Inritr Number of Railroad Men Here to Try to Get the Haul Unit from Chicago to the Seaboard. Eastern roads having terminals In the factory towns along the Atlantic coast are making a hustle in their efforts to secure a portion of the haul on the west ern Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana wool. Sheep shearing Is well along In the west and Omaha Is full of railroad freight men, on their way. west to the stations, where tho wool Is held In storage. Enrouto west, In Omaha at this tlmo, thero are representatives of more than a dozen roads having eastern ter minals and they aro nil- playing good fel lows to tho officials whoso lines tap the territory of tho flock masters. While thero Is not to exceed I.0P0 cars of wool going out of the districts that ship east, much more account Is taken ot the business than of the tens of thousands of cars of meats and racking house prod-. uoU thut annually move from Omaha to tho Atlantic seaboard. Fight for the Ilimliirss. From the shearing pens to Omaha, the Burlington and tho Union Pacific iret tho wool haul to this city und Chicago, but tho big fight upon the part of the east ern railroad men Is to get thn routing after the business Is let go of by the western roads. To get this, tho eastern tullroad men say that thoy In soma In stances, to show that they are good fel lows, go so far as to hold tho sheep while they are being sheared, help tlo up and pack tho fleeces and tlo on tho tags. It pays, thoy say, for they get the business. Manager King of the Omulm wool ware house Is not conducting any vigorous campaign, but he Is securing more wool for storage than In several years past. A number ot the prominent flock master) of Wyoming are sending their wool here, putting It In storago nnd drawing against the warehouse receipts. They prefer this to selling, anticipating that there will be an ' advance in tho market during the summer. Town Marshal Will Lock Up All Saloons GENOA, 111., May 8. Genoa took a step toward the municipal saloon last night when the village board ordered the pur chase ot four locks to be placed' upon the four doors ot the four dramshops htre. The resolution Instructed the night watchman hereafter to lock the doors ot the saloons at the close of business and unlock them in the morning. The only keys to the locks shall Ihi the prop erty ot tho vlllagu and must be returned to the town hall every morning, the or der says. WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER . IS IN GOOD HEALTH BRIARCLIFF MANOR. N. Y., May 8. William Rockefeller, whose health was so shattered last February that he nearly collapsed when the congressional com mittee, investigating tho money trust, at tempted to take his testimony, Is be lieved to be now enjoying comparatively good health. The capitalist, who reaches his seventy-third birthday the latter part of ths month, walked from his home here down to the Drlarcliff lodge, where tho executive committee of the Ameri can Bankers' association was holding Its session, yesterday and Inquired where the crowd came from. When he learned of the nature of the gathering ho made no effort to meet any of tho bankers, as his throat weakness still troubles him. He seemed, however, much Improved In general health. COPY TWO CENTS VILLISCA MURDERER STATE PENITENTIARY Man Who Killed Members of Moore Family and Twenty-One Others Located by Expert. NAME IS HENRY LEE MOORE Serving; Life Sentence for Murder of Mother and Grandmother. THEORY OF IDENTIFICATION Prisoner Had Long Been Student of Famous Crimes. LIST OF SUPPOSED VICTIMS Series of Mnrders Ilrxun Noon After Moore Win RrlenHril from the Reformatory nt llutuh Inson, Knnsns. LEAVENWORTH, Knn.. May R. Tipii. ty-flve murders committed In tho lutx threo yenvn In. Mlsnourl, Kansas, Colo rado, Iowa and Illinois, by means of blows from an axe are ascribed to Henry Lee Moore, now ecrVIng a llfo term In tho Missouri penitentiary, according to a theory announced today by M. AV. .tc Claughrey, special agent ot ho Depart ment of Justice, after an exhaustive study of tho so-called axe murders. Henry Lea Mooro went to the penU tentlary nt Jefferson City after bcfnfC found guilty of tho murder ot his mother nnd grandmother, Mrs. Maiy Wilson and Mrs. Gcorgo Moore, nt Columbia, Mo., in December last year. Moore on trial mode many damaging admissions nnd contradicting statements. He said he had mado a study of famous murders, Including the Dr. Crlppcn case In Eng land. List of Victims. The axe murders ascribed to Moord by McClaughrey arc: H. C. Wayne, wlfo and ohlld. M.n. A J. 13 urn ham and two children, Colorado Springs, Colo., September, 1911. Wllllnm 13. Dawson, wlfo and daugh" ter, Monmouth, III., October, 1911. William Showman, wlfo and three chil dren, Ellsworth, Kan., October. 1911, Rollln Hudson and wife, Pa.olu, Kan,, June, 19)1. J. II. Moore, wife, two chlldron nnd twp girl guests, Vllllsca. Ia., June, 1912. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Moore, Columbia. nnsls of Theory, Mr. McClaughrey was called to assist In tho Investigation ot the Vllllsca mur ders and since then has devoted much time to the study ot axe crimes. Ho calls attention that tho first cf the series of murders did not occur until Moore's release from the state reformatory at Hutchtpson, Kan., where he served a. term for forgery. Ho stafei that, fur thor, each of ,the . twenty-five- persons murdered, half of them chlldten, wero lain In their homes and that traces In dicative of tho most gross brutality wero left. In each case the bloody axa was found as though left a the murderer's fiendish Insignia. Moore's admission that for years hl mind had been Immersed In the study of terrible crimes, McClaughrey says, Influenced him greatly In the form ation of his theory, Mr. McClaughrey sold the strangely similar circumstances In the murder sc ries could lead to no other conclusion. Mr, McClaughrey Is a son of Warden McClaughrey of tho federal penitentiary here und has chargo of the bureau ot criminal Identification at the penitentiary, G0MPERS AND MITCHELL GIVE NOTICE OF APPEAL." AVA8HINGTON, May 8. Attorneys or Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison asked the district couit ot appeals today to stay Its mandate sentencing Gompers to thirty days lit Jail and fining Mitchell and Morrison H0O each, In affirming contempt ot court Judgments against the labor leaders In the Bucks Stovo and Range case. Counsel asked for the stay, announcing their Intention to appeal the case to tho supreme court of the United States. Tho court granted them leave to renew th motion If the appeal cannot be prepared In the fifteen days allotted by law ALICE THAW FIRST HUSBAND TO MARRYA RICH WIDOW LONDON, May 8. The marquis of Hert ford, former husband ot Alice Thaw of Pittsburgh, whosa marriage was an nulled on her petition In ISfS, Is about to marry again. The prospective bride of the marquis, who Is known as the earl of Yarmouth, la Mrs. Moss-Cockle? who Is much his senior In age. She has a fortune of 3,SO.0OV left to her by her former husband. Get Away From "Copy Cat" Style of Advertising. The writer was looking through a live daily paper pub Itched in a thriving section ot the United States. There were no less than a doz en ambitious store advertisers, that were represented In this par ticular l&suei and oddly enough, or, let us say, badly enough, these adverUements bore a striking re semblance each to the other. There was the same kind of type In 80 ot the advertise ments; the same kind of make up, the same general effect. Don't be a "copj; cat," Mr. Mer chant, Get out something different, have Individuality of your own. DO SOMETHING DIFKERENT. Advertisements should not at any time be dull. Seek to make them newsy, snappy, sparkling with Infor mation about your business and it attractions. Oet the public interested In your store; make the pooplo WANT to read jour advertize ments. J