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The Omaha Daily Bee Picture Tell the Story. Another fine photo portfolio that fth'3ws Omaha rising from Its tornado wreckage. Send copies to your friends. At Tho Bee office 10 cents; by mail II cents. THE WEATHER. Fair; Warmer VOL. XL1I NO. 312. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNK 17, 1913-TWELVE PAGES. SING LID COPY TWO CENTS. TWO-CENT PASSENGER FARE ACTS OF THREE STATES ARE UPHELD Supreme Court Affirms Laws Passed by Legislatures of Missouri, West Virginia and Arkansas. FREIGHT RATES ALSO VALID Court Holds There is no Interference with Interstate Trade. !EEW EXCEPTIONS IN MISSOURI Tariffs Prescribed for Some Lines Are Confiscatory. OREGON RATES ARE ALSO GOOD Opinions Which Arc br Justice Hashes Affirm Principles Pro mulgated In Minnesota Rate Decision of a Week Ajro. WASHINGTON, June 17.-Valdlty of the two cent passenger laws and max mum freight rates In Missouri. West Virginia "and Arkansas wcro upheld by the supreme court today In apother scries of decisions In the noted state rate cases. No decision was announced In the Ken tucky case. In the Mlssould case the great majority of rates contested by the railroads as confiscatory were htld valid. Stato freight rates established In Oregon also were approved. All claims' that- the state laws attacked Interferred with Interstate commerce were swept aside, following tho precedent set In the Minnesota rate decision a week ago. In the majority of the Missouri cases and in the Arkansas case the court held -the railroads had presented too general data on which to base a claim tha't tholr property was being taken witnout com pensation through tho operation of tho new state rates. Justice Hughes said the question of Interference with Interstate' commerce was decided In favor of the state for the reasons assigned In tho Minnesota rate decision. No question of confiscation was presented In the West Virginia case. Missouri Case Decision. In the Missouri rate cases the supreme court held tho rates confiscatory on the St. LoUls& Hannibal, the Kansas City, Clinton & Sprftigfield and Chicago Great Western railroads. The court held the rates valid as to tho Bt. Louis Southwestern, the Missouri Pa cific, tho St. Loutfe, Iron Mountain ft Southern, the Wabash, the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul and tho Chicago & Alton. The court also sustained tho rates of the Missouri law as to the Chicago, Bur lington & Qulncy, the. Atchison, Topyka & Santo Fef tho Kansas. City Southern, the MssauiV-Scansas arid Texas, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Includ ing the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colo rado) and the St. Louis &. San Francisco. In all of these cases the decrees of the lower courts In favor of the railroads were reversed. The decision holding the rates confis catory as to the Chicago Great West ern, was made to apply by virtue" of- stipulation between the state and the railroads, to the Qulncy, Omaha & Kan sas City railroad, and tho St. Joseph & Grand Island railway. The decision was based on the two-cent passenger law and the maximum freight law. Justice Hughes, who announced the decision, held that the point sought to be made b'y tho railroads, to the effect that the Missouri rates were an Inter ference with Interstate commerce, must be decided against them for the same reasons given by the court In the Min nesota rate cases. Ort'R'on Freight Itates Good. The supreme court todayupheld as valid tho rates imposed by tho Oregon railroad commission out of Portland, thus affirming the federal court of that state. The Ortgon rate cases, consisted of two suits brought by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company and the South ern Pacific company. That by the Oregon railroad and Nav gatlon company was brought to restrain the enforcement of an order of the rail road commission of Oregon made April 22, 190S, prescribing freight rates. The principal ground of attack was that the order and rates named would be an un constitutional Interference with interstate commerct. In the case of tho Southern, Pacific (In which the Oregon and California rail toad company was joined as complain ant), the suit was brought to restrain the enforcement of an order of the rail load commission made September 21, 1910, prescribing freight rates. Not Responsible for Flood. The supreme cour t today decided that Uie federal government was not financially responsible for tho flooding of more than 100 plantations on the Mlsslppl as a result of levee construc tion. Efforst were made to hold the government responsible 'or the value of the lands flooded. In all about $7,000- m. At 2:15 o'clock the supreme court adjourned until next Octo ber, without' announcing a decision In Ihe lntermountaln rate cases or passing n an application for a review of the uompers'Mltchell-Morrlson contempt of iourt case. Applications for re-hearlngs of the cut tata patent decision and tho Denver wa r case were denied. Partial Victory for State. The constitutionality of a state 2-cent passenger law of a maximum freight law was determined in tho Minnesota case, where the court held that a state bad a right to pass suqh laws, provided Ihe rates Imposed under them were not nflscatory. This application was made to tht Missouri case today. The decis ion Is a partial victory for Missouri aa the lower court had held the rates con fiscatory on all the roads. In the cases in whloh the rates were held confiscatory, the supreme court to day modified the lower court's decrees o that the railroad commissioners and the attorney general of the state may (Continued on Page Two.) CURRENCY MESSAGE READY President Wilson Probably Will Read it to Congress. INSISTS UPON ACTION Senator Owen Says Talk of no Legls latton Novr Conies from Persons Who Do Not Want Any Action at All. WASHINGTON, June 16.-Presldcnt Wilson probably will read his currency message, possibly to both branches of congress assembled In the hall of the house, as he did his tariff message. Ho finished writing his message today. It is about 1,200 words long and urges Immediate revision ot the banking and currency laws. The president expects the currency bill to be reached In both houses ot congress some tlmo this week. It represents tho administration's views, and, according to Mr. Wilson, himself, will be "no man's bill", but the result of common counsel among currency advocates, whose sug gestions were condensed and formulated by Secretary McAdoo of tho Treasury department, Chairmen Owen and Glass of the senate and house banking and currency committees, respectively, with the advice and assistance of the president. At the regular semi-weekly conference with tho Washington correspondents to day, the president was asked for an Ex planation of some of the principles of currency reform, but said that Inasmuch as the bill and his own message would bo made public within a week, he would refrain from comment. The president was undecided as to whether his message would be presented to congress In ad vance of the currency bill or whether both would be made public about the same time. The impression prevailed, however, that the bill will be Introduced In both houses by Wednesday or Thurs day of this week, and that the presi dent will pronounce his views to congress about June 23. Action Neeiled Now, The president did declare, however, today that there were no essential varia tions Among the leading democrats with whom he had consulted concerning cur rency reform. As to the Intimation from tho capltol that currency legislation was not desired at this session, tho president declared no such Information had been conveyed to him. His Impression was that the need of currency legislation was recognized, but that tho only objection raised against Its enactment at the extra session was the approaching hot season. Harmony of purpose, but perhaps not harmony of opinion, Is the way the White House sizes up the currency situation. With the feeling that the framers of tho bill have been walking on sound ground, the president and democratic leaders hope to reconcile differences so that there will be party agreement eventually. There Is no disposition to regard the cur rency bill as it is launched as the final word of this admlnlsttatlon on the sub ject. Bill In Completed. Chairmen, Qwen and Glass' conferred again today and, Mr. Owen afterward an-, nounced that the bill practically had been completed, would be considered In com mittee this week and taken up and passed before the extra session ad journed. "This talk of no currency legislation at this session," said Senator Owen, "Is based on artificial sentiment. It Is senti ment stirred up by persons who don't want currency legislation. Some of It, of course, springs from the Idea that It Is a deep subject which will require pro longed study and debate. This Is becauso no concrete proposition has, been sub mitted for consideration of senators. When we present a tangible .proposition, I think they will see that the problem Is not such a one, after all. Ipswich Mill Girl Attempts to Deceive Court About Wages IPSWICH, Mass., June 16.-The Indus trial reputation of Ipswich was vigorously defended by Judge Charles A. Sayward at the resumption today of the case of nineteen persons charged with rioting during the strike disturbances last week. The court had examined mill records Indicating that January, February and March a maximum of $8.42 and a mini mum of $6.9 9in wages for a full week of fifty-four hours were paid Poulltsa Blzou, a young Greek girl, who testified on Saturday tnat during a year and a half In the mill she received about 12 a week, "never more and sometimes less Recalled to the stand to explain her earlier testimony the Blzou girl said that she turned her pay envelope over to her father and that he told her she was earning $2 a week. She admitted that even while she was learning her work In tho mill she received $5 a week. The health authorities became Involved In the Industrial difficulties today when they began an examination of tenements occupied by Greeks to learn whether the sanitary laws are being violated. Anticipating eviction .from tenements owned by the hosiery company, many families of strikers are planning to estab lish a tent colony, but this will not be permitted unless proper sanitary arrange ments are made. Two. Steamers Collide in Lake Superior CHICAGO. June 16. The steamer Jesss Spalding which was in colllston on Lake Superior yesterday, arrived at Saulte Ste. Marie today with Its bow stove In, but with the crew safe, according to a tele gram received here today from its cap tain, L. A, Garu, DULUTH. Minn.. June 16, The steamer Jesse Spalding is afloat and making way slowly with a big patch of canvass 'covering Its Injured side-. The steamer Charles Hebbard, Captain Franks, saw the steamer yesterday at 10:30 a. m. off Manltou Island and spoke to It. The Snyder, which was on collision with the Spalding, arrived here during the early morning. It Is damaged forward. Mr. Pnnkunrat Ileleused. LONDON, June 16. "Hunger strike" once more brought about the release from Jail of Mrs. Emellne Pankhurst, the mili tant suffragist leader She was set free from Holloway Jill osrlnx ..-. CROP REPORTS ARE MOST OPTIMISTIC All Experts Are Still Predicting Bumper Yields of All Kinds of Grain. CONDITIONS ARE NOW IDEAL So Declares Frank Fowler in Weekly Report to the Trade. BURLINGTON FIGURES GREAT Says Corn is Now Making Most Won derful Progress. CORN IS FREE FROM WEEDS Scattered Shower Sunday Night Over Great Part Of the State In crease the Chance for an liinorinou Yield. Fallroad freight men are watching the growing crops of Nebraska's small grain as closely as hawks watch the country cnlckcn yurds, noting changes In con ditions as rapidly ns they occur. They look upon the noxt ten days as the most ciltlcul period for the whi'At, predicting that this period will tell Urn story. Relative to the crop at this time, Frank Fowler of the Nye-Schnelder-Fowlor Elevator company, has this to say In his weekly reort of this date: "Conditions are Ideal. The hot weather of the last few days removes the only complaint on corn and oats, for which It previously had been too cool. Tho dry weather has given th farmers an opportunity to cultivate their corn, which is now perfect There Is a promlso for the largest total croo that Nebraska has over harvested. The promise Is for a wheat crop of fiom 60,000,000 to 65,000,000 bushels, which with perfect conditions for tho next few days, can be swelled to 60,000,000 to 05,000,000 bushels, or Just as easily, by lmperfoct conditions, bo reduced to 36,000,000 to 45,- 000,000 bushels. "At this time there Is sufficient mois ture in our territory to carry tho crop along, but abnormally hot weather In tho near future brforo the wheat In the hi ts fully matured, might cut tno yield In two." Ilurllnuftoii Report Optimistic. The Burlington's weekly crop report of this date is fully optimistic us any previously lssueud. By divisions, on the basis of a ten-year average, It Is as follows: Per Cent Last Week 103 105 ion 90 Omaha division 103 Lincoln division 105 Wymore division 101 McCook division SI These figures aro from compilations made by the agents of the system and In commenting upon the summary, Gen eral Superintendent Allen insists that the estimate Is much too low. On the Omaha, Lincoln and Wymore divisions, he says, cn the, ten-year method ot fig uring, It -would 'be tfafe'to" rolseMhe es timates io to 16 per cent So far as the corn Is concerned, white until the latter part of last week, the weather was a little too cool,, it Is now making wonderful progress and the con dition fs about normal. Corn Free from Weeds. The Northwestern's weekly crop report shows ideal conditions everywhere, and without any section of the state having suffered for lack of moisture. Agents who make their reports to General Man ager Walters, comment specially upon tho corn, saying there has never been a year when the fields have been so free from weeds and when such rapid growth has been noted. Assistant General Freight Agent Clif ton of the Union Pacific, who spent all of last week "In the territory along the mall line and tributary to the branches to the north, is bock and says that he has never seen crop conditions as fav orable. There are some localities where a little rain would be welcome, but gen erally It is not needed for a few days and until Just as the grain is going into the milk. While rain was not general Sunday night, there were many scattered show ers over the state and many spots of wide area given a thorough wetting. Along the Burlington there was one and one-halt Inches of precipitation during the night at Greeley, Central City and Columbus and over the country trlbu tory. There was a full Inch at Schuylor and Lyons; one-half inch at Grand Island and a dozen other points In this section of the state. Over a portion of the Mo Cook division, there were heavy rains, washing out 200 feet of grade near Cul bertson. Along the Northwestern from Fremont to beyond O'Neill, nearly 200 miles, there was a steady downpour for more than two hours, ranging from three-fourths to an Inch. The Union Pacific reports fairly good rains around Gothenburg, and from one hallf to three-fourths of an Inch at Scott's Bluff, Oskosh, Gcring and bver much of the country from Grand Island to Gothenberg. Hitchcock's Tobacco Tax Plan Rejected by Finance Committee WASHINGTON, June 18.-A grad uated tax on tobacco as an amendment to the tariff bill was unanimously re Jected by the majority members of -the senate finance .committee today, who voted down Senator Hitchcock's amend ment suggested by Attorney General McReynolds. The committee approved placing live stock and grains on the free list with a countervailing duty, except oats, which remain dutiable at 10 cents a bushel and oatmeal at 33 cents a hundred pounds. Citrus fruits were unchanged. CATTLE REACH NEW HIGH MARK AT CHICAGO CHICAGO, June 16. The price of cat tle today reached a new high mark for a normal year, selling at (9.20. Receipts were 18,000 head, against average receipts of 26,000 head. The market today recalled attention to the recent bulletin of the De partment of Agriculture on the best The TO 22f COJTC TO Drawn for The Bee by Powell. COAL MINERSYOTE TO STRIKE West Virginia Men Charge Opera tors with Breach of Faith. SITUATION IS AGAIN CRITICAL Fenrs of Further Violence In Paint Cnbln Creek, and New Itlvcr Districts Expressed by State Officers. CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 16. With industrial war again declared In' West Virginia, the senate coal committee today confronted a situation critical -and com plicated. Word from the Isolated sec tions 6f Paint Creek and Cabin Creek that the etriko was again on, drifted Into Charleston from a halt a doseti sources and representatives ot mine operators, miners and state officials, sought in vain for deflnlto world from the little camps along the creeks. The unlbn attorneys, appearing beforo the committee, said that they were certain the men had declined to go back to work today. There were comparatively few union men In the field, they said, but they believed both union and non-union men decided to quit. With the New River district a few miles away - from tho Creeks, awaiting only the match to set off a conflagration ot excitement, the state officials today watched the situation with fear and trembling. For days the New River miners have threatened trouble. They number about 15,000. The miners' meeting at Eskdale and Kayford yesterday, according to reports, voted tn renew the strike on the ground that the operators had not lived up to their agreement to take the strikers back to work without discrimination. This claim and tho story that mine guards har "beaten up" four men on Cabin creek on Saturday, caused the decision. Contradiction and explanation ot tho stories told all last week by the men and women who lived through what former Governor Glasscock called a "reign of terror" In the strike district, was the program of the operators and they had soventy witnesses on hand to pove their caso. Only Senators Swanson, Martins and Kenyon were on hand to begin to day's hearing, Senators Borah and Shields having returned to Washington. Glances of bitter resentment and an occasional muttered word among tho scores of men gathered about the com mittee's hotel today bore witness to the smouldering ill feeling. The presence of John P. White, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America today resulted In several con ferences among Union officials. The committee today continued the tak ing nf a vast amount of testimony, mostly ot a routine character, as to con dltlons In the fields before tho strikes began. A score ot miners testified that the trouble was caused by the activities of the mine guards. Elizabeth Fish, a 19-year-old girl, described hpw a party of guards had forced her and another girl to wade Cabin creek at the points of guns, meantime taunting them with obscene remarks. SALAZAR CHARGED WITH VIOLATING NEUTRALITY LAW EL PASO, June 16. Tho Juarez garrl son was reinforced today by the arrival of 300 federal regulars under Colonel Cas tro on a troop train, which had been stranded tor several days on the Mexican Central railway. The rebels already have burned the bridges repaired as tho train moved north, Inez. Halazar, a former Mexican rebel leader, now commanding federal Irreg ulars, was arrested In El Paso by Deputy United States Marshal Charles Moore this afternoon, charged with violating the United States neutrality laws In conspiring to smugglo ammunition. Tho charge is an old one and arises out of an attack attributed to Halazar when he was In arrrw against Madero. He came to Juarez today with reinforcements and crossed to El Paso this afternoon to visit a local restaurant, when ht was ar-rut New Chautauqua Salute Frisco Policemen Plead Guilty to Charge of Felony RAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Juno 16.-Flvo suspended members of tho San Francisco police forco pleaded guilty today to In dictments charging conspiracy with bunco men. Each was sentenced to nlno months In the county Jail, Two other policemen, similarly oharged, pleaded not guilty. Over the heads of tho flvo who pleaded guilty to felony are Indictments charging grand hirccny as tho result, ot thja conspiracy -Thi' five' who pleaded' guilty are Joseph I Droulette, John Sullivan, William Mclttigh, Charles Gos- sepp and Sergeant James McOowan. The same flvo offered InBt week to plead guilty If the sentonco of former Detective Frank Ksola, convicted ot grand larceny In connection with the bunco ring, might be lessened, Each spurned the sugges tion that a confession bo made. There wero In all eight Conspiracy In dictments, one having boon found against former Dotectlvo Frank Esola, sentenced to five years In tho penitentiary. Etola changed his plea to this charga today from not guilty to guilty. Judgo Dunne doubted whether a man might servo out a county Jail sentence, whllo serving another in the penitentiary as counsel requested nnd took tho matter under consideration. Arthur MacPhoe and Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty. They were not In dicted upon the felony count, Oxnard Will Form Another Trust if Sugar is Made Free WASHINGTON, June 16.-Honry T. Oxnard, vice president of ihe American Beet Sugar company, told tho scnato lobby committee- that free sugar would result In the formation of a now "sugar trust." Only the best managed sugar factories would be able to survive free sugar, he said, and a combination would result. "Then you are going to form a new 'trust?' " asked Senator Reed. "I have that In mind," sdld the witness. "In violation of the autl-trust law?" "No sir; there Is no lawto prevent It. I have been advised by counsel,' Oxnard told how ho assisted in or ganizing the old sugar trust In 1888, ex changing his company with n capital ot $100,000 for 1760,000 new stock. The new corporation later was taken over by the American Sugar Refining company, the so-called trust. Oxnard said ho received $10,000 a year as vlco president of tho American Beet Sugar company, but denied that he was paid tha salary "for legislative work." Twister Damages Farm Buildings in Vicinity of Norfolk j NORFOLK, Neb., June 16.-(Special Tele gram.) A twister of about thirty seconds duration visited the country about half a mile east of Norfolk at 10:30 last night destroyed, The path ot tho twister was destroyed. The path of the twister was about one mile long and It came from the southeast. There were no fatalities. Arbitration Treaty With Norway Signed WASHINGTON, June 1C. - Secretary Bryan and Norwegian Minister Dryn to day signed a treaty extending for nn other term of five yearly-the special ar bitration treaty between the United etatos and Norway, whtoh will expire by limitation on June SI. This makes fifteen such treaties now betors the sen ate tor ratification . i TRAIN OF EDITORS GOES WEST Stop Few Hours in Omaha Enroute to Colorado Springs. IMPRESSED WITH REBUILDING Arc Given Motion Picture Inhibition at the Commercial Club Rooms and Are Taken for an Automobile Illde. V Nearly 300 delegates to the convention of the National Editorial association at Colorado Springs passed thrpugh Omaha yesterday, nnd etppped lonR Ksnvugh (o bu guests at a motion plcturo entertain ment at the Commorclnl club and an auo- mobllo rldo over thu City. A special train from Chicago brought editors and their wives from various cities and towits ofthe east. A special commltteo from tho Commercial club met tho train and escorted tho visitors to tho Commercial club rooms. Thoro they were shown 'Omaha In moving pictures. The tornado reel was also displayed for them. Tho auto rldo followed and they wcro Impressed with the fast rebuilding ot tho tornado district. t Kimtem Mate Represented. Editors uud tholr wives wero in the party from Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, northern Missouri, North and South Da kota and many, other eastern states. Among the number wcro R. E. Dowdell of Artesian, B. D former president of tho National Editorial association; B. B. Herbert of Chicago, tho first president of tho national organization, and A, D, Mot fett of Elwood, Ind tho present presi dent, who will preside at tho Colorado Springs meeting. Among tho moro prominent visitors were 15. L. iioora oi jort Aiainson, Wis,, son of tho farmer governor of that state; It. E. Dawes of the Fulton (la.) Advocate and Mrs. L. R. Eastwood of tho Watertown (8. D.) Herald. The party resumed tho Journey west at 1:30 o'leock In tha afternopn. Americans Presnt Peace Address to Emperor William nF.nr.lN. June 16. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Emperor William to tho Imperial throne was cele brated today throughout the German em pire as a general holiday. The 'commemoration, which had been deferred from Its actual date out of re spect to the memory of tho emperor's fa ther, Frederick, coincides with tho forty- second anniversary of the triumphal re turn of his grandfather at the head of his victorious army aftor the Franco Primtdan war and was naturally marked by considerable military display. Emphasis, however, was laid also on the peaceful aspects of tho emperor's quarter century reign Industrial and civic developments, and the material prosperity of tho country. The presentation of an address from the American Peace society by Andrew Car negio, R. S. Brookings of St. Louis and J. a. Schmldlapp of Cincinnati, gave the emperor an opportunity of bringing out this aspect of the occaston. He responded to Androw Carnegie's congratulations on the completion of his twenty-five years peaceful reign with an emphatic "I hope we shall have twenty-five years more of peace." Three Men Die from Bites ofWood Ticks CHEYENNE, Wyo., Juno 16. J. Nel son Clark, an oil man of Evanston, Wyo., Is dead at his home, .making the third victim In this state within two weeks of spotted fever Induced by the bites ot wood ticks. Kenneth McRae, a wool grower of Casper, and Solomon Brown ot Thermopolls wars tht two other r at Ttfttlm. OMAHA LOSES SUIT AGAINST ELECTRIC LIGHICOW United States Supreme Court Holdf that Company Has Right to Sell Heat, and Power. ITS FRANCHISE IS PERPETUAL Ordinances Passed by City Indicate Reciprocal Arrangement. VAN DEVANTER READS OPINION Decision of Bench on All Points it Case is Unanimous. COURT CAUTIONS THE C0MPAN1 It Must Not Further Extend Its Bus iness lliilena It l (liven Direct ItlKlit to Do So ti the (It). (From a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON', Juno 10.-(Speclal Tele grunt.) Tho city of Omaha loses In tli case nt thu Omaha Electric Light uiu Power company against Omaha. The bu preme court today decided that the Omaha Klcctrlu Light und Power com pany had the right to ongage In heating and power builncss ae woll ns lighting business under tho trunclilso ordinandi passed by , tho city, and, furthermore, that tho frunchlso,wns a grant In per petuity. Justice Van Dovuntcr rendered the de cision, which wub urianlmous. The court however, cautioned tho company that i must not further extend Its business, un less a direct right !s given by tho author Hies of the city. Justice. Vnn Dovantc) reviewed tho history of tho caso und said that tho city had exacted a certain amount from tho company, which woult Indicate u reciprocal arrangement. H cited tho decision ot the supremo court of Ncbrasku In tho caso at bar as Inter' prctlng local ordinances and held thul tho compliance ot tho company with nl tho ordinances previous tu tho ordinance ordering cessation of ttho company's activities In extending tines und directing the electrical engineer tp remove poles, vires, etc., is tantamount to a grunt Ir perpetuity. Tho decision of tho United Slates dis trict court Is rovcrsed and the supreme court ,of tht state Is upheld. History nt Frnnclilse. After rovlcwlng tho history of the or ganization of the Omaha Electric Light and Power company, as a successor of tho new Omaha Thomson-Huston Elec tric Light company, Justice Van Devantcr said that the principal questions pre sented In the cjise ot tho old Colony Trust1 company,' appellant? against the city of Omaha were, whether the Omaha Electric Light and Pqwer company has a 'subsFtlng ' pranchlso to occupy and use the streets, alleys and public grounds ol tho city of Oinuha In the distribution ot clootrlo current and whether If so, tho franchise- In limited tn tho distribution for power and heating purposes, If thero bo a franchise It rests pri marily on nn ordinance adopted by the council In December, 18SI. The Thomson company, to which the grant was made, was not then Incorporated, according tc Mr. Justice Van Doventer's opinion, but wns subsequently Incorporated under the laws of Nebraska for a term which was to expire September 2i. 1905. It accepted tho grant constructed and put into opera, tion a central generating station and nn extensive distributing system and thereby placed Itself In a position to supply elec tric current to those desiring to use It. In 1303 the entlro plant and all right under tho ordinance wero transferred by the Thomson company to the Elec tric Light and Power company, and the business of tho power company has been conducted In Increasing volume by the latter, In 1891 the gross earnings from current for lighting purposes was 1101. 646.07, In 1903 these figures wero Increased to $261,421.89 and J30.mil, respectively, and In 1908 to $503,477.57 and J130.637.72. City Hanettona Improvement. The court then said the city through various ways acquiesced In, encouraged nnd directly sanctioned the action of the two companies In equipping nnd adjust. Ing thri electric plant at great expense for tho distribution of .current tor power and heat. In tho case at bar the Colony Trust company against the city of Omaha seeks to enjoin the enforcement ot a resolu tion passed by the city council of Omaha directing the city electrician to discon nect "on or before July 1, 1908, all wire's leading from tho conduits or poles ot tho Omaha Electric Light and Power com pany transmitting electricity to private patrons or premises to bo used for heat or power and to take such steps as may bo necessary to prevent the Bald com- (Contlnued on Page Two.) Readers Have Faith in Ads. People no longer read the advertisements In a newspaper with skepticism. The people of today have faith In the advertisers and their ad vertisements, They know that great businesses are built on hon est advertising statements, They know that most mer chants do not trifle "with tho truth, and they feel that when they patronize the stores that ad vertise In THE BEE, they are getting their money's worth full value for what they pay. Leading merchants every where are truthful, conscien tious, and honest. Business to day Is conducted along broad lines; service of real value Is given; merchandise of real val ue Is given. The policies of the stores are liberal; the people are getting rightful return for their dollars. Then. too. the reputable news paper guards Its columns against deceptive advertisements. Ada that do not ring true are' not knowingly accented. J,