Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 04, 1913, Image 1
Daily Drawn For The Bee The beat newspaper artiste of ttao country contribute their best work tor Bee readers. THE WEATHER. . Unsettled; Warm i Vol,, xliu-no. 14. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1913-TWKLVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. TVr-"-A Omaha Bee I H I REDUCTION IN WATER RATES IS FORCED BY THE BEE1CAMPAIGN Fight Made by This Paper Causes a Reduction to Twenty-Eight Qents Per-Thousand. BOARD ORDERS ffHE DECREASE , , .' Howell it Told to Prepare a Schedule , , " at Oncp. IS EFFECTIVE- ON JULY FIRST Big-Profits Shown by The Bee Are , ' Tod Convincing, " ' - SOME WOULD CUT IT LOWER A'Few Members of the Donrd Wnntctt ,hc Reduction to De Slide to Stl Cents, but Howell Sara Pub- V He "Will Be Satisfied. ''Forced by the persistent fight of The lieo 'in behalf of (he water consumers ot the city the Water board at a 'meeting yesterday "ordered Water Commissioner R.Beecher Howell to prepare- a reduced schedule Of rates to be -effective from "July 1. In order to do a's little as pos sible to stop public clamor the rates will bo .reduced only to 28 cents per 1,000 gal lons, i This action of the Water board fol lowed a! secret session held Wednesday . rilEht, when the final agreement was rbacKcd., All members of the board were present 'at the meeting, at which Howell was told to prepare the cut rato sched . ule. The board will meet on or' before July 9 to adopt the schedule formally. , ijcbrUary 1 certain rates were reduced per cent, after The See had repeatedly , pointed out that 35 cents per l.QOO gallons was extortionate. The Bee called for , further reduction and full redemption 'of the'promlse ot a H-cent rate, and, backed by the protests of thousands of con sumers against a robber schedule, the Water board was compelled to bring the rates down a little nearer that figure. Following. Is the resolution, as passed by the Water board: j Resolved. That the water commissioner ' be and is hereby authorized and directed . to-' prepare a new rata schedule for K metered water, based upon a rate of SI cents per 100 cubic feet, or 21 cents per 1,000 gallons. i Be it further Resolved, That the water commissioner be and Is hereby directed to submit said schedule at a meeting ot the Water board on or before Wednes day. July 9, 1913. together with such recommendations es lie may deem proper. Dealest Wants to Keep- Profits. Asked what, recommendations he oyl.d, make, the Jwater. . commissioner put ion , jBrluiiroc ' long enough to say he 7 ' freaffih'aVtrtvsr theriiUr.. mueh w th'6"aghtatHVTii,uiiow. wObllvious'tttl wiT7the Plan or the board ''nott' to qol the ...people by- .Pretending, .to reduce and, in 1 11 nr. ktb-a lar& balance ot profits wrenched from p&or' "consumers ori.HahU.' ! Wl.,tr n.v.Aii4 Vtu'rPhA Tl (mm lik, reports of the Water board and city' treasurer, showing the .big profits the Water board was accumulating, made ink 'fttner members of the tioard Insist on tllqwretrg'reftlrig to .an Immediate reduc tion; ' ' ' 'fttyia said-several members wanted to go 'tojiiSceriU. tut Howell gave assurance ftiaWhls -reduction and the small rebate Wb'tild'ytoD the public outcry. , Friend's .of D. J. O'Brien and W; U. Buchols, members of the Water board, are. frank to say that both. of them are thoroughly disgusted, with Howell's tuc tlcs"ahd' that their resignations aro Xoitli . coming. They would have resigned earlier, but were afraid they would teavo the public under the Impression that thuy were-,' cowards TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES PEQPLE-NEARfSIGHTED CHICAGO. JulyS, America Is develop ing a race of short-sighted people was the Warning 'delivered, yesterday -by Dr. C. G. Fellows 'oii Chicago, In an .address beforo the convention of the American Homeopathic, Opthalmologlcal and Xa ryngeloglcal society In scsslou here. His assertions .were baeked ,up by other speakers who declared office workers use loo much light. It la astounding how many persons are short-sighted." said Dr. Fellows. The d yelppment of short-sightedness or pro gressive myopia In adults Is due to the manner 'Jn which they study in their child hood. The prevention Is early and fre quent examination of children for eye troubles." ' 'Most people don't need half the light they use," said Dr. H. D. Bchenk of Brooklyn. "Clerks and bookkeepers will have a big burner right over the books they work on. . The will tell you It Is a beautiful light, but they are burning out their eyes. If we decrease the excess light, 'we. decrease the danger ot near., slchtedness." k Thirty' of ' the thirty-seven ophthamolo glsts present yesterday wore glasses DISPUTE OVER EDUCATION HASFTAL RESULT QHICAGO. July 3. A dispute over the value ot a college education resulted to f day. in the death of Henry A. Edman, ft jy'e&ra- Pw a trt car conductor. He 4yas knocked down by Edward Phaw, IS ears old. who defended higher educa tion, and suffered a fracture of the skull. "3le died later. Shaw, who is a foreman, yas arrested. iheWeathejv Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday:' For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair and continued warm. Temperature 'at Omtabi fester-. Hours. uck. Si m.. m.; m.. m.. e a 7 a 8 a a 10 a m m J,. 11 a. to 87 90 Jj-jJ- U J p." m'y.'.'.'.'.'.'. ".'.','. p- m w s P. ra. .P. m. 7 u m .,.93 r." VETERANS TOJEE WILSON Program Arranged tor' President's Reception Friday. GOVERNORS' DAY IN THE CAMP AUhonKh Thnusnnda l',ve Left for Home, the CrOTrd Is Still Large, as Others IlATr Taken ' Their rinces, GE7TTY8BRUG, Pa., July 3. Arrange' ments were perfected today .for, the re ception Of President Wilson to'morriw. He will arrive In the town of Gettysburg at, 11 a. m., and, 'In 'order' that Jhe vet erans may see him. hit automobile will be driven through the streets of tJtttys burg and out the Emmetsburg road -to the bK tent, a distance, ot more th.wtwo miles. Although thousands ot veterans . left the uncertain Joys of camp life behind and started for home, their goius wado little difference In the appearance ot the battle field camp today for thousands of others were on hand tt participate la the exercises ot governors' day. On both sides of Confederate avenue, the. t-snta were still alive with -Veterans and - the ln?s before the cook tints did nut seem to the cooks to have tost an Inch, 'al though the number thAt has left 's es timated at close to 10,oOO. The veterans acted today like i..lol of school boys whose vacation U only a few days away. Ixng before sunup, they began parading the camp, to the mjhIo of "The Streets ot Cairo," played on fifes and drums. , The parftdirs were hard workers and the band-had powerful lunis and bands, for they: k'ept It up tin 1 11 mess call. : Many ot the men who expect to leave tomorrow paid their farewell calls today on the men of the other army they have come to know. In the days ilwj have been here the feeling was the best. PJtere was no doubt In the minds ot those who saw that, so far as the men vWho -have gathered here are cottccrned, IWwar has ceased to be & sourtS'wof-- haired ' and rancor. Plcltett'a Charge Repented. One of the events .of 'today was the "charge" of the survivors of Pickett's division ' on the "blopdy Angle held by the remnants of the Philadelphia brigade. Under the hot sun the men In gray marched across the field- that has .not seen anything more warlike than a black. snake ' In fifty years, up to the walls that form trie angle. The "enemy" 'In' blue was waiting with .weapons' ready and when they met acrosB' the wall' they shook hands'. Afterwards they looked over the ground for the site for, a $20,000 monument they hope to have congress erect there. Governors' day called fOr speeches from state executives Tener ot Pennsylvania, 'McCrcar'y at Kentucky- and- Sulrtrot New' ifprV.. ffovlsfon.' hid been'-made governors for t Vice Preeldent Marshall grid 'the big conVrfwlonal.. delegation from yashlngtOBVwta-3fwf7-- , r , - h Ai a meetliig.' ot conf ider'aifs,; the fol-: lowing resolutions were unanimously 4doptt,d: , ' ., fe ; " Resolved, ,8' the confederates" it Get'-, tysburg assembled, That'6Ut- thanks are due-and are hereby tendered 'to -the. state of Pennsylvania for Initiating the move ment which ha mode It possible for the survivors of the two great armies, which fought on' this Illustrious field fifty years ago, to meet In- friendship, here today and plant a monument of peace, a monument tvhlch shall stand- as the symbol of American valor, t manhood and brother .hood. i . " Resolvc'd, That we thank the government of the' United States -for the.. magnificent minner In which Jt has seconded the ef forts of the state of Pennsylvania In car rying forward-this great work ot peace and fraternity between the blue and gray and without any self abasement whatso ever we desire to affirm -end pletfge, not only ourselves, but all our brother con federates and all the people of our loved southland to the utmost loyalty to the government of the United Btates and .to the flag of our country. Resolved, That we take pride In the fact that to the armies of the confederacy Is due- the credit ot demonstrating, the utter Impossibility of the dismemberment of the union. When we consider than COo.QCO men of the very flower of chivalry, as good material as was ever offered In a fighting, force and directed by such com manders as our beloved Robert K. I.ee and his lieutenants, Inspired by a sec tional devotion such as lias not elsewhere been Itnown in history, failed to separate the states, we see that the demonstration was complete, that the thing was not to be done and our failure must give pause to those who In the future would con template such an undertaking. Patrick Quinlan is fiivenlwo-Year Term PATERSON, N. J.. July 3,-Patrick Quinlan, a leader for the Industrial Workers of the World,- today was. sen tenced to prison for not less than two or more than seven-years and to pay a fine of 3500. He was convicted recently of Inciting riot among tho striking silk 'mill workers. Up to 1:30 o'clock this morning the Jury in the case of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, trUd on a similar charge, bad reached no" aureemsnt. Upon the request of the Jurors, a new foreman .was appointed by Judge Klenert this afternoon and the Jury again retired- to deliberate. Nc reason for the request was made public. After deliberating for two hours more the Jury repqrtcd that it wag unable to agree and was discharged. General Figueroa Executed by Federals MEXICO CITT; July S.-Fededral troops today executed General Abroslo Figueroa, who' obtained grekt prominence In the southern states during Madep'n revolu tion against Dlax and was Inter in th army as commander of the rural guards. He was captured In IgUala de Ia Inde pendencla, state of Guerrero. The- news of his efecutlorf was', telegraphed her from the headquarters of General J live nlclo KoblesT the federal commander In Cuernavaca. Figueroa, with his brothers, took a leading part In the rebellion against the present administration. Provisional PrJejnf;VluertA propose to send from Mantaplllb two, boatloads of relnforerments for the federal trnnm Jflghtlng agalpst rebels 'in flonoro. 'part of the mrn will be dispatched to uuaynras ana the remainder to Punto Ix)bo. with tbe town of Altar- object of reaching tbe - : :f 1 " ' . v. i . f ii.'SQrS&si 1 -. 4. , .DfawrU for The Bee by Nell Brink CAKPEKTERS INSIST ON RAISE i Business Agent of the Union Will Not Yield Without Advance. PAYING THE HIGHER SCHEDULE Fortj"-EI(rht Contractor .Are Novr Glvfns; Men Fifty-FlTe Cents. Per llonr nnd All Will Hold Oat for Increase. "Wp are going to stick for the 63 cents per hour," told Harry Stroesser, business agent of the Carpentern .union, after the meeting of the- carpenters who have quit their Jobs on account of the refusal of the employers to pay them 65 cents. "There are forty-eight contractors this rplnute that are paying the 5 cents to all their men except possibly appren tices," continued Mr. .Stroesser; rond,I have the list or them, In spite', of. the fact that the Builders' exchange Is saying nobody Is paying It." Promised Store, Mr. Stroesser says the union Is now only demanding what woe promised some time ago. "I tell you ,tho Builders' ex change did promise us tho 65 cents after Juno 1, even If they do deny It now. It was a Verbal agreement. After we threshed ovr a written agreement and failed to come to an understanding they asked that the agreement be left merely Verbal.'. The agreement was the result of a number of conferences between our committee .and theirs. Their committee consisted of Mr. Johnson ot Newman & Johnson, Thomas Herd and WIHIarri dreedon. -'These men made., us - the promise. But during ithn latter part of Jfay, a few days before the agreement was to go Into effect, the exchange met and rescinded- its action. Taklnir Advnntnsrt. "Now they say. there are a lot of car penters In town, and they are trying to; take' advantage of us from that fac. WKo brought the lot of carpenters j in T There was .a cry for workmen for The tornado district and, they brought a- lot ot bum carpenters in. and now they am crying about poor mechanise." Mr. Stroesser gtvesw as his estimate that there are 3S0 carpenters workingjn the city at !S cents per hour. Hesays he has definite figured to show that forty-eight contractors are paying the 65 cents, and he believes that these employ StO rnen. . Several more men quit work Wednes day on Jobs whero they were not given 65 cents. "We won't let them work for lets than that." said Mr. Stroesser. IDA GltOVK-C'barles aeorge. head car penter on the Marsh Engineering com pany bridge crew building the new con crete arch bridge across the Maple river here, was overcome with heat wh'.la work on the framework of one of the i hi- -ircnes and fell He was not seriuuely I hurt. His Favurite Set-Pieoe Kef. . ley. Serves Two. Years , in Reformatory for -Theft of Five Cents ATLANTA, Ga.,-July J.r-Olllo Taylor, 13 years old, of this city!-who has served two years In the Fulton County reforma tory for the theft of a 5"cent bottlo of a soda fountain beverage, yeuterday was paroleoTby tho county commissioners for four months. The boy, whose case has recently at tracted wide attention because he warf sentenced Under a Georgia lawAwhlch re quired that he Btay In the reformstory until he was 31 years old unless sooner paroled, would bo eligible for further paroto at the end ot four months It his conduct meets with tbe approval ot the reformatory officials. Ho said today that he wished to find a placo to work where he could learn to ba an automobile mechanic. Three Ponies Eat Their Heads Off WASHINGTON, ' Suy 3.-"These are simply horses that ate their heads off," mid George E. Downey, comptroller ot the treasury, today In deciding that the federal government must pay the board bills for three ponies seized and sold by older of tho United States court at Muskogee,' Okla.,' although the proceeds Of. the sale were less than the cost ot feeding the animals. . United States Marsha Victor ot MUs kogee, reported the losing transaction 'o the comptroller who lamented thut he must approve the feed bills of the ponle. aggregating' The' o'xaoj sale prion of the horses was not 'divulged!' CLERK PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING JEWELRY NEW YORK, July J.-WIIUam Bock, the young repair clerk, who confessed yesterday to the robbery of 195,000 worth of gems from the Fifth avenue Jewelry firm of Udall & Ballou, pleaded guilty today aftfs tho grand Jury Indicted him for grand larceny In the first degree. He was remanded for sentence on Friday, July 11. , The National Capital Thursday July a, JOi-1, . The- Senate, Met at I p. m. Ixibby committee heard Martin. Adjourned at 2:03 p. in., till Monday. The House, Not in resslon; meet Saturday. Rule committee continued taork on resolutions to Investigate Mulhall charges, PLANS FOR FOURTH OF- JULY All Omaha Will Celebrate in '.One Wayor Another. DAY IS TO BE SAFE AND SANE All the Clubs to Pot On Varloqs Pro. vrams of Hporta anil Amuse mentsTwo Mnll Oaines Aro Scheduled, Ponrth of Jnl- Activities. Omaha against Sioux City, two games, 10i3O a. m. and 3 p. in. All-day celebration at the Prairie Park association and a grand hlstorlo parade at 0 o'clock. Aquatlo sports and patrotlo celebra tion at the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation park, with big lunch in evening. Program of patrlotio and athletio events at tbe beymour Xiko club all day. Base ball by the amateur teams of Omaha. Jaok rabbit shoot at th Omaha Oun olnb, beginning at Si30 a. m. Matlness and regular shows at all th playhouses. Boat racing and big calibration at the Council Bluffs Bowing association at Zlanawa. Open house and aquatlo program at the darter Zaks elnb, to b followed by plat dinner, fireworks display nnd oaac. City tennis tournament starts at the Oman ritjfl club. doll and tennis at all th cummer clubs in and about Omaha, Drill tsain of Denver Elxs give an ex hibition at Boarke park after th ball gam In th afternoon. Xrog park open all day and evstng, featuring Clmlllo's famous confceri band. Bon Phlllpln's band at ak Manawa. Concert In E&nsoom park in the after noon bv fleonra Qrsan's band. Steamboat excursions up th Ifflissoirl to Jfjorono tn m axtsrnooa anu svau tnr. General calibration by South Omaha euf frngtts on th Sigh school grounds. Open.alr eonoert at th Omaha yield olnb In th afternoon and dancing in th evnin. Poitoffioo, city hall and all general offices clod lor th day. To fittingly celebrate the signing ot the Declaration of independence on July 4, 1776, business lias been generally sus pended. In Omaha for today and the butcher and baker, laborer and capitalist will come together on a common level. The small boy will arise long before the sun peeps oyer the eastern hills and com mence day. of hilarity.. Toy cannons, giant firecrackers and pistols have been blacklisted and only a safe and sane Fourth will be tolerated by the Omahi police. Time-honored deviltry, such as mud cans and the loading of potash and sul phur on street ear traoka la a thing ot the past and if somq urenln attempts to drag from the discard this' tabooed fea ture, lie will find hlmvelt in the clutchci of one ot the minions of the law. as Chief Dunn has instructed his patrolmen to al. (.Continued on Page TwoJ Two Militaut Women Given Three Years For Firing Stands LONDON, July 3.-Two militant suffra gettes, Ifltty Marlon and Clara Elisabeth Olveen, ' were sentenced today to three years' penal servitude for setting fire to the stands of the Hurst Park race course on June 0 and causing 370,000 damage. The police rearrested today three of the officials ot the Women's Social and Po litical union, the militant suffragette or ganization, who were released on licenses on June 21, owing to HI health, the result of their "hunger strike" in Jail. They are Miss Annie , Kenney, Mrs, Rachel Barrett and Miss Harriet Kerr. They have been recuperating at a watering pioco. Miss Laura Lennox, another suffragette leader, who' was released on license on the same day as her comrades and re arrested a few days ago, was again re leased from Jail today. She had again made herself 111 by a hunger strike. Fifteen Railroad Official Accused of Negligence Give Bond CHICAOO, July 3.-Flfteen railroad of ficials in all had surrendered and had given bond today In connection with the killing of George M. Hcptt and Mrs. Willis K. Bnltrf at Oak Park on June 23. Officers and directors of the Metropoli tan & West Side Railroad company and Aurora. Klgln & Chicago Railway com pany were held yesterday to the grand Jury, charged with being criminally negli gent In falling: to provide for the safoty of the public at the point where the Met ropolitan train struck, Scott's automobile. Tne officials who appeared today at the state's attorney's office and surren dered thfmielvos were: Paul D. Sexton, secretary of the Metropolitan company; C E. Flcnner, D. J. Heffers. C. J. Jones and 1-3. C, Faber, directors of the Aurora, Elgin & Chicago company. Each was released under 35,000 bonds, 'Frisco Postmaster 4 Refuses to Resign SAN FRANCISCO. July S.-ln reply to a demand, following a request from Post master General Burleson, Arthur G. Flak ' again refused today to resign as post-f master or Son Francisco. In answering a' telegram from Burleson, he wired: "I do not recognlte the right ot anyone . to remove me except Ilia president of the United States," DAVID LAMAR DREW RESOLUTION ASKING STEEL TRUST PROBE Wall Street Broker' Statement Hade to Lobby Committee Con k firmed by Henry Xartih, HEAD OP ANTI-TRUST LEAGUE. He Says Promoter Drew it at His Suggestion, HE SPENT FIFTY THOUSAND Refued to Tell Whero it Went or Who Compote League, HAD STANLY TO INTRODUCE Tt I.mnar Urevr llrNolntlon at Ills Tt . quesli hut lie Did Not Kaovr Used It In Dent Trith . , Financiers, WASHINGTON, ' July -Confirmation of David Lamar's claim that it was ha, who drew the congressional resolution, under, which the Stanley committee ixf vesttgated the United States steel cor poratlon was given to the senate lobby, committo today by Henry B, Martin, head of the so-called "Antl-truet league" Martin's testimony, less gripping and less startling than Lamar's testimony yesterday, when the latter blandly tot, of confidential relations with Wall street ' leaders and his Impersonations of con' I gressmen, was corroborative and supple. , mcntary to Lamar's on several points. He testified that after Lamar drew thj steel trust Investigating resolution, he Martin, Induced Representative Stanley:, to Introduce it. He did not tell Stanley, that Lamar was Its author, but ild not' try to suppress the fact. He disclaimed knowledge that Lamar had used tho, resolution before introduction in deat lngs with financiers and protested hel know nothing of Lamar's telephone Irn! personations, J , Persistent questioning by the senators;' failed to make Martin divulge what the' "Anti-trust league" was or who com posed It. He declined to give names ot members or tell of the dlepooltlon of; thoUsands of dollars he. said It had spent. LaHterttacH la Absent. jjj' Edward Louterbach, the New York? lawyer, who figured In David Lamar' Impersonations of congressmen in tclelj phone talks, with New York financier! was not on 1 hand today as the senate! lobby committee had expected,, when Iv resumed taking testimony. n Henry B. Wartlh. ot a so-called "Antl-j trust" ,eague here, was called to b exarrilnod, .however, pn Lamar's ttr mnt'tfeat-af-ter ,.hehad.,drAwit a. roao lullpn Zorr.ll vtebtffcWsfltenaT Investigation; o the United States Steel corporation he gave the resolution to. Martin, wh$ In turn, Induced Representative Stanley? of Kentucky totntrodUce It jri the housed Before. Martin was called. Lewis Cossj Ledy&rd, attorney for J. P, Morgan andt company, who had testified yesterday as to Lamar drawing the steel trust resolution, resumed the stand for a mo ment to testify that his information on that point came from. Lamar and LaUter bach. Further, questioning brought out that Lamar In 1909, when-the Wlckershitm rail road, law amendments wero before con gress had supplied arguments and Infor rnaton that Martin presented to nwrw bers. Martin thought such Information had led to the striking out of the aeptfons to Immunize railroads from prosecutions. Lamar Drew Reaolattoa. "pid Lamar prepare tho draft of t$ resolution for Investigation .of the steel trust?" demanded Senator Cummins, "It Is my recollection that I askeA Whs to prepare IV' said Martin. He addesl that he had no specific arrangement witk any member ot congress for its Introduce tlon. t. This resolution was used in New York , as a basis for tin. attempted recoaclU 1. tlon between Edward JUauterbach andjtlijf Morgan firm," said Senator Cummins. ' Martin insisted he knew nothing, ot '. that. j Under Questioning Martin testified thae . the resolution was Introduced in thoj house In practically the form toe and, Lamar agreed upon. Senators gave Martin a lively examines t tlon In an effort to disclose what th' "anti-trust league" was and who cote, posed It Martin testified that M. X. ' Lockwood of Oklahoma was originally! Its president; he was secretary. Cotter .V. (Continued on Page Two.) i Vacation Season in Its Zenith July finds tbe vacation 8e7 bod at Us -height everywhere. Where to go and what to take" ore questions that one cannot al ways easily answer.- Nor can one's friends always give the best an swer. In such times .your newspa per is one) of your most'valu ablo guides and assistants. The advertisements are sign, ' posts that point to pleasant places ' whore health and recreation mar be found. The advertisements in THE" BBB tell you what to wear; they teem with timely hints aa5 to what .Is best, cheapest and" most comfortable. They offer you everything for the Journey, for time spent after you arrive at ,your destination for every possible occasion. Therefore, as 'you plan your vacation this month or next month, for that matter .make?' it a practice to consult the ad vertlsements in TUB BBB. and you ylll find yout time profitably and pleasantly occupied-