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DAHLMAN ON GAS FRANCHISE TTnnnrprl rnnnril RlnffQ Pniinlp .EFFORT TO BRIBE 60MPERS
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Hurry, Hurry, the Occasion Warrants It
Mayor Delivers Address on the Pend
Mulhall Tells of Alleged Attempt to
Corrupt Labor Leader.
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WHY HE FAVORS ITS ADOPTION
A-nlriea Itri ITori.ton and r.ilnt
Ont What He Thinks Are Aa
vantages to the
CltUeim.
Rpeaklns to the DaMinan Democracy
club last night. Mayor James C. Dahlman
made his first public pica for the adop
tion of tho dollar pis ordinance.
"Tho rank and file." he sold, "must
stand shoulder to shoulder and protect
tho rights of the plain people. Thla ordi
nance Is drafted In the Inttrests of the
consumers of En. It Goes not taite away
from the city the powtr to regulate the
quality of gas or Inspection of meters or
gas pressure."
Continuing, the mayor sold he wanted
tho gas ordinance submitted to the most
searching examination and declared he
wan going Into the campaign for Its adop
tion unafraid and convinced the people
would stand together In the fight.
This Is the mayor's opening gun In tho
campaign ho declared he would wage to
the end in favor of this ordinance, which
he has made a campaign Iseue for years.
Seven "- --. or Effort.
Mayor Dahlman recounted Incidents of
sewn years of effort to secure dollar gas
In redemption of a pledge made the voters
when ho was first elected mayor. Tho
chance Is now here, lie said, und advised
that it be taken advantage of. It cumes
through the compromise that resulted in
the preparation of the oidlnance that has
been submitted for the approval of the
voters. The proposal to fight out tho
caso now pending In the court .does not
appeal to the mayor, bocauso It means
delay for year. Tim caso cannot be
expected to go through to a final con
clusion In less than four years, and may
take much longer; the water works llttgu
tlon lasted for nine years. The electric
light cuse went against the city. Tho
compromise offered means dollar gas at
once.
"I believe that tho voters will approve
the proposed franchise for a number of
reasons," sold the mayor. "In the first
place the people will get a cut of 15 cents
In their gas bills at once, and this means
calculating upon a very conservative esti
mate in annual gas sales, tho saving to
the people during the time the present
gas franchise has yef to run wilt amount
to not less than JJOO.OOC". This Is no guess
work, they are facts.
Not Ier)etuul Nop Exclusive.
"The franthiso Is not perpetual. It Is
limited to twenty-five years and In reality
Is an extension of a little less than
twenty years. Such an extension, pro
vided tho rights of the people are prop
erly protected, Is not unreasonable.
Omaha Is growing taster than ever before
and tho gas company will bo called upon
to build needed enlargements and exten
sions to keep pace with the growth of the
city, and It must be given a reasonable
franchise extension If we expect It to
ralso the money for additional Invest
ments In this city. These are hard facta
that must be dealt with.
"The proposed franchise. Is not ex
clusive. Sectlpn 10 provides: "That this
ordinance shall not tie deemed to pro
hibit the city from granting rights and
privileges of a similar nature to other
companies.' The city therefore will be
freo at any and all times to grant a simi
lar franchise to any other corporation, or
to build and operate a municipal gas
plant. There Is no doubt or question that
these rights are reserved to the dty.
City Mnr Acunire riant.
"The proposed franchise does not pre
vent the city from acquiring the gas
plant or require the city to pay JUmore
for the plant than It would have to pay
If the franchise is not voted. The fran
chise provides two methods by which the
city .can take over tho gas plant. One,
the appraisers' method, similar t.o that
employed In tho water works case; the
other by condemnation, or eminent do
main. The appraisers' method Is avail
able at tho end of fifteen years und
twenty-five years. The right of tho city
to condemn the gas plant exists at all
limes. This Is so because section 9 pro
vides that there Is reserved to the city
'all rights, authority and powers which
now exist, and all rights, authority and
powers which may hereafter exist In
favor of said city under Its charter to
condemn, appropriate and purchase the
gas works, etc.' The same section spe
cifically provides that In case the city
acquires the plant by either method, no
value shall be placed upon the franchise,
which shall not be considered In arriving
at a price.'
Ilntn Contract Periods.
"If the voters approve of tho proposed
franchise, not only will they make sure
of a price no higher than $1, but they
will give the mayor and council power
to regulate the gas rates from time to
time by making short-time contracts with
the gas company. These rate contract
periods can not be longer than ten years,
and may be as much less as thought de-
slrable. The franchise does not direct
or compel ten-year contracts. I stato
here and now, speaking for myself, that
In case this franchise Is approved I will
stand for the first rater contract not be
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AND MUS. EPHIUAM HUNTINGTON.
Mr. and Mrs. Kphrlam Huntington will
on Monday celebrate their golden wed
ding at the homo of their daughter, Mrs.
J. II. Face, who has Invited their friends
to an Informal reception during the.after
noon and evening.
Mr. Huntington has been v. continuous
resident of Council Bluffs since 1S50 and
Mrs. Huntington since 1861. They have
thus seen almost every stage of the
town's evolution. , Both were born. In
England and both came to this country
when children, accompanying theli
parents. ,
Ephrlam Huntington and Miss Kllxabcth
Tlbbctt Lamb were married In Council
Bluffs on July 21, 1S63, and there are still
a number of the old pioneers who were
present at tho wedding and vT.o will
tomorrow have the pleasure of extending
their congratulations upon the fiftieth
anniversary of the day. All of thflr five
children wero born and raised In Council
Bluffs, four of whom are still living,
Mrs. J. II. Face, who has always resided
here; William R. Huntington of Ruther
ford, N. J.; Charles R. Huntington of
East Orange, X. J., and Mrs. K. C.
Hodder of Benson, Neb. There are ten
grandchildren, moot of whom expect to
be hero with their parents to help cele
brate the golden wedding,
Ins for a period of ten years', hut will
stand for a period ending about the same
time as the expiration of the present gas
franchise, In no event having life of more
than six 'years. I believe the other com
missioners would stand the same, for the
reason that we rejected a ten-year mint-
mum provision proposed, by the Omaha
Gas company. The city will thus be left
free when the first contract expires to
take advantage of any opportunity then
existing to obtain lower rates, and no one
will contend seriously that this commis
sion would be In the council to make tho
next contract-
CltT Control Uiinlltr.
"Tho proposed franchise docs not take
from the .pity Its power over the quality
of gas, inspection of meters, - the stand
ard of gas pressure, etc. The city retains
such power, and we will continue to In
sist, as In the past, upon gas service sec
ond to none In the United States, said
service being brought about under my
administration. '
"Tho .proposed gas franchise will bear
,the most searching Investigation. It will
stand any genuine test In the protection
of the people's Interests. It Is Idle to
talk about tho price of gaB In other cities
where conditions are different, the cost
of gas materials lower, the standards of
quality less severe, and the taxes -paid
by the gas company much less per
1,000 cubio feet than In Omaha. Under
the proposod franchise tho gas company
will pay an annuity or occupation tax
to the city aggregating 5 per cent of Its
gross income, and this in addition to
regular and special taxes on Its prop
erty. "I recommend the proposod franchise
to the people of Omaha and I urge the
Dahlman club, always standing for the
rights of the masses, to study the pro
posed franchise and to make an organ
ized effort to get It approved at the elec
tion of August 19.
"This means that we must stan
shoulder to shoulder and appeal to tho
rank and file, showing them once more
that this club la at all times ready to do
their share In "protecting the interests
of tho plain people."
Following the mayor's speech the club.
with a big majority of Its membership
present, adopted the following resolution:
"Whereas, The honorable mayor of our
city, James C. Dahlman. has for" several
years last past been exerting his best
efforts to secure for the people of the
city of Omaha gas at a price of Jl or less
per 1.000 cubic feet, and.
"Whereas, He has heretofore expressed
his belief that the present proposed gas
franchise authorizing the sale of gas for
tl or less per 1,000 diblc feet la the most
expedient present available means of se
curing to the gas consumers or the city
of Omaha a reduction in the price of gas,
and,
"Whereas, Wo have unbounded faith in
his good Judgment In this matter and be
lieving, as he does, that the proposed
franchise affords the most expeditious
means of securing an early reduction In
the price of gas to the people of lljls city,
now, therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we, members of the
Dahlman- Democracy, club, pledge to the
people of the city of Omtha our support
In securing at the earliest possible date a
reduction in the price of gas to $1 or less,
and be It further
"Resolved, That we pledge our allegi
ance and assistance to our honorable
mayor In his efforts to bring about at
this time the reduction of the price of
gas through the adoption of the proposed
franchise,"
A second resolution authorizes the
executive committee to draw on the club
treasury for funds to aid In carrying on
the campaign.
Between the speech making and the
business session of the club an orchestra
composed of A, It. Gibson. Walter Dona
hue and M. J. Jackson furnished lively
music
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Mr. Huntington was born In the city of
Preston, LnncasteMhtre, England, and
camo to America when an Infant with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Huntington
They, went to Bt. Louis and remained
there until the spring of 1830, when they
came to Council Bluffs, then known as
Kanesvllte, on the steamboat Robert
Campbell. They reached Kanesvlllo on
May 2, their boat being the first to Ar
rive that year. Mrs. Huntington was
born In the town of March, Cambridge
shire, England, and camo to this country
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Lamb, when ft girl, arriving here on Sep
tember 11861. .
It Is expected that hundreds of people
will call at tho Pace home to meet the
old people and receive again their cheery
greetings. Mr. Huntington Is In rugged
health and has not missed a day In his
regular employment for years. For sev
eral years he has been engaged In the
collection department of the Citizens
Gas and Electric company, making all of
the difficult collections as well as col
lecting the monthly bills from tho busi
ness hourcB. He never loses his good
nature no matter how exasperating may
be the conduct of. a slow-paying customer.
Mrs. Huntington Is equally vigorous and
Is blessed with the same buoyant and
sunny temperament.
SAILORS ATTACK I. W. W.'S
Sack Buildings and Make Bonfire of
Furniture at Seattle.
FROM U. S. RESERVE FLEET
Are Aided by Hundreds of Men and
Hoys Salvation Army Meet
, Innr Room Demolished by
Mistake.
SEATTLE, Wash.', July 19. Crowds of
sailors from the Pacific Reserve fleet, at
anchor In the bay, aided by hundreds of
men and boys who came down town to
Join the Golden Potlatch, Seattle's annual
celebration, attacked tho socialists' and
the Industrial Workers of the World
headquarters tonight, sacking the build
ing and dumping' furniture Into the
streets. Two distinct parties made the
attack.
The first. In the northern port of the
business district, wrecked tho Socialist
headquarters near Fifth avenue and Vir
ginia street.
Make Ilonflre.
The second, in the southern part of the
downtown section attacked the Industrial
Workers of tho World headquarters,
dumping the furniture Into the street
and making a bonfire of It.
A provost guard of fifty men was 'sent
aohore from the warships to quell the
disorder.
The sailors, after destroying the Mod
erate Socialist headquarters at Seventh
and Olive, marched to the southern part
of the city and demolished a meeting
room of tho Salvation army, which some
body had told the sailors was an In
dustrial Workers meeting place.
License to Spenk.
During the administration of Mayor
George F. Cotterlll. all street speakers
have been given full license to speak as
long and as loudly as they choose, pro
vided they did not block traffic or dis
play the red flag. The Industrial Work
ers of the .World 'have had meetings
every night at three public squares. The
meetings generally have been orderly.
Mayor Cotterlll has been assailed In the
I newspapers and otherwise for permit
ting public speaking toy the inausirw
Workers.
During the Golden Potlach celebration
hundreds of men from the Pacific reserve
fleet were given shore leave and yester
day many soldiers from Fort Lawton
and Fort Flagor were at liberty. A
number of soldiers and sailors got in a
fight with men attending an Industrial
Workers meeting on Washington street
last night and three soldiers were beaten,
two of them severely.
Ilnps Red VlnK.
Shortly before last midnight Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels, addressing
a banquet given at the Ralnle club in hla
honor, spoke In tribute to the American
flag and took occasion to praise the atti
tude of the mayor of Boston, who stopped
a red flag parade.
"The red flag has no place In this
country," he said, 'Jand believers In It
have no place In this" country,"
His red flag remarks occupied only a
minute and those who observed him
closely say that he had no Intention of
making them apply locally. However,
word was passed about the street today
that the secretary had made a long1 ad
dress devoted to the two flags and had
urged all believers In the red flag be
driven out of the country.
PORTLAND, Ore,., July" IS. When Sher
iff Thomas Word attempted to arrest an
Industrial Worker of the World orator
In one of the city parks tonight, a mob
of several hundred men offered resist
ance. A squad of plain clothes police
men and deputy sheriffs were rushed to
the aid of the sheriff and quelled the out
break, but when the sheriff started for
the court house with his prisoner, George
W. Reeve, the mob gave pursuit. It was
driven back and five ringleaders arrested.
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WASHINGTON. July 19. -Martin M,
Mulhall gave the senate lobby investigate
Ing committee today his story of the al
leged effort In 1907 or 1P03 to bribe SamucJ
Gompers to desert tho cause of labor and
support the policies advocated by tho Na
tional Association of Manufacturers. He
admitted he had no positive Information
that an attempt to brlbo Gompers ac
tually had been made, hut ho said Ather
ton Brownell of New York, hud outlined
tho plans to him and had told him,, Of
what wns to be done. ,
Mulhall was excused late thla attr
noon until Monday morning on
Eround that he was tired after a week 'of
continuous testimony. Tho" committee!
held a session tonight to hear tlg testi
mony of 8. W. McClave of Patersgn. N
J., now a candidate .for congress , fttyi
with whom Mulhall claimed he worked
throughout the campaign of 1910. when
McClavo was running . against Wllllum
Hughes.
Cliiirp;es Mnitp by fiompern.
Tho cotnmlttoo opened tho Clampers In
cident today when newspaper clippings ap
peared showing that Gompers had made
the bribery charges before a , court In
190S and that President Van Cleave of the
Manufacturers' association had denltd
all connection with them. Mulhall sat'd no'
had been referred by Van Clcavo and
Schwedtman, to Mr. Brownell In Now
York, who claimed to bo conducting a
publicity bureau for tho association'
' Brownell told him, ho. said, that a man
named Brandcnberjs. was following' Gbm
pers; thHt they had a plan fixed unby
which they expected o "get", tho labor
leader; and that they wore positive they
could not fall. Mulhall said ho wurnV
them they would not succeed, 'and later
advised Van Cleave to the eamo effect.
Just Missed Trap.
Van Cleavo left New York suddenly, the
witness said, after telling him that ho
had nearly "fallen Into a trap."
"He said they wanted him to go down
to meet these, people, but ho got a tip
not to go," added Mulhall. "Ho told mo
he thought Brownell had moro sense than
to go. Into a trap of that kind."
This was the extent of Mulhall's knowl
edge of the mutter, hut ho insisted, that
from the previous Information he had he
knew the plan that had been on toot
te force Gompers Into signing a document
that would Insure his future action. ,
The Gompers story and an expected
outburst from Mulhall who claimed that
officers of tho National Association of,
Manufacturers wero trying to,, "stare- him
out of countenance," were tho enlivening
features of a day In which the Eolf-con-fessed
"lobbyist" Identified several hurl'
dreds moro of the letters relating to
campaign and legislative activities.
Tries to Interrupt.
Proceedings were running smbothly
when Robert McCarter, attorney for the
Manufacturers' association tried to Ipter
rupt and ask Mulhall a question. ' Tho
committee "thus far has permitted no
questioning by outside attorneys.
"I refuse to answer any questions '.from
that man," shouted Mulhall "Further,
I want to tell the committee that thpse
men at that table have kept some ono
there continually to stare steadily at mi
while I have been on tho stand. I think
It Is a contcmptlblo trick. 'The ex-presl-dent
(John ICIrby, Jr.) relieved Mr.
Emery at the Job a little while ago."
Members of tho committee tried to
sooth the wltnera and Acting Chairman
Bankhead mildly suggested that Mdlhall
look at him Instead of at hla antagonists,
Mulhall admitted he was somowhat
nervous, but Insisted that witnesses have
been Intimidated slnco they were brought
to Washington "outside us well' ,as In
side this' committee room."
Letters Identified today covered 'a wide
range of activity, but centered chiefly
about the campaign In Indiana in 190&
when Mulhall, according to tho docu
ments, was working in closo co-operation,
with Congressman James K. Watson and
with national and stato republican
leaders.
Mulhall told thp committee he raised
$1,600 for tho campaign. One of the
letters referred to this amount and an
other mentioned a list of manufacturing
concerns In South Bend, the proprietors,
of which hod been Welted by Mulhall In
company with Peter Kline, jJeputy
factory Inspector for that district
"In an interview I had with Mr. Parry
and other large business men of this sec
tion, they clearly stated they were Jump
ing the law as far as corporations are
concerned by subscribing 'to our cam
palgn funds," said Mulhall' In a letter to
Schwedtman from Indianapolis, Septem
ber 5M, 1908. "There are a hundred and
one ways to get around that and we nil
know that, and I canpot see why Mr
Van Cleave cannot go around It Just a
well as the large manufacturers here.
Denied Kuiiivlnv of N. A. M. Work,
More correspondence read late In the
day showed that .the Indianapolis News
had Identified Mulhall as connected with
the Manufacturers' association In Sep
tember and had brought the matter Into
pubUo discussion. Mulhall laughingly
told the committee that local, state and
national campaign managers consistently
had denied that they know anything
About any work by the National Assocl
atlon of Manufacturers, even after work
had been going on for nearly a year In
Indiana.
Several letters again referred to Mary,
land. Two of them showed that Mulhall,
In behalf of his employers, was trying to
work both with Collector William F.
Stone, one of the republican leaders und
congressman John Gill, of the Fourth
district, a democrat
At the same time Stone and GUI were
opposing each other bitterly and Mulhall
counselled extreme caution In dealing
with the situation. To the committee
Mulhall explained that GUI had not
sought aid, but that he considered him
a "fair man" and wanted to help him.
Six Coses of Letters.
Six big packlne cases full of letters
from the National Association of Manu.
facturers were turned over today to the
house lobby Investigation committee un
der a 'subpoena served on James A.
Emery, chief counsel for the association.
The letters were stored in a strong room
In the basement of the house office build
ing and a special watchman was pro
cured to watch them during the day and
sleep with them during the night These
letters will form the basis of the house
lobby probo.
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LABOR MEN TO TRY SARMAN
Charged with Making False State
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DIFFER ON COMPENSATION LAW
Seven Men Appointed hy t'rntnxl
"I.nbor Union to Mrcuro Copies
. of Charter for Various
Secretaries.
II. P. Snrrann, president of the State
.Federation of Labor, will hn irlvnn n trlnt
jby the Central Labor union of Omaha on
mu cnarge mat no maae raise statements
In an advertisement published over his
signature recently sotting forth that tho
men circulating tho petitions for a refer
endum on tho Workmen's compensation
law were getting paid for circulating
them. This was decided nt the meeting
pf the Central Labor union last night,
with Barman present Snrman offered to
explain his position, but President George
Norman ruled him out of order as no
definite charges had yet been formally
presented.
Tho charges. are to bo drawn up and
formally presented at the next meeting
of the union. While President Norman,
John Pollnn, J. J. Kerrigan and others
epoko In favor of preferring the charges,
Walter Kllra'ln was the man who made
tha motion that charges be preferred.
The motion passed by a large majority.
No Authority for Action,
Some of the laboring men hold that It
was a mistake anyway tor Sarman to
uso tho name of the State Federation of
Labor in his published attack on the
referendum measure until he had the
action of the federation back of him.
The 'attack on Sarman brought some
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sharp reparteo across the hall. Asked
for sumcthlng of a report on what had
been done In tha filing of tho referendum
petition, President Norman said he had
personally gone to Lincoln' to see to the
filing-
"I shbuld like to ask for my own In
formation." said A. C. WelUel, "who paid
for tho trip to LlncolnT"
"They paid my railroad frtro'and din-,
ner," replied Norman as ho waved his
hand in a sweeping gesture across tho
wall.
Who did?" Weltzel persisted.
"Why thla man,"' Norman went on as
ho waved his hand again In a general
direction across the city.
"This man lllgelow," said Woltxel,
"sent tho petitions out over tho state tb
be circulated, tho petition . against the
convict labor bill, the garnishee bill, and
the compensation bill. But do you know
what ho did? He sent word out In the
state that hd would pay for names on
tho compensation petition only. You
thought he woo taking caro of all of
them. Vou got trtmmt-d and trimmed
right And I hope If you get trimmed a
few times more llko that you will know
better than to tlo up with those follows."
Secrrtnrlrs to Head Charter.
The new charter was takon up when
there wore but a few moments left bo
foro midnight At the suggestion of C.
U Shamp, who 1b one of the throe mem
bors of the charter commission who did
not sign the charter, seven men were ap.
pointed as a committee to sccuro copies
of, the charter for each secretary of th
local unions, in order that the provisions
of the charter may bo studied before th
charter election.
It was also ordered that the women's
clubs of tho city be asked to Investigate
tho matter of the reported shipping ot
telophono girls to St Louis to break a
Gold Watch or a $25 Music Cabinet is Yours for the Asking I
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strike thero. The women are to he asked
to ascertain tho facts as to In Just what
way tho girls were approached and
ordered to Louis.
Offlcors weVo elected tor the coming
half year. George K. Norman was
elected president; T. P. Reynolds, vlco
president ; John -Pollan, recording secre
tary, and John Hulter, treasurer. Tho
three trustees elected wero C. L. Shamp.
J. C. Stockwetl and J. J. Kerrigan. Nets
Larson was elected sorgeant-at-arms, J,
C. Stockwcll was elected as delcgato to
tho meeting of tho Sta'te Federation ot
Labor whlah meets lr? Grand Island.
MELR0Y DIES AS RESULT
OF SHOTGUN WOUNDS
BEAVER CITY, Neb., July 19.-(BpoclaI
Telegram.) J. W. Alelroy died this even
Ing at 0:35 p. m. from the effects df being1
shot twlco Monday evening with a shot
gun. Ills son, Qlover Molroy, who Is
about SS, Is In the county Jail, but will bo
taken to his father's funeral. It has been
learned that after Melroy was shot ho
was left' alone In tho yard; that he
dragged himself Into tho house and tel
ephoned for help. Before his death he
tnudo a statement under oath to the
county attorney, which has not been
mado public.
HALF OF GRASSHOPPERS IN I
KANSAS COUNTY POISONED
DO DOE CITY. Kan.. July It. Half of
the grasshoppers In this county wer
killed by tho farmers recently with poison,
scattered over their fields, according to.
a Teport by P, A. Claason, state eatoj
mologlat, today. .
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$300 Arion Upright, now... SlfiS
$300 Kurtzman Upright, now
$450 Kmerspn Upright, now...,
$400 Packard Upright, now
$300 SchmoIIer & Mueller Upright, now. . .
$1,000 Stelnway Practice Piano, now RKO
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