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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1914)
T1IK HICK: OMAHA, Tt KSOAV, FKB1UWRV 'J4, 1!)U. Nebraska FREIGHT RATE CASE CALLED Railroad Attorneys Ask Commission for a Continuance of Hearing. GOES OVER TO THIS MORNING Contention Mndr Thnt Time- In "Which to InvcatlKKte the Pnctn Set Forth llnve Not Iloen " Sufficient. (Fro:-' a Staff Corrcponilnt.) LINCOLN. Feb. 23.-(Spoclal.)-ln u partially successful attempt to ualn more time, a .large delegation of attorncya rep resenting the rnllroavt of Nebraska ap peared before the railway commission this morning and pleaded to delay further hearing on the freight rnto qeustlon until they could have time to go over the fig ures prepared by tho commission experts. They secured a continuance until 9 o'clock this morning. Representatives of all tho roads were present and a large number of representa tives of Jobbing houses filled the senate chamber. It was evident that the rail roads wcer determined to fight any at tempt to go Into the rate matter as this sitting of tho commission. Edson Rich, representing the Union Pacific, said the roads had cunte- to the hearing with the understanding thnt the arguments were to be made on the mod Ifed nto which the commlssslon had pre pared In place of tho original Order No. 19. "We find after reaching here that wn know nothing about the modified rate." said Mr. Well. "Tho modified rate pre pared by the commission was not pent out to tho railroads In time for us to look over and find out what It contained. It was mailed last Saturday and conse quently could not reach our offices be fore we would havo to lease to be here today, and I do not think we should bo compelled to meet a question which we know absolutely nothing about." Mr. Wch spent considerable time In trying to moke It plain that the railroads were entitled to know un what, basis tho modified rates were compiled. IIo said that in order to meet tho demands of the modified order nnd get an intelligent Idea of what it contained, it would be neces sary to go through the way bills of the roads and find out whether tho roads could meet the order or not and still do business at a profit. He said the Union I'aclflo had employed 110 men, working forty days, figuring out just a portion of order No. 19, and If It was expected that the road were compelled to meet tho demands of the modified rate, they must know what that rate was, ant It would necessitate the spending of thou sands of dollars to figure it out. Mr. Rich was Joined In his contentions by Byron Clark of the Burlington, A. A. JtcLaughlln of the Northwestern, Judge Holmes of the Rock Island and one or two other representatives of the roads. Mr. Rich said the attorneys' did not have tho figures which were In tho pos session of tho commission nnd on which tho commission's expert, Mr. Powell, had been working. "You have the same figures In your office that wo have," said Mr. Powell. T"We arc not prepared, and no ono knows that better than you do, Mr. Pow ell." said tho Union Pacific attorney. "The commission has arrived at rater, those rates are 'made. No basis has yet nnd wo want to know on what hunts been worked out by Mr. Powell that has met tho approval of the courts. Wo nro In the dark, if Mr. Powell has worked out a theory we are entitled to know what that theory Is, nnd then we will know what to do, The railways of the United States aro In a quagmire now." Mr. Rich said that the railway com mission had assumed tho burden of proof by preparing figures and the railroads were entitled to know what those figures were In order that they could work In telligently. "This commission Is not a legislature," he added. "A legislature goes ahead and passes laws without stopping to Inquire whether the law Is Justified; It goes ahead and does things wunout nrsc investigating, me merits oi,, , , , -pi tho matter, but this commission,.! a 3'f- 'U3Slll6r 111 JjXPrGSS without first Investigating, tho merits of fcrent body. It investigates nnd then carries out what that investigation dis closes." "Mr. Powell worked out a scheme in the Rock Island cases which did not meet tho approval of the courts, and If ho has used tho samo scheme In this case, wo aro working In the dark. IMKe com mission will lay down thfl proof It wants, we will spend tho money to meet It." "Yes," said Judge Holmes, attorney for the Rock Island, "Mr. Powell spent monthH in the Rock Island offices get ting proof. Let him lay before this meeting tho figures he found and let us know what It Is. The dala should be laid before us." Chairman Clark announced that the hearing would bo adjourned until 2 o'clock in tho afternoon. Representatives of the shipping Inter ests from different cities of the state Meat Cause of Kidney Trouble Take Salts to flush Kidneys if Back hurts or Bladder bothers. If you must have your meat every day, vat it, but flush your,kIdricys with salts occasionally, says a noted authority who tells us that meat forms uric acid, which almost paralyres the kidneys In their ef forts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken, then you suffer wltl a dull misery In the kidney rtgion, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather Is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get sore nnd irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. To neutralize these Irritating adds, to cloanse the kidneys and flush off the hody's urinous wasto get four ounces of J ad Salts fioin any pharmacy here; take a tablcspoonful In a glass of water be fore breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then net fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with llthla. and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish kiiinevs. also to neutralize the aelds In urine, so It ns longer irritates, t.ius ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure, and makes a dellghthful effervescent Ulbia-watar drink. Advertisement. Nebraska wero present. E. J. MeVann represented Omaha, V. J. Coates and other, Grand Island; Willard F. Bally and one or two moro came from Kearney; C. 11. Kelsey, Norfolk; C. Hgsleston, Holdiegr; and othets from Crawford. Knit bury, oluCni bus and other IHi'nt. When the commission convened this aft ernoon Mr. Rich asked the privilege of putting Mr. Powell on the stand as a witness for tho railroads, butt he request was denied, lie was told that the ship pers would use Mr. Powell and the ra 1 roads would have the privilege of ques tioning him as a witness of the shippers. Mr. Rich asked that postponement of tho hearing be had until tomorrow -In order that the representatives of the roads might hold a conference, saying that such postponement would facilitate matters and this was granted. The shippers were given nn oppmtunlty to many any showing this afternoon they drslrcd, but none was made. However. K. J. MeVann of Omaha askoJ If at the close of the showing made by the roads the shippers might Introduce evidence nnd was told that they.could. W. T. Thompson appearing for the shippers said that his clients did not care to make any showing until after the rail roads had made their arguments. GOVERNMENT WILL PAY FOR FARM RUINED BY SILT TKCT'MSEIt, Neb., Feb. 22.-(Speclal.) John Ward, former county treasurer of 1 Johnson county, writes friends here from , Cody, Wyo., that tho government Is go ing to pay him for damage sustained In the loss of his 126-acre ranch by sand ami silt blowing from the government Irriga tion reservoir, when It was dry. over his farm. Mr. AVnrd Is to receive JS0 per acre for the land ,the contract having been signed. Three of Mr. Wnrd's neighbors, who suffered like losses, aro to be reimbursed by the government. Theso' farniB lie near the mouth of the reservoir and, during the time the reser voir was dry, tho Band and silt btew onto tho farms to a depth of six or seven feet in places, ruining the farm and Improve ments. AURORA. Neb., Feb. 23.-(Spec!al.) Tho members of the Nineteenth Century club entertained their husbands at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey 13. Wood. Tho music committee, consisting of Mrs. Glen Annawalt, Mrs. Merle Mather and Mrs. Eva Laurie, had arranged a pro gram of Instrumental and vocal music composed by American authors. Tho club colors are cherry and white, which wero In , decorations. Ltttlo cherry colored hatchets were pinned onto every one as they entered as a reminder of Washing ton's birthday. Brick ice cream with little cherry colored hatchets In tho cen ter and nablscos wero served. Ilentrlf Veteran Found Itenil. BEATRICE. Neb., Feb. 23.-r(Spcolal.)-A. J. Bruer, a civil war veteran, was found dead Saturday at his home by his daughter. Death Is supposed to have been caused from heart trouble. Last summer Mr. Bruer underwent two opera tions, which resulted In the loss of both his legs. The deceased was 73 years of ago and leaves a family of six children. Federal Troop Train is Blown Up Near Mexico City VERA CRUZ. Mex.. Feb. 23.-A gov crnment troop train carrying a company of Infantry from Mexico City, destined for Jalapa, was blown up on Saturday afternoon by rebels. The wreck occurred near the Lima station of the Interoccanlo railway, 140 miles from Vera Crur. Tho explosion was terrific and tho entire train was demolished. AH on board, In cluding fifty-five officers and men and tho English engineer, wero killed. A passenger train which was following in the wako of the. troop train was fired on by the- rebels, but csenped by backing rapidly. Office is Murdered CORNING. N. Y.. Feb. 23. Harry Ed wards, night cashier of an express com pany here, was shot and killed early today by David Dunn, a burglar. Dunn, who Is only 19 years old, was urrested and confessed the crime. Ho Is a former employe of the company nnd had been given permission to sleep In tho office last night. In a struggle with Edwards he drew a revolver and shot the agent through tho heart. After assuring himself that Edwards was dead Dunn made two unsuccessful attempts to open the safe. In which was (10,000 In currency. He escaped, but wan traced by a trail of bloody footprints in the snow. Fourteen Lives Lost , in Crew's eRscue WEXFORD, Ireland, Feb. S3. The sur vivors of the crew of the wrecked Nor wegian bark Mexico were today taken off tho barren Island on which they landed Saturday, They had been since then withqut food. Fourteen men were drowned In the various attempts made to rescue them. The Mexico went ashoro on Friday while on Its way from Laguna, Mexico, to Fal mouth. Its distress signals were an swered by two life boats, one of of which was stove in on reaching the vessel, but Us crew managed to s:ramblo on board. The other capsized and sank,. Tho Mexico was dashed to pieces on the rocks and its crew and the remaining llfo savers were washed ashore. Five Greek Bishops Killed by a Bomb DEBRECHIN, Hungary, Feb, 23. Five priests were killed by a bomb explosion today In the office of Bishop Mlklossy, a prelate of the Greek Catholic church. The bishop, who Is supposed to have been the object of tho outrage, had a narrow es cape. The victims Include the bishop's vicar, whose daughter, on hearing of her i father's death, became Insane. The crea tion of a Gn ek Catholic bishopric hero a year ago' provoked much hostility. A Ilrnlse or Cat is rendered antiseptic by Hti -kltn Ar nica Salve, a sure remedy for horea, bruises, piles, eczema. 2Cc. All druir gists. Advertisement. Studies Wqrking Girl Agnes Miss Agnes Nestor of Chicago, whom , President Wilson hns appointed n member of tho commission which will investigate methods of educntlng tho working girl so that she can earn a living wage. Miss Nestor was formerly president of the In- BEATRICE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INITIATE CLASS BEATRICE, Neb., Fob. 'J3.-(Spcchil.) A class of thtrty-nlno members of the Knights of Columbus was Initiated hero Sunday afternoon. Services wero held nt lt. Joseph's church' In the morning and tho Initiatory services wero con ducted In Odd Fellows' hall in tho after noon, Many prominent Knights of Co- Wnbus workers In this tcctlon of tho state wero present, nnd n special train wns run from Wymote, bringing about 100 members hero from thnt town. Tho degree work was put on by tho Wymoro council, and District Deputy Georgo V. Corcoran of York. in tho evening a banquet wns held, among tho principal speakers being tho Right Rev, Henry Tlhcn of Lincoln. Georgo F. Corcoran of Yorlc was tho toastmastor, and the toast list was ns follows: "A Word of Welcome," Rev. E. Boll; "Our Debt of Gratitude," John W. Dclehant; "Reflections of the Day," W. E. Straub; address, Rt. Rev. J. Henry Tlhcn of Lincoln, . The local council wbb recently organ ized with a membership of fifty-six. Key to tho Situation Bee Advertising. mm "e ""es, wun ns tnucn case nQHTWaHHMHHnXi Wtm!Irft8MttmfH II for the President, TtesioA teruatlonal Glove Makers' union. Other members of the commission Include Miss Florence M. Mnrshnll of Now York nnd Senator Iloko Smith of Georgia, chairman. A Record Figure The filling at the Apollinaris Spring during the year 1913 Exceeded 40,000,000 Bottles , WMflmmsm I WBBBSM Nebraska TELEPHONE USERS HOLD MEETING AT TECUMSEH TECUMSEH. Neh.. Feb S.-(8peclal.) A second mltss meeting of telephone users of Johnson county was held In tho court house In Tecumseh Saturday utter noon and was attended by llrt or moic farmers and business men from over the county. The meeting was called to listen to the reports of committeemen chosen at previous meeting to solicit tho tele phone users of thn county to become stockholders In a mutual telephone. The wholo action Is1 tho outgrowth of the ralso In rates nnd curtailment of scrvh-e In Johnson county by the present tele phono system, tho Lincoln Telephone nnd Telegraph company, rates having been ndvanced February 1 upon order of the railway commission. The reports from some localities were most en couraging, the majority of telephone users showing ft desire to orgnnlio tho mutual company. In other sections It was not so encouraging, due, perhaps, to a less thorough or persistent canvass by tho committeemen, nnd n deslro to get the plan In some concrete forni ! fore action should x tukeu. Some red hot seeches wero made on the floor of the meeting. In which the telophono com pany and tho railway commission were criticised for tho action taken, and where different communities announced their Intention of forming mutual companies, whether the plan was to becomo county wide or not. The committee nt Tecum sell was augmented by tho addition of threo new members farmers nnd the meeting was adjourned for one week. Teetuneli llefentu I'nrviiee t'ltr. TECUMSEH, Neb., Feb. 23.-(SpcclaU The game of basket ball between the high school teams of Pawneo City and Tecumseh played at the Smith theater In this city Saturday evening, resulted In it victory for the locals, the score being 18 to .11. Tecumseh played Hum boldt at Humboldt Friday evening and won the game by ft score of 29 to 27. The Persistent and Judicious Use of Newspaper Ad"rrtislng Is tho Road to Business Success. BURGESS NASH CO. ''EVERYBODY'S STORE" Tuesday, reb. a4,j'914. Store ITawi'for Tuesday Sixteenth and Harney BLIZZARD EXTRA EVERYTHING hero nt the Burgess-Nash Co. to pro toot, you from tho snow and keep you warm, whether indoors or out from rubber shoes to com forters nnd blankets. Sleds to help tho youngsters enjoy It, and shovels to holj) you clear off tho sldowalks. 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