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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1011. Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska, Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska START REPUBLICAN WEEKLY General Demand at Lincoln for Paper that Will Be Loyal. COMMITTEE BEHIND THE MOVE Adntnnt ftrnernl Itccclvcn Letter from AVnr Department SiiRBCut ItiR .Joint Mnneiivrr ivlth Iomii (iunrd. (From a Staff Corrcsponiicnt ) LINCOLN, March K.-tSpoclaU-Seeln the need of having a republican paper at the capital of tho stato that could bo re lied on to flfflit the battleg of the party against the common political enemy, the democrats, the stato republican commit tee will arrange for tho publication of a weekly to bo known as the Nebraska Re publican. The paper has already subscriptions well up toward the 3.W0 number and suc cess of tho proposition Is assured. It will be a weekly and Its editorials will bo furnished by several of tho republican editors of tho state. It is expected that the first Issue will bo ready about the time the state committees meet in Lin coln on March SO. I'lnn ti I till,. ttIIIi lovin. A letter from the War department re ceived by Adjutant General Hall this morning: asks what tho Nebraska Guard could do In tho way of Joining with Iowa In an encampment and maneuvers this year along: In July or August. Both Gov ernor Morchead and Adiutnat General Hall aro In favor of the proposition, as It will make a saving: to tho Nebraska de partment of about $10,(K, as the govern ment will stand J1S.O0O of the JSS.OOO ex pense. The Nebraska officials have re plied that the plan meets with their ap proval. llrodrrlck I'Uch. Mon Drodcrlek of Clay Center has filed I for tho republican nomination for sen ator from tho Nineteenth district, com- posed of the counties of Clay and Adams. Mlsannrl Valley Meillc Sleet. Physicians and surgeons of flvo states, Wissoud, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and ! South Dakota, mot hero today In the first of a two day's session of the Missouri Valley Medical association, for a discus- , Flon of modern diseases and their pre vention. Interest centered today in the I discussions on cancer and the use of radium to offect a cure. Koniglisten Files for Congress in the Third District NORFOLK, Neb., March M. -(Special Telegram.) Art J. Konlghsten, city at torney of Madison county, sent his filing papers to the secretary of stato today ax a democratic candidate for congress In the Third Nebraska district. In a statemont accompanying his filing papers he declares that persistent requests from every county In tho district have Insisted that he make the race. His backers, he says, urge him to run because his nomi nation would havo a tendency to reunite n rather dlsorganlxcd party. FATAL AFFRATaT BINGHAM George Rowding is Instantly Killed in Gun Duel. RALPH DAILY IS WOUNDED Auditor Has Plan For State Building (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 26.-(Spoclal.)-A sug gestion made by Stato Auditor Howard ns to the new building to bo erected by Ne braska on the exposition grounds of tho Panama-Pacific exposition at San Fran cisco looks good to several members of the committee. The auditor believes that the frame for tho building should be made of steel chipped from Nebraska structural steel plants and put up on tho grounds. The parts could bo bolted together and tho walls made of wire screen such a sis used In plastering. When tho exposition Is over tho building could bo taken down, shipped .back to Nebraska and erected on the stato fair grounds In exact dupli cation of tho Nebraska building at the exposition and dedicated to Borne special department of the state fair. 13y bolting tho parts together it may easily bo taken down with little loss and when re-erected could be put together permanently and tho whole thing would not be a totol loss to the state. IllKli Sehonl Given Piny. AURORA, Neb., March 26.-(Special.) Tho high school gavo tho play, "The Gen eral's Daughter," last night. The leading parts were taken by Leota Grosshaus, Ireno Haughey, Grace Otto, Harry Sims, 'ICd Setvers, Sam Daniels, Karl Mabon. Tho play was given under the special direction of Miss Elizabeth Tlorney, in structor of music, assisted by all the high school teachers. About fifty pupils took part The rcisistcut and Judicious Use of Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to Uuslncss Success. Fight U OutKro-rrth or n Unnrrcl IVlileh Stnrteri nt n Country IJnnee SevernI Dnyn Ann. BINGHAM. Neb., March Si.-lSpcclal Telegram.) As a result of a shooting affray hero last evening eGorge Rowdlng was Instantly killed and Ralph Dally serl affray here last evening George Dowdlng uwaltlng tho coroner, who will arrive to day and Dally has been taken to the Mercy hospital at Alliance, where It Is reported he Is getting along nicely. The trouble started at a country dance held n short time ago where Dally, as floor manager, refused to permit Rowd lng to dance the bear. This so Incensed the latter that he carried his quarrel to their first meeting, which was about 6 p. m. yesterday. Hot words were fol lowed, it Is said, by both going for their guns, Dally having a rifle in his wagon and Rowdlng his gun in his chaps in the harness shop". Four shots were ex changed, one passing through Rowdlng's heart causing almost instant death, and another passing close under )ally's left shoulder coming out on the opposite side. Both boys bore a good reputation und a profound sorow is felt over tho sad and unexpected affair. Dally lives with his parents, about sixteen miles south of town, and Rowdlng hats been working In this vicinity. His home is In Merna, Neb. Paroled Bigamist Names Both Wives in Divorce Suit KUSTIS, Neb., March 2G.-(Special Telegram.) In his petition for divorce, filed In district court In Frontier county, William Denzoln, a recently paroled bigamist, names Minnie DIekoff ot Omaha and Minnie Welse of Livermore, la., as defendants, alleging unfalthtitiness and desertion. Ho married the former In May, 1911, and alleges she deserted him a year later. Shortly afterward he met and married Minnie Welse In Omaha and lived with her up until tho time ho was arrested and sent to prison. Denzeln Informed his attorney that ho and the Welse girl were Infatuated with each other and that they plan on re marrying after he secures his divorce and pardon. His attorney, C. H. Tanner, says this Is the first action of Its kind to be Instituted In Nebraska courts that of a bigamist naming both wives as co-defendants For Indigestion and Ultlousncss uso Dr. King's New Life Pills. Rid tho stomach and bowels of all Impurities and tone up the system. 25c. All druggists. Advertisement Fourth Attempt to Dnrn Mouse. SCHUYLER, Neb., March 20. (Special.) Tho fourth attempt was made yester day to burn the home of George Howe. While the family was absent, about 8:30 p. m., this mysterious person entcrod by way of the back door and attempted to set fire to the house by pouring coal oil on the stairway. Closing the door stifled the flames. 3C lUt It It D FOLKS say you can't buy fren' ship. Shucks, a fel ler kin buy a pipei an' he kin buy a dog an I reckon they're about the best fren's any man ever had. mm It nt it ROADS ALL PLEAD POVERTY I Rock Island Declares Operating at Loss in the State. EXPENSES ALWAYS ON INCREASE Union Tnelflc Sny It CnM IUk Sum to Meet lleniniuts of Modern Com in Inn I on Herniation Over Former Conditions, There's comfort good cheer refreshment satisfaction in fxrcxir7 pun r SSI (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March M.-(Speclal.) Tho third day of the railroad rate hearing be fore the Stato Railroad commission de veloped a mass ot figures Intelligible only to those who were familiar with rate hearings and which were probably pre sented by tho carriers for the purpose of furnishing evidence to enable them to go before' the courts In case the commis sion cannot sec things their way and sticks to its modified schedule No. 19. As in the testimony given the day before the carriers attempted to show that cam- ! Ings of the roads havo not kept abreast with expenses. The Northwestern, Vnlon Pacific and Rurllngton had all taken a hand In showing that revenues of their roads did not warrant any lowering of freight rates, but It was up to the Rock Island through Its comptroller, Mr. May. to show that other roads were enjoying a picnic In comparison to what the Rock Island was compelled to stand. Mnj Hook laluiiil l.n.en. Last year the Rock Island, according to Mr. Nay, earned only a little more than one-half ot 1 per cent on Its valua tion. In 1912 the road operated In Ne braska .at a loss and at no time In tho past five years has the road had a greater earning capacity than one halt ot 1 per cent on Its valuation. Mr. Nay thought that instead ot cut ting down the earning ability of the road It should be given a raise. He was not particular whether tho reproduction value of tho road be UBed as tho basis for rate figuring and Interest return or tho pres ent worth. In either oaBe the figures would show that tho road was making notholng. Even on the depreciation valuo used In figuring the net return for 1912 the company actually came out with less cash than It expended on operation. Mr. Nuy presented the following figures for tho last flvo years, showing the percent age both on reproduction valuo and present value. Per cent on reproduction value. 1.31 9ti Per cent on present value. U7 .33 Def. .63 Rock 1W0 1910 .. 1911 1912 Def. 1913 56 The reproduction value of the Island In 19U secured by Uic commission on the Nebraska truckage of tho road and Its property was $11,474,336. Its pres ent or depreciated value Is given as 19,427,611. On this valuation the road earned In the last five years the follow ing: Nineteen hundred and nine, JloO.IOS; 1910, J110.000: 1911, ?3,990; 1912, a deficit of $673; m, $63,727. Mr. Nay admitted that the payroll of the road had Increased In the last six years more than $3,000,000, an average of something like $475,000 a year, A part of this had to bo borne by' the earnings ot the road In Nebraska. 'Mr. Nay then took the original order No. 19 and basing his figures on It showed that In March', 1913, the road lost In reve nue on Nebraska business alone $382, which would m.lko for tho twelve months on those figures a loss of $11,793. Snlury InerenacN. Incident to the raise in salaries and wages- to employes, Mr. Nay said that the raises in salaries had been as follows: General office clerks, 6 per cent; freight onglneers, 8 per cent; switching en gineers, 13 per cent; passnegcr firemen, 5 per cent; freight firemen, 9 per cent, switching firemen, 11 per cent; passenger conductors, 10 per cent; conductors, 10 per cent; passenger brakomcn, 10 per cent; freight brakemen, 10 per cent; ma chinists. 8 per cent; carpenters, 7 per cent; section foremen, 12 per cent; other trackmen, C per cent; telegraph operators, 11 per cent; all others, 2 per cent; watch men, 7 per cont. Mr. Buckingham, engaged In special rate work for the Union Pacific freight department spent a great deal of the day on the stand and made comparisons ot the cost of transportation of freight In Nebraska In comparison with other states, in each Instance showing that the proposed scale wus much higher than the Interstate Commerce scale. Another way In which ho showed that thero was not as good a chance for Nebraska roads to make anything as compared with other states was by a division of different states Into four zones In which the dens ity of population was given per square mile. The division made In Nebraska as the eastern, eastern middle, western mid dle and western zones and the other states were divided In the same manner: Neb. Kan. Minn. Ia. Mo. Kastcrjl 26.C 29.3 35.0 CO 65.0 Kastcrn middle. 10.8 19.8 32.7 29 27.8 "Western middle 2.78 F.&i 20.3 37 32.8 Western 2.31 3.89 13.7 34 06.2 Hnten Mnve Ileen Lowered, Showing a difference In rates as charged In 1S87 to different points with those charged at the present time, Mr. Bucking ham said that the figures were given to show that rates had been lowered con trary to the prevailing opinion that they had not. On fourth class freight from Omaha to Grand Island the charge In 1887 was 40 cents per hundred, while the present charge Is 30 cents. From Omaha to Kear- ney tho 1S87 chnrge was 6G cents on first class and 35 cents in 1914. From Omaha to McCoolc the reduction was 5 per cent, i to Hauler 8 per cent and to Broken How j M per cent. j Attorney Edson Rich of the Union Pa- I clflc gave a few figures which he said I it had cost the Union Pacific road to j meet the demands or laws tpade regu lating the railroads and the cost of get ting up material which It had been re quired to furnish In caves like the present. Kxtrn "Work Costly. It had cost the Union Pacific auditing department $3,009 to furnish Information to the Stato Board of totalization. The nrnannl lie.rfmr liorl irtut , V. a -.. .1 t AV I . . . . . . ' o --ww. ...w tun., 94, vvv. j The cost of furnishing reporU for the physical valuation department una $29,217. , It cost, the company $1,000 to put in hog shields; the highway act requiring widen ing of crossings cost $7,600; mowing weed law of 1930 cost the company $13,000; tho extra crew bill cost $3,4C9.20; standard ca-l-iTosfs rost fill. HO; the factory bill cost the rrad f,:M.; the e'ectric headlight It'll cost the company $14,630. Cuit of I'emonal njarlra. Personal Injuries have cost the com pany In the past years the following amounts in Nebraska atone; 1507 $49,45 1911. . ..$63,710 1906 si.ow . mt n.wi isw mm ' wu i.j JtMO 3MM Taxos paid by the I'nlon Pacific In this state were shown to be as follow: Z KH.160 WU $m.s uM MS.M 1112 7WU17 W10 646.S1K WU 811,17$ These figures were glvon to show that tho Increasing drmnnds upon the road wero of such maunltiule that any re duction in rates would seriously detract from the road's efficiency. THOMPSON SAYS STATEMENT MADE WITHOUT AUTHORITY (From a Staff Correspondent. LINCOLN, March 3i.-(8pecl.)-V. 11. Thompson of Grand Island denlc tho right of John V. Sink of Grand Island to net as his political mouthpiece and In a telephone mcssago to Tho lice rep resentative today dictated the follow ing: "The Morning Hee. through you. prints what purports to be nil Intervlow with Mr Sink. This statement so far as I am concerned Is without authority from mo and 1 believe without authority from Governor Morchead. Personally I urn more Interested In what the condldato stands for than I nm who the ctmdl dato of tho party Is." Further deponoth would say not. Whether Mr. Thompson Is not In har mony with Mr. Sink or whether Mr. Sink Is not In harmony with Mr. Thompson, must bo gathered from tho above, as Mr. Thompson would neither deny or affirm whether the statement made by Mr. Sink to The Uco correspondent yes terday was coricct. ' While Mr. Thompson seems to believe that Mr. Sink hod no authority to talk Ifor Governor Morchead, the fact re mains that Air. Sink said Governor Morchead had told him emphatically ho would not be a candidate again for the governorship, and to nowspaper men this morning announced ho would either today or tomorrow Imub a statement to that effect with the reasons why. While Mr. Thompson was In Washing ton recently on his pacification trip In tho effort to bring peace between Sena tor Hitchcock and -Secretary Bryan, Mr. Thompson's name was connected with tho governorship ns a probable candi date. II tali Meeime Tleket nt ClnrUn. CLARKS, Neb., March 2C.-(8peclal.)-Tho c'tlzens' party the high license ad vocates of this place, have nominated W. J. Hlggins, J. M. Hlgglns and Lester Carson as candidates for tho office ot village trustees. This puts two parties In the field, with the "wet" and "dry" question thy main 'ssue. Notes from Beatrice 1 and Gage County HKATltlOlC. Neb.. .March S.-iHeoin1.) Tho low a-N'chrasl;n Public Service com pany will soon legln the work of rebuild ing Its lines In this city. The plant near the Burlington station will also be i built fnd mado fireproof. W. t Iloss of ;vJiiuuin, rcvpnrr ui urn luuiifiiij, iv. i. Cnpps of lllalr and L. A. Williams of j Norfolk arrived In tho city Wednesday to map out nans tor improving me piani. The funeral services for tho late Sirs. Hhoda Morris, who passed nwny at her homo In West Beatrice Tuesday, were hold this afternoon from the home of 1 her daughter, Mrs. l A. Roff. The de- ' ceased, who was I years old, was prob-, ably the oldest woman In Ougc county. Lawrence Jones of Chicago, a former lloatilce resident, Wednesday purchased tho confectionery store of M. O. HMnncr on Lower Court street and will assunln charge In a few dais. ( L. Sherwood, master mechanic for the Union Pacific at this point, left Tues day for New York City, where he will meet Mr. and Mrs. It J. Kllpatriek and their daughtrr. Miss Katherluo Kllpnt rlck, on the.'r return homo from a trip abroad. From there Mr. Sherwood and Miss Kllpatrlrk will go to Southport. N. J., tho former's old home, where they i will ho married. After a trip through the southern state they will return and inakc their home In Beatrice. .Notlilnn' No (lo.iil for n Conjrli or told When you have n cold you want the best mcdlclno obtnlnnbln so at to get rid of it with the least possible delay. Tin re are ninns who consldc- .Chamberlains Cough Remedy unsurpassed. Mrs. J llorotf, Kllda, Ohio, sajs: "Kvcr slni'e my daughter Ruth was cured of a se vere cold and cough hy- Chamberlain's Cough Remedy two jears ago I have foil kindly dlsposei) toward the mnnufaf turcrs of that prcpnrrft'on. 1 know of nothing so quick to tcll-ve a cough nr cure a cold." All denlers.-iAC-.crtlso- ment. Key to the S t jatloti-tijo Advj ertlslng The Beer of yfflv If in doubt individuality try it and quality M , THE Lanpher HAT Dietetic Value of Beer From a German Medical Opinion The intoxicating action of beer is very much less than that of wine and whiskey; and as it gradually tends to suppress the use of the latter, it accomplishes a high mission in the history of civiliza tion. The intoxicating action of the small quantity of alcohol (in beer) is neutralized by the carbonic acid and the malt extract. Hops in small quantities stimulates the appetite and promotes evacuation, (or acts as a laxative.) Beer is very nutritious when consumed with meat, cheese and bread and it is greatly undervalued as promoting health and robustness, DR. KIRBACH BIIIIB mmmmmmm mi l 1 1 i immmmamamm,mamammmamamamB& B jjjj H 'jv K sMsiiTlliHsissBi PnbIh sBAjB Not "Raised with Yeast You can "raise" a loaf Cf5 r TTTu; n i a --'c-: Ul W1JL11C 11UU1 UlCclU with yeast -but you can't "raise" healthy, robust American youngsters in that way. The for growing boys and girls X best food. Wheat It contains no yeast, no fats, no chemicals of any kind just pure whole wheat, steam-cooked, shredded and baked., The crisp, brown Biscuits are not only deliciously appetizing, but they encourage thorough chewing, which makes them better than porridges for growing youngsters. Ask your grocer. Always heat the Biscuit in oven to restore crispness. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits with hot milk or cream will supply all the energy needed for a half day's work. Deliciously nourishing when catn in combination with baked apples, stewed prunes, sliced bananas or canned or preserved fruits. Try toasted Triscuit, the Shredded Wheat wafer, for luncheon with butter, cheese or marmalade. Made only by The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N.Y. I