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Harding Spends
-Payijtegecting
' Paharria Canal
President-Elect Majte Per
tonal Study of Working of
Waterway From Deck of
Mine Sweeper.
Cristobal,; Canal Zone, Nov. 24.--t
(By, The Associated Pfess.)Sena
tor ''.Warren, tJ. Harding, United
.' States president-elect, gave tip golf
and motoring this morning-" to make
" i a personal study of the practical
- wording of the Panama canaL He
planned to leave here at 8:30 a'clock
- ona government mine sweeptr and
, -tooked forward to a leisurely' jour
1 ney tttrough the waterway. '
.. ? Mr. Harding hat taken a keen jn-
terest In the future of the canal, and
'Is kuon to believe it to be one of
, , the outstanding national assets as
regards iarcign commerce. During
the debase in congress relative to the
canal, the problem of tolls foe. Atner
' ; Mcftj jhipi received his particular
v attention, his strong conviction for
v htrei passage for American shrps
' 'hiving beeflf expressed many times,
both In congress and in his speeches
during the, last campaign. '
Colonel Chester Harding gover
nor of the canal zone, accompanied
' him on the trip and tonight will be
his host it a dinner at the Pacific
d" ; terminal of the tanal. The dinner
will bej followed "by a public recep-
tion, and the party will remain on the
i Pacific , toast until Friday. Mr.
Harding will attend a dinner given
l by President Porras of .Panama at
.,' the palace Thursday night. 1
r,The steamer Parismina was wet
epmed Into the harbor yesterday by
j a swann of army airplanes and sey-
tral submarines, which met it three
i miles out and convoyed it to its
dock. A large crowd cheered the
v president-elect and , his wife, and a
.formal,, greeting was extended by
Governor ,Hrdingv' Brigadier Gen
eral Kennedy and Rear Admiral'
'm Johnson'. commanders respectively,
of military and naval forces in the
canal; ton.' ';; .: v; :r .
Irish Row Debated
InBrMshXornmons
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Tederation has actaaUv used 'the bul
letin and based it3h a charge of
' reprisals, so tailed, and circulated it
without any comment except this:
'Display this prominently wherever
' you can.'. . V ' v- -i. '
"The right honorable gentleman
(Mr. Asquith), is president of that
federation," Sir Hanut added:
' ! ir Hamar noted .ttaj(Mf. As
quith had referred to tVe comments
, of an America! corresponUent. .
' "We have certain knowledge
continued the chief secretary", "that
some of these enjoy the hospitality pi
, the murder gang itself in Ireland.
They send their newspaper matter
-to America to hurt Anglo-American
friendship and do their besUto
- damage the British empire.,. ".""
) "I conld name' these papers thai
t have printed the most notable falsi'
': hoods, )rot the last election in Amer
v. ica has been an adequate response.
Those who, sjet up to make,tbe Irish
- question an issue rather than Anglo
American friendship were covered
withdcifiai.",
. 'vfDenl
jutme Keprwais. .
; As regarded, the reprisal charges,
the chisf ' secretary declared there
was not a single authenticated case
of anything called" a rep"isat having
' taken, plae, under an officer. He
v tited an instance of . soldiers who
lost their eads because of the mur
. tier of a lieutenant of wjiom thfy
were very fond, anrhad started firf
ing. Another officer, said SiHamar,
drew, a revolYCJ;nd threatened to
kill any soldier who did not cease
4 shcating, with the result that the men
, vstooped. - .' - '
1 ThTT-crown 'orces, decjared the
chief secretary, were daily growing
more effective. It was true that
'i more of them were being murdered,
Lut that was becai'.se they were as
v serting the authority of the crown.
extracts Ironv a document ne sa'.a
had. been recently captured were
ready1 'to show" that 7,50 pounds
sterling had been spent, in organis
ng the headquarters , staff of the
fcpubHca army since July. vThisY
' he said, was the center of the "mutr
' ' der gang" and that ft was from this
. enterv that in some cases 100
v pounds (per skull) of the police and
military had been paid. ' V
N. . Plans Discovered. .
I 1 Specific instructions for the manu
Jacture of certain - high explosive
ha'djbeen discovered, the chief sec--retary
declared, and two carefully
1 detailed plans for the ticstrnctioB of
,' large power house in Manchester
' in,i ( th& docks 1 in Liverpool had
been found.' In the Liverpool case,
he, saia, among the details were hv
structionf regarding actionat 21
points, . involving the use of 80Q
; ' pounds of gelignite. , u
, Among other documents showing
ttie effect of the present policy of
the government. Sic Hamar quoted
statement from a iinh republican
nrmy ofiicer to the effect t tint the
Jkemjr had found'atry -effective
'' method f disrupting the republic
irmy s movement . vThe officer said
sortof terror 'was 'creeping in and
lisorganUatifcn sctting in in many
' ases. ' The of fittr added that if the
t olunteers. were disrupted alt was
"x ' vitern Nebraska Hi-Y
, f0ub tp Hold Meeting
North Platte, Neb., Nov. ,34.-
' Special Telegram.) The western
icbraska Hi-Y older boys' cpnfer-
nee will be held here from Novem
i .er 26 to 28: About ISO delegates
v."? -will attend. A program of addresses
4 i nd banquet, basket ball tournament
Jnd mass meeting will be held. Su-
i'. lerintendent Littel. members of the,
) Notary clubSmd Chamber of Ccm
- ie rce will assist in entertaining the
- , .isitors. ?i "y . '-.'
Rail Loank Approved. ,
Washir.gtoW; Ndy. 24. The In
'eritate Commerce commission ap
' prv-ed a loan of $6,656,479 to the
.Boston and Maie railroad for'new
locomotives and other equipment,
the company itself Jo finance about
-U12,000 to meet the loan $f. the
government Vv7.'
lntinf)Piature--Oranden Elec
trie co.. formerly , BurKets-Granden
, CO- Adf. -. . ,
Wife and Stepdaughters
-Fight Over $75,000. Will
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! Above on the left 'is Mrs. Fratik
C; Hepry and. on the right, Mrs.
Emmet HannonjfOiwg step-daughters
of the late Ellsworth Jrt. Eck- .
man. Tey axe seeking in county '
court to break a will wbi(?h he made r
on his deathbed in Minneapolis. Au
gust 5, leaving his entire ,$75,000 s
tate to his second wife, Mrs. Glen
d)a petty Eckman,, shower in the
lower picture. Eckmatr wedded
Miss Glendola Petty, his nurse, a
momn perore jrjis peain,
f?ebraska litwmakers
i'-lifl.'EatTikkey.-at
Homes in
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.WashftiStton,'" D. C. Nov. 24.
(Special "l'flcgram.)With the ary
rival of Congressman and Mrs. An
drews of Hastings, thje ' Nebraska
delegation is complete and ready to
begin the closing session of the 66th
congress.' -..-With
the i'excepjion' 'of "Uncle
Mdse" Kinkaid, the bachelor mem
ber of-4he delegation, who will spentt
Thanksgiving with relatives in Pitts
btttfh, the Nebraska -membere will
celebrate'" the national holiday with
their families, 'large, and 1 jwlcy tur
keys having been provided in nonor
of the landshde" on November 2J
which carried the. republican eandl?
dates into office' with unprecedented
majority, - i
Mrs. Ajidrewix wife of ' the ton
gftSsman from'tlfc Fifth -district,
who had a very' serious fantbrough
an areaw8y .in .h,erthomt iaLtIast?
ings during the summpr and which
almost resulted fatally, is greatly im
proved md i$ - gradually regaining
the use of her arm which was frac
tured in the accident. . v
Mail Train Suspect$ ; :
Arraigned in Court
dUrI rtum Fm One.)
makers and Attorney Hess, squab
bling over estimates of time regard
ing the arrests of the prisoners.
t'The convnissioncrmade nd. effort
to put a stop to the wrangling, v v
: Depuhr Is 0 vernjled. ;
! The hearing was schedsfed. to cipen
at 10 o'clock sharp., jpeputy JMStfeH
maker refused newspaper' me an
ai
women advantageous, positions at the
attorneys' tables near tb commis
sioner's benci, with the remark: "
t "I'm .not taking any chance?. I
want to keep this place c(er."
With the rrival of United States
Marshal 1iick,L Reed, boWever, the
court room was placed in order and
the arraignment proceeded.; 1 r 4
. The court; room was1 crowded to
capacity- Spcctatprs craned their
necks caaerlv as the orisoftera were
Lied io.' having been brought to the
federal building tram the jcounty and
city jails under heavy $uard'
Father and Son Firstv
Clyde Pdtfeiibarger and his father,
the last of the prisoners to be ar
rested, were lite firtt to enter,, the
court room. Theywere surrounded
by federal officers." f . '
Next came Fred Poffehbarger. the
younger, handcuffed tb Qrvtlle 'Fbfl-
lip?: r . .
They wcrr. followed b Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Daly, while Itferle- Phil
lips' and Hugh' Rejd brought up the
rear... -. , .
Noire of the prisoners displayed
any emotion as . the information
against them was read by Attorney
Moon. '," , v . '
The "younger Fred - Poffenbargct
was called to the witness stand, but
when inf ormed he need . not testify
unless be sofdesired"be failed to'ex-
press a wisn io zaiK ana was ex
cused. y .j -n
. Deputy Gives Testimony. -
Then v Deputy Shoemaker was
placed' on the witness stand. ' -J-,
He rehearsed the fcvents surround
ing the robbery, its discovery and
subsequent search for the men, loot
and automobile, .'r . ,
- He lea up to tne arrest ot, youn
Fred Poffenbarffer.
' When we went to his ome, he
said. "Fred denied all " knowledge
of the robbery. He said gq ahead
and search" the husu for monyy
and hcfd help us fookior it. '
- "Later when, we had arrested him,
he told us where the money w
hidden and that hejiad given $?,000
to his brother. Clyde.
' 4 "Kei GoUjna Named. V
"He; led .us lp tl hiding pUce?
of the money, but his father "se
creted some of the money himself.
-Fred admitted .he.'brocured $23
000 from Keitn-Xollins. r who, ahe
Said, had-drivcfttbe automobile." "x
"He told us the. division of the
loot was- made jri the Collins homek
J839 Seventh avenue. v g
; ne sai ne ana v--i"s naa a se
cret understanding ; to ; double-cros
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. J he loot was examined at the Pof
fenbargcr hodie," Shoemaker tcsti-J
tied t red told the officers. . f
j "Fred was surprised.", he testified,
whenx vwe told him' Orville Phillip
got only .$97." , v
"He. said, 'If Orville got S93S'Jhe
gyptd e. I didn't thiqk he iot
that tnuch." ' " f
Shoemaker said OrViIle, told' him
he hid. heard Frei
sav : '
' la burn all these bonds it -it
takes all night." , i . ,
f The greater part of the loot'a3
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Vxamined in Fred's room at tKt Pof
fenbarger home, and the bonds taken
to the parlor and burned In the Stove
there, Shoemaker testified Fred .told,
him. - '.-r-v?,5 -
' .,; Merle Learned Plot ;
Merle's story of his first .intima
tion hevwas to be double-crb'sser by
the rest of the gang Which Shoe
maker testified was that he had
agreed ta be the lookout of guard
for the gang ddrfng the robbery.
He was to board Whe engine and
"kid" the engineer, to' district his at
tention from the mail ear.
' He said he did that until some
distance from , the Union Pacific
transfers then tried' 4he rear; door
of the jhail car to go in. ; V.
The door was chained, he said.
The others had already entered by
breaking the glass,! the window
and had chained the rear ' door,1 so
that it would open but a few inches.
Merle left the train, at Twelfth.
street and returned to the scene 'of
he robbery itself. '
Here he found all his confeder
ates gone and the .first fear of
dpuble crossing entered , his mind. .
, Tells f Daly Arrests.
Shoemaker fhen told of the ar
rest of Daly and Heed at the same
time and the recovery of the stoleu
automobile. ' i.
Reed told the officers, he said., thai
Poffenbarger' broughjt the money
which wis foufld.it the Daly home
to him.,- .V - .' I t ? '
Here h where Shoijnaker and At
torney Hess wrangled over the time
of the arrests. Shoemaker told of
working -ast and long so that his
memory as to the exact Jime bad
been impaired and the attorney cdn
tinued to try to make him remember.
Commissioner Byers sat back on
his bench and let them go to it, mak
ing no effort whatever to stop the
flow of retorts." . -
After Reed's arrest; Fred came
through": with the Information' the
officers wanted. Shoemaker testified,
, : Knox Takes Stand iw
' Sumner Kno;was placed, 0ir the
stand following Sho&nakef. He.
too, rehearsed the events of the rob-
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oery ann suDscqucm pcurtii iui l"",
oners and loot. ' -i
He tftld in detail of the finding 0
the money in the D&ly home an
the Clyde Poffenbargpr outhouse;
At the Daly home; sy.000 was
foutid in ajar of lard, he said, and
he. auoted Mrs. Dalv-us saving: ..
"If Fred goes to the 'pen,' I'll keep
the nvohek"- ... ?
. Attorney Woon , askc d for heavy
bonds pft the plea that one of the
cane is suooosed o be still at large.
Hess objected oiwthe grotind thai
Collins, named py f red otten
barger as the driver of the car, was
not acquainted with the whole gang.
.Visit WitS Famines. , ,
Immediately at the close of the ar
raignment the prisoners were per
mitted to aee their families. V
tiacV in ne cornet of, the court
robm Clyde Poffenbarger, implicated
through confession oi his brother,
Fred, stepped into the arms ot Ms
vmmtr nH nrfttv'wifc. ' ' " "
Til stand by, you, Clyde,' she
sobbed. I know you re r innocent,
I'll stand hv Vou.? v. . . '
' It was the! firsfctime the little wife-
mother bad broken down in public
since 'her husband s arrest.'.-.,
Clyde gricd to comfort her with
words and caresses and event played
with (tle little baby she carried.
The young wife contertd the
finding of the $7,000 in the outhouse
behind their home Was splt5-fw0rk
on the part of Fred , Ppff dnbarger
becluse she and 'her husband n6
loneer assdeiated with the fatriilv.
. She continues to cfjr Clyde is in
nocent . Her mother Mrs. Ollifl Ja-
cobson, with whom the yourtg 0t
pie has been making their diome. an
nounced immediately after thej ar
raignment she. would make every
possible effort to Taise the $10,000
bond :et for her ; son-in-law. She
ttandS.with, her" daughter, protesting
ms: mtvocence.
Theatrical Company 'Sued
'r Bv Show PrnrlurwrHfin
Jean Bedini, producer of theatrical
"shows," filed suit in district court
yesterday, afternoon against George
Anderso'v Gilbert Anderson and G.
M. Anderson Theatrical Enterprises
fof $2,000 which he siy,i9 due him
for producing "Frivolities"' sliow
which appeared at th Brandeishc-
Latcrc-the. ifst part. of this, veclt. . .
Dee wantradb are best Jjusiiiesj
getters. - ... ..; ,. -
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY,
Threats Made by
Ecknian Against
:: His Daughter
Witness Testifies at Hearing
On Will She Believed Ona.
ha Man Insane When He
Signed Document.
After three days, of '''continuous
test over the wili er the late Ella-
Wnrth M. Rrtman.a. not finished
last night and the hearing was con
tinued until tomorrow morning.
' Mrs. 'Rose Mosher of Minneapolis,
testifie'd tharEckman declared "my
daughters, will be sorry if thcyt go
on, not recognizing Mrs. Eckman."
ine step-aaugnters, Airs.- tmmett
Hannon and , Mrs. Frank Henry of
Omaha, are contesting the dejathbed
will made hv Eckman. leavma' his
$75,600 estate to his second wife,
Mrs. Glendola bckman whom ne
married a month before he died.
Mrs. Mother declared she believed
Eckman was not sane when he made
the wilL - , if
B.VT, Downes, who wrote the will
at 1 Eckman s dictation, said , he
"wrote it just to humor him."
Nebraska Laws to Play l '
' f Crand Island Today
Lincoln. Neb.r Nov, 24.-(SApecial.)
Grand Island college foot ball
authorities arranged two games for
Thanksgiving day and December 4
today. i!The University of Nebraska
law collage team will meet the Grind
Island eleven at Grand Island tomor
row.
The lawyers"-have trounced teams
from the Engineering;, and Dental
colleges. This is a good record in
view of , the fact , that members of
fhp vAriitv unuad are not oermitted
to play on the team and over half of
the varsity, squad is composed ot
men from the law college.
H. M. Saldrlge, fofmer Yale star,
is -teaching the law team.' He is
assisted by lohn Pickett. Nebraska
base ban and basket bail star, wno
Is captain of the law team.
Grand .Island and Weslyan- will
meet on Nebraska field December 4
in a gam that will have considerable
bearing on the state college title race.
Nebraska Pioneer Dies ,
At Hotoe in Cherry County
Lincoln. Neb.? Nov. 24. (SpeciaL)
Andrew J. yWallingford, 88, of
Cherry county, who livd in the state'
63 yearsdied at his hdme.
Mr. Wallingford Jftovcd to Iowa
from Shelby COdnty, O., in 18S3, and
then moved tb the present site or
Lincoln in 1857," fend latertook a
hdmtstead six miles south of Lin
coin. He was United States' mar
shal during the early history of the
state, r He called the first republican
convention in Lancaster county for
the purpose of organization in 1859
when onlv about i,d6zenmen re-
ponded,to the call, K . . . -. -.
" Philadelphia, with its 700 mills,
giving embloyment to 225,000 meh
and worn w, with a normal payroll
of Over $2,000,000 a weekris the tex.
tile center of the worjdr
The co-operative bank Started ir
Cleveland by the Brotherhood o;
LinoleuniiSale.at
Boven's Saturday
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Not in many years have
you aeen auch Values
ThisVill be for you the
Floor ' " covering oppor
tjinity of the Season. This
One Day Sale doe's li6t
simply ; include 1 a "few
drop,!-patterns or rem
nants tad left overs but
dtfr entile stock of high
grade linoleumsU-the
very best'the mrketi'ftf-'
f ora. Pffsitively none re
served. All will be in
; eluded irf, our, floor cov
erim? .Sale for Saturday.
' 1 Measure your room
accurately' j and come
early Saturday. Make
your selfctjon and have
yo.ur floor 4 covered; for
just about biie-half, what,
it ordinarily wotuldcostv
:you. ;'-i-
And, as T usual, you i
.make your own terms.
k v, iAdvertiBemfi&
la being.
pre-
pared tor .-; you
on ThankaBtrlng
Day to'be Mryd
4J
in the restau-,
rant'', from 12
Vflobn uCfr
m-''-:;-; '".
Go easy on4he
' housewife, .Aake
her and thejpjtil
drco out to din
ner and make
It truly a day
of! thanks. V
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NOVEMBER g5, 1920.
Twelve Men arid One ;
. Woman" Admitted to
Practice Law in State
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-Lincoln, Nov. 24. (Special.- In
6rder that, the .number "thirteen"
niaynot earry arty ill luck to Jhc
clas of new attorneys who passed
the ban. examinations this week, it
is bested say that 12 young men
and one young woman were given
the right to practice in Nebraska
by. the, bar examiners. The young
woman, ' Miss Irene Huffington ot
Rushville, increases to 18 or tne
number of women - whd lhave' been
P'??" j?!
State. I ne mw wnu pasicu tuu-j
were; , ' I . .,v '
From Omaha, Cisper Yost Offut,
CyruirlNWall, Sidney J. Gottneid,
Herbert M. Mayer, Arthur B. Zim
merman, Frank F. Turner, Nathan
L. Quadow, and Lawrance J. Heim.
Others were John Gumb, jr.,. Fre
mont; William I. Tillinghast, . Ar
thur; , Alva Gaylord, University
Place. . " , ; ' -; ' ; '
Uf P. Granted Permission
To Extend Nebraska Line
Lincoln, Nov, 24. (Special.) Ac
cording to an order of the Inter
state Commerce commission trans
mitted to the Nebraska State Rail
way commission the Union Pacific
railroad Co.. has been given permis
sion to extend its line from near
8 'Fallon , west! two miles beyond
alg, forming a aectcf in a proposed
main - line between O Fallons and
Medicine Bow. Wyo. The line pro
posed would extend the North Platte
branch 30.3 'miles through Scotts
bluff counw ta Goshen county,
Wyoming, aTM provide a l3J'mile
branch, making a total extension of
43.5 miles at . an estimated cost) of
$3,835,000. x K ,
4 Peni Cabinef Qttid
Lima, Peru, fov. 24. The Peru
vian cabinet, Beaded by Premier
German Leguia Martinez, resigned
today. No reason for the ministry's
resignatioftNwas given, nor was the
text of the tetter" of resignation made
publicity .
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fliwers Drag
On Market, Rail
Body Declares
A,.
Car Load Shipment of Cars
Without Order Congesting
Traffic in 30 Towns in i
T Nebraska. ' ,
' Lincoln. Nov. 24. (Special.)
The question of "what shall be done
with our. Fords," is occupying the
attention of , the stat railway com
mission at the present time. - A
complaint has been received that the
Ford people are shipping a -large'
number of car loads ft their auto
mobiles to 'dealers in different parts
of the state without the dealer hav
ing'put in a bonifide order. ThW
cars , are consigned to dealers wno,
because of the. stringency in ! the
money market, are unable to handle
the cars and pay for them. The cars
hare then shipped, to some other
dealer and stand on the . track for
days at a time. j
Secretary Curtis xA the commis
sion took up I the mdtfer, with the
Burlington officials and" received a
letter from W. F. Thiehoff, assistant
general manager, who said that lie
had made an investigation ana on
November 22 had found that cars
were standing on the tracks at that
time in about 30 towns, and in 22 of
them had been on the tracks from
four to 18 days. In sue of these
towns, -carloads of Fords had been
standing on the tracks more than ten
days. , ; " .. if'..
The commission is requested to
investigate the matter, and jf' pos
sible, stop the practice' of thej Ford
people of shipping without first re-ceiving-an
order, for the number of
tars wanted. ;?
Chicago Publisher llies.
Chiaago. Nov. ' 24. Robert O.
Law, president of the Robert O.
Law Publishing company, dropped
dead today while testifying jn an
automottile accident damage suit
againsr his wife. .
Give
Thaiiks
fTHIS year marks rh aiiniversary of the landing of
our Hlgrim fathers,
Vhen, in 1620, they stepped on the friendly shores
of America to embrace freedom, they little dreamed they
"Wuld leave, this precious heritage to a people that, in
00 years, would become the mighty 'nation it is' today.
" Grateful for Liberty, they trod on hallowed ground
x Jand blessed it with praise and thanksgivingl -
I Justasjour Iforefathers raised their voicein gladness
for Liberty achieved, let us. now give thanks for its
preservation.
Freedom imjplie responsibility;
How well this Nation recognized its duty has been
tbld, gloriously "on the fields of Fwiww--:.,-.
' Today this Nation undisturbed, prosperous alnd
adjusting itself sanely to the aftermath of warbpws rev-
erenuyui tiumuic uioxuo
THE JAY BURNS
, '0rridha
Governor .Will
Aid b Preparing His
Legislative MeSSag "These1 conferences will begin De
' - r r N cember 14, and will" continue until
Lincolu, "Nov. 24. (Special.)
Governor. McKelvie will, extend the
policy stajftfld by hint two" years ago
when bt' Invited . representatives'; of
agricultural organisations to a con-
This Store
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Clpsed All Day Thursday
; -7 Novertibcr 25th
. 4 ( in observance of v
Thanksgiving t
& COMPANY
v ii ii it it Mi www r
thosewhocjierish
iwi jiucaty, . ww on .
fAKUfG COMPANY
frrence in order to secure informa
tion which he might use in his forth
coming message, and will invite in
representatives of all kinds of busi-
all Jiave had a Hearing-, it is prow
aJUt that several, will , be heard , m
one day In order that there mav be
time after the conferences to pre
pare message y the legislature
covering the matters, oi in if risx. ,
Will Remain
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