Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1909, Page 1

\ ¢ THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerful business getter in the west, because it goes to the homes of poor and rich. VOL. UNITED SENDS WARSHIPS Cabinet Decides to Dispatch Bpecial Cruiser Squadron to Turkish North Carolina .?fi L lected for . \ T0 REPORT TO Al g“‘f 1 CONSUL | Death of Two Missio = % Adana| is Confirn S MINNESOTA MAN KILLED AT TABIZ | Baskerville, Formerly Teacher in Presbyterian Miss Shot While Ald Tatl Homer ol Revo- nts. i | WASHINGTON, April 30.—To afford all protection possible to American citi- gens and their interests in Turkey, (he administration has decided to dispatch a speclal crulser squadron to that coun- try. This was declded upon by the cabi- ent today and after {ts adjournment an- nouncement of the intentlon was made public. Tt was explained that this action was not taken because of any particularly rming news that had been recelved, but simply as a precautionary measure, it being deemed wise in the present emer- gency to have suftable American naval »representation in or near the disturbed districts. The moral effect of the pres- ence of American war vessels will bé beneficial, it is pointed out. The squadron will consist of the ar- mored crulsers North Carolina and Mon- tana, now at Guantanamo, Cuba, under command of Captainy Marshall and Rey- nolde, respectively. Their immediate ob- Jective point will be Alexandretta, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, which Is in close proximity to Tarsus and Adana, Where serious trouble has occurred. From Alexandretta the marines on these ves- ®els may be avallable for any active work in sting Americans in trouble in the surrounding districts. Captain Marshall, who will be in command of the mquadron, will report to the Ameri- can consul at Alexandretta for any scrv- ices that he may be called upon to per- form. The vessels mlso will be avail able for dlspatch to other places in Turk- Ish waters should eonditions make their presence neesssary, The vessels will stop at Gibraltar for fnstructions. It is hoped at the State department (hat the situation will be well under the control of the Turkish authorities very soon and that there will be no necessity for any demonstration by the naval authorities. It was first suggested that the scout| erulser mquadron, made up of the Salem, Birmingham and Chester, be utilized for this misston, but the faet that the boflers of the Birmingham are undergoing repairs will make its immediate departure impossi- ble. Bequests for Protection. ‘The prineipal iufermation coming to the department today ffom Ambassador Leish- man at Constantinople was that there was no Indieation of any premeditated attack upon foreigners. During the day Secretary Knox recelved several requests that the department use its efforts to see that American church interests were given ade- quate protection In the disturbed dlstrict One came from the chairman of the forelgn missions committee of the Presbytery of Weatchester county, New York, and an- other from the muperintendent of the Ar-( menlan Orphanage at Reading, Pa. The department already has taken steps to in- sure protection to American missionary and other {nterests. Although Americans are fn danger in Turkey, there is no indication of premedi- | tated attacks on forelgners, according (o] Etats department advices from Ambassador Lelshman. Mr. Leishman confirms the deaths of twe missionaries, Rogers and Maurer, killed at Adana while trying to save the burhing home of a Turkish wo- man. 'The presence of English, French and Itatlan warships, the ambassador says, will have salutary effects in the present dis- turbed conditiona. At Constantinople marines from the dif- ferent warahips have landed to guard tha erbbansled. Unfortunately the American gunboat Ecorplon, the regular station ship at Constantipople, which went to Iitallan ports following the earthquake, is now at Naples having its boilers fixed In the present crisis the ambassador says the central government is much hampered by & lack of troops at Constantinople. AMERICAN KILLED AT TABRIZ Was Presbyterian Teacher Charmed with Being Revolutioniat. { TABRIZ, Persla, April 2.—An American named Baskerville, who until recently was & teacher In the Presbyterian schooi here was killed outside Tabriz this morning | while leading a sortle of nationalists from | the city. The object of the expedition was to open & way for the bringing in of prc visions, of which the city stands greatly | in need. 1t was not successful. | The situation here Is desperate. The Christians of Tabris are arming themselves and will put up a strong defense during the bloedy disorders that are expected (o break out any day. | The English residents have sent a tele- | gram to Forelgn Secretary Gray at London appealing for !mmediate help. The Kus- slans have taken refuge at the Russian consulate. WABHINGTON, April 20.—An American named Baskerville, & teacher in the Pres- Bytorian boys' school at Tabriz, who had bécn accused of complicity in the revolu- tonary movement, was killed in battie to- according 10 & dispatch from Consul Doty at Tabriz. The Presbyterian mission du \o.'d the acts of Baskerville and he resigned from the mission. | I0WA LAUNDRY MEN ORGANIZE; Ansociat Rapids to Fight Leglalat i m Formed at Hostile State Cedar | CEDAR RAPIDS Ia, April 2.-A state Association of laundrymen Wwas organized heére to avert “inimical legisiation and to fight the manufacture of shoddy goods. T. 1 Kinball of Waterloo was chosen Ppresident. SKiff Rocker Drowns Two. IRONTON, 0., April 8By rocking a| sKiff while crosbing the ORio river today ter OUr persuns were thrown into the ”."fi-. Mataey and Alice Grounds were i | Borah, Brown, THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE iking Cups Upon Railroad Trains Doomed Nebraska Lines Practically Given Permission to Abolish Tme for Public Health. (From a Staff Correspondin.) LINCOLN, April 20.—(Special.)—It 1s probable the drinking cups on raiiread trains will soon be a thing of the past Following the example of the Missourt Pacifie, the Union Pacific, Burlington and Northwestern this morning applied to the commission for an order directing them to abolish the drinking cup. The action of the rallroad companfes is the result of the arfier of the State Board of Health to abolish the pubiic drinking cup, the board held it was & menace to the health of the public. The commission will not fssue the or- der, but it Informed the railroads that If they adopted such a rule the commis- sion would not object Prof. Whips Boy, Dad Whips Prof. Sheriff at Julesburg Has to Interfere in Altercation Over Punish- ment of Lad. JULESBURG, Colo., April A few days ago Prof. Howard, superintend- ent of the public schools, whipped young John Liddle, son of a prosperous ranchman, very severely much so that the lad had to stay In bed several days and the skin came off with his underclothing. A meeting of the school board and the teachers of the school, togethier with Prof. Howard and Liddle, to Investigate the mat- ter, was held, when Mr. Liddle and the professor got into an altercation and the sheriff had to be called in to separate the belligerents. Some of the teacfiers fainted and it took some time to quell the disturb- ance, Mr. Liddle, father of the lad, says he will have the professor arrested for assault. Public sentiment s somewhat divided on the matter. The lad is still in bed from the effects of the punishment. Crowd Watches Bandits Escape Four Men Who Rob Bank at Badger, Ia., Make Their Getaway on Handcar. BADGER. Ta., April 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—While people of the town, awak- ened by the explosion, watched them, four robbers who had just looted the safe of the Badger Bavings bank escaped on a handear at 3 o'clock this morning. The safe in the bank was blown and $1,60 principally in gold and siiver was taken. Four charges of nitro-glycerine were used in the safe. The four men came to town on a hand- car on the Minneapolls & St. Louls road and left by the same means. The handcar was discarded north of Fort Dodge. No very good clues have yet been found and all suspicious characters in this part of the country are being arrested. Five of Crew Are Lost on Lake Steamer Eber Ward Goes Down Near Mackinaw City—Ten Are Rescued. MACKINAW CITY, Mich., April 2.—The steamer Eber Ward sank in Lake Michigan six miles west of here today. Five of the crew werw drowned and ten were saved The Ward was a small steamer owned by D. M. Ferry & Co. of Detroit. 1t left Milwaukoe several days ago on its first trip of the season, loaded with grain. Shortly before entering the straits of Mackinaw today the steamer crashed into an unusually heavy ice flow. It sank im- medlately in deep waier. BUYS EXPELLED OIL COMPANY Houston Concern Will Take Over the Property of Waters-Plerce Corporatio; HOUSTON, Tex., April 20.—It was au- thoritatively announced here today that the Houston Ofl company will soon take over the Waters-Plerce company's Texas prop- erty, The company will maintain its head quarters here. ~(Special.)— | For Nebraska For lowa—Fair. e WEATHER FORECAST. Unsettled For weather report see Page 3. OMAHA, WED SULTAN WILL NOT RESIST {Abdal Hamid Reported to Have Ordered That Not a Shot Be Fired, ABDICATION RUMORS PERSIST More Reports That Sultan is Ready to Quit, LONG SESSION OF CABINET Demands of the Constitutionalists Being Considered. CAPITAL SURROUNDED BY TROOPS Forts Are All in the Hands of Young Turks Movement in Take and Gemera Expected to Place § BULLETIN. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20.—Ths rumors that the sultan's abdication is pending are heard persistently in Constan- tinople today. According to the latest re- ports his majesty is ready to turn over the throne provided his conditions are accepted. It 1s apparent that Tewfik Pasha, the grand vizier, has withdrawn his resigna- tion, for after a prolonged audience with the sultan this morning, he summoned the cabinet to discuss the demands of the army of investment. The cabinet is now in telegraphic com- munication with Husnl Pasha, the com- mander of the constitutional forces. Constantinople is quiet.: CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2.—The popu- lation of the Turkish capital awoke this morning to find the pickets of the con- stitutional forces, who have surrounded the city to make the sultan guarantee the | continuation of constitutional government, within calling distance of the old walls that flank the eapital on its south side. The constitutionalist lines extend in & wide semi-circle around three-quarters of the city, Pera, Galata and Stamboul, and every hour they are becoming longer. All | roads outside of the capital are occupled by the investing forces, whose twelve-mile | tront can be traced dlstinctly, but move- ment of the highways has been practically unaffected except that now and then travelers are stopped and questioned and some time taken before the commander of the nearest outpost. Several of the forelgn military attaches in Constantinople rode out this morning and visited friends among the Turkish officers, who command battalions of the constitutionalists, and had an excellent opportunity to observe the condition of the troops. They were amazed at the excel- lence and_compieteness of the equipment, and the high state of eficlency of the field telegraph system, the hospitals and the supply trains. The men are well fed, con- fident of ultimate success and under excel- lent discipline. All requisitions made upon the people for food or animals are paid for in cash. The Italian attache counted thirty machine guns and another wilitary observer learned of the presence of a aivisien of sixty field guns attended by well-mounted troopers. At noon yesterday the con- stitutionalists numbered about 20,000; at noon today they were more than 5, strong. No Delay in Occupat: The occupation of the city will not be de- layed long. It may take place tonight or the movement may be deferred for another twenty-four hours. General Husni, commanding the army of investment, says that as he will have to patrol & city of a milllon people, in which there are many dangerous mob elements, : must have at his command enough men to do this work carefully and weil and not only to take the city, but to hold it. In’ the meantime no preparatiows are being made within the city to offer re- stance to the army of constitutionali The sultan remains secluded at Yildiz Klosk. To all appearances he is showing little actlvity. With the exception of Tewflk Pasha, the present grand visler, he has received none of his ministers for forty-elght hours; but Tewfik Pasha, the calm and tried counselor of many a time of stress, has spent tne thirty out of the last forty-elght hours with his imperial | master. He is constantly summoned to he palace. He may just have returned from a four-hour audience with the sultan t) his home In Pera, which is some dis- ance from the palace, when another ! mounted messenger from his majesty will summon him to further conference. It is through Tewfik Pasha alone that the sul- én's attitude and mind are made known | » the other ministers, s of the (Continued on Second Page.) Income Tax to Be the Target in Tariff Contest in Senate| WABHINGTON, April from the actlvity of opponents and sup- porters of the income tax proposition to ascertain the strength of the other that this question will furnish the sharpest con- test 10 be waged in the senate during the tarift revision session of congress. In view 2.~It Is evident of the fact that the democrats are said (o | be unanimous for an income tax measure the leaders of the “lnsurgent’ republican faction appear to be confident of victory. | On the other hand, opponents of come tax idea assert are not united and the in- declared that some of the strength for internal taxes will be lost | the moment senators are convinced that the pending bill will produce sufficient rev nues for the needs of the government Among the republicans declared to be in faver of an income tax are Senators Burkett, Clapp, Cummins, Dixon, Gamble, Guansnhetm, LaFollette and Nelson. In wdition to these, some of the insurgenie are claimiog Senators Jones, Bourne, Hayburn, Johnson of North Dakota and Dolliver. 1f (he votes of all of these senators should be cuse for an income tax provision they would be more than sufficient to pass it in the sen- ate unless a break should occur in the democratic ranks The burden of Senator Aldrich's speech in the senate yesterday was an effort to show that additional internal taxes are not needed to provide for the operating ex- that 4he democrats | Crawtord, | penses of the governmeat. His argument Came as a surprise to many senators, for it ad been accepted as true that more | revenues than the pending bill would raise | are o be required annually for the next few years at least. The chairman of the | finance ccmmittee told his colleagues that he was willing to stake his reputation upon the Payne bill as amended by the senate committee. His confidence In the measure impressed some of his colleagues who were inclined toward an Income tax. After the senate had adjourned for the day he was pressed with questions concerning his fig- ures. It is declared that some of the doubtful republicans again became sup- portess of the amended bill Leaders of both factions were busy on the floor and agaln today canvassing the sen- ate for and ugainst the income tax measure. The opponents used the argument that every dollar raised from taxes on incomes must be at the expense of protected in- | dustries &nd that the attack would be made first upon western products. They argued further that it would mean the complete revision of the tariff and a resort- | Ing to many expertiments which might prove {unsafe. In any event, it was declared that if this course was followed it would mean an entire summer's work. This character of argument appeared to shake the enthusiasm of some of the supporters of the ircome tax idea, but the leaders of this faction were still of the opinion thag they would win. |of - ESDAY MORNING, ; APRIL 21, 1909—-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. N b onfei = Copyright, 1809, byfthe Mail and Express Company. ATTACK ON CENSUS SERVICE Senators Say Favéred Clerks Are Given Promotions, VOTE DOWN com{ucr: REPORT Upper Body Stands Pat om MeCum ber's Amendment Requiring Res- idence in State from Which Applicants Are Appointed. WASHINGTON, April 20.—By an aye and nay vote the senate today rejected the con- ference report on the census bill because its fallure to include the McCumber amendment requiring applicants for civil service employment to reside in the states claimed by them as their homes. That the census office has has in its em- ploy in one bureau the wife of a secretary of & member of congress, the wives of two officials of the War department and the wife of a prominent official in the Treasury department was the charge made today by Senator McCumber in criticising the conference report on the census bill. “Promotion,” he sald, “seems to be almost wholly for women who have husbands in the departments. This is getting to be a city of official famlilies holding positions under the government.” Mr. McCumber said the census bill agreed to did not differ materially from the measure which was vetoed in the last congress by President Roosevelt. Accord- ing to the provisions of the bill, he said, employes of the government a ap- portioned among the several The fact is that whole families are employed in government departments credited states which the younger members of the tumilles have never scen Ninety per cent,” said Mr. McCumber “of officials in the departments In the city of Washington are residents of this city and the other 10 per cent may be said to be residents of the other portions of thd country. If we were to apply the rules of apportionment to the civil service the city of Washington would have 2 per cent and the remaining officials would be from the states. as he not state to Amendment a McCumber urged the ensity. nec Mr. of his (Continued on Second Page.) Beautify your lawns and gardens, at the same time help to make Omaha the garden spot of the west. Onour classified page, under the caption of ‘‘For Garden and Lawn,’’ is a direc- tory of reliable florists and nurserymen, people who have been established for years and who are building up a per- manent business in Omaha. Beware of peddlers and canvass ers, as they are often uanreliable, here to day and gone tomorrow. Deal with the men who advertise, as they merit your patronage and are always here and can only suc- ceed by furnisning what they prom- ise. Have you read the want ads. vet today? Political War Among Medics ormer. Ne- Charges Filed Against. F braskan in Fight in American | Medical Association.’ CHICAGO, 1, April 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—War on the so-called ‘‘political machine” in the American Medical assocla- tion has crystalized into charges to secure the expulsion of Dr. G. H. Simmons, secre- tary of the association and editor of its official jourrial and alleged head of the so- called machine. The charges, drawn by Dr. Frank Lydston, leader of the faction which seeks to eliminate politics from the association, have been mailed to Dr. M. Z. Albro, mecretary of the American Medical society. The charges set forth that while prac- ticing at Lincoin, Stmmons regularly ad- vertised in newspapers about a sanitarium he was conducting, that he guaranteed cures and that he obtained a diploma from Rush Medical college by peculiar methods. HARRCLD, S. D., HAS BAD FIRE Damage Estimated at $25,000, Five Buildings Being Consumed— Starts in Livery Barm. PIERRE, 8. D., April 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Fire last nigot did damage to the amount of about 325,00 at the town of Harrold, thirty miles east of here. The flames destroyed the Woodruff store, the postoffice, the Summerside building, Stewart's real estate office and the Beavan | | tivery, in which building it started. How much Insurance was carried Is not known | at present. { for $26,000 of school building bonds. LICENSE FIGHT IN DAKOTA Mitchell Reverses Itself and Wets ‘Win by Forty-Seven. | PIERRE DRY FOR FIRST Tm!; | Majority of Three Votes Does Work in Northern City--Only One Ticket in Field at Sturgis. MITCHELL, 8. D. April 20.—(Speclal Telegram.)—Today this city reversed itself on the prohibition voté of a year ago, when | the town went dry by 21 majority. The majority In favor of license today was €. The fight was close and exciting, the wets claiming ths victory by 20 before the election Sewer bonds were voted upon to the | amount of $50,00 and carried by a majority of 40. C. D. Hardy, C. W. Adams, P. H. Kelley and A. H. Doyle were clected alder- men for two-year terms. Fort Plerre Without Salons. IERRE, S. D, April 20.—(Special Tele [ gram.)—For the first time in the history of the old town, Fort Pierre is to be without saloons, the town having gone dry at the election today. 1t was a warm fight and license was defeated by only 3 votes, but the influences against license are such that they will see that there is to be no fudging by the saloon men. The town also voted The aldermen elected today were E. Kinley, J. J. Dalton, J. E. Mallory, Greenough. The qeustions at Issue license and appropriation of $25,000 [ Louls were for a| (Continued on Second Page.) Says VY Patten ds neither a criminal nor at speculator in wheat. He's a philanthropist | and a good man, as well as being a wise |one and the friend of the farmers, have been trying for years to make a profit ralsing wheat. 1 cannot understand those men who attack Patten in this present deal in wheat, as he fs doing just as he always has done—no different.” This Is the estimate of the head of the firm of Patten & Bartlett, which Patten's friend, W. C. Sunderland of Omaha, holds, and which he s not afraid to tell his cus- tomers. Almost every day every member of the Grain exchange. drops into “BIlI" Sunder land's office on the grain dealers’ floor of the Brandeis bullding to get the “dope’ on the markets. There are a lot of other places Wwhere quotations come in and the ticker ticks the best part of the day. But the dealers always get to “Bill's" once a day and some of the others don't get| visits once & week. ‘BIl" Sutherland Is & friend of “Jim" Patten. Patten's wires come Into the Sunderland office and Patten & Bartlett | give orders 1o buy Nebraska wheat, some | times offering prices which make other dealers bid and Increase the size of the Nebraska farmer's roll untll it would choke a tunnel | “The influence of Jim Patten on the price of lowa and Nebraska wheat ought to %o enough to make every farmer and Becre- tary of Agriculture Wilkon a friend of Jim Patten,” said Mr. Sunderland Tues-| day when he read more attacks on his friend Patten. “He's & cash graln buyer, boys, and a speculator buying on | | margins without expecting to have a bushel | delivered. Time and again be has dem- onstrated that by buying Nebraska wheat and paying cash for it. The prices he| i | who not 'Patten is a Philanthropist, | There's a miller standing | deais. ‘C: Sunderland pays when his judgment, based on in- formation he collects at his own expense, has inspired the farmers of Nebraska to increase thelr acreage of wheat. He ls doing that right now, and everyone knows Nebraska ought to grow wheat. right there in from Hastings who doesn't know where he is going to get wheat enough to keep his mill running. more “Now Patten found out for himself that the world's supply of wheat was short last fall. He has men in every country wliere wheat {8 grown who know .what they | are talking about. He does not gather his atistics from postmasters as Becretary Wilson does, but he spends his money ecuring experts in his employ is Snow, the | pectea that | came | drive gt the market today. | tion, former head of the bureau under Wilson, which gathers crops statistics. Snow knows | how bad the Department of Agriculture | gathers Information &nd he has helped | Patten organize a system which beats the | department for reliability | “Patten found out wheat was scarce and | began to buy It and have it delivered just | as men buy city lots when they | certain part of the city is going to see a | boom. Patton was right. ‘Tama' Jim was | wrong and Patten Is paying what wheat is | worth and selling it for what real wheat is worth to make real bread to feed u | world which would not be hungry if bread earners were a little more Intelligent and Industriou “This Patten deal believe a 18 not like the other s & corner without being a cor- | ner, says Mr. Bunderland. “This man Patten would not start « big speculative dcal just to be smart and show his cun ning. He is a great wheat merchant, buy - ing and selling, and that's all. He heen & big help to the farmers and they are getting the benefit of his foresight and knowledge." DASHING BEAR RATD ON WHEAT Bulls Are Without a Leader and On- slaught Results in Big Slump in July Delivery. SMALL MARGINS WIPED OUT Traders Who Expected Patten to Sup- port Market Disappointed. SHORTS TAKE THEIR PROFITS Drop Follows Accumulation of B ish News. RUSSIAN SHIPMENTS ARE HEAVY Rain in Sonthwest A Winter Wheat, and Fine Seeding Wenther in North Insures Bumper Spring Crop. CHICAGO, April 20.—Bulls in wheat were leaderiess toduy and a dashing bear rald wrought considerable confusion in the pit where July, closing at §.12%, showed a net loss of I%@bc. The rald weeded out small ‘margined traders, enabling a lot of profit-taking by shorts, not to mention the reinstatement of long lines previously disposed of at a higher figure. “It's old Mother arth warning Patten et al that Secretary Wilson knows some- thing about crops himselt," said the bears. “It's just a natural swing of the specu- lation pendulum. There has been a long continued advance; the roaction s only natural,” sald the bulls. “Why didn't the Patten crowd support the market?’ was a question frequently put by small speculators who had pinned thelr faith to the Patten position and ex- the bull leader would take care that prices did not run away. “Because it's none of Patten's business,” the answer from the Patten aides. “He has a lot of wheat, but he is not manipulating prices. He knows that con- ditions will take care of the price. He has nelther made nor unmade prices and has no responsibility in the matter.” Whether Patten purchases wers made fs & matter for conjecture, although there was an unconfirmed report that the bull leader bought heavily at the decline and stopped July before it got beyond $L12% in ‘ts headiong tumble. Customers of the Patten house, however, declare that there was nothing through- out the day to Indicate that the leading trader had taken any interest In the mar- ket. Apparently he left It to its fate, ai- though his eyes seldom left the blackboard where quotations are marked up. Bears In wheat made another sensationa! July sank an extreme six cents under the point of yes- terday and May followed suit. The ticker crédited Patten “andl* aliles with support- ing at the decline, but eonfirmution, etther direct or siuggestive, was lacking. Today's slump followed an aceumulation of bearish news, yesterday and today. Among the influences was remarkably heavy Russian shipments last week, rain in the southwest and & report that seeding In the northwest would be completed this week, with prospecta for & bumper crop. The market seemed weak all day, but what looked like bull demoralization was reserved for the closing half hour. At th opening today the decline of late yesterday continued. May was %@lc under the pre- vious close and July %@%e to 1@iic. This opening loss was sufficient to bring out further stop-loss orders, under whicl July declined to $1.14% and May to $1.25%. Then came the crash. July tum- bled to $1.12 and May to $1.22%. The close was weak, with July %@ 3% cents under yesterday's close at $1.12% and May 2% cents down at $1.24%. W. S. Wood Sells Kansas City Bank to St. Louis Man Disposes of Interest in Bank of Com- merce to J. Wilson Perry for Large Sum. CITY, April ®-J. Wilson Louls, today purchased the entire interest, amounting to $1,400,00 of Dr. W. 8. Woods of Kansas City In the National Bank of Commerce of this city and later Mr. Perry was elected president of the bank to succeed David T. Beal William L. Buechle of Bt. Joseph, state bank examiner for Missourl, was today also elected vice-president to succeed Wil- llam T. Kemper of Kansas City, and Mr. Perry and George E. Nicholson were elected to fill vacancies in the directorate. This ends a long contest over possessiom of the bank. The bank failed in the fall of 1907 with $36,000,000 deposita.. It was re- organized later and re-opened with Willlam B. Ridgeley as its president,, the latter haviog resigned the position of com- troller of the currency to accept the posi- Subsequently Mr. Ridgely was ousted when Dr. Woods secured control of .the institution, with which he had for years been president. Mr. Nicholson Is from lola. Kan. KANSAS Perry of St Court Annuls Alabama Law Statute Prohibiting Corporations from Going to Federal Court Declared Ba T, Ala., April M.~The Ala- bama state law ing for annulling the licenses of forelgn vorporations which take cases from state to federal 6ourts was to- day dec'ared unconstitutional by Judge Thomas C. Jones in the United Btutes dis- triet court MONTGOME oV Nominations by President. WASBHINGTON, April 2.—The president today made the following nomingtions: Envoy extraordinary and minister pleni- potentiary to Colombia, Elfott Northeott of West Virginia United Stales attorneys for th district of Wisconsin, George of Wisconsin; for the southern West Virginla, Harold A. Rits of ok weatern Fordon riot of oot Vir-