Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE ® olean, roltable newspaper that sdmitted to each and every home. VOL. XXXVIII VOTE ON TARIFF RATE ON RAZORS Aziendment by Mr. Stone to Restore ths Dingley Schedule is Lost. \ n——— CONSIDERABLE PROGR - 7 \DE +z % Several Bections Recently } £% er | 3 Are Adopted, 5 & B Senator Gore’s Resolution fo ‘i, Committes is Referred %_ S ] SHARP DEBATE ON MEASUR] Gore Insists Rewponsibility for High P'pices Be Fixed by Congress, hut Majority Send Plan to Fi- nance Committee. May 18.—After devoting of the day's session to debate the senate pagsed upon a number of impgrtant committee amendments to the taritf “bill.. It also disposed of adversely an amendment by Mr. Stone restoring the Dingley rates on razors. On that most of the progressive republicans voted in the affirmative with the democrats More than two hours were devoted 1o o discussion of a resolution by Senator Gore to Investigate the cost of production at home and abroad and the relative price uf commodities at wholesale and retall. The resolution was referred to the committee on finance by a decisive w‘r Conglderable progress was made in adoption. of several sections of the tariff bill that had formerly been passed over. There were several amendments decreas- Ing dutles formerly reported by the com- mittee, but some of the:others advanced duties, The senate at 5:12 o'clock ad- Journed. Razor Amendment Loat. When the tarlff bill was taken up at noon by the senate, Mr. Stone spoke at length in favor of his amendments to re- duce the duties prescribed by the bill on razors to the rates of the present Dingley law. Mr. Stonie endeavored to show that the statement made by Mr. Smoot yesterday regarding the razor industries was incor- rect and Mr. Bmwot corrected his statement in some particulars. Mr. Stone declared therd® was only one razor manufacturer in this country when the lower rates of the Dingled law became effective and that there are five at the present time. Mr. Stone read ral tlegrams exchanged be- tween himslf and a cutlery firm in St. Louis, which purported to show that fm- ported ragors costing 49 cents retall in this country for $1. Mr. Smoot then of- fered in evidence three razors, and fn- volce showing that their cost was 49 cents each to the Importer and that they were marked to sell at $3 each at retail. an g‘n- amendment offered by Mr. Bacon redycing the rates on the section relating to Knives, ragors, scissors, cre below the fates of the Dingley bill, nearly all the republicans Who had voted in favor of re- ducing fo the level of the Dingley rates voted no, the amendment being rejected by a vote of 28 to 51, Senators Clapp and LaFollotte alone of the republicans voting with the democrats. On table and butcher knives, otc., the committee had reduced the rates of the Dingley law about 3 per cent and Mr. Bacon sought by amendment to still fur- ther reduce them, which secured no sup- port from low* tarlff republicans, being re- jected by a vote of 23 to BS, Benator Stone's amendment to continue the Dingley rates on razors was defeated B8 tods, WASHINGTON, the greater part vote the No Probe for Retailers. Senator Gore's resolution directing the committee on finance to conduct an in- vestigation Into wholesale and retail prices of commoditles was (scussed before the kenate today at some lengtn. Seeking to have the resolution adopted, Mr. Gore sald he wished to have statements concerning the extortlonate prices of retall dealers fully probed, so that the country might know just where the responsibility for high prices rests, Senafor Aldrich sald it was evident such an investigation as that contemplated by the tésolution could not be conducted be- fore the pending ‘tariff bill was disposed of, but he had no objection to such an investigation belng undertaken. Senator Carter pointed out that In doing this work the finknce committee would necessarily cover the same ground which the proposed tatitt commission would cover. That theé cotton manufacturers sell their products with an agreement as to the price at which they are to be sold at retall WaS the subastance of a charge made by Mr. Owean. Demanding proof of this asser- tlon, Mr. Gallinger said that what the country I8 demanding is prompt action on the tarift bill. He added that it had been msserted that the business Interests of this country were losing $10,000,00 a day by the holding up of the tariff biil Referring to the “pledge of the repub- can party” to make the tariff rates equal to the difference in cost of production here and abroad, Mr. Owen sald it was the duty of thaanajorily to inform the senate as to what that difference was. Mr. AMrich replied thut the committee had doA® much to furnish such facts, but the Oklalioma senator contended that there was no avallable information of the kind wanted. No Charge Against Merchant. Mr, Carter made an Impassioned appeal Itke proceeding ‘Every morning," 4ld, “some fenator arises in [ o here 1o defend the country mer- chant from « charge that has never been made. No charge of extortion,” sald, had ever been lodged against the retailer. he Buggesting A select committee to obtain | information desired by the senator from Oklahoma, Mr. Balley said he did not wish | ® make any charge against the republ! mbers of the @ommittee on finance, a committee addpted a rule that the dem. scratic members fhight employ all thé ex- perts they wanted “They," sald Mr. Balley, “are bad enough it best, and I & not willing to charge hem with belng Worse than they are.” At times provaling much merriment by s ready retort and denouncing the pro- ective tariff pollcy. Mr. Gore spoke at ength, ' Finally, th response to an appeal Irom Mt. Baley the senate agreed to vote on Mr. Uore's resolution, amended as sug- wested by Mr. Balley so as to require the sppointment of & select committee of four repub) and three democratic senatars to condlict the Investigation asked for, and by & vote of B to 2 it was referred to the committee on finance, Senators Bristow, | reporter recorded him as being deput .| THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska—Partly cloudy For Towa—Partly cloudy For ‘weather report see page 3 OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1909--TWELVE PAGES. |Clerk Pays | for Another’s ‘ Prosperity W. D. Redmond of Lincoln Shy on Spending Money Because of Reporter's Error. LINCOLN, May 18 —(Special Telegram.)— W. D. Redmond of the office of Stats | Buperintendent Bishop s certainly up against ft. Some over zealous newapaper state superintendent and announced chat his salary had Leen increased $30 a year. Just as this information was glven to the pubiic “the church to which Mr. Redmond belongs fAnd at which he is a constant attendant, decided to ralse some money. 8o a speaker announced that Inasmuch as the Redmond ealary had been Increased $300 a year his contribution could easily be $300. Redmond tried to deny the charge, but as the church folks had seen it in a paper he was stuck | for a larger contribution than he otherwise would have been assessed. In the mean- time Mr. Frank Perdue Is .deputy state superintendent and it was his salary which was Increascd. Wheat Jumps to New Record | Closing of Tracy Deals Sends May Op- tion Up to Dollar and Thirty Cents Near Opening. CHICAGO, May 18.—Closing of the open- Ing trades of Tracy & Co., whose fallure was announced at New York, sent wheat prices up on the Board of Trade today, May at $1.30 per bushel making & new high record. The market had been in session an hour before the notice to close the Tracy trades was posted. This action, however, had been expected and the settlement of ac- counts began. July wheat advanced 13c over yesterday to $1.15%. The high price of May was 1%c better than yesterday's close. The volume of trade was not large. While nine carloads of wheat were marked “recelved” on the Omaha market Tuesday when May wheat was 3§10 in Chicago, those cars were delivered to fill orders pre- viously sold almost without exception. The best price paid for mixed wheat was pald by the Bewsher Company Tuesday when §1.2 In real money changed hands for each bushel of this uncertain grade of wheat. No other grade could be sold as wheat is 5o scarce that there was nothing offered. Big Plan to Colonize Jews Jacob H. Schiff of New York is Fur- thering Scheme to Settle Mesopotami NEW YORK, May 18.—Information has been received from London by the Jewish Daily News concerning the movement among forelgn Hebrews to unify all the large Jewish organizations which are striv- ing to ameliorate the condition of the Jews Into one body for the purpose of inaugurat- ing a Jewlsh colonization on a large scale in Mesopotamia. Jacob H. Schiff of New York s the leader of the movement, which is described as the largest Jewish move- ment since the dispersion. Mr. Schiff Is now traveling through Eu- rope and the News understands that one of the principal objects of his trip is the | furtherance of this unification plan. —_—ee e 5HEAVY SNOW IN THE NORTH | | Alberta Ranc and Montana Traln | Service Suffer from { Storm. “ WINNIPEG, Man, May 18—~The snow- | storm of the last two days in southern | Alberta promises to be severe on ranches. | ST. PAUL, Minn, May 18.—More than | a foot of snow fell yesterday in the Rocky mountains, and played havoc with the |train and telegraph service on the Kalis- pell (Mont.), division of the Great North- ern railroad. |MEDALS FOR CUBA SERVICE | President Taft Orders Recomnition of | All Soldiers Who Alded in Pacifieation, WASHINGTON, May 18.—All the officers and men of the United States army who | served in Cuba during the pertod of pacifi- | cation from October 6, 196, to April 1 1900, will recefve service medals with ribbons, In recognition of that service. This action is taken by direction of Pres- 1!d‘nl Taft RUSH AND GREGG ARE ATTACKED Sensational Allegations Are Made in Petitions Filed at Muskogee by Defendants, IMPROPER CONDUCT CHARGED Attorneys Are Accused of Trying to Intimidate Grand Jurors. SAY PROSECUTION IS POLITICAL Court is Asked to Investigate Charges Made. ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL He Says He Does Not Believe Charges but Will Give Petitioners n Opporunity to Submit Proof! TULSA, Okl, May 15.—Sensational alle- gations concerning. the officlal conduct of Sylvester R. Rush, special assistant to the | attorney general; and United States DI | trict Attorney Gregg of the northern dl | trict of Oklahoma are made in two petl- {tions filed in the federal court here | this afternoon in connection with the Mus- Kkogee town lot fraud cases. One of the petitions is signed by nine { members of the grand jury that was dis- charged on Saturday last by Judge John A. Marshall upon motion of District At- torney Gregg, who assqrted that the jury had been subjected to improper influences. T his petition refutes this charge and in turn makes serious allegations against both Messrs. Gregg and Rush. It alleges misconduct before the jury, efforts to in- timidate and coerce the jury to return in- dictments against Governor Charles N H askell and the other defendants regard- less of and contrary to proof presented, {and petitions the court to Investigate the jury jurors’ allegations The defendants also filed a response to the motion of District Attorney Gregg dis- puting the charges of improper influence. This response alleged misconduct upon the part of Gregg, asserting that he has used the Tulsa World, of Which he Is stated to be part owner, to mold sentiment and to prejudice the court and grand jury against the defendants; that he stated that he was after Haskell and assoclates and that no one else would be prosecuted; that he stated to Mr. Allen of Muskogee that he was a personal enemy of Willlam T. Hutchings and would send him to the penitpntiary at all hazards, that Gregg's partners in the Tulsa World had stated to a’prominent merchant of Tulsa that it | was a political prosecution started by Wil- liam R. Hearst, the New York editor, and by Theodore Roosevelt against Governor Haskell. The allegations are urged to prove the defendants claim that Gregg is an improper person to conduct the present prosecution before the grand jury. Grand Jury Resumes Work, Muskogee town lot frauds were again taken up with remewed vigor by a new federal grand jury that met here today upon order of Judge John A. Marshall of Utah The prosecution of these cases from the start has been directed principally by Syl- vester R. Rush of Omaha, spacia! assistant | to the attorney general. The first grand jury to begin the investigation sat at Muskogee last winter and returned indict- ments against Governor Charles N. Has- kell and six others The cases were set for trial at Tulsa and Judge Marshall was brought in as a special judge to try them. In the meantime the defendants filed a | motion to quash, alleging misconduct upon the part of Mr. Rush in the proceedings before the jury. Judge Marshall upheld the motion upon a technicality, holding that the jury consisted of twenty-one men, as provided by the laws of the United States now In force, while it should not have exceeded sixteen members, &s pro- vided by the Arkansas practice in effect when the frauds are alleged to have been committed. A second grand jury was called and many witnesses had been examined when, on Saturday last, the government contended that this body had been subjected to im- proper influences. Judge Marshall upheld the government's motion and discharged the jury, immediately ordering another one. This third grand jury convened today to again take up the work pushed by Mr. Rush and his assistants. The witnesse coming from many states and who testi- fied before the first juries, were held here and number of others summoned. Mr. | Rush has previously said that the govern- ment would push the cases to the end. Attorney Genmeral Notified. WASHINGTON, May 18.—After recelving a long telegram sent yesterday by Henry F. Asp, counsel for the defendants in the “(Continued on Second Page.) 'Sherman McFarl';nd Found | Sherman McFarland, a teamster about | years of age, who lives at 3315 Jones street, | was found head at § o'clock Tuesdsy morn- ing In an areaway at the foot of some stairs leading to the basement of the Mil- lard hotel block. It is theught by the police that the man had doszed off to sleen after midnight {while sitting_ on the ralling around the stalrway on Thirteenth street, near Dou {1as, and had then fallen into the areaway A bad bruise on the back of his head, a pool of blood near the mouth, and blood coming from the throat, were the signs or marks to indicate how the man died. Although two men were arrested etreet fight in the vicinity of Thirteenth and Douglas streets late Monday night | the theory that McFarland met his death |during any such trouble, or was fatally slugged, is discredited by the poll: Patrolman Michael McCarthy, who has the beat on which the death occurred, |found the body. In spite of the sarly hour, a large crowd of Third ward resi- dents collected. Coromer Heafey's as- sistant removed the body to the morgue, it already having been identified as that of McFarland by many men who knew him McFarland was well known in Omaha, especlally in the business portion of the Dead With Head Bruised v le in al years. Of late he had driven & sorrel and buckskin team that was remarkable for size and appearance. He was married, James McFariand, but had no children. | living at ®9 South Thirty-third street, was the dead man's tather and George, Grant and Frank Mc- Farland, also living at the latter address are his brothers. All four men are team- sters. As a man who can possibly throw some light on the case when the inquest is held | Wednesday, Bert Rider, a Third ward | resident, was taken to the police station by | Otficer McCarthy and held as a wittness. “Slim" McFarland, as he was known to many. friepds, left home at 6 o'clock Mon- day evening and was not seen after that time by his family, until his brother Grant RIGHT FROM UNDER HIS NOSE, TOO, DOG GONE IT From the Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 KEENAN BEFORE THE COURT| Word Omitted Man Accused of Trying to Bribe Jurors Has Hearing. BARRETT TELLS OF GETTING COIN One Juror Say Forty Dollars When His Earn- ings Came to Only Thirty- Two Dollars. J. W. Van Cleve took the stand against before County Judge Leslie and gave about the Barret had glven in the morning. His statement about the conversation with Keenan In the base- when Keenan s for a verdict for the street ar company in the Stewart case, was ideptical with Barrett's except that Van Cleve sald Keenan pleaded, while Barrett's ver- Al Keenan yesterday afternoon same testimony as Jesse G. ment of the courthouse, alleged to have promisel money “Don’t squeal on me slon was “Don’t tell this, With Van Cleve's evidence the rested and the case was adjourned this afternoon at 2 p. m. The de expected to put on little or no evidence at this time, but there will doubtless be con- siderable oratory. That Keenan will be bound over by Judge Leslie to the district court Is the opinion of the majority of those who heard evidence of Van Cley and Barrett latter fared unhappily when his ecross examination was resumed in the afternoon. He became involved in a contradiction with regard to the insurance of his mother. In the morning he testified that he told Kee- nan he wanted some money for that pur- pose and also his mother" the afternoon testified that he had paid insurance several he admitted that he had never pald the insurance and a little later said he had misunderstood the question in the better the morning. Vap Cleve was witness of the two and his cross-examina- tlon by A. W. material. That Keenan gave Bariett the transactions between them when Bar rett's earnings as a juror were $32 at the most was one of the principal points brought out in the testimony of Barrett The trial began with the formal evi dence of Asel Stecre, jr., deputy cler of the district court, who identified he official records in the sult of Robert . Stewart against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rallway company. Barrett toljowed him and examination occu- pled the rest of the morning. 0 his Barrett declared that on the morning of Friday, May 7, he and J. W. Van Cleve were entering the court house by the north basement entrance and that they met Keenan at the door. Inside, Keenan, Bar- rett declared, sald to them: “I see you fellows are on that case be- fore Judge Day. There is a chance for you if you return & That to make a plece of mon verdict for the street car company. fellow ain’t got any case. Barrett next deposed that his reply to this was “Oh, I couldn't do anything like that, It in't right.” continued , ‘For God's sake, send m witn the witness, don’t tell this. to the pen. he (Continued on Second Page.) Keenan Gave Him state until e is the The times. In is Jefferis afforded nothing during s followed the account of this conversation with a statement of the pay-| 1, from Indictment, Briber Goes Free ouri Court Decides Bill Illegal Because it Leaves Out Word “The.” St. LOUIS, Mo., ay 18—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo., says: “The two year penitentiary sentence of Fred Warner, a -former member of the St. Louls house of delegates, fixed by the jury which convicted him of bribery, was reversed and remanded by the Missouri supreme court today. Warner and Fred Priesmeyer, also a member of the city counell, were arvested in the house of dele- gates whamber October 15, 1007, after w transaction with marked bills furnished by Henry Ascher who was seeking the passage of a garage regulating -bil The dispatch adds that Justice Gantt, who wrote the decision, declared the in- dictment defective because it alleged that Warner's offense was “against the dignity of state.” The phrase, the court holds, should have been “the dignity of the state.”" Million and Half Lost in Fire Big Factory Building at Akron, 0, Destroyed—Girls in Panio, story Hower powder block today practi- cally destroyed the building and its con- tents, causing a loss which it is thought will aggregate $1,500,000. Several girls em- ployed in the bullding had a narrow escape Firemen were in danger from falling walls. The Lullding was occupied . entirely by light manufacturing companies. There were more than 20 employes in the bulld- ing when the fire was discovered. The blaze started in the basement and the occu- pants of the block had plenty of time to escape, although the young women were thrown into a panic. No injurles were re- ported. The cause of the fire is unknown Both the Goodrich Rubber company and the Diamond Tire company lost thousands of dollars’ worth of automobile tires. There is about $800,000 insurance on the bufiding and its contents. SEARCH FOR FIRE FIEND Nineteen Conflagrations Follow Es- cape of Pyromaniac from the Asylum at Elgin, CHICAGO, May 18.—Four fires today, be- lieved to have been incendiary im origin, and in which one life was lost and prop- erty valued at $100,00 was destroyed, caused increased actlvity in the search for An- drew Hanson, a pyromaniac who recently escaped (rom the asylum at Elgin all since Hanson's escape there have been nineteen fires of questionable origin, the losses aggregating close to $500,000, AKRON, O., May I8.—Fire in the lr\'-nv’ SINGLE SHOT SISTER AND HIMSELF South Dakota Man Thus Avoids a Threatened Arrest. SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS EXISTED Woman Was Strung Up to Rafter and Shot by Her Brother, Who Then Ended Hix Own Existence. MITCHELL, 8. D., May 18.—(Special Tel- egram,)—Suspending his sister, Mise Edith Gray, aged forty years, to @ rafter fn an attle hed room with a stout plece of cloth, | W. C, Gray, aged 4. shot her in ‘the ear and instantly killed her, Gray then turned | the gun on himself, the bullet taking effect | behind the ear, and ended his life. The parties lived on the south side of town in a small house, and with them wers living three chaldren of the man. Nelgh- bore living in the immediate vicinity of the house- have been complaining of th immortal life that Gray and his sister have been leading for 'tne last four years, the woman being in a delicate condition before being killed. A complaint was lodged with the officers and, this afternoon, Sheriff Planter and State's Attorney Herbert went over to the residence to make an investigation. Gray was plowing in the lot near the house and when he saw the officers approaching he went to tHe house. When they asked to see his sister Gray refused to permit them to enter the house. The officers came back to the eity to secure a warrant for their arrest on the charge of incest, and | sent another officer to watch the house. The officer had barely reached the place when he heard two shots fired in the house. Going In, he found the woman hanging to the rafter and the man lying on the bed, hoth dead. There were no | evidences of a struggle on the part of the woman and the supposition is, that fearing arrest meant exposure and a term In the penitentiary, they resolved to dle. The woman was not hung with the idea of sus- pending animation In that way, for the cloth did not press on her throat. NEBRASKA UNI CLUB DINNER Former Students in Chicago to Feast at Palm House—Dean Pound Toastmaster. CHICAGO, May 18.—(Special Telegram.)— | Members of the University of Nebraska | club will hold their annual dinner at the Palmer house Saturday at 6:30 p. m. Ros- | coe Pound, dean of the law school of North- western university, will preside and intro- duce the speakers. Frank L. Childs is| president of the club and Everett M. Swain is secretary-treasurer. LINCOLN WANTS CONVENTION | Nebraska Capital Next Starts Boom Meeting Place of Switchmen, PEORJA, Ill, May 15.—At the blennial conventfon of the Switchmen's Union of North ‘America this afternoon a move- ment swept through the hall boosting Lin- coln, Neb., as the next meeting place for the convention twe years from now. Many a woman makes herspending money by using Bee WantAds. Are you one of them? Don't let old things accumulate —sell them. Don’t buy something new when you can find a bargaln | viewed the body at the morgue. The latter | sald Sherman McFariand left home with | % In his pocket. When the body was | found, only 3% cents was in the pockets “We believe the case to be one of acci- dental death,” sald Chief of Detectives Savage Tuesday noon, when asked if there | was any truth in reports that it looked 1Hm. murder. Captain Dunn also was of \ the opinien that the fight at the eorner the | night before had no connection with Me- Farland's death, and the detectives who Crawford and La Follette voting no with |city, as he had been a teamster and had | worked on the case held the same theory the democrata owned his own horses for about twenty |8 their superiors in one for which some one has no further use. It makes no differ- ence what it is—a laundry stove, or & plano. Everybody reads the Bee want ad pages. They are the bargain hunter’s best hunting ground. Buy or sell—the cheap little want ads certainly do the business, May 18.—Marked for death, police believe, because he had been a close friend of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino of the New York police department, who was assassinated in Palermo, Plogglo Puc- clo, a clgarmaker, was himself assassin- atéd early today as he was trying to enter his apartments in East SBeventy-fifth street, He dropped dead on the threshold as & bullet fired over the balustrade on the floor above crashed into his body. By the time the police arrived the assassin had escaped, presumably to the roof and down through an adjoining house. The police | say the man who shot the cigarmaker had ’b(—r»n lying in wait for him, apparently, r | several hours. Before going to Palermo, Petrosino fre- quently visited Puccio's home. When the body of the detective was brought to New 1\‘0!!( for burial Puccio took an active part Friend of Petrosino Killed by Black Hand Assassin | setivity, but ne ignored them and declared in the arrangements for the demonstration in honor of Petrosino, for the funeral and the benefit for the widow. He helped to from some of the Itallan societies which paraded In the Petrosino funeral proces- sion and he marched at the head of the Carleone lodge of Foresters, of which he was an officer. Pucclo was also a leading spirit in arranging the benefit for Mrs Petrosino which was held In the Academy of Music. *While he was engaged in this work he recelved several letters threaten- ing him with death unless he discontinued he “did not fear the cowards.” The police are convinced Pucclo was murdered hecause of his friendship for Petrosino, and several detectives from the aft formerly commanded by Lieutenant Petrosino have been assigned to search for the murderer : | not { under construction of & number of pr COPY TWO CENTS WICKERSHAM HAS OPEN MIND Attorney General Consents to Have Friendly Suit on Bleached Flour Ruling. SENATOR BROWN INTERMEDIARY Shipment Will Be Made to Omaha and Seized by Officials, OMAHA, ATTORNEYS CALLED IN Smith & Smyth to Have Conference with Wickersham, NEBRASKA MILLERS GET A SHOW Latest Development Concerning Seeres tary Wilson's Ruling on Bleached Flour Considered n Feather in Brown's Cap. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 18.—8enator Norris Brown, who with his colleague h taken great interest In the order of the secretary of agriculture prohibiting bleaching of flour by the electrical process, which order, If earrled to a conclusion, means serious loss to the millers of Nebraska, had a lang conference today’ with Attorney General Wickersham looking to a genuine suit to try out this very much debated question whether the government has power to make the order it did forbidding the ship- ment of bleached flour, and whether it amounts to an ddulteration, as held by Dr Wiley, chief of the chemistry division of the Agricultural department, to bleaéh it After the conference It was decided on the part of the government that test cases should be made of Becretary Wilson's bleached flour order, and to this ehd an interstate shipment of flour will be made, consigned t7 Omaha parties, where the government will sefge the same and a case in equity be begun In the Bighth clrcuit before Judge Munger. Upon the first question, which Is one of law, whether the government has power to make the order it did, forbldding ship- ments, the attorneys '«r the millers, 8mith & Smith of Omaha, have been called to ‘Washington by telegraph to have a conter- ence with the Department of Justice. On the second question, whether bleaching flour amounts to adulteration, experts will be called to testify in order that the entire question may be put In tangible shape for review by a higher court. The agreement reached, It it may be so called, hetwaen Attorney General Wioker- sham and Senator Brown, is a distinctive triumph for the junlor senator from Nee braska. While it decides no question what- soever, the fact that the attorney general 15 open to conviction will bring encourage- ment to hundreds of millers, not only of Nebraska, but of lowa and Kansas as we'l, who have been bleaching winter wheat flour for many years and whose output | has been accepted by millions of consumers as being equal to the output of northern mills using spring wheat, Omaha Indian Trouble John H. Commons, agent at the Omaha Indian agency, will have to answer some very —pertinent questions, which may amount to charges, If Thomas G, Sloane of the Omaha tribe of Indfans and a well known lawyer in Thurston county can get a hearing before the commissioner of Indian affairs. Sloane s in Washington and today saw Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ballantyne with relation to the Issuance of patents to Omaha Indians entitled to same, some 1500 A number, and involving approximately 150,000 acres of land in Thurston county. Between Sloane and some of the older men of the Omaha tribe and the Indian office there is a decided difference as to when these patents to ©Omaha Indians should issue. Patents were granted the Omahas to run {of & period of twenty-five years, the law providing that: “Patents shall be iIn legal effect anda declare that the United States does and will hold land thus allotted in trust for a perfod of twen- ty-five years for the sole use ahd benefit of allottee, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs, according to the laws of Ne- braska." Under a decislon of the Indlan office probably these patents in fee are to be is- sued on July 10, being the date of ap- proval of allotments by the seerstary of the interfor, but Sloane and othAfs of the Omaha tribe insist that patents stould issue until December 20, which is the date of the patents themselves. In view of his discrepancy It (8 understood fn Wash- ington, that speculators are abroad at the Omaha agency, negotiating with Indians who will recelve their patents In fes for lease purposes or for purchase of the lands outright, and it has become 80 Hotorious that something must be done t6 proteet the Indians against the rapacity of the white men in that sectfon, Tax Rol to He Fattened, Probably the biggest thing (hat ever has happened to Thurston county will be the issuance of fee patents covering 150,000 acres to Indlan allottees, for the moment the patents are issued It will mean that that number of acres will become taxable for both™ colnty and state purpo and therefore increase the exchequer of Thurs- ton county ry considerably. sleretofore the Indians have been exempt of taxes They have enjoyed-all the adlvantages of distriet schools, improvement of réads und bridges and good county government with- cut paying a cent for thsse Advantages, but under the new condition of things thelr lands, lke the lands of everv other cirizen, will be taxed rroportionately to bear the burdens of county and state government Mr. Sloane came to Washington primarily to ecure the enrollment of A number of children of Julla Grandsinger and John Didler of Pender Myrtle Last of Richard- son county and Mary Deroin of Brown county, Kansas, as members of the Rose- bud Sioux tribe. Under a receit order of Ballenger the persons named enrolled as menibers of the tion, but their children nrollment and allotment 1ous Secretary above were Rosebud were resery denied acts. Nehrask: in Wash) Waldo E. Whitcomb of Winnebago is in Washington protesting against the granting of an application for a trader's store in Winnebago General Solicitor Loomis and Robert:J Clancy of the Union aPeific are in Wash ingtton on matters connected wtih irrigated lands in Union Pacific territory, Judge J. F. Boyd i in Washington, stop- A