Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1909, Page 7

Council Bluffs Minor Mention The Counell Nuffs Office of the Omaka Bes s at 18 Scott Street Both Phones 43. Pavis, drugs. Dismond playing the best RRIGANS, undertakers For reat, modern house. IGHT SCHOOL at Puryears coliege. Maujestic ranges, P. C. DeVol Hdw. Cé. Wapdring Undertaking company. Tel 3%. lewis Cutler. funeral director. ‘Phone & ROGERS' BUFFET undertakers. 'Phone 13 Xpert piano tuming Hospe. ‘Phone Wb The public Whrary will be closed all day today _ Leffert's Hroadway When you want reliable want ad adver- using, use The Bee A Merry Xmas t e. 3 Broadway M. Hoffmar ted yesterday Calendars and ar Years gift. Alexande Up-to-date Ar Framing, Borwick vauderille Phone 148 6th avenue Jewelry stove, new location, @9 all. Alexander's Art KI7_Fifth avenue, to e seriously Ll not eities fof New s, 333 Broadway Department and Ploture 211 South Main street Everybody is_talking about “The_ Gir That's All the Candy.” Star theater, Xmas and Sunday maiinee and night. A few don'ts. Don't nfiss “The Gir That's All the Candy.” Dan't miss hearing Mist® Waidrin sing “Help! Heip! Help Lon't miss the merry chorus. Don't wait, £€L your eats eariy, Star Theater today matinee and night J. L. Ketchum, an inmate of the county farm at McCleliand died yesterday aged i years. Two sons, Thomas and James Ketchum, residents of Avoea, 1a., survive him. The body was removed to Cutler's un dfrtaking establishment pending arrange- mepts for the funeral” Howard i the charged wi theft Iilncis Cer yards was sequitted yes terday aft n_by a jury in Justice Ceor e Young Boylan's defense was U did not know he was tres- g on the company's property and ?, osed the coal been discarded by he Arthur by company Milbourn, father, David Milbourn, against G. Frederick an clgar manufacture 4 West Broad- for $2500 damages for Injuries to his hand, received while operating a tobacco cutting machine. Arthur, according to the petit old. The accident was high school cadet of coal from the " the his ne h t friend, his filed ' suit Harry C. Luchow, Moore, untll recently a conductor in the empioy of the Omaha & Council Hluffs Street Rallway company in this eity, has brought sull against the Omaha & Councll Bluffs Raflway Bridge com- Pany to recover $46 which he claims the defendant,. corporation withheld from_ his wages during the months of June, July August and September of this year, under A pretext that there was a shortage in his accounts. Mrs.\Nellle Mergen, administratrix of the estate of her husband, John Mergen, de- ceased, who was drowned while hunting at Lake Manawa, has filed a new suit against th d_ lodge of the Ancient Order of Un'te Workmen of lowa in an effort to re on a $2.000 polt insurance b her husband in the order. The or vesists the claim on the pund thai Merger Silcon Dusiness, thereby invalidating his insurance, as & rule of the order is that Bo person engaged in that business can be & member of the organization. LEFFERT'S JEWELRY store, cation, 502 Broadway. new lo- KNOX WORSTED IN BDALL GAME x College Men Lose to Council Bluffs. Members of the Knox College Giee club, who gave an entertainment at the high school Wednesday night, spent yesterday guests of the local alumnl at the Youns Men’s Christian assoclation bullding and Visttig K last night met the association team in a | game of basket ball The game, which was fast and full of interest, resulted in the defeat of the visitors by a score of 8 to 18 The linup of the teams was as follows: KNOX. Y.M.C.A Dav Center ..Forwa . Forward .Guard Crafton - Guar? .. Nash At the close of the game the visitors, together with a number of former Knox Calaha: Soule. college students who reside here, enjoyed | which refreshments | & social mession, at were served, college scngs sung and lege “yarns” told. The members of glee club will go to Tabor today. col- the N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 20. Night, L-1702 Heal Estate Transfers. These treisfers were reported to The Bee Deceister 2 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract compeny of Council Bluff: G. T. Karges and wife to Charles M. Anderson, Jot 22 and ey of lot 21 In block 14 Highland piace addition to Council Bluffs, w d............occon.o.d H. W. Binder, administrator of estate of Jenuie W Wright, Jot 13 in subdivision in Council Blutts, admr 4. 600 2,500 Total two transfer: FOR MEDICAL AND FAMILY USE BUY YOUR LIQUORS AT ROSENFELD LIQUOR CO., 519 §. MAIN. 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Court George Jones and John Zahner, the Mis- sourl Valley saloon men whom the dry element of that city kought 10 put out of business won out Friday in the hearing before Judge Wheeler in the district court Judge Wheeler denied the ‘njunction asked {for and dismissed the case. The sufficiency or insufficiency of a revocation of consent 1o the operation of saloons in Missouri Valley was the question invoived in the case. On November 12, what purported to be a revocation of consent {was filed with the county auditor of Har- {rison county. A petition of this character must be signed by a majority of the voters of the city. The defense claimed that ther # In Missouri Valley, but that » N was not signed by more than %09 gualified electdrs. it was alleged by the defense that there were on the petition the names of forty-six persons who were not qualified voters st the tme of the filing of the paper, six who were dead and buried at the time of filing iourteen who Svere not at any time volers in Mi Valley. The state was represented at the hear- Thomas Smith, county atiorney of i““ county, while the defendant | saloon men were represented by ) J. 8. | Dewell, Burke and Tamisiea of Missouri | Valley and Emmet Tinley of this city | At the conclusion of the hearing Judge | Wheeler adjourned district’court until Jan- uary 3 at which time any matters demand- ing attention at this term of court will lr’l taken up. The new term will open Jan uary 4, with Judge Thornell presiding. sourl |ing by New Docket is Heavy. The docket for the new term. while not unusually heavy, is of sufficlent size 1o | keep the court busy for the two months it | will last. Yesterday was the last day for tiling cases for the January term, and the docket shows 19 old law cases, 4 new aw cases, 170 0ld equity cases, 48 mew equity | cases, 8 old criminal cases and 1§ new | eriminal cases. The latter will be incressed | by the time the grand jury gets through | with its deliberations. Up to last evening | 116 trial nolices had been filed. This num- ber is somewhat above the average. The petitions in the suits in which Pot- tawattamie county is made defendant as & result of the automobife accident on the night of Auust 21 last near MeCielland, | When Miss Inez lsabelie Purdy of Oakland recelved injuries from whics she died & few Gays later, and other members of the party were more or less severely injured, were filed yesterday. Mrs. Laurs Belie Purdy, as administratrix of the estate of her daughter, asks §25,00 damages; Milton | Purdy, brotber of the young woman killed, | asks %0000 for his injuries. while Ray | Plles, the owner and driver of the machine, | asks 510,000 for his injuries and 31,000 fer the damage to the auto. \Children Get y Christmas Cheer |Many Young People Made Happy by Charitable People of Council Bluffs. Sixty chiliren were made happy yester- | day by the young women of the Flower | mission, who following their usual custom | provided a Christmas tree for their littie charges, who might otherwise not have ' been remembered by Santa Claus. The young women secured the large | store Toom in the Odd Feliows' bullding | for the entertainment yesterday morning afd the place was thronged by the happy | youngsters. Each member of the organi- zation had two youngsters as special guests in charge. Each child recelved a present from the tree in adition to a liberal supply of candy, fruit and other good things. Through the liberality of Mrs. George Keeline, who donated §100, the young wo- | men of the mission have been able to pro- vide cothing for a number of needy fam- ilies this Christmas. In addition to the Christmas tree for the young folk yester- | day, the members of the mission, through the generosity of Mr. George Keeline, will provide Christmas dinners today for twenty poor families. The children of the Associated Charities creche had a happy time yesterday, thanks to the little folk, who-are members of the Baby Ernest Hart Flower mission of the | First Congregationa church. These little | folks, who are better provided for in the | world's goods than the chfidren at the creche, provided a big Christmas tres whieh' they decorated themselves and which they loaded with presents. At 4 o'clock in ‘the | afternoon the gifts were distributed and |1t would be hard to say which derived the most pleasure from the distribution, the children who received the gifts, or the little fo'ks who provided the tree and the pres- ents. The children at the creche will be provided with & good Christmas dinner to- day. Im the evening they will sing at the Unlon mission services. i | | | To the Pablie. | Owing to the defective condition of the ater supply Teported by the state chemist, the public are urgently requested to bofl all water for drinking purposes. DR CHARLES H. BOWER, Health Officer. | Marriage Licenses. | Licenses to wed were imsued Friday to | the following: ! Name and_residence Ase. haries B Riordan, Linco'n, Neb....... 8 | Nellie F. Rohrbach Council Blutfs..... 2| |G *, Gray, Coucll Blufts sesasscen = 3 | Esther George, Councli Biuis ‘m| ge Walter Goff, Council Bluffs...... 3 | He'en A. Kraninger, Council Bluffs.. ... % | Frea McClelland, Council Bluffs n Mary Hughes Council Bluffs i Comference Fixea. | A conference between the representatives | Officials’ | that THE Council Bluffs rights in Council Bluffs and the question of the company's tracks on Avenue A be- Ing brought to grade will be discussed. The city councl will be represented at the con. ference by Mayor Maloney and Councilmen Rigdon. Jensen and Younkerman It bas not been decided whether the Com mercial club will &8 was suggested, be represented at the conference by a com mitee Settlement of Tax Dispute. CRESTON. Ia., Dec. 24.—(Special.)—From & letter received several days ago by County Auditer Smeitser from the execu tive council of the state, asking for the last Assessment against the Western Unior Telegraphy company in Union county, it {8 believed that some settlement has been effected in the dispute between the roun- cil and the company over the back taxes Sizce 1902 the telegraph company has paid no taxes on its property along the main |line of the Burlington and its Humeston and Shenandoah branch. At that time had an injunction iseued in the feder: courts, eliminating further asssssment by the state on the ground that the land oc- cupied by its poles and wires were on the Burlington railroad right-of-way and and should not be subject to taxation Recently an official of the Western Union, one from the Burlington and a representative of the executive council met and arranged a settlement. It is understood the Burlington railroad will pay the back taxes against the Western Union and also look after it in the future. The money will g0 to the different counties along the line and will make a very fair sized Christ- mas remembrance. I Progress of lee Harvewt. CRESTON, Ia., trouble between the ice harvest hands and the management at Summit iake has becn settled and & good force of men are at the lake, where work is progressing nicely. The two big ice houses of the Buriington at this point have been filled and Friday a long train load of ice was shipped to St. | Joe and Kansas Cliy, consigned to the Burlington at that point. This is the firs partial shipment along the line of the 6,000 tone called for in the contract between the company and C. S. Rex & Son, who are | in charge of the shipping and harvest this year. Farmer Attacks Teacher. WEBSTER CITY, la., Dec. % —(Special) —Joseph Thomas, weaithy farmer, went to the school house and atiscked Prof. E. E. Coe, head of the schools and after thrash- ing him, drove him from the school. This act followed the chastisement of young Thomas by the school teacher for writing on the schoolhouse walls. There is much excitement over the affair and the school board will take action. Buit for damage against Thomas is possibie. Anthrax Prevalent. IDA Grove, Is, Dec. 24— (Special.)— Farmers in this section have been warned by the state veterinary surgeon, Dr. Koto, that the deadly anthrax has broken out again in Woodbury county where a num- ber of fine horses have died from it. This makes the third outbreak in Wodbury since September. Jowa News Notes. ESTHERVILLE—Asa C. Irwin l.nfl'NeFl lle Brood, two Emmet ple were ‘married here bell. They wil reside the city. OSKALOOSA—James Parry, living six miles east of Oskaloosa, fell actoss a power ool eaw while Le was operating it om. poetely severing an arm a portion of his skull g ESTHERVILLE-The funeral of James Young, aged & years was held from his home on North Fourth street yesterday. The body was taken to Sumner, la., for interment. Heart fallure was the ~ause of his death. CLARION—W. C. Brown. a former sher- #f of Wright county, and a well known republican, will be &' candidate for state representative Mr. Brown is a pro- gressive snd for & number of years he has been & member of the State Agricultural society. CRESTON—An extensive real estate deal involving several Croston residence prop- erties and & number of farms in this part of the country was ciosed Friday at Onceola, when John Barton of this eity traded four dweiling houses in this city for s stock and grain farm, including 20 acres mear Osceols. SIDNEY—An organisation has just been effected, which it is hoped will resuit in & marked improvement of the bigh school in thls city. "At a mesting of parents and | teac! 8 co-operative vrganization was planned and Mrs. C. C. Laird was elected | :cndu'. It is hoped that an interest will | Aroused among the parents which will reeult in more efficient work and dicipiine. | AMES—The American Soclety of Agricu- tural engineers will hoid e tuird annual | meeting at lowa o0 this city | on Dedember 3 and 3. Among the long | list of eminent engineers who wil! appear on the programs, there are John T. Stewart of the University of Minnesota, Howard B. Riley of Cornell university, A. O. Fox o the University of Wisconsin, E. W. Will- county young peo- by Rev. E. Camp- on & farm east of | fams of Winnipeg. Canada. | DIKE—The little town of Dike on the Northern Towa division of the Northwest- ern is face to face with a eoml famin, and it has appealed to the state raflro commissioners for help.” The €ommission wes notified yesterday that unless relief came at once that the condition would Frow serious within a few days. The town has two coul dealers. One emptied his bins Monday, and the other sold the last coal | he had on hand Tueeday. The commis. sion has promised that it wil: give all the assistance poesible CRESTON—Actions for the January term of the Unien county district Court " are & up and the docket promises to be of | usual size. A damaAge suit has been brought by Elmer Wilber against Edward Buckingham, both partles being from Lorimor. The trouble started when Wilber stored a Ford automobile in a buildin belonging 1o Buckingbam and instructed | hm to leave it alone. Buckingham, how- ever, indulged in an occasional ride and managed to get the car pretty well beyond hopes of Iocovers. Th‘: Plsintift in the case asks for 3300 to replace and mak the damage. i SECRETARY AFFIRMS RULING Holding of Commisgloner in He: stead Case of Anmie Bassett of Alliance mined. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. %.—(Special Tele- gTam)—The sccretary of the interior has affirmed & declefon of the commissioner of the general Jand office in the appeal of Annie E. Bassett, rejectitg ner final proof on a homestaad entry located in the Al- lance (Neb.) land district | Mre. Cacrie L. Wilcox of Lincoln, Neb., has been appointed teacher at Crow Creek | Indian school, South Dakota, and Hattie | E. Drake of Gibbs, Neb., at the Polasoc school, Arizona Rural carriers appointed are: - Nebraska Dec. 26.—(Special }~The | !cludes in part, “that Dr OMAHA SUNDAY BEE |EXPLORERS DROP DR. COOK ! [Club Finds that He Did Not Clin| Mount McKinley. AGAIN BRANDED AS IMPOSTER Assoclates Charge that He Faith with Them—Test Given by Guides Not Considered. NEW YORK., Dec. %—The board of gov- ‘ ernors of the Explorers’ elub met yesterday In cxecutive session and, standing in | sllence, voted with bowed heads that Dr. | Frederick A. Cook be dropped from the rolls of the eludb for fraude practiesd on fts members and on the public. Coming herd upon the heels of the crushing vof- dict lately rendered by the University of | Copenhagen, the action of the Explorers club today Is the result of independent in vettigations, which in no way touch upon | the polar controversy, and the weight of | fts @isapproval thus becomes cumulative. | Preliminary to its vote of expuision, the | toard met to pess mpon the report of iis committee, which has been investigating | the validity of Dr. Cook's asseriion that he recched the summit of Mount McKinley. | This committee, in concluding an exhaust- | fve report, recommended that “Dr. Cook's | claim that he sscended the summit Mount McKinley in 1806 be rejected by the Explorers’ club as unworthy credence.” The committee’s recommendaiion was based on its finding that *“Dr. Cook hadl repeatodly made statements that have notl‘ been in accord with the facts, and that he | had entered into agreements which he has failed to keep, and that the misstatements | and broken agreements deal not only with | matters appertaining to discovery, but to | ordinary financial transactions, so that no | credence can be given to statements made | by him." Guides' Testimony Not Considered. Among the seven signatures appended to this arraignment are those of Caspar g Whitney and Antonla Flala, both persondt | | friends of Dr. Cook. The committee is fur- | ther explielt in its statement that it under- | took its investigation only after first ap- prising Dr. Cook of its purpose, whieh he | approved in person, and that it has disre- | garded entirely the testimony of Edward | Berrill, Dr. Cook's g of Wredt- | erick Prints, his packer—although such tes- | | timony was before them—because it wished | no cloud of partisan conmtention or gques- | {tion of financlal interest to dim the integ- | rity of its verdict. | In addition to the findings of the com- | mittee as & whole—which are signed by | Anthonta Fiala, a polar explorer of note; Frederick . Dellenbaugh of the Ameri- | can Geographic socicty, Prof. Marshall H Saville of the chair of archaeclogy In Oo- | lumbia university, Walter G. Clarke, | Charles H. Townsend, director of the New | | York aquarium; Henry G. Walsh, secre- |tary of the Explorers’ club, and Caspar | Whitney—individual signed reporta are | submitted by Hersa C. Parker, professor |of physies at Columbia, and Belmore | Brown, both of whom were members of the Cook-McKinley expedition, and by Charles Sheldon, who has recently re- turned from a year's residence on the slope of Mount McKinley, where he went with the express purpose of studying the con- figufation of the mountain, with & view to the posaibllity of its ascent. Breaks Faith with Associates. Prof. Parker reporis that he was a parie ner with Dr. Cock in the McKinley expe- | @ttion, both physically and financlaily. Dr. Cook assumed the lead with a plan which proved unfeasible and the party es- caped with their lives, thanks to the lo- ocal knowledge of Belmore Brown, onme of | its members. | “It was perfectly understood,” says Prpf. Parker, “(hat after the misadventure all | further attempts were abandoned for the season. Otherwise Prof. Parker would not have left the expedition.” Instead of this, Dr. Cook, it is charged, | sidetracked all members of the expsdition until there remained only Cook, his guide, Barrill, and one packer, who Was subse- quently got rid of also. Thuee defections left Dr. Cook, says Prof. Parker, mo in- struments capable of measuring the alti- | tudes he says he attained. Moreover, he #dds, the summer's experience had shown that, of ail the party, Dr. Cook a3d Bar- rill were the least fitted physicaly for arduous mountain climbing. Belmore Brown in the main confirme Prof. Parker, \and says also that in Dr. Cook's book there is not one dats given from the time he left the Chulitna river. This makes intelligent criticism impossible, he declered. He asserts further ihat he | never saw Dr. Cook make a single aneroid | barometer reading during the whole trip. | Confirming & charge that has previously | been made he says that Dr. Cook was | known to be in serious financial stralts and would have great difficulty in getting | out of Alaska if he had not reported that he sttained the summit of Mount MeKig- ley. Brown fortifies his charges with the | declardtion that Cook and Barrill had no ice creepers, and that, though Dr. Cook afterward told Prof. Parker that he (Cook) | and Barrill were roped together every foot | of the last stages, Prof Farker and Brown both remembered that they desiroyed the | |climbing rope as defective, before they quit the expedition. Furthermore, in tione of the pictures published in Dr. Codk's book, does a climbing rope appear. | Brown and Sheldon aiso report that| | various photogrepns in Dr. Cook's boek do not represent the peaks they are sald to ! picture; and Sheldon denies that he is the | author of the appendix in the book, which | Dr. Cook credits to him. | Story is Incredible. The committee a3 & whole, therefore, con- Cook's account of the ascent is not ouly such as to be un- convincing to the experienced mountaineer but that under anaiysis it becomes in- credible. “That he entered into & secret financial agreement with & publisher which resuited in embarrassment to his associstes, “That he broke his agreement with his tellow club members to supply his originai photographs and data upon which his book was based.” Other conclusions of the commities m be summarized as follows | That the Mount McKinley expedhuion | abandoned the ascent of the shountain 1906, agreeing thet no further attempt should | be made to reach the summit during tnat | | | | fit, up-to-date styles &t very reasonanis|Of the city councll and the officials of the | —Elm Creek, route 3 Wilbur F. Ricnerd, | *020%. B0d with that understanding Prof. prices. in fura Open Evenings Till 9 P. M. 33 South Main Street | company has been arranged for next Tues- | | day afternoon and will be held in the com- pany’s office in Omaha. Matters in con- [nection with the comphmy's franchise A. A. CLARK & cO. } LOAN MONEY ON HORSES, OCATTLE AND § We €0 all kinds of alterations aigo | O™8ha & Council Bluffs Street Rallway |son, carrier: no substitute, South Dakota—Geddes, route 2, Albert J, | Leight, carrier; no substitute. Rastall Returns Home. PIERRE, 8 D. Dec. %.—(Special)—8u- perintendent Rastall of the government In- dian school at this city returned last night from a trip to Washington o look after the interests of the schosl in the depart- ments at the national capital. He feels certain that the school will get an appro- | priation &l the present session of congress sufficient to provide & boys dormitery and seversl employes' cottages, which are needed to make the school equipment more pertect Mothers need have no hesilancy in giving Chamberiain's Cough Remedy te the Nitie ones. It s perfectly sale. Parker set out at once for the coast That Dr. Cook persuaded Mr. Brown to commence the collection of natural histery | specimens in a locality that would take him well out of the meighborhood of ine last operations of the party. H That Dr. Cook, taking with him the | guide, Barrill, proceeded further twward | | the mountain with the declared objeet of | examining glaclers, but apparently to cend some resdily mecessible part of ‘he mountain to secure photographs and other | | data, upon which to base a claim of hay- | ing ascended the kighest peak, and to re- | main absent & sufficient length of time for || the possible accomplishment of the aseent alleged | Necessary Equipment Lacking. | | he m?z-u &nd fachities, such as footwear, DECEMBER ! « Al THE Cosmopolitan MASAZINE McClure’s ' MAGAZINE 5 Woman's Home Companion Review OF Reviews g GREATEST OF THE McClure’s Magazine Review of Reviews .. Daily Bee (without Sunday). MecClure’s Magazine . Woman’s Home Companion . Review of Reviews ... Daily and Sunday Bee. Review of Reviews Regular price for both one year. .$9.00 Daily Bee (without Sunday).... ‘Woman's Home Companion . ... Regular price for both ore year. Daily Bee (without Sunday)........ 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That Dr. Cook’s description of the ascent of Mount McKinley on the northeast ridge, which is the ridge by which he claimed to have reached the peak, is in reality a de- scription of the southeast side. The former ridge was explored by him on a previous expecition and ‘n his book he declares it impossible as a route to the peak SPEYERS BUY INTO UNION TRUST COMPANY Morgan's Biggest Rival Secures Prac- ticel Control of Large Fi etal Corperati, NEW YORK. Dec. Z—James Speyer & Co., one of New York's conservative bank ing firms and rivals of J. Pierpont Mor gan & Co. has purchased the holdings o the Jate Cornelius Vanderbilt in the Unlor Trust company of this city, according to &n apparently authentic report in financial circles. It is said that the Speyers have taken over L7 shares of the company's stock, involving approximately §2.000,000. Possession of the Vanderbill stock does not necessarily mean control of the Union Trust company, but added to the holdings already sccredited to Speyer & Co. it will mean, it i said, that other interests wil Le barred from (he upper hand in the com- pany’'s management. The Unlon Trust company has deposits of about 365,000,000 In some quariers i Speyer & Co. have begun an active fight for the control of tbe woney market, but this is more or lees an unconfirmed angle of Wall street gossip. The transaction is considered, however, one of the most im. portant ones since J. Plerpont Morgan pur- chased the Equitable life Assurance so- ciety. Civie Delegates Named. PIERRE 8 D, Dec M. —(Special,)—Gov- erner Vessey has appointed as delegates from this state to the National Civie oon- is predicted that! field, Academy; C. F. French, Huron; C H. Hopkins, Aberdeen; Samuel Korfelt Mitchell; C. T. Farnsworth, Chamberlain; Frank Fox, Sioux Falls; George N. Nash, Aberdeen. PATRICK SENDS PROTEST AGAINST “PRIZE FIGHTING” Writes Letter to Governmor Objecting te Spady-Wilifams Bout Re- cently Pulled Off. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. %. — Governor former State Senator W. R. Patrick Omaha calling his attention to what he | declures is open defiance of the law by the authorities at Omaha in permitting prize fighting. Mr. Patrick in his letter says there was a prize fight in that city the night of Decembe: betwe:n “Kid Spady of Omaha and “Eddle” Willlams of Kansas City, and he describes it as & brutal exhibition. Mr. Patrick accused Mayor Dahlman and Chief of Pclice Dona- hue of negligence, at the same time re- questing the governor to study the erim inal code on prize fights and their sup pression. SHIP SUBSIDY BILL DRAFTEL Members of Merchant Marime Com- mittee 1t Proposed Measure to President Taft. of WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—A ship subsidy bill that can pass congress and meet the lapproval of the president seems to be in sight. Today Congressman Humphreye of | Washington with the members of the Mer chant Marine committee of the house | visitea President Taft today and laid be- fore him the bill introduced at the last |session, with amendments, which have since been made. The amended bill met the ap- proval of the president, it is sald Mr. Humphreys and John Hayes Ham- |mond, & member of the committee, who |had the matter in charge agreed that the bill would not be made public until it is joffered in congrems on January 4 Further than to say that the amended bul neither & straight ship subsidy measure, | proposing to subsidize by tonnage and voy- {age, mor & mall subsidy bill, |ehairman mor any of the members of the | committee would tell of its provisions. It is known, however, that the amend- | ments were worked out with the aid of the Merchant Marine league, which has its headquarters at Cleveland, O., and the bili as it stands will have the support of the copper Mielines, instruments for recording | jon; A N. Herschy, Redfield; L. E. Cam- | organization. Shallenberger Friday received a letter from | . " 00 | with reference to the necessity | ana | wex i Deither the | Gompers Discusses Labor Problems Recommendations of President Taf$ in His Message Are Adversely Criticised. WASHINGTON, Dec. %.—Samuel Gom- pere, president of the American Federation of Labor, publishes & vigorous editorial in the Federationist, the offi- cial organ of the labor body, against both the action of the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columibia and the recommendation in President Taft's message 10 congress for notice hearing before writs are granted. Both the action of the court and the recommendation of the president are erii- cised. The former on the ground that it was without sanction of the law and the latier for the alieged reason that the pres- ident did not advocate anything that coyld be attached {0 an existing law or mol- fy it After sketching the appeal from the rison sentence imposed on Gompers, Mor- son and Mitchell, which wes granted by he supreme court of the United S:ates, and the opinion of Justice Siepard of tha supreme court of the district, Mr. Gompers says “How any intelligent man can read th documents without being Inspired by the Iveliest hope for the success of labors cause It is difficult to sce. The eclearer the whole matter is placed before the rea- sonsble mind without the lesger and ir- injunction | relevant points with which our opponents’ argumenss bristle, the plainer is the way to & jurt judgment.” Referring to President Taft's recommenda-~ tion, Mr. Gompers declares it proposes mo improvement cn existing law, because he alleges no such law exists. NO CHRISTMAS CHEER HERE Father and Mother of ) Killed on Wey Mo Wagonlead of Gifts, HAMILTON, O, Dec. %~While driving home in & covered wagon loaded with Christmas gifts for their nine children, William Payne and his wife Mary, wers killed by & traction car near this eity this evening Children with — Boe Want Ads boost business. \