Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1910, Page 1

L) \ L] § Lo | ‘ . « Y ) \ 4 4 ' | . $ L] b b THE OMAHA BEE a clean, reliable newspaper that is admitted to each and every home. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—RAln or sonw. For lowa—Rain or snow. For weather report see Page 8§ VOL. XXXIX—NO. 162 PRESIDENT ON UNIFQI_!M LAWS Chief Executive Makes Opening Ad- dress to Conference of National Civic Federation, DISTINGUISHED MEN ATTEND ap—( Mr. Taft is Introduced by Seth Low of New York. FAVORS cmqfi_m PROCEDURE Flective Beforms in Federal Court Methods axe Advocated. EXAMPLE FOR STATE 'ACTIOfi | i - Law's Delay Made Possible to RiclZE is Also Scored by Chief Execu- tive—Conservation by the States. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.~With the open- ing address by President Taft, complimert- ing the organisation for the work it had dome and referring to some of the {mpor- tant questions of national moment to which it eould yet lend its ald, the Na- tional Civie federation totlay began a three- day conterance here. At the opening #session, which was pre- sided over by Seth Low, president of the body, were & number of state governors here to attend a conferepce of their’ own which will’begin tomorraw, and dclegates from all parts of the United States repre- senting the American Federation o Labor. the Natlonal Grange, the Farmers' Na- tlonal congress, the National Association of Life Insurance Presidents, the National Assoclation of State Boards of Arbitration and other bodies. Speakers at the opening session included Judge Alton B. Parker, former president ot the American Bar assoclation. Big Crowd Greets President. “Your presence here, Mr. President, ls highly appreciated by this conference be- cause your presence indicates your active sympathy with the objeots of the ¢onfer- ence.” In these words President Seth Low of the Civie Federation welgomed President Taft, whose appearance on the stage of the Belasco theater was greeted by a repre- sentative audlence with every manifesta- tion of pleasure. Flanked by Seth Low and Judge Alton B. Patker, President Taft led a distinguished body of men to the stage of the theater at the opening session of the conference. Mr. Low opened the conference by intro- ducing the president of the United States. Felicitating the Civic Federation for its #ood sense in meeting in Washington, espe- clally at the same time as the meeting of governors, President Taft said that from ‘Washington everything rediated to the farthermost parts of the country, “And you are not the only citizens of the United States looking in the direction at_Wash| are others,” which qu'&mm' o' round of ap- plause. In discussing the movement started by the Clvic Federation for uniformity of state laws, President Taft sald it was the out- growth of a demand on the part of good citigenship to bring about better conditions in the social fabric. He defined a constitutional lawyer as “‘a gentleman who has gore out of the pr tice of law and has gome Into politics which called forth laughter and applause and cries of “good, g00d.” Powers of Supreme Court Tracing the growth of centralization of power in the general government in con- tradistinetion to the power of the states, he said that the early appointment of Chiet Justice Marshall made centralization pos- sible by exercising that power which a g00d judge exercised with his colleagues— “he @id not minimize the power of the constitution.” The president sald there should be uni- formity in judicial procedure, and he de- clared with emphasis that if anything in the system deserved attack it was the delay that could be secured by the wealthy under the judiclal proceedings, and he ad- vocated some change in the form of fed- | eral couft proceedings which could be taken as an example by the sta He wanted court proceedings simplitied along the lines of English practice, both in equity and eriminal law. Mr. Taft told of the movement for a uni- form law relating to child labor and cited the utterance of the governor of Massachu: Petts in behalf of a federal law regulating. €hild labor that the power of the federal governmient was greater than the power of the state. Speaking on the subject of conservation the president said: “The federal government has no power o compel owners of forests to attend to those forests with a view to the welfare of the community or the neighbors who live there, or of those who are affected by the denuding of the land. That must be done through state government if it is done at all, and #0 with respect to many of the streams. | Indeed, if one follows legal reasoning it wiil seem, I think, that there is more to be done by the states In the conservation of rosources even than by the federal gov- ernmes Judge chairman. Parker was named temporary HEIKE UNDER HEAVY. BAIL/ — Secretary of Stgar Company Must Come Inte Oomrt Next Mondky. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—~Charles R. Helke, ieretary of the American Sugar Refining lompany, was today arraigned in the crim- nal branchk of the United States cireuft court and held in $,000 ball to plead next | Monday on indictments eharging him with conspiring to defraud the government Henry W. Walker, assistant to Oliver Bpitser, was held in $,000 ball on similar charges to which today he entered a plea of not guilty, as did James F. Bender- nagel and Voelkersand Halligan, the other sugar employes Indicted with Helke last week. STATEHOOD BILL IS PASSED MHouse Endorses Measure to Arizoua and New Mexico “in Neparately. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.~The house today mssed by & vive voce vote a bill granting parate statehood to the territories of §'aw Mexico ‘and Arizona. et |of five years' imprisonmedt in the federa) | | prison at Walsh’s Last Hope of Liberty is Taken Away Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Ap- peal of Convicted Chicago Banker WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The petition for a writ of certiorar! in the case of John R Walsh, former president of the Chicago Natlonal bank of Chicago,/under sentence | Leavenworth, Kan., on the| charge of misapplying the funds of the bank, was denied today by the supreme court of the United States. lissouri Farmer Slays /His Father 1g is Result of Quarrel Over Land — Neighbors Are Aroused. & g 1; 32 s = SEPH, Mo., Jan. 17.—A special to ta¢ News-Press from Cameron, Mo, says Joseph Monts, a young farmer, shot and killed his father, Alex Montz, early this morning, at his home on a farm near Cam- eran, The son, 31 years old, who was & tenant of his father, 67 years old, had had trouble Wwith his parent and had been or- Mered to vacate the farm. When the old man went to the awr's house this morning to Insist upon the son’s removal they quar- reled and the young man fired the contents of a shotgun into his father's head. The son and his wife then went into Cameron and surrendered to the authorities, claim- ing defense. O accouni of sirong | feeling against the young man by his fath- er's nelghbors, he was hurried into hiding by the sheriff. Incubator Baby Case in Court Joseph H. Gentry and Captain Frank Tillotson on Trial for Kid- naping at Topeka. TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Stella Barclay of Buffalo, N. N, was ‘in court here today at the trial of Joseph H. Gen- try and Captaln Frank Tillotson, who are charged with helping her kidnap Marian Bleakley, the ‘“Incubator baby,” in To- lI.A'l"l'im. WAS HIS CHIEF CLERK } adopted by the senate. The house also re- OMAHA MEMBER FILES CHARGES Congressman Hitchcock Alleges that Secretary Ballinger Authorized Il- legal Payments to Cousin. He Also Alleged Irregularities in Handling Conservation Fund. JACK © BALLINGER'S DENIAL Former Official Says There is no Truth in the Charge. k CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS Argument on Methods for Conducting Inquiry is Promptly Passed by the Senate—Goes Over in the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Somewhat wan- ing interest in the Investigation of the so- called Ballinger-Pinchot controversy was quickly revived In congress today by sen- sational charges against Secretary Bal- linger filed by Representative Hitchcoek of Nebraska and Incidentally by the sen- ate's adoption of the Investigation resolu- tion as agreed upon in conference. The -most Important allegation of Mr, Hitchcock is that funds of the Interior ded partment were improperly used in paying private traveling expenses of = Secretary Ballinger's consin. The secretary and other officials of the Interior department will be subpoenaed before the house com- mittee on expenditures to which Mr. Hitchcock’s charges were addressed. Senator Nelson today reported te the senate the conferencs report on the resolu- tion providing for the investigation of the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. ~The con- ference report would permit “any official or ex-officlal concerned to appear person- ally of by counsel, and the time limits provided would make it possible to ex- tend the investigation beyond this session of congress. The report as presented was unanimously ceived the report as adopted by the senate and It went over until tomorrow. | . The republican caucus to select members of the joint Investigation commlittee’ prob- | ably will be held Wednesday evening. The democrats have selected Rainey of Illinols and James of Kentucky. The senate mem- bers of the committee will be named by Vice President Sherman. peka last August. The day was taken up in arguments for a change of venué, the defendants declaring they could not get a fair trial here. Whe® the application is decided Mrs. Barclay's trial will begin. An attorney connected with the case sald an effort was being made to have Mrs. lay plead sullty of kidnaping and will bé paroled by the judge. Mrs. Barclay is the foster mother of the chfld. She and Gentry were arrested in Kansas City, with the baby, after an ex- clting chase, ‘Russia Hostile to Knox Plan Council of Ministers Decides Proposal for Neutralization is Not Acceptable ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 17.—The council of ministers has decided that the United States proposal for the neutralization of the Manchurian raflways is not agcepta- ble to the Russlan government at present. Russla's reply to Secrotary Knox's note will be dellvered to United States Ambas- sador Rockhill in a few days. COTTON MARKET UP AND DOWN May Contracts Open Up, But Later Become Unsettled .and Lower. NEW YORK, Jan, 1L—In the cotton market today there was some excitement caused by violent fluctuations. May contracts here sold at 4.0 on the call, comparing with 13.70c, the low point on Friday afternoon, but any further ad- vance was prevented by remewed liquida- tion and the market later became very un- settled under the local bear pressure, stop- loss orders ‘and Wall street llquidation, with May selling off to 1416c, or $2.80 per bule under the closing price of Saturday. The market closed at 14.238c for that de- livery, with the general lst .lIMY. at a loss of from 14 to 46 points, 'as compared with Saturday’s closing pric MEIKLEIOHN HEADED SOUTH Nebraskan Starts on Trip to Colombia, Not to Retura Until Marel G. D. Melklejohn has gone to New York and salls from there for Colombia, South America. He whl not return to Omaha un- til March 1. He goes to look after inter- ests, which he has in that country. He contemplates crossing the Isthmus of Pan- |ama and returning by te “ay of San | Francisco. Mr. Melklejohn fis quite at home in the Latin republics, as ho speaks, reads and writes the Spanish language. Contents of Affidavit. The affidavit. was presented by Mr Hitchcock al a meeling of the committee called to permit him to substantiate his charges of extravagances in the Interior department. The committee dectded to ls- sue subpoenaes for Commissioner Dennett of the 1and office and all others interested In the charges to appear as wit- nuumy se before the committee o ‘ The statement alleges Imptopér use of the $1,000,00 appropriation “for the pro- tection of the public domain against frauds” by the purchase of the expensive furniture, mounting Into the tens of thou- sands of dollars, the erection of “a certain large brick chimney for a land office at considerable expense,” the employment of some eighty additional clerks, “salarles increased and in one case at least doubled out of the $1,000,000 fund" (elting thé case of Chief of the Fleld Service Schwarz as this instance); long telegraph bills which | “cover long extracts from the newspapers sent in by traveling representatives of the general land office, selection of special agents not at all qualified,” etc.’ | l‘ll[t Made for Cousin. The affidavit asserts that when Mr, Ballinger became commissioner of the gen- eral land office, the position he held be- fore entering the cabinet, he reduced the salary of Law Clerk Wright so that Judge Wright's $2,000 salary ‘“could be given to Jack Ballinger, his cousin, not under the title of law clerk, but under the title, cre- ated by Mr. Ballinger's order, of confl- deutial clerk. - I have been told Wright died of dlsappointent and humiliation soon thereafter." Jack Ballinger remained a year In the service, the affidavit says, his manner of. living about the time his uncle resigned, in | March, 1908, being alleged to fllustrate “the reckless expenditure of the land offjce.” “It was announced,” the affidavit goes on to say, “that young Jack Ballinger was leaving the. land office to resume law practice in Seattla In order that he might recelve a final rakeoff he was designated as speclal temporary inspector of offices, an evident outrage on the treasury. This enabled him to draw travel- ing expenses from Washington to Seattle and & per diem also. “Within two weeks after hé reached Seattle he resigned, as understood in ad- vance, and resumed law practice, including, | of course, practice before the land office | out there and also in Washington,” Mr. Hitchcock declared this to be only one of many outrages on the treasury which can be found. Lawyers for Officlals. A provision made by the conferees per- mitting any official or ex-official of the departmient to be investigated to be rep- resented by counsel, authorizes Secretary of the Interlor Ballinger, Gifford Pinchot, former government forester; Overton W. Price, former assistant forester; former Law Officer Shaw of the bureau of for- estry and L. R. Glavis, former fleld agent i (Continued on Becond Page.) One little woman and four strong men down on their hahds and feet scrambling on the ground. A strange sight, indeed. They were scrambling for a §10 bill, it developeds The little woman got it. The little woman was the Volunteer of Aferica officer who keeps her vigll at the northwest corner of Fifteenth and Farnam streets, Two elegantly-dressed woman had passed that corner. She observed that one dropped & bill on the street unconsclously. She ran to pick It up. Meantime four men passed and they spled the money; they ihad not seen the woman drop it. With Little Volunteer Rescues Bill, But Gets no Thanks (one move they and the Volunteer woman |made a-dive for the money. When the |little woman emerged from the group with | the money in her hand she ran and over- took the two elegantly-dressed women, Tapping one on the arm, she handed her the -1, saying “I saw you drop It." “Glve it here," snapped the fashionably- dressed woman, but that was all she said. The little woman of the Volunteers re- turned to her post. “Gee, the most that Woman could have done was to say ‘thank you,' " remarked & man \who had witnessed the affair. | other “If she'd been one of the boys she'd given the little woman & good-sized tip," N N\ '\\‘\‘ RN W From the Washington Star. —_— The Modern Job’s Comforter. BRYAN AGAIN FOR PRESIDENT Peerless Leader's Intimates Word to Party Leaders. CALL THEM TO COMMONER OFFICE Give Fail to Arouse Any Storm of Eunthusi- msm for the Thrice Defeated Candidate Amon the Omaha Democrats. “Mr. Bryan will be A candldate for the presidency in 1912 . Thig statement has been made by his closest intimates to more than one demo- crat of Omaha and other cities In Ne- braska, who have been summoned to th mr at Lineopn. Though Mr. Bryan is fehiting -away the time down in the-South Amerfcan republics, his “friends,” one of whom Is his ener- getle and ever-alert brother-in-law, Tommy Allen, the skillful fiscal agent of the “Third Battle,” are In Nebraska, and they are laying] the plans. “You may as well understand now with- out any further doubt or questioning that Mr. Bryan proposes to make the race in 1912, and expects his friends to begin to get busy,” is the advice that was given to a certain Omaha democrat, who says many leaders beside himself have been “called to the Commoner office” to get the same message. There are three men regarded as of suf- ficlent authority to make such a statement —Charles W. Bryan, known as ~‘Brother Charlie;” Tommy S. Allen, brother-in-law, and Richard L. Metcalfe, assoclate edjtor of Mr. Bryan's Commoner: They may all have made the statement, but it has been attributed at least to Mr. Metcaife. Those samé. trusty leaders summoned to Lincoln were also glven to understand em- phatically that under no circumstances would Mr. Bryan become a candidate for the senate, though he belleves Nebraska may go democratic. Strange enough, Met- calte 1s for Congressman Hitchcock in preterence to W. H. Thompson. It Is be- lMleved that Mr. Bryan thinks here Is a chance to salve that “sting of Ingratitude complained of by Hitchcock when Bryan “snatched the toga” from him some years ago and had Governor Poynter place it on the broader shoulders of Willlam V. Allen. And Mr. Bryan's “friends” have urged Mr. Hitchcock against coming out too boldly for the senate at this time, saying that he can better afford to let Thompson spend some of his ammunition while the battle I8 young and then come An/for a grand finish later. The fact is that no great storm of enthu- slasm has been aroused in favor of Mr. Bryan among Omaha democrats, At least one man whc was summoned to Lincoln and told to don the Bryan war paint, in- sists that he will not, saying: “I voted three times for Mr. Bryan and worked hard every time for his election. I am through chasing rainbows. I will neither work nor vote for Mr. Bryan again and if he runs I believe his- party will re- fuse to throw away the momination on him." Do you want a girl for housework? Phone Douglas 238 and get one. That is the ‘‘Want-ad Num- ber.”” If you are without help, go do it now. No use drudg- ing this cold weather when you can get help so easily. Girls looking for work know that The Bee publishes practically a com- plete list of people who want help, 80 they look to The Bee Want-ads when loking for a place. Better step to the *phione and put in the a¢ : A AN Arrest’'in Swope Case 1s Expected in a Short Time Chain of Evidence is Declared Com- plete to Show Murder of Millionaire. KANSAS CITY, Jan. ¥.—An arrest in the Swope ‘case, involving the death of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, his nephew, Chrisman Swope, and the alleged polsoning of seven helrs of the dead philanthropist, may be expected within forty-eight hours, irrespective of the finding of the sclentists now examining the stomachs of the Swopes at Chicago. : -statement was-<made . today by a man connected with the case, who went on to declare that the chain of evidence wrought against the alleged plotter or plot- ters had now been made almost complete. In'the meantime the greatest interest at taches to the departure for Chicago last night of John H. Atwood, leading attorney for the Swopes, and James G. Paxton, ex- ecutor of the estate, the two men who have been most active In pushing the investiga- tion Into the sudden deaths of the Swopes. Authorization to cause an arrest here might #so be expected from Chicago as a result of a conference set for that city today be- tween the lawyers and physiclans working on the case, it was stated. Wild West Stunt in New York Hotel Young Man Who Does Not Dance Fast Enough to Suit Drunken Stranger Permanently Crippled. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—"In from the wild and wooly west,”” yelled a stranger in an uptown hotel today, as he drew a six- shooted and polnted it at the neat patent leathers of a mild-mannered young mau “Dance, you tenderfott; dance.” The terified young man did his best at a buck and wing but the stranger defurred: “Faster, you dude, faster.” The young maa could not go faster and the man with the gun sent a bullet through his ankle and quickly escaped into the street.” The victim is In a hospital with & permanently crippled foot and the police are looking for the man with the gun. STATE TAX ON LIQUOR PERMITS IS HELD NULL Supreme Co Declares Invalid North Dakota Law to Catch Dive Owne! WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The case of R. E. Flaherty against O. G. Hanson, himself of Grand Forks county, North Dakota, Involving the constitutionality of the North Dakota statute of 1%7, requir- ing liquor dealers to pay to the state a tee of $10 upon receipts issued to them by the federal government for the payment of Internal revenue tax was decided by the supreme court today favorably to Flaherty and against the state law. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. 70l ;’.% Y7 BURNS' SEAT IS IN DANGER Noted Laborite Having Hard Fight in Yesterday's Decisions. CONSERVATIVES ARE LOSING HOPE Little Chance of Wiping Out Liberal Majority, Though it Will Be Greatly Reduced—Battle Ouly Besun. ULLETIN, LONDON, Jan. 17.—The known results of the election to the new Parliament, today's counting of the ballots not having been completed, are as follows: Oppositton—<Unionists, 4. - Mipisterialists—Liberals, 37 tionalists, '13; labor, 6. LONDON, Jan. 11.—Cleay weather and a host of workers on efther side using thou- sands of motor cars and carriages to cob- vey delayed voters to the stations gave promise of a record poll ‘being recorded at today's elections for members of Parlia- ment. In doubtful districts the party organizers were reinforced by an army of canvassers and few voters escaped In all 104 seats were contested today. Of these thirty-one were London constituencies and seventy- three provincial boroughs. Last year the Unionists held thirty-six of the 104, the Liberals fifty-two and the Laborites six- teen. The proportion for London aione was: Unionists, seventeen; Liberals, twelve, and Laborites, two. The city of London_itself s quite safe for the Unionists and\A. J. Balfour and Sir F. G. Banbury doubtless will receive majorities even larger than they had the last election. Burns Having Hard Fight. There are a number of pruminent mem- bers of the last house, however, whose seats are in danger. John Burns, presi- dent of the local government board, Is hav- ing a hard fight agaipst A. Shirley Benn, the Unionist candidate for Battersea and Clappam, Battersea division. In 1908 Burns had a majority of 1,600, but that was ab- normal, his majority at the previous elec- tion having been 24. T. J. MacNamara, Liberal candidate for Camberwall, North division, A. Bonar Law, Unlonist for Cam- berwell, Dulwich division, and W. H Long, Unionist, for the Strand are quite secure. The Liberals doubtless will lose Greenwich and other London districts, Among the provincial seats contested today are Blackburn, held at present by Philip Snowden, Labor, one of the leaders of the Labor party. Bristol, where A. Birrell, Labor, and C. Hobhouse hold seats and in which districts both sides profess con- fidence of making a clean sweep; Hull, Leeds, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Sheffield, York and Portsmouth, where the Unfonists are depending upon Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, thelr candidate, and their de- nunclation of the Liberal naval policy to reverse the big Liberal majority returned at the last election. The candidacy of the Soclalist nominee will assist them, Welsh and Scottish Election. Two Welsh and tour Scottish boroughs, #1l heretofore Liberal strongholds, will ulso poll today. The Stock exchange is inclined to be dis- appointed that the Unlonists gains of Sat- Irish = Na- T(Continued on Second Page) President of Failed Bank Said to Be Heavy Borrower EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 17.—Announce- ment today that the Cltizens National bank would suspend temporarily pending an in- vestigatioy into its affalrs by National Bank B: Inlnvr C. Johnson of Indianapolls, astonishefl thousands who had implicit confidench In the institution. The statement of the examiner, made in the newspapers in advance of the hour of opening today, served somewhat to allay alarm and there was no demonsiration around the bank door by depositors. The $L400,00 of private money In the bank jncluded lerge commercial deposits besides probably as many small accounts as any National bank in the city. Ex- aminer Johnson sald he was unprepared to' #ive data on the condition of the bank, but he hoped conditions would be such that the depositors could be pajd in full This same hope is offered In the briet notice posted by the directors on the bank's doors. It is known that out of the §1,202,000 out- standing In loans there is a considerable proportion in which the credit is weak, but just how much! is a question. Indi- vidual loans in excess of $0,000 caused the first suspicion of the examiner. It is sald that President 5. B. Gillett has borrowed to that extent, but he had made over personal property to indemnify the bank. Bo far as known there is nothing criminal in the alleged mismanagement of the institution. and his wife, Dora E. SENOR NABUCO DIES SUDDENLY Rupture of Artery of Brain Causes Death of Ambassallor from Brazil. TAFT OFFERS CONDOLENCES President Calls at Embassy in Per- son Within an Hour, ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL Body Will Probably he Sent Home on AmeritWanhlp. PROMINENT IN PUBLIC LIFE Father Was in Brasil—) ead of Liberal Party ur Generations of Family Served in the Senate, WASHINGTON, Jan, Senor Joaquim Nabuco, Brazillan ambassador to Washing- ton, died suddenly today at the embassy In this city. He was ® years old. The immediate cause of death is sald to have been the rupture of an artery of the brain, For several months the ambassador has been In falling health and ten days ago his ailment was diagnosed as arterio-seler- osie. Within an hour after the ambassador's death President Taft called In person at the embassy to vonvey his condolence, Mr. Nabuco left a widow, two dapghters and three sons. It is expétced the funeral service will be held at St. Mathew's Cath- olle church in this eity. when high mass will bg celebrated in the presence of Presi- dent Taft, the cabinet and the entire diplo- matic body It the precedents are followed, as they probably will be, the body will be con- veyed to Brazil In an American warship as a mark of respect and an evidence of the esteem In which he ‘was held by this government. Ambassador Nabuco was a son of the late Senator Nabuco, chief of the liberal party in Brazll during a period of Dom Pedro II's relgn. Both his grandfather and his great grandfather were senators, 50 that he represented In the Brasilian Parllament, when he entered it, the fourth generation of his name, the only such in- stance under the empire. For yeary he devoted himself in Parlia- ment to the cause of the aboliton of salvery. The abolition of slavery in 1888 attached Mr. Nabuco to the imperial dy- nasty, for which he risked all and when November 16, 1889, the republic was pro- claimed he kept apart rfom the general that led both the monarchical parties to acceptt he new regime. He was the author of several books deal- ing with constitutional subjects and history and In 18% expressed & wish to reconmclle himselt wtih the republic. His proffer was immediately accepted. He sorved ss Bra~ zillan minister to B was president of the third internationa] cpnference which * met in Rio\ Janefro in 1906, and was a member of The Hague court of arbitration, He came to Washington as ambassador from Brazil May 14, 1906. ) SIX THOUSAND BAR MEAT Backers of Cleveland Movement Try- ing to Smite Beetf Trust in Ohto. CLEVELAND, Jan. 17.—Cleveland's anti- meat strike, as & blow at the incréased cost of llving, was in full swing today. It is estimated that fully 6,000 men have signed a pledge to abstain from meat for one month In an effort to break the high prices. An effort will be made by the pro- moters of the plan to spread the doctrine - of anti-meat to all parts of Ohlo. While the strike s directed at the high cost of meat, the advanced price of other staple foods will not be overlooked. A prominent dealer in live stook is au- thority for the statement that if the meat eating were stopped for one week, prices would drop to the right level. It is p dicted that by the end of the week upwards of 20,000 familles will be enlisted In the movement. > JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jaf. 17.—Attor- ney General Major sald today that he e@ pects to investigate the high prices of meats in Missourl. COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 17.—~The joint legis- lative food probe commission, of which Senator Danlel Willlams is chairman, prob- ably will begin work Wednesday. J. S, Cattleberry of Wauseon writes that the consumer there not only pays great prices, but is short weighed and measured on. nearly everything he buys, DES MOINES, la., Jan. 17.~(8pecial Tel- egram.)—The county attorney has com- menced an Investigation locally with a view to laying before the grand jury the fucts regarding a supposed trust or com- bine among the grocers and butchers to keep up the prices of food stuffs, There Is In the city a very strong assoclation of these people and it has beén msserced many times that there 1s an agreement as to prices. Now since the cost of living has gone'up it {8 proposed that the mat- ter be probed. There s also & beller that some sort of a combine exists in the coal business and In sale of milk, FATAL FIGHT NEAR LEMARS Delbert Church is Shot Dead and His Brother Wounded by Otte Nigling. LEMARS, la, Jan. 17.-~(Special Tele- gram.)—Delbert Church, aged 21 yohrs, is dead and his younger brother, Kimer, is badly wounded In the arm, the result of a fracas, Saturday night. Otto Nigling, aged 40, 1 in jail, charged with the crime. The affair happened at the Fritz Roepke farm in Lincoln township. The men quaireled and the Churches, it 1s alleged, kicked Nigling out of the house. He went to his home, a quarter of a mile away, followed him. At his house he shot gun and fired at them as they tried , to enter. An inguest will be held today. DOXEYS PLEAD NOT QUILTY of Columbus Doctor and Wife Charged With Murder to be Heard Next Term, BT. LOUIS, Jan, 17.-Dr. Loren B, Doxey Doxey, indieted for first degree murder on a oh e of polson: ing Willlam J. Erder, were arraigned te- day and each entered a plea of not gullty, The case will be heard at the next Wrm of cour*