Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1910, Page 7

Council Bluffs The Councll Miuffs Offios of the Omaha Hee is st 15 oot Wirest Davis, arugs. CORRIGANS, undertakers. 'Phone \ Fog rent, modern house, FAUST BEER AT ROG BUY i1 Woodring Undertaking company. T. 19, Lewis Cutler, funeral director, 'Pho.c 31, Baird & Holand, undertakers. ‘Phone 122 Dr. Sidney H. Smith, 2120 B'way. 'Phones 1489, When you want rellable want ad or- tising, use The Diamonds—&pecial prices this monih at Leffert's new store, 3 Broadway. Bishop Arthur L. Willlams will preach Surday morning at St. Paul's Episcopal chureh, Dr. Matt A. Tinley has been elected phys- iclan for Hazel eamp, Modern Woodmen of America. G. W. Lipe of this eity will conduct a Masonie school of instruction in Glenwood on February 7, § and 9. The fire department was called last even Ing to the Goodrich hotel by a chimney fire, which did no damage. church, Omaha, will address the members of the Lutheran brotherhood and congrega- tion of St. John's Epglish Lutheran chureh Monday evening on ““The Minister, What He Is and Why He Is.” At the Grand hotel last evening B, J, McAllister and Ed Carning entertained al " dinner a number of (heir brother real eslate agents. The discussion of the menu was followed by an informal program of toasts and a general discussion of subjects of interest to the dealers, Ernest Price, the 1ad who attempted t hold up Clarence Hancock, a South Mai street cook, at the point of a rusty litl revolver Wednesday night, was bound ove to the grand jury under §300 bonds yester duy, afier walving preliminary examina tlon hefore Judge 8. B. Snyder in polics court. Mrs. Margaret Fanel, aged 78 years, dled esterday the home of her dnughter. ra. W. Jardine. She Is survived by threc daughters, Mrs. Jardine, Mrs. Patrick Klilliher of Iilinols and Mrs. Edward Farrel of South Omaha. The funeral will be heid at 9 o'clock thls morning at the Holy 3 Family Cathollc church, with interment at 8t. Joseph's cemetery. Ordination of Rev. A. J. Cedarfelt, pastor of the Swedish Baptist church, will taks Place In this city today. The exercises will be conducted at the church. beginning at 9 a. m. with examination of the candidate, and concluding with a_consecrat'on service at 8 o'clock In the evening. Rev. Mr. Cedar- fat s a recent graduate of Chicago uni- versity and came herc about the first of the vear. All Scandinavians are invited to attend the exercises, Deputy Sheriff H. A. Waddington made his return yesterday morning on the writ of habeas corpus lssued by Judge W. R, Green Thursday evening on application of Mrs. Anna Raph. He roported that he was unable to locate Daniel Raph, husband of the petitioner, or their little daughter Alta, the custody of whom- was in dispute. The latest information secured by Mr. Wad- dington was that Raph and the daughte jad Jeft for the west abuut two nours ho- fore he arrived at the house where thev 0ad been staying. After a lively sesslon of the juvenile filvislon of the superior court vesterday morning Judge: S. B, Snyder committed Hazel Anderson to the Creche to awalt the result of further investigation int charges of @elinquency. Rev. Henrv Tn Long, probation officer, testified that the &lrl ‘was not well clothed and her hon wnk rot° plensant. She 1s the adopte daughter of Mr. and Mre. G. J. Anderson Mrs. Anderson resented the statements of Mr. Delong, and, sobbing violently, de clared that thelr home wns as good as tha of ‘any girl, that they had tried to make the placo pleasant for Hazel and they wanted her to return. The girl, who has been staving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bucher, at the Omaha Gun club grounds, #ald she preferred to rematn there. When you want what you want when you want it, say so through The Bee Want Ad Columns. Classes Arrange Reunions, IOWA CITY, la, Jan. 28.—(Speclal)— Twenty-six of the forty-four clafses to graduate from the University of Iowa col- lege of law have arranged for reunions here at the time of the dedication of the new law bullding, February 2. A big banquet will be held the evening of the dedication and it s expected that fully 400 will be in attendance at this event alone, _— STAR THEATER SUNDAY NIGHET MORT X. SINGER Presents HENRY WOODRUFF —IN— THE PRINCE OF : TONIGHT A Musioal Gem in a Beauty Setting. ¢ 60 MONDAY WIGHT W GREW STOCK 0° In the Big Farce Comedy Suoccess. T=® MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE Prices: 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50c Geo. W. Kiein Upholstering, Furniture Repair- ed and Refinished, Feathers Renovated, Mirrors Replated, and all kinds of mattress work done. Both "Phones. 19 So. Main St., Council Blutfs, ‘# “Have It Done Right” - LOAN MONEY ON BOTH PHONES 217, The Woman's 'auxillary of St. Paul's ¥ipiscopal ehurch will meet Friday after- 1con at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. George Allingham. The Woman's guild of St. Paul's Episco | pal church will meet Monday afternoon at % o'clock with Mrs. John Willlam Jones at 8t. Paul's rectory Leonard Bartlett, a well known local negro character, commonly called “Hoppy," Vix arrested yesterday morning under an indictment charging him with keeping 4 gambling house, Rev. J. B. Hummon of Kountze Memorial | Reed and were given an enthustastic send- THE OMAF 1A SUNDAY BEE JANUARY Bluffs i [COUNCIL BLUFES LOSES TWO | Port Dodge and Sioux City Both Best Local Debaters. Council |CLOSE CONTEST WITH LATTER Form of Govermment Discussion—Fort Comm Question for Dodge Defeats Sloux City on Home P1 on Counel!l Bluffs High school debaters lost both thelr debates in a trlangular contest with teams representing the high schools of Fort Dodge and Soux City. The con- test in thie city resulted in a unanimous verdict In favor of Fort Dodge. At Sloux City Council Bluffs lost by a vote of two judges to one. The Council Bluffs High school was represented in the local debate by three young women, Miss Mary Chapman, Miss Ruth Henderson and Miss Bula Sigman. Three young men, Roy Mauer, Guy Leavitt and Kenneth Snyder, represented the local school in the Sloux City contest. “Rosolved, That Amerfcan citfes should adopt the commission plan of govern- ment,” was the subject chosen for debate between six teams, two each from Council Bluffs, Sloux City and Fort Dodge. All the contests took place sast night. At Councll Bluffs the Council Bluffs debaters took the affirmative against Fort Dodge. At Sloux City Council Bluffs debated the negative side against Sioux City and at Fort Dodge Fort Dodge had the affirma- tive against Sioux City The debate excited the keenest interest among ctudents and patrons and the high school auditorium was well filled The local debaters who went Clty were accompanied by Principal C. E. to Sfoux off at a mass mecting held in the high school auditorium at noon. They went to )maha to take a train at 2 o'clock and il return this morning. The Fort Dodge debaters who upheld the honor of their school here were Fred Jukes, George Wilght Richard Colby. They arrived here at 11 o'clock a. m. and were met at the station by a committee of students and were taken to the high school, where they were welcomed by the other students. SCOTT CASE COMES MONDAY Judge Thornell Will Try Second of Mahbray Mike Sul Beginning with the trial of the Mabray “Mike" case of the state against Frank Scott of, Pender, Neb., Judge A. B. Thor- nell will take up the district court eriminal docket next Monday. The Scott case is ex- pected to occupy the greater part of the week. Attorney Genera: "H. W. Byers, it | s stated, will assist County Attorney J. J ifess In this trial, as he did in the trial of the Dobbins case last December, Although the Scott case is the only erim- Inal case on the present assignment, it is expected that before the close of that trial another assignment will be made, including | other state cases. County Attorney Hess said yesterday he expocted to dispose of a number of crim- Inal cases before the close of the term. The criminal docket for the January term contains 103 cases, besides the eighteen in- dictments returned since the beginning of the term. A number of cases have been disposed of, however, either by pleas of gullty or dismissa’ in unimportant cases, and there is on the criminal docket, as on the equity and law dockets, a Jarge amount of “dead wood." More than twenty cases are for violation of liquor laws, gimbling, saloon contempt cases, etc. Nine dipsomaniac cases are listed, but most of them have been dis- posed of. AGED MAN 15 County Board Makes Raling In Case of R. M. White, After recelving the report of Dr. J. M. Barstow, medical member of the Board of County Insanity Commissioners, yesterday, the board entered a finding that Robert M. White was not insane. White Is an aged man who s & county charge. He was sent the first of the month to the county home at McClelland, but ran away from the Institution on the evening of Jan- uary 5 in his bare feet. The night was ex- tremely -cold and when White was found by Superintendent O. L. Barritt, who be- 8an search as soon as White's absence was reported, the unfortunate man's feet were found to be partially frozen, He had walked about three-quarters of a mile and was found wandering in+a field. Superintendent Barritt filed an informa- tion of insanity on January 19 and White was brought to St. Bernard's hospital In NOT INSANE A. A. CLARK & CO. AND ANY CHATTEL SECURITY AT ONE-HALF THE USUAL RATES, Twenty Years of Successful Business CORNER MAIN AND BROADWAY, OVER AMERICAN EXPRESS, No, connection with the firm calling themselves The Clark Mort this city, where he has since been cared for. While not insane, he Is childish and Dr. Barstow. sald yesterday that he would brobably lose parts of several toes as a result of freezing. White was removed to Mercy hospital yesterday afterncon and” will be treated there until fully recovered. LONG MARRIED, DIVORCE WANTED M. Rasmussen Says He Ca Longer with W M. Rasmussen yesterday filed sult in the district court for divorce from Anne Marrie Rasmussen. They separated on last Christmas day, according to the statements of Rasmussen's petition, after havifg lived together thirty-one years. They were mar- ried in Denmark on May 32, 1879, Rasmussen charges his wife with cruel and inhuman treatment, and says she once threw a knife at him; sometimes left him for long periods at home to do his own cooking and care for the house, and ©On one occasion, he charges, she prompted their grown up sons to strike him. Gertryde C. Schafer has sued for & dl- Live Neo vorce from Henry Schafer. They were married on November 16, 18%0. Mys. Schaef accuses her husband of statutory offenses, continulng through & number of years, and says she can no longer live with him. She asks custody of their seven children, the oldest of whom Is 18 years of age. — Ott Goes to Lincoln, LYONS, Neb., Jan. 2.—(Special.)~Charles K. Ott has s0ld his interest in the Lyons Sun to his pagtner, J. J. Haydon, who also bought Mr. Ott's dwelling. Possession will be given February 1, when Mr. Ott wii remove to Lincoln, where ha will be aon. nected with the job printing plant of the Woodruff-Collins Printing company. | HORSES, OATTLE AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE l' Council” Bluffs City Engineer Fixing Values Careful Work Being Done in Prepara- tion for Indian Creek Tunnel. City Engineer 8. L. Etnyre and his force of assistants are at work upon plans and specifications for the proposed Indian creek tunnel, which were ordered by the ity council somo time ago. This is the proposition submitted by Mayor Malonex. contemplating the construction of a tun- nel through the hills north of the city, to divert the creek from fts present bed and turn the water Into Big lake. The question of raising funds sufficlent to meet the expense of this undertaking is demanding attention from the aldermen and the city solicitor. It is roughly esti- mated that the tunnel will cost about $200,00. It is belleved by Mayor Maloney [that this cost may be modified consider- ably, possibly to such an extent as to bring the total down to about $150,000. Mayor Maloney s of the opinfon that an assessment of 4 mills may be made against property within the confined limits of the dralnage district and an assessment of 2 mills upon all other city property. By this means a revenue of $9,90 annually may be secured, based upon a total valua- tion of $17,00.000 on Council Bluffs real estate. City Solicitor Kimball has expressed the bellef that the city cannot aseess the property beyond 2% mills within the drain- age district and 1% mills outside the dis- trict. This would give an annual income from that sourse of $6,600. The statute provides that a levy not exceeding 4 mills may be made for a period of not more. than ten years. According to Mayor Maloney's figures the income from the total levy of 6 mills would be about $65,000. Mr. Kimball belleves the whole total should be not more than 4 miils, which would give a revenue of about $0,- 000 In the ten years. In order to/ be able to submit-to the council an accurate estimate of the re- sources of the clty in this project, as well as an estimate of the cost, the en- gineer Is going over the territory of the drainage distriet, lot by lot, and fixing values. PRIMARY FILINGS ALL IN No Republican Nomination for Office of Assessor, Filings for the city primary e'ection on February 28 closed last evening. The final day produced only two candidates for nominatfon. Warren Hough filed as demo- cratic candldate for city treasurer and is | the only candidate for that nomination. W. M. Hendrix of the Sixth ward filed | &s a candidate for the republican nomina- tion for member of the Board of Park commissioners. The filings closed without any candidate for the republican nomina- tion for assessor. It is expected the re- publican city convention will fill this va- cancy. No filings were made this year for dele- gates to city conventions or precinct come« mitteemen, nor did either clty chairman file with the auditor a statement of the ratio upon which the number of delegates to the city conventions should be based. The law provides that the city auditor shall fix the ratio on failure of the city chairmen to act. Auditor McAneney sald it evening that he would do this within a few days. Drainage Case Put Over, After hearing only part of the evidence of the plaintiffs in the suit of J. M. Pullen and others against the Board of County Supervisors and Contractor Willlam Lana, in which injunction {s asked against the construction of the Nishnabotna drainage diteh, Judge W. R. Green yesterday ' ad- be fixed later. Judge Green goes to his home in Audu- bon and will next Tuesday open court in Glenwood. After he has ascertained the condition of court work there and when he can spare the time\arrangements will be made to resume the ditch injunction case. | Nine witnesses have been examined by the plaintiff during the two days' trfal. | About as many more are to be heard Be- fore the plaintiff's case is finished. It is expected the defense will have at least as many witnesses as the plaintiffs, and about a week will be required, it Is estimated, to conclude the hearing. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee January 28 by the Pottawattamie Couhty Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Alton Kocher and wife to J. J. Cook, | lots 8, 9 and 10, block 8, town of | GHUAL, Wl iciioaeuivsoradens $ 125 | Ferth J. Fitch and wife to Alien Green Brumage, lots 4 and 6, block 13, Coch- ran's add. to Council Bluifs, W. d.... 2,000 Josephine Redfern and husband to lato C.. Otto R., Hazen G., Linna . and Forrest F. Redfern, lot 20 and the s% of lot 2, Rallroad add. to ‘Council Bluffs, w. d.. e u Henry N. Anderson and wife to Jessie R. Magnees, lots 27 and 25, block Wright's add. to Councfl Bluffs, w. d. George H. Addison, widower, to George H H. Addison, Jr., part lot 3, Aud subd, | sel neld, 157540, w. d......... i Five transfers, total 34,606 | Ft. Dodge Beats the Sfoux. FORT DODGE, Ia, Jan. 20.—(Speclal. Telegram.)—The affirmaive, upheld by Fort Dodge, won unanimously in the hattle between Fort Dodge and Sioux City here tonight, taking place as part of the triangu- lar contest between Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs and Sioux City. The judges were Leslte I Reed of Jefferson, Prof. J. E. Brindley of Ames and Attorney O. J. Hen- derson of Webster City. B. B. Burnquist, an attorney of Fort Dodge, presided. The commission form of government was the question contested. Paul Gustafsori, Warren Smith and George Brandshaw, the latter a member of the 1908 league champion team, represented Fort Dodge. The negative, defended by Sioux City, wi represented by John Osborne, Josephine Herbst and Jack Perking. Daneing Not Under B IOWA CITY, la, Jan. 29.—(Special.)— Alone does the University of Towa stand among the institutions of higher learning in Towa In that dgneing is permitted by the sanction of its faculty. Iowa college at Grinnell has emphatically come out against dancing and in the city of Des Moines, Drake university, Des Moines col- lege, Highland Park college and the Danish college long ago “‘tabooed’’ the light fantas- tie. Dances are almost unknown at Cedar Falls, where the girls far outnumber the men In the State Teachers' college. Drastic measures are being used in these institu- x’on- to keep the ban on the frivolity, but the state university formal parties are given and every week's end sees the soclal calendar filled with as many dances as there are halls in the city. Close at Sioux City. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Jan. 2.—(Special Tele- grom.)—The Sloux Clty affirmative team Ke Co, JINO. P, TINLEY, Mgr. | won the leg of the triangular high school debate with Councll Bluffs, held here last Journed the hearing to a date which will| | {owa IR should adopt a commission form of gov- errment.’ The Council Bluffs boys had a little the better of argument presentation, but failed to come back on rebuttal. The decision was close, however, and the out- come in doubt until the end. The judges were Guy Struble, a Lemars attorney; F. E. Teller, superintendent of the Orawa schoolp, and A. H. Waterhouse, superintendent - of #chools. the Fremont (Neb.) Asks Questio DENISON, - la., Jan. 2.—(Special.)—Rev Mr. DePree, the Presbytertan pastor of this city, Is gathering up material for a serles of sermons In the near future by Presel sending out inquiries to citizens asking thelr opinlon as to church matters. Among his questions are such as these: “Why | does the Christian church fail to reach the people?” “Why do not more men go to church?’ “What Is the most serious mis- take the church is making?' “In what way do Christlans fail?’ “What manner of person do you think a Christian should What kind of a preacher do you Pointer Goes to M: LOGAN, Ia, Jan. 29.—(Speclal.)—The young man by the name of Ben PFointer who escaped frem the officers of Osage county, Missourl, and was located and taken Into custody by Sheriff Rock, as- sisted by Mr. Hammer, the first of the week, went to Missouri yesterday with the sheriff of Osage county without a protest. Mr. Pointer sald that he expected to re- turn to Missouri on his own motion, but as he will face the alleged crime of crim- Inal assault his declarations on volun- teering to returm are not taken very seri- ously by the officers of Harrison county, ourt, Brothers’ Houses Afire Together. IOWA CITY, la., Jan. 20.—(Special.)— | Three fires within fourteen hours was the jrecord Wednesday and yesterday in Iowa City, two of the fires breaking out at.the same time In the homes of two brothers, one residence belng several blocks from the | other. Fire of mysterfous origin started a blaze on the second floor of the Conrad Gaten home at 319 Washington street and at the same hour an alarm was turned in from the John Gaten Jefferson street. started this fire. dence on Maiden Lane. Towa ELDORA—H. W. Platts, who was found guilty of steailng whisky from the Reed drug store at Steamboat Rock, was sen- tenced by Judge Wright today to serve a city, met with painful injuries last evenin; by being kicked by a colt. Several teet were knocked out and his lip badly cut. Physlclans dressed the wou thought he will get along nicely, IDA 'GROVE—A movement has been | started looking toward the establishment here of a Young Men's Christian associa- tion. At a meeting heia in the Methodist church a_commitiee composed of Frank Hellman, Charlas Plichcr and Mark Schife- per was appointed to investigate the prob- lem of finances and (nitial expense of estab- lishing such an institution. IDA GROVE—Over 1,00 attended the banguet and festival of ‘the Bobby Burns soclety of lda county, and the program lasted from 4 In the afternoon until 6:30 the next morning. Robert Todd, the - dent of the organization, had been sick in bed for three weeks, but got up and drove ten miles in a bobsled to make the address of welcome to, the gathered clans. WOODWARD-Scinda, Dallas county, notorious throughout lowa as the most i orderly town in the stats, has gone dry. Following the arrest, indictment and fining of five and the serving of notice on the Boandia Coal company that it would be held responsible for the mulct tax If any more liquor was sold in the place, the “1id” has been clapped down. IOWA FALLS—An innovation in school ffairs that will be watched with interest er the state has just been inaugurated |8 Reinbeck, where ‘the school board has employed a teacher of| domestic science, This is the first venture of the kind In the | Public schools in this part of the state and the success or fallure of the undertaking will attract much attention among parents | interested in school affairs. DENISON-—Dr. L. L. Bond, an old-time physiclan of this city and West Side, was called this week to Milton Junction, Wis., | by the death of his father, who died there, | 8ged 97 years. Born before the battle of | Waterloo was fought, he lived to see all |the great Inventions which have revelu- | tlonized methods of travel and communica- ton of thought. He was In full possession of “his facuities until the end. IDA GROVE—Henry Jensen, youngest son of J. H. Jensen, a prominent farmer north- east of here, near Schaller. was attacked In the pen by a vicious hog and was knocked down and badly injured before @ brother could beat it off. Had it not been that the brother was close at hand when young Jensen was attacked he would have been devoured alive by the ferocious ani- mal, and as it was he was terribly cut and gashed about the face and arms and will be lald up for weeks. BELLE PLAINE—Improvements which Will cost between $200,000 and,$300,00 are to be made by the Northwestern here and in this vieinity during the coming summer. The improvements will consist of an eighty- stall roundhouse, new pumping station and the building of a third track to Tama, & distance of sixteen miles. This third track w11 conneet with the northern lowa division line at Tama and facilitate the handiing of trains which run from this city via Tama over the northern Iowa division. IDA GROVE—Oharles Grunske, manager of the Ida county telephone lines for the Bell company, has disappeared from his home here and has been gone over a week, L. H. Larkin of Sioux City, sent here from Sloux City by the company, has been made manager, and after examining the books and accounts he says there is nothing wrong Wwith them and that everything Is appar- ently all right. Grunske started from lda Grove with the announced intention of go- ing to Cushing to make some repairs, e I - has a wife and child here. Graft Charges in Committee Heated Debate Marks Discussion of the Postal Rates on Mag- azines, WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Words such as “graft, robber anc treusun,~ were hurled back and forth between members of the house committee on postoffices and post roads and magazine publishers at a h ing held yesterday. The exchanges grew out of editorials published by the latter pro- testing against increasing postal rates on Herbert Myerick, pres; company and representing the Agricultural Press league identified and admitted his authorship of several editor- sent of the Phelps magezines admitted as second class matter constituted’ robbery. He was questioned sharply by Chalrman Weeks of Massachusetts and Represent tive Smith of California. The editorials charge the Postoffice department with robbery, scheming, graft and other of- fenses which Mr. Smith declared did not constitute & polite form of criticlsm, Mr. Smith attributed the recelpt of let- | ters speaking of anarchy and giving the Impression of growing hatred against goy- ernment institutions to just such editorials. | He declared they constitdted treason, Mr. Myerick construed this as & charge that the farmers of the country were anarchists and that he himself was guiity of treason. He entered a general denial in thes most vigorous language, night, by & two to one vete. The question ————es (was, “Resolved, That American ‘“‘“l The key to the situation—Bee Want Ads, A RICH HARVEST CAN ONLY BE REALIZED FROM THOROUGH CULTIVATION TO MANUFACTURERS: you wished to get the bigdest harvest from a given tract of land you wouid not blow seed to the winds thinly scattered over the country. plant it regularly and sys- tematically in a section no larger than you could have properly watched and cul- tivated. You would then get the richest crop possi- ble, and if you were wise you would not overwork your land and thus shorten its productive life, but you would produce this year what would help the income from your land next year, and the year after, and so on. It is just so in advertising. The use of so-called !‘national me diums,” of deneral circulatian, is scattering your seed too thinly over too great a territory. You may det valuable deneral publicity in this way but you cannot expect it to do any thorough cultivating. This is no disparagement of general mediums, for space in them is well worth what it costs, but you must not expect them to yield anything like maximum results for a given territory. IF home at 711 Bast Sparks from a chimney The third fire was caused by a defective flue at the McCune resi- |term of “not exceeding ten years in the Anamosa reformatory. ONAWA—Arthur Strunk, the $-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strunk of this nds and it is magazines. | Natlonal | ials charging that the proposed increase to | goes to the home. to reach. cultivation. newspaper. ulation. the messender of newspaper ? | Ror Information address THR DALY CLUB 901 Worid Building, New York City your entire satisfaction. mediums, then you are all the more able to det the best value from local Take almost any one of the general mediums for an example. It may have 200,000 or even 500,000 circulation, but you will not find a great number in any one city or town. You can only get the maximum pub- licity by the use of the local daily Take for example a cer- tain city in Michigan of 100,000 pop- A canvass of 21,132 homes showed that 19,781 some daily newspaper. any other way to thoroughly cultivate the home field which can approach [t stands supreme g power to cultivate trade locally and if you dv not recugnize the fact . you are not awake to your own best interests. of them took Can there be the day — the in - You can only obtain maximum results and profit from any diven locality by the means of Daily Newspaper Publicity. will cultivate the local field as no other medium can possibly do it. It takes the news of the day to the home fireside. It is the messengder between the outer world and the reader you seek It sells things. By sclecting any section of country which best appeals to you for the purpose, you can in a short time and at practically no cost, demonstrate the value of this great cultivating agency—the daily newspaper—to If you have been a user of space in general You would “ The newspaper It Ellis Tells How Platform Pledges Are Being Kept Assistant At‘om?y?kneul Reviews Record to Date—People Urged to Second President’s Efforts. CLEVELAND, Jan. 20.—Wade H. Ellis, assistant to the attorney general and old triend and nelghbor of President Taft, when the latter lived In Cincinnati last night arose at a banquet of the Tippecanoe club to explain the viewpoint of an administra- tion man on administration policles and prescnt day evenits. The Tippecanoe club, to which President McKinley and Senator M. A. Hanna belonged, was holding its Mc- Kinley day banquet. Mr. REills, former attorney general of Ohlo, was the principal | speaker, coming here from his government worlk in the “Beef trust” investigation, “Pay no heed to the so-called insurgents on the one hand or to the so-called stand- patters on the other,” he sald. “Take no | counsel from those who defend Cannonism | or Aldrichism to the right of you, nor to | those who would emphasize the program of La Follotte or magnify the Pinchot Inci- jdent to the left of you. Get into the mid- |dle of the road and stand shoulder to ! shoulder for the performance of the party's pledges to the people under the leadership |of William H. Taft.' After deciaring that the majority leaders are rallying to the president, Mr. Ellis ontinued: “What are the Roosevelt policies? Is Taft for them or against (hem? What were the promises of the last republican platform? Is Taft keeping them or breaking them? Let us judge him by his works. “First and foremost of the Roosevell policies s & vigorous and impartial en- |forcement of the law. Has the president | faltered and flickered In that duty? The country did Dot expect a blind, indiserimi- nate drive at wealth- simply because it is wealth.” Mr. Elis clted the cases of John R. Walsh and Charles W. Morse to prove that “the man higher up" is not being shiclded by this administration. He Instanced the peper board “trust” Indictments, the suga: indictments and the judgments in the lower courts agairst the Stundard Ol company and the American Tobacco company as evidence of the motivity of the administra- tion in that direction. Mr. Ellis praised the president's messag: on conservation and called attention to the president's activities In the matter of a postal savings bank law, economy in publie service, protection of those engaged in hazardous callings, lssuance of injunctions | by federal courts and publication of cam paign e)gemms. Mr. Ellly concluded: “With this record of fidelity and achleve- ment I8 there ahy republican tonight who must apologize to his pride or his con- sclence for the faith t)at is In him? When this record Is known and debated is there any danger that the American people will withhold their verdict of ‘well done? ** Dwight and Boutell at White House Further Attempt to Interest Pres- ident in Bquabble Over House Rules Fails, WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Representative Dwight of New York, republican whip of the house; Representative Dalzell of Penn. sylvania and Representative Boutell of Tilinois called at the While House to see what gssistance the president would lend In stemming the tide of insurgency, which is sald now to threaten the committee on rules. The last cause for alarm on the part of the “regulars’ was the Fowler resolution, deposing the speaker as‘a mem- ber of the commitiee on rules and trebling 1ts membership. The ‘“regulars” want the president's help, but Mr. Taft i« reluctant to become in- volved in the factlonal strife. He made It clear that his main purpose was to secure the enactment of certain legislation to which tho republican party was pledged and, of course, was willing to do what he could to harmonize the elements in the party when the point of action was reached on any of these measures. Later In the day the president had a long tallc with Representative Hayes of Call- fornia, commonly rated as an “insurgent,” and also with Senator Penrose of Penn- sylvania. The purpose of the talk with the senator, who is chairman of the commities on postotfices and post roads, was to get an estimate of the chances of success of certain administration measures, Apparently the prospects were reported to be favorable for the postal savings bank bill, the Alaskan bill, the bill validating the withdrawal of public lands for conservation purposes and the bill to enlarge the func- tions of the Interstate Commerce commis- slon. —_— Track Meet for Keokuk, KEOKUK, Ia., Jan. 20.—(Special)-High school athletes of throe siaies will gather here on May 7, when the third annual tri- state track and field meet is to held under the auspices of the local high school assoclation. This year extra efforts will Iowa, Il'inols and Missourl. D. L. one of the athletic directors at the Univer. sity of Chicago, will act as referee and starter, | Chicago Woman Makes Novel Plea For Husband “If He Didn't Beat Me, I'd Think He¢ Didn't Love Me Any More.” CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—“If he dldn't bes me once in awhile I'd think he didn't love me any more and maybe was running around with some other woman. Mrs. Mary Duffy made the above state- ment this afternoon to Municipal Judge Crowe In the course of a plea for the re- lease of her husband, Peter, Duffy, ar- rested on complaint of neighbors for beat- ing her, Judge Crowe discharged Duffy with the remark “I bave often heard it said that women love best the hand that beats them, but I have never before heard a woman ad- mit it Cherry Trees to Be Destroyed @ift of Japanese Government to Mrs, Taft Found Infected with Sev- eral Plant Diseases. WASHINGTON, Jan. %.—Regret has been expressed by the president and Mrs. Taft that the 2,000 cherry trees presented by the Japane government to this country are infected by root gall worms, certain fungus diseases and Insect pests. The trees were to have been planted in Potomae park, which Mrs. Taft' did much last 11&! to have become the outdoor boulevard and meeting plate of soclal Washington. The secretary of agriculture has found it neces- sary to recommend the destruction of the trees. Secretary Knox pressed to the Japanese ambassador the regret of the government authorities that the gift can- not be used. PLEADS GUILTY TO ROBBERY L. H. Sample, Cheyen: Express Agent at 15 Given Twe Years, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. %.—L; H. Sam- ple, night express agent here, pleaded gullty of robbery this afterncon. He was sentenced to two years' Imprisonment. Sample was one of four raliroad employes arrested on & charge of wholesale rob- bery of mall, eXpress and baggage.