Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 14, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE goes to the homes-——is read by the women-—#ells goods for advertisers. ILY BEE VOL. XXXIX-—NO. 185. OMAHA, LAWMAKERS WILL GET BUSY Both Houses of Congress Expeoted to Push Work of Redeeming Platform Pledges. SEVERAL BILLS ARE WELL Algflfl Number of Measures Are Ready to Report. INQUIRY INTO PRICE OF Appointment of Senate Commi Will Probably Be Made Todny\(;r‘, APPROPRIATIONS IN Greater Part Week Be Devoted to Rivers, dian and Postoffice Mensure: ot wii WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The President Taft banks, interstate commerce anti-injunction, statehood an fore the appropriate committees. It {8 remarked also that the character of Mr. Taft's alluslons to the federal incorpoi ation bill would hardly justify the piacing of that measure In the first rank of ad- while the fact that ship subaldy was fgmored altogether makes | it questionable whether the executive will promote Its ministration meaures, bring pressure chances. to bear to Ship subsidy legialation seems almost cer- tain to pass the senate, but the democrats In the house are preparing to line u against the bill and belleve that with some republican agsistance they will be able to the to placing the defeat it. Tt s not improbable that senate would then resort measure upon the postoffice appropriatior bill as & rider, In which event a secon: contest would be precipitated In the house. Food Price Inquiry. Tt is expected that the select committee of the senate designed to conduct the pro- posed Inquiry regarding the price of food products and other necessaries of life wi be announced tomorrow, or If not then; at an early day of the present week. There is little doubt that the republican member- ship of the eammittee will consist of Se ator Lodge, chairman, and Senators Blkin McCumber, Smoot and Crawford. The dem- ocratic membership has not been determ- ined, but indlcations are Senator Simmonk of North Carolina and Senator Clarke of Arknnsas will be asked to officlate on be- half of the minority membership. If the committee thus should be com- posed the transmississippl country would ot the seven members. The re- the opinion that the inquiry can be conducted 50 specdily as to Insure a report before the conclusion of the present session of and their efforts will be directed to that end. They will undertake especially to demonstrate that the tariff is not re. have four pubiidan’ miambers. geterally expre cor gr sponaible for the rise in prices. The question of whether the house com- s L) have so informed HOWXM&WM candidate. fact that in his New York speech | picked out for his subject postal savings legislation, conservation of natural resourees sesms to mark these as subjects for early consideration by con- gress, Wepecially 18 this true for the rea- son that measures to carry out these party pladges have reached advanced stages be- Bryan’s Stand May Embarrass Nearly All the Orators at the Dollar Dinner Tonight Are Opposed to the Proposition, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, ¥Feb. 18.—(8pecial.)—The pro- yuncement of Mr. Bryan for county op: W and his avowed Intention to try t e county option Into the coming demo state platform, will probably cause » embarrassment at the doilar banque 6 Syrow night “inty option, and at \berger and Mayor Dahlman o Before leaving for the south Mr. held several conferences with leading dem oer for county option, but by every one of he was turned down cold and given to un derstand that If he persisted in his Inten party. came out in an editorlal, not one of the planks in his proposed plat form, so it was generally desire to the welfare of the party. His announcement of this morning will of the speakers at the ™ | will go on record opposed to his plan. the temerity to speak out in meeting In op- Me ard L. {a fight, for Ric main the stand of his chief. In fact Met ing the county option stand without walt. ing for eomeone else to attack It. The program for the banquet was com pleted this afternoon and is as follows: Toastmaster—P. L. Hall. “Payne-Aldrich Bfil. Who for It? Againgt Tsinnd. “‘Prosperity by Act of Congress,’ Githert M. Hitchconk. Omaha. “'Self Reliance,” Hon. James C. Dahiman Omaha, “Orlginal Insurgents,” Metealf. Lincoln. “Nebraska Democracy,” Hon. A. C. Shal lenherger. governor. “Centralization,” Hon, Kansas City. During the afternoon 13 n a Hon " ‘James A. Reed the the welfare of the party, and it is nol sor to Chalrman Byrnes will good portion of the time. Senator Byrnes a man, Owing fo the many times Chris Gruen ther has been turned down by the gov. agree to land the execfitive ovi tlon it 1s reported that -Gruenther wil | again consent to get back polittes. |Love May Run Some Speakers With the exception of Mr. i \ife, the local speakers are all opposed least Governor the perpetual Bryan s of the state and urged them to stand them, including Edgar Howard of Columbus, tions an open breech would result in the Following the conference Bdgar Howard endorsed by Mr. Bryan, in which he sald county option was understood by those with whom he conferred that Bryan had for once agreed to subordinate his own therefore, be a surprise to many democrats here, and It is a bare possibility that some valentine party If there be a speaker present who has position to the Peerless Leader there will be alfe is on the program and he will defend with might and calfe Is I'able to start the fight by endors- Wha Hon. W. H. Thompson, Grand Hon. Richard L. democratic state committee will meet at the Lincoln hotel and discuss matters pertaining to improbable that the question of a succes- occupy a has publicly announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself, so there is likely to be a lot of trouble selecting ernor it is not probable that he wil Mnfl‘j the bars, but ff Mayor Dahlman gets the nomina- into active MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY DECISIONS BY SUPREME COURT Long List of Important Findings is Expected One Week from Today. TRIBUNAL CLEARING DOCKET It is Making Ready for Number of | Sherman Law Cases. o HOURS OF SERVICE STATUTE t Validity of Limit Placed Upon Rail- . road Workers to Be Tested. STATE LAWS ARE UNDER FIRE i | Minnesotn, Kansas Arkansas Acts Reguln Taxing Corporations Are to Be Conatrued. and t WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—~When the su- preme court of the United States convenes Monday, February 21, a long list of deel- slons 48 expected by lawyers who have basn following the proceedings in the court. The lawyers belleve that the court Quring its three weeks® vacation has en- deavored to dispose of many cases, in order that it may be as free as possible to consider this spring the great auestions of the application of the S n antl tryst law to corporations e validity of the corporation tax provisfons of the Payne tariff law. Overshadowing all others, the suit of the government against the American Tobacco company and others s the .most important under advisement by the court. It was| argued seyeral weeks ago. On accouht ot the Standard Oil case, to be argued March 14, and Involving similar questions, it fs belleved that the decision In the tobacco case will not be announced until after the | Standgrd Ofl suit has been heard. Hours of Serviee Law. One of the most important laws, whose validity has been questioned in arguments before the court, is the “hours of serviee law for raiiroad employes” passed by con- grees In 1907. The railroads have attacked the law as being applicable to employes engaged in commerce within the state as well as in Interstate commerce. It fs| clalmed the law s open to the same objec- tion which wiped the employer's liability law of 106 off the statutes. A declsion in this case may be announced on February a Another suit which has attracted much attention is that in which the government 18 seeking to get possession of property amounting to nearly $00,00, in the hands of Oberlin M. Carter, a former captaln in the engineer corps of the army, who was sentenced to prison for his alleged connec- tion with schemes to defraud the govern- ment out of 12,000,000 intended for the im- provement of the harbor at Savannah, Ca. The court has the case under advijoment. A trio of cases.under advisement involye the authority of the federal officlals to bring Theodore H. Price, Frederick A. Peckham .and Moses Haas - from their homes in New York to:the District of Columbla tor trial on charges growing out of the “cotton leak scandal” in the De- pertment of Agriculture in 1%065. t 1l From the Minreapdlis Journal. PLAIN TALES FROM ALASKA (From @ Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON; Feh. 13.—(Special.)—Just fiow when the.- Ballinger-Pinchot contro- anything pertaining to Alaska and Alaskan affairs at versy is right in the limelight, is more than {nteresting. Then, too, this time of year, theré comes out of that far off territory a bunch of virile weather- 14, 1910. The ‘‘Chanticler’’ In America. Long Chase for Murderer Grant Ended by Benson Spectacular Pursuit Over Frozen Plains of South Dakota Almost Costs Life. ABERDEEN, §. D., Feb. 13.—~(Special.)— Worn thin with his ten weeks' exertion, without an ouncé of superfious flesh upon his gaunt frame, Carey Benson arrived in ‘Aberdeen today from his long chase In pur- sult of young Daniel Gant, the Texas cow- boy who, on Thanksgiving day, 1909, mur- dered Lewis Maxwell at Englevale, N. D., and then fied with'Samuel Gant, a younger brother. Samuel Gant was captured near Newark, §. D., a few days later, but Dan- W\ A\ iPRESlDENT WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Fafr. For lowa—Fair and warmer. See woather report on page 3. SINGLE COPY TWO CRENTS. ///////// HAS QUIET DAY, Executive Sits for Sketch by Youngl‘ Artist and Reads Mail. DINES WITH HIS BROTHER) Tn the Aftermoon. He Left New| York with Mrs. Taft in Private Car Olivette for Wash. BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—President Taft returned to the capital tonight at 9:3, after his visit to New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 18 s he could. DAHLMAN SEES HOT FIGHT AHEAD Mayor of Omaha Says He Cannot Folow Bryad Into the County Local Option Plant, EXPECTED SUCH A DECLARATION Looks for Governor Shallenberger to Line Up Against Bryan. * LOCAL LEGISLATORS ARE DEFIANT Senators Ransom and Tanner Toss a Few Weedy Bouquets, PEERLESS LOSER IS A DEAD ONE Such is Unanimous Declaration ot Douglas County Men Who Were in Last Legislature, Formerly Devout Bryanites. Mayor Dahlman and Governor Shallen- berger In the same bed! And Bryan on the floor! The Omaha mayor returned Sunday from Excelsior Springs, Mo., looking fit as a fid- dle. The first thing that gave him the shiv- ers, mentully, he admitted, was the declar- ation of Willlam J. Bryan for county op- tion “Mr. Bryan's declaration will not affect my plans in any manner,” wald Mayor Dahiman. “I have expected such action by him for some time. As I view it, he held himself back on this subject just as long It's pretty warm down where Bryan fs now, you know, and apparently some of the climatic heat has got into his editoral. “I have followed Bryan, and fought with and for him a good many years. Now we have come to the parting of the ways, on this subject. e may win gome prohibition republicans, but he certainly will lose the support of a great many democrats. Our party 1s composed very largely of the so- called liberal element, and men with that bellef will not follow Mr. Bryan or an body else Into the camp of the county op- tionists, I shall positively malntaln my po- sition and do all 1 can to defeat any such proposition.” . Asked if he expected Governor Shallen- erger to be with him in the comipg fight to keep a county local option plank out of the democratic -platform, Mayor Dahlman sald: “Yes, 1 do, judging from an Interview he gave out some time back, and I belleve we will be able to keep out of the platform any plank looking to that end. Of course, this latest utterance of Mr. Bryan means a tight in the primaries on delegatos, as well as a fight tn the convention. We are ready right now to take up and meet the lssue. That we will win T have no doubt.” TThe mayor spoke with conslderable regret of the break with Bryan that 1s now un- avoidable; but,”while cautious in his re: marks, he left no room faorWeubt that tne | fight thus projéered trths démocratic party of Nebraska will be to a finlsh on the county local option Issue. Local Legislators Scornfal. Mr. Bryan's charge in the course of his declaration for county option that the lquor interests oxercised too much In- flupnce in the last democratic legisla- 7 President ‘Taft had | ture and controlled the democratic ma- mittee on ways and means will undertake Slite Laws: Unier’ Five, tanned’men who have done things and who | lel’ escaped. the investigation of the high cost of living in view of the action taking is undetermined. the senate tlons are that the house will be willing leave the whole subject to the senate, as the latter's probe is intended to constitu a defensc of republican principles and designed for use in the coming congres- slonal elections. Appropriation Bills. Postal savings banks and appropriation the ent're In the house the rivers and harbors bill will probably oec- | cupy considerable time and there are other appropriation bills ready for consideration. | Among these is the postoffice bill, carrying | It is un- bille will take week in the up pract! senate. ally $240,000,000. and the Indfan bill lkely that any of the administration bil will be considered In the house this week. The Rallinger-Pinchot investigation scheduled for resumption tomorrow. There hearings also at both ends of the capitol on the administration will be tmportant raflroad bill. The hearings on the anti-option bill, In- | volving_the prohibition of transactions futures’ 0f products of the soll on stock | Is attracting great Interest and | as a result the room of the house commit- The exehange: teo has been crowded every day. hearings will be resumed tomorrow. AUGUST BELMONT TO MARRY MISS ROBSON IN MARCH Engagement of New York Financler and Successful Actress A need. NEW YORK, Feb, 13.—Formal announce- ment of the engagement of Miss Eleanor made last long timo been suspected and its officlal con- Miss Robson closed her season tonight fn Brook- Iyn, passing with the fall of the curtian, She will return to her home in this city, where she The wed- ding will take place in March and only Robson to August Belmont Wi night. The engagement has for a firmation Aid not create surprise. from professional to private life. will remain until the marriag intimate friends will be present, MiAs Eleanor Robson, although of Eng- lish parentage, was brought to this coun- has always lived in try &8 °a child ana New York state. She was educated in convent sehool, where she remained until n necessary for her to choose a ealling and she chose the stage, a profession in which her mother, Mrs. Madge Carr Cook. had aiready achieved . star began At the Garden theater, New York, she whs 18. It was t sucoess, Her successful career as a as “Mary Awn" in about five years ago. August Belmont is a widower, 67 old. His wife dled in Parls In Septembe 1596, He has three sons, August, admitte “Merely Mary Ann, this year into the firm of August Belmont | grad- Harvard, and now a clerk In and company; Raymond, uated from a banking house, and Morgan, still in preparatory school. Reoord for Hogs at Sou(h Omal recently Shinstock brothers of West Point, Neb., topped the market Saturday with a ca; load of hogs welghing 210 average. They | recolved §8.85, the highest price ever pa Indsouth Omaha for hogs. This firm of the largest shippers in the state. There is no de- mand for a rival inquiry.and the indica- years 1s to Him to Make Race for Repub- i lican Nomination, is (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 13.—(Spectal.)—At the an nual banquet of the Young Men's Republl jcan club held last night it developed tha publican nomination for governor. following the banquet, several republican: s 1u| WOUId consent to make the race | started that Mayor Love would be the logi | cal candidate representing the insurgent re the state. town the mayor is In favor of keeping | that way and fn all of his speeches wel coming conventions to the oity the mayo never misses an opportunity to express hi views on the Mquor question. The ant}. in| here March 14 and 15, and it'is not Im possible that at that meeting a movemen may be started to start Mayor Love for th nomination. '} Steamship Lima Wreok SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 18—The Paoifi blin passage of the Straits of Magellan and will probably be a total loss. chief pilot and fifty drowned. 206 of the persons aboard the steamer, but was forced to to rescue. for Governor Friends of Lincoln Mayor Grooming | Lincoln may have a candidate for the re- For several days there have been rumors aflioat that Mayor Don L. Love would be urged to get into the fight and last night, talked of perfecting an organization to se- lcure for him the nomination providing he Following his speech last night the talk publicans and the anti-saloon voters of Since Lincoln has been a dry loonists of the city have issued a call for"a meeting of the delegates from temperance towns of the state to be held Navigation company's steamer Lima is ashore on one of the islands of the Huam- The passengers were The British steamer Hathhumel rescued leave elghty-eight persons aboard, whom it was impossibie The validity of a number of state laws 18 questioned In cases which the court has heard argued, but inwhich it has not nounced its decision. Among these ls act of the leglslature of Minnesota, creasing to 4 per cent the rate of the gross earnings tax upon rallroads in the state. The Chicago, Great Western company and the Great Northern Rallway company have brought sults in the supreme court claim- ing that as applied to them the law 1s vold, because they possess charters which ex- empt thAm from paying a higher rate than 1s specified in those charters. One Arkansas suit Involves the valldity of thea ct of the state legislature requiring | local corporations and foreign corporations | seeking to do business there to pay a fee | proportionate to the capital stock of the | corporation. Another sult attacks the validity of the Arkansas law, which authorizes the revo- cation of the charter of any foreign cor- poration which removes a sult of prosecu- | tion brought by any one against it in any court of the state to any federal court without the consent of the party or which institutes an original sult or proceeding against any citizen of Arkansas in any tederal court. The validity of the regulations of the rallroad commission of Arkansas requiring rallroads to furnish cars for local ship- ments within five days after order has been recelved is raised in another case under consideration. From Alabama comes a case which tests the constitutionality of the law forbidding | the soliciting of orders for enlargement of | photographs or selling plcture frames with- out a license, except In the case of mer- chants or others having a place of busines in the state. t t r s t o o . Democrats Want New Paper. ABERDEEN, 8. D., Feb, 13—(Special)— A movement is op foot among the demo- crats of South Dakots, backed by Gren- ville Jones of Chamberlain and C. W. Col- ,| lins of Aberdeen, to establish a morning | democratic daily In the state. It is under- 5tood that Aberdeen has been chosen as the field for the new venture, Panama Canal TAMPA, Fla., T, . | that through the canal across the isthmus. a | Bryce's address formally opened, w r- | the castern terminus of the canul. it} s | kunboats, Great _C_h_angcs in Trade| Feb. 15.—Addressing sev- eral thousand visitors to the Panama canal | celebration here Saturday, the British am- | Ment of the American government in ad- bassador, James Bryce, declared that when the Panama canal fs completed the phys- foal and commerclal status of haif the na- tions of the earth will be changed and he sald, “an undertaking that will refiect America will be the greatest bene- ficlary of the establishaient of navigation The canal exposition, which Ambassador held In accordance with s resolution fssued by | carrying It through to completion; among | congress two years ago, designating Tampa | whom I will not forget those officers and | as the proper place for the holding of the | those military governors who have suc- | celebration, as this is the nearest port to | ceoded In rendering a service to humanity | In|over and above the commercial attendance were several thousand troops |of the canal in showing how possible it is of the United' States army, two gunboats of the Amerlcan navy and two visiting Will Work In his address Ambassador Bryce paid a glowing tribute to the splendid achlev. {vancing the canal so near to completion, | declaring that the eyes of the world stand | open in wonder, I “It Is indeed @ stupendous undertaking," | unending glory upon those who complete it, upon the national government which Wwas not afrald of it; upon the people of the United States who supported the na- tional government; upon all those who are | services to u & land which was cursed by dis- ease and make it & perfectly healthy coun- short, have made their impress upon the Seward Among the latest arrivals Is a whose name gives away his ancestors without the necessity of producing a genealogical tree. He is Casey Moran, who, like many other ploneers In the Arctle reglons, has passed Casey Moran landed In Juneau many years ago with #ix bits in his pocket and a burning thirst that an absinthe frappe did not sat- He thereby called upon the barkeep at the nearest shack to the landing place He knew cock- were high In Alaska and threw down 50 cents, thinking that even where the cost of living was higher than It is in New York the price of & cocktall would not ex- But the barkeep requested him to “come again” with a like amount, and not having the necessary amount he could only swallow his drink by leaving a fourth of the original purchase price un- pald. Casey Moran noted that in spite of the fact that he was in Alaska there was @ certain ldck of ice in that bar, and that He secured a rowboat and a rope, and rowing out a mile or 80 he succeeded In lassoing a small ice- Within a few moments he had established a profit- able business. The sign which he displayed announced to everyone that he had ice for purchase. stocky, browned American, through all sorts of vicissitudes. isfy. to' make him a cocktall. t ceed four bits. put an idea into his head. berg, which lie towed into port. sale, “by the pound, ton or berg.” Richardwon Protects Cache. Casey Moran was up at Fort Yukon some years ago when he was in charge of a sup- ply depot of the Alaska Commercial com- pany. That company had sent 300 tons of provisions up the Yukon river, but the ves- sel in which they were being transported was frozen in ‘before the end of the jour- consequently a cache was established and the food was distributed for a time under government It was actually selzed by the government In order to prevent its falling desperate men who thought under the so-called pauper act they they wanted without ney was reached, and supervision. Into the hands of could obtain what (Continued on Second Page.) at Newark was Benson, who had known range with them. In Walworth county all trace of the fugitive was lost and the vari- ous posses gave up the pursuit. all but Ben- son. The latter, knowing Rock reservation country so well, was con- fident. he could" eventually capture Gant. In a short time he was rewarded by again finding his tra'l. The man has succeeded in crossing the Missourl river. Benson fol- on the trall. Finally, late last week, Gant succeeded in eluding his pursuer, though at times Ben- son had been so close behind his quarry himself and his horse, had not yet frozen over when Benson came up. At times Gant thréw farmers off the scent by represent- ing himself to be Benson, and sécuring sup- plies in that way. Yesterday Benson heard Gant had taken the back trail and had managed to get to Watertown, S. D., where he had purchased a ticket to Minneapolls. Benson stated he had wired the Minneapolis authorities and capture. The killing of Maxwell was the result of a quarrel over wages, and many olaim Gant was not to blame and would have been acquitted had he remained at Engle- vale to stand trial. New Telephone System. OGALALLA, Neb., Feb. 13.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Manager Warner of the Ogalalla- North Platte telephone system today trans- ferred to the new office the whole town covered by cable and every ‘phone on & metalic circult, and expert ca- knows of no town this size in Nebraska with as complete a system. Warner s In full charge of the North Platte system, which has recently been I completely rebuilt and is a model of equip- With the Automo- bile Show ' nearly here, interest in automobiles is at its height. Besides pushing tieir 1910 mod- els, dealers are making some at- tractive offerings in used machines to move them quickly. A few firms algo offer unlimited facilities for the overhauling and repairing your auto. On the first want ad page today, under the classification “AUTOMOBILES"' is also a large list of bargains offered by Omaha and Council Bluffs dealers. J oy Have you read the want ads to- dav?t’ i ment and service. Among the posse who took up the chase the Gant boys of old, having ridden the the Standing lowed. For mjles and miles, over the snow- covered ground, the murderer fled for his life, and his pursuer doggedly continued that the water holes broken through the ice by Gant in order to secure water for he expected to hear at any minute of Gant's in the Gifford block and connected with the new switch- board and cable system. Ogalalla now has ble spiicer, J. L. Weitzel of Omaha, says he Manager a quiet Sunday In New York. He posed lelsurely for a sketch or two before a | young artist while going through his mall | thig morning, saw only two callers durlng the day and left for Washington in the private car Ollvette, leaving Jersey City at 355 p. m. Otto T. Bannard, president of the New York Trust ecompany and defeated. candi- | date for mayor at the late municipal con- | test, and, Lloyd C. Griscom, president of thé New York republican county commit- | tee, were the only persons besides relatives | and the artist whom the presjdent raw dur- | ing the day. | Mr. Bannard declined to give the name of the artist who was fortunate erough to have the opportunity of sketching the pres- | ident. “He I8 a young friend of miine,” he | said, “and I think he Is doing remarkably | well, He has been ambitious to skotch the | president and I was glad that I could help | him. The president agreed with the plan | and, as he had considerable personal mail | to go through, he thought it would be a | good idea to favor my friend ant at the same \time go throug his mall" President Sits for Sketch. After the banquet of the Republican club | last night, at which the president made a | speech on republican policles, he returned to the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft, and did not get up untll nearly 10| o'clock today. A number of chaurches had | extended #peclal Invitations to Mr. Taft to attend services today, but he declined, ex- plaining in each instance that the activi- ties of yesterday necessitated seclusion and rest. Mr. Bannard arrived at the Taft resi- dence u few minutes before 11 o'clock, and a moment after he had, entered the house | he came out with Mrs. Taft on his arm. | The president followed. The three, companled by secret service agents, were driven in automoblles to Mr. Bannard's home, W(hfle Mrs. Taft remained In the car Mr. Bannard took the president into the | house, introduced him to the young artist | and the president consented to sft for a| | sketch. Mr. Bannard left thes and accom- | | (Continued on Second Page.) BERLIN, Feb. 13.—The Forelgn office has endeavored for. some weeks to learn just when Former President Roosevelt expects to be in Germany, but is still In the dark as to his plans. It has been widely pub- lshed that Mr. Roosevelt will be in Berlin on April 25 but If this is so, it ls no: known officlally and the situation is em- barrassing in & way, as Emperor Willlam's spring plans eannot be definitely arranged in the meantime, because his majesty pur- poses to be in the capital when his guest | arrivés. | Officlal messages have now been ad- dressed to Mr. Roosevelt with Instructions that they be forwarded with the greatest despatch and if necessary by native run- ners If he can thus be reached sooner be- tween telegraphic points. A reply from him making known his intentions is ex- nected any day Status of Roosevelt at Berlin Puzzles Diplomats | It is understood that the emperor has invited Mr, Roosevelt to be his personal guest and whether he will be aceorded the honors usually bestowed upon the head of | a government it & question which is fre- | quently suggested by the paragraphers of the press. That the fornfer president will be thus honored is depled with much vosity ness by one of the news ag:neles today, This agency ddclares that however much the emperor may desire to honor his guest | he cannot recelve him personally at the rallway station or send a royal prince as his representative to meet him, because | this would be a too obvious departure from state etiquette, One editorial com- | mentator suggests that the emporer must have consideration for President Taft and not exhibit too demonstratively his regard | Bryan's avowal | bell Jority in the senate did not pass un- heeded by Douglas county members of the legislature. The Bee Interviewed most of them yesterday and in several cases got the prompt reply, “I am just reading that in The Bee now,” or, “I Have just read that.” One thing on which all those inter- viewed were practically agysed was, “Mr. Bryan is a dead one politically.” Also every member was outspokén against for county option, but not every one of the house members was ready to deny his charge as to how the initiative and referendum’ was defeated in the senate. ¢ Senator F. T. Ransom, admittedly the wether of the & esnate, sald: “‘Mr. Bryan insisted on runhihg the' legis- lature and we objected. He urged us 1o pass the initiative and referendum and wo refused. He I8 pesved and that is all there Is to this whole thing. He had the support in the last presidential cam- paign of the very element he s how fight- |ing. He refused to sign a petition or res- olution asking the legiMlature to pass a county option bill, but now he comes out for it. Hard Words for Pet Meas “As to his initiative and referendum, which is un-American, It he thinks it such & good thing why dldn’t he have it placed in the Denver platform on whiéh he ran for president? Why dldn't he have it placed ih the state platform? He could Nave had it placed In elthér, bt he did'nt simply because he was running for office and was afrald it would Ibse him some votes. Now, havihg been defeated three | times ana probably convinced he Is dead politically, he is willing to endorse Shalien- berger, county option and everything else."” Senator J. M., Tanner, South Omah ‘What Bryan kays wouldn't have any in- fluence on me, whether it be praise or criticlsm. And I don't belleve it will have any more effect on the democratic party. I was and am opposed to the bills against which I_voted." Representative James P. Connolly: “We all know Bryan. We have followed, him for a good many years—always o defeat. We are through with him. I think, as Jim Dahlman says, ‘He's a four-flusher.’ I think his county:option policy is bad for the party, or would bo If the party were to take it up. So far as the ihitiative and referendum is concerned, I think, my- self, it was a very bad thing to defeat the biil. T thought so then. But I don't care to hear from Bryan on the subject. It he was not a straddler he'd come out for prohibition instead of county option.” Peerless Loser in Wrong Pew, Representative W. Stoecker: “Bryan will find no support among Intelligent democrats either In his attack of the demo- cratic legislature or his county option pol- icy. He gets Into the wrong pew this time. 1 would rather wait until I have fully di- gested his criticlems to say more Representative W. P. Thomas: “I ap- prove neither of his strictures on the legis- lators, nor of his declaration for county option and other such laws, Of course, F. | #lnce the house, of/‘which I wes a member, passed the initiative and referendum I feel that it is not up to meto Yeply much to his attack on the te for killing it. We all know that the senate Was its Waterlog Representative J, P. Kraus of South for the president’s predecessor Omaha sald onally, I never made any