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

THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerfnl business gotter in the west, because it goes to the homes of poor and rich. KHARTOUM READY FOR ROOSEVELT Former President and His Party Are Due to Reach City This After- noon at Four 0'clock. BOAT MAY BE DELAYED Strong Northern Gale May Prevent Its Arrival on Time. MRS, ROOSEVELT IS COMING Colonel's Wife and Daughter Arrive by Train at Five 0'clock. OFFICIAL RECEPTION PLANNED Sextes of win Dinners and Side Trips Occupy Most of (e Week—City s Gaily Decorated. KHARTOUM, March 18.—Khartoum s now in gay attire awgiting the coming of Theodore Roosevelt, who, with the other members of the Amerlean hunting and scientific expedition, is aboard the steamer Dal on the last peg of the journey to this ity. The steamer Is expected to arrive here tomorrow afternoon, but an unusually strong northern gale is blowing, which Is kicking up heavy waves In the river, and it Is possible that the arrival of the dis- tingulshed American will be somewhat delayed, Colonel Roosevelt's success in shooting In the Soudan a dozen antelopes, including one krown as Mrs. Gray's whited antelope, an- other rare speciment, makes a fitting end to his hunt, which has been successful beyond all expectations, Henceforth the ex-president will be the guest of honer at a serles of brilliant and orthusiastio receptions. The first of the roceptions was held at the jungle station of the American mission at Sobat, whero Colonel Roosevelt dined on his way here. Before his departure from Sobat he spoke of the manner in which the medical mis- slonary work at the various stations had {mpressed him, It Colonel Roosevelt arrives at the sched- uled hour, 4 o'clock In the afternoon, he Wil go first to the sirdar’s palace and then to the rallway station to meet Mrs. Roose- | velt and Miss Ethel, who are now on their way from Alexandria and who are due to reach here at & o'clock in the evening. Klartoum soclety and great crowds of visitors, who have taken apartments at the hotels, are anxlously awalting the arrival former president of the United States. Progvam of Arrangements. The officlal arrangements for Colonel Roosevelt’s reception have been announced, Captain Clayton of the staff of the sirdar, Major General Sir Francls Wingate, will procoed down the harbor in.a ldunch to 1neet: - iMhe’ strdars. vepie: sentative will conduct the party to the palace, where tea will be served, y will 80 from there to the depot to meet Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt. Apartments are In readiness for Colonel Roosevelt and his family at the palace, and they will dine there In the evening alone. Tuesday will be devoted to sightseeing around Khartoum and visits will be paid to the Gordon Memorial college and other | noted Institutions, In the evening the heads of the governmental departments and thelr wives will meet the Americans at a dinner at the palace. The guests will in- clude Slatin Pasha, the writer, who has so vividly. described the massacres In the| Soudan, Visit to Omdurman, On Wednesday morning Colonel Roosevelt will visit Omdurman. The hills of Kerreri, seven miles from Omdurman, mark the site of the great battle of Omdurman on September 2, 1898, when thé khalifa's army was annihilated and the rule of the khalifa brought to an end. He will Inspect the khalifa’s house and meet the local celebri- tles. In the afternoon a game has been arranged for his benefit at ths Gymkana polo grounds and after that hs will visit the Amerlean mission. In the evening he Will be the guest of the Khartoum eclub at dinner, at which covers wiil be lald for slxty. { ‘Thursday is a free day, but It is probable hat the ex-president: will atwnd the Masonie lodge before his departure and wit- ness the Sudanese drill. Colonel Roosevelt and his family will leave here by spectal train on Thursday night to visit Assouan, Luxor, and Fdfa on the way to Cairo. His ' visit ‘here will be of an entirely officlal character. He will enter Burope either by wuy of Naples or Brindist. Many of the streets of Khartoum have been decorated in honor of the Americans #ad the American flag s to be seen on varlous buildings, Roosevelt in Good Health, Full sccounts of the cournge displayed by the former president in his hunting ex- peditlons In the wilds of Africa have pre- ceded him, and quite apart from the dis- tingulshed offices which he has held, the pecple here are anxious to honmor him for What he has passed through and what he has accomplished duritg the last twelve wonths. No other hunter of big game has passed through so many hardships In so short a time and been quite so successful. Truly remarkable has been the health enjoyed by Colonel Rocsevelt and his son, practically the only two members of the <xpedition, among the whites at least, who escaped sickness. Slight attacks, such as most of the party experienced, were only natural, in view of the hardships endured, the heat of the troples, the places through which the expedition was compelled to pass at times and the deadly insects. The Sesge Islands through which the steamer threaded on the trip to Entebbe are a monument to the devastation Wrought by the tsetse fly, fof, once well populated, they are now devold of human Iife through the sie. sickness scourge. ' DEATH RECORD. James MeDowell, March 12 —(Special.)— eping | occupled by the familte {men and orders were issued last night President Taft Attends Funeral of Brother-in-Law Chief Executive is Accompanied to Pittsburg by Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Taft's Sister, PITTSBURG, March 13.—President Taft today attended in this city the funeral of Mrs. Taft's brother-in-law, Thomas McK. Laughlin, and left on an early night traln for Washington, where he is due to arrive at 8:25 tomorrow morning. The clreum- | stances of the president's visit to Pittsburg were perhaps the saddest that have ever confronted a chief executive of the United States. The tragic ending of Mr. Laugh- lin's life on Friday morning, the gloomy day, with fitful falls of rain, the sflent home on fashionable Woodlawn road, the £%semonies and the little procession s to the Alleghney cemetery, rment was made, all consti- of mourning deeply im- %jed the Fast Liberty %8 o'clock this morn- Smediately to the Laughlin home, < »fi)’ Jmonths ago he was a guest of i A » rrounded by a gay compary at S\ fternoon tea. Mr. Taft looked rath,/ worn and pale after his night on the train. Mrs. Louls Moore of Cincinnati, who recently suc- ceeded Mrs. Laughlin as companion to Mrs, Taft at the White House in Washington, accompanied the president. Mra. Taft was unable to come. At the Laughlin homs the family was joined by Mrs. Charles Ander- son, aleo of Cincinnati, and another sister of Mrs. Taft. The funeral services were held at the residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Only the family and the close friends of the Laughlins were present. Mrs. Taft sent a large wreath of flowers from the White House conservatories, The Rev. Matltman Alexander, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the brief ceremonies at the house and at the grave, where the mourning party was sheltered from the eyes of curlous on- lookers by a white tent stretched above the tamily burlal place. Following the funeral the president, ac- companied by Captain Archibal W. Butt, his military aide, went for a long auto- mobile ride through the dismal rain, ing and was Forest Fires Near Powder Magazine Twenty Acres of Government Reser- vation at Jefferson Barracks Burned Over. ST. LOUIS, March 18.—Seven hundred soldlers at Jefferson Barracks have been fighting forest fires on the reservation for the last thirty-six hours. Twenty of timber have VPR S fob oty o the four 'magazines containing 'tons - of powder in the bluffs along the Missis- sippl river. This danger has not passed, but the flames are new belidved to be under control. Scattered fires are keeping nearly 100 men busy tonight. The flames also threatened the houses of the enlisted that the persons living in this section of the reservation be ready to move at & moment’'s notics will Inquire Into Butter Prices Senate Committee Will Investigate Methods of Exchange at Elgin, Il WASHINGTON, March 18.—Following the lead thrown out by grocers who have ap- peared as witnesses before the senate cost of living committee, that the Elgin, Il butter syndicate makes the market price for the whole country, Chalrman Lodge has decided to sift this matter to the bottom. The committee will meet tomorrow and it s expected that the examination of witnesses will be directed along lines of getting at the bottom of the butter ques- tion. Already the syndicate has protested against statements made by witnesses, and it s not unlikely that some representatives of the syndicate will appear on the scene before the subject is closed. TIMOTHY HARRINGTON IS DEAD' Irish Journalist = Member House of Commons Dies in London, LONDON, Maich 13.—Timothy Harring- ton of the House of Commons for Harbour division of Dublin, died today. Harrington was born in 1851 He was graduated from Trinfty college, Dublin. In 1901 he was elected lord mayor of Dublin and was re- elected n 102 and 1%8. He was formerly proprietor ' of United Ireland and of the Kerry Sentinel. He was at one time sec- retary of the Irish National league and a Parnellite, but in 1597 he declared himself an independent nationalist. Embezzlement to Attack Up PARIS, March 12—-The scandal in con- nection with the liquidation of the property of religious orders has aroused political passions in France to a pitch only com- parable with the Panama, Dreyfus and Boulanger affairs. The entire copntry ls shocked, but, as is customary in France, the moral is overshadowed by the po- The funeral of James McDowell, who died here on Friday, will be held from the Me- Dowell home, 416 Alien street, Monday at 2 p. m. Rev. H. W. Rehard of the Presby- ‘:trun chureh will conduct the ceremony. “terment will be In the Elmwood cemetery, ¥, A, Holmes, COZAD, Neb, March 13.—(Special)—J. A. Holmes, father of young Carl Holmes who shot himself fn Omaha a short time ago, aled yesterday at Paxton, Neb, He moved with s family to Paxton about a week ago. It Is reported that pneumonia caused his death. He leaves a wife and a number e chlldren. litical side. The opposition is preparing to exploit the affalr I the coming elec- tions and, strangely enough, with the back- ing of the adherents of ex-Premier Combs, who are intriguing to return to power. They may try to overthrow Premier Briand on Monday when the debate on the inter- pellation concerning the embesslement of Duez is resumed in the Chamber of Depu- ties. The premier personally has come out of the affalr with fiylng colors, as he did everything in his power to bring Dues to book two years ago, and has pledged the government to probe the scandal to the of the ours; fe}by the house- . was feared that the flames would reach |post roads, will not reach the_floor for OMAHA, MONDAY COMMERCE BILL IN BOTH HOUSES Each Branch of Congress Will Begin Debate on the Administration Measure This Week. WIDE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION Bills Will Bear Little Resemblance When Ready for Conference. SENATE WILL MAKE CHANGES Cummins Will Open Debate in Favor of Certain Amendments, |HOUSE COMMITTEE AT WORK It Has M. Several Radical Changes and Will Make Others HBefore Measure is Reported This Week. WASHINGTON, March 13.—Although tdentical when Introduced in the two houses bof congress, It fs now evident that the measures to create a court of commerce and amend the interstate commerce laws will bear iittle resemblance 1o each other when the deliberations of the two bodles have been concluded. In the house com- mittee many of the administration theorles in regard to the lssuing of stocks and bonds and the merging of nom-competing lines have been shattered snd the end is not in sight so far, although already much amended the assaults on the bill will con- tinue on the floor. While the opposition to the administra- tion bill was not strong enough to amend the bill in committee, it is now conceded that several Important changes will bs forced on the floor. The debate on the bill will begin either tomorrow or Tuesday. Senator Cummins will open the discussion In support of certain changes advocated in the minority report of the senate com- mittee. He may speak for several days. Practically all of the “insurgent" senators will speak on the rallroad bill and there will be many speeches also from the demo- cratic side. No one estimates that the {debate will be finished In less than six weeks and some senators predict that much more time will be consumed. Bill Ready for House. An effort will be made by the house committee on Interstate commerce to report the bill this week and it is probable there- fore that debate on the same subject will proceed simultaneously at both ends of the capitol. This would create a very unusual situation. Statehood legislation, which has passed the house, and postal savings bank legisla- tion, which has passed the senato, have boen sidetracked for the administration raflroad bill. The postal bank bill, in view Tact that hearings have boen ord, ‘committee on-; and several weeks, and in all probability not untll the present se:ssion draws near a close. The general impression is that it will not emerge from the committee until after the Moon anti-injunction bill, which is favored by the administration, has been reported. bank blll, the anti-injunction measure, statehood legislation and the administration corservation measures are all a part of the administration program, there Is not app: ent anywhere a positive force pushing them for consideration. If the debate on the rallroad bill 1ags to the extent that h been freely predicted, it may require a presidential message to instill new lite in the other features of the executive pro- gram. Many Measures in House, In the house there are pending many mat- ters that will call out sharp debate, and there is a disposition on the part of many members to let some of them go by the board. These include the Mondell bill to permit the homestead entry of the surface of coal lands, which would involve 30,00 or more acres; ship subsidy, a subject filled with oratorical dynamite; the construction of two battleships, which may be & feature of the naval bill, and the question of author- izing the lssuance of certificates of indebt- edness or bonds to the amount of $30,000,000 to complete reclamation projects, Polls are being taken on the question of making appropriations to construct battle- ships and the question of anti-injunction legislation along the line of the Moon bill. The preliminary count s sald to be opposed to the battleships, but the attitude of the house on the subject of the Moon bill h not been disclosed. Two Carlonds Stamped Papers. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 13.—(fpe- clal)—Within the last few days a carload of stamped envelopes, valued at §4,000, and a carload of postal cards, valued at $115,000, have been recelved at the Sfoux Falls post- office from the Postoffice department Washington. The reason for so large a con- signment 1s the fact that Sioux Falls has been made the distributing point for all postotfice supplies In South Dakota, Twenty such distributing points have been established in the United States. This ar- rangement will save the government a vast sum of money, as the distributing stations will receive their supplies by frelght. of Duez Leads | on the Cabinet| bottom, regardless of consequences. It is belioved, however, that the liquidation of “the church properties was taken advan- take of by political churchmen in preceding sdministrations. The developments in the affalr are amaz- ing. The suthorities have not as yet been able to confirm the statement made by Dues that he lost milllons in stock gam- bling, but they have discovered shaky en- terprises in which he was engaged. Much money, apparently, was squandered by | Duez in riotous living. A woman from whom Dues confessed he had stolen $100,000, when confronted by the man denled that she had been robbed and said that she was unable ‘o comprehend why Duez so alleged. M. Pellegrim, who has succeeded Dues, hes informed the public prosecutor that $400,000 has disappeared in connection with Stanislas college. Le Courler's liquidation in connection with the Chartreuse affair promises big developments. Regardless of the fact that the postal | WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Falr and mild. For Towa—Fair and mild. For weather report see page 3 From the Cleveland Leader. MORNING, MARCH 14, 1910 “Nor;e, He Ain’t a Fancy Stepper, But He’s Steady and Reliable.”” Willard Powell Out $1,000 Because His Jockey Flunks, WEARY SUNDAY FOR ALL HANDS Dobbins Still Hangs Around. Couneil Bluffs to Soak Up Good Things as They Occur——*“Diamond GIrl” Twkes Notes. Miked while on trial for miking—that has been the experience of Willard Powell of Jacksonville, Fla., a defendant.in the Ma- bray case in federal court at Council Bluffs, The miking process was administered through the usual medium, the horse race. Mr. Powell's fastest nag lost when pickea for a sure winner in a race held Wednes- day at Jacksonvilfe, The jockey had cruel things sald to him by the judges and it is reported that he ha# been suspended. The Judges declared tha: the race should have gone to Powell's horse, but it didn’t, and he is out $1,000. 4 FPowell is reticent about the matter and loath to say much aboiit the jockey. ought to have, owner of the horse that,lost. The testimony of Joseph K. Walker, Denver saloonkeeper, At Councl} “MIEE" WORKER LOSES RACE‘Conwct Will “He dldn’t get into the running as he |where he was r anyway,” admitted the | he broke. a | United S| ‘exonerated | Englighman, recognized him. “man-$5/000, Test Forfeiture of “Good Time” Prisoner at Leavenworth Brings Habeas Corpus Proceedings Against Warden. LEAVENWORTH, Kan, March 13— Major R. W. McClaughry, warden of the federal prison here, will appear In the United States district court in St. Louls next Monday to defend habeas corpus pro- ceedings brought against him by Jullus P. McDonough, a convict, whose “good time" has been forfelted by misconduct in the prison. The action, which will be tried before Judge Willlam C. Hook, will be a test of the authority of the attorney general of the United States to make rules for the governing of the prison and the conduct of prisoners. McDonough is a fugitive from justice under the English laws. He was convicted in the Isle of Malta on a charge of mis- treating & woman and was given a life sentence in prison. After serving sixteen years he was transferred to England, eleased on parole, which Qo to. America he enlisted in the tes army. A fellow-soldler, an In order. to m,v-;m betrayal, McDonough stabbed the man with & bayonet. For his crimge Powell is elated over the showing made |he was eentenced to ten years in the and his attorney.is confident of an acquit- | federal prison. tal. Powell {s not veconciled to that Jack- | ognized him by sonville race, however. Miles City, ' Mont;, defendant, and his alleged victim and old college chum, H. M. McGrath of Minneapolls. An examination | of the data in the possession of the. post- lo“lca inspectors and a conference of the | young men 18 said to have developed that Stowe was a tool In the hands of others, himself gulleless. Stowe's father is the réctor of an Fpisco- pal church at Minneapolis. McGrath is a member of that church. In their youth the two were in college together. The race in this case cost McGrath $10,00. McGrath will probably be excused as & witness. Mrs. Herriman Takes Notes. The “dlamond girl,” Mrs. R. B. Heiriman, whose hutsband is under Indictment for {lingers a spectator in the court room. Mrs, Herriman Is taking notes on‘the testimony f many of the witnesses, with a tiny pencil concealed in her jeweled hand. Herriman is not on trial at Council Bluffs, although included in the blanket Ins dietment. He was last located in Los An- geles, where he, with Ed C. Moore and Frank Brown, also Mabray “‘milllonalres," were convicted of miking and sentenced to six monthis in jall by the state court. In consideration of their promise to betake themselves from the environs of Los An- Beles ,the trio was allowed to depart with- out serving the sentence. Since that time ngrlmln has been officially lost. €Counell Bluffs' convention of mikes and mikers found Sunday a wearisome day. Mikes and mikers were to be seen playing together In the billlard room at the Grand Ihmel. They even strolled the streets to- | 8ether. There were some good losers among the miked. Lingering still, though he has galned temporary respite from prosecution In fed- eral court, s John R. Dobbins, the first of the steerers to come to trlal. He wa: |convicted of steering T. W. Ballew of Princeton, Mo., into a $30,000 Counc!l Bluffs race. Dobbins strools back and forth between the court house and his hotel. He Is quiet |and reserved, still bearing himself like a |rallway magnate or a banker. He and Mrs. Dobbins sit in the court room much of the session to hear the tales of the mikes. ““They are strangers to me,” sald Dob: bins eyeing a group In the Grand hotel. have never seen them before." When the trial is resumed in federal court this morning the government will continue to plle in the documentary testi- mony. Many more of the mikes are yet to be heard from and there are several of the defendants now on trlal whose connection with the operations of the gang Is yet to be established. The prosecution does not expect to rest Its case before Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, and the p. sibility exists that the line of action mapped out will require much longer. 1 Cow Makes Good Reco: MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., March 13.-—(Spe- clal.)~What is belleved to be the greatest record for giving milk ever established by a cow In Jowa belongs to a full-blooded Holstein belonging to O. J. Olson, merchant and small farmer of Dunbar, a little town near here. The cow came fresh on June 13, 190, and up to March 1 she had to her credit 400 pounds of butter fat, by gctual test and welght. For three weeks after she came fresh It was necessary to milk her three times a day. During that period she Bave an average of thirty-two quarts of milk a day. During July, which in central Towa was a dry, hot month, she gave 1,064 pounds of milk, an average of X% quarts @ day V| English authorities rec- records. forwarded to them and ordered his return upon dis- The quiet of the Sabbath brought to-|charge. gether and reconclied Lewis W. Stowa of || Begins Fight tor Baldwin Millions Girl in Boston School Claims to Be Daughter of Turfman and Wants Share of Estate, LOS ANGELES, March 13.—Preparatory to an attack on the $25,000,000 estate of the late E. J. Baldwin, the Arcadla turfman, who died a year ago, a petition was filed In the probate court today asking that a | playing the millionaire in the Mabray serio- | §uardian be appointed for Beatrice Anita comedy, desplte the fact that she was ex- | Baldwin, cused as a witness for the government, yet | Anita Turnbull, who 'is declared to be a otherwise known as Beatrice daughter of Baldwin and Lilllan J. Ashley, The girl is now attending a boarding school in Boston and her mother resides In the same city. The petition is signed by Lee J. Maguire, who asks to be appointed guardian. The chare claimed by the peti- tloner would make about $,000,000 or The petition states that Miss Baldwin “was born December 7, 1893, In Los Angeles, and Is the legitimate lssue of the sald Baldwin, her mother being Lillian J. Ash- ley, who since has married one Turnbul The basis of the claim in behalf of the petitioner is an alleged common law mar- riage between “Lucky"” Baldwin and Lil- lan J. Ashley. That the marriage, it ls acknowledged, has since become vold, but the contestants are relying upon the statute which declares that all children of a void marriage are legitimate. At the time of the birth of the girl, sev- enteen years ago, & common law marriage was recognized as valid, although the law of the state has since deciared such a ', | union illegal. Murderer Eats fatch Heads Sanford Love, Who Killed Girl at Marion, Ind,, Commits Suicide in' Fort Wayne Jail. FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 13.—Sanford Love, the restaurant proprietor of Marion, Ind. who last Wednesday killed Dottls Murden, 17 years old, because she refused to marry him, died in the Allen county ja!l carly tonight from eating the heads of matches. Love was brought here from Marion to avold mob violence. HARRIMAN ESTATE PAYS TRANSFER TAX | Instaliment Indicates that » Worth Hundred and Forty Millions, ALBANY, N March 12—State Comp- troller Willlams has recelved $375,00 In partial payment of the transfer tax on the cetate of the late Edward H. Harriman. The transfer bureau of the comptroller's office estimates that the final settlement will be made on an estate of ahout $140,- 000,000, The payment just made is on $71,000,000. Bank Exclusively for Women. LONDON, March 18—A bank exclusively tor women ' will be opened here next Mon- All Its officers will be women and but women will be sought as cu tomers. First Property HITCHCOCK 0UT FOR SENATE Congressman-Editor Puts Forth a Formal Declaration. WILL RUN AS A DEMOCRAT If Successtul in Securing Nomination He Will Invite the Republican © ate to Meet Him the Stamp. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 13.—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—Just to prove that the expeoted sometimes happens, and Also to show that | he has no superstitious fear of the thir- teenth day of the month, Congressman Hitcheock today let loose of the formal arnouncement of his candifacy for the United States senate, with a prelude enter- ing himeelf for the nomination in the demo- cratic primary. Mr. Hitehcock returned last week from a hurrled trip to Omaha to make sure that ihe political outlook hed not changed ma- terlally. since he last surveyed it, and It 18 understood made up his mind definitely while there to cross the Rubleon and cut Qtf retreat by eliminating himself from re- élection as congressman and golng after a seat in' the other end of the capitol. Mr. tatoment is as follows: “*Byj, thi 1 announce myself a candidate for United States senator to suc- ceed "E. J. Burkett, whose term expires next March, 1 shall first submit my name to the democratic voters at the state-wide primaries in August. If I then recelve the democratic nomination I shall ask that my name be placed upon the ballot to he voted for in November, when state ofticers and members of the legislature are to be olccted. In that case I shall invite the republican’ candidate for senator to join in submifting the national fssues of the day airectly to the people by means of a serles of 0ld-time public debates. “While the people are, nnfortunately, not permitted to select. United States senators by direct vote, tho election will afford them an apportunity to express thelr sena- torial preference when they elect the legis- lature, and, under the Orcgon plan recently adopted in Nebraska, the candidate indorsed at the polls by the voters will probably be cliosen by the legislature.” The announcement will create no more surprise here {n Washington than it does in Omaha and Nebfaska. It is to be noted that Mr. Hitcheock s golng In as a demo- érat and not as a populist, and also that, while he wants to try a joint debate with the republiean nominee for senator, he says nothing about trying a joint debats in the primary campaign with his compet!- tors for the democratic nomination. PNEUMONIA LEADS IN DEATH RECORD IN SOUTH DAKOTA Four Hundred Eighty Vietims Found in 1900—Forty-Six Are Sulctdes. - PIERRE, 8, D, March 13.—(Speclal)— According to the reports of vital statis- ties filed with that department for the year 1803, there were in this state for that year | 12,409 children born. The death record for the year was 4,511, Of this list the greatest number from any one cause was from pneumonla, which led with 460 victims. Most of the deaths from this cause were in th: winter months. The deaths from tubercular affections were 205, of which 28 were pulmonary. Forty-six sulcldes were reported, poison being the favorite method used in of self-destruction. Eleven murders wcre reported. The total death lst was If greater than for the previous year. There were 4,917 marriages recorded the state for the year, more than 600 mors than for the previous yea There were 4% divorcos granted, about 170 less than for the preceding year. That was the first year under the new divorce law, and appears to have reduced the di- vorce industry, as only about half the usual number came from othcr states and la number of the decrces so granted were In sults begun under the old law. Final citizenship papers were granted to 425, and first papers were taken out by 1,02 foreigners. Most of the applicants were from northern Europe, but Gree shows a larger number than for former years, The birth rate shows an about 8,000 over the death rate for the year, which Is & good Increase of ‘‘new population” to help swell the fast-growing population, ' increase of ——— \ Waterloo Declamatory Contest. WATERLOO, Ja., March 13.—(Speeial,)— The annual declamatory contest of the Waterloo schools was held Friday after- noon. The winners, who will take part in the final contest on April 15, are Ruth Hos- teiter, Lucile Addy, Helen Addy, Edward Bodholdt, Margery Held, Edith Kenyon, Anna Tulp, Emma Bunnell, Margaret Ball, Erwin Sage, Ernest Wolfram and Luclle Bentley. The final contest will be held In the auditorlum of the manual training building. cases in| FIREMEN MAY QUIT WORK TODAY Negotiations Between Railroad Man- agers and Brotherhood Com- mittee Reach Critioal Stage. FINAL WORD FROM THE MEN Letter Demands that All Points Be Submitted to Arbitration, RAILROADS PREPARE ANSWER Managers’ Representatives Say There Will Be No Strike. STATEMENT FROM MR. CARTER President of Brotherhood Says Parties Are Nearer » Disagree~ ment Than Any Time In Last $ix Weeks, CHICAGO, Maroh 18-The threatened nalkout of 25,000 firemen on practically all the rallroad svstems between Chicago and the Pacific coast reached a eritical stage today when W. 8. Carter. president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, formally notified the raflroads that if the entire controversy was not sub- |mitted to arbitration a strike would be inevitable. Mr. Carter's letfer of notification was Indorsed by the brotherhood's committes which represents the firemen on about forty-seven rallronds west, northwest and scuthwest of Chicago. The lotter was ssnt to W. C. Nixon, general manager of the St. Louls & San Francisco rallrond, chalr- man of the raiiroad general manage m- mittee. i PR 5 1 i it e Text of Firemen's Reply. The letter says: “Your letter of this date (March 1) whereln you state that the managers' com- mitiee declines to further consider matters In controversy has been received and in reply our committes instruets me to say: “If there s to be a great railway strike the responsibility must and will rest upon the managers' committee. That thero may be no misunderstanding concerning this | responsibility our committee hereby pro- poses the submission of all matters in dis pute to an adjustment by arbitration. “The public has been informed through the press that matters in controversy can- not be arbitrated, because they Involve the authority of rallway officlals and the dise |clpline of employ This statement our |committee emphatieally denies, *The officlals of many raflways repre- sented by the managers' committee do not hesitate to confess the gross injustice pere petrated under present practices. “Our committee dlrocts me to request the managers' committee, through vou, If this proposition to arbltrate is not accepted by the managers' commiftee that you notity us at your garllest convenicnce.” " osttion’ The rallroads previously announced thefe | willingners to arbitrate the inereascd wage demand, which the firemen say would jamount to about 121 per cent. Two other |demands Involved, the managers say, con- |cern lseipline and authority, and are not |open to arbitration. These points have to do with the promotion of firemen and iqursllonn whether, When they become enginemen, they are still under the jurisdio= |tion of the brotherhood. | “Does your letter mean that i a satis- tactory reply is not received a strike will bo called?” Mr, Carter was asked. “It looks pretty grave,” he sald. “We are nearer a dlsagreement than we have {ever been during the whole &ix weeks of conferences, We do not went a strike, | We want the public to understand that. As to our authority to order a strike, we | have the vote of more than 80 per cent of the men in favor of it. All the answers we have recelved from the managers hitherto hhwve hecn evasive, I hope the next reply will not be so.” Managers Stand Pat. It was learned that the managers hod agreed to stand “pat” and, while refusing to make any concessions, probably would invite the brotherhood's committee to ane other conference tomorrow. After conferring with Mr, Niton, 0. L. Dickeson, assistant to the preeident of the | Chicago, Burlington & Quiney road, gave {out the following statement; “We have recelved Mr. Carter's letter, | Which to the layman who I8 not thors oughly familiar with the methods of la- bor organizations would appear to ba somewhat serlous and point to a strike. I wish to eay that this is merely one of the methods unfortunately {nvoked In con= dueting such negotlations and it Is not likely that the men would eanction the action of their leaders in calling a strika over one or two technleal points, We da not feel the slightest apprehension over the difficulty. The manaxers in due time, probably tomorrow, will maks definite answer to the firemen's commities and wa hope for a peaceful adjustment.” BROKEN BOW MAN HELD FOR INSANITY WALKING MINT A. Leserve, Arrested at Loveland, Colo., Found to Have Large Sum of Money: 1 FORT COLLINS, Colo, Mafeh 13— (8pectal Telogram.) ought from Loves land to be examined as to his sanity, W, A. Leserve, 70 years old, when searched by the sheriff, was found to be & verit= able walking mint. A belt fastened about his wa'st held neerly $6,00. Five hun- |dred was in 320 gold pleces, the rest in | greenbacks. He had carried the money | %0 long that the gold had worn holes throush the leether belt. The greenbacks were musty. Leserve Is a war veteran and | “ |member of the Crand Army of the Re- {public. He had no faith in banks. He | located in Loveland about six weeks ago, {married Mrs. Russell, bought a house and pald it of his pocket. Ha !came from Broken Bow, Neb., He was in- jured on the head recently and this af- fected his brain. Oldest Settler of Carrol CARROLL, Ia, March 13 Willlam Cilley celebrated his 80th | surrounded by a company of old settiers, at his home in this elty last evening. He came to the county In 1806 and has been a con- tinuous resident ever since that time, Mr. Giliey I the oldest living resient. In an early day he was a farmoer and star route mall contractor, and was county treasurer for a long term of years in early times. He Is now retired. Mr. Gllley s In good health and active mentally and physically.