Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE business Is the most powerful getter In the west, because it goos to the homes of poor and rich. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA, TUESDAY 15, ‘1 — M MORNING, ARCH FIREMEN AWAIT THE NEXT MOVE Storage Butter Causes Big Drop, Witness Asserts Officials of Western Railroads As- sert that Danger of Strike is Passed |Large Purchases of Cheaper Grades | Led to Big Crash is Testi- DEMANDS AGAIN REFUSED mony at Inquiry. Roads Are Willing to Arbitrate Nothggl N7 (0N, Mareh 14-The unueuat ing but Wage Question. |73 A by the Elgin board «‘ trade last U w % was due to the strafing of the & 1o the highest polr d the conse- SITUATION STILL CRITICAL JMER" 1"C hishest point and the conse- R \ torage butter, according to James President Carter Says Committee Has Power to Call Strike. Manager's Statement Denied—1le In- that Railroads Are Not Asked to Fite Contracts with "rvth'rlun* wists CHICAGO, March W.—DotiiFsides controversy b en the $25, firemen on the western raliroads and th liroad man- agers assumed an attitude of Waiting today, while union officlals declared a strike med imminent, the railroad managers assertcd the danger point had been passed in the It was sald to be llkely the managers cormittee, headed by W. €. Nixon, general ager of the St. Louls & San Francisco railroad, dent of Flimen and would Invite W. 8. Carter, presi Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen, and his committee to another joint conference. The brotherhood has taken the position that unless all the questions in dispute are submitted to arbitration under the Erdman act, a strike on all the systems between Crlcago and the Pacific coast would have to be resorted to. The raflroads today roiterated their assertion that they would “stand pat’ on refusing to submit to arbi- tration anything but the wage demand “We know a strike will not be sald O. L. Dickeson, assistant to the p dent of the Chicy ‘That stage of the game I8 over calle sl It "\ a Washington butter dealer, who flay before the select senate high W& committee. 18in board be regarded in any st ?" asked Senator Smooot %' Jered tho witness, F& il ulton, a Baltimore retall groce#qhd meat dealer told the committee that he had been able to make only a bare living out of his business during .the last two yedrs. | Mr. Poulton thought the working people | were puchasing no higer class of groceries ) | than formerly. He thought they were | “spending their money on the pleture shows | CINCINNATIL O., March 14.--Much ey dence that butte in this ¢ legislative nesses and milk combines existed was brought before,the Ohlo committee, which examined wit- here today In furtherance of fts | investigation of the high cost of ilving | No combination of retall grocers for | the fixing of prices was discovered | Nathan Longfellow, a member of the Cin- | elnnat! Produce ange, - told the com- mittee that the Elgin, 11, butter quotations were “‘bogus.” Marine Surgeon . Sent to Omaha ‘ to Inspect Water » Burlington & Quincy. | 1s now | only &' Quustion Bt our getiing together: | Agsigtant Beoretary 'of Treasury The men will readily sce that a strike | Grants R G would be preposterous. | Grants Request Coming from he rallroads are trylng to make light f the situation,” eald President Carter. it indeed critical. We have been au- thorized by they make concesslons, and we have asked for an arbitration of the whole matter.” Question of Disipline. “The railroad managers’ committee met against today as usual” sald one offi- ' and the firemen's letter was taken under consideration. | It fs not lkely that the rallroads will change their attitude. If it was a question of yielding we might consider 1t, but to submit the questions of authority and senfority would be violating our contract with the Brotherhood of Rall- road Engineers." W. 8. Carter, president of the Brother- hood of Rallroad Firemen and Enginemen, would not say thit he would order the men to. snilke Jf_pn- unfavoruble, reply to thelr last letter should be received. Ho said he would leave that to the committee. “The railroad managers ‘talk of violating their contract with the engineers is all ‘bosh.’ " sald Mr. Carter. “It Is a subter- fuge on their part to make the public be- lieve that other organizations are to blame for the rallroads’ attitude in refusing to submit the entire controversy to a board of arbitration. We are not asking for any privileges that these railroads are not now granting to the conductors LOCAL OFFICIALS FEAR A Pellieve Firemen May Quit Work Within Forty-Eight Hours. Statements made by executive rallroad officials in Omaba indlcate that there fear of a strike among the flremen and that they Dbelleve the greatest tie-up of (raffic 0 the west may result within the next forty-elght hou “If the strike s called, it will come Ilke lightning." ald one railroad officlal. “One word from the committee in Chicago flashed over the wires would prostrate this wesgtern country worse than it has ever been before.” It Is sald the railroads are willing to con- cede the men increased wages, but it s on the question of seniority rules that the managers balk. The bone of contention lies in the fact that many engineers have re- tained thelr memberships in the firemen's order when promoted to higher ranks. The demand of the firemen that the raliroads recognize their order In dealing with engineers is the cause of trouble," *ald a rallway official. We cannot recog- nize two crowds. The fivemen claim that the engineers et the best of the bargain In seniority dis- putes because the englneers are represented by & committes representing the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers. Now the firemen want to represent all members of thelr organization, whether they be fire- men or engineers. The rallroads insist that they can deal with but one class of em- loyes.'” “The ] rights of promotion and seniority be arbitrated,” say the firemen, ich questions are impossible to arbitrate. In the first place, we voted to strike if this request was not granted and to refuse to arbitrate the matter," The committes of firemen and the rall- road manageis are still in session in Chi- cago. Thoy may adjourn Tuesday night. By that time the strike question will be solved nG CoAL STRIK™ AT STAKE Nation-Wide In ustrial Upheaval May Follow Conference, CINCINNATI, March 14, — Industrial peace or & nation-wide coal strike s to be the outcome of conferences and commit- tee meetings preceding and during the In- ternational corvention of the United Mine Worlkers of American here this week the importance of the sather- ings, workmen a ine s arriving here today sought members of the sul scale committee of the central competitiy field, pIylg them with arguments as to why Increased wag bLe granted. The sub-scale sesslon In the afternoon In an effort to secure an agreement be- tieen the operators and miners throughout Abo country, President Lewls of the miners' ‘ ) I8 planning 10 have wminers and vators meet In this city in separate dis- uld or should not committee had its tirst trict conventions at the same time the miners arve Lolding their national conven- tion, ion. SPR Mass., March 1.—Thomas L. Hb the independence party candie dste for president In 1%, today filed with United States Benator Crane a protest ngainst the federal Incorporation of the proposed Rockefeller foundation, a vote to call a strike unless | and trainmen.” | STRIKE | is Governor Shallenberger. WASHINGTON, March 14—Responsive to a request of the govérnor of Nebraska, Mr. Hiller, assistant secretary of the treas- ury, today directed Past Assistant Sur- ®eon L. L. Lunsden of the public health and marine hospital service to proceed to Omaha to confer with the city authorities and make an investigation regarding the contamination of the water supply there and to advise as to the proper means for remedying existing conditions and prevent- Ing the further spread of typhoid. Fort Dodge Man for Ellis* Place | William 8. Kenyon is Named by the President as Assistant to At- i torney General, WASHINGTON, March M4.—Willilam 8. Kenyon of Fort Dodge, Ia., was today nominated by the preldent assistant to the attorney general vice Wade H. Bllis, who resigned that position to accept the | chalrmanship of the Ohio republican com- | mittee, Mr. Kenyon is one of the general attor- {neys of the Illinols Central Rallroad com- | pany, with headquarters in Chicago. He is | about 45 years old. The office of assistant to the attorney general has charge of the trust prosecu- tions in the Department of Justice. The | position pays $,000 a year. iFiVE STOCK RECORDS BROKEN | Prices of MHogs, Lambs, Ewes and Steers Rench High Notch of Year | KANSAS CITY, March 4.—Five price | records on the Kansas City tive stock ex- | change were broken today. Hogs reached $10.60; lambs, $9.65; yearling sheep, $9.00, and ewes, $7.30. Steers from the other side of the quarantine line made a new record for the year, reaching $7.76. | ST. JOSEPH, Mo. March 14.—The top | price of hogs at the South St. Joseph mar- | ket today was $10.65 per 100 pounds, which i1s 10c higher than the record price made | | 1ast week. | CLEVELAND, March W.-—Hogs were | quoted at $1.00 per 100 pounds at the stock | yards today, a record price here. |C. R. HEIKE WRIT IS DENIED | | Sugnr Trust Official Decreed to Stand. WASHINGTON, March 14.—The supreme court of the United States today declined |to vacate the writ of error issued by Jus- | tice Lurton in the case of Charles R. Helke of New York, who was denled immunity by | the lower federal court from prosecution | on an Indictment of conspiracy to defraud. the government, Order Refusing Immunity Bath to the | LIME LIGHT FOR M'LEAN COMPANY Senator Brown Determined to Force Investigation of Washington Gas by Senate Commission. REPORTS RESOLUTION FAVORABLY | | Ohioan with Democratic Senatorial Microbe Shuns Inquiry. | HITCHCOCK'S DEBATE CHALLENGE Senator Burkett Says After Primary is Time to Consider It. OMAHA INDIAN IANDS TO FORE Bill Providing for Their Tasation Favorably Reported to Semate— Agreement on Opening More Dakot Territory. WASHINGTON, March 14, — (8pecial | Telegram.) —&enator Norris Brown put a| erimp In at least one of the public service | jcorporations today doing business in the | District of Columbla by a favorable report from the committee on corporations or- | ganized In the District of Columbla, of which he 1s a member, on his resolution | directing a searching Investigation of the | affairs of the Washington Gas Light com- | pany, whose president is John R. McLean, [owner and publisher of the Cincinnati Hn- | |auirer and Washington Post, and who 1s | | seriously considering becoming a demo- cratic candidate for senator from the Buckeye state. Senator Brown's report | recommends a thorough {nvestigation of | | this company, to the end that a model | law for the control of publie service cor- | porations in the District of Columbia may | be enacted. He says in his report he be- | lieves the nation owes it to the people of the District of Columbia to have Its house | | put in order so far as corporations of this sourt are concerned. Senator Gallinger, chairman of the Dis- trict of Columbia committee, wanted the | resolution referred to the committee over | which he presides and took oceaston to | say that it was the first time In the | | nineteen years of his eenate service that | | the jurisdiction of lis committee had been invaded. Senator Brown's resolution was referred to the committee on contin- gent expenses, as it dealt with matter re- purpose of investigation. After | Mttle talk the resolution went over until be things doing in the senate, the Gas company being determined to sidetrack the Investigation 1f possible. Too Early to Talk Debate. ! Announcement of Gilbert M. Hitcheock's | candidacy for the senate did not surprise seem“propitious to MF. Hitehcocl¥ to ‘an- nounce his candidacy in Pebruary, so he left 1t until March 13, four days before St. Patrick's day, Mr. Hitchcock's suggestion that Senator Burkett and he enter upon a series of Joint debates throughout Nebraska afier the primaries does not meet with encour- agement among republicans temporarily residing in Washington. Senator Burkett had nothing to say when approached to- day on the Hitchcock announcement. did say, however, he would undoubtedly be heard In Nebraska frequently in the be given to the state for which he had tried to legislate to the best of his ability during his congressional career. He thought he would walt in the matter of the joint debate until he knew how the issues were joined. There might be a de- | bate with someone else than Mr. Hitch- cock. The bill introduced by § providing for the taxation nator Brown of the lands |favorably reported to the senate today. The senate committee amended the Brown bill to provide that lands of the Omahas, so |long as held under ‘trust patent, shall not be subject to levy and tax sale, as pro- vided under the laws of the state of Ne- braska for collection of such taxes, but It such tax shall not be pald within year after the samo shall become due and payable, as provided by the laws of the state of Nebraska, then the list of all such unpaid and delinquent taxes on such lands of the Omaha Indfans shall Be certified by the county treasurers of the counties in Which such lunds are situated to the sccre- | | who shall be authorized to pay the same from any funds belonging to the Indlan |allottees owning such lands so taxed and arising from rentals thereof or under his |eontrol. And In event no such funds shall be in the possession or under control of tha secretary of the interfor he shall certify |that fact to the county treasurers, which certificates shall operate as release and ¢lscharge of tax assessed ngainst the lana of the Indian 5o without funds. A conference lasting nearly two hours occurred today between Indian Commis- slorer Valentine, Senator Gamble, School Superintendents Michael and Beldin, Major | James McLaughlin and some elghteen of the leading men of the Standing Rock and (Continued on Second Page) Find a Cute A gamble with fate is the vogue at the county jall. Prisoners have been flirting with the fickle goddess so that the slogan Is: “Heads, 1 go to jail; tails, I'm free.” | To play the game as prisoners have been |trying to play It, two of them must be under arrest on a charge of committing the |same particular offense. Two of these |patrs, Spencer Willlams and Clement H © the four men who have been trying it on, In district court when Williams and Tracy Wwere arraigned on the same burglary of- fense, Willlams pleaded guilty and Tracy not gullty. They entered the same pleas to another joint indlotment. A fow minutes later Rose and Woregth stood up to plead. In this case it was Rose who pleaded guilty and Woregth who denled his gullt. County Attorney English, | suspecting a “frame-up,” asked the court |to dolay sentencing the men who pleaded gulity. Subsequently It was learned that Jall of- ficlals have heard whispers of lot-drawing by prisoners held for the same offense to- Prisoners in County Jail | Tracy, and George Rose and Ben Woregth, | Game Blocked gether. The loser to plead guilty and tako his medicine. At the trial of the |other man he is to go on the stana ana swear that he himself alone did the trick At first sight, the willingness of one {man to immolate himself and to “stick | seema surprising, but there Is little “honor among thieves, or allleged thleves, of the | kind indicated But the opinion has spread around the | |3all that pleading guflty in dlstrict court may not be so serlous an affalr after all The new parole law has been the subject of much gossip In the jall, and the fact that It has been liberally resorted to_by Judge Estelle of recent weeks, has caused great Joy among men under arrest. Therefore the man who loses In the lot drawing does not think that at the worst he s In fright- ful plight. “We shall try Tracy and Woregth he. fore Willlams and Rose are sentenced, said County Attorney English. “They may not be so eager to clear the other fellows whom we belleve equally gullty, If thes | quiring the expenditure of money for the | some | | tomorrow, when it is expected there will | lanybody. here, as it had been discountsd | jmontha ago. The ‘time, however, did siot | He | |next few months and that his time would | of the Omaha Indlans In Nebracka was | one | tary of the interior of the Uiited States,| WEATHER FORECAST, For Nebraska Falr, For lowa-—Falr For weather report see page 3 910-TWELVE P.\(}i“ | _From the St. Paul Ploneer Pross. What's the Use of Hat Pins, Anywuy ? ROOSEVELTfiFATH.lLY REUNITED | Ex-President Meets Train Bearing Wife and Daughter, Ethel, | HURRIES FROM BOAT TO STATION Round of Offtclaty Regentions o Sightseeing Triph “WIIT Degin - Now——Big Crowd Sees Arrival. KARTUM, March 14.~Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt and his pariy arrived here at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The former president received a most flattering recep- Ition. The steamer Dal, upon which the | American members of the &mithsonian African scientific expedition made the trip | from Gondokoro, was delayed somewhat by |the unusually trubulent waters of the White Nile, but the party was able to keep | within one hour of the scheduled time for the arrival here. | Farlier in the day the' statt of the | sirdar, Major General Sir Francis Win- | gate, had pruceeded up the river In a |launch to meet the Dal and extend the first formal greeting to the distinguished visitor. The officials were taken on board | the steamer and escorted by the guests to town. When the Dal was sighted the American, | British ana Egypttan flags could be mud out flying above the vessel. As the cra | turned its nose into the harbor the thous- {ands on shore were quick to recognize the | figure of Colonel Roosevelt standing on | the bridge. Ho_was dressed in a khaki hunting suit |and “wore a white heimet. |him were the members of ihe sirdar's | staff. Recognition of the American was the signal for an outburst of cheering that continued as the vessel slowly found fts pler. Colonel Roosevelt acknowledged the greeting, ralsing his hat repeatedly and smiling. A steam launch filled with newspaper correspondents, who had been sent here rom all parts of the world accompanied the Dal in the last part of the trip. Family is Renaited, Upon the pier Colonel Roosevelt was pressed by an enormous crowd, all anxious for the nearest possible view, but his escort saved him from any possible discomfort. He was at once escorted to the palace of the sirdar, at the steps of which he was received by the high Sudan officials. The passage from the steps to the palace door was lined by members of the sirdar's body- guard, and as Colonel Roosevelt passed between the lines he ralsed his hat in re- sponse to the salutations of the throng. Within the palace Colonel Roosevelt re- celved all the higher officials of the gov- rnment, after which tea was served. The #tay at the palace was brief, Colonel toosevelt, hurrying away to the rallway station to meet Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who were expected at & o'clock Colonel Roosevelt arrived at the station in time to meet his wife and daughter upon their arrival. The officals of ths eity had so arranged affeirs that this family re- unfon after a year's separation was In strict privacy. After a few moments of seclusion a very happy appearing family omerged from the station and proceeded to the palace. This evening no one was permitted to disturb the privacy of the Roosevelts, Tomorrow the round of ¢r tainments and tt sightsaeing will begin, If you are prepar- ing for Easter, read the Bee want ads. They give you information that you shouldn’t be without. They tell yo'u what you should have, what it will cost realize that the court s on to their lttle game. I you, and where to get it. Surrounding | |Missouri River Steamboat Lost Near Bismarck Ice Gorge Wrecks 'shippin: and Does of Damage to Levee. BISMARCKN. Dak., March l4+An fce gorge, which formed in the Missourl river here today, wrecked the steamer Expan- slon and did thousands of dollars worth of damage along the levee. The west approach to the Northern Pa- cific railroad bridge is under five feet of water for a distance of two miles and two coast tralns are held up at Mandan. The business section in Mandan is under ‘Shipment Unit in Twenty-Eight- Hour Statute Supreme Court, by Divided Bench, Sustains Decision of Lower Tribunal. WASHINGTON, March 14.-By a dlvided bench of four to four the supreme court of the United States today affirmed the decision of the lower federal court holding that the separate shipment is the proper unit for assessing penalties under the twen- ty-elght hour law and not the train. ATTACK OREGON LAND GRANTS vernment Will Seek to Set Aside Title (o Property Sold by Rallronds. WASHINGTON, March 14.—The Depart- ment of Justice sent a report to the senate today that proceedings had been insti- tuted to recover lands sold under the Oregon & CalifornjeRallrond company's land grant and that the sults had been di- rected against both the raliroad and the purchasers of the lands. It was stated | that the conditions of the grants had been violated in many Instances. The govrnment report showed that un- der the government grants 3,137,000 acres was rocelved by the railroad, ) PAPER FIRM SUES STRIKERS Churges $100,000 Already Dome to It's Property During Present Trouble, GLEN FALLS, N. Y., March 14.—The International an actlon Paper against company has brought the 1500 striking em- by th present strike. property OSSINIG, N. Y., March 14.—Frank Schlel- Sing Sing prison here today. Carto Giro, Schleiman's companion In the burglary of the Staber home, which resulted in the fatal shooting, was put to death here a few weeks ago. “I die for burglary only; I never took & human )ife,” was Schleiman's final pro- test of Innocence. “I hope, gentiemen, you will forgive me mistake. I realize mine now for were the condemned man's last words. His Thousands of Dollars Worth | ployes as members of the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and of the Pulp. Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers' | unicn to recover $i00,00 for damages al- | leged to have been done the company's | 1 die with a elear consclence, l [NEW YORK OUTLOOK PUZZLE [ | the Allds case would be judged solely State Chairman Woodruff Not In- clined to Yield Advantage. LEADERS IN FIGHTING MOOD Senator Moot on Way to Present uation to Prestdent Taft— © Roosevelt May Be Asked t3 Medinte, NEW YORK, March ls-With the de- panture of Senator Elthu Root today for Washington to inform President Taft of the résult of his conference with State Chalr- man Woodruff and the local republican leaders on Woodruff's retirement from the chairmanship looms a political situation which In its larger meaning, bears directly not only next fall, but on the national campalgn of 1912, The administration through Senator Root has made it clear to those now In the party's leadership in this state that New York must not be lost to the democrats In the gubernatoria] electlons, for such de- feat would endanger the party's success two years later. To this end S:nator Root Informed Chair- man Woodruff that the opposition to Gov- ernor Hughes and his measures must cease | and the suggestion Is sald to have been directly made that the federal power would be used to thwart such opposition If it continues. ‘I am still here,” sald Chairman Wood- ruff today and then made it evident that he would, at least continue as chairman untll the end of his term. “There's much more than the chairman- ship of the state committee Involved in this matter,” said a New York state leader to- day. “President Taft and his frlends ar setting the stage for the national campalgn of 1912, “Woodruff will remain chalrman and the on the coming state campaign | ANY OLD BATT 1 | Operators of “Bie Store" Graft An Found Open-Minded Moneyed Men Everywhere. ‘TWO RICH ILLINOIS MEN BACR | s |Had Been Let Go on Suppositior | They Knew Nothing. 0. 0. NEWBERRY UNIQUE MIKR | Hails from Argyle, Towa, and Tell: a Great Story. |LIFE WAS FAST, BUT LIKED Il Conferses without a Quiver that He Gave up $12,000 in Daa and atd His Owa Bxpennes, tor shekels of sfiver and gold If he play, being young and unekilltul, Take his money, my pralsing Allah |7 Mhe ki1 waw' ordained to be ol | Maxime of Haflz Mikes sorrowful, mikes gladsome, mikes ant and mikes unrepsntant helped ! svernment plle i evidence against | Jotin €. Mabray and his departmental heals i the “blg store” gang in federal court at | Counell Blufts yestsrday Mikes from the vintages of all the years that the system, as developed hy the N bray company has been fn operation took the stand to tell their fortunes in thé “sure | | | thing" | ing mame. Tiach was thers to connect rome part of the voluminous corras- pondence In the posscsslon of the proses cution with actual yse of the mails. lot- ters and betting echedules were piled In |10 Increase the list of oxhibits, which is now near to 200 in number, The unwilling mikes, I W. C. Waegner of rased beyond endura [the w and publicity, l' ought to Councll Bluffs to testify by a postoffice inspector, who was dispatched to bring them in after they had left Council Bluffs, | Berthold Ing inter A. Berthold and Aurora, 11, embar e by the ordeal an; were connscted Aurora wholesale last i sts in relative, is a They with while a week Iarge hrew- | Waegner, a i aler in shoes. i by Colonel | L. Temple, district attorney, on { the representation that they dtd not know janything about the case on trial. The | prosecution learned that they did and their Ilu"qll by the postoffice inspector followed. were excused Marcellus Newberry a Unlque Specimen. A smilo twinkled behind the busy mus- { tache that bedecks the face o 0. O, New- {berry of Argyle, In., forty years a horse- man a8 he related his joyous experlences |40 the losing of $13,000 with the plonesrs {of the miking game in Wilkesbarre, n., {1n 1906 “ Y | “We haa 1t ant frdfacd up when T got to hinking it all over,” sald Newburry. “I s 62 years old then and that was, the firat tinie in my life that 1 was mixed up in anything like that. I couldn't sleep nor eat. So the night ‘fore it was to come off |1 got up at 12 o'clock and went down to the ‘milllonaires’ private car. I was doe- termined to stop t. 1 saw someone at the depot that sald had to glve up. “Ed Leach, that defendant sitting over vonder, lost the wrestling mateh to Gor- man, and my money was logt. After the | mateh the millionaires got together and talked it over. ““Then one of 'em comes fo me and savs, ‘0ld man, we like your style; you're a fine {fellow and we want glve you another chanee. But you'll have to put tip $10,00 this time.’ “They told me they llked my face, and T told ‘em 1 liked it myself. Hunted a Good Wrestler, “‘We bar Farmer Burns or Gotch, but you can bring on a good wrestler all right for the $10,000 go,' says one of the ‘million- alres, “Maxwell, he was the secretary, as you fellers call him, sald It T dldn’'t come to the front for him we'd both be in jaill. I thought we'd both as well be in hell, but 1 had to go through with it. “We got u hold of a wrestler ealled ‘the Greek Demon.’ Maxwell he ploked him ont “We got right back to Wilkebarre and got down to business, “The Greek had it framed to would be better for him to fall they wasn't In, so I me lose that 1t the { first “We don't lose any falls at all this time, opposltion to Governor Hughes will In w| "W AG0E e Anw tals BE Al S dune large measure cease so that no mplit may |1 fave: Vou mee T had BB up this time. occur if the Root plan Is carried out; but | ‘ W el the election of Senator Cobb as president (O the Sscond. e GINpM Gotinan | down pPro tem of the state senate has so (14T strengthened the hands of Woodruff and his friends in the organization that they may elect to advance such legislation as they please at Albany and, so doing, will split the party wide open. “Then our hope lles in that event, in Theodore Roosevelt, who will be asked to assume the leadership of the party—and his return is only three months away." The Woodruff adherents assert that the efforts of the administration in the present sltuation constitute an Invasion of the rights of the state political control. Chalrman Woodruff indicated today that on its merits, . No Good Time for McDonough. 8T. LOUIS, March 14.—Judge Hook of the United States cireuit court decided to- day that, Jullus P. McDonough, a convict Longest Speéch Evcr from Prison Death Chair In the United States prison at Leaven- worth, must serve his full time. The vict sought his release by a writ of haby nove clalming he was entitled to “'gc & Ame Made as speech was e41d to be the longest ever man, the second of the two men convicted | made from the death chair in the prison of the murder of Mrs. Sophle Btaber in|here. Brooklyn last July, was electrocuted in | STATEHOOD BILL TO SENATE re in Entire Substitute FPasscd by the Houne. WASHINGTON, March 14.—~The Arizona and New Mexico statehood bil was re- ported to the senate today from the com- mittee on territories by Senator Beveridge, who sald it was an entire substitute for the house bill. con- | { resuitea | who dec “Burns, one of the millionaire a gun as long as my arm and down on Gorman. ‘You lose anthe and you're a dead one; says Burns, I seen right there that I'd elther bhe out $10000 or have a corpse on my hands When it was all over I wasn't troubled with any corpsese or any money either *‘Now how much did you lose? asked Assistant District Attorney Ktewart. * “Thirteen thousand and expenses,' {plled the witness, “You they offered to pay penses Tom Robinson took me to | Wiikesb the first time, but when the shoutin' was all over the boys had showed me such a time for my money, I didn't want mean to them and demand expenses.” The refusal of Canadlan {nto the United States to |James R. Morrison, Superior, F. 8. Mull, Solon Springs, Wis., their discharge. A has been entired and the consin pair has departed. he position taken by the Oanadian mikes is explained by Inspector Bwensor res they have been “influenced Two victims were cha:ged to the account of Mull and Morrison. Prinelpal among these was 8. M. McMaln, Toronto, Oat who lost $9,900, ding the Mabray records, Mikes took out throws it fall re- see my ex- when rre a to be mikes to coma testify agairst Wis., and defendants, verdict ot Wis- in | not gutity 18 ac i figured largely in the {#ion. Frank P. Marts of Polk City, Ia {was the star mike. He told a story of mortgaging hs farm to get into a Mabray wrestling match at Councll Bluffs Judge Reaffirms Iis Rullug, Judge Smith B, McPherson reaffirmed his rullng admitting the docume; 1= dence captured by J. 8. Swenson, postoffice again inspector, at Pulaskl Helghts, from Mabray's residence at the opening of court, At the suggestion of the court, Mi Swenson was placed on the “nd described the stand for ex- amination rald, brietly Continued on Third “")v