Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 10, 1910, Page 4

| | ! creature, crazy to make a little money. ! ‘sides, no one is buying votes.’ SENATORS READY. T0 FICHT| Long and Short g | Haul Clause is Public’s Guard Provision in Railroad Bill of Benefit to Riyer Towns, Says Mr, Ransdell. Mississippi Men Prevented from “Mix- ing” by Other Members. BRIBERY CASE BASIS OF TROUBLE Word » ker Comes Forward to Mix Matters—Night Too RICHMOND, Va., April tive Ransdell of Louisiana National Rivers and Harbors c guest of honor of the Chambe merce *of -fhe city of Richmond .tonight and the principal speaker of the eyening His subject was “The Systematic Improve ment,of the Rivers and lHarbors of country.” N Mr. Ransdell paid speclal termfiials .and the importance of public ownership thereof. HHe also discussed the long and short haul” clause in the rail yoad bill. now pending before congress which prohibits rallways from charging more for a shorter than for @ longer distance over the same route in the samc direction. He said if such a clause were adopted it would prohibit the unfalr practices of rallroads at river points, which such low rates therc as to drive the boats qut of business.and recoup their own losses by much higher ratés at interior points away from the water course. Mr. . Ransdell is firmly convinced unless the national government to protect the rivers by provision as this adopt similar to that of the Germans, which requires railroads competing with water lines to charge 120 per cent of the water rate that it is unwise to continue to ex pend large sums in the improvement the rivers, 9.—Representa Sesston Held. president of the S was gress of Com Mis of other senators encounter Tucker April 9.~The interfer- alone prevented a between Senators during the senatorial briber nvestigation yesterday. L. C Vulaney, charged by Senator Bilbo with having paid him & bribe, was on the wil- s stand. Senator Tucker, counsel for Bilbo, asked Dulaney If P had not pald the expenses of all senatorial candi s except Vardaman. From the rear of the chamber Senator Banks came charging to the front and for Senator Tucker. Tucker started for Banks man who says or insinuates that paid the expenses of my friend Byrd, is a liar,” shouted en persor Rank and thie attention to an chairs and Tucker tables etween Banks and | m apar furth, 1 Presid newspaper wrangling, Pro Tem not withdrawn cted affair Anderson and Ben Senat nt is willing men some. such a method D mer to the « pre m tive from Tip- testified that he ballot for Vardaman ator J Bailey of Lau- derdale the next s, Senator Bilbo's counsel then rested his case. ey, who testifled next, said he came Kkeon during the senatorial election ot yarane e’ (May Build Church in Salt Lake City Dulaney denied that Percy invited him to | Latter Day Saints Are Seriously Con- come. Of Representative Cowart he sald: templating Carrying Work Into the West. per c saw 3 K his A was wit of “We talked the situation over. Finally | Cowart eald ‘I am representing my county, Dbut for $1,000 T would represent Mra. Cowart | gnd myselt.’ “I told him nobody was buying votes, @nd he replied that people would joke now and then. “About this Mrs. Neil: T met her around the Lemon house. She seemed a pititul old | | INDEPENDEN Mo., April 9. (Special | Telegram.) — Following the usual early morning prayer service at the Latter Day Saints' conference being held at this place | Elder Henry Sparling of Migsour! preached. At 2 o'clock business was resumed with Joseph Bmith in the cha followed by his | second counsellor, Elder A. Smith. The petition presented yesterday requesting that & church bullding be built in Salt Lake City was referred to a committee composed of the first presidency, quorur of twelve | and Bishop Rye with power to act. Varl-| ous reports were read, including those from | the ‘twelve and the church historian and | the missionaries in charge. They report a gradually increasing interest in the work | of the church, an activity in debate and | great diligence and application on the part | of the missionaries. The number of the | new openings greatly increased and there | are more invitations to preach than can be | responded to. Popular feeling has in- creased in warmth toward the reorganized church and fewer articles and books are being published against it, as it is becom- ing better known and understood. Two telegrams of congratulations to| President Joseph Smith upon his jubilee | anniversary were read, one coming from the Saints In West Philadelphia and the other from those in San Bernardino, Cal. Rev. R. A. Broyles, a negro, was allowed a few minutes to present his work in the terprise institute, a trades school of | Chicago, established for the uplift of the negro. This evening & program was ren- dered by the mothers' society of the church, known as the Daughters of Zion. SOUTH DAKOTA POSTPONES | CHARITIES CONFERENCE | Board Decldes to Hold No Meeting Because Speakers Cannot Be Secured. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., April 9.—(Special.) ~At & meeting of the executive committee and officers of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections it has been de- cided not to hold a meeting of the confer- ence this year, but to postpone the meet- Ing until next year. The postponed meet- ing will be held at Watertown. The officers of the conference, in explain- Ing why no meeting wiil be held this year, state that they have been disappointed in securing certain speakers of nattonal rep- utation whom they counted on being pres- ent at the meeting if it was held this y and that it now is too late to secure other epeakers. At the 1911 convention of the con- ference the executive committee will recom- mend that the meetings be held each year thereafter. The executive committee fufly realizes the importance of having a meet- ing of the conference each year, and hay- ing' people present who can deliver ad- Uresses which will arouse the right sort of sentiment and ald in the work which the people interested In penal and charitable reform and advancement have undertaken in South Dakota, The National Conference of Charities and Corrections will be held at St. Louls, Mo., next month, and Governor Vessey will ap- point delegates to represent South Dakota at the meeting. he waid, ‘For $2,000 I can deliver nine four In one bunch' and five in I said, ‘You are crazy and, be- That is all votes another.’ T ever had to do with her.” At the night session W. W. Mitohell, cir- cuit clérk of Poplarville, Senator Bilbo's home, testified that he knew Senator Bil- bo's reputation’ for truth and veracity and that he would not believe the senator on oath. W, A. White, an attorney from Bil- oxl, *told of trying out Senator Bilbo in 1908, A bill was drawn and sent by a man named Bob Moseley to Bilbo, Moseley returned and sald: “Bilbo did not give me a chance to make a proposition; he made us one." Moseley corroborated White's story. “T went to see Bilbo,"" sald Moseley, “and he sald, ‘It will cost you $300.' I offered him & ocheck, but he sald he wanted money.” ol Parliament ‘Quits in France Adjournment Taken After Four Years’ Work—Election This Month. PARIS, April 9.~The Parliament which was elected In 1006 ended its labors tonight The general election will take place Aprfl 2, and the new Pariiament will assemble June 1. Henrl Brisson, president of the Chamber of Deputies, in his closing address de- clared that during the' forty years he had &t in the lower house no Parliament had Worked harder or been more useful than the retiring one. It had numerous social reforms to its ieredit—workmen's pensions, tariff reform and the state purchase of one of the most important ‘rafiroads in France and it also was ‘leaving the income tax bill In good shape for its successor. All this, he said, represented a hig step toward the realiza- tlon of the ideal of the constitutionalists of 1848, ]l,INITED STATES DRUG INSPECTOR ARRESTED Official at Philadelphin Charged with Being Engaged in Co- eaine Traftic. PHILADELPHIA, April 0.—A sensational move by the State Pharmaceutical board, which fs carrying on a crusade against the illega! sale of cocaine in this cf was made today when Benjamin P. Ashmead United States government inspector of drugs for the port of Philadelphia, was arrested on a warrant charging him with being engaged in the traffic. Ashmead, who Is & resident of Cape May, N. J., was arrested as he was leaving the United States appralser's stores. Something Doing when a bowl of crisp, brown, fluify Post Toasties and cream o is set before a hungry school child and the nat ural instinets of the youngster is allowed full play! { . | Iry it with your young- || sters and watch results, that | here has adopted resolutions | borderi | export agent, | ticial PRIL 10 | ture at 'ESS ACORN ryone knows brand of stoves the Acor never that s and perfect satisfaction, according to size. Don't buy gas range before seelng Acorn at these prices, You'll save several dollars of fine selected oak, our price, only— each, at LIBRARY TABLE~— handsome tables, complete line of up from large In South sur- paseed for superior construction W ‘harge from $22.00 down to §$10, the $10 DLID OAK STAND-—Strongly made . $5.00 and ma 20 Wilton, Bigelew and Bedy Brussels Rugs 20 Per Cent Below Omaha Prices YOUR SAVING AT THIS STORE AMOUNTS TO $20.00 ON A $100.00 PURCHASE ISN'T A TRIP TO SOUTH OMAHA WORTH WHILE? a R has 9x12 9x12 des! 9x12 for These prices are not for only one day, but for cvery day. new, 1910 stock, AR i P AT AT L el R Velvet Omaha prices, but Sold here, for a You w Ly Ay TS k Foeteh] o2 it i v - 20 o 7T Compare Qur Prices on Carpets and Rugs With Those Charged in Omaha Brus els Rugs, in eautiful patterns and pert igns—Our price, at handsome and we ask Rugs, patterns 20% less Axminster Rugs of very high guality and noted long wearing—Our price, only just a |—110 joh lots. good Can Bt_l‘y Furni- er Cent Below Omaha Prices THE QUALITY OF OUR MEROCH- ANDISE 18 THE SAME AS IN OMAHA, FOR IT ALL COMES FROM THE SAME SOURCES 0 f BRASS BEDS Our complete line of all sorts of Lrass beds 18 one of the finest to be seen. They are artistic and sanitary, and each is marked of 207 Below Omaha Price STEEL COUCH-—(like cut) iy constructed folding couch, with double supported spring—rfull size; a bed at night and an orndment at day—our price only sirong- ect $8.75 values at - $15.00 e $17.50 } T Trfinsfer From Any Omaha Car pass our door. is very large you will save about | $1.00 for every ex'va minute y.u i ride in the car reaching our stor to any South Omaha car—They all If your purchase Dressers Chiffioners and Com- plete Sets It will not be difficult to find what want new line. mey in all finishes. You can fill out your incomplete set or get just what you want in a new one. All we ask is that you know the Omaha price before you visit us. you in our immense These pieces he had woods and is the price we have marked for this most useful household ne- This is a full size, ad- justable curtain dryer, and ) n be made to fit any curtain. The regular price s $1 but we sell them at - FOR THIS WEEK ONLY Please don't think that because our prices are so far below those charged you in Omaha that we are doing busi- ness at a loss. On the contrary, our profits are just the same as all lines of business. It's our expense that's low, and its here that your saving comes in. We give the customers the benefit of our | thereby sell 207 below Omaha prices. ] low operating expense, rental, ct¢., and HOME FURNITURE (0 " 24th @ L Streets, .y SOUTH OMAHA MILLERS SEEK EARLY ACTION| Resolutions Aim at Quick Decision | in Bleached Flour Cases. | OFFICERS ELECTED FOR YEAR Chruncey Abbott of Schuyler and W, W. Black of Beatrice Are Made Directors of Feder- ation. CHICAGO, April 9.—Members of the Mil- lers' National Federation In convention urging fed eral courts which have the matter under consideration, to render an early decision on the question of bleaching flour that millers may determine the character of thelr output The convention also agreed on a demand for revision of frelght rates to islands g the United States; a petition to congress for a daily issue of the consular report; support for the British millers in their demand for more equitable transat- lantic freight rates and a refusal to act on the proposal to revise government stand- ards for weights and measures. Dwight Baldwin of Minneapolls was elected presi- dent. Other president second Toledo cago; officers John elected were: First vice 8. Plllsbury, Minneapolls; president, Alfonse Mennel, secretary, A. L. Goetzmann, Chi- treasurer, E. D. Ti St. Louls; H. Price, New York; of- Frank Reed, Chicago; Walter Stern, Milwaukee; J. S. Minneapolis; Chauncey Abbott, Schuyler, Neb.; Joseph Lecompte, Lexin ton, Ky.; J. L. Gregg, Chicago; C. E. Cur- ran, Concordia, Kan.; Asker Miner, Wilkes- barre, Pa.; W. G. Gooding, Minneapolis; L. Mohr, Kansas City H. Lewls, Lawrenceburg, Ind.: B. Eckhart, Chi- cago; W. W. Black Neb and Charles T. Ballard Ky P counsel, directors, Pillsbury, George A Beatrice, Loulsville U. S. MAY BUST BUTTER TRUST | members ney Gemern Wickersham Scents | wal Fixiug of Prices by League ers and Wholesalers. IF ELGIN DOESN'T DO BETTER | 'ON, April §.—-Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham wants to know her the Blgin butter hoard is a combination in restraint of trade. He has 0. E Harrlson, one of the administration trust busters, (0 make investigation to determine whether herman antl trust law s being violated The "attorney gencral said that prelimi- | nary investigation had been In progress for | some time, but that his attention was called to the situation particularly the ‘testi w assigned thoroug { mony of President Newman and Vice Pres- | Popular pkg. 10c, Family size 15¢. “The Memory Lingers" Postum Cereal Co., I4d., Battle Creek, Mich., U. S, / ! | ident Wood of the Elg before the ate cost of living committes yesterday. | The Elgin officials gave the committee the idea that the price of butter was fixed the public could stand it. Mr. Wickersham | calle for a transeript of the testimonys | The suspected combination is between | {lowing butter producers and wholesalers control- ling the markets in northern Iliinois, south- ern Wisconsin and eastern Towa, thus bringing the matter under the jurisdiction of the federal courts Hot License Fight atMt. Vernon,S. D. Members of Council Ordered to Put Question on Ballot by Court After Hearing. MITCHELL, D., Aprii 9.—(Special)— Six members of the city councll of Mount Vernon and the clerk were brought fore Judge Smith Tuesday on mandamus proceedings. A petition was presented the council asking for a vote on the license question, and in preparing for the publi- cation of the notice calling the election, | the councll refused to accept the petition. This being the case would leave Mount Vernon & dry town for another year was then the mandamus proceedings were started and the council required to appear before Judge Smith of the circuit The council held that the petition was fllegal from the fact that some of the signers were not freeholders, and that two of the council had sigued the petition, and that they could not vote on the proposition: Judge Smith held that the council would be required to publish the notice and to grant the petition to vote on the license queation. After that, if license carried, the court stated that the council could then up the of illegality of the petition. A particularly hot fight Is being waged on license question and speakers have meetings every night this court take question the been week. PRINTERS CONFER OVER WORK Leading Newspapermen of Sowth Da- kota Organize Hen Franklin Club, MITCHELL, §. D., April 9 gram)—A good representation of the ng newspaper men of the state has been in sesslon in thi for a discus slon of trade matters, relating particularly to the cost of job printing. The morning hours were spent in talking the situation over among themselves to find out on about what basis the printers of the state have been figuring job work and there A great variance, as was demonstrated in the personal statements made In the afternoon two given the printers F. Byron of Minneapolls, Ben Franklin club of Adams of Sloux Falls. A Ben Frankiin club for .the ' state was organized and constitution and bylaws adopted. The fol ofticers were elected: President Roland of Mitehell; viee president J. W. Parmley of Ipswich F. F Nash of Canton; treasurer, H. A. Stu of Beresford: \exeeutiye committee, L. Doty of Roland Paul Deuteher (Special Tel I city today was addresses was by G president of th that city, ana J One 1bert W. R \ | arbitrarily about as high as itwvas thought | Brookings Persistent advertsing 18 the road to Big Returns. | be- | the | holding | 3 E~nTl;|:oidery Sale 18 and 27-in. Embroidered F1 | sertions and 22-in. allover em worth up to yard, .. 20c Embroiderie Fine embroidered galloons, ga insertions and hands—an aln riety of new designs, worth 20c yard, at | Swis: sertions—in neat, effective d worth up to 15¢ yard—at, ya 124¢ Laces and Inse French and German Vals. and American effects, many worth up to 1215c—at, yard | I | | ings and Corset Cover Widths, also wide in- newest designs—on big bargain squares— ' 15¢ Embroideries at 73c , nainsook and cambric embroideries, in- Crochet, Cluny Human Hair Goods Second Floor ouncings,Skirt- | Latest Parsian Novelty The Turban Cluster Made of natural wavy hair, a $6 value, at— broideries—the .. 25¢-39c s at 10¢c lloon beadings, nost endless va 05,9 Our Orochet Braids fully inches long, good and full, made of $ Measuring medium grade hair, various colors with exception of gray and white, at esigns, rd Washable Hair Roll, 24-inch, ”\'n in \‘ soc | Allover Nets Turban Braid, made | 75¢ of fine French hair, $8 values 5c§ rtions, 5S¢ Turban Crowns, H0¢ values, at. to match, 20¢ Monday at ot Man Feels Queer, Jumps Oft Train | | | o |J. H. Kramer o{ Sioux Falls Plunges SLIDING SCA | from Moving Car and Suf- fers Injury. | pecial Tele Northwestern | PIERRE, gram.)—As passenger train 100 miles Falls, 8. D, April @ eastbound approaching Cotton J. H. Cramer | had complained to he “felt and opening the from him injured thix the was wood west of here of Sioux tellow pa tepped outo the platform doors, made scarching party conscious and paralyzed opi He was brought evining and placed in a hospital ACTRESS = FATALLY INJURED| Falls Twe et to Stage of Vaunde- ville House in View of Audience. who ssengers that queer A vestibu a plunge tound from an to this eity train un ¥ Mr J0RIA, 111 known on twenty feet Apri) the Henry aK May the stage . Harr tell in &l ‘ ‘ | turity and the removal of which would not i figure, in many ng necessary vaudevill juries tonight [ ter and sustained fatal in- | the governmer Her husband and team in gymnastic act falled to toh her while turning in the air. The ac- women and children Yong ia wagon be ate in a noveity in re had a thorough, ex- whole forest and minimum rate, Kelle d cu Super the old a sliding scale amination | then ab: at ace & to local- ation the mc its proximity to topegraphy of esulted in a great demand for timber Hills on the new and the rangers all bysy. figusing up with purchusers and making exami tion of timber making LE FOR TIMBER « New Regulation Creating Big De- mand for Timber Men Through- out Black Hills, takes ac of th and which nto col timber eral bilit a marke the count in the DEADWOOD 8. I, April 8. —(Special)— [ ” Through the efforts of Supervisor Kelleter a new system of handling timber sales in the Black Hills forest devised and put into effect, the Ing & great convenlenco timber chasers in this region and grea sales. It has been the government's policy to sell all dead and bug-infected timber and such green timber as had reached ma- soctions, the present sales bringing from $ to 36 per thousand, mak- ing Increased activity at all the sawmitly and resuiting in the reopening of. the big lumber camp of the McLaughlin Tie and Timber company at Nahant, where 100 men were formerly employed, and creating & demand for timber men throughqut the Hills. The forest service officials here ex pect a more pro¥perous summer in the tim ber business than the Black Hills has ever seen. national has been result, be pur y increased injure the remaining tree growth, The| minimum figure allowed by the government In bids advertised for has been $6 per thou- | and feet for green timber anywhere in the |/ Black Hills forest. But competition be tween native timber and that shipped n | go.ne ool W ut L trom outside points has been keen, 10W|ola was drowned in a ctoek near Tecumseh freight rates from the west allowing lum- | \oday. The child wandered away from it ber companies to ship in timber here even | pginer and the body was latcr found in the cheaper than it could be purchased here at| creek. Boy BEATRICE, Neb., April