Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 11, 1910, Page 1

- v - ; L] THE OMAHA BEE go%s to the Bomes—is read by the vnr—mmm-m % _—m ' LINCOLN VOTES ON PROHIBITION Nebraska's Capital City Will Seitie Saloon Question Today After Bitter Fight. BOTE SIDES PREDICT VICTORY Drys and Wets Each Confident CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LIVELY ONE of i Men Take Sides and Feel- ing Has Been Warm. Regulation Regardt Liguer te Private Regealed Saturday by Excise Board. (From a Staff Correspondent ) INCOLN, Aprit 16.—(Special)—One the mest Bitterly waged fights In the & af the eity will eome to a decision the question of prohibi- tion 1% woted upon In Limecis. The fignt has been marked Dy mos: Intense feeling and by the prominence of the men Wi have Been‘here to spenk on ane wide or the other. The fintsh temocrow wini “e marked Wy the unusual educational quaiifi- cation for veters. City Attorney Flansburg his ruled whenever & veter is ehaflenged the ques- tloms must be put te him in the English language and the answers must be in Eng- Lsh. The object of the ruling is to prevent tomorrow, when a large number of foreign born citizens | who have mot yet mastered the langnage of their adopted country from voting. as it 8 generally coaceded that a majority of them will vote against prohibition. Somerhing over 20 of these men have taken qut their first papers and registered in opder to be eligible to tomorrow. Sheuld the epinion of the eity attorney be sdopted by the election boards it is very probable that a suit at law will mark the beginning of the’ dns Both Sides Scemt Vietory. Both the prohibitionists and those posed are claiming the city. while persons who ase mot qverly ssaious for either side have expressed the opinion that the eity is liable to g several handred either wa The action ef the Excise bourd yesterday im officially repesiing rule tweive may have considerable to 40 with the outcome of the election, and it wilk eut both That ruls prohihited comman carriers from delivering Haquor to private residences. The rule provided that common carriers must bave & esntrnl depet and make deliveries to that piges and then the purchaser was op- foreed te g0 1o this dcgot and sign for ™ e jury. hut cwing to the fact that the! 1t was mads umlawfi o veceipc for ihe shipment himself. e E . _— epposents of probibition say the re- ways. {Big Aeroplane Swoops Down | On Automobile Curtiss Airship Plunges Through Space, Striking Motor Car Con- taining Women and Children. ntrol of operating MEMPHIS. April Curtise biplane. a height of Mars plunged downward wit into the infleid of the av te today, alighting of a seven- passenger touring 1 thres women and two S % y top r the touring of its oecupants, of whom was siightly iny: The biplane was smashed into bits and Mars was caught under the wreckage. but njuries o which he was c peed 0 conrse here lives only one In the automobile when the big aeroplane shed into it wers Mrs. Edwar Edna Ritter. Louts R Mew imer Smith and ehild, a'! of this by Ritter was infured, ving a siight cut in the shoulder. M r was standiug the car. just inished Dy top. He was k of the planes of the ¢ The accident brought to a Memphis' first aviation mee of pecple foilowed avtato across the m: s caught in a sud gust around like a top o an right ot the of his original course and them plunge downward ams of terror from frightened women heard on all when It was seen that the biptane would land squarsly obile Its 10 k for the occupants hey Widdled on The bipiane squarely on the engine haod of the automobile and then crumpied over on the caopy top. Mars had shut off his engine when the aeroplane started down and in a few moments scores of spectators dragging the wreckage from the automobile, [first taking out Mars and then the oeeu- pants of the touring ear. ane the side of wind. spin angle wers sides ware ''Young Witness Before GrandJury Boy Testifies Held at Sioux Falls. in |Sicux Indian { Hearing s SIOUX FALLS. S D. —~The members of the United States grand jury. which convened in this eity Tast Treeday. having concluded their work, mow {have returned to their homes. A number of additional irdietments were returned by defendants have not vet been arrested, | their names and the nature of the charges | against them have been withheid front the | pubise. * the April 10.—Special ) | SPOTLIGHT ON | ~ RAILROAD BILL | | Special Attention of Congress Now Directed to Impertant Measure for Definite Action. ! | GUESSWORK ONF ADJOURNMENT ] — |} Quitting Time Matter of Speculation Until Question is Settled. \mrmmmm‘r Will Be Taken Up in House Early, Then Pass to Semate. | OTHER SCHEDULED | Ballinger-Pinchaot Investigation te | Countinue During Week—Standard 01l Case Before Supreme WASHINGTON. April 10.—Everything in ongress 18 subordimated now to the cou-| administration raliroad pimion which exist in reia- ts mast important features the regular and imsurgent | ablicans into sharp conf! while the | democrats look on ready to grasp any po-| litical advamtage that may chance to crep| out of the diseussion. | Until the rativoad bill is*out of way | | it would be idle to speculate upon tise prod- abie date of adjournment. The most opti- n ic of the republican leaders of the senate predict that the measure wiil not | pass ihe upper house before May 1 In the| lower house 3o one has hasarded a guess. | The rules committee, it is reported, i noc | inclined to bring in a rule to Umit debate. After the rafiroad bill is passed by both branches and goes to conference, where |there will be several weeks’ hard work. | probably in the reconciliation of the ideas of the senate and lower house, the other | Taft policies will have to be considered Statehood, injunction bills, postal and comservation legisiation all quire time for their disposition Sumdry Civil B If congress cencludes its labors by June! |3, therefore, no ome here will complain, | notwithstanding the gemeral anxiety of the members 1o get home to look after their fall campaigns. After the general appro- priation bill, the sundry civil bill is the ouly one remaining to be considered by | the house that will take mueh time. It is Hike:y that this will be taken in the com-| | ing week, to the exclusion of deliberations Jover the railrosd bill, in order to pass it on_to the senate committee on appropria- | tions, which bas run out of work. Senator Lodge is expected to cail up to- ’Mw the request of republican mem- | bers of the cost of living commities for an ' [ appropriation of $5.000 to extend e work. | {The outline of work the commitfee wishes will peal of this rale ‘s an scknowledgment of | pue voungest witness who ever was sum- |0 UDdertaie is compreshensive. but it has| the weakness of the eause of the profhidbi- tionists and of their insineerity. For thev allegs that the prohibitionists are willing that every Boarding house. every home, dive may ship in ean be said probibition has won a victory in Lineoin. On the other hand. the prohibitionists say they are mol in favor of prohibition. but e simply opposed to the saloon. They do not object, they say. ta any person shipping in liquor te his heme and using it to su himmalf. and that their fight against the pubiic saloon Fight for Rules. In answer to this statement from the pro- hibitionists, the cppopents say thai if the town goes dry more stringent rules w made, and that the repeal of Rul was simpiy & form of deception. As evideace of this they puint to the enactment of Rule 13 when the saloous were voted ocut before. They allege the shipment of beer from s solely Haveivek could have been stopped without prohibiting persans from shipping in their incoxicants By express. The Excise board has given it out that If the own goes wet the delivery of beer to the homes is gOINg to come under the ban. and that ail drinking must be done in the wioons. And so the battie rages. Charges a counter-charges are tade hourly and cfty is torn up with d seidom heard of befo The prohibitionists elosed their campmign tonfght with & big meecing at the Aud- 'Km. follawing 4 large gaihering there in the aftersoon. Miws Sena Hartzell Wal- lace of Kansas City, Kan. and John Len- non, a Jabor man. were tie |mported speak ers. During (he afierncen a boys’ mass mesting was heid at which Prof. Condra of the Stats untversity presided. Tuesay will be a big day hoase. The Normal board wi Afternoon et T o'cloek. and grobabiy sei a_succemor to Pringipal Crabtree of the Poru Nermal. as weil as select heads for ormals 3t Wayne and Chadron. And passibie there will be other bu: of some Impoctance. Iz the governor's offics the exec: will hear charges against the mayor asd poiten judge of Wymore and ihe county at- torney of Gage county for failure to prop- erly enforce the law relating o the sale of lquor. 'COOK FOR BLAIR POSTMASTER Preseat incumbeat Recommended for Renppelntment, Acescding o Word from Washingtow. the state meet n the BLAIR. Neb., Apell 10— Spocial »-Wonld has Do received in Blair from Washing- o ihat Wesiey J. mendrd for remppointment #3 postmaster. a4 Mr. Cook s feeling om casy Tris will be his fouwpth appomtams: ‘ ® just cumplertng Bis third te —_—— {moned to appear in the federal court for Seuth Dakota was present and testified befors the grand jury which bas just con- cluded its work. This young witness was Martin Kedwater, a Stoux Iadian boy, whose home on the Crow Creek reserva- lon. He was a witness in a case aris- ng on the reservation which had to be disposed of by the grand jury. He is only 11 years of age and is a student of the St. Stephan Mission sehool on the reserva- The lad was able to travel to and from Sioux Falis at haif fare but when allowed per diem and mileage by the gov- ernment it was necessary to aliow him the same rate of mileage a® the sdult wit- nesses. so the bey profited o & consider- able extent as the result of his first ex- perience as & witness in the court of Uncle Sam. Before making its final report the fed- ra' grand jury inspected the government Building in this city and made a written report, condemning the bullding as being too small and recommending fhat uniess It is repmired and reconstructed it should be abandoned. Bills now are pending in congress making an appropriation for ths eniargement of the buflding. which has be- | ccme too small for the purposes for which it was erected. iChau'gc Too High For Uppzr Berth Pullman Company Ruled Against by Commerce Commission—Rates Lower to Coast. = WAS hoids 1t tor the GTON. April 10.—~The Interstate to be “unjust and unreasonabie’” iman company to charge equaily apper and lower berths ars. Differential charges are or- n several instances and Pullman »m Chicago to the Pacific are or- re duced. Class Play at Stromsburg. STROMSBURG, Neb.. Apetl 10 —Special ) —The sevior class of the Stremsburg High school gave their annual class play at the spera house Friday last. The event clearcd more than §i8. The play was put on by about half of the class. the other \nembers putting on stunts between acts the sleeping Zered rates derr | e commission in @ decision today occasioned some criticism from democrat | senators. who allege politics is inveived | !im the inquiry. The rivers and harbors bill alse will be reported to the senate Menday. It prob- ably will be callad up during the week. |but western members will demand that it g0 over unt!! some agreement is reached on the measure authorizing the issue ef 530,000,000 in certificates of indebtedness to camplete amation projects aiready begun. This bill has passed the senate and is being heid up in the house. Balliager-Plachot Figha There will be sessions this week of the committees investigating Ballinger- Pinchet controversy, the cost of living and the charges by Representative Steenerson | of Minnesota that is & lobby here | to influence ship s legistation. The |end of none of these imvestigations is in | sight. The most interesting event In the | president's program this week will be the jreunion at a dinmer tomorrow night of | the Taft party that travelsd with him in | {1965 1o the Phiiippines and the orient. The president will give attention during the week to pressing further lexislation in which he is interested. FHe may announcs | the appointment of a successor to General Jumes 'S. Clarkson, survever of the port of New York. The possibility that a deck sion will be announced Monday in th | Standard OW dissolution suit, the tobacen |irust case or the corporation tax cases directs attention to the supreme court of the United States. Arguments In cases involving the validity of a number of state laws will be heard during the week. Among these will Be the cases involving the Ken- tucky tax om double stamped spirits, th Missouri law prohibiting foreign ecorpora. |tons from removing sufts from state to| federal courts and the Wisconsin jury com- missioners’ law. | Standard Ofl Case. | Other interesting cases tha: may come| befors the court involve the decree of the |supreme court of Tennessee ousting the the | | ldom. an interstate business in Tennessee | |and the “fim crow car” in interstate eom- merce as raised In the Chiles case. | Wednesday the complaint of the Federal Sugar Refiningcompany | raiiroads whien lghter f: [harsor will be heard by Commerce commission. In effect th's is & complaint of an Inde- | pendent sugar concern to compei the rail- roads to atford to it H ! n New York the Interstats More Penitents May Slip Into Pittsburg Graft Net| S PSBURG, April 2~Whers and when (e graft probe ends is “Contingent.” to i 1 5 i E%I ! gh iu! Hii r report was spread today that he has now #ven up the hame of the man who paid given i 8 ! i i 2 af i Neubit, & Penuayl- l-n..ki H i | whien |and Landstag began addresses. | tion were the orderly manner in wi WEATHER FORECAST. Nebraska— Fair and warmer lowa—Contimaed falr For weather report see (OPY rwo CENTS. N \ \ N - 58 \ NN AN N N N — From the New York World NN THE CYCLON BERLIY REFORMERS IN LISE Suffrage Agitators Parade Streets of German City om Sunday. Open Air Mectings Under Sanctisa o Police Com sisstomes. | . amee (Bmt W Woale Not Be Disturbed. BERLIN, April #6.—At least 120,000 social- sts and radieais took part today in the most impressive demeonstration ever heid | in Berfin in favor of suffrage reform in Prussia. From 11 o’clock in the morning the streets resounded frem the march of squads of earnest precinet in the city towards the H Hain, the PFriedrichsbafen and Park. where Police Commissioner gow bad sanctioned open air meet Owing to the recent cutspoken ¢ of the police methods In the repression ¢ popular expression of will. the polies missioner had withdrawn his former hibttion on assurance by the socialist lead- ers that no disturbances would oceur and tha: traffic would not be disturbed. Men and women gathered a: the district head- quarters of the soclalists at an early hour. and from thers marched off in groups of 100. under control of stedards wearing red arm-bands, toward the allotted meeting places. > Poiice Leave Seeme. There was no shouting or singing as the crowds passed through the streets, from the police seemed to have disap- peared as if by magic. Squads arrived at the parks about 1 o'clock, with military precision. There they gatbered around six- teen improvised and numbered piatforms, from which, at the sqund of a bugle. social- ist and radical members of the Reichstag in which they vehemently denounced the injustices of the present system of elections. For an hour and a half the orators comtinued amid deafening cheers, and at 2:3 another bugle sounded, and for one minute utter | silence pravailed. | Then a resolution, declaring that it was the determination of those gathered gether to fight fer reform until victory had beem won for the people. was passed by scclamation. Enthusiastic scenes en- sued and there was great cheering for the rights of demoecracy. while 100000 voices to- 2 3| grandard Oil company of Kentucky from | broke into the stirring strains of the work- men’s “Marseillaise” and the song of free- dom, but they desisted on orders from the teaders. Neo Disarder. The mestings then disbanded. the original §roups marching off as they had come without the slightest disorder. The ent Berlin garrison was confined to b ail day as & measure of precaution the services of the military wers mot quired. Tweive meetings were heid the suburbs, and these also passed without untoward Inc'dent. The most significant features of today’s manifesta- h but re- n halls in (Continued on Second Page.) Have you a sew- ing machine that you do not use. ‘Why don’t you sell it. A Bee want ad will do the It is a matter of mere child play, say 20 cents and the thing is about ever. Call Doug. 238, if you ean’t come down and an ad taker will write your ad and place it. Asame- | orr | 1 |Answer Census | Man’s Questions i Without Delay Heads of Families Urzed to Fill Out Blanks Left at Homes Last to count = noses among his sons and daughters, nepi- | ews and nicces. and all others within his gates. Last week | when nousenolders bianks on which are questions and colum These each d of family is asked to fill The questions are many, the first real step was taken. were furnished with and each is of !mportance in econ- e work of takin of umer: families make the work as having the blanks all This w the data as far answer, neetion the heads easy as possibie by filled out when called for. tacilitate the coliection of s the population is | Answering | does not involve a: on the biank undue labor. nor wiil any of information given be used in any way in co jon with person fur- nishing it. It is all for the uses of the cen- License Contests at Hastings. HASTINGS, Neb., April 10.—Special. » S. Rohrer, who directed the prohibitic paigms hers in 1308 and 198, has andounced that he resist thelicensing of saloons. He says he has been collecting evidence rela- | tivs to the various applicants for licenses | and wint use it as the basis for remon- strances. Following srganization Tuesday night will in favor of high license 1 { [ the | next the eou unaatmous . but | if appeals are taken on remonstrances, as | now threatened, icenses will operative until passed upon by the district whase ext term here will not take until late In May the court, | ola Two Banks [ncorporated. PIERRE, D.. Aprii 10.—(Speecial )— Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Farmers State bank of F Mesde county, with a capital of $10,000 | Incorporators, H. O. Boke Spook: David R Miller, Henry W. Davie, Moreau. For the Farmers apd Merchants State bank of Plankinton, with a capital of $I0.000. In- | corporators, L. A. Mabetz, T. E. Rich, A A. Boynton of Plankingt be m- | DAY OF CRAFT NUST PAS Canstic Criticism of Existing Evils by Bev. Dr. Rouse. CLEANSING REVIVAL NEEDED Present Day Evasgeiism Insdequate Wesponaive Spirit of Real Religioas Work. In Plymouth Congregatfonal church Rev. Frederfek T. Rouse preached Sunday morn- ng. exchanging with Join P. Clyde. His sulject was “The Coming Revival” He sald, in part “The object of this sermon s to prepare people the coming that the may see its need. Its nature, and bell o fts possibil That a great revival eded is manifest by conditions. political commercial, social and religious. The mes of our lésding cities are simply symonymx of politieal graft—Pittsburs, Phitadelphia, San Franeisco, New York. Chicago, Owmha and De To pame many of our s simply to name suspeeted criminals robber barons. Colonies of bankers an offictais 11l our prisons. ‘Everybody grafts’ is the watehword and excuse. Socially, steel presidents set ex- amples for divorce, packers’ sors for d mestic infellcity. Soeiety leaders. great gers, siage stars. set exampies for volup- tuousness and prodigality. For pieasures, rotten plays in our best theaters and leg shows in our worst attract the multitudes. For intelligence we feed on the sewage of the press or trashy siories. or oceupy ourseives with social nonsemse or outiand- ish dress “In matters of reil we pews, formal worship, dessicats rejected creeds, empty praver and unmanged churches. tor revival reat corpora contossed. ©ur monopolies a convicted face empty ons, meetings Evangelism is Inadeqante. “Present day evangellsm totally adequate to the situation. Conditions are not te be largely or permanent! by Sundayism, with its me: and its vuigar contortions; ner by ism, with its ironclad formalism mediaeval t y. by Chapmanism, with profes: re lism, its organized publicity nieal conversion, its padded large compensatio Meyer, peie Smith are good. n- enar a returns and k an " (Continued on Fifth Page) ' How Big is Omaha? ' $25 for those who hit the mark 102,555 in 1900. How many in 19107 DU - | Some Samples of the Guesses. . C. Spargur, 32 Vinton Emma A. Rome. 72 Locust Alexander H. Haven, 1815 Miam: Robert Benson, 182! Loeust A P.Jonnsten, 304 Maple H. O. Horning, Chatham Esther Ericikson. 185 O. Lincoin A. P. Johnston, #9 Brandeis Mrs. M. E. Harmon. 33 Burt C. A. Jobnson, 31 N. 26th William Wallace, jr. 184 Dodge --..C. J. Overbay, 34 N. Iith Gienn A. Wilcox, 111 8. 14 Mrs 148,90 Margare: Lgh3 142903 157,260 L, 000 14163 B. Hansen. 48 Woolworth R Forbes, 567 5. 3th Martin Keisen. 1504 3. 1th. C. B @ Drahos, 131 N. $&th Mrs. Gus Drabos, 11 N. 34h W. L. Drahos, 1321 N. 38th E. B. Haverly, 181§ Chicago > E. Becker, 4 First N >| that R E Eskildson, #i§ Underwood ! Fill in, cut out and mail to The Bee Census Dept. —April 11 cmesncene..is my gues®of the number of mhabi- tants in Omaha according to 1910 census. j P Bl RS v Vi 30 YRR Ry S $100) for best estimate 35 0>- exz1 of chres nrx: bait In case of tie first answer Bas prefersace. Award ou official count. CENSUS TAKING BEGINS FRIDAY Seventy Thousand Enumerators Will Be Turned Loose on People of United States. ONLY MONTH FOR THE WORK In Cities Blanks Must All Be in Within Fifteen Days’ NINETY MILION NAMES Director Durvand Considers This a Conservative Estimate. ALL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL Samber of lamovations Introduced Are Expected to lty of the Improve the ports. ensus. ¢ of about M.M04,000 men, women and already has emploved and work & body of en greater than the sta n put t arm ~ provides that the enumeration bhegin on April ¥ but it I8 not s iptory about the commeneing time as about the closing time, and aiready int tions regeived that in some in jces the work may be postponed until This is due to the fact that April 15 falls on Friday, and among the 000 name takers there are some who are as to this day of the week. eration will all of tates and two territories of the proper and also Hawall and Porto Alasia, the Philippine islands and Cuam w not be included, as egpecial ar- angements ar made numbering the ple of sse dependencise. | Tnder statutes governing the work the entre enumeration must be completed | within a menth, and in the cities the work limited to fiftesn days. It I8 expected that some of the peturns from the cities will be received as esrly as the first weeic in June but the exact population of the | entire country will net be determined be- |fors some time in September The census |officials will, however. know within & few |thousand of the number long before th close of the summer months. They w be abie to reach a substantially accurats | conciusion by their pay rells, but this will |be more or iess speculntive, and the figures !wlll not be given out. Dicector 8. Pana Dusand Is ' countine upon a roll of mOE Shae hau0,om |names. This estfAtets bused upon caled- |imtions of his experts. and makes aliow- lance for un increase aceording to the | tendencies shown in the Jast three prev censuses. Between W0 and 1880 the crease in the population was 3 per cent; between 1580 and 1860, 3 per eent; between 1390 and 1900, 21 per cent. If the decrease shoaid continue at the same ratio there would be a faillng off this year of te of gain to 17 per cent. The immigra- on figures for the last decade have been gres however, than for any ¢ previous year pe Making ance is augmentation from outside. = caleulated that the ircrease for tee last e ears wi he about I8 per eent, ard as, round numbers, the figure for 10 was 75000000 it now emfculnted that thera pi to bave been an addition eof about 14.000.00 souis. Much (nterest is felt as to the showing regarding the purely native Increase. The enumerations between 1570 and 1900 w startiin tendency toward “race sticide.’ and It is Mr. Durand’s fond hope that the reports of his 7,000 subordinates may be able to check this apparent decline. Man of figures that he is, he does not, however, permit his optimism to shade his facts, ard until the actual returns show simething better, he willl hold to his MO0 esti- mate. ma- becn er. o s is e will be some immovationa census and they are expected prove the rep For instance, the count farmer is to be afforded an opportunity to consider in advance the statements he sha:l make as \e conditions pravailing with reference his hgidings. the sam advantage is to be given heads of families in cities as 10 the enumeration ¢ bouseholds. In bot 2 passed around before th the enumerators the alist and urbanite will be m: their returns than otherwise There also is supervi of in in Fo w to thetr es sheets otficial in m be. o be unusual work of the enum- erators. ervisors will camp on he hoels with the pencis & ing the first day of their work and io the country districts th ets thomseives will be especially Seape of care The branei comprise t Population and max uring. The questions will r acreage. the value and the prod »¢ farms. including an especial enumer- o animals, & it wil the eapital in d. the value of products and the num »¢ empioyes of mining and manutac ng plan The good > Gihweit agriculture and min ber enumerators about you will wast to k the pop. only will tnaint sex, but will expect age, and wili ask are white, blae Japanese or Indian: wiet married or stngle. whether - toreign born, and it the sive uet enly your race and mother tofigue. Then it you are a wamaes, you are 1o tell how ! many children have been born to you, and. ‘ln any event, you are to tell all abouc your edgcation, your parentage and your empoyment. All this information is to be for the genersl average and for the ear |ouly of oge of the enumerators. He is sworn not to reveal any of the truths ral for They mot rev wether Chinese |are Ameriean « u are latter nationalit but you: awtui Caosi of Work. The mere getting of the aformaion wil Cont the Foversm M the pretty sum of Of this amount $L300.06 will be