Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 13, 1910, Page 1

| How Big is Omaha? l Everybody Guess VOL. XXXI WEATEER FORECAST. WEDNESDAY WILL EXTRADITE ACCUSED BANKER Official hlm_;t;burg for Few York to Arrest Frank N Hoffstot, Indicted. WILL SEEX AID FROM GOVERNOR “harles E Hughes Will Be Urged to Eign the Papers. GRAFT TRIAL MAY BE POSTPONED Absence of Distriet Attorney Makes This Probable ANOTHER BLOW T0 THE DEF Judge Refuses to Strike Down Ar of Talesmen Beesuse of Charges | Agninst the Jury Foremnn. \T‘.Nm'v:r; Ay £ of coun porarily suspended by he wpecinl grand J Monday. In th t P Fressed Second Nationa ment in N « ste ar bar compa counection with b men, will be brought from New answer the Mmdietments aireads Extradition pupers were made and temght the assistant distric Jeft far Harrisburg, where ¢ S Swmart & expecied m; The papers will t 10 Governor Charles E. Hugh where i is expected they wil cay marning. I 1iot Attorney Blakesiey will leave to- morrow for Albany, where he will app before Governor Hughes personal the granting of the extradition of H Upon Governor Hughes signing the papers. Hoffstol, contrary to the usual proocedure. will not be pinced in the custody offfcer, but will be expected appeer before the Allegheny county courts, where his presence is demanded. This concessi was made because of the sianding of his counsel in the communiry Ciy Solicitor W. B. Rodgers. produce his client was granted May Postpone Trisls. Because of the absence of the @istriet at- torney, it Is believed the trials of seven men, scheduled for tomorrow, will be put over untl next week Refusing 1o strike down the entire wrray | of talesmen merving on the graft grand | Jury, becuuse Harrisen Nesbit, the former | natiohs! bank examiner, was slieged to be | ncimpetent 10 serve, s he is not & guali- fied oclector under the act of 1567, .YIII‘QJ Robert S Fraser toSay admintstered moether blow at the bulwarks of the de- | LetiBel i The guestion was raised by Atterney W. | J. Brennsn, counsel for seversl of the in- | disted counclimen. Judge Fraser took the ground that the provisions of the st of | 1867 are only @irectory and that If, through *n oversight, & man who was not com- petent was chosen 1o act, and 41 act, his Bots were valid “To bhold otherwise, especinlly after in- | @ictments have been found by & grand | Jury. would Be to open the door 1o pndiess confusion and CaUNe UNDECERERTY the ad@ministration of justice, said Emil Winter, president of the Working- man's Savings and Trust company, who pleaded nolle contendre to the charge of Bribing Morris Linstein, & former ®ounciiman, was agein before the grend jury today. Former Director of Public Works A. D. Shepherd, W. A. Chamberiain, wuflitor of the Pres-ed Steel Car eompany Casbhier Geotge J. Schmidt of the German National benk of Allegheny, Arthur E. | Breun, eenfidential agent of the Farmers Deposit Natione! bank, and Willam Pin- | ney. auitor of the same bank, were among Others questioned by the grand jury 1 CAPTAIN HOWARD POTTER TO WED MRS. GRACE DEPEW Nephew of N—I“‘ Met Bride During Tour of Switserian: Three Years Ago. them to- row former promised to extradition when the delay in the judge | salect COLORADO SVRINGS, Apfi 12—The weading of Mrs. Grace Depew and Howard AT'DD Potter, both of Colorsde Springs rull fermerty of New York, will take place ut’ Mrs. Depew's h Prosdmoor, a suburh of this oity, norrow evening at | o'clock, mocoréing ihe statement of triends Clarence C. Hamiin of this eity wid Jay B. Lippincott of New York will b the only Wilnesses. Immediately after the ceremuny Mr. and Mrs Potter will | leave for the cxst, lnter touring Europe { Captain Potter is & nephew of the late Bishop Fotter of New York and his fhst wife was Miss Mary Louise MeNutt Saughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. ‘McNut prominent soctally in Sun Francisco. Mrs Depew 18 a AQzugiter of the Rober: Goodyear, 8 nanufacioter and Tosd 7amgnate of Buffelo, and busban) was G. Anson Depew of Senator Chauncer M. Depew Potter and Mrs Depew first three yehrs ago during & tour of Switzer- 1ang BLEACHED FLOUR CASES ARE CALLED AT KEOKUK | Jedge MePhersen Will Issue Restrain. | tug Order Prever ting Further Seis- wres Pending Hearing. DES MOINES, April 12—When the | Llenclied fiour cases were called in federal | court st Keokuk today, Judge Smith Mo- | Fherson stated that he would jssue #ddi- | Tena! resusining orders preventing auy | further ssizures of flour pending the trial | ©2 the case brought by the Shawnee Mill- | Ing company to stop the selsure by United | Mates District Attorney M. L. Tempie Oulonel Temple has fiied & demurer alleg- | Ing that the Kansae concern has no cause | of nction. This demurrer was not taken up this forenoon because of the absence of Attorney £ P. Smith for the plaintief, but | may come up lste Loday 16 { inte ber first| & nephew | Message to Committee in Charge of Calls Crabtree to Return Text Book Fund Cash State Normel Board Adopts Some Recommendations Offered by Secretary Ludden. - orrespona. cipal J. W 2l to pay back ru Normal & lengthy | were belonging the water for a ng Paid the state » e wat a vilied pata for 8d re- freight Feso not the state by T. 3 Jected hat the 1 had pai bar was Crabtree the Normal tuates 1908, to- | mendations regarding plomas & cutes by April 20, or discharged on that day. Mr. Crab was criticised for not keeping tripli- cute receipts as ordered by the board He was criticised also for employing teachers when instructed not to do so by | the board The board took u mendations in dets e soned a consideration of report until Mr, Crabtree has had &n opportunity 1o pre- pare himself to answer. Mr. Ludden said he made the report in snswer to the de- mand that some reason be given for the request for the resignatiop of Mr. Crab- tree C. W. Bryan Says the Jefferson Day Letter 1s Genuin a4 certl also the report and recom- ufter adopting @ the further and post the two men & c | | | | Democratic Dinner st Washing- ton Cuuses Furore. LINCOLX, Neh., Aprii 1=.—C. W. Bryan today Geclaved that the letter mailed to Cotter T. Brede of the general committee of the Jefferson Guy @inner at Washing- ton was genuine. C. W. Brvan mafied the original from this clty and kept a carbon copy. The letters were sent to Lincoin by W. J. Bryan. WASHINGTON, the suthenticlty from Wiltiam J n~Doubt as to of a letter recelved as Bryan, and received by the general commitiee of the Jefferson duy dinner to be given here next Wednesday | night, ceused excilement &t & meeting of the banguet commitiee tonight and resulted in & special committee to Investigate its | origin and confer upon its sentiments be- fore 1t is read &t the banguet, which s 1o be addressed by Mayor Gaynor of New York, Governor Harmon of Ohlo and other prominert democrats. { The letter was postmarked ‘Lincoln Neb.” and was addressed to Cotter T Bride of the general committee of the Jefferson any dinper. It contained views on the money question, the tarmfy, the high cost of living nd other issues at variance with accepted @emocratic doctrine, and when rend at the committee meeting caused @ furore. It was not made public Several members of the committee said they @id not believe Mr. Bryan kvew any- thing abuut the metter, a5 he is not in this country and will be unable to uttend the dainnar. Mr. Bride believed the letter genuine. He said that Mr. Bryan semt fhe letter from the West Indies through his brother, Charies Bryan and that thus was the Lincoln postmark accounted for. L. V. Babeock, a Stock Shipper o Waverly, Walks in Front of Motor in Rain. Apri CHIC April 2—A man who in the | rain last night walked in fron: of a motor truck and was killed was jdentified today | as L. V. Baboock, & wealthy stock shipper of Waverly, la | | up and quit using butter and that the sale OWA MAN KILLED IN CHICAGOD ' COLD STORAGE | IS PRICE FIXER| Before Committee Investigating ALSO BLAMED FOR HIGH PRICES Icing System Regarded as Equaliser and Also Cost Booster. EGG MARKET UP FOR DISCUSSION | Without Storage Price Would Fluetu: ste from Eight Cents to Dollar. - | { BUTTER SITUATION REVIEWED Dairy Product Keeps Lemger Than | Eges, Says Witness, and Will Stay Fresh for Three Yeurs. | WASHINGTON, April testi- | y was given t0duy before the senate ommittee investigating the high cost of tving that cold storage is the grest equai- izer of prices. while, &t the same time an informal Geclaration was made th col@ storage s an Mmportant and control ing factor in producing digh prices. Pierre P. Gavin, presscuter of Hudson county, New Jersey, who couferred &t the | cupital with Representative Kinkaid of New | Jersey and Senutor Lodge in regard to pending legislation to regulate cold morage, | attacked the cold storage system and praised the work of the investigating com- mittee. | John A. Kunkel of New York said that it 3t were not for the cold storage method of keeping egew they would sell as low us | 3 &nd § cents o Gopen during Ccertain sea- sons and as high a8 % cents and §1 in other | seasons of the year { He told the committee many interesting things about eggs He said New York people Gemanded &n egg With a white | shell, while Boston used the lvellow egg| shell. He said that the latter was better than the white egg shel egg, in thet %t will keep longer. | “The egg,” be added, “was a foot bail from the time # leaves the hen untll it reaches the table.” | { { Butter Keeps Longer. { 12 —Formai John J. Walton of New York in oppos- ing the biil to prohibit the keeping of food- stuffs in cold storage for a longer period thet one year, said that limitarion would De all right™for eggs, because they had to be thrown away, ®uyhow, after they were, |mine smonthe ©ld. Thet was not true of butter, sald the witness. He mentioned an instance of butter which | had come fram the ferm of Oliver P. Morton of New York, #hat hed been kept in cold storege for three years without Gepreciation I quality. Mr. Waiters said the Eigin board was not recognised in New | MORNING, APRIL 13, From the Cleveland Leader.. - York and that the so-calied butter Forester Has Further Conferemee with trust was a myth | The makers of oleomargarine Were | charged by Mr. Walton with being partly | | responsibie for the high prices. He de- |'WIIL clared they bought butter 1o color thetr | proguet and that their purpose was to keep butter higher to make & better market for S — hielr chemper profuct. The witness said | pro#pects for iower prices in the near future | were slight ! A revolt by New York last February aguinst the dh-cent butter was given ms & Teason for the sudden drop of § cents in ' one day fell off 3 per cent. ACTRESS WHO SAW LINCOLN SHOT GOES BACK TO SCENE Miss Jemmie Gourlay, Headed Visits Ford's Theater, Where Tragedy Occurred. WASHINGTON, Former President. MAKE CONSERVATION TALK that Celonel Roowe- welt ‘'Will Address Natioal Con- gress at Date to Be Announced. PORTO MAURIZIO, Italy, April 12.—Gif Mr. Walton said the cople work |ford Pinchot, former chief forester. of the | United States Department of Agriculture |wee again at the villa of Miss Carow be- | of the |fore $ o'clock this morning. he waes there for & final talk with NMr. [" ¥ Employers’ and Investors’ association Roosevell | Despite the retivence of both men 1t is ac- | DeCeRsary |cepted that Mr. Now Gray-|semsion of Pinckot's complete case against |Out following u conference hetween Secretary Ballinger's conservatien policy | Men's committee headed by Messrs. A. B lana of what hed been @escribed here as | Garretson and Willlam G. Lee | “an sleged resctionary tendenc April 12—Having stood {estry matiers of ihe administration of |Wen's organizafions, and New York Cen- 1t was thought Roosevelt 8 now in pos- in for- % & young actress on the siage only & few | President TaftL feet from the spot where Linooln was as- The most significant development was saseinated in Ford's theater on the night |the announcement made at the conclusion of April 14, 186, Miss Jennle Gourley, now |of Pinchot's visit tofey that Mr. Rooseveit & gray-haired woman, has returned to |had accepted an iniviation from the former Washington for the first time since that 'chief forester to ad@ress the National Con- eventful night and visited the spot where |servation congreas late in the coming sum- forty-five years ago, almost to a Gay enacted the tragedy. On the night of Lin- | colu's Gesth Miss Gourley played the part |@rrived here &t nopn after an automobile | |rige from Momte Curio and @rove at. once |to the Carow illa for & call on Mr. Roose- of Mary Trenchard in the drams “Our American Cousin.” was |mer at a time and place yet 1o be fixed Former Mayor Phelan of San Francisco velt MEAT STILL UNDER BAN: The westher continued besutiful today and Mr. Rooseveli planued another exour- Women Prevent Reopening of Kesher %00 into the mountains far this afternoon. Shops in Bast Side of | New York. NEW YORK o | | Roosevelt has ngreed to address during his April 12 —Determined | trip through the west next summer, will be EANSAS CITY, April 12—The National onservation congress, which Theofore women marched through the esst side ang | beld in Kansas City, Mo. et & dute to be other sections of the city. where kosher meat strike is on, today to prevent the | Bet later spec The Commercial club called a in] meeting here ints afiernocon to ac- | the opening of the retall butcher shope |vept the offer of the emcutive committee the familles, 1t is figured, heve put & ban on | mest | Sewer Banquet Project is == p— S — Now quet there is war among the sewer ban- Presiflent Flynn of the Dablman Democracy Gemes that Assistant advocates | Gas Commissioner Butler spoke with su- thority when he said the mayor's own club would hold its annusl feast in the Fort street sewer “When we give & banguet it will resl ome” sald Flynn, “and ft will be above ground, amid uplifting surround- “As yel, we have not appoiuied our committee on Arrangements, as Colonel Pauning was sway. He has undoubtedly Colomel Panning insists that if some par- tievlar plece of public werk i to be hon- Cause of Fervid Remarks picks a vewer for the situs of our annusl affair. he is simply ‘gaesing’ Councliman Davis, wno takes & good des! | of pride in the big sewer now about com- pleted in his ward, demles thet there will | be mny sort of pelitical sigmificance at- | tached 1o the banguet, if 1 showld be | given. 1 feel like treating the oouncil o | mySel,” 5238 the Tweifth ward counciiman, | which closed yesteray s & protest aguinet | of the congress 1o held the gathering i high meat yrices. More than 100,000 | this city Wil Visit Sir Béwurd Gray. LONDON, April 12.~What te Mr. Roose- — | veit probably will be ene of the most in- | teresting features of his tour of England | #e the planned visit to the Nerthumberiand home of Sir | secretary, who, while retaining his grasp | upen the world of palitios. hus gained some fame as & sportsman. bas invited the | for bim. Sir B ing since the Oeath of his wife and the party gathered to meet Mr. Roosevelt will be small are anticipating meeting the American. Edward Grey. The foreign rmer president to spend & few days with 4 has done little entertain- Other well kpown sportsmen You have done your best when you usc a Bee want ad. Bee want ads are treasures. They bring buyer una seller face Public: ““‘My 1910—-TWELVE PAGES. but she’s calling early.” 'DISCHOT AT, CARBW VILLA New York Central |POWELL BAS LIQUOR PLAY | ‘Wage Dispute to Be Arbitrated |E. E Clark and P. E. Morrisey Are WOULD SELL IT INTO HOMES ! Two Members of Board and They Will Select Third. Member of Lincoln's Excise Board | | NEW YORK. Aprt between the traimmen { the New York Central railroad and the | | officisls of the company is to be settied by arbitration All points aifferences will be arbitrated by E. E Clark, member In Commerce o mission, and P. I1 president of the Rafl- Propose Plam to License Tweo Establishments of This Character —May Get Support for Plan. 12.—The wage @ispute | and conductors of (From u Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, April 12—(Specisl )—Now that | & maserity of the voters of the city have | Geciared aguinst saloons, the next move e 10 be taken by the excise board and much interest attaches to the probuble action of | this boay. | The board has aiready |and without that rule some method will |have to be provided to prevent the city being turned over to hootleggers and at | the sume time carry out the implied prom- ises of the bosrd that it would he made possible for temperate people to nip without 100 much red tape To bring this condition about Exciseman U. G. Powsll will propase to the board that &t Jeast three wholeszie liquor dealers | be granted lcemses at & probsble cost of 22500 each, &nd one retailer given & license &t & probable cost of $LOK. The prop tion Mr. Powell will urge upon the two memibers of the board will provide that the thres whalesale s be per- mitted to sell their goods in cese lots to the residents of Lincoln, deltvering it at beir homes. The retatier will be per- mitted $o s#ll upon the presentation of prescriptions only and in none of the piaces will 1t be Jegai to drink Ne Liguor im Cluba. When he offers his suggestions to the board Mr. Powell will also insist that the sale ©f lgror in the clubs must cease Contrary to the pre-election statement Mayer Love that the city is enjoined j\ding the clubs, only club |— of {They will appoint a third arbitrator f A Elatement of this decision was given the the heads, | respectively, of the conductors’ and train- tral officiels. President W. C. Brown was |present and took an wctive part in the corference. The agreement to arbitrate af- | focts about 5500 employes of the New York Central system on lines enst of Buffalo get their |Seismic Shocks ' Felt in Kansas Two Distinet Quakes Are Recorded by Instruments at State Uni- versity Monday Night. LAWRENCE, Kan, April 2—Two dis- tinet earth shocks wers recorded last night | by the seismograph of the Kansas univer- | mty. The first began at 6:40 p. m. and reached {its full force st §47. The mecond shock | began at 9:02 p. m. and lasted five minutes The source of ihe disturbances was be. tween 1500 and 1660 miles southeast one has an { “(Continvea on Becond Page) { | How Big is Omaha? ! $25 for those who hit the mark 102,555 in 1900. How many in 19107 T 1 akaat o More Samples of the Guesses: Ed Spillett, 2765 Fort 140.576... o (CW. Kaltner, 1 Ondo | 156960 LIF. W. Perkins, 2023 Manderson 157,518 pnarynssaieezds O Burger, P. O 5 FFJ ;u rt Er)':: e J Taggart Loy Follle B. Wood, 2611 8 %24 Stella English, 2505 N. 24th 1 . Madeleine 8. Cohn, 1302 Park Howard W. Bunkman, 3215 Seward Jobn Koleeny. 1318 Martha | Anna Nelson, 141 .;.Ruth Anderson, 41 ..Leonard Neison, 4244 Burdette C L Baton, 268 St Mary's ..Louise Drexel, 908 W. C. Bouk, 2513 X Ben Miller, 306 . Miller, 1134 & C B 1108 Park . 2864 Grant ¥4 6. 13th Murray Heywood, St Paul -J. R. Derryberry, No. Platte Fillin, cut out and mail to The Bee Census Dept.—April 13 5 3 1 X k1 Henry C Slont, 8 O.| 160,500 sessesasmansceses-is My guess of the number of inhabi- tants in Omaha according to 1910 census. $100) for bes: estimate. $3 foreaza >fiarss nax: batt In case of tie firs! answer bas prefereace. Award on official count. = R TN . o i repeaied rule 12! MERGER LAW UP FOR HOT DEBATE Railroad Holding Statute Criticized by La Follette and Defended by Lodge WIDE RAWGE OF ACCUSATION Wisconsin Senator Beviews Bostor and Maine Combine. BAY STATE MEN RECITE EISTORY Effort Made to Show that Roads Were Kot Competing Lines. GOVERNOR DRAFER IS DEFENDED Speaker Declares the Massnchasetts Executive Was Never Dictated te Wy Amy Ofticinl Rullway W ASHING the radlr M Haven & read e1ts t Jengd TON. sidera lon of he Hartford Jding law slature today in the sens neipal speech, attacking t unge merger of the New ond the e wit thr urger &ponses by made sentor's spe tors defended law under which Mr. Lafollette great detail wting Sonat . Balinger Wisconsir and sens, nd upheld the it was made presented this transaction for the purpose, *he said the possible effect the into dew of merger pro- the pending ratirond bill. He traced the consolidation frem the begin- ning, but gave ntien 10 Massachuseits combinstion was m President was practical that this enactme as the result of Wellen of the were the ch in ot nactm vistons of Met charged by the speaier had been comsum dietation of President ew Haven road, who, he intimeted, represenicd the Morgan-Rocke feller interests He Quoted frgm & member of the Masss- chusetts Jegislature & statement to the effect that Governor Draper had responded 1o an ultimatym from the New Haven in- terests. He undertook to show that the |federal merger sult, which had beem in- |stituted Quring the Roosevelt administra- |tion, haa been @ismisnca st the dictation |of Mr. Wickersham. under the Taft ud- {ministration, for the inndeguste reason that the Massachusetis legisiature hed passed {the holding Will under which the consolida- ition was effecied. | The-argument covered & wide range of ac- | cusations, but aside from the spoaker's desire 10 hoid @loft the merger as & bad exampie the evident purpose was to con- trast the Taft administraton With the Roosevell sdminietration to the dissadvant- age of the former. The criticiem of At- rney Genersl Wickersham was ospeciully & and point-d. The response by Messrs Lodge and Gallinger was jurt as positive in his defense. The New Englend senatqrs defended the churacter of the uttorney general, both as & Jawyer and as & man La Follette's Sharp Words. was d the of his speech thut Mr| La Follette made his sharpest ref- erence to Mr. Wickershum. He had p tically closed his expesition of the England merger and was Gevoting h 10 condemnation of the pending bill rising to his tiptoss, he exclaimed Mr. PresiGent is this the ‘wise tion embodving ne sudden impuire, but ma- tured views expressed in party counc which the aitorpey genersl in his recent speech a1 Chicagy seid ‘i pressed for en- sctment™ Is it for legislation such as this thet the sitorney gemers! commands all who would not be read out of the repub- lican § get in line” The session was well nigh spent when the Wisconsin senstor conclubed his set spasch Mr. Lodge spoke in reply. Deelaring he could atford to allow what Mr. La ¥o had sald to puss without & word regarding the attitude of the people Macsachusetts, he entered upon & statement of facts intended to show thet Mr ine of the ton ¥ e n war close ew welf o when, legisia- lette La sit not place he Oe @ the B competing found 1 lared th & Muine and he as the consolidat the poor financiai cc latter rond, which was suc t dmposgible ¢ make mprovements Lodge Tells Histors. Lodge then entered of the efforts of In 1606 and 1907 1 ts more northern 10Md of the legisiation tration of Governor Guild to stock of the Boston & Maine, passed into the hands of the prev He suid s the but ve New were not that had been dition a8 to render necessary n Mr upon the New Haven obtain contrel contemporary, and under the wdminis- wontrol the which had New Haven an injurious the le nad t B ot rents New an o rosd at that entt tion imy: by was th stock riet and 1 obtaine of n jor effect plated parulys: undertaker block he m n th which Haver e sald, but a had been throws re bnd been seri- T thut & foreign cerporstion obtuin passession of i, & re would huve been vestly detrime interests of sl New England was the condition, sald the Musrachu senator, when the &tate legisiution of had been undertuien Going into considerabie legislature, Mr. Lodge in defense of Gov ernor Draper saif thet that offiéial had given the subject careful considerstion und he continued: 1 Gestre to besr testimony to the fact thet ne move honorable, more high minded snd mo more pulilic snirited {mam ever held office than he, nor I8 there in the United Ststes 108uy & man less sub- Ject to dictation. No railrosd president ever went inte Governor Drapers office and undertook to Qictate What he should 4o ad hed upor ous an oud st detu Peovle Off Guard. Senstor La¥ ol then devoted his re- marks to the Mussachusetis siste logisla- tlon suthoriging the sogulsition ¢ filie Bos- ton & Maine stock by & holding cumpsny but fafied to find in this legisldtion any- thing like the importance attached to it by Mr. Wickersham. He asserted thet Mr, Wokersham had permitied siate leglsiation im supersete federal laglalation 1o & wane